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EWS CLASSIFIED I ' The Emmmh News N EWS COVERAGE 'lii Klamath Fiews It mail In atari section Tha Klamath Neva la serviced by Aseoctst. ad Press, United Prase. Nawa KaMrprM Aaaoclalioa and Meflaaght Featara Mradi cat. Coantw coverage by unit writers and correspondents. ni Hiamaiii eoum ami northern t al lurnla. If llirra la something in wll, rani or trade or II you ami aoinrtliiiig, ilia easiest method la Ilia classified aiU. Vol. 8, No. 215 Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1933 (Every Morning Except Monday) N Editorials on the Days News lly FRANK JENKINS pillCEH, ii you have read re- peateaiy in mis column uu elsewhore In this newspaper, ara mini up aiaarlily partly ai a r ult ot Inflation and partly as a result o( changing condltloni ot aupply mil demand. That, aa this writer teat It, It a bopetul algn. Prices have baen far too low btlow tba eoit of production In moat cases. Tbat mtana oparatlon at a loss, and we can't bara proaparlty wban business la operating at a lots. BUT LET'S face this fact and (aca It squarely: Rising prices ALONE won't bring prosperity back from wbererer It bas beau (or tba past thraa years. If wa are to bare prosperity, people wbo work for wagea or for salaries, If they prefer to call their pay checks that must bare the money with which to buy what Industry producea. There la no other way to bare prosperity. e e e Tf PRICES ksep on going up without being FOLLOWED UP by wages, here Is what will bap. pen: It will take more of tba pay check to buy what people hare to bare tba necessities of life. So, you see, Instead of baring mora to spend for tha comforts and tba luxuries of llfo. tbey will bara LESS TO SPEND. If people bare leaa to spend. In deed of more, business will 00 BACKWARD. Instead of forward, and Instead of baring prosperity wa will bare harder tlmaa than erer. e e e PRICES, of course, hare to go up first, because In order to pay higher wagea business must hare profits, and with prlcea be low cost of production, aa they bara been for aome time, business HAS NO PROFITS with which to psy higher wagea. But with rising prices business In time begins to ahow a profit (Continued on Page Four) County Election ' Set for July 21; Armory Fund Up The Klamath county court In regular aeaiion Tuesday passed a resolution .calling a apeclal county election July SI, In con junction with the apeclal atate election, permitting a rote to place 128, 747. 12 of the voted armory fund in a apeclal revolv lng fund for tha redemption of protested current expense war rante. The resolution adopted by the court declared that county would be eared the expense of paying alx per cent Interest on tha war ranta and that merchanta would benefit by a revolrlng fund for the purchase of the warranta. After taxes are paid the armory fund would be reverted and used aa Intended. Dispute Arises I HV- - .1.- Vl-M -h t lug iruiJuiBi ul ,w niui,u county Tsxpsyers J-e;u 0"" I , . i corning the usage of the armory fund la also expected to be placed on the ballot. County Judge George Grliile stated. ! ri.l.-l mtmtaA I George Grliile stated. Because of a misunderstanding i over the required numoer or algnera of a petition sponsored by tha league for using tha money to redeem road bonds, there is (Continued on Page Eight) Meier Will Name New Lake Judge SALEM. Ore., June 20, (AP) Governor Meier advised the Associated Press today that the appointment ot a circuit Judge for Lake county to aucceed the lata Judge Corklna probably will not he announced before Friday or Saturday. Judge Corklna died last week. Will Rogers Says: SANTA MONICA, June 20. Editor The Klamath News: So father had a day today, did he? Where? But you figure it out and he didn't donerve any mors of a day than he got. Thorn la a lot of hooey t b u t poor father being Imposed on. Dear old father gets away with quite a bit of murder Just becauas ha la father. If be was aome outsider and pulled the Junk he doea, they would chuck him In tha alley. There la nothing outside of an economist that'a been any more over estimated than a father. He la a necessity