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Historical Soeity
Oregon
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LEASED WIRE WORLD
NEWS COVERAGE
33rd Year
Brutality Charges
At State Asylums
Held Unfounded
Hy Wll.MAM Wakkkn
(United I'l'C-KH Slllff Correspondent)
Sulom, Oct. 11 (tl.l!) Clifti-K'H tltut attendants had murder
ed patients at Oregon slate hospital and al tin? eiiHtcrn Oregon
Htatu hospital at lVndleton wore denied today by William
Hyan, ro-ordlmilor of Htnte Institutions.
Thi! citizens Bi'tion committee of Portland told the Htatu
board of control hero at its nicolinjf laHt Tuesday that it had
information that attendants throiiKh brutal treatment bad
mused the deaths tf patients
at th Sulem ami I'ondleton I w il CI
institutions, At today'M moot-
i ii K of ttu board, Ityan denied
any patient had been Hlain by
attendants, and proceeded at
detail to answer accusations
of the citizens action commit
tee. NoIImk t lint I lie cnmmlltce Imil
Mild thai u Jim Duller wus mur
dered la Mured or April of I1MH
by being kicked In tin stomach
mid Jumped on ly an attendant
and Hint he died three or four
miinlhH afterward a result of the
Injuries, Hyan told the bonrd:
lUvord Cited
"Tlilii Incident happened In
Juno of 1942 and not In 1!MH. The
record of the hospital hIiciw I hut
Jim Duller was attacked by an at
tendant, and that he wan uper
uted on'nl the hospital In June of !
1!H2 ami completely recovered mi
a short time. The alten.lnnt was
fired, Jim Duller Inter died on
May 2il, 1!MH, from coronary
heart disease, and there was no
connection between his death and
the Incident referred to."
Ityan ussurcd board members
C!ov. Douglas McKay, Secretary
of state Kurl T. Newbry and Stale
treasurer Walter J. I'eurson- that
whenever an nltendiint Is found
Utility of brutality or of otherwise
mlxtrcullng u patient, he Is fired.
Ho said it was some times diffi
cult to catch nn attendant In the
net. but when the attendant was
so caught, he was promptly dis
charged. Ryan snld the aim at
With Institutions, as well us other
state Institutions. Is to Ret com
petent and understanding em
ployes, and those thuf arc not
competent or understanding are
being weeded out whenever pos
sible. Referring to the accusation of
the citizens action committee that
Jack Leovy, Levi llogrln and Sol
(ireen died as result of electric
shock Irentment March 11, HMO,
Ityan said:
Strangled by Patient
"The record clearly Indicates
that the three patients were
strangled at night, and while
asleep, by another patient. A cor
oner's Jury on March 13, 19-H),
found Hint all three were strangl
ed by Wylle Hill, another patient."
1IIII later maimed himself so
severely ho died ns result of his
self-inflicted Injuries.
To churges of the Portland
group that Irwin Wakefield wus
ben ten to death April 11, 1944. In
ward 38, because the patient ar
gued with the nttcmlunt, Kyan
said:
"The record Indicates that three
criminally Insane inmates In ward
38, two of whom were charged
with murder and one with forge
ry, organized an attempted break
In that ward. Wakefield was one
of the thrco and wns armed with
nn iron bar, nround which was
wrapped a (magazine Saturday
Evening Post), and the three at
tacked the throe attendants with
such fury that the attendants
were forced to take refuge in the
linen room and lock themselves
In. Another patient in the linen
room on that ward handled the
attendants a broom handle, and so
armed, the three attendants open
ed the door and went out to re
store order.
(Continued on Pago 7)
Apprenticeship
Making Rapid
Apprenticeship training In this
nren has mndc great strides In
the past several months, J. W.
Bllyeu, trades nnd Industry co
ordinator in Bend, nnd It. II. Burt,
representative of the bureau of
apprenticeship, U.S. department
of labor, announced here today.
