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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1938
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Hjr I HANK JKNKI.N8
fKNKKAL HUGH 8. JUIINRON
("Old Crackdown" of NHA
dsy) asaoria In a nntlnn-wld
A broadcast that the present bull'
ns lump "appallingly silly."
"I believe," ha adds. "It could b
rsversed In 24 hours and carried
forward lo lha richest prosperity
In many year."
TJOW?
Well, her ! the teneral'
Idea of III CAL'KK ot the slump:
"Thin I a federally caused
dopresslon. 10 clearly lha effect
of political policies that ther
In no obscurity at all about
came and effect. The policy In
to condemn and batter and
threaten the profit system a
uch wllh nothing offered to
take It place."
If Old Crackdown I right, th
thing lo do In ellher to QUIT
condemning and battering and
threatening th profit system or
to offer aomethlng better In In
plac.
Tbt aound Ilk good sens.
WfHAT I Ihli profit system
) V anywayT ... ......
Her I a brief definition:
Th profit system I a ytm
that enable each of u to KEEP
what h hss WORKED TOR.
Whin people ar permitted to
keep what they hay worked for,
they ar willing to work, but
when they ar not permitted to
keep what they hare worked for
they ar NOT willing to work.
When peopl are no longer
willing to work. CIVILIZATION
DIES.
CO you aee, If tha profit aytm
In to be taken away from u
aomethlng pretty good mint be
given lo ui In Hi place, or w
hall all suffer severely.
Until ometblng better JB OF
FERED, we'd better keep what
1 w have. Tho profit aytem ha
' mad th United Blalca of Amer
ica th moit favored country on
earth.
We'd better hang onto what w
hav until aomotblng better la In
"Ight.
Tl JfEANWHILK, If we'll all quit
"A talking and 00 TO WORK
quit fighting among onrolvo
and go to CO-OPERATING
wo'll aoon aee prosperity como out
from around tho corner behind
which It hns boon hiding ao long.
GOOD TEAM WORK brlng
' proaperlly, Juat a It wlna foot
hall gamei.
LiHle
Interviews
Mra. Nela Noalen Why o
much fussing and complnlnlng
about th goneroua snowfnll In
thla snow country? I for ono,
like It lt'a grout antl Union to
thla: I vol born and reared In
California In th productive Sue
ramento valloy, but I moat sln
cerely hop I ahull never have to
return to that part of tho coun
try and hnv to worry through
a winter of rnln, mud, hailstorms
and soma of tlinaa bono-frceilng,
Inland toga. And nlwnys In tho
arly springtime cornea the hot,
dry, penetrating north wind
blowing It hnrtlnat for aavornl
dayi. Klnmnth country and lta
clonn, henutlful, gllstnnlng annwa
ao Important nnd nernssnry to
tho soil at thla elovntlon cer
tainly nut t mo.
Ron Pmdhommo, 11 era Id -Nawa
preasnmn, looking at anow
picture aent hln wny from tho
novs dnpnrlmont Sny, how do
you auppoao I can allow whlto
anow with black Ink?
k Isabella KruoRor, salesgirl
' Rvoryono la buying; Vnlontlnoa,
youngsters and grown-ups and
old peoplo. They nil Ilka to visit
th Valentin counter.
Refuses to
H0 PSYS THE TAX OOLLKW '
KLAMATH COUNTY
HSO '
ASSESSED VfiLUAJION W491BZ
The above chart ! one ot three hanging In the county court-
room. It ahowa whore the lax money cornea from In Klamath
county. The flgurea In each aecllon reproaent a percentage of th
total of t31.49z.i32.la' assessed valuation. It la noted that lumbar
and public utlllilea (privately owned) pay more than half of th
county'a taxes. The charta were prepared In th office of County
Engineer Frank Howard. Th other charta ahow wher th lax
money la spent.-
ROOSEVELT TO ASK
Revised Crop Control, Bill
Wins House Approval
After Debate.
WASHINGTON. Feb. I (AP)
President Itoosnvclt, It wai
learned today, will aak congress
wnnin a aay or two 10 approprl
at between 1300.000,000 and
1300,000,000 for relief during
the neit flvo months.
Informed anurces aald the
prealdont wolld aend a letter to
Hpeaker Baiikhoad, probably to
morrow, aaking additional funda
primarily bacaua of expected
(Continued on I'aga Six)
ADMINISTRATION LEADERS
WORKING ON PROGRAM TO
FINANCE SMALL BUSINESS
WASHINGTON, Feb. ( AP)
Soc rotary Roper aald today th
administration would announce a
program for financing small busi
ness In about a week.
