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KASTKIIN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAl'EK LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1934 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PHES8 NUMBER 158 NAZI PBOP AGANBA PLOT CHA1GED VOLUME 32 CHANCELLOR GIVES TALKS TO STUDENTS Encourages Students -to fin Al 1 IX Kit. TX7:1,. VJU ilCclU WiUl VVUlrv i Despite Obstacles. TRAINING SCHOOL OUTLOOK BRIGHT Hopes Work, Will Begin Herfe Soon . on New Building To .Speak at Chamber Meet Tonight. An educator, long In t ho service of education In Oregon addressed the student body of Oregon'- newest slate owned Institution this morning. Dr. V. J. Kerr, chancellor of the state system of higher education, received tlie acclaim of every student t his morning at the assembly nt the East ern Oregon Normal school ami In turn gave the young men and women encouragement to continue their edu cation in spite of obstacles and ad verse conditions conducive to dis couragement and possible failure. Dr. Kerr Ib in La Grande not only to meet the students and faculty members at the Eastern Oregon Nor mal school but also to address the residents of the city this evening at the annual banquet of the La Orandc chamber of commerce at the La Grande hotel at 0:30 o'clock. Education in Eastern Oregon has been brought Into the limelight espe cially within the past few weeks be cause of the proposed erection of a training school at the Normal school. Dr. Kerr told the students this morn ing that obstacles have been en countered and surmounted, and it is hoped that work on the training school will be started soon. He also Is expected' to touch on the erection of the proposed new unit of the E. O. N. tonight at the banquet. "Bducation is a very Important part of the national program." said Dr. Kerr, who believes that training for teachers Is as Important as in (Continued on Page Three) ; Snappy Dances, Lyrics, Fun In Musical Comedy "Jewels of the Desert" Is a musical comedy in every sense of tlie word, with suappy dances, lilting lyrics and high comedy, according to Andrew Loney Jr., musical director, and Miss Kathryn Snrtain. dance and dramatic director of tlio production, to be pre sented March 22 and 23 by the La Grande High school. Tickets will go on . sale Thursday, March 15, while reserved seat tickets will be on sale Wednesday morning, March 21, at Glass Drugs. Dress rehearsals will be held this weekend and two matinee perform ances wilt be given nexti Tuesday and Wednesday for the school children. RAE TO MEET WITH PRINTERS, EDITORS HERE Arnc G. Rae, one of the regional administrators for the Graphic Arts code, will meet with Eastern Oregon newspaper publishers, commercial re lief printers, and newspaper publish ers with commercial relief printers plants next Monday evening in La Grande. The meeting has been set for 6:30, opening with a banquet nt the Sacajawea Inn. Those attending the banquet will be members of group A-l and A-2. STORES STAY OPEN TO 8 p! M. SATURDAYS Practically all the retail merchan dise stores in La Grande which have been closing at 5:30 p. m. on Satur day nights during the winter, an nounce today that beginning Satur day." Mar. 17, they will remain open until 8 p. m. until further notice. This 8 o'clock closing hour is effec tive only on Saturdays, of course. The early winter closing hour has been In vogue for some time, with thP merchants returning to regular spring, summer and fall hours earlO each year. Stores which have announced they will remain open until 8 p. m. Sat urdays hereafter are: Stevens Van Eneelen. Trotters, f Montgomery Ward. J. C. Penney Co New York store, The Toggery, Nortons Railroads Waking Up, Will Says Vtmm BEVERLY HILLS, Well, Just as the air mall stopped that famous new streamlined train pulled into our village. It looks like more than an ad. It looks like a fact. Railroads arc nnpp.Hhifr tin And vice ana geuiug their rates down, finally competing with the bus and truck