La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 05, 1934, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextSenate Rejects Tax i Ha La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Ceuntiea wxxm VOLUME 32 EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1934 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 178 LA -GRANDE GETS HG CONVENTION (IranM mupttittg B.OFL.EWILL CONVENE HERE EARLY IN JULY Seven Hundred Out-bf-Town Expected to Be Here For Sessions. G. I. A. WILL MEET i IN THIS CITY ALSO Eleven Western States And Three Canadian ' Provinces Included in Railroad Organization. A' convention which Is expected to be the mont expaiiNlve ever held In La (iranrie Is promised for July of this year, according to word received yesterday by C. M. Humphreys, sec retary ol the 11, of U E. No. 8(12 of La Grande. The sessions of the con vention will take place In the ftnea iwea Inn, the length of time to be announced biter, but will require from two to four days, ami will ttiose on the evening before the 0eiilng of the Old Timers seinl-celltcnnhll cele bration, July ID. Officially, the meeting Is called the Western Union Meeting, Association of Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers and includes 11 western states and three provinces, extending from British Columbia to Arizona, compris ing 146 divisions, which represent approximately 4600 members of this organization. It Is expected that there will bo approximately 300 dele gates, and possibly as many visitors, many of the delegatos being accom panied by their wives, who will at- tend the mooting of the a. I. A. which will be in session slmultanc ' ously. "This will probably mean about 700 persons will attend from out of town, It is sold. ! I IH This Is the first time that a con vention of this organization has been held in a town of loss than 100,000 people, and Is only made possible toy the co-operation of the Old Timers' club and the chamber of commerce, who ore backing the affair. The sug gestion was made by Mr. Humphreys to the local organization which Im mediately voted to foster the bring ing of the convention to La Grande. Fred Johnson Is chief engineer of the local lodge. The ohftlrman of the convention will bo H. Mackey. of Vancouver, B. (Continued on Pairs Six, Convention Of Churches To Be Here May 3, 4, 5 Announcement was made today of the annual convention of the Churches of Christ of Northeastern Oregon which will be held In the La Grande church on May 3, 4 and 5. A large delegation Is expected from the churches of this district and a guest speaker will be present from Western Oregon. There will be a number of special sessions for young people, according to those in charge of the arrange ments for the program, as well as other Interesting features for all members of the denomination. RETURNS HERE TO MAKE HOME Mrs. Ernest Root, who has been living In Portland for some; time, has returned to her former home here and has accepted a position In the office of the M. J. Ooss garage. U. S. MARSHAL VISITOR HERE U. S. Marshal J. T. Summervllle was In La Grande early this week on business In connection with a land sale which took place Tuesday. His headquarters are in Portland. ANGLERS OUT BUT FEW TROUT REPORTED YET The fishing season opened an hour before sunrise thin morn ing but at 1:30 o'clock Oil af ternoon leading hardwire stores around town had no flh on dis play! Howard Young, of the Observer, came In ahout noon with a dozen nice fth from Parsnip creek, near Lostlne. In former years, there eJway wns a rush to see who could get Into I -a Cirande wllh the first Looks to Turks To Nab Dillinger BEVERLY HILLS, Oal.. Apr. 4 Well, they had a 'big moving picture opening In Holly wood, last night. DUllnger was there. I suppose he was. He Is every where else where anything of Im portance takes place. Looks like the' only way we are ever going to catch him la to wait till he hires a yacht and starts through Turkey. If I was Insull I wouldn't mind coming back here and facing an In vestigation, if nothing more hap pens than at all the other Investiga tions that start out so sensationally and peter out so quickly. Investiga tions are held Just for photograph ers. Yours, (it. MNaiifrtit Svndlcat. fne. REDUCE WARRANT INDEBTEDNESS OF CITY THIS MONTH With a tax turnover of 27,000 to the city the last few weeks, City Manager Angus McAllister announced last night following the regular city con-mils' 3n meeting, that the war rant indebtedness of the city has been reduced to less than 61,000. More tnx returns are expected, as the sheriff's office has not yet com pleted receipting of taxes paid In on and up to March 16, Mr. McAllis ter said. Informal discussion also was had concerning marking of parking spaces, loading gones," etc, on the streets, and It was Indicated tills will be done In the , near future. "f The' salary ills for tha. tnc4.