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La Grande la The Gateway to Wallows, The Switzerland of America ha OnJr Newspaper Printed la La Grand Otwerfmf Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 32 EASTERN ORBGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1934 MEMBER ASSOCIATED1 PRESS NUMBER 247 FEDERAL BLDG. & LOAN UNIT SOUGHT HERE Interested Citizens Form Preliminary Organiza tion to Gain Charter. Efforts for the establishment In Hi In city of a unit of the federal sav Ings and Usui association to make ImuiH on home property In and about Iji (i ramie were started kwt night t a meet lug of Interested citizens who formed tentative orguitlzuthm. Frank Wvlile was named temporary presi dent unU tieorge Cochran, secretary, of the group. t A subscription list of at least 30 subscribers with 2.500 paid in as shareholders will be sought to gain the representation required by the government for issuance of a charter. With charter issued the federal gov ernment matches the investment of the local shareholders with three dol lars for every one paid in here. The federal building and loan as sociation sought to toe formed here find of which, there are several units already formed and others being sought In various cities and districts throughout the country, are sponsor ed by the federal government. Ds poslts of public savings Invested in them are Insured, as in, the banks, up to 5,000 for each individual investor or depositor. Application, has already been made and charter received by a group of Pendleton citizens for a federal build ing and loan association in that dis trict. .In Baker, plans are under way, as now here, for the securing of a unit in that district. Under govern ment law, the activities of each unit are limited to an area of 50 miles radius. Yhe purpose of the .federal building and loan association is to accept savings and Investments of citizens. Insured by the government, to make loans upon home property within thosg districts where units are established. The unit sought to be established here has, In its preliminary wcrk of organization, accepted the name of the First Federal Savinga & Loan as sociation of La Grande. The form of procedure of operation is similar to the old mutual type of savings and loan associations with the added in surance by the government of de posits up to $5,000 and the further investment by the government in the association of $3 for every $1 of shares taken. GIRL RECOVERING FROM ACCIDENT Little Miss Lucille Chandler, four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Chandler, is recovering from severe bruises and a few minor cuts which she sustained when the door of the car in which she was riding with her father, flew open and the force of the wind threw the door, carrying the girl out of the car with it. Her father reports that he was driving at a fairly fast speed and only the good fortune of the little girl rolling saved her from more severe injury. She was brought to La Grande and it was found that with the ex ception of a gash on the top of her head and numerous bruises her in juries are not extensive. Mr. Chan dler was returning home from Medical Springs and the accident happened Saturday near Lone Tree Just outside the city limits. Local Librarians To Attend Walla Walla Convention The Misses Mabel E. Doty, Blanche Heretnger, Gertrude Wagoner and Ella Nlederer, the staff of the La Ornnde Public library will go to Walla Walla Thursday, to be present for the open ing day of the annual convention of the Pacific Northwest Library associa tion which holds In the Washington city on Thursday, Friday and Satur day. Several hundred members of the association, representing the lib raries of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana. Utah and British Columbia, are expected to be present. Miss Doty, local librarian appears on the program in the small library section Thursday afternoon, speaking on the subject "How To Keep The Book Collection Alive." At the Ore gon luncheon on Friday. Miss Doty will also be one of the speakers hav ing for her subject "The Present Fin ancial Support of the Libraries Throughout the State." While all the staff expect to be In Walla Walla tomorrow only Miss Doty plans to remain throughout the three days. Some