now instead of Just cussing 'em. Trouble with American transpor tation Is that you can get some where quicker than you can think of a reason for going there. What we need now is a new excuse to go somewhere. Yours, 9TS4i MeN.ught Syndicate, fio. ALLEN, GRETTUM ARE SPEAKERS AT FORUM SESSION The possibility of developing power from the Bonneville dam through a state commission was discussed at the second of the Lions club's open forum meetings, held last night at the Sacajawea Inn with a fair-sized audience. Rep. W. P. Allen, a member of a state committee of seven now Investi gating the matter, gave the first talk of the evening, explaining how the state was attempting to learn whether It would be Justified in going into the (Continued From Page Pour) WARM DAYS BRING APRICOT, PEACH TREES IN BLOOM Each day the last week has seen the mercury going a little higher in the official tube, and yesterday's warmest period In La Grande came In the afternoon when the reading showed 74 above. It was the warmest day since last fall. With the maximum two degrees higher, the minimum followed suit, with the lowest last night 36 com pared with 34 the night before. The weather prediction calls for continuance of the fair, warm weath er tonight and tomorrow. Apricot trees are coming into bloom generally over the valley, and some peach trees are blossoming. Also, there have been isolated cases re ported where cherry and apple trees have bloomed, but these trees In the main are not coming into the "white" as yet, although a continuance of the present warm wave will bring this about, orchardlsts say. Most orchardists view the early blossoming (Continued On Page Pour) SPEAKERS OPPOSE SALES TAX PLAN Senator Henry Hess and Rep. Vic tor Ecklcy explained the sales tax before a group; of schoolmen who at tended the monthly Union County Schoolmasters' club meeting at Im ber last night.. Both speakers oppos ed the tax. which Is to go bsfore the Yotera soon. A short program of music was furnished by Imbler High school students. A Joint session or the Baker and Union county clubs will be held next month at North Powder. Kiddy shop, Falk's La Grande store, Burnett's Shoe shop. Sprousc Roitz 49-cent store. P. W. Woolworth's, C. J. Breler Co., Dora VI shop. Cin derella shop. Roy Farnam Supply Co., Radio & Music Supply Co., H & S Electric, Melville's, Pittsburg Paint store. Noah's Paint store, Blrnle's Jewelry, Guthrie's Jewelery. Peare & Son, Jewelers. Wagner's Hardware, Rich ardson's Art & Gift shop, Claude Wright Implement Co.. W. H. Bohn onkamp Co.. Fitzgerald Furniture Co., Hackman's Hardware and La Grande Book & Sttionery Co. Grocery store;--Qof the city have been remaining open until 8 p. m. Saturdays during the winter. LA GRANDE'S r S ' ' ' i H ..- Wi ' i I'M I ' 1 Oltancvlltu. . A. Kerr, or the Oregon state system or higher eaucii tim, is Iji (Jntndc's guest, today. This morning lie spoke at, the Eastern Oregon Normal school nt nn 'assembly open to the nuhllc, und this evening, he will he the main wpenker tit the annuHl chnih- ., ber of commerco biiuquet. ; . WINTER TERM WILL - END ON FRIDAY AT -;;;:v';vv'V;::E0N0IlMAL SCHOOL Students at; the Eastern Oregon Normal school entered the. final week of the winter quarter Monday, and tomorrow will bogin examinations which will continue until Friday af ternoon, when the term will come to an official close. The Bpring term at E. O. N. will begin Monday. March 26. according to President H. E. Inlow, the school en joying a week's spring vacation be tween quarters. Tlie J.. H. Ackerman Training school also will have a week of vocation, with no school from Fri day afternoon until Monday morning, Mar. 26. SCHOOLS TO TAKK VACATION The annual spring vacation period In the La Grande High school and Willow, Central, Greenwood and Rt veria grade schools will begin with the closing of school Friday after noon, March 30, it waw announced today. The city schools will recon vene classes on Monday morning, April 9. GUEST