There ore several trade appren
ticeship commit Ices operating In
the area, under Jurisdiction of
the- Bond local apprenticeship
committee. These committees
cover Crook, Jefferson. Des
chutes nnd part of Klamath coun
ties. In the central Oregon nrca,
trade committees have been
formed for meat cutlers, pipe
tradesmen, carpenters nnd clec
trlclanB. The Oregon stale ap
prenticeship council Is the regis
tration agency for nil apprentice
ship agreements and standards of
apprenticeship. The local school
district, In cooperation wllh the
slate department of vocational
education, Is making available re
lated technical Instruction for ap
prentices In the different trndcB
and crafts, The charge to the
apprentice for this related train
THE BEND
TWO SECTIONS
YOUTH OnOT
By Brother,
Check Shows
Information on file today in the
stale police headquarters hero re
ven I h that Donald Hurtls, 22, Port
land, who wus seriously Injured
Sunday In a hunting accident on
1'lne mountain, got In the line of
fire of hi brother, liny Hurtls.
Police ascertained that Kay Bur
lis shot at u deer, and at a dis
tance about 200 yards the bullet
entered the right leu of Donald
Hurtls, Just below the knee. The
Portland youth suffered a lienvy
'ok of blood and was In u critical
""" "
Charles hospital, hollowing scv
oral transfusions, he rapidly re
covered.
Officers said the shooting was
obviously nccldcnliil, and no
charges will be filed.
In another accident Sunday,
Douglas Ayrcs. I'rlnevlllo. was In
jured when a gun was accidental
ly discharged In camp, when it
fell to the ground. The bullet en
tered Ayres' right leg. Jusl below
the knee. The leg was badly shat
tered. The Ayrcs accident occur
red In the Sand springs area.
Northwest Faces
Another Storm
(By Unh4 l'r)
Blustery, rain-laden winds gust
lng to gale force velocity of -15
miles nn hour whipped western
Washington cltli-s Tuesday but
the weather burcuu forecast "a
gradual slackening off during the
next 2-1 hours."
The storm started 48 hours ago
In the North Pacific and moved
rapidly eastward, weather fore
caslers said. They said a second
storm, this one of Alaskan orig
in, wns moving out of the Bering
Sea, along the Aleutian chain nnd
should hit the Pacific northwest
Into Wednosdny or Thursduy
morning.
Klfty-flve mllenn hour winds
full gale force struck Washing
ton and Oregon coast Monday
night. Bain squalls changed to
snow showers at higher eleva
tions. Oregon's winds subsided Tues
day morning, but the Rule con
tinued unabated along most of
the Washington seaboard.
Highest velocity winds 52
mllcsanhour were recorded at
Cape Flattery, Wash., Monday
night. Guests exceeding 55-miles-nn-hour
In that locality gradual
ly diminished, however, nnd Tues
day morning's high was 30.
The wenthor bureau saw no
appreciable change in the till
perature, the next few days. A
forenoon forecast said storm
win-nines still were flying along
the cousl from the strait to Cape
Blanco, Ore., nnd In the Inland
waters of Washington.
Training
Strides Here
ing will be 25 cents an hour. In
structors for the different trade
classes will be selected from the
Industry they represent.
Registration for these classes
will bo hold this evening at 7:30
o clock In room 219 in the Bend
high school. Classes will be con
ducted In carpentry, moat cut
ting, plumbing, heating and elec
tricity, at present.
The apprenticeship training Is
for the benefit of both veterans
nnd non-veterans,
"This type of trade training
dales bark to the building of King
Solomon's temple nnd, some his
torians sny, oven before," lenders
of the local training council snld,
"In Europe, apprenticeship tins
oeon in existence for centuries
opernled ns the 'guild system'
which meant thnt the learner wns
hound to the mnster craftsman
for a certnln period of years, re
ceiving little compensation for
his work. The system is Improved
In America, and is operated on
a democratic basis, its main put-
pose is to assure industry a con
stant supply of competent crafts
men to meet Its needs,"
Colleqe President Is Speaker
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Dr. Elmo Stevenson, left, president of Southern Oregon college,
wus sH-aker ul a generul ussembly of touchers this morning in Hie
high school gyiniiushun, as the second day of the twelfth annual
Central Oregon teachers' Institute got under way. At right is
Wiiync Foster, Jefferson county school superintendent, who was
In charge of arrangements for the Institute program.
