La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 31, 1934, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextJapatijBuilding Up Naval Forces To New High Point La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa,' "The Switzerland V? America Only Newspaler Printed in La Grande . -Covering Union and Wallowa Counties vmm VOLUME 32 EASTERN OKEOON'S LEADI.VQ NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31. 1934 MEMBER ASSOCIATED FHE8? NUMBER 123 FJL -REVALUES ILL AM DO AT mm 350 ATTEND ROOSEVELT'S DANCE HERE About $150 To Be Sent To Warm .Springs Foundation. GUESTS AT BALL " REGISTER NAMES Scroll to be Sent to Wash ington; Local Affair Is One of 6000 in United States. 1 AUim- so paid tribute to Presi dent Frank II ii l), Itoosevclt ilast, night fit the Birthday bnll at the Sacajanca Inn, Two hundred and forty-seven were registered at the door, but Harry Zur brick, who was In charge of the registration, said thnt many were present whose names do not appear on the scroti of guests. One hundred and twenty-eight tickets were received at the door last night, and reports have not beten re ceived from all the tickets. How ever, Martin Fitzgerald, chairmen of the committee In charge, announced this morning that they hope to have $150 to Bend to the Warm Springs Foundation for infantile paralysis. Six thousand Birthday Balls for the president were held over the United States last night and the proceeds from each will be sent to Warm Springs where President Roose- ( Continued on Page Two Dr. BiggersWill r Preside At Elks Thursday Night Dr. G. L. Blggers. P. E. R., will li!'. the position of exalted ruler at the past exalted rulers' night at the Elks lodge Thursday at 8 o'clock. O. L. Berry Is chairman of the committee In charge and assisted by his com mittee has assigned the following past exalted rulers to their positions: J. H. Peare. leading knight; H. E. Coolldge. loyal knight; C. B. Eber hard. lecturing knight; Hugh E. Brady, esquire;. Lester Bramwell. chaplain; Chester L. Thompjon, treas urer: Sherwood Williams, secretary: Norman Dosllet, Inner guard; Henry Rltter, tyler. Henry Hess. P. E. R., will be the main speaker of the evening, and other features also are planned. F. R. BORN ON BIRTHDAY OF LOCAL WOMAN There are many people In Hjnlon county who were born on President Roosevelt's birthday anniversary, but there are few who can boast that the chief executive was born on , their birthday anniversary. i One of the latter class Is Mrs. B. W. Carr, of 1310 N avenue, who was born on Jan. 30, but before the presi dent came Into the world. She would not tell the Observer the year in which she was born, although she said she was older than Mr. Roosevelt. TWO GET TEN DAYS IN JAIL The city's new ordinance, designed to stop vagrancy at unusual hours of the night, was brought Into effect again this week, with George Nelson and Lawrence Clark arrested under the ordinance. Police reported them loitering In the business section at 3 a. m. Each was fined $10 and sentenced to 10 days in the city Jail by Judge L. B. Moe. CONGRESSMAN SLIPS ON HIS QUOTATION Union county people, who have en Joyed Representative Walter M. Pierce's many addresses here during the last several years, know that it is customary for him to complete his remarks with a quotation usually of poetry. Many, many an address was given a fitting climax by hta finishing touches. But, even as well versed in poetry as is La Orande's congressman, he has been caught in a mistake two mis takes, to be exact. A dispatch from Washington gives us the "low-down." In hfcj recent speech on farm in debtedness In the house, the congress Will ROGERS 'jays: WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 The vice president and Mrs. Garner's party to the president was one of the finest and most enjoyed affajra you ever saw. They were marvelous hosts and the president did enjoy hinu-eii. Mr. Roosevelt couldn't get over Mr. Garner staying up till 12 o'clock. Been visiting and listening1 to speeches In both ends of the capltol all day. Debating on the big navy bill in the house, was talking to a lady congressman and she eatd to one, "Why do all those men say that- a big navy will bring peace?" I told her. well, even If It don't bring peace, it will come in mighty handy. Yours, LU. Co?1" 0183, McNiiighl Syndicate. (no. TIGERS TO PLAY PENDLETON AND IMBLER QUINTETS La Orande basketball fans aro look ing forward to. two of the beat high school home, contesto of tho season here this weekend, with Imbler play ing here Friday and Pendleton on Saturday. The Tigers have not met the Bucks this season but lost to Jimmy King's crew at Imbler In December. 