La Grande Fearful Of Serious Gasoline Shortage
dnmJir tt nttt
La Grande Is The
Gateway to Wallowa,
"The Switzerland
of America
Only Newspajper
Printed in La Grande
Covering Union and
Wallowa Counties
VOLUME 32
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1934
MEMBER ASSOCIATED- PRESS
:NUMBER260
TAXI 'MIVERS M
WALIOUl
Celebration
queen float
modernistic
Strikingly Beautiful and
Appropriate to Thought
of U. P. Jubilee.
CONSTRUCTED IN A
CUBINISTIC DESIGN
Celebration Commit tee
Also Announces Union
Men Find Hoi'se Need
ed For Pageant.
The queen) float, to appear In the
Semi Centennial U. P. celebration
tearing the queen, her six attend
ants, three flower girls and two train-,
bearer, will be one of the most beau
tiful and striking ever seen In I-ji
(Jnuwle, advance InforiiHition reveals.
According to H. H. Richardson It
will depict the spirit of modernism,
carrying out a modernistic'deslgn In
cublnlstlc Btyle which was featured
in the construction of the World's
Fair buildings In Chicago. The color
scheme will be silver, dull black and
green, and the float will curry out a
colonnade effect, In sets of three,
symbolizing the three periods of pro
gress early Indian romance, pioneer
ing and modern transportation.
V' The Saturday pageant can go en
now. George W. Benson, chairman of
't a Union commercial club commltteo
',' of five named Wednesday to find a
' 4 skinny 'horse for the L& 0 Grande
ifcsyBnt. has located a tong-halrod, skln
ny animal that celebration commit-
( Continued on Page Six)
Salvation Army ,
Will Sponsor
Camp For Boys
Plans are now completed for a sum
mer camp to be sponsored by the
Salvation Army. The camp Is being
planned especially for children who
would otherwise not have a chance
for un outing or a vacation this year.
Anthony lake is the spot selected
and will Include young people from
Baker, North Powder, Union and La
Grande.
Many children have applied from
La Grande who, if able to go, will
have their first experience of an out-
wing of such a nature.
An eight-day program, Is planned,
to consist of swimming, hiking, out
door cooking, nature study, field
sports, craft work and camp fire pro
grama. Any other children or young peo
ple who desire to attend this camp
can still make arrangements by see
ing Captain Daniel Hotly at 211 Fir
street.
The dates are subject to change
but are now set for July 26 to August
2, which will give all a chance to
take in the U. P. celebration before
going to camp. Anyone Interested
to help finance the outing for this
year please contact Capt. Body or
phone 508-W.
ROOM RATES
FOR JUBILEE
STANDARDIZED
The Seml-Centennlal U. P. celebra
tion committee has recommended,
Vund the recommendations have been
widely agreed to, standard prices for
rooms here during next week, either
In apartments, private homes, etc.
The hotels are handling their own ar
rangements. The standard price set for rooms
follow: double bed for one person,
$1.60 per day; double bed for two
persons, $2 per day; single bed, $1
per day, all to provide bath facilities.
SET OPEN SEASON ON
PARTRIDGES IN FALL
Few changes have been made
In the hunting kcoaoii for East
ern 'Oregon, with the exception
that the open season for elk In
t'n ion. V mat 11 la. Grant, Wallowa
- and Baker counties will be from
Nov. S to 11, Inclusive. Also, an
open season on Hungarian part
ridges will be held Oct. 15-31
here.
The deer season Is from Sep
tember 20 to October 25, and the
grouse season begins August 20
and ends on September -30 In
Washington Now
At Its Best
WAS HINOTON.
D. C July 12
just had a fine
long visit (and. In
cidentally, a good
lunch) with the
kindliest and most
able of our diplo
mats. Secretary of
State Cordell Hull.
We talked much of
South America,
where he made
many friends at
that conference,
and that's the country where we can
use some friends, too. That's our al
ley for our "drummers" down there.
They are finally starting something
that should, have been started a year
ago and that's this house building
and repairing. The local bank or lo
cal organization loans the money, up
to $2000. The government . dont
spend anything, It only guarantees 20
per cent of it In case of loss, and
these loans are made almost entirely
on a man3 name alone.
Well, just the Idea of a man being
trusted again is going to make the
whole thing 100 per cent honest. It's
the best of all the plans and Jimmy
Moffett and a fine organization work
ing it'.
