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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1927)
iWiVitinw Mi -j v, ini'ati'naawt. I - i rrr, flNIVUItglTY OP UIIC u LIHHAHY ' fct'litNa). una. - The Klamath N ivit CIRCULATION Dally average dUirlbullon fur lb (uuottl eudlni Marrb 31, 1H The Klamath News Official Paper of Klamath Falls 3694 J HiUr Audit lluriMtu of Circulation "THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER GET OUT YOUR HORN" Vo'- 4, No. 198 Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1927. (Every Morning Except Monday) .:&--4t!iV4l Blackmail Case Put Underway In Court Automobile Dealer Tells of Events Leading up - a . a . to Attack and Alleged1 Extortion Attempt ! . i Ed Dunham, prominent ! automobile dealer and victim j of a brutal attack and allotted! blackmail attempt on the night 1 of April 28 lust, occupied the j witness stand durinK the open- ing stag of the trial of Harry ' Walsh, his wife Marie, and i Roy Smith, charged with ex tortion, in circuit court here yesterday. In an even tunc tt voice. Dun ham related to the Jury whu will de clde Ihe itullt or Innocence of the re puted blackmail trio, events lending up to the attack which sent him to the hospital with a painfully frac tured arm and resulted In th r rml of WaUh and hi wife, and rtrailb. hlR-ned I'n-eka lr told how ho hnd first met the Wulshc In the process of dem onstrating an automobile. alleging that Mr,. Walsh lured lilin t) the Walsh residence on East Main under pretense of being lntereted In bur Ing an automobile and that her hus band forred him to ign checks ag gregating 1 1. out) because of "at tention to Mr. Vulh." E. 8. Taylor, salcxmun for the Dodge inniy. also occupied Ilia aland. It i n at that Mr. Walrh hail requested demonstration cf the ear he wa selling and that h had met Kmlth at Hi" Walsh hme on the or. raslon of tlm demonstration. Other liriiionslrAtlon Belli Water. salesman for Dun lin in. told that he had also been (Continued on pajco rive) First Car of Year ITlUHeS raier LiUKe I Uldsmob'le claim the ilM Ineilon ! of having bt-rn tlm first ear of the aeanon to penetrate the snowy fant Hesse uf Crater lak. the fent hav ing been accompllshril Weilneaduys by I.. A. Itramwell of the llrumwell fll.l.n..l.lln ...mnnv nf I hi. cltv e. rumianii u ,ti,i r iiiiii,ik., mi" i ha nlr The ear nai hcd Crater hike afler boring Ihruugh snowdrifts from five to f fieen feet In depth, returning here Thursday, men who made the unusunl trip stated I The ear was a stock model thut ' had been driven 2&.VU0 miles, and 1 I now on display at Ihe llrumwell I Oldsmoblle sale room at Hcventli and ! Klamath. A demonstration In which Ihe plirclug lilusls from horn of aj ternoon featured ih. return of Ihe I triumphant utomolille. Radicals in China Soon to be Ousted HIIANtillAI. June .10, (A.P.1- New received here loduy from llnn kow, sent of the radical nationalist government headed by Kugi ue Chen, while meigre. .1 Interpreted ns meaning that Important rhangesl are being brought about there pre-j nmahly In compliance with flic ul-1 tlmatum of Chiang Kul Hhek, the i modernto nattonnllst lender, and i (ieneral Veng Vii-llslnng to ousl the Kusslnus, iiuusli Ihe radlcul luborj union and stifle communism gen erally. A llrlllsh navy radio message slate that the llusslan, Michael llorodln, advlanr lo the llnnkow nationalists, will leave tonight for an nnslateil nesiiuaiinn. uru all Knsalaiis, except meinher of tho eonsulnle staff, will leave within 14 hours, IH.it eertuln Ini.or union i i ,nnv.,l iht the nlcknt-r .v.tem has been abolished nnd that there Is a liirge movement of troop aeros Iho river Witclnng to guard the rail