-5U, of March, In the amount 'of $4,654.20, was ordered paid by warrant, and the city manager's financial report show ed cash on hand at 15, 173.68, divid ed as follows: La Grande bank 7,603.32, Portland bank $5,253.88, .cash 9675.78, remainder In warrants. The report also showed 2,090.4B In general warrants retired during the' week, and $4,000 paid In calling In general bonds. HOUSEBREAKING CASES CLEARED UP BY POLICE A serlen of house breakings over the weekend were cleared up late yesterday by the city police, and to day one boy, Ernest 'Conradt, nearly 17, was held In the city Jail and an other. Hilly Weiss, 14 or 15, under surveillance. Wiley IHnnoett, city polieemun, wild thut both hoys con fessed to him. Their arrest, Mr. Blancett said, re sulted from meagre clues. A neigh bor saw a boy leave one of the houses which he later learned was broken Into, and gave a description to the police. Suspicion was directed to ward the Conradt boy, and yesterday afternoon Fred Robertson, of K ave nue, who lost some chickens, accom- ( Continued From Page Four) SCOUT COURT OF HONOR SATURDAY All the Boy Scout troops of the city are expected to participate In a ceurt of honor and rally to be held In the high school gymnasium Sat urday evening beginning at 7:30. N. W. Frees Is In charge of the court of honor and Elmo Stevenson will have charge of the rally whloh will con sist of a demonstration by members of each troop present. The event was originally planned for Friday evening, but has been changed to Saturday evening Instead, because of conflicting events. catch of trout, whether It was two or a dozen. So far, It appears Mr. Young was the first to re port In. Most local people, however, were confident that later today some reports of more good ratt-he would he received, particularly from Wtil own., county where fishing conditions are reported to he somewhat better than In t'nlon county nt present. i ill Km7i"ii i 'Peaches! Back On Divorce Row ,.imi, i.in. i.i iiiiiMiii.ii.i.i.MlMWrjaWWCTWP A f "N Si ill!.,-. r 1 f J She's turning back, to single blessedness, announces "Peaches" Browning, above, "slim" yes, ' sllmr "attractive, ' and 23," as ber lawyer describes her. The blond burlesque actress will divorce "Daddy" Browning, whom sbe married elgbt years ago, as soon as sbe can establish Chicago residence, she jays, asking no alimony. She was re ' fusod a decree In 1931. OFFER EXCHANGE " TO BOND HOLDERS Any confusion which, might exist In the minds of bond holders con cerning announcement of partial re demption April 16 of Fourth Liberty Loan bonds, with optional exchange offering, may be straightened out through information now available at the First National ibank of La Grande, whloh has Just received detailed In formation from the Federal Reserve bank of San Francisco regarding the redemption. All outstanding Fourth Liberty Loan registered bonds bearing serial numbers which end In 0, 0 and 1, and coupon bonds bearing prefixed letters J, K or A are called for re- ( Continued on Page Two) STOCKSHOW TO BE HELD JUNE 7, 8, 9 Directors Go Back to Old Policy Of ficers Re elected For 1934, UNION, Ore., Apr. 5 (Special) After a year's trial of holding the Eastern Oregon Livestock show la the date' semmer, " the association has gone back to Its original plan of staging the annual exposition! early Inf June. Wednesday night at a meeting of the association, the . dates were set for Thursday, Friday and Saturday. JunJ 7, 8 and B. At the same session -officers were electod for the year or rather, re elected. All three executive officers were returned to their posts. They are Herbert Chandler, Baker, presi dent; a. I, Hss, .Union, vice presi dent, and Tony D. Smith, Union, sec retary, A state appropriation of 1,250 will be available for premiums - for the show this year, part of an appropria tion voted at the last regular legisla tive session. If this were not used this year, it would revert to the state general fund. Directors expect larger exhibits this year than last, especially since there (Continued on Pairs Two) Ep worth League Lake Institute; To BeJuly 16-22 Dr. H..G. McCalllster, of Boise, su perintendent of this district, was in La Grande yesterday conferring with 'W. tt: Hertzogm regard to the faculty for the coming Epworth League Institute at Wallowa Lake, July 16 to 33. , Dr. McOalllster has been conducting a class In Bible study in connection with a teacher training class In the North Powder church and the pastor. Rev. Mr. Bach accompanied him to La Orande yesterday. JACK DEMPSEY IS LOSER n -: IN RING BATTLE - WOMAN PUTS HIM ON THE RUN ALEXANDRIA. La., April 5 VP) Jack Dcmpsey lost a ring battle here last night. Worse than that, he was forced Into lgnom lnous retreat from the scene of