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' Dead Pigeons
Clay pigeons are being
battered by the thousands
at the Salem . Trapahooters
club grounds. Foil reports
of the PITA shoot In The
Statesman dally. '
The -Weather
Fair today and Monday
with fog; on coast. Maximum
temperature Saturday 101
minimum 55. River -3.2 feet.
Wind, north.
EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, July 23, 1939
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
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' POUNDOD 1651
.Hea
Year M
J?eff Sox
s
Record Crowd
Views Albany
Lose 11 to 3
17-Hit Attack Climaxed
in Fifth Inning Rout ;
as Six Score,
Silvcrton to Play Team
From Washington for
Region Title
By RON GEMMELL
SILVERTON, July 2 2-(Special)
A record-breaking throng, esti
mated at 3700 paid, saw the Sll
Terton ' Red - Sox slug Albany's
Oaks Into submission, 11 to J,
here In MeGinnIs park Saturday
night to walk off with the fourth
annual Oregon semi-pro baseball
title. -
The victory, accomplished be
hind a 17-bit attack spearheaded
by Johnny Pesky and Kirsch, pits
the Red Sox- against the Wash
ington state semi-pro champion
for the regional title. The series,
a best three out of fire. will open
here Wednesday night. Jury 20.
Suiting to roll from scratch,
with one tally In the Initial Inning
and two in. the second, the Sox
put the game away with a six-
Ton spree in the fifth and went on
to . add one each In the sixth and
Eighth.
Extra Base Blows
End f or WUaon
Thar capitalized on each of
three-Albany boots, two of which
came In the' big fifth, and some
ether sloppy field play by the
Oaks, bat it was mainly a nock of
extra ease mows was sen souu-
paw Squeak Wilson to the..sbowr
ers at the end of the sum.
Ken Heist, the Arlsona .fireball
Importation, won his second tour
ney game with an H-strikeout
performance during which he was
touched for 10 safeties that In
cluded two each by McLalne, Lep
tich, Moye and Sater.
6hortatop Johnny Pesky, chosen
the outstanding infielder for the
second straight year, also put the
Sneet's batting trophy In his per
sonal bag with a triple and three
singles In six trips that brought
bis tourney total to 10 hits In 18
appearances and gare him a .555
batting average. Even so he was
outhit by Kirsch, whose two tri
ples and brace of blngles In five
trips accounted for three runs.
But five of the 11 SUverton
runs were earned, fonr off Wilson
and one off D6n McFadden, who
relieved. . All six of the fifth
frame tallies came after three
should hare been out; On the
other side, the Oaks got all three
of theirs the hard way, earning
'em alL They scored In the sixth
on a walk to Grant, McClalne's
double and Leptlch's sacrifice fly,
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Kansan Backs up
Dicldnson Stand
WASHINGTON, July ItHJPr
Representative u it y e r ik-iumj
congratulated UoternorLD.
Dickinson of Michigan 7 today on
bis "patriotic denunciation of the
rrnwlnr ' drlnkinc habits of the
people,' and particularly among
. women and giris.-. , -.
rit.ls refreshing to learn of a
governor who recognizes and has
' the courage to call the attention
:, of an all too callous public to the
moral retrogression following the
WftrM " war and r e n e a 1 twin
progenitors of moral dcllnr and
crime of eTery category,"- Guyer
wrote the governor. -r. ;.
The decent law abiding people
will honor you for your courage
and all the cohorts of Hades will
cuss you two Incomparable com
pliments." ',-:;r ...-n
drinking he; reported seeing at
parties given In connection witn
the recent conference of gover
nors.' - ' . '
Boy's Tale Wofdd
(ieditFictibneei?
PORTLAND. Ore., July
-Detectives 'credited .14-year-old
Gerald ' Olsen, . Auburn. ; : Wasb,,
with a brilliant lmaginaticn . and
released , him to his parents , to
night after checking a tale of kid
naping. '':'!.'
