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VOLUME 30
M1WBF.B ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. a
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1932
EASTERN ORBGON'S liKADINU MBWBPAPKK .
NUMBER 227
Amelia JEa
Walter
BRESHEARS IS
RENOMINATED
AT ELECTION
Couch, Mrs. Bacon, Ral
ston,. Haynes, Stevens,
Proctor Appear Winners
HICKS IS VICTOR
IN SCHOOL RACE
Few Upsets in General
i Trend of Vote Cast in
Union County in Friday
Primary Election.
Walter M. Pierce, formerly gover
nor of Oregon, apparently stood nom
inated as the Democratic candidate
for congress today, with, a heavy vote
in Union county and a big lead over
his opponent Francis Galloway . of
The Dalles, In. the morning reports
from 173 precincts In the district. ,
Mr. Pierce will oppose Congress
man Robert R. Butler, Republican, of
The Dalles, in the fall election.
:, - Mr. Helm Wins
In tho district attorney race on
tho Republican ticket, Carl Helm, in
cumbent, won over two opponents,
Orval Millard and Rodney Kitchen.
Union county voters gave major
ities to Hal E. Hoss, Rufus C. Holman,
I. H. Van Winkle, Congressman But
ler,. Senator Frederick Btelwer, Joseph
Irwin ' France (presidential - candi
date). . ;-
In the remainder . of the ' county
races only -one dope upset occurred,
with Bennle Hicks scoring an Impos
ing victory over J. H. Blunt for the
school superintendent nomination on
the Republican ticket. -.;i'"On
the basts of nearly complete
unofficial returns about noon today
County Judge U. G. Couch, County
ComjnlBSloner W. W. Stevens, Sheriff
'Breshbarsr Assessor : D. " H .Prdct or.
Treasurer Florence Bafcon and Cor
oner F. L. Ralston were nominated,
although close races occurred in the
county commission contest, and, the
coroner ticket.
It also appeared that George Wal
ker's name was written fin sufficient
ly to nominate him as the Democratic
candidate for .coroner, although it
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EAST OREGON
MAN KILLED
ON RAIL SPAN
ASTORIA, Ore., May 21 (Special)
A body found at Altoona, Wash.,
May 17 was identified here Friday by
Deputy Coroner William Seeborg as
that of Adolph Bauer, 40, of Enter
prise, Ore. Bauer had been missing
since Dec. 18, 1931, when he was
struck by a locomotive on a rail
road trestle near Vancouver, Wash.,
and no trace of -him had been found
by relatives until Friday.
' Identification of the body was made
possible by a dispatch In The Orego
nian which was read by F. J. Bauer,
brother of the drowned man. The
dispatch told of the finding of the
body and the description given out by
Deputy Coroner tieeborg. The descrip
tion tallied tjxactljf, although .the
body had been In the water for a
long period. The body showed a
fractured leg, an Incident that puz
zled officers until it was disclosed
that Bauer had been injured by the
locomotive.
W. N. Monroe Dies
In Portland, Ore.
W. N. Monroo, 64, died In Portland
at 0 o'clock yesterday morning follow
ing a long Illness. His body will be
brought to La Grande for burial.
Funeral arrangements will wait until
the arrival of his widow.
Mr. Monroe formerly taught school
In La Grande and left here In 1914
for Burns. He was a member of the
I. O. O. F. lodgo.
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WEATHER FORECAST
Oregon: Somewhat unsettled
tonight and showers In the
northwest. Sunday generally
fair; cooler In the south and
cast tonight with local frost;
gentle changeable winds be-
coming northwesterly offshore.
For tho week: Generally
fair weather in California and
Nevada with fog along the
coast the middle of the week;
occasionally unsettled In Ore-
con. Washington and Idaho:
probably with rain the mid-
die of the week west of the
Cascade mountains and in
Eastern Washington and
Northern Idaho; moderate
temperature.
WEATHER TODAY
7 a. nv 46 above.
Minimum: 46 above.
Condition: Cloudy.
WEATHER YESTERDAY
4 Maximum 74. minimum 52 Q
& above.
