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8ome cloudiness today and .
H en da y, slightly cooler.
Max. Temp. Saturday 04,
Ufn. 46, Rain 0. Hirer -JS
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Salem, Oregon, Sunday .Ioraln?, May 14, 1839
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Parldns Meter
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Business Man Not "Sold"
on Idea ; Housewives, 1
- i Farmers Queried i
More Numerous Answers
Invited Through Mail
Coupon on Page "2 I
: ParkinK metera yea or no!
Sentiment was almost equally
dlylded in a poll taken by States'
man reporters daring tne past
week. Of 21 persons questioned,
nlii (arored the Installation of
parkins 'meters as contemplated
'ly the cliy council i 10 were
opposed and two were neutral,
though one of these was of the
opinion . that downtown jusines
would suffer.
, This - poll was . not extensl?
since The ' Statesman's purpose
was to quote the : opinions of
those questioned. A more exten-
sire mail poll will now. be con
ducted. A rotlns coupon appears
on "page 2, . which the reader
may . clip - and : mall - to "Safety
Valve Editor. The Statesman.'
Sentiment among . downtown
business men in Salem was
strongly ajalnst the innoTatlon,
so far as the preliminary inter
views . revelled it; housewives
ef Salem tod Tlclnlty wer also
mainly opposed. but downtown
business employes were t about
equally divided and farmers tn
terviewed were disposed to .'ayor
the proposal. t . '
The answers to ' the question,
c "do you favor parkins; meters
for Salem T" follow: ,
v Reynolds Allen, merchant: Me
ters would tend to drive the farm-
Evenly Divided
- er business . away from ; Salem's
downtown areas to the putlyins;
districts and ta other tawna. Gen
erally speaklnr, farmers don t like
somethter new. Rlrbt now: they
- ' arc-Just aettina used to parkins
tan, and would resent another
chance. In time they perhaps
would become accustomed to me
ters, but Salem would lose some
trade la the process.
Charles S. McElbinny, life in
surance agent: "It surely would
n't do for me; but we like the Idea
when we go to Portland. It's all
right when you have to pay only
now and then." v
M A. H. Nohlgrea, restaurant pro
prietor:, "I have always before
been in business in smaller places
.than Salem, so maybe I have a
- : small-town ; psychology. I would
oppose the meters here because
Salem, though larger, la not large
enough. To give an Idea of' the
-reaction - around here, when' 4 S-
minute parking went In. I knew
of a snverton woman who had her
car tagged twice on her first shop
, ping trip here. She was furious
r and- now goes elsewhere, -.taking
" away about IIS trade every Ume.
& Fay B. Rfce, meschant: A wn-
, derful Idea, we often nave cus
tomers abont" tcr-bny apair of
r'f shoes who suddenly, rush out be-
eauser they have' to move their ear
.:, to ayoid getting a ticket. some.
' times ther never come back; ' I'd
r rather have parking ' meters; I'd
go out and put the nickel In my-
V..-' aelf. If necessary, r .-
-. Edwin Schreder, merchant: fit's
nvr enlaion hat Salem la not yet
large enough to aecesslUU . park
ing meters. Z think also that ear
farmer customers r woald reseat
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it. n. rcatchford. : dentist r .
M tnmknarkins meters would be a
Am tkinK. Parkins Uss are new
definite problem with profes
sional men. and meters , wouia
. MAive it. 1 think their should jbe.
