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VOLUME 30
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LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1932
EASTERN OREGON'S UBADINO NEWSPAPER
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Stage Set For Celebration
JULY FOURTH
HOW STARTS
WITH FROLIC
Parade to Be Held at
10 :30 in the Morning
' Followed By Races.
BASEBALL GAME
DURING AFTERNOON
National Guar'd .Demon
. stration; Band Concert,
Horseshoe -Pitching.
Dances Also Scheduled.
- JULY 4 PROGRAM 3
12:01 a. m., Midnight frolic,
Ooodbrod lake. Union.
10:30 a. m.. Parade, downtown $
streets, races.
3 p. m., Qreased pig contest, S
High school field.
National guard demonstra-
tlon.
. Baseball game, La Grande 4
- and Pendleton junior league
& ." . teams. 4
4:30 p. m., Horseshoe pitch-
ing contest, courts back-of $
city hall. S
5:30 p, m.. City fire depart- $
. ' merit demonstration, Jef fer-
son avenue. $
7:00 p. m., Band concert, Trl-
: angle park.
Q 8:00 p.' m., Old fiddlers' con- &
4 ' test, Zuber halt.
41 Old-fashioned dance. 3
0:00 p. m., Dance, open air $
pavilion.
'The -stage Is set here now for the
American Legion Fourth of July
Celebration,- and the big show starts
With a midnight frolic at Ooodbrod
Lake lh Union. About forty., winks"
later It will- be resumed ' with the
huge patriotic parade on Adams ave
$u6i and continue throughout the
day.' New features have been' added
to the program until It has assumed
proportions larger than , any event
of its kind given In tho city during
the. past 9 years; legionnaires say.
' The celebration is one of the few
In Union, Baker and Umatilla coun
ties, and visitors are expected from
far and wide.
: The old fiddlers' contest, which will
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MUSIC STORE
TO BE OPENED
ON SATURDAY
B. R. Eberhardt and George Tlss
Saturday , will open a new store, the
Radio and Music Supply company, In
the building formerly occupied by the
- Adler Music company. A gala event
m has been planned to accompany the
" opening and wilt Include a free
musical concert by the Poq ten-He nd
rlckson dance orchestra and vocal
numbers by featured singers.
Mr. Tlss has had 12 years experience
In music merchandising and has been
the local manager since the inception
of Adler's Music store here. Mr. Eber
hardt has been a local radio tech
nician and radio salesman for the
past seven years, and both men are
active In business circles In the city.
The new music store will handle
pianos, radios, band Instruments and
alt musical supplies, as welt as radio
repairing. Robert Ballot will remain
with the company and repair wood
"string Instruments. " .
A new display room has been open
ed on the mezzanine floor and the
entire store has been decorated.
Tyips to Mountain
Lakes Being Made
ENTERPRISE. Ore., July 1 (Special)
Following two weeks of hot weather,
mountain trails are well cleared of
snow and are in excellent condition
for summer outlncs. Moat of thn
snow is gone from around the lakes
which now Invite pleasure seekers to
tneir lair snores, says the Record -Chieftain.
W. 8. Hays went from the M J G
chalet Monday with a party of six
travelers to Aneroid lake and he
reported conditions wcro perfect. He
caught a string of 17 fine trout In
the lake, using a spinner.
WEATHER FORECAST
Oregon: Fog on the coast
and fair in .the interior to-
night and Saturday: normal
4 temperature; moderate north
and northwest winds offshore.
Fair over the weekend.
WEATHER TODAY
7 a. m. 69 above. t
Minimum: 67 above:
Condition: Clear.
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum 93, minimum 67
above.
- Condition: Partly cloudy.
Range 36 degrees.
WEAHI1ER JIXY 1, 1931
Maximum 80, minimum 41
above.
Condition: Clear. Range 39
degrees.
