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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1938)
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LONDON, Fsb. 1 (j)Tho Spanlah government today charged Italy had aaalgncd lour destroyers and two submarines lo Ilia Kpanlah Insurgent fleet and lhat an liallnn uliinarlno aank the Hrlllah merctiantinnn Endy mlon off Hpaln'a aoullioaai coast with a loan or eleven Uvea. Tha British admiralty rnahrd four dealroyars armed with Until ll charges to tha Mediterranean area where I he coal-laden freigh ter was torpedoed. Tahlo Da Aicarata Y Klorei, Spanish govrnment amhaaaador. accused Italy In a note liunded to tile Ilrltlah foreign olflca. No Hubniarlnea of Own Tha Spanish government, ha da- stared In another communique, Is "amaied" lhat "foreign tnlerven lion In Hpaln la permitted to such an extent as lo allow t ho rebels (Insurgents) to receive whole, lin V poitniil units of a foreign fleet." Ascarat Y Floret denied the Insurgents .have submarines of their own and declared "It must ba clear to tha whole, world" thai the Rnilyinlon'a attacker was Italian, The Hrltlah patrol destroyers, each of 1376 tons, wore undor orders without hesitation to drop depth charges If Ih attacking aubmarlna were sighted and at tempted to resist capture. Attacks Resume The Nyon accord against "pi racy," signed last September 14, alabllahed that any such sub marines be "counter attacked and It posalbl destroyed." Th destroyer flotilla centorod Ita patrol about tha Cope Tlnoso area, where tha Endymlou sank following the submarine attack, which possibly signalled a general recurrence of aurh no. called "p (Contlntied on Page Klve) Little Interviews Desk Sergeant Bob Elder, elty police "We're sure starting the month of February out right, no arrests for 48 hours, a nice clear slate so far and It's 1 o'clock!" Henry Perkins, attorney "No air, I'm not running for office. I'm not thinking of running for office. I did my active work as a candidate and office, holder back In Missouri just after I reached my majority." Editorials on By FRANK JENKINS i pniNUKSS JULIANA of The Netherlands glvos birth to a baby girl, nd tho wholo nation rnjolcos. Amid I ho booming of cannon, tho hnguo (tho Dutch congress) Issues a proclamation reading: "Follow cllliens, It la with deep Joy Hint wo proclaim Hint today, January 31, lrj.ig, through tho grnco of (lod la horn the Princess of Orange Nassau, Prlncoss of Llppo lilos terfeld, whoroby tho honrfs desire of all Nothorlnnds pooplo la realised. Long llvo tho royal family." Tho birth of a royal bnby, you sec. la a bloased event not moro ly lo llg parents but to u whole nation. Jt7Yt " Well, ll'i flko thla: Pooplo wa.il STABLE! GOVERNMENT, which la another wny of anylng they want what they've boon usod to. When tho anmo royal lino I continues, thoy're protty apt to OUT what thoy'vo boon used to, but when the old royal line Is Accidents Claim 106,000 Lives in 1937 CHICAGO. Feb. 1 (.Tl Acci dental deaths coal the nutlon 108.000 Uvea In 19.17, the Na tional Safely council computed today. Including nu annual all time high of 31). 700 In the traf fic field. The permanently Injured were ostlinnted at 376,000. temporar ily Injured at 0, 400.000. This "gruesome Junibnrt'e of cnreleaaneas," the council sold, ran up a hill of $3, 700.000. ooo. Iea Than In loan It was broken down Into 12, S50.000.000 In wage lo and medical expense, $870. 00O, ooo for rniorty damage In traffic accidents and 1286.000,000 prop erty tasa In fires. Despite a 4 per cent drop from 19.11) In total deaths, the toll was higher than for any procedlng year, Council statisticians attrib uted tha decrease largely to a mild summer which reduced heal ileal ha by approximately 4&00. An "encouraging phase" was a sharp decline In the child acci dent death rate. It plunged 13 per cent for children under 16, (Continued on Page Klve) T Portland Authorities De clare Investigation "Only Beginning." PORTLAND. Feb. 1 (P) The combined authority of the muni cipal, county and state govern ments ran Ita arrests to 39 today In an elaborate Investigation of labor terrorism and laaued a stnte. meiit that "It Is only tho begin ning." Fifteen more men, two of them officials of thn Laundry and Dry Cleaning Workers' union, were detained Inat night In tho drlvo agiilnat dynnmlto plots and heat ups growing out of labor disputes In the sawmill and dyeing Indus tries. Detoctlvoa said the lnvestl gallon might solve a series of les ser depredations which have scarred the labor scone for sovor al months. 