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The Weather Forecast; Fair Sunday and Monday but morning cloudi ness; not much change In tem perature. Temperature Highest yesterday 83 Lowest yesterday -.......- 56 Find Plenty Tak a little time thli mornlnj to read the classified ad. Yon will find plenty to Interest yon. If you wish to rent, huy, sell or trad. look up these classifi cations. MEDFORD RIBUNE Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-First Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 1936 No. 132. Ul 1? WW jllW BATE v 9)5 J H Iris By I'AfcL MALLON (Copyright, by raul Mallon) WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. The vigor of the current wave of Industrial aolvlty Is surprising nearly all busi ness sccra. Tho reliable federal reserve board economists have officially oom puted July fac tory output at 108 per cent of the average Julys of 1923, '24 and '25. Usually accu rate private estl mates Indicate the figure for August is now about the same 108. It may ultimately slip a point up or down, but " the prelimi nary figures for the first three weeks Indicate clearly that this key Index of government statistics has reached a post-depression peak for two months running. Note The July figure doos not rep resent an actual Increase in produc tion fmm .Tune, hilt the Aueiut flB- ure does. Ordinarily there Is a sharp seasonal drop In July, but this year the drop failed to occur. Actual July production was about the same as June, thus swelling the seasonally adjusted figure.. But from July to August there is normally a seasonal Increase. Therefore, maintenance of the 108 figure '.n August represents a remarkablo expansion over July. No special line la responsible for the new show of strength. Practi cally all varieties of factories displayed a contra-seasonal trend from June to July. The official seasonally adjust ed July figures show these increases over Juno: - Iron hd steel 'H&. up-six points; textiles 118, up eight; food 93, up four; autos 123, up five; leather 112, up eleven; tobacco 164, up seven; bi tuminous coal 80, up six. (All these figures are percentages, based on 1923-'23 as 100). This month steel is up; autos are off rather sharply due to the shift to new models; textiles are up; coal Is up seasonally; food Is up better than seasonal on account of drought livestock being hastened to tho mar ket; electrical power production keeps making new high records weekly. Tho most remarkable thing about It, however. Is that all this unex pected strength In production has failed to bring a corresponding Jump in employment and payrolls. TodBy, with production at 108 per cent, employment la around 88 per cent and payrolls about 79.8 per cent. You can measure the continuous deficiency between these Indices In the montly government collection of seasonally adjusted statistics, carried below. Each Index, except prices, Is based on the 1923-'2S averages. Prices are on 1928 as 100. (Continued on Page Eight) BULLETIN riv united Press Portland maintained Its slender lead tonight over the runner-up San Diego Padres by knocking off San Prsnclsco's aeaia, 8 to 4, in a game inder tho lights. It didn't take the Beavers long to get started, in me secona -inning. Moose Clabaugh clouted one of Pete Daglla's offerings out of the lot, as tho Beavers scored twice. In the third Inning, the same Clabaugh hit an other homer, and Earl Bruckcr. the heavy clubbing Beaver catcher, pound ed one for four bases. To that seven runs, the Portlanders added their final tally In the seventh. The best the Seals could do was one in the third, two In the fourth and one in the seventh. Portland col lected 10 hits off Daglla and Dickey, aa T.UVa Hnleri nut eleht to the O'Doulmen. Portland made two errors and San Francisco one. Tn t.h other nlaht aame. Jack Sal veson, for Los Angeles, end Kewple Barrett, for Seattle nooxea up in tight battle for eight innings, Bar rett allowing one run arid Salveaon none. In the ninth the Angel club bers got their eye on the ball and pushed over five runs, with the final .ilt helrur Loa Anceles 6. Seattle 0. The defeat proved costly to the In dians, as they dropped a peg In the percentage columns, the San Diego Padres taking una.spuiea possession of second position, pushing Seattle down into the third notch. (Nteht game) R. H E. Los AnuelfJ - 8 10 0 Sontlle 0 7 2 SsIVMon and Bottarlnl; Barrett and Bassler. Msht Game R. H. t fian Francisco 4 8 t Portland . 8 10 2 Dsclli. Dickey and Monro; Liska and Brucker, REPETITION 1934 Employers-Employees Dead lock On Agreement Wage Cut Fought Dollar Liner Delayed. