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(taut La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 32 KASTKKN OREGON'S LEADINO NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1934 MEM11ER ASSOCIATED' PRESS NUMBER 242 NRA CHIEFTAIN TO BALLYHOO BLUE EAGLE Hugh Johnson Plans Western Speaking Trip ; IV Resell Idea, WASHINGTON, June 21 W Hugh S. Johnson wtm rcHrte(l today to be planning an Nit A speaking (our Parting July 10 tluit will take him tli rough much of the west and to the Pacific coast. The object of tlie trip won said to be an explanation of new NKA policies and developments, to resell the) Blue Eagle and to stir en thusiasm for the .new oule eagle. Johnson's trip would take him to key points and It was understood a series of state holidays to celebrate NRA, similar to that just held by West Virginia on the Blue Eagle's first anniversary, were being planned. Johnson recently discussed public ly a new NRA campaign Bwlng sim ilar to that he staged a year. ago. Hl-j new swing which will occupy most of July was reported to be the corner stone of the new drive. Among Is sues which may toe discussed are the new general code for small Industries, the new price pollcyand the new or der suspending fair practice provis ions of the service industries codes which has been -severely criticized. AMERICAN LEGION PLANE LANDS HERE In connection with the membership drive of the American Legion, a plane landed here at 10:40 this morning to pick up cards of new members. Dr. C. J. Bartlctt of Baker, was piloting the plane, and he was ac companied by Chct Flagel. leader of the 7th district of the legion. In place of Department Commander Harold Warner. The plane picked up . the membership cards of members from Union and Wallowa counties to take in to Portland. George Walker, J. B. McLaughlin, and Bill Howard greeted the flyers representing the Chamber of Com merce of La Grande, and the- local post of the legion was represented by Fred Rend, commander; C. J. Bhorb, adjutant; Victor Eckley. and Hugh Brady. , , , F1ngel told IJrfl wtromB .com mittee that he had roc ntly seen pub licity for the Semi-centennial cele bration In St. Louis, Missouri. PORTLAND. June 21 OP) Pour air planes were converging on Portland from four sections of Oregon today as members of the American Legion developed a spectacular "air round up" to bring the annual membership drive to a conclusion. On the Eastern Oregon flight Dr. C. J. Bartlett, of Baker, flying his own plane, was to pick up new mem bership cards from legion posts In that area; from Mcdford, Harry Fluhrer was flying to Klamath Palls, Bend and Intervening points on the same mission; Herman Hobl of Eu gene, left Roseburg north to Portland, and from Salem, Loo Eyerly took the northern route through McMllnviUe, Tillamook and Astoria to Portland. Each plane bore an aerial messen ger In addition to the pilot. Stopping at designated points, new membership cards were entrusted to the messen ger. The four planes were to meet over Portland at 3 p. m., and a gen eral air circus in which commercial and army planes were to participate had been arranged. DIEHL REPORTS TO MASONS ON GRAND LODGE The regular meeting of the Masonic blue lodge was held last night, during which Worshlprul Master J. H. Dlehl reported, on the proceedings of the grand lodge which he attended last week In Portland. He also announced the appointment of C. P. Hutchens as district deputy grand master for this section of Oregon. This is the last meeting of the lodge until fall, when activities will be resumed as usual. UNKNO WN OFFICER HERO OF SHIPWRECK By Bjord Buukhnldt (Associated Press Foreign Staff) STAVANGER, Norway, June 21 (P) A young officer was singled out to day as the hero of the wreck of the nazl excursion steamer Dresden. In which four women died and many passengers were injured. The steamer, carrying 1.000 Ger man Nazis on a holiday Jaunt, was knifed by a rock last night in the shallow Hard anger fiord. The Dres den. 14.000-ton ship or the North German Lloyd line, sank at 7 a. m. today with only part of her bow showing above water. Captain Moller, all the ship's offi cers, and a Norwegian pilot remained aboard the stricken Dresden until 3 a. m. at which time the ship had a 20 degree list and 6 feet of water In the holds. She was anchored to the shore with heavy chains befo.