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The Weather
Forecast: Partly cloudy and
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Temperature
Highest yesterday 98
Lowest this morning 61
Precipitation
To A p. m. yesterday 00
To S a. m. today ...Trace
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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1938.
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By Joseph Alsop
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Robert Kintner
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Copyright 1937. by The
North American News
paper Alliance. Inc.
LEFT-WINGERS PRESS
HUNT FOR F. R. SUCCESSOR
SUITABLE CANDIDATE VITAL
TO PERPETUATE NEW DEAL
REJECT WALLACE. JACKSON:
NO ONE ELSE IN SIGHT
.
SITUATION PUTS PRESSURE
ON F. R. TO KI N AGAIN
Washington. Julv 8 This spring
the New Deal has passed Into a new
phase. The time Is aver when the
whole energlea of tho president and
his advisers were concentrated on
meeting pressing national problems.
Now the New Dealers live no longer
In the present, but In the future.
They are bent on perpetuating the
New Deal.
For this purpose they need a long
term program. It has been contrived.
They need to reshape the Democratic
party Into a united liberal front.
As the president's fireside chat clear
ly Indicated, the reshaping effort
has started In the primary purges.
And they need a candidate to Inherit
the president's mantle. The frantic
search for a man of 1040 began as
early as last January, with the fruit
less attempt to run Bollcltor General
Robert H. Jackson for the New York
governorship.
For all the president's unwlther
ing popularity and great powers, he
and his advisers must fight to gain
their end. The prize Is Huge, and
many are prepared to risk their for
tunes for It.
The weaknesses In the situation of
the president and the men around
htm are pretty obvious. He and his
circle ' are Isolated. He . alono. has
either political Influence or politi
cal experience. Among the Hopklnes
and Corcorans. Cohens and Jacksons.
only one or two have ever, held ef
fective office; only two or three
are fitted even to serve as precinct
captains, and not one of them
could swing a state delegation In
1040. And In theee last years, the
president himself has lost touch with
his party's state organizations, pre
ferring to leave the details of politi
cal management to Postmaster Gen
eral James A. Farley.
Unfortunately, the president and
his politically Inexperienced advisers
are the real New Dealers, while Big
Jim and the others like him are
not. It may seem startling, but it
la true that even In the cabinet no
one but Harold Ickes cares a rap for
the perpetuation of what Tom Corco
ran means by the New Deal. And.
both In the cabinet and out. there
are leaders of the Democracy who
(Continued od Page rhree.)
Seadlund Execution
Scheduled July 14
CHICAGO, JUly 8. (AP) Federal
Judge John P. Barnes today set July
14 as the day on which John Henry
Seadlund must die In the electric
chair for kidnaping Charles S. Ross,
retired Chicago greeting card manu
facturer, last Sept. 25.
Seadlund. 37, formerly of Ironton.
Minn., was led Into the crowded
courtroom handcuffed to two deputy
United States marshals to hear the
date set a second time. The original
date. April 10. was nullified when
the case was appealed.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Bert Mohr entertaining an unex
pec ted caller In a most hospitable
manner, the unexpected caller decid
ing to call unexpectedly more fre
quently. Harriett Watson caught In the rain
while swimming In the Rogue at
Shady cove, she ducking out Imme
diately to avoid getting wet.
Dean (Moose) Pleper magnanl
mously giving a scribe a bit of newsy I
news and then walking off with all
the pencils In sight on the scribe's
desk.
Clarence Eads telling about hall
stones aa large as walnuts on Little
Butte creek Thursday afternoon. t
Webb Clark back In town from
sunny southern California, sporting
a set of newly-acquired aun-klst chin
whiskers.
Forest Fire Controller 81m Jsrrt
reporting for work In spiff whit
shoe, and with 12 grimy forett fires
on bis hands, too
SCIENTISTS GIVE
ALL'S ILL SIGN
Six Voyageurs Expected to
Reach Lee's Ferry, Ariz.,
Today Most Dangerous
Water Now Behind Them
LEE'S FBRRY, Ariz.. July 8. (JP)
The N'evllls expedition arrived here
today after a thrilling 18-da ride
down the Colorado river. The four
men and two women, their food
supplied low, brought their three
tiny boats to shore for their first
ion tact with civilization since
leaving Green Itlver. Utah. June 20.
They reported two narrow brushes
with death' during the more than
H00 ml leu of cataract and treach
erous rorks.