-Th youngster, found wander
Ing on the waterfront, told Detec
tive Fred Werts he was kidnaped
by a transient, hauled aboard a
freight train, bound and thrown
ft at Portland. - He said he was
employed In a berry patch near bis
Auburn home when the abduction
occurred. " r ? -
Warts deelded the story was a
virhiv nlord eznlanatlon of a
childish escapade, young uisenp
ttarnt came here for. aim.
Take SeSi - Pro
Pesky Takes Honors
Tournament Second Year in row
Johnny Pesky, Silverton Bed Sox shortstop, whose high-powered bat
ting aided hi. team to win the state semi-pro championship at 8H-
Terton last night. Pesky batted
. suunent to wm honors as the leading batter of the series and was
cbosea the outstanding Infielder for the second year.
Willamette Dean
Of Music Named
Professor Melvin H. Geist
of Midwestern College
Takes Post Here
Professor Melvin H. Gelst, for
merly head of the department of
music at Southwestern college,
Wlnfleld, Kans., has been elected
dean of the college of music at
Willamette university, President
Bruce R. Baxter announced yes
terday. Professor Geist received his
Bachelor of Music degree from
the University of Kansas, a Mas
ter of Music from the University
of Michigan and has had gradu
ate work at Columbia university.
He succeeds Dean Cameron Mar
shall who left ' last June after
heading the college of music since
1930.
At Southwestern college, Pro
fessor Geist developed a eappella
choir which gained national recog
nition and which hasja waiting list
of over 100 students who wish to
become members. He Is a tenor
soloist and has sung with middle
western.' symphony orchestras as
soloist. ; :: .
Professor , Geist with his wife.
aa accomplished . musician add a
graduate of the University of Kan
sas, will arrive r September 1 .to
take oyer his new duties at the
university. '
5 Naval Cruisers
Dock at Portland
PORTLAND, Ore.. July ll-QPf-Five
cruisers of the US nary
steamer Into . Portland : today to
participate in this city's 10-day
fleet celebration.
' Rear Admiral: H. E. Kimmell,
detachment commander," arrived
on the USS Brooklyn, third ot the
five ships to come in. ; Other ships
here are the USS Philadelphia, the
USS Honolulu, on her shakedown
cruise, the USS Phoenix, and the
USS Nashville.; j -v'-iTv&
Parole Board
Of Foiir Men
trnnth W. Daltonf Salem.' Jo-
enb R. Silver. Newberr. Hev G.
Corgan, Portland and Perry H.
Price, Eugene, will be the four
staff parole officers, created un
der the new state parole iaw ox
the 193 J legislature, it was an
nounced Saturday, by Fred S. Fln-
sley state parole director. : '
These officers will operate in
the field although; the districts to
which they will be assigned have
not yet been determined by the
parole board. .:-v-t.j -vvji'.-v--
Dalton is 32 years of age and
has served as an Investigator In
the auditing division of the sec
retary of state's office here for
several years. He is a' graduate
of Oregon State college and presi
dent of the state officers reserve
association. :
Silver is a graduate of I Willa
mette university and obtained his
masters degree at Haverford col
lege.He also attended the univer
ijSemi-Pto
-
well oyer .500 throughout the tonr-
Two Are Injured
Iii;AutoJ!Iraslies
Possible Skull - Injuries
Sustained by two Men
in Accidents .
Possible skull fractures were
sustained by two men in separate
auto crashes last night, the two
occur in g almost simultaneously in
opposite ends of the city.
Frank Newton, 2785 Brooks,
was severely cut about the nose,
hands and arms, besides a possi
ble skull fracture, when his car
crashed into a telephone pole at the
function of Portland road and
Highland arenue. ,
J Charles Gulliksbn. C 3, employe
of the . Needham hop yard, sus
tained severe scalp lacerations and
a possible skull fracture when a
ear driven by Fred Woorden, in
which he .was a passenger, piled
Into a parked auto at South Com-
mercial and Leslie streets.'
Both Newton and Gulllkson
were hospitalized at the Salem
General after treatment by city
first aid car officers, while Wor-
den,' who gave his address as ISC
Center, was Jailed by city officers
on a charge ot reckless driving
with liquor involved.
