State Liquor Store To Open Her About February 15
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VOLUME 32
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1934
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 121
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OTTORUNTE
INTERVIEWS
APPLICANTS
Eastern Oregon Super
visor Here to Estab
lish Headquarters
NO STATEMENT ON
STORE'S LOCATION
Appointment of La
, . ji axiuc uivjuui k- v v a. w
Staff Not Expected For
Several Days.
Otto J. Runte, supervisor for the
Eastern Oregon district Tur tile state
liquor control commission, who is In
Iji (Irande today un-anglng for tlie
opening of a liquor store here at an
early date, confirmed the recent an
nouncement tliat iJi (Iramle would be
headquarters for the Eastern Oregon
district all or tile counties east or
the Cascades except Klnmnth and
lake. . . r
Mr. Runto said that .beginning at
1 o'clock, this afternoon and continu
ing during the evening, he would In
terview applicants for positions In
the llauor store here, at his tempor
ary headquarters at the La Grande
(Continued on Page Two)
U.S.WX Install
1934 Officers
Saturday Night
The United Spanish War Veterans
of La Grande Installed officers at a
mmlfnir hplri tlirdSV llisht at the
Sacajawea Inn. with J. G. Henry as
Installing officer. M. a. uoouwm wuu
master of ceremonies.
-Phn frtllrwiHnir tonic office for 1934
Ole Matheson, commander; Putman
Yeck. senior commander; Harry Tur
ner, Junior commander; v. w. tnana
ier. adjutant; H. B. Coolldge, quar
termaster; C. W. Chandler, trustee;
Georgo Stager, officer of the day;
John Landers, officer of the guard;
nunn t. McKay, senior color ser
geant; Charles B. Piatt, Junior color
sergeant.
Following the meeting, the veter
ans adjurned to the quarters
of the . ladles' auxiliary whero
both organizations enjoyed a Joint
lunoheon and speaking program.
At the U. S. W. V. meeting, the
retiring commonder, C B. Piatt, was
presented with a past commander's
badge, after completing a very suc
cessful and difficult term. The camp
voted to co-operate fully with the
local committee In charge of the
president's boll to be given at the
Sccajawea, Jan. 30.
After the Installation Mrs. Flavla
Sherwood complimented the group
with three musical numbers.
Italian Atlantic
Fliers In Crash
On Brazil Coast
FORTALEZA, Brazil, Jan. 20 (flV
Four Italian fliers who cracked up
on the beach near here early today
alter spanning the South- Atlantic,
were brought to Fortaleza by a res
cue party shortly after noon. Two of
the men were Injured slightly.
The mechanic Battaglia and radio
man Glullnl required first aid treat
ment only for their Injuries In the
crash, which ended at attempt to
blaze a new air mall trail to South
America.
Captain Francla Lombard t. com
mander of the flight, and Count
Franco Mazotta, second pilot, escaped
unscathed.
ICE CROP MAY FAIL
BUT NO ONe'wORMES
There's no cause to worry about
North Powder's lee harvest this
ear. At lwt Mint Is the word
from II. F. White, an perl n ten dent
of the North Ponder natural Ire
plant operated by the IMclflc
Fruit Express Co. And shipper
need not worry about Iclnx or
rallrnatf onrx for fruit shipments
(luring 134.
The above announcement catno
after a paper nt trnlon printed a
story to tho effect that the "mild
winter seems to suit every com
munity In Eastern Oregon except
North Powder, whoso 'chief crop
I Ic." -
The reason for there being no
tause for worry, according to Mr.
Will
Rogers
'says:
NEW YORK, Jan. 28 Well, visited
the senate Saturday and renewed
many pleasant acquaintances. They
are a fine ibunch-of fellows when you
take 'Into consideration the amount
of things the people lay onto them.
They ran at each other In there,
then come out and are good friends.
Had the pleasure of sitting beside
Mrs. Alice Longworth In the senate
gallery when the gold bill was passed.
Alice, due to the Roosevelt tradition,
took It right on the chin and smiled.
She sincerely believes that no presi
dent ever carried the faith of as many
people os this distant relative of hers.
Yours, -
rfdUL Act?,
lOSI. McNniijlit Sviiclltfitp, Inc.