Ropor anld Jesse H. Jones,
chairman of the Reconstruction
Finance corporation, la In charge
of tha study and told him thla
morning that he expecta to be
ready to male recommendation
In a week,
Tho aecrotary Indicated that
Jones and otliors In tho adminis
tration are surveying tho possi
bilities ot direct loans to business,
Insurance of bank lonna to busi
ness and other methods.
Docllning to reveal details ot
probable recommendations, Roper
snld Jonoa was making Investiga
tions to detormlno the practica
bility of certain proposals before
announcing them.
Ropor anld those studies were
partly the result of the confer
ence of about 1000 smnll business
men hero last week. He aald tho
lonn question appeared to be tore
most In tholr minds,
MILL CITY CCC YOUTH
GROWS 4 POUND POTATO
SALEM, Feb. 9 (AP) Founle
Cooper, member of the Mill City
CCC enmp, hns produced wlmt
la hellovnd to he tho blgRost po
tato ever grown In thosn pnrta.
Tho tuhor, exhibited horo tn-
dny, wolRha ovor four pounds. It
la a fraction over ono foot long,
four and a halt inches wide and
three and a halt Inches thick,
Tho . agricultural 0 1 a a a, ot
which Cooper Is a mombor, will
propngnte the potato, It wna
brought to Salem by Frank
Drake, educational manager of
th camp.
,
Balentine
Backed for
U. S. Senate
Towniendlte of Lakevlew had
Injected a mystery angle Into pol
itics in tnia section Wednesday.
At a meeting there they en
domed U. 8. Balentine for the re
publican nomination for th
United States senate.
Bnlontlne, who Is a slat sens
tor, recently revealed his prob
able Intention ot running for aee
ond district congressman on the
republican ticket, but ao far has
not mentioned hla ambitions to
run for th U. S. aenate.
Kiirpi'lso to Balentine
Asked about the mntior Wed
nesday, Balentine said he had re
ceived a copy of the resolution
by the Lakovlew Townaendltes,
but that he did not know any
thing mora about th matter. II
aid It was true he was mentioned
for the senato In the resolution.
Bnlontlne snld Wednesday that
be had not fully mad up his
mind to run for congress, but that
h win know, definitely, by
Mnrrh IS.
Th Lakevlew Townaendltes,
(Continued on Pag Six)
EIGHT BILLION DOLLAR
TRANSCONTINENTAL TOLL
ROAD SYSTEM PROPOSED
WASHINOTON, Feb. I (AP)
Senntor Bulkley (D., Ohio) asked
congress today to approve his
plnn for an 8, 000, 000,000 aelf
llqulrintlng transcontinental high
way system.
He Introduced a bill to estab
lish a fedoral highway corpora
tion which would isue bonds to
be retired by collection on tolls
on supor-roada criss-crossing the
nation.
Tho bill wna designed "to pro
vide for financing cerlnln aelt
llqtildatlng public works, to pro
vide additional facilities for the
nntionnl dofonae, to aid In tho re
lief ot unemployment, to stimu
late business recovery and to pro
moto public safety."
Bulkley discussed his plnn rec
nTrywlth President Roosevelt.
Tho bill jiiovldes that the war
dopnrtmont determine routes with
a view to possible needs for na
tional dotenso. Army enttneors
also would dlroct construction of
bridges over navigable waters. -
Laborers and mechanics would
he pnld "provnlling wageB," and
Bulkley anld the project would
tend to docronso rellot appropria
tions, PARKING MKTKR.8
PORTLAND, Fob. t P) This
city began the Installation of
pnrklng meters today by which
motorists on downtown streets
will pay a nickel tnx for limited
parking. The motors will be run
ning In 10 days.
Reveal Navy Building
FRANCEBQQSTS
BUDGET FIGURE
FORAIiENT
Hope Fades for Removal
of Foreign Volunteers
in Spanish War.
TOKYO. Feb. 9 l.T) Authori
tative aources said today Japan
would refuse to give naval Infor
mation aaked by the United
States, Great Britain and France
in a reply to be banded to the
ambassadors of those countriea,
probably Friday,
Along wllh the reply, which
was being drafted by navy and
foreign office authorities, the
government waa expected to
make a "clarifying statement"
on the naval problem.
