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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1936)
'- ; WEATHER .- FORKCABTi Pair an J warm. ORK(iOXl Generally fair tonight and Saturday. TEMPI High, 74 Low 4a. Thursday's maximum, 7a. PRECIPi To SlOO a. m. Friday, none; season, 10.641 normal, - 10.11 1 laat year to date, 10.52. HERALD SERVICE Herald subscribers who fnll to receive their paper by fliltU p, m, are requested to cull the Herald business' office, phono 1000, and paper will Im Mat by peelal carrier. ASSOCIATED PRESS IN SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1936 Number 7620 mm iff Ml UVIUVJ JV UNITED PRESS , UU ULTU U U ZS - Plane r Editorials On the Day' N ews lly KIUXK JENKINS Tyll.LIAM DA IN A It D, aliaa Ma ' " han, wanted for (he 1200, 000 kidnaping of little Uoorge Weyorhacueor, la captured by 0 Men In a Bun Franclaco parking lot. He nu lilting, unarmed. In a car. He ubmlttod quietly to arret!, admitted hit Identity, but refuted to admit that he had anything to do with the kidnaping. He bad In hi poaaesslon $7300 of the ranaom money, whoso anrlul numhora had been altered. JJARRY CAMPBELL, laat of the Karple gang, a woman dee crlbad aa Campbell'a wife and Ram Cnker, a minor gangland figure, are taken by G-Men. alto without reelalance, In Cleveland, and are ruahed by airplane to 81. Paul to anawer chargee In the Ed ward Ilremer kidnaping. . . A (IAIN It la worth noting that when government eentera lla attention upon the taaka that properly belong to government It can do a fine Job. If, In thla eountry, government paid leaa at tention to a lot of thing! that are NOT Ira buainase and mora atten tion lo aoma of the thlnga that ARB Hi bulnea, wa would all be better off. yHIB HEADLINE atnnde out from the front, page: "Italy Plana Total Annexation of Ethio pia." That la about aa atartllng aa thla headline would be: "Run Will Itle Tomorrow." Italy haa planned total annexation of Ethio pia from the beginning, providing ahe could GET AWAY WITH IT The moral of the whole affair appeari lo be that nallona can get away with anything that aome STRONGER nation doean't object to. e pEAD thla dispatch from Pull- man. Waahlnglon. Then atop and arratrh your head and do a little reflecting. "Isadora of the Waahlnglon Stale College blue law atrlke CALLED OFT THEIR PICKETS thla afternoon and ordered aome 3200 atndrnta back to claeaea In a tentative aettlement of the walk out whlrh became affective thla morning." Rnmomhcr, while you are read ing, that Waahlnglon State College i la a laX'iuppnrted Institution, and that theae atrlklng students are beneflclarlea of the taxpayera. The result of your reflection muat be that we're living In nh age when many odd Idoaa are abroad. STUDENTS CONFESS T WASHINGTON, Mny 8, fP) Uniformed guardlnna of decorum at the supreme court fairly ached today to administer a apanklng to tha Harvard boya aald to have conducted the red flag raising at the August trib unals very doorstop, But tho prnnkatora wore far from the acene of tho "revolu tion" and so It Boomed the Inci dent would blow over. Woods McCnhlll, treasurer of tho Harvard Lampoon, anld nt Cambridge, Muss., lnat flight that ttidont edltora of tho humorous publication were responsible for the flag-holBtlng and were on their way back to Cambridge by automobile. . Spring Snowstorm Hits New Mexico RATON, N. M., May 8. (IP) Flvo paHsougur busses were ma rooned on Rnton Pnas, north of hero todny, rail traffic, waa de layed, communication lines were down and nnrthtifn New Mnxloo nml aoullim'it Colorado towns were Isolntod by a hoavy spring enow that blnnkotod tho moun tainous roglon, Takes Mahan T KIDNAP CASE Weyerhaeuser Fugitive to Face Abduction, Mail! Fraud Charges. FEDERAL AGENTS SCORE CLEAN-UP Interstate Ring of Crim inals Believed Finally Broken. TACOMA, Waah., May 8. WPV Poaalblllly William Mahan, one time publlo enemy number one. might have a full week-end wait before the climax of hla crime career appeared today aa the Wey erbaeuaer kidnaping suspect wait ed In a Tacoma city jail cell. Though hla arraignment on chargoa of kidnaping nine-year-old Oeorga Weyerhaeuaor waa freely predicted for today. United Stales district court convened and Immediately adjourned without action this -rooming'. Judge Ed ward R. Cusuman ordered tha ad journment after tha district at torney Informed him "there la no ex parte business for tha court." BACK AT OLD SCENE TACOMA, Waah., May g. VP Ilia title of "Public Enemy Num ber One" gone and hit f unda con fiscated, William Mahan tat In a Tacoma city Jail cell today, scarcely a doaon blocka from the acene of the Cloorgo Weyorheeus er kldnnplng of May 14, 10,15. Two blocka from hla cell In an other direction, federal official! prepared to arraign blm within 14 houra on chargea of kidnaping and mall fraud. IT. N. Ready for Trial "Wa are ready to go to trial," United Statea District Attorney J. Charlea Dennle announced. In hla office, department of Juatlce agenta and deputy proaecutora or gan lieu their case for presentation before Dlatrlct Attorney Edward E. Cushman at tha earliest pos- aible moment. Captured while Billing deject edly In a Ban Francisco parking lot Thursday noon, Mahan ar rived here at 10 p. m., laat night, almoat a year after young Woyer- haonaer waa abducted. A doxon (Continued on Page 8even) TIA YUAN FU,Shnnsl Province, China, May 8.