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lo 3 WIRE SERVICE The Herald and News subscribe to full leased wire service of the Associated Press and the United Press, the world's greatest newsgatherinu orunnisations. For 17 hours daily world news tonnes into The Herald. News office on teletype machines. liAAO..t.e.WW,4...ft...0,,,00,AAWf'W06ft.0.5ift...0AbtOtoSSOAl 'GOP Leader Ple4es"1u;Ipol: t4 Editorials On the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS CHINA. the headlines inform us, refuses to make Deem and intends to fight on until her resource' are exhausted. The Chinese, fighting among ' each other and wearing their country down to where It is easy prey for gangster Japan, haven't been very smart, but you caa't help Admiring their courage now that the mull of their folly is upon them. .0 , C llINA. which sowed the wind in the form of endless and exhausting civil wars, is now reaping the whirlwind in the form of Japanese conquest. But that refers to China AS .1L NATION. It has nothing to do w ith the poor devils of coolies who didn't make the civil wars but ARE being slaughtered by the conquering Japanese. THERM is talk in con I a national referendum before war can be declared. it a bandit gang was pounding , at your front door, would you wait until you could take a vote of the neighborhood before you phoned for the police? T ET'S lay to ourselves, and STICK TO IT. that the only war we'll fight is a war to repel invasion. Then let's make our selves so strong that no nation will dare to invade us. But let's not be so absurdly .foolish as to amend our constitu tion so that we can't fight. even In decent, of our homes, until we've had time to wage a politi , cal campaign and hold an aloe Non. If we did anything as silly as that, we'd deserve to be invaded. (ONE argument against a re- -,1 forendum vote before war can be declared Is that it would hamstring the diplomats. This sometimes cynical writer finds it hard to got all steamed up over ' that argument. If all the diplo :)nats throughout all the world mere hamstrung all at once, there , Would be tar fewer wars.) IF Wit ever fall so low that we can't depend on congress not to declare war when the country doesn't want war, we'd better throw in the towel and call it quits. TOWNSEND BREAKS RIBS : CHICAGO, Dec. 21 (p)-Dr. Francis E. Townsend, 70, old age pension plan advocate, was under treatment in a suburban Evannton hoapital today for several frac tured ribs which he mid he suf "fared in a fall In Bonton more than a wool( ago. 4 4 ' LEAVES loOR ASYLUM ); HDFORD, Dec. 21 (471Earl H. Fehl, former Jackson county 'Judge, left for Salem today in the !.custody of an attendant from the state hospital for the insane. d: e iyb o dy ' '...'buys and uses Christmas Seals ASSOCIATED PRESS IPrice Five Cents 001. $ N1,1 . "AtOt1' CAI i LANOLIN. BACKS HOOSEET ON FOREIGN STAND Executive Thanks Former Rival for Offer of Aid in Crisis. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (Al') Alf H. Landon gave President Roosevelt today a pledge of "co operation and support in the difficult foreign situations con fronting your administration." In a telegram made public at the state department, the 1938 republican standard bearer and former KAMM' governor criti cited members of congress of both parties who he said "by their actions helped create the impression on foreign nations that they do not trust your ad ministration of foreign affairs." "Generous Spirit". "They would hantstring your conduct of an extremely delicate foreign situation," Landon wrote. The president, in reply, said "the generous spirit of your tele gram helps me to meet the prob. Rune which confront our country In the field .of foreign relations during tRese troublons times." Mr. Roosevelt said renown' of Landon's pledge given at a grid iron dinner a year ago, "not only strengthens the hand of government but gives all of our citizens g good example." "1 believe that the overwhelm ing majority of all countrymen. regardless of politica, race, creed Or color from the days of Wash ington to this hour have desired to pursue the even tenor of their way at peace with all nations and all peoples," Mr. Roosevelt said. "Can't Ignore World" "But throughout our long his tory we Americans, have rejected ovary suggestion that ultimate security can be enured by clos ing our eyes to the fact that whether we like it or not we are (Continued on Page Bevan) NINE DESTROYERS MOVED SUDDENLY FROM BASE AT SAN DIEGO TO SAN PEDRO SAN PEDRO, Calif.. Do. 21 (Al') Fleet organization end training was the official explan ation In the