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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1934)
ocal Forecast HERALD SERVICE Fair and cool. High 66; Low 42. llorald subscribers who fall to receive Oiolr pnpor by OHIO p. m. aro requested to call tha llurald business office, pbon 1000, and puper will be sent by special carrier. OREGON: Partially cloudy; unset ASSOCIATED PRESS tied; cooler east mm UNITED PRESS l I i i i i i i i a i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i II 1 , . . V Day's News lly I HANK J10NKINH TN TIUU column yuslurduy, you "read ot a lump ot raw, virgin gold picked up Id tho bills ot Southern Oregon, Weighing Si ounce and sovon punuywolghls, and worth 11015. TJK.ItH i a confunslont 1 Tlila wrltur, guilng upon that lump ot raw, virgin gold, foil a allrrliiK ol tho pulses, a QUlokon- Iiik of tha bloodstream, an Itch' lug of tho tlngors a doslre, that la, to head out Into tho hllli and bunt on bla own account for raw, virgin gold. T WAHN'T tho amount of mon oy represented by tho valuo ot that lump of gold. TIiIh wrltor la a newspaper ' publisher; bna boon ouch alnco tho beginning of It 1m buluoia life, and know nothing elso. Aa a nowapapor publlihor, bo haa boon able to niako a living, such aa ' II la. Aa a prospector, ho would bo a cold and dlamal failure knowa that fully, and bna no dolunlons on tho auhjoct. CO IT waan't tho doalro tor sud- '-' don riches that caused that stirring of tho pulses, that quick ening of the bloodstream. It waa tho sight of that lump of raw gold that did It. There la aomotlilng elomontnl about a chunk ot virgin gold; nmo atrungo, romantic thrill that qulrkons tho Imagination. Ilimy It all you will. It la thoro, NATE OTTKIIBEIN. of tbla of fice, who baa llvod a reaaon ably long and full 1 1 to, and haa anon much, agroea with tills writ er that thli la ao. Nate waa In Seattle at the time of the grout Klondike man, and aaw many ot the miners, the lucky onoa, come out of Alaaka, loaded down with auddon wealth. Thoao mon, be aaya, apont tholr money fovorlshly, with llttlo ap parent attempt to got the worth of It aa It was apont. Tholr chlot purpoao, Nato says, appeared to be to got rid ot tholr monoy, to throw It away In riot ous living, to unburdon thorn selvoa of It, so that thoy might got back Into tho hills and the gitlchoa of tho Klonillko and lake np again tho search for the raw, virgin gold. Not all ot them, ot ooursO, but a auftlclont number ot them to bo Improaalvo, e THIS wrltor was not alono In tho vlowlng of that lump ot gold thnt Bob Burns picked np In Southorn Orogon the othor day. A doson others stood around and tookod It over, and hoftod It, and mnrvelod at Its slio and color. Un ton t In the oyos of nonrly nil ot thorn was a strnngo gllttor, In duced by that chunk ot virgin gold lying thoro In tholr hands. You could boo It plainly, It yon looked, e e e RAW GOLD, when found, baa a mighty thrill. And raw gold, when MISSED, lonvos a soarod wound that novor quite honls. This wrltor, wnndorlng through (Continued on Page Four) iCotW w$gyy. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Juno 7, Woll, America' was finally nntlflod "diplomatically" that Englnnd wouldn't pay the dobt. That's what praotlcnlly all tho ponplo of both nations know nil tho tlmo, lint ovon though a diplomat Is tho Inst porson to find anything out, I know tho news would finally loak out to 'em. Tho news lilt 'us like tho nows that Babe Iluth bats loft hnndod, but was we down honrtod? No, sir, On that vory day congross voted eovon billions, so our own orodlt Is all right, , From now on we will do nil our borrowing and loaning on tho homo grounds, Yours, NRA MODIFICATION IN RECOVERY Negotiation Rather Than Compulsion New Aim of Blue Eagle. RESERVATIONS FOR EMERGENCIES MADE Announcement on Contro verted Issue Comes With Long Study. WASHINGTON. June 1 UP) The NKA committed Itself today against all price fixing In codoa except In clear cut emergencies. The now policy alao sharply modlflea the baaoa for price sec tions In ell codes, negotiation In stead of compulsion to be usod to get coded Industries to revise audi sections on tho revised bases. pronouncement by the recovery administration on the controvert ed pricing question, followed mnnlliB of study. It will govern nil future' codoa, and Induatrloa already coded are to be approaoh ad at .once with tbe request for voluntary amendments to con form with the new policy. Price Nrrviro t'Unnea Tho purpose la to obviate de- atructlve prlco cutting while re ducing to a minimum opportuni ty for artificial maintenance of high prices, and almllur develop ments