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the NATIONAL CAPITOL With John W. Kelly Washington Correspondent of the La Grande Observer Holman After Aliens WASHINGTON, D. July 31 Administration slipped up when Washington's Schwellen-1 bach failed to rally enough votes in the senate immigration committee to block a resolution of Oregon's Holman to investigate the immigration service of the department of labor. No one! knows how many aliens there are in the United States here legally or illegally and Holman wants the investigation to ascertain the facts, if possible; also whether present laws are adequate or whether they are being enforced. 'The resolution goes to the heart of a subject which will be discussed in the presidential cam-! paign of 1940.

It is common knowledge aliens are being smuggled into the U. S. the number is a mystery. Some indication of the extent of this smuggling is by the fact that 12,905 were ap-, prehended in 1938. Thousands! probably slipped in and uncaught.

A notorious example of the inefficiency of the immi-1 gration service was Bruno Haupt-1 man, kidnaper and killer of the Lindburgh baby, who was not known to be an alien illegally in this country until he was arrested for the crime which aroused the world. Arrested Criminals Two months ago David tuck was arrested for ing in New York. He said he was being persecuted. Grabtuck had arrived from Germany 9 days before. Investigation shows he was arrested 11 times in (Continued on Page 4) Rev.

M. Greenlee Suffers Burns On Fishing Trip Rev. Milton H. Greenlee of the Fir Street Methodist church ceived second degree burns his arms Saturday when gasoline from a camp stove sprayed on him and ignited his clothing. He and Tom Harper were ing on the Lostine river and Greenlee was pumping the stove to cook their lunch.

The pressure became too high, bursting the seam of the tank, and spraying the contents over the clothes of Rev. Greenlee catching them afire. He rolled in the grass but this failed to extinguish the flames so he jumped in the river and put the fire out, but not until he had received severe burns on the arms and slighter burns on the back of the neck and leg. Harper, who was after water at the time, returned immediately and took him to Wallowa where, first aid was administered before bringing Rev. Greenlee to La Grande where his wounds were dressed.

Film Star Collars Burglar Suspect HOLLYWOOD, July 31 (UP)-! Clark Gable, husky film star, from his shower bath today to seize and hold for police a pected burglar in his San Fer-; nando valley home, police ed. The man, who gave his name as Willard J. Broski, 18, a cook's helper, was discovered in a closet of Gable's home. Broski had one of Gable's antique guns stuck in his belt, the film, star told police. Broski said he was broke and hoped that Gable would give him some money if he could see him, police said.

COURSE SUGGESTED CLEVELAND, July 31 (UP) The Cuyahoga grand jury, "seri-; ously impressed by the youth of most violators." today recommended a course in morals for all cighth and ninth grade school children. Lat Grande urning Obseruer the wind Tuesday; moderate Oregon WEATHER off northwest the cooler Fair coast. northwest in FORECAST portion the tonight to interior tonight; north and of VOLUME 37 5c a Copy LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 31, 1939 World News Coverage by United Press NUMBER 137 SENATE CUTS Talk of War Continues In Europe August Showdown Feared on Eve Of Last War's Start By JOE ALEX MORRIS U. P. Foreign News Editor Great Britain and France speeded up security measures Europe and the far east today Ion the eve of the 25th anniversary of the World war.

With military preparations every big power the approaching maximum started in in the August first week World war Angust 1914-both London and Paris concentrated on completing their security front by bringing Soviet Russia into a three-power political and military alliance tended to offset the threat of new war. Developments includ-1 ed: Talks to Start Prime Minister Neville Cham berlain announced in the house of commons that a British-French military mission would leave! probably this week for Moscow to consult on mutual defense and to acknowledge the determination of the two powers to carry through their proposals. Agitation against Americans well as Britons flared over wider area in the far east Tokyo police guarded the embassies of both powers during a demonstration denouncing "Britain, America and Russia" as "our common enemy." Americans Bombed Americans Bombed Japanese bombed American' hospitals, missions and schools in two Chinese cities, and poured (Continued on Page 2, Column 3) Douglases Return From 10-Day Trip Associate Justice William O. Douglas of the U. S.

supreme court, and Mrs. Douglas returned from their automobile trip through Washington state via Portland last evening. They plan to return east with their children, Mildred and Bill in a week or 10 days, according to Mrs. Mollie Ruckman, Mrs. Douglas' sister.