Woman Has Child
j By 6th Caesarian
? INDIANAPOLIS. July 22.-V
Physictans at St. Vincent's hos
pital - reported today Mrs. Cleal
Watts, 37-year-old Clinton, Ind.,
woman, gave birth to a baby girl
by her sixth Caesarian operation.
: Both Mrs. Watts and the baby,
which weighed jnore than seven
pounds, were said to be "doing
well."; ?: f. .--,- -H
i The attending physician said
Mrs. .Watta; fire other children,
were three boys and two girls.
Her first child was born In 1924.
Dr. Herman. G. Morgan, city
health director, . expressed belief
Mrs. Watts' numerous operations
"probably will be a national
record.'! - , .'
Names Staff
Under Finsley
sity of London for one year." Sil
ver majored in sociology while at
Haverford college and is a mem
ber of the: Pennsylvania Prison
Society He Is 30 years old. : ?
- Corgan is 47 years old and is
a high school and business college
graduate. He served as deputy
parole officer under E. M. Duf
fy, until recently state parole of
ficer under the old parole law.
, Price is a graduate of Oregon
State college and took work at
the University of Oregon, y -He
served for four years as u
venile advisor and probation offi
cer of Lane county. Price Is 33
rears old. v-",-,. ..
-' Appointment of these officers
completes organization of the new
state parole setup. Irl McSherry.
Salem, recently was appointed de
puty state ' parole director. -
-. The new parole' staff officers
wul be assigned to duty between
August ' 1 and September 15.
is. f ..
- Crown
Talk of Peace
Deal Is Topic
For Continent
Long Range Peace Plans
to Satisfy Germany
Are Rumored
British Foreign Office
Brands Pact Rumors
as Fantastic
(By the Associated Press)
Talk of an impending peace
deal with Adolf Hitler blew hot
and cold yesterday in rumor-filled
European capitals.
Britain officially disowned any
connection with the reported ap
peasement discussions with the
fuehrer yet there were strong in
dications that talks were under
way in important political quar
ters on possible terms of a long
range agreement to satisfy Ger
many.
Some members of the British
government. Including Prime Min
ister Chamberlain, were under
stood to be aware of the discus
sions but held this was not an
appropriate time to put an official
stamp on them.
A British foreign office spokes
man branded as fantastic reports
that preliminary negotiations al
ready were in progress looking
toward a general European settle
ment.
Britain Quarters
Look Askanse
While German officialdom
locked offices for the weekend and
expressed assurance that nobody
need be uneasy bter any war in
the offing, some London quarters
professed to see dagerejuUtahJ
cauons in nan preajcuons. ox a
peaceful Danzig settlement
Against the background of the
lagging efforts for a British
French-Soviet mutual help agree
ment Moscow diplomats also
weighed the possible significance
of resumption ot trade negotia
tions between Russia and Ger
many. One possibility was that the
resumption was Russia's gentle
warning to London and Paris to
conclude the three-power pact on
her own terms.
German officials wouldn't even
discuss various peace plans ad
vanced as possibilities by the
foreign press, but the newspaper
Lokalalseiger, evidently reflecting
official opinion, said:
' "Germany never again will be
willing to sell her freedom of ac
tion as regards armaments for a
mass of pottage.
A feeling grew in the Free City
of Danzig that its problems would
be solved fairly soon and without
war.
Great Britain and Japan formed
a basis for proceeding with their
negotiations at Tokyo toward
settling the Tientsin blockade, and
the Japanese claimed a "great
yictory' In that groundwork.
Chamberlain will indicate in a
statement to parliament Monday
the basis upon which the Japanese
and British will conduct their
Tokyo talks.
Hitch Hikers Rob
Paper's CoUector
VANCOUVER, Wash.. July 22-
pp-Pollce sought today for three
young hitch hikers accused by W.
R. Maillle, White Salmon, collec
tor for a Portland newspaper, of
slugging, him. with a pistol' and
stealing 3145.
Mallie said he picked up the
trio along the Evergreen highway
late yesterday. They forced him,
at pistol point, to return to Van
couver. As he tried to Jump from
the car, he said, they slugged him.
