La Grande evening observer., April 30, 1934, Image 1

Victor Eckley Appointed La Grande Postmaster
(Manor
; V La Grande Is The
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Only Newspaper
Printed in La Grande
Covering Union and
Wallowa Counties
': , Gateway to Wallowa,
I ' " "The Switzerland
of America
VOLUME 32
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1934
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 198
BO WM AN-I1CKS MILL TO BEGIN
S
3
fo-.
i SAWMILL MAY
BEGIN CUT ON
! NEXTMONDAY
i Length of Run Proble
L matical Will Depend
Upon Lumber Market
150 MEN WILL BE
GIVEN EMPLOYMENT
Crew Busy at Present in
Wallowa County Tak
ing Up Rails Truck
Logging to Be Used.
TTIie Umniuin-IIU-ks Lumber Co.
sawmill here will resume openiUuna
nrolmlily next Monthly, arter a Hliut
ilonu Mnce the first . week or unit
November, It nils uniioum-ed today
by II. N. Ashby, western malinger of
the company. .'
The length of the run Is proble
matical, and will really be on a day-
to-day bosla, ho reports. Tho mill Is
short of lumber and will depend upon
the market as to how much ol a
stock will be cut.
At first plans were to open the mill
the mltdle of this week, but the rain
the last week resulted in a delaying
of the opening.
Mr Ashby estimates that tho work
will afford employment to about 150
men In tho woods and In th;. plant
In La Grande.
At present a crew of men Is em
ployed In Wallowa county taking up
the railroad, some 80 miles ol it.
Hereafter tli0 company will depend
upon truck logging for Its supply.
Work on taking up the railroad
stiirted about a fortnight ago.
Pendleton High
.In
Wins Track Meet;
La Grande Third
Pendleton High school's track
team, favorite to win. the Eastern
Oregon title here Saturday, May 6.
added another victory to Its spring
string here last Saturday, defeating
Mil ton-Free water. La Grande and
Baker In a quadrangular meet.
The Bucks, with seven (firsts out
of 14 events, nnd a sizeable assort
ment of other places, easily led the
field, piling tip 82 3-5 points. Mac
Hi was second with 59 1-5 and the
Tigers were a close third with 64 7-10.
Baker was fourth with 1 points.
La Grande showed Increased
strength over the last meet so much
In fact, that local fans are hopeful
that the blue and white may be able
to finish second In th district meet.
La Grande athletes won one first and
tied for two other firsts, and finish
ed second in three events. Tiger
points were made lni every) one of tha
events no shutouts against La
Grande being recorded.
No records were made, but some
excellent performances Initiated the
newly reconstructed track. Gilchrist,
Pendleton man who was high point
winner wlta throe firsts, threw tho
Javelin 160 feet 4' Inches. Langley,
Mac-HI, went 10 feet 6 inches in the
pole vault, and Barker, La Grande,
(Continued on Paire Two)
LIONS TO HEAR
MRS. KLETZER
NEXT MONDAY
Mrs. William Kletzer, state presi
dent of the Oregon Congress of Par
ents and Teachers, will be In La
Grande next Monday and will be the
main speaker at the Lions club lun
cheon that day, it was announced
today during the club meeting at the
Sacajawea Inn.
Wives of Lions are to be Invited
to next week's luncheon.
Warren K. Gilbert was tho speaker
today, giving a very Interesting talk
on the credit structure of the United
States.
FOUR SEE MOVIES
FOR FIRST TIME
Knur schoolchildren had an un
UMial thrill In this modern world
lust Friday. It iww learned today,
when they saw their first motion
picture show.
The four, all pupil In (ieue
vleve Adler's school at Pumpkin
Klrijre near Sum$TvlHr, un
doubtedly will remember that day
a long as thry live. Needless to
Talked Himself
Out Of a Treat
w" V"
GIL ROY, Cal.,
April 39 Mrs.
Rogers and I driv
ing along from
Fresno to Ban
Francisco seeing
all the ranchers
run In at Willie
Tevis' ranch (the
champion endur
ance rider) and
there at a barbe
cue was the sultan
of Jahore, the big
gest game hunter
of all the Indian royal pack and tre
mendously popular over there and a
regular guy. Well, I got to tell you
how I talked myself out of seeing
his place and stable and horses. He
Is just out of Singapore. I come In
on a boat from Hongkong, going to
take a plane the next morning for
London, so was going to drive to hla
estate that afternoon, but I talked
at the Rotary club luncheon and did
I talk? I must have blathered for
hours, bored the whole of Singapore
und missed the palace of Jahore.
