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wiring CITY EDITION Pall AssorlaUd Fms I MM I Win Bsrolu Only Ncwaptptr Pifetcd In U Gnai Y Covering Union aa4 ! Wallowa Countfat sly pages today VOLUME 31 KEKBER AH8O0IATKD PRESS AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1932 EASTERN ORBOON'B XjKADINO (TBWBPAFBB NUMBER 52 ' Hoover REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP ONLY HOPE So Says President in Speaking to Maryland Voters in Baltimore. RAPS ROOSEVELT, OTHER DEMOCRATS Noisy Welcome as Special Train Arrives Hoover to Speak in New York Tonight. ABOARD PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL, En Route to New York, Oct. 31 (W) liooti mingled with cheers today uh President Hoover addressed un estimated crowd of 30.000 today In Philadelphia. Taking no notice of the boon which were nlinost drowned by cheers, the president predicted a Republican victory In Pennsylvania. Ticker tape and bits of paper flew through the air as Mr. Hoover made his speech from Reyburn Plaza, near the station. Some of the crowd booed the In troduced by J. Hampton Moore, mayor of Philadelphia of William S. Vare. Republican leader, who later pre sented the president. More boos were heard as Vare made the introduction and the president took his place before the microphone. The president made no reference to campaign Issues, having talked of them earlier In the day on his hurried trip to New Vork for his epeecn tonignt. Large Crowd Present The plaza area between the speak ing Btand and the Btatton was solid ly packed with people. The boos ' continued during the president's brief speech, but he did not pause. . President Hoover's special train pulled out of Philadelphia at 2:51 p.. m., for Newark and New York. The president on the rear platform waved his hat to a cheering crowd that saw the train pull out. Mrs. Hoover stood by his side on the platform. Shortly after crossing the Penn sylvania state line, the chief executive was given a noisy greeting at Ches ter. Factory whistles shriked a wel come as his train rolled to a . stop. Rv Nathan Robertson ON BOARD PRESIDENTIAL SPE CIAL, En Route to New York, Oct. 31 (P) President Hoover opened his eastern campaign with a speech at Baltimore' today in which he told voters of Maryland that ."the Interest and sentiment of this state can find Its satisfactions alone in a national Republican administration." Addressing a crowd of thousands at the Mount Royal station In Balti more, the first stop on his way to New York, for a speech tonight, the president stressed his party's stand (Continued oi rage Pour. BOY, 10 HURT WHEN HIT BY AUTO OCT. 29 A car driven by Charles B. Oral struck a boy, Glen Young, 10, as he w.is riding a bicycle on the Second street viaduct Oct. 29 at 6:10 p. m. At the time, Mr. Oral reports, snow and rain made visibility 10 feet or less, and he said ,that the boy did not have a light on his bicycle. He picked the boy and his bicycle up and took him to his home. Ex amination showed the boy had suf fered a cut on his leg above the knee but was not seriously hurt. On Sunday afternoon, cars driven by W, L. Devlne and Harold Qugle figured in a minor accident at X , end North Plr. No one was hurt. Georgetown Grid Coach Replaced WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 m In the midst of the 1032 football season, Georgetown university Installed s new coaching staff today with John L, Hagcrty, 1925 Hoya captain, suc ceeding Thomas E. Mills, former back field coach under Knute Rockne of Notre Dame, as head mentor. Hagerty came from the New York Giants professional team to take charge of a grid squad that has been defeated in three major games this year. He brought with him from the Giants Maurice Dubofsky, Georgetown captain last year. Mills resigned yesterday after near ly three years as head coach. 4$$$$$$33$$$3$3 WEATHER FORECAST 4 Oregon: Rain tonight and Tuesday: moderate tempera S tures; strong south to south- west winds offshore. $ WEATHER TODAY 4 7 a. m. 38 above. Minimum: 31 above. J Condition: Cloudy, snow. 4 4 WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 50, minimum 33 above. Condition: Partly cloudy Range: 17 degrees. WEATHER, OCT. 31. 1031 Maximum, 50, minimum 33 S above. 9 coumy Rrana jury. 4 Condition: Partly cloudy. S His demand wiu based, he Bald, on Range: 27 degrees. 