The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, March 28, 1938, Page 1, Image 1

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Senate Approves
Editorials
On the
Day'. N
ews
Ry FRANK JKNKINH
T"IIB J a pan oio parliament, with
Iho luni of the military al Id
baad, adopt a regular budgot of
tS33,000,000, a upplomenlary
war budgot of (1,400.000,000,
take ovr th privately owned
eleetrlo Industry and sharply re
atrlcla transaction! In foralgn ex
changethe laat being a SURE
8I0N of financial troubles.
Meanwhile prices, which are
gorerned by supply and demand,
and NOT by lawi of parliament or
Imperial edicts, RISE SIIAItPl.Y,
forecasting a lowered alandard of
living for the Japaneae people.
nrllB war ihoe, you ae. la bogln
nlng to PINCH In Japan, prov
Ing that wara of conquest have
their drawbacke.
rpllR German government an
nouncea that loana to newly
married couplea and bonuaea for
large famlltea will be extended to
Austria, Gerniany'a newest prov
Inca, V ir you r going te) live by ar.
aa Oormany propoaea to do, you
muat have plenty of cannon fod
der. -"KH.MANY, Italy and Japan
moan publicly of th preiaur
of Increaalng population and th
need for new territory for their
growing population to expand
Into. Privately they pay bonuaea
for marriage and birth to In
ereaa their populatlona atlll
mor.
It would be funny If It weron't
o traglo. '
"EllMANY. Italy and, Japan de
mand conquest and colonlea
a a mean of Inaurlng raw ma
terial and market for their In
duatrlea. ao aa to provide employ
4 mnl for their people.
Swltserland, Holland and the
Scandinavian eountrle at their
face AGAINST WAIt, refuse to
hnnkrupt themaelvea for artna
monta they can't afford. BUY the
raw -materials they need from
friendly peopl who want (o ell
and NEED to aell and market Iho
output of their Industrie on tha
haala of fair price and good qual
ity. OWITZERLAND, Holland and
the Scandinavian eountrle
aro prosperous, their debt ro
held within reason, their taxes
aro not cruelly hurdonaomo and
tholr people hv plenty to eat.
Germany, Italy and Jnpnn nro on
tlto brink of bankruptcy. Tho los
on I plain.
POISON CASE MAY REACH
JURY BY TUESDAY NIGHT
ST. HELENS, March 8 (AD
SIM and dofoiiHO attorney rested
their coses today and predicted
the flrat dogroo murder trial of
Mr. Jonn Agnes Bedford, twice
Indicted for the poison dciilh of
two stopduughtors, would reach
the Jury late Tuosdoy.
D. O. Ilennott, district attorney,
will begin hi closing arguments
thla afternoon.
Mr. Lodford, on trlnl for the
death of 13-ycnr-nld Ituth, testl
fled aa a rohutlnl wltnea, deny.
Ing aho had forced open n pnek
age of poison with a knlfo.
Little
Interviews
fl V Mil!,.. J.nlnl. 1 n nnrf
conforonco of Loglonnnlros with
Joseph T. Dohnrty, nnllonnl com
mander, In Portland Dnhorly
""in la a llvo wlro, lie look His
coat right off mid wont to town
on Legion problem.
ALL EFFORTS
TO FORESTALL
PASSAGE FAIL
49 to 42 Favorable Vote
Follows Three Hours
of Tense Debate.
WASHINGTON, March 28 (.1")
Tho aonate approved today the
government reorganization bill
giving President liooevoll wide
power to reorganise executive
dopartmonl.
Tho final vote waa taken with
out objection Immediately after
a motion by ftnalor Walsh
ID-Mass) to send the hill back
to committee had been dofeated
41 to 43.
"Dictatorship" Charged
The aenate had agroed to vote
on final passage at 6 p. m.. but
opponenta dropped their argu
ment against the tneusuro when
the vote on Welsh's motion, re
garded aa a test, showed It was
futile.
The vote on passage wa 4 9
to 43. .
Thro hour of tenae debate
during which opponent and pro
ponent of th meaaure accused
each other of pumuing a -t.ourso
which might lead to dictatorship
preceded the vote on Walsh'
motion.
