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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1934)
A Local Forecast '''--Qrty Fair, moderate. ' fyl High 66; Low 39. , l & JfJ ) OREGON: , lg$S Fair tonight, Friday. fj fog on coast. iSfsL VfT HERALD SERVICE ra Herald subscriber who full to rocolvo their paper liy OiflO p. in. are requuslod to cnll the Ilttraltl business office, phono 1000, anil a paper will bo sent by apodal carrier. . V ASSOCIATED PRESS Price Five Cents UNITED PRESS KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1934 Number 6085 SUNNY LTD Editorials On the Day's News miki ':.iv'i!).im AllVlllin A.I.IKIIWA ' mm UUL Jly FRANK JENKINS THIS headline flarui (rom tbo front pagei France Fearful of Armed Revolt, Franco, oiio ot Europe's moat conservative nation! tho only country of major Importanot re maining on tho gold standard. Franca, whoso boaat baa boon, until Tory recently, that tho do , prosilon baa loft It rolatlvoly un touched. ' Tot armed revolt la feared. Can you Imagine that? THIS armod rovolt, a Paris dls patch aaiorU, la being pre pared by both "rightists" and "laftlit." Thouaanda of rifles are aald to have beon smuggled Into Franco during the pait few woeka ai If there weren't enough there al ready, France being probably the most hoarlly armed country on earth. e e e SILLY people In thli country toll ut wo ahould forbid own ership of guna by our cltlieni. Thle flood ot guna pouring over the bordora Into France ahowi ui bow naeleaa auch a prohibition would be, Ai s matter of fact, forbidding ownership ot guna In thla country would be exactly equivalent to concentrating possession 'of gum In tbo handa of criminal!. Honeat cltttena would observe the law. but criminals WOULD NOT. iCT lot'i go back, for a mo ment, to France, and thla (tatement that armed revolution ) being prepared by both "right ists" and "leftist." What ta "rightist"? What H "leftlaf'T These are atranie terma In thla euntry. e e 'A "RIOHT1ST" la an extreme conservative. A "loftlat" li n extreme radical. A "ccntrlat" ) s mtddlo-ot-the-roader, Theie torma arlao out of tbo fact that In European loglaluttve assemblies tho oomorvatlvo mem be ra alt on the right aide of the kail, the radical! on the loft tide, and the mlddle-ot-tbo-roadora In the centor. In thla country, we mix 'om all lap together, e e nrlisr do many thing! ( differ ontly In Europe. In moat European eountrlea, both monarchlea and ropubllci, the promler la the real head of the government, the proildont or the king being more or loai ot figurehead. - ' , When the legislative assembly, which correspond to our con greu, vote AOAINST the pre mier, he and hli whole cabinet roalgu: the prealdent or the king appoint! a new premier and the premier choose a new cabinet. ' So, you lee, they get a "new deal" rather often over thore. e e e PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, the 1 other day, vetood an appro priation bill providing incroasoi la votoran componsntlon and In "lalarloi" ot public Job-holders "inlorloi," plonse nolo; no food er at the publlo trough evor ao (Continued on Page Four) ILL pGEHS say? BEVERLY HILLS, April 5. Editor The Evening Horald: Soe whore tho prealdont Is pro longing his fishing trip. Go ing to stay away from con gress till thoy got about a doien bills, thon come back and veto 'em all at once, Its going to bo'protty tame for him whon he gets hack, He has been used to fishing for real game tlsh, like the broad' bill and tho awordtlsh. Thon come homo and have to bait hi hook with somo llttlo post offloo worms, and fish tor mudcat oongrossmon and . eel senators. ' Yours, Eugene Charges Realtors Dispatch Note of Complaint on Coast Project Political, Commercial In trigue Laid to Com mission. CARL WASHBURNE ' OFFERS DEFENSE Oregon Delegation Will Speed Matter At Washington. WASHINGTON, April 5, UP) Congrcaaman Walter M. Plerco ot Oregon aald today that the . en tire Oregon detonation will pre sent to the federal bureau of publk roads a petition of the Eugene realty board for construc tion ot the io-callod "Route F" highway from Eugene to Blualaw Harbor, a dlslanco ot about 45 mile. The Eugene realty board peti tioned the prealdont for a federal Inveatlgatlon aa to why the road has not been constructed aa a military and commercial highway, although other conatructlon has been ordered, , LETTERS HEXT TO P. R, PORTLAND, April 6, WV-A cbargo of the Eugene realty board In a lettor to Prealdent Itootovolt that a campaign ot po litical and commercial Intrigue Is being waned against the pro posed highway from Eugon to Blualaw Harbor was crltlclaed hero today by mombera ot the Orogon highway commission. Commlailoner Carl Washburne ot Eugono doctored be folt the