GARDEN TALK-
' No borne is complete with
oat 'at least a small flower
garden. Each Sunday Bliss
Madsen give you tips on
rare of that garden through
her Statesman feature.
THE WEATHER
Fair today and Monday '
thunderstorms In the moun
tains; Mari Temp. Saturday
100.S, Mln. 55. rirer ,-2.3
feet, north wind.
FOUNDED 1651
EIGHTlf -FIFTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, July 14, 1935
IS. ILEY IS
FOUND GUILTY.
BOTH CHARGES
Sentence to be Announced
Wednesday; Jury Out
Over Five Hours
Woman Hoped For Verdict
Of Guilty, Quoted by
Guard; No Emotion
TACOMA. July. 13. - (iP) - The
possibility of a life sentence in
a federal penitentiary toi-Ight
confronted Mrs. Margaret Thvlin
Waley after her conviction by i
U. S. district court jury on char
ges of kidnaping and conspiring
to kidnap George Weyerhaeuser.
She was convicted on loth
Lindbergh law indictment counts
on which Bhe was tried kidnap
ing and conspiring to kidnap, and
both carry maximum sentences of
life imprisonment. No minimums
are specific.
Sentence Will Be
Imposed Wednesday
Judge E. E. Cushman who re
ceived the verdict after the jury
had deliberated five hours and
44 minutes, gave no indication of
how severe her punishment will
be, when he set next Wednesday
at 10 a. m. for passing sentence.
Judge Cushman gave her hus
band, Harmon M. Waley, 45 years
imprisonment when Waley plead
ed guilty to both counts and at
tempted to exonerate his wife
during their arraignment,
Mrs. Waley gr.ve no outward
sign of emotion when she heard
herself convicted, a few hours be
fore, her guard, U. S. Marshal A.
J. Chitty said, she told him "My
goodness, I hope that jury doesn't
acquit mc." She had tried twice
to plead guilty when her husband
did, and wept when the judge re
fused to accept her plea. Cush
man had ruled that theonly
statement before him her hus
band's tended to exonerate her.
Shortly before th' jary. ;an
Douced it bad reached a verdict
at 4:48 p.m., Mrs; Waley - had
danced up and down and chewed
the corner of her handkerchief in
nervous glee, when informed that
the jury was coming in for a sec
ond set of requested supplemen
tal instructions and explanations
since taking the case.
Defendant Jokes
As Verdict Awaited
She smiled at newspapermen
and joked with them briefly un
til District Attorney J. Charles
Dennis told her not to talk to
them. It was the first time she
had seemed to recognize faces
other than principals in tie trial.
Most of the jury's questions
had to do with the two jrincipal
points at issue the allegation
that the nine-year-old kid aap vic
tim was taken in interstate com
merce into northwestern Idaho
during the $200,000 ransom ne
gotiations ,and the allegations
that she ' conspired with her
husband and their fugitive co
defendant, William Dainard, alias
Mahan, to kidnap the loy and
hold him for ransom and trans
port him into Idaho.
The defense had contended
that George never was taken into
Idaho, and that Waley made up
that story to bring the case with
in the federal Lindbergh law so
he conld avoid the Washington
state kidnap law which makes
kidnaping . a capital crime. The
Lindbergh law calls for the death
penalty only when a victim is
harmed.
Quotes Husband on
Journey Into Idaho
Mrs. Waley also appeared anx
ious to pay her penalty under
the Lindbergh law. She did not
testify that George wan taken
into Idaho, she merely said her
husband said that was where
they had been.
She . gave Marshal Chitty a
signed statement, which he re
leased, in which she said she was
satisfied with the verdict and
that she went through the con
spiracy "rather than betray the
man I loved" her husband.
District Attorney Enris also
seemed pleased with the jury's
verdict.
He said that Mrs. Wale y's con
viction, following her husband's
plea of guilty, left only the fu
gitive Dainard to be dealt with.