4a desire to be cleared of the charge $ before election November 8. Eva 1.3 is $$$$$$$$$$$3$g& seeking to be returned to office. Swings Into East Wheat Touches New Low Price In Chicago Pit Plunge to Level of 1652, However, is Followed By Rally of About One Cent. CHICAGO, Oct. 31 m Lowest breadstuff prices in world history. Judged by wages and purchasing pow er of money, went on record today in Chicago. A leading trade authority here aaia that previous prices In terms of cents per bushel for wheat were reached In bygone centuries, but such prices failed to take into consideration the relatively htghor buying efflcancy of cash as compared to the present. Late In the day, rallies lifted Chicago wheat urlces about a cent above the new minimum. A decrease of 1,060,000 bushels In the United States wheat vlBible supply helped to give com parative flrmncas to the market Just before the close. Wheat closed nervous at exactly the same as Saturday's finish to of a cent lower corn at a shade decline to c advance, oate unchanged to yBc higher, and provisions uncnangea to a setback of 2 cents. THIRD LOW RECORD CHICAGO, Oct. 31 UP) Wheat prices plumbed new record low prlceo today lor tne tnira tune m less wia. a week. The continued weakness was due chiefly to sympathy with bear ishness displayed by the Liverpool market. The December delivery dropped tot 43 to cents a Dusnei on iniua: dealings, c under Saturday to low point and later dropped another c. Prices have not been as low since about 1052 when wheat sold for 35 cents a bushel on the Strassburg market. Advices from Liverpool said dis patches from the United States were discouraging and that buyers had withdrawn from the market. Chicago sellers also found buyers wanting. Trading was quiet with no signs or excitement. December wheat also hit & new low at 46c a bushel at Win nlpcg. DREYFUS CO. CLOSES PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 31 (P) Louis DreyfU3 is Co., after six years of op eration In Portland In the interna tional grain trade, today closed Its Portland office. The announcement was made by Peter Doyne, Portland manager, who was Instructed to re- port back to tne New YorK ornce. Doyne Is a director of the Portland grain exchange and former director of the merchants' exchange. Louis Dreyfus & Co, is represented In all leading International markets. The company la trading In Portland tne past two years na3 oeen negli gible, Doyne Bald. Hallowe'en To Be Celebrated In City Tonight Soap streaked automobiles and windows and hideous Jack-o'-lanterns grinning from windows are the only evidences of Hallowe'en which have been seen about La Grande so far and the city passed through "clothes line night" last night without any serious damage to property. The po llco are not anticipating any unusual celebration tonight. Jim Steffen, chief of police, said this morning and no extra patrolmen are being recruited for the occasion. Hallowe'en, which originated in the (Continued on Page Four) Light Snowfall In East Oregon; First of Season A light snowfall, the first of 'any consequence- in La Grande this fall, began about 7 o'clock this morning and continued for some time, with the white flakes melting as they reached the ground. In the moun tains, tho snowfall was considerably Heavier. The minimum this morning was 31 above, following a bright October day yesterday with a maximum of 50 above. Many believe that the flnowfall rc suited from the Wyoming storm mov ing into this section of the north west, although with; much of its In tensity spent. STORM WARNINGS VV PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 31 (-T) bmaii craft storm warnings were ordered up at Oregon and Washing ton coast stations today for fresh to strong soum to sou in west winds in the next 24 hours. Rain which began last night was general over Western Oregon and Western Washington. AI1ANDOV SDAKCII IN SNOW SHERIDAN. Wyo.. Oct. 31 (A') The search ior Fred Demmell, 35. of Sher idan, and Dell F. Yoakum, 21, of Col umblne. believed to have perished in a blizzard In the Big Horn moun tains, was abandoned today. Rangers said It would be Impossible to continue the search because of yesterday's storm. Between eight inches and a foot of snow fell In the mountains and the mercury tumbled several degrees below zero last night. Commissioner Asks Immediate Trial SEATTLE, Oct. 31 (fPi County Commissioner Don H. Evans an noun c .'ed today he would 90 before Superior t1 Judge Maccolm Dour Ira to ask Im a mediate trial