A :. tried la a tew of the bntiest Wocka
first. '" '
v - v un. Erie Batler, lwsswl
i Ot course there are two aides toi
the onestion. Personally I think
.. .they wUlbe qulU a help. On the
Plan 'id Shift
I Worries x Oregon; Delegation
By JOHN L WHEELER
WASHlKGTON May MlriftT
tregon members of congress re
gard with ' foreboding' President
Roosevelt's announced - Intention
ef transferring from the agricul-
tare department to the Interior
department forest lands which are
to be kept "for the primary pur
pose of recreation and permanent
public use." ..' ;
. They assert this plan, disclosed
to congress by -the president In
a message accompanying his sec
ond government reorganization
proposal, obviously was a prelude
to shifting Jurisdiction of the
Mount " Hood recreational : area
with lis ,1.000,000 j Timberline
4 lodge from the forest . serrict to
the national park service, j f
" There re" few such recreation-
" al areas in the United -SUtes,
which have become, as popular a
Mem
Parched Citise
Iriple Watf V olume
Used Over
Thirsty Lawns, People of
Water as Customary in July, Manager Reports;
7,350,000 GaUons Friday; Supply Ample ;
Thirsty lawns and thirsty people are sendincr the Salem
water department's business
oi the customary peak season,
reported yesterday.
. In proof VanPatten produced his daily and monthly
master meter reports. They showed that 7,350,000 gallons of
water was consumea oy me cny v-
Friday as against but 2,600,000
gallons on the same day in 1S28.
The Friday total was within
210,040 gallons of the 7,57,040-
gallon aU-tlme peak recorded on
Jnly 18, 1938. Neither of the two
days' figures Included water used
by the Oregon Pulp ft Paper com
pany under its surplus contract.
Even April showed a 0,040,350-
gallon increase over April, 1938,
with 57,288,525 gallons consumed
by the city last month and 51,-
239,175 gallons a year ago. In
addition ' the department . last
month sold 3 (,001,350 gallons of
water to the'paper mill under the
special contract. ; - v .
VanPatten's reeords showed
Friday's water consumption was
pot - equalled last yea until
June 21. The six million gallon
mark was not reached until May
31, when the paper mill service
was first begun.
Despite ' the heavy early de
mand for water, VanPatten said
he felt confident the : capacity
of the Stayton island under-
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US G)ndemnatioii
Handed to Japan
Admimstratixm lairitains
Disapproving - Attitude
on Civilian Bombins r .
WASHINGTON, May 13P
, new American condemnation
of Japanese bombing of Chinese
civilians was disclosed today,
along with other indications' that
the administration was stead
fastly , maintaining its disapprov
ing attitude toward the invasion
of China.
Secretary Hull announced that
Ambassador Joseph C. . Grew, ' ;.t
his direction, had made Tery
earnest representations "Thurs
day at Tokyo against the recent
bombing of four unfortified Chi
nese dues.
- At the same time the state
denartment published export
data showing that American mu
nitions sales to japan nave
ceased -completely since January
1. Secretary Hull appealed last
year to manufacturers not to eU
planes ' to governments us! n g
them to bomb civilians.
The dispatch of a nearby
American destroyer - to investi
gate the Japanese seizure of the
International settlement of i the
south China port city of Amoy
provided ;ftur another indication
of the administration's attitude.
A dispatch ; from Consul Karl
D. Maevittyat Amoy said the
Japanese landed 150 troepa Im
mediately after the first Incident
of violence, there, which involved
a Chinese.
River Gillnetten Take
.Firf Whale in History
v ASTORIA, Ore., May 13.-ff-
The first whale ever , snagged
with a Colambia- river gUlnet
was towed - Into shallow - atet
today after a three-hour pull by
Tom Jorgenson and William
MatUla. '
Their victory was not without
its cost tor they lost i fathoms
of their, net In snaring the 3 5-
foot mammal.- . -
Forest Lands
tourist and sports mecea as Mount
Hood. It is the pride of the for
est service. The Oregonians con
tend that "perhaps' the president
had been urged by interior de
partment officials to remove the
competition -which Mount Hood
has .given. Mount Rainier nation
al nark." explaining that the gov
ernment charged admission to the
park while Hood area: was tariff
-free. i-
Should the Mount : Hood area
be removed to the national park
service. It undoubtedly would be
placed ' on the same tariff basis
as a park, the Oregonians Id.
