GEORGIA DESPERADOES STILL SOUGHT
Higher Humidity Helps
Brings Some Big Fires
In Oregon in Control
Salem, Ort., Junt 3 (U.R)
Because of unprecedented for
it fire weather for this early
in the season. Slate Foreiter
George Spaur called on all
logging operatori in Oregon
today to halt operation! im
mediately where humidiiiei
have fallen below the danger
line of 30 per cent.
By United Preit
Aided by 'decreasing winds
and higher humidity, fire fight-
Bread Returns to
Grocery Shelves
As Strike Ends
Bread has returned to Med
y ford's grocery shelves-.
The four-day bakers' union
strike which tied up supplies
for most of southern Oregon and
northern California was settled
Friday afternoon, and bakers re
turned to work Friday night to
rush supplies to consumers.
Charles Moldovan, president
of Local 404, Bakers' and Con
fectionery Workers' union. AFL,
said that his members return
ed to work Friday night,
even though that usually was a
non-working night. "We know
Medford's out of bread." he said.
Conciliator Aids
The strike was settled with the
aid of Federal Conciliator Guy
V. Lintner at about 2:30 p. m.
Friday, after two days of inten
sive negotiating sessions between
union men and representatives
of Beck's and Fluhrer's bakeries,
the major wholesalers affected
by the strike.
Terms of the settlement pro
vide increases ranging from 5Mi
to 10 cents an hour and a work
week of 42 hours with overtime
pay over 40 hours. The union's
strike demand was for 10 cents
plus reduced hours, while the
employers had offered a five
cent increase on a guaranteed
44-hour week with overtime
over 40 hours.
Amicable Agreement
According to Lintner, Moldo
van and Gene Ferrell, manager
of Fluhrer's bakery, the final
agreement was reached amic
ably. Both sides conceded points
of difference to permit the final
agreement. Lintner had been In
Medford three times since ne
i gotiations first broke down the
middle of April in attempts to
get the differing parties together.
He is employed by the federal
conciliation service, rather than
the national labor relations
board as previous information
had indicated.
Shipments of bread to local
groceries and to retailers in
Grants Pass. Ashland and north
ern California points resumed
Saturday. Work also resumed at
Fluhrer's Klamath Falls plant,
which also supplies Lakeview.
MAN FOUND DEAD
Waldport. Ore., June 3 (U.R)
The body of Myron F. Brooks
was found in a shed on his small
farm near Waconda Beach Fri
day and state police said an in
vestigation would be conducted
to determine whether he shot
himself.
Salem, Ore., June 3 (U.R)
Voters approved the Salem pub
lic school budget at a special
election Friday.
Pool, Park Opening Rites
And Parade Slated Today
Seven years of effort by civic
minded groups and individuals
will be climaxed today when
Medford residents dedicate Haw
thorne park and swimming pool.
A large turnout of residents is
anticipated.
A downtown parade, formal
ceremonies at the park, style and
swimming shows and free swims
for the city's qoungsters will
mark the dedication. The festivi
ties will be highlighted by the
appearance of Hollywood radio
personalities, two Oregon aojia
tic stars and queens from two
of southern Oregon big spring
time attractions.
The parade will get underway
at 1:30 p.m. with youth groups,
school bands and style show en
trants participating. They will
move from Oakdale avenue
down Main street to the new
park.
Frank Van Dyke. Medford at
torney, will be main speaker at
dedication ceremonies which
will commence at 2 p.m. Med
ford high school band will play
"The Star Spangled Banner."
The Rev. Holy Jarvis will ask
the invocation.
Dedication rites will feature
Jack McElroy. famous radio per
sonality. "Welcome to Holly
wood" emcee and announcer and
vocalist for "Bride and Groom."
McElroy will be master of cere
monies for the program. He will
be introduced by James Dun
lew, park advisorV committee
man. Here with McElroy for the
event are Vic Rowland. Ameri
can Broadcasting company pub
licity man from Hollywood, and
Reed Browning. ABC announcer.