On behalf of the department of
Justice, he served' noticn "upon
each and every member of the
underworld that any assistance,
' aid or encouragement. liven to
the fugitive William Dainard oth
' erwlse iknown as Bill Mat an, will
be followed by indictment and
i prosecution to the full extent of
- the law.
"The trial of the case against
1 . Margaret Waley clearly demon
strates," Dennis added, "that the
; federal conrts of the United
; States have ample machinery not
: only for a speedy trial of the
; accused persons but also for the
! protection of the community. The
' Waleys -were arrested Int Salt
' Lake City on June 8. On the
; 19th they were lndictei by a
; federal grand Jury. On the 21st,
Harmon Waley was sentenced,
t On July ' B, a Jury was selected
to try Margaret Waley, on July
' IS the Jury returned the verdict;
Woman in Weyerhaeuser Kidnaping
Case Loses Fight But Seems Glad
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Jlrs. Margaret Waley, shown here with her chief of counsel, former
Mayor John P. Dore of Seattle, was convicted Saturday on both
charges under the federal "Lindbergh" law as a participant in the
kidnaping of George Weyerhaeuser, but her remarks indicated that
she was satisfied with the verdict. International Illustrated Xews
photo.
AUSTRIA'S PREMIER
SERI
Wife Killed; Starhemberg
May Head Government
If Change Needed
VIENNA, July 1 3-0P)-Wreck-age
of the motor car that almost
cost the life of Austria's chan
cellor, killed his wife and thrust
ne,w power into the hands of mil
itant Prince Ernst von Starhem
berg tonight yielded evidence; Of
a defective steering geart '
Experts who conducted an ex
amination of the death machine
said they were convinced the
steering gear was defective, but
added they were unable to de
termine what had caused the con
dition. Acting swiftly upon reports of
the Injury to Chancellor Kurt
Scjiuschnigg, the cabinet tenta
tively decided to place Von Star
hemberg, chief of the Heimwehr,
Austria's fascist "private army"
in the post of chancellor.
Suffering severe nervous shock
and a shoulder injury, the grief
stricken chancellor left his hospi
tal bed at Linz to pray briefly at
the Carmelite .church where Frau
Schuschnigg's body lies.
Then he returned to the Broth
ers of Charity hospital where he
conferred tonight with Dr. Wil
helm Miklas, president of Aus
tria, who alone has the power to
appoint a successor if he is con
vinced that Schuschnigg must
permanently relinquish his lead
ership. Furniture Goes
Up in Blaze at
L.Hoover Home
A davenport, rug and curtains
in a second floor apartment in a
house at 34 5 Division street were
destroyed by fire shortly after 11
o'clock last night. Mrs. Lottie
Hoover, owner, said there was
no insurance on the place.
Firemen used a garden hose,
which residents of the place had
connected up, to put out the
flames. They ald the fire prob
ably started from a smoker's
spark, although the apartment
ment was not occupied at the
time of the blaze.
Over 25 Millions lo Put
Jobless to Work in State
PORTLAND, Ore., July 13.-p)
-A $25,000,000 to $30,000,000 as
sault on unemployment will be
made In Oregon during the next
18 months to give relief recipients
work, E. J. Griffith, federal works
progress administrator for Oregon
said today. '
"It is up to us to put on a pro
gram, so that everybody will be
employed," he explained. "The
program has wide possibilities be
cause it will put people to work
In their own lines."
All unemployed persons able to
work will be transferred from the
state emergency relief committee
to the works progress administra
tion about August 1, They will be
registered -with the national re
employment service. ....
"Those eligible for -works prog
ress Jobs are those who were on
the state relief roles during May,
Griffith said. "This means that
wo will take over about 27,000
persons from the state relief com
mittee." . In answer to a ; query he said
persons who might lose their pri
vate jobs in the future would be
expected to find other positions
In private industry.
v.: - rV.
RECALL IS TALKED
IT LACKS LEADER
Rev. Williams Says Lafke's
Forecast Unauthorized
Governor is Calm
PORTLAND, Ore., July U.-(JP)
-Governor Charles H. Martin's
six-months period of constitution
al immunity from recall ended to
day with Martin still declaring
himself the governor "of all the
people, not of some particular
group"."