Condition: Cloudy, rain .20
4 of inch. Range 23 degrees. Q
' WEATHER MAY 21, 131 $-
Maximum 64, minimum 31
above. 4
Condition: Cloudy, Range
33 degrees. 4
Pierce
Two Men Left On
Snowy Slopes Of
Mount McKinley
Olton. and Spadevecckia to
Search For Their Lost
.. Instruments; Left at
Their Own Request.
CHICAGO. May 21 (-) Percy T.
Olton Jr., and Nicholas Spadevecckia
have been left on the snowy slope of
Mt. McKinley, Alaska, with food sup
piles for three weeks. ';.
Rescuers of tho two members of
the University of Chicago cosralo ray
expedition flew back to Fairbanks
today, leaving Olton and Spadevec
ckia at their request to hunt the in
struments they lost during recent
spring storms. (-
Pilot S. E. Rob bins radioed the of
fice of the Alaskan airways at Fair
banks as he took off from the glacier
and his message was relayed to Amer
ican airways headquarters here. Rob
bins had repaired the damage done
to the axle of his plane when he
landed on the glacier with food and
sleeping bags for the two scientists.
A takeoff with a passenger would
have been perilous, he said, for the
ice was breaking up and stones might
have wrecked the skis.
Planea will maintain contact with
the two men while they continue
their hunt for the lost instruments,
and meanwhile tne government rang
er station on Mt. MJcKlnley will start
men to meet Olton and Spadevecckia
to guide them out of the' wilderness.
They expect to make contact with
in a week.
Travel by foot was greatly improved
now, Robblns reported, while danger
of planes landing on the glacier was
Increasing. The men ' have made
camp a half mile from the edge of
the glacier at an elevation. of about
6000 feet above sea level; I
Fruitdale Holds
Program on Last
Day of
V The second semester of the school
year closed at Fruitdale school Fri
day with the annual picnic dinner
and program at the school. The event
climaxed a program of activity dur
ing the past winter. Those who
completed the eighth grade and re
ceived their diplomas, which were
presented by County School Super
intendent E. A. Sayre, were Verona
Dyal, Beth Qalbreath, LaVerne Car
bine, DeVerl Marshall, John Chan
dler, Donald Galbreath and James
Voelz.
The program which was presented
yesterday following the picnic din
ner was:
Song "America"
Vocal Solo Magic Music...
Luclle Thomas, LUa Thomas at the
piano.
Operetta "The GeewhUiklns"
Grades 1 to 5
Piano solo "Minuet in G"
James Voelz
Play "Mischievous Mattle"
7th and 8th grade girls
Song "Moonlight and Roses"
7th, 8th grade boys and girls
Piano duet -
Katherlne Wagner and LaVerne
Carbine
Play .... "How They Got Their Dinner"
7th and 8th grade boys
Song "The Slumber Boat"
7th and 8th grade girls
Presentation of eighth grade diplomas
E. A. Sayre.
Presentation of perfect attendance
certificates and Palmer penmanship
certificates John Bennett.
The semester's activities were open
ed on Feb. 22, with a program given
in honor of the 200th anniversary of
George Washington's birthday. The
program consisted of poems and oth
er material written about Washing
ton, and some or the, "Rules of Con
duct" that Washington contributed.
Arbor day was observed by a program
and planting trees which were named
George Washington. Martha Wash
ington. Abraham Lincoln and Herbert
Hoover.
April 1 was a day crowded with In
terest, when Carrie Orr won the prize
In the spelling match. Duane Estes
and Evelyn May Charrier won the
prize offered by Mr. Bennett, prin
cipal, In the bird-house contest, from
among many contestant Posters
and notebooks on agriculture, made
by the 8th grade, were Judged and
blue ribbons were awarded to Beth
Galbreath for the poster, and James
Voelz for the notebook. The piano
recital by the members of the Melody
Way class in music presented a con
cert with the following taking part:
LUa Thomas, MarJorle Charrier, Ver
neal Dyal, Phyllis Rynearson, La
vaughan Dial. Lynn Salkleld, Lyle
Salkleld. Phyllis Slmonson and Eve
lyn Carbine. Those receiving awards
for best work In this class were LUa
Thomas, Verneal Dyal. Phyllis Slmon
son and Lynn Salkleld. ... .
