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i : it v. J - CIRCULATION WEATHER . Cloady and cooler today aad Buaday; Max. Temp. Friday 81. Mln. 48, rivet -3.0 , feet, north wlada, partly dowdy. a. AaT-ov 7072 Average Distribution July, '32 . Net paid, dally, Sunday (632 UZiaZK A. B. O. FOUNDED 1851 EIGHTY-SECOND YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, August 27. 1932 No. 131 UDDROlSltJ R DESPITE RESCUE EFFORT Who Doubts Hoover Angling Skill? Delmer Dale Blodgett, 8, Is Victim; Steps off Into Deep Water - Body Recovered too Late By man who Descends . Along old Cable ' Delmer Dale Blodgett, eight- year old -son of Ira Blodgett. 160 West Wilson street, drowned In the Willamette river half mile above the gravel pit on Mlnto'a island about 2:45 o'clock Yesterday afternoon. While wad ing with his brother, he stepped over an underwater embankment left by gravel dredging opera tions. The brother made a futile ef fort to rescue the lad, then ran 'crying down the riverbank a quarter of a mile where Philip Miller, Statesman stereotyper. and his brother, Mike, were sun bathing on the sand. The Millers immediately rushed to the spot of the drowning. Miller Crawls on Cable to Get Body PhiHp, out of breath from run ning, made several unsuccessful attempts to dive for the Blodgett boy. then crawled hand over hand down in old cable and found the body, lodged . between the cable and the river bottom. He brought the body up from 15 to 20 feet of water. Boys who had gathered on the scene immediately Degan giving artificial respiration at which theT were experienced. William Bechtel and Walter Mills, city firemen, called by employes on the gravel dredge5 across the riv er, soon arrived and for over halt an hour worked over the water victim. A physician who had been called pronounced re suscitation efforts hopeless since (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) DESTITUTE KD DOT TO COME HE v - CORVALLIS. Ore., Aug. 26 (AP) A temporary information al service near the California-Oregon line will be established in an effort to keep destitute families from California from coming into this state in the hope that they might find work here, Paul V. Marls, secretary of the governor's statewide unemployment relief committee, said here tonight. Maris said the executive com mittee today accepted the offer of George A. Montgomery, represent ing the farm labor division of the U. S. employment service, to co operate in establishing such a service. As ' many families or other workers as possible will be con tacted and an effort made to show them it is to their best Interests to return home because labor needs of Oregon and Washington are being more than supplied by local unemployed. Governor Julius L. Meier has assured Chairman Raymond B. Wilcox that he approves the plan. Tents &nd other necessary equip ment for establishment of the service will be furnished irom state supplies. STOPlFMilRE OK. CLOSED DAIS WASHINGTON. Aug. 26 (AP) Foreclosure proceedings on all mortgages in closed banks will bo suspended CO days under a move of wide effect instituted by the home loan bank board today to protect real estate own ers until the new home banks be- rln to function about October 15. National bank receivers were Instructed by J. W. Pole, comp troller of currency, to hold up proceedings, and Chairman Franklin JSF. Fort, of the home loan .board requested all state banking commissioners to order liquidators of state Institutions to forego foreclosures for two months. I . Fort announced the moratori um In addressing President Hoot er's national conference of busi ness and industrial committees. Ho said the foreclosures must stop until the home loan banks begin putting money into the mortgage investment field to ease the pressure of mortgagers. Sea Hop Family Awaits Weather FORT MENIER, Antlcostl Isl and, Quebec, Aug. 26 ; (AP) With no sign of improving wea ther conditions, the "flying Hut ehinsons remained here today. Philosophically George Hutchin son, his wife, two young daugh ters and crew of four waited for better weather so they might con tinue on their .trip -to Europe by the northern route.' - V- i t ' - . - " - t " ' , : .L ! nr:, - N, ' 1 x-: :-y-x: MM-: :: :.