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JeanBaum Elected Queen Of East Oregon Stock Show Only NewspaJer Printed in La Grande. CoTerlng Union and Wallowa Counties La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America vevrat VOLUME 32 LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1934 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PIUSS8 NUMBER 228 EASTERN OllEGON'8 LEADING NEWSPAPER UNION GIRL WILL REIGN OVER SHOW Mildred Standley, of La Grande, and Marjorie Hy att, Baker, Rank High. SIX PRINCESSES IN ROYAL COURT Blue-eyed Blonde Will Be Attended Also By Bevy of Tiny Girls Dressed in Organdie. Jean 1b queen! In n rnco hotly contented until the very end, Jean Itaum, of Union, Inst night won over Mildred Standley, Iji Grande, anil Marjorle Hyatt, Baker, her nearest rivals, the title or queen of the Until Eastern Oregon Livestock how. Although Miss llaiiui took the 'lead soon after the final count was Marled at midnight. It was not until nearly 2 o'clock this morning that the result of the contest was certain. The queen-elect collected a total of 4895 votes, with Miss Hyatt and Miss Standley In a close raco for second placo with 3330 and 3210 votes re spectively. Jane Smith, Union, amas tcd 2836 votes, Lillian Llllard, North Powder 2380, Frieda Brown, Union 2030, and Vesta Mitchell 255. Blue eyed, blonde and demure. Queen Jean le five feet four Inches tall, and graduated from the Union High school In 1933. With her In the royal court will be six princesses, the six other candidates In the contest Just ended, and all will be attended by a bevy of tiny girls dressed In pastel organdie. Union In Gala Dress Union has already taken on a fes tive appearance. Flags and banners hang above the streets, and the van guard of brono riders and race men is to be seen about tho town and (Continued on Page Two) . . - -t-- " More Rain Falls On West Coast; Fruitmen Worried SHOWWIS FORECAST Possibility or more rainfall for Eastern Oregon tonight and Wed nesday existed today with the gov ernment forecast calling for "showers In Eastern Oregon to night and Wednesday; little change in. temperaturo." The sky was partly cloudy this morning. SAN FRANCISCO, June 5 WP) For est officials, city water engineers and livestock owners of the Pacific coast looked gratefully today to leaden Bklcs that had brought unexpected June relief, while fruit growers watched fearfully the clouds that may mean great damage to their k crops. Unscasonal showers that swept in from the ocean yesterday to drench the coast were hailed as of groat benefit to grazing land for fire pro tection by Deputy California Forester W. B. Rider. However, continuing rainfall today may damage the berry, hay. barley and fruit crops, observers said. "Every day of this weather, with rain and high humidity, is saving (Continued ou Page Flvef SON IS BORN ON SATURDAY A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hughes on Saturday, June 2, at the home of Mrs. Hughes grand mother, Mrs. Lydia Orandy. The new arrival who weighed eight pounds has been named Earl Raymond. Mrs, Hughes will be remembered as the former Lydla Mills. CATCHING RECOVERS FROM SPIDER'S BITE Bitten by a black widow spider while on a fishing trip last Thurs day, Charles Catching is as well as ever today but has a record "sleep" to look back on. Here's the story: Thursday Catching. William Sle grist and Johnny Adams were fishing near Lostlne. Catchlng's knee came In contact with a rail and he said he felt a sharp pain, as If a silver of wood had pierced his skin. He took oft his boot, but could find nothing, so went about his fishing. Later that day they came home and Catching began to feel drowsy, and vent to bed about 6 p. m. That's the last he knew until Friday after noon at 4 o'clock, when ne woke up after 22 hours sleep. He still felt a bit drowsy, a sort of a faint stupor, which remained with him over the weekend, although Monday he said O'Donnell Turned Out "All Americans" HOLLYWOOD, Cal. June 4 A sad wire this morning from Vice Presi dent O'Hara tells me of the death of a good friend, Father O'Donnell of the great Notre Dame university. What a fine, plain, human man. What Rockne did with 'em when they got those football