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Newspaper Page Text(jMwrurr CITY EDITION Full Aaioclatcd Press Lotted Wire Service 5 PAGES TODAY Only Newspaper " , Prated in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 30 MEMJiEK ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. II. C. LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1932 EASTERN OUKGON'B LEASING NEWSPAPER NUMBER 207 wKiitn maws Elect Boise Woman MISSIONARY CONFERENCE HERE CLOSES Mrs. W. S. McBirney to Succeed Mrs. C. 0. Heath as President. UNION WOMAN IS VICE PRESIDENT Mrs. R. P. Tyler Elected Secretary of Young Peoples Work Foil the Coming Year. Mrs. W. S. McBirney. of Boise, was elected as president of the Woman's Home Missionary society of the Methodist church, at the final ses sion ' of the 8th annual convention which closed yesterday afternoon. Tho convention opened Tuesday eve ning, when Miss Mabel It. Keech, superintendent of the Manley Com munity Center In Portland, spoke on tho activities of the center, and the Queen Esther society of the La Grande church presented a pageant, ''In His Vineyard." Mrs. McBirney will succeed Mrs. C. O. Heath, of Caldwell, retiring conference president. Assisting her through the coming year will be Mrs. H. Halsey, of Union, vice president; Mrs. H. M. Nelson, of Boise, corre sponding secretary; Mrs. H. I. Gard ner, Fruitland, Ida., treasurer; Mrs. B. P. Tyler, of La Grande, secretary of young people's work; Mrs. W. I. Rounds, of Boise, secretary of chil dren's work; Mrs. C. E. Rhodes, of Pavette. secretary of mite boxes; Mrs. W. E. Leltner, of Boise, spiritual life secretary. Retiring Officers Listed Retiring officers, who assisted the president during the past year, are Mrs. B. W. Holbrook, of Payette, vice president; Mrs. . H. Davison, Boise, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Henry Nelson, Boise, treasurer; Mrs. B. P. Neal, recording secretary; Mrs. Tyler, young people's secretary; Mrs. Kouncis, children's work; Mrs. H. K. Wallis, Boise, mite boxes; Mrs. Graham, con ference membership; Mrs. H. W. Van Dyke, evangelism; .Miss Evelln Black burn:', -thank offeilnsr. t ,--. - - ,v : Tho" afternoon meeting "opened at 1:30, and talks were presented oy Mrs. C. O. Heath, retiring president, (Continued on Page Five) BEAVER CREEK WATER GRADE A TESTS REVEAL According to a. report made by City Manager Angus McAllister nt last night's city commission meeting, the water from the Beaver Creek pipeline is in grade A" condition. He has re ceived reports from the state board of health given after samples of the water were examined. Cash on hand at the end of tlv: week was $20,231.37 of which $19,- 612.07 was In the First National bank. Tho commissioners attended to other routine matters before adjourn ment. Seattle Co-Eds 1 III of Smallpox SEATTLE. Apr. 28 P) Stricken with smallpox, seven University of Washington co-eds have been sent to Pirland's sanitarium or their homes, university authorities reported today. The cases were said to have orig inated when a houseboy in a sorority house refused medical attention when ho was 111 last month. "Although there is no need for alarm," snid Dr. David C. Hall, uni versity health officer, today, "vac cination Is urged for students who have not been lnnoculated." Lahorites Favor De Valera's Bill DUBLIN. Irish Free State, April 28 () William Hogan, leader of the Trlsh Labortto 'groun. tonight an nounced thnt the Laborltes would support President Eamon Do Valera's hill abolishing the oath of allegiance to the English crown, thus practlc ally assuring the passage of the meas ure In the dall elreann. FOI!R ItAXCMKS qi'AKANTINKI) SACRAMENTO. Cal., Apr. 28 (JP) Dudley Moulton, director of the state department of agriculture, an nounced today four ranches, three miles south of Fullerton, have been placed under a provisional quaran tine pending an Investigation whether 7500 hogs have the hoof and mouth disease. S WEATHER FORECAST Oregon: fair tonight and 3 Friday, but cloudy or foggy at 4 times In northwest portion and near coast; local frosts to- 3 night in east portion: gentle changeable winds offshore. ? $ WEATHER TODAY 7 a. nv 46 above. 3 Minimum: 41 above. Condition: Clear. & 3 WEATHER YESTEHADY 9 Maximum 50, minimum 45 above. 