, If the president - specifically
bad- in mind the transfer, of the
Mount Hood area to the Interior
department, such a transfer
would not be ' unaertaaen oeiore
ert year. -..
The pasage to the president's
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Mar ;
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Si mcd Year
Salem Consume as Much
soaring two months in advance
Manager Cuyler VanPatten
. , .
Portland Closure
So Rules Morse ; Monday
Hearing to Settle
Right to Close
PORTLAND, Ore., May 13-tiPl
-The Port of Portland closure by
a labor dispute three days ago cre
ated a coastwide emergency,
Wayne L. Morse, west eoast water
front arbiter for the labor depart
ment, ruled today. , ,
. Morse said he had assumed jur
isdiction and would open an ar
bitration hearing Monday to , de
termine, "whether the employers
have the right to close a port by
suspending operations until the
union conforms to certain condi
tions demanded of the union by
the employers . ." w". " . .
The Waterfront Employers' as
soclatlon closed the ; port when
CIO International Longshoremen's
and Warehousemen's union mem
bers refused to work the William
Luckenbach, Union men refused
to cross a -picket line established
hy the Maritime Office Workera
union in protesting alleged refusal
of the Luckenbach steamship com'
pany to obey a national labor re
lations board brder t reinstate
ti !! mamtKri vflTa hV m. -- fv
Morse said the. case would be
restricted to a decision solely, on
right of , employers - to close , the
port. The Luckenbach'Question, he
said, win be settled by a local ar
biter or be heard by. him at a
separate session. .
Gentian Air Lines
Here Get Handicap
WASHINGTON. May 13.P-
Gerraany will be shut out ef com
mercial transatlantic airlines to
the United States until some time
after the lines to. Great Britain
and France are established' and
making money.. . : i
Informed officials, " who gave
this as their conclusion, said today
that it was based primarily on eco
nomic reasons, whatever political
considerations of bad ' diplomatic
relatione between the . U n 1 1 e d
States and Germany may enter the
picture. . i.' :Vt--,'V;w
- Germany asked ever two. years
ago tor. permission: to- establish
regular service ; to thia country.
But no favorable answer thus far
has been grren nor will It be
given for some tlme.-- ;. -
onyoys
ar
Droivned in Surf
? EUREKA, . Calif.; May 18.-JP)
-Two -l-yearold Oregon'youths,
Melvin Arens of Eagle point and
Jamie ;. Phelps of U e d t o r d ,
drowned oday Ja the ocean surf
about a mile north' of Crescent
City, They , had been swimming
and were believed to have been
caught by ; en . undertow. The
bodies had not. been recovered
tonight, ; 4
Truman Phelps of Medford,
father of one of the boys, nar
rowly escaped 'ther same - fate
when' he . heard cries for help
and went to their assistance. He
was pulled unconscious from the
surf . by Kenneth Rice of Cres
cent City and . Deputy Sheriff
Frank Blackerby of Del Norte
county, , and ; was revived on the
beach.,; ' .-4K. ': .-.r :'Vv
WPA FamilUi Protest :
f Orders to Change Jots
COEUR D'ALKNE, Idaho,; May
13.-ff-Approxlmately . 150 men,
women ' and children staged ' a
short-lived "sit-down strike" to
the regional TWPA offices . here
todays to protest of 'recent WPA
roll redactions and transfer of
WPA - workera to - blister ; rust
control' Jobs. .
WESTERN DfTEuSAHOXAL ,
Tacoma 7, Wenatchee ' !
Taklma - S, Spokane o.
Vancouver S, Bellingham 0. -
' Second game: '
Vancouver .9, BelUngham . X
Emergency
1N
yreg
Late Sports
Recom
Entire State :
Feels Climax:
Of Dry
No . Serious Forest Fire
Burning now but ,
Outbreak Feared
Most Blazes in Hand
but; Humidity Low
in all Sectors
Maybe It's not true, as some
Salem folk, tow, that the Pioneer
atop : the. statehouse yesterday
afternoon looked . furtively
around, dropped the axe he holds
in his right hand, and tne over
coat or whatever it la he wears
slung ; over : his left shoulder),
then mopped hla - brow jfore
resuming his heroic stance once
more..-; ' - ':".:" : " 4 .-".'"