for himself on the grana larceny inmcimeni rciurnea ifgalnt him Saturday by the King taP. HEADS HURL CHARGE AT BOURBONS Republican National Com mittee Attacks James A. Farley. CAMPAIGN FUNDS "DEBATE" SUBJECT Statement Followed By Receipt of Telegram Asking Funds For Pres- : ent Campaign. WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 P) The Republican national committee sale today that statements by Democratic Chairman James A. Parley "indicate that he is adept at practicing the ancient political adage: Never let the right hand know what the loft hand Is doing." In a formal statement, the Repub lican committee added: "In brandishing as a forgery a let ter bearing his signature received by (Continued on Page Four) HIGHWAY EXPENSE WILL BE REDUCED Chairman Scott Expects ?7,500,000 Savings in Year 1933-34. PORTLAND, Oct. 31 (A1) Expendi tures coming under the jurisdiction of the state highway commission will be slashed $7,500,000 In tho years 1933-34. Leslie M. Scott, chairman of the highway commission, made this es timate In a statement issued Sunday in which he said a decrease of ftl,- 000,000 In payroll and operating ex penses, as compared witn tne cur rent blennluni, will be made. Savings In payrolls and operation costs, he said, will amount to 41600 each working day. , Payroll savings are aue to salary ana wage cuts, few er employes (exclusive of relief em ployment), and Increased efficiency, P-syvoU und operntlug economies he listed included: administration costs, ICS per cent under 1931-32, and 22 per cent under 1929-30; administra tion payroll. 13 and 15 per cent under these periods, respectively; payroll for construction and maintenance, 19 and 23 per cent. Scott said that if costs of hand labor relief employment be Included tho abandonment of such work in 1933-34 would constitute a payroll savings of 41 and 29 per cent. Tho $7,500,000 clash in totol ex penditures represents a saving of 25 per cent. The reduction in capital outlay is estimated at $5,000,000 or 37 per cent. "The new budget," he said, "is lower by 43 por cent in operating ex penses and 32 per cent in main tenance expenses." (Continued on Page Four) OWYHEE DAM NO. 5 TUNNEL IS COMPLETED ONTARIO, Ore.. Oct. 31 ;p) After battling unprecedented difficulties crews of the S. S. Magoffin company Sunday "holed through" the No. fl tunnel of the Owyhee project. An example of the difficulties encount ered was the three-month task of negotiating a distance of 15 feet. This company had the outlet end of the bore which has a total length of 4'A milc3. When the crews Sunda morning removed tho last nine feet of earth and rock it wos found thav the bore they had dug was in perfect alignment witn tne inict enci com pletfd several months ago. NINE BANKS Southern Oregon Normal Eleven Too Powerful For E. 0. N. Squad ITH a heavier and more experienced teom, Ashland Nor mal school defeat ed a lighter but hard - fighting Mountaineer eleven fly" here Saturday 31 1 to 0 In the annual home-comlni; prune jor me caftirrn Oregon Normal school. It simply was a case of a good big team pit- r - .. . . ua against a gooa little team, with tho Mountaineers unable to stop the powerful, tricky charges of the vis itors. At that, the Mountaineers made two strong bids to score. After the opening kickoff. a long pass was shot to Itoe, who hid out near the side lines, which accounted for a 30-yard j gam nnd a flrHt dawn a penalty and a line plunge brought another first down on Ashland's 27-ynrd stripe. On tho next play Lassen plowed through the heavy Sons for seven yards and repeated for eight more on the next play, putting the lTlsV U. S. FRIENDLY TOHERRIOTS DISARMPLAN State Department Hope ful For Successful Meeting at Geneva. CERTAIN POINTS NOT CLARIFIED In Paris it is Explained That U. S. Would Not Be Required to Furnish Armed Forces. Itv Charles Stephenson Smith (Associated Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 M1) Pre mier Herriofs new plan for European disarmament has had a friendly re ception at the state department. Although officials have refrained from comment until after they re ceive an official copy of the proposal, on reading of press reports, Repre sentatives of tho state department say they are hopeful the plan may prove- a basis for successful negotia tions at Geneva. Conscript armies to replace pro fessional armies In Europe are looked upon favorably by the American government. just