3 Condition: Partly cloudy, 8 rain .02 or inch. Range 24 $ degrees. $ & WEATHER APR. 2B. 1M1 4 Maximum 75, minimum 42 3 above. Condition: Clear. Range 33 degrees. House Defeats Motion To Cut Navy Money Bill $326,00 0,000 Measure Passed Move to Elim inate Half H olidays Stricken Prom Bill. WASHINGTON, Apr. 88 P) The senate today declared John II. Bank head entitled to Ills seat us senator from Alabama. WASHINGTON. April 28 (P) The house today passed tho $326,000,000 naval appropriation bill after defeat ing a motion to send It back to com mittee for a ten per cent cut. .. The , senate finance committee struck out a copper duty from the' revenue bill in reversing itself com pletely on tariffs and banning oil and coal Import taxes also. Refusal of the committee to In clude a tariff on lumber is believed to have had an Influence in knock ing out the oil and coal levies. Tho house today struck from the economy bill the provision eliminat ing the Saturday half holiday for federal workers. It was estimated to save $9,000,000 in 1033. The vote was 141 to 118. . Tho Democratic tariff bill restoring to congress all power to alter Import duties was finally passed ; and sent to the president today by the house. The vote on final passage was 202 t 171. -. Evelyn Masten Is Elected By Girls of L.H.S. Evelyn Masten, as president; Reba Gray, as first vice president; Daphne uowery as secona vice president; Genevieve Flexer, third vice presi dent; and Clarice Taylor, as sectary-treasurer, will head the activ ities of the Associated Girl students of tho La Grande High school in 1932-33, following their election from among a large field of candidates. Since' the candidates for president and third vice president failed to re ceive a majority in the first elec tion on Tuesday, a revote was held yesterday, when Miss Masten dofeated Virginia Wigglesworth and Miss Flex er received tho position by defeating Meivfl Bun. votes were nQS-covrvrca before the Observer went to press, Cream of Track Athletes to Vie At Union Apr. 30 The cream of Eastern Oregon High school track and field athletes will meet In competition Saturday at Un- j Ion in the 33rd annual "cinder clas- i sic," with the La Grande Tigers ex- j pected to outclass the field. Inciden tally, the eyes of track coaches ! throughout the state will bo on tho j Union event, watching performances, as over Oregon it generally is con ceded that the Tiger team ranks as one of the foremost contenders for this year's state title. Indications are that a large crowd of La Grande people will attend the meet, which -will be held at the stock show grounds. Scores from Pendle ton, Milton-freewater, imoier, cove and other points outside of Union also are expected. Preliminary events will be held in the 100 and 220-yard dashes, the high and low hurdles, the shotput, discus. Javelin and broad jump In tho morn ing, beginning at 10 o clock. These preliminaries will narrow tho field to eight men In the track events and six men In the field events, and probably will require about two hours time to complete. The . final events are scnenuiea w begin at 2 o'clock, when-tho last call will be sounded for the century spring, the pole vault, the high jump, tho discus ana ine snoipuc. Other final events will be called as follows: Mile run 2:10 220-yard dash 2:25 120-yard nigh nuraies .... vmu 440-yard run- 2:5fi Javelin - 3:10 Broad Jump - 3:10 220-yard low hurdles 3:15 880-yard run .t- : Half-mile relay (4 men) 3:30 Ken I Con Lewis Sin toil Several events are expected to be hotly contested, including ths high jump, the 100-yard dash, the pole vault, the shotput, the quarter, half mlle and mile, the relay event and possibly the furlong. Around 100 or more athletes will (Continued on Page Seven) Packing Plants At Hood River Razed HOOD RIVER, Ore., Apr. 28 (P Fire early today destroyed the large cold storage and packing plants of tho apple growers' association, and the fruit packing plant and ware house of the American fruit growers here. The origin of the fir was not immediately determined. A high wind caused the fire to spread rapidly throughout the struc tures. Much valuable washing and packing machinery was destroyed, and two adjoining cottages burned. OREGON TRAPS1IOT HOLD REST HKTOKD IX COUNTRY PORTLAND, Ore., m Figures compiled by the Amateur Trnpshoot Ing afipoclfttion show Frank M. Troeh of Portland as the greatest all-round trapshot In the United States. Trceh has broken 97.492 tereete cut of 100,320 for an average of .9718 since hla first tournament competi tion In 1912. He topped the coun try's hanc'icao shooters in 1930 with nn averaee of .9213 on 3,500 targets and wns second high In doubles with an average of .9169. He has annexed mere than 500 prizes. FARM-LABOR PARTYNAMES FRANK WEBB San