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Newspaper Page TextLather: Fair Home Edition LANE COUNT VS HOME NEWSPAPER. TODAY'S NEWS TODAY " NO. 21 EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1938 . PRICE: ON STREETS 3c; NEWS STANDS 6o Mercury Stairs T 102 For Seaso High V SETTLE IJ" wenatcheeT j Ll o'-ympia w a SNh.n(g T o! N i i a ' CENTRALIA ( I J A U CHEHALIS V VS. J W Ayakima SJskfi e.n Nv-s IpASCO j IJl ... ? JHastobia ez- Jjr 4 Lport 0 R E ( 0 N fltyv. feH ' f UNES F0B WHC" fUNDi AUTHOBI7ED j M ALBANY . PBOjfCTeO TOO FUYUBE . l GENERATING PLANTS L VU f A SUBSTATIONS V7. AKEEOSPORT I mp ihows the power lines which will be built with the $10,750,000 allocated yesterday by the PWA 1 trusmlsslon lines to carry Bonneville dam po wer. The black linn represent the lines to be built, lit dotted lines show what additional lines A dministrator J. IX Ross had asked for but which were tovided for in the allocation. Where dotted lines parallel black lines, Ron had asked for double fa Instead of the single lines allocated. (Associated Press photo.) ' THE BONNEVILLE PROJECT PROPOSED TRANSMISSION LINES ' ' AND - SUBSTATIONS TO BE CONSTRUCTED UNDER P W A FUNDS . Japan-Soviet Clash Feared In Manchoukuo Troops Massed Along Western Border As Nippon Plans Move ameffe Project Success nges on Drive for Funds here must be no letdown on the part of either Willam- ivmey citizens or Uregon s delegation in Washington if R'alley project is to be brought out of the . planning ana into reality, Donald Macleay, Washington repre 'jve of the project "committee, told a meeting of the fittee here Wednesday night. Unusual progress has been made in Washington for the project, Mr. Macleay said, but the work is far from finished and definite plans faaraJ I In should be made now to continue CdlCU UP the campaign for funds. With nnlv a "vprv elipht nnssi- bility" that part of the $11,500,000 amount authorized in the recently enacted flood control bill will be allocated by the president, there are two definite steps that should be taken to insure funds for the project, he declared. First,' means should be taken to have a bill passed by the next Oregon legis- 1 a t u r e appropriating sufficient funds to enable the state to put its own house in order, to make arrangements for acquisition of dam and flood control sites along the Willamette river. Million Needed Both Maclean and H. R. Kipp, executive secretary of the Willam ette valley advisory board, who also spoke briefly at the meeting, were of the opinion that a million dollars will be needed, most of which must be used in making channel revetment improvements, Second step that must be taken, Macleay said, is an advance cam paign to insure inclusion of the Willamette valley project in the civil functions war department bill coming up at the next regular ses sion of congress. There are many projects now before congress that seem to be favored over the Wil lamette project, Macleay warned, : and with approximately three Et Bnu rT "mes as mucn money autnonzea tar . . LRNS lt0 be spent as can be allocated -- sch? . down ? Job funds will continue to be a "hot" s-Bicycles Case police docket was cluttered h Wednesday night, but ISursday there ramp a N recovery of botli boys w ana the slate was clean. quick succession four bi thetts were reported from P s west; George Neal, route 3; and from Keith f Elsonsohn, 1165 Pearl. awMsly came calls frnm irsrents that their respective , u, immuer were F1 W lost. The casp ?wmrt cJear enotiph aiii.,,u K Up. ; m- Thursday, a mes , on Jction City reported Z?5 wering des ot the missing ones, had JP there on bicycles. No- .1 Ira Mil l . - - -u. me parents hur- Wunction Gty and re- T'r &T tired lads, a feparted om his Jens earlier. P Tell One fson 1 reel so sorry o,d vaudeville come- J.e ke up an- '"- fL-.x j "'""S and le much Hi ":'UQie se ' PPM out. .. cornecUans annli. Wdf winR party 6 aC ? stra:Sht row. h u b0S! looked at T-f I?0 'em h r-u'erH 'ly "r.ly are. Completion of the project, he declared, will likely depend on an nual allocations from the war de partment, all of which will only be secured by unrelenting efforts on the part of Oregon's delegates in Washington. Ross Request Pared By Ickes' Orders WASHINGTON, July 21. U.B Public Works Administrator Har old L. Ickes disclosed today that $10,750,000 allotted this week for four Bonneville transmission lines was all PWA now contemplates spending