United- States fleet today for the sudden transfer of nine destroyers from San Diego base to San Pedro. The United States fleet is said by staff officers to be in the highest state of efficiency and training in its history, ready for inatent action In any emergency. Admiral Arthur hey Hepburn in one of the hardest tamknuisters the fleet over had, lila methods of training are the most realistic over put into effect in time of peace. He la secretive. placing much emphasis On the evaluetion of surpriae, one of the cardinal principles of war. For the past four years the United Metes fleet had been drawn away from routine func tioning anti subject to emergency and unexpected orders. Admiral J. M. Reeves initiated this four years ego. In his two years of duty Ite commander-in-chief, there were many sudden orders, some affecting the whole fleet. SUDDEN HEART ATTACK FATAL TO MOVIE CONRC -75m7'" CULVER CITY, Cal., Dec. 21 GRE nTed Healy, motion picture ' Gs (i .r t4 P 0 comedian. died suddenly this n o morning, the M. II M. studio an- in:lite:el tyl. w att child s 41 ye. ala ilils s 0 11)1 ydo.ran w n ad ,,f ,eas 'Avle.t:lit day ago Mn. ea 9 al " Ili -4,' I37 ! born in Houston. Tex. He made his stage debut in 1917 and came ' to pictures in 1233. Ills last pic- ture was "Hollywood Hotel," which was previewed last night. Ay 1 Ills Initial movie appearances I.....1 were made with his "Stooges Three," comedians who were with , . '' , 4 i him for several years on the stage. Shoppring Healy was stricken with a , Days Lett heart attack at his home. Re died at 11:30 a. tn. It &ening CHINA PREPARES FOR JAPANESE ATTACK ON THREE GREAT SEAPORTS SHANGHAI. Dec. 21 (JP)--Jae&nese troop and warship move ments today aroused Chinese fears that three of the nation's great coastal cities would suffer the fate of fallen Nanking. The Chinese expected Japanese to drive against Dant:chow. Cho Mang province seaport some 110 miles south and west of Shanghai. Canton, China's southern metro!). oils, and Tsingtao, Shantung pro vince seaport to the north. There were authoritative re ports that 11.000 Japanese mei Mora withdrawn from the Nan king area embarked last night from Shanghai, apparently bound for Canton. A party of 300 American and British women and children at tempting to flee war threats in central China were turned back to ward Ilankow, one at China's three temporary capitals. A military boom across the Yangtze river at Matting, 100 miles above Nanking. obstructed passage of their refugee vessel. The British river steamer Woo sung. HEE BATTLE FOB 'EMIL CONTINUES Loyalist Army of 50,000 Ordered to Capture City at Any Cost. IIENDAYE, Franco - Spanish Frontier, Dec. 21 (AP) The Spanish government today burled 20,000 more mon Into the fierce struggle for strategic Teruel, radio advicea 'said, and the re inforced army of 50,000 was ordered to take the provincial capital at all costs." Thi" tremendous to r e a and the insurgent defenders were locked in a sanguinary hand-to-hand contest within the city on the seventh day of the govern ment.' offensive. Insurgent re ports said the Teruel garrison still was holding out. Thousands Fell Thousands of attacker, and defenders alike were reported to have fallen. Tertiel's radio was silenced and the city's other com munications wore cut off. Through last night, while the civilian population of the bat tered Spanish provincial capital cowered in underground tunnels awaiting word of the city's fate, (Continued on Page Seven I WESTERN UNION, POSTAL TELEGRAPH COMBINE IN REQUEST FOR RATE BOOST NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (AP)-- Western Union Telegraph corn pany and Postal Telegraph worn pan, today jointly announced Intention to apply to the federal communications commission for a 15 per cent increase in rates. The increase is needed because the "financial resources and credit of the companies are be ing jeopardized by the decline in revenues brought in by the gen eral sitiekening of the business of the country," the statement said. 1911 le the proposed new schedule of rates has not been made public, it was reported the increase would be applied generally upon variant' classes of commercial and public mes sages, but not to the press rate. The statement declared the telegraph companies were in a unique position among service utilities by virtue of having no "stand-by charge," but that up to this point had been able to meet increased costs by "im prevements and new develop ments in plant and operating processes." IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1937 :grs Britain Considers Parade of Power To Impress Japan America, France Invited to Join in Oriental Fleet Display. 