The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, July 21, 1936, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHERALD SERVICE Harald iiuarrlhere who mil to receive llielr paper by fliHU p. m. ar reUtwtd to coll the Humid bualneas of flea, plums 1000, anil paper will be sent by epuclal carrier. ASSOCIATED PRESS IN SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND if tau UNITED PRESS Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1936 Number 7683 U PI car to WEATHER tOCAIi KOHKCA8T Knlr. Conlrr eit Interior. STATU FORECAST Knlr. Warm In Interior. TEMPERATURES, High d p. m.) 100. , Ixiw, Sfl, YEHTERDAY'ft HIOH BT. (Krunn'l Record, 100). ' SPA 4 Temperature Hits 100 Degrees Editorials On the Day' N ews HEAT RECORD SEASON lly FRANK JKNKINH CO.MKTIII.NO Important Is hap panlng In Bpaln. but Jmt what It la remalna clouded In niyairy because of conaorahlp. A Mr Kill la (hit 111! mora conanrva llv rlmiirnU have rlacn In revolt agalnal the "leftist" (radical) government. Tin government announce! that It bus eomplnloly rrimliril Ihii revolution, but rsutloua ohaervera will not that a rigid cmaorahlp la atlll maintained. Whim rlcld censorship exlsia. It's prtty bard to believe anything you rad. t TN TDK political nowi from Kurnpii, lb wortla "rlithtlat" and "Mtlat" occur qullo (routioiil- ir. A "rlghllat" la a conservative. : la III language of European poll-; lies, and a "Initial" li a radlral.j In lha Kurupean ltlalatlva bodlea, : tha eonaervatlvea alt on the right I of tba room and Iho radicals sltj on tha left. Tha mlddlo-of-the-. roadera all In between and ara' re ferred to aa Vrentrlata." I Hence theaa worda thai sprinkle tha political newa from overaeaa. KJOTK, pleaiia. that whatever Is going on In Simla (largely shrouded from our ayea by h' Tell of censorahlp) la undoubtedly an effort to change tha govern ment by KOHCK. We've done a lot of thlnga In thla country that must cause the founders of our republic to turn uneasily In their graves, but what ever wo do Inl'a not go to the lenglh tea haa boen dona eaten alvely In Europe) of changing our government by force of arms In stead of by voles. This Is one foreign Importation we can do wlihout. PARAMOUNT STUDIOS, In llol lywood, la suing Samuel (iold wyn for FIVE MILLION POL LA US because Goldwyn Is alleged to have lured Cnry Cooper out of the Paramount camp and Into the Goldwyn camp. Just hnw would you foci If you quit ana Job ana took another and your old boss sued your new boss for five million dollars dam ages for luring you away. You'd feel pretty ebeaty. wouldn't you? e TJOW docs Gary Cooper got thnt 1 wayT Here la tha answer: He MAKKS MONEY for his boas. 80. yon ace, hla old boss doesn't want to loso blin and a lot of new bosses want to GET him. If you want to get yourself Into the same pleasant position, devote your energies to making money for your boas. , Tbat'a the way to make other bounce want you. MADE TODAY City Has Hottest Day Since August 15, 1933. LIGHTNING STORM IN EAST COUNTY Partly Overcast S k i e e BriiiR Little Relief By Midaftcrnoon. Mercury In tba government thnrinomelvr edged up to tha I no mark early this afternoon. That set an olflrlal record tor the season to data, and It was the highest temperature record ed hero slnca August IS. 19.19, when tha mercury, touched 102. The sultry beat cooked up a thunder alorm In the oast end of the county, end a lookout of tha Klamath Forest Protective association reported considerable lightning play over Coleman rim. Hky ('limited Over At mid-afternoon tha aky waa partially overcast here, but that bronchi Utile relief from the record heat of tha day. vtoals were peeled off and general lethargy prevailed as heat gnaw ed at tha vitality of tha popu lace. A mass of hot air has hung over this region for several days. Sunday the temperature equaled the season's record, Monday It bettered the previous record by two points, and Tuesday It was up at least another throe points. The local weather man held out little hope for a chnngo to the cool side, but weather reporta for northern California and In terior Oregon Indicated there might be some relief. Klamath Forest Protective as sociation officials were on the alert for fire reporta from the electrical atorm area In the oasl orn part of the county. Two Klres Fought w ... ... -......In 1 1 mm Vnri iwu ...Hi. -...n..