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warm In the Interior. .Gentle south- I
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VOLUME XXVIII
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. 11. O.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1930
EASTERN OREGON'S liUAJDINO NEWSPAPER.
NUMBER 295
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COUNTY ROAD
AT STARKEY
1930 Program of Improve-
merit in County Making
. Much- Progress.
CATHERl5ECREEK
. WORK IS MOVING
Grade Completed on Sum
merville Market Road
Resurfacing Near North
Powder.
With the summer well under way,
the Union county market road pro
gram Is also making considerable pro
gress. Improvements are being made
In several parts of the county, with
a large amount of equipment in use
and a considerable number of men
on the county's Toad payroll.
Ten days ago work was commenced
on the Starkey road which leads to
Lehman Springs and Uklah. and at
present there are a caterpillar, a
grader and a number of men busy
on this section. The plan for this
vear provides for taking out brush
and rocks, grading up the worst dirt
places and gravelling these spots, and
In general to put the road in better
condition and pave the way for fu- I
ture Improvements. This work is I
,being done from the forks of the I
road by Meadowbrook clear through 1
although only in the worst sections. ;
Agitation for this road work came
to a head about a year ago here
when a caravan, made up of mem
bers of the Lions club, chamber of
commerce, county court and other
Interested organizations, went over
the road through Starkey, Lehman
Springs. Uklah, etc.
'other Work Progressing
: About the same program Is being
followed on the Catherine creek road
as on the Starkey stretch that is.
to do as much work as possible as
soon as possible, considering the
amount ,of money available.
Prom the end of the present gravel
on the Catherine creek road up to
the Hull, ranch, the grade has been
practically completed. A change was
matio In the location of the road
through the Hall ranch, and a crew
of 12 men, three teams, two catcr
, pillars and a grader Is busy there at
present. The clearing is mostly fin
ished. As funds aro available, the county
court plans to reach Medical Springs
with this road.
A crew Is also engaged at present
graveling the road from the highway
to the Telocaset grange hall. This,
g. however, Is not a market road.
n rado Is rout p let p(1 "
The grade has been completed on
tho Summervlllc market, road and
the rock crusher has been mowed to
Summerville from Cricket Flat, and
It is expected that the workmen
will be putting rock on the road in
about 10 days. Approximately eight
miles of grading has been completed.
Tho North Powder-Clover Creek
road has been completed, and the
(Continued on Page Five)
FORCED TO GO
INTO DITCH TO
ESCAPE CRASH
Two persons were bruised In on
automobile accident on the Old Ore
gon Trail highway between La Grande
and Kamela yesterday evening at
C;30 o'clock. Mrs. H. J. Horstman was
driving, she reported to police, when
a car approached and it was neces
sary for her to go into the ditch to
avoid a headon collision. The other
car, s ho snld. did not stop but con
tinued on its way. Those bruised were
J. E, Cochran, of Portland, and Jack
Horstman Jr.
A car driven by Chita Michelson
was also forced into the ditch to
avoid a collision on Monday, but no
one was hurt. The accident occurred
four miles from La Grande.
. . Peare Speaks
At Rotary Meeting
J. H. Peare was the speaker at to
day's luncheon of the La Grande Ro
tary club, held in the La Grande ho
tel. Mr, Peare, in an interesting ta!k.
touched upon the sidelights of the
recent republican state committee
meeting In Portland which nominat
ed Phil Metschan for governor. Mr.
Peare also gave his reasons for not
being able to support Metschan.
Heat Wave Center
Shifts Into East
CHICAGO. Aug. 6 UP) The center
of the heat wave had apparently
shifted to the cast today leaving the
citizens of the mid-cont.nent less un
comfortable but the crops still in
danger. I
Scattered showers and cooler winds j
brought some relief to mlddlewestem-
era who had sweltered In 60 and 103 j
degree temperatures for weeks. The
rniniau was smau in most cases,
however.
v Central Ohio cooled off yesterday
Twlth help of several showers although
precipitation of Dayton and Spring
field helped crops in those vicinities.
Chicago s millions spent the most
comfortable night In weeks with the
mercury around a ter a total pre-
. , c' ,,f , ihad caused 4.000 more men to oe
JltSf StiS'iemly ln cntructlon ,n w
iols was still suffering. ;4 80O ln May. and 13o0 in Junc.
m intense heat and; , addmon to the contractus
Southern Illinois
however. Irom
uroumiv.
'
WKATIIKK TOIMY
7 a. m. 7 above.
Minimum: 65 above.
Condition: partly cloudy.
