Railways 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-
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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
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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
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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-
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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 . . . .. ";