-- . fiiughl In the heat of Monday afternoon, one by mo inuian service forestry department, the other by tho protective associ ation. Flro startod on lha reserva tion at Harclny Springs- It ap parently was set on the highway by a carelessly thrown cigarette stub. It ran up the hill hack (Continued on Page Three) LEWIS CHALLENGES LEGALITY OF RCT Make Plans for Big Ram Sale IT;Mt 'p (Mi i Excellent prospects for a successful southern Oregon ram sale here September 1 were discussed by the lain sale committee In a meeting hero Monday afternoon. Members of the committee are shown ubovo. Left to right: John Withers, Paisley; C. A. Henderson, county agent; Lee McMullen, secretary, Klnmnth Production Credit; K. M. Hammond, prominent Merrill farmer; W. P. Wing, manager, Cali fornia Wool Growers association; K. C. Reynolds, secretary of tba chamber of commerce and farmer of the Henley district. (Herald-News I'boto-Kngraving). Chieftains of Major Parties Undisturbed By Lemke's Presidential Drive Baseball AMERICAN I.EAtil'E (First game) n. h. Philadelphia ..... 0 7 Detroit 8 1' 1 1 Bridges and Ross snd Hayes Hayworth. ft. H. P.. Washington 6 9 0 Chicago 5 10 0 Deshoiig, Caacarolla and Millies, llolton; Chvllnl and gcwell. K. H. c. Iloslon 6 It o Cleveland 6 13 t Grove, Russell, Walherg, Henry and il. Ferrell; Hardor, Hilda brand and Pytlak. OCCURS IN TEXAS DALLAS, Tex.. July 21. (P) A violent wind and thunder alorm ripping through oentral northoast Texan Inst nlRht loll In lt wako property dnnmge es timated to bo of million-dollar proportions. There wera no deaths reported but In Dnllns, where full force of the fast-brcnklng disturbance lilt Just boforo midnight, nenrly 40 persona suffered minor Injuries, Borne from flying" glnss. ;, The flnllas Tlines-Horald, after a survey of thousands of broken trees, street erosion, wreckage on tho Centennial exposition grounds and othor losses, esti mated tha Dallas property toll alone might eltmb to around $1,000,000. VANOOUVRR 8TIUKU VANCOUVER, Wash., July 21. ran A strike called bv the work ers' alliance bere In a protest .ln.l vuaafim enslllt.ed tOltflV 111 a walkout of 118 men from two WPA projects ampioying us re tut workers. uriHlllVfiTON. JlllV 21. UP) Tha John L. Lewis committee for industrial organisation toaay cnai ih leialltv of the Ameri can federation of labor executive council's summons to stano inai on "insurrection" charges. WAUIIlNinTON Julv 21. W1 u,.ni.,i hv John L. Lewis, repre sentatives of unions Including one third of the American uoaerRuuu r.r i.niinr's nieniborshln asHomblcd todny to decide what to do about an "invitation" to stand trial on chnrgoa of "Insurrection." inim p. vrev. veteran m'CBldenl of the fedorntlon's mettil trades depu'ttnunl, brought the cnurges hnrnm lha A. F. of L. OXOCUtlVe council after tho 12 unions In Lewis' committee fof industriui m-ifniiiKiiiinn niiiioiini'eil tliolr - in tention to organise stnol, automo biles and rubber without -regnrci for oraft lines. j DRIVER OF DEATH vWAflUINGTOtJuly II, (P) Major party leaders, In Uia midst of campaign preparations, today proteased to see no weakening of their parly lines aa a result of Iteprcsentatlva William Lemke's union party presidential drive. Idinilon Lompieira nprcrn While President Roosevelt continued his sailor's vacation and his republican opponent, Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kanaaa. completed his acceptance address and relaxed pending Ita delivery Thursday, their campaign leaders talked about prospects In the fall election. Democratic Chairmen James A. Farley described as "too foolish to be worthy of comment." a statement by Rev. Charles E. Cough lln that the union party would elect a majority In the bouse. Beprtsentaiiva josepn w. mar tin, Jr., republican campaign man ager In tha east, declared Landon would lose few votee to Lemke. Any union party effect In the rast, he ssld. would be to "make the states doubly sure for us." (i.O.P. to Open Drive Completion of Landon'a a, 600 word acceptance speech centered attention for tha time being upon Topeka and the opening of the republican atandard bearers drive. While there was no defi nite word regarding the subject matter of the address, observers looked for emphasis on such problems as agriculture,, relief, employment, f 1 n a n c e, tariff, monopoly and tha constitution. The address will be delivered at 8 p. m. (CST) Thursday, over a national hookup. Smith's Aid Sought While Laniion mane ready for the address, Chairman lohn D. M. Hnmilton remained !r. the east, and the Baltimore Sun said he conferred yostorday In Now