16 to 10. Since then the L. H. S. quintet has rolled up seven straight victories, bringing their season's total to eight wins out of nine starts. Pendleton' will play La Orande af ter meeting Baker at Baker Friday night, so both teams will have gone through a hard contest when they meet Saturday. ...The Buck squad this year .boasts two stars of unusual cffcctivenefM. Dean Galloway and Osrald Oray-boal, high scoring forwards. Harold Rosen berg, a veteran of last year, Is at the center post, and Harold Rees. guard, is another man from the 1833 quintet. William Largent and Harold Eaion are two of the most promising pros- (Oontlnued on Page six) MIENZIE BURIAL THURSDAY AT 2:00 Funeral, services for James Angus McKenzle, pioneer of 1863, will be held at the Suminervlllc chapel to morrow at 2 p. m. Rev. J. Ocorgc Walz, of the Presbyterian church, will officiate and burial will be be side his wife, who died about a year ago. The passing of Mr. McKenzle fur ther thins the rolls of the early pio neers of the Grande Ronde valley. (Continued on Page Two) MISSWILLIAMS WINS FELLOWSHIP Miss Margaret Elaine Williams, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. L. B. Wil liams, of Wallowa, former Elgin resi dents, who at present is a teaching fellow in science at Oregon State college, has been selected as the winner of the $1200 fellowship awarded by the Oregon State division of the American Association of Uni versity Women. The award was given this year for the third time. Miss Williams Is a 1032 graduate of the University of Oregon. Her fellowship will include work at ithe George William Hooper founda tion for medical research In San Francisco, looking toward the possi bility of developing an effective antl-toxln against botulinus. Miss Williams received practically (Continued on Page Two) man, bursting into classical quota tion, exclaimed: "No truer statement was ever made than that by Ootd smlth when he said: 'For forms of government lot fools contend: That which is best administered Is best!' " That Is a good quotation and It went over fine, the dispatch fald, but the Oregon member made two mis takes. The lines are from Pope in stead of Goldsmith and by using the wrong wcrd the congressman destroy ed the rhyme which was carefully framed by the poet, as follows: "What'er is best administered is best." The quotation occurs in epistle three of Pope's "&vs&j on Man." He's Candidate ' . "ij .;iiL Nj aJr' c v -m Kff , . K&Sjt SS: Sam H. Brown, Gcrvals legislator, farmer and sausage maker, is first to file as candidate for Oregon's Republican nomination as gover nor. He says he'll hitch-hike all over the state, FANTASY STAGED AT ASSEMBLY AT LA GRANDE HIGH "The Maker of Dreams," a fantasy, presented in a fantastic setting, was given this morning before the stu dent body of the La Grande High school by the expression class, di rected by Miss Kathryn Sartaln, head of dramatics. The stage sets wore very modern, utilizing horizontal lines, contrasting to the vertical lines supplied by the players. The light ing effects gave the stage the quality of dreamland. "The Maker of Dreams" Is the swKy -of Pierrettes the; practical; nml Pierrot, the Idealist. Mildred Gvjen was lovely in the role of the tiny (Continued on Page Six) RE-LICENSING OF DRIVERS NEAR AN END Becnuso re - licensing of Oregon motor vehicle operators In Eastern Oregon has been almost completed, Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state, has combined the two Eastern Oregon traveling examiners' territories for economy reasons. C. M. Bentley, ex aminer, is now operating under a new schedule, which will bring him to La Grande once