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Only Newspaper
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SIX PAGES TODAY
VOLUME 30
MICMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AMD A. B. O.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY JULY 22, 1932
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
NUMBER 278
350
MR. WRIGHT
REELECTED
! PRESIDENT
Crowd Enjoys Delightful
; Dinner at Riverside
Park at Noon HouV
PROGRAM FEATURE
PF THE AFTERNOON
'Address of Welcome Made
'-By Colonel Ed Eckley
. Medical Springs Sage
Gives Response.
The Hon. Dunham Wright, sage of
Medical Springs, was once more elect
ed president of the Union County
Pioneers association, at the 42nd an
nual pioneer meeting held yesterday
at Riverside park. J. D. Slater, of La
Grande, was elected vice president,
Col. and Mrs; Ed Eckley. of Fruit
dale, historians, and Mrs. Mattle
Golden, secretary. Owing to the Ill
ness of Mrs. Golden, which kept her
from the meeting for the first time
In many years, Mrs. Anna Boesch
was made secretary pro tern.
. Election of officers was the chief
Item of the short business meeting
held Immediately preceding the big
pioneer dinner. The crowd was vari
ously estimated, yqsterday, but at
tho program an unofficial count
placed the number at something over
350. No effort Is made any more to
have the pioneers seated In one
group. Rather the smaller group Idea
is carried out and Riverside park,
even to the new portion, was filled
yesterday with families, neighbor
hoods, old neighbors, etc., having
their dinners together. The associa
tion supplemented the food brought
by the visitors with ice cream and
coffee.
Program In Afternoon
The formal program of the after
noon was given in the pavilion and
the platform which, had been so tast
ily decorated with young fir trees,
many flowers and national colors,
modo a beautiful setting for the dif
ferent numbers on the program. J.
Bj(. Reynolds, president of the Sons
and Daughters of- Union County- Pfo-;
neers association, presided during the
afternoon and announced the dif
ferent items. The program wqb in
variably par excellent and only- space
forbids complimentary comment on
each of those who contributed. It
follows:
Oroup of songs, the Blue Mountain
Wranglers.
Song "America" led by Mrs. Etna
Hill, of Elgin, With Mrs. Fred Huff
man at the piano.
Address of welcome. Col. Ed Eckley,
Response, the Hon. Dunham Wright
who remarked in the course of his
historic address that 70 years ago
yesterday, even as he was speaking,
he was on his long trek from Iowa
to the Grande Ronde valley.
Mrs. Ed Eckley gave the historian's
report.
Recitation, Barbara Roberts.
Groups of original songs, M. L. Car
tel', the Sandrldge poet, accompanied
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JUNIOR TEAM
ON WAY TODAY
TO THE DALLES
The La. Grande Junior league "jase
bnll team, sponsored by American
Logion pout No 43, left today for The
Dalles to engage in a three-game aer
ies for the championship of the east
ern section of Oregon. The winner will
enter the state finals at Portland.
If cither team should win tht first
two games, a third game would not
bo necessary.
The team of 14 boys was accom
panied by Coach John R. Garlty. The
first tilt will bo played tomorrow af
ternoon at 2 o'clock.
Pierce to Speak
In Baker August 3
BAKER. Ore., July 22 (Special)
Walter M. Pierce, or ua. urando, ior-
mor governor of Oregon, will deliver
the principal address at the monthly
luncheon of the Baker county cham
ber of commerce and Lions and Kl-
wanls club In the Hotel Baker Aug
ust 3 on the subject of the Demo
cratic national convention. Mr. Pierce
attended the convention as a delegate
from the second congressional dis
trict. Mr. Pierce is expected to rcv?al In
an Interesting manner the sessions at
the tumultuous convention. Mr. Pierce
Is well known as a speaker In Baker
county.
The musical entertainment for the
luncheon has not been arranged.
4 6
$ g g $
WEATHER FORECAST
Oregon: Fair tonight and
Saturday, but overcast on the
coast; cooler Saturday In the
extreme east portion; gentle
to moderate changeable winds
offshore. Fair over the week
end. WEATHER TODAY
7 a. m. 71 above.
Minimum: 62 above.
Condition: Clear.
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum 93, minimum 63
above.