SEE OREGON
FIRSHERE'S
REASON WHY
H. H. Richardson Tells of
Fine Facilities State
Has For Travellers.
Hurley II. Richardson, using as his
subject "See Oregon Klrst," gave an
Interesting and Informative talk al
tho Lions club luncheon today at
noon at the Sacajawea Inm Among
his reasons for seeing Oregon first
(Continued on Page Two) :
LARGE GATHERING
DUE TUESDAY AT
BIRTHDAY BALL
F. It. TO SPEAK
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 WV
President Roosevelt will broad
cast a message of personal thanks
tomorrow night to his friends par
ticipating In the nationwide cele
bration of his 52nd birthday at
1 p. m. E. S. T.
ir.mvvt.hlncr Ik in rendlncss for La
Grande's Birthday Ball for tho Presl
riant tn h hold tomorrow ulcllt at
8:30 p. m. at the Sacajawea ballroom.
the committee In cnarge announces
today. All proceeds from the dance
will go to the Warm Springs, Ga.,
foundation for control of Infantile
paralysis, and La Grande with the
ticket sale progressing encouragingly
is expecting to make a large contri
bution to the foundation, which Is
one of President Roosevelt's favorite
(Continued on Page Two
TO NAME LEADER
OF LOCAL GROUP
' Two or three weeks will be neces
sary in which to complete the hog
and corn control contracts, commit
teemen believe. The general com
mittee, composed of three representa
tives from each of the county's five
districts, Is meeting this afternoon
to elect a president and allotment
committee, while meetings have been
arranged during the remainder of
the week throughout the county to
complete contract.
Meetings scheduled this week will
be held at Elgin and Imbler on Tues
day: Island City on Wednesday; Cove
on Friday; Union on Saturday, and
North Powder on Monday, Feb 6.
While, is that storage mpncMy of
(lie plant Is about double the
iihiuI annual requirements nnd
as It was filled a year ago, there
Is a big reserve on hand.
Also, there Is still slv weeks or
more of time In which ice may
"grow" to sufficient depth In
North Powder to put up. In ithls
connect lim. Mr. White trail U
that In 1!MI the Ice, was cut and
stored In March and In 1f17 the
harvest was the latter part. f
February. There has never bren
a "crop failure" of Ice, be says,
hut even If there Is this year, the
surplus will be enough for lfi.14
re iilreineivts.
TAKE CENSUS
OF BUSINESS
IN UNION CO.
R. G. Buchanan, East Ore
gon S u p e v isor, In
stincts Local. Staff Sat
urday. K. G. Buchanan, of Pendleton, dis
trict suiMTVIsor of the census or Am
erican business, with Union, Umatilla,
Morrow, Wallowa, Baker, Malheur,
Harney and Grant counties In bis
territory, was In 1-u Grande Saturday
afternoon organizing for the oensus
lu Union county. It is expected to
be completed by Feb. 15 or sooner.
Enumerators for Union county have
been selected as follows: La Grande,
H. H. Taylor; Union, Cove and North
Powder, W. A. Maxwell, of Union; re
mainder of Union county, H. C. Luce.
Mr. Buchanan stressed the import
ance of the census, which is .being
obtained by the government for use
In showing -the true condition of
business at present as compared wVtli
1029, when the first census of .this
kind was taken. Co-operation ot all
merchants is asked by Mr. Buchanan
who says that only eight questions
will be asked.
These questions call for an accur
ate description of the business es
tablishment canvassed, the kind of
merchandise handled or service of-,
fered for sale, the principal functions
performed, the . employment given
during the year 1933 to men and
women on a part-time or full-time
basis, salaries and wages paid to such
employes, other operating expenses
Incurred, the net Gales and other op
erating receipts of the business,
stocks on hand at last inventory, and
tho amount of business done on a
redit basis. " -.-
Individual returns will foe held as
strictly confidential' but the" basic
data to be supplied by the census
will enable every business man to
compare his nccompllsJunents with
those operating similar lines, and
may enable "trade associations to plan
(Continued on Page Twa
MINISTERIAL
ASSOCIATION
MEETS TODAY
Rev. Fliul Mortlmore wao the prin
cipal spanker at the monthly meeting
of the La Grande Ministerial associa
tion this morning at tho Baptist
church nd led tho general discus
sion of the subject "Prophesy," us
ing as the basis a paper by Stewart
P. MacLennon, prominent California
minister.