every two weeks, beginning Tuesday, Feb. 13. He will return on Tuesday, Feb. 27 and continue on this basis until fur ther notice. The hours will be from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. In the city hnll- OUST TUG. GUV WHEATMONEY IS EXPECTED HERE DAILY Marion, Wasco and Uma tilla Counties Already Receive Checks. Farmers of Union county who sign ed wheat acreage reduction contract, are exported allotment checks from the federal government or an amount lietu-ern $110,000 and U5.000 dally. The checks which have started pour ing Into various counties of the state, still had not arrived this morning. Marlon county farmers started re ceiving their checks yesterday, amounting to 19,782. The Wasco county farmers, whose first checks amounted to about (215, 000, were among the first In Eastern Oregon to receive payment, their checks coming early lost week. Dis tribution of (408,000 In checks was started Monday In Umatilla county, with farmers still receiving payment yesterday. . The checks now coming Into Oregon represent payment of 20 cents of the 28 cents the government agreed to pay for acreage reduction, and under the contract, second payment will be 'made to the fanners next Juno Two Kidnapers Are Sentenced To Life In Pen CHICAGO. Jon. 31 WV-Rejecting their pleas for new trials or delays. Judge Thomas J. Lynch today sent enced Gall Swolley, of Peoria, and Frank B. Souder, of Benton, to life lrnpiliiOiuicHt -nor Kidnaping . James Huckett, Blue Island gambler. ST. PAUL, Jan. 31 Numerous letters but none from the kidnapers of Edward G. Bremer, seized for $200,000 ransom two weeks ago today have been received at the home of the Bremer family. Adolph Bremer, principal owner of the Jacob Schmidt Brewing company and father of the missing man, In- (Ccntlnued on Page Two-) TIFFIN FIRE EXTINGUISHED The fire truck was called to The Tiffin at 2:05 o'clock this morning to extinguished a small fire, believed to have been caused by grease in the ventilating fan. Tho blaze was quick ly controlled and tho recall sounded IG minutes after the alarm was turn ed in. IT'S AN ART COULP VOO SPARC a. AM OTHER. BILUOM ,3 1SS ) FOR A FEW MONTHS? I ST 1 -f-iS&sa "!! m An1 Actress Becomes & stage and screeo star for more than 811 years, I'aullno Frederick took tier tilth Journey to the altar wtiea Bhe becume the bride ot Col, Joseph A. Mormoa, command ;r ol the Itilh lurnntry ol the United States Army, on Governors Island, Now York. Hie newly-wed couple are ahowD outside tholr home on the Island. ITALY IN FAVOR OF REARMAMENT FOR FATHERLAND JtOfcW. Jan. .31 m Italy rnmo out in favor of (m rearmament of Germany in the only pradMcul solu tion nf the armament qiietttUMDX, in an official memorandum ismied to day. This rearmament, under the Italian plan, would be based on status quo for other powers on the principle as pects of their armaments. T Continued on Page Two) French Mail Plane Spans The Atlantic ST. LOUIS, Bengal, Jan. 31 W) Tho French mail plane "Southern Cross" alighted hero today complet ing a return transatlantic flight from Natal, Brazil. The trip was made as an experi mental flight in the interest of the French air postal service as an answer to Germany and threatening Ameri can competition. ceaxAiMLyJ I AC2 voo suR.e I THAT" WILL I ee gmough? 1 Or- a Colonel's Lady if MAY PASS U. S. STRENGTH IN THREE YEARS Minister of Navy . Makes 1 his Announcement In Tokio Today. By (ilriiu Ihihli (Associated Press Foreign Staff) TOKYO, Jan. Ill V) The minis ter of the navy told the Ikium of representative! tmlay that new aux iliary voshcIh of the Japanese navy would oiitnuik thine ot the United Ntutrs at the piiil nf IfKKi mid a mem ber of the HoiiKe of I'cvr derlHrctl tliut If navy men had their uuy n'ln- tloiis hetwei'ii the two nation would 1)0 ruptiirrd. , Admiral Ml 1100 Osuml, head of the navy ministry, offered statistics to show how tho two navies would com pare when the prcacnt naval treaty expired. ' The suggestion of the possibility of (Continued on Pago Six) SECRETARY HOSS IS NEAR' DEATH MAP, KM, On-., Jan. 31 (', Hal K. Husk, HMTelitry of state, who hits h(m 4'rif Ically III at. Ills home here for