Bend School District May
Borrow to Meet Expenses
Possibility that Bend school district may have to resort to
khort term borrowing- to meet current budgeted expenses was
foreseen last night when the board of directors panned resolu
tions authorizing Glenn il. Gregg, board chairman, and Mrs.
Irene Cothrell, clerk, to represent the board in obtaining bank
loans. -
Under state law the district may borrow from month to
Rodeo Grounds
Will Be Sold
To High Bidder
Faced by a two-year Mirror
(Mind pageant deficit iiggrcgnting
more lhan $5,000, the Bend Stum
pode and Water Pageant associa
tion Is offering for sale to the
highest bidder Its rodeo ground
proorty Just south of the clly
limits, w. J. liner, association
president, announced today.
A call for bids was advertised
today, with proposals to be receiv
ed up to 5 p.m., on Saturday, Oc
tober is. ine property is gener
ally known as the Stenknmp
ranch and is located two miles
south of Bond.
The trnet holds -10 acres, with a
36-ncre water right, under the
Arnold ditch. Bner said the asso
ciation reserves the right to re
ject any or nil bids, "or to uccept
the bid deemed in the best Inter
est of the nssoclntlon."
Pro-War Purchase
The nssoclntlon obtained the
property In pre-wnr days, Intend
ing to develop it Into a nice truck
nnd rodeo arena. Later the prop
erty wns turned over to the city.
wllh the proposal that It be de
veloped over a period of years.
Recently, when the association
was faced by Its second consecu
tive deficit In presenting the pag
eant, directors asked for the re
alm of the property from the
city.
Association officials had hoped
to obtain n loan on the property,
but this plan did not materialize.
Bids Opened Here
On Grants Pass
Pipeline Project
Eight contract offers, nil In ex
cess of the engineer's estimate,
on a proposed project for the
replacement of pipeline in the
Northwest unit of the Grunts
Pass irrigation district, wore
opened today at the U.S. reclam
ntlon office in Bend. .
Lowest bidder wns the P. S.
Lord Mechanical Contractors of
Portland, whose offer totaled
$112,000, approximately 30 per
cent above the engineer's esti
mate of $81,700,
The highest offer of $138,810
was submitted by the firm of
Fred J. Mnurer & Son. of Eure
ka, Calif. Other bids were made
bv Uenshnw Brothers, of Port
hind, $117,783: Rnmsev Construc
tion Co.. of Corvnllls. $ll!).l)(i7.50;
F. W. Riddle, of Springfield, $136,
008; Del R. Beeho Construction
Co., of Eugene, $128,2-13 50: Day
& Mold, of Glondnlc, $131,793.41;
J. II. Pomerov & Co., Inc . of San
Francisco. $123.-152. nnd Baldwin
Strnuh Corp., Snn Francisco,
$127,910.
J. W. Taylor, construction en
gineer for the Deschutes project,
snld that the bids will he sub
mitted to the regional office for
consideration.
Contractors present nt todny's
opening of bids Included L. E.
Jeffs, of the Beebe Construction
Co., of Eugene: J. B. Dnv. of
Glendnlo, nnd Harold M, Ram
sey nnd C. C. Kolley, of Corvnllls
Also present were M. E. Monde.
Victor Boehl nnd Ted M. Hon
nil officials of the Grants Pnss
Irrigation district.
CENTRAL OREGON'S
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11,
month within budget authori
zation. The interest rate
which would be paid is 3 per
cent. Heavy cash outlays for
buildings, two of which are
under construction, may de
plete the district's bank ac
count before tax payments for the
1949-1950 fiscal year start coming
In, Mrs. Cothrell explained to the
bonrd members.
The community college pro
gram conducted locally is "filling
a great need in this nren." Super
intendent James W. Bushong de
clared in his report to the board.
Total individual enrollment is 117
and class enrollment is 270, he
said. Student age range Is from 17
to 51 years and 78 out of the total
rt'gaitorea are men.