contest. It all happened as the ex - heavyweight champion was refereelng a heavyweight wrest INTERESTING IF TRUE n W PUT Or4 XHE5E I ' WHISKERS' emiifmsmanr J tt - O Quake Rips Furrow in Earth Crust Karthnimke cracks as wldo ntf I t Inches wore left by shocks that rocked the vicinity of Kosmo, Ulnh, nt tho northorn end of Great Salt Lnko. Geologist Frederick A, Pack and his wife aid shown herb, their car spanning ono of tho cracks, which extent1 for miles. Tho shocks throw wator from tho luko moro than two r' ' - miles beyond Its nalurnl bordors. FINGERPRINTS TO BE CHECKED WITH MURDER SUSPECT BRMEWrON, Wash., April 6 (A Fingerprint' work., -under - way today promised to decide the Importance of an arrest at Coeur d Aleno, Idaho, in the search- for the slayers of six persons here a week ago tonight and tho outcomo was awaited with' in tense Interest." r:i r- . In his Seattle "laboratory, Luke 8, (Continued On Page Pour ling match and tho 05-pound wife of one of the participants climbed Into the roped squaro and took a -hand In proceedings. Dcmpsey lost his shirt and a good deal of hair. (Continued on Page Eight) 25 ARE DEAD IN MID WEST FLOOD AREA Nine Bodies Recovered in Oklahoma Nine Kil ed in Wisconsin, Thio Associated Prem At tcast 25 iM'rsons arc believed dead, a mimhcr urn inlssirip mid the property ihinuipre Is .nir a million dollars w u nwiilt of floodN hi "tlic north and Nnnlhwtwt. In Western and Northern Wiscon sin the death list stood at nlno. Of flclals mapped relief plans at Eau Clalro for victims In eight counties swamped by rains and melting snow, Stormy In Ohio caused damage es timated at ei00,000. A man was kill ed by lightning at Canton. In Kansas the rains continued but were less sorlous. Farmers expected their crops to benefit. Bnow held up highway and air traf fic in the Rocky mountain region and lay as deep as 15 Inches In places in tho Dakota hills. In the east ten families near Hart ford, Conn., abandoned their homes (Continued on Page Thre SUBMIT $685,040 BID ON BRIDGE PORTLAND. Apr. 6 W Three Portland contractors Joined forces hcre today In submitting a low bid of $085,040 for construction of tho Oregon coast highway Alsea bridge at Waldport, when proposals wero ojen ed by tho Oregon highway commis sion. This bid was offered by Llndstrom & Felglnixm, Parker & Bunfield, and T. H. Banfield. Bids wore also opened today on 11 other highway projects, including two Jobs on "Ron to F" of the Eu gene to Bluslaw highway. Wheat Today The trl-i of html wheat nIcmk! nt ahout ni'j cents hulk hereto day, according to itiotntloiLs at the Plonwr 1'hnrrlnR .Mills. Ex port hid ItiVt C4'mIh, Portland ush 72 ceiit x. CHICAGO. Apr. 5 m Except dur ing a little spurt of buying toward tho last, weakness prevailed In the wheat market today, and prices aver aged lower. Inflation talk had died down, and yesterday's sharp advance of wheat values wan regarded as having un dermined the trade position. Atten tion continued to focus chiefly on legislative developments at Washing ton. Wheat closed unsettled, & (fc c under yesterday's finish, May 86 ui, c. corn unchanged to c higher, out unchanged to VaC lower, and provisions unthanfd to 20c up. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME HOUSE PAHSES BOND MM m 3,200 GET OLD AUE PENSIONS SALLY EILEKS ON' STAND . "REFORM" DILL IS BEjTEN WAHIUNUTON. April 5 W The house today passed a bill to guaran tee the principle of home loan mort guge bonds, and sent It back to the senate without a provision requested by President Roosevelt to bar poli tics In making appointments to the Home Owners Lonn corporation. PORTLAND, Ore., April 8 W) Oi more ' than 0,800 elderly men and women of Oregon who had hoped for and applied for some financial aid under the old age pension law, not more than 3,300 are receiving assist ance, and tho average for each of these Is somewhat less than 410 a month. An Associated Press survey reveals. Union county's monthly average was close to $10 for each of the 01 pensioners, while Wallowa, approving only 7 out of 62 applica tions, was on the $10 basis. LOH ANOELEN, April 5 Monde Rally fillers, movie actress anil ex pectant mother, was called to the stand today hi superior court as a witness for Marjorie Whltels, who to suing MIkh Ellers' husbniid, Harry Joe Itrown. for ft 00,000 damages, alleg ing breach of pnimlNe to marry. ALBANY, N. Y., April 5 yp) Gov ernor Lehman's chief public utilities "reform' bill, Intended to permit municipalities to go Into the power business, was defeatod by the sonato today. WHEAT ADVISORY COMMISSION IN 1 OPENING SESSION . ROME, Apr. 5 P) With on Am erican In the chair, tho world wheat advisory commission met today to seek new ways and moans of raising and stabilizing tho prices of wheat. John Van A. Mao Murray, American minister to Estonia, Latvia and Lith