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VOLUME 30
LITTLE NEW
IN LINDBERGH
CASE TODAY
Rear Admiral Burrage, of
Norfolk, Refuses to
Reveal Much More.
BOTTLE MESSAGE
FOUND IN OCEAN
Norfolk and Hopewell
Angles of Kidnaping
Case Still Fail to Fit
Together.
NORFOLK, Va., March 30 VP)
Three Norfolk men seeking to nego
tiate the return of the kidnaped
Lindbergh baby held a conference
tcday but immediately afterwards
announced there were no new de
velopments. John Hughes Curtis, boat builder,
and Very Rev. Dean H. Dobson-Pca-cock,
met at the home of Rear Ad
miral Guy H, Burrage, retired. Alter
thn conference. Admiral Burraeo an-
noun'ced for the three that "nothing
W Vine- hnnnnnMl " Nr. riprjills rtt tVio
conference were disclosed.
"I will give you this statement,"
ho said. "If there Is failure in the
Norfolk negotiations the kidnapers
and they alone will know why."
Admiral Burrage, who said he also
was speaking 'for his fellow inter
mediaries, Dean H. Dobson-Peacock
and John Hughes Curtis, refused to
explain the meaning of the state
ment. "What does that mean?" he was
asked.. .
"What does It mean," he countered.
His interviewers then pointed out
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GUILD QUILT
CONTEST WILL
END TONIGHT
The Blue Mountain Wranglers will
appear at the quilt .and rug contest
to be held tonight' at 8:30, under
the auspices of St. Peter's Episcopal
guild at Honan hall. Doors opened
at 2 o'clock this afternoon with many
quilts and rugs on display. The pub
lic is invited to the display. ,
After the Wranglers play, the
prizes will be awarded to the win
ners In both divisions. Three judges
have been procured to Judge the
ouilts, two of whom are from out of
town, and the quilts will be Judged
on the basis of color and general
effect, 60 per cent; pattern, 36 per
cent; and 16 per cent for quilting.
Three prizes will be presented in the
quilt division for quality and another
will be presented for the oldest quilt
on exhibit. Three prizes will be
given for the rugs also.
Other musical features are planned
in addition to music by the Wran
glers. "
Rotarians Enjoy
Varied Program
Tho Rotarians enjoyed a full and
varied program at their noon meet
ing at the La Grande hotel today. A
most interesting feature was the sing
ing of Winifred Scott and Eugene
Shultz, students In the Ackerman
Training school. Their two vocal
duets were very well rendered and
were greeted with enthusiastic ap
plause. They were accompanied by
Miss lola Gooding, a student at the
Normal school.
J. L. Ingle gave the biography of
Elliott Pinlay, ono of the two new
members who were received lost
week. Ralph Clark gave a flve-mln-ute
talk explaining the organization
and operation of the Florists Tele
graph Delivery association.
- Harley Richardson was the prin
cipal speaker, thdugh he cut his
message to a little more than ten
minutes in length. Speaking on the
subject of modern art, he explained
that the present popularity of bold
color contrasts, straight lines, and
definite curves Is due to a reaction
from the drabness of war days. He
called attention to the fact that this
new tendency in art has affected al
most every phase of life advertis
Iny. literature, home furnishings. In
dustry, and architecture especially.
Homer Smith, of Salem, was a vis
iting Rotarlari. Kenneth Slegrist was
a guest.
S"8$&SIS'
WEATIIKR FORECAST
"S Oregon: Fair In the west S
8 and showers in the east por- S
Hon tonight and Thursday:
S moderate temperature: fresh
to strong south winds off-
shore. S
8
WEATIIKR TODAY
, 7 a. m. 40 above.
Minimum: 37 above.
Condition: Cloudy.
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum 49, minimum 33 ?
$ above.
Condition: Partly cloudy.
rain .04 of Inch. Range 16
degrees.
WEATHER MAR, 30, 1931
Maximum 42, minimum 34
above.
Condition: Cloudy, rain 1.24
inches. Range B degrees.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED
Unification Of
Schools Subject
Of Club Address
Mrs. Cornelia Marvin
Pierce Speaks at Neigh
borhood Club Meeting
on Tuesday.
One president, one budget and no
duplication of courses in the upper
division departments of state owned
educational institutions Is the aim of
the state board of higher education,
Mrs. Cornelia Marvin Pierce stated
yesterday in an address before the
Neighborhood club at the La Grande
hotel. One board of higher educa
tion was established In 1929 and It
was made mandatory that the board
unify the system, she explained.
