WIRE SERVICE The !Harald end News subscribe to full loosed wire survive of the Associated Press Cud the United Press, the world's greatest sewegathering organisations. For 17 hours dolly world news comae Into The floral& News office on teletype outshines. ONEI 10110 Editorials On the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS TACK ALMS:TER, who lived for J many years at Chiloquin, on the Klamath Indian reservatton, offers an explanation of the "my.- tory" of the "Ill" tribe of diens, which has been discussed II this column in the past tow days. Like so many mysteries, it be ' wines perfectly simple and Fes 'enable when explained. L IKE many others, Mr. Attneter was puszied by the mark ta tooed on the chins of many older Indian WOnten, so he started mak ing inquiries among the Indians themselves. This. In substance. was what he learned: Girl babies of a certain clan of the Modoe tribe were formerly marked by three vertical lines on the chin. tattooed usually in blue Ink. These three vertical marks are taken by whites to represent the figure "Ill," but were not so Intended by the Indians. The boy babies were similarly it marked by having a bole punched through the center cartilege of the nose. WHY? Well, that is the Inter hung part of the story. The Modocs warred snore or loss continuously with the sur rounding tribes, and in these wars it wee customary to make slaves of the prisonersespecial ly of the younger and stronger ones. The Modocs marked their chil dren so that If they were cap tured and enslaved and later re captured by their fellow tribes men they could be recognised as Modocs. The tattooing on the chins of the women and the holes In the noses of the men were in delible marks that would not fnde' with the passing of the years. T...10KEY GEORGE, who died P a' A about five years ago at Chilo quin, was the last man known by Mr. Atwater to have been marked In this way. Several Indian wom en yet living bear the mark on the chin. N4.cLAVERY was common among the Modocs, as well as among the tribes with which they war red. When the reservation was formed, the slaves were all freed and given equal rights with their former masters. THE) Modocs didn't stop with branding their own, so they would know them again. When they made a particularly likely (Continued on Page Two) Directors of the chamber of eommerce Wednenday asked the city planning commission to initi ate a study looking to the adop tion of a long-time park, recre ation and beautification program for Klamath Pails. Purpose on developed ot the chamber meeting would be to have a definite program into which could be fitted any improvements that may Int authorized over a period of years. No Immediate Outlay The matter came up in a dis cussion of the defeat at last week's election of the swimming pool bond issue. It was agreed by the 'wehamber directors that the vague and indefinite aspects of the swimming pool proposal were chiefly responsible for its rejec tion. Tpey expreemed the opinion that the Intb lie would support a well-1 tordered 'park and recreation do-J ....I Price Ps- . ts KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1937 oca TOA'- itis-,10. gA(13 A"' n rivri cn r 17," 4414I UPSET INJURY TALES LIE OF LOCAL WOMAN Bessie Darmody, 33, Be comes Fourth Victim in Week's Time. Another automobile death Wedneoday added its mockery to the attenipts here to reduce highway accidents. Mrs. Regale Darmody. 33. was fatally injured on the south highway half a mile north of Lakeview junction. The car her husband. Ralph Darmody, rail road employe. was driving, over turned at the nide of the pave ment. Darmody's skull was frac lured. She was brought to the Klainath Valley hospital and sue cumbed to the injuries about 10 a. m. Wednesday. Driver Questioned Darmody was held , In the Klamath county Jail overnight on an open charge. He was re issued Wednesday morning to Arthur Rchatipp and J. C. O'Neill. in order to make funeral arrangements. In the meantime, the district attorney's office and state police pushed an Investiga tion of the accident, Officers quoted Darmody as admitting he had drunk beer at El Nido, a roadhouse at the Lakeview Junction. Darmody. according to the of ficers, stated that bright lights of another car forced him off the road. The car turned over, came to rest on its side, on the wrong side of the road, and facing back the way it had (Continued on Page Two) STREAMLINED REDHEAD, AGED 18, MAKES OPERA DEBUT WITH TIBBM CHICA00, Dec. I GelThls Is red-haired Beverley Lane's rod letter day. Tonight the 18-year-old Chi cago girl, daughter of an Hun garian meat salesman, will make her operatic