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11 HERALD SERVICE llornlil iiiliarrlhiirs who full to rectdvo Uilr mwr liy OHIO p, in, wo rntiueaU'd to rail iIm llrrnlil business office, phono IIMHI, mid paper will ba sent by iocll carrier. Locaf Forecast Generally fair, cool ' High 31; Low 15. OREGON: Increasingly cloudy. . EE ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS 1 Price Five Centa KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1934 . Number 6013 CLEAR mm mm, m mm u ui ' . , . . . . Editorials . On the Day's News lly FRANK JI5NKI.NH MA HH1I ALL DANA, regional advisor of tho I'ubllo Works Administration, arrives In Klam ath Falls on Wodnu.duy morning. Hero 1 brief outlliio of his day: 7:00 a.m.. break font wltb chamber of eommorco, to discuss general program of government asslmauco hero. (:00 a.m., conforence with Klamath eounty armory commit tee on armory project. 1:80 a.m., conforonco with representatives of Uonania rail road, warding government aid la financing of project. 13:00 m., apeoch at chamber of tonunorco forum, explaining PWA objective. 1:00 p.m., conference with League of Women Voter on cov ering of government canal, gov ernment to bear coat. 1:00 p.m., conforence with city council, rogardlng proposod municipal water ayatom, IJEIIE. you will nolo. I a wide " rnnno of activities, la ALL OP WHICH the government la the dominating factor. It our grandfathers had fore soon auch a altuatlon, thoy would have turned gray ovor night. rN TUB front pago of this "newspapor the other day, KVKHY LOCAL STORY dealt with activities of the government In connection with tlia ordinary business transactions of tho day. The government, that Js to ay, If gottlug io heavily Into busl neaa that about everything we do In a business way bingo on the government. How our ruggedly Individual istic ancoatora mum be turning ovor In their graven! TB RUOOKD IndlvlUuallam dofl nttoly and finally In tho dis card T la the govern mont hi ail kinds of business to STAY? Or will tho pronont altuutlon pass and the government OUT OUT of business, turning it back Into private hands? Thia writer can't oniwor thoso quostlnns. Can youT Can ANY IlODYf VJEANWHILE, hero la an In toreatlng atatomont made by Mr. Dnna yosterday: "Back In 1028, about TEN BILLION dollars of publla works building was done In this coun try. This year, undor the Public Works Administration, about FOUR DILLION dollars of pub lic works building will bo done." Tho point, you soo, Is that now tho govarnmont Is doing all tho publlo works building that la bo (Conttnuod on Pago Pour) ( ROGERS RIVBRSIDBI, Calif., Jan. 11. Editor Tho Evonlng Her ald: Tho ropubllcnn national, commlttto coma out strongly yaitorday agnlnst Rooaovolt's ocononilo polloy. Just two days ago tho doflclt of the ro publlcnn nnllonul commlttoa had boon publluhod. It was the biggest on record. Thoro ain't nothing liko ono broko man tolling anothor how to run his buslnoss. Cal ifornia's supreme court ruled yostorday that if male stu dents ot a stato unlvorslly took all the advantagos of froo oducntlon thnt a military training would not ba asking too much of thorn. It you Are going to let out oonsclontious objooton nobody would tako anything but football, swim ming, theatricals and aaxo phono playing (all ot which tho statos provtdo). Yours, nn Eli MURDER TMfiL JVLi T CASE OPENS Aged Woman Physician on Trial for Death of Son's Wife. SPECIAL POLICE GUARD COURTROOM Two Thousand Curious Flock to Criminal Proceedings. CRIMINAL COURT8 BUILD- INO. Chicago, Jan. 11, 011 A riot broko out among 2.000 spec tator today aa Dr. Alice Lind say Wynukuop entored tho crim inal couria building to go on trial for the death of her daughtor-ln-law, liliotu. Homo trial fans had stood In line since 7:00 a. m throo hours txiforo the scheduled start. In the court room thoro was room for fewer than 200. Ilulldliig Ck-aroa ' The lines extended from tho fifth floor court room down ward for throo floors, and soon (lie crowd, compound mostly ot women, begun pushing and Jost ling. An emorgency call brought a scoro of deputy shorlffs and bailiffs to assist thoso already strnlnliig to keep tho lines steady. Ily the time thoy arrived the apcclntora wore screaming and shouting. Jamos hi. Gabrlol. chief bailiff, finally ordered tho building cloured. However, ho allowod new linos to form. , Frnll, drawn, and hor face a deathly whlto. tho 02-yonr-old woman pliynlclun was carrlod to tho courts