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Newspaper Page Text' CITY EDITION Only'Ntwipaptr Printed In U Grand Covering Union and Wallowa Counties riu i s pages rozMri , VOLUME 30 hi MEMBEB ASSOCIATED PRK8S AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1932 EASTERN ORBGOrTI LJCADINO KKWBPAPKH NUMBER 285 u?tttttn associated Prat ImH Jl ! sTIB fl lUk. 4MTMV4liT ITT m L , J ; -V;,:; .;v -.:,rt;T:;,;f;, r A 1 Spend $6,045,000 RELIEF BILL IS PROVIDING $1,335,000 Highway Groups Meet in Forttand Friday to Allocate Large Sum MAJOR PROJECTS GET BIGGEST SUMS Oregon to Receive $3,421,- 000 m Federal and t or- pet H i p- h w a v Funds o-- During the Yeai'. f PORTLAND, July 30 VP) Within i Mio state of Oregon this fiscal year .:-tj 335,000 of federal money will be ' pent on highways, j 1 ho bureau of public roads, the forest service and the state highway commission met hero late Friday to sireo upon allocation of this fund which, however, Is only a fraction of the total that will go toward bet- - taring present roads and building itaw ones In the state. . . A total of 6,045.000 will be avall ' tle for all roads from all sources for the year. To Call For Kills ' Representatives of the three hlgh 1 "way groups placed $835,000 of emer ' gency forest highway; money, and authorized tho calling for bids on $700,000 of federal aid projects. ' This action was taken only nine days after the president signed the federal relief bill 'making available tho money ' appropriated under Its provisions: ' ' Most of . the new money was as- - signed' to completion - or advance ment of major projects already un- ,; dcr way and which the highway ! commission Is desirous of pushing. Bids will be called shortly and will "Be opened at a highway commission meeting here Aug. 24. iur ' JSo- Under all the provisions or tne re- blir Oregon Is to receive 93,wi,- ln federal-.-, ana Jorest.. .nignway funds. Unexpended regular federal Id money amounts to 000,000, and ' regular forest highway and forest i development funds brings the total to $0,045,000. Of the $3,421,000 available under tho relief bill, $2,000,000 Is advance money on federal aid to the state; $770,000 is for forest highways; $476. 000 for forest development; $43,000 for Indian lands, and $132,000 for (Continued From Page Four) MAX STODDARD . RUNNER-UP IN OQLF TOURNEY .. PORTLAND, July 30 IP) Three youngsters of Oregon today wore the : crowns of golf champions in their dlvrstons, the result of victories yes terday in the Junior golf champion ohip of the Oregon Golf association. WMIss Ann Chapman, of Multnomah club, won the girls' title in a thrill ing final match with Mlas Lyle Por ter, of Gorvallls, whom she beat on the 20th hole. They were scheduled over an 18-hole course. Mlra Chap man dropped the 17th hole to square the match on that green. They hulved the 18th and the first extra hole, and on the 20th the Portland girl won the hole and title. Each girl had 02 strokes. ' Larue (Toots) Smith, of Mount Hood, defeated Max Stoddard, of Cor vallis, two up to win tho . Junior championship, and Harold Salvador, of Eastmoreland, cosily won from Cur tis Johnson, Of Ruby's, 8 and 0 for tho boys title. Bennett Funeral . i' To Be On Sunday ' The funeral of Mrs. Ivy Bennett wilt be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the chapel of Walker's funeral Homo with Rev. Paul Do F. trtlmoro In charge of the services, rial will be In the family plot In , It; O. O. F. cemetery. 4 1 ' WEATIIKR r'OKHC'AST S Oregon: Fair tonight and 4 Sunday but overcast on the S coast; warmer Sunday In the interior; gentle to moderate S north and northwestern winds offshore. 3 Weekly outlook; Normal $ temperature and fair weather $ but cloudy and foggy on the 3 coast. , WEATHER TODAY . 