in connection with the hydroelectric project on the Co lumbia river. Asked whether the original re quest of Bonneville Administra tor James D. Ross for $21,000,000 to construct transmission lines had been reduced, Ickes said, "yes." By JOE ALEX MORRIS (United Press Start Correspondent) Japan and Soviet Russia faced each other across the soldier crowded Manchukuo frontier again today in one of the most tense and puzzling crises of far eastern conflict and rivalry. Military officials at Tokyo, which has protested Soviet occu pation of a hill claimed by Japan, said they planned a troop demon stration to encourage the Rus sian forces to withdraw. But if that failed, they added, the Japa nese might find it necessary to drive them off the hilltop. The presence of troops on both sides, the strategical importance of the sector known as Changku- feng and strong statements from responsible sources in Tokyo can only pack the dispute witn nign explosives of international con cern. Yet here was little in the broad picture to indicate that it might touch off a major explosion. One of Many . The Changkufeng dispute Is but one of a long series of border incidents some of which have led to pitched battles between Japa nese and Soviet troops. . Although several hundred thou sand crack Japanese troops have remained on guard in Manchukuo, the main strength of Japan is di rected toward the Yangtse valley and the invader's troubles there have increased steadily recently. Chinese, halting the Japanese offensive on Hankow before tit had reached Kiukiang, claimed today to have launched counter attacks which threw back the enemy in important clashes. Japa nese seizure of Hankow, how ever, appeared from a military viewpoint to be only a matter of time; possibly a month or six weeks if a large-scale effort is actually underway. "T was real embarrassed," said Douglas Corrlgan with a grin, as he told of his "mistake" In heading from 1 i.., -vo-ir f m r,. rut.. hntn nH "une xDectedlv" landini in Dublin. He is pictured above relating his story to John H. MacVeagh. second secretary of the V. S. legation, while Irish reporters, with knowing smiles, take down the tale which won him life membership in the Wisconsin Llara club. Current Heal . Wave Breaks Many Records McKenzie Bridge Lane "Hot Spot" Wednesday With 108 Degrees Would-Be "Firemen" Wait Near Forest Office For Work For some days now, signs bear ing the message "No Firefighters Wanted" have been posted in conspicuous places at both the Willamette and Siuslaw forest of fices, but they were being ignored. Twenty men were loitering Thursday morning on the south lawn of the post office building, which houses the Willamette of fices, waiting patiently for a call to fight fire. ' Supervisor Foster Steele, look ing down on them from his second-floor window, commented, "It disturbs me to see them down there. They seem to be just wait ing for a fire to happen. Sooner or later we may have to shout down to them." Work Refusal Action Demanded By Employers PORTLAND, July 21. W Recognition by the Waterfront Employers Association of refusal of longshoremen to pass a CIO picket line at the West Oregon sawmill and load 2,500,000 feet of lumber on the freighter W. R. Chamberlin, Jr., was demanded yesterday by a Chamberlin steamship company representative. Lightning Sets Three Fires Near Oakridge; Siuslaw Fears Flames To noon Thursday, three spot fires had been discovered in the Oakridge district of the Willam ette forest following a lightning storm Wednesday night, the Wil lamette forest office reported Thursday. All were quickly put under control t Popping up two weeks after It was set by lightning, anomer sieep r r in the Cascadia district was spotted and extinguished Wednes day. The blaze had been smolder ing, undetected, since the severe electric storm of last July 7, Sup ervisor Foster Steele said. Three hundred CCC men from ramns in many parts of the state ure shiDDed into the southern area of the Smith river blaze Wed nesday night, where the fire has eaten into the siuslaw ioresi pro tivtive unit. The Siuslaw foVest proper, how ever, has not been touched as yet by the blaze, now estimated at 8000 acres, according to Siuslaw officials. Mishap Or Suicide, Coroner Believes PORTLAND, July 21. W Coroner E. H. Rider, Vancouver, Wash., said circumstances indi cated Forrest Collier (Fritz) Bur rill, 39, Portland lumberman whose body was recovered from te