The law required that a survey be
made, Mrs. Pierce pointed out. The
survey, after its completion, showed
that the educational system was be
ing operated too expensively and was
distorted by unnecessary duplications
in the University of Oregon and Ore
gon State college. No conclusion was
arrived at by the board without
thorough and extensive Investigation.
Reviews History -
Oregon's institutions of higher
learning all grew out of little acade
mles which were started by people
eager to give the benefits of educa
tion to the youth. The little denom
inational schools were adopted by the
state and supported Inexpensively,
the speaker said. Rivalry set In, rap
idly growing bitter, intense and, very
expensive. Both the university and
the state college were wasteful, ex
pensive and destructive, destroying
the best things In both schools
through contention and bitterness,
she Bald. The state was deprived of
educational leadership through the
spirit of rivalry, each school striving
to outstrip the other until the opera,
tlon became extremely costly and
wasteful. The board has not tried to
eliminate a spirit of friendly rivalry
but has tried to do away with the
spirit of contention, Mrs. Pierce as
serted. The allocation of funds between
the University of Oregon and Oregon
State college has always been a quar
relsome matter, with the college out
for tho larger portion, she said. Tho
question of how the money shall be
divided has always been a burning
one.
However, the speaker added, ; the
financial side has not been the main
reason for the change, although it
was a large factor since, at the pres-
Elgin Democrat
Candidate For
Assessor Office
The Democratic party, which an
nounced some weeks ago that It
would attempt to have at least one
candidate in every contest In No
vember, entered the raco for the
county assessor's office today when
Paul R. Sadler, Democrat of Elgin,
filed his declaration of candidacy.
Mr. Sadler now Is circulating peti
tions to complete his filing. He did
not make a statement or announce
a slogan at the preliminary filing.
Two Republicans are contesting
for their party nomination, D. H.
Proctor, Incumbent, and H. H. Hug,
of Elgin.
Democrats already filed for office
include:
For district attorney: J. D. Slater,
La Grande; for county Judge, L. E.
Evans, La Grande; for sheriff, A, C.
"Clint" Haynes, La Grande; for coun
ty clerk, S. L. Thompson, La Grande;
and for county school superintend
ent, E.,A. Sayre, incumbent, La
Grande.
200 CANDIDATES FILE
SALEM. Mar. 30 VP) Pilings of po
litical candidates during the final
week in which the law permits as
pirants to seek political office con
tinued steadily and today neared the
200 mark. Six more gave formal no
tice to the secretary of state today.
Pilings close at 5 o'clock the after
noon of Apr. 5.
Allied Forces
Speakers To Be
HereApril 8, 9
Plans for the meetings that are
to be held here by the Allied Forces
for Phoribitlon Apr. 8 and 9. were
mapped out at a meeting last eve
ning attended by chairmen of the
local committees appointed to ar
range for the meetings and Charles
p. Evans, advance representative of
the Allied Forces.
Mr. Evans told the committee
chairmen that large crowds have
greeted the Allied Campaigners In
many of the cities visited and that
an unusual attendance may be ex
pected here, owing to the wide inter
est in prohibition and the promin
ence of the speakers. Six speakers.
Including Dr. Harold Singer, of New
York. Colonel Raymond Robins and
others who are known nationally, will
appear here.
Mass meetings will be held each
afternoon and evening during the
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Grand Patriarch
To Visit Lodge
w wnenn of Portland, grand
patriarch of Oregon, will make hte
r ...... iw- aar anrnmnmonfc.
official visit xo r- -
No 31, on Monday evening, Apr. 4.
..." rtf thi encampments and
All nitruifct" v ... i
members of all Odd Fellows lodges In
PRESS AND A. B. O.
CHINESE AND
JAPANESE IN
NEW SKIRMISH
Forces Clash at Chia
wangmiao Today Chi
nese Driven Back.
PEACE PARLEYS
EXPECTED TO FAIL
International . Settlement
at Shanghai is Safe,
However, With Battle
Line Distant.
