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KLAMATH FALLS ORE., TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1936
Number 7605
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Ethiop
Africans Prepare
for Fin
in Mountain Area
Editorials
On the
Day'.N ews
lly 1'IIANK JKNKINH
ITALY tells Ilia League of Na
tion oundl tbat tier price for
poac In catt Africa la possession
of virtually th wliole of Ethiopia
Whlla th league hu talked
and Impound a fow mild boycott
Italy hai applied tha good old
rule of blond and Iron.
Blood and Iron appear to bava
won,
A LEAGUE OF NATIONS to
marshal tha conscience of all
mankind a-id outlaw war forever
waa a beautiful droam, but In
elfish, hatred torn Europe, bou
llful drouat don't got very far.
k rrIIIS dlnpatch from Berlin la
intereuung:
" "Remllllarlttd Germany- paid
bomaga today to llelsch fuehrer
(How) Hitler on bla 47th birth
day anniversary by staging the
blggett. military parade held In
Berlin elnoe the war."
On the aurface, thlt dliplay of
war power waa Intended to flutter
Hitler. Underneath, and much
mora Important, It waa designed
to aay to tha roil of Europe:
"Think twice before you step on
Germany a toca."
TWO dlsputchcs, tha tint from
Chicago and tha aecond from
New York,
"Rumors of rain In Kamaa
which later proved to ba untrue
did much today to bring about
auddon selling that dUclosed
wheat price wore without agjfrea-
alva support."
"A lata telling wave knocked
tha propa from under today'a
ttock maikot after the lltt had
dlaplayed. selective flrmneaa dur
ing tha greater part of tha tea-
lion."
TN OTHiCil worda, the gamble
'are the chlof buyora right now
In both tne wheat market and the
atock market, and the gambler
are JITTERY.
TWO noted newspapor men, H.
Li. Mencken, of tha Baltimore
Sun, and Bir Wllmott ' lewis,
Washington eorrotpondent of the
London Timet, addreat tha an
nual luncheon of the Associated
Preta In New York on Monday.
Mencken urge emphasis on
(ba editorial page, and 811 Wlll
mott aworta that "newt It the
chlof tourca of opinion by which
govornment In democratic coun
trie must proceed."
Both are right.
The business of the newt la to
Inform, accurately and fairly;
tha business of the editorial It to
explain aid to lead,; --
TUB It B are newspapers In thlt
oountry, tome of them great
and powerful, that are losing- the
confldonce of the publlo, which la
the most valuable possession any
nowspapjr can have. '
The rodton It that the publlo I
coming U feel that It can not Re
lieve what It roadt In thete news
papart, 4lihor In the newt col
umns or on the editorial page
that what la printed It printed for
aome purpose other than accurate
Information and honest explana
tion, v' ''.
It the nowspnpor It to maintain
Itt high place, lit newt mutt be
atrnlght and itt opinions must be
honest. . ,
HOMESTEAD LEAVE
WASHINGTON, April SI. (AP)
Pivnlilimt Roosevelt today sign
o:l n bill granting a leave of ah
s.nco to settlers of homestead
IiiikIh during 1036. -
ians
Black Inf antry M o v e s
in Surprise Attack
Near Dessye.
MANY FASCISTS
REPORTED KILLED
Gasoline Supply, Trucks
Burned; Desperate
Fight Goes On.
LONDON, April 21. (AP)
Tha Addis Ababa correspondent
of the Exchange Telegraph agen
cy reported tonight a fust mov
ing Ethiopian Infantry column
had rcncliod the Italian air
dronio northwest of Uessye and
burned ID Italian planes and
the entire gasoline aupply.
Many Italians Killed
Earlier In the day, tho cor
respondent said he hsd heard un
officially that tha column had
cut through tha line of advanc
ing, Italian troops near the new
Italian general headquarters at
uusaye. .... ,- v...' . -.',.
According to this Information,
the Kthloplaiis withdraw after a
short hand-to-hand combat In
which many Italians were killed
and a number of Italian trucks
wore destroyed.
MIA HI' BATTLE REPORTED
ADDIS AHAIIA, April 21.
