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KLAMATH FALLS, OKE , TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1938
Number 8148
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FEE
Chicago Kidnaper Captured
Editorials
Or the
Day'. N ew$
lly I HANK JKMilNH
KJVAVUK I.A GUAIIDIA of Now
York, testifying before the
adnata unemployment committee,
says the way to meet the present
raccaalon In bualneia la to aprnd
mora federal money.
Well, that pretty accurately
tact him, doein't It?
TF your on, after an unprec-
oriented spending spree, found
hlmaelf Involved In liualneaa
troublea (aa people are apt to do
when tliey apend too much) would
you aay to him:
"Well, aon, the way for you to
gl youraelf back on your feet la
to (0 out and SPEND STILL
MORE."
Probably not.
4
TJOP, M Kit President and Mrs.
Hoover, crossing the Santa
Crui niounlalna, got a flat tlra
and the car aklda a trifle before
they can get It Hopped. They
have the tire fixed and go on
home. The Incident tela on tha
pi on wires and la aprend all over
tha world. '
Such la fame.
ANN COOPKIl HEWITT 0 AY
and her 31-year-old garnge
foreman huabnnd, who olopod
aome three monlha ago and were
married at Oranta Paaa, ara hav
ing a apat and thalr marital
troublea ara apread all over the
natlon'a front pagea.
Ann, hslrcaa to her grand
father million!, charged a year
or ao ago that her mother con
aplred with a couple of phyalclana
to have her sterilized ao that tha
mother could go on controlling
tha grandfather's money Inatead
of having It paaa to children Ann
might hare.
Such, again, la fame.
TjrWCN you're poor and unlm
portent, you aee, your af
faire are pretty much your own
bualnena, becauae nodbody la par
ticularly Interested In them, but
whan you become famous. In any
of the varloua waya that bring
fame, your affaire ara the world'a
bualnena.
A NEW YORKER, testifying be
fore the houae waya and
meant committee In Waahlngton,
aayi only three per cant of tha
natlon'a adult population paya fed
eral Income taxes. Tha reat of tta
merely pay the high prices that
reault when the taxea are paaacd
on.
TWO MORE PORTLAND
MILLS BRAVE LABOR WAR
TO RESUME OPERATION
PORTLAND, Jan. II (AP)
The big Clark and Wllaon and
the B. F. Jnhnaon Lumber com
panion, cloaed by the CIO-AFL
jurisdictional dlaputn alnce Au
guat, reaumcd oporntlona today.
Carl Klnnny, Clark and Wll
nn vlcn president nnd gonornl
mnnngor, mid too former em
ployee were restored to thn pny
roll. Tho Johnaon concorn om
ployed a 60-mnn ahlft.
"We have not mndo a denl
with either union," Kinney re
ported. "Tho nntlonnl Inhor re
Intlnna hoard awarded thn CIO
Jurisdiction In the Port lnnd snw
mills. We aro not qtioatlonlng
thla declalon."
A. I.eo Johnson of thn John
eon firm declined to reveal con
ditions In tho Union plnnt rela
tive to tho colloctlve bargaining
agency.
Four mills have broken the
Jurisdictional deadlock. Iuninii
I'oulscn oponed nftor employes
anlaotad tho CIO nt a atnlo-con.
dnotod election. Tho West Ore
gon Lumber nmnpnny, recogniz
ing thn CIO, resumed cutting to
meet fuel demands.
CASE SOLVED
Former Logger, Taken at
Santa Anita Track,
Admits Slayings
LOS ANGELES. Jan. Ill
Relentless department of Jtintlre
agents, at the end of a four
month manhunt, mnrked the kid-nnp-alnylng
of Charles H. Rosa
"anlved" today aa they aecretly
whisked a man they aald wna the
confeaaed killer back to Chicago
to atand trial.
J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the
federal bureau of Invcatjgiitlon,
announced that Peter Amlora, .10,
former logger, admitted he alow
Itoaa two days after a rananm of
1 50.000 waa paid near Rock
ford, III., on Octobor It. 19,17,
and then ahnt and killed bin
confederate, Jamea Alwood Gray.
Traced by Itnnanm llllla
Andera waa traced serosa the
country by a trail of run no in lillli
he apent lavlahly at race tracka,
Hoover aald, and Inat Friday
waa taken Into cuatody here at
Santa Anita park,
"Agouti recovered ii,tOt.l,H of
the ransom on Andors and at his
hotel, Hoover aald.
A 27-pnga atatemenl wna made
by the prlaonar, but not rolcna
ad to the prosa, before he waa
atnrted ouatwnrd laal night,
either by airplane or Irnln.
