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LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1932
: EASTERN OIUDGON'S GRADING NEWSPAPER
NUMBER 163
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UNIFICATION
OF COLLEGES
DECIDED ON
t - 'University, 0. S. C, Nor
S , jmal Schools WiU Be Un
A f der One President.'
f CHANGE WILL BE
f MADE NEXT FALL
jBoard Votes to Abolish
- School of Journalism
and School of Mines
; Money Lack Cause. ,
PORTLAND. Ore., Mar. 8 (P Unl
. itcaIon of Oregon's colleges and uni
versity into one complete system of
higher education, with one president
directing the work on the five cam
,. jses, has been ordered by the state
board of education.
Several of the major points of this
.sweeping reform, ordered by the
ard at a meeting here last night,
$ave already been worked out and
- the plan will become effective with
A the opening of school next fall.
V U The new president, who will-supervise
the University of Oregon, Oregon
State college, and the three normal
pchools, has not been selected but
members of the board Indicated he
would be an out-of-aate man.
t Consolidate Major Courses
& Major courses in the University
of Oregon at Eugene and Oregon
State college at Corvnllts will be
.abolished and consolidated. Students
may do their freshman and sopho-;-more
work at either institution and
then shift to the other for their
specialized study during the last
, two years without any loss of credit,
j The university will have the schools
i, of law, social science, fine arts, phy
, i steal education, business adminlstra
t,tlon and commerce, and literature,
language and art. The state college
f will have the schools of home eco
' j nomfes, agriculture, physical and
; T biological sciences, engineering, phar
j macy and forestery.
Drop Journalistic School
The school of Journalism at the
$ university, however, will be abolished,
aor will the school of mines and the
course in Industrial Journalism, at
'l the state qbllege. ; The university
school .of. medicine :.at Portland, will
f bov.nftin.talned.- ,- " -
vt . The normal 'schools will be tinder
m a "director of - elementary teacher
W training" ,who also will be dean of
i . (Continued on Page Five)
i FARCE TO BE
PRESENTED, AT
EAST NORMAL
With the -stage settings arranged
like the aisle of a pullman car, "The
Sleeping Car,"4 a farce by W. D. How)
ells, will be presented Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock at the Eastern
Oregon Normal school, under the di
rection of Miss Amanda Zabel, head
of, the English, department. The play
will be presented during the regular
assembly hour and will last for 40
minutes.
-,- Properties for the stage settings
have been borrowed from the Union
Pacific company, and should be es
pecially effective. Miss zabel believes,
i The cast, none of whom has ap
peared In any other productions this
year, includes Mildred Cade, Naomi
Twldwell, Harold Boner, Dallas Nor
ton, Robert. Ragsdale, Waldo Gerards
and Ray Roll.1
Tax Assessors To
Meet at Moro, Ore.
To discuss the valuation of live
stock and other personal property,
the annual spring meeting of the
Eastern Oregon tax assessors will be
held Mar. 0 at 10 o'clock at the court
house at Moro. Sherman County, ac
cording to word received by D. H.
Proctor, county assessor. Mr. Proctor
;ioes nob plan to attend the meet
ing but will ask for a report, after
which the tax on stock will be d
termlned and turned over to the
deputies who will make the assess
ments. The tax roll was turned over last
week to the tax collector. Mr. Proc
tor states.
Charles -V. " Galloway, one of the
three state tax commissioners, will
attend the meeting. -
Last year a: similar meeting was
held in La Grande; .
WEATHER FORECAST
Oregon! Cloudy tonight and
$ Wednesday, probably rains In
the southwest; moderate tern-
peraturer fresh south winds
offshore. -:
WEATHER TODAY
7 a. m. 30 above.
Minimum: 29 above.
Condition: Cloudy.
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum 44, minimum 34
above.
Condition: Cloudy. Range
10 degrees.
WEATHER MAR. 8. 1931
Maximum 44, minimum 27
above.
Condition: Cloudy. Range
17 degrees.
Cook's Tour Of
World To Begin
This Afternoon
Observer's "Kitchen Chau
tauqua," W i t h Miss
Heath in Charge, Be
gins Four-Day Session.
The "Kitchen Chautauqua" set out
on a "cook's tour around the world"
today, with Miss Hester Heath direct
ing the voyage. The tour was launch
at 2 o'clock In the ballroom at the
Sacajawea Inn, with a shining elec
tric stove and' ice box to assure the
passengers an Instructive voyage.'