wblcb have cauaed com plaint. Tito arrangomont win permit open price provisions In eodes whuro desired by an Industry, but on the condition that prices be reported to a confidential dis interested agency for distribu tion to all mombera of the Indus try and customers willing to pay for the service. Such potted price may not be revised upward within 48 hours but may bo reduced without time limit. Tho prices pouted will represent actual transactions or offora and there will be no wait ing period during which com petitors may make arradgemont for a uniform price. The now policy alao encourages adoption by Induatrloa of moJol coat finding and accounting pro visions but expreaaly provides that no accounting mothod may be forced on any compnny by the codo authority or other firms. KAUNAS, Lithuania. June 7. (AP) Augustine Wnldomarns. formar dictator of Lithuania, who was roporlod In foreign cap itals today to havo soiled tho govornmout, has boon arrested. The country Is quint with the government In complete control of tbe situation. TILSIT. Oormnny. Juno 7. (AP) Tho Gormnn nows bureau roportod from Kaunas: Lithu ania, today that Augustine Wal domnrns, former dictator of thnt country, had returned from ex llo by nlrplnno, carried out - a eoup d'otnt, and ronssumod tho promlorahlp of Lithuania, BRUSSELS. June 7. (JP) Bel- glum, plunged Into sorrow threo months ago by the doom ot King Albert, rojolcod today at the birth ot his grandson, to be named Al bert. The child was born at ' 11:811 Inst night to Queon Astrld and King Leopold III In tho royal ens tlo at Lnoknn. Hor majesty and tho infant son woro roportod to bo well. INJURED HOLON IMPROVES. WASHINGTON, June 7. CP) The condition of Representative Coffin, damo, Ida,, suffering from Injuries received when struck by an automobllo, was described to day as slightly Improved but still critical. IIS Opposes Price Pioneer Days Lived Again CAPTAIN O. 0. APPLKGATK LKADH JUBILEE PA HADE AT SKvDIOItl) MEDFORD, Ore., June 7. (AP) Tho plonovr day pnrado, crownlrg event of Oregon's Dia mond Jubilee was ' hold this morning before 20,000 people who lined tho four mile line of murcb. Tbo parado was a vivid review of early Orogon history, and required an hour and fif teen minutes to pats a given point. Judge William N. Colvlg of this city was marshal of tho duy. His aide was Captain Oliv er C. Applegale of Klamath Fulls. Both pluyed Important roles in tho early history of this section. Anne Whilaker of Eugene, daughter of Orogon's flral gov ernor and queen mother of the Jubilee, rode in a place of honor. Tbo ' parade feu lured pioneer (Continued on Page Eight) Program Moves Rapidly in This District, Manager Reports. . Flgurea Indicating that the Klamath Production Credit cor poration haa been more activo In puahlng the agricultural fi nancing program In Its area than hat boon the caso oliowhere ovor the stato were cited In a talk to the Klwnnls club Thursday by Lee 8. McMullon, manager ot the corporation. McMullon reported that of tho number of loans completed by the eight Oregon associations on May 10, 23 per cent bad been bandied by tho association hero. Twenty-two per cent of the total money loaned had boon adrancod by this association. Tblrty-threo loans had beon made by the Klamath association, (Continued on Page Eight) y WASHINGTON, Juno 7, (AP) Bocrotary Ickes today Increas ed by 1405,000 tho lonnB and grants previously allotted to the Orogon state highway commis sion for fivo bridges on the Ore gon coast highway. The allotmont raised the total amount available to tho commis sion to $5,602,000. Tbe commission asked tor more money when bids tor one project oxceedod by about 10 por cent the estlmatos in ori ginal allotments. One brlrigo is being built across Alsea Bay, another at Coos Bay, and others at Ya qulna Bay, tho Sluslaw river and the Umpquat rlvor. Baseball AMKRICAN LEAGUE It. H. E. St. Louis 5 13 0 Chicago 3 0 1 Newson, Knott and Homsioy; Gaston, Wyntt and Mndjeskl. Now York at Boston, post poned; cold weather. R. H. E. Philadelphia 3 6.1 Washington 7 9 1 Cnln and Hnycs; Whltohtll, Borg, Kline rnd Phillips. R. H. El. Cleveland ................ 6 12 2 Detroit 11 10 . 0 Hlldebrand, L. Brown, Wine garner and Myatt; Brldgos and Cochrane, NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. B. Boston ....................... 