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Generally fair tonight and Frl.
day, fogi on tout; slightly winner
In northeast tonight; modern
northwest wind. Yesterday: lln
104. Mln. n. Rain ft. River -13 lb
North wind, clear.
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Salem, Orego-vThursday, July 21, 1938
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Record Heat
Spell of Year
Likely Today
Mercury Hits 101 at
1:30 as Salem Swelters
In Torrid Wave
At 1:35 o'clock this after
noon the official thermometer
at the Salem airport regis
tered 101 degrees, a rise of 4
degrees in the preceding hour,
as compared to a Wednesday
reading at the same hour of
95 degrees.
Hot? The thermometer
boiled up to 97.6 degrees at
12:35 today and was still
climbing, pointing to a new
all-time high here.
The ninth consecutive day
of 90-degree-or-more weather
today brought what was be
lieved to be a new record for
heat waves in Salem. On July
12, the thermometer read 89
degrees, and that was the last
time the temperature dipped
below the 90-degree dally maximum.
There was apparently no prospect
for a let-down from yesterday'!
mark of 104 degrees, which was the
highest recorded here in three years.
The lingering spell of heat brought
a restless night to Salem homes, as
the minimum dropped to only 62.
No Hope for Respite
Balanites who were hoping for a
respite found scant comfort in com
parative hourly readings Wednes.
day and Thursday. The heat wave
Wednesday came after a compara
tively cool early morning, the tern.
peratui soaring 12 degrees between
11:35 and 2:35. Today, the morning
was warmer, and the temperature
gained 6 7 degrees in the hour pre
ceding; 12:35.
In the three hours preceding yes
terday's record temperature, the
temperature gained 9 degrees, from
96 to 104.
Today's reading of 87.6 degrees
was 6.6 degrees warmer than the
corresponding reading Wednesday.
The all-time record of 108 degrees
was established In August, 1927.
The weather forecast for Friday Is
"continued fair.
The hourly readings for Wednes
(Concluded on Pub t, Column 4)
Assassins Get
Wan Shi-Sen
Shanghai, July 21 m Wan 8hl
Sen, Chinese member of the Japa
nese-domlnated local government
of the Shanghai district, was shot
and killed by two gunmen in his
home In the International Settle
ment today.
One assassin escaped but the oth
er was caught by a watchman. Set
tlement police questioned him and
a series of widespread raids with
numerous arrests followed.
There have been more than
dozen political assassinations in
Shanghai since the Japanese army
occupied the district. Most of the
victims have been Chinese who had
taken office in the Japanese-dominated
regime. Wan was chief of the
judicial department of that regime.
.$10,750,000 Only
Allotment Now
Washington, July 21 (U.R Public
works Administrator Harold I
Ickes disclosed today that 110,750.
000 allotted this week for four
Bonneville transmission lines was
all PWA now contemplates spend
ing In connection with the hydro
electric project on the Columbia
river.
Asked whether the original re
quest of Bonneville Administrator
James D. Ron for 121,000,000 to
construct transmission lines had
been reduced, Ickes said, "Yes.
Title Accepted to
Land Near Crater
Central Point. July 21 (v-The
forest service announced yesterday
the government had accepted title
to i7oo acres or umbered land on
the Crater Lake highway In the vl-
clnlty of Prospect and Union Creek
The area will be administered by
tne Hogue river national forest.
Auociated Prt Phott
Owen Wister
OwenWisfer
Passes at 78
North Kingstown, R. I., July 21 W)
Owen Wister, 78, famous novelist,
died of a cerebral hemorrhage today
at his summer home, Crowfield. He
arrived there for the season on July
8 and became ill only yesterday.
In recent years, Wister had lived
quietly during the summers in
South county and his last public
appearance was at the "Animated
Magazine," a charity entertainment
in Narragansett, In 1935.
With the writer at the time of
death were his daughter, Mrs. Walt
er Stokes, of North Kingstown and
Philadelphia; and three sons, Owen
J. Wister of New York City; Wil
liam R. Wister and Charles K. B.
Wister, both of Philadelphia. There
is another daughter, Mrs. Andrew
Dasbury of New Mexico, and four
grandchildren also survive.
Wlster's body will be taken to
Philadelphia, his birthplace, for the
funeral, the date of which Is un
decided.
Court, Summer
Work Started
Workmen for the Oregon Con
tract company yesterday started
their job of grading and paving the
Court and Summer street ap
proaches to the new state capltol
and library when crews commenced
cutting trees that have to be re
moved from the parkings to make
way for the widened and relocated
roadways.