of the group will stop off in Pendleton Saturday for a tea which is to be given at the Umatilla County library. Leonard Returned For Hearing Here On Theft Charge James Leonard was brought to La Grande last night from Idaho by J. A. Robertson, state police officer. He will go before court this afternoon, waive his grand jury hearing, and en ter a plea of guilty. Leonard was apprehended at Lewis ton last week on the charge of steal ing a saddle at the Starkey rodeo June 17. Extradition from Idaho was granted last Sunday by Governor C. Ro3s on request from Governor Julius L, Meier. Congress Over, Real Job Begins BEVERLY HILLS, Cat., June 26 Congressmen com ing dragging in H wy xrom wasmngton, LV'Ii sori 'em iooic u&s tney nan hitchhiked. Now their real work starts. That is try ing to get elected this fall. I teil you It's no easy life when you consider that bat tie to get back there.-. I Just dont know what they are going to promise the voteis this fall, This is a tough time to think up something new. About a man's only chance is Just to say, "Well, boys, I don't know what I will do, I just have to watt till I get there and see what Mr. Roosevelt wants. He knows more about it than me." Yours, 114. MrVfttttHt Svtt(iift. In. RAILROAD WAGES : TO BE INCREASED ON FIRST OF JULY WASHINGTON, June 27 m Rail road workers throughout the country will receive an increase in basic wages next Sunday when the agreement signed last April between the rail road managers and employes becomes effective. Two years ago railroad labor agreed to a ten per cent deduction from pay checks as a means of assisting the railroads over the depression. On July 1 6ne-fourth of the cut will be re stored and another fourth on Jan- (Cont.msed on Page TwoJ PECCRA IS NAMED STOCK DICTATOR WASHINGTON, June 27 UP) Presi dent Roosevelt received word today that Ferdinand Pecora, counsel for the senate banking committee, would servo for a year as chairman of the new securities and exchange com mission. While the president has Indicated he has not decided definitely on the membership of the commission, it Is now generally taken for granted that Pecora will get the chairmanship. James Mi Landis, a member of the federal trade commission, had been mentioned as the possible chairman. It was considered likely he would be a member of the new commission and become chairman later, George C. Mathews, another trade commissioner, has been talked of for a membership, Pecora, who as counsel for the sen ate committee played a big part in drafting the stock market legislation has been reluctant to accept a place on the commission created by that law, feeling he should return to pri vate practice. The White House was informed, however, that he had been persuaded to serve for a year as chairman if that post were tendered him. Local Chamber To Attend Meet On Old Oregon Trail A meeting for the purpose of or ganizing the Old Oregon Trail asso ciation which Is to be held Friday nft,n,n nt. 5 n'rlnek in Pendleton. will be attended by a good repre sentation from tne ia oranae cnum hn will narticioate in the organization. The purpose of this meeting Is to organize an asso ciation for the promotion of the Old Oregon trail irom tmurj w rw land, this body to conduct a definite program in the Interest of the high way through this section of Oregon. Chamber of commerce representa nve nnil cities and counties adja cent to the highway have all been invited to attend and participate in the meeting which is being sponsored by the Pendleton chamber. Repre sentatives of the Pendleton chamber of commerce were In La Grande yes terday In the interest of the meet ing and conferred with several mem bers of the good roads committee, and others. Members of the good roads commit tee of the local chamber are Charles H. Reynolds, chairman. A, J. Stange, B. C. Madlll. Fred E. Kiddle, and Clyde Zimmerman, most of whom are expected to attend the meeting. Others who will be present for this meeting and also remain over for the membership banquet of the Pendle ton chamber of commerce In the evening are J. H. McLaughlin, George Walker, W. C. Perkins, L. K. Kinzel and A. W. Nelson. La Grande National Guard Returns To Homes Wednesday ,r,.titf R lR6th infantry, the La Grande detachment of the National Guard