WEATHER YESTERDAY"
Maximum 97. minimum 00 above.
Condition: clear.
WEATHER Aid. 6. MSD
Maximum 94. minimum 62 above.
Condition: clear.
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Billings, Mooney i
Members of Gang,
Cunha Declares
Deputy Prosecutor's Tes
timony Throws Hearing
in San Francisco Into an
Uproar. -
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 0 OT Ed
Cunha, deputy prosecutor during the
trials ol Warren K. Billings and
Thomas J. Mooney for the 1010 pre
paredness day bombing here, threw
the California supremo court hearing
oa Billings' pardon application into
an uproar today by asserting Mooney
and BilllngB were members of a gang
of .'blasters."
Cunha startled the court room by
asserting the gang planned to stop
the parade by bombing it.
He said he had evidence to Bhow
Mooney engineered the plan and that
both Mooney and Billings admit
ted it.
Guilty, Ho Sals
Cunha added consequently they
"were guilty under the criminal code
of California and their pordon ap
plication could not be considered."
The former prosecutor charged
that Alexander Berkman, editor of an
alleged radical newspaper, presided
over the gang. This brought edwln
McKenzie. attorney of Billings, to
his feel without giving Cunha an op
portunity to explain.
Cunha olso said Billings admitted
to him he had only told "part of his
story" of the bombings, which killed
ten persons and Injured forty.
This brought the demand from Mc-
to hear and answer the testimony.
Authority Uncertain
Chief Justice Waste announced
serious doubt had arisen as to the
authority of the court to bring Bll-
iXmlT.oTFISii'SlIn Addition, 4,000 Chinese
hear the prisoner.
Tho Justice said because' of the
rhnnm of pficn.ne and the responsibil
ity it would throw on Folsom officials'
tho court may be forced to go to
Foisom
Cunha also charged Billings lived
in the same rooming house operated ;
Dy ine same innoiany as tue mu- ntttution, 4000 C..:mo3 were missing
Nam ura brothers, convicted of bomb- jrom tnc wealthy Hunan province
ing the Los Angeles Times building capital, many sections oX which were
twenty years ogo. looted and burned, tne dispatches
After their arrest for the bombing SIlld These were believed either mur
ine McNamara brother offered the . Hered or kidnaned by the invaders.
alibi they had lived in a San Fran-
(jibwiuwiiuhs i'"""r; ut me num. xnvy
later pleaded guilty to the bombing,
Cunha said ho had documentary ,
evidence to present to the Justices,
Ho was expected to be given the op-
purmiuty iu uu mis wnen uuuti. v -
sumcd at 2 p. m.
Rev. R. Putnam
Accepts Call
From Gladstone
The Rev. P.. L. Putnam, pastor of'fiaiiors imve been wounded in sklr-
the Central Church of Christ, yes-
terday received a call from the Chris-
tlun church at Gladstone, Ore., which
Mr. Putnam accepted.
The Iiev( Paul Mortimore, of Glad-
stone, has also accepted a call from
the La Grande church, and the two
ministers plan to exchange, pulpits
permanently before the first of Sep -
tember
Mr. Putnam announced some time
ago that he would be unable tto con
tinue here because of hiss wife'
health.
Memorial Works
In New Building
The Cemetery Memorial works hes
Just recently moved into Its new
horns at 2213 Adams, according to
announcement today by Mr. McClure,
tne proprietor. rne company, sue- ( . ..
ccssor to the Blue Mountain Granite I WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 tf) As the
and Marble Co., was formerly located : time draws near when President
at Greenwood and S. The new build- Hoover hoped to leave for his veca
lng. 45 by 110 feet, Is equipped with Hon in tho Rocky Mountains, ins
modern apparatus, including a travel- pis remain indefinite.
Ing crane that covers the entire I Faced by unexpected and 'pro
building. Mr. McClure makes his longed difficulties in selecting the
home In' quarters in the new build
ing.
Group to Inspect
Mt. Emily Roads
i r- 1- -..j
members of the forestry service of the
Umatilla and Whitman forests are
ti .. ..,
the Nit. Emily region to look over ! however, that so for ' as Ills 'nten
sonie of the roads and possible sites tions go, the announcement that he
for roads in the proposed Mt. Emily expected to spend at least two weeks
scenic highway construction. ' visiting Glacier and Yellowstone na
The party expects to leave in the Ulonal parks still stood. e moy bo
afternoon and return sometime gat- compelled. It was added, to abandon
return buiiicwiiiu cai-
Nelson. Sherwood Wil -
urday. A. w.
