La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 11, 1934, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextRailroad Officials To Visit La Grande And Lake . , ! ISa (Brmtu? fairttm lm uranae is ine Gateway to Wallowa, " Only NewspaJer Printed in La Grande Covering Union and ; Wallowa Counties til Hf V "The Switzerland of America VOLUME 32 EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1934 MEMBER ASSOCIATED' PRESS NUMBER 233 000 MILLED IE SANSALVADOB CROUP OF .SO It Tft DE UCDC ON JUNE 24 'Members of Portland, I Oregon Passengers Asso- ciation Plan Outing. 1 1 VISIT WILL MEAN l MUCH TO DISTRICT Men Who Advise and In form Tourists Will See Grande Ronde and Wal lowa Lake Resort. Tin Portland Oregon Passengers as sociation, whose membership Is made up of passenger agents and other representatives of the principal rail roads of the United States, will come tn La Grnnde Sunday morning, J nut 24, en rout to Wallowa Lake, The visit and-outing Ih arranged by E. W. Mosher, district passenger agent Tor the Pennsylvania railroad, who is president of the association, niul a rommlttecfnf tliv Ia Grande chamber of conuiierce. The visitors will breakfast in La Grande and then In a caravan of cars driven by various La Orande (business men, will bo taken to Wallowa Lake. A luncheon will be held at the lake tavern, and then the return to La Orande will be made that evening. The trip, which will be In the form of an outing, will give the visi tors an opportunity to see the Grande Ronde valley and the Wallowa coun try. Members of the association have a great deal to do with the advising t.Vand inormlng of tourists and others P of places" to go for vacation and .-1 pleasure trips. It will ibe their first l- visit into this section, and Is ex S 3 poctcd to result in sending of hun N drcds of more vacation travellers in to both Union and Wallowa counties. There will be some 50 members of the association In the special car which will come here over the Union Pacific" rail road, and practically every Important railroad In the country will b0 represented In the delegation. Summer Really Here, According To Old Timers You can say "this summer" now, without much fear of contradiction. Of course, the calendar says summer won't be here until June 21, which also is the longest day of the year, hut calendar summers mean little to La Orande and Eastern Oregon. When the early Juno weather turns Into a warm spell like the one now on hand, it's summer, and don't be mistaken. The mercury hit 90 above yesterday and is expected to go high er before this afternoon is over, and last night's minimum was 54 above. Old residents figure that from now on until early in September, there'll be plenty of real summer for La Grande with lota of hot days, very little rain, and a maximum, of sun shine. Summer usually settles down to business In the Orande Ronde valley sometime around the middle of June, either a little earlier or a little later. There have been some "summery waves' already this year, but from now on. take it from the old timers, it's the real thing. CARS COLLIDE; NO ONE HURT Cars driven by Mrs. E. McManus, of I .a Drnnrla n nH T""lr I? ! 7 n of V Baker, met in a minor collision at Un- Ion Saturday, No one was hurt, ac- :T cording to reports to the state police t here. MAKING DATES OVER THE WASH TUBS! It was In the laundry basement of one of La Grande's apartment houses. Over the wash tubs, one woman was hurriedly washing some under things; in anotner corner her neighbor in the adjoining apartment on the sec ond floor was putting the lids on boxes and. shoving them Into a store closet. Only one little drop light in the middle of the room game out t light for the occupations of the two. Presently one had finished her task. Up the narrow, steep stairs, she start ed tout turned back with a "Well have a good time until I see you at Naples I" No Good News Along Strike Front HOLLYWOOD, Cal., June 10 Well, no good news along the steel strike front. Both unions are stand ing tight. The Amalgamated Iron, Steel and Tin Workers' union against the Iron and Steel insti tute. Both unions organized for the members' protec tion