The meaaure waa adopted. In
virtually tha same form In which
It came from committee, after
administration supporter had
beaten oft mor than two dosen
amendment ottered by It op
ponent during four week of de
bate. Transfer anil Abolish
It would give the president
broad poweiti to transfer and
abolish government agencies, al
though he c uld not abolish any
legal tini-ikrs carried out by
the bur aun affected.
After the vole, Senator Ilyrnea
(-SU) moved to substitute the
aonate bill for a measure already
passed by the house. This would
expedlnto final congressional ac
tion by allowing tho meaaure to
go Immediately to couferonco.
Senator Clark (l)-.Mo) quick
ly won a ruling from Senator
l'lttman (D-Nev), who waa In the
chnlr, that Byrnes' motion wa
debatable.
Opponent of the bill aald this
(Continued on Page Eight)
BOTULISM VICTIM DIES;
FOUR OTHERS FAILING
DESPITE SERUM INJECTION
WENATCHER, Wash., March
2S (AP) Four member of tho
polson-atrlcken Lawronco Steele
family went Into the fifth dny
of their tight for llfo against
botulism today but attending doc
tors auld thoy woro alowly losing
ground.
Mr, and Mrs. Steele woro
weakor today, doctor snld, and
0-yonr-old Crystal Is slowly sink
ing. Only Opal, 16, la apparent
ly holding her own. She had
been the moat critically alck.
Two othor children of the fam
ily who wore not home when the
polson-bcnrlng groona were sorvod
nt a family supper last Wednes
day aro bolng cared tor by rela
tives. Jtnbort Stoolo, 18, who did not
shitro In tho first meager sorum
supplies nvallnhle, dlod yester
day afternoon. Physicians treat
ing tho Hteolea wuro forced to
choose botweon tho flvo stricken
member of tho family w h o n
I hero was only enough sorum for
throo doses.
PRESIDENT WILSON'S
CLOSE ADVISOR DIES
FOLLOWING LONG ILLNESS
NEW YOKK, Mnrch 28 P)
Col. Edward M. House, Intornn
1 1 ci ii ii 1 1 y known as a closo ndvlsor
to Prcsldont Wondrow Wilson
during tho trying world wnr orn,
died todny after n long Illness.
Ho wna 79 years old.
Only members of his family. In
cluding tho widow, Ills dnughtor,
Mia, Gordon Auchlncloss, nml her
husband, woro with him when ho
died.
Col. Houso ha been In oml
retlietnant In recent years.
Thieves Burn
Victim's Feet,
Get Jewels
WOODSnUnail. N. Y.. March
28 ( AP) A 160,000 Marquis
diamond ring flashing on the
finger of Sally Mllgrlm, New
York fashion doslgner, during a
night club party In Manhattan,
'waa believed by pollco today to
have drawn four robber to the
.Mllgrlm' horn here for a haul
of 894,700 In jewel and cash.
Tha thugs, after binding the
Mllgrlm, their two children, a
governess and a man servant,
forced Mr. Mllgrim's husband,
Charles, to disclose tho hiding
place of his wife' ring by enr
Ing the bare soles of his feet
with lighted cigarettes.
Mouth Muffed
An outcry by Mrs. Mllgrlm
brought a threat to "shut up
or we'll chloroform tho whole
family." After ahe screamed Mra.
Mllgrlm had her mouth stuffed
with poper to keep her quiet.
Mllgrlm withstood the torture
of red-glowing clgaretto tips on
the tender flesh of his feet for
(Continued on Page Eight)
County Officials of Dis
trict 3 Meet to Dis
cuss Problems.
Member of th Oregon Coun
ties association of district No. 3,
meeting In Klamath Kails Mon
day, agreed upon a general prin
ciple for the counties' nllltudo
toward the dividing of state high
way revenuea between the slate
and the counties.
Two points. In general, were
agreed upon:
1. That the counties should
not seek an Increaae that would
cripple t'.ie stato' road program
or make it Impossible for the
lato to match federal aid fund.
Now ict 15.7 Per Cent
2. That the counties tand
probably the cities) ahould work
toward an agreement with the
atate highway commission whore
by they would recolve a fair and
proportionate ahare of additional
funda to becomo available as the
atate highway debt service
charges decronse and a revenues
Increase.
At present, the counties are
receiving 16.7 per cent of the
total atate highway revenues.