Dy Morris J. Harris
(Associated Press Staff
Correspondent)
SHANGHAI, March 30 VP) A sharp
skirmish between Japanese and
Chinese forces at Chlawangmlao took
place today, according to Japanese
military authorities, punctuating a
lull In the peace parleys which are
slated to be resumed again tomor
row. The Japanese said the Chinese
were driven to the south side of
Soochow creek, on the north side of
which they were reported last week
tg have been digging trenches and
erecting defenses. 1 The Japanese
notified British authorities then that
drastic measures might have to be
taken to force the Chinese to observe
the limits fixed In General Uyeda's
ultimatum of last February.
The Japanese peace negotiators,
meanwhile, charged the parleys were
being delayed because the Chinese
delegates lacked responsibility and
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FORMER CASHIER
GIVES TESTIMONY
Cecil Childers Says Edgar
Marvin Was Active Man
aged of Joseph Bank.
ENTERPRISE, Ore., Mar. 30 (Spe
cial) With the prosecution draw
ing near the close' of its teaUhony,
the case of the state vs. Ecgar Mar
vin, Wallowa county Judge was In Its
third day mis morning.
The indictment against Marvin is
the same as In the previous trial,
and on which the jury failed to agree.
He is charged with willfully and fel
oniously with Intent then and there
to Injure and defraud said bank by
misapplying the sum of $1697.70
District Attorney R. V. Chrlsman, In
the opening statement said the
0,'osepH State bank was operating
under Its legal cash reserve. The
loan limit being exhausted, It was
necessary for the directors to sign
personal notes for the amount of
910,000.00. It 1b the contention of the
state that this money was the prop
erty of the bank and It Is on this
question that tho entire case hinges.
The defense contends that this money
was not borrowed by the Joseph State
bank, but by the four directors. -
The states witnesses called Tues
day were Tlnkham Gilbert, of Salem,
deputy superintendent of banks; J. L.
Sercy, In charge of the liquidations
of the Joseph State bank, and Cecil
Childers, former cashier of the Joseph
State bank, who pleaded guilty to
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EAST NORMAL
DEBATE TEAM
WINS CONTEST
Two debaters from the Eastern
Oregon Normal school defeated a team
from Pacific university laqt night
at the Normal school, debating on
the question, "Resolved: That con
gress should enact legislation provid
ing for a centralized control of in
dustry, constitutionality waived." J.
H. Blunt, of the La Grande High
school, was the critic Judge.
El wood Hiatt and Dwlght Mahoney
upheld the affirmative for the Nor
mal school, while the negative was
taken by Donald Gabbard and Errett
Hummel, . of Pacific university.
E. G. Daniel, debate coach, stated
this morning that last night's meet
probably will be the final debate
closing a very successful season for
the Normal school.
County Finals in Declamatory
Contest To Be Held on Saturday
The county superintendent of
schools, E. A. Sayre, Is announcing
today the plans for the finals In
the Union county declamatory con
test to be held Saturday evening,
Apr. 2. The program, which Is to
begin promptly at eight o'clock, will
be held In the auditorium of the
Eastern Oregon Normal school and
the public Is cordially Invited to at
tend. There Is no admission fee.
Members of the faculty of the Nor
mal school will serve as Judges, Mr.
Sayre states.
Schools all over the county, outside
of La Grande, have been working to
ward this approaching event for sev
eral weeks, and school and zone con
tests were completed lost Friday.
There were three divisions In the
preliminaries, the high school, the
division for sixth, seventh and eighth
grades, and that one for the third,
fourth and fifth grades. The high
LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1932
DR. SPEARS
WILL GO TO
WISCONSIN U.
Oregon Football Mentor
Accepts Offer of Mid
west School Tuesday
TO LEAVE EUGENE
SOON AS POSSIBLE
Unification of U.rOf O.
and 0. S. C. Influences
His Decision to Make a
Change. -
MADISON. Wis., Mar. 30 VP) Dr.
Clarence Spears, football mentor- at
the University of Oregon, . has- 'ac
cepted the position of head football
' coach at the TJnl-
?fo,m mrt rani a annAnnrri
today. He suc-
rwds Glenn This
"CSS'SES Itlethwalte, whore--
StgUCU .BOM -
cember.' , ' "
Dr - Bpears will
arrive In- Madison
y w 1 direct the Badgers
) I In spring drills
two - days later.
The board of re
Dr. C. W. Bpears jents did not an
nounce the new coach's salary, but
It was reported on good authority
that It was 10,000 for a year's con
tract. Thlstlethwalte received 8000.