7 a. m. 57 above. Minimum; 64 above. , S Condition: Cloudy. WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 76, minimum 80 above. $ Condition: Partly cloudy. S Range 26 degrees. WEATIIETl JIXV 30, 1031 Maximum 89, minimum 65 S abc7e. $ Condition: Partly cloudy. Range 24 degrees. i : . S,J'. Will Organize City-Wide Music Club on Monday Local Musicians and Stu dents of Music Urged to Attend Meeting at Saca jawea at 8 p. m, - Local musicians and students ol music, vocal or Instrumental, are cordially Invited and urged to attend a meeting at the Sacojawea Inn next Monday evening lor the purpose of organizing a city-wide club devoted to the encouragement and stimula tion of local talent In all forms of music. . Music teachers and other citizens prominent In musical circles have long felt the need of some such or ganisation which would enlist the efforts and Interests of all musicians of tho city and county, and sponsor public programs throughout the (Continued on Page Four) Mrs. Westenskow Is Dead After Short Illness Mrs. Annie K. Westenskow, age 67, passed away Friday afternoon after a short illness. She was a member of the L. D. S. church and of the Ameri can Legion auxiliary of Imbler and was a resident of Imblei'tor the past 33 years. She Is survived by three daughters, Mrs. W. A. Funk, of Ba ker; Mrs. George W. Perry, and Mrs. LesITe h. Peck, of Salt Lake City, Utah; by four sons, Alvin. Daniel, Jacob L. and Wilford Westenskow, all of Imbler; by one brother, Jacob Kel ler, of Manti,. Utah;' by four sisters, Mrs. Christian C. Work, of Manti, Utah; Mrs. James W. Cherry and Mrs. Hal Kerr, of Salt Lake City, Utah; and Mrs. L. A. Strlngham, of La Grande, and by 20 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The body rests at Walkers Funeral Home and will be taken to the fam ily home near Imbler Sunday morn ing. Friends wishing to view the body may do so after 10 o'clock Sun day, as tho casket will not be open at the funeral. V.- ' ' . ' ' " ' The funeral will be held - at Uhe Summervllle chapel Monday rhorning at 10 o'clock with the L. D. S. church in charge of the services. Burial. will be in the family plot in Summervllle cemetery. Quinland Rites Will Be Held On Sunday At 2:00 Funeral services for James Barney Quinland will be held at the Snod grass and Zimmerman mortuary Sun day afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. W. H. Hcrtzog, pastor of tho First M. E. church, In charge. Burial will take place in the Masonic cemetery. Mr. Quinland died of heart disease Thursday night, his death coming as a sad shock to his host of friends. He had a wide acquaintance of friends over the valley, having made his home here since 1896. He started a grocery store here1 about three years bcfoic and was an employe at Hot Lake for about five years preceding that, He was born in Kansas April 22, 1873 and wa-3 69 years, three months and Bix days of age. He was married to Ethel Moore May 29, 1930 and be sides his widow, leaves the following survivors: one sister, Mrs. Betty Kohr, of Boise; three brothers, Charles, of Anaconda, Mont.; Lester, of Yakima, and John, of La Grande, besides other relatives. . Three Dead In Explosion Biggest Show on Earth, The Olympic Games, Is Opened In Los Angeles By Krsklne Johnson (NEA Service Writer) LOS ANGELES, July 30 The big gest show on earth, the games of the tenth Olympiad, opened here today, Saturday, July 30. For 16 days and nights, In nine stadia, auditoriums and water courses the cream of the world's athletes will compete in 10 different sports. Forty-nine nations will be rcpre- $ ' $ S t. S. HAS WON' SB VEX OUT OP MSB GAMES S Hero is the chronological 8 record of the Olympiad since the revival In 1896: ? Year, Where Held Winner Q g 1896 Athens, Greece U". S. $ $ 1900 Paris, Prance U.S. 3 . 1904 St. Louis, U, S. A. U.S. ? 1906 Athens, Greece, U.S. $ 1908 London, Eng. Gt. Br. 1912 Stockholm, Swe. Swe. j (Tho Seventh Olympiad was $ scheduled for Berlin, Ger- $ many, but was not held be- $ cause of the World war). g g 1920 Antwerp. Bel. U.S. ? i 1924 Paris. Prance U. 8. $ 1928 Amsterdam. Hoi. U.S. 4 j resented by their best athletes. Only one athlete each will represent Co on Roads CURTIS WILL OPEN GAMES AT STADIUM Vice President of. United States to Preside at . . 16-Word Ceremony ' 200O-PIECE BAND TO FURNISH MUSIC Athletes of 39 - Nations, Led By Greeks, Will Parade in Great Sta dium This Afternoon. - By Paul Zimmerman (Associated Press Sports Walter) LOS ANGELES, July 30 Iff) The flower of the world's athletic strength aligns in parade today. Mobilized from 39 nations, they will pass in. review before a mass of cosmopllitan humanity, - heads high and flags waving, marching Into the games of the tenth Olympiad. . Sixteen words will be spoken by Charles Curtis, vice president of the United States: "I proclaim open the Olympic games of Los Angeles, cele brating the tenth Olympiad of the modern era." f Lieut. George C. Calnan, U. S. N., (Continued