Weston-Langdon
Lake Road Work
Now Under Way
Construction Begins With
74 Men at Work 42
Curves Eliminated in
Planning New Highway
Construction of the Wcs ton-Elgin
road, which will shorten the distance
between Walla Walla and La Grande
by about 40 miles and open up a
beautiful scenic section, has begun
with 74 men, 62 horass and two cater
pillars at work on the Umatilla coun
ty section of the road, according to
word received hero from Pendleton.
W. E. O. Crlger, Umatilla county en
gineer, predicts that the Job will be
finished by Oct. 16, providing an im
proved road from Weston to Langdon
Lake, at Toll Gate.
The upper section of the highway.
extending to a connection with tho
rorest highway. Is being surveyed,
cleared and built almost simultane
ously. The men In the clearing crew
are rotated so as to provide employ
ment for as many men as possible
but tho men with the caterpillars
and horses are employed permanently.
At present a crew of eight men is at
work on the one bridge to be con
structed on the new road, a wooden
span.
Mr. criger is enthusiastic over the
location of the upper section of the
new road, he states. The present dirt
road leading to the forest highway
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Camp Fire Girls
To Have Summer
Outing At Cove
The Camp Fire outing, which has
been little moro than a possibility
throughout the past winter, has be
come a reality and will be held from
August 1 to 6 at the Episcopalian
camp at Cove, Miss Madeline Larson,
director of their activities - In La
Grande, announced today. The guar-,
dlans of the various groups will at
tend the camp and act as councillors.
Mrs. R. F. Tyler .. ts business man
ager and councilor for singlngV Miss
Naomi Twldwell will be In charge of
plays and games and help with the
faggot finders division; Miss Margaret
Milne will direct nature study; Mrs.
Frederick Gchrlng and Mrs. Raymond
O. Willi urns, crafts; Mrs. Gehrlng, as
sisted by Misses Marguerite Hesse and
Margaret Wetzel, handicraft, who will
direct the raffia work, and Miss Esth
er Palmer, who will be in charge of
book binding and symbols; Dr. Mar
garet Ingle, flrBt aid and Miss Elaine
Price, swimming.
The camp has been made possible
through the activities of the board
of sponsors and guardians who have
through their fund, paid for the ex
penses of the camp and with the ex
ception of meals ana swimming for
which each girl will be assessed $2.60
for the week.
Normal School
To Stage Play
Friday, July 15
Friday evening, July 16, Is the date
which has been set for the presenta
tion of the play, "The Six Who Pass
While the Lentils Boil," at the East
ern Oregon Normal school. Miss
Amanda Zabel, dramatics director and
member of the English faculty. Is
In charge of the production and has
selected an able cast to present the
fantasy, of which Stuart Walker Is
the author.
Mrs. Caroline Daniels, art Instruc
tor, is designing costumes which en
hance tho effectiveness of tho un
usual plot; and Ralph Badgloy, also
of tho fnculty. Is working out artistic
lighting effects.
Members of the cast of characters
are Harold Boner, of Joseph, the pro
logue; Charles McLln. of Cottage
Grove, tho device bearer; Miss Eva
wynne Jones, of Dufus, the boy; Miss
Frances McKennon, of Jmbler, the
queen; Cecil Posey, of La Grande, the
mime; Harvey Carter, of La Grande,
the ballad singer; Miss Helen Glenn,
of Halfway, the milkmaid; MisS Ruth
Srrtallcy. of La Grande. You; and Joe
Sayrc, of La Grande, the blind man.
The play probably will be accom
panied by an Informal party for Nor
mal school students, the arrange
ments to be announced later by Miss
Helen Moor, dean of women.
Store on Y Avenue
Loses Sugar, Smokes
The Sindcn service station and gro
cery store on Y avenue was entered
between 5 and 6 o'clock this morning.
The Intruder broke the glass in the
window and then unlocked the night
lock. Half a sack or sugar, some
cigarets and some candy were report
ed missing In the first report made
to the police, who are Investigating
the case.