suite on this man did with 'em while they was off the field and turned out many "all-Americans ' In the game of life. Some good news in the papers how ever. It rained In the middle west. Farmers are learning that the relief they get from the sky beats what they get from Washington. Yours, TU, MeNaiiiht Syndics!, fno. LOCAL DAIRY MEN APPROVE STATE PLAN In Favor of Inspection Proposal For North eastern Oregon; New Standard Explained. An explanation of the four per cent bilttrrfat stnndnril for milk, and a nrmuMlllim to asslcii u state Inspector to Northeastern Oregon If municipal ities mill dairymen fuvor such a plan were presented to the La Grande Dalrvmen's association at a meeting at the cltv hall last night ny i. u. Mlrkle. state food and dairy ooin- mir.inner. mid Ji. I. Harlan, of tho stntn milk control hoard. The Idea of tho Inspection plan would bo to have a state man handle Union, Umatilla and Baker counties and possibly Wallowa oouncy, pro viding dairymen support the Idea and enough of the municipalities con tribute financially. City Manager Annus McAllister said that this city would be willing to contribute Its (Continued on Page Two) NEW ENGINE FOR FIRE TRUCK TO ARRIVE TONIGHT Th. new cnelne ordered to modern ize tho city's big pumper fire truck will arrive In La Grande this evening, according to First Chief C. T. Lind say, who is wiring today to Portland for a factory expert who will super vise the installation and tests of the new equipment. It probably will take about a week to complete the task of Installing the enRlno and running It through a scries of tests, and then La Grande again will have first class tire protec tion. The city firemen will assist In the Installation of the englno in the pumper truck. secondqMter TAX DUE JUNE 15 The navments of the second quar ter of the 1933 taxes are now being received at the sherltf's olflce and Deputy Sheritf Dick Claycomb of tho tax department announces that the payments are coming In fairly well. Juno 15 Is the final day for pay ment of this section of the 1933 taxes without the penalty of interest beine charged and tax payers are urged to rnano tneir pai I that time. he fclt'as well as ever, and was sure ho was completely recovered. Anyway, after awakening Friday he read trip Observer and saw a siory about a black widow spider. Ho sale that the symptoms described in tni story were exactly the same as 2Us, and Is confident that It was a black widow that bit him. He took a safety razor, cut around the place where th. solder bit him which was swoi len and aDDeared festered and dosed It with Iodine and a poultice. Incidentally, a black widow spider was found on the Normal school camnus the other day. It Is reported The spider's body is about the size of ons little fingernail, and Is a dull black, with a red mark unaerneam that appears roughly like an hour glass.. The spiders are not aggressive, and do not ordinarily nomtr one uu less bothered. EVENSONG TO BEGIN AT 7:15 WEDNESDAY Colorful Pageantry At Normal School Part ot Commencement Week Exercises. The most colorful and most popular event of commencement week at the Eastern Oregon Normal school, partl eiilnrlv to the townspeople, Is "Even song"' which Is scheduled to be held Wednesday evening at 7:15 o'clock on the grand stairway at the nortn en trance of the campus. The program will Include a proces sional of seniors and other students who will take places on the stairway and then several choruses will be sung by the students. The next tea. ture will be a recital by the queen and the prime minister and then the members of the senior class will pass by her throne and their torches of knowledge will be llgntea irom ner torch. Finally, the sonlors march down the steps and out Into the world. Annually, the girl students appear In colorful costumes, and the setting sun adds additional enchantment and color to this outdoor pageantry. Sev- eral thousands have witnessed the Evensong program every year slnco it was first held, and wcatnor per mitting, another great crowd will be gathered tomorrow evening. Tho streot in front of tho stairway will be roped off and seats will be provided, sufficient to take care or Bevcral hundreds. Have You A Little Barouche