La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 01, 1934, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextObserver Trophy Trapshodt To Be Held Next Sunday jetting La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America Oijly Newspater Printed in La Grande Covering Union and J Wallowa Ceuntiea j VOLUME 32 EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWBPAFEB LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1934 MEMBER ASSOCIATED' l'HF.SS NUMBER 199 JAP AM "RES TS Fit! Uo STAND EN AMATEUR GUN FANS READY FOR CONTEST Fifty-Bird Event . Sched uled to Be Held At Lone Tree Grounds NO "CRACK" SHOTS ' WILL PARTICIPATE Hot Lake Sanitarium Tro phy 100-Bird Shoot Also to Be Held Here Next Sunday. An announcement awaited for the last three uwkn by scores of onuiteur trauKliooterti over I'nioii cunty was made today that the La Grande Evening Observer trophy handicap shoot for novices will he held next Sunday, May (i ut the Ixme Tree I nip grounds nr the I-a Grande (iun club. The event will be open only to amateurs, and no "crack shots" will be allowed to participate thus giving every shooter a chance to win. It will be a 50-blrd event, with 25 shots from the 10-yard line, and 25 from handicap, the handicaps to be set on the 10-ynrd performances. The handsome trophy Is on display at H. W. Guthrie's Jewelery store. Present Indications are that shoot ers from all sections of the county Will enter the event, and many of thorn hnvo boon doing some "tall practicing" since first announcement of the forth coming shoot was made early In April. ' The gun club olso announces that Its annual Hot Loko Sanltorium tro phy shoot, a 100-blrd event, will be shot the some day. This ts for olub members only. -Fifty birds wilL be released from the 16-yard line, and 50 from handicap. All Classroom Teachers Here Are Re-elected The school board last night accept ed the recommendation of the supor intcndcnt that all classroom teachers be re-elected for the 1934-1035 term, and It was decided that the some salaries be paid all the teachers. The city superintendent and principals of the various schools had been re elected at a previous meeting. The report of the committee which had been appointed to investigate the matter of purchasing new type writers for the High school, was ac cepted by the board. The findings of the committee were that the Remington typewriter company un derbid the Underwood company on the noiseless typewriters and that seven of these machines would be purchased. About the same number of standard machines will be ordered from the Underwood company. These machines will be purchased from the fund which started by the charging of typing students $11 a semester for the replacement of typewriters. About $300 was realized from these charges this year and these new ma chines will be purchased from this fund, making the cost to the school district practlcaly nil. With this ar rangement it Is expected that one third of the typewriters will be re placed each year making an entirely new set every three years. The superintendent requested that he be authorized to resume Issuing of eighth grade diplomas and this (Continued on Page Four) MORE SHOWERS THIS MORNING The weather continued unsettled this morning, with alternate showers and partly cloudy periods. The weather prediction for tonight and Wednesday Is fair, with colder weath er and some local frosts tonight. IUn yesterday, falling In scat tered showers, added .10 of an inch of precipitation to the half Inch re ceived earlier In the week. THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF APRICOTS PICKED The largest apricot orchard In Un ion county, belonging to A. E. Hug and situated in the Pumpkin Ridge district, will have a good crop this year. That was the encouraging news brought to the Observer by Mrs. Hug. who showed a small branch from one of the trees as proof. The branch was well loaded with cots of nice size. Earlier In the year it was reported that most of tlie apricot crop over Trading Golf Clubs For Pick, Shovel