The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, January 13, 1934, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextLocal Forecast Cloudy and unsettled. High 36; Low 25. OREGON: Unsettled, heavy snow . in Cascade mountains. HERALD SERVICE llurnlil aiihacrlbcra who full to receive tlmlr pnpor by OHIO p. in, aro rucuuntfl to mil the Herald bualnrsa off lev, phono IUiio, and a paper will b wot by special carrier. rai ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRVSS Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1934 Number 6016 RAIN Ml JV m Editorials V,'"'l A.UH1IHAIM,, ma m U llA o E On the Day's News lly FRANK JK.NKIN8 A MONO our moat useful pomo alone, wo ehould Hat tho weather. Moroly aa a inonna of oaalng Into bualnoaa couvorautlona, not to montlon any of Ita otkur vuluoa. It la almply prlcolcaa, It la doubtful It Amorlcuii bual nuiia ould got along without It, TUST how, for oxamplo, K U J woron't for the woutlior, would you so about Boiling aomathlng to aomo follow who la all allf- fouod up with sales roalalunco, who wonla to flnlah hla morn- Ing'a mall Inatoad of llatonlng to your atory and who betrnya by a cold gloom lu hla oyo that what ho yearna for abovo all othor thlnga at tho moinont la to throw you through tho door ou your oar? But whon you aofton him up with a tow ehotco romarka like: "Nlco day, lan'l ItT" and pro- oood with a maalorly oxpoaltlon of tho thomo that thla country novor boforo aaw woathor llko It la having now olthor good or rotton tho froniy gradually Icavos hint and aftor a whllo you got him out on a limb whero ha baa to llaton to your lino. No, butlncea Just almply COULDN'T got along without tho wvathor. Cl'EAKINO of tho wealhor ro mlnda ua, for aomo roaaon or othor, of Loa Angaloa. Thla writer, hollovo It or not, trappod a Loa Angoloa man Inat night Into an admlwlon that tho weather down hla way thla fall and wlntor has boon TKIUUBLK. Aa aa outatandlng aohloro- mont, that roally ought to rata tho Congrcaalonal Modal of Honor, or tho Victoria Croaa, or tho grand balling alio. of tho Anclont and Honorablo Ordor of Throwora of tho Dull or aoma thlng equally dlatlngulahed. TTIIB Loa Angoloa oomplox, aa you know If you hare boon tboro, la that Loa Angoloa weath er la alwnya PERFECT, no mat ter what It la. K It U bottor than tho hlngoe of Hndoa, with tho aim blazing down and tho duat a toot thick on evorythlng, thoy puff out tholr cheata and toll you thla la the aunahlno paradlao of tho world and good for rhoumatlam and lumbago. If It la raining llko wator coming out of a tiro hoao. thoy chortlo about what It la doing tor tho crops. It they ovor bear of thla fol low admitting that tho weather haa boon rotten down thoro thla wlntor, thoy'll auro run him raggod. JPEAKINQ again of tho woath er, a Bond man wna once boasting In tho proaonco of thla wrltor and a fow othor choice spirits of the marvoloua cllmato of tho high doaort country around Bond. Ono mombor of tho party stood It as long as ho could, then romarkod drily: "Yes, you suro have a groat cllmato at Bond. But It has ono dcfor.t that always grlpos me. Tho eloigning (Continued on Pago Four) 'ROGERS r$ays: RIVERSIDE, Jan 18. Editor Tho Evonlng Horald: The Bannto prssed a bill yos terday that we only buy drinks from those who pay us. Thnt had ovoryboily rushing to tho statistics this morning to soo how Scot land stood. I don't know whnt Finland's now drink Is but we bottor bo gattlng used to It, for thoy are tho only ones that havo ronlly paid In full, Whatover It Is, you can cortalnly run on It, I guess It's a "Nurml punoh." Well, I bot this sohomo goos Just llko all tho rost havo, they havo triad evorythlng in tho world to bring Franoo lo time. Franoo Is a nation that don't shamo easy, Yours, 6 1 LOST I Fate of Missionaries Un known in Foochow District JAP, BRITISH SHIPS ON HAND Battle Raging Between Rebels and Chinese Nationalists. FOOCHOW, China, Jan. 13. P tho into or six American nils alonurlea, Imitated when sharp flKhtlng broko out lost week bo- twoon natlunull t and robol arm lu, runmlncd undetermined horo today aa Nanking forces aoemud to lu breaking Ilia Insurgenta' re