Other Classes Started
Not In the college credit group
of work but still a desirable part
of the adult education program in
Bend are courses in shorthand,
boatbuilding, beginning sewing,
upholstering and machine shop,
which are being offered this term.
Boatbuilding, upholstering and
machine shop will be dropped for
tne winter term and wood turn
ing, odvanced sewing, architec
nurnl drawing and public speak
lng added.
In the spring term shorthand,
auto mechanics and advanced
(Continued on Pago 7)
Salem Man Dies
Of Wreck Hurts
David King, of 1963 North
Fourth street. Salem, died last
night at 11:30 In St. Charles hos-
pltul, of Injuries suffered in nn ac
cident late Friday night near the
highwny intersection west of Sis
ters. Mr. King wns in the driver's
sent when his body wns pried
irom tne wreckage by stnte po
lice, who Investigated. With him
wns Victor Bousquet, 44, also of
Salem, who Is still a patient at St.
Charles hospital. His Injuries in
cluded fractures, but his condition
Is not critical, according to hos
pital ntteiidnnts.
The accident occurred when the
driver of the Salem car attempted
to pnss a truck, struck a soft
shoulder and lost control of the
car, which pranged oil the high
wny nnd struck a plno tree. Inves
tigating officers snld the car was
demolished. Before the driver
could be removed ho had to be
pried from under the steering
wheel.
Mr. King suffered hurts that In
cluded multiple fractures of the
arms nnd legs, brain concussion,
a fractured jnw bone, several
fractured ribs and a collapsed
lung. One leg wns fractured above
the knee through the knee joint
nnd In the lower limb.
3 HURT IN ACCIDENT
Redmond, Oct. 11 Three local
men were Injured, two of them
seriously, this past week end
when their car left a curve on
highwny 97 year Madras and roll
ed down n grade, injured nnd In
the local hospital' are Frank Mc-
catrery, T, who suffered a frac
tured hip; John Flnley. who suf
fered Internnl Injuries considered
serious, and Robert L. Denton,
rancher, who was only slightly
hurt nnd wns rolensed from the
hospital. McCnffery, who operat
es a real estate office here, wns
showing Denton's ranch In the
Gateway area when the accident
occurred.
BULLETIN
DAILY NEWSPAPER
Terrific Storm
Of 31 Persons
U.S. Mediator
Plans Action
To End Strike
Pittsburgh, Oct. 11 MP The
government set out for the third
time toduy to "lay the ground
work" for a quick settlement of
the 11-day-old steel strike.
federal mediation director Cy
rus S. Chlng said he was schedul
ing the lime and places for a
series of "separate and Informal"
conferences wllh Industry leaders
und representatives of the CIO
United Steelworkers.
The latest government move
came as picket-line tension eased
at the East Chicago, Ind., plant
of Inland Steel Co. after the com
pany dropped plans to send super
visory employes through the line.
The coal fields, however, re
mained a hotbed following a new
rash of tripple-burning, property
wrecking raids on non-union
mines in western Pennsylvania by
bands of pickets.
Pickets Raid Mines
Six carloads of pickets raided
the T. & T. mine in Armstrong
county late yesterday, throwing
stones and damaging a truck.
State police arrested two pickets
on charges of destruction of prop
erty and assault. In Butler coun
ty, a non-union worker was in
jured when the truck on which
he was riding was showered with
stones by pickets hidden in a
woods. '
The new mediation meetings,
probably starting Thursday, will
be wholly exploratory. But Ching
left no doubt he fully expected the
conferences to pave the way for
an early end of the economy
wrecking strike.-
Some government officials still
be ieved. however, that anv solu
Hon to the steel strike Will have
to involve a settlement of the 22
day-old coal strike. The mills can
not operate without coal, they
said.
Business Tax
Now Proposed
Salem, Oct. 11 IP The Oregon
legislature may consider a new
business tax of two per cent
when it meets again in 1951.
Such a tax, which would be
based on net earnings, was pro
posed by Ren. Giles French. R..
Moro, at a meeting of the legis
lative interim committee here
Monday.
