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- SERVICE We ; guarantee our car- rler, service. If your" paper does not arrive by 6:30, .- caU OlOl i-ad m, copy will be delivered t once. THE WEATHER Fair " today and " VTednes-" " day, no change in tempera ture; Max. emp. Monday 81, Mln. 7, clear, norther ly winds, river -3-3 feet. founded; 1351 EKiUTV-nRST . YEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday. Morning, August 11; 1931 No. IIS FI SUM fiS Homes J)esixoye$b y 11 GROWS iiCTI Rcyoiutipnists' Surrounded By LoyaJ Troops Says Havana Report" : ;';r '." , '.;;;v Constitutional Liberties are Suspended Due to Dark i - gers, Decreed" .'....;. -1 A -".'"'::' ; IHVANA, Aeg. 10 (AP). Report, received here tonight from Gaanabacoa, east of Ha yam, aaid four revolutionists and one corporal of the rural guard were killed In fighting between rebels and soldiers there." ' The dlspatcnes said six were wounded in the engagement. It was not known how large were the forces engaged. ' . . HAVANA. . Aug. lO-(AP) President Gerardo Machado, act ing on the authority granted htm fcy congress, tonight suspended institutional guarantees through nit Cuba &s the revolutionary movement against his government grew stronger. .' , He signed a decree which said hrpart-, ' " "Political elements hostile to rovernment. In! accord with ene mies of the present social-system, hare lent greater activity to their campaign against the public peace, realizing In Tarious sec tions ostensible acts ot rebellion of armed forces, in frank revol utionary attitude." - Between SO and 60 rebels were reported to be surrounded by gov ernment forces la the Gaanabacoa sctlon. a suburb of Havana, and soldiers and rural guards -were awaiting a favorable moment to attack, it was said. . ' HAVANA, Aug. 1 AP) In extraordinary session the Cuban congress today - authorized Presi dent Gerardo Maehado to declare a virtual state of . martial law (Continued on Page; 2, Col. 1) speech IS A' surrey of the county to ascer tain the children suffering; from speech defects, such as stuttering.' and the presence on the school district teaching staff of an 'in structor versed in -the cure of these conditions were advocated by. Dr. John H. Muyskens of . the faculty of the University of Michi gan, who -yesterday afternoon ad dressed a -group of 4 15 ' dentists, physicians ' and ''educators" - at the Msrron county health center " The purpose -of J the :tfrrey would" be not only to. discover the children having, speech - defects but also to assist t them in. over coming the' handicap. .This' would be 'the work of. the'special ;Jar strnctor, who would not necessar ily need to be an extra staff mem ber, it .was pointed out, but one of the regulars, who had the re quired training. Dr. Muyskens, whs has been in the University of California sum mer school. Is a brother of Mrs. A. F. deLespinasse of Hubbard. ;, DEMAND fS5 PRICE V EUGENE, Ore., Ang. 10 (AP) Directors ot the i Eugene Milk Producers' association today de cided lcall a mass meeting of association members ' for August 15 to discuss future action in their demand for $2.25 a . hun dred pounds for. four per cent milk. j ':':-.' !t ' The producers had given the distributers until today to reply to their demand but no answer waa received.; The association represents 80 producers. .. The producers ay they are not asking for a profit son their milk but merely want a price that will approximately equal the cost of production, such cost including only the actual lahor and feed and not management. TAKES 1 POISON ' - : HOOD RIVKR, Ore., Aug. 10 (AP)' - Oscar Craig, jParkdale ' fruit' grower, ' committed suicide here today by drinking poison. He waa 48 years old. . Craig ytook the ' poison only a few minutes before Sheriff Edick .arrived at his home to serye legal papers on members ot the famjly. :The sheriff r gave first aid- but Craig died within a few minutes. He Is survived by his widow. s ' EX-CHIEF PLAINTIFF KLAMATH J"ALLS. Ore., Aug. 10 (AP) The Herald Publish ing . company of Klamath Falls was made defendant in a 820,000 libel suit filed la circuit court here today by Stanley Jones, for merly Klamath Falls