debut in the Chicago City Opera company se Glide with Lawrence Tibbett, world-famoue eta?, in "Itigoletto." "It is hard to believebut everybody tella me it is true," said Beverley, to whom Paul Lan gone, impresaario of the opera company, gave a three-year con tract after hearing her sing twice. "Yes, and tonight I spell my future. I'm not nervousbut, oh, I'm excited at ainging with Law rence Tibbett. Just think of that." Beverleyher real surname is Sachsappeared on a theater stage for the first time at a re hearsal yesterday and it was the Drat time cite had sung with an orchestra. Beverly will be a "streamlined" Glide. She la 5 feet and 6 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds. She has dark brown eyes, and a wide gay amile, which shows her even white tenth. City Planners Asked to Draw Up Long-Range Park Program IT velopment. The plan as infornlItt ly discussed would not involve any Immediate outlay ot funds but would provide a pattern to which fund' could be applied in a coordinated manner over a Pe riod of years. Map - The planning cotnmission, using all available help, such as tech nical assistance from the univer sity and state college, would even tually produce a map depleting the park development program. This would be submitted to the city council for final consider ation. It was pointed out that much of the development in Klamath Falls has been without regard to a general plan. The location of the armory adjoining a railroad switching yard, which virtually eliminates its Ulla for auditorium purpotice, woe cited as an exam ple of the need for careful plan ASSOCIATED PRESS t v V 0 94 04 44 Auto Accident Kills Again Another Entry in Death Parade WINTER HASPS MOST OF NATION Snowstorms Sweep East; Rockies Shiver; 10 Deaths Listed. By the Associated Press Winter spread itself along the Atlantic seaboard from Maine to Florida today, bringing snow and Icy temperatures to parts of New England and the middle Atlantic states, and the threat of a fresh cold wave for the south. Northern and central sections of the coun try. east of the Rockies, also suf fered from cold. Ten deaths were attributed to the weather, Five in the south were reported from exposure. Two children died in western Pennsylvania in coasting acci dents, and a Pittsburgh man col lapsed and died from the cold. Physician Skids to Death A Buffalo man also died from the cold. Icy roads sent a phy sician skidding to death in the barge canal near Fulton. N. Y. Eleven inches of snow lay in Buffalo and snow flurries were predicted for New York City.' Pennsylvania reported snow, icy roads and drifts; Although Florida's two-day cold wave was on the wane, weather bureau observers said another mass of cold air was mov ing toward Texas and the south west, and that a shift would re new the cold and misery in Flor ida, which already has suffered extensive crop damage. Bub-Zero Temperatures A cold wave moved southward (Continued on Page Two) OREGON'S EXECUTIVE VIEWS NLRB AS TOOL OF "LABOR ROYALISTS" SALEM, Dec. g (AP)Gover nor Martin charged today the na tional labor relation a board has become the tool of "labor royal ists" and has "acted contrary to the spirit of the new deal." The national labor relations board is not only Impotent to set 41ti inter-organizational disputes which- have paralyzed Oregon's lumber industry and robbed the workers of more than four months pay buys pursuing poli cies which nullify economic status of the workers," the governor said in a press statement, lie said the board has "deliv ered the workers into the power of ruthless leaders who are will ing to sacrifice their members to further their own aggrandizement and lust for power. "The board has not 'Intervened to prevent gangster methods, of which the notorious goon squads are but one phase, from creating the reign of terror in union circles." lie charged the board with "selling the common union mem bers down the river to the racke teering leaders," and termed the board a "traitor to new deal principles." exerting Otrait 4. IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND 0-r A'f UkErETIVS.011REI t, FL, 1 ; A .00 Gun Wound Fatal to Deer Hunter , . - 'Z. T. Hods,' died Wednes day morning at a local hospital as the result of an accidental gun shot wound In his knee sustained October 23, while he was hunting deer near NVeyerhaeuser Camp No. 8, where he was employed. Hoofs' gun was accidentally discharged when his dog Jumped against it as it was leaning against a tree. Leg Amputated Hoofs was rushed to Klamath Falls to a hospital. but his knee was Co badly mangled that ampu tation was necessary. Na never completely .rallied from the operation and failed to respond to treatment, hospital at tendants stated. He is survived by his widow and two eons. The remains were taken to Med ford, the family home, for burial. WIFE OF PLAYWRIGHT FEARED TO HAVE FALLEN DROWNED AT CARMEL MONTEREY, Calif.. Dec. 8 (JP) Convinced that Mrs. Sarah Flavin. 