Rev. E. W. Bracher l-ed the devo
tions followed toy a business meeting.
THERE SEEMS TO
May Seem Old,
fell j
., ..,,,.i i..,.,,,.. f i" tt w jr' yi
This bui'ding now 80 years old and soon to be replaced by a newer structure right now houses more than
a billion Jollars' worth of gold, half of the gold gathered in by Uncle Bam. It Is the old United States Mint
at San Francisco, where gold and silver have been coined since the rip-roaring old mining days of the west.
SPRING WEATHER
IN WEST-SEVERE
COLD IN EAST U S.
Three spring-like days were enjoyed
by Grande Rondo valley people during
the weekend, with cloudless skies and
warm temperatures. Ranging from a
h'aii of 60 above Friday, the tem-
rattrie-Sundays was 61 -'REjA tS6 on
Saturday. Both Saturday ana ounaay
nights, the mercury dropped to 30
rihove, with frosts In the morning.
While La Grande was enjoying un
usually mild weather for January, a
sub-zero wave gripped much of the
mid-west and eastern states. A wind
of almost gale force hit New York
city today, bringing a 52-degree drop
in 17 hours, with the minimum five
above this morning Washington was
10 above, Owl's Head, N. Y., 30 be-
Contlnued on Page HIx)
2 FIRE CALLS
HERE SUNDAY
The fire department was called out
twice Sunday, once at 2 a. m. on a
ftilsc alarm from box 32, and the
second time at 1:05 p. m. by a roof
fire at the home of H. O. Hoover at
1011 Fifth street. Only slight dam
age was done by the Fifth street
blaze.
BE SOMETHING IN
but It Has Billion Dollar Look
Unknown Friend
Sends Gift To
Lutheran Pastor
Rev. and - Mrs. Edwin Bracher
wore the recipients of i useful
and costly gift from some un
known donor of this city who is a
friend of the Lutheran minister.
A few days ago the Maytag man
drove up with, a new high class
aluminum washer saying the
frfiijwho urn not. a- meunber of
tho'ohurch and who wished his
name to remain unknown liad
sent them a present. The Brochers
are very well liked throughout the
city.
PLAY AT L. H. S.
WEDNESDAYMORN
"The Maker of Dreams", by Oli
phant Down, a charming fantasy that
ranks first among the "Pierrot and
Pierrette" type of plays, will be pre
sented Wednesdayi morning at 9
o'clock at the La Grande High school
assembly In the gymnasium. Fan
tastic staging and unusual effects
will furnish an appropriate setting
for the production.
Miss Mildred Green makes a lovely
Pierrette, while Glen McKenzle plays
(Continued on Page Six'
THIS NEW DEAL
MONEY BILL
GOES TO F. R.
ON TUESDAY
President Expects to Lose
No t Time : in Signing
Devaluation Measure.
- WAKIIINCITON', Jan. 21) (P) Con
grefwlonal ncllmi was emnpleted to
day on the tidiiiliiLstnit Ion's money
bill, leaving the. signatures of Vice
President Oariier and 'Prpsldellt
Roosevelt nil that mus nccessury to
enact it Into Inw.
It. required only a few niinutca for
the house to voto concurrence In Don
ate amondmenitd to limit to three
years the life of the proposed 2,
000,000.000 stabilization fund and tho
time within which, tho president
might devalue the gold content of
tho dollar by 40 to 60 pen cent. Un
animous consent was given by the
house to tlib changes placed In the
bill by the sonate lost week.
President Boouovelt will receive the
(Continued on Page Three)
ADVANCES PLAN
TO AID COW MEN
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (IV-6ecre-tary
Wallaco today suggested an em
ergency aid plan for the dairy ind
beef cattle Industries which Ivo said
would provide 200,000,000 over and
above the amount of processing taxes
during 1934.
His suggestion was made at a con
ference of spokesmen for tho two In
dustries and mumbera of congress.
Previously they had conferred with
President Roosevelt.