head. other reports from llnnkow state there I generut feeling Hint the ; sower nf the radicals end. and that tho complete urhlngi of labor union ojoes Is a maltor of day. It being added th.it official circles aa well the public arc etpccllnf great change In the gov urnmcntal policy In Iho next few daj". METHODIST CHURCH HAVEN OF REFUGE FROM CHICAGO HEAT ' CIIICAtiO. Jun SO. tA.IM , (irnee Methodist Episcopal church j was opened In refugee from I hi hcul here today. Tin- extremely llilik wall of thr rhurt'h, auino nf them 3 Inches j were suld lu provide such lliormiKli 'Insulation l tin I temperature Inside j was twenty degree cooler thiiii tin outside air. I Chicago' temperature at II u. m ; ' K I degree, us uKiilust it sinrt Ing reading uf XI yesterday, when ' I'll' ileal. iiii'iiii " w ..'.' iiumiiiity rose to record t m . . " :r First Six Months Of Year Hit New Construction Mark Record of Building Inspector Show Increase of $4,000 Over Same Period in 1926) Establiihet Record. liplte the fort (hit June of till year showed n slight decrease over ttie miitie Mrl,Nl In limit, bullilliiic iM-riiilta for the flrHt liulf year lit hlumiitli Fall exceeded tile tll'JII till ill b HI.IHHI, It via revealed on the Int dny of lite luolilll enterilay by reeortN In the rlty IiiiIIiIIiio; lltHiMYtor'ii office. The biilldlna: perniU total for the firm all montha In 1 It lula. D72. while the fliture for the Initial j half of thin year wa yeaterduy alinwn to be 2.1.2SS. I June' toinl thl year hit the hlnh mark of S.'su.HTO. raenrda Indliaied. a marked lnerene nvi May of thl, j year, when I lie bulletin; total (top ped at "."OS. . While forecanta by rontnrlorii earlier In the year were for greater residential bullilliiic activity and lea of commercial and Induntrlul eon atriirllon. permit granted no fur till year bure upnet theae predlc tlona. Two large projei't laiimheil dur ing the moiiltt 4u closed, the I'lccadllly theatre and Hie Furili apnrtment houpe. have helped to annw nniler realilenllnl conntrurtlon whowliiK. while a nunilM-r of other lurger atrurlurca alnre the aprlng building activity began, have a No added to the heavy commercial and liidiiKtrlul ronatructlon proKrJiu. .Meanwhile cnnMriicilon aetlvliy I at It height In ill part of the city. The I'ellcan theatre la among the more Interesting Job now derway. a structural teel beams rising skyward lend a new note to construction. As fast aa one structure Is completed and thrown oiien. another nearby block. la Ktarted on some ' " I)ScirmiimPnt MiPi" MJlOUl 1IIU1IIC11 1 I'lVCl May be a Success WASHINGTON. June HO .(A.l'.l, I'roiipects of a successful outcome 1 of the (leneva iieKotlnllon ipiieared greatly enchanced to atuto depart- i incut officials with the aiioiincement that Amerlca'a purity with Knglnnd In all classes of vessels would not tie questioned by (irent llrltnln. Thl ' development Indications Unit the coupled with Itrlilsh delera-!''1 tlon I realltlng the futility of it- ""mptlng to reopen Whl..Klon treaty provlsllon. led depnrlment offlctnla lo hope that final ugrej- , incut upon auxlllury craft llinita- tlon I becoming a matter of time and pallenl discussion. KuggestloiiH that present n i 1 1 a 1 ililp dlspurlty In fnvor of fireti' ! llrltnln, due In Ihe recent launch-1 Ing of Ihe Nelson and llomney, super hnlileshlps of ftn.OOO tun . cmh, might be corrected hy suit-1 stun replacement arranKcments, up pnrcnlly wn favorably received In offlrlnl circle hero. Holiday Motorists To Escape New Oil Oil! of rourttmy to the many mo-; ! ... I tnrlsts who will be using Tho Dulles- California highway north of llil cky over the coming week-end with ', In. i. i..i.. a.u i eiiHuiiiK