La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, March 21, 1934, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextRailways Heads And Employes Agree To Arbitration (iratuV fwmn La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America Only Newspal)er Printed in La Grande Covering Union and . Wallowa Counties VOLUME 32 EASTERN UHECION'8 LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1934 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 165 . i S. EXCHANGE PEACE NOTE AFAM FISHING LAWS FOR '34 LIKE LAST YEAR'S Season Opens Ten Days Earlier, Howcvei', in Most Streams. CATHERINE CLOSED UNTIL APRIL 15 Stream Above Union Fish Hatchery Will Be Open From April 15 to July 10. Hull's and ri'nuliitlmm til (jnvcrn KI34 Hulling; I" rKi l"'e in Is Hiic lu detail from the luiiiliiiiirU'rs of the stale game coiiiiiiIhsIoii, ac cording to.Iwal Htiito police officers, and they allow trout flsliliiK In all fftminw In Union county iH'glimliit; April g'cxcept Catherine creek. . If present weather conditions con tinue, oportsmen, say, conditions will be ideal for trout fishing by the time the season' opens. In both Union and Wallowa coun ties It Is unlawful to catch trout less than six inches in length. In Union county Catherine creek abovo the state fish, hatchery will be open for fishing from April IS to July 10, both idays Inclusive. An order Issued last year closing this section of fishing water from, July 10, 1033 to April 15, 1934, was not changed by the recent decision to open the general season ten days early. The open season In Union county on all lakes and their tributaries will be from. June 15 to Sept. 03. Restrictions in Wallowa county fol .. low: . . v-i. Bear creek from the point of diver sion of the city of Wallowa's Intake to the mouth of Little Bear creek, a distance of approximately five miles, closed. Ice lake and Ml nam lake, open sea son April 15, 1934. to April 14, 1935. All tributaries to Wallowa lako to the falls in said tributaries, open sea- (Contlnued on Page Six, Seven Suitcases Are Stolen From Stage Tuesday A robbery that Involved consider able daring occurred between La Grande and Pendleton yesterday, when someone caught a ride on top of a Union Pacific stage bus, broke the lock to the luggage compartment, and threw off seven suitcases and then made his escape. The loss was not discovered by the stage driver until he stopped at Pendleton. Officers believe the suitcases were thrown off between La Grande and Meacham, probably picked up by some companion following in an automobile. Several thefts of this nature have l)een reported In various sections of thejeountry the last few months, in dicating the development of a new "racket.1; , Officers re-port that the seven suit cases were filled largely with cloth ing, and that some of the clothing wau quite valuable. COUNTY AGENT LEADER HERE ON BUSINESS P. L. Ballard, of Corvallis. county ngent lender for Oregon, arrived fn La Grande this morning to confer with the county agricultural agent, Harry G. Avery, on business matters. Mr. Avery and Mr. Ballard went to Enterprise today to spend the day. HERE'S REAL SCOOP! IT'S SPRINGTIME Tra la la. etc. Spring la hercl Whatl You're not surprised, I , ! Maybe you're not surprised, but nevertheless, all the calendars, as tronomers, weath er charters and others of author ity In relation to climates, Insist that today Is the first day of spring, and that "winter", ended at 11:28 o'clock last night. We've had the Idea all along that spring came about a month ago. but after all. It must have been merely an unusually warm winter, with cm- British Make Post Off ice Patj H O L LYWOOD. Oal., Mar. 20 Just like to show you whan our cou sins are doing In tlio way of toting the mail. "Lon don, March 10, the British postofflce showed a nrotlt at 4im.m jvtu , vuuwifi February of $70. 