La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 16, 1934, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextCanadian Officers Still Balked In Labatt Kidnaping Ha (gratuV Ewnttt La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America Only NewspaJer Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties srrurr VOLUME 32 KASTKKN OHKOON'S LEADING NEWSPAPEB LA CllANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, At'l-TIST 16, 1934 MKM1IEK ASSOCIATED. PRESS NUMBER 289 SIDEWALK ON SPRING AVE. HELD LIKELY City May Construct Walk on South Side Later This Year. HOPE TO RECEIVE SERA ASSISTANCE Project Would1 Cost $250 Now If SERA Ap proval Received, Would Cost .$110. Indications lire lllut the city Is nuking definite plans lu attempt to rurrftl the alt wit Ion as regard lack of sidewalks un th section uf Sprlni! avenue near tlie .Methodist clinrili. The mutler has been before both tills and previous c-oninilssioiis niany, many time, and now It Is t'vpeeted to result III some action. ' Last night City Manager Angus, McAllister reported to the commis sion on the cost or putting In a side walk, a retaining wall and changing the entrance to Mrs. Trull's residence, all of which wculd be required to t'lve pedestrians a walk on the south side of the street. Hla astlmatt for present cost was $250. The manager figured It would re quire the construction of 360 lineal feet of walk and 48 feet of r-'talnlni' wall, two feet In height. "I would recommend.' McAllister said, "that this be done a little later on thlB fall, when wo will be nb'.? t? get the labor through SERA. By se curing the labor through E?Ji. we can put it In at a cost of about H10 for materials. This will give pedes trians a walk on one side of the street and no doubt eliminate a good deal of thj hazard." It waa explained tliat while SERA does not now assist In street work. Indications were It would tbeforo long. The commission, after a brief dis cussion, ordered the manager's re port placed on ll. McAllister also was given authority to pay $25 monthly to the Oregon (Continued on Page Plve Halfway Robbers Abandon Stolen Car in Missouri An automobile stolen from a Iwls ton, Idaho, garage the first week of July and used by the burglars who attempted to gain entrance to the vault of the First National bank of Halfway July 10 has been recovered In Independence, Missouri, according to state police. The automobile was owned by Mrs. Josettc Clmlno, an Indian woman cm ployed at the government sanitarium at Lawal. She had left the car In the Lowlston garage for repairs. The two men burglars and a wo man lookout also carried away from the garage tt complete voiding out fit, acetylene tank, and gas tank, two electric drills and other equipment which were recovered from under the Halfway bank July 11. the burglars attempted to drill their way Into the vaults from und-2r the bank floor, .but were frightened away when they accidentally caused the burglar alarm to sound. Tlie automobile located In Missouri was used by the bank burglars In making their escape, apparently by way of Brownlee. located on the Snake river below Robinette. ROTARY CLUB PLANS PICNIC NEXT MONDAY The Rotary cluo members and their wives are looking forward to a picnic Monday evening, Aug. 20, beginning at 6 o'clock at the Ascension park at Cove. The picnickers are going to the park at the Invitation of Rev. Clarence Kopp, rector of the Episcopal church here, who is spending the summer at Cove. A potluck lunch will be served. GRANDE RONDE RIVER LOWEST IN 5 YEARS La Grande went into the fifth day of an August heat wave this morning with the mercury at 71 above at 7 o'clock and expected to go higher than yesterday, when the maximum was 96 above. Last night, with a low of 64 above, was the hottest night here since July 29. when the coldest was 68 above. The present heat wave started last Sunday, when the mercury moved up to the 90s after a seasonable 84 above Saturday. Since then it has been a little warmer each day. and to day's top may be near the 100-above mark. Incidentally, it r.as been nearly a Early Baseball Plagues Will TOKYO, Aug. 15 1 thought during my long lifetime I had been awaken ed just at day l'jht by every known thing, tout right und-ar the Imperial hotel window exactly at daylight five sep arate b ase ball games start. That goes on all day. Harvard ar rives tomorrow to play the Japanese colleges, but about all they will win will te in Englhih pronunciation. Yours, llll. MeN.utM Syndicate, fin. PLAY PROGRAM FOR COMING TWO WEEKS PLANNED When the recreational program authorised by the SERA begins next Monday at the La Grande stadium and the Greenwood school field, all children of the city are- invited to participate. The schedule for the two weeks starting Aug. 20 was announced to day as follows: 10 to 11 a. m. volleyball, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 11 to 12 a. m. gamea In basement, daily. 