La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 07, 1930, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextCITY EDITION Full Associated Press Leased Wire 6errloe 10 PAGES TODAY THE WEATHER OREGON: Generally . fair tonight and Friday but fog on the coast and local afternoon cloudiness In the east portion, temperatures generally above normal In the Interior.', r VOLUME XXVIII MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. C. LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1930 EASTTCRN OREGON'S U.V1DINQ NKWSPAPER NUMBER 296 i 5 I i CITY ELECTS COMMISSION IN NOVEMBER ) Terms of all Three Pres 1 e'nt Executives Expire j at End of Year. i NO CANDIDATES i ANNOUNCED YET Regular Meeting of City Dads Held Last Night Paving Project to be Advertised. Although the public attention Is largely focused on the gubernatorial campaign and, Its developments In Oregon, local electors are facing a municipal election this fall on the same day of the general election. Tbee commissioners are to be elected, as the terms of office of Com missioners A. T. Hill, Charles Playle and V. R. Melville all expire at the conclusion of this year. City Recorder J. E. Stearns stated this morning that nominating peti tions must be filed not later than 31 days before the date set for the gen eral election. The petitions are to be iiled with the city recorder, then cer tified by him to the county clerk. The present commissioners have made no announcements as t? whether they will be candidates for re-election, and so far, no other names havo been advanced. Only the three commissioners arts elected under the city manager form of government followed here. The commission then appoints a city manager and municipal Judge, and the city manager appoints the other department heads. COMMISSION TO ADVERTISE FOR ItlOS ON PAVEMENT WO UK At last night's regular executive meeting of the city commission. - a hearing was held on .he Improve ment district for the paving of Eighth street near the Eastern Ore gon Normal school. There were no ! was authorized to advertise for bids to be opened on Aug. 20 at 7:30 p. m. Another Improvement district was acted upon, when sewer district 3-7, In the neighborhood of block 44, rihnnlln's addition, was created. A hearing on the Improvement will bc-j uciu Aug. i . i.ouH-"'- i Oiling Discussed The problem of settling dust satis- faotorlly on the north side was dls- 1 cussed and the city manager woo authorized to nicoare a cost estimate on oiling of streets, to be presented ncxt Wednesday night. W. C. Crows, city manager, and one member of the cornmtsdlon will go to Bajter some time during tho coming . week to in vestigate conditions mere. . Commissioner Melville rcportc:! that a man at Huron, Ore. had a tame doe and two fawns, which ho 13 willing to give to the city of . La Grande. This was referred to the city pBrk board, which Is to meet at 7:30 o'clock this evening. The salary list In the amount of $5,844.42 for the month of July was ordered paid. PROGRAM FOR BAND CONCERT IS ANNOUNCED The program for the La Grande municipal band concert to be given at Riverside park Friday evening at B o'clock, was announced today by Andrew Loney Jr., dtrector. Tho program follows: 1. March. "The Adjutant" . .Wcldon 2. Overture to "Orpheus" Offenbach 3. Fantasia for piccolo, "Tho Whito Blackbird" Damaro Dolph Slegrlst 4. "Tunes from the Talkies Arr. Godfrey INTERMISSION 5. Grand Scenes from "Tho Choo- olato Soldlor" -t. ...... Straus 0. (a). "Chinese Patrol" Fliege (b) Anvil Chorus from "II . Trovatore" Verdi 7. Characteristic "The Wedding of the Rose" Jessel 8. "Procession of the Sardar" from "Caucasian Sketches Ippolltow-Iwanow Encores will be selected from the latest popular numbers and novelty selections. August Session Of J. JIT ' ' I lVMit 1Y VililflU Hi I lit , . . The August session of the county court was nearlng an end this after- noon, with the commissioners Just about through with the bills, and preparing to consider the docket, not of usual length. Matters before the court included a petition asking for h rcoate oi taxes, ana & ipw unti l- - cations for county aid and widow's pensions. . YIKMIH OK FIKI.I CHOPS INCKKANR IN CALIFORNIA . SACRAMENTO. Cal. Pt Estimates of California's field crops for 1030 show an Increase over 1929 with thz exception of hay, rice and alfalfa. Barley and wheat head the list of increased crops. The barley yield is .estimated at 29.BM.CO0 bushels, and vheat at 13.S60.OO0. Other yields forecast by the Cali fornia agricultural Department in clude beans. 