By VEBN I.ALl.LAM
LEE'S FERRY. Ariz.. July 8. (AP
Out of dangerous water, the over
due Nevills expedition was reported
20 miles up the Colorado river from
here today ready to surge Into Lee's
Perry and their first contact with
civilization In 18 dramatic days.
Fears for the six-member scien
tific expedition ended last night
when two coast guard filers reported
sighting the group, apparently mak
ing camp along the flood-tide stream
The filers, R. W. Fendlay and J. L.
Rlggs. reporting to their command
ing officer In El Paso. Tex., said
they dropped notes to the party and
that the six adventurers signaled
that they needed no help.
Dropped Notes. :
The filers said they dropped three
notes.
The first read! "If- you are the
scientific expedition from the Uni
versity of Michigan, all persons lie
down. ;
The four men and two women lay
prone.
The second: "If everybody okay.'
raise your arms to a horizontal
position."
.Tho six persons raised their arms.
The last: "If you need food, every
body sit down."
All members of the party remained
standing.
Two government employes who
have kept 24-hour vigil for the party
since Sunday, made preparations for
the party's arrival, expected during
the day.
Because of the rugged nature of
surrounding country and the fast
flow of the stream, no attempts were
maae to reach the expedition after
reports reached here that the group,
unreported since It left Green River.
Utah. June ..20, were safe. 1
Dangers Behind.
The government men A. J. Han
son and F. S. Anderson said the
party was now In practically calm
water and that they should have
no trouble reaching Lee's Ferry. At
tnis nair-way point in their 668
mile voyage to Lake Mead, behind
Boulder Dam. Nev., they will re
stock food supplies and rest before
continuing their trip. 1
Behind the scientists, studvlnz
botanical specimens, lies the most
dangerous stretch of the treacherous
river rapid-riffled Cataract canyon.
graveyara or the Colorado."
The expedition Includes two Mich
igan women attempting to be the
first of their sex to triumph over
the Colorado Elzad a Clover, 40. Uni
versity of Michigan botanist, and
her assistant. Lots Jotter, 25,
Other members are expedition
leader Norman Nevills. Utah river
man: Eugene Atkinson. University
of Michigan geologist; Don Harris
of the U. S. Oeologlcal survey, and
W. C. Gibson. San Francisco artist
photographer. HENTMYE. France, at the Spanish
Frontier, July 6. (fP) Spanish in
surgents reported tonight their army
driving down the Mediterranean coast
had occupied the northern outskirts
of Nules, an Important bulwark in
government defeases of Valencia.
Nules straddle the highway down
the seaboard plain about 34 miles
north of Valencia and only 14 miles
north of Sagunto.
While the main body of General
Miguel Aranda'a Ga ltd ana was at
tempting to surround the city, the
left flank of his army waa said to
have reached the outskirts or Moco
far, a village five miles farther south.
SCATTER-GUNNERS TO
PRACTICE ON SUNDAY
Members of the Medford Gun club
will stage a practice shoot at theii
grounds near the airport Sunday
morning starting at 11 o'clock, and
all are Invited to attend.
This wilt be the first of two prac
tice shoots in preparation for u e
Orand Pacific handicap in be held
In Portland, July 20 tod 24.
Play Days Over
Dnvld L. Storm (above), .IS, was
arrested In Seattle by FBI nsents
on charges he had embezzled g.'ilMUS
from the San Jew, Calif., branch of
the American Trust Co. storm, ao
rnrillng to authorities disappeared
July 3, 19.17, and waa reported to
have been "throwlnc money around"
anil llvlns In a lavish fashion In
Seattle.
FOUR ARABS KILLED
BY
JERUSALEM. July 8 (AP) A
bomb blast at Jerusalem''' tnisy
Jaffa gate today killed four Arabs
and wounded 36 In a new outbreak
of deadly torror which Great Britain
Is trying to crush with warthlps
and troop reinforcements.
The bomb tore apart a bus in the
crowded Arab bus station and ft
vegetable market In the shadow of
David's tower.
The vehicle was filled with Arab
countryfolk about to leave for Heb
ron. Its bloodstained and twisted
framework was scattered In a road
way filled with panic-stricken hu
manity. Troops of the Scottish Black
Watch regiment with gleaming fixed
bayonets cleared the square and
started hunting -the bomb thrower.
One Jew, surrounded by an en
raged Arab mob, was rescued by
police and hustled to safety.
About the same time a general
strike broke out In Amman, In
neighboring Transjordan. Workers
struck in sympathy with Palestine
Arabs, victims of bomb th rowings
at Haifa. Palestine's chief port.
