Spend Part Of July In This State
La Grande Is The
Gateway to Wallowa,
"The Switzerland
of America
vtmn
Only Newspaper
Printed in La Grande
Covering Union and
Wallowa Ounties
VOLUME. 32
EASTERN OIIEQON'8 LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1934
MKM11KU ASSOCIATED I'ltESS
NUMBER 192
COMMITTEE AGAINST FMCE FIXING
President
May
HOPES HIGH
F. R. MAY BE
AT JUBILEE
Tells Congressman Mar
tin He Hopes to Reach
Oregon in July
MORE INVITATIONS
ARE REPLIED TO
Rep. Pierce Expects to Be
Present Gov. Rolph,
Call Gray, W. M. Jef
fei's May Attend
The possibility Hint President
Franklin I). Roosevelt may he utile
to attend I lie In ion Pari fie semi
centennial celebration In I-a Grande
July 1B-21 was seen by local people
today In wont from Washington that
(.lie president expected to lie In Port
land In July.
The chief executive told Congress
man Charles H. Martin at a White
House dinner party that he hopes to
be able to sail through the Panama
Canal before the end of June and,
continuing up the coast, should be
abl-3 to visit Portland and Puget
Sound some time In July. If he Is In
Oregon during the celebration dates.
It Is believed likely he might he able
to make a brief trip to this city.
Nothing definite has been learned
as to his Itinerary, however.
In the meantime, more replies are
being received by J. H. Peare and
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Imbler Defeats
Tigers; 11 to 3
In County Loop
Those Imbler High school baseball
players go right on winning ball
games! Yesterday afternoon, it was
La Grande that fell by the wayside,
to the tune of an 11 to 3 score, and
Imbler now has the 1034 county
championship almost within Its grasp.
The Tigers played nice baseball ex
cept for two Innings, but those two
the first and third saw Imbler shov
ing In ten runs the result ofl a flock
of hits and several costly La Grande
errors. Imbler not only batted around,
but Fowler and R. Frlzzell, who are
one-two on the Imbler batting order,
faced Chuck Young, of the Tigers,
twice in the first inning. And when
the dust settled after that hectic
frame, Imbler had a 6 to 0 lead. La
Grande scored in the second when
Walden was walked and later came In
on Piatfs error, but In the third four
singles, a three-bagger and three Tiger
errors let four more runs cross the
plate. In the fourth the Tigers ral
lied and accounted for two scores.
Reynolds hit oi,e over ccur field for
a three-hamper and then scored on
Pretfc's second error, a bad throw, that
let KnUitsoii see f'&t safely, and
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DR. DUNCAN TO
SPEAK AT M. E.
CHURCH SUNDAY
Dr. Charles M. Duncan, field rep
resentative for Willamette university.
Is to speak In La Grande tomorrow
morning, giving an address at the
First M. E. church at the 11 o'clock
hour. In the Joint capacity of cam
pus contact and field man. he has
rather, an unusual opportunity to
know the temper of these times and
wilt bring a message that will chal
lenge the adults as well as the youth
who hear him. says Rev. W. H. Hert
zog, M. E. minister.
Dr. Duncan will speak to the Ep
worth league at 6:30 p. m. also.
CHEC K ON SNOW IN
THE HIGH WALLOWAS
ENTERPRISE. Ore. (Special)
There is less snow in the lower moun
tains than In many years, and In
the high mountains the supply Is
also short. This was determined by
Watermaster Glenn Jacob, who went
to Aneroid lake with Charles Seeber,
Walter Dutll and Jack Blevans.
They made the trip without snow
shoes, finding the ground bare for
more than two miles above the P. P
A: L. power plant, and the snow above
that was crusted so hard that they
could walk on top. Bare rocks were
all around in the Aneroid basin.
For several years Mr. Jacob has
measured the snow and its water con
tent evh April, to determine the
amount of water which will rij, off
Carrying A
Joke Too Far
Cal.. April 21. See
where all the brain
trusters are saying
the whole Wirt af
fair was a Joke on
him. In other
words, they framed
up to make a Joke
out of him. Now
are we right sure
that' they alnt
making a Joke out
of the taxpayers,
too?