1 "Pugilists let Prefcrenco" "While hu ml red a of men thrown out of work because of union con. troversles waited patiently to earn a few dollars on tho plckot lino, profcsslonnl flghtora, with out union affiliations, wero given praforence and highly paid for tholr efforts," said Mnyor Joseph K. Carson. "Union employes, If placed on the picket lino, had lo contribute part of their pay for dues and other union asaessments, whllo (Conllnuod on Page Five) the Day's News broken a now dynasty must be established, and long centuries of experience have taught tho poo plo of tho oldor and more sophis ticated world Hint oslnhllsliment of a now dynasty Is apt to bo ac companied by DISTURBING CHANGES. Hones the Joy of the pooplo whon an heir to tho throne la born. TOf E of young America look upon hereditary royally as an ab surd Institution and are Inclined to wonder how It evor camo to bo toloratod, , ' It la really qulto almple. Buck In tho dim boglnnlnga of government, the tribe wno ruled by a chlof who won hla plnco by the strength of his arm and tho cunning of hla brain. When the old chlof died, a now chlof had to bo chosen and tho cholco of a new ohlof was UBitnlly accompnn lod by WAR. Wnr has always boon a ter rlblo calamity, and so pooplo (Continued on Pegs Thro) SENATE VOTES ROOSEVELT'S First Major Legislation of Session Squeezes Through, 42-40. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (AP) Senate action gave final con gressional approval today lo the administration's housing bill. Tho voto of approval was 4 2 to 40. The bousing bill was the first major legislation to go to the White House since the beginning of the special session last No vember. It was approved by both houses during tho special ses sion but had been tied up In a Joint congressional conference un til Inst week by a dispute over an amendment added by tho aenale on tho motion of Lodge (R-Mass) to require payment of prevailing wages to labor engaged on con struction work financed by gov ernment Insured mortgages. Amendment Abandoned In adopting the conference re port today, the aenale abandoned this amondmoiil , -r. . . The housing bill Is designed to spur private home conatructlon by liberalising torms under which the government would Insure mortgages for such construction. Before the vote William Green asked the senate to reject the agreoment because It did not in cludo the prevailing wage re quirement. THREE FAMILIES BID FOR BABE BATTERED, BURNED BY BRUTAL HOUSEWIFE ' WKST NEW YORK. N. J.. Feb. 1 I.TITliroo fnmllles bid today to adopt a battered and scalded 2 V4 - year -old girl who police charged wbb beaten by a 206 pound hnusewlfn In whoso care tho child's unwed mother left her. The mother, a domestic work ing In Connecticut, has heard of whin hnpponod to the baby she thought was In good hands and hns sent word to the police court lhat she wants her back. Hor body covered with welts, part of her hnlr torn out. lower Hp cut and nose flattened, face battorod and the right side scald ed, the blond tot listed on hos pital records ns "Anna (Wide man?)" smiled more todny as the pain of hor' hurts gradually lossenod. Sho played with new dolls, ate candy and found It easior to laugh than It was Saturday whon police carried her to North Hud son hospital In Wcohawkcn and arrested Mrs. Helen Hurbnnia, 36, on a charge of homing her. Hold on 15000 bail for grand Jury action on a charge of atroc ious assault and bottery, the abort and heavy woman was to ha removed today from the local Jnll to tho Hudson county Jail In Jersey city. "Try and get H," she shouted as Acting Recorder Lottia L. Flaunt set tho bail In a crowded courtroom late yesterday, A sister of the child's mother told the court the mother wanted her child back, dosplte tho fact sho was forced to board It out (Continued on Pag Fly) GOVERNOR GETS BIG PIECE OF WORLD'S BIGGEST CAKE SALEM, Fob. 1 " Governor Martin's pioco of the world's largest cake, his share being In tho shapo of tho stato of Orogon, has been sont lo him from Chi cago, he wag advised today. Tho enko, In the form of a map of the United Statos, was baked for I lie Independent Grocers' Al liance of Amorlca, Each gover nor will receive his own "state." Govornor Martin, having an advnntngo ovor othor govornors bornuso Orogon la the ninth lar gest alnto, will got one of the big gest ploccs. Tho governor of Texas prob ably will need considerable help In eating his, while tho governor of Rhode Island will get only a taste. H C B I LL WITNESS for Sinking British Vessel WRIGHT NEARLY COLLAPSES ON Mention of Wife's Name Proves Too Much for Murder Defendant. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1 (.IV Paul Wright almost collapsed to day on the witness stand when he mentioned tho name of his wife, Evolyn, who, with John Kimmel. he. Is accused of kill ing. Wright took the stand to tell anew his version of the double tragedy In the living room of his home last November 8. He had said that his service at the front during the World war left him emotionally upset, that be frequently woke up at night screaming and talking and lhat during thla period (in 1918) his weight dropped from a normal 160 to 110 pounds. "Night Terrors" Referring to bis "night ter rors," Defense Counsel Jerry Gleslcr asked Wright how long this condition persisted. Weight answered In this man ner: "Evelyn used to wake me up when I would talk and scream at night." Wright suddenly stopped talk ing then. Tears filled his eyes, and his handa grasped the arms of the witness chair. Fighting to regain control of his emotions, he went on with the story of his earlier life In faltering, hesitat ing sentences. Halts Second Time Again when his attorney ques- tloned Wright about a miscar riage his wife suffered at Detroit prior to the birth of their daught er Helen, he was forced to halt his testimony briefly to gain con trol of hla emotions. Ho said he was working In Washington, D. C, when Mrs. Wright first knew she was an expectant mother. "We were terribly happy about It," he said. Wright said he had his wife go to Detroit to visit her mother and her dnughter. Joan, by a previous marriage, and that when he was transferred to Chicago he had telephoned from Cleve land. Hla wifo'a mother answer ed the telephone, he said, and told him Evelyn was too 111 to talk. Regains Control . But the defendnnt was In bet ter control of himself again as he told of their separation here (Continued on Page Five) SENATE BODY TO VOTE ON AMENDMENT GIVING WOMEN "EQUAL RIGHTS" WASHINGTON. Feb. 1 (.T The senate Judiciary committee agreed today to vote on St. Val entine's day on a proposed con stitutional amendment to give "equal rights" to women. Chairman Burke (D-Neb) said a subcommittee would open hoar ings next Monday on tho propos al which Is opposed by the Ameri can Federation of Lnbor on the grounds that It would upset ex isting wage laws for women. Senator Borah (D-Idnho) said tho National Council of Catholic Womon also was opposed and had asked for hearings. Likewise, Senator Connally (D Tex) said the National League of Womon Voters had notified him It wished to protest. The amondmont, simple In text, reads: "Men and womon shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to Ita Jurisdiction. Con gress shall have power to enforce thla artlclo by appropriate legis lation." It was Introduced by Burke. $.51,743 BALANCE SALEM, Fob. 1 din The state gnme commission ended 1937 with $51,742 of Its $664,402 bud get unspent, Receipts during the yenr totaled $600,116, Including $400,128 from hunting and fish ing licenses and $7729 irora trap pers' lteenses. ST Crater Lake Snow Proves Beautiful, snow-draped Crater sightseers this winter. The picture above was made Sunday, when an all-time winter attendance mark was set. It shows a part of the cars parked at government camp. Note the haystack shaped pne or snow on tne ouuaing at IT; Union Head Asks F. R. to Urge $130,000,000 Re lief Appropriation. WASHINGTON. Feb. 1 (AP) United Automobile Workers of ficials urged President Roose velt today to recommend an im mediate federal appropriation of $130,000,000 to provide employ ment and direct relief for unem ployed automobile workers and their families In Michigan. Homer Martin, president of the auto union, presented the request at a White House conference. He said later the president had agreed to take the matter up tomorrow with the works