La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 22, 1934, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text"Treaty Size9' Navy America Appears Certainty La Grande' Is The Gateway to Wallowa, J "The Switzerland J , of America Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties MXMtt VOLUME 32 EASTERN OKEOON'B LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1934 MEMI1RR ASSOCIATED P11ES8 NUMBER 115 M01E Uo So (CASE Fit I For (gritiuV EuBttittn m MiMS mm $30,000 OR MORE DDE ON HOGS, CORN Some Estimates High As $50,000 For Union County Producers WHEAT ALLOTMENT CHECKS APPROVED County Agent Averv Re ports Approval From Washington Last Sat , urday Night. . The federal hog and corn control not, which will regulate production of both In Union county, will brine between $30,000 and $50,000 Into this county, according to present esti mates It the bulk tf the raisers are eligible to sign, II. O. Avery, county agent, reports. The bog and corn con trol work will be conducted in the same manner as the wheat adjust ment program Just completed with necessary adjustments made. County Agent Avery also received word 8aiturday night that the wheat allotment checks for Union county have .been approved In Washington, D. G. and that the first payment, In the amount of ibetween $110,000 and $118,000 will be received In the near future for distribution among the wheat ranchers who agreed ito reduce acreage. . i Hog and corn control were design ed under the; N. H. A. to .take care of the surplus and enable the farmers to receive a .better price for their , produce. The wheat allotment act, which had the same purpose, was '- : : -' - . vJfl;i-" '- ' (Continued From Page Pour) La Grande High Scores Two Wins Over Cove Teams La Grande High had little diffi culty In defeating the Cove High basketball team here Saturday night, scoring a 45 to 11 victory. Cove was held to one field goal and a free throw in the first half while La Grande caged 10 points. Reynolds. lorward, was high scorer with iten with Stltt, forward, and De- Bole, guard, tied with eight each for second honors. Coach Woodle used his reserves freely, with the first stringers seeing action little more than half of the game. The contest was unusually free of fouling. In a preliminary, the L. H. S. sec ' ond team, consisting of Bohnenkamp, center; Marshall and Keoler, forwards; Hanson and Peterson, guards, and Klein and Gehrlng, spares, won from the Cove seconds 17 to 14. La Grande is scheduled to go to Baker Friday night and on Saturday . night North Powder will play here. Summary: Cove , Fg Ft Pf Tp D. DoBorde. f 112 3 Mills, f 2 B. DoBorde, c - 1 Richards, g - 0 Comstock, g 0 Robinson, f 0 Oooaell, f 1 Duncan, g 0 Totals: La Grande Stltt, f Reynolds, t ... Zlvkovlch, o . Webb, g DeBole, g 6 1 2 11 FgFtPTTp 4 0 0 8 1 10 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hyde, f Stoddard, f Bean, c Oiborn. g . Irwin, g Totals: 22 1 2 45 Score by quarters: Cove . 0 3 2 811 L. H, S. 7 12 6 1045 Referee: dive Moore. OLLIETOF the movies MAKES DEBUT TODAY "OUle of the Movies," the newest member of the Observer family, makes her appearance today on the comlo page and you'll like her. This is the newest pretty girl comic strip offered to newspapers today, end Is crammed full of action, fun and Interesting continuity. Ollle is Olive Lane, winner of the Stayklst Lipstick beauty contest, comes to Holly-wood to collect her prize of four weeks at $75 a week with all expenses paid. And do things happen? t 8he encounters important movie personages, movie magnates and their Will Rogers 9$gys: SANTA MONICA, Oal., Jan. 21 Well, the 60-cent dollar passed the house by nine to one. Where did that one come from? Can It be the presi dent's power Is waning? The senate wUl talk against it, but vote for it. This leaves Mr. Roosevelt In sole charge of the money. It's the (first time the bankers have lost control of it since Interest was Invented. : Japan hasn't got much humor. They say we don't recognize Man chukuo. We do recognize it. We recog nize It as ft part of Japan. . , I tell you there Is matrimonial hope for any man. I