and that about leta blm out. Tours, PARLEY ENDED; URGES ACTION Frenchmen Will Move for Adjournment Un le.s Progress Is Made Pittman's Plan for Re habilitation of Silver Accorde d Support LONDON, June 10. (A) High French quarters aald tonight that a prupotal to adjourn the world economic conference would be brought before the confer enca aleerlng committee tomor row If there were no clearer In dlratlona that atablllratlon of the dollar ruuld be effected. Included on the steering com mittee are Secretary of State Cordell Hull and James M. Cox ot the United Ktalea delegation and Prima Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamber lain of Great Britain. LONDON, June 10. W Sen ator Key Pittman's monetary resolution, the main purpose of which is the rehabilitation of liter, waa the dominant issue before the world economic con ference today and received aucb support that both Secretary of Slate Cordell Hull and tha sen ator later declared they were very much encouraged. In connection with the discus sion of this Important resolution. tha American representatives made two vital polnta definitely clear: That tha resolution not only haa the approval of the Ameri can delegation but "meets with the approval ot the president at the United States." That tha United Statea gov (Contlnued on Page Eight) Lost Man' a Body Found in Remote Place in Valley The body of Dill Shine, sheep herder employed by Morris Quin tan of 1-sngell Valley, waa found In a wild, rocky countrv near Langell Valley' Tuesday by Pat Brown of Mnlln, who coma acrose the bony while looking for atrayed sheep. An lnvostlKatinn was made by the coroner and aheriff. It showed that Shine bad been ill for about three days prior to June 15, and that on that day be decided he would go to bis brother's home In Malln to aeek medical aid. He turned down an offer of a horse and set nut on foot. Ha bad gone but three miles, and Indications are that I he became exhausted and lay down and that he died lh same day he set out. The indications are that the , man bad pneumonia," said nr. George Adler. county cor.jner. hecame exhausted and died I from tha burden placed upon tbOjan unofficial capacity thie morn heart." ng with the management com- Three Injured in j AUtOmOOlte UrOSfl Mr. and Mrs. George Pavmond I anil were Injured In an automobile 1 were injureu in eu huiuiuijuiiv ,cclnent Te,dsy evening on the j hirh. m.m.th A'h''""1 h,th,' K'"h i '"" ,fc , ,fc. ! -.." I ... ,h -erson. ire In the i .. ,..,r .,,., : Mra. Raymond it the most ' probably will be mora meetings, seriously hurt. She received a i ,.Ttl, ww (tuatlon was dls tractured leg, possibly Internal ; rami from the management Injuries and cuts about the i ylewpolnt. One of the questions hesd, according to hospital at- J -onulrtered waa whether there tendants. The men received cuts and scratches. No details of tha arcldent were available. Jury Selected for Suit Over Potatoes', A circuit court Jury was se- 'l0' "''."V h " Vv, I of Timothy Lehsne versus Ches- tor Harton and Tom O'Keefr. I.elmno la a potato grower of the Merrill district and claims $460 for potatoes which ho al leges Barton and O'Keefe con verted to their own use after the potatoes were plnced In tbe Barton warehouse for storage. The Jury is composed of Ben Stout, Howard Abbey, Earl Walker, Joseph Rnlduc, Mrs. Rachel Knlnr, R. 11. Bunnell, Win. Ztimhntnn, R. E. Wright, R. V. K. f. W. Kernr, Frank Hsvage-anrt K. H. Balslger. Vic'll Be Careful At Next' Session SEATTLE, Juno 20. (UP) The Washington legislature led by Vic Meyers aa prosldent of the senate, passed Itlw per mitting gnrnlshment of atato employes' salaries. Today Vic, well-known orches tra leader and lieutenant gover nor, waa the first to be sued tinder the law. . He aasertedly owed a Senttle costume ahop for 167.10 worth of clothes, VETERAN'S MEET SAI.KM. June 10. (UP)- Bovs In the blue and gray membera of tha ' fast-thlnnlng ranks of Civil war veterans opened their 62nd annual alata encamnment here tonight with onlv 100 nrea- ent. , Where President , y .. S . ,1 j p i h yv j !