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Local Forecast Unsettled; warmer. High 36; Low 25. OREGON: ' Cloudy; stormy south winds. HERALD SERVICE Herald subscribers who foil to reuolvs OioJr paper by OHIO p. 111. an requested to call tlio Herald business offlcs, pliooa IIMIO, and paper will bo sent by special carrier. ra V i ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS MrVMMMMrW , PfJftQ FlV8 CGIltS KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1934 Number 6018 CLOUDV 9 WK I ran? o) 0 fril Ai rvi IM 1 I f M 1 I II I I I 1 1 I I I I I II Editorials On the Day's News Ily I'ltANK JKNKINH Til Hi valuo ot tho American dol. lar, K now sooms Mfo to umo, Is lo bs reduced by about half. Tht la to ur, tho amount of old back ot tho papor dollar Is to bo decreasod by 60 pr cont. Bo, sluoo It Is tho sold back ot It that gives valuo to tho paper dollar, It Is expoctod that tbs purchasing powor of tbs dollar will tall. Tbs purpoas back ot this re duction ( tho sold oontont ot tho dollar Is to osuso prices to rlss. '. WHY will roductlon ot tbs gold oontont ot tho dollar causo prlcos to rlao Tho snawor to that question Is quits slmplo. It ths valus of tho money la LESS, pooplo will fool that thsy must havs MORE ot It Is return tar what (hoy havo to soil. Thoao who cun may bo ex poctod to ralas tlielr prions at ones. Otbors will follow ss rap Idly as competitive conditions will permit. In tho courao of time, un doubtedly, tho result ot roduclng the value ot tho dollar will bo so upward movement In the value of gooda and sorvlces ss expreaiod In torma of monoy. WILL that bolpT Well, K tbe dollar of tomor row Is to be worth only HALF as much aa the dollar of today. It will presumably take two dol lars tomorrow to do tho work that ONE does today. 80, you seo. If you ara to bono tll, you will bavo lo scheme out aome way to get two of tbeso cheaper dollars to take tbe place ot the one dearer dollar you new havs. ..." t ' THOSE who csn, sa already stslod, will get tho two dol lar by doubling their prices. Thoso who csn double the price of wbst thoy sell before prices of what tbey have to BUY are doubled will benotlt. Any body can see that. Thoao who CAN'T double the Dries of what thoy soil boforo prlcos of what they have to buy era doubled will be hurt. That Is equally obvious. SOMR prlcos will go up Immo dlatoly. Tho slock market, for example, rlsea st onco In re sponse to the mare PROSPECT that monoy la to be choaper. Stock prlcea are oxtromoly liquid, and rlao and fall oaslly. Otbor prlcos will rise vary slOwly, ' bocauao of competitive conditions. If you raise your prlco and your competitor DOESN'T, ho will got tho busi ness and all you will got will bo grlof. Thla bualnoaa ot raising prices he- loworlng the value of the monoy Isn't as simple as It looks. , 1 MONO the prlcos that will rlso most alowly la tho prlco ot la bor. Inoroaaod wagos have to be soourod by a procoas of negoti ation, and that takos tlmo. In any form of Inflation, thoao ' (Contlnuod on Pago Four) DpGEftS r$oys: BEVERLY HILLS, Jan. 16. Editor Tho Evening Horald: Toubls with ua Is wo had ths tax on liquor at tho wrong time. Ws should have had It on from 1010 to 1033, whon pooplo woro drinking. A pros pector In tho heart of Death Valloy Is not aa lonesome looking ss a saleamnn In a liquor store. - That Japanoae admiral that declnrod war on Aniorlca got a lot of publicity, . but no war. In fact, all the wrltors and predictors hnvon't boon able to produce a wnr as read ily aa thoy promised. Every nation thinks thoy are getting roady for it quicker than the othor, and It they oaoh know that the othor Is roady thors will be none, Yours, CANDIDATES OUTNUMBER JOB SUPPLY Many Seek Position With State Liquor Con trol Plan. ADMINISTRATORS NEEDED IN STATE Post , of CWA Disburser Carefully Eyed By Klamath Men. liy Malcolm Kplry Doaplte the fact that 1034 prom lens a record In the numbor of public Jobs to bo banded out hnro, thuro aro no prospects that the doinund for men for such work la going to oquul tbo sup ply, not to spunk of exceeding It. Consider tbo growing list of candidates tor Jobs with the atato liquor commission, which has an nounced It wilt go ahead with Its organisation dosplto the Klamath