see where a radio an nouncer got married. Good -luck, Gra ham. Yours, y-' C1934, McNaiight Syndicate, Inc. HOT LAKE OPEN HOUSE FOLLOWS FORUM LUNCHEON To afford the public an opportun ity to inspect the newly renovated Hot Lake sanltorlum and ' hospital, open house will be held tomorrow afternoon following a meeting of the La Gijande chamber of commerce there at 12 o'clock. David I. Stod dard will be the principal Bpeaker at the forum luncheon after which Dr. J. B. Gregory and L. F. Allen, manager, will conduct a tour of In spcctlon through the Institution. Al fred Meyers will sing during the noon hour. The public Is Invited " to inspect the sanltorlum and hospital during (Continued on Page Four) hj.richarHt IS APPOINTED TO NATIONAL OFFICE Harlcy H. Richardson, who lost year was district commander of the Am erican Legion In this section, Satur day was appointed alternate national executive committeeman of Oregon at sn executive meeting held -In Port land. Mr. Richardson has been active In legion -affairs for many yoars, and his new appointment comes as stntc-wido recognition of his valuable service to the organization. PORTLAND, Jan. 22 W) Sugges tions for strengthening the civil works administration program, for the elimination of alleged favoritism and inefficiency In relief work, and for the eradication of duplication of (Continued on Pago Two HALF INCH RAIN DURING WEEKEND A slight increase In temperatures accompanied Dy neavy rmnu mtimvu tho weather in La Grande during the ,n.l,An,l TPIvA-hiinrtrpdthfi of an inch of rain fell Saturday and Sunday's total was .45 of an men. ugni rains occurred here this morning. At 7 a. m. this morning the Janu ary rainfall total stood at 1.88 in ches, still .33 of an inch' below nor mal for the mor.th. Continuation of the present weather would soon put this -January In tho "vct" total, and the government forecast for tonight and tomorrow indicated the likeli hood of more rain. No change In temperature was predicted, with more south and southwest winds offshore. Minimum temperatures both Sun day and this morning wore above freezing point. The maximum Sun rinv wnt 4R above and the mercury at 7 o'clock this morning was at 47 above. directorates of "Yes Men," and gets into some extremely enjoyable (to you) tangles. Today's strip shows her arrival in Hollywood, and the plot is going to unfold rapidly so don't miss checking up on "Ollle" a single dayl Best of all, there Is an authentic background of reality to Ollle and her adventures, and gives a new angle on glamorous Hollywood. And you'll get a lot of first hand information about how pictures are produced, how to get into the movies (maybe), and lots of other "inside stuff." FAY'S FRIEND In his attempt to fight the sep arate maintenance action of his wife. Fay Webb, Rudy. Vol lee re leased phonograph transcripts of purported tclepltone conversations between his wife and Gary Leon (above), adagio dancer. Miss Webb vows she'll fight this charge to the last ditch. WHITMAN PI AYS E. O. N. HERE ON TUESDAY NIGHT La Grande baskotbnll fans will have a full bill of college basketball this week, beginning tomorrow night when Whitman college plays the Eastern' Oregon Nonnftl-schootrtri, the L. D. S. Recreational hall, the game to begin at 7:30 o'clock. Ira Woodle will referee. Then Oregon Normal school of Monmouth will be here Thursday and Friday nights for two games with the Mountaineers. Whitman hits the road today and this evening plays the College of Idaho at Ontario, Ore., then return ing to La Grande for the gafme to morrow night. Coach Nig Borleskc Is taking a dozen cagcrs on the trip. Earlier this month Whitman won from E. O, N. at Walla Walla 40 to 24, but since that time the local quintet has improved considerably, and a close contest Is expected on the local floor. . The game at Walla Walla was play ed after the Mountaineers had had only a few days practice and only one actual game, that against the iBoise Junior college. Since then E. O. N. has played half a dozen games, and Increased both its scor ing ability and Its defense. (Continued on Page Three) 1 HATCHERY AT UNION TO BE