-e he went down, so th?re ft hope that sir cm be salvaged. In the wild panic that enure J. Free Shows Kill Bandit Business BEVERLY KILLS, OnI June 20 You cant beat Oklahoma for orig inality. Ouesa you read about the outlaws with a big truck (with a winch, attachment on It) backed up to the bank to kidnap the safe. Everybody In town came down to see the sh,ow. Due to the outlaws having done no physical work in so long, they wasn't stout enough to load It, but they notified the bank that they will be back right away, and that the bank Is to have a smaller safe. The futur0 of bank rob beries Is to arrange some way to charge admission. So many people seeing robberies free Is what's kill ing the business. Yours, ?u. lI4, HfWiurhl Rvndlr'RU. fna. HANFORD BEGINS WORK AS MEMBER OF SCHOOL BOARD .The transaction of routine business and canvassing of the vote of Mon day's election was the main Item of business transacted at the meeting of the school board last evening. Director Rnv Buell retired from his position In favor of director-elect Lelnnd 3. Hanlord who took the oath of office and assumed Mr. Buell's chair. On motion of Ed Moon, senior director, Colon R. Eberhnrd was again chosen as chairman of the board ana other elections were as follows: Ed Moon, vice chairman, and Raymond O. Williams, clerk. All elections were unanimous. - The board voted to abandon the policy of having Janitor helpers at the high school and i;emrai scnooi, mm to employ one adult Janitor instead. Upon H. N. Peach, veteran Janitor and fireman, was placed the respon sibility of firing and heating, and the cleaning of certain out-buildlngs and hallways.' "Ed Stewart; present Janitor at Rlverla school, was trans ferred to the new position, and Percy Redmond was made Janitor at Rlverla, effective September first. These changes had the approval of Super intendent Herbert Evans, and Prin cipal A. L. Gralapp of the high school This new Janitor wJH nsslf', tija Jan ',ors of the two schools cluing -'school months and during the summer time will assist all other Janitors In re pairs and relieve them on their an nual vacations. The board voted that In school time the Janitors are under the direct supervision of the respective school principals subject to the supervisory control by the superintendent and that In vacation times they are under the supervision of the clerk subject to the safe supervision by the super intendent. The good will of the members of the board was expressed to MrBuell on his retirement, and Mr. Hanford mailner as his successor. (Continued on Page Two MARIAN PIDCOCK IS CANDIDATE IN QUEEN RACE Announcement ofthe candidacy of Miss Marlon Pldcock for the position of queen of the Seml-Centennlal cele bration here July 19-20-21, was made this afternoon. Miss Pldcock is to be sponsored by the Ladles Society of the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers. Her candidacy was announced by Mrs. Garfield Slmmdns. BRIG. MADSEN TO BE HERE FRIDAY Brlgndler Harold Madsen, of Port land, divisional commander of the Salvation Army for Oregon and Southern Idaho, will be In La Grande tomorrow. Madsen will meet with the advisory board at noon here, and Friday eve ning will conduct a public meeting at the local Salvation Army mission. twenty women were lowered to the water in a lifeboat; It drifted too close to the whirling propellors an 3 capsized. Three women were lost and a fourth snatched from the churning waters, died soon afterward from her injuries. Another lifeboat, also carrying 20 women, was being lowered when the gear broke and the occuDants wera flung Into the sea. The young officer, diving boldly rom the third deck of the steamshln swam to the rescue of the women, encouraging them and supporting the weakest until a boat came to his aid. t ;t But for his heroism, the survlvori of the wreck said, the death toll would have mounted much higher. His name was not made known. The Dresden.' 