York with former Governor Alfred E. Smith, foe of the new deal. "Mr. Hnmilton begged the New Yorker to Join actively In the fight to defeat the reelection of President Roosevelt," said .the Sun'a copyright story. "The re publican leader wants Mr. Smith to take the stump for Governor Landon, aa former Governor Joseph B. Ely of Massachusetts has agreed to do." The Sun story expressed the writers belief, however, that Smith would make no speeches under tho auspices of the repub lican nntlonnl committee, but might speak against Mr. Roose velt. In the capital last night the president was described aa "a great humanitarian" by Senator Kadellffe (D-Md). Addressing the democratic na tional women's council, Radcliffe declared: "Roosovolt stopped the- de pression and started the nation back to prosperity. . . . In tho camp of the Townsond lies, post-convention activities continued.- Dr. F. E. Townsond. co- founder of tho pension scheme, . (Continued on rage inree) NATIONAL I.KACil'R R. H. Cincinnati S 6 Boston 2 Manslaughter charges have been filed against Morlo Nlckor- Ii, nnitlinntlm Willi till) lloU- ble accident near Silver lake In which MrB. Myrtle , U'Koere ana Frank 0, McHroom were killed, according to stnto. police reports here. The caso will bp prose- .,inH tti l.nlfti fintllltv. ' Officer! working out of Soi- Froy and Lombard!; Ciintwcll and Lopos. (Ton Innings) R. H. E. St. Louis 19 0 New York 2 6 0 J. Dean and V. Davis; Hubbell and Mancuso. R. Pittsburgh 17 Philadelphia 6 Blrkofer, Swift, and Finney; Jorgcns, E. Moore, Sivess Harris, and Atwood. R. H. Chicago 5 10 Brooklyn 3 10 Warncke, Lee, French Hartnett; Brnndt, Baker Phelps. H. K. 21 4 11 1 Pndden, E 1 2 and and CLEVELAND, July 21. UPl Dr. Francis E. Townsend who walked ont of a deposition hearing tbe Townsend plan today, was brought back from East Cleveland by a deputy sheriff on a citation for contempt of court, and theu agreed to resume the bearing in common pleas court. SANTIAGO. Chllo, July 21. (P) Epidemics of Influenza and In testinal disorders spread along tho northern coast of Chllo today as gales raged over areas previously wrecked by oarthquakes. Bodies, thrown out of their graves In conioterlea, lay exposed because of lack of funds and labor. Drinking water was becoming acarce, and sanitary facilities were disrupted. Hoavy winds slnahed across tho harbor nt Valparaiso, blacking shipping and damaging houses along tbo beach, Vina Del Mar, the famous Chil ean playground on the sea, wae hard hit. Tho great casino there, "Monto Carlo of America," wne seriously damaged. LOOMS IN SPAIN 5 - . . . - : TANGIER, International Zone, Morocco. Julv 21. (r) uen Francisco Franco, commander of the Spanish rightist revolution waa renorted today to have is sued an ultimatum: that loyal naval forces here elther-sall away or surrendor under threat of aorlul, bombardment, ... ,-t FACINGMTEI1IIPI Doctor Brouglat, Back By "v Officer After Leav ing Court REPDRT SAYS CROPS DOWN 10 NEW LOW All-Time Crisis in Agri culture Revealed By Survey. DROUGHT REPEATS 1934'. DISASTER Soaring Temperatures Re turn to Hard-Pressed Territory. Claude Bowers, American Envoy, In Battle Zone Ambassador Last Heard of Sunday at San Sebastian Where Fighting Rages Today; Defenders Attacked From Air. WASHINGTON, July 21. (AP) Two American war ahipi have been ordered to Mediterranean water to evacuate Americans in Spam should it become necessary. CLEVELAND, July 21. W Dr. Francis E. Townsend walked out of a deposition bearing on the Townsend plan today, tell ing Benjamin F. Sacharow, attor ney conducting the hearing, "It's none of your business." Sacharow was taking deposi tions in a suit he filed today in behalf of the Rev. Alfred J. Wright of Cleveland, deposed TownBend regional leader. He had asked Dr. Townsend concern ing advertisements for pills, ap pearing In a weekly Townsend publication. As Dr. Townsend left the at torney's office, bis attorney, Sher idan Downey, asserted 'It's an other walkout." Wright's suit named Dr. Town- send and other officers of the Townsend organisation as deten- danta, and asked removal of Dr. Townsend and trustees of Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd., account ing for more than si, 000,000 in tbe organization's funds, and ap pointment of new trustees and a receiver. ' Sacharow threatened to have Dr. Townsend cited for contempt by common pleas court If the pen sion leader did not return today. WASHINGTON. July 21. UP) Tha crop reporting board of the bureau of agricultural economics said today that by mid-July the drought was "about aa severe aa that of 1934 at the same date and much more serious than any previous droughts since the coun try waa settled." The board announced It had made a special survey of tbe effect of tbe drought on pas tures. It said this provided one of the best possible measures of the effect of the beat and drought on plant growth gener ally. Far Below Normal - On the basis of this surrey. the board said tbe condition of pastures on July IS averaged 44.7 per cent of normal. This compared with 48.9 per cent re norted on July 1. 