The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, December 06, 1930, Page 1, Image 1

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' A new departure Im
Statesman news practice '
the publication of a, daily
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FOUMOCD 1651
EIGHTIETH YEAR
Salera, Orejon, Saturday Morning December 6, 1930
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Independence, Spaulding,
VArcherd, Larmer Losses
Arouse Theories
Fire end Police Leaders on
" . Aronaed by four fires, all with
1 i la a 7-hoar perrod. and two
i mast ' dtsastroiiB. the Salem flre
1 department and the Salem police
department were has yesterday
trying to ferret out some eloes to
the origin of the blazes.
Early Thursday morning a
large mill at Independence went
up ia smoke. Almost 24 hours
later, the Spaulding mill - was
threatened in a manner which
yesterday appeared rery ' clearly
to be Incendiary while early Fri
day erening the Archerd Imple
ment company started -to .burn
only to be saved by the prompt
action of the Salem fire depart
ment. Climaxing the rounds of fires
eame the 6:30 a. m. disaster here
.which caused a lose to 1150,000
to - the Larmer warehouse i and
contents. - ;-V . -' . -'.
' 8paaldbig Fire ' J''--' ' 'O
Starts Snsptdona . 1 - '
. A number of tell-tale circum
stance lead the fire find police
department leaders . to feel that
, incendiarism, the work c in, gi
tator or a -flre-bug.z;had been
responsible -fox all the flres.""
- The most potent reason for the
suspicion was the highly unusual
circumstances surrounding the
Spaulding mill fire - of Friday
night. . At first it was thought
that the flames were confined to
a spot near the "hog in the low
er lerel of the mill. Close inTesU
gation revealed that a seeoad fire
had started near the big saws. In
oil and waste at the big belts and
pulley which run tne saws. ;-
It was obvious that the blaze
under-the mill and in the maU
level had been started by differ
ent fires.
The fact that all four fires
were on industrial or' semi-industrial
property and the added co
incidence that the blazes all eame
within a 72-hour period 'also
aroused suspicion.
Detection Haaerd Low
As All Biases Start
: A fourth cause for alarm was
that In no instance could any def
inite cause for the fire be deter
mined - and the blazes' all occur
red -at a time of day when there
was t the small danger of detec
tion.'. - ' - ' --
One of the members of the fire
committee on the council yester
day pointed to the fact that
fire-bugs, possessed, of an in
sane desire to see a blaze, had
been freruently been known . to
cause a succession of catastrophes
before they had been located. At
least one suspicious party was
Mr - - being observed yesterday peno-
lng developments. .
- One theory advanced here was
that current depression, bring
ing an unusual number of tran
sients into the vicinity and a type
of men who sre many times dis
gruntled with all forms of in
dustrial' endeavor, might have
caused the fires with an idea of
-bringing reerimlaaUoa against
men more prosperous than themselves.-.-.
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A definite loss of $4000 was
said yesterday by;Walter Spauld
ing to have been - the extent of
the damage to their. milL-'. This
was principally ; occasioned by
damage to eleetrle motors, to elec
trical switchboards, to mill con
struction la both 1 levels v of the
iant .nt a teltlnr which o Der
ates the saws. It will be the mid
dle or end of this week before tne
operation of the Spaulding mill
can be resumed.
Four Convicts
Brake Cotlorado
' State Prison
' CANTON CITT, Colo., Dec
(AP) Four convicts serving
long time sentences for robbery,
escaped from state ipenltentiary
early today, scaling one prison
wall "which fronts on the main
street .ef. Canyon City.
The missing men are lames .
Kenney, 18, serving 10 - to- 14
years from Denver for robbery;
Jack Tloortt t. serving nine to
ten years-from Denver county for
robbery; Ernst Hertzke, 2fKeiy
ing 20 to 2 S years from Boulder
county for robbery and Wilbur
Eslick. 19, serving SO to IS years
from Saguache county for rob-kerj.
Troubles?
You Can Tell About
'em in Natural Way
McMinnville : Orchardist Who Loses Larynx
After Operation Speaks Through Out- '
side Hole in His Throat
What would you do if you were suddenly deprived of
your voice? : - :-. " .-' - .. - j-'
- Go speechless, maybe. Or possibly suicide.