Hams and W. R. Ledbetter, of La
Grande: Gerald J. Tucker, forest
ranger: Supervisor Irwin of the Uma
tilla forest and I. E. Jones, superin
tendent of construction of the Whit
man and Umatilla forests will make
the trip. Mr. Irwin is from Pendle
ton. Federal Aid Funds
Help Employment
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (Pt
The
$50,000,000 Increase In funds for fed-
eral aid hlghWBV8 made at the recent
Gpnn nt rnnor wn rivirlrl tn-
j daJr by tne uepar,mcnt of agriculture
; to'hRve )leipd materially to reducj
unemployment throughout the coun
try."
The bureau of public roads said the
increase, which brought the total for
; , dcrnl Bld hlshways to S125 0O0.00O
; nad causKl 4.000 more men to be!
! forces it wafl pointed out, more men
also were employed In the prepara-
; tlon and transportation of the larger
e ' quantities of material required by the
. i augmented program.
. ! 1
'DEMANDS IHKIlillT HATE ACTION
WASHINGTON. Aug. 6 IPi
T. V.
i O'Connor, shipping board chairman.
: said today unless members of the
.United States Intcrcoastal conference
i agreed to regulate freight rates on an
i equitable baMs. he would seek con-
I eresslonal authority to have the ship -
ping board regulate tnem.
IN HOSPITAL
...
V ... -r1
Imngene Wilson, known on the
screen ns Mary Nolan, Is 111 in a
Los Angeles hospital. Fed em I
officers were waiting to arrest
her on a narcotic charge, but a
denial has been Issued thut she
is using narcotics.
2090 EXECUTED
BY COMMUNISTS
Missing From Wealthy
Hunan - Capital.
SHANGHAI, Aug. 0 UP) Japaneso
dispatches today reported commllh-
i-,. nvn.l1t.ri mi, nhfnA nttm- can
nlst executed 2000 Chinese after cap
An 0ffjCtai government dispatchers demanded. Many of the scram-
fr0m Nanking asserting provincial
troops had re-entered Changsha was
recffived here with great reserve. The
situation there and at Hankow,
threatened by advancing red armies.
Was considered grave.
, Sending More Wurslilp
Additional warships were being
rushed to the red zono today by for
eign governments, whose decisions to
i reinforce the Yangtse river patrol was
hastened by further outrages against
! their nationals. Eleven whites were
1 known to have fallen victims ol com
munist lead and steel since last Wed
nesday. .
Six American ana tnreo , urimn
niiShes between bandits and gunboats
,on the Slang river near Changsha.
Dispatches continued to tell of
'communist depredations throughout
j the Yahglse valley. Reports - from
widely separated areas in Hunan,
Hupeh, Kiangsl and Puklen provinces
Bai numerous red bands numbering
J jrom a few hundred to 10.000 pil-
laged towns and spread horror vir
tually unopposed.
Whereabouts of maijy foreigners,
mostly missionaries, who have evacu
ated these areas, was unknown here.
(Continued on Tape Five)
jjqOVER PLANS
FOR VACATION
ARE HELD UP
nersnnnel of the tariff commission
and with other problems still to bo
solved before he leaves, he was con
Rist.pnt.lv declined to discuss plans
I even with his aides at the white
house.
Continuance of the drouth mak
ing necessary emergency measures by
i tne eovernmeni, uio miKm. wm -
; a"" P1""8 ot t,he President, " was
pointed out today.
It was sa d at the white house,
, 1 - . .Hnn
: nil plans for an extensive vaca n-
but no decision has been made.
Oakville, Wn., Bank
Is Robbed of $2000
OAKVILLE. Wash.. Aug. 6 oJt
Locking the cashier and a girl em
ploye in the vault, two men held up
the Oakville State bank here short
ly alter it opened and escaped with
hetwppn 62000 and s25O0 in cur-
rency. The men disdained several
I .,-, H -( .Inllnra Hi ftllVPT which WOS
,, . 1(h th. r,.rncv ln the vault,
A third man waited in a car outside
iae DuiiuinK. i country during the past few days
McKlnley Kane, cashier said they j IocQl areR)1 hayfi bepn benemtcd by
orced him Into the vault, took tne . showers and lhcne have faUen aiso Jn
currency and shut the Kloor. Kane Mme central gulf districts. Beneficial
opened it with a screw driver In about j rHns have falIen ln the Kocky moun
15 minutes, he said, and then no- , tftln area ,n some o( th(J South At
tilled officers. ilantlc states.
I r.n n r n i
' 5,000 Men Return
, r
j To WOl'K MOU
a r r
IMOnaaU
BIRMINOHAN. Ala.. Aim. 8 W.-L.
