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Fireworks Display Here Friday To Be A Thriller I La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande CoTering Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 32 EASTERN OIIEQON'8 LEADING NEWSPAPEB LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1934 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 263 Emm CONVENTION STARTS EERS li 8 r 6 ALL OF WEST REPRESENTED AT SESSIONS Joint Program Held This Afternoon Following Noon Luncheon. GRAND OFFFICERS HERE FROM EAST No Sessions This Evening, Leaving Delegates Free to Inspect City And the Valley. The slxtti n initial convention of the Western I n Ion Meeting association of the II. of I- K. ami i. I. A. to the II. of L. K. opened a three-day kcmsLou here nt noon today wit h a puncheon at the Sitcnjawea Inn, head quarters nr the convention, and was followed hy the opening excrelses of Die convention proper which beffin nt 1:30 In the bull room. , The mooting was to adjourn late this afternoon and there were no ses sions scheduled for this evening, ' leaving the delegates free to see the city. Among those who arrived In La Orande last night who will have a part In the program are A. O. Smith, (Continued on FftKO Two) Boy Scout Camp j Program Given; ' Begins-July 28 The program of activities at the Boy Scout camp on Catherine creek July 28 to August 5 inclusive, will Include flag raising, red and white war, day and overnight hikes, treas ure hunts, spies In camp, swimming, athletic games and contests, making and doing things, ceremonials, stunts, tricks, free tlmo and surprises, ac cording to Elmo Stevenson who is general supervisor of the camp. The dally program beginning with the rising at G o'clock 13 as follows: 6:15, morning games and drill; .6:45, clean up; 6:50 to 8:15, breakfast; 8:15, camp details; 0:30, Inspection; 9:15, campcraft, handicraft, etc., in struction; 12:00 to 1:30, lunch, free time, etc.; 1:45, afternoon games and hikes; 4:00, swimming; 5:00 to 7:00, dinner and rest; 7:00. evening games; 8:00, cnmpflre; 0:15, taps. Awards for satisfactory work and y outstanding accomplishment during ' the camn will be (riven. Camo belt awards will bo used, felt numerals being given for satisfactory partlcipa- I tlon In camp activities and leadership accomplishment. The Order of the Paddle Is given for life saving and the Pee Wee club for those under 12 years of age. The Order of the Ar row Is the highest possible award for the camp. Swimming, under the direction of Wood row Damercll, expert swimmer and Red Cross llfesaver, is permitted at stated times only. Damerell will be assisted by other swimmers who will aid In the instruction. Inspec tion of the camp will be held daily, a doctor will visit the camp twice (Continued on Papa Threa) v BAKER NAMES PRINCESS FOR U. P. JUBILEE MIm Betty Rosoina, of Baker, has been selected as princess attendant to Queen Paye, of the Son-Centennial U. P. Celebration, from Baker county. It was learned today. Miss Roscina will take her place In the royal court along with Miss Laura Jane Hall, of Umatilla county, and a princess to be selected from Wal lowa county, along with the three Union county princesses. HIGHWAY COUNT FOR JULY SHOWS GAIN The wcond traffic count of the summer, made Saturday through out I nlon and Wallowa counties, revealed Home Important gains In travel over the June count, and showed hut one loss that be tween Ia tiTaiide and Pendleton at Mearham. Highway comml&loii officers here complete their count check ing yetrrttay. and found the heaviest total at I-land City, vh lAViir enumerated. Next Railroads Are Enjoying Big Boom SANTA MONICA Cal., July 10 You know we are Just finding out In lots of ways that we are not as "big" as we used to be. I had breakfast away up