Justice and Mrs. Douglas expressed themselves as gratified by the hospitality and entertainment they have received here and on their Washington trip. The justice enjoyed the golf and fishhere, as well as a fishing trip he took in Spokane. In western Washington, Mrs. Ruckman said, the Douglases were the guests of Gov.

Clarence D. Martin. They will go east by train. Services Tuesday For Mrs. Shepherd Frances M.

Shepherd, 22, wife of John W. Shepherd died Sunday morning. Survivors include her husband John and tiny son; her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Alec Fergason of Richland, three brothers, Lee of Portland, Jack and Dempsey of Richland: her Grandmother Mullholland, Grandfather Furgason and a host of other relatives.

Funeral services will be from the Snodgrass chapel at 3:30 p. m. Tuesday. Hart Completes Irrigation Survey, Expects Report Within 3 Months F. C.

Hart, engineer from the engineers headquarters of the S. bureau of reclamation at Denver, left La Grande yesterday with the prediction that the bureau's report on irrigation possibilities and costs in the Grande Ronde valley, might be issued within "two or three months." He will return to Denver and forward his portion of the report to Washington. Hart has spent seven weeks here completing the survey which was begun some two years ago. Hart said the report would not deal with feasibility of irrigation nor advocate it, but would "show what could be done and at what cost. Then if local residents decide they want irrigation, our survey will indicate how it can be He stressed that the bureau is not promoting irrigation.

LOAN BILL FURTHER Wings of the Army Over Boulder Dam UNITED PRESS Ominous "birds" of destruction in time of need, Uncle Sam's modern army air corps bombers fly maiesticallv over Lake Meade, behind gigantic Boulder dam. Under command of Colonel Harvey Burwell, and based at March field, the 19th bombardment group successfully completed their navigation triangular flight. The squadron, consisting of 12 bombers, whose 24 engines drummed a 30,000 horsepower song of defense, used the Grand Canyon, Lake Meade, and Boulder dam as their flight problem. Circulation Campaign Ends BRIEF from the DAY'S NEWS JAPAN CONTINUES A representative of the Japanese Domei news agency and of the Japanese tourist bureau arrived today in Manila, Philippine islands, to establish branch in token that Japan is halting its offices, commercial expansion in the far east. SPEED MARK SET Ernst Seinbert and Kurz Heinz, test pilots for the Junkers Airplane company, established world record by flying a new all; metal two-motored Junkers bombing plane at 311.3 miles an hour for 1243 miles with a load of 4400 pounds, it was announced today in Berlin.

FASCISTS SAID READY Father Charles E. Coughlin in This regular Sunday address warnled at Detroit that a Christian front in the United States is ready to co's combat if Communism necessary." "in Coughiin way said it was the Christian front! that composed the Nationalist forces of Gen. Francisco Franco! in the Spanish war. JEWS STRIKE Eighty Zionist revisionists who have been on a six-day sit-down hunger strike at a concentration camp at Sarafand, near Tel-Aviv. Palestine, were fed forcibly today.

Seventy Jewish families are on a sit-down hunger strike in the great synagogue at Tel-Aviv, where. they have camped since Saturday. AIR ROUTE PLANNED Pan American airways with the civil aeronautics author-! ity in Washington today an application to establish regularly scheduled air transport service; from the United States to Australia. The service would include passenger, mail and express over the 8000 mile route. Flying time would be 49 hours, but actual elapsed time would be four days; --11 days storter than steamship time.

SAFETY BELL TRIED A new safety bell to rescue sailors trapped in crippled submarines was tested successfully! today at Spezia, Italy. Four men were released from the submarine 230 feet down in safely bells about the size of ash cans, and reached the surface promptly, in good condition. The bell was invented by Girolami Arata Olivati, after 15 years of research. KILLER GIVES UP Charles Allen, 70-year-old eccentric, who shot and killed Police Chief George M. Dickey and wounded nine others in a battle with possemen, Saturday night at Cynthiana, surrendered to police at Jacksonville, today.

