ther
M . 1931
mid Tuesday,
.Sixth Year
May
Arthur Brisbane
Uon the Crisis.
Cs On Russia-
Ch nr. Man's Nature
Ui's Bright Plan.
J7 Feature Synd., Ino
possessing a poor
... "'i-l!,. nnvtivn.
0f "caiHauoi (," "
Li- n keen their
L-irk. says Europe's cri-
Lot be solved.
Us,'discussms tne fiiu
fTV.i.. flint hnnlcK
itnonsij, -
Ll to lend, Europe docs
U to finance Herman 111
Citcmpetition and France
;tnnined tnat ueraauj
ml gain strength to be
io armed menace.
Rogers, fairly accurate
Lr of American opinion,
U some of his ideas on
i sees fairer weatner
for that country.
says in yesterday's New
American: "Those ras-
lh all their cuckoo stuff,
pit some mighty good
of our leading American
Lists, educated in the con
five atmosphere of Eton
Oxford, Rogers cannot
limself to unconditional
of gentlemen that talk
"dividing property," but
fcplite Russia, the pensive
Jopher on rope and bank
It UTS : "You can't beat
irk, sacrifice and unlim-
?sonrees.
si will forco serious
i); on many distinguished
ittounts, in the course ot
iforts to change a great
Irom agriculture to in-
t there is nothing to worry
Sunk accounts. If Rus-
pild tail, because of popu
lation to hard driving,
seems improbable, that
settle it.
Russia succeeds, adding
the world's enormously
I'tife, rich and prosper-
itions, that will add to in-
fional prosperity. And, as
prs can tell you, when
als or .nations net rich.
' all impulse toward
ctic "dividing."
Nnt Hoover wires Senti-
fper of Kansas that the
riom on war debts will
healthy reaction upon
F of wheat. Kansas re-
't something "liealthy"
f- farmers, contrurv to
K have not begun plow-
mter wheat. Their
:r 12,300,000 acres and
Arresting seasons have
S'rffct.
P" been lower than In
-!f)or two dollars a
I . nM "'m' fellers
TbeWea
?gjmpage three.)
Martin
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TODAYS NEWS TODAY
E
IS SHOT ey
E.P.
Accidental Discharge of .32
Automatic Perforates
Stomach of Stewart Rice,
10, Visiting at Tingleaf
Home From Alamo, Texas
Stewart Rice, 10, son of Mr. ami
Mrs. Vane Rice of Alamo, Tex., lies
In the Community hospital this
afternoon In a serloue condition as
the result of injuries sustained this
morning, when a .32 automatic in
the handa of Delbert Tlngloaf of
Eaglo Point was discharged, send
ing a bullet through the Rice boy's
body, perforating his stomach in
two places and continuing out
through his back letween the
eighth nnd ninth ribs.
The two boye were playing on
Utile Butte Creek near the A. J.
Tingleaf ranch, Svhnfre the Uiejo
family Is visiting, when the acci
dent occurred about 10 o'clock this
morning, according to reports from
Eagle Point.
Delbert Tingleaf was handing the
gun to the Rice boy when It was
discharged. The bullet entered tho
boy's left side below the heart,
continued through the spleen and
stomach, perforating It in two
places and out the back between
the ribs.
Mr. Rice ri-hed his son to the
Community hospital, where Drn.
A . E . Dotlson and K . V . D u r n o
were called and found operating
ne-ceswary to save the boy's life.
The. perforations were sewed up
and Xr. Durno stated this after
noon that there i a chance for re
covery, FIRElWCH
ORIGjNJELIEF
Covers 1200 Acres in Short
Time 60 Men On Fight
ing Line Fire Near
Jacksonville Is Controlled
Two Mod ford boy.i. I.co Snyder.
