La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 20, 1934, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texts HWI : Ia Grande la The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America ' Only Newspatwr Printed in La Grande Covering Union and . Wallowa Countiea jj i ; mtxin t I ! I VOLUME 32 EASTERN OBEOON'B LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1934 ' MEMBER ASSOCIATED PHE8S NUMBER 1141 NOTE SAYS MMiEl MAI Wmk 350 ATTEND GOLD, GREEN BALL HERE Biggest Social Event of Year for L. D. S Stake Held Friday LA GRANDE GIRL IS NAMED QUEEN , Cleo Burke, Winsome Sec V ond Ward Candidate, ' Reigns Over Ball With Her Attendants Winsome Cleo - Buyke, radiant In bouffant yellow organdy, reigned over 350 loyal subjects at the annual Gnld and Green 'ball sponsored by tlie Un ion stake of the L. D.r S. church last night from 9 to 12 o'clock at the Rec reational halL Miss Burke, of the 'I A Grande Second ward, Is a,' slender brunette of about five feet two and possesses charm poise, beauty and the other queenly attributes, MJss ' Burke was chosen from a group of six lovely girls all gowned In gold or green to carry out the dec orative motif of the ball. The queen was' enthroned and presented wlth an arm bouquet of yellow daffodils, after which the contest dance was presented by- a dozen couples, all ex--eoutlng me Intricate steps about her throne. Kiss Burka was attended by Bert Burke. The queen candidates were pre sented In a unique manner. The end of the hall was hung with a wall of ' (Continued On Page Four) LaGrandersWin From Enterprise; Play Cove Here The La Grande High Tigers, who meet Cove High here tonight at 8:18 o'clock, wound up their Wallowa county basketball schedule for this winter last night at Enterprise, de feating the Savages 24 to 16. The game was somewhat slow but La Grande, showing improvement in eplte of frequent fumbling, held an advantage throughout. At halftime the blue and white cagers held an 11 to 4 lead. The second team played approxl mately half of the game. Ghent, Enterprise guard, was high scorer with seven, with Stltt, La Grande forward, second with six. Both Zlvkovlch and Bean, local centers, took the tip-off regularly, and' La Grande scored some of her baskets as a direct result of this. The Cove and La Grande second teams will play at 7:16 o'clock to night, this contest followed by the main game, both to be played at the L. D. S. Recreational hall. Last night's lineups: La Grande (24) (15) Enterprise Btitt (6) ..F (2) Lansing Reynolds (1) P... Bauer Zlvkovlch (4) C (2) Kooch IVebb G (7) Ghent DeBole (2) ...a (4) Stickler Irwin (6) S Stoddard (2) S Bean (4) S Osborn S . . Peterson Officials: Enterprise. Walker and Swayze, of RAIN SO FAR THIS MONTH IS ABOUT NORMAL The rainfall this month continues at an about normal rate, In spite of occasional downpours. Last night .39 of an Inch fell, but It only brought the total so far this month to 1.38 Inches, compared with nor mal of 2.21 Inches for January. The weather remained moderate and the forecast for the next week Indicates an unsettled condition with slightly colder weather In Eastern Oregon. U. S. EDUCATORS NOTE SCHOOL CHANGE HERE The successful changing of the school system In La Grande, abolish ing the "A" and "B" classes In the grade schools, under the guidance of Supt. Herbert Evans, is attracting not only statewide, but national at tention. This was learned today when Mr. Evans said that he had received a letter from Columbia university In New York, asking for all data avail able as to the move made here, be lieving that such information would be very valuable to other schools over the country which have contemplated such a change. At the recent meeting of the Ore gon State Teachers association In Portland, many superintendents and prlnolpals of schools In Oregon ques tioned La Grande educators In at Will ROGERS r$gys: . BEVERLY HILLS, Cel., Jan. 19. Plenty of headlines today but not much news. "Congress votes on the 60-cent dollar Saturday'', Wonder if they will have one in there as an ex hibit. , . "Government undecided about what they can do with Japanese taking pictures of fortifications." Make 'em agree to send us some of the pictures if they turn out ok. "Cuba halls new president." Hails him with what? "The man that found the 726 carat diamond In Africa received 9350,000 for it and wants to buy a farm and silk hat," Well, I can understand a man perhaps being eccentrio enough