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Newspaper Page TextCITY EDITION l"ull AMHM'Intnl Press leased Wire Service ' 12 PAGES TODAY THE WEATHER OUKOON: Generally fair tonight and Thursday but cloudy In the went portion, local' fronts In-the east portion tonight. . VOLUME XXVIII MKMHHK ASSOCIATED PKKSS AN'U A. U. C. LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1930 EASTKUJf OltEGOX'S LIOADINO NEWSPAPER NUMBER 205 COUNTY ROAD, BRIDGE WORK PROGRESSING Crusher Operating -in Vicinity of Elgin at Present, is Report. COMPLETE CLOVER CREEK ROAD SOON Total of $171,000 Appor tioned for Both Con struction and Maintaln- ' ancc in 1U30. .' Tho county road and' bridgo work. Tor Vliltih' m.0UU 1ms been apportioned for both;.- etmslruo tion. jind: maintenanceis how nn: der': woy,. according Ur County Judge IVO. Couch. ': The 'lament. Horns art: $!Ht.0O0 gel: nsldi : f or ruad const runt Jon, nnd fiHUUOO for ro;id; betterment fa ii ;l ' maintenance -- f ' , ; Ten thousand ubllur'sls budgol ed tor cunstruetlon of bridges and $:!00U for l.heir uialnlennnee. y Mini i Work ,CpiiHltcoV . I .list' year four -and one-hair hilled: of, gravel road, market road standard, of the cemetery Cricket llut irvirKet road were completed, iti addition lo ("otir mnca of tho 1 Ilndmap-ri.irk'a .creek road thai was grudod and a base and upper buriucipg win inid." and will bo brought to nVirKct, road, standard this year. The crusher Is.ut work on (Ms stretch and will: bo lliere for about three weeks. '. ' The '.. graveling of. the ' North pbyder-C.lbvoi C'tcek market road (about ;four'. mile) will begin in aboul two-, weeks, -1-o-be oompletod either Jb Juno of July. Work on this was jftatfted In with tho Ki'iidln..' finished' last summer. In- about, ' three - weeks tho crusher w HI e at Ihe Hunter Lane Suimnei'vliteTJJry v Creek market road extension: (fi 'miles) which is to bo g-adod and gravelled t'lv5 year.'and" wlih-h If. to be completed lute in the s'uniiiner. v A bridge gu tbl.i road; acyoss Willow creek was completed lust yetir. At present a grader. If ntjt work .on this stretch. . Iijdiig HnulcM - .. .-Two. Ito" caterpillar, gradeiw.aro Hi work, one on the Ladd -Cunyon foot hi It road, preparing a grade froir. rhe jasper 'plueo lo about a mil 'sou tin so-that, gravel might be laid. The other 'caterpillar Is doing maintenance work. smooth ing dirt road in this locality,' and at, p.osont is leveling the athletle field . a ' the ".' Normal , pchool grounds. ': . . Tho grading and graveling of 1 ii road ,froiu the"; main highway .to the oodnty farm building lias just been completed. J. II. Scott, mar ket road engineer for tho slate, A'ifdled'i here last weekend and In- (Continued on Page lUghl) Rotarians Elect New Directors During Meeting Now directors for Ihe ruining year woj e elected at I lie itotary club luncheon at ttte l,a (.ramie hole) today. The mctiibcrs elected are . C. Perkins If. K. Cool idgo, j-'red l.anxer, j. T. Longrcl lou. S. .' tSikln,' l U .Meyers and If.-JJ. 'Inlaw. Ofricers will bu elrclod next week. Shih Thompson and Lester ir.im ly, of I'endleton, spoke briefly and George Hirnle wang two solos, ac coiiipatiled by Miry, ltimie at the plane. Karl ( ', Iteynolds. uf Klam ath li lis, Was a guest. REYNOLDS IS SELECTED FOR STATE OFFICE tf.VI.KM, Ore., Apr. HJ (AT) i:i'etlon of uf fleets and selection of Portland for the next annua) convention marked the cloe f the Oregon Insurance Acents' un ion here Tuesday. Officers eleiid were. .1. . Pratt. l-Iugene, presi dent: Paul lindry. KUunalii Kalis, Chiuln IttiynchN. CJriimle and Coif Uniting. .Med ford, vice prefl dent;: IT. T. (Jiiine. Poi-oburg. secretary: Vh-tor Wlittc. TiHamo'ik and John Strum, Portland, di rectors, Itoport Jnir contract and a dis cussion of t he infeiestfl bourd by . i y, ii lea by, Portland, and n presentation of the- so-culled Couley schedule by Mr, KnyiiultlS. of 1 41 Grande, occupied most of the iiifirtdu? session. Tim after noon was given over to, a golf tournament. WKATIir.ll TODAY 7'.".n