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LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1932
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
NUMBER 127
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BOARD VOTES
AGAINST ART,
MUSIC 'HEADS
La Grande Schools to be
Without Supervisors
After Close of Year.
! TEACHERS WAGES
CUT 15 PER CENT
Directors Divided on
Abol ishing Depart
ments, But Unanimous
on Salary Reductions.
On account of the tax situation
In most communities, the directors
of the city schools have been obliged
to make retrenchment and In line
with this procedure the La Grande
school boardt at Its regular meeting
last night at the High school, voted
a regular 15 per cent reduction in the
salary of all principals and teachers,
the minimum to be $1000. It was
also voted to abolish the positions of
music and art supervisor 'effective
ti at the close of school. More than
916,000 will be cut from the budget
through this reduction in salaries,
statistics compiled by the clerk of
the board show.
All members of the board were In
favor of the cut in wages, although
Dr. J. L. Ingle, chairman, favored
$1200 as the lower limit and voted
"no" on that phase of the original
motlpn for reduction.
In spite of an eloquent appeal on
the part of C. R. Eberhard, board
member, and several members of the
audience which gathered for the
meeting, it was voted to discontinue
the positions of supervisors of music
and art, although the members of
the board stated that the study of
those two subjects will not be dis
continued. Senator Eberhard, pre
ceding the voting, appealed to the
members of the board to leave the
two position Intact, declaring that
the pupils were the - ones who will
pay for the reduction, pupils living in
homes whore their parents cannot
afford prlvat music instruction
Music and art, Mr. Eberhard added,
are a matter of culture and develop
ment and attributes which go with
a school education. Dr. Ingle alBO
voted against the motion to abolish
the supervisors, while' the other mern-
r- bers of the board, E. It. Ringo, w. C.
Perkins and Ray Buell favored the
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MOUNTAINEERS
WILL JOURNEY
TO ENTERPRISE
The Eastern Oregon Normal school
Mountaineers, with their basketball
record for the season, still unspotted
by defeat, will drive to Enterprise
tomorrow afternoon for a game there
in the evening with the Enterprise
All-Stars, a team which lost 86 to
24 here a' little over a week ago.
However, Coach Bob Quinn is an
ticipating a much closer gome at En
terprise, and expects to find strenu'
ous competition.
The game will be the final one be
fore the contest Saturday night with
Whitman college at Walla Walla.
Then, on Feb. 1 and 2, the Moun
taineers will open their conference
season here with a two-game series
with the Southern Oregon Normal
school of Ashland the team that
defeated Pacific college 51 to 11 last
weekend.
To Appeal Wallowa
Case to High Court
Yj .
r SALEM, Jan. 26 (fP) Notice of
the appeal to the United States court
in the case of the Wallowa National
bank, plaintiff and respondent, vs,
Servler Commission company of Port
land, appellant, was filed with the
supreme court here Monday. The
court recently denied a rehearing in
the case after upholding the lower
court's finding for the plaintiff.
Tho case involves the collection of
a check for $14,000 by the commis
sion company, which It Is alleged the
bank of Kenton had collected prior to
Its closing and not paid. The check
was in payment for a livestock con
signment. i
WEATHKR FORECAST
Oregon: Rains in the west
portion and Bnows In the east
tonight and Wednesday; heavy
snows in mountains; normal 4
temperature; s trong shi f t In g S-
winds on the coast; south
west gales offshore tonight.
WEATHER TODAY
7 a. m. 19 above. 3
Minimum: 17 above.
Condition: Cloudy.
$ WEATHER YESTERDAY $
4 Maximum 27, minimum 16 S
$ above.
Condition: Partly cloudy, 3
traces of snow, precipitation
. .03 of an Inch, Range 11
degrees.
' ? WEATHER JAX. 2fi, 1931
Maximum 40, minimum 29
g above.
SS. PnmKflnn fl -! liH ir rnln fUt
of an inch. Range 11 de-
V grecs.
