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Busli Is Name
Selected for
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Grade School
Pioneer I Family Honored
in Choice ; Many Urge
Action as Taken
Final Decision Left to
Board But Reversal
Is Not Probable
;Xlnoln" and "Park" faded
from the pictures as names of
Salem schools last night and the
name "Bush" took their" place.
-The special naming committee
appointed by the school board
last week mailed oter a list of
13. suggested names to reach the
decision to call the new elemen
tary building at Mission and Uni
versity streets the Bush grade
scnooL -
School Director E. A. Brad
field held this name fitting, as
honoring an early Salem family
which has had a large part In
the development of the central
Willamette valley. The name.
Bush grade school, he said, will
become still more appropriate-at
a future day when Bush pasture,
across the street from the new
building, is developed as a city
park.
Many Urge Choice
Of ; Pioneers Name
Members of the special com
mittee ; received many telephone
calls and personal visits yester
day urging selection of the name,
the committeemen said. Included
In j sponsors of the Bush name
for; the new school , were leaders
In the old Lincoln school district.
While the ; committee consider
ed Its choice only as a recom
mendation, it -was felt likely the
school board vould , accept the
committee selection at the regu
lar meeting next Tuesday night.
Second choice names, as the
list was thinned out, were Lin
coln Park and University. Fred
Rose, committeeman representing
the Yew Park district, declared
patrons of the Lincoln district
hoald have preference in nam
ing the new school because, he
said. Tew Park citizens had the
advantage of having the new
building nearer their old school.
Elmore Hill, representative of the
Lincoln Parent - Teacher associa
tion, was. unable to attend the
committee meeting.
Many Suggestions
Get Consideration
Among the other names sug
gested was that of Margaret Cos
pet school, after the principal of
Garfield school who retired . last
fatf after 50 years service In the
Satem schools. Miss Cosper, how
ever, had nrged that the new
building be named in honor of
the Bush family, members of the
committee said. ,
' Qther names on the list in
cluded' Frances Willard, J. L.
Thornton, Roosevelt. Jason Lee,
Mission; Wlllson. Lincoln, Lin
Park and Sylvan Bower.
Serving on the committee with
the two lay members jwere Di
rectors W. F. Neptune, chair
man, and E. A. Bradfield. 'and
Superintendent Silas Gaiser,
Tragedy Appears
In Nurioca Quest
JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. July 21
-4-Capt. Cecil M. Cabbett. di
visional coast guard commanaer.
said tonight one of the vessels
searching for the missing British
motership Nunoca had found an
ol I drum with burnt wreckage
clinging to it.
Captain Gabbett said it appear
ed j"most serious" for the twenty
two persons aboard the Nunoca.
An explosion, he said, could
have caused the ship to sink with
in ia few minutes, leaving lew
signs of trasredy. Lifeboats, he
added, could have been destroyed.
TAMPA, Fla., July 21-(JP-
Parts of a ship washed in by tne
tide and reports of oil drums
floating near the Dry Tortugas
provided possible clues today in
the search for the British motor-
ehijp Nunoca, missing with 22
persons aboard.
A boat hatch was washed up
on 1 the beach 30 miles south of
Tampa and a frame from a ships
. window was found near Miami
while the crew of the schooner
Angrera came into port from Hon
duras with an account of sighting
ttaejdruijis on July 13.
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Alberta Flames Spread,
Rain Deemed Only Hope
EDMONTON, Alta,, July 21.-(.I-Forest
fires roared on widen
ing fronts tonight in western Al
berta and rain appeared to oe tne
only thing that would stop the
flames:
A new fire broke out along the
rrai iu river, 15 miles from
Loft .
Former New Dealer Confers Vith
Landon as Farm Policy Outlined
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An important conference relative to the farm policy to be 'outlined
by Governor Landon of Kansas, Republican presidential nominee,
when be makes hia speech of acceptance, July 23, was the subject
of this meeting at Topeka between Landon, left, and George N.
Peek, former w Deal AAA administrator. - ,'
Thrill Slaying of
Negro Is Charged
Dean's Latest ; Accusation
Said Corroborated by
One Slob Member
DETROIT. July 21.-rVProse-
cutor Duncan C. McCrea said to
night he had obtained corrobora
tion of an accusation by Dayton
Dean, Black Legion "execution
er," that an unsuspecting, negro
was lured to a lonely swamp and
shot to death for the entertain
ment of a group of terrorists on
a Saturday, night drinking party.
