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EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1938 .
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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
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, on Jction City reported
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ot the missing ones, had
JP there on bicycles. No-
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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
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I ll a. m., 1:11 p. m.
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Saturday
S 19 a. m.,
s-oj a. m.
Sunday
10:23 a. m., :S f,
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