5.553,000 bushels; rice, 5.940,000 bushels; hay. 5,130,000 tons; potatoes. 5.320.000 bushels; oats, 4. 028.000 bushels: alfalfa, 4,040 050 tons; corn. 2.795.000 bushels; sweet potatoes. 1,244.000 bushels. I I - . , . tVEATHKK TODAY' 7 a. m. 69 Hbove. Minimum: 62 above. Condition: partly cloudy. HEATHER YESTEKIAY Maximum 94. minimum 65 above. Condition: partly cloudy. WEATHER Al O. 7. I29 Maximum 92. minimum 53 above. Condition: clear. Drum Corps And Drill Teams Of 2 Cities Parade American Legion Fur nishes Demonstration Post Nominates for 1930-31 Officers. La Grande took on the appearance of an American Legion convention city for half an hour or so last night, with two drum and bugle corps and two women's drill teams parading Adams avenue. The stirring music of the drums and bugles, the colorful uniforms of - the marchers both men and women and the crowded streets brought memories of a few years ago when -this city was host to the legionnaires and auxiliary members of Oregon. Baker, which will entertain the state convention next week, sent her drum corps and auxiliary drill team to La Grande and the local organiza tions Joined with them in a parade and concert, preceding the meeting of La Grande post No. 43 In the Saca jawcp. Inn, which was followed by a dance. rust Commanders He port Last night's meeting was past com mander's night and the following occupied the offices and reported, In order of service: J. L. Ingle, forming of post and suppression of I. W. W. Ideas; Fred K. Kiddle, tried to scatter flowers on cemetery during Memorial day ser vices from airplane: memorial certi ficates given to relatives of men kill ed In France; victory medals given returned soldiers and sailors; Roy Currey, no victory medals so had to glvo out cider and doughnuts to get n 'quorum; Ray Murphy, auxiliary formed; Ralph Huron, troop of cav alry formed for Harding celebration at Mcacham; trees planted on Victory way; Fred E. Kiddle put over as state commander; $830 raised for overseas graves fund; Ray Williams, largest membership yet attained; put drum corps on feet; successful auto show; Otis Palmer, drum corps sent to Prlnevllle; show "Man Without a Country" shown to 'school children; street decorations sold: $1700 raised for endowment fund for widows and orphans of service men; trip made to Legion- mountain back of Ice lake; Harley Richardson, starting of stato convention planH; organized drlll team. Hu(;h E Bmtly, carrict) convention plans outt most success- ful held to dato; C. L. Thompson, purchased gold uniforms for drum corps; acquired cemetery plot and endowed same for ubo of ex-service men; acquired $10,000 for armory: C. V. Talbott, drum corps to Salem; (,aB pol() rRls,d on cemetcry plot. Mmillintlons miuib Nomlnatlons for omcers for ,030. 3i BlBO took pincc, with the election 10 b0 neld ncxt montll. Those nom- nated follow Commander Norman Desllot, Jesse Andrews, Oscar Johnson. . , (Continued on Pago EIrIiL) Government To Open Lane For Proposed Road Surveying of the road from Owsley lane to the summit of Mt. Emily Is to be done during part of this month and during September, previous to the making of a lane through the trees and burning and piling the brush, for which $1000 has been appropriated for this fiscal year, ac cording to forestry officials. Of Interest anions proprsed roads If. one which will complete a good road along tho summit of the Blue mountains. At present there is a good road from Dayton, Wash., to the Tollgato ranger station; the part yet to be completed is from the Toll gato ranger station to Knmela along tho summit. It is expected to com plete that stretch In a few years for It Is Included in the road plans, of ficials say. ThiP afternoon A. W. Nelson. Sher wood Williams, W. R. Ledbetter, Ger ald Tucker, forest ranger, and J. F. Irwin, forest supervisor for the Uma tilla forest, aro leaving for a trip along proposed roads in the Blue mountains. They will start near Ka rr.cln. and expect to return Saturday. Funeral Services To Be On Friday The funeral ot Albert Coffin, who passed away early Tuesday morning, will be held at the chapol of Walker's Funeral Service home Friday morn ing at 10:30 o'clock, and burial will be In the family plot in the Elgin ..cemetery. Mr. Coffin was a pioneer resident or union, naving spent his boyhood days there and moved away !80mc 'ears a8 10 Montana, and was ! spending his vacation here with his ' brother Edgar