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Newspaper Page Textt , . Valley. CoTersge H 1 54 " ?: - ' A CkTny fair today ju Monday, with fog on the , . . coast and scattered tfesnder , An alert staff of torrw gMndents keep Tb; Oregom Statesman up to the minute with newt of happenings la 1 the valley. - atonaa over snomntalnsi lit- ; tie change in Temp, and hn r. snldity. Max. Temp. M, Min, : t. Rirer S4S ft. NorUx wind petiNeao , iZZi EIGHTY-NINTH TEAS Salem, Oregon, Simday -Uorninr, . July; SO, 1939 Price Set Newsstands 6 No. 108 t EM V -VV v. ill i , ' - Japan Troops Face Tom ies ; WithBayonets Dispute Over Boundary , of Shanghai Foreign" - Area Flares , Four British Soldiers ; Detained for "While : by Japanese , SHANGHAI, July 29Hff) Bhanghais intermittent BrltUh- Japanete friction flared anew to- . night In an Incident wwen Libronght Japanese with bayoneti fixed and British troopa face to face on a disputed inUrnaUonal lettlement boundary. The affair produced no actual clash but the Japanese temporar ily detained four British soldiers and threw up a barrier along the British defense sone which drew a atrong British military protest as n Aticro&chment on Britlih- rnarded territory. Thousands of terrified Chinese fled into the British area before a T.....u iint force ot 200 closed the gaps between the barricades on the boundary between the Japanese and British defense see- t0The barricades extended along the entire mile and a half length of North Kiangsl Road, from Soo chow Creek to the northern limit of the British area, .v v The fresh friction occurred as the anti-British campaign in Nortn Pehtalho. sea- ....t rnrt northeast of Tientsin with the parading of paid Chinese demonstrators. . (The British government ln atructed Its ambassador to Tokyo to make new representations against continuation of anti-Brit-trfttiona In the orient. v-cirn Secretary Lord Halifax niinnneed Monday the Japan ese had agreed to try to control the demonstrations.) Highlanders Enter The trouble started when four o..f.ii. Highlanders In a mili tary truck entered the Japanese ' defense sector to repair barbed wire. British aaia iney u" der the Impression 'the, territory was British. " - Al'-Vf : Carrying' eTerythlnrr lOTabie om-feod t beda. C h 1 n e a e atreamed through rapidly narrow ing gaps in ' the barricades and piled their goods high on the Brit ish sidewalks. t Many fled so rapidly that they filled to turn off their lights which could be seen shining from deserted rooms. Tonight the Japanese side of the barrier was nearly deserted . while the roadway . and BrlUsn sidewalk were crammed with ter rified, homeless Chinese. The French and Shanghai mu nicipal council police doubled their guards along "newspaper row," Avenue Edward VII, as a precaution against terroristic out breaks like the one last Saturday In which an American and three Chinese were killed. ' t ' Tanks were stationed at fre quent Intervals and riflemen stop ped all taxlcabs to question their occupants. Kidnap Is Charged In Child Marriage KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., July 29-P-Sheriff Lloyd Low said a ii.Tn!Lrriaff6 oerformed by a rniAndo lustlce ef the peace was revealed "i here today when Bay Dunbar, 40, and Jack Mallette, 27. were arrested; on kidnaping ThR men waived extradition on Pueblo, Colo., charges ot kidnap ing Kathryn Katxdorn Mallette, 14. She was held as a delinquent. ; Low said Mallette and , his bride produced a marriage cer tificate showing they were wed In Hillside, Colo., July 14 by Jus tice ot the Peace irea xHues, The Mallettes were arrested on rnrh at Olene. east ot here. Dunbar was working on another ... annth of Klamath .Falls. Th trio, also charged with grand larceny In Pueblo, was traced here through letters to reiauTes. Policeman Victim Of Killer at Bay CTNTHIANA. Ky., July JHR -An aged policeman was killed and seven men wounded tonight ttmntlnr to rout a man from a barn while Investigating reports a young girl had been enticed Into the bniidlng. ? V police Chief George M. Dickey, tt. head ot the force nere iw more than 27 years, was killed when a shotgun " charge struck him In the back. The seven wound ed men, were either. members of - the posse surrounding the barn or ttvttandsra. - - t ' - .' Night Patrolman Chester: Hart taid the barn was oh the property of Charles Allen. It waa not known Immediately If the girl was rriaoner. but police were exerting extreme caution In efforts to oust the man. ' ? ' ' ' - ' - Tear gas bombs were thrown intn th, atrncture. ' but ' the Im prisoned man's answer was a blast from nig snoigun waicn tcucu Boys Quit Federal Silver Creek Recreation Camp; V 's Move in Boys who have been spending two reational area camp at Silver - TMCA, win more out today to make room for girls who will take over the camp for the next month. Bhown above, top. Is a group of the boys with products of the pottery handicraft classes. Center and below are two views of the camp swimming pool, a popular place these days. Mountains Gret, Declares Justice Douglas Has Fine Time Fishing on Vacation ; ? ii Northwest r V -1 PORTLAND, Ore., July 19.