SAN FRANCISCO. Oal. April 30 Well San Francisco, I bet that San Fran, ctsco was a city from the very first time It had a dozen settlers. Cities are like gen tlemen, . they are born, not made. You are either a city or you are not. Size has nothing to do with It. New York Is "yokel." but San Francisco Is "city" at heart. Boats coming from the east coast through the canal are crowded, peo ple that didn't know that a boat am.u.kara hilt. Rlirnn.. The old Bret Harte and Mark Twain gold mining districts are opening up agm... Men are trading In their golf clubs for a pick and shovel and burro. Yours, TH; McNsuiht Syndlut. Ins. RECALL MOVEMENT FAILS; SUFFICIENT SIGNERUACKING The attempted movement to recall three Union county public officials ended In failure last night because of Insufficient signatures to petitions. County Clerk C. K. Mccormick set yesterday as the final day for filing petitions, tn order to get tho recall on tho May primary election -ballot, and 14 18 names of registered voters were required. Petitions filed Includ ed about 456 names asking recall of District Attorney Corl Helm and County Judge U. O. Couch, and a lit tle more than 400 asking recoil of rvMint.tf rvmimiRAloner T. B. Johnson. With yesterday the last filing Hay to get the attempted recan on wwj primary ticket, no further action was expected from the Union County Bet ter Government League, which spon- (Contlnued On Page Four) 75 PRE SCHOOL CHILDREN GIVEN HEALTHCHECK-UP About 76 children wore examined yesterday during the annual Health Round-up apbnadred by the local parent teacher associations with the co-operation of the La Grande Medi cal association and the dental so ciety. To Mrs. Fred Rsad, who acted ss (Tfral chairman of the event, goes a great Ceil of the credit for the success of this event this year, according to members of the associa tions. Children of pre-school age who will enter Willow school or Island City school were examined at the Gardner building with Mrs. John Bates as chairman. She was assisted by Mrs. Pete Troutman, Mrs. L. A. Kennedy and Mrs. Isaaa Shafer. Att the Som m hnildtncr were those from Central school with Mrs. Roscoe Neal as chairman, assisted by Mra. Fred Ken ning and Mrs. C. S. Moore. At the PViUv hiillHLrur were Rlverla and out lying towns with Mrs. Fred Gohrlng as chairman, assisted oy Mrs. u. a. Maxam. Mrs. Floyd Mann, Mrs. Henry Plcper, Mrs. Carl Keller, Mrs. Davld- (Contlnued on Page Two) 84C.C.C. YOUTHS NOWATTOLLGATE Eighty-four O. C. C. men from a camp near Rosoburg are now station ed at the Tollgate camp In the Blue mountains, according to word receiv ed here today from Pendleton. The men arrived In Pendleton yesterday, went on to Tollgate and were to start Immediately the construction of a permanent camp for 200 workers to be housed there this summer. the valley was killed by frost, but since then a lot of the fruit believed at first to be lost, came through in good shape. Incidentally, Mrs. Hug reports that some wild prunes grown In their or chard have started something over the state. H. H, Weathers poon took some of the shoots to Western Ore gon where they were developed until this variety is greatly In demand. MUSIC WEEK WILL BEGIN NEXTMONDAY Neighborhood Club Spon soring Annual Event E. 0. N. to Stage Open ing Program. Annual observance of Music week in Lb Grande. sponHored by the Neighborhood olub, will begin next Monday night with a concert at the Eastern Oregon Normal school be ginning at 8 p. in.. It was announced today by Andrew Loney Jr., chairman of the nlub committee In charge of the week. Music lovers of this city, with memories of former Music weeks and splendid concerts still fresh In their minds, are looklngl forward eagerly to the coming week. At least four con certs will be staged, and possibly five. It was announced today by the com mittee, other members of which ere Mrs. H. E. Inlow, Mrs. A. L. Richard son, Miss Jennie Peterson, Mrs. S. B. Morgan, Mrs. A. L. Gralapp, Miss Vina Conley and Mrs. Charles Graham. Tho week will conclude the eve