Coffin, of Pumpkin ' Rld8e- Hc 18 Hl, survived by two nieces. Mrs. Jessie Pratt, of Seattle, i and Mrs- Ocrgia Farmer, of Los An- j -ica- "e f 1U" Union, Ore., Girl Beats Off Attacker PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 7 m Lor raine Belle, attractive 23-year-old girl from Union, Ore., fought off an as- 1 Plltlant cnry today who attempted to attack her near the home of John Tichenor. where for the past three weeks sue nas been employed as a matd. Her clothes wore nearly torn Irom her In the struggle. Mtss Belle had Just left an owl street car when two men drove up in ?. car and halted a few feet away. Ono man. described as under the In fluence of liquor, staggered out of the- car muttering unintelligibly and seh.ed the young woman. Two Drunks Fined i In Municipal Court : - ; Two men. both charged with : drunkencss, were tried In municipal , court last night with Judge C. M. '. Humphreys presiding. : Bruno Garcia was fined $25, which he paid, and Oscar Nelson was fined : $20 or given 10 days In Jail. The J prisoner selected the latter and Is serving his time today. FESS NAMED; CHAIRMAN OF REPUBLICANS Claudius H. Huston, of Tennessee, Submits Resignation Today. LUCAS TOASSIST ' OHIO SENATOR Retiring Leader, in Clos ing Address, Charges "U n j u s t and Unwar ranted Attacks." WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (VP) Claud ius H. Huston, of Tennessee, sub mitted his promised resignation as republican national chairman to the party's executive committee today direction of the fall campaign was turned over to Senator Fess, of Ohio, and Robert H. Lucas, of Kentucky. Fcss, a staunch administration sup porter, was appointed chairman of the national committee. It had been announced Fess would be made provisional chairman, pend ing a fell meeting of the commltteo to select a permanent chairman. N lint mention Unnecessary James Francis Burke, general coun sel, said, however. It had been found the executive committee had full powers and Fess selection would not have to be ratified later. Lucas, present commissioner of In ternal revenue, was named executlvo chairman. Ho will carry the burden of directing the party forces in the approaching campaign and will re sign his treasury post soon to devote his entire time to the new Job. Both Fess and Lucas were present at the meeting and made brief ad dresses. In submitting his resignation, Hus ton said he was conscious of his own integrity, but was putting the in terest of the republican party ahead of personal considerations to the or ganizations might might select a leader free from the present factional opposition. Charges 1'njust Attacks "No man in political life," he said, "has ever been subject to more un just and unwarranted attacks." The new alignment of the republi can organization leadership went through as forecast many weeks ago when agitation was at its height for Huston to step aside. ' The Tcnnesscean's testimony beforo the senate lobby committee that he deposited In his, broker's account $36,100 he had collected for the Ten nessee River Improvement association before turning the money over to tho association started the uprising against his chairmanship among "young guard' senators and house republicans up' for' ro-iloctioh; . . v- Georgo Deb Kelm. Edgewater Park. New Jersey, a retired banker.-, was appointed secretary of the national committee to succeed Representative Franklin, Fort, New Jorsey, resigned. Other vacancies on the national committee filled at the meeting were Ernest Lee Jahnckc, assistant secre tary of the navy, national committee man from Louisiana, to succeed the late Emile Knutz. Ezra R. Whitle, Cocur d'Alcne national committee- (Continued on I'ago Four) 100 MEN BATTLE nftnnnm tit l linn ruKfcM rLAlWtO Fire Spreads Over Mile, Front National Forest' Lands are Closed. PORTLAND. Aug. 7 fP) A forest firo of incendiary origin burned near Breitenbush Springs today with more ithan 100 men fighting its spread over a mllo long line. S&ntiam forest headquarters heard tho firo started at three different points. A fire on Silk creek, west of Cot tage Grove, Ore., was controlled, ac cording to C. V. Oglesby, western Lane county supervising warden. This fire, also. Is believed to have been of Incendiary origin. Damage was j nominal. ! Despite extremely dry conditions the Umatilla national forest fire slt ; uatlon has been kept In hand, Pen Idleton foresters said. Fifteen small : fires were started by lightning Mon : day but were controlled easily by rangers. I The mercury registered 102 at Pendleton yesterday afternoon. Strong northeast winds today fanned forest fires on Humbug creek In the Breit enbush district. La no county, while '. 