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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1938)
Fry? WEATHER Fair High 40 1 Low 24 PRECIPITATION 24 hours to II . m .00 Haon to date ...............jn.4ft ljt year to date n.H'J Normal precipitation ............ 0.110 WIRE SERVICE Tito llurnld nml Now iiliacrllo lo full limned wire servlco ill Ilia Associated Prom ml Ilia United Press, Iha world's greatest iicnsgnthfrliig organization. For 17 hour ilnlljr world now come Inln Tlio lloriild News offlro on teletype machines. ra ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND UNITED PRESS CLKAN Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1938 Number 8214 fMl LED A JDUV EWTEL win 4Nfr V' t-9) Ample Wier Supply Forecast for Farmers Editorials On the Day'. N ews r I'll A V IT JVVUIVU UT of (ho Woxorn business flvtinrv eniint-ll that hil been meeting- over at Hun Valley (lila wreck, eumns thl statement: "Industry mid business will d recommend (o Hccrotnry of Commerce Roper auppurt of now hnma construction an an Imperntlva aid to recovery." pINK! All that now romalnt li to restore a llttta confldnnco o that those who want and NEED houses will (o ahead and Imlld them. TT'8 odd. but It's nevertheless TftUB thai more abundance of labor and material Isn'l enough lo cause paopla to go ahead and HUILI1 THINGS. Tlicro mum aliio be willingness lo tnko a chance. Taking a chance la Juat another term for SPECULATION, and wo alt eua out the apeeulator especially when he makes a Utile money. Hut where would this country ha If nobody had ever been willing to lake a chance? LIKM'S a thought: ' Our troubles ara largely poll- - Ileal. (For example: - Nobody Is afraid of the COUNTRY Hsolf: fear arises out of the way the country Is bolng run.) Our political troubles come from hsrlng Ihe WRONO KIND OF MEN In office. rcrK'rtK facing two elections this " year first a primary to choose candidates and thon a gen eral election to pick the men to run the country for another couplo of years or more. Lot's forget all minor aide Is sues and concentrate all tho hrnlns we're got on picking Iho VERY BEST MEN TO HE HAD. There Isn't a possible chance of losing as a result of such a pro gram, and there 18 a big chnnco of winning. , FRATERNITY BROTHERS, 7 BROTHER SENATORS REACH BOILING POINT IN DEBATE WASHINGTON. April 6 (AP) Fraternity brothers, oven when they're aonators, don't always agree. Senator McKellnr (D-Tonn.) lunged at Senator Copeland (D-N.Y.) fellow Dolta Kappa Kpsllon during dobalo yostordny and Invited him lo aeltlo with fists an argument Hint thoy couldn't finish In words. "Come outside!" McKellnr shouted, but colleagues kept the 69-year-old lawmakors apart. Copeland. unruffled, told ro- portors later that McKellnr "ap parently bollovod I called him a liar." Copolnnd donlod ho hnd gj used the word. ' Husky Senator Clark (D-Mo.) was the hero, If any, of tho en counter. He wnlkod up behind McKellnr as tho session endod and hold his arms. The argumont began during a routine dlfforonco of opinion on whnthor the army should spond $-10,000,000 for nnll-nlrcrnft guns and const dofonse artillery along tho senconst. Copolnnd aitld yes, McKellnr said no. Little Interviews Honry R. Perkins, attorney, when nakod It ha was going to "run for anything" NO, I'm not running for anything, and If the Lord will help mo, I won't. Mrs. Qulncy Scott, of Portland, president of l'ro-Amerlcn This Is J my first visit lo Kliiniiilli Fnlls, hut aj'vo never soon such a busy place In tho morning, And I cortnlnly njoy this sunshine. T L Early Spring Floods Not Anticipated by Fore cast Committee. Ranchers, stockmen, farmers and growers at the Klamath basin will have mora than enough wator for ovcry need of tho growing sea son. This was tho report of the Southern Oregon water forecast committee at a meeting held Tues day, April 5, III Ihe fodernl build ing In K,lnmutli Kails. Tho meeting was called by Ihe IT. s. bureau of agricultural engi neering for tho purpose of assem bling snow survey data and to ob tain additional Information useful In predicting tho Irrigation runoff. Know Cover Heavier Wot soil conditions throughout Ihe hasln, even though snow cover In genoral Is only slightly heavier than last year, caused committee members to annaunco Ihe fact that "conditions would exceed last year hy varying amounts," Following Is the report of the committee as given lo Tho llcrrfld News: ( After careful study of avallablo record, tba Boutuoru Orogon Wa tor Forecast committee believes Iho following 'nformatlon on the prospect Ivo wnter supply for south ern Oregon In 1938 will be of In (Continued on Page Six) OFFICER RESCUES SMALL BOY FROM BURNING CAR Quick work on tho part of