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CITY EDITION nntaMkinhMUwi . - Wire ferries JO PAGES TODAY Omly Kwmi , PiiaUd fat U Grand Covering Union u4 WaOowa CotmtiM VOLUME 30 mfiMBKB ASSOCIATED PRBCU AND A, B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1932 MMmrman orboon's ubadino mbwbfapkb NUMBER 260 SEVELT ENB(D)M W TO FUM i 1 ROOSEvars NAME PLACED II Gover,nor'8, Old Friend, John E. Mack, Makes Nominating Speech. DEMONSTRATION ROCKS RAFTERS Continues For 43 Minutes, With Some New York Delegates 'Participating in Parade. ' '. ' ' -By Byron Price :' OHICAQO STADIUM, June SO VP) Plunging along with a rapid succes sion of almost unanimous decisions, the Democratic convention completed approval of Its platform today and turned to another Interlude of ora tory as 'a long .line of ' speakers took up the task of putting nine candl dites formally In nomination for the i presidency. " ; 'Without roll calls and with roar ing shouts of disapproval, the conven tion refused to write Into the plat form alongside the prohibition repeal ;plank a single one of the major amendmenta sent up from the floor. One plank voted down was for Irn medlate payment of the soldier bonus, it was smothered under an over whelming rush of "No's,". Its sponsors (Continued on Page Five) ' MOUNT EMILY ROAD OPENING DUE SHORTLY , The tip-top point of Union county's scento wonderland, Mt. Emily, will be accessible to motorists in about two weeks, members of the Lions club said this morning, after spending yesterday on the mountain clearing the road.. ' The road is open and the forest service has. cleared away the slides to within one-half mile of the lookout station, and the Lions club plans to organize another party to open the remainder of the stretch soon. The road Is open 13 miles from ta Grande, although the last three or the stretch Is slow going because of the soft condition of the road. : An easily accessible road Is that 'which turns to the left at a signboard past the Bowman-Hicks mill, which Is clearly marked. Then turn to the right at the sign bpard, and after . proceeding four and a half miles from La Grande the road turns sharply to Mho left and It Is at that point that the real Mount Emily road starts. -Two and one-half miles from the be ginning of the road, the traveler reaches an excellent lookout from which almost the entire valley Is In View, and there also Is a camping placo with water. Three miles far ther on from the lookout the top, not the designated summit of the mountain Is reached, and the road proceeds on to Bear Wallow, an ex cellent camping place with water. The members of the working party stats that Bear Wallow Is the Ideal place to camp since the road beyond "that Is wet and sticky although pas sable with a light car. ' From Bear Wallow the road stretches to the lookout station and on to the peak. The new road Is used' practically the entire trip, al though the old road Is still being used through Bear Wallow. Prom the chamber of commerce office, the entire trip Is 13'A miles to the look but station, and 13 miles to the peak. Escaped Prisoner Returned to J ail R. Vaught, who escaped from a work gang of city Jail prisoners last Thursday, waa arrested on North Sec ond street shortly before noon yes terday by Patrolman Wiley Blancott. VAiurht tvhn waa serving a sentence on a disorderly conduct charge, must spend two more days in jail on mat sentence, plus four days on a previous paroled sentence, officers report. WEATHER FORECAST Oregon: Fair tonight and Friday but cloudy Bnd unset tled on the coast; no change In temperature: moderate changeable winds offshore. - WEATHER TODAY 7 a. m. 69 above. Minimum: 67 above. Condition: Clear. 'WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 89, minimum 63 above. Condition: Clear. Range 36 degrees. WEATHER JUNE 30, 1031 Maximum 70, minimum 30 above. Condition r Partly cloudy. Range 31 degrees. Fat Men's Race To Be Feature Of Celebration Fiddlers' Contest Another Eveht on Fourth of July Program Committee Holds Meeting. The fat men's race, which will be one feature of the Fourth of July celebration which the American Le gion Is sponsoring In La Grande, Is assuming greater proportions with Jack E. Wright, .manager of the Lib erty theatre, challenging all comers. ana offering as a prize a two weeks pass to the picture show. Great in terest is also shown in the old fid dlers' contest which will .precede the old-fashioned dance at Zuber hall on Monday evening. Old fiddlers are tuning their strings, and a lively con