It was atnted nt tho couferonco
that as tho atnto highway com
mission pays off Its bondod dobt
substantial Incronses are to be
anticipated In the funda available
for current use. Likewise, It Is
expocted state highway revouues
will continue to Increaso through
greater gasoline snlos and tax ro-
(Conilnuod on Pago Eight)
SUPREME COURT RULES
VALID MAJOR PROVISIONS
OF HOLDING COMPANY ACT
WASHINGTON, March 28 UP)
The supreme court gave the gov
ernment a malor victory todny
by holding constitutional provis
ions of tho public utility Homing
company act requiring Interstate
holding companies to register
with the soctirltlCB commission
and BUbmlt stntomonta giving
tholr financial condition.
Chlof JusUco Hughes delivered
tho decision to which Justlco Mc
Iteynolds dissented.
In anothor government victory.
the tribunal ruled the nntlonn)
labor relations act wns npplicahlo
to tho Santn Cms Fruit Packing
company of Onklnnd, Cnllf.,
which ships loss than 40 per cent
of Its product Into interstate
commerce
This decision nlso was deliver
ed by tho chief Justlco. Justices
Under and Mciloynolils tllssentnu
A third opinion delivered by
tho chief Justlco held unconsti
tutional an ordinnuco passed hy
Griffin, (In., requiring persons
who distribute circulars, or nd
vertlsemonts, to obtnln a license
from the city manager.
Hughes nsserted that the or
dinance "strikes at tho vory
foundation of tho freedom of tho
press by subjecting it to license
and censorship." The chief Jus
tice announced no dissent.
Government Reorganization
SEIZE
2B21 LEAD IN
Many Republican Voters
Shifting Party, New
List Indicates.
Democratic registration has
built up a lead of 2621 over the
republican total for Klamath
county.
A chock made at tho county
clork'a office Monday showed a
total democratic registration of
9388, against 6767 republicans.
New registrations are predomi
nantly democratic, whllo most of
tbo shifting done between parlies
is from the republican to the dem
ocratic side.
Conservative Transfer
Noted among those recently
shifting from the republican to
tho democratic side are many
known conservatives.
The city Is slightly more demo
cratic In registration than the
county.
Of the 9069 republican and
domocruilc votors In the city of
Klnmaih Kalis, 6296 are demo
crats and 3773 republicans, ,The(
pcrcentag'o ot dciuocruts to the
total Is 68.39.
10,431 Total
Of (he "USG republican and
democratic registrants In the out
side districts and smaller towns,
4092 or 67.74 per cent are demo
crats. The republican figure for
outside is 2994.
Miscellaneous voters In the city
total 133 and In the county 163.
This makes a grand total of
16.461 registered in the entire
county. This Is about 1600 under
the registration two years ago.
The reduction Is explained by the
fact that the books wore given a
complote checking recently, and
"dead timber" removed.
Now registrations run heavily
democratic, on soma days being
as high as 9 to 1.
Tho deadline for registrations Is
April 19.
BARGE RUNS AGROUND AT
COLUMBIA BAR; FLOATING
LOGS THREATEN SHIPPING
ASTORIA. Mnrch 28 (iP) Coost
gunrdsmen nwnited moderation of
rough seas last night lo attempt
to rerlnlm the steel barge Nls-
qtially which lost 600.000 feet of
peeler logs and ran agrounu on
Clntaop spit after breaking loose
from tho tug Tyco of Hoquiara
late Saturday.
The logs, valued at nearly $18,-
000. and tho bargo presentod a
haznrd to shipping Sunday as the
barge drifted gradually toward the
Columbia river channel.
Tho const guard boat Triumph
was nearly capsized, and Hobert
Bracken, a crow member, was
washed overboard whon a huge
wave' broke over tho craft as It at
tempted to aid the Tyco to chock
tho drift of the bargo toward shoal
water.
Bracken was rescued by the
const gunrdsmen, tired but unin
jured, nftor 16 minutes In the
water. Earl McWhlnncy, mate of
the Tyoe, directed the search In
tho rough sea from the mast of
the tug. -
Two vessels woro dolnyed at tho
rlvor ontrnnce all Saturday night
fcnrlng tho floating logs.
H. S. (HANK) WILSON,
FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE,
TO RUN FOR CONSTABLE
H. S. (Hnnk) Wilson. 1336
Snrgont st root, former Klnmnth
Falls pollco o h I e f, announced
Monday . ho would seek the dem
ocratic nomination for Llnkvllle
district conntuhlo.
