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The Weather
Generally fair, today and
Friday; tog on 'coast with
rising humidity. Max. temp.
103; mln. 02. Birer -3.4 fU
North wind..
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The 1939 heat record was brok"
n in Salem yesterday.
- A brassy son, aided by cloud
less skies and lack of cooling
breezes, boosted the temperature
ever the former high early in the
afternoon, and warming to. his
work went on to make it 103
degrees. i-:.-: .
It was the warmest 34 hoars
recorded since a year ago when
n July 21 a 105 was reached. .
'Old Sol rose yesterday morning
to find things already warmed np
for him, a minimum of 82 degrees
for; the night being the. highest
minlmnnvvtor the ; Tear. He had
paaked it ap 20 degrees to 82 toy
9:80. At the noon hour, when he
took no time off, he had made
it 94. - - '
Breese From
Korthwest Torrid '. .,
A light hreexe in the morning
from the northeast was like a
hlast from an - oven. . It ' Tee red
around to . the northwest tor a
hrief time giving hope of check
ing the rise, bat almost imme
diately swung back Into the north"
west ,-.
All-time record heat for Salem
was the 108 registered July 23,
Is 2 7. Yesterday's maximum was
the fourth highest since figures
have been kept, other highs being
a 107 degrees on July 14, 1935,
and last July's 105.
Hope Hras held, out for cooler
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Northwest Route
SEWARD, Alaska, July 17.
Low on funds but not "broke"
and anxious to make another at
tempt, the ill-fated Dr. Homer
Hint Kellems "northwest pas
sage' expedition - was Seattle
bound today on the liner Baranof.
Sources here disclosed Dr. Kel
lems sold some of the salvaged'
material -from the wrecked Pan
dora, which went aground on a
reef and was lost near Cape St
Silas last week, and that he had
also received advances from the
United States. Dr. Kellems fi
nanced one member, of the party
xb buying a ticket south.
TJndiscouraged, Dr. Kellems,
Oklahoma farmer-evangelist, said
he tentatively ; planned to ' make
the same attempt to round North
America to th east coast through
the Arctic during -the summer of
2141.
Cancer Prompts
Alan ' to Suicide
WALLA WALLA, July li.-m
The body of Ralph Sebern, 82,
former chimney sweep and Walla
Walla resident for 28 years, was
found hanging by a small sash
eord from a rafter In a Lewis
peak . cabin about 28 miles from
lere this afternoon. f;
His death was declared a ini
lde by Sheriff a A. Woodward
and Denuty Coroner H W. King.
' Sebern, the two officers said,
had been suffering with cancer
for several months.
Way Cleared Towards
l Giving Pilot License
PORTLAND, July 2 iP)-A de
fense demurrer today cleared the
way for the state pilot board to
examine Capt. J. L. Jacobeen, pi-
Jot, tor a state license. -
1 The old pilot board refused to
examine him. An injunction suit
was brought by a group of pros
pective river pilots to enjoin the
hew hoard from doing so. A de-
sens - demurrer was' sustained
PerhapsToday
Party Undaunted
dissolving the action.":
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Medical Society
Court Throws . out Charge
of Activities Against .
Health Cooperative !
WASHINGTON, July 2 6-(ff)-
The department of justice suffered
a major defeat today when a fed
eral district Judge tossed out of
court an Indictment charging the
American Medical association.
three other medical organizations,
and 21 prominent physicians with
violating the anti-trust laws, i
Justice James M. Proctor ruled
that 'medicine Is not a trade, but
learned profession, and there-
tore that the defendants could not
be guilty of restraint of trade In
their alleged! activities against
Group Health Association, Inc., a
cooperative set up to afford medi
cal ease on a pre-paid basis to fed
real employes in the District of
Columbia. .
In ft formal statement, the de
partment said It was making its
announcement not for the purpose
of criticising the opinion, but for
the reason that it is Important to
Inform physicians generally that
until the supreme court has acted.
the government's prosecution pol
icy toward boycotts in the meal'
eal profession Is unchanged."
Methodist Merger
Is Held Unlik
PORTLAND, Ore.. July It-mlPorthmA Pair Iniured
-VIvVaVwaa UflTttAjlfa fcniv1i Will I
" A UV asr a W jsvos. WS W mfmmmm w " lj
not ' unite with the Methodist
church. Bishop L. R. Marston,
Greenville. DL. told delegates to
the Oregon Free Methodist con
ference today.