Washington was never prettier, not
a senator or congressman here. Yours,
Ttl4, McN.iirWt Syndic.!., (no.
FIRE ON LAKE ST.
CAUSES LOSS OF
$800 HERE TODAY
The fire department was called out
to battle an early morning fire today
at 312 Lake street, when the home
of w. o. Flint caught flre from a
defective flue. Heavy damage was
done to the residence before the fire
was controlled, and loss today . was
estimated at about $800. which is
covered by that amount of insur
ance, according to Fire Chief C. T.
Lindscy.
The alarm was turned In at 6:40
a. m. and it was not until 7:03
o'clock that the recall . was sounded.
PUBLIC INVITED
TO CEREMONY AT
ML GLEN SUNDAY
. The public Is cordially invited to
attend the service held -In connec
tion with the dedication of the Pio
neer monument near Mt. Glen, Sun
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The
monument, recently erected by the
Frances Brown auxiliary to the Sons
and Daughters of Union County Plo-
(Continued on Pa r Four)
MAKE PLANS FOR
C. E. CONVENTION
Preliminary plans were made last
night at the meeting of the execu
tive committee of the Grande Ronde
Christian Endeavor Union, for the
annual convention which will prob
ably be held some time In September
in La Grande. Miss Mildred Stoddard
was appointed chairman of the pro
gram committee for the convention
and Mrs. Albert W. Herrman, of
Baker, was appointed chairman of the
nominating committee for the offi
cers for the efisuTng year.
Announcement was also made of
the annual summer conference to be
held at Turner, Ore., August 20 to 27
and several members of the executive
Committee signified their intention of
attending this conference.
Present from out of town at this
meeting were Mr. and Mrs. Albert W.
Herrman. Miss Louise Hammond and
Mrs. Mary Melville, all of Baker.
Baker, Union and Wallowa coun
ties. The Chinese pheasant season
In I'nlon county will begin Oc
tober 15 and end October 31, and
present Indications 'point to an
exceptionally good shooting sea
son, with more pheasants In the
valley than usual.
The oen season on Hungarian
partridges Is the first lit I'nlon
county in many years, although
It has been legal to hoot the
birds game In Wallowa county
during recent hunting seasons.
GAS SUPPLY
IS SUFFICIENT
FOR 15 DAYS
Dock Strike on Coast Felt
in Interior Points
of the State.
Fears of a gasoline shortage were
acute In La (irande and other East
ern Oregon points today, at a result
of the dock strike ut Portland ami
other coast points. The latest survey
reveals approximately enough gaso
line In 'La (Jrunde at present to
handle the TJemands for 15 days.
But unless the strike Is ended, or
some means found to ship gasoline,
within the next ten days to two
weeks, the situation here- will be
come extremely serious, distributors
hero said today.
There Is plenty of gasoline at
Llnnton, but since the violence there
the other day, railroads are refusing
to spot cars there, and in effect, the
supply Is simply bottled up.
Baker obtained some gasoline from
(Continued on Page Two
Swim Weeks To
Begin Here On
Monday, July 23
Swim weeks at both Pine Cone and
Crystal Plunge will begin on Monday,
July 23, It was announced today by
the Porpoise club, sponsoring the two,
and also a demonstration will be held
Sunday, July 22 at the La Grande
pool preceding the opening of the
periods of Instruction.
The swim weeks will continue for
10 days. The week at Crystal Plunge
(Continued on Page Two
Will You Invest Three Cents
The Good Of Your Town?
Inserted in today's issue of the Observer are two tabloid newspaper sections
published in connection with thq forthcoming Semi-Centennial Celebration and
prepared as an invitation for all who read to visit La Grande and join with us
here in the festivities marking the anniversary of the coming: of the railroad to
this part of Eastern Oregon half a century ago. These sections are replete in
picture and story of the progress of our community over the past 50 years and
in addition the features of the attractions of July 19, 20 and 21 are fully and
interestingly foretold and explained.
Merchants who supported this issue with advertising space, the celebration com
mittee and the La Grande Evening Observer joined in its output with purpose
in mind of providing the local populaca with a souvenir and descriptive invita
tion number that could be sent to friends far and near. For those too far or
otherwise unable to attend, it would prove an interesting account, story and
history of the city in which you, their friends, live. To those of compara
tively short distance away a few hours drive or train ride it should act as
a stimulant to come and be with you during the festival of next week.