Mayor Diamond Flynn will
also be t dedication speaker and
ers were able to bring several
major forest and brush blazes
under control late Saturday.
However, the battle for con
trol of the Little Fall creek fire,
25 miles east of Eugene was still
running full scale as the two-week-old
blaze again jumped
fire lines and ate into green
timber.
Volunteers Sought
An urgent appeal was issued
in Eugene for an additional 100
volunteers to augment some 300
weary men in the area. An esti
mated 1.500 acres have been
blackened.
Fires in Clark County, Wash.,
were in mopping up stages late
Saturday but fire control offi
cials anticipated new outbreaks
as continued high temperatures
and low humidities were fore
cast for the weekend.
Fog in the Humbug mountain
area aided fire fighters in check
ing the progress of a Coos coun
ty blaze. Officials reported about
1,500 acres burned over con
tained little valuable timber.
Other Fires Controlled
Other fires reported under
control included two near Low
ell along the Willamette high
way, two along the McKenzie
river, a 40-acre blaze near Cot
tage Grove and another near
Mapleton.
Also subdued late Saturday
were a 100-acre fire on the
Klamath Indian reservation, an
other covering 100 acres in the
Dement creek area of Coos
county, two in the Siusslaw
National forest and one near the
Detroit dam site in northern
Santiam canyon.
At Forest Grove, three look
out stations were being activated
a week ahead of schedule by the
Northwest Oregon Forest Patrol
district Saturday as critical fire
weather continued.
Roosevelt, Warren
Supporters Claim
Primary Victories
Sacramento, Cal., June 3 (U.R)
Supporters of James Roosevelt
and Gov. Earl Warren made
optimistic claims tonight about
the vote their candidates will
poll for governor of California
in next Tuesday's primary elec
tion. Warren, the two term gover
nor of the state, and Roosevelt,
son of the late president, are
competing directly against each
other on both republican and
democratic tickets. Warren is a
republican and Roosevelt a
democrat.
Roosevelt's campaign manager,
former Congressman George Out
land, claimed that Roosevelt
would get a "heavy vote" on the
republican ticket which would
"surprise many people." On the
democratic side, Outland said,
California's preponderant demo
cratic registration would give
Roosevelt a "record-brea king
vote."
On the other hand Warren's
supporters said betting odds in
San Francisco were 1 to 3 that
the republican governor would
win both nominations.
That would mean virtually
automntic election for Warren.
he and Van Dyke will cut the
ribbon opening the pool. The
Rev. George R. V. Bolster will
give the benediction.
Show Latest Styles
Male and female models from
Medford stores will show the
latest styles in.bathing and swim
ming apparel following the cere
monies. Judy Cornell, national
swimming champ, and Dagne
Souza, Oregon women's diving
champion, will give demonstra
tions. Both are from Portland's
Multnomah Athletic club. The
water safety program for the
pool will be shown.
Dedication and entertainment
are expected to last about two
hours, according to L. J. Cox,
chairman of the park advisory
committee, which has planned
today's activities. The afternoon
will be concluded with free
swimming for at least 2,000 chil
dren between eight years and
high school age.
They will swim for short
periods in groups of 260. Tickets
will be given first to youngsters
in parade. Others will line up
later at the pool building to get
the tickets. Youngsters are to
furnish their own suits and
towes.
The pool will open for business
Monday at 10 a.m.
Gueiti Announced
Among guests at the dedica
tion will be Mrs. Clarence Meek
er, widow of Medford's late
mayor: the women who sub
mitted the winning name for the
park. Miss Neva Samuels, Mrs.
Dorothy Snedden and Mrs.
Hazel Burger, and queens and
princesses from the Rogue River
roundup and Phoenix May festival.
Record Rain Drains
From Galveston as
City Eyes Damage
14 Inches Fall There
During 9-Hour Period
Galveston. Tex., June 3 (U.R)
A record 14-inch rain drained
slowly from flat Galveston isle
today, as early sumer tourists
waded out to survey their
swamped vacationland.