( - - Here la the yacht Amberjark II on which PreaMent Roosevelt held one of the most Important conferences of tha political year Tuesday. Raymond Moley, assistant secretary ot state, whom Roosevelt Is sending to London to economic conference delegation, tha yacht. SPECIAL ENVOY IS INSTRUCTED Raymond Moley Boards Roosevelt Yacht Before Going to London Parley EN ROUTE WITH PRESIDENT HOOHKVK.l.T AT SEA. Off Cape Cod.. June JO, P) In a dramatic meeting at aea. President Roose velt today gave instructions to a special envoy to the London eco nomic conference, Raymond Mo ley, assistant secretary ot state. Moley soed to the presldentlnl schooner by sesplane and destroy er to get the last word from Mr. Roosevelt for tne worm economic parley to which ha goes tomor- ow. Instructions Glr Out In the deep, while steering his little 45-toot schooner around the shoals off Cspe Cod. the pres ident listened to latest develop ments at the London conference, and then, with his hands still on (Continued on Page Eight) Railroads Asked To Delay Slashes In Labor s wages WASHINGTON. June :0. ) Railroad management today re- i celved a suaxestlon from admin- titration aources that proposed wsca'reductiona be postponed. Joseph B. Eastman, co-ordlnat- r trsnnnortatlou. conferred in mctea of the carrlera which Is handling a proposal for a perma- .... nf 991 nw rent In ilroad wages. Meeting Satisfactory At the close ot the conference Se,ted to the railroad managers civina 10 ine rai tt-.et the Issue be 1 ...... . "The course of . ""i 'f'ni postponed. events." he said. Will ll.UrilU UH UUOMUCtlfc UD" u. h.A . mn.i .tt.. l":??""'"" .,, ,h.r. should be a postponement ot the Issue. At this time, no informa tion is possible at to what will oc cur." Son-in-Law Takes Stand for Mayor MEDFORD, June 20. (UP) , .on-in-l.w ot Mayor ,,.." "' ,,',. ' K .., ',.,, H,.H late today testimony by atate wit- nesses Implicating Jonea in the bold courthouse robbery. Ilugg testified that Wesley MrKlttrlck, J. A. Ladicu and Virgil Edlngton did not come to the Jones home at Rogue River with a carload of ballots the night of the robbery. He also denied talking to Deputy Sheriff Phil Lowd about seeing the of ficer'! car there. The state as serts Ledlen borrowed Lowd's car to carry stolen hallota In. Glenn Jack, defense counsel, said Jones' case would rest to morrow morning. The case Is expected to go to the Jury on Thursday morning. Police Arrest Man For Sending Bombs WATERTON, N. Y., June SO. (UP) Joseph Doldo, 20, said to be mentally deficient, was held by police tonight for ex amination after he allegedly ad mitted ho Bent crude bombs to President Roosevelt aeveral montha ago. Doldo waa captured, police said, after he recently Bent a letter to Mr, Roosevelt In which he enclosed a check for $76, 000,000 to pay tha war debt. Held Conference! carry Instructions to the world conferred with Roosevelt aboard Spanish Aviators Missing on Flight To Mexican Capital urvmn mtv tnu en fTTPl I Anilely waa expressed tonight for tbe safety ot the two Span Inn tranvAtlantlc fliers, Captain Mar.an.t Barheran and Lieuten ant Joaquin Collar, overdue here on a flight from Havana, Cuba, The fllera were due here abont 5 p. in. after an estimated im hours for tbe 1126-mile flight from the Cuban capital. They lett Cuba at 5:61 a. m Havana time (2:51 a. m., CST) today. Word from Havana aald their plana carried gasoline for IS hours of flying. The Spanish flyers hsd not been sighted since they left Cuba shortly before dawn. Stores May Close 2 Days Here for Independence Day Because aeveral grocery and clothing merchants of the city have expre-sed the desire to de clare both July S and 4 a holi day, the merchanta committee of the chamber of commerce z-nt questionnaires to all mer chanta In the city Tuesday morning concerning the closing ot stores both Monday and Tuesdsy. According to officials the chamber, several ot the larger merchanta believe little business would be lost should the stores remain closed aa many Klamath people are planning to spend the vacation In other cities where there are celebrations, at ocean beaches or in the mountains. With the closing on July S, a three-dav vacation 'period would be enjoyed