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m (favwxftt Wmitm (ffibsttmx CITY EDITION rail Associated Fr mill Win Bertie 0 TODAY Only Newipapw Printed la La Grand Covering Union ud , Wallowa frontier VOLUME 30 MKMBF.B AWOCXATKD PUBM AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1932 KAOTKItN OREttON'g I.KAI1N1 HBWSPAPEB NUMBER 232, Business STATE BOARD ANNOUNCES CURRICULA With Survey.. Made . By Federal Office. UPPER DIVISION WORK AT EUGENE Lower Division Courses in Business Administration Offered on Both Cam puses. , SALEM, May 27 (P) Organiza tion, personnel and curricula of the newly organized school of business administration In the Oregon state system of higher education were an nounced here today at the office of the state board of higher education. Major work and the granting of degrees in business administration will be confined to the Eugene cam pus, thus eliminating the duplica tion whioh existed under the old, system which had a school of com merce at Corvallls and a school of business administration at Eugene. This consolidation Is in accord with the survey made by the office of education of the U. 8. department of the Interior. Under the new unified plan low er division courses in business ad ministration are offered on both campuses, so that essentially the same freshmen and sophomore work may be token at either place. Upper division and graduate work leading to bachelor's and master's degrees In business administration and com merce are confined to Eugene, with the exception of service courses re tained at Corvallls for njajors in other schools. Necessary advanced courses will also be offered at Cor vallls this coming year to permit present Juniors to obtain their de-, grecs without traiwtenrlng t Eu. gene. v...' Secretarial Work at O. S. C. - The work in secretarial training, leading to a certificate at the end of two years. Is confined to the Cor vallls campus. , At the end of that period students wishing to continue for a bachelor's degree may transfer to any school of their choice on either campus. Teacher training in business ad ministration Is located at Eugene, except that teacher training involv ing work in secretarial training will be accomplished by combining the two-year course in secretarial train ing at Corvallls with the usual teacher training subjects. " ; , Major lines of work which a stu dent can pursue at Eugene are gen (Contlnuafl on Pave Five) MRS. REYNOLDS DIES AT HOME AT COVE, ORE. Mrs. Elizabeth Turner Reynolds died at her home at Cove yesterday afternoon after a long Illness. Funeral services will be held to morrow afternoon at the Methodist church at Cove at 2 o'clock, with burial in the Cove cemetery. Snod grass and Zimmerman have charge of the body. Mrs. Turner was born Feb. 27, 1860 and was 72 years, two months and 29 days of age. She had been a resi dent of Cove for the last 35 years, her husband preceding her in death two and a half years ago. She leaves no near relatives. Fitzgerald Behind In Incomplete Vote PORTLAND, Ore., May 37 P) The latest available election returns from the second congressional district gave tho following results for the Demo cratic national delegates from the district. (Two delegates are to be elected) : Stllllngs 4.603. Duncan 4,409, Fitz gerald 4,356, Rnley 3,027, Hughes 3.030, Blackaby 2,087, Figures stilt were Incomplete from Grant and Lake counties. WEATHER FORECAST Oregon: partly cloudy, and at times unsettled, tonight and Saturday, with showers In the mountains and along the coast; moderate temper ature: moderate changeable winds offshore. WEATHER TODAY 7 a. m. 48 above. Minimum: 33 above. Condition: clear. Frost. WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 68, minimum 30 above. Condition: partly cloudy. Range 22 degrees. WEATHER Maximum MAY 27, 1931 71, mJntmfura 45 above. Condition: clear. 28 degrees. Range S School Is C. E. Convention Here Will Open At 7:15 Tonight Grande Ronde Endeavor ers of Both Christian and Presbyterian Churches Will Meet. A three-day convention of the Grande Ronde Christian Endeavor Union will open in La Grande to night at the Christian church, at 7:15 o'clock. A large delegation of Christian Endeavorers of both Christian and Presbyterian churches in the Grande Ronde Union are ex pected to attend the session, over which Miss Frances Kelly, president, will preside. The program is: Friday Evening , Frances Kelly, presiding 7:16, 8ong service Ruth Gelbel 7:30, Welcome City Manager Mc Allister; response, Frances Kelly, Union president; Pastorlal welcome. Rev. Paul De F. Mortlmore; Pas torlal response, Rev. W. F. Shields; music, violin quartet. 8:00, "Why This Theme," Robt. S. Eakin; announcements; "The Stone In the Road," Juniors. 