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MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, 1 ULY ll mi.
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WASHINGTON. July 12.-A very un
pleasant family row U about to spoil
the peace and tranquility of the good
neighborhood. .
Puerto Rico la the unhappy fam
ily now being 'threatened with hav
ing a slice of its Income cut off. This
possibility might be discounted If tt
weren't for the fact it la being so
carefully concealed.
The violent disturbances In the
Island have given business men the
Jitters. Officials deny that politics Is
to be blame and say that the only
trouble la with the needle Industry
(you've seen, those beautiful Puerto
Rle&n handkerchiefs) and this Is due
to the minimum wage law for women.
The law Isn't new, but It was consid
ered unconstitutional until the su
preme court, during Its last session,
upheld the Washington state mini
mum mage statute. Now the labor
commissioner of Puerto Rico has been
served with an Injunction against en
forcement of the Island's law.
Some supposedly hard-headed bus
iness men. take a different view of
the matter. They have bad their econ
omists down there, looking at the
atormy little Island through a micro
scope, and they say that the soil la
getting unhealthy lor American dol
lars. Gome, at least, of these dollars
are about to be kept at home.
The Puerto Rican ruckus has been
cavalierly written off by casual bo
servers as political growing pains. But
the situation, according to private In
vestigators of at least one large In
terested commercial concern, la a
good deal worse than advertised.
'While the nowmmenfr reaJlrewthe
serlouancss of the general situation,
there ts a sharp conflict of theories
as to what should be done.
Two possible courses have been sug
gested by unofficial observers on the
spot. One la to replace Governor
Blanton, Wlnshlp, and thus Indicate
a change to a less -'repressive" policy
that might be reassuring to the dis
gruntled political elements. The oth
er la to have a sweeping Investiga
tion by an Impartial commission and
devise a program In accordance with
Its findings.
' An even, more radical move has
been, suggested, which would mean
the removal of Dr. Ernest Omening,
director of territories and lnular pos
sessions In the department of the in
terior, as well.
Something wilt have to be dona
soon.
According to' tWa disturbed bua
Ineas men, that won't be soon enough.
The main trouble In Puerto Rico
comes from a small but highly pyro
techntcal group of nationalists who,
of late, have scrambled their ballots
and bullets. (The Insular chief of po
lice and several other officers have
been shot, a Judge fired at. A num
ber of local politicians have been sen
tenced to the penitentiary In Atlanta
(Continued on Page Three )
Beat, Kicked Wife
To Death Is Word
SAN FRANCISCO. July 12. (AP)
Police said today that Thomas Costa,
48, a delivery truck driver, had con
fessed he beet and kicked his wife
to deatb when he came home from
work and found her drunk.
Inspector Al Carraftsa of the homi
cide squad quoted Costa as declar
ing:
"Tea. I did It. I found her where
I told you. In the driveway. She wa
drunk and I lost my head and beat
her up."
The dead woman was Mrs. Florence
Costa. S3. Police said 11 of her ribs
were broken.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
The unrelated Gladys and Frances
Toting graciously ladling out orchid
punch at last night's motorcar film
show which Is to be repeated this
evening.
Karl L. Janouch humorously point
ing from his window to a "Specialized
Chek-Chart Lubrication" sign on a
wall behind which stands a well
known baker's doughnut factory.
Fmory Culberteon getting a fit of
tittering on the phone and blaming
It upon bla brother Pick and Warren
Btrliw. a pal trrnn Hilt, he averring
they were tickling his ribs with some
funny antics to district him.
Ralph Koowr hospitably cooling
off tome hot and unexpected guests.
A friend reporting that Max Pierce
has lost 20 pounds rince t'"e strt
of the Oregon aerul circus which h
managed and followed; a'l over the
n t ate. Max remaining upatata to re
EARL JONES DIES
IN VAIN EFFORT
TO RESCUE GIRL
Wife and Son Witness Dou
ble Tragedy When Sister-
. in-Law Steps Into Deep
Pool Find Bodies Quickly
Earl Jones, 35. of 711 King street
and his sister-in-law, Beulah Eac-Ie-ton,
18, of lAkevlew, were drowned
yesterday morning In Hawk creek at
the fork of Elkhorn creek In primi
tive country about 17 miles northeast
of Rogue Elk.