Medics Not Recovered
Tha bodlea of Ilnaa and Gray
IConiinuod On rago Ten)
FASTING DIVINE ADVISES
PARISHIONERS AGAINST
FOLLOWING HIS EXAMPLE
MEMPHIS. Tenn.. Jan. 18 .P
The Very Rev. Israel Harding
No aought today to discourage
othera from emulating hla fnst
to achieve earthly Immortnllty.
Informed that a few members
of hla congregation at St. Mnry'a
Eplacopnl cathedrnl wore re
ported to be contemplating nb
atlnence from ment and aome
other fooda aa an expression of
faith In the dean, ho declared:
"I don't know that any of my
parishioners are doing such a
thing. Rut I do not want nuy ono
to follow mo. I am lending my
own life nnd sotting my own ex
ample. Each Individual must
chooao hla own course"
Dean Noo made clear that ho
does not heliava others could sur
vive on hla present course un
leaa they have hla cnmplote fnlth
In what be la doing and hla
knowledge of blo-chomlatry and
othor aclonces.
The dean says he has gone
without food and water alnco
Jan. 2, taking hla comploto
austonnnce from God, except for
the wnfer and wine of hla com
munion services throe time each
week.
Ho snys he survlvod all of Inst
yonr on oranges nnd 193(1 on raw
cashew nuts and oranges.
PORTLAND PAPER STRIKE
REMAINS STALEMATED;
PRESSMEN SIGN CONTRACT
PORTLAND, Jnn. 18 (p) Puh
llshora' representatives reported
no developments hnd occurred to
dny toward tho settlement nt tho
four-dny-old strike of tho Interna
tional Typographical union nt tho
three Portland dally newspapers.
Union spokesmen were not
nvnllnblo for comment but tho ln
bnr tomplo headquarters snld they
apparently were as fnr nwny from
agreement as ever In the wngo nnd
hour dispute.
Nolther side hnd arranged moot
ing with the othor.
The newspapers affiliated with
the American Newspaper Publish
ers' association announced signing
of a flvo-yonr arbitration .agree
ment with union prcsnmoh', lillo
for the fourth day bocnusa of the
strike,
The agreement, to expire De
cember 81, 1942, provides for ar
bitration of all tlltfototices between
the publishers nnd thn Portland
web pressmen's union No, 17.
WITH
ARREST
Little Miss 1938
f ' T ' " j
Little Mlsa Ann (iertrude Ewsn, horn at 8:58 a. m. on January
1. 193S. la here pictured for tho first time at her homKIn Weed.
She la shown with her father nnd mother, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Kwan. Ann Gertrude won a ensh prlzo from The Herald and News
as the first 1938 baby In this
southern Oregon.
Chautemps Succeeds Himself
As French Premier; Gunfire
Blazes on World Warfronts
PARIS, Jan. 18 (.VI Radical
Socialist Camilla Chautemps an
nounced tonight be had formed a
new government, ending France's
flvo-dny cabinet crista.
C'hnutemps. who thus succeeds
himself, constituted a new govern
ment composed almost entirely of
radical-socialist ministers replac
ing the second peoplo's front gov
ernment. Tho now premier was assured
of socialist parliamentary support,
hut the party, headed by Leon
Ilium, refused to participate in a
reconstituted Chnutompa govern
ment. Tho soclnllsts held several cabi
net portfolios In the retiring cab
inet. BUCHAREST, Jan. 18 LVt
King Carol tonight ordered disso
lution of the ltumnnlnn pnrlin-
SEXTUPLE SLAYING
CLIMAXES QUARREL OVER
BURNING OF BARN
DURANI), Wis., Jnn. 18 I.T") A
nine months' quarrel between two
brotbors ovor the burning of a
barn culminated in tho slnying
Inst night of six persons, four of
them children under 10 years of
age. Two others wero seriously
wounded.
Sheriff Victor Sellne of Pepin
county snld Lawronco Leflny, 37,
committed suicide after shooting
to death his wire, about 36, their
rinuKhlors, Virgie, 8, and lloulah,
if, l heir niece, Phyllis, 8, and
nephew, Virgil, 6.
Lcflny's brother, Marvin, 35,
was wounded nnd (ho letter's wife
wan felled by a blow with the butt
of a rovolver. She feigned donth
and litter crawled to the homo of a
neighbor. Her son, Roger, 4, al
so escaped.
After nilncklng his brother nnd
alstor-lu-lnw, Lawrence took Iholr
two children to his nearby home.