to, want to own a silk hat. Yours, 1SS4) McNausht Syndicate Inc. ENROLLMENT AT LA GRANDE HIGH MONDAY AT 667 Entrance of 39 eighth grade gradu ates from Central, Greenwood and Rlverla schools to the La Grande High school Monday will put the student body total at 667, It was announced today by Supt. Herbert Evans, of the city schools. This Is the highest point) the L. H. S. enrollment has reached this school year. At the completion of the 1932-33 term last spring, the total enrollment of the High school stood at 6 Principal A. L. GraUvpp said today he expected the present figure or BU7 to be Increased before the year ended, but was doubtful whether last) year's total would be reached. Monday marks the beginning of the second semester in the city schools, FIVE NT. GAIN IN ENROLLMENT Complete registration figures for the winter term of the East ern Oregon Normal school dis close a total enrollment of 230 students, it 1b announced by Miss Helen Moor, registrar. This marks an increase of- five per cent over the- enrollment for the corresponding term a year ago. A noteworthy feature of enroll- ' ment data Is that 42 per cent of the total number of students are men, r Hours of Work Reduced t For CWA Employes All Union county C. W. A. workers, 383 In number, were today operating under the retrenchment orders Issued yesterday from Washington. In other words, all men at work on projects In La Grande ore getting In 24 hours a week Instead or 30, and; all men at work on projects elsewhere In the county aro getting In 15 hours in stead of 30. The chango la made for economy reasons in view of the decreasing funds available. Estimates aro that only about 15 to 20 per cent of the C.W.A. work Is being done in La Grande, and 80 per cent elsewhere in the county. Workers on the La Grande Jobs wlU receive 20 per cent less time and workers on the other Jobs will receive 60 per cent less. cent of the O.WA work Is being done in La Grande, and 80 per cent else. where In the county. Workers on the La Grande Jobs will receive 20 per cent less wages and workers on the other Jobs will receive 60 per cent lees. The payroll distributed today by V. L. Meyers, C.W.A. disbursing of ficer, totalled 72B9.80, the largest amount yet, and next Saturday's pay roll with the changes in working hours will not reach that total. Forty projects have been approved (Continued on Page Two) tendance as to Just what was done, how It was working, and for all other available Information. The change In the system, which does away with mid-year students and puts all the children in any one grade on the same footing starting each school year at the same time has worked out very successfully here. Both students and their par ents have expressed pleasure with the change made, and the faculty mem bers are able to perform their duties much more efficiently under the new arrangement. La Orande, the pioneer In the movement, is as a result attaining national attention In this respect, with other schools over the nation eagerly watching the success of the plan as It Is working out here. COMPLETION OF VIADUCT DUE FEB. 15 Work Will Be Finished by ' Then Barring Unex pected Delays CREW OF 32 MEN BUSY ON PROJECT Southsidts Approach Over Half Done; Northside Approach Finished Some . Time Ago .- Unless unexpected delays occur in the work, the clty-C.W.A. rebuilding of the Second street viaduct ap proaches will be completed about Feb. 15, City Manager Angus McAl lister reports. A crew of 32 men Is working on the project at present, all of them on the C.W.A. payroll. fTrofflc over the viaduct, which spans the Union Pacific railroad tracks, will resume as soon as the project la completed. At present, other street are being used to ' con nect the north and south side traf fic. The north side approach is prac tically completed with the guard rails the only remaining work to be done. This will begin when the fills have settled more. Later, of course, side walks will be Installed, also. Work on the south side approach ' (Continued on Page Two EXTENSION WORK OPENED BY E.O.N. AT ENTERPRISE Marking 'the first entrance 'bftW Eastern Oregon Normal school Into the field of extension work, an ex tension class has been organized at Enterprise, and Is taught by R. L, Skeen, of the Normal school faculty. The course Is a regular credit). course In social psychology, and credits earned therein will be applicable to either lower division or upper divi sion at other Oregon. Institutions