He said the Free Methodist de
nomination was one of three that
were not included in the recent
Methodist merger. ,
Madras City-Block Burned;
Family Narrowly Escapes
If ADR AS. July 26.-ffV-A
mother and two children escaped
a tew moments before a building
eollansed today In a fire that de
stroyed a business block. -V ft l
The Central Oregon nercanmn
store, the state highway mainte
nance shed. Consolidated Freight
headquarters, an implement store
and a Copelaad Lumber company
building were burned. ' '
Mrs. George Dee, whose hus
band operates the mercantile
Arm, fled "with her youngsters" as
the structure telL
The fire cut Pacific Power and
light company and Pacific Tele
phone company facilities for sev
eral hours.
r Investlxators - tentatively esti
S'WARM IN SALEM SO SALEU SWIMMERS SWARM
Washington Law
Fails to Daunt :
WouldlBeWed
VANCOUVER, W?ah.. July 28.
-(-Washington's new marriage
law that provides a three day
refrigeration " period" . between
the time a license is applied for
and Issued has resulted in only
18 couples abandoning marital
projects.
f The auditor's office said that
of 600 couples mostly Oregon
tans to ask licenses since - the
new law took effect, only 18 failed
to call tor them. Only one - lady
appeared to explain the default.
"He wasa sailor and he sailed
away," she told" the clerk philo-
sophically - y
Two Found Dead
In Silent Home
SEATTLE, July 28.-Wn-Pollce
discovered early today the slaying
of 19-year-old : Lila Thomas and
the suicide of her patrolman hus
band, Ralph A. Thomas, 43, when
they broke into the Thomas home
after knocks at the door went un
answered. : Detective Capt. Marshall Scraf
ford .said Thomas shot is wife as
she iay on a bed, then killed his
pet dog In the kitchen and turned
his service revolver on himself.
The shootings were believed to
have occurred last Friday. Thom
as was on a short furlough.
Scraff ord said financial worries
of the patrolman were believed to
have caused the tragedy. Mrs.
Thomas was the niece of Thomas'
divorced first wife. -
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Severely in Accident
ELLENSBJJRG, July 28-(ff)-Mr:
and Mrs. Gus Smith, of Port
land, were seriously Injured near
here today when their automobile
overturned on a highway. The
couple was taken to an Ellensburg
: hospital. r - ;
mated portions of the damage at
150, power company; 3500, tele
phone company: 8500, highway
commission. The mercantile build
ing, valued at $4500. was covered
by 31500 insurance. The - stock
was protected by 14000. none of
the Bone Implement store sup
plies . was covered and " loss, ac
cording to Gladys Bone, was
about $1500.
Two thousand gallons of high
way oil, snow equipment and tools
werei burned..
Windows were cracked in the
Lewis H. Irving building : across
the street.
The Are. of unknown cause,
was the first here sinee January,
1937. when the school burned.
Three More re
Water Candidates
Stacer, Ladd, of . Salem,
Garrett of Astoria,
Vsk Managership
Three new applications for the
position of manager of the Salem
water department to take the
place of the late Cuyler Van Pat
ten have been received in addition
to the original 13 announced a
week ago, according to Informa
tion received from the Salem wa
ter' commission, of which I. M.
Doughton is chairman.
The new names, which bring
the list of applicants up to 16, are
those of George Garrett, Astoria;
Loy Stacer, 1446 Center street;
and Robert B. Ladd, Route 4, Sa
lem. No Indication has been made
as to when selection of the suc
cessful candidate will take place.
The next scheduled meeting of
the water commission will be Au
gust 4. S ' v --
Garrett Is at present a resident
of Astoria, and Is an engineer by
profession., For seven and a half
years' he was connected with the
department of public works and
the department of finances of the
city of Portland, and from Jan
uary, 1920, to July, 1934, he was
city manager of LaGrande, Ore
gon: Grand Junction, Colorado;
Rbinelander, Wise., and Astoria,
in that order.
Also an engineer, Stacer was
for six years water manager at
Coqullle. At present he is PWA
construction engineer on a high
way bridge near Roseburg, though
his residence is In Salem.
Ladd Is an electrical contractor
specializing in line construction
work. He is a graduate of Iowa
State college. - -
.The other 13 applicants for the
water position are Clifton M. Ir
win, L. A. McAllister, Dave Pugh,
cnaries A. Goodwin, P. M. Gre
gory, Claude T. Ellison, H. L.
