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forwarded to you while tm
too hop yard. We have ar
ranged for special ' carrier
or mail service to all yard
fa Marlon-Polk counties.
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EIUHTY-THIRD YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, August 26, 1933
No. 131
FIERCE BLAZE
BIG
ER
Worst Fire in Generation is
: Roaring on Both Sides
Of Trask River . " -
Hllamook Smothered; Heavy
l Smoke Obscures View;
: C.C.C. man Dead -
; ' ---7 At midnight ,,. reports - being, i
received ia Tillamook Indicat-'
ed that the Inferno had raged ,
' to within 10 milea of the city
- and residenta thronged the
t recta wondering tf the rnsh
Ing flames would finally claim
! their homes. ';
About the same time a com-'
l munlcatlon received here from
i Astoria today that" emergency '
crews were being- rnshed to a
' sector soath of Elsie, a small,
- village about 18 miles north of
Tillamook,' to rattle" another
' fire that was descending on sev
eral farms and sweeping toward
the Track river conflagration
' at a rapid pace.
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 25.
CAP) The red maelstrom of
leapiag flames which already has
reduced thousands of acres of the
land's finest timber to gray ashes
and greenish, acrid smoke, con
tinued to blast through the forests
Dt the north Oregon Coast moun
tains tonight.
Beaten by an east gale the eon
luming flames tore through the
mountain forests to within a doz
en miles of the city of Tillamook
tnd forced settlers in the hills to
nee for their lives to the coastline.
Between 2000 and 3000 men
were involved in the heart-breaking
task of attempting to stand
igainst the fires. Those on the
west front were in constant dan
ger of their lives, so great was
the menace of the roaring gale of
tire. The state forester was said
to have declared he feared it
might be necessary to remove all
fire fighters. If thl was doneTOTlly
the elements of nature would be
left to combat the flames, and
:oday nature, with high tempera
tures and a desperate gale was
lecldedly at cross-purposes with
the human element.
Fighters Rushed Out
Ot Danger Zones
Sharp, curt commands meant
to be obeyed on the Instant kept
are fighters from imminent peril
today as those in command of the
hundreds of men hurried them
jut of one perilous tone after
another. The only loss of life so
far reported was the death of
Frank Palmer, 21, of Marcel, 111.,
s C. C. C. worker, killed by a fall
ing tree near Vernonla.
In the city of Tillamook at mid
day the sky was so obscured by
the rolling billows of smoke that
one could not recognize another
across the street. At Rockaway
beach, nearby, thousands of song
birds settled upon the beach and
scrub-oak along the shore, driven
by the terrific heat from their for
est homes.
The heart of the burning area
appeared to be near the eastern
border of Tillamook county, about
12 miles east of the city of Tilla
mook, and 48 miles west of Port
land by airplane.
The flames were leaping
through virgin timber on both
sides of the canyon of the Trask
river In an awesome conflagration
that exceeded in ferocity the tre
mendous Wilson river fire to the
north which has been burning for
10 days.
Timber Utterly Destroyed;
Stands Unexcelled
Property loss from the two will
run Into the millions of dollars,
foresters declared. It was de
scribed as the most disastrous tire
condition Oregon has experienced
in the history of the state. Some
of the finest timber in the west
was being utterly destroyed, as
the ground fires and crown fires
swept over mountains, ridges and
ravines while hundreds of be
grimed, parched and weary men
could do little more than observe
Us progress.
ROSEBIJRO, Ore Aug. 25.
(AP) Two incendiary forest
fires, one on Hubbard creek, five
miles west of Cleveland, ana tne
other at Pickett butte, four miles
northeast of Drew, were reported
under control today.
The Hubbard creek fir was
strung out over, about two miles,
starting at different places. Men
from Lyee and Melrose C. C. C.
camps were at the scene of the
fire shortly after it was reported
and kept It eonfined to about 100
acres. Heavy tog last sight great
ly aided in keeping it out of a tine
stand of merchantable timber
nearby.: , -,-
The Pickett butte tire Is on
TJmpqTua national forest land in an
old burn where control is difficult
because ot anags and down logs.
It covers only about six acres.
' ; HAPPY DAYS ETC!