8:15, "Christian Youth. Joyfully Advancing Through Service," James Cornel Lson, Pendleton; closing prayer, Rev. J. Geo. W&lz: 30-min- (Continued on Page Slx Charles Devine Dies of Cancer; Illness Is Short Charles Henry Devine, La Grande business man, died at the Grande Ronde hospital this morning after a short Illness. Cancer of the stomach and peritonitis caused his death. Mr. Devine, who operated a news and cigar stand at the Bacajawea Inn, suffered severe stomach pains Monday night but they eased up, and he went to work as usual Tuesday. Tuesday night he became worse and a doctor was summoned. An opera tion revealed a cancer of the stom ach which had burst, causing peri tonitis. There was practically no chance of him surviving, although everything possible was done, 'Funeral arrangements will bo an riduncetOater. " Tho body Is at' the Sondgrass and Zimmerman m'ortuary. Mr. Devine alBO was ' very well known in Eastern Oregon for his ability as a bridge player and In structor, both In auction and con tract. He was born In Canada and was 46 years of age. He and his family came to La Grande about five years ago. Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Maude Devine; a daughter, Dorothy Jean, a son, Charles, all of La Grande besides other relatives. Falls Under Train;. Foot is Amputated PENDLETON, Ore., May 27 ) Roby MulllnB, of Messner, was brought to a local hospital yester day after having fallen under a train there in an attempt to board it. His left foot was amputated following his arrival at the hospital. He was resting easy today. Mulllns mother lives In Spokane. Valley Visited By More Frost; Mercury at 33 The Grande Ronde volley was visit ed by another froat early today, gen erally reported to bo more severe than the one yesterday. In La drando In some sections tender garden crops were nipped, although the damage was very spotty. In some other sections of the Grande Ronde valley the damage was more severe, although It was not known this morning whether any fruit was damaged. ' ' The minimum this morning was 33 above, three degrees colder than yes terday and only one degree above freezing point. As a matter of fact, the mercury In some residential sec tions In La Grande dropped to freez ing point or a point or two below, causing Ice to form In some places. Indications were for warmer weath er today, with the mercury at 48 above at 7 o'clock and climbing rap idly under a clear sky. FROST AT PENDLETON PENDLETON, Ore., May 27 UP) Frost was reported to have done con siderable damage to fruit and vege tables In this district last night when the mercury dropped down to 33 de grees. Roy Ritner Here On Way To Burns Roy W. Ritner, for 10 years a legislator from Umatilla county and at one time president of the senate, was In ' La Orande this morning visiting at the La Orande chamber of commerce. Mr. Ritner, who end ed his legislative career In 1931, re cently was appointed to succeed George Baer as secretary of the Pendleton chamber of commerce. Mr. Ritner Is en route to Burns to attend a cattleman's convention, and Is stopping at several places en route to visit chamber secretaries. Mr. Ritner has lived In Umatilla county for about 50 years, and has been engaged In wheat farming. Shaped DELZELL IS DEFEATED IN FINAL COUNT Harvey Starkweather Nominated For Congress By Margin of 31 Votes HAWLEY BEATEN BY JAMES MOTT Official Returns For Washington County Un received "With Mott Holding Lead. PORTLAND. Ore., May 37 ( Harvey Starkweather, of Clackamas, won the Democratic nomination to congress front the first Oregon dis trict by 31 votes, according to offi cial returns from every county in the district, . tabulated by the Asso ciated Press today. The vote stood: Starkweather 13,743; William Delzell, Salem, 12,- 713. , Mott Winner In the race for the Republican nomination to the same congres sional position, official returns from Coos county cut down the lead of James W. Mott, state corporation commissioner, by 33, but he still led Representative Willis O. Hawley by 138 votes, with Washington county the only one remaining on the un official list. Their count was Mott 30,853: Hawley 30,714. I ' STOCK SHOW AID TO LA GRANDE $3600 of Premium Money Deposited Herein 1931 Committee Making Plans Tony D. Smith, secretary of the Eastern Oregon Livestock show at Un ion, was in La Grande yesterday eve ning transacting business related to ine stocK snow, xn uiiswbi w uu m- i qulry about ultimate distribution of premium moneys paid at the stock show, he displayed figures taken from cancelled checks paid out for pre miums last year and which disclosed some Illuminating facts. "The