-P) -Mountains of . the Pacific north west are "spine tingling" to Fish erman William o. Douglas, wno spends moments when he ean't find a trout stream as associate ustice of the United States' su preme court. Fishing? Thats my sport,' beamed the Justice to an Inter viewer today. I am a fly fisher man." But he doesn't care for bait fishing and he had a hint of dis dain in his voice when speaking of men who plunk bait Into good streams. Public policy? He's very apt to swing the conversation to weath er when such questions arise, par tlcularly while he s touring the northwest, his boyhood home, be fore returning to Washington. Justice Douglas referred to his position on the highest court In the land long enough to admit he was not a member of the supreme court bar when appointed to that bench. .He's trying to break 100, some thing he's never done, on the Manor Country club course in Maryland. Justice and Mrs. Douglas drove to Portland from Olymnia. wash. last night. Tomorrow he will drive to LaGrande where their children are staying with " Mrs. Douglas' mother. Then they will return to Washington. Eve Curie Honored PARIS. July 29-tirVEve Curie, second daughter . of Pierre and Mme. Marie Curie, pioneers with radium, will receive the Legion of Honor award for her lectures in the United States. England Gathers Sea Force For Mighty Naval Maneuver LONDON, July 29-i")-Brltaln today marshaled her vast -sea forces In fear of late summer in ternational tension, prepared tor military collaboration with Soviet Russia and showed an Increasing tendency to resist Japanese de mands in Cnina. Mobilisation of naval power got umAmr wit a battleships of the home fleet sailed for- training cruises and firing practice in ad vance ot maneuvers, ue oigsi peacetime war games in British history, which are to oesu m mid-August.' f : The maneuvers are scaeawiea to start after .mg ueorge re views the reserve fleet Aug. I and to coincide with the period many observers believe Will see mount ing international tension. ; Official quarters, usaawaue, said the British ambassador to Tokyo, Sir Robert Leslie Cralgie, had been Instructed to .make rep resentations to Japan against an- U-BrlUsh demonstrations wnicn hare continued during the Tokyo talks over British-Japanese diffi culties In China. There were reports in London that Tokyo municipal authorities were arranging further anti-British rallies ; Monday outside the ii . V, 5 y; weeks In the open at the federal rec Creek, sponsored by the Salem j Committee Meets On Civic Stadium Possible Sites Discussed; to ueport nans tsacic ; to citrii'i ' Salem's civic stadium "commit tee met Friday night, tor the sec ond time since it was formed last November. The first meeting, at which time apopintment ot sub-commit tees was the sole business, met six months before. Present Friday were Mayor W. W. Chadwlck, chairman, Vera Gllmore, Alderman Harold Pru- ltt, Alderman Lawrence Brown and Tom Hill Members Glenn Gregg and Roy L. "Spec" Keene, who are vactloning, were not pres ent Possible sites were discussed. One, a 14-aere tract between the Sllverton road and Pacific high way north of town, was given ma jor consideration in the discus sion, with the committee deciding to ask for a definite price on the property. The committee, which is- a com mittee of the city council, was ap pointed to bring back to the coun cil definite plans for the stadium made possible in Novembers elec tion. At that time a $50,000 city bond was voted, with the under standing that PWA. assistance would give Salem a stadium or about $110,000 in value. Italian Aircraft Struts Its Stuff ROME, July 29-(ff-More than 400 Italian war planes were re ported engaged In Important ma neuvers over the central Mediter ranean today as the Italian fleet headed to sea for summer exer cises. British embassy and the building in which the conferences are be ing held. . ; ' , -, Dissatisfaction was Indicated In official circles over progress of the Tokyo negotiations and pres sure for a stronger stand in the orient has grown since the United States denounced her 1211 trade treaty with Japan July IS. A : statement. In tte house : of commons on the protracted BriU ish-French-soviet . negotiations is expected from - Prime Minister Chamberlain Monday prior to the last foreign affairs debate before parliament adjourns August 4, In a speech at Llandrindod, Wales, wartime Prime Minister David Lloyd George attacked the government for sending "a clerk from the foreign office" to repre. sent Britain In the Moscow nego tiations. William Strang, counsellor of the foreign office, has been in Moscow since June 14, participat ing in the talks." Calling . soviet Russia "the greatest military power. In the world.'