100 men sought to check the fire I which has swept over 270 acres, half j timber and half slashing. (fontintrfd on T'acft Two) Rains and Cooling Winds Bring Seasonal Temperatures to Nation CHICAGO. Aug. 7 (r, Rains and j cooling winds brought seasonal tern- ' peratures today to most of the heat- j scared areas. ) i Southern Illinois still sweltered, J however. In b withering wave that j ' ranged upwards from' 100 drgrcos. J j Wells, streams and reserve rs have ; ibeen burned dry. Farmers are carting ; ! water from oases for their families ' and beasts. j i Showers splotched the midwewt and ' , northwest, bringing a cool respite. Up in Aberdeen. S. D.. two Inches of rain late yesterday clogged sewers and 'stood in streets. The rain was gen eral over Northeastern South Dakota and Southern North Dakota. St. Paul . ; was cooled off with a 10 degree drop, j i The precipitation pushed south in- , to Central and Southern Nebraska. ' Omaha was swept by a rainstorm and ! the thermometer dropped 28 degrees : In two hours from 98 to 70. In Lln tcoln. a half Inch of rain brought a 1 heat drop of 22 degrees. Over the ; state, the temperaturra ranged below' 90. J Dry League Sees Another Wet-Dry Battlejn 1932 Anti-Saloon Organization Fears Democratic Party Bigger War Chest is Urged. I LITTLE POINT SABLE, Mich.. Aug. ;7 tPj Executives of the Anti-Saloon : League of America, gathered here in conference, already are preparing for ' another wet and dry fight in the 1932 ! presidential election. The democratic party, they con cede, will then bo stronger than it . was In 1028 and In the words of Dr. F. Scott McBrlde, national superin tendent of the league, chances of having democratic nominee friendly to prohibition "are not very hopeful." Gathered yesterday for tho opening session of their conference in a little church almost hidden by sand dunes, on the eastern shore of Lake Michi gan, the league executives from all over the U. S. heard reports predict ing few reversals for the cause of prohibition in the fall elections. Alarmed at ItemocrutM Although those elections arc the Immediate concern of tho league, principal alarm was expressed over the activities within democratic ranks thus far In advance of the next presidential election. To counteract thoso ac.'vltics, Dr. McBrlde urged accumulation of a big ger war chest, strengthening of stale organizations and planning a definite offensive against the wets. . "I am of the opinion, Dr. McBrlde said, "that the time Is over-ripe to go to the public with a challenging call and a program. A more adequate fund for a more adequate program is demanded If we are tti meet the needs of the day." Hounds Cheerful Note Dr. McBrlde sounded a cheerful note In his report of the political ' situation to date. "So far." he said, ''twenty primary elections have been hold. In mast dis tricts and In most states the primary Is the real election. We have not for gotten, however, in caring for the primaries, the non-partisan methods of the league. Particularly In those districts where the voto Is likely to be close In the election, wo have made it a point to win drys in both major parties. "These 20 primaries have embraced most of tho doubtful districts. They have proved to be a cross section of the country, extending from Oregon to Maine and embracing tho very critical states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Illlno's. It is within i (Contlhiixd on Piibo Uighl) HYDE RETURNS FROM TOUR OF DROUTH AREA WA3HINGTON( Aug. 7 (T) Sec retary Hyde said today after Rjgpn-- ' ferenco with President Hooveihav county agents In the drouth areas would be asked by the administration to furnish data on the damage, Tho agriculture secretary said on the suggestion of the president ques tionnaires would be sent farm agents Immediately asking them for detail ed surveys on boln the actual damage and the suffering caused by dry weather and Intense heat. . Hydo returned today from a tour o: Tarm regions and Immediately tftlkod with Mr. Hoover. While as carting the situation was serious, the agriculture secretary suld thcro was always a tsndency to magnify dts- J asters and that general rains now would save a great deal of the crop. Russian Pulpwood Discussions Held PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 7 P