14,000-ton ship of th? Ncrta Oerman Lloyd line, was still aground today, slowly healing owr, A few members of the crew remained .tboard. , itf I Roosevelt In a Row The hotter the battle, the greater enthusiasm those Roose velts show so you can look tor some classy oar swinging from Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., above, on June 22. The son ot the president-Is a member of the Harvard frGBhman crew that will race Yale at Derby, Conn., on the Housatonlc. Club Leaders Plan Scholarships For Four 4-H Members Plans were made for obtaining a fund to send 4-H club members from Union county to the summer school for club members In coming years, at a meeting last night in the office of the county agent. The meeting was attended by club leaders from throughout the county and was un der the supervision of Assistant County Agent: H.; H., Ramoton.i It was decided 'that two scholar ships would be given for outstanding work of club members in connection with the 1034 Grange Fair and Home Products Show and that work would bo begun Immediately toward secur ing a fund for these scholarships. Those present at the meeting last evening were County School super intendent E. A. Sayre, D. E. Richards, Vernon DeLong, Mrs. H. H. Ramp ton, Mrs. Mary B. Kail, Mrs. L. B. Pierce, Troy Becker, Clayton Fox, Frank McKennon and Mr. Hampton. Swimming Lessons To Be Given Friday Free swimming instructions will be given tomorrow afternoon at the Cry stal plunge swimming-pool. During the afternoon between 1 and 6 no admission will be charged to children. From 1 to 9 Miss Mar gerle Horton will teach a girls swim ming class and from 3 to 5 Harvey Carter will teach a boys class. WE MIGHT AS" WELL MAKE THIS FELLOW DICTATOR, HG'LL. GT CQMTttOL. OF THE OR LATER AA1VHOW. (I (--2? U.S.TREASURY' BEGINS BUYING SILVER NEEDS More Than Billion Ounces Must Be Milled Under New Plan. . WASHINGTON June 21 WV-Secretary Morgcuthau told reporters today the treasury "will can) out the spirit of the silver purchase act en thusiastically." The new law signed by President Roosevelt Just before he left Washington, makes mandatory the purchase of silver until It consti tutes 25 per cent of the nation's met allic .monetary stock. Experts figure IJMMmkhmiuo ounces must be bought. Beginning yesterday, "Margenthau said, the treasury' started purchases of silver out of Its general fund. He declined to estimate the volume, say ing it would show up promptly In the dally treasury statement. The treasury secretary Indicated, however, that the volume of silver purchases would not be greatly speeded up at present. "We want a healthy rise in silver prices but not a sensational one, as the worst thing that could happen would be collapse," he said. CANNING CODE TO PROHIBIT HIRINGOF MINORS UNDER 16 SALEM, June 21 m All permits Issued by the state labor bureau to minors 'under 10 years of age to work in canneries, are void under the fed eral canning code, Charles H. Gram, state labor commissioner, announced today. - - Gram today was notifying cannery operators that all such permits, Is sued prior to the effectiveness of the national code.- must be disregarded. He also explained further the details of the code as far as cannery employ ment was concerned. ' Gram declared male employes may not be permitted to work In excess of 60 hours a week unless during the rush of the season the employer noti fies the state labor bureau and . gets a permit. No. one under 16 years of age Is permitted to work under any considerations,. The responsibility of determining therv.agevrests likewise with tho employer, and Gram notifies they take no chances. Further warnings issued today wera (Continued on Page Blx Brainless Ones To Be Feared; Not "Trusters" OGDEN. Utah. June 21 () Senator Hiram Johnson of California, pausing here between trains on his way homo from Washington, added his com ment to the debate over the brain trust by declaring he is not frightened by men with brains. "It Is a man without brains in high position whom I am a fraid of," the senator said. Senator Johnson said he thought the new deal is on the right track and will succeed generally. " TRAGEDY IN THREE ACTS Black and Brown :Jtv?S. lilac- Tho eyca of the world on thorn, Adolf Illtlor (loft), Gorman Chancel lor, and Bonlto Mussolini, Italian