- (P) ' National army filers reported they killed approximately 1,000 Chinese coinmunlata with bomba this af ternoon. Provincial military authorltlea anld the bombing planoa had doalt a crushing blow to com munist troops In western Shnnsl. The filers dived agalnat tho red forces ropoatodly, dropping a large quantity of explosives Into the ranks below. Following the air attack, mili tary authorltlea anld Infnntry wna moving anal nut tho conimun lata, with the auppnrt of tha air planes. The reda wore aald to be tleolng Into the northorn Shansl province. . PORTLAND, May 8. Out more than 24 hours, the Jury of the Jack I). Justice murder trial romalned Id doltborntlon at noon todny.' Tho state charged that Jus tice hired Leo Hall, condemned to death for the KrlBnd'a Point, Wash., mass murders, to kill W, Frank Akin hore In Novomber, 1983. Juatlce denied any knowl edge of the case. The Jury, which wont out at I0:'4B a. m. yesterday, pondered the case until 10 p. m, Inst night and resumed ' deliberations at 8:80 o'clock this morning, i; MIEN WILL HASTEN Queen Lenore Rules Track Meet W .7 v- Clioaun by vote or Klamath Union high school atudenta, Lenore McCandleaa, aecond from left In the above picture, rulea aa Queen Lenore I over the Southern Oregon-Northern California track meet here tomorrow and the track meet dance at the armory Saturday night. Lenore la ahown with her attendanta. Left to- right In the photograph: Mary Lucille Montgomery, Queen Lenore, Doris stein aelfer. Faith Hunaleker. Below la Marvin Albee of the Klamath 10-80 club, chairman of the committee In charge ot the big meet. (Herald-Newa Photo-engraving. Atbea Picture by Kennell-Ellla). Oregon Lighted By Meteor; Muffled Explosion Jars' ; k . Buildings at Roseburg A brilliant meteor, giving off muffled exploalona aa It awiahed by. momentarily lighted the Klamath country early thla morn ing and then dlaappeared behind the mountains far to tha north west Today from all parta of aou th orn and woatern Oregon came re porta of tha blinding flaah. One atory doveloped aa far north aa Chehalla, Wash., whore a train conductor telephoned authorltlea that a "burning plant" bad fallen near Tenlno. Rowhurg la Shaken While Klamath Fa I la had a clear vlow of the giant ahootlng atar at about 1:33 o'clock thla morning, the real force of the phenomenon crashed down in tha Roseburg vicinity. Buildings. doora and wlndowa at Roseburg were rattled and banged aa though by an earthquake. BIG IVY MEASURE WASHINGTON, May 8. UP Tho aenate today passed the record peace time $629,000,000 navy appropriation bill. The measure, carrying funds for mora fighting ahlpa. aircraft and men, roturne to the houae with amendments. Conforonce commtttoca . were achoduled to adjust dltferencea between the two houaea. .. r Just before final passago In a voice vote tho aonnto rejected an amendment seeking to elimi nate provisions for the construc tion of two battleships, alx sub marines and 11 destroyors. The vote wna' 40 to '13 on an amendment by Senator Frailer (R-ND) to atrlko out a auction appropriating 3115.300,000 for the conetruetlon work. It would permit the building of battloehlpa only In tho event other Blgnntor tea to the London troaty began construction of thla typo of veasol. Tho new London naval treaty may be submitted to the aenate oarly next weok. Baseball AMERICAN IiEAflUK R. H. E. Philadelphia 8 9 0 Now York 8 4 1 Rhodes, Dietrich and Hayes; Ruffing and Dickey. NATIONAL LEAflUB R. H. E. St. Loul -11 M 8 Chicago 9 15 1 Hnllnhan. Wlnford. Ryba, J. Dean, and Dnvla: French, Kow- allk, Bryant, Shoun, Carlcton and Hartnott. R. H. B. Cincinnati 6 9 0 1'lttahurgh 9 14 0 Stlno, Froy and Campbell; Swift, Blanton and Padden. 