Japan last week announced they
had taken over the supervision of
China, in person, and that American,
British, French or German would
kindly take notice. But see by to
day's papers they claim they were a
little too ambitious and that other
nations can go into China, but will
have to have all passports "visa, or is
that vlza," by Tokyo., Yours,
TSJJ, McKauthtSyndlcili, too.
MOUNTAINEERS IN
EVEN BREAK WITH
COLLEGE OF IDAHO
Tho Mountaineer baseball nine was
back home today after Its two-game
baptism of fire at Caldwell, Ida.,
Thursday and Friday, and the E, O.
N. boys broke even In two slugging
bees. The Thursday game went to
the Normal school 0 to 5, and the
Coyotes won Friday 11 to 9, although
the Moutaineers twice started, rallies
that looked like they would bring vic
tory to the Oregonians.
Next Friday the team goes to Wal
la Walla for a double header with
Whitman college.
Anderson poled a homer for E. O.
N. in the first game and Conklin
hit-four times- In five- at ihe .plute.
Cammann allowed tho College of Ida
ho ten scattered (hits, while E. O. N.
bunched their hits in the fifth to
score eight runs.
In Friday's game E. O. N. started
off to a 4 to 3 lead after the first
inning, but the College of Idaho ran
up five more runs in the second and
third. In the fifth the Oregonians
scored three times but the Coyotes
duplicated this in the sixth. In the
eighth the Mountaineers filled the
bases with none out. but failed to
score, and in the ninth started a rally
that brought in two runs, but fell
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BAND COMPETING
IN TOURNAMENT
AT CORYALLIS
liuriy Mils afternoon It was
learned I hat Delorls Powell, of
l,a Grande HtR. placed third hi
the senior division for frencli
horn.
The La Grande High school band,
competing in class A against the larg
est school bands of the state, was to
play In tho music tournament at
Corvallis this afternoon. The band
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CONTEST TO BE
IN STOCK MARKET
Tho annual Union county declama
tory contest will be held this eve
nly t. iiin RON. auditorium, be
ginning at 7:30 o'clock, with nine
high school ana id gruac scnuoi siu-
,ul0 rnmnAtlnir in fjV divisions
The 25, selected In zone finals last
(Continued on Pago Twnl
in the summer and which can be
uwtl for irrlRp.tion. Statistics which
have been gathered permit comparl
sons and indicate with certainty
what may be expected for the coming
season, says the Record-Chieftain.
The figures here show the depth
of the snow in inches each April,
with the depth of water which this
snow will make, and the acre-feet of
the season's run-off. meaning the
number of acres which will be cov
ered with water one foot deep.
Acre feet
sftw Water run-off
1029 .'.J 76.3 30.7 60.950
1930 41.1 22. 50,010
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Candidate
mem
Another candidate tor the Demo
cratic nomination (or California's
governorship' is Avery O. Moore of
Oakland, Calif. Moore Is a for
mer vice-president of the National
Editorial Association, owned sev
eral weekly papers in the north
west and served in the Idaho
' legislature.
53 BADGES WILL
BE AWARDED TO
SCOUTS APR. 27
A total of fifty-three badges will
bo presented to Boy Scouts next Fri
day night, April 27, as a result of
their appearance before the board of
review this week. The board con
sisted of N. W. Frees, chairman, Lee
Reynolds and Harvey Carter.
Badges will be presented as follows:
first class. Bob George, Keith Patton,
John Busey and Bill Brack.
Second class, Percy Baum, Weldon
Marshall, Martin Ricks, Arthur Wat
son, and Kenneth Flanery, , ,
Tenderfoot, Roy OrJco, - Clarence
Hawcs and Delbert Sanderson.
Star, John Ralston, Dick Lottos.
First aid to animals, Clark Bray,
Claude Baker, Lynn Salklcld, Mack
Rehr, Clayton Kline, Loyd Linnvllle,
John Kopp, Donald Kecfer and WI1
lard Johnson.
Bugling, Bernard Kaapcke.
Life Saving, Bob George..
Bookbinding, David Douglas.
Personal health, Dick Lottes and
Bill Neal.
Public health. Billie Roach, John
Busey, Leland Gralapp and Clark
Bray.
Flremanshlp. Billie Warner, Lynn
Snlkield, Mack Rehr, Jack Matott and
Arthur Watson. '
Pioneering. Billie Roach.
