La Grande evening observer., April 25, 1929, CITY EDITION, Image 1

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VOLUME XXVII.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE. OREGON THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1929
MEMBER A880CIATEO PRESS
NUMBER 156
; i(DUE PASSES FAtM IE
mix
EAST NORMAL
o SCHOOLffORK
GOING AHEAD
; Building on Hill Above
; y' Connordale Is Neaiv
i, . ing Completion
ENTIRE INTERIOR
TO BE IMPOSING
.Class Rooms .Light and
Airy Mahogany . Work
; Planned; Crew of 80
; Men Now Eitiployed.
'i "The Impressive edifice under con.
atructfon on tho hill nesr Conner
dale to be known as the Kastern
,l Oregon Normal school is taking
on un attractive appcaranco and
within another mouth the work
will he entirely completed so that
final arrangements for. the Often
Ing of the, summer school term can
' inlendent of construction.
y i .it iront of the btilldlngv fact
-' south overlooking what in a leiv
V-years In to bo a beautiful cuttipun.
"X The mafnnntrancc corridor la. to
' be pan eh -d for a height of eight
i feet with mahogany and Its floor
i will be colored tile. Marblc'work
v will also be used for the entrance
, t Completing IMHSterlnff
p , Ncsrly ull of the plastering Is
completed with tho kalsomlntng;
yet to be done. The walla of the
n! class rooms will be -finished In ti
"i rich buff tint.
The" material Tor all tho mill
Work Is at hand and the building In
'it 'of the Inltl work is under wny.The
';vf lumber .of edge grained dr; 1 .sejit
$f. from. McMlnnvlUe. ,,' .
The entire-Interior of the build
ing la to be itiOHt imposing. Mar
Ji tlnhtuo mahogany will be wed for
; tho bu,mlntorH ofsVUitf ,,' ntalrways.
The stairs themselves will he of
'i rich brown eement and utt will he
V completed -within tho next three
week. -.; .' '
The floors of all lavatory and
rest l ooms hk well an the main ent
rance corridor art1 to ho done In
tile The tiling Is lo be dono-by
the Oregon Art Tile company of
( Portland and the marble work will
, he done by the Vermont ' Marble
company. '.
; Airy Olustf Itooiiis
, The eluas rooms of the building
') are light and airy. Altogether a
;" crew of ko men. t5 per cent of Otem
' J-a Grundeiuen, arc working on the
. i Continued on Page 6t
UNION SUNDAY
SCHOOL WILL
ENTER CONTEST
k
t
The Sunday school of the First
Methodist elm reh of Ia tlrande in,
so fur, ahead In an attendance con
tent le-Ing held with the Sunday
school ol the Ltuker Methodist
ehureh. The contest sttirtcd two
week uko when the Baker organ
isation Issued a challenge to I-u
Craiide folks at the same time ask
Ing for a handcap of 6U. Un the
first Sunday. In tirande won by a
margin of only nine. Lal Sunday
however, with an attendance of
21:1. I hey had the advantiige tu the
extent of 3-. as Milker had pres
ent 131. which, with tho handi
cap, bruught their figure to 181.
After two weeks running In this
content, hint Huuday the Union
Methodist Sunday nchool voted to
cha Ileum? both Baker und 1a
O ramie In u straight coutct with
mi handleap. Now the contest has
become a triangular affair and the
Interest promlMOS to become very
keen.. Union boasts that they ex
pect lo trim the schools In both
the larger towns.
The Ia Grande achool hut been
making u very noticeable and con
sistent growth during the last few
mouth. The attendance of -13
last .Sunday Is the peak this far,
nod It shows an-(nercase uf lUu
over the same Sunday a year' ago,
Avh'-n the attendance was 108.
Kriiest S. Uurnett Is the auperln-li-ndent
of the nchool and he has
gathered about him a corps of de.
pfwidahlc and efficient officers und
' teachers.
wi;atmi;k toiiav
?:3t a. in. A2 above.