Instead of dwelling on pies and
cakes, Miss Heath plans to take the
Chautauqua through various coun
tries and apply typical dishes of each
to everyday cooking, featuring espe
cially the one dish meal which is
economical, easy to prepare and sim
ple. This afternoon she demonstrated
Italian foods, adapted to the Ameri
can taste. Miss Heath demonstrated
the method of concocting the Italian
dishes less highly flavored than or
dinarily prepared by the Italians. To
morrow afternoon the tour will visit
Spain and learn how to make Spanish
dishes, Thursday they will tour con
tinental Europe, and on Friday they
will return home again to. learn1 to
prepare dishes typical of various
parts of the United States, ' Miss
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Directors Name
Staff to Handle
L.H.S. Operetta
"The play's the thing' but no
matter how superb the cost, the play
cannot go on without the figures
behind the scenes, the business man
agers and the make-up artists. The
management for "Sonia, the Girl
from Russiav" the operetta which
will be presented by the La Grande
High school on March 18 and 19 at
the auditorium, was announced to
day by Miss Catherine Sartaln, dra
matics director, and W. W. Nusbaum,
musical director.
Claude Whiteside has been ap
pointed business manager and will
be assisted by Lenore Headley, the
first time In a number of years that
a girl has been chosen to the busi
ness staff of a High school produc
tion. Harold Cantrell Is the man
ager, assisted by Merle Carbine, and
other members of the staff are Rota-
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Scout Banquet,
Court of Honor
Will Be April 1
The paronts and sons Boy Scout
banquet will be held on April 1 at
the Methodist church, with Troop
3 in charge of arrangements, accord
ing to a decision reached by the
scoutmasters when they met yester
day noon at the Lavender Lunch
Attending the meeting were Harvey
Carter, Dr. R. F. Murphy, Carl John
son, B. Grout, Nephl Combs, Louls
Evans and Elmo Stevenson.
Carl Johnson was appointed as pro
gram chairman and will be assisted
by Roy Stein and Robert Long. Troop
14 and 16 will act as a Joint serv
ing committee; A. W. Nelson was ap
pointed in charge of publicity, and
Ernest Brlggs will direct distribution
of the tickets.
A court of honor will be held fol
lowing the banquet and those to re
celve . awards will come before the
board of review on March 28, when
it is held In the office of C. H, Reyn
olds. A field day meet was scheduled for
the first Saturday after the closing
of school, and will be held at Pine
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Five Branches Of
Lodge Will Meet
Five branches of Odd Fellowship
will be represented by delegates from
the district tomorrow, evening when
they meet at 8 o'clock at the Odd
Fellows hall in La Grande for a
meeting of the association. One of
the main features of the meeting will
be a special drill which Is conducted
about every four years, and will con
sist of 33 members of the I. O. O. F.
and Rebekah lodges of . La Grande
and a representation of all branches
of the order, under the direction of
Mrs. Lettle McGoldrlck. .
Those representing the different
branches of the lodge are:. R. J.
Kitchen and C. E. Sting, representing
the Odd Fellows lodge; Mrs. Mary
Simmons and Mrs. DeKalk, Past
Noble Grands club; Phil Baron and
Bert Hug, Encampment; Mrs. Minnie
Bragg and Alice Hug. Lady Militants,
and W. m. McClure and Clifford
Bragg, Cantons.
Knowles Presiding
At Trial In Baker
Judge J. W. Knowles. of the cir
cuit court, heard arguments in sev
eral cases yesterday before the open
ing of the trial session of circuit
court this morning in Baker. Today
Judge Knowles Is presiding at Baker
at the trial of Jose Felix, a Mexican
charged with assault with a danger
ous weapon In connection with an
alleged attack on Robert Cook In
Huntington.
While Judge Knowles Is in Baker,
Judge McCulloch Is presiding in the
Malheur county circuit court, judg
ing a case.
Judge Knowles is accompanied by
Mrs. Knowles. ,
FIRST VOTE
IN HAMPSHIRE
IS FOR SMITH
Concord Gives Al Six Out
of Seven Ballots in
Primary Election.
ROOSEVELT TAKES
HAVERHILL 27 TO 4
Seattle Also Voting Today
With John F. Dore a
Ten-to-one Favorite
Over Mayor Harlin.
