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r...................... La Grande la The Gateway to Wallowa,' J "The Switzerland ! of America Only Newspaper ' J Printed in La Grande " j Covering Union and , :, Wallowa Counties j V-.. ...............J r, BABTEHN OBEGON'S LKADINQ NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1934 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 118 11 u. . INCOME TAX AFF MWMB i 4 1 DR. ROCKWELL FINDS 1 0. N. GREAT ASSET Comments Favorably On Program and Develop ment of School. BROAD FIELD OF SERVICE FOR AREA New York Educator, Rep resenting American As sociation 'of Teachers Colleges, Here Today. Dr. Horry W. Rockwell, represent ing the Anterlatu Association of Tca- oners Colleges, today commented very ' favorably on tile program and devel opment of the Eastern Oregon Normal school, and sees for thU Institution a broad field of service in the East ern Oregon region. Dr. Rockwell, president of the State Teachers college at Buffalo, New Yortc, arrived In Xa Grande last eve ning and today Is visiting on the campus of Ithe E. O. N. He is on a tour of visitation to Normal schools and teachers colleges on the Pacific coast. Following his stay In La Grande, he will visit the other Ore gon Normal schools, and after & trip Into Washington, will return' to the east by way of Oalltornla. - ' " While In La Grande the will address the Normal school students in assem bly, and tonight with President J. A. Churchill of Monmouth, director of elementary teacher training, wul be guest of honor at a dinner attended by faculty members and their wives. City Trading For Three Lots Near Pumping Plant im. nu.v nr-milrert title to three lots adjacent to the city pumping plant near tne eowna bwwu night, twhen . the commission, In weekly session, passed a resolution to exchange two cits lots at Depot and t for the three lota .belonging to J. A. Brown, ' The trade wlU be completed when abstracts ere satisfactorily drawn up and deeds exchanged. The trade gives the city additional property near its pumping plant which may be utilized for municipal purposes, and at no extra cost. "We are making the trade even up," City Manager Angus Mc Allister said. The remainder of the meeting was taken up largely with routine mat ters. The city manager's report show ed cash on hand at 10,501.86. divided as follows: La Grande bank 7,202., Portland bank 4833.12, cash 571.8!, remainder In warrants. . W.L.TEUTSCH MEETING WITH GRANGE GROUP W. L. Teutsch, assistant county agent loader from Oregon State col lege, Is In La Grande today attending a meeting of the grange agricultural committee at County Agent H. G. Av ery's office. They are planning a pro gram of activity for the Pomona grange and subordinate granges. The local conference Is one of a series of similar meetings which Mr. Teutsch Is attending In Wallowa, Union, Mal heur, GlUlam and Sherman counties. MEN'S CLUB TO MEET TONIGHT The Men's club of the Presbyterian church will meet at the home of A. J. Cook, 1311 Eighth street, this eve ning. Sylvester Burleigh will be the speaker. WORK .REDOUBLED IN COUNT YTAX OFFICE Stop for a moment, and consider the work now done by the tax col lecting department of the sheriff's of rice. Actually, the -book work there has doubled and redoubled during the last two years! A few years ago. the Job of tax collector was one that kept one dep uty busy all the time, and during rush periods (when half year taxes fell -due) sometimes an assistant was necessary. Now Deputy Sheriff Dick Claycomb and at least one assistant is busy all "the time, and most of the time from one to two more are required in the officeend there's plenty for all of -them to dot It etarted when the legislature put Into effect a ten-payment plan for paying up bck taxes before and In cluding the year 1930. This stepped up the amount of work tremen dously. Then the new law went into KpGERS 'soys: BEVERLY HILLS, Cel., Jan. 24 As a rule folks don't like war 'head lines, but here was one that was In the papers that hit the