There he ordered his wlfo, daugh
ters and tho two othor children
to a bedroom nnd commanded the
children to Ha In bed, tho sborlff
snld. Tho children wore shot
through tho chests, Mrs, Loflay
In tho head.
Sheriff Snllno said Lawrence
hnd accused bis brother of sotting
fire to the barn nnd thnt the old
qunrrcl was resumed whllo thoy
worn doing chores Inst night on
the farm they jointly tenanted.
; IT U . '
'A
section of northern California and
ment chosen Inst month In elec
tions which resulted In designa'
Hon of anti-scmitic Octavlan
Goga as premier.
lly the Associated Press
Krnnce groped her way out of
a five-day political Impasse, as
crises took shape today on battle
fields of Spain and China.
On tho war fronts:
Japan acknowledged It was
forced to take the defenslvo be
cause of Chinese counter attacks
along tho Tlcntsln-Pukow rail
road in north China and in the
llangchow area, 125 miles south
of Shanghai.
Troops Mass at Ilnngcbovr
Heavy fighting was in progress
In the Hnngchow area. Chinese
massed thousnnds of troops In
Nnnchang to meet any Japanese
atlnck on Hankow, ono of China's
temporary capitals.
In Spain, Insurgents claimed
domination of Toruol by their ar
tillery after a successful attack
from the north. Government
forces attacked on tho Gundnla
jara front, 50 miles northeast of
Madrid, whore Insurgents wore
(Continued on Page Ten)
COLD WAVE SENDS
MERCURY BELOW ZERO
ALONG ATLANTIC COAST
By The Associated Press
A cold wave that sent tho
mercury far below sero at many
points extended Its grip today on
tho eastern senbonrd.
Upstate New York shlvorod In
the coldest weather of the sea
son after a weekond snowstorm
that halted school busses today.
In Now Knglnnd, tompornttires
dropped to the lowest In more
than two years. In some places
It was 30 below.
Several boats wero In distress
because of storms and Ico Jams.
Tho const guard cuttor Calypso
wont to the nld of tho American
freighter Cantor, which went
aground In Chesapeake bay.
With 20 passengers aboard,
the forryboat Duchess was ma
rooned by nn Ice Jnm In the
middle of the Hudson river.
In Rochester, drifts delayed
the arrival of firemen to fight
a JIG. 000 blaze, but five porsous
finally wore carrlod to safety.
APPROPRIATION
BILL APPROVED
AFTER GUTTING
House Passes 1 1-2 Billion
Dollar Treasury-Post-office
Measure
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 UP)
Tho bouse passed and sent to the
senate today a (1,515, 352, 286
treasury - postoffice appropriation
bill for tho next liscal year.
The total of the measure as
finally passed represeuted a net
reuuciiou of J2uu.ouo below the
figure recommended by the bouse
appropriations committee.
iuvluded in the bill were in
creases iu various Items amount
ing to 2,300,U00 which were
mure than offset by elimination
of a (2,500,000 item for con
struction of government printing
office annexes. 4
Ut to 4
The standing vote on final
passage was 2&1 to 4.
The four were republicans
Taber aud Lord of New York
Kuulsou of Minnesota and Rich
ot Pennsylvania.
During final consideration of
tbe apprupriaUuum .Majority Lead
er Huyburn, 'attempting to cut
dowu upending, pleaded wito the
bouse to help oaiauce tbe govern-
went, a budget.
Follow Private Practlco"
During debate on an amend
ment to the 11139 postoffice ap
propriation bill which w.:ld pro
vide a 10 per cent increase in
the (11,250,000 item for rent,
light aud fuel, Rayburn said:
"1 am, from oow ou, when
these appropriation bills come
up, going to take every oppor
tunity to call the attention of
the house to the condition of
government finances.
"Some ot these days, whether
we want to or not, we're going
to have to do what any sane
individual would do balance
outgo with income. The amount
hero is sufficient.
"Democrats ResKnsible''
"I want to plead with this
house and especially those on
this side ot the aisle (demo
crats) that when the budget con
tinues to be unbalanced, the re
sponsibility is going to be on the
majority party where it be
longs." Yesterday the bouse tentative
ly accepted increases of (2,326.
000 In tho appropriation bill. The
raises would be used mostly to
augment the present number of
mail carriers.
Shouted Dorm
The amendment to increase the
(Continued on Page Ten)
LUMBERMEN, FARMERS
APPEAL TO ICC AGAINST
FREIGHT RATE INCREASES
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 18 (JFI
Protests of himhnrmen nnit ivrl.
culturlsts to a proposed .Increase
in rail iretgbt rates were read
into the record at An Interatnta
commerce commission hearing
opening o e I o r o commissioner
William E. Lee here yesterday.