holiday. July 4th, the slate highway department will c.'asa1 II oiling operations tJiluy, C. ('. Heeley, resident engineer, announced J Thursday. """ '"'"ib. uiero win lie " "'r'' "Hlng In the Kort Klainnlh ii nd Algoma region until Tuesday," Hie engineer stilted. "This will ftlvo tho oil now d.iwn, rhanco lo dry before tho heavy holiday trnfflc Btnrta Halurduy nfternoon and even- , ., ., ,. ,i vanilla ui-i I limn luuny will ,,,, ,o effect between Algomn nnd Modoc Point. On Tuesday It I believed the oiling crews will start north again giving the hlghwa a second tout, starling In about Modoc Point, Complete Election R e t u r n s Available Final Count Shows Road , Bond Issue Passed with ; Big Margin; Income j Tax Bill Opposed j Complete returns from all Klamath precincts, tubulated! by the county clerk Thursday , afternoon, made possible an j official count of votes which broutiht the special election to: ti showdown, revealing the at-! tittidu of the Klamath elector-' nte on all measures on the ballot. . The J Mm. null road bond laaur wh pHNfed by a aafe margin oft i't voiea. the menaiire huvlng puaa- j ed lu nil but elglii county precinct ' lilld deaplle Ihe oppONltloll which It i met at city polling place. The, offlrlnl count was 111 ves and! 3.ri no. 1 Those county preclurt voting' eriilnt the meiiMure were Pine, t.rove. Otlrll. Ml l.akl, .Merrill. .V illn. Topy. Tule Lake and Wor- i din. M u I In and Ml. Ijikl showed! atrnllgesl oppoNlllon. while Tupsy 1 went loo percent against the road' bond Issue, the county clerk'a fig- i urea showed. ! tin other measures on the ballot, ' Klumulh county exhibited a dis tinct "no" tendency, except In Ihei ruse of Itepreacntntlvo A. M. Col-! Hit's voters' registration bill, negro I suffrage, officers' pay amendment I anil the .V'stucra closing. , tlov ,rmir I'nttersnn's Income tin hill (I'ontlnneil on 1'agr Kllil) Alleged Vendors Of Booze Caught PnUfti TlturMiUy add ml two morn, nlh-Rfd boutli-iifitni to tliHr lottK I1M 1 nf llMiior Ihw vlolntorii hy "knm klnK I nvr" F. W. Van IliiHklrk iinil llur-1 tuun IturKtuun on rharitcn of po- iTHHluil. Vuii HiiNkirk's riiturn hy ( hif of I'ullro Ki'llh AmhruHv wji m apur- i int-uUr om atuKvd on th avcomt floor of the Arcade apartment, ar cording to the story from the police. I Ambrose spotted Van llusktrk. It j I alleged, on the first floor of the i upartment house In Ihe purported act.' of delivering a bottle of the Illicit ' water. Thu alleged bootlegger ran for the second lory with Ambrose reaching for his ront tails. He made ' the grade and threw his lliiior i through a window Just us the chief nf police grabbed him. I'nstlug I20U cash bond, Van Has-) kirk wa released until hi hearing i today. Ilorgman was found at Ills : l,ul,,n - 011 I'oay. won ii inuin iti , P"'"". pollco Mated. I Senator Believes Dam Will be Built BAN KHAXCIHCO, Jump :1D. f t i !'.) Ht-nulor Henry H. AHliurrK. i ArlKuiui, ndniittcd toiHifht IiIh hvWvt Ihnt (tin ltouldrr ' diun project j oiKlhifd In thi HwliiK'JolitiHon MM, KooiiMr or luIiT will ho approved , hy ('ongreitH. ! He nn tor AnhurHt win the dr.imatlr j leader of tho nenato f llllhiifiter. j "Arlr.onu Ih rlht ond California! Ih wroiiR on the Moulder iliim qiten- I Hon." thu ci.ut or hi Id, Imllcntliig he, would not ree In htn detcr i mined oppotiilons "Mut Callfornln'h ; Influenrfl in ho wldc-Hpretid and the 'California angle Irm hpn no niHunl- tic lhat tl,n Hwlng-Johnwin bill or aliu as I m I I u as kill (aiiwlilil rn mm at n aa ( " " ' , i' " " , T'" J'1 ronrrK!, ,r c0 . ,m . ,ro,"",t ' ,h! "oor '" tlic House, TRUSTEES TO RUN B. OF L. E. ORDER CI.KVKI.ANI), Ohio, June .in. (V. I'.) Three trustee will administer the flnnnclnl activities of tho llroth erhond of l.ncnmntlve Kngliieers In accordance with n resolution adopt- c(l "tla afternoon at the convention of Ihe brotherhood here, The trustee named were Deorge W. Ilariihurt, Hpokane, Washington.! chairman of the hoard of the I'lcl-, ............ . i ne invsimeni company, a brother hood subsidiary: C. W. Simpson, f banker of Nashville, Tenn., and A J. Campbell of Fort Wllllnm On Inrlo, BYUD IS SAFE Itmllo hi I lii-s from liKX n eelveil In llila city enrl' Friday iiMTtiliiK after wire eoiiimiutlca tlona had In-s-n closest, rlMtel that Coniiiiaiiili r Itli lincil K. Hynl anil 111 three rontMin!on liiwleil tuifidy at .1: .1 a. in., I'arls time, lixlny. Tlu blj( plain', KiiUlcil by flurea nlliwe vlvllilllly o I lie flyera wns iimtle inishIIiIo by rbirluic atiuoa phi-re, iillded dunn to ikhIi xllli lu 'JIM) metre of If lloiirget rllng fli-lil orlitliuil ilestliinllon of the Aiiieiicau nvlnturs. Ntoiius nml h fMlllntf roiiiMi kept t lie America In I lie nlr iilnive Tarla for a lonaj while, Willi I lie plum eolliplelely lost to watcher on Hie fl)lng flidds, at Intervals, when It wo feared Hint a abnrtaire of gasoline Mould cause a forced landing; 'sutuewbere In France. i i Richard Grace to Take Off for Hop To Mainland Today "Broken Neck" Aviator Will Fly Alone Except for Mas cot Dog) Mope to Span Pa cific. IIAIIKINtl HA VIMS, llnnnluill Nlnuils. June no. (CI.) The tnke orf of the proM,rsl trnit Iiii If le nlrplnne flight lo turn Angeles by Itlchnnl (iraiw was ileflnltcly mvt for ibiybreiik lo biiiitiiH follonliox rerclpl uf wuril of Iniprov'lna; weather condition tonlutit. . tlrnce. "broken necked' aviator from Moll) wood. Calif., personally announced that he would t.tko off for the California coast. Ilriire weiuv Immediately to the llurklug Hand flelrl, where long ruiiwuy was cleared recently for the take-off of his plane. He has nnnoiimed lb it he would make the flight alone, hut kept secret hi proposed landing plac In California. Ills little mascot dog III accompany Jilni. Flight test ham been g!v:6 iiie plan for several days, and 500 gallon of gasoline were ready lo be poured Into It lank thl after noon. New Vote Offer is Extended Workers Candidate In The Klmiuilll .New and F.vcnlnic llernbl' an.. (Hill automobile and prise cam. imlim. and those men and women who an' about to enter the race, are apprised of a iMiwrrful anil effective method hy which lo win the four automobiles and many other nwnnls soon to lie given awny. Willi the aiinouiicement to day of a l( II.IMHl extrai vote offer, lo niniilii In effi-ct only ilurlng Hie early du of the rnlllHilKn. Ilrlefly. the offer Is this: Kverv I candidate who turns In before 8 p. m.. July 3:1. a club of 120 In new : subscriptions to '. lie New or Her ald, will receive a bonus of lno.ooil extra vote In addition to the regu-1 Inr votes Issued on each Individual ; subscription comprising the club, "j It la the biggest vole offer of the entire campaign. It will not i he repealed and never ncaln In i lie : campaign will new subscriptions he i worth n many votes a during Oils, early period. ' Coming right at the beginning of ' The News' and Herald's huge piis 1 event, this special offer enables every participant to obtain thou- sands of votes that will come In , litindy whenth winner aro Ij h? decided nt the close. August ST. Only new subscriptions apply on this vote offer. These uliscrlpHoni : may he unv length from n-.ree months lu five year. A club may bo made up of News or Herald sub- (t'oitilnui-el on I'litte Five) WAItMMi! Itescrve your ticket right now for the Knit FrniiclHco-Mncruniento I'vriirslon July I'J, 1:1 nnd I I, ns