or higher learning. Twenty-two stu dents are enrolled. The class meets onco each week In the evening. The work is carried on In co-operation with the extension division of the Oregon state system of higher educa tion. . . ' FIRE SCARE LAST EVENING The fire department was called to tho office of Dr. J. B. Blackham in the New Foley building at 6:10 p. m., but upon arrival found no fire. Some one had noticed a light in the build ing and turned In an alarm, fire men reported. Tired but Happy; Great Hawaiian mi mm- Fix u !ir:. te ' , , t " NEA Lieut Commander Kncfler McGlnnls;-second from left, commander of the navy s great flight from Ban Francisco ba? to Honolulu, poses with crew members at the end of a "routine transfer.of equipment" oUWrvrtse the longest non-stop squadron flight on record, when six navy planes landed at Pearl Harbor after a flight from San Froncto bay. In a trifle more than 24 Hours the flight was concluded without .... mishap. ' TRAINMEN REDUCE WORK HOURS TO AID EMPLOYMENT The Brotherhood of Railroad Train men has voluntarily agreed to reduce working hours to a maximum of 48 per week from a minimum of 68 per week, effective this month; This will be continued Into July. This co-operative move Is expected to put a substantial number of men to work during the next six months, further aiding the employment situa tion In this division. .. of Railroad Trainmen la to voluntar fOonttnued on Pace Two! CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO MEET AT HOT LAKE FOR FORMAL OPENING On the occasion of the formal opening of the Hob Lake sanatorium, leased by Dr. J. B. Gregory, of Wal lowa, and managed by L. F. Allen, of Wallowa, the La Orande chamber of commerce will hold Its January luncheon at Hot Lake Tuesday noon. During the afternoon the publlo- is Invited to Inspect the sanatorium, and in the evening cards and dancing will be enjoyed. Those wishing transportation to Hot Lake for the luncheon should be at tho chamber of commerce office by 11:46 a. m. Tuesday, Secretary Harold Boone announced today. Mr. Allen, representative la- the SAID THE WISE OLD OWL V ry!1tr"''"''''' - K. O. Waring, Born Here, Becomes Oakland Treasurer 1 Raymond O. Waring, born and reared In La Orande, has been ap pointed city treasurer of Oak land, Cal according to word re ceived here. City Manager John F. Kassler, as his first official -rnove the first of this month, dusted Alfred Anderson as treas urer and named Mr. Waring to the position. :: i Waring, active 1 in ' Oakland politics during the lost election, was for nine years a member of '.the United States internal ,rey remie department there; ;.; -. Many local people who knew Mr. Waring were delighted to learn of his success. state legislature from Wallowa coun. ty, was in La Orande this morning In connection with arrangements for the formal opening. STUDENT SCORES HIGH LAMONI, la.- VP Intelligence tests do not frighten Stok Symon of Chicago, sophomore In Oraceland college hero. In a standardized test for colleges and universities of the nntlon'he ranked In the top 16 among U098 students In history and social sciences; scored in the top 76 In gen eral culture and placed in tho upper 48 out of 10,161 contestants In vocab ulary, . Flight Ends POST OFFICE FILES GIVEN UP BY BROWN 'Bm'ned' Correspondence Surrendered Investi gators Not , Likely to Question Brown ! WASHINGTON," Jan. 20 (P) TWO mystery tinted slmifs of official oor reHpomlonce bearing tlio nnine of Wal ter F. Brown today reappeared In the files of the post office department, marking the end of n ceUar-to-garrot scnroli. ' Tho former postmaster general handed the letters to his successor, James A. Farley, a few hours pre viously with an explanation that despite- testimony of their burning be fore a senate committee these partic ular files appeared "unscathed by their fantastic- experience In the fiery furnace." ' 1 Farloy had post office Inspectors make an Inventory of the letters early today before placing them again on file. Ho withheld all other publlo comment. Hardly had Brown delivered the flics to Farley la to yesterday before Chairman Black of the senate air mall Investigating committee said he hoped "there will be more miraculous discoveries," adding "It Is regrettable that we cannot find the correspond enco that was burned." Black indicated he would not call Brown before his committee. The former postmaster general sold It would be "only fair" that he be al lowed to