Premier, stand dramatically at at tention after their epoch-making mooting at Lido airport, Venice, where II Duce welcomed his fellow dictator. Hitler, In civilian dross and trench coat, had come by plane for political discussions. This photograph was flown from Venice to Berlin, telephoned to London and then radioed to Now York. Here's One Way To Get Rid Of Your Wife CHICAGO, June 21 .UP) Mrs. Rut hie Riddlford Powner testified In superior court that one of the few presents from her husband. Charles, not purchased with" her own money was a book entitled "Two Hundred and One Ways to Commit Suicide." Tho book, she said, . before a Jury in Judge Rudolph Desort's court yes terday, was a birthday gift from her husband: head of a publishing com pany whom she Is suing for divorce on charges of cruelty. Powner denied the charges and said he Was willing to go baok to his wife. STATE MUST ADD TO RELIEF FUND SALEM, June 21 m That the state of Oregon will have to, make a greater effort to match federal relief In the state or subject Itself to fed-ui-u-ement from the employment relief field, was indicated In a tele gram from Harry L. Hopkins, relief administrator, to Governor Julius L. Meier yesterday. The message stated: "I wish at this time to make it perfectly clear that this administra tion does not feel that it should carry the entire cost of unemploy ment relief for the state of Oregon and I must insist that satisfactory arrangements to this administration must be worked out immediately whereby the state of Oregon will de fray Its fair share of cost of unem- (Contlnued on Page Six, VjeUL, WE'RE GOlMG TO HSVE A. FINANCIAL. CRISIS SOONER Of2 LATER. WE MIGHT AS, WELL HAVE IT OVER WITH. there's boomo to ee A WAR 5CDNEB OK LATER. WE NMCHT AS WELL GET rtEACV AMtP Shirt Leaders Meet SWIMMING POOL, PLAYGROUNDSGET BIG ATTENDANCE A total of 1860 children attended the first week of the La Grando city playgrounds which, opened Monday, June H. - The high school . play ground recorded 1348 of these, and the Greenwood school had 511, a to tal average daily attendance of ap proximately 250 at the playgrounds. Meanwhile the Crystal Plungo swimming pool project opened for its first day Tuesday. Pool attendants estimated tndt approximately a tliou- (Contlnucd on Page Bight) CODE AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCE CUT IN LUMBER QUOTAS WASHINGTON, June 21 (T) Point ing out that lumber "production to tals have boon consistently kept above the possibilities of consumption since tho lumber code became effective last August," the lumber code author ity yesterday ordered a drastic cur tailment of production In tho Indus try for tho third quarter of this year. Tho reduction will bo 15.5 per cent Icsh than the allotments for tho cur rent quarter. TJio code authority approved production of 3.845,000,000 board feet of lumber in the next quarter, a reduction of 7O6.OOO.0OO feet compared with the current thrce I month period. , An allocation of 40,000,000 feet was given to tho Tillamook, Oregon burn area In an attempt to salvage part of the groat Douglas fir stand which was killed by fire last summer. This allocation represents an increase of 30.000.000 feet above the second quarter quota. For all purposes, tho log quota for tho west const logging and lumber division was fixed at 1,110,000,000 feet. OAKLANI) BANK BANDITS GETS . SWIFT JUSTICE ' SALEM, June 21 W, Stanley Ray son, 25, who nibbed a bunk. cHcnpcd, wa captured and sontenced to 20 years' Imprisonment, all within the Hpnco ot 4 hours, was' brought here from Roseburg last night, and today "dressed In" tit the penitentiary and assigned to duty in the flux plant. ftayson yesterday robbed tho Oak land bank In Douglas county of 000 and pleaded guilty when brought before Judge IJ, L. Eddy, Wheat Today DrnpH hi the wtieut market drme Incut ulinit today! Into Hie nelKhlMirlMMKl of til ri'iits. Cort land ulirut, July and Sfplfinlicr, was nt 7:in. CHICAGO. June 21 f,V) Tumbles of wheat vnlucs late today wont to more than 10c below last work's top point. Execution of stop lows order ac companied today's downturns of wriest prices, and were largoly a re sult of big arrivals both of old and new domestic winter wheat. Receipts of wheat at domestic primary centers today totaled upward of 1,000.000 bushels. Wheat cloned weak, 2Vi'"3'ac un- der yesterday's finhth. September 89 w90c. corn lttt2c down. ou 1 fit e off, and provisions unchanged to IGc lower. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME LAIIOIt HII.L 8IGNEI) v FLOOD SWEK1VS FOOCHOW ntKNCll TRAIN WltECKEO FAIt.MEItS WANT pTHIKE END NEW YON DON, Conn., June 21 President Roosevelt signed the rail road labor board bill and a number of other measures parsed In the clos ing session of congress. Including the act removing roNtrU'tlons'on loans by the It. F, C, to cloMvlj lumkx, today while abonnl the Nequola la Hhe Thauuvt rive A. off lure. FOOCHOW, China, June 21 OP) Flood waters covered Fooc how's streets today, following torrential rains which swelled the Mln river. Heavy loss of life In outlying dis tricts was reported. Water stood at a depth of six feet on some streets of this south coastal city. Traffic Is im possible except by boat. The floods wee described as tho worst in a quarter of a century. Ml'UIOl'NK, France, June I (P) Sl.v persons nerfl killed and eight In jured sort ou Mly when a lornl com muting tnilu from Wewerllng crashed todity luriihiHt the bumper In the nuihi b tut Ion here. Fault ry brakes were h lu mod fort the accident. THE DALLES. Ore., June 21 iTn Wasco county wheat farming Inter ests, represented by seven growers' co-opcratlves and warehouse com panies, today requested that Gover nor Julius L. Meier take Immediate s tops to end the Ion gshoremen 's strike. A lengthy resolution, pointing out that Harvest of the 1034 wheat crop was Just starting here, that warehouses already are filled to over flowing with Inst year's wheat, was dispatched to the governor. SEVERAL HURT WHEN STRIKERS BATTLE POLICE SEATTLE. June 21 (TP) Violence broke out on the Seattle waterfront today and revcral persons were In jured In clashes between striking longshoremon, police and civilians. Police, with swinging clubs, charged scores of longshoremen In an effort to -clear 'tho -tracks for an -empty freight train being shunted to ptor 40, and the officers were met by a barrage of rocks ' hurled by strike pickets. The strikers wero sitting on the railroad tracks and blocking the rails with piles of scraplron when Capt. Ralph Olmstead's "cavalry" and 25 patrolmen started to clear the tracks. Previously, police routed pickets from the entrance to pier 40, center of strike-breaking activities here, and non-union workers were expected to start unloading ships late this after noon. Orders that tho pickets bo moved (Continued on Page Two) William C. Reece To Open Lectures On Friday Night Tho series of lectures scheduled for William C. Recce will begin .tomor row, Friday, night at 7:30 o'clock at Honan hall. The public is invited as no admission is being charged. Mr. Recce's subject at this time will be "The Key To The Bible Meaning And Power." "This lecture will throw a new and wonderful light on tho problems which perplex honest doubt ers both in and out of tho church." it Is stated. Tho' subject of the following lec tures will bo: "Tho six days of crea tion and tho Sabbath, a typo of growth In understanding and lovo and tho attainment of perpetual spiritual power," "The story of Noah and the flood as Illustrating the breakdown of capitalism and the be ginning of a now world order." "Tho four horsemen of the Apocalypse and their meaning for the world today." "How we enter the other world and what w0 may expect to find there." "The Christian philosophy or Emanuel Swodcnborg is wonderfully Illuminating In It practical appliance to those subjects," It is stated and as formerly, opportunity will bo given after each 4ecturo for questions and answers. Some attention will he given during- the afternoon- meetings to the principles of tho Oxford group movement which Is now creating sucn a stir In the world In the way of quickened Interest In Christian liv ing. Mr. Recce h a lecturer of consider able note, not only in California and the northwest but also In tho cast, especially lu Massachusetts where he formerly held a pastorate for some time. He was also asked