wnat guarantees or security Premier Herrlot would expect from tho United States In consideration of the elimination of professional ormles is not now clear to American officials. Norman H. Davis. American dele gate to the world disarmament con ference who lias been discussing naval problems In London with Prime Minister ilacDonald and other British officials, advised the state depart ment that no attempt was made in these conferences to draw up a def inite naval agreement between Great Britain and the United States but that the atmosphere In the discus sions was excellent. He is hopeful that this country and Great Britain will reach a satisfactory settlement of their differences as to how navnl tonnage is to be distributed among various classes of ships. FRENCH PLAN EXPLAINED PARIS, Oct. 31 d") t- The new French plan for security and dis armament contains no proposal that tno united fatates should contribute armed forces to assist a country which is the victim of aggression, an (Continued From Page Four) GLUE FACTORY WILL PRODUCE , CHICKEN FEED CINCINNATI, Oct. 31 (P) The glue long made by the American Tanning Industry will be glue no longer but a new kind of chicken feed, rich In proteins, it was an nounced today at the University of Cincinnati. Chickens fed wl tin this ration, It was further announced, have; been pronounced specially tender and also rapid growers. This miracle of scientific research is not conversion of glue Into food, but diversion. The scraps of hides and skins from which glue has been made are diverted into a new chem ical process whtcli refines them up the scale into edibility instead of downward Into an adhesive In this Upward revision the old glue smell is said to be lost entirely. Sunday Harvest Day For Jobless PORTLAND. Oct. 31 Wl Sunday was harvest day for the Unemployed Citizens' League and members and employes of the Allied Truck Owners, Inc. Using 21 trucks, tons of food and fuel were hauled to commissaries where thousands of persons who had enrolled in the league are storing necessities against tho coming win ter. The food and fuel was obtained through bartering and trading. Truck owners supplied the equipment and drivers donated their time. It wos estimated tho trucks hauled about 200 tons of food and wood, OPEN THEIR DOORS TODAY ball on the 12-yard line. On nn at tempted end run Hoc was tackled be hind the line and a forwnrd pass grounded untouched. Then Hoc ad vanced six yards and Hunks six more to put the pigskin on the Ashland 8-yard line on fourth down, three yards short of first down. Ashland took the ball and punted out of dan ger. Itoe Interrupts Pass Ir, the third quarter Roe Intercept ed, a pass to give La Grande the b;it1 on her own 43-yard line. Santmr and Burnett made four yards and Lassen went nine for a first down. A pass. Burnett to Carden. made It first down on Ashland's 33 but the Sons held and took the ball on the 20-yard line af ter npunt. A 15-yard penalty forced Lancaster to punt to K. O. N.'s 3 yard line. Sannar gained seven ynrds and a penalty gave La Orande a first down on the 20. Two plays later Hlnes Intercepted a pass that ended that threat. Ashland, with Hlnes and Lancaster representing at least 50 per cent of Its offensive strength, scored on a 63 yard march late in the first period, with Iancastor going over on ft fukc reverse from the 13-yard line. (Continued on Pago Six) KIDNAPED The kidnaping of Nanev Irene lluchaiiaii, 3, foster-daughter of Mrs. Violet HnelKiiiaii, wealthy i.os Angeles divorcee, was ended when police reported they found the child with Ruth Dormun, mother of the little girl. Oregon Normal Schools Given High Standing SALEM, Ore., Oct. 31 Practically every state in the union recognizes Oregon's normal schools as standard two-year teacher training, according to Charles A. Howard, state superin tendent of public Instruction. Of 30 states replying to a questionnaire sent out from tho stato department of edxication on this point, only ono Michigan does not accord the Ore gon schools thla recognition. Eighteen of the 39 stares issue tea chers' certlflcatas to graduates of Oregon normal schools without ad ditional examination or coursta. tho replies show. Seven others Issue cor tlflcatcs with, the single provision that the course taken must correspond to certain Buecmcd suojece groupings, Nine of tho states have set up their own specific examinations or courses wmcn must oR taKen