Clark. Ira Darby, and Carl Guen
ther, all of Salem: and J. L. Hen
derson, Vancouver, - Wash. ; Wal
ter s. Chiene. Marshfieid: Allan
H. Toole, Spokane; and Tom De
laaey, whose home is in Califor-
Boy of 8 Killed
As Truck Spills
KELLOGG. Idaho. July 26-4P)
Norman Treglown. 8, was killed
tonight when a light track crashed
through a highway guard rail and
went over a 10-foot embankment.
- Acting Coroner Dr. H. F. John
son reported the truck was driven
by Earl Anderson, 16, Elk Creek.
Don Stewart, 15. Elk Creek, suf
fered a fractured collar bone, but
his mother and five other occu
pants of the truck escaped with
bruises.: K. - . '
The coroner , said young Treg
lown. the son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Treglown Elk Creek, died
from Internal injuries. ,
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Btarest crowds of the year were present yesterday as the cameraman
caaght these views of OUager and IeeUe outdoor swimming pools.
16 Is almost possible to tell how hot it Is each summer day by the
aunber swimming, so yesterday hottest day of the year brought
the largest crowds Sato the water B628 at Leslie and 2200 at
OUnrer. At left are showa general views of dinger, above, "and
Xieejie helew. At apper right, Larry McKeel, halfback of the WfH
saaettsr wjalmalty football ataad. Is probably longing for autumn
as be .rata a perfect dive Into
right, fan In the shallow part of
Non-Skid Roads
Plan Announced
Tentative Schedule for
County Road System
Work Are Listed
Tentative plans for application
of non-skid surfacing to paved
and oiled roads in the county were
announced yesterday by the coun
ty court.
Subject to change, the plan In
cludes the following roads: Mt.
Angel to Meridian road, 3.2 miles;
Silverton road from Sllvertcn to
Howell Prairie, 4.5 miles; Center
street road from state hospital to
Mitchell's corners, 1 mile; Sublim
ity from state secondary highway
north for a distance not yet de
termined; and a distance on the
Liberty road not yet decided.
A large mileage of county roaos
has already been Improved in this
fashion, which eliminates the
smooth surface which has been
considered dangerous when wet,
Judge Siegmund . and . Commis
sioner Smith of the county court
Inspected road work in the Turner
vicinity, where the oiling crew
now Is, in a routine Inspection yes
terday afternoon.
Sayre Named for
Pliilippines Post
WASHINGTON, July 26-(flV
A s slstant Secretary of State
Francis B. Sayre was chosen to
day to succeed Paul V. McNutt as
high commissioner of the Phillip-
pines.
President R oosevelt sent
Sayre's nomination to the senate
for confirmation. McNutt resigned
recently to become federal secur
ity administrator.
Sayre, appointed chairman of
the Interdepartmental committee
on Philippine affairs in ll35. has
advocated that the economic ties
between the islands and the
United States be severed gradually
rather than ' abruptly after the
Philippines attain Independence
In 1946.
Sayre, 54 years old, married a
daughter of President Wilson. He
was educated at ' Williams . rnd
Harvard, later , being a faculty
member of those institutions, .
Schooner It Freed
After Going Ashore
SEATTLE, July 26-P)-The
coastwise steam schooner El Ced-
ro of Seattle was pulled off
bar in Elliott bay tonight where
she went aground while attempt
ing to round Harbor island. !It
took three tugs, working at high
tide, to pull the 2612-ton vessel
tree. Damage was slight. V-
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Xesue's eool
dinger tank.
1 Killed, 15 Hart
In London Blasts
Angry Commons Approves
Anti-IRA Bill After
Latest Outrage
LONDON, July 26-jp)-An out
break of bombings attributed to
the Irish republican army today
wrecked a canal bridge near Liv
erpool, and shattered baggage
checkrooms In two of London's
largest railway stations.
A fourth explosion in a Liver
pool mailbox tore the front from a
district postoffice.
Spurred by the blast at King's
Cross and Victoria railway sta
tions, in which one person was fa-'
tally Injured and nearly a score of
others hurt, the house of commons
approved without division a bill to
curb the IRA, and sent it to the
house of lords.