An eight point emergency cattle
relief program, with agreement not
to levy a processing tax under pres
ent prices, were proposed by the
western cattlemen.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (!) Ches
ter C. Davla, farm administrator, said
today ho believed prevention by gov
ernment edict of wheat acreage ex
pansion by non -cooperating farmers
might bo undertaken by the adminis
tration if such action is requested by
a majority of producers who cooper
ate In tho voluntary reduction pro
gram. Wheat Today
The pHfe of local Kisli wheat
was nlMMit fift cent bulk bxlay,
ncronllng to quotations at the
Pioneer Flouring Mills. Porllunil
cash 72','j cents. ExjKirt bid 784
cents.
CHICAOO, Jan. 20 UPI Wheat
climbed moro than 2 cents a bushel
late today to tho highest prlco lovel
sinco Nov. 21st last.
Enlarged buying which accompani
ed tho rlso of wheat values was at
tributed to the fact that a severe cold
wavo had caught domcstio winter
wheat minus any snow protection In
practically all sections of the belt. In
addition, dry weather complaint with
reports of dust storms were received
from Kansas.
Wheat cloned strong. 22'Ac abovo
Saturday's finish, corn Vi w c up.
oats Vfic advanced, and provisions
at 10 to 17 cent gain.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
.';
l)II.I,IN(ll:it TO PACE TUMI.
.
O. 8. C. ritOI'KSSOIt KILLED
V
DAI.ADIKIl TO FOIMI CAI1INET
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SEAT DECLARED VACANT
TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 20 m John
DHUnger, mtu-wwt guiiter und JUh
iHmHiiiions, Hurry 1'lttriHiiit, Ituiuell
Clark mill Cluirlui Mukley, tiMluy
wulved extnilltlon right una agreed
to return to leucine, Wis., on bank'
robbery charge.
' OOBVAUJS, Ore., Jan. 30 VP) The
body of Carl H. Whitakor, 34, former
AAAifttAitt inrofofwor of agricultural
ohemlstry at Oregon StAte college, waa
found under Ills overturned automo
bile on the west) side Pacific highway
near here'today. State police said the
car may have skidded on the wot
pavement, but they were investigat
ing the possibility it had been struck
by another automobile. No witness
could bo found. , ;
PARIS, Mnn. 20 (IP) Eilouard I)al-
adler agreed to return U his fanner
post as premier or France tonity anu
promised President Lebrun,' who of
fered hhn the premiership, to form a
"clean-up" mlnlHtry,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 99 W Tho
house today declared the sixth Louis
iana district seat vacant, thereby
barring olther Mrs. Bolivar B. Kemp
or J. Y. Sanders Jr., the contestants,
from taking tho oath of office.
TALLAIIASSKR, Ffla., Jon. 211 VP)
Two men identified by Chief Deputy
Sheriff Joe Campbell ns "Whltey"
Walker and Pay Johnson, eseopml
Oklahoma convicts, were captured
here today..
ASHBY NAMED ON
DIRECTORATE OF
PINE ASSOCIATION
H. N. Ashby, of La Grande; W. E.
Moore, of Elgin, and C. L. Isted, of
Bend, will represent district No. 4
on the general board of dlrecto.B of
the Western Pino association. The
district embraces Eastern Oregon and
Southern Idaho.
They were elected at a meeting of
the district 4 boord In Baker Satur
day. The throe men will serve on
the district board, too, with H. Q.
Hnnni 1. 1. T7Hmnnrl: W O. EcclCS.
of Baker; J. F. Coleman, of Klnzua;
C. J. Pottlbono. of Burns; H. Q. Moon,
of Bolso, and T. W. Collins, of Pon
dosa. Collins waB re-olcctod district chair
man, and Mooro was elected secre
tary. Mr. Ashby Is western manager of
the Bowman-HlckB Lumbor Co., which
operates ono of tho two large pine
eawmllles located In La Grande.
FIRES CAUSE OF
SEVERAL DEATHS
By the Associated Press
Cold gales fanned numerous fires
today In Widely separated places,
Three persons wore burned to death,
Many wore Injured. Damage estim
ates ran to soven flguros. The ex-
tromo cold, folt throughout the north,
hampered flro-flghtors.
At Troy. N. ., the club house of
tho voterons of foreign wars burned,
killing two sleeping men, seriously
burning a third.