against the other. . It does look like there Is some fair men In this country who both sides would be willing to leave it too. Well, if It comes to the worst we can do like some old famous queen in Paris when she said, "Let me eat cake." We can build It out of wood Instead of steel. Dllllnger did. Yours, I FORRESTER WINS STATE SHOOT TITLE Scores Victory in Handi- cap; Angus McAllister Elected Vice President of Association. ; ; La Urunde (inn dull members made nil exceptionally Rood knowing nt the Oregon slate shoot held at Portland Krlduy, Saturday and Sunday, with Hay Forrester winning the' ntnto cliumpfonshli hunillcup shoot. For rester tied l1t ll Itoliertson, ot Kalcm, hut wcni the shootoff with a perfect zr to Robertson's 20. It was generally understood after the shoot that La Grande will be host to the state shoot In 1036. and Angus McAllister was elected vlco (Continued on Page Three) MORE CANDIDATES FOR QUEEN NEED The first of the seml-ccntcnnlal U. p. celebration queen dances will be held tonight beginning at 9 o'clock at Zuber hall. All three queen con testants. Wllma Hansen. Violet Stills and Faye Walker will be In attend ance, and the committee urges that all prospective queen candidates reg ister as soon as possible. It Is not necessary for an organization to sponsor a girl, the committee has de cided, but the committee will hold the right to either accept or reject any entries. Registration may be made at the chamber of commerce office. GUARDCOMPANY LEAVES TONIGHT Company E, 186th Infantry, will entrain on a special early this eve ning for the annual trip to Camp Clatsop, where the national guards men of Oregon will spend the period from June 12 tc June 26 In Intensive training. All the Eastern Oregon companies are leaving on the special, which was made up at Baker today and was to have both Baker and Un ion companies aboard when It pulls Into La Grando this evening. The lo cal guardsmen were loading their equipment, etc. onto care spotted here. They will arrive at Camp Clat. Bop shortly before noon tomorrow, and return to La Grande during tho morning of Wednesday. June 27. From over the e teaming tub came the "Good luck to Genoa!" And so they parted, the English teacher and the librarian, and soon the swish-swlsh will be carrying the one westward from the Port of Los Angeles through the waters of the Pacific, and the swash-swash will be bearing the other eastward from Montreal until through the mighty Atlantic waters after having seen strange shores and had many experi ences, the two Normal school teachers expect to see each other In Italy sonic time around the middle of August. LIVELY SHOW AT UNION ON CLOSING DAY Large Crowd in Stock Show Stands Witnesses Snappy Events in the Arena. UNION, Ore. (Special) Saturday, the last day or the Eastern Oregon Livestock show brought crowds tliat filled the grandstand and bleachers to cajMiclty, bringing the attendance record far above tliat of the latf sev eral years. The day was perfect and the truck In much better condition than tt had been the previous day. In fact Is luid become dry almost to the point of being dusty and events were able to move much more rapidly (than on tlie preceding day. Tho racing showed up a string of fast horses and there was no "Jockey ing" to try the patience of the spec tators. Calf roping in front of the grand stand and the relay race In which the pack horse outran the horse he was supposed to follow fur nished added entertainment to the crowd. The cow milking contest, wild steer riding, bucking and musical chair contests followed each other In rapid succession. The chariot race, the concluding event of each day's program, gave an added thrill when the horses misbehaved. The last day one of the horses broke loose from the chariot and the second team ran away, taking a short cut over the fence to the outer field. (Continued on Page Two) Plaintiff Wins $600 Verdict Tn. Circuit Court A verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $600 on 1 the Insurance policy and $200 attorneys fees was granted to Delia V. Glbbs In a suit against the First National Insurance company of America. The defendant claimed that