TODAY f During th spring vacation period, many of .the faculty members in the city schools will go to Spokane for the annual convention or tho Inland Empire Education association, to bo held April 4, 6 and 6. Laura La Plante . Sues For Divorce (Copyright, 1034, by the Associated Press ) LONDON, Morch 13 Laura La Plante, motion picture actress, mid today sho Is suing her husband, Wil liam Sciter, film director, for a divorce and that she has filed the suit In Riga, Latvia. At the film studio here where she Is being starred in an English picture, Miss La Plante said: "The proceedings have been taken on the ground of Incompatibility. There la no other reason and we still are very good friends." y nir. WHY NOT GIVE THEM A MEDAL? TAX OFFICE BUSY; MONEY POURING IN County Property Owners Form Big Line in Tax , Collecting Department This Week. Probably the busiest office In Un ion jrounty at present Is the tax col lecting department ut tli court house. With the first quarter or the 11)33 taxes which arc payable this year, illie on March 15, Thursday, a steady stream or taxpayers has been lu evidence ut the court house for the last several days, . Six or seven are at work, in the tax collector's office accepting the money now pouring Into 'the county treasury, and they have been, so busy that It has been impossible to spare time to check on the amount re ceived as compared with lost year, but there Is a general feeling' in the office that collections are heavier than usual, ' ' ' The office also reports that quite a largo number of taxpayers are pay ing their taxes. In full In order to save tlW' three : per rccnt discount which ia offered, by the state to all who pay taxes . In full on or-before March 15; ' - r : " ; ' "Pay your taxes, now and save," seems to be tho watchword not only In Union county, but! over the state as a whole, Many payments, of course, aro in quarterly amounts, but there also are quite a few paying half and some throe-quarters or their tax bills for , , 1 (Continued on Page Four) Utah Earthquake ; Causes Death Of Man and Woman SALT LAKE CITY, March 13 (AO Tho second death attributed indirect ly to the earth quake which shook Utah and Southern Idaho yesterday occurred today when Charles Blthell, 55, died In a local hospital of in juries suffered in a waterworks trenen cavern. Blthell was burled when the six foot trench under construction In the southern part of this city gave way fihortly after the hcavlost of the several tremors which shook this city. Waterworks department offi cials said the trench banks were weakened by the quake. Mrs. Ida Von able Atkinson, 21, of Ogden, Utah, died of fright yester day while her home was quivering from the earth movements. Damago caused by the quake con sisted of cracked walls, toppled chim neys, broken windows and falling plaster. (9 O'clock Doris' Wins Divorce Bocnuse 'Bhe was just a nine o'clock girl and didn't like night clubs, her marrlnge fnllod aftor 54 dnys, Doris Kepyon, actress, pictured here In a Los Angeles court, testified In winning a di vorce from Arthur Hopkins, wealthy Syracuse. N. Y., .'enlty man. She said he was JoqIoub, too, and called ber names. : CANCELLING OF AIRMAIL IS Democratic Leader " Up holds R R. In Mean- . i time, New Schedule, For Flying is Planned. WASHINGTON, Mar. 13 (A1) - Re plying to a Republican charge that President Roosevelt was attempting to "shirt rcaponslblllty" for a "tragic blunder" In cancelling tho airmail contracts, Senator Robinson, the Democratic loader, told the senato to day tho chief executive hod been Jus tified in his action and assumes full responsibility for it. President Roosevelt was charged with responsibility for tho death of ; ( Continued on Page Three) 3 RESCUED FROM FLOATING COFFIN Uv Olenii llalh ' (Copyright. 