Youth Kidnaped
And Tortured By
5 Beer Runners
Alvin Bauer Escap e s
From His Captors Af
ter Being Suspended
AbovS Bonfire.
McHENRY, 111., Jan. 26 Nineteen-year-old
Alvln Bauer, son af a
McHenry ice dealer, was kidnaped
by five beer runners last night and
tortured over a bonfire while his ab
ductors demanded to know where the
local speakeasies bought their boot
leg liquor.
Taken down from his perch above
the fire to be given a last chance to
talk, the lad broke from his captors
and escaped in the darkness.
When he reached home, his sweater
had been burned away.
The five kidnapers came on Bauer
on the outskirts of McHenry last
evening, forced him into their sedan
and drove to a secluded spot. They
built a bonfire and suspended the
boy over It.
Frightened and tortured as the
flames all but smothered him, he
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Rupert Howard,
British Magician,
To Appear Here
La Grande High school announced
today that Rupert Howard, British
student of magic, and now on the
Ellison-White circuit, will be In La
Grande for a performance at the High
school auditorium Feb. 4.
Mr. Howard combines a magic show
with an unusually interesting lecture
and is noted for his ability to hold
the complete Interest of his audi
ences. He is said to be a fluent, witty
and experienced speaker, and has lec
tured In all parts of the British Isles.
On this tour of America, his first to
this country, his appearances have
been outstanding successes.
He left England on De.fi. 31 and
arrived in America early in January.
His versatile entertainment Includes
magic, juggling, paper tearing,
sleight-of-hand, humorous stories and
thought reading. He is known as
the inventor of some of the best
effects of magic practices today and
a special feature of his entertain
ment Is the number of original Items
presented. Relying on sleight-of-
hand rather than on the use of
mechanical apparatus, Mr. Howard
performs many astounding feats.
The bringing of Mr; Howard to La
Grande Is another example of the
High school's constant effort toward
.providing the best for local enterr
tainment whenever It Is possible.
"Gay Nineties"
Staged Monday
AtM. E. Church
The second presentation of "The
Gay Nineties" met with greater popu
larity than the first, and the 1932 in
terpretation of the period from 1890
to 1900 was enjoyed by a large audi
ence which gathered last night at 8
o'clock at the Methodist church. The
first performance was given before
a meeting of the Young Women's
Educational auxiliary, and met with
such popularity that It was produced
again for the public as a benefit for
the Methodist church.
Tho costumes were typical of the
period and added an extra touch to
the wit displayed during the entire
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La Grande Warmer
Than Its Neighbors
The weather moderated several de
grees In La Grande yesterday and
last night, following a six-above zero
mark at the close of the week. The
minimum Monday morning was 16
above here, compared with four below
zero at Baker and an unofficial 16
below zero at Haines. Below zero
temperatures also were reported from
Wallowa county and the Blue moun
tain section.
' The minimum this morning was 17
above and by noon today the mercury
was in the neighborhood of 30 above.
GALES OFFSHORE
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 26 (flV-Offshore
gales whistled in from, the
southwest on the Oregon coast today,
while Inland high southwesterly winds
swept northwestern Oregon, bringing
rain and cold and snow.
On high places surrounding Port
land snow was falling at noon.
U. S. W. V. Gives
$10 to Band Fund
Hugh E. Brady, chairman of the
American Legion band committee In
charge of handling the fund which
Is being raised to maintain the La
Grande band during 1932, received
the following letter yesterday:
"Dear Sir: At the last meeting
of James E. Page Camp No. 14. United
Spanish War Veterans held Jan. 23,
1932. it was unanimously voted to
draw on our treasury In the amount
of $10 for support of the band for
1932 and I am enclosing a check for
that amount,
"We regret that the check Is not
for a larger amount but we are not
large in numbers and our finances
are limited. However, should you
have trouble In raising the amount
required, please let us know and we
will duplicate the above amount.
(Signed) H. E. Cool Id go, quarter
master." .
