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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TWELVE PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE Ha (Granite SuMraw biSrufr CITY EDITION THE WEATHER OREGON': Unsettled tonight and Friday with local rains, no change In temperature Increasing south east winds. VOLUME XXVITI MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1930 MEMBER A. B. C. NUMBER 183 SPRING HERE TODAY; MILD WINTER ENDS f January Only Cold Month . of Period December and February Warm TWO NEWRECORDS ARE ESTABLISHED Continuous Cold Wave in ; January and high Maxi , mum in December Set New Local Marks. ' Now U Ik last wlnlciv-nud this spring! . The' Calendar Ushered tins opti mistic season Into 1jIhi over the northern liiilf of the world today, uml most of the t'nlled Pinion had a spring-like atmosphere for the arrival of the blossoming time' In I.il Grande, warm rains the lust two dnya have turned the lawns greener, giving growing - things fresh Impetus and brought promises of additional warrntli anil brighter sunshiniv an. the month progresse.. . Tho minimum temiioruture last night wuh 3;i above and at'7:3(i o'clock this morning tho mercury wuh' at "43 "above and climbing. Heal warm wont nor of tho sum mer variety in not usually In vogue in this locality until -during May, but ninny day f id the maxi mum between fi" Hnd So above. ' Light Winter With tho exception f the month of January, when a cold record whh established, tho wln..r was mild, J'Vbrujiry, according to 1 lit; govern-, nienl report for Oregon, was above normal over tiio entire Male, the excess ranging from 1 to S degrees: only six limes in 41 years has llm mean temperature, for . February been higher. More than the usual' perceniago of precipitation was In the form of rain, and t he snow supply in the mounlains Is defic ient. Wheat wintered belter than was expected, but ail vegetation was backward, due r.o tho cold In January. Conditions wore generally favorable for livestock and for hinthlug. , i Snowfall Below Average ' 'The 'total snowfall for t.ie-vt inter was below average. I Jeeeinber there were five inches. In January. .1 ft J6 inches. In I'Vlu ,.ury two In-; chep and not enough to measure , this mouth, making the total snow for the winter period In m Grunde 22 j Inches, compared with over 60 inches during 1 !2X-2fl. The. mean maximum for Lu Grande in February wan -Mi.s and the menu minimum was 31.3 abov. The maximum for the north was Jilt and the minimum in. The low est maximum was 35 above and the highest minimum A' above. The precipitation for February wus 2.77 Inches. In December1 the maximum was Ct'Z above, .setting Ji new record to that period of the year, and the minimum was is above. Snow fell throe of the 31 days. I'oul bilious Cold It word In January a record for continu ous cold was established, with the liieicmy re ma Ining below freez ing point for lit consecutive days, beginning Jan. C. Also, the min imum was below freezing point for 21 consecutive days. The minimum for tho month wus "0 below zero and the mtixiiniint was ID above, , giving a range of degrees. Prc cipilation was about, normal; with i IS '.i inches of snow. So far tills month, snow has fallen during three days but nielt . ed too quickly for iriciisiireinont. The tmj imum for the month so far Is litf above, the lowest maxi mum, l!H above, the mini mu in -1 above and the highest minimum Uif above. Dining the last two. days liab' an inch of rain was mens- (Continued on Pago Five) WHEAT HIGHER AT THE CLOSE IN CHICAGO CHICAGO. Mar. 21 (AP) Wheat today advanced to a prlo 'Jc a bushel more than last week's bottom level. Argent (11c develop ments had much to do with the ripe, a font ure bcinc reports that supplies of good mlllnhlc wheat in Aruenllnu were about exhausted. These reports were In line wirh ad vices that th Argentine yield con tained a large pereeiioigc of poor, 4 light-weight, wheal. Wheat closed urwlilrtl 'i lc a hushrl hiirlit'r than yi-stcrduy's riuiHti.