1034, by the Associated Press) SASKBO. Japan, March 13 With three men rescuod out of tho 1 13 trapped in the hull of tho capsized torpedo boat Tomrmuru, rescue work ers cut doggedly at a stool wall late tonight In the hope that eight more men might bo found alive. Officers said, 40 hours after tho heavily-armed little ship turned over during maneuvers, that it would be Impossible to cut through that hull before midnight to find what lay Inside. They were spurred on In their work by a tttory from tho rescued men that eight of their companions worn still alive in tlie engine room when they escaped through a hatch under water., . Tlie disaster was regarded as llkoly to become a serious national issue. The navy appointed its distinguish ed admiral. Klchlsaburo Nomura as chairman of the board of Inquiry, which includes other admirals. Wheat Today The prlcci jof local wlnxit ptoml at ahoitt M c-cnl bulk today, according to iiotullonrt tut I ho Ploiirrr Flouring MtllH. KxporL hid 7H rant, .INirlliind cash TA4 cents. CHICAGO, Mar. 13 tA'f Dust storms over a largo area or Kansas and Nebraska, as well as section of South Dakota und Iowa, led to lata rallies In wheat prices today. Up turns, though, failed to go above yesterdays finish, and tho closo was easy. Trade attention was largely direct ed to Washington and for the time being no advices from there concern ing grain gave much encouragement to friend of higher prices. Wheat closed unsettled, c under yesterday's finish, May HHfi 'jc, corn y4 fa ViC down, oats U " c off, and provisions unchanged to 6c decline. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME 9 TOt 1IY OAMISTKU SLAIN lOi; K. Ill'NNti KSTEItS It U K IOWA HANK ICOimi:i TOUAY SKATTLH OH, KKS WIN' 30-33 CHICAGO, March 13 W) Charles "Ice Whroii" (Vmimrs, one of the Touhy gtiiiKKteni long hunted Vor the kidnaping of John Fuclor, was found shot to death In a rrimote section or the so nt Invest side today. PORTLAND, March 13 W) A for mal announcement will be made to morrow by State Senator Joe E. Dunne of Portland, that he will be a candidate for the Republican nomina tion for governor, it was said here today. An outline or the platform on which he will seek the nomina tion will be made at the same time. MASON CITY, la., March 13 Pi The First National bank was held up this afternoon by machine gun rob bers who carried mvay several hank employes as hostages. It, L. James, In the street at the time or the holdup, wns struck In the leg by a bullet. The amount or money taken was not Immediately ascertained.. KANSAS CITY, March 14 Wl Sec ond round national basketball tour nament . results: Gil more Oilers, Seattle, Wash., 36; Warrenaburg, Mo., Ten c Hera 33. WASHINGTON, March 13 W Wal ter H. Clifford, president or the Amer ican Telephone and Telegraph com pany, tcstiricd to the senate Interstate commerce commlsslou today that the pending bill to not up a federal com munications com in ins ton would "so largely place the power to manage In the commission us to set up a regime of public management or prl vute property." , . - r , ., i FEDERAL INCOME SHOWS BIG GAIN- EXPENDITURES LAG Uy William L. Heiilo WASHINGTON, March 13 WV-The government's Income for the fiscal year It ends July 1--today passed tho (2,000.000,000 mark while ex penditures stood at 4 ,444, 087, 000. Receipts from last July 1 through March 10, the latest day available were 92,001,060,105 as compared with 91,203,622,000 in tho samo period last year. The biggest items in tho Increase were miscellaneous taxes swollen by new levies and distilled spirits rove nue. Agricultural processing taxes, not In effect last year, have supplied 9230.810,000. Customs receipts climbed from 9175,707,000 to $233,226,000. Income tax payments continued to lag behind last year with compara tive figures of $302,822,000 and $303, 012,000, but March payments have shown a sudden spurt. Government expenditures, which climbed steadily from July through (Continued On Pago Pour) FIVE ARE FACING KIDNAP CHARGES ST. LOUIS. Mar. 13 fit Mrs. Nellie Tipton Muench, wife of Dr. Ludwig O. Muench, u physician, and four men were indicted at suburban Clay ton today on a charge of kidnaping Dr. I. D. Kclley