That's one case In history where a
long-winded speaker suffered In the
long run more than his listeners.
Yours,
KIN; HeKiught Syndlestt. fat.
100 SHOOTERS IN
COMPETITION AT
LONE TREE TRAPS
Approximately 100 shooters, with
nenrly all sections of the Inland Em
pire represented, took part In a regis
tered merchandise shoot held at Lone
Tree yesterday by the La Grande Gun
club. It was the most successful
shoot of Its kind ever staged here,
and weather conditions also were
Ideal. Prizes, Is cash and merchan
dise, amounted to $400.
Although Guy Chelsman, of Lewis
ton, topped all shooters with 99 out
of 100 birds from the 16-yard line,
M. L. Hunt, of Burns, was high over
all. Hunt was first In the handicap
event with a 49, and broke 98 In the
event won by Chelsman.
Leading scorers In the 16-yard event
Included Dr. McMurdo, Heppner, 97;
Earl Troeh, Portland pro, 96; James
Bogart, Lewlston, 96; Win Huff, Spo
kane pro. 96; J. O. Gray, Nampa, 95;
Art Mechan, Spokane, 95; A. J. Oowcr.
La Orande, 93; J. A. Wade, Boise pro.
(Continued on Page Two)
IDAHO NINE HERE
FOR GAME TODAY
The College of Idaho baseball team,
a member of the northwest confer
ence. Is in La Grande today and was
to meet the Eastern Oregon Normal
.hml nin. n.t the E. O. N. Held at 4
o'clock this afternoon In the opening
game of a two-tilt series, xne aecoim
game wlU be played tomorrow at 4
p. m.
The Mountaineers and Coyotes spilt
a two-game series at Caldwell, Ida., a
little over a week ago, and Indica
tions point to a hard fought game
both days. Last Friday E. O. K. broke
even with Whitman college at Walla
Walla.
EXTEND TIME ON
FARM SEED LOANS
According to word received here
from the farm credit administration,
tho ttm for seed loans has been ex-
t,ii tn Mnv is. The final date was
originally set as April 30. These loans
arc being made dauy at tne u"i.j
.ni.i ntflm In the federal building
and are under the emergency crop
loan Bectlon of tn iarm crean. oa
It Is also announced that loans
may be obtained by fruit growers to
a maximum amount of MOO. provid
ing the money Is used exclusively in
fruit growing.
say, they were Impressed with the
e n t ert a I n men t t h ey sa w.
Miss A rller hroitRht her class In
to see the show as a reward to
them for work well done during
the lnt year, and It was then
that It (leveped that fo,,r of
tier students uM see a "talkie'
nr any other kind of a motion
rtiirr, for the first time In their
lives.
Pastor Oustedi
Fred W. Shorter, pastor of the
fashionable Pilgrim Congrega
tional Church, Seattle, ousted by a
vote of the congregation following
a row over alleged radicalism of
his views in selection of church
murals.
BENEFIT CONCERT
TONIGHT AT 8:00
The benefit concert for the scholar
ship loan fund of the La Grande
Neighborhood club will toe held this
evening In tho First Presbyterian
church and will commence promptly
at 8:00 o'clock.
The program Is to be given by Jack
Dennis, tenor, of Pendleton, and the
Ladles Triad choir, directed by Mrs.
A. L. Richardson, This local musical
organization Is made up of the fol
lowing group of prominent musicians
of La Grande:
First sopranos: Mrs. Ray Puller,
Mrs. David I. Stoddard, Mrs. Leo B.
Bouvy. Mrs. C. W. Moore, Mrs. George
Richardson, Mrs. H, N. Ashby, Mrs.
B. B. Morgan, Mrs. T. R. Maxwell,
Mies Maclizabefch Cooper, Mlas Hcllcn
Hcrtzog.