. Lloyd George said: "If yon want their help you ought to send somebody there who Is wor thy of our dignity and theirs." Business Gets Aid of Senate On Loan Bill Amendment Is Design 1 to Protect Private : ; Enterprise " Change Aimed at Loans to Parties by Labor; Is Adopted WASHINGTON, Julr. The senate approved tonight,- 5 to . 24, an amendment to thf administration's Il,40,e00,0ft0 lending bill . designed to prevent government Interference with ex Is tine private enterprise. -. Soon after adopting this pro- nn.al V, fisnatnv O'MahnnpT I'D. Wyo.), the chamber agreea w limit debate on the lending meas ure and recessed until Monday. : The agreement, limiting sena tors to lS-minnte speeches, was obtanled by the administration leadership after many previous at tempts to hasten a vote had proved futile. Sentiment for reduction of the lending program spread from the senate to the house banking com mittee during the day, bringing ring the day, bringing J iaslretarSoi1?. about an In the measure hands. The. banking committee recom mended house passage of a cur tailed bill carrying a total of $1,950,000,000. ; The bill before the senate al ready had been cut down, by a coalition of republicans and dem ocrats, to $1,440,000,000. When first introduced by administra tion leaders, the legislation car ried $2,800,000,000. Before It recessed, the senate accepted by a voice vote an amendment by Senator Tydings (D, Md.) to prohibit political con tributions by labor unions or oth er organizations except with the knowledge of their members. Amendment Aimed At CIO Loan Tvdings indicated during de bate tha't the amendment was aimed at such loans as the $470,000 advance made to the democratic party in 1936 by John L. Lewis' united mine workers. Acceptance of the O'Mahoney proposal came after hours-long de bate, during wnicn senator wor- rls (ind-Neb) coarged that Its practical effectwould be "to maieJ f'Biurtinf i it&umkim inil ntcinallt to construct an electrie light Plant The O'Mahoney amendment provides that none of the pro posed $360,000,000 of public works loans could go tor projects In any field which private enter prise already was serving ade quately. It provides also, however, that if the owners of a private business refuse a "reasonable" public offer to purchase, then government funds could be used (Turn to page 2, col. 2) Salem Cools Down To Reading of 94 What would ordinarily be held a hot day seemed cool here yesterday when a maximum of 04 degrees gave some respite from the three-figure readings of earlier in the week. Still less beat was promised for Sunday in the official weather forecast PORTLAND, July 29-UPr-Port- land temperatures dropped today to give the city respite from plus- 90-degree heat of the past four days, although Oregon's interior remained blistering hot. Portland's maximum was 88, compared to 98 last Wednesday. Medford was the hottest report ing town, with 100 degrees. Pen dleton was next with 97, Rose burg 95, Baker 94 and Eugene 92. Continued declines In temper ature were predicted for Sunday. Vacation Journey Ends in Accident A vacation trip to California came to an untimely end for Mr. end Mrs. R. J. Klause of Portland last night when their automobile was invoivea in a coiusion wun one anven oy uari von mnae oiiQight. .-:'! vV--. Gardner, Me., two miles south or Salem at the Juncture of the P- dfle highway and Prtngle road. Both cars were badly smashed. out me oniy injury sustainea oy occupants ox me two cars was a sllghtly bruised knee received by Mrs. Klause. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Klause : had Just started on their trip south. Klause Is an employe of Meier ft i Frank In Portland. Buff alb Times Is To End Publishing buffalo. N.Y- July 2-v tne buii Aimea, wvanug emWfces VHiVaJ a4t A toi , "r7i Editor George H. Lyon declined No authoritative estimate could be obtained ot the number of em ployee affected, although unof ficial sources placed It at between 200 and 800. These included 40 editorial workers and 46 compos ing room employes. Senator Heads for Home nm-y-i, 'V.UT2vrrv:zl ntor Austin (R-VtJ became the senate's acting minority leader today when Senator Mcsary (R-Ore) sent word that he would leave tomorrow for his Salem, Ore horned McXary cently has been recuperating from an Intestinal disorder, and friends said he decided to go to Oregon for a rest, j vtnj A ff ij VVr A Holding r ire On Lay Off Plans Possible Modification of t