LATEST TYPE Circular Tanks For Fish ; To Be Housed in New Building; , To Get Eggs in Wallowa Co. , i A new type of fish hatchery will ho Inaugurated In Enstoni Oregon with the rebuilding of the state plant at Union, It was learned here during the weekend. Ernest Crnckutt. pub licity director of that state game com mission, gave additional Information as to the project while In La Grande during the weekend. t The new building, 44 by 100 feet, which is to be erected at Union, will be the latest thing in tank houses. Ponds, circular In Bhape, will be in side the building, Instead of outside, and because of the great food stor age space provided for, it will be pos sible to raise the young fish to four, five or six inches before liberating them, - Mr. Crocket stressed the fact that the commission Intends to free the fish only after they attain sufficient size to take care of themselves in strange waters. Food will be shipped from the coast In carload lots for storage at Union. Mr. Crockatt also emphasized the fact that the commission Intends to (Continued on Page Two) A. L. Drum Corps To Resume Work Tuesday Evening 1 Tho American Legion drum nnd bugle -corps, inactive during the last few weeks, will resume practice to morrow night at the national guard armory, beginning a 7:30 o'clock. Originally, the meeting was called for 7 p. m. so that Jesse V. Andrews, first lieutenant in Company E, might drill the corps; for half an hour, but ilr, Andrews will -be out of town ucsday night so the time was chang ed to 7:30. The drum corps won the staite championship in the Oregon conven tion held last summer, end are out to repeat again this year If it Is possible. -. ., . THEFT SUNDAY EVENING HERE Edward L. Leonard, of Pendleton, reports blio theft of a grip, a .22, cali ber automatic pistol, a kodak and a brown sweater from his car parked in front of a Madison avenue homo Sunday night. Police are investigat ing. ' STUDY IN EXPRESSION Blooms and Snow f " ' 'vwKjswt" "wstf win niiimi..iiMi'i""'!mM'f fee -1 With mountain snows arid scmi-trople flowers but a short distance apart, Miss Josephine Fisher, above, la coronated queen of tho eighth annual Los Angeles Winter Sports Carnival, scheduled to be held at lg Pines, a two-hour ride from the California garden In which the coronation was held. OLD CHANNEL OF RIVER DESCRIBED That the Snake river" at one time surged through tho Burnt river and Powder river countries, and emptied tlwn into the. Grande Ronde rlVcr was the statement mado today by Elmo Stevenson, of the E. O. N, fac ulty, at the Lions luncheon at tho Sacajawca Inn. ' Mr. Stevenson addressed tho club on the subject "Piracy on High Lands" and traced the early history of tho formation of the country from a geologic standpoint. He said that faulting caused ' by horizontal pres sure on the land caused later changes in the streams course until It was diverted into Its present channels. It was announced that the Lions will hold an open forum meeting, with the public invited, next Monday at 7:30 p. m. at the Sacajawca. Three topics of current local Interest will (Continued On Page Four) LEOJ.FALK VISITS HERE Leo J. Falk, of Boise, owner of Falk's storo, was a business visitor at the local store on Saturdny, Aid Coronation JJ (I WAR CLOUDS LESS BLACK IN FAR EAST Resignation of Araki and Appointment of Haya shi as Japan's War Min ister Good Sign. . tly Tim Associated 'I'rcss World capitals speculated today on what cfrcct the reslKiiatlon f gen eral Sado Arukl, extreme militarist, as .Iiinanesn minister of wur nilRlit have on strained relations between that cmill'try and Soviet Knssln. General Anikl was succeeded by dcnoral Bcnjuro Hayoshl. Somo Japa nese political writers expressed belief that tho antl-mllltnrlBt movement gained strength by itho change. Meanwhile, a warning to Japan not to "plot aRalnst our frontiers" camo from a high soviet official. L. M. Kaganovltch, head of tho Moscow communist parly and mom bcr of tho aovlct' central executive committee, In an address to party loaders said "wo must bo proimred for an attack, at any moment" and ithat Japan "must romomber tho Bovlot