He gave police descriptions of the
men.
Late Sports
PORTLAND, Ore., July ll-UPt-
The Portland Beavers combined
slugging .with - Hollywood wild
ness to win a Pacific Coast league
Donnybrook affair 22 to 6 tonight.
- The berserk Beavers knocked
four Hollywood pitchers out of the
box with It hits. Wild hurling
and three Hollywood errors made
up the rest of the football - sized
score. . : .
Hollywood ' " " C -12 3
Portland. , v. 23 18 : 1
Fleming, 'Schmidt (3), Dapper
(4), Johnson (7), Crandall (8)
and Brenzel; Hilcher, Radonits
( 2 ) and Fernandes. '
SEATTLE, July H.-iJPy-
Oakland 4 9
SeatUe S " IS
- Cant well. Darrow (7). Bcxton
(9) and Conroy; Gregory "and
Campbell.
, SAN FRANCISCO, July 22.-(ff
San Diego I 9 ' 2
San Francisco C 10 0
Humphreys, Tobin (1) and De
tore. Shores and Spring, u :
CMdren's Dosr
LeadsHunterc
To Lost Babes
3-Year-Old Twins Found
Hungry anjl Tired, but
' Unharmed ;
Logger's Children Heard
Father Call, but Could
hot. Find Him
ASTORIA, Ore.,' July 2t-P)-A
small black mongrel dog led
searchers today to two tiny tots
who had been lost in the Nehalem
Ylver wilderness' since yesterday
morning. They were hungry and
tired, but unharmed by their ex
perience. 1
As more than 200 CCC workers.
peace officers, lumberjacks ana
others sought Nancy and William
Agee, three-year-old twins, their
pet dog, blackie, led two WPA
workers and a miner to a spot two
miles from their home. '
Nancy was whimpering as Wil
liam fed her huckleberries. Al
though both were hear exhaustion.
they smiled as the men came up,
The youngsters left the home of
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clay
Agee, at a logging camp before
noon yesterday. They said they
wandered through the dense brush
and. heavy timber most of yester
day, slept in the open last night.
and continued wandering today.
Heard Father
Call to Them
They said they heard their fa
ther call to them last night, and
they answered, but he apparently
did not hear them.
Blistering heat hampered the
searchers one of whom collapsea
after drinking water from a creek.
and bloodhounds brought from
Seattle refused to work.
After Roy Pierce, miner; John
Gilmore, logger, and Fred cur
tisaWP A bridge foreman, found
hiant footprint $ii
the dog, the children's pet lea tne
men into the timber where the
youngsters were found. They said
the dog spent most of today bark
ing at the bloodhounds.
The children were scantily clad,
the girl only In shorts, and the
boy in shorts and a shirt.
The youngsters spent 29
hours in the open.
Their frantic parents feared
they had fallen Into one of the
many ravines that gash the ter
rain thereabouts, or had fallen
into the Nehalem river.
Two motorists reported they
saw youngsters answering the de
scription of the twins several
hours after they disappeared at
11:30 a.m. yesterday.
Their father is employed as a
truck driver at the Van Vleet lum
ber camp. He said he searched in
the vicinity of the camp for sev
eral hours last night, calling to
the children. He was accompan
ied by the dog, which was unable
then to pick up the trail.
Wagner Revisions
Apparently Killed
WASHINGTON, July 22.-fl3)-
All possibility that congress would
act this session on amendments
to the Wagner labor act appar
ently disappeared today.
Chairman Thomas (D-Utah( of
the senate labor committee told
reporters .that action had been
forestalled by house approval of
a resolution for an invoatigauon
ot the national labor relations
board.
' .The house voted for the invest!
gatlon Thursday despite opposi
tion by Chairman Norton (D-NJ)
of the house labor committee.