The prosecutor said that James
Roy Lorance. named by Dean as
one of - the witnesses to the
thrill" slaying, had admitted he
was present when Silas Coleman,
42-year-old negro world war vet
eran, was killed in a swamp near
Pinckney, Mich., late in May,
1935. i
. Others accused by Dean are
Harvey Davis, reputed Black Le
gion "colonel," Ervln D. Lee and
John iBannerman, 1 all awaiting
trial for the Black legion slaying
of Charles A. Poole last May 12,
and Charles Rouse, charged with
being an accessory
after the fact
in the Poole case.
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Salmon Fleet to
Cross Out Today
ASTORIA, Ore.,! July tl.-UPl
-Glenn Mnrdock, business agent
of the Pacific Coast Fisheries.
said tonight his group had voted
to accept price offers of Puget
Sound and Cods Bay ' buyers and
that the trolling fleet would cross
out tomorrow.
It was estimated 300 boats and
1,200 men would be affected.
' Murdock ; said Paget, Sound
buyers offered 13 cents a pound
for large salmon,! 7 cents for
small salmon and cents for
silversides and that Coos Bay
plants ; offered 12 Cents, 8 cents
and 6 cents. j
Murdock said tonight the ac
cord voted by the union included
a provision that. Columbia river
packers must pay 2 cents a pound
more than Paget Sound and Coos
Bay packers if they wish to buy
from the Pacific fisheries trollers.
Toivnsend Brought Back to
Court After New 'Walkout
CLEVELAND, July 21.-P)-Dr.
Francis E. Townsend staged an
other "walkout" today but in an
auto chase a deputy sheriff
brought him back to resume a de
position hearing about the Town
send old sge pension organization.
The pension leader walked out
of a hearing being conducted by
Benjamin Sacharow. attorney. .
"It's none of' your business."
Townsend replied to one of Sach
arow's questions. He picked np his
notes and abruptly departed.
"It's another walkout, boys,"
said Sheridan Downey, his coun
sel. Together they left the hotel
room- in which the hearing was
conducted. !
Dr. Townsend Immediately an
nounced he was leaving for Erie,
Pa., to keep a speaking engage
ment. Sacharow obtained a cita
tion for contempt of court from a
notary public
Will Add More Club.
Townsend Declares i
Deputy Sheriff Joe Podseday
armed himself with a body attach
Johnson Planned:
Visit Here Soon
Army Man Killed in China
Has .Mother, Half-Sister
Living Near Salem
Orville M. Johnson, 52-year-old
officer in the Philippine islands
army who was killed in a fall
from a Shanghai hotel Tuesday,
had planned to visit Salem rela
tives before the end of the pres
ent year, his half-sister, Mrs. Guy
Trenary, of route four, box 123,
said yesterday. First news of the
tragedy came to the relatives here
in Associated Press : newspaper
stories. -. s '- j . j
Johnson's mother, Mrs. Jessie
L. Friederich. lives with Mrs.
Trenary, on Ewald avenue, three
miles south of Salem. Frank
Snook, Salem taxi driver, ;was a
nephew of the man. Contrary to
news reports, Johnson had never
lived in Salem. Mrs. Trenary said,
but had' visited , here about five
years ago. She said he left Lin
coln, Neb., 25 years ago to Join
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Biz Zone Change
Plan Withdrawn
Turned down by the city coun
cil, the city planning and zoning
commission last night withdrew
its proposal for a general sone
change in Depot, J. Myers and
Capitol Park additions and re
turned to the original three-lot
change requested by the owner,
Fred Erlxon. The commission
voted to recommend to the coun
cil that lots one, two and three
of block eight. Depot addition, be
changed from class two residen
tial to class three business zone.
The change would permit the
erection of a service station on
Turner road near Lee street.
Residents of the three additions
started a mass protest when the
commission recently proposed
that several blocks in each addi
tion, along Turner road, be in
cluded in the sone change to
make way for a suburban busi
ness district when the North San-
tlam highway is completed. The
Santlam highway entrance to Sa
lem will be via Turner road.
ment. Sacharow and the deputy.
accompanied by Sacharow's bro
ther, set out from the hotel in a
taxicab. following Dr. Town
send's limousine.