Today's violence raised the casual
ties in nine days of riots and tension
to 37 kined and 150 Injured. ...
FREIGHT RATE BOOST
SLATED FOR HEARING
PORTLAND. July 8. IP) -Arthur
M. Geary, attorney for the farm rate
council, said yesterday an Oregon
Washington -Northern Idaho hearing
on agricultural freight rates would
open here July 25 before the Inter
state commerce commission.
Increases ranging from 7 to 10 per
cent on fruits and vegetables carried
transcontinental were authorised
by the ICC recently. The rate In
crease, however, waa suspended until
January 29.
I ' '
BASEBALL
National.
(10 innings.)
Cincinnati , ...
Chtoago
R. H. B.
7 IS 0
6 11 0
Derringer. CascareUa. Walter and
Lombard); Carle ton. Root, Russell,
French and O'Dea.
R H. K.
18 15 1
2 11 8
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Ta mulls and Shea: Mulcahy. Halta
han, Slvess. Smith and Atwood.
R. H. C.
2 4 0
4 7 1
Boston
New York
Turner and Mueller; Gumbert and
Danntng.
American
New York .
Boston .....
8 8 1
9 14 0
Chandler, Beggs. Sundrt and
Dlcfcey; Wilson, Die km an, Bagby and
Desautels.
(1st game)
Chicago
Detroit
8 8 0
7 0 2
St rat ton, O abler, Rtgney and flew
ell; Kennedy, Lawton and York.
Philadelphia
0 7 3
Washington 11 11 0
Kelson. Smith and Hayes, Keller
and R. FerrelL
GIVEN FIRST PAT
BY FIR. ON T
President Steps Into Ohio
Primary With Word of
Praise for Friend of Court
and Reorganization Plans
By Joseph H. Short
MARIETTA, Ohio. July 8. (API
President Rocsevelt stepped into the
Ohio Democratic primary today will)
a wprd of praise for Senator Robert
J. Bulkley.
Bulkley, candidate for re-noml na
tion, was the only Individual men
tioned by the president In his first
address of a trans-continental speak
ing tour except in his Introduction.
Introduced by former . Governor
George White, Butkley's opponent, to
a crowd celebrating the lfiOth an
niversary of the settling of northwest
territory the chief executive said:
First Intervention
"Governor Davey, Senator Bulkley,
Chairman White"
Later In the body of his speech,
the president said:
"The cavalry captain who protect
ed the log cabins of the northwest
Is now supplanted by legislators, like
Senator Bulkley, toiling over the
drafting of . , . statues and over the
efficiency of government machinery
to administer tfcem so that . . . pro
tection and help of government can
be extended to the full." -
The president thus exorcised at
the outset of his journey across the
nation to California his previously
declared right to Intervene In pri
maries. Bulkley favored Mr. Roosevelt's
court reorganization plan nnd voted
for final passage of ths president's
executive reorganisation measure.
People, "four and flYe! deep, pressed
against the ropes which blocked off
tiie speakers' stand In a park as the
chief executive served notice he was
pressing' on with his program and
expected popular support.
Hees Courage l.'ndlrmucd.
"I believe,' the president said,
"that the American people, not afraid
of their own capacity to choose for
ward looking representatives to run
their government, want the same co
operative security and have the same
courage to acfileve It, In 1938 aa In
1788.
"I am sure they know that we
will always have a frontier of social
problem and that we must always
msve In to bring law- and order to It.
"In that confidence I am pushing
on.
"I am sure you will push on with
me."
As soon as his prepared ad dress
was completed, he declared:
"I hereby dedicate this great mon-
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GUERRILLAS STALL
E
SHANOHAI, July 8 (AP) Japan's
big offensive to reach Hankow stalled
today as the Japanese army confront
ed' hew danger from guerrilla bands
on widely separated fronts.
These bands of Chinese Irregulars
for the past year have been attacking
from the rear and limiting Japanese
control of occupied areas to the ma
jor railway lines, a few highways, and
large cities like Nanking, Pelplng and
Tientsin
Night attacks have Increased sharp
ly la the past week In Hopeh province
about Pelplng. In east Honan about
Kalfeng and Suchow, and In other
regions.
Japanese seeking to end this dan
ger to their communications lines re
ported from Pelplng that two towns
were captured today. The town were
guerrilla bases for attacks on the
Lunghal railway.
' Forty divisions of Irregulars are
concentrating In the mountainous
regions of fihans province, Japanese
said, and continually harass Japanese
garrisons.
