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lEti Ate itewr i . .............. ' , i CITY EDITION - Ml AseeeUtse1 Fmi Hessf, I Wirt Centee : SIX PAGES TODAY Only Newspaper Printed In La Grmnde Covering Union and Wallowa Countlea VOLUME SO mtembfr associated pbbm awd -a. a ft LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1932 EASTERN OlUDGON'g LBADIXO BTBWeUPAPEM NUMBER 303 E arm OMAHA FACES PROBABILITY OF BLOCKADE Four Hundred Farmers in ' Lewis ton, Ida. Will . Hold Their Wheat. GOVERNOR OLSON SUPPORTS STRIKE ear Lemars, Iowa Fai-m-' .ers Picket Dairies and ' Throw Sticks at Trucks . Hauling Milk. ; . By the, Associated Press ' ; The "holiday farm strike" was re ported spreading In the mid-west to day as the governor of Minnesota an nounced himself willing even to de clare martial law to aid the cause. 'At Sioux city, la., center of the strike movement, where farmers have succeeded'ln raising the price paid for their milk to $1.80 a hundred pounds, two freight trains hauling farm pro duce, were stopped, one for an hour. About 250 farmers halted the trains. , Omaha Threatened 80 widespread had the Iowa move ment become that Omaha, the na tion's 'second livestock: market,, was threatened with a blockade. Leaders of the campaign In Iowa announced picket lines would be drawn across highways on the Nebraska-Iowa line to prevent consignments of cattle, hbgB, and sheep from reaching the Omaha markets. Floyd B. Olson, of Minnesota, the nation's' only Farmer-Labor party governor,' said "I would be willing to Join with the governors of other ag ricultural states In any plan, how ever arbitrary, which would tend to raise the '' prices of farm commod ities.";.' .-.'. '' Lewlston Farmers Agree ' 1 AVLewiston, Ida., one of the rich est wheat districts In the Pacific ,,; (continued -on Page Four) rur-- CHARGES WILL BE FILED SOON AGAINST MOORE Unexpected delays encountered Saturday afternoon prevented the filing of charges against Fred Moore who Is being held In connection with the slaying of Eldon L. Smith, rail road detective, near Hllgard on Aug. 4, It was reported this morning. De velopments in the case are expected early this week. Itfoorc was arrested In Seattle when he attempted to pawn a watch owned by Mr. Smith, and was brought to La Grande last week for ques tioning by District Attorney Carl G. Helm. Jack Newman also Is being held In connection with the murder, and may be jointly charged. Relief Committees To Meet Tuesday To lend Impetus to the Union County Labor Exchange, a 'meeting of the relief committees of the ser vice clubs of the city has been called for. Tuesday evening, at 7:30 at the chamber of commerce offices. Mem bers of the board of directors will elaborate on the exchange plan and enlist their co-operation. Lester H. Bramwell, manager of the exchange, states that It Is work ing smoothly but a widening of the scopo of operation Is necessary. Two Broken Bones Mended by Medics Two. sets of broken bones were mended during the weekend at the the Grande Itonde hospital. Lee Ladd. lion of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ladd. 3718 North Ash. ell from a horse yesterday, breaking his arm. Mcrvln Mortcnson sustained a fractured ankle late Saturday evening when he slipped and fell at his home. Mr. Morteneon Is employed by the East ern Oregon Light and Power com pany. WEATHER FORECAST Oregon: Generally fair to night and Tuesday but cloudy In the northwest portion and on the coast; little change in temperature; gentle north west wind offshore. 