Congress Ruling Is Held Possible WASHINGTON, July 29-(ff)- The WPA stopped dismissing long-time employes today pending final congressional action on a proposal to modify the relief act's requirement that they be laid off by September 1. Colonel F. C. Harrington, com missioner, telegraphed all state work relief administrators to sus pend action In dismissing persons who had 18 consecutive months or more ot WPA employment. A provision of the new relief act, Harrington said called upon him to drop approximately 50,000 persons, other than war veterans, by September 1. Under the act they could apply for re- certification after a 30-day Inter- JI'LS u7t iZ status of new. relief applicants. A, V: A A A & I priority wOuldjbe given,-to persons certified for relief for three months or mere, but who never before had been on, the work relief payroll; Because of the general program of relief re duction, Harrington said this made chances slim that long-term employes once dismissed, ever would be taken back. Harrington declined to say Im mediately whether employes al ready dropped would be reinstat ed. That decision, he said, could not be reached until congress takes final action. The commissioner likewise would not attempt; to estimate the number dismissed to date un der the relief act. It probably was negligible, he said. Transmission Line Is Promised Gty PORTLAND, Ore, July 29-UP) -Frank A. Banks, acting Bonne ville dam administrator, promised The Dalles Public Power and In dustrial association today a 110.000-Tolt transmission line would be constructed to. The Dalles If voters approved a Wasco county public utility district The PUD proposition will go on the ballot August 15. Banks, who sent his promise I in a letter to the association meet ing at Bonneville, said The Dalles was "strategically located to uti lize both the navigation and pow er facilities made possible by Bon neville dam." .. r '7 SAN DIEGO, Calif.. July 29-UP) -Blasting Byron Humphreys from the .mound In the fourth inning. Portland's Beavers: continued to grease the skids under the sliding I gan Diego Padres, winning 7 to I z In a Coast learns, sunt here to- I Hnmnhrevs was greeted in the first lnnlnr by four straight hits I ith one out and the Beavers took . tl m o he headed. pdres, held to two hits in tB. ttnt inn- Dv the veter- an : Glen : Gabler, bunched three blows In the sixtksor a run and added a second marker In the eighth. , : , 1 " Portland 7 14 San Diego .;.;.;... 2 - Gabler and Monso; Humphreys, Tobin (4) and Starr. SACRAMENTO.Callt, July 29.- UPV-Nlght game: :r::: a a 1 whh-r iml. ITmtM! fiesta. 1 " ' HOLLTWOOD. Unly - ()- . i L ; . . 1 H7Ie Mtaat h I Hollywood I t 2 Darrow. Cantwell IT) and Rat- mondl; Bittner and Dapper. SAN FRANCISCO, July 29.-ff) Los Angeles z San Francisco .1 f Insane Cases Handling May Have Probing Alleged Hasty Action in Committing Veteran Brings Protest Miller' Hayden Declares Grand Jury Action Is Proper The manner In which commit ments to the state hospital for the Insane are made In Marion coun ty may be brought before the grand Jury as one requested sub ject for Its Impending Investiga tion of county offices. It was in dicated Saturday. The ease of a World war veter an who was committed on Satur day was cited by Miller B. Hay den, justice of the peace of the Salem district, as one which mer ited Investigation. Explaining that he was acting in his capacity as a citizen and not as a public offi cer, Hayden did not say definite ly that he would take the matter before the grand Jury, but did say be was determined to find out what was what" and mentioned that grand jury action was one proper method. Hayden, himself war veteran, said he believed other ex-service men would join him in demanding that the situa tion be cleared up. Gets To Hospital In Short Order In the case cited, the commit ment was made in the regular manner, with the papers signed by County Judge J. C. Slegmund and the county physician. Hayden de e 1 a r e d, however, that the man against whom insanity proceed ings were instituted had been brought to the courthouse some time about noon, that the physi cian and judge had "seen" him thereafter and the man was In the receiving ward at the hospital less than two hours later; that all this had happened without the man's friends or even his wife being no tified. Hayden said he was well ac quainted with the man and had talked with him Friday, at which time he seemed entirely rational. The veteran is understood to hare suffered a head wound while over seas. Objection Is Made To Speedy Action rrom the legal standpoint. Har den said he objected to i the al- egediy speedy, action on the ground that It was admittedly "non-violent ease, under such circumstances, he said, the law provides that relatives