The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, July 21, 1936, Page 10, Image 10

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Hie OHEGON STATES'IAN, Salen, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, July 21, 1933
Uercury Hits
High For Year
Swimming Pools Attract
Crowds as Record in
t Temperature Set
(Continued from Page 1)
Portland's 87 was one degree
cooler than Sunday's mark.
Sunday's warm, fair weather
brought out heaTjr traffic.
Beaches and rirer retreats were
crowded.
Weekend high marks included:
Pendleton and La Grande 103;
Medford. 99; Baker 9 S ;. Klamath
Falls 97; Roseburg 90; Eugene
- 89.
. At North Bend, on the coast.
the reading was 66 degrees.
One drowning was recorded
that of John Hughes. 60. Wheeler
loner, who lost his life In the
south fork of the Nehalem rirer
while swimming Saturday. No
auto fatalities marred the week
end. Drying forests gave fire fight
ers considerable trouble today in
the Fossil and Eugene areas.
One hundred twenty men bat
tled a blaze threatening valuable
timber near FossiL About 100
acres were burned oyer. Meagre
reports indicated the conflagra
tion - was being - controlled. A
smoker's carelessness was blamed.
CCC contingent of 100 late
today apparently had won a fight
with a 40-acre fire six miles north
of Triangle lake.
Contrasting Scenes as Heat Wave Swept Nation
SPOKANE. Wash., July 20.-iP)
-Scorching temperatures set rec
ord highs in eastern Washington
and northern Idaho today,
- reached a 110-degree peak and
caused the first heat death of the
season.
Mrs. Emma Raths, 77, one of
the oldest pioneers at the site of
Grand Coulee dam in north cen
tral Washington, died of what
doctors said was heat exhaustion
and old age as the mercury
soared to 108.
Lewiston, Icaho, reported 110
degrees for the dubious "hot
spot honors. The record was one
degree above the previous 1936
high.
Pasco,:, in southeastern Wash
ington, reported 106 and Walla
Walla 104, the 1936 record. Spo
kane's official 103 was the hot
test, since 1934. At Yakima the
thermometer climbed to 104.
London Winds Up
Vork on Speech
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(Continued from rage 1)
the republican nomination in
1934 in approximately 7,200
words. There was no exact infor
mation on what problems Landon
would .emphasize. Observers ex
pected special attention to be
paid agriculture, relief, employ
ment, government finance, money.
tariff monopoly and the const!
tution.
Coincident with completion" of
the acceptance address, Landon
ended a series of pre-notification
conferences with lengthy discus
sions of banking and political
problems.
Tomorrow Mrs. Landon, 19
year-old Peggy Anne, and - John
Landon, his 79-year-old father,
arrive from Estes Park, Colo., to
Join the I governor for two days
of rest at home before Thursday's
ceremonies. V
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Building Rrogram
Studied by Board
(Continued from Page 1)
Treasurer Holman recommended
concentrating on the tuberculosis,
blind and deaf school needs. No
final action was taken.
The board plans to inspect soon
the new nurses' home at The
Dalles.
The board authorized the pur
chase of nine automobiles and one
track for various departments.
Three cars will be purchased for
the forestry department," to be
paid for out of federal funds;
three for the "state police; three
for the board of higher education
for use at Eugene, Malheur and
Deschutes counties and a truck
fnr nA st Tin Inn
Conflicting News
Of Revolt Comes
(Continued from page 1)
of Malaga. The city of that name
was reported half burned, with
continuous firing going on. It
was thought possible royal air
force planes from Gibraltar would
be used to evacuate British na
tions from the Spanish trouble
spots.
Seven thousand Spanish refug
ees, many of them hungry and
half clothed, were in Gibraltar..
As lor the Hendaye police es
timate of 25,000 dead, the offi
cials said they based' them on re
ports from refugees and others.
There were no other advices to
support that figure.
Radio Squad Wins
Again by Shutout
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er, was the shining light of the
Artisan club. His buraing throws
from the outfield had the Man's
Shop stopped on several occa
sions, and did much to prevent
them from piling up a more sub
stantial lead.
Artisans .4 5 7 B
Man's Shop .9 14 4
Davis and Miller; Gilmore and
Wintermute.
Paper Mill . 0 7 4
Atwater-Kent 4 7 6
Roth and D'Arcy; II. Singer
and L. Singer.
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War on Noises
MayBe Waged
Heavy . Penalties Would
De Imposed by Bill
Just Introduced
(Continued from page 1)
petition bearing 2 6 signatures,
the aldermen planned Instead to
consider the original zone change
requested by Fred Erixon, which
would apply to one lot on Turner
road near Lee street. The change
would permit erection of a service
station for Paul Morse.