In Your Home? The Beml-centennlal U. P. celebra tion committee Is scouring the coun try for several things, It was learned today. They need these things mnnt.iv vflhlrlfis of another dav for the celebration pageant, also a few 1 oT'them to be" used in : the pioneer parade scheduled for July 10. Anyone knowing of the last known address or anyone owning any of the following Is asked to communicate Immediately with the chamber of commerce office: A barouche, a trap, a sulky, a three-seated hack, a phaeton. a spanking new top buggy, a- surrey. TRUCK OWNERS REGISTERING - All operators for hire in Oregon, numbering 1,594 owners and using approximately 4,000 (vohlcles, began registering under the code for tho truoklng industry last Thursday over the atate. according to H. B.I Dixon, In charge of the local registration agency for the Oregon state code, authority (for the trucking Industry. Local truck owners may register at his office, located In the New Foley building. V i AWnROr.T.RS AND THH LION I , . -J i n 'norOT KNOW 1 StVli MEN 0' WAR PARADE THEIR -,,"55- Plunging and surging In a majestic grny Mne through Now York harbor's smooth waters, fighting ships of the navy's great armada presented thU picturesque sight as they boomed out their salutes on passing tho Indianapolis, where their commaudor-ln-chlef, President Roosevelt, ws reviewing one of the most formidable marine pageants the nation has ever seen. DIAMOND JUBILEE MOVED OYER TO ASHLAND TODAY MBDFORD, Ore., June 5 (ff) Oro gon diamond Jubilee activities cen tered today In Ashland, where C. A. Hnwnrd. atate suborlntondent or ln- atiaction.-deilva'ed an address to 0. graduates of tho Southern .Oregon Normal school. Anno wnitancr, oi Eugene, daughter of Oregon's first governor, and last night crowned Queen Mother of the Jubilee, was presented to the graduates. She was escorted to the stand by a committee of Ashland pioneer women, and In troduced by Irving E. Vlnlng. The program here will be under full swing tomorrow with the open ing of the rodeo in the afternoon, and the historical pageant "Oyer-Un-Oon" in the evening. The pageant has a cast of 600 and was written by Prof. Angus Bowmer, of the South ern Oregon Normal school faculty. Thursdav afternoon, Oovernor Julius L. Meier Is scheduled to de liver an address from the steps of the pioneer' courthouse at Jackson ville, a cradle of much Oregon niB- tory. Thursday morning a pioneer parade featuring prairie schooners, old stago coaches, and horses will be held. a TV. h ""WaZ, Aged Slwmanist Abbot Buried Alive in India , SIMLA. India, June 6 m Re ligious pilgrims reported today that the aged Shamanlst abbot of a templo near Barellly has been burled, alive at his own request. The abbot, who was roputed to be 167 years old. believed his llto wc'jU. was over, and that to live on wmtld be an affront to tho dlotlcs. Pilgrims reported he lay down In a grave and- that faithful followors, after performing ancient cere monies, covered him with earth. Processing Tax On Sugar Is Half Cent WASHINGTON, Juno 6 UP) Rex ford O. Tugwcll, as acting secretary of agrlculturo, today sot the process ing tax on sugar at a half cent per pound. This Is equal to tho reduction in duty on Cuban sugar and wfll go Into offect at tho samo time, June 8. Tho tax will bo levied on direct consumption sugar from tho first domestic processing of sugar beets and sugar cane. iAlMVKWIN . MIGHT ;', F- R. OUTLINES JUN TO AID DROUTH AREA Lefrislation Will be Rush ed Throueh This Ses si on; $525,000,000 ' in Emergency Fund. WASHINGTON, June 5 W) Presi dent Koosi'velt outlined a !25,oon,ooo emerirelicv drouth relief urogram to- dnv to eoncresslonal leaders ano n was agreed to rush It through this session. The president outlined the slluallon to mure than 50 members of (ho senate mid limiso from the drouth slates. ' Tho relief program tentatively out lined contemplates earmarking sums as follows: 1. A 100.000,000 fund for pur chasing additional beef and dairy cattio under the Joncs-Connally act, a. Approximately $100,000,000 for processing cattio and other products for relief purposes. 