uy an nonnai school graduates coining from other states before certificates will be granted. Four states Arizona, California, Maryland and Washington require more than two years of elementary teacher training befor0 a certificate will be issued. "This investigation was made In order to secure nccuroto information on which to base replies to many In qulries that have recently come to this deportment as the standing of Oregon nonnai schools," oupermten dent Howard explained. "These fig ures Bhould set at re3t the rumor that these Institutions are without recognition outside of Oregon. All of them are on the accredited list of the Northwest Association of Secondary (Continued on Pago Two) MacGrath, Author, Dies in Syracuse SYRACUSE. N. Y., Oct. 31 (P) Harold MacGrath, veteran writer of romances and mystery stories, who died early yesterday while at work on his latest novel, will bo burled tomorrow. MacGrath, who was 01, collapsed from a heart illness while working In his study over the half completed manuscript of a novel which had not 1 vet been named, jus who nenru mm call, and found him dying. Dentil jcame soon ofter midnight. First National Of Idaho, Others Resume Business noifiE, Idaho. Oct. 31 (At The First National Bank of Idaho opened Us doors this morning along with Ita string of oii'ht btwiks In Southern Idaho and Eastern Oregon, making available to depositors 10.000.000 In deposits tied up for two montlis since the closing on Aug. 20. The money may be withdrawn only partially at present under waiver agreements signed by a large pro portion of the expositors, and bank officials predicted withdrawals would be limited primarily to cur rent needs. At a stock holders meeting Satur day afternoon, the bank was described In very liquid condition, due to fund-, secured for It from the Itecon structlon Finance corporation by the Western Lonn and Investment com piifly, an Intermediary ortranl'atlon, Through tills means, officers ex plained, none of the assign now in the hands of the hank were pledged to the Reconstruction Finance corporation. BY MOTHER LATIN-AMERICAN COUNTRIES ELECT Chile, Ecuador and Hon duras Going to Polls Today and Tomorrow By the Associated Press I Presidential elections In three Latin-American countries proceeded to day without serious disorder and to morrow there will be new govern ment heads In Chile, ecuador and Honduras. Arturo Alcssandrl, a former presi dent of Chile, had polled 180,000 votes, apparently enough to put him in over Colonel Marmaduke Grove, the nationalist and socialist candidate, hhi closest competitor. In Ecuador Martinez Mora, the lib eral candidate, was running ahead with Manuel Sotomayor Luna, the conservative, trolling. The count In Honduras this morn ing Indicated General Tlburclo Cartas Andlnc, nationalist, was running 11, 000 votes ahead of Dr. Angel Zuulga Huctc, liberal candidate for presi dent. The Political Picture lly the Associated Press Itepiiltlltiiiis: WASHINGTON President Hoover, In one of busiest days of his cam paign, travels to New York for speech tonight. Planned eight talks en route. WASHINGTON Republican na tional committee says campaign managers for Gov. Roosevelt "have adopted the unscrupulous methods of Tammany in attempts to extract "campaign contributions." neiuomus: GROTON, Mass. Gov. Roosevelt says "Our troubles come not from an obscuro cause but from 11 false Idea of government." Expresses confi dence of victory Nov. 8. NEW YORK Chairman Parley declares Gov. Roosevelt repudiated plea for funds which G. A. Eddy of Chicago called "Flagrant attempt at political blackmail." SoelnlMs: NEW HAVEN, Conn. Norman Thomas Bays campaign between Re publicans and Democrats "proves nothing but the 1 intellectual and moral bankruptcy of capitalism." NET WO It K CAMPAIGN llltOAIH'ASTS (Time Is Eastern Standard) Tonight (Monday) : WEAF-W.IZ-NHO 9:00 Presi dent Hoover from New York (1 hours). WEAK-NBC 10:30 Gov. Roose velt from Boston (1 hour). WJZ-NHC 8:30 Democratic, Judge Florence E. Allen. KEX 8:15 Republican, C. E. Dant, Portland. Man, 43, Drowned In Vmpqua River MARSHPIKLD, Ore.. Oct. 31 W Erin Nygurd, 43, was drowned In tho Unipqua river eight miles east of HeedKport Sunday afternoon when ho Jot his balance and fell from his power boat us it started turning for shore. Elmer Cannon, a 14-year-old youth was also carried Into the river by the weight of the older man's body, but sucrei-deri in