police chief. The suit Is based on a. story published Ja ibe . Klamath. Falls' URGED Mrs. Hoover Christens Giant Akron ; , - - . t ' ; ' I - Ceremonies attendant upon tbehristenlng of the TJ. S. 8. Akron, on Saturday, August 8, at Akron, : Ohio, included inflating the cells with helium, stationing the ground crew on the handling lines, and '; releasing the giant ship from the supports en which it built, allowing it to rise a few feet .into - the air, being "air born, which is analogoua to the launching ef a surface ship. The climax to the dedication of the great dirigible, however, cam when Mrs. Herbert Hoover released a flock of pigeons from within the ship,-as part of the christening service. Photos show Mrs. Hoover, the Akron's skip ; per. Commander Charles E. Rosendahl (lower right), and Dr. Karl Arnstein (lower left), the Ger man engineer who built the ship. Above is the Akron ma it appeared at its christening. U FOB OREGON IS SOUGHT Dangerous Construction to Be Pointed out, Says Congress Leader - r, - . The actual facts concerning dangerously constructed buildings In the state will be presented to members' of -the next, legislature in order to promote-enactment of a state building code, O. a. Hugh son, orgatixer for ' the Oregon Building congress revealed to members1 of the new Salem chap ter at their meeting In the cham ber of commerce 'auditorium last night.'" t : -; . Passage of tne code was sought unauccestfully at the last" legislative-session, because of the lack of eireumstantial evidence of .the need for . such a'--law, Hughson said: He mentioned Instances ot school bpildings being t so con structed they were a - continual menace to the lives ot the children who attended them, of a theatre roof which Is ; Inadequately sup ported, ' and of a gymnasium building sin the state which caved In from a small -amount of snow resting on Its roof.: shortly after " (Continued on. Page 3, Col. 2) Klamath Hopper : v f Poison Campaign ; : Dmer Succei r KlJlitATH- FALLS. Ore:,' Ang nsr 10 (APV-County-. ' Agsnt C. A! Henderson said today graasr hopper poisoning In the Klamath basin has ,been .successfuUy.eom-; pleUd for this year; - , ; The war against- the grasshop-i pers was started here May' 1 and continued dally throughout . the season except from . July 1 to July 10 J Two. million pounds of poisoned bran ' ware spread over an area of several thousand acres. Kills averaged several hun dred hoppers per, square foot, Henderson said.: i Eugene Milk war Looms " Klamath I Newspaper Sued 'Fruit Grower is Suicide -J. Fossil Fruit in John Day Evening- Herald ' dealing' with Jones absence from the city late in June. , The complaint alleges the story conveyed the impression Jones had absconded and had left the-city without permission of the city council in violation of city ordinances. - The plaintiff said he had left the city with the knowledge and consent of the cuy council to atena a law en forcement officers' meeting- In Eugene.1" i . - NUTS. DATES FOUND PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 10 (AP) Arthur H. Geisser, Port land hydraulic engineer and ge ologists,' today displayed a large number 'of what he said were bI licified pecans, walnuts and dates which he had chipped from cliffs In the John Day river valley in eastern Oregon.'. Geisser also obtained many perfect ; Impressions of leaves, some . o( . which' still bear, stains from the decomposed vegetable matter. He said he . found Im pressions, of leaves from palm, accacia,' oak. and "maphfc. trees." AG EDITORS MEET ' CORVALLIS. Ore., Aug. 10 (AP) Delegates-, gathered here tonight for the opening Tuesday of the nineteenth annual conven tion of the American association of agricultural college edltorsr Many of the delegates, who came from as far away as Georg ia, spent the evening in placing exhibits which later will be Judged to decide which state has been the most successful in dis seminating news of agricultural findings ' of experiment stations and- extension, jenrlces. T Assert I. C. C : Lacks, Right to;; Increase Rates WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. (AP) The authority of the in terstate commerce commission to grant the IS per cent rate Increase asked by the railroads was chal lenged today by representatives of six middle western' state railroad regulatory commissions. In a petition presented in. the federal commission's hearings on the proposed increase, they, con tended a financial emergency alone was Insufficient basis for authorisation ' of ' the 'advance in charges.',,' . 