ri r i " J iinr n'iiYvi n r i nruxru uui.
ACATUrD
WIRE SERVICE
Tin Herald and New subscribe to full
leased wire sorvlr of the Associated Press
nil (he United Press, Hi world' greatest
aewagatlierlng organisations. Kr 17 hour
1111 wnr'J nowa como Inlo Th Herald
Nw offlr on toletyp machine.
TTtninciv
Unsettled.
High 41 Low an
PRECIPITATION
IS hour to S a. m truce
K-anon to date . 8.10
l.ast year to date t
Normal precipitation ............4,47
ASSOCIATED PRESS
IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
UNITED PRESS
Price Five Cents
KLAMATH FALLS. ORE., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1937
Number 8132
CLOUDY
,l0 "O"-
4
n r
nil
Japanese Blast Canton From Air; 35 Killed
WHEN PANAY WENT DOWN IN YANGTZE RIVER
L . --.
,1 "
Her I the first picture of the climax of the Jn panes attack on the U.S.S. ran)-, the vessel sinking In the Yangtze river north
west of Nanking. The arrow points to where the A merles n flag wsa pslnted on top of the ship's superstructure. The picture, taken
a mil from th sinking veaael hy Weldon James, newspaperman, was carried out by th Injured Americans, rushed to Manila by th
U. 8. destroyer Steward and flown to Ran Francisco by trana-I'aclflo clipper.
Editorials
0a the
Day N ews
By FRANK JK.NKINH
pOBKRT H. JACKSON, aaalatant
attorney-general of the United
tales, speaking In Philadelphia,
charges that American business
has WRECKED ITS OWN HOUSE
In order to discredit the New Deal.
Of all the silly ststements msde
In the past two or thre quit
silly years, that Imprcsara this
writer ss the SILLIEST.
"plIIS particular writer, who Is a
small buatneaa man, doesn't
think much of the New Doal and
Its theories, but I'nEFF.n8 PROS
PERITY and a aucroaaful Now
Deal to hard times and a BUSTED
NEW DEAL,
He has an Idea that most other
huslness people, big and little,
feel th same way about It.
Only a crasy man will bit off
his nos to spit his fac.
TN his Philadelphia speech New
Dealer Jackson Is SOWING
HATRED AND SUSPICION sol-
ting on elaas against another,
promoting Indirectly but effocllv
(Contlnued on rag Flv)
BOY, 13, GIRL, 12,
UNMARRIED PARENTS OF
BIG INDIANA YOUNGSTER
LINTON, Ind., Doc. 80 (AP)
Th case of a 12-yoar-old girl
and a 18-yoar-old boy, tha un
married pnronta of a 10 V4 -pound
hahy hoy born Tuoadny, was be
fore Circuit Judgo J. Raymond
y Powell today,
The hoy, Thomas II. Chapman,
chargod hy the girl's pnronta
with bolng the fnthor of the
hshy, appeared In court yoator
day. Aflnr hearing evldonce,
Judge Powell took th case tin
der advlaement,
Th hoy-fnthcr, largo for his
age, admitted In court ha wna
th fnthar ot tho baby and
added:
"All I want Is a chnnca to
marry Botty Juno" (tho mothor.)
,Th glrl-mothor bluo-oyod
Botty June Lacor, daughter of
Mr, nnd Mrs, Ron Lacer and
th boy-fitthnr alnrtod school In
th first grado togothnr nnd
were graduated from the eighth
grade last spring. Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Clmpmnn, parents ot
Thomas, and the I.ncors have
baen close friends for yours.
The enso provided a peculiar
legnl problem, eourt attaches
polutod , out. Indiana statutes
prevent tho Issuance of a mnr
i rlago liconse to tha young couple,
ven with th conaont of the
parents.
-
ysy -j ," A4. i - " ' 'C;HT. ito acmk iiiii'iic''!) rHimm?8 SFRVICR.
An Idea of th punishment the little Panay underwent when
naval filers Is given by this gaping hole, torn through her deck
were killed and several wounded In th sudden assault, which for
grav International complications.
