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Use Mail Tribune Classified For Quick Results The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Tuesday, Cooler Tuesday. Temperature: Highest yesterday ... 91 1. oh est this morning . MEDFORD TRIPUNE Full Associated Press Full V . ress Thirty-First Year MKDFORD, OliEGOX, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 19SC. No. 156. Ml lfl IMl Ml AW jl wlmW Nl li ATI UMUUM Ul F(DL AS More Towns Doomed If Wind Changes Is Fear Of Residents By Wendell Webb Associated Press Staff Writer JLARSIJFIELD, Ore., Sspt. 28. (AP) The weather held in the balance today the fate of 20,000 townspeople in southern Oregon before whom lay the spectre of blackened Hnndon, gut ted by a forest fire Saturday night. With so ninny fires burning in a 400,000-acre area that forest officials, both federal and state, said it was "impossible" to say how many acres had been damaged, residents of the fire embattled region placed their hope, as many put it, "in God." A grim-faced state policeman at Coquillc, glancing up at skies so black that day looked like night, voiced the fear of thousands : "If the wind changes, God help this place and Myrtle Point. They'll go like Bandon did." Handon, in an hour Saturday night, was transformed from a pretty little coastal port 45 miles south of here into an inferno in which nine persons and possibly 15 lost their lives and virtu ally the entire population of 1500 saw possessions of a lifetime go up in roaring flames. That was the worst part of a week end of horror which gripped the coastal cities of Oregon and sections of northern California as literally hundreds of fires broke out, princi pally caused. In the opinion of Asso ciate U. S. Forester P. H. Brundage. Portland, by burning of slashings debris left from timber operations, Treasured Trees Periled Among the sections menaced were some of the greatest timber treasures In the world the lrreplacable red woods of northern California, wnlch were old when Christ was born. But while the central Oregon coastal region about Yachats, where auto camps, a store and several other buildings were destroyed, and the northern California region looked anxiously at weather reports, It was this seacoast section which cringed before all the perils of forest fires, which can travel seven or eight miles an hour. The skies were clearing about Ban don today and Its worries were over there was nothing moro to burn there, property worth $1,600,000 hav ing gone up In smoke Saturday night. Hero a fog lay over the city, thus stemming for the moment the ad vance of the flames on this largest of the southern Oregon coast cities (Continued on Page Three.) By PA I I. M.M.LON. (Copyright. 1930. by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. An nouncement has been made that President Roosevelt will make only six major speech es. In the end. he will make moro than that, probably nine or ten. But ho will not take his planned big swing around the circle to the Pa cific, and he will not "do much." as the poll tiros otf mnnff thnm- inoso wno at tended the Hyde Park conference at which this decision was reached, have htnted the president la highly confi dent. Ills private reports, they say. (Continued on Page Four.) SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Dick Greene and Bob Otlstrap chewLng the fat and Idly discussing that peculiar smell as of something burning, until they discovered the something was Greene's pants, Ignited by & forgotten cigarette. Rus Acheson ruefully examining a frayed spot on the edge of his pocket, and resignedly admitting tnat he wis going to have to get a new pair of pockfts! Jim Arkley getting cnlT?d out on fmTE.'nry duty with the national suard to load supplies (or the fire ilrtim. and sister Psye thinking ths' as all right but she resented his get ting to do some sleeping before start ing his duties while she had to stay and wash all the dishes. Files from all of southern Oregon having a Roman orsry n the fish livers and crushed dats still left in a wrecked truck rr?!ng outside the BUI Le.& scrucc ta;loa. , ..VTA. - I FUND PLEA TO AID VICTIMS OF BLAZE Oeorge T. Prey, chairman of the Jackson county chapter, American Red Crou. Issued a plea today for contributions to a fund for relief of families made homeless by the ca tastrophic fire In northwest Oregon. Prey received the following telegroin from A. L. Schafer, manager of the Red Cross Pacific coast area: "Bandon. Ore., entirely destroyed. Coquillc and Marshfleld threatened. 