La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 29, 1934, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextPrune Harvest Will Begin Thursday At Cove, Union 1 ISa (IratuV letting Wbsmm i 1 i f i La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America Only Newspaper - . Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 32 EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEW8PATEB LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1934 MEMBER ASSOCIATBD PRESS NUMBER 300 CALIFORNIA NOMINATES SINCLAIR iYIELD BELOW NORMAL BUT OUALITYGOOD expect to m a r k e t be tween 25 And 30 Car loads in Valley. PICKING 2 WEEKS EARLY THIS YEAR j Price Tendency Upward in T.jisf-. WppU- Tflaho's n . T t- ir ... urop, inow rseing nar- vested, is Short. Prune picking Ir scheduled to be X I n Thursday morning at In Ion and Cove, the two largest producing ren ters In the .ronde Itonde valley. Tills is approximately two weeks earlier thun lu normal years, when pit-king begins about Sept. 10 or 12. Indications are that the crop will be below normal In size In this county, due partially to aphis dam age earlier In the season and to winterkill two years ago, which re duced the number of bearing trees. Quality of the prunes, however. Is reported to be the best In recent years, and in addition, the price has been showing an upward tendency the last week. Hair bushel baskets were selling at 80 cents In Payette the first of this week. The prune season has been com pleted In the Freewater district, and (Continued on Page Three) Mrs. Dunbar To Attend Health Meeting Sept. 19 Mrs. Saldle On-Dunbar, executive secretary of the Oregon State Public Health association, will be in La Orande on Wednesday, Sept. 19 at the annual meeting of the Union County Public Health association. President H. E, Dixon is . announcing today. Tho' meeting is to be held at 7:30 in the evening in the small ballroom at the Sacajawea Inn. It Is also stated .that the new county nurse. Miss Erlckson, will have been on the Job then long enough to be able to tell something of local health conditions. Mr. Dixon in. his Initial announce ment states that the public as such. Is Invited to attend. TRACE OF RAIN FALLS IN CITY THIS MORNING A trace of rain fell In La Grande this morning, between 8 and 7 o'clock, but that's nil it amounted to. The precipitation was so meagre that it failed to measure one-hundredth of an inch, and as far oo government records will later show, there was no moisture. Cloudy skies continued today and the weather forecast continued to in dicate thunderstorms In Eastern Ore gon tonight and Thursday, with moderate temperatures. Tuesday maximum was 89 above, nine degrees cooler than the 98 above registered on both Sunday and Monday. EARLIER OPEN DUCK SEASON LIKED HERE Union and Wallowa county sports men hailed with delight the change announced yesterday In the migratory waterfowl shooting season for this year. The change, which opened the season a eek earlier, works to the advantage of sportsmen in this sec tion where the first wintry freeze us ually arrives early in November. Actually, local sportsmen favored a much earlier opening but they re gard this as much better than the first plan, especially since the sea son is uniform In Oregon and Wash ington. Many local sportsmen, how ever, were disappointed In that shoot ing days were continued as Fridays, Saturday and Sundays. There was quite a bit of sentiment here for Wednesdays. Saturdays and Sundays. According to announcement by the state game department regulations promulgated by the secretary of agri culture on recommendation of the U. S. biological survey named the following open dates: October 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28: Nov ember 2. 3. 4. 9, 10, 11. 16, 17, 18. 23. 24. 25. 30: December 1, 2, 7, 8 , 9. 14, 15, 16. 21. 22 and 23. These dates apply for ducks, geese, brant, coots, Wilson snipe, or Jack snipe. The bag limit for all such Women Doing The Work in Russia MOSCOW, Aug. 82 Talk about a town on a boom. This is It. I never saw as many buildings going up in my life. You have heard of equality of sex (in Russia. That's not bo. The women are doing the work. They are dig ging a subway. Have talked all day today with Morris Hindus, Wal ter Duranty and Louis Fisher. Here are three men that know their Russia from A to bolshevlkl. I am so full of facts and statistics that I feel like a brain truster. By the way, I got my little Chinese professor with me yet. They can fool me, but they can't fool him. Yours, tfCu. Co? fH. HcN.u",ht Syndic.!,, ft... QUEEN SHIRLEY OF ROUND UP VISITS HERE Accompanied By Mothei', Queen of Round-Up 25 Years Ago, And Pen dleton Rotarians. (Jiiccn Shirley iif 'Pendleton's Silver Jubilee Kminil-I p. accompanied liy Hit mother. Mm. Herbert Thompson, who was queen of Die first Kound l'p a quarter of a century ago, and nine Pendleton Itotarlans were ln (IraiKle guests today. ,v . The group, with the visiting Rotar ians resplendent In -colorful - shirts and cowboy hats, attended the Rotary (Continued on Page Three) FLOWER SHOW TO OPEN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 2 The doors of the annual Fall Flower Show of the La Grande Neighborhood club In the large ballroom of the La Grande hotel arc to swing open to the general public tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 o'clock and the show will con- ( Continued on Page Thr GOLF TEAM MATCH TO BEGIN SEPT. 2 Another country club golf team match, to be played from Sept. 2 to Sept. 9, inclusive, with Ben Madlll and Bill Howard as team captains, was announced today. Anyone unable to play will default to his opponent. The winners will be rewarded with a dinner served by the losers. The pairings follow, the first named (Continued On Page Four) birds excepting geese and brant Is 12 in any one day and not to exceed 12 in any three consecutive shooting days. It was provided further that the bag limit shall not be more than five each or In the aggregate of either ducks, canvaasbacks. redheads, greater scaups, lesser scaups, rlngnecks, blue wing teals, greenwlng teals, cinnamon teals, shovellers and gadwalls and all such ducks shall be counted with and included In the dally limit of 12. There Is no open season on wood, ruddy or bufflehead ducks. The bag limit for geese and brant is four In the aggregate In any one day and not to exceed four In any three consecutive shooting days, with the possession limit at any one time not to exceed four. Maximum for live geese decoys Is 10 and for live ducks 25. Permit with accompanying regula tions will be Issued for bMtlng or feeding upon application to the chief of the U. S. biological survey. No waterfowl, except crippled birds not otherwise retrievable, shall be shot while renting on water or land on any baited premises. No waterfowl shall be shot on any baited premises after 3 p. m. HI Fair Champ Here's a duck that Joe Penner could sell. For six weeks Rose mary has been laying throe eins per week In her hideout at Wings Of A Century at the World's Fair where she appears In the cast. Champion ducks lay at the rate of four eggs weekly, so when one r. fleets that Rosemary must go on acting, her egg laying Is not to be sneezed at. The coming champion Is pictured here In the arms cf Mary Ann Pearl, a Juvenile mem. ber of the cast. TIGERS TO PLAY FOUR FOOTBALL CONTESTS HERE A little more than three weeks and the Eastern Oregon In terse hoi astic football season will open, with La Grande playing its first game in de fense of Its 1933-34 district champ ionship at Cove. Coach Ira Wootlie announced today the first contest would be played on Sept. 22. Practice wil lformally begin the first day of school, Sept. 10, bo the Tigers will have less than two weeks to prepare for the first contest. Four games will be played in La Grande and four out of town, Includ ing what fans believe will be two of the toughest on the 1934 schedule (Continued on Page Four) 'YOU REMEMBER ME WE MET DURING THE WAR' BANK TO AID IN FEDERAL HOUSING PLAN First National To Make Loans to Those Eligible For Repairing, Remod elling Property. The federal housing administration hi Washington today liimouiMHKt the acceptance of oimtrm-t of Insurance, under the modernization credit plan, for the First National hunk of ' m (; ramie, whereby tlte 'local Institution Is eligible to make loans to property owners to repair or remodel homes or business places. Under the government plan, banks entering Into this agreement are guaranteed 20 per cent of the volume of the loans made for this purjKZje. With this guarantee and the addi tional requirements of the govern ment plan,, the possibility of any. losses to co-operating banks Is negli gible. Officers of the Flint National said today they entered into the agree ment In a spirit of co-operation with the national recovery plans of the (Continued on Papre Two! Wilford E. Stitt Will Leave Soon For New Zealand Wilford E. Stltt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Stltt of this city, expects to leave in the near future on a mission for the L. D. S. church. He will be stationed In New Zealand for between two and one-half and three years, but it is not known def initely what, his particular line of work will be In this field. Stltt ex pec to to leave here about Sept. 10 for Salt Lake City where he will spend a week In the mission school there. From Salt Lake City he will go to San Francisco and sail from there late In September for New Zealand. TEXTILE INSTITUTE SHUNS CONFERENCE; BIG STRIKE SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY WASHINGTON, Aug. !!) fP Call ing the rerusul of the eoitou tevtile Institute to take part In a confer ence with the labor relations board an Indication "they nre still more In terested In exploitation than recov ery," Francis J. Gorman, rhairimui of tho strike committee of the lulled Dog's Heroism Tlerc nre some who insist a dog couldn't know what he was dolus, j Tlerc nre some who insist a