Francisco Man to Hbe Standard Bearer in Presidential Race GOLD STANDARD IS GIVEN BLAME Platform Favors Issuance of Enough Legal Tender to Pay the Bonus in ; '.Pull. - OMAHA, Neb., Apr. 28 (P) For the second straight campaign, Frank El bridge Webb, of San Francisco, will carry the presidential banner of the farmer-labor party. His running mate this year will be Myor James S. Coxey of Masslllon, Ohio. Webb headed the party ticket In 1028. Webb, was given the nomination last night by the party's convention after a fight to have himself ac credited as the delegate from Cali fornia. The convention adopted a national platform blaming the gold standard for present economic conditions and calling for the placing of the bank ing and currency system in the hands of the federal, state and local govern ments Instead of under private own ership. A guaranteed profit to farmers, un employment Insurance, abolishment of the federal farm board and issu ance of enough .legal tender to pay (Continued on Page Six) FROST PREDICTED FOR EAST OREGON Weather Man Issues Warning Spinng . Farm Operations Going A-bead . With the cherries and peaches over the valley coming into blossom, the weather man at Portland today sounded.' the following warning: , "Local frosts tonight in Eastern Oregon." - Whether thc frosts will extend into the GrandeRonde valley Is of course conjecture. Thn weather forecast is for clear tonight and Friday. Blossoming of the cherries is later this year than usual, duo to the cold period that set in about 10 days ago, when the first apricot trees burst into bloom. These latter have dropped their petals and reports In this lo cality la that the local apricot crop apparently was but little damaged by tno frosts of about a week ago. Continuation of tho present weath er will be gratefully received In the vaney generally, and in sections where farm operations have been possible, these will be completed within a fairly short time. In sec tions whore much of the land is still inundated the weather will hasten drying up processes greatly. 142 HIGHWAY JOB BIDS Ward Honor Day To Here on Tuesday Evening, May 3 Ward Honor day, when contestants from the six wards In the Union stako of the Latter Doy Saints church will bo chosen to compete in Stake Honor day, will be held In all the churches of the stake on Tuesday evening May 3. Contestants will be chosen from the Baker, Union, Mt. Glen, Imbler and La Grande First and Second wards and the winners In the stake events will be selected later in the month, according to Mrs. C. J. Black, La Grande chairman of the community activities committee. The project is carried throughout tho church to select the winners in fivo events retold stories, drama, publio speaking, music and dancing. The general board of tho church, with headquarters at Salt Lake City, has selected a program which will bo followed through the entire church. Three one-act plays have been selected, two of which will be contested in the Union stake, "The Florist Shop" and "In Secret Places." The M. I. A. slogan, "The Word of Ellsworth Vines To Invade England NEW YORK, April 28 (P) English tennis fans will get a look-at Ella worth Vines Jr., this summer, after all. Rescinding a previous decision not to permit members of this country's Davis cup team to compete at Wim bledon this year, the United States Lawn Tennis association announced last night It had decided to send the American champion to the British classic. NOVELTY HAT WOltV BY CONGKESMVOMAV WASHINGTON W) Representa tive Mary T. Norton of New Jersey han a novel black and white spring hat fashioned of grosgratn ribbon in leaf design. One quarter of the hat is white, the rest black. It has a small brim. With It she wears n dhort black veil. BROAD FARM AID PROGRAM IS PRESENTED Major Farm Organiza tions Submit Plan to , Senate Committee .;i GIVES AUTHORITY TO BAR IMPORTS Measure Contains Con troversial Equalization Fee and Export Deben ture flan.','.' WASHINGTON, April 28 P) A broad program to relieve agriculture, containing the controversial equaliza tion fee and export debenture plan, was put before the sonate agricul ture committee today by three major farm organizations. Chester Gray, of the American Farm Bureau Federation, submitted the plan on behalf of the federation, tho National Farms union and the National Grange. . ' Ineliidiw Allotment Plan The program also calls for an al lotment plan to handle that portion of the crops needed for domestic consumption, as provided In the pending bill of Senator