Eugeno chargea of Intrigue were "vory peculiar," as was publi cation of thorn on the samo day that the highway commission was awarding contracts for three miloa of construction on this road, known as "Route F," and for the construction ot tour bridges en the same highway. Three Millions Involved "That," Washburne said, "Is the host nnswor the commission can give to the charge that there Is discrimination against Route F." Leslie M. Scott, chairman ot (Contlnuod on Page Six) RUSSO-JAP 11 Tl LONDON, April 5 The dangor of a conflict Involving Japan' and Russia was viewed In responsible British quartors to day as the sole war throat Justi fying the recommondatlon ot the United States navy that the battleships California and Ten iioshoo bo kopt in readiness for action, Dosplte curront uncertainties In Europe, tho British view Is there Is not the sllghtost possibility ot Amorica becoming .Involved in disturbance on this sldo of tho Atlantic Whllo Russo-Jannneso tension has easod In the past few months, It was hold, there Is still somo fear of tho Pacific situation which was described here as "still the most In flammable spot In tho world." ICIDE SAN QUENTIN, Cnllf., April 8, (Ay Paulino May Loroy, BO, of Los Angolos, committed suicide In tho women's prison at Tehach npl, Wnrdon Jnmos B, Holmnn was notified today. A guard dlscovorod the body hanging In tho cell. The wo man had feshlonod a noose from a plooe ot choose cloth, looped it about her neck and Jumped from her oot, Mrs. Leroy entered the prison last March 89 to servo from one to ton yoara on throe counts charging pandering and conspir acy to pandor. Roosevelt Denies Report of Poor Luck at Fishing MIAMI, Flo., April 6, (AP) President Roosevolt, from his vacation yacht, today de manded a retraction of tho story told by bis son, Elliott, that he was not catching any fish. In a Joshing mood, Mr. Roosevelt proposed the ap pointment of a "special com mittee to Investigate and se cure retraction." Elliott, after his visit to the ship Tuesday, told newspaper men bis father was having poor luck fishing and that the real of the crew were catch ing all the fish. T Result of Questioning May Speed Capture of Dilllnger. ' ; j ST. PAUL, Minn., April I. OP) An auburn-haired woman, par rying police questlona with cryp tic answera, stood today between fodoral agenta and possible cap ture . ot tho notorious John (Wooden Gun) DUllnger, The officers continued silent on the progroas ot ther Investi gation, but reports were circu lated that the .woman Is Bernlce Norton, a friend of Evelyn Fre chettl who. In turn, Is a friend ot DUllnger. Agents rotorred to the woman a "Besslo," and her description fits closely that of the Norton woman. Green Ilailly Wounded. The woman occupied an apart ment with Eugone Greon, a DU llnger associate. Green was se verely wounded and the woman was captured Tuesday night whon tho pair called at the home ot a negress for luggage Green had left there. The arrest of the pair led to discovery ot two more hideouts of the new DUllnger gang In the Twin Cities. The resultant. In quiry led, too, to the questioning of Edward G. Bremer, St. Paul banker, who paid $200,000 for freedom from kidnapers last Jan uary after being hold captive 22 days. The possible connection be twoen DUllnger gangsters and the Bremer kidnaping was hot ex plained. Moch Money Found. Four machine guns, three auto matic rifles, one shotgun, a min iature maohlne gun fashioned from a .88 calibre navy special (a pistol), and a large quantity of ammunition were found In a St, Paul apartment and a Mlnne (Continued on Page Six) IN DAMAGE SUIT LOS ANGELES, April 5, (AP) Blonde Sally Ellers, movie ac tress and expectant mother, was callod to the Btand today In su perior court as a witness for Marjorle Whltels, who Is suing Miss EilorB' husband, Harry Joe Brown, for 1100,000 damnges, alleging breach ot promise to marry. Hor testimony was confined to two words, "Sally Brown," she said, whon she was OBkod hor name. Then Judge Arthur Keatch ruled that she noad not testify concorning an interview with hor thnt appeared In a motion pic ture mngnilne. . Sho was excused from tho stand. At this, the attorney's for Miss ' Whltols rostad tholr caso. ! roBTiAND borrows. PORTLAND, April 6. (P) Af ter having ' been on a nominal cash basis since Mnroh 21, the city ot Portland had to go to the bnnk Wcdnosdny and borrow 280, 000 to moot Its payrolls, to be paid today, The payroll total Is I116,000- , T BADE BOOST AMERICA SETS RECORD Increases in February Greatest in Fifteen Years. MARCH ADVANCE NOT TABULATED Unemployment Down, Payrolls Up, Commerce Bureau Reports. WASHINGTON, April S, (AP) Payrolls In American manu facturing Industry bit a new high in