MAN SENDS
MORE SHIPS
TO SHANGHAI
Thirteen Additional War
ships Are Ordered to
Leave Sasebo.
CHINESE STAND
MAY BE MODIFIED
Members of League of Na
tions Council Go Into
Secret Session on Man
churian Dispute.
By tho Asoclatetl Press
Japanese ships and soldiers went
scurrying to two troublesome points
today as the uneaslnes at Shanghai
increased and fighting broke out at
Harbin.
Firty-flve Chinese were reported to
have been killed at the city In North
ern Manchuria when a detachment
of the Chinese Eastern Railway guard
swept into the Chinese quarter of
Harbin and began looting. Japanese
troops started from Klrin to take
things in hand. '
13 More Ships On Way
Thirteen more Japanese warships
were ordered from Sasebo to Shang-
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OWLS TAKE LEAD
IN DISTRICT RACE
Helix Red Devils Nosed
Out 43-42 Play Multno
mah at Union Friday.
The Jack Allen Owls, La Grande
independent basketball quintet, took
the lead in the Eastern Oregon titular
race last night by nosing out the
Helix Red Devils, 43 to 2, in a thrill
ing game played on the L. D. S. Rec
reational hall floor.
The Owls have only one defeat
from an Independent team, that at
Helix a little over a week ago, while
the Red Devils now have two defeats
one by tho Owls and one by the
Athena town team. The Holix. .stf
gregation later defeated Athena in a
return game.
Play MultuojiutH Next '
Friday the Owls will make what
may be a bid for the Oregon inde
pendent championship when they
meet the Multnomah Athletic club
quintet at Union at 8 o'clock, the
game to be played under the auspices
of the Union commercial club.
The game here last night was un
usually close, particularly in the first
and fourth periods. The lead changed
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ROGER B ARSON
SAYS UPWARD
MOVE BEGINS
WELLESLEY, Mass., Jan. 26 (Spe
cial) Roger W. Babson, economist
and statistician, who predicted the
stock market break of 1929, today
said in a prepared statement:
A "The depression is in retreat.'
Babson did not predict a quick
return to prosperity but said that
the outlook at long range was for
better times.
"The Babson chart which was the
basis for my forecast of the market
break in 1929," said Babson, "is now
with equal posltiveness indicating
that'we have seen the trough of the
depression of 1930-32, and that the
present year will show an irregular
movement towards higher levels. .
"The chart Is now turning upwards
for the first time In more than two
years, except for the temporary rally
of last spring."
Demented Man, 52,
Wounds 4 In Bank
LANSING, Mich., Jan. 26 UP)
Shouting that he hod been "given a
dirty deal." a 62-year-old man, ap
parently demented shot and wounded
four persons in the Capital National
bank today and then shot and killed
himself.
The man, D. J. Mead, entered the
bank and began shooting wildly, af
ter ordering everyone out of the
building.
Rebellion, Pillage And Burning
Occur in State of Kashmir, India
SRINIGAR. Kashmir, India, Jan. 20
UP, Rebellion, pillage and burning
broke out again In the state of Kash
mir today as Moslem leaders from
the Punjab began another attempt
to drive the Hindu maharajo. Sir
Hart Singh, off the throne to estab
lish a Moslem ruler in his place.
The Moslems are anxious to estab
lish their rule over this predominant
ly Moslem state, thus forming a solid
block of such states, including Egypt,
Arabia, Persia, Afghanistan and the
frontier province of Punjab.
Fourteen villages in the Reasl dis
trict which have Hindu populations
have been pillaged and a number of
buildings. Including the post offices,
burned to the ground.
A force of 12,000 armed Moslems
were reported on the march toward
Rajouri for a concentrated attack.
State troops were being rushed to
this point over all possible routes.
Great distances and lack of roads,
State Closes
Case Against
Mrs. Judd Today
Prosecution Injects Jeal
ousy Motive Into Phoe
nix Trial Defense Mo
tion Overruled.
COURTHOUSE. Phoenix, Ariz., Jan.