Thomas (D;, Okla.) This measure stipulates that the price the farmer receives for pro duce needed for domestic consump tion shall bo equal to the cost of production. The remainder of the crops would bo withheld from the domestic mar ket but could bo exported for less than tho price fixed for domestic sales. May llnr Imports The measure provides that tho farm board may bar imports when tho flow affects the domestic mar ket sufficiently to hamper sales at the cost of production price. Senator Howell (It., Neb.) explained his bill to apply the McNary-Haugen bill principles to one crop In the nature of an experiment, The crop to be experimented with would be determined by tho commlt teo. Tho Howell measure provides for tho equalization fee, a stabilization L (Continued on Page Six) MUDDY CREEK FARMERS OUST r 3 Idaho japs BAKER, Ore., April 28 (ff) Three Japanese gardeners from Idaho who wore lorcea to leave aogie vaney a few days ago, had tho same experi ence near Haines Wednesday when they left the land they had rented in the Muddy Creek community shortly before a large committee of cltlzenB wero to pay tnem a call and request their departure. . Two Deaths Dae To Spotted Fever HUNTINGTON, Ore., Apr. 28 P) With two deaths from spotted fever reported hero In the past ten days, sheepmen, herders and sheorors are arriving dally to . receive vaccine treatment as a precaution against infection from tick bites. The vac cine was sent from a government station at Hamilton, Mont, Ticks are numerous In the Snake river and Burnt river territory. Be Observed Wisdom,." will furnish the topic for tho public speeches; while for re told stories the contestants will be restricted to stories which promote faith and which are uplifting to tho listener. "Senorlta," a Spanish tan go, has bceif selected for the dance, while the musical number for the young women's chorus is "Corinna," an old English poem by Herrick. which Ethel Boyce has set to music; and for the young men's chorus, "The Long Day Closes," by Arthur Sul livan. Tho entire honor day of the stoke Is under tho supervision of Mrs. Pearl Lyman, president of the young wom en's M. I. A., and Grant Bean, young men's, superintendent, while the chairmen of the community com mittee which Is planning the pro gram, aro Mrs. Black, of La Grande, and Parley Thomas, of Baker. The district meeting with the Bolso stake will be held on May 21 to decide the winners In-the Union and Bolso stakes. Sees Defeat For Hoover If Chief Straddles Issue WASHINGTON. April 28 m Dr. Levi T. Pennington, president of Faclflc college. Newberg, Ore., at which Herbert Hoover obtained part of his education, expressed the opin ion today that "If President Hoover comes out on a referendum platform It would mean his defeat politically." Tho president attended Pacific college during his youth, when it was a smaller and more elementary Quaker academy. Pennington made his statement to newspapermen in response to questions, adding his be lief that "the country won't stand for a straddler on prohibition." (iRII) NTAKS THY TAP DANCES AUSTIN, Tex. W) SeveVal stars of the University of Texas grid team are taking tap and clog dancing In physical education classes. They say it's Just the thing to keep them in shape. EXPECT THEY'LL DARE A rouiul-trlp flight from Ireland to New York will ho attempted hi May by Copt. J. P.-Saul (left), Irish Tiler, mid J. A. Molllson (right), young Scot pilot. Information on navigation Is tho object of the fight, tho route of which Ih shown In map, says Saul, who will uct as navigator. Train Derailed; Two Scalded To I Death; Two Hurt SOUTH BEND, Ind., Apr. 28 (P) Engineer James Groves and Fireman Walter C. Schlnnlng, both of Battle Creek, Mich., were scalded to death and two other persons were injured when tho Maple Leaf passenger train of the Grandi' Trunk, railroad, on route from Montreal to Chicago, was derailed here today and one of its baggage oars plunged off a high ele vation on a ;house,v i . '.'. 