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(gnritii? lta$iitig ba?mr CITY EDITION U Win ttrrtM Only Ntwapapcr Priatod in U Grande Cowing Union and Wallowa CounUw VOLUME 30 LA GRAN DOB, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1932 WWmm ASSOCIATED PBKM A1ID & B. O. KAMTKBX OIUDOON'S IiKASlNS NKWHPAFEB NUMBER 298 . A .... - - - . - . . - i . . i . i i . t . FRED MOORE IS PICKED DP IN SEATTLE Youth, 22, Being Brought , to La Grande Far Further Questioning DEAD MAN'S GUN AND WATCH FOUND Youth Insists He Has Never Been in La Grande Says He Found Miss- ing Articles. SEATTLE, Aug. 16 VP) Held lor Investigation' In connection with the slaying two weeks ago of E. L. Smith, railroad detective, at Hllgard, Ore., Fred Moore, 22, will be taken to La Grande today by Deputy Sheriff R. , Coggan for further questioning, pa waa. arrcBted here on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon. Police who interrogated him In the county Jail said they could get little Infor mation from him. ' Detectives said a .45 caliber pistol and a watch which Moore had when arrested have been partially Identi fied as having belonged to Smith who was. beaten and shot to death by a group 'of -transient as he tried , to put them off a freight train at Hll gard, near La Grande. ; Watch Identified 'A watch Identified as Smith's was found In a Seattle pawn shop, and records showed Moore left It there several days ago In exchange for an other watch. . Detective '- Captain William G. Wltzke said Moore's pistol was of the same 'type stolen, after the Oregon killing. " Moore Insisted he has never been In La Grande and knows nothing of the shooting. He said he found (Continued on Pago Six) PRESIDENT- OF WEST OREGON COLLEGE HERE Prof. Thomas W. Bibb, Ph.D., presi dent of Albany college, with Mrs. Bibb and Miss Corlett, dean of wompn of tbe college, were Monday callers at the Presbyterian manse. Dr. Bibb was In counsel with Rev. J. George Walz concerning a humber of pros pective students, the placing of schol arships, and the financial campaign for- the college.- Dr. Bibb has been making a survey of the Burns, John Day, and. Northeastern Oregon terri tory, advertising the school, a collego placed on the permanent list by the accrediting committee of the North western Association of Secondary and Higher Schools. Albany college also has .been -admitted and made a mem bor of the Association of American Colleges. This gives the Institution Ji 'decided advantage, and offers to young people of Oregon In connec tion with Christian contact and In fluence. Instruction In strictly high class liberal arts. While Albany col lege Is not -a self-help Institution It docs give every assistance to students to find work that may help them de- irny wieir expenses, lb i bhiu Transfer Sergednt Osmond To Baker Prank Osmond, who since last Oc tober has been the sergeant In charge of all game law enforcement In Eastern Oregon, will leave late this week tor Baker where he will be be stationed at the headquarters of the. Eastern Oregon division of the state police. Mr. Osmpnd has re mained In La Grande In spite of the fact that Baker Is the division head quarters but will move thero now for; greater convenience since official messages are received there first. O. C Franklin, who has been sta tloned In Baker, will be transferred to V Grande, the change to become ef fective on Saturday. Mr. Osmond will be accompanied by his wife and daughter, Dorothy, who will ontcr (he Baker High school in the fall. Oregon: Fair In the east, cloudy and unsettled In the west portion tonight and Wed nesday; showers on the. coast; little change In temperature: gentle changeable winds off shore. - WEATHER TODAY 7 a. m. 63 above. Minimum: 64 above. Condition: Clear. WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 94. minimum 67 above. - Condition: Clear. Range 37 degrees. WEATHER Aid. 16, 1031 Maximum 100, minimum! 