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VOLUME 32
EASTERN OltKCiON'8 LEADING NEWSl'Al'EU
LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1934
MEMBER ASSOCIATED IMIES3
NUMBER 134
ILjII
Klamath Falls
Legisla
Attorney
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DIRECTORATE
Twelve Directors to
Elected From List
of Nominees.
Be
BALLOTS TO BE
IN MAILS SOON
Results of Election to Be
Announced Early Next
Week Directors to
Name Officers.
Twi'iily-foiir lutinliiPPH fur thp l'l
IHihltluim of cllrwilors r llic la
(irniKlP nlinitlicr of niminriae vm
olinoiin'd loilay unci mini tills num
ber, the illrertnmte will Iip clvitnl
by dec-dun during the nexl few iln.-
Ballots are to be plnced In the
malls this week and the members'
vote fclll be ennvassed early njxt week.
Afte! the 12 directors take olflce.
they will elect a president, vice presi
dents, treasurer, etc.. who will be
Installed at the annual dinner meet
ing, which will be held early In
March, the date to bo nnnounced
later.
The 24 nominated for tho director
ate follow: Harry Mtjflnlny, W. C.
Perkins, Ernest DjLohk. Charles H.
Reynolds, Annus McAllister, H. W.
Fredericks, Harlcy Eichardson, A. K.
Parker, B. C. Madlll, A. W. Nelson,
Gene Walker, H. M. Howard, J. E.
Fitzgerald. Colon R. Ebcrhard, George
Walker, Victor Eckley, Lester Kings
ley, Harold Flnlay, B. F. Wylde, Hugh
Leonard, Homer Lcffcl, C. W. Bunt
ing, Dr. C. L. Gllstrap and Sylvester
' Burleigh. ' ,
.Holy Season Of
Lent Opens With
Services Feb. 14
Lent, a holy season in the church,
will open with Ash Wednesday to
morrow and services .ave been ar
ranged at St. Peter's Episcopal church
and the Church of Our Lady of the
Vnlley. The Lenten observance con
tinues for 40 days, exclusive of Sun
days, until Easter, the commemora
tion of the resurrection of Christ,
on Uprll 1.
Ash Wednesday sciices ot the
Catholic church will lnclus the ser
vice for the blessing and distribution,
of the ashes at 8 a. m. and the Lentil
devotns st 7:30 o'clock in the eve
nt. Father O. Nooy wilh be In
charge.
Three services will be conducted by
lev. C. A. Kopp at the Episcopal
chureff tomorrow. Communion will
bo held at 8 o'clock In the morning,
at 10 o'clock litany and penitential
offering and holy communion will
be observed, while in the evening ot
7:30 o'clock evening prnjpr with an
address will be observed.
CLOUDY DAYS
WILL RETURN
IS PREDICTION
After several days of sunshine and
cloudless skies- the weather is sched
uled to become unsettled tonight or
tomorrow, according to government
predictions.
However. February here already has
equalled January's mark of six clear
days and passed December's mark of
two clear days and half a month
remains.
Monday was warm, with the mer
cury up to 60 above, a climb of 34
degrees from the low Monday morn
ing. The minimum today was 30.
compared with yesterday's 26.
WOULD YOULIKE TO
TRADE? HEAD THIS.
Any horse traders around? -Listen
to this:
WilllutiLion iiiul Ilerry. local re
altors, received tt leWer from a
woman In one of the mld-west-ern
cities the other day, In which
she expresso:! a dmlre to trade
for n small ncreflRe or a houe
and lot In I'nton county.
She; IMed the articles she had
for a trade.
They were: one electric fan.
one phonograph and a few rec
ords, one fine nrronlian. a mini
Ixt of hand quilted quills, one
1
joger;
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal.. Feb. 12
Papers today say "What would Lin
coln do today."
Well, In the first place, he wouldn't
chop any wood. He would trade his
ax In on a Poixl. Being a Republi
can, he would vote the Democratic
ticket. Being in sympathy for the
underdog, he would be classed as a
radical progressive. Having a sense
of humor, He would be called eccen
tric. And lts Alice's birthday, too. Alice
Longworth has for the last 30 years,
and I hope 30 more, had a reserved
seat at the biggest show on earth.