14 The Associated Preen Great Britain is considering a show of naval might to impress Japan, at war with China. and hoped today American and French warships would join in a far eastern parade which might check "Japan's aim to dominate China to the complete exclusion of for eign interests." Attacks against American and British gunboats are the current cause of resentment, but the basic cause is that Britain fears Japan will try to ease out other nations with economic interests in the Orient. Former Display Fruitless Britain concentrated her naval force in the Mediterranean in 1935 and inspired sanctions against Italy by 51 nations. Both actions roused Premier blusso lint's resentment but did not de ter him. Be went ahead and now Ethlopia.is.part.of the Italian em-. vire. ' One deterrent to a British naval show in Oriental waters is continued unrest along the Medi terranean and British reluctance to withdraw any considerable number of warships now there. LONDON, Dec. 21 IOPrime' Minister Neville Chamberlain told the house of commons today that no attempt has ever been, made by Japan for peaceful set tlement" of the war on China. "It is time now for the Jam Awe government to show they are not unmindful of the rights and interests of foreigners and that their assurances and apologies mean something more than (Continued on Page Eleven FARMER, COMMODITY GROUPS UNITE TO BATTLE FREIGHT RATE INCREASES PORTLAND, Dec. 21 01-- Plana for a fight against a pro posed 15 per cent increase in rail freight rates, on which an Inter state Commerce commission hear ing will be held here in January, were formed at a meeting of farm and commodity group officials Monday. Spokesmen deciargd the in crease would close eastern mark ets and threaten destruction to fruit, livestock, poultry, canned goods and other industries In the northwest. Arthur M. Geary, attorney for the Farm Rate council, said that farmers and stockmen had cut production costs to a minimum, "while the railroads continue to be milked In tens of millions by Wall street manipulators and by unnecessary duplications of ser vice, and through preferences granted near food monopolies and there organised to demand spe cial favors." He said farmers were already paying too much for transporta tion and could not afford further contributions. (Editor's note: The first large scale payments of unemployment compensation will begin in Janu ary. The following article. Drat of two, gives the answers of Waallingion authorities to sties. Dons about who will be eligible for benefits. The second article will tell how the insured work er who loans his job goes about getting compensation.) - WASHINGTON, Dec, 21 (AP) How many states will begin pay ing unemployment compensation in January? Wisconsin Already Operating Twenty-one and the District of Columbia. They are Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Director Kennell-Ellis. Mn. Burt Schultz. active in Parent-Teacher and grange work, is a new member of the board of the Klamath Union High school. Mn. Schultz will serve through the unexpired term of the late W. E. Ezell. u STEAMERS CRASH IN NOATH SEA FOG United States Liner Badly Damaged, Limps Toward Port. LONDON, Dec. 21 (A')The United States liner City of Ham burg collided with the Italian steamer Confidenze during fog of Terschelling in the North sea today and was damaged heavily but was trying to make port un der her own power. Two holds of the City of Ham burg were flooded. The motor lifeboat Brandaris and the tug Holland steamed from Terschelling harbor, The Netherlands, to answer distress calls, but found it unnecessary to remove the lone passenger, Miss Herta Peters of New York city, or any of the crew, at least for the time being. Tug Stands By The Brandaris returned to har bor, but the tug remained with the damaged ship which United States lines in Hamburg said was making for Cuxhaven. The 6458-ton Italian ship, re gistered at Genoa, suffered slight damage. Although the City of Hamburg first radioed she was "sinking fast," it was ascertained later that she was in no immediate danger. The Greek steamer Holkies, nearby when the collision occur red, was reported standing by. A German tug also left Hoek-vanHolland to go to the liner's as sistance. , The City of Hamburg is owned by the Baltimore Mail Steamship company and is an 8424 ton ves sel, She was built in 1919. Oregon, Other States Start Job Insurance in January Louisiana, Main e, 'Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. What about the