ning of Sunday, May 13 with a church program with tho churches of the city participating. Further details of the week's pro gram will be announced shortly. The concert at the Normal school will bo in charge of Miss Petorson. and an exceptionally fine program Is being expected by La Gronders,' woll aware' of the high quality of music Instruction and talent prevailing In the school. Rainstorm Ends Baseball Game ; Early in Fourth A rainstorm early In tho fourth In ning, coming out of the southwest, ruined a perfectly good baseball game at tho E. O. N. diamond yes terday afternoon, sending the Col lege of Idaho and. Eastern Oregon Normal school teams to the showers with the score knotted at 1 all. A double header was to be played this afternoon, the first game beginning at 3 p. m. The weather threatened prior to the opening of the gamo about 4:30 yesterday afternoon., but for thro in nings there was nothing disturbing except for a chilly breeze. Both teams scored In tho third In ning, the Mountaineers counting when Oammann singled nci went to second on a nice sacrifice bunt by Hodge ios. Cammann gained third on. a passed ball and romped home on (Continued on Page Six) Just Before, h'-'-l - 1 . Wi 'W''' fMM!SM(aiw .N; Walls of this flve-story drug company building. Ave blocks from Cleveland's Public Square, crashed a Cow moments after this night picture was taken, periling the lives of 11 re men ns they directed a ' - dozen streams of water on the blaze. Loss was estimated at $1200,000. JACK DENNIS, TENOR, AND FORMER LA GRANDE BOY, CHARMS LOCAL AUDIENCE Jack Dennis, tenor, a former La Grande boy for that he was when the family left La Grande nine years ago returned lost evening to charm and '"delight Ti nrge audience of , his friends and friends of the family, in a concert. In the years which have passed since his father disposed of tho Observor and La Grande was no longer tho Dennis home, Mr. Dennis has been studying under some of the best Instructors and coaches on the Pacific coast, the beautiful voice with which he was endowed responding to develop Into, that of an acknow ledged artist. His appearnnco here was a privilege which the La Grande folk who heard him, realized and appreciated. The part of the program which Mr. Dennis and his accompanist, Hazel Hammer Hill presented was varied and consisted of three numbers In the Italian, three In Gennan, one In Scandinavian and four In English. He was recalled after each appear ance, twice at the conclusion of the program and In each instance gener ously responded with an encore. Assisting with the program by fur nishing two groups or numbers, was "LAUGH THAT OFF" Walls Crashed in the Lodles Triad choir of La Grande, a musical organization which has a very prominent place among the, musical organizations In La Grande. Tliii group of 30 cultured-voices was organized, has been trained and last evening was directed by Mrs. Alfred L. Richardson who has been respon sible for many, many good things in the musical field for the commun ity. Last evening was tho first ap pearance of tho choir slnco Its re organization and It was warmly greeted and its numbers enthusias tically received. While the audience, (Continued on Page PourV House Committee Ousts Senate Hill WASHINGTON, May 1 (!) The house post offlc0 committee voted to day to reject tho senate -approved air mail bill and seek enactment of its own measure. The two bills are dif ferent In a number of respects al though both allow the postmaster general to award ono year contracts. $200,000 Fire PHILIPPINES ACCEPT BILL OF FREEDOM Legislature in Manila Jubilantly Votes to bet Up New Government in 1944. MANILA, I. 1 May 1 H Wllli ou I, u dissenting voire, n Juhllunt Philippine IcKiKliKiin loiluy acocpt-eri (lie TvrilnLw-.Mrlhirfle Imlepemli'Jiee act under which a new nation will he ml(U-l lo (he world government hi aiiollicr (en years. A commonwealth government to rule the islands during the intcrven Ing decado under the protecting in fluence of the American flag, legisla tive leaders predicted, will