54, wife of Playwright Martin Flavin. had accidentally fallen from a cliff and lost her life in the Pacific of Carmel, author ities ordered an extended search or her body today. A canvas shoe found floating In the surf near Carmel last night was Identified by Flavin, who won the Pulitzer prize for "The Crim inal Code," as his wife's. "That's hers." he said when the slipper was brought to him. "She was wearing it when I last saw her." Mn. Flavin's tripod camera was found perched on the edge of a 30-foot cliff. Authorities ex pressed belief she had slipped while adjusting the lens and had fallen into the sea. The FIRVIna, who have two chil dren, Sean 12, and Flavin, 18, are socially prominent. Among his other successful plays are "Amaco," "Broken Dishes" and "Children of the Moon." OSA JOHNSON SUES AIRLINE FOR $502,530 I LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8 (pm-- Suit for 8502,539 damages for the death of her husband. Martin Johnson, noted explorer, was on file today In superior court by Mrs. Osa Johnson against West ern Air Express and the United Airports company of California. Johnson was fatally Injured in a crash of an airplane near Sau gus, Calif., last winter. Mrs. John son was painfully injur4d in the same accident. The Johnsons were flying front Salt Lake City to Los Angeles on a lecture tour at the time. COPCO PROFITS UP SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8 UM-- California Oregon Power company reports net income of 21,029114 for the 12 months ended October 31 this year, an increase from 21.012,862 in the preceding year. Revenues increased to 24,675,025 from.14,852.431. 7 "tro;0"1.1oo '; ,prwiewo 11'17 t 't ' Picture of the automobile in which s h M. 14;rasF1)44e wa's fatally injured' eer.ly Wedne-adaY. It was the fourth fatality within a week. The car is lying on it aide on the mouth highway about a half mile on the Klamath Falls side of Lakeview junction. KENNEDY ADVISES SUPPORT OF F. Hu New Deal Critics Flayed t, for "Bellyaching," Not Acting. NEW YORK, Dec. S (AP)-- It's the advice of Joseph P. Ken nedy, chairman of the federal maritime commission. that critics of the Roosevelt administration should "stop bellyaching and try to do something for the cause." Kennedy spoke last night at the annual dinner of the economic club, at which Senator Carter Glass (D-Va), the honor guest, expressed disagreement "with nearly everything that has been done" by the administration, and said the budget will not be bal anced by "undertaking to spend the nation into prosperity." Others Com plain Wayne C. Taylor. fiscal assist ant secretary of the treasury, criticized members ot congress who are unwilling to help halt "untimely, uneconomic expendi tures" and balance the budget; and Lewis W. Douglas, former budget director, blamed the Roosevelt administration for the business recession ,and urged it to "divest itself of suspicions. discard its theory that business is malicious, enterprise dis honest." Kennedy, speaking brusquely but with no hint of anger, said "it isn't going to do anybody any good from here on to bellyache and to say that it is wrong, or to say that Roosevelt is no good, or that. you don't believe him, or that everybody in Washington is crazy, or they are not practical, because, whether you like it or not, he is going to be there for three years, and he is trying very definitely to help the situation." For Own Sakes "You are faced with a problem just as every member of the new deal is, if you represent anything at all in this country," he said and concluded: "I merely ask everybody here tonight, because after all you are the leaders, to help and assist, not for Roosevelt, not for the new deal, but for yourselves, be. (Continued on Page Two) 5 'ver,ybody o Cibuys and uses Christmas Seals Clited I G; EPTig f fiftEMM1 I 4 Shopping Days Left GOVERNOR NOT TO TOLERATE INTIMIDATION Portland's Labor Bosses Warned Against Trying to Influence Vote. SALEM, Dec. 8 (AP)Gov ernor Martin. reassuring employes of the Inman-Poulsen mill of Portland that tomorrows elec tion would be secret, warned labor leaders today against in timidating the workers who will vote at the Multnomah court house on whether they wish to be affiliated with the CIO or AFL. He maid be received several phone calls last night from "frightened workers" who mis understood the purpose of the election. Some pleaded that the governor go on the radio again to explain the election. 