Verona Dyal. 8th grade; 'Lynn Sal
kleld, 7th grade, and Evelyn Carbine.
5th grade, won in the declamatory
contest on March 25, and in the zone
contest at Island City. Lynn Salkleld
won second In his group.
Golfers Will Go
To Baker Sunday
The La Grande country club golf
team will participate In an Intercity
match at Baker tomorrow -Kith the
Baker team, the second of these tour
naments of this season.
Reports from Baker thl afternoon
said the course was in good shape
and hopes were held of fair weather.
The trip will be made at the usual
time unless members .arc notified
otherwise.
Nominee
W. M. PIERCE
Walter Pierce, of La Grande, was
nominated yesterday for con press
by the Democrats of the second
Oregon district. .
MOTION PICTURE
HEAD IS ACCUSED
Millions Made by !arjr
. in Buying, Selling Stok,
Committee Hears.
WASHINGTON, Mjay 21 '(P) Harry
M. Warner, president of Warner
Brothers, . mxvlng picture concern,
was chanted before the senate bank
fihg committee today w'th. maklngJ
u,20i,uuu in Duying ana setting stock
of his own company during -1930. '
William A. Gray, committee coun
sel; had previously x announced he
wanted to question -Warner about
dealings In the stock of his own com
pany. ' ('
Warner has been in the moving
picture business 28 years and pre
viously was In 'the shoe business,
"Have you made money?" Sena
tor Couzens (R., Mich.) asked.
"We have."
"More than In tho manipulation
of stocks?"
"Everything we made), we made
out of the development of pictures,"
Warner said.
Ho testified he had bought stocks.
Couzens said ho wanted to know
whether they were more Interested
In the manipulation of stocks than
development of the company.
Gray said he expected to prove
Warner had profited $9,261,000 in
in buying and selling stocks of his
own company., Ho said the selling
was when "certain Journals were
boosting the value of the stock be
fore the public" and the buying was
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AGED MOTHER
OF AVIATRIX
IS DELIGHTED
MEDFORD, Mass., May 21 HP)
Word that Mrs. Amelia Earhart Put
nam had alighted safely at London
er rry. Ireland, today, delighted her
gray-haired mother, Mrs. Amy Ear
i.nrt and her sister, Mrs. Muriel Ear
hart Morrissey.
Mrs. Morrissey hastened from the
nursery to answer a call from the
Associated Press that Informed her
of her sister's safe arrival In Europe.
"It goes without saying that we
aro delighted that she has landed
safely," said Mrs. Morrissey. "It
means a lot to mother that she has
reached dry land, even If she did not
get to Paris as she wished. Any
landing Is good."
To Get Returns
From Track Meet
Two La Grande High school ath
letes arc participating In the Pacific
University High school track meet
at Forest Grove today Torrence
and Walker and the Observer will
receive returns, probably about 5:30
o'clock. The returns also may be
secured at the Red Cross drug store.
Marvin
County Judge Is
Winner In Vote
In Wallowa Co.
JOSEPH. May 21 (Special) The
recall against Edgar Marvin, of Jo
seph, county Judge of Wallowa coun
ty, was defeated by approximately
400 votes In the primary elections
held yesterday. Judge Marvin re
cently was cleared of charges In con
nection with the closing of the
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HAWLEYNEAR
DEFEAT WITH
MOTT CLOSE
Oregon's Presidential
Preference Given to'
Roosevelt and France
STEIWER LEADS
' BY BIG MARGIN
Newest Total on .Pierce
and Galloway 4P38 and
1 9 1 4 , Respectively
. Hoss Nominated; ' V I '
PORTLAND, Ore., May 21 (P) The
veteran' congressman-. Wlllta C. Haw
ley who has represented Oregon for
20 years stood on the verge of de
teat in tne nominating primary elec
tion returns tabulated today. His
race iwlth James W. Mott, state cor
poration commissioner, cpmpletely
overshadowed the presidential pri
mary In which Joseph Irwin ' France
of Maryland captured a bloc of 13
national delegates, and which Gov.