5 13 1 New York 14 14 2 Frankhouse, Brandt and Ho gnn; Pltsslmmons, Luquo and MancUBo, Richards, R. H. E. Pittsburgh 2.7 0 Cincinnati 14 0 Lucas and Padden; Klelnuans and O'Farrell. R. H. B. Brooklyn 14 1 Philadelphia 0 7 0 Lonnnrd and Lopes; Darrow and J. .Wilson. PARTI AIMS WIN SUPPORT FROM HOOVER Ex-President Sends Con gratulations to New Chairman. OREGON SENATOR NOT IMPRESSED McNary Displeased by Re publican Action At Chicago. CHICAGO, June 7. (AP) Horbert Hooer. former presi dent, today sent a telegram to tho republican national commit- toe, as It greeted its new chair man. Henry P. Fletcher, and praised tho new ''nlattorm" adopted yesterday. The titular bead of tbe narty. although not taking an active part In the committees meeting, Hoover urged the republican leaders to give "due representa tion to youth." New Chief Praised Ho congratulated Fletcher, to whom he addrossed his message. j and" 'also h ; ' tofli mttlee, '.uli" noicner s selection aa chairman, terming tho Pennaylvanlan "most experienced and courageous." "Tho firm declaration by the committee of republican prin ciples and purposes will hearton not only republicans but the wholo country," Mr. Hoover said. "For even those who disagree with us will realise tho vital Importance ot scrutiny and con structive dobato of all proposals, and opposition to those which will hurt the progress and wel fare ot the country. Vigorous Drive Needed "In ordor to accomplish this sorvice to the nation vigorous perty organisation is essential and It is Indeed imperative to the proper functioning ot all popular government." McXARY DISPLEASED WASHINGTON, June 7, (AP) Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon, republican leader ot tho sonalo, is not overly Impressed with the selection of Henry P. Flotchor of Pennsylvania as the new republican national chair man. "A good man," Senator Mc Nary said' of Fletcher, "but not a brilliant selection." He bad hoped for the solection, he said, ot "an equally good man farther to tho west, possessing sane and modern views." Several other western repub licans expressed disappointment. Whllo Senator Borah of Ida- (Continued on Pago Eight) T CORVALLIS, Oro., June 7, (IP) Orlando Hnrrls, eleven, was ex onerated lato yesterday for the fntnl shooting of his father. Will C. Harris, 57, who, according to testimony bctoro the coroner's Jury, was Intoxicated and abus ing his wlfo and anothor son. According to the story, the elder Harris came home intoxicat ed yesterday afternoon and be came vlolont when Mrs. Harris offered him a ploce of pie. He procured a doublo-barrolled shot gun and was said to have at tempted to shoot his wife. Safeway Kitcheneering Class Reveals Progress in Cooking By MARGARET H.U'GE It you're Invited to a party at the homo ot one of the hundreds ot Klamath women who attended the second day ot the Safeway Stores Homemakers' Bureau three day course In "Kitcheneering" at the Pelican theatre, Wednesday nftornoon, break any othor en gagements you may have and at tend. This, you may rent assured, la porfootly grand advice. Having spotted sovernl of her friends In the audlonco, your reporter ex Strike in Steel Industry Looms: Violence Starts Fight Of ficial Favors Delay; Max Not Ready ASBURY PARK, N. J., June 7. (AP) After watching Max Baer box nine rounds today Bill Brown, member of the New York state athletic com mission, announced that If that was the best the chal lenger for Primo Camera's heavyweight title could do, the match scheduled for next Thursday night should be postponed or called off en tirely. HMD INJURED One May Die As Result of Crash in Valley; Hansen Hurt. ROSEBUrtG. Ore., June 7, (P) Ben Kennedy, 48, of Camas Valley, suffered injuries expected 111 U ill' Wraf'"Wlle Hy panlons, William Moore, also of Camas Valley, Mack Lillard. Klamath Falls promoter , and Charley Hansen, Seattle wrestler, were hurt late last night in an automobile accident at Camas Valley. EUGENE, Ore., June 7, (iP) John Charles Garner of Salem was killed instantly late last night when he was struck by a car driven by Clare Gilbert of Harrlsburg on the Pacific high way near Eugene. Gilbert was not hold. Investi gating officers holding the acci dent purely unavoidable. HILLSBORO, Ore., June 7, (IP) Earl Belt, 20, was killed near here today when an automobile (Continued on Page Eight) PORTLAND. Juno 7, (JP) Broadening of the farm extension program for Oregon so as to au thorise loans to place needy and unemployed families on. farms where they might be able to work out their economic salvation has been worked out In Washington, D. C. Press dispatches from Wash ington observed that although un der tho original farm extension work plan in Oregon, provision was made only for relief of farm ers, this condition was changed following a conference with farm rellof officials by Congressman Martin, Marshall N. Dana, direct or of PWA work for the Pacific Northwest, and Paul