several mouths, .was itmicU(I by Ills family today to have rallied to a consldi'nihle extent. SALEM, Ore., Jan. 31 (A1 Little hope was held today for the recovery of Hal E. If oss, secretary of stato, who has been 111 for several months. He has been confined to his home since November and last visited ills office during that month. During the spring Hoss underwent treatment nt the state tuberculosis hospital at The Dalles. He returned to Salem during tho summer. Wheat Today The prim r Im-al iiish wheat rtood at ahftiit Hi nrtnU bulk to day, nrmnllnp to tiimtatloim at the I'lniK'iT rimirlug Mills. Part., 'land rah 7:1 cents. Emrt hid 77Ji cents. CIirCAGO, Jan. 31 Iff) reaction ary tendencies that develop In the wheat market curried prices down ward almost 3 cents a bushel today, but late rail lew overcamo part of the leas. Much of the selling carno from re cent buyers, and wnu aiisoclatcd with Indications that after four days up turn of prices the peak of the wheat market hod been passed for at least the time being. It was figured, how ever, that -the international wheat pried n a gld! basis Is yet 17 cents below the figure :t which lower tar iffs were to become effective in lead ing countries. Wheat closed unsettled, 'u IV under yesterday's finish, corn VA u down, oats Ht , off. end provisions showing 2 cents to 6 cents decline. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME u HPAITLIUNG- Js'OT IN HACK SKKK KAL COMI'UANC'K ItltllMJK CONTKACTS COMING HKSTOltR TIIIKU OF PAY CUT? -4 SAI.ESI, Jan. 31 m Charles K. 8puuldlng, reMintfN at various times as a candidate for governor, today infomicd friends he would seek the UeptitUU-un nomination to miotwtl hlmhpilf as state senator from Marlon county. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 WV-Hugh 3. Johnson told tho newly chosen state directors for NRA and the emergency council today that suc cess of the recovery administration and the entire recovery program de pended wholly on their ability to ob tain real compliance with tho codes. Outlining the problems which they would face, he said one of the great est was that Involving company unions. POKTLAXD, Jan. Si W) Contract agreements for tho federal nui with which five bridge are to be con structed ou th Oregon coast high way WIN he placed In tho mull this week by the public works ndmJn In tra! Ion in Washington, II, , It was stated in a telegrum to the Oregon higliwuy commbiNloii from Heuntor McNury. . WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 UP) Tho senate appropriations subcommlUeo considering the independent offices bill voted today to restore one-third or tho 16 per cent federal pay out, effective February 1, and another third next July. The committee voted 6 to 4 against tacking any new veterans benefits on the meas ure' i i i ' 'WAHI1IM1TON, Jan. Ill tflH Arrest In Chicago of Verne Kiinkey, one of the natlmt'-foriuwfc criminals, wns tinnouucfri today by the depurluuMit of Just ice. THREE RUSSIAN BALLOONISTS ARE KILLED IN CRASH By H tun Icy P. Hlcluulsou MOSCOW, Jan. 31 (fl) All three members of tho crow of tlio soviet stratosphere balloon "Osoavlakhlni" were killed .between 3:30 p. m. and 8:00 p. m. yesterday, several hundred kilometers southeast of Moscow, near the village of Potlskyostrog. Tlio disaster was announced offic ially today iby tho soviet civil avia tion authorities after 24 hours of ru mors while a search went on, for tho fliers who yesterday reported they had reached an altitude of 07,586 feet. , . Tho official announcement sald'tho crow was killed whllo attempting to land tho great balloon. The balloon bag broke away from tho gondola an It lilt the ground In a hard landing. The force of the concussion killed the three occu pants of the gondola and destroyed all tho solcntiric Instruments aboard. Following tho crash the bag lore loose from tho gondola and disap peared Into tho clouds. VANZANDT ASKS BONUS PAYMENT BAKER, Ore., Jan. 31 (!) Im mediate payment of the bonus, re peal of the economy act of 11)33, an adequate navy, army and murlno corps, and tho formation of a veter ans council consisting of representa tives of ex-service mon's organizations