'YHfiritly' none ' of the1 train's passengers was Injured rtrtd 'noraj of tho coaches was overturned. Police and volunteer workers, howover, searched the ruins of tho house for other possible victims. Tho two In jured, neither seriously, wore flvo year old Marshall Bradburn and his father, who were asleep-in the house. Tho boy miraculously escaped death. Ho was In bed in tho rear of the house whilo his parents slept In front. The baggage car demolished tho rear ;part and workers wero com pelled "to fight their way through tho wreckage to reach Marshall. Mrs. Bradburn was not injured. Fred Green Dies In Baker Hospital BAKER, Ore., Apr. 28 (I") Fred Green, 41, injured Tuesday when, a 600-pound electrlo sign fell on him as It was being erected at a garage hero, died in a local hospital lost night. His chest was crushed. His widow, Mrs. Jessie Green, survives. Spitale And Bitz Withdraw From Lindbergh Search HOPEWELL, N. J., Apr. 28 fIl Tho Lindbergh kidnaping mystery stretched on toward the end of Its second month without a solution to day, although Norfolk Intermediaries trying to get the baby back indicated fresh ground for hope. Salvatore Spltalo and Irving Bitz, two New York "go-betweens" mimed weeks ago by Col. Charles A. Lind bergh to deal with the kidnapers, withdrew from tho case. Their law yer, Abraham Kessclman, said In New York that the futile $50,000 ransom payment made by Cot. Lindbergh promoted their withdrawal. John Hughes Curtis, Norfolk boat builder, returned homo yesterday from a secret mission, later Dean H. Dob-son-Pencock, spokesman for the Nor folk men, said: "Wo have overcome a number of obstacles that havo stood between us and our objective." Curtis had been gono since Sun day. He Is believed to have traveled aboard the yacht Marcon. Australian Flight Record is Broken PORT DA WIN, Australia. Apr. 28 (At C. W. A. Scott, noted flier, landed here at 10:22 a. m. today after a flight from Lympe, England. In which he recovered his record for flights be tween England and Australia by beat ing the record of J. A. Butler 5 hours and 40 minutes. Scott's time for the flight was 8 days 20 hours and 40 minutes. SEATTLE TRIES LAWN' BOWLING Seattle w) Lawn bowling win bo added to the list of Seattle's recre ational schedule this summer with the city planning to build Its first bowling green. The course will be constructed on a 120-foot cquare In Woodland Park and will accommo date 04 players at once. The green will cost H600 and will bo opened about Aug. 1, MISTRIAL IN HONOLULU OCEAN HOPS . . Q M BLAME DOCTORS FOR FIVE DEATHS Investigate Deaths of Two Oklahoma University Co-ds and Others. 1 OKLAHOMA CITY, Apr. 28 (A1)- rui tor Grlgsby, nsHlHtnnt tMMiiity attorney, said this afternoon that mi Oklahoma City osteopath hud con fessed nerfonmuieo of an Illegal op orutluu upon Virginia l-ee Wyekoff, one of the two Oklahoma university co-t'ds who died hero lust week, iiin name and details of the purported statement 1 wero 'temporarily .. with held. . 1 .... OKLAHOMA OITY, Apr. 28 (P) The disclosure that flvo girls have died here recently as tho result or (Continued on Pago Sevon) Hangar, 10 Planes Destroyed by Fire ROOSEVELT FIELD, L. I., Apr. 28 W) Flro destroyed a hangar and ton airplanes at this field today with a loss totaling $185,000. The flames followed an. explosion of undeter mined cause. ' Carl Schnolder, former German war pilot, was taken to a hospital at Mineola badly burned. Ho and John D. Eguorro, who also was burned, woro tho only persons In tho hangar at tho time. Botli are mechanics. OPENED Commission To Let Contracts For 120 Miles PORTLAND, Apr. 28 fP) Tho great est number of bids received by tho state highway commission In recent years 142 estimates woro opened at tho commission session today on 15 projects of tho road and bridge construction and improvement In Oregon, Tho bid totals ranged from n few dollars under 500,000 to about $700,000. Bidders from, throo other states wero entered in competition with Oregon contractors for work ranging in money size from $2000 to $173,000. Tho commission received bids on three additional Jobs over the original call, including tho Santlam highway extension, Deschutes tunnel portal widening and aerial surveys. Wren fc Greenough of Portland were low bidders for the improve ment of the Boycr-Valloy Junction section of tho Salmon River highway and tho Dolph-Sherldan section of tho McMinnvlllo-Tlllamook highways, with an estimate of $130,705. This estlmato Is about $26,000 less than was received for tho projects at the prior meeting. This Is the second time these projects havo been called for. , Spokane Didder Low Tho Standard Asphalt As Paving company of Spokane was low on the next largest Job, grade widening and surfacing of the Pemileton-Emigrant Hill section or the Old Oregon trail, at $73,917. Tho Cochrano Construc tion company of spray, ore., at $04, 717 was low on tho extension of the Santlam hlirhwav in Linn county. Awards will bo announced later to day. The lmprovenrents, If all awarded, will cover 120 miles