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St Paul Bank President Held For $200,000 Ransom La Grande Is The 5 i " Only Newspajper .. . J Printed in La Grande j J " Covering Union and ' ' J. .-. Wallowa Counties . ................ ..J : vstvst "The Switzerland of America , S VOLUME 32 EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1934 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PBES8 NUMBER 112 OPEN MBS m L (OGAL lOAD Mi . ..... . ,.. .-'r 2 IN RACE FOR BIG PROJECT Wallowa-Lostine Section . Bid $90,358 Hart Co. Also in Running. LA GRANDE WORK OFFER IS $4,577 Contract, to Be Let Later Today, After Engineers Check All the Bids Thoroughly. : Bids for in highway projects In volving an estimated total expendi ture of $500,000, under the national recovery act, and Including two Jobs on the La Grande - Wallowa Lake highway, were opened by the Oregon highway commission In Portland to day, w Bids received Included: Umatilla county: Bituminous mac adam, east Pendleton section of Old Oregon Trail, Northwest Roads com pany, Portland, $4,843. Union county: Bituminous mac adam. La Grande section Wallowa Lake highway, Northwest Roads com pany, 4.577. Wallowa county: Regradlng and surfacing Wallowa-Lostine section Wallowa highway. 8.80 miles, Dunn & Baker, of Klamath Falls $00,358. The Hart Construction company of La Grande bid, for which total 'Was not given, may be slightly lower when bids are checked. The bid. by the Northwest Road ; Co. Is for work on the La Grande Wallowa Lake : highway; from'" the U. P. railroad tracks- In this city to the city limits, and calls for adding some seven feet of road to each side of the present highway. Awarding of contracts was expected late this afternoon, after commis sion engineers had completed thor ough checKing of all bids entered. Dancing, Music Program Tonight At East Normal A varied and -highly entertaining program of dancing and music from early Grecian to modern German, ac companied by colorful costumes, spe cial scenery, and novel lighting1 ef fects will mark the appearance to night . of the Frazer-James dance group at the Eastern Oregon Normal school auditorium. Information from Whitman college, where thlB group appeared early In the week, indicates. the excellent quality of the talent. Paul James, featured dancer, Is equal ly at home in the classic, interpre tative, or .modern schools of -the dance and has the support of Lola Bailey, and Marguerite liUndl. Ar thur Frazer, concert pianist, has had wide experience as accompanist, solo ist) and musical director; While there is no pre-sale of tick ets to the public, a (block of the best auditorium seats will be reserved for townspeople at popular prices. TWO CASES- OF DISEASE OVER UNION COUNTY The weekly report of the state board of health reveals but two cases of communicable diseases in Union county, . one pneumonia and one ohickenpox. In Baker county there were five cases of smallpox reported, and in Umatilla county there were six cases of scarlet fever.' Wallowa county had no communicable dis CALENDAR'S WEATHER FORECAST CHECKED Calendar weather predictions? Are they accurate? Maybe the? ice for some sections of the country, bit', let us take a look at the predictions on the calendar that happens to hang nearby. Here's what the forecaat has been: Jan. 3 to 6 .cold wave, with Jan. 4 very cold. Jan. 17, light snow. Jan. 20, very cold. Actually, Jan. 3 to S marked a spring-like warmth In La Orande, with the temperature ranging up to 49 above. On Jan. 3 the maximum was 48 and the minimum 38 above, six above freezing. On Jan. 4 the maximum was 49 and the minimum 40 above, warmer than the preceding , day. Not so very cold, oh? On Jan. .Will ROGER.S BEVERLY HILLS, Ctol.. . Jan. 17 I want to stay off any. reference to this 60-cent dollar until I have seen one, so I started searching the paper mighty thoroughly.. What do you think I found away down In one cor ner like one of those denials that a paper Is sometimes forced to make? It stated, "Republican elected to con gress In Vermont." That's a mighty serious rumor In case -it proves to be true, and. I have no doubt that congress will