test is promised with some of the best from three counties planning to participate. The celebration committee of the American Legion met lost night and apportioned the prizes for each event, and all who plan to enter are asked to apply for admission with Dr. W. (Continued on Page Six) T. B. Inspection Of Dairy Herds Completed Here Cows serving the La Grande terri tory with milk are almost 100 per cent free of tuberculosis. This fact was revealed at last night's city com mission meeting by City Manager An gus McAllister, who reported on tuberculin tests just finished by Dr. W. E. Thistlewaite, federal Inspector. Tests were made of dairy cows be longing to dairymen operating in this district. t The manager also was authorized to employ a man to flU'out state ments for city use on delinquent city liens and delinquent taxes against property in La Grande! This work Is expected to take at least a week or two to complete. !..: The cash statement submitted' by the manager showed $24.1167.71 on hand as .follows: Jn bank $21,115.83, eash $439.42, county warrant: road $2.76, general $12.24, school district $2,687.47. The remainder of the meeting was taken up with routine business mat ters. , . Scout Court Of Honor Held At Pine Cone Park With the woods at Pine Cone fur nishing an outdoor setting 46 adults, most of whom were parents of Boy Scouts in Troop III of the Methodist church, enjoyed one of the most suc cessful picnics and courts of honor which any scout organization has held In La Grande recently. The troop committee of the church played hosts to the group. Donald Higglns received the high est honor bestowed during the court of honor, over which A. W. Nelson presided, when he was presented with the insignia of the life scout by his mother, Mrs. Bert Higglns. Mrs. R, E. McAnulty and Mrs. S. V. Atkins presented their sons, Robert McAnulty and Clarke Atkins, with the star award; while Harold Lockwood and Dick Kllby were promoted to second class scouts by Harvey Carter. Robert Long made the presentation which conferred the tenderfoot rank on Eugene Schultz. The court of honor was unique In that the mothers assisted In present ing the awards, assisted by the eagle scouts. The following merit badges were awarded: Robert Long, agriculture and zoology; Delbert Group, civics and bird study; Edgar Rogers, civics and pioneering;' Harold Lockwood, ftremanshlp; Robert McAnulty. ath letics, cooking and pioneering; Ernest Briggs, farm, home and' street plan ning; Clarke Atkins, cooking, public health and personal health; Dick Lark In, cooking, pioneering stamp col lecting; Donald Higglns, pathflndlng and athletics; and Richard Ktlfry, flremanshlp. Donald Higglns and Harvey Carter led In group singing around the campfire. WocHrow Damerell and Carl Coleman also assisted in the court of honor. Odd Fellows Plan Memorial Service The members of the Odd Fellow and Rebekah lodges who have died during the past year will be honored at annual memorial services on July 10. The event will be under the di rection of Mrs. Lettle ' McOoldrlck, chairman of the committee. The Odd Fellows hall will be the setting for. the program which will Include an address by a local speaker and a ser vice appropriate to the occasion. The Joint committee from the two organizations will meet tomorrow eve ning after the regular meeting of the Odd Fellows at the I. O. O. F. temple. Members of the women's committee are Mrs. McOoldrlck, Mrs. Flaule Engle and Miss Tlllle Hug. The men's lodge Is represented by A. H. Harvey and P. J. Barron. GERMAN BOND SUGGESTION TURNED DOWN French Proposal -at JL.au- sanne .Fails to Win Germany's Acceptance RAMSAY M'DONALD PLEADS IN VAIN Assin-es Germans They Need Have No Pear With Regard to Ameri can Generosity. ' LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 30 (P) Germany refused today to agree to a suggestion by France that she deposit a 8,000,000,000 mark bond with the world bank In Jleu of reparations annuities, pending negotiation of re vised debts agreements with the United States.. Baron Konstatln Von Neurath, the German foreign , minister, communi cated the negative . reply to Prime Minister MacDonald of Great Britain after having consulted with the rest oft the German delegation and his cabinet colleagues in Berlin. A safeguard clause, avoided here tofore because It was distasteful to Washington, was 'embodied in a French compromise plan at the rep arations conference today. The French proposed that Germany deposit with the world bank a bond of 6,000,000.000 marks, approximate