swimming to shore after lM'Cotnlng exhausted In attempt ing to keep Nygard Hflct. rOLt .MNlMT STRICKEN lll.INI) NEW YORK, Oct. 31 W) Don Mar quis, humorist, author and at one time col utiiu 1st on the New York Sun, was stricken blind last Thurs day night and today his condition had Improved only to the extent that he can distinguish between red nnd black. ... . , London's Bobbies ! Repulse Rioting Thousands Again Policemen Chalk up Third victory Within a Month Over Unemployed Dem onstrators. LONDON. Oct. 31 P) London's bobbles surveyed their third victory within a month over rioting jobless today after repulsing an attack, by thousands on Buckingham palace ana Westminister, But the disorders, which began yes terday In Trafalgar square, brought omy a aozen minor casualties, as compared to the 70 hurt In Hyde park lost week and the 30 Injured In the Lambeth section October 31. Th weary police expected only a 24-hour breathing spell, however, for Tuesday the Jobless plan a march on ior bidden Parliament square to pre sent a petition of protest against the means test in tne aoie Bystem. llobbiw Prepured The bobbles aro prepared for more serious trouble with a relief system employed in the general strike ot luao. . The plan was used yeBterday for the first time since the national (Continued on Page Four) Major Parties Make Reports On Campaign Costs WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (ff? The Democratic national committee's fin anclal report on tho presidential campaign today showed It spent OHO.aoo between June l and October 22. The report said total receipts In the same period, Including loans, Democratic victory funds and Bales of medallions, amounted to $1,065,654. The Republican report, filed Sat urday, showed expenditures of 1, 454,170 and receipts of 91,478,701 be tween June 1 and Oct. 26. Walker Files Report Frank O. Walker, of New York, Democratic treasurer, filed the re port today with South Trimble, clerk of the house. It showed disburse ments between September 1 and October 32 of 00 5. 2 00 a balance of $132,724 on October 22. Contributions during- this period, tho report said, totaled $681,836. Theso wero exclusive of a reduction of $5,000 in the committee's debts to John J. Raskob, former chairman of the committee. Tho committee's unpaid pledges totaled $70,087 and unpaid obliga tions $534,233, while unacknowledged claims against tho committee totaled $43,050. ... The committee's total receipts be i wee iv June' 1- and - Septfltnber '-: amounted to $117,627 of which $107, 403 was In contributions. ' During the June to September porlod total receipts amounted to $236,670 and disbursements $230,048. Two Suspected In Kidnap Case In Cleveland, 0. CLEVELAND, Oct. 31 P) Two men were questioned today by officers in vestigating the mysterious disappear ance of Eljert Holleron, 8, missing from his homo here nine days. At tho same time ,the police reported three other boys disappeared over the weekend and novo not been located. Ono of the two men recently made advances to the Holleron lad, the polico were told. The other man was described by the officers as "an old sailor of tho vagrant type." He lived In a shack not for from Ebert's home, (Continued on Page Four) Mistaken Identity Leads to Killing OREEN BAY. Wis., Oct. 31 (P) Fearing roprlsal from robbers whom ho recently frustrated, Henry Gom und, a farmer, last night mistook a group of relatives for tho gunmen and opened fire, killing a cousin and seriously wounding two others. John Bnyo, 34, was killed, hla wife was shot probably fatally and their year-old snn, Dcwano, while not struck by the bullets was Horiously Injured when ho fell to tho ground. Gomand was held for questioning. Tho farmer recently frustrated a robbery by seizing a chair und driv ing a "group of holdup men from a grocery storo In nearby Champion. Ho had feared a return visit by the rob bers. 25 Communists Executed Today CANTON, China, Oct. 31 UP) Three young women and 22 young men. members of tho "Communist Youth Corps," were executed toduy. The authorities have been waging a bitter campaign against communist influence. Rev. D. Markarian Killed in Wreck DINUBA, Col., Oct. 31 W Rev. D. Markarian. 