Talauo Kawal, a foreign office
spokesman, said today in a atate
ment of personal opinion that
Japan fails to see the need of
American naval expansion if the
United states "lacks tha Intention
to quarantine or police foreign
watera,"
Opens Competition
Th official government 'state
ment was the subject ot confer
ences ' today - bolween - - Premier
Prince Fumlmaro Konoye and
Admiral Mltsumasa Yonal, naval
minister. Cabinet approval waa
expected tomorrow.
Th United Slates, Britain and
Franco had asked In formal notes
that Japan inform them by Feb
ruary 20 of any plans to build
battleships exceeding the 36,000
ton limit set by the 1938 naval
treaty among the three powers.
Failure of Japan to give aa
surances she would adhere to
the treaty ahe refused to algn,
the notea said, would force the
powers to Invoke clauses permtl
(Contlnued on Pag Six)
ROSS KIDNAPER VISITED
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
WHILE SOUGHT BY G-MEN
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (AP)
J. Edgar Hoover snld today John
Henry Seadlund, 30-year-old lum
berman, took souvenir snapshots
of the Justice department laat
December while federal agents
sought him from coast to coast
for the kidnap-alaying of Charles
S. Ross.
Seadland was arrested recent
ly at the Santa Anita race track
near Loa Angeles. He Is await
ing trial at Chicago In connec
tion with the death of Ross, a
retired Chicago manufacturer.
The director ot th federal
bureau of Investigation disclosed
details, for the first time, of
Seadlunds effort to shake oft
federal agents.
After the kidnaping was ef
fected and 350,000 ransom paid.
Hoover said, Seadlund toured
the nation, leaving a trnll ot
ranaom bills.
In the course of his travels
he came to Washington where
he stayed several days at a
downtown hotel.
The prisoner denied he had
made an Inspection tour ot the
Justice department at Washing
tan, but added, according to
Hoover:
"I guess I've got one coming
to m now."
An amateur camera fan, Sead
lund took several pictures ot the
justice department building, pre
tending to be a casual sightseer.
PORTLAND BONDHOLDERS
REFUSE TO SELL BACK
PORTLAND, Feb. 9 (AP)
Portland hns 38,000.000 In bonds
outstanding, and It enn't buy
thorn back. Holdors won't sell
unless they got bnrgaln prices.
Commissioner Karl Riley found
that out today after starting ne
gotiations whereby he hoped to
save the city thousands of dol
lars In Interest by borrowing
funds from banks at low rates
and retiring th higher Interest
bearing bonds.
Insurance companies, fraternal
organisations and other Inrgo fi
nancial concerns holding most of
th bonds declined to sell unless
they got a high price.
Capone, Gone
Mad, Tied in
Strait Jacket
OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 9 UP)
Th Oakland Tribune said today
that Al "Scarfac" Capon, for
mer Chicago gang leader, fought
a vicious battl with Alcatrax
island prison guards and finally
was tied In a strait jacket.
"An outbreak in the Alcatrax
Island prison hospital, In which
efforta of six guards were required
to subdue Capone, put him nnder
tbe most drastic restraint known
to prisons," the paper aald.
Child'. Care
"His mind breaking with braln
destroylng paresis, the former 'No,
1 public enemy' lashed out at or
derlies who hare been giving him
a child'a care In the hospital since
last week."
The paper said two trained
guards rushed to tbe aid of the
orderlies but four more officers
finally were needed to subdue Ca
pone. Warden Jamea A. Johnston' ot
(Continued on Pag Tlx)
Labor Council Withdraws
Support From Alleged
Terrorists.
PORTLAND, Ore.; Feb. (AP)
The AFL' fcntral labor council
wiihitraw annnnrt from membera
alleged to have been Involved In
attempted bombings or vessels
laat night aa polic continued
investigation of asserted incend
iarism. Meantim th county grand
Jury was summoned by District
Attorney Bain to begin considera
tion ot the cases of Cecil Moore,
Pete Sumskl and Edwin Garner,
secretary-treasurer of the Maa
lar. MnlM and Pilots union, on
charges ot assaulting two river
pilots Isst September.
Attorneys Withdraw
Ckarla. v Dnhianii and Wad
Jensen withdrew as attorneys for
rcawm 1j. uarner, nanow iting,
Pete Sumski, Cecil Moore, An-
knna, Cilaiaal TamM T Fl 11 f f V
and Ray Morgan, all alleged AFL
members.