Grading, operations have been
held by delays In completing the
new city sewer along Court street
from Church to 12th street, but
that work was speeded up yesterday
when a gasoline digger was put to
work excavating the open trench
between Winter and Capitol streets.
When grading and paving gets
under way through traflie' on the
Pacific highway will be detoured
around the job via Center street.
The contractors expect to com
plete the job by September 1.
Ladybugs Feast
On Aphis Pest
Astoria, July 21 W) Two million
hungry ladybugs, released from cold
storage hibernation, feasted today
on aphis threatening the Clatsop
county pea crop.
The Insects, hatched In lnsec
torles, were released by the Burk
pea cannery.
Queen Margaret to
Be Crowned Friday
Stayton, Or., July 21 Queen Margaret Kimbrough will
be formally crowned Miss Santiam at the big day of the third
annual Santiam Spree here Friday morning. King Bing Tom
Hill, assisted by his Cherrtan eoun-a"
cil of nobles, will preside. The
ceremony takes place at the con
clusion of the Industrial parade
which moves promptly at 11 o'clock.
The royal party will be guests at a
luncheon at noon.
Dedication of the new city park
will attract a large crowd of state
officials with Governor Charles H.
Martin making the dedicatory ad
dress. U. S. Senator Charles L
McNary and State Treasurer Rufus
C. Holman will speak on the pro
gram which will also be attended
by Congressman Jamea Mott, the
principal speaker for the Town send
rally which will be held In the park
after the dedication services.
An afternoon of sports and con
tests has been arranged and many
water events art Included on the
Novel Craft
Spans Ocean
In 20 Hours
First of Series of Experi
mental Hops Made With
out Mishap from Ireland
Port Washington, N. Y.,
July 21 (U.R) British Imper
ial Airways Mercury, first
"pick-a-back" plane ever to fly
to this country, arrived here
from Montreal at 4:08 p. m
EDT today, 25 hours and eight
minutes after taking the air
from the back of its mother
plane" over Foynes, Ireland,
Montreal, July 21 (U.R)
The British Imperial Airways
seaplane Mercury landed here
at 11:19 a. m. EDT today after
2850 mile nonstop survey flight
across the Atlantic from Foynes,
Ireland, and at 1:59 p. m., after re
fueling, took off on the 330 mile
hop to Port Washington, N, Y Its
destination.
Capt. Donald C. T. Bennett, the
pilot, hoped to reach the landing
base in Manhasset bay at Port
Washington at about 4 p. m.
The four-englned "pick-a-back"
plane made the flight to Montreal,
one of several survey hops planned
by Imperial Airways this summer,
in 20 hours and 19 minutes, aver
aging about 141 miles an hour In
the face of light headwinds.
The Mercury took off from Its
mother plane, the Mala, at I p. m
EDT yesterday.
Crowd Sees Landing
A crowd of more than 500 persons
watched the ship drop to the St.
Lawrence river and glide to the
Bouchervllle air base where a crew
waited to refuel the plane for the
330 mile flight to Port Washington,
N. Y.
The plane, upper component of
the Short-Mayo composite aircraft,
was laden with half a ton of news
papers and photographs and news
reels of the "visit of King George
and Queen Elizabeth to Paris.
Officials of Canadian National
Airways and Trans-Canada Air
lines, government Inspectors and
customs men greeted Pilot Bennett
and Radio Operator A. J. Coster as
they climbed out of the plane.
Express and postal authorities
took charge of that part of the
plane's cargo of mail and pictures
destined for Canadian points.
Imperial Airways officials said
the plans were for the Mercury to
tune its departure from Montreal
to make the time of arrival at the
Pan-American Airways base at Port
Washington about 4 p. m.
Others to Follow
The Mercury's flight is one of 15
experimental survey flights in
which Imperial Airways plans to
test three types of equipment de
signed for trans-Atlantic commer
cial service.
The composite aircraft, invented
by Major Robert H. Mayor, was
designed to permit take-offs with
heavier loads than would be pos
sible If the Mercury had to depend
upon its own lifting power to get
into the air. The motor plane,
modification of the four-englned
empire flying boat, carries the
smaller craft on its back In taking
off, releasing It high in the air.
program. A bathing beauty parade.
displaying all the latest creations In
swimming suits, will be offered and
participants will give a demonstra
tion of diving and swimming.
Selection of the royal court was
made at the opening dance Tues
day night with the second and
third dances Friday and Saturday
nights.
Four bands will be In the Indus
trial parade which Is being staged
under the direction of Orant Mur
phy and Ward Inglla.
