Observer Trophy Trapshodt To Be Held Next Sunday
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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
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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
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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-
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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-
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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:
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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.