2 to 3 p. m. ping pong contests. 3 to 4 p. m., baseball. 4 to 5 p. m., contests. 10 to 11. tennis Tuesday, Thursday aiioT Saturday. PAIR AFTER GAS LEAVE CAN, HOSE IN THEIR FLIGHT One caso of burglary and another of attempted roblrtfryWccurred - last night, according to police records. The officers were cailed to 1702 Adams avenue at 11 p. m, Wednes day, where It was reported two men were trying to steal gasoline from Don Ruckman's car. The police, up on arrival, found the men gone, but their haste had been so great they left a gas can and hose they had in tended to use in siphoning. H. C. Wlcklander. of 905 Sixth street, reports his house entered sometime last night and the follow ing articles were stolen: suitcase, slipover sweater, shaving case, foun tain pen. pencil, and a watch chain with penknife and key attached. It was reported Wlcklander's hous-a was not locked when he left It. BABY DAUGHTER BORN MONDAY Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Laucirica who reside at 1411 W avenue are the parents of a seven -pound daughter born to them Monday, August 13, at their home. The little girl has not been named. Here's World's Largest Pair Of Overalls How arc your powers when it comes to estimating? The New York store lias hang ing from the top of Its building front on Adams avenue a gigantic pair of overalls, said to be the largest pair ever made. In connec tion with tlie display, the store is conducting a contest, with first, second and third prizes for the winners. The contest Is based upon estimates as to the yards of denim in the overalls, tlw width around the waist, and the full length, according to Sam Zion. La Grande manager. The giant overalls which have been flapping In the breeze for the Inst few days, are the pro duct of the Lees, national known makers of overalls. month since rnln of any consequence nas innen nere, ana l. u. Barnard, state watermaster who was here to day from his headquarters at Union, reports the Gronde Ronde river flow at being the lowest in the last five years. The flow Is about 350 minerB Inches of water, he said, and he pre dicted that unless early rains came, the flow is likely to become negligible before the summer season Is at an end. The longest heat wave experienced In La Grande this year was the seven day period from July 23 to July 29. Inclusive, during which temperature ranged from 90 to 107 above. POLICE FIND NO TRACE OF "BABY FACE" Vigil On Highway West of La Grande Wednes day Without Sugcess. Sheriff Jesse Bresheartt, Deputy Sheriff Hugo Kllnghamuier, unil Chief of Police Jim steffeli spent most of yesterday afternoon patrolling the highway wast of La Orunde following a tip which was received from the sheriff of I'matlUa comity that the notorious "Baby Face' Nelson, Am erica's public enemy No, 1, hiw thought) to be In the vicinity. A car answering to the description of one seen at Bonneville earlier this week, was seen la Pendleton about noon yesterday. Tala car and its oc cupants also answered the descrip tion of one driven by a man who robbed a service station at Salt Lake City on Monday, the 13th. The car. which was described as be ing a Cadillac with a tan canvas top. 1933 model, painted black with two spar tires in fender wella and a lug gage carrier on the back with the word "via" in large letters, apparent ly did not come this way and it is thought that It probably headed for Walla Walla instead of east on the Old Oregon Trail through La Grande. The license number on the car was unknown. The man in the car who was thought to have been Nelson was de scribed as having worn a tan shirt and tie, brown suit and was accom panied by a woman 24 yjars old with dark hair and eyes, wore men's brown trousers which buttoned on the side, and a brown leather coat. Nelson la one of the Dllllngcr gang of Chicago and Is being sought by the policy on numerous charges. Announce Cast Of Characters For Legion Show ,; . v-'-t ''-. The cast for "So You Can't It", the American Legion act for Saturday night's show at Zuber hall was selec ted at last nights rehearsal and con sists of a number of prominent legionnaires