Condition: Clear. Range 40
degrees.
WEATHER Jt'LY 22, l3l
Maximum 98, minimum 58
above.
Condition: Clear. Range 40
degrees.
J f $.$.$$$$$.$$
Attend pioneer Meeting
Normal School
Completes First
6 - Week Period
Training. School Closes
Until the Fall Season
New Term at E. 0. N.
Opens Monday,
After six weeks of study and activ
ities the Eastern Oregon Normal
school and the J. H. Ackerman Train
ing school closed today and many
students In tho former will enjoy a
weekend vacotlon before attending
the second six-week session which
opens on Monday. Many additional
students from Eastern Oregon are ex
pected to enter the second period of
the summer quarter, while Training
school pupils will spend the rest of
the summer in vacation.
Full credit will be offered-In tho
second session in art under the direc
tion of Mrs. Caroline Williams; edu
cation, John Miller; English. Miss
Amanda Zabel; health and physical
education. Miss Madeline Larson:
sociology and history. Edward G.
Daniel; psychology, Roy L.' bkeen;
science, Elmo Stevenson.
Training school teachers who have
completed their work for tho sum
Lethal Klesllng, Miss Mayme McCar
ter, Miss Margauct Cars tali's. Miss
mer arc Miss Arta Lawrence, Miss
Continued from Page Six)
Get Equipment
Together For
Labor Exchange
With a cash register, scales, desks,
counters and oth?r equipment donat
ed and negotiations under way for ono
of several available warehouses, the
Union County Labor exchange is al
most ready to begin operations. The
exchange has been adopted by La
Grandcrs as a means of taking care
or local reller problems ior ine com
ing winter, and tho governor's relief
committee expects the plan to relieve
mucti cr the local looa ana iuci
shortage.
Lester H. Bramwell, manager of tho
exchange, states the scope of tho
movement Is comparable In a way to
tho federal farm board. ,
Tho movement Involves tho Issu
ance of labor certificates, to . farmers
in payment for produce.-.-The- farmer,
can In 'turn -pay hired farm helpers
with the labor certificates and "the
men who receive them for wages can
turn tnem m at tne excmuiyc ior
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New Game Birds
Are Released In
Wallowa County
ENTERPRISE. July 22 Hunters
will find a new game bird at large
when the season opens this fall. This
is a phcasnnt, dark brown In color,
and somewhat larger than the Chinese
pheasants, and with longer legs. Its
scientific name is mollanistlc mut
ant, says tho Record -ChlofUUn.
From tho state game farm at Pen
dleton, 100 of these birds, six weeks
old, were brought in Tuesday and
half were released. The others were
placed In the pens built by sports
men on the fish hatchery grounds.
The gamo farm also sent 100 regular
chinas, and half were released and
half put in the pens.
All the roosters, it is expected, will
be turned out this fall but the hens
now in the pen will be kept until
spring and It is hoped they will lay
eggs and help propagate more birds
ror tno luture.
The new addition makes 13 varie
ties of game birds In the county, with
out considering waterfowl, according
to George M. Rogers. The natlvo birds
are:
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"Crusaders" Seek
Repeal of Dry Law
PORTLAND. July 22 MP) Repeal of
the state prohibition law and repeal
of the 18th amendment are the two
goals sought by the Crusaders, the
Oregon branch of which was organ
ized here Thursday with C. F. Ad
ams, Portland banker, as state com
mander. Authority to form the unit
was received from Fred G. Clark, of
Cleveland, -national commander.
Adams appointed the same com
mittee to represent the Crusaders
which has been sponsoring the move
ment to repeal the state liquor laws,
a measure for which will appear on
the November ballot.
Chairmen will be placed In every
county in the state.
Markis D. Ramey
To Be Buried Here
Markis D. Ramey, a veteran of the
World war', died at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Henry Frctwcli. In Huron,
Ore., after a lingering illness. He
wap 41 years and seven days of age
at the time of his death.
Mr. Ramey has been a patient at
the veterans' hospital In Portland.
The body will be forwarded to Port
land, for cremation Sunday evening.
Snodgrasn and Zimmerman are In
charge of arrangements.
