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Newspaper Page TextGood Business Ihoussnds or people read the (:iulfled Advs. every night. Thiit li the reason Investing In rlasslflrd advs. In tnu news paper Is good business. No matter what jour want, may be these little ads will help yon The Weather Forecast: Cloudy tonight and Friday, not much change In temperature. Highest yesterday 1n Lowest this morning 68 Precipitation last 24 bra. .03 Medford TRIBUNE Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Third Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 193S. No. 97. im mm DA The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Copyright l'ja7, by The North American News paper Alliance. Inc. KENTUCKY PRIMARY SEEN TEST OF FARM PROGRAM EXPECT AAA BENEFICIARIES CHIEF BARKLEY SUPPORT INCUMBENT BELIEVED AIIEA1I WITH VOTE 4 WEEKS AWAY CHANDLER CONFIDENT WILL WIN AGRICULTURAL VOTE LOUISVILLE. Ky., July 14. If one la to believe such expert prognostlca- tors aa "Mlz Lennle" McLaughlin, the wise woman of Louisville, who rules the city machine with a shrewd, soft hand, the Kentucky primary Is to be a demonstration of the political ef fectiveness of the new deal farm pro gram. .' x As one-third of Louisville's ruling Democratic triumvirate. "Mia Lennle" Is a principal supporter of Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley, as well as the only known first-rank female political bosB In this country. 8he and other leading Barkleyites. together with the franker adherents of Governor A. B. "Happy" Chandler, agree that the farm vote Is the chief Barkley strength. "After the AAA. Happy couldn't get the farmers away from Barkley If he had the Angel aabrlel to help him," Is the way Mlz Lennle puts It. The farm vote seems, at least, to be a fixed point in Kentucky's political maelstrom, although Happy and hla followers vociferously swear that, by the August 6 primary, the farmers will also be theirs. Otherwise, the beat summation of the situation seems to have been given by Senator Barkley himself, "when he boarded the presidential campaign train. Barkley was not bubbling with op timism, but he told the president that, If he could hold what he had. he would win, and he expected to hold it. For Barkley, there Is no great in creased strength In prospect. The powerful Louisville Junta has plump ed for him. The gratifying shower of AAA benefit checks has already de scended on Kentucky's farmers. The WPA and the rest of the federal ma chine are already lined up solidly be hind him. And the president has spoken his august word. No Impar tial observer denies that Barkley Is now ahead, and various polls seem to support the observers. Chandler, on the other hand, has (Continued on Page Six ) Wimbledon Stirred By Murder Mystery WIMBLEDON. Eng..' July 14. (AP) The body of a pretty, smartly dress ed young woman waa found In a welter of blood, barely a hundred yarda from the famed center court of the All England Tennis club to day. Preliminary Investigation showed' the black-clad victim waa atabbed about the head and then run over with a motor car from which appar ently she had been thrown. Scotland Yard ordered Intensive search for a blood-stained motor car, tire-marks of. which were found on clothing of the girl. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Emma Bunn explaining her method of keeping cool these hot nights. Bhe rearing her scheme might prove Interesting to passers-by. Tom Fuson causing anxiety to rel atives and friends by sitting In on a nocturnal bridge session without letting on where ha waa, he escaping a frantic 6-hour search. Frank Van Dyke being torn away from hla Ashland home by another Medford banquet, he using the op portunity to spread tidings about the cute antics of his baby son. Hotel Medford lobby patrons shed ding more clothing upon hearing the city was the hottest in Oregon. Ken Denman appearing at the Hoo ver banquet all in white and looking cool and fresh. Traffic Officer Ray Sloneker push ing a stalled laundry truck out of an Intersection. Frank Celle carefully explaining th hsndafre on hla ere wa the result of t sock by a goU ball. HUGHES RECORDS AMAZING IE IN 1 