-.vmv. . . : , . ''n . . ? v.. .. ::w ..v. . . . ' ' --ww ..4 ; ':fei''v:-:::;v,:..;y'y.y.'i:::s::..i::-..:... ,,. a. ;,: ' ' iSioii -Sur" Hill lL i ' - iwwii rmni MMOMW!T WMKWvfaitfiBw -iKra&a An obliging fih nibbled at the presidential bait Just aa the cameraman made this picture of President Hoover fishing from the launch of the "Sequoia" of Tangier Island, Chesapeake bay, during the chief executive's vacation jaunt. Behind the president Is Secretary of Agriculture Hyde and at right la a secret service man. Hoover had a good catch before be returned to the capital. CONSPIRACY IN FjSCHERMILLS Pe ac eful Pi cket ing Resumed and Crisis Apparently Averted Head of .Firm Starts Suit Against Haight, Others In Portland Court I Groups on Roads Leading to Council Bluffs - b mailer; rarm btnke Move Extending To Additional Midwest Area IRK CREATING PR0GRA1H1 VIGOROUS PUSH - i . - Six Point Hoover Plan Gets Under way, at Capitol; Leaders Elected nOUNCIL BLUFFS. Iowa, Aug. 26 (AP) An uncertain ! J peace hung over the scattered camps of farmers' holiday Attempt to Gain Control Peta today as reports of a gradual spread of the anti- Pickptinor continued on two hiehwaya leadine Into the K:-rw,,,,,,,"'w city, where yesterday a thousand strike sympathizers threat- Oeaed to storm the county jail to release arrested comrades, but the Of Company Purpose, Plaintiff Avers Aviator Dies of Injury Suffered Repairing Plane WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Aug. API TtnrtlAT RnnVln. .i.T.a Pair Long Overdue at OslO Grande aviator, whose back was . , . , , i oroaen in an acciaeni nere Aug Ana rue i auppiy iviusi Be Exhausted now LEE AND BOCION AWAITED IN lit ust 15. died at the U. S. "Veter ans' hospital here this afternoon. Although little hope was held ! for ultimate recovery, attaches at the hospital said Rankin's death was unexpected. He had been OSLO, Norway, Aug. 27 (AP) (Saturday) Hoping against hope, several hundred conscious since the fuselage of persons remained at me usio air- hjg piane sllppecl from supports. arome mis morning watenmg ior breaking his back. The lower Clyde Lee and John Bochkon, air- part or ni3 DOjy wag paralyied men who iocs on irom xiaroor hj8 wife wag at ni9 bedside. brace, Newrounaiana, inursaay Rankin was attempting to re morning and have not been heard pajr the landing gear of hla ship, and was underneath the fuselage. FLORENCE FLOODED CLOUDBURST SILVERTON. Aug- 1 (Spe cial) The Fischer Flouring Mill affairs took on new Interest at Sllverton today when It- was learned that E. A. Haight. presi dent of the defunet First Nation al bank of Silverton, Paul Ben son, former bookkeeper of Fis cher Flouring Mill and bookkeep er of the Cereal Products com pany, J. T. Klrkup, bond sales man for the cereal rroaucis company and L. H. Tate of Port land were made defendants In a 1100.000 conspiracy suit filed by Louis H. Fischer, president of the Fischer Flouring Mill which closed Its doors here in WOLF CREEK ROUTE IS BOARD'S CHOICE Bridge and Railroad Track Washed out, Colorado Crops Damaged PRIMITIVE AREA TO BE TOUR ST MECCA from since. Airdrome officials calculated that if the fliers had remained aloft their gasoline supply must by this time have been exhaust ed but lights were kept burning for them and great projections swept the darkened sky. Their plane, the "Green Moun tain Boy, had not been seen once since ..the take-off and wea ther conditions over the eastern Atlantic were bad Midnight here is 6 p.m., east ern standard time. It was esti mated the fliers had with them gasoline enough to stay aloft un til 7 p.m., eastern standard time. They had planned on making the non-stop flight In 30 hours J recreation nurnosea in the San- caped damage At 11:02 o'clock this morning , tim forest reelon will Drove of rood or rain. Party Returning From Trip To Lake Region