for ransom April 20, 1U31. The men Indicted are Felix Mc Donald, former convict, Dart Davit. Angcln IVegmnt, salesman, and John C. Johnson, negro tenant on a farm where Dr. Kelley was held cap tive after he was lured from his homo on a fako sick call. Tlie Indictment followed an alleged expose of tno kidnaping by Adolph Plcdlcr, a 300 pound former Justlco (Continued on Page Four) FATHER OF GIRL NOT TO HANG 3 NEGROES JACKSON, Miss.. Mar. 13 (!) Three negroes1 will be hanged Frhlay; but the father of the white girl they attacked) will not he their hungsmaii if one Missis sippi legislator has anything to do wUli It. "There will be no legalized butchery In this state," said Wal ter Killer, chul mum or the Judi ciary committer of the house of representative!. The Mate senate ha passed a PARIS PAPER SAYS SECRET DRIVE OPENS Accuses Hitler's Agents of Conducting Huge , Campaign Abroad. GERMAN CONSUL DENIES CHARGES Uneasy Europe Also Cen tering Attention on; Conferences Concerning ; Danube Basin. noOKV, Holland, March 13 W) , Former KaUer Wlllielm may return to tlernmny ns the result of a Hoheit- zollern family council held In Ills : castle here today. - ; t PARIS, March 13 m The new-": paper Petit Parisian today reiterated charges that German Nazis were eon-' ducting. a huge, secret propaganda fMiutiinlirii nlmuiil. (I nil IMltlllHhed What 1 It described as a copy of a pamphlet ' of confidential Instructions sent to Nazi propaganda agents. The text, as printed by the Petit Parlslen, Instructed the agents 'to withdraw advertising from news papers which used anti-German news agency dispatches and declared that It had proved to bo "impossible" , to establish relations of any sort with the Associated Press. ; ' ."The Associated Press," the test, as published, , declares, "shows . toward the new evolution of Germany and the National Socialist government's demands in the matter or foreign uollov a lack of understanding which must ne consioerea'Bs quuuciuvtMHw-'' till fir ; 'It 1b rocognized that the manager-', lal posts of this news agency are (Continued on Paire Four ' Bonus Bill Not ; Likely To Reach I F.R., Leaders Say i WASHINGTON, Mar. 13 VFI DemOf cratlc leaders expressed confidence today that tho 2,200,000,000 "green back bonus" bill will nover reach. President Roosevelt's desk. i Although tho house passed the measure late yesterday by the 'hump ing margin or 205 to 125. the ad ministration chloftalns said tho senV ate will kill It. The president plan to veto tho bill if it geta to him. , Backers or the bill, which calls for new currency to pay the ex-soldiers, were firm In their predictions that the senate will approve It. Today the senato was less worried about tho bonus issue, than about the 8t. Lawrence treaty, which Presi dent Roosevelt favors. Even Demo cratic leaders conceded the president might suffer a major defeat when the ballot Is called tomorrow. ; Despite Its acMons of yesterday, tho houso still had a veterans problem on Its hand3 today. This Is the Indepen dent offices bill, laden with senato amendments calling for $354,000,000 expenditures for veterans and federal workers. Flames Fatal To Six In The East INDIANAPOLIS, Mar. 13 (P) Mr. Edna Pinch, 28. the mother; Carol Jane. 0: Prances. 0; and Ernestine, 4, her children, were trapped in an up stairs room and burned to death In their homo today. NEW YORK, Mar. 13 M An early morning tenement houao fire brought to 17 today the number of victims of tenement houso flroswith-' In tho last month. Two women, Mm. Mury Blake, 153, and hor daughtor, Mary, 17, leaped to tho sldowalk Ironi tlie fifth story and woro Instantly killed. bill which would make It possible Tor Clyde Collins, rather of tho while, girl, to mrt. as Imngsmail for her attackers. The "negro hanging hi 11" has leen rcferrrd by the house to IteprrMmtatlve siller's commit tee, .sillers pocketed the) bill yes terday and stated there -would be, no meetings of his committee un til! after Friday the execution day. ,