state," he explained, "appro priates 95000.00 to be used as pre mium moneys at the show. " I have Just completed a check-up on the premium checks paid out last year and I find that more than $3,600.00 worth of these checks originally had been deposited directly In the two La Grande banks. All of which means that La Grande realized direct bene fit of three-fourths of the premium money, and, of course much more Indirectly. Cheer Comes to Officers "With a deficit holding over from last year, and reduced Income this season to be expected we. are develop - Continued on Paire Five COMPROMISE LIQUOR PLAN BEING SOUGHT WASHINGTON, May 27 (P) Re sponsible leaders of the Republicans and Democrats are canvassing pos sibility of both parties uniting on Identical prohibition platform dec larations. Two conferences have been held, cue In New York and another here, hut the movement admittedly has nut gotten very far. It Is unsatis factory to the militant wets and drys of both parties. Senator Reed, of Pennsylvania, high In Republican councils, endorsed the proposal. Senator Robinson, Arkan sas, Democratic leader, also concurred in the proposition. Scientist La Grande Schools Close; Nusbaum Receives Gift; Teachers Make Plans The old refrain, "Ho more pen cils, no more books, no more teach ers," snd the other words that chil dren voice, when released from stu dies for the summer vacation, were rampant this afternoon at 1:30 when report cards were distributed at the various buildings, and the students began the summer vacation. Classes formally closed on Wednesday afternoon, preceding the commence ment exercises at the La Orande High school, and the teachers have been actively engaged In making yearly reports and Issuing grades. W. , W. Nusbaum, after several yea j of service devoted to musical activities In the public schools, was honored by the students of the La Orande High school, who presented SALES TAX INTRODUCED; VOTE NEARS Sponsors Claim Bare Ma jority For Measure, With Certain Exemptions. EMERGENCY BILL PASSES IN HOUSE Hawley Measure FoV Up ward Adjustment in Tariff Rates Against Some Nations Rejected. WASHINGTON, May 27 W The somite today approved the proposed iiicrrases In second class postal rules In the revenue bill. The vote to In crease the second class rates whs 43 to 32. WASHINGTON, May 27 W) The , 1.76 per cent sales tax amendment was Introduced today In the senate by Senator Walsh, (D., Moss.) The Massachusetts senator awaited an opportunity to bring the Issue to a vote. , The senate was to vote first on the proposed Increases In postal rates In the bill. Walsh has 'carefully withheld tho sales tax proposal until the special excise rates were voted upon. He wants to substitute the general sales levy for the excise rates. The sales tax proposSl, for which Its sponsors today were claiming a bare majority, would exempt food, clothing, medicine, farm Implements and publications. HOUSE PARSES BILL WASHINGTON, May .27 (P) An emergency deficiency appropriation of $12,750,000 for veterans expenditures was passed - today by the hoUBe and sent to the senate. ' Chairman Byrris of the ttpproprla-' tlons committee cald the legislation was necessary to meet pension pay ments coming due June 4. "This appropriation does not arise out of any legislation enacted at this congress, Byrns said. 1 HAWLEY naii rented ;; '' WASHINGTON, , May 27 (JP) "Tho Hawley bill for an upward adjust ment. In tariff rates against nations with depreciated money was rejected (Continued on Page Five jy J f liW T P17 TT7 W W T tSliUlMLL I f ILL AGAIN TRY TO SPAN PACIFIC DALLAS, Tex., May 27 W) Harold Bromley, flying a monoplane pro pelled by a dlesel motor left here before dawn today on a planned three hop test flight in preparation for a trans-Pacific Jump Seattle to Tokyo for a prize of $30,000. His plans, as announced here, were for a non-stop journey to New York; a non-stop flight from New York to Los Angeles, and a non-stop Jump from Los Angeles to Seattle. The aviator who previously failed in an attempt to span the Pacific planned to fly to New York by the way of Texarkana and Memphis. Powers Differ On Question of Arms GENEVA, May 27 OP) A report containing mjfuiy divergent ylews on the question of what weapons are most offensive was adopted today by the naval commission of the dls armament conference. The report showed not only that the great powers differed among themselves but also held views on the most Important points contrary to those of the small powers. The American delegation described the submarine as a specifically of fensive weapon and considered bat' tleships and aircraft-carriers to be defensive. Britain and Japan agreed with tho United