They" headed off and stopped
Dr. Townsend's car on a main
route.
The deputy escorted Townsend
to common pleas court. There,
the doctor said "I am not at all
displeased." It will probably result
In 5,000 more clubs being organ
ized the country over. It la all
very high banded, but since it is
to my advantage, why should I
care?"
Sacharow recited his story to
Judge Samuel E. Kramer. He had
been conducting the hearing in
connection with a suit by Dr. Al
fred J. Wright, recently removed
as a regional Townsend leader
The suit asked that Dr. Townsend
and trustees of Old Age Revolving
Pensions, Ltd., be ousted, and
that the court require an account
ing of more than $1,000,000 in
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Extreme Heat
Ends in Most
Parts of U. S.
Texas Has Violent Storm
Breaking Its Recent
Severe Warmth - ;
Imperial Valley Remains
Hot; Death Toll Near
4600 Figure Now
CHICAGO, . July ll-UPV-Com-
paratlvely moderate weather de
scended on most of the nation to.
day, after, more - than two weeks
of searing beat in which the ag
riculture department announced
the drought became "about aa se
vere" as That of 134.
The smotherine beat of Texas
was broken by a violent storm
which left In Its wake tempera
tares In the 70's and nronertv
damage In the hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
Milder storms In Oklahoma
kept the mercury below the 100
degree mark in most sections. Ne
braskans enjoyed their second day
of temperatures below 100 de
grees, bat searched the sky for
rain to save the 1938 corn crop.
The temperature dropped to
102 in Eldorado, Kas., the cool
est in nine days.
Six Deaths Occur
In Imperial Valley
The Imperial valley of Calif
ornia still baked in a temperature
of 119, and six more deaths there
were attributed to the heat.
Higher prices in the sensitive
market followed quickly on re
ports of a general renewal of
warmer and continued fair weath
er. Corn rose the maximum al
lowed, 4 cents, July closing at
91 cents.,; ' f - v
Iowa dispatches said corn pros
pects had suffered a 50 per cent
reduction during the past two
weeks of excessively high , tem
peratures. Heat deaths advanced to near.
ly 4600 during the day with Ok-
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BnHvn Called by
Peifers Defense
ST. PAUL, July 2 1.-C5V-A sub
poena fof Tom Brown, former
chief of police, as a defense wit
ness in the trial of John Peifer
on a kidnap conspiracy charge.
has been issued. Archie M. Cary,
chief counsel, disclosed tonight.
Brown was named in testimony
of Byron Bolton, chief govern
ment witness, as the recipient of
a share of the $100,000 William
Hamm ransom for acting as "tip-
off" man for the kidnap gang.
Suspended as a detective less
than a half hour after Bolton's
testimony last Friday, Brown left
for his home In northern Minne
sota Deputy United States mar
shals are known to have left with
the subpoena to serve It. r -- -
The. defense, Cary said, hopes
to refute through Brown's testi
mony the statements of Bolton
that $25,000 was "counted off"
for the former police chief, who
was a member of the police Hamm
kidnap detail.
Senate Race Hot,
Montana Primary
HELENA, MonL. July 21.-4P-
Keturns trickling in from today's
heavy primary election balloting
showed three candidates in a
close race for the democratic nom
ination for United States senator.
In 25 precincts out of 1.237,
S. V. Stewart, a justice of the
Montana supreme court, polled
1,582 votes for senator; Congress
man Joseph P. Monaghan 1,505,
and incumbent James E. Murray
1,431. Walter B. Sands, another
Justice of the supreme court, was
last in the field of four with 193
rotes.
In the republican senatorial
nomination contest 25 precincts
gave: T. O. Larson, state senator,
315; L. Ray Carroll, state sen
ator 154; Hugh Egan 12?; Jess
H. Stevens, Great Falls publisher,
106.
Dread Drops from Sky
For Fire Fighters in
Cleartcater River Area
SPOKANE. July 21.-t?VBread
dropped out of the sky today to
fighters struggling against a for
est fire on the north fork of the
Clearwater river in central Idaho.
Huge transport airplanes from
Spokane, ferried food and sup
plies to the fighters. A landing
field was not near the front, so
ther freight was dropped by pars
chutes.
