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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1936)
Ik WEATHER. FORECAST! Generally fiilr. OltEOONi Partly (lonely, Hllghtly Colder. THUIMIIgh, B4 low, 80. I'I(K('II: no hour to H:00 a. ni. Thuraitny, .02; season, 8:K"J; normal, 7.04; Inst year to date, 7.8. HERALD SERVICE Herald tlihacrllirra who fill I to receive llislr paper by 0 1 11(1 p, hi. are reiiatrl to call Hit Herald busliiraa office, phnn loot), and paper will be lent br -'- IN SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND ...... K ",, AXWlIti a.ni ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS Number 7547 Price Fivo Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1936 I 9 FIRES STORKS a. LL Hoover Launches Roosevelt Regime Blamed for Waste of Fed eral Funds Editorials On the Day's N ews II)' l-H.ANK JKNKIN'H TTKI1K art noma mart fucli .about machines and their ef fort upun a employment. These facta art gathered from conaua figure. Tlioy art Interta.lng. and to muny they Kill bo turprla ln. OETWEEN 11)20 aud 1930, tilt IV principal growing occupa tions lii Ihli country gained THREE TIMES many workora at Hit It principal vunlahlng oc tupuUoua loil. Ths total Iota of Job In lh II declining occupation! won about 100,000, and tho atn In tbt 1 growing occupation! nr two and a quarter million Joba. Tbuo 10 growing occupatlona difiond chiefly upon nmchlniiry. Tiro 19 declining ocoupiitloni art depondenl III far lent degree up on machiusry. A LONG thla lint, bora It an In tnreillng example: ill 1930, thort wore 321.321 fewer draymon, teamalcra and atable handa than In 1920, but In 19.10 there wua an INCREASE of (87,000 truck driven and chauf foura. That It to say. for erery work er who loat hit Job at a reaull of tho automobile and the motor truck, TWO WOKKEIta gained Joba. e AND don't forget thla: Truck drlvera and chauffour now earn higher wagce than draymen, teamsters and ttablo liainia uacd to earn. i Tho effect of the machine la to lncrenio wnitoa by Increasing tho workor't powor to produce. yllH effect of tho machine upon the wolfnro of the workor la illUHlrnted by thlt fnot: Between 1000 and 1035, tho years In which uao of mnchlnory wat Increaalng moat rnpldly, real wages (which moans what your dollar will buy) more than dou bled. That la nnothor way of saying that your average wage dollar today will buy twice na many thliiRi a your falhor'e a'vorago wage dollar would buy 36 youra ago. nnwo more facta: A Botwoen 1899 and 1920, pro duction In Amorlcnn factorlea In ornnaed 216 lr ent wlllle WBK"1 pnld to labor incrcaBod 479 por cont, which meant that In thoao 80 yeara of growing uao of ma chlnoa wages Incrcnaod more than twice na fast as production per man. In 1034 (lh lt(,Bt TOI,r tor which figures aro available) wago and salary enmcra received (Contlntiod on Pago Eight) FRANCE DISSOLVES PARIS, Feb. 13, ;P Proal dnnt I.nhrun lBsucd a docreo to iliiy disbanding; all inllltnnt roy oIlHt orgnnlr.ullons In France. Tho president's druBllo acllon followed nil emergency so-slon of tho cabinet cnlled by l'romlor Al bert 8ni-ra.it. Tho governmental action came hnrd on tho hnnla of tho royaUst aoclnllHt disturbances, which bo gnn early In tho day with a group of young "King's Honchmon" bontlng up Deputy Loon Blum, loclullat party lender. Former President Makes VigorouB Speech At Portland Banquet. OWN POSITION IN CAMPAIGN UNKNOWN Northwest Republicans Hold Conferences With ex-Chief. PORTLAND. Ore.. Keb. 13. (V) Former President Herbert Hoover'a poaalble role In the coming political campaign re mained In doubt toduy, but the issue on which ho hopoa the re- uubllcan party will wage a vlc- tnrloua rampulgn for leadership atood out sharply the New Deal. Tho former president. In a vigorous and scathing attack on the present admlnlHtrutton last night, strongly aaaalled President lloiiavvelt'a recent addroas, charg ed waalo and extravagance, de clared the budget to be "the woiat uuhnlunced In hlatory ana apparently set at rest reports that proposula to alter the con atltution might provide conflict ing plsnkt In tbt opposing ma jor partlet. RTATK O. O. P. CHIEFS MEET PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 13. m Republican leaders from many narts of the northweat, here to attend last night's Lincoln day hnmiuot. remained today for a aeries of conforencoa with for mer Prealdenl Herbert Hoover. Cheater E. McCarty, chairman of tho Multnomah County (Port land) Republican Central Com mittee, arranged the day's pro gram starting with an Invita tional breakfast and Including a dlnnor aponoored by the Iaaac Walton Leaguo at which Hoover was to be a guest. Boa AlU.i, tht former presi dent! traveling