Mrs. Jones and their 10-year-old
son. Charles, helplessly witnessed the
tragedy. No one else was within miles
of the fatal scene. None In the
Jones party could swim.
Stewart DItsworth, linesman In
charge of the California Oregon
Power company patrol station about
three miles away, pulled Mr. Jones
and Miss Eccleston from the water
and tried for two hours to resusci
tate them. They were pronounced
dead by Dr. J. H. Mallory. retired
physician residing at Trail. They had
been In the water 18 to 20 minutes
SIster-ln-Law Ouest,
Mr. and Mrs. Jones, their son.
Charles and Miss Eccleston, who bad
been visiting them here, went to
the sylvan spot Saturday evening
for a week-end camping party.
Yesterday morning Miss Eccleston
and Charles put on their swimming
suits to play In the water. They
used an Inner tube for safety. About
9:30 a.m.. Miss Eccleston decided to
wade in the water without the tube.
At the time Charles w s on the bank.
Mrs. Jones was busy with camp
duties and Mr. Jones was a short
distance away.
Mlas-JEccleston stepped off a ledge
into water seven or eight feet deep
She Immediately got into difficulty
and shouted for help.
Mr. Jones ran to her assistance,
He tried to take his trousers off.
Apparently believing he waa losing
too much time, however, he did not
wait to strip all the way. He Jumped
Into the water with his trousers tan-
(Continued oo Page Three )
AUTO OCCUPANTS
Mr. and Mrs. George Shert of box
746, route 3. Grants Pass, were Injur
ed last night at 7:40 when their car
waa struck broadside by a truck drlv.
en by Charles A. Witcher of route 1.
Ashland, on the Pacific highway near
Jackson Hot springs, according to
state police.
Mrs. Shert waa confined In Com
munity hospital In Ashland today
with a painful though not serious
bead Injury, attendants said. Mr. Shert
waa released from tne hospital last
night after receiving treatment for
arm cuts.
State police, who talked with eye
witnesses, said that the Ford sedan
driven by Shert moved onto the Pa
cific highway from the short gravel
road leading to Jackson Hot springs
without stopping at the Intersection.
The huge truck, traveling south at
about 35 miles an hour, crashed Into
the Ford and knocked It Into a ditch,
state police reported. The Ford waa
almost totally demolished and the
truck received a smashed radiator,
front fenders, and scratches. Witcher.
driver of the truck and manager of
the Rogue River Produce company of
Ashland, escaped Injury.
Shert told atato police after the ac
cident that he was at fault; that he
had looked to the right before pull
ing onto the highway but not the
left, from which direction the truck
was coming.
PRESIDENT TO START
TIE SLICE' BUILDING
WASHINFTON. July 12. ilJPJ A
I trowel and five cents worth of mor
tar wielded by President Roosevelt
wilt seal a cornerstone late today at
th apex of a 75.000.000 triangle of
new government buildings.
The ceremonies at 5 p. m.. eastern
standard time officially will start
stone work on the "apex building.1'
completing the upper half of the
monumental geometric figure in
downtown Washington.
SO Acres Burned
ROSEBURO. Ore., July 12. .'TV-A
smoldering stump fanner Into a blare
by a stiff breeze started a fire which
raged through 80 acres of -the KMn
Lxging company wood, ten mil
west of Camas valley, Sunday, de
stroying a $35,000 white cedar lo
pile.
takeilew pjlr to Wed
RENO. Nev July 12 APi-Mar-ruse
licenva Issued during t!ie week
end included: A. M. Hard.aty. 61
Laiteview, Ore, and Ren a Nahcity,
54. Wooeter, Ohio
1 Leads Hunt
( I
t
Commander W. K. Thompson Is In command of the coat guard cut
ter Itasrn which led In the search tor Amelia Farlmrt and Fred Noonan,
filers, Hfter they were forced down In the South Pacific.
