The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, March 22, 1938, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 tram 2 WEATHER Stormy. High 40, Low M rRECIFITATlO.V WIRE SERVICE The Mum Id and News eubsrrllie lo full leaned wire service of Die Aaeoilnted I'reas and lh Unllod l'ri, (he world's iraalnl kewtgolherlng organisations. Pur 17 hour dally world oewe cornea Into Tha Herald. News olllra on teletype machines. 24 hours to 8 a. in. ........ Season to data M.MaiMM Last year to data ............ Normal precipitation ASSOCIATED PRESS Price Five Cents' IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND UNITED PRESS TORMY KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1938 Number 8201 FfflK . .I'm J. - ..18.08 Tr?'"J ,. nan -W. V Ashurst Withdraws From U S Senate Editorials On the Day'. N ews Iljr KftANK JKNKINH npllK huuNO of representatives passes the billion-dollar navy bill by a vol of throo to one In dicating lit bolli.f that when you're out In the woods and aur roundad by hungry wolvea a mart Idea to have tha boat gun obtainable. f A FTER you get iho gun how ever, be very aure you uao It only to fight off ATTACKING wolvea, and not na an excuse for mixing Into tha nelghbora' quarrela.) Tf you want a good, hearty, " CYNICAL laugh, read thla dla patch, which cornea from Wash ington: "German Amhaaaador liana nierlthoft aalri tonight (Mon day) he wna firmly cnnvtnred that aa a renult of tho Aualro Oerman union Europe la much nearer to atablllty than a fort night ago." vrOU'LI, remember the lady from Niger who went out for a ride with a tiger: they returned from tha ride with the lady Inalda and the amlle on the face of tha tiger. Tha lady, of courae, la Auatrla. The cynical humor Ilea In the tlger'a amug aaauranco that tho mora ladloa he eata tho loaa hun gry ha will be and therefore the leaa likely to cauae trouble. 'tpIIB world, aa you've probably gathered by thla ttmo, la full of ware, hut aa yet no nation haa declared war on another nation. Tha old mono of the Weatorn had man: "Shoot flrat and talk aftorward," hna been generally adopted. yllE world waa In pretty com fortnhle clrcumatancea In the generation Immediately preceding 1914, but haa been full of troublo k and grief ever alnce. The evil that war doea Uvea long after the war la ended. It'a a pity theae loot-grabhlng dicta tors can't give a little more thought to that fundamental fact, U. S. TENDERS $1,000,000 BILL TO JAPAN FOR PANAY DEATHS, INJURIES, LOSSES t WASHINGTON, Inrch 22 UP) The atato department annonncod today thnt Ambnaandor Grew had preaonted Japnn with a bill for the dnatha, Injnrlca and dnm agaa cauacd by the bombing by Japaneaa plnnea of tho American gunboat Penny and throo Amer ican tnnkcra Docomhcr 12, 1037. The amount Involved wna not dlacloaed hut It la Indicated to ,. be more than a million dollnrs. Tha atnte department rornllod, In submitting the bill to Tokyo, that "the Japanese government stated thnt It would mnko In demnification for nil Iho loasos sustained," Three Americans woro killed and aovornl score wore Injured In tha bombing. Tho rnnny wna sunk and tho tankors sorloualy damaged. In view of Jnpnncan slnlnmonts of willingness to pny full In demnities promptly, a quick set tlement of the bill la expected by tha department, Little Interviews J. n, Dovlnn, manager of tho Klk liotol I've been hers n long time and thla soems Iho moat "un Uaunl wenthor" I'vo aoon In tho springtime. t Mnry Rtownrt of Dunbar Insur ance company Thoro'a n mooting of tho Fnrm Loan naHOcliillon nt Bonanza, and It's a fine spring (lay for a meeting;, Isn't HI JUDGE AIMS L Retiring Candidate Urges Support for Donaugh or Hoi man. Circuit Judge Edward It. Aah ural withdrew bla candidacy for the democratic nomination lo Iho United Slates acnato Tuesday, at the anmo tlmo delivering a wallop In tho direction of Willis Mahonvy, who formally entered the aamo conteat a few days ago. The Klnmuth circuit judge. In a public statement, bestowed his blessings on Carl Donaugh, Unit ed Hintea dlalrlct attorney, a can didate for the democratic aenate nomination. Ha llkewlaa pralaod Itufua C. Jlolraan, republican candldnto for the sennto nomin ation, and said he hoped that, If Mahuney Is nominated by the democrata "In an hour of Infan tile weakness," law-abiding dem ocrats will vole for llolmnn In the general election. Adtorntra Open Town, charge Aahurat