V. Mnris. supervisor of rural rehabilita tion for tho western states. Manager, Umpire Heavily Fined NEW YORK. Juno 7, (fly Manager Frnnkle Frisch ot the St. Louis Cardinals and Umpire Rlglor were fined 2100 each to day by Presldont John A. Heyd lor of the National league for their nltercatlon In St. Louis yes terday. pects to follow It herself, for she doesn't sue how each and every housewife present can refrain from having nt least one party, but not, of course, to "show off," Of course notl Not that tho attornoon's ses sion was without Its practical aide, for no matter how frivolous a dish was presented, Its frivol ity was within the limitations of simplicity ot preparation and be yond the limitations ot purely party, use. What's good tor the (Continued on f ago Five) Fixing in Codes Outbreaks of Fighting Occur Today in Alabama. PACIFIC COAST DISPUTE QUIET First Boat Sails From Portland for Alas kan Ports. (By the Associated Press) Despite determined efforts of Recovery Administrator Hugh S. Johnson to make peace, a para lyzing strike In the steel industry today became hourly more prob able while renewed outbreaks of violence in tbe Alabama mine fields and Cincinnati typewriter strike caused a tightening of po lice vigilance. Coast Peace Seen. From San Francisco, however, came the hint ot a break in the longshoremen's strike with the release ot all Alaska shipping; and In Laurtnburg, N. C a settlement- of the .three, weeks old strike of Waverly mills employes was In sight as representatives of the management and labor gath ered for a conference. In New York where General Johnson presented his personal plea to the American Iron and Steel Institute for a special labor board to smooth out the troubles In the steel Industry, the insti tute's directors put down a firm foot on any plan for a "closed shop" and took no action on the Johnson proposal. Labor spokes men, their demands rejected, said that a strike of 100,000 workers on June 16 is Inevitable unless their grievances receive consider ation. FD1ST BOAT SAILS. PORTLAND, Ore., June 7. UP) The steamer North King of the Pacific American Fisheries, the first vessel to leave Portland with cargo loaded with approval of striking longshoremen, sailed from the Oceanic terminal here today bound for Alaska with 646 persons aboard. The sailing ot the North King was Portland's participation in the opening of the strike blockade sufficiently to allow Alaskan can nery ships to go north tor the season. Others are leaving Puget Sound ports for the far north. ' RELEASE HELD rP. SEATTLE, June 7. UP) The status ot a small group of Alas ka Steamship company lin;shore men who did not go out when (Continued on Page Eight) SALEM, June 7, (AP) The state supreme court today heard arguments in the case ot George Wolfe, under 10 years sentence for robbery of the Bonanza bank In Klamath county, November 12, 1932. - Wolfe's original conviction by the circuit court was later re versed by the supreme court, but on a. retrial he was again convicted. Today's hearing marked his second appeal to the hlgH court. The state was represented by T. R. Gillenwaters, district . at torney ot Klamath county. II E WASHINGTON, June 7. UP) The Stoiwer bill to authorise re classification of the lands ot the Langell Valley Irrigation district, a Klamath project, In Oregon and California, was passed by the sen ate Wednesday and was sent to the house. The bill would permit suspension ot construction charges on such Innds as the secretary of the Interior may determine to be temporarily unproductive. Drought Aid Move Starts ROOSEVELT ORDERS ACTION ON EMERGENCY RELIEF SITUATION WASHINGTON, Juno T, UP) President Roosevelt directed his aides today to proceed at once with a vast drought relief pro gram Involving 1525,000,000, which he will recommend to con gress this week. Harry L. Hopkins, federal re lief administrator, was pat In charge ot what the president re gards as one of the most serious disasters ever to bit this country. Hopkins, in conference with the president, reported that the affected area Involved 10,000,000 persons In at least 15 states. WASHINGTON. Juno 7, UP) The first optimistic rainfall note came today from the weather bu reau, but the government con (Continued on Pago Eight) Measure Complete to Re lieve Distressed Businesses. WASHINGTON. June" 7 UP)-r-President Roosevelt, at sharp noon today, placed his signature on the corporate bankruptcy bill designed to facilitate the release of distressed companies from the bands of receivers. The White House made clear that the bill would be signed just when the clock showed 12 so that applicants for its