26 UP) Winnie Ruth Judd turned
at bay today and started In earnest
her fight against death on the gal-,
lows as her counsel, with sudden
ringing blows, struck back at. state
evidence of jealousy as a motive In
tho slaying of Agnes Anne Lerol and
Hedvig Samuelson, The state had
closed its case shortly before this.
Emll Clements, caretaker at Gru
now clinic where both Mrs. Judd and
Mrs. Lerol were employed testified
he saw Mrs. Judd at noon October 16,
the day the state contends the
women were killed "walking down
McDowell road toward her home, with
Mrs. Lerol."
"You moan Agnes Anne Lerol?"
asked Herman Lewkowitz of defense
counsel. ' '
Clements testified also he saw Mrs.
Judd's hand bandaged when she cttme
to the clinic "in the morning" of
October 17.
"Which hand?"
"I don't remember.'?
Clements followed close on the
heels of the witness on whose testi
mony the state had rested its case,
Lucille Moore, nurse, and Mrs. A. R.
Lepker, a mystery 'acquaintance of
Mrs. Judd.
By Ralph O. Brown
(Associated Press Staff Correspondent)
COURT HOUSE. Phoenix, Ariz., Jan.
26 (P) Winnie Ruth Judd's express
ed opinion that J. J. Halloran,
wealthy Phoenix lumberman "Is per
fectly grand," and her declaration
that his friendship with other wom
en "makes me so mad I think I'll go
crazy" were told by two women clos
ing the state's case'today against the
slender accused slayer of her friends.
County Attorney Lloyd C. AndrewB
held until the last his effort to estab
lish Jealousy as tho motlvo for the
slaying lost October 16 of Agnes Anne
Lerol and Hedvig Samuelson.
Miss Lucille Moore, nurse who. said
sho met Mrs. Judd last September
1, told of a ride she took with Mrs.
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Farmer Co-ops
Urged To Fight
For Farm Board'
, WASHINGTON,, . Jan. 26 (P) Far
mer co-operative associations were
urged today by Chairman Stone of
the farm board to band togother to
fight Interests seeking to destroy the
board and cripple the cooperative
movement.
The organized opposition, he told
the annual national cooperative
council, has Its seat In the grain,
cotton, livestock and produce ex
changes and is carried back to the
"grass roots" by local buyers trying
to "poison the minds of the farm
ers." "The opposition," ho said, "is di
recting Its fire at the farm board, but
we are not .its real objective. That
objective is to prevent farmers or
ganizing effectively to handle their
own business.
"It is flooding the country with
false or misleading statements, carry
ing on an Insidious propaganda that
organized agriculture must meet if
the ground gained is to be held and
future progress is to be made."
Stone told the leaders in the co
operative movement the board had
been blamed lor being directly re
sponsible for the world-wide depres
sion, the huge federal treasury deficit
and putting the government in busi
ness. He said If all the board's loans were
liquidated today at low prices, the
losses from the $500,000,000 revolv
ing fund would not exceed $260,000,
000 or a yearly average of $83,334,000
for three years.
Value of Livestock
Shows a Decrease
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 P) -The
value of livestock on farms of the
country was estimated today by the
department of agriculture at $3,195,
748.000 on Jan. 1 compared with $4,
450,708,000 a year ago and 95,004,
970.000 two years ago.
' The statistics do not Include live
stock in cities and villages.
Horses and colts numbered 12,
679,000 valued at 670,698,O0O com
pared with 13,165,000 valued at 795.
541.000 a year ago.
however, have made It almost impos
sible for the maharaja's army to
render prompt assistance to terror
ized areas and It was said It might
be necessary to appeal to the viceroy
for British troops.
Kashmir, which is called the
"Paradise on Earth." Is about the
slzo of the state of Minnesota and Is
sprawled across the Himliayan moun
tains and valleys like a glittering
Jeweled mosaic. It has a population
about as large as Chicago and is
famous for Its paper mac he work,
wood -carving and the goats which
provide the wool for its famous Kash
mir shawls.