81x hundred homes burned, fajuillet wandering on beaches and highways; some evacuated to Coqullle. Ited Cross caring for emergency needs, trained personnel on grounds. Esti mated cost $100,000. Suggest your chapter accept contributions, hoping you may raise approximately $490 Ntalonal headquarters starting cam aplgn with contribution of 26.000." Frey announced that anyone caring to make donations to assist In this work may leave money at any of the banks In Medford or Ashland or the bank at Eagle Point, or nriBy make payment direct to the local Red Cross office In the court house, Medford. He added that those making dona tions should not neglect to leave names and addresses In order that the local office may mall receipts. He urged that contributions be made as soon as possble so that the local unit may be among the first to raise the desired quota. ALL BUT EIGHTY FOUND ALIVE IN (Copyright, 1936, by the Associated Press) , TALAVERA DE LA RETNA, Spain, Sept. 28. Official Insurgent reports reaching here today said all but 80 of the original population of the Alcazar, besieged fascist citadel In Toledo, had been rescued alive, but that 500 of the Ion g-tm prisoned men, women and children had been wounded. (Copyright, 1936, by the Associated Press) TOLEDO. Spain. Sept. 28. Trtum phant fasctsta ruled Toledo today as war-weary government soldiers strag gled southward, their route to Madrid blocked by Insurgent troops and guns. in a rnin of shells and bombs, the relentless columns of General Fran cisco Franco beat down a waning government dofenae yesterday and marched Into the battered city which once was the capital of Spain. A small patrol of 20 fascist led by Commander Muzlng, tramped through the northern Viaagra gate Into the beleaguered city at 1 p.m., shooting a path through disordered socialist militiamen who fell back hastily before the spirited advance. Muzelng passed word back through the hard driving Insurgent ranks and signaled a general advance. MEDFORD MAN DRIVES THROUGH FIRE SECTOR D. L. Buckingham of Medford, who Journeyed to Marshfleld Saturday noon, returning Sunday evening, gnined a rlns-up picture of the devastation being wrought In the coast section by fire. Mr. Bucking ham ww given some anxious mo ments while tn Marshfleld because his daughter, Mrs, Ina Nelson, mem ber of the staff of the Coos Bay Times, was In the heart of the flame- scoureed section securing news for her paper, which printed several ex-1 tras Sunday, advising Marshfleld resi- j dents of kae ptvptt of Ui lUmee. Onrushing Flames Leave imiiAa The striking scene above showing advance of the fire monster in southwestern Ore gon, was photographed near Coquillc, along the Coast high way, It reveals tho rapid spread of flames which wiped out Bandon and threatened other communities in that re gion. Shells of buildings, tottering walls and streets strewn with ruin that is all that is left of Bandon, Oregon, coastal com munity swept by fire Saturday night and Sunday. Nine per sons are known dead, many in jured and hundreds homeless. The scene at right shows gaunt remnants of one of the town's principal streets. (Associated Press photos by air . mail to Mail Tribune.) AT G. PASS GRANTS PASS. Sept. 28. (AP) The builder of Bonneville dam. Boul der dam and the San Francisco Bay bridge told the Interstate commerce commission representatives here today he sees "great possibilities" in the pro posed rnllrond development between Grants Pass and Crescent City on the California coast. "I consider this railroad a remark able pnjet, and I am thrilled over the piospects of developing here In southern Oregon and northern Call- (Continued on Page Three. 1 TOWNS ALL SAFE GRANTS PASS, Sept. 28, (AP) A 1 1 tow ns In the sou them Oregon coasf octor of the many forest (ires raging from Carpentervllle and Pistol j River to Coos Bay were apparently ; safe this morning: Radioed reports to Siskiyou ns-' tlonal forest headquarters here late last night were that eil coast towns south of Bandon were safe and un harmed and later that Myrtle Point, Coqullle. Riverton and Laiwtlots were ; all intact and out of immediate dan - , ger. State police .said Myrtle Point - a; Qii.;iUia burat-4, j iiai H, ii niiiiiis ? - Copyright, by th Aociated Press BERLIN. Spt. 28 vT Lawrence Simpson, American seaman, was con victed of sedition by the peoples court today and sentenced to three years In prison minus the 14 months he already has served. Simpson, a sailor n the S S. Man hattan, was convicted In a swift one da; uial. durlcg alilcU J tclnea t ! without reservation that ho and threa German Communist friends had tried to set up a popular front government In Nazi Germany with three small balloons and packages of ant! -Nazi propaganda, . In pronouncing sentence, the pre siding Judge warned the iJlght, some- J whst-desf sailor that "leniency" was j being observed thia time, but that the net foreigner caught attempting ! to spread Communistic doctrines lit Germany could expect "harsh treat ment Bpeed Try Ends BONNEVILLE SALT PLATS, Utaft, Sept. 28. (A) Mechanical trouble brought to an abrupt end late today the solo drive of racer Ab JenkUn as he thundered toward virtual clean kAe&p of -A-oxld motor par record. 