In Boston Saturday morning and Bev erly Hills for breakfast Sunday morning. All that would delay us would be waiting for the postofflce to bring the mall out. Parley is out here. I am going to speak to him about that. I missed the line that runs real sleepers, but they will have toj come to It or they will be like a railroad that runs nothing but day coaches. And Incidentally railroads, since they made rates within reason, are enjoying a big boom. America. Is never In a better humor or feeling better than when moving, so all this travel ing (even if it's walking) H a mighty god omen. Yours, TI4. MeN.iiiMSyitdlcaU. (no. PIONEER DAY BEGINS HERE AT 9:30 AM. Arrival of Train, Parade And Picnic Plans Are , Completed Todayi The program for (he animal p Ion eel meeting, to he held the first day of the sunl-Oiiti'iinial I". I, celebration here, was .iiiuounced In detail today. The program from n public stand point here, begins with the arrival of the re ilea of the IHH4 train at the depot from Island City. The program follows: Pioneers riding on train must be at Island City by 8:30 o'clock. Train leaves the Island at 9:0C sharp. Train arrives at La Grande depot at 0:30 o'clock. (Continued on Page Two) PENDLETON WILL BE REPRESENTED IN PARADE HERE Reminiscent of the days when the railroads were young, a group of Pen dleton people will ride in a Round Up stage coach at the big parade Fri day at 9:30 a. m.( at the Semi -Centennial U. P. celebration. Those honored will be) Mrs. A. A. Kimball, whose husband was for years an engineer for the Union Pacific; Pranki Myttnger, former railroad con ductor, who will be accompanied by (Continued on Pape Three) FIDDLERS, DANCES WEDNESDAY NIGHT One of the celebration events this week that is attracting quite a bit of interest is the Wednesday night prc-Jubl!ee program, which includes an od-tlmc fiddlers' contest, a street dance opposite the First National bank, and finally an old-time dance at Zubcr hall. The fiddlers contest also will be at Zubcr hall, starting at 9 o'clock and following the street dance that begins at 8:30. Tickets will admit one to both the fiddlers' contest and the old-time dance. heaviest was at Hot Lake, with 7113 counted, a gain of three over June. Mfacham had 545, a loss of 10. The tally on the Island City-Cove secondary highway was 30."'. The heaviest gain were In Wallogu county, probably clue to weekend travel to Wallowa l-ake. The co u n t wait ? 52 on M 1 1 la m hill, a gain of U; 603 between Enterprise and Jopli, a Rain of and IB hrtiiern Enterprise Flora a gain af eight. ROUND UP Aii amhll lou t hat England has cherished for 25 years of win ning the men's and women's sin gles title nt Wimbledon In the same season was finally realized . when Dorothy 1 ton ml (above) de feated Helen Jacobs, the Ameri can chump, (1-2,. B-7, G-3. OREGON PAGEANT PRESENTEDTODAY AT E.O. ASSEMBLY In keeping with the spirit of the Semi-Centennlal U. P. celebration week In La Orande, the children of the sixth, seventh and eighth grades of the J. H. Ackcrman Training school presented an Oregon pageant at an assembly this morning at the Eastern Oregon Normal school. The pageant which was In the form of a puppet show was put on by the pupils under the direction of the student teachers of the three grades and portrayed in a colorful and In teresting manner the hlBtory of the early settlement of Oregon. The first scene showed Sacajawea, pointing the way to the west, the (Continued on Page Two) " yr - a. z t SIX SPECIAL SETS BUILT FOR JUBILEE Pyrotechn ical , Display Closing Part of Drum Corps Contest Fireworks, of a type seen here only once during the state American Le gion convention yearn ago, will contp plete the evening tdiow at the La (.ramie stadium Friday during the Seml-Centennlal V. P. celebration. The