La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 19, 1934, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextlEur mm i&lmntt La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America Only New8paJer Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 32 EASTEKN OKEOON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1934 ' MEMBER A8SOClATRI PllEH8 NUMBER 240 L.S. ISELECTEDTO SCHOOLBOARD Railroad Man Chosen To Fill Vacant Position On Committee.. J LIGHT VOTE CAST I AT POLLS MONDAY Total of 260 Ballots Cast At Greenwood, Central Schools; Hanford Has Margin of 52. Leland S. Hanford was elected to membership on the La Grande school board yesterday at the election which was held at Central and Greenwood schools. A very light vote was cast and the majority by which Mr. Han ford won over C. E. Mlllering, who was the only other contestant tor the office, was comparatively small. Of the total vote cast which was 260, 156 were for Mr. Hanford and 104 were for Mlllering. There were 221 votes cast at Central school and the remaining 39 votes at Greenwood. The tabulated vote Is as follows: Central: Hanford, 135; Mlllering. 86. Greenwood: Hanford, 21; Mlllering, 18. Hanford has made his home In La Grande for the lost 27 years, is, mar ried and has one daughter who Is a sophomoro In the La Grande high school. Ho has been an employee of the Union Pacific railroad during his residence here and Is at present em ployed as conductor. He has always been prominent In railroad activities, in civic Improvement as well as hav ing a vital Interest in schools and school activities, and Is considered very well fitted for the position to (Continued on Pago Two) 7 Candidates For Celebration Queen Have Busy Month Activities In the contest for Queen of the Semi-Centennial celebration ore well under way, It was announced this morning by Louis Evans, In charge of this branch of the celebra tion. Seven girls have been formally en tered and supported by organizations, and three more have registered and await backing by various groups. The Queen dances at Zuber hall have been thus far very successful. Formal introduction of all the queens and their standings will be made at the dance Saturday night, June 23. An old-time fiddlem contest will be held Wednesday night, July 18, and a call for contestant from any part of the Inland Empire has been made by the committee. The same evening will witness a dance calling contest and old-time dance exhibitions in costume. Bird Bennett is In charge of this affair. All the candidates have been work ing on the sales of tickets, tire cov ers and souvenir buttons. Tickets for the events sponsored by the celebration committee will be in the hands of the local queen candi dates and those from Baker, Wallowa and Umatilla counties by Monday morning, June 25. Lindberghs Expect Another Child Soon NEW YORK, June 19 (VP) The Dally News says today that Jon Mor row Lindbergh, closely guarded son of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, may soon have a brother or a sister. ( Pot three weeks, the News says, Mrs. Anne Morrow Lindbergh has been making regular visits to the New York office of Dr. Edward M. Hawks, the physician who attended her at the birth of Jon Morrow Lindbergh, now nearly two years old, nnd the late Charles Augustus Lind bergh Jr., victim of kidnapero. Rain Follows Prayer For Drought Relief LONBON, June 19 (P1 Prayers for rain were offered by the arch bishop of York at the church nsscm ly session In Westminister today and it wasn't long afterward that a few light showers, the first in many a long day. fell in park) of the Lon don area. WANTED, PHOTOS OF 50 YEARS AGO For publicity purpow the com mittee In charge of promotion of the Seml-Centennlal celebration here next month Is anxious to secure as many snap shots or plrt ures taken around 50 ream ngo a possible to be found In till territory. Photographs particularly of the coming or the first train, busi ness Motives of the time, group or parties nt picnics or celebra tions of 50 years ago, street scenes of this or nearby communities, How A bout Classified Murder Columns? HOLL YWOOD, Cal., June 18 1 Just give up read ing murders. You no more get a few details of one mur der than the af ternoon paper brings you news of another. The best read man in the country couldn't tell you who killed who last week. The pa pers ought to list 'em by numbers. "Murder case No. 211 went to court this morning in order to. make way for case 212. Cose 211 Is out of the A class (that Is where the wife kills husband); case 212 Is of the B class, husband kills wire. Killings of the C class include all promiscuous other killings not embraced In A or B class. Yours for brevity, IH. MeNauiht Syndleal.. fix. CELEBRATION HERE WILL RIVAL BEST Committee Heads of Semi Centennial Tell of Fiesta Plans. Predicting the most unique, color ful and Interesting celebration and pageant ever held In the Pacific northwest, committee chairmen and others concerned with the