La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 18, 1934, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 I I La Grande Is The Only Newspalver Printed in La Grande i Covering Union and Wallowa Counties Gateway to Wallowa, , J wxxm "The Switzerland of America VOLUME 32 EASTERN OKEQON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1934 MEMBER ASSOCIATED' PRESS NUMBER 239 U. S. CURRENCY 25 PER CENT SILVER BASE President Will Sign, Bill Tonight Increasing Silver Backing. WASHINGTON, June 18 Wl Presi dent Roosevelt will HlRll toulellt lit 8:4.1 the legislation for Inci-etuilng the amount or sliver used as i backing for the nation's currency. The hour vu selected because all money exchanges trill be closed at thut time. Under the bill, silver will comprise 25 per cent anil gold 73 per cent or the metallic monetary base. NRA COMPLIANCE BOARDS DISMISSED PORTLAND, June 18 VP Volunteer NRA compliance boards In every county of Oregon have, been released from their duties and responsibility. This action was taken over the week end by Edgar Freed, state compliance director, who said compliance admin istration has been transferred to established government offices, and the change Is In line with a national move. A number of local adjustment boards will be established soon to aid in compliance matters and to act In an advisory capacity. Children Will Be Admitted Free To Plunge Tuesday Opening of the Crystal Plunge swimming pool was planned to day at the La Grande Lions club luncheon. The pool will open Tuesday morn ing at 9 o'clock and be open until 6 o'clock. All children will be admit ted free on opening day. From to morrow on the pool will open frbm 9 a. m. to 9 p. m., with a charge to children under high school age of five cents, -high school and normal school students ten cents, and adults 15 cents. An attendant will be on duty at all times. Members of .the Lions club are urged to come out to the high school field every Wednesday night for the weekly kittcnball game at 6 o'clock. Installation of new officers will be held at the meeting next Monday. DeMolay Members Enjoy Wallowa Lake Trip Over Weekend Nine DeMolay members from La Orande enjoyed n, weekend outing at the McClay cabin at Wallowa Lake, during which various sports were fea tured In the program of entertain ment. Horseback -riding, boating and rollerskating were enjoyed during the day yesterday and the group returned to their homes last night. Harry McClay accompanied the ' group of boys, and those who made -,the trip were Carl Hanson, Jack and Bob McClay, Arlo Noyes, Bob Zwelfel, Robert Rcuter, Elbert -Wattenberg. Walter Dahl and Charles Skinner. MORTGAGE CASE HEARD IN COURT The civil case Involving, the settle ment of a mortgage, in whkCi Aid a A. Chambers Is the plaintiff and ( the Hot Lake sanatorium represented by Harry McKlnlay, trustee In bank ruptcy, was opened this morning In the circuit court. Miss Chambers Is being represented by Cochran and Eberhard of this city, and A. S. Cool ey. attorney of Pendleton, while the defense attorneys are S. H. Burleigh of La Orande, and A. A. Smith, of Baker, This case is being heard by Judge J. W. Knowles without a Jury and preliminary testimony was heard this morning. LONDON JUDGES DOFF WIGS TO HEAT WAVE t By II. C. I'iirIi (Associated Press Foreign Staff) LONDON. June 18 VP) It is all most unusual even irregular. Lord Mcrrlvale, that famous Judge, actually discarded his wig in court today. The most dignified police in the world, as represented by the bobles at Rochester, discarded their tunics and directed traffic In their shirtsleeves. As England steamed through an other humid day with no rain In sight to relieve the country-wide drought, 500 policy armed with birch brooms guarded the Ascot health and race course from the, danger of fire. At 1 p. m. the temperature In Lon don was 81 degrees In the shade, 1 degree higher than yesterday. A guard was kept everywhere against wastage of water. Critics of the Trafalgar square fountains were quited by a public an nouncement that the water thcre Is used over and over again, being pumped Into the air from the reser Take A Tip From Heathen Chinee ,: HOLLYWOOD, Cal., June 17 See where one Btrtke Is ended. Nobody won anything, but you always word the agreement In such a way that It looks like both sides gained some thing. f China (by far the smartest na tion In the world) has a word, that I don't know how In the world we live without. It's called "face," saving face. We have it Just as much as China docs and call It by a hundred other things, but it all gets back to the same thing "face." "How