Dr. Wilson Compton and W. S. Shaw, National Lumber Manufacturers as sociation trade extension manugers, tomorrow and Saturday will continue discussions of the Russian pulpwood situation with more than 100 Pacific northwest lumbermen oxpeetd for the two-day meeting of tho national organization and the West Coast Lumbermen's association. Besides Dr. Compton and Shaw. A. C. Dixon, national organization president, will speak. The trado ex tension department of the national association callsd the meeting and west coast lumbermen have been in vited. ' 1 Awaiting Decision Of Prison Board SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7 1Pt Colt fornia supreme court Justices trday awaited decision by the state prison board as to whether Warren K. Bil lings could legally be brought here from his cell at Folsom prison to make his own defense on application for a pardon. This legal phase called a halt to rcnsatlonal testimony by Ed Cunha. former deputy prosecutor, who charg ed Billings and Thomas J. Mooney with being members of a gang of "blasters." Southwest Iowa was doused with a good downpour last night, leaving the Boutheastcrn counties the only part of the state still In need of a goorl rain. Throughout the southwest, the hot test part of the nation two days ago. seasonable temperatures generally prevailed. Light local showers coolrd off Ohio, with temperatures generally In the R0"s. One heat death was re ported. In New York City, the heat wave lingers on with no relief In sight. Thousands have been slrping at the beaches at night and the heat caus?d three deaths yesterday. Lake Michigan's winds were again good to Milwaukee and Chicago. The Uplake city had a low of 65 to start the day of with, while Chicago, with a shower greeting the day, sull lolled In the seventies. Scattered sections of Northern Illinois and Indiana were Also cooled off with rnin. RIVER'S Proposed Intake for n gravity of Irrigating the Columbia river linsln Clark Fork river In Idiihn (left). ,V dam nml pmver plant In the Columbia's uld be I at. head of Onuiil Coulee (upper right) also arc suggested to pump water Into land now dry-fanned (loner right). Army Engineers Starting Work on Columbia Project SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 7 (;P The Job of harnessing the mighty Co lumbia river for agriculture and in dustry has been begun by army en gineers. Moro than 1 1.000,000 horsepower of electrical energy may be pro duced by maximum development of ; this largest river in the far west, and IU. tributaries, ongineers havo ! determined after a year's survey. i Hand in hand with the hydro-1 electric exploitations is a reclama tion project Involving millions - of acres of seml-arld farm land In the river's basin. Ultimate development of tho Co lumbia also will open a new water way 750 miles long from the river's mouth to the Canadian border. Mu J. John S. Butler, .army dis trict . engineer at Seattle,' has di rected study of the river which drains p. territory equal to more than one fourteenth of tho nation's area. Government engineers - cstlmato ultimate development of tho river and Its tributaries will involvo an Investment of $600,000,000.- Markets for tho power and addi tional crops to bo created by de velopment of tho stream have been studied, -irt addition to power and navigation Itcs, 'needs o irrigation "and iilicr iclatud subjects''-. .: Construction of the first big pow er project on the Columbia already has begun a $12,000,000 hydro-electric plant -. at Rock Island, near Wcnatchee.- There- provision will be made for locks to carry freight boats of tho future around the Qtim. Two plans for reclamation of scml-arld lands of the Colunyia riv er basin, which covers 1 ,803,000 acres, havo been suggested. One calls for a dam across tho Columbia at the head of Grand Coulee, vhcro glacial action once turned the Columbia from its old course Into an entirely new chan nel. (Continued mi Vhkh IJiRht) Roller Towel Is Needed, Hc Thinks BEAVER FALLS, Pa., Aug. 7 M What this country needs, in the opinion of Policeman Louie McCul lough. is a return of the old fashion ed roller towels. Take- yesterday for instance Mc Cullnuuh stopped In a ganollno fill ing station to wsh up. Ho got soop In his eyes and couldn't find tho row fanglcd box In which tho papor towels repose. While hc was hunting for the towel bandit entered tho station, robbed the-.attendant and got away. Colby, Kansas Has No Municipal Tax COLBY. Kas., Aug. 7 mt Colby citizens will