- orn closed ',, Ic down. ,oats unchanged to !te off, and ro , visions l,'c udvaneed. , wi;atiii.h tobav (Nte a. 111. 30 above. Minimum: above. Condition: cloudy. WLvrmrit vi.Mi;i;iAV Mart mum minimum 1. 1 above. Condition: partly cloudy, rain .14 of Inch. WKATHIJl MAIt. HO, I vjo Ma vim urn &o, minimum 34 above. Condition: rain 1.1 1 Inches. Rate on Cattle, Sheep Arranged At Hearing Here Satisfactory Decision Re- ported Reached at Meet ing Conducted by State Tax Commissioner. A special meeting of lax asses sors and livestock men was held yesterday In the court house, for the purpose of discussing u plan for equalizing tax assessments on j sheep and cattle In various coun ties of jsustorn Oregon. Charles Galloway, state tax com'mlssloner, presided at the meeting. 10 meat Johnson, tux commissioner of Wal lowa county, presented tho live Stock situation, and gave many arguments from the.' viewpoint of the livestock association, which he officially represented. A satisfactory decision wus made between all assessors and .-cuttle, owners, it Is .reported. In regard to the assessment of cattle, the following ngrocjnvent was made; rnngo stock ?IJ; two year olds and over '2S; herds ut an average rate; of $25 per head; and dairy stock ; grade cows at $5. ; Tho rates agreed upon for sheep ' wero as follows: ?5 per head on n ' band of sheep; u range of rates from ?3 to $7 on old owes and wethers; mixed yearlings ?5: and i 2, 3, and 4 year old ewes at ?7. Counties Represented ' Tax assessors from most of the counties of Eastern -Oregon wero j present.- Those represented were Harney Malheur, linker. Wallowa, j Union, Umatilla, Grant, Sherman, t Morrow, Wheeler, and Gilliam, A group of eight prominent livestock ; owners were present from this re- glon. Senator Colon It. lObcrhurd and George T. Cochran" attorneys of this city, visited the meeting. An uttiludc of co-operation was shown by all representatives in reaching tho present agreement. IRA W. HUFFMAN KILLED IN WRECK Man , En Route to 'Enter prise to Visit Relatives Dead in Montana. Word has been received hereof tho death of Ira W. IlulTman al But to, Mont., yesterday. No. de tails hiive been learned eXreiM. that death was the lesult. y( a railroad accident white he was en rout' lo Enterprise to spend the sprhm and siimuifr with his sister, Mrs. ,l If. Dobbin, and his brothers. M'nrshall W.. of Im nramle; Harry; W. of North Powder.. Cuy W., nf l,cwhion, Ida., and Bert W.. l.ar.gdon. Alberta. lie leaves several nephews anil . nieces, of whom two aie lu thoi ftrando Itonde valley, Kldrldge HulTman, of I.a Oninde, and l.eon-j ai d 1 1 ii 0 ilia n. of t'nion. j Burial will take pkice al I'll Ion , j although arrjingements have jiot j yet been completed. ; Osborne To Visit La Grande April 1 j Hen T. Osborne, secretary of tho ' Oregon Federation of liibor, will . meet with the local unions Tuesday ' April 1, according to word re- ' reived by tho Central Labor eon 11- cil at its meeting last night in the 1 city hull. I The object of his visits to varl- ! Ions towns is to organize state poll- j I Ileal leagues to co-operate with the state, federation league. Mr. CM- j borno will arrive Tuesday evening and spend Wednesday In this city. Tiio council voted to work with other -organizations in securing positions for the graduates of the ; Vnutti-n rti-r-irnn 'm-nin! sclinol. I ..w d.-inifaten t the chamber ' of commerce, William, J I esse, presl dent and Jouis 10 vans, secretary were chosen, Seventeen members i wcro present. La Grande Second I In Volley Ball After winning the first two . games. La Grande lost the volly : ball championship last night to j Jmblcr in the final game of th-.' ; toui nament. I luring the winter, 1 jr,ime were 'played eliminating : Union imd It avlng Elgin. Jnibler j and Lu Gruude tied for valley hull - 1 ors. ' Th" following schedule was fil- ; lowed at I'iiIhii: La Grande vs. ; Inibte. I-h Gnfnde v Inning; La. Grande vh. Elgin. La Grande win- : nimc: liiibbr vs. Elgin. Imller win-j ning; Imbler vs. La Grande, Imb- j lr winning. Tin cmii tests lusted ; from 7:,iu 1 1 :3n o'clock. Tin-; last was mi exciting one being aj i dein e gam'. ( j IMiiyers frit m La Giande are: j I T. I. Ilelliinty. eiiptuln: John It. j Garlly. Park Taylor. Paul Meyers, i ,, If. pea I'm and Elmu SIoviihoii. 