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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1938 ;
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Number 8204
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Editorials
On the
Day's N ewt
II) I HANK JKNKINH
AT (ho Won Virginia ponllen
tlary Ilia oihnr rtny they hold
a trlplo hanging In tho prenenro
o( 80 Invited gui'Sls, nmo of
ahum, I ho correspondent! report,
'ilghed and Joked during Iho en
tertainment that hud tmi-n pro
vided for them,
Thli conduct so displeased Iho
warden that he announced Ihul
hereafter only ufflclnl wlltieaaos
mm niwniuir HMin "ill un
tnltted" lo watch execution.
"TTlll writer haa alway won
dered what kind of people
accept Invitation to hanging,
and the Wot Virginia Incident
provide the answer.
".Moron" I a word often !
to decrlhe Ihem.
nrlllM occur In a Paris dla-
patch:
"During It clon the eham
her of depntle paed and pent
lo I ho annate lo hllla provid
ing a total of H.US.ono.imo
franca (about IH8.000.OOCi)
for tho national defonsn fund."
And thl one come from Lon
don: "The home of common
worked on detnll of ilrllnln'
huge defenae etlmnte. Cost
of the flvo-year program In
augurated April I, 1037, ha
been ot at l.r.no.000,000
pound (about $7,600,000,-,
000)."
jr the Golden nula could only
bo adopted and LIVED UP TO
In Europe, whnt tremendous divi
dend It would pay!
A NO If human beluga could Juat
forget their ornery treak
and bo guided olcly by their
aolld virtue for about 10 year,
the evil wa complain of o bit
terly would vanish like morning
mini hefora a hot un.
Tho coM of cusscdness I our
groatcit extravagance.
TN a speech beforo a Portland
civic club Iho other day, Frank
B. Wire, Oregon etnlo gnmo su
pervisor, I quoted n snylng:
"Aro wo going to let a few
lorkmen rent our forest for
pnsture. and dissipate our as
ot, or aro wo going to atnnd
up on our hind leg and tell
them we need more deer and
elk?"
lie added, according lo Iho
new report, thnt wild life In
Oregon- GREATEST INDl'STRY.
yOK8 ho mean thnt In tho dnya
of the fur trapper, when
' thoro waa plenty of deer and elk
and other form of wild life. Iho
area that now la Oregon wn
grenter and richer than lodnyT
70 AMERICAN TANK CARS
SEIZED AT JUAREZ AS OIL
EXPROPRIATION EXTENDS
JUAREZ, Chlhunhua, Mexico,
Mnrch 25 (VP) Seventy rnllrOnd
lank enr owned hy United Slates
firm were eled In tho yard
hero todny na tho effect of Presi
dent I,anro Cnrdenn' order ex
propriating Mexico's forolgn own
ed nil Industry extended to Junrox.
K. H. Todd, Kl Pnso, Tex., mull
ager of the Standard Oil compnuy,
said tho enra wmo ownod by tho
United Tnnk Lino Kxpros. which
leased thorn to Stnudnrd Oil, nnd
by Hlnclnlr, Toxna nnd other oil
compnnles.
Francisco D. Goniules, Mexlcnn
custom chief, snld. "Order hnvo
heon Issued lo the Junrox villi wny
station to prevent return ot Iho
tank cms to tho United Blntcs."
Tho anlMirn mount Iho Inst ship
ment ot gasoline nnd fuel oil hnil
heon mndo from tho United Htnlns
Inlo Moxlco (hroiiKh rogulnr
freight chnnnols.
Little
Interviews
nob Spront, morchnnt nnd golf
onthtislnat I don't mind tho
weather, so fnr aa business Is con
cerned,' hut I do hopo It clnnrs by
April 6 (or the Ronmca gnlt
aniokor,
SENATE STRIPS
FURTHER ITEMS
FROM TAX BILL
Gift, Estate Assessment
Provisions Eliminated
by Committee.
WASHINGTON. Mnrch 26 (P)
The senate flnanco committee
knocked house-approved cHtnte
nnd gift tnx provision out of the
revenue hill today.
Chairman Harrison (l)-Mlss.)
snld the coniiultteo decided the
enintn and gift lnvle In the exist
ing law were preferable.
The Henute commlttco elimin
ated a house provlalon which
would have consolidated the
exemption from girt and aatute
taxes.
The house pruvlded a total of
Mo, coo exemption from both lev
ies, while the annate committee
approved iho existing provision of
ltd. ooo for each.
Annual Kxcinptlun Reatoml
The sennto group nlso restored
a tepnrate ff,oou annual girt
nxomptton. which tho house had
cut to $.1000.