$27.50 Stolen From
I m w ww
i ne noover Mar net
Boring a two and a half Inch hole
In the back door and then reaching
I through to unlock the door, some
4 one probably a boy entered the
! Hoover market about 1 :40 o'clock this
$ j morning and escaped with 127.60 In
a I cash and a carton of clgarots.
Police are Investigating the case.
MORE DEATHS
CAUSED BY
HEAT WAVE
Appalachian Watershed
buffers Under Scorching
Rays of Old Sol.
MIDDLE WEST IS
SUFFERING AGAIN
Thirty-Six Die Over Na
tion Thursday ; Tem
perature in La Grande
At 93 Above.
By the Associated Press
Tho Appalachian watershed smoked
like a furnace today, Its residents
still awaiting showery weather such
as relieved the Great Lakes region and
the southwest recently.
Temperatures ranged from 100 de
grees at Charlotte and Raleigh, N. C,
down Into the nineties. High humid
ity abetted the oppressive boat, caus
ing Washington to swelter at 92, New
York at 87, Baltimore at 91, Pitts
burgh at 93, Cumberland, Md., at 98
and- most of West Virginia at the
same broiling point.
Death List High - '
Deaths due to the heat totaled 36
throughout the land. Lightning and
drownings claimed at least 27 others,
while rescue workers at Pontlac Lake,
Mich., feared they would never find
ten to 14 persons missing from boats
overturned during a squall.
Tho upper Mississippi valley and
Great Lakes region, assauged - by
thunder showers Thursday, suffered
an immediate renewal of the heat
wave. Federal observers promised
temperatures "not so warm" in most
of the mid-west today. The Missouri
valley was slated to be an excep
tion. A hot weekend was Its pros
pect. Unlike Pittsburgh, no other cities
reported new highs for the season.
St. Louis, customarily hot, said It
was 97. Louisville 96. Milwaukee 90
and Des Moines, 96. Showers brought
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BOLIVIAN PAPERS
URGE WAR STEPS
Situation in South Am
erica Eapidly Approach
ing a Critical Stage.
LA PAZ, Bolivia. July 22 (Boli
vian newspapers demanded today a
declaration of war against Paraguay
ar. "the only stop Bolivia can take."
"With on adversary," said La Re-
publlca, "nothing remains but radl
cal measures. War Is the only digni
fled step from Bolivia as a reply to
constant bloody aggressions by Para
guay. It is necessary to prove once
and for all that there- is sufficient
spirit in this country to secure re
spect for our rights."
The eovernmcnt appointed a com
mission to undertoko measures for
the national defense. La Republlca
said a cabinet shake-up might bo
necessary to give President Salamanca
a iree nana.
UKHKLS DKFEATKD
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 22 m The
government announced today that
federal troops, moving against the
rebel forces in Sao Paulo state, had
(Continued on Pago Three)
BAKER WOMAN,
HURT IN AUTO
CRASH, DIES
BAKER, July 22 (VP) Mrs. P. M.
Howard, 60, died this morning from
injuries sustained Sunday night wnen
she was struck by an automobile
driven by J. S. Wood, Portland sales
man. She had been unconscious most
of the time since the accident. Wood
Is at liberty under $500 bond on i
charge of reckless driving. No addl
t tonal charges had been filed today.
Woods hearing will be held Bat
urday afternoon In police court.
Elgin Man Kills
Minnesota City Aroused By Slaying
Of Two Young Women; Police Puzzled
LAKE CITY. Minn.. July 22 (Af
Death of a third woman today fur
ther aroused this area for a time, but
Investigators decided she was a sui
cide and not connected with the mys
terious deaths of Louise Prlgge and
Frances Pollkowski, both 22
With one hand an the wheel of her
automobile and the other holding a
pinto'., Agnc-i Stevens. 22. of MelroHe.
Maso., was found dead near here to
day. She had a bullet wound In the
head.
Miss Stevens registered yesterday
for summer school at the University
of Minnesota. No motive for sulci do
was known.
Officers attempting to establish
how M1&.1 Prlgge and Miss Pollkowski
met death awaited reports from
Rochester clinic specialists examining
their Internal organs.
Th-3 scantily clad body of Miss
Prlgge. 22, farm girl living near Roch
ester, Minn., was found Wednesday
Federal Hand To !