000.000. Last year $57,000,000 post- office profits are applied to the re duction of taxes." We lout $150,000,000 a year. Who's loonoy now? They also run the tele phone and telegraph, so when you say "a government can't run a busi ness," you mean our government can't run It; so don't forget to always put that word "our in there. Jim, this Is no reflection on you and your P. O. gang. It's on our law makers wiio won't charge for a letter, paper or crate of eggs what It costs to carry it. be it by plane, boat, train or mule and charge accordingly. Yours, 193), McNounhl Syndicate. Ina. PIONEERS ENJOY PROGRAM GIVEN BY CLUB WOMEN A program closely nil let! to the progress made In the Onitule Itonde vaKey since it lie coining; of the first wtt.frri.wan enjoyed by a largo group or pioneers from nil parts ;of the val ley and members of the Neighbor hood Huh vestcfttiy afternoon at the La (iniudc hotel. Mrs. Lloyd Pierce, chairman of the program, arranged a depiction of the growth of transportziMotr "from Wag ons to Wings" and tlie pioneers and their descendants were the guests of (Continued on Page Throe) MATINEE STAGING OF L. H. S. MUSICAL COMEDY IS HELD The first mntince performance of "Jewels of the Desert" yesterday af ternoon found the musical comedy whipped Into shape under the able direction of Andrew Loney Jr.. music director, and Miss Kathryn Sartaln. dramatics and dance director, and after another matinee performance for the High school students this af ternoon, it is expected that a finish ed performance will be ready for the adult public Thursday evening at 8 o'clock In the High school gymna sium. Colorful costumes and stage settings redolent of Oriental glamour (Continued on Pane Four PRESS FREEDOM HELD NECESSARY TO U. S. LIBERTY "If the government ever controls the newspapers we can bid democ racy and liberty good-bye and pre pare to live under dictatorship," Ber nard MaJnwarlng, editor of th Baker Democrat-Herald, told Rotary club members today noon at the La Grande hotel, "It Is no accident that public opin ion is impotent and dictators all powerful In Russia, Italy. Germany and other countries where the gov ernment dominates the press," he ex- rOnmtniid ot, Pt Pf phaslo on the unusual. However, the little drawing above is quite true to life. Lambs have been gamboling around In the sheep pens for the last, few weeks, and the kiddies are Just as much at home on the green lawns as they aro in side much more so. in fact. But getting back to this arrival of spring list night Mother Nature, ner- self. wbs looled Into believing It was here a long time ago, m well as mere human beings. Tak?. for example, the cherry tree near La Orande t!at buret Into bloom on Feb. 24. Ana the buttercups that started blooming late last December and are still ot It. (Continued on Page Three) HOMEMAKERS' CONFERENCE ON MARCH 29 All Women of Union County to Be Invited County Agent An nounces Coming Event. A county hoinemakers conference open without charge to all women or Union county will be held on Thura duy, March 2D, the nicellng place to be announced later, County Agent 11. (. Avery ajinouiuietl today. Three members of tile Oregon State college extension staff In home eco nomics are to give lectures and dem onstrations, while various exhibits, some of which were shown recently at the state home Interests confer ence at Oorvallls. will bo set up. The program begins promptly at 10 o'clock and will continue' until 4 o'clock In tlio afternoon. Mrs. Louie Standley. of the Iowa district, and prominent member of Pleooant Grove grange, will pre side at the morning session and another will bo In charge of registration. A committee will be appointed for the noon meal. Miss Lucy A. Cose, state nutrition special ist, will demonstrate one dteh show ing tlio preparation of vegetables and tlus will be served at noon. In addi tion to the meal planned and ar ranged for, - . i,JiV (Contlnued on Pagfc Principals Of - i Local Schools Are Re-elected 8ix school men wore re-elected to fill .the positions they held during the present school year and at the same salary when the school directors held their March meeting. A. U Gra lapp was re-elected principal of the