(Routers) A fierce battle was
reported raging today north ot
this cnpltnl of Kthlopla. No de
tails of the engagement were
forthcoming Imiuodlatoly.
FINAL STAND MADR
ADDIS AHAUA April ,21 (IP)
A final stand In the high 'passes
of tha Shorn mountains was dis
closed toifny as a plan of the
Ethiopian government to 'prevent
fighting In the Immediate vicinity
of the capital.
Tha government waa taking all
possible plana to assure that
Addis Abnba would ha spared
aliening If tha Italian army
roachod thla goal.
Volunteers Move I'p
The Paases, rising 12,000 feet,
Ho about 60 miles from Addis
Ababa, one third th distance to
Dessya.
Hundreds of newly armed vol
unteers were moving northward
(Continued on Page Six)
NEW YORK, April II. (AP)
Police Commissioner Lewis J,
Valentine said today John Flor
onta, 24, an upholsterer's helper,
had admitted slaying Mrs. Nancy
Evans Tltterton.
The young man was one of
four who had reported the find
ing of the body in the bathroom
ot the Tltterton apartment In
fashionable' Seek man Place.. -
Valentine said Ftorenxa ad
mitted assaulting the 34-year-old
author and then strangling her.
He was traced, the commis
sioner said, by a piece of twine
with which Mrs, Tltterton had
boon bound.
APPEAR TODAY
Alleged "drink club" operators
were to appear for pleading In
Justice court this afternoon, and
unconfirmed reports were that at
leant some of them weuld admit
violation of the Knox law. Since
the weok end raids, only one op
orntor of Fort Klnmatb, has en
tered ft plea, and he was fined
$160.
State liquor commission oper
atives, who made the raids,' were
still In the city, awaiting tha out
come of the cnHes. ,
District Attorney H. 0. Block-
mor snld thnt the law Is deflnlto
on the points Involved In those
arrests, and Hint there Is even a
possibility of abntamont proceed
ings against such establishments.
Destroy
Fugitive
Ui.
SHU at largo since his daring
Jail break at Modford, Raleigh M.
Hoylman. habitual criminal t fac
ing Ufa Imprisonment, Is the cb
Jeot of a widespread', southern
Oregon manhunts Ha la ballevsd
hiding In the Patrick oreek dis
trict of Josephine county. (Herald-News
Photo-Engraving).
LEAGUE PLUNGED
Position Imperiled By
Failure; Ethiopia
Raps Geneva.
GENEVA, April II. (AP)
The league of nations dropped
Its active campaign for East
African conciliation today with
lis position admittedly imperiled
by failure and with Ethiopia pro
testing against tha lack ot action
by the council.
After adopting a resolution
shortly before midnight regret
ting the collapse of conciliation,
continuing the imposition of sanc
tions and, addrcaslng a supreme
appeal to Italy tor peace, the
council adjourned until its next
regular teselon, set for Msy 11.
Effort To Be Revived .
A revival ot the poace efforts
was scheduled, thus, to be un
dertaken after the French par
liamentary elections of April 26
and May 3, but league sources
said even that was uncertain.
Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden of Britain delivered a plain,
two-fold warning to the council
a a result of tha peace failure.
He declared, at the council's
. (Continued, on Pag Six)
STEIWER RECEIVES
OF
. .
WASHINGTON, April 21, (AP)
The qnly comment of Senator
Stelwar ot Oregon, when notified
todny of his selection as key
noter for the republican national
convention, was:
That t fine. Now 1 11 bave to
got busy and write a speech."
TOPEKA, Kst April 21. (AP)
Oov, Alf M, , Landon told re
porters "I'm glad to get the
newt" when Informed today of
the selection of Senator Stolwer
of Oregon at the O. O. P, key
noter at Cleveland, He declined
any furthor comment.
Selassie May Seek
Retreat in Sweden
STOCKHOLM. Anrll 21.. (JP
Tha evening newspaper Afton
bladet publishes today an uncon
firmed report that Emperor Hnlle
Selassie has made Inquiry with
a view to seeking a retreat In
Sweden,
The omporor visited Sweden
In 11125 and tha Swedlnh crown
prince returned the visit, with a
trip to Addlt Ababa In 1933. .
