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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1934)
" ht ntnixm WtxaB 'M V . High 43; Low 25. . fS) ASSOCIATED PRESS ' ' UNITED PRblSS OREGON j V 111 HERALD SERVICE Herald subaerlbers who (nil to recelvs Uiolr paper by OHIO p, w. are ruquestt'd to cull Hit Herald business office, phone 1000, mid paper will be sent by speolul carrier. - Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1934 . Number 6026 " " 1 tm , OTFMffi wins mim Day's News . ; v ,'- lAiiriMrr nniniiA nr h hai i i-n pi n niAAiMA uiAnnrm lly 1'lttNK JKNK1N' ANOTII1C11 wise crack this ono trom R. H. Cook: "You wnt o know why tho woathor U to warm tills winter ver In thli oountryt Ilora's why: The recent earthquake have diverted tho Japan current lid sont K up tho Kiamuth river," You can tako that one or leave It. HUOH WORCESTER, you will recall, told u the other day that the geese are migrating northward a month to a month nd a bait earlier than usual, Vernon Moore drove down to Merrill tin other day, and on the way saw a nuinbor of tho little Eastern Oregon (round squirrels that normally do not come out ot hibernation until late Febru ary or early In March. And up ou the Columbia they are report ing spring wild (lowers coming ut. e e, BUT don't jump too soon to the conclusion that this will bs the yoar without a winter. By the time these words sre read although as they are written the sun Is shining warmly and the people are going around In sum mer olothoa tho snow may be blowing and tho morcury tobog ganing. The weather baa a way of do ing Just about as It darned pleases, regardless ot what It may have been doing tho day bo fore, e e TUB Knox liquor control law Is uphold by tho lower court. It will now go te the suprome court It will thon go bofbro the court of publlo opinion lor Its FINAL TRIAL. : . - ., lu ultimate fate will depend, npoa the decision of the court at public opinion. . . e e THE Knox liquor control bill puts the stato of Oregon Into the hard liquor business. The reason tho stato of Oregon Is going Into tho hard liquor huilnosa la that It needs the money, hi or dor to mnko as much money as It needs to make, H will havo ta sell as much liquor as It can. That will be qulto a change from the days, which wore re cent days, whon the stato of Oregon was doing all It could to STAMP OUT the hard liquor business. A PORTLAND dispatch, which conveys Important news, ays: "The authority of tbe NRA code authorities to Impose pro duction and working hour allot ments was UPHELD by Fodoral Judgs John H. McNary hers to day." What doos that mean? It moans that under NRA the lumbor Industry as a wholo has tho right to Impose upon Individ uals engaged In tbe Induntry.pro ductlon quotns which will Insure kooplng supply within the limits f the domand. That Is to say, undor NRA, the Industry Is to bo aonductad (Continued on Page Four) BEVERLY HILLS, Jan, 25. Editor The Evonlng Hornld: Good doal ot Jnpanose nows last day or so. One day our eyos are turnod to Europe (to soo It tho boys have any tokon payment). The noxt day It's Japan that draws our attention. We are going to havo a crooked nock from trying to look both ways at onoo. That old hostile baby over In Japan that was secretary of war, why he litis resigned. And tholr foreign minister, . Kokl Hlrota, why ho Booms to be about halt poacoful. He seems to kindor favor licking Russia first, thon take care of us lator. But this boy that re signed, he was tor double header the same day. Yours, i X7 9 onhKIrr KhntWo oLAKUH f UK Middle WU MEN LOW, DAVIS OFF HIGHWAY Accident Theory Offers' Possibility to Mys tery Here. .? , POLICE SEARCH FOR SECOND AUTO Disappearance of. Audrea Mardelle and Doris Sparks Unsolved. Slate Police Sergeant Marlon Barnes Thursaay discovered In the records ot tbe Dorrls quar antine station, figures tuat may take the case of the disappear' ance of Audrea Mardollo and Doris Sparks out of Klamath county. Tbe automobile In which tbe girls were riding bore California license 6-R-7343. In the quar antine records for Nov. 12, It Is shown where an automobile pass ed through with ltconun 3-11.7 SM 3. Six cars later, the records show. license l-li-7343 passed through again. Police said It appeared unlike ly the same cr would ' pass through twice, and are checking the- possibility a mistake may have been made. Nov. 12 Is the dsy the Sparks and Mardelle girls disappeared. - A re-check along the highway north of Klamath Falls was be ing made Thursday by Shorlff Lloyd Low and Doputy