Joseph Boy Cut
By Barbed Wire
fly Mrs. Mai (la Stevenson
(Observer Correspondent)
JOSEPH (Special) Spencer Fred
eric Mnstrude, ten-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mast rude, was very
seriously Injured Wednesday when his
horse ran Into barbed wire loose on
the ground. His hand was cut quite
badly and he also was cut and
scratched over his body. The boy
was taken to the hospital where he
received medical attention and was
able to be taken home the same eve
ning. Mr. and Mrs. Mnstrude live
north of Enterprise.
TO ,WED
r
Weil (I Ing day will he "In a year
or two" for Ml Virginia Dawes
(above), daughter of General
nnd Mrs. diaries G. Dawes, and
Ensign John Gardner Tennent
(below), son of Commander and
Mrs. E. Hunter Teiuient of Wash
ington. - Their engagement has
. Just been announced, ,.
BIG REFUND BOND
ISSUE NECESSARY
State Highway Commis
sion Makes Announce
ment at Salem Session
SALEM, July 1 W A $2,000,000 re
fund bond issue will be necessary to
meet the anticipated shrinkage In
automobile rcvenuo by October 1, it
was announced today by tho state
highway commission at its session
here. The bond Issue matter was the
first order of business, and It Is ex
pected such an order will be made
within the near future.
Bids for the Issue will be called as
soon as possible, the commission
stated, but whether the Issue will be
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CONTEST OPEN
TO BOYS NOT
OF H. S. AGE
With a two-week outing at tho Boy
Scout camp at Wallowa lake as the
grand, prize, much Interest is being
shown among tho boys In the hand
craft contest which will be oponed to
morrow by tho public library If a suf
ficient number of applications are
received by the time tho library closes
at 9 o'clock tomorrow evening. Mrs.
Frederick Gchrlng. of the library staff
announces. The grand prize Is offered
by the Rotary club.
Articles which may bo entered In
tho contest ore radio, airplane, ship
model, basketry, totem polo and bird
house and bath, and the competi
tion Is open to any boy who has not
yet entered high school.
The projects must be completely
designed and constructed by the con
testant, and must show a thorough
knowledge and understanding on the
part of tho contestant.
Judges will consider workmanship,
oriffiimlltv and knowledge of the sub-
Ject In selecting the winning articles,
U.S. Deficit $2,885,000,000
June One of Driest
Record
The month of Juno went on record
at midnight last night as ono of the
driest months in La Grande's history,
with only .03 of an Inch of rainfall
during the last 30 days.
This unusually dry Juno followed
a period of five months that saw the
rainfall S.42 inches in excess of the
average but as July started this
morning, tho excess had been cut to
3.98 Inches. Normal rainfall In La
Grando for Juno is 1.47 Inches.
The temperature ranged from a low
maximum of 60 to a high of 06 and
a low minimum of 40 to a high of 66
above. Fifteen days wero listed as
clear, three as cloudy and 12 as part
ly cloudy. Eighteen days saw maxi
mum temperatures ranging from 80
to 96 above.
The Record for the year follows:
Month 1932 Average
January 3.07 2.27
VAN WINKLE
HOLDS HOSS
PLAN ILLEGAL
Secretary of State Busy in
Attempt to Formulate
New Plan.
INSTALLMENT IDEA
RULED UNLAWFUL
Governor Meier, Howevei1,
Asks Officers Not to
Enforce Auto License
Law for Several Weeks
8ALEM, July 1 VP) Hal E. Hobs,
secretary of state, was busy today
working on a new plan for automo
bile license Installment buying, fol
lowing receipt of ah opinion last night
from the attorney general declaring'
proposed plans illegal. In the mean
time the 16-day moratorium announc
ed by the governor became effective
today and state police were asked by
the chief executive not to enforce the
license law for several weeks.