Stretch Out To
Aid The Hungry
Signing of Relief Bill By
Hoover Opens Way tor
Work For Jobless, New
Energy in Business.
WASHINGTON, July 22 UP) A
mighty federal hand holding food for
the hungry, work for the Jobless and
new energy for business extends to
day Into every corner of the land
the new relief bill Is law.
It was signed yesterday by Presi
dent Hoover, without comment, so
the reconstruction finance corpora
tion Immediately could begin placing
its 91,500,000,000 In new funds where
the money would do the most good.
Mr. Hoover delayed final aonroval
of the bill several days after he pub-
iiciy canea it a "step toward recov
ery." One reason for the postpone
ment was to let tho corporation pre
pare for a flood of loan applications
already -on the way to the capital,
promising tnac oeiore long money
would begin to be spent on - the
things the president and congress
alike thought would bo beneficial.
The corporation was ready today
for Its new work, and It was Indi
cated the- chief executive might be
ready soon to announce successors to
Governor Eugene Meyer of the fed
eral reserve, board and Paul Bestor,
form loan commissioner, whose retire-
(Continued on Page Four,
Leader of Smith
Movement Will
.Meet Roosevelt
SPRINGFIELD. Mass., July 22 P
uovernor josepn a. Ely. leader or tne
antl-Rocuevelt forces In - Massachu
setts, agreed today during a two-nour
ccnicrence with James A. Parley,
Roosevelt campaign manager to meet
tne Democratic presidential nominee
In Albany next week. Governor Ely
nominated former Governor Alfred E.
Smith at the Democratic national
convention.
In a statement issued at tho close !
of tho conference, Farley said:
"uovernor Ely and I havo gone over
the situation very carefully and -I
have arranged for Governor Ely to
meet Governor Roosevelt In Albany
someday najth wek;,Vand alter, that.
visit uovernor Biy.-TViH issue a state
ment." '-;- '
Farley declined to amplify that
statement and Governor Ely made no
comment. However, It appeared that
an accord between Governor Ely and
the Roosevelt forces was Imminent.
Farley, In Governor Ely's presence,
read a statement In which ho said:
"I am statlsflcd the New England
states will glvo to Governor Roose
velt their wholehearted support and
wo look for an entirely satisfactory
result in every state."
Governor Ely grinned, but said
nothing.
During the conference Farley was
Interrupted frequently by telephone
calls from his lieutenants In New
York.
Regarding the national campaign,
Farley snid the only definite appear
ance scheduled for Governor Roose
velt was for Governors' day, August
27, at Sea grave. N. J.
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Vines Wins From
Prenn, of Germany
8TADE ROLAND CARROS, Paris.
July 22 (P) Ellsworth Vines Jr.,
American and Wimbledon champion,
today defeated Daniel Prenn. ranking
German star. 8-3, 6-3, O-0, 0-4, to give
the United States an even break In
the first day of play In tho lnterzonc
uavio cup iinai.
Philadelphia Man
Kills Wife, 2 Sons
PHILADELPHIA. July 22 fP) Apol
Inar Sostena, a machinist, killed his
wife and two small sons, Paul 6, and
Raymond 4, today and then ended his
own luo with a bullet.
Tho wlfo and children had been
stnbbcd to death.
Sostena had been out of employ
ment. IIOM.K LOAN HIM, H KINK I)
WASHINGTON, July 22 W
President Hoover today signed
the big $125,000,000 home loan
bank bill, which carries with it
as a rider the Borah-Glass cur
rency expansion measure.
In the Zumbro river, 22 ml lea west of
here, by campers.
Thursday searchers found the body
of Ml-js Pollkowski, 22. her chum. It
was not far from where Miss Prlgge
was found
They had left the Prigge home with
two men. Officer said they had not
been able to learn who tho men were,
or to establish a povjlblc motive for
slaying.
W. H. Prlgge. father of Louise, said
he did not know who tho men were
and did not see them when they call
ed at his home after making an en
gagement to meet the girls Tuesday
evening. He presumed they were
friends taking them out for the eve
ning. Mlis Polikowskl's body was found
on the river bank, also partially clad.