a. in. 4, above. Minimum: St alcve. Condition: partly elcir. i: ATM ; U Y I XI I II 1 1 A Y Maximum 51. minimum 4" above. Condition: cloudy, rain .02 of Inch. WKATIIHIt Al'It. III. tM Maximum 56, minimum 33 uuove. Condition: partly cloudy. Still Time For Census Listing In La Grande Although Count Officially Ends Today, a Short Time is Allowed for Checking up. Tho. La Grande census Tor 1 030 Is to bo completed today, accord ing to government plana which al low two weeks limit for enumenit lity the population of all cities of more, than 2M0 inhabitants, How ever, a few tluya are allowed for cheeking up,, etc.. and there is stilt time tu be included in the 1 '.'30 census if one has not been already enumerated. : Following-.the publishing of .a rensun story in The Observer last night, several calls were received by enumerators over the city and l y the' Observer. One woman tele phoned The Observer that she had not bcrn enumeiatod and that a few v-of .her- neighbors had been missed. Alt calls received here wer. either referred to the cen sus cnmneintur yr to Itayniond O, WMIIlams, assistant supervisor with headquarters at Pendlelon. (.'I vie organisations and census offlelalj: continued today to stress the Importance of the census, pointing uut thai-much of tho fu lur welfare, pride and standing of "the cities rested to a eertnin degreo upan tho population fig ures. . . It . wns again urged today that anyone who has not yet been 'eiiu'me ated either call their nuiijcrotor or The Observer. The list, of Ju. Grande enumerators, their telephone -nunybei'3 and their districts follow: ; M iv. Jay Mlllering. telephone .lllt-.f. enumerating ; In election precincts No, 2. 7 ami Mi:'. Krank Mille.ing, telephone S07-II, enumerating in election (Continued on Page Kieht Harry Corbett Is Speaker At Public Meeting Slate Senator Harry (Jorbetr, re publican candidate. ..for governor, who was in Iai Grande yeaterday on nn Kastern Oregon tour, made two appearances before IcHVingthis city. In addition to the talk given at the chamber or commerce forum luncheon at noon at Island City, Mr, Corhctr. addressed a rcpreson lallvc crowd of laboring men and citizens at Kaglcs hall last night. About 40 were In attendance. Mri Corbet I, In bis talk last night, staled that he 4s in favor of five textbooks, child welfare, a. labor commissioner, . worklugman's com pensation .law, restricted immigra tion and for the income tax as ap proved by the last legislature. In speaking oi1 child welfare, he mentioned the fact that his wife is a member of Ihe. slate board. On the iuestiui uf labor commis sioner, be 'spoke I iv ravor of in' creasing tin; salary of the commis sioner and. also giving him more power for handling collection ot wages. Mr. Corbett was chairman of tho workingman's compensation board In 13-9. Touching upon the matter bt statp old-age pensions, Mr. Corbet! expressed himself as favoring Ihis tu a certain extent, Man Wanted At Joseph Jailed Here Yesterday Charles pell, alias Katheryn Sporlin. wanted in Joseph on ti charge of raising a check for Jii.itti to $lti.:iU, wan arresled in I.a Grande yesterday by Policemen Claude Hull. rook and Orville Hoard, ami was taken to tile county Jail at Knterprise last night by District Attorney Sylvester Iturlrigh and a member of the sheriff's officii of Wallowa county. Ite is also wanted in Iowa on a charge of car theft and In Ontario on a charge similar to that placed against him at Joseph, local offi cers were notified. Officers throughout Kusterri Ore gon hav been watching for I Jell for'more than a week, Wreck Stolen Car On Road Near Perry Stolen from its parking place In the railroad yards about f o'clock last night, an automobile belonging to -Mr. Allen, O.-W. employe, was found later last night off the high way near Peny and badly wreck ed. The car had gone off th" Men way and iHndeil on a stump, which damaged the machine to a great extent. No indications were found that ihe driver had la-en inj-.ired and no clues as to his Identity ex ist. Class Track Meet Under Way Today Ib.