presenta tion of the Semi-Centennial celebra tion here next July, gave to chamber of commerce members at luncheon this noon an outline of the plans and progress of the affair to date. James McLaughlin, general man ager of the celebration, told of thj queen coronation ceremony, of the parade and athletic events and out lined the great value of promotion and advertising to La Grande and territory as a result of "all eyes turn ed toward this community July 19, 20 and 21." A. P. Corbett, division superlnten dent of the Union. Pacific, told of plans- .to bring . her one of the old time locomotives and coaches and to run it Into La Grande under Its own steam from Island City carrying a group of pioneers of the county. "The Union Pacific railroad is. behind this celebration 100 per cent," said Mr. Corbett. J. E. Reynolds unfolded to the audience some of the plans of the pioneer parade and picnic on July 19, beginning with a parade through the city and ending with picnic and party at the city park. In the absence of Ed Fl tzgera 1 d , finance chairman, Lynn Larsen, sec retary of the chamber of commerce, read a report which showed that al though numerous features and at tractions not anticipated had been added, the budget of expense of the celebration had been trimmed around $1,000 under the original estimate. Cash Humphreys told of the com ing of hundreds of delegates and their wives and families to the west ern district convention of the Bro therhood of Locomotive Engineers, at (Continued on Page Two) Fathers9 Death Calls Mrs. John Larison To El Paso, Texas Mrs. John Larison was called to El Paso. Texas, Friday morning by the sudden death of her father, E. F. Knotts which occurred at his horn there. Funeral services were held yesterday at El Paso. Mrs. Larison will spend the remainder of the sum mer In Texas visiting her mother and other relatives. FARISS RETURNS FROM JUBILEE Jack Fariss, publicity chairman of the Semi-Centennial celebration, has returned from Walla Walla, where the Diamond Jubilee closed Saturday night. He distributed placards and advertised the celebration here. Fariss reports that an excellent method was used at the Diamond Ju bilee for the display of relics. In stead of all relics being grouped In one or two windows, every store In town had Borne relics In Its windows. Fariss suggests that the same system be used here during the celebration. or any other ptmtograpli of the early "eight If" or thereabouts. For pictures reproduced the committee will par $1 each and return same unbanned to the owner. The photos are to be used In the making or cuts for repro duction In neuvpaMrs nnd maga-' zincs to advertise the celebration to he held here next month. Mail or bring your old time pictures to the celebration com mittee at the La Grande cham ber of commerce offices. Play Major Roles i ? i H x: jv" Two leaders who play major roles In shaping the destiny of the Republican party are shown here at the national committee sessions In Chicago. Charles D. Hlllcs of New York, left, headed the com mittee which drafted the party's 1934 program. George F, Qoti ol Chicago, right. Is national treasurer, and already bas obtained enough pledges to wipe dur tbe 1206.000 party deficit. Seventy-Third Congress Ad journs After Passing Through Economic Crisis, Remaking Banking Systems WASHINGTON, June 16 (fl1) -Called into session by the gravest and most chaotic financial crisis the nation has known, the seventy-third congress adjourned last night after revolu tionizing the American banking and monetary systems. It met In special session with every bank In the nation closed and bil lions of dollars in hoarding. Its very first act was to give statutory valid-, lty to the order of President Roose velt which had shut the doors of the institutions. Almost Its last enactment, too, dealt with the banks, providing a partial government guarantee for home-bulldlng loans. In between, was a long series of laws radically alter ing, the basis of the country's cur- Transient Cards' To Be Distributed By Salvation Army A new method of taking care of transients Is being instituted by the Salvation. 'Army, here, it was announc ed today by Captain Rody. Pads of tickets directing men to the Salvation Army, with Instructions as to how to get food, beds, clothing, etc., will be placed among local busi ness houses for distribution. Tran sients who ask for assistance will be given one of these cards, with the name of the business house on it. Thus men will be directed to where they can get aid, and Gave towns people from annoyance. The Salvation Army gives assistance to men on condition that they cut wood or do some other small task to earn their meals and bed. The organ ization has need at the moment of more bedding. Anyone who has some bedding they would like to contribute Is asked to call the Salvation Army at 668-W. Persons in the residential districts who would like to have some of the cards for transients who call at their homes may get them from