R. D. Davis, In tho search for clues to the whereabouts of Audrea Mar delle and Doris Sparks. The offlcors went to Crescont Thursday morning. They ex pected to make short trips Into sldoroads, on the theory that pos sibly the missing women drove tholr automobile onto such a road and became asphyxiated trom carbon monoxide gas fumes. Automobile Traced An attompt also Is being made to trace the movements ot a large automobile In which a wo man representative of tbe Holly wood cosmetic company tor which tho girls worked, Is report ed to havo driven south to Cal ifornia tho day after the disap pearance, Novombor 13. Local offlcors said this woman was "supervisor" for the cosmotlcs company, and that it was under stood she wont south over the Paclflo highway Instead ot fol lowing the route adopted by the girls on this side ot the moun tains, No additional word came Thursday from Marysvllle and Yuba City, whore Mrs. Raymond Murray reported to authorities sho had picked up two hitch- hlkors answering the description of the missing girls. Offlcors wore skeptical ot the value of that clue. Accepted Theory Checked Dlstrlot Attornoy T. R. Glllon wators Thursday said that the accident theory seems to hold out tho greatest possibilities at this timo. If the automobile carry ing the missing girls wont over (Continued on Page Five) TD BELIEF OFFICE SALEM, Jan. 25. (P) Arrival of two packages through the mall yoatarday adtlressod to re-ora-ploymont officials hore and con taining dynnmlto Is the oauso ot no little wdrny by those officials. The first package was deliv ered by postman to Manager B. T. Barnos at the unemployment office. Upon opening It and dis covering' Its contents, one dyna mite stick, Barnos notlflod postal officials and CWA office em ployes. The aoco'nd pnokage was re turned to the postoftlce and whan opened there revealed three sticks of dynamite and a piece ot salt pork such as is being dis tributed by the relief office, CHECK ROADS Mystery! if ' ' V. v i '.' Audrea .Mardelle, above, and Doris Sparks bolow, who have boon reported missing in Oregon for over two months. Sheriff L. L. Low and Deputy Sheriff R. D. Davis today were checking side roads off The Dalles-Calli'ornla highway In an effort to find traces ot an accident. Right of Code Authority Will Not Be Question ed by Firm. PORTLAND, Jan. 25. (AP) The right of NRA code authori ties to Impose lumbor production quotas and regulate working hours hss been given federal court substantiation here and ap peal of the decision to the Unit ed Stores supreme court, appear ed remote today. Fedoral Judge John ' McNary, brother of Senator Charles L. McNary, upheld the lumbor code authorities In their order to re duce the Willamette Valley Lum ber company ot Dallas, Ore., from a double to a single-shift run. MANY LOSE JOBS DALLAS, Ore., Jan. 25, (AP) Immediate removal ot 250 mon from the payroll of the WU- lamotte Valley Lumbor compnny will be necessary, It wns said hare today, when the compnny conforms to NRA oode regula tions undor yesterday's ruling In fodoral court In Portland. Of this number .170 will be laid oft at The Dallas plant, and 80 at tlio camp above Black Rock. About the same number ot employos will continue on the payroll, preference being given on the basis ot seniority and nunjbor ot dependents. Ruling Announced, From NRS Office Peaoe-tlme ox-aorvioe mon mtiBt take their chances with tho ordinury civilian In getting pub llo work through the national re-employment servlco. according to a ruling rocelvod by the NHS office hore, ' Undor the rogtilatlon,: the only veterans entitled to proforence are those who served In the World War and the Spanish- American war, with -World War veterans gottlng first choice. Others, who served In peace times in the army, navy or marine carps, get no preference over civilians. LUMBER APPEAL HELD UNLIKELY Increased Fund For Ex-Soldiers Asked in Senate Further Liberalizations of , Economy Bill Petitioned. 40 MILLIONS FOR BENEFITS SOUGHT Legion Commander, Reed of Pennsylvania Present Case. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, (AP) -Liberalisation ot tbe economy sections of tbe independent of fices bill to provide another esti mated $40,000,000 for veterans benefits, and removal of alleged Inequities In automatic promo tions for the military' services, was urged today before a senate appropriations subcommittee. With administration leaders be lieved ta be opposed to veterans' legislation to expand the new benefits of 121.000,000 ordered by President Roosevelt, Senator Itoed (It., Pa.), and Edward A. Hayes, American Loglon national commander, presented tbe erans' case. Points Conceded Urging tbe Legion's fonr-polnt program. Reed said the president bad conceded two of tbe points, but be believed tbe new regu lations should be made perman ent law and not left to local boards of review, which be said In some Instances had adopted "scandalous" rules. - Tbe two points conceded by Mr. Roosevelt,, he said, were restoration ot the 2100-a-montb for total' disabilities ot service origin and free hospitalisation for veterans wbo can not afford to pay for such treatment, re1 gardless Ot the origin ot their disabilities or disease. DELAY ASKED FOR WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. (S) A moratorium on construction and water rights payments by Ir rigation districts was asked to day by Secretary Ickes by bouse membors representing about 30 reclamation projects In the mid dle and far west. Representative Taylor, demo, Colo., said an executive order postponing . those payments to the reclamation bureau was re quested on the ground that the ability of farmers to ultimately repay those charges depended on an opportunity to weather exist ing agricultural difficulties. Report on CWA -Heard Wednesday Reports of progress ot CWA projects In the city schools were presented Wednesday evening be fore the board of directors ot the district by Superintendent J. P. Wells. - Miss Elizabeth Prldeaux, teach er in Fremont school, was grant ed a leave ot absence ot a year and a bait In which to work for her degree of bachelor ot arts. During her absence her position will be tilled by Mrs. ABnle Hal ferty. WEATHER . The Cyclo-Stormagraph at Un dorwdod's -Pharmacy shows the barometrlo pressure . slightly higher and continued pleasant weather Is Indicated. i The Tycos recording thermo meter registered ', maximum and minimum tomperatures Thursday aB follows: High ,..MMMM...W. ,43 Low 26 Forecast for next 24 hours Generally fair. ' Not much change In temperatures. ; The United States' weather bu reau reports no precipitation for the 24 hours ending Wednesday at 5 p, in.; 6.21 for the season to date; 6,11 normal; 8.27 last year. .-, -' Holman, Meier Dispute Ends, Bonds Signed SALEM, Jan. 26, (ffy Governor Julius L. Meier, fol lowing refusal of State Treas urer Rufus C. Holman to re type $5,444 bonds as request ed by the executive because he thought the type too dim for reading, has signed tbe bonds In their original state. Holman last week criticised the governor for delaying state business because he "didn't like tbe blackness ot the Ink used." The bonds were previously signed by Sec retary of State Hoss, who also asked they be re-typed In con formity with the view of tbe governor. Holman refused to have this done. Pleas .'for Continuance -'"rof Program Arrive -in Washington. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. OP) Upon the request of tbe civil works administration, the - divi sion of Investigation of the pub lic works administration Is un dertaking an inquiry Into 150 complaints ot graft In 45 states. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. VP) Pleas tor continuance ot the civil works administration and Imme diate restoration of working hours to 30 a week continued to day to pour into CWA head quarters. Officials said the letters had subsided to some extent, ' al though extra clerks still wets re quired to handle the mail.' Harry L. Hopkins, the admin istrator. Indicated bis statement last night, denying that graft had been found generally in tbe (Continued on Page Five) WIFE GF ENGINEER Tragic news of the death ot his young wife has been wirelessed to Richard Black, member ot the Byrd South Pole expedition, ac cording to Associated Press dis patches, and friends In Klamath Falls have alBO received word of Mrs. Black's death In San Fran cisco on January 21. Mr. and Mrs. Black made their home In Klamath Falls several years ago and made many friends in the community. Whon Black Joined the Byrd expedition last fall, Mrs. Black and their little son passed through Klamath Falls en route to San Francisco, where they planned to remain with her par ents until the expedition re turned. WASHINGTON, Jan. 35, ffl Pocketing a billion dollars worth of offers In a day, and turning away soveral billion more, the treasury still had aces in the hole today should they be needed in Its remaining $9,000,000,000 of borrowing, . ' ' Orthodox financing was chosen by SocrotnryyMorgenthnu to start tbe biggest borrowing operations since war-time figures, but the statute books hold untried pow ers at President Rooee.veHS command. i ..' HULL GORES FARMER SUNNYSIDB, WASH., Jan. 25, (ff) An angry bull butted and tramped to death Grant Mathers, 72, a farmer living near here for nearly 80 years, , . ; 200 MILLION TAX REVISION BILL PENNED Measure Expected to Be Brought to Floor on . Wednesday. ADMINISTRATION TIGHTENING LAW Ways and Means Effects Compromise With Treasuty. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. (IP) The house ways and means com mittee today approved several Items In a modified tax revision bill designed to raise $200,000, 000 additional In revenue, includ ing a change in Income tax rates to bring in $36,000,000 more a year, - As originally presented to the committee, tbe bill was esti mated to ' yield $270,000,000 through tightening up of ad ministration provisions ot . tbe Income tax law, w . - HorgenSbaa) Appear. " :" - Chairman Doughton, demo., N. C, announced the bill would be completed about ' next Wednes day. There are several important items yet to be passed upon. Action came today after Sec retary Morgentbau appeared be fore tbe committee In executive session to present the treasury's final views of tbe measure. Compromising with the treasury, the committee retained the con solidated returns for corporations and their subsidiaries, but levied a 2 per cent penalty tax for con solidated returns over and above the existing 13 single corpor ate tax. Levy Approved. In addition, it approved a levy of 36 per cent on "undistributed adjusted new income" of person al holding companies, estimated to bring In $25,000,000 a year. It also adopted with some slight modification, Its subcom mittee's recommendation on capi tal gains and losses, estimated to yield $30,000,000 annually. The revision on personal in come tax rates, estimated to bring in $36,000,000 additional revenue, was only one ot tbs sev eral actions taken. More revi sions remain to be made, so it can not yet be said bow tbe en tire bill will compare with exist ing laws In revenue producing. K. I. D. Board Wins Verdict . , of Local Jury A circuit court jury deliberat ed seven minutes Wednesday evening, took one ballot and found for tbe defense, the Klam ath Irrigation district board In a ault brought against it for approximately $5,000 attorney tees by -E. L. Elliott, local at torney. The salt had continued since Monday with Circuit Judge Hay ot Lake county on the bench. Plaintiff was represented by At torney D, E. Fletcher and the defense by William Ganong and Horace Manning. The defense contended the al leged fees due had. been paid In full according to (he contract Plaintiff was ordered to pay Hie eosts of the suit. i , Einstein Visit at White House WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 0P) President Roosevelt and Dr. Al bert i Einstein, German scientist, found a common ground today in chatting about yachts and yacht ing, ; ..'..!. The president took Mr. and Mrs. Einstein to his office In the executive building. The scien tist eagerly examined the array ot prints ot ships 'and boats on the of floe walls. . . FIREMAN KILLED OREGON CITY, Ors Jan. 25, (AP) W.. G. Duncan, city mar shal at Sandy and a Clackamas county doputy Bherlff, was killed last night when he fell from a tire truck and was crushed by tb vehicle. Clues Found In Kidnaping ST. PAUL POLICE ANNOUNCE DISCOVERY OF TWO . BYE-WITS ESSES ST. PAUL, Jan. 36. &P) Two unnamed eye-witnesses, both wo men, who espied the kidnapers of Edward G. Bremer when they seized the wealthy St. Paul banker January 17, today . sup plied police with dues that might lead to ultimate apprehension ot the gang. One of the women, It was un derstood, witnessed the actual abduction from about 20 feet from where Bremer's automobile was baited. She related a story ot a brief scuffle in the Bremer car as he apparently resisted tbe kidnapers wbo have demand ed $200,000 ransom. His auto mobile later was found, the In terior splotched with blood. Tbe second witness was reported to hare obtained- the license num ber ot the gang's ear. Mother Receives Death sNote; Philadelphia Case Probed. . BOSTON, Jan. 25, () Mrs. Mildred H. Hewey, mother of 15- year-old Loralne, reported miss ing since January 15, today re ceived a letter in which tbe writ er said it was his intention to kill tbe girl "because I am crasy." The writer said he was tbe one who had perpetrated tbe atro cious and unsolved slaying of Miss Ethel Zuckerman, 18, in a bakery in the South End section of the city, where she was em