uania, proslded at the opening ses sion. ... . With tho general Idea in mind of reducing the world's supply and In creasing tho domand for wheat, tho commission consisting of delegates from tho United States, Canada, Ar gentina, Australia, England, France, Germany, Russia and sovon other smaller nations began consideration of tho following proposals: I. Set minimum prices Jor wheat exports; 2. Discourage government financial assistance, which depresses export prices; 3. Withdraw low qualities of wheat from human consumption by dena turing them and feeding to cattle (Continued on Page Seven) ONE VICTIM OF CRASH ESCAPES CALI, Colombia, April 5 (nt New ton C. Marshall, of Milwaukee, was reported found alive today, the only survivor of an airplane crash on March 10 In the Andes. The report of the discovery was made officially by tho Boltvar-Valle department. It was said that five bodies wore found In the cabin of the airplane, the Von Krohn of tho Scadta airline. HUE Y BELLIGERENT AT SENATE HEARING WASHINGTON, April 6 (j Senator Huey Long Invited Edward High tor, attorney for D. D. Moore of New Orleans, to "step outside" today dur ing a heated exchange before the senate finance committee about New Orleans horse racing. Order was quickly restored, how ever, and questioning resumed. The verbal duel started when Wil liam C. Orace, a Washington attor ney, testified ho had made bets at a New Orleans race track on the advice of officials and all his selections won. rtlghtor broke in to say Orace was at a spring meeting and the Louis iana Jockey club, In which Colonel John P. Sullivan and Colonel E. K. Bradley were Interested, did not nave a meeting at that season. The track Grace visited, Rlghtor said, was Jef fei hoik LAFOLLETTE'S TAX PLAN IS BEATEN 47-36 Senate, By This Action, Retains Less Severn Committee Schedule . SURTAX LEVY GAIN) ALSO VOTED DOWN Income Tax to Remain at Four Per Cent and Sur tax to Stay at 1 to 55 Per Cent. WASHINGTON, Apr. B UP) The sciinto today reJccU'd a proposal to liicmwtf from- 4 to 0 per cent fthe ex isting nonnul Income tax ami to (levy surtaxes - ranging -from 0 to 71 per cent as agnuiNt an existing range of 1 to 55 per cent, ' It was offerod by Senator Lafol tetto (&, Wis.) . ,; ; By this notion the senate retained the less severe - finance committee schedule calling lor a flat per cent normal rate and surtaxes ranging from 5 to 69 per cent. The committee ' surtaxes run through 20 brackets as compared with 28 In the house bill and begin the B per cent on net Incomes between M.000 and $0,000 and reach SB per cent on those over 1,000.000. The vote against the Lafollete rates was 47 to 36. : . i : . Senators McNary and Stolwer, of , Oregon, voted against the LoFollette proposal. .v v. British Believe Only Danger Of U.S. War in East LONDON, Apr. 6 W) Tho danger of a conflict)' Involving Japan And Russia was vlewod in responsible British quarters today as the sole war throat Justifying the recommen dation of tho United States navy tliafc tho battleships California and Ten neeseo be kept In readiness for ac tion. 1 Despite current uncertainties In Europe, tho British vlow Is that there to not tho sIlKhtcfit possibility of Am erica becoming involved in disturb ances on this side of tho Atlantic. While Russo-Japancso tension has eased In tho past fow months, It was held, there Is still some fear of the Pacific situation which was described here as "still the most inflammable spot in tho world." Persons close to the British ad miralty toko the view the United States navy wants to delay modern ization of battleships for reasons, of economy, pending tho 1935 naval con ference, i i Owner of Theater Defies Blue Eagle PORTLAND. April 5 VP Insisting that he conld not meet operating expenses at the prevailing wage scale and that the only alternative was to rcdtice pay or close the house, John C. Stllle. manager of a theater hero Wednesday refused to comply with a decision of the NRA regional board of Seattle which had directed him to pay two weeks' wages to discharged union employes, and to re-employ as many of them as aro needed to oper ate the thenter. "That's your track, senator ho added. Long shot back that Rightor'a statements was an "infamous false hood and tho re's not a word of truth In It." "I have never been In a race track in my lire." Long added. "I never played a bet on a horse race." Meanwhile Rlghtor had risen, and angrily leaned toward Long. "I'd just like to say you wouldn't suy that If there weren't a lot of policemen here" he tpld the senator. Long then Invited him to step out side. Shaking his fist Rlghtor said, "you wouldn't do a thing to me, old man.' Long has charged that Sullivan dominated the Internal revenue office In New Orleans since Moore became collector. He Is fighting confirma tion of Moore's appointment. !