a false statement of losses was made following a fire and that the insurance on her furniture was therefore void. The case went to the )ury about 6:30 Saturday eve ning and the decision of the Jury was announced to tho court at 10 o'clock that evening. Today a Jury was selected and wit nesses heard in the case of Schnoor against the Wallowa National bank for which Lord, Mbulton and Krouse. Portland attorneys are representing the plaintiff, and Burleigh and Bur leigh are attorneys for the defense. This case Is one In which a change of venue was granted from Wallowa county and Judge C. H. McCulloch. of Baker county, Is on the bench. HOME I THOUCHT VOU WERE COIfvKT TO DO SOM6TH1MC AQouT GerriMG os jobs! WHAT ARE VOL) COIMG TO DO ABOUT THE PROUTH? They Gave President Program for A program for bringing relief to the drought-stricken areas of the country was brought to President Roosevelt by llioso members of the Drought CommHtoo, shown at the Whits Mouse after their con ference. Thny are, left to liglt: Lawrence Westbrook, Federal Emergency Relief Administrator;' William 1. Myers, Farm Credit, Administrator; ChostorC. UaviB, AAA Administrator, and Hexford Guy Tugwell, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. Tbeao olllclala suggested giving money to the distressed areas through employment on different types of works. ELECTJREES' LIONS CLUB PRESIDENT Norman Frees was elected president of (lie La irande Linus club for the coming year nt the weekly meeting of the club today at noon at the Buva Jawea Inn. Other officers elected wore Harold Finlay. first vice president; Hrry McCarthy, second ' vlco president; Frank Tuckey, secretary-treasurer; L. L. Snod gross and Bob Quinn, two year directors; Clark FltKgerald, tall twister, and Elmo Stevenson, Hon tamer. . Installation will be held the first meeting in July. QUARTER TAX DUE JUNE IS Only four more days remain In which to pay second quarter taxes without penalty, it was announced today by Deputy Sheriff Dick -Clay-comb, of the tax collecting depart ment. , Quito a number of taxpayers al ready have completed their second quarter payments. Juno 15 Is tho final day for payments of tho second quarter without penalty. HOME, SWEET HOME? r HOW ABOUT THE AAA.? NRCODE? ioViffvSo I VOORSELF? C y-- I acajm? 1 Sn; ' XT 5) " crop iclC' fHOW ABOUT 1 II ! - , l hi' I Quadruplets Born to Couple In Sac City, Iowa SAO CITY, la.. June 11 W1) A 30-year-old mother who docs not believe In largo families is caring today for a quartet of new babies ranging In weight from two and a half to four and a hair pounds. She is Mrs. L. B. Wycoff of Sac City, who gave birth to quadrup lets, boosting tho family roster to nine. Mrs. Wycoff was "very proud" but said she feols "very sorry" for hor children because "they won't havo tho privileges they should." Lawrence Wycoff, tho father, works for the state highway com mission for $10 a week. FEW CHANGES IN STRIKE OUTLOOK By the Associated Press A weekend of negotiations left con ditions on tho far flung strike front of American labor virtually un changed today. Representatives of steel Industry employes were adamant In their re sistance to recovery Administrator Hugh S. Johnson's mediation plan for averting the nation wldo steel Industry strike scheduled for June 10 If stool companies rofuso to rccognlzo tho Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. (Continued on Page ThresC WHY "DOM'T VOL) BACK RoaSEVLT? Drought Relief FIVE STABBED TO DEATH BY MADKNIFER Susanville, Cal. Scene of Gory 1 ragedy buspect Held By Police, -f-- HUHANVILLE, Cal., June 11 (II Five persons were slabbed to dentil hern during the night by a maddened knlfo wlcldor mid Hherlff .lames Leavllt said today the inuiss hIujIiirs might havo hen prompted over In sane Jealousy of a young woman. Tho victims were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fazio, their 32-year-old daughter, Sadie, a son, John, 28, and Mrs. Anna Amistanl, 42. Sheriff Lcavltt announced that Peter Dalosl, 46, a mill worker, had been taken into custody as a suspect, but Dalosl emphatically denied he knew anything about the slaylngs. As Sheriff Jjoavltt reconstructed the