CHINESE, JAPS RESUME
FIVE-DAY BATTLE 00
OF
PEIPING, July 12 (AP) The bat
tle of machine guns tonight told
Pelplng that the five-day battle be
tween Chinese and Japanese troops
along the Yungtlng river, 10 miles
west of the city, had been resumed.
PEIPING. July 12. (AP) Reliable
Chinese source said today the new
est outbreak of fighting between
Chinese and Japanese troops had
been halted by an armistice con
cluded by local authorities,
Japanese troops were reported
withdrawing from their positions In
the western suburbs of this former
capital of ancient China to their
base at Fengtat, southwest of the
city.
Chinese sources reported heavy
losses In the fighting last night for
three villages on the Yungtlng river.
10 miles west of Pelplng. Tanks and
artillery were said to have been
brought Into the action which was
described as "furious."
The sound of the firing could be
heard rlearly in Pelplng. The heavy
throb of cannon fire and the sharp
crack of rifles cam from the vicin
ity of Wanpinghslen. the walled vil
lage near Marco Polo bridge where
the fighting started during Wednes
day night maneuvers by the Japanese
north China army.
Mountain Climber
Saved From Ledge
SEATTLE, July 12. )p Joseph
Halwax, 28. formerly of Los Angeles,
waa In a critical condition at a hos
pital here today after his rescue from
a narrow ledge on the sheer north
face of Mount Index when he fell
while scaling the peak yesterday.
George Abernathy. a timber faller
and one of the leaders of the rescue
expedition, said Halwax's rescue was
the first incident in the 31 years he
has worked In the district, that any
one had carried a burden down the
cliff-like mountain face.
F. ?. Asks Backing
For Farm Program
WASHINGTON. July 12. (AP)
President Roosevelt dispatched Iden
tlcal letters to the chairmen of the
house and senate agriculture com
mittees today urging "sympathetic
consideration" for the admlntstra
t ton's farm stabilization program.
Asserting that existing laws were
not adequate to guarantee crop sta
bility the chief executive asktf con
gress to integrate a three-point pro
gram. RICKERTS DUE HOME
MONDAY FROM TOUR
f J. O. Rlekert. Medford optometrist,
j and Mrs. Rlckert. who hare been en
i Joying an extended tour of the east
j will arrive home Monday, according
j to word received by friends here to
day. Tiey attended the Shrine con
vention In Washington, after taking
dellrery f a new automobile In
Pod: lac. Mlc.i . and b.e islted a
: atmber of the Urge cities of the
jeast. ,
for Aviators
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ADIEL NEFF ELECTED
STATE PRESIDENT OF
POST OFFICE CLERKS
PORTLAND, Ore., July 12. (AP)
Oregon postal clerks and letter car
riers wound up their 34th annual
Joint convention here last night by
naming Con-all is as the 1038 conven
tion city for tho organizations and
their auxiliaries.
Ad lei A. Neff of Medford was
elected state president of the clerks
for the ensuing year. Other officers
were W. H. Cole, Eugene, first vice
president; L. M. Royal, Redmond,
second vice-president; c. P. Dixon.
Salem, third vice-president; J. C.
Cramm. Portland, secretary -treasurer,
and Noel A. Foster, Portland, dele
gate to the national convention In
Kansas City In September.
Carriers elected Frank N. Kellar,
Portlend. president; O. A. Richard
son, Eugene, vice-president: M. B.
Dough ton, Salem, secretary; Jsmea
Neighbors, Corvallls, treasurer; Ver
non A. Smith, Bend, member of the
executive board; and R. A. Newland,
Medford, named to the national con
vention. PENDLETON, July 12. (AP) The
Oregon rural mail carriers elected
D. F. Davis of Pendleton president
for the next year at the closing ses
sion of the convention here Satur
day night.