Hoss announced he was "devlslna.
some means to circumvent an opinion
of Attorney Ooncral I. H. Van
Winkle." The opinion held tha "It
Is apparent that the secretary of state
Is not authorized by law to collect or
receive motor vehicle license fees on
the Installment plan, except as pro
vided by statute If he does so, he
acts upon hie own responsibility. In
any event he Is not . authorized to
lssuo any registration receipt or li
cense plate except upon payment to
him of the full amount provided by
statute." -
' The attorney general ruled Hose had
no right to make refunds on licenses
already paid except where paid by
error or where tho car was destroyed
before half the license period had ex
pired. . '
After reading tho lengthy opinion.
(Continued on Page four
Bishop Cannon
Turns His Back
Upon Democrats
CHICAGO, : Junly l m With
bitter' words upon his lips, Bishop.
James Cannon Jr.,, turned his back
once again today upon the Demo-,
cratlc party,' calling for repudiation
In tho south of the leadership , which
has espoused repeal, promising the
drys will war without compromise,,
His sentences rang with echoes of
the call the bishop sent out, right
after the 192B Democratic convention
at Houston, gathering the prohibition
leaders to chart a course against Al
fred E. Smith. That led. to the
rending apart of the solid South, as
under Cannon leadership. . Virginia
and North Carolina went for Hoover,
along with Florida and Texas.
. Last night he announced:
"Representative of a large major
ity of the people of the nation who
believe and Insist that the eight
eenth amendment remain unchanged,
will shortly meet in conference and
will determine what they consider to
be the best method of procedure."
He set this meeting up against
both national ic conversions, saying
both were largely made up of dele
gates picked by political leaders, no
further reference to tho Republicans
was made, but he asserted:
"It goes without saying that there
1b not the slightest Idea of yielding
to this present day whiskey rebellion
against the 18th amendment. The
war with tho traffic In intoxicating
liquors s an irrepressible conflict.
There arc simple battles In tho war.
In which thoro will bo no rotreat,
no surrender, no compromise."
Dr. S. C. Dinwiddle, secretary of
the national prohibition board of
strategy, also said today the lenders
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400 To Return To
Work At Klamath
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., July 1 in)
About 400 former employes of the
Pelican Bay and 'Algoma Lumber
companies arc expected to bo re
turned to work early this month. Of
ficials have announced both com
panies will resume logging and saw-
mill operations.
Months On
With Rainfall At .03
February 2.02 1.25
March ... 6.08 1.96
April - 104 1.67
May 1.51 2.05
Juno - 03 147
Rivers and streams are still running
fairly high although they are low
enough now to Insure good fishing In
most places. Farmers In both Union
and Wallowa counties who are able
to irrigate from rivers and streams
are making the most of their oppor
tunity at present. In Wallowa coun
ty the flow of water Is tho greatest
In four years, although the high
point of the run-orf is believed to
have been reached this week. All
ditches in Wallowa valley are carrying
capacity In sharp contrast with con
ditions for three years past when wa
ter was scarce and many ditches were
dry before the first of July.
FARLEY SAYS
ROOSEVELT IS
SURE TO IN
Confident That New York
Governor Will Eventu
ally Get Nomination.
SIX MAINE VOTES
MAY GO TO SMITH
President Hoover Shows
'Active Interest Early
JToday in Balloting at
Uhicago caucus.
CHICAGO STADIUM, July 1 im
james a. raney. the Roosevelt cam
paign manager, frankly conceded to
day that ho was disappointed In the
first three ballots of tho Democratic
convention, but pointed out that
Gdvernor Roosevelt's majority In
creased on each one taken,-
"Frankly, I admit that I was dis
appointed In the vote, but It Is go
ing along all right," Farley said as
the all-night session broke up.
"I thought that a number of states
would break over on the first ballot,
but they didn't," he said as he hur
ried out of convention hall.