The recall rumblings echoed
from a number of sectors, but ap
peared to lack anyone who would
let his name be used as a leader,
or even any solid bloc against
him.
Various groups have gone in
for recall mutterings, but not one
has gone down the line for it. A
fusion of all factions, however,
might make some dent.
Martin Will Sign
"If someone wants to start a
recall, I hope that he will bring
the first petition to me," Govern
or Martin declared here today.
"I'll sign it, and then we'll find
out how things stand.
"There are certain cliques who
want a puppet governor. They
have the wrong man. I am wil
ling to listen to advice, but as
governor I must decide upon my
own course in every instance so
that the welfare of the people
may best be guarded."
Townsend state headquarters
have announced they are not in
terested in a recall, because Gov
ernor Martin made no Townsend
pledges. A St. Johns Townsend
club favors the ouster.
Williams Makes Denial
Neither has the state grange
nor union labor done more than
murmur about a recall.
At Salem Herman Lafke Indi
cated a recall petition might be
filed Monday and said the Rev,
S. C. Williams of Portland prob
ably would head the recall move
ment. When contacted here, Rev. Mr.
Williams said he had given no one
authority to issue the statement
made by Lafky.
"I have not announced any
plan as to a recall or given any
intimation as to my plans," he
said.
"The situation is that we are
relieving the private worker of
the pressure of 27,000 "unemploy
ed," Griffith explained. "Thus
there will be, theoretically, less
rivals for a Job if a person is out
of work In the future. We are try
ing to bring things back to where
they . were before the economic
slump."
Any project that will put men
to work, with a large percentage
of payment in wages, will be ac
ceptable to the WPA Griffith
said. It must be sponsored, by a
governmental sub-division.
A $25,000 limit, is being placed
at present on projects with the ex
ception of airports, farm-to-market
roads, recreational facilities,
parks, sidewalk and gutter work.
So wide is the scope of the pro
gram that if a city wants to put
on & municipal play, works prog
ress will supply actors. If a town
yearns to have a municipal band,
works progress would supply mu
sicians. : ;
"It Is up to communities to
show initiative and ingenuity to
get a portion of the works prog
ress funds spent in .their dis
tricts," Griffith remarked.
UTILIZE FILMS
FOR CHRISTIAN
MESSAGE, PLEA
Lutheran Men Take View of
Adopting Modern Means
Of Reaching Public
Ralph Luedtke of Portland
President; T. Nelson of .
Salem Gains Office
By LILLIE L. MADSEN
Ralph Luedtke of Portland was
elected president of the newly or
ganized Lutheran Men's Alliance
of Pacific Northwest at the con
vention which opened Saturday
morning. Other officers elected
included vice-president, Theodore
Nelson of Salem; secretary-treasurer,
Adolph Benson of Portland;
board of directors, George C. Hen
riksen, G. A. Krause, and Syg
mund Kolden, all of Portland;
A. M. Pearson of Longview; Dr.
Julius Sture of Gresham; Alf O.
Nelson of Silverton and H. Hen
ningson of Eugene.
Alf O. Nelson opened the meet
ing Saturday morning and Rev.
P. W. Eriksen, pastor of the host
church, the American Lutheran
church of Salem, gave the address
of welcome to which Mr. Nelson,
state president, responded.
Theodore Nelson of Salem,
chairman of the committee on or
ganization reported on the consti
tution which changed the Brother
hood of Oregon to the Alliance of
the Pacific Northwest comprising
Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
Gaining New Church
Members Objective
The adopted constitution stated
the dual purpose of the organiza
tion is to develop a more ardent
loyalty among present men of Lu
theran churches and to enlarge
church membership on the Pacific
coast.
Preceding the presentation of
resolutions, Theodore Nelson
spoke briefly on the young people
of the church. "If we don't con
sider the young people we might
as well quit,'' he said.