-eauhe of lainy weather, the interclasr. track and field meet at the high school field is being held thin afternoon instead of ycHter day. coach Ini Woodte. facing a triangular meet at Pendleton Sut ui day with Pendleton and Mc I.oughlin high schools, expects to select n;.ost of his squad for the trip after the event:- ;h! ufternuuii. 2 AMERICANS ARE HURT IN INDIARIOTS Consul General at Calcut ta Reports That Neither Was Badly Injured. KARACHI SCENE OF FATAL FIGHT London Hears That There is Danger of Serious Trouble From Gandhi : Men in Bombay. ' -WASHINGTON, April 1C (AP) The stuto tlppuKiiielit -.toddy -nminccd two 'Americans- were In jured in ' the rioting at Culctittn India yesterday. , . , They were. Albert N. Haudlh, or iruiiKhlon. Michigan, , nnd' Prank liowl-N'elson, Huffalo, N. Y. ,'Hol.ert Fra'.er," Amcrieari eonHiil general at Calcutta, In his.' report to the state department Siild nelth er wan Horloufdy Injured. '. ; (ink mi,u:i in hiotin KAUAIMI, India, Aprl 10 (AP) One peron was . killed;.' .seven were .seriously Injured and. twenty six utheiH were sllKhtly injured in rioting here today after' a hvol. hail stormed the nuiRlstrato'H court. 1'ollco fired on the hiob and heat off many of the rioters with staves. Then, aided by Indian troops, they arrested the leaders, und took them to the Karachi jail. The Injured persons were taken to the hospital where the condition of two of them was reported to be serious. - Those most (.-ravely Injui-sl were struck by bullets of Die-police,, but (Continued on Page Two) PRESBTERY SESSION TODAY Los Angeles Presbyterian Official. Speaks at Open : ing Meet Yesterday. The KcV. P.obert N. McLean. I. I.. of liOri Angeles. Cal.. PacifJe Coast, field secretary for the board of pensions cf the Presbyterian church yesterday uddressed the Presbytery of Grande Itonde, hold ing its meeting In the local Pres byterian church this week.. He spoke of the Interest in and growth of Ihe pension fund which Is lo care for Presbyterian mlnistetH at and after the age of 63. ' The. Itev. V. I.. Van Nuys. l. IV. of Pol l land, field secretary for VV.Miuton and Oregon, in lite Interests of, the. 'board of Chris tian -education. ;SaSv present and addressed the Presbytery Tuesday afternoon, of the piograiu" of the present nrrani:emcnls.aud program present arrangements nnr program for the annual Young People's conference to be. held near l.os. line in August. , This conference wilt be the third annual confer ence of like kind held at this place, The IteW W. I1'. Shields Is one of the promoters. Five ministers and live cider delegates me .present ut the meeting of Presbytery, Presents Memorial Tuesday afternoon C. M. Hum phrey, represent ing the. local church. presented a memorial from the congregation to Presby tery, asking that there be a union of i he Presbj tei ies of flrande Itonde and Pendleton. The re quest, wiiv. discussed at some length, then tabled until Wednesday morn ing. The Itev. Max U. Woods, of W'u I Iowa, was received by letter of dlstriliwlon from the Presbytery of ' 'oliitiiiMa Ulver as a mVunber of thi.-. presbytery. Th-.; chairman of I he standing enm,m titers ap pointed by t lie moderator. ttie Itev. If. It. Thomas, of.ilabwuy, a re; bills a nd overt ores, W. I' Shields; judicial business, I,. It. Williams; icvision of permanent committee. Sanuiel Harris. Tho presbytery is still In kch sion today. i .M I :x WIN Vl TOIl V POIITI,A NO, Ore.. Apr. I (AP) The I'ortland presbytery was pen to the views of women for the first time in the church history arte overtures of the general as sembly to give equal privileges to women hail been adopted by I lie pi nsbytcry, without dcbule. The vol", to. 2a, as taken (Continued on Pago Two) Gasoline War Sends Of Motor Fuel I last era Or "iron is huvlng Its own little gasoline war today and motorists, deiihifd Ht the oppor tunity of purchasing motor fuel at a low as IK r'titn. were opening their pockets a little more llhcrally tbun usual. The gasoline price reductions rally