4 . V WEATHER TODAY 7 a. m. 64 above. . Minimum: SO above. Condition:. Partly cloudy. WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 83, minimum 63 above. Condition: Partly cloudy. Range 31 degrees. WEATHER AUG. 23, 1831 Maximum 93, minimum 47 above. Condition: Clear. Range 48 degrees. Strike Spread Mrs. Vinzelberg Returns Sunday To Beery Home Aged Woman Lost on Mt. Emily Suffers No 111 Effects From Adventure Strong For Her Age. Mrs. J. C. Vinzelberg, 80-year-old Huntington woman who was lost on Mount Emily for two nights and a day, was at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Beery today, showing no 111 effects of her adventure. She, was brought back to La Grande from their camp on the mountain top yesterday,' and refused to accept assistance to and from the automobile which carried her down the mountain. And one of the first things she did after re turning home was to read the ac count of her finding ag printed In the Observer. Only weighing 80 pounds, Mrs. Vinzelburg nevertheless is unusually strong for her age and near, her home at Huntington often climbed moun tains with the ease of a much younger ' person. Relatives believe the only thing that saved her was the fact that she did not become frightened or frantic at any time she was lost. In fact, the first night out, she did not call for help as she was determined to find the road and her way back to camp alone. This morning Mrs. Vinzelberg had n slight cold nothing of consequenco and her body was bruised from her day and nights of climbing over logs, through almost Lm ponetrable thickets, and the dress she wore was torn to shreds. When a party of four men found her Saturday about noon three miles from the Beery camp, she said: "I've been looking for your And she had! (Continued on Page FourV Ten Swimmers Pass Tests For Examiner Post Ten swimmers passed the rea ti ire- men ta' for Red Cross' examiners and" have been recommended for appoint ment, it was announced today. Suc cessful applicants have been enrolled In the annual swim week which will close Friday. They are Wood row Damerell, Arthur Steffen, Ben Oester Ung. Francis A. Oreullch, Louise Ken nedy, Harvey Carter, Nephl Combs, Floyd Baxter, Myrtle Hoyt and Mar guerite Klopfenstein. E. C. Stiles, Red Cross examiner, conductedj tne examinations after which he returned to his headquar ters In Walla Walla. Damerell, Steffen and Ocsterllng have been carrying on Instruction of beginning, Junior and advanced swimming classes under the direction of Mr. Combs and Miss Kennedy. Examinations will start tonight for those who have completed eight hours of Instruction, and will con tinue throughout the week until Fri day, following the close of swim week, when they will be completed. Arguments For Walker Before Supreme Court SUPREME COURT, Albany, N. Y Aug. 22 (IP) Arguments upon which Mayor James J. Walker rollcs to obtain court Intervention and halt his ouster hearing before Governor Roosevelt were laid before Supreme Court Justice Ellis J. Staley today. Staley adjourned his session until Wednesday, when John J. Curtin, Walker's counsel, will submit briefs of his arguments. In closing his contention that Roosevelt had denied tho New York mayor hts rights, Curtin said: "When you come to think that the governor feels he Is above the law and there is no appeal, you will see that we can only go to the courts for an order to avoid physical conflict that might otherwise ensue." M. L. Nelson Wins Golf Sweepstakes M. L. Nelson won the sweepstakes golf tournament at the country club yesterday, which was matflh plmy against par. He finished all square. His score wns 43-44-86. Charles Reynolds, with 39-39-78, and Dr. W. K. Ross with 43-48-91, tied for second place. Roseburg Agrees On Orchard Wages ROSEBtmO, Ore.. Aug. 23 VP) Douglas county prune growers today announced a scale of wages for lab orers in the prune harvest, which will start about 8ept. 1. Common laborers are to receive 13 a day and drlermen .12.50 a day. Pickers will be paid three cents per bushel for Italians and four cent per bushel for Petltes. Pickers also wlli receive a bonus of one-half cent a box for remaining until the end of the sea son, laborers will be required to provide their own board. The wages are approximately 1 a day less than those paid last year. mg TALK BRINGS PRAISE AND CRITICISM Govern6r Roosevelt Re turns to Albany After Columbus Address. ADVISERS PLEASED WITH RESPONSES Republican Leaders, How ever, Turn Barrage of Criticism Upon Head Of Democratic