827 N. Central and Malcolm Stein.
615 N. Central, had a narrow escape
from death In fighting the. fire
above Rllch this afternoon when
they were surrounded nnd had to
crawl on their hands and knees
for several yard through the burn
Ine trees. Hoth boys were nearly
suffocated. Snyder having his
lungs scorched by flames, but were
nulrklv revived and were not ex
pected to suffer any serious results.
according to F. II. Cowlcs. wno icic
phoncd the Incident tn the Mail
Tribune. Mr. Cowles also reported
a call for two more water pumpers
had been sent to Medford and wnn
a strong gale blowing, many farm
home nnd nerw of grain v. 010
threatened with destruction. Tho
fire this afternoon was banning
fierce.lv along a five mile front.
A big foreft fire, which broke
out at 3 o'clock yesterday arter
nnnn nl Wellmlngton Hlltte in tho
Annloente section. allOUt 4 niiloS
ii nf nunh. and of Incendiary
origin. Is burning in lirusli ami
some econl growth oak nnd pine
timber, which wprcad so fast that
by last evening the flames covered
an area of l-'Oa aorort
The Crater natlonnl forest hai
over 60 men employed on this fire
from which nothing had been heard
in the city up to early this after
noon, except that it expected
to be under control hy this evening.
It being late Sunday, some dif
ficulty for a timo was xpericni -..
In rounding up laborers to fight
the fire, hut the forest services
efforts were much aided hy the
government Tree employment bur
eau, and Unn Ilrown. who took
a car between 2 and 3 a. m. today
and corralled all the men he could
i.t ieen in' the Jungles and
at the stockyards vicinity, for fire
work.
Soon Controlled
Another fire In the Crater na
tional forot, started by a discard
ed cigarette from the roadnlde.
hrnb. m,t at 5 o. m. yesterday
near tho Sterling mine above Jack-
.r,r,in .uhich had burned over 1
acres before It was gotten under
control by noon. It wa what is
known In fores parlance
fi.nn rtfA in timlicr.
Still another fire, this one in
state protected territory, broke out
vesterdnv noon, also causen
discarded cigarette in the C.reen
Spring mountain section, about two
miles west of tho summit station,
which hd burned over an area
of 400 acre in brush snd second
growth timber before gotten under
control at 2 a. m. today by District
Stats Fire Warden I'hlpps an
fire fighters.
hi"
PLAYMAT
YOUTH
OF NCENDIARY
EDFORD
Shriners Queen
Associated Press Photo
Lucille Smith of Cleveland was
chosen "Queen of the Mardl Gras"
at the annual convention of the
Ancient and Arabic Order of Nobles
of The Mystlo Shrine In Cleveland.
OF
SEVEN POWERS
IN DEJpiK
London Parley Opens Late
This Evening Crowds
Cheer and Jeer as Ger
mans Arrive On Scene
LONDON, July 20 (P) Dele
gates from FYnnco, Germany, Bel
glum and Italy arrived hero this
evening for the seven-power con
ference at which they hope to
evolve a scheme for retleving Ger
many's economic distress.
Prime Minister MacDonald, for
eign Secretary Henderson nnd a
group of other distinguished Hrlt
iwh officials met them at the rail
way Htallon. The arrivals Included
Premier Laval. Flrclgn Minister
Hriand. Finance Minister Flandln
and Andre Francols-Poncet for
France; chancellor Itruening and
Foreign Minister Cultlus of Ger
many; Foreign Minister Grnndi of
Italy nnd Premier Kenkln ot Hol
glum. StlniKon. .Mellon Arrive
Socretarlort Stinison nnd Mellon,
representing the I'nllod States,
came iver from Paris yesterday.
Ambassador Matudalra will attend
for Japan.
The fin-'t-meeting, scheduled for
6:3H this evening, probably will be
given over entirely to formalities
of organization.
Tiie Belgian premier, aged and
feeble, arrived a few minutes bo
fore the nthem.
The rest of the delegates came
in special cars attached lo the boat
train, the French smiling and con
fident, the Germans sober and
ouiet.
Some of the crowd cheered and
some of them Jeered. A group of
brown -uhlrted German fascists
shouted "down with Unletting! "t'p
with Hitler!" ns the car bcnrlng
the German statesman rolled away.