started a week or so ago, when retail prices dropped to 23 to 2t cents a gallon. This endured for awhile but yesterday morning big signs, bearing the numerals either IK or 19 appeared at pome or the filling stations, nnd the war was on fn earnest. Thu highest price churned in the- tit this morn- Mistake Cause Of All Trouble, Lonergan Says Disbarment Cases, of George W. Joseph and , Thomas Mannix Before Supreme Court Today. SAUCM, Ore., Apr. 10 ( AP) Prank J. Isouergnn, attorney foi Thomas Manntx. Portland lawyer whoso disbarment for three years was recommended by a board of referees, told the supremo court to day that a mistake made by Judge CJuy C, If. Corliss of Portland, counsel for tho Christian Science churches In the first litigation over the K., Henry Wennne endowment fund, started the trouble, out of whiph grew the disbarment pro ceedings against Mrfnnlx. Lonergan spoke in Mannix' defense today. lyonergan characterized Corliss as "aix attorney as honorable as ttpy whet ; has ever practiced In any stabv but, , like the rest of us, Ilnble lo make a mistake.' , v Lonergan began ltls address at 9::i(i o'elock and was stiil speaking at th noon. adjournment, Tho court recused, until 2:15 o'clock, i A plea that tho pupreme court reject tho recommendations of the referees who conducted the Mnu nlx; dtnluiriuenl. trial, and Impose i upon mm instead the extreme pen ally ov permanent disbarment, was made by Attorney A..K. MeMahan in (he argument of ' the - Mannix case yesterday. , The referees rec ommended, two to one, that Maiir nlxt bo suspended for llm'e years! Judge O.' l' Skipwnrth dissenting from fudges I-Ved W. Wilson and U. 'I. Norton by recommending hlH permanent disbarment. Th . Mannix arguments began yesterday with the conclusion of the George W. Joseph disbarment case. Tn concluding the Joseph rase AHorney Oscar Haytor for tiV proseeullnn lauded tho fairness of the referees who tried the cases, and said they Itarred no testimony whateveK Kor Ihe purpose of show ing that Joseph's attacks on Justice Hand of the supremo rourt were not all for the purpose of defeating his re-election Haytor declared the (Continued on Pago Bight) "WHITE WINGS" TO BE STAGED HERE APRIL 25 Preparations arc being made this week for the - presentation of the Moroni Olsen players In the comedy drama "White Wings" on Apr. 25 under tho auspices of the Eastern Oregon Normal school student body. The comedy, written by Phillip Uurry, l basically an ironical, kindly satire of tho generation that saw-Mho world turn over between 1H!G and 1915 with the advent or tho automobile. U.is Ihe story of ihe l.ovo of an automobile inven tor's daughter, Mary Todd, for the last descendant of, tin aristocratic line of whito wings, one Archie Jneh, whir is fanatically loyal to tho horse. as tho symbol of civiliza tion.' Herbert, a cabby. Is one of the most Interesting characters In the play, It in said, moving through three nctH nnd four scenes as a dominunl figure. In the finale, where ftirlct dramatic development demands th tragic note, it Is Joseph who falls before the bullet of the progressive Bsasin. (Jhoir Invited To Present Concerts The ladles Triad 'choir wf 1,10 Presbyleriun church has received several requests to present concerts at different towns and cities of Eastern Oregon, according to Mrs. Alfred L. Hlchardson, director for l lie last i hree years. Tho Mac Dowel club of Maker hurt requested a program by the choir during music week. H will also appear in a benefit program at Klgln, AT ay 8 and has been invited to present a concert in Pendleton. During music week here, tho choir will present a secular program for tho Neighborhood club. Tho Raster canla "The It f sen King" by Schneeker will be given by tlie choir, next Sumkiy at the Presbyterian church. Plane Accident Cause of Deaths 'II, AT 10 A t ' KOI "X, Kra nee, Apr. 10 (AP) One woman was trapped In a house and burned to death and two pilots were killed as two mil itary combat planes collided over thl'i city today and ciushed Into the