The tax would take the place
of the present personal property
tax, which French said has so
many exemptions it is virtually
inoperative.
French said a sub-group of the
Interim committee had discussed
the proposal and tentative bills
will be drafted by the commit
tee's legal department for further
study.
Discussion by committee mem
bers indicated the corporation tax
rate would be around five or six
per cent, but French stressed that
the exact amount had not been
determined
Meetings Proposed
A per centage of such a tax
would be returned to the counties
to replace the personal property
tax.
, Sen. Howard Belton, R . Canby.
chairman of the interim group,
proposed that a series of region
al meetings be held throughout
Oregon so taxpayers could learn
of the French proposal and other
tnx suggestions first hand.
French ndded thnt these meetings
could determine whether the plan
would receive public support.
French said the present per
sonal property tax law is not sat
isfactory because the tax is plac
ed on inventories on hand at a
certain time. He said his proposed
tnx would be based on profits
from the sale nt such goods.
The committee members also
discussed abandonment of the
state property tax law and elim
ination of the six per cent limita
tion provision of the state consti
tution. . ;
MANY TICKETS SOLD
Prinevllle, Oct. 11 It was an
nounced yesterday by Dr. Walter
Wlnitsky, president of the Prine
vllle Community Concert asso
ciation, that 580 season tickets
had been sold to residents of the
city and surrounding area for a
series of programs of high class
musical talent to be presented
this winter at the auditorium of
the Ochoco grade school. Com
mittees of the group canvassed
the community the past week.
1949
Steel Span Across Mill
Creek Taking Shape; Plans
For Dedication Discussed
The steel span across Mill creek, on the route of the new
Warm Springs cutoff into Portland, is taking final shape, but
considerable work remains to be completed by the Nov. 13
deadline, date set by highway officials for the dedication of
the bridge. Major work remaining' to be completed is the
placing of the hand rails at approaches and on the lofty span.
It was recently announced from Salem that the span would
Aridity Still
Grips Bend Area,
Readngs Show
Aridity characteristic of the en
tire year continued through Sep
tember, with only .26 of an inch
measured at the Bend weather
station to bring the total for 1949
up to a meager 3.87 Inches. Tem
perature, however, was near nor
mal, the mean for the 30 days
being listed as 56.8 degrees, com
pared with a long-time mean of
55.5 degrees. The mean minimum
was 39.1 degrees, slightly above
the 37.9 normal, and the mean
maximum was 74.6 degrees, com
pared with a long-time mean of
73.4 degrees.
Highest temperature of the
month was 88 degrees, recorded
on September 1, and lowest was
23 degrees, on the 17th. Skies
were cloudless on 15 different
days and partly cloudy on 14
days. On only one day was the
sky overcast.
Highest temperature ever re
corded in Bend in September was
94 degrees, in 1922. and the low
est was 12 above zero, in 1902.
Figures For Month
Maximum and minimum tem
peratures for the past month
follow:
V.il. Mini.
M.jl- Mini.
mum mum
mum mum
1 .... 58 42
17 71 23
18 82 SI
111 76 X
20 .... 72 27
21 78 2
22 84 80
28 83 38
24 .,..71 38
3i .... 72 43
28 78 62
2t .... 76 64
28 .... 66 50
2D 64 34
30 63 85
. 87
84
48
42
40
41
82
80
. 71
70
Is
24
28
2
Many Trash Fish
Killed in Ochoco
Dam Reservoir
Prinevllle. Oct 11 Cats of
Crook county and other central
Oregon communities since Sun
day have become sated on suck
ers and other trash fish, and
scores of families have eaten
trout, salvaged from operations
oi tne state game department in
eliminating trash fish from the
reservoir of the Ochoco Irrigation
district and the watershed of
Ochoco creek, streams aggregat
ing 100 miles in length.
The destruction of the fish by
use of rotonone was begun short
ly before noon Sunday, when 14
boats, the use of which was pro
vided by local sportsmen and
members of the Prinevllle chap
ter of the Izaak Walton league,
were put into commission, and
ended today. Bob Borovicka.
aquatic biologist of the state
game department, was in charge
of the poisoning operation. He
was assisted by some 25 men of
the game department.