1 - - j Large Crowd A I Thursday Smoker I . large cmwd 'if Elkn altendi'd : the smoker held lust night in the I Elk temple when four Interest-j lug hunts look pluco followed by a I dinner, whith was equally en- j i joyed. . I t A business session was held j earlier In the jc veiling. This Is the HLcond smoker this year prov ing to be popular entertainment for tht members. PIERCE MAY ENTER RACE; WEST PEEVED Former Democratic Gov ernor Threatens to Run as an Independent. WEATHERSPOON IS OFF FRUIT BOARD Representative From El gin Resigns ; S u d d e n Collapse in Drive Against McNary. THOMPSON MAY lil X Glen THompson. faj-mer In IVuitdalc. is being urged by his friends to enter tho race for the republican nomination for Union county representative in the slate legislature, it was learned today. .Mr. Thompson has not decided as yet but he Is said to look favorably upon the propo sition. Mr. Thompson, who is u brother of Chet Thompson, is an ex-service man and grad uated from the local high school. A definite announcement Is expected- to be made within tho next few days. If .Mr. Thomp son decides to run he would op pose Representative Wealhcr spoon for the nomination. Two new developments injected new interest into local anil stale politics' overnight, with former Governor Waller M(. Pierce, of l,a Cirande, liein;? held up as a pos-f-lble ileinoeratic (ramiidat( for f,'ov oi nor. und W illi I I. If. Weathcr- uonnii. I'm i i'.,.m !, 1 1 -., c, 'in,, iri,,,i I counly, reslitnlnK from the slate hoard of horticulture. Mr. Wi'eatheroon-s action fol- lowed the recent opinion of the attorney general that he could not (Continued on 1'ago Five) Normal School v Gives Program For Cove Club A fine 'entertainment, was given at Cove yesterday a flernoon by the i members of Sock and Buskin and I the Olee club of the Normal school with thu, Women's club of Cove as, sponsor. The audience was wur- ! prlslngly large, because the trade1 school and the high school stu- I dents had been dismissed In order lo see the performance. j Miss Kale Houx. director of the training school, gave a very in-j teresting addresu on "Newer Trends n,an-v possibilities the new type or i .School has for the creative work of children. The dice club sang two colorful songs, "Sailor's Song" and "Indian Lullaby." The girls I wero in suggestive costumes for 1 both songs. The male quartet consisting of W. W. Nusbaum. Italph Connor, Charles Cook and lien Oesterling rang two songs which were "The Hunter's Song" and "What's the f 'I I.VN'DLMU, Okla.. Mm. 1 L'seV" I (AP) An eight-year-old boy's at- "I'lay Goers," a one-act play i tempt to revive a fire In a. rum I written by August 1 JJinero, was j nehonl stove, near Tyron, okla., given by the members of Sock and 1 by pouring gusuline upon the cm -Buskin. Tho cast was us follows: bei.'i, yesterdtiy bioiight deiilh to Tim master Ben Oesterling; Alls- the youth mid two other pupils, tress- Lillian Small; Cook Lucille Klghty other children and two fJl"u : Kitchen Maid lila Boguc Parlour Maid Irma Beck; Hoiit-te Maid Ivy Walters; Useful Mold ,,,, "1 """lNli,l"N' WIU Millard Brown. xM$M WlP . yA' A' tplpfgmpgpi TBryXS h'W1' "'' r '' "iHi'iiif court ot a , f 1 I George I ( B'Uev ). &$m tonUwztaer , Ju.tica Hionu, St. iS'jLXr - lLrsti. NewPatternForSupremeCourtIn Making Hoover May Remold Group Boys' School At Woodbum Is Under Quarantine S.VLKM, Ore,. Alar. 21 (AP) The boys' stulo Industrial school ut Woudburn has been placed un der partial uuurunliuo for the next three weeks, following the dlseov eiy of a case of meningitis, epi demic type, Thursday afternoon. No visitors will bo received or boys paroled or dismissed from tho fil'm,ul during in period of Vnmr- Tho case Is that of a 12-year-old boy who bus been III for tho past three weeks with tnfttiem'.u, with the meningitis symptoms coming Into prominence during the last four days. The case was diagnosed as tho epidemic typo Thuisday. TAX COLLECTIONS STILL LEAD 1929 ! Total Now $384,853,426 Compared With $375, I 981,531 Last Mar. 21. i I WASHINGTON. Mar. 21 (AI')--Tlit! trcuHury unnounccd toduy tlmt incutnu lux reports an of Muruh wito f"0.052,!