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DEIS IKE
NEW INROADS
FDR PRIMARY
Bourbons Increase Lead
in" Registration for
City, County.
ADVANTAGE LISTED
AT ABOUT 1200
Largest Number of Voters
in History of Klamath
Tabulated.
Into republican registration In
the paat three montha, and now
hold a lead In Klamath county
of more than 1200, It waa dis
closed in registration' statistics
ty Clerk Mae K. Short Tuoaday.
Klamath a total registration,
the flgurea ahow, baa gone well
over the 18,000 mark, the larg
est In the history ot tha coun
ty. City registration la given aa
10,106, county at 8088, and the
total at 18,282.,
v'- Clty, County. Lead Held V
- Total democratic -. registration
I "!IS88 kgatnat 82A0 for the re
publican. In the city the dem
entis lead, S42t to 4679. and
tha county they lead, 4112 .to
S711...
In the table given below, the
H.uiMilnn tnr rnnnhlfcAna and
damocratle parties, only, la given
separately, dui omen are memo.
ed In the totals. In the county
lh.ra ira KO socialists. 10 DrO-
gresslves. five prohibitionists, and
380 otners, exciuaive 01 repub
licans and democrat.
Here 1 the table:
Precinct Rep Dem
Total
185
198
396
871
336
303
527
859
1 8 84
J 98 , 97
8 196 194
4 200
6 ..... 204
165
131
144
248
189
374
6
7
8
168
271
.. 168
290
9
678
426
10
.... 168
261
(Continued on Pag Six)
T!
LONDON.' April 81. WP Ne
ville Chamberlain, chancellor of
the exchequer, declared today
that the , . British government
would have to resort to addition
al taxes to give the empire a bal
anced budget during the coming
year.
He announced there would be
an Increase In the Income tax and
in the tax on tea; that a surtax
would be levied on lager beer Im
ported from non-empire countries
and that dutlea on key Industries,
which were to have expired this
year, would b continued ten
year more.
Tho chanoellor occupied 87
minutes to explain Great Britain's
financial position. ' , '.
He snld the government oper
ated at a profit ot 2,941,000
($14,700,000) last year, but that
the total estimated revenues from
usual source would put the gov
ernment 21,291,000 (8106,450,
000) In the red during the next
12 months. -
The expenditures during the
coming year, he said, would be
797,897,000 ($3,989,484,000).
Thla amount ot expenditure! in
cludes 20,000,000 ($100,000,
000). for additional defense pur
poses. , V r . , .-,
Author of Bounty
to Visit Klamath
James Norman Hall, of Ta
hiti, South Sen Islands, famous
co-author with Charles Nord
hoff of Mutiny on the Bounty,
Hurricane and other novels, 1b
arriving In Klamath . Falls thlt
evening for a short visit with
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Epperson.
Mr. Hall and Mr. Epperson were
olnssmntea at Grlnnell college,
In Iowa, and have maintained
their friendship ever ' since.
Mutiny on the Bounty, screen
ed from the Nordhoft-Hnll novel,
was adjudged the outstanding
picture of last your, and Hurri
cane, their . latest novel, rates
a a beat teller, '
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Lions Take Wings for Bend Trip
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iuir.eeu mtmuero ot the Klamath Falla Llona club flew to Bend for an Inter-club meet Tuesday.
They are shown at the airport prior to the take-off. Kneeling, left to right:. Bill Randall, nr. Cecil
Adams and hla little boy.: Henri Conradl and George Davis. Standing! Oliver. Spiker, Al Help' X 8.
Robinson, R. C. Woodruff, Dr, D. D, Havens. Dr. Paul Sharp, Fred Hellbronner, - Dr. M. B. Cooper,
Russell Bussard and bis ton. The picture below shows the three planes Jnst before they' took te the
air. Dr. Sharp and Adam and Randall piloted tho planes to Bend. (Herald-News Photo-Engraving).
TAX BILL PLACED
E
Ways, Means Committee
Gives Formal Vote
of Approval.