Scores of youngsters are expected
to take part in the pet parade
which will be held Saturday morn
ing. More Interest than usual
being taken In this event and
youngsters have already registered
their pets, distinguished (hlefly by
um great variety.
Lands
Army Power of
France Seen by
British Ruler
Fifty Thousand French
Troops Parade in Demon
stration of Friendship
Paris, July 21 (U.R) France
gave King George VI a vivid
picture of her military might
today, to back up her demon
strations of friendship and
her expression of willingness
to co-operate in the problems
of European diplomacy.
Fifty thousand soldiers,
sons of the men who at Ver
dun immortalized the phrase
"They shall not pass," parad
ed in the king's honor up the
broad Avenue de Paris at Versailles.
It was the biggest military pro
cession In France since the victory
parade after the World war. It was
the biggest ever accorded the head
of a foreign state, and It matched
In Its lmpresslveness the gigantic
displays which the totalitarian
countries have made familiar.
It Is sometimes forgotten that
British and other military experts
have called France s army the most
formidable, in its fighting efficiency.
In Europe; that Franoe has a regu
lar army of nearly 700,000 men and
5,500,000 reserves.
In Marshal's Uniform
It was to put these facts clearly
in the mind of the British public
that France held its parade today la
the king s honor.
King George, In the uniform of
a field marshal of the British army,
stood beside President Albert Le-
Brun and Gen. Maurice Gamelln,
vice-president of the superior war
council, and took the salute as the
troops marched by, representing
every branch of the fighting ser
vices.
Diplomatic activity was oversha
dowed today by the parade, but It
was understood from French sources
that French-British policy as the
result of recent negotiations and
talks here Included:
1. The fullest political, economic,
military and technical collaboration.
2. An effort to persuade Czechos
lovakia to speed up delivery to the
German minority of the new minori
ties statute, in order that advan
tage might be taken of the good
atmosphere created by Adolf Hitler's
voluntary assurances to Great Brit
ain that he hoped for a peaceable
solution.
Mediation Desirable
3. Postponement of any French-Brltlsh-German-Italian
talks on
colonies, arms limitation and finan
cial and economic cooperation with
the Czechoslovakian and Spanish
civil war problems had been clari
fied.
4. Pursuit of efforts to hasten
the evacuation of foreign troops
irom spain, and to mediate If pos
sible between the loyalists and the
nationalists.
5. To postpone the effectiveness
of the British-Italian friendship
treaty until the evacuation of Ital
ian troops from Spain was well un
der way.
8. New efforts to Improve French
Italian relations.
Merchants Warned
Of Forged Checks
Merchants were being warned to
day by Constable Earl Adams that
an unusually large number of forg
ed checks are In circulation, his
office receiving 18 complaints in the
last two or three days.
In at least one Instance the
check passer presented a driver's
license to serve as Identification. It
is not known whether or not he was
the rightful owner and a check-up
is being made.
Because of the large number of
complaints being received. Consta
ble Adams urges all merchants to
use every precaution In cashing
check presented by a stranger.
Radiator Going
On Hottest Day
Portland. July 21 P D. T. Wll-
lemln, chief clerk of the municipal
court, stiU doesn't know how hot It
wss yesterday. The thermometer
said 101 degrees, hottest day since
193S and then Wlllemln discovered
the steam radiator In his office had
been turned on full blast for sev
eral days
fire Fighters Drop Tools, Flee Olympic Blase With the giant Campbell river, B. C, forest fire threat
ening other Canadian settlements on the Olympic peninsula, north of Seattle, these fighters found
the flames sweeping too close and were forced to drop their tools and flee. The flames already have
covered 30,000 acres and were threatening between 30 and 80 million feet of bucked timber stored
near Comox landing camp 3. Associated Press Photo.
Uniforms Put
On Hoppers
Sidney, Mont., July 21 m Eight
thousand grasshoppers winged
freebooters of the grain fields
were painted silver and gold today
In the Interest of science.
The bureau of entomology of the
TJ. 8. department of . .agriculture
wants to know how far and how
quickly the 'hoppers fly.
In an effort to obtain this infor
mation, 4,000 'hoppera found In the
area 12 miles northwest of Sidney
were painted a bright gold color.
Another 4,000 trapped 12 miles
west of WlUlston, N. D., were painted
silver.
Harold Willis and Ells WesUake,
bureau of entomology representa
tives, asked persons finding the
painted Insects to send them to the
bureau of Montana state college,
Bozeman, giving the exact locations
where they were found.
Injury Fatal to
Charles Drury
Charles Drury, IT. son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Drury of Sublimity,
died at a hospital here today after
breaking his neck In a diva Into
Silver creek yesterday.