Second sopranos: Mrs. Arnold Gra
lapp, Mls Ruth Geibel, Miss Mar
garet Mlchaelson, Miss Vina Couley,
Miss Eleanor Hlcka, Miss Vivian Gal
lagher, Miss Jean Williams, Miss Ida
McMeekln, Miss Eileen Cochran, Miss
(Continued on Page Six)
FALL RESULTS
IN FRACTURE
Mrs. Martin Wlllcock suffered a
broken pelvis bone when she fell at
her home Saturday. X-ray pictures
revealed that the bone had been
broken In three places, Mrs. Willcock
Is confined to the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Frank Russell, and her
condition la reported to be quite sat
isfactory.
OF COURSE, BASEBALL IS A GREAT SPORT, BUT-
l SfeSmm Roosevelt , C listen ru j
i ItJlf vs. LkH comcress womt WmM,
VIliWF - W, LAST FOUR. WM;
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STUDENTS IN
SPEECH ARTS
COMPETITION
Eastern Oregon High
Schools Participate in
Second Annual Event
Held By E. 0. N.
Setting the third Saturday In April,
1035 as the permanent date for the
third annual speech arts tournament
at the Eastern Oregon Normal school
and deciding definitely to -have three
divisions In the tournament next
year one act plays, extemporaneous,
speakers and reading of lyric poetry,
the second annual 'tournament dotted
Saturday evening, with the students
aiwl their coaches quite enthusiastic
over this year's events. The affair
was sponsored by the Eastern) Oregon
Normal school with all schools In
Eastern Oregon Invited to participate.
Following the program of Saturday
afternoon when all those registered
for any of the divisions appeared, the
evening program was presented and
consisted of three extemporaneous
speakers and the two ono-act plays
which Judges had selected worthy
of repetition. There was nothing of
the contest Idea, ntf rank was given
those asked to . perform In tho eve
ning and It was the statement of the
' (Continued on Page Six)
Popularity Of
Cooking School
Grows Annually
"Give us meals that are Inexpen
sive to purchase, simple to prepare,
yet delightful to eat, and healthful,
too,1.' That's what Mrs. America Is
aaylntfl thee days aocordinff to Mm..
Julia Lee wrignc, director or the aaie
way Stores Home-makers' bureau, ln
to whose headquarters thousands of
requests for meal information pour
every week In the year from all parts
of tlie country, and It Is these re
quests and the general desires which
they express which have dictated the
planning of the bureau's course In
"Kitchenecring," opening here at the
Sacajawea ballroom on May 9 for a
three-day session.
Now in its fourth year, the Safe
way Stores Home -bakers' Bureau has
achieved, in the cooking schools
which bear the name "Kitchenecring,"
an enviable popular favor simply, be
lieves Mrs. Wright, because the bur
eau follows the practice of keying Its
presentations to the aesircs and de
mands of the public.
"It would be simple enough,'
(Continued on Page blx)
Latest Victim of Kidnap Gang
(Iff ,' " ' ; '.. V
June Roblcs, 6-yenr-old granddaughter of an Arizona capitalist, who
Is sought by hundreds of officers and citizens, following her abduction
, In Tucson, and a demand for (15,000 ransom.
FIVE OF COUNTY
SCHOOLS FINISH
WORK FOR YEAR
Five .of the schools In the country
alrordy have closed for their summer
Vacation period, according to County
Superintendent B. A. Sayre. These
schools are Gordon Creek with Mrs.
Edna Rush as teacher, Pumpkin
Ridge, Miss Genevieve Adler, teacher.
All col, Miss Elsie Tucker, teacher,
Willow Creek, Dorothy Higglns,
teacher and Cunningham school,
Ruby Parsons, teacher.
Mr. Sayre has also completed the
order for the supply of library books
for-the Bchool libraries of the county.
(Continued on Page Six
SCHOOL BOARD
MEETS TONIGHT
Tho school board will hold an ad
journed meeting this evening at the
high school and business which was
carried over from the meeting last
week will be discussed.
GIRLS LEAGUE
WILL CONVENE
HERE IN 1935
La Grande Will Be Host
ess City to Big Organ
ization Next Spring.
Im (innnlc will he the host cms city
for the' annual ImeeMng of (he Trl
state UlrlH' Ieagae, which closed Its
sesHloiiH In I'enilleliMi Sulurday arier
iiooii, with a registered atleiiilaure
of 700 high school girls, their mothers
and deans of girls.
Local women and girls who were
present for the several sessions which
r tar ted with Friday evening are very
enthusiastic over the conference. Its
program, its scope and with antici
pation over tho opportunity to havo
the meeting here next time.