Captain Rody. in G.O.P. Drive rency, providing government insur ance for bank deposits and impos ing dozens of other major and minor reforms. On President Roosevelt's second day In office he closed by edict what few banks had been able to withstand the strain of widespread state banking holidays and ordered all gold and gold certificates returned to the govern ment, with severe penalties for fail ure to comply. Four days later the special session began. In seven hours it disproved the contention of some that a demo cracy cannot function quickly to meet emergencies, by enacting a law confirming the chief executive's or ders and giving him authority to open the banks when and as it became possible to do so. Argument ran high as to whether the events of the first Roosevelt week had removed the country from the gold standard, but the administra tion left no doubts In the situation a short while later by legislation pro hibiting exports of gold and Invalidat ing the gold payment clause of all existing contracts. The drive for Inflation meanwhile wai' b&rrng n'nld'Hipon the admins--tration. Led by western silver. state senators It reached its legislative cul mination in the "Thomas amend ment," a rider to the farm act giving the president vast discretionary power to expand the currency. The measure authorized him In his discretion to reduce the gold content of the dollar by a maximum of 60 per cent, to have Issued $3,000,000,000 of non-interest bearing United States notes to repay maturing federal obli gations and to circulate as legal tender, and to accept sliver tn pay ment on the war debts to a maximum of $300,000,000, the metal to be used as the basis for new issues of silver certificates. In addition the meas ure empowered the federal reserve system to buy up to $3,000,000,000 wortli of government securities. The special session, too, saw the enactment of federal deposit insur ance. A temporary system was made (Continued on Page Two) PLENTY OF GOOD SUBJECTS ORGANIZED INDEPENDENT PARTY LOOMS Convention Called to Meet At Salem Monday For Nominations B A I.EM, Ore., June 10 P) A con vention for the purpose of nominat ing on Independent candidate for governor, has been called for next Monday In Sulem, the Associated I'reHH was ud vised, today by a reliable source of Information. It was understood a formal call will be Issued, perhaps tonight, con vening the session at 10:30 a. m. Monday. The convention will be held In the house of representatives in the capltol building. In addition to nominating an In dependent candidate for governor, there were prospects that the con vention will consider whether to pro pose other Independent candidates for other offices, in opposition to the Republican and Democratic nominees named in the May primary. BILL SIGNED FOR LABOR BOARD TO SETTLE DISPUTES WASHINGTON, June 10 (P) Presi dent Roosevelt today signed Into law the resolution for establishment of labor boards to settle disputes in volving collective bargaining. The measure was the first of the major pieces of legislation passed In the closing hours to receive his signature. .- The president acted after a confer enceearller in the day with Senator Wagner (D., N. Y.), the chairman of the present national labor board created by executivo order. With the new legislation the president was armed to deal with labor disputes. It was expected he would rely to a great extent on the personnel of the present national labor board In or ganizing the new agency. Headliners Will Be Billed For Mat Card " AtAo'meeting of the wrestling com mltteo of the Semi-Centennial cele bration directorate. It was decided that wrestling matches would be held Instead of boxing. The group, headed by Roy Farnam, is contacting the beBt wrestlers of the state in an attempt to have a head- liner card here for the celebration. STOLEN SADDLE IS FOUND IN LEWISTON A warrant for the arrost of Jimmy Leonard for the theft of a saddle at the Starkey rodeo Sunday hoa been sworn out by Bon Jory, of Starkey. Following thQ theft, the state police called Walla Walla and Pomeroy, fl nally locating the saddle at Lewis ton, Idaho, where Leonard had tried to dispose of It. Leonard rofused to return to Ore gon, so extradition papers are being procured for his return. It's Safe to Let This Man Ride 3 4wt 1 MM 1 11 tfM( Wtfif' AFRAIDf TO L YOU MAY pi HANDCITFML fea c. 11 r r -- A now 01a ot mora rlcloa for liltcli hikers nnd mora smtcty fnr moloiists Is hninlilcd by Inn hIkh which Wilson Jon iiIiiks, Purls, Tcnn., adventurer, licurs here. When ho left Memphis for Sun IIIcko, Cnlll'., he soon lenrned Hint nulolsts mistrust jhuniliers. So when he rntrhes a ride, ho enters tho vnr hnndeufferl nnd tenders tho key to tho driver, to nllny nny tear that uo's a robber. CAMP CLATSOP TO RUN OFF ATHLETIC EVENTS ON FRIDAY Local National . Guards men to Defend Cham- ' jp ions hip Now Held Three Times. Ily Nolan Rklfr CAMP CLATSOP, Ore. June (Spe cial) Bustling preparations for participation in tho camp