als tunco. Ik'llovHl Near Kullcn. Tim workvra, miiwlonnrlns of tho Amorlron MiithoiUm Kplscopul church, woro trapped mar Ku lien, about 60 miles from I'ua- chow. (Karllnr thla wmik tho secre tary or tin church a offlco In Now York said no fours wore on lor tallied fur their safoly slnco thoy wum vettirnns In the China (lulu) No word has boon roculved hero from the mUalonurlea, alnco tho fighting bocumo aovore. In, complete Information avullublo hero Inuicatod that thoy are: Tho Itov. W. S. Wssonetlo. Canton, 0. The ttov. and Mrs. C. M. L. Situs. Washington, I). C. Dr.. and Mrs. H. N, urestor of Xonla, O. Miss Martha Orat of Cincin nati. All Kffort Fall. All offorts to commiiiiicnto with tlmni havo boon fiitila. Tho whuroiihoiils and tho fnto or tho iliv. Olln Htockwoll of Itiirllos- vlllo, Oklu.. also are undeter mined. Atlnchos of the local mis sions altomptod to hlro natlvo guides to help them In reaching MlnlHlng anil hunt for uio mis- slnnnrltis. Thoy pruposod going by IIUlo usod mounliiln trulls sought toward tlio bultlo sono but tho natives refused to undor tnko tho Journoy, JAP HHIP AHIUVE8. TOKYO, Jan. 13. (AP) A Rongo (Japanoao) nows agency dlspntch from Foochow today sulci a Japanese warship lnndud 300 blnolnckota thoro to protect Jniianoso nntionnla in the evont o disorders (on rod In connection with the expected early occupa tion of tho city by Nanking na tionalist government troops. ARMY RETREATING. FOOCHOW. China, Jan. 13. (P) Tho famous Nineteenth Route Army, fighting for the rebel cnuso In Fukiun province was ropurtod In rotront today boforo tho nationalist government forcos ot General Chliing Kai-Shek. MARINES LAND. SHANGHAI, Jan. 13. (AP) Nationalist government marines Inndod In Foochow and occupiod the city today aftor the 19th army hud withdrawn boforo tho advaiico of Nanking forces. Bald nuvy dispatches from Foochow. IIRITISII PREPARED, HONO KONO, Jan. 13. (AP) The British arulsor Berwick was (Continued on Page Throe) ASSISTED BY CWA PORTLAND, Jan. 13 MP) Free education to ombraco the arts nnd scloncos and to liiolude tho olomontB ot a university course, will soon be avallnble In ortlnml and In othor sections ot tho stnto to all citizens over 10 yenrs of ago who have had high school education. A progrnm to give employment Orogon school tcachors who now aro without work will be undartaken by the civil works sorvlce division, using fodoral money, tho amount of which Is yot undetermined. CWA Payroll Hits New High Record Saturday's olvll works pnyroll sot a record for this program in Klamath county. Checks givon out totnlnd 113,307.05. Thoy wero rocolvod by 787 mon nnd women, . m ONE OF EAST Sino Bandits Slay Priest IATIIKH M'lHVIO KILLED AFTKIt ItANHOM DK.MAMIH KAIL I HKI'UGK HOUGIIT. SAN FRANCIBCO, Jan 18. UP) Word that Father Ludwls. young dominlcun missionary, was Clam ny cmiicso bandits when thoy failed to receive SD0.UOO ransom for his release, was ro colvod hero today by Fathor Will- lain T. Cuminliigs, M, M., San Francisco superior or tho Mary knoll Fathers. The slaying occurred In tho bandit Infested Tlngohow dis trict ot Fuklon, whore the dom inlcun missionary band carried on Ita work. Tho missionaries had sought reftigo with the Maryknoll Fath ers In tho Kavlng mission field aftur thoy had been driven from their own district. SOUTHERLY GALE I Stormy Sunday Forecast For Klamath Basin; Snow Possible. A stormy Sunday, with occa sional flurries of snow or rain Is predicted for tho Klamath Ba sin by tho local wcathorman. No diaturbnnco by any magnitude Is In prospect, however, and pres ent mild temperatures will con tinue tho wcathorman states. Light showers fell Saturday, thawing ground which was for sun to only a slight depth. Htalc . Unwilled Tho forecast for tho coming week for fur western states Is for unsettled weather with rain tho first psrt of tho week over northern California 'and -at ' fre quent Intervals during tho week In Washington and Oregon. Local snows aro predicted ovor the northern plateau roglon. ASTORIA, Ore., Jun 13. (JP) Shipping activity at tho mouth of the Columbia river was al most at a standstill during the morning as a south