CONCORD, N. H.. Mar. 8 WV-Flrst
returns from today's presidential pri
mary in this state the vote of the
town of Llvermore gave a six to one
vote for the slate of delegates pledged
to Alfred E. Smith over that pledged
to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Seven Democratic votes were cast in
the town. Six votes were cast for
the eight Smith-pledged candidates
for delegates-at-large and one for
"the eight Roosevelt candidates.
The town has a population of 23.
In the presidential election four years
(Continued on Page Six)
RENEW EFFORTS
TO HALT BATTLE
Neutral Mediators Gather
in Shanghai Chinese
Attitude is Unchanged.
By Morris J. Harris
(Associated Press Staff Correspondent)
SHANGHAI, Mar. 8 W Neutral
mediators who had not met for sev
eral days gathered this afternoon to
renew their efforts to put an end to
the fighting in this area.
As they met there were reports a
new offensive on a major scale was
developing along a new battle line
west and northwest of the city, and
some believed Chiang Kai-Shek would
, (Continued on Page Six)
LOAD LIMITS
ARE PLACED
ON HIGHWAYS
SALEM, March 8 W The state
highway department today announced
reduction of load limits on several
Eastern Oregon, highways, effective
immediately and to be In operation
until further orders following im
provement in road conditions. Tho
highways, all of which' load limits
have been reduced to 10,000 pounds
Include:
. The Pendleton-Kamela section of
the Old Oregon Trail; Sherman high
way In Sherman county; Columbia
River-Bend section of The Dalles
Callfornla highway; the Redmond
John Day section of the . Ochoco
highway, and the Arllngton-Dayvllle
section of the John Day highway.
Tickets On Sale
For Choir Concert
Six days more remain before La
Grande will have the privilege of
hearing the Midland College A Cap
pella choir, which will sing unaccom
panied by any -musical instruments,
at the L. D. 8. tabernacle on March
14. Tickets are on sale now and
may be procured from any members
of the Luther League, who are spon
soring the concert, or Rev. Edwin
Bracher, pastor of the Lutheran
church. .'
Ticket sales are under the direc
tion of" Misses Genevieve Nelson, and
Juanlta Stltzihger, Herbert Langren
and Carl Johnson.
The A Cappella of 60 voices comes
to . La Grande highly recommended
by music critics through! tbe east,
where they have been heard in many
concerts. La Grande Is responding
enthusiastically to their visit here,
and Indications are that the taber
nacle will be filled the night of the
concert, Mr. Bracher says. The East
ern Oregon Normal school has taken
tickets for the entire student body
and admission will be by student
body ticket. It was announced this
morning.
Wintry Storm Eases Up in East;
Frigidity Extends Down Into Dixie
By the Associated Press
Winter, coming out of a tantrum
that shook half the nation, cocked
a cold eye at easterners today and
breathed a blast of icy disdain on
weather wiseacres who said he didn't
have it in him.
All along the Atlantic seaboard
folk strove to put the pieces together
after the season's most savage storm.
Twenty-eight persons died on surly
seas and lashed land. Many vessels
were made helpless and damage
totalled untold hundreds of thou
sands. Deep snow drifted in many
states.
While northwest storm flags flew
from Delaware breakwater to Port
land, the collier H. F. De Bardelben,
rudderless and battered, crept through
churlish waves all night off Nantuck
et lightship. The combers that cas- ;
caded over her forced her to keep her ,
engine running to maintain seawp.y.
She thus could launch no boats to
31 MEN HELD
BECAUSE OF
FATAL RIOTS
Authorities at Detroit
Seek Five Known Com
munist Leaders.
FORD CO. ISSUES
. STATEMENT TODAY
Four Men Shot to Death
And Scores Injured, in
'Demonstrations at Dear
born.
' DETROIT, March 8 (P) Thirty-
one persons were under arrest today
while state, city and federal officers
sought the men believed by them.to
have instigated yesterday's fatal riot
at the gates of the Ford Motor, com
pany's River Rouge factory. .' ,
Four men, marchers or bystanders,
were shot to death, and several scores
of persons Including Harry H.
Bennett, chief of the Ford, servlco
department (private police) and eight
other officers were Injured before
the demonstrators, earlier victorious
over a smaller number of Dearborn
police,' were repulsed at the gates
of the factory. Bennett's condition
was said not to be serious.