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29. P) The threat of labor troubles along Pacific coast waterfronts, reminis cent of the bloody 1934 maritime strike, increased ominously tonight as two separate employe-employer dis putes apparently had reached an Im passe. Representatives of waterfront em ployers and the International Long shoremen's association postponed un til Monday their attempt to negoti ate a working agreement to supplant the 1934 arbitration award which ex pires September 30, but fear was ex pressed further negotiations will prove as futile as those of tho past five days. The Dollar liner president Hoover sailed for Loa Angeles late today af ter Its 370 unlicensed- crew members had accepted under protest & ruling of the U. S. shipping commissioner penalizing the deck crew 3 days pay for refusing to obey orders end get the ship out on tlmo on Its last sail ing from Honolulu. The settlement, which threatened to delay the ship's sailing here, was reached at a meeting of the labor re lations board, but sailor union of the Pacific representatives sail tho com missioner's ruling would be appealed to Washington. The crow will take the ship to Los Angeles and return, but will not man it on transpacific serv ice until tho dispute is settled to their satisfaction. Thomas 3. Plant, chairman of the coast committee for waterfront em ployers end their spokesmen in nego tiations with the I. L. A. for a new working agreement, expressed bellof the matter would have to be sub mitted to arbitration. - "We havo negotiated for five days." he observed, "and have been unable to agree on fundamental issues. An arbitration board can settle the mat ter much easier and more satisfactor ily than we can." Harry Bridges, Pacific coast district president of the I. L. A., describing as ridiculous tho proposals of the em ployers for pay reductions and other changes, expressed the opinion the longshoremen would vote for another strike rather than accept them. Plant was equally Insistent the employers would not agree to higher pay and certain other proposals of the l. L. A. He also said the employ ers would refuse to continue the pres ent provision placing hiring halls under Joint control with a union man at each point in charge of actual dis patching of men to Jobs. He said they demand a "neutral" dispatcher at the hiring halls, a demand union repre sentatives said they were certain the longshoremen would not grant. In the President Hoover dispute, Capt. George Yardlcy had logged or penalized the deck crew four days pay for refusing to get the liner out on time at Honolulu. The crew claim ed It had notified Captain Yard ley 24 hours before the President Hoover reached Honolulu that the men would not let go the lines until the hatch es were closed and the gear made se cure. They said Captain Yardley gave orders to cast off before this was done. Capt. John A. Rylendor, shipping commissioner, found the men had re fused to obey orders, but reduced the penalty to two days pay. At first the crew rejected this ruling, but accept ed It under protest after the labor re lations board meeting. Another dispute Indirectly Identi fied with the waterfront labor trou blc. In that the union Involved is af filiated with tho I. L. A. threatened to result in the picketing of all P. W. Woolworth stores along the Pacific coast. SILVURTON, Aug. 39. iff) Silver ton grange urged that officers of the Farmer-Labor party be barred from membership, In a resolution adopted lest night. The resolution condemned "the use of the organisation officially or un officially as a recruiting ground for members in societies and associations which approve of or promote com munism. ' ramed Violinist Hurt OAKLAND, Calif.. Aug. 29 (,P Jan Kubelik, lamed Carmel violinist whose handa are Insured for 100,000 was Injured In an automobile acci dent here last n!.rlu. j Hi vaudeville fln,$er., however.! acre not Injured. Raps Hauptmann Trial Judge Oscar Hallam of 81. Paul preaented a committee report to the American Bar Association sharply criticizing the conduct of the case of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, etec trocuted for the murder of th Lindbergh baby. (Associated Press Photo) FASCISTS PLANES E Windows Shattered In Span ish Capital New Attacks Due On Irun Front. K MADRID. Aug. 29. JT) Many lay wounded In Madrid tonight after a rebel airplane had bombed the "city proper -for the first time. The number of casualties tonight still was unestimotcd by government officials who bald physical damage to the city had b-u unly slight. Hundreds of windowsIncluding one In the Associated Press bureau were shattered as . the detonations shook several important government buildings. , The rebel airmen had conducted raids In the vicinity of Madrid three times previously but today's bom bardment was the first In which bombs had actually exploded on Ma drid streets. Another rebel plane flew first over tho city at a tremendous height, then poised and dived. It flattened out of Its power dive when but a few hundred feet up and loosed Its cargo of projectiles. Gaping boles were ripped In tho ground end windows In the Bank of Spain, the pos toff ice and other build ings were shattered.