States on battle' ships but most of the smaller na tlons denounced them as offensive arms. Japan defended submarines and denounced aircraft-carriers. Falls To Death year, an opportunity to secure extra him with a handsome brief case. During the past winter Mr. Nusbaum has trained tho High school band which placed second In the state High school music tournament at Corvallls: and the boys' quartet which placed second In the tourna ment at Corvallls, In addition to his other duties. Summer courses In history, civics and sociology will be given at the high school, beginning Tuesday, with J. H. Blunt In charge. This offers students who are back In their credits and those who wish to get an advanced start or wish to take extra-curricular activities next (Continued on Page Six) Garner Relief Bill Sj r ...... ...... : v T-(Jp 'rj Nat Browne Not Likely To Start Ocean Hop Today SEATTLE, Wash., May 27 With the wind still In the north, it ap peared unlikely that Nathan C. Browne, New York aviator, would get away today on his projected non-stop flight to Tokyo. Browne had not shown up at Boe ing field and It was assumed he was sleeping In an effort to get all rest possible before starting his Journey. He needs a south wind to facilitate a takeoff with the heavy load of fuel necessitated for the 65 to 60 hour trip. Ship Collision In Fog Causes Death of Four NEW LONDON, Conn., May 27 (P) The steamers Grecian and Chat tanooga collided In fog off Block Is land today, the Grecian sinking with a loss of four lives. The Chattanooga rescued the re maining 32 members of the Grecian's crew and during the morning the bodies of three of the four men lost were recovered by one Of the coast guard. craft rushed to the. scone at first report of the accident. .The Chattanooga, which.- left new York for Boston last night, proceeded for Boston with the rescued after re porting that her own passengers and crew wore uninjured. 40 PERSONS MISSING SHANOHAI, May 27 P) Forty persons were believed to be missing today from the river steamer Illng, of the American Yangtze Rapids Steam ship company. A report to the tom- puny said ihe boat struck a rock 236 miles above Ichang Wednesday and sank. J. Anderson of Brooklyn, N, V., captain of the boat, who mado tho report to the company hero was res cued and arrived today at Chung king, 116 miles above tho scone of the wreck aboard a CV.lneso steamer. One hundred members of the crow (Continued on Page Five) OMAIILES FOWJLEK 1!K9 ORANGE, N. J., May 27 (flV- Charles N. Fowler, 80, former rep resentative from New Jersey and for many years a member of the house banking and currency com mittee, died today. Fowler was one of the "old guard' Republicans In congress and was a close associate of the late "Uncle Joe" Cannon of Illinois. Former Governor Speaks For Repeal SPRINGFIELD, 111., May 27 UP) Former Governor Len Small, repub llcan nominee for governor, told the republican state convention today he was for repeal of the 18 th amendment. His declaration came soon after keynoter and temporary chairman Frank L. Smith, a "personal dry," urged the delegates to adopt a plat form plank for resubmission of the liquor question to the states and blamed tho Democrats for placing tho 18th amendment In the consti tution. Dr. L. T.Roland Killed By Fall From High Cliff PASADENA. Cal., May 27 W) Dr. Leonard Thompson Roland, noted scientist of. Harvard university and famed In tho scientific world as the co-Inventor of coloring processes for motion pictures, was killed today In a fall over a 250-foot cliff on Mt. Wilson, 6000-foot high peak. Dr. Roland, who was 42 years old, had ascended the mountain several days ago with a friend, R. D. Eaton, in search of recroatlon. He was In Southern California on a leave of absence In an attempt to regain his (Continued on Page Fire) READY TO DARE.THE PACIFIC OCEAN Nnt Browne, New York u via tor, and tho monoplane "Ixme 8 tar," In which he plans to make nil early hop from Hen t tie In aii at tempted Seitttle-to-Toklo non Ntop flight. He plans to drop the landing gear when he starts, nnd push an auxiliary gear through Ills fuseluge when he Is ready to land. LINDBERGH MAY GIVE TESTIMONY Flier Ready to Take the fctand if John H. Curtis Must Face a Jury. HOPEWELL. N. J May 27 (P) Col. Charles A. Lindbergh 1b ready to take n personal hand In the prose cution of John H. Curtis for tho hoax to which Curtis has confessed. Ho has expressed to Prosecutor Anthony Hauck, who will have charge of tho prosecution of Curtis, "Inter mediary" In tho famous kidnaping case, his willingness to tako the wit ness stand If Curtis Is Indicted. , Just what action has been taken by Hunterdon county grand Jury has not