The theme of tho conference was
"Milestones of Life," and following
(Continued on Page Two)
PLAN FOR WAGE
BOOST ATTACKED
WASHINGTON, April 30 (fl An
NRA plan for a 10 per cent cut In
working hours but a boost In wages
drew another lashing today from the
heavy goods Industries. .
Asserting that "any further general
Increase In wages at this time would
retard and not encourage recovery,"
the durnble goods lndUHtrles com
mittee said that "no attempt should
be made to efrcct blanket Increases
In wages or reduction In code hours
by executive order."
Tho committee made a 13-page re
port to Hugh S. Johnson, recovery
administrator, who a.skod It to study
a dozen problems confronting NHA,
Wheat Today
The price or Until rash wheat
stood at hImmiI t!t'j wilts hulk
here today, ucconllng to quota
tions tit I he rfoueer Flouring
mills. Export lild 7.1 cents.
Portland cash 70 rents.
CHICAGO, Apr. 30 fP) Wheat
soared today to moro than 0'a cents
higher than last weck low point,
with tho northwest and southwest
both reporting prevalcnco of dust
storms.
Concentrated buying of July dellv.
ery of wheat, representing tho new
1034 crop, was an outstanding fea
ture. Although some selling resulted
from easiness of securities, tho wheat
marked at a rule was thoroughly
dominaU.'d by tho unfavorable out
look for crops.
Wheat cloned strong, 1 2 cents
above Saturday's finish. May R0
'2c, July 70 ',4 in He. corn l-c up,
May 45V4 mc. J"y 48'.4mHc. oats
41V'bC advanced, and provisions
varying from 12a decline to a rise of
5c.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
MAY UKLEASE SUSPECTS
at
CURATES HUGE FUND
m
STATE TO BUY MOKE OAS
INVESTIGATE SLAYING
LOS ANGELES, April 30 VP) Sus
picion waned Unlay that two negroes
detulned here as siiNects In the
RliifcMly fliiurd)rni of six imtwhis a
month ago near llrdatcrton, Wash.,
might have uny connection with the
case.
WASHINGTON. April 30 () The
treasury formally created a 2,000,
000,000 stablll7Atlon fund today, ap
parently depositing 200.000,000 with
the federal reserve system for active
use and holding the remaining 1,
800,000 In reserve
HAI.EM, April ;t0 m Authoriza
tion for the state purchasing agent to
proceed with ohtulnlng storage facili
ties fur 200.000 gallons of gasoline
and to purchase gasoline Independ
ently In or outside the stute at a
price estimated at R4 cents under
the present hulk wholesale figures
of major companies, was granted un
animously by the hoard of control
here today.
BEND, Oro., April 30 (I1) James
T, Barnes, president of Southern
Deschutes county, was held in the
county Jail hero today whllo police
Investigated the slaying of Knut Lun-
din, 03, In Luiidin'a ranch home south
of Laplno.
KIDNAPED CHILD
STILL MISSING;
DILLINGER SEEN?
- PLAV1NU A "LONIi HAND"
TUCSON, AriK.. April 30 W)
GrlKzled Bernabe Robles was play
ing a "lono hand" today In a
campaign to effect return of his
six-year-old granddaughter June,
held for $16,000 ransom, and was
prepared, sources close to the fam
ily said, to contact her abductors
somewhere In Mexico.
CHICAGO, April 30 iff) John J.
"Boss" McLaughlin has confessed
handling $53,000 of the ransom col
lected from Eklward Bremer, St. Paul
banker, tho federal bureau of Investi
gation disclosed today. McLaughlin
was held in $100,000 bond Saturday
for removal to St. Paul for trial un
der tho "Lindbergh" kidnaping act.
Hla arrest followed tho recovery of
$2,605 In $5 and $10 bills Identified
as part of the ransom money. The
"hot" currency was found on William
E. Vldler, a gambler, last Thursday.
Itv the Associated Press
While the rumor spread through
the middle west early today that
John Di I linger was dead, a man who
"resembled" him led a successful gun
battle against officers at Be 11 wood, a
suburb of Chicago.