dog but when 11-months-old Donnkl Hancy, Oakland, Cnllf., picked up' a piece of meat on the lawn of his home, "Bum" grabbed it from ills " hand nnd gobbled it. Ten minutes later the dog was dead. "Poisoned meat," diagnosed tho veternarian. Now Tinky Pooh, Bum's father, takes up the vigil guarding his young master. EASTERN OREGON COUNTY AGENTS IN CONFERENCE County Agent Harry G. Avery re turned last night from Pendleton where he attended a meeting of the County agents of eight Eastern Ore gon counties at the Hotel Pendleton !;,wtiird.ay, , Two. officials of Oregon State college. Denn William A. Scho enfeld and William L. TeuUich. as sistant county agent leader, were present for the meeting. They are making on extensive study of the method of keeping the agricultural f Contlnu-M on Pair Two) Textile union, arranged hue today to set tho hour and div for ronniiem' mi'iit of the textile strike before noon tomorrow. (orniiiu said that InaKinueh as the mill owners hud refUKeil to attend to morrow' peaee (tinrerence. before the labor hoard there seemd little use of atleiKliiiiee hy union leaders. Saves Baby Pal couldn't know what he was doing, F. R. REGARDS GOLD PROFIT AS 'NEST EGG' President Laughs Off In V f Queries ; London Interested; Tans Wor ried. liy rraneis M. KtepheiiRon I1VME PA UK, N. Y., Aug. 2!l (At President Ititofii'vcK empliastzed to day at his regular press conference here that It Is only the ultimate In tention of the government to use the gold profit, from ifevulnul Ion of Hie dollar nnd he laughed away Inquiries of Inflation hy Immediate use of (his ruiid. The president spoke in response to questions about the speeches last night by Secretary Morgenthau stat ing the purpose to employ tho 2, 800.000.000 gold profit eventually for retirement of the public debt. He called attention to the word ultimately and said that meant a time pretty far In tho future. The gold profit fund, he added, Is a nest egg and would be so regarded. (Continued on Page Three) 500 PARAGUAYANS KILLED IN BATTLE LA PAZ, 'Bolivia, Aug. 20 lP) A bloody clash between Paraguayan and Bolivian forces In the Carandayty Hector on the Chaco In which 500 Paraguayans were killed and 1,300 wounded was reported today by tho Bolivian wor ministry. Tho war ministry also claimed thot many Paraguayan prisoners captured told of hardships Paraguay's forces are suffering, among them lack of water and scarcity of food. The iso lation and fatigue of tho campaign has resulted lu the death of many Paraguayans, it was asserted. Wheat Today Tlte price of local ruMi new crop wheat stood ul about (7 cents hulk today, arconlluf? to the I'ioueer l-loiirlug .Mills. Portland cash HHi-V cents. No export bid. 'CHICAGO, Aug. HO V, Enlarged speculative buying descended on tho grain market today and prices ad vanced sharply. Bullish factors stimu lating trade Included realisation, bawd on authoritative survey, of heavy f rml damsge to small grain crops In Northern Alberta and Sas ktchewan. Canada, strength in for eign markets and a sprinkling of In flUon gossip. Theat closed iwHkfl higher than yesterday'-. finish, Due. new 1.0:i6 , Sept. new options showed the best gain, finishing at $ .02 T8 , a range of 4 f- 1 'c advance. May closed ut Corn gained 1 'gc, December closing at 80 i.i 7c. Oats were ,J& c higher, rye wMic up and bar ley showed a range unchanged to 2J4c advance. Provisions were higher. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME lU'ltLKY SAYS "SMKAIt GANG' LANDS FLAMING AIKPI.AN'B HOPKINS FOR SINCI.Alll ItKTFItN DAVIS TO l.OMHJN WASHINGTON, Aug. 2f) (fT) Pat rick J. Hurley, Hoover secretary or war, denounced the American Liberty League today us a "smear ping." Thus the Okhilionian became the Grst out standing Itepuhllran to comment fornially on this organization. BE7THANY, W. Va Aug. 20 m With flames from the motor stream ing Into his face, Lieut. G. H, Niac in tyre, army flier from Crlssy Field, Ban Francisco, brought an army ob servation airplane to a successful landing In a field near Bethany this afternoon. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2f) (P) Harry L. Hopkins, relief administrator, said tiHlay the nomination of I'pton Sin clair as the Democratic, candidate for governor of California was "great business." HYDE PARK, N. Y., Aug. 20 WV President Roosevelt today ordered Norman H. Davis to return to London next mouth to resume the Informal conservations with Groat Britain and Japan in an effort to clear the way for a successful navjil limitations conference next year. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (A1) The administration Is ready to lower the hours of work uiul keep Intact p res en wages for any Industry In which that action Is found udvlsahle. At the same time It wan disclosed that two officials of the recovery organi zation, iilackwell Smith, nnd Leon Henderson, had submitted their re signations to Hugh S. Johnson, BIG CUT IN U. S. LIQUOR TAXES IS TO BE PROPOSED fly fee 11 it. Dickson (Copyright. 