67 above. Condition: Clear. Range 43 degrees. Soviet Russia Criticizes U. S, Non-Recognition7 Reacts to America's Eco nomic Disadvantage and Increases Danger of War, Article Says. MOSCOW, Aug. 16 in - The United States policy of refusing to recognize eovlet Russia was roundly criticized today In a lengthy article In Izvcstla, the government organ. Non-recognltlon, the article said, not only react to America's economic disadvantage but sJbo increases the danger of a world conflict. P. Laplnsky, writer of the attack, was vague and obscuro about the contention- that the possibility of world conflict was Increased, but his article reflected the official .disap pointment here that both the major political parties of the United States Ignored the recognition openly and clearly, and the general confusion surrounding It, "show not only an immovable class Irreconcilability to ward the establishment of normal relations but also the Instability of United, States policy," the. article Bald. "The main source of this policy lies In the fact Its political, regime is old and decomposed. One of the elements in the great reduction of the United States trade balance Is the decrease In American export of the U. S. S. R.' "Only children could contend that recovory from tho depression Is pos- (Contlnued on Page Two) Unable to Take Dudley Rankin To West Oregon WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Aug. 16 W) Dudley Rankin, La Grande aviator. critically Injured when pinned be neath his plane at tho Walla Walla airport, cannot be moved from the hospital, his brother, Tex Rankin, Portland filer, said today. Physicians have been unable to examine Ran kin to determine , the, exentr or his injuries but his brother etttd hiaxon,-' dltlon, while critical, appeared slight ly Improved. Tex and Dick Rankin arrived from Portland late yesterday In a large plane In which they hoped, to take their Injured brother there. They spent the night with him in the hos pital and said today they will re main with him until he Is out of danger. Dud Rankin has flown planes 11 years without a single serious mis hap yet hiB Injuries yesterday re sulted from a fall of three feet by his ship on which he was repairing a landing gear. UNDERNEATH PLANE According to reports from Walla Walla received In' La Grande today. Mr. Rankin was sitting on the ground Immediately under the motor of his plane when the brocos slipped and tho full weight of the fuselage and (Continued on Page Six) Schell Circus Will Show Here Tuesday, Aug. 23 The blaro of bands, tooting of calliopes, roaring of wild animals, lumbering of elephants, cumbersome camels, ontlcs of tunny clown, pretty girls riding dancing and high strung horses, peanuts and red lemonade are coming to this city again. -Tuesday, Aug. 23 Is circus day In Lo Orahde for on that day, Schell Bros., trained anlmol circus will give two performances afternoon and. ovoning. This circus .comes here highly rec ommended as being a high class olr cus In every respect, Its performance being given In three open rings and (Continued on Page Six) - v Democrats Meet Donough At Train "Everything Is rosy," Carl C. Don ough. Oregon state Democratic chair man, slated when he passed through La Orando yesterday, accompanied by Mr. Starr, chairman of Washington, en route to Portland after a trip to Washington, D. C to confer with James A. Farley, national chairman A large delegation of local Democrats were at the train to meet tho travel lers who told them that tho cast and middle west seemed to be strongly In favor of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic candidate for president, Fined $25, Costs In Justice Court Jean Plunkett was found guilty yesterday! afternoon by a Jury In the Justice court of setting fire -to debris, without a permit from a forester or a fire warden, within one-eighth of a mile from forest land during the closed season. The Jury recommend ed leniency and Mr. Plunkett was fined 25 and costs by Judge L. Den ham. The defendant will appeal the case to the circuit court, he notified Judge Denham. FAIR TO BE STAGED HERE SEPT. 20-21 Home Products Show to Be Combined With Grange Again. ' PREMIUM LIST IS PUBLISHED TODAY Held to . Stimulate Home Production, With Coun ty, Grange and Chamber Supporting Event. The third annual grange fair and the fourth annual home products show, sponsored by the granges of Union county and the La Grande chamber of commerce, will be held again this fall on Sept. 20 and 31 at the L. D. 