The downpour started just af
ter midnight and dumped 13.85
inches of rainfall onto this sea
walled city in a nine-hour period.
Eighty per cent of the residen
tial and business districts was
flooded.
Homes Hit by Water
Water inched into hundreds of
homes when Galveston bay,
backed up by winds that ranged
up to 60 miles per hour, failed
to carry off any of the deluge.
In the city's palm-lined down
town sector, dozens of police
cars stalled when they tried to
traverse streets where water
stood three to four feet deep.
Stores in a six square block
area in the heart of the business
district were hardest hit.
Although the island city is not
short on experience with hurri
canes and other mediums of na
ture's wrath, terrified residents
pleaded for police, firemen and
emergency rescue crews through
out the night and early morning.
Seek Higher Ground
Some families toolf belongings
on trucks and headed over the
huge causeway to the mainland
and higher ground. Others found
their automobiles flooded and
used canoes and other boats to
get to higher parts of the island.
Amazingly, the electrical dis
play, wind and rain caused no
loss of life and no injuries were
reported.
Heavy Rains Cut
Down Vote Totals
Japanese Election
Tokyo, Sunday, June 4 (U.R)
A drenching rain cut down the
vote today in Japan's parliamen
tary election and lessened the
chances of any communist dis
turbance. Red-dominated unions, how
ever, said they would stage more
strikes against allied occupation
policies on June 7 and 8.
The balloting for seals in the
upper house developed into a
"showdown" between the com
munists and Gen Douglas Mo
Arthur. Observers believed the
rain might help the communists,
who refuse to let bad weather
keep them away from the polls.
A new strike call was issued
by the communist-dominated all
Japan labor union council, in
protest against the U. S. army
court conviction and sentence of
eight Japanese on charges of
assaulting American soldiers.
In Tokyo itself, the voting was
light throughout the morning
because of the downpour. The
results were not expected to be
known until Monday night.
WEATHER
FORECAST Rlik cloudtncil
today an Monday. Little
Umptrtturc chin ft.
Tamp.
Hlihfit Yesterday 5
Loweit Yesterday SO
In the roundup court are
Queen Audrey Wooldridge and
Princesses Judy Briggs and Glen
da Martin. The Phoenix group
will Include Queen Wanda Nor
ton, Past Queen Nanette Furry
and Princess Bonnie Terzenbach,
SaMy Tripp, Rosalie Klassen,
Virginia Roberts and Barbara
Barlow.
Mrs. Meeker is the first to
sign in a book of guests that will
be kept with the records of the
dedication.
Guests and dedication partici
pants will ait on the deck of the
pool building. Bleachers on each
siside of the pool together will
seat about 1.200 people.
Saturday's Events
McElroy is also to ride in the
parade today. Hit participation
in the dedication will mark his
third appearance this week-end
before a Medford audience. Last
night he recorded his "Wel
come" show before an audience
at the senior high school audi
torium and attended the YMCA
square dance jamboree at the
school gymnasium.
Capacity crowds attended
both.
Broadcast of his show was the
first major one of its type to be
made in a city the size of Med
ford. McElroy. Rowland and Brown
ing arrived here Friday and
were given a police escort from
the airport. They were taken to
Homestead on the Rogue and
then to dinner by about 20 Med
ford lies at Mon Desir. Yesterday
the three and Dun levy with two
guides fished on Rogue river.
A no host dinner at Rogue Valley
Country club followed the broad
cast and dance last night.
Medford
45th Year. 24 Pages
City, County Bud'
Issues Face Vo'
It will cost $1,595,358.55 to run Jackson county dun. .he
fiscal year 1950-51. But since there is some cash on hand and
since a number of county departments bring in revenues in the
form of fees for services rendered, the taxpayers will have to dig
up only $541,751.35 of that amount. -
The county budget committee, composed of M. T. Wray, Roger
F. Rath, County Judge J. B. Coleman, Commissioners R. R. Lytle
and L. G. "Shy" Morthland, and Arnold Bohnert, has completed
its work on the new budget and the result of several months of
meetings will be published in the Mail Tribune tomorrow.