That the young people are keep
ing up with the times but the
church is not, was the sentiment
expressed by many of the Broth
erhood members. The church fails
to utilize and even opposes one of
the most popular of inventions,
the movie, it was said.
"As long as American people
have formed a habit of attending
the movies Sunday night," Theo
dore Nelson expressed it, "that is
the place to reach them. Take the
church to the people where the
people are, has always been the
ideal of Christianity."
Doubt Expressed
By Some Ministers
Nelson's remarks, backed by
Max Gehlhar, precipitated a two
hour discussion on a resolution
calling upon church leaders
throughout the nation to develop
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IN BELFAST RIOTS
BELFAST, Northern Ireland,
July 13-(P)-Two persons were
killed and 20 injured in a second
night of rioting that began yes
terday with the celebration of
the 245th anniversary of the
battle of the Boyne.
In two days fighting between
Catholics and Protestant orange
men, four have been killed and
66 injured.
Tonight's outbreaks were In
York street, scene of the first
day's disorders. The rioters de
fied curfew restriction nd a tri
ple guard of Belfast and pro
vincial police.
Authorities immediately sent
out an SOS for more police from
adjoining counties. One district
was ordered surrounded. .
Film Censorship
Measure Not to
Come Up Monday
The movie censorship bill pro
posed By the. Salem Woman's
council and read first and second
times at the first city council
meeting this month, will not be
reported out at Monday night's
session, Alderman Fred A. Wil
liams, chairman of the ordinance
committee, stated last night. He
said his committee had not re
ceived the measure in time to
give It thorough consideration.
Final action is due Monday
night on a $135,000 bond issue
to retire city warrants in that
amount and save money through
the low Interest rate at which
city bonds are now selling.
ONTARIO BANK SOLD
PORTLAND, Ore.. July lS-
-The United States National
bank of Portland today' announc
ed the purchase of the Ontario
National bank of Ontario, Ore
Deposits of the Ontario bank
amounted to some $850,000. The
former staff will continue in
charge of tb bank.
W
MORE KILLED
GAS STATION IS
HELD UP AH;
LOOT i SMALL
Nervous Bandit With Light
Weapon Gets $50 From
" Place on Mission
Seen Going Toward Slough
But Police Lack Trace
After Notification
A lone bandit armed with a
short-barreled .3 2 calibre revolver
held up Charles West, attendant
at the Standard station at the
southeast corner of Commercial
and Mission streets and looted the
cash register till and cash box in
the safe of approximately $50 at
10:35 o'clock last night.
Police called promptly by West
conducted an extensive search in
the vicinity, along Minto slough
and on Minto's island but report
ed at 12:30 o'clock this morning
they had found no trace of the
robber.
When last seen the bandit, de
scribed by West as about 35 years
old and six feet tall, was hurry
ing on foot west on Mission street
toward the slough.
Bandit More Nervous
Than His Victim
West was transferring the cash
register box from the till to the
safe when the stickup man enter
ed, holding the revolver In a half
concealed position and said, sim
ply, "Let's have it."
He was somewhat nervous.
more so than I was, anyway,"
W'est stated later. "I let him take
the money in the box and he walk
ed out."
The bandit was wearing a check
ered grey cap, light blue shirt.
light brown checked trousers and
had sandy hair and complexion,
West told police.
A man answering exactly to
this description was seen stand
ing in the shadow of a telephone
pole at the northwest corner of
Mission and Commercial streets
by Officer Walter Kestley about
five minutes before the holdup oc
curred. Kestley said the man was
juggling something in his hand,
apparently a key or bus token.
Is Second Holdup
At That Section
Driving west on Mission and
south on Saginaw 6treet Kestley
noticed no strange automobiles
parked in the vicinity. He had
driven on to Owens street and
east toward High when he receiv
ed a police radio call concerning
the stickup case. He was the first
officer to reach the service station
and pausing only to get a descrip
tion of the bandit, headed for the
Oregon Electric tracks where he
joined city and state police in the
search. Sound of three shots, ap
parently coming from Minto's isl
and, led Officer Louise A. Burgess
to drive across the water company
bridge and investigate. He said
he found no sign of anyone there.