'J.';- The .'commission today heard Fred Brenckman, Washington representative of the : national grange - assert the increase, -ifi granted, would complete the ruin of . the farmer. - He eargued the present distress of -the carriers was due to lost tariff rather than rates that are- too low. ' i WASHINGTON. Aug. 10 ! (API A - new constltutlenali amendment waa suggested today by the -Wlekersham commission If necessary to stop Illegal, b ru ts Used, -third degree" tactics by the police. : ' In a report to President Hoo ver oa "lawleisless in law en forcement. the' Commission . as serted there could be no doubt of the "naked, ugly facts", that anch barbarous r practices' were ; comr men,. It named two score '.cities in' which: there were Instances rof past-or -present proof. '-- The -commission's . report also condemned what" it- called, "un fairness in prosecutions." ' It cited 2f InsUnces In which accused persons had been brought to trial so speedily as to be un able to prepare a defense; ' de fendants had been. denied counsel and prosecutors and Judges them selves had resorted to actual mis conduct. - - - GOLFER IS STRUCK ORE LAND. Fla., August 10 (AP)r-Blg Ed Dudley of. 'Con, cord was struck - by. : lightning early tonight as he putted -on the 34th green la the annual Phila delphia, open golf, tournament at the manufacturers' club, the Inci dent, together with a heavy storm that followed, cancelled, the day's tournament. Dudley; was not ier iously Injured. The Concord .pro was leading the field at the time, .'having turned in a 72 on the first "18 holes. He had a steel-shafted put ter in his hand when the light ning travelled down an umbrel la over him. The bolt apparently leaped to the club and into the ground, f . . . Dudley complained of a stif fening of his leg. He said ho be lieved he would not -be able- to compete tomorrow. " ' - j - Refuses to Let i T' Wife Cook; She ::v-: Kill- Him; Word ; - . -a r. - EUREKA.' CaU August 10 ( AP) Joe Carraaco, 45. was beaten to death tody, ostensibly because he would not permit his wife to prepare his breakfast. Mrs. Pas .Carraneo, the widow, was held in the city Jail pending further investigation.- - , . Authorities said that after his refusal to let her . cook break fast, she became angered and seised a piece . of wood, with which she beat him over. .- the head. He died several hours later at.. g.locaL hospital. . . REPORT COiHiIED POLICE Bi by lib nriir e bolt T FROM KANSAS CITY Brock and Garrett Here to Meet State, City and - C. of C. Officials r ' Dr. John D. Brock and CoL Ruby D. Garrett of Kansas City, who are touring the United States in their Stinson T Junior' cabin! plane, were greeted In Salem yes terday by state and city officials. Dr. Brock; gave the official' good, wishes from ..the Kansas : City chamber ot -commerce to the' Sa lem chamber of. commerce mem bers and ' residents o ' Salem through Mayor Gregory. ; ' . ' The fliers also carried greetings to Governor Majer from execu tives of Missouri and Kansas,' but la the . governor's absence - they were presented tar State Treasurer Holman and Miss Beatrice Wal ton, secretary to 'the - governor, who greete'd the Kansas City men: to the Oregon executive depart ment. . The visitors were. in the city' long enough to be taken on a tour, of inspection of the state peniten tiary and the flax, mills by Charles P. Pray, ; superintendent oA' the state police. 