pro gress administration. Martin added the president was "quite (Continued on Page Five) LEAGUE MOVE TO HELP CHINA HELD UP AS MINOR POWERS ENTER PROTESTS GENEVA. Feb. 1 (P) A pro posed league of nations resolu tion on aid to China was held up at least another day by a wrangle today within the council over charges ot steamroller tactics. Poland and Pern objected In a secret council meeting to being made "rubber stamps." They de clared they would abstain from voting In protest against the way the larger powers Britain, France and Russia had drawn up the resolution among them selves for submission to the coun cil. The meeting was adjourned af ter Dr. A. S. Quevedo ot Ecua dor said it would be necessary to ask his government for new In structions. The resolution now is expected to reach the council In public session tomorrow. , Authoritative sources said Its present draft calls members' at tention to the league assembly resolution last October condemn ing Japan, expresses regret over the war In .China and contem plates action by Interested nations to arrange a Just peace. HOPE ABANDONED FOR MISSING YOUNGSTER UKIAH, Calif., Feb. 1- UP Hope was abandoned today by Sheriff E. L. Williams that 4-year-old Ted Thompson, missing since Saturday, would be located by posses searching th wilder ness In Mendocino county. Storms ranged over the rough terrain Into which the youngster wnndnred Saturday Afternoon and Sheriff Williams thought ho might have been slain by a cougar It he survived th elements. Lake park la attracting record rignt, center. Parle's Winter Attendance On Increase Crater lake national park's win ter attendance continued on Its record-breaking climb this week, despite unfavorable weather. On Sunday. v930 persons enter ed the park in 235 cars. The pre vious high weekend record was set a week ago Sunday, when at tendance was 7S7 in 201 cars. In the whole month of January. 1937. only 679 visitors were reg istered in the park. Leavitt Returns Cars were registered Sunday from Oregon, Kansas, Minnesota, California, Nebraska, Washing ton and Costa Rica. Sightseers said the park was In Its most beautiful winter attire of tho year. Hundreds visited the rim of the lake, whore safety ropes were in use for the first time. Superintendent E. P. Leavitt of Crater lake park has returned from Washington, where, he re ported, high park officials Indi cated increasing interest in the development of Crater lake as a winter playground. TWO FEET OF NEW SNOW FALLS ON SUN PASS; PLOWS KEEP ROAD OPEN- Two feet of new snow lay on Sun pass, on The Dalles-California hlghwny north of Fort Klamath Junction, Tuesday morning, as a result of the storm that was gen eral over the Klamath country. State highway plows kept the road open, but motorists were warned to have chains when trav eling through the pass. Lighter snowfall was reported on most of the major highways, but all were open to travel. Early Tuesday morning only two Inches ot new snow had fallen at Crater lake, but the fall was continuing. Snow dropped heavily for a time on Klamath Falls Monday evening and fell Intermittently Tuesday. It had molted oft on lower areas Tuesday afternoon. Forecasts for both northern California and southern Oregon indicated further unsettled weath er over night and probable snow, (all. REAMES TAKES OATH MEDFORD, Feb. 1 (Pi Alfred Evan Reames of Medford, ap pointed United States senator from Orogon last Saturday by Governor Charles H. Martin, to fill the unexpired term of Sen. Stelwor. resigned, took the oath ot office shortly before noon to day. The oath was administered by Mrs, M. T. Edwards, notary public, In the senator's law of fices. Attractive crowds of snow sportsmen and 11 Kentucky Governor Seeks . Administration Chiefs Seat in Senate. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (ff) Governor A. B. (Happy) Chandler of Kentucky accepted today the challenge ot Senator A I ben W. Barkley, democratic floor leader, to a political battle. ' . .. "If I read the signs aright," Chandler said, "the people ot Ken tucky will retire Barkley at the next election. "He Is going to . have an op ponent strong opposition in the campaign," added the governor, who said he would not announce until his return home whether he himself would seek the senatorial nomination. The public break between the governor and Barkley, President Roosevelt's lieutenant in the sen ate, created a stir from the White House to Capitol Hill. Chandler called on Mr. Roose velt yesterday. Later two antl Chandler Kentucklana, John Young Brown and Thomas S. Khea, visited the White House. When they left, they declared the president had left no doubt that he favored Barkley's reelection (Continued on Page Five) WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN DITCH NEAR LA GRANDE; COMPANION SOUGHT LA GRANDE, Feb. 1 (p)Cor oner Lot Snodgrass Identified the body of a woman found by school children In a ditch at Ladd canyon as that of Jesse Murnhy, 38, who was also known as JesBO Hnrrell. The woman left La Grande Sunday night In a taxlcab with Sam Knudson, a sheepherder, the coroner said. The couple, bound tor Knudaon's place, dismissed the cab when It was unable to travel the rough roads. The coroner, who will Investi gate whether the pair had been drinking when he conducts an In quest today, said Knudson appar ently left his companion at the roadside while he went afoot to his cabin for additional clothing. Death was attributed to exposure. The victim carried an unfinish ed letter addressed to her moth er, a Mrs. Werts of Pacific Beach, Calif. ROYAL BABE JfAMED i AMSTERDAM, Th Nether lands, Feb. 1 (AP) The baby princess ot The Netherlands, born yesterday to Crown Princess Juliana, today was named Beat rix Wilhelmtna Armgaard. Arm gaard is the name ot Prince Bern hard's mother. T ER Oregon Tribunal Declares $365,000 Reduction Confiscatory. SALEM, Feb. 1 (AP) Th state supreme court overruled unanimously today a three-year- old public utilities commissioner's order directing the Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph company to reduce its rates $365,000 a year in Oregon. The decision upheld a Mult nomah county decision that th rats reduction was discriminatory and confiscatory, violating the fourteenth amendment to th. federal constitution. Judges Robert Tucker, James T. Brand and Hall S. Lusk wrote the lower court decision. Under Three Commissioners The investigation ot the com pany's rates was begun in March, 1931 by Charles M. Thomas, then public utilities commissioner. H ordered the rate reduction on October 11 1934. ; On March a. 1935, while the case was pending in trial court, Frank C. McCulIoch replaced Commissioner Thomas. The lower court decision perm anently enjoining the public utili ties commissioner from enforcing the order, was handed down March 19, 1936, nino months be fore N. G. Wallace succeeded Mc CulIoch. . Disagreement The public utilities commission er argued that the company was making a 1933 profit of 7.25 per cent on a fair value of $15,- suu.uuo ot its Oregon exchange (Continued on Pag Five) JAPS BREAK THROUGH CHINESE DEFENSE LINES NORTHWEST OF NANKING " SHANGHAI, Feb. 1 (P) Th Japanese army announced tonight it had smashed through desperate Chinese resistance northwest ot Nanking and opened the way tor fresh advances toward Suchow, th railway Junction which has become the main prize of the Chinese-Japanese war. . - The Japanese declared they had occupied Llnhaikwan, about 100 miles northwest ot Nanking, and advanced along the Tientsln-Pu-kow railway to within less than 100 miles of Suchow. They said their forces were within striking distance ot Peng pu. where the railway crosses the Hwal river, next formidable bar rier to northward progress. Chinese admitted they had given ground on this front, re porting "a strategic withdrawal" to the west bank of a river at Mlngkwang, where for several days fighting had continued at close quarters, with each side re porting heavy loses for the other. Mlngkwank is 26 miles southeast ot Llnhaikwan. Crater lake park attendance takes new Jump, nearly 10U0 visiting this week. . Page 1. William Hutchinson, of Michi gan, appointed professional at Reames Golf and Country club. Page 2, Two feet of snow falls on Sun pass. More unsettled weather In prospect here. Page 1. Arrests of January, 1038, ex ceed those of year ago, according to month-end report IsHued by city police. Page 6. 1 IN THIS IHHL'R City Briefs Pag I Comics and Story ............ Pag 6 Courthouse Records .... Pag 4 Editorials .'. Page 4 Family Doctor Page 4 Market, Financial Newt Pages 7, Sports Pag 2 IH CO OVERRULES Today's News Digest