But it la true that the 94
degrees registered officially at
3:35 p. m. made, Saturday the
warmest May day -ever written
Into the weather - bureau's rec
ords here. - which go back to
1923. ' - - '
It was Jaly or August weather
with a vengeance, and waa em
phasized by a record 02-day
drought period behind It.
It was the warmest day here
abouts since July 21. 1938, when
a lOi-was registered.
Maximums of 94 have been
reached here often before but
the earliest date heretofore was
on June 0. 1935.
Weather forecasts . Indicated
some relieving cloudiness today,
100 Degree Marks
Climax Record Drought
PORTLAND, : May 1 fP-A
boiling sun : steamed tempera-
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Ship
Monarch - Certain to Be
Day Late in Arrival in
' new World
ABOARD EMPRESS OF AUS
TRALIA. May 15.-(CanadIan
Press) -Dense fog still held the
liner Empress of Australia in the
iceberg region of the North At
lantic late today, making certain
that King George VI and Queen
Elizabeth, wound be a day lata ar
riving at Quebec for their tour of
Canada and the United States. : ,
During the day the ship had
only one good run, about a. nu
EST,, when the fog cleared some
what and her idling englnea again
began driving -westward. - '
The fog closed down again in 20
minutes, however, and the Uner
had to : atop. Between daybreak
and iz:ie p m. est, she made
only 18 mlleav;2?i ;
Once, when - the specially as
signed lookout men sighted an Ice
berg directly tor the path of the
liner - the - ahlp'a engines were
uulekly -reversed. Warning of that
particular Iceberg was gives by
the wart of cold air noticed by all
on deck., ':: "'.;.
Spell
Fog
andlcebers
Infant SafeinUQthtfsJh
mer Being Held as Hostage
Mrs. Opal S ulcer .zr."l tclli fcer 14-mcrtLs-cIJ sea, Jl.-rty, afe in
her arms aala after kiz rescue from her esir&sed Lzsnd, James
, W. Sulcer, who he! J the child as a hosus In a -' "
.'. near Sidney, Neb daring an ei-!it-Lorr ft'e ty crTlcers. Eulrer
shot and kLIed Llmsrlf after the talry was rescued ty Cheriff . W.
; SchulT 11 P ycleiaat,Y.- - .- ;
(lif ornia !s
Ccibed After.
Putnam Grab'
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Publisber Avers : 'Nazis'
" Kidnap, Threaten
Hfrh Over Book
Husband of Earhart Is
SlJreed After Queries ii
by two Abductors , TT
LOS ANGELES, May U.-(-Southern
California police" con
ducted a widespread search today.
for two men, declared by. George
Palmer . Putnam, ' book publisher
to have kidnaped him from, his
North Hollywood home last night
and left him bound and gagged, in
an unfinished house in Bakers-
field a tew hours later, .i s
Putnam, 6 2. husband ef the late
Amelia Earhart, woman flier, said
his kidnapers demanded the name
of the author of the anonymous
novel. The Man Who Killed Hit
ler," - published' recently, by Put
nam. He declared i ther did - not
hurt him, but that they suggested
it would be "healthier If he with
drew the: book from circulation.
"Ther were just two shadows
to me," Putnam said. "One waa
short and one. waa tall. One spoke
English fluently. The other did
not address me but spoke only to
his camp anion. Both were German
and talked with each other In Ger
At hla home here today the
publisher said he would ask an In
vestigation by federal officers.
Two department of Justice agents
went to Bakerafield to question
Putnam. '
Mystery Pboae Call ..
Precedea His Capture
Putnam told aherlffs officers
two men seized him and pushed
him Into hla car when he went te
hla garage shortly before T:3B last
evening to call upon Rex Cole,
Hollywood actor's agent and hla
close friend. ?