Mint mom: 3.1 above.
Condition: clear.
WMTHKH VI-Ti;i;iAY
Maximum bo, minimum 37
above.
Condition: rlcar.
Wr.ATHi:U AIMl jSTt, 92H
Maximum 69. tninlmum 3S
above.
Condition: clear.
New Problem In
Landing Field
Question Here
City to Study Charter as
It Affects ' Municipal
Airports Government
Letter Received. . -
SHADOW OF
MUSSOLINI
OVER GENEVA
A new tiuestinn bar- come up In
the airport problem. It devt'lope I
laat night at the city commiHsioii
mr-ettng when the tueatlon was
asked vhrther tho city had power
under the charter to prorure un
airport. Tty Attorney George T.
Coclirnn was ftuthorlnfd to Invest
tlgute Ihls- and report at a later
mer-tlni. . ,-"...,
ltecomm'nl4iona have been
made by the American Region und
the chamber of commerce that the
city- tako over the government
emergency field, converting it Inlo
a nnmlcipul airport. The chamber
regards thin as one of the major
problC4iia thl year.
thene recoiiimendations,
Premier of Italy Will In
. ' sist On-Naval Parity
.... With France
Friendly Suit
Seeks Ruling On
Intangibles Law
Great Oifcgon Association
to Ask Decision on $500
., or .$200 Exemptio-n
Figure. -
DISARM CIRCLES
Alrlendly suit to get u court de
claloQ on the hmount of exemption
allowed under the recently enact
ed Int'inglblea tax law. will ho lu-
'atituted In June when the law goes
1 ilitn Affix iii.m.lln In 1J 11
ARE CONCERNED : Smith.' becretary of the tlreater
' . , ,reiron association, who wan In l.n
n i ... . , . ! Grande today on business fof his
French Of f lcials ; Fail to organimtion.
aee Jusuce pi Lremanas . lHlure SmUh wiyH proviiWil
UiQ tO lnCir LOlOnial for un exemption of I MM) on the
Pniacinnc - putt of all citizens or Oregon who
1 Ubt'i5fi,lUilN (would pay an Intangibles tax but.
- ' Jd.'ft to a clerh-al error, tho bill wuh
GKNKVA. Apr.-25 ( A I') lt.-p- printed with tin exemption of $2m
I'Ol lowing ntentatlons that Benito Mussolini, 1 provided. Mr. Smith' mitt will be
the. cily premier of Italy, will insist his to get r court ruling on which fifi-
commlFslon has been Investigating-country have naval parity wlth.ure holds.
tho situation, I'Vancc In any arms agreement i The uuestlon of exemption under
' . ovcrnnicut Kxnlaiiitf " which Ihe nations may reach havo : this intangibles tax Is already caus-
A letter was read last night from disquieted disarmament . clrck'4 ing comment und speculation over
l C. Hingsburg, chief engineer, of here. "the state. The legislature intent
tht. government airways division at In one !ense the reports of this was for the larger amount becuuse
Washington, Including the follow- fitund by the Italian prime minis- It wan not the purpose of the legg
ing: ter offered the first serious pros- J lature to -make the tax on intailgl-
"The first st;p In completing pec-live obstruction to u five-power btes a burden on these people who
this arrangement (faking over of. naval reduction treaty which has' have a relatively small amount of
the landing field) would be for tho ' appeared since- Hugh 8, Gibson's- bonds or other securities and who
department of commerce to give up broaching Monday of American I are living off of the income In a
its license on the- premises and for proposals for naval disarmament j frugal manner.
the city to acquire tho right of oc- . It was said bfo today the Ital The law also made no provision
cu pat toil by purchase, lease, per-' Inn government would ssk parity for a family exemption and recent
mission, or blher suitable means, wilh h'rance both on land and sea. I in-terpre'ations wty that by putting
Any expenditure In connection with' Kreneh officials were represent ed portions of Intangibles In the pa me.
the maintenance of the field suclc as falling to tae tht justice of such i of various members ofa family
dcmandn.nnd Insisting for, . Iheir and claiming exemptions for4 each
part that extensive Krenck colonial Individual a. portion of tho tax tun
possession and cruttts often on two I '
sens were sufficient reusona for: (Continued on Page n) ' v
maintenance of a 'navy superior to i ',
Italy's. ' ' " .