- The government planes, as If ex pecting another raid, circled the city In wide arcs tonight, on the lookout for aerial enemies. On the Irun frontier government defenders warned their forces to make every bullet count in expected rebel renewaj of attacks. -Denmark, Belgium and Turkey de clared arms embargo on Spain. Diplomats seeking to "humanize" the Spanish civil war, were said to be hampered In their Paris conference by political hatreds heated by. the Spanish war. Two rebel generals predicted im minent Insurgent victory and Spain would bo reunited under a new gov ernment "free from marxlst tryanny." Count Romanones, former premier, said his country would need 50 years to recover from the effects of the war. PORTLAND, Aug. 39 (P) Walter A. Duffy, regional director, resettle ment administration said today that the first checks totaling 126,000 for final acquisition of private-owned land by the two land use adjustment projects have been received here. Approximately 30 tract of unsuc cessful wheat farms In the arid range section of Jefferson county snd Iso lated ranches In coast range forest areas are Included In this first pur chsse which is being cleared by local Justice attorneys for title, regtatrs tlon of needs and payments to own ers. When acquired, Duffy saw, the land will be added to public domain and national foreat land covering approx imately 200.000 acres X range In Jef- ferson county snd 1,220.000 seres of coast range forest land. Arrentlne U'heat frnn BUENOS AIRES. Aug. 29. (API The Argentine minis?.-; of agriculture to3.. estimated the country's wheat siirr'.u , available for export at 64,- 344 tons. COIN ON HANO FOR LAND PURCHASES Quiet Sunday In Black Hills Bismarck Speech Brings Criticism. By Douglas B. Cornell RAPID CITY, 8, D., Aug. 20. (AP) President Roosevelt arrived here at 6:18 p. m. (MST) for his last stop in the Dakotas during his personal drought Inspection trip, bringing a promise to "do everything so far as the government Is concerned" to co operate In "trying to remedy" tho drought problem. That was his pledge to thousands of citizens of this city and tho sur rounding country, given as he step ped from his special train and into a waiting open car. He came to Rapid City for a quiet Sunday and remarked he was "look ing forward to a delightful day to morrow, driving up Into the Black Hills." There, In the afternoon, he will view the gigantic Mt. Rushmore na tional memorial, where the figures of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt are being carved high on a stony peak. , Mr. Roosevelt planned to attend church first at tho Rapid city Epis copal church of which tho Reverend Jerome Pipes la rector. CHICAGO, Aug. 20. (AP) Mrs. Paul Rewman of Huron, S. D Re publican national committee worn an from'her state, commenting on Pres ident Roosevelt's tour of the drought area In a statement Issued today at Republican headquarters, said "Any attempt to make political capital out of our dire extremities Is In poor tasts now." ' ' -1 think of nothing,? Mrs. Row man statement said, "that could come nearer to offending the dignity of the residents of North and South Dakota, than President Roosevelt's speech in Bismarck Thursday. No one needs to feign surpriso or even pleasure that our chins aro up. They've never been down." MISSING JURIST WARNER'S HOT SPRINGS, Cal.. Aug. 29. (UP) Two new cluea in the weird desert aearch for Judgo Joseph Crater, New York Jurist miss ing since 1030, tonight spurred a posse of officers and newsmen to plan an Intensified campaign at day break. W. B. Wilson, sportsmsn from Brawley, In the Imperial Valley, and Maynard Rehkopt, of El Centro, both told officers thst they hsd seen the missing Judge recently. In the vicinity of this desert resort. Their stories substantiate claims of "Lucky" Blaclet, picturesque des ert character, that he had talked with Crater oarller thla month. Blacklot Is leading the posse In tho desert wastes. Rehkopt told Csptaln W. O. Allen, of the Los Angeles police department, that he had camped with a man re sembling Judge Crater only yester day. Rehkopt left tonight with Sheriff Robert Ware, of Brawley, to Join the posse and lead It to lonely mountains between