Harrison said the lonale change
wero based In part on recent rec
ommendation ot Governor Her
bert 11. Lehman of New York and
thnt thoy woufd not curtail reve
nue. Lehman had contended that the
house-approved provisions would
Flit Itltn MlnlM rtl-tfttlllla f-nm
tales and represented an encroach-
ineiii on (tato taxing noma by Iho
federal government.
Claim Muro Itcvenue " -
Member ot tho flnanco com
mittee, which rebuffed the admin
istration yesterday on two vital
tax Issues, declared their new
business tnx program would raise
morn revenue than that passed by
the houso.
t'hiilrmnn Harrison snld tho
cnmmltteo-npprovcd flnl tax on
corporntlon Income would bring In
(Continued un Hag Throo)
CONTROLLED DIET MAY
GREATLY EXTEND USEFUL
LIFE OF FARM ANIMALS
ITHACA. N. V.. March 21 (P)
Tho day whon a controlled diet
mny be utlllied to Increase, and
possibly double, the production
spnn of life lor cows, chickens,
horses nnd other farm anlmnls ap
peared within reach today, on tho
basis of animal nutrition experi
ments at Cornell university.
Or. C. M. McCny of tho animal
nutrition deportment snld a throo
yenr objective study of rclnrdlng
tho aging processes nnd extending
the productive lite hy limiting
cnlorles of tho diet during tho po
rlod of growth had revealed a
torhuiquo by which animals can
be kept "young" or allowed to
procoed Into senescence.
In Inbnrnlory experiments, Dr.
McCny wns able to doublo Iho nor
mal life spnn ot whlto rats by
withholding food of high caloric
contonl, audi as sugars, from their
diet. Ono group of nnlmnla fed
nn ndonunto diet with caloric died
nftnr tho nnrmnl llfo span of
nbout 600 (lays.
Othor groups lived on dicta ndo
qunto In very roBpoct excepting
calories. Tho cnlorles wero added
to the dlot of ono group when 300
dnya old, other at BOO, 760 and
1000 dnya. Adding cnlorlea hns
lenod tho rodonta to maturity,
old ago and death.
Tho group thnt did not have
cnlorles until 1000 day old sur
vived all of tho orlglnnl 104 rata
nnd lived moro t tin n 1200 days.
OREGON RELIEF COSTS
S133 FOR EVERY VOTER
PORTLAND, March 25 (.TV
Tho Oregon stnlo rollof commit
too, mooting hero today, figured
Its total expenditures since Aug
ust, 1032, nt Ml, 322, 13,1. 02 or
about $133 for overy Oregon votor
In Iho Inst gonornl olectlon.
Of Iho totnl, $29,q.11,014 wns
provided by Iho federnl govom
met.t, 17,770,307 by tho alnto and
$7,514,101 by tho counties,
Tho figure did not Includo ex
pendlturen by Iho WPA, CCO nnd
othor rollof ngencles In which the
ce lt(ee dona not pnrllclpnto.
Expenditures by counties fnr
tho flvo yonrs slnco tho appear
ance of Iho CWA and nuhsoqucnt
relief ngoncles Included:
Tinker, $719,500; Douglns,
$824,707; Jackson, $807,700;
Josephine, $354,350; Klnmnth,
$1,040,345; Lnno, $1,678,081 ;
Mnrlnn, $2,100,72 1: Mitltnomnh,
$24,105,087; Umntilln, $817,116.
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U. S. Opens Door to Political
Refugees From All Countries
WARM SPRINGS. Gn., Mnrch
25 (P) President Itoosevolt said
todny tho American proposal to
glvo asylum to political refugees
In Germnny and Austria also ap
plied to oppressed minorities In
Kussln, Spain and Italy and any
other country abroad.
Ho added thnt It wns doslgncd
to help nil groups seeking to got
out of troubled Innds Jews,
Catholics nnd Protestants, that no
leglslntton wns required to accom
plish tho purposo nnd thnt It wns
In lino with domestic policy thnt
goes hack to 1789 whon the Unit
ed Stilton held ltseir out as an
asylum for polltlcnl rofugecs.
811111a ns 1HIH
The prosldeiK talked of foreign
and domoBtlo questions to report
ers ns ho snt In nn open car In
front or ,n press cottage
With him ro William C. Bul
litt, AmorlcnnT" ambassador to
Franco and Hnsll O'Connor, his
TRAFFIC LIGHTS APPROVED
FOR MINOR OREGON CITIES
PORTLAND, Mnrch 25 (PI
The blghwny commission author
ised Instnllnllnn of traffic signals
nt elites outnido ot Portland today
providing tho municipalities would
meet hnlt tho expense.