Franklin D. Roosevelt swept the state
to take 10 votes to the national con
vention. Representative Hawloy, who was
elected first to the sixtieth congress,
and who has been returned in every
election, had polled 17,486 votes in
425 precincts of the 802 in the first
district. Mott had 17,120 votes. It
was a race such as has been rarely
seen In the rankB of Republican con
gressmen In .Oregon. !
. Dcmocnits Bel tie
But In the same first district the
two Democrats, William A. Dclzell
and Harvey Starkweather were stag
ing a tussle of ballots that surprised,
everyone. V7Hh 336 pfeclnot count
ed out of the 802, Starkweather had
6,682 votes, and Delzell 5.423.. Dcl
zell gave. Hawley a close race in. the
last election. . , . '
' France, In winning the presidential,
election xrom President Hoover, whose
name was not on the ballot,., will
have 13 pledged votes In tho national
Republican- convention in Chicago.
These delegates will be obliged by an
unwritten law to continue to vote;
for France until he releases them.
In 977 precincts out of 1783 in the
state he polled 31,118 votes while
.there wcVe 11,608 write-ins for
Hoover. ,. . ,
Roosevelt swept the state . like
wildfire, receiving 23,665. votes In 906
precincts. William H. (Alfalfa Bill)
Murray of Oklahoma, whose name
appeared on the Democratic ballot
with Roosevelt's, received 6.049 in
the same precincts, and admirers of
Alfred K. Smith Wrote his name 204
times.
Senator Frederick Stiwer built up
a tremendous lead over his nearest
rival, former Senator Robert N. Stan
field, polling 65,786 to Stanfietd's
30,432 in 977 precincts, for the re
noml nation. A. E. Clark of Portland,
a bone dry, and endorsed by Gover
nor Julius L. Melor for his views on
the power question, was third with
37,446. . Stelwer Is a dry who has ex
pressed' himself for submission of
the liquor question. Stan field Is a
wet and advocated repeal of the 18th
amendment. 1 1 -
Elton Watkins, a dry, and Walter
Olcasonj described as a "wringing
wet," staged a nlp-and-tuck fight
for the Democratic nomination as
senator 'to oppose Stelwer In the
general election in November. With
897 precincts counted Glcason had
10.591 votes, and Watkins 10,475. Mar
shall N. Dana, associated editor of the
Oregon Journal, ran third With 8,107
votes.
Justlco Henry J. Bean increased
his long lead In the contest for posi
tion 2 on the supreme court, and
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80 Korean Farmers
Killed by Chinese
MUKDEN, Manchuria, May 21 OP)
A dispatch to the Rengo news
agency from the Japanese branch
consulate at Panshlh, In Southern
Klrin province, today said 80 Korean
farmers west of there were slain by
Chinese rebels who raided the district.
Recall Defeated
Riveria Grade School Children
Receive Awards at Meet Friday
Athletic awards wore made to foot
ball, basketball and track partici
pants of the Rtverla school yesterday
afternoon at a meeting of the River I a
Parent Teacher association at the
school. Sixteen boys received awards
for football, seven for basketball, and
17 for track, Fifteen girls also re
ceived track awards.
Four three-letter athletes and four
two-letter boys were among those re
ceiving awards yesterday. The three
letter boys, who received awards In
football, basketball and track, were
Burl Courtney, Sidney Thompson, Pat
Voters
::..; . r
MYSTERIOUS'
GANGSTER IS
RUMRUNNER
Disclosed Today as Man
Sought Foi Questioning
I in Lindbergh Case.
CURTIS' STORY
i GIVEN SCRUTINY
Possibility it May be False
'.in Part is Receiving the
1' Attention of Authori
i'ties. ;:. :
BALTIMORE. May 31 (VP) A mim
long Identified with New Jersey liquor
running activities was disclosed today
as the "mysterious gangster in Mary
land" sought for questioning In the
Lindbergh kidnaping case.