the I'vncl nnmlM-r of persons milk ing Ihe trip must lie known. Call t milliner ot Commerce, im, or IheNouthern Fnrlrle ticket office, uml register for the trip. The excursion I limited lo I "(. so those who plan to neeonipniiv Ihe good-will caravan should make the tli-sili i- kmrvvii ill once. Hound trip Turn I "in, with n ten-day stop-over irlvilee extended. A ilnnce nintil I making ttie trip with Ihe R la ninth Fall dclc gallo, nnd plans innde known In the pro ellle to He visited Indies e nil ilvcc ptlonally rimmI time for i ll whVll" Klnmnth booster. Klamath To Have Spokane Junction; i G. N. Announces Plan to Place Two Cities in : Direct Connection via, Portland, Oregon - PORTLAND,' June 30, (U P) A Great Northern line tunning direct from Klamath Falls to . Spokane by way of Portland 'will soon be a real ity, according to local railway officials. Thl step, which ha long been contemplated, wilt be undertaken as soou Ihe Ureal Northern ex tension Into Itend mark a decided development In traffic. Application are now before Ihe Interstate com merce commission nt Washington asklug the u-e of Ihe Spokane. Fort land and Scuttle railway line In Ihe project. WUhrain A Terminus Wlshram.. Washington, ha been muntloiied a the probable northern terminus In view of the fact lhat It I Ihe Oregon Trunk' present terminus and over which line the tireat Northern will run II train In making direct eounecilon with Klamlh Fall. lteMHt IismmI lngrews Construction work by the -Oreat Northern south of Rend la proceed ing rapidly and official are confi dent that trtlna will be running Into the Klamath country before the end of Ihe year, In that event. It Is Indicated, the Ureal Northern will probably undertake to build lie own line from Bpokune to Klamath Fulls as early In lt k possible. Spokane Aviator Off to Air Derbyt HTOKANK. June 30. (AIM Nick 11. Mnmer. left the Hpokane airport at 3:37 a. m. today enroute to Mania Ana, l illf.. to enter the ulr race there next week. II" planned lo fly direct to either Port land or F.iiKcne. Ore., and after a stop at Medford for gasoline and another at Iteddlng. Calif., to land at Sacramento for Ihe night. He, planned to continue on to morrow to Santa Ana with a stop ut llakersfleld. A telegram from Mamer was received here from Ked llluff, Calif., saying he had reached that town In a non-stop flight from Portlnnd ut 11:15 a. in. thus omitting projected slops al Medford and Kugene, Ore., nnd Iteddlng, Calif. He I making n flight against I lino In competition with other avlntor flying to the Manlu Ana rncen. S. P. to Fight East And West Railroad SAI.KM. June .1. It. P.) Attack-! Ing the constitutionality of the pro-1 vision of the Interstate Commerce net linpowerlng tho ordering of rail line upon proof of nercnslty nnd : convenience, Ihe Southern .Pacific' loduy answered eomplnlntn of tltej Oregon Public Service commission. The commission ha demanded the construction of an east nnd west , line ncros renlrnl Oregon. A cop . of the answer filed with Ihe I. C. C, wa received today hy the Ore gon aonimlsslnn, j While Ihe railroad admit thai , vast area of rentral Oregon I with-j nut rail transportation. It contend Ih-it no renl necessity exist thai j would Justify the construction of such n line ns Is requested In the 'complaint of the Oregon commis sion. TOURIST TUMBLES FROM BIG MOUNTAIN ! -SALT I.AKK CITY, June 30, ttf. P. 1 Hufferlng from slight ruts nnd ; painful Injuries from a full from I one of Ihe many preclpllloii wall of "the grrit white throne," In Zlon Nutlnnnl park, VV. H. W; 1 Kvans, Pusadena, California, tourist. I was being given medical attention i tonight In a forest rubln below the , mountain. . Iteport