Yours,
P. S. In this airplane mess I don't
own one cent of stock. I don't own
one cent of stock In anything. I have
some lots in Beverly Hills I wotild
like to talk to you about. I love to
fly. I pay my wny and do i. Now
there must have been some onkey
business higher up or Mr. Roosevelt
wouldn't do what he has and I would
like to sit on the Jury and help con
vict "cm for they have brought in
Jury to a great Industry.
9 McNaiight Syndicate, Inc.
SENATOR KIDDLE
TALKS AT SCHOOL
MASTERS MEETING
Senator Fred E. Kiddle, president
of tho senate, described legislative
machinery and furnished a short re
sume of the work of the last special
session of tho state group, when he
addressed . the Union County School
Masters club Inst night at the Island. 1
Clt school. Dinner was served by the
Island City school met at 6:30 o'clock
Superintendents and principals of
the county each lurmsnca oriei tancs
after the dinner and a program was
presented by the Island City jiradc
(Continued on Page bur)
EPWORTH LEAGUE
PLAY IS TONIGHT
Spooks I Gory halds! Spine-chilling
mani.-cal laughter and tVrrills aplenty
will be provided ct tm presuiiUtllon
of "Hobgoblin House" by the Senior
Epworth League In the Methodist
churcJa basement tonight at 8:15 p.
m.
In this thre(act mystery, comedy
a maiden aunt, in an attempt o freep
her two nieces from marrying two
young bank clerks, lea;$s an old
haunted house in the Ozaifrs and
takes them with hw to live for i
time. Happenings nt tne house dur
ing the first night, however, very
nearly convince her that it isn't go
ing1 to be such a pleasant tning.
The two girls' fiances find where
they have gone and arrive on the
scene at an opportune time but are
apprehended by the maiden aunt ana
bloff for the gnitly happening
tho house; One thrill leads into an
other and the manner in which the
two darky characters and the Hcng-
lish 'ousekecDer contend with tho
(Continued n Page Slxl
REHABILITATION
OF SILVER TIEXT
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13 iVi Rehab
ilitation of silver was Included today
by Secretary Morenthau In the ad
ministration's program.
"It Is the firm policy of the admm
ltrat!on." he said. In a letter. "U
move forward on a program" for that
CContlnued on Pago ix)
sft
of
pillow eases and shei-is
with
one
wide crocheted Insertion,
lovely crocheted davenport
set
a iillrnlMT of small crocheted
art leles.
three crochetflir bed
one with crocheting and
spread
set together with cloth".
Her letter wound up with the
sentence: "l.et me know n as
possible If you think " can
find a trade for me."
So far, Williamson and llerry
seem to lie unable to find some
one to trade her.
DAIRYMEN OF
STATE COMING
HERE FRIDAY
Oregon Association to
Hold Two-Day Conven
tion in La Grande; Pro
gram is Announced.
imlrvmcn from air parts of the
state will lie In La Grande on Teh.
1 ami 37 for tho annual meeting of
tho Oregon Dairymen's association
which will bo held ut tho Niuajawea
Inn.
Many Interesting speakers will ap
pear on the program wfctch opens at
10 o'clock for the morning sessions
and 1:30 In the afternoon. The com
plete program will be announced
Thursday. Among the speakers are:
President's address, by George H.
Pullenwlder of Carlton.
Pats and Oils, Foreign ya. Domes
tic," by It. L. Clark, Portland, Oro.
A. A. A. Dairy Program," by a
representative from A. A. A,, Wash
ington. D. C.
Address, Herman Oliver, president
Oregon Cattle tout Horse Raisers' as
sociation.
"Farm, Credit Administration Avail
able to regon Dairymen," by F. It.
Potter, Oregon State college, Corval-
11s.
Her Improvement '
"Herd Improvement and Its Rela
tion to Dairying ns a Permanent In
dustry," toy A. J. Glover, editor of
Hoard's Dairyman.
, "Possibilities of Increasing Con
sumption," A. E. Engbretson, secre
tary Interstate Associtcid Creameries.
