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Tage Eight CT GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, EE GRANDE, ORE. Safiirflay, May 14; 1932 Less Wheat Held HOLDINGS BELOW HUNDRED-MILLION MARK IS REPORT Foreign Sales Reduce I Supply to Approximate ly 96,000,000 Bushels More to be Moved. : WASHINGTON. May 14 (! Melt ing away under restricted monthly solas and Red Cross gifts, the farm board's holdings of actual cash wheat have dropped below the lOO.OW.ow- bushel mark. '"Recent foreign soles- reduced the supply to approximately 06.000,000 buHhela, and, If export 'credits , aro provided by congress, there Is a pos sibility only 60,000,000 bushels may remain on July 1 when the farmers' new crop moves into markets. , The grain stabilization corporation has, however, futures contracts for about 25.000,000 bushels. Between 0,' 000,000 and 8,000,000 were sold In the last few days, chiefly to European countries. Although these sales ex ceeded the B.000,000 monthly allot ment, they will not be replaced. ThiB Is explained by the fact that some monthly sales have not approximated this figure. TO DIE A NATURAL DEATH CONCORD, N. H., May 14 W United States , Senator George H. Moses thinks the federal farm board will die a natural death. Ho made the assertion today In a letter received, by a Rockingham county constituent, who had asked him to explain his stand on certain national problems. . Moses said the end of the farm board would bo brought about "by reason of exhaustion of Its funds and changing conditions which will rend er Its continuance unnecessary." WOOh MAHKKT . i , BOSTON, , May 14 W1) Definite signs of an Improvement In the- wool market have bean lacking the last week. While sentiment shows a little Improvement, It was not stated, upon any Increase In actual trade. A 11m' lted amount of business was con- fined to a few mills that have small Immediate requirements or to mills that purchased sample lots for test- ing. The most encouraging feature was an Increase In number of In quiries for' wool and tops. Brooklyn Downs Cincinnati 5-3; , Triple Play Made : . By' Onylo 'i'allint' I ! l (Associated Press Sports Writer) I Joe Strlpp and Tony Oucclnello &re having the time' of their young lives - rnaWngt tho .Olnolnnatl Reds rfgrct the deal that sent them to Brooklyn this spring. . ..For two. days tho ornck pair of lnflcldcrs have plnyod some of the most brilliant ball of tholr careers In helping the Dodgers blight tho Rods' first division hopes. As on itho previous day, their batting and fielding was a potent factor In Brook lyn's second straight triumph yes terday, 6 to 3. j . Triple Piny Engineered . Strlpp hit two doubles and Cue . clnello the same numbor of singles',, and Tony further distinguished him self by acting us middleman In the (Season's first triple play. Tho wholo solo killing, which went fromj Olenn .Wright to Cucclnollo to long Oeorgo ! Kelly, stopped the Reds In the third , inning after the first two batters had i gotten on. 'Dttiuiy Vance had little difficulty holding the five-run lead his mates had given him by piling Into Larry Benton tho first throo Innings. The DoiKlor allowed but olght hits, one of whloh was a homorun by his old 'Brooklyn mato, Babe Herman. . The Boston Braves lost an oppor tunity to climb within a game of the National league top when tho Chicago Cubs rallied to scoro twice in the last of tho ninth and win, , 8 to a. Ouy Bush won his own gomo -when ho drove tho winning run across .after two wore out. Cards Win i, .Tho St. Louis Cardinals Jumped' on Ed Holley, Phtlllo recruit, for flvo runs in the seventh Inning to tl6 tho scoro and then