Melbeh - IDrmmm
North Spanish
Provinces Are
Yonng I Peasants Joining
i Rightist Cause; .Loyal
Force is Defeated
Several Leading Cities
1 Captured ; Fighting is
Widespread, Fierce - ;
VERA. Spain. July 21.-UP1-
Vlctorious rebel troops which set
up military headquarters in San
Sebastian were reported .tonight
to have occupied most of northern
Spain. .
Large . forces of communists
and socialists, drafted as re
inforcements to loyal guards.
failed to halt the insurgent march
after the rebels proclaimed mar
tial law in the provinces of
Guipuzcoa and Navarre.
The rebels recruited young
peasants in the fields around
Vera. ; From San Sebastian the
revolutionary advance continued
toward Bilbao. Invaders and de
fenders clashed , on the front be
tween Vera and Behbie, France.
Many Rebels Say .
They're Royalists
Many rebels from Navarre hill
regions declared they were Cargist
royalists who were issued arms
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To Valley's Hops
Already badlr weakened hr th
prolonged attack of downy mil
dew, hop y ar d s of Oreaon am
now being damaged by aphis.
spraying and dusting is being
done by the growers in an attempt
to prevent damage.
! Concurrent with the reports
that the liee were becoming a se
rious menace to the 193 6 rrnvth
sales 'of 200 bales of 1935 nan
at 30 cents were reported yester
day. Tne 30 cent figure is the top
price that has been maid for hnM.
over hops in Oregon since the
market flurry developed after the
extern or the downy attack was
learned. The 193$ top production
estimate is set at 50,000 bales.
; The cold, cloudy weather which
helped to develop the downy mil
dew also helped to advance the
growtn of the aphis. Ordinarily
the lice do not annear on th
vines until after July 4. This year
mey were present early in June.
A first spraying failed to kill all
of the germs with the result that
a second spraying is now being
made and dusting at nlrht re
sorted to. :
Disposal Issue at i
Portland Muddled
: PORTLAND. Ore Jnlv 1
-Portland apparently was no
nearer man ever to a new sew
age disposal plant today.
I The city council, voting 2 to
2; failed - to pass the proposed
sale of $5,000,000 in bonds after
a; prolonged discussion in which
several taxpayers took part. Argu
ments were presented pro and
con. : ;..
: Commissioner Bean submitted
a resolution, to be considered
later, calling for placing the is
tte be.'ore the people aain.
J Sale of the $6,000,000 in bonds
was authorised by ballot in 193$.
The sale recently was declared,
a legal proceeding by the state
supreme court. Initial plans call
ed for federal participation in the
project, estimated to cost $10,
000,000. Hearing Held on
Dayton Road Job
, Stressing the Importance of the
produce raised In the territory
served by the Dayton-Salem high
way, a delegation of 20 headed
by George Foster of Dayton, ap
peared before - R. H. Baldock,
state highway engineer, and mem
bers of the highway department
last night urging -completion of
the road.
' With contracts which have now
been let there will remain a nine
mile stretch that is not. oiled.
The Dayton-Salem delegation ask
ed that this stretch be cared for.
1 The members of . the : highway
department who beard the plea
were unable to give the delega
tion any definite assurance re
garding the completion of the
road.
In Rebel Group
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Two U.S. Warships Ar6
Ordered Into Spanish
Waters
No Americans Hurt inljRevolt "Warfare But Battle
Carried On in Frortjt qf Consulate, Flag is
Hoisted Over Embassy in Madrid
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T7ASHINGTON, July 21.-4f(4P) Anxious for the safety
of 1,582 Americans in bloody Spain, the United States
government tonight directed two warships to move im
mediately into Spanish waters! to evacuate this country's
citizens it necessary. L 1l L. II
The action was decided?