KnllB legal test of tbe Knox law, now In tbo courts. , Candidate Numerous W. E. Berry, William Barron, Frank Powers, Byron Hardcn- brook, Leo Ucroggln and Buford Morris aro among local men said by their friends to bo qunllflod for, and receptive to of fore for the more Important liquor ad ministration lobs. Tbuee men have been mentioned particularly In local gossip for liquor admin istrator for Klamath county. Word comas from Portland, howovor, tlinl only tbreo admin istrator for the atato are plan. ned. thoao lo be appointed on tho bnala of congressional districts. That limits the possibilities of a Klumntb man gutting tbe jon. un the othor bund tboro are going to bo auditors, fluid agonts, store manager, storo bolp and what not under the liquor set-up. It all we huar la true, end tho com mission may yet deckle to appoiut deputy admlnlHtrntora for each county. No Mora Applications Tho commlsalou has announced It will rocnlvo no more applica tions for Jobs. Just bow many of the mon mentioned above ac tually applied for Jobs, or how many olhora did, boforo tho gate was closed. Is no' cartaln, but (Continued on Page Elgbt) 11 mv the Associated Press) The dollar woa buoyant against non-gold currencies in foreign oxchango mnrkots today and held a mnro stoady position against gold exchangos. . In London tho Amorlonn unit finished 3 Mi oonts hlghor to tho Dotind Btorllng at fS.ll, com. pared with an overnight quota tion of $5.14 tt. In New York atorllng sagged atlll furthor and was s cents lowor at $5.00. In Pnrls the dollar closod 11 centimes lowor at an equivalont nf 6.38 conta attor having opon od at 6.43 cents. In Now York the French unit was quoted at 8.S2U conta. oft .06 of a eent from yostorday. In terms ot tho frano tho dol' lnr was valuod at approximately 61.07 nor cent ot parity. BaBoa on tho now domosito goia price of $34.46 an ounco, it had a theorotlcal value of 60 per eent of Its former parity. DEATH LIST 112 CALCUTTA. Jon. 16. (API- Earth shocks continued Intortnlt tontly throughout India today as the totul known doad In yester day's big qtiuko mounted to 112. Tho total casualties prouauiy will be rovonlod as considerably greater, slnco lator reports show heavy tlnmago was aono norm 01 the rlvor Ganges. Sovoral tom d!b woro tlostroyod In Turnoa and In Bihar Province. Two Brothers Die At Identical Hour NEVADA CITY. Calif.. Jan. 16, (P) At tho snme hour for mor Superior Judge Frank T. Nllon dlod hero yostorday, his youngor brothor, John C. Nllon, sucoumbed In Siskiyou county. Mft5 ' i lHll-'l"114" Outlaw Frees Five Convicts TWO GUAItftH WOUNDED IN . TEXAS I'ltlHON IlItKAK) MANHUNT STARTS HUNT8VILLE, T?x., Jan. 16 (AP) Two guards at the East- ham state prison farm woro am. bushed and wounded today by a macblno gunnor Identified ai Clydo Barrow, notorious south' western outlaw, who effected tbe releaso of hla pal, Raymond Ham' llton, and four othor convicts. Offlcere expreasod bollof that Barrow was aided by hla woman companion. Bonnie Parker. Tho guards were ambushed aa thoy took a aquud of men out to work In the fields. Bullets from s mschlne gun sprayed out from s ditch near tho prlaon farm boadquartora as tbo squad passed. E Old Edifice May Be Re moved for Play grounds. Ronlncomont of tbe old high school building with s play ground, construction of a histor ical museum and construction of underground railroad crossings. wore smong outstanding pro- nn.nU fnr Hvtl wnrlcn orOlOCtB discussed at a conference Tues day by Will Baldwin. CWA man ager, and the city planning com mission. Acflnn nn thfl hlrh school OrO- Joct entails the nocesslty of get ting this proporly in tno uanas of a public agoncy, it was point ed out.. Ths property woe ac quired from the county by tbs Maeonle lodge, but may revert to public ownership, which would make It eligiblo tor publlo or civil works. Iloeae Heads Committee Thfl amreest nd olan devolooed at tbo meeting called for rasing tho old building, developing a playground on tho property, and using the materials for tbe con struction ot a historical muaoum, possibly on tho hill site, but pref erably on some othor public prop erty, such as the library grounds. It. H. Bosss was named bead of tbe high school commlttoe. Undergrade crossings on Mala