galo swept up tho coast, carrying heavy rain. Tho wind reached a velocity of CO miles an hour. Tho motorshlp Silver Maple, Inbound for Portland, fought hor way Into the river despite terri fic seas, but the bar pilots' office said sovoral ships were anchored near tho Columbia river lightship waiting for the weather to mod erate. The woathar bureau said tho wind should diminish tonlRht. With a series of extremoly high tides now underway, furthor dam ago Ib fenred in the floodod areas of Clatsop county whore hasty repairs has been made to dikes which wero broken during the storms and terrific rains ot De cember. Tl FORT KLAMATH, (Special) Poggy Brlscoo. 19-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Briscoe. Fort Klnmnth pioneers died oarly Saturday afternoon after an Ill ness of about one week. Tho girl, who has boon active In Fort Klamath athletics and biiow carnivals, contracted double pneumonia aftor an attack ot the influenza. She was a senior In tho Fort Klamath high school, and would havo graduated In tho spring. Bho is survived by her pnronts, four brothors and four sisters. Funeral services will bo held In Fort Klamath on Sunday nf tornoon at 3:00 o'clock, and In- torment mado in the Briscoe plot In the Fort Klamath comotory. WEATHER Tho Cyclo-Stormagraph at Un derwood's Pharmacy reglstercs a slightly higher barometric pros suro Saturday but the reading Is still low and not much change In weather conditions may be looked tor over Sunday. The outlook Ib tor occasional rain or biiow but sb yet no storm Is In dicated. Tho Tycus recording thor mometor registered maximum and minimum temperatures Sat urday as follows: High, 30; Low, 25. Forecast tor next 24 hours: Cloudy and unsottlod. Not much ohnngo In tomporaturos. The Unltod Statos weathor bu reau roportB no precipitation for the 24 hours ending Friday at 5 p. m.: 4.10 for the season to date, 5.35 normal; 2.05 last your, . F. D. H. T Preliminary Steps in De valuating Dollar Outlined. ROOSEVELT QUIET ON MONEY ISSUES President Has no Doubt Of Power to Control Huge Supply. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. (AP) President Itoosovelt was pre pared today to toko over tho na tion's largest heap of outstand Inx gold that hold by tho fed- oral reserve system as a prelim inary or eventual permanent de valuation of the dollar. He Is believed to want all of this basic monetary commodity In the treasury, along with a proper proportion of silver, to In sure the power of new moves af fecting the nation-old monetary policy. president Bliont. Just when the next stop In the national managed currency pro gram will come, Mr. Roosevelt Ib very carefully keeping to him self. One thing Is certain, bow ever: ho lnlonds to manage the new money program himself. Arguments as to whether the administration could call In the reserve system's gold were an swered calmly by tho president lata yesterday with tho declar ation that ho had the power, un der tho Thomas amendment, to order the entire 13.000.000,000 bld to lb,treasury s..-rnulja.vj. Answers Avoided. ' This step Is regarded as nec cusary by most monetary experts to Insuro that no outsiao prom would result from permanent de valuation of the dollar. This, of course, would result In an In creased price for all the gold out standing. A burst ot reportorlal ques tions yestorday as to whon and if he would call In the fedoral reserve gold and when he would announce his next dollar move, merely caused the president to smile and leave the queries an swered only by a wave of bis hand. KLAMATH MORTUARY Reorganisation of tho Klamath Funeral home under the man agement of Andrew A. Ward, was announced by Ward, Satur day. . Ward Is formerly of Siskiyou county. In California, and will be assisted In the management of the establishment by Mrs. Ward. Both have engaged In the undertaking business both on the Pacific coast and In the east. Tho personnel Is entirely new and a new policy has been adopted, Ward said. The Klam ath Funeral homo has been operated for several years by I. A. Towey. T STATE SALES TAX A resolution supporting the state sales tax was adopted unan imously by the executive