killings, the slayer, armed with a crudely mado knife, entered the Fazio homo In tho Italian district last night. Ho apparently greeted the family, Leavltt said, and then called Fazio into the bathroom. Fazio, 46 years old, was stabbed In the side, tho killer apparently muffling his at tempted cries for help. Then, Sheriff Leavltt stated, tho killer quickly dis missed the body and came out of the bathroom. Encountering Mrs. Fazio, 45, ho slashed her to death with his weapon and when tho couplo's son came to his mother's aid ho was attacked and killed. Tho daughter, three blocks away from the homo at tho time, was In formed by neighbors that they heard screams coming from tho Fazio resi dence shortly before 0 p. m. Miss (Continued on Page Two) FRANCEQUIETS FIERCE RIOTING PARIS. June 11 m A violent outburst of anti-government, "anti- Fascist" disorders, swept Fronch pro vinces over tho weekend. One hun dred persons wero injured. Cavnlary troops, swinging carbine butts at Orenoblo and Cam bra!, charged Into manlfestators and pro duced scores of cracked heads among communists and socialists. Tho government unod troops' and gendarmes freely to restore quiet and warned It would not tolerate defiance. Wheat Today No local or export quotations tmlny Impulse of the! lonshorc inrn's trtrlke, Portland fsudi 77a CIIICAOO. June It m Wheat price-. averaged higher late today. In fluenced by reports from the north west that rains had caused leas Im provement of the crop outlook than was expected. General trade In wheat was of only fair volume. Buying support was en countered on sharp dips In prices. On upturns, however, selling pressuro Incrcaocd. Wheat closed irregular, c off to Vc up compared with Saturday's fin ish. July 9&6tct corn "c up, oats 14c decline to c advance, and provisions at a rise of 5 tot 10c. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME rOMl'ltOMINK KILL ACCKPTKI) TWO COUNT ItlKS DEFAULT' TO AID'WILO LIFE IN OltKClON HAYS ZIMMEKMAN TO KI'N WASHINGTON, June-11 ) A (omprombw Mil ptMtpoiiLng perman ent bunk deposit Insurance until July 1, l35, was peceptod today hy the house. Senate approval will semi ine measure to Ilia president fort his signature. WASHINGTON. uJne 11 VP) Bel glum and Czechoslovakia havo offic ially Informed the United States they Intend to dofault on their war dobt Installments duo June 6, WAS III NfJ TON. .Imui 11 lAi lmul dent Itoosevelt today approved plans lor ine Hm'Iui committed oil omiser vuMcm of wild life to nmvlilit hli-.i Kiinctiiarlra In Oregon, Arkansas and norm curomui. PORTLAND, June 11 W Tho Journal said today that "Peter Zim merman, senator from Yamhill coun ty, Is to be tho independent candi date of the 'true progressives for governor, whether he likes It or not, according to the pronouncement from two meetings held In Portland." WASHINGTON, uJne 11 W In tlui first tmt vote on' the silver bill, the hp mite today rejected, an amend ment hy Senator Tlionuw (It., Okla.), which ho contended would nuike sil ver a "primary money." AIRLINER BURNS IN CATSKLLS; 7 PERSONS KILLED NEWARK, N. J., Juno 11 (m ThO office of tho American Airlines re ceived word at noon today that tho missing airliner, lost In the Catskllls had been found 13 miles north or Livingston Manor, N. Y. The report said the ship had been dostroyed by fire. Tlie roport also said that tho four passengers, pilot co-pilot and stew ardess were Inside the piano and had been killed. Earl F. Ward, general superintend ent of tho company controlling the liner, anounced receipt of the report, saying had como from a man named He 1 leek. Ward placed the spot where tho piano was reported found as south of Robcoo at a place called Mongaup Park. It was 15 miles north of Liv ingston Manor, ho Raid. Oround crews wero dispatched to the scene. Tho piano, when It loft Newark Saturday on route to Buffalo carried: Clyde Hold brook, 38, of Chicago, pilot; John Barron Jr., 33, of Chicago, co-pllot, and Miss Margaret Huckeby, 20, of Chicago, stewardess, compris ing tho crow, and tho following pas- (Contlnuod on Page Six LA GRANDE TEAM WALLOPS PONDOSA SUNDAY11 TO 6 Tho La Orande town baseball team traveled to Pondosa