attacked Mnhoney again na the advocate of a "wldo open town." Ho said that Ma- hoacjy, after, .hla eleuUon aa ma yor, campaigned for a wldo opun town, and that conditions de veloped here that wero "only brought under control by the ntronuoua efforts of the various successful grand Juries of thla county." Tho full text of Judge Ash urst's withdrawal alaloment will be found today on page 3. Maltoncy Broadcasts Aahurat's withdrawal loaves two Klnmath men still In the race for congressional office. Ma honoy wna acheduled to broad cast a slate-wldo speech on hla senatorial cnndldncy (at 9:30 p. m. over KFJI) Tuoauny. Wado (Continued on Page Three) UTILITIES COMMISSIONER SETS HEARING ON FREIGHT RATE BOOSTS IN OREGON SALEM. March 22 (AP) Railroad frolght rate Increases In Oregon, corresponding to tho 10 per cent Increnso grunted by the Interstate commerce commla- slnn, will be considered here March SO at a hearing before Utilities Commissioner N. O. Wal- lace. Wallace will decide whethor lo grant tho rnllrnnds' petition thnt the Interstate commerce commission's order be mndo cf fectlvo on freight traffic within the alato. The commission's order affocls only Interstate traf fic. Ho said there wna little doubt thnt tho I nc reuses would be granted. The Incrcaao authorized by the ICO was 6 per cent In fnrm and foreat producla and 10 per cent on vlrtunlly ovcrylhlng else. Tho railroads hnd sought 15 per cent Increases. ltullronds petitioning Wallnco for tho boost In rates Include tho Groat Northern Itnllway company, North Pacific Railway company, Spokano, Portland and Heutlle Itnllwny compnny, Oregon Trunk railways, Orognp Electric Itnllwny compnny, the Southern l'nclflo company nnd' tho Union Pnclflc Railroad compnny. Wnllnce prodlcted Hint motor freight companies would file ap plications tor higher rntea If the railroad Increase la granted. F. R. URGES OBSERVANCE OF JEFFERSON'S BIRTHDAY WASHINGTON, March 22 UPl President Roosovolt by proclnmn llon todny cnlled upon the na tion to oliaervo April 13 In this nnd oncli succeeding yenr ns tho birthday of Thoinna Jofforson. nuthnr of tho doclnrnllon of In dopeudonco nnd lifted prosldont of tho United States T li o proclnmntlon, Issued In pursuance of a congrnsalonnl act, urged government offlclnls and tho people generally to display tings nnd lo obsorvo the day 'in schooln, churches nnd oilier null nhle places wllh appropriate ceremonies. AT WIAHDNEY New Use for Wooden Boxes ''l'll.IW'lW)imHIll'iIIUi.fH U'i lllllll.ia. IIIUIH)II,M l.l i Wl i I ii. J. I When tho county health unit found Itself In need of baby baaketa. the central committee of the wooden box movement came to the rescue with tho idea demount rated In this picture. The babies, "borrowed" for the picture-making, are Dorene (standing) and Deua Penrl Simmons. A dozen of tha baby cribs vera niady ,for, tho health unIL . , -. ... . Administration Senat o r s Beat Back Assaults on Reorganization Bill. WASHINGTON, March 22 W Administration supporters beat off threo of forte to restrict the government reorganization bill to dny, although opponents of the measure niualered unavailing tlo votes on two of them. The sennto rejected. 50 to 33, a proposal by Senator Pitlman (D-Ncv) lo exempt tho forest service from provisions of tho bill giving the president broad powers lo reshuffle f o d o r a 1 ngoncles. Two Tlo Voles Senator Clark (D-Mo) then of fered an amendment which would hnve prevented Iho president (Continued on Page Throe) UNIVERSITY OF OREGON BUYS COLLECTION OF RARE BOOKS FOR $50,000 SAN FRANCISCO, March 23 (fP) Sale of 2400 rare volumes, his cn tlro collection, to tho University of Oregon nt Kugeno for $50,000 wns announced yealerdny hy John Henry Nash of San Francisco, master prlntor. Nash said a lent from the Guten berg Bible. 