The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, January 26, 1937, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text3f ef a m I f NOW WEATHER I'nsettled, Snow. . High 8fll Low Id I'HKf ll'ITATION 21 hour lo H p. m. .10 Heanon to dale 11.04 lMt year to data . H.H4 Normal precipitation to date 0.00 COMING EVENTS Jan. IMV tlirthday hull fur Ilia prf Ictntit , ' K linl h Armory, Jan. fll Hkl train trip to Crescent lake. apnnaornd hjr Hlamalli Mnow (Jln. Feb. 1 Touch Meldel appearance In Com. munlly Concert, K.U.H.K. auditorium. PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND UNITED PRESS Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1937 Number 7844 T" nji Ji 0 trb IsILp ILU Ira Secretary Perkins Criticizes Editorials On the Day N ews ny PRANK JENKI.NH IS TIM B of (tinnier, the furlilii- t mint help the unforluiiai. In III Ohio valley, awopt hy record flood In (he nildat of win tar, thin I a lime of dlaaster. The fortunate Klarualh country, end lot a year of great achievement nd just entorlug upon a year uf aiceptlonil promise, must heed the call of need from (he suffer ing Ohio valley. That I a duly that can Dot be shirked. TUB menace of the Ohio flood I lmot beyond the under landing of the people jf happy outbern Oregon. In Cincinnati, fur eaainpje elty of a million people, a creel of 10 feet I expected. That la THIRTY feet ibore flood sUg. Imailn the point t which flood rter begin to do damage, and then Imagine 30 feel above Ibal point. That will lira a faint Idea the eatent ef the d'aaaler. .e. .. . . TMIKN, havliia- glliupted briefly x the poMlbllKlrej -of the flood add to the plcturo In your mind a fire with daiuago running Into the million, spread along tba raging water by floating oil from broken tanka. That will give at lead a vague Idea of what I happening In one elty. TN LOUISVILLE, on the Ken- lucky aid of tb Ohio, there are 100,000 boiueleaa. The city ha become (erica of lalindi, with th flood wter all bout. glectrlc light ha been abut oft everywhere, except In on laland In tba bualneae district Water cover IS of tho city' 40 aquare mile of arc. Tb sewer are backing up Into the atreota, -apreadlng pollution..' An epldemlo of ' chicken pox, maailea, mutnpa nd (carlet fever baa broken out. Goodnea know what epidemic will follow th ollutlon resulting from the backed-up aewer. EVANSVILLK, in Indiana, a city of 100,000, I protected by a huge and eoatly flood wall, but a treat of ti feet la expected In the flood there, and S3 feet ( TWO MIST above tba top of tho wall. . ONE might go ott' Indefinitely telling of th (Uttering alroady experienced and of th tragic pos sibilities ot tufforlng yot to come But why try? The flood In th Ohio valloy 1 a. major dlsistor, and nout all thai I worth whllo lo do I to give our help PROMPT LY AND FREELY. NORTHWEST SENATORS EXPECT EARLY ACTION ON BONNEVILLE LEGISLATION WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (IP) .nnstors of the Pacific northwest, following a conference with Pres ident Roosevelt' new powor d Ylsory committee,, expressed qptl mlam tody regarding the possi bility of erly action on power legislation affecting the Bonne ville dam project on the Colum bia river. Senator Oharle MoNary of Ore gon and Homer T. Bone of Wash ington (aid the committee appar ently would ro-draw tho Bonne Till bill Introduced last session by northwest senators. Ro-lntro-miction ot the measure this ses sion has boon held up pending action by the committee. "We merely answorcd . ques tions and gave the committee all th Information we had," Me Nary said in commenting on tho rmiference. Othera allmidlng In cluded Senators Lewis B. Scbwol lenb&cb of Washington and James Pope, of Idaho. , The meeting was field in tb ot(lc ot Interior Secretary Ickes, committee ehalrmsn. National power policies also were dlocusi d, tb senator laid. ' mm PLANT SCE OF VIOLENCE Auto Firm Head Refuses to Arbitrate; Five Hurt in Rioting. m l.i.i: l l.v WAKHI.WiTU.V Jan. 80 (AP) President Know-veil mi Id IimIk) lie waa not only dlapKlnlrxl In ne refusal ot Alfred ', Hluan Jr., president of CiMieral Motor, to attend strike conference called by Secretary Perkins, but regarded It aa a "very unfortu nate decision on part." WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (API Secretary I'erklu aald today the General Motors corporation had "failed In It publlo duty" In fualng to iccept hor invitation to attend a atrlke peace confer ence. "I at 111 fuel that General lore haa made a great mistake," aha told reporters, adding "the Amorlcan people don't expect them to aulk In their tenia n- rauaos the corporation felt the alt-down- gtrlke. waa illegal. Lewi Agreeable Alfred P. Sluan, Jr., prosldent of the automobile concern, re fused last night to attend a con terence called by the labor aut re I a ry until alt-down strikers leave company plant. John I.. Lewis, chairman of the committee for industrial organ liatlon and director of atrlke strategy, agreed to be present. At a press conference. Miss Per kins recalled that at one time picketing was Illegal and before thai atrlke of any kind wore II legal. Th legality of the alt down strike, ahe aald, had not been . determined. Asked w h t b a r President Itooaevelt "knows that you re giving lioncral Motors hell," she replied: "I'm not giving tbcin hell. But (Contlnuod on Page Three) EX-CONVICT DIES IN NEVADA GAS CHAMBER FOR MURDER OF FOUR CARSON CITY. Nov., Jan. 2$ (AP) Luther Jones, 32-year-old ex-convlct who murdered four men near Elko, Nov., In a $40 boldup laat October It, paid with Ills life In Ilia atnte prison's lethal gas chamber today. Jones entered tho gas chambor at 8:10 a. m. (Pacific standard time), muttering prayers, and at 8:28 V he waa pronounced dead by Prison Physician Theodore J. Bluebell of Mlndon. Tho former Indiana and Mon tana convict who embraced reli gion while In tho Nevada peni tentiary, a p poured calm as ho waa led into tho chamber. Tho chemical pellets were dropped Into the bucket ot acid under the chair whore Jones was seated at 6:14 , and a mlmito and a half lntor be slumped forward unconscious. Approximately 40 witnesses wore present, Including G. F. Arrnscada, brother of one of the victims, and W. S. Dresslor, brother-in-law of Otto Holtmnu. notber of those slain. Jones was convicted lust No vember by a Jury. Ho wns ar rested shortly after the bullet riddled bodies of Hoitman, 42, Doiiglaa county commissioner; Walter Godocke, 29, both o( Carson ' City; Manuel Arrnscada, 51,' Elko county, all ranchers. and Johnny Kilns, Blko rocluso, were found, POTATOES SELLING AT , RECORD PRICE OF $2.75 Sales of polntooa at $2.75 nor hundredweight to grownrs, a rec ord price, woro ronurted Tn dnv. while ihero worn rumors of iiilcosnton ot PoitliinU health woik- high as S3. 00. Some culls have been sold ns high as $1.00, once considered a lino nrlco for No. l's. No. 2's have sold for high as $3.00 and $1.25. , It was reported that sales nre slow, with growers gonerally toud Ing to hold bark and sen what happens In the way ol higher price. . . ACTIVITY BOOMS IN LEGISLATURE Senate Due to Dispose of Milk Control Measure Late Today. SALEM, Jan. 26 (AP) Spe cial order of business the milk control board repeal measure and tho lleutenant-guvcrnor pro vision headlined the activities of th Oregon legislature todny aa the two houses entored into the greatest activity witnessed sluco tho assembly convened on January 11. While action of the houses during short sessions todny were or a minor nature committees wore active and tho fow pro posals ontorod either met rebuff or will ho reported out for ac tion within tho next fow days. Iiiuncdiitta Consideration Advnnccil upon tho schedule tor Immedlnta consideration- was (Continued on Page Throe) OREGON INFLUENZA CASES TRIPLED IN WEEK BUT s EPIDEMIC THOUGHT ENDING rOItTLAND, Jan. 26 (API- Oregon health authorities looked Lover tho list ot Influensa cases In tho state today and -hoped thcro was not too much truth In the old assertion that figures don't lie. A report compiled hv tho slate bonrd of health showed 2:124 persons III with influenza and 140 with pneumonia. There were only 825 eases ot Inriuonsn and 118 of pneumonia tho previous week. Oeaplis the rnpld rise, authori ties bollova tho wave Is declin ing. Wit rm rains and sunshine in western Oregon and a modor- 'ai'lon ot severe weather condi tions in tho eastern section of the slnlo hnve dono much to ollnilnnte sickness, thoy said. Only 57 eases camo to tho at- ors in two days while a week n no Inn dully report Included llini many and moro