Santa Ysabel, In which hamlet the Jurist was reported seen.' and the Cuyamaca mountains, one of the most Isolated regions In the United Btates, Wilson ssld he had seen a pros pector resembling the New York poli tical figure while deer hunting near the Oolden Chariot mine In Msson valley. OREGON Generally fair Sunday and Monday but morning clouds on coast and tn western valleys: cooler east port ton with rising humidity; moderate northwest wind off the coast, Weekly outlook far western states for period August 31 to September 6; fair weather with normal tem peratures, but rising after first of week, Motorrycltst Killed R06EBURG, Ore., Aug. 20. (APJ- Fred W. Vandiver, BnU Crue, Cal., Is dead and Eugene Lusby, also of Santa Crur, near death as a result of motorcycle -bus collision near Canjonvllle, 30 miles south of hre today FAIR, THEN WARM, WEEK'S PROSPECT Dislike of Stage, Half Hose, Shown In Will of Aunt DETROIT, Aug. 29. (AP) Dis like of half hose and disapproval of a slAge career for a niece prompted the late Miss Julia Par ker to bequeath only el, 000 out of a ai.S00.000 estate to the niece, the filing of the will today for probate revealed. Mrs. Julia Parker-Brown, the niece, a New York divorcee visiting In Detroit, said that her aunt ob jected to' her wearing half hoso when sho was a child. Lator ahe jpposcd the young woman's plans to go on the stage, although her career as a chorine proved to be a short one, she said. CAPITAL ACCORDS FULL TRIBUTE TO Funeral Train Departs For Utah President To At tend Last Rites Tuesday. WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. ( AP) A black-slirouded special train boro the body of Secretary of War George H. Dern homeward to Utah tonight after funeral aervlces in which high officials of many lands heard him eulogized as a true American. Army officers, their sabers sheath ed In crepe, Joined Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the cabinet and foreign diplomats In the capital's farewell. In Mount Pleasant Congregational church, where the war chief wor shipped, they listened with bowed heads to tho brief address of hla pastor, to Rev, Russell J..,ciuicby,.... Outside the church a company of Infantry and the army band stood at attention, and four army scout cars a recognition of progress made In mechanizing tho army during his ad ministration led the procession from the church to the Union station. A 19-gun salute wan Bounded there. Many members of the cabinet and acting secretaries of departments ac companied the secretary's family on the special train which took his body back to Utah, where he mado a for tune tn mining and twice was gov ernor. President Roosevelt and other offi cials now touring the western drought area will Join the group at Salt Lake City for funeral services In the Mormon tabernacle there Tuesday afterlion and military and Masonlo burial rites at Mount Olivet ceme tery. I E' NEW HAVEN, Conn., Aug. 29. (AP) Speaking in tho rain at a Union party rally tonight, Rep. Wil liam Lemke, of North Dakota, visual ized a "staggering" national debt 00 years hence on the basis of current federal obligations. The Union party's presidential can didate declared the national debt, computed at the present Interest rate paid to bankers, will amount to more than 146,000.000,000 by the year 1996. At s, press conference shortly sfter his arrival In New Haven Lemke said "wo need only look towards war torn Spain to realize what may happen to us long before 1000 rolls around." The North Dnkotan said his cal culation concerning the possibility of a large future public debt was based on treasury department statistics which showed federal indebtedness will be about $38 ,000.000.000 at the close of the current fiscal year. The rain caused him to cut short his address. RETURNS TO LIFE DENVER, Colo., Aug. 39. (UP) Apparently ''dead for lft minutes, 9 year-old Jana Barbour was "brought tack to life" tonight. Given an anesthetic for removal of a splinter In her foot, the girl failed to respond to a physician's mi n Intra tlona and there was no sign of pulse or heart beat, A fire rescue squad worked over her without success. She was believed tlead, but the firemen continued their treatment. After another 16 minutes there was .t weak, fluttering pulse. She slowly legfllntd consciousness, HELD TOR CRIME EAT Charged With Four Rob beries Pair Returned To day From Redding Beat Berrang. year old J. O. Berrang, operator of the year old J, C, Be rung, operator of tho Covered Wagon In Phoenix, Friday night, and with holding up throe other Phoenix men, two Longvlcw, Wash,, youths wore arrested In Red ding, Cal., yesterday morning, havo waived extradition, and