Columbia river off a Vancouv er dock yesterday, either com mitted suicide or drove his auto mobile off accidentally. Burrill's disappearance last June 8 provided the most puzzl ing case in recent years. He left a lumbermen's meeting at the Portland golf club at 2 a. m., never to be seen alive again. A stopped watch on his wrist showed his automobile plunged off the Vancouver dock at 2:40 a. m. ; Rider said it was not clear why Burrill drove to Vancouver, since he had started for his Portland home. Skid marks at the edge of the dock and a battered car win dow indicated Burrill attempted to free himself. Burrill's friends and family were amazed at his disappearance and could offer no reason since home and business affairs were in excellent condition. "Wrong Direction" Flier to Return to U. S. on August 5 DUBLIN, July 21. (UP) Douglas Gorce Corrigan, hero of a "wrong direction" flight from New York to Ireland, booked a passage home today, aboard the' United States liner Manhattan, sailing from Queenstown on July 30. The Man hattan will arrive on August 5 in New York where Corrigan will be welcomed in the manner reserved for heroes. It was assumed Corrigan wouia take along his antiquated $900 plane, in which he has so much pride that he said "she's good enough to fly around the world." ' ' Corrigan was reluctant to end his ('party1' because he was having Pick-a-Back Plane Ends Atlantic Hop ' PORT WASHINGTON JSv '..i Smith River Blaze Said Under Control July" ' 21. U.B-iBrlUsh Imperial , dQ, 0ne 0 tna things he said he Airways' Mercury, lirsi -picn.-u-back" plane ever to fly to this country, arrived here from Mon treal at 4:08 p. m., EDT today, 25 hours and eight minutes after tak ing the air from the back of its "mother plane" over Foynes, Ire land. Capt. Donald C. T. Bennett, the pilot, completed in two hours and nine minutes the 330-mile hop from Montreal where the four-eh-gined seaplane landed this morn ing after a 2,850-mile flight over the Atlantic. Time for the Foynes to Montreal hop was 20 hours and 19 minutes. As it glided to a landing on Man hasset bay the Mercury was car rying a 300-pound cargo of news papers and photographs and news reels of the visit to Paris of King George and Queen Elizabeth and of Douglas Corrigan, the 31-year-nlrt flalifornian who earlier this week flew nonstop to Dublin mistake." By The Associated Press Heat and its unmanageable and far more dangerous companion, fire, began the second week of Oregon occupation today with three persons dead and smoke still belching from more than 20,000 acres of forest. , The northwest continued to wal low in the trough of low pressure and the government weather bu reau promised only ' slight relief from temperature ' which soared a good time and there were a lot wU over iOC i degrees in many sec- ol tnings ne woum iik m see ana ..- by Portland Attorney . Arrested In Case PORTLAND, July 21. M Isadore G. Ankelis, Portland at torney, was arrested yesterday by federal bureau of investigation agents on charges of kidnaping and conspiracy.in connection with the alleged extortion of $970 from Thomas Lowe, Idaho farmer. Ankelis is accused of advising and assisting Anthony Garguilo and Lee W. Tombleson, Portland special police officer, in the . al leged extortion plot. Garguilo and Tombleson are charged with kid naping and impersonation of fed eral officers. would like to do would be to visit London and have a chat with King George and Queen Elizabeth... There were reports around Bal- donnel airport, where Corrigan landed Monday with the nonchalant announcement, "I just came from New York," that the nine-year-old "crate" would be exhibited at the Smithsonian institution in Washington where Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" has been viewed by thousands. Corrigan- was having a good time in Dublin.; I'm trying to arrange it so that my plane will be taken back to the United States on the same ship on which I'm sailing," he said. Meanwhile, aviations newest celebrity turned down hundreds of offers from all over the world to Avrite newspaper articles about his flight, and to appear in vaude ville and movies. Among the mm offers was one from Dnrryl Zanuck of 20th Century-Fox films. ' The offers poured Into the United States legation where Corrigan is making his home,: buj so far he has turned all of them down. "I'll wait until I get home and then see what I'll do about them," he said. "Lost" Port