The Liverpool explosions oc
curred several hours after the Lon
don blasts. Destruction of the
wooden swing bridge at Liverpoo
blocked the Leeds Liverpool canal.
Throughout England thousands
of police were hurried to vita
points to protect them against ter
rorism, following the two railway
station explosions.
The first, just after noon at
King's Cross station, fatally In
jured Dr. Donald Campbell, a lec
turer at Edinburgh university,
who had been on a holiday with
his bride of less than a year. His
wife was injured and taken to a
hospital where she was not in
formed of her husband's death.
Fifteen others were hurt at
King's Cross station, and a half
dozen others, none seriously,' It
was reported, at Victoria station.
The fatality was the first in
London attributed to IRA terror
Ism. One previous death occurred
in a -bombing at Manchester.
Ex-Governor Makes Appeal
To Retain
PORTLAND, July 1C. --Reappointment
of State Police Su
perintendent Charles P. Pray was
asked today by former Governor
Charles H. Martin in an appeal
to- Governor Sprague.
Pray, - appointed - by the late
Governor Julius L. Meier sooa
after Major-General Smedley Bat
lev organized the first state force
more than eight years ago, com
pletes his regular term July 81.
"Just as Governor Meier ap
pealed to me in the interests' of
god government . . . to reappoint
Superintendent Pray . . . I appeal
to you that you reappoint Pray
to continue in his office that the
state police .-. i may continue to
function under - him for. the . pro
tection of lives,:, the t welfare of
the citizens, maintenance of -con-
stltutional government and pro
Anglo-French
Rlffitaiy Will
Meet Russians
Democracies : Seem Near
Defense 'Alliances
. : by hew Moves -
Berlin Practices for
Air Raid Defense;
Spain Troubled
(By the Associated Press)
France and Britain held strong
hopes of soon reaching a mutual
defense agreement with soviet
Russia Wednesday while Berlin
practiced air raid defenses.
For the first, time, France and
Britain seemed ready to share mil
itary secrets with Moscow by send
ing military missions to start staff
talks. :
Diplomats said British-French
reluctance to start such talks had
been one of the main Issues' over
which Moscow conversations had
bogged down .
The house of commons was told
by Prime Minister Chamberlain
that he expected to make a state
ment next week on the negotia
tions as a result of new instruc
tions sent to British Ambassador
Sir William Seeds in Moscow. -
Berlin was subjected to a mock
bomb attack by "enemy planes"
which flew over the blacked-out
capital to test wartime aerial de-
tenses In realistic exercises which
sent millions into air raid shelters.
Theoretically hundreds of
buildings were wiped out but au
thorities would not estimate the
number of ."dead and wounded1
In the exercises.
Reports reaching the French
frontier from Spain reported Gen-
eralissimo Franco . at . least tem
porarily had bowed to hitter oppo
sition which has risen to his bro
ther-in-law. Interior Minister Ra
mon Serrano Suner, chief advocate
of close Spanish cooperation with
Italy and Germany. -
Franco was said to nave shelved
a plan to make Serrano Suner pre
mier with wide powers. Monar
chists and army leaders opened
violent attacks, these reports said,
on the Interior minister, who also
Is chief of the falangists Spanish
fascists.
Burgos dispatches said Franco
might reorganize his cabinet at a
meeting Friday.
In the far east differences of
an unspecified nature were report
ed authoritatively to have arisen
In' committee negotiations at
tempting to settle the Tientsin dis
pute between Britain and Japan.
The possibility of a difference
In Interpretation of their prevl
ous agreement was seen in a Tok
yo foreign office spokesman's
statement that "we certainly do
not expect" Britain to continue aid
to China, even though Chamber
lain already has said no change In
Britain's Chinese policy is to re
sult from the agreement reached
last week.
Three-Way Collision
! Escaped Fourth in'f
PORTLAND, Ore, Jnly 20-()-Oiarles
Mackey of Port
land ram ont of luck today aft
er surviving a three-car colli
sion without injury.
He started across a street
to summon a wrecker and was
struck by a fourth car. He suf
fered a severe head injury.
Oregon Democrats Bid,
Olson, Djouglas to Come
PORTLAND, July . 26.-CAVIn
vitations went to Associate 0. 8.
Supreme Court Justice William. O.
Douglas and ' Governor Culbert
Olson of California today to at
tend the Multnomah democratic
central committee plenle here
Sunday. : . ,
Pray in Office
tection of property, the former
executive, who was defeated at
last year's primaries, said.