7 I iS'i ' AeV A ' The aound of the falling meteor waa like a clan of thunder. Or aervera believed the visitor from the aklea dropped In the Mount Dodaon section about ten mllea east of Roaeburg. P. E. Cooper, a reeldent of Mount Dodaon, reported to the Roaeburg Newa-Review that he waa awakened by a tremendoua explosion and a blinding glare. He rushed outside and aald he had the Impression of htlnute falling particle. ' He thought the meteor exploded before It atruck tbe earth. Many Peraona Alarmed Many realdenta In communities over a wide area were consider ably alarmed by the eight The meteor waa about halt the size of the moon or ao It ap peared. It left a bright light and a long plume of amoke. The (Continued on Page Seven) E DENVER,. May 8. (P) Thomas Morrlssey, federal dlatrlct attor ney, announced the arrest today of Oliver P. Arnold, vice-presi dent of the Denver National hank, and ten other persons charged with conspiracy to loot the United Slates mall of J200, 000 and with conspiracy to dla- poao of the loot. The robberies, Morrlssey said. occurred during the past few- years In a number ot mid west ern cities-. - a Members of the Pelicans staged a fashion parade Friday, demonstrating atyles In straws as sug gestions to Klamath males In advance "of Straw Hnt day, which is Saturday. Left to right, standing: Hardin Blockmor, nov. Haie Eubanks, Dr. M. E. Cooper, Dewey Powell, Chairman Earl Whltlock of Straw Hat dny, Marshall Cornett, Lloyd Low. Kneeling: Elmer Baislger, John Houston, Ed Vannice. "These hats," eald chairman Whltlock, "ore merely suggestive. Other types will 'ge by our Inspec tor Saturday.!. But remember, U had better ba made of atrawl."! (Herald-News Photo-engraving). Back to Tacoma for Trial (M- 1 wav.r G.O.P.SPERKER TO AHACKJEW DEAL Candidate Bennet Here Tonight for Rally At ' Armory. By MALCOLM EPLET Prepared to make a acathtng attack on the administration, William S. Bennet of New York, candidate for the republican nonv ; U for yice.pre8ldont of the I United States, arrived In Klnmnth Falla thla morning and will aa dress a big rally meeting at the Klnmnth armory this evening. Judge Bonnet, whose name ap pears on tho ballot for the May 15 election, came south from Portland, and will leave tomorrow night for his home In New York. His address tonight will he one of (Continued on Page Seven) MaMaMKifl t ' 1 ' f i .-.. v a. Vigilantes of Straw Hat Day Ethiopian Status As Geneva Member Without Change si- African Delegate Will Have Seat at Future Discussions. COUNCIL MEETING SET FOR MONDAY France Not Expected to Take Definite Stand on Issue. " GENEVA, May 8 VP) Stirred by reports that Italy would pro claim outright annexation of Ethiopia. League of Natlona offi cials announced today Ethiopia continued to be recognized aa In pedendent, a sovereign atate and a member of the league. Officiate aald wolde Manam. Ethiopian minister to Parla and delegate to the league, would have nndlsnnted right to alt at the council table next week dar lnc any Italo-Ethioplan dlacua- don. v " rxmnrfl BeasloB Called' If Baron Pompeo Alois!, Italy's delegate, left the council room on the ground that "there la no longer any Ethiopia," officials aald. new difficulties would de velop for tbe council. " The league plana called for a short session : of the council, meeting ,. Monday, with adjourn ment until' mid-June when both the Ethiopian and Locarno prob lems could be discussed In detail. The main reason fo rthls course of action was to permit time for formation of a new French cab inet after the lef tlet parties, which won a majority In the elections for chamber of deputies, take control early In June. Definite Step Avoided - Geneva sources thought It like ly Foreign Minister Plerre-Etl-enne Flandln and Minister ot Slate Joseph Paul-Boncour of France would hesitate to take a definite stand now on the Afrl- ' (Continued on Page seven) TREATY PROPOSAL LONDON, May 8. (ff) Great Britain was declared by respon sible sources today to be put ting renewed pressure on Ger many for the inclusion of Soviet Russia. Latvia and Estonia In the Belch's proposed non-aggrea-slon pacts. . That point, said these sources, was the most Important contain ed In the Locarno questionnaire which Great Britain has handed to Germany, after consultation with France nud Belgium. Quakes Recorded g At Lassen Park MINERAL, Calif.. May 8 (JP Fourteen earthquakes were re corded on tho Lassen national park seismograph, Naturallat Carl Swartzlow reported today. Only one of tha tremora, re corded Wednesday, waa described of "local origin. Swartzlow aald two were "quite severe" and centered "aome distance away." Graziani's Forces Move Into Harar; Soldiers Receive Welcome. ROME. May 8. (JP) The eap- uura by Italian troop at Harar; aocond city ot Ethiopia, waa re ported today by tha Mogadiscio correspondent of the newspaper II Tevt-o. The correspondent aald the forces of Gea. Rodolfo Qraziani moved Into Harar yesterday, oc cupying the final military ob jective of Italy's aampalgn In east Africa. (From Djibouti, French Soms llland, earns reports that large part of Harar waa destroyed by fir and looting as the Italian troopa approached tha city). II Tevere'a dispatch said the chieftains and leading priests of the populace welcomed tha Ital ian troops. . AID BENT TO HARAR WITH THE ITALIAN ARMY IN ADDIS ABABA, May 8. 