4,824 MILE TRIP Weary Airmen Given Tu multuous Welcome New York .Airport Tail Wind Speeds Home-Stretch Hop FLOYD BENNETT AIRPORT. N. Y., July 14. ( AP) Howard Hughea and his four unshaven, dog-tired compan ions completed their - 14,824-mile round-the-world flight at 1:37 p. m (E.8.T.) today, In the amazing, record smashing time of 3 days, 19 hours and 17 minutes. Aided by a strong tall wind which shoved their big Lockheed, 14 plane at top speed on the final 1,05 4-mile leg of the flight from Minneapolis, they lopped off nearly four days from the old record of 7 days, 18 hours and 49 minutes, made by the late Wiley Post, flying alone, in July, 1933. Tumultuous C.recting Weary by their long vigil in the air. and wearing the same clothes they wore when they left here Sunday night, at 6:20 p. M.. E.S.T., the five men came down to earth to be greet ed by the biggest and most tumultu ous crowd ever assembled at this air port. Officials said 25.000 were there. Hughes' speed for the elapsed time was approximately 161 miles per nour, as compared to 83 for post. A fire whistle let go with a screech ing blast as the aerial argonauts set their plane down on the concrete runway and taxiied toward the ad ministration building. Hundreds of automobile . horns Joined In a tumultuous welcoming, Despite elaborate precautions to protect the -plane, a surging crowd drove through to. get a -cloteup glimpse of the' unshaven, dishevelled heroes. Minneapolis Lnst stop Hughes apparently did not notice a path which had been cleared for him and he taxiied toward a commercial transport plane, which was Immedi ately moved. ' Hughes and his companions'1 last stop before New York was at Minne apolis, Minn., at 7:38 a. m. (EJS.T.) after a 2.441-mlle flight from Fair banks, Alaska, over the Canadian Rockies, down the great wastes of the YuXon and the barrens of north west Canada. After a 33-minute halt at the airport there they roared off at top speed for New York. A strong tail wind shoved the ship along at high speed over this 1,054 mile last lap. They were reported at various points along the route, their progress cheered by the crowd which had gathered at Floyd Bennett field. Greeted by Wlialeu Grover Whalen. president of the world's fair. 1939, for which the flight was designed as a good will venture, waa the first to greet the filers. In striking contrast to the tired filers, he entered the plane Immedi ately after It came to a stop. Follow ing him came Mayor F. H. LaGuardla, himself a flier of world war days. The Impeccably dressed Whalen presented two large baskets of flow ers. Hughes took his time about emerg ing from the plane, stepping partly out once and then returning. At 1:47 p. m., E.S.T.. ten minutes after the ship landed, Hughes stepped down, followed by his four compan ions. Those who accompanied- him on the flight were Lieut. Harry P. McL. Connor, navigator; Lieut; Thomas L. Thurlow, navigator; Edward Lund, flight engineer, and Richard Stoddart radio engineer. Back To Same Spot The plane had come to rest on exactly the same spot from which it started Sunday afternoon. Police found it Impossible to con trol the masa of humanity which swarmed around the plane twenty deep., For fully five minutes the fliers stayed inside the ship after the motors were cut off. Then Thurlow poked a bearded face out, grinned at the crowd, kissed a woman who had shoved her way to the cabin door, and ducked back In side. All the elaborate arrangements to prevent damage to the plane threat- j ened to go for naught. Two small planes which had gone j out earlier to meet the round the world fliers escorted It back to the I field and wheeled lazily about while Hughes set bis ship down. Crowd Unruly Shortly before Hughes left the plane a crowd broke through two sections of a heavy wire fence around the administration building. Police (Contluned on Page Seven.) Announce PWA Orant PORTLAND. July 14 (API C. C Hockley, regional director for the public works administration, an. nounced the following allotment to day: Oregon. Tualatin grade erhool, rant 123,900, estimated cost tSO.000. Here's Hughes Schedule Inilliultil on the map above is the around-the-world flight Itinerary of Howard Hughes as announced by his flight headquarters In New York. The plans were rhanged during the Journey, the plane hopping from Fairbanks to Minneapolis Instead of refueling at Edmonton, as originally scheduled. (A. P. Photo.) By the Associated Press (All times are Eastern Standard) Sunday, July 10. 