A meeting at which taxpayers will be allowed to discuss the
proposed amounts to be raised by taxation has been set for 11 a.m.
(DST), June 28, in the county court chambers.
Here is the way the budget has been divided between some of
the various departments of the county government:
County court and commissioners, $13,773. B0, just about a hun
dred dollars higher than last year; circuit court, $9,0:15, compared
with $8,975 last year: Medford justice court, $4,142; Ashland
justice court, $2,700; Gold Hill justice court, $2,547.80; sheriff s
otfice, $45,509. more than a thousand dollars less than last year.
Couty clerk, $35,906.25, nearly two thousand dollars loss
than last year; treasurer, $7,012.85; school superintendent, $13,
502.61; assessor, $50,553.62, compared with $42,349.49 for last
year; courthouse expense $23,454.72; jail, $8,845.20; farm home,
$41,068, compared with $51,384 last year; care of poor not at
county farm, $218,099, compared with $178,737 last year.
Juvenile department, $11,860; health department. $63,440,
compared with S58.320; water master, $12,121.50: countv agents,
$10,700; miscellaneous. $90,640; general road fund, $482,000;
market road fund, S227.540: emergency fund, $12,000: historical
fund, $25,000. The historical fund was voted by the people outside
the six per cent limitation.
Also figured in the total budget figure is $150,090 for the
county school fund, prorated on the basis of $10 for each of the
15.009 school census children, and the $1,500.90 for the county
library fund at 10 cents per child.
The budget committee states that the expenses allotted are
based on a careful study of the expenses of the county during
the past three and a half years and every item is believed to be
necessary for the proper transaction of the business of the county.
City budget committeemen Friday night approved a proposed
1950-1951 budget with a $399,670 general fund outlay and total
contemplated expenditures of $587,095.98.
A hearing was set for July 5 on the budget.
The general fund levy would be $154,200, which is $30 within
the six per cent limitation. Outside the general fund levy will be
levies of $72,000 to retire bonds and $13,099.48 for the library.
This means $239,299 to be raised by taxes plus a four mill levy for
the fire department and one mill levy for park purposes.
Other Expenditures
Expenditures budgeted outsided the general fund are $74,854
for the fire department; $42,887.50 for the swimming pool and
park: $19,709.48 for the library and $60,785 for the police traffic
department.
Exact millage cannot be determined until new assessed valua
Molten Lava Flows
In Two Rivers to
Sea from Mountain
Kona, Hawaii, June 3 (U.R)
Two great rivers of molten lava
from erupting Mauna Loa
burned their way to the sea to
day in a performance more
frightening than deadly.
' But residents, nervous be
cause of the sulphurous odors
and the continuous boom of ex
plosions within the molten rock,
feared new fissures may open in
the world's largest volcano.
Two tiny coastal villages, Alae
and Pahohoe, have been en
gulfed by the lava streams, one
of them two miles wide, but the
small town of Hookcna, at foot
of Mauna Loa, thus far has es
caped. Mauna Loa erupted Thursday
night in a spectacular display
that sent flames shooting hun
dreds of feet into the air. Twin
lava flows with startling swift
ness pushed to the sea within 24
hours.
Today the sky over Mauna
Loa was filled with thrill seek
ers who chartered planes to fly
over the 13,654-foot volcano.
School Baccalaureate
Service This Evening
Baccalaureate services for 240
seniors of Medford high school
will be held at 8 p. m. today at
the school auditorium.
The Rev. Hollv Jarvis. pastor
of the First Christian church, will
f;ive the sermon. The Rev. Stan
ey G. Keller, minister at the
Church of the Brethren, will be
presiding minister and will give
the invocation and benediction.
Processional and recessional
number will be played by the
high school orchestra directed by
Miss Melba Chchak. Miss Lor
raine Vcidt will direct the school
choir In numbers, "To Thee We
Sing" and "The Lord's Prayer."