Th lsbor council said "reiter
ating lta former statement, the
central labor council, through lta
policy committee, ia not retain
ing counsel to defend those who
violated the Instruction of th
council to conduct peaceful pic-
' (Continued on Pag Six)
WALLY'S CHILDHOOD HOME
PUT UP FOR LEASE AS
TOURIST TRADE DECLINES
BALTIMORE. Feb. 9 (AP)
The childhood home of the Duch
ess ot Windsor, complete with its
reputedly lucky bathtub, lta red
wallpaper and lta 20-foot mural
ot the Duke and Duchess, is for
lease.
Lillian Bennett, who lives next
door, said th hostess at the
house, converted into a museum,
told her it was to be closed be
cause It waa not making any
money. Attorney Harry Green,
representing the owners, said
some ot them had moved away
from the vicinity and wanted to
sell out.
The house was opened almost
a year ngo and at firat sight
seers paraded through at 31 a
head. Lnter the price dropped
to 35 cents, hut It went- up to
40 when the Duke and Duchess
were planning to com to thia
country.
The house waa furnished in
the manner of the 1900's, with
tho red wallpaper and wax flow
ers under glass. There waa not
enough ot the old wallpaper to
covor the dining room, ao a
Baltimore artist put a blue and
silver mural painting, th Duke
and Duchess upholding a starry
sky, on the blank wall.
Then a visitor, th hostess
said, announced tbat she had
found it lucky to sit in in bath
tubs ot famous women. From
then on, many ot tha women
visitors sorambled Into th tub.
A lot ot them had their pictures
takon In It.
The faucets work,-too, If any
body wants to leas th nous.
HUGH REYNOLDS
UNDER .ARREST
DN RIDT CHARGE
District Teamster Chief
Declared Involved in
"Goon" Operations.
EUGENE, Feb. 9 UP) Hugh
Reynolds, secretary of the Eugene
Central Labor Council and also of
th Teamster union In thla dis
trict; Vera Bailey, business agent
of the teamsters, and Gerald S.
Wood, local barber, were taken to
Dallas thla afternoon by state po
lice on warrants charging "con
spiracy to commit riot."
According to L. L. Ray, district
attorney of Lane county who is In
Dallas, Reynolda and Bailey have
been definitely named by John
Newland, Cecil Moore and Ernest
"Red" Carson (three of the men
previously held on charges ot
"goon operations" in Salem and
Portland) aa the persons who
hired them to come to Eugene
and smash windows in non-union
barber ahops here.
Skunk Oil Connection
Wood, the barber, was not
named specifically by the con
fessed thugs, but he -was picked
np on their description as tbe man
they thought they could Identify.
Wood Is already under charges
here In connection with smearing
sknnk oil in a non-union barber
shop some weeka ago.
Th three men will be return
ed to Lane county as soon as they
have been confronted by the pris
oners here," Ray said in long dis
' (Continued on Page Six)
NATION'S MOYIE CRITICS
GIVE 'ZOLA' TOP RANKING,
MUNI ACTING HONORS
MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 9 (AP)
Motion picture critics in all parts
of the nation selected "Tho Life
ot Emit Zola" as the outstand
ing picture ot 1937 and the work
ot its star, Paul Muni, as the
best performance of the year by
an actor in a poll conducted by
tho Minneapolis Journal. Re
sults were announced today.
Th 998 critics from 47 statea
chose the performance of Luise
Rainer In "The Good Earth" as
the best by an actress during
1937.
Vermont was not represented.
Gold Medal awards will be
presented by th Journal to Miss
Rainer, Muni and Warner Broth
ers, producers ot "Zola."
Voting on the basis of 75
points tor first, 60 for second
and 25 for third, the movie ob
servera placed "Tho Life of
Emile Zola." with 47,525 points,
shead of "The Good Earth." with
28.225. and "Captains Courage
ous." 22,275.
Muni, with 54,100 votes, was
far ahead of Spencer Tracy of
"Captains Courageous," who was
given 39,800 points and Robert
Montgomery In "Night Must
Fall." with 14,976.
Miss Rainer, who collected
42,226 votes, led Irene Dunne
In "Th Awful Truth" with 18.
325 and Norma Shearer in
"Romeo and Juliet," with 16,
000. EIGHT KILLED AS FRENCH
AIRLINER HITS SEAWALL
MARSEILLE. France, Feb. 9
(AP) Eight persons were killed
and four Injured early this morn
ing In the crash ot sn Air France
flying boat against the Marseille
breakwater at the moment ot
take-off.
The trans-Mediterranean air
liner was starting her acheduled
flight to Ajacclo, Corsica, on the
Marseille-Tunla run. She hurtled
against the breakwater at 60
mile an hour speed and burst in
to flames.