Police Fight Strikers in Cleveland Scores Are Injured As Fisher Body Picketing Continues CLEVELAND, July 31 (UP) Mounted police charged a crowd of 2000 strike sympathizers before the struck Fisher Body plant today in a second clash between police and pickets. Several persons suffered head gashes from swinging police sticks. The second outbreak" of the day occurred when an automobile carrying Harry Mason, Fisher personnel manager, attempted to enter the plant gates. Riot Area Proclaimed A club police said was wielded by a picket shattered a wind of Mason's car as it approached. The crowd of pickets and pathizers began immediately to surge forward, and police charg-: ed to hold them back of a area" proclaimed earlier.

The lines fell back to lawns of homes on a street opposite the plant and stood booing the mounted officers. Four hundred fifty police and 30 firemen earlier had fought a two-hour pitched battle with 1000 pickets and sympathizers. Police fired tear gas and the firemen high-pressure water streams. The picket lines countered with stones and clubs. Many Injured Mayor Harold H.

Burton and Safety Director Eliot Ness witnessed the new outbreak. Nearly 50 persons in the were injured, seriously enough morning to require hospitalization. At least 25 others were treated in a field tent set up near the union's tines and, innumerable other persons suffered minor hurts at the scene and refused hospitalization. Tear gas shells wounded two women. A short time after the second outbreak Ness began to call together strike leaders to tell them "clear out of here peacefully or you will be cleared out." Bridges to Take Stand Wednesday SAN FRANCISCO, July 31 (UP)-Harry Bridges, men leader, will return witness stand on Wednesday as a government witness in his own! deportation proceedings, it was learned today.

Dean James M. Landis, trial examiner, has agreed government contentions that "the is placed on the stand by the prosecution before the defense presents its case, it was understood. Defense attorneys have objected to the move, claiming the procedure followed so far was that of a regular court, and demanded the privilege of using Bridges exclusively as a defense witness. The government had planned to close its case Wednesday with the introduction of a digest of Communist pamphlets, but if given the right to question Bridges, it may require another two days of direct examination. L.

D. S. Apostle Dies at Salt Lake SALT LAKE CITY, July 31 (UP)-Melvin J. Ballard, 66-yearold apostle of the L. D.

S. church, died here last night following a month's illness. He began missionary labors in 1896 and was an active evangelist until his death. WHEAT TODAY The prices of Portland grains: Soft white wheat 71 cents; western white wheat cents; western red wheat cents; oats $22: barley $19. Local wheat was quoted at 51 cents by the Pioneer Flouring mill.

CHICAGO, July 31 (UP)- Late selling in sympathy with peg turned wheat prices ward on the Chicago board of trade today, after crop damage fears had stimulated an early advance. At the close, wheat was changed to off cent, corn up to off cent, and oats changed to cent higher, No Money UNITED In the house of commons, the British prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, flatly denied that a loan to Hitler's third Reich was under sideration. The reported conversations between Helmuth Wohlthat, German economist, and Robert S. Hudson, British under -secretary of commerce, (above), proposing a $5,000,000,000 loan to Germany to keep the peace was branded by the angry prime minister as wholly unofficial. City Water Supply Holding Its Own; Zoning Continues La Grande's water zoning regulations for lawns and irrigating remained -in force today despite a water slight increase in.

the curtailed, supply. The level of water in the city! reservoir remained at the more or less steady level it has held for the past three days. At 6:30 last evening there was only five feet of water in reserve, 6:30 being the normal day's low. At 6 a. the normal high, there was 11 feet or 4 down from normal.

This figure held steady until 1 o'clock slightly afternoon when downward. the gauge started Today was watering day for Zone 3, the north side. Tomorrow Zone 1, the south side east of Fourth street, may irrigate. A new valve, to remedy the shortage, caused by leaks in the i old pipe line, was expected to ar-1 rive about Thursday. Rotarians Slate Feed Wednesday La Grande Rotarians, their families and friends will meet at City park Wednesday, August 2 at 7 p.

m. for the club's annual corn and watermelon feed. All food for the event will bei furnished by the club, it was announced by Dr. Ray Murphy, who is in Everyone attending should bring their own utensils and a healthy appetite, Dr. Murphy said.