street and Esplanade Btreot, dlB cussed aome time ago as possible PWA projects, took a civil worka turn at tho conference Inasmuch aa no application was made for i.,.m b mihlle wnrka nrolecta. It was bolleved they would be eligible under tho CWA. Elmor BnlBlgor beada the crossing com mlttoe. Canal Considered DiBvorminii Havnlnnment along the reclamation canal was sug unatari and O. C. Lorenz ap pointed chnlrman of a play grounds committee, ine manor will bo token up witn tne recla mation service. Consideration was given to the canal covorage project, now pond ing with tho publlo works sdmin ifltrntlon at Washington. An of- (Continued on Page Eight) L FOR U. S. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 () n l .1 n , nnntavAlt tnriftV &D- MUDmuii. " " - - pointed John T. Summcrvllle as United states marsnat tor urn gon. nnnTt.lHn .Tan. 1ft John T. 8ummorvlllo, whose name was sent to the senate to tnu hv Prnolrient. Roosevelt for confirmation ss United States marshal for Oregon, returnea this morning from Washington, D. C. Ho expects to tako office about Fob. 1, succeeding Jack L. Day, republican. Wife of Noted Artist Passes MORQES, SwitBerland, Jan. 16 (if) Madame . Helena Pndorew ska, wife of the noted pianist, Ignuce Jan Padorewski, died at tholr villa here today. She was 74 years old. Patlerewaltl was with her when doutli come after an Illness ot more than two yoaro, WAREHOUSE DESTROYED SALEM Jan. 16, (P) -Flro of an undotermlnod origin destroy ed a Inrge onion warohouso and contents on the Hayes Lablsh farm about nine miles north ot Snlom, at 4:80 o'clock Tuesday morning. There were 80 car loads of choice onions storod at the time. YVLrdUVJ U UaUU U UllllU IIIIIIIL.U n nnrnmnn zrntautna un. nin FOR SCHOOLS Dr. ' C- V. Boyer Acting Executive for Uni ' .. ; versity. ', PEAVEY HEADS ' STATE COLLEGE Educational ' Chiefs Drop Investigation Into Morse Charges. PORTLAND, Jan. 16. (P) Dr, Clarence V. Boyer, dean of arts snd letters at University of Ore gon, Is acting president of that Institution, and Dr. George W. Poavey, dean of forestry at Ore gon State college, will bead that school In a similar capacity Both will report directly to Chan cellor W. J. Kerr. Election of these two mon to tbe new positions was tbe major business sccomplished by ' the state board of higher education at Its Monday meeting here. Move for Harmony. The move was designed to In sure greater harmony In admin istration of the two large Insti tutions, lessening (ears of parti sans of one school that that In stitution may not have adequate expression and opportunity. Un- dor this plan there will be a directing bead on each campus tho Interest of which he will champion, and tbe affairs ot which will be his responsibility. Tho board abandoned 1U pro posed investigation of activities of Dean Wayne L. Morse of the Oregon School of Law, whose at tack on tbe chancellor created a furoro several months ago, and whose heated debate with Roscoe C. Nelson, then chairman of the board of higher education, re sulted in the resignation ot the Portland man.. Faculty Warned. In dismissing the Morse Inves tigation tbe board Implied tnat the ax will fall swiftly and sure ly on any faculty member wbo might take such sctlon In the future. Wtllard Marks of Albany was elocted chairman of the board ot higher education, . and C. A. Brand of Roseburg was elected vice chairman. It was believed Governor Meier will appoint a now member to trie board soon. (Continued on Page Eight) OF PORTLAND, Jan. 16. (VP) George L. Sammls, administrator tor the state liquor control board, said here today that "many com plaints have been recolved at the office that an extremely poor grade of liquor Is being sold by many Portland concerns." He made the statoment with rocelpt ot a mossago from Joseph II. Choate Jr., director ot the fcdoral alcohol administration. stating that the government will deal harshly with all original purveyors ot bad liquor. Gold Policy Reaction World Considers F. R. Pronouncements WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. (P) Thorough approval of President Roosovelt's monotnry program was expressed before the house coinage committee today b: Frank A. Vanderlip, Now York banker and financier. He made