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i SIX ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG. OREGON. MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1930. DROUGHT IS WORST EVER EXPERIENCED Crop Damages Mount as " as Hot Wave Continues I to Sear Country; No : Relief in Sight. Water Shortage Grows to Dangerous btate in Many Sections; I Coast Normal. (Auoclaled Pru Jawd Wire) WASHINGTON, Auk. 2. Tim WorHt recorded drought Id t lie country's lilstory continued today to pile up nev endurance records and the end was not In sight. In hundreds of communities pastures were as bleak as If they hal been kilh'd by frost and the green of the forests was broken by .autumn like splotches of yellow Irom deud leaves. Forest fires were a prevalent danger in sections eaBt of tho Mis- . sisslppt where ut this season they are ordinarily unknown. Streams and lakes had receded leaving In their wake the strench of dead fish. Water shortage was acute In the hills. Many church congregations have met to pray for rain. Hut above all wns the damage already - done, or threatened to cropH. ' Hot weather In the (Mississippi valley added to the anxiety. It -caused estimates of damage to corn, already placed at hundreds of millions of bushels to mount and sharply higher prices on tho grain exchanges resulted. Wheat Men Hopeful Some comfort wns seen In the prediction by tho wheat bureau of slightly cooler weather In the mid west and It was already more com fortabln in sections of the Atlna tic senboard. The: .south generally, however, and most of the Washington fore cast district continued to swelter with no balm in the wny of prom ised relief. It nenred the 100 mark for tho ninth succcRslve time during the summer in the capital. That set another record. It was pleasant summer weather In the Ttocky mount nln region. Thnt section and the Pacific coast have had normal rainfall. There has boon a d eqiia t e ra In In pa it s of the middle northwest and south west. Showers have helped else . where but. in most of the area eHt , of the Mississippi It has been so i dry that the oldest Inhabitants and ' the went her bureau cannot recall J Us canal. ; , Cotton has homin to suffer bad i ly over most of Its area. In purrs of . Arkansas. Tennessee and Mis - slHsIpni a light shower or two linn 'been the only moisture that has fill , en In more tbnn SO days. i New low rainfall records for t'e months from March through July ' were reported today for several ' states. STORY 1 fOontlnnert from iha 1 weeks of sustained flight com , pleted at 7:11 a. in. today, Forest i O'Mrine and Dale Jackson rout in ' Ued to soar on in thotr elTort to rosiiln the endurance record they , lost recently to the Hunter hrotlt t ers at Chicago. lOarly tomorrow morning the -fliers will be within 200 hours of Ihe Hunter brothers' mark, estub , Halied a month ago today after re- untitling aloft nearly 054 hours. ' Their plane, the Greater St. I Louis, yesterday was equipped with , a radio transmitter, which will en- 1 able Die fliers to broadcast their wants to the ground crew. The de vice eliminates the necessity of the pilots swooping low over the field for the purpose of dropping notes to the refueling crew. Tries World Hop LOS ANCKLK8, Auf;. 4. Ted l,undgrcn, Hollywood aviator bound on a round the world flight, took off from United airport at K;;il a. in. today, headed for Kansas CHy and Itoosevelt field, New York. Rtrd Plane Stops NKW YOKK. Aug. 4. The Itefl endurance plane, after being aloft . ai:tj hours, was forced down Sst . urday at 6 : 05 p. in., w hen the ; motor went dead. Huh Slack and ' Lou lieichers were Its pilots. Germans Abandon Flight 11KYKJAYIK, Iceland. Auir. 4 Wolfram Hlrth and Oscar Weller. German aviators. Indicated today Jhey probably would nhandmi the . remainder of their proposed trans "Atlantic flight from Merlin to the vllnlted States. 