(Continued on Page Thre
TWO HELD AFTER
AUTO KILLS MAN
GRANTS PASS, April 30 (P) -Accused
of having driven his automo'
bile over Bruce Locks, 00, of Hugo,
and of having then backed It across
his body, crushing his skull, Edward
E. Wlllctt was held in tho Josephine
county Jail today, as was Madge Wise
man, his companion. Both are re
cant arrivals from California. Police
indicated a charge of Involuntary
manslaughter was being prepared.
Locks' dath occurred at about 1:15
Sunday afternon at the Three Pines
Junction of the Merlin-Hugo road 14
miles north of the city, and was wlt
noHcd by Harold Reed, 25, of Hugo
who was In the truck body of Wlllett's
light machine.
JAPAN PROMISES TO
li ve'up TO TREATY
LONDON, Apr. 30 Sir John
Simon, foreign secretary, told the
house of commons today that JajMin
has fully accepted the policy of the
"open door" for all nations In China.
Sir John said that Sir Francis
Llndley. British ambassador In Tokyo,
hod pointed out to Kokl Hlroto, the
Japanese foreign minister, that the
principle of equal rights In China
wa very explicitly guaranteed by the
nine-power treaty signed at Washing
ton in 1922, to which Japan was a
signatory.
The British ambassador had ex
POST OFFICE
APPOINTMENT
MADE TODAY
Eckley Will Succeed Ralph
Huron, Postmaster
Here 12 Years.
FORMAL WORD IS.
EXPECTED SHORTLY:
Pending Orders, it is Be-!
lieved Eckley Will Take
Office in About Two
Weeks.
Victor Eckley, 1 41 Grande merchant
and representative in' the state leg is-'
latum from Union county for two
terms, today wart appointed by tlie V,'
s. ost office department In Washing
ton ns acting postmaster of La
Grande.
Eckley, a Democrat, has been con-'
sldcred the leading candidate for the'
podltlon for the lost several months,
had not received confirmation from'
WoBhlngton tills morning when the
Associated' Press wire brought tho.
news to the Observer office, but he
had received a wire urging him to
forward his bond to Washington as
quickly as possible.
Colonel Ralph Huron, postmaster
under three Republican Administra
tions, completed hlb 12th year In of
fice today, and was one of the first
to congratulate Eckley on his ap
pointment. , ' 1
1,
(Continued on Page Two)
Dr. Wirt In New
Verbal. Assault
OriTheNewDeal
CHICAGO, April 30 (ff) Dr. Wil
liam A, Wirt, Gary, Ind., educator,
charged today there was "frantic
struggling to conceal tho alms of offi
cial Washington.'
When he went to Washington to
accuse minor and major "new deal
ers" of allpplng a revolution over on
the country, he met, Wirt declared:
"Not only stubborn official resistance,
but actual slander, intimidation, and
other hindrances that do not rest
well with freo cltzens."
In a speech today before an Ameri
can Login n group, his first public
statement since the congressional
committee declared his revolution
charges were "unfounded," Dr. Wirt
singled out former Senator Smith W.
Brookhart, Assistant Secretary of
Agrlculturo Rexford G. Tugwell and
Speoker Honry T. Ralney as having
made disturbing statements.
Dr. Wirt Implied that "government
officials" have blocked rather than
aided recovery. "We actually had re
covery In 1933" ho declared, "and de
stroyed it."
Baseball
American League
B. H. E.
Philadelphia 6 13 0
Boston 2 04
Batteries: Cascarella and Berry:
Welch, OstermueLlcr, Ponnock and
Fen-ell.
B. H. E.
St. Louis 7 13 0
Detroit 3 8 4
Batteries: Andrews and Kemsley;
Rowo, Hogsott and Cochrane.
National Ieague '
B. H. E.
Brooklyn 0 6 2
New York - 6 10 0
Batteries: Mungo, Perkins and Lo
pez; F'ltzslmmons and Richards.
R. H. E.
Boston - 4 0 1
Philadelphia 8 11 3
Batteries: Cantwell, Barrett and
SKhror. Hogan: Holly, Kline and
Todd. (Ten innings).
plained that the British government
must continue to enjoy all rlghta un
der that treaty In common with other
signatories, the foreign secretary said.
Ue told his hearers that Japan has
InJormed the British government It
has no Intention of Interfering with
"tnc- common rlghta" of other powers
in China and haa reaffirmed. Its pol
icy of tho maintenance of th open
door.
He said Japan had given assurance
that she will observo the nine-power
treaty.
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