The commission will survey the
stnto to detormlne where tho sig
nals aro noccssnry. Approximate
ly $46,000 will ho spont In pur
chasing and Installing tho dovlces.
Robber Gets
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C . j ( i ; , !& i- an - - lrf.hA -Tiilia'ii" 1 n amn ITi " ' '
forinor law partner. He said he
had talked with Dullltt about how
to rid tho government career ser
vices of men who remain in them
although Incompetent.
Tho presldont nodded In agree
ment when a reporter asked
whether the refugee proposal ap
plied to Italy, Russia and Spain
or any othor country.
He said a similar situation
arose In 1S4 8 when there were
uprisings In Europe against mon
archies. Plenty of Openings
As to Hull's proposal Inviting
nine European and all the Ameri
can nations to set up a cominlttea
to study tho present day problem,
ho snld It wns designed to get
prlvnto money to holp oppressed
peoples movo to othor lands.
Ho snld requests for asylum have
come not only from Jews but from
Protestants nnd Catholics and
thnt no more thnn the present Im
migration lnw of the respective
nsslstilg countries allow would
bo permitted to enter.
As for Austrlnn nnd German
minorities, ho snld the Amorican
lnw provides thnt whon two coun
tries merge, their quotas are
merged Into ono. As far as
America Is concerned this would
permit nbout 26,000 to com from
tho enlarged Gormnnlo nation.
LONDON. Mnrch 25 (&) Seero
tnry of Stnto Hull's request for co
operation to glvo aid to political
rorugocs from Austria and Ger
(Ouutlnued on Puge Three)
Big Haul in Small Postoffice
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The robber who obtained
$5750 from the Chiloquln post
office ' Thursday night entered
through tho door shown In the
picture at upper right. Ho used
the vinegar bottle on tho refrig
erator at the left to knock a
corner oot ' ot the g 1 a and
reach In to turn the lock, aa the
state officer Is demonstrating.
, Footprints - near the door and
leading away from It and around
the alley corner are believed
those of tho robber. The picture
1 below show one of the prints,
' made by a man wearing . heavy
averalioea, ' -" '
. At 4oft la a -rough ketch of .
'the Interior of the postoffice,
with tho arrow pointing to the
sate that was robbed. Below, a
map showing postoffice location
with a dotted line showing the
routo taken by the man with the
ororshocs. -.
MRS. LEDFORD URGED
POST MORTEM, HUSBAND
TESTIFIES FROM STAND
ST. HELENS, Ore., Mnroh 25
(AP) The father of two little
girls' who died last autumn of
poison testified today that their
stepmother, accused of their mur
dors, suggested - a . post mortem
to determine the cause of death.
! George Led t old, . husband ot
Mrs. Joan Agnes Ledtord, 35,
who Is on trial for her life, said
his wife urged physicians to con
duct an autopsy after 13-year-old
Ruth died in agony. Tho child's
sister, Dorothy, 16, was 111 and
the stepmother, Ledtord snid,
thought the findings of a post
(Continued un Page Three)
CAROLINA HITCHHIKER
IDENTIFIED AS LEVINE BOY
HIGH POINT, N. C March 25
UP) June H. Johnson, automo
bile salesman, today Identified a
photograph of young Peter David
Levine, missing from his home In
New Rochelle. N. Y since Feb.
$4 nnd believed kidnaped, as that
of a hoy who solicited a ride with
him here last Tuesday night.
"I would swear that I 'the
sa e boy," Johnson told Detec
tive Sergeant J. W. McMahon this
morning. .
, McMahon said the Information
had been turned ovor to officers
of the federal. bureau of lnvestlga-tlon.
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Pickup in Politics Indicates
Hot Race Before Primaries
Politics, In Klamath county
and in Oregon as a whole, has
come to lite In tho past fortnight,
and it appears now the campaign
will grow Increasingly warm un
til the primary election May 20.
The. Mahoncy Indictment and
resultant announcement, Circuit
Judge Ashurst's withdrawal from
the senate rnce and accompany
ing attack on Mahoncy and tbe
blossoming of a number of new
candidacies for county office
have highlighted developments of
interest to Klamath county cit
itens. Judge llnmes Files
County Commissioner Roy Tnb
er and Guy Merrill definitely
committed thomsolves to tho
county judgo race on the demo
cratic ticket, which Walter Hnn
non, deputy county clerk, enter
ed several weeks ago. Repub
licans are still without a county
Judgo candidate.
W. B. Barnes, republican In
cumbent, filed for the republican
nomination for justice ot the
poaco of Llnkvillo district. T.