1838: 6:20 p. m. Took off from Floyd Bennett field. New York. 10:20 p. m. Passed Cape' Breton Island. Monday. July 11:, ' 12:30 a. m. Passed over St. Johns. Nfld., last land. 8:30 a. m. Reached Ireland. 10:55 a. m. Arrived Paris, covering 3,841 miles In 16 hours. 35 minutes. 7:24 p. m. Took off for Moscow after refueling and repairs. 11:18 p. m. Over Ponorze, Poland. Tuesday. July 12: 3:13 a. m. Arrived Moscow, cover ing 1.675 miles In 7 hours, 49 min utes. , 8:25 a, m. Took off tor , Omsk, U8.S.R.,; after refueling. . 7:30 a. m. Crossed Volga river. ' 1:00 p. m. Arrived Omsk, covering 1,380 miles In 7 hours, 88 minutes. 5:37 p. m. Took off for Yakutsk, Siberia. Wednesday, July 13: 12:15 a. m. Passed over Klrensk on Lena river. . YOUTHS TO HEAR Llovd Marshall. Yakima. Wash, youth, and Carl Martin, charged with obtaining money under false pretens es, will probably be taken before Circuit Judge H. D. Norton, next Monday. Both have Indicated tney would waive grand Jury action and enter pleas, the district attorney said today. Marshall was arrested by Chief of Police Charles P. Talent of Ashland, last week, after the youtii had con. tided to the officer, he had passed spurious checks In Klamath Falls. Ashland, and this city, unier laiem cave the youth a ride In hla auto Into Ashland. During tne trip. Mar shall volunteered the Incriminating Information. Martin Is held for the alleged pass ing of a spurious check In Novem ber, 1837 and was returnee iron up' state several weeka ago. Circuit Judge Norton, who . has been holding court In Grants Pass, returned yesterday. Cordon Exonerated In Auto Fatality ROSEBURG, Ore., July 14. (AP) A verdict of unavoidable accident waa returned last night by a coro ner's Jury which conducted an In quest Into the death of . Miss Dora Gammon, who died early Tuesday morning from Injuries suffered when she was struck by an automomie driven by Attorney Guy cordon 01 Roseburg. The coroner's Jury was told oy witnesses of the accident that Miss Gammon, walking across the Pacific highway at the intersection with Washington street in Roseburg, nar rowly avoided being struck by a northbound car Just before sne waa hit by Cordon's southbound automo bile. Bishop Brothers Fined On Assault On a change of venue to the Ash land Justice court today, the Bishop brothers William and Robert en tered a plea of guilty to the assault, but not to the facta. They were fined 86 and cost by Justice L. A. Roberts. The district attorney rec ommended a 810 fine. The specific charge was hitting a state policeman In the face with a flat. PENDLETON, July 14. (AP) Fu neral services for Elbert B. Casteel, Umatilla county clerk for the last six years, were held here today. All offices In the county courthouse, with the exception of the sheriff's, were closed out of respect to the late official ' 4:08 a. m. Arrived Yakutsk, cov ering 2,177 mjles In 10 hours, 31 minutes. ' 7:01 a. m. Took off from Yakutsk, Siberia, for Fairbanks, Alaska. . 4:00 p. m. Left Siberia, heads for Alaska via Bering strait route. 7:18 p. m. Arrived Fairbanks, cov ering hazardous 2.458-mlle hop In 12 hours, 17 minutes, 8:36 p. ml Took off from Pair banks. Thursday, July 14: 12:32 a. m. Reported 811 miles out from Fairbanks, speeding toward Canadian-American border. 2:00 a. m. Encountered electrical storms near Fort Nelson, British Col umbia. Crossing rugged Canadian Rockies, rose to 14.500 feet. . . ; 8:88' a. ra.-Landed it Wold-Cham-berlaln airport, Minneapolis, after a 2.441 mile flight from Fairbanks. Alaska, in 12 hours and one minute. 8:11 a. m. Took off on final 1034 mile lap to New York. . 