companion, said Hoover's addreaa last night In which he laahed at New Deal policies and declared tho nation al budget to bt "the worst un balanced III hlatory," hnd drawn telegrams of commondatlon from all parts of the United Statei. PORTLAND, Fob. 13. (U.R) The "explosive forcoa of Infla tion" aro bolng generated by the now deal and President Rooao volt handed everybody a cut In u.nirea when he dovnlued the dollar, former Prosldont Horbort Hoover said Wodniwday. Spenklug at a Lincoln birthday itni..r llnnvnr mild tho booming stock inurkot was caused by fear of Inflation rnthor than By con fidence in tho future. "Out of these devaluation and (Continued on Page Bight) T SEEK PIERCE JOB BAt.EM. Feb. 13. UP) Two cnndldotea for representative In congress from the aeronu uou grosslonal district (Eastern Ore gon) filed their declaration! In tho alato dopartmont today, Thoao wore Clarence Budlng lon Phillips, Rums, republican, nnd V. 8. Howard, Madias, dm ncrut. llolh ndvnonted tho Town send old ago pension plan. J, W. Morrow, Portland, filed today for dnloguto to tho national democratic convention. His cam paign slogan rend: "Hoosiivelt, first, last, and all the tlmo." L. a. English, Toledo, filed for ii.a tinii.hint.nn of district attor ney of Lincoln county. Ha Is a republican. Wolves Driven Near Chicago by Cold CHICAGO, Feb. 13. (P) WoIvob, apparently driven BOtlth by severe cold, entnped almost on Chicago's doorstep. In adjoin ing Loko county the situation was such thnt tho -board of su pervisors announced a $12 boun ty bo paid for each one slain. Frank Citltinvara collected first. He found one In hit chlckon coop. -WJUti"" - Seventeen boys snd girls completed their courses at Roosevelt grade school and received diplomas. They wero, back row, left to right, (ioorgo Coolejr, Richard Unans, Byron Cody. Leo Molatore, Kenneth Wilson, Robert l.owe and Frod Kyerley; front row, left to right, Alva Lou Miller, Ruth Melaas, Guinn Ireton, Barbnra Bigger. Katherlno Dunbar. Wanda Colvlg, Ueraldlno Hill. Barbara Lee Jacobs, Audra Miller and .Marie Itayson. (Kenricll-Ellls picture. Herald-Nowa photo engraving). Leaders of Four North west. States Meet At Spokane. - . SPOKANE. Wash., Fob. 13. (P) Hundreds of business leaders, engineers and other ipeclallats of Idaho, Oregon. Montana and U'aahlnvton looked Into the re sources of the northweBt here today to aee what could be done to make them pay dlvldenda. Thoy wero attending the open ing muliin nf the ihrne-riav third annual conference of tho north weat planning commiaBton. Before thorn were aprend maaa es of charts, reports, graphs and n..n.na nf alHl.Ht.rM ihfl WOrk of scores of subsidiary groups that have neon oeiving iusj iu sibilltlet for Industrial and other ri.n.lnnmiint fnp thrPA VPBn. Out of them tht leaders hope to fash ion a actentuic program oi uo rolopment. As the meeting opened, Mar shall N. Dana of Portland, chair man of the commission, read greetings from President Roose velt. Ills niesBage said: "I trust that through your de liberations tho desires of tho pooplo of tho Pacific northwest for tho highest uso of powor and othor resources In the region will be clarified into specific programs for action by othor atatos and by tho congress." L. C. Gray of Washington. D. C, of tho resettlement adminis tration, urgod tho commission by tnlnvpnm In enlltlll'tie its laud classMlcatlon policy ns establish ed at tho souine piiiiuuiiB cun feronco two years ago. "Loud classification and resettlement Is one of the most pressing prob lems In tho northweat," ho slated. Chairman Dana opened tho general conference with a mes sage of optimism, leaving to R. F Bossey of Portland, commis sion consultant, to picture the future of tho northwest. Dana said: "We shall soon faco tho decision as to whether we (tho four northwest stntos) can plan together In prosperity as we have plauncd In advers ity." Spud Market SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13 (P) (U. 8 Dept. Agr.) rotato mar ket steady, demand meliorate, supplies light. 11 Oregon cars, 6 California, 5 Idaho arrived; 6 unbroken cars, 0 broken ciub on track. Oregon Klamath Russots, No. 1, $1. 