J. Annercau has tiled tor the
same nomination, R. A. La
Londe Is In the race for demo
cratic nomination as "J. p" and
Joe Mahoncy is expectod to file
In that contest.
Incidentally, Mahoney's expect
ed decision to file for Justice ot
the peace leaves the constable
race so far without an entry
I' 'f-
from either party. . Mahoney ' is
now Llnkville constable. , .
Willis Mahoney (no relative to
Joe) waa home Friday from an
upstate trip in behalf ot his can
didacy for the democratic United
Statea senatorial toga. He ex
pressed satisfaction with the re
ception at his big mass meeting
in Portland.
E. J. Griffith, state WPA ad
ministrator. Is still expected to
(Continued on Page Three)
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO
RUN FOR SUPREME COURT
SALEM, . March 25 (JPt1: H.
Vnn Winkle, Oregon's attorney
general for tho past 18 years, said
yesterday he would oppose Hall
S. Lusk as a candidate for Justice
of the state supreme court In the
prlmnry election.
Lusk was appointed a member
of the court following the death
.of Justlco James U. Campbell
last July.
"During the years which I
have served as attorney general I
have used my best efforts to give
careful and efficient service to
the state and Its many depart'
nients," Van Winkle said.
In his administration, he de
clared, 23,000 acres of publio land
had been perfected to the state
tor the benefit of the common
school fund.
THIEF ESCAPES
AFTER MAKING
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$5570 Stolen From Safe
Diuing Brief Absence
. of Postmaster.
An apparently well-informed
robber Thursday night entered
the postoffice at Chiloquln. open
ed the safe by means of tho
combination and escaped with
the startling haul of $5750. A
force of half a .dozen officer
ontinued Friday to push a thor
nigh. Investigation of the crlm.
but the day pissed without Im
portant developments.
The exceptionally heavy loot
taken from a amall postoffice
waa accounted for by the fact
that -a bank In Klamath - Fall
had -shipped $5500 In currency
Thursday to two Chiloquln store
for nae In cashing pay checks
which were scheduled ' to be
handed out In the mills there
Friday. Chiloquln haa no bank.
and pay-check cashing by the
store rune into heavy volume. ,
Eaten. Rear Door
The currency, shipped through
the mall, was to have been de
livered to the stores Friday. In
stead, It was in the hands ot
the thief, who staged a quiet and
simple robbery while Postmaster
Jack W. Peppard . was ont to
dinner at a restaurant.
The robber cracked a corner
out ol the glass in the rear door
ot the building, using a vinegar
bottleJ-hat "rested in a bandy
place on an ice box. . Reaching
inside; he turned the lock on the
door and entered Peppard 's apart-,
ment in the rear. . Going into the
postoffice quarters, he opened the
safe in . tbe corner and took
out two drawers containing the
currency and a scattering , of
stamp money and money order
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AFL WILLING TO SUPPORT
30 CENT MOUM WAGE
IF ANNUAL BOOST ASSURED
WASHINGTON. March 25 'JP
William Green told a house labor
subcommittee today the American
Federation of Labor would sup
port a minimum wage ot 30 cents
an hour- it mandatory annual in
creases were provided.
Green discussed wage-nour leg
islation with the subcommittee
tor more than an hour at an I re
format meeting arranged by Rep
resentative Welch (R-Calif.) ;.
He . said he told the group
that while; the federation regard
ed 40 cents an. hour as a fair
minimum wage, it -would be wil
ling to support a lower figure in
order to obtain passage of labor
standard legislation.-
He insisted, however, that the
lower figure be a .universal min
imum below -which no: employer
engaged in- interstate commerce
could .go. . ' : :Vv -.
"If we have to go as low aa
30 cents.", he said, ."we prob
ably would acquiesce. The pro
posal tor 20 cents is entirely-loo
low." ." ' : '.' .
Today's
News
Digest
Tarf n floMttlA tntlrder trial
transcript . sought before abate
ment proceedings will be filed
here against Palm hotel. Page 1.
Political campaign come to
life. . New filings made here.
State : contests grow hotter.)
Page 1, .:
-'Tom Murphy.. Injured in auto
accident on ' Merrill road two
weeka ago, dies at local hospital.
Page 3.
Robber enters back door of
Chiloquln postoffice, works strong
box ' combination, escapes with
$5760. Page 1. i
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City Briefs ....Pages A T
Comics ......Pages IClt
Continued Story Page 10
Courthouse Records Page 4
Editorials ....... ,..Page t
Family Doctor ,.-..Page 4
Four-H News ..: ..Page t
High School News Page 12
Market, Financial News....Paga .
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