"But, the last vote was nearly up
to what I predicted the first ballot
would be," he added. -
- Farley Confident " '
Farley expressed confidence that
the New York governor would eventu
ally win the nomination, and appear
ed not at all dismayed over the re
sults .of. the first three ballots. He
immediately called up Governor
Roosevelt at Albany to report the de
velopments In the prolonged session,
t U look for a break In some of the
larger favorite eon delegations when
the .convention reassembles," . Farley
said as he dashed for a taxlcab for
the .three mile ride across town to
Roosevelt headquarters at Congress
hotel.
Smiling as he walked wearily from
the floor. Harry F. Byrd who has Vir
ginia's 34 votes announced he was
standing pat.
Offer Little Comment ;
The other candidates on the. ground
offrred little comment on tho, three.
minuses- DBiiotstv - - i . ,
'Governor Ritchie said "Things look
-all right.'; , . ,. , , .
Governor White of Ohio also ex
pressed himself "satisfied" with the
progress of the balloting. The oth
ers kept their views to themselves.
Arthur Mullen, tho Roosevelt floor
manager, said "We will nominate our
man tonight." Ho did not say on
what ballot.
Senator Harrison, of Mississippi, a
Roosevelt supporter, also predicted
victory tonight.
Six of Maine's 12 votes In the Demo
cratic national convention probably
will go to Alfred E. Smith unless
there Is a nomination within a few
ballots. It was learned today.
. Carl Moran Jr., of Rockland, said
he was advised by parliamentarians
of the convention that the unit rule
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BONUS ARMY
IS PLANNING TO
DEMONSTRATE
WASHINGTON. July 1 A dem
onstration at the capltol tomorrow
against adjournment of congress be
fore some veterans' relief Is granted
wns ordered today by Walter W,
Waters, commander-in-chief of tho
bonus marchers.
Waters instructed .the veterans to
move to the capltol plaza at 0 a. m.
He estimated 20,000 would bo there.
All wero told 'to bo orderly.
A similar order last week brought
out only about 600.
Waters also ordored a parado on
Pennsylvania avenue July 4.
Williams Leave
For B. P. 0. E. Meet
Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Williams
left last night for Birmingham, Ala.,
where Mr. William will represent the
H. p. o. e. at tne national conven
tlon. Ho has Just completed a year
in the oinco oi cxaueu ruier oi me
local lodge.
They went by train and will go
through California and take the
southern route through New Orleans.
They will return from Birmingham
by the northern route.
Receipts Drop
While Expenses
Climb Sharply
WA8HINOTON, July 1 m The
government ended thn fiscal year lost
night with a 2,BB5, 000,000 deficit,
compared with ono of 1903,000,000 for
1931. i
In making the announcement to
day, Secretary Mills of tho treasury
said total receipts for tho year
amounted to $2,121,000,000 a doc! In
of $1,106,000,000 from 1931, while ex
pendlturen were $6,006,000,000, a gain
of $786,000,000 over the previous year.
The increase, Mills said, may be
accounted for by expended govern
(Continued on Page Six)
I, 1
FIRST THREE BALLOTS
, CHICAGO STADIUM, July 1 (AP) Here's how
the Democrats stood on the first three ballots to nom
inate a presidential candidate:
First Second Third
Roosevelt. 666J4
Smith ..... 201
Gamer 90'.
White 52
Tiaylor 42',
Reed 24
Byrd 25
Murray ....:........... 2
Ritchie 21
Baker 8'2
Rogers
SETTLEMENT OF
DEBTSUNLIKELY
Delegates to Lausanne
Meet Abandon Hope of
Any Definite Action.
' LAUSANNE, Switzerland, July 1 W
Delegates to the debU and repara
tions conference . apparently have
abandoned hope of achieving a def
inite settlement at this time and to
day the five creditor powers were
trying to. work out a formula in
which ' solution of the reparations
Issue would bo hitched up with
American -action-to reduce the dabts
of . her -former allies. ;
.'In i well-informed quarter it-was
said the 'five powers have virtually
decided, to draft &n agreement stat
ing reparations ' cannot be solved
without the help of the United States.
