J U.P. Celebration In July To Be Great Home-Coming f
La Grande Is The
Gateway to Wallowa,
"The Switzerland
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Only Newspaper
Printed in La Grande
Covering Union and
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VOLUME 32
EANTEIIN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 193 1
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 122
TAIE NEW STEP
M TUoSo RECOVERY
HUNDREDS OF
INVITATIONS
IN THE MAII C
111 111U ITlfilULI
All Citizens Asked to
Write to Friends in
Other States.
STATIONERY AT
CHAMBER OFFICE
Home-coming Committee,
Headed By Mrs. Kate
Hanley, Launches Pub
licity Campaign.
Formal nnnounwrnient was nuyle to
(he outehle ivorlil twlny of the con
templated senil-cenUainliU celebra
tion In La Grande 'next .J uly to, com
memorate the comliiK of the U. P.
railroad to I'nlon county. Through
the home-coming committee of the
celebration Het-up, formal liivltutluiw
went out to hundred of fonner lu
tirandeni who reside elsewhere, ask
v liifi them td.'come limine In July.
The Invitations ore addressed to all
Individuals whose addresses are
known to the committee. The let
ters briefly sketch the nature of the
celebration and ask that the old tim
ers plan their summer vacation to
conform, and also ask that the re
ctpient make reply at his earliest con
venience as to probabilities of com
ing. The total number ol letters
runs -well over the thousand mark.
Mrs. Kate Hanley, chairman, with
the assistance of O. M. Humphreys,
Martin King, O. J. Ruckman, J. E.
Reynolds, George H. Currey, Garfield
ainna- - .t H. Peare and Grace
Wright Powers have scanned r the
membership rolls 01 iccai ura"""
jf organizations and tho various railroad
brotherhoods. Prom such records
they obtained the addresses.
Ask Citizens to Help
In addition ito tho lists already pro
pared, Mrs. Hanley Is asking that
every citizen in La Grande Join in
the letter writing, each home send
ing out its own letters on special
stationery prepared for the purpose
and available at the chamber of com
merce free. Likelihood of overlap
ping Is not a worry should more
than one invitation go to some in
dividual no harm would be done, the
(Continued on Page Pour)
Expect 500 At
Birthday Ball
Here Tonight
Final arrangements were completed
today for La Grande's Birthday Ball
for the President, to be held at the
Sacajawea Inn at 8:30 o'clock tonight
following receipt of a radio addrcsB
by the chief executive about 8:16
o'clock.
More than 100 tickets had been
sold today and around 500 were ex
pected to attend. It :ellcved be
tween $50 and v '-U.1 be sent
to the Warm Sprl -ntllc par
alysis foundation in , . ng the ball.
This is one of -.100 similar
balls being held L..i u: -he nation
tonight In honor of President Hoo30
...yelt's 62nd birthday anniversary.
DELONG, BEAN,
JOHNSON ARE
GIVEN POSTS
E. H. DeLong, T. B. Johnson and
Charles Bean have accepted an ap
pointment to the farm debt adjust
ment connmlttee and will meet with
representatives of other sections on
Thursday In Baker. Delinquent farm
mortgage problems wilt be considered
at the meeting.
MANY LOCAL PEOPLE
CELEBRATE WITH F. R.
Scores of people In Union county
were celebrating their birthday an
niversaries today In company with
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
who Is 53 years of age today.
One of the most unusual of the
birthdays Is that of little Rocsch An
drew Fitzgerald, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Martin FRzgerld, who is four years
cf age today. Asked when his birth
day is, he said: "When Mr. Roosevelt's
birthday comes then it's mine, too!"
Martin Fitzgerald happens to be
chairman of the executive committee
in charge of arrangements for La
G-andes Birthday Ball for the Presi
dent, was an active supporter of the
president throughout his campaign,
and Is one ol the lending Democrats
in this county. So, naturally, he
Will
Rogers
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 Senate
layed off today on account of Huey
Lcr.g gclr.g to apesk tcmerrcv.'. They
glvo 'em a day off to get rested up.