can I do nothing, and still make It look like I done something?" Congress would have adjourned Saturday night and the country would have arose Monday morning in the happiest and most optimistic mood, but each congressman tried to get his pet bill through, so he could go home and save "face." Yours, AUDITOFSTATE LIQUOR STORES SHOWS PROFIT State Was $26,000 Ahead In First 3 Months: Of Liquor. Sales SALEM. Juno 18 m - All but five of the 23 state liquor stores showed a profit from the time of their Incep tion early in February to May 1, it was disclosed by the audit of the liquor control commission made pub lic by the state board of control hero today. The commission sold $453,780 worth of liquor In the stores and agencies, and has expended $548,337, of which much Is included In liquor supplies on hand. The audit revealed further the commission has expended but $107,088 of the $400,000 appro priated by the legislature in launch ing the new organization ; 'Total receipts from license, foos re vealed a profit' of $31,152. 'Money taken In was $93,600 with expendi tures to date of $62,448. The gallon age tax receipts were $40,972, with expenditures of $533, showing a profit of $40,438. The audit, prepared by S. W. Starr of the state department, made the observation that the book keeping staff of the commission had charged some expenses of operation against the license fund which should have been charged against the store fund, but no irregularities were noted. The five stores which showed, loses were: the Jersey Street store in Port land, and stores at Oregon City, La Grande, Grants Pass, and Milwaukio. The llth and Aldci street store in Portland showed the largest gain of the total profits of $26,220. Its net was $6,833. It was followed by the fifth and Oak street store of $6,633. The Ontario store, near the Idaho line, was third with $2,421. La Grande Town Team Noses Out Half wayClub, 3-2 The La Orande town baseball team came from behind at Halfway yes terday afternoon and nosed out the Halfway nine to win its third game of the second half of the Blue Moun tain League split season by a score of 3 to 2, and consequently go Into a tie with Halfway for second place in the league. Halfway started the tallying in the second frame when with none out Calderwood and Alexander smacked out resounding doubles In succession, and Hockett plastered a single over third base to score two runs, Alexander, Halfway hurler was working in nice form, whiffing 12 of (Gontlnued on Page Two) voir to which it returns. Sir William Prescott, one of Lon don's five water "dictators," said the biggest "water sinners" are golf course greens keepers and cricket pitch attendanta. "If another ten days passes with out rain, the watA situation in Lon don will be serious," said Prescott. Prayers were offered for rain in churches throughout the country yesterday, while authorities appealed to the public to check the waste of water in every possible way. Forecasts predicted continued warm, dry weather. 0 King George set an example by or dering discontinuance of the water ing of the royal gardens at Windsor. Measures to meet the drought were expected to be announced .9 parlia ment this week. Agricultural districts are suffering acutely In many counties. Livestock is dying, for the lack of moisture has dried up pastures. j W4 A 1910 Speedster Goes Up Again The "lltney" stage ot uvlatlon history w; s recalled l tl Ameri can Air Races at New York's Floyd Bennett field when Clar ence McArthur took aloft a push er biplane ot the 1910 era. The quaint craft Is shown roaring through space at the thrilling speed of 40 tnllos an hour. JUNIORS LOSE IN OPENING GAME TO WALLA WALLA 9-3 Visitors Pile Up Early Lead With Barrage of ' Three Baggers in First Two Innings. The La Grande Juniors . opened their season Sunday by losing to the Walla Walla Junior, 9-8, in a ft.wAe played oa the high school field. Too many big bats for Walla Walla In the first two innings piled 'up an early lead that was never threatened Dyer, lead-off hitter, got a blngle. Johnson went out, then Drlftmeyer walked and Taylor hit to load the bases. Black man, next man up, hit a three-bagger against the left field fence to bring in three runs, and Blackman came In when Colombo hit another three-bagger two men later. Colombo died on third, but the four run lead lasted throughout the game. Walla Walla got two more In the second when Dyer hit another triple. La Grande's opening score came in the last half of the second when Wal- den worked around the bags and came rolling over the home plate on Allen's hit. Walla Walla got two