High school; J. W. Leonhardt, Cen tral; R. A. WUkerson. Greenwood; John W. Bennett, Riveria; Sarah Wil liamson, Willow, and Andrew Loney Jr., supervisor of public school music. The re-election was made upon the recommendation of Supt, Herbert Evans, and the board gave Its un animous approval. The board Is contemplating no re duction In salaries of teachers and also no general increase this year. It was reported. Any possible changes In any salaries will await study by the board of spring tax payments. The re-elected school mon and wo men have from a month to six weeks to lgnlfy their declslona concerning re-election. The Agricultural Situation Might SUPPOSE ALU THE SPRfMG SHOULD COME OP All Set for That Av, - n a x VT fir A startling novelty In airplanes Is this "umbrella" type ship, tested with success In Chicago. Taking off with a 100-foot run, it can attain a speed ot 135 miles an hour and laud ot a 60-dugree angle In a 26-foot circle. The craft has a 12-foot circular "awing" insload of ttandurd monoplane con struction aud is driven by a 125-liorBcpowcr motor. It cuu conio to earth slower than a parucliuto, say Its Inventors. LA GRANDE TIGERS PLAY OPENING GAME IN STATE TOURNEY AT 5:00 TODAY CO(tt'III'H WINS SALEM, March 21 m In the Initial game of the annual state basketball tournament here Co q utile High school advanced to the second round by defeating the teem frc Mltowll 37 to 31. ,. Who's going to win the state bas ket ball championship? - ' That's a question that most sport ing editors over the state are asking now, and some of them are guessing, also. The Portland papers this morning disagree somewhat on the problem. One Is picking Columbia Prep of Portland and Pendleton to roach the finals In their respective brackets. Another one says nothing. Still a third figures Salem and Astoria have the edge, with Klamath Falls and Eugene darkhorso entries. In other sections of the state, different views are being presented. Out In Eastern Oregon that As tor la-Salem guess sounds pretty good. Neither Pendleton nor La Grande ap pear to be of state championship class, but either team may win a TO Rainy Day; Umbrella Plane Flies game two if things work out right. ' Tigers l'lay at Five La Grande starts its play at 6 o'clock tills afternoon against Eu gene, ranked as one of the three or four strongest teams In tlve tourna ment. If the Tigers wer0 to click irfrong enough to upset tho.Uiuver mVv , city .boys, n lot of fans a fc home would do soi no tall celebrating'. The (Continued on Page Blx( Seven Perish In Tenement Flames NEW YORK. Mar. 21 (P) Seven persons perished today In a tenement house fire on the upper east side, bringing to 25 the number of deaths from similar fires in the last six weeks. ' sKTi;Nri:i to .Mir, PORTLAND, Mar. 21 (n Mrs. Mary E. Orlffln, former postmistress at Rye Valley, Baker county, was sentenced to six months In Jail and was placed on probation when she pleaded guilty in federal court here Tuesday to mak ing false reports to stamp sales. Be Worse IB. TO TAKE UP RAIL DISPUTE Arranges For Opening Conferences .Tomorrow Roosevelt Confers With Auto Makers. WASHINGTON', Mar. 2! (p) Ilnll- ivny iimiiiiKen and employes iigreril today In snlniilt their mine dhjitile tii nrlilt rntlott by .liiHepH II. KdMmnn, rleml nillnmd coordinator, us pnn- posrd Ity President ItoitHovelt. Eastman Immediately made plans for opening conferences tomorrow on tho controversy. This was made known shortly af ter Mr. Roosevelt began a conference with automobile. mauufacturerH In an effort to avert tho strlko throat ened In that Industry. Temporary , solution of the railway wage controversy was reported to President Roosevelt by representa tives of the two groups. A, P. Whitney, chairman of tho Railway Labor Executive association, earlier had accepted tho services of Eastman after rejecting suKgrations for a continuation of tho existing; 10 per cent pay cut agreement. A few hours later W. P. Thlchoff, chairman of the conference commit tee of railroad managers, told