Hi re) y. Local Price as Low as 18 Cents Ing was 2.1 cents a gallon and Ihe lowest 1 X cents, and reports are that at JS cents, dealers are loosing half u cent a gallon. The wholesale cut in prices reaebed Iiak?r and Knterprise yes terday, and they also joined the battle, dropping to around 23 cents. This morning, as the buttle waxed warmer, fuel could be purchuscd In baker as low as 19 cents. An attempt to reach a corifj ft mlse wan 8tr! between deaJfvS today In the hopes of increasing the prices to normul, but no definite developments hud been readied curly this afternoon. . . NEW YORK Tim I,ti:i(l-rmv ( liryslcr tower In mldtowii cans Xv York's new skyline. Above lire ilmw sal lent lieaks nf I lie new , luhltowll skyline: tho Cluiill n, Chrysler mill Daily .News IiuIIiIIiiks. Itclmv Is the ilnwn-lowii business cluster, Ions famous. At. tlie.lell Is llio 85-slory Jluiplru Slato building; rlslni; on I'll'lli avenue, anil below It Is tbo r.r.-Nlory (.'linnln Inner us icoii from, llio Cbrysler's riwil. Tliii Chrysler hullitlufr is now' lilRliost bu I lie 10inllro Slalo skyseraiM-r will top tlioni all, llirouiclioul (lie norlil. 'J'lio Wooluorlli tower Is no longoi' supreme In fuel, 11 Is not oven tho 1 .. KCXOHll lllllt!Ht, House Duties On Hides Accepted By Senate Group ' . , t; WASII1NOTON. Apr. 16 (AP) Tio hmiMo tlutles on hides, lcf. lit ers und shoes, till now on tho free list, 'were agreed iipon today by the congressional cojiferees on the tariff bill. The rales accepted are 10 per cent on hided, 1 2 j to 'AU per cent on leathers and 20 per cenl, on HhOCil, j The senate )ili restored all of these to tho free list, where, they have been for years. Ity forcing tho senate group lo recede the senate action in four limes voting down, duties on, the. hide and leather products, the house confeieeM scored their big geyUVlclory since (he two groups met to adjust differences over the Hawley-Hinoot measure , Tho hide, leather and shoe dis pute was one of the hardest fought in the senate tariff struggle. 6,799 Eligible To Vote May 16 In This County . A tolal id" fi,7!it citizens of Union county are eligible to. vote in tbo primary election lo be held on May 10, according to figures at the county clerk's office. These In clude only republicans and demo crats, an in'embers of oilier parties do not vote in tin? primaries, re serving their ballots until Ihe gen eral election, ns no other ballots' are issued oxcepllng republican and democratic. Of the tidal 4,2!t!l are reghdcreil rcpiihiieuus a nd 2,r.oi) democrats. Tho registration books closed yes terday arternoon. 1 School Children In Narrow Escape oi:i;otiN rrrv. Apr. k (AP) --Loaded with school children, a bin: went off the Wct Llnn-Wfl-liiinelle road early today, snapped a telephone pole and was only pie. vented rrom a 4n-ro.it plunge down an embankment by a guy wire ol the pole. Had the guy wire not lo-ld Ihe heavy motor bus the accident probably would have reunited In death or k"ivhjh injury of many of Ihe children. Aside from minor bruise-: and shock, none of the lb oeciip.inhi of t bo - carrier were iiiilt. Isle la Tragedy Toll Reaches 22 N M.. Apr. Hi AI') I'THiik I.. Myers ,.r Co. lunil.i., City. In.!., iiieil toilay. Ix-iiiKini; l, Z'l the niiinl.f.r ,,l ,1'Mtlii,-. from i I'ii-kH li-k-firey. Iiollii'l l,iis-nlit!i Ke train cruHil utslela lust Krl'lay. l.i iin;itMAV lii;s SjT,, L'tv .Minn.. A,r. I'l. l-n i. rvine. iutii',u!iiiy ' I' -vn IsiU r 'i-Hjali ': q.r..5 'i.inJ: ni.yt-:mtiSW. ami, won the lust KiirvlvinK meiubcr of the original coterie of lumbermen associated with the uto l'YcUcrlck V'tyerhafusirr, Sr. , NOW A CITY OF TALL TOWERS LEGGE APPEALS TO THE FARMERS Apain , TJi'gs Reduced Wheat and Cotton Acre- age Over the Nation. :'t - . WASHINGTON", April Hi' (AP) Chuirmau Iegge -- of tho federal farm board today renewed his appeal for a reduced wheat und cotton acreagn as a measure of bettering th finances of the farm er.. "Wh eat growers are being urged lo reduce" their acreage ten pet' cent," ho said In a radio