For years tho Moslems, who con
stitute 95 per cent of the population
have been complaining that the
maharaja gives most of the govern
ment Jobs to the Hindus, Bitter
racial animosities have frequently' led
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CHEWING GUM
KING PASSES
AT PHOENIX
William Wrigley Jr., In
terpationally Known Fi
nancier, Succumbs.
ACUTE INDIGESTION
CAUSE OF DEATH
Built Great Fortune By
Sale of Nickel Packages
0wn,ed Chicago Cubs,
: and Angels.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 20 (JP) Wil
liam Wrigley Jr., of Chicago, Los An
geles and Phoenix, owner of the Chi
cago Cubs and chewing gum magnate,
died in his winter homo here at 2:16
o'clock this morning. He was 70 years
old.
Death was due to complications of
heart disease and acute indigestion.
He had been confined to his bed
since January 18 when ho suffered a
severe attack of indigestion followed
by apoplexy and a heart attack.
His condition. Dr. George Good
rich, his personal physician said, had
been critical since he first became ill.
Illness Kept Secret
Announcement of his death, how
ever, come as a shock outside his
immediate family as his household
had maintained strict secrecy regard
ing his illness.
Dr. Goodrich revealed Wrigley had
been only semi-conscious for several
days and that his death had been ex
pected for more than 24 hours.
The shock was Increased by the
fact R. A. Klrkman Wrigley's secre
tary, . last night Informed newspaper
reporters "Mr. Wrigley's condition Is
much Improved, but he has been or
dered by his doctors today to remain
in bed for a rest."
Dr. Goodrich said Wrigley was not
conscious for several hours beforo
death.
Mrs. Wrigley and their two chil
dren," Phillip K. Wrigley and Mrs,
James R. Offleld, were at the bed
side when the end came. The son
and daughter came to Phoenix when
their father was first stricken..
Biographical Sketch' .
William Wrigley taught tho world.
to chew gum, and tho Jaws of two
hemispheres reaped him a fortune
In nickels, pfennings, centavos and
plasters.
Jt was his pride that the sun nevor
set upon 'the use of his confections,
and the arrow-headed elves who her
alded' his products were recognized
from Java to Fifth avenue. Upon an
article which sold the world over for
a nickel or less, he founded In his
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THREE ESCAPE
FROM CAGE AT
GEORGIA FARM
MILLEDGEVILLE. Ga.. Jan. 26 UP)
Aubrey Smith, Abe Powers and Roy
Gardner escaped from a steel cago
at the state penal farm here early
today and their speeding automobile
killed a trusty who tried to stop
them.
Tho trusty was John 8. Williams,
principal in Georgia's notorious
"murder farm mystery" of 1021-22.
He was serving a life sentence on
charges of killing several negroes.
Williams and several guards at
tempted to stop the trio as they sped
from town In a stolon automobile.
Authorities said the fugitives turned
the machine into the crowd, clipped
Williams, and disappeared Into the
night. Tho 70-year-old trusty died In
a few minutes.
The prisoners were confined to the
tuberculosis camp and wore quarter
ed In a portable steel cage. Author
ities said they cither cut the bars
or broke the lock of their open air
prison.
Roy Gardner, an Atlanta convict,
has a long record of escapes and con
victions In Georgia. He bears the
same name as Roy Gardner, western
train robber, who Is now serving a
sentence in the Atlanta federal peni
tentiary. Prohibition Is Not
Main Issue, Claim
NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (P) Newton
D. Baker, prominently mentioned as
a democratic presidential possibility,
declared today prohibition Is "ob
viously not" the big political Issue
In this country.
Interviewed before sailing on tho
liner Slgboney for a brief vacation In
Mexico City, he" answered "No" when
reporters asked him the direct ques
tion if ho was a presidential candi
date. Two Park Sites
Donated to Stale
BALEM, Jan. 26 UP) Two park
sites were donated to tho state high
way commission by Lane county, It
was reported by H. B. Glalsyer, sec
retary of the highway commission,
today. Both were previously owned
by the county
One Is the trlanglo strip of land
between the Pacific and McKenzlo
highways at the Junction of Sprlng
fleld. The second site is along the
McKenzlo highway near the Hend
ricks bridge. This is a 12-acre trace
whllo tho triangle strip Is about two
acres.