-KANSAS -CITY, Aug. 25.
(AP) - James Armello, 59, Ice
peddler, was sentenced today to
servo 10 days at the municipal
farm for driving a horse while ln
taxleated. He was arrested after
1 1 wagon struck a motor car.
Hi
JUST A GRANDPA AFTER ALL
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All
VIA (T
Down in Washington, President . Booaevelt ia the fighting skipper
" steering the ship of state towards the calm harbor of prosperity.
Bat here be Is just the grandpa, of 8tsde and Buxzie Dall, the chll-
drea of hla daughter, Mrs. Curtis DaU. The happy party was pic
tured aa the chief executive motored to his Hyde Park borne from
Highland, S. Y., after a train Journey from Washington. - .
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VWEAT PERCE PACT
Limit Agreed to on Exports;
Domestic Curtailment is
Thus Made Possible
LONDON, Aug. 25. (AP)
Twenty-one nations tonight signed
an International wheat pact, cli
maxing four months of negotia
tions aimed to adjust the supply
of wheat to effective world de
mand and to bring about a rise
and a stabilization of prices at
a level remunerative to farmers
and fair to consumers.
The pact was signed at a spe
cial meeting tonight after the na
tions' attending the conference
reached an agreement earlier In
tho day.
The agreement . was possible
when the importing and exporting
groups finally compromised on
6S.08 United States cents in gold
(currently 89 cents) per bushel as
the price which must be main
tained for four months, where
upon importing nations will lower
tariffs.
Argentina of the so-called big
four overseas exporters the oth
(Turn to page 2, Col. 2)
Blaze, Threat to
Dallas Source of
Water, is Checked
DALLAS. Aug. 25 Three
hours after it had been reported
here this afternoon, a fire In the
timber on Canyon ridge 19 miles
west ' of Dallas threatening the
Dallas water supply, was thought
to be completely ' under control.
Burning yet on the east ridge, a
water-shed near the city reser
voir, the blaze, will destroy less
than an acre of forest it was esti
mated here tonight.
Discovered and reported at 2
p. m. it was completely circled by
a fire trail at 5 o'clock following
three hours of strenuous labor, by
Fire Wardens Hugh Walker and
Jack Brown and a half dozen
Dallas men.
So far as is known here this
is the only forest fire in Polk
county.
Fire Threatens
Vancouver Town
- -
VANCOUVER, B. C Aug. 25.
(AP) Threatened for a time
by flames which destroyed mil
lions of feet of cut and standing
timber, together with much log
ging equipment, the little logging
town of Haney, 24 miles east of
here, was apparently safe tonight.
Late today, the flames veered
away from the town and swept on
toward Aloet lake, to the north
east, and tonight the wind was
dying down. More than 100 men
had battled the fire for 39 hours.
MIS
Ex-Medic Teacher Runs
Amuck Stabs 2 wo Women
SAN DIEGO, CaliL, Aug. 25
(AP)--Dr. Virginia Wilson, 89,
who recently taught In the sum
mer school off the California Col
lege of Medicine at Berkeley.
Calif., became crazed here r to
night, police reported and with a
butcher knife stabbed and kill
ed Miss Ann Klfte, 50, then cut
and seriously wounded Dr. Anita
Mnhl, 40 prominent psychiatrist
and civic leader, before she was
captured by police. The tragedy
occurred in Dr. Muni's home in.
an exclusive residential seicn
borhood. - - "
- After the stabbinsr Drr Wilson
fled after being shoved out the
front door by Dr. Muhl, and was
canfnrnil Itv nnlVA latAr about a
hal "n away 3Yfcea capture :
Move Again
To Get Sam
InsullHome
By RODERICK GRANT
CHICAGO, Aug. 25. (AP)
A new move calculated to end
Samuel Insult's freedom in Greece
and bring him to justice in Amer
ican courts was disclosed today by
the department of justice.
Formal application tor the ar
rest and extradition ot the deposed
monarch of a vast utilities empire
has been made, to the government
ot Greece, based upon a secret
indictment returned June 1 In
United States district court here
Insull defeated efforts of the
state of Illinois last fail to bring
him home for trial on larceny and
embezzlement charges, -but -government
officials are sanguine to
day that the new federal indict
ment would bring Insull back into
custody ot the United States.