A dozen men from the ranks of the
3000 or more marchers were in Jail,
some of them facing possible murder
charges.
Communist Leaders Sought .
Five known communist leaders and
labor agitators were sought. They
Included William Z. Foster, national
head of the communist party of the
United States; William Reynolds, for
mer communist candidate for mayor
of the suburb of Lincoln Park; John
Schmles, former communist candi
date for mayor qf Detroit; Albert
Goetz and John Pace, said by police
to be agitators.
Foster delivered an address at a
meeting Sunday at which plans for
tho march to the Ford factory are
believed to have been made, Schmles
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OFFICERS MAKE
LIQUOR RAIDS
IN THREE CITIES
After spending sovernl days in
Burns, Condon and Baker conduct
ing raids and investigations, J. I,
Zimmerman, federal prohibition en
forcement officer, and 8. O. Llnvlllc,
of the state police, returned to their
headquarters at La Grande Saturday
evening. Mr. Zimmerman is suffer
ing from an injury to his hand which
he received while raiding a house
in Burns. '
- After a long search for -a secret
door which led from a fruit cellar
to the cellar in which the still was
operating, the officers found the ap
paratus and arreBted LeRoy Brandt,
who pleaded guilty and was sen
tenced to 90 days ' of hard labor.
While opening the door, Mr. Zimmer
man buried a piece of steel In his
hand.
The door was concealed cleverly,
the officers stated, by a row of
shelves piled up with cans of con
densed milk. They alBo found six
untagged deer hides owned by Brandt.
Laura Wimpey was arrested in Con
don for possession of Intoxicating
liquor and in Baker two investiga
tions were made in connection with
liquor charges.
Legality of Truck
Fee Law Is Upheld
SALEM, Mar. 8 WV-The legality
of the statute assessing additional
fees for licenses of contract haulers
or commercial carriers was upheld by
the Oregon supreme court In an opin
ion handed down today by Justice
George Ro6sman. The opinion con
firmed the decree of Judge Gale S.
Hill of Marlon county circuit court
In the case of the Portland Van &
Storage company against Hal E. Hoss,
secretary or state and John H, Car
son, district attorney.
The plaintiffs, representing fifty
persons and firms, brought suit to
restrain the secretary of state from
assessing them the 60 per cent ad
ditional fee for contract haulers and
commercial carriers for licenses for
trucks under 4600 pounds and 100
per cent for trucks over 4500 pounds.
carry her crew of 34 to four rescue
craft that followed her.
Coast Guardsmen Mlxslnff
- No word came of three coast guards
men, missing on a hunt for the
schooner Anna off the New Jersey
coast. The search had already taken
the lives of two other guardsmen.
The Anna, oblivious of the anxiety
about her. battled her way to haven.
Winds whipped through upper New
York state last night, drifting snow
three feet high about towns whose
communication lines were torn away.
Trains were lucky to arrive hours
late.
Pennsylvania, with countless poles
down, dug out of drifts. Lancaster
and Gettysburg got In touch with
the world after 24 hours Isolation.
Many schools, heat Ipsa, were dismissed
yesterday. Tourists got iome after
spending hours trapped by snow.
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LEADS KIDNAP SEARCH
Cluvernor A. Harry Moore, of New Jersey, Is k9iowii here with a
sUito trooper at the scene or the kidnaping or Charles A. Lindbergh
Jr. Infant son of America's famous airman, at Hopewell, N. J. The
governor, who personally directed some pliuses of the search for '
the kidnapers, visited the Liudberglis and offered his condolences.
Admits Shipping
Body Of Woman,
Then Collapses
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., March 8 (ff)
Louis Fine, 60, was charged with
murder today after confessing to po
lice that he had shipped the body
of his landlady, MrB. Mattle Schaaf,
00, to Philadelphia, in a trunk where
it was fpund In a rooming house yes
terday. --.
1 Fine collapsed from a heart .attack
immediately after making a,n,state-,
nuni&ind-wan taken , to city hospital.
Authorities refused to reveal whother
of not he had admitted the actual
slaying.
DELVE INTO HIS PAST
PHILADELPHIA, March 8 (ff)' Af
ter charging Louis Fine; 60, with the
trunk murder of Mrs. Mattle Schaaf,
elderly Atlantic City rooming house
owner, authorities began looking to
day into his past. They said they
believed he had three wives and a
long record of swindling women.