athletic meet Friday, Juno 22 mark off time for members of Company E this week. During tho last three years this unit has furnished enough points in the annual meet to swing the champion ship to tho 180th Infantry three times running, and prospects are good for n fourth victory this year. Among La Grande's entrants are Sgt. George D. Oliver and Sgt. Howard M. Peterson, in the shelter tent pitch ing, who are anxious to repeat last year's first place victory. La Grande also won the pyramidal tent pitching lOBt year, and has a team rondy in cluding some of last yoar's vots to uphold Its tltlo. Team members are Sgt. William O. Bean, Bgt. George M. Plank, Sgt. Edwin J. Brlggs, Corp. Olln R. Nlchoatds, Corp. Walter P. Chadwlck, Pvt. lcl, Woodrow Damo rell, Pvt. lcl. Victor E. Bean, Pvt, Jack Alvey, Pvt. Wilford E. Stitt. Corp. Joseph C. Williams, who fin ished in the point winners In the furlong In 1033, Is working for a victory In tho 220-yard dash this week, and Pvt, Ralph Floborg is on tored In tho century. Other entrants from La Grande follow: Shoe race Pvt. John W. Zlgler, Pvt. Alvey; wall scaling team to be selected; competitive drill: Sgt. BrlggH and Sgt. Peterson; cartridge race: Pvt. lcl. Arnold E. Oliver, Pvt. Stltt; equipment race: Pvt. Donald Chadwlck. Company E Is unusually proud of Its kitchen this week. Mondny tho inspecting officer posted a neat pen nant on the front which read: 1st Prize Mess, 2nd Bn. '34." Which means that Sergeant Prod J. Wells and Sergeant Max W. Burke have the beat and cleanest kitchen in the en tire Eastern Oregon battalion In this camp. A very creditable record! Company 8 has a couplo of mas- (Continued on Page Rix Wheat Today Isocul wlient Utiny stood at fifi cent. I'oiiland July 'wheat closed ut "(i'i, September nt 7(1. CHIC AGO. June 10 W) Lat ral lies associated with hot weather north west and unfavorable crop re ports from there gave firmness to grain priced today at the last. East ern buying was In progress at the finish both In wheat and corn. A pronounced disposition was shown by many traders however to stand aside and await new develop ments before taking an aggressive stand on either side. Wheat closed firm, unchanged to Vio higher an compared with yester day's finish, September 05' & '4c, com V4C off to c up, oats at '8c decline to a advance, and provisions unchanged to 7o lower. i" JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME JAPAN'S FKAItS Ql'IhTED Tit AY NO It I.EABS 1M KATES BANK KKS ELECT PltESIUENT ' NEW COUKT PRACTICE LONDON', Jun W A taiUc between Norman II. Davis of the United Htutea unci Tsuneo MaUuda Iru, Juiuihchc amnosNudor, today 0,11 1 ted Japan's foHnijof possible An-Rlo-Auierlran naval plaint aimed at Japan. Mutsudalra asked tlie United HtuUwani.baHtuulor whether the United States iuhI t J rent Britain, planned an Anglo-American folut move which mlKht ho preJmllcHl to the In to re Ik of Tokyo. ) The American assured tli Jupuneae diplomat the CiUU'd Srtutm had Its naval expert here entirely at the tuvltutloih of the utrltlhh and that there were no Joint plans of any sort, 1 PITTSBURGH, June 19 (P) Harold "Pie" Traynor, s veteran third base man of the Pittsburgh Pirates, was appointed manager of tho club to day. He succeeds George Gibson, pilot for three years. ASTORIA, Ore., June 19 OR Fred erick ) reeii wood, assistant muuager of the llauk of California, Portland, was elected president of the Oregon state Bankers' uKsoclatlon nthe con clusion of the annual oouvumtlon here today. Eugene Courtney, manager or The Dulles branch of flhe First Na tional bank of Portiluiul, was elected vine president. I. W. Kyre, manager or tliefHulciu branch or the United starteH National bank of Portland, was named treasurer of the associa tion. - WASHINGTON, June 10 (Presi dent Roosevelt today signed a bill empowering the supreme court to prescribe rulee or practice and pro cedure for the federal courts and de scribed It as "one of the most Im portant steps ever taken In the Im provement of our Judicial system." NEW UNION PLANNED FOR WATERFRONT 350 Longshoremen Al ready Signed to Return To Work, Claim. PORTLAND, Om, Jimd 19 (fl1) -While representative tr shipping In dustries worked over plans for open ing the port despite refuwil or union waterfront work on toyirec to poaoo terms, announcement wwt nuule here (oduy that a new longshoremen's un ion will he huwiMmitod ami oam pletely organized wlthLi 24 hours. K. J, Eliasen, a longshoreman, whose home was surrounded late yes terday by a largo group of reputed waterfront strikers who threatened him until oquads of police drove them away, declared this afternoon that 350 men had signed up with him to organize a new union, mem bers of which will return to work on tho waterfront as soon as protection la afforded. "Tho attack on my home yesterday by the International Longshoremen's association beat-up gangs," Eliasen said, "was Just another act of Intimi dation and a desperate effort to keep the registered longshoremen of Port