In the interest of more wide spread promotion of the Semi-Centennial cele
bration the attraction of as large a, crowd of visitors to the city on the festival
days as is possible to obtain those making this invitational number possible
urge one and all of the community to mail immediately to their friends particu
larly to those in communities nearby, one or more copies of this souvenir edi
tion. In considering the advisability of inviting friends here, do not judge this
affair upon the conduct of some, perhaps disappointing, celebrations of your
past experiences either here or elsewhere.
This Semi-Centennial will be no "small town variety show." It promises and
will be the most pretentious, thoroughly interesting, alive and active event of
its nature ever held in this community and on a par with affairs of its kind that
gain national renown. The whole hearted participation of the entire Union
Pacific Railroad system which is sending here euipment and show sufficient
alone to be a stupendous attraction, is one- item in itself that guarantees the big
and the unusual. The presentation of pioneer and progress pageantry with hun
dreds of actors in the casts the unique parades the participation of nation
al, state and district military organizations the displays and operation of an
tiquate machines, equipment and vehicles, some more than a century old all
this and more with the addition of excellent festival and carnival attractions
usual on such occasions, makes for La Grande next Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday a three-day continuous activity of festival and fun that will not fail to
enthuse and receive the interest and appreciation of all who come to see.
This is your small part, Mr. and Mrs. La Grande, to help make the constant
work and planning of this event over the past year a genuine success at the time
of its presentation. Help bring your friends and others here to see and appre
ciate your town as a live, up and coming, aggressive and progressive commun
ity that knows how to make and do things.
The cost of mailing this invitational number is 3 cents postage. That will
be your only cost. Extra copies may be secured at either the offices of the
Chamber of Commerce or the La Grandp Evening Observer, where the edition
was composed and printed. They will be addresed and mailed there for you at
a charge of only 3 cents to cover postage.
Put a 3-cent stamp and the address of an out-of-town friend or relative on
one of these numbers and drop it in the postoffice today. You will have pre
formed a worthwhile bit for the further assured success of not only the cele
bration but the permanent better promotion of the community in which you live.
Salt Lake Summer Style Is Sunbonnet Symphony
Sunbonnete are nil the rage In Utah this summer as the state prepares for the celebration of Pioneer Day,
commemorating the founding of the state July 24, 1847, by Mormon emigrants who crossed the plains. And
here re the Hunt sisters of Ogden Alice, Bhoda and Grace showing that the sunbonnet has all of tho
charm that song writers used to rave about.
PIONEERS PARADE
ON OPENING DAY
OF U. P. JUBILEE
J. E. Reynolds, president of the
Sons and DaugfSfl of Union County
Pioneers association, Is making fur
ther announcement today regarding
the pioneers' part in the celebration
next Thursday, July 10. Mr. Reyn
olds states that all pioneers .r5-,Ar
to ride to La Grande on thcv7&clal
(Continued on Page Three)
Legion Juniors
Play Pendleton
Sunday, July 15
a ;
The American Legion Junior league
team, in charge of Raymond O. Wil
liams, will go to Pendleton Sunday
for a return exhibition game. The
Pendleton lads won a contest here
last Sunday.
Williams announces tho tentative
starting lineup as follows: Walden.
o: Koyle, p; Robertson, lb; McCoy,
a; Pratt, ; Beck, 3b; Blgitw rt;
Arnoldus, CI; Wilson, if. Otht'U -n
the team Include Btaikman, . Mliler,
Dunn, Leonard and Allen.
For
GERMANY IN
PROTEST OF
JOHNSONTALK
Official R e p v esentation
Made to Secretary Hull
' Formal "Reply MUde.
WASHINGTON, July 13 (P) He ply
ing to an official German protest
agnliiNt the anti-Hitler utterances at
Waterloo, I own,, of Hugh H. Johnson,
the state department said today It
was "to be regretted" that the posi
tion occupied by the recovery admin
istrator made It possible for remarks
by hi in as, an Individual to be "mis
construed as ofrlcial."
The department made this state
ment in explaining a visit to Secretary
Hull's offices today by Dr. Rudolph
Leitner, charge d'affulrcs of tho Ger
man embassy, to proteHt Johnson's
Hpecch.
In his Waterloo speech yostorday,
tho NIIA chief said conditions In Ger
many made him very "actively sick."
"Tho idea that adult responsible
men can bo taken from their homes
stood up against a wall backs to
rifles -and shot to deathIs beyond
expression," he said.