2 They have been notified by the , governor of Greenland that there is no suitable planding place fnr "tlicm In the south part of the conn ,ry, where they had planned to halt jen route to Labrador, and this morning they were considering sail ing for tho United States h board 'J he Canadian Pacific liner Mitine- dosn. STORY 2 (Continued from pag 1 "tho boat, pulled three other chll 'ilren to the overturned craft and .held them on top of It until aid nr--rlved. Lawrence Shackletto swam 'ashore with a fourth child. The craft, a flat-bottomed boat Equipped with an outboard motor, -overturned when Its pilot attempt ed to cut vertically across a strong ""current. Other members of the ""families attracted to the bank by sc reams of the children witnessed rescue of the survivors. The bodies were recovered by .'coast guardsmen from Louisville. - where the only Inland coast guard - life saving qtaiion in the country Is maintained because of many ac cidents resulting from the rough Waters in the Ohio river here. Trainmen Oie VERNON, Tex., Aug. 4. Two men were dead and thirteen in jured being cared for In hospitals here, In Wichita Falls,. Klectra and Fort Worth today, us a result of the derailment yesterday of a Fort Worth and iK-nver railway passen ger train ut un undeipuss ut ok luuufon, near here. F. 1'. Itoblnson, C5, of Wichita Falls, engineer, one of the oldest in the railroad's service, and A. A. Vance, 4u, of Amailllo, fireman, died. Itoblnson was killed almost iiiHtuntly but Vance was scalded by escaping steam and died later. Curl Kchols, McPhersoii, Kansas, wus probably fatally injured. The railroad trucks bad been knocked out of line when a heavily loaded truck failed to clear the trestle as it attempted to go through the underpass on the high way. Arthur Cummings, driver of the truck, heard the train approaching and ran up the embankment to (he tracks and flagged It; but the train was traveling too fast to slop. The locomotive, 1'wo baggage ears and two day coaches left the rails, rolling down u leu-loot embank ment. STORY 3 (Continued from page 1) found the boy alive and truvellng downstream. Search Made Sunday. Twenty-three experienced wo ids men searching the upper portion of the basin fulled to discover any trace of the missing hoy yesterday. "Kube" Long, wluj has the horse concession at Diamond hike, and Fred Ferry, deputy game war den, headed a large group that left the lake ut daylight Sunday morn ing to conduct a search in ti e dis trict where Long and Perry found Otis' tracks leading to the rim of the basin Saturday. Vernon Harp ham, supervisor of tho Umpqua na tional forest, directed a party composed of men frorn the Hig Camas and Mountain Meadows sta tions and surveyors fdom the Un ion creek crew. Perry Wright, Ranger Church and Harold Ifuker went In Satur day from llaheo and joined the parly Sunday morning, starting hack Immediately, however, to make their search along the liver. Trail Picked Up OUh became lost from his step father, Ken Craven, and two oili er fishermen about ft o'clock Fri day morning. Craven, who was recently , evicted, together with Rest, Davis and other snnafters. from Fish Creek desert, has hecii camping at Diamond lake, and took the boy with him on the fishing trip Saturday. The day before the boy had lagVed behind but had re turned to tho car to await the re turn of the men, so that no anxletv was felt Friday when he dropned behind them ns before. He was carrying lunches for two of the men, When he failed to npnear at tho car after dark, 'however, the men drove to Diamond hike to se cure help. Long mid Perry went out Fiidfiv nMit and msde camp near tho snot where (he boy wnn Int P'M'II, and picked no his trull at davllght S'it imlny and traced hlin to the rim of the biln. where the tracks were lost. When hp could not be lo cated Saturday, arrangements were mnde for a larger tmrty from the lake Sundav. nud ?3 men nil exnerlenced In the woods, conduct ed the search yesterday, hut with out results. STORY A fPnnHnuefl from pnero 1 lights be placed In the hands of n competent englueer, who will be Instructed to confer with tho lighting experts of the department of commerce, and to work out the specifics! Ions Tor the InHtallutlou. Prompt Work Needed He also suggests that the field be given a thorough dragging as son as possible. Tho grass seeds