J. G, Richardson of Portland was
elected first vice-president; Lyman
McDonald of Salem, second vice-
president; Blake Gallagher of The
Dalles was elected to the executive
committee, and J. E. Vincent of Cen
tral Point named delegate-ar.-Iarge
to the New Orleans convention in
August.
VETS PROPERTY SALE
BRINGS STATE PROFIT
SALEM, July 12. (p The World
War Veterans state aid commission
reported today a profit of 41,837 on
property sold during the first six
months of this year.
June sales amounted to 1120.055 on
53 pieces of property, with a profit
of 811.740. Commissions paid to agents
during the month were 85.037.
SECOND SOVIET PLANE
TRIES HOP TO AMERICA
SEATTLE, July 12. ( AP) The U
S. signal corps' Alaska communica
tions office received a message from
the soviet transpolar fliers, relayed
via Moscow, shortly after noon to
day.
It stated: "10:30 a.m. (Pacific
coast time) latitude 81 degrees 30
! minutes; longitude 58 degrees (about
I 500 miles on the other side of the
j north pole); 105 miles an hour; en-
! counters heavy fog."
MOSCOW. July 12 (API A soviet
I airplane, thundering towards the
I United Slates In a second attempt
to span the roof of the world by air.
beadod today acroa U Polar aeaa.
E
REGION OF
EARHARTSEARCH
Mother Ship Expected to
Launch 63 Planes for
Ocean Survey Tuesday
Hunt Shifts From Phoenix
Aboard Aircraft Carrier Lexington
En Route How t and Island, July 12.
(P) The Lexington today approached
the northeast border of the Amelia
Earhart search area.
The first phase of the Lexington's
search activities developed the post
ing of special lookouts to scan trop
ical waters for possible traces of the
lost world-girdling plane.
HONOLULU, July 12. $) The
vast naval hunt for Amelia Earhart,
missing 10 days In the south Pacific,
was called off today In the Isolated
Phoenix islands sector and searchers
awaited arrival of an aircraft carrier
to open last resort efforts.
The carrier Lexington, steaming
southward from here, was expected to
reach the search area and launch her
brood of 63 planes by Tuesday morn
ing. Rear Admiral Orln O. Murfin, 14th
naval district commandant, announc
ed the navy had completed Its fruit
less search of the Phoenix Islands,
more than 200 miles below the equa
tor and far eouth of the course Miss
Earhart and her navigator had plot
ted in seeking bleak Howland Island.
The avtatrix and her navigator
Frederick J. Noonan. believed dead by
some naval authorities, disappeared
July 2 presumably within a short dis
tance of Howland, their goal on a
2,670-mlkf flight from New Guinea..,
BOMBARD REBELS
(By the Associated Press)
A huge Spanish government air
fleet roared over Insurgent lines west
of Madrid today In the heaviest
bombing raid of the Spanish civil
war thus far.
Insurgent aircraft countered with
attacks on government positions.
Bombs burst and machine guns
chattered over a 100-square-mlle gov
ernment salient thrust Into Insurgent
territory as the opposing planes
pounded the ground forces 4
Before dawn. Incendiary bombs had
traced out the ground positions for
heavy bombing. In the face of the
Insurgent attack,' government troops
held their gains.
BASEBALL
N'ntlonal
PHILADELPHIA. July 12. (AP)
With Manager Bill Terry getting
chafed out of the game for the first
time In his career, the New York
Giants opened a two-game series to
day by dropping a 6-3 decision to the
Phllllea.
The Giants' pilot got Into an ar
gument with Umpire Bill Klem In
the ninth Inning over Klem's Judg
ment of a strike called on Mel Ott.
The score: R. H.E.
New York 3 7 1
Philadelphia 8 11 7
Schumacher. Smith. Oumpert and
Mencuso; La Master, Jorgcns and At
wood. R. H. E.