10 BE FOUGHT
The temporary restraining order
In the suit of the Anglo London
anil Paris National bank of San
Franclmo. acting as trustee for
Herbert Flelshhackrr, public utility;
magnnte. nnd other California cap
italists, against Tyson Pankey and
a group of placer miners operat
ing In K'igue, river near the Ray
Gold dam. was ordered continued
by Circuit Judge II. L. Norton this
morning, with the proviso that a
trial for a determination of the
facts be held within the week.
The court held In continuing
the order, that Roguo River was
a stream of limited navigability'
and that under state and federal
law the owners of land adjoining
were owners of the bed of the
river, to mid-stream.
"Milne x"t Q""""'
There has been considerable
comment In the press that this
case effected the fishing 'n ""
river." ld the court. fishing
ha, nothing to do with the case
nnd is not In any manner Involved.
(Continued on Page i ory 1)
SPOKESMEN
ROGUE
MINING
Oil!
COURT
M
MEDFORE, OH EG ON, MONDAY. JULY 20, 1931.
SESSION TO
CURB TAXES
MEIER'S AIM
Governor Will Issue Call for
Legislators Soon, Belief
Following Meeting Tax
payers' Group Program
for Session Agreed Upon
SALEM. Ore., July 20. (P) A
hundred manufacturers, retailers
distributors are expected here Wed
nesday at the session called by
Governor Julius L. Meier, the ex
ecutive said today. Tho meeting
late Oregon industries and Oregon
was called lato Saturday to atlmu
business. Governor Moier said the meeting
will outline a program to Increase
the turnover for Oregon business
nually.
trom ji 8,000,000 to J36.000.000 an
PORTLAND, Ore., July 20. T)
There appeared today to be little
doubt but that a special session (if
tie legislature will bo called by
Governor Meier to work out a pro
gram of tax reduction and re
trenchment. Meeting hero Saturday, tho ex
ecutive committee of tho Oregon
Taxpayers' Kqunlization and Con
servation league adopted a resolu
tion advocating such action. Gov
ernor Meier several days ago de
clared that should the league rec
ommend (hat a session be held he
would coll the legislators to work
out a tax-regulatory system.
At their weekend meeting hers
members of the executive commit
tee agreed on this program:
Recommend Session
To recommend that a special ses
sion of the legislature be called to
meet at tho pleasure of the gov
ernor to consider tax reform.
To give to the state tax commis
sion and the county tax commis
sioners, acting Jointly, retsululory
control over budgets, tax levies
and proposed future bond Issuob of
local tax-levying bodies.
Reduction hy one-third of auto
mobile feos, and Incrouso of from
4 to 5 cents In the present gasoline
tax. This would become effective
July 1. 1932.
All tax-levying bodies were urged
to put vigorous economy Into prac
tice that retrenchment and tax re
duction might amount, If possible,
to 20 per cent.
Indiana Followed
The plan advanced hy tho com
mittee for regulating taxes Is a
modification of the Indiana plan,
which contemplates review of local
budgets and levies by a statu group
upon appeal from a body of affect
ed taxpayers, and granting of au
thority to approve or reduce the
amounts, according to evidence in
the case.
As this plan has been modified,
the system would be amended to
glvo the local units a definite voice
In control or their own affairs
through Joint Jurisdiction of the
proposed county tax commissions
with tho state commission.
The county commissions, of three
members In each county, would be
apiKdntcd by the governor. They
would Berve without compensation
In matters of budgets or levies
In the various counties, the several
commissions would sit with the
three members of the state tax
commission. A majority voto of
the joint membership would docldo
any point at Issue.
FALL InHbULANCE
ENROUTE TO PRISON
CAP.RIZOZO. N. M.. July 20.