building through a tunnel from tho adjucont county Jail, whoro alio has boon 111 for more than a month. T Tho county- court Thursday aftornoon had undor considera tion tho awarding ot tho contract for tho city audit. Soalod bids woro oponod, with tho ostlmntos from throo auditors coming in on a somewhat dlfforont basis. Carl H. Mnson submitted throo bids ot 1745, S050 and 1465, ac cording to tho work doslrod; Howard Motcalf, (205, and L. H. Hnlnos, 1000. The court rocoivod tho resig nation of Don Palis, constahlo ot tho Tulolnko district, and on petition of 05 rosldonts appointed Max O. Hnrtlorodo, A telegram was recoived from J. A. Smith, secretary of tho Btuto association of commission ers and Judgos, asking the court to urge R, B. Wilcox to rocon sldor his docision to resign as hend of tho slate rollot organ isation. Tho court doaldod not to act In tho mattor. Further consldoratlon was giv en to old ago ponsloiiB. About 12 havo boon granted so fur in tho county. Enoli enso Is Invostlgnt od boforo notion Is taken, mem bers ot tho court said. Semon Selected for Farm Group Henry Soman has bean nnmod head of district . No. 6 of the Btuto farm doht ndjustmept com mittees for the year, the ap pointments being uiinouiicod by Qovornor Julius L. Molor, Somon's district Includes Des chutos, Crook, Klamath and Lako countlos. Members ot the Klamath county oommlttee are Semon, J, W. Kerns, U. H. Iloeder, A. . R. Campbell and Hugh O'Connor, Lake county members nro Ned Shorlock, Dan Dronnan, Wnltar Leohmnnn, Pred Fisher and Paul Brattaln, Sr, CROWDS AS WYNEKDOP Commanders ri -a mki i'&t si s is wm These alx daring oftlcors of the Pacific ocean from San Francisco Thoy flew out ot the Golden Gate flying approximately 2400 miles. squadron; Llout. J. K. Averlll, Itoborta, St. Louis, Mo.; Llout H. E. Walter, Dismissed Assistant, Speeds to Capital. ' PORTLAND, Jan. 11. (JP) J. P, Lipscomb, state manager of the Federal Home Ownors' Loan corporation of Oregon, -today-re-vealod that be had requested the resignation of H. E. Walter, assistant manager, and that this action roiulted In Walter's pre cipitate resignation yesterday and his flight to Washington, D. C, last night to confer with the national chairman of the organi sation. Successor Unknown Lipscomb said today ho made no movo toward appointment of a new assistant. He said he had not appointed Walter, and that as tar as ho knew, ho would not appoint Walter'a successor. Tho stato manager asked Walter to withdraw, he said, after John H. Fahoy, national chalripnn, had telegraphed Lips comb that "Mr. Walter Is sololy undor your direction, and If he cannot or will not obey Instruc tions and occupy his entire time with his Job, dismiss him at once." Duties Stressed Fahey had mentioned thnt "while tho board approvoa ot all reasonable attempts to ac quaint tho public through Inter views nnd spoeches with the pur pose and progress of the Homo Ownors' Loan corporation, all such activities should be sub (Continued on Pago Throo) WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. (IP) Pedoral expenditures for tho fis cal yonr today passed the $3, 000,000,000 mnrk, loavlng S3, 000,000,000 to bo spent bofore Juno 30 to fulfill Prosldent Rnosavolt's budget estimates. Moanwhlle, the senate asked LowIb Douglas, director ot the budget, to supply It with weekly roporta on emorgoncy recovery oxpondlturos. Senator Dickinson, republican, In., In making the proposal, complained there has boon an "tnndoqunte check" on tho rocovery outlays. THREE FIREMEN KILLED IN BLAZE AURORA, 111., Jan. 11. (VP) Firemen - iparahed among the smouldering ruins of a three story business building today for the body of ono ot their captains nftor digging out two othors crushed to death by tho snddon collapse ot tho front wall during the holght ot the midnight blase. The missing man was Captain Charles Hoffman' who, other fire mon said, hnd donned a gns mask and entorad the basemont ot the flaming Woolworth Five and Ton Cent ' store with Captain John Peterson a tow minutes before the wall topplod over on them, . FIGHT ENTERS STATE OFFICE OF HOI LOAN of Sensational Hawaiian Flight 7l United Statos navy led a squadron to Honolulu. It was the longest yestorday afternoon and landed Left to right: Lieut. Com. Buffalo, N. Y.; Lieut. J. Perry, P. A. Davis, Norfolk, Va., and Mail Contract Juggling Told Rail Executive Teatif iea Before Senate Probe Committee WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (IP) D. M. Shoaffer, chief