more runs in the fifth. La Grande worked in two runs in the eighth to bring the count (Continued on Page Two? A Security That vVj$:v 4tv -45i2X6feV!Sl MANY KILLED IN EXPLOSION OF GAS TANKS 12 to 20 Die in Jamestown Blast; Ford Plant Also , Has Accident 3.UIKSTOWN, N. Y., Jlin 18IT1-Itetivt-en 12 ami 20 ihthohs tvere re ported killed, and from 40 to 60 in jured here thlH ultvruoon when three 20,000 gallon giiMriine tunks exploded u-iill a crowd or several hundred per Mini were watching firemen buttle a blaze believed caused by an electric spark, A reporter for the Jamestown Eve ning Journal estimated the death list might reach a score. He said many were lying In the field where the crowd had gathered to watch the fire. All ambulances In the city were call ed, and. the Jamestown fire depart ment called for help from nearby small communities. The tanks belonged to the Rich field Oil company. The property Is located Just lnsldo the city limits on the' rCid to Bemus point. - Preliminary reports Indicated all three of the huge tanks had explod ed. Firemen were quoted as saying It was believed a spark caused by the throwing of an electric switch naa caused the fire. The crowd barely had gatiered when the explosion curred. Jamestown, at the foot of Lake Chautauqua, western tip of New York, has a population of more than 47.000. It Is largely known as a furniture manufacturing center. DETROIT, June 18 r Thirteen men were Injured today in an explo- (Contlnued on Page Two) Seven Candidates Now In Race For Celebration Queen With the entrance of Vadis Baxter, Dorothy Wall and Potrlcla Clark Into the race for queen of the Semi-Centennial celebrntlon, the number of candidates has bean brought to seven. . ' Mine Baxter will represent? the Cen-. tral Labor Council. Miss Clark. 16, of 1610 Second St., will represent the La Grande Union Pacific shops, while Miss Wall, of 1206 O Ave., will be supported by the Brotherhood of Lo comotive Engineers. Other candidates that have been announced by various organizations Include: Faye Walker, Fraternal Or der of Eagles; Lorraine Dodge, Bro therhood of Railroad Trainmen; Ves ta. Mitchell, Rotary club; and Violet Stills, Mt. Emily Post 2900, Veterans of Foreign Ware. TWO COUPLES GET LICENSES Marriage licenses were Issued Sat urday at the office of the county clerk, to two couples. Hershel V. Talbott and Rita Conner, both of La Grande received a license to wed, as did Arvan Witty of Elgin, and Louise Myers, of Condon. Has Nothing to Do American Yachtsmen, Take Notice! 1 1ST Mi airti nnMaiitirmniiim.mMrniniiininini A pretty eight, to be sure, but not one to cause the American yachts men to turn handsprings. For that fast traveling yacht you see In the foreground pulling away from her nearest competitor at Har wich, England, IsT. O. M. Sopwltb's Endeavour, which will soon come to the United States In an effort to capture the America's Cup. The race was the Endeavour's debut In racing competition. 4-H Club Leaders To Discuss Plans For Scholarships The Union county 4-H club leatlors council will hold a meeting next Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock at the county agent's offico for the purpose of discussing plans for pro viding 4-H club summer school" scholarships In the years to come. No representative from the Union county agricultural clubs la In at tendance at the summer school for 4-H club members at Cor vail Is this year, and it is hoped that plans may bo made at this meeting for ways and means of sending several In .future years. The Instruction given (Ccntlnued on Page Two) TAX REBATE TO BE MADE FOR FLOOR STOCKS B. P. Owsley received word here late Saturday evening from Repre sentative Walter Pierce that the meas ure for the rebate of the Jute tax had passed both houses of congress. The rebate will Include monies paid on floor stock of grain sacks. With Armament 0 4 VONPAPENIN BOLD STROKE AGAINST NAZI Vice Chancellor Openly Cntizes Regime In . Public Address. BERLIN. June 18 (P) The boldest public criticism of the Nazi regime which has come from anyone in authority since Chancellor Hitler's assumption of power in January, 1033, was mado yesterday by Franz Von Papen, vice chancellor and pre mlcr of IlrusHia. TJie sensational character of his remarks, dollvored before students, of Marburg univer. sity, Is best illustrated by the fact that no Berlin newspapers printed even an excerpt. Von Papen in guard ed language pleaded for the reestab- lishment of the monarchy. Notice was served by the government-controlled German news bureau upon Its subscribers that the speech (Continued on Page Two) U. P. OGDEN