2 LADS LOSE LIVES
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Aug.
25. (AP) Two Klamath Falls
boys were dead today as the re
sult of accidents In the govern
ment canal and a hot water drain
age ditch. Richard Hoskinson, 7.
lost his life today when he fell
Into the canal and drowned while
Delmar Darnell, also 7, died last
night as the result of scalding
received Tuesday when he wheel
ed his wagon through high weeds
into the drainage ditch.
. The Hoskinson boy, playing on
a bridge with other youngsters,
lost his balance and plunged Into
the canal water. His body was re
covered about 400 yards down the
canal late today.
Delmar Darnell was playing in
the Hot Springs addition where
many homes use the natural
springs for heating purposes. The
ditch in which he received the
fatal scalding is about one foot in
depth and is used as a drain in
the addition.
Timberland is m
Closed 10 Days
Governor Meier Friday Issued
a proclamation closing to all
forms of use all timberlands in
Clatsop, Tillamook, Washington
and Yamhjll counties, for a per
iod of 10 days. The Order expires
at midnight September 3. Forest
ry officials said the closure was
necessary because of the Wilson
river fire. The governor asked
that all. logging companies oper
ating in the area affected by the
closure- - keep their operating
crews available for fire supres
sion purposes.
ft
r. Wilson still held the knife.
She' was clad only in & blanket,
draped about her shoulders,
Dr. Muhl was taken to a- hos
pital. Her condition is serious.
Miss Klffe, whose home Ja be
lieved to be in Majkato, Minn
was stabbed several times from
the back. She was housekeeper
for Dr. Muhl. : "-"'-.t
Yesterday police had placed
Dr. Wilson in the psychopathic
ward of the county hospital, af
ter she had caused a disturbance
at another ., hospital. Dr. - Muhl
went to the psychopathic ward
today and obtained Dr. Wilson's
release, saying she was taking
her to I another' hospital lor a
rest cure Apparently she took
the somas tq feej w feosxa,
AT KLAMATH FALLS
StSted
WITH
DETAILS
Careful Description Made
To" Jury of Scientific
Findings in Case
Stanford Publishing Head on
Trial for Life;, Crowd
Listens Intently
COURTJIQUSsV San Jose, .Cal.,
Aug. 25-(AP) While exciter
ment ran at. fever pitch la this
crowded court, , science marched
as a witness into the. trial of Da
vid A. Lamson, accused of slay
ing his pretty wife, AJlene Thorpe
Lamson and brought forth a ser
ies of startling revelations today.
It was the. first entrance of the
factor on which the state will
depend largely for the proving
of its circumstantial case charg
ing that Lamson beat to death
the young and popular secretary
to the Stanford university campus
Y. W. C. A. last Memorial day in
their campus bungalow.
His first day In court brought
forth the ten-inch length of pipe
the state contends was the in
strument used to crush Mrs.
Lamson's skulL Spectators gasp
ed, craning their necks as an under-sheriff
produced the pipe.
The day also produced minutely
drawn diagrams of the Lamson's
flower bedecked home and an
other of the bath room in1 that
home the room in which Allene
was found lying nude, her skull
crushed.
Body Warm When
Found, Doctor Avers
Dr. Milton Saler, who per
formed the autopsy, declared that
when he first saw the body, but
a few minutes after Lamson had
cried as he tore open the front
door that his wife had been mur
dered, it still had a sensation of
warmth.
The 31-year old defendant, re
presentative of the Stanford uni
versity press, was quoted by wit
nesses as saying on that Memor
ial day, that an hour before he
went from he yard in which be
had been working he awoke his
wife, drew her bath water and
carried her Into the bathroom.
After preparing her breakfast he
returned to work in the yard.
Near 10 o'clock, they quoted him
as saying, he was Interrupted by
a rental agent who asked that he
open the house tor a client to
see. Going back through the
house to tho front door, he said,
he found his wife dead.
'Lamson's denial of any connec
tion with the death and his ig
norance so far as his -tatements
to any of .the witnesses ot how
she came to her death, was sup
ported today by definite indica
tions by the defense that it will
contend that Allene was killed
in an accidental fall.