who have appeared in many former productions here. Syl vester Burleigh will be captain of the ship and will be In command of the following crew: Johanna Gar Ity, a robust model from Paris. Pred ericka Jones, Alice Knight. Pansy Bloom. Georgia Tiss. and Baroness Munchausen DeGreeves will model t the latest in ladies wearing apparel chiefly of the lingerie variety. The Misses Victoria Eckley and Cecilia Wagner will display the 1890 models and will thrill the crowd with their antics. Fredricka Reed. Othella Pal mer and Roberta Scott will appear In the latest novelty slacks and from advance Information the slack has not been taken up and the girls be ing of an athletic nature will demon strate why slacks should be worn. (Continued on Page 8lx A COUPLE OF CHIEFS QUIT THEIR S ' (iv. , ...A .. ,iT "&mT. M!A i II ITS! Mi HSU I (it,: . .1 I ... v-t. ',, rft CW- Just Like Complaining witnesses agnlnst Jack and Betty Pierce were tills group of eager to believe suggestions that their btibies could win fame and fortune bad paid Mr. and Mrs. Pierce varied sums to get their children "screen screen successes. FISHERMEN'S STRIKE ON COLUMBIA RIVER LIKELY TO COST THEM $400,000 ASTORIA. Ore.. Aug. 16 WT) Not a union fishing boat was In operation on the Columbia river this morning, though sal mon were run n 1 ng at a rate that would make record catches commonplace. The long-pending strike of Colum bia river gilnetters and cannery workers went Into effect last night, despite rumored last minute protests from some of the fishermen. The Fishermen's union voted last week to strike when the cannery price for salmon was reduced from six. to four cents a pound. After delaying since Sunday, packers last night low ered the price in the faco of the strike throat, and the walkout fol lowed.1 - -. ; Some 4,000 men. Including fisher men and cannery employes, were af fected; and losses to llBhermen alone promised to mount to about $400,000. Only eight days of fishing remain before the close of the summer sea son, and packers said last night they doubted If a settlement could be made. Ity the Associated Tress Threats of a general strike in the vast textile industry presented a fresh problem to government mediators .to day as negotiations for ending severnl strikes approached a climax. Attack ing the NRA, delegates to the New York convention of the United Textile Workers of America said they would consider calling a general strike in the industry unless collective bar gaining were assured. Cotton, silk and rayon mills would be affected by such action. Striking employes of the Gulf Re fining company in Philadelphia de cided to appeal to the national labor Taking Candy From Babies board to force the company to accede to their demands. The men struck In protest against the discharge of a number of workers, later adding a demand for wage Increases. In Pittsburgh, Fred Kelghtly, gov ernment conciliator, sought confer ences with officials of the Aluminum company of America. He already has listened to the striking aluminum workers' complaints, has heard their demands for a collective bargaining contract with the. company. A heavy police guard was under call In Chicago to prevent possible disorders resulting from the strike of union drivers of the Chicago Motor Coach company. Disputants in Minneapolis' protrac ted truck drivers' strike awaited action on the national labor board on a request for Immediate elections to determine which organization the drivers want to represent them in collective bargaining. Roper Ponders Over Problem WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 A hclfer'n strange appetite posed a problem for decretory Roper today. The commerce department head discussed it with reporters. It seems his department painted an airway beacon tower. The heifer licked the paint off and prompt ly d led . Whereupon the fanner sued the government for $20. Roper's defense Is that maybe the heifer died because the farmer did not feed her enough salt, ISOLATION POSTS Los Angeles youngsters. Parents, in motion pictures testified they tests," in hopes they would be RAILROADS TO ASK FOR HIGH RATES Farm Products Probably Will Not Be Affected By New Position. WASHINGTON, Aug. 1( ) Itnsllig their plea on wage InmtiseH unit the Increasing eost or nutleriuK the rail roads soon will nsk for ait Increase In freight rales tin many elusscs of com modities. A petition Is to lie pre seuira to the inlerstaue commerce, ecimmission. Farm products, the subjee of spe cial treatment for several years, prob