0P) Italian soldiers who thus far have battled through Ethiopia afoot, on mules, on trucks, and In airplanes moved to aa at tack today by railroad train. The soldiers formed an ex pedition ordered by Marshal Pletro Badogllo to reinforce southern contingents In tha tak ing ot Harar. The expedition left last night for Diredawa, tha railway sta tion nearest Harar. . The railroad line .was return continued on Paga Seven) E Provision of the city dog or dinance which requires dogs to be kept tied or kept up during the months ot May and June has been found to be invalid, accord ing to officers of the humane so ciety, and the ruling cannot be enforced. , . A state law passed several years ago. Invalidates the city ordinance but the humans so ciety asks that, dog owners will try to keep their . animals from running at large despite this fact. Several nronerty owners and gardeners have complained that ;ogs have been running tnrougn '.heir newly planted gardens, and have threatened to poison the nnlmala if this continues. For the benefit of flower lov ers, and In the hopes of prevent ing a poison epidemic, the hu mane society encourages the two month "rest period tor aogs, and asks that they be kept at home. Portland Strike Lasts 10 Minutes PORTLAND, Ore., May 8. (P) A 10-mlnute tleup was the ex tent of a strike here today in sympathy with the produce han dlers' strike In Seattle. Truckers and helpers -vent back to work when officials of the Pacific Fruit and Produce association agreed to confer with Seattle officials of the Produce Drivers, Salesmen and Helpers' union, . NOTED AUTHOR DIES ; MUNICH, Germany, May 8. UP) Dr. Oswald Spongier, 68, who after the war wrote the' much discussed book, "Untergang Des Abendln-mles" (Decline of the West) died today. . HOUSE BEATS REPUBLIGAr RELIEF MOVE Plan Rejected to Substi tute Grants for States. , LEADERS EXPECT PASSAGE TODAY G. O. P. Charges Contin uation of WPA, Po litical Favors. WASHINGTON. May 8 UP The house today defeated, 103 to 33, republican efforta to substi tute state relief grants for tha worka progress administration in spending the 325,000,000 fund In tha 33.384.000,000 deficiency appropriation bill. Offered by Representative Ta ber (R-NY), the amendment also would have required at least 25 per cent local contributions and -administration by local non-par- . usan noaraa. . . - " Quick Passage Seen . Administration leaders planned to push the bill to the point ot passage by nightfall. Taber eharged "this Is not a , relief bill but to continue tha WPA and political jobs." Without debate, the next big gest section of the measure pro viding 3548.831,860 for the so cial security program In 1937,, waa approved. Another Move) Rejected In tha same manner the house gave Its approval to 1308,000,-; ooo tor the civilian conservation corps . and 3400,000 for the. communication commission's tele phone Inquiry. A republican attempt to cut $3,837,328 from a 389,900,000 . appropriation for the Tennessee Valley Authority In the deficiency:' relief appropriation bill and elim inate the provisions for starting construction on the Biwassee dam in Tennessee was rejected, 101 to ll. LAKEHURST, N. J., May (. UP The U. 8. naval air station received word from the German dirigible Hlndenburg late today that It will orulse over New York City between 4 and 5 a. m., (Eastern Standard Time) tomor row and will reach the station for landing about 5:80 o'clock. NEW YORK, May 8, UP) MacKay radio reported that tha position ot the German dirigible Hlndenburg at 8 p. m. E. S. T. today waa approximately 450 miles east ot north ot Nantucket lightship. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, May 8, (JP) The Graf Zepplin, offer bucking bad weather over the Atlantic and taking a short cut up the Rhone valley with the permission of the French gov ernment, reached Its base safely today In a flight from South America. The Graf, companion ship of the Hlndenburg, now Grossing the North Atlantic to the Vnltod States, had struck a hangar wall , at Rio Do Janeiro before start ing the return trip, but . Com mander Hans von Schiller said the accident had not hampered navigation. GO TO RIOT ZONE LONDON. May 8. (P a I e o r Agency) Reliable sources said today that the British govern ment had ordered transport air planes filled with British sol diers to fly from Cairo to Pales tine to prevent further rioting between Arabs and Jews. , The flying Infantrymen, It vr stated, left Egypt last night and ware expected to have tht zlta atlon In hand soon.