Dr. fcaler, under cross-examination,
declare he found a trace of
liquid blood in the woman's ear.
The surgeon said ordinarily blood
coagulated in from one to 10
minutes. Asked by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Herbert Bridges
concerning the warmth of the
body when he first examined her.
Dr. Saler admitted "if the water
was hot enough" it might have
delayed the cooling of the body.
He described elaborately the
three horizontal and one vertical
lacerations on her head and said
(Turn to page 2, Col. 1)
Paroles Granted
Men on 2 Counts;
Pen Term Missed
Frank C a m p a n and Daniel
Clark have the distinction of being
at liberty under two circuit court
paroles. . .
Campaa and Clark pleaded
guilty In the circuit court here
Monday to robbery of a Hubbard
garage. They were sentenced to
penitentiary terms of two years
each and paroled from the bench.
As the men left the courtroom
they were rearrested by state po
lice on a charge of burglary at
Oregon City. Upon pleading guilty
In the Oregon City court Friday
they were sentenced to terms of
three years in the penitentiary
and paroled.
Clark and Campaa were in
structed lo report monthly to Fa
ther Keenan ot the Salem Catholic
church.
SleepingCases
Fatalities Run
To Zl, St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, Aug. IS (AP)
With a steadily rising: mortality
rate the "sleeping sickness epi
demic took its 21st victim today
and sent the list ot cases to
new high of 241. .
-i Physicians tonight had : been
able only to recommend plenty ot
sleep and nourishment aa . the
only known defensive measure.
They, continued their research, in
the hope that by study, surveys,
experiments and frequent consul
tation they might ferret out. the
cause or .agent - et . transmission
which - has spread . the disease
over a widening area of SL Louis
'Kni ili 9ttPttrb9.
MAJOR CODES
SOON DONE IS
Coal, Auto aid Retailers'
Agreement About Ready
For Roosevelt Okeh
Speculative Price Increase
Rapped; General Says ;
w He'll Curb Raises; .
WASHINGTON, Aug. . 25.
(APJ The possibility that three
more major NRA codes those
for automobiles, bituminous coal,
and retailers would soon be in
the hands of President Roosevelt
for. approval was Indicated to
night by recovery administration
officials.
Definite predictions wore made
that an agreement would be reach
ed tomorrow on the code for auto
manufacturers, .with Henry Ford
still withholding a statement of
his views; a break In the long
deadlock over coal was in sight,
and tho charter for retailers was
being . pushed through the mill
with the intention ot getting 11
to the president by September. 7. -
Hugh S. Johnson, the adminis
trator, turned from negotiation
of the Important codes of fair
practice to express alarm at a
tendency which he said was ap
parent in some industries to in
crease prices on a speculative
basis.
Pricea Not Found
To Be Running; Away
He told newspapermen be could
find no basis for the assertions
of some people that pricea were
running away In all directions.
"We have made several random
checks In the government," he
said, "and they do not support
the contention of some people that
prices have already run away. But
I do not like the looks of such tor
ward quotations as I have seen in
some fields."
Asked if it Is possible to pre
vent Increased costs of production
from being reflected In prices,
Johnson replied:
"Certainly not, but it is pos
sible to prevent anticipatory and
gambling advances in quotations
from being put into effect."
"In some of the codes retail
for example there is a provision
that there shall be a policy ot the
industry against adding addition
al costs.'
Another questioner said, "Ex
cept those occasioned by he
NRA. Do yon intend to keep po
lice power over that?"
"Absolutely, over that code and
over every one of them," he re
plied. "There are two reasons.
The first is that there is a pro
vision in the law not to permit
monopolistic- tendencies to appear
and second not to permit the op
pression of small enterprises.
"We hare to execute this law.
(Turn to page 2, Col. 3)
Machado Planning
Further Flight;
Life is Endangered
NASSAU, Aug. 25. (AP)
Fearing for his life, Gerardo Ma
chado, deposed president ot Cuba
in exile here, tonight laid plans
for a quick departure from the
Bahaman capital, either by air
plane or steamer.
While a seaplane floated In the
harbor, the former Cuban chief
executive awaited advices as to
whether he could obtain passage
on a steamer due here tomorrow
en route to Bermuda and Canada.