be asked to pass a law preventing it happening again. Course, the thing come up so sudden like they didn't think there was one In a million miles. Youre, ... . C 1934, McNaiinht Syndicate, Inc. ELKS LODGE RATES HIGH OVERSTATE District Deputy C. C. Bradley Speaks at Meet ing of Organization. The La Grande lodge, B. P. O. E., heads the lb among the lodges of the state In the soundness of their financial situation. Charles C. Brad ley, of Portland, district deputy, saw lost night during un official lstt here. .The local group is not Only one of. the- most sound, flhanoially but Is one of the most, allve-as fHS-i-'Hr thuslostio groups about mo suiie, iie added. -- Two hundred and fifty members continued on Page Three) COUNTY DIVIDED INTO 5 HOG AND" CORN DISTRICTS Union county was divided into dis tricts to facilitate the working of the hog and corn reduotlon plan yes terday when a committee met at the office of H. a. Avery.county agricul tural ageni. The plan was outlined and discussed and activity will begin soon In distributing contracts and signing up hog and corn raisers to comply with the administration's plan of regulating produotion; The county was divided into five districts and meetings will be held In each of the districts to consider the hog and corn program and to elect committeemen to represent the communities In the ' county organ ization. The Elgin district, No. 1, will hold (Continued on Page GlghO . PROGRESS MADE BY MISSIONARIES Miss Louisa A. Miller, of Repal'.e, Guntur, India, spoke at the Luth eran church last night, telling of the missionary work she and her asso ciates have been doing in India. Af ter 20 years of effort in the Ountur mission field. Miss Miller Is able to see great changes taking place. Th fact that there havo been Christian missionaries In India for 250 years accounts for the harvest of souls which missionaries today are wltnes- (Contlnued on Page Three) 6 the maximum was 48 and the mini mum 39 still above freezing. On Jan. 6 the mercury dropped below freezing during the night but the maximum was 47 above. The first two days of the four-day period were cloudy with light rains, and the sec ond two days clear and sunshiny. Yesterday, the 17th, was another spring-like day with no snow, al though a few showers of rain fell. And as to Jan. 20, scheduled ac cording to the calendar to be very cold'. It's too early to say yet. But the weather forecast for tonight end Friday Is for unsettled weather with no change in temperature and an In creasing southeast wind offshore. And over the city, here and there are reports of tulips coming through the ground 1 , . . SEVERAL SEEK LOCALUQUOR APPOINTMENT Walt Leisman Considered To Be First in Lane For Management' Here. -Appointment of Otto J; Hunte, of La Onuide and Portland, to the po sition of Kosteriv Oregon supervisor for the Oregon liquor control com mission, rwjuKed locaHy in . a great deal of speculation as to who will receive the managership of the state liquor store to be opened In La Grande about Feb. 10. During the last few days, among many applicants tfor-the position of manager here, the names of Walter Leisman, Hubert Anderson and Mr. 'Hendrlckson have been mentioned most frequently. . But with the ap polntmentaf Mr. Runte as supervisor, belief here -was growing that Mr. Leis man would toe successful In his ap plication for the post. Hi? has taeen proprietor of the L Ss L Drug Co. here for many years and ' Is one of the city's most prominent business men. No official announcement as to a selection of a liquor store manager for this elty had .been made today, but such an announcement was ex pected before long.. In addition to applications for the managership, many other applica tions have been sent by La a renders ' (Continued on Page Three) Queen Selection ,. Is Planned For GolcLGreen Ball Innovations In decoration will be utilized in a unique manner for the annual Gold and Green boll, spon sored by the Church of the Latter Day Saints Friday evening at the large ball room in the Recreational hall. Gold and green, from which the ball takes its name, will be the color scheme but new decorative ideas have been