1 Thomas, who previously had
contended there was a possibility
congress might reverse the labor
law at this session, asserted his
committee would make no attempt
to approve amendments before ad
journment. - He said the committee's months
long hearings would end on "the
day congress adjourns. , First,
however, the group will hear testi
mony by Chairman John L. Lewis
of the Congress of Industrial Or
ganizations, Secretary ;- Perkins,
and possibly, ' Secretary Hopkins.
Lewis and his followers consist
ently have opposed revision of the
labor law. ;
Rescued Tads Are
l Rescuers of Girl
PORTLAND, Ore, July 22-(-Two
youths rescued from the Wil
lamette river by the harbor patrol
last week-reversed the role .today
and rescued Dols Arnde, 27 Port
land. ;'-, r j - t j, jr;
t The boys, Fenton Prehn,12,
and John Withers, 18, were cred
ited f by Patrolman G. -A. Patter
son with holding, the woman up
until harbor patrolmen could pull
her from the water after a leap
from the Morrison street bridge.
They operated . from the canoe
which overturned with ' them . a
week ago, necessitating a rescue. '
: Miss Arndt was arrested on a
charge of disorderly conduct.
5 College Students Are
Lost After Avalanche
Strikes Climbing Party
Roaring Snowslide Crashes
25 Hikers of Bellingham Normal School;
Forest Rangers Joiri Search :
....
BELLINGHAM, Wash., July 22. (AP) An annual
mountain climing outing of Western Washington college stu
dents and lacuity members ended in disaster today when a
roaring snowslide crashed down on a party of 25 atop Mount
Baker and left five missing.
THie missing were : Alice James of Arlington ; Hope Weit-
man, Thornton; Beulah Lambert, O
Slmms, Mont; Maynard Howatt,i
Seattle, all students, and Vene
Fisher ot Coupeville, a former stu
dent who came from his home spe
cifically for the climbing expedi
tion. '
Survivors of the avalanche said
it covered an estimated six-acre
area and the mountain climbers in
its path as it thundered down from
precipitous Roman wall above
them were helpless to avoid it.
Only three of 25 members of the
climbing party were missed by the
snow, They were ahead of its
path...--
An expedition of 12 forest ran
gers and CCC enroUees started a
12-mile uphill trip to the scene
from ' the Glacier forest service
station at 9 p. m. They did not ex
pect to reach the scene until after
daylight. Kulshan cabin, four
miles up but still eight miles from
the slide scene, was to be their
resting station.
The scene of the disaster -was
within half an hour of ML Baker's
lofty, snow-covered, peak.
. The rescue party predicted they
would have a good chance of find
ing some of the missing persons, if
not all of them, alive.
KeUems Rescued
RTelShip
Arctic Tour Party Ends
Voyage With Pandora .-"
Total Wreck
SEWARD, Alaska, July 22-Cff)
-The U. S. Coast Guard Cutter
Morris reported late today It had
taken aboard the six survivors of
the "northwest passage" ship, the
Pandora, but the 38-foot rebuilt
halibut boat was a total wreck.
The members of the expedition,
headed by Dr. Homer Flint Kel
lems, farmer-evangelist of .Dela
ware county, ,Okla., and including
his 21-year-old daughter, Vlvi
enne, was reported in "good
health" aboard the Morris, al
though they were drenched by
continual rain and exposed for 28
hours.
The heavily-laden little boat
lay high on the beach tonight,
washed there by the surf at high
tide. Wrecked with the Pandora
were the expedition's hopes of
being the first ever to cross the
"top of the world" around North
America, west to east. Continu
ance of the trip to New York was
out of question because of the
short season of ice clearage in the
Artie.
The Morris reported the Pan
dora struck a line of rocks after
the pilot lost control at the first
impact. The bow was damaged,
the entire port side stove in with
ribs broken along the entire side.
The rudder was broken off.
Navy Okehs Plans
For Tongue Point
Washington, July 22-()-Rep-resentatlve
Mott (R-Ore) was no
tified today by the navy that con
struction' plans had been approved
for work daring the next fiscal
year on the Tongue Point naval
air base near Astoria. ' -r
The naval .air base bill passed
by congress authorized expendi
ture of $1,500,000 on the project,
of which 1500,000 was appropri
ated for the 1940 fiscal year.