A number of seniors will par
ticipate in the music portion of
the service.
Commencement exercises for
the class of 1950 will be Thurs
day, June 8.
Jail Sentence To Be
Served Nights Only
Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna
Friday pronounced Edwin
Jurvakeinenen of Medford
guilty of contempi of court
for disobeying e court order
to provide for hit wife and
three children. The 60 day jail
sentence imposed will be serv
ed only during the evenings
and nights of the two-month
period.
During days Jurvakeinenen
mult report lo hit regular em
ployment so that his income
will be available for the sup
port of his family. One hour
after he it through work in the
evening he mutt report back
io the county jeil to be locked
up for lhe night.
MEDFORD, OREGO JNDAY, JUNE 4,
(Acmt Hadut-Tlphatot
MAUNA LOA ERUPTS Naming lava Illuminates the night sky and billows smoke 20,000 feet into
the air as Mauna Loa volcano near Hllo, Hawaii, slates lta most spectacular eruption In many years.
Photo, taken from 13,700 feet, almost level with the volcano's peak, shows lava, steam and flame belch
ing from crater (bottom), while fiery rivers of molten lava (background) move toward the ocean.
Figures in County's
Census Expected Soon
Ray M. Feves, district super
visor of the United States cen
sus, Saturday advised The Mail
Tribune that editing and compil
ing of the nose-count in Jackson
"Is in the final stages." He said a
release of thc preliminary fig
ures would be made "as quickly
as possible."
In explaining the delays en
countered in Jackson county,
Feves said "There has been a
tremendous Increase of irrigation
and agriculture ... in the past
10 years, and this has delayed
us somewhat."
No figures for cities in his
enumeration district have been
released, Feves pointed out, and
the only releases made have been
mad in cities where tabulation
and editing was completed.
City Firemen Called
To 2 General Alarms
Medford firemen answered
two general alarms within about
six and one-half hours yesterday.
The blazes reportedly had no
serious results.
At 5:30 a.m. yesterday fire
men were called to Riverside
aparlments where fire did slight
damage lo clothing in a suitcase.
It was thought that a cigarette
had'been Inadvertently dropped
into the suitcase.
At noon sludge in a pan at
Acme cleaners, 1728 North River
side avenue, ignited from an in
cinerator spark but the fire was
extinguished before firemen ar
rived.
Friday and yesterday firemen
washed down the street in four
placet where gasoline spilled.
.s Completed As
s of Other Areas
tion figures are published by the county. It is pointed out that the
millage based on the present assessed valuation is figured at about
New assessed value should
Central Point, June 3 Residents of school district No. 6 (con
solidated) will have an election and hearing on the proposed 1950
1951 budget on Tuesday, June 6, at the Central Point high school
building.
Total outlay of the budget is $363,117 with $231,131 to be
raised by taxes. Of the levy $60,631.13 is within the six per cent
limn ana 5i (u,i!i.M7 outside.
Combined Expenses
Election hours will be 2 to 8 p.m. standard time (3 to 9 p.m.
dayliRlit time.) This year's budget represents the combined ex
penses of the five former districts
us own midget last year.
School authorities have pointed out the necessity of a favor
able vole, saying the budget has
vote is favorable, the board will
one-third of the required amount.
sary maintenance and repair, additional teachers' and sinking fund
and interest lor me new bond issue, the millage for next year will
ne a sngnt reaucuon irom tnis
Discussion Set
School Board Chairman Don Burclson said this morning that
hoard members will canvass the vote after the election Tuesday
night and that discussion concerning the new high school naming
contest may be on the agenda.
Three school board directors for the enlarged district will be
elected on June 19. Hold over directors are Don Patterson for one
year and Otto Bohnert for two years. Terms of the three new
ciirectors will be determined by lot, one for five years, one for
four and one for three. Nominating petitions so far have been
filed for Homer Conner, Willow Springs, and Dale Collins and
Jolm btieoer, Hold Hill.