pyrotech ideal display will fol low the northwest drum 'and ImirOc corps contest to he staged under floodlights. In addition to the usual fireworks, there will be a special pyrotechnlcal display with six sets being construct ed hero now under the direction of an expert from the Hltt Fireworks Co. These pieces will be appropriate to the show, and It Is claimed will be unrivalled In beauty and color. Ha M. Austin, an attache of the state department at Salem, accom panied by Bertha C. Crosby, Salem, had heard so much about the La Orande golf course and the celebra tion that they decided to spend their vacation in Eastern Oregon, Yester day they made up a foursome with Mrs. Fred Spaeth and Mrs. A. W. Nel son and then drove on to Wallowa county. They will return to Lft Orande for the weekend to see the celebration features, - . All participants " In ' tho Friday morning parade wllf go to Fourth and Adam's and then move south, on Fourth until they como to their proper sections on Washington, Penn sylvania, O and N. Divisions chiefs will be stationed on Fourth' at ihelr (Continued on Page Three) T. P. f ELEIlllATIOS ritOUKAM Thursday, July 19 0:30a.m. Arrival replica first train at depot, followed by pioneers parade. 11:00 Homecoming Jubilee and pioneers picnic at park, 7:30 p. m. Coronation celebration queen at Stadium. 9:00 Old-Timers ball. Friday, July 20 9 :30 Modern parade downtown. 1:30 Beginning Daylight . Mardi Gras downtown. 7:30 Drum corps contest" at Sta dium. Saturday, July 21 1:30 Celebration pageant at Sta dium. 8:00 Wrestling match at Stadium. These are only a portion of the most outstanding events scheduled. THE MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE Figures in Campus Mystery Death Jn death of 20-year-old Marlon Mills, University of Oklahoma co-cd And beauty queen, left, was probed by authorities in that state after ithe girl died, purportedly from overdoses of medicine. Search' was made for Kcal Myers, pharmacy student, said to be a suitor of the girl. REPUBLICANS OF EASTERNOREGON PLAN FALL DRIVE ; PENDLETON, July 17 X A mark ed revival of party spirit was display ed here last night at a meeting of Umatilla county Republicans with party nominees for utato and national offices. Joe E. Dunne, Republican nominee for governor, made the main address of the meeting, stressing develop ment of Columbia river power and Its cheap distribution; the construc tion of sealocks at the Bonneville dam, and, the expansion of Industry In Oregon. Earl Snell, nominee for secretary of state; Jay Tipton, second congression al district nominee, and Judge Wil liam Ekwall, nominee from the third district, were other siwakcrs of the banquet program. Eastern Orogon Republicans arc planning to make a determined drive for Upton, and thus relegate to pri vate life Rep, Walter M. Pierce. Demo crat. T. C. Elliott of Milton, present state chairman, was made chairman of the congressional committee. Mark Woodruff was named secretary And George D. Brodie, banker of Dufur. treasurer. "There's no reason wo can't win with Jay," said Roy W. Rltnor, to the amusement of the crowd, "for tho (Continued on Page Three) 5 , t'(HWH'Miii LOST CHILD FOUND ALIVE BY TROOPERS Robert Conner, Thought T1 1 t I TT K- ivianapea au narsciiue, N. Y:, Alive, Safe. - IIAKTSDAI.K, N. Y., July 17 (Tl HdliiTt ( onniir nu rmind nllvn and siiilMnc ihlH ii(lirii(Hiii In I he wiiihIh liolilnd Ills Iiuhm! by iiliile lrm)rrH. Mrs. Clinrlcs H. Connor minted when a trooper enme In tho door of her Hnrtsdnlo mnnor homo with 21months-o!d Robert In his nrins. Tho child's fuco wus bnilly gemtchod by brnmblos lifter nearly flvo days In the woods. The child wnB well nnd apparently unharmed. IJhyslclnnB wore summoned to cx amlno Robert and attend his mother. MASS MEETING OF PORTLAND