testify. In his lotter Brown explained he found the official lotto rs in a pack ing box closed by "20 long screws" that had been movod about with his personal belongings for months. He said ho was "amazed" at finding (Continued on Page Four) E. 0. N. Defeats Albion Normal In First Game NAMPA, Idaho, Jan. 20 fP) Worth west Nazarene college of Nampa top ped the list of six Idaho and Oregon colleges In tho Invitational basketball tournament here today by virtue of two victories and no defeats In the first round of play. Tho tournament concludes tonight, Eastern Oregon Normal school re mained In the running for first di vision ranking. The Mountaineers defeated Albion Normal school 44 to 30 In their first game but were nosed out 20 to 25 by Ooodlng college in their evening game. They play again tms alter noon. Wheat Today The price of Inral rash wheat -stood at about t', cents bulk here today, according to quota- tluns at the Pioneer Flouring: Mills. Portland cash 7!! cents.; Export 70 cents. - ! CHICAGO, Jan. 20 WV-Uncertain ty over what might happen In Wash ington over the week end did a good deal to make groin values average lower today. Absence of aggressive demand rath er than pronounced pressure to sell appeared chiefly responsible for sog glng of quotations, v Wheat clotted easy, Va& under yesterday's finish, corn down, oats Yt& off, and provisions un changed to 0 cents lower. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME , ;. EARTH SLIDE IN SKAT TLB REPORT ON VY1IKAT ACREAGE . . . . EASTMAN GIVES HIS VIEWS , t . IIEOIN HUNGER STRIKE SEATTLE, Jan. 20 P) Eight pa tients In the main building or the small Laurel Beach hospital at Faun telroy, a suburban district, were safe today after a tremendous earth slide had demolished the two-story struc ture. More slides in tills area were feared, due to heavy rains. . ,' WASHINGTON, Jon. 20 W) Farm administration officials declared to day Its report of a 23- per cent in crease In , winter wheat seedlngs In 11 principal states over the expeoted total was hot evidence of failure, of the agricultural program but did show the necessity of curbing non-cooperating farmers. They had expected the decrease was actually only 3,267, tse decrease was actually only 3,267, 000 acres. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20'P) An swering the first, of a series of ques tions asked liim by congress, Joseph B. Eastman, federal coordinator of transportation, held today the time was not ripe lor either nationwide consolidation of railroads or govern ment ownership. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (P) Albert W. Bates and Harvey J. Bailey, no torious criminals, are on hunger strikes in Leavenworth prison. IVASHINOTONi Jan. 80 VP) Re sponding to the administration call for quick passage of the Koosevelt dollar devaluation bill, Uempcrutlo loaders exerted strong pressure today to bring a vote in the house before adjournment. , . SEVEN CONVICTS STILL AT LARGE; . PRISONER FREED LANSINO, Kan., Jan. 20 VP) Of ficers widened their search today for the sevon convicts who broke oufa of the Kansas state prison yesterday as Zjewls Dresser, rural school teacher abduoted by two of them, was . re leased unharmed at Pawhuska, Okla. Dresser, seized soon after Jim Clark, Bob (Big Boy) Brady and five other convicts fled over tho wall of the Lansing prison, was freed after a wild 20-hour ride. - , i He said, he could not identify Clark's companion. Upon his release,. Dresser drove toj Bartlesvllle and reported hlB pres ence to nollce. Drcssor's car was returned by the oonvlcts after he had promised to say nothing to officers until he had drlvon 60 or "60 miles from the place where he was released, he said. Dresser, told officers that Clark, ouo of the 11 convicts who escaped In the Memorial day break last year from the Bame prison, had driven the car most of the way from Dresser's home near Lansing where ho was kidnaped as he departed! from the rural school where he Is teacher. "I haven't figured out yet wheth er tho other man In the car was Bob Brady or ono of the others," Dresser said, ; CIIICAOO BANDITS CAPTURED ; QUINCY, III., Jan. 20 (fll Five Chicago youths, objects of an all-day southern and western Illinois hunt In which a posse of 250 men trapped them In a woods, were in Jail at (Continued on Page Four, i B AKER AIRPORT WORK APPROVED PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 20 mlm provement of the Bnker airport with an allotment of 16.405.60 O. W. A. funds was nnnouncod hero lato yes terday by Lieutenant Basil B. Smith, airport engineer for tho department of commerce aeronautics division. " The project Includes extension of an existing runway, construction of a new runway and field drainage. Tho American Legion at Baker raised 1050 to buy the land for the airport extension. About 200 men will be employed to Feb. 16, It was stated. INTENDED VICTIM SHOOTSKIDNAPER ' LOS ANOKI.E3, Jan. 30 VP) A. kid naper was killed hero last night by his Intended victim, William Bpltzel. 