Central Point, June 3 Central Point citizens will ballot Mon
day, June 5, on a $28,135 city budget which is $4,513 in excess of
the six per cent limitation but approximately $8,000 less than for
tne past year.
Estimated receipts in the new
would be raised by taxes.
The saving in the new budget in comparison with the current
one should amount to about eight mills on dollar valuation, ac
cording to Arden Pinkham, city recorder.
Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the city library,
The fale of a $35,000 bond
sion of the Ruch-Sterling school will be in the hands of the voters
in that district tomorrow when they cast their ballots from 3 until
9 p.m. (DST) in the schoolhouse there.
If approved, the bond issue would furnish funds to acquire
rive or six acres or additional land and for three new classrooms.
a cafeteria, play shed, transportation facilities and equipment for
inc Dunning.
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Late Sports
Portland, June 3 Medford
hiqh trackmen set four new
AAU meet records for high
tchool boys Saturday night and
piled up what was probably
the largest tcore for any one
tchool in the flnalt of the ttate
competition held here.
Jack Morrit let a new record
in the 100 with 10.2 and alto
equaled that mark in the pre
liminaries in the afternoon. Al
to at night the fleet local boy
went over the low hurdlei in
a record time of 22.3, which
wat better than hit time in the
prelimt.
D. C. Millt let a new AAU
diicui mark with a throw of
162 leet 10 inchei.
The Tornado relay learn of
Bill Buckingham, Bill Pruitt,
Lou Bittle and Jack Morrii
broke the AAU mark with a
1:33.3 time.
Bittle alto wat lecond In the
440 with a time of 51.4, Frank
Morrii captured the high! In
14.9 and Roger Hobbi wai
third in the mile with a time of
4:37.5.
Medford Rogues fell before
the power of the K 1 e m a t h
Felli GemalnaFar Weit
league baieball game at the
fairgroundi park Saturday
night si the viiiton took a 18
to 7 deciiion with 19 hits be
ing made off Medford's
pilcheri.
Bill Adami with a three
bagger and Don Williams with
three hilt in four trips paced
Medford.
The linetcore:
Ktmlh. 050 043 04018 19 3
Medfd. 001 200 301 7 1 4
DeWilt. Kiltie (7) and Tri
endot: Smith. Hueners (2),
Hyatt (5) and Martin.
Tribune
1950
No. 61
bring this figure down.
in the consolidation. Each made
been carefully prepared. Unless
have authority to levy only about
In spite of provision for neces
year s levy.
budget are $15,625 and $12,510
issue for Improvement and expan
Bulletins
Seattle. June 4 (U.R)
Johnny-come-lalely Seattle
sewed up itt fifth straight
Pacific Coait League series
win Saturday night at big
Jim Wilion pitched lix-hii ball
to down Lot Angelei 5 to 1.
Portland, Ore., June 3 (U.R)
The Pacific Coait league baie
ball game between Portland
and San Franciico hare Satur
day night wai called at the end
of 15 inningi with the score
tied S to 5.
Portland Population
370,257 Census .Says
Portland, Ore., June 3 (U.R)
The population of Portland totals
370,257, a 21.142 per cent gain
over 1940's total of 305,394, Dis
trict Ccnsusc Supervisor Carl J
Gilson said today on the basis of
preliminary census tabulations.
Gilson said the total count for
Multnomah county was 467,762,
a 31.73 per cent increase from
the 1940 census of 355.099.
Both figures were considerably
below earlier local estimates
which put the Portland popula
tion as high as 434,614 and the
county count as high as 590,000.
He said there was no doubt
fewer people lived In Portland
and Multnomah county now thin
did at the end of the war or even
two years ago when many left
alter the Vanport flood.
LONDON STRIKE SPREADS
London, June 3 4UR) A rapidly-crowing
strike of lightermen
handling gasoline and oil for
London's buses threatened Lon
don s surface transportation to
day.