1 Gaunt Remnants 4 . U ; i nil p ' 'I ,'-5 4AWw J r H nr.-. - IS SHOT FOR BUCK PBNDI.ETON. Sept. 28. (AP) Arthur Iyroy Brsy, Umatilla, Junior clerk at the Frazler ranger station near Tower mountain, was In a hos pital here today, the first victim of the hunting season In Umatilla county.. Bray was shot late yesterday after noon while on a hunting trip near the ranger station with two com panions, A .38-callbrc bullet, t-oin I the gun of one of the companions, Uoiia Ed-sard BuUoo. Umatilla, pars ! ' ii ed through both of Bray's thighs without touching a bona or an artery. Ills attending physician announced that the wound was a clean one and that Bray's condition was In no way serious. Bray declared that he would not press charges against Butson, who admitted firing the shot, declaring that It was Intended for a buck deer which he had been trailing through a wooded canyon, Income Shares MnryUnd fund, bid, 10.70; nuked, 10 59. Quarterly lncom, bid, 11.74; Mkwl, T E FIRESUFFERERS 1200 Complete Sets Bedding Sent From Headquarters Here Entire Facilities of District Will Render Aid Twelve hundred complete seta of bedding and equipment, and all avail able tentage, rolled out of the Med ford CCC headquarters In national guard trucks early this morning, des tined for the suffering and homeless tn the Bandon fire area. The CCO equipment, consisting of cots, blankets, cooking outfits, Indi vidual mesa gear and military tent, was being rushed to the .coast com munities and headquarters here wa prepared to Issue other equipment called for. Upon orders from the state adju-' tent general of the Oregon national guard, 23 Company A and Headquar ters company men reported for duty In loading equipment for the refugee at 7 o'clock last night. They remain ed on duty under Lieut. James Qrlga by all night, starting to load the first convoy of 10 trucks from Clackamas at 4 a. m. today. Another convoy arrived shortly after, and all of the equipment was loaded and the trucks ready for the road at 8 o'clock thia morning. Lieut. Orlgaby complimented the men oa their rapid but sure work on the emergency call. With the fire raging on a dona fronts In western Oregon, the facili ties of this ai-camp district, with nearly 4000 men, have been diverted from routine channels and the full strength of the area concentrated oa the important work, of fire fighting and relief. Use All Efforts to AJd Under orders from Major General George S, Slmonds, commanding gen eral oi tne ninth corps area, to throw every effort behind the emergency operations, Major George R. Owens, district commander, had his organi sation functioning smoothly over the week end. At the request of Governor Charts (Continued on Pnge Eight.) BLAZE DESTROYS E Fire of undetermined origin yester day afternoon completely destroyed tho George Jantzer sawmill at Cas cade Gorge, In the Prospect diet riot, with an estimated loss of between 126.000 and 130.000. Nearby lumber piles, a planing mill, tool sheds and other outbuildings were saved. The loss was not covered by Insurance. Jantzer was today at a complete loss to explain the origin of the blare. There had been no fire In the mill boilers since Wednesday, when out- (Continued on Pnge Four.) KLAMATH FALLS, Sept. 28. (AP) Two thousand acres of brush were aflame today along the Klamath river canyon 39 miles southwest of here, a crew of 200 worked desperately to keep the blare from spreading Into valuable Weyerhaeuser timber to the north. The fire started yesterday after noon along the top of the canyon on the California side of the line and had covered a 2000-acre area la both states within an hour. - firefighters this morning held little hope of checking the flames. student Volunteer C0RVALLI8, Sept. 38. (A') Exper ienced fire fighter, from th, school of forestry at Oregon stnte college volunteered todny to go to th, "front" In ftouthwestern Oregon. WASHINGTON, Sept. 38. rh ocl&! Mcurlty board announced to day a grant of 1360,671 as the federal government', share of the cost of old age assistance In Oregon during th, fiscal quarter, October! to December 31, 1038. MAR8HFIELD, Bept. 38. (AP) Th, Reconstruction rtnanc, corpora tion today announced funds would b, made available for rehabilitation af ropartf in Un-iwept Bandon.