Candidate. ALBANY, N. Y., Aug.' 22 (P) Re turning yesterday to the executive mansion after delivering the first stump speech of his presidential campaign at Columbus, Ohio, Satur day, Governor Roosevelt was grati fied by the sight of a great pile of commendatory telegrams from all sec tions of the country. Some of the messages, however, were not of a flattering nature, Mr. Roosevelt said. Further public reaction to the Columbus speech is expected during the next few days. Both the governor and his political advisers were pleased, not only by (Continued on Page Four) MEDICS SELECT DR.G.L.BIG6ERS La Grande Physician E'l e c t e d President of Eastern Oregon Society ; Dr. a. L. Blggers,. of La Grande, was elected president of the Eastern Cragon Medical society at the an nual meeting held Saturday .at St. Elizabeth's hospital" In. Baker. " Dr. William J. Weiss, of Ontario, was chosen as vice president; and Dr. James J. D. Haun. of La Orande, was selected to fill his second term as secretary-treasurer. The 1033 meet ing will be held In Ontario. Twenty-two members of the society from Baker, Crook, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, . Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa and Wheeler counties and several visit ing doctors attended the session. Attending from La Grande were Dr. W. K. Ross, Dr. Lewa Wilkes Agcr, Dr. James J. D. Haun, Dr. G. L. Blg gcrs and Dr. F. L, Ralston. Visitors Included Dr. H. H. FoBkett, of Port land; Dr. Ralph R. Fenton, Portland; Dr. D. Payne, The Dalles; E, R. Jack son, claim agent of the State Indus tral Accident Commission, and the following members of the Oregon state board of health: Dr. N. E. Irvine, Lebanon; Dr. J. H. Rosenberg, Prlneville; Dr. Atbert Mount, Oregon City and Dr. Frederick D. Strieker. Speakers at the morning session which opened at 0 o'clock were Dr. O. O. Gordon, of Baker, who dis cussed "Medicine In Baker county;" Dr. Carl G. Patterson, of Baker, dis cussing "Pyloric Stenosis; Dr. Dewalt Payne, resident physician, Eastern (Continued ou rage Four, Find Miner's Body Near Coal Shaft BENTON, 111., Aug. 22 (VP) The body of Domlnlck Laurantl, a miner, was found today In a patch of weeds at number 1 mine of the Bell and Zoller Coal company at Zelgler, Sheriff Browning Robinson was in formed. Sheriff Robinson said the man had been shot to death. More Upturns In Weekend Wave of Murder Sweeps Over New Jersey; Officers Puzzled NEWARK, N. J., Auj. 23 VP) A weekend wave of murder by Ice picks and bullct3 left five men dead In Now Jersey today but police found the un. accountable shooting of a 36-year-old girl, daughter of a prominent family, to be the most mysterious case of all. Miss Erelyn Hlgglns, whose father is MaJ. William Hlgglns, of the staff of Oov. A. Harry Moore, was seriously wounded early yesterday as 'she cross ed a vacant lot In Jersey City after an auto ride. No weapon was found. Miss Hlgglns was In too serious a con dition to be questioned and there was no Indication as to whether It was an attempted murder or a strange acci dent. Andrew FadrlKlno, 28, and Vincent Bocclo, whom the police cail Brooklyn racketeers, were victims of an un iMual execution Instrument the Ice pick. Their alayera (tabbed tfiem R. F. C LOANS MADE PUBLIC BY TRIMBLE $46,711,056 Loaned to In . stitutions During Ten-Day Period. BANK AT WALLOWA RECEIVES MONEY Clerk of the House Takes Exceptions to Tread-; way's Remarks "Law Gives Me No Discretion." . WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 T Dur ing the ten-day period from July 21 to July 31, the Reconstruction corporation loaned M8.71 1,056 to banks, building and loan associations, railroads and other agencies. The first report of the corporation, made public today by South Trimble, clerk of the house of representatives, was accompanied by a letter signed by Chairman Atlee Pomerene show ing that 437 loans totaling 46,057,656 had been made during the ten-day period and Increases in loans au thorized prior to July 21 had totaled (1,653,600. The letter said of the total amount loaned. 