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VOLUME 32
EASTERN OKEGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1934
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NUMBER 248
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STEEL STRIKE
SETTLEMENT
IS ASSURED
Both Sides Submit Case
To Federal Arbi
tration Board.
WASHINGTON, June. 28 iff) Set
tlement of the threatened steel strike
was announced today at the White
House.
The agreement entered Into with
the government by representatives of
the employers and the employes pro
vides for appointment of a board of
three to arbitrate differences.
Each side has agreed to accept
jurisdiction of the board.
President Roosevelt named the fol
lowing board: Judge Walter Stacey,
of North Carolina; Rear Admiral
Henry E. Wiley, retired, of New York;
and James Mullenbach, of Chicago.
The agreement was negotiated by
Miss Frances Perkins, secretary of
labor, who received approval of her
plnn today by the president.
PORTLAND, Ore., June 28 iff) Ex
tension. Into the state of Washington
1 of the organization of a group of
longshoremen who are willing to re
turn to work under proper police pro
tection was announced here today by
the polumbla River Longshoremen's
association.
This group, numbering, its sponsors
say, as many as 350 active longshore
men, was receltny incorporated -In
Oregon. The Washington unit, to be
recognized as the "Washington Long
shoremen's Protective Association,"
already is organized in five Washing
ton ports, the Portland leaders said,
and a charter is to be applied for at
once In Olympla.
A statement. by Edward J. Eliasen.
secretary of the, Columbia River
Longshoremen's association said the
Washington group, like the local
unit, "will work for a quick and
honorable settlement of the disastrous
waterfront strike (on the Pacific
coast."
SAN FRANCISCO, June 28 (ff) A
longshoremens committee of ten to
day gave ground, on thQ hotly eon
tested question of control of hiring
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Rules for Friday
Morning Parade
Are Announced
Rules ana Judging standards lor
floats in the Friday morning parade
ol the Semi-centennial cclobration,
to be held July 20 were announced
today by the parade committee.
Floats must toe a decorated float or
car. No cars with only signs on them
will be permitted.
Judging is to be made on the basis
ol lOOpoints, distributed as follows:
Uniqueness of Idea. 50 points; har
mony of color and balance, 25 points;
perfection of detail, 10 points; and
elaborateness, 15 points.
All floats must be registered at the
chamber of commerce not later than
Tuesday, July 17. No one will be ad
mitted to the parade unless register
ed. Positions will be Resigned to all
those registering.
LOCAL WATER
SUPPLY AMPLE
FOR 3 MONTHS
The water problem so far as it af
ifects La Grande is apparently solved
at least for the next two or three
months. City Manager Angus McAllis
ter and Water Superintendent Horace
Knapp returned early Wednesday
from a nine-day trip to Beaver creek.
where they made minor repairs to
the city system and also tnorougniy
investigated the situation at the
waterehed.
McAllister reports the reservoir full
to the brim and much more water
flowing in Beaver creek than six
weeks ago. Due to the heavy rains
the last few days there Is no danger
or a water shortage this summer, he
said.
Local Men Learn
Of Brother's Death
William Condlt. and Lyle Condit,
received a message today advising
them of the death of their younger
brother. Ralph Condlt, whose home
was In Chicago. Mr. Condit was ill
over a long period of time, conse
quently the news of his passing was
not altogether unexpected. The fun
eral service is being held this after
noon In the Eastern city. Besides
th? two brothers here. Mr. Condit
Is survived by a widow and three
children.
Peare Is Re-Elected
To Secretary Post
Dr. William Peare. who has served
s secretary of the Oregon state op
tometry board for several years, wa
re-elected to this office at a board
meeting held in Portland Tuesday.
Dr. Peare returned Wednesday from
a three-day trip to Western Oregon.