WASHINGTON. April 21. (ff)
By a 15 to 8 vote, described
by members as along party lines,
the house ways and means com
mittee today gave formal ap
proval to the new tax bllli
The 249-page measure was
tossed In the bill hopper imme
diately after the house convened
seven weeks to the day after
President Roosevelt had ' asked
congress for taxes to finance the
new farm program, the ' added
cost ot prepayment of the bonus
and to plug the gap left In this
y oar's revenues Invalidation of
AAA processing taxes.
(The major feature of the bill'
contemplates complete revision
of the corporation tax system.
It would levy a graduated tax
on corporation Income, based on
percentages of earnings . with
held from distribution to stock
holders).' With the relief bill, the bulky
revenue measure was the major
business standing between con
gress and adjournment. , In an
effort to get both to the tenate
at toon at possible, house lead
ers planned to give , them the
right' ot way on the floor for
the next three weeks.
The Doughton bill, In addl
(Continued on Page Six)
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WASHINGTON, April 24. (P)
The house passed a bill by
Representative Pierce .'(D-Ore.)
to permit the' Klamath and Mo
ri oo tribes, and the Yahooskin
band of Snake Indiana In Ore
gon ' to revive a case in the
court of claims for land pre
viously sold. v
The bill arose from su
preme court decision which held
the value of 87,000 acres of In
dian land was $2,980,000 In
stead ot $108,760, the amount
paid In the original settlement.
The court held the govern
ment had a "moral" obligation
to "make good the , plaintiff'
loss" and BiiggcBted legislation
to permit the ciiBe to ba re
opened,
Italian Airplanes
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o
ii
Baseball
. AMERICAN LEACUB
R. H. B.
New York 7 13 1
Philadelphia 6 11 1
Broaca, Murphy, Malone and
Dickey; H. Jonnson, Lleber, Mat
oiak and Hayea.
R. H.. K.
Washington . 18 1
Boston 8 9 1
Bokina, Coppola , and Bolton;
Grove and R. Ferrell. (Game
called at end of sixth Inning on
account of darkness.)
American at Chicago:' Chicago-Cleveland,
- postponed, cold.
St. Louis at Detroit, postponed,
cold weather.
- NATIONAL - LEAGUE .
Philadelphia 6 9 1
New York 7 11 2
Jorgena, Passeau, C. Davis and
Wilson, Grace. . Smith, Gum
bert, and MancUBCo.
National Cl.ncmnatl-St. Louis
postponed, rain. .
. Chicago at Pittsburgh post
poned, .rain.
THREE LOSE LIVES
' IN TRUCK BLAZE
TULARE, Calif., April 21.
(AP) Three men were burned
to death early today in a tire
which destroyed two heavily
laden trucks after they collided
head-on six miles south ot here.
The victims were trapped - In
the cabs ot the two vehicles when
flaming gasoline enveloped both
trucks in an explosion which fol
lowed the impact.
Two of the victims were Leo
nard Nelson, 28, ot Chowchllla,
driver of one truck, and a com
panion, Paul Magee, 54.
The ' third victim was the
driver of a truck which officials
said was owned by the Signal
Trucking Service, Ltd., Los Ang
eles. The vehicle was loaded with
oil, grease and paper products,
Ti
JERUSALEM, April 14. (IP)
Violent outbreaks between Jews
and Arabs at Tel-Aviv and near
by towns continued today, bring
ing, the total of injured to 120
In three days of disorder, the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency said.
Sixteen Jews and four Arabs
have been killed.
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MEN ENTOMBED IN
E
Rescuers Hop to Reach
. Two Within Few
Hours.
MOOSE RIVER, Jf. V April
81, . CP) Minister ( Mines
Michael Dwyr estimated at
o'clock tonight that rescue
worker were within 33 feet el
two Toronto meal entombed 1st
the Moose River gold mine for
nine day. . ' . .
MOOSB RIVER,. N. S., April
21 -LtP Unconfirmed vonnrl. that
rescuing miner could hear two
entombed men tapping on the
wans oi toe aDanaoneu mine pit
WherO thev hnva haan anlnmUri
for nine days, circulated at the
snattneaa of the Moos , River
mine late today, u
Some miner coming from the
shaft said they had been told
strange tappings have been heard
by worker trying to penetrate 20
feet of fallen material to get to
the Imprisoned men. Dr. D. B,
(Continued! on Page Six)
GAN6STER SLAIN
NEAR KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY, April 21. (AP)
A daylight raid by federal and
stnte officer at a tourlBt cabin
five miles south of here ended
in a gun battle and the wound
ing and capture ot Clarence Spar
ger, 32, suspected member of the
old IrlBh O'Malley gang ot mid
west desperadoes., .