Rejection of license annllm.
tlons for "a saloon or like estab
lishment" In south Salem was urg
ed nDOn the Council h raanln
Uon signed by Felix French and
103 other "member and friends
of the Leslie Methodist ch
The petition was placed on fUe.
Bids oa Wrecking '
House- Asked Again
Two bids for wrecking a con
demned house at 114ft TallA
street were disregarded last night
because the house was hadiv Hum.
aged by fire last week. 'The coun
cil aeciaea to can for new bids
based on present condition of the
structure.
Residents oetitlon , for con.
struction of a sanitary sewer on
Smith street between Fairgrounds
road and the Southern. Pacific
right of way was granted. . .
One Contract For
. Material Granted
The city "c onncil last nlirht
awarded one and . delayed the
other two contracts for materials
needed -in connection with the
water works nrosrram. Action nn
the bids for the Falrmount hill
water tower and two pumps to
supply it was postponed until
the August 3 meeting to enable
the engineers to rive the urn.
posals further study. The single
awara was to King Brothers,
Portland, for welded steel nin
at 12975.
With the three aldermen who
generally rote "no" on the water
program absent, no opposition
developed to the resolution set
ting np a 210.000 continuing
force account fund for the Stay
ton island filter development and
arterial mains In the di
system. The resolution sets ud
this fund from which the water
commission may draw to meet
emergency expenses, such as for
labor and rush order materials.
Alderman W. H. Dancy Questioned
the advisability of laying the 12 th
street main from Rural a Venn a tn
the state fairgrounds by force
account but did not oppose the
resolution on the voter
The three Salem banks will niv
one-tenth of 1 per cent interest
on the 21,000,000 the city will
receive this week In exchange for
the latest issue of water bonds, it
was f learned when resolutions
were adopted setting up the banks
as depositories for city funds un
1 state law.
Saving Spain Is
Rebels' Purpose
. By the Associated Press)
,What is (the revolt in Spain
and! Modcco about? 1
den. Francisco Franco, the
leader of j the rebellion, was quoted
as iiyinf ln: Ceuta, Spanish Mo
rocco, that his purpose was to
save j western Europe "from the
menace ef Russian communism."
The rebels also declare they
want! to "save Spain" with a
"glorious and patriotic army" and
that j their movement is one of
"restoration.' General Franco,
the rebel leader, does not make
plait)! Just what, he wants to "re
store," however.
WplflCreek Road
ud jls Received
r PpRTLAND. Ore., Jttly 20.-0F)
Word that approximately $1,
300t)00 'sought for continuation
of the Wolf j creek highway pro
ject! had been approved brought
a : comment from state highway
engineer tod a y that tractors
would bj ordered immediately to
speed clearing of the route.
Notice of the approval was
brought from a - regional confer
ence at gait Lake City by E. J.
Griffith, Oregon WPA administra
tor, fwho jjsaid: available funds will
enable 4$0 men to continue work
for the remainder of the month
before the new appropriation ar
rives..
know!
who
ery
Contractor For Ward's
Building to Be Named
Barkley A. Newman, local man
ager said yesterday he hoped to
r by today tire contractor
will ibulld the new Montgom.
Ward and company depart
ment! store building at. 161-171
North Liberty street. He expected
JJ C.I Doucha, Chicago, of the com-
panyfs construction and equip
ment j department, here today to
prepare to start building opera
tion ft once. Bids on the building,
estimated to cost $125,000, were
scheduled to be opened in Chica
go ydsterfiay. )
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London Picture 60 Feet
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High Placed in Topeka
EKA. Kas.. July 20.-UPY-
A htlge painting of Gov. Landon,
measfurinl: 40 feet by 60 feet and
weighing Tmore than 900 pounds,
was ihung across the side of a
10-stbry Office building today by
perspiring workmen.
The painting . covered five sto
ries, f Workmen said the "paint
aldn weighed 496, pounds."
Highley Critical '
Of Pension Meet
T.nt ANGELES. July 20.-;PH
heoree C. Highley. Townsend old
ige pension movement insurgent.
returned from Cleveiana, u.
Where be attended the national
Townsend convention and said la
id address today orthodox Town
sehdism spent the time there
'squabbling over things that hava
little to do with giving the old
ioiKS a aeceui penbiuu. - .
lifHe spoke before 2,000 of hit
own followers and declared that
th organization headed by Dr.