-To1- this five-power agreement
would be - appended the acceptance
or refusal of Germany. In a source
close to the German delegation It
was said Chancellor Von Papon told
Prime MlnlBter MacDonatd this morn
ing that he could not accept such a
proposal. i . ... . .
NEW PEACH I'LAN . ;
.PARIS, July I m Nloholas Mur
ray Butler told the Associated Press
today the Grneglo. endowment for
International peace plans to request
that -the Amerloan government call
a- iconferenco- of ''signatories to the
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Oregonians Will
Not Stray From
Roosevelt Camp
- Dy Leslie J. H ml III
. (Associated Press Staff Writer)
OHICAOO. July 1 w After ten
aciously casting their ten ballots for
Franklin D. Roosevelt, members of
the Oregon delegation to the Demo
cratic national convention retired to
their hotel rooms at 10 a.&n. today.
They were exhausted, perspiring and
haggard but hopeful that with re
sumption of voting at 8:30 o'clock to
night the New York governor would
have enough support to win tho nom
ination. Oregon's ten votes wcro cast three
times Friday and with the tabulation
of each ballot Roosevelt crept closer
to the nomination. Frequent delays
while polls were taken from the
platform wearied the delegates and
spectators alike. The Oregonians
slipped out between calls for their
state and went to breakfast shortly
after midnight when It became ap
parent balloting would last many
hours. Otherwlso the full delega
tion sat through the en tiro session,
turning a deaf ear to Importunities
from the opposition that they desert
Roosevelt to whom they aro pledged.
The Oregonians havo doc I dud to
support Roosevelt throughout oven
to tho extent of going down with the
ship should the New York governor's
support fall.
Relief Measure
Goes To President
WASHINOTON. July 1 W Final
house action today sont to President
Hoover legislation rcleflulng 45.000,000
bushels or wheat and 500.000 bHie oi
cotton from farm board stores to tho
Red Cross for relief distribution.
31st Infantry To
Sail For Manila
SHANGHAI. July 1 W The 31st
U. 8. Infantry which was sent here
last February to asslut in protection
of the Intvrnntlonnl settlement will
sail for Manila early tomorrow.
Defense Motion Is
Denied . . Curtis
FliKMTNOTON, N. J., July I MP)
A defense motion for a directed ver
dict or acqultttil in the trial of John
Hughes Curtis for hindering dapture
of the kldnftpers of the Lindbergh
baby was denied today.
PIIONK HKRVICK IN JDNOLK
UEBISTENCIA, Argontlna WV The
Oran Chnco nrny bo a Junglo wilder
ness but Its residents can now talk
to the world. Telephone circuits wero
recently hooked up for a convoca
tion between this capital of the Ar
gentine Chaco and Eastbourne, Eng
land. WKT FINLAND TKMPKIIATB
HKIillNOFOIia MV statistics cov
ering the first six weeks after repeal
of Finland's prohibition laws showed
a decrease of 60 per cent In arrests
for public intoxication and no mur
ders due to drunkenness.
677 682 79-100
194'. 190'.
90' 101',
50K 52
WA 40',
18 27'2
24 24 96-100
T
23 '2 23 '2
8 8'2
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Hog And Cattle
Prices Higher
As Week Closes
CORVALU8, Ore., July 1 W1) A
marked Increase in hog prices and a
gradual upward trend In cattle prices
featured the past week In tho hog
prices and a gradual upward trend In
cattle prices featured the past week
in the livestock trade, together with
little activity In the lamb trade, said
today's market review by the O. 8. O.
extension service and the U. 8. D. A.
bureau of agricultural economics.
. Hogs at Portland and Chicago
reached a top price of $5 for the first
time In several months. This brought
the June gain at Portland to $1.
. Chicago cattle prlceB Bhowed a gain
of 50 cents for tMe week and $1 dur
ing the month, with choice steers
quoted at $8.60. Portland prices
were unchanged..