Borovicka obtained a concrete
mixer for use In preparing the ro
tenone dust. It was placed in the
mixer and water was added to
make a thick paste. This was then
placed in burlap bags, and these
were towed by the volunteer
boats in assigned quarters of the
reservoir until the paste had been
released in the waters. The rote
none is being applied by hand to
the reaches of the streams of the
watershed.
Many Get Flsti
Announcement that the rote
none, while It will kill the lis
by paralyzing their gills, would
not render the fish unfit for food,
attracted scores of Crook county
families to the shores of the res
ervoir Sunday. Bv early after
noon the . waves, whipped up by
a stui wind, wnich proved some
what of a handicap to the boat
men, were sending hundreds of
dead fish to the shores.
D. K. Frewing. president of
the local Izaak Walton league.
which had taken a lead in secur
ing the trash fish poisoning pro
gram, said he estimated 100
suckers for every trout salvaged.
There were many crapples and
squawfis'ii. Frewing reports, but
surprisingly few catfish were
washed ashore. It was thought
the catfish sank. Indeed. Frew
(Continued on Page 7)
Takes Lives
In Midwest
be dedicated on Sunday, No
vember l.i, with various com
munities joining in the pro
gram. It is presumed that the
dedication of the span also
will mark the formal opening
of the new highway, but some
hitches may occur.
Delay Possible
Early winter in the mountains
precluded the possibility that the
seven-mile unit of the highway in
the forest at the west end of the
route could be completed this fall.
Travel over that part of the road,
a modern, wide grade, will be on
the gravel surfacing. All other
sections of the highway from
Madras to the forest boundary
will be oiled.
Painting of the span, under a
sub-contract, is under way, with
most of the basic work finished.
This job included the painting of
tne two nign steel pillars that
reach up from concrete pedestals
to the deck steel. Concrete deck
ing has been poured and the
gorge is now spanned from rim
to rim.
Cleanup Work Remains
A large amount of cleanup
work also remains to be done in
the month before the dedication.
This cleanup will include the re
moval of the wooden falsework
under the steel span. It is Dre-
sumed that most of this will be
burned in the gorge.
The Don L. Cooney, Inc., of
Seattle, Wash., has the general
contract for construction of the
steel span over MilV creek. The
bridge will be 583 feet long and
230 feet above the white water of
Mill creek. Each of the towers is
lbO feet high. The contractor has
until Nov. 30, 1949, to complete
ine joo.
Engineers report that the new
highway will reduce the distance
between central Oregon points
and Portland 33.7 miles.
Haacke Indicted
By Deschutes Jury
The Deschutes county grand
jury yesterday returned a true
bill against Earl Haacke, 36-year-old
Bend resident, charged with
manslaughter.
Throughout most of the day
the jury, composed of two wom
en and five men, heard testimonv
on the Haacke hearing. A. J.
Moore, district attorney, had 10
persons appear before the lurors
on behalf of the state in its case
against Haacke.
Haacke - is accused of beating
nis wile to death.
Today the jurors began hear
ing the evidence agav-ist Joe
Hornsby, 37-year-old Bend resi
dent, who is accused of arson.
NO HOLIDAY HERE
State and county employes who
in past years observed Columbus
day as a holiday, will be on the
job as usual tomorrow, according
to reports from state and county
omces.
Also to be open are the banks,
postoffice, and schools.
Fate of Autumn Business ,
Hinges on Strike Situation
By T. W. Klonlen
(United Pnjsa Financial Writer)
Washington, Oct. 11 UP By all
the Indicators businessmen should
prosper in the final three months
of 1949 but whether they do de
pends on settlement of the steel
and coal strikes.
The strikes in America's two
basic industries will cause only
temporary dislocations if settled
quickly. But if they drag on in
the steel mills, especially the
damage may be irreparable.