The man, who remained unnamed,
informed Arthur Mllle, Identification
expert at the Maryland house of cor
rection, the body of the kidnaped
child would be found within five
miles of the Lindbergh estate two
days before It was discovered. .
Mills, formerly a membor of tho
Maryland state polico. said the rum
runner further Informed him the
baby had been killed by blows on the
head, and the body hidden near the
filer's home.
"I didn't pay any attention to It
at the time," Mills said, "but later
whan I read that the body had been
found, I communicated my informa
tion to Colonel H. .Norman Schwarz
kopf of the New Jersey police. Two
officers came here yesterday to In
vestigate it."
Mills said he had first known the
man at Ocean City, Md., In December,
load, when more than a score of men
.v.'flV'y nrro8ted,'wh(le , ; attempting ;,to
iand liquor. ,
He said, he saw the rum runner
two days before tho baby's body was
found, and that he complained off
the police activity which hampered
his liquor activities. - .
- "If somebody doesn't do something
about: the case soon. ' I will,"'' Mills
quoted the man as having ettld. He
also told him he knew several people
connected with tho cose and three or
four persons were Involved.
Mills Idecllned to give tho man's
:namo, ljut said he had nont It to
New Jersey police oificiais.
CURTIS' 8T011Y STllllIHD
HOPEWELL, May 21 (IP) The pos
sibility that John Hughes Curtis'
atory of his astonishing lie may In
Itself have been folBo In part, re
ceived police attention today.
A portion of the Norfolk shipbuild
er's confefsslon that his Intermedia
tion in' the Lindbergh baby case was
a hoax already was considered as dis
proved. , That was the . portion In
which Curtis explained his purpose
In the elaborate lie was to get money
by the sale of hla story to newspapers.
Police pointed out that the hoax
was three weeks old before Curtis at
tempted to sell his story: and that
ovon bo, he could not hope to find
any buyers unless ho rocovored the
stolen Charles Augustus Lindbergh
Jr., which he must have known whs
impossible, Inasmuch as his negotia
tions were not negotiations at all. i .
An Inquiry was quietly under way
to learn If Curtis may not have had
some other motive, quite removed
from the sale of his "story," for In
venting the deception. It was re
called that due to tho "delicacy" of
the negotiations with a vessel at sen.
co?st guard craft refrained from
their usual careful patrols in Aome
waters, fearful of causing the col
lapse of negotiations for the baby's
ransom.
As a result of this rclnxcd vigilance,
rum runners were able to move more
freely, and to land cargoes of liquor
without running the customary
gauntlet of federal craft, authorities
pointed out.
Prom Norfolk came word that an
attorney had been engaged to defend
Curtis from tho charge of obstructing
Justice on which ho Is held, In lieu
of 910,000 ball, In Jail at Flcmlngton,
N. J.
The Rev. H. Dobson-Peacock, whose
connection with Curtis ob an "In
termediary" in the hunt for the Lind
bergh baby Is also under scrutiny, de
clined again to come to New Jersey
for questioning, oven with the police
offering to pay tho expense. Ho has
f Continued on Pairs Flve
Mortlcr and Vernon Peterman. Two
letter boys were Alfred Inseth, Ar
thur Drlskell, Frank Peterman and
Frederick Oehrlng.
Awards for football were made to
Burl Courtney, Alfred Inseth. John
KM by, Sidney Thompson. Arthur Drls
kell, William Young, Pat Mortlcr,
Vernon Peterman, Orant Webb, Frank
Peterman, Edward Elliot, Jack Brown.
Howard Zlnk, Clifford Owsley, Fred
Oehrlng and Jesse Coma lock. Bas
ketball' awards were made to Pat
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Support
STEIWER
Above picture Is of Senator Fred- .
erlck Stelwer, renominated by
tho Republican purty at yester
day's priniurv election.