Waits Take Over Loop Lead
'As Pheasants Nick Dealers
' LEAGUE STANDINGS ;
- , ' . W. L. Pet.
Waits. , ""7 it. -778
Square Deal " 7 S -.700
Schoen's 8 .667
Pheasants -' I S :S00
Kennedys 2 T .222
Paper Mill - ' .. . 2 S .200
BUI Anton's seven-league boots
demoralized the Square Dealers
and all the .psychology that -Bob
Schwartz . could devise failed to
demoralize: the Golden Pheasants;
and so for the first time this sea
son the, radio men found them
selves def inately out of first place
in the, city softball league after
taking a -1 trimming from the
big game birds. . . ;" . -
- A, new, dodge base theft on
the catcher's toss to the pitcher
was worked ' by Anton twice In
the early Innings and each time
he scored an unearned ran to put
the Pheasants out ahead. In the
second Inning he stole third and
scored oi B. Gentzkow's erron
Down Mount Baker Atop
Drought Weather
Strikes in East
Seared Crops and Blazes
Roll up Damage Over
all of Nation
NEW YORK, July U.-iJP)-Drought,
which has skipped the
often-damaged mldwestern area,
rolled up new. losses In the north
eastern states and the far west
totfight from seared crops and
forest fires.
No dollar estimate of the dam
ages was possible, but Dr. James
H. Kimball, chief meteorologist of
the weather bureau in New York
said the drought in this vicinity
was "past record proportions."
He predicted 4'no rain of conse
quence" in the near future.
"If we don't get rain soon,"
said John F. Walsh, head garden
er of New York City. "It's going
to cost the city lota of money
hundreds of thousands of dollars
for reseeding park lawns and
replacing trees."
Upstate New York, New Eng
land, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and -Delaware Joined In reporting;
growing crop losses and low water
tables that dried wells and
streams.
Agriculture Commissioner Wil
liam Casey Qf Massachusetts pre
dicted milk price increases be
cause of a ruined hay crop. He
said corn was wilting, onions one
third Off, and potatoes in danger.
These were similar "day" reports
from other New England states;
Vermont has had the driest July
in 23 years.
Corn, lima beans, lettuce and
other garden crops were off 20 to
70 per cent In New Jersey, agri
cultural extension agents said.
Pennsylvania and Delaware re
ported losses not yet serious.
In New Mexico, Dolorous Zuni
Indians scheduled their third rain
dance of the season the first two
having failed to appease the
scorching sun god.
Sea Scout Craft
Reaches Portland
Successfully berthed at Term
InaL No. 4, near St. Johns after a
12-hour run down the Willam
ette, is saiem sea scouts were
ready to weigh anchor this morn
ing for a sail up the Columbia In
their troopship, "Willamette.
Onaa Olson reported last night on
returning from the first leg of the
three-day cruise.
.The sea scouts left Salem in
their converted government life
boat at 1:50 a.m. yesterday, Ol
son said, and arrived at the St.
Johns dock at 7 p.m. last night
They intended to bivouac last
night on the dock and in the
boat and put oat early for the Co
lumbia. 4
- The. trip down the Willamette
was made under power, but from
St. Johns on the ship will sail
before the wind.
- Only mishap ot the downstream
trip occurred when the craft ran
aground on a gravel bar and all
hands had to disembark to lift it
off, Olson said.
and in the fourth he stole second
and scored when Morgan's drive
caromed oif - Henry . Singers an
kle. The Dealers filed formal pro
test on the steal, but it as re
ported, a ruling had been made in
advance. : ; -
It was Anton again in the sev
enth 'Who poled out a homer to
right field and galloped -around
the circuit with Pangle who had
walked ahead of him," after. Elsi
minger had . broken all the rules
by hitting with the count Z and
0, and circled the bases on a
wild throw from center field. The
Ducks made It six when Forgard
doubled In the eighth and scored
on Eisimlngers single. . .