ably will not be affected by the peti tion. Railroad attorneys declined today to discuss the plea although acknow ledging it soon will bo filed. In 1031, although denied a general increase, the railroads were permitted to place surcharges on certain com modities. These were In effect until last September. WASHINGTON. Aug. 16 (A1) The rail mad retirement board today or dered all class 1 railroads to imme diately pay to the United Slates treas urer one tenth of one per cent of (Continued On Page Five) WIDEN SCOPE OF TELEPHONE QUIZ WASILINOTON. Aug. 16 lP) The communications commission moved today to broaden IUj investigation of the telephone bustnewt. It drafted new orders for inter state compnnlc.s. Announcement of the details wan expveted later In the day. Since It began the Investigation July 20, the commission has ordered telephone companies under lUf Juris diction to report their rates, owner ship and practices. Thct rejKjrts are due Sfptemlwr 1. He.irlng-.i on rates and practices which the commission regards as objection able will follow. LOCAL PEOPLE TO SEE FAIR Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smut., Dor othy Smutz, Mrs. J. If. Blunt and Harvey Elmer left Wednesday for a two weeks trip to the World's Fair at Chicago, riding In the SmuU auto mobile. Wheat Today The prlie of local new crop cash uhfiit sIihhI ul ahout cents hulk here loilu.v, according to I he IMoncer Mooring Mil In. I'orl liind cji.hIi HI cents. No ex port hid, CHIUAOO. Aug. 1(1 uV) Uite sell ing t'Klay attributed to sMistern sour ces h.id a weakening effect on whitit prices, and about wiped out earlier gains. Un:-.Lslness In various quitters was renew. tl about possible development at Wellington concerning proposed admlnl.strattve measu s for lirea'te:I governmental .egulutJon of grain Kpc-u hit Ion. Hit Ins In Argentina act ed a-s a late b'arlsh influence. Wheat rinsed steady unchanged to sBc higher. I Joe. new . corn c off to !4n up. Dec. '0yQt oats at 3c def-ll U 'c alvancc, and provisions Bh'jwlng 12 to 30c gain. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME a CO! l'l.K FAI.I.N .TO UKATII CONVICTS ltK( AI'Tl iti:i) V BOY'S ItODV MSCOYKItKO ritisoN sntiKK occrits NOKTlirol.K, Cul.. Aug, 16 ffl Forest ruiigeiM Unlay sought to re cover the bodies of Mr. and Mm. Con rrnl Kltlentmcker, young mountain climbing wuple, who fell to their deaths on a glacier from near the top of n iM'ak lu tlie Minaret region of the high sierra near here. RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 16 (P) Pour or five long term convicts) who over powered a guard and escapwl today from the state penitentiary were re captured less than three hours later by state and county police. l.OS AN(ii:i.KS, Ann. 16 m The body of 14-yenr-uld Vincent Holeomh who ffepurutrd from three other lloy scouts I u the wilderness or White Oak eniiyon last Monday, was found under no feet of water In Die Itlg Tljuiigu dam tmhiy. NEW YOllK, Aug. 16 UP) Welfare Island penitentiary waa In a state of selgo today, with 1,500 prisoners lock ed in their cells, following a strike. MOSCOW, Auk. 16 (T) Moscow heard rumors fcwlny that JaHtiiese militarists planned to take over the Chinese Kustcm railway after deolur lug i Muttt of military law. PATNA. India, Aug. 16 (P) Drown Ing of 170 men and women when a ferry boat overturned In midstream was rejortvd today from Dnrlhara. HOBOKENMANIN COURTONCHARGE OF SELLING WIFE I lO BO KEN, N. J.. Aug. 18 W - Richard Roat. 48 year old proretialonal stamp collector, hie wife, Hlldogarde, L30, mother of bis six-year-old son, and Paul Herman, 41, Union City en gineer, were taken before Recorder Thomas J. McAleer today to face charges to this effect: Thot Rost agreed to j!1 Ills wife for $700 to Herman, That Herman waa to pay the sum In installments, That Mrs. Host agreed to the solo, and finally, That she went to live with Her man. As Chief of Police Edward J. Mc Fevly told the stoiy Mrs. Rost mcft Herman last month In a restaurant. Soon the couple found they liked each other. Roat learned this, and the subject or selling his wife suggested itself. The Installments wero paid regularly, according to McPeoly, and last Thursday the sale was completed. There was oven a bill of ualo, the chief said And then came the- shock. Rost discovered that $175 worth or stamps were missing, McPcely said. He ac (Contlnued on Pao Eight) Free Speech With Backfire Disturbs Reds ity Iale IfarrLson NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (I) Union square, rostrum of the