the White House his group was willing to accept tho serviced of Eastman to aid In composing tho differences. Whitney repeated labor's demand for a restoration of the old pay scale and ntt Incrcaso of 10 per cent on July 1. CZAR HAYS BANS DILLINGER FILM NEW YORK, March 21 fT) The action of Will Hav, president of the Motion Picture Producers and Dis tributors of America, banning any film production based on the life of John DMllnger, notorious Indiana outlaw, may mark a new era in gang pictures. It was called today "the most def-(Contlnni-d on Pajro Ktght) Wheat Today The prim of local cash wheat Mood at aliontj ! rents hulk hero Imliiv, m'ordtns U iiio4alloim at Din I'Ioihht FltMirlng Mills. No export bid. Portland isisli oeitls. OHICAGO. Miir. 21 IT) Despite reports of u n f a vora b I e crop coml i -tlons southwrnt and northwest allko, wheat prlceri ranged lower almost throughout today's trading, but mi lled a little at the last. Bused largely on advices relating to labor difficulties and to proposed stock market restrictions, grain trade sentiment was pessimistic. Transac tions In wheat were of unusually meager volume. Wheat closed unsettled, V ot- c under yesterday'u finish. May 874(fl' 'c, corn unchanged to c down, otttn Vic off. and provisions un changed to 3c decline. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME VKHNON IUHX FILK8 T011AY SAYS V, S. AVIATION IIOPKLKSM IK Alt l.(HK LOST IN FIltE CONFi:itKKS FAIL TO AOKF.I-: SAI.KM, Ore. Rlur. 21 (fl) Verimn Hull, of la drumle, a Democnit, filed totluy for the nomination for Htute representative from the 24th dlntrlrt. In Ion tximity, now represented by Hep. Victor Fxkley, Oeimteral, of Lu tirumle. WASHINGTON, March 21 (tP) Brigadier-General William Mitchell told the house postofflce committee today American aviation was "hope less" compared with that of the rest of tho world because "It is In the hands of this gang that had control of the airmail." TOKYO, March 21 P The KeilRO (hipanese) news ngriiey correspond ent tit HakiHlate reported today that one thotiHtiiid perwuis are feared to havo died lu a fire which destroyed the greater part of llukMlutc. WASHINGTON, March 21 W) Con grcBHlonal conferees failed to ngrco at their first meeting today on the controversial veterans' benefits and federal pay questions and tho house group prepared to ask the house to Insist on Its less liberal provisions. POIITLANI), March 21 W Edgar Freed, Oregon compliance director for Nit A, annouiieed today that three Porllaiid n-t all mercantile entulillHh meiits, ueciiMMl of violating NHA fair pnietlce provisions, have agreed to ahandiHi their erring ways and huvu returned to full NKA coihpllaiicu. MRS. MELVILLE PASSES AWAY AT HOME LAST NIGHT Mrs. Mary Ellen Melville, native daughtor of Oregon and a resident of La Grande for the last 43 years, died unexpectedly last night at her home at 705 N avenue. Christian Science services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at tho Snod grass and Zimmerman mortuary, and Interment will take place in the Masonic cemetery. Mrs. Melville was born in Lafayette, Ore., on July 11, 1B69 and moved with nor parents to The Dalles at the age of two years, where she grew to young woman hod. She was mar ried to John Melville In April of (Continued on Page Six) SENATE FINANCE BOARD ASKS TAX ON CAPITAL STOCK WASHINGTON, March 21 flt A $:HMU(Mi,00l) lav hill was approved to day Ity (lie sennte Nuance cotitlJiltten and ( liajrniiin Harrison (l .Miss.), mild he expected the senate would lake II up early next week, WASHINGTON, March 21 W The senate finance committee today un animously approved a capital ntock tax of one-tenth of one per cent to take effect July 1, 1D3R, and estim ated It would bring In $05,000,000 In re ven uo. The committee also provided a 5 per cent penalty tax on corporations If earnings exceed 12'j per cent, as a guard against under valuations in determining their own capital stock valuations. Both propositions were advanced by Chairman Harrison (D., As a partial