1460-55, aa well as tho flrat book set In Roman type, the "Kuseblus" of Nicolas Jen son, Fronch printer, dnled 1470. and tho first book with a title page, Rndolt'a "Knndelarlum," 1470, were Included. "1 regret I he hooks must leave Snn Francisco," Nnsh snld. "How over Iho University of Oregon will provide a special room and cus todlnn for them In Its now llhrnry. The university will pay whon It can obtain tho funds." Dotwoen 40 nnd 60 volumes are "Incunnbuln" or "cradle books," products of tho first 50 years of printing hlBtory, from 1450 to 1500 A, D. About 300 nro Nash's own work, which sonio critics have termed the finest modern American typo graphic specimens. Included Is his "Dnnlc," published In 1020 at $250 a set nnd sold nut In n woek. Nnsh worked six years, selling It from movnblo types, ordored spo clnl pnpnr mndo In Amsterdam nnd porBonnlly auporvlsod the binding In Leipzig, Oermnny. Tho printer aot roplncomont vnluo of tho collodion nt $200, 000 lo $250,000 nnd snld he be lieved It comprised tho "finest private library depicting printing history" In the eountry. Wooden Box Drive Enters Baby Field When little bundles from heaven arrive In Klamath county this spring, Ihey need not neces sarily como "shipped in wooden boxes." but tho babies will have a neat little wooden crib In which lo He until they find their sea legs. To Mrs. Winifred Fulllngton, nurse of tho Klamath county health department, la attributed the idea of wooden cribs, and through the courtesy of Lee Bean, head of the wooden box campaign, a dozen of these little beds have been provided, It was learned from Dr. Nell Black, county health officer, Tuesday. Boxes Have Legs Tho cribs are 24 inches wide, nbout 40 Inches long and 10 inchea deep, and four 12-Inch legs are nailed at either corner so thnt they stand at a conven ient height from the floor. Al ready two or threo of theso cribs nro In use throughout the coun ty, according to Dr. Black, and others will bo distributed among needy families as they are re quired. Tho Wooden Box campaign group has had stenciled on one sldo of tho little cribs "we in- (Conllnuod on Page Throo) JAPS SEE CHANCE FOR OIL PACT WITH MEXICO TOKYO, March 22 (P) GovT ornmont sources said today Mex ico's expropriation of American nnd British oil companies was be ing studied by Jnpnneao nnthor Itlcs for Iho possibilities It holds for an oil Import ngroemont with Mexico. (.Tnpnnese needs oil sources bad ly; her own resources can meet only a smnll pnrt of her needs. She has a large, modern fleet of tankers which would enable her to bring her purchases home). It wns snld, however, the situ ation hnd not developed far enough lo warrant positive steps by Jnpnn. WILDLIFE LEADERS HERE FOR PUBLIC MEETING W. J. Smith, president of the Orogon Wlldlifo Federation nnd Stnnley Jowett, of the biological survey, wero due in Klnmath Falls Into Tuesday to addross a public mooting at the Wlllnrd hotel, atnrtlng at 7:30 p. m. All Klnmnth people Interested In wlldlifo nnd conservation of nntiirnl resources woro urged to nttend by Hnl Oglo, chnlrmnn of the Klnmnth county council ot the Oregon wildlife group. Fl REMOVES TVA CHAIRMAN FROM OFFICE Morgan Refuses to With draw Charges, Gets Summary Ouster. WASHINGTON, March Ut President Roosevelt removed Chairman Arthur E. Morgan to day from the Tennessee valley authority and promoted Director Harcourt A. Morgan to the chair manship. The president announced tbls step at a presa conference and added he would send a message to congress tomorrow transmit ting the entire record of the three White House hearings at which he was unsuccessful In trying to get Morgan to submit evidence to support bis charges of bad faith and want or Integ rlty against his colleagues Har court Morgan and David E. Lll lentbal. Kffectlre Wednesday The chairman's removal la ef fective tomorrow. Informed of contentions that he lacked legal authority to re move the-ohalffman; thepresident said his message tomorrow would contain an opinion on that from Attorney General Cummlugs. He said he had not decided on an appointment to till the vacan cy on the three-man board. He also took occasion to deny emphatically reports that he was opposed to a congressional In vestigation of TVA. Threo Reasons He said auch claims were made chiefly by special writers and columnists and that they were made out of the whole cloth without a word of truth In them. The president made public a letter to President Morgan, now at his home in Yellow Springs, (Continued on Page Three) POISON -MURDER TRIAL ADJOURNS AS DEFENDANT REMOVED TO HOSPITAL ST. HELENS. Slarch 22 (P) Illness ot Mrs. Agnes Joan Led ford resulted in adjournment of her murder trial today for Hie poison death ot her 13-year-old atepdaughter, Ruth. Tho 35-year-old mother, Indict ed for tho deaths of both Ruth and her sister, Dorothy, 15. was brought to the Judge's chambers but did not enter the courtroom. Judge Howard K. Zimmerman or dered her removed to a hospital until this afternoon. He