1934. ana 39. s per cent reported on Au euBt 1 of that year. "In no other year haa the con dition of either date been re norted below 6 (of normal). the board said, "and only In the drought years of 1933, 1931 1930. 1911, 1894, and 1883 was the condition on either date re ported below 69. During the past 25 years the condition re ported haa averaged 81.8 per cent of normal on juiy i 75.8 per cent on August 1. Tho board said no definite f I n r e a were available on changea since July 15. but that soma of tbe hottest weather came after tho middle, of the month. MKRCVRY IP AGAIN ruincn .Tiilv 21. (IP Tem peratures rose over most of the corn belt today with cessation of showers which broke the heat wave and. to an extent, loosened the grip of the drought. Forecaster J. R. Lloyd pre dicted no rain of consequence (Continued on page lureoj PORTLAND. Ore.. July 21. (IP) Political factions of Oregon, fully organized and with the by word of party hnrmony, swung into nil Intensive program of promotion today with the gen eral election less than four months away. Last to charter their course for the next btennlum were the republicans, who yesterdny re elected Arthur W. Prlanlx of Chlloqulu, chairman of the state central committee after a secret caucus where opponents of the Incumbent failed to muster suf ficient strength to keep him from re-nomlnstlon on the first bal lot. The nomination was acclaimed unanimously at the organisation meetlna later. Democrats laid the ground work for their state campaign Saturday, noinlng Claude ( Mo Colloch of Klamath Falls chair man. Soolaltsta endorsed a slate of candidates at Salem July 12. Prlaulx received 19 votes yos- , (Continued on Three) . ' By the Associated Press Thousands of Spanish insurgents, striking in the wake of a machine gun attack by low-flying airplanes, surged over the Basque provinces of Navarre and Guipuzcoa Tuesday night (Spanish time) to wrest northern control from loyal leftist forces. Air Fire Rakes Defenders Casualties in the two provinces, including the city of San Sebastian, where defenders were raked with aenal fire, were reported at 50 or more. The United States summer embassy is at San Sebastian and Ambassador Claude G. Bowers was reported in residence there as recently as Sunday. . Rebels Pour Into City The popular front militia withdrew to a mountain apparently intending to shell San Sebastian, as the rebels poured in. Civil governors of the two provinces fled into trance and the insurgents, declaring martial law, assumed com plete power. Meanwhile, French cor-' respondents reaching Bor deaux from Apsin said the northern rebel army had reached a point only 35 miles from Madrid. Peasants and workers, heavily armed, marched nnder the ban ner of the ruling popular front ll English Warship Stand ing By to Protect For r eign Residents. - FDR BAY OF F .nmn cpunmlRD LIBER- TY OFF CAPE NEGRO ISLAND. N. 8- July 21. (.P President Roosevelt put a week of vacation cruising under canvas peuiuu . hemipri hack to the Bay luuaj o.u - of Fundy with Yarmouth on the aouthwest coast oi io - tentative first stop. . n.u. QC-mlln rim deoended largely on the weather. A soupy tog delayed the Sewanna yester day, causing the president to put ln,n chalhnnrriA Harhor. 