here were thnl the In juries Kvans suffered In hi fall. supposedly while he wa attempting to scTle the nnconqnerod peaks. j were not so had but that he would he able to resume bl travel In a few days, DEAN OF AMERICAN STAGE IS NEARING DEATH IN HOSPITAL BAN' FKANCIHCO. Juno 30, (A. P I John Hrew, dean of the Am erican stage, I weaker today Una at any time since he wa stricken with arthritis and rheumatic level mure than a month ago, according lo hi personal physician, Dr. Law renr Hoffman. ' Several day ago when hi condi tion became alarming, bla nephew. John and Lionel Itarryniure ruahed lu Kali Francisco froth Hollywood. Ills daughter. Louise and son-ln-law. Jack leverau have been with Hrew ever since he wa taken lo the Dunle sanitarium here. Attention Already Diverted from Two Pacific Aviators Honolulu Turns Attention to Contemplated Feat of Grace and Mascot Dof ; Airmen Won't Fly Home. IIONOM'l.t', June UO, (I IV) -An Ihe efMM-tml fritf of Mut J. MmHIhiiiI nnil latent. .lln-rt HtueiilMtjter whlrli )-Htenjiy tlr reel tlieno ImIhiiiIi to fever hent of rA-rtteitient, ritterril tlu realm of tlw pimt tiHlay, Honolulu turn in! lu eye townnl the during Utile, ntunt rter, Mhkey (.rnrc, hKKlna: for iiernilrwlnn to Mart 111 NIkIiI alone, eirert for iiion rt loCi' croi the I'arlflr to Iok . nir'le. And .Malt land and HenenberKpr themsHre oeemed ready to look toward tomorrow rather than talk) about ymtorday. Their spcethca at a luncheon tendered In their honor, were brief. The only word, we rut virtually repetition , of the nhort In terview they Rave when they arriv ed yesterday. 'Orderii are ordem." wan the only comment they would uvike when word wan received from Washing ton prohibit Ins their hopo for re turn flight to the irmffilanri When they went nut to Wheeler Kleld to lnpeet their plane, they were like a pair of hoy returning to a beloved pony. They carefully went over the entire hlp and even' long after they had completed thel Innpertlon they remnlned In the hangar affectionately tlnkerlnc , about the great "Bird of I'lradlse." . which carried ihem arr-"U the long-j eni mreicii 01 open oceaj ever span ned by humanH. The day ot the heroes was rt on tlnuouH round of offlrlnl vIhIIh and hoc la I function, and although at 1 1 men the young men bordered near to a bored appearance, at all ttmen they continued to conduct them sclrea with uiinsaumlug dignity. Pendleton Police j May Hold Criminal I PKNKI.KTON. Ore., June 80. (A - Pendleton official are today coin-, niuiilrntlng with pollco department' In other cities to ascertain If John i Itussell, arrested here yesterday for ' disorderly conduct, has criminal j record. . , Itussell wn given 30 day In jail when he admitted forcing hi way Into a woman' home here and at tempting to assault her. No nlgnlf leunce wa at flrat attached to the arrest until a woman lodging bouna keeper requested police aid, alleg ing Itussell rented a room and con tinually watched her. Hull cases belonging to him con tained an Iron bar 11 inches long, puss keys and letter Indicating that lie hnd posed nndar various aliases, John Capparelll, Kwnrna Hon us, Frank Pusutil, John Pappa and J ie Marconi. He came here posing ns a railroad section hand. Health Unit Will , Test Camp Waters To safeguard camper from the ravage nf typhoid fever, the Kla- ninth County Health unit will Mut urdny Initiate a week' survey of nil ramping grounds In thl vicinity In j order to obtain water samples forj Inspection, Dr. U. K. Newaom. county health officer, stated Thursday. I "Campers often .endanger their I own live nnd those ot other hy becoming cnrelos about ramp snnttn-l tlon," thn physician stated, "and Itj l'i