Huey give me a dose of my own medi
cine, I generally talk everybody to
death, but he got ahead of me and
rehearsed his speech on me. He was
trying It out on the dog. I can re
member It myself In case anything
happens to him. Since the big money
stabilization bill passed Saturday
everybody here Is In fine cheer and
great optimism, senators all prac
ticing dancing for the big ball. Our
president Is going to have a wonder
ful birthday, but many a lady's feet
is going to suffer for their loyalty.
Yours,
9 tili. McNauiilU Syndicate. Inc.
FRED SPAETH
NEW HEAD OF
COUNTRY CLUB
Elected to Succeed C. H.
Reynolds, Retiring Presi
dent, Last Night.
Fred Spaeth wan last night cdectftl
president of (the I,u Clrnmle country
club to serve during tho year of 1U34.
The election of officers was held at
tho office of Charles H. Reynolds,
who has bean president of the club
for the font two years, giving- valu
able service' to' the organisation as an
executive during that period of time,
Elmer McManus was elected vice
president, succeeding W. C. Perkins,
and M. L. "Peto'f Larson was re
elected secretary-treasurer.
Mr. Spaeth, who Incidentally Is a
member of tho local "Hole-Iu-One"
club, will announce his appointments
in the near future. ,
LESTER KINGSLEY
NAMED CHAIRMAN
OF GROCER GROUP
Lester Kingsley, manager of the
Interior Grocery Co., lias received an
appointment from Theodore Roth,
state chairman of the retail and
wholesale grocers code organization
with headquarters in Salem, as tem
porary chairman for Union county.
Mr. Kingsley lias not received com
plete instructions as yet as to all
procedure, but a meeting will be held
here today for preliminary organlza-
(Contlnued on Page Six,
Quest For "Twin"
Of Roosevelt
Without Success
At presstlme today, the Observ
er had been unable to find any
one in Union county whowas ex
actly 62 years of age today
which happens to be the age of
President Roosevelt. The Observ
er yesterday offered a year's free
subscription to anyone In Union
county whose 52nd birthday an
niversary was on Jan. ?0 ,1934.
J. L. Hodden, manager of Stev
ens Van-Engelen store, misused it
five years. He was 47 years of age
today. Mrs. Gertrude Norton was
41 years of age today.
takes great pride in the fact that
his son's birthday is on the same
day that the chief executive cele
brates his.
There are several other children In
this county who were born on Mr.
Roosevelt's anniversary.
A search of the available official
birth records in the county clerk's
office reveals the following:
Clyde Louis Kiddle, son of Clyde
Leslie Kiddle and Dora Clara Kiddle,
was born on Jan. 30, 1921, and is 13
years of age today. Clyde Sr.. is a
Democrat, and with his anniversary
on President Roosevelt's birthday,
Clyde Jr., must certainly be of the
same political party also!
(Continued on Page Five
Jl-A-YEAR GIRL
Iff k
You can add to New York Mt.vs
list of publle-pirlted citizens tuc
urn no or Mrs. Ml hind So much
(above) Hecuuse she wants a
"clean government to win," Mi'H.
So mac h, the wire or n physician,
Is working In Mayor I-aOunnliu's
office nt a salary or $1 a year.
The mayor's paying tt himself.
OREGON ESCAPES
COLD WAVE OYER
r... i
MOST OF NATION
La Grande had colder weather yes
terday and today than during tho
previous week, and it Is believed that
the drop In temperature was possibly
due to the extreme cold wave In the
mid-west and cast.
The maximum was 42 above Mon
day, compared with 61 the day before,
ond 60 last Friday. Monday's mini
mum was 30 above, compared with
34 above this morning.
The weather bureau in Portland
forecast cloudy weather with moder
ate temperatures for tonight and to-
morrow, with the west wind offshore
swi tolling to the south.
Reports today were that tho cold
wave in tiie middle western state's
appeared to have passed its peak,
and the weather was moderating
slightly.
One of the worst storms In many
years swept over Quebec's Gaspe
peninsula today, imprisoning two ex
press trains in mountainous snowdrifts.
DISCUSS TAX,
GAME LAWS
AND MflNFY
mil ifi vniJ i
Local Speakers Take 'Up
Current Problems at
Lions Public Fonim.