ly $1,500,000,000. (Continued on Page Four) - NAME WOMAN ON RELIEF BOARD Mrs. ; Frederick Gehring Appointed at Meeting. Held at Court House ' Mrs. Frederick Gehrtng was ap pointed to augment the governor's re-, lief committee this morning, bringing the total In this county to seven, and will receive her appointment from Governor Meier In the near future. Judge U. G. Couch, county Judge, announced following a meeting of the committee at his office in tie court house. Governor Meier, at a recent meeting of county officials, stated a state-wide relief program, the purpose of which will be to take care of the state's unemployed during the coming winter. Other members of the committee are Judge Couch, chairman, H. G. Avery, county agricultural agent; T. J. Scroggln, F. A. Epltng, A. J. Scott and Ward Lamb. - The unemployed in each locality will be drafted to can fruit and vege tables during the summer under the direction of members of the com mittee. A general chairman for La Grande is being considered by members of the governor's committee, and after they reach a decision another. meeting (Continued on Page Two) C.J. MURPHY BURIED HERE; DIED MONDAY Charles J. Murphy, who died at the Qrande Ronde hospital Monday night of cerebral embolism, was burled here this afternoon with funeral services at the grave in charge of the Snod grass and Zimmerman mortuary. Mr. Murphy, who was about 67 years of age, had made his home at the Dexter Eaton place on Fox hill. He was a resident of La Grande tor about 26 years. He had no known relatives. Ohio Wreck Fatal Fitzgerald Retrieves Oregon's Banner From Convention Souvenir Hunters By Leslie J. Smith (Associated Press Staff Writer) CHICAGO. June 30 VP) With Oregon's banner In tatters, the re sult of a foray by a souvenir hunter, but with her name enlisted with those states which voted so over whelmingly to oust prohibition from the Democratic canons, the ten dele gates from the state had little to do today other than attempt to further the nomination of Franklin D. Roose velt for president. Although the delegation split 7 to 3 on the liquor question, with the majority favoring the pronounced wet view, there will be no such lack of unanimity when the roll la called on the presidential nomination. Pledged by the presidential preference to support Roosevelt, the ten Oregon I ans not only feel bound to do so, but Hoss Asks For Legal Opinion On Car Tag Plan Works Out System of Quarterly Payment For Automobile Licenses in This State. - $$$-4$$g$S$$$t$$ $ MEIER CRITICIZES HOBS $ . PORTLAND, Ore., June 30 $ W) Governor Meier today se- $ verely criticized Hal E. Hoss, $ secretary or state, for seeking $ from the attorney general an opinion on the validity of the 8 proposed deferred payment $ $ plan-in the purchase of auto- $ $ mobile licenses. ' 4 . .The governor charged Hoss & with confusing matters and $ $ working a hardship upon "the $ 4 moneys that would oth- $ $ erwlse have neen paid before $ the night of June 30 to the $ extent , of many thousands of $ $ dollars." He expressed' the $ opinion that If Hoss had not $ $ revealed his action "approxl $ mutely 10,000 out of ' 50,000 -automobile owners would have $ $ purchased their plates before $ midnight tonight." . v SALEM, June 30 tfP) A quarter ly system of payment of Automobile licenses has been worked out by the department of state and will be put into effeot on July 16, Hal' to. Hoss, secretary of state, announced at Portland last night. Hoss ' believed such- a plan would be legal as It Would take the form of receipts on (Continued on Page Four?. Firemen Do Second Story Job To Let Judge Into Off ice ' Fire departments are handy things to have around. If you 8 don't believe this, you are re- Bpectf ully referred to County ' Judge U. O. Couch, ' . You see. It was this way. S t At. 8 ...o'olook,., .this morning 4 When Mr. Couch attempted to enter his office, hie door was f locked. That was according to, $. the usual way of things. But, S when he reached for his keys, 4 they were not there. That was not according to the usual , way of things! And he re- membered the ' keys were In $ his desk, the other side of the $ locked door I . So the big pumper truck rolled up Sixth street, the 4 gallant firemen took their lad- $ g der and placed it against the side of the court house, and entered the office via the window I And when they left S for the city building, Mr. 4 Couch once more was sorene $ and composed within the cus- fc tomary four walls of his of- flee. $ $ Roof Blaze At t Happersett