(i7.11. blliiKlUK llio tutnl sn far this muutli to 8, 803,42(1.2(1. I This lolu! fur tho month com pared with JS7!I,!IS1. 531.78 for the corresponding period u year ago. The increaso over 11129 collections to dale sllll was attributable lo ;tlie enormous unt reported on '.March J8 us a result of overtime ,work liy collectors all over the (country humcdlalcly urtcr the .Mar. j 1 5 colleclions. ) Tuilay's flKitro showed a fulling off in comparison Willi Hie total receipts for March 111. 111211, which exceeded $1(10,0(10,000. Tills de- ! 'V'0,,Ne w,' y1' ? u,f, Hl.Pftllnfc- up ot tho built ut lu , , . . j iifi u vv itM iiulii iiik in ii m lit i cni figures to alter the belief of treas- iury officials that the budget estlm nito of $"iQU, 000,000 for income tux collections for the first utirter 'nearly would be realized. f maxv nirrriiNs fiuid ' PrutTLANIi. Ore.. Mm: l (Al1) Tcdl of 4 0,4:10 federal income tax returns were filed at the. Port land Intel ua I revenue office as against Hn.74 last year, Clyde G. Hunlley, collector said today. Most (Continued on Pago Five) Baker Team Wins Consolation Tilt H.VUJM. Ore.. -Mar. (AP) Showini; u woeful lark of t rdin- allon In their maneuvers through out the entire session, ' Ashland high this morning tlayed their final game of tlin 10th annual in torscholiistlc tournament when the Millions were put out of tho run ning by Baker high, to 26 hit a coiiHolalion affair. Baker will play llugene next. Use of Gasoline Fatal to Three ! touchers: esea ned from the buildlmr I In the Pleasant Valley district. alter flames swept ihe strucliir" following explosion of the gaso.- line. MEMBERS OF SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED President's Power of Ap-; pointment Gives Him Chance to Bring Change WASHINGTON, Mjir. !!1 (Al) I'lvslrtmt Hoover lino today up. itoiiiicHi jihiro j. rurkif or cotitt. Judge Porker MiccetMls to j minimi, 10 nil! U1-I11U, tho vacancy caused by tiio death of .liLstlcn San fort I. I Milker Is n re publican nod Is only -I t yeiuv old. WAKH.INaTO.V, Mar. 2 (AP) A muv pattern for tho nation's highest comt Is In the woavlng, Jn tho first year of his adminis tration, 'resident Hoover has had thv opportunity of naming two of the nine Justices, . H may fall to Mr. ' mover's lot virtually to remako tho tribunal through appointments' J)-vilippiiiiml .rcntorliiR armiml llu. liiBhiiat. tiiliurml Ihivb fonnoa one of the most Interest lug phases or the Uooyer administration. Amatol lal discussion over con-, flrmatten of the nomination of Charles Kvaim Hughes, chlor Jus tice of tho United' States, named by the. president to succeed William Howard Tuft, raised to prominence tho Issue of whether the court should bo dominated by conserva tives or progressives. The liberals now are in the minority. The same Iskuo Is certain: lo art no in tho senate as other nomi nations are considered. The latn Justice llward Terry San ford was classified as u con servative; likewise, Mr. Taft. Thus the first two nominations facing the president concerned the con servative majority of tho court. Three of the present justices arc -1ifclble now to retire. They are re maining only becauHo they choose to flo so. They uro tho patriarch,' Oliver Wendell Holmes. 