board of the Klamath county division, Oregon Stnto' Teachers associa tion, Saturday morning. That present flnnucing Is In sufficient to support the schools, which would benefit from the sales tax, was the chief point In the resolution. At b gonoral meeting of the county division, reports were made by dolegates who recently attonded the state O. S. T, A, meeting. Mechanic Sentenced To Die for Murder COLUMBIA. S. C Jan. IS Pi Robert H. Wiles, 48-year-old mochnnlo, today was sentenced to be electrocuted March 12 for the murder of Hubbard H. Har ris, Jr., 15, 0 TAKE OVER RESERVE GOLD Rudy Answers Fay's Charges CROONER FILES MOTIONS TO BLOCK ACTION BOUGHT BY WIFE. LOS ANGELES, Jan 13 (JP) Two motions designed to block Rudy Valleo's wife's saparate maintenance suit were tiled In superior, court today by the singing orchestra leader's law. yer, Samuel Zagon. They will bo heard Monday afternoon. One motion seeks to stay the suit on grounds that a similar action covering the same ques tions is pending In New York. The other Is a motion to quash a show cause ordor on which a hearing has been set for next Wednesday. Costly home Asked The Wednesday hearing In volves Mrs. Fay Webb'B petition that she be granted (7400 monthly until the maintenance suit is finally settled and that her husband's Income from three corporations be Impounded for the sumo period. The Now York action referred to Is a suit to set aside a prop erty settlement which gave Mrs. Vallee 1100 a week and a $60,- 000 home here. If the new motions are de nied, Vallee will immediately file his answer to the suit here. Affairs Denied Secluded under care of a phy sician, Mrs. Vallee struck back last night through her lawyer at assertions that she held romantic conversations with Garfield "Gary" Leon, stage dancer, while her husband was absent from their New York apartment. UTILITIES PLACED Ufffi CODE RULES NRA Chiefs Clarify Posi- tion at'Heanng'iri Washington. WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (P) The NRA replied today to chal lenges of other government branches with an - assertion that public utilities "come clearly within the provisions ot the National Industrial Recovery Act" and may be placed under a code just as any other Industry. This statement was made to day at the continued public hear ing on the electric power code by Donald R. Richbcrg, general counsel ot the recovery adminis tration, in answer to criticisms uttered yesterday by Frank R. McNInch, chairman of the power commission, and Henry B. Hunt, representing Secretary Ickes. Richbcrg at the same time rebuked the .latter, without call ing him by name, for hurling accusations against the Edison Electric Institute and dominant units ot the power industry. SIX If HI KILLED ' IN DDILER BLAST HERTFORD. N. C, Jan. 13 (A) At least six men were killed and seven injured here early todny In an explosion of boilers at the Eastern Cotton Oil company plant In the heart ot Hertford. The large plant was wrecked, with damage estimated at ap proximately (50,000. Debris from the brick boiler room was scattered for more than 100 feet, and the entire town was shaken as though by an earthquake. Blanks Received for Milk Dealers Blanks for milk dealers li censes, as required under the milk control passed at the spe cial legislative session, are avail able at the chamber ot commerce. Applications for licenses to op erate as milk doalors should be mado within a fow days, ac cording to Information accom panying tho blanks. License tees are $1 tor each store selling milk, and all other doalors pay on the basis of a quarter ot a cent on each pound of buttertat contained in milk received and delivered by the li censee. FORMER KAISER ILL . DOORN, The Netherlands, Jan. 13 (IP) An attuok ot rheuma tism In the legs haB compelled former Kaiser Wllhelm II of Germany to forego his favorite outdoor exercise ot wood chopping. L Industry's Responsibility To Workers Pointed At Washington. JOB ASSURANCE MUST BE GIVEN Official Predicts Increas ed Demands of Production. WASHINGTON. Jan. 13 UP) Defending the production quota nf 6.037. 000. 