Orford Meteor Said Discovered; Pruett Interested Reports from Myrtle Point, Thursday that a pioneer miner and prospector has known the location of the supposedly "lost" Port Orford meteor, discovered in 1859 by Dr. Evans, for many years elicited great interest on the part of J. Hugh Pruett, Eu gene, astronomer at the Univer sity of Oregon. Mr. Pruett, who wrote an arti cle on the Port Orford meteor only last winter, expressed the hope Thursday that the meteor might in fact be once more "un covered." Scientists the world over have been interested in the meteor ever since its discovery. Speaking of the meteor Thurs day, Mr. Pruett said: "I am very much interested In the story from Myrtle Point re garding the supposed finding of the lost Port Orford meteorite. I truly hope this famous object found by Dr. Evans in 1859,' has actually been located," Mr. Pruett stated. "It will b recalled," he con tinued, "that after eastern and European scientists had pronounc ed Dr. Evans' specimens meteoric, plans were at once made to pro cure the 20,000-lb. mass for the Smithsonian Institute at Washing ton, D. C. However, within a few months after the discovery, Dr. Evans died. The only directions left were that the meteorite was on the grassy slope of a bald mountain about 40 miles from Port Orford. "As the meteorite Is of the pal lasite type (the rarest known) scientific parties have many times since then searched for it. The only known museum sped mens of the Port Orford are i 4-gram piece In the Imperial Min eral Cabinet In Vienna, Austria and 25 grams in the Smithsonian Institution. Correspondence has been carried on with both museums concerning these. The curator at the Smithsonian reports their spec imen is still in good condition. The silvery network of nickel-iron SEE LOST METEOR BTORV FACE It Scottsburig,' "haze-hidden com munity on the beautiful umpqua river, appeared out of immediate danger from' the Smith river fire, which appeared to be under con trol today. Highway authorities reopened the Drain-Reedsport route after they learned the blaze was nearly two miles away. The Smith river inferno, fought by 1300 men, has . consumed 6000 acres. The whole state sweltered as the eighth day of 90-plus weather broke records. ... Portland recorded 101 degrees, the hottest since July 12, 1935. Medford was the hot spot of the state, with 108.2 degrees, exceeded only by 110 degrees recorded July 13, 1915. i ' . Other temperatures Included: Oregon City 105, hottest since 1033; Albany, 101, breaking season record; Salem 104.2 at the airport, highest since 1035, although ther mometers downtown recorded 110 degrees. McMinnvllle had 104, an all-time record. Clackamas 107; Molalla 104. Reaver Creek 105. Canby 105, and Carlton 103 we're some valley temperatures. Rhubarb Leaf Resembles Parasol--Route F, Of Course Ah! Route F again. Just as . Wednesday's sunshine was getting near unbearable, In comes an offering for a "summer parasol" a rhubarb leaf measuring 34 inches across. The rhubarb was grown by Mrs Clara Swift, .Route F. The stalk supporting the large leaf was noth ing to sneeze at either, measuring iVi inches in circumference and 15 inches in length. Because the "onion editor" has had so many flowers to look at lately (still no hollyhocks from Route F, however), and collections of bugs,- reptiles, etc., Mrs. Swift also sent In a dish of her famous strawberries. And what berries for this sea son of the year all of them as large as many gardens produced for the beginning of the season and six of them weighing 4 ounces. . Heat Too Much For Aged Marathoner; Is Behind Schedule WILLITS, Cal., July 21. OP) Adam Ziegler, 55, exhausted ty heat which once reached 112 de grees, rested here last night before pushing north on his 482-mile hike from San Francisco to Grants Pass, Ore.