1 ' ; ' " Flying conditions "along - the well marked airways of the' Pa-! elfle are very pleasant, report the men,- who have traveled 2(T,000' miles and visited 44 state seats of government Brock, owner of the plane, and several others 'in' Kan sas Cityy made flying his hobby) and. yesterday's flying made the; (3 3d consecutive 'day he has been la.the air. . . . ' " ". .. IS fiOT RECALLED TILLAMOOK, Ore., Aug. 10 (AP) Mayor J. L. Stelnhach sur vived a recall election, here today. The rote was 17 C in favor of the recall and: 331 against. Ballots of 112 voters were challenged on - the allegation those who cast them had not been residents of the city prior to July 11, 1331. The law. requires 30 days' residence to qualify for mu nicipal elections.' J. Those sponsoring the recall al leged the mayor had been acting under. both the old and. the new charter as suited his convenience; that he Interfered 'With city of ficers in the- discharge of their duty; and that he discharged city employes "arbitrarily and without consulting the city council. ' -; '. .... , -. .; Cotton Prices , Rally Slightly " After Big Drop (By the Associated press) " , . Cotton prices recovered slight ly at the dose on most world ex changes yesterday after one of the most drastic breaks ia the history of the commodity sent prices as low as 37.10 per bale below-Saturday's close . v - The break followed upon Sat urday's estimate; from the United States'gOTfernmeht'that the Amer ican crop would; reata 15.584.000 bales, more than 1,500,000 bales above, last year's -production! . Negro Taken as I , r Murder Suspect SELMA, Ala., August 10 (AP) A negro, near . starvation, was arrested in the swamps along the Alabama river near here to day and held for questioning re garding the slaying of Miss Au gusta Williams. Birmingham so ciety girl, last Thursday. . Mlae Williams waa slain, by a negro who . kidnapped . her . and two. other, fir lav. era Tiiura won l -- "V- typhoon - Kills at iLeas), : 2000 Buildings, are . D -' '"Sroyed1 Word : :;. i.rr - . rJ . -..'. vi" Earttt f Jexrn6r Felt n M any Centers; 1 Yolcahb : is ! --Throwing-Stones :!'. . -a f - -" ... . s TOkf d.:"Aug: 11. (Tuesday) CAP) A typhoon that killed at least me . persons, injured many and destroyed . or damaged thou sands of buildings Tan earthquake shock and .'a volcanic . eruption were ' nature's contribution ' to Japan today and 'yesterday. 1 The typhoon swept the Islands of Miyako and Ishigaki in the Loo Choos. south of . Japan. Authori ties estimate 2000 buildings, in-' eluding - five schools,. ' were-, de stroyed and 3000 homes damaged on Miyako. : Many fishing boats were missing. ;.i Ishigaki suffered to a lesser extent,- but crops were severely damaged, ' hundreds : of - houses were destroyed and damaged and telegraph lines were down. Eight motor fishing vessels 'sank. The earthquake was felt sharp est at Hamamatsu, Shixuoka pre fecture, ' about 100 miles south west of Tokyo, tt Yokohama, near Tokyo, Osaka, Kavoya, Ata ml and Shlmisu also were report ed shocked. Citisens ran Into the streets at Hamatsu and the town was in darkness for hours. The volcano Asama, near Karu lxawa, began erupting at 10:10 a. m. yesterday and aga'i at 1 1 : 4 5 p. m. showers of ashes mixed with' small, stones fell. upon the sur rounding country. Col.' and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh will be guests of Ambassador W. Cam eron Forbes at his home at Karu isawa. --i : fi'DRTnWEST FIRES MOSTLY? STOPPED - SPOKANE. -'Aug. 10 (AP) High temperatures failed ! to re vive the .northwest's- smoldering forest fires' today, although low ering humidity added to danger aiong .IQjtaUaJlre front on the Salmon river.in Idaho. -. This . central Idaho blase was the. only. serious -JT'hot spot. In the region."' It raged in timber at altitudes . "varying .'from "25 00 to S000; feeVAh-.xtrem1y raised terrain :preventlng effective work onVilreJlnles. '.t": - V . . ; Seven , hundred -en .were rer leased "today from the Deer creek f Iri ' in Jhe Kqp enalCf or est and the Priest,rlver.valley.f Ire in the Kaniksu'Joxet. - Reports late this afiernoon, howejef, said a high wind wasj.hegln.nlng to push .the Priest,river blaieacross trenches near "Quarts creek.'.. V L:".' 