LABOR CANCELLEDTODAY PORTLAND, Ore., July 17 (P There was a growing heller here to day that n general strike for the olty of Portland might hn averted. Com petent observers said there was an undeniable (cadency among the n-'trkers to "go slow." and that an air of caution was opwtrent. PORTLAND, Oro.. July 17 (!) A mass meeting of labor, tentatively scheduled for tonight in the munici pal auditorium here, will not bo held, tt was said today by D. E. Nlckcrson, chairman of the strike "strategy" committee. It had been expected that Senator Robert P. Wagner, of New York, father of the original litbor bill, might nddrcKs tho meeting. Senator Wagner will roach Portland this evening by plnno In an attempt to compose labor difficulties by peaceful means. Nlck crson saitl tho senator will bo asked to nd dross the labor unions tomorrow. Mail trucks operated by tho Port land postofflce wcro denied gasoline by the "emergency petroleum com mittee" hero Monday, and Postmaster Hcdluud ordered one of the trucks to (Continued on Page Six) Wheat Today The itrlcn nr Infill new rron casti u neai sioou ai aoom ni'j cents hulk today, ueconllng to (he Pioneer Flouring .Mills. Port laud nih Hu4 wnls. Portland export HH cents. CHICAGO, July 17 W) Skyrocket ing of grain prices with a big out burst of general speculative buying resulted today largely from an au thoritative estimate indicating ex traordinary destruction of corn crops. Corn scored a maximum overnight advance of 3 cents a buwhcl, but re acted at the last under heavy selling to realize profits, closing nervous m c abovo yesterday's finish, Dec. 04 t 05c. Wheat closed unsettled, lc to iy3c up, September new 99 m c, oats unchanged to c higher, and provisions varying from 2c. decline to an equal gain. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME U AltDS.MKN CAI.I.KI) Ol'T OKKtiON (iKTS It K.I, I CASH V. It. ASKS 1NVKSTK1ATION HltmSH DKMANH INttDlltY ST. VAVh, July 17 m Governor Floyd II. Olson today culled out Mill- nvso'f i Nat lonal guunlsmeti In con n cc tlon with the strike of Mlnneii- polis truck drivers. WASHINGTON, July 17 WV-Orants of relief funds to nine western states and Hawaii totalling $10,801,080 were announced today by Aubrey Williams, acting federal emergency relief ad ministrator. Tho montv grant In cluded; Oregon $005,700 Including 975,000 for drouth relief, $10,000 for transient relief and $1,700 for relief research. WASHINGTON, July 17 W1) Presi dent Home vc It has signed hn execu tive order directing the postmaster- genenil to Investigate foreign airmail and ocean mall contract made prior to June III, UKi:t, and to make recom mendations relative to the modifica tion or cancellation of such contracts. ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 17 m Eight British warships arrived hero today as the British government re quested a Joint Anglo-Turkish Inquiry into the killing Saturday of a British naval officer by Turkish soldiers. , SI'OKANK, Wash., July 17 Repre sentatives of grain growers In Ore gon, Washington, Northern Idaho and Western Montana were called-today to meet here next Moudfiy to elect a regional erode authority for the Paci fic northwest. TYING UP FUNDS TO PAY INTEREST BEIiLIN, July 17 (flt The three trustees of the Dawes loan to Ger many today served notice that they are tying up funds sot aside for In terest payments, a stop which brought a throat of retaliatory measuros from tho relchsbank, Duties on tobacco, sugar, beer and brandy, mortgaged under provisions of the Dawos lonn, aro set aside for service on the loan, and the trustees today announced they will refuse to release from this account about 200, 000.000 marks to the German govern ment. Tho revenue from the duties, for formal transactional reasons, remain on deposit In tho rclchsbank's