address. "The purpose. Is loget production more nearly in lluii wlth domestic market requirements so that the 42 cent tariff can bo made nvoro effec tive. "in asking tho wheat funnel' to reduce his acreage the board is not asking him to reduce bis In come," ' he added. "instead the board confidently believes his In come will be Improved. Jf he could get more money for four bushels of wheat than lie now gets for five, what Is the incentive for raising tho extra bushel, exhausting the fortuity of tho soil and going to thn extra labor of raising It, only" in llio last analysis to reduce Ills Incomo not lo Increase It?" "Cotton farmers are being asked to Improvo tho quality of their cot ton as well as to limit plantings lo forty million acres compared to forty-six million acres In l!(2!t." lie suggested that tho farmer restore tho "rapidly disappearing woodlot" with tho hind available from smaller wheat ami cotton plantuges. "The problem, of excess production would be well on ihe way' to solution if five per cent of the present acreage under cultiva tion on every farin were planted to trees," ho predicted. MAN IS FINED FOR SLAYING FELINE 'SINGER KlfilOiUDAN, Ore., Apr. I (AlP) Nearly 2 (Mi people. Including the herif.'. district attorney and other officials in Yamhill county, last night attended the trial of Irv Yocutif, accused of assassinating a cai. Yecinn. annoyed by Ihe Troubii dor '1 homur.' theme song, d In ch urged a weapon In the exact vicinity or the cat and the gr-n-cia' vicinity of Hany Valltere, a neighbor, at the moment lie wiik biking Ihe nil Ik in I mm his front poreh, Vallh-rc hhiide complaint, allow ing his life could have been cn dangerei) by the rhot. Judge Kenneth Shalterly fined Yociini $7.f0 after Yocum admit ting killing Hi-- cat but wouldn't tell how. I'Otj DUX op .itn;i' Item:. Apr. 10 (AP) "!,uek," a large Ida k dog which for I S yi-nrwiiH the faithful companion of-Ojiecii Vletoifa of Sweden, to- a CyWfd hl Hifisti'eHs Jn death. j Miring tho last days of the oueen. who died here April 4, "Luck" seemed to Kense his mls tresa wuti near the end for bu ru-lui-ttl to , kiivtt ber. room. . Wheat Today CHICAGO,. Apr. .16' (AP) Of ficial reports allowing that a con siderable area southwest was still in -the elut eh es of drought led lo iuiit h hlgjir-r prices for wheat to day. ''.In pavticulai', western Kan sas and western Oklahoma were described ns needing moisture bail!?: Latest doflnllo estimates of North American wheat export buslnesi: today wero 1,000,000 busheln or more, but there also wore intimations the total far ex ceeded the figures mentioned. Wheat closed nervous 1 fa 2c a bushel higher than yester day's' finish. Com closed lc up, oats IMIc advanced, and provisions showing Mf lll.c gain. Two Rescued From Mountain Slopes VA.NCOUVKII. Wash., Apr. (AP) Italph lirown, 21, and Glen Huvard, 20, students at Columbia ucademy, wore safe at homo today after having been rescued late yesterday from the snow-covered HlnpeH of Mitchell peak, near ML St. Helens, where they had been lost ao hours. Tho two left tho academy Mon day in an effort to scale the peak but 'became tost on the cast slope. They were In excellent condition except for being chilled and hun gry. . C. C. Hears Final Railroad Pleas WASHINGTON, Apr. 10 (AP) Hefore deciding whether the Great Northern ami Ihe Western Pacific I allroaila are to bo permitted to link Hi el r 4'aclfU: coast lines to compete for north and south traf fic, the interstate commerce com mission today allowed final pleas of attorneys repiesenting affected railroads and cities and states of the en tiro northwest terrltot y. I'nder the proposal, the Great Northern won hi build southward KS mib'M from. Klamath Kalis, Ore,, and the Western pacific northward 112 miles from Keddle, t'al., cre ating another direct rail route be tween California, and Oregon and Washington. Favor Restriction Of All Filipinos WASHING-TON. Apr. Hi (AP) -Complete reslrtetinri of Philippine liiimigatlou into thin count ly ex cept for business and