(IP) The black ambulance carry
ing Albert H. Fnll. former secre
tary of Interior, to the New Mexico
penitentiary at Santa Fe, passed
through Cnrrlxoio at 1:40 this
afternoon. Tho fall party lft the
ranch at Three Rivers ubout a
half hour earlier.
f
Wire Report on
the Pear Market
CHICAGO. July 20. (') Pear
auction: Market opened Bteady.
closing strictly stronger; 11 Call
fornla carB and 2 others arrived; 2
California and 10 others on track;
10 cars sold.
California Bartletts, fi226 boxes,
(2.60 to 3.35; average
NEW YORK, July 20. (7P fear
auction: Market -slightly stronger;
51 California tars arrived; 64 Cali
fornia cars unloaded; 1!) cars on
tracks.
California liarellotts, 34,140 boxes
best 13 25 lo 13.95; ordinary $2.85
to S3.30; common, 12.55 to $2.90;
average $3.10.
Hard's, 414 boxes: $1.15 to $2.30;
average $2.21.
1
Oregon Weallier.
Fair tonight and Tuesday: Mt
on the coast cooler Tuesdny and
In the wpst portions tonight; mod
erate westerly wind offshore.
AIL TMBUNF-
Choir Tumbles
Down On Heads
of Parishioners
I.OANDA, Portuguese West
Africa, July 20. W llos-
pitals wore crowded today
with pnrlsloners of the
Church of Nossa Sertliora do
LCarmo, 200 of whom wero
injured when tho choir gal-
lery. tho support of which
wero worm - eaten, collapsed
during high mass yesterday.
of thoso hurt, 80 Wero
taken to hospitals, 20 of them
in critical condition. The
choir wns dropped Into tho
midst of tho congregation r
and panic resulted.
v
16 LIVES LOST
ITERS OF
COAST STATES
Oregon Counts Four in Sun
day Swimming Casualties
Speed Boat Upset Is
Blamed for Four Deaths
(H Associated Press)
Blxteen persons drowned In
waters of. tho states of California.
Washington and Oregon Sunduy.
Seven of tho drownings wero in
Washington, four in Oregon and
five id California, out of the 10,
there was not a slnglo drowning
In the surf, the donths having oc
curred cither in rivers or hikes
of the three stiite.
The most trnglc of the drown
ings was when a speedboat on
Lake Whatcom, near nellingham,
Wash., overturned, throwing Its
five occupants into the water.
Only one of the five was saved.
The other three'
,.... i. ... ,.,,,
drownings occurred In as many
different localities. One was near
Seattle another neur Wenntchoo
and the third near Spokane.
" 'f ttohimliln Takes Four.
In- Oregon four men wore drown
ed when swimming In tho Colum
bia river near Portland.
Wlllard Chrlstonfen, 20, and his
brother, Leslie Chrlstensen, 25,
drowned while bathing near Sun
dial Park, nenr Portland.
Earl M. Ktaley, 21, of Oakland,
Calif., drowned In a slough of tho
Columbia 10 miles east of Port
land. David flruce. 40, Portland, one
of a parly of soven persons, who
had been swimming nnd picnick
ing on tho hanks of the Columbia
near the city, drowned In tho river
nfter the party ate a basket din
ner lato In tho evening and then
went back Into tho wuter.
MARSH FIELD, Ore., July 20.
If) Wllmn Ithule, 16, of coqulllo,
drowned In 16 feet of water I"
the Cotiulllo river Saturday. She
was an export swimmer.
Walter Kernnn, 19, employe of
a carnival showing at Coqulllo,
drowned In. the Cooulllo yesterdny
while swimming.
SALEM. Ore.. July 20. (P)
George Apolan, 36. an Armenian,
was drowned yesterday while
Bwltrfmlng In tho Willamette river
between Halls Ferry nnd Indepen
dence. The body was not recov
ered. Today's
BASEBALL
American
It. II. E.
St. Louis 6 9 4
New York B 0
Stewart and llcngough; Wells
and Dickey.
Cleveland 9 14 2
Boston 2 4 2
Brown and Sewell; Gaston, Dur
ham, Morris and Connolly.