48, a Jewelry salesman. "I'm sorry I had to kill a man but It was my life or his," said Spltxel. Tho slain man, on probation after a two year prison sentence, was Eddie Huffman, 11, a prize fighter. Spttml's story was that as he was starting to enter his automobile In front of his homo, ' the kidnaper stepped tip from behind, flourishing a pistol and saying: "Do what t tell you, or you'll get hurtl" ST. PAUL MAN i SLAIN BY ONE OF KIDNAPERS Such Is the Information Conveyed in Mystery; Letter Today . , FEDERAL AGENTS T CONTINUE SEARCH Edward Bremer's Family Has $200,000 Ransom ; Ready --Daughter Un avyare of Kidnaping . . . 8Tj PAUL, tan., 20 VP) Polk tmlity branded as a fake tlvs an onymous nolo mylng Edward O, ' Bremer hud been "Dumped off." . ST. PAUL, Jan. 20 W A mystery note,' declaring Edward O. Bremer, abducted for (200,000 ransom, bad been "bumped off" was . received througli the moils today by W. . C. ' Robertson Minneapolis postmaster. , Written- in longhand by a good penman, the note said: . . "Very iorry but Bdword Bremer it now resting in .peace. Was by acci dent bumped off. Body near Anoka, Minn. .Will not be found until after the snow goes, contact all off. Please . forgive, us. All a mistake by one of our gang being drunk. . "Please tell Walter Hagee, Bt, Paul. . "One of the gang." No stamp -was on the envelope. It bore no postmark. ? Heavily armed; details of federal, bureau of Investigation operatives and city police, the latter headed by Chief of Police Thomas Dalull and Charles Tlerney, Inspector of detectives, - left Immediately for Anoka, about 20 miles north of Minneapolis. t BT. PAUL, Minn., Jan, 20 WV-A fortune in' old bills: was ready for kidnapers today if they would heed the pica of an aged and 111 father begglhg"foi the return of his tealthy " son, Edward O. Bremer, hfcld for ' ' (ContUiued From Page Pourf . Farley May Be Gubernatorial :' Candidate Next NEW YORK, Jon. 20 VP) In con nection with word :from- Washington that Postmaster ' General ' James A. Parley Is planning to resign as chair man or me Democratic national com mittee, the New York Times says Par ley Is understood to entertain the ' ambftlon of running for governor of New York in 1038. He has been advised, the paper says, that he would be in a much Btronger position tot the nomination and In the campaign tor the election If he . were out of party leaderships. Besides giving up the post of na tional chairman, he Is also plannlrfg to resign as New York, state chair man, '. The Times declares Farley will re tire from the latter post at the next meeting of the Democratic committee or that '"he will not be a candidate for re-election by the new state com mittee, which will he chosen at the primary in September. P. W. A. Authorizes 36 More Projects WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (ff) The publlo works administration today al lotted $2,030,200 for 36 non-federal projects, estimating, it would provide 10,420 man-months of quick, direct employment In 18 states. These allotments brought the total of non-federal approvals to 9667,741, 704 for the construction of 2081 proj ects, , Earthquake Dead Estimated 15,000 CALCUTTA, Jan. 20 TV-7nofflc!al estimates of the death toll of last . Monday's earthquake were raised to 16.000 today. Workers aro laboring day and night at tho' task of gathering the bodies of the, dead and dumping them into, tho Ganges river. . . The Jewelry salesman had a pistol In his overcoat pocket, but saw no chance to use It, as he started up the car with the kidnaper beside him. After driving a bit, Spltzel slumped over, murmuring: "My heart I'm going to faint." It was a trick, but the kidnaper felt for It and grabbed at the steer ing wheel. Spltzel Jammed his toot on the brakes, seized the kidnaper's pistol in one hand and pulled out hi own, biasing, with the other.' . Huffman slumped, to the floor, tlw bullet in his body, dead. i