others? Wisconsin began last August. Eight (Indiana, Mississippi, Iowa, Michigan, South Carolina, Idaho, New Mexico and Oklahoma) will begin payments later in 1933. The others will begin in 1939. How many workers are cover ed by unemployment insurance in the states which begin payments In January? k About 11,500,000. This in (Continued on Page Bevan) trat t Near-Record Reduction in County's Bonded Debt Made in 1937. Tax collections for 1937 have passed the total amount of the year's levy. it was disclosed Tues day by County Treasurer George P. Taylor. The sheriff's office on Tuesday had collected approximately 11,- 581,900, while the 1937 levy for all purposes is 11,549,464.46. The collection figure for 1937 includes collections in the year on delinquent as well as current taxes. May Reach 105 Per Cent When the 1937 budget schedule was made up in the fall of 1936, it was estimated collections would be 105 per cent of the levy, taking into consideration, the probable collection of delinquencies. Allen Sloan, deputy sheriff in charge of tax collections. said Tuesday that possibly enough additional taxes will come in by the end of the year to make the extra 5 per cent hoped for. , Treasurer Taylor also reported that in 1937 the county's bonded debt took the biggest annual drop in history, with the exception of one year. 1931. In the past year maturities have totaled 1159.000. Drops Below $1000,000 The road bond debt is now 8989,704, the first time it has gone under the million dollar mark. The net debt, taking into consideration the sinking fund, is 1790,000, in round numbers. Taylor said that when he took office in 1933 the debt was 11.- 432.704, and the net debt about 11,267,704. 3laturities of the next four years will take the county "out of the woods" on debts, Taylor said. Here they are: 1938.. - 1181.704 1939-- ....... 200,000 1940 136,000 1941 140,000 When 1941 is reached, a sub stantial reduction in the taxes levied for debts can be given the county property-holders. Interest Payments Recede Interest payments have been receding steadily as the debt is paid off. In 1933 the levy for in terest was 181,415, and in 193i (Continued on Page Seven) SUN SHINES ON FIRST DAY OF WINTER, BUT STORM IN PROSPECT Nippy temperature, bright sun shine and blue skies marked win tors official debut in Klamath Falls Tuesday, but falling baro metric pressure brought a pre diction ot sudden end to the idyllic weather conditions. Tuesday's minimum temperature was 23 de grees above zero. State weather bureau forecasts are for cloudy weather Tuesday night and Wednesday. with light rain or snow in the north and west portions and continued cold. The weather instruments at the News and Herald office bore out this forecast, and the barometer was in a steady decline toward storm areas. In addition to being the first day of winter. Tuesday was the shortest day of the year. From now on days will gradually length en until June 21, the longest day of the year. MERCED WAITRESS SAYS SHE SERVED FUGITIVE MERCED, Cat, Dec. 21Dora Shimers, Merced waitress, today identified a picture of Theodore Colt, escaped Alcatras convict, as that of a man she bad served with pie and coffee last night. Miss Shimers was equally con fident Cole's companion was not Ralph Roe, who escaped with him, but another man. The supposed Cole and the com panion left the cafe after eating hurriedly on the two stools near est the door. They got Into a light tan sedan and drove off to ward Fresno. UNITED PRESS Number 8125 I I . Tax Collections Exceed Amount Of Year's Levy President MS SENATE VOTES lount DOSEIE LIS r's Lev): HOUSING BILL 1 CIO-AFL NATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE ENDS IN COLLAPSE WEATHER Cloudy TonightWedneaday 3laxitnum (2:80 p. m. Minimum 28 PRECIPITATION Is hours to 8 a. in. Henaon to date 1.08 Loot year to date 03 Normal precipitation 8.07 WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 On-- The peace conference between the American Federation of La bor and the CIO collapsed today. After a half-hour meeting, George Harrison, chairman of the AFL peace committee came from the conference room to tell re porters: "The conference is all, off." Harrison asserted the conferees had said they saw no use continu ing. "We had nothing new to offer," Harrison added, and so we de cided there was no use to discuss peace any further." If either side decided it want ed to meet again, Harrison said, the other would be glad to resume the conference. The negotiations started neatly two months ago upon suggestion of John L. Lewis, CIO chairman. They have continued intermittent ly ever since. Mt DISPUTE PIII BEFOBE PHESIDENT Perkins Furnishes Chief With Information n Oregon Squabble. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (,) The labor department said today Secretary Perkins had supplied President Roosevelt with factual Information concerning the dis pute between sawmill unions in the Pacific northwest. Officials described the secre tary's action as "routine" but Senator Steiwer (11-Ore) inter preted it as "possibly a prelimi (Continued on Page Seven) IOWA WOMAN KILLS, WOUNDS OWN CHILDREN FOR FAILING TO MIND WAVERLY, la.. Dec. 21 UE1-- A 38-year-old woman ran amuck with a shotgun nere early today, Sheriff Frank Sager reported, killing two of her children, wounding two others and firing random shots into two homes. The sheriff said the woman, Mrs. Gertha Watters, admitted the shooting and told him her children "wouldn't mind her." The tragedy occurred about 6:30 a. m. today at the county home east of Waverley. Sheriff Sager said Mrs. Wa ters f irs t pumped shotgun charges into the sleeping children, then went to a neighbor's cabin where she fired random shots, finally being disarmed after she had fired several times at the county home steward and a watchman. BABS SEES NOTHING WORTHY OF COMMENT IN RENOUNCING CITIZENSHIP CHERBOURG, France, Dec. 21 UP)--Countess Barbara Haugwitz Reventlow, heiress to the Wool worth millions, said today she re nounced her United States citizen ship because "It was quite the most natural thing to do." "It seems surprising that my adoption ot my husband's nation ality caused comntent in the United States," said the former "Baba" Hutton as she disem barked here from the Europa. "It is quite natural that a wo man should take the nationality of her husband.. It makes it eas ier to regulate life and irons out traveling troubles. It is important in business, too." H t--I COLDER Session Closes Without Completing Action on Any Major Bill. WASHINGTON, Dee. 21 Congress ended its five-weeks spe cial session late today without completing action on any of Pres ident Rooseveit's legislative rec ommendations. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (AP) The Senate pused the adminis tration's housing bill today. A similar measure has been passed by the house. ' A senate house conference committee now will seek to reconcile differences between the two houses. The houce recessed for two hours today after Majority Leader Rayburn announced the special session of congress might adjourn later this afternoon. , Rayburn asked for the recess explaining senate leaders hoped to pass the housing bill at 3 P. m.. 'add that. Ili that event, the house would speedily be able to send it to conference and complete the legislative business possible at this session. A possibilty of a hitch in these plans appeared, however, when Representative Rankin (D-Miss.), . called attention to the senate banking committee's elimination of provisions for insurance of small rural homes. Rankin said proponents of such insurance would attempt to instruct the house conferees to hold out for its reinstatement. Minority Leader Snell (Ft-N.Y.) then sought assurance' that the conference report on the housing measure would not be brought back for house action while most of the members were out of town for the holidays. Rayburn indi cated that was not contemplated. That would keep the bill from reaching the White House for presidential signature before the session adjourns. At the start of the senate ses sion at which that body took up the housing bill for the first time the banking committee reported the legislation would create a "mass market" for moderately. priced homes and aid in bringing a "sound and luting recovery." As debate began, Senator Borah (R-Ida.). asked Chairman Wag ner (D-N.Y.) of the banking com mittee if it were not true that (Continued on Page Seven) Today's News Digest LOCAL Tax collections for 1937 ex ceed year's total levy. Year has seen deepest cut in road bond debt for any year in county history ex cept 1931. County to be out of debt woods in 1941. Page 1. - City council discusses tentative plans for canal bridges, argue8 over size. Page 4. , City to demanu early payment of 1938 licenses, council decides. Page 10. City council to consider bids for snow plow equipment and other city supplies at special meeting Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. Bids opened at Monday evening meeting. Page 3. --- Judges begin study of outdoor lighting on Klamath residences. Results to be announced Christ mas eve. Page 3. 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