1-Z .While the Deer creek blase was quiet,, falling, trees and snags burned some pack mules and horses so badly that a veterinar ian rushed from Missoula, Mont., to the Sylvanite ranger station to treat the animals. . - . '-. . Twenty five) Imen controlled a small buf stubborn1 spot-fire in the Kootenai' forest '.The region al forest "office . at Missoula re ported the Klngsley creek blase and all other small -fires checked. Oregon Product - Preference Will ; Bs Sought Here Cooperation ef retail merchants in giving conspicuous place on their shelves to Oregon products will: be aoMcited in the near fu ture. It -was decided at the bi monthly meeting of the Salem unit - of . the Women's GreaterJ Oregon . association. - neia . iasi night in the chamber ot com merce lobby. Plans for participa tion In an exhibit of the state's goods at the state fair and for sponsorship of local displays were also discussed. Paul Wallace, member of Ore gon, Incorporated, stste products booster . organisation, .- addressed the 20 women present concerning Its purpose and slogan, f Forest, factory and farm.'' . j ) -.. -- y 'V; Columbia Basin . r " Backing Assured V'-V By Congfeaimeh - PASCO, Wash.. Aug. 10 (AP) Members ot. a - congressional committee told backers of the Co lumbia Basin projoct here 'to night, after a day's tour across the basin, that It would be In the hands of friends when appeals are made before congress. "A dinner waa held -here at the Ueompletion of the 200 mile tour. after meetings had "also been held at Keeppel at noon and at Connell la the midafternooa. Tonight the party left for Pendleton, Ore. Congressman Frank Murphy of Ohio, chairman, declared 'the trip "would conviaee any man of the need aad deservedaeas ot the pro Ject, ... cJacksonvi lie Town of Rogue River is Saved After Flames "j. : Come Close; FigKt Centera atlelder ; ; -J-Greek rLiv TRAkrS PASS,. Ore.; Aug. ,10 (AP)-Fresh forces cf jj- iire fighters were sent into" the Fielder creek and Jack sonville districts tonight to combat a deTastating forest fire that .'already has .covered hundreds of . acres and has de stroyed at least six rural homes with a property loss of sev eral thousand dollars. --.: v r".' r": "'". '- '-' GlEHHSTf) BE FEWEH HEPOBT Men for Transfer lo,; State tice:Nanied'but-iJ -- " Is not Made Public- - PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 10 (AP) -The. state game commis sion, at its .regular meeting Jiero today," announced today a mater ial reduction wIU be made in the number of game wardens em ployed by the commission. . -- Several days ago, the commis sion announced, a letter was re ceived from Charles P. Pray, su perintendent of the state police department, asking for the names of 25 deputy wardens recommend ed for appointment as state po licemen. The names submitted were withheld by the commission. Marshall N. Dana, chairman of the commission, said more than 25 wardens will.be transferred to the state police department but that the force' will be reduced ma terially anyway.-- " ; - . . ' In his letter to the commission Superintendent Pray said the warden! taken Into the police de partment would, continue-to. car ry on'.thelr law enforcement work undet the.' direction of . Charles: H. McCless, " state game - supervisor, until "such time as the state po lice organization can be extepded tpjnclnde the operation of war den patrol work now directed by the state game commission. H. P: Cowgill. special engineer employed by the commission,- re ported pollution, poaching and in adequate fish -ladders .threaten (Continued on Page 2; Col. 8 ) COAST PUt'lT WILL BUILD W PLIVIES TASHINGTOIf, - Aug... 10.- (AP) . . Forty-five. . single seat fighting jaines, " faster" and. more formidable -than those no- --'In use." were "ordered:today by.' the navy deDartnrent from'; the Boeing Air plane company of .Seattle", Wash.', the contract, - including spare parts. toUled 1527,94 . - : ' Through . better . stream lining and minor readjustments the new planes are to be several miles per houT faster than the Boeing planes Void older design . which they will replace.. . ' The new planes are the same true as 20 ordered several months ago. but not yet' delivered. , It was to these planes' that Admiral Wil Ham A. Moffett, cblef of the bu reau of aeronautics, referred re cently when he' said the navy had under ' contract- planes which would rival In speed and outstrip other ' characteristics the fastest foreign, fighter the British In terceptor, rated at '214 miles per hoar. -- .: These planes will be equipped with Wasp engines manufactured by the Pratt A Whitney company Of Hartford a Conn.', and will be assigned to aircraft carriers. .TRAIN KTLL& 8EVES CHICAGO. August 10 (AP) Seven persons were killed to night - when an automobile was struck by a north-bound Chtca cago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacifle train at a crossing in sub urban Glenview.' Ferry War at Astoria is - Raging; Violence Results - ASTORIA, " Ore.. Aug. 10 (AP) New legal tangles appear ed tonight in Astoria's ferry war. 