Pathflndlng, Glen Kelly, Ernest
Woodell and Claude Baker.
Music. Richard Stoddard.
Electricity, Eugene Winters.
I PnnMrnuM on Pntr Twnl
jSBMmmwrmi
MISFORTUNE ALSO MAKES STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
HOPE TO AID
SIX ROADS IN
THISSECTION
State Highway Commis
sion's Plans Depend En
tirely on Federal Funds
However
The iHimllilllty that. If moro federal
money Is allntrd for hlKlimiy work
In Oregon, several I'lilon and Wallowa
projects may receive funds, was seen
ill the visit Here yestfnla of High
way Commissioner K. B. Alclrlrh, of
Pendleton, who Willi W. C. Williams,
engineer Here, and Oiarli-s II. Reyn
olds went over several roads to fat
mlllnrlze Himself Willi tile situation.
Thero is no assurance that any of
the projects will receive money, but
there are chances of any or all of
them getting funds In the event
more of Uncle Sam's money is freed
for highway work In this state.
Tentative projects under consider
ation Include the highway north of
Flora to the Washington line, tho
tiheep Creek road In Wallowa county,
further oiling of the La Grnnde
Wollowa Lake highway near Wallowa,
(Continued on Page Sir)
Summer Health
Round-Up To Be
Held pril 30th
Members of the committee for the
annual Summer Round-up sponsored
by the parent teacher associations
will hold a meeting Monday after
noon at 3 o'clock for the purpose
of making final plans for this event.
In addition to members appointed,
Vie Heslrioota. of the various associa
tions are a part of this committee.
This is the annual examination
which is made of children of pre
school age In La Grande and nearby
towns. The round-up will be held
this year on Monday, April 30.
Appointments have been made as
follows for the committee: Ackerman
Training school, Mrs. Lylo Kiddle;
Central, Mrs. Roscoe Nell; Greenwood,
Mrs. H. A. Chadwick; Willow, ' Mrs.
John Bates; Rlverla, Mrs. Fred
Gehring.
Two U. S. Aviation
Feats Win Rewards
PARIS, Apr. 21 () Two American
aviation feats of 1933 Wiley Post's
world flight and Lieut. Com. T. G. W.
Settle's stratosphere balloon ascen
sion were rewarded today with the
Harmon international trophies of the
International League of Aviators.
Queen Winter Bows to Miss Spring
4tmvW.Y,r
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Even on the snowy slopes of Paradise Valley, Mt. Rainier Pnrk, Wash.,
Old Mao Winter is giving way to the advance ot spring, nun here's how
Seattle 4oks hailed the coming of blossom time. "Miss Spring."
Otherwise Susan Barbara Clark, crowns Helen Benckcr while Old Man
j Winter looks glumly on.
LARGE GROUP OF
GIRLS HERE FOR
H.E. CONFERENCE
With a very large representation
of girls from out of La Grande one
car.driving 135 miles from Ontario
the convention of home economics
clubs of the high schools of Eastern
Oregon was drawing to a close this
afternoon, and the consensus of those
attending visitors as well as the stu
dents and Instructors was that It
had been a very successful gathering.
The convention ocned last eve
ning with a banquet at the La Grande
hotel which was attended by a very
large crowd of young women and a
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I- ti
4 S
Soviet President Kalinin,
Returning from Conn
try-Wide Tom', Plans
Strengthening
lly Slanley V. HlelHirilsoll
(Associated Press Foreign Stuff)
MOSCOW, Apr. ai ll'i L'n-ler the
lash of ITuslili-ut Mlilnu-I Kalinin,
soviet leaders pushed forward today
a vast priiKram for defense against
war.
(Continued on Page Six)
UMATILLA WARM,
MERCURY AT 99
PORTLAND, A)r. 21 (!) Unsettled
weather with showers tonight and
Sunday In Western Oregon, and In
creasing cloudiness In the eastern
part of tho state, was predicted today
by tho weather bureau here.
Gathering clouds this morning fol
lowed yesterday's high temperatures
which established new heat murks
for the year In several sections.
Tho town of Umatilla again was In
a weathor class by itself. Tho merc
ury boiled up to the OU-degree mark
thero Friday afternoon.