Colonel W. R. ftrnelav fiaoltlc.
secretary-manager of the West
uoi miiiuei-men s association,
conceded a need of greater rev
enue to railroads but asked an
exception for the Douglas fir In
dustry, already handicapped by
a domestic market slump, the
war in the Orient and labor con
troversies. H. C. Faul, ICC examiner from
WashillCtntl. tY CI hnnril tB.M.
mony of Ervln King, master of
inw iBiiuiKion Maie urange,
that minimum transportation
costs were essential to move a
large agricultural surplus from
the northwest to market.
"Considerable freight It now
moving by truck and some is
moving by barge," he snld. "Our
own grange organisations are
finding increasing advantages In
owning and operating their own
truck lines."
HONOLULU FLIGHT
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Jan. 18
P Eighteen navy bombers fly
ing to Honolulu were 170 miles
off Point Loma at 11 a. m.,
today, according to a radio mes
sage received at the naval air
Station here. Tho nnvv nnnnnnn.
ed the official tnkooft time as
;34 a. m.
Outstanding
I ((-
L. Orth Slsemore, facing the
the award as Klamath's outstanding young man In 1937 civic
work at a junior chamber ot commerce dinner Monday night,
Frank Jenkins, president of the senior chamber, Is grasping Slse
more's hand. The pretty girl at the extreme right Is Mrs. Charles
Mack, wife of the new president of the Junior chamber.
Father, Son
Die Together
For Murder
BOSTON," Jan. ir"fA.P) Pray
ing with a fervor more in keeping
with a Sunday church service than
with a brilliantly-lighted death
chamber. Frank and Anthony Dl
Staslo. father and son, died in the
electric chair at state prison early
today for the "torch murder" of
Daniel Crowley, a Boston laborer.
It was Massachusetts' first
father-son execution on record.
Anthony, 24, shuffled Into the
chamber a few minutes after mid
night, only an hour and a halt
after Governor Charles F. Hurley
rejected the final plea of his coun
sel that his lite be spared.
"Goodbye Father"
Walking backward ahead of him
was Rev. Ralph W. Farrell, prison
(Continued on Page Ten)
SOVIET ARRESTS U. S.
MYSTERY WOMAN FOR
QUESTIONING AS SPY
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18 (AP)
The soviet union office Informed
the United States government to
day that Mrs. Ruth Marie Ru
bens was under arrest in Mos
cow and undergoing questioning
in connection with suspected es
pionage.
The woman, an American citi
zen, has been the subject ot an
investigation by the state de
partment since she disappeared
mysteriously in Moscow last
month.
In an oral reply to an Amerl
can note ot January 7 requesting
information as to Mrs. Rubens
whereabouts, the soviet foreign
office informed Loy Henderson
the American charge d'affaires
In Moscow, that the woman was
arrosted following the arrest of
the man with whom she entered
the Bovict union under the name
of "Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Rob
inson."
"Robinson." the foreign office
snld it was informed by the
soviet secret police, was arrested
nt Sverdlovsk on suspicion ot es
pionage. PORTLAND NEWS WORKERS
ELIGIBLE FOR JOBLESS
BENEFITS; PRINTERS NOT
SALEM. Jan. 18 (AP) Ralph
H. Campbell, attorney for the state
unemployment compensation com
mission, said today employes of
Portland's three strike-bound
newspapers were entitled to unem
ployment benefits.
Members of the typographical
union, who went out on strike, are
not eligible for payments because
the law provides that strikers shall
not receive compensation.
Tho commission has not yet
ruled on whether Portland saw
mill workers, forced out of work
by the bitter AFL-CIO Jurisdic
tional dispute, are entitled to com
pensation.
Campbell said he expected the
commission's ruling to be settled
finally In the courts, regardless ot
whether the decision favors the
workers or employers.
camera. Is shown as he received
Deputy District Attorney
"Outstanding Young
Man of 1937" ;
L. Orth Slsemore was pro
nounced Klamath Falls' outstand
ing young man In civic work for
1937 at the annual meeting of
the Klamath county junior cham
ber of commerce at the Elk hotel
Monday night.
The award, given annually un
der junior chamber auspices, waa
made on the basis ot a selection
by a secret committee.
-Caught by Surprise
Slsemore apparently was
caught by complete surprise
when Frank Jenkins, president
ot the Klamath county chamber
of commerce, called his name for
the presentation.
Asked for a speech, he
gasped:
"There s just nothing to say.