"Tho Dairy Council Methods of In-
(Continuca on Page Four)
Supt Campbell
One pf 3 Named
Or? 'B' Committee
Supt. C;-cr F. Campbell, of the
Wallowa schools, has received notifi
cation from John L. Gary, secretary
of tho Oregon High School Athletic
association, that he has been ap
pointed to A state-wide committee
composed of three men iflprescntlng
tho "B" class high schools of tho
state.
Tho committee will meet with the
state board of control during the
state basketball tournamei at Salem
it y. 21 to 24, for the purpose of ar
ranging for a "B" class tourney for
&4. j iTfl-J
Appointment "rif Suf t. Campbell,'
who has been active In promoting
tho best interests o IiIrIi schol ath
letics for many years met with th
approval of his many friends in la
Grande. .
PLACE WHEEE
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Here's the wny an active volcano looks from the air. Photo by 11th Photo Section, United States army, shows
a fencrul view of Mokuawcowco crater, 14,000 feet up on the summit of Mauna Loa, on the Island ot Hawaii,
with a sea of seething molten lava, from which smoke clouds ascend.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN DIE
AS CIVIL WAR CONTINUES
IN AUSTRIA; DEATHS MOUNT
IKNX.A, Feb. 13 1'nofflclal
stlmat4s of iho.ftdiiid In Austria's
clvl war at 1-'W ! "i. tonight aid
at l(:ust 500 had been killed, while
rumor, with some basis of plausibil
ity, phH-vit "the toll us high ns '.OiiO.
..;..'v': ' .." - ..i ., .i.:-t..
By Millie Wenlcr
(Associated Press Foreign Staff)
VIKNNA.'Vb. 1.1 (!') oiiien and
ehlldren were fed to the flames o4
civil war today as government artil
lery smashed tl Karl Marx apart
ment building h in is I up 2,(HI siniallst
families. No one Itmtws liow many
wre killed. 4
The howitwrs smashctl tho third
and fourth Hoofs of the greate
building In Eurqpc. The middle arch
co'. lapsed.
The s:ieinnr of tne 04.000.000 struc
ture waa only ono turner of the as
pect of Austria today while the forces
of Chancellor JnSelbcrt Dollfiiss
struggled through blooj streets to
pi down the rebellion of the social
rf.ppmvuLiy ftt iu&st 20!? have bee:
killed outsldo Vienna.
Battli , raged at Steyr, Graz, ani
hltYA as well as Vtonna.
Theatt at the Karl Marx bud
Ing was as horrible as some of the
veterans who fought hjl seen In tljp
days of yie World -war.
Machfiie gun blazed from the win
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dows of tho -homes of laborers at tho
soldiers who sought to enter.
The govcrioiient forces Jaund ma
chine guns, hand grenados, and tear
gas, insufficient 4-o batter down tho
stupbom resistance. 'fcJo they un
lli' Serod howitzers.
Two b'ig shells ripped liito'th6 vc6h-'
crcto stmcture. Ccunrdust rose in
the air. Whole corners of tho build
ing disappeared.,
Hiuid gn?iUeu fighting developed
as the combatnnta came to close
quarters.
Heavy fighting also broko out
again, after hours of comparative
(Continued On Page Four)
Three Negroes Ta
Die At The Gallows
HERNANDO, MIsr., Feb. 13 (Pi
Three Heroes, confessed attacker of
a 17-year-old sclyol gli, late Monday
wcro sentenced to dlo on the gallows
as an ar.gr threatening crowd
held at bay by rtlonal guardsmen
after two attempts to enter the De
soto county couftt.houscch rough barb
ed wire entanglements erected by the
trooiy. g
March lfl wan fixed. HHLhn dnto fnr
the triple hanging in th courthouse
here.
IMPROVEMENT
t i
RALPHHORAN
IS KILLED IN
OFFICE DUEL
Horace M. Manning, His
' .'F6 rmei1 Legal' Partner,
Surrenders to Authori
ties.
KI,aNAT1I FALLS, orr., Feb. 13 (A')
Klaniath county otflwfrs today were
ooiiduelliig an extensive Investigation
iiiti the shiHilliig of iUilph V. llonin,
'lit, promlneiit Klamath Falls attorney
and sUite representiitlvc, Voiiiik Hor
an was shot to death last night by
Horace M..MaiinlitL', fiT. his former
'legal partner, lit Manning's office on
Main street.