Local agents of the Canadian
National Steamship company said
they, had been requested to make
reservations for Machado and his
party on the Lady Rodney, arriv
ing frOm Jamaica, but they were
not certain whether enough state
rooms would be available.
Various Systems
Of Liquor Check
Under Scrutiny
PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 25.
(AP) Discussing various control
systems under which so-called
hard liquors could he sold In Ore
gon with profit to the state, easy
accessibility to moderate users
and kept within control. Governor
Meier's liquor advisory committee
met here today.
Retail price regulation, permits
to users, stamp taxes, control of
habitnal drinkers and the best
form of organization to conduct
the liqnor business were the prin
cipal matters of discussion.
The committee made no attempt
to select any .'one plan as being
more advantageous than the otb
era, the object ot the meeting be
ing to learn the opinions of com
mittee members. Methods suggest
ed by individuals were referred to
the commission. - . -
TEXAS VOTES TODAY V ;
AUSTIN, Tex.,' Aug. 25 (AP)
Texaas will - decide Saturday
whether the lone star state is
to be -tbe 23 rd to vote for repeal
of the 18 th amendment, or the
leader In a revolt against scrap
ping national prohibition. Twenty-two
states have voted for re
peal. The resnlt in Texas appears
n gonbj tonight, L -
Lunatic Kidnaper
Shot in fflildFl ight
ATaft'sCousifc
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Weird Antics of Henry ' Jennings Recounted by
William Wood of Sausalito, Calif., After his
Release; Prisoner of Madman for Days.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25 (AP) The kidnaper of Wil
liam P. Wood, 45-year-old cousin of the late Chief Justice
William Howard Taft: and a well-to-do business "man of
SausaHto,-met death today aajie
from capture.
This was the police explanation of the killing of a man
they, called. Henry Jennings ieribusT Wounding: policeman
Michael McDonald; and wounding : . ": .. -
of Mrs. Ella Bowers, 2, who had
been on her way to court for a
divorce.- v
Merchants and customers In the
big. Crystal Palace market, upper
market street -shopping center,
scrambled behind counters, boxes
of, fruit and sacks, of potatoes and
onions as the shooting began in
front of a hut stall.
"Let's ro'ln here,- Wood sald
Jenninga had ordered, prodding
him with a gun in . his pocket as
they walked . up Market street
from a safe deposit vault where
Jennings had pocketed cash and
bank books representing f 10,t00
In all. "I want .to buy some wal
nuts. I love walnuts, or any kind
ot nuts ha! ha!"
Chance Plays Into
Hands of Police .
Five minutes later Jennings
was dead after shooting McDon
ald, dashing through the market
and a parking station to Mission
street, and duelling with Police
men John McConville and Ed Bor
beck who, out of uniform and on
their way to court. Just happened
along. It was on Mission street
Mrs. Bowers was shot.
Jennings was dead when he
reached the hospital. McDonald's
condition was declared serious. A
bullet was taken from Mrs. Bow
ers' arm, and she went on to court
and got "her scheduled divorce,
(Turn to Page 2, Col. 4)
YAKIMA, Wash., Aug. 25
(AP) Ringed in by militia-men,
state patrolmen and deputy
sheriffs, the horde of I.W.W.'s,
labor agitators and dissatisfied
workers who rioted with fruit
growers over low wages was held
helpless tonight.
Leaders of the disturbance,
some 80 of them, were penned In
a wire stockade near the county
Jail, while officials prepared to
file first and second degree as
sault Charges against them
Companies of national guard
infantrymen and machine gunners
were reinforced by 40 members
of the state patrol, under Chief
William Cole. Major W. 8. C.
Hand commanded the two com
panies of guards.
Rigid rules were enforced
against picketing of orchards and
street meetings, in which agita
tors for some time have been
complaining against wages paid
fruit pickers. I. W. W. members
have demanded SO cents an hour
tor peaches and pears, whereas
growers generally are paying 17
cents an hour. The orchardlsts ad
mitted wages were low but said
they could do no better following
a bad season unless prices were
raised.
The riot began yesterday when
organized farmers evicted dissid
ent workers from private proper
ty and asked them to disperse.