"V" ii 'tt" ACME NF.WS P'TlinKToSKRVIC
IsrnTTrtlllTaWT si sff ft At TMMsaaaaaaaTTIairsaal V i '"""'niMii i ii"-nassaaaaaaaaaasi I T i
Lleut-Comdr. James J. Hughna, commandor of the Panay In Its rescn mission up th Yangtze
river, was on ot the seriously Injured when tho Amorlcan warship was attacked and sunk. Struck
down by on of the first aerial blasts, Hughe was forced to remain below decks during most ot
tha brief engagement. Lator ho escaped In a Ufoboat after giving orders to abandon ship and, with
other survivors, hid In hnmboo thickets, as shown here, while Japanese allegedly attempted "clean
up" operations with machine guns. The naval officer Is being considered for a congressional modal,
and Thursday a bachelor ot science degree was approved for htm
napolis. , .
tfaalaUJkHfeB
fOI'VKIGHT. Iri7. At Mr NI.WK
-
PK'Tl'RF.S TOK NFA SUtV U B.
attacked and sunk hy Japanese
by an air bomb. Four persons
a time threatened to provoke
by th naval academy at An
BRITAIN GETS
APDLDGY FOR
"All Mistake" Declares
Tokyo ; Chinese Resist
Tsingtao Push.
HONGKONG, Dec. 30 (AP)
Thirty Japanese airplanes bom
barded Canton today In the
heaviest raid In recent weeks.
Chinese reports said the bomb
ers attacked railways and the
northwest district of the city
where many factories, schools
and residences are located.
Some 20 buildings were de
stroyed, including the Wahmel
school, a commercial college and
a girls' school.
Officlsls placed the death toll
at 36. Including flv children.
100 Casualties
Other bombs were aimed at
th Sun Yat-Sen Memorial hall.
Two buses on the Sheklung road
were machine-gunned, wounding
several passengers.
Two schools bombed are oper
ated by Americans.)
Th Japanese pilots apparently
aimed at the arsenal and gov-
r n m n t Industrial establish
mius. J- - - -
It was believed total casual
ties would number about 100.
LONDON, Dec. 10 (AP)
Japan, in a note to Britain made
public today, declared Japanese
attacks on the gunboat Ladybird
and other British ships In China
watera were a mistake.
But to insure against further
incidents Jspan has dealt prop
erly with responsible military
and naval officers on the ground
that they failed to tak full pre
cautions.
New orders hav been given
(Continued on Page Eight)
DESPERATE QUARREL LED
TO DOUBLE DEATHS IN
YACHT MYSTERY, REPORT
LOS ANGELES. Dec. SO (&)
The Los Angeles Evening Herald
and Express said today that It bad
received unconfirmed reports a
desperate quarrel between two
men. a killing and a suicide took
place in the strange case ot the
yacht Aafje picked up in distress
yesterday at sea 190 miles south
ot Los Angeles.
The owner of the yscht, found
sprawled on Its deck, was Dwight
Fauldlng, 49, Santa Barbara hotel
owner.
Three women, two men and a
child were aboard the coast guard
cutter Perseus, which was towing
the yacht to the harbor here.
Federal bureau of Investigation
agents threw a net ot secrecy
about the case, even after on ot
the agents had reached the rescue
cutter and talked with the sur
vivors. The reports to the Herald and
Express were that Fauldlng was
shot to death, his body tossed
Into the sea and his mysterious
assailant then Jumped overboard
to death.
United State District Attorney
Ben Harrison said that all that
he knew ot the case was rumor
and that th FBI men were In
charge and were working in se
cret. Th coast guard headquarters
here, through which' messages
hav been received, said that It
could give out no Information
which th FBI men did not re
tease. ITALY, JAPAN REACH
AFRICAN TRADE ACCORD
ROMn. Tlan. SA lPTlnW
and Japan agreed today upon a
hnais fnr Jniuinu trnilA with
Italian East Africa.
The accord, which Foreign
Minister Pnnnl ftalAavwn ri.ni,
and Japanese Ambassador Maaa
akl Hotta signed at Palatso
Chlgl was described as supple
mentary to in commercial treaty
between the two countries.