TO RESIGN TODAY OR TOMORROW
PORTLAND. Ore., Mar. 30 VP) Dr.
Clarence W. Spears has decided- to
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CURTAILMENT
OF ANTI-TRUST
LAWS URGED
WASHINGTON. March 30 VP) Par.
tlal suspension of the federal anti
trust laws during present conditions
as a means of aiding the lumber and
other resource industries was advo
cated today by tho United States
tlmoer- -conservation - bodid, -- :
Ripley A. Bowman, secretary of the
board, said in a statement It had
adopted a resolution urging this ac
tion ''insofar only as the laws relate
to co-operation between competitors
In the natural resource Industries';
for the purpose of controlling pro
duction, maintaining employment
opportunities and conserving natural
resources."
JONES HAS LUMBER-AID PLAN
WASHINGTON, March 30 VP) Sen
ator Jones (R., Wash.), notified the
senate today he' would seek to add
Import levies on wood pulp and lum
ber when the house revenue - bill
reaches the senate. -'-
Shows Confidence
In American Dollar
LONDON, March 30 VP) Completo
confidence in the financial situation
In the United States was expressed
today from one of the highest finan
cial quarters in Great Britain, but
without : authority to disclose the
source.
Commenting on press reports of
the lost two days discussing "a flight
from the dollar." This source said:
"There are all sorts of risks In
America, but there are no currency
risks.. I can conceive of bank rob
beries, kldnaplngs and gang mur
ders, but not of a collapse of the
dollar. 1 It is Inconceivable that the
dollar should go off gold.";-
Farm Prices Go
Higher in Month
WASHINGTON. Mar. 30 (TV-Farm
prices advanced last month for the
first time since October.
The Index for grains was 51 per
cent, the same as a month ago. Slight
advances in wheat, barley and rye
were offset by a decline in corn
prices. Meat animals advanced four
points to 69 per cent of pre-war.
Advances also were made by fruits
and vegetables which were up five
points, and for cotton and cotton
seed, up three points. Butter, but
terfat and eggs declined five points.
schoolB Elgin. Imbler, Cove, Union
and North Powder held their own
individual meets, while for the grades
three zone contests were held El
gin, Island City and Union.
Those contesting, Saturday eve
ning, winners at the several contests,
together with their selections will be
as follows;
Division I, High School
' Imbler. Non-humorous, Jack Cole,
"Truth's Laboratory." Humorous,
Marjorie Woodell, "Ma at the Bas
ketball Game."
Union. Non-humorous, Jean Baum,
"The Heart of Old Hickory." Humor
ous, Irma Taylor, "The Old Polks'
Rebellion."
North Powder. Humorous, Glenn
Nice, subject not reported.
Cove. Not reported.
. Elgin, non-humorous, Lea t ha,
mm
if 1
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FILMS WIN HER
y maafiiiiWTTm M 1 ' ' ' fffftillBI i 1 1 ' a" '
Pretty Betty Gillette, Long Is land society girl, wanted to lie Inde
pendent financially, so she Jumped nt the chance to enter the
.movies.. Now she's hard at work In Hollywood.
Roosevelt Has
111 Delegates On
His Voting List
PORTLAND,. Me., Mar. 30 P) The
Maine delegation to the Democratic
national convention today was In
structed, for Governor Franklin D.
Roosevelt, of New York, subject to
the unit rule of the 13. delegates.
The state ; convention adopted a
resolution . binding the delegation to
Roosevelt by a vote of 280 and 215.
, VfASHINGTON, March 30 "(ff)
Making great strides toward the
Democratic presidential nomination,
'Franklin D.'' Roosevelt today had a
total of '.111 delegate votes and Im
mediate prospects of. more, while his
supports moved , to grasp the import
ant poBt of koynoter at tho national
convention. ;
Iowa's 26 votes were filed In the
Roosevelt column last night, along
with those of Georgia, Minnesota,
New Hampshire, North Dakota and
Washington state. Maine Democrats
today choose twelve delegates, in an
atmosphere so frlondly to the New
York govornor that the delegation
is expected to be his even though
un Instructed.
The post of keynoter, or temporary
chairman of tho convention Is to be
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Mrs. Lane, Widow
Of Local Pastor,
Called Beyond
Mrs.: Margaret -Nelson Lane, widow
of Rev.-A. Q. Lane, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church In La
Grande 1012-1014, passed, peacefully
to the beyond In the early hours of
this morning after a lingering illness
from which she suffered for many
years, having reached the ago of 71
years, seven months and seven days.