8. Recreational hall. Held to stimulate home production, pro ducts from the farm of the county and from local manufacturers are combined In the d Up! ay a. Men of the county who are respon- slble for the success of the show are J. D. Woodell, J. B. Wltherspoon and R. 6. Mccormick, of the county fair board; Ralph Comstock, Raymond Waelty, Mrs. George Cusick, ( Mrs. Frank Whit ten, Charles Moore, Mr. Woodel.1 and Roy Gekeler, grange fair committee; and Gene Walker, H. F. Tyler, Lyle Kiddle, H. O. Avery, Ern est DeLong and A. w. Nelson, cham ber of commerce committee. DIVISION 1. First prize -.1 : 35.00 Second prize 30.00 (Third prize 30.00 Fourth prize 30.00 Fifth prize 15.00 8ixth prize .. 16.00 Seventh prize 16.00 Most artistically arranged display: first prize 910.00; second 16.00. Best farm display; first ' prtee . (Continued on Page Four) ; V--. ' : ' ' ' ;-v- BORAH IS URGED TO ENTER RACE Dr. Clarence True Wilson and Leigh Colvin Peti tion Idaho Senator. BOISE, Ida., Aug. 16 W) Again Senator William E. Borah has been asked to run for the presidency, this time by Clarence True Wilson, chair man of the board of temperance and public morals of the Methodist Epis copal church, and Leigh Colvin, na tional chairman of the prohibition party. Borah said he had no comment to make. ' Borah was tendered the renewed of fer to head the prohibition party ticket at a conference here last night , (Continued on Page Six) SCOUT COURT OF HONOR TO BE HELD HERE A Boy Scout court of honor will be held 'Wednesday evening, Aug. 34, In the basement of the Methodist church, Elmo Stevenson announced this morning, and awards will be made to those boys at the boy's camp who qualified but did not receive their merit badges, and for other Boy Scouts who have passed the require ments. A board of reviews will prs ccde the court of honor and will open at 7:30 at which time only those ap plicants who did not attend the or those who have completed their requirements since that time will be passed on. The court of honor will open at 8 o'clock. The awards will be made by A. W. Nelson. R. F. Murphy, Charles Reyn olds, Harvey Carter and Elmo Steven son, Iowa's Farm Strike Spreads Six of 23 Escaped Convicts Taken; Remaining 17 Cause Reign of Terror GRANITE. Okla., Aug. 18 WV-SIX of the 33 convicts who broke from a state's reformatory cell block Sunday night were locked In solitary confine ment today while authorities In many cities kept a sharp lookout for their 17 comrades. Two more were recaptured at mid night after they had attempted to steal a motor car near Altus. One of them was Jack Barnard, serving 10 years for a Bethany bank robbery, and regarded as one of the leaders of the daring break. . The other was Finis Beard, serving 6 years for auto theft from Carter county." Reports of the depredations of the fugitives, described by one guard as ACTRESS IS MENTIONED! WALKER CASE Name of Betty Compton - tt ( t ii i nrii.u unoiiiciany.uiiiK.eu vyiui "Unknown Person." NEW YORK MAYOR ON STAND AGAIN Walker, in Answer to Questioning By Gov. Roosevelt, Admits- Mys tery Person Was Woman EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS, Albany, N. Y., Aug. 18 VP). The name of Betty Compton, the actress, was un officially linked with the "unknown person" of the Walker Investigation today when Mayor Walker, answer ing reporters' Inquiries If It were Miss Compton,' replied: "Who do you suppose It was?" "You told some reporters during the noon recess that the 'unknown person' was Betty Compton, did, you (Continued on Page Four) HENRY EKVAL, OF U. S., SLAIN NEAR SAINFU PEIPING, China, Aug. 16 PH-Lleu tenant Robert H. Soule, assistant military attache at the United States legation, reported from Sainfu today that Henry Ekval, an American em ployed by. the . China. United StateB Motor company of Hankow, had been. slain by Chinese soldiers near Salnxu last month. v The legation forwarded its third protest to Nanking and to the Shensl provincial, authorities urging prompt steps to apprenena vne cuiprits. : Bkval, disappeared on a rpotor trip from -Kaittau . province m in Western China to Sainfu, the adjoining prov ince on the east, and was last re ported on July 23, twenty miles from Jiis destination. He