"I compiled with O o r e r a o
Melon's request," he continued.
"and daring the four years of my
administration Mr. Pray . main
tained the state police on this
same level of high efficiency."
Up to late Wednesday. Gover
nor Charles A. gpraxwe had made
no statement indicating whom he
Intends to appoint as superin
tendent of the state police depart
ment' for the four-year period
starting next Tuesday. The term
of Charles P. Pray, at the head
of - the state - police department
since August 1, 1931, expires at
midnight Monday. . i
"I have not yet made up my
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Embargo May
Follow Close
Of Trade Act
Envoy Handed Paper as
Capital Is Struck
by Sudden Move
Abrogation of Commerce
Treaty Is Effective
in six Months
WASHINGTON, July 26.-V-
The United States served notice
tonight it was terminating Its
1911 treaty of commerce and :
navigation with Japan, opening ,
the way toward an embargo on the -
shipment of raw materials to that
country.
On behalf of Secretary of State
Hull, Francis B. Sayre, assistant
secretary of state, handed a note
to an official of the Japanese em
bassy Informing him of the step.
The government s action came
like lightning from a blue sky,
since the senate foreign relations ,
committee discussing a resolution
calling ' for the denunciation of
the treaty postponed discussion
on- it today until later In the
week.
Earlier today Secretary Hull
conferred with President Roose
velt, following talks with his far
eastern f advisers. The president
approved, perhaps ordered, the -action.
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Six months must pass from to
day before the abrogation can go
intb effect They will be up Janu
ary 26. 1940, at which time con
gress will be in session and can
discuss an embargo on raw mate
rials shipments to Japan.
1911 Treaty Held
Embargo Obstacle
The state department regarded
the 1911 treaty as a legal obstacle
In the . way of a resolution by .
Senator Pittman (D-Nev) calling:
for the embargo. Article 8, para- .
graph 3, of the pact, said: "Nor
shall any prohibition be enforced
by either country on the imports-,
tlon or exportation of any article -from,
or to the territories of . the
other which -shall not equally ex
tend to the like article imported
from or exported to any other
country."
Consequently, if the United
States wanted to embargo ship
ments to Japan, she would have
to do so with regard to all other
nations as well as long as the
treaty remained In force.
Senator Vandenberg (R-Mlch)
introduced a resolution some days
ago calling for the abrogation of
the 1911 treaty with a view to
poBplble negotiation of a new one
affording better protection to-
American rights in China.
Asked by the senate foreign re
lations committee for an opinion
on both resolutions, Secretary
Hull last Friday deferred giving
it, but wrote the committee with
reference to the Vanderberg reso
lution that the state department
would be glad to consider It If it
were approved.
Surprised Capital
Hears of Action
The abrogation caught the cap
ital by surprise. At 9:30 p.m. the
state department telephoned to
newspaper correspondents and
asked them to come to the depart
ment tor a news release. At 10
o'clock an official handed them
the text of the release.
It said that the treaty "contains
provisions which need new consid
eration." It added that the Unit
ed States was signifying Its desire
to terminate the pact "with a view
to better safeguarding and pro
moting American Interests as new
developments may require."
Earner in tne day senator Pitt-
man had said, "I haven't the
slightest idea whether action will
be taken on the resolution in this
session."
Hull acted tonight following
several statements this week by
him regarding Japan On Monday
he expressed this government's
concern over the Increasing num
ber ' of - American-Japanese Inci
dents in China. . -
Monday and yesterday he com
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h Burning Grain
PRESCOTT, Wash., July 26.-(JP)-Ver
Harvey, prominent
Walla Walla county farmer, waa
critically burned late this after
noon when he attempted to me
his tractor and was trapped In a
wind-fanned grata fire that
roared over about 2000 acres ot
standing grain north of nere. .
Harvey had unhooked the trac
tor from his-combine harveter,
after cutting a circle, and had '
started to plow around the ma
chine. He then attempted to out
run the flames, saw the tractor
was sot fast enough and leaped
to the ground to save himself on
foot. -
He tripped, fell, and the flames
roared over him. At a Walla Walla
hospital tonight his condition was
reported grave', with burns all
over his body. . ' -
..Two farmers, including Har
vey, lost all their grain and hold
ings of four others were partially
destroyed. Control was In vain
and the blase burned itself out.
Farmer Is Caugh