BAKER REMAINS
AS CITY MAYOR
Recall Move Aimed at
Him Fails But Commis
sioner Mann is Removed .
- ', PORTLAND, Oro., Mtoy 21 (P)
An attempt to recall Mayor
Oeorgo h. Baker In Friday's elec- ,
tlon failed. With 426 precincts
- counted out of 406 In the city
' the count was: for tho recall
31,145; agalnBf tho recall 30,021.
Mann, however, was snowed un
der by the recall vote which
wast for the recall 42,642; against
,' .the recall 23,711. ' v
Thp'- two officials. ' wore ao-'"
Roused . oaiegilgvnDft.l".?."-. '
clency In office. .
Mills Unwilling
To Approve New
Relief Program
WASHINGTON, Moy 21 W) Sec
retary Mills said today he could not
approve the $2,300,000 relief program
advanced yesterday . by the. Demo
cratic committee of the senate spe
cializing on that problem, but ho
refrained from- Indicating just what
portions to which tho administration
objects.
While not assuming to speak for
tho president on the prosposal an
nounced yesterday 'by the special sen
ate Democratic committee, Mills said:
"I will say that there Is no great
amount of enthusiasm for an un
balanced budget and a pork barrel
plan at the treasury department."
NORMAL NINE
WINS 8-1 AT
" IMBLER, ORE.
IMBLER. Ore., May 21 Tho Moun
taineers of the Eastern Oregon Nor
mal school defeated the district high
school champions, the Imblcr base
ball players, hero 8 to 1 yesterday In'
the third game of a scries. Im,blcr
won one and tho E. O. N. nine two.
Tho iNormal school showed a de
cided Improvement In Its class of
play, whllo the Imbler team was
somewhat listless. Imbler won the
Union-Wallowa championship when
Joseph defaulted.
Score: R. H. E.
E. O. N 8 6 3
Imbolr 1 6 6
Lowry ond Rhlnehart; McKlnnls,
Jackson and D. Fowler.
FLYING BOAT,
DO-X IS OVER
' THE ATLANTIC
NEW YORK, May 21 (P) The
Radio Marine Corp.,, announced the
receipt at 0:60 a. in., eastern atancl
ard time today, of this message from
the Qerman airliner DO-X:
"Position 14:00 Orecnwlch meon
tlme (0 a. m., eastern standard time)
44.00 north, 41.16 west. Winds west
southwest. Speed 00 knots. All clear."
Tho poHltlon given by tho DO-X Is
approximately 600 miles east, south
east of Cape Race, N. P.
Radio-marine attaches Interpreted
the phrase, "all clear." to mean that
tho lilgnt was proceeding smooin;y.
The DO-X took off from Holyrood
for a transatlantic fllKht to tho Azores
at 3 a. in., eastern standard time,
today.
Baseball Teams
In Three-way Tie
Final Ntun(l)iig
W. L. Pet.
Seniors 2 1 .067
Juniors 2 I .667
Sophomores - 2 1 .667
Freshmen 0 3 .000
When the Juniors defeated the so
phomore 15 to 7 at the L. H. S.
field In baseball yesterday, It closed
the Interclass series leaving three
teams In a deadlock for first place.
Batteries: Juniors Munsell and
Stoop: sophomores Jones and AI
vey, Woods, Webb, Williams. -v.
- 3f
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Helm
Hoover Praises '
Mrs. Putnam For
Atlantic Flight
Famous Woman Flier
Ranks Among Brightest
ot btaxs One ol beveii
Attempting Trip.
WASHINGTON, May 21 (JFh-Resident
Hoover today dlBpatched a cable
to Mrs. Amelia uarnart Putnam, con
gratulating her upon her transat
lantic flight as demonstrating "the
capacity of women to match the skill
of men In carrying through tho most
difficult feats of high adventure."
- Tho president's cable, addressed to
Mrs. Putnam at cuinvre, Ireland,
follows:
' ,"1 voice the pride of the nation
in congratulating you most neartuy
upon achieving the splendid pioneer
solo flight by a woman across the
Atlantio ocean.