M. Lkinedtnst. vice president of the
Tlmpken Holler Bearing company,
said today 5000 men will be returned
to work In the Canton. Ohio, plant
of the company Monday as an lndica-
tion of Improved business conai-
nons.
Here for an Insneetlon of the local parts of the southeast. It added "all
branches of his company and a tourigrowlng vegetation is seriously affect-
of the steel district. Mr. Lklncdinst i ed."
, expressed the opinion that business The corn crop has suffered most
' depression has reached Its lowest , of all. Pastures would revive with
! point and now Is taking an upward j abundant moisture, but much corn
i irciiu.
GRAIN PRICES
SOAR TODAY:
WHEAT UP 6
Bullish Enthusiasm Re
turns to Chicago Pits,
First Tiriie in Weeks.
TRADE NEAR RIOT
STAGE AT TIMES
Buyers in Wild Excite
ment Many of Scram
blers Shorts Who Had
Failed to Cover.
CHICAGO, Aug. 0 m Bullish en
thusiasm returned to the grain pits
toaay ior ine nrst, time in many
weeks and prices soared, wheat gain
ing from 5 to 6 cents a bushel
over yesterday's close and corn values
rising 6 to 1 cents.
Both the leading grains sold at
better than a dollar a bushel, and
at the finish corn for September de
livery had widened its price lead
over wheat to A cents.
September wheat finished at vQ
to .nnd December at $1.02 to
while corn for September stopped at
91.01 to and December at 07
to cents.
Near It lot Stage
Trading nearly reached the riot
stage at mid-session as corn and
wheat prices leaped forward and
buyers found offerings scant. The
public Interest in the market had
doubled overnight, inspired by the
procession of official and private
estimates of damage- At times the
trading was so swift that quotations
varied a cent or more in separate
sections of the pit.
Corn hit a dollar a bushel on the
board of trade for the May option,
while the other months were close
to that figure in the rampant bull
market. May com touched $1.01 Va
bushel, or 6' cents above the open
ing figure. At the outside sale, De
cember and March corn were up 7
cents from yesterday's close.
Tho pits were wild with excited
buyers, who paid wnatever tne sen
biers were shorts who had tailed
to cover as reports of damage from
drought kept shoving corn prices up
during tho last two weeks. ,
(Continued on Pago Ftvts)
Why A Chamber
Of Commerce?
When the question. "Why a Cham
ber of Commerce?" was put to C. R.
Myrlck. manager of the Ui tiranue
Book and Stationery company, who
has been a La Grande merchant ana
chamber of commerce member since
coming hero from Spokane two years
ago, he had this to say:
"Tho chamoer ol commerce nas an
exceedingly : important place in any
city. With Its information service to
tourists ana prospective resiaenis n
not only answers a definite need but
It provides for the business develop
ment of the community. In our con
tact every day with tourists and out
siders we are asked questions about
La Grafide many of which we cannot
niiHwer competently. We refer them
to the chamber of commerce because
It's a centrullzed place where such in
formation can b obtained far more
easily and accurately than wc can
glvo It.
"Reaching not only tourists but
many prospective settlers as well, the
chamber of commerce has a big part
in developing the size of the com
munity and in widening Its business,
v "Just how great this service Is can
he seen in California where chamber
of commerce work has been so dO'
velopcd. A chamber of commerce is
one of the major programs of every
large city and a well organized cham
ber has been shown to be absolutely
Indispensable to a progressive com
munlty."
"Medicine Man" Is
Freed by Police
PORTLAND, Aug. 6 (A) McCaul
Travis, 62, reputed "medicine man"
and mind reader, questioned by
authorities in connection with the
death of Mrs. Rena Davis, 40, Tacoma,
Wash., beaten to death in a hotel,
was released today. Authorities were
uimuic hi uuiincui iruvis unu a Hill-
;i8ter message "bewaie of a dark
unable to connect Travis and a sin
man" with the crime.
The message, torn to bits, and at
tributed by Mrs. Davis to Travis in
a signed statement on the paper,
was found In Mrs. Davis' room.