Three local speakers discussed
problem of current Interest at a
public meeting held In the Sacajawea
Inn lost night, sponsored by the Lions
club or La Grande. This was the
first of a series of public forums, the
next to be announced later.
Speakers were Roy Farnum, who
discubsed game laws and f enforce
ment; Senator Henry Hess, who dis
cussed the sales tax, and Joseph H.,
Cruiser. E. O. N. instructor, who dis
cussed the monetary situation. Fol
lowing each address, some time was
devoted to round-table discussion. , -
Mr, Farnam pointed out many in
teresting things regarding the pres--tnt
controversy centering around the
gme commission, and said that for
thin reason, it was deemed Inadvis
able for a state officer to discuss tho
subject. i
Concerning gome laws, he said that
drafting of these laws often worked
a hardship on some one section, since
the laws usually . were made In
response to recommendations -from
sportsmen, and the greater number
of recommendations frequently re
ceived the most attention. He favored
local sportsmen's clubs agreeing on
their recommendations for game law
changes, then presenting them to
sectional meetings, which in turn
would forward them to the game
commission, thus giving recom
mendations agreed upon the back
ing . of a large territory of the
state. During his talk, Mr. Farnam
pointed out that from October, 1932
$p . October, 193 .state ;pajlce arrested
(Continued on Page Three)
Twidwell And
Stewart Start
Terms In Salem
SherlCf Jesse Breshears returned
lost night from Salem where he ac
companied Arlo Twidwell and John
Stewart, convicted of larceny, to the
state penitentiary. Twidwell was
sentenced to two years and Stewart
to one year In the state Institution
(Contlnnea on Page FourV
THIRD ST. FIRE
EXTINGUISHED
Tho fire truck was called to 802
Third street on a silent call yester
day afternoon to extinguish a flie in
a smoke house. The damage was
slight.
THE CELLARS OF FRANCE
Confer With President on Relief
4r
With hla request for nn Invcstlgntlon o( nlloged Ernft In Hie Ulvll
Works Administration granted. Hurry U. llopklni. t'WA udtnliilstra
tor, cnllcd on tho I'rusldonl to discuss Hie question of ndvnnolnl He
conslruction Finance Corporation funds to cities to lighten locnl rellel
problems. Hopkins (right) nnd Jossu Jones. It.K.C. houd, who ulso con
fi'rrcd with the President, nro pictured IouvIiir the While llmi
CLYDE KIDDLE IS
ELECTED LEADER
FOR HOG CONTROL
Clyde Kiddle was elected president
of the general committee In charge
of hog control In Union county un
der tho national administration, yes
terday at the first meeting of ie
combined committee at the office of
H. Q. Avery, county agent. John,
Shaw, of North Powder, la vice presi
dent, while members of the allotment
board, besides the president, are John
Wacltyv of Elgin, and R. 6. French,
of Cove.
Hog control, wnicn t meeting with
a ready response among producers of
the county, will be conducted much
the same as the wheat allotment plan,
the producers who arc eligible sign
ing contracts to reduce oroductlon
for which they will receive from the
national recovery administration a
sum totalling between a0,000 and
$50,000.
A tentative budget or expense was
drawn up by the committee and will
be submitted to the agricultural ad
justment committee. A plan or pro-
(Contlnued On Page Four)
ffXX fx
F.R. DELUGED
TODAY WITH
GREETINGS
Thousands of Congratula
tory Messages Come
From Every Section On
His 52nd Birthday. ,
Ity Frauds M. HleplieiisniL
WASHINGTON, Jan. :il m1) Presi
dent HoosevHt wits doliiRi'd today
with n mighty birthday greeting from
every wM'lur of (he country.
Looking forward to his birthday
tonight with his "buddies ''of 1920"
and workero at tho White House, tho
president arranged to acknowledge
his 62nd birthday celebration In a
nrt
l-iiiiiUIni ). ltoi)Mi!vi:lt
Unlk over the air at 11:20 p. m., E.