will be re turned hero this afternoon to face charges, Borang la lit the Sacred Heart hospital with serious head wounds, a knife cut on his nock, and bad bruises, but is not In a serious condition. The two youths, who gave their names as Buff Marshall, 19, and Harold Panghty, 19, launched a min iature crime wave tn Phoenix . after wrecking a stolen Chrysler roadster belonging to R. F. Sanders, 112 East Twtlfth street, Med ford. The car was seen to plunge through a fence on the Vance Wolgamott orchard on the Anderson road west of Phoenix at 7 o'clock Friday evening. The two Jumped from tho car and fled through the orchard, and Mrs. Wol gamott, her suspicion aroused, noti fied state police who dispatched man Immediately. Tho trail of the youths was lost In the orchards. Later thoy put In an appearance at the Covered Wag- Continued on Page Eigne.) James Stevens and Ralph O. Steph enson, Democratic candidates for the state houso of representatives, wore unanimously endorsed by tho Jack son county Townsend convention held last night in Knights of Pythias hall. Tho convention voted to endorse tho two Democrats rather than nom inate independent candidates. Mayor Willis MaJioney of Klam ath Falls, Democratic candidate for United States senator, and James W. Mott, Republican candidate lor re election to congress who has sup ported the Townsend movement, also received tho endorsement of the convention. No other endorsements were mado and no Independent candidates were chosen. Nine of tho 14 Townsend clubs In Jackson county were represented ftt tho convention. Delegates from tho nine clubs represented about 3,000 Townscndltes, It was announced! About 60 delegates were present. C. W. Bants of Ashland presided. H. E. Wlrth of Mcdford proposed the endorsements of Mr. Stevens, Mr. Stephenson, Mayor Mahoney and Mr. Mott. Letters signed by Mr. Stevens Mid Mr. Stephenson were' read to the convention. Thoy, were Identical They said: "To tho voters and citizens of Jackson county, Oregon! I am seek ing election on tho Democratic tlckot (Continued from Page Eight) WASHINGTON, Aug. 39. (AP) In a broad ''statement of policies." the- Chamber of Commerce of the Unltod States toilght bnnded "Indefensible" any kfderal control of production, out urg"d tnat inouairy bo permitted to mako agreements to keep "production related to con sumption." ' Saying Its declaration of princi ples had been approved by Its mem berslilp, consisting of WOO business organizations with an enrollment of 7.000 members, the chamber also took a firm stand In opposition to "lm position of codes upon Industry by administrative or executive author ity." Water Trade (Irons SEATTLE, Aug. 29, (AP) Lum ber, canned salmon ani! floar ahlp menu on water carriers from Puget Sound, Orays Harbor snd WIHspa harbor Increased heavily In July compared with the same month In 103ft. the merchant exchange re ported today. CHAMBER SCORES FEDERAL CONTROL ' UNOOM'S SPEECH A BRINGS TAXES TO Pops Plus la so weakened by worry over the Spanish situation ha can scarcely rise from his throne and also Is suffering from a leg disease, hla prelates have revealed. Hit Holiness Is at Castel Gandolfo, hla aummer home, (Associated Press Photo) E! MEASURES, PERIL OREGON'S RELIEF Refugees Increase Old Age Aid Rolls 5,100 Arrivals Past Summer. PORTLAND. Aug. 20. (AP) Tho combination of tho drought and pro posed revisions of relief limitations may hold serious consequences for Oregon's relief program, members of the state commission were told at a meeting here. Administrator Elmer Ooudy, say ing that cases of old age assistance had Increased from 6000 In April to 11,000 In August, with an accom panying rise of costs from $130,000 month to (229,000, pointed out that a survey allowed 6100 new arrivals In tho state In tho past two montlis. Ooudy predicted that the drought In tho midwest would continue to drive hundreds more west and that If many of these emigrants were desti tute, tho effect would be felt about the first of the year and would con stitute a ronl problem. Jack Lulhn, chairman of the state relief commission, pointed out an other problem in the proposed rev I slons of relief restrictions at the No vember elections, whereby the mini mum ago for old-age assistance cases would be cut from 70 to 05 years and a million dollars of pension funds would be transferred to tho state's general fund. An opinion Is being sought from the attorney-general's office on the situation which would confront tho commission if the electorate approves the two changes. Lulhn aald he be lieved tho measures would have a crippling effect. MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 3D (API New violence