Parking Lot Horn
Of Ousted Family
Casteel, on WPA Ejected
For not Paying Rent;
$44 Isn't Enough
EUGENE, Ore., July 21.-UPVH
The Milo Casteel . family "bedded
down" on: a parking lot tonignc
with all Indications of remaining;
right thers until something turns
up to better its financial condl-i
tion. I- , . ,- I
The family father, mother
and six children . was evicted;
from the house for non-payment
of rent. George Chapman, land
lord, said he bad received no pay
ment for 11 months. , j
Casteel, who spent today rnn-i
ning down leads for ' Jobs, said
the $44 he received from : the;
WPA was insufficient to pay rent!
and still feed his family. i
He said he would "stick It out1';
on the parking lot, with his faq-i
liy ana an ineir nousenoia ue mus
ings, until "something happens
Work Will Start
On Monitor Span
Arrangements were completed
yesterday for the construction of
a new Monitor bridge over Butte
creek at a conference held ; be
tween the county courts of Mario t
and Clackamas counties. The
work will be done by the Marion
county bridge crew and cosjt
shared by the two counties, Roj
Melson, county commissioner, an-;1
nounced. Construction is to start
at once. I
The bridge is to be of wood and
steel construction. Piers will be
double, creosoted piling and the
supporting beams will be of steel.
The roadway is to be paved. Apf
proaches are to be straightened
When completed the bridge will
extend 130 feet with the mala
span of 40 feet.
- The bridge was tentatively def
cided on by the courts some time
ago but was held np when obf
Jection was made to the wood es
construction. The new span wi
replace an old covered bridge.;.
Pioneer Miner Dies
WALLACE. Idaho. July 21
6P)-Michaei Kelly, 86, recognized
here as the last of the - hardt
band of gold seekers that rusb
ed to the Murray district in 1883i
died today at Mullan, ffear herei
His mining operations made hint
wealthy. A sister in Ireland surf
vives. v I
Mild Heat Wam Abates and
Further Relief is Forecast
Salem's "heat wave," extreme
ly mild in comparison to that exj
perienced recently in the east, and
at present in some Pacific coast
districts, abated somewhat Tues
day when the mercury could get
no higher than 90 degrees in
comparison to 93. on Mondayf
A gentle breeze mitigated th
heat Tuesday and no one suffer
ed greatly. " I
Further relief Is ; forecast fo
today, the weather man predict!
ing "slightly lower temperature
and somewhat higher humidity.!
PORTLAND, pre., July 21.-l
-Comments on Oregon weather,
today ranged from ."comfortably!
warm" to "too darn hot" as ttiti
sun blistered the state for the
third successive day. j
In eastern Oregon, It was aa
even 100 at Baker. Southern Ore-I
gon. too, shared in the heat to al
marked extent. It was 100 at!
Klamath Falls and Medford re-5
ported 93 degrees f for the high-4
est temperature or the year.
A slight breeze kept the ther-!
mometer at 84 in Portland, a
Kmti
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up0n by,Secretary Hull after a
O lengthy conference with Admiral
William H. Standley, acting, sec
retary of the navy, who issued
Tders diverting the two ships.
They are the battleship Ckla
noma, now at Cherbourg, France,
ak a unit in the midshipmen's
training squadron, and the U. S.
sl Qulncy, the navy's newest; 10,
040 ton cruiser, now on a shake-
Twn ' cruise to Europe. j '
The added safety measures
Were 1 decided upon despite;! di
plomatic reports pouring in upon
the state department which! car
ried no word of any Injury to
Americans during the recent days
ok strife. j I
The , same reports, nowever,
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Ferryboat Strike:
At Portland Ends
Towing Operations Are to
Resume; Furniture
1 Rift Reported
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PORTLAND, Ore., July 2l(P)
-settlement of a ferryboatnian's
strike, a rift between furniture
workers and employers and! the
shutdown of two construction pro
jects marked' labor controversies
in! Portland today. iT i
A working agreement between
thje Portland union of the ferry
boatmen of the Pacific and! the
Western Transportation company
pa"ved the way today for the- im
mediate resumption of union tow
boat operations between Crown
Willamette Paper company plants
at) Camas, Wash., and West Linn
and Portland.
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Million Received
For Water Bonds
PORTLAND. July 21-(SpecIal)
-the ity of Salem completed its
second million dollar bond sale
off the past year at the First ; Na
tional .bank here today. City ? Re
corder A. Warren Jones of Salem
exchanged the latest issue, con
sisting of 1001 bonds, for bank
deposK - creaits totalling -iu vo,-
OffO. j
fcity; jtecoraer J o n e s siippeu
away unannounced ' yesterday
morning with City Patrolman
Lcjuls A. Burgess as guard to de
liver the $1,1)00,000 worth of Sa
lem water bonds to the buyers in
Portland. Proceeds from the sale
wijl finance the source of supply
and distribution system improve
ment program recently authorized
bys the city council. 1 1
f ejr degrees cooler than Sunday
and .Monday. ' - - '. i v .