to go to Australia where he spent some time lecturing. Conscience Sricken Hurglar Surrenders ROSEMUftO, Ore., Juno 21 fV De claring that he was troubled by a guilty conscience, Lawrence Allen Poole, 22, surrendered himself to the state police at Myrtle Creok today, stating that he Is wanted In Portland for a number of minor burglaries. Poole stated that ho had been un able to sleep as the result of a trou bled conscience since robbing several Portland homes. SETTLEMENT OFSTRIKEBY IMPROBABLE Department of Labor Of fers To Provide An i Arbitration Board ; WASHINGTON, June 21 (ff) Secre tary Perkins of the labor department today Invoked the new labor dispultes act In an effort to settle' the long-' shoremen's strike at San Francisco. Pointing to the new legislation, the secretary wired Joseph A. Ryan, presi dent of the International Longshore" men's association, and Thomas Plant of the American-Hawaiian Steamship company at San Francisco, urging them to accept arbitration of their dispute by the department of labor. SAN FRANCISCO.' June 21 (fl Joseph P. Ryan, president of the In ternational Longshoremen's associa tion, here conducting settlement negotiations of the Pacific coast long shoremen's' strike, said today - he favored submitting the question of hiring halls to arbitration as sugges ted by Secretary of Labor Perkins. "There are several other Interna tional unions concerned in this strike," Ryan said. "If Secretary Perkins can get them to submit their differences to arbitration, I moot certainly will recommend to th International Longshoremen's asso ciation on the Pacific coast that tho question of hiring halls be submitted to an arbitrator to be appointed by the secretary." PORTLAND, June 31 UP) Quiet prevailed on Portland's waterfront to day as employers further 1 perfectod their plans for opening the port un der adequate police protection, and in defiance of the . ukase. of union leaders that commerce must not move, Them was no activity and no dis order. ANTI-HITLERITES BREAK UP REUNION CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 21 m Agitators shattered the calm of Har vard university alumni exerctsea late ' today In an attempted demonstration i 1 wnfffigg lJr' inW'HanTstftcngl, HlUer ' ' aide, hereto attend his 26th class re-1 union. - Ten were arrested, two of them women who hat handcuffed , themselves to ' the rail lu front of their seats in the Harvard yard while screaming Imprecations against tho German envoy. "Three Judges" Still Transmitting Bombs Through Paris Mail O A t? T q .Tims 01 iim ArtniUny nf the bombs of "the three Judges of j hell" was found today in the Paris : mall and a now wave of terror swept! tho city. It was tho eleventh finding of a bomb In the one man reign of terror, for police believe that the "throe Judges" are In reality one madman. Last week ton of tho bombs wera sent out and four persons were In jured when they exploded on being unwrapped. Today's bomb, which did not ex plode, was found In the mall of a cafe manager. It was wrapped like Its predeces sors In a catalog of the Saint Etlenne arms factory and was accompanied by a letter signed as usual, "Minos, Eague, and Rhadamante" The three Judges of the Greek hell. Baseball National League FIRST GAME: R. H. E. Boston 4 10 0 Pittsburgh 17 0 Batteries: Frank house and Spohr cr; Blrkofer, Hoyt and Grace. SECOND GAME: R. H. E. Boston - 8 11 1 Pittsburgh 7 17 1 Batteries: Barrett, Mangum ami Spoh rer; Swift, French, Chagnon and Pud den. R. H. E. Philadelphia 17 1 Cincinnati 4 7 0 Butteries: Holley and Todd; Freltaa and Lombard I, American I .eague Detroit 6 14 0 Washington 8 9 0 Batteries; Bridges, Hogsott. Rowe and Hayworth, Cochrane: Whltehlll, Anker, Corwder and Phillips. FIRST GAME: R. H. E. Chicago 3 9 3 Boston 6 10 I Batteries: Lyons and Madjeskt; H. Johnson and R. Ferrcll. SECOND GAME: R. H. B. Chicago - 4 11 0 Boston 17 0 Batteries: Wyatb and Shea; Rhodes, Welch and Hlnkle. FIRST GAME: R. 11. E. St. Louis 7 10 0 Philadelphia 5 12 0 Batteries: Newsome and Hemsloy; Mahaffey, Dietrich; Flouhr, Hadloy and Berry, Hayes. R. H. E. Cleveland . 0 14 2 New York 5 11 0 Batteries: Hudlln and Pytlak; Mac Fuydeu, Deshlng and Dickey. r