-W. Gentzkow saved-" the .Dea
lers from a shutout when he tri
pled In the ninth to drive home
Lou Singer who had singled. The
Dealers "worked on" young Clar
ence Applegate persistently, walk
ing out ot the batter's box while
he wound up, but failed to rattle
: (Turn to Page 2. Col. 1
Fire Dangers
Increased as
Warmth Rises
Salem Takes to Swimmins
Pools and Parks;, Ice
Cream Booms
Heat Prostration Cases
Reported; Water Use
Running High
HOURLY READINGS
SATURDAY
Degree
9:30 .m.
10:3O
11:30 -12:30
p.m.
1:80
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3:30
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4:SO
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6:30
7:80
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9:30
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75
Salem took to parks and swim
ming pools, reclined under the
cherry tree in the front yard, or
got into the family bus and bead
ed for the seaside yesterday as
Old Sol got steamed up at 4 p.m.
to set a new heat record for. this
year at 101 degrees.
Two minor cases of heat pros
tration called the first aid car.
An elderly transient man and an
elderly woman both collapsed un
der oppressive temperature on cl-'
ty streets but neither wlss serious
ly affected.
In downtown- Salem, where tne
heat was reflected from brick
building fronts, asphalt streets
became like molasses and' a city
truck sprinkled tine crushed gra
vel to prevent citizens from be
ing mired half way across.
lee cream cone stands reportea
ther did a record trade as did the , '
two outdoor swimming pools. Les
lie reported 1275 swimmers, Ol-.
inger lfO last night and" the V
were still coming.
Traffic Accidents
Come From Heat
First aidmen reported at least
two traffic accidents as a direct
result of the heat, both cases of
cars turning over when tires blew
out. Henry Girard of Hollywood,
Calif., had a tire blowout as he
drove through Salem yesterday
and a f irl passenger suffered cuts
as the machine turned over. An-
short way out of West Salem on
the Dallas highway.
Carl Guentner, works superin
tendent of the Salem water com
mission, reported that during a
two-hour period Friday night the
city was using water at the rate
of 20,000,000, gallons a day or
twice the capacity of the Fair-
mount hill reservoir.
There was some consolation in
looking back at Salem's weather
figures Just one year ago. On July
21, 1938, the high 'mark of 105
and July 20 registered 104.
PORTLAND, July 22.-(fl)-Rap-idly
rising temperatures and
acutely low humidity increased
the forest fire danger throughout'
Oregon today.
Record high temperatures were
reported throughout the state,
with readings above 100 coming
from several south Oregon areas.
New highs for the year were re
ported also from eastern Oregon.
In the extreme southern end of
the state, at Ashland, a humidity
reading of 14 was reported, and
a crew of CO men was made ready
for emergency forest fire duty.
To add to the fire danger, the
weather bureau forecast thunder
storms In the mountains. If these
are accompanied . , by lightning, ,
many; tires may be-set. ; ' -j,,
-A 300-man crew,- aided by a
flying squadron of 40 pi e k e d
northwest national ' forest fire
fighters, battled a 400-acre blaze
in brush and grass on the Siskiyou
national forest. ,r ; - ' v
Another 150 men were! rushed
to the scene from other, nearby
forests. The rough terrain and
low humidity -made control ot the
blaze difficult. 7w t- "
George Alton Duncan, 25, for
mer forest service employe,,' 'was
arrested in the Tennessee, moun
tain area near Grants Pass on a
charge . of - starting three , forest
fires. . All were controlled. - i
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is a mwh ni hi .ii trm i n i w . w w .
()-The steamer West Ira, ber to -load
lumber, sailed today without ;
if after CIO longshoremen refused
to work the cargo. . '";
- The steamer San Clements, also
here for lumber, remained at the '
wharf waiting settlement of the
dispute which was started yester
day with the longshoemen's in
sistence that wharf lumber car
rier operators be affiliated with
the CIO, The carriers, as well as ", ,
employes in the mill 'where the
lumber. waaVcut,-; are affiliated
with the American Federation of v
Labon w-';.- Sf
Wayne .Morse, - Eugene, 'west
coast arbiter tor the national labor
relations board, was called to set-