Rogers Likes
Roosevelt's Talks
BEVERLY HILLS,
Cal., June 27
Well, tomorrow
night (or, I mean
tonight, as you
read this) ' Mr.
country. I doubt If
ever In the history
of any country, at
any time, was the
talks of one man
so earnestly list
ened to. The best
example we have that he actually
feels that we are headed out of the
brush Is that ho Is going on this trip
to Honolulu. Firemen don't stop for
a nap In the middle of a fire. If he
feels like it's coming out all right,
why the rest ought not to worry, for
he has more invested In It than any
man in It. Yours,
1.34. McN.ujM SvndleaU, (no.
JUNE RAINS CUT
DOWNONCHERRY
CROP IN COUNTY
Unusually heavy June rains are
cutting down on the Union county
cherry crop quite heavily, according
to check-up made today. Rainfall
during the first ten days of June
Is reported to result in damage rang
ing from 25 to 30 per cent, but the
2.46 inches of rain the last three days
has brought the total loss possibly 50
per cent.
The last rain caused water to seep
into the nearly ripened fruit as the
stem, then causing cracking. Although
the cherries thus affected are not
marketable, several men have been
peddling the fruit from door to door
with many housewives buying either
to can or for other purposes. This,
however, does not compensate loss to
the big cherry grower who Is unable
to resort to Buch means to get rid
of damaged fruit.
COVE HELLS CHERRIES
COVE (Special At a meeting
held this morning the Co-operative
Fruit Growers sold their crop of
cherries to a Salem cannery for b
cents, f.o.b. Cove. This Is a lower
price than the growers had hoped to
receive for their crop before the rains
of Monday and Tuesday. The great
loss sustained at that time, however,
made shipping of the major part of
the crop Impossible and the offer of
the Sal am concern was accepted.
The deal was made only with the
co-operative and it is not know yet,
locally, what Karl Stackland plans
to do.
Hudspeth Heads
Restaurant Men
Of Union County
Union county restaurant men and
women have organized to administer
the state marketing agreement for
all places serving food stuffs, it was
announced today.' Organization was
perfected at a meeting here with
Grovcr Rebenttsh.
A county board was elected with
Dal Hudspeth, of the Green Parrot
and Stein Club, as chairman, and
other members are Oscar Ayres, Her
manns Lunch: Marcus Roesch, Saca
jawea Inn; Jud Smith. The Nook, and
Mrs. Rosewall, of Union, the Union
hotel.
The marketing agreement was ap
proved by Man Gehlhar director of
agriculture In Oregon, at the request
of restaurants of the state. Its pur
pose Is to eliminate unfair and
chiseling practices to the end that
restaurants may be able to have suf
ficient gross receipts with which to
pay a fair price to employes, tor ag
ricultural products, etc., and still op
erate efficiently with a profit.
Mars Celebrates
50th Anniversary
Of Residence II ere
John Mars, local contractor, today
celebrates the 50th anniversary of his
coming to La Grande.
Mr. Mars came here from Portland
June 28. 1884. At the tlmc he was a
carpenter, and was employed here by
Mr. Ramsey during the rest of 1884
In August of that year he bought lot
3, block 107. and the following spring,
in 1885, built an eight room apart
ment house. Since that time he has
been more or less In the renting
business continuously. He was born In
Bavaria. Germany, In 1854.
WOMAN FACES
CHAIR TODAY
OSSININO. N. T June 28 This
Is Anna Antonio's day to die for the
slaying of her husband.
Only the governor can stay her ex
ecution, and there was no sign that
he Intended to Intervene.
Pleaders for the life of the 28-year-old
woman recognized that there were
circumstances which made guberna
torial action unlikely, despite the
woman's plea that her husband had
beaten her beyond endurance.
BUILDING COST
IS REDUCED AS
RECOVERY AID
President Signs Housing
Bill And Retailers
Cut Lumjier Pi'ice
WASHINGTON, June 28 W) A
federal program for accelerating home
construction and repair was Insti
tuted today to the accompaniment
of a teu per cent cut In the price of
building materials. President Roose
velt today signed Into law the hous
ing bill intended to aid In reviving
industry by Increasing, the building
of new homes and the modernization
of old ones.