Reports ' On Beauties Found FLORENCE. Colo.. Aug. 28 (AP) A cloudburst over the Sand creek basin today sent a torrent of water through the main business district of this town, flooding basements, damaging buildings, washing away a rail road bridge and more than 100 feet of Denver and Rio Grande western main line track. Crops were damaged. Early estimates placed the property damage at $250,000. The lives of 20 workmen in the Continental oil company's refin ery were endangered when the flood swept across the refinery property but all reached safety. E. Merritt. agent for the Santa Fe railroad, fled from the station as a four-foot wall of water swept toward the building. Cbak creek, a mining camp four Highway Commission Backs Up Baldock's Opinion On Route to sea The Wolf ereek route, which cuts the distance from Portland u, " :r u vt.v... n mii.. July. Tho suit was filed Friday ww ha morning in the circuit court ror w " ' Y..it, Th. Multnomah county. "e highway cc e The complaint sets forth that commission declared during the summer of 1931 the most feasible shortcut road from defendants entered Into a con- Portland to the sea. uniracT to defraud the plaintiffs six routes originally were pro of his stock in the Fischer Flour- posed to the commission in con ing Mills and of the value of the section with the "short route" stock, to obtain for themselves project. Investigations followed, the stock and value and the and subsequently two routes, plant. It alleges that Kirkup known as the Wolf ereek and and Benson, acting on behalf of Rrannoose-Vernonla roads, were the Cereal Products company en- a M-lared worthy of consideration tered into a contract with the tinder existing conditions. Bal- Fischer Flouring Mills to market dock, in his recent report, recom- the products manufactured ny mended construction or tne won the mills and that in the contract creek road in preference to the (Turn to Page 2, Col. I) HOSS ATTITUDE IN EI1G CASE EYED Scappoose-Vernonla route Although the Wolf crek road will cost approximately 10 per cent more than the Scappoose Vernonla route, members of the hiehwav commission said the ad ditional expenditure was Justified because of .varied advantages tnat would be gained "The Wolf creek route, wi.h ex isting and feasible connections of danger that .led Shariff P. A. Lalnson to mobilise 200 deputies appeared to have pasted. The prisoners were released on bonds last night. Instead of the 3,000 men rata Robinson Head of Centre! Aid is Discussed By T. M. STEPHENSON WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. (AP) National business pilots embarked on a broad slx-nolat program to make new jobs tonight after hearing tho personal convic tion of President Hoover that the ered In tho picket camps about country has overcome "the major here at one time last night, only financial crisis.' small groups blockaded U. 8. The unprecedented nthH r highways 34 and 75 today and American industrial, bankiag aad they picketed peacefully. Trucks business leaders, called here- ay were stopped and the drivers per- the president, accepted his sag- suaded to return home. r cation to "assume further lntia- A similar situation existed at tivo and responsibility In taia Sioux City, where strike leaders new setting" by selecting a eea eontended picketing had become tral committee to direct tho six- so errectivo in tne Sioux City mar- way drive to better general econ- ket territory that few attempts omle conditions. were being made to run their a resolution making Hnrr w blockades. Robinson, Los Angeles banker. The strike movement today head of t h e permanent central spread to Shenandoah, Iowa, and committee, was adopted without a Blair, Neb., a threat of tightening dissenting vote as tho question the blockade at Spencer, Iowa, was put to the distinguished as- was made unlesa produce houses semblage In the auditorium of tho closed; and plans were perfected commerce department building. to begin picketing on highways leading into Des Moines early to morrow. The thousand northwest