February, creating peaks In both wagea and employment untouched since early 1931. The department of commerce, announcing this today, added that probable further Improve ment In March would supplant these fiKures. but that enly In complete estimates for the month wore available. New Record Hit The department stated that a swelling . in , manufacturing pay roll ot 12 -per, cent lo teoruary u compared" to JaunarjK.eoBkU tutod the greatest one-month im provement In 15 year. '.' A 6- per cent gain In actual factory employment during the month as compared to January was recorded as having been ex ceeded ouly three ttmea In 15 years. None of tho figures inciuaeo. thoplurgo of pay Increases re coully announced in the steel, automobile and other Industries, many of which go into effect tbla month. . Voluntary Action Viewed The NKA was disclosed today in he watching such data in tently, while gathering more ot Its own. On good authority it was in (Continued on Page Six) ir OF P.-T. L Mrs. William Kletxer, state president i of the Oregon Con gress of Parent and Teachere will - be In Klamath Falls Fri day and Saturday. Following la the program during the two days of her visit: On Friday morning, April 6, at 9:30 a conference tor all Ingoing and outgoing unit offi cers and standing committee chairmen will be held at the Li brary club rooms. On Saturday attornoon at 2:00 o'clock a gen eral county meeting will be held at the Fremont auditorium. All P.-T. A, members and people In terested In child welfare work are urged to attend this meeting. Mrs. Kletxer will preside. v At 7:00 o'clock on Saturday evening a dinner will be held In honor of Mrs. Kletser at the Pelican Grill, to which all P. T. A. mombera are Invited. Res ervations for this dinner must be made by Thursday evening by calling Mrs, William L. Wales at 2158. On Friday, April 8, Mra. Klet xer, Mrs. William L. Wales, state vice-president, and Mrs. George (Continued on Page Six) SOLD WITS CHICAGO, April 5. ffl The Dnlly .Times today placed the Prince' ot Wales In the list ot eminent Britons who Invested In Instill securities and were able to pull out before the crash. Investigation hns, disclosed, the Tlmos said,, that tho heir to. the British throne bougnt Middle West utilities mid other Insull stocks during the boom and sold thorn at a profit, ' Investors who wero not so lucky, the newspaper said, have laid plans to dig up tho stock transfer 1 rocords to show the dates whan the prince bought and sold. ' ', ' 1 ' Highway Crash Victim' Found Alive AMERICAN SURVIVES WILD JUNGLES OF SOUTH AMERICA CALL Colombia. April 5, (AP) Newton C. Marshall, of Mil waukee, was reported found alive today, the only survivor of an airplane crash on March 10 In the Andes. The report of the discoyery was made officially 'by the BoU varvalle department. Five Bodies Found It was said that five bodies were found in the cabin of the airplane, the Von Krobn ot the Scadta airline. Details of how Marshall may have survived three weeks In the Jungle after the crash were not Immediately available. There was confusion here over the reported finding ot Marshall alive and five other occupants of the plane dead, for on March 10, when the plane took off on a flight In the wild Choco dis trict of western Colombia It was reported carrying four persons. (Continued on Page Six) STATE PENSION Less Than 50 Per" Cent " of Applicants Re- ..ceive Funds. By Leslie J. Smith (Associated Press Writer) PORTLAND, April 5. (yP) Of more than 6,800 elderly men and womc,n ot Oregon who had hoped for and applied tor some financial aid under the old age pension law. not more than 3.200 are receiving assistance, and the average for each of these Is somewhat less than J 10 a month. An Associated Press survey of every county in the state showed that all but six of the 36 bad taken some steps to relieve those residents, of upward of 70 years who are In penury and distress. Coos county, with an average monthly pension of S16 a per son, has led all the others In gen erosity. Curry, Its neighbor to the south, was at the bottom ot the pension list with an allowance of only 25 a month a person. No Bodfret Here About 2750,000 haa been bud geted by the counties for use In relief ot the destitute aged of Oregon, and all except two are drawing this money from - the general fund. Klamath, although paying each person 211.40 a month, made no budget allow ance, and emergency tunds are being issued to the elderly needy at the rate ot 210 a person each month. The old age pension law, adopt ed 'by the 1933 session ot the legislature, made no provision for a minimum monthly pension to those who qualify for aid un (Contlnued on Page Six) SENATE REJECTS TAX INCREASES WASHINGTON, April 