Drouth Situation In
Of Rockies Shows
WASHINGTON. Aug. 8 iBThc do-
partment of agriculture in Its weekly
I WfflLhlr ftnrl rrnn roltnrt Irvlnv tnnrh.
led unon the rimm-h. situation
jn the north central portion of the
That was the only relief and the
seventh consecutive hot week a::gra-
i tawu cunuiuons mm
vated conditions that were already
jfierlous. The report said sections that
; nave ueen uomg wen until now are
; becoming alarmingly dry."
i Confirms stories
j In general the repert confirmed
stories of disaster and near disaster
1 from widely scattered regions. It said
; the drought Is general practically
cverywncre east oi ine itocKies ex
' cept a lew fortunate localities and
FIRES RAGING
OVER NATION
Portland Maximum Ex
pected to Reach 93 To
morrow, Bureau Says
WESTERN POINTS
FIGHTING FLAMES
Much Damage Caused in
Maryland, New York
and Massachusetts by
Forest Blazes.
Hy tho Associated Press
In the nomenclature of the weath
er bureau Portland today was "mod
erately warm." Mercury was predict
ed to reach 87 or 88 before, the day
was done.
The real piece of news was Issued
by" forecasters who said Portland's
highest temperature tomorrow would
be 03.
A maximum or 95 at Baker yes
terday equalled the high record of
the year. A mild breeze was blow
ing. A few rain drops dispelled some of
tho heat at Pendleton. The sky was
overcast today and threatened more
rain. The mercury soared to 104 yes
terday afternoon.
' WAUM IN LA OKANI)..
The maximum temperature in La
(Continued on Paso Five)
IMPROVEMENT
IN SIGHT FOR
WOOL GROWERS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 W) A con
siderable reduction In the number
of sheep in the United States and
abroad during the next two or three
years was forecast today by the de
partment of agriculture, which said
this decrease would improve the
sheep and wool industries.
The! western sheep grower was
said to be In a "very difficult" posi
tion at present, partially because of
the drought which had reduced the
amount of available feed. .
Purchasing power of consumers
haH been "materially reduced," also
tho department said, . adding the
larger supplies of sheep and lambs
for slaughter have been taken at
greatly reduced prices.
k
Father: Accused Of. .
Beating Tiny Son
PORTLAND, Aug. 6 0ft A hearing
was to be held today in district court
for Jesse L. Jones, 26, arrested yes
terday at Beaverton on a charge of
assault and battery or his seven-month-old
son, James.
It bawls and bawls and its the
only way to quiet It," Jones told re
porters. rne imam, in court, was iuuuu
to bear welts and bruises alleged to
havo been Inflicted by its father.
The Oregon human society signed the
warrant.
Churchman Passes
In San Jose, Cal.
SAN JOSH, Cal., Aug. 0 (fl) The
Rt. Rev. Monslgnor Ramon M. Mea
tres, 00 for the past 37 years pastor
of the Carmel Mission, who gained
prominence during tho last presi
dential campaign as the pastor who
married HerDcrt Hoover ana ijou
Henry In Montcrcry in 18B9, died
here last night following a pro
longed heart illness,
Mrs. Herhert Hoover, then Lou
Henry, n teacher in the Monterey
public schools, was a close friend of
Father Mestres prior to her mar
riage. Tree-Sitting Ends
In Fall to Ground
ASill, AM), Aug. (r Young Me-
luloli died at 1-iAtl p.
HI.
ASHLAND. Ky., Aug. 0 i!P) A fall
that may cost him his life ended
Nelston MclnTosh's tree-sitting here
today after he had been up 496 hours.
Tho lad who is 10 years old, slip
ped aB he leaned forward to pull up
hlr, lunch and toppled 45 feet to
tho ground. It was feared that his
neck was broken. He was taken to
a hospital for an X-ray examination.
Young Mcintosh had announced
thut he would come down at 5 a.
m., today after 000 hours in the
tree.
Sections East
Little Improvement
I Much of the corn crop
In Ohio.
Illinois, Indiana and Iowa has been
1 rnliw.ri In t lie r-nrn irrnwlnir at a ton
Iwwnnnin iinm hH hRH nrfiriont
j moisture ln some sections. Much de-
(Continued on I'affe Threi)
Wheat Today
CHICAGO. Aug. 0 W Skyrocketing
prices for corn today carried the
wheat market whizzing upward past
i ei ouhiic, an a rtrnuii. u Kviutuiiunui
drouth news and Immense buying
The corn market scored a maxi
mum gain of more than 7c a bushel
compared with yesterday's finish, and
equaled about the prices prevailing a
Jtar ago.
Wheal and all otner grain ouunu
j '"s" t'Ntc ktwiu u. .. n,,.
. -allowing ine leuuersiu-- -"'"
A,ur reach ng a Dusnei
gain, corn closed strong 0H7c
I up, at the day ' totp level. Wheal
j closed nervous o, 0',o advanced,
I oats at 3 .3'4c rlso and provisions
showing 10ci37c gain.