The youth misjudged the depth
of the water and crashed his skull
into a submerged rock. He was
brought to the Salem Deaconess
hospital here In the Salem first aid
car. His arms and legs were para
lysed before he arrived and he died
during the night.
He is survived by his parents.
two brothers and three sisters, Jess
and Wllber of Sublimity, Mrs. Ra
chel Jones of Dorrls, Calif., Mrs
Etra Eades of Klamath Falls and
Mary Drury of Sublimity.
Two Nations Sign
Gran Chaco Treaty
Buenos Aires, July 21 (U.R) Repre
sentatives of Paraguay and Bolivia
signed a formal treaty today ending
100 years of dispute between the two
republics over possession of the
Oran Chaco border region.
The signatures were affixed In the
government house In the presence of
delegates of the six mediating na
tions, Including the United States,
After a plebiscite In Paraguay and
a constitutional assembly In Bolivia
to ratify the pact, the mediators
will begin fixing an arbitrary boun
dary In the Oran Chaco.
Orders for Special
Edition to be Taken
Off Reserved List
Those who ordered copies
of the Capital Journal's Gol
den Anniversary and Capitol
Dedication edition must call
for them at onae before they
are sold.
A number of these copies
which have been reserved
are still In the office. Because
of the large demand by the
general public, they will not
be reserved after Saturday,
and will be placed on sale.
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Envoy of
Brings Peace Hint
London, July 21 (VP) Prime Minister Chamberlain told
the House of Commons today
Chancellor Hitler s confidential envoy renewed assurances of
the German government "of their desire to achieve a neace-
ful settlement of outstanding
said these assurances had been-
given to Viscount Halifax, foreign
secretary, by Captain Frits Wied
emann, the German Fuehrer's rep
resentative. Chamberlain gave this reply to a
question as to what was discussed
at Monday night's confidential dis
cussion between Lord Halifax and
Hitler's envoy.
"In the course of his recent visit
to London, Captain Wiedemann had
an informal conversation with the
secretary of state for foreign affairs.
Captain Wiedemann did not come
prepared to discuss any particular
aspect of political affairs, but the
conversation enabled him, owing to
his contacts with authoritative
circles in Germany, to renew the
assurances already given by the
German government of their desire'
to achieve a peaceful aettlement of
outstanding questions."
Visits Secretary at Home
The German visitor saw the for
eign secretary at his home just the
evening before Lord Halifax left for
Paris, accompanying King Oeorge
and Queen Elizabeth on their visit
of state.
This lent added Importance to the
talk, which Is understood to have
figured vitally In Lord Halifax's
conversations with Premier Dala-
dier and Foreign Minister Bonnet
in Paris.
The prime minister's statement
was Interpreted here as an lndica-
tion that Wiedemann's visit might
lead to the reopening of negotia
tions for a broad Anglo-German
political settlement.
One of the most difficult ques
tions Involved Is that of Czechoslo
vakia s Germanic minority, over
which Hitler has declared himself
"protector." Informed persons be
lieved this was one of the subjects
of the Halifax-Wledemann talk.
Bureau Eyes
Canby Lands
Washington, July 21 P Recla
mation bureau officials said today
they hoped Investigations north
snd west of Canby, Ore., would dis
close suitable lands for extension
of Irrigation In the district "at
reasonable cost."
They aald many farmers near the
little community on the Molalla
river, south of Oregon City, were
anxious to bring more land Into
cultivation by irrigation but sur
veys of other sections In the district
showed costs "prohibitive."
"We cannot permit the water uses
to assume an undue burden," one
official said.
Two Sentenced
In Arson Case
Portland, July 21 MV-One year
terms In the state prison were or
dered yesterday for Clarence H.
Wilson, 85, and Fred J. Worden, 87,
who pleaded guilty to an arson plot.
The aged men admitted an attempt
to burn Wilson's horns to collect
(3500 Insurance.
Hitler
that Britain had received from
questions." The prime minister
Labor United
For Barkley
Washington, July 21 (U.R) Or
ganized labor united today to sup
port Senate Majority Leader Alben
W, Barkley for renominatlon
against Governor A. B. (Happy)
Chandler In the Kentucky demo
cratic primary.
President William Green and the
American Federation of Labor Join
ed President Roosevelt, the Com
mittee for Industrial Organization,
the Railway Labor Executives' as
sociation, and labor's non-partisan
league in urging Barkley's re-election.
The primary Is August 8.
The contest between Barkley and
Chandler will be an outright test
of new deal strength Inasmuch as
Mr. Roosevelt gave unequivocal en
dorsement to Barkley during his re
cent trans-continental trip.