on Page Fnurf BOYS AND GIRLS LEAVE FOR CAMPS About 80 to Depart From La Grande Tomorrow For Wallowa Lake, Cove More than 80 boys and girls will make on exodus from La Grande to morrow morning when two - annual outings one the boys' encampment at Wallowa lake and the- other the .Camp ' Fire , girls vacation wt Co'tfo-'- wlll begin. Enrollments for both camps were heavier than leaders had predicted. Whllo the Camp Fire registration had not been dffinitely tabulated today the boys' list Included 44 names. The boys will leave from the W. H. Bohncnkamp company Btore at 9 o'clock In the morning and one hour later, the girls .will be loaded Into trucks at the corner of Fourth 'and Washington. Transportation for the girls has been furnished by W. C. Perkins who also loaned a truck to the Boy Scout leaders this morning to haul provisions to . the Wallowa Lake Methodist camp .grounds where headquarters will be established to day. Madeline Larson is director of the girts' encampment. Elmo Stevenson, while ho Is head of tho scout movement here will not (Continued on Pago Four) Sentence Ripley To Life In Pen SALEM. July 30 (P) Robert Rip ley, 22, who was brought hero from tho Monroe reformatory in Washing ton to face trial for the murder of James V. Iveraon, Sllverton night watchman, was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the Oregon penitentiary by Judge Fred Wilson of The Dalles today. lombia and Uruguay, while Japan will be represented by 150 athletes, the largest team. In all, 2000. male and 250 female athletes are participating In the games. The men will be housed in Olympic village, $500,000 model city, during the sport festival. The wom en will live in a downtown hotel. Unlike the ancient Olympic games, which were held thousands of years ago in Greece at small expense, the 1932 games In Los Angeles will be staged at a cost of approximately $6,000,000. The state of California and city and county of Los Angeels have spent nearly $4,000,000 for construc tion of stadia and Olympic village. Competing nations will spend $1,000, 000 to transport and feed and house their athletes. Incidentals, expended by Los Angeles amount to another million. Tho origin of the ancient Olym pic games Is lost in the obscurity of centuries. Historians disagree as to the date of their revival. Some say they were revived in 884 B. C. and others give the date as 828 B. C. In 394 A. D., during the reign of Emperor Theodoslus, the games were abolished. Following the subjugation of the Greeks by the Romans, -Interest In the games waned steadily. The games were revived for the (Continued from Pago 81k) LAST BONUS ARMY GROUPS PIT CAPITAL President Hoover Grati fied That Challenge Was Met "Firmly." CAVALRYMEN BACK IN FORT MYER, VA. Thirty-Six Radicals- Ar rested With 17 of Them ; Released After Quiz by L Authorities. , WASHINGTON, July 30 iff) Hav ing carried out President -Hoover's instructions to put ilown rioting, by bonus marchers in the District, of Columbia, federal troops today, re turned to their nearby forts, leaving the capital once move solely under police protection. . The last of the military to depart left Anacostla, where the largest en campment of the veterans had been located, at 1:25 p. m. . . - Other troops had marched away (Continued on Page Five) 500 MEN WILL BEGIN WORK IN COOS, DOUGLAS MARSHPIELD, Ore., July 30 () More than 500 men will go back to work Monday In Coos and Western Douglas county when four lumber plants re-open for indefinite opera tion, according to a survey made by the Coos -Bay Times. The Coos Bay Lumber company of Ma rah field is to employ 300 men at the mill and logging camps; the Coos Bay Logging company at. North Bend will put 75 men to workjfn the plant, and 70 In the woods; the Moore Mill and Lumber company at Bandon will givo .Jobs to 70 men In plant and camp, , and the Dalen Veneer plant of that city reports Increased orders and probably continued operations. The Winchester Bay Lumber com pany' at Reedsuort Is scheduled to Open, , with v50 men -on government contract work, and- at Coqullle the OciuftW---litKjj&er: company via to - em ploy Another -SO when the plant re opens: the first' of the week under the receiver. . : 37,000,000 German Voters Preparing BERLIN, July 30 m More: than 37,000,000 German voters prepared today to mark, at the voting booths tomorrow, their