are ripe, and a dragging at this time will Hot only level tho field, but will assist In making sod. Due to the fact that it is almost im possible to provide drainage for tho field, the commission Is work ing on u plan of providing gravel runways for winter use, with heavy sod on the balance of tho field. The sod is developing very satisfactorily, but will take several years before it Is entirely suf ficient. The commission was advised by Mr. Hubble that gravel runways are of immediate importance, so that It is planned to get the gravel spread at once, so that the field will be suitable for use dur ing the coming winter. STORY pi (Continued from page 1.) inkling of the luiiH-udlug change has been given out. Mr. IIoss was out of the city on his vacation at the beach nud up to noon Monday had not been located. Captain Joseph J. McMnhon, In charge of tin1 Portland division of the traffic sinnid, with whom Moss has bein publicly a ml privately tiob knobbing for the past several mouths, Ik. Ihe paper asserts, to be come ltaifely's successor. STORY 6 (Continued on page 4t to within a few hundred yards of the lop, but. because of the haat aids Involved in climbing the pin uncle. Mr. llrlltoii would not allow the s outs to" continue to the top. despite their pleas to be allowed to do so. He and Hob llelll well made the climb to the top. Sunday was spent at the lake, and today the bovs planned a trip to Mt. Bailey. Mr. Hi It ton has arranged a short' bike for every other day during their slay at the lake, upending alternate dvs in camp- Mr. Howard, manager of the Diamond Lake coin ess Inn. has placed four boats at the disposal of the scouts, without cost, and tho concession management has been very kind to the boys In many Acorn of U. Wmmmmmmmimmmtmmfwm wwtWtyn uw,.9vmty .umAUy vm y ;VH rr ugrm'i The machine which gave the V. S. radio Industry Its Btart will Join Henry Ford's collection of history-making devices In his museum at Dearborn. Dr. E. F. W. Alexanderson (right), consulting engineer of General Electric Co., is pictured showing Clark Klnnaird, radio pro motion manager of King Features Syndicate, the machine, the first high trequency alternator developed by Dr. Alexanderson. Nonegenarian War Vet and Son W v It i ' f ' in uv 4 it. One of the most interesting figures In the summer colony at East port, Maine, is (bis whltehaired Civil War veteran. Dr. John Louden, here shown with bis 11 -year-old son. years obi, came to Calais, Maine, ways lu extending the privileges of the resort. Due to the many points of inter est around Diamond hike that may be visited, it is possible that the scouts will remain there longer than had been planned and will not bike back over the South Ump qua trail as bad been planned. The hoys are having a great time at the lake. Hy eliminating the hike back. ami returning directly by auto, the scouts will have three days more at the resort. Mr. Hritiou. who always guard. the boys very carefully from acci dent, has provided every safeguard for them at the lake. They are required to report to him before going on any lishln trips, or out In boats, and responsible scouts are kept in each parly. They must tisli In pairs, so that danger of ser tons accident Is practically elimin ated. Swimming in always done lu a group with suitable guards posted. WIFE OF HEIR TO MILLIONS SUES liKNO, NVw. Aiik. 4. Mrs. Kvi'- lya Mat shiill Ki.-hi fil.-il suit fur tlivorrt ht'rr today amtinst Mar shall Field III. liilr to Ihe kioh! Marshall Firld forHuu. Tho pai'rs In On' rasi wrrt kiiUsI, hut it was saiil Iiy nttonwys that tho chart's wt'ro tit'serllon. LIFER SUICIOES S.M.KM. Ore.. Alls. 3 The lxly of Arnold Saml07.. 39. "1I(t" al tin stalo ttt'llllontlary, was found in Mill rii't'k near tho statu pri son annt'X last lltpht. Ol'firors Ite lii'vo that ho I'onmittU'il suirido. NOTICE ! will not 1h rosponslMo for any bills or ilobts contrarti'd by any one othrr than nivsolf. KAl.rll ST. OXOK. NOTICE I wish to notify the rmhtlo (hat I will not be rosiHinslblo for any hills contrai toil hy my wlfo. Ina J. Sn.ll. S. M. SNKI.L, main. Ore. S. Radio Tree Louden, who is more than 1)0 horn his native Scotland when a boy. FIRE HITS FARM WHERE MAN O' WAR MAKES HIS HOME (AftHocfntctt I'reiu I.t'nsrd Wl.