(Continued on Page Six)
Pound Sterling
Is Up 12 Cents;
World Is Buying
NEW YORK, Mar. 8 UP) World
wldo buying of the English pound
sterling, registering the greatest bull
speculation In any foreign exchange
In months, sent the quotation for
sterling cables up more - than 12
cents today to above $3.66, sterling's
highest price since last November 23.
The advance was the sharpest re
corded by sterling since Its abrupt
variations in price following Eng
land's suspension of the gold pay
ments last September.
Foreign exchange dealers said New
York was a substantial buyer of
sterling, although most of the buy
ing originated In Europe. -
The sharp rally, which so far this
(Continued on Page Eight)
Grain Rate Case
Hearings Resume
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8 (Pi The In
terstate commerce commission will
resume hearings In the western grain
rate cose at Chicago April 6.
The commission announced today
that Examiners Arthur Mack ley and
George Hall will conduct the Investi
gation which results from a ruling of
the United States supreme court
overturning a commission order that
tho western roads reduce grain rates.
The court held the commission
should hav- taken cognizance of
economic conditions and reopened the
Investigation.
Thorsen Funeral
Wednesday at 2:00
Funeral services for Ernest Thor-
scn, who died Sunday night, will be
held at the 8 nod grass and Zimmer
man mortuary tomorrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock, with Interment In the
family plot in the Elgin cemetery.
Mr. Thorsen, who operated a gro
cery at 2614 North Second, was
stricken Sunday evening at the north
end of the viaduct while returning
home from town. He was carried to
nearby residence and then rushed
to the hospital, but died en route.
He was about 64 years of age and
had been a resident of this com
munity for the last 46 years. Mr,
Thorsen was born In Sweden and has
no relatives In this country. .A
brother, John, died at Elgin several
years ago.
BEER DISPUTE IN
HOUSE IMMINENT
Full Report to be, Made
Public Tomorrow ,Mc-
Nary Introduces Bill; ,,
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8 (P) The
house received notice today of the
impending dispute over allowing 3.76
boor and taxing tit heavily? as 0, means
or raising revenue '$o replace certain
sections of "the bi-partisan (1,006,000,
000 tax bill. ? .'-v...
Three members of the ways and
means committee, whlch drafted the
measure, Joined In the move-f-Rep-resentatlves
Culleii and Sullivan, of
New York; and McCormack, of Massa
chusetts, all Democrats,
Their views form ,a part of the re
port on tho bill submitted to the1
house by acting Chairman Crisp, ' of
the committee. The full report is
not to be made public until tomor
row. 'JAfter having heard and considered
the evidence and all of tho pro
posals for raising revenue for the fed
oral government," they said, "we favor
the Imposition of a revenue tax of
$5 per barrel on . beer of an alcoholic
content of 2.76 per cent by weight,
or such conservatively estimated as
amounting to 360,000,000,
MeNAttY BILL FILED
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8 OP) Amend
ment of the federal farm loan act to
permit classification of log and lum
ber producers as agricultural credit
corporations is asked in a bill In
troduced by Senator McNary, Repub
lican, Oregon.
McNary, chairman of the agricul
ture committee,, said the measure
would make the companies eligible
for loans from the Intermediate credit
banks.
(Continued on Page Eight)
LAW STUDENT
SHOOTS FOUR,
THEN HIMSELF
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 8 W
Frederick Von Sydow, a young law
student, committced suicide today
after killing his father, his wife, and
two maid servants.
His father. HJalmar Von Sydow, was
a well known figure in Swedish In
dustrial circles. - . '
The young man battered his fath
er and the two maid servants to
death at his father's home and then
went with his wife to Upsata and
Joined "a festive party of hlb fellow
students. After the bodies were
found at Stockholm a detective was
sent to Upsala. : When the detective
arrived the young man shot his wife
dead with a revolver and then turned
the gun on himself. He was believed
to have been insane.
Treasure Ship Is
Reported Located
CRESCENT CITY, Col.. March 7 iff)
Max Paulson and Constance Vle
man. Crescent City residents, said to
day they hod locnted a sunken hull
which compared In length with the
Brother of Jonathon, much sought
treasure ship wrecked off Point Saint
George reef near Crescent City In
1866.
Thoy said negotiations for a salvag
ing expedition were being made
through Walter Thompson, San Fran
cisco, a former chief petty officer of
tho U. S. navy and an experienced
deep sea diver.