50-1. OS ; few 21.75. No. 2s, 81.20-1.25. Idaho Russets No. 1, 1.B0 1.55. California Long Whites, 81.50 1.75; ordinary $1.20-1.25. Bur bnnke, 81.00-2.00. Bruno Breaks Down, Attorney Reports TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 13. (fl5) Samuel S. Llobowlts, New York criminal lawyer, saw Bruno Richnrd Hauptinnnii In tho denth houso today and afterward said Hauptmnnn "broke down, and cried like a child" when he talk ed to him. "I'm coming to see him ngnln Sn Sunday," Lolbowlts, who was nttornoy for tho nine Scottsboro negroes said. Scathing Attack onNewDeal Roosevelt Graduating ttattst.' mew an afir Puppet State Alarmed Over Continued Border Clashes With Soviet Russia (Copyright, 1938, by Tho Associated Press) ' TOKYO, Feb. 13 The Manchoukuoan government took a most grave view of tho latest border clash with Soviet-influenced outer Mongolia, a Domcl (Japanese) Newi Agency said today, especially since like enemy allegedly uaed bomblns- planes, . ;. w . - ' Bomb Attack Kails Tho dispatch from Hslnklng, capital of the Japanese-advised state of Manchoukuo, Quoting a spokesman for the Manchoukuoan foreign office, said the encounter yeBterday at Olahodka. was the most sorlous thus far of the last year's Incidents. Military reports from tho border confirmed reports that planes attempted to homb the Japanese-Manchoukuan column Involved, but ..n..,i in InrllM cMRiialttpfl. Oifl ftiRnatrh said. ADDIS ABABA. Feb,. 13 (IP) Tho Rev. Harold Street of Px ton, III., and tho Rev. John Tre wln of Toronto have been re leased from custody In southern tlamo province and permitted to renew their missionary work In northern Gnmo.. , . The government was Informed of these developments today fol lowing an Investigation into the arrest of the two missionaries last month. Authorities considered south ern Gamo unsafe In view of the war and the missionaries were taken from Shama, where their mission was established, to Godu, a safer village. Mrs.. Street and the Streets' four children went with the two missionaries to Godu with a military escort. Tho escort left after recoivlng assurances that tho missionaries would not at tempt to leave Godu. Iff SECRETARY SERIOUSLY ILL WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. (P) Secretary Swanaon - of. tho navy, who is ill of pleurisy at the naval hospital, was said at 11 a. m to be In "a serious out not hope less condition." A bulletin issued nt that hour, Captain O. C. Thomas, command ant of tho hospital, said "the secrotnry is better now than nt six o'clock this morning." Secretary Swnnson, who has boon ill since February 6, when he fractured his rib In a tall at his home, Is In the same build ing with Colonel Louis Howe, tho president'! secretary, who also Is 111. .... T LA GRANDE, Ore., Feb. IS. (P) Guy I. Patten, receiver of the Stockgrowors ft Farmers Na tional Bank of Wallowa, was nr- restod today on federal chargeB of ombotsllng (2100.' Class t Accounts airierea asiownemci two or three planes took part In the engagement, and as to wbetner they were Russian or outer Mon golian. Japs Deny Initiative War Minister Yoshtyuki Kawa- shlma proclaimed Japanese con cern over a vast alleged concen tration of Soviet military power In far eastern Siberia, close to the frontiers of Manchoukuo. General Kawashlma disavowed any intention by tne Japanese army to take a military initiative against Russia, after the most serious in a long series of Man- choukuo-Outer Mongolia Border Incidents was reported, but said: "If events move in such a way as tq compel us to change this attitude, we must do what we can to cope with the stiuation.' In view of the situation In Manchoukuo and north China, the war minister told The Asso ciated Press, "some reinforce ment of Japanese forces seems necessary" in the regions In volved in international tension, Soviet Russia has concentrated In eastern Siberia a number of troops equal to the entire Japa nese army on a peace-time basis, he charged, -while on the Man choukuo side of the border, the Japanese army has made new reinforcements. The Tokyo war office had esti mated the Soviet Far Eastern forces previously at a quarter of a million men, S00 airplanes and 650 tanks. CUTTER RUSK TO VESSEL'S 1 ASTORIA, Ore., Feb. IS. UP) The coast guard cutter Onondaga left this harbor at 10 a. m. to day to go to the assistnnco of the British steamship Trelisstck, reported in trouble 240 miles southwest of tho Columbia river. The Treltsslck was snld to have developed a had list. The call tor . aid said tho vessel was tak ing woler. ' The British freighter Is bound from British Columbia ports for Australia. i The first call for aid said the boat was proceeding at four knots, "trying to make Columbia river, shipping water, senm. bad, heavy cargo loss." Tlie cause of the Trellsslck's plight was not revealed. MRS. COOLIDGE SAII.S NEW YORK, Feb. 13 UP) Mrs. Calvin Coolldga sailed for Europe last midnight on the liner Bre men, her plans cloaked in silence. Mrs. R. J. Adnms of Northamp ton, Mass., a close friend, and Mrs. Adums' daughter, Jane, sailed- with her. in RIALS 01 TOISN Senator McNary Censured for Indefinite Stand on Issue. CRITIC FORWARDS LETTER TO SOLON Mae K. Short Files to Succeed Self in r - Clerk's