may, if able and willing, arrange for private treatment of the patient, and that this privilege had been denied in this case because rela tives were not notified and had no opportunity to appear. judge Slegmund could not be reached Saturday night to be giv en an opportunity to tell his ver sion of the affair. Praying Gunman Handed 20 Years GRANTS PASS. July 2-flPV- As monotonous prayers dinned In his ears. Circuit Judge H. D. Norton sentenced Louis Jackson Hurst, 19-year-old gunman, to serve 20 years in prison. For two days Hurst had chant ed: "Father in heaven, I will pray that thou will save my soul." - Hurst admitted he shot Har old Drake, a 19-year-old stranger, in the back "because I thought he laughed at me." He was charged wltn assault with Intent to kill. He committed two holdups before being captured at Ashland. A psychiatrist found Hurst "le gally sane," but Judge Norton said he would recommend the youth beclosely watched. Blaze in Timber , Dangers Oakridge OAKRIDGK. July 29-UPV-CitI- tens ot this little mountain mill town at the head of the Willam ette turned out this afternoon to quell a timber blaxe only a half mile from their homes. Tonight the 'fire was under con trol after . rambling over about 100 acres. CCC youths aided In the fight This was the third fire stamped out In the Willamette forest In four days. All are still burning but are under close watch. Fire Destroys Rail Span Over Willamette JL The half-mile long . wooden trestle, carrying the Oregon Elee. trie railway line ever the Willam ette river at Wilsonville was de stroyed by fire last night which spread from adjacent grain fields, according to word reaching the Salem office of the line. - - It was believed the steel bridge In the e e n t e r of the structure would;' be salvaged, reports - said, but the trestle, mneh ot whieb was replaced with new piling Just this year, Was held a total loss. . The trestle, one of the longest on the Oregon Electric line, la located tour miles north and west of Aurora and spans one of the widest' stretches of the river at that point. The sloping terrain ne cessitated building a trestle sever Northwest Endane Dry Weather $tays Four Fire Fighters in Nevada; Pacific Northwest - Has 85 Forest Blazes Hood River Apple Plants Biira in Dawn Fire With 250,000 Incendiarism Possible (Br The Associated Press) Vast sections of western timber land, tinder dry from rainless weeks and searing heat, were threatened by fires which killed four in Nevada and caused unestimated damage in several other states. In addition, lightning storms which brought little rain, killed two, one in Oregon and one in Kentucky. Four civilian conservation corps enrollees burned to death when a brush and timber fire they were fighting shift ed and cut off their retreat. A fifth youth was missing and feared dead. French Will Give Bonus for Babies Government Promulgates 80 Decree Laws to Bolster Nation PARIS, July 29.-)-The French government tonight launched agroup of 80 decree laws including cash bonuses for babies to strengthen the nation for what Finance Minister Paul Reynaud called "the present white war ot nerves" and against any future clash of arms. - The measures ranged from one strengthening anti-espionage for. ces to the one offering prizes xor babies, to be paid in part by taxes on bachelors and childless cou ples. Reynaud. in a nauonwiae raaio address explaining the decrees, said another of the new laws re stricts arms profits sharply. It provides that manufacturers must keep their eooks open to the gov ernment, which will take profits above 10 percent and downft 15 percent ot all profits under four pereent. -r. v-.- The decree designed to spur the French birth rate as a part of the national defense program was one of 80 adopted by the cabinet in cluding provisions for the preven tion of abortions and reinforce ment of the counter-espionage service. Bachelors and others will not know how much they must pay un til Tuesday upon publication of the decrees in the official Journal nor will prospective parents know how much cash they can count on. One report said the premiums would be 3.000 francs (about 80) per baby, a tidy sum to many laborers whose monthly wages seldom exceeds that amount. 