be sot up within a year. The opic-muking Besslon, wlilch marked tho thirty-sixth anniversary of the battle of Manila Bay when Dewey brought American Influence to (Contliiued Prom Page Pour) LIQUOR PRICES REDUCED AGAIN PORTLAND, May I Wl'j A further reduction In liquor prices at Oregon stores ond ogencics, posnlble through lowered quotations by distilleries, has been passed on Ut Oregon consumers. One lending straight whiskey was reduced from $2.45 a quart to $2. One blend was reduced from 1 .45 a quart to $1.20, and another from $2.15 to (I.H5. Fifths of gin were reduced about 15 rents each. Wine and domestic cordials, like wise, were reduced In price. 2 CARS MEET IN COLLISION Cars driven by Mrs. Oliver McCabe and Mr . Master ton, both of Ia Grande, figured in a minor traffic accident yesterday at Adams and Fir. No one was hurt. Wheat Today The price of hx-al cmh wheat hIikhI at about tH cwit bulk here today, according to (iioliitloiiH at the I'loneer I louring Mills. I'ort Iund diMi (JH't will. Kxport hid 72 will. CHrO'AGO, May 1 iTj Confronted by a sudden general profit-taking movement, tho wheat market today reverrOd Itwlf, and plunged down ward almoMt 2 cents a bushel. IX'ilro to seize profits was attrib uted to possibilities of a break-up of the sever drouth which has been a major factor in hoisting quotations of Into. i.j cif Wheat closed unsettled. 1ui2c under yefitorday's finish. May m 70o, July 77 t itC, corn a to lc down. May 44 Vi w Tic, July 476 e. oats unchanged to Hc off, ond pro visions 7 to 10c lower. JUST BEFORE PRESSTLME IIOI'SK ACC'KPTS TAX TIIHKK COW U TS COKNKItKI)? . FOl'lt AVIATOKS KILLED HANKS l.OSKH HIS APPEAL WASHINGTON. .May 1 VP) By 81 to 62 on a standing vote, the hoiue Uxlii)' uixvpttMl ull oompromlHra ultlt the KPiiut on the IlltMMiie tux tighten ing bill tluit the conference commit recoiiuneiided. A tully Itad yet to be taken, however, an the neiuile pro posal to add to euoh Individual In come tax ten per cent or the amount othertvlHa due, Itcjoctlon or till was looked tor. COSHOCTON, O., May 1 VP) Tho three convicts who scaled tho wall of Ohio penitentiary Sunday afternoon were believed cornered by a posse In a swamp near Conesvllle, 14 mllou south of here today. fltANMELL, Eng., May W) Four royal ulr furou offlcem ro killed to day nhen two airplanes (collided over the alrdromo and smashed to eartlL All four were dead when emergency siimils nuched the wreckage. SAUM, May 1 VP) Without a dissenting opinion tho stato supremo court today affirmed the circuit court conviction of Lewellyn A. Banks, for mer Medford publlohcr. Banks was sentenced by the Lane county circuit court to llfo Imprisonment In tho stato penitentiary for tile slaying of Ocorgc Proscott, Medford police of ficer. WASHINGTON, May 1 T) The senate today imismm uud returned to the house a imxiiried munlclNil hank ruptcy relief hill authorizing over 2, Olio delit-rldilen cities and taxing units y pet M Inn ithe courts fur tip prtvul of refhuutclng plans. DENNIS REPORTS BUSINESS GAINS ALONGTHE COAST Reporting business conditions much better up and down the Paclfio coast and In the southwest, Bruoo Dennis, formerly publisher of tho Observer, now of Oakland, Cal., and prominent In tho public relations department of tho national organization of Safeway Stores, Inc., was hero today ronowlng acquaintances. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis arrived here late yesterday and were unexpected guests at a concert given here by their son. Jack Dennis, now of Pendleton. "There are abundant foundations for tho stories you seo in tho flnan clal pages of the newspapers con cernlng economic gains," Mr. Dennis said. Tho former publisher, whose conservatism is well known here, ex pressed the opinion that tho new ex pe rime tits in government now under way in the United States must bo watched carefully from the president Continued on Page Thr BURGESS ELECTED SUPT. AT MILTON MILTON, Ore., May 1 VP James M. Burgess, connected with the office of Oregon's state sujwrlntcndent of public