BOWER FREED
' "
Benjamin P. Bower, above, man
ager of a Denver, Colo., bakery,
was held several days for $50,000
ransom, Baiulita, who kidnaped -lilin
from his home there, finally .
freed him.
EDDIE STINSON
VICTIM OF CRASH
America's Dean of Avia
. tors Killed After 20
Years of Flying.
CHICAGO, Jan. 26 (fP) America's
dean of aviators Eddie Stlnson Is
dead.
His long and sometimes perilous
career as a flier came to an end early
this morning In the Illinois central
hospital from Injuries suffered when
a huge Stinson-Detrolter plane fell
to earth In a pubic links golf course
in, Jackson park.
The accident occurred last evening
whllo the noted flier and three com
panions were attempting to return to
tho Wayne, Mich., plant of the De-trolt-Stlnson
corporation of which
he was president.
Plane lilts Flagpole
While over the lake motor trouble
developed and Stlnson maneuvered
to make a safe, but forced landing.
Tho plane, however, struck a flag
pole and was wreoked. Stlnson, pin
ned beneath the wreckage, suffered
a crushed chest and Internal Injuries,
which caused his death at 1 a. m.
today.
His jthreo companions Clark Field,
of Kalamazoo, Mich.. John Tompkins,
of East Chicago, Ind., and Frederick
Gillies, of Chicago, were all injured,
but less seriously. r
It was the first time Stlnson had
been injured in 20 years of flying,
which had brought to him numerous
endurance records and the distinc
tion of having been In the air more
than any other man In tho history of
aviation more than 14.000 hours,
for a distance of nearly 1,500,000
miles, the equivalent of 60 times
around the globe.
Never Used n Parachute
Stlnson, who was but 38, pioneered
in aviation, and never during the
whole of his long career, used a para
chute. He learned his wings at the old
Klnloch Field in St, Louis, having
been1 taught to fly by his elder sis
ter, Katherlne, and later obtaining
a position as test pilot for "Jenny"
planes which he described as
"crates."
His was a family of tho air, htB
sisters, Katherlne and Marjorle and
his brother, Jack, also having won
fame In the field of flying. Stln-
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ENGLAND BANK
WILL PAY OFF
CREDIT FEB.l
LONDON, Jan. 20 (T) London
morning papers today greeted with
enthusiasm yesterday's announce
ment that the Bank of England
would pay off Its entire Franco
Amorlcan credit on February 1, Tho
papers hailed the announcement as
striking proof of Great Britain's fin
ancial soundness.
The News Chronicle said the bank's
decision should encourage confidence
abroad In the pound sterling. The
Morning Post described It as a "wel
come announcement," while the Fin
ancial News said it was a "sterling
feat."
"It will confirm the growing
appreciation of Britain's financial
strength," tho Dally Telegraph said.
Tho Times said it was "the best news
the money market has had in many
months, a notable sign of strength
with psychological effects difficult
to overestimate."
Makes Grand Slam
And Dislocates
His Shoulder!
$ PAN A, 111., Jan. 26 (P 0
3 George Casey made a grand
$ slam In no trumps at bridge g
2 In a tournament. fr
& It made him so happy he 4
$ leaped from his chair at the 4
0 card table and dislocated his
g shoulder. $
$ The servlcos of a surgeon Q
4 were necessary.
3 It wna the second "bridge &
j casualty" In tho midwest
$ within a week. W. A. Rail, an 3
Insurance man suffered a
3 fractured hip Thursday when 4
his chair slipped while play-
$ ing at the Cedar Rapids, la., $
$ chamber of commerce. Q
3 4
10 Unions Vote;
Others Deciding
On Action Today
Railway Workers to An
nounce Results Only
After All of Organiza
tions Have Balloted.