175 Are Stranded As Train Wrecked MARCELINE. Mo.. July 29-6W -About 15 passengers on a Santa fe train were stranaea lor oft hours tonight when five coaches jumped the track six miles west of here. One of the passengers. Mrs. Jo hanna Taylor, an elderly Kansas City woman, suffered a possibly fractured right knee. - A section foreman, R. Bahtty of Rotbvllle, suffered a iractured skull when a rail spike was snap- red from the track by the derail ment. His condition was said to be critical. None of the cars turned over. Confiscated Still Is First in Year PORTLAND, July 29-The state liquor control commission held today, the first Illicit liquor still to be confiscated in Oregon In move than a year. ' The still, of 25 gallon capacity, waa seized at Boring yesterday and Claude Holt South was ar raigned at Oregon City today on a charge of operating it, - He 'was held for the grand Jury under Si, 000 baiL Wilsonville al hundred feet long which Joins a steei triage in tne middle. E. B. Nelson, Salem freight agent (or the company, said a crew of men -was sent out from Port land but little hope was held of saving the trestle part, From Aurora, where the flames were clearly visible, it was report ed several fields of grain were also burned over la the fire, which was-sald to have started about I p.m. in brush along a highway which passes .under the bridge. ; Canby, Oregon City and Aurora ore departments Joined in battl ing the blase.: v-.-.-- 'v - : Portland officials- stated that the company, which operates as far south as Eugene, would re route , its heavy freight businc 1 over the Southern Pacific line. Fores ts eredas HoU Burned to Death 2e: 0 The fire was In the rugged San ta Rosa mountains of northern isevaaa. it was brought under control yesterday morning after an all-night fight and a search was started for the missing youth. Frank J. Vitale, 20, Brooklyn, NY. The badly burned bodies of Er nest R. Tlppln. 21, Oswego, Kas.; George J. Kennedy, 22, New York; Frank W. Barker, 20, Barker, 20, Brooklyn, and Wal ter James, 18. Rldgewood, NY, were taken to Winnemucca, Nev., the regional forest service office at Ogden, Utah, announced. Thunderstorms Start Blazes Pacific northwest fires, 85 of which were started by rainless thunderstorms, spread oyer thou sands of acres of Timberland, but for the most part were under con troL Two hundred men fought a grass and scrub timber fire near Spokane, Wash. A 400-acre fire east ot Eugene, Ore., was Isolated snd the Eden Valley fire in tbVs Siskiyou' forest was controlled af ter 3,000,000 feet of Umber was destroyed. Approximately 1,601 men were called to fight flames which broke out In three other areas near Eugene. All these were brought nfider control ' - Several fires raged In north Idaho forests but In the southern section of that state lightning-set flames were extinguished or con trolled. Utah Danger Decreases Danger decreased In Utah fol lowing light storms, but officials warned that forests still were dry and carelessness would result in huge damage. General rain lessened firs dan gers in New Mexico. California officials prepared for a week-end of fires. Lightning menaced several areas and winds spread camper-set fires. A 8.000 acre blaze In Shasta county was still loose, ther fires, in Placer and Calaveras counties, consumed 700 acres each. PORTLAND, Ore., July 29-6M -Fires raged through two drouth-- dried Columbia river Industrial areas today and last night, caus ing damage estimated by firemen at 2500,000. At Hood Riyer, Ore., a dajEn- fire mysteriously caused faf an apple packing plant destroyed that building, leaped before a west wind to another, destroyed it, and was halted as It licked at a third. The damage there was reported to be nearly a quarter ot a million dollars. A few hours earlier, at Vancou ver, Wash., a blaze firemen were convinced was Incendiary, swept the west side Industrial district, leveling the plant of four con. cerns. Damage there was estimat ed also at 8250,000. Transient Held As Suspect A transient from Welser. Idaho. William. Edison, 21. was held without charge In connection with tne Vancouver fire. Police Ser geant Harry Diamond said spec tators reported he resembled a man who boasted having set the tire. Edison denied the accusation. The Hood River fire first was seen In the Kelly Brother's apple, packing plant Forty thousand gal lons of . three-year-old federally bonded brandy, valued at $80,000 ana ze carloads of box snooks were destroyed. The plant waa vaiuea at fto.eoo. - -The flames spread quickly to the "Big 7 packing plant leased by the Hood River Apple Growers association for peeking and stor age purposes. The damage here was estimated at 1125.000.- Both plants were protected by. tntur, ance. - The Union Pacific's No. 5 mall train was held up by hose acros the tracks. While waiting tot clearance, ? the . locomotive wag used to switch boxcars out of the danger sone, :.-v y;; ': Old Age Aid Cost plsliigest Share PORTLAND, July 29--01d-age assistance costs were 8 4.4 per cent ot the total Oregon welfare program In June, Elmer Goudy, public welfare administrator said today. He predicted the proportion would be higher for July. . - Such relief - cost 1432.911 tn Jane, he said. There were 723 new applications daring that month. '? bysunder. ., .;;; ,," ,