000 feet of lumber set for the first quarter of 1934, C. Arthur Bruce, executive oi- ficer of the lumber code aumor ity, says "It Is incumbent upon this Industry to recognize Its re sponsibilities to an army of em ployes. The auota authorized means of a total production for the six months ending March 31, 1934, ot 2,000,000.000 feet above the officially estimated consumption. Employment Assured Production of 4.885,000,000 feet was authorized for the last quarter of 1933, although the es timated consumption was placed at 3,802,000,000 feet by the U. S. lumber conservation Doara. The board estimated consump tion for the first three months of 1934 at 4,000,000.000 feet. Bruce said the industry "must make assurance doubly suro" that the Industry's workers would bo provided with employ ment during the coming months. OblisaUon Cited .."Tho tlndustrv -. also Is obli gated to maintain a suppl' of lumber adequate to meet any reasonable public demana wnica may develop, be added. - The code official unhesitating ly predicted Increased demand for lumber and lumber products dur ing the first six months ot the year, because "of the improved tone of business in general ana the "Impetus provided by pub lic works and civil works pro grams. CRESCENT CITY'S PROJECT URGED WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (IP) Representative Clarence F. Lea (D., Calif.), said today he had asked the army board ot engi neers for rivers and harbors to recommend tho approval of tho report of the divisiopol engineer for the development ot the har bor at Crescent City, Calif., subject to a provision that assur ances be given that a railroad will be built connecting with Grants Pass, Ore. GOVERNMENT FILES T WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (JP) The department ot justice said today the government had filed suit in Baltimore against U. S. Industrial Alcohol company and the U. S. Industrial Chemical company for mora than 28,000, 000 in taxes on 1,271,955 gal lons ot denatured alcohol al leged to have been diverted tor beverage purposes. Chamber Prepares , Highway Petition A brief, setting forth grounds for improvement of the west side highway (Rocky Point road) Is to be prepared by . the highway committee ot the ehamber of commerce for. presentation at the- next Joint conference of the state highway commission, bureau ot publlo roads and forest service. Maps, photographs and statis tical Information will be com piled, according to H. P. Bos- worth, chairman ot the - high way committee. Use of the Lake oi the Woods and other areas served ' by the road tor summer home and sports pur poses, as well as It economic Importance will be included in the brief. : E 0 LUMBER Liquor Control Plan Not to Wait Court's Decision Organization of Commission WIN Be Bel Up As Quickly As Possible; Final Arrangements Du Today, SALEM, Jan. IS. (AP) Operation of th't state Icftror eontrol organization will not await an opinion by tixt su preme court as to the constitutionality of the art, now; pending:, George L. McMorran, chairman of th commis sion, declared today following a three-hour CKecstiv conference. McMorran stated that the organization toil Ke aril mp as soon as physically possible and that the number of stores and agencies to be established and the nucleus of the personnel would be decided at the meeting to b held later this afternoon at the capitol. 10 Marion County Circuit Court Decision Pending. Another ten days .wiH elapse before a circuit court decision will be rendered on the Knox state liquor control bill, in the opinion of City Attorney A. L. Leavitt Mayor W. E. Mahoney left for Portland Friday night according to Information at his hotel resi dence, but it is tot known whether his trip has anything to do ' with the-4 Iiqtioi toatlon. Klamath Falls Is plaintiff in a suit against the state testing its liquor control plans. ,' With the city's action now involved In the slow process ot the courts, interest centers on the activities of the state liquor commission and its recently ap pointed administrative officers. Whether the state will go far with its liquor store plan until the test suit is concluded, is questionable. In Klamath Falls, the liquor