Air France announced the dead
were five passengers and three
of th crew.
' I.KWIS AT WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 P)
John L, Lewis, CIO leader, dined
at the White House last night. He
and Mrs. Lewis were among 90
guests at a state dinner for the
speaker ot the house and Mrs.
Bankhead.
iiiiii i i aeaasasaii i n i i-xus
Senatorial
Victory
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WASHINGTON. Feb. (AP)
Senator William ' Howell Smath
ers (below) of New Jersey and
Mary James Foley (top) ot Win
ter Haven, Fla., wero married to
day in the courthouse at Fair
fax. Va. Tho Rev. R. Carl Max
well of Fairfax Methodist church
performed th ceremony. Im
mediately after the wedding, the
senator, who is 47, and his 28-
year-old bride planned to fly to
Miami.
Jury Hears
Arguments in
Wright Case
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 (AP)
The people and the defense rest
ed just before noon today in in
trial of Paul A. Wright for the
slaylngs ot his wit and John
Kimmell.
Arguments will start at 2 p.
m., with J. Miller Leavy of the
prosecution the first to be heard.
Attorney Jerry Glesler for the
defense rested shortly after
Prosecutor S. Ernest Roll had
Informed the court the state's
case charging cold, premeditat
ed murder was completed.
Defense Demands Pictures 1
A violent argument preceded
Gleslor's move, however, when
he demanded of the prosecution
that full length pictures of Klm
mel's body be presented in evi
dence. The dofense attorney con
continued on Pag Six)
MS.- ,!.'
Plans
Hi REACHES
7B-WIILE RATE
IN BAY REGION
Stockton Man Crushed to
Deaih; Golden Gate
Bridge Bent.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. fP)
Terrific gales that reached th
hurricane apeed of 76 miles an
hour at San Francisco a!rnorV
coupled with the fourteenth con
secutive day of rain, whipped
northern California today felling
trees on highways, lashing swol
len streams and caving In stor
windows.
At Stockton on man waa
crushed to death, another waa
hurt seriously and eight othera
suffered minor Injuries during a
gale which whipped across Stock
ton and vicinity today.
F. Eric Bellqulst, 65, was killed
when a large chicken house col
lapsed on him while he was clos
ing the doors against a strong
wind.
At Watso'nvllle' city offlclala
mad a anap estimate of ?BO0,
000 damage in the area.
A mighty wave capsised a coast
guard .lifeboat at .-practice- of)!,;
(Continued on Pag Six)
OKLAHOMA SETS UP FIRST
UNIVERSAL WAGE-HOUR
CODES SINCE NRA DEMISE
OKLAHOMA CITY.. Feb. 9 (IP)
The first general wage-hour codes
In the nation alnce tbe demise ot
the NRA will set up minimum
standards for 300.000 employes
men as well aa womenIn Okla
homa May 1.
Eight industries are affected by
the maximum hours and minimum
wages code laundries, dry clean
ing establishments, office build
ings, hotels, restaurants, retail
stores, wholesale houses and the
automobile business. Including
filling statlona, garages, parking
lots and dealers.
Significant features are a six
day week in all industries, a 48
hour week for women, except In
small town mercantile businesses,
and a maximum work week of 48
to 59 hours for men.
Under the law, the first state
legislation in the nation to pre
scribe a minimum staudard for
men employes, the commission di
vided cities into three population
groups above 40,000, Including
only Oklahoma City and Tulsa,
between 10,000 and 40,000, and
all below 10,000.
Minimum wages for both men
and women decline and maximum
hours for men lengthen aa th
cities grow smaller. .
Lakevlew Townaendltes sur
prise politicos, propose Balentine
for U. S. aenate instead of lower
house. First day for filing passes
here. Page 1.
Barometer here drops to low
levels while reports from south
indicate hurricane in Sacramento
San Francisco region. Page 1.
Increase In stock and crops
noted in annual report issued by
U. 8. bureau of reclamation over
entire Klamath project. Pag t.
Klamath Falls Boy Scouts to
climax national anniversary week
with inspection at armory Sat
urday night. Page 10.
Reclamation sorvlce, biological
officials agree at coutorenco on
features ot Tule lak sump and
Lower Klamath development.
Reports to go Into Washington
in few days. Psge 5.
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City Briefs Pag T
Comlca and Story . ....... Pago ft
Courthouse Records .... Page 4
Editorials ,. Page 4
Family Doctor Page 4
Market, Financial Naws.. Pag
Sports ..........,............. Page 2