'S!i; Willis Van Devanter, 70 and Louis J'Jem bil;'. Brandies, who Is 74. The two justices who will be etiglhle to retire in two years lire George Hutherla nd and James Clark McKcynolds. Kach is (18. Tho most youthful member of tho court Is Hai lan F. Stone,' 58, He wus appointed by President Coolldge in 1026. The other associate justice. Pierce Hutlor, Is 04. He was so looted by President Harding, who chose four members of tho court r -M r. : Tm ft." tht late Justice Sun ford aiifi ,Ustl-e Sutherland. Chief Justice Hughes is OK. . i House Judiciary Committee Takes Week's Recess WASHINGTON, Mar. L (AP)- The house judiciary committee's prohibition hearings yesterday wei e recessed until next Wednes day after another day of dry tes timony had ended with the argu ments in luvor of the law by Oliver Vf Stewart, of Chicago, president of tho flying squadron foundation. Ameiicu can look forward to prohibition as long as' women have a vale, was the emphatic statement of Mrs. Flln A. Moole, president of Ihe National Woman's Christian Temperance union. She look the witness chiiir late yesterday after Fielding If. "Hurry lp" Yost, vetemn coach of Mich igan's "Malxn and Blue" elevens' I n nlrl C, I toper, a former com -mlsslouer of internal revenue In the days when that bureau super vised prohibition enforcement, and a number of other witnesses hud testified In. support of Ihe J8lh amendment. "Todn.v. no mutter what tiingu aino polls, gathered lurgely from lists of men, may show; as long lift the CMh amendment sin mis, the IKlh iimemlmeiit will stuud 11 Iso," were Hie words of Mrs. Boole, for yf'urs 11 leail'M' of tin dry ciiuh1. LUMBER MEN .,., tAIUl bAW IN NORTHWEST I Passing of Tariff by Sen- n( Umnm! (lilt miom to Mill Owners. SEVERAL PLANTS MAY BE OPENED Indicates Trend Toward Protection Much Benefit Will Result to This Section. .. POKTLAND, Oll.. Mill'. 21 (.VP) IM-nnitnnnt Pfirlfin c:OUHL luinbol'- ,,, 1,1 HiIk wdlon todnv imullctecl u g,mcl,ul miltikunliiK ot tiio pulHe of tho lumbar Industry In the northwest, tho reopening of tunny mitts closed because of ovei pro duction and re-employment of hun dreds of men . In mills -throughout Ihe state us the result of the United States senate in adopting tho L6U per thousand board feot turlff on soft woods yestorday, , 1 Although the tariff, does-nol ho cotno a law until tho house and President lloovor approves It, the measure, which was pussed by a, margin of onoAvole. Indicated a trend toward protection of the Pa cific northwest's greatest Industry, lumbermen said. . Followed Ilcutod Battle Tho turlff. passed the senate lif ter a heuted lengthy fight lu which Senutor Charles L. MoNury, repub lican. Ore., and nil other northwest congressmen split 11 coalition of democrats and republican indepen dents und. rode through to a vic tory with tho one vote to tho good. John Tennant, president of tho West Const Lumber Manufacturers association and vice president of the- Long-Hell Lumber company nt Longvlew, expressed his belief that tho tariff law would bring much benefit to this sect ton, Hu Hiild Unit A.moricun lumber men could now compote on a more (Continued on Pago Five) SUN ECLIPSE VISIBLE HERE DURING APRIL POIITLANI), Ore,,. Mar. 21 (AP) --Kor more than threo hours o April 28. Oregon will lie in tho weird twilight of it partial eclipse of tho sun. Jt will lulco 11 half century he f oro another opportun ity Is offered, It. O. Altken, as sociate director of Lick observa tory, announced today. Tho first effects of the moon's paHsnge between tho Wlu-nmlJii the sun will be noted at V nnd . the sun will not ' li!::ir p. m.. with maximum dark ness at 11:1!! u. in. Eight y-slx hundredths of Old Sol's fucu will be covered. Along a narrow path In Cali fornia the eclipse will bo total, duo to the tortuous course of the moon which Is pulled by numerous heav enly bodies. '1 he eclipse will bo visible as far south as Guatemala und as far north as Alaska. Former Minister Under $5,000 Bond OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Mar. 21 (Al1) C. L. Thoroijghmun, who left the Methodist ministry In l!lli:t to become a federal prohibition agent, today was held under Jti.ooo bond on a government eliurgo of operating a still. The former mlnlsuir, who re signed from, till! government ser vlco last July, wus arrested IubI night, in a raid four miles south of Lu wtou. STATES Pendleton High In Semi-Finals In Tournament