Iowa Sab-Committee Getting: Organized Some of the sub-committees or ganized tonight. Others Intend to farmers who came here yesterday assemble tomorrow. Secretary with the intention of storming the Mills, who. with Owen D. Touag. county Jail if the prisoners were New York Industrialist and prom- not released, boarded their trucks lnent democrat, organized the pro- and headed homeward or to as- gram, told committee chairmen r sist in strike activities at other points. A proposal made at a confer ence of civic leaders, authorities 'We will go ahead vigorously. make no question about that." Mr. Hoover, in declaring the 'major financial crisis" overcome. and farmers last night, that dep- asked those who control the purse uties do placed in eacn picketing strings of the nation's wealth to group to- preserve order and to see to it now that credit goes into needed fields of productive enter- eastern standard time. hours elapsed. the 30 HIGHWAY JOBS ARE OPENED PORTLAND. An. 26 (AP beauty of the rugged terrain The second group of highway-pro- the lakes, forests and mountains. Jects, part of the emergency high- "wnen tne worm sanuam roaa way construction program, is improved, u win oe jusi a snort . a a vara Oa nnv tf AaV laVoo " It A Two representatives of the Ore- fera the shortest mileage from eon Merchants and Manufactur- I Portland to all coast destinations ..nAatnn vara niuiHa1 ITrl- I . . frllT. A i.tnrla ?Jlti ' ltB 1111 E- Ho8S- ot way commission read. "The route ported inunoatea. I nnCwHrm with the state- .v. .f.irVf nir Arwt a line d IOVttl.1.. .A. . I MKVB . O VbAM.OUb . -" - Creation or a primitive area ior " ',1" .V- State Treasurer Holman's move out to all those destinations." of the board ot control and state certain lateral connections that purchasing agent. would follow construction of the A letter also has been reported wolf creek road river Banks to Tillamook, to be it was said that members of the constructed: Cronin creek to organization resented Holman s charge that Elnzlg had treated them unfairly in his capacity as purchasing agent Officials admitted Friday tnat Hoss. by virtue of having not vot ed for Einzig at the time of his election as secretary of the board of control, occupies a strategic po sition in the present controversy make picketing more effective. was abandoned when Sheriff Lalnson was advised by the attor ney general's office at Des Moines that the plan was absurd and il w . m m 1-1 great advantage to Marion county businessmen 01 r wrence when the Santlam highway is con- emergency flood relief measures structed. declared Douglas McKay. - TV Bent to Governor Meier by an of- These included Wilson mayor-elect and president of the Zt. v ficer of the association in which near Ba Al-v.VAf rf aAmmAfAA ATI hll I uuu SKUU UCUl 19, I rival in Salem yesterday from a i hiking survey of the proposed area. Many persons will be attract ed to the area, in his opinion. He remarked especially on the I good fishing to be had and the C1D1TES NAMED AT LABOR SESSION Mohler and Nehalem bay, pro posed; Humbug and Fishawk creeks via Olney to Astoria, six miles of new connecting road needed, and Buxton to Vernonia and Clatskanle, already partly built. insist upon Einzlg's removal. while Governor Meier would vote to retain him. In such a situa tion Hoss holds the balance ot power. through which it is planned to way to any ot these lakes," he ,Ap. Wii'ln dooner of Port- These officials said Holman would - . . j I. .14 mil tlinVU IkVuc am .tnob. lAr' William VWyor Ul tun I T?l.) .