red, took a sock on the chin from ita own oratory last night, and there was much ado. The reds are won't to mount the Un ion square soapbox and hurl violent verbs. F'reo speech Is the cornerstone from which they love to leap at the throats of tlra capitalistic this and the capitalistic that. Last night during a lull when none of the 500 communists gathered at the square seemed to have any im mediate remarks to make concerning tlw government. Mr. Eugene Danlcll (Continued on Page Five) OPEN OPPOSITION TO HITLER NOT FOUND lly Wade Werner (CYipyrlRht, Hi;H, Associated Press) BHltLIN, Aug. 10 I spent four hours last night in patient search for a basts or rumors to the effect that Communist and Socialist opposi tion to the Hitler regime has become active on the billboards and Bt reels of Berlin. That exploration failed to disclose one untt-in'"r poster, a Blgn. a sticker. r even a scribbled word openly Indicating that some one in Germany does not favor voting "Ja" iext mnduy In the plebiscite to de termine whether the Oermun public approves ot AdolT Hitler in the presi dency. After three years absence from Ber lin set out on my tour with Joy. I hopefully visited the Ntukueln. WeutlUTg. and Buclowplatz c&trict. SEARCH NOW CENTERS IN LONDON AREA Police Believe Labatt Held Prisoner Not Many 1 Miles From Home REPORT CONTACT WITH ABDUCTORS In Meantime, Three Tor onto Detectives Work ing on a "Lead" in De troit, Mich. (iOlTbsnOKO, N. C, Aug. 16 (TP) Kev. K. II. Askew, Ooldsboro evangelist, llsapeured late yes terday while on nu automobile trip to SinlthflHd and today his wire revel veil a letter demanding $i.Voo ransom for his return. LONDON, Out., Aug. Ifl (fl9 Po lice Investigating the kidnaping of John S. Ijihntt were represented to day as believing that te Isj being held at a pluoo "not -ninny miles" fron hN liomc on Cent nil avenue. A prominent resldont of London,' made thlu statement just after ha had been interviewed toy a provincial police official, saying that he had: been Informed that the search lor the kidnapers la centered In the Londot district. The oame Informant said that former employee of the Labatt Brew ing company, of which the kidnaped man Is president, has besn missing since Monday and Is now being sought for questioning 'by provincial police. Activities of the provincial police this afternoon centered along- ther waterfront of Sam la. Ont., the city' from which Labatt was motoring to) London when ho disappeared on Tuesday. 1 Tlie theft of a considerable amounlf (Commute, on Page Eight 20-Foot Monster Of The Deep Is Seen By Beebe HAMILTON, Bermuda, Aug. 16 W A hugo deep sea fish, possibly un known to man, was one of the curi ous sights which greeted Dr. William, Beebe. American scientist, In a dar ing record -breaking descent toward, the bottom of the ocean. The undorseas explorer and his as sociate, Otis Barton, wero unable to Identify the monster they sighted, from their "bathysphere" yesterday. Scaled In the two-ton Iron ball, Bcebo and Barton were lowered to a depth or 3,028 feet, more than half a mile under the surface. The des cent exceeded their record of lasb Saturday by 618 feet and surpassed; the earlier mark of half a mile by) 388 feat. "i . A large gray "shadow" at 2,750 feed was the first appearance of the un known fish. The object seemed to .bo (OonttmiPd nr. Pfure Five; Baseball NATIONAL l,KA(H i: Brooklyn 18 1 Cincinnati 8 13 1 Carroll, 2achary nnd Lopez, Berres; Stout and Lombard I, Manlon. (10 Innings) Boston - 3 7 0 Chicago j 3 7 1 Frankhousc, Brandt and Spohrcr; Warnekc, Bush and Hartnett. American League NEW YORK, Aug. 16 P) The fourth game of the Detroit-Yankeo scries was postponed today because of wet grounds. Chicago at Philadelphia, postponed, threatening weather. St. Louis at Boston, postponed, rain. worklngmen's areas whore three years ago I witnessed serious clashes be tween Communists and police. Scrutiny of scores of Hitler "Ja posters' failed to reveal oven one on which any one dared to write "no" or even the German equivalent lor "baloney." The four hours' tour, however, waa not entirely In vain. In Neukoeln, I found one Ja poster which had been gripped across the middle, apparently uy hii miLi-riiuer nniiu. To balance this off was the appear ance or the Buelowplatz. once the center of German Communism. It wore Its quota of Ja posters so quietly that not even one policeman or a brown-shlrted storm trooper had been detailed to guard the place or If he had been detailed he must have been out having a stein of beer.