union Is not czarlst Burala or 1904." Harriot Hccs I. Involved , Belief that tho United Stales a Involved In the situation wss express ed by former Premier Edouard Hcr- (Continued On Poge Foot) $1500 BUILDING PERMIT ISSUED Plmt building permit of this year was taken out at tho city orflec Sat urday by tho W. II. Bohnenkamp Co. for alterations and repairing ol tho company's warchcruso building on Jefferson avenuo between Greenwood and Hemlock streets. Tho estimated cost of tlio work which Includes rais ing of thou floor, installation of cool ers and other remodelling work, Is $1,600. Tho company has Its crew of work men employed and has begun work on tho remodelling, It was reported today. Wheat Today The price nf IimuI cswli wlH'iit (stood ut about ?'' Vi (wills built today, h word Ink to quotation at' the Pioneer Flouring Mill. Fort liitul rash 11 wills. KxMrt bid 75 vvnin. OHICAOO, Jan. !'! W A tend ency to await monetary develop ments at Wnshlntfton did much to curtail buying Interest in the whont market today, and to make prices sag. The downward disposition of wheat values was increased as a result or liberal receipts, especially at Kanaas City. , Wheat closed unsteady, a lc under Saturday's finish, com m c o!f, oats fii c down, and provis ions unchanged to a decline of 3c. SI J JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME m KNOX HILL RULING SOON ; U. 8. WANTS FA IK TREATMENT NO CHANGES IN C.W.A. PLANS P. 1L TO KECOGNIZG CUBA ' ALBANY, Ore.; Jan. 83 (P Judge L, G. Lcwcllliig of the Linn-Marion nlrcult court, uiinounced today he will rend from the bench at Salem Wednesday morning, his ruling on the ooHstltuttrtimlity of jthe Knox state liquor control law. WASHINGTON, Jan. 82 MV-President Roosevolt today, called in the German ambassador, Dr. Hans Luth er, to ask that Germany give the same treatment to American creditors as Is given to creditors In other na tions. Germany has arranged for payments on the obligations of Its stato, municipalities and corporations and has fixed a lower per centage of these payments to American creditors than to creditors in some other coun tries. . WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (?) Presi dent Roosevelt was described today nt tile White House as unswerving (rom Ills budget, and planning to ask oougresH Mils week for funds to con tinue the civil works administration only until May, WASIHNGTON, Jan. 22 (P) Presi dent Roosevolt today notified the diplomats of Central and South Am- erica that he was roady to recognize the now Cuban government. WASHINGTON, j. 22 (p, T1(, seuato today .passed the house bill providing- Kovenuuent Riinranteo ror tho authorized $2.UflO,ooi,000 of farm mortgage refinancing bonds. -. . NO WORD FROM KIDNAPED BANKER; GUARD RICH GIRL IMHIIH 1H1KK TllltEATI-;NRI NKW YORK, Jan. 23 WV Tho Diilly News says Doris Duke, to bacco helrcBs, is being guarded by an extra dotnll of private detec tives because she received a threat ening letter. MIbs Duke, whose fortune Is estimated to be more thnn $60, 000,000, wns Bald to be in seclu sion at her palatini homo In Som ervllle, N. J. ST. PAUL, Jan. 22 P) Despair cruHhcd waning hopes today for early rclenfio of Edwnrd G. Bremer, kid naped for $200,000 ransom, as tho Bremer family determined to refuse to bitrter a fortune for his nafo re turn unless they flrat rocelve insur ance ho Is still nllvo, r, A meiwaKo from tho kidnapers and signed by tho 37-ycar-old Commer cial SUit-o bank president and owner, which would glvo; such reussurnnce, wus vainly awaited over tho weekend but was not forthcoming as1 the llULh hour pussed without word from the abductors. Blood, a shnky Hcrawl, a death threat nnd a mysterious note declar ing Bremer had been "bumped off" Intensified nlnrm for the man who (Continued On Pago Four) FRENCH WORKERS ASK FOR RELIEF PAULS, Jnn. 22 wp A million workers crying out for Immediate ro llof from economic stress presented a serious problem to tho government today. ' Civil servants, claiming thoy have been pinched beyond endurance by recent pay cuts, launched a cam paign of manifestations In all admin istrative; centers. ASTOR'S