punctuated the strike tlctura today with the two principal walkouts continuing as Mayor Thorn rs E. Latimer sought a conference be tween union members and employers. A chain store window was shat-. U.red, Polios attributed tho act .. to striking wholesale grocory truck driv ers who previously were charged with overturning two delivery vehicles. DOVER, Del., Aug. 29. (AP) Sup- t ortcrs of Richard O. McMullen. of Wilmington, for the dcmocrntlo nom ination for governor, claimed tonight they had elected enough delegates tn today's Democratic primary to nom inate him at the stato convention Tuesday. They asserted 20 of 30 delegates named In Wilmington would support McMullen and based a forecast of victory on scattering returns from elsewhere In the state. Returns came In slowly from rural districts. Esrly reports Indicated the numer als drlegstes contests had brought cut one nf ths heaviest Democratic votes In the state's history. HEAVY BALLOTING IN RHODE JSLAND Ickes Flaunts Hearst Buga boo, As Sen. Robinson Flays G. 0. P. Proposal. WASHINGTON . Treated In general terms by the- ma Jor party platforms, the tax Issue has crystallised somewhat with Governor Landon's attack on corporate surplus -wxxeyecr and the New Deal rejoinders. His Dledffe tn imV K . law enacted last spring, If eieoted. .. nuvotaung tnat major revenues be derived from dlreot Imposts "on the not Incomes nf it,hiwi...i. corporations," stood out this week 0.Uuk wim dispute over William Randolph Hearst's support of the Rs publican tlckot. Windlnff iin fcia ti - , a r , ii.au vnmpaiBn trip In the east as President Roose velt benan hla Inspection of western drought damage, the Kansas gov ernor precipitated the contention on questions, his criticism of "teacher oaths" iMiti.ufiAn Hearst support for It, was cited by Republican spokesmen in reply to assertions that the publisher ln- uuenecs lAnaou. - In a campaign speech, Secretary Ickes quoted sworn court testimony which he said ahowed that Hearst, had cautioned Landon weeka ago "against talking too much," and said Hoarat Is "tho new Republican boss." Tax revision by ths new congress apneara likely, whlchovor way the cicucion goes. it remained for the Bepubilcan nominee In Buffalo to a flo tax. Hla position made: the cor- pomis nnoistriDuicd proflta levy the second New Deal enactment racom moudod for abolition by the Republi cans, tho other being the reciprocal tariff act. Landon said the surplus levy "pro tect the big fellow who still haa a reaervo and tlea a millstone around the neck of the llttlo fellow." Sena tor Robinson, the DemnnrMttn nnnv leader, and George h. Berry, presj- ucnt oi moors non-partisan leagu, replied that the present system fa vors smsll enterprises at the iinnn of larje corporations. xno statements or su three dealt with direct vs. Indlreot taxatlon-wlth an emphasis sugsestlng that this question msy figure Importantly In future campaigning. Asserting that 81 cents of every dollar now eomea from "higher taxes," London added: "The shsre of tho cost of government falling mainly on those with Incomes Of t2S a Wflflle fir laa ti 1 1........ SU per cerit during the three years oi too present administration." . "uovernor Landon," said Robinson, 'tumbled toffether fprinral. fttafe r.-irf local levlea without even a trivial suggestion as to what shall be don to correct the abuses of which be complains." PORTLAND, Ore,, Aug. 29. (AP) Northwest pear growers and AAA rep resentatives meeting here today, formulated plans for finding and de veloping new foreign and domeatSs markets to make possible expansion of late Vear production. The plan calls for payment by the A.A.A. of a domestic Indemnity and foreign subsidy to make Up loess suffered by the grower In Invading new territory. The Oregon-Washington pear bureau, trustees, represent ing producers, assented to the plan. It Is hoped that opening up new outlets for 1st pears will relieve the Industry from the situation created by constriction of foreign market during the depression. Sale are con templated In many mora populous areas than are now receiving the fruit. , TROPICAL GALES . EYED BY FLORIDA . JACKSONVILLE, Pla Aug. 28. (AP) Two tropical storms held the weather bureau's attention tonight, but so far neither offered an imme diate threat of danger to any part of the United States. , One disturbance wbs in the Oulf of Mexico, tho other was tn the south Attantlo ocean. Both storms were re ported moving In a west northwest or northwest direction. . i Prison tluard Dies ' ATLANTA, Aug. 20. (AP) A guard was killed In a break of two convicts today from a DcKalb oounty chain gang working in Druid Hills, an exclusive residential section.