"You have demonstrated not only
your own dauntless courage but also
the capacity of women to match the
skill of men In carrying through the
most difficult feat's ox high adven
ture. -
' (Signed) "HERBERT HOOVER."
ONE OF SEVEN
NEW YORK, May 21 (P Amelia
Earhart Putnam, making her second
flight over the Atlantic ocean, Is one
of seven women who havo attempted
tne trip. oe aione nos oeen suc
cessful, having flown the ocean In
June, 1028 with Wllmor Stultss unci
Lou Gordon.
Four other women lost their lives
In tho attempt. In August. 1027,
Princess Liwensteln-Wlrthelm was
lost In a flight from England to
Canada with two men.- In December
of that year Mrs. Francis W. Gray
son attempted a flight -to Denmark
with three men. Thoy wore never
neiim oi ugam.
The following spring, March 1028,
Elsto Mackay and Capt. Walter R. G.
SIncllffo, disappeared in a flight from
England to America, and in January,
1031', Mrs. Beryl Hart and Lieut.
William S. Maclareh left Bermuda
on a projected, flight .to Paris and
were ioh&. , i..-, -
, Iri October,. 1&27 Ruth Elder, how
Mrs. Waited ewmp 1 Jr., started a,
transatlantic flight with George Hal -I
deman, but was forced down at sea
360 miles northeast of ,the Azores'
and was-later roscued. Miss Ruth
Nichols last. Juno flew from New York,
to St. John in preparation for a
flight ovor the Atlantic, but cracked
up on landing there and was seri
ously injured, forcing her to call off
the attempt. . , ,
' TOMATO JUICE HKR FOOD
OULMOBE, Ulster, Ireland, Mny 21
(Pi Amelia Earhart Putnam took no
food on her flight from Harbor OrRce
except tomato Julco. And sho land
od almoHt broke for the time being.
"I have only twenty dollars In
United states money In my posses
sion," she said. "That was handed to
me as I waB loavlng. I haven't even
a check to sign."
"You needn't worry about that,"
said Mr. Gallagher, owner of the
field In. Which she landed. "I will
boo you through." .
Petitions For
Three Measures
Filed In Salem
SALEM, May 21 W1) Preliminary
petitions for one proposed constitu
tional amendment and two initiative
bills sponsored by the Oregon tax
payers' equalization and conservation
league wero filed In tho state de
partment hero today.
Tho constitutional amondment and
one Initiative bill provides for the
appointment of a tax conservation
commission of three members in
each county with authority to pass
on all proposed tax levies and bond
issues. The commissions vould be
non-sularlcd and would be appointed
by tho governor.
Tho other initiative measure would
amend the present income tax law
so as to reduce tho exemptions and
Increase the tax rate.
Tho law provides that tho com
pleted potltloiiA shall be filed In the
state department by July 7, In order
to placo tho constitutional am tiH
ment and lnltiatlvo measures on the
ballot at tho November election.
The preliminary petitions were filed
by J. E. Burdcttc, president of the
league.
42 Men Saved From
Landslide In Chile
T'MUCO, Chile. May 21 f4 Forty
two men who spent one hundred
hourt Imprisoned In Los Rnlcea by
a landslide were rescued today. All
nre expected, to live but some were
in d pitiable condition.
Only twelvo men wero ablo to walk
out ol tho railway tunnel. Torrential
rains had covered the bottom of their
prison with water.
Would Eliminate
Postal Official
WASHINGTON. May 21 W) An
amendment to tho treasury-postofflco
appropriation bill, eliminating the
salary of W. Irvng Glover, second as
sistant postmaster general, was in
troduced. In thq senate today by
Senator King (D., Utah).
In a brief statement, King referred
to remarks attributed to Glover at a
recent, convention of Missouri post
masters at St. Louis, which were
assailed recently on the floor of the
house and senate.
WOMAN FLIER ;
LANDSTODAY
IN IRELAND
Brings Plane Down ' at.
Culmore First Woman '
. to Fly "Atlantic Alone.