Buckaroos Defeat Eugene 2b to 19 Salem High Defeats Baker Thurs day 38 to 19. SALEM. Oro., Mur. 21 (AP) Having won their preliminary skir mishes In the two days of battling which was concluded Thursday night ut Willamette gymnasium, four teams toduy will take the floor In two contests which will de termine the (luiutets which will meet each other Saturday night to play for the Intercollegiate basket bull supremacy of the state, Thin afternoon Astoria will take on Pen dleton in one of theso crucial struggles ut 4:;t0 o cluck, whllo at 8:30 In tho evening Salem and Commerce of Portland will do bat tle. ; Staging one of thu most startling upsets of tho series, the Pondlotun Buckaroos, fighting a grim and de termined buttle, Thursday night sent Eugene into tho consolation race by defeating thu purple-clad proteges of Coach Webber by a score of 25 to 10. 1 Oil her tho Bucks wero playing way "over tholr heads" Thursday night'whuH they eliminated Eugene, clsa tuoy wero suffering from a case of stugo $30,100 had been used as a margin fright Wednesday when they do- for stock purchases until he heard feutcd Dallas high, for In the for- Charles A. Krlckl, member of tho mvr contest they looked like any- brokerage firm of Blyth and Bon thing else but chumploiu. nor, givo the Information to tho . lOiigeno Held to Tliroo Points committee Eugene was held to three points Tho money collected from the during tho first quartur 11 field goal by Berg and a foul convornion by ton for tho Tennerree River Im McClain, whllo Pendlolon garnered provement association which has 7 counters during tho sumo period, With virtually every placer on tho team taking a hand in tho scoring the Eastern Oregoiiluns continued which bogun to delve into the uf to take advantage of Eugene's fut- fairs of tho Improvement assocla- Uo efforts to connect and when tno gun sounded for tho half Puiidle- (Contluued on Pago Five) HORSES MAY FACE BOMBING PLANES . If NeCeSSai'y, Aircraft May be Used to Reach Herds .of Wild Animals SALIJAf, OVo., Miirr iJ riAi)--? noiublng iilaties to bo used In tho war against wild horses nro being talked about In Houtheastern Ore gon and adjoining Nevada coun ties, according to in. V. H. Lytic, slate veterinarian. However, mi order from tho atato livestock sanitary board would bo necessary before ranchers could resort to killing the unimuls, and, such an oruer probably would not bo made u n less u n t o n t n (1 In b lo I nf ec t io u s ejiso should appear in tho ,rds. ' WMuny of the wild horses live In the rugged and almost Impenetra ble Tuscororu mountains In Ne vuda, and It is believed ajiplnnos ure about tho only meuus by which they could be reached. Investigating Disease Oourlne, an Infectious venoreul disease. Is said to have mudo Its appeurunee In the herds anu 'nvos ligations uro being mad6 de lerm'lno whether its prevalence Is sei lous. To iiropugute horses suitable for army service tho federal govern ment some tlmo ago put a few blooded slulllons among tho "bang tall' and cayitso herds. Tho re sultant offspring Is Hn ill to be very suitable for urniy Hcrvlce. To Name Children After Lord Balfour LONOON, Mar. HI (AP) He ports In Jewish quarters from I.tuchurcst today said that, all Jew ish boys who are born In Rumania next week will bo named Malfour and the girls will bo mimed Jtul fourla. Jn this manner will the Jewish community commemorate the name of Lord Malfour, who died this week lu Knglund, and u .week ot mourning has also been proclaim ed by Jtuinanlaii Jews. Escaped Convict Killed In Rattle !j niertuuiu ijUiieii conipuny, Bill)' stdiatics of the rullroad system. have In operation 300 stuges on (A P) Thomas tarm s, one of two 1 trnnscontlnental routes from Chi prisoners who made a brealt from L..,K0 lui at. Louis to Los Angeles Si.elgner prison early toduy and fllu UoIhv. Kpokano und Portland allied In a gun Imtlie with counly j the northwest, and on feeder iifflcess mar here. Jteports at t ho ,.ullU.a Tho new equipment com-, county Jail gave 110 Information , prises 