Mrs; Lnne was born near Bellalre,
Ohio, August 23, 1800, was the mother
of two sons, Latimer who preceded
her In death, and Herrlck, of New
Orleans, La., who has been with his
mother about a week before her de
parture. Mrs. Lane was united In marriage
to Mr. Lane In 1880, and together
they gave loving and devoted service
to the life of the ministry, serving
Presbyterian churches in the follow
ing cities: Riverside, Cal Crestline,
Ohio, Mason City, 111., Cheyenne,
Wyo., Fremont, Ohio, Alton, 111., and
La Grande, Ore.
Mrs. Lane was well known not only
In La Grande, but wherever they had
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Knouf Funeral To
Be Held Thursday
The funeral of Clyde E. Knouf,
who passed away Monday morning,
will be held Thursday afternoon at
2 o'clock from the chapel of Walkers
Funeral Home with Rev. J. George
Walz in charge of the services. The
body will be taken to Spokane, Wash.,
where services and burial will be held
Saturday afternoon.
Buffalo Stampede
In North Oklahoma
PONCA CITY, Okla., Mar. 30 (yp
Stampeding buffaloes roamed the
highways of Northern Oklahoma to
day. Hard-riding cowboys were In pur
suit. It was not an old-fashioned buffalo
hunt, however.
The horsemen were attempting to
roundup 24 shaggy veterans of the
plains, which stampeded from the
cattle yard of the 101 ranch last night
and took to the highways.
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
FROM SOCIETY
SELENIUM IS USED
TO FIGHT CANCER
Rare Element Regarded
. as Important in Check
ing Terrible Disease.
CHAMPAIGN, 111., March 30 VP)
Successful revival of tho use of solon
ium, a rare element- once rejected
by eminent scientists as a treatment
for cancer, is claimed by three re
search workers after six .years ' of
experiments. ;i( ,, ,j ; . v!
Thtf 'three ate Dr, R v M. Parr,
woman professor of chemistry at the
University of Illinois; Dr. C. S.
Buchor, physician and surgeon, and
Dr, R. S. Funk, woman bacteriologist
associated with the latter.
An announcement thoy made yes
terday said their combined treat
ment of a selenium1 solution, x-rays
or radium and a diet rich in vita
mins not only served to check cancer
in patients but when the disease was
attacked in early stages, completely
eradicated it.
Warns Public
Whllo expressing belief, however,
that the treatment might be of great
benefit In combatting tho malady.
The scientists warned against undue
enthusiasm as Its development was
still In Its experimental stages and
much work remained to be done.
A similar observation came at
Chicago from Dr. Morris Flshbcln,
editor of the Journal of the Ameri
can Medical association. He said If
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OREGON PINE,
FIR WILL GET
PREFERENCE
PORTLAND, Mar. 30 fjp) Oregon
materials will bo used wherevor pos
sible In construction of the 92,000,000
national soldiers' home to be built
at Rose burg.
L. H. Tripp, director of construc
tion for the veterans' administration,
has assured Representative Hawley
that every consideration will bo given
Oregon materials and extensive use
Is expected, according to word re
celved here from the congressman.
"Specifications for Interior wood
work for Roseburg admit the use of
Douglas fir or yellow pine In several
of the buildings," Tripp said.
"It Is the general policy of the
service to give preference to local
materials whenever such materials
meet the requirements of the project
and you are assured In this connec
tlon that It has been the Intention
to do so In preparing the plans and
specifications for the above work.'
State Board Asks
Byers To Resign
SALEM, Mar. 30 JP) David Lee
Byers, principal of the But her Un
schools In Douglas county, was asked
to resign his position yesterday by
tho state board of education. The
board's action followed a recom
mcndatlon last fall recommending
Byers retlgn, but which ho has failed
to do. The resignation Is demanded
at once.
Byers was recently charged with
improper conduct and hearings were
held by Charles A. Howard, super
intendent of schools, and the state
board of education. Howard can
celled Byers certificate to teach fol
lowing the hearing, but Byers ap
pealed to the board. Governor Julius
L. Meier and Hal E. Hoss, the other
two members of the board, demurred
to cancelling the certificate but
recommended he resign, i
I
High Grade Gas
Now Made From
Cottonseed Oil
Cost Of 35 to 40 Cents a
Gallon, However, is Too
High to Make Product
Competitive.