conceived by the commit tee of which Farley Thomas and Mrs. Kato Metcalf are chairmen. All Wards In the Stoke will participate. Other members of the committee are Clark Webb, Mrs. Otis Veal, Mar lon Stoddard, Miss Beatrice Warded, Frankle Baufh and Mrs. Jack Hlatt Sr. For her charm, poise, beauty, car riage and dress, the queen of the ball will 'be chosen from among can didates from each of the wards to reign over the - dancers during the evening. The queen will be crowned (Continued on Page Two! Discord Drowns Out Rudy Vallee's Love Song ofX' fijJsr iA Si5IJ SJJ One of the most sensational and; bitterly fought le gul battles In Los Angeles' history Is believed Im pending, us Hucl.v Vallee, famous crooner, prepares to fight the separate maintenance suit of Mrs. Vullre, tlic former Pay Webb, branding It as a "sliakedow n." Mrs, Vallee charges Itudy with misconduct with Alice Fuye, bland radio singer,- and several "Jan e Does", Vallee hits back by Impugning his wife's conduct, among other things stating that she mad e a date over a telephone with an adagio dancer ' while she was wearing nothing but mules -and a s mile and that she had a habit of going around nude . In her ap artment, SELECT GENERAL COMMITTEE FOR BIRTHDAY BALL .' The- executive committee in charge of the Blrthdav Ball, for. the nresl- dnti. to he lild at tho -i Bocafawetiv, the night of Jan, 30, .today announce ed through M. D. Geller, secretary, the general committee for the La Grande ball. ,. J .. Other special committees are being named, Including appointment of Po lice Chief Jim Steffen and Fire Chief C. T. Lindsay to head the ticket sell ing committee, and Horry McK Inlay to head the decorating committee. Mr. Geller reported that Mr.cKin-' lay intended to have his staff 'of dec-' orators from Folk's store prepare the hall for the dance. . .. . Members of the general committee as announced today follow: M. J. Goes, A. L. Gralapp, P. A. Greullck, Dr. C. H. Gllctrap, Raymond Gray, Kate Houx, L. S. Hanford, R. R. Hurron, Henry Hess, H. M. How ard, H. E. Inlaw, J. Jordan B. B. Johnson, Judge Knowles, Fred Kid dle. Martin King, Rev. Kopp, F. Lan zer, H. V. Loffel, John rjarrison, A, G. (Continued on Page Six) "HOW VULGAR!" Baby Born In East Weighs Uy Pounds - & . . ' CHESTER, Pa., Jan. IB OT A daughter weighing 18 pounds pounds was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Thomaa Ozomokol, - Physicians expressed the belief that he baby i tho largest, ever horn ln'thls city and pointed' but that it Is as heavy as a normal 6-month-old child. Mrs. Czarnokol, who Is 36 and the mother of two other children, and the "little one" Is doing nice ly. I I,1 li urn DEFENDANTS WIN VERDICT OF JURY Hobart Johnson and Dean Dudley, both of Athena, were found not guil ty of negligent and careless waste of game animals, namely elk, this morn ing by a Jury In the Justice court. Judge h. Denham presided over the case. I,-, i ' . ! 1 1 i i This Is the last of a series of cases (Continued on Page Elsrht) FLAGSHIP OF BYRD'S PARTY AT ICY CAMP Mnds ' td'ttle' America ""Iii Good Condition All Intact Under the Snow LITTLE AMERICA, (Via Mackny Radio), .In II. 18 (!) .Admiral Rich ard K. nyrtl and his AnUirctlo cxc dltlnn arrived hero today. The arrival was at 12:30 a. m., E. S. T. (Unusual statlo Interference made It difficult for the Byrd flagship to communicate with civilization). .The flagship was forced to travel at a reduced speed Tuesday night owing to a blizzard. But yesterday the sky cleared slowly and the watero of the Ross sea becamo deep blue. Tho expedition Intended to determ ine tho state of tho old camp at Ldt tlo America, which Byrd left four years ago. Six doff teams, hauling camping supplies, Immediately woro slung over tho side of the ship and started over tho gently rising rldgo .botwoon the mooring placo and the camp proper. The cruise from Beaton had occu pied three months. The landing party found tho three 60-foot wireless towors of the camp Intact although tho buildings were covered with snow. ."It's all thoro," Admiral Byrd ex plained. "The administration build ing you can seo, tho threo ventilators sticking up and