La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 10, 1934, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEngineer Caps To Be Worn To Advertise Jubilee La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, 'The Switzerland of America Only NewspaKsr Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties i mmmmmmmmm VOLUME 32 EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1934 MEMUEB ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 257 BRITISH AMD FRENCH SIGN MAT1 femur vmxtm R.R. HEADGEAR ORDERED FOR LOCAL SALE Method Held More Typi cal of Celebration Than Growing Whiskers. 1000 CAPS TO BE SOLD THIS WEEK Distinctive Head Dress Recommended By Semi centennial Commi ttee V UI J-icl vjicume rrcui. Some rltlc when they stage old thne celebrations wear whiskers to advertise the event. Some adopt aner similar iiluns. lint 111 Iji Orande, engineer caps "III be'wurn (luring the week before the oeniug or the Semi centennial li. P. celebration, which 1 to begin next Thursday, July 111. Of course, 'they also will be worn luring the celebration, If the wearers desire. The caps have been selected by the general committee as being much more typical ol the celebration here than growing whiskers, etc., and 1, 000 of the caps "nave been ordered and are expected hero immediately, and will be offered for sale at 26 rontK ench. The celebration souvenir button Is supposed to be worn on the capB, and those who have no oui tona may obtain these for 20 cents also. Tho caps will be cool, not unsight ly, black In color and with a green visor, - The committee ' galn- today em phasized that no charge w'11 08 made tor attendance at either the corona tion ceremony at the stadium Thurs day night, July 19, or for the pageant at the 3tadlum Saturday afternoon, July 21. Many of the eventa will re quire admission fees, but these two are open to all free of cost. The La Grande band rehearsed Its entire pageant repertoire last night, consisting of some 10 or 12 numbers. The organization handled the selec tions In excellent fashion. tiia hooo that Postmaster General Parley may visit La Orande the last day of the celebration was held forth today by a committee who interview ed Rep. Charles H. Martin yesterday on his way from La uranae to -cu-dleton. The congressman promised to extend every effort vo have Mr. (Continued on Page Four) National Guard Will Have Part In Celebration Company E, 186th Infantry, the La Grande unit of the national guard will make two appearances during the Seml-Centennlal U. P. celebration here next week. The comDanv will lead the parade on Friday morning, and will furnish an escort for the colors, and on oai urday it will take part In the page ant at the La Grande stadium, which is free to the public. nnnt Walter A. Bean reported to day that tne first regular drill of the new fiscal year was held at the arm ory last night, with 60 members of the company in attendance. NANCY YOUNG IS IMPROVING Miss Nancy Young, who has been confined to her home at 906 D ave nue following a stroke of paralysis which she suffered two weeks ago, Is reported to be slightly Improved. RIVER IS GOOD BANK FOR OLD-TIME TOKEN A 12',-cent token good In trade at the La Orando Commer cial club's cigar store bark In 1!M5 or earlier, came to light In this city yesterday, after 29 or 30 yearn, or repowe In the Grande It mule river. While piny hi g In front of SupU Herbert Evans home yesterday morning, where a new cement Mdewalk Is being 'built, Flovd Klngsley, son of Lester Klngsley, of the Interior Grocery Co.. round the "coin. On one side npenred the words "La Grande Commercial Club" and on the re New Surprises ! Come From Europe SANTA MONICA. Cal., July 9 Every day we gt new a u r p r i sea from Europe. Sun day. some fellow from Germany n a med Hess, who said he was speaking for Hitler, told France there wasn't any use of them fight ing and that they up. It all sounded would like to make so friendly that you started peeping under the bottom to see what was hid. Mr. Roosevelt visited our Virgin 13- landti. He seems to have got away pretty good. Two or threes years ago I flew Into those Islands Just a couple of weeks after Mr. Hoover had been there and those virgins were sure sore, but Mr. Roosevelt promised 'em a uisimery. xours, INSTITUTE AT LAKE BEGINS Epworth Leaguers of East Oregon and West Idaho To Hold Session. Final arrangement for the open- Inir of the Wallowa Luke Enworth .ramie hLslltuU are belli made Mils week, and the session wll begin on July 10 and continue through July 22. Hev. V. H. Hertzog, or La uriinde; lu lMin ir the Institute.' All Epworth Leagues In the west ern district. Idaho conference, are eligible to