been officially announced. It Is generally understood that the Norfolk boatbullder has been indicted for ob structing JllStlCd. j Ho confessed to giving Lindbergh false hopes of recovering the baby in the hope of Teeolvlng money later by selling his story to newspapers, . Prosecutor Hauck, confident that tomorrow would bring official an nouncement against the Norfolk, Va.t man, has set the tentative date for trial as June 13. If there Is a trial, he will call, be sides Col. Lindbergh, the two inter mediaries who worked with Curtis Rev. Dean Dobson -Peacock and Ad- moral Guy H. Burrage. Both said they accepted Curtis' Btory in good faith. Mrs. Lindbergh will not be askctl to testify, Hauck said. She Is expecting another child within a few months and will bo sparod the ordeal of serving as a prosecuting witness. Meanwhile, Curtis' attorneys are busy with what thoy have announced as "Important new disclosures" thoy hopo will serve to prevent their client from being sent to prison for the trickery to which he has con fessed. The morning news bulletin Issued by Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, su perintendent of state police, merely reported that all Investigators were out following up Information re ceived "through the usual sources and that there were no developments of Importance. LIME PLANT TO BE OPERATED NEAR DALLAS PORTLAND, May 27 (F) A lime processing plant with an annual ca pacity of 600,000 toiifl will be In op oration near Dallas within six weeks. according to Max Oehlhar, director of the state department of agricul ture, who revealed plans for large Bcale use of processed limestone to eliminate acidity of soil In some Wil lamette valley sections, thus Increas ing the productivity of tho soil. The plant, ' for which machinery now Is on the way to Oregon from tho east, will be located eight miles southwest of Dallas. The limestone deposit near Dallas, Oehlhar sold, Is of high quality and Is great enough to meet all demands for many years. Turtle Is Cause Of Auto Accident MEDPORD, Ore., May 27 tVPH-Fred Simpson, of Salem, was In a hos pital here today with a bad chest Injury, all because a turtle frightened his little son. Simpson, his wife and son, were returning from a southern motor trip. They found a turtle along the highway, picked It up and placed It In their automobile. The turtle moved toward the boy, who screamed with fright, Simpson attempted to remedy the situation lost control of tho car and creaBhed Into a telephone pole. Neither Mrs. Simpson nor the boy was hurt. TKXAS LKADH IN THI NK PII'K I.INKM WASHINGTON ) Texas, with 18.880 miles, leads the country In amount of trunk pipe lines for car rying oil while Oklahoma, with 13, 510 miles, has the greatest network of gathering lines. Up Before House Txj&tttf Presbyterians Elect Dr. Kerr New Moderator DENVER, Oolo., May XI m With tholr doBks cleaved of preliminaries, and under the leadership ' of their newly elocted moderator, Rev. Dr. Charles w. Kerr, of Tulsa, Okla., com missioners attending; the 144th gen oral assembly of the Presbyterian church In tho U. 8. A., today plunged Into the mass of business awaiting them.. . Dr. Kerr was elected on the third ballot yesterdayafter a five way con test. He has been pastor of the First Presbyterian ' church' of Tulsa for more than 33 years. He went Into Oklahoma, thon Indian territory, a home missionary and has built up a congregation of 3,130 from the Taw prairies peopled by Indians;, cow.froys ana homesteaders,; t 'Immediately after tlie election of Dr. Korr, tho assembly's 21 electing sections met to name membera of standing committees on bills and overtures, pensions, finance, and pol icy. Routine commltteo reports and In Itlal meotlngs of tho standing com mittees occupied the morning session. With the announcement of mem bers of tho standing committees was to be made Dr. Kerr's appointment or a vice moderator for the 144th gonoral assembly. Bonus Marchers To Finish Trip On N.G. Trucks 'AURORA, Illd.; Mjiy 27 (AV Ohio authorities took over transportation of the Oregon "liomis brigade" here today. . SEYMOUR, Ind., May 27 (D Tho "hltch-hlko" of the Oregon "bonus brlgndo" to Washington, D. C, today turned luto a parade of nntlonal guard motor trucks, as the veterans bogan moving out of Beymour at 5:30 n. m. Tho 27 Indiana guard vehicles that brought tho World war vetor anB here from Wellington, . Indiana, yeutoniay. wore expected to reach Ell?iabothtown, O., on tho Indiana Ohio state line near Cincinnati, shortly arter noon. Waiting for tho ox -service men there wero trucks of tho Ohio na tional guard prepared to haul them across that state on tholr way to (Continued on Pago Five) Grand