Chicago 7 13
Philadelphia 12 16 3
Thomas, Caraway. Moore, Weh-
de and Grube: McDonald, Mnluif
fey and Cochrane.
R. If. K.
Detroit 3 11 3
Washington 7 12 I
Batteries: Hogsett, Sullivan aim
Ilayworth; Marberry and liar
grave. Nallonnl.
R. H. E.
Brooklyn o 7 2
Chicago I 0
Batteries: Clark and Ipo:
Root and Hemsley.
Boston at Pittsburgh postponed;
rain.
MODEL FARM NEAR
R0SEBURG IS SOLD
ROHEBL'RG. Ore.. July 20. (A'l
The state's model rarm one mile
east of Rnseburg was sold by Sher
iff V. T. Jackson today to the
estate of W. L. Boise for the
amount of a Judgment of $5000.
Tho farm recently was surrendered
hy the atntu to tho Boise estate for
debts.
8 PERISH IP
MinMiRinnn
DUMuUIL
OF GUSHER
Michigan Crowd Sprayed
With Flaming Petroleum
When 'Struble No. V
Brought in Seven Others
Suffer Terrible Burns
MT. PLEASANT, Mich., July 20
(P) An oil field fire which cli
maxed the shooting of a "gusher '
13 miles from hero Saturday, had
taken eight lives today, while
seven other victims, terribly burned,
wero in n critical condition In a
local hospital.
Tho 2000 -barrel well whoso
"hooting" attracted tho victims
and 200 other spectators to tne
scene ot tno tragedy, stm
burning.
Tho well enmo In as a gusher
shortly before a storage tank ex
ploded from a causo as yet undo
termlned, showering the spectators
with flaming oil. The heroism of
"Buck" Hewitt, a tool dresser.
In completing tho capping of the
well at the risk of his own life,
was credited with preventing
greater loss of life, for tho well
did not catch fire Immediately.
Many Homes,
r There were other ao.tn or hero
Ism. Many of tho moil who rolled
to safety from tho sea or flro.
dushed back into the names
somo of them to their deaths to
rescue women who had not cs
cuped. Four of the victims died enrly
vesterdav. nnd four more hiHt
night. Olio ot tho first fntnlltles
w.,s Mrs Walter L. McClannlian
wlfo of the principal owner of
tho gusher. Mc.Clanahnn, known
In tho Mt. Plcnsant field as "king
f the hard luck nromoters, nil"
a veteran of oil operations in -
Kansas and Kentucky fields, wns
nmonir tho SOVCn for Wnom nope
, henn nil but abandoned
wns the first naylng well ho had
brought In In this field
Tim Dead.
Mrs. Mnry McC'Ianahan, 35. Ml.
tilnnmnl
iviu I nln niiv.' 4fi. wlfO Or E. J-
Guy, miperlntendont of tho Rooso
,.nit rill rerlucrv.
Mrs. Henry Guy, 17, daughter-in-law
of 13. J. Guy.
A. K. Oorham, 60, Mt. Pleasant
manufacturer.
Ruby Melvln, 13. daughter of
John Melvln, field supei Intendonl.
Marlon Fugate. 38, brother-in-law
of McClunnhnn.
Mrs. Anna D. Lamb 2!i, Ml.
Pleasant, wlfo of Thomas D. iJimb.
Mrs. H. 10. Wbltteklnd, 35, Ml.
Pleasant.
Well Flares Anew.
An attempt was to bo mndn to
dav to snuff out tho burning
gusher, the "Btrublo No. 1,' Willi
Jets of live steam. After firemen
nnd state eonservntlon officers had
fought all Saturday night against
spread of tho flames to tho well,
the flro crept through a connect
ing plpo line and tho well flared
up early yesterday. A leak per
mitted the escapo of enough oil
to feed tho flames, then a gasket
In the control valve burned out
and tho well became a pillar of
fire. ., ,,,,
A crew of "salamanders. wltn
special flro fighting oMUlpmcnt,
was reported en routo rr"in a
southwestern oil Geld In response
to an appeal sent out yesieioay.
