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J , of America
Only Newspaper
Printed in La Grande
Covering Union and
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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-
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$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
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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
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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.