Continued on Page Four)
LEADERS OF RIOT
AT WALLA WALLA
WILL FACE JURY
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Fob. 13 (!
Warden James M. McCaiftey moved
qulckl? today with the lm of lodg
ing fiftftt. degree murder charKos
against, rlnnleaders In yesterduy'ii
bkxdy urlsi break aWempt, In
which nine men were killed, eight M
them convicU shot down frm thto
walls.
"Several of them, had given trouble
In the past," ho said.
Meanwhile, slight chances for re-
efftvery were held out for another of
the coftj-lcts, one or thoKc mowed
down undor a withering fusillade of
bullets from tlio walls.
Six prhton employes, five of them
(.Continued on Paxe Six)
SEES THREAT TO
FUTURE OF U.S. A.
PORTLAND. Feb. 13 U', Declar
ing tlO United States has the choice
of paying the price of liberty or of
paying with liberty for a dictatorship.
Chester 11. Rowell. editor of the San
Francisco ChrorxgHe, warned last
(Continued on Taf?e Six,
Wheat Today
The prlii of local cash wbrat
stfindl at. aliout fri cents bulk to
day, according to ( notations at
the Pioneer Flouring Mills. Port
Wind cash 70'i .cunts. Kxport bid
irt cents.
CHICAGO, Feb. 13 M-) Wheat
tumbled back late today, following
the leadership of cotton, and more
thon lost gnoderato advances which
had been elf ec ted afV?r downturns at
tho start.
Dealings In wheat were not large,
and the market was :csily Influenced.
Wheat closed Irrefrul", at 'c de
cline to tj,c advance compared with
Saturday's finish, corn a c up.
oats unchanged to c higher, and
provision showing 5 to 10c gain.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
shots rmi:i at nonou
t
OI'KX LKH'Oll STORKS l l.lt. Iff
.vi'di sT A. ni sni si irnn;s
I. W. A. AM.OTS I.SRff.OOO
i:i I1:k,, (-al., Feb. i:i (n Setm li
for a black sedan utitoimitille from
will eh two shots wvni fired at lKiu
O'Kane, maiiaghtg editor and usNlst
aat pulillshcr of the lliunlmldt Stun
ilaitl, aftorn(Hu newspaper, wan made
by Hllce here today.- He said he
knew or no raisou why anyone waiild
wr.nt tu Mil him.
PORTLAND, Oro.. Feb, 13 W)
Portland's four liquor stores will open
for business Thursday, tho Oregon
liquor control board announced to
day, and the Salem store will open
Friday or Saturday. Other stores will
be opened as rapidly as tho personnel
ciui be trained.
" ST. LOWS, Teh. lit (II August
A. Itiiseli Sr., (IX, president of Ati-henser-ltaseh,
Imv, anu head of the
Internatloually kiiimu family or
brewers, shut and killed hlnisrlf today
at his home In St. Minis toinity.
ItuNrh had been seriously III fur about
six weeks.
WASHINGTON Feb. 13 M The
public works administration today
allotted 92,235,000 for purchase of
land for emergency conservation work
In national pant and national monu
ment areas.
"AIR TRUST"
IN CONTROL
MRTIN SAYS
WASHINGTON Feb. 13 P) The
Assert Ion that every army ami navy
airplane contract Is "secretly and
conclusively" let was made today lie
fore the house military committee Uy
lames V. Martin, an aviation pioneer.
He testified in tho Investigation of
airplane contracts just as another
house committee decided to call the
Aluminum Company of America to
explain testimony that ono airplane
milder was compelled to pay 1 pe?
cent of hlu manufacturing cost- to
( Continued on Page Three)
BEFORE SENATE
THIS AFTERNOON
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (IV Frank
Hogan, counsel for William P. Mac
Crackcn Jr.. told tho senate today
In his final argument In the airmail
contempt trial that tho former Coo
lidgo d Hoover official had no
(Oontlnuod on Page Four)
ENDORSE M'NARY
FOR PRESIDENT
MROFOItl), Feb. 13 fl'i Senator
Charles L. Mc.Nary of Oregon was
endorsed for the Republican nomin
ation for president In ln.'lO at the
20th annual bimqiiflt of the Jackson
County Lincoln club here last night.