ot passen ger transportation of the Penn sylvania railroad and chairman ot the executive committee of the Transcontinental Air Trans port, told a senate investigating conimtltoe today that a memor andum given to the committee bad been altored to eliminate reteronca to former Postmaster General Brown's attitude toward giving bis company an air mall contruct. . Tha tnemoranilnnvjroin. Sheaf; for to the T. L T. executive eom mittoe, dated July' 15, 1930, said Brown "could and would ar range" so that an air mall con tract would be made to the central transcontinental route provldod the T. A. T. should "get together" with Western Air Express. Tho memorandum In another place said "It was the postmaster gonoral's suggestion" that T. A. T. and Western Air Express con solidate to got a contract. OREGON'S UTILITY LAW TO GET TEST Validity of Budget Rule Will Go Before U. S. Court At S. F. SALEM, Ore., Jan. 11. (IP) Oregon's utility budget censor- Lehlp law, the first statute ot Its kkind In the United States, and nhe basis of orders for sharp salary reductions for upper brackot officials of utilities oper ating in Oregon, will receive a tost of constitutionality In San Francisco federal court this month. The hearing has been tentatively sot tor January 29. The 1933 statute which clothes tho Oregon public utilities com missioner with powor to reject in any 'rato valuation proceed ings, "Imprudent and unwlso ex penditures or payments by util ities, has since the first ot this year been Invoked against the Pacific Telephone and Tolegraph company, the California Oregon Powor company, the Mountain Stntes Power . company, and sev eral other utilities operating In Oregon. Commissioner Charles M. Thomas not only has ordered snlnry reductions which In some Instances amount to 50 per cent or more, but he has ordered can colled the usual payments by the utilities to service and holding companies In eastern states. Thomas has further recom mended that salaries ot San Francisco nnd Seattle officials ot tho telephone company be slash ed drastically, a necessary move, he sold, In computing Oregon's reduction of Its share ot the sal aries paid these officials. Murder Suspect , Shot in Ftght WELLINGTON, Kas Jan. 11, (IP) A man Identified from pho tographs as Joe "Red" Carson, about 35, wanted at Ptwhuska, OklB., for murder and Jail break. and aucpoctod leader of a South western gang of bank robbers, wns snot and killed in a gun fight with officers when he re sisted arrest here today, ; of six flying boats across the massed, over-water hop In history. In Honolulu 24 hours later after K. McGlnnis, commander of the Greenville, & C; Lieut H. J, Lieut. T. D. Gulnn, Atlanta, lia. Fi 1933 Estimates Reveal Two Million In crease Here. Income from the Klamath basin's agricultural activities In creased to 35,072, 250 In 1938 lng to estimates compiled by County Agent C. A. Henderson. Potatoes, for which the Klam ath country Is famous, led the list of agricultural products, with an estimated Income of 31,350,000 from that number ot sacks grown on 10,000 acres. Sheep Listed Second In 1932, the potato acreage was 8600, wltba crop of 1.100, 000 sacks. The price was 45 cents, making a 1932 Income of 3483,750. Henderson based this year's estimate on 31 per sack. Sheep are second from the top in the income list. The value Is placed at 3700,000, from 1,200, 000 pounds of wool and 90,000 lambs. For the same amount of wool and number of lambs, the 1932 Income was only 3420,000, indicating the increase In agri cultural prices in 1933. Beet came close behind for 1933, wltb an Income of 3650, 000. This, however, is 350,000 less than the figure for 1932. Dairying, estimated at 3450,000, j was a'-o down, as well as the hog Industry. Hay Advances Alfalfa hay income advanced from $390,000 to 3480,000 and (Continued on Page Three) WASHINGTON. Jan. 11, (ff) The senate today passed unan imously the Johnson bill to pro hibit financial transactions pri vate or public with any foreign government In default of Its ob ligations to the United States. The action followed closely a reversal of the senate's position In approving an amendment to the liquor tax bill placing heavy excise taxes on liquors from nations behind in their, debts to this country. LONDON, Jan. 11, mA message to Lloyds from Yoko hama today said the American steamer Texas, bound for Darlen, was reported ashore .on Sado island, Japan, In a snowstorm. Assistance was' sent , to the grounded vessel, the report said. ' LONDON, Jan. 11 (P) Lloyds reported from Land's End today that the American steamer Tripp, en route from Houston to Liver pool, reported a tire In her cot ton cargo between decks at 7 p. m. yesterday,- ; ' 1 M INCOME KLAMATH SHOWS BOOST f. n:s RULE WINS TWICE IN CONGRESS Senate Reverses Action on Liquor Imports . From Debtors. ECONOMY POWERS : GET EXTENSIONS Democrats Order Party Caucus to Review Patronage. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, (IP) Final congressional action on. the new federal liquor tax bill was completed today with house acceptance of senate amendments. It now goes to the White House for Presi dent Roosevelt's signature. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, (JP) The administration ' triumphed in two congressional testa today, the senate reversing itself on the restrictions against liquor, im ports from nations remiss with debt payments, and the bouse grag'hiK-iiPrwpared j-xight-oj-way to the bill extending the Roosevelt economy powers. On word from the White House of disapproval for the Clark amendment Imposing high er levies on alcoholic Imports from the debt defaulters, the sen ate changed its mind on a 44 to 30 vote. Republicans Beaten Over republican objection, the house democratic leadership suc ceeded on a 261 to 112 vote in clamping on a stringent restric tion of debate to protect the power .given the president to cur tall federal spending, including veterans payments. They signified easy and fast going for the legislation to the senate, where the more liberal rules will mean longer attacks. Patronage a Problem All was not simple sailing for (Continued on Page Five) IY . That he was taking no "per sonal shots" when he advised Klamath Falls to adjourn its community differences, in a talk before the chamber of commerce forum Wednesday, was stated Wednesday evening by Marshall N. ' Dnna, regional PWA advisor. Dana said he advocated a co ordinated city and county work ing successfully to carry out the public works program. The advisor left for Portland last night. C. C. Hockley, PWA engineer, stayed over to visit Lakevlew Thursday. Several additional conferences with various groups here were held Thursday afternoon by Dana and Hockley, and In the evening they were guests of Mayor Ma honey and the city council at dinner. In the afternoon, members ot the council discussed with the PWA officials the proposed mu nicipal water system here, which Is still In the investigatory stage. After the meeting, . Mayor Ma honey said city officials had made It plain they wanted full public works administration ap proval of the feasibility ot the project,, before . they would at tempt it.. State Board Passes Local CW A Project CWA project Number 42, tor repairing the Old Fort Klamath bridge, and widening the pave ment on the Oak street side of the federal building, was allowed Wednesday by the state board, according to word received by City Engineer B. A. Thomas. - This project will cost approxi mately 38,000, according to the onglneer. Work ot grading and surfac ing ' other city streets on the CWA program Is being continued. Thomas stated. ' Ships Complete Thrilling Ocean Dash To Hawaii Honolulu Welcomes Six Huge Seaplanes af . End of 2400-Mile Hop From San Fran cisco; All Hazards Overcome HONOLULU, Jan. 11, (AP) The first navy plane, commanded by Lieut. Com. Knefler McGinnis, alighted at Pearl harbor today at 12 :30 p. m., "Honolulu time (8 p. m., PST), after flying from San Francisco. The vest landed in intervals of 30 seconds. HONOLULU, Jan. 11, (AP) The six navy planes flying from San Francisco were sighted over Honolulu at 12:11 p. m. Honolulu time or 2:41 p. m., Pacific Stand ard Time. The airmen thundered out of the northwestern hori zon swept over Honolulu at 2:41 p. m. (PST). , The planes spread out in a high formation, the bright sunlight shining on their wings, and streamed down Mol okai channel, rounded Makapuu point and headed across the island of Pearl Harbor, 24 hours and 19 minutes put of San Francisco. They skimmed over the end of the Waianae mountain range, cut across Diamond Head, passed over Waikiki Beach and then cut down over the water front, flying low around the home stretch. As they roared across the harbor entrance, the siren atop the Aloha tower shrilled and every craft along the water front let loose a deafening din of whistles. Peonle lined the streets FURTHER