cancelled the full day's ses sion when he was Informed Mrs. Ledford was too 111 to return. The trial will resume tomorrow If the defendant has recovered. Mrs. Ledford, 111 since her ar rest in October, has returned to the hospital during each court re cess and after completion ot the day's testimony. WPA URSURPING JOBS OF REGULAR WORKERS, CLAIM PORTLAND, March 22 (AP) Gust Anderson, secretary of the Central Labor council, com plained today that between 60 and 75 persons regularly em ployed by the city park and street departments had bajen re placed by WPA workers. Other regular employes have been replaced on county road jobs, he said. Anderson asserted the change had been made to permit gov ernmental subdivision "to bal ance their budgets." The labor council recommended additional work relief projects to absorb bolh skilled and unskilled work ers. HKARST WEDS CHORINE NEW YORK, March 22 (P) The "most beautiful girl In para dise" will be wed tomorrow. For mer show girl Hope Chandler, 17, will mnrry David Hearst, 22, son of William Randolph Hearst, the publisher, her mother, Mrs, Sam uel Coley, announced. Crime Career Collapses A plunge Into s criminal career that assertedly Involved theft of 14 cars, kidnaping of five persons, robbery of a dozen service stations and shooting their way through a police trap Is charged against William Miller, alias Durst, (at left), 17,' and Maynard Lange, 18. They were arrested In Oakland. Calif., by federal of ficers after a chase from Seattle. Two youthful transients were picked up at Chlloquin a fortnight ago in the conrse of tha.search for Maynard and Lange but established -that- they werevhot the kldnap-holdup-robber suspects. Kidnap Killer Drops Twice From Gallows MOUNDSVILLE. W. Va.. March 22 UP) Arvil Adklns was gone today to the "glory" he envis ioned as he dropped the second time through the gallows death trap in West Virginia's first triple execution for kidnaping. While guards adjusted straps on the 25-year-old Huntington man's arms and legs and a crowd of 74 men and one woman watch ed In the tiny witness room last night, something went wrong. Handed Back There waa a report like a pistol shot and Adkins fell from behind the curtained platform through the trapdoor to the con crete 9t4 feet below. Guards quickly placed the daz ed man on a stretcher and handed him back through the trap, blood trickling from a cut near his ear. Warden C. M. Stone said a spring had broken, causing the accident. Seven minutes later. Adklns. supported by a guard, firmly told the spectators: Two at Once "I wish to see you all In Heaven some day . . . I'm going to Glory . . . Goodbye." There was another sharp re port at 9: 02 4 p. m., and Adklns dropped simultaneously with a companion, John Travis, 25, to death. The two were followed 34 min utes Inter by Arnett A. Booth, 46, (Continued on Page Three) Bulletin Wanna Harrier, about IS, a sophomore at the high school, wna taken to tho Klamath Valley hos pital late this afternoon suffering inmi n gunsnot wound lll too breast. Dr. George H. Adler, county cor oner, cnllml the sheriff's office stating that ho hnd been told by the girl, on their nay to tho hos pital, that ahe had shot herself. The shooting; occurred in an apartment at OOO Preseott street. Officers rushed to that address but could find out llttlo Informa tion there. It was reported by them that they hnd been Informed the girl had derided to turn a Run on herself after an argument sho had had with her father over a friend wllh whom she had been keeping company. Condition of the girl was said to be critical. Chief Frank lliinun snld that when ho went to the address on Preseott, he found the girl lying on a bed under care of Dr. Ad ler, and her father was there. Tho father said he was In the kitchen reading when ho heard the gun discharge In the bedroom. BRAZTLREPULSED Political Motive Seen Be hind Pleas for "Cul tural Freedom." RIO DE JANEIRO, March 22 (AP) Efforts by the German government to regain free nazi cultural activity for Germans in Brazil ran into a blind alley today. It was ascertained at the for eign office that Foreign Minister Oswaldo Aranha has rejected flatly tho latest series of repre sentations against Brazil's ban on nazl activities. Carl Ritter, the German am ( Continued on HaEe Three) BURNS SHOOTING AFFRAY VICTIMS UNCHANGED; CASE REMAINS SEMI-MYSTERY BURNS, March 22 (jP) Still