-amtwal give empioymeni 10 Bmwea "'f - - land was nominated for re-elec-nnskllled labor was started today ed. There are the many mow- .. t tv. rk.nn wnen proposals on two uregon w --. fedrB.Mon of labor at the and one Washington forest high- the outlet of Marlon lake ".J. I concluding session here today ot way projects were opened by W. have been there before but this the federatkm.. annual conven- H. Lynch, district engineer ot tne irip was partu-uwny uicc, K""b tlon bureau OI public roads. who rangera Kuuwing iue K'vuuu For the surfacing of 15 miles property is valueless ex on the Pendleton-John Day high- cept for recreation." wav between Ukiah and Dale. 16 In tho survey party were Mc - . I W ao UUlUhCU VUV t.ua .uvO aaw contractors submitted bids. The Kay, H. R Crawford. N. J. Bill- I natea today are rinually sure to proposal of I. L. Young of Port- (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) he elected M tnere wa8 Dut one land, 567,956, was low. Ediersen CLK HOURS TO NAHM LEDGE Although actual election will be by referendum vote by the feder ation membership in the state, it was pointed out that those nomi- GARNER ACCEPTS Weygandt company of Portland. ZTornOTIC 4ofr)CC hid S71 934. and the Portland! CliiilUO ilCtl COO Sand c Gravel company, 380,642. It is probable that additional grading of a 4-mile section south of Dale, will be let later. Grading of a 24 mile stretch on the Tiller-Trsll section in nomination for each office Other officers nominated were Ben T. Osborne, for re-election as It LONG MISSIV E TILLAMOOK. Ore., Aug. 2. (AP) Darrel Newhouse. 20. of Garibaldi, was recovering today from an experience that nearly cost him his life. He was exploring a bluff that drops steeply to the sea at Short Sand beach near hero last night. Critically 111, vsrs&srZ'Xi iZZ&Z z&sssz FaCeS EVJCtlOn VTfh fLP0V.J"r. "government's departure from 1U he lit on a narrow ledge, 100 7 t . 1 11 a n , i r r l"imate runcuons - oy speaaer distrlcU. included: DIst. 1. C. T. I . .ti th. mw LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26 Garner, in accepting tho demo- Douglas cVunty;;uh7ronT the (AP) CriUcaTly iU. Eva Tan- I and; Dlst. 2. 12! nomlna sti rr t no nav vrininf nrnnvni i srn a v Tarmnnm BTsirn m n n TinnnTiiiN . . . m i i w With a postage stamp and a 2500 - word letter, the Texan feet above tho beach. There ho was trapped, clinging precariously for several hours to tho ledge from which he was un able either to ascend or descend Coast guardsmen, called to his bids from 19 contractors. Clar-I artist of a generation ago, is fae- ,n1 w r Mnnih.n Klm? Dlst. once Young of Oakland, with a bid ing eviction from her modest T A J sVhiefersteln Klanath " Z. , Ieuer: 1Mn Coast guardsmen, caned to nu of $73.033as low. Young ft Co.. quarter, here as. the remnants ot kll. and Charii" G?an'by S?r.V b,5ok6 p?,UVCal deDt,bT.,Ui reo, climbed to the cliff's top. of Berkeley, bid $74,867, and her fortune are being used in an Sst Al Manner Pen thft Bna11 ,or hl9 f0rmil Ccept" Jowere4 a Una to Newhouse tteu Liunn ac saaer, foz.asz. i euari 10 Barn uer uc la ueuiu. i ji.i.. effort to nurse her back to health. In her heyday Miss Tanguay was estimated to be a millionaire, and more, but her sister. Mrs. Glfford,' said today in NOTED OFFICER DIES REICHENHALL, Germany,! Aug. 2 6 ( AP ) Vice Admiral Walter Hermann Johana Kirchhof f.4 who I making known the actress plight was second in command of the I that sharp depreciation In the uerman uniu lnvoirea agaiast i niie ii aecuriues uu laa iwci tho boxer uprising in China in J market coupled with bank failures 1900, died today at the ago of I had claimed almost the last of her 81. i means. MPLOTE AT E THE DALIES HELD ance. I hauled him several hundred feet "The failure to meet the de- no tho face of the cliff and to pression emergency courageously I safety at its inception and tne enactment of tho Hawley-Smoot tariff In the face of an almost universal pro- i test," the speaker wrote, "are, to my mind, the most naked svl- j dences ot tho failure ot tho repub lican leadership to realise its re sponsibilities and live up to Us obligations.1 TAPPBI DIES I MISTREATED STARK MINEOLA, N. Y Aug. 21 I kV Ttanntw Pnllv rhlsf TranV J. Tappen denied categorically to- clo8eJ m,d PPln" that tho prise to aid employment. Much is still to be done, he asserted. Make Credit More Available, Parpoeo The six-point program adopted by the conference calls for making available credit "affirmatively useful to business;" stimulation of railroad and