send delegates; and this Htut.rK"t. inniurict everything irom Boise to La Grande, and the Wal Iowa county territory, others connected with the admin lstratlon Include Mrs. Edgar A. Pol- ( Continued on Page Two; PIONEER PICNIC JULY 19 WILL BE BIGGEST IN YEARS According to President Ed Reynolds. th annual meetine- of the pioneers of Union county, Thursday July 19, arranged by the Sons and Daughters association promises to have unusual Interest this year and lte proponents are expecting a crowa iwo or wucc times the usual size on hand for the nrromm Rnmp nf the features arc planned especially in connection with the opening day of the groat rauroaa liihllnn nt.hPra follOW HneS Which the pioneers have been familiar with for years. (Continued on Pace Plv" RAMPTON GIVEN CORVALUS POST H. H. Hampton, assistant county agent here for several months, will leave here Wednesday for Corvallls. where he is to be agent In the divis ion of forage crops and diseases of the bureau of plant industry, with headquarters there. This Is a co operative Job oth Oregon State col lege and the federal government be ing concerned end is regarded as a (Continued on Peee Slrl verse slde"'OiWMl For 12'-4 Cent." Inquiry t of lay revealed that these trade coins were not Is sued after1 lf)0.". About that time the commercial wlub operated a cigar store in the Eagles hall, which served as a social center for the nieii folk or the town. The coin. In spite of Its 30 year sojourn lit the river, was in good condition. 'Probably It had been dropped or lot in the river some three decodes ago, and washed down until It sank Into the gravel at the river bed, where It remained until brought up by contractors of ' today. Trades Her Fan For a Bubble Fame's just a buL'uio, as Sally Rand proves bere, Sally, bnck at the Chicago World's B'air, has tossed away her tans and now there's nothing between ber and ber gaping audience but this six-foot balloon. 6 PERSONS HURT IN CAR ACCIDENT NEAR HOT LAKE Six persons were injured, but none dangerously, in an automobile acci dent that occurred on the Old Ore gon Trail highway seven miles east of La Orande about 9 o'clock the night of July 8, according to a report filed late yesterday. Cars driven by Mis. S. J. Anson, 63, of La Grande, and Miss Nadle Strayer of Baker, collided. In the report here Mrs. Anson said her car was hit from the rear. Mrs. Anson and S. A. Conrad, 61, of Echo, suffered neck and back in juries; Mrs. Mary Allen and Vernon Allen were less seriously injured, and (Continued On Page Pour) REPLA OPENSEASON ON ELK SET F0RN0V.5-11 State Game Commission Accepts - Suggestion Made By U. S. Forest Service. . Despite the bitterness that a row out of hist full's open elk season In' Kastern Oregon ami particularly In I'nluii county, unother open elk sea son will be held here this full, It was learned today. Some months ago' it was Interpret ed locally Irom a court decision that an open elk season could not be call ed this year without special leglsla tlve authority, but. along comes Uncle Sam with the apparent authority. Elk will be legal game in Oregon again this fall, the stat game com mission ruled yesterday in Portland upon the recommendation of the United States forest service. ,Portiona of five counties will be thrown open to hunters for a period of seven days from Novernber 6 to 11. both dates Inclusive. Bag limit was .set at one bull elk, having two or moTe points on either antler. This marked .the first official move In Oregon ' of the forest oervloe in game management under the depart ment of agriculture regulation that (Continued on Paw Two) 800 Game Birds Placed in Union, La Grande Pens Eluht hundred Chinese pheasants; ahc')' -eight weeks ald werebrought to Union county today by M. u. iflcn wood, of Portland, from the state game farm at Pendleton. Lockwood Is in charge of allotting the birds to the' various counties. Pivo hundred of the birds were placed in the holding pens In La Orande, and three hundred In the pens at Union. The birds at Union, and most of the cocks here will be liberated over the valley after the fall open season, and the hens here will bo fed through the winter in the holding pens and released next spring. In connection with the attempts to keep the county well stocked with pheasants, sportsmen today were urg ing motorists to be careful on the highways about running birds down. It is estimated that 5 or more birds, most of them hens, have been killed by cars this spring and summer. VACATION POST CARDS ON GUARD IN SAN FRANCISCO On the roof or IMcr 40, at Snn Francisco, California national guardfl iiieii opened this observation M;t, commanding the south Hide or -1 the tunbartiidero