CUTS TRIP .SHORT
DUE TO TROUBLE
Amelia. Had Intended to
Continue on to Paris
. Some of Time Spent
Flying Through Storms.
0 Earlmrt plight In Figures .
$ (By the Associated Press)
Distance 2026.6 miles.
$ Time 15 hours, 39 minutest
$ Average speed 129.5 miles
$ an hour. . .
$ Left Grace Harbor, N. P., 41
S 4:61 p. m. eastern standard
4 time Friday. .
$ Arrived Culmore; Northern
Ireland 8:30 a. m. eastern
4$ standard time Saturday.
CULMORE, Ulster, Ireland, May 21
(JP) Amelia Earhart Putnam brought .
down her red and gold monoplane In :
a field on the Donegal side of Lougb,
Foylo this afternoon and thereby be
camo tho first woman ever to fly the
Atlantio alone.- .1..
She landed on this side of the ocean
five years to the day after. Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh arrived at L
Bourget, France, successfully - com
pletlng the first solo flight 1 across
the Atlantio by a man.
"I've done it I" Mrs. Putnam . ex
claimed when she got out of her ship.
Cuts Flight Short
She had Intended to; go to Paris
but It was necessary to out the flight
short because her exhaust manifold
had burned but and the gasoline
gauge was broken, causing little
leakage., . ' . . . ,
r The llHo blonde filer,, who -too
off from ' Harbor- Grace, Newfound
at 4:61 p. m. eastern standard time
yesterday, got a. lift by motor to
Londonderry, five miles away, where'
tho first thing she did was to get
on the telephone to report her suc
cess to , London so her husband, '
George I Palmer. Putnam,' New Yoe
publisher, and her friends back horn
mlirht know nhn war nnff -
Her plane was not damaged In the
landing, and she was unhurt.
"For a lot of the way," Mrs. Put
nam said, "I was flying through
storms mist, rain and a little fog.
"To my friends In New York I want
to send this message: I am very glad
to havo come across successfully, but
I am Borry Indeed I did not make
Franco. ;
"I am going to speak to my hus
band ' as soon as I can by the AU
lantlo phone." . -.
It was the filer's second, airplane
(Continued on Page Four,
. i
OCEAN FLIER
KILLED TODAY
IN ACCIDENT
ROME, May 21 (P) Captain George
Endres, who flew the -Atlantic In
1031, was killed today In a short
practice flight.
The flier had come here to attend
tho convention of transatlantic alrt
men opening tomorrow.. He made the
trip from Budapest by air. Five hours
after he had landed bo took off from
Llttorto airfield for a brief flight
with his Hungarian mechanic!, and
later both were dead.
Their plane was trying to gain al
titude when the motor suddenly
stopped, and the ship crashed.
World War Veteran
Figure in Tragedy
PHILLIPS, Wis., May 21 W) A
World war veteran of the Austrian
army, apparently brooding because
unemployment compelled him to ac
cept charity of relatives, shot and
killed his wife and two little children
and committed suicide on his brother-in-law's
farm yesterday. '
The veteran was Martin Taraa, 31,
and the victims of his temporary
derangement which, officials said, was
also brought about by war injuries,
were Mrs. Julia Taras, Rose, 4, and
John 2 years old. The shooting was
dono with a rifle. . '
Wheat Today
CHICAGO. May 21 WP) Broader
speculative buying lifted wheat val
ues late today, stimulated by sensa-
uonruiy Dumsn crop report, inc.ua-
incr MnsRlnn flv nrtvlfPR from states
cost of the Missouri river.
The week's highest prices on wheat
were recorded. Large purchases of
wheat for domestic mills were an
nounced, and some United States
hard winter wheat was bought for ex
port. Wheat closed strong (filc above
yesterday' finish, corn $ o up,
onU varying from VtO decline to V4
atl Vance, and provisions unchanged to
loo higher.
PORTLAND, May 21 (fl - May
wheat was not under pressure during
the Saturday trading. It closed
upon the Portland futures market as
did the July. Deferred positions were
unchanged. There was no trading.
On the merchants exchange cash
wheat was stationary.