John Langdon, alias Langan
a companion of Sparger, surrend
ered. Ho had been sought in con
nection with the shooting ot a
deputy ' sheriff : by Wyandotte
county, Kas., last September,
W. A. Smith., head ot the de
partment ot Justice office here,
said a federal officer was wound
ed In the battle. He would not
disclose his name.
CONTRACT AWARDED
WASHINGTON, April 21, UP)
The reclamation bureau today
announced award for a ditch
cloanor for Klamath project,
California-Oregon to Ruth Dred
ger Manufacturing Co., Los An
geles lor 111, Mb, .
OREGON SQLQ
L OUiLINE
PARTY POLICY
Senator Also Named Tem
porary Chairman ot?
CoBT4mtion. ,l4
FLETCHER REPORTS
UNANIMOUS CHOICX
Selection Satisfactory to
Major Presidential
Candidate. '
CLEVELAND. Asrll II.
Th national republican eommlU
tee named today Senator Krea
erick Stelwer of Oregon as key
noter add temporary chairman
of th national republican eon
vention which opens here June I.
Chairman Henry P. Fletcher.
ot th national committee who
mad tne announcement, . said
th aeleetlon was anantsuon.
Williams Place Nam
' Senator Stelwar' name Was
plats kefs re tke committee ay
Ralph WMHams, matloaal repub
lican eomiartteemas. from Ore
o. " : .
Chalraua rietehar a!4 ' a.
nnmher mt ether prominent re
publican were considered for
the kernel speaker, hut that .
Stelwer' nam was the only on
formally placed ' before th com
mute. Fletcher (aid ether eonslder
for th keynote speaker In
clude Frank O. Lewden of Illi
nois, Arthur Hyde ef Mlsaoorl,
Jamea W. Wadsworth ef Mew
York, . Wayland Brook ef
nilaols, John W. Brlcker ef hlo
and Theodora Christian f
Mtnneaota,
Steiwer SefecUost landed
John Hamilton, manager ed
the presidential nomination cam
paign ef governor Alf If. Lan
don f Kansas, and as ember mt
the committee said:
"Prior U (elecQoa ml tha
temporary chairman I stated te
the committee that y saly la-
tercet both as a member c the
arrangement - committee and as
manager ef the Landon can
didacy waa in the aeleetlea ef
a man who will forcefully aad
dearly atate the position at th
republican party te the conven
tion and to the people mt th
nation.
"Senator Stelwer will, I know,
(Continued oa Page Six)
WISCONSIN ELEVEN
MADISON, Wis., April 11. (n
Harry A. Stuhldreher, head
football coach at Villa Nova,
was appointed athletic, director
and ' football coach at tha Uni
versity of Wisconsin by th
board ot regents today.
Stuhldreher, one ot the four
horsemen of Notre Dame, will
come to the university May 1
to take over the positions for
merly held by Director Walter
E. Meanwell and Coach Clar
ence W. Spears.
The Villa Nova coach, now
34 years old, comes to Wiscon
sin (after completing his eleventh
year at the Pennsylvania insti
tution where he established an
enviable reputation In compe
tition with the larger teams ot
the east.
Stuhldreher first distinguished
himself In athletics when in
1924, aa one ot the late Knute
Rockne's "Four . Horsemen" he
was telected at an all-American
quarterback.
Stuhldreher la vice-president
of the American Football
Coaches association, and author
of three books dealing with the
biographical and technical aid
ot athletics, -. t.
. Spud Market
SAN FRANCISCO, April 11,
(U. 8. Dept. Agr.) Pota
toes: two car California, t
Idaho, 4 Oregon, I Nevada ar
rived; 18 unbroken, 7 broken;
by truck 1 car arrived.
Oregon, Klamath district, Rno
set No. 1, few Bales $2.16-1.25,
some held higher.
Idaho Russets, No. 1, $3.10
1.16, om held higher.
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