West had come on duty at 6 p.
m. and did not know exactly how
much money had been placed in
the safe before he arrived, he
said. The cash register till con
tained $7 at the time of the hold
up. AH the station lights and
signs were still aglow when the
man entered the place.
The same service station was
the scene of a robbery by two men
March 21, 1932. City and state
police apprehended one of the
bandits, E. L. James, after a
chase south on the Pacific high
way the same night. The second,
John Amick, was arrested at As
toria several months later. Both
were sentered to 10 years in the
state penitentiary after they
pleaded guilty here before Circuit
Judge L. H. McMahan.
Power Failure
Result of Car
Crash, Learned
City police who went to inves
tigate the falling of an electric
power pole at Mission and Church
streets at 8:30 o'clock last night
glanced along Mission street to
the north, saw an automobile
parked in the center of the road
way at South 12th and investigat
ed that. There, they said they
found Frank Card, Albany mo
torist, wondering how they ar
rived so quickly.
Gard was said to have admit
ted that his car struck the pole,
in an effort, he averred, to avoid
striking another car. He was
booked on a charge of reckless
driving.
Swimming Pools
To Reopen Today
Both of Sale m's playground
swimming pools are scheduled to
reopen at 1 o'clock this afternoon
after being shut down" for clean
ing yesterday, hottest day in sev
en years. Some doubt existed as to
whether or not the Leslie pool
would be filled by that hour be
cause of the low pressure in the
city mains in southwest Salem
fist night, Olinger pool is filled
with water from -North Mill creek.
The Sunday closing hour for both
pools ip 8 p. m.
eat of 108egrees Here High
For Nearly
Warmest
Four Collapse Due to
Heal; One Man Drowns
Newberg Mail Carrier in Critical Condition;
Worst Fire Hazard in Years Presented
In Columbia Gorge Forests
(By the Associated Press)
A BLISTERING sun and furnace-hot winds which set new
heat records in Oregon yesterday, were indirectly re
sponsible for a death by drowning, and caused the collapse of
four persons, one whose condition was critical.
Robert S. Meeds, 19, of Portland, drowned while trying to
escape the heat by swimming in the Willamette river.
World News at
a Glance
(By The Associated Press)
Washington :
U. S.-Soviet conclude year's
trade pact.
Roosevelt confers with congress
and cabinet leaders in Chesapeake
retreat.
Members of both parties urge
congress adjourn now.
Senators seek source of utility
lobby funds.
Wealth tax plan reaches bill -drafting
stage.
Tugwell allots $91,000,000 for
rural rehabilitation.
Domestic:
Tacoma Mrs. Waley convicted
on two counts in Weyerhaeuser
kidnaping.
St. Paul Senator Holt sees
holding company fight chief 1936
issue.
Tacoma Five bombings inves
tigated in lumber strike rioting.''
Foreign :
Vienna Chancellor Schusch
nigg injured, wife killed in auto
accident; cabinet tentatively pick
ed Von Starhemberg for post; de
fective steering gear found.
Bucharest Little Entente
threatens mobilization if Haps
burgs return to Austrian throne.
Belfast Four killed, 66 injur
ed toll of religious rioting.
Rome Italian authorities deny
violating Kellogg peace pact in
Ethiopian dispute.
PEACE MOVES NOW
J
Secretary Hull Backing up
Kellogg - Briand Pact;
Britain Pleased
(By the Associated Press)
Moves for peace gained a por
tion of the Italo-Ethiopian "war"
spotlight yesterday as Secretary
Hull of the United States issued a
statement in support of the Kel-
logg-Briand pact.
His action evoked comment in
London circles that "united
front" with Great Britain against
war in Ethiopio was possible if
the United States joined Great
Britain in opposition to such a
war.
In Rome, Italian authorities de
clared they Tiad "in no way' vio
lated the Kellogg-Briand pact.