The Brother of Jonathon carried
gold estimated at $475,000, records
show,
Dakota's Drouth
Area To Receive
Wheat Shipment
5,000,000 Bushels Will be
'Sent First Application
Under Measure Signed
Monday.
WASHINGTON, March 8 Presi
dent Hoover today approved a Red
Cross application for 6,000,000 bushels
of government wheat destined for
the South Dakota drouth area.
This is the first application for
wheat under the legislation signed
yesterday by the president making
40,000,000 bushels available for re
lief. The president signed the bill with
out public comment after consulta
tion with Attorney General Mitchell,
Chairman Payne of the Red Cross,
Secretary Hyde and Chairman Stone
of the farm board. Payne had feared
the. bill would impose the baking
cost on the Red Cross. Although
nothing was said about it later, evi
dently the consultation dissipated
this alarm. ' Stone said a survey had
shown where the wheat is stored
In various sections of the country.
It can be shipped out for milling
Immediately.
Within a few hours, 14 carloads
of wheat will leave Omaha, for the
drouth section.
Wheat to Be Milled
The wheat will be milled into flour
and then distributed to local relief
agencies.
Red Cross representatives in Chi
cago are arranging for milling.
Chairman Payne of the Red Cross
said local agencies may have the
flour under the following conditions:
1 Applications will be made to
the Red Cross chapter upon requisi
tion forms furnished by it.
2 Applications will state approxi
mate number of families the agency
Is feeding or expects to feed and the
estimato amount qf flour which it
will require. - .
3 The agency will agree to use the
flour In accordance with: the law. ,
As tho wheat is needed, the Red j
Cross will apply to President Hoover i
for his approval before the grain Is
obtained from) the grain stabilization j
corporation. ,
The agriculture department is pre-
paring a list of counties in the north-
west eligible to receive aid through 1
Red Cross organizations functioning j
thore, , .
The first actual shipments will be
two cars each to the seven South
Dakota cities: Platte, Planklngton,
Armour, Yankton, Wesslngtou Springs,
Rapid City and Mitchell. ..j.
Most of ' the wheat -will-be -cracked
locally for livestock food but part
of It will be milled Into flours for
family feqdlng. i,V
The Chicago and Northwestern and
the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul
(Continued on Page Eight)
New Plan Would
Keep Frosh From
Chapter Houses
PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 8 W A
recommendation that all freshmen
In Oregon's institutions of higher
learning be required to live In dormi
tories rather than chapter houses
and boarding houses, with the ex
ception of those Btudents living at
home or who are self-supporting, was
mode today by the state board of
education committee on living con
ditions.
Tho committee deplored the situa
tion which has developed, It said,
by the. ever-increasing number of
chapter houses each burdened by
debts which must be borne by the
students living In them and by those
who are to 11 vo in them.
Tho report was a direct , blow at
chapter houses Inasmuch as some of
these houscB will be unable to
weather the storm financially If their
Income from Freshman pledges is
eliminated.
"It Is possible," the report said,
"that some of the sororities and frat
(Continued on Page Four)
Finch Will File
Murder Charges
BAKER, Ore., Mar. 8 ,W) Loland
S. Finch, Baker county (district at
torney, announced today 'first degree
murder charges will be filed against
Ward Holden In connect! pn with the
fatal shooting Sunday of Milton Hop
kins, 36, of Baker. !
A coroner's Jury last night decided
Hopkins was shot to death by Holden
during a drinking party. Three bul
lets entered his body. Holden, who
shot himself In the head, police said,
after Hopkins fell, Is In a hospital.
He Is expected to recover.
Testimony of persons at a party
in the Holden residence indicated
liquor figured In the slaying. A worn-'
an guest testified Holden followed
her about the house insisting that
she drink from a Jug that "smelled
like whiskey." Later, Mrs. Gwendolyn
Holden, former wife of' the accused
man, testified Holden struck her on
the head with a gallon Jug half full
of whiskey, breaking the Jug.
Fire Damage At
Napa At $250,000
NAPA, Cal., Mar. 8 (T iFire for a
time last night endangered the busi
ness district of Napa as the Ben low
building at Second and Brown streets
was destroyed. Tho damage was es
timated at $250,000.