432,990,180 was authorised to banks and trust companies Includ ing (284,900 to aid In tlie reorgan ization of closed banks; (104,309 to agriculture credit corporations; (3, 088, 650 to building and loan assocla- (Contlnucd on Page Pour) 1 HARVESTING OF RUSSIAN GRAIN IS IN ARREARS MOSCOW,' Aug. 32 (ff) "Shock brigaders" numbering 100,000 peasants were reported organized In the Uk raine today to complete the grain bar vest, which Is still far in arrears as compared to last year. Kharkov dispatches told of the mobilization, declaring the peasants were answering the call of the official newspaper, Pravda, for more speed In completing the harvest before cool weather comes. ' . - ' ' The dispatches said indications were that the campaign was having very favorable results. Up to August 8, only 128,612,500 acres, or 62.8 per cent of the entire sown area had been harvested, com pared to 165,222,500, or 71.4 per cent at the same date in 1931. Zeppo Marx Robbed Of $37,600 Jewelry LOS ANGELES, Aug. 32 P) Zeppo Marx, one of the four Marx brothers of screen and stage, reported to the sheriff's office today his Hollywood apartment had been burglarized of Jewelry valued at (37,600. - Marx said the loss was discovered when he and Mrs. Marx returned from . their Mallbu Beach cottage shortly after midnight. The apart ment had been ransacked and the jewels taken from a drawer In Mrs. Marx's dressing room, he said. The two, accompanied by Governeur Nor rls, the novelist, and other friends, had been at the beach cottage since Saturday afternoon. Pierce Invades Butler's County To Make Address THE DALLES, Ore., Aug. 22 VP) Walter M. Pierce. Democratic nominee for congress from tho Eastern Oregon district, Invaded the home county of hla Republi can opponent, Representative Robert R. Butter, Sunday. Ho ad dressed the Wasco county grang ers at their annual plcnlo at Du fur. Today tho former govornor was campaigning in Tne Dalles and in Hood River county. countless times, wrapped ' them In burlap bags and left them In a back yard at Harrison. The bundles were found yesterday. Another killing yesterday was that of William Maloncy. owner of an al leged speakeasy In Union City, who was found shot near North Bergen. INVESTIGATING DEATH PORTLAND. Aug. 22 UP) An In vestigation Into the death Sunday of Harry Welch, about 65, who was fa tally Injured on the water front here, had made iittle headway today. A severe head injury caused his death. Several persons are reported to have told police that Welch was struck on the side of the head by a man who ran. No one has been found, how ever, who admlta having aeen the af fair. Physicians said the nature of the Injury Indicated Welch had been struck by an automobile. Japan Plans Jehol Conquest? MINING IS FAMILY AFFAIR IN NORTHERN IDAHO !" li f t I .i ii.'irt i .While Reginald Mellor operates One nmr Murray, Ida., his daughter, Winlforcd Mellor, right, successfully operates a placer lease neor . by. Mellor Is a pioneer Idaho ossayer, and hla daughter Is a University of Idaho coed, - . . "Phantom Ship" Reappears Off Alaskan Port POINT BARROW, Alaska, Aug 23 (rPH-Long since abandoned and riding the Arctic ocean frozen In the Ice pack, the' "Phantom ship" Baychlmo again Ilea in the lea seven miles west of rtere, slowly drifting northward. Reappearing after an absence of several months during which . It was the -object of an unsuccessful aerial search over many miles of the Ice, the former fur trader seemed little dam aged. A party of 10 Eskimos, with hand sleds and skin boats, have gone out over .the Ice In an attempt to ; (Continued on Page Two) Robbers Escape h uesmte jsuueis n m n V PORTLAND, Aug. 22 (IP) Two youtha who tied and robbed William O. Knox, Borvtce station attendant, early today, escaped In a rain of bullets after Knox loosened his bonds, picked up & policeman and chased the fleeing holdup car. One of the rob bers was believed to have been wounded, in the leg. The two aban doned their automobile while