By Howard W. Blukeslee
(Associated Press Science Editor)
NEW ORLEANS, Mar. 30 VP) Mak
ing high grade gasoline instead of
salad oil out of cottonseed is chem
istry's latest addition to the list of
potential motor fuel sources.
The process for converting cotton
seed oil into anti-knock gasoline was
described to the American chemical
society today by Dr. Gustav Egloff,
of Chicago.
The present cost of 35 to 40 cents
a gallon is too high to make cotton
seed gasoline a competitor with es
tablished commercial products in this
country.
A Pandora's Box i
The cottonseed oil is run through
a metal coll at a temperature of 000
degrees Fahrenheit and a pressure of
160 pounds per square Inch. This
breaks down and rearranges the atoms
forming the oil, so that the oil yields
a Pandora's box of unexpected prod
ucts. First comes a little more than fifty
per cent of gasoline. Next emerges
a heavy fuel for Diesel engines. Af
ter that Is coke for the furnace. Then
there are 13 different gases, some of
them commercially valuable. Last of
all comes water which Is all that is
left of the original cottonseed oil.
This water is the only waste product.
Furthermore, Dr. Egloff said, good
alcohol can be obtained from certain
of the cottonseed vapors. Likewise
a widely Bold variety of antl-freeze
mixture for automobile radiators.
Adding a little sodium produces a
rubber-like substance. . ;
mere are potential uses ior mis
kind of an apparatus, Dr. Egloff said,
In 'countries where gasoline is not
cheap. For the apparatus can. use
other- products than cottonseed oil
equally well. It will "crack" with
equal ease vegetable oils, fish oils
such as are abundant In Japan, shale
oils and coal tar oils.
New Improvement
A new Improvement for the petrol
eum Industry's problems of separat
ing the various grades of gasolines,
oils and gaseB was reported by Dr. M.
R, Fenske, of Pennsylvania State
college. - This process. Is called "frac
tion lug." He credited the work to
development of Ideas originally ad-
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Moscow Papers
Hear of "White
GuanTPlotting
MOSCOW, Mar. 30 fP) Moscow
newspapers gave prominent place to
day to a diBpatch from) Paris to the
Tass news agency quoting the com
munist newspaper L'Humanlte as say
ing that far-flung activities by Rus
sian "white guards" were under way
throughout Europe, including plots
against tho life of Joseph Stalin and
other anti-soviet conspiracies outside
the Russian border.
Among the latter, the dispatches
said, was a proposal to assassinate
Maxim Gorki, noted Russian author,
in Italy and Maxim Lltvlnoff, soviet
foreign commissar, In Germany,
L'Humanlte was quoted as saying
Russian emigres were now developing
Intensive anti-soviet activity "under
the protection of France and 'vas
sal states'." It sought to show that
the recent attempt on the life of
an official of the Germany embassy
here was in furtherance of "white
guard" maneuvers.
The Russian whites, the dispatch
said, were directed from Paris and
their terroristic organization was
centered at Prague, Warsaw, Buch
arest and Belgrade. The Prague or
ganization, it said, recently sent two
former czarlst officers to Moscow un
der forged passports to kill Stalin.
Neither of them has yet returned, It
said.
Aged Golfer And
Caddie Are Killed
MAIDENHEAD. Eng.. Mar. 30 VP)
Felix Kelly, 70, and his caddie, 16,
were killed by lightning today on
the Maidenhead golf course. Another
player was taken to a hospital par
tially paralyzed.
American Finished
Wood Is Barred
PARIS. Mar. 30 VP) The official
Journal printed two decrees today
barring American finished wood, such
as oak flooring and similar products,
from France until Jan. 1, 1933 and
common woods until July 1, 1932. be
cause of exhausted Import quotas.
Two new classes of electrical goods,
meters and transformers, were added
to the electrical goods quota estab
lished In a decree Issued Jan. 9.
Young Man Slays
Parents, 5 Others
OSLO. Norway, Mar. 30 WP) A fam
ily tragedy. In which a young man of
21 killed his father, mother and five
brothers and sisters with an ax and
then set fire to their home was dis
covered at Verdal near Hrondhclm to
day when the sheriff answered a mys
terious telephone call.
A youthful voice had called the
telephono exchange, saying: "Hello,
operator, get me the sheriff and the
firo brigade. The sheriff was noti
fied and rushed to the house Immediately.