St. Louis 6 11 1
Pittsburgh A 12 1
Weiland and Ogrodowskl. Owen;
Weaver, Barters, Brown and Todd.
Bo ton tt Brooklyn,
threatening weather.
postponed
American
Cleveland at Chicago, postponed
, Brief radio reports reported all well
aboard the plane and indicated ane
wa making excellent speed on the
first stages of the flight to the
United States.
The soviet air ace, Mikhail Gro
morf, reported he and his two com
panions pa Med the latitude of Arch
angel at 0:10 a.m. (2:10 a.m.. EST)
left Europe at noon (A a.m.. EST.)
Except for small Inland, the fliers
will be out of touch with land for
from 24 to 36 hours until they strike
the Canadian mainland and point
their red-winged monoplane towards
the United fu'e Pacific coast.
They took off at 3:22 a.m., 18:22
p. m, EST, Sunday) with few form
sllties.
CARRIER NS SQUABBLE
OVER FILIBUSTER
T
Each Side Blames Other for
Blocking Legislation
Hot-Tempered Exchanges
Mark Day's Discussion
WASHINGTON, July 12. (AP)
An angry parliamentary squabble
during senate debate on the court
bill led today to charges and de
nials that a filibuster on the meas
ure actually was under way.
Each side In the bitter controversy
attempted to blame the other for
blocking Important legislation.
The outburst came soon afUir the
senate bgan the second week of
debate on the bill a debate which
thus far haa progressed to the ex
clusion of all other affairs except
thoire especially privileged to take
precedence.
Hot-tempered exchanges again
marked tho fight before crowded gal
leries. Senator O'Mahoney (D., Wyo.) as
serted Democratic leader Robinson
was "endeavoring to throttle da-
bate on the most fundamental Issue
presented to the senate In two gen-1
eratlons."
Robinson, carefully phrasing his
remark in question form, asked If
O'Mahoney didn't know that when
he Invoked tho an tl -filibustering rule,
"a filibuster waa In progress and
an effort was being made to abuse
the privilege of debate by Interrupt
ing the senators who had the floor."
O'Mahoney had the floor at the
time. Under the rules ho could be
halted by Robinson only when the
administration leader asked him
question. .
The Wyoming son a tor began his
fight on the ..court bill by attacking
the rules he said the administration
had Invoked to force a vote on the
measure.
STRIKE DISORDER
MASSILON. O., July IS, (API-
Two men died today of bullet wound.
received In ft claab between police
and strikers near a steel workers
organising committee headquarters
here, bringing to 16 the toll of the
,oven-week-old steel strike.
Six other persona were wounded
In the clash. Police arrested 14L men.
charging them with suspicion and
disorderly conduct, or holding them
on open charges for Investigation.
Flugenclo Calrada. Identified aa a
native of Mexico, and ft Republic
mill employe, was the first to die-
Coroner Edward Reno aald ft bullet
crashed through the back of Cal
eada'a head.
Nick Valdos, 49, died of ft gunshot
wound In the abdomen several houVs
after the fighting.
CONVENTION VILLAGE
DENVER, Colo, July 13. (API
Thousands oi Elka went sightseeing
today, viewed a group of Bloux In
dlana In ft temporary virtue In a
downtown park, wero greeted by Gov.
Teller Ammona and Mayor B. 1. 8ta
pleton. and then settled down to the
serious business of their 73rd con
vention.
Former Oovernor David Bholtz of
Florida, grand exalted ruler, will open
the convention formally at 8 o'clock
tonight.
The Colorado governor and the
mayor greeetcd the Elka' Msgaune
"goodwill safety caravan" when It
arrived after ft transcontinental tou.
PORTLAND, Or.., July 13. (AP)
The eastern architect, invited to
draw plans and specifications for
further development at the a'.ate
capltol wired the capltol rcconstruc.
tlon commission today they had "the
proposition under advisement."
They promised an answer a soon
as poselble.