-p) LEXINCiTON. Ky.. Aug. l.Tho day after Miss Elizabeth Dainger field, manager of Faraway farm. Issued an order that no more visit ors were to he permitted to view Man () ar, ' the horse of the century," until the Kentucky drought was ended, fire destroyed a yearling barn on the farm. 1 he no-visitor order was issued because of the danger that a care lessly tossed cigarette might iunite grass in the lamed sires pasture. Similar orders have been Issued ;it other thoroughbred farms in the blue grass. The fire yesterday resulted In loss estimated at $HUMm. Twenty one yearlings had b,en led from he barn into a pasture just be lore the blaze was discovered. MORROW SEEN AS NEXT PRESIDENT (AMvlatt Piviw leiftil WW) MEXICO CITY, Aug. 4. Excel sior. Mexico City daily, today in an editorial lauded Ambassador Mor row and predict imI some day be would be president of the I'nited States. "Not since Ihe days of Ambassa dor Clayton, who knew how to live in peace with himself and w lib us." the paper said, "has there been such a business man who came to Mexico In an atmosphere which many of bis countrymen de clared Irremediably hosiile, with in a short time winning the friend ship of everyone. it is easy to foresee." the paper continued, "thai the republi can parly will find its strongest candidate in Mr. Morrow when the time comes t seek a successor to Mr. Hoover." NOTICE The person who took clothing ami liigg.tue from music studio is known. Return them at once and avoid trouble. Adv. THIS GUY KNOWS ABOUT LIGHTERS (Airwfated PreM Leuscd Wire) EVANSTON, III., Aug. 4. "If at first you don't succeed, try it later." Revised by L F. Glllis. Gillis, driving home esterday attempted to light a cigar. Pulling lout Ins mechanical cigar lighter j he snapped it it clicked, but there was no spark, no flame. Changing bunds he tried again I will) the same result. Then he j tried both hands; holding over j tlie lighter to protect the flume, .If (any, lie gave a vicious push with j the other hand. He regained consciousness in a I hospital where they told him he Iliad run into a tree, that he still j held the lighter when they pull' him out and that he would re cover. STRIBLING SEEKS FIGHT WITH MAX f AE8nHall fnw I.'um1 Wire! LONDON. Aug. 4. Willie Strib- Ilug and bis futher-inanager will sail Wednesday for .New York. Sporting Life says they will be ac companied by Promoter Jefr Dick inson who hopes to arrange a tight In England between Max Kchmelin? and Strlbllug whose stock In the pugilistic market took a sudden rise with his (recent two round knockout of the English champion, Phil Scott. u stnbling and Dickson are ex pected to confer in New York with Joe Jacobs who bundles the Gor an boxer's affairs. GOVERNOR REFUSES RAIN PLEA DICT (Aeociatl Vrt-m T'aird Wirf) RICHMOND, Va.. Aug. 2. fiov- THE 1 .1 - : No owner C for hna paid j service I 1 ernor Pollard has declined to is sue a proclamation calling upon Virginia people to pray that rain j muy soon terminate the long drought. J One of the numerous requests thai the governor Issue a procla mation for state-wide prayer ser vices asking rain came from the Alexandria chamber of commerce "I have a very definite idea that 1 such steps should be taken by re- 1 ligious leaders and not by civil leaders," Governor Pollard said. j "l have no doubt that the ' churches throughout the whole stale are sending up prayers tor rain, but I do not think that I should assume to take the initia tive in any matter I'Woim ilevolions." involving re- i RAIL EXTENSION REQUEST PENDSI (Awoolnted Prea Laed WlrO SALKM, Ore., Aug. 4. Applica tion of the Oregon Kleotric Hall way company for authority to build a line from Orvllle, Marion coun ty to Independence, Polk county, a distance of 2 miles, to connect up with the Valley & Silelz. which it seeks to acquire, will be heard by the interstate commerce com mission at a hearing that has been set for Portland on September 4. 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