Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-22 | Page 2 | Threat of Wind Spurs Fighters

THREAT OF WIND SPURS FIGHTERS SEATTLE Aug 22 UP Fire RI-Fire Fire FirefIghters Firefighters fighters sparred against the vagaries vagaries vagaries va va- va- va garies of the weather today in their battle to control the sweep of two major forest blazes in Oregon Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon and Washington Scores of other fires remained a constant menace in the two states and British Columbia as as heat and low humidity continued to pile up troubles for fire crews Forest officials said a revived wind would whip a acre blaze blaz across a gap of ot two miles of over cut-over land and timber to threaten threat threat- en the little logging community of Sappho Sappho- Wash It is is- isa a settlement of persons in the northwest corner of the Olympic Olympic- C peninsula where Washington's snout protrudes protrudes protrudes pro pro- into the he Pacific