.. The preparatory comiuisslon to
day heard the first sklrmteh In tho
controversy ' over military parity
between Jtaly and France.
' The skirmish took the form of a
iM,-i .....A.'
Italian general ami repriwnlllvci , , . 7-'
of Kcnlto Mnssallnl. and Coiintj Jack McCarthy... La tirando real
(Continued on Page 5)
' t "". .'
Fanchon-Marco
Varieties Wiil
Start Saturday
' A neither treat" l In stofti fyr...
tl'raiicTn -fheaier-gflers. oeginning
Saturday aftei'.noou, wlion Uie Kan
chon and Marco Varieties will start
playing a permanent engagement
In the Arcade theater, , , ,
, The Vaueltes are slmflur to' -the
Fanchon and Marco. Ideas which
plsyed here about a- year ago, ex
cepting that there is more often
smaller groups. Where the Ideas
often .can led eight or more per
sons In one act, tho Varieties will
feature the heudhners and keep the
groujts for eaelwict to-two or three
or four persons. The quality of
the Varieties will be on pur witli
the old Ideas, Meyers and Greu
lich, of l.a Grande Theaters, Inc.,
announce. '
The first show will take place
Saturday afternoon and evening
and thereafter, each Saturday will'
find a new bill of Varieties. A
silent picture will be screeneu,
thus allowing the Arcade to have
two three-day talkie runs during
the forepart of the week.
The Varieties un- at present play
ing Hah' m, Medford, I'cndclton and
other' Northwestern cities. Kach
bill will consist of five acts.
La Grande Club
Plays At Baker
On Next Sunday
l.a Grande's baseball club, the
IMrates, will furnish at least hair
of the thrills Sunday when Baker
has Its home openint? day in the
Mlue Mountain league. Icst Sun
day l-a Grande and I'endleton cele
brated, each winning their games,
and this time Maker and Knterprise
are hoping that they, too, can turn
in victories.
The Pirates will again have Cecil
Duff In the box and Karwood will
start Tor liaker. The game will be
gin at 2:30. according to word re
ceived here, and will be played In
the park near the liaker natator
luin. Ja Grande and ltuker have both
been practicing considerably since
the first game and hope to attain
mld-seuson form In a week or two.
If the present weather continues.
Day before, yesterday Itskt-r got
in a practice game with the 'Col
lege or Idaho .the Kfephaiils .losing
7 to 2. liarwood held the colleg
ians to lo hits, but his team matea
could only get six and In addition,
madu six errors, which permitted
the visitors to skate through to
an easy win. ',
Check On 300 Cars
Here Last Night
State traffic officers cheeked on
approximately 300 I .a. Grande cars
last niftht in one of their monthly
.'headlight investigations. The tests
i here found the great majority of
the lights all right but several ad
1 justinnl were ordered.
I The officers will check on cars
: In Pendleton tonight. They are:
t Sergeant liuck l.ieuallen. of I'en
jdleton: Ilck Kobertson. of Lu
I Grande: W. W. Vancy. of Ontario;
Walter Lansing, of linker, and Off! -
ctr rh:. of Arlington.