Lodge Picks Pendleton For '33 PORTLAND. May 27 (!) Pendlo ton was selected as the city In which tho 1033 grand lodgo session of tho Independent Order of Odd Fellows will bo held, nnd R. H, Jonas, of Prlnovllle, was elected grand master of tho Oregon grnnd lodge at the closing of the annual convention here Thursday. Other officers are George P. Wins low, Tillamook, deputy grand master; Charles P. Poole, Eugene, Grand War den: E. E. tiharon, Portland, grand secretary; J. H. Nelson, McMlnnvllle, grand treasurer, and Homer D. An gel), of Portland, grand representa tive. P. E. 0. Sisterhood Elects Officers PORTLAND, Mny 27 OT Mrs. 0. A. Sproijue. of Balcm, wns elected president of the OrPKon state chapter of the V. E. o. 81strhood r.i the conclusion or the annual convention hero Thursday.- The meeting started Tuesday. Mrs. Bprague, who served during the past year as vlco president, sue ceeds Mrs. Orane Magrudcr of ClnU kanle, president for two years. The women decided to meet In Mc Mlnnvllle in 1B33. HEARINGS TO OPEN MAY 31 ON MEASURE Speaker Himself Will Be First to Testify on ' $2,100,000,000 Bill. : ; NORTHWEST WOULIX SHARE IN BENEFITS LaGuardia and Mead Stand Ready to Support Plan Secretary Mills Speaks in Opposition. WASHINGTON, May 27 W In 0 lashing attack upon the relief bill proposed yesterday by Speaker Gar- : ner. President Hoover today, termetf the measure the most "gigantic pork barrel ever proposed to congress." , WASHINGTON, Mpy 27 ( Act. Ing Chairman Crisp today set Tuss- day, Wednesday and Thursday for hearings before the house ways and means comrndttee on Speaker Oar ner'a a, 100,000,000 relief bill, Tho bill goes Into the hopper to day, .',.'., "By next Friday we can . begin work on the final draft of the bill In executive seoBlon," Crisp said. The tentative draft of the bill was being revised today to, correct sev eral errors before It Is Introduced. . Representative' La Ouardla R N. Y.), a leader of the lndepend. ents, and Representative Mead, D,, N. Y.) a sponsor of relief legislation, sold today they would support the , Garner program.' ; . ; . . . It was explained at the speaker's office that because of the qulokly called Democratic conference yeo1 terday the confidential print of the bill carrying provision for hunV dreds of projects could not be cor rected before being mode public. . , The Information on the project ; came. -from;,. sfr., treasury im-i. deportments? -1 ' Mills In Opposition '' The Democrats of the house bad met by - themselves last night to hoar Garner expound the plan, and to give It ah Informal, standing vote of approval. Accentuating the mean ing of this move, was the simultan eous enunciation by Secretary adits of the administration's flat opposi tion to a public works program, and (Continued on Pago Five) : YOUNG WOMAN : KIDNAPED BY LONE BANDIT RIVERSIDE, Cal., May 27 )- Mildred Cutler, ao-year-old daughter of Chief of Police Cheater Cutler of Perrls, Cal., abducted by a robber who held up her escort, Homer Beal, and fled with Bears automobile, re turned home today unharmed. She said the robber halted the automobile In the Winchester Hills, ordered her. to turn the car about, and fled. j Deal and Miss Cutler were In Fair mont park last night when tha rob ber approached them, took 16 from. Deal and forced Miss . Cutler Into Boal's car. , . . . : New Kidnaping Mystery In Iowa CHARITON, la.. May 27 (ff) Au thorities were confronted with tha possibility of new kidnaping mystery today with a note thrown from ,'a speeding car was recovered at an oil Btatlon six miles east of here. The message read : . : "Help me. I am In trouble. I am In the hands of some horrible men. Plvo men. Three women. My sge Is 16. June Stone." , , ' ; The scrap of paper bore the let terhead of a Des Molne firm. - Wheat Today CHICAQO. Moy 27 Wi Unofficial estimates the United State would havo a carryover of 400.000,000 bush els of wheat July 1 had a bearish ef fect late today. A wheat carryover of that sin would be 65,000.000 bushels mors than a year previous. Many trader were Inclined to take a pre-hollday attitude pending monthly private crop summaries due next week. Wheat closed unstable, a o un der yesterday's finish, corn unchanged to V4 ?c lower, oat uncnangea to Vic up. and provisions unchanged to a rise of 5 cents. . f . PORTLAND, May S7 (P) - Final future wheat prlcos were off 14o for Mny and July, lo for September arm 'be for December. Overnight sale of 70O0. bu. May were recorded whIW May deliveries totaled 16,000 bu. Foe : the first time In months yesterday' cut In cash wheat caused the coun try to offer freely, whloh could not be absorbed. t Mlllrun showed a loss of too too for the day. .