Georsre 'J. SwifL McMinnville orchardist. didn't do ei-
Ftheirt vThe joperatidnottCancer in the throat resulted in
bis losing? a pertecuy , gooa
Lost His Voice
Speaks Anyway
George J.- Swift,- If cMinnvlUe or
etiardist, who lest the power to
- speak: mm sde larysar 1m m emn
cer 'operatiosi om hie throat. He
wtmldmt be downed, so mow be
talks.' He Is showm wsing one
of hie devices to speak throwgb
' outside hole ia his throat. -
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?s GOOD TOLL FUND -
Previously reported. $83.14
Frances - Graham . . . . ; l.OO
I. H. i Vaia Winkle. . . S.OO
No name. lH)
Street Kettles -
Sat, Dec . ..... .405
' Total to date.. .f 18039
. One of this greatest charity
benefits ever stared In the Unit
ed states will be the Army-Navy
football i game next Saturday at
New York, the proceeds going to
the Salvation Army.
; Salem la to benefit with the
rest of; the entire , country
through the co-operation of the
H. I Stiff furniture store, Phil
adelphia Storage Battery com
pany (PhllCO), and the National
and Columbia broadcasting sys
tems. : The N. B. C. end Colum
bia are uniting with the PhJlco
people In donating services for
this - nation-wide broadcast next
Saturday. ,:?t.- ' 4'
In addition to this broadcast
the local furniture store and the
storage battery concern are gir
lng a- Baby Grand Phllco 1 radio
to the : Salem branchSalvation
Army, to be disposed of to swell I
Am "r.wut.Wlll vund". -I
- Other local business ..houses
already 'lined up behind the
Armv'a Christmas campaign are
the Evergreen Golf . course . andJ
the Hollywood theatre. . The Ev
ergreen Golf course Is to be tak
en over. Wednesday night from 5
to midnight by the Army and
the proceeds are to go to the
Christmas fund. The Hollywood
theatre is also donating two mat
inees to the Army. December 22
and 22, the admission to be by
food stuffs suitable; for, Christ
mas baskets.';..;-,---: V- - - ;
CSshier Fatally
y Wounded, Tekas
TEXARXANA,Tex Dee. 7
(AP) (Sunday) R. 17 Hanks,
cashier of the Redwater bank at
Red water, Texas, was in a hospi
tal ? here - believed mortally
wounded early today.; after being
abducted by three men who. de
manded the combination of the
bank vault and when it was re
fused, shot him three times In
the head. - . - . - . . ,
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At
Least
larynx ana along' witn 'it tne
power to speak aoove a wmsper.
The respiratory passage above
the throat was closed.' It was in
July, 1928, that the operation.
Itself a ticklish performance, was
submitted to. - -
Mr. Swift, who must be afew
years past 10, ; set to work as
soon as he was able : after the
operation to perfect himself an
artificial larynx.- Having lost his
own voice, lie was " going i; to
snatch one from the air. He suc
ceeded. ;f ' w".-;;
One night recently Mr. Swift,
who was In Salem to appear be
fore a meeting of the tri-county
medical society, . dropped Into
The Statesman - office to - greet
an old friend. Naturally, re
porters became Interested in this
man without a voice who could
talk : loud enough to be heard
across the room. The reporters
were "shown. , '
' Here's how Mr. Swift who
hasn't let his ' speech . problems
draw ; down the eorners of a
mouth that just naturally bursts
into cheery smiles speaks: '
P 'Through a hole in his neck
leading Into "the -tubes of-the
lungs . a rubber tube is Inserted.