benefits could get off to an even start, with no preference for those "in the know." The act binds all creditors to a court-approved reorganization plan to which holders of two thirds of the total amount of claims have agreed. A petition for reorganization may be tiled by any creditor or stockholder it it has been ap proved by holders of 25 per cent In amount of each class of claims and 10 per cent of the total. It the company Is not actually (Continued on Page Eight) BALTIM.OR'E, June 7. (IP) Three deaths were marked np against tbe wrecking ot a Penn sylvania railroad passenger train today with the recovery of the bodies ot its two engine men from Little Gunpowder Falls, some dis tance from where the train plunged down a S 0-foot embank ment at Graystone, north of here. Miss Margaret Frederick, 20, was badly scalded by steam when the boiler of the locomotive ex ploded. She died a short time later In a Baltimore hospital. Steamer in Port After Deck Fire HONOLULU, June 7, (JP) The President Lincoln arrived here at 6:45 a.m. (11:16 a.m., E.S.T.) today under her own power and with no sign of tho fire which broke out 150 miles at sea late last night. She was convoyed by the coast guard cutter Itasca and the navy's fire-flghtlng tug Sun-nadln. Portland HOLC Headquarters Awaits Word of Resignation PORTLAND, Juno 7, (AP) No formal word bad been re ceived here this morning that Edward B. AshurBt, district man ager ot the Home Owners' Loan Corporation at Klamath Falls, bad announced his resignation. J. P. Lipscomb, Oregon manager ot the HOLC, said Ashurst had not communicated with him, and that he knew of the resignation only from publlo sources. Word from Klamath Falls said Ashurst had decided to re sign so he coUld campaign, un hampered, for the Klamath coun ty circuit Judgeship. Manager Lipscomb said his of- 1 1 lco could take no action look 101 POLICE SPREAD NETS FOR OUTLAW Tommy Carroll Dying of Bullet Wounds in ' Station Fight INJURED MAN'S WIFE ARRESTED Woman and Mobster "Ad mit Identity to Water loo Officers. WATERLOO, la., Jane 7 OP) Police here started an Intensive search ot the city on a report that a second car ot Dilllnger sus pects had been seen here after . the shooting today of a man re ported to be Tommy Carroll, lieutenant ' ef tie Indiana mob ster. Emll Steffen, chief ef tbo city bureau of identification, an nounced the dragnet shortly after the wounded man bad been tenta tively identified by his girl com panion aa the Dilllnger aide. The victim, who was (hot lest , than a half block from the Water loo police station when he at tempted to pnll a gnn after Steffen and P. E. Walker, sec ond detective, accosted him, was reported near death In a hospital. He was struck by at least four bullets, officers said. The girl is being held. IDEXTITT ADMITTED WATERLOO. Ia., June 7 (VP) A man who said he was Tommy Carroll, member of the Dilllnger gang, was shot five times by police officers here this after noon as he reached for his pistol. He Is In a hospital, and Is believed to be dying. A girl with him was captured, Carroll admitted his Identity to Detectives Emll Steffen and P. E. Walker, who did the shoot ing. At the hospital he said, "I'vs $700 on me. Be sure the little girl gets it. She doesn't know what it's all about." A search ot the woman at tha police station provided no hint ot ber identity and she declined to talk. Aide to Dilllnger ' The shooting occurred in tho street In front ot the police sta tion. Police had been tipped to watch tor the car. Carroll waa shot in the left armpit, In the chest and three times In the spine. The girl later gave the nama (Continued on Page Eight) THREE TAKE LEAD MERION CRICKET CLUB, Philadelphia. June 7, (AP) As the pace quickened under a pro fessional counter-charge late to day over" the bunkered battle ground, Bobby Cruickshank of Richmond, Va., the diminutive Scot, shot his way Into a three corner tie with Charley Lacoy ot Great Neck, L. I., and Witty Cox, veteran Brooklyn pro, for the lead In the first round of the U. S. open golf championship. Each carded 71, one over Mer lon's exacting par. ing to Ashnrst'a replacement un til the resignation is formally on file. Recommendations must then be made to headquarters at Washington, D. C, and con firmation ot the appointee must be had. Meanwhile the Klam ath Falls office is In charge ot a temporary . manager, Sam Mothershead. Lipscomb said, In commenting on reports at Klamath Falls that the region might be spill and placed under tbe direction of two divisional managers, that there had been no discussion here along that line, and the proposal was not being considered.