Home A roof fire at the C. E. Happersett home at 1301 O avenue was extin guished by the 'fire department thlB morning after some damage waB done to the roof. Sparks from 'the chim ney were responsible for the blaze, which did not reach any other part of the residence. The alarnt was at 10:20 and recall 20 minutes later. ' The' small truck went to the rail road Y early last evening to extln gulsh a grass fire the first - of the season requiring the sending of f truck. ' ' ' ! : I I. Durkee Boy Drowns In Burnt River BAKER, Ore., June 30 VP) Oerald Flcket, 0, was drowned Wednesday while swimming In the Burnt river at Durkee. The body was recovered. will voice their own personal Ideas In bo doing. Repeated polls of the delegation demonstrates that the governor of New York is the personal as well as the pledged choice of each member. Ritchie Second Choice? How they would vote In event the "6top -Roosevelt" movement assumes definite proportions and the New Yorker's cause should develop Into a lost one, baa not been determined. In nearly every case, however, the answer Is "I have no second choice," But conversation among the Oregon -tans develops a profound respect for and admiration of Governor Albert C. Ritchie, of Maryland. This sentiment apparently la much more pronounced than la the feeling for Newton D. Baker. (Continued on Page Three These men who comprise the drafting sub-comnUttee named liy Chairman Gilbert Hitchcock, of the Democrats' resolution committee, to prepare the Democratic platform' wrote a wet plank yester day and last night It was adopted by the Chicago convention 03494 tW. When the above photo graph was taken those attending the session Included (left to rlght)i'' senator Carter Olass, Virginia! Senator David 1. Walsh, Massachusetts; A. Mitchell ftilmer, Washington-' . C; Senator Burton. K. Wheeler, Montana; Joseph C, O'Mahoney. Wyoming; Senator Cordell Hull, Tennessee; William Uibbs MjcAdoo, California; William A. Comstock, Michigan, Will Drys Support Hoover? State Salaries May Be Reduced Beginning Friday SALEM. June 30 (P) State sal aries In Oregon will be reduced from 3 to 16 per cent beginning tomor row, if the recommendations of the special committee appointed, for thlB purpose are. adopted. The 16 per oent will be all salaries above, 16000 while there will be no cuts for salaries of less than 1200 per year. .. The schedule, of reductions Is vol untary upon those whose pay Is set by ' law, Uuf it Us expected ther U1 comply . with the reconimendftttons and return the balance to the gen eral fund of the state It . was estimated 200,000 will be saved dur ing the next six months' period ' as a result of the cut. If put Into ef feot. . .. The committee, Lunn 8. McCready, Eugene, Henry L. Corbett, Portland and E. P. Mahaffey, Bend, filed Its report here yesterday with the gov- ' (Continued on Pag Three) "BONUS ARMY" DOES SOU ADS RIGHT TODAY WASHINGTON, June 30 W") Hard boiled top sergeants started today to whip the bonus-seeking army Into a military unit. . - Under orders of Walter' W. Waters, the commandor-in-ohlef, the men drilled and paraded under a hot sun. The drill period was ono of the con ditions demanded by Waters In ask ing for "unlimited powers." Police kept a strict watch on the encampment to see that this author Ity was not wielded to the diaadvan. taoo of the men. . ' Sharp words passed last night be tween waters and Painam u. uiaas ford, police superintendent, over the commander's threat to transport to the District of Columbia's line any man who did not co-operate with him.' . There were two versions. The . vet erans' headquarters Bald Waters had vehemently Insisted on his privilege to oust dissenters. Olassford's office said the police superintendent had sternly warned Waters that police would step In if he assumed the role of exercising unlawful powers. Food supplies from local and near by donors were oufflctont to feed the men today on reduced rations. To Seven Racing Electric Cars In Head-on Collision Today HAMILTON, Ohio, June 30 VP) Two racing electric cars of the Cin cinnati and Lake Erie railroad smash ed head-on north of here today, kill ing seven persons and Injuring five. One car carried passengers, the other was heavily loaded with freight, , The freight crunched through the passenger car, burying Its nose In the middle of the lighter vehicle. . Plve persons were dead when work men, burning with oxy-acetylene torched through the tangled steel, reached them. H. P. Smith general claim agent of the road, said he could give no