Hot Weather Spurs
. . Big Towp Trading
NEW YORK. July 8. (AP) Spurred
by a long stretch of hot weather, re
tall trade In the major centers of dis
tribution rose 4 to 10 per cent over
Isat week but continued to lag behind
comparative figures of a year ago.
Dun and Bradstreet reported today.
More merchants approached levels
of a year ago, but for the country
as a whole, retail trade was off 8 to
15 per cent under the 1937 period,
the agency said.
Wholesale volume was 8 to 15 per
cent under the corresponding period
last year, with abrupt gains noted at
many cities.
s
WASHINGTON. July 8. (AP)
The WPA approved a S2fl-i.ll8 allot
ment for supervision of adult tduca
Uon in Oregon.
Retired Minister
Ready to Marry
For Seventh Time
COLUMBUS. O., July 8. (UP)
The Rev. Abner R, Welch, 84,
retired Nexarene minister wt:o Is
convinced "every man who Isn't
married by the time he Is 40
should serve five years in the
penitentiary," was ready today for
his seventh wedding and a shat
tering of courthouse records.
Reverend Welch will marry Miss
Kate Austin, 71-year old spinster,
"neit week." When the couple ap
plied for a marriage ltcense here.
i;ese records were disclosed:
He Is the oldest and most-married
man ever to apply for a li
cense here.
She Is the oldest spinster ever
to seek a license.
Four of Reverend Wotch's wives
died. The other two marriages
nded in divorce courts.
P. G. E. EXPLAINS
BONNEVILLE OUTPUT
BE SOLD CHEAP
PORTLAND. July 8. ( AP ) The
federal government's public power
administration was assailed yesterday
by Franklin T. Griffith, Portland
president of the Portland General
Electric company, in a speech to the
Institute of Northwest Affairs.
Griffith asserted J. D. Ross, Bon
neville dam administrator who apolte
Wednesday night, "didn't tell you
why It la possible for the government
to sell Bonneville power so cheaply."
Griffith said It was Impossible to
make an Investment unless interest
and taxes could be paid, but added
"He (Ross) doesn't think that's so
Important, but I do. That's one of
the troubles of - private companies,
but the federal government has no
such Inhibitions." A" " '
"Taxes and Interest are the most
costly features of any power develop
ment," Griffith said, "and Bonne
ville doesn't have to meet these
Items. That Is why it can sell power
so cheaply."
Griffith questioned allocation of
costs at the dam, pointing out that
of 993.000,000 Involved, only $11,000,
000 waa charged to power develop
ment. "The difficulty lies in that the
government makes the rules as well
as the power," Griffith ssld.
CALL VOLUNTEERS
T
NEWTON, Iowa, July 8. (AP) A
call for volunteers to augment the
police and sheriff's forces In the
Maytag labor controversy wsa issued
today by Mayor Oeorge Campbell and
Sheriff Earl Shields.
Recruiting of volunteers to aid the
officers and regular police and sher
iff's deputies In any emergency that
may arise will begin at 8 a. m. to
morrow and continue throughout
the day.
Up to 1.000 volunteers will be re
cruited, the officials said.
Steps to be taken after the re
cruits are deputized were not dis
closed. Meanwhile the CIO union, which
Is picketing the plant. Issued a state
ment criticizing the organization of
a "vigilantes committee," declaring
"the union stands ready to protect
law and order at all times."
BY WAR IN CIA
WASHINGTON. July . m
American flrmt eold Japan ana China
more than $30,000,000 worth of war
auppllea during their II rat year of
conflict.
Bute department futures fthowrd
today that China bought U2.55B.741
and Japan l7.tS4.4I3.
Japanese purchases, however, have
Increased at a much more rapid rate,
with the result that In the last six
months Japan has become a bigger
buyer by several hundred thousand
dollars.
War supplies sent to both belliger
ents were prlnclpslly airplanes, mo
tors and accessories. Most shipments
to China were licensed for Hong
kong. British port, through which
they go Into the Interior,
It s tittle World.
CHARDON. O. (UP) Ruth Cot
tarn. high school student, while
corresponding with a pupil In Austria,
received a picture, published In an
Austrian newspaper, of Myrs Perry
and Vlra Adams, 70-year-old Hunts
burg. O.. twins. Mrs. Perry l Ruth's
grandmother and her picture was
taken at the last Chardon maple,
festival .