by business folk ot Klamath Falls. Although no official announce ment haa been made by the city and county officials, several ex pressed their expectations of having tbe two daya off In addi tion to Sunday. Man Arrested for Starting Fist Fight Fred Johnson. S3, farm hand ot the Fort Klamath district, waa brought to the county Jail In an Intoxicated and beaten condition. He waa brought In by L. C. Weber. R. S. Blue and E. R. Rodgers, all of Fort Klamath. According to aheriff's officera. Johnson, about midnight, at tempted to drive Weber'a car away. Weber saw Johnson before he could get started and demanded that he leave the car. Johnson. In an Intoxicated condition, started a fiKht. Weber used a brick In warding off his antag onist and after tha scuttle feared he hsd brought serious injuries to Johnson. Johnson is being held In the Jail on investigation. Ex'Reservation Head Transferred LAWRENCE, Kai., Juno 20, (Pl It was announced at Has kell Indian, school today that Clyde M. Blair, superintendent, will leave next week for Albu querque to become head ot an Indian school there July 1. Paul M. Flcklnger, assistant superintendent, will botn chnrge at Haskell temporarily. Blair was here five months, having suc ceeded Dr. R. D. Baldwin, who re signed. He came from Klamath Falls, Ore., with the understand ing he would go to Albuquerque In July. Five Blind Persons Killed In Accident FREUNDENSTADT, Germany, June 20, iff) Four blind men and one blind girl were killed and several blind passengers were In jured today when a truck carry ing 41 blind Inmates ot the Hell hronn convent catapulted down an embankment. LUMBER WAITS RECOVERY LAW Three Companies, How ever, Put Men Back to Work in Local Mills 2200 Workmen Employed On Present Low Pro duction Scale Here Lumbering In Klamath county. Including aawmflls, box factor les. planing mills and woods work. Is marking time awaiting the outcome of action expected which might vitally concern operatlona In the Industrial re covery act. A aurrey Tuesday morning showed the majority of Klamatb operatora in an uncertain condi tion aa to the extenslveness of summer operations. Practically all are running enough to care for current orders. A very few aeemed unconcerned aa to future restrlctlona and are moving along In tbe best way present financial conditions will permit. Chang- Effected. Three major changea In oper ations will be noticed this week. Tuesdsy morning tha Pelican Bay Lumber company atarted sawmill work, putting men of tbe mill back to work who have been unemployed aince a ahort run whlrb lasted only for a few days tbe latter part of April. Tbe Ivory Pine company, oper ating at the present with J men and one shift, expects to atart another shift In the saw mill during the week. The pres ent anitt la running on a id hour basis. The Ewauna Box company cut a ahift In the planing mill Hon day morning to aix honra and put another crew ot about I men to work on a aecond six- hour shift. Two six-hour crews are also operating in the saw mill and one crew ahift In the box factory with a total employ ment ot between 460 and 600 men. 8200 Employed. With the mills and factories running "on the fence," a rough estimate of approxlmstelv 2.20 men are' employed at the pres ent. The Big Lakea Box factory Is operating one nine-hour ahift the sawmill and one eight-hour shift in the box factory. A total ot 240 men are employed in the (Continued on Page Eight) Oliver Hardy Sues For Divorce; Says Wife Cot Plastered LOS ANGELES, June 20. (UJS Plump Oliver Hardya screen comedian, late . today tiled suit for divorce from Mrs. Myrtle Lee Hardy, accusing her of ab senting herself from home for long periods and then returning Intoxicated. Hardy's screen partner. Sun Laurel, waa sued tor divorce on May 2 by Mrs. Lois N. Laurel. In her complaint ahe alleged Laurel bumiliated her and caused her mental anguish by remaining away from home. The rotund comedian claimed that he had forgiven his wife too many times tor her alleged conduct upon her promises to "behave." Tbe promises. Hardy claimed, were not kept. Mrs. Hardy'a mode ot con duct, the actor complained, waa