The coroner said ho had been unable
to determine how the bodies were
taken ttw re, but expressed the opinion
that the Killings took place elsewhero.ZlnimerrnAn are In charge,
"NOT GUILTf
IS STATEMENT
OF BROWNELL
Insurance Man Accused of
Larceny of 20,500 Peti
tion Signatures.
TALLMAN OFFERED
$1000 FOR SILENCE
Failed to Receive Cash,
However; All Details of
Alleged Transaction Not
Available.
i
PORTLAND, Juyl 22 (P) Refusing
to offer any statement other than
the declaration "I am not guilty
and I emphasize the not," Cyril G.
Brownell, prominent insurance man,
today awaited examination on a lar
ceny charge accusing him of the
theft of 20,600 signatures to petitions
urging the consolidation of Univer
sity of Oregon and Oregon State col
lege on the Corvallls campus. Pre
liminary 'examination will be held
early next week.
Taken Into custody by police de
tectives at his home late ' yesterday,
Brownell, i former state legislator and
candidate', for congress, was released
to his attorney after a conference
with the district attorney. Ball, sot
at $2500, was later reduced to $2000
and Brownell was given until Mon
day to furnlBh It.
. MacPherson Signs Complaint.
. The warrant for Brownell 's arrest
on the larceny charge was Issued on
complaint of Hector MacPherson, co
author of the Zorn -MacPherson bill
which proposes the higher education
consolidation. Brownell had no con
nection with the consolidation move,
it is said,' but occupied offices Joint
ly with Sam Slocum, head of the
Portland pfllce or the consolidation
crouD. ' '
Brownell 'a arrest resulted from the
startling disclosures of Robert Tall
man, night watchman In the Slocum
Brownell office, who finally admitted
to police that his original story that
two men had held him up, looted
the safe of the petitions, and
caped on the night of July 4, was a
hoax. He1 cbnfessed, police said, that
the petitions were taicen oy tnree
men under a pre-arranged plan.
Police say the motive behind the
lleged theft has not yet been re
vealed,, and as a matter of fact, Is at
this, time' unknown. ,v
All Details Not Revealed
Wnr"-Hiuui , nil rint.nlln of tho notl-
tloh transaction been revealed by, tho,
district attorney's office. From an
authoritative source, however, it has
been learned that Tallman was prom
ised $1000 in cash and regular em-
(Continued on Page Three?
AGREEMENT ON
PEACE REACHED
AT' COAL MINE
DUGGER, Intl., July 22 P) More
than a thousand union sympathizers
wnose presenco about, tne Hoosier coal
mine nem unorgamzea wortcmen
In tho shaft for two days, slowly
broke camp early today as officials
supervised removal of tho besieged
diggers.
Under terms of an agreement
reached at a conference last night be
tween Governor Harry G. Leslie and
representatives of tho two labor
groups, tho mlno will be maintained,
but will not be worked, temporarily.
It has been running on a co-operative
basis, to which unionized groups ob
jected. A detachment of national guards
men will bo brought to maintain or
der. Governor Leslie Intervened In the
controversy at tho request of Sheriff
Wesley Williams. Had peaceable meth
ods failed, the governor said. It would
have been necessary for the stato to
dcclaro martial law.
Chevalier Files
Suit for Divorce
PARIS, July 22 (!) Maurice
Chevalier, the actor, today filed a
petition for divorce from Yvonne
Vaileo Chevalier. . ,
It was said at the palace of justice
that no decision was expected until
the end of the summer.
Chevalier charged dosertlon.
Friends of his wlfo said she probably
would flic a counter suit.
Chevalier was married In 1927 to
the French actress Yvonne Vaileo
before he began hla career in Ameri
can (Urns.
Himself
Illness Cause
Of Suicide, Is
Officer's Belief
John Garrett, of Elgin, committed
suicide last night by shooting him
self with a .22 rifle, according to a
report mado by Coroner F. L. Ralston,
who Investigated the death. Mr. Oar
rctt, who was 7ft years of age. had
been suffering from a lingering Ill
ness. He Is survived by one sister and
four brothers; Mrs. S. A. Tuttell. Bob
Oarctt and B. H. Oarrctt. all of El
gin; C. F. Garrett, of Fossil, and O.