A eml-nfflf'lAl rnlnnatln
said th agreement constituted
another step In th development
ot closer political and economic
relations between Italy and
Japan. .
SHIP BOMBING
Family Foils Tragedy
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Houck of the Merrill district, with
Walter. 3, and Lois Irene. 2M months. The two children shown
and Roberta, S, narrowly escaped death in a fire which destroyed
their small residence. Houck rescued the children from the burn
ing building.
Dairy Sheep
Succumb to
Dynamite Diet
A diet ot dynamite proved
disastrous to more than 100
sheep on pasture near Dairy
when they wandered Into a sec
tion of quarry and found the
powder left by R. I. Stewart of
Medtord, contractor, who had
been taking out rock under con
tract with th Oregon state high
way. The sheep were owned by Earl
B. Brown of Bonanza and George
S. Lewis ot Dairy.
Failed to Explode
According to state police, who
investigated the mysterious ma
lady which affected the band, a
large amount ot dynamite had
been left unintentionally by the
quarry crew. It had appar
ently been thrown in the air
hut did not explode and the
sheep, grazing on the high spots
near the quarry during the re
cent storm, found the powder.
At. least 103 sheep were
counted dead Thursday and more
(Continued on Page Eight)
FALLING TOY ARROW
DESTROYS EYE OF
ALTAMONT YOUNGSTER
' A bow and arrow in the hands
ot a playmate marred the holt
day pleasure Tuesday afternoon
of a group ot Altamont boys
when Lewis Orvllle Wimer, 8,
suffered the loss of his left eye.
Young Wimer. the son ot Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Wimer, was play
ing with a group ot 15 young
boys who were enjoying their
Christmas toys. A bow and ar
row set belonging to Harry Ste
wart was one ot the prize pos
sessions on which all were tak
ing turns.
Bobby James, about 13, son
ot Mrs. William James, was
shooting arrows Into the air, the
younger boys making an effort
to catch them as they fell to
the ground. As Lewis ran to
ward a falling arrow to catch
It, tho missile penetrated the
eye to such an extent that at
tending physicians found It nec
essary to remove the eye Itself.
The child was removed to his
home In the Altamont district
Thursday afternoon after receiv
ing treatment In a Klamath Falls
hospital. According to his moth
er he was resting comfortably.
Young Wimer Is a student at
Summers school.
The accident took place on
Third street between Fifth and
Sixth avenues In Altamont.
LAKEVIEW YOUTH KILLED
IN CROSSING COLLISION
LAKEVIEW, Dec. 30 (AP)
A collision between an automo
bile and a Southern Pacltio
freight train at a crossing near
here last night resulted In the
death of William J. Cameron, 22.
Robert Cameron, 20, and
Chester Dalns, 16, wer Injured.
An inquest will be held tonight.
New Deal Only Trying -fay
Pass Buck for Reces
sion, Says McNaryi '
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30 (AP)
Senate Republican Leader Mc
Nary of Oregon charged today
attacks on "big business" by ad
ministration spokesmen consti
tuted "an obvious effort to
create an alibi" to explain the
current recession.
He challenged as "political"
two speeches ot Robert Jackson,
assistant attorney general. They
(Continued on Page Eight)
WALL STREET "WONDER
BOY" DIES OF HEART
ATTACK AT SING SING
OSSINING, N. Y., Dec. 30 IfP)
Harold Russell Ryder, "boy won
der" of Wall street. Is dead from
a heart attack two weeks after
he had been returned to Sing
Sing orison. He was 41.
Four years of freedom on pa
role from a 1930 larceny sentence
had ended December 13, when
he entered the prison to serve
from 12 to 17 years.
His death occurred yesterday
in the Hilltop prison hospital to
which he had climbed for a rou
tine nhysical examination.
Known as a Broadway playboy,
Ryder was reported to have tossed
11000 bills in the laps ot enter
tainers. He owned 1UU suits, i
pairs of shoes, a $3500 diamond
set cignret case, ?2600 traveling
bag and a S3300 automobile, all
of which an attorney was com
missioned to auction oft several
days ago.