The resolution stated that "the
political drift is toward a western
man." and observed that "Senator
McNary, Oregon-born, Is a personality
to unite conservative and progressive
elements."
LINDBERGHS LETTER
PRAISED, CRITICIZED
WASHINGTON, lib. 13 (!)
Itcpuhllcuu at I cm ds to Insert
into the -oiif-nsHlrMml record the
protest from Charles A. Lind
bergh to the president ulxint ulr
mall contracts caiicellut Ion forced
OeniiM'nillc leaders to adjourn
the houve this altcriionn.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 fT)
The White Hkiim mi Id today mure
than 200 telegrams, representing
ahuiit an riually dlvlih'il opinion,
had been received nft(r Cli'irles
A. Lindbergh's protest ami Inst
cancel la Mnu of nlr mall contracts
had heen described there as "pre
marlly fur publicity purposf.'
Stephen Karly, n secretary to
President HMMu'll, told report
ers admit .i per cent of (he
KNOX ACT IS
VALID, STATE
COURT HOLDS
Decision Handed Down
Today on Test Suit
Filed by Klamath ' ;;
TRIBUNAL ANSWERS
HQME RULE ATTACK
Regards Act As Crimin "
Law Revenue Regard
ed Only Incidental to
Main Purpose.
8 A I.EM, Feb. 13 ffl The Oregon
state liquor law iNis'ed by the spe
cial session of the legislature tvaa de
clared constitutional today by the
Oregon supreme court In an opinion
written by Justice Harry Belt In
which the ether six Justices concur
red. The action establishes the
statute as n valid law, coitflrmuif; the
circuit court In the final step of the
test stilt hroiitfhti by the city of
Klamath Falls.
The opinion declared, tho law did
not contravene the homo rule section
of tho state constitution, around,
which the plaintiff attack was cen
tered, and that the statute "has the
attributes of a criminal law In that
penalties are provided for violation of
lis provisions," ,
Tho new statute "Is a gonerai law
applicable to all municipalities arxt
repeals by Implication all charters
and ordinances In conflict therewith."
Assuming tho home rule provision,
grantttog' cities tho right to regulate
traffic" iii 'liquor was still in effect,
the opinion stated that "notwith
standing tho power delegated to
cities -under tho homo rule amend
ment, they are otlll instrumontaJltlfis
for tho administration of the general
laws of tho state within their cor
porate boundaries. Under our con
stitutional system of government, a
municipality Is an agency of tho
state. In delegating authority under
the homo rule amendment, It was not
contemplated that a state be created,
within a state." -
Relative to the home rule amend
ment Itself, tho opinion of Justice
Belt hold that "since tho clear In
tention of tho people In tho adoption
(Continued On Page Four)
Airmail Heads
Will Take Case
Before Courts
NEW YORK, Feb. 13 (P) Fedora I
Judge John O. Knox today granted an
order, applied for by Transcontinen
tal and Western Air, Inc., requiring
Postmaster Gonerai James A Farley
and Postmaster John J. Kelly, of New
York, to show causa Friday why thoy
should not bo restrained from acting
under the Farley order of February 0
cancelling air mall contracts.
The petition also charges that the
order Is a violation of the fourth and
fifth amendments to tho constitu
tion of tho United States.
Grant Rehearing
In Jordan Trial
SALEM, Feb. 13 () The supreme
court today granted a rehearing In
tho first degree murder case against
Theodoro Jordan of Klamath Falls.
The order was handed down orally
by the court.
The conviction against Jordan was
previously upheld by tho state su
preme court, but a petition for re
hearing was filed Immediately.
messages supported the protest of
Lindbergh while the other half
upheld the position of President
Itimsevelt.
Lindbergh was both criticised
and defended on Capital Hill as
a result of his telegram to the
president.
Chairman MeKellnr (U-Tenn.)
of tho senate )Mst office com
mittee told newsmen Lindbergh
"never should have written such
a protest under the particular
circumstances
"I think he made a mistake,"
MeKellar said. flfe w?is con
nected with an air concern that
cne him S'.Mit.(MH) In stork and
he wits Interested In that con
cern. If he luid been wholly dis
interested his protest would hare
been pnnier,"