BAND WILL PLAY HERE Word was received yesterday by J B. McLaughlin, manager of the Union Pacific Old Timers celebration, that tho Union Pacific Ogden band, which Is an outstanding organization pf Its kind In the west, would bo sent to La Grande and spend four days here This band consists entirely of rail road men and for several years has led the grand entry at the Cheyenne Frontier Days. Among other honors it has also won first place at the Salt Lake Covered Wagon days celebration among 20 bands from Colorado, Cal ifornia and Wyoming. Uniforms In which the band appear Include the West Point full drcHS uniforms, Elks lodge uniforms and the Union Pacific Old Timers uni forms, all of which will be brought with them to La Grande's celebration next month. They will appear at frequent Intervals during the days of the celebration. With the bands, which will come by special train, will be four Pullman loads of people from Ogden, according to word received from the Ogden headquarters, making jbetween 200 and 250 persons who will bo present from that city alone. Wheat Today CHICAGO, June 18 W1) Late ral lies lifted wheat and corn tcday to well above Saturday's finish, more than overcoming curlier losses. Advances in prices toward the last were associated with authoritative unofficial crop reports emphasizing Irreparable drought damage to small grains In large areas and alito stres sing extraordinary havoo wrought by chinch bugs. . Wheat cloHOd. 3t(ac above Sat urday's finish, September 96!4tfic, corn 1c to lc advanced, oats un I changed to 'Ac up, and provisions at Wt IJJi 1 a rise of 15 to 20c. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME AM Kit I CAN LA It Oil MAY JOIN 5.000,000 CATTLE IHH (HIT MACON COMINO N OUT If m YKON HKI'IVCES SAWYER CiENEVA, Juno 18 (m The pnu pect of American wElieslon to the In ternational labor organization urotw (Hl enthuMasm tit today's Mission of the lutermitloiuU ijUwir conference. Appluitse luwt lug Heveral min utett emmi from ntl hIiIoh when Ibirold II. Hut le r, director of the Interiuttlonal I-ubor bureau, ntmounced the action of the Ainerlitui congress authorizing Trepidant Kmwt'velt to nrrunce Am erican membership hi the organiza tion DENVER. June 18 m One or the biggest cattle deals In history, the purchase of approximately 6,000,000 animals .by the federal government from drought stricken ranchers, was virtually completed here today at a meeting of federal officials with, rep resentatives of 12 states. SUNNYVALE, Cul., June 18 (fPi Captain A. II. Drcssd of the mival air iHute here wild the dirigible Mucoii would leuve here Turotay nt U a. nu on a 80 hour engineering tewt fllglut. The flight will ho northward, Cap tain Dnwwl Mild, hut added tluit "I mil .not know how far' north we will get until after wn have been In the air a few hours." PORTLAND. June 15 W John B. Yeon Jr., of Portland, was today ap pointed chairman of the Columbia river gorgo committee, to succeed Robert W. Sawyer of Bend, resigned. Yeon's appointment as vice chairman was announced recently. PORTLAND, June 18 (Pi A plan, "oomplete and effective" for the ojwn Ing of the mrt or IotiMnwl to com merce, dCHplto refusal of striking longshoremen to return to work, was being orguiilzexfi here today by ship pers nml steamship operators. A statement signed by E. C, DuvLs, president 'of the waterfront employ ers of lortlund, said "so far as we ure oonoeriiwl, the strlko ended twliiy." MEMORY OF COL. HURONHONOREDIN SERVICES SUNDAY Program Held For Late Commander of 186th In fantry By Guardsmen At Camp Clatsop. iiv NoUui Nkirr OAMP OUVTSOP, Ore., June 18 (Special) Special memorial aervlccB wero held hero Sunday morning at 8:30 a. m. at the new recreational building, with a large attendance of both officers and onlUtcd men, pay ing high tribute to tho memory of Colonel Ralph R. Huron, of La (Continued on Page Throe) TOWNSPEOPLE ARE ASKED TO REPORT AVAILABLE ROOMS La Grande townspeople are asked by the Soml-Ccntennlal celebration commltteo to co-operate in the mat tor of providing housing for visitors. An acute problem of finding rooms for visiting guest of the city during the celebration Is imminent, unless every homo having an extra room or two reports tho samo to tile housing committee, Claude Berry, chairman of the housing committee announced today. Registration of all extra rooms available at the time of the celebra tion July 10-20-21 should be made (Continued on Pago Two) ILLINOIS DENTIST KIDNAPED, KILLED EL DORADO, 111.. Juno 18 UP) Dr. L. H. Meyers. 