cause for the, accident. WRITE WET PLANK INTO PLATFORM . ORGANIZED DRY FORCES IN DOUBT Face i Dilemma of Major Proportions; No Unani mous Choice As Yet. ; CHICAGO, June 80 VP) The Democratic repeal plonk, flouting pro hibition sentiment, has brought ne organised dry forces face to face with a dilemma of major proportions, and the leaders conceded, today there U. not as yet -unanlmuui qholoe M - to, th urav mie ' , I ' Dr. Daniel A. Poling,' of New York, one of the national prohibition board of strategy, condemned the Demo cratic stand as vigorously as might be expected, and made known that the board, war council of 30 dry or ganizations, would get together today to talk over Its future course. This meeting was planned as an informal and secret one, leading toward some thing more definite tomorrow. Poling dlsolosed the diverging opin ions. They are: ' To throw the organized dry vote to Herbert Hoover and the Republican. modification submission program; , To seek an independent dry candi date for president and register as big as possible a protest vote; and To stay out or the presidential, con test and concentrate on electing dry congressmen. Apparently these views bad been taken In expectation that the DemO' (Continued on Page Two) 143,000 Sheep Enter Whitman National Forest BAKER, Ore., June 30 The last few bands of 148,000 sheep are now entering the 135 sheep allotments on the Whitman national forest, J. h. Peterson, associate range examiner of the forest service, announced here, i ' This year the secretary of agrlcul ture waived the first half of the grazing fees resulting in a aavlng of approximately fOOOO for sheepmen grazing on the Whitman forest. The forest service grazing fee Is about six and one half cents for the sum mer grazing period. No charge made for lambs. ' The sheep are accompanied by about an equal number of lamba un der six months of age. Of the 143,- ooo head of mature sheep, 120,000 are being grozod on national forest range. Sixteen thousand are on pri vately owned land within the forest, The sheep will remain on the range for an avorage period or three and one-half months. Most of the lambs (Continued on Page Two) May Sales of Gas Show a Decrease 8ALBM, June 80 VP) May sales of gasoline In Oregon fell off more than two and a half million gallons under the sales for May In 1031, resulting In a decrease In state gaso line tax of about $100,000. the secre tary of state's office announced to day. May sales however totaled about threo and half million gallons more than In April. ; . The total sales for May this year was 16,000,103 gallons, bringing In a state tax of 4636,804.67, the report showed. So far this year 61,070,846 gallons of gasoline was sold, or a de crease during the first five months of about three and half million gal lons under the same period of 1031. The total tax this year It 3,627,616.40 or about 1 6,000 less than In 1031, Sheppard Ready To Give Support To Repeal Move WASHINGTON, 'June 80 VP) Sen ator Sheppard (D Texas), co-author of the 18th amendment, said today he would vote to submit a repeal amend ment unless his party referendum In Texas In July decided against It,. Sheppard's announcement waa made In commenting on the repeal plank adopted by his party last night In Chicago. , ..." . - ; It came simultaneously with an announcement from Senator Bing ham mn ponn.) that In view of the Democratic platform he would seek to amend the Volstead aot to permit four per cent beer before congress adjourns. Sheppard handed newspapermen typewritten statement without fur-1 ther comment. It said he would vote to submit a repeal amendment to the people but that he would oppose rati fication of the amendment by his state. Sheppard said he would oppose .modification of the Volstead act aa long as the 18th amendment remains. Bingham Elated I Bingham, Jong an advocate of re peal and modification, was elated by the action of the Democratic conven tion. . "As soon as the Democrats eome (Continued on Page Two) Battle - Scarred Economy Measure SignedBy Chief WASHINGTON, June 30 (P) Presi dent Hoover today signed Into law the much debated and battle-scarred national economy bill, estimated to save around 1150,000,000 in govern ment expenditures. ' In signing tho measure, the chief e'xecutlvo said he did so with "limited satisfaction." He added the measure "falls far short of the economies proposed" by the administration. He objected also to' the measure's lack of authorize. tlon for abolishing and consolidating government bureaus. The measure, Mr. Hoover