REED BEATEN
Hov. Clyde M. Kel (above), of
Kansas, appears Imdly defeated
hy Frank "Chief". Ilaueke for the
repnhllenii nomination lit the
guhermitorlnl race. Ilaueke Is u
former Mate commander of the
Amerlrnn Legion nnd on ex-grld
. Htar.
COLD ATTACKING
ENDURANCE FLIER
Dale Jackson, However,
Does not Regai'd Ailment
as Very i Serious. ; ;
ST. LOUI8, Aug. 8 m Dalo Jack-
n .n-nilnf. with IPorftst O'Brihe Of
the endurance monopnmo
Louis, today was suffered from a cold
but did not rogara it as unywims,
wrong." ' " ' : ; . v'
Jackson said over the plane s short
wavo transmlttor 'tato yesterday he
didn't "feel good,1' but said he would
"let you know if anything is wrong."
Since the plane continued to func
tion smoothly today, ottaches at tho
airport wore convinced tne ingni
would not end before the record of
the Huntor brothers of spario, in.,
luid fallen. The Huntor brothers
romalnod aloft 654 hours at Chicago
last month.. At - Jill p. m. today
(O.8.T.) Jackson, and O'Brlne had
been In the air 301 hours.
MWn'ltKN IN NEW VOHK
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., Aug. 0
Ted 8. Lundgren, Hollywood avia
tor who Is planning a round-the-world
flight, arrived today from
Akron, Ohio. He declined to discUBS
his plans, Btartlng from New York,
he will moke Berlin his first objec
tive. HAWKS HKKKR KECORD
8T. LOUIS, Aug. 6 m Speeding
westward In an attempt to set a new
New York-to-Los Angeles transcon
tinental record. Captain Prank M.
Hawks landed at Lambert-St. Louis
field from Columbus, Ohio, at 9:15
m. (C.S.T1 today. Took on irom
Curtlss Field, N. Y at 5 a. m. (E.S.T.)
FIJKIl OVKHDUB
BATAVIA. Java, Aug. 0 (fl) A. T.
Cunningham. Australian amateur air
man who left Sidney August 1 on a
solo flight to England In an attempt
to beat uert HinKier s lo-uny rutum
has not been reported since he left
Wyndham, Nortji Australia, for Blma
at dawn yesterday.
Tho Wyndham Blma stage involves
several hundred miles over sea, and
(Continued on Pago Three)
FLIPS MATCH
INTO MANHOLE;
CAUSES BLAST
WEEHAWKEN. N. J., Aug. 8 UP)
A negro laborer flipped a match Into
a sewer manhole today and explosions
land flro which followed Imperilled
apparatus In Wechawken and Union
City.
Manhole covers flew Into the air
along streets ail the way to Union
City. Joshua Moyer. the negro, was
critically burned. No one was struck
by the Iron discs.
Other explosions followed and fire
broke . out In the chicken loading
yards of tho Erie railroad
While some firemen fought the
spreading flames others concentrated
on saving thousands of crated live
chickens.
Church Society
Will Pay Ransom
LONDON. Aug, 8 W The church
missionary society haa given Its Pu
chow representative authority to pay
the ransom demanded by the cap
tors of Edith Nettleton and Eleanor
Harrison. British women missionaries,
if the British consul there consider
ed the payment necessary to accom
plish their release. The amount de
manded was .'i0.000 Chinese or about
119.0O0 gold.
LONDON. Aug. 8 (IV) The British
government today made urgent rep
resentations to the Nanking govern
ment for the release of the mission
aries. Miss Edith Nettleton and Miss
E. J. Harrington, being held for 50,
000 ransom.
Miss Goff Wins
Title of Beauty
Queen of World
Blondes Score High in
Pageant of Pulchritude
at Galveston One Bru
nette Places.
GALVESTON, Tex., Aug. 0 (IP) A
blondo 17-ycar-old high Bchool girl
and radio singer, Dorothy Dell Goff,
of New Orleans, wore today the title
"Beauty Queen of the Universe."
Miss Goff was selected as the final
winner of the annual international
pageant of pulchrltudo last night and
tonight $2000 In prize money and a
sllvor plaquo will be presented to
her at a testimonial dinner. She pre
viously had been named "Miss United
States of America," in the first Judg
ing event.
The girl, brought up to the micro
phono, looked bewildered and said
in a half choked voice she was "the
happiest girl In tho world."