wero on to win In tho tenth, 8 to 7. Harvoy Hendrlck's homerun featured ' the seventh Inning outburst. ' Tho Giants ogaln wero rained out at Pittsburgh. . Alvln Crowder sot the Dotrolt Ti gers down with two singles, struck out six and didn't permit a runner past first as tho Washington Sena tors, won, 7 to 0. Crowder helped his own cause with a triple ond a single. ; The Athletics wolloped St. Louis, 0 to 4, m the only other American league tilt. The Mackmen collected 17 hit off Blaelioldcr ond Coffman while George Earnshaw was scattcr Ing sl, Jimmy Pox hit four singles. MARKET NEWS CIIICAOO Open Hied Low Close ) W, M .n:ij, .s.114 w -. juweft Mi jay, () JW)4 , M,i, M ..ynj, Sept. (old) .5H.nn!4 JiH .n7'4H (new) M .11714 JiVi,9H ni.i4 .n 1 y m& m if PORTLAND 1VIIKAT Open Ulgh Low Close iy noj4 jiuy, .mt .11014 July iwt ..is jm ik S'l't. . ..ts-v .n.nj .nmj mh Mt Mm Mi CHICAGO CORN Open ll'nh Low Class M.v - .211 4 .! , ,siij; "" ..law . .:in .saw.sji), "'I'' M .M'i, 1C L .3494 .S4?,.35 .34.S .310, " Butter Market Shows a Steady To Strong Tone PORTLAND. May 14 W -4 Market for butter reflects a steady to strong tone at the weekend with demand rather keen and no burdensome sur plus in sight. Demand for Ice cream has cut down somewhat the manu facture of butter. Price changes are still Infrequent In the egg markets of the country. Locally there remains a lack - of change. Coops and private Jlrms In general are maintaining their prlceB. Unattached producers are still shad ing. - -- ' In general Bteady tone is showing for live chickens. Tho market for broilers of small size is the exception. In that line there remains a very sluggish call with Western Washing-; ton overloading the wants here. j At the weekend there was a fairly steady tone noted In the market for country killed meats with some show ing of strength In calves. Hogs were Just holding. Good lambs were less plentiful but there was plenty of me dium to poor stuff. General slipping of new crop onion prices Is reflected in California and Texas, tho two big supplying states at the moment. Sharp Lidvance of 25c pyramid Is showing for asparagus here for the weekend, tho result of Increasing de mand and less liberal offerings ac cording to trade leaders. Sales to $1.75 pyramid. California strawberries advanced sharply Saturday with smaller sup plies and a good demand for the weekend. Sales were made up to 91.90 crate for 20s. Quality nothing to brag about. First home grown strawberries of the season and the best fruit to ar rive here for the period, was displayed : on the east side farmers' wholesale market during the weekend session The initial supply consisted of a number of full crates of Gold Dollars from Canby, which section is noted 1 not only for early, but for-good fruit and vegetables. Sales were made at i 4 for 24s. -. i Baseball Standings By the Associated Press NATIONAL I.KAUDK W. L. Pot. Chicago .18 7 .720 Boston - .'14 9 '.009 Cincinnati ....... 15 14 .5i7 St. Louis' .....13 14 .481 Philadelphia ,.12 13 . .480 Brooklyn 10 13 .435 Now York 8 12 .400 Pittsburgh . 7 15 .818 AMERICAN LEAGUE .. W. L. Pet. Washington . 18 6 .783 New York ; 14 6 .700 Cleveland -...17 10 .630 Detroit 13 9 .691 Philadelphia 10 12 .466 St. Louis ; 11 18 .407 Boston '. 4 18 .182 Chicago . 6 17 .201 COAST LEAOUK . : W. L. Pet. San Francisco .. , 24 15 .016 Hollywood 24 16 .018 Los Angeles 22 10 .679 Portland 22 17 .604 Sacramento .... ...... 20 19 .613 Scattlo 17 22 .430 Oakland .10 22 .421 Missions . ....110 29 .250 YE8TERDAV8 (1AMKS Coast League San Francisco 2, Oakland 4. 