final decision on the bloodiest and nosiest election cam paign In the history of the retch. The closing hours of the campaign took a total of five lives In the pro vinces. During a bloody affray between communists and police at Hlnden burg, one communist was killed and three policemen received bullet wounds. , , At Essllngcn ono communist was killed and two policemen were seri ously stabbed. Several hours later the leader of the radicals was. found shot to death, In Relsenburg, near Koenlgsberg, a street battle resulted In the death of two reichsbanncrmcn and In in juries to two Nazi storm troopers. Seven members of the Republican Iron Front organization, one of them a young girl, were seriously stabbed during a fight with Nazis at Nurem burg. Minor rows In Berlin resulted. In the arrest of 250-persons. Blast Occurs In Powder Works In Oakland Vicinity OAKLAND, Cal., July 30 (P)-Three men presumably were killed shortly before 8 a. m. today In explosion of the powder house In which they were reported at work at the giant powder works near Pinole, Contra Costa, county. Names of the men were not im mediately available. Heavy smoko at the plant intcrforred with the soarch for bod lea. The explosion atartod a fire which company officials said was quickly extinguished. The amount of damage could not be learned The plant, which specializes in tho (Continued on Page Five) Woman to Serve. 11 Months In Pen PORTLAND, Ore,, July 30 Grace Talt. 33, bookkeeper for a manufacturing cjmpany here, must serve eleven months in the state peni tentiary for embezzlement, sentence was passed In circuit court when the woman pleaded guilty to a charge of having embezzled approximately $20, 000 from the company for which she had worked many years. Oregon MAY TAKE FIRST 3 . licrc are two or uncle Main's lending nMiicies, expected to take first places In Olympic events ut l.os Alifrcles tomorrow. Above Is George Hpltz, expected to win the high -Jump, nntl below Is l,eo ScxUin, America' best het In the shotpnt, Rextnn, however, will' , have to go some to beat out r'ntntlsek Doudn, or Czechoslovakia, who lias excelled the world record In pructleo several times. Secretary Hoss To Investigate 368 Auto Tags SALEM, July 30 (A) A list of 3U8 car owners giving Oregon addresses and securing their licenBo plates in Washington was received here today by Sec rotary of State Hal E, Hosh. Tho applications for thefio licenses wero made at the tlmo new plates were due In Oregon, Hosb aaid, and would bo checked for violation of the Oregon Btatutc. Hoss announced the IIhL was sub mitted him by Charles It. Maybury, director of licenses at Olympla, who has co-operated with Oregon offi cials In detecting Washington plates on cars owned by Oregon citlKons. The half year Washington licenses can bo secured for $1.50 it was un derstood hero,, . Tho list of 'Oregon addresses Is to be checked to determine whethor or not tho motor vehicles so licenses wero registered In Oregon during the last registration year. Names found to bo of bona fide Oregon resldontB will be turned over to the depart ment of state police for final Investi gation. Names supplied from the Washington motor vehicle division will not be made public until Ore gon records hdvo been checked, Hoss added. Through the co-operation of the California division of motor vehicles, a similar check has been made dur ing the past year on those persons applying for California licenses from an Oregon address, tuftsin Bovnns, registrar of motor vehicles, at Hac ra me n to, supplies the Oregon motor vehicle division with the names of all persons applying for licenses In that state from Oregon addresses and such names are turned over to the state police for Investigation, In all cases, final decision as to the rights of the motorist to oper ate on Oregon highways with license plates of another state' Is In the hands of the state police, who make their ruling after an Investigation or r (Continued on Paff Four) Republicans Elect Scott PLACES SUNDAY HOOVER OUTLINES 9-POINT PROGRAM Conference of B u s i n e s s and Industrial Commit tees to Be Held Soon., WASHINGTON, July 30 P Presi dent Hoover Friday outlined a nine point program looking toward ccon omlo recovery, upon which he has been at work for sovoral weeks, and stated that when It was completed ho would call to Washington the business and Industrial