New Cuban Head
To Be Dictator
HAVANA, Aug. 25. (AP)
Provisional Preslent A& Cespedes
began today a nine-months' dic
tatorial rule in an effort to re
store public order. Political lead
ers speculated on the effect ot this
action upon relations and eco
nomic negotiations with the Uni
ted States. The president Issued
a. decree wiping out all vestiges
of the ousted Machado regime. A
consultation commission is to be
appointed to carry out terms of
the decree.
SO FRUIT STRIKERS
KEPT IN WIRE CAGE
Kidnapers Hold Denver
Man For Ransom Fund
DENVER, Ang. 25. (AP)
Kidnapers tonight Informed
friends ot Bernard Blttermanr 28,
department store bnyer, that they
have him in custody and police
started a hunt for George "Ma
chine Gun" Kelly, widely sought
as the abductor of ' Charles F.
Urschel, Oklahoma oil millionaire.
' The note Indicated .the kidnap
ers ' believed .BItterman 'was . a
nephew of Alfred Triefus, general
manager, of-the department store,
and a relative "of David May,
founder of the May company
stores with branches - In many
large American cities. BItterman
Is aT close friend ot the Triefus
family but is- not a relative,
"Your nephew la o. k" said the
5
sought to shoot his way free I
Machines to
Gamble Gone
B urk Says
- "Slot machines are out la Mar
lon county and they are going to
stay out as long as I'm in office,"
Sheriff A. C. Burk declared yes
terday after bis 'deputies had
picked up four machines In' a
county-wide raid. Burk said he
thought most-machines were now
out of use or else being used un
der cover, In which ease the sher
iff's office thinks It only a matter
of time before the bffending op
erators will be picked up.
Burk said charges would be
filed against the operators In Jus
tice court here. District Attorney
Trlndle handling the prosecution.
The machines with the money
they held are being held by the
sheriff.
Burk served notice a fortnight
ago that he intended to enforce
the law against gambling ma
chines. Hundreds ot the machines,
usually held for safe-keeping by
the small stores which operate
them, went into hiding or were
returned to their owners.
Before fines can be enforced
against some of the slot-machine
operators, the courts will have to
determine whether they are gam
bling machines of a type banned
by law.
Radio Men Agree
On General Code
To Operate Here
Adoption of the essential out
lines of a local code marked the
meeting at the chamber of com
merce Friday night of the radio
dealers of Salem. Fifteen of tbe
25 member firms fn the city were
represented at last night's meet
ing which set September 1 as the
final date for the code to go into
effect.
Plans for a service organiza
tion were also made, the new
body to sponsor examination for
service men with member firms
demanding that men in their em
ploy servicing radios hold cards
proclaiming their qualification for
the work.
Minor changes to be made In
the local code were left in the
hands of J. W. Chambers Jr.,
Charles Hullngs, Earl Heider,
Louis du Buy and Ray Moore.
Scouts From AH
Of Area in Rally
Tonight in Park
Boy Scouts representing every
troop in the Cascade area are ex
pected to share in the activities
of the annual scout rally opening
at 7 o'clock tonight In Willson
park. Following a program of
scout stunts and games Dr. J.
Vinton Scott will show pictures
of China. Pictures of last year's
scout camp on the Santiam will
also be shown.
Scouts and Interested, specta
tors will then move across to
Sweetland field on the Willam
ette university campus where the
big bonfire meeting will be held.
O. P. West, former scout execu
tive here, will speak and Grant
DeCorah ot Chemawa will tell a
group of Indian stories preceding
the investiture ceremony for ten
derfoot scouts from the various
troops ot the area. The public has
been invited to attend the rally
and ceremony.
kidnapers note, which was mailed
from Cheyenne to Triefus. Ton11
hear from us later." It was signed
. Triefus gave the note to Val.
Zimmer, . department ot . Justice
agent here.. A short time later
police announced they are search
ing, for, Kelly, who, has been, re
ported seen in this region.
BItterman - - has - -been missing
since last night when he was call
ed by . telephone . and told " his
brothef, Robert, had been injured
and was in a hospital. The call
was received while BItterman was
working at the store. He left in
a taxieab for the hospital but
never arrived. At the time his
'brother was safe at home.