ROMANCE IS ENDED; WEDDING OFF NEW YORK, Jan. 22 Vft The en Basement of John Jacob Astor 3rd and Mls.1 Eileen S. 8. Olllcsplo has been broken, and what was to have been one or tho season's meat bril liant weddings will not take p'.aco on Feb. 0. Announcement that the engage ment had been end?d was made last night by Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence h. Gillespie, parents of Miss Olllcsplo. No reason was given. The engage ment wan announced Dec. 15, a short time after Mlas Gillespie had made her debut, and arrangement al;cily HOUSE TAKES UP U S. NAVY SUPPLY BILL Naval Building Propram Gets Approval of the Administration. SENATE (HEARING ON REVALUATION 1 Dollar-Devaluation Mea4 ure in Committee; Rog-' era, Warren Support F.' -R's Program. ' By the Assoclatei! Frews 1. A move to bring the V. H. Navy to "treaty size" and President Roose velt's dollar - devaluation measure, which passed the house Saturday 360 to 40, shared Interest In the nation's capital toduy. . ? .-, . . The houso medo sn approach to ward making a 'treaty size" navy an , actuality and at the same time, . Its naval committee obtained adminis tration approval of the Vinson -bill to authorize building up to treaty limits. The appropriations commit tee brought up for floor debate, with passage assured, an allotment of , 284,747,000 to carry the navy through tho year beginning with July. In cluded was authority to start three new slx-ineh gun crulsere, the com mittee hailing the present building program as bringing the navy near treaty strength. . V Oppiisltlon In Hp nut e? f w Hnir-llne committee votes on a pro posal to limit operation of the two billion dollar stabilization fund pro pped in the revaluation bill to March U - lD3e,i-worVil.Utiforttatfvly .fore- ' enst. An effort will bo made In the. ,' sonute comnuttoo also to limit -the -powers of the big fund. Senate Demo cratic lenders conceded there would (Continued on Page PourV Seattle Father Facing Charges Of Killing Sons SEATTLE, Jan. 22 W) A 37-year-old fisherman, Oskar Hestness, a self styled "messenger of God," today faced first degree murder charges for tho bizarre strangling of his two llt tlo boys. With a confession before them In which ho lutd given as his motive a , "vision from God" ordering him to "choko tho devil out of them," au- . thorltlcs also studied his sanity. Chief of Detectives Luke S. May an nounced the confession last night. , In word containing many religious references, tho fisherman described tho ktlltngs, Tho victims wore his only children, John, aged ; 10; ; and . Henry, four. ., :' "I killed John first. Last Tuesday ho camo from tho Pontacostal tem ple, nnd I asked him who sent him. Ho wouldn't answer. Then I ,ed him 'who Is in you'? - "He said 'the devil Is In mo1. Then God appeared to mo and ho told me : to choko the dovll out of him." , The bodies of tho two wore found In their small four-room home yro toidny afternoon, after their parents hnd been placed under arrest the pre vious night, A minister. Rev. O. I. Hhavik, of tho Ballard First Lutheran church, hnd found them In his gar age, In porisesslon of his oar. "The Lord has told mo to take tho car. I am the second Ellaha. I pave tho way for tho second coming or Christ." Hestness said. : ' Tho "two were Jailed at the min ister's request for a sanity examina tion. Tho minister was unable to nrouse neighbors that evening, hut yesterday succeeded In notifying one of thorn, Mrs. Carl Alfhoim. Sho dis covered tho bodies of the boys. In his confession, Hestness related -that he had killed John on Tuesday of last week, and Henry on Wednes day. were being mad e for tho wedding which wan to have takon placo in St. Thomas' church on Fifth avenue, scene of mnny fashionable weddings. Astor Is tho son of the lata John Jacob Astor who perished In the Ti tanttc disaster. His mother, the for mer Mrs. Mndcltno Force Astor Dick, recently marrlod Enzo flermonto, Italian prizefighter, after obtaining a Reno divorce from her second hus band. William K. Dick. ' Young Astor Inherited more than 10.000,000 from his father's estato when he became 31 last August.