KILLED JL CRASH
GRANTS PASS, Ore.. July 20.
(II Charlotte Day, 1 or wran.s
Pass, was killed Instantly alio nr
narents. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Day
were Injured seriously, In an auto
mobile accident near Hero minnay.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Day were taken to a
Roneburg hospital.
The automobile In which the
family was riding left th highway
and turned over.
OHIO MINERS OPEN
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, O., July 20.
if) The eastern Ohio coal mine
strlkn broke out anew early today
when 2T,0 alleged striking miners
from Jefferson county marched on
several Belmont county mines.
Twenty-flvn special deputy sher
irfs wero rushed to tho mine to
prevent disorders.
Yesterday snlpVa fired a seme
of shots Into the I'owhattnll mine.
Auto Hits Train
PENDLETON, Ore.. July 20. Wi
Islah Tattom, a negro, wax In a
hospital here today In a critical
condition from Injuries suffered
Saturday when his automobile
plunged down a 30-foot embank
ment and crashed Into a passing
freight train near Thorn Hollow,
GRANTS PASS GIRL
TKLKl'Ih?
Gets Divorce
Associated Presa Vhoto
Ginger Rogers, movie net re si,
was granted a divorce at Dallas,
Tex., from E. J. Culpepper, vaude
villa actor known on the stage ae
Jack Pepper
FREIGHT RATE
C. C. Examiners Recom
mend Ten Cents Per Hun
dred for Ten-Mile Haul
As Basis for Revision
WASHINGTON, July 20. (P)
Two interstate commerco commlB
sion exumlnoiH today recommendod
to tho commission an upward re
vision of freight rntea on hay
throughout the wast.
Tho examiners, reporting on
their Investigation of tho com
modity under tho Hoch-Smlth roBO
lution, recommended a rate of 10
cents ier hundred pounds for
hauls of 10 inlh'H or less, grad
ing upward as distances Increase,
For the Mountain Pacific terri
tory tho minimum ruto would bo
11 cents.
Minimum carload wclgliU wero
fixed nt from 18.000 to 20.000
pounds, depending on tho length
of the car used.
WASHINGTON, July 20. P
The wisdom of raising freight
rates wlien general commodity
prices urn declining wns ques
tioned today by an Interstate com
merco commissioner considering
tho anneal of tho rallroudfl for
a rate Increase.
Commissioner Eastmnn asked
Falrman It. Dick of Roosevelt nnd
Company. New York, n witness
favoring the Increase. If he thought
It economically sound to put rail
road rales too high, compared
with other commodities. t
Dick renlled the rallronds could
not beln It and that much of the
charges was necessary to meet III
creased taxes and branch line ope
rations.
SALEM, July 20. VP) Protest
against continuing tho Interstate
commerce commission hearings In
Washington, D. (., on tho appll
r-ntlon of railroads for a, 15 per
cent freight rato Increase, Instond
of holding later hearings In the
west, was sent to tho national
capital toilay by C. M. Thomas,
public utilities commissioner.
CAPTIVE BEARS STAGE
WILD STREET SCENE
FA 1.1.8 Clll'RCH, Va., July 20
tl' Two largo black bears
which K. It. Mnkeloy, automobile
dealer, captured In Alaska several
years ago, broke away from their
chain shackles today, clawed three
men and ran wild through the
streetH for two hours before one
was shot lo d'nth and tho other
reeapt llred.
BERLIN. July 20. VP) Resump
tion of bank payments to deposi
tors In limited amounts today
brought hundreds to tho tellers'
windows at the municipal savings
banks lo tuko out the five dollars
permitted savings depositors or
tho twenty-five dollnrs which may
bn withdrawn frum checking ac
counts. 1
WOODIUTRN Plans under way
to Improve locM streets,
O
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WESTERN
AY
HELD
m
Temperature
Highest ycMcrtlay 103
Inmost tills moruinfc 01
I'riH'IpHation
T( 5 p. m. yesterday 0
To A ii. tn. today
No. 118.