Simultaneously, the slash in cost
of lumber and housing materials was
announced by the National Retail
Lumber Dealers association as an aid
to the administration's housing pro
gram. It was estimated the reduc
tion will mean a saving of at least
$60,000,000 to home owners who re
pair and build new homes In the
next 12 months.
Spencer D. Baldwin, president of
the Retail Lumber association, said
he expected a "revival of business by
fall. The executives of the National
Retail Lumber Dealers association,"
he said, "expect an immediate and
sensational surge of building as soon
as the machinery of administering
the housing act gets In operation.
They are already marshalling their
field forces to take advantage of the
revival without a day's delay."
Dodge reports have repeatedly de
clared that there are a million and
a half of potential builders of homes
ranging from $3,000 to 7,000 each.
Estimates of the labor bureau have
the number at close to 2,000,000.
When everything is ready, the plan
will work about like this:
A man has a $10,000 home. He Is
good credit, and a bank holds an
$8,000 mortgage against that home.
Because of uncertain conditions, how-
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DILLINGER DEAD,
SAYS HENCHMAN
ST. PAUL, June 28 m John Dil
llnger, long hunted outlaw, Is dead,
Albert "Pat" Rellly, held on charges
of harboring the fugitive here this
spring, told federal investigators to
day. Rellly told questioners that Tommy
Carroll, during- a conversation In
Minneapolis with the former baseball
club mascot before Carroll was slain
at Waterloo, Iowa, June 7, had con
fided to him the desperado was dead.
The statement regarding Dllllnger's
death came during the questioning of
Rellly which began immediately after
his capture in a Minneapolis apart
ment and continued unabated today.
While Rellly was making this dis
closure Chicago authorities heard Dti
llnger attended a ball game between
the Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Dod
gers lu the Illinois city two days ago.
6 "
Strikers Clash
There were a few sore heads In the rnnks of Seattle, Wash., dock strikers after an unsuccessful attempt to
blockade a ship terminal switch traeli. used In moving cargo. Mounted police swung clubs to disperse the
pickets, who had gathered the'nlles of Junk In the foreground for use in blocking the tracks.
GOVT. TAKES
REGULATION
OF GRAZING
"Great Forward Step"
Says Roosevelt Jn
Signing Bill.
WASHINGTON, June 28 (PI Presi
dent Koosevelt today signed the
Taylor bill to give the secretary of
Interior control over the public do
main In nn effort to conserve grazing:
Inn 0s. The meiwtire, which creates
grozliiff, UUtriefs within an aggregate
nrra u mV.O(MM)l0QjuSGH .VW unproved
by the president after a careful study
of Its constitutionality. ,
In signing the bill, Mr. Roosevelt
Issued the following statement:
"The pas&tge of this act marks the
culmination of yeara of efforts to ob
tain from congress express authority
for federal regulation of grazing on
the public domain In the Interest of
national conservation and of the live
stock industry. It authorizes the sec
retary of the interior to provide for
the protection, orderly use and regu
lations of the public ranges, and to
create grazing districts with an aggre
gate area of not more than 80,000,000
acres ....
"The federal government, by enact
ing this law, has taken a . great , for
ward ' step in the Interest of conser
vation: which will .prove of benefit
not only to those engaged in the
livestock industry but alBo to the
nation as a whole."
JUST A LITTLE HOUSE UPON
'mm
With Law in
i
1 :
Chief of Police
Finds Mysterious
Bike on Lawn
Usually the policeman's main trou
ble te to flricT who stole, something.