NUMBER 182
INCREASE Dl
STAMP RATE
IS APPROVED
Measure Wpuld Increase:
Letter Rate From Two .
.to -Three Cents.;; j
TAX ON MESSAGES -V '
IS ADOPTED ALSO:
Ways and Means Commit-
tee Given Assurance .it;
Can Count on Cutting,
of Expenditures. :
WASHINGTON, Mar. 80 ( A on .
cent Increase In first class postage.
waa approved today by the houss.
The item, the biggest single revenue
raiser in the ways and means com '
mlttee's substitute for the sales tax, '
was calcumlated to produce 9130,000-
000 of revenue.
Its adoption, over the opposition of s
a group led by Rankin of Mississippi,
one of the opponents of sales tax, '
came in a steady march of the pro
gram of the committee through the
nouBe. xne voce was 147 to 03.
Throughout the day the house aC-'
cepted a steady stream of committee '
proposals with opposition melting be 1
fore the appeals by committee mem- 1
bers. ' . ', '. '
At one time Speaker Garner took;
the floor to urge the adoption of a
committee measure to tax corporate ;
Incomes. '
That was accepted and during the;
remainder of the day there was lit:
tie objection raised to the program 1
of the committee until the postal
raise came. The ralso will become ?
effective 30 days after the bill is:
signed by the president. ' t
The house also approved taxes on 1
telegraph, telephone and radio mes- j
sages estimated to yield $33,000,000, 1 ,
qb port of the new revenue bill.
The provision exempts press leased 1
wires and dispatches sent collect by
bona fide correspondents and radio ,
leased wires. . .r . - . - ...
It does not apply, to Incoming
cablegrams.. v ' ( . . '
A third tax, that of ten per. cent. ,
on admissions to places of amuse
ment costing more .than 46- cents, 1
expected to yield $40,000,000 was t
voted Into tho revenue bill by the;
bouse.' . ... ., . ; ., . . J "
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JOBLESS MEN
MARCH; FOOD
IS PROMISED
SPOKANE, Woah., Mar. 30 V-Un
employed marchers who thretttonttt
violence unless given food were told
to report to the county courthouse'
this morning and they would ba fed.
A committee representing oat:
thousand unemployed demanded gen
eral relief, Including (IB a week to!
all men without Jobs, said If the
county did not aot at once, stores'
and restaurants would be plundered.'.
The emergency relief depot wlU be :
maintained as long as county fund)
can suppurb lb, mvtii vuau-i
man of the board of commissioners,;
told the marchers. Relief expendl-;
tures this winter already amount ta
9 mills ot taxation, he said. I
, ' ..
New Effort Made j
To Aid Snowbound'
WASHINGTON, Mar. 80 (P) Wiy
of getting relief into snowbound BIN
verton, Colorado, are being Investi
gated by the Interstate commerce
commission at the request of Sen
ator Costlgan (D., Colo.)
A service agent Is at Durango to
see what can be done by the Rio
Qrando and Western and If the rail
ways serving the town have taken ail'
stDpn necessary to open up the line.
Bllverton, with a population of'
about 1500, has been snowbound srnce
February 5 or 6, with food now being
brought In by pack train. :
.
DRY AOKNTS TO SEIZE CASH
g SAN FRANCISCO. Mar. 80 '
t VP) District federal prohlbl- 4
S tlon officials announced today t
that cash as well as fixtures
$ would be seized henceforth In
raids on bootlegging stab- h
$ Ushments.
. '
Wheat Today
CHICAGO. Mar. SO W) - Rapidly
Increasing complaints of crop damage
In parts of Kansas and Nebraska lent
firmness to the wheat market during
tho late transactions today.
Drain traders showed more willing"
ness to pay attention to crop reports
than for some time past. Monthly,
unofficial crop summaries to be Is
sued Friday were expected to prove ;
bullish.
Wheat closed stronger, K to 1 cent
above yesterday's finish. Corn ft 9 el
up. oats Vi s c advanced, and pro
visions unchanged to 7 cents down..
PORTLAND. Mar. 80 VP) Both
cash and futures wheat advanced lo
bu. on the Portland market today.'
Sales of futures were but 1000 bu.
September. Cash corn advanced 50s
ton while mlllrun was on 500 ton.
the county arc mviveu ....
4 $ $ $ $