5; () ta todav rejected a Dro posal to Increase from 4 to 6 per cent the existing normal income tax and to levy surtaxes ranging from to 71 per cent as against an existing range ot 1 to 55 per cent. It was offered by Senator La Follette.'republlcan, Wisconsin. By this action the senate re tained the less ' severe finance oommlttee schedule calling for a flat 4 per cent. normal rate and surtaxes ranging from 5 to 59 per cent. Serpent Reported Near Marshfield MARSHFIELD, Ore., April 5. (p) Coos Bay, slighted these many months aa discussion of sea serpents and marine monsters held attention, leaped to the tore today. .,' Fred Jens, United States const guard lookout, reported that shortly : after 8 a. m. today a "sorpent" he - estimated to have been, between 80 and 100 feet In length hove Into sight and play fully ohurnad the water off the south spit tor ' nearly halt an hour, ' . ' ' ,' ' LATE FILING PLACES IRWIN IN PRIMARIES Recall Move Head Enters Political Race for Bench Post. SIX CANDIDATES NOW IN STRUGGLE Observers Watch Crowd ed Situation At Merrill By Malcolm Epley Because of a news failure at Salem, John Irwin's filing for 13th Judicial district Circuit Judge went , unreported until Thursday. Irwin returned from the cap ital city, where he filed as the sixth candidate for the Judge ship. His filing was late In the day Tuesday, and apparently failed to get Into the records In time to be picked np by news paper men. Recall Move Headed In the circuit Judge race now are Judge W. M. Duncan. .Arthur Schanpp, William Ganong. D. E'. Fletcher, Edward B. Ashurst and Irwin. Irwin's entrance in the race had been expected, 'and it was with considerable surprise that local observer noted bis name missing from the final lists. The new candidate has headed up the recall movement here. He has practiced law In Klamath Falls for many years and was at one time district attorney. The judge's race promises to get a generous share of atten tion In the May primaries. An other contest in which there is a multiplicity of candidate Is (Continued on Page Six) BY Oliver C. Rntter. 80, sustain ed a slight shoulder injury at 9:15 o'clock Wednesday night when he was struck by an auto mobile driven by W. K. Dyche, 634 North Eleventh street ' The aged man, who Is em ployed at a local pool room, was walking to his home in Mills addition, and the accident oc curred at the intersection ot Martin and East Main streets. Rutter told police officials who Investigated the accident, that he was being followed, and that he had kept to the streets in order to take advantage ot the lights. Dvche saw the old man, and swerved sharply to the right to avoid striking him.- The tender stdeswiped Rutter. The accident was unavoidable, according to police reports. Rut ter was taken to Hillside bospital for first aid treatment, and was later removed to his home. 101 STORE STAY OPEN LATER A proposal which may result In later hours at the Klamath state liquor store Is to be con sidered by the state liquor com mission st Its next meeting, ac cording to W. E. Borry, assistant district supervisor. Berry said that' It the com mission approved, the local store may be kept open until 11 or 12 o'olock. It now- closes at 8 p. m, on week-nights and 10 p. m. nn Rntitrrtnvn , Business here Is picking np,. tno , omciais saia. necause ui slow business at several other stores in the district their staffs have been reduced. "REFORM" BILL FAILS ALBANY, N. Y., April 6, (AP) Governor Lehman's chief pub llo utilities "reform" bill. In tended to' permit municipalities to go Into the power business, was defeated by the senate today, Conspiracy Mass Murder Clues Found SUSPECT I If BREMERTON KILLINGS ARRESTED IN IDAHO BREMERTON, Wash., AprU I. OP) Vengeance entered the Er land's Point mas murder ease today as a possible motive tor the slaughter of six persons, when DOllce said toey were advised tnat one ot the slain men fatally wounded a Callfornlan, whose brother swore to get revenge. Bremerton officials said they were informed by the chief of police ot Yakima, Wash., that some months ago Eugene A. Chenevert, formerly of Walla Walla, engaged in a tight in a California city, "probably San Jose," and that the other man subsequently died. The brother ot the dead man, said the Yakima officer, felt Chenevert wa re sponsible, and "swore unrelent ing vengeance BREMERTON, Wash., April S (P) Fingerprint work nnder (Continued on Page Six) Klamath" Anglers Journey to Streams, Lakes w. .for First Day, -t' The fishing season In Oregon opened at 5:45 o'clock Thursday morning, but long before that early hour Klamath falls angler were out and on the trail to mountain lakes and streams. Many unfortunates who were unable to sneak away from