committees now established in each federal re serve district. The president told newspapermen gathered In his office there had boon "some erroneous speculation" con cerning conferences and activities by government leaders looking toward economic rehabilitation. " . - (Continued on Pago Four) , Americans Have Fighting Chance In Tennis Match 8TADE ROLAND OABH06, Paris. July 30 (II Tho United States to day won tho doubles match from Franco In their Davis cup final to -'(Continued on Pnxo Two) Oregon Firm Wins $60,000 Road Job BOISE. Idaho, July 30 Bldo on 00, 000 worth of highway work were opened yesterday by tho bureau of highways and contract awarded. Dunn And Baker, of Klamath Faus, Oro won the contract for oil surfac ing 10.S miles of highway In Ada and Canyon counties, 6.5 milos of It on tho Arrowrock highway and 11 miles between Star and Desert Corners. The bid was to.nni, Soviet Russia Is Fortifying Siberian City Russians Preparing to Abandon the Chinese Eastern, Now Operating at Loss, Many Believe. HARBIN, Manchuria, July 80 m Travelera arriving from Vladivostok, 81borla.j;oport the Soviet Russian au thorities are fortifying that city's harbor approaches on a large scale In anticipation of a, possible attack by Japan. ,. , Troops are arriving every day, they said, transported In closed railway cars and disembarking at night. Ten arm ored-wains were reported to be In the railway yards, and nearby are fifty, tanks, sixty airplanes and num erous, artillery units. - The ,. travelers said trains arrive every; day with munitions, food and miscellaneous supplies Including mi terlal tor building steamers, piers and small, :Warcraft. v - ,.! .. . People of City Trained It was said the people of Vladivos tok havo been trained In the use of gas masks, In rifle fire and In seek. Ing eafety In underground shelters already prepared. . Similar activities are . reported at ' Kharbarovsk and Dlagoveschenck, Meanwhile the soviet authorities are rapidly liquidating their Interests In Manohurla.- The ataff of the Bov- lot bank here has been reduced by more than half, The Soviet. Naphtha syndicate Is preparing to -withdraw. All the most able soviet engineers and technicians have 'left the Chinese Eastern rail way which also has lost hundreds of locomotives and most of Its best roll ing stock, withdrawn by the soviet authorities. . . , ... : '. 1 . ; Hiissla to Abandon China This has led to the belief that Rus- (Continued on Page Sl) Oregonian Loses His Position On Shipping Board ' WASHINGTON, jury SO .(Bffresl- dent Hoovor today reorganized tne United 'States shipping board- by ap pointing ; T. V. O'Connor, ... of New Yorkj; -Samuel' Si Sandborg,. of Coll- fornla, and Hutch I. Cone, of Florida, to take , the place of the present seven man board of directors. ' - All. three men now are serving on the directorate. : Reorganization of the board, creat ed during the war to speed Ameri can; water transportation, was pro vided under the recent national eco nomy act. When' they will take over the af fairs of tho board Is yet to be de termined. O'Connor has been chairman.-'- " - - The men who will bo retired under tho reorganization are Albert H, Den ton; of Kansas; Jefferson Myers,' of Oregon- .and B. K. Smith, of Louis iana.:- The seventh seat on the board has- remained vacant since the death of B. O. Ptummer,- ; AUTOMATIC REMOVAL PORTLAND, July 30 VP) Reor ganization of the United States ship ping, board, as completed today by President Hoovor, automatically re moves Jefferson Myers, Oregon mem ber, who now Is on his second six year torm as commissioner. The presl. dent reappointed him a tow months ago; ' , . - :. . . . . Undor the new setup. It Is ex plained, T, V. O'Connor of Now York will represent tho Great Lakes dis trict; Capt. S. S. Sandberg of Cali fornia will represent tho Paolflc coast, and Admiral Hitch I. Cono of Florida will represent the east const and tho gulf. . Myers was first appointed toy Presi dent CoolldBO to succeed Bort Haney of Portland. While holding the office Myors aided materially In for mation of tho States lino of tho Ori ent, and tho Quaker line to tho east coast, both of them Portland-owned Pioneer Hurt In Train-Car Smash WOODBURN, Ore.. July 30 (PI Franoli Bellor, 92, pioneer of tho Don ald section, was gravely Injured to day when his automobile was struck by a Southern pacific