tho chimney. There's the radio shack to the left, It's all there under the snow." BUS AND TRUCK VOTE MOVE FAILS SALEM, Jan. 18 W) Tho attempt to place the repeal of the 1033 truck and bus law on tho special eloctlon ballot May 18 failed. It was announc ed today -by tho. secretary of stato's office. Iasufflclont signatures for thd Initiative proposal resulted In the defeat of. the plan. Tho Initiative petitions, sponsored by the Motor Vehicle Owners' asso ciation, woro sent to tho secretary of state Inst night with but 12,000 names. In order to bo placed upon the ballot, 26,607 names would bo necessary. Wheat Today The price of local cash wheat wtorxl at ohout B3H cent hulk here today, nrcnnllnfc to ( nota tions at the Pioneer Flowing Mill. Portland cafth 71 cents. No export hUl. CHICAGO. Jan, 18 Wi Jolted by a severe drop of tho poumU sterling to below $5, for tho flrat time In weeks, tho wheat market averaged lower today. Accompanying tho fall of the pound were suggestions among wheat trad ers tliat a currency wnr 'between Great Brltnln and tho United Btatos wan Impending, Wfieat closed unsteady, a me under yesterday's finish, com & lo down, oata o off, and provis ions at 7 to 27a decline. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME C. W. A. CHECK Oft I) EKED UNIVERSITY SUPPORTS 110 YER ''... HOPKINS TO CONTINUE BUTTEKMAKEKS IN SESSION ." WASHINGTON, Jon. 18 W Pre paring for powttbde stoppage of the clil ttorks program on February 10 because of funds running ' out, the federal' works administration today halted purchase of materials and sup piles for use on projects throughout the country. The order, Iwmet hy Audrey Williams, assistant adminis trator, on direct lun of Hnrry L. Hop kins, represented it was stated "A stock taking." . EUGENE, Jan. 18 (VP) A resolu tion pledging full and unqualified co-operation and support to Dr. O, V. Boyer, University of Oregon cam pus president, was adopted unani mously by the university faculty. In its first meeting with the new acting president. -' ' " ' , PORTLAND, Jan. 18 UP) Request ed by the federal relief supervisor, Harry U Hopkins, to continue as Ore gon relief director and head of the state CWA at least In a temporary capacity, Raymond B. WIIoox has no ceecled to the petition, lie told the Associated Press last night, at least until Feb. 1. SALEM, Jan. 18 VP) Mora than 200 buttermakem and ice. cream manufacturers In- the 'state were In session here today to perfect a code for these Industries In conformity with the legislative act providing the co-operation of the state . with the federal government in the promotion of the rehabilitation: of agriculture. HEARING UNDER WAY FOR BIRTH CONTROL BILL WASHINGTON, Jani 18 Wl Mrs. Thomas N. Hepburn, mother of six children including tho actress. Kath arine Hepburn, advocated the Pierce birth control iblll beforo the house Judiciary committee today with the words: "Th terror of raco sulcldo! Is non- Mion hut-, women want children but they wont thorn when they can afford tnenn pnysicauy ouu ewuumi cally. "D,m BllMlrln tlt.'k !(t lUSt OS rldlCU lous as that of those who sold, whon we women wanted the vote, that for them, to go to the polls would de- (Contlnued on Page Eight) HOUSE COMMITTEE O. K. ON GOLD BILL WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 OT For mally reporting approval of tho ad- mlniatrnflnn'A mmiSV measure. thO house colnngo committee said today that Orent Britain lorcca me uniwu Btatos off tho gold standard ond the nl.nn,,i Ml ono noo.ooo stabilization fund was Intended "to prevent a repe tition of tins experience. Committee, In approving tho presl-Hsnt-n rinllnr devaluation bill, added an amendment requiring the secre tary of the tttinsury to report lo con gross on operations of tho stablllza tlon fund. Secretary Morgenthnu sold at his press conrerence tnat tne r-eucrai no servo bonk of New York, acting for tho treasury, was purchasing gold abroad os well as domestically. THRILLING RESCUE OF 3 WOMEN IS RELATED NEW YORK, Jan. 18 VPl Three women survivors of the yacht Ala myth were thrown like eacks of wheat from the deck of the sinking craft to the arms of aailoni in