said, "Im poses unnecessary hardships on gov. ornment employes In minor mattors of little consequence economically." Ho advanced a promise, however, that every offort would be made to alleviate tho difficulties and hard ships to federal employes upon whom tho estimated saving Is made. OAllNEB NOMINATED CIIICAOO STADIUM, June 30 VP) The Drmorrallc national convent Inn leaders derided to recess at 6 o'clock until 8 o'clock tonight, when the nominating speeches will be finished up. A ballot probably will be reach ed tomorrow. Called 'In her turn, Kwllfoimja yielded to Texas, and Senator Tom (.'oniiully tuok the platform to name Speaker Garner as the two Uarner states stood anil cheered. More than 1.10 drlegulm from Texas led a noisy panule, some carrying "Garner lor rwiprtil" placards. Connecticut yielded to Moswichu setts and Joseph II. Ely, of lVestflelil, Muss,, went forward to placo Alfred E. Smith's name In nomination, start lug a new round of cheers. ' ' SMITH DENIES KIIM'OK CIIICAOO, June 30 VP) A denial of a rumor that he Intended to wlth- ( Continued on Page Plve) ADOPTION OF PLATFORM IS GOING AHEAD Anti-Prohibition Stand Ratified By Demo cratic Convention. REPEALISTS ROLL : UP HEAVY COUNTS As Vote On Nominee Nears, Roosevelt Forces Make Strong Drive to Gain New Support. . THE PROGRAM TODAY CHIOAOO, June 80 (AV-Th program of the Democratic na tional convention today: .Noon: Convention convenes.' Invocation, George Bhaw Cook, teacher of Christian Sci ence. Ohloagq,. William O. McAdoo urge minority report for bank de positors' guarantee plank. Roll call on Governor Wil liam H. Murray's minority platform. , " ' ' Roll call on McAdoo minor ity report.. . " Adoption of platform. '. -Roll call of states for presi dential nominating speeches. . - CHICAGO, June 30 VP) Oovernor Franklin D. Roosevelt today Indorsed the wet plank adopted last night by the Democratic convention. . . : . ' In a telegram! to James A. Parley, the Roosevelt campaign manager, the New York governor said the country and the party ought to be congratu lated on the platform and that, he. was for the prohibition plank, WHICH he said was substantially, the awn as one on which he ran tor the gover norship two years ago, ,u . Ul Telegram The telegram readei i" "The country and the party ought to be congratulated on the shortest, clearest and most readable platform In our whole history. I am glad the will of the party was shown orf the majority prohibition plank by such 'S. definite majority. I am for It, It la substantially the same plank I ran pu this Btate two years ago." j- MILITANT PROGRAM - '! CHICAGO, June 30 VP) The Demo cratic party will go to the country this year with a militant platform, sensational In Its flat declaration tor repeal of the 18th amendment, and conspicuous In a never before at-, talned brevity. :. t, Only the prohibition plank, which carried also a demand for Immediate Volstead act modification to legalise beer and other beverages, had re ceived approval by more than four to one of the entire convention la the session which ran past midnight, but adoption of the rest today was assured. Contests still were faced on (Continued on Page Bli) ; ; ':i:; LOAN INTEREST , BILL IS PASSED BY THE SENATE . .j WASHINGTON, June 30 VP) Trie senate today passed and sent to the house a bill reducing from 4ft to I per cent the rate of Interest In loaaa to veterans on World war adjusted service certificates. ! The bill also provides loans may be made Immediately after Issuance of the certificate Instead of waiting two yearB as now provided. Senator Norrls (R., Neb.) sponsored the Interest reduction and Senator Copeland (D N. Y.) the other fea ture. They agreed to combine the two measures and they were passed as one. - Postoffice Supply Bill Near 8 Hoover WASHINGTON, June 30 VT) The house today approved the conference report on the sl.066, 247.833 treasury postoffice supply bill for the fiscal year beginning at midnight. Senate action will send the measure to the White House. CHICAGO, June 30 VP) Prospects that unofficial monthly crop reports: tomorrow would suggest likelihood of a large spring wheat crop did much to restrain upturns In wheat values today. I, Some 'purchasing or grains was ascribed to adoption of a prohibition repeal plank by the Democrats, but profit-taking on price advances led soon to setbacks. Wheat closed Irregular, oft to Ho up compared with yesterday's finish, corn Utt V4e down, oata unchanged I to e higher and provisions unchang ed to a rise of 33 cents. Wheat Today J
