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CITY EDITION rmll IhmUUI Press LMtd V .' Wirs Berries Only Newspaper . Printed In La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Countka SX PAGES TODAYi VOLUME 30 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1932 EASTERN OREGON'S LKAD1NU NEWSPAPER NUMBER 279 New Crop Wheat Harvested G. GRINMETT BRINGS LOAD OF 40 F0LD Quality is -Reported Good Delivery Made at Alicel Warehouse. NORMAL CROP IN i SIGHT THIS YEAR Hot Winds, However, May . Decrease. Yield r- Main Harvest-Will Begin in a Week or Two: ,' , The first load of new crop wheat In the Qrantie . Rondo valley this year received by the Pioneer Flouring MUla yesterday afternoon, when G rover Grtmmett brought some Forty Fold to the Alicel warehouse.' Mr. , Qxlmmett's wheat .was of good qual ity." ; : . , ' According to estimates made a few 5 days ago, the Grande Rondo valley will harvest -a normal crop this year rabout,one million bushels of both fall and spring wheat. Some sections are not up to normal while other sec tions are a little better, It Is be lieved, evening up the county total. In the North. Powder country, where Irrigation Is possible, the outlook Is reported to be good. . , The hot winds of the last few days niay cause a decrease In the total crop,, however, especially If they con tinue for very long. Very little moiB ture has been received since the spring rains.. , -; Main Harvest to Begin 80011 The maln! harvest of fall wheat will begin In a week or two, with many of the grain growera to begin their work next week. The spring -wheat, unless hot wcathor brings it along more rapidly than expected, will be harvested two (Continued on Page Two) C APT C; LOGAN TO LEAVE FOR x STERLING, COLO. Captain and Mrs. C. Logan and their two daughters, Agnes and Ruth, will leave here Monday morning or Sterling. Colo, where they will take charge of tho Salvation Army there. Captain Log an "o transfer was an nounced this week. Sterling is about 76 miles from Denver and Is a larger city than La Grande. Captain and Mrs. Jeffries and daughter will arrive here probably on Tuesday to take up the local chapter work, and plans are to hold a welcome meeting for him on next Thursday owning. Captain Jeffries, who has been in charge of the relief work at Portland the last three years, is re garded as being one of the most capable men in the Salvation Army today. Captain Logan has accomplished a gruub unu uuiiiig mo j utvi (i, uo. Grande; laying a strong foundation for work to be accomplished in the 1 future. National Guard Payroll is $1054 Checks to be Issued to members of Company E, 186th Infantry Monday night will amount to a total of $1054. according to Captain Walter A. Bean. This Is the second time in local his tory the national guard quarterly payroll has passed the $1000 mark, speaking well for the excellent at tendance during the lost half year. The checks will be issued to the men following the rogutar drill period Monday. TO BUILD NEW PLANT 1 SALEM, July 23 ) The Mt. Angel Co-operative Creamery associa tion announced here It had voted to construct a new butter manufactur ing plant at Mt. Angel. Construction will start immediately. The project was estimated to cost about $30,000. '- - WEATHER FORECAST $ Oregon : Cloudy on the coast, otherwise fair tonight 4 and Sunday: no change in $ temperature; moderate west and northwest winds offshore. For the week: Normal tem 4 perature and fair weather ex $ oept for cloud end fog on the $ immediate Pacific coast. $ " '- WEATHER TODAY j 7 a. m.-68 abovo. t. Minimum: 60 above. Condition: Clear. WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 96, minimum 63 above. Condition: Clear. Rain .01 of inch, thundershowcr. Range 30 degrees. WEATHER Jl'LY 23. lf31 Maximum 95, minimum 65 above. Condition: Clear. Range 30 degrees. I t i 4$$4$$s Lions Select f Charles Hatton For Presidency Wichita Man Elected at Final Session of Inter national Convention At Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Cal.. July 23 Charles K. Hatton, of Wichita. Kan., was elected to the presidency of Lions International in tho final session of the Lions convention which closed here yesterdoy. ' Mr. Hatton Is president of th6 Peo ples Finance company of Wichita and Charles lint ton holds ofllce in several other large corporations in Wichita. He attend ed school at Southwestern college and the University of Colorado, afterwards going abroad to study at Sarbonue university In Paris. As chief executive of the 2650 Lions clubs throughout five countries, Hatton states that "Lion ism. will make no departure at this time from