15 miles north of here, after a morn ing attempt to slip Into tne Atlan tic for some neep sea iisniug. The president was anxious to try hla hand at the larger fish when the Bay of Fundy Is reached. rrKA Cu-anno la riltA nt TamOO- bello Island. N. S-, terminal of the two week's cruise, July 28. ' . Steamer on Rocks ; Off Philippines MANILA, P. I., July 21. The lnterlsland steamer Isldoro Pons, carrying a crew of 43. ran on the rocks today off Palaulg Point on the coast of Luzon Is land In the China sea. Her wireless failed In the mid dle of an SOS. Marine men said the 663-ton craft apparently waB caught In a typhoon raging over tha China sea. . Sho was reported tonight, how ever, to be In no Immediate dan ger. - The report was sent by the United States coast survey vessel Fathomer which arrived along side. :. . . WASHINGTON. July 21. (IP) A British warship was standing bv tndav at Malaga. Spain, pre pared to safeguard urmsn rna American citizens in that south eastern Spanish seapor Word of this precaution against harm In Spain's fierce civil war was received by the state depart ment from Herbert O. Williams, tbe American consul at Gib raltar. Many Americans In Spain Williams cabled the depart ment this morning that British officials at Gibraltar informed him the captain of the British ship H. M. S. Shamrock waa in contact with the British and American consuls at Malaga and has assured that all possible measures will be taken for the safeguarding of British and Americana in Malaga.". Thus far the state department has received no reporta that any American lives were in jeopardy in the revolution. j Tba number of Americans In Spain waa estimated by the de partment at 1,682, however, in cluding 30 diplomatic , and con sular agents. Rebel Move Grows Tbe total . represented only citizens who had registered as residents of Spain aa of January 1, 1936. They were distributed as follows:' Madrid, 466; Barcelona, 660; Tarragona, 1; Bilbao, 166; Mal aga, 72; Seville. 51; Valencia, 61: Vigo, 61; Las Palmas, Ca nary Islands, 26; Tenerife, . Ca nary, Islands, 29. - Ambassador Claude G. Bowers, now in residence at his summer home at San Sebastian. Spain, re ported at p. m. yesterday (Span continued on Page Three) HR mm eral cities while civilian Militia men threw a protective circle around. Madrid. . v-j , , , Many Shot Down' In a sharp clash between Pamplona rebels and government forces near the French frontier, 24 Spanish carablneros and an undetermined number of right ists were reported slain. At least 300 dead were re ported from fighting In . Barce lona, bombed by government planes. Throughout the country, the leftist government . declared, peasants and workers were flocking to aid federal fighters. Tbe five days of warfare In Spanish Morocco, where the up rising startod in Melilla. and on the Spanish mainland today, en golfed naval detachments. Complete Control Gained The government rushed five columns of a aetensivs arm; toward Valladolid. Burgoa. Zara- goza and Toledo while in Mad rid comparative quiet prevuueu after loyalists put down a sec ond but short-lived uprising. It was Indicated the rebels held complete control of Span ish Morocco and partial power in La Linea. Algerclras, Cadis, Grandada, Malaga, Cartagena, Barcelona and other points, al (Contlnued on Page Three) U.S. FOR LOST VESSEL TAMPA. Fla., July 21. (IP) The United States coast guard concentrated a large neet in tha Yucatan channel and Caribbean sea today under orders to learn the fate of 22 persons aboard the missing British motorehip Nu noca. : ' The vessel'a stores probably were exhausted many days ago, it was believed. Three ships of the Cuban navy joined nine coast guard boats in the search. The 110-foot Nunoca left Georgetown, chief port of that island, for Tampa July 4 and was due here four or five days later. DETROIT, July 21. () Prose cutor Duncan C. Mc Crea an nounced today that Dayton Dean, confessed Black Legion trigger man" in the slaylng'May 12 of Charles A. Poole, had told of a new killing in which members of ihe terrorist organization shot a negro to death "just for the hell of it" May 26, 1935, near Plnckney, Mich, The victim, Dean said, was Silas Coleman, 43, a World War veteran. He was lured to a des olate spot on the pretext he was te collect wages due him, Dean told Mc Crea, and' shot down tor the entertainment of a Black Legion drinking party. MINE DESTROYED JACKSON, Calif., July 21. W Fire of unknown origin today destroyed all surfaoe buildings of the Pioneer Lucky Strike mine 17 miles east of here. Mining men here estimated the damage at from 150,000 to $75,000- AGAINST CAPITAL LONDON, July 21. UP) An ex change telegraph report from Catrd tonight said the Egyptian foreign ministry had been advised by Us consul In Addis Ababa that RaB Kassa, tho former Ethio pian minister of war, was advanc ing upon the capital with large forces. Heavy fighting was said to havt already occurred. Ras Seyoum, another Ethiopian chieftain, was reported advancing on Addis Ababa from another di rection, attempting to make con tact with Kassa.