Wilson snld he has lived In
Klnmnth county 26 years, during
which timo ho has boon a tn.v
pnynr. Ho has four children.
Tho cnndldnto served as pollco
chlof for six years and ns a po
llco officer tor eight years eight
months. Ho Is a carpenter by
trndo.
"I understand tho duties of an
officer nml will work In harmony
with nil officers ns well as the
publlo In general," Wiloa said.
DEMOS
REGISTRAT ON
He Breaks
LI
t if J ' - i
: " ': . -v.1! WPA DIRECTOR NOT
iAMm'' TO RUN FOR SENATE
. 1 ''I ll & A v Only Two Democrat Can-
- ' . ' 2rf . ' JA didates Left in Race ;
' Wt'"yr for Steiwer Post '
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SMfi 1 11 ii s ?iiiilsiaMawssisMaaMrf J
Sunday swing sessions that draw Buffalo, N. Y., young people
to beer parlors and such rendezvous are frequently interrupted by
the Rev. C. cor go W. Cooke. Suddenly appearing with an aeola
(small English concertina) as you see him below. Rev. Cooke "goes
to town" with "Tbe Bells of St. Mary's," and then protests against
Sabbath desecration. In the top picture mingled resentment, bore
dom, embarrassment and possibly a tingo of shame may be seen
reflected In the faces of the young people sitting at a table In
a tavern whore the Rev. Cooke has appropriated- tbe orchestra's
microphone to blast at Sunday swing music. ,
Loyalist Spain Tottering on
Brink of Last Ditch; Japan
Sets Up Nanking Government
HENDAYE, France (at the
Spanish frontlor), Mnrch 28 (.Pi
Spanish insurgent officers snld
that Lerlda, "key to Catalonia,"
surrendered to Generalissimo
Francisco Franco's troops at 8
p. m. tonight (3 p.m. EST.)
Hy the Assoclntetl Press
Backed by an ltnllnn warning
to Franco to nttempt no eleventh
hour roscuo of the Spanish repub
lican government, insurgent
troops were pouring Into Cata
lonia todny through a breach in
Barcelona's "emergency" line of
defense.
Generalissimo Francisco's land
and air forces, chopping at the
nortbenstern remnant of govern
ment territory, were rapidly re
ducing the republic's scant quar
ter of Spnin and threatening to
wipa it out altogether.
Next Kncounter "Decisive"
An Insurgent army, bolstered by
Itnlinn legionnaires, marched on
ancient l.crida whllo bombing
planes "softened" vesistance
ahead of them. The Insurgents ex
pected another easy victory to
open tho Lerlcln-Barcolona high
way for a mnrch on Bnrcelona, 80
miles east of Lerlda, ,
Franco's strategists believed the
next major encounter would come
between Lerlda and Barcelona
and would be "decisive."
Italian official quurtcrs ac
knowledged concorn over the po
.(Contlnued on Pag Sight).
Up Sunday Jam Sessions
SHANGHAI, March 28 (AP)
A new government, with Chinese
personnel but dominated by Ja
pan, was set up today at Nanking
former capital of the Chinese
nationalist regime to replace
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's
administration.
The new government was de
scribed by its sponsors as the "re
formed government of the Repub
lic of China."
Japan Inst week ordered the
creation of such a government at
Nnnklng "under the umbrella" of
the similar North China regime
recently established at Peiplng.
I.tncheng Recaptured
Inauguration of the Nanking
government was announced here
through a manifesto signed by
Liang Hung'tse, chairman of the
executive Yuan.
DALLES-CALIFORNIA GETS
$1500 PUBLICITY BUDGET
THE DALLES. Mnrch 28 (AP)
The Cascade International associ
ation elected Ray Clarke of Yak!
ma. Wash., president at the an
nual meeting at MaryhlU Satur
day.
The association budgeted $1500
lo publicize the Cascado mountain
highway routo from Seattle to
Ynklma via Kllensburg and tbeuce
to Klamath Fall,
PORTLAND. March 28 (AP)
The approach of the deadline for
filing candidacies April 4 brought
a virtual shower of political an
nouncements last weekend. I
E. J. Griffith, state WPA ' di
rector, who has been widely men
tioned as a ' probable -candidate
for tbe democratic nomination
lor united states senator, an
nounced he would not enter the
race. . :
" He said that he had been urg
ed for several weeks to become
a candidate, but "duties still un
finished in tbe works ' progress
administration have convinced
me I should continue in my pres
ent por.tion ...