Moonshine Country
ombed by Officers
In Hunt for Trio
Heavily Armed Woman,
Two Men Are Object
Dallon. Ga.. June 3 (U.R)
Three wily desparadoes skipped
in and out oi nortn ueorgias
mountainous "moonshine" coun- '
try tonight, completely baffling
posses from two states for a third
day.
Patrolmen from Georgia and
from Tennessee, the starting
place of the heavily-armed
threesome's tour with a sub
machinegun two days ago, gave
up the hunt for the time being.
Don't Know Location
"Now we don't know where
they are," a spokesman for the
officers said following a vigor
ous but fruitless prowl through
a section of Fort Mountain north
of here.
After the two men and their
red-haired woman companion
eluded a "trap" between Dalton
and Fairmount, 25 miles to the
southeast, they were believed to
have escaped to the mountain in
a stolen pickup truck.
Later, however, the patrolmen
said they believed the despara
does were "nowhere around
here."
Country Not Safe
Cel. W. H. Tipton of the Geor
gia highway pairol radio station
here said that possibly the
moonshiners" themselves had
made the country unsafe for the
fugitives.
One of the men and the wo
man apparently got out first and
stole a truck neap Fairmount,
the officer said. Before picking
up the vehicle they brazenly in
vaded a lumber yard and terror
ized the watchman while they
dried their rain-soaked clothes
before a sawdust fire, police
said.
Keyt Left In Truck
Then they got in a truck
whose owner had left the keys
in the ignition and streaked
north on U. S. highway 411
toward Chatsworth and the Ten
nessee border. In a manner as
yet unexplained they got
through a road block and ap
parently picked up the other
man at a rendezvous.
It was at first thought the
second man had been abandoned
by his companions. The fugitives'
route took them along a ridge
notorious for its moonshine ac
tivities and toward uncertain
hospitality of the illicit whiskey
makers.
Low Humidity, Heat
Expected for Area
Medford office of the weather
bureau yesterday indicated no
real relief in sight from the cur
rent heat and low humidities and
the state forest patrol advised
against unnecessary burning.
The humidity yesterday aver
aged slightly higher after drop
ping to nine per cent for three
hours Friday. Ten per cent was
low for yesterday. Temperature'
yesterday was 95 degrees, and
f rlday BO.
Patrolmen reported two fires
in this area Friday. A brush fire
spread from the city dump at
Grants Pass and burned 25 to
40 acres of mostly brush. There
was some pine and grass. The
city put 15 to 20 men at work
righting the blaze. A United
Press report said that a crew of
high school youths was recruited
to battle the flames.
A small grass fire burned over
about two acres near the Med
ford corporation mill Friday.
Rising Tidal Waters
In San Joaquin Area
Antioch. Cal.. June 3 (U.R)
Hastily reinforced levees held
off rising tidal waters on the
San Joaquin river's delta islands
today, but only after the flooded
river had caused an estimated
$1,000,000 damage and forced
the evacuation of 20 families and
1,200 head of sheep.
Scores of tired workers who
had piled sandbags along the
weakened levees all last night
anxiously watched the tide rise
to within inches of the top this
morning before It began to re
cede.
The swollen river broke
through a levee Friday on 5.500-
acre King Edward island, forc
ing 20 families to evacuate along
with 1,200 sheep. More than a
dozen families on nearby Brad
ford Island slept In upper floors
of their homes.
Charles Floto. owner of King
Edward island, estimated flood
damage at more than $1,000,000
with the destruction of 850 acres
of corn, 3.000 acres of barley
and an unknown acreage of as
paragus.
I3-State Alarm Out
For Alleged Killer
New York. June 3 (U.R) A
13-state alarm was broadcast
Saturday night for a 17-year old
former mental patient wanted In
homicide charncs in the park
bench killing of his father.
Mart n Openshaw. wealthy 7u-
vear old exporter was shot to
death early Saturday while air-
ng himself i n a nelgliDornooa
Bronx park.
Police said warrant had oeen
issued for Ooenshaw's son. Stan
lev. who thev said spent eight
months in a mental hospital last
year.
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