Jack McCarthy
Passes Away In
1 Jbarly .Morning
MhhsukII. lull Blender KrenWrMnli.- Ipslnti' limn mid u pioneer lealdoul
Bnto. iiml was over tin. subject or r tho Urmide lloude valley, died
division of air fleets Into home and , at thes llrando KuiiiIk. Imsnltia IIiIn
overaouK furees. : I ininiiliiir after i luair l'llnnw. l ie
In the lllit of Italy's cxpet'led I whh afrllcled with Mincer and, In
contention when naval dlsurinn-' spite or evory attempt made to
meiit proposs Is reach the ncRotln-'euro hlii.i death ensuod.
lion stuKe ti.,l snoMiavc a sea M McCarthy's death cume- as
.owr equal tu that or ! ranee his ; shuck to his host uf friends
first clash created absorbing Inter . ... . . r
est and was followed word for word - ...,- , , . .,'
by those present. I""? """Ul "l "
. , , . , been a resident of Ia Grande fur
General Marinis urged a sharp" 0 Qr m(pe -( .
division uf airplanes at home and t . .
ovei-seas so as to know exactly how I Mr- JlcCarthy's funeral will he
iimny airplanes any country inlRht neld Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock
have at Its disposal at home and ut 'llle flioditriiss and ZlmmermaA
In time of crisis. mortuary with the KnlKhts of 1'y-
thlas and the Klks In . charitc.
ITriir fin nini IP Uurlal will take place at the Hum-
MEW CAR PARADE ; -
THIS -SATURDAY ,
. Baker High School
Old Wreck Contest Will nAkK$XZZr: 2r,-(Ai--Be
a r eature Large iwrg t. kioh. senior at orceon
CrOWfl EVDPftPfl Slate college. hils.Jjeen elected
, , yiuivumjiiinu .., athletic, dlrortor-of Maker IIIkIi
.. . ' school, nucceedlnff H. I.. Ollnde-
' Willi fair weather In prospect man. rcBlBilcd. Hurt Coleman,
ror the. remainder of the wcek.l""Pcrintendrni ' I'aker. schools,
nulomoljlle. dealers of Iji Orande niada the itnnouncemi-nl Irtdny.
completed th?lr plans for a new I'alll.J. Kchissler, OleKi.w Htatc
car para.le and "old wreck" con- eoacli, recommends Mcott as oni.
test for Saturday iirternoon or this ",e l"'"1 'oouiiiu coacnes ever
week, after postponement rrom last l"ed out l.y the school. He at
Satiirday on account or rain. j tended I'nlvcrslly or Nebraska ror
Present Indications 1 n d I c a t -i unB yrar
there will be at least 60 new mod-I M:ott '"' 0:lLl1 fotall. basket
els lu line and all or the old tl"'-l; ' :
wrecks that were ready for the' '
contesi last st.iurdi.y win i. ready Funeral Services
iu n I'tiivit. cuioioi'iiuiii; on nun
At Elgin Today
feature of the event, today ex
pressed the opinion that the judges
or the worst looklnir old cars will
have a loinrh lob in decldlnir lliel l''unerat services are beliid heli
winners. Cash prlsa s will lie wain- 111 KWn- this arieriinon rorJohn
el by The Observer. - . Alilo CriiKhau, a resident of this
One or two additional fealuivs valley for the last 2 years. Mr.
are belnit planned by a coininltlec Cronhan was 00 years, two months
and the parade Is expected lo draw and 14 days of ae at the time of
an even crenlcr crowd tlilr. Kalur- his death. The services are In
day afternoon, especially with fai- rharice or HnortKiasB and iiliiiiner.
orablc weather. man, .of I.a Orando.