Francis E. Townsend was disinte
grating while leaders of diverse
movements . at the convention
were "attempting to climb aboard
th pension band wagon."
age . pension bill sponsored by
Rep. John Steven McGroarty pro
viding for pensions much jower
than the $200 monthly payments
urged by Dr. Townsend, named
Rep. ; William Lemke. Norman
Tjiomas, Father Coughlin and
Gerald L. K. Smith as leaders ef
other movements he said disrupt
ed the pension group's conven
tion, .v--
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Officials Finish ,
Signing of Bonds
! The city of Salem had another
IliOOO.OOO worth of negotiable
securities in Its possession yes
terday afternoon when Mayor V.
Ei Kuhn and City Recorder A.
Warren Jones finished signing
their names to the new water
issue, which consists of 1001
bonds'. The bonds were stored in
ajyault where they will be kept
until they are delivered in Port
land to represetitatives of the
syndicate which agreed early this
month to buy them.
'The recorder , said last night
he; had not decided when the
bonds would be delivered. It is
expected they wllK be taken to
Portland under guard by the end
of! the present week.
The new issue will bear 314
peri cent on early maturities, 34
per cent on later maturities and
4 j per cent on the bulk, which
will mature after 19 SO. The issue
runs until 1976.
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Save Ammunition Till .
It's Needed 1$ Advice
MADRID. July ?0.-tf5)-The
goVernment. by radio, advised
loyal citizens tonight to refrain
from wasting their ammunition.
jVSave It for more Important
days," the broadcast said.
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Ouins Have 75 Teeth
!NEW YORK. July 20-P)-The
Dionne quintuplets hava 15 teeth
apiece. Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, their
physician, said tonight in a radio
talks broadcast from Toronto,
Canada.
Snch contrasting scenes as those above marked the effect of the heat
wave which held nearly every section of United States in its wither
ing grip, taking a toll of property damage in excess of f 200,000,000,
and costing hundreds of lives. The excellent aerial view at top
shows the Tast crowd of more than 1,000,000 that swarmed over
New York's famous Coney Island beach. iAnd while ew York's
millions struggled to keep cool, homesteaders in the midwest fought
to save their crops and homes. The extent of their plight Is sug
gested by the telling photo below of a deserted homestead near
Oneida county in Colorado. 4 J. .
Ministers! Coins
To Tacoma Meet
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Dr. Louis Magin, superintend
ent of the Salem district of the
Methodist church, will leave today
for Tacoma to attend .the minis
terial training school . for the
Portland area of the Methodist
Episcopal church.! Other ministers
from Salem who plan to 1 attend
are Dr. Stanley Hall, superintend
ent of the Cascade district of the
church, and Rev. Dean Poindex
ter, pastor of the Leslie Metho
dist- church. ; . J .
The conference begins ! today
and will last until July 29. Dr.
Magin will bo in charge of devo
tions Friday night on the campus
of the College of Puget Sound.
Sunday night devotions will take
place at Mt. Rainier.. Bishop Ti
tus Lowe; head of the Portland
area of the church, and Dr. Ed
ward Todd, president of the Col
lege' of Puget .Sound, w il 1 be
among the leaders., j
Priaulx Remains
Republican Chief
" (Continued from page 1)
Winkle, 'National j Committeeman
Ralph Williams, National ! Com
mitteewoman Mrs.! Florence Run-
yon. and Roy Ritner, G.O.P. con
gressional nominee In eastern
Oregon. j
In the open session following
the caucus from which newspa
permen and the public were ex
cluded, the delegates unanimous
ly endorsed Priaulx for the; chair
manship.: ; ; I ;
De troit Drubbed,
Exhibition Game
DETROIT, July 20-VA
crowd of 37,000, most of them
uvenlles admitted free, saw the
New York Giants hammer Chad
Kimsey for 25 hits and trounce
the world champion Detroit Tig
ers 16 to 7 in an exhibition game
today. - 1 - i
. The Giants put' together eight
singles for six runs in the second
inning and went on to score al
most at will. ,
Savings and Loan
Leaders Retained
E. A." Miller and Dr. R. L. Ed
wards were re-elected to three
year terms as directors of the
State Savings and Loan associa
tion at the annual stockholders
meeting held yesterday afternoon
at the association offices, 344
State street. Reports showing a
general increase in business were
read.
Expressions of approval of the
management were given by. sev
eral of the 100 stockholders pres
ent at the meeting. E. A. - Mil
ler is president of the group and
Leo N. Childs is secretary.
Disposal System
Held Imperative
PORTLAND, July 20.-(Dr.
Frederick Strieker, state health
officer, notified Portland city of
ficials today that unless steps
are taken to construct a sewage
disposal plant, to end pollution of
the Willamette river, enforcement
of the law will be undertaken by
the attorney general.