Military preparations on the
part of Italy moved forward with
unabated intensity. Massaua, the
leading seaport in the Italian col
ony of Eritreat, was described as
a city of soldiers and stevedores,
laboring strenuously to move men
and supplies into the zone where
hostilities are expected in Septem
ber. Emperor Hailie Selassie of Eth
iopia was reported moving crown
jewels and religious relics out of
the holy city of Axum to a safer
place, high in the interior of Ethiopia.
SUING
Tax Collections Ahead of
Schedule; Ouilook Bright
Fifty-four per cent of the 1935
tax roll has been collected in the
first six. months of the year, ac
cording to the statement prepared
by County Sheriff Burk Saturday.
The total of the roll was $1,586,
504.03, and the sum collected up
to June 30 was $856,685.48.
The delinquencies on old taxes
are fast being extinguished also,
the report, showing that of the
1934 roll 77 per cent has been
coUected; of the 1932 roll 85 per
cent; and of tbe 193 V roll 89 per
cent ! The total amount of mon
ey received the first six months of
thi year was equivalent to 67.45
per cent of the total of the 1935
roll, which indciates a faster rate
Eight ears; Oregon's
Spot is Wewberg at 111
M. E. Soule, 70, Newberg, Ore.,
mail carrier, was overcome by the
heat. His temperature was 109
and his condition grave. New
berg's temperature of 110 was
the hottest reported in Oregon.
The worst fire hazard in years
prevailed in the Columbia gorge
forests Friday when a 38-mile an
hour gale was blowing and hu
midity had dropped to the almost
unprecedented low of 18 per cent.
Fire hazard over the entire Pa
cific northwest was acute, but di
minished somewhat Saturday with
humidity rising slightly.
A new all-time heat record of
105 degrees was set at Portland
whose previous high of 104.2 de
grees was set In 1926.
North Dalles, Wash., reported
110 degrees, with The Dalles.
Ore., across the Columbia river
sweltering under 108 degrees, hot
test since the record 110-degrees
mark of July A. 1922.
Forest fire hazard was so acute
that Regional Forester C. J. Buck
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E
T
At Chamber of Commerce;
Finance Officer Will
Be on Job There
Temporary quarters for the
third Oregon district, WPA, have
been established at the cham
ber of commerce rooms by James
E. Smith, director. They will be
used until a permanent location
furnishing 12 to 15 modern of
fice rooms is obtained, Harold E.
Eakin, finance officer, will be on
hand at the chamber of commerce
rooms regularly. Mr. Smith, as
director, will have considerable
outside work since the district
embraces eight valley and coast
counties.
Today the district officials so
far appointed will meet In Port
land for a conference with E. J.
Griffith, tfre state WPA director.
PWA Also Continues
WPA (Works Progress Admin
istration) is under the Harry Hop
kins division of the $4,800,000.
000 work relief program. PWA,
under Secretary Ickes, continues,
with C. C. Hockley of Portland,
engineer in charge here. SERA,
as a federal relief agency, will
be discontinued. The organiza
tion will continue to administer
state relief to unemployables, and
old age pensions; and the local
organization will continue in the
Chambers building.
The scheme of organization for
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Arnold Bennett
Hall Quite 111
PORTLAND, Ore., July 13.-
-A special Washington dispatch
tonight to the Oregonian said Dr.
Arnold Bennett Hall, former pres
ident of tbe University of Oregon
is critically 111 there.
Dr. Hall had an Infected finger
which was amputated. Complica
tions followed, it was stated. -
of payment than has prevailed for
many years.
The following is the statement
of the roll, and of tbe collections
up to June 30, 1935, the combina
tion of 1933-34 being due to a
change -In .the law by which a roll
is designated by the ' year ' in
which the collection Is made,
whereas formerly it bore tbe
date of the year of the levy: -
Amt. Collected to
ToUl of roll June 30, 1935
1931 . 11,734,789.53 S t.547,479.19
19Si 1.441,407.96 1,229,774.19
19J8 34 1,617.362.37 l,244.318.'!a
1935 1,584,504.03 1,858,885.48
Total' collections the first six
months were $1,070,162.59, and
represent collections on tax rolls
dating as far back as 1924.