The message wa signed by Trow
bridge M Livingston and Franct
Keslly, associate. The architects, de
signer of the origin! ststehouse
plans, were asked to JMn Whltehouse
& Church of Portlsnd In completing
hew design In Oregon.
RENO. Kev, July 13. Divorce suit
filed here todsy Included:
lore Bsldry Aronson vs. Clarenc
C. Aronson of Eureka, Cslif.; married
lledford. Or., May it, 1933; cruelty,
Veterans To Aid
Pretty Teacher
Asked To Resign
SAUGUS. Mass.. July 12. ;p
Support for a pretty, young, high
school dramatics teacher, fighting
an "Invitation" to resign, flowed
In today from the Veterans of For
eign wars, and students in her
own school.
Commander Charles Caler. of
the local V. F. W. post, said he
spoke for 250 men, the entire unit
membership, in coming to the aid
of Isabelle Hallln, 28, with the an
nouncement "I believe In a square,
open deal in all these cases."
The young teacher, credited "ru
mora," (which ahe branded as un
founded), of having served cock
tails to students, as the basis for
action by nfembers of the school
board voted not to ask her to re
tain her position.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 13.
(AP) Death, striking quickly, baa
ended tho remarkabl career of
Oeorg Gershwin, who rose from New
Tork's tin pan alley to plao the
cloak of respectability about Jan
music. . ..
He cam up from ft tl ft week
song plugger to compose scores for
film musicals at ft reputed eaao.uuu
a year. He was Pullter prl win
ner. Putting It another way. Pandro s.
Berman, who directed Fred Astalre
and Olnger Rogers In ft picture,
dancing to Gershwin's songs, aald:
He was ft supreme artist in ma
ran ability to link classical music
with the awlft tempo of today,"
Oerahwin waa 3 year old. He
died her yesterday of ft brain tumor
after a hurried, futile operation.
Oerahwin and his brother, Ira,
who write lyric, wer working on
the mualc for ft' new motion picture
Ooldwyn Follies."
Oershwln was born In Brooklyn,
He showed hi first Interest In music
at the age of 10 and received a mea
ger education In It. At 1 he wrote
his first musical comedy, "La, L
Lucille," and there ' followed the
score for five of Oeorg White'
Scandal.
HI best known work, "Rhapsody
In Blue," had Its premier In 1033 at
Aeolian hall, with the aid of Paul
Whlteman'a night club bsnd. Lovers
of the claasle had come In ft mood
to anlff, but when Oershwln and
Whlteman had finished, they rose to
cheer. The blue rhapsody bridged ft
gap between Jau and the classic.
HOLLYWOOD, July 13, (AP) Mr.
Esther Estes. wife of 73-year-old Dr.
St. Louis Estes, rsw food advocate.
Interrupted th household routine for
two hours laf Saturday to give mrtn
to her eleventh child, a nine-pound
girl.
Had the child been ft boy he would
have been named St. Louts Estes
Vn. All the male children are nam
ed after their father.
Mrs. Estes aald her ability to re
sume her- work shortly after child
birth wsa due to simple helth rules.
"We eat only raw food, auch aa
frulta, vegetables and nuts." ahe aald.
"W edon't serve fish or fowl or meats
or animal with bloodstreams.'
AUOUSTA. Ka., July 13. (AP)
Five young men lost their live In ft
holiday tragedy that overtook to
outing of farm famine on Santa F
lak, five mile west of hen.
The five drowned when two row
bot overturned, plunging 13 per
sons into 30 feet of water. All 13
wen members of families living near
Peabody and Burn. Kas. Eight wen
rescued by occupsnta of other boat.
Victim wer Melvln Allen, 33.
Wllbert Allen, 34, and Arthur Allen,
18, brothers, who lived near Peabody;
Herbert Clark, 16, and Claude Lass
ley, 33, of Burns.
MARTIN WILL DELAY
CANDIDACY DECISION
SALEM. July 13. P) Person close
to Oovernor Martin ld today he
would not commit olmself until early
next year on whether h would cek
reelection.