CHICAGO, Jan. 28 (P) Ten unions
had taken a stand and 11 voted today
on the $215,000,000 pay slice for
2,000,000 railway workers.
Executives of the 10, however, gave
no inkling what course their poll had
taken, saying It would not be' re
vealed until after all the unions had
voted and submitted the results to
the rail committee of nine presi
dents. Labor, willing to barter the pro
posed 10 per cent wage cut for a year
for certain concessions that would
stabilize and restore work to 700,000
Jobless and 600,000 partly employed,
received the final answer of the car
riers to that program yesterday.
To tho principal demand for 'a
guarantee of full time jobs to tho
same number as employed In 1030,
tho carriers responded with an -assurance
they would do everything prac
ticable as Individual roads and carry
on separate negotiations toward stab
ilization In that manner.
After a meeting with exeoutlves of
tho 21 unions, their general chair
man, David Brown Robertson declared
last night none was satisfied or
pleased with this position.'
Dissatisfaction among the Union
chairmen was also indicated by other
labor executives, who said the entire
stand of the rails on the stabilization
program was "negative and wide
open."
What bearing this attitude will
have on the poll, none of the union
leaders would forecast.
On other points of the labor pro
gram, the carriers agreed to the sug
gestion furloughed rail employes be
given work by motor companies and
forwnrdlng agencies controlled by the
rata; to tho principle of payroll re-
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Industrial Life
Of Middle West
Showing Gains
CHICAGO, Jan. 26 UP) Tho first
substantial quiokening of the middle
west's Industrial life since lost May
was recorded' today In the January
buslnms report of the seventh fed
eral reserva v district covering Jy
nols, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin
and Iowa. .
Reporting manufacturing firm's In
creased their employment 3' per
cent and their payrolls three per
cent between Nov. 15 and Dec. 15,
with tho automobile industry set
ting the pace, tho roport said. ,
It was tho first year-end accelera
tion among auto manufacturers ever
recorded by the dlstriot and appar
ently corresponded to new model ac
tivity started two months earlier In
previous years.
Farm Loan Board
Says Banks May
Consider Cases
PORTLAND, Jan. 26 VP) A dis
patch to tho Oregon Ion from Wash
ington, D. C, today said the federal
farm loan board has announced that
Joint stock land bonks are to use
their own Judgment as to whether to
foreclose on delinquent borrowers,
but that tho board has urged the
banks to consider coses on their In
dividual merit where there Is a de
al ro or willingness to pay.. .
Tho president of tho California
Joint stock bank at San Francisco
wired Senator Stolwor, the dispatch
sold, that 28 of tho best known grain
growers In Oregon, arp delinquent in
excess of thrco months on loans from
the bank, The bank president said
these growors would lose their prop'
orty If the low wero followed, but
that tho bank ie willing to carry
these Installments If the farm loan
board permits.
Portland Woman
Injured Fatally
SALEM, Jan. 26 Wi Mrs. Viola S,
Davenport, 30, of Portland, was fatal
ly Injured In an automobile accident
hero late yesterday. She died two
hours after tho accident from con
cussion of the brain.
Tho woman was riding with her
father, Robert Thomas, when their
automobile overturned Into a ditch.
Thomas reported that the steering
gear of his car foiled and caused the
accident. Ho was slightly Injured
and was taken to Portland, while
an attempt to save the life of the
woman was made at the state tuber
culosis hospital near which the ac
cident occurred.
Mine Explosion In
Wales Fatal to 11
CARDIFF, Wales, Jan. 26 m
Eleven men were dead today as a ro
sult of an explosion In the Llwynpla
colliery In the Rhondda volley last
night.
Thirty men were working in the
mine at tho time. Rescue parties
wont down immediately. One rescuer
was overcome by gas and died before
aid could reach him.
Other members of the party work
ing under the handicap of the fumes,
brought out the Injured, some of
whom died after reaching the sur
face, and the bodies of those who
died below. .