Its established policy of making haste slowly In overseas expansion. How- (Continuod on Pairo Two) Walter Hinton ; V Witness In Case At Cheyenne Walter Hinton, of La Grande, who was held at Cheyenne. Wyo., last week for a few days as a witness In a shooting case, was released Tues day morning and returned to La Grande last night. No charges were placed against the La Grande youth. Two oilier men, Joe Sguayo, 22, of Chicago, and Joe Rivers, 28, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty to man slaughter as a result of a shooting case, and Sguayo was sentenced to 10 years in the state penitentiary, and Rivers was sentenced to 21 years and 11 months in the federal peni tentiary, " Mr. Hinton happened to be in the viciftity at the time of the shooting, but was In no way Implicated in the case. Eagles Hope To Score Win Over Wichita Girls After a two and a half hour work out last night at the baseball field In preparation for their coming game with tho Southern Kansas Stage Lines Girls' baseball club, members of the La Grande Eagles DoAcbnll sqund arc in fine fettle for the game, announced Manager D. W. Hall this morning. The boys turned In a fine workout last night, showing that the several days kidding thoy have taken from local baseball fans has only Increased their, determination to wnllop the girls outfit Monday afternoon. Nicodcmus Nichols, La Grande's catcher, said last night: 'If 'Red' Courtney has as much stuff Monday afternoon as he's got tonight I'll bet that the girls don't get a hit the entire game his speed Is flno (Continued on Pasn Two) Heber Fox Dies At Walla Walla Heber-Fox, who was taken to the Veterans hospital, at Walla Walla. Wash, about a week ago. died there late yesterday. Tho body will be for warded to the Snodgross and Zim merman mortuary and funeral ser vices are announced or 3 ' o'clock Sunday afternoon at tho Christian church at Elgin. Burial will take place at Summervlile. Lostine Store Is Entered at Night By Mrs. Mil hum WlgjpfM (Observer Correspondent) LOSTINE. July 23 (Special) Some one broke into M. Crowe's general store here during last night, taking a quantity of smalt change and Mr. Crowe also reported some drygooda missing. Officers were Investigating ! this morning. The total amount off things taken had not been detcrm ined m yet HEAT DEATHS CONTINUE IN EAST STATES Friday's Maximum .Tem peratures Nearer Nor mal But No Real Relief FAIR WEEKEND IS NATION'S OUTLOOK La Grande High of . 96 Yesterday Equalled 1932 Record Other North west Points Warm. By the Associated Press Near-normal July weather was rer sumed today on a large scale but fatalities continued undiminished. Rains concluded their eastward Journey last night, battling most of the seaboard and lowering tempera tures to the eighties. Thcrmomoters in Minnesota, tho Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas, only recently subsided, began to rise again but wcekond prospects generally wero for fair, warm weather typical of current cal endars. Nearly 30 persons died of heat, ho vever, seven in Wisconsin, six in St. Louis, four in Pennsylvania, three ' (Continued on Pago Two) FARMERS MAY PAY WITH CERTIFICATES Labor Exchange Plan Works to Advantage of Many Classes of People . Arrangements for procuring a ware house as a base for the Union County Labor exchange are expected to be completed this afternoon,, and the pliyv will be put into operation the -forepart of -next-weok,. Lester. H, E nun well, manager, stated this morn- ing? The Union County Labor ex change Is a plan adopted by tho gov ernor's relief committee and pre sented by Hiram T. Smith, repre senting the American Legion, whore by the county plans to take care of its own unemployed during the com ing year. Labor certificates will be issued a medium of exchange and paid to (Continued on Pegs Four, SWIM WEEK TO COME TO END NEXT MONDAY After a week's training In llfcBav lng, four applicants will undergo an examination tomorrow afternoon bo twecn 1 :30 and 4 o'clock at Pine Cone, Ncphl Combs, director of Red Cross swim week, announced today. Ap plicants are Betty Bohnenkamp, Ei leen Morelock, Harvey Carter and Bud Ingram. Mr. Combs will give tho examina tion, assisted by Arthur Steffcn, Woodrow Damerell and Ben Oestcr- ling. Three young people hove passed their swimming examination, Billy Zwelfcl, Beth Fross and Jimmy Mills. Other examinations will be given to morrow and Monday, and tho annual Red Cross swim week will close. Credit Flow To Both Marriages and Divorces In Decrease in America During 1931 WASHINGTON, D. C. July 23 The bureau of the census announces that, according to the returns