homo repairs aad improvements; expansion of capi tal expenditures in tho way ot re placements; increase employment through sharing of work." and assistance to home owners with maturing mortgages. Franklin W. Fort, chairman of the homo loan bank board, dia- . h- yA i.m h.tii on comptroller of the currency had Hyman Stark, who died allegedly "fff4 0-day suspension at from a third degree beating after being arrested on a charge of as saulting and robbing a detective's mother. Tappen was the first of three policemen defendants to take the stand in their trial on manslaugh ter charges. The state had sought foreclosures pending establish ment of the new home loan bank system which Is expected to start functioning by October IE. Daniel Willard, president of tho Baltimore ft Ohio railroad, reveal ed tho Reconstruction corporation had proposed a large reconstrue- to picture the deputy chief as hav- tlon Plan for the railroads deatla- lng rocked his 240 pounds back and forth on Stark's neck, frac turing his larynx. Tho number of defendants w,aa reduced from five to three today when the state acknowledged Its failure to produce evidence against two officers. , Detective Charles Wesser was freed outright and Lieutenant Jesse B. Mayforth was released under 81.500 bail on an assault charge. Their dismissal followed a por trayal by defense counsel ot how the state contends Stark was fa tally Injured. This portrayal was ed to put 50.000 men back to work. 11 DENIES M SIRE IN SLAYING SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 21 (AP) An all-day session en taa stand for Albert Tinnin, ex-con vict accused lolntlv with Frank J. by Dr. Otto H. SchulUe, a state Egan. deposed public defender, of witness, at the behest of George murdering Mrs. Jessie Scott M. Levy, defense counsel. Hughes, concluded the third week of their trial here today. So sea renin gly did the prosecu tion, through cross-examination. I a m, - a A a . a icTrtPti inr st inquire into tne aiioi lesumony i tm uiohaai TUfko st nf fie- Tinnin that tho defense had no side, ended his life in a park hero opportunity to carry out JU aa- today by banting himself from a .iu. vi "- rmm Ma. la HalUmwl tn BITa be- SEASIDE MAN SUICIDE come despondent because ot 111 health. Business Gains Spread Through All Industries Noith Santiam Rejected a w-f w w T" m I toaay, cnargea wim grs As Federal Aid Ptojectbust,lui?, Petition of tho Marion county court and the Salem chamber of commerce to have the North San tlam highway designated as a unit of the federal aid road sys tem in the state and thereby a part of tho state highway system was turned down here yesterday by tho commission. At the same time the commission designated 512 additional miles of state high way for federal aid. Tho refusal is not regarded lo cally as a blow to tho South San tiam road construction since St al ready la a part ot tho forest road system -ot tho national govern ment and has for two successive years received annual federal ap propriations of $180,000.- "The refusal by the commission means, however, that Marion county will seed to continue put- DEBATE LI THE DALLES, Ore.. Aug. 21 (AP) Joss Sexton, 38, was ar rested at his heme hero last night and was held la the county Jail today, charged with grand larceny embezzled from tho First National bank hero where ting its funds into tho road's de-1 ho was employed as a teller. The velopment. Had the road been I loss was protected by bond, bank made a state highway the county officials stateo. - i PORTLAND. Otfv. Aug. 28 could have rested assured that la - Investigation of tho bank si rap) Dr. Russell M. Broagher time all the funds forthcoming 1 books, police said, disclosed tnat af nrooklvn and hla father. Dr. tor tho road's construction would Sexton had Juggled tho savings j. whltcomb Brougher of Boston, have come from state and federal funds ot estates. They said the both Baptist ministers, held a moneys. ' discovery of Irregularity was made debate "hero tonight at the public Tho commission did designate I last