spot, "Roose velt Declares War on Civil Works Graf texs." We recognized the new president In Cuba. I hope he stays in long enough to get acquainted with. Just had a nice visit from Senator Henry Allen of Kansas. He said Kan sas' was feeling fine. Now when Kan sas ain't kicking things have got to be running about perfect. Yours, 1934. MeNiliihl SynJIcoc, Inc. SELECT CAST FOR 'TIED PIPER OF HAMLIN" ATE. O.N. : .. -.. . ; "The Pled Plpsr of Hamlin," an opera,' will ibe presented .toy .an able cast chosen toy the directors at the Eastern Oregon Normal school, The presentation will toe March 2. The leading characters in the old tale of the Pled Piper who lured the rats away and then lured the chil dren away from .Hamlin after the town's officials refused him his pay wul toe assisted toy a chorus of citi zens, composed of the combined men's .and women's glee clubs; a chorus of priests selected from the men's glee club; and a chorus of children from the J. H. Ackerman Training school. The characters and their under studies are Darcy McCool, the pro logue; Kenneth Hodgens, the mayor, Emll Gelst, understudy; the corpora tion, Harry Dawson, Loren Blanchard, Clark Wheeler, Darcy MoOool, Charles Wolnum, Howard Walker, Guy Tuck er and Emll Gelst; Leo Andrews, the piper,' Clark Wheeler, understudy; Rodney Miller, a townsman, Allen Bornstedit, understudy; Jlmmle MUto, the lame , boy,' .Madeline Gallagher, understudy; Eileen Coohran, the dream lady, Mary Eliza Angell, under study. . MONMOUTH TEAM TO PLAY E. 0. N. AT 8 TONIGHT Th rirpfrnn Nnrmnl school basket ball team, with an Impressive string of victories in western Oregon wj . record, invades La Grande tonight for a two-gamo series with the Eastern Oregon Normal school. The games tonight will count to ward the state normal school oham- tr-nrthln . On dope, Monmouth Is favored to win, but local lans were nopeiui oi an upset, particularly In view of the imnmwri nhnwlru? made tov E. O. N. against Whitman college earlier this week. 1 I Indications point to a large crowd (Continued on Pass Two DR. LEWIS VISITS LUTHERAN CHURCH Rev. C. H. B. Lewis, D. D., field sec retary of the parish and church school committee of the United Lutheran lOhureh in America will visit in La Grande Friday. Dr. Lewta Is visiting all the Lutheran congregations of the Pacific Synod In the Interests or the work of his board, and to aid con gregations In solving their religious education problems. All forms of re ligious training come within the scope of his work Sunday schools, dally vacation Bible, sohools, week-day ochool of religion, confirmation (Continued on Page Five) effect making quarterly payments possible this year. Again the amount of work increased. Also the number of "lookups" on back taxe has trebled in the last two years, each "lookup" taking up at least several minutes of time. Tax delinquencies which piled up in 1930, 1031 and 1932 increased the amount of mailing tremendously, and now some 4.000 notices are being mailed out, even though Union coun ty people are steadily retiring their back taxes. As quickly as the no tices are mailed, will come the state ment as to 1933 taxes, payable tht) year. Then next the .rush of pay ments. N The men in the tax collecting de partment also can point out at least half a down other changes that have doubled the work in some part of the office. If they can spare the time! MAJOR FINDS E 0. UNITS IN GOOD SHAPE Company E of La Grande, Union Headquarters Co. Inspected Here By Bat talion Commander. Major William H'.