'Captain Frits Elfving; manager of the Astoria-North Beach Ferry company, announced through his attorney, James L. Hope, a build ing permit issued today to the Co lumbia Transportation company, operators of a community terry; had been revoked.-" " -The permit, a copy of which was on file. in the city manager's office, authorized the Columbia company to drive piling-, for a dock on ' property . adjoining : the Astoria-North Beach dock. The piling was driven without a' per mit last, week but Elfvlng drove his boat through it and demolish ed it. . ' City Manager Garrett - refused to comment en the statement the permit bad 'beearToked.-'" Flames 'which for a . time, men- aeed the town of Kogue River were ; brought under control, late today after they had advanced to within less than a mile of the ow-v' ' - .' - The wind was carrying, embers from ' the - flaming forest more than. half a mile into the heavily wooded section of Fielder creek. Forest service officials said they would concentrate their efforts in that section' tonight' in: order to cheek- the flames before they reach a number of homes along the creek. . .. . In the - Jacksonville '. section - (Continued on Page i, CoL. l) Weather Clears and Storm At Goal Abated Says Latest Report NOME. Alaska, Aug. tO Fog begaut to settle over Nome "at-11 p.m. P. 8. T. tonight, with the visibility . becoming . lower; as the arrival of Colonel - Lindbergh front Point Barrow waa awaited. - ' - - He should arrive" in this vi cinity around 2:30 a.m. P. S. T. ,or later. - ;-. t. POINT BARROW. Alaska, Aug. 10. (AP) Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, the flying vacationers,. turned their plane to the southwest today from this ice locked : most northern American community and' 'resumed their flight, to the. orient by taking off for Nome tt. 8:51 p.: m.,J P. 8. T. ' Cloudy web ther-here - earlier in the .day .had. cleared somewhat and a storm which has .been' lash-' Ing Nome,. 523T miles away,.. for the past two days was reported to have subsided. : ' .V w-The takeoff was three days and two nights, after-' arriving here early Saturday morning" from Ak lavikN. W." T., an almost, eanal distance to the -southeast at the mouth of ; the ' MacKenaie river.' The delay at Aklavlk was .nearly of similar length. . -- - An hour , af (.er; the. plane left,' Mrs. Lindberg radioed everything: was 'okeh,? aboard.' - ;'-v: - Colonel . and-. -Mrs; '-Lindbergh-were - anxious : to r continue their. Journey, they said before taking; off, although; residents here have outdone themselves In entertain ing, the dtstinguished visiters.- . A .last' minute. 'weather report from Nome, with observations at 5 p. m., P. S. T., said the weather was clear, with a lC-mile-an-hour west wind. " During the past 12 hours a total of .18 Inch of rain had . fallen, but the skies ; had cleared there tonight.--' x; REPLYTO CNHOB ; SUIT IS PLACED I WASHINGTON, 'Ang: 10. (AP) : Members of the senate campaign funds investigating committee .conferred - here . today, on; their answer to the court pro- eeedlngs brought by Bishop James Cannon. Jr., of the Methodist Episcopal church South challeng ing the committee's authority to Inquire Into his use of antl-Smlth campaign funds la 11281 . Pending - further conferences. Senator Nye, republican, of North Dakota, the committee chairman, withheld announcement of the course to be pursued. A reply to Cannon's suit must be made Wed nesday. 