land from breaking away from the (Continued on Page Three) RADICAL FACTIONS RIOT IN TOULOUSE TOULOUSE, Prance. Juno 19 (P) Reinforced police patrolled tho streets hero today while hospitals were crowded with more than 100 persons Injured in riots that lasted through the night. Two of the Injured were so seri ously hurt they may not live. Tho riot was a pitched battle be tween 4.000 communists and socialists seeking to prevent a nationalist ban quet. One thousand policemen went Into action. Horse guards drove the rioters from St. Oeorge's Square, the scene of the banquet, but the dispersed battlers took possession of tho anclont side streets, broke store windows, and raised barricades which the officers stormed successfully. HOT LAKE CASE EXPECTED TO FINISH TODAY Tho mortgage settlement case which woh begun yesterday in the circuit court was continued today, and further testimony was being heard. It was thought, however, that the hearing of this testimony would bo conclxided this afternoon and the case turned over to Judge J. W. Knowles for his Judgment tn the mat ter. The case Involves the matjter of the ultimate ownership Hot Lake sanatorium wgh Alda A. Chambers as plulntirf and Harry McKinlay, trustee In bankruptcy of the sana torium, as defendant. HARRIAN IS ! FOUND GUILTY! IN BANK BUST Tried On 16 Counts, Faces Severe Penalty; One !" Ia . Acquitted. NEW YORK, June 19 W Joseph W. Harriman, former head of the defunct Harriman National Bank and in .iiiifuiij, naa laiutiirieu laie today by a Jury In federal court on charges of falsifying records and mis applying funds of the banks. Albert M. Austin, former executive vice president of the bank, was acquitted. Harriman and Austin were charged with misapplying 1,713,060 of the bank's funds, and with causing false entries to be made tn the account of the bank's large depositors. They were also charged with lending $300, 000 in Improper collateral, and with converting the money to their own uses. The government contended the defendants used part of the money to bolster the market price of the bank's 'stock. Harriman was tried on 16 counta and the penalty of conviction Is five years Imprisonment, or $5,000 fine or both, on each count. , COMMODITY LEVEL ADVANCES IN MAY WASHINGTON, June 19 W) An advance of five tenths of one per cent In wholesale commodity prices dur ing May was reported today by the bureau of labor statistics. The bureau reported prices were 73.7 per cent of the 1926 average, . The present index Is at the level of March, 1934 the highest point reached since 1931 when the Index figure was 74.8. The bureau's list showed 211 advances, 390 showing no change. Declines were reported for 183 Items. The largest increase was recorded In metals and metal products, which advanced per cent. In this group agricultural Implements were 7 per cent higher. Foodstuffs rose about per cent, bringing the present level of the group to 67.1 per cent of the 1936 average which Is an Increase of nearly 13 per 'cent over May of last year.-; (, Country Club Pro To Take Post At Pendleton Soon J. M. Watson, popular professional at the La Grande country club, will leave shortly for Pendleton to take' A position with the golf courao there. Mr. Watson plans to leave around, tho first of July ariJf take over h'l teaching duties thero Immediately. He has been with the local club since last year. A committee for the selection of a new professional here will be appoint ed today, said Fred Spaeth, club presl. dent, this morning.- Los Angeles, San Francisco Fight ; Paralysis Plague LOS ANGELES, June 19 W) Fifty graduate nurses were sought today for special duty at the General hos pital, center of the fight against an epidemic of Infantile paralysis here. A total of 011, cases have been re ported In the city and county since the epidemic started last May 1. The number of new cases had been de creasing until yesterday, when 35 were reported in the city. Twenty-nine In the county area were reported today. It was revealed also that five physl slans and 30 nurses who have been handling Infantile paralysis cases at the General hospital are now Infected with the disease. The existence of many mild widely scattered cases In San Francisco also was reported today by Dr. J. O. Oelger, city health officers there. He said there have been 44 cases there since May 1, four deaths resulting, as contrasted to 230 cases and 27 deaths In tlH 1030 epidemic. Baseball ' AMUHICAN LEAGUE (First Game) R. H. E. Cleveland 2 9 1. Washington 6 13 0 Hildebrand and Pytlak; Stewart and So well. Detroit at New York postponed. rum. Chicago at Philadelphia, postponed, rain. NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. B. Brooklyn 7 14 1 Cincinnati ...11 14 3 Bablch, Munns, Beck, Leonard and Lopez; Froy and Lombard I. R. R. B. Boston a 8 1 Chicago 1-4 0 Brandt and Spohrer: Ma lone, Join er and Hartnett. R. H. K. New York ....... A 11 1 Pittsburgh - 3 13 0 Schumacher, Hubbell and Mancuso; French, Grace, Hoyt .and Padden;