were advocated by James E. Van zaiult, of Altoona, Penn., commander-in-chief of tlio Vc tennis of Foreign wars, here Tuesday night in an ad- (Continticd on Pago Slxy F. It. .LOOKS BACK ON HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 MV-Acrom tho greatest pile of greetings over known to modern times from crowned heads and humblfv Prrnk lln D. Roosevelt today looked back on what he adjudged the ultimate of happy birthdays. For him there was mixed In both tlie memories of what proved a rol licking private party with his "bud dies of 1020" but greater still In his own words, the pleasure of a "tribute through mo to the stricken ones of our great national family." The great central hall on tho sec ond floor of the White House was the scene last nlKht of the president's gathering with those who have met GOLD PRICE MOVED BP TO. ! $35 AN OUNCE Former Gold Price $34.45, But Only for Newly . mined Metal, U. S. TRADERS GET "BREAK" ON MOVE Announcement Made At White House Before American Gold Market Closes For Day. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (p) Presi dent KooHcvt'It today revalued the gold dollur nt 5D.0II per cent of Its former weight. Tho new gold dollar will contain in and 521 groins of gold nine-tenths fine. In announcing the change, the president said that beginning tomor row tho treasury would buy any and all gold at a price of $36 per fine troy ounce. Tho new gold dollar became effec tive at 3:10 p. m., today when the president signed the proclamation. Mr, Roosevelt said the ne? gold dollar was 60.00 plus per cent of the old weight of 26.8 grains of gold. Tho gold buying starting tomorow at the 36 price will be done through tho Now York Federal Reserve bank as fiscal agent for the treasury. The previous gold price was $34.46 but that was offered only for newly-mined gold. Tlio new price applies to any and nil gold delivered to a United States mint or the New York or Seattle assay offices. Tho new price is subject to deduo- (Oontlnuod on Pago six) .; ' John Dillinger. v Behind Bars In Indiana Prison GROWN POINT, Ind., Jan. 31 UP John Dllilngir, the swashbuckling Indiana bad man, tamed by Arizona peace officers, w -hlnd steel ibars In the county Jail iwrt today, appar ently resigned to his fato a fat which the state hopes will be his execution for killing a policeman. Apparently deserted by his pais who are reputed to have taken an oath to "kill coppers," the desperado was brought back to Indiana last night and placed in a solitary cell. There, whllo the state made pre liminary plans to try him, lor tho slaying of Policeman Patrick O'Malley during a rocont 920,000 bank, robbery at East Chlcugo, Ind., the gang lead er began to talk, confessing, Prosecu tor Robert G. Estill said, to robberies totalling over $250,000. He denied, however, ho had slain Policeman O' Malley.. Ho said he began his career of crlmo when a boy he robbed a gro- ' cer im Mooresvlllo. Ind., h:3 home town, whllo intoxicated. Aked If he had engineered the smuggling of weu.Kns Into the Michigan City pri son for tlio escape of his pals, ha said : "I don't deny It; do I?" Republican Wins Seat In Congress TROY. N. Y., Jan. 31 0P William D. Thomas, Hooslck Palls druggist, is tho new representative In congress from tho 20th district of New York state. Thomas, a Republican, defeated John J. Nyhoof, Democrot, and Cole man B. Cheney, Socialist, in a spocinl election yesterday to fill the vacancy left by tho late James S. Parker, Republican. With four districts miss ing, Thomas received 24,088 votes to Nyhoff's 15,880. Cheney polled less than a thousand votes. with him yearly since his unsuccess ful drlvo for tho vice presidency a decade and a half ago. There were staged "stunts" for the small group that took part. Mrs. Roosevelt and several feminine mem bers of the White House staff looked In Tor a while, but later tlio celobra tlon was made a "stag" party. There the traditional address of "Mr. President" was more often for gotten than not, and titlco became "Prank," "Louis." "Mac" and "Steve." The latter threi aro Mr. Roosevelt's secretaries. It was from tills private party that (Gonilnued on Tage Two)