- , ' The marathon performer, slowed by the extreme temperature at Uklah 25 miles south of here, main tained a six-mile-an-hour average but was an hour and 45 minutes behind schedule when he arrived at 1:45 p. m. yesterday. He rested to avoid the peak of the day's heat. Ziegler hopes to improve a rec ord set ten years ago by Flying Cloud, an Indian, who covered the stretch In six days, 23 hours and 10 minutes. With a temperature slightly above 102 at 2:30 p. m., Thurs day brought a new heat mark for the season, and broke a 10-year record. The season's high prev iously was 100, recorded both Wednesday and Thursday. The last time the 102 mark was reached was in 1928. The cll-time record is 104 degrees, established m 1926. Starting with a minimum of 63 degrees, Thursday saw the ther mometer mount rapidly each hour. xoucning vi snortiy alter 11 a. m.. jumping to 96 by 12:30 p. m., and 10 at i:ju p. m. Fire Set-up Better Active companion of the current heat wave, demond fire was being caught in a human dragnet Thursday, reports from the west ern fire patrol station at Veneta indicated. Fire lines on the west of the Smith river blaze were re ported holding strong and on tho south "as well as could be expect ed." Meager snatches of information Wednesday said embers were fall ing on the Umpqua highway near Paradise creek, but latest reports! Thursday predicted the blaze would be virtually under control on the. south within 24 hours. Cool On Coast Torrid temperatures prevailed in all valley and. mountain sections of the county through Wednesday and Thursday, except along the coast. There it was very foggy, through Thursday morning and the northwest wind kept it cool. Coast sections have been cool and foggy throughout the "heat . wave'1 through, the interior areas. . McKenzie Bridge ranger station reported all heat records there were broken Wednesday when the thermometer reached 108 degrees. The mercury was well on Its way. to the 100 mark by early afternoon, recording 96 at 11 a. m- An unof ficial report from Blue River indi cated the temperataure reached 110 degrees there Wednesday. Oakridge likewise had a record mark of 106, Wednesday, the forest ranger station there stated. At 11:30 a. m. Wednesday, tbe88tS 11:30 a. m. Thursday, the ther mometer nearly touchd 100. Hu midity dropped to 24 at the station there and to 18 at High Prairie, a very dangerous stage for the for est fire situation. All logging and mill operations have stopped in that section. 98 at Veneta Veneta, west of Eugene, regis tered 98 degrees at noon, Thursday, following a maximum of 101, Wed nesday. Cottage Grove, Creswell, and Junction City regions likewise re ported record heat. Cottage Grove thermometers read 100 de grees at 1 p. m. The unrelenting heat and drop ping humidity, with no relief in sight for at least 24 hours more, hourly Intensifies the seriousness of the fire situation in this region; while farmers report crops not Ir rigated are a total loss due to the continued heat and drying warm winds. The Eugene water board ex pected Thursday to bring a new all-time record for the amount of water pumped out in a day for city use. Swimming places, picnic grounds, and soft drink establishments are reporting all-time capacity crowds with thousands of tugeneans seeK ing some relief from the Intense heat. Woman Shot To Death; Police Seek Marine PORTLAND, July 21. UP) Police searched today for a 30-year-old man dressed In the uni form of a United States marine following the fatal shooting of an unidentified woman In a hotel yesterday. The woman, about 45, registered at the hotel with the man as Mr. and Mrs. James Car roll. Detective Sergeant John Schum said. The woman's body shot with a small calibre rifle, was found beneath a bed. The rifle lay on the bed. Von Hentig To Speak At U-0 Thursday Night A first-hand account of what has happened "to Germany and other countries in Europe, by a trained observer and noted educator, will be given to University of Oregon summer, session . students and townspeople Thursday evening, when Dr. Hans von Hentig, visit ing professor of law, speaks at an assembly to be held at 8 o'clock in the music auditorium. The lecture will be an analysis of conditions that brought on the present political state, and its sig nificance in world affairs. Towns people are especially invited to at tend. There will be no admission charge. Weather News No relief is In sight for Friday from the "heat wave," the fore cast following: OREGON: Generally fair to night and Friday and scattered afternoon thundershowers over southern mountain ranges; slight ly warmer in extreme northeast portion tonight; moderate north west wind off coast. LOCAL STATISTICS: Mini mum temperature, Thursday, 63 degrees; maximum temperature, Wednesday, 100 degrees; stage of Willamette river in Eugene at 7 a. m. Thursday, -2.4 feet; wind, northwest. SIUSLAW TIDM rndr . 8:03 I. m., 7:91 9. . I ll a. m., 1:11 p. m. Hlsh Low, Hlsh Low, . Hlih, Low , Saturday S 19 a. m., s-oj a. m. Sunday 10:23 a. m., :S f, t:93 p. in p. a. m a, m.