Green's action marked one of the
few instances in which the divided
labor camps have united for politi
cal action. The other case Is In
Maryland, where all labor groups
are backing Rep. David J. Lewis
against Sen. Millard E. Tydings and
the democratic nomination.
Umpqua Highway
Closed by Error
Roseburg, Ore., July 21 (flV-The
Umpqua highway between Drain
and Reedsport, closed yesterday be
cause of the Smith river fire, was
reopened this morning upon orders
from the Roseburg division office
of the state highway department.
The road was closed yesterday upon
an erroneous report concerning the
proximity of the fire to the high
way, it was reported.
Oregon Social Aid
$2,147,700 in Year
Washington, July 21 IP) The social security board re
ported today Oregon received $2,147,700 from the federal
government for public assistance during the year ended June
30. or the total, 81,029.900 went to
the aged needy, $153,300 to depend
ent children of needy families, and
164,500 to indigent blind.
In a statistical study of April, the
board found 206 of every 1,000 aged
persona in the state received old age
assistance, compared with the na
tional average of 214. This old age
assistance totaled 8359,417 during
the month and was spread over 16,
907 persons.
Of every 1,000 children under 18
years In the state, 12, or nine less
than the national average, received
help. The benefits for this group to
taled 946.047 for the month of April
and went to 1,851 children In 1,262
families.
Smoke Rolling
From 20,000
Forest Acres
Three Deaths Recorded;
1300 Men Guard Smith
River; Siskiyous Suffer
(Br AHocUUd Prtu)
Heat and its unmanageable
and far more dangerous com
panion, fire, began the second
week of Oregon occupation to
day with three persons dead
and smoke still belching from
more than 20,000 acres of
forest.
The northwest continued to
wallow in the trough of low
pressure and the government
weather bureau promised
only slight relief from tem
peratures which soared well over
100 degrees In many sections yes
terday.
The bureau forecast scattered
thunder showers for the Siskiyou
and the middle and southern Cas
cade mountains, where hundreds of
men battled to prevent the spread
of flames from the thousands of
acres already charred. Forest offi
cials feared the passible showers
would be accompanied by lightning
which would set more fires than
the rain would extinguish.
A brick mason collapsed and died
at his job in Corvallis yesterday
where the temperature blistered the
countryside at 103 degrees. A farm
er at Sllverton suffered a fatal heat
prostration last week and a fir
fighter lost his life In Clatsop coun
ty earlier this month.
Scottsburg Believed Safe
Scottsburg, haze-hidden commun
ity on the beautiful Umpqua river,
appeared out of Immediate danger
from the Smith river fire. 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.
Scottsburg was safe as long as the
wind did not shift and send the
flames crowning through the trees.
An uncontrolled fire swept within
four miles of Oak Flat on the Illi
nois river of southern Oregon and
forced abandonment of plana to es
tablish a women's vacation camp.
The Chetco tire, still defying effort
to control It, spread to MOO acres.
The fire fighting crew has been In
creased to approximately one man
for every nine acres afire. The Dal
les and Nome creek fires, both In
the Siskiyou area, had reached a
combined total of about 1600 acers.
Three specialists In fire fighting
tactics were dispatched by airplane
from Seattle to the Redwood ranger
station In the Siskiyou National
forest.
A gasoline explosion destroyed
about 115,000 In equipment at the
hidden Treasure mine near Baker
and Injured one man.
Lightning is Menace
The forest service quenched two
lightning-set fires In the Diamond
lake region.
Incendlarlsts, taking advantage of
poor visibility, were giving fire war
dens trouble In several districts.
Suffering Oregon residents had
little opportunity to cool off during
the night from yesterday's wither
ing temperatures. The minimum, In
many Instances, failed to drop be
low 75 degrees.
A Weyerhaeuser Timber company
fire on Hayden mountain, between
Medford and Klamath Falls, was
controlled yesterday by crews rush
ed from the Deschutes National for-
(rnnrlnded on Paxe 10, Column 4)
Forty-two one more than the
national average of every 100.000
persons In the state, received blind
benefits during the month. These
benefits, averaging $2535, totaled
111,028 and went to 435 persons.
The board, during April, received
182 claims for old age Insurance and
made 168 certifications. Of the cer
tifications, which authorized aver
age payments of 834.68, 104 were
filed by persons who had reached
the retirement age of 88 and 82 by
heirs seeking death payments.
The state 'l file of employe ac
count numbers mounted to 319,220
by the end of April, a gain of 1.879
during the month.