8. T.
Mall and express trucks and tele
graph wires brought greetings that
(Continued on Pago 81)
Wheat Today
The prh; oT local nixh wheat
s(ohI at about 5r"j rents bulk
(fidiiy, (lie lilKtxst slurp Nivem
her, luronlliig to quotatlous nt
tile I'lnihM- I lonrhij; MIIIh. Port
'lam; cali TA centH, IvHtrt hid
7H'j ceirtM,
CHICAGO. Jan. 30 MO Profit
taking after four successive clays of
advancing prices 11 to late setbacks
of the wheal market today, tempor
arily wiping out early new gain,
tallies, however, ensued at the fin
ish. Tho latff transient reaction In
wheat was in the face of reports of
dust storms today in Western Kan
sas. Forecasts Indicated rising (tem
peratures for the entire domestic
grain belt.
Wheat closed nervous, at the same
as yesterday's finish to 3Bc higher,
corn unchanged to V4C dower, oats
unchanged to Vic up, and provisions
at 7 to 12c advunco.
t"tBit- 'jf 1 1
' 3
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
Ql'AKK FKLT IX I'TAH
I'l.OIIIDA NKliltO IAN'CIIKI)
K. R, AITOINTS POINDKXTKK
V. A. A. IIKl.O INVAIJI)
RA1.T I.AKB CITY, Jan. 30 IA1 A
KllCht rurtliqiinke una frit litre this
urtrrnuon nhoiit l:io p. in. I.IkIiI
(iiokni also we fflt In CiUllornln.
TAMPA. Fla.. Jan. 30 VP) ni
of men early today lynched Robert
Johnson, negro, held for lnvesttga
tlon for an alleged attack on a white
woman.
HONOLULU, Jan. HO Presi
dent IfioHevelt'fl nomlnntlon ttHlay of
Jmeph It. Poimlexter to lie Rovernor
or Hawaii round favor In both poll
tlfal partita.
TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 30 VF) Federal
Judge Aloxonder Akerman today de
clared the agricultural adjustment
act unconstitutional and Issued a
group of Florida citrus growers an
Injunction restraining the state con
trol commlttus from enforcing pro
ration orders.
HAY OF W1IAI.KN, Antarctica, (Via
Ulackay miillo) Jan. 30 tffl) The
riiiir-inllc lc rnint of the bay of
Whiiles where Adndnil llUihnril K.
Ilvnl and bin eHilllliill are atteinit
Ing to land Mlpplli from thi'lr riaf!
Hhlp, apiniired today to be disrupt
ing. TACOMA, Jan. 30 VP) DcaUl by
a bullet from a state highway pat
rolman's revolvor Inst night ended
tho career of Rudgor (Terrlblo) Ter
ry, 28, Taconuv wrestler and wrestling
referee.
ATIIKN.H, Jan. 30 VF)" 'Tho gov
ernment of Ureeco today gninUHl
Hamuel liiHiyil J4i-.. .fallen car of
mlridlo western utilities, ten more
(lays' Imven ill tills country.
APPROVAL GIVEN
KERR'S PLAN FOR
SCHOOL WORK
PORTLAND. Jan. 30 P) Unani
mous approval of a report by Chan
cellor W. J. Kerr defining duties and
outlining functions of tho new act
ing presidents of tho university and
Btate college, was voted Monday by
the state board of education at a
brief and harmonious session.
Each acting president, newly ap
pointed, will be solely responsible for
tho administration of his own Insti
tution. They are O. V. Boycr of Uni
versity of Oregon, and O. W. Peavy
of Oregon State. They will be re
sponsible to the chancellor alone,
and he to tho state board.
The petition of a group of univer
sity students that membership In
the student body bo made optional,
was denied by tiro board.
Although the request or a group
of university students that a 1.000
bonus be awarded Prince Calllson,
(Continued On Page Four)
PRESIDENT SIGNS
DEVALUATION BILL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (!) Presi
dent Ituosevcil Issued t he orders
necessary to take over the national
gold supply late today.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 m Presi
dent Roosevelt late today signed the
'Continued on Pago Six)
SOVIET BALLOON UP
67,585 FEET TODAY
Ity .Stanley V. Itlchanlson
(Associated Pres Foreign Staff)
MOSCOW, Jan. 'JO (At A Soviet
civil aviation stratosphere balloon
which took off on an unannounced
ascension today wns reported In a
message from Its crew to have reach
ed tho record-breaking height of 20,
000 meters (87,685 feet).