ROSSER TESTIFIES
IN 01 BEHALF AS
;E WIND-UP
Ex-Teamster Union Official
Recalls Threats Voiced
Against Double-Cross
Wife Beating Admitted
DALLAS, Ore.. July 8. ( AP) The
defense In the case of Al Rosser,
d:arged with arson In connection
with the West Salem box factory fire.
rest, at 11:30 o clock this morning.
The state Immediately started its re
buttal testimony with arguments of
attorneys expected to start during
the afternoon.
Rosser, former secretary of the
Joint council of AFL Oregon Team
sters, waa on the stand as the stato
concluded its case. On cross examin
ation today he told of his friendship
for Dave Beck, Seattle union labor
leader. He also told of conversations
In the county Jail with other pris
oners In which he said he had told
them If a man double-crossed him he
would have some feeling about tt,
referring to Al Banks, former busi
ness agent of the Salem Teamsters
Union, who had testified against
Rosser. He explained that he meant
they had better -keep him In Jail
for a long time so ho couldn't get
at Al Banks.
The state also brought out this
morning testimony to the effect that
Rosser had been twice arrested on
complaints of beating a former wife,
this to contradict a statement made
by Rosser yesterday that he had
never before been arrested.
Edwin Goodcnough, Salem attorney
for Lew Harklns, Salem truck driver,
once arrested for Investigation in the
arson matter and expected hern as
ft witness, for the defonse,'. testified
that Harklns had, disappeared last
"Mondny or Tuesday and had not re
appeared. ,
Dr. Les Senate,' wtio examined Ce
cil Mooro in Jail At Portland, testi
fied that Moore had an Injured back
and Jaw and other Injuries which
could have been caused by abuse
from police officers. On cross exam
ination he also admitted that the
condition could have resulted from
lumbago or a social disease.
KILLED, 7 HURT
E
BILLINGS. Mont., July 8. fp A
Northwest Airlines transport plane.
carrying eight passengers and a crew
of two. crashed while taking off from
Billings airport before dawn today,
killing one person and injuring
seven.
Mrs..N. 8. .Mackle of Evans ton. III.,
died at St. Vincent's hospital In
Billings shortly . after ths crash, the
hospital announced.
Her husband. N. 8. Mackle. was
also taken ot the hospital but the
extent of his Injuries was unknown.
Mrs. W. J. Ttndale. South Stocum,
B. C, was also being treatea at the
hospital, but attendants said they
did not know whether or not she was
seriously hurt.
The other five passengers were re
leased after treatment for minor cuts
and bruises.
A. F. Peterson, terminal manager
for Northwest Airlines, said the plane
took off at 3:63 a. m. for Chicago,
and crashed about 1 ,000 feet from
the end of the runway on the edge
of a canyon.
Borah Recovering
From Exhaustion
WASHINGTON. July 8 7P Friends
of Senator Borah (R., Idaho) said
today the senator was recovering
rapidly from the exhaustion which
forced him to go to bed last Sunday.
Borah la expected to leave In ft
week or 10 days for Polsnd Springs,
Me., for ft complete rest.
'Jimmy 's" Reply To Be
Published Next Month
ROCHESTER, Minn, July 8
James Roosevelt, ton and secretary
of President Roosevelt, announced In
a statement today that Collier's
magazine will publish neit munth
his "tactual account" of hit Insur
ance activities.
The Saturday Evening Post recent
ly published an article which Roose
velt, hero for treatment for a stomach
disorder, said "purported to tell the
story of my activities In the Insur
ance field." He said ht had many
requests for A reply.
The statement:
"What It needed It not so much
a 'reply aa factual account of those
activities with a view to correcting
Improper conclusions draws from
In Mystery Death ;
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Robert A. Gilbert (top),- "40 for
mer , vaudeville hypnotist known as
the CJrcnt Gilbert, was held by Glen-
dale, Calif., pollre nnd quizzed In
the Invest iRftt Inn of the death of
Mrs. Murle rnlomhns, (lower), U3,
expectant mother. The woman's hus
hand said he railed Gilbert In hopps
he might he able to help his wife.
(A. P. Photos.)
TERMED POLITICS
FRIEDRICHBHAFEN, Germany. July
8 (AP) Dr. Hugo Eckener. veteran
German airship commander, today
ridiculed Secretary Harold l. Ickes'
ban on export of helium to Ger
many. Dr. Eckener Intimated that the
United States secretary of the Inte
rior's veto of a munitions board
decision which would have ' per
mltted helium export was the re
sult of American politics.