high way and six bridges. The low bidders on the proJocU wero listed os follows: Benton and Umatilla counties Pavement planing, 15 miles In Benton county section Went Side Pacific highway and 17 miles on Adams-Mil ton section Oregon-Washington high way. J. C. Compton, McMlnnville, (Continued on Tago Etght ft O.S. L. To Ask For Increases In Grain Rates Would Raise the Differen tial to Seattle Over Portland, E 1 i m inating Former as Market. CHICAGO, Apr. 28 (ff) The Ore gon Short Line railroad, subsidiary of the Union Pacific Lino, will ask for drastlo increases In grain rates In tho Interstate commerce commis sion healing, It was understood from reliable sources today, The pro posals the carrier Intends to offer, It was understood, would raise the differential to Seattle over Portland and virtually ellminato the former export terminal as a market for Southern Idaho growors. California Is tho principal market for this area. Arthur Geary, representing tho grain growers or Washington, pro tested to Examlnors Hall and Mack ley that counsel for markot and com- mercial Interests wero consuming too much time in tho hearing. Harry Ames, ot tho Omaha grain exchange, and F. B. Townsend, of tho Minneapolis chamber of com merce, Jumped at once In denials. Tho clash followed Geary's ques tioning of Southern Pacific witnesses on operating revenue, tub Minne apolis representative had protested nie questioning as too lengtny. uentry waido, member or tho car riers' rato committee, was ready to '(Continued on Pago Seven) Major Status Of ' 0.-W. Not To Be Changed by Move PORTLAND, Apr. 28 (P) Carl Bi. Gray, president of the Union Pacific, said hero Wednesday that the major status of the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation company- line as an operating and traffic unit of tho Union Pacifto will not bo aff-acted ff and when tho proposod consolida tion or systom units Is approved. "Tho O.-W. is already on a systom basis of operation," President Gray said, "and assurely will be maintained as a major operating unit. There has lwver boon any thought otherwise. "Thoro has boon and is no inten tion but that tho operating ' end or the systom here be represented by a general nianaer.. likewise the traf fic department must1 always be repre sented by a traffic manager, or an as sistont traffic manager." . The proposed consolidation of all system unlta, to bo voted on t the annual moetlng of Union Pacific rail road stockholders at Salt Lake City May 10 will, however, If approved, virtually ellminato tho local O.-W. ac counting department and similar de partments of tho other unit lines. V. V. 1IARNH $.!:! I'BIt SIIAHU NEW YORK, Apr. 28 (fll Tho nn- (Continued on Pago Seven) Thousand Dollars Spent to Bury Dog TIFFIN, Ohio, Apr. 28 fP) Baby Ginter, 11-year-old Pom eranian, was burled in splen dor today at a cost of $1000. Frank Callahan, wealthy owner of grand circuit race horses, ordered scores of floral pieces for tho rites In tho gar dons of his estate. Tho body of his pet dog was placed in a $400 bronco casket and workmon built a concreto vault. A granite monumonfc will bo erectod. ' 8 .g$$$$ Pinchots To Sit Next to Hoover WASHINGTON, April 28 W) White House social abiters today revised the seating list for President Hoover's dinner tonight In members of the governors conference, replacing Gov ernor RoofievolL of New York, whose seat was but ono removed from Mr. Hoover, with Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Pinchot, who was defeated for Republican nomination to the houso In Tuesday's Pennsylvania primury by Representative McFadden, will sit at tho chief executive's left hand. Clara Bow to Make Picture For Fox HOLLYWOOD, Cal Apr. 28 (!) Absent from tho screen for moro than nine months. Clara Bow has signed a contract with the Fox Film cor poration for six months with a re newal option for a long term con tract.' Originally scheduled to reenter the films via the smaller, Independent companies. Miss Bow was successful In obtaining the Fox contract which will pay her between $125,000 to $150,000 for each picture. Miss Bow retlrrd from the screen last summer following a nervous breakdown and a series of events which kopt her In tho public cyo, her contract with Paramount studio having been ended by mutual con sent. Her first picture under the Fox contract will be "Cull Her Savago." Texas Girl Admits Killing Her Father BROWNWOOD, Tex., April 28 Em Nell MelchiiCcr, 17, confessed today she shot and killed her father Joe Melchlnger, 48, last