Post By Malcolm Epley Mayor Willis Maboney sought Thursday to take quick advant age of tho news from Eugene that Senator McNary, in a letter to the Townsend regional conven tion, failed to take a definite stand on the Townsend plan. . Tht mayor, who aspires for McNary's seat In the United States senate, declared that there it no neutral corner" on the Town- send plan, and challenged Mc Nary to make the old age pen sion-transaction tax plan the chief Issue of the senatorial cam paign in Oregon. In the field of local politics, a Thursday - devalopQent . was. - ths filing of Mae K. Short'! candi dacy to succeed herself as county clerk. Mrs. Short will run for the democratic nomination. She is the first to file on either ticket for the clerk's post. Her candi dacy was announced some time ago. George Chastain, democrat, and Glenn Terrill and John Mc Call, republicans, have been men tioned at possibilities lor na clerk race. A new name hat entered talk of the county commissioner's race. It ia J. H. Napier, Klamath Falls attorney and former police iudee. Napier is a republican. Commissioner W. F. B. Chase has filed bis candidacy for the demo cratic nomination for the office he now holds. Full tickets are expected to be developed by both parties at the May primaries, but aa yet .there are not even prospects lor some of the races. At tho republican meeting at the Town club Wed nesday night, emphasis was laid on the importance o voting the nartv ticket. This meeting, incidentally, was well attended, and the interest was spirited. Even those who hnd nlanned the event were aei-eeably surprised. The Mahoney letter to Senator McNarv follows: "Dear Senator McNary Your letter addressed to the Townsend regional convention at Eugene, replying to the question pro pounded you asking your stand on the Townsend Old Age Pen sion plan, is evasive, lacking in conviction, and is not the clear cut answer expected of a man holding your high position. "There is no neutral corner on the Townsend fcsue. A man is either for it, or he is against it. "I hold that the Townsend plan is the greatest humanitarian measure yet offered to the Amer ican people. I hold that it is the solution to our economic prob lems. It Is the one plan that will restore purchasing power to the people, as well as paying a Just obligation to our aged people. "I have announced my candi dacy for the United States senate from the stnte of Oregon, stand (Contlnued on Page Eight) AT WORK IN CITY 0. A. Faulk was held up and robbed late Wednesday night as he was returning to his home at the end of Crescent avenue, ac cording to police reports. Paulk stated that someone came up behind him, poked what ho believed to be a gun Into his back and ordered him to put up his hands and not to look around. The bandit took Paulk's bill fold from his pocket, removed 88.00 In cash and returned the billfold, ordering him to- go ahead and not to look around. Paulk could give no descrip tion of his assailant. F. R. Approves Housing Plan LOVO-TIME, IiOW.OOST PRO GRAM FAVORED BY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (iF) President Roosevelt today ap proved a long-time, low-cost housing and slum clearance pro gram. In conference with congres sional and administration lead ers, he gave his approval for ac tion at this session of congreaa for legislation to permit govern ment aid for slum clearance, con struction of houses for the low lndome group, and renewal of the present law Insuring loans for modernization of homes.. Senator Wagner, (D-NT) an nounced he would Introduce the legislation, declaring "there is a great housing shortage in the low-income field." Secretary Mongenthao and Peter Grimm, his assistant on housing, participated in the conference. Wagner said the program would involve both loans and di rect grant on slum clearance, with the government lending probably up to 90 percent on low-coat houses. He estimated the Initial outlay would not involve more than $400,000,00 by the federal gov ernment. Wagner estimated the program wonld cover a period of 10 years. Outside of the field of slum clear ance, he said the program aimed at aiding private Industry im the housing business. OPENED TO TRAFFIC Crews Win Battle With Snow; Local Couple Fights Storm. PORTLAND, Feb. 