Secretary Hull declined to answer
(Continued on Page Bx
F.R. WILL ENJOY
ISLAND FISHING
ABOARD USS NEW ORLEANS EN
ROUTE WITH PRESIDENT ROOSE
VELT, July 13 (Al President Roose
velt crulned across the Pacific today
for Hawaii from Panama. In tho wat
ers of thiB old rendezvous of bucca
neers, Mr. Roosevelt has been told, lie
the best of the game fish In the Pa
cific and luie today he 1b going to
defy the superstition or Friday, the
13th, to try his luck.
So confident was he of good fish
ing that the schedule calls for a full
day's layover at Cocos.
ROSEVILLE, Cal.. July 13 W
Somewhere in the mountains of Cali
fornia or In Western Nevada where
her daughter Mrs. Curtis Dnll Is es
tablishing a 'Nevada residence for a
divorce, Mrs, Franklin D. Roosevelt
todny it trying to lose herself and
"get away from being tho president's
wife,"
Wheat Today
Tho jirlre of Iim-aI new crop
wheat MimmI at ulMHit 0 centN
twfcty, a new lileh for lfKII, nc
ronlliiK I" the I'liiiMtT Hoiirlng
Mills, rijitlanil Hwll "8 eclltn. No
exjmrt Mil.
CHICAGO, July 13 W) In a sud
den outburst of speculative buying
inte todny, wheat Jumiwd to $1.00 a
bushel. Tho buying caught the
wheat market temporarily bare of of
ferings, and prices went skyward In
a hurry, with many stop Irais orders
forced Into execution by tho quick
advance.
Do-'' nWlc proilirtaklng on the
advance, wheat clotfd strong with a
fraction of the-da's top. 2H3l4c
above yosterda'a 'finish, July new
a',4. corn 7'.falH up, July soiis.
oats HHo srvpil provisions at a
Ue of So to 32c.
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
ONTAltkt, flKTS J22.0OO
.
WNC1 CAN" C'KOON TO 'KM
TRADE IN UPWARD TltKNII
!
TiiHKR siiryr to death
WASHINGTON. July. 13 (fll All
nlliiliiH'ilt of 22,00O to Ontario, Ore.,
fuf reruns' mut Ion of Its water filtra
tion plant mis announced here by
ll lo Work Administrator Irkes.
HOLLYWOOD, Oal., July 13 (P)
Blng Crosby and his wife, the former
Dixie Leo, screen actress, today be
came the parents of twin boys.
r- .
NEW VOItK, July 13 UP) Freed
from tho Influences uf the Independ
ence tluy liill(lii( and tho heat ware
of the week preceding, practically nil
branches: of business wercf enabled to
make considerable rebound from
their previous position, and a moro
definite upward trend mis establish
ed, said Dun & llnidstreet today in
their weekly trade review.
DALLAS, Tex., July 13 W A
quarrel resulting from a marital es
trangement led H. B. Harris, 37, to
day to shoot to death his wife, Emma
Harris, and Miss Patricia Kldd. 24,
and then probably fatally wound
himself.
NEW VOIIK, July 13 on An opin
ion that liny J. Flrscli, missing cash
ier of the Riverside bank of Itwio,
Nev., was "token for n ride" was given
to u redrrull Jury today. Lit the trial
or ijames C, McKay and William J.
(JnUiain, lUuio ganblers, charged with
misuse of the malls In a scheme U
defraud.
HITHER BRANDS
VON SCHLEICHER,
ROEHMPLOTTERS
r By Louis Ioehner
(Copyright, 1034, Associated Press)
BERLIN, July 13 W) Placing the
cost of suppressing the rovolt against
hla regime at 77 lives, Chancellor
Adolf Hitler charged today that Ern
st Roe 1 mi, executed storm troop lead
er, and former Chancellor Kurt von
Schleicher plotted together to take
over the government.
The plot, he said, called for the
consolidation of the relchowohr (reg
ular army) and the other organisa
tions such as tho storm troopers.
Roehm, Hitler charged In a world
wide radio broadcast of a speech de
livered before the relchstag. was to
head this organization, while Von
(Continued on Paffe Six)
BRITISH EXPLAIN
THEIR "ALLIANCE"
LONDON, July 13 (P) Great Brit
ain has reinforced the pact of Loc
arno but has not entered any "solect
alliance" with any country, Sir John
Simon, foreign secretary, declared to
day before the house of commons. Sir
John said the recent Anglo-French
conversations had resulted In a great
er feeling of peace and security In
Europo and will greatly Improve con
ditions on the continent If powers
affected fully enter the proposed
eastern regional agreement.