pleasure vis itors im p:opfMe in a bill Intro duced today by Senator Short ridge, republican. California. h:ii woitKLKs iio.ii;i,is iMANILA, Apr. HI (AP)Abotlt 12"0 workers at f'ariix. Occidental Negroa province, were jobtesH to day as the result "f a fire which destroyed the Insular dumber cotn imny'a t-awiuill there. Thq flro oc curred kist night. Although only mieagtc details havo been received liere, it is thought by thofle familiar with the mill that the housea connect yd wltli It r.iust Uu,v burned also. HEAD OF WET D ASSOCIATION QUESTIONED Henry H. Curran Tells Senate Lobby Commit tee of A. A. P. A. Work SHARP EXCHANGES DURING TESTIMONY Admits Association Pays $251,484 Annually in Salaries His Salary Totals $25,000. ; - WashlnKton, Apr. 1 6 .'(AP) Upholding tho hssdciatlon against tho prohibition limiendmont, Henry H. Curran, Its president, testified toilay to the aenato lobby commit tee that one of the purposes of -the-organization was. .to' advocate election of congressmen favoring repeal of the dry laws. -! Currnn snid hifl only employment wan with- tho aBsoclntio.n. Pre viously ho had been counsel for the City club of Now York. "You are a lawyer,", chairman Caraway asked. ' "No, I am a member of the bar," Curran replied. Tells of CninimifriiM Tho witness Bald the organization .supported - congressional candi dates favoring repeal, which l wunted to. bring about ill order tn restore to the states tho light to regulate the liquor traffic. Cam paigns were also conducted through newHpaper releases and radio, ho said. - - ', , Curran testified one hundred persons are enilployed by tho as sociation in 12 offices. Ho placed Ilia salary at $25,00(1 a. year and oxpenscs. - - , 1 . ' Chairman Caraway uskcil Cur ran whethor negroes wore oliglblo , for mcmihership. . "Certainly,", ho replied. . . "You don't ' draw..; any .-color, lino." Caraway continued. "Koop thoso words In your mouth," Curran said, "don't put them In mine." , .... v, Curran - said there ' were 260 members of the board of directors and 100.Q wero eligible for. mem bership. ' . 'r1'- .lilittuhu-prolilbltliin aciivliicj of Currnu's organization recently enmo under the scrutiny of tho lobby cominittoe through tcstiuvony of John J. Hoskoh, chairman of. tho democratic- national coinmlttoo. Quarter Million In Haliirles t.'urrun said thn annual salary of llio persons employed regularly by the association was $251,484. Caraway asked if tho aKSoclil- i lion mado direct contributions to uaiulltlalcs ror public office. . "Yes," Curran said. Caiviwiiy rend from! a list ot ex pcndltiireH of the iissaclatlon an ilom 'of $82,053 :for. political on.-' penditurcs. .:,.,.'. Wmi't .Support Under "Aro you going to support Will- (Contlnuod on Page Klght) R. C. A. TAKING OVER 2 OTHER BIG COMPANIES NHW YOUK.'Apr. 10 (AP) lladlo Corporation of Ajnorlcii has completed arrangements to acuulro the radio manufacturing fanfutles Of Hie General Hloelrln enn,n and tho Wcsllnghouso Kloctrlc and Manufacturing company It was leurnod from official sources louay. WA,SIMNOTON, Apr. 10 (API Asserting it "new- rndlo. trust" had been funned,' Senator 1)111, demo crat, Washington, urged In tbo senino today that tho department ot Justice Inquire Into tho reported salo by Mm Hadlo Corporation of America nf $54.1.000,000 In stocks til Ihe General Klectrlc. und VVest liiKliouse cnmpnnles In payment for radio patents. ASKS U. S. ASSISTANCE WASHINGTON, Apr. 10 (API Government assistance In n pro gram to encourage the construc tion In the United States by Amer ican capital of commercial air- ; liii.s fov regular operation on ex isting foreign trade routes was proposed In a hill Introduced toilay by Mennlur .MeNury, republican, Oregon. BASEBALL TODAY AMKKICA.V I.r.'AGlI-! At l'hlladelnhiu-New vrl, poued, rain. chlcngu - Clcvelamlj, postponed, ruin. St. l.ouls - Detroit. iiNli,nn,l ruin. XATKlXAI, l.KXUVK Iloston at New York, postponed, r.i In. i'lilllics at Uruoklyn, postponed, rain. It. K. B. 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