- Eilensbiirg, of Medrord, oonimandine officer of tho Second Battalion, 186th Infantry, Oregon national guard, with four of tils five companies Inspected, said to day he believed this battalion would average up with any In the state, lie Inspected Company E, of La Grande, and Headquarters Co., or Union, In the local armory last night. Other .officers viewing the Inspec tion last night Included Colonel Ralph Huron, of La Grande, commanding the 188th- Infantry; Captain Troy Walker and Lieut. Walt Clark, of the Baker company, which Major Ellens burg will inspect tonight before re turning to Western Oregon' tomorrow. The major found everything In shipshape order here last night, and appeared pleased with both the La Grande and Union companies. . Besides watching the" two com panies at drill, he checked the office and supply records. Co. E Is commanded by captain Walter A. Bean, with Jesse V. An drews and Robert R. Carey as first and second lieutenants. Headquarters Co. to commanded by First Lieut. Ad rian Goodbrod, with Second Lieut. Campbell second In command. Approximately 50 townspeople at tended the Inspection at the armory lart night. - Clyde Kiddle Is Named Chairman Of Hog District , ' Clyde Kiddle was named permanent chairman of the La Grande-Island City hog control district yestjrday when a group of farmers mot at the Island City school. Bob Smith and John Schroeder were named on the committee. Thirty-five blank contracts were signed and next Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock another meeting win toe held to again work en the contracts. Dunoan McDonald and John Weal ty wore named- chairmen of other dis tricts that held meetings this week, the former of the Imtoler-Allcel-Sum-mervllle section and the latter of the Elgin district.- SCOUT HONOR COURT TO BE HELD FRIDAY A Boy Scout court of honor, at which merit badges and rank awards wlU be presented to a large group of boys, will be held tomorrow eve ning, at the La Grande High school at 8 o'clock. N. W. Frees Is chairman of the court.- - England's Midget Built to Attack Battleships llBilliUlfilBliS lIMIiSttiliiMiiiiillMfclil , - , - as -rH!!irT-j. war.... A mighty midget that Great Britain -depends, upon to strengthen her traditional rule of tho waves la a new 00-foot craft which you lea skimming along at high speed in a recent tesL Built to attack submarines, aircraft and any type of surface warablpa, the boat carries two torpedoeB, two small aotl alrrrafl uns, four depth charges, amoks screen apparatus and a wireless telephone cabinet which keeps It Id conversational touch, with other ships and atroraft within a radius of 60 miles., The boat. hlch requires a crew of only ate. I .capable of a speed of 40 knots - NO APPOINTMENT YET ON LIQUOR STORE MANAGER Otto J. Runto, appointed last week to thA tosltlon of TOnntam riMmn supervisor for the Oregon state liquor commission, is expects to toe jn La wtinn a nay or i,wo. Rumors as to who will toe appoint ed liquor store manager In La Grande and Whunn thA Htsrr 11HII -u Ia-r.u. oontinue to be heard, but official an nouncements .have not been mada a yet. It is doptotful if a liquor store wu: oe- opened here much before Feb. 16, It Is aaid. . . IN PENDLETON TODAY. , PENDLETON. Ore.. Jan. 85 f Sne. clal) Otto J. Runte, liquor supervisor lor Kastrn Oregon, was to (be hero today,. according to reports. He was m Arlington yesterday. From reports many different loca tlons are being offered as a site for the liquor, store to toe established . In Pendleton. Also there are many ap plicant for the position of manager. though some are dropping out of tho race because,. of reports that the sa!. ary will be 1SQ a month , less the s,um of $17,60, .. One applicant. Is known to have withdrawn from tho field as he considers the salary in adequate, v ' . MERCURY WILL CLIMB SLIGHTLY, IS PREDICTION Slightly warmer weather appeared In store for La Grande tonight and tomorrow, with southerly winds off the coast, and the weather man pre dicting either light rain or anow 1n some sections of Northeastern Oregon. Yesterday's maximum of 41 above was the chilliest here since the mid dle of the month, although the mini mum went no lower than l above. Last night found freesUng weather again, but at 7 a. in, today the mer cury was- up to 36 above, five degrees warmer than at tho some time yes terday. V Fanslcs have 'been In bloom at the King Roe home here since the middle of January, it was learned today. , IT SEEMS TO BE MORE OF nvjj - Five Wives, Blind With Rage; Beat Hubby to Death