It- was still moving at fair speed, and cscap ed In tho railroad yards. The car crashed into a sorvlce station pump, Five Hitler Men To Be Executed BEUTHEN, Germany, Aug. 22 (IP) Plvo members of Adolf Hitler's na tional socialist party were sentenced to death today upon their conviction of acts of terrorism. . Tho trial was in one of the new speed courts. Three defendants wore found not guilty, f The specific charge was that the defendants had administered a fatal beating to a young communist. , Hoover Returns From Vacation WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 P Presi dent Hoover returned to the White House early today from his Rapldan mountain camp, ending his longest vacation In 17 months. Except for one day of work last Thursday, tho chief executive has been vacationing either on Chesa peake Bay or In the mountains for a full week, his longest rcHt since his trip to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Inlands a year ago last March. Business Improvement Is More Than Of a Seasonal Nature WASHINOTON, Aug. 22 IP) Bus! ness upturns which It said were more than seasonal In character, were noted today by tho labor department In Its July analysis of trado. "The first really noticeable expan sion In Industrial activity that has occurred so far this year," aald the department's employment Information bulletin of July gain. Specific Increase.! were In tho boot and shoe Industry, with "quite a num ber" of factories back to a full-time basis: the textile Industry, especially manufactories of woolen, worsted, ray on and silk product; anthracite mln Ing, showing re-emp'.oyment of several thousands: highway construction, In creasing not only direct employment but swelling the payrolls of stone (Continued Prom Page Four) a cyanide extraction plant, working MOLLISON WILL RETURN BY AIR Captain Denies Reports He Will Not .bly, From , America to Europe. NEW YORK, Aug. 33 VP) Sandy haired Capt. James A. Mblllson, the only human being ever to fly alone from Europe to New York, cocked an anxious oye at the sky over Man hattan's towers today and hoped the weather man would let him start his hop home to England in two or three days. "I've Just been married, you know," he explained with a grin. When ho finished hla precedent- shattering Jaunt from Europe at 3:33 p. m. (eastern standard 'tlmo) yea- terdav..Molllion.4Who is the. husbanV of Amy Johnson, England's most fam-1 ous woman filer, said: (, ' "Amy and I have, made i pact to make no more extremely long, or hazardous trips, once- this' flight Is concluded." Molllson was In the air 36 hours and one- minute between Port War nock, Ireland, and Now York, whloh ahowed In his faco when he brought his tiny plane, Heart'a Content down before a cheering crowd of 3000 yes terday at Roosevelt field. He had made tho leg from St. John, N. B In five hours, 12 mlnutcB, Will Fly Hack He denied , emphatically he had given up tho Idea of flying back. In two or three days, given good weath er, he will take off, ho said for Har bor Grace, where he will rofuol and head for Croydon, England. "You can't miss It on tho eastern trip," he said nonchalantly. "Tho weather and winds are more favorable all tho way." Hla little craft, flint light plane ever to cross tho Atlantlo had to be rescued from a crowd of aouvonlr hunters after he landed. (Continued on Page Two) PIONEERS IN ANNUAL MEET AT CHAMPOEG CHAMPOEG, Ore., Aug. 22 (ZD Oregon pioneers and eons and daugh ters of Oregon pioneers met here yes terday for their annual picnic and recalled tho tribulations and the pleasures of those who crossed the plains to further tho cause of civil ization In the Oregon country. For Mrs. Mathilda Oraham Howard tho day was cause for double cele bration. Bho was guest of honor at the picnic and sho observed her BBth birthday. She was one of those who ventured to Oregon In a wagon train in i860, settling first near Orogon City. Speakers for tlve occasion Included Oeorgo H. Hlmcs, secretary of the r iii.K...l anslntv Pantaln Arthur