a wave-tossed llfo boat. The story of their rescue, along with that of 11 men, In a sea so rough that no boat could tie to the Alamyth wns related today as soon as they arrived on tho coast guard cutter Thetis ohortly after 8 a. m. The Alamyth, a two-masted auxll llary schooner 86 foot long, was abandoned by Its small company at 11 a. m. yesterday, whon water was pouring Into Its hull ea fast that pumps could no longer savo It. Rescue of the survivors woo effect ed by tho tanker Oulfland 76 miles south of Bornogat, N. J. Oeorge E. Oonklln, of Teaneck, N. J organlieor of tho cruise which was to take tho yacht through the South seas on a shnre-thc-cost basis, said a sudden erlng of th wind at 6 a. m. yesterday brought dluaster to his craft. WEALTHY MAT CAPTURED ON AUTO DRIVE Family , of ; Edward G. , '. Bremer Refuses to , - Work With Police -4 ABDUCTORS LEAVE ! NOTE, IS REPORT? . j r i Bank President Kidnaped After Taking His Eight Year-Old Daughter to Her School 1 '. J : 8T. l'AUI Jan, 18 P) Police an-, noiinced toilny 'that kidnapers i(v. minding 2(M),0IH) ransom ubilucUit huwarn u. Hremer, son of Adolpla uremer, wcoiiny st. rail i urewer ana prominent Democrat of Minnesota; yesterday morning. . , This 37-year-old president of' the) Commercial State bank, was plcke4 up by an unascertained number of men between 8:16 and 10 a. m.. Wed-i nesday shortly after he had returned from .Chicago. ' ' . Police had received no official notification of the ' abduction and members of the Bremer family ran fused to discuss It. ' The reported abduction of Bremer, whose father owns a controlling In terest In the Jacob Schmidt Brew ing company,'1 followed by seven months ' the kidnaping of William Hamm, Jr., millionaire president fit ' (Continued on Page Fotn) ' '. Carlos Mendieta Made President1 Of Cuba Today HAVANA; Jan. 18 VP) Carlos Men dicta, 60-year-old physician, state man and revolutionist, today w& made president of Cuba the fifta. president In aa many months. 1 Mendieta entered an office whlon had been vacant overnignt, since Carlos Hevla, who had held, office 40 hours, suddenly resigned. ' Mendieta, In his first statement af ter -being selected president of Cuba, said today: . ' . "Through the Associated Press,; X send the American people my govern ment'a and my own most cordial and nffWHrnn rm.nUnoa hnnlno .thn Cuba may base herself on an order of reason and Justice.",.- . : i WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 W) Rec ognition, of Cuba by tho United States within a reasonable time Is, ft possibility as a result of -what the administration considers the clarifi cation of Cuba's affairs through the an) nation of Oolonal Carlos Mandlefca as president and. the co-operation of all divergent parties, Including the army and navy. . . "1. WftVnt fr?VMl-t14ff f r J Working, Wallace ' . ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (P) Sec retary Wallace today stepped before a senate committee with the asser tion that the first eight months op eration of tho greatest farm experi ment ever conducted in this country had provided a . "conclusive demon stration" that it would work. t At the same tlmo, ho conceded the adml nTstratton had failed to carry out nil of its plans, particularly wlttt milk marketing agreements. . y Tho cruise started from Passalo, N. J. Tuesday, he sold, the echoonpr'a engines propelling it out of tho har bor. As soon as the open sea w&A rcachod tho enginco were shut down and snlls hoisted. , At 11 a. m. they sighted the GvUI land. The yacht had no radio send ing apparatus. Tho dulfland put out a small boat. It was too small to buck the great waves, and It had to return. A 36 possenger llfo boat was lowered and sent out under command of Chief Offloer Martin Tommlc. So rough was the sea the life -boat could make no contact with the Alamyth, It teased several feet away. Tho sailors In It braced themselves, held out their arms and to them were hurled the three women, one at a time, The men of the sinking craft woro ab'.o to leap across the With great difficulty the life boat was rowed back to tho Oulflsnd, four oars breaking as waves whipped tM sides. . 1 m