MALEWSKI, Poland, Jan. 25 fP) Because lie did not divorce four previous wives, Isador Ruskewyat paid with his life today. . His fifth wife 'become suapdclous, learned that her husband had not divorced four predecessors and searched until she found them. In time, the five became friends 'and the fifth lured the unsuspeot- lng husband to a party at which all were gathered. Blind with rage, all five kicked and heat him to death. NEW CARS ADDED TO LINE BY GOSS M. J. Gosb, local; automobile dis tributor and garage proprietor, an nounced today that he has . added the Plymouth nnd DeSoto make of cars to hlB line. v . A carload of Plymouths,; including -both .standard and de luxe models. hia's being unloaded In La Oraitie to dAy, .and-He expects a shipment of Do Soto, models : next week. . M I ekes Asks Data On Cost of Locks WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 P) tfarold lakes, public works administrator, has requested further data on the cost of ship locks tor the Bonneville dam on the Columbia river, although en adverse report on this phase of con struction toss been submitted by tho 'board of army engineers. This aotton toy Ickes was revealed by Senator Stelwer of Oregon. CANADIAN BLIZZARD FATAL TO t ' WINNIPEG, Man., Jan. 25 m 4l blizzard which swept over e, section of Eastern Saskatchewan itodoy had claimed the lives of an aged man and a 14 year old boy. . School chlldron found their frozen bodies, miles apart, on the prairie yesterday. A PUSH ,i. - v r. rrry-r , J ' W. 0. KNIGHT, PIONEER, DIES NEAR ELGIN Crossed Plains to Union County in' 1865 Fu ; neral to be Sunday. Another or (he early pioneers of Union county, who came to tub coun try In 18BS across the plains with ox teams, died early tills morning. Wlllard Bollver Knight,' a resident of this valley for nearly 70 years, died at his home eight miles east of Elgin after a short Illness. Funeral services will be held' at S p. m. Sunday at the Christian church at Elgin, with burial In . ithe Elgin cemetery. The body Is at the Snod grass and Zimmerman mortuary to day. , f Mr. Knight was toorn in Missouri Nov. 20, ib4u and was In his teens when . he crossed the-.p!alns. He was 84 years, one month and 30 days of age.1' !' will toe buried bMidcht vfte who died in 11837. He leavea two daughters, Mrs. Lucy Allen, of Elgin, and Mrs. Emma Rich ards, of Cove ; -two sons, Roy, of La Grande, and Jess, of Elgin; and three grandchildren, besides other relatives. Construction Is Improving Oyer U.S., Says Report NEW YORK, Jan. 26 W t!. Beth' eohnitmann, chief statistician for J. W. Dodge corporation, today reported an indicated wide-spread construction Improvement throughout the country with contracts for the first half of January exceeding thow of the -full month of January, 1033. Schnltmann reported a total vol ume of $101,910,300 for January 1 to IB In the 37 states oast of the RocHy mountains. Tho total for tho same' territory for tho full month of Janu ary,. 1033, was only 983,360,000. AKRON, O., Jan. 25 (IF) Qood year, Goodrich, Flrestono and Gonornl Rubber companies here have gone on a six day week because of Increased business, It was announood today. Production at Selborllng Rubber Co, Is running 63 nor cent ahead of last January. Portflcld screening, saics manager, said. Curing molds at Fire stone which havo not boon used since 1929 aro being heated., CONTINUANCE OF CW. A. IS URGED WABHINOTON, Jon. 25 W) Pleas for continuance of tho civil works ad ministration end immediate restora tion of working hours to 30 a week continued today to pour Into CWA headquarters. : Harry L? Hopkins, tho administra tor, Indicated ihls statement last night,' denying that graft had been found generally in tho lowor roaches of the organization, was his last word (Continued on Paire Two Wheat Today The prlee of local rash wheat stood at alwut HI cents bulk here today, aocordliifr to quotation at the Pioneer I'lmirlnj: Mills. Port land wll 70(4 cent. EHirt bid ..7454 rents. CHICAGO, Jan. 25 Ml Dragged decidedly lower by selling on the part of wearied holders and toy absence or aggressive demand, grain values today showed little power to rally. Oraln market declines contrasted with the fsot that since Jan. 15. when President Roosevelt sent his monetary message to congress, securities haw advanced about S points, -whereas grains have held within unusually narrow limits. Wheat closed unsteady, lVi lViC under yesterday's finish, corn v,r,tc down, oats 1gmo off, and provis ions unchanged to 17c decline. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME 1111,1. NEAR? PRESIDENT !v,::.' . i TO TEST OREGON'S LAW ATTORNEY GENERAL FREED PAULINE MARRIED AGAIN WASHINGTON, Jon. 25 (F) Final approval of the farm credit refinanc ing 1)111, guaranteeing the principal of B,000,0u0,000 of farm, mortgage bonds, wus approached today when hquse and' senate conferees agreed on all provisions of the measure, BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 28 F) Dean Drlscoll, attorney for a number of Western Idaho sheep owneni, an nounced today he had filed suit In united states district court In Port land to test the constitutionality of an Oregon law of 1933 which he said operated to exclude Idaho sheep men from runulnir their flocks on public domain In tho neighbor stato ' TOPEKA, Kim.; Jan. 25 (P) Rolund Boynton, attorney general,- was -uc quitted today on all articles 'of Im peachment brought against him in connection with the Kansas million dollar bond scandal. , ( BOARSDALE, N. Y., Jan. 26 (A1) The marriage Sunday . of . Pauline Frederick, stage and screen -star, and Joseph A. Marmon, who gave his ad-, dress as Washington, D. 0., was dis closed today. , . . PORTLAND, Jan. !I in - lir. Rlchurd Neubauer, Portland physi cian, mis today sentenced to a seven year' 'term at McNeil Island federal prison for repented violation of the. Harrison narcotic act during the nasi: tt months. . WASHINGTON. Jan. 25 Ym I.lhnr. alizatlon of the economy sections of the 'independent offices bill to pro vide another estlmnr.fH Idn rum nnn for Veterans benefits, and removal of Hiiegeci inequities in automatic pro motions for the military services, was UrBed todsv rMlfnrA'n inaln ann-. prlatlons sub-commitee. ' -- , A , YOUNG NEGRO IS LYNCHED BY MOB IN HAZARD, KY. HAZARD, Ky Jan. 25 im An in tensive Investigation of the lynching of Rex scott, 20-year-old negro, was launched toy Perry county authorities today, scott . was forcibly removed from the county Jail here last night toy a mob of armed men, and hanged to a.'toeeoh tree In a graveyard In Knott county adjoining. Thirty or 40 masked leaders of a mob. of approximately 300 men who swarmed around the Jail forced tholr wny Inside and threatened Jailor Combs with death If he did nob sur render tho key to Scott's cell. Tho Jailer was not In possession of the keys. - ' (Oontlnuad on Page Two) BILLION IN BONDS OVERSUBSCRIBED WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (Pock eting a billion dollars worth of offers In a day, and turning away several billion more, tiie treasury still had aces In the hole today should they be needed In lt remaining 69,000, 000,000 or borrowing. Ortthodox financing was chosen by Secretary Morgenthau to start "the biggest borrowing opera ti emu sine? wor'-tlmo figures, but the statute 'books held untried powers at Provi dent Roosevelt's command, , Two were Important. Tho Thomas Inflation amendment voted by tho last congress empowered President itoosevelt to arrango with tho federal reserve syutem for open market op erations in government securities and tho, purchase of 3,000,000,000 in federal obligations, or to issue $3, 000,000,000 of United States notes for buying government paper. : ,Witi yesterday's offering sovoral times oversubscribed, howover, tho administration foresaw resort to neither, i -, DYNAMITE SENT TO SALEM OFFICIALS SALEM, ' Jan. 26 W Arrival of two packages through tho mall yes terday addressed to re -employment officials here and containing dyna mite is tho cause of no little worry by those officials. The flnrt package was delivered by postman