detrimental to his motion pic ture career. Secretary Hull Interviews King LONDON. June 20. (API King George V received Secretary ot State Cordell Hull, chairman ot the American delegation to the world economic conference, at Bncklngbam Palace thla morning. Hull remained with the King half an hour. After the audience the secret ary ot state said. "The King seemed very well Informed." While Mr. Hull declined to say more about the visit, ex plaining that It was not etiquette to do so. It was understood gen eral economic measures were dis cussed, as both men are keenly Interested in the restoration of normal conditions. Truck License Law Attacked Once More SALEM. June 20. (UP) Charging that the truck and bus law, effective July 1 creates a monopoly for railroads and large truck lines, the truck owners and Fnrmera Protective associa tion filed a aecond injunction against the measure today. The ault names Charles M. Thomas, public utility commis sioner, aa defendant. It asserts heavy fees will put the small Independent trucker out ot busi ness. SCHOOL CI-OSIXO VP 8ALEM. June 20. (UP) Sen ator Charles McN'ary will confer with President Roosevelt on July 6 regarding the impending closure of Chemawa Indian school, according to Information received her today. Recovery Program Czar Promises Action To Put Millions Back On Job By THOMAS L. STOKES United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, June 20. (UP) Promising Incessant action. Brigadier General Hugh S. John son, administrator ot President Roosevelt's recovery program, expressed belief that It would put "several million men back to work tbla summer." "The main Idea is to get the people back to work," Johnson declared. "There haa been too much promising and too little per forming throughout thla depres sion," he told newspaper men In outlining bla objectives in tbe gigantic tasks. Idea Unprecedented He described It as something "that baa never been done be fore, any time, any place, so tar aa I know." Swinging his lege from a table and gesturing forcefully, tbe former army oftlcer pledged tbe Hunt for Missing Flier Switches to Silverton Woods PORTLAND. June 20. (UP) Search for William Young, miss ing Portland Airways pilot, sbitted late today to heavily wooded sectors near Silverton. Rudd Benson, rancher In the hills 10 miles eaat of Silverton, said be saw through field glasses what he believed the tall of an-f airplane protruding from trees on a nearby ridge. A ground party la oa Its way by automobile to Lookout moun tain. Searchers will scan the surrounding territory with glasses. An airplane searcb for the plane described by Benson proved fruitless. Permission to nse three planea from the S21st Observation Squadron, stationed at Vancou ver, Wash., waa given today. Germany Adopts 'Hands Off Rule In Austria Fight By WEBB MILLER. United ITeee Staff Correspondent Copyright I03S by United Press LONDON, June 20. (UP) A policy of non-interference In uairlan . alfalrs. .jUaplLs. .the stringent antl-.Naii party im palgn there, was proclaimed by Baron Constantin von Neurath, Germany'a foreign minister, here today. In an exclusive Interview with tbe United Press. Baron von Neurath declared that the Nail government at Berlin In tends to maintain strictly "hands off" policy with regard to Anstria'a suppression ot the party within her borders. He Insisted tbat Anstria'a action could be regarded aa a domestic political affair, and added sig nificantly: "We do not think ot Interfer ing In Austrian matters. For one thing, it Is doubtfal whether Chancellor Dollfusa there will be the strong man and hold his office very long. In tact, I don't think he will." Columbia River Project Viewed PORTLAND. June 20, (AP) Operation of transport barges on the upper Columbia river ap peared definitely nearer realisa tion today In view of the action yesterday by Major General Lytle Brown, chief ot army engineers, in recommending a 7-toot chan nel ISO feet wide from Celilo Falls to Wallula. Portland trade eirclea were enthusiastic over the news from Washington. D. C. Shippers said this was the first step toward ultimate Improvement of the Co lumbia