returned this morning irom their two weeks encampment at Camp Clatsop. The train got into ia untnoe 7.15 a. m. All the local company arrived with the exception of Private Victor Bean who went on to Klamath Falls, and Corporal Walter Chadwlck, who stopped in Portland. pnunum i mi - PRESIDENT DISPOSES OF MANY BILLS OK's Several Score And Places Veto OnSl,. Of Last Congress, WASHINGTON, June 27 Clear ing up his desk preparatory to de parting Saturday for Hawaii, Presi dent Roosevelt today signed into law several score bills and then vetoed 31. Among others he signed a measure establishing a federal credit union system to make credit more available to people of small means. The major bills passed at the end of the sesion, Including one to estab lish pensions for railway workers, had not been signed. Most of the bills vetoed were private measures. Bills signed today Include; One im posing taxes upon fire arms and machine guns and restricting import ation and interstate transportation of these weapons and a bill amending the agricultural adjustment act with respect to the processing tax on hogs, Jute, cotton and burlap. The credit union bill authorizes establishment of co-operative credit unions under national charters to make small "character or secured loans to individuals. It Is aimed at usurious practices In the making of small personal loans. Funds for the credit unions will be raised through (Continued on Page Six) Annual Grange Picnic Will Be Sat. June 30 The annual Union County Grange picnic will be held at the Eastern Oregon experiment station next Sat urday, June 30, and plans are being made for a large attendance. All grange members are urged to be present and others who are Interested in agriculture will be welcome. Every one is expected to bring a basket lunch and make up their own group for the lunch. The coffee, cream and sugar for the meal will be furnished by Mr. and Mrs. D. 15. Richards of the station. Considerable time will be given in the forenoon to a tour of the station to Inspect the new grains and grasses that have been added to the experi mental plots of last year. The prin cipal speaker on. the afternoon pro; gram will be Rep. Walter Pierce who will talk on his year at Washington, D. C and the legislation that per tains to the farmer. H. G. Avery, county agent, will talk about weed control which is one of the important county projects this year. He will give pointers on the control or era dication of white top, Canadian thistle and morning glory and will talk on the effects of spraying, both on the plant and on the soil. Music will be furnished by the Union Wranglerettes. BREAKDOWN ENDS FLIGHT MBRIDIAN. Miss., June 37 WP) A broken cylinder last night ended the attempt of the Key brothers to set a new endurance flight record after they had spent 123 hours in the air. The Speakers' J3V CONGRESS ITS BECORP After German m ill - -MIL While a rvwue Klilp tai)d my at th left, the Untr Drwiien, rarrylfig iwirlv l.twu pleasure - IhmU titrman rrurtunthtK( 1h !nre Klumrt Ktowlv linking after tr7Ktti a nick new IhutRffcuml, Norway. Viur prisons Imt ilMir lives. This photo wm telegraphed from OsHt Mi iomloit atirt tlwn transmitted to New Yort by ('able. f Was The Gout That Laid Poor Adam In His Grave LONDON, June 27 WP) Adam and Eve had a lot of trouble over an apple, but evidence came forward today that It was gout that finally put the first man In his grave. This theory was advanced by an ancient manuscript put on display In London' historic College of Arms, The lowdown on Adam was offered In an ancient vellum predigree of a Saxon king who proudly traced his family tree back to Adam. He added lltuminatingly at the end that the ancestor of us all "dyed of gowte." The manuscript was illustrated by picturesque drawings of Adam and Eve an apple In their hands sur rounded by an assortment of animals. Tiie Bible says "and all the days that Adam Jived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died. (Genesis 6-5). STODDARDS OPEN ROOT BEER STAND Mr. and Mrs. Marion Stoddard have opened & sew A & it root beer stand on Hemlock between Adams and Jef ferson streets, where in addition to the drinks they will serve sandwiches 0nct tome-made plea, chbken sand wiches being their specialty. This is the only