bis views known on the president's recommendations to congress yesterday after he hnd proposed creation of a new fedornl agoncy to have sole power of currenoy Issue. TOKYO, Jan. 18, (IP) Rapid fluctuations without any definite trends In the foreign exchange market today showed that Jap anese bankers and traders still are ttnablo to foresoe tho results of president Roosovelt's mone tary policy, WASHINGTON Jan. 16. (VP) Tho roconstruotlon corporation consod its gold purchases abroad at noon Yesterday. Josse H. Jones, chairman, said today that all gold purchases Initiated abroad prior , to 12 Broken Nose Mae's Worry ACTRESS TESTIFIES TO GIV- IXO JEWELS FOR PRO TECTION LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16, UP) Aiae west, aazzung movie siren, blonde of tho provocative walk and tho "come hither" voice, was moro concerned with the horrors ot a broken nose and tbo possl bio loss of a screen contract than wltb the $3,400 In cash and the diamonds and Jewelry she gave up when a robber held ber np September ztf. l3Z. Testifying today in tbe trial of Edward Friedman, who Is charged with the robbery, the actress said she knew she could get her "property" back In quick time, but a new nose was some thing else again. , The actress' court bodyguard, consisting of police detectives and district attorney s special of ficers, closed In around ber. The protective measure was taken be cause ot threats of an unidenti fied man over the telephone that there would be trouble if she tes tified In Friedman's trial. She was asked If she was frightened when the revolver was pushed against her body. "Yes, I guess I was," she re plied. "Bat that guy's band was shaking like a leaf. I didn't know whether he was going to hit me In tho (ace and maybe break my nose and knock a couple of teeth out. or not. I was most afraid ot that. I could make back that $3,400 any time, but I couldn't get myself a new (ace. I was remembering my contract." U. S. FILES SUIT T Company Charged With Violation of NRA Provisions. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. (P) Tbe (ederal government filed eult today against the Standard Oil company ot New Jersey charging violation of the oil code and asking an injunction against the company to prevent it from giving premiums. , The action was filed on behalf of Secretary Ickes. the oil ad ministrator. Hearing on the suit was set for January 30 In Dis trict of Columbia supreme court. The suit was the first to be filed against a major oil com pany for alleged violation of the code. NEW YORK. Jan. 16. VP) Babe Ruth, batsman. Is titular head of what the government to day charged was an oil code vio lation on the part ot the Stand ard Oil company of New Jersey. The contest Inaugurated by the company Is known as "Babe Ruth's Boy's cluo contest." Three times a week he goes on the air (Continued on Page Eight) HAVANA, Jan. 16. (Pi Carlos Hcvia, 33-year-old secretary of agriculture, was given the oath of office as president of Cuba today by his father-in-law, Dr. Juan Federko Edelmann, presi dent of the supremo court. o'clock noon yesterday will be completed and that certificates ot mints or assay offices for do mestic newly mined gold Issued prior to midnight last night will be honored. LONDON, Jan. 16. (P) Lon don newspapers commented at length today on President Roose velt's monetary declaration, LONDON, Jan. 16. VP) Bar gold advanced 3 shilling 8 pence to 131s 9d. (U. S. equivalent $33.83 on basis ot sterling open ing nt $5.18 H). Of 820,000 pounds (currently available on the open market, about 14,206,001) of the metal available on the open market, the bulk was reported to have boen taken by American. Inter ests. NEW YORK, Jan. 16. VP) Bond prices continued their up swing today. U. S. governments gained S328 to ll82s ot a point ' ' ' ' STATE BEGINS EKODP DEATH STOHY Gruesome Tale Revealed in Murder Trial At Chicago. BOARDER TAKES WITNESS STAND Unopened Packages Evidence Brought to Court. of CRIMINAL COURTS BUILD ING, Chicago, Jan. IS. VP) The state today began its gruesome parade of evidence In tbe trial of Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop, .62-year-old physician, charged with tbe murder of Rheta Gardner Wynekoop, auburn-haired wife ot