1:36 p. m. Landed at Floyd Ben nett airport, New York, his starting point. E IS LOCAL VISITOR Fred W. Spuhn, head rowing coach at Princeton university and former Medford high dchool student, and Mrs. Spuhn, are spending several weeks visiting hla mother, Mrs. Lily 3. Demmer of 609 West Jackson boulevard. They arrived July 7 by car from Princeton. N. J., and expect to leave about August 1. After being graduated frum Med ford high. In 1618, Spuhn ut tended the University of Washington where he was a member of the Husky crew." This waa his first year as head coach at Princeton, he leaving Yale uni versity to accept the position after serving as assistant coach at tho New Haven school for four years. Mr. and Mrs. Spuhn are doing a lot of fishing in Rogue river, with the result that the Demmer nome has salmon and trout on Its dinner table almost dally. 20 Killed In Fall Of Italian Plane ROME, July 14. AP Twenty persons were believed to have lost their lives today when an Ala Lit torla lines seaplane fell Into the Tyrrhenian sea between Italy and j the Island of Sardinia. I Seadlund Voices No Regrets Before Death for Kidnaping CHICAGO. July 14. (AP) John Henry Seadlund paid with his life today for the crime of kidnaping. The 27-year-old lumberjack, con fessed abductor of Charles 8. Rosa, confessed killer of the man who helped him commit the crime, waa electrocuted at 12:08 a.m. (central standard time) In the Cook county Jail. Shaved and masked, Seadlund walked tensely Into the execution chamber almoat unaided. 'You don't have to hold my arms." he told the guards on eacb side of him. "I can get there alone." After seating him self he made a visible effort to re lax and held his arms out for the clampa. He waa the second man to Be exe cuted by the federal government under the Lindbergh kidnap law. The first waa Arthur Oooch. 27, hanged at McAlester. Okla. June 10. 1836, for kidnaping two peace officers at Paris. Texaa, while attempting to avoid arrest. Twenty-five witnesses saw Sead- lund die. Among them was Severln Oregon Mercury Aims For New Mark After Wednesday's Record 4 ' ' ' By The Associated Press. Oregon citizens almost everywhere trod through aun-bllstered asphalt pavement today as the heat-agitated mercury shot up the class as though It couldn't duplicate or surpass yesterday's record perfrrmanoe fast enough. The hottest sun In the nation reg- rstred 106 degrees yesterday at Med- ford and Wolf Creek but Pol em barked on a new effort today to make that perspiring maximum seem cool. . A noon maximum of 100 degrees at Pendleton equalled the government's 100-degree report for yesterday. Pen dleton residents, who suffr-red the Whew! Whewl It waa hot hero yestor day, but at times today It was even hotter. Up to noon the temperature was running ahead of what It was at the comparative hours yester day, but early this afternoon gathering clouds had checked the mercury's rise and It looked as though Wednesday's 106 degree high mark would not be reached this afternoon. At 1:41 p.m. the mercury stood at 97, three degrees under the mark at the same time yester da v. state's highest temperature of 119 degrees in August, 1B98, prepared for a dust storm late today. Grants Pass, a hot spot yesterday with 101 degrees, recorded 93 at noon. The morning minimum of 63 was up nine point from yesterday. Fires in the Grants Pass forest region reached 20 for the ;.ast few days. About half had been extin guished and the others were con fined to am a 11 a mas. ' Portlandera-cast -aside- thrir coat when the temperature reached 90 degrees at noon, four points hotter than yesterday. Wednesday1 maxi mum-of 06-represented a three-year swelter mark. - Klamath Falls' noon temperature declined from 91 yesterday to 87 today. An official reading, nowever. established yesterday's top at 89, equalling the season's high. Thun der heads hung around the mountain peaks, threatening fire-setting elec trical storms In the pine forests. Eugene's noonday mark of 92 de grees was a point above yeiterday. Light clouds appeared and yesterday's seasonal high of 98 waa probably not In danger. , Although Salem sklca were partly overcast and a breeze blew In from the north, the temperature con tinued an upward swing and hit 96 degrees at noon. Weather experts predicted It would exceed yesterday's 1938 high of 100 degrees. At mid night Wednesday the thermometer had dropped only to 72 