thl carelessness that we want toj check ' anil gunrd against. Much typhoid I tracoahlo to camping where outer have failed to keep their water supply dean:" All camp grounds will be In spected nnd valor teal msilo, and IhosiT showing contamination will he placarded, !r. Nowsom slated. Hy thl survey the health unit hopes to avoid typhoid epidemic In this county thl vear. America Reaches Goal But Can't Land Storms Keep Byrd in Air Over Paris; Gasoline Supply Runs Low; Ex act Location Unknown LE P.OURGET FIELD, Fri day, July 1. (UP) A drama tic battle between four avia-. tors and the elements was be inir waxed over Le Bourget this morning; as Commander Pichard E. Byrd and three; companions aboard the tri--motored monoplane "Ameri ca" attempted to make a land ing; after their non-stop flight from New York. Having reached their goal but un able to land because of' the den.n fog. rain and darkness which had. wiped out all landmark, the crew of the America wa circling their, plane over the flying field. No Keplle to Word Intermittently their radio asked for bearings but wbea their posi tion wa given them by many radio station they did not acknowledge that they had received It. The rain was coming down In torrent. It bad become a very severe storm.. Naval report at two; o'clock said it was believed the plane : waa near Havre, France. The coat- ' mander ot the naval aviation field at Havre ordered flare to be set lo guide Uyrd If h . a jtrd to. tend there. . . . r. . A United Pre correspondent reached Issy I.e Moullneauz at two fifty three a. m. 11:35 p. m. eastern daylight tlmcl and found no algn ot (Continued oa Page Five) . President to Have Party on Birthday UAPin CITY. June SO. (CP.) Firecracker, a big birthday cake, a cowboy band playing "Ile a a Yankee Doodle Dandy." and a reception for children and crowd of nearby cities these are some nf the feature planned for the celebration next Monday of President Coolldge'a birth day. t'auully the president has spent his birthdays quietly In the White House, but thin year he I going to get. a real western Fourth of July celebra tion to mark the SSth milestone of hi career. Mrs. Coolldge has quietly bought firecracker and secretly arranged with the cook at the summer White House to make a big rake, aa tbere are no caterer In this land of steaki and hardy fare. i She 1 known, too. to have bought a little present, but won't tell what It la. Real Summer Hits S. Cities of Nation CHICAGO, June 30. (P) Back ward summer, which dour prophet hnd said wa so tardy tt might not arrive at all, hn come at last. In all Its bindery reality. It struck the entire V'nlted States with a uniformity of humid heat that wa as great on the Atlantic and Pa cirir coasts a It waa In the .Middle West and South. One of thoso high pressure area of which the weather bureau apeak so often wa over the southeastern part of the country, and caused the national torrldlty. the Chicago me teorological experts explained. Phoenix. Aril..- a la frequently the rase, was the hottest spot In the forty-eight Mates, with a recording of 98 degrees. South Bend. Ind., however, had 97 degrees, which wa hot enough to set off a stock ot fire works exposed to the merciless sua. Knpld City, 8. D., where the pres ident 1 vacationing, waa one ot tho comparatively cool spot of the west- central stales, with It top ot 8. Washington wa the hot spot ot the Rust, with DO degree for yester day's maximum. On the Pacific coast state the tem perature high ranged from 61 at Sen tile, to HI at Fresno, with Ban Francisco another warm place with 90 degroe. , . Chicago sweltered at 14. and seven deaths during the day and night were ascribed to the heat. '