Rotarians assisting Dr. Murphy for the annual feed are Clair Perkins, Raymond Gray, Victor Eckley and B. Lumsden. This meeting takes the place of the regular Wednesday noon meeting of the La Grands Rotary club. Measure Reduced Nearly Half Export-Import Bank Amount Is Sliced By $25,000,000 in of a of ina as a as big "Irrigation is a matter entirely up to local residents," he said, and added that he had found sentiment among farmers in the county, to many of whom he talked as part of the survey, mostly to favor irrigation of their land.

He also said that production of diversified crops, to be made possible by irrigation, would improve the west's agricultural ity and make possible a better market. Even in livestock feeding," Hart said, "The east is now becoming active as a competitor of the west, so that feed crops will tend to become less profitable here. It's the same with other western farming phases. Experts say the west's solution is either ment of cities as big as those of the east, or production of a high type of diversified crops." WASHINGTON, July 31 (UP) -The senate economy bloc forced a further reduction of $25,000,000 in President Roosevelt's lending bill, cutting it to $1,615,000,000 from an original request of 060,000,000. The reduction was in the proposed additional lending author ity for the export-import bank.

It was cut from $100,000,000 to $75,000,000, The action was proposed by Democratic Senate Leader Alben W. Barkley after a bi-partisan coalition of economyminded senators had threatensd to trim the authority of 000. Barkley's amendment was adopted 44 to 35. Solely for Exports Barkley included in his amendment a guarantee against loans to foreign governments for governmental purposes. It provided that the loans could be made solely to facilitate exports of United States commodities.

The senate rejected, 31 to 47, an amendment by Sen. Edward R. Burke, which Barkley said would have killed the bill. It provided that no money I could be expended under the program without a direct appropriation from congress. 'Tiger of the Deep' Caught by Woman With Bare Hands DELAKE, July 31 (UP)-All right, deep sea fishermen, lay aside that heavy rod and tackle, and listen to this one.

A landlubber--and a WOman at that Mrs. Anna Souires of Clarinda, yesterday celebrated her first glimpse of the ocean by wading out in the surf near here and catching barehanded a five and a half-foot fish of the Barracuda species. Mrs. Squires simply stepped out in the surf where the fish was temporarily "swamped" by a receding wave and grabbed it. somehow avoiding its fang-like teeth.

The fish, belonging to the family known as the "tiger of the deep," was no "sissy" either, for in its stomach were found a stall shark, an octupus and 2 catfish. Umatilla Forest Allowed Purchase WASHINGTON, July 31 (UP) -The house today passed and sent to the senate a bill extending until July 1 ,1943, the operations of the civilian conserva-1 tion corps. The house also: Approved an act extending the I dates for commencement and completion of a bridge across the Columbia river at Astoria, by one and three years, lively. The measure goes to the White House. Passed and sent to the senate bills authorizing bridges at The Dalles, and Kettle Falls, Wash.

Passed and sent to the senate a bill extending regulations of the forest exchange act to the Umatilla and Ochoco national forests in Oregon The legislation author. izes the secretary of agriculture to exchange lands in the public domain for tracts purchased within the reserves. ZONE 3 Today is the day for Zone 3 to water lawns and irrigate. Zone 3 comprises the north side, Zone 3's next watering day will be Tuhrsday. Tomorrow Zone 1, the south side east of 4th St.

to the railroad tracks, will irrigate. City authorities have found it necessary to curtail water use due to leaks in the city pipe line, which is being repaired, and the city has been divided into three zones, each of which was requested to water only every third day for a short time. Mrs. Alice Knight, Mrs. L.

M. Hoyt Win New Cars Contestants in the Observer's successful circulation campaign, just closed after seven weeks, today pronounced themselves satisTied with the results and mously agreed that the drive had been conducted in a clean land honest manner, while the Observer counted good will and increased circulation as hundreds of new members of the Observer family of readers began receiving their papers. The Observer now enjoys 3 large paid circulation with complete coverage of Union and Wallowa counties, the La trade territory. In now being able to offer advertisers an even better advertising me medium, the Observer is confident that its advertising will be yet more effective in the trade region. Both the Observer and the candidates agreed today that the success of the drive was due to the sound plan of the Liner circulation service and to the personality, energy and fairness of Helen Naylor, who conducted the campaign.