(Temperatures in the 80s made
the coast sectors inviting. j:
Readings in the Willamette
wajley in western Oregon ranged
from the. 80s to the middle 90s.
Reports of slight damage! to
grain were received from the! La
Grande area. i!
put a brighter picture loomed
tonight the weatherman predict
ed j "slightly cooler" for Wednes-
H- i . :t
pEND, July 31.-CP)-Thunder-heads
loomed over the horizon to
night to lend hope that jrain
would break a heat wave which
sent the temperature today to 9&
degrees the highest mark of the
year. Last night's minimum was
"1 ' il
SPOKANE, July 21.-CiP)-The
mefcury soared to the tops of In
land Empire thermometers for
thai second consecutive day today,
registering above 100 over jthe
entire area. . - li :
" Lewlston, Idaho, the famed
(Turn to f age s, woi. j
Anarchists
Madrid TaldiH
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Part, Claimed!
Exact Meaning of Trend
in Troubled Nation
Is Not Apparent
Government Claims Bij
Gains But Morocco
- Rebels Menacing
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MADRID. July 22. A -red
committee" . was reported by an
authoritative source earlv tndsv
as already constituted for Ma-
ariu as tne rebellion In Spain de
veloped into a bloody struggle be
tween fascism and the manlnt
proletariat. " .
Anarchist - syndicalists nf h
capital have established bead
quarters in the Europa motion
picture theater and are turning it
into a cache for firearms and ex
plosives. The number of persons known
to be killed, on official estlmatr.
since rightists rebelled against the
leftist government last Friday
was already about 1,000.
Rebels Battling
To Reach Madrid
Strenuous efforts made by reb
el forces to reach Madrid over
country roads leading into the
capital were being blocked by
armed communists and socialists,
by that part of the air corps which
remained loyal to the government
and by the assault and civil
guards. '
Leftist political authorities said
the government had dissolved .a
number of army units Implicated
in the rebellion, had rranted oth
er soldiers leaves of absence and
were using their rifles, machine
guns. Pistols and hand rrenada
to arm communist and socialist
youths.
On the other hand: thA nffff.ti
radio re Dor ted that Ren. rahm.L
las Zaragoza had .broadcast an
oraer to an tnose who served Tn
the army between 1931 and 193S
to report immediately to their
garrisons.
The. militia in Madrid fnnrht
with two automobiles filled with
alleged fascists at about midnight.
The auto mobiles roared
throughout the city, blazing with
macnine guns at militia patrols.
One of the automobiles was
captured and its four occupants
were killed outright. The second
car escaped. One militiaman was
known to have been killed dur
ing the running fight.
Militia patrols otherwis knt
order on the streets. Their auto
mobiles were converted into "ar
mored" cars by placing mattress
es along their sides for protection
rrom roof-top snipers.
nve thousand
(At this- DOint telenh
munication with London' was
cut, presumably by a censor). -
(The function of th rA
mlttee was not immediately ex
plained. It was assumed by ob
servers familiar with thA alma.-
tion In Spain, however, that the
committee was formed to take
over the power of government
should the present regime col
lapse. What elements comprised
tne committee was not stated. The
designation "red" might range
from allied eommnnlnta ant
cialists to anarcho-syndicalists. )
ueiore communications with
London were severed the govern
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Influenza Almost
Licked by Scicnco
BOSTON? July 21.-i-Innu-eriza,
one of the last unwhipped
plagues of civilization, was a step
nearer the fate of its elster pla
gues, smallpox; yellow fever,
diphtheria and typhoid tonight,
two Harvard scientists announ
cedd. -
They reparted they had recov
ered the influenza.virus from the
air and killed it by contact with
ultra-violet rays.
- Their success caps a series of
patient studies over the past five
years, opening up a vast field In
preventing medicine, whereby the
air in hospitals, operating the
atres, schools and auditoriums
may be freed from dangerous
germs, they said.
The scientists are W. F. Weils,
instructor In sanitary science.
Harvard school of public health,
and II. W. Brown, fellow, gen
eral education board, Harvar.l
school of publie health