re ceived, there were 1,060,096 marriages performed in the United States dur ing the year 1931, as compared with 1.128,572 In 1930. These figures rep resent a decrease of 68.477 or 8.1 per cent. There was a decrease of 8.4 per cent from 1(120 in IPSO. nun thn vear 1931. then wore 1 183.805 divorces granted in the United fj?ijt ,., I.nrnn9ri with tat rqi in 1930, representing a decrease of 7.896 or 4.1 per cent, as against a decrease of 4.0 per cent from 1929 to 1930. Thero woro 4.338 marriages annulled in 1931, as compared with 4,370 In 1930. Tho estimated population of con tinental United States on July 1, 1031, was 124.070,000, and on July I. 1030, 123.1910.000. On the basis of these estimates, tho number of mar riages per 1,000 of the population was 8 5 per cent in 1931, as against 9.2 in 1930; and the numbar of divorces per 1.000 of the population was 1.49 (ln 1931, as against 1.58 in 1930. Idaho Decrease Greatest While the net decrease In the num ber of marriages performed In the country as a whole was 6.1 per cent, the relative change in the different states ranged from a decrease of 49.7 per cent in Idaho to an Increase of MRS. GOLDEN, PIONEER OF 1864, DIES Secretary of Pioneer As sociation Passes One Day After Annual Event. FUNERAL WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY Was 'Very Prominent in Grange, Rebekah, W. R. G., Church and Pioneer Circles in the Valley. Mrs. Mattle Golden, one of the early pioneers ,of Union county, passed sway yesterday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Archie Conlcy, at the age of 69 years, six months. Mrs. Oolden had been 111 for some weeks. - Her Ueath removes another of the real - pioneers of the valley. She crossed the plains to Oregon by wagon train In the year 1864, a full score years before the railroad came Into La Grande. - Her parents, the. late Mr. and Mrs. John A. Chllaers, settled near Orange hall and she . had lived In that vicinity until a tew years ago when sho moved to La Grande. On May 2, 1880 she was married to Charles E. Golden, who died 18 years ago. To this union six children were born: Mrs. Rachel Utter, of Astoria; Mrs. Archie Conloy, of La Grande; J. (Continued on Page Six) BLACK KNIGHT, MAD MAJOR TO FLY FOR PEACE LONDON, July 23 (VP) Two former World war filers, who drilled at each other with machine guns over the western front IS years ago, planned today a transatlantic flight In the interests of peace. ' , . They are Baron von Schlelch, once tho "black knight" of the kaiser's flying warriors, end Major Chris topher Draper, the "mad major", of Great Britain's war-time army of the air. . . - . - They plan to make the westward flight in the near future, they said, sitting ide qy slrtpnthe.B.anicock plt. ' "Fifteen yoars ago we fought each other over the battle front," Baron von Schlelch said. . "Now we are go ing on a peace crusade across the At lantic, and our only bitterness arises from those misspent efforts in the war years. "I have come to realize tho futil ity of war. We propose to make a long tour of all the big cities and try to instil in people's minds the ghastll ness of war. We want to meet Ed die Rlckenbacker, Colonel Bishop, (Canadian airman) and other Amer ican aces and try to get them to Join our peace crusade." Motor Carriers Facing Complaint SALEM, July 33 (F) A complaint against four freight motor carriers asking the revocation of their licenses because of their alleged failure to pay license fees as provided under the motor transportation act was filed with the public utilities commission er here todny. The action was taken by J. A. Smith resident of Marlon county. The four defendants in the case. Consolidated Freight Lines, Inc., John Day Valley Freight Lines, Inc., Owl Freight Line, Inc., and The Dalles Truck Line, Inc., wero declared to be delinquent In fees to the total amount of $13,260. 25.1 per cent in Nevada. (Only 11 states reported Increased rates New Hampshire, 7.6 per cent; South Da kota, 7.8 per cent; Nebraska, 7.0 per cent; Maryland, 0.6 per cent; Virginia, 6 per cent; West Virginia, 2.4 per cent; South Carolina, 1.6 per cent; Florida:. 1.1 per cent; Kentucky, 9.7 per cent; Utah, 1.6 per cent; and Nevada, 25. 