have to worry along another year with no municipal taxes to grow Indignant over. For thn third succositve ysar th2 city council voted to 1st the muni cipal water plant wo&h away ths city's bills. During two years earnings of the i plant has paid administration bll's. ! provided $300,000 for pavements, paid for new equipment and placed a bal ance of $45,000 In the city treasury. Merchants Bilked At Pendleton, Ore. PENDLETON. Aug. 7 fPi Several Pendleton merchants were bilked yes terdHy by counterfeiters passing dol lar bills for tens. Wheat Today cnrcActo. Aug. 7 m sudden fi:evetx' ttunbloFi In grain v;ilti03 took j place during late dealings today. Corn fell nbout 4r. a bushel from the : day's top level and whet about 4c. I Urgent efforts to realize profit! af i ter corn and all other grain had , reached new high price records for I the Reason proved Ui be of too over- whelming a character toward the last, with new buyers barking away. although no general break-up of : drought appeared to be In sight, j Mny delivery of wheat showed an extreme temporary break of 5 cents . a bushel from the dy's top point, '. and September corn a maximum drop of 4 V4c. Wheat and corn both closed nervous, wheat Hwl'c lower than j yesterday's finish and corn showing !l'4fr2'i net decline w.th oitn . lH off and provisions at 10-17 ad- vn:iT. POWER.TO RECLAIM AREA NEW AIR RECORD MADE BY HAWKS Los Angeles Aviator Classes the Nation in 14 Hours 50. Minutes. . ' LOS ANGELES. Aug. 7 (Pi Frank Hawks, Los' Angeles aviator, today holds the record for - the quickest westward : crossing . of the United States. j 'jv. . , , Flying at an average speed of 179 miles ' per. hour,, Hawks, yesterday drove his low-winged monoplane from Curtlss Field, New York to Municipal airport Los Angolcs In 14 hours. .50 minuses aid 43 seconds. It was tho first tlmo a trans-con tincntol flight had boon mado in full daylight, Tho travel air plane touched the ground hero at 4:50:43 p. in. (P. S. T.) alter leaving New York at 6 a. m. (E. 8. T.) Hawks lowered by threo hours, 53 minutes tho recent east-wost 1 record uot by Roscoe Turner. Hawks made refueling stops at Columbus, Ohio, St. Louis, Wichita, -Jias., Albuquerque, N. M., .and Kingman, Ariz. Turner , mado .but one stop on his -flight. , , ,. I , ' Encounters rtrurmtt I Stormy weather Was encountered by ; tho . former Instructor at the army flying school, Brooks field. Texas dur ing most of the ,9600 mllea, ho. flow; Raliis ' wero encountered ,-botweon : Pittsburgh, Pa and ' Torre Hauta,J Ind., and severe storms from Aibu querquo, to tho ArlEona -California border. Over Arizona, Hawks said., he was forced to fly high and off his course to avoid thunderstorms. ' Detracting tho tlmo taken for tho five stops Hawks actually flew across the country In 13 hours and 35 min- utes 43 seconds. . ' i About - 200 aviation - enthusiasts ' hailed Hawks as he flashed across the finish line at bettor than 200 miles per hour. Mr. anil rs. Charles M. Hawks, the filers' pafonta, and Turner woro on hand. ' I ' Hawks said ho was "tired and glad to get hero" as ho climbed from his ! plane His father suggested a game jof golf as they shook hands but the aviator took his mother's advice of getting some rest first, I 34 Miles Per Hour I The aviator said his piano made a top speed of 240 mllos an hour, but that he rarely kopt it over 300. A 20 milo head wind cut his speed moHt J of the way. He said tho trip was "a 'pleasant ono except for tho bad weather." A collapsible cockpit cover I protected him during tho rainstorms, i Hawks turned hla piano over to a ' force of mechanics Immediately In structing thorn to put tho ship In Hhapo for a return trip as soon as possible. ,; j Hawks Is 33 years old and has boon FILM BEAUTY AND DIRECTOR , ON HONEYMOON ' SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Aug. 7 Wi Dolores Del Rio, Mexican film star and Cedric Gibbons, studio art direct or are spending tho first day of their honeymoon here today, whllo the city Is In costume, celebrating Its annual old Spanish days fiesta. The couple were married yesterday In the old mission where, since 1786 Franciscan fathers have performed holy offices. Tho wedding was qutel, like tho old adobe church they chose as a setting. As the ncwlywcds left the missions they were met by photogrophers. Visitors In the patio asked each other who they were, and someone whis pered "why, she Isn't wearing stock ings." One of tho guests tossed a single handful of rice after them as they walked to their automobile. Miss Del Rio was dressed In a gray suit, close fitting gray hat and gniy pumps. She carried a bouquet of orchids and gardenias. Gibbons wore a blur business suit. At the mnrrlage license bureau tho actress gave her age as 24, and stated It was hor second marriage. Gibbons Is 40 and also had been married once. Endurance Fliers Near Old Record cit- ft!TQ Aurr 1 IPi ftaln .Tnrlf- 'son and forest O'Brlne today were ; near their former world's record for ' refueling endurance flying at 420 hours. 