Publicly Active
Slsemore was president ot the
junior chamber ot commerce tor
the first two years of its exist
ence. He has been active in other
civic work, chairman ot the
democratic county central com
mittee, and is at present deputy
(Continued on Page Ten)
OREGON UNEMPLOYMENT
REGISTRATION TOTAL
NEARS CENSUS FIGURE
SALEM, Jan. 18 (AP) Ore
gon's unemployment registration
total mounted to 40,521 today,
only 13,000 less than the federal
unemployment census estimate of
the state s jobless.
The unemployment compensa
tion commission estimated many
of those who hnd filed claims
would be rejected because they
had not worked the required num
ber of weeks In the past two years,
Portland led the state with 17,-
199 registrations, while Eugene
was second with 2210. Klamath
Falls and Marshfteld followed
with 1945 and 1930, respectively,
Figures for other cities Included
Salem 1790, La Grande 1097, Ore-
Ron City 1091, Baker 1049, Med-
ford 989, Astoria 982, Corvallls
509, Roseburg 407 and Pendleton
403.
The Medford figure Includes
Grants Pass registrations.
CHARLIE CHAN SUSPENDED
BY HOLLYWOOD STUDIO
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 18 P)
Warner Oland, portrayer of the
role of Detective Charlie Chan on
the screen, was under indefinite
suspension by Twentieth Century-
Fox studio today.
Officials said Oland walked off
the set yesterday, temporarily
throwing out of work a doien prin
cipals along with technicians and
other employes. They said It was
not Oland s first offense, he hav
ing done the same thing Saturday
and tailed to show up for work two
days last week.
QUEBEC GHURGH
COLLEGE RAZED
100 Students, Teachers
Trapped Asleep ; Many
Hurt in Escaping
ST. HYACINTHE, Que., Jan.
18 (Canadian Press) Twenty
one persons were feared to have
died early today In a tire tt'at
trapped more than 100 asleep in
the College of the Sacred Heart
here.
The only victim Identified wai
Brother Jean Baptlste, 64, who
leaped from one of the school's
upper windows and died as be
reached a hospital.
Police Chief A. Bourgeois aald
six bodlea bad been reported
taken from tbe still-smoking
building and "about 25, maybe
30 ' persons stIH were missing.
21 In Hospital
Tbe editor of the local news
paper said about 20 persons per
ished inside the school besides
tbe brother.
Five brothers and It students
ware in St. Charles hospital.
Four ot them were reported in
dangerous conditions from Injur
ies suffered In jumping from tha
four-story building or from ex
posure. Most of the college's occupants
had been quartered In big dor
mitories on the fourth floor.
Crumbling wreckage of the
37-year-old brick structure still -
was blazing' n e a r 1 y 10 hours
after the fire was discovered.
Many Unaccounted For
A checkup was being made.
but officials had been unable to
account for many ot the 80
boarding students and 31 teach
ing brothers who were traDDed
In their beds by the flames.
Some bad scattered to homes
for shelter in below-freezing
weather after escaping, virtually
all In scant night clothing.
through windows and down the
crowded fire escapes.
The fire s origin was not
known.
Apparently It had been burn
ing at least 30 minutes when a
passerby saw the flames.
The occupants . were warned
immediately and an alarm spread
In tbe town, about 35 miles east
of Montreal.
Many Broken Bones
At noon firemen still were
pouring water from 15 hose
lines Into blazing wreckage, but
made little progress in exting
uishing It. They had not been
able to get Into the building to
begin the search for bodies and
said it "might be hours" before
they could.
In tbe hospital, near the
school, boys huddled three and
(Continued on Page Ten)
Slippery streets and icy high
ways cause ot multiple automo
bile accidents In which several
are Injured over Klamath coun
ty. Page I.
Ralph Lilly purchases Bank
drugstore from Earl DeWeese,
taking over the pharmacy Mon
day afternoon, Page t.
Mrs. Luclle Eva Brlggs posts
$1600 bond and Is released from
custody. She faces charge of
failure to stop at scene ot acci
dent In connection with the fatal
Injury of Maurtslo Muscatello,
January 15. Pago 3.
County clerk calls for 70
more members ot election
boards. Page 3.
-Enterprise Irrigation district
accepts PWA bid for power plant
bonds. Page 4.
L. Orth Slsemore selected out
standing young man In clvle
work for 1937 by junior cham
ber of commerce. Page 1.
City council votes to boost taxi
fees to 50 a car, receives peti
tion for concrete bridges. Page 4.
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Courthouse Records ...Page 4
Editorials .. ..... ......Paga 4
Family Doctor .........Page 4
High School News ..Page 1
Market, Financial News Pagea 5, 9
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