degrees. QUARTET SINGS FRIDAY AT EAGLE PL CHURCH EAGLE POINT, July 14. (Spl) The Chris quartet of the Bible In stitute of Loa Angeles will present a program of music and devotion at the Presbyterian church of Eagle Point Friday at 8 p. m., instead of tonight as previously announced. The quartet, composed of four young men, Is making a tour of the west coast, and la said to offer a rare musical treat. Sculptor's Widow Dies PORTLAND, July 14. vP) Mrs. Elizabeth Staehlt, 86, widow of the well-known pacific coast sculptor, died here yesterday. Her husband produced the central fountain In the city's Washington park end prepared much of the sculpterlng for the Lewis and Clark exposition- here In 1908. ' E. Koop, a Crosby, Minn., undertaker selected by Seadlund to carry his body back to his home In Ironton, Minn. Three newspapermen, three doctors, five business men and state and federal officers were- other wit nesses. Seadlund's last hours were spent In a spirit of fatality. Those who saw him said he expressed no re gret, voiced no bitterness. He fitfully read the Bible and talked with the Jail chaplain. In hla death cell, an hour and a half before the execu tion, be partook of a light lunch, Seadlund and Jamea Atwood Gray, his 18-year-old accomplice, kidnaped Rose In northern Illinois last Sep tember 26. They took the 72-year-old retired manufacturer of greeting cards to a hideout In Wisconsin's north woods, near Spooner. There, Seadlund confeased to agents of ' the federal bureau of Investiga tion, he killed Oray during a quar rel. Rom was fatally Injured In the struggle, Seadlund aald. So he shot him, too. CAUSED Bl BOLTS AND HEAVY WIND Light nlng fttnrm lilt the l,iike o' the Woods nrea In mlu-afler-nooii today and Immediately caused two mure forest fires, nntlonul forest lirudqiiarters here reported at 8 p. m. For the second time In lees than a weok, flre-flghtlng crews were to day battling a number of Ughtnlng caused blares In the Rogue River na tional forest and forest lands undr stato protection In Jnckson and Jose phlno countica. The fires were sot by storms that swept over the valley early last eve -nlng. Accompanied by "Wind that mo mentarily attalnod velocities of 50 mllca an hour, the atorm did only nominal damage to some Jackson county crops, according to reports reaching County Agent Robert O. Fowler. Most of tho small damage waa done to grains by rain, Mr. Fowler snld. Llmba blown across wires caused numerous short circuits In the Cal ifornia Oregon Power company ays tern In the city and rural areas but thcro was no break In the service the Medford office snld. About a dozen rural telophone lines were put out of commission but ser vice was restored today, the telephone company o-eported. Mrs. Albert Young and her two s'mall sons, Jimmy, 6, and Jerry, 3, were knocked to the ground by a lightning bolt aa they picked ber ries near their home at the star ranger atatlon In the Applegate. The three were severely frightened but escaped Injury. The .bolt ripped through a pine tree near which they were standing, tearing 30 feet from the top of the treo and setting It on fire. Tho light ning burned through barbed wire at tached to the tree, threw bark 150 feet from the tree and scattered gravel from the nearby road for 200 feet to the Harold Reed store. The blazing tree waa put out by Eugene Tower, a fireman, and two CCC men from Camp Applegate. Three other lightning fires and one spot blaze occurred on the Rogut River national forest. The largest, about 2'i acres, occurred a mllo Southwest of the 8tar ranger station. In charge of District Ranger Lee Port, crews controlled the fire about midnight. Twenty COO men stayed on the Job all night to mop up. A small fire occurred In the Ash land watershed. It was spotted and put out by Herbert J. Penning, Wag ner Butte lookout, -ft-nd one assistant. In the Onion Creek district light ning caused a fire two mllea north east of the Hershberger lookout. Four men were dispatched to the fire and they were still out today. While re ports were lacking It was assumed the blaze waa under control aa look outs Informed headquartera here that the emokehad died down. The 2'A acre