Portland and It)seburg each had
90 degrees Friday. It war 88 in Mtl
ford and Wolf Creek; 7 In Eugene
and La Grande, B0 in Albany, and 85
degrees In Salem.
Baker had a maximum ot 82 de
grees, and on Coos Buy tho highest
was C2 degrees.
Wheat Today
The price tit local uln-al slowl
at ahont. I.Vj C4nls hulk here Ut
ility, according ut iinilnMiiK at
the Pioneer I IfMirlng Mills. Port
land ciili icnl-..
CHICAfiO, Apr. 21 fl'j All around
high prli:e.s for grains Uxlay a.-com-panlid
general buying, notably on
the part of (ommlwiloii houses.
8ix-culutlv(. demand for wheat was
of a widespread character, though
chlnfly in small lots. lteporU from
WashlngUMi Umchlng monetary de
velopments v.ero given eager notice,
and wliesit scored a maximum gain
of nearly 2 cents.
Wheat closed uns'ttleJ at fnictlon
al set-bni.ks from the day'-. top, with
July 76T r.f 77, corn VMVn "!
'a ' ! 4 ftdvaiK:ed, and provisions va
rying from C wiits decline to 6 cents
gain.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
NO SILVER ACiKKEMKNT YET
SNOW iitorNis Itlfi PLANK
IT. S. EXPECTS IHO SAVINOS
V. U. KKJNS COTTON HILL
WASHINGTON, Apr. 21 niffer-
ences between President iiooseveit
ami senator lu I allver Mipporti re
mained today despite a While House
fimfemiw. More attempts to com
promise will follow.
YOUNGSTOWN, O., Apr. 21 JF) A
transport plane bound from New
York to Cleveland with 10 persons
aboard landed at Champion, IB miles
north of here early today when a
blinding snowstorm prevented It from
landing at Cleveland. The plane wont
on to Clevoland after a delay of about
four hours.
WASHINGTON, Apr. 21 (!) The
post uf flee department evniTtH to save
iftf.KOO n day on ulHmnll as a result
of Ihe new ltltlH opened yesterday.
Depart ment offlrla Is est limited t he
average lihl hum cents n mile a
compared with II cents before the old
contracts were cancelled.
WASHINGTON. Apr. 21 W) Presi
dent Roosevelt today signed Into law
the Bankhead bill to limit 1034 cot
ton sales to 10,000,000 bales.
MONTHKAL, Apr. 21 (P) Humors
that President Itoosevelt would again
alter llie gold rout cut or the I'nlted
States dollar were flying alioiit Mon
treal money inarltetK today. The ru
mors mine on (lie heels of a sharp
change of (rend In the price of gold.
OFFICERS ARREST
KIDNAPER-CLAIMS
OREGON AS HOME
HIOGINSVILI E. Mo., Apr. 21 (P)
A man Identified by the Missouri
state highway patrol as . Arthur
Vought, 29, wanted for the abduc
tion of State Patrolman Chester R.
Oliver by three men Thursday, was
captured hero today after ho alleg
edly had kidnaped a 19-year-old boy.
Tho kidnaped boy, Patrolman H. H.
Holt said, was Victor Kreuzcnstcln,
j;on of Rev. O. B. Kreuzcnstcln, of
BUIlugsvlllo.
Holt, with Herbert Cook, Hlgglns
vlllo constable, captured the man.
Vought drew a revolver, Holt said,
but when tho officers covered him
twlth their wcntons he dropped his
gun and made no effort to resist
arrest.
B. Marvin Ca steel, superintendent
of the state highway patrolmen, yes
terday said Virgil Marks and James
E. Dixon; alios James E. Clark, had
(Continued on Pago Two)
WOMAN HELD ON
KIDNAP CHARGE
ST. PAUL. Apr. 21 (TP) Indicted on
a charge of conspiracy In connection
with tho kidnaping of Charles Boett
eher, II, of Denver. Mrs. Alvlna Ruth
Kohlcr, a sister-in-law of Verne San-
key, was arrested In St. Paul last
night and held pending arrangements
for her removal to Sioux Falls. S. D.
Mrs. 'Kohlcr, a sister of Fern May
Sankey, widow of the outlaw, indicted
on tho same charge, was Indicted by
tho dlHtrlct court In South Dakota
last March 24, Werner Hannl, head of
(Continued on Page Two)
Two A ceased of
Aiding Dillinger
BAULT STE. MARIE. Mich., Apr. 21
tfi') Mr. Isaac Steve and her hom,
are held In the county Jail here on
charges that they hnd harbored John
Dillinger. Indiana desperado and his
henchman . John Hamilton, Mrs.
Steve's brother, at her home here lust
Tuesday night
Dillinger. Hamilton nd a woman
left the city Wednesday morning, ol
f leers said.
FREEDOM OF PRESS
AFFIRMED BY F.R.
M;V YOKK, Apr. i wi The
freedom of the pri-SH was affirmed
by President Itooevelt today In
a letter to Ihe International
.Sewn Service, which U celehnit
Itiff ti twciily-flftli anniversary.
"I do not believe It would he
mills here Tor me to say that 1
personally find high sal Mart Ion
In kiioulfditc that II Is possible
In this land of ours for anyone
TIME IS NOT
RIPE, F. R. IS
TOLD TODAY
Special Cabinet Commit
tee Feels No Such Pol-
1C'
Needed Yet
MAY CONTINUE WITH
EXPERIMENT PLAN
Many Factors Besides
Prices, or Misuse of
Price Control Methods,
Are Figured
By J. It. Hmekett 1
(Copyright, 1934. By the Associated
Press)
WASHINGTON. Apr. 21 Pi Presi
dent Koosovclt lias been advised di
rectly by a shh:1o1 cabinet committee
that the creation of a policy on price
fixing Is not yet feasible.
This conclusion was rested on the ,
Whl to Houso desk by Secretaries Per
kins, Roper, Wallace and Attorney '
General Cummlngs despite demands
ot price-flxlng's friends and foes that
a policy be enunciated.
The report, still withheld from pub
lication, was authoritatively described, '
as recommending that positive steps
bo taken to get Information Which
would nmko an objective Judgment
posslblo.
The report Is short. It makes no
attempt to decldo the merits of ques
tions as to whether prices have risen
too far under NRA price control pro
visions In codes or whether such pro
visions have been conducive to
monopoly.
The document was sold autnorita-
tively to state that many factors be
sides prlc,, or., V misuse of prtw
'control inetnotH, tmay hae brougno
harmful ncsults. Thus it' was said
that a specifto determination of the
part prices havo played la 'at present;
impossible. '
The report carried Importance be
cause of its posslblo effect on the
president's attitude toward prices.
If tho advice Is accepted. It was
said, a continuation of the experi
mental attitude toward the question
may be expected, at least until com
pletion of a more thorough inquiry. : m
This has been tho essence of NRA'a
attitude, based on the belief that! far
too short a time has passed to de
termine results definitely or to cor
rect all ovllrt that may havo occurred
along tho line.
Tho sjwclal cabinet commlttoo's
report reached the prosldent Just a
(Continued on Patte Six)
Violence Again
Rules Streets
of'GayParee'
PARIS. Apr. 21 (Police ruled
the streets of Paris again todoy after
a night of violence seen by some as
setting the stage for serious out
breaks to come.
Before police and mobile guards
could quell a raging mob of 6000
communists, and extremists, at least
200 persons were injured by clubs,
feet and fists.
Out of the howling throng, officers
grabbed 940 icrsons and hustled
them off to Jails, but all were re
leased, Tho mob shouted Its defiance
around tho city hall In a demonstra
tion against tho government's recenp
decrees slashing tho pay of civil em
ployes. SHOWERS MAY
BE IN STORE;
87 A ROVE HERE
The possibility of showers either
Sunday or early next week was seen,
here today in the prediction of the
weather bureau for tho next week.
Temperatures generally were expect
ed to remain above normal, however.
Friday's maximum was 87 above,
three degrees warmer than Thurs
day, and It set another high marls
for this year.
to establish u newspaper or a
news service and to enjoy the
freedom of operation guaranteed
by our fathers and which, 1 om
(lad to say, still prevails," the
president, wrote. "I am ft lad, too, ,
that our covenuuent never has
seen fit to subsidize a newspaper
or a news service and I dare to
make Ihe prediction that It never
will."