She has now gone to! Marshfield and Portland to plan campaigns for other newspapers in the near future. The intense interest that has been shown by residents of the two counties in the outcome of the drive came to a head Saturday night, when the ballot boxes were unsealed in ine presence of six judges, chosen for their excellent reputations in La Grande and surrounding territory, and the winners announced between games of soitball doubleheader at the high school stadium. Judges were Circuit Judge R. J. Green, W.

E. Moore of Elvin, Merrill Conley of Cove, L. H. Bramwell of Union, Lyle B. Kiddle and Wesley F.

Brownton. Prizes were announced, amid cheering of partisans who supin ported the their campaign, favorite follows: candidates as FIRST PRIZE, choice of new Chrysler, Studebaker, Nash, Pontiac, Mercury or $900 Alice Knight, Union, 45,728,500 votes. (Continued on Page 2, Column 8) Orval C. Bay, 15, Dies Here Sunday Funeral Services for Orval Charles Bay, 15, who died last night after a month's illness, will be held at the Snodgrass Funeral home Tuesday at 2 p. m.

Burial will be in the Summerville cemetery. He was born in La Grande 11, 1924. He attended grade i school in Hilgard and entered La Grande high school last fall as a freshman. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Guy Bay of Hilgard; two sisters, Donna Bell Bay, 12, and Roberta Kaye, age 1 year; a grandmother, Mrs. Ella Vandermulen of the valley; and his grandparents, Mr. Mrs. W. M.

Bay of La Grande. Barkley Pleads "If you're opposed to this bill." Barkley shouted before the vote, "vote against it on the roll call but don't kill it in an indirect way." Daredevil Pilot Rescues Ranger LEWISTON, Idaho, July 31 (UP)-Pilot Bert Zimmerley flew today to the south end of the Seven Devils country, landed his plane in a rough meadow, and picked up a forest ranger, Lawrence Howard, who was suffering from tick fever. Zimmerley then took Howard to a Grangeville hospital, where the ranger's condition was described as critical. McNary Leaves Washington Heat WASHINGTON, July 31 (UP) Senate Republican Leader Charles L. McNary was en route to his Oregon home today.

MeNary, who recently went through a severe illness, found Washington's heat too much. As acting leader, Sen. Warren R. Austin of Vermont will guide senate Republican activities until congress adjourns. 1U.

S. Thermometer Found Broken The official government thermometer at the fire station which records maximum temperatures, is broken. Unfortunately, it wasn't broken by the heat; that would have mad? a better story. It was believed someone broke it in reading temperatures Saturday. There was no reserve thermometer in stock, so the fire laddies had to send to Portland for another, which has not arrived yet.

Bandits Are Driven Off in Gun Battle As Mail Clerks Protect Huge Payroll CHAMPAIGN, July 311 (UP) Two bandits clerk were wound- toand a mail injured day when four men made a daring attempt to hi-jack the 613 payroll of Chanute field, U. S. army air base on a moving train. Mail clerks drove the bandits off in a rain of gunfire that wounded two, one so severely he could not escape. The other fled to an automobile containing two confederates which was speeding along a parallel highway.

The seriousness of his wounds was not known. The captured bandit identifiea himself at Champaign hospital as John Waldon. Doctors said he was wounded in the head, shoulder and leg. One shot had broken his leg. Mail Clerk Guy O'Hearn, Chicago, was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head inflicted by a pistol butt.

Railroad employes said two bandits apparently boarded the train at Onarga, about 35 miles north of here. The other two continued beside the train on a parallel highway in their automobile. The men were believed to have secreted themselves between the locomotive tender and the baggage car. After the train left Gilman the men burst into the mail compartment. One slugged O'Hearn, the registered mail clerk.

Earl Bothman, letter clerk, and John E. Gearon, baggage clerk, both of Chicago, picked up revolvers and fired..