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
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;
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. - ;
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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
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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. ,