30 couches of 34-pussengcr (oiieernlng Lee Iludgcns who ac Mmpnnfei Pariu's In the dash for liberty. Two guards were shot, and seriously woifuded In tho break. Wilkins io Talk Over Radio Today NLW YOUK, Mar. it (API Captain Kir George Hubert Wil kins, explorer, will address the ra dio fiiidlcmo of tho W.I chain or the National Mi ondeastlng company tonight on his fourth polar expe dition. He also Is expected to out line plans for his fifth. Ho will bo Introduced by Villijalmar Ktef unssou, also 11 polar explorer. His talk will begin ut S o'clnCk eastern time, replacing the I'lcktird faintly, a regular feature, (5 p. m. Pacific coast time). 1 HUSTON USED S36J00F0R SPECULATION This is Testimony of W. E. Moore Given at Senate Committee Hearing. DISAGREESTWITH EARLIER STORIES Reports are That Republi ' can Chairman W?U; Re sign His Post at Some Later Date. : ; WASHINGTON, 'Mar. 11,AP) Going further Into the 30,100 which Claudius Huston,, chairman of tho republican national com mittee, collected from tho Union Catbldo company, the senate lobby committee today heard E. W. Moore, Huston's personal repro eontutivo, testify: that , ho bought and sold stock with' tho money at Huston's direction.' Huston had previously testified he did not know that part; of tho carbido company wus given to Hus- Interested itself In Muscle Shoals legislation. . ' . Tho senuto lobby committee tion in connection with Its Muscle Bhuuls activities, summoned ' Huh- ton, u former president of tho as sociation, after his name had boon frcquontly montloned in the tes timony by othor witnesses. Jt do chled to go further Into-tho Union f'arbltlo fundB after It had learned ' that, tho money had been doposltod to Huston's personal account with Blyjho and Bonner. : lliiKKcrson on Btund : . ! Krod H;, Haggerson, president of Iho Union Carbido company, when , '"ei American Cyanamid company's bid for Mjuscle Shoals because 1t hnd a ;contruct: -to btaln : 6Dt000 horsepo.wor if the bid were ac cepted. " ' Tho Tennessee River Improve ment association has ' advocated ucceptanco of the cyanamid bid. Huston testified yesterday - that the $3G,l0u was In return for maps und other data on surveys-of the Tennesso river sold to the carbide company by the improvement as sociation. " -.; , : .1' Haggerson said today thut ho gavo the money in response to an appeal by the republican chairman but said he would -not say that "wo bought" the, maps nddlng "I believe It was a consideration for tho money we gave,". -. Tells of $19,D90 bcriclt . Senator nialnoj republican, Wis consin, said while Aloore was on tho stand, that the records pro duced for tho committee by Blyth and Homier showed thut when the $22,000 deposit was made there . was a deficit In Houston's account of Moore questioned about this, said this Indebtedness was for margin on stocks but denied that he was directed to make up the balanco overdrawn, . Mooro testifying that on occa sions he was given Instructions by Huston as to the purchuso " of (Continued on Page Five) U. P. BUYS NEW AUTO STAGES FOR USE HERE OMA.HA, Neb., Mfcirch 21 (A.P) . Tho Union Pacific Bystem has an nounced thu purchuso of nearly a half million dollars worth of motor buses for Its transcontinental and wost coast routes. Twenty-two of the new stages will be added to lines between Chi cago and Los Angeles, und eleven be l we cm Portland, Spokane, Boise unn Suit Ijuko City. Tho Interstate Tranidt Lines. Tin. '1"" 1,,,p,flc Hlac- Inc- ana tho capacity, iwu 01 u-punnuiiKer ciipa- city, and one of -L All equipment was ordered for Immediate de livery, said J. L. 1 laugh, vlco presi dent of tho Union Pacific, who announced the purchase Capone In Hands Of Chicago Police CHICAGO, Mar. 31 (AP) "Hcarfaco" Al Cupone surrendered to Chleugo police toduy und wus in conference with Chief of De tectives Htege shortly before 3 o'clock. ' The gang leuduf guvo himself Up, accompanied by Attorney Thomas 0. Niish. Nush hud Informed ; Htege Capone wus willing to talk , to him provided he wus not put In Jail. :