21 minutes, established last. ! year, and were ready to point their monoplane Greater Ht. Louis toward tho present record of 554 houra held 'by the Hunter brothers. At 2:11 p. m. (C. 8. T.) Jackson and O'Brlno had been up 415 hours and gave no Indication either they or their piano was weakening. A fire- , wurw uif;i7 St. Louis field tDnlght when the 'lllrnT nlrt record Is pawrd. Selling Drinking Water in Ohio 3c a Gallon WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (Pi A story of drought In tho Ohio valley re sulting In the salo of drinking water came to tho weathor bureau today in n letter from Dr. L. vv". Humphreys, to his brother. William J. Humph reys, meteorological physicist. Dr. Humphroys said drinking water was selling at 3 cents a gallon In Lo gan, West Virginia. Ho added that across tho river In Ohio, farmers were attempting to save fruit trees , by pumping water on them with old lire engines. Rural resident In West Virginia, ho said arc seeking to have three months cut off tho high school pericd in order that funds saved may bo used "to buy food tor .poor fam ilies." : . Independents To Meet Tonight To Pick Candidate I PORTLAND, Aug. 7 (A1) Oregon ln dopundontD moot tonight at the pub lic -auditorium hero to nominate- a candldnto for - govornor which prob-r my voil qo JUm li. meior, rurumiu mere hacdi hop. , ' The call for an independont rally was signed by moro than 300 citizens oi 'Oregon, who sought tho nomina tion of Meier after tho republican convontlon which nominated Phil Metschau, Portland hotel man, and well known state resident, j Mctsrhnn Makes Statement In his first public statement deal ing with stato policies Issued Bince hlr. nomination. Metschan last night eald development of Umatilla Rapids for power and Irrigation by tho fed eral government should bo urged on congress without dclny. H( said if elected governor he would ask tho legislature to enter Into a -compact with Washington' state for a dlvlnion of the power and water and would recommend a I delegation bo sent to tho national i capital to work for an appropria tion for tho project. , . - American Stabbed To Death, Report HANKOW, Aug. 7 (P) The Rev. AlloniV, Cameron, an American mis sionary, wa:i reported today to have bron stabbed to death at Changsha, tho Hunan provlnco capital recently sacked by communists. Tho roport while vldely circulated lacked con i Urination, but Cameron could not bo located, I Cameron represented the Broadcast Tract Prcsi of Denver, Colo., and camn to China from Topcka, Kan., llV 1801. SHANGHAI, Aug. 1 M'l Moro than 600 British and Japanese soldiers and marines wcro on route to Yang-t-so valley cities today as tho result Oi' uncertnln communist conditions. Carrying 400 marines, four Jap aneso destroyers arrived hero today from Sascbo. Japan. Three Women Die At Grade Crossing PLEASANTVILLB. N. J . Aug. 7 (fPt Three women apparently sisters rroir Lilly, Pa., were killed at Eng lish creek crossing near here today when their automobile was struck by r. Reading railroad train. The only icicmnicauop. lound wcro three Pennsylvania automobile driver's lic ences In tho names of Agnes S. Ryan, Helen Catharine Ryan and Urusula L. Ryan. K.;.vn rKV stk m,itiui:s HUM I AHMKIIM V IrKBT.H PADUCAII. Ky. -Western Ken tucky's strawberry croij this season enabled ninny farmers to pay off their debts for the first Umc In many years. The crop yielded 212 carloads that brought a gross Inronin of $526 000. The net price to growers averaged $4 25 a crate. The first commercial nhlpment of raspberries was miide. from Western Kentucky this year. Dewberries also wero shipped, (irower.i plan Increased berry acreage for nrxt season. ltl.A( KItl UltlKS PAY I' KOI IT TRKZEVANT. Term. Ml An acrs of j land planted In blacklif rrlrs nettd In. C. Luudy M15 net profit this year. I He sold 1B2 crates of berries from the lot. TWIN CITIES ! IN PATH OF FATAL FLOOD Nogales, ; Ariz, and No gales, Sonora Swept by . Raging