fire In the Applegate caused a spot Mate but It was quickly controlled. ' Two and possibly three fires were set by lightning In stato forest lands In Jackson county. A dozen (Ires 'were set In Josephine county which Is Included In the local state dis trict. Most of the Josephine county fires were around Kerby peak and on Thompson creek. . In Jackson county the fires oc curred across the river from the highway near the Wlldwood camp and In Dudley mountain above Butte Falls. They covered about three and two acres respectively and were under control today, the district tire warden's office reported. It was pos sible, the office aald. that there was snother blaze near the Dudley moun tain fire. CCC men and state patrols were on the fire lines all night. Apprehension waa felt by forest executives because of the probability of more electric storms this after noon and tonight. The wind caused negligible dam age by limb marks In some pear or chards. C. B. Cordy, county horti culturist said. Only worm-Infested pears were blown down by the wind, he stated. Fear waa felt for the experimental sugsr beet seed crop at the Talent experimental atatlon. but Prof. F. O. Relmer said the plot escaped un scathed. Forest fires were prevented or ex tinguished by rain that accompanied the storms In some localities, bead- quarters here stated.. BASEBALL American. R. H. E. Detroit .. I 8 0 Boston - 12 15 1 Gill, Lawson and York; Grove, Wil son and Desautels. R. H. E. Chleago 8 12 0 Philadelphia 8 11 4 Whitehead, Gabler, Rlguey and Sewell: Thomas, .Williams, S Smith and F. Hayes. (Game called end 7th, rain ) K H. E. 4 10 1 8 7 I St. Louis . New York . Newsom and Heath; Pearson and Dickey. National (First game) R. H. E. Philadelphia 0 8 1 Chicago :. - 8 6 0 Passcau and Atwood; Bryant and Odea. R. H. E. New York 0 8 2 Cincinnati 14 1 Gumbert, Coffman and Mmcuso; Waltera and Lombard!. (11 Innings) R. H. E. Brooklyn . - 2 6 0 Pittsburgh 8 8 2 Fltzslmmona and Shea: Blanton, Tobln and Todd. (Second game) Philadelphia H. E. 6 0 8 0 Chicago Mulcahy and Atwood; Lee and Hartnett. U. S: READY TO AID SAN FRANCISCO, July 14. ft Prosldent Roosevelt said today that the United States stands ready to encourage other leading nations '"In any efforts they may make toward a, definite reduction In world arma ment." .; The president, speaking at the San Francisco exposition grounds Just prior to reviewing the fleet In San Francisco bay, asserted that this country's navy "la not merely a sym bolIt la a potent, everready fact In the national defense of the Unit ed States." "Every right thinking man and woman In the United States," Mr. Roosevelt continued, "wishes that It were safe for the nation to spend less of our national budget on our armed forces. "All know that we are faced with a condition and not a theory and that the condition la not of our own choosing. "Money spent on armaments does not create permanent Income pro ducing wealth, and about the only satisfaction we can take out of the present world situation la that the proportion of our own national In come that we spend on armaments la only a quarter or a third of the proportion that most of the other great nations of the world are spend ing at thla time." "We fervently hope for the day when the other leading nations of the world will realize that their pres ent course must Inevitably lead them to disaster. We stand ready to meet them and encourage them In any effort they may make toward a def inite reduction In world armaments." The president aald he regarded the 8an Francisco and New York expo altlons of 1838 as demonstrations of confidence that the United States "and all the western hemisphere" will be at peace during the year. HUGHES GIVES TOP RANKING TO POST NEW YORK, July 14. (AP) How ard Hughes, Just back from an his toric flight around the world, de clined today to put hla achievement In the same class with that of the late Wiley Pott, who circled the world solo In 1833, and said Post's was "the most remarkable Job of flying ever done." I believe." aald Hughes, "Wiley Poet's achievement of flying solo around the world waa the moat re markable Job of flying ever done and probably, that