In the maritime strike situation. MATMEN, BOXERS M MIXED CARD HERE ON JULY 21 combination wrestling-boxing card to be staged here during the Seml-Centennlal U. P. celebration was completely lined up today, and com- mltteo members said It unquestion ably would be tho biggest attraction of Its kind over staged here for tho money. Bulldog Jackson will meet Kunkel in ono of the double main events, and two more famous grapplers will tangle In thc other main event Robin Reed and Mcaulre. uotn matches will go best two out of thros fails, with a time limit of two hours. Two six-round boxing bouts will precede the wrestling matches, with Harry Eagles, of Pendleton to meet Oerold Butcher, of La Orande, in one. and Wlnnlo Mires, of Union, to fight Ralph Depcw, of Pendleton, In (CVintlnnea on Page. Four) STRIVING FOR ARMISTICE IN DOCK STRIKE Last-Minute - Efforts Made in Hopes of Avert ing General Walkout. KAN FRANCISCO, 'July 10 UP) lilevciitli-liiiui' efforts U bring ubiiut an armistice In the crucial water front strike and to forestall a general witlkout. of more Hum IIKMHI0 union men In rortltmd, Oakland and Hail Francisco were made on sevcruJ rruuta today. The principal move was going on behind the scenes at the hearing launched by the federal government's labor disputes boord, which expected Information late today from shipown er that would have on Important bearing on tho much sought truce. Details were withheld. In Washington Secretary of Labor Porklns expressed tho belief the strike could be settled If the grievances of the nine unions which walked out partly In sympathy with tho striking longshoremen could be submitted to arbitration. Pending the anxlou-jly awaited re port from the Bhlp -owners the labor (Continued on Page Rlx KITE CONTEST TO BE ON WEDNESDAY The postponed klt0 contest sched uled for several different occasions, and then postponed because of lack of wind sufficient to fly the kites, is being definitely planned for Wednes day afternoon at 2:30 at the La Grande stadium. All youngsters who have brought kites on previous occa olons and have taken them home, are urgently requested to bring them and enter this contest, according to Miss Margerle Horton who Is In charge of playground activities. Thursday night at 7 o'clock thc nature study hlko will bo featured, and adults are cordially Invited to go on this hike as well as children, as It will be of Interest to all. Wheat Today TIip price of Im-iil rain It when ntoofl ut uhoiit 5 "nits Ixilk here today, arrontlng to Mip IMo iipit Hourlng Mill. Port lu nil (will (ill cwntH. No exoorl ljld. CI1ICAOO, July 10 OT) A pro nounced revoraal or bearish ecnti ment as to grain valuta became evi dent today, and all cereal markets went upward. There were less optimistic crop re port aa to spring wheat both sldoa of the Canadian border. Wheat closed uiwcttled at l'4c above yctcrday' finish, SeptemtMr now 884a c, corn IVic up. out 4c off to c up. and provisions showing 7 to 15c gain. JUST BEFORE PRESSTEME , ('HASH FATAL TO TWO SIKV " V. 'It. AT C'AKTAllKNA TODAY 1'1'tlWKI.L IN I'ESlll.KTON PKHITIXG IIOOTI.K1(1IN(I HAN HKKNAHltlNO, 'lU.. July 10 11 Ail airplane crushed Into ft nilternielou iMltcli and left two men dead and unother dying today. Tlie dead wera (leorge llnixue, veteran filer of small ruclng craft, and Sam uel E, Edwards, Uw Angeles lawyer. CAP.TAOENA, Colombia, July 10 m President Roosovelt arrived In the harbor here shortly after 10 o'clock, this morning on his hlstory-maklng visit to South America, the first ever made by an American president. PKNDI.KTON, Ore., July 10 UP) With; '"no" tlnut for politics," Kexford Tugwell, iinder-secrelary of agricul ture ami trtorm center of the recent senate "bruin trust" Inquiry, sited westward through Pnndlcton today U lilHt tho llermlstou exiwrlment station unci then to go to Portland for the night. WASHINGTON, July 10 (P) Por the third time since repeal, the fed eral alcohol control administration announced todny that unlimited im portations of liquor would bo per mitted for two months beginning September 1, In an effort to combat bootlegging and bring down domestic prices. WAHH1NOTON, July 10 VP)' Crea tion of a cominlMHion 'to udmlnlster NKA, with the probulflllty of hi own retirement, has been recommended to resident Roosevelt by Hugh 8. John son. WHEAT FORECAST FOR '34 NOW AT 483,662,000 BU. WASHINGTON, July 10 W) Con ditions on July 1 indicated wheat production this year would aggregate 483,663.000 bushels and corn 3,113,- 000,000 bushels. This estimate, for tho United States only, was made today by the depart ment of agrlculturo. The devastating drouth had Inten sified Interest In the report. Tho corn figure