Once In a while, however, comes the
exception that proves -the rule,
Tuesday" Police Chief ; Jim Steffen
found a boy's bicycle parked on his
lawn. A day passed and. no owner
arrived to claim the bike, and no re
port came to the police station of
anyone losing a bike.' So this morn
ing Jim is asking that all bicycle
owners check over their property and
see if any of the two-wheeled vehicles
fail to answer the roll call. ,
VIOLENCE USED IN
TRACTION STRIKE
MILWAUKEE, June 28 m Street
fighting, the first Instance of major
disorder during the daylight, broke
out today at the Oakland avenue
barns of the Milwaukee Electric Rail
way and Light company as strike
pickets pulled Motorman JrAut Nixon
from his car and beat him aid his
guard, John Zak,
.It was the first serious daylight as
sault, Btrlke sympathizers hitherto
having waited for the. cover of dark-
nera to hide partially their oaaaulU
on cars and employes of the utility.
A survey this morning revealed
trolley service badly crippled and sev
era! bus lines virtually at a stand
still. Only 220 of the normal com
plement of 38? cars were operating.
Motormen, intimidated by the riots
of the last two nights, hesitate to
take the cars out, a company official
said.
A HILL
3
Seattle Strike
71
LOCAL MAN IN
CLOSE ESCAPE
FROM BLAST
Audmef Playle Was At
Scene of Olympia Disas
ter Few Moments Before
Charles Playle received word
this morning from his son, Aud
mer, that he left the Denn Pow
der company, eight miles north
east of Oiympia, Wash., Just 15
minutes before the tragic- explo-
slon yesterday that killed 10 und
injured several. Playle had bee
to the powder company on a- busi
ness visit, and had. he tarried a
little longer, might havo been
killed or injured.
Playle made his home hero until
a few years ago and was associated
with his father as Texas Co. dis
tributors: here He then, trans
ferret! to Chehalls, Wash., and Is
now affiliated with the Texas Co.
in Tacoma, Wash, Playle, well
known throughout this district,
was at tho scene of the disaster
on business dealings for his com
pany and was talking with persons
killed, according to reports re
ceived here.
SIXTEEN DEAD IN
THREE SCATTERED
BLAST TRAGEDIES
OLYMPIA, Wash., June 23 WP)
Literally hurled to the sky in the ex
plosion of a powder plant which, left
a scene of warlike devastation and
rocked and resounded over the conn-
tryslde for miles, 10 persona were
dead today, victims of a ghastly dis
aster. One of them was a woman.
An Investigation of the causes of
the fire arid Wants will be under
taken Immediately , Smith Troy, dep
uty Thurston count y prosccuUrr aald
today.
"It wlH be difficult to determine
the causes," Troy said. "No story can
be told out of the scene of the dis
aster. It whs nil obliterated. About
all we can do is to question the sur
vtvord." The perils of a fire following the
terrific blawt, which occurred late
. (Continued on Pag Blxfc
Wheat Today
The prim of loml easU wheat
Mood ut ahmit r'i cenH hulk to
day, atrtlttR to live Piimeer
Flouring Mills. Portland cjiMl TA
oettt-. N export bid. .
CHICAGO, June 28 tff) Rapid
climbing took the corn market up
ward more than 3 cents a bushel to
day and wheat and oats up more
than 3 cents.
rntense heat and urgent need of
rain went hand in hand with notable
Increase of buying, especially in the
corn market. Corn values reached
the highest level since June 1.
Corn closed strong at the day's top,
a maximum net gain of 4c In some
coses. The market as a whole fin
ished 34 w 4c higher than 24 hour?
previous, September 63t63c, wheat
showing a Iw2',4c gain, September
B2Hwc; onts 3Hff2 advanced,
and provisions varying from 10c off
to 10c up.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
P. W. A. WO UK AIXOTKl)
HUSPBTT FOI L PLAY
"SCOTTKBOKO BOW TO BIB
BON MOB I.FAB.S ' "
WASHINGTON; June 2 m The
pull ho works ailminlstrutlon tmlu.v
Bltotm 33,3t3,GKS fw cwiwtriwtlua
of 22K project in 2 cities, lUiwuil
and Alaska. Officials esthnateid the
projects, would provide the equival
ent of a month's work for I!l7,(i81
inert n construct Ion sites and: twice
that amount of employment Indi
rectly in industries: producing autl
transporting materials.