An hour before, he said, hla sec
retary, Miss Josephine Berger, had
received a-telephooT call from a
woman rwho Identified herself s
CoU'aecreU-and., asked Jthat
Putnam come te- hla home to dls
ctas 'aa important matter.' .. .
- They blindfolded me and tied
my hands," the publisher- said.
"We . drove for about, an hour.
I asked them what they wanted
and reminded them - that kid
naping - was a " serious offense.
They said they wanted . to know
the man who had contributed
to the. Hitler book from the
German end. X told them I didn't
know and stuck to that story.
The automobile left the ualn
highway, Putnam continued, and
the two men walked him,: blind
folded with a sack over his head,
for a abort distance, and . then
forced him to lie down.
; They taped my lege and
haada- and 'mouth' tightly and
left, telling me I would be found
in" the -morning, he said. I
managed to work loose the band
age on my mouth after an hour
or so. I'm not sure how long.'
, X called for help and come people
came. Then they called the offi
etra. -.--..-.--.-
. Twice last moath Putnam re
ported to authorities' he received
anonymous J- threats - demanding
suppression of - the r Hitler, bookv
One - ef ; them -.waa ! accompanied
by a buHeUpierced copy of .the
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Queen and Princesses Who Will A
: : f Rule Indian
Queen. Anna afllea, center hack row,
ever the Chemawa Indian school
aiawa campus llay- S3, 3 and
front row, Gladys Foster and Kathertoe Schololej rapper row, Lor-
er. uemmj, ijwxxn Anna ana vorocny unu. - ?
Legend Is Basis,
eantrv
Thunder Moimtain, Epic
of Redmen, Planned""
S at Oieznawa 5now : -
An Indian legend will form the
baslt for the . brilliant pageant,
"Thunder Mountain," which la to
be presented aa the .feature .the
first two nights during the three
day Chemawa Indian celebration,
slated for May 25, 2C and 27 at
the Indian school north of Salem.
The pageant .will be presented
by high school and grade school
students in full: Indian ' costume
and with a chorus' of fS students.
Saturday night the outstand
ing event will be the Indian tribal
dances, which will also be itaged
each afternoon -
A new feature will be the baby
show, with- prises to be given for
the best cradle board baby, heal
thiest child under two years eld
and for the child with best Iadlan
costume from two to four years
old; ,f .Ct
. Vocational exhibits as wen as
collections of Indian costumes,
beadwork, baskets and other items
will be on exhibit at the celebra
tion which Is open to the public;
- The largest crowd yet la expec
ted for :the 1939 annual celebration,-
the:thlrd organised under the
dlrectioir orPaul.T. Jaekson, sup
erintendent of the Indian school
''."A larte number of foraef stu
dents and Indians' from the entire
northwest- will ' be guests ef the
school daring the three dayar -
niincrs Return to
.Shafts Tomorrow
NSW-TORK, May 12 -(-Three
hundred thousand soft coal
n"jiers,v tile : for six, weeks, will
return to work Monday under the
r zt tilon-shop contract, erer
s'.ei ty JcU U Lewis United
Illae 'Workers of America (CIO)
and a majority of mine operators
ct tie "..Arjalactlaa coafereace.'.
. Fifteen cf the 21 coal associa
tion the conference signed the
two-year contract today.-conclnd-iz
r-esotlatlous which fcesa two
ncitts tsa tz.1 were cartel ty
nayiclIfBg resistance to the union
slcp - titil President Roosevelt
rcrsonally intervened. ;- --'v
. The six, dlasentlng associations
were all southern groups, employ
lag about 45,000 men and pro
Czzlzz 45,000,000 tons a year, but
five Izllvllaal southern corspa
rics followed the majority, and
!;aed sejarate agreementa.-
Tro Arc Victima
- In-Flr.Tnihg Plane
SAN ' EHRNARDINO. Calif,
Mar 12.H?VDavid H. Stelnmeta,
Jr., and Mrs. M.. H. WUlie. 35.
both : of . Pasadena. -. were . killed
when the airplane In which they
rode ' crashed ' and burned ' to
Csjon pass," near here, today.