Rlggs. prcsldont of the Pio- nn HlAomhnnlman'a AiuintMnLlnn. ft lit! Mark Haytcr, of Dallas, Western Retailers See Improvement SAN FRANCISCO Aug. 22 The trend towards Improved business con ditions for tho coming months was reflected on all sides by tho optimism which has been evident in tho minds of the buyers In attendance at the Western Retailers Conference and Market which closed Saturday. Aug. 20. Manufacturers and wholesalers of apparel report Increased Interest on the part of retailers through at tendance at tho markot which was accompanied by a tnndoncy toward buying In greater volume than had bcon expected by those who planned the market event. Furnlturo and radio manufacture and representa tives report that attendance at the Western Furnlturo Market and the advance showing of radio models haa exceeded that of similar periods last year and that buying has been stim ulated to fill out depleted stocks. the tailings of the old Oold Chest Noted Actor Is Dead; Succumbs To Heart Disease NEW YORK,' Aug, 33 VP) . Wilton Lackaye, famous actor who made the atre-goers from Maine to California shudder at the villainy of Svengall, .died early today at his home here in his 70th year. Lackaye, a towering personality who for nearly 40 years made his lorce felt on" and off the American stage, sue- cumbed to a heart ailment after 111- nera had kept him In "involuntary retirement" for moat of five years, The Hat of his roles occupies sev eral columns In "Who's who In the theatre" but It was his Svengall role in Trilby, from Du Maurler't famous novel of the Paris studios, that the cornerstone of his national dls- Ittnctlon.. He was a romantlo actor and no tfurvva a mbvwvoii wmv nlH.t.fmoni rnli 'tliA "nnlmv riava" and the present. . . I : vi -i. - '-- i Born In Loudon county, Virginia, he studied for a time for the priest hood, and then for the law before turning to the stage.. His first wife, the former Alice Evans, died In 1919, and In 1028, when he was 65, he sec retly married Miss Kathryn Alberta Riley, who had nursed him through an Illness. She survives, with his son, Wilton Lackaye Jr., also an actor. : Lackaye was famous for occasional truculence. Broadway still talks about a difference of opinion between . him and John J. McClraw, former leader of tho New York Giants, during whlon Lackayo was thrown downstairs and suffered a fracture of the ankle. Mc Qraw, denying that ho did the throw, ing, was suspended from tho Lambs club for a while after the Incident, Lackaye flrat appeared In New York in 1663 as Lucontlo in "Franceses im. Rlmlnl" and soon he was playing with Fanny Davenport's company In "Much Ado About Nothing." Ho was a foundor of the Catholic aotors guild and was Instrumental In brganlislng tho Actors Equity associa tion, afterward conducting a famous battle With John Emmorson for lead cranio in that society. Of late years he throw himself Into a movombnt to cleanso the stage. "Salacious plays," he would say, "are produced because there - la salacious public." , Russian Woman Is To Die For Theft SAMARA, V. S. S. R Aug. 22 VP) A Kulak (well-to-do peasant) woman named Grlbanoa, today be came tho first of her sex to receive the death penalty under a new decroo classifying as capital offenses thefts from collective farms. ' Tho woman was sentenced to be shot after she had been convicted of stealing Kraln near the village of Oslnovka. LfiffleSS LOCKSmitn I - ' . Falls Into River PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 23 VP) Victor W. Marsden, 68. logless Port land locksmith, fell 80 feot from tho Ross Island bridge Into the Willa mette river hero Sunday. Frank Merrill In a boathouse near by hoard the splash and notified police. iKarbor Ipatrolmcn rescued Maraden, but hospital authorities ex pressed fear ho was suffering from Internal Injuries. Poisoned Apples Fatal to Child VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 32 VP) Charles L. Smith 3, died at a hos pital hore Saturday night and his father, Charles A. Smith, of the Mill Plain