Oklahoma's
22 Votes Go
To Rogers
CHICAGO, July 1 W) The ten
sion was broken last night at the
Democratic convention when Okla
homa save Will Roffora- its 32 votes
on the second ballot. Laughterr rolled
across ine suniit eutaium. ; .. ' .
. II I story Repeats Itself
The" sUnllffht streaming In the
eastern windows of Chicago stadium
this morning upon tho balloting
Democratic national convention re
peated for the party an experience of
20 years ago.
At. Rnlllmnrn In 1019 t.hrt TVmn-
crate last sat out the night. That
waa the session In which Champ
Olark attained a majority of the vote
only to lose In the end to Wooarow
Wilson.
an 1 024 's celebrated Madison square
Garden party there wore lato night
and early, morning sessions galore, but
never did the sun rise on tho dele
gates at work.
Plenty or Had new
There wero 300 pounds of sadness
In Chicago yesterday.
And Fritz Meyn, or iawrcnce, R.an.,
possessed all of them.
For a time ho was a fairly happy
Democrat In the bcllof that his 303
pounds made him tho party's biggest
man.
Along camo Mayor winiam nnncr,
ot Phllllpsburg, N. J., and spoko
somewhat as follows:
"HmphI He's Just an inrant. Take
a look at theso 401 pounds all soiid
flesh and no fat."
. Fisher's a delegate and Meyn isn't,
but he's whooping it up for tho
Democrats anyway.
Hoover Signs Bill
Reducing Expenses
WASHINGTON, July 1 fAV Presi
dent Hoover today signed without
comment Lho H2,000.000 independ
ent offices appropriation bill, under
which the expenses of his own office
and tho White House must be dras
tically reduced.
Ruth Chatterton
And Husband Part
HOLLYWOOD, July 1 VP) When
Ruth Chatterton, stage and screen
actress, waved a farewell to her hus
band, Ralph Forbes, actor, when she
left Hollywood a month ago for a
trip to Europo. It wns In reality a
parting of the ways for tho couple.
Hollywood friends of the pair said
today.
Rcoorts that Miss Chatterton wns
to seek a divorce In Pnrls could not
be confirmed nnd a statement coum
not be obtained from Forbes, who
was reported vacationing in the iiign
Sierras.
Menjou's Son Faces
Trial For Murder
I.OS ANOEI.ES, July 1 Ml Harold
h. Mcnjou, 20. adnplcil boh of Adolplie
Menjou. film ai-tor. has been orilrrnl
to trial In superior court on churgpn
of second degree murder and drunk
driving. Tho Juati court In lnglc
wood yeaterday held the youth for
the trial artor prollinlimry hearing.
Menjou was chared with driving
an automobile at an excessive rate
of speed at, the time it overturned
killlntf his companion, lfi-yrar-otd
Marjorlo Oauthler, to whom ho was
engaged to mnrry.
BAKK IIUHMN IIAII. 4WKT
WANNBEK. Oermnny Ml Tho elec
tric railway which connects Berlin
with this lako resort will soon have
the lontrest rails In tho world, stretch
Ing 60 meters, or 100 8 feet, between
Joint. The long rails are expected
to insure smooth riding.
GOVERNOR IS
86 SHORT OF
NOMINATION
Third Ballot Gives Roose
velt. 682, Smith 190
And Garner 101.
TEXASCALIFORNIA
VOTES MAY CHANGE
If Real Break Comes iii
Garner Supporters
Roosevelt Expected to
Get Most Benefit. '. i
CHICAGO. July 1 ") The taut
lines set by eight contenders for the
presidential nomination strained
mightily today to hold Franklin D.
Rocsevelt back from the Democratic
convention's two thirds majority.