WN
STABL1SHES
EMPORARY
HOME
RELIEF NOT 111
SIGHT; SUPPLY
OF ITER SHY
Trouble in New Filters on
Island Causes Shortage
Company Explains
No Collapses Here; Figure
Is Close to Record Set
In 1927, Revealed
HOURLY TEMPERATURES
RECORDED SATURDAY
4:42 a. m.. .57J 2:42 p. m.,ltl
5:42 a. m.. .58, 3:42 p. m.. If3
6:42 a. m.. .73j 4:42 p. m.. .14
7:42 a. m.. .77 j 5:42 p. m...l
8:42 a. m.. .82! 6:42 p.m... 94
9:42 a. m.. .84; 7:42 p.m... 90
10:42 a. m.. .88, 8:43 p.m... 5
11:42 a. m.. .92; 9:42 p.m... 33
12:42 p. m..:. 97110:42 p. m... S2
1:42 p. m...98!ll:42 p. m... SO
Nearly eight years of Salem
high temperature marks slid into
the limbo of broken records yes
terday as the mercury in the offi
cial weather bureau thermometer
at the airport rose to 106.8 de
grees between 4.42 and 5.42 p.
m. This was the hottest day re
corded here since 1927 when an
all-time record of 108 degrees was
set July 23, and close to the next
highest mark. 107. July 10, 1926.
The late weather forecast last
night reversed earlier ones which
had promised cooler weather for
today. High temperature and low
humidity were forecast fdr both
today and Monday with fair wea
ther and In the mountains, scat
tered afternoon thunderstorms. A
fresh north wind was expected off
the coast.
Saturday Night Heat
Exceeds Friday Marks
Temperatures last night were
averaging nine degrees higher
than they did Friday night after
dropping to 94 as they did at
6:42 p. m. both Friday and last
nights.
The extreme heat again spur
red such a heavy consumption of
water from city mains that the
higher south section of the city
was without service for upwards
of two hours last night. Faucets
ran dry as low as the district
around Lincoln school and bare
ly dribbled on the second floor
levels of homes immediately south
of Mission street near Commer
cial. Further trouble with the new
ly sanded filter intake beds en
Minto' island caused the short
age of water, Manager J. T. De
laney of the Oregon - Washington
Water Service company said. Silt
appeared In water coming from
the beds yesterday morning aad
necessitated their being drained,
cleaned by backwashing and re
filled. Approximately 2,000,400
gallons of water had to be dump
ed back Into the river in the pro
cess. Air got into the intake line
across Minto slough and slowed
down pump action during tbe cri
tical period last night, Ddaney
said. He declared the situation
would be cleared up today.
Despite the high temperature,
there were no cases of sunstroke
yesterday as far as hospital at
tendants knew.
Saturday crowds downtown
during the afternoon and evening
were as thick as usual but hustle
and bustle was little in evidence,
excepting among soda clerks and
waitresses trying to keen-uirWlth
the calls for cold drinks, ices and
other hot weather refreshment.
Annual maximum temperatures
of past years here have been as
follows: 101 September 2. 1934;
101 August 15, 1933; 102 Aug
ust 4, 1932; 101 August 29, 1931;
96 August 12, 15, and September
3, 1930; 98 August 6, 1919; 143
July 23, 1928; 108 J ly 23, 1S27;
107July 10. 1926; 97 August 8.
1925: t" July 24. 1921; 97 Aug
ust 15 and September 7, 1123;
100 July 2, 1922.
Many Operators
Of Cars Fail to
Get New License
Approximately 250,000 applica
tions for motor vehicle operators
licenses for the period July 1,
1935, to July 1. 1937. had been
received at the state department
at noon Saturday. Officials es
timated that there are more than
425,000 'motor vehicle operators
in the state. - - '
A check of delinquent operators
by the state police will get under
way within the next few days.