offset for theso new taxes, the committee eliminated the e:(-tsc tax on soft drinks, which bring in an estimated $0,200,000. but In creased the tax on colored matches f Continued on Pago Three! IRISH GIRL CROSSES SEA IN CHILLY BOAT HALIFAX'. Nova Seotta, March 21 in) Adventurous Catherine Teresa Carr who bought two loaves of bread and set out for Canada bc caiifte she couldn't find a Job In Scot land is recovering in a hospital today from an 11-day Atlantic cross ing in a freighter's lifeboat. Huddled beneath the boat's flimsy canvas covering, she suffered in tensely In the bitter cold of a winter pannage. Still, not until she was car ried yesterday from the Donaldson lino freighter Sulalrla. did the 24 yeurold Irish miss collapse. Uolh her lect were frost bitten and TWO NATIONS 'SHAKEHANDS' ACROSS SEA Communications Pledging Peace Published in Both Countries. TRADE EXTENSION ' FAVORED BY BOTH Japan Expected to Open Discussions With U. S, Soon On Several Im portant Questions. WASHINGTON, Mar. 21 W The United States and .In pun i today "shook hands across the Pacific" lit a Klgnlricniit exchange of notes mu . tuully pledging inure. Hokl HlroUi. foreign minister of Japan. In a formal note to Roosevelt administration diplomatic chiefs hero asserted tlio Nippon governmenti "iias no intention whatever to provoke antl make trouble wiht anyt other power." . Secretary Hull, evidently scanning reported war clouds in the far east, based on strained relations between Japan and Soviet Russia, replied: r "I receive tills statement with spe clai gratification. . , . ;, "I am glad to take tills opportunity to state categorically , that the United Statos on lta part lias no desire to create any Issues and no Intention to Initiate any confllot In Its relations with other countries." Tho Ht rota -Hull exchange was the first such passage of good will notes fllnce President Roosevelt took office more tljr.n a year ago. In their messages, the - diplomatic chiefs of the two nations uttered def inite agrcemente, using tho words of Hlrota, that: , , "No question exists between our two governments that is fundamen tally Incapable of amicable solution.' . Hull concurred in this statement and added: "If unJiapplly thero should arise In tho futuro any controversy between our two countries, the American gov-1) ornment will bo prepared, ao I be- (Oontttiued Prom Page Four) I Lilyan Tashman, j Movie Actress, Succumbs Todayj NEW YORK. March 21 Ulyart Tashman, motion picture actress, died this afternoon at Doctors hospital after an Illness which had lasted a year aud became acute March 18. ; A. J. Oertenbach, directing man ager of the hospital, announced that death had been caused 'by "an ad vanced tumorous condition" which had necessitated an emergency opor atlon shortly after sho was admitted to tho hospital, Hospital records gave her ago as 33 years. She leaves her husband, Ed mund Lowe, also of the films. An announcement by the hospital paid great tribute to Miss Tash man's tenacity in carrying on her moving picture work despite the seriousness of her condition. 33 Killed, 68 Hurt In Russian Wreck i MOSCOW, Mar. 21 i?) Thirty three persons were killed aud G8 in jured In tho wreck of two trains near Svcrdlovxk revealed hero ' bo-, latedly today as tho latest In Soviet Russia's rewfnt epidemic of serious railroad accidents. Tho responsible employes already havo been placed on trial. The maxi mum penalty for conviction In such a case Is death. This Is the fourth such catastrophe reported within a month. she was weak from hunger and ex posure yet she had clung to con sciousness hoping for a chance to crrcp ashore under cover of darkness and begin life In Canada where It lert off when she was deported more than a year ago. i She told officials at the Immigra tion detention hospital where she waa held for deportation that she worked In London. Out., five years ago. Shfi was born In Belfast, Ireland,' her parents are dead. She has spent, but little of her life ill her native cuy . . . .. ";