yesterday after noon and hung up Its second victory of the second half of tho Blue Moun tain League split sen son, by defeating tho Pondosn squad 11-0. Tho game was well played by both squads and featured fivo doublo plays, three by tho La Grander and two by the Pondosa team. For the first six Innings of the fray Courtney, La Orandn twlrlcr, faced only 10 Pondosa batsmen, and permitted no (Continued on Page Two) SCIILESINGER ALIVE INSURANCE MAN SAYS HAN FKAM'IHI'O, June II 'At The Kmimlnrr Indny said life liiHiirance rom im nv nfflrlnln In Nan Prum-loco (lit lined tit ,nrhili Infiii-iiiuMim I hill. have l.ee Srlileslncer. inrmher of a wldely kimun I'm iriit i-oati department store family, wm nut killed ulien Ilk uutoiiiMlille plunged Into the Culumhlii river 17 months sro. The (taper nald line Insurance nrrirl.il lnteretfd In the case reported n-llalile Infoitmntlnn had iHt-n obtained that SchleNluger Is alle and well hut refued tu dls cIomc the plnee of his suppu.ted residence. MANY MORE ! MAY BE DEAD SAY REPORTS Entire Community of 0c- otepueque, Honduras Wiped Out By Flood. : HURRICANE STRIKES WITH GREAT FORCE Whole Towns Destroyed By; Landslides Air-, plane Survey Reveals Terrific Disaster. ; ' i t : BOSTON, Mass., Juno 11 (PJ Tho entire community of Ocotepur.que, Honduras, has been wiped out and 51) erKms drowned by a flood, a radio report to tho United Fruit company headquarters here today stated. SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, June 11 W) (Via Pan-American Airways Wire lew) Relief workers today , estimated 2.000 persons were dead In tho vicinity of San Salvador alone following last week's disastrous h Ulri ca n and rainstorm. The Salvadorean air corps sent up , , airplanes to survey the nation. They returned to report death and destruc tion everywhere. L. C. Calloway, Pan Amorlcan Airways airport manager, went along as an observer and made an unofficial report of his findings. Ho saw evidences that whole towns had been destroyed by landslides startod down volcanoes as tho result of tho rains. In tho Lorn pa river ho ; saw the funnel of a river boat stick- j Ing out of tho water and bodies A float! tag Ground -It, . The coast fronts.. La Llbortad to La Union, was worse hit and tho villages thoro virtually dostroyed. Tho president of the republic has Issued a decree that prices on food- stuffs must remain the same as be fore the disaster.. Ho abolished all Import duties on. wheat, rice, and other cereals for tho next three months In order that tho peoplo of El Salvador may be fed at as low a cost as possible. The capltol city Is receiving drink lug water again although It Is only Issued two hours dally. Tho work of burying the dead Is (Continued on Page Three) Tugwell Denies He Likes Soviet Type of Planning WASHINGTON, Juno 11 OT Rox forcl Ouy Tugwell told tho nonata nxrlculturo commlttoo over and over today that ho opposes "national plan ning" of tho soviet sort. A speech by him In 1031 was the main the mo of questioning by sen ators opposing his promotion to the $lo.ooo-a-yciir post of undersecretary of ngrlculture. Tho typo of planning ho discussed then, ho said, Is not tho kind he fuvorB such as represented by NRA and AAA. Secretary Wallace, numerous othor officials and several hundred curious citizens were on hand. Few could hear tho softly spoken Tugwell re plies to Scnntors Smith, Byrd and Bailey. The hearing was featured by much bickering In the committee, leading sections of tho audience to cheor now for Byrd, now for chairman Smith and now for Tugwell. Baseball Hy tho AsHuclated Press American and National: No games scheduled today. At M::i0 p. m., December 28, U-.l-l, -hlc1ugr left Vancouver barracks at Vancouver. Wash, pre Htiinably for his honift In Port land. HU car was later found In the Columbia river hut drag ging operations failed to bring up the body. In Oct ober, 1 f):t3, t wo Insur iiiieo companies, holding policies ' on HehleslnpVfT's life totaling 5t;f-i.("mo, sought permission In fed eral court here to take deimsl tlons In support of their allega tion NelileNluger was not dead hut had gone tu a "fresh environ ment In which to begin life anew. ' 1