A Joint caucus was called of the
Toxaa and California delegations
wnose ou votes are pledged to speaker
Garner. So close did Roosevelt come
to the needed 770 votes on the last
ballot this morning that this one
block of votes would put him acroso,
but there was Indication the Garner
leaders were not ready to swing their
strength to the New York governor. '
mere were several states whose vote
went Into the Roosevelt column that
showed Indications of disaffection. In
Mississippi, governed by the unit rule,
the 20 votes were given to Roosevelt
by a majority of one vote in the state
causus. Tills state, along with sev
eral others, was planning to caucus
before the opening of tonight's sear
slon to determine whether to bold
Bteady in the Roosevelt column or
swing to one of the' eight other con
tenders. - '.')
By Byron Price " '
(Associated Press' Staff Writer) ' J
CHICAGO STADIUM, July 11 (Pl-4-
After a tumultuous night-long sesr
slon, the Democratic national con?
vention fell Into the tlghenlng grip
of a deadlock at dawn today, took
three fruitless ballots for a presF
denttal nominee, and then adjourned,
umuL tonignc, to tnuuc t oven . .
t Governor RdGsov-ff. of Now. York,
far ahead of his nearest rl,val, mus
tered a slowly-rising majority.' on
each succeeding ballot. ' but was un-i
able to make the real progress, whioh
nis managers nad predicted -toward -tho
two-third needed to nominate. i
Third IJullot Count
On the third ballot, the , official
count showed 682 for Roosevelt, .160
for Alfred E. Smith, 101 for Speaker
Oarnor, 63 for Governor Weorge White
of Ohio, 40 for MelvlUiTraylor, 31 for
James a. Reed, a lor Harry Byrd.
23 for Governor Ritchie of Mary
land, and 8 for Newton D. Baker. "
It would havo required, on this
ballot 708 to nominate.
The Roosevelt managers, working
llko beavers among the .weary dele
gates, had made Inroads here and
there, picking up votes by driblets.
At the same time some of the Roose
velt states were showing elgns of
wavering under the pounding counter-attack
of the bloc of favorite sons,
Missouri for Roosevelt
The Missouri delegation, pledged
to Reed, call tinned and toppled most
of Its votes into tho Roosovelt column.-
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ST. PAUL MAN
READY TO PAY
KIDNAP GANG
8T. PAUL, Minn., July 1 M) Will
ingness to pay $36,000 ransom for
the return of his kidnaped son, Has
kell Bohn, 20, was expressed today
by Debhard C. Bohn, wealthy refri
gerator manufacturer of St. Paul.
Young Bohn was seized by two men
yesterday nt.the garngo at his home.
He was blindfolded and thrust Into
an automobile by tho men, who had
piHtoln. Tho kidnapers left a note
demanding $3 6, 00 1).
Ml will pny tho $35,000 ransom
demanded for my son," said Mr.
Bohn. "I. win keep lanes open to
cncoxiragc tho kidnapers to begin
negotiations.
"The return of my son Is what I
want. It is all 1 havo in mind." !
Police vxpreted belief the kid
naping wnr. planned by St. Paul
gangsters, who brought In two out
siders to do tho actual abducting.
Boxing Champion !
Loser In Appeal
NF.W YORK. July 1 W The ap
pellate division of the supreme court
tmltiy reversed a Jury'B verdict that
threw out or court the $526,813 claim
of Timothy J. Mara against James J,
Tunncy, retired heavyweight boxing
champion, and ordered a new trial of
tho ease.
Wheat Today
OHICAOO. July 1 m Toppled
over by hun dollvorle on July wheat
contraeta here. BtiKregatlnst more than
6.000.0IX) bushels, RiKln prices slid
down todny to ni'ar low record lovels,
Cleueral liquidation of July wheW
contract took place. Today's month,
ly private crop estimates Indicated
that the United Btattn would hav
325,000.000 bushels of wheat available
for export in the 10na-33 season.
With much pre-holldny evenlnn up,
wheat ra'ltcd lato, clailng nervous at
tho same as yesterday's finish to fto ,
lower, corn c off to He up, oats at
Y,o decline to MiO advance, and pro
vision unchanged to a rise of 10c.