Norblad for Congress
Griffith's decision and the re
cent withdrawal of Judge E. B.
Ashurst of Klamath Falls left
only Carl C. Donaqgh of Portland
and Willis Mahoney of Klamath
Falls in the democratic senatorial
lists.
Walter Norblad, state represen
tative from Clatsop . county, an
nounced he would seek tbe nom
ination for representative In con
(Continued on Page Eight) -!.
OREGON LIGHT COMPANIES
ORDERED TO ESTIMATE
BONNEVILLE POWER NEEDS
SALEM, March 28 (AP)
Twelve Oregon electric compan
ies were ordered by Public Utili
ties Commissioner N. G. Wallace
today to submit a statement
showing how much Bonneville
power they could buy from 1939
through 1943.
. Wallace said the order was
the first step In tho department's
attempt to make sure that con
sumers, buying Bonneville energy
through private utilities, receive
all the benefits from Bonneville.
The statements, to be submit
ted to Wallace within 60 dnys.
also must show how much Bon'
nevllle power would he used to
replace power now being gener
ated, how much new construc
tion would be necessary to han
dle the Bonneville power, the
points In existing systems where
the power could be received most
economically, actual cost of
present energy to be replaced by
Bonneville power and consumer
data to enable Wallace to deter
mine the effect Bonneville will
have on rates in all brackets.
Wallace said his department
would have full power to regu
late Bonneville rates It the power
Is sold to private companies but
pointed out be bad no jurisdic
tion over rates of publlo utility
districts.
v
Companies involved In the or
der Included the California Ore
i gon Power company.
CUMBER DIES
AFTER RESCUE
Girl Scouts Lost for 20
Hours in Deep Timber ;
. North of Newport.
' TIMBERUNE, March 28 IIP)
Hoy Varney, 47. veteran leader of
the llarama Mountain. Climbing
club, died here early today, tbe
victim of a frigid bliizard high on
tha slopes of Mount Hood.
A' rescue party found him late
yesterday at an improvised shelter
a mile and a quarter above the
lodge while the most severe storm
of tbe winter swirled over the
mountain. Tbe group, beaded by
Harold Engles, district forest
ranger, brought the victim to the
lodge.
For a time Varney, who had
been exposed to tbe bitter winter
blast for more than five hours,
responded to artificial respiration, '
Wife Snowbound .
. Dr. Paul William, 73, mads
tbe hazardous trip over snow-covered
highways from Sandy to aid
th' victim. - .'v.-
Varney' wife wa snowbound
is an automobile between Gov
ernment - camo and Timberltne
when her mountain climbing hus
band died. .;
s Varney, a veteran climber, wa
one of 20 mountaineers who left
the lodge early Sunday morning
to scale tbe peak. They wer
turned back. 60 feet from tbe sum
mit by the sudden onslaught of
the storm. They were pelted with
. ' (Continued on Page Eight)
TREASURY CUTS PRICE
FOR FOREIGN SILVER
ONE CENT AN OUNCE
WASHINGTON, March 28 W
The treasury reduced today from
46 to cents per ounce It
price- for -foreign produced silver.
The reduction was the first
change in the treasury's price tor
foreign silver in nearly two
year '.and followed a break of
lightly more than a cent in the
London silver market today be
cause of- fears that the United
States' decision to discontinue
purchaser -f Mexican silver might
presage aa abandonment of its
stabilising - influence on world
silver -prices.
Officials did not explain the
reduction.. . .
Today's
News:
Digest
' Democrats ' build ' up lead of
2621 In registrations. Shifting
between parties largely favorable
to democrats. City slightly more
democratic than county district.
Page 1.
Judges and commissioners talk
over highway, revenue problems
In district meeting hore. Policy
favors continuing federal aid
matching for state highways
but cities and counties want
sreater aharA statu hlshwav
bond service drops oft and rev
enues Increase. Page 1,
All-time record Is reported at
Crater Lake national park where
snow reached a depth of 200
inches during the past week.
Storms close all roads Into the
park. Page 8.
H. S. ( H a n k ) Wilson an
nounces for democratle nomina
tion for constable. Page 1.
Congressman Walter M. Pierce
states platform for ronomlnatlon.
Page 8. '
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