The former Wall street runner
who pyramided a shoestring to
315,000,000 pleaded guilty in
1930 to larceny of $95,452 which
he had received to purchase
stocks. He was sentenced to serve
three to 10 years and was paroled
after two years and three months.
Last October he was rearrested
in a brokerage office and admitted
violation ot his parole. He plead
ed guilty to defrauding 83 Invest
ors and 3200,000 and was sen
tenced to serve from five to 10
years and In addition to complete
his first term of 10 years.
SATURDAY ABSOLUTE
DEADLINE FOR LICENSES
SALEM, Dec. 30 (AP) Mo
torists who do not have their
1938 license plates by Saturday
will be arrested, Charles P. Pray,
superintendent of stale police,
warned today,
"Contrary to a 0 m reports,
there will be no days of grace
for getting the plates," he said.
"In the first place, there Is no
excuse for persons not having
their plates as they had plenty
ot time to get them. In the
second place, there Is no statu
tory provision tor a period ot
grace."
VALLEY TOWN
N ITER
3 FEET DEEP
Salem Facing Inundation ;
All-Time Oregon Rain
fall Mark Broken.
PORTLAND. Dec. 30 (AP)
Willamette valley rivers, rising
with the runoff waters from the
greateat rainstorm in half a
century, threatened a wide ter
ritory with major floods today.
The swollen Tualatin river
formed a huge lake over low
lands and covered the hamlet of
Tualatin with two to three feet
of water. Twenty homes and
two stores were damaged. Row
boats became the only means of
transportation. Road crews
anchored a bridge near Wil
lamette. Hand Bag Barricades
Dropping temperatures stem
med the rising Willamette river
only slightly. The stream rose
1.7 feet during the night at Al
bany and 2.8 feet at Salem. Th
government weather bureau pre
dicted a 22-foot crest at Salem,
two feet more than flood stage.
. The river -rose 4.7 feet at Port
land and .was, expected to jeacb,
the flood stage of 18 feet either
tonight or Friday. House boats
were nearly washed from their
moorings. Sand bags wer
thrown around paper mills and
streets at Oregon City.
A falling limb - struck and
killed Waldo Zimmerman, 50, of
Mehama, . bringing the Oregon
storm death list to five.
Detours were established
(Continued on Page Eight)
TREASURY TO CONTINUE
SILVER PURCHASES FROM
niiiina miisii nrvian
bHnHUH, UniriH, IDLAIOU
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (P)
Secretary ot the Treasury Mor
genthau announced today the
treasury had agreed to continue
buying silver from Canada, China
and Mexico at leant through Janu
ary.
- The Mexican arrangement for
January had been disclosed ear
lier this week. Morgenthau said
today the same treatment would
be extended to Canada.
He also announced that the
long-standing agreement by which
the United States promised to buy
silver from China with that na
tion buying gold from the United
States had been extended until
t,.m 1 ' laoo
The secretary said the Mexican
and Canadian agreements merely
provide that the United States
will buy up to fixed amounts of
newly-mined silver from those
countries at prices to be determin
ed next month.
The last year, the price has
been 45 cents an ounce, compared
with 77.67 cents an ounce the
treasury pays for new silver
mined In the United States.
LOCAL
Mora than 100 sheep die as
result of eating dynamite left on
grazing land near Dairy. Page
1. '
Lewis Orvllle Wimer, I. .suf
fers loss of left eye when - struck
In : eye by an arrow shot by
playmate. Page 1.
Crossing collision with freight
train fatal to William J. Camer
on, 22, Lakevlew. Pag 1.
WaJo Crawford makes publlo
statement concerning his con
gressional candidacy. Pag t.
IN THIS IHSUE
City Briefs ......Page t
Comics and Story ..-Pag 6
Courthouse Record Paga 4
Editorials -.... ,...Pag 4
Family Doctor , Pag t
High School News Pag 8
Market, Financial News..Pag T
Sports . Pag J
Today's
News
Digest