vaults. In behatr of the government a charge of "chicanery" waB made and doriant retaliatory moasuros were pro claimed. v An offlclol statement em phasized that oo por cent oi me Dawes loan Interest, due October 15, has been deposited In tho bank of International settlements. SEEK TO CONNECT THEFT, KIDNAPING CHICAGO, July 17 (A") Authori ties studied today a possible link bo tween the recovery of stolen Jewels worth $OS,200, a $350,000 moil robbery and the $200,000 Edward O. Bremer kidnaping. Four women and two men were In custody, and Detective Chief William Shoemaker wild two of tho women, whom he refused to designate, stole tho Jewels on Juno 14 from the hotel room of Mrs. Aclolph Zukor, wife of the movie magnate. 'Those detained were Jomcs Wein berg, 33; his wife, Eula, 33; her sister, Elsie Dclancy. 28; Miss Dclancy's (Continued on Pago 8lx THOUSANDS STRIKE OVER THE NATION (By The AvHM-lnlwl I'rewt) The nut lonal Htrlke rtK iiatluii ot a gliLiiee la herrby prrwuiil. Kliiiwhig upprnlinaU'ly I3.WH InlKirtTN on pirlko ami lirtwrni fM),(MM) nnd HH).it(H) more threat ening In ttiitkmtt. Han Krunrlfwo bay reffln 100,(MHl union uorkerH. lluntttvlllo, Ala. ,IM textile workers In vurloux ALibanui CltlfH. Han A-ntonld 8,000 (willed out) peeun Hhellers. Duyvlllp, Conn. 500 wotikn mill vtorkrnt. Am Ancoles 'i.O(H) loiiRhore tnen and heuinoii; 230 hosiery worker. MliinmMll( 'J.miO tnirk drivers. PROPOSAL TO END STRIKE1; CONSIDERED Arbitration' Resolution, to Be Discussed By 'tv , Frisco Committee A WALKOUT SPREADS TO THE EAST BAY News of Developments.. Relayed to President1 Roosevelt, Who With-!., holds Comment. , . J U. 8. 8. HOUSTON. July 17 (D ' Tito news of fttrlke diwelopnwiiu on tho INiclflc. ctwHt wiut relayed toPrcsl-. drnt Itoosevelt fcxlny. lie withheld: comment. 1 : i SAN FRANCISCO, July 17 UP) A member of President Koanevelt's labor illxputos board repealed today that a definite, prupoiuU In under way to end the ncnenU titrlko by submitting the entire controversy to arbitration, with, the immedlute return to work or aa. men Involved. The arbitration resolution was to be dlBCUused and voted upon by the strike committee representing all the) unions on walk out. A labor disputes (Continued on Pag Slx , Shannon Pleads : ; For All Elks To -Be 'Pro-America' KANSAS CITY, July 17 Michael p. Shannon, Los Angeles attorney, today was raised to the oftiee ot Krand exalted ruler of tho B. P. O Elks mooting hero In their Tutn sn (Oontlnued on Pago Six, . Baseball Natlonnl league ' FIRST OAME: B. II. H. Chicago - 3 7 0, Now York S 6 0 Batteries: Warncke and Hartnett; Parmelee and Monouso. SECOND OAME: It. K. E. Chicago a ; 1 Now York 1 7 0 Batteries: Leo and Hartnott, Hub bell, Salvcson and Mancuso. It. K. E. Cincinnati 0 7 2 Philadelphia 7 12 ' 1 Batteries: Frcltas, 81 Johnson and Lombardl; C. Davis and Todd. B. H. E. St. Louis 6 U 3 Brooklyn 7 10 0 Batteries: Kallahan, Haines, Vance -and Dclanccy; Mungo, Leonard and Lopez. , . ' American League ' B. H. E. Washington 3 8 2 Dotrolt 4 10 1 Batteries: Stewart, Thomas and 8e wcll; Fischer and Hayworth, Cooh- . ranc. , B. H. B. Boston - 6 10 1 Chicago 2 6:2 Batteries: W. Ferrcll, and B. Fer rcll, Tletje. Klnzy, and Shea. B. H. B. New York 6 8 2 Clcvolond 13 17 0 Batteries: Broaca. MacFayden, Orlmcs and Dlckoy, HUdcbrand, Hud lln and Myatt. Seattle - 2.118 tlongNhnremen and other1 maritime worker?.' i . : Kohler, Witt. 1,000 plumblnjr j etjiilpment work.Ts. ' iMinlmry, (nun. 1,000 hat fur . cutters. Portland, Ore. 1.100 longshore men, wain e ii and grain handlers. ; Threatened Ktrlkes: I'ortluiMl, Ore. tieneral walk out. ' xt Angele! 3,500 garment workers (AugtiMt 1). New York 19.0(H) maritime : workers. New York 18,000 knit goods workers. Italtltnore Truck drivers. : ' I to ton LoiucslHireme.n. 4r