ever will be done." I can't Imagine how he did It. It Is tough enough with modern In struments, and alone appear! almoat Impossible. What Poat did was some thing like aawlng a woman In half or pulling a rabbit out of a hat. Some people believe that there have been other fltghte which were more Im portant, but air pllota know that Wiley Poet's feat waa the greatest." C.I.O. Rejects Offer. PORTLAND, July 14. OP) The I'.I.O. district council of lumber and sawmill workers rejected an offer from the Columbia Basin Loggers association today to discuss ly re duction i HOOVER AND AIDES AT E Ex-President Confers With Party Leaders at Dinner To Return for Steel head Angling in August Herbert Hoover, the country's only living former president, held a round table discussion on Republican po litical strategy with about 50 party leaden of southern Oregon rounttea at a dinner In tho Hotel Medford basement dining room last night. The political dlacwslon waa "off the record," but Mr. Hoover talked of other things on which nu atrtnga were tied, such oa his trip In Europe a abort time ago. From hla European observation! Mr. Hoover concluded there la no Immediate danger of a general war. While there la a great race In the building of armaments, all of the European nations are concerned al most entirely with defenses, with no serious thoughts of an offensive war. Mr. Hoover related. Traced to League Decline. The present uneasiness In Europe he attributed to an upset In the balance of power among the coun tries. Ultimately this balance will be restored and fears of war will thus be dissipated, he predicted. Break down in the balance of power he traced to the collapse of the Leaguo of Nations. , Mr. Hoover gave a description of Hitler that varied sharply from the usual picture of the Gorman dlov tator. He said the Nazi chief pos sessed an amazing physchologlcat ability by which he la capable ot emotionalizing the German people. If Germany were to hold a free elec tion, devoid ot any trace ot mili tarism, Hitler would receive 88 per cent of the votes, Mr, Hoover pre. dieted. Hla hold on the German, people la astonishing, he added, and declared Hitler had much mere abll- (Oontlnued on Page Six.) City building Inspectors office en Joyed Its busiest day of the month, yesterday, with applications for building permits totaling 18,140, In cluding two for the construction of, new residences. J. 7. Lawrence made application for a permit to construct a new res idence and garage at 2218 East Main street at a stated coat of 84000. O. D. Ward applied for a permit to build a new residence and garage at 44 Portland avenue at a stated cost of 83000. S. 8. Humphreys of SOS South Riv erside avenue applied for a permit to remodel the coffee ahop at Sun rise auto court at a stated cost ot 81000. Other permits applied for Included one by W. H. Paine of 88 North Orange street, tor the construction of a summer bouse to cost $100, and, by c, A. DeVoe ot 718 Welch street to reshlngle a residence at a, stated cost of 840. WIN 10 SEMI-RNALS SHAWNEE - ON - DELAWARE. Pa.. July 14. (AP) Samuel Jackson Snead, the sweet swinger from Wblte Sulphur Springs, W. Vs., and the country's top money winner, today continued hla aub-par pace as he -moved Into the semi-final round of the national P.OA championship with an overwhelming 8 and 7 shel lacking of sad-faced Jim Foulls of Chloego. Henry Plcard of Herahey, . Pa., moved Into the next-to-last round by eliminating Gene Sarazen, three time winner from Brookfleld Center, Conn., 8 and 2. VIC MacKENZIE'S SON TO MAKE FILM DEBUT HOLLYWOOD. July 14. Pr Keith MacKenzle, 8-year-old national mas cot ot the American Legion, will make his movie debut In a picture titled "Sons of the Legion." Keith's father. Vie MacKenzle, Is national convention director of the American Legion. The boy waa bom ' In Portland, Ore., wille the 1832 Legion convention waa In progress. Brilliant Feat. AUCKLAND. New Zealand. July 14. UP) Hsrold Oatty. who accompanied the late Wiley Post as navigator In his first record-making world flight In 1831, today declared the flight ot Howard Hughes and his companlona was "a brilliant exhibition of mod ern flying."