3. A cash outlay of l00.000,000 for work programs and emergency needs In the drouth bolt. 4. A livestock feed fund of 100, 000,000. A $50,000,000 fund for retiring submarglnal lands and moving popu lations, particularly from sections such as somo of thoso In North and South Dakota where crops are re ported to be completely ruined. (Continued on Page Two) BOAT DESTROYED AND MAN BURNED MARTINEZ, Cal., June 5 (P) One man wna believed to have burned to death and two othera escaped by lcap- nK overboard as flro dcntroyed a tug boat and endangered nearby oil tanks here early today. Ira Scott of Sacramento was miss ing after fire burned the tugboat Adello Hobson to tho water's edge and his body waa believed to be In the ruins of tho craft. Captain A. P. Johnson and his son. Hoy, 21, of Sacramento, suffered burns as they attempted to extin guish the blaze. Wheat Today No local or "export fiiitaUmi.H today iMcanse or II m ImiRKhore meu'H strike. I'ortland 'ili 7H. f:incAOO. June 6 M't BIk late imin in nricca swept the wheat mar ket up today to nearly uio extreme allowable limit. OfficiiU rnnorts Indicated that al Lhouch moisture had been received over considerable area the drought an a whole had by no means neon broken. Announcement that tho United States government would ac quire 12.000,000 bushels of con for relief purposes did much to mako price buoyant. Wheat closed strong. 3 ft 4 lie above yesterday's finish, July $1.00 t , corn 2!J4e2o up. oats 2 fit 3c ad vanced, and provlnlons unchanged to a rise of 0 cents. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME MOHH TKOl I1LE IN GENEVA. I1ANIIIT FKEES PRIHONEIt - -WORKER. WIN DISPUTE r MAV DEVELOP DEPOK HAY (IKNKVA, June 5 (P) Arthur Hun- deiiioii, prraUloiit of the lntnmt Ion- ul UlKiirmunu'iit coiifiTtMU1, tlrnvxt- oncil to resign toriuy uflr lAtila liar thou. Frencli furvlen mlnuipr, luul t4inv t picow n'irMM(tU by Hcmler- Hua for a d.Minuument rvnolutloii. BEDFORD. Ind., June ft VP) Ralph Shields, 18, who was kidnaped by a gunman at hla home today, was re leased near here later ana given pos session of his automobile. He was un harmed. PORTLAND, Ore., June S OP) A wujjtt dlmt bvtu-tvii employea of the lurtluml Truottou oomimny, opera-ling the city's Hlrwtcur servlw, and tho com puny, was decided In fuvur of the workerH by a liourd of three urblters hern today. WASHINGTON, June SOT A bill calling for a preliminary survey by the wnr department of Dopoe bay in Lincoln county, Ore., with a view of Improving It for navigation, was In troduced Monday by Senator McNary of Oregon. KlitiENE, Juna fi Wl T. R. Oll- lemvalem. dlntrlot attorney for Klam ath county, was elected governor for the Oregon, district of l.lons ciuiw in the closing sessions of tho stale con vention hero tiKlay. ' Tho nidi on vent Ion will bo In The Dalles. END OF STRIKE ' NEARS? TOLEDO TROUBLE SETTLED brattle. June B VP) Possibility r nnrts hetwoon the Columbia river and tho Canadian border will make a sonarato sottlomont to oroaK me longshoremen's strike In that area was scon today, as longshore dologatos frnm Tncoma. Portland and other oitloa camo to a strlko committee meetlnir here. Joseph P. Ryan, International Long shoremen's association prosldcnt, was on route hero by plane from Ban Francisco, having said by telcphono last nlffht that ho was bringing a dcflnlto nroposal which ho hoped would pave tho way to reopening northwest ports. Ben. C. c. Dill telegraphed the chamber of commerco here that President Roosevelt docs not feel ho can interveno In tho strlko and pre fers to leavo tho problem In the nanus of tho San Francisco federal media tion board. BAN FRANCISCO, Juno 8 Wi Ef forts to lift tho blockade on Pacific coast shipping centers at Seattle and San Francisco today as representatives (Continued on Page Throe) BRITISH EXPLAIN REFUSAL TO PAY LONDON, Juno B OT Novlllo Chamberlain, chancellor of tno ex chequer, told tho houso of commons today that Great Britain which anounced yesterday she would pay nothing on her forthcoming war debt Installment would nave pam ai, loast a "token" Juno IB but for tho fact that president Roosevelt could not auarantco that Great uriiain would not be classed as a defaulter. Chamberlain said that the United States government, In a note of Dec. 7, 1032, welcomed a suggestion .or closo examination of tne wnoio subject between