It is through this hole . he
breathes. At the . other . end of
the rubber tube Is the artificial
larynx,- which Mr. Swift Inserts
in his mouth. In the artificial
larynx and above where the tube
connects with It Is a tiny hole,
through whleh air is drawn Into
the lungs, ' then sent ' back
through the tube and Into , the
mouth. As the air reaches the
mouth, Mr. Swift moves his lips
and tongue to form the words
which he desires to speak. ; -
- There j, - are ; several devises
which he ; uses for the ; artificial
larynx; two different manufac
tured products which cost him
around 0 each; and another
one which he himself designed
from a piece of garden hbse and
a . mouth piece from a child's
Fourth of July "squeaker. And
from - his own garden ; hose de
vice, which cost him all of 16
cents, he can get the best results.-
. " 't -"Then
too, 'Mr." Swift doesn't
even need to use his own lungs
In order to speak. He can . take
a common old flivver horn, at
tach a tube to it, and putting
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Etate arl dry leaders, sLown
Cunk, Clinlt; Hear the Quarters
''000
tion Ansy Ctiiistsaas relief aiettles, vhlclt are beinfr mainrai ncq ea tae streets by urn nana of (Army
workers tiMm-a ia tte vrper pictnre. lira, Earl THllams, wife of Xnsia Williams, is tending the ket
tlm at which the five men stand In llaet Governor Al W NorbLad, Mayor -C A. lArenlty of Lalemi Irl
j.'rr.herrv. Micretarr to the rovernor: llax iaee. commander of the
DouHas McKay, chairman of the Salvation Army a dvisory board. The Army workers ia top photo are
left to right: first row mirTj. WjSlams, lira. X I. Honey, lire. Arthur Tucker, Ensign llaryvWat
Idns, Kiss Mary Ward And lira. Williams; second row Sirs. Seta WilUams) Mrs. Oscar Ilames, Mrs.
raifford Totc- lira. TibbeU and Sirs. WarJi.tLlrd row Clifford Torcen. Mrs. C O. Rocers, C W.
IClbbett and E. Jm lloneyt 1ck
SAID SUNK
Unconfirmed Reports Tell of
Steamer Sientao Sink- ;
kifl Near Sinti ..
Explosion in New Mexico
Coal- Mine; TakesjUves; :
H Cause Undetermined '
SHANGHAI, Dee. 7 (Sunday)
(AP) An unverified dispatch
from - Hankow to . the Shanghai
post, American language newspa
per, yesterday, said the Chinese
steamer Sientao sank near Sinti,
100 miles above Hankow, drown
ing 200 Chinese.
1 Only five Chinese escaped, the
dispatch, : which was a transla
tion from the Chinese press, said.
The ressel was reported en
route from Hankow to Changsha,
Hunan province.
The dispatch said the cause of
the catastrophe - was not deter
mined.' "Owners "of the steamer
were not known here.
Usually reliable sources of in
formation on the upper r Yangtse
river. In whleh the steamer was
reported" to - have foundered,
stated they had heard nothing of
the sinking. '
MADRID, N. M.,-Dec. t (AP)
-An explosion in the Lamb coal
mine today killed three men and
Injured several others,-all work
ers In the mine. .
The dandiX v. T.. TT-'
. Tom Burke, - foreman.
Victor Liesse, electrician.
Henry Gristle, miner.
Rock dust i barriers functioned
perfectly and confined the explo
sion to the sixth left entry. Its In
itial point. One hundred miners
in other parts of the mine were
not hurt and left the mine In
an orderly way. -'
Rescue crews entered the mine
and brought the dead and Injured
to the surface. '1
Officials late today had not es
tablished a cause for the explo
sion. WeddnvRingis u
Dug uponFarm
OERVAIS. Dee. : --When Mrs.
A. R. Siegmund was transplant
ing some plants ' in her garden
Wednesday she dug up an 18
karat gold wedding ring. It was
12 inches below the surface of
the ground and a root of the
plant, had grown through it. Mr.
and Mrs. Siegmund hare lived at
this place 2? years and the rlngH
must have been In the ground be
fore they came there. ,
la the lower' cut, are tnalin their
row Svend Toycesv Earl rotter and
8 Million
$25 Autos
' Run Roads
WASHINGTON, Dee. 6 (AP)
-Taking the American automo
bile association's word for It,
there will be t.000.000 ears
pounding the hlghways of the
country at the end of 1020 val
ued at less than 225 each.
-' The figures were made public
today after a survey based on the
aetual age of vehicles from reg
istration tabulations and the ave
rage life; of vehicles.
Highest prices listed for ears
of the vintage of 1125 are $2S
and 2.000.000 ears.Tformfnr. 12
per cent of tie total jreeistraUan
nave passed their firth birthday.
Tne hiue book of the automobile
industry does not list as of any
value Tehiclea purchased before
1925.' :
Thomas P. Henry, president of
the association said "the presence
on our highways of so many worn
out vehicles during i 1230 may
well be .reflected in the year's toll
of accidents and fatalities."