rootbeer aland In La Grande at the present time. Miss Barbara Etter, of Pilot Bock, Is re maining In La Grande and will be associated with Mr. and Mrs. Stod dard who announce as their slogan !et the Queen serve you." FISHWAYS MAY , . COST $1,000,000 PORTLAND, June 27 W) Original estimates of the cost of adequate fishways for the Bonneville dam were far short of what the Bonneville fish ways committee now finds to bo necessary. Apparently an expenditure of more than $1,000,000 will be required to afford suitable protection to the mig rant salmon and other fish inhabit ing the great stream. Platform for the Coming Campaign Liner Struck Rock Off SUCCESS-SHOULD BE I BY ABILITY IN Average Man Could And Should Live to Be 100 Years Old Says Speaker At Rotary Club Today. The really successful businessman is not the man who makes great amounts of money or achieves the greatest of distinction, said William Reese in a talk to members of the La Grande Rotary club this noon. "The truly successful man Is the one who pays most attention to how to live and lives at his best mentally, morally and physically," the speaker added. ("Success can be read In more ways than one," said the speaker, who is pastor of the new Christian church at Portland. ''Success is not always the massing of finances or perform ance of outstanding achievement. The man who dies at SS or 80 years is not Old Time Fiddlers ; Contest Attracts Several Entrants Vaveral contestar.ts have already entered the Old Time Fiddlers eon test to be conducted Wednesday night July 18. at Zuber hall. The contest is drawing entrants from ail parts of the country. Suitable prizes are to be awarded winners. The method of judging has not yet been definitely settled. Just prior to the Fiddlers contest there will be held an old time dance In the street on Adams between Depot and Elm, The candidates for queen of the Seml-Centensiftl celebration will be introduced nest Saturday night at the next of the queen dances at Zutoer hail. Their standings to date will also be announced at that time. The Friday morning parade com mittee also announces that the Union Pacific pensioners will not march in the parade but will be honor guests seated In the reviewing stand to be constructed on the sidewalk and lawn just In front of the post office. POUTlCAt-OPPOmEWTS Norway Coast . r ' MEASURED BUSINESS OF LIVING a success in true Interpretation of the word. He may niwe bees a suc cess Irt business but Bb a success lit tbs business of living, "Animals live tlm times as long m it takes them to reach maturity. An animal, given opportunity by man to live as it should, takes care of itself and lives-to Its full intended span of life. A man is said to reach his maturity at between 30 to 35 years of age. He would, and could reach span of life of JOG to 125 years, were he to give the same attention to his living as does tt animal. Yet the average mas Is passing on after little more than doubling" bis years to maturity. "There are seven Important prin ciples of good health and longevity. They are: breathing, slimlnatkro, drinking, sleeping, eating, exercise and clothing. We all do all of these things but it to the wy do them that counts for longer and better Hie, Do them all perfectly as nature V tCOnlinuea on Page Two) MORE CCC CAMPS . TO BE ADDED W OREGOfS QUOTA WASHINGTON, June Vt m Fifty thoiuand men will he added to the civilian conservation corps next month as port of the government's S2,oeo.KKi drought relief program. Recruiting will take pie In 32 states In tiie drought areas. President Roowveft IMS authorized ue of H2.5O0,90O (or Hie increase to the corps, Robert H. Feehner, director of em ergency conservation work, estimated today the amount would keep the i0,M new men In emp for three months. The states In which a total of 150 to 20 new camps will be established Include Arizona, California. Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, South Dakota, Txaa, UUth and Wyoming, Each of the nesf camps will have a Continued on Page Two) ART DIRECTORS IN SQUABBLE OVER PICTURE VENICE, June T m The portrait of Marlon Davies, American motion picture actress, must remain in the American section of the International art exhibition here, Count Volpt Dt Misurata, exposition pftden6 ruled His decision was communicated Im mediately to Mrs, Juliana Force, director of the Whitney Museum of few York, who had objected to the presence of the Dfivles portrait. Mrs. Force, now at ajsndan said tt had been hunt; without her authorization. and she threatened to remove other pictures If the portrait remained. Wheat Today floral w hnit in ay atowl at about RM4 cents. Jutland wheat, July "51, September lt4, and CHICAGO, June 27 m Dominated by persistent pressure of newly har vested receipt southwest the wheat mar feet late today fell materially be low yesterday's finish, but recovered just at the last. Contri bu ting to urn eat weak ness were Canadian reports of improved crop conditions. As much as 3 In ches of rain overnight were reported in parts of the Canadian prairie prov inces. Wheat closed nervous at the same as yesterday's finish to c higher, September iHJ a !4c, corn e advanced, oats & off e up. andi provisions showing declines uf 2 to 7c. JUST BEFORE PRESSTME iILMSEtt AID ARKSSTBD WIST STORM IV rCNDLETOtt . ISSASB WOMAN 8l lrlB m im, WilMSO LOSES MINXBAMM.IS, J lint. M- Pal HrUljr. former St, Paul korkall rlab IMUgmt ughe for sleeks o r. c;ur;es of talrtmriniE John IMillnjpnr, dnper and fugitive gunman, mm sur prtart Jn bed tottsj- ami attraMl by depnrtnwnt irf Justire stunts, MHQLeroN, June mm Pen d'.e'.vn scraped off coating of grbae !rcr. Tuesday's aewre r.d 2 r.d dust storm, s3d setued back :o nomii! rottttns today. Air traffte east ana west was resumed latr stertay after hartng been halted daring the ay by tack of WsHsttlty, PSSJBMtTOS, Junr VI m Birth E. Hall, 41, rwnmlltnl In IMS iu Uw Rwtem Orrgtm stale iHKftiM fr the insane hanged herself tmSay by a k( tied Uj the ban of her tH, Nile mm nmiHiMinl from Vmwnta. SPOKANE COUNTRY CHIB, Spo- fme, June 27 t1 Dr. O. F. Will- ll Portland, was all but eliminated from tne Pacific northwest amateur golf tournament mrrten he tailed Ken Storey, Spokane, by 10 ixrie at the halfway mark of their W-kole match today. The only other rurUaotler left In toe race, Don Mee, was play ing up to his usual steady ssd pulled up with a, four hole lead over Poiot Watson, Seattle, HARRIOT GIVEN' 9 YEAR SENTENCE NEW YOJIK. June 27 m Joseph W. Harrtaiaa, former pr&sideni of the ILarrSman National Bajik U Trust company was sentenced today to four and Giig half years In prison on. a conviction of causing fa tee entries In the books of the bank. - Fed -era! Judge John 0, Knox di rected Haniman be turned over "to the custody of the attar-nef gen eral of the United States far confine ment in the penitentiary for a period of f&ur and one-half years- on each count on which he statute convJc ted." , The court neglected to state that th wntnrM tw mneuTTPn: Ssist sxiil later that was wh&t be meant, nd he had that phrase Itusrted In the Hft-rimjin was convicted hy a fed-1 era! tourt jury last Tuesday on. slx tccn count of an indictment charg ing fa-lslJicatloa of the bank's records Continued on Pf Twoj BRITISH ASK FOR DEBT CONFERENCE LONDON, June 27 m A new British note was cabled to the British embtissay in Washington today la wbteft the British government ens-ph-aaized its desire to segoitete s per manent war debts settlement with th united States, Foreign office officials declined to reveal the exact nature of the note except to say "It is quite short." The British policy of the past In reference to the desire for a discus sion of a full settlement of the debt question was understood to have been restated as part of the eoin mtmlcaUan. Counterfeit Bills Being Circulated Through Northwest PORTLAND, June ST f,? A warn ing that some remmkMtf well ex ecuted counterfeits f 2D MJte are hiff circulated In this area mm Is sued Tuesday by federal authorities here. The counterfeits so far discovered by Portland banks were drawn on the 1 1 Hi Federal Reserve district and in the fcft front center will be found tbe fed era 1 reserve bank designation with Dallas, Tes in the tower part of the circle. Ail bear the serial let ters aEa and A Experts directed tbe manufacture of the counterfeit, federai investigators said. HITLER'S FALL SEEN BY GERMAN WRITER NEW YORK. June 2? The New York. Fast, in the last of a aeries of copyrighted articles by Johannes Steel, smys a reversal of Nssl policies must come if "Germany