the business grind even for the mo mentous opening ot tne turning season, spent the day purchasing tackle in preparation for a big week end with rod and reel. First Catches Reported A few good catches were re ported locally, but sporting goods stores had received no authentic information early Thursday af ternoon, and there were no large tront on display, as is usual on opening day. All indications pointed to an extremely . auspicious opening, however, according to United Press dispatches. . Frank B. Wire, state game commission supervisor, said Wed nesday he had not had an ad (Comlnued on Page Six) T Road matters received the at tention ot the county court at its weekly session on Thursday. Oscar Cutler, market road en gineer for the state highway com mission, conferred witn tne court rogarding transfer of market road tunds to live projects.' Balances in the fund used for construction ot the Weed road bridge across the straits last summer, were to he used on other work. The court conferred with Jack Kimball and Hugh Campbell of the Weyerhaeuser Timber com- nanv regarding the road being built from the Greensprings high way to the new Weyerhaeuser camp. The company is providing the rleht-of-way and doing the clearing. Among bills ordered paid by the court was one tor 1683 meals for county prisoners, 1420.76. LATE HARLOWTON, Mont., AprU B (AP) Apparently seized with a sudden mental derangement, while her husband was away at work, Mrs. Gay Murray, 85, slashed tho throats of her O-months-old bnby, and her 5-year-otd ion after knocking the latter sensolcss .with a hammer In their homo here today, . , SPOKANE,, Wash., April 5 (AP) A recommendation for a nhvNlml pxmiilnatinn for overy grade school student' before he participates In athletics was do for tho American Physical Edu cation association today, meet TOLL OP LIFE GROWS HOURLY IN WIDE AREA Texas Enters Flood Pic- , ture With Reports of Four Dead. NINE RECOVERED IN SOUTHWEST Property Damage Mounta to Gigantic Figure in Midwest. ; " (By the Associated Pre) Texas entered into the nation' AaaiI ntnlnn, tnMr with fltir win. tlms, as nine bodies were recov ered in a western uaianoma iiooa in which nearly a score may nav perished. ; . As was the .ease in .the Okla homa flood which centered around Elk City and Bammon, the south- iPn,. .tenths nonf lUTiuiaTlt occurred when stream, usually shallow, became a torrent became ot heavy rains. . Damage I Co-Uy. - CP. Smith, district F. S. . A engineer, reported' t& Oklahoma flood damage at f 825,000. It was estimated that damage ot several million dollar was done in northern and western H71wvna1n hv rain and melting snow. Nine persons died. Seven channel projects on u upper Mississippi were endanger tAa- vhfln thn river reached a high stage and continued it rise. ' Water were receding in Con necticut. Storms in Ohio caused dam age estimated at $100,000. A man was killed by lightning at Canton. - Heavy Rain Continue In Kansas the rains continqed but were less serious. Farmers expected their crops to benefit. Snow held ip highway and air traffio in the Rocky moun tain region and lay a deep as 15 Inches in places in the Dakota hills. In the east 10 families near Hartford, Conn., abandoned their home when the Connecticut river Tose more than two feet above flood stage. EIGHT BODIES RECOVERED ELK CITY, Okla., April 5 0P) Eight bodies had beon recov ered today as the receding Washita river gave np the vic tims ot its disastrous rampage. About 10 persons still are missing as boats plied the flood washed area. ; j LLANO, Tex., April 5 (IP) Mrs. D. H. Teal, 18, of Menard was drowned six miles .from Llano last night when the motor car In which she and her hns band were en route to Iola stalled In a swollen creek. Teal was able to save him- self, but the strong ourrent swept his wlte away.. The auto mobile was carried downstream 400 yards. MENARD, Tex., April 5 (JP) The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Carroll and a hired hand named Welch vere found today on the banks ot Saline creek southeast of Menard, victims of raging flood waters that swept this section last night, NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., April 5 (JP) The ice bridge be (Contlnued on Page Six) NEWS ing here in connection with the Inland Empire Education elation convention. WASHINGTON, April 5 (AP) Dr. William A. Wirt, Gary, Ind., educator, wa directed today to appear hero Tuesday to testify on his statement that Rooaovelt ''brain trusters" told him they an plotting a revolution. ' . NEW YORK, April n. (JP) Dun A Bradstreet report fur. thcr rise In bank clearing. Tti total for the week ended April 4 at leading cities was 4.2H,(MW,' OOO, or 13.6 per cent above bat year. .