This is the opinion of many ex
perts. Secretary of the treasury
John V. Snyder thinks a speedy
agreement In steel and coal could
signal a new economic rally. Sec
retary of commerce Charles Saw
yer finds the national economy
to be basically sound. But he has
warned that consumer spending
already is being cut down in the
wake of labor strife.
Before Philip Murray callod
out the CIO steelworkers to join
the coal miners In idleness ex
perts in the retail trade optimis
tically looked for the biggest
Christmas on record in 1949. To
day the probable spending vol
Sfafe Forecast
OREGON Snow in moun
tains, partly cloudy tonight
and Wedr.ssday. Cooler to
night with low 25 to 35. High
50 to 60 both days.
No. 261
Crop Damage
Will Extend
Into Millions
(Br Unltnl Prna)
A mighty storm with hurricane,
strength winds left 31 persons
dead in the midwest and west
today as it roared north Into the
Canadian wilderness.
Gales that sometimes hit 100-miles-an-hour
lashed the plains
and Great Lakes, yesterday as
warm air from the south col
lided with strong breezes tearing
down from the Canadian Rockies.
Heavy rains swept vast sec
tions, pouring tons of water from
thick cloud banks. Temperatures,
which had been setting new highs
for the season, tumbled as the
wind and. rain struck.
The warm southern air turned
the storm back to the north and
today it was rushing. Into the
area surrounding Hudson Bay.
Hot In East
The storm brought no relief,
however, to the sweltering east
where temperatures soared to
ward record maximums for the
second day in a row. Forecasters
said the heat wave would linger
lor as far as we can see into
the future." Thousands of New
Yorkers sought relief from the
humid heat with autumn swims
at Coney Island.
Yesterday, New York had Its
hottest Oct. 10 on record with 88
degrees, just two points under
the all-time high for the month.
It also was the hottest day since
Aug. 29. Newark, N. J., recorded
a 90-degree higher.
tour of the storm dead were
in Wisconsin. One man drowned
when his sailboat capsized In the
wind; a heavy barn door torn
loose by the wind killed another;
a third suffered a heart attack
struggling against the storm and
a fourth was electrocuted when
the wind hurled him against a
downed wire.
Crops Hard Hit
The midwest, assessing millions
of dollars in damage to crops
and buildings from winds that
hit 100 miles a.n hour, had nor
mal autumn weather with a band
of showers stretching from Mis
souri northeasterly to Michigan.
Five of the persons killed in
yesterday's bad weather were
airmen who met death when their
B-17 bomber crashed into Great
Salt lake after encountering "ter
rible weather" over Salt Lake
City.
At West Point, Calif., seven
persons including five small chil
dren died when an over-heated
wcodstove set their house afire.
The stove had been overloaded
with fuel to ward off the autumn
chill.
Typical of the deaths scattered
throughout the midwest was that
of lineman William Farmer, 64,
of Spirit Lake, la., who was elec
trocuted as he repaired a power
line damaged by the storm. .
ENGINEER DIES IN FALL
Portland, Oct. 11 IIBOtto Hln
kle, 59, of The Dalles, engineer
on a westbou.nd Union Pacific
train was killed today when he
fell from his cab while the train
was on a siding near Pendivton,
railroad officials here said.
They said Hinkle climbed down
to throw the switch and appar
ently lost his grip on the hand
rail either in descending or climb
ing back up to his cab.
ume is In doubt. .
Savings still are huge and the
national income high in spite of
the strikes but widespread labor
troubles make people cautious,
the experts point out.
Secretary Snyder and others
have called attention recently to
the $200,000,000,000 backlog of
U.S. savings as a potential mar
ket for Just about everything that
American manufacturers pro
duce. And because they have such
savings, Americans have been
eager and willing to buy out of In
come. ,
Proof of this Is furnished by
the , federal reserve board report
that Installment credit time pay
ments rose in August to a rec
ord high of $9,613,000,000, ft gain
for the month of $282,000,000.
Furthermore, businessmen who
early In the summer feared a
price slump and cleared their
shelves of high-priced stock, have
for the past two months been
buying inventory again. The re
sult has been a rise In busines
loans in eight weeks of $553,000.
000 to $13,384,000,000. r
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