to Manager E. T. Barnes at tho unemployment office. Upon open ing It and discovering' its contents, One dynamite stick, Barnes notified postal officials and CWA office em ploy es. ' , ., ( . Meanwhile a second package ad dressed to R, O. ChurchlU, CWA com plaint clerk, won received at his of WILL RAISE $36,000,000 MORE YEARLY Other Changes in Revenue Bill Expected to Add $164,000,000 i ' MILLION DOLLAR INCOMES TO PAY Measure P r o v i d es For Tax As High As 63 Per Cent oil Incomes of $1, 000,000 or More. , : Wy Cer-n a Dickson . WASHINGTON, Jam 25 F) The house ivu.vs and means (committee to day approved several items In a modi- ' fled tux revision bill designed to' raise 200,000,voo additional in revenue, 1 Including a change in Income tax rates to bring In $30,000.000 , more a year, - 1 As originally presented to the com mittee, the bill was estimated to yield (270.000,000 through tightening up of administration provisions of the In come tax law. , -j . Chalrmad Doughton (D., N. C), an nounced the tolll would toe completed about next Wednesday. There aro several ' Important Items yet to be passed upon. Morgenthau Gives Views 1 ' Aotlon came today after Secretary Morgenthau .appeared before the cornmlttoo In executive - session to present the treasury's final' views of the measure. : Compromising with the treasury, the committee retained the consoli dated returns for corporations and their subsidiaries, but levied a 2 per cent penalty tax for consolidated re turns over and above the existing 13 -single corporate tax. - " . ' .: In addition, It approved a levy of . 35 per cent bhi "undistributed adjust, cd new"; income" of personal holding companies, estimated to bring In t2d, 000,000 a year. . , . . ; ... It also adopted with some slight, modification, , its sulxrammlttoe's rec ommendation on capital gains and losses, estimated to yield 30,000,000 annually , . ., 1 . , Income Taxes Revised . Tho revision .on personal Income tax rates, estimated to bring In $30. 000,000 uddtttonal revenue, -was only one of the several actions taken. More revisions remain, to be made, so It can not yet toe said how the entire bill will compare with existing law In rovonuo producing. -- The changes detailed above, -however, representatives 'estimated . to mean the treasury will take In (200,- (Continued on Page Twof Federal Agents On New Trail In Kidnaping Case ST. I'AUI, Jan. 25 P) Two , ' iinnuniiMl eye - wltneses, belli women, who espied the klflnapertf of Kdwtinl (i, I tremor when they seized tho wealthy 8t. PhiiI bank- , er January 17, today supplied M)llee Willi clues (hut might lead to ultimate npprclieiiNloii of the ST. PAUL, Jan. 26 VD Federal operatives struck out on a new trail today seeking to solve tho olght-dy enigma of tho kidnaping of Edward, O. Bremer, held for $200,000 ransom, by running down the source of two anonymous notes, supposedly penned by the abductors. Although the contents of the mis sives were not disclosed It was under stood they contained instructions for mooting tho kidnapers art their ren dezvous for ransoming the son of the principal owner of tho Jacob Schmidt Brewing company. One of tho missives, unsigned, was received Tuesday at the Mlnneapolia postoffice. Tho other was brought la yesterday. Both wore collected from different mall boxes In that city In tho regular course of routine. They were unstamped and addressed to Adolph Bremor, father of the missing man. fice. Churchill was not .present so tho package was turned over to Ad ministrator Glenn O. Nlles. who had already received warning from Barnes. Tho second package was returned to the postoffice and when opened there revealed three sticks of dynamite and a piece of salt pork such as is being distributed by the relief office. A postal inspector to expected here Boom to begln investigation of the case, and to try to trace down the sender. Neither package was fitted to explodo the dynamite which was taken to mean the sender's Intention was to frighten relief officials 1 Into . mooting complaints, ? .