HAN FORD, CoU June 28 Five
persons were burned to death when
flames destroyed A. Kolff's ranch
house on the edge of Hanford early
this morning. Firemen, attempting
to retrieve the bodies from the burn
ing embers, said there was possibly
a sixth victim. The pcultlon of the
bodies led Coroner O. D. Strong and
Fire Chief W. D. Cackler to suggest
tnero may havo been foul play.
MONTaoMRKY, Ala., Jun
The supreme court today upheld:
tho death sentences of Clarence Nor
rift ami lleyward Patterson, negro de
fendants in the KeuUsuara ous and
sot their date of execution: for t'rt
dayr August 31'
SPOKANE COUNTRY CLUB, Spo
kane. Wash., Juno 28 W Spokane
had all but clinched on semi -fin a!
match while Don Moc, Portland, and
Bud: Ward, Olympia. were out in
front for the places In the other bat
tle tomorrow as the eight competi
tors In tho Pacific northwest amateur
golf tournament reached the baifway
point in their 30-hole contest today.
BRITISH TROOPS.
JAPANESE CLASH
' SHANGHAI, June 28 m - Street
rioting In which Japanese attacked
British . troops threatened another
ugly International Incident today on
a far eastern scene. ,
Shanghai's 'international settle
ment, vlrtuafiy a -war ssone, was a
center of the controversy.
Japanese objected angrily when
British troops attempted to arrest
two Japanese sailors In the territory.
Missiles bricks, bottles and clubs
began to fly.
Only after several hours were Brit
ish: and Japanese forces able to pre
vent what threatened to become an
armed clash.
Unusual vigilance was exerclocd in
the settlement, with further, out
breaks feared.
Traffic, Parking
Problems Laid At
Meet Wednesday
TorvtAttws plana for handling all
traffic and parking during the oeml
centennial Union Pacific celebration
hcra on July lftt 20 and 21. were
modo at a mooting of celebration
chairmen, and city, county and state
officers last night. Later on more
detailed announcements will be made
as final plans aro made.
Parts of Adams avenue wiii be
cleared and roped off for tho pioneer
parade, and on live second day of the
celebration all of Adam avenue in
the business section will bo cleared
off and closed to motor vehicles for
tho parade that day.
Every La Grande driver is to be
asked specifically to not park nearer
than two blocks to the High school
athletlo field for the pageant, or aay
other event at tho field during tho
celebration-. The blocks adjacent to
the field will bo used to handle traf
fic. Cars with passes wilt go up
Fourth street and turn west on M
avenue to unload their passengers at
the field and then park at designat
ed places. Cars without peases will
unload on Foucth street in front of
the L. H, S. building, and then be
parked to. designated places to the
loft of Fourth street. Officers and
parkera will bo irx charge constantly
to provide orderly parking and it will
bo possible for anyone to move out
or in at anytime during whatever
event fc in progress.
Lieutenant Ynncy, of the state po
lice, promised the celebration com
mittee all the policing power neces
sary to satisfactorily handle the traf
fic problem during the Jubilee.
LOSTINE BOY HURT
IN QUEER ACCIDENT
LOSTINE f Special) Monday when
the Baze family, of Sunuyaldc Wash.
was enroute to Enterprise preparing
to take part in the Fourth of July
celebration races, one of the boys on
their truck received very serious in
juries. Several boys were riding In
the rear of the truck and one of
them standing near tho side-railing.
When the truck was passing the Floyd
Hammack farm, a telephone wire
caught the boy under the chin, tossed
htm in the air aud In the fail suf
fered a broken leg. Men in the near
by fields witnessed the accident . The
buy was taken to the hospital for
treat ment.
SUDDEN RAIDS
PUT QUINTET
BEHIND BARS
Case Turned Over to
United States Depart- ;
ment of Justice. ;
AH ARRAIGNED
BEFORE DENHAM
Stanley Nelson, Stanley,,
Stiles, Gilbert Mason.