1 " 1 . -3 - UnofficUlly it was said a building permit. Once -Issued.' could hot be revoked . except by action of the city council. The council will net meet again until next Monday nights The building permit" was signed "by Alfred S. Tee, who has been acting as building Inspector, but It developed a building inspector never had been officially appoint ed. - . ' - . V -,The" ferry war. threatened for some time, broke out in earnest Sunday when C. E. Stewart, man ager of the community ferry, al legedly slapped .-Attorney Hope's face. Hope also -is Astoria city attorney. ; Hope today denied Stewart had slapped wis face. - -He hit me In the neck" he said. - - UNDBEDGHS START HOP TOWARD ME TIMED E Incendiary, - Report: Siy: y Tvvo Lads Being Held : For Investigation Crab tree Burn - Blaze G w4 .Over to Green Timber:: C.wDespjte Fighjers, , SILVERTON. Aug. 10. A rar est fire was raging unchecked to night la a SOacre tract of legged off land near Camp 15, of the Sil-' rer Falls Timber Company, which . Is located about 25 miles south east of here near the north foTk of the Santiam river. r It is believed that the blaze f of incendiary origin and a report has been received here that a tiro lookout Is holding two youths. aged 14 and 18, foV Inspection. J. .Wt Ferguson of Molalla Is goiag . Into the woods to Investigate the report. The tire was discovered Sunlit and a group of men from Camp 15. which is located about i miles across the canyon. from the lire, cave been fighting it. Fif teen men were taken to the scene. " tonight or a speeder and "about the same number expect to leave in the 'morning to assist in con trolling the blaze. "ALB ANT, Ore.. Aug. 10. (AP) Fire that has been raging in the old Crabtree burn in the eastern part of Linn county for several days today had advanced Into green timber -despite the ef forts of 250 men to hold it back. "A high- wind fanned the. fire Sunday." Cloudy Weather retarded the fire this morning but later ia the day It again gained headw ay. More than 4000- acres have been burned over. . BEND, Ore., Aug. 10. (AP) Four hundred acres of yellow pise had been burned' over late today, by fire discovered about noon in the Fort Rock district of the Des chutes national forest. A crew ot 125 men had reached the fire front late today. The fire Is -In the Desehutre game. preserve, a rugged district. FLOOD AT Tfllf ICO TAKES MSfiT IRIS TAMPICO. Mexico, Aug. 10 (AP) Heavy loss of life was re ported - - in uoods wnicn strata Tamp I eo today, for the seceed time in ten. days.' Continuous" rains caused -the Panuco river te overflow, entirely submerging SO villages along hkt aad the Tim es! and Tempoai rivers. The greatest disaster occurred at Terapoal, Vera Cms, when the Tempoai , river suddenly over flowed last night, drowning many of . the inhabitants who were caught by the swirling waters as they endeavored to reach safety on the surrounding hills. The Tempoai is emptying enor mous quantities of water Into the Panuco, which skirts Tampleo, and it is feared the flood here may" t reach, grave proportion within 24 hours. A large soctica of the city on the waterfront al ready ia. inundated and inhabi tants 'are being, taken to: safety in boats. -1 Thousands of inhabitants of villages inundated by the Tanetl river have taken Tefuge In Ht r and - en housetops. The , Red Cross of Tampico has sent launch es to their rescue. EHJIVE FBI HELD viSJIBMEfKS:3 COPENHAGEN, Aug. la. (AP) - The grarest fears were felt tonight that Parker Cramer and Oliver Pacquette, American airmen, might have been 'blown te sea, although Danish aviation ex perts still hoped they would be found alive. A squadron of Danish seaplane searched the Kattegat today, as sisted, bjfc several vessels. Tli . search .was pursued all the way from the southern tip of Norway to Copenhagen. Norwerian .marine n 1 an s search' the Skatgaard from Oslo to Bergen, flying high , to obtain the best possible view. A big air cruiser probably wiU be nsed tomorrow over the North sea. ";."-'-"'.': Danish aviators returning Trent the Kattegat said the sea was very choppy and the wind high. If Cra mer was forced down there they -said he had little chance of sur viving. . - The American airmen, who have flown by stages across the north ern route from Canada, took eff yesterday from the Shetland. Is lands, bound for Copenhagen.