Tho now Miss Universe Is ftvo and
a half foot tall and weighs 122
pounds. Her hair is long and golden
blonde. Her bUBt measures 34 inches,
her waist 20, hips 30, thigh 21, ankle
In tho initial parades last night
they went on for hours she wore an
old-fashioned evening gown of flesh
pink net trimmed with bow knots of
French blue ribbon. Her bathing cos
tume worn later In the evening, was
bluo with a white belt.
Miss New Jersey, Helen Hannan,
won the first prize of 91000 Just be
low Miss Universe's grand prize. She
Is dark haired, slim and stately girl.
The second prize money award $500
went to Miss Rumania, Mariana Mlv
lca, who has light brown hair.
Third to ninth prizes, each $100
wero awarded as follows: '
Miss Russia, Uadla Dekosarln,
blonde; Miss Kentucky, Iola Slb
brcll, light brown; Miss Detroit.
Greta Stock hold, extremely blonde;
Miss New York, Lorna Radlonoff, ex
tremely blonde; Miss Pennsylvania,
Paulino Scott, blond: Miss Brooklyn,
Elsie Rossi, chestnut; Miss Pitts
burgh, Ruth Hoes, brown. Thus Miss
New Jersey was tho only entrans to
placo who had dark hear.
Population Of
Nation Apr2
At 122,729,615
WASHINOTON, Aug. 0 (!) Contin
ental United States had a population
of 122,7211,015 April 2 this year.
The first complete compilation of
tho nation's population was -'made
- -j "
OttlJ 111 U4VUIIIlll i LULllltljr, AUIUIOJTI
vatua, which had been missing, was
The returns wero -compljed from i
oiriciar reports 01 moraiBinct super
visors throughout the country. These
totals, however.' are subjeot to revis
ion In the coiisus bureau's announce
ment which Is expected soon.
The nation's- total population with
its outlying possessions number 137,
602,303 persons as 14,733,430 occupy
the v&rlotiR torn tor lea fcmd Island de-
pendencies. , . '
The total population increase in the
forty-eight states and the District of
Columbia In the ten years was 17,
018,000, tho largest numerlal growth
of any decade in Us history.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 W) Revised
census figures for Portland, Ore.,
show a population of 301.311. Increase
43,023 or 1 .6 per cent.
Car Thieves Take
Salem Police Auto
SALEM. Ore., Aug. 6 VP) Salom
police, with an enviable record In
automobile Insurance circles for the
recovery of stolen cars, were today
bending every effort to locate a cer
tain vehicle of popular make and to
apprehend the thief who absconded
with it.
A quiet but dotormlncd search for
tho machine has been under way
sliico midnight Monday and news of
tho hunt did not leak out until to
day. Tho auto sought bears a license
Issued to tho city of Salem and Is
assigned to tho police department as
a prowler patrol car.
Patrolman Emery w. James leit tne
car standing In front of his homo,
motor running and lights aglow,
whllo ho went into tho house to get
his lunch basket. '
$1,000,000 Road To
Rim Crater Lake
PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 0 VP) Hor
ace M. Albright, national park service
director, said hero last night con
struction of a new Crater lake rim
road, to encircle the hp of the gigan
tic volcanic cup, would be started
next spring.
cost of the rona, Aiongnt Baia. wiw
!"'l,'nnt,'1 1.000.000.
The director said there was about
25,000 on hand to mart.
Heat Blamed For
Double Slaying
MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 6 ,Pi Charles
8. Hall today killed his wife and five-year-old
Bon with an ax and then
wandered back to the veterans hos
pital at Fort Bnelling. where he had
been a mcntul patient.
Clad in pajamas, he urged some
one to uo to his home, adding "there
may be something the matter with
mv wife."
Coroner Seashore returned a verdict
of murder and said Indications were
that tho Intense heat of last week
may havo affected Hull's mentality.
12 Killed, 150 Hurt
In Sukkur Rioting
LONDON, Aug. 0 'V) A Karachi
dispatch to the London Dally Herald
today said 12 persons were killed and
lfiO others injured during an out
break of communal rioting at Suk
kur, Northwestern India.
Police fired into a crowd of fight
ing Hindus and Moslems during the
clash and it wits supposed many ot
the casualties were from their bullets.
KANSAS VOTE
OF SUPPORT
IS RECORDED
Republicans Endorse Sen
ator Allen, Friend of
Hoover Regime. 4v
GOVERNOR REED v
BADLY DEFEATED
Haucke and Woodring,
Both Former State Com-
manders of Legion, in.
Governor Race. ;
"y the Assoelated Press . '
Rejoicing and comfort growing out'
of primaries In four states yesterday
appears to be distributed largely to
tho farm board, the administration
and those democrats who have never
forgiven their brethern who did not
give their all for Alfred E. Smith.