L. Oarrctt, of Med ford.
Funeral services will be held Sun
day afternoon at 1 o'clock from the
Christian church In Elgin and In
terment will be made at the 8um-
mervllle cemetery. Snodgrass and
Both Parties Face Problems
: : " v ' ' t
BECORD VAULT
Here Is Hill Graber, or the Uni
versity of Southern California, as"
he leaped to a new world's rec
ord polo vault of 14 feet 4
Inches In the Olympic qualifica
tions ut Stanford stadium. Palo '
Alto. G ruber, who was Intercolle
filitte. pole vault champion In
11KU ami 11)32, shattered the old
record of 14 feet l6 Inches, set
hy - Lee Ifcirncw, to lead Uncle
Ham's vim it er In the coming
. ' 1 f Olympic games..' ,
BERLIN CHIEF IS -
LODGED IN JAIL
Suspected of Actions in
Contravention W 1 1 n
Martial Law Orders
BERLIN, July 22 W Hugo Helm
ansberg, chief of tho Berlin police,.
was tumbled out or oca at live ociock.
this morning uy a squad of soldiers
and led away to tho military prison
on suspicion of action in contraven
tion of the presidential decroo im
posing martial law in Berlin,
A major of police and a member of
tho reichsbanner whose name is
Carl Bcrgh were arrested with him.
Holmannsbcrg, one of tho most
popular members of tho police force,
wart arrested on Wednesday, along
with Albert Graeslnskl, commissioner
of tho Prussian police, when Grezea
Inski and his chler assistants refused
to relinquish their Jobs at tho de
mand of General Von Rundstedt who
Is In charge or the execution of mar
tial law: They wore liberated In a
few hours.
Tho specific charges against the
police chief were not dlaclooed.
At Kocnlgtibcrg lakt night Karl
Jaecker, socialist member of the rrlch
stag. was severely beaten by a group
of national socialists.
There was another affray at Ham
burg where throe policemen and
seven others were Injured.
'LAST MAN" OF
CLUB ON WAY
TO HIS HOME
STILLWATER. Minn.. July 22
Captain Charles Iyx-kwood, "last
man" of tho Last Man's club, started
homo today after closing tho records
of tho old organization of Civil war
veterans for what ho bcllovcs wan the
final time.
Thirty-three chairs draped In block,
each representing a charter membor
of tho club which rallied for four
decadta around a bottlo of burgundy
wlno. stood before the 8f)-year-old
veteran last night as ho paid tribute
to his deported comrades.
Tho wine was saved art a toast for
tho last man when tho club was
formed In 1885. Lockwood sipped a
toast from It In 1030 when for the
first time he was alone. Lost night
ho drnnk hln toast In water.
He feels he will bo unablo next year
to come from hla home at Chamber
lain, S. D., for another meeting on
the ground whrno the club was found
ed, and tho toast conceived In Jest.
Red Johnson On
Way to Norway
NEW VOIIK, .July 32 1Ti Henry
(Red) Johiuion, former nnllor nuilor
of Betty Oow, the kidnaped Llnd
bcrKh bnby'A nurMimald, In on hlii
wity to Norway. Before he nnlled yen
tnrday an unidentified Klrl klftncd
him good-bye.
Blnce he waa cleared of any know
IcdlfO of tho kidnaping, he lia been
held at Ellin Inland for aliened Ille
gal entry Into the country. Tho
clrcumitancca of nil leaving, or
whether he will be allowed to return,
were not made clear.
H
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Von Groneau To
Attempt Third
Atlantic Flight
German Aviator Takes
Off From Island of Sylt
if or Lmcago To Stop
At Iceland.
LIST, Island of 81yt, July 22
Captain Wolfgang von Groneau, Ger
man aviator, and hero of two previous
transatlantic flights from Germany
to the United States, took off from
here again at 11 a. m. today for Chi
cago. He was accompanied In hlB sea
plane, known as the Greenland Wal,
by a orew of three, Including a sec
ond pilot, a mechanic and radio op
erator. Hie route will be substantial
ly the same as that followed in his
two previous xitgnts in itiao and 1931,
by way of Iceland, Greenland and
Labrador.
Hla first Btop was planned for Ice
land. His first stop In North America
was scheduled to be at Montreal.
