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VOLUME 30
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LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1932
EASTERN OUKGON'B LEASING NEWSPAPER
NUMBER 207
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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-
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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. '
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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. '
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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.