Social Drinks Blind And Paralyze
Salem Youths Police Seek Culprit
SALKM, Ore., Apr. 2't (AI') and could not even see a flashlight
Two Salem youlhs. Kddle I'ickard held In front of his eyes. During
and K truer lnon, are recovering, the night his sight came back to
from the effects of temporary : him gradually and Thursday morn
hlindnefs und partial pantlysis suf- 1 Ing he said he could sen distinctly
fered shortly after they hud taken 1 again, but conu'lained that his eyes
social drinks proffered them by a j were still sore. .
chance acquaintance at a dance-j I'ickard and L-non Diet the
ut Wet Salem Wednesday cvcnlngy j stranger in the rest room of the
Thursday local police were seek ' ', dance hall and each said they took
Ing to locate the man with the i two small drinks from a bottle
bottle. whoMe name is unknown to ; proffered them, , they , told police
both of them the boys said, and to j of fleers.
determine the source of the poison j Shortly, afterward fenon corn
moonshine Ihiuor. Several tfew plained of pains fn his stomach and
as to the Identity of the stranger side. Friend volunteered to take
were being investigated. I him home but before they got him
Flckard wasntricken with blind-j there he was paralyzed on Ihe left
ness on tho dance, floor and was side and could not move his leg.
taken to his home by friends. For ! He was saslsted into bed und by
considerable time, he told po- I noon today the Indications of par
tite orrieeis. he was stone blind, alyric had pnwd.
Sll SHINES
IIERE; STORMS
HIT MIDWEST
Tornadoes, Rain, Snow,
Hail and Sleet Rake
.Many Districts
SEVEN KILLED IN
TEXAS TORNADOES
Cheyenne, Wyo., Has the
Worst Blizzard in Its'
. History Tremendous
Dahiage Is Reported
iis SHIM NO HKItlO
While tornadoes, ruin, .
snow, hail and sleet ma do
life precarious In middle- -western,
southern and Kocky
Mountain slates yester and
. today, the sun wtU shining
brujMly In Ia Grande, wllh
- th temperature expected to
i-each the mark of 60 above.
Ypaterday the mercury went
up to 60. dropping to one de
gree above freeilng during
the night.
CHKYKNNK. Wyo., Apr. 25
( AP) Isolated for nearly Si hours
by one of tho worst blizzards In the
history; of Wyoming, Cheyenne to
day awaited reports from this vi
cinity over paralysed lines of com
munication to learn tho damage
of the freak storm. 'Tremendous,
damago to livestock and other
property and possible loss of life in j
the hltsxard were feared. j
Htarting as a rain storm, accom
panied Jby Heavy thunder and light
ning, Tuesday," tho storm changed
suddenly to snow, -There were so
vere displays of lightning.
It wan believed that the hllwuird
would.'cattHO , greater destruction
tn'nn the fttorrti or May. 11J7, whfen
cilaliuefl eight lives and caused a
huge amount of damage to live
stock und property. V
PRETTIEST
if -
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' M-;itlt.SK A HAItl) HIT
OMAHA, Neb.. Apr. 25 (AL')
Tornadoes, rain, snow, hall and
sleet raked Nebraska yesterday,
causing heavy property damage
and injuring' at least two persons.
While two tornadoes struck In
Kaslcrn Nebraska the western sec
tion of the state was being swept
by snow and rain. In some sec
tions cloudbursts occurred and at
least two towns suffered from
flood waters. Heavy wet snow was
driven by a GU mile gale. '
A tornado cut a path 14 miles
long through the farming commun
ity between Ulysses and David Clly,
doing thousands of dollars worth
of property damage. Hesse Howe,
a farmer, was slightly injured
when struck by flying debris. The
home of Henry Hock, slate repres
entative from Ifutler -county, was
destroyed as were all other build
ings on the Hock farm.
. HccvHicI Tornado
Another tornado of lesser Inlen
sily wrecked several farm build-
Tlils flashing, ilark-cvcf beauty,
Miss )lcMHtiiiia lt(Mlrhui of I'm,
to Klco, is In Wasljlriginii us her
country's' delegate to a Itetl
Crow convention. She Is cairdit
cretl Porto Itlco's most beautiful
DENTIST SLAIN
IN HIS OFFICE
(Continued on Page 6) .