The sea was so calm at the takeoff
he waa obliged to launch another
plane-, to churn the mater so his
heavily laden machine would lift
from the surface. - -
Franx Hack, the mechanic, and
Frlta Albrecht, the radio operator,
participated in Captain von Groneau 's
two previous flights. The second pilot
on this trip Is Gert von Roth.
unptain von uroneau's iirst ingnt
to New York was made In a five-year-
old plane which once had served Cap
tain Koeia Anuinasen in tne Arctic
and which had drifted In the Atlan
tlo for four days two years before
when Captain Frank P. Courtney,
English aviator, was forced down In
it near tne Azores.
Von Groneau covered the estimated
(Continued on Page Three
Chinese Agree
On Resistance
To Jap Invasion
NaNKINO, China, July 22 m
Tho Kuomtn, official Chinese news
agency,-reported today that "armed
resistance without -neglecting diplo
matic methods" lb the poUcy decided
upon, by the nationalist government
with regard - to what, a termed a
"Japanese Invasion" of the province
o? jonoi, . . ' .-,'( i
Tlu) - agency said the government
had ordered Tang Yu-Lin, governor of
Jehol province, and Chang Hsiao?
Liang,, former Manchuria war, lord,
to mpblllzo "strong forces" against
the Japanese, At the some 'time pro
tests were lodged at Tokyo and with
the league of nations.
A small Japanese expeditionary
force was sent Into Jehol several days
ago. .Japanese authorities said It was
Intended merely to rescue Gonshiro
Ishlmoto, a former Japanese army of
ficer, captured by Jehol troops.
The Japanese said yesterday that
they expected no trouble as Jehol
authorities had promised to liberate
Ishlmoto within a: few days.
Jehol, really a province of Inner
Mongolia, lies on - tho Manchurlon
border and when the new state of
Manchoukuo was established recently
was claimed by Manchoukuo as a port
of Its territory. Recently Chinese gov
ernment circles have expressed alarm
over what thoy termed japan's deter
mination to seise control of tho prov
ince. There-' woro reports yesterday that
Chiang Kai-Shek was returning to
Nanking because of the Jehol crlsw.
Alarm and confusion woro reported to
have been caused throughout all
Northern China.
RUHHIANS, JAI'.ANKHK CI.AHII
TOKYO, July 22 () A brief en-
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Germany Demanding
Equality in Arms
GENEVA, July 22 vw Qormany'a
dclegato Informed tho world dlaann
nment conference today that hla
country will not partlclpato In fur
ther dellberatlona aftor thla aummer's
reccHH unlcan tho conrorenco i-ecog
nines Oermany's right) to a position
of equullty among tho other nations
or tno world.
"Tho right of equality," ho said
"Is a fundamental princlplo on which
tho Icaguo of nations rails.
"If this conference wanta to untab
llsh tho rulca and principles of gen
crat disarmament and at tho sumo
tlmo excludes Oermany or othor atatcs
from theso rules and principles, sub
jecting any stato to discrimination,
such, an attitude would bo Incom
patible' with sentiments of national
honors and international juauco.
50 Picnickers In
Capital Hospital
WASIIINOTON, July 22 Ml About
80 of tho hundred picnickers Btrlck
en with ptomaine poisoning follow
lng a boat trip down tho Potomac
yesterday remained In tho hospital
tcdny, but apparently nono was In a
serious condition.
Hospital reports Indicated most of
those still receiving treatment prob
ably would bo discharged later In the
day.
Health authorities pursued an In
vcstlgatlon to determine what food
caused lthe sickness. Borne of the
picnickers blamed a deviled -fug salad
Greta Garbo Will
' Visit Home Land
HOIJ.YWOOD. Cal., July 22 Uft-
Plsnnlng to travel Incognito, Orota
Oarbo, Bwedlsh-born film star, will
leave Hollywood within the next two
days to sail from New York for her
horns land on her first vacation in
several vears.
Harry Eddlngton, her business
manager, said the star had refused
her Itinerary and had made steamer
reservations under an assumed nam.
PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN!
RAPID STRIDE
How Far Will G. 0. P. Go
Toward Bidding For
Prohibition. Vote? .
HOW ATTRACTIVE ; V
IS WEST TO DEMO?