.They had , hopped - off from
Eanta Monica a few hours be
fore for "Bishop, ; Stelnmeta was
Tiee-cresldent of 'a - lumber com-
nany.- Mrs. Willie waa a widow.
a
Indian Pas
the mother ct two young daish-1 1 "I had made Koury tie up Pe
ter zV " - .. . - terson'a bauds and feet. Peterson
School Celebration
' , . t I ,
v
and her prince ca who win rule
celebration to be held on the Che-
27. The group pictured! from left.
Music Laurels Go
.... . . . V I. . .
To Dallas, Albany
Girl Trio, ' Band Honors,
TGaliKi
': NortliweatJEveiit "
PORTLAND, Ore May X 2-ff)-
Hot ncks on their instruments and
sweltering 9 (-degree temperature
overcame 20 high school musi
cians today as they flayed In the
northwest " regional - qualifying
round for the national musical fes
tival. -
None was seriously 111 and most
resumed playing after treatment
to Portland's disaster car. .-
The day's events featured
marching band and drum major
competition. ' -,
Awards were ojla division bat
Is; with division,. one for superior
performance, two -for, . excellent,
three, for-good, four for fair and
five below average! v;
v Awards "Included: ;
, Mixed chorus (class B) Divi
sion three, Lebanon.
; Girls' trio (class C) Division
one, Dallas. Division three, Yam
hill, Sweet Home. .
- Marching bands Division one,
Albany.' ; --' ' .;
Band .(class A) Division one.
La Grande; division two, Kugene;
division three, Corvallis.
ltEeiarid Babe
e.
ye
" PORTLAND, May ;! 12-ffHL
young' mother, and her C-months-old
baby survived a 100-foot fall
.from the east end of the Ross is
land bridge into .the Willamette
river. today because twp.men acted
quickly. Patrolman . Claude. Shay
:ier aaid. ; ';.::r;va - ,v
, ; James Brown. '22. and Eddie
Ferraris paddled a canoe 209 feet
Into the stream to pun the woman
and the child she stilt clutched, to
her breast from the water.! Shay
lor aaid the 1 woman apparently
Jumped .from . the bridge, - - ,
r She suffered. chest and internal
Injuries. The baby: was to serious
condition from a fractured skull.
Leap
Biirgurideh Confesses Deed
Qf: 'Sltiying' Two in pesert
PHOENIX,' Aria., May j it-VP
-The Arizonm Republic in a copy
righted story aaid tonight Robert
MvBnrgunder Jr-i 22-year-old, for
mer.: collegian. ' confessed . to,-the
slarlngs of ; Jack Peterson, " 21,
and Ellis Koury. 27, Phoenix au
tomobile salesmen, whose Jrnssed
bodies were found on ;the desert
14 miles southeast of here May 64
j The newspaper .said Burgunder
related the complete story of the
slaylngs to Sheriff Lon Jordan as
be - finished eating . dinner 4in a
Globe, Ariz hotel, en route to
phoenix from Johnson City, Tenn4
where he was captured last Sun-,
day.- , f - -1
"I Trilled them alone," Burgun
der was quoted as saying, "Neith
er man Jumped me. I shot JKoury
first, shot him twice. Then I shot
Peterson three times.
n Dnce Will !
Speak Today,
Fear Results
French Seapower Sails
Into Tunis Waters 1
. -to Be Ready
-
Army in Maginot Line
v as Hitler Inspects
Eastern Front -
' (By The Associated Press) I
France put her armed forces on
the alert Saturday night as Adolf
Hitler and Benito Mussolini sched
uled ' significant tours of their
border fortifications to follow an
anticipated anti-French outburst
by H Duce today. '
A strong squadron of k the "
French Mediterranean fleet moved
into Tunisian waters following re- .
eeipt of reports in Paris that Mas-. -
eellnl would unloose an extreme
ly bitter outburst against France,
in a Sunday speech at Turin, Italy.