SLASHES S General Johnson Quoted ,.,As Dissatisfied With ' . Work ofNRA.; WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, (JP Dissatisfaction with the volume of re-employment achieved by NHA through its codo regime shoved Itself today as the under lying cause of Hugh S. Johnson's intention to try for a general further shortening of work hours. Conservative estimates of NRA officials on the employment In creases actually attributable to codes in the manufacturing in dustries, they say, do not exceed 1,500,000 men. This does not Include the sub stantial Increases in trades and service industries which are not accurately estimated. However, it is the manufacturing Industries which officials feel must be counted npon to take the lion's share ot the permanent employ ment. 'FORD FOR NBA NEW YORK, Jan. 11 (JP) The New York Times, in a dispatch from Detroit today, said Henry Ford expressed complete belief In the ideal behind the NRA.' The dispatch recounted an In terview obtained by Harold N. Denny of the Times staff In one of the offices of the Ford en gineering laboratories, and the motor car manufacturer was quoted as saying of the NRA: "There is no possible way for them to do any harm," and later, "The NRA is being improved. We believe absolutely In what It is trying to do. There were pos sibilities ot harm at the begin ning, but somebody with good sense seems to have stepped in." Hermiston Youth Dies From Injury PENDLETON,' Ore., Jan. 11. (JP) Arthur Hower, 18, of Her miston, died there Tuesday night, it was learned here today, from a fractured skull, caused when a screw driver he was using as a conductor to listen to a motor washing machine, caught in ' cogs and struck him behind the ear. LATE ABOARD ADMIRAL RYRD'S FLAGSHIP IN ANTARCTIC (via Mackny Radio) Jan. 11 (AP) The flagship of Rear Admiral tucnara B. Byra's Antarctic ex pedition drove full speed down tno lcuina meridian at 4 p. m., today toward Little America on an open sea hitherto snpposrdly barred to navigation by the most formidable ice pack off Antarc ties. . COLUMBUS, O., Jan, 11 (AP) Seven Ohio- State university students who revolted against compulsory . military training, were suspended from the school today by President George W. Rlghtmlre. and crowded the tops of building as the planes thun dered by. "... They were 'escorted from 15 miles north of Oahu by three planes from the fleet air base. ' A huge crowd lined the shores "of Pearl Harbor' as the planes approached fly ing in a central "M" forma- They flew only a few hundred feet above the sugar cane fields , as ' they drew near the. naval base SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 11 (JP) Speeding at 120 miles an hoar, the six navy planes flying to Hawaii from San Francisco were only 250 miles from Diamond Head, Honolulu, said a message received at navy headquarters here at 12:05 p. m, (P.S.T.), today. Fight Through Fog A message saying the squad ron expected to land at Pearl Harbor at 3 p. m.. (P.S.T.), was picked up from Lieut. Com. Knefler McGinnis, whose flag ship was leading the air argosy in its 2400 land mile flight across the ocean. The long non-stop flight was nearing a successful end after the huge planes had fought their way through fog last night, their pilots being forced to fly blind. "Everything going fine," Mc Ginnis told navy headquarters here. Then came another mes sage saying: "Expect to land S p. m., (P.S.T.), at Pearl Har (Continued on Page Three) PORTLAND, Jan. 11 (ff) The dairy farmer serving Multnomah county will receive 40 per cent of the retail price of cream he produces on his ranch, on the basis of new prices announced af ter a night meeting of the Ore gon milk control board here Wednesday. Although the fanner gets more actual cash, he receives a small er percentage of the retail cream price under the latest price schedule issued by the board than he did In July. 1933. NEWS LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11 (AP) Temporary alimony of S7.4. J a month ' and attorney fees . A S30.000 will be asked by , Fay Webb Vallee wheq she goes Into court here next Wednesday to begin prosecution ot suit for separate maintenance against Rudy Vatee, orchestra leader. PARIS, Jan. 11 , (AP) Case swinging royalists ' and polios clashed outside : the clwiiilwr ot deputies today while the logl. lators debated charges of wido spread corruption in the collapse of the Bayonne pawnshop of Um lata Scrgo Stavlskjr, ;., , "