night. Tho girl anld her father had re fused her permission to ottend a program at a school and her mother sided with her. The widow and daughter oro in Jail charged with I murder. JURORS TAKE UP CASE AT EARLY HOUR No Spectators Outside the , Judiciary :i Building . : This Morning. NO ONE EXPECTS AN EARLY VERDICT General Opinion is That Jurors Will be Dead locked, Unable to Reach' An Agreement, t HONOLULU, Apr. 28 (flV-Tho Jury ( considering second 1 degree murder 1 charges against Lieutenant Thomas H. Massle, Mtb. Grace Fortescuo, E. -J. Lord and A, O. Jones, resumed de liberations at 8:50 a. m. today (11:20 a. m. Pacific coast standard time) with no verdict In sight. The tonslon which attended sea-; slons of tho trial was gone. Judg-; lng from appearances, Honolulu had forgotten! the sensational trial of tho ' woman and three navy men for kill ing Joe Kahahawal, Hawaiian, while, the youth was awaiting a second trial for an alleged assault on Mrs. Thalia Massle, wife of the lieutenant and. daughter of Mrs. ForteBcuo. , No Spectators There was not a single spectator outside the Judiciary building as tho hour approached for the Jury to recommence its deliberations. The close' police guard which during tho trial stood watch about tho court--house ,tb koop crowds from overflow-. lng the building had been disbanded. Ono lono policeman guarded the frond door. . Tho indifferonco toward "the Jury clearly reflected the general opinion that no verdict would bo forthcoming, at an early hour. ' Circuit Judge Charles Skinner Da vis went' to tho. Judiciary building1 early, but neither he nor any other court oinciat expected a vcraicx soon,' Mistrial , Expectetl 7 The general opinion on the street soemed to bo that there would be no verdict from this Jury, but a mla--, trial because of Inability to agree. This- explained' th laclc. pf a crowd, at tho courthouse. During the trial-would-bo spectators stood In, line vir- . tually oil night to bo sure of seats in the small courtroom, v , Judge Davis Issued ordera for the' disposal of any orowd which might gather around the Judiciary building ' today. , The defendants spent the night at a downtown hotel instead of return-' tlon, where they had been staying. ' , V (Continued on Page Four) LIQUOR AUTO IN CRASH; TWO PERSONS HURT PORTLAND, Ore., Apr. 2B (P) TWO persons were Injured, ono seriously, when an automobile carrying a cargo of alcohol crashed Into a passenger car hero today. Louis Larson, 40, received sovera head injuries and his body was lac- orated. His wife, Elsie Larson, was less seriously hurt. ',' - John Petorson, 21, Bald by police t1 havo been tho driver . of tho liquor car, was orrestcd on a charge of llquor possession, transportation and rook loss driving. Ho was found hiding la a service station near tho scone, of tho accident. ' Eight of the 12 five-gallon cans of alcohol broke open and caught firs; as the cars crashed, Bonding blazing alcohol over tho street ror an area of a half block. Lou Reichers On Non-Stop Flight MONTREAL, Qu Apr. 28 (fFl Lou Reichers, transatlantic flight aspirant, took off from St. Hubert air port at 0:22 a. m., eastern standard time, today on a practice flight , to Havana, Cuba. Reichers. who came here yesterday from New Jersey, hoped to mako the 17Jl(J-milc hop in a non-stop flight, following the coast to Koy West, Fla., and then making the over-water Jump to Havana. Wheat Today CHICAGO, Apr. 20 (fl) Successive rushes of stop loss selling swept wheat and corn prices rapidly down ward to:iay, wheat about 3 cents and corn to tho lowest level since 1898. Wheat plunged to almost the quo tations of April 8 before tho govern-, incut issued its sensational domestic winter crop estimate of 458,000,000 bushels for 1D32. Some authorities; said that as a result of rains the yield would bo 100.000,000 bushels. 6r more In excess or the government's April riguro. Wheat closed unstable at the day's low, 23140 under yesterday's fin--lnh, corn 1 lc down, oats (: c off and provisions showing 10 to 20 cents decline. PORTLAND, Apr. 28 (Pi Slump ing prices wero forced In the domestic wheat trade during the day with a rold on May which caused confusion in other linos. Chicago was the bear spot or the world. It showed a losa of 3c bu. Conditions on the Portland market were serious enough with a loss of lc In the May and o each In July and September. December opened the season at 60c, which doca not Indicate much oncouragemcnt. Sales totaled 6000 bu, On tho merchants exchange cash wheat lost Ic bu.