56. wealthy Eldorado dentist, was found shot to death on a farm near here today, apparently the victim of a kidnaping and rob bery plot. The body of the dentist shot through the back was found by Deputy Ila Cholsser, and A. M. Mit chell, a photographer, culminating an all nlKht search after o dentist had failed to return homo. The body was found in a clump of weeds on the farm, authorities said. Miss Larson Here To Resume Work Miss Madeline Larson who has been In New York the past year, on leave of absence from her duties at the Eastern Oregon Normal school and taking work for advanced credit at Columbia university arrived In La Orande last evening ready for her duties as director of physical educa tion for women when tho summer session opens. Miss Larson will occupy Miss Mildred Hawksworth's apartment during the latter's ab sence. TWO MAJOR BILLSHOLDUP Attempt to Adjourn Long Session To Be Made Tonight. WASHINGTON, June 18 (JP) Two lone strife-spangled bills, for a rail way lull or bimrd and to aid bankrupt fanners, lute, .today Impaired other wise good chancea for congress to outeh night trains home. An outright filibuster against the railway labor bill tied up the senate, but leaders hoped to be able to break It and adjourn congress after approval of pending reports, adjusting differ ences with the house on legislation both have enacted. This was essen tial in order to get the adjournment sought for tonight. . . President Roosevelt's Influence had been cast for putting the labor blU over until next session. He kept In (Continued on Page Two) Voting Hours For School Election Between 2 and 7 Polls will be open this afternoon from two until seven o'clovfc at Cen tral and Greenwood schools for the . election of a member of the school board to succeed Ray Buell who was not a candidate for re-election. Thirty , days residence is required for elegibll- . Hy to vote. y. Two men ore running for thlo po- '. sltion, C. Eugene Millerlng was the first to announce his candidacy, and -on the last day for filing an appllca- ' tlon as candidate, Lee 8. Hanford, at- . bo signified his Intention of running for tho position. Only e light vote Is expected to- . day, as there Is seemingly very little , Interest In the election among; the voters of the city. Those desiring to vote are asked to remember that the polls close at 7 o'clock, as there are usually a num ber who come to the polls after that hour, confusing the time of closing with the hour of closing at other elections. Elgin Young Woman Gets Car Injuries ELGIN (Special) Miss Edna Bay received painful bruises and scratches ' and other members of a motoring ( party, lncluglng the Misses Bernadlne Brugger and Hazel Kenezevltch, Roy Kenezevitch, Kenneth Ray, and Henry Dowd, suffered less serious hurts when their car blew a tire and was wrecked on the highway near the Walter Pierce ranch east of Island City Sunday morning. The young people were on their way to Baker to attend the ball game? and the failure of the tire caused the car to swerve to the gravel shoulder ' of the highway, in which gravel It appeared Miss Ray was dragged. She la confined to her home. CITY LIBRARY OPENS BRANCH AT GREENWOOD The La Grande Public library le announcing4 the opening of a Branch, Library In the reading room of the Greenwood school which will continue through the summer months, the project being arranged for both adults and children. The opening date wilt be Wednesday from 1:00 until ft:00 o'clock and the branch will be open every Wednesday afternoon during those same hours for the summer months If patronage warrants It. The library will contain some 360 books novels, travel and biography for tho adults and an Interesting col lection for the boys and girls. Mags- nines will also be circulated. Adults of both the Rlverla and Greenwood districts are urged to make use of the library. Baseball AMKHICAN LEAGUE First Game) R. H. H. St. Louis 6 5 1 Boston 0 10 0 Had ley. Knot and Hemsley; Welch, and Pcrrell. I PHILADELPHIA. June 18 V-Bob Johnson's 18th and 19th homers fall ed to give the Athletics the first game of today's double-bill, the Chicago White Sax rallying In the eighth Inn ing to score three runs and win 3 to 2. Johnson is a former Portland const leaguer, Tho score:, (first game) R. H. B. Chicago 3 7 0 Philadelphia 3 6 4 Earnshaw and Madjeski; Cain, Die trich and Berry, Hayes. R. H. K. Detroit 6 11 3 New York ; 6 9 0 Mar berry, Hogsett and Hayworth, Cochrane; Van Atta, Grimes, and Dickey. (Second Game) . R. H. E. Chicago t.....w 8 7 3 Philadelphia . 0 3 I (Called end 6th account rain). Tietje and Madjeski; Benton. Ma haffey, Kline and Berry, Hayes, O NATIONAL LEAGUE New York at Pittsburgh, postponed, rain.