COAST BRIDGE:
PROJECTS 01
Waldport Structure to Ccme
First, Commission Told;
- More Bids Follow
Commission Lets $517,000
Hiill aim " V! .
r ln PWA Program Friday
.V
In Portland Session ii
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PORTLAND. Aug. 25 (AP)-"?
The first of the- five Oregon,
coast bridges will be under 'eon
struction within the ' next -few .
weeks. It ' was indicated textgiit
by C C. Hockley, engineer for
the Oregon advisory board ef the
national recovery . program dar
ing a conference with the state
highway commission. Bids for the
Waldport bridge, at a coat ot
about 1500.060 will be called .
within the next month, ft was
stated.
Tbe members of the highway'
commission met tonight " withJ
Hockley on the matter of con
struction of the - fire .coast
bridges. Hockley stated he was
anxious to get the program under
way and let bids at once tor
one ot the bridges and within
30 days later bids on two or
three more may be called. It was
indicated the Coos Bay bridge
would be the last of the five to
be -built with federal money.
Hockley said he was in favor ot
immediate construction - of the
entire group of five spans.
Jobs to be Under
Way by September 10
Bids touting 1517,667 were .
awarded by the state highway
commission late today on six pro
jects, including one referred from
yesterday's session. With today's
awards, work totaling more than
a million dollars was let during
the two-day session of the com
mission, which it was stated,
would place more than a thous
and men at work for an average
of three . months. Work would be
in progress by September '10 on
these contracts, most of which
are the first of the PWA Jobs
in Oregon.
With two additional bids today
Theodore Arenz ot Portland
was awarded a total of three
Jobs amounting to 1195.084. He
was low today on the culvert
and five bridges over Burnt river
on the Dixie-Lime section ef the
old Oregon trail, in Baker coun- "
ty.
Myers A Coulter, Seattle con
tractors, were awarded A the bid
on - the Middle Fork-Flowers
Gulch section ef the Pendleton- '
John Day highway, 4.86 miles of
grading in Grant county at $192.
730, for the largest Job let by
the commission today. Babler
brothers of Portland were award
ed another Job to - the one won
yesterday for a total of the mil
lion dollar award of 3 13 5,09 f.
They were low on the Neskowia
Siletz river section of the Oregon
Coast highway and the Tillamook
county line-Grande Ronde section,
of the Salmon river highway,
total of 27.44 miles of bitamln a
ous macadam, wearing surface.
This work will be in Lincoln,
Tillamook and Polk counties.
Benton Short Route
To Sea Proposed
The commission today heard
pleas for another short route to
sea from a Benton county dele
gation and requests for improve
ment of Third stfeet in Portland.
In the former case, Leslie M.
Scott, chairman of tho commis
sion declared he considered that
"only another short route to the
sea and would give it no consid
eration." He said the ctat vnM
hot plan any further construc
tion on a 5 automobile license
fee at the rate the trucks and
buses were contesting tees and
the curtailment - of gasoline
taxes due to the high price of
gasoline plus the state and fed
eral tax."
The Benson county group ask
ed for the construction of about
15 miles from Monroe to con- I
nect with the AUea highway. f
Curtailment of oneratin
of the highway department fro '
june i, is to June 1, this
year amounted to $l,00.09t
Scott reported. Of this amount
$040,000 was In the reduction of
payroll and administrative costs
he said.
Approval of the bureau ot pub '
lie roads tor the immediate ex
penditure of $227,000 on the
"rt nlt of realignment of the
Siskiyou bottle-neck section, be
tween Ashland and the Summit
was .obtained by - the . Pacific
Highway association today which
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3 Sightseers at i
Fair Meet Death
CHICAGO, . Aug. S5'AP)-
Three world's fair sightseers were
drowned tonight in a crash be
tween a. speed boat carrying 11
persons and a cabin cruiser with, .
seven aboard at tbe busy mouth
of the Chicago river. Late tonight
the bodies of a woman and a man -had
y been recovered and coast
guards, whose Quick arrival at the -scene
prevented a further loss of
life, were dragging the lake tor
the other victim, believed to be a
boy. w " v - - -