1 per cent. Of these 11 states, 8 adjoin thoso In which re cent changes made In the marring? laws, rcquiro from 3 to 5 days to elapse between the application for a marriage llconso and tho issuance of the same. South Dakota adjoins Iowa, change effective July 1, 1931; Minne sota, April, 29, 1031; and Wyoming, June 1, 1931. Nebraska also adjoins Iowa and Wyoming. Virginia and South Carolina border North Caro lina and. Tennessee where restrictions became effective July 1, 1029. , Went (Continued on Page Four) Capt. Von Groneau Continues Flight SEYDISFJOERDUR. Iceland, July 23 Pi Captain Wolfgang von Gro nau. making his third flight from Oermany to the United States over the Arctic route, took off this morn ing for Reykjavik, 260 miles distant. parked ST. LAWRENCE One of tho world's greatest power and navigation projects moved & step nearer reality when signatures were affixed to the St. Lawrence waterway treaty lie! ween Canada and the United Htatcs In the icr.no pictured above. Mealed, lert to right, am W. I. Ilcrrldgo, 'Canadian minister to the United States, and Henry I-. Stlmson, U. 8, secretary of state, signing the document, while James L. Rogers, assistant secretary of state, standing at left, and llaurord MacNldcr, II, 8. minister to Canada, look on. DeGrace Guilty Ojf Stock Fraud Is Jury Verdict PORTLAND, July 23 !) Charged with fraud in stock sales, C. A. Do Graco was convicted by a circuit court Jury hero last night. He Is the for mer vloe president of tho Prudential Bancofporntton and of tho Prudential Building Ac Loan association. Sen tence will be pronounced Monday. Tho ; 1ft ;r . . , . .y&ontlriuad oil Pago Bik)'v- . Ruth Nielson Is Dead In Oakland By Mrs. L. Z. Terrull (Observer Correspondent) UNION. Ore., July 23 (Special) A telegram telling of tho death of Miss Ruth Nielson, about 21 years of age, was received by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Nielson, of Union, this morning. Miss Nielson died of pneu monia in Oakland, Cal., while visit ing. She was to have returned to her homo next week in company with a brother, Leo Nielson. Relatives here did not know she was ill and news of her death came as a severe shock. She was born in Union and had a wide clrclo of friends here. Radio to Present La Grande Program "Know Your State," a IB-page paper on La Orande and vicinity by Harold Boone, secretary of the La Grande chamber of commerce, will be broadcast over radio Htation KOAC in Corvallis, Wednesday evening, June 27, between 8:15 and 8:30 o'clock, according to word received here by the author. Mr. Boone relates the history of LaOrandc, describes Its scenic and industrial advantages Resume Home Loan Bank Act Expected To Pep Up Business WASHINGTON, July 23 Uft A forecast that the credit flow of the new home loan bank system would bo started in three months was made today by Senator Watson, of Indiana, after a conference with President Hoover at which Watson said organ ization of the system was discussed. Watson, senate Republican', leader, Bald tho president believed It might take a quarter of a year before the full benefits of the system could bo realized. He pointed out that the federal reservo system had not been fully established within 14 mouths alter tho act was signed. Tho Indianan told newHpapcrmen as ho left the White House that he had discussed politics with tho chief executlvo but that most of their con versation centered upon the new home loan, system and tho reconstruction finance corporation. Mr. Hoover haa b-aen hampered In the selection, of two directors to fill vacancies on tho board of tho cor poration by tho law requiring that no more than one director may be from a single federal reserve district, Watson said. This law, he added, will prevent tho appointment of Wilson W. (Continued on Pago Two) Auto TREATY SIGNED DISARM MEETING ADJOURNED TODAY Conference Adopts Reso lution Promising Sub stantial , ; Reductions. GENEVA,! SwttaorlandV'July 23 (P) Tho world 'disarmament -which be gan Its work Feb. '2 adjourned, today for an Mdeflplte period aftor adopt- lng'a Tsblution. promising substantial reduction of arWaniontfl in its later deliberations. ' - Soviet Russia and Germany voted against the resolution. Both an nounced In doing so they were voting for disarmament although they could not support the resolution. Tho Rus sian delegato previously had described it as not sufficiently specific, and tho German representative objected to its omission of any reference to tho equality of all nations In the right to arm. During the recess Important com mittees of tho conference will con tinue their negotiations on various phases of disarmament. 