Instruction, today was an nounced as successor to Silos Gaiser as superintendent; of schools in Mil ton and Prcewater. Ho was elected by tho boards of McLaughlin Union, High school and of tho grades of tho two towns last night and will take charge about Juno 15. Gaiser, superintendent here two years, recently accepted tho city su peril. tendency at Salem. Burgess wok graduated from High school at Lakevlew, Ore., and from the University of Oregon. MAY DAY CELEBRANTS ACTIVE OVER WORLD NEW YORK, May 1 M1) Under the surveillance of 1800 policemen, New York's May day celebrant marched today to demonstrate tho unity of the working classes. BERLIN, May 1 M The will of the German people has proved stronger than tho distress which be set them in post-war days, Chancel lor Adolf Hitler told German workers In his May day address in Tempclhot air field today. Speaking bcfore an Immense crowd, offlclully said to number 2.000,000, tho naxl' leader vlgoroisly denied tho "war guilt He" and praised the Ger TOKYOPRESS FLARESUPAT; HULL'S REPLY Japanese Government, However, Pointedly Ignoi-es Statement UNCLE SAM MAKES SHARP REMINDER Tells Japan That Claims to "Overlordship'in Asia" Must Respect Treaty Limits. TOKYO, May 1 m The com munication or Cornell Hull, United sum secretary ,of state, on Japanese policy In the fur cust wai pointedly Ignored lit a written communique given by the foreign office to the JuiMineso press tonight. Although the Hull statement was published complete in local afternoon nowspapers, and. wns tho principal top la of discussion In diplomatic and official circles, the communique does not mention It except to reiterate Its contention that tho head, of the Am erican state department Indicated the United States' unwillingness to ac cept the Japanese "hands off Asia," stand. Resentment nt America's firm stand toward Japan's "'hands off China" policy, as expressed by Socre- tory of State Hull, was voiced In the Japanese press today. Apparently the Japanese govern ment has adopted a policy of silence at home regarding the diplomatic ex changes. Grow handed the Hull statement to Hlrota Sunday, at the latter'H ..rwtldonce, buV tho Japanese B press first ' learned- of the" visit through dispatches from Washington, WASHINGTON, May 1 (ff The state department awaited far eastern reaction today to Its polite but di rect reminder to Japan that claims of "overlordnhlp In Asia" must stick within treaty limits. Gordon Hull, soft-spoken, secretary of state, unfolded to newsmen last night a statement asserting beneath, smooth diplomatic language that the United Suites does not approve of Japanese control, as projected, over Chinese affairs, Th0 statement delivered In sub stance to Foreign Minister Hlrota last Sunday by Ambassador Joseph C. Grow in Tokyo, stated in effect: (Continued on Page Six) Huge Profits In Stock Exchange Made Since 1928 WASHINGTON. May 1 W Im petus for. house passage of the stock markot regulation bill was provided today by revelation that members of tlie New York exchange have profited almost a thousand million dollars slnco 1028, despite the Tour depres sion yenn. Publication of that tremendous fig ure topped a maze of Important and Interesting activity at the capltol. Ferdinand Pecora, persistent inves tigator of Wall street, presented some figures to tho scnato committee for which ho works. These showed stock exchange firms averaged almost t3, 000,000 each In profits for the last six .ycaro. Baseball NATIONAL I.KAOUB Chlrnco 18 0 Pittsburgh 4 9 0 Boot. Tinning, Nelson and Hart nott; nirkofor snd Clracs. man peoplo for their progress toward recovery. PARIS. May 1 it Fifteen hun dred communists, after an afternoon long demonstration at tho Porte De Vtncennes, attempted shortly foefora dusk to march Into the heart or Paris but were forced back by police who Injured 10 with their cluba. HAVANA, May 1 (P) Shooting fiturted at noon today in the midst of a communist parade. Seven were seen to fall dead or wounded. A dozen rifle shote were fired at 10:45 a. in. In the middle of tho town.