for aiuglo days. ' The most rccont health de partment figures gave Portland 507 Influenza cases. Other coun ties at the top of the list are Umatilla 204, Clacknmns 142, linker 108, Benton '100, Union 1911 W.iklnrim 1AB OHIO VALLEY ILL. SIND. "ohTcT I Ps)E N N. 1 M ) I J . COLUMBUS i jfLJ'Ji VV 7 f At HUAHV0US 3 It -fj Z' MO. Ty PI Crt y t )e n n. MPHIS ( i T- R 1 5S j ALA. GA. ' Major cities along tho course bitterly from tho horrors nud disasters of flood as constant rain and snow lifts river singes to unprecedented levels. At top: Only Cincinnati's skyscrapers and the bridge (lower right) over the Ohio to Covington, Ky., escape inundation when the river rises to SO feet, moro than 28 above flood snow-covered factories and otfico second floors and at its northern logged Broadway, one of tho Shaded sections in mnp bolow show whore tho fury of the deluge centered along a lOOO-mllo strip from Pittsburgh to tho Mississippi. Klamath Oversubscribes Red Cross Quota in Day's Time Quickly and generously, Klam ath people responded Monday and Tuesday to tho appeal (or funds fur Red Cross roller In the flood-Btriukon Ohio valley, - By noon Tuesday tho tolnl con-. trlbutcd had amounted past $1000. and. there was every rea son to bollovj the (inula ot $600 would ho moro thnn doubled. At tho oftlco. of Soerntnry Georco Wnltoti of. tho Bed Cross, netunl ensh contributions -wero estimnted at $1050. This In cluded money paid in ul tho Red Cross office, radio station KF.II, tho office of The New and Her ald and at a few other places. Contributions Numerous Tho horror of death, damage and pestilence In the flood area caught at the heart-string of CITIES LIE DEEP of the Ohio river suffer most stage. The hundreds of squat, buildings are flooded to their end the bridge dips, into water mighty city s main thoroughtures. Klnmnth people, and they gave to the cause of relict In great numbers. Contributions camo from indi viduals and from groups. Tho Klumnth Falls tiro department Tuesday afternoon sent a check tor $17 to tho Herald office to be added to tho totals. A partial list ot contributors, with others to ho added later, waa mado up Tuesday afternoon. It Include those who gave through tho radio station, the Red Cross offices, the news papers, etc. Moro 'contributions will be received by these agencies. The list follows: Mrs. B. A. Harris $1. Mrs. Nancy Smith $1. J. R. Harris $1, Vernon- Harris $1. Mr. and (Continued on fag Three) General Motors UNDER FLOOD MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN ACCUSED OF EXTORTION PLOT AGAINST ACTOR LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 (P) A 47-year-old woman with gray ing hair. Mrs. Violet Wells Nor ton, was arraigned today on charges that she tried to extort money from Clark Gable by rep resenting that he is the father ot ber 13-year-old daughter. U. S. Commissioner David H-. Hond sot . bail at $2500. He asked Mrs. Norton if she ' could raiso it. "I'vo only got three dollars between mo and starvation,'" she replied, and was remanded to the county Jail. Counsel for Mis. Norton, Jo seph Kalner, asked that the client be permitted to. tell her story to a federal grand jury .tomorrow. She told him. Fainer. said, that she would withdraw her allega tions if she could see Gable and assure herself he Is not the father ot her child. Gable's first wife, Josephine Dillon, declared that Mrs. Nor ton's story "is very silly." "The whole story . Is . very silly," said Miss Dillon, a dra matic conch and voice teachor. , (Continued on Page Throe) , INJURED MAN LOST NORTHWEST OF LAKEVIEW . LAKEVIEW, Jan. -26 (API Sheriff Herb Carroll and State Trooper Hugo Leyva fought through the Lake, county snow country todny searching for a mon reported lost in tho Cotton wood area 12 miles northwest of hern. Two loggers from Modreil vamp told the officers they found an abandoned bedroll. The tracks of a man, who apparently was not well shod, led toward wood ed country. They saw blood, stains on the snow. The officers reached th point -with horse and a sled. METEOR LIGHTS Prineville District- Sees Brilliant Phenomenon ; ' Houses Shaken. ' PRINEVILLE, Jan.. 2S MP) A brilliant meteor flashed through central Oregon last nighty cast in - eerie blue light across- the night sky, shook ranch" houses and - disappeared with aJ tremen dous roar. j The meteor appeared about $ o'clock.' Prineville resident; saw it clearly but it reached? its great est brightness at Post; 30. miles south. f " ' , East to Southwest " John 'Miller and Arch Ream, Maury mountain ranchers,, and Vera Higgins of tho. Comb's'. Flat district said it rattled ' their houses. Joe Post,' A. A. Tweedt and Dietrich Covfles," Crooked river ranchers, reported a thunder-like, report aft,er. the meteor disappeared. Witnesses said jt first appeared In tho east am) then dropped from sight in I ho southwest. A salesman saw the display as he (Continued on Page Three) TODAY'S NEWS DIGEST LOCAL Klamath's response to Red Cross flood relief appeal Is quick and generous. . Double of quota expected to be reached. Page 1. Potato sales at $2.75 per cwt. reported, with some at $3 rumor ed. No. 2's go at $3.00 and $2.25. Pago 1. ' Interest rises in Sunday's ski train to Croscent Luke. Over 150 expected to go. Details ot plans announced. Pago 5. County Commissioner chase gives view - on proposed - salary raises, staling that county court has assumed now responsibilities in progressive and growing coup try. Pag 8. City council adopts resolution opposing diversion of state gas tax money to use ot cities. Pag 4 All highways open after heavy tall of wet mow. Chain adviied. WATER 0 MILLION AGRE I a 5 E Worst Held Yet to Come; Loss May Far Exceed ; $300,000,000. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (AP) Speaker Bankhead told report ers he would bold the house In session today until it had passed a $780,000,000 relief-deficiency appropriation bill on which the administration Is counting tor flood-relief funds. , Bankhead aald an agreement to limit debate would be songht and that "every effort" would be made to obtain paxsago before nightfall. By the Associated Press . Fear-stricken tens of thousand cowered behind weakening levee or fled to higher levels today as the monstrous yellow tide ot the Ohio river swelled to record-' , DEATH ON ROOFTOP . ' KENNBTT, Mo., J avn . '3B (Apt Rescuers -working in flood-bound Dunklin, county, reported today they found a woman and her new-born. In fant: troien. lo , death on the roof ' of. a: water-aurronnded farmhouse, .'. - r .... --, u It. appeared the baby -was born during a sleet storm Friday: night- and that both mother and -child had died of eiposure. ... .... .- breaking flood heights . on It sweep to the 'Mississippi. , . ' Eddvins: in- ntuririv. Inw.rt.inr torrents, the. waters spread over an area or more than a mtH.n acre, taking a toll of at least 111 known dead, driving 550,000 from their homes and leavtng many thousands more marooned, in precarious straits. Whole towns and villages showed only rooftops. 1 ' " . Wholesale Evacuations ' ; With property damage, esti mated at more than $10,000,0.00 in Cincinnati, alone, official pre dicted that thA tntal Inmm fni lha whole 11-state flood area would oe tar in excess ot $300,000,090. And on every side, from relief authorities, and army, engineers, came the warning: i : i -. . . "The worst is yet to come.", . , Wholesale evacuations of flood- (Contmuea on rage Three). FEDERAL AGENTS ADMIT ABSOLUTE LACK OF CLUES IN MATTSON KILLER HUNT : SEATTLE, ' Jan. ' 26 (AP) A federal department ot justice of ficer, working on the- Charles Mattson kidnap-slaylng case, to day Issued a plea to all Pacific northwest residents ' to : "watch your neighbor he may be the kidnaper." : . The appeal for ' widespread public cooperation lu : tracking down the man who stole the 10 (Contlnued on Page Three) More snow predicted for next 1J hour period. Page 6. Mayor Clifton Richmond Issues plea for contributions to Red Cross Hood relief. Pago 3. i UENEKAb ' . Middlowest flood level reach tecord height, with worst bollevod yet to come. . Million acre Inun dated, 111 dead, property loss sot at $300,000,000. Pago 1. - : Secretary Perkins gives Gonclul Motors lambasting for refusing to attend strike peace conference. Violence resumes at strlko-boutid factories. Page 1. . State legislature enter aotire stage, with milk control repeal, lieutenant governor , measure made special order ot business. page 1. . Meteor flasbe over central Ore gon, Illuminating (kx and shaking ranch houses. Pag 1. IN OHIO R GiJ