1 Supports Resolution Arthur Henderson, British chair man of the conference, ended tho ses sion with an add reus supporting tho resolution which ho said really put tho conference on tho road to dis armament. "If I wero on tho floor i would voto for this resolution although It falls far short of my desires," ho said Maxim Lltvlnoff, soviet commissar for foreign affairs, tried In vain yes (Continued on Pago Two) Two Men, Held By Police, Say Girls Drowned ROCIfESTER, Minn., July 23 yp Two men, escorts of tho two young women who died mysteriously while on a swimming party last Tuesday night, woro held in tho county Jail today. They assorted tho girls hod accidentally drowned and that thoy had fled because of foar of scandal. Tho men, Reuben Krugcr, 26, fill' lng station attendant, and Jcsso E. Salloy, 30, garago mechanic, wero taken into custody late yesterday at their homes in Plalnvlew. Both are married and have families. Authorities said they admitted calling Tuesday night for MJss Louise Prlgg, 22. of Rochester, and her chum. Miss Frances PollkowsM, 21. They told officers they become frightened after the girls drowned and left, taking the girls clothes with them. The death of a third young woman In the Salt Lake City district was (Continued on Pago Six) . Jonas Will Visit Local Lodge II IK. If. Jonas, present grand master of tho Jurisdiction of Oregon, I. O. O. I, will bo In La Grande Friday, July 20 for thn purpose of paying La Grande lodgo No. 18 and Its members an official visit. Mr. Jonas Is ex pected to bring a message of Interest, It was announced at a meeting last night at 7:30 at the Odd Fellows hall. He is making a trip to Eastern Ore gon to be prose n t at t he Wa 1 Iowa county picnic to bo held at Enter prise on Sunday, July 31, also visit ing several lodges en route. Mr. Jonas will be remembered as a former Eastern Oregon man, but Is now connected with a newspaper in Princvillc, Ore. Bandits Slain Flo Ziegf eld, Of Follies, Dies Of lung Congestion "Glorified of the American Girl" Passes Friday Night in Hollywood at Age of 64 Years. HOLLYWOOD, Oal., July 33 Mt Flororu! Zlegftld, who as the origin ator of the tuned Zlegfeld's lollies of New York became Internationally Known as 'vthe glorlflor of tho Am-' orlcon girl," Is dead In his slxty-fourtM: year. . The noted the- itrlcal produoer luccumbed to heart attack au 10:31' o'olock last night at the cedara of Lebanon hoop It tl where he appor mtly hod been .re covering from lung congestion re-l ulMMrv tmm '..nl attack , of pneu- , , . . . monla suffered nearly a year ago. At his bedside when he died were only his nurae and one of his phy sicians. Dr. Marcus Radwln, The pro ducer's wlfe. BUlle Burke, stage and screen actress, arrived at the hospital two minutes after her ; husband's death, , She had rushed from a film studio and was still wearing the film makeup In which she hod been work ing in a night scene for a screen pro duction! ' : I i. - Daughter Arrives - ' Patricia Zlegfeld, ' daughter of the couple, arrived a few moments -later from .the palatial home In Santa Monica which Zlegfeld had leased for his Southern California visit. Zlegfeld entered the hospital last Sunday, being brought here from a New Mexico sanitarium where he had been confined for several days. It was reported that he was on the verge of a nervous breakdown due to a strenu ous : season with his follies In New ' ' (Continued on Page Two) (Mympic Stars ' -AmvingFroin Many Nations lly Paul Zimmerman (Associated Press Sports Writer) LOS ANGELES, July S3 P) The tempo of the tenth Olympiad prelim inary activities was speeded up a beat or two today with a number of con tributing conditions magnifying the fact that the world-wide games are only one week away. Finland planned bold steps to scve Paavo Nurml's amateur status. Percy Williams quietly Injected himself In to the sprint picture, prepared to de fend hla two 192a titles. The Ameri can Olympic committee sat down to recount Its far from adequate team funds. In tho meantime tho Brazil team offlolals were figuring out means of converting coffee Into coin of tho realm. ' More of the world's athletes pourod Into tho city, and crowds Jostled about, the ticket windows seeking "center seats not too far back." To Publish Correspondence The Finnish Olymplo delegation ex pects to publish Its correspondence with the International Athletic federa tion which resulted after that body acting according to the Finns, with out power, suspended Nurml on charges of excessive traveling fees. Tho published letters between the (Continued from Page Six) Famous Inventor Dies in Bermuda NEWTON, Mass., July 33 (ff) Pro fessor RoKlnald A. Fossendon, physic ist iind engineer, who died yestordny In' 'Bermuda, wns hailed by Ellhu Thomson, as "the greatest wireless Inventor of the age greater than Morconl." He maintained a residence herj,.for many years. More than 30 years ago he estab lished what Is claimed to bo the first broadcasting station In the world, a tower at Brant Rock from which