And Mr. and Mrs, Jack ;
Marvin Accused. . ;
What officers: declare to be & Welti -organized
box ear robbery ring was -broke
a up here tate Wednesday whet '
they arrestea four men and one wo
man and t uraed the cases over to the ;
federal government for prosecution.
Arraignment of all' five was held be
fore U. s. Commissioner L. Denham
and today a United Htatos marshal ,1s
to arrive here from Portland to take '
four! or the five Into custody.
The five arraigned and the charges ;
against them follow: ;
Stanley Nelson, 34, who served 31
months of a tea-year sentence In the
state penitentiary and then was par-
oied on a charge boidiny up Cy '
Williams of Ranio Flat about three -years
ago, is charged with breaking
a seal, entering, stealing, concealing :
.and possessing goods from & box cat
in interstate transportation. His cash, '
bond was placed at S,00O which he -was
unable to miss, V 1
Gilbert Mason, 25, is charged with,
concealing and: possessing: goods front'
a box car in interstate transportation. .
Bond $2,500, which: be was unable to
raise,
John Monroe Marvin, 43, known sa-:-"Jaek"
Marvin, charged with cox- .:
coaling and possessing goods from a -box
car in interstate tronaportattan,
Bond 2,S00, which he was unable to -
(Continued on Page Six)
Commission Does !;
Not Plan Donation
For Office Upkeep
The city commission's attitude on; f
the quostlon of contributing to the
cost of keeping the federal re-employ- .
merit office in La Grande was clarl-
fled in informal discussion with
County Judge U. O, Couch and: C. J ;
Shorb following last night's commls- .
sion meeting. . .
In brief, the city dads do not pro- ,
poeo to donate any actual "money to':
the monthly cost, but they are agree- .
ablo to providing office space it pos- (
Bible During the next few days they r
plan to determine whether there wiii"
be spare office space in the city .
building for this agenoy. .
As to the proposed contribution in '
cash, President Victor Melville helcL,
that such a payment would be double,
taxation to taxpayers In the city.,
since they also would be required to
help pay for whatever contribution
th0 county might make. "There is no.
reason why the city should contribute,
cash." Melville said. "This appears to
me to be a county set-up entirely,,
since It is for the benefit of tho en
tire county
Tho county has beon paying $80,
Waiiowa county $t5t Umatilla, county.
MOO, and Grant and Baker counties
also have contributed, the money go
trig to the centra office at Pendle
ton where distribution has been
made. At last night's informal meet
ing a suggestion was made that the
county should ask Pendleton for an.
Itemized accounting, since some of
those present held the opinion that
Uulou county actuary was paying a
larger sum than was necessary to coa
thtue the office here, which, serves
both Union and Waiiowa counties. -
Final action on what the county
will or will not do toward keeping up
the offlee Is expected to bo taken at
the July term of county court.
GOLD RUSH AT
BEND IS FIASCO
BKND, Ore., June 25 fF - TTjera
was an exodus today from, the Hamp
ton hills of Crook county where last
week the cry of "gold I" wont up.
Those returning from the hot, dry
country, said the "nih,v was ""just ft
flop." Several hundred persons are
believed to have Btoked out claims in
tho area alter unconfirmed reporta
had been heard that rich; strikes had
been made in the region of the fam
ous "lost river.1
Baseball
AiViJvRiCAM UtAUUH
PHILADELPHIA, June 28 (A) The
Philadelphia Athletics aided: by Bob
Johnson's 23rd home run of the sea-'
son and Jimmie Foxx's 2lst today
defeated tho Boston Red Sox, 7 to U
behind the five-hit pitching of Bill
Dietrich, The secret . Et. H. S.
Boston - I 3
Philadelphia . 7 11 1
Welsh, Pen nock, Mulligan and H,
Ft'm'il; Dietrich fttid Berry