WASHINGTON. July 8. (AP)
Secretary Ickes, told thst Dr. Hugo
Eckener discerned political Implica
tions In Ickes' refusal to approve
helium exports to Germany, sug
gested today that a "look at the
record" would support his stand
against the shipments.
The record, so far as Interior de
partment files are concerned, con
sists of quotatlona from experts aa
to the military Importance of the
non-inflammable gas.
Probes Picket Law.
PENDLETON. July 8. yp) fax
Langford, Portland, Oregon district
representative, Internationa1. Retail
Clerks union, was conferring with
members of .the executive board.
Pendleton Central Labor council, here
today In an attempt to obtain full
information regarding the ramifica
tions of ths picket licensing ordin
ance passed by the city council last
Saturday.
statements so adroitly dressed up to
resemble a factual account that many
have evidently accepted them aa tak
en from the records.
"Inasmuch aa I now ho'.d public
office, I feel that the public Is en
titled to a clear statement of all the
facts to that they may Judge for
themselvet,
"1 have offered Collier's the facts,
and access to all my personal and
buslneaa flics and records concerning
my operations In the Insurance busi
ness, and they have agreed to pub
lish them, with guarantee or suffi
cient spsos for proper documentation,
and the understanding that they will
make simultaneous releases to press
and radio."
IRHTNII
Sol Ml I I 111
SETS 12 FIRES IN
UNION CREEK AREA
Fringe of Squall Brings
Slight Rainfall to City
Hail Falls in Some County
Regions Without Loss
Crews were today fighting 13 first
set by lightning In the Rogue River
national forest late yesterday after
noon as a freak electric storm swept
serosa the northern part of Jackson
county. All the fires were In tht
Union Creek district.
Two lightning strikes were observed
by lookouts In the Butte Falls dis
trict but the blazea could not be
found and It waa assumed that they
had been put out by a heavy rain
that accompanied the storm In that
area.
Fringe Hits City.
The fringe of the storm hit Med
ford, dropping rain for almost an
hour aa a sultry sun shed its last
hot raya over the city. When th.
rainfall was added up, however. It
amounted to only a trace of pre
cipitation, the weather bureau said.
The rain fell from 0:28 to 8:18 p. m.
Hall fell In several parta of the coun
ty but no crop damage was reported,
the county agent'a office stated.
I Continued on Pag rnrot.)
ROSBBrraa, ore., July 8. P An
eleotrlcsl storm In the Cascade sec
tion of the Umpqua national foreat
last night scattered fires throughout
the entire area, It was reported from
the local headquartera this morning.
Fourteen fires already have oeen
reported and controlled, It was stated.
None of the fires so far discovered
reached more than a quarter of an
acre In alze before being halted, the
announcement said. More than 800
CCO men from Steamboat, South
Umpqua and Diamond Lake oampa -were
divided Into crews and sent to
stations throughout the forest to be
available for emergencies.
BORTLAND, July 8. P) A brief,
thunder shower offered momentary
relief from yesterday's maximum tem
perature of 87 degrees but today the
sun mounted steadily toward another
perspiring afternoon.
The electrical storm only wet down
sections of the city. It waa the
warmest day here since June 31.
EUGENE, July 8. UPt Sixteen
spot fires covering a wide area In
the Willamette national forest from
Oakrldge to Detroit were being held
In check by foresters today following
a severe electrlcsl storm which raged
over the high Cascades Thursday
evening. It waa reported here by the
Willamette national foreat office.
WENATCHEE FRUIT
WENATCHEE. Waah.. July 8, (TTP)
A severe windstorm whipped over the
rich, frultlsden Wenatchee valley for
more than two hours Iaat night, caus
ing undetermined damage.
Trees were uprooted and telephonic
communications disrupted by the '
force of the wind.
More than 200 persons caught at
tha night, baseball game were forced
to seek refuge In a railroad tunnel
until the storm abated.
An electrical display preceded the
blow, and tho city was In complete
darkness for spproxlmately one hour.
POLICE HELD DEM
PORTLAND, July 8. (AP) TWO
mothers complained to the city coun
cil yesterday police were negligent
in nmtectlni children by feillnf to
remove punch boards.
"II we naven s enougn puire w
protect out young people, then we'd
hater abolish the entire police de
partment and the office ot ehlef of
police." they said.
Tha moti'.era mentioned a recent
tssault on Robert Dunn, prosecution
wtlneas In a gambling case, u "sig
nificant or tne tengtns to wmoo
racketeers will go to keep themselves
la Illegitimate business."
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