ber youngest son, Earle. Three pictures of the scene ot tbe homicide, one showing the body ot the 23-year-old Rheta on the operating table in the basement of tbe Wynekoop borne, were shown to Miss Enid Hennes sy, school teacher-boarder at the Wynekoop home, (or identifica tion. .Stained Articles Brought in Otber evidence hauled into court, but as yet unpresented, in cluded two wicker waste baskets. bearing stains which might have been blood, and several balky packages wrapped in brown pa per. Before adjournment at noon the state completed its examina tion of Miss Hennesser and of Mrs." Vera Dnncan; neighbor 'Of the Wynekoops and the last per (Continued on Page Eight) DIES AT CAPITAL WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, () Russell Hawkins of tbe home loan bank board, died today in his hotel here. Anrjolnted to the board last June for a four-year term, he was a retired lumber man from Tillamook Bay. Oregon. Hawkins is survived by a danehter. Mrs. H. O. Schmidt of York, Pa., and a son, Russell Hawkins Jr., of Portland, ore. There are two grandchildren. E Thieves entered Klamath Un ion High school early Tuesday morning and pilfered a vending machine ot approximately $2.00 in nickels, according to a report filed at police bureau. The petty robbers also entered a number of the study and olass roomB In the building, as well as the offices of Principal Paul T. Jackson. Tbe principal's desk had been pried open with a screw driver, but apparently nothing taken. Robbery ot a dwelling at 2228 Siskiyou street, owned by Earl Sharp, has also been reported to headquarters. A set ot new breakfast room tnrnlture and a new mattress were taken from the house, as well as a number ot smaller articles. YOUTH FREED IN ' ST. HELENS. Ore., Jan. 16. (AP) A verdict ot justifiable homicide was returned by a cor oner's Jury here, freeing Edward Wagner, 23,- of Rainier, (rom re sponsibility (or the fatal shooting of his father, Carl Wagner, 53, who was killed Sunday. The Jury was told the - elder Wagner bad abused bis wife and threatened her and the younger man's wife. WARD'S PAYS BIO DIVIDENDS CHICAGO, Jan. 16, VP) Di rectors of Montgomery Ward and Ccfnpany today voted to pay dividend ot $5.25 a share on the company's Class A stock, repre senting the total amount accrued prior to January 1, 1088, on that Issue, . . . . Roosevelt's New Dollar Opposed; Hearings Askeid Federal. Reserve Recommends Program Undertaken by President; Radio ;-v; Priest Warns of Revolution WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, (AP) The Rev. Charfes E. Coughlin, Detroit priest, predicted today before the house coinage .committee there would be revolution unless con gress enacts the monetary legislation asked yesterday by President Roosevelt. Earlier, Frank A. Vanderlip, New York banker and financier, gave full support' to the Roosevelt monetary proposals and advocated creation of a new government agency with complete control over issuance of currency. Asserting that the president "prefers preservation of human rights to financial tradition," the priest added : L 1 Armstrong Case Expected to Reach Jury Late This Afternoon. The ease at Lee Armstrong versus Dan Llskey was expected to reach the jury late Tuesday at tbe elose ot the first slander trial held here in recent years. Presentation of tne plaintiff's case came to a close late Monday afternoon. Through nine wit nesses. Attorney J. C. O'Neill sought to show that Armstrong had beea accused ot thievery by Llskey, prominent Tulelake farmer.. ' Armstrong' and others -testified that . tbe plaintiff and his wife were hired as cooks on Lis- key's ranch, that tbey left short. ly because of dissatisfaction with conditions there, and that Llskey later- came - to the place they, were staying in Altamont and ac cused Armstrong of stealing sup plies from the Llskey place. A parade of more than a dozen defense witnesses went to the stand before the Jury Tuesday. Attorney Ralph Horan, defense counsel, sought through defense evidence to show that Armstrong and his wife actually removed the supplies from the Llskey ranch, on the theory that any allegation that Armstrong was a thief, were substantiated by true (Continued on Page Eight) REPORT BRIGHT SALT: LAKE . CITY, Jan. 16 VPi Favorable prospects (or the sheep and wool industry during the coming season were outlined by F. R. Marshall of Salt Lake City, secretary of the National Wool Growers' association, at tbe opening session ot its sixty ninth annual convention here today. Sheep men gathered here from many western states were told that In the matter of freight rates, grazing tees, market con ditions, government financing and In other . particulars, they seemed to have little to fear in the coming months. E S. S. SANTA BARBARA, AT SEA, Jan. 16, (TP) Cordell Hull, secretary of state of the United States, said today he expected to Bet In motion. Immediately upon his return to Washington, the machinery for negotiation ot re ciprocal trade treaties with all American republics. LATE LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16. (ffj An opinion that' Mnrgayet Keith, wealthy Palos Verdcs recluse, was insane was contained in tes timony on filo In superior court today In the trial of a contest to her will disposing of sn estate valued at Sl.SOO.OOO. ' BALEM, Jan. 16. (IP) The public utilities commissioner to day dismissed the Investigation of the fares, methods and service of the Boyd's Dollar Line, bos company, today, If congress refuses, to i . . i . luiiow uirougn ana give ui president the legislation he asks, I predict a revolution that will make the French revolution look silly. "Gentlemen, it's Roose velt or ruin." WASHINGTON Jan. 14. f API Hints of organized republican opposition to the new Roosevelt dollar, which is to have from 56 to 60 per cent of the old gold dollar content, were paralleled by the disclosure (hat the federal re serve board had recommended that the government take over all monetary gold. Senate republicans a a caucus demanded "adequate" hearings on the monetary legislation ask ed by the president yesterday, but they deferred taking any position. Democrats of both branches spoke confidently of early enactment. Opposition Softened Governor Engene Black of the reserve board made a statement revealing the board's recent ac tion. Tbe stand was expected to soften some congressional opposW tlon to the (ederal government taking the profit resulting; from dollar revaluation. , Support tor the Roosevelt monetary program was voiced to the house coinage committee by Frank A. Vanderlip, New York banker, while Secretary Morgen than prepared to appear later ia the day before the senate bank ing committee to testify on the administration proposals.. Meeting Called President Roosevelt called a meeting ot his executive council which advises him on govern mental plans (or this afternoon. Whether monetary policies would come under discussion was not disclosed. The republicans took their ac tion at a caucus, bnt deterred a decision on the Roosevelt deval uation proposal Itself pending a study of the bill. The reconstruction corporation announced it ceased gold pur chases abroad at noon yesterday. Its gold will be turned over to the treasury. . Action Recommended Governor Eugene Black ot ths (ederal reserve board said today it had recommended to President Roosevelt, the taking over by the government ot all monetary gold. specific authority for which ths (Continuea on rage juigau. 111S POSTED PORTLAND. Jan. 18 V- Southeast storm warnings con-, tlnued to fly on the Oregon and Washington coastline today for strong southerly winds, occa sionally of gale force. The weather bureau said that although temperatures wsrs dropping rapidly east of ths Rocky mountains this morning, it was much warmer over ths north Pacific states except In southern Oregon and southern Idaho where it was slightly cooler. Occasional rain for the north west section ot Oregon, and light rain or snow In the northeast part tonight and tomorrow wss predicted. . . . . NEWS WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. VP)- The Jones bill guaranteeing ths principal of 92,000,000,000 worth of farm bonds was passed today by tho house. It now goes to tks onate, 1 i WASHINGTON, Jan, 16. (PV 'Comptrolier General I. R. Mt Carl has ruled that the gofers ment's action in setting np aa emergency corporation was nn constitutional and as remit the corporation's activities havs been brought to standstill, -