'Hollywood 3, Sacramento 2. Portland 5, MlBslons 8. Scattlo 10, Los Angoles 13. Aincrlcnn lingua Philadelphia 0, St. Louis 4. Washington 7, Dotrolt 0. Other games postponed, rain. Nutlonal Leu (j uo -Cincinnati 3, Brooklyn 6. Chicago 3, Boston 3. Pittsburgh-New: Yorw postponed, rain. 1 OREGON STATE NINE BEATEN BY WASHINGTON CORVALLIS. Ore., M)ny 14 m Held scoreless until the fifth inning. University of Washington defeated Oregon State college In a coast con ference baseball game hore Friday, 0 to 3. Oregon' Stnto errors were costly and resulted In many unearned runs for the Huskies. In the ninth Nel son stretched a single into n home run through Baechtcl's error In left field. Score: R. H. E. Washington 9 11 1 Oregon State 3 11 6 Hopper and Hartnott; Poterson and K tie ma. Peru Abandons Gold Standard LIMA, Peru, May 14 (& Peru to day abandoned the gold standard for what was described as a temporary period. OF THE DAY WHEAT By Board OREGON COLLEGES DOPEDJO LOSE Washington and Washing ton State victories Like- in Dual Meets. CORVALLIS, Ore., May 14 W) Not even the most optimistic Orange fans expect Oregon State college trackmen to give Washington State college a close run in a dual feet to be held hero this afternoon. All the "dope" favors the Cougars. Last month tho University of Wash ington swamped Oregon State, 92 to 38, but last week had difficulty In subduing Washington State, 66 to 03, victory coming only in the final event of the meet the relay. Wash ington State captured eight firsts in the meet with Washington. Ore gon State won only three firsts. Tho Orangemen will be handicap ped by the absence of two men who had been counted on to gather a number of points today. Bob Bron son, a quarter mllcr, is 111 with bron chitis, and Carl Ayers, who won the Javelin event against Washington last year, recently lrritalied an old arm injury and will bo unable to com pete further this season. OREGON JIHKTINH HUSKIES ' EUGENE, Ore., May 14 (!) Hard fights for first place In a number of events were expected to develop In a dual track meet between the Uni versity of Oregon and University of Washington hero today. Washington, however, was believed to have enough greater all-around strength to win tho meet handily. Oregon expects to capture first place In the 220-yard dash. Captain Starr has traveled the distance in 21.3, while Pederson, the Husky speedster, was clocked at 22.7 against Washington State recently. Close contests also aro looked for In the quarter mile, the high hurdles, low hurdles, discus and Javelin and high Jump. Tho Webfoots' . chief weakness is In the mile and two-mile events. The Huskies arrived here yesterday and Hec Edmundson, coach, pro nounced them nil in trim physically. Dropped matches and burning to bacco Ignited national forests in 1,872 places during 1031,: saya the forest service. COMING TO LIBERTY lUKe Davis, ft lit h ( luittcrton ti "The Itlch Are Ronulil lolimin In .Samuel Jumes Cugney as a mclng-citr Veterans Making Red Poppies For Sale 'Poppy Day' Making of paper popples has as sumed tho proportions of a major industry in the United States this month with thousands of disabled World war veterans working to com plete a huge supply of the little red memorial flowers for the Ameri can Legion auxiliary's annual "Poppy Day" sale. Mrs. Walter Palmer Is poppy chair man of the La Grande unit of the auxiliary, and has information that more than 10,000.000 poppies will be made by the disabled veterans giv ing them employment In 68 govern ment hospitals in 34 different states. Popples whlii "the La. GTandc auxiliary will offer for sale on "Poppy Day" are now being made In the U. S. Veterans', hospital In Portland. The auxiliary supplies the materials and