'It, tffl State highway crewa won their battle with sliding "tapioca" snow on the Columbia highway, and opened it to traftie at 8:00 a. m. today. The snowbound route waa op ened between 2:00 and 5:00 a. m. today to. permit a few cars to pass through, and then was closed again for more complete snow clearance. Then It waa reopened to cars equipped with chains. Third Time in History W. H. strohmeyer, resident stato highway engineer, expressed confidence that the well-equipped crews would be able to keep the road open now. When the road wag blocked yesterday It was only the .third time in history that travel was completely halted by snow. The snow, which fell in pellet form, rolled down the high banks and buried the road for-a time. Crews worked feverishly to re move the snow before it settled into ice. All highways In northern Ore- eon were open. Mrs. William Kuykendall and Mrs. Arthur Priaulx, who drove to Portland from Klamath Falls were caught in a bad storm on the Wapinitia cut-off, and were caught In the silver thaw on the last lap of their trip. Couple Goes Through "We made it, though, and no body thought we - would," said Mrs. Kuvkendall nroudly. Telephone breaks occurred in the Columbia River gorge west of Crown Point, where five circuits went out early this morning. A number of other minor disrup tions were reported in tho north ern Oregon silver thaw area. Downtown Portland was free of Ice today? hut the snow, and rain that frdilB as it fell Tuesday night Btlll "fcovared wires and shrubbery in East Portland. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13, UP) More rain was forecast today for the Pacific coast, already lashed by a wind-driven deluge that claimed several lives, in flicted extensive property dam age, delayed trains and crippled hlRhwav traffic. Rain today, . rain probably to morrow, a continuation of tne torrent that swelled the Calaveras river until ItB current rushed so powerfully floatB were swept from their moorings at Stockton last night, with resultant known loss of two 26-foot cabin cruis ers. Ten other pleasure craft were missing. John Reed, 80-year-old miner from Copper, Calif., was sought bjr police near Medford, Ore. (Continued on Page Eight) WORLD FEELS HEAVY LOSSES FROM Tragedies Sweep Across Northern Sections of Globe. DAMAGE TO PROP ERTY MOUNTING Three Continents Suffer From Record Severity of Weather. (By the Associated Press) Storm and a series of fire brought a heavy loss of life and . considerable property damage to the northern half of the world today. Aa nature sent wind, cold, and snow across North America, Eu rope, Asia and into Africa, tor nadoes whipped the western coast of the United States and 27 per sona were burned to death in fires at Lakewood, N. J.: Jack son, Minn. New York and Mon treal. Scores Dead In Sorope ley galea killed 138 persona In Europe and Asia Minor In three days. - - - ?--:...', .w. New snowdrifts piled np aa the weather moderated from the Rockies to the Atlantic. Trans portation, already disrupted . Is some sections, was further ham pered. The United States suffered less from severe -weather than the rest ot the northern hemisphere. Snow and rain covered 80 per cent of the country, -washing out all bat a tract ot the cold ot the last month. Temperatures went above normal over most ot the country from the Rockiea to the eastern coast. - More Cold on Way " More cold was on the way from Canada, however, the weather bureau at Chicago said. and at 7 a. m. today the mer cury atood at 32 below sero at Havre, Mont., and 30 below at Devil's Lake, N. D. Eleven towns remained isolated in South Dakota, and airplane expedition were considered as a means ot treeing them. Roads began drifting shut In Wiscon sin. Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, la., set up coal administrations to ration depleted fuel supplies after Governor Clyde L. Her ring' authorized mayors ot Iowa communities to seize coal It nec essary to prevent hoarding any supply emergencies. Freeze Covers Street ' A freezing mist covered street and highways with Ice at Kansas City, Mo., and northern Okla homa was hit by a sleet storm. Scores ot small towns in Mich igan feared isolation for the third time in ten days as the new fallen snow began blocking roads. A 30-mile wind from the east was clearing lee from Mus kegon harbor, however, and ma rine men predicted shipping would soon be resumed. Flying was cut down to al most dead atop in the midwest, because of low celling. Nine Meu Marooned At Paducah, Ky., fears for nine men marooned aboard an Ice locked work boat In the Ohio river were relieved by return of (Continued on Page Eight) A total of 640 meals were sorved to school children In con nection with the Pelicans pro gram for the week ending Feb ruary 7, 1936, It was shown In a report from School Superin tendent J. P. Wells at the Pell can meeting Wednesday night. This table shows the meal served freo of charge at the dif ferent schools and tho cost: Meal Served Amonnt Falrvlew 94 Mills 328 114.10 48.75 6.60 1.85 9.60 Pollcan .... Rlvcrsme Roosevelt 44 13 64 640 81.0 PELICIS SERVE OVER 500 IILS