55. pastor of St. Ore gorlan's Apostolic Armenian church In Fowler, was killed and two persons were Injured as the result of on auto mobile accident Sunday near Dinuba. ItOIU-UT I.UOCKIIAGKN DIES SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31 At Robert Urockhngen, 37, former Port land and Sacramento newspaper man and son of Carl H. Brockhagrn, oper ator of a newspaper chain, died here Sunday, following an ojeration. He had been 111 six months, During tho World war ho served with tho 310th ammunition train of tho 01st division in France, F. R. INVADES republican: new england Gov. Roosevelt to Speak T il i -m - , in roraana, Me. ana Boston, Mass. LAWRENCE MAYOR CHEERS CANDIDATE Republican City Official bays "When My Party is Wrong" He Will Vote For Roosevelt. ; CITY HALL AUDITORIUM Port. land, Mo., Oct. 31 OB Governor f ranklin D. Roosevelt today appealed to the people of Mm 1 ne a normally overwholmlnBly Republican state to vote the Democrntio ticket and thu "sustain Calvin Coolldge" In hi plea of 1930 that "the party that had been In power a long time ihould bo put out of power," ' . nooseven, motoring here from Gro ton, Mass., this morning the first presidential candidate to vlsld In the Btate since 1800 spoke before 6000 Hureuiis in city nau auditorium whlw other hundreds gathered outside to heor the speech from amplifiers. Mr. Roosevelt read from a statement quotations saying that If appeared that ony polltlcol party that had beea In power fof a long time was apt to fall to reflect the sentiments of the people, and then added that. It was from a speech made by Mr1.- Coolldge, as the Republican vice presidential candidate In 1B20. 1 ' "If It were true In 1030 that the party that had been In power for eight years should be put put of pow er," Roosevelt said, "then It Is much more true now for the . Republicans iiuve Deen in power just nail again as long. It Is up to the people , ot Maine to sustain the views of Calvin Coolldge, the only living ex-nresl dent." .i". . I came here to thank the Deoole of Maine for pointing the way lor ' tno nation in November, ne said, re ferring to the fact that a governor and two of three congressmen were elected by the party, In. one of- the major political upsets in the state's history." Roosevelt closed with an appeal to Maine to Join "that other Republi can stronghold, Portland, .Ore., which is going uemocratlc." .... lly Walter T. Brown O-ROTON, Mass., Oct. 31 (AV Franklin D. Roosevelt faced toward Maine today tor a drive through history-splashed Massachusetts towns . that will take him Into the normally Republican state that no Demoeratlo presidential candidate has . visited since Wllllnm Jennings Bryan went thore In 1800. Tho long drive today that will take him to Portland back again to Bos ton tonight for his only lengthy speech In New England began a two day automobllo tour of Massachusetts, (Continued on Pas PourV FOG CAUSE OF CRASH FATAL TO 3 PERSONS Mrw"RRftVTT.T.lB W fl rv-f A1 tOH Two men and a woman were killed near here today when their airplane crashed In a heavy fog. They were Identified as Earl Pad gett, 42, of Lincoln ton, N. C, hla daughter Earleen, 18, and B. h, Byars, Charlotte automobile dealer. Byara owned the plane and was piloting it. Witnesses said the plane circled, about the vicinity for about 16 min utes, then appeared to be levelled off for a landing when It BUddenly crashed. Seven In Narrow Escape From Gas PORTLAND, Oct. 31 OF) A leaky exhaust plpo which passed through, tho cabin of the launch resulted In a narrow escapo from death for seven persona who started on ft moonlight boat trip on the Columbia river after midnight Saturday. SIX of the group were overcome by carbon monoxide gas. All wore from Vancouver, Waah. E. E. Hickman, 10, suffered most severely and was confined in a hos pital hero all day Sunday. All were In bad condition from the odorless gas when they succeeded In hailing a passing tug, V POLLING- PLACES FOR NOV. 8 ELECTION $ i Frank Clcavlnger' resl 8 dence, 602 Third. 2 City Mall, Elm street. $ 3 W. A. Moss residence, . 2105 Cedar. j 4 Lane Chapel, First and 3 Crook. S 6 Frank Woods residence, $ Frultdole, north - of city t pork. j Q Tom , Strand residence, 4 third house on Portland $ north of Cove avenue. - $ 7 Bertha Besmehm residence, i 1602 Washington. ,. 8 Court house. 0 House at Presbyterian & church, Sixth and, Waah- lngton. 1 10 Methodist church, Spring t and Fourth. , . . & II Bulck garage, 806 Adam. 3 12 H. W. Riley residence, 1409 $ Madison. j 13 Church of Ood, Spruce $ and X. j $ Polls will be open. Nov. 8 from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. -