suffering from critical wounds, four persons were In a hospital today while officers attempted to unravel the background of a shoot ing Sunday night at a club be tween Burns nnd Hines. The victims were Paul N. Dur bln, Pierce, Idaho, fractured skull and bullet wound In bead; Helen Dickinson, 38, Burns, bullet In lung; Enrl Sawyer, Hines, shot through neck; Percy Ekegren, 22. Hines, bullet wounds in head and arm. An unconfirmed version given officers said two ot the men were shot while standing in front of the club and that when the assail ant attempted to follow one ot them Into the club, the proprietor felled the attacker wllh a beer bot tle and was In turn shot. In fall ing, the assailant stumbled on his own gun nnd wns wounded. The cause of the affray remain ed unexplained. i HAUPTMANN LAWYER ASKS RELEASE FROM ASYLUM RIVERHEAD, N. Y., March 22 UP) Edward J. Rellly, once chief counsel for Bruno Richard Haupt innnn, electrocuted Lindbergh baby kidnaper, today asked a Suf folk county Jury to free him from the Kings county hospital for the Insane. Rellly was committed more than a year ago on the application ot his mother, Mrs. Helen Rellly. He contends he was committed Il legally and yesterday testified be was and is sane. Opposing his habeas corpus writ, Dr. Charles Parker, superin tendent of the hospital, testified through Francis X. Waxetor, as sistant attorney general, that Rellly was "mentally sick.". Race NEAR BLI Z WHIRLS ACROSS KLAMATH B 1 Park Snow Depth Record Tumbles; Sun Mountain Jr", Pass Threatened. " ' ( Blizzard-like atorms continued to sweep over the highlands as well as the basin area of the Klamath country Tuesday. Three Inches ot new snow lay on the ground in Klamath Falls while chilly winds blew light, powdery snow through the atmosphere. Roads Still Open All roads were open, but ex treme caution was advised for motorists. There were 14 Inches of new snow on Snn mountain, on The Dalles-California highway ' north. Snow waa drifting Into the Weed highway, southwest, but it was open to travel. Lake view highway waa quite soft for the-last 30 miles Into Lakevlew. -!rater take ' reported 183 Inches otic snow j a( government headquarters, a -record for the season.' One-war traffic la nos- hsible to. that point, .bat the road . from there to- the. rlra Ja.cloaed.lo and park off iclals would not pre dict when it would be open. . Weather predictions Indicated continued low temperatures and blustery storms. . PORTLAND.- March 22 UP) Two-day - old spring went into hiding today as winter rallied Its forces along the Cascade mountains and through western Oregon. Rain turned to snow In the Columbia River gorge and de posited a two-inch tall on the highway In half an hour. The Columbia River highway waa open at noon, but road crews had turned out with scrapers to pre vent a possible closure. Garden Work Abandoned Farmers abandoned orchard and garden work in The Dallea vicinity because of the snow. Snow falling on the Sun moun tain pass along The Dalles-California highway between Klamath Falls and Bend threatened to choke the highway before night. Storm Warnings Up Storm warnings cautioned ship ping along the Oregon and Wash ington coasts. The wind reached a velocity of 40 miles per hour at Crown Point on the Columbia river. The silver Falls logging camp reported six inches of snow. Salem had' an early morning fall, but at Forest Grove the snow came down (Continued on Page Three) . The Political Situation General story on page 1. Ashurst withdraws from sen ate race, favors Donaugh and Holman, slaps at Mahoney. Page 3. D. E. Van Vactor announces he will not run for republican nomi nation to legislature. Page 3. E. E. (Jack) Bennor announces candidacy. Page 3. : General News Bllzzard-llko weath?r prevatla over Klamath country. Snow at record depth In Crater lake park. Page 1, Wooden boxes made Into baby cribs. Picture and story on page 1. Plans shaped for big Wonder land exhibit at exposition. Page 3. City conncll hears plans for trafflo drive by police department, studies problem of asserted spe cial privilege In Junk dealer situa tion. Page 4. IN THIS ISBUK City Briefs Comics nnd Story ............ Courthouse Record's Editorials ................... Family Doctor High School News Market, Financial News.. Railroad News Sports ..Page S -Page ..Page 4 -Page 4 ..Page 4 ..Page S ..Page A ..Page ,.Pag a Today's News Digest