NOT SO HOT
FOR VALLEY
T
Break in Current Heat Spell
Welcome Prediction
Sunday Set New Record
for Season at 105 Rest
of State Also Sizzles
Tho now heat record for thta
summer, ho far, la 105 degrees,
which nuixlmum, reached into yes
terday afternoon, was two decreet!
warmer than Baturduy's maximum.
Had not a cool breeze arisen yes
terday afternoon the maximum
would havo boon much warm or.
Whllo tho official maximum of
yesterday, taken at tho weather
bureau hcadqunrtere at tho
air-
port, three miles north of the city.
wns 105 degrees, street thermome
ters In Medford'a business section
registered rrom 108 to 112, ac
cording to tocntlon.
Tho heat of tho past two aaye
la having effect 111 somewhat with.
erlng tho unlrrlgated field ana
garden crops, because of the com
bination of dry ground and laca;
of moisture, with unusual heat.
Today was coolor, up to u:30
p.m., because, of a oreeze wnicn
began blowing about 9:30 a.m.
The maximum nt 12:30 wns i
degrees, aa against 96 degrees nt
the same hour yesterday.
Coolor weather tor tonight aim
Tuesday is forecast by tho weather
bureau.
PORTLAND, July 20. VP)
Blistering heat caught Oregon In
Its grip Sunday and continuation
or the sweltering weathor wan
forecast for today, with promise
ot cooler temperatures tonight
and Tuesday.
The highest temperature regis
tered nt any government observa
tion station In the- state was 107
degrees at Umatilla. Wolf Creek:
was next on the list with 108
degroes . maximum. .
Othor Oregon temperatures In
cluded Portland nnd Salem 101.
Medford 104, Rosohurg 102, Albany
100, Baker 94, Mnrshflold 80, Sea
side 74.
Red ninff, Calif., appeared to
be the hottest spot In tho nation
yesterday with a maximum of 114
degrees and a minimum ot 74
degrees.
GRANTS PASS, July 20. VP)
Tho morcury Btnrted to climb
here early today nfter having hit
an unofficial 109-degree mark In
downtown Grants Pass Sunday.
At 9 a. m. tho temperature stood
at tho 80-dogree mark.
ROSEBURO, July 20. (IT)
Rosehurg yesterday oxporloncod
tho hottest day slnco July 24,
11128, us tho tomperature rose to ,
102 degrees. The 1028 mnrk was
103 degrees. Coolor weather was
predicted for today and tomorrow.
EUGENE, July 20 P) Eugene
yesterday experienced tho hottest
day since 1928 when the mercury
hit the 99-degree mark. It ap
peared cooler today with clouded
skies.
SALEM, July 20. VP) Salem
sweltered through tho hottest day
of tho year yesterday with a maxi
mum official tomperature reading
of 101 degrees. Absence of any
Iii-coko and high humidity made
tho hent more oppressive.
LA GRANDE, July 20. VP
Tho mercury touched the 100
degreo mark here yesterday, tho
warmest dny In two yenrs. Tho
sky wiib clonr toduy and another
scorcher was expected.
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throws self
GRANTS PASS. Ore.. July 20.
(A) Apparently choosing to snd hla
search for work by death, an un
identified man about 00 years old
plunge under the whoela of an
automobile here late yesterday.
The body was at a Grants Pass
funeral home today.
The man tnssed away his travel
worn pack of personal belongings
and dived lo his death under the
wheels of the automobile driven
by P P. Poctor Grunts Pass busi
ness man.
County officials said today nil
means or Identification had been
removed from the man's clothing
and personal belongings. A motor
ist earlier In tho day reported to
police that a man answering tho
description of tho dead man had
attempetd to Jump undor hl auto
mobile near where tho death oc
curred. JOSEPH Dudley Rankin plana
I locating aviation field near hero,
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