trsln. Ho was taken to a hospital in Salem. Tho car was demolished. Seller,, driving tho machine, was to havo, boon honor' guest at a plonoor plcnlo Sunday, Capital Police To Stop All Veterans WASllINOTON, July 30 VP) Tho District of Columbia commissioners today ordered polico to prevent tho entry Into Washington of all organ ized podles or groups who cannot prove a lawful purpose In coming to tho capital. , President Leaves For Rapidan Camp WASHINOTON, July 30 (IP) Presi dent Hoovor left the White House to day to Join Mrs. Hoover at their Rapi dan camp In the Virginia mountains for a weekend of rest. EX HIGHWAY COMMISSION HEAD PICKED Will Serve As Chairman of State Organization For Next Four .Years MAHONEY BEATEN BY 21 TO 11 VOTE Ralph Hamilton, Former Speaker of House, De- clines to Have His Name ; Submitted PORTLAND, July 30 P)XLesM . M. Scott, elected etuUrman of the Republican state central commit- ' - tee -today, announced this after noon that he will not accept the), position.. A new election will be held, . .. - PORTLAND, July 30 P Leslie M. Scott, former, chairman, of. .tho state highway commission, will guide the destinies of the Republican party In Oregon ' for the - next : four-year -; period.- He was today elected chair- -1 man of the Republican state central . committee. . - - Scott's selection was.'.the result .of v efforts of several factions of the .party , - to .find a. man agreeable to. all,- He -. succeeds1 Floyd J. 'Cook,' who refused to be a1 candidate again!--. . i Mahoney Considered'--,' ' ' The only opposition came In the candidacy of T. . J. Mahoney. Scott received 21 votes and Mahoney got : 11. Ralph . 8. Hamilton, ' former r speaker of - the : house, - early - con sidered by jne "regular", wing of the party as ' the most available man, ril 1 tinri ' f n h, hla. nanu tiKntlf- ted. - -:!.-,'.::---..i .:,. - Si Scott was. nominated. ..by Arthur .. Prlaulx, of Chilqquln. -Seconds. were made by Jonn uv Smith," of Newbergi and T. O. ElllotVot, Milton. . ' .q , ...Tthn : DaiHVw , Jrf . nnnrfnta -mam J inatea . Manoney . ana, nis-, nomination.. . (Continued on Pan Flrei; FORD 69 YEARS OF AGE TODAY; INSPECTS FARM DETROIT, uly 30 VP)' Henry Ford,' now a farmer as well as an automo bile manufacturer, passes his sixty- :' ninth milestone today and he hopes i to spend most of the day Inspecting the 15,000 acres and Innumerable gar- dens which are contributions' to his; back to the land" movement. ' . There will be Interruptions, how ever. ' .' v . .- . ,- . I He has promised an Interview with newspapermen, an Innovation to the birthday routine, and then he will read the many messages of fellctta . tlons which are pouring In, A sad omission will be the absence of -the usual greeting from the late ThomM A. Edison. . Most of the Ford farms 1 are In Southeastern Michigan. The garden plots are In Dearbon and environs. Mr. Ford Is In good health and shows few signs of advancing years. Salem' 8 Request For Loan Received PORTLAND, July 30 VP) Formal , application from the city of Salem for a federal loan of $1,850,000 has been rocelved by the reconstruction finance corporation, according to a special dispatch to the Journal today from , Washington, D. O. . Proceeds would be used for con struction of a gravity water system from the Cascade mountains for the city and state Institutions. The ap-. plication said $1,000,000 would go for new construction and the rest would be spent in purchasing existing prop erties or In new construction to re- . place them.- ; .' ' NO SERIAL TODAY Because of lack of space to- day It was necessary to hold 4 out today's Installment of the serial "Oambler's Throw." Wheat Today CHIOAOO, July 30 VP) Abatement of speculative intorest accompanied a narrowing of price changes In wheat today, and the markot developed no doflntte trend. Reports suggesting that the 1932 United States outturn of all wheat would be somewhat below trade ex pectations and 38,000,000 bushels un der the government figures of July 1 hod no lasting effect, and neither did absence of raliiB In Canada or llkoll- . hood of a return of high tempera tures. Lsto firmness of tho stock market was a steadying Influence Wheat closed Irregular V4o lowor to Mo up compared with yesterday's fin ish, corn at '4c decline to A0 advance, oats unchanged to 'Aa off, and provisions unchanged to a rise of 8 cents.