was accompanied by Rev. o. D. Torn vail, of the Swedish-Scandinavian Alliance mission, with headquarters in Chicago, and an unidentified Japanese. Lieutenant Soule said his investiga tion indicated they had been robbed and mfurdered by Chinese soldiers who threw the bodies Into an. aban doned well. . ' Di Zook Leaves Oregon For Home PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 16 ( Non-committal, his thoughts and conclusions kept strictly to himself, Dr. George Frederick Zook, president of Akron. (Ohio) university, left for his home last night after having In spected Oregon's Institutions of high er learning at the invitation of the state board of higher education. Dr. Zook was asked to visit Oregon with the view that the position of chan cellor of higher education might be offered him. He had conferred with all members of the board before he left last night except Herman Oliver of Canyon City. Oliver was to board Dr. Zook's train at Baker today and ride some distance with him while they discussed edu catlonal matters. William A. Wade Dies in Pendleton William A. Wade, one of the old est conductors In point of service on the railroad here, died suddenly yes terday at his home in Pendleton, according to word received today. Mr. Wade went to work for the rail road as a brakeman In 1905 and was promoted to the position of con ductor which he held until tne time of his death. Particulars of the death had not been received here this morning. Including some of the "toughest" at the prison, added to the fear of the dwellers in this plains and mountain country near tho Texan border. A youth was stabbed, another shot, a 17-year-old girl choked by two fu gitives who attempted to assault her, and several other . persons were kid naped and their cars seined by the fleeing convicts, who used a smug gled pistol to overpower a sergeant and two guards Sunday night. Four of the 33 who escaped were recaptured yesterday soon after Mrs. Oeorge A. Waters, warden, had re turned to the prison. She was absent during the break. Mrs. Waters dis charged two guards for negligence. ONE RISING THERMOMETER THAT'S POPULAR 1 Son Born To Lindberghs National Grain Corporation's !' CHICAGO, Aug. 16 (Etched In statistics and figures, a rosy pic ture of the Farmers National Grain corporation's activities, for the past year was presented to stockholders In annual session here today. Reviewing the past, officers pre dlctediOiltlmate success for the corporation.-in the face of attacks and adverse criticism toward Its activities. .George S. MUnor, general manager of the corporation, reported that for the fiscal year ending May -31. the corporation - purchased and handled In excess of 148,000,000 bushels of grain, not Including that purchased from or handled for tho Grain Stab ilisation corporation. Merchandising policies of the cor poration, MUnor said, not only had (Continued on Page Three) 3 Men Indicted Because of Part In Bonus Riots WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (F) Throe men were Indicted by a grand Jury today for their part In the fighting between veterans and police which led to tho ejection of the bonus army from tho capital at th6 point of army bayonots. Police said one of the men Indict ed, Broadua Faulkner, 33, a Kentucky negro, had served a prison torm In Michigan for breaking and entering and that he was sentenced to 00 dais this year In Philadelphia as a profes sional thief. Faulkner was charged with fel onious assault upon Patrolman John K, winters. Bernard McCoy, 38, a Chicago bricklayer, also was charged with felonious assault and assault to kill upon Patrolman James E. Bcott. ScsTt was badly Injured In the fight ing which preceded tho calling out (Continued from Page Six) More Officers Are Sworn In To Maintain Order 810UX C1TT, Is.. Aug. 16 Wl Armed forces of the law were or ganized today to maintain order In Iowa's farm strike, whllo leaders of the movement sought Ite spread to other states, Officials and civic leaders called for the deputizing of 100 unemployed men to guard the highway against any outbreaks of violence. Their decision followed rejection of a plan to auk for declaration of martial law to deal- with the situation, which (Continued on Page Bli) BOTH MOTHER AND BABY DOING WELL Birth Brings Happiness; Back to Home Long . Darkened by Tragedy LINDM2KG-II FAMILY DATED By the Associated Press Feb. 4, 1002 Charles A. Llnd- bergh born at Detroit. June 33, 1006 Ann Morrow born, $ May 30, 1027 Lindbergh flight, Now York to Paris. May 37, 1020 Col. Lindbergh and Anne Morrow nvtrrtod $ 1 at Englowood, N. J. t Juno 22, 130 First baby, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., t born at Englewood, N. J.- 4 Mar. 1, 1032 First baby1 kid- naped from Hopewell, N. J. 4 May 13, 1932-L-Body of first baby found near Hopewell. Aug. 16, 1033 Second baby, - boy, born at Englewood. $ ENGLEWOOD, N. J., Aug. 16 VP) Another son was born to the Charges A. Lindberghs today, bringing happi ness back to a homb long darkened by deepest tragedy. Five months and 16 days after 30-montha-old Charles Augustus Llnd- (Continued on Page Sli) TWO VESSELS COLLIDE; 19 MEN ARE LOST LONDON, Aug. 16 W" A message to Lloyds today from Tokyo said 10 lives woro lost when the steamer Hldo maru collided with tho Nlchlfuku maru on the Inland sea this morning. The Ntchlfukumaru sank shortly af terward. 22 MKN PCAHKI) l.OHT MARSEILLES, Frsnoe. Aug. 16 m- Twenty-two men are feared to have drowned In the reported sinking of a fast dispatch boat In tho air mall aervlco to South America on Saturday. The vessel waa en route from Natal, Brazil, to Dakar, Senegal, when she ran Into a storm. Thus far efforts to learn the fate of the crew have failed. . , Prince Murdered; Woman Surrenders PARIS, Aug. 16 il'i A man whose papera Identified him as Prince Ed gard De Bourbon was found dead In a hotel room today, his throat slashed by a razor. At about the same time a Spanish woman who gavo nor name as Con dolarla Brau-Holor appeared at police headquarters and said sho had killed the prince after a quarrel during which he threatened her with a razor. She killed In self-defense, she said. Police said the quarrel grew out of an alleged discovery by the woman that the prince had married an Amor lean girl whose Identity was not Im mediately determined. Tenant Farmers Suffer Most In 'Southern Storm HOUSTON. Tex.. Aug. 16 MV-Teh- ant: farmers were the principal suf ferers of the hurricane which swept southern coastal. Texas Saturday night and Sunday, taking at least 36 lives. Belief-workers estimated more than 1000 .persons were destitute. Emer gency stations continued the treat ment of the. Injured, estimated by station attendants variously from 200 up and In most cases requiring only first aid. . The -Red cross and' Houston relief societies furnlBhed food and other necessities. The government ordered the, coast, guard cutter Unalga from Fort Laudordale, Fla., to aid In relief work, - . ": " - ' .Agricultural authorities said the damage to crops .would run Into mil lions,) with' cotton and rice estimated to be damaged to the extent of 2, 000,000. 55 Leaders Agree To Aid Unemployed NEW YORK, Aug. 16 VP) The na tion's idle took aj new grip on hope for relief today with tho announce ment that 66 of the country's Isad ora had agreed to serve on a com- ml t too to give aid to the unemployed. Former Qovornor Alfred E. smith, Secretary of Commerce Roy D. Chap In, Owen. D. Young and Thomas W. Lamont are Included In the group drafted to form tho membership of the national citizens' committee for the - welfare and roller mobilization of 1032. Former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker la chairman. Hoover Continues His Fishing Trip WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 ,W Fish erman Herbert Hoover again today kept Prosldont Herbert Hoover vaca tioning. On Chesapeake bay the president fisherman spent the night aboard the 110-foot commerce department boat Sequoia. Whether he ate for break fast some of tho "nice mess" of trout and blueflsh the White Houso hore said he caught tho newspapermen couldn't find out thoy were respect ing his wishes and keeping their boat far enough away not to bothor him. Nobody had said definitely how long the president would continue his cruise. The- president Is expected to re turn , to Washington tomorrow and leave soon afterward for his camp In the Blue Itldge mountains. Second Bombing l1n Tientsin Today TIENTSIN, China, Aug. 18 UP) A second bombing Incident hero today was expected to bring another pro tost from the Japanese government. Two bombings were thrown Into the Ohlncso ohambor of commorce. Like tho bombing of tho prrlnclpal department store In the Japanose concession recently, today's Incident was linked with the campaign against the purchase of Japanese goods. No one was hurt, STOCKS MOVE ABOVE PEAKS OF RECOVERY Gains Made in Wall Street Today in Spite of 1 Waves of Selling. ..- U. S. STEEL CLOSES AT $43.12, UP $3 Wool Growers ' Hopeful; Hosiery Malls. Increase Wages; Furniture Firm Speeds Up. . . J... NEW YORK, Aug, li m In th' '. face of successive waves of selling,' the stock market forged ahead today, pushing a number of Issues, parttcu- larly rails, above the peak levels of . the summer recovery reached last ) week. - ,' .v ;, An excited nurry of ehart covering. In which shares were traded in blocks, of 1,000 to 10,000 shares, gave the list , boost ol II to IT share In the . morning. This upturn was about half loat In a slow decline. In the after-, noon, only to be partly restored in a ,. last minute upturn. The close found many prominent Issues up tl to mora- .' than M.a share.; .. .,-'".(-; j'v ' '! t - Bonus -movea -upwniu aBfu,tu. r celerated'. tradlrtg, and In- over the, , counter market, bank and Insurance' ' tlal gains A number of miscellaneous; commodities were again, firm, with!- -. cotton reaching uw highs for the re-' ' covery. '-"; -7v:';'fl -r.'-.' 1 V. B. Steel closed at 148.13, up 3,' .- after having touched 4lr at the open.' Ing. when a block of 10,000 shares) - '; was bought. .American . Telephone, , finished at el 14, up e4.3J; American 1 Can at (64.87, up 2.aa; Westlnghouse : at I3B.38, ; -..upvM-a: ;Sant .Fe -at;;;.' 50.12. ud 3. 12: . Union .pacific - at. : 71.60. uo 4.78: . and Coca- 6oU t ,' S88. up 12.60.. Allied Chemical, aitw, ' Oaoe... after .touching-. 8fl,,:closd ;.t . ' - 66, up 3, . Sales approximated , ! wv.uuu rmarcif. . - The cotton market rose nearly tl ' ' a bale to new highs tot the recovery,,' t but lost part of ,lts rise, closing with , (Continued on Pag Four)' ' 15 KILLED IN REBEL-FEDERAL BATTLE TODA Y BIO DE JANEIRO, Aug! 16 Wl'.-rf1, Fifteen were killed and many wound-' ed In a battle between federal and robel troops on 'the southern front, according to reports received here, from General Waldomiro Lima, th: federal commander. '. The federal leaders claimed to have . taken 2000 prisoners during the SIX; weeks of tho revolt. . ', ' Eleven rebels wore reported yester day killed In a battle at Taboado, on the Parana river. ', General Goes Montlero, commander of the federal forces, reported from Queluz today he had started a drive on Cruzeiro, supported by heavy ar tillery and fresh troops. Will Investigate Fire in Portland PORTLAND, Aug. 16 (ff) Damage estimated by the owners at 12, 000 ' was caused here last night when fire i swept through the Lee warehouse whore mill supplies and equipment are stored. The fire broke out 24 hours after '. flames, believed to have been of In- , cendlary origin, destroyed the old ( Vernon school hero with loss of 660, ooo. Firemen said there was no appar- ' ent cause for tho warehouse fire and. further Investigation will be made. CHICAGO, Aug. 16 (IP) Swinging loose from stock market control, wheat prices turned backward late today, and much moro than lost all of an early advance A bearish element was vanishing of export demand for United States wheat, whereas the largest overseas) buslneca In some time was put through from Canada, Ay the ' high point today, wheat waa almost 3o above Saturday's low point. Wheat closed unsettled, lV4o under yesterday's tlnlBb, corn un- ; changed to V,aa lower, oats 549 o off, and provisions unchanged to ' a rise of 20 cents, PORTLAND, Aug. 16 VP) While , tho May option was up Mo today. . December was unchanged- and. Sep tembcr a lowor. This gave tho cash committee on the merchants ex- t change a chance to cut the price of . spot wheat Y,a bu. all around. Sales . n' fittur-M InnltiriArt fl4 DOO hll' tnUfih of tt being changing from September 1 and December. . i Ij.jj Wheat Today j I