They said they did not know wheth
er he Intended to run, but added they
would "do all In their power" to per
sued him to do o.
FEAST AND DANCE
TODAY'S FEATURE
U.SIUONCLAVE
400 Delegates Gather for
Veterans Meeting Mayor
Porter Welcomes Visitors
Memorial Service Held
A grand ball at Dreamland dano
hall tonight starting at 9:30 o'clock
will bring to ft close the second-day
program of the 30th annual state
encampment of tho United Spanish'
War Veterans, now convened In Med
ford. A past department comman
der' banquet will be held In the
Elka Temple at 6:30 p. m., and an
elaborate entertainment program la
scheduled for city park at eight
o'clock. ,
Delegates and visitors from all
part of Oregon began arriving In the
ctt yesterday morning, flrat day of
the joint convention of the U. S. W.
V. nd Auxiliary, and early thla
afternoon It wa estimated then
wen nearly 400 attending the ses
sions and programs.
At 1:30 p. m. today, th' depart
ment and auxiliary were to convene
at the Armory, where reading of
communication and reporta of de
partment officers wer to be given.
Anniversary Marked
Directed by Hugh S. Rogers, de
partment commander, homecoming
hour In observance of the auxiliary's
31st birthday waa held In the RIalto
theatre late this morning following
th Joint opening session of the de
partment, department auxiliary, and
Military Order of the Serpent.
Myrtle ' Reed, department musician,
led the gathering In pep songs.
. Department Senior Vlce-Comman-dr
S. L. Hanaen acted as general
(Continued on Page Eight.)
LONG HEAT WAVE
By th Associated Press
Thundershowera brought local n
lief to many sections of the nation
awelerihg In protracted heat wave
that has left 337 dead.
Government foncaatera predicted
there would be mon showers but that
generally th hot, humid weather
would continue at leaat another day
In the northern half of the nation
and In southeastern state.
Easterly wind and ahowera broke
th hot spell In New England atate.
Buffalo and Rochester, N. T.. enjoyed
68 degree weather. The first rain since
mid-June tempered the heat In north
ern South Dakota.
But the mercury rose again toward
the scorching nineties In Chicago and
other part of Illinois, Georgia, Wis
consin, Indiana. Washington, D. C,
and many other stations.
Drownings contributed at least
score to the heavy death list.
Between 300 and 390 families In six
West Virginia communltle wen driv
en from their home yesterday when
two creek overflowed with damage
estimated at half a million dollars.
Showen and, In some places, rainfall-
that reached cloudburat propor
tion, wen reported In sections of
Illinois, Oklahoma, Iowa. Nebraska,
Michigan, Colorado. Wyoming and av.
oral New England atate.
Promoter Curley
Dies Of Heart III
NEW YORK. July 13. (P) Jack
Curley, one of the country' leading
port promoters, died at hi Great
Neck, Long Island, home today, of
heart diseaee. He wa 61. ft veteran of
88 years In snort promotion.
Although wrestling wa hi favor
ite, and most lucrative field, Curley's
experience covered wide rang. He
promoted the Havana bout In which
Jes Wlllard won the heavyweight
boxing championship from Jack John
eon, staged bull fight and ilea cir
cuses, and engineered publlo appear
ance of Annette Kellerman, Enrlo
Caruso, William Jennlnga Bryan, Ru
dolph Valentino, the Vatican choir,
Oeorg Carpentler, the Flench fight
er, and William Tllden.
45TH TRAFFIC DEATH
LISTED IN PORTLAND
PORTLAND. July 13. (AP) Mrs.
Kenneth McKean. 36. received fetal
Injuries yesterday when struck by
an automobile while walking serosa
ft residential Intersection, bringing
Portland' traffic toll to 48 since De
cember 1. 1036. City Patrolman Hint
said th woman wa (truck by ft
ear driven by Francis C. Coulomb.
33. of Cams Th drl-r was arrested
and held without ball.