te not to drop into bottomless pit of social and economic chaos which would bring the gravest repercussions the whole woild ovr." "This reversal will come soon. Steel writes, "for Hitler te at the end off his tether and sidy co is fus ion previals among his aA&ociates. He is tetfe without any plan with which he Bright oppose the consistent drive of his opponents." Steel, in previous articles of the series, predicted that the Hitler regime moon will be succeeded by a military dictatorship. In today's article he says the new regime will HANNA HEADS NEW FEDERAL STRIKE BOARD San Francisco Clergyman Accepts Chairmamhip pf Arbitration Body ------ -. . . - i & FKAKCIWO, June T m Archj.Hp Edward J. Ha una triay accepted tht? eiairmanship of ni dent Koef-e veil 'a newly .ppiafetft ta bor bcwnJ in carry forward aegstta Bora for rttlln Che strik isf As rifle coav tengsttctFemeo. - N uraeroua instance o ?joJ-ence were r ported Jn various porta mm Sd vmrd F, iicCirady, assistant secrsi&ry of labor and members of th presi dent's labor tocerd, and O, A. Rgjn c4d of Seaitie, xt-glonai representa tive of ths government, conlsrred with a comjnltiee of 60V lepteseftttog the Tsrtsns swtt irae unions on stk out, O, K Gushing, San WtmmsXsm attorney is the third member c the new board. Expressing the belief th& atrife could be ss&tfed la 24 hours if employs and smployea trusts &ctx Giber. Andrew PuruaetH, pntsideHt ol the InternaUoti&l 8aan'i urUoa, if rlTKi be re io&z.y from WashlRgten, B, O. "The principal object to be reached, is ttoat the employers and erapioy-ea h&ve cooi 5 dence la ach other; Puru aetii declared, "Taero would fa no difficulty to &tUing the r!i in 24 hmi.? It each side civn be made to trust tJ other." McOrady declared the iUuatoci "loofeed very farorable," a.n4 said, would endeavor to get tbe ttriera & return to work pending settlma5 f dlffereac-e-8 over control of tfee losig shore men1 s employment ftgs scl&s. WASHINGTON, June 2? m&&A dent Boosevelt u&ed his new Labor disputes power far the first tlm-e to broach a setMeissBt todsy of the P-e cllc coest lonshorenien's atiite, Tt three -man board, wu named. S-ass night, in an executlre order deflrLing Its posrsm and duties, , to mite thca-oiigh investigation of the lotsj shoreme a ' strike and 1U CAUsea. In struct ions to h9 board were ftcaeptact In labor circiea mm & forec&rt of how the administration msy deai .witi. j other major dLsputes. . The boerd was uthoried to t&ks appropriate affirmative acticsn" cooipSalnta of discrimination sgdnat union employ S3, to act &s TOluntarf arbiter vi.tsqms. Jito eier clsa bJI tfcs powers" -conferred kq the tabor Atoputes act passed! Just fce fore congress adjourned. Removal 'of Job Office Discussed At Meet Tuesday A repre&eniatl-y group of cd-hisr-s from ths .wricus organizations oi ths city and county gathered at Ihs city hall last evenliui; to discuss the pro posed plan at discontinuing the fed eral re -employment office to ;Ls Grande, and thereby moving the fell ance of toe wori done by this office In the way of reports, etc to the Pendleton office. This wss a unseat ed by members of the county c-curt following a thorough Investig&ttcs at Continued on Page 8lx Baseball Cleveland Boa ton OS T t Batteries ; Pearson, Bean. Lee, and ityatt ; H Johasoa sod, B. Ferteh, R. "H. Chicago , IB 1 Near York 8 II 0 ill Innings) . Batteries : Osston, Heisg and Jeefci; Corner, Murphy and Di?:tey, Kat tonml League Boston lit 4 T CtscisnaM Batteries: Smith and Kosran: Kielra bans, Frcy, Stout and Lotntrdh R, H Z. PhSSadelphU ...... I t 9 Pit&surgft - 9 Batteries: C. DstIs, Johrisoii irid Wtlion; Franca and Padden, try to restore Germany's export trsde and to do this will enter Into "nego tiations with the Jews who alone a fa able to atop ths boycott, "Although no absolute and com plete reversal of the Nazi pchcies mm regards the Jews can be expected 1m. nwxi lately Biter the new region as sumes power." Steel writes, "It ts cer tain that the desperate plight of ths Jews in Germany will be alleviated by a liberal interpretation of the so called 'Aryan ragraph, FtnallT, their righto us citizens wlli be re stored' The artteie concludes: -As for Hitler himself? ; "He mil o out of power, Just Hk he got into power " "Hi rough the back door," ' I