ployed as a clerk, about five weeks ago, and announced his in tention to slay tbe Hewey girl in a similar manner. The Zucker man girl's body was found pin ioned te the floor of the bakery with a bread knife through her throat. .. . PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26, (P) R. George Harvey, of the bu reau of investigation of the de partment ot justice, disclosed to day that letters demanding mon ey under threats ot harm or kid napping have been received by members of fifteen prominent families in Philadelphia in the last two months. . TAKES 216 LIVES SHANGHAI, Jan. 25 () Two hundred and sixteen men, women and children were burned to death or drowned, the night of January 21, when tbe Chinese steamer Weltung caught tire in the) Yangste river, belated re ports revealed today. The vessel exploded and sank a few minutes after the Maze started. Only 31 persons es caped. An account ot the disas ter, one of the worst In the an nals of Yangtse shipping, was brought by the Chinese steamer Kiangan, which arrived from Hankow. . LA TE WASHINGTON, Jon. as, (fP) Lonns to brokers and dealers hold by weekly reporting New York city member bunks, amount ed to 9770,000,000 during the week ended January 84, the fed eral reserve board reported to- Utay, representing an tncrose of 921,000,000 for the week. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, (IP) Calling the Aluminum Company of America a "100 per cent mo nopoly." Attorney General Cum. mlngs today said ho had ordered a rc-chcck of an Investigators' re port submitted to him concern- lug tho affairs of the company. SENATOR OSS WILL ASSIST CITrS FIGHT Marshfield Man Expects to File Brief With . Higher Count. STATE OFFICIAL ARRIVES TODAY E. R. Morris of Eugene Here to Interview Candidate. Senator John B. Goes of Marshfield is expected te Ma a brief with the supreme court la behalf of the city of Klamath Falls suit against the Knox state liquor control law, which lost -In a circuit court decision at Salem Wednesday. Other briefs setting forth the Klamath side of tbe case wHl be filed bar Elton Watkins, special attorney for tbe . cKy, and City Attorney A. L. Leavitt. In a recent letter Seaator Gobs, who is city attorney for MarBhHeld as well as at member , of the legislature, informed Mayor W. E. Mahoney that ha has always considered the Knox law unconstitutional and would do what ha could "to help tba court to a correct decision." Due to illness and the press of other matters, be was anable to take part in the case while H was still before tbe circuit court, but It is expected he will prepare brief for the sapreme ooart consideration. Official Arrives Wish tho Knox law deessioa still pending before the courts. much interest here still oentors around the activities ot tbe scats liquor commission and its of ficials, wbo are prseedvng to set up the state lkjaor eeattrol system. In tbls conneetion, District Administrator E. E. Morris f Eugene arrived m Klamath rails Thursday and IB expected ta spend Friday here in making ar rangements for estafboshlnc a state store heae. , Earner ka tbe week, K was reported State Administrator George Sammis would accompany Morris here. Morris was away ed m Medtord, and did not ar rive at mid-week as waa esspeet- ed. While here he will oheok over applicants for positions with the Honor sommwskon, and Msa will probably look ser possible locations tor a lienor etaasia meat. Word from Eugene Is that tha university etoy wiH be head quarters lor the southern Ore gon liquor dlBtrlct. Distributive and administrative activities tor tbe district will be centered at the state store there.. The announcement of Baoeoe's selection was made bs George H. McMorsan, liquor onmlseioa er, woo ai seMdent ac com city. ..) . : Blizzard Fatal ' i' to Aged Mart, Boy ' WINNIPEG, Man., Jan. 25, () A blizzard which swept over a section ot Eastern Saskatchewan today had claimed the lives of an aged man and a 14-year-old boy. ' r School ohlldren found their frozen bodies, miles apart, , on the prairie yesterday. NE WS Edith Harrison. 20, wanted a a witness an connec tion with tho investigation of the death of Miss Joy Elliott of, Boise, today waived her extradi tion aad agreed to return to Idaho for tbe bearing. She waa located hern last night by Port' land detectives. . j rmiOAflO. Jan. OS. tlPl Mrs.' Rj.ll EVun. vnnnff wife of JohSV Factor, wealthy market planter. who was kidnaped in JUiy, tooay Identified a picture of Willie, Sharkey, self-slain gunman, aw that of one of the kMswpsn who seised her hastmnd. :