the patients are paid for making the flowers. To each poppy Is attached a label bearing the name of the American Legion auxiliary and the statement that tho poppy is mae'e in the U. S. Veterans' hospital In Portland. This label gives assurance to the pur chaser that the poppy was made by a needy dlimbled veteran and that every penny of the money paid for the flower goes to aid disabled veterans and their families, and the families of soldiers who have died. 84 Will Graduate At Pendleton High PENDLETON, Ore. ( Special) Eighty-four students will be grad uated from Pendleton High school this year and will be awarded diplo mas at the commencement exerciseB at tho High school June -10, when Dr. John Richard Mez, of the home economics department at the Uni versity of Oregon, will be the speaker, his topic being "The Call of the Twentieth Century." Baccalaurete services will be held June 6 at the Christian church wtih Dean Ralph V. Hlnkle, rector of the Church of the Redeemer, delivering the sermon. PORTLAND PltOIlUCK PORTLAND, May 14 P) Live poul try Net buying price: heavy hens colored 4'2 lbs. up 14c; do mediums 11c; broilers 10c; old roastora 5c. Others unchanged. But tor, butterfat, eggs, country moats and mohair, nuts, cascara bark, hops, onions, potatoes, new and e potatoes, wool and hay quotations unchanged. : nil (itrge llrcntln a scene from AIwiivh Willi Us." ' (johhwn's "ArrowMiilth" driver In "The Crowd Honrs" At The LEWIS NOVEL TO BEPICTURIZED "Ari-owsmith'' to be Shown , on Liberty Screen Sun day and Monday. ' ' THEATRE PROGRAMS FOR ' THE WEEK $ :.- ?v ' - Liberty Sunday and Monday, May 15- $ $ 16 Ronald Coleman In "Ar- $ 8 rowsmith" by ;Sinclair Lewis. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs- day. May 17. 18, 1& Ruth Chlitterton in "The Rich 3 Are Always With Us." 3 Friday and Saturday. May 20- 3 21 "The Crowd Roars" with ? James Cagney and Joan g S Blondell. $ t Granada $ Saturday and Sunday, May 14 $ ! ? IS Tom Keene in "Freight- I S era of Destiny." . $ The opening feature of the week's program at the Liberty theatre is Samuel Ooldwyn's "Arrowsm4th," with Ronald Colman and Helen Hayes In the stellar rples. Metropolitan, cities already have hailed this picture as one of the most important of the year and Sin clair Lewis, the author, said after witnessing Its New York premiere, that It had succeeded In doing every thing he had tried, to do in the, book. The novel won a Pulitzer prize on publication. , . , ,. Others in the cast include Rich ard Bennett, A.' E. Anson; Charlotte Henry, Do W?tt Jienrdngs, Beulah Bondi, Myrna Loy. "The Rich Are Always With Us" The second picture of the week, "The Rich Are Always With Us," be gins a three-day run on Tuesday. Ruth Chatterton has the leading role, that of the wealthiest member of a wealthy set, happily married until she discovers her husband "cheating" with a heartless debutante. A divorce follows but see It your self. .. . - I Others of importance In the cast are Bette Davis. John Mlljan, Adrl enno Dore, John Wray, Mae Madison, Robert Warwick, Virginia Hammond, Walter Walker and Burton Churchill, ' "The Crowd Roars". ; . , The ever popular Jimmy Cagney and Joan Blondell are cost In the final picture of the week, "The Crowd Roars,!, which ,1s to show! Friday anu aiuraayf . Tt Ib n ntnvw nf man n.Vin vicLr rianlVi ' for the sheer thrill of It and their women are helpless, slaves to a life that leaps from) ecstacy to tragedy In the flash of .a second. . ' . f Others In the cast Include Ann Dvorak, Eric Linden and 12 .famous automobile race drivers. - (. : Accounting for Falschccds "Most falsehoods, " said 111 Ho, the sage of Chinatown, "are due to the fact Hint some one tins been too Imlnlnnt nr Inn flmi.niia tn. non.w tniu tbt tnitti."