Legion Commander
Salem Guest Today
SAI.KM. Ore., Apr. 2 ! ( A I )
Paul V. McNutt, uatlotiMl com
mander of the American Legion,
will be honored with a reception
at the state rapltol this afternoon
about t-Jtb o'clock. McNutt and
party will arrive here directly from
I'orvallfs where a reception will be
held earlier In the day. The na
tional commander is accompanied
by Mrs, McNutt and Mrs. Itoyce
I'lcklln, national president of the
American Legion auxiliary. From
Corvallis to Ha bin Governor Pat
terson and Adjutant General
Gcoi-Ke A. ' White w ill 1m In the
pa rl y, while lien H. Fisher, st a I a
commiinder, is accompanying Mc
Nutt on his entire Oreeon tour.
Commander McNutt will speak
nTter the arrival here.
Former Cashier
Arrested In L. A.
LOH ANGKLKH. Apr. t' CAP)
Virlor L. Holman, former cashier
of Hi" First National lank of Top-do,
lire., was bena held by fed
cm I officers here I oday,' v ha rged
with cmm-xxllMg $:i'mmj pr the
bank's funds last Jttly, Ho was
ar rested at S mta Monies.
Officers Arrest
I American Fliers
Chicaro Man Linked With
I TTnHm'wfSrM -Tnprirrn ti
nting Evidence Found
CHIOAf.lO, Apr. 2t (AP) Or.
Frank L. Hrady, a West Hide drp
tfst, had two callers last night wllo
weren't listed on his appointment
book, and ono of them shut him
dead. ' ' !
..Or. Hrady, yrars old. had ex
tracted a tooth for a woman pa
tient and given her a chair lu a,
private orflee that she might re
cover from tho!effeels of the local
anaesthetic. A man patient then
sut down In the', dentist's chair
while IT,, K. II. ItiKl. a physician
sharing of limn with Or. Hrady,
watchi-d over the woman;
Two men pushed open the door
leadlng from the corridor lo the
room In which the pal lent, Mra.
I'Mna Wfihdi, was silling. Or.
Hrady wnW -on the point of return
ing to Ills other office when tho
men appeared.
One of the men carried a revol
ver which he pointed ill. Or. Hrady,
saying: "We've, got you now;''
Shot Ut Hcalli
The dentist cried "Oon't!" und
reached out to grab the gun iiiu.Je,
The gunman Hred and Or. Hrady
fell, Another shot was fired Into
his body as he lay on the lloor, and
(he killer Mild:
"TImm, you -you'll never
try a shinl like, thai again,"
He pocketed hi gun, glanced a I
his companion ami the two ran Into
(Continued no -Phks l
AT MERCY OF
MISSISSIPPI
Self Appointed
Dry Agents Are
Held By Police
Surrender After Shooting
Rancher in Gun Battle
Still and Liquor Are
Confiscated,
LANCASTER, Cal., Apr. 25
(AP) Two solf-appolnted dry
agents, both of .whom had been
dropped from the federal prohibi
tion service, were In jail here early
today on charges of suspicion of
murder In connection with the kill
ing yesterduy of Charles Chulla,
asserted moonshiner and ruin run
ner, In a four-man gun battle on u
ranch in the Mojav desert.
Officers were searching for tho
fourth man who took part in the
buttle, believed to be an Indian,
known here only as "Beans,"
Get OOo Gallons
A fifth man, caught last night
tending a huge still near where tho
fighting took place, was under ar
rest on a Jones act charge and
9,000 gallons of alcohol, taken with
him, was in the possession of fed
eral officers. Tho agents believed
the source of supply of a large
Houthern California bootleg ring
had been uncovered.
Chulla was killed yesterday af
ternoon on the Harry Cohen ranch,
about 10 miles from here, In what
Harry Chenoweth and Jack Orms-
by described as a "desperate gun.
buttle" utter the form ox prohibi
tion agents- hud visited several
ranches In the Lancaster area
searching, they asserted ( Cor stills.