1150 Congratulations More than 150 messages came to the governor today congratu lating him on his efforts to end the jurisdictional dispute that has closed Portland sawmills. "In order to satisfy the Inman-Poulsen employes that they will have an opportunity to cast a secret ballot which would be counted as recorded. I wrote a Personal letter to each employe, but I unfortunately used the words "Australian ballot." - "These sorely harassed work ers have been so badly brow beaten by 'their so-caDed labor laaders that I receivéd several messages from workers asking me if Australian ballot meant kangaroo ballot. Kangaroo Courts "They confused the ballot with the kangaroo courts that the na tional labor relations board has been conducting. "Another thought Australian ballot meant two ballot boxes. one for the CIO and one for the AFL. and be wanted to know if the labor leaders would know how he voted. He was confusing tomorrow's election with one re cently held by the unions. "I want to assure all the good men who worked at the mill on August 14 that they will be given a free opportunity tomorrow to express their choice of unions by voting just as they do in govern ment elections. with all safe guards attached. "We will insure secrecy and a fair count of ballots, deposited in one box. The workers will be given their tickets at the (Continued tm Page Two) ROSEBURG YOUTH BINDS GAGS, THREATENS SELF TO WIN GIRL'S SYMPATHY ROSEBURG, Ore., Dec. 3 (IP)-- William Morten, 23, found about 3 a. m. today bound and gagged and apparently unconscious in the yard of his home, wrote himself threatening notes and staged an act in order to gain sympathy from a girl friend. Sheriff Percy Webb reported today. Morten, the sheriff said, pre pared a statement in his own hand writing stating that he wrote two threatening letters which he mail ed to himself and to make them appear convincing gagged himself and bound his hands with wire and feigned unconsciousness. He was found by his mother, who called the officers. Ile will be charged with disor derly conduct, District Attorney 3. V. Long announced. The girl friend's landlady, who had learned of the letters received by Morten, was committed last week to the state mental hospital. Her condition, Sheriff Webb said, apparently had been greatly ag gravated by the fictitious threats, as her hallucinations centered on imaginary gangster activities. MIL INSANITY CASE IN HANDS OF JURY t MEDFORD, Dec. 8 (AP)--The circuit court jury in the insanity hearing of Earl H. Fehl, former county judge of Jackson county, started deliberations shortly be fore noon, following the half-hour instructions of Judge H. D. Nor ton. Closing arguments for the com plainant were also made this morning by Attorney EL El. Kelly, whose illness at the close of court Tuesday left doubt he would be able to resume. The insanity hearing lasted a week, UNITED PRESS Number 8114 I U. S. Airforce Held Possibly World's Best OANOWIPIPAPONft.0A0110WWWOhOMWAPM11011 Increasing Clout lines& Maximum WOO p. m.) Minimum PRECIPITATION 12 hours to S a. m. on Season to date Last year to date Normal precipitation ....ALIO - NO. LONDON, Dec. I (AP)The 1937 edition of Jane's famous "All the Worlds Aircraft," out today, ranked the United States' airforce as One of the largest and "possibly the most fficient ly equipped in the world." The authoritative survey of the international aerial rearma ment race, however, credited Germany's fighting planes with being the equal of both the Unit ed States and Great Britain in power and performance, but not in numbers. France Fai la Behind Jane's editor, C. G. Grey, said France bad "fallen sadly be hind" in the performance of its planes while increasing the site of its aerial fleet In reference to the auccessful performances attributed to "Rus sian airplanes in support of the red (Madrid) government in Spain," Grey said flatly: "Those airplanes definitely have been of American design and most likely of American construction." The volume said little was known of Russia's airforce al though it was conceded to be "enormous." CHINESE HINDER JAPS' ADVANCE Bridges, Walls Blown Up .in Nanking to Prevent - 'Fr6;nta1 Attack."7 NANXING. Dec. 8 (P)----Chinese troops blew up bridges and level ed village walls in Nanking's east ern suburbs today in an effort to destroy all possible cover Japan ese attackers could use in a frontal assault. The capital awakened to the thunder of artillery. Despite the imminence of at tack, authorities maintained good order. There was a steady stream of civilians to a semi-safety zone. Military defense preparations were far advanced, obviating any possible last minute panic. British Gunboats Move During the night, the British gunboats Cricket and Scarab moved a mile and a half up the Yangtze to avoid the consequences of expected Japanese bombard ment of the Nanking bunt!. At tacks on British ships at Wuhu Sunday and almost daily bom bardment of Pukow. across the (Continued on Page Two) Potatoes SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8 (AP-USDA)Potatoes: four cars California, five Oregon, one Washington arrived; 35 on track. Klamath Russets, No. 1, 90c $1.25. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8 (APUSDA)--Potatoes: six cars Cali fornia, 10 Idaho arrived, 53 un broken, 39 broken on track. Supply liberal, demand moderate. market about steady. Idaho Russets, No. 1, mostly $1.15, occasional car 21.12, bakers No. 2s, one ear 81.10. LOCAL Mrs. Bessie Carmody, 83, killed in highway accident. Fa tality fourth from automobiles in six days in Klamath county. Page 1. - City planning commission asked to initiate study leading to long-time park and recrea tional development program for Klamath Falls. Page 1. B. T. Hosts, 50, employe of the Weyerhaeuser Timber com pany. dies Wednesday as result of gunshot wound sustained while deer hunting October 23. Page 1. - Dale Willard pleads guilty to burglary of South Sixth street grocery, given two years and parole over protest of district attorney. Page 12. GENERAL Belief grows China will oust Premier - Generalissimo Chiang, sue for peace with Japan. Page 1. Chinese troops blast walls, bridges within Nanking in effort WEATHER 4u1 CLOUDY SUBORDINATES COUNTED ON TO SUE RID PEACE Chiers Departure Leaves Nanking Government Rudderless. SHANGHAI, Dec. (Thurs day) (AP)The possibility that China might form a new govern ment without Premier-Generalissimo Chiang Hal-Shek and make peace with Japan was advanced by authoritative quarters here to day. The generalissimo's departure from Nanking in the face of the advancing Japanese army these authorities reasoned, likely would cause subordinates to undertake whatever settlemeht was obtain able. (Chiang and Madame Chiang left Nanking by air on Tuesday). ' Negotiations Rumored This possibility would lead to a new government, recognized by Japan and eclipsing Chiang. Rumors of Chinese - Japanese negotiations to save Nanking from the fate that befell Shan ghai were heard on every side to day. Notwithstanding both Chinese and Japanese reports that the battle to decide fate of the aban doned capital had begun, the feeling was widespread that a truce was likely. . Japanese apparently. were hold- - lug ,back a threatened massive frontal attack, and this was taken to mean they were allowing the Chinese opportunity to sue for peace. , ' Foreigners Warned Nevertheless, Japanese military' authorities yesterday warned all foreigners and Chinese non-combatants to evacuate beleaguered Nanking as quickly as possible, "Hostilities may engulf the city any moment," they said. Through Suemasa Okamoto, Japanese consul general at Shan- ghtd, the authorities requested representatives of foreign powers, including the United States, to Inform their respective nationals of the impending struggle in the evacuated Chinese capital. ; TOKYO, Dec. S (AP)A Jap anese foreign office spokesman hinted today that the United States and three other powers were attempting to mediate the Chinese-Japanese war. "Japan is waiting to hear the results." he said. ' Meanwhile Tokyo clung to the hope that China would sue for peace with the fall of her evacu ated capital. Nanking. With Jap anese columns assaulting Nan king, Tokyo was surprised that China still was silent on the ques tion of peace terms. "No Territorial Designs" While representatives of the war and navy offices conferred at the foreign office regarding the Japanese course of action when and if Nanking is taken, the for eign office spokesman said: "The United States, England, Germany and Italy, who have large interests in China, may well - (Continued on Page Two) TODAY'S NEWS DIGEST to hinder Japanese frontal as sault. Page l Governor Martin warns labor bosses against trying to intimi date workers in Thursday's Port. land sawmill election. Page l , New edition of Jane's Aircraft ranks U. S. airforce as worlds largest and possibly the best. Page 1. - Most of nation gripped by cold wave. snowstorms. Death toll reaches 10. Page 1. Joe Kennedy advises new deal critics to "stop bellyaching" and support Roosevelt program for their own sakes. Page 1. 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