These Two Questions
(Jause Much Uuessing-r ;
Hoover to Make Ad-,
dress on August 11. I '
By Byron Price
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
WASHINGTON. July 22 VP) The '
rapid pace of the presidential cam
palgn is forcing toward decision these
two highly in teres ting and possibly
dominating questions, of party strat
egy: '
How for will the Republicans" go
toward an affirmative bid for tne
prohibition vote?, And how far will
the Democrats go In seeking the sup- '
port of the west at the sacrifice at .
certain strength In the east? i- .;
1 For the answer to the first of these:
questions, the country Is looking to
President Hoover's acceptance speech .
August 11. Aa he begins its prep-, ;
aratlon,. he Is besieged on the one.'
hand by pleas that he show a definite .
personal Inclination to the dry . side,'',
at the same time that he accept thV '
submission plank adopted at Chicago; , (
and on the other hand by advisers
who think the party ought to cut:
loose entirely from the organized V
drys, and stand for submission and,'
nothing else.- . .
No One Knows 1 - m t, .
It probably Is true that not one of '
the president's Intimates knows to-
day what he will decide to say. He
Is listening to' both sides,' and keep- .
lng his own thoughts to himself. .All
that can be sold with certainty Is '
that he has no lntentlon of. declaring' -for
repeal, or even by inference put-,,
ting himself definitely on the extreme .
anu-proniDition siae oz tne cam v
v Similarly, many politicians expect ,
Governor Roosevelt to Indicate whethV-' -:
er he intends 'tf. follow-the- strategy -
Oarner." in the' closing, davs of the!-.
session of congress and In the home- .-.'
coming speechea in Texas. ' , ,
oarnora thrusts at "Wall streeV' ,;
and his denunciation of President
Hoover as the special friend ot big,;
business, havo aroused questionings.',
among many eastern Democrats. ' Al-1
ready Republican speakers have
sought to attach the tog of "radical" V
to the Roosevelt-Gamer ticket, and'
nave used the utterances of -the .
Democratic vice presidential nominee
in tne nope or irignterung tne east;.
(Continued .on Page Three) "".
215,000 VETS
TO GET LOANS
ON WAR BONUS
WASHINGTON July 22 WP) Ap
proximately 216,000 World war vet
erans will bo able to borrow ' half
the valuo of their bonus oortlft
cater, from tho veterans' admlnls?
trntlon offices after Monday. July 25,
under the terms of an act signed
Thursday by President Hoover.
The new law extends the borrowing
prlvilego to those excluded from ,
benefits of previous legislation, and
Frank T. Hlnes, administrator of vet
erans' affairs Immediately announced
arrangements had been made for Vet
erans to obtain loans from their
nearest reglonol offices next week. ;
Tho measure, besides removing the
previous requirement that two years
elapse before certificates 1 could be
borrowed on, reduces the Interest on
such loans to 3! per cent from A,
Klamath Man Dies i
In Vancouver, B. C.
VANCOUVER, B. O. July 22 W -i-A
man who had registered as C. Bar
rett, about 66, and In whose hat a
tag was found showing It had been
bought at Klamath Falls, Ore., was
round dead of gas poisoning In fc
rooming house here last night. ' He
came here two days ago.
The body was found covered by bed
clothes and was lying on a mattress
on the floor, with a gas plate with
tho Jet open beneath the bed clothes.
Ho had been dead many hours.
NO SKKIAL TODAY
Because of lack of space to
day It wan necessary to hold
out today's Installment of the
serial "Gambler's Throw." To-,
morrow the Obsorver will print
the withheld Installment, and
continue on with the story,
from day to day.
Wheat Today
CHICAGO. July 32 W Enlarged,
buvlne: bv commission houseo ancu
speculators gave a hoist to grain val
ues today. Especially late.
Purchases broadoned owing uu-goly.
to recent advanc.es In securities, sugrl
and livestock. Sovoral brokerage Ilmul
Issued statements suggesting that"
government financed holdings of do
mestic wheat went commencing to
Icoo effect as a markot guidance.
Wheat cloned firm, S10 above
vesterdaVs finish, corn V4T4o up,
oats a shade to V. 9 H sn.Ui. and pro.
visions showing a rlw of 13 to no.