The wots found balm In a Virginia,
raco but the drys could counter with
results In' West Virginia. It was a
question In political circles whether
the voting was an Indication of tne
drift on national issues or was dom
inated by local Issues and candidates.
. The record of misfortune to those
democrats who have been assailed for
opposition or lukewarm support 1 to
Smith in the 1028 campaign had an- -other
chapter added in Virginia.
Thomas O. Burch attacked Rep.
Joseph Whlthead on his attitude to
ward Smith and defeated him for
tho nomination in the fifth district.'
Howard Smith, who failed to get
approval of the Virginia Anti-Saloon
League, won the democratic nomina
tion over State Senator Frank Ball,
who had league endorsement, in the '
eighth district.
James Ellwood Jones, coal operator,
was for ahead In .the race for the
republican senatorial nomination In '
West Virginia. Prohibition was not
a dominant Isbuo . in the campaign
but one of the candidates was Ben
jamin L. Rosenbloom, who urged
modification of the Volstead act,
Rosenbloom ran second,
In Missouri the entire house dele
gation, ten republicans and six demo
crats, . wero ' renominated. The vote
was light.. , . . '- C . :
TOPEKA, Kas,. Aug. 6 (A1) Kansas '
republicans by primary vote havo .
overwhelmingly -". endorsed. S Ben&tor i
Honry j. Alien, strong supporter oi '
the national administration, and ap- ,
parent! y repudiated Governor; Clyde
M. Reed, who has o lushed frequently
with foderal farm board agricultural
policies. . ,
'Teedwho sought support from the
agricultural sections "particularly, ap
peared - badly defeated by -Frankv
Chlot" Haucke, youthful World war
veteran and former football star.
Allen with unofficial reports from
1.840 out of 2,608 precincts, had a to
tal yoto of 80,030. Of his opponents,
James P. Qetty, Kansas City, had re-
icelved 35,610 votes; Ralph Snyder.
Manhattan, president of the Kansas
xnrnv oureau,
48,123; and W. H.
Sproul, Sedan, congressman from the
third district, 84,000.
Returns from 1,763 precincts gave
Haucke, 111,003; Reed, 85,806. The
Kansas City Star, a strong supporter
of the governor, conceded his defeat
by an approximate majority of 3ft,
000.
Haucke, 86-ycar-old farmer-stocK
raiser, is Btrongly In contrast with;
Reed, tho soasoncd politician. :- V
He played football at Kansas State
Agricultural college, Manhattan, and
at Cornell. .
He served ovor-seas during the
World war and was twice wounded.
Interest In the republican senator
ial race affecting Alien, who Is a for-,
mer governor, and tho republican
gubernatorial contest, was extensive
Senator Arthur Capper, also a repub?
lican, did not have primary opposit
ion. Ho will face Jonathan M. Davis,
formor democratic govornor, In the
November election, however.
The nominal democratic vote held
no particular interest. Only four
nominations on tho state ticket were
contested. '
All of tho Incumbent congressional
candidates for renomlnatlon were
conceded safe majorities. For the re
publican nomination In the third dis
trict, a seat vacated by Congressman
(Continued on Paso Throe)
AMY JOHNSON
GIVEN CHECK
ABOUT $50,000
LONDON. Aug. 8 OP) Amy John
son. Britain's London-to-Australla
flying herolno. made a triumphal
progress through the streets of Lon
don. .
Britishers anvlous to see "Flying
Amy" liner the streets as they do
when royalty goes on formal show.
The avlatrlx, whose personality
charmed a dozen countries on her
recent record air Journey, went to a
hotel where England's conquering
youth of 1930. most of them girl cele
brities, attended a welcoming lunch
eon and saw her receive a check for
10.000 pounds from the London Dolly
Mall which, maintaining the tradi
tions of Lord Northcllffe for foster
ing aviation, rewarded her for her
success on tho Australia hop.
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
First game: B- H. E.
St. Louis - 5 14 1
Chicago 0 3 0
Cotlman and Hungllng; Thomas
R. H. E.
Washington 6 8 0
Philadelphia 18 1
Jones and Spencor: Earnshaw,
Qulnn, Shores and Cochrane.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R. H. E.
Philadelphia .. 4 10 1
Boston 5 10 a
Hansen. Collins and Davis. Rensa;
Eherdcl and Cronln.
R. H. E.
Brooklyn 7 9 0
Pittsburgh 4 13 4
Thurston, Moss, Helmach and Lo
pez; French, Swetonlc and Bool