Torrent. MANY ARE DEAD, FORTY MISSING Among Those Not Ac counted for are 25 Chil drenHeavy Rains Con tinuing Today. NOQ ALES, Ariz., Aug. 7 (F) SaN vador Estrada, commandant of the Nogales Sonora munlolpal police, re ported after a check up at noon to day only two bodies of victims of last night's cloudburst and flood have bcon found, both on the American side of, the International line. Early this morning tho Mexican police and others reported a total of four bodies. Earliest estimates of the losses, ex clusive of ruined merchandise In stores,, woro given as (i00,009. . NOOALES, ArlR., Aug. 7 m Four persons woro known to be dead, forty wero missing, and police of Nogales, Sonora. this morning behoved deaths would total at least 26 in a torren-' tlal rain and flood which Inundated the twin bordor cities shortly after midnight. '4 Surging walls of water, preceding a heavy, steady downpour, struck this border district at H o'clock last night and swept through the streets 0; both cities, Furniture, trees and parts of buildings were swirled about as rushing walls of water poured northward from the Sonora sldo over tho International horder.. - . ; V At 3aT m.t the chief of police of Nogales. Sonora, made his way to tho American, side and said he had re ceived reports of at least . two dozen deaths, although he could make -ho personal confirmation. ' , . a.1 Children Missing : " ? V ; Ho declared 25 children had been reported- missing from their, homes.,- Up to 3 a. m., only one death, that of a Moxlcan woman, had been con firmed, but police on the American side said more dead- undoubtedly would bo found when daylight came. Utmost confUBlon reigned on both sides of the border and little could be dono to confirm the many re ports 01 aoatns, A Nogales, Sonora, hotel, of adobe construction, crumpled at 4 o'clock. It was not known how many per sons wore In the building at the time. " Mexican police said they feared sim ilar occurrences and that as many lives -would ! be loat -' in': collapsing buildings as by drowning.' . - ' Mobilizing. Doctors, , Nurses- , . - Physicians and nurses wero being mobilized on the American side and all spaoo In hospitals here was made ready. Rescue work was made dif ficult because of darkness and the heavy rain. At c o'clock the skies' still wcro pouring- forth sheets of water and there was no perceptible slackening of tho flood. ' An Amorlcan aviator, Don Phillips, visiting on tho Mexican side, man aged to make hla way to the Amer ican city and said he had seen sev eral small children swept away when an adobe building collapsed. Phillips declarod the business sec tion of tho Mexican city was flooded with from five to six feot of water and that debris was swirling about. Several persons from tho residen tial section of Nogales. Ariz., reported thoy had soon three baby cribs float ing down Morlyavunue, but were un (Continued on Page Eight) CANNON HEAD OF EDUCATORS ORGANIZATION SALENS Oro., Aug. 7 lP) Roy Can non, of Portland, Multnomah county school superintendent, was elected president of- the Oregon County School Superintendents' association at tho closing session of its annual convention here yestorday. Martha L. Mulkey, of Coqulllo, Coos county ruperlntendent, was elected vice pres ident, and Maybelle Romlg, Baker county superlntondont, secretary treasurer. Tho association went on record by resolution In favor of free textbooks, largor units of administration in school affairs, a more extensive pro gram of physical education, and "a substantial state fund for the pur pose of equalising education oppor tunities In poor districts." Senator Heflin Is . Hurt In Accident DECATUR. Ala., Aug. 7 (D United States Senator J. Thomas Hcflln, of Alabama, suffered bruises and cuts and a sprained wrist and threo mem bers of his party were cut and bruised today as their automobile crashed into a telephone polo to avoid striking .a heavily laden log truck that drove onto a highway from a side road, near hero. Senator Hoflln and his party wero brought to Decatur In a passing bus and threo of them wero taken to a hospital. Tho senator, however, went to a hotel where a physician at tended him. 1 BASEBALL NATIONAL LKAOt'K R. H. E. Brooklyn 6 14 0 Pittsburgh 4 11 0 Elliott, Vance, Clark and Lopez: Krcmcr. Spencer and Bool. AMERICAN LKAOlt R. It. E. Boston . 10 1 New York 5 10 I MacFayden and Heving; Wells and Bcngough.. R. H. E. Washington 1 10 0 Philadelphia 4 6 1 Crowdci , Links and Sperxcr; Ward bert and Cochrane.