Three-year-old Mary Logoviano lost
her life when flames consumed tho
cottage of her parents at Hammon-
ton. N. J.
Row after row of framo structures
fed golo-fauned flames along tho
waterfront at Conarsle, on Janinlca
Buy, In Brooklyn, N. Y. Seven fire
men wero Injured A section stret
ching for a half mile was restroyod
An Anderson. Ind., flro that start
ed In a six storp bank building
(Continued on Page Twol
terror kangaroo' is
lonleggedlynx
OHATTANOOOA. Tenn., Jan. 20 (IP)
A 16-hour hunt over Signal moun
tain lias ended in tho killing ot a
largo long-legged mountain lynx be
hoved to bo tho "kangaroo" that
torrorlxed tho Hamburg community
near South Pittsburg. Tenn.
Four mountain hunters brought
the animal hero Sunday. Their hunt
ended early yesterday when two of
tho men, Mitchell Duckcr and Ed
Sloan, fired buckshot Into the antma!
as It crouched In a trco.
The "kangaroo" was ohargeel with
slaying and partially devouring dogs.
HOUSE NAVAL
COMMITTEE
TAKES STEP
Would Give F. R: Author
ity to Build Fleet t ?
to Treaty limit -v !
1,184 NEW PLANES
INVOLVED IN
Amendment Will Be Of-
fered By' Vinson When!
House Takes Up Navyf
Bill On Tuesday. ' ;;
WASHINGTON, Jon. 2i VP) Th
house, naval committee .voted' today
to give the president blanket author'
lty to provide an airplane contingent
for the navy commensurate with a
trcoty-llmJt fleet, Involving 1184 new
planes costing 5,ooo.OOO. .; .,) ..
An amendment, providing only for'
the general authority without speci
fying the number of planes or time
of building, will bo offered tomorrow
by Chairman Vinson .(D-Oa.) when
tho house takes up his bill to pro
vide for building the fleet to treaty
limits. . ,: ' . : -
The committee, without an object
lng vote, approved the amendment
after Admiral William H. Standley
road lottery from, the budget director
oxplainlng this was considered more
advisable than to specify the number
of planes to be built by years. ;
Admiral Standley and Rear Admiral
Ernest J. King explained to the com
mittee that 2184 planes, Including
replacements, woud be needed for the
treaty-strengtn rieet contempiatea
by the Vinson bill: ' '-
Tho navy was 1000 planes under
the five-year program authorized In
1D26, It was explained, for .the o4
vessols, excluding two gunboats, now.
(Continued on Page Threo)
State Education
Board To Define
President's Work
PORTLAND, Jan. 29 (iP) Formu
lation of the actual definition ot
dutlea nnd responsibilities of acting
presidents and Inter - Institutional
deans at University of Oregon and
Oregon State college, occupied mem
bers of the board of higher educa
tion as they met here today In a
scheduled conference.
This problem, It was agreed, wouia
require a great deal of the available
time, and It was considered probable
un announcement of policy would
not be forthcoming until late today.
Taking advantage of the circum
stance that the newly - appointed
"acting president," Dean C, V. Boy or,
or the university, and O W. Peavy,
of the State college, wore In Port
land, and that President J. .A Church
Ill, of Oregon Normal, also was hero,
Chancellor W. J. Kerr held a con
fcrenco with the executives during
tho morning.
Chancellor Kerr, In this discussion
looking toward tho next school year,
conferred with the others with par
ticular reference to curricula and
budgets, '
Were You Born
52 Years Ago
On January 30?
Is there anyone living In Union
county now who was born on
President Roosevelt's birthday
Jan. 30. 1882?
If there is, he or she, by notify
ing tho Observer Immediately, will
be eligible to receive a year's free
subscription to tho Obsorver.
President Roosevelt Is 52 years
of age tomorrow.
shoep and other animals and causing
negroca to stay at home every night.
Even, as It fell from the tree with Its
death-wound yesterday It killed one
of tho hounds In tho pack that
ohased It,
Weighing moro than 40 pounds, the
animal measured 60 Inches in length,
had a short tail, slightly tufted ears,
and a spotted coat.
Its long legs Indicated it might
have traveled with leaping strides,
giving credence to the kongaroo-llk
hops ascribed to the strange maraud
er of tho Hamburg community.