COURT EXPECTED
TO USE KEEN KNIFE
Budget? Secrets Will be Re
vealed This Week;
, School Funds go up
'It won't be long now." The
county court . has kept its hand
closed on the budget very success
fully thus far, making few intima
tions of what will be presented to
the neonle In. the form of a bud-
g&tr But 'lhW week will see the
cat ' out ' of the ' bag because the
budget has to ; be published 20
days before the hearing and the
hearing must eome this month.
! Various rumors are afloat that
the budget committee will deal
rather drastically :.with recom
mendations. One person said the
eat would reach 2100.000, but It
is admitted that that Is a large
order for a court which has been
as frugal In the past as the Mar
lon county court. Well founded
reports agree, however, that the
budget committee is using a par
ing knlft. and that reductions In
stead of increases will be In order.
The personnel of j the budget
committee has not been announc
ed, nor would the publfe divulge
when the budget committee would
assemble. The. final hearing on
the budgeCwin be a publie hear
ing. The court has the final de
cision on the budget.
County Agent Drive -
Thought to Have Failed
With the-court in the mood of
reducing; rather than increasing
expenses, It is conceded that the
county agent drive failed; and
that those who look for benefits
to the farmers from employing a
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contrlbutloa to the annual Salva
Salem American Legion poets, and
Stanley Toycen, - -
TROrS DREAMS
ASHES BEFORE
LI RAMBLERS
Decisive 27 to 0 Victory Is
Hurried Over as 90,000
Fans Gasp Moan
Southern California Never
Gets Goinrj Against Mir- -
By PAUL ZIMMERMAN.
Associated Press Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES, CaL, Dec. .
(AP) Rockne's Roughrlders
from Notre Dame, prancing be
hind miraculous Interference,
staged their last wild charge to
day and trampled Southern Cali
fornia into a 27-to-0 defeat.
Paul "Buckly O'Connor, trans
planted from halfback to fullback
and one of Wise Knute's few Irish
men, was the youth who spread
the alarm to the Trojans, with
Marty Brill and Marchmont
Schwarts galloping closely at his
side. '
-Their mad dashes struck terror
In the ranks of Coach Howard
Jones valiant eleven and carried
the Invading troop" from South
Bend through its nineteenth
straight triumph in two glorious
seasons. -
No Hector to Lead;
Notre Dame Goal Safe
Unlike their ancestors of myth
ology, the men of Troy could find
no Hector to lead the vaunted of
fense, with the result that through
60 minutes of the nerve shatter
lag spectacle.-Notre Dame's goal
was never so much aa threatenea.
, Defeat brought the number of
rerersals to four for Southern
California against one victory In
Its Notre Dame series. It was the
most ' decisive trouncing . either
team ever accepted in the annals
of the intersections! play.
More than 10.000 frantle foot
ball followers shouted and groan
ed throughout the startling fray,
whleh stamped Coach Rockne's
ramblers as probably the greatest
eleven the country has seen in a
decade.
Southern California's dashing
backs found , their Interference
fragile before the rushing4 Rockne
line, and their passing attack was
pierced with constant Intercep
tions by the . secondary defense
when touchdown marches seemed
well under way. -Attack
so Baffling
Trojans Conldnt Solve It.
Notre Dame's attack 'was so
baffling tbat at no time could the
Trojan- defense organise Itself
against the unstopable assault.
From the start there was no
doubt as to the outcome. Notre
Dame walked right down the
field - from the opening ' kickoff.
Southern California rose up to
stop the threat and held for
downs, but a bad pass from Tro
jan Center Stanley Williamson
was recovered by Alvln Culver,
Irish tackle, on the first play.
Like a flash the Riders charg
ed. Scharts flipped an 11 -yard
nass to Frank Carldeo. the un
paralleled Quarterback, who saun-
tered the remaining eignt yarns
untouched by Trojan hands, and
the game was won. I
It was only a few plays later
that O'Connor's long . eventful
Journey of 80 yards brought the
second touchdown. Southern Cali
fornia had moved well into Notre
Dame scoring regions when Mar
shall Duffleld. Trojan quarter, re-
ucosered a bad pass from center.
and displaying a marvelous bit or
head work, quickly kicked over the
goal r line as the line rushed In
upon him.