-The French army waa ready tor . '
any eventuality In the Maginot.
none along . the eastern frontier
facing formidable German fortl
ficaUons which Hitler wiU Tistt
next week on a "demonstrative"
Inspection. .; . . -
. Informed sources to Berlin said
Hitler also would Inspect - Ger
many eastern frontier 'fortifice-
tlons to remind Poland as well aa.
the western powers of nasi defen- .
slve strength.
At the same time Mussolini la
scheduled to be on a tour of tka
Ptedmoat - region - bordering
France, Inspecting his military
establishments.- -Britain
May Offer " "
ConcesaieM to Soviet -
This turn of events placed the
French-Italian dispute , alongsl&a
these weekend developments ta
the Intense rivalry between Eu
rope's German-Italian and British
French blocs:
With Turkey won over, Britain
was believed ready to offer, im
portant concessions to Soviet Rue- .
ala, vital power stnl missing from
the London-Paris alllancew :i.
s France , found.- comfort Is re-"
porta from "Tokyo of Qw ;vV
deneea of Japanese "reluctance te
cast . her lot to a - close ' military
lineup With Germanrand Italy.
A further stiffening Of Poland
toward Germany was indicated by
a strong protest to the naslfled
senate against denying Poles to
the tree city, a 'public observance
Friday in honor of the late Mar
shal Joseph pilsudskL ' ! .
Mussolini May Preecnt - 5
"Last Chance, to France
In Rome, meanwhile, some dip- -lomatie
Quarters thought that
Premier Mussolini In his Sunday
speech, to be delivered at Turin,'
Italy, might give France a "last
chance" for peaceful settlement ef '
Italian territorial claimed '
This belief was strengthened by
a fresh anti-French barrage tn the
fascist press which called - upoax
both France and Britain to take
steps toward solution' of Europe'
"open problems before ft la toe
late.' . .u.,j;-.- , - .
. Considerable ; significance was
attached to the French action la
sending the warships to Tunisia
on the ere of U Dace's speech.
Among them were tour of Frasee'
most modern cruisers and .'eight
deatroyert'rir-. .-"X". -f
In Prague, PremJeni ; Ceacrtf
Alois Ellas ef Bohemia-Mora vih- '
announced to its Czech populatleat .
that measures would be enforced
requiring them to conform to Ger-. .
man ways ol living and workhig. ,
5.
i ;Tptmii3, ; Fire,
! KLAMATH FALLS. May 12-(JPy-Flrm
ef undetermined erlgtn
destroyed the Peter-Johnson. nSl
on the KUmath FaUs-Lakerirv
highway today, causing an esti
mated loss of 174,900. ,
t The 19-year-old plant waa ia
atroyed before a force of CCO en
roleea, forest service officials and
plant employes could eontrol Oe
flames. The fire was stopped short
of the lumber yards. t
was lying on' th ground perbape
1 9 , yards away. Less - than fir
yards away .lay Koury, who had.
tled.hia own ankles.-, -. , . .
"He was lying face down, with'
his hands behind his back. I ahot
him, and he sort of sighed. I
shot again. Then I swung to Pe
terson". : He- had started to roll
over, I hit him fa the body and
then I think in the head. I paused
Just a moment before the Tlfth
shot. He seemed to- be" alive and
I'didn't want to. leave him-there'
to bleed to death, v t -. '
. .,n shot again.' " : ' -. "' i
He never did roU over to face
mC " - X ' .- ''if - 1 - ' -
"It was the most cowardly and
dirtiest kiUlnr ITe ever seen.--.
When he signed the Jail admis
sion slip tonight, he commented:
Tm glad if. over."', y v.
;: Robert M. Burgunder, erv Se
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