district, was In the hospital In a critical condition aa the result, authorities said, of eating apples that had been sprayed. Police aald they ware Informed the spray was of n poisonous nature. WAR OFFICE DENIES ANY ACTION NOW Japanese Detachment Near mpiao Defeats; Chinese Regulars. ' CHINESE REPORT STRONG CAMPAIGN Shanghai Says Fighting ; Going on Along a Broad ; "Portion" of the Eastern I Boi'de. '. TOKYO, Aug. 33 VP) A statement ' attributed to official quarters today said It was only a question of time before strong action would be taken to make Jehol province unquestion ably a part of the newly , created In? dependent state of Manehukuo. This assertion cams a few hours be- ' hind dispatches from Japanese cor respondents at Chmchow, Manchuria, ' atattng that s Japanese detachment -stationed near Pelptao, Jehol, had ' routed several hundred Chinese regu- , lars after a sharp battle. - , ' Japanese Issue Denial , , The war office, however, denied , that the Japanese had assumed the offensive. In Jehol contemplated at . present a targe seals Invasion of that province that heretofore had divided China proper from Manchuria. .-' The clash deaerlbed In the Chin- show ' dlspatohes was branded as-a minor local affair, but a spokesman for the foreign office Intimated that favorable autumn weather probably- -will see a determined Japanase mill tary action In Jehol. - - . Van purpose of such movement - would be to end an unsatisfactory situation arising out-of the oapture ; by Jehol "bandits" of Oonshlro Ishl moto, a former Japanese army officer. The Japanese also consider the al legiance of Chairman: (governor) Tang Yu-Lln of Jehol to, Manehukuo - Chinese Losses Henry' 'i The Chlnchow correspondents said the Japanese suffered two casualties and the Chinese took heavy losses tin the engagement which came about, after the Chinese had tried to' blow up a railway bridge. The war offloe said the Japanese detachment pursued the Chinese 'to Nanllng, five miles northwest of Ohaollng Temple railway station In Eastern Jehol. Later they returned to Choallng, and were the only Jap, anese troops In Jehol, f The diet convened meanwhile for Its third extraordinary session of the year. It win get down to the main business at hand on Thursday with (Continued on Page Four) OREGON MAN SHOT FATALLY; SLAYER HELD ST HELENS, Ore,, Aug, 23 VP) Warren Albo, .35, of St. Helens was fatally shot late Saturday night. Police said Oscar Chapman, 1 66, ad-' mltted the shooting, which ocourred at. Chapman'a acow house, on Frog more slough here, and soon afterward surrendered hlmsolf to the police au thorities. .... Chapman and Albo had had pre vious trouble, police said they were Informed, and the elderly man had warned the younger to atay, away from his shack. They said Chapman told them he reached for his pistol when he saw Albo approaehlng and fired when the man was only a few feet away, . . ' A coroner's Inquest was scheduled for today. Planes Collide Above Cemetery' POZNAN, Poland, Aug. 33 VP Two military airplanes wheeled above a cemetery today during funeral ser vices for an air corps officer who had been killed In a crash. Suddenly they collided In mld-alr and plunged to the ground killing the two pilots. Wheat Today CHICAGO, Aug. 23 VP) Grain trad ers were "standing by" today, await ing the effect of the empire trade conference at Ottawa on United States markets. Announcement that all wheat not grown In the British col onics would be taxed 6 cents a bushel brought trade In Chicago almost to a standstill and operators tried to analyze the effects of the tariff on future dealings of the United 8tats with the world'a biggest market for wheBt. the United Kingdom. Supplies of wheat afloat for Europe decreased 025,000 bushels last week and wenr" 23,652,000 compared with 47.672,000 a year ago, but this was Ignored and trado lagged. 1 Wheat closed fairly strong at HA Ho higher than Saturday's finish, corn steady to Ho lower, oats H a o high er, and provisions mixed, S cents low er to 6 cents higher.