and Snake rivers for ex tension ot the inland water transportation system far into the productive agricultural coun try of the Inland Empire. Senator Predicts Dollar for Wheat NEW YORK. June 20. VP) Senator Arthur Capper of Kan sas looks tor dollar wheat by the end of 1933. Cbeerfulneaa about the future was the keynote ot an interview given -yesterday by the republi can senator, a veteran in the fight tor remedial farm legisla tion. He said commodity prices should continue to rise, thus In creasing employment and wagea. Wheat that sold at 10 cents a bushel last year at this time now sells around (0 cents, and he aald that by the end of the year It will yield the farmer $1. American Radical Dead in Germany FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MA1N. Germany. June 20, (AP) Rose Pastor Stokes, American leader of the radical party, died today at the Municipal hospital. A heart ailment waa given aa the Immediate cause ot death. She recently waa operated on for cancer. The body will be cremated and the ashes sent to New York. The cancer operation waa per formed by Prof. Vito Schmieden. Mrs. Stokes entered the hospital April 15. . She waa 54 years old. whole Influence of the govern ment to bring anont higher wages, shorter working hours and order In Industry. Ha will depend upon the psychology of patriotism that won the war. He announced a "truce" would be sought among Industries to prevent expansion and to pro hibit new industries which would retard tha program by Increasing production beyond set levels. Tbe general objective in the administration's lnduetria! con trol plan Is a it-hour week, thougb thla may vary In certain localities and for some Indus tries. It will be aomewbat flexible. Tbe first "code" sub mitted, that of the cotton textile industry, proposed a 40-hour week. The wage proposed In the va rioua "codes" must provide a "decent standard ot living in the locality where the workers re side," he declared. FUNDS ASKED Delegation of Westerners Headed by Portlander Calls for Quick Action WASHINGTON, June 20 (IP) Stepa to obtain a share ot the public works fund to repair and complete tbe federal reclama tion program were taken today by a western delegation in con ference with Commissioner El wood Mead, of the reclamation bureau. Marshall N. Dana, of the Portland. Ore., Journal, and chairman ot the delegation which appeared for the national recla mation association, aald tbe group Intended to meet next with Secretary Ickea and Donald H. Sawyer, temporary adminis trator of public works, after which it would confer with the public works board of cabinet officers ot which Ickea la chairman- Millions Needed. . 1t was estimated that to com plete the reclamation program It would take upward of 125,000. 000 but officials said all figures were only tentative and that nothing could be announced now. "Tbis is necessary to stabilise western agriculture." Dana said. "We are opposed to building new projects at this time but we want to clean np the federal reclamation program." He said one ot tha basic ob jectives waa to atrengthen the (Continued on Page Eight) Gasoline Prices Again Go Upward; Klamath Feels It PORTLAND, Ore., June 20. OP) For the third time this month the Oregon motorist to day dug deeper Into bla pocket tor gasoline money. There waa a difference, however, in th.it today's advance was the first on the product. The other two were tax Increases. The retail price ot Ethyl and first grsde gasoline advanced one-half cent a gallon, and third structure fuel waa up one cent a gallon today. Last week the motorist was caught tor a halt cent increase in the federal tax, and on June I he started paying an additional one-cent state tax, the result ot lower license fees. The general Increase In gaso line affected Klamatb as fol lows: Highest quality 21 cents, reg ular grade 26 cents, and third structure 22 cents. OVDGK AFFIRMED Circuit Judge W. M. Duncan waa affirmed Tuesday in a de cision handed down by Justice Rossman, of the state supreme court, in the case ot the United States Fidelity and Guaranty company vs. the county of Klam ath and others, appellants. The action