Ormaby and Chenowotth declared
that they hud been promised their
federal jobs back again If they,
would find a fow. stills. Fedorul.
agents at Los Angeles and here de
nied that tho men had uny such
ugroument. Arresting officers said
that both men wero worktnir as dry
'Ww enforcement officers apparent
ly Without any authority. , When
arrested both men had Los Angeles
county special ' deputy . sheriff
badges. County officials said ihusu
Tt'CKON. Arte-. Apr. ZS f AP
Two American aviator, W. L. Mit
chell und i'ete Hlanlry, Imth of
whom gave their home as Hlg
Hprings. Texas, wen; arretted her
last nbrht by United Ktales border
patrolmen on a charsje of. trans
porting munitions of war Into Mex
! o. Their plane was selJted. ,
OI LVCV, III., Apr. AI')
The homes of 4."i" people and the
mfety of over 4."'Ht,oyu worth of
property lay at the mercy ot the
i MtselXMippi to'loy, and the pros-
Ip'-etN of companion from the
mighty river seemed woefully
. hIIkIh.
! Hain poured las) nltcM Into the
, rivers to the north lu Iowa. Illl-
t nols and MIkhohiI after heavy
. showers the day lieforo had caused
a six inch rie at Keokuk, and the
. Hoveritment observer here said the
river would unmicBtlonolily rise
egnln.
MEASURE TO
1 BE SENT TO
Tlffi SENATE
Action Taken Late Today
After Move for a Con
tinuous Session
DEBENTURE PLAN
MOTION REJECTED
Democrats in Senate Will
' Not Be Bound to Deben
ture Plan, Caucus De-.
cides Today, v: ,
WASHINGTON, April 25
(AP) The new farm relief
bill was passed late today by
tho house. The clerk had
passed but little beyond, the
half way mark in calling the
roll when the 218 votes neces
sary to give a 'majority vote
of the house had been record
ed in favor of passage.
Tho house pawsd tho bill by a
volo ot 7 to 14.
i Tho meaouro approved virtu
ally In the form reported by tho'
agriculture committee. - It coea to
the aenate whero a. measure Un
llur In Konerul purport but con
taining ' the controversial export
debenture plan la under considera
tion. :.:.". .....;
. (OontlmMd.ou face (t : ... ... .a
Gasoline Price ;
War Finds Many
Stations Closed
. POHTIjANI), Ore., Apr. 26 AP)
Colorful, deriant banners have
boon flung' to the hioone at outpost
nfler outposl In the latest outbreak
of Pnrland's newest gasoline price
war. Hovcral stations have closed
after destroying Contracts with the
oil companies. : Hundreds of others
havo painted trade marks from
their pumps. The1 predominant
war paint Is red. The predominant
price of motor fuel is 20 cents.
At one of tho city's largest ser
vlco stations' flapped this bannori
"Wo are fighting for our very tix
Istonco. Help us prevent a monop
oly with higher prices later. I am
fighting for a living for myself and
family. Gasoline twenty cents."
; At another, station thin banner
had been unfurled across the lot:
"Oasollnn 2u cents. Cyst 10 '4 In
tanks. ' Rent, : tabor, ttiixes ; and
shrinkage $fi7U iur month1.' 'Wo aVc
not out to wreck others. Nor do
wc Intend to bo wrecked."-
Tho Portland . retail . gasoline
dea let's protective, association, wllh
more than 3u jnembers, launched
the war. They di'dnm tho msjor
oil companies aro selling gasoline
lo commercial accounts for 12
cents a gallon, and to farmers fur
10 cents, while churglng service
station owners 16 cents per gallon.
Religious Rebels
turn Back Loyals
MKXICO CITY. Apr. 25 (AP)
"Bloody fighting between I, '''
so-enlled religious rebels and the
federal army of Ociicrsl Hat urn
Ino Cedlllo at Tepatfllan, Jalisco,
was believed still In progress today
after throe- days conflict.