SUPPLY BILL
IS SENT TO
WHITE HOUSE
Congressional Action on
$500,000,000 Appropria
tion Completed.
NEW FIGHT AIMED
AT H. J. HAGERMAN
Chairman Frazier, of Sen-,
ate' Indian Committee,
Announces Move to De;
feat Salary Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 W) Oori-
gresslonal action on the 1600,000,000
appropriation for the reconstruction
corporation was completed today. The
senate receded from a minor amend-'
ment It adopted yesterday.' ;
The measure now goes to the White
House. , . t w'
The house earlier In the day bad
objected to the amendment Khlch
would have mode specific prortalon
for clerical services In administering
the 950,000,000. farm loan section,-
senator Jones (a., wasn.i.sara the
director of the budget had Informed
him much authority already wu n
the bill but to make certain he would
ask the attorney-general for an opiiH
Ion later. . : . .,...
NEW CUT CONTEMPLATED , .-.it
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 Choir
man Frazier of the senate Indian
committee today sold an attempt
would be mode to out out of the In
terior department appropriation- U1
funds to pay the salary of H. J. Hag-
erman, Indian bureau official,
An attempt to cut off Hagerman'a
salary failed In the last congress.
Hagerman, a former governor r
New Mexico, Is a special commission
er of the Indian bureau and' was' a
member of the defunct Pueblo lands
board. I I I I I
!hel3
The board's awardB have been 1
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OGDEN MILLS
SOUNDS TOCSIN 4
. ; FOR BANKERS
NEW YORK, Jan.. 26 up) Ogdea
h, Mills, under secretary of the treas
ury, sounded the tocsin hut night for
bankers "tho courageous kind" to
halt credit deflation. ;
"Credit deflation should be arrest
ed, and the flow of credit to the great
financial centers should be reversed,"
Mills told prominent bankers at the
banquet at the American acceptance
council. t , '
Success of the two billion dollar
federal reconstruction corporation de
pends largely on the co-operation of
banks, he said.
Improvement In economic condi
tions has been retarded the last three
months due to a "psychology of fear,
he declared. "Banks have been de
stroying doposlts to make themselves
liquid, they sell Investments or call
loans." . ,
"This has been going on for the last
three months," he continued. "Yet
the process Is largely in the control
of the banks themselves. If only the
whole system of credit contraction
could be stopped we would be Justi
fied In addressing ourselves to recon
structive effort." -
Terrorists Kill
Two In Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Jan. 26
Two persons wore killed early today
by terrorists who "planted" time
bombs in a dance restaurant within
sight of tho state capltol building.
The victims wore Mr. and Mrs.
Henry E. Hungerford, who occupied
an apartment over the cabaret. They
wero between 70 and 75 years old
Operators of the place, Paul Tre
malne and Sam Vlzzlnl, said they
knew of no reason for the bombing
unless "some one was Jealous of the
business."
Police believed the bombing was
a result of underworld warfare be
tween rival Italian factions in the
city. -
Wheat Today
CHICAGO, Jan. 26 (tP)t Disparity
between United States wheat prices
and those In other countries, shut
ting off this country from export
business, had an evident bearish, ef
fect today. ....
Argentine wheat laid down in Liver
pool was quoted 5 cents a bushel
lower than Chicago May delivery.
World's available supplies of wheat
Increased 2,208,000 bushels for the
week, and now aggregate 473,031,000
bushels, compared with 446,010,000) a
year ago. vf
Wheat closed unsettled H Q
under yesterday's finish, corn '$ fto
down, oats unchanged to o off, and
provisions unchanged to lOo decline.
PORTLAND, Jan. 26 W) Interna
tional wheat prices were lower during
today's speculative markets and in
spots cash was lower. Oi the Port
land grain exchange May lost o and
September o. July was unchanged
On the merchants exchange cash,
wheat lost Wo bu. with ml 11 stuffs oft
60o ton. Thero were no sales of fu