William Thompson and Walter
Ponceltta, firemen, were overcome by
smoke, j
INSIDE JOB"
THEORY HOT
DROPPED YET
Police Investigation Un-;
finished in Lindbergh ,
- Kidnaping Case. , '
MULROONEY TELLS
OF "MYSTERY NOTE?
Four Arrests Made5 ; But
'No New Developments'
Los Angeles Off icers
On the Watch.- v
NEW YORK, Mar;'8 tfP) PoBO .
Commissioner Edward P. MoJroooey
disclosed today that New 'Jenny pdu
Ilea yesterday requested him to tak ,
no action on a note- In the UaOS
bergh kidnaping case, a copy of
which Jersey police bad promised to-
forward him and which they appari
ently believed had been sent. . '
INVESTIGATE HOUSEHOLD '" t "
HOPEWELL. N. J.. Har. a in '
Police revealed today ihe'y wen (tin '
Investigating tbe possibility that some
member or the Lindbergh household ,
was Involved In the kidnaping of thi
Lindbergh baby a week ago today. .
That such investigation was (tin
going on was acknowledged by Col. ,
H. Norman Schwartz opf; superintend '
dent or state police, who la In, len1 1
eral charge of the police search for '
me Kidnapers., , , .. Jv....
Questions Submitted - ,
In accordance with: procedure es
tablished by state police a lUt of
questions was submitted by tbe pre:
this morning to Colonel Schwarta-!
kopf at the Lindbergh. home. Be made
his replies by. telephone after con
sultation with' the Lindberghs or
their representatives. . - '
One of- the questions read: -"The
refusal of state police ia
answer any questions pertaining 'to
possibility that a servant or em-1
ploye in the Lindbergh home was lnl
volved In thn kidnaping has created
general Impression that such
theory is the most plausible now held
by police. Do police care to say.'aa-. ,
. ';': (Continued on Page Six)
TWO-AVIATORs):
KILLED, THREE
HURT IN CRASH
ST. LOUIS. Mar. 8 - m Two h: , .
plane pilots were killed and three.
other pilots Injured when the plana
In which they were practicing Slight: '
landings, crashed near the CftuUs-
Steinberg airfield In East St. Louts.
early. today. ;
The aviators were recently employf
ed by the Century Airlines, following
the dismissal of Its other pilots by? "
tho company when a salary disagree ;
ment. arose. The plane struck the
skeleton of .an t old. windmill and '
crashed. V '. - ! '
The dead are L. H. Atkinson, 86,
and James S. Kirk, 86, both of Chi- ,
oago. The injured: Ira SmaUlng, 88! 1
Chicago, f matured leg; Sidney Oleve-
land 34, Goldfleld, la., cuts and
bruises; Theodore Graff, 29, Chicago, ;'
cuts and bruises.
The Century lines have been op-v
eratlng on a daylight schedule fcndL .
had planned to Inaugurate a night
schedule. , . . . !
Two Are Accused ! '
Of Makina Coins
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Cal., March 8
sought by -federal agents for several y
months as counterfeiters, are under
say counterfeiting charges will M
filed at once. The two were arrestee
Saturday night.
Their alleged operations are said to
have extended through many Pacific
coast cities. The two, with Elmer
Cole, escaped from McNeil Island but
Cole was captured at Lakevlew, Ore.,
last December on a counterfeiting
charge and was sentenced to 10 yean
in prison.
f
Wheat Today
CHICAGO, Mar. 8 VP) Broader
ing of export business In North Am
erican' breadstuffs. together with
soaring of the British pound sterling..
gave a fresh hoist to wheat . varoea .
late today. . - - ,
It was estimated 700,000 bushels or
wheat and 500.000 bushels of rye had
been taken from North America for
overseas, including 200,000 bushels of
United States hard winter wheat and
160,000 bushels of western rye. A re--
ported exchange of 8,000,000 bushels!
of stabilization wheat for futures at
Kansas City was construed In some
quarters as Indicating the farm board '
was preparing to get out of the grain,
business. -
Wheat closed unsettled 0 4o
above yesterday's finish, corn K to
Vo up, oats o advanced, and
provisions unchanged to 7o higher. .'
PORTLAND, Mar. 8 VP) There wo
little change either In the cash on .
futures price position for wheat on:. .
the Portland market today. On the
futures market there were no amies) -
with May and July unchanged whU '
September was off yfcc bu. on the ,
merchants exchange. Cash wheat wms'.
stationary, , j'