compared with 2.330,237,000 bushels In 1033 and the 1027-31 average of 2,616,000,000. Wheat averaged 060,000,000 bushels In tho 1027-31 period and whb 627,- (Contlnued on Page Six) AMERICAN LEAGUE ALL-STARS DOWN NATIONALS 9-7 POI.O GROUNDS, New York. July 10 mi Coming from behind with a batting attack that blasted Um Warneko otf the mound and also drove Van Mungo to cover, the Am erican Lcaguo All-Stars whipped the Nationals today, 0 to 1, for their second straight triumph. A crowd of 62,000 fans saw Joe Cronln's crew clinch the game with a six-run rally In tho fifth, after which young Mel Harder, clcvoland righthander, held the Nationals In complete subjection. Harder, relieving Lofty Oomcz and Bed Huffing, Yankee pitching aces who yielded six runs in tho first five Innings, held the Nationals to ono solitary hit for the remainder of the game, as he completely befuddled tho big hitters rushed Into the fray by Manager Bill Terry. The score: American 0 14 1 National 7 8 1 NEGRO LYNCHED BY MOB IN LOUISIANA BASTROP, La.. July 10 m A young negro farmer lay, dead In an undertaking establishment today, lynched by a mob after officers re ported he had confesed an attempted attack on a prominent white girl. Three hundred men hanged Andrew McLood, 20, from the limb of an ouk tree on tho court house square here late lant night dcaplte his cries and pleas for mercy. McLcod was accused of attempting to attack the 10-ycar-old girl early Sunday near Jones, Ln., 30 miles from here. He was arrested Sunday and officers were preparing to file formal charges against him at tho time tho ENGLAND TO AID IN CASE OF INVASION Franco-Belgian Area ia Given Protection By . Agreement. , SANCTION GIVEN SECURITY PACTS Two Big Powers Report ed to Now See Alike on the "European Situa tion." Iv Harold P. Urnman LONDON. July 10 w Louta llarlhoii, French foreign minister, in dicated toduy on his departure that Hrltnln will go to the aid or rranw In enso the Franoo-llelglaii area U Invaded by a foreign power. Leaving for Paris after two days of conversations with British offi cials, he Indicated further that Great Britain had sanctioned In principle the eastern security pacts in which Franco is participating, although Britain was not a signatory. The French statesman departed this afternoon declaring that Prance and Great Britain "are agreed on th European situation." Ho expressed tho highest satisfaction with results of his visit, reiterating that no for mal pact of any kind had been signed (Continued on Pag BUi . ' Gangster Guns , Bring DownK.C. . Political Leader KANSAS CITY, July 10 P) John Ijizhi. North Hide political leader, died today of bullet wounds. KANSAS CITY, July 10 W Oang otcr guns blazed out again today la Kansas city In an ambush that brought down John Lazla, north Bld Democratic political leader, with wounds which may prove fatal, ! ' The lieutenant of T. J. (Big Tom) Pendergast, Democratlo boss, fell with eight bullet wounds In his body as two gunmen opened fire on him, in front of his hotel, the Park Cen tral, oarty this morning. . Polleo arrosted Joe Luoco, a north side political rival of Lazia's and 16 of Jusco's followers for questioning. Detectives said they also were working on the theory that Lazla may have been the victim of gangsters from other cltlco whose enmity he hod gained. -f . Tho shooting caused a furor In po litical circles. AFFIRM SWEEK IN CASE FROM UNION COUNTY, The case of Ben Rhodes O randy, a minor, and Ethel R. G randy, guar dian, vs. Sherwood Williams and the National Surety company, appeallanta, appealed from Union county, waa acted on In the state supreme court today. Tho suit Involved recovery on a bond, and in the opinion by Jiwttce Bean Circuit Judge Calvin il Sweek was affirmed. ;, SALEM, July 10 VP) Benjamin a Burke, Oregon real estate broker, and his surety company, will be required to pay Judgment or 92,000 and at torney's fees on charges of fraudu lently misrepresenting Marlon county property In a transfer deal with Robert Richer and his wife, the state supremo court ruled today in a 4 to 3 divided opinion In affirming tho Judgment of Judge L. H. McMah&n of Salem. mob battered down the door of the small brick Jail house lost night and seized him. Witnesses reported that the mob formed quietly and grew to such pro portions that officers In the town, were unable to halt their plans. The negro was forced to stand on the top of an automobile while the rope was fastened and then he waa pushed clear. The first rope broke and the victim fell to the ground. An unidentified man ran up arid slashed his throat. . A stronger rope was obtained and McLoecl was hanged. Then the mob dispersed. " ' .- "t)