tho two countries. The British government, ho said, would have been prepared to make a further puymont Juno 16 without pre judice to Ub right to again prcsoni tho caso for readjustment on tho as sumption that It would again receive tho president's declaration that no did not consider It In default. "But", continued- the chancellor, "In consequence of recent legislation nassed In tho United states, such a declaration Is no longer poslsblc so (Continued on Page Three) COLUMBIA BASIN ROT HITS'lDAHO WHEAT l.mvlSTOV, Idaho, .lime 8 Ml Columbia biisln root rot. Is lay ing low thousand of acres of wheat In what Is believed to lie tile most Midden and wldespreiMt dlMifttcr to grain runner In the Central lilaliu rccjoii In recent years, growers said yeMterilay. Ho serious has become the sll lliillmi III rieliln that III duys ago were miiMdcml bililiier crop cer talntlri Hint t lie I'lilvrrsll-y of Idaho has linked that federal ag rlciillunil exiierls lie sent here to sludy Hie illHCiiie and a condi tion uhliii thmitcim land In Ne. Peire. Iu ls and Idaho muni Ira, llrlil eH'dltioiiH Into numer TWO IN RACE TO HEAD THE G.0.P.PARTY Rift Develops Between '. Hoover Faction And j "New Regime" Gi-oup . SELECTION TODAY t HELD AS UNLIKELY Walter Hallanan is Sup- : ported By Westerners, Henry Fletcher is Old Guard Candidate. CHICAGO, Juno S Vft With a rift ; developing between adherents of for mer President Herbert Hoover and advocates, of a new party regime, the national committeemen sought to . noose a national chairman today. Two candidates stood out for the chairmanship that Everett Bandera of Indiana will quit today. They were . said to be: Walter S. HallBnan of West Vlr- . glnla, supported by westerners and a . block of oastern members. Henry P. Fletcher of Pennsylvania. former ambassador to .Rome, undor President Hoover. Gcorgo F. Gota of Chicago, treas- ; uror, Charles D. Hllles of New York, , committeeman, and Vice Chairman (Continued on Page Three; j 64 PAJAMA-CLAD UNIVERSITY MEN IN RIOT JAILED PHILADELPHIA, Juno 8 OT Sixty-' four students of tho University of- Pennsylvania, most of them clad In pajamas, were arroBtod early today bo pollco brought another riotous "row bottom" demonstration, to an end. Wholesalo Jailing- of ' the leading cetobratora waa resorted to, the po- lice said, as tho only means of bring' ,' Ing order from- the Ihavoo caused by -tho students on city streets and In buslnoss places. ' f ' ' ' ' ' ' - The "rowbottom" reputedly named for' the sound sleeping etu dent whose noctural room-mate had to shout under his window to be let in during the early hours began with water fights on the campus. Soon tho etudonts were traveling noisily from block to block, hailing street cars and buses, hurling milk ibottlea at tho passengers, upsetting ashcans and strowlng their contents about tho stroots. Flro hydrants were opened and soveral stroots woro flooded. Frater nity house windows were shattered by flying missiles. Tables and chairs were overturned In a grill room and a ho tel lobby. In a hotel, the students swung from a big glass chandelier until It crashed to the floor. Baseball NATIONAL I.KAGUB (First game) ' Brooklyn 10 IB 0 Philadelphia ' U 16 1 Mungo, Lucas, Herring Lopez: Hollcy, Hansen, Mooro and Todd. American League - tLltOL UVWlCi. " Philadelphia - 8 13 t Washington - - 7 8 0 Batteries: Benton and Berry; Crow dor and Berg. FIRST OAME: R. H. B. Cleveland - 3 8 4 Detroit 20 21 1 Batteries: Brown, Leo. Bean and Pyllak- 'L. Brown and Hayworth. , V B. . B. New York 3 8 0 Barton 8 0 0 Batteries: Van Atba, MacPayden and Dickey; Rhodes, W. Porrell and It. Ferroll. FIRST OAME: R, H. B. St. Louis - 4 6 3 Chicago 8 14 0 Batteries: Blaeholder and Hemsley; Jones and Madjcskl. ous nrcas loday confirmed pre vious reports. The disease, resembling dry nil. followed In the wake of un HMiall.v favorable growing condi tions and a mild winter. 1m;mI.KTON, Ore., June 8 OT . Stale agricultural authorities said here today there has been no rejHirt of root rut In ithe Uma tilla county wheat fields, al though some trouble had been ' reported from this crop disease lu irnst years, hot never on an extensive scale, such as Is re- ixirted III the Iiluho region 4Iils year. t