Hhoutlng their battle cry. "Vive
Ceisto , Key". "Long live 'Chrhd
King" the beleuguered rebel force
whs said not only lo hnva repulsed
federal attacks with hit nil to huun
and buyonet fighting, but to have
inflicted reverses on Hie govern
inent Lrooiis.
'Oenernl Cedilto, chartred by Oen
eral 'alles with "extermination" of
the "CrlRleros" as the government
terms the rebels was miuted us
expressing f-nnlldence his superior
numbers and ' belter equipment
would prevail in the end and that
he would invest the (own.
Cabinet Resigns
in Denmark Today
COPKNHAOK.V. henmark. Apr.
2b ( A 11 Premier Madsen Mygdal
tendered the rettlvnallon of his cab
inet to King I'hrlntlan today in
compliance with yesterday's elec
tion reHults, which failed to give
his party, the liverata. a tnnjoilty
in parliament. He was anked to
continue in office until u new cab
inet could be formed.
WASHINGTON, Apr, 26 (AP) -A
movfl to hold the house In con
tinuous session until u final voto
on the new fnrnt relief bill' was
Inttlatod lato today by supporters
of the in ca sure, who pridloted thia
would be reached in a few hours
unless an nnmrprifonl rlrhigr nf
amendiuenln should bo forthcoui-
ltejin.4 )eteiitiir Plan '
; A move to Incorporate tha ex
port debenture plan In the houio
fin in relief bill was rejected In the.
house today on tho ground that, the
proposal was not in order.
u Kepresentntivo. Ma pea, Hepubll- .
can, Michigan, presiding , at tho
time, held tho debenture plan could
not be embodied In the measure, as
It proposed a plan or farm relief
different from that outlined In tha
bill. Ilia decision precluded s voto
on tlm proposal.
ItKMOniATK TAKE ACTION
WAHIIINOTON. Apr. 26 (APK
A decision not to attempt to bind
all democrats In the senate to tha
expott debenture plan aa a part ot
farm relief legislation was reached
today at a democratic caucus at
tendet by 31 of tha 89 members
of tho party In the senate.
While notMng haa been said of
ficially as to what attitude the
democrats in congress, na a party,
would take on farm .legislation. It
is known that a number of mem
bers havo been conferring inform- .
ally on the question. . tv
Home members have insisted that
tho minority should line up behind
the export debenture plan In tho
senate bill but whether this view
will get. widespread support la not
Knowfi. t ,
An attempt, however, " has beer
made In some Quarters to have th
minority In the senate und hous
agree upon a plan of action so tha
a united front could be presente
during I ho consideration ot th
farm bills.
The c.nnfercnro also decided I''
would not bo practicable to atT
tempt inclusion of the equalization
fee In the farm bill.
TODAY'S
BASEBALL
INDIANS IlLAVKKD
OKTUOIT, Apr. .26 ( AP) Tho
l)etrolt TtKPrr. scdro a shutout vic
tory over the; t Icvelmid Indians
ht re today, S to 0.
Clfveland .
Detroit
HatterleM: hitdltn and
Yrle aim IMitlllps.
H. H
... 0 8 1
...5 11 1
U Howell:
POsriMH.Mi:NTfi
National buguej Clnclnnatl-Mt.
houlH, postponed, rain, double
header Katurdiiy; Chicago at Pitta
burw. postpoied, ' ralnr Boston
Hrooklyn. postponed, rain; Phllu
delphla-New York. postponed,
rain.
American league; New York a
Boston, postpened, rain; Washing
ton ut Philadelphia, postpone
rain. ' '
ST. IXH'IS WINS
CHlCAllO. Apr. 25 (AP) 5
Louis nosed out Chtcugo In tl
A mertcan league today, allhouy.
the losers gathered tho most hit
It. H. 1
Ht. Louis .....3 6
Chicago '.. ...j. -S 8
' Batteries: Gray. and Sehahtfe
Lyons, Connally and Autry, Crous
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