O'Connor Makes Brilliant
Ran for -Second Touchdown ,
The yard-saving feat was of no
avail, for on the first play O'Con
nor broke away. It was a reserve
and a lateral from Brill which
pulled Troy's secondary defense
aside. - O'Connor filtered through,
the line, cut back to the sidelines,
and sped across the goal, after
pivoting away from Erny Plnckert,
Troys star halfback.
The second period went without
a score, although. Carldeo passed
to Dan Hanley across the goal
line, only to have the play called
back and Notre Dame penalised
for holding. i
Coach Rockne, In a gesture of
respect to Larry "Moon" MuIHns, j
fullback whose injured knee pro-
vented htm from starting the con-
test, sent the 'South Pasadena, j
CaL, youth into the game on the
kickoff for one play and then re
placed him. It was Muillns last
game for Ndtre Dame.
Then the parade of the Rough-
riders started again. Schwarts
sifted through for a run of SO
yards. An offside penalty put the
ball on Troy's seven-yard line.
One of those demoralizing later
als, Schwarts to O'Connor,
brought the touchdown. " That
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Spring, Fdl, AU '
; Mixed; Imposing
I List Flowers Out
SILVERTOX, Dee. v.
Silverton out-of-doors lovers
have been reportlag for the
past few days that they were
rather perplexed as to
whether they were enjoying
spring or autumn. :
Gold finches and meadow
larks have been heard t ripe
raspberries hare beea dis
covered, and the following
Imposing list of flowers are
to be seen blooming la Sil
verton gardens t Delphini
um, - snapdragons, roses;
alysawms, larkspur, Michael
mas daisies, perennial phlox,
gypsopbilla, violets, prim
roses. i chrysanOirtnania, as-
tera, fpettmlas.' sweet ' rocket,
'sweetf Williams-' and ' stocks,
to" say nothing ef dandelions. '
SCHOOL DIMS
DISCUSS IE XT BdiS
Question Comes up at Last
Minute of Annual Meet;
I No Action
A beated and lively discussion,
precipitated by a last minute mo
tion tbat the organization go on
record as opposed to free text
books, closed the annual meeting
of Marlon county school officers
held at the court house all day
Saturday. Sixty! school board
members attended.
The association did not pass
the motion, it 'being tabled Inde
finitely. I However, ; discussion
arising from the motion kept the
officers nearly an ' hour longer
than the closing time and
brought : out some thoughtful
Ideas both for and against free
textbooks.
' Another matter! In which con
siderable discussion was In
dulged ; but in which no action
was taken was high school trans
portation. 1 In view of fact that
legislature will be In session
next month, the officers argued
proposed changes to the present
law, and It is probably these sug
gestions will be thoroughly con
sidered by the legislative com
mittee appointed at -the meeting
yesterday: J. W. Mayo, Stayton,
chairman; John Marshall, Swe
gle; and Charles Hottlnger, Sub
limity. During ; the morning session,
much Interest wss developed In
the discission of school prob
lems, and - particularly . school
sanitation. Harry Sinks, county
sanitary Inspector, was present
to answer questions regarding
any phase of his inspections to
the schools. In the .afternoon,
main talk was given by Warren
Crabtree of Silverton, who spoke
on the relation of the Smith
Hughes program .to - rural
schools. Crabtree emphasized the
fact that the work helps en
courage . t the farmer boy and
girls to stay on the farm.
All three officers of the-association
were reelected for an
other year: Grant Murphy of
Stayton, president: John Mar-,
shall of - Swegle. vice-president:
and Mrs. .. Mary L. Fulkerson.
county school superintendent.
secretary.
Mrs. Fulkerson declared this
meeting to be the most success
ful of alt annual sessions Hf
school : officers.
Bruenings Still
Repulse Attacks
Of (Oppositions
BERLIN.! Dec (AP) Four
times today the Bruen .' govern
ment repulsed the vigorous attack
of the opposition in the relchstag,
and at the.end of the parliamen
tary session stood clearly victor
ious and still at the natlen't helm.