He added that Premier Mussolini
of Italy agrees with Britain as to the
necessity of an eastern pact and ful
ly approves of It.
PARIS. July 13 P Foreign Min
ister Louis Barthou began work today
on his pot project, an eastern Europe
an Locarno pact.
PERSEVERANCE WINS
WIRTHISNOMINATED
MEDFOr."Dr'Ore.. July 3 (Per
severance was rewarded when H. E.
Wlrth. Mcdford Insurance agent, was
nominated as the Oregon Independent
liberal party candidate for governor.
A week ago a nominating conven
tion wan held by the group, but af
ter moro than an hour of waiting the
meeting adjourned when tho requir
ed 100 did not show up to make the
nomination official.
A similar fate faced last night's
meeting, but the party stalwarts were
not to be denied. Wlrth'a henchmen
went to the highways and byways,
rang telephone numbers and organ
ized transportation committees which
functioned more than two hours be
fore the required 100 petition slgncni
were secured.
BOARD URGES !
ACCEPTING OF
ARBITRATION
President's Committee at
Frisco Asking For
Early Action,
ACTS OF VIOLENCE
CONTINUING TODAY
Conditions in Portland
Quiet However Gaso
line Released For Use
of Farmers.
SACRAMENTO, July 13 (ff1) Warn
ing that communists are en route
froan Seattle to San Franclnco was re
laved today to Earl Lee Kelly, state
director of public works, -
8 AN FRANCISCO. July 13 W)
Urging Immediate acoeptunce of arbi
tration by the striking maritime un-
lons, President Roosevelt's labor dis
pute?! hoard today declared that If
the strikers and employers cannot be
brought together some other mean
must be found at once to avert a
complete tleup of bay district cities,
already menaced by the shortage ot
food and gasoline supplies.
Acts of violence continued, while
the strlko spread with 2,500 taxtcab
drivers and chauffeurs walking out
at S a. m. , - .
At Oakland a mob described by '
(Continued on Page Throo)
3 Executions In
Nation Today
Friday The 13th
STATE PRISON, Florence, ArlZH
July 13 (A1) George J. Shaughnessy,
19-yoar-old Albany, N. Y. youth, with
a warning that his death should be
a lesson to other youths, was execut
ed ati 4:59 a. m. today In the lethal
gas chamber of the state prlsoa.
Shaughnessy, convicted of the kill
ing a year ago of Lon Blankenahlp In
a holdup, mot death calmly. ; ,
STATE PRISON, Oarson City, Nev,
July 13 (I) Joseph Behlter, 38-year-old
Syrian formerly of St, Louis, Mo.,
was executed in the prison lethal go
chambers at sunrise today.
The convicted slayer of Maxlne
Armstrong, Las Vegas dance hall girl,
whistled a tune as he -walked Into
the small gas chamber from hi cell
across a corridor of the building.
OSSININO, N. Y., July 13
ver-haired Frank Canora's lonely wait
in Sing Sing prison's death house U
ended. H0 went to his death in the
electric chair last night, paying for
the torch slaying of hie wife.
Baseball
' NATIONAL LEAGUE
R. H. B.
Cincinnati . 8 14 3
Brooklyn 6 92
Prey, Kolp. nnd Lombardl; Zachkry,
Locnard and Lopez.
R. H. E.
Chicago 6 10 S
Boston 7 la' 3
Lee. Tinning and Hnrtnett: Betts,
Barrett, Smith and Spohrer.
8t. Louis at Philadelphia, postponed
rain.
AMERICAN l.EAOUB
Philadelphia - Chicago postponed;
wet groundB.
Wlrth, who favors a "social en
gineer" for Oregon, unleashed oratory
to hold as many of the original dele
gates as possible while moro were be
ing summoned. He won hie battle,
and the nomination.
His acceptance speech after the
nomination wa brief, due to the late
hour. Ho promised establishment of
state-controlled canneries In the
Umpqua, Hood River, Willamette and
Rogue River valleys.
A, 8. Edwards of Applegate, near
hero, was named permanent chair
man of the Independent liberal party,
and made tho speech nominating
Wlrth.
The party's platform also calls for
consolidation of state departments,
old age pensions, shorter hours and
more pay.
r