Tueaay wnen tne savings rec- auditorium on the ' prohibition the South Santiam road as a part 1 ords oi a large estate were oe- Question. ot tho state system to receive fed- Imanded for probata formality. I The son : undertook to uphold oral aid. The South Santiam route Sexton, who bore a good repu- tho wet aide ot tho debate, giving was designated as a part ot tho tatlon, had been a trusted employe J is- point be said tho wets stress tta btrhwav la 1117. I of the hank for 20 years. I in their arguments. Ho prefaced The commission voted to name 1 District Attorney Francis Gallo-I hU remarks, however, with tho tho new Pacific highway bridge j way conferred with United States l observation that ho himself Is an now ander construction over tho I Attorney George Neuner in fori- advocate ot prohibition. Rantlam rWer at Jefferson for 1 land today, and a deputy 'from I . Tho auditorium with a seating jamh ronr an Ore r on nloneer I that office was expected to bo de-I capacity of 4000. was filled. Tho ot 1847. s Conser lived for many tailed to the ease. - - - - debate waa sponsored by a eom yeara In tho vicinity ot Jefferson, Sexton declined, to comment on mlttee fighting repeal of tho Ofe and was prominent In tho affairs his arrest, made on a state war- gon prohibition law. No rote was nf thai Actlnn of the state. ... vrant as an emergency measure. i tax en on um ueoaie. NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (AP) Weekly mercantile reviews re ported further gains In lighter lines ot industry and In retail trade. Bradstreet's review said "Definitely better sentiment of recent weeks has been translated into real actlvlty.- TTJLSA, Okla., Aug. 26 (AP) A prediction that Im provement would continue la tho oil Industry, made by tho official pablicatioa of Standard Oil of New Jersey, mot agreement by leaders hero. Control ot erode production, reduction In refinery runs, and a 6.000.000 barrel de crease la crude aad products stocks since January 1 wore re garded aa favorable. DETROIT. Aug. -It (AP) Officials or Hudson ft Essex re ported sales for tho first three weeks of August Increased 2too units over tho same period In July. - i YOUNQSTOWN, 0.Auf. Jf I (AP) Iron aad steel prize, ro- Egaa will take tho stand aa tho trial Is resumed Monday, It waa announced by his attorney. Vin cent W. Hantaan. This waa tho first definite statement as to whether the former publie defend er would bo called apon to teo-tify. Throughout tho lengthy cross- examination Tinnia had difficulty ram em be ring dates aad hours, ex cept the period from 7:30 to garded as ot barometric value. were higher. Heavy melting steel j iO:S0 o'clock tho night ot April No,Vaold today at 83.56 to 2 . 2t the period darlag which tho . i r . ,v ..w I state charges Mrs. Hughes ua a ivi , , Tlniilii vaMataA hla fArana (Mtlma that ha waa with Ifra. xj.b.e.oe.. in.. I Burton Bartoa durlnc that oer- Tho Mexican - American HU un. Bartoa previously ap- laetory, iaie since June, wm w i pra u his alibi witness. sumo operations . nut wees, wua 160 employes. Late Sports CHICAGO. Aug. 28 (AP) A general improvement in tho taxi cab business since August 1 was reported by tho Yellow Cab com-1 CHICAGO. Aug. 28 (AP) paay. Ordlaartly. busiaees Is slack I Paced by Ed Dudley, tho aharp- la August, o III dais aald, I shooter from wumiagton, jlwl. iwno adaoa a par-wrecaiag ii m CHICAGO. - Aur. 28 (AP) I hla 68 of yesterday. America L. a. Downs, resident of tho I born proteaslonala today roaad- niinoia Central railroad, aald la led out a It to t team victory aa ad A re . that erea nrosnects I over - their , foreign born eol- are rood . aeneraUr la tho Mis-1 learuea. slssippi valley aad higher grain Tho Americans, headed by Hor- and livestock prices have lnt- ton Smith, .won five individual proved the economic outlook tn matches aad1 rained ties la Ureo tho midwest. He said ranroads others for 6 points, which with hava mttftmA rreat economies their. 2 U scored in tho four-hall which should, mean mora protl- j matchea yesterday,- gave them