voices wero sent across the Atlantic to Scotland. He perfected a wireless receiver 3000 times as sonsrtlve as Marconi's old ' coherer, and the Fcssendcn os cillator which made possible com munication between men trapped In a sunken submarine and surface hips. ' Chevalier Denies Rumor of Marlene PAItIB, July 33 yp) Mnurlco Che valier,' movie star who started di vorce proceedings yesterday against Yvonno Vallco, today announced he had no future matrimonial plan whatever and thnt there was no truth in reports linking his name with Marlcho Dietrich, tho German film star. 4KMMHI, WANTH TO VKI HOLLYWOOD. Cal., July 23 (At Although ho seem to be qui to sure that he will eventually marry Norma Talmadge, former screen star, George Jeuel, atago comedian, lacks public conllrmatlon from the actress. 1 II I' SI - J l mm POLICE TRAP SUCCESSFUL IN TACOMA Third Man, Driver of Ban-.-dit Car, Manages tov .';," Escape, However. ' ' ENDS STRING OF - FORTY ROBBERIES i Bandits Slain on Side Road As They Attempt ed to. Rob Car Manned By -Authorities. i ' T1COIU, JUiy 33 (Dr-TM .DOOMS , of two parked' automobile bandits, ' - officers" last ntght, were lying on a ' Blab In a morgue as police endea vored today to establish their lden . tlty and sought to effeot the capture of a third man,' driver of the bandits', ear, who sped away, from the scene of the. shooting as his companions fell; victims of a cleverly prepared ' police trap. ". ' c1,, ; ' ( i. The police officers who terminated ! the careers of the two bandits1, be lieved to be the sanWmen who' have , perpetrated 40 or -more parked - car robberies in the Slxtb avenue dtstrlat 1 In the last few weeks, were Sergeant ' . Larry 'Amundson and Off leer 'Percy ' Oregg, with. Detective John. Paulson . acting as .'decoy. ' I . . ; ;V .'': !.'; wo Officers Concealed.-' ..'- ,-.;-; The bandits, were slain, on a side' , road : as -they attempted 'to' rob." -parked curtained automobile In which ' sat Detective Paulson.-. Sergeant ; Amundson was lying in. the grass at . one side'and In front' of. the, police car. Officer Oregg was concealed In a clump of brush at the rear of. the'': oar.' . . .-, ,. . .. "I heard a car pull up' at'the edge , fit fchft rnArl nnri wmiMn. HAlrf. 'UnlrM -it. l. shooting. . - ;. .-.''frV-i ,i -.4 "Then I heard footsteps, and; ijiw ,'... two .men walking towards the-'cv;;!n4 loaned?' anatne' ocner replied, yep," .. -.The reply . was ' Let's . go'and' tneJf-.y walked up to the aide of the car." ' Detective Paulson-' sai- In the rear '' (Continued on Page Six) ' ' COWS MILKED ; BY TELEGRAPH i . GAINESVILLE, F'la., July 23 (1 Florida experiment station here iq-day- , . V' It was another case of necessity mothering Invention.. The ' milking - ; machine broke down. A spring in tion to alternate from front to rent . , The part could be replaced but It had to be ordered from New York. Meanwhile there wore 30 cows to be milked. Then Jonnle Wilson, campus elefc trlclan at the nxpertment station 'of the University of Florida groutids, , . went to work. He took an ordinary telegraph ticker and connected it with the pulsator so that it would make a break In the current that al- . ternatea the auction. By operating the ticker at a speed of 45 to 48 times a minute, Just -as though he were sending a message over the wire he caused the milking -machine to do Its morning . work nicely. War Veterans May Obtain Bonus Loans PORTLAND, July 23 War veU crans of Oregon may now receive -immediate loans of up to 50 per cent on their compensation certificates, ' with no more tro?le than simply providing proper Identification.- The Interest rate has been reduced front 4 to 3 per cent. About . 2600 veterans will be eligible In Oregon. 1 An amendment to the veterans act ; signed Wednesday by President Hoo- ' ver. removed the restriction which provided that the applicant for the loan must have had his certificate two years be for o making such ap-' plication. The United States National bank here and Its affiliated banks In the state, has charge of making the pay ments. Wheat Today OIIICAOO, July 33 (IP) Indepen dent strength In corn helped cereals average a little higher today. Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Ne braska advices Indicated 1B32 corn crop deterioration much In excess of the usunl amount shown during the last ten years. Only scattered show ers In the corn belt were reported, , and lower tomperaturcs woro Ignored. Corn closed unsettled, at the same .is yesterday's finish to Ho higher, wheat He off to V,a up, oats un changed to Ho lower and provisions varying from 2 cents decline to s ' rise of 16 cents. ! i