--Wnslilnetnn Slur. ! A. C. (CLINT) HAYNES Democrat Candidate for ' " SHERIFF - UNION COUNTY . A Peace Officer In Union -County for Eleven Years. , Paid Adv. TODAY ' AND SUNDAY ADULTS 20c KIDDIES 5c COMEDY CARTOON "VANISHING LEGIONS" and 1BO to La Grande PORTLAND LIVESTOCK , PORTLAND. Ore., May 14 W Cat tlo 1765, calves 127 for week. A favor able trend continued for steers dur ing week. Prices were well maintain ed and demand held well; she stuff latter part of week showed slightly easier tone but prices remained gen erally unchanged; top steers were again quoted to $7.00, available only for lighter weights; heifers were quoted to $6.60, with better grade cows reaching 96.2B; bulls were active and in spots showed fractional ad vances, reaching 94.26; calves had a Bprefld of $6.00g 95.50 for better sorts. Hogs 4263 for week;- conditions showed only slight changes during period. General top of 94.10 was shown for best light butchers; strong weights and heavy sorts were around 93.00 94.00 with packing sows $2.50 92.75 and slaughter pigs 93.25 93.60. In the feeder alleys pigs sold at 93.15 or "10c below last week. . Sheep and lambs 4263 for week. Trade appeared steady to slow most of week. Toward end of period there was considerable showing of weakness In lambs; extreme top dropped back to 95.50, a loss of 50c from the start. The price named Is the lowest known In the Portland stockyards. A similar loss was shown for yearlings. PORTLAND CASH f PORTLAND, Ore., May 14 W-Cash wheat: Big Bend blu'estem 70c. ' Soft white 61c. 'Western white 61c. LlflJJflfiSCIIONENjOft q JUNIOR lylEROVnTtfl f J IV f fQ STARTING J Y iL Wi S SUNDAY mm THE PICTURE THE CRITICS COULDN'T PRAISE ENOUGH! Hii to The most talked of ' novel of our time, now is the year's most a mar ing motion pic ture. To see it is to live a great adventure. SAMUEL GOLDWYN Theatres Hard winter 59c. v Northera spring 50c. Western red 69c. Oats: No. 2 white 925.00. ' Today's car receipts: wheat 21; bar ley 1; flour 7; corn 3; hay 1. OMAHA SHEEP OMAHA, May 14 W (U. S. D. A.) Sheep:, none; compared week ago: lambs uneven spring lambs 50 cents lower; fed clipped lambs 75c 91.00 lower, sheep and feeders steady; clos ing bulks: fed clipped 95.00 $5.50; new crop lambs 96.15 96.60. - s BUTTERFAT SAN FRANCISCO, May 14 W But terfat f. o. b. San Francisco 20c. EAGLES PLAY BAKER SUNDAY AT BALL PARK : The Baker and La Grande Eagles will tangle at 2 o'clock tomorrow af ternoon at tho High school ball Ileld In what promises to be a hard-lought tilt. The . Eagles nine, with several practice games played, has had only one setback that at the hands of the Eastern Oregon Normal school team. The Baker outfit also has been cleaning up its early season opposition;; . The La Grande starting lineup to morrow is given by Manager D. W. FOR TWO DAYS Lijfe ilc aye His Work His Hearty to the Love of One Woman ... IKl I" HELEN HAYES FrVOM THC NOVL BY SINCLAIR LEWIS JUNIOR FEATURES "MOVIE DUMB" All Pun BABE RUTH In - ' "PERFECT CONTROL" IXIVF.RSAL NEWS Wear a Cjool OOLAQ Gcnnit 1.90 Becomingly styled I Remarkably low-priced I Enjoy the comfort "Kool-air" ventilation provides. J. C. Penney Co. 1307-1309 Adams Ave. La Grande, Ore. Hall as: Courtney, pitcher; C. Coch ran, catcher; Brookler, first; Posey, second; Evans, shortstop; Boone, third; Hoffman, left field; H. Coch ran, center field; Parker, right field. TODAY Last Day! ! She Tried Anything Once! with Loretta Young Norman Foster Guy Kibbee mm 0k ; WATCH FOR A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT i