His letter said, in part, "the
city of Portland is hereby directed
and ordered to cease dumping its
raw sewage, in the Willamette riv
er and Columbia slough . . ." '
The order came on. the eve
of the city council's consideration
of the sale of $6,000,000 in self
liquidating bonds as part of the
price of a sewage disposal sys
tem. Issuing of the bonds was
declared valid recently by the
state supreme court. Initial plans
called for federal participation in
the system, estimated to. cost
$10,000,000.
Brakenian's Injury Fatal '
ASTORIA, July 20.P)--InJur-ies
incurred when he fell from a
train resulted fatally here for
Earl C. Hoyt. 3. Portland, brake
man for the S. P.' A S. He lost
an arm and a leg.
Honey Crop Is Good
PORTLAND, July 20-!p)-Mer-ket
reports described Oregon's
prospective honey crop as "good"
today and said the quality of the
Willamette valley product will be
considerably above that of 1935
despite a near-failure In some
parts of the Portland area due to
rain. . ... .
Montana Votes Today'
HELENA, Mont., July 20.-Jpy
Candidates seeking nomination to
national, state and county offices
at Montana's primary election
tomorrow closed their- campaigns
tonight.
Turks Move Into 1
Dardanelles Zone
ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 21
(JP) Turkish fighting men, num
bering 50,000 began moving into
the zone around the Dardanelles
early today to the cheers and
demonstrations of the populace of
the area. ,
Foot soldiers and cavalrymen,
accompanied by motorized artil
lery, advanced into the region,- de
militarized since the Lausanne
treaty of 1923 which , followed
Turkey's successful war with
Greece. i
Reoccupation of both sides of
the straits -was expected - to -Jbe
completed by, mid-day. . . " y
Buildings throughout Turkey
were decorated in celebration of
the remilitarization. Citizens
danced in the streets after listen
ing to radio reports of the sign,
ing of the treaty at Montreux,
Switzerland.
Heat Wave Loses .
Ground, Midwest
. (Continued from page 1)
Washington authorities sought to
obtain reductions on inter-system
charges for feed shipments from
the southern to the northwest
drought states. i
The widespread rains were not
an unmixed blessing everywhere.
Lightning started extensive for
est fires which roared over 20,000
acres, calling hundreds of men
to fire fighting duty. In the New
berry, Mich., district, 800 others
were fighting a series of blazes. ;
There was scattered damage to
crops and property from storms
in Iowa, South Dakota and North
Dakota.
Vacation With Pay For
White Collared Men on
WASHINGTON, July 20-tfV-
Orders authorizing vacations with
pay for several thousand works
progress administration employes
were issued today by Aubrey Wil
liams, aeputy administrator. 1
The order applied to -WPA su
pervisory ' and white collar ' em
ployes who previously had been
barred from vacations because
they are paid from the same par.
roll as the rank and file of relief
workers.'
Well Pigging in
Dry Area Begins
EAGLE BUTTE, S. D., July 20.
-P-ShOTeI crews of the WPA
began work today on the first
of several " hundred well digging
projects designed to remove fear
of shortages from parched north
west communities and to prove
employment for an estimated 2,
000 men in South Dakota.
Digging by hand and carrying
the dirt with a improvised wind
lass, the jWPA workers sought to
get a well down quickly for Eagle
Butte's 400 residents. They have
been getting supplies from a few
private wells as the hottest wea
ther in years has dried up many
wells In the territory. " ' . i
Serious Fires in
Montana Battled
HELENA, Mont., July 20.-
-More than 900 sweating men
fought today to check roaring
flames that have devoured about
20,009 acres of valuable timber
in central Montana forests as the
sun sent the -mercury soaring
above the 100-degree mark.
The wbrst of the fires Was In
the North Moccasin mountains
near Lewlstown, where about
10,000 acres" of timber described
as -the f best in the vicinity,"
have been destroyed by lightning
fires.
In the South Moccasin moun
tains, another lightning fire has
swept across a 5,000-acre forest
area. Linn said.
"It will take several days to
bring the blazes under control."
he said. ; "Only a few ranchers
have been available to fight them
until today." ; ,
Supervisor -W. B. Wllley said
about 950 men are fighting fires
in Lewis and Clark national for
est. More than 4,000 acres of tim
ber lands have been burned over,
he estimated. The official said
he expected the fires to be
brought under control today or
tomorrow.
Four of Family Reunion
Party in Montana Drown
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GREAT FALLS, Mont, July
20. JPV-A family reunion and
picnic ended today in the drown
ing of four "persons, three of the
victims losing their lives while
attempting to effect rescues.
The dead: Glen Van Koten, 48,
Slmmi; Mrs. Glen Van Koten, 38,
Eimms; Thomas Heal. 4 2, Con
rad; Thomas Heal, Jr., 11, Con
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