situation is considerably im proved, according to law enforce ment officers. Conduct in amuse ment places is more orderly, and promiscuous sale of hard liquor is reduced, they say. DELAP APPOINTED Perry O. DeLap is resigning as civil works administration dis- burser here to take a position witn tne trucg ana ous aivision ot tne state utilities commis sioner's department. DoLap's new position will re quire his residence at Salem, and he expected to assume the re sponsibilities there about Feb ruary 1. He has sent In his resignation to tho veterans' ad ministration, which has charge of tho CWA disbursement acti vities. No anouncements have been made as to who will succeed De Lap for the disbursing job here. DeLap is former legislator and former deputy county clerk here. San Francisco CWA Workers Charged With Non-Support SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13 UP) Warrants for the arrest of 100 San Francisco civil works em ployes, charged with forgetting their families after regular pay had replaced relief rations, were in the hands of police here to- LATE NEW YORK. ; Jon 18. (JP) David Lamar, elderly promoter known to police in former years "tho Wolf of Wall Street," was found dead today in a room of tho Hotel Wellington. AUSTIN Tel.,' Jan. 18 (JP) Jack Chcvlgny, former Notre nmo gridiron star and coach, was elected head football coach at the University of Texas today to succeed Clyde Llttlcfleld, The state wonld not lost by starting operation now, McMorran said. It was high ly improbable any stores could be established before a supreme court decision on the Klamath FaHs ease at tacking the validity of the aet could be handed down, but nnmerons agencies would be in, operation be fore that time, he expected. State storea eonld not bo opened slmuHaneousIa' McMorran said, bot It hi prottabto tbreo or four may bo opened at one time. The number of state storea haa not yet been determined, tat In dications point to about 15 to tt stores and about TS agencies to handle sales in smaller communi ties. Chairman McMorran wonld not release ana' figures, out de clared the commission would do Bide this issue by tonight. Applications Received . A score of application toe licenses nave already beaa re ceived for dealers of wines and beer, but no licenses would bo granted until proper forms bare been printed, McMorran. said. Permits to purchase, ot ooatso, could not be Issued nntH stores are established, the chairman continued. But after stores are started, this detail to enable par chasers to legally procure hard liquors wonld take Mttle time. Permits may be made obtainable either at liquor stores or through, the county courts. Location Not Set George SammlB, administrator, presented his recommendations to the commission during the iwnfapan,a. nnH fhal vniuipt will be taken up at the meeting later. What his organiatizon report contained could not be learned during the early afternoon. The matter of headquarters was not decided, McMorran said, hut he said he anticipated little difficulty in securing suitable quarters at the state capitol. Ho stnteri nttmernOR AODllcantsl for attiona under the admlnistra- I tj0t including inspectors, would bo heard during the late alter- i n00n. 4 PEONS KILLED GRESHAM. Neb.. Jan. M (IP) Four members of the Adolpb Schults family were killed in stantly today In a grade cross ing accident a mile soutnwest oi here. The dead: Mrs. Schultz. 37, Dorothy, 10, Donald, 8, and Dean Schults, S. SCIENTISTS MISSING ' TOKYO, 'Jan. 18 P) Two eminent volcanologtsts, Dr. Fujlo ' Honma and Dr. Tadalchl Mat- sumoto, were reported missing today following renewed erup where they had gone to study tlons at Kuchinoerabu island the active volcano. NEWS WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. (P) President Roosevelt today ap proved a code to cover the gen eral wholesale and distribution trade, at the same time ordering Into effect codes for pen not mill ers and carpet and rag manufoe turers. ' i. :. NEW YORK, Jan 18. Mayor Florcllo H. Lairaardla's squad continued to crack down on big time gamblers today after collecting 1A4 prisoner Im little more than 04 boar.