With 40 Totes to spare It de
feated a motion to, revoke th
chancellor's decree of drastic fi
nancial reforms. By a margin cf
35 Totes It f)ut down a no con
fidence" motion." It won the edge
of f S Totes on a proposal to table
a motion of confidence ironically
offered by the national socialists.
Finally, at the end of a long day.
It got a majority of It votes
against a communist motion de
manding revocation ef the emer
gency decrees In force since last
June. : i .. :. .
Russian Plotters
I Await Sentences
MOSCOWi Dec -(AP)
Eight engineers, confessed plot
ters for. foreign Intervention In
Russia and the overthrow of the
Soviet union, tonight awaited the
sentences of the supreme court
which will mean to them either
death or imprisonment.
in err.
HISTORY
Early Blaze Gutters
Walls of Concrete;
Control Fails
3 Traihloatls of Pep 2 r
Up in Smoke; Cov
erage Partial .
' The most costly and one ef fnw
most spectacular fires in the his
tory of Salem swept the 170x170
foot Larmer warehouse early fiaU
urday morning and left a loss,
partly covered by insurance,
which yesterday afternoon neared
$050,000.
The three-story and baseatent.
reinforced concrete structure at
North High and Liberty street
was completely gutted by the
flames and only a tottering south'
wall and a portion of the front
of the warehouse was left guard
over the burning remnants late
last night. I
The cause of the fire Is as yet a
mystery. Alblt Fox, foreman of
Larmer' trucking squad, was-the
first to the building at 0:30 a.m.
yesterday. ' Through the base,
windows he saw flames. Fox did
not unlock the door of the ware
house where his truck was stored
but dashed to Dan Larmer's
house to summon the fire depart
ment. ........... i
So fast did the blase sweep
the basement of the huge ware
house that all efforts of the fire
department to check the flames
were unsuccessful and after a few
minutes, their work was confined
to protecting nearby structures.
Property destroyed by the fire
Includes:
The wsrehouse structure a
1100,000 reinforced concrete
plant, a cording- to Larmer, who
built the warehouse late ia 1137,
Finished paper belonging to
the Oregon Pulp and Paper com
pany here and awaiting shipment,
consisting of 11,000,000 pounds
or three tratnloads valued at .
$150,000.
More than 0365 bales of bopg,
of an average value of S3 3 a bale.
a total of approximately $300,00.
Twenty-six barrels of nesner-
mint oil valued at $34,000.
Hundreds of miscellaneoes
groups of furniture and personal
belongings whose owners, many
of whom live In various parts of
Oregon and the United States.
cannot be fully known until re
cords in the Larmer wareheute
safe are recovered. Larmer esti
mated yesterday that the value of
this property was fully $150.0C.
Miscellaneous goods held for
storage, the value running from
$10,000 to $25,000.
The total destruction, from
this summary, will run close to
$050,000.
Insurance was carried in vary
ing degrees on the lost oronertr.
Karl Heinleln, office manager of
tne paper company here, said vir
tually full coverage was carried
on all the finished paper owned
by his mill. While many grow
ers owned the bops and the exact
amount of insurance could not be
determined yesterday, it was felt
certain by growers such at T. A.
Llvesley that th hop crop was
well protected by Insurance.
On the warehouse plant Itself.
Larmer carried only $15,000. He
estimated his lost yesterday at
fully $85,000. -
The amount of insurance plac-
on the hundreds of outfits of fur
niture and personal belongta?,
all of which were stored on the
third floor, eannot be readily as
certained. Under the provisions
crashed to earth prodded by tons
ed, each owner assumed the lia
bility for damage by fire.
As the flames progressed, trap
ped by the thick outer walls of
reinforced concrete, they ate rav
enously of the heavy timbers,
posts and flooring which formed
the three main stories and base-,
ment of the building.
The Intense heat soon melted
the steel caps supporting the huge
beams on -which the floors were
laid. As these beams started to
fall under their heavy load, they
buckled. This ' Intense strain '
stoved out the concrete walls aa
though they were paper and they
crashed toe art a prodded by toas
Lpf pressure from the falllas
floors
Only the south and a portion
of the east walls stood and tte
south wall last night was in im
minent danger of collapse. It was
tilted fully 15 degrees to the
south and residents of the Vir
ginia apartments, 20 feet from
the warehouse, evacuated U
property. Fire Chief Hutton sat J
last night he had no assurance
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