was suit to recover money for services performed. Press Time ORBETELLO AIRPORT, Italy, Wednesday, Jnne 81. (UP) General Italo Balbo, air minister In charge of the projected (light of 24 sea planes to the United States, announced at 13:80 a. m. to day that the start had again been postponed. SACRAMENTO, June 20. (UP) Walter W. R. May ot Portland, Ore., waa elated to be elected president of the Pacific Advertising Clubs' as sorlntlon here .tomorrow. MOSCOW, June 20. (UP) Freedom to moro than 1 (Ml, OOO exile and political pris oners has been granted by a sweeping order of amnesty Issued by the Soviet govern ment in Moscow, the United Press learned oa high author ty today. . THREE STATES mum Iowa, One of Driest In Union, Turns Wet With New England States Connecticut, New Hamp shire Report Landslide for Repeal F orces DES MOINES, Iowa, Jnne 20. (UP) Iowa, long regarded as one of tbe rock-ribbed dry statea of tbe union, had piled np a majority ot approximately 100, 000 in favor of prohibition re peal with mora than one-half of the state's 2436 precincts re ported tonight. With 1444 preclncta reporting the vote was: For repeal, 295.22; against repeal. 203,674. Majority, 91.725. S TO 1 VICTORY CONCORD, N. H., June 10. (UP) New Hampshire, a state which had prohibition before the national prohibition amend ment waa adopted, favored re peal approximately 2 to 1 to day In tbe election of delegates to a convention which will con sider repeal of tha 18th amend ment. Returns from 272 towna and warda out of 294 in the state, with every city complete, gave: For repeal. 7.447; ' against repeal, 29.728. CONNECTICUT WET HARTFORD, Conn., Jnne 20. (UP) Connecticut had elected at least 48 wet delegates out of a possible 60 to the state's repeal convention, on the basis of re turns from 31 ot the state's 35 senatorial districts tonight Scattered tabulations from tha four uncompleted districts indi cated a wet victory by a sub stantial margin. The incomplete vote, with tho 138 towns reported, gave the following reenlU: For repeal, 221,769; against repeal 12.820. Wheat Countries Reach Agreement About Production LONDON, June 20, (API Definite progress In negotiations by tbe "Big Four" wheat pro ducing countries toward reaching an agreement for control of pro duction was reported authorita tively in world economic confer ence quartera today. Premier Hendryk Colljn ot Holland told the economic com mission he hoped to nave a plan, aupported by the United States, Canada. Argentina and Australia, ready tor presentation soon for the adherence of the smaller wheat producers. Control Chief Problem In the meantime talks among -representatives ot the "Big Four" have progressed, with the method ot attacking crop con trol the chief problem. The United States Is the only coun try with a definite plan legalised and ready tor action. Canada is in agreement In principle and the Argentine dele- (Continned on Page Eight) Legion Will Honor Dead Commander SHREVEPORT. La., June 20. UP) The American Legion, which Major O. L. Bodenhamer aerved aa national commander, made plans today to bury him with all It honors. Louis A. Johnson, the present national commander, will at tend the funeral personally it possible, be said at bla home In Clarksburg. W. Va. Johnson de scribed Bodenhamer, burned fa tally when - his cigaret set off gases In an oil field near Hen derson. Texaa, as "one ot the most beloved ot the legion's na tional commanders." Boden uminer, 40 years old, waa elected to the high post In 192. News Flashes GLOUCESTER, Mass., Wed nesday, Jnne 21. (UP) Pres ident Roosevelt piloted his schooner Amberjack II Into this historic New England port shortly before last mid night. . LOS ANGELES, June 20. (VP) A veritable "flying power plant turning np S.10 horsepower, wilt be flown by Col. Roecoe Tnrner, noted speed pilot, la the New York to Los Angeles Bendix trophy race July 1, It waa announced tonight. BANGKOK, Slam, Jnne 20. (VP) While King Prajailhl. pok waa absent from the cap ital, liberal leaders In Banak kok today overthrew the gov ernment in the second blood less Siamese revolution ia rear. J -..-.-.- i': ... 3 1