1004, Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 Slashes In federal liquor taxes and Import duties to eliminate the bootlegger- will bo proposed in the next congress by a group of rep rose ntatlvos who led the rejeal fight. The fact that the treasury hoa not reaped tho harvest of revenue expected from liquor sales and the continu ance of larger - scale bootlegging prompted the move. Proposals to rcstor the old domes tic rate of 91.10 a ga 'on on 100 proof liquor, and to slice .he $6 a gallon tariff by 50 per cent are being con- (Continued on Page Two) BETTER PAYMENTS ON FARM LOANS PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 20 (At An optimistic report of federal laud bank operations In Oregon was given today by E. M. Ehrhardt, president of the Institution. He reported a 27 per cent Improve ment in payments of Installments on long term federal land bank and com mission mortgages the first seven months of this year compared with tho corresponding 1033 period. NEW DEAL COST TO BE TALKING POINT WASHINGTON. Aug. 29 (At Sec retary Morgenthau'H view that the cost of the new deal lu Its first 10 months may run as low as S50B.OOO,- 000 is expected to be a talking point lu the fail campaigns. There appeared no doubt that the figuring the trmumry head did before a nation-wide radio audience last nl;ht would be acclaimed by friends and assailed by at least some foes. Estimates of new deal costs by the two camps have been billions of dol lars apart. Morgenthau's statement that the $1:800000.000 "profit" the government reaped by its gold policy eventually would be applied to reducing the na tional debt also aroused much In terest. Word from Wall Street was that thiH was regarded as reassuring and likely to bolster the government bond market. Observers hold that when the treas ury pays out gold certificates backed by this profit. It will mean a cur rency inflation of $2,800,000,000. Many onlookers had predicted that this would be the eventual decision of the government. But Morgenthau made AUTHOR WINS DEMOCRATIC PREFERENCE Socialist Author .Who Adopted Old Line Party Piles Up Big Vote. MERRIAM WILL BE G. O. P. CANDIDATE Sinclair's E-P-I-C Plan ten "; Abolish Poverty in; State Responsible Fon ' Landslide. : . 8AV FIMNCIHCO, Aug. M UPtVp- ' ton Sinclair, HociaUst author turned lemorrut, and acting Governor Prank ; Merrlatn. Republican, piled up In- - creasing totals today In the Callfor- ; nla primary as they swept toward tha -N'ovfimbcr elections whlef i , soma . Democratic, leaders feared might ; weaken the party's congressional dele gation. Sinclair's colorful campaign which) he said brought victory to president ' (Continued on Pags Two) Quarter Million Dollar Fire Hits Calif ornia City ; QUINCY, Col., Aug. 20 W Att ' Investigation to determine the ori gin of a fire that destroyed half tho ' business section of Qulncy, county seat of Plumas county, was pressed today by Plro Chief William. Barrett. 1 -urkuimiU'd 'for weeks by Forest--', fires that throatened to wipe out tha city, it remained, -Ironically,- for ft blase starting In the center of town. to bring about one of the worst holo causts experienced here. (Continued on Page Two) Baseball AMKIUCAN LKAGUE PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 20 (tf") Lyn- wood (School Boy) Rowe's bid for ' his 17th consccutlvo pitching1 victory wob crushed today by tho Philadel phia Athletics who knocked the 23-year-old Arkansas hurler from the box in the seventh Inning when tha Athletics were leading 10 to 3. . ; (First Gome) Detroit J2 30 3 Philadelphia 7 14 t '. Aukcr, Marberry and Cochrane; Cain, Mahaffey and Hayes. Chicago 3 4 0 New York 18 0 Lyons and Madjeski; Broaca, Mur phy and Jorgens. NATIONAL LEAOVTU New York 0 3 1 Chicago . 1 5 0 Hubbell and Danning; Warntko and Hartnett. (First Gnmo) Boston 11 12 O Pittsburgh 0 4 3 Bctts and Hbgan; French, Lucas, and Grace. ; (Second Game) Boston 0 7 0 Pittsburgh 7 11 1 Mangum. R. Smith and 8pohrcr; Hoyt and Padden. clear that "for the present" the gov ernment would continue to keep the $2,800,000,000 "under lock sndkey." So there Is no saying when the' cur rency will be issued. Secretary Morgenthau said that from March 4 1933, to June 30, 1934, the gross public debt Increased about $G, 000.000. 000. Making an "Inventory of assets" for his listeners, he said that "egalnst this gross increase we can offset, either now or ultimately, the follow ing assets: "(1) An Increase In the treasury's cash balance of $1,000,000,000: "(2) Tho 'profit' of $2,800,000,000 resulting from the reduction In tho gold content of the dollar; "(3) Tho Increase In the assets of tho agencies wholly owned and fin anced by the government, amounting on Juno 30, 1034, to $1,098,000,000." Although Morgenthau did not carry this exposition to Its conclusion, It would leave a net deficit of $506, 000,000. Thus, on the basis of Mor genthau's theory, this sum, would ba tne cost of the new deal so far aa It Is reflected In -the Increase In debt. 0