Tho balloon, known as tho "Oo
nviakhlm." attained that altitude at
11:59 a. m. Moocow time (4:29 a. m.
E. S. T.) A radio message from tho
bag said a descent was being started
Immediately.
At that position, the crew reported
the temperature outside was tetween
33 and 4!) degrees below zero and 4
below inside.
The message 'all Is well" was
flashed from the balloon only to be
followed with additional word that
visibility was so poor the crew could
not determine their exact position.
FEDERAL AID
WILL EXTEND
TA HAIDVIWEM
iv imiiiiTiLii
Unemployed to Be Shifted
to Communities Where
Work Available.
HOMES CONSIDERED
Administi'&tion 1 Hopes' to
Speed C W. A. Bill;
Compulsory Wheat Pro
gram Talked.. j ;
WASHINGTON, Jun. 30 New
machinery that may expend billions,
altering In Its course the nation's In
dustrial nml agricultural map, today
advanced In part beyond the blue
print stage in the ndnuiustratlon'fl
rwoiiHtructlou UibonUorles.
Among the developing plans were
these:
A movement to shift hundreds of
thousands of unemployed from com
munities where once booming indus
tries have left them stranded Into
the open country or "smaller com
munities where' industries ore mov
ing." A hair billion dollar emergency
program to aid, the dairy Industry
throughout tlio country and to help
cattlemon located principally In the
iiiew offont toward modernization
of lines that the federal home loan
organization hopos will send hun
dreds of millions 'Into such channels
and. tlie construction of new dwell
ings; f ,-.4 .'-V--1. 1 ";vf-i--
A movement on Capitol HtU to
opeed tlie appropriation of 950,000
000 for caiTylng on the civil, woiks
program, at least until spring, and
providing fresh direct relief funds;
Tho mapping there and at the la
bor department of an unemployment ,
Insiu-anco bill, designed In the words
of Secretary Perkins, to do away with
bread linos;
Consideration at tlie agricultural
adjustment administration of pos
sibly applying a compulsory program
to wheat, depending upon future de-
(Contlnued On Page Four)
Dillinger Taken
East in Airplane;
Others In Train
CHICAGO, Jan, 30 JP) Captain
John stcge rctx'lved a long distance
telephone catl that three carloads of
me.11 united with machine guns that
they were believed to be headed for
Crown Point where John. Dillinger la
ex ted to be Imprisoned tonight .
TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 30 W TtiR
last of the Dillinger gang of Indiana
Harry Plerpont, Clmr'.co Makley and
Russell Clark were put Into a pri
vate car hero this morning to 'be at
tached to the regular train scheduled
to leave at 10:55 a. m.. mountain
standard time for Indiana. Being
taken with them was Mary Kinder
wanted for aiding in a prison de
livery. Their chlertatn. John Dillinger, la
en route to Indiana by airplane.
In contrast to Dillinger, their lead
er, who fought, scratched and scream
ed when he was uxken from his cell
last night for an airplane Journey to
face murder charges in Bast Chicago,
Ind., the three remaining gangsters
accepted the turn of events smilingly-
Airplanes were dispatched from the
Moscow military aldrome to help
the stratosphere crew locate them
aelves. :
The height reported by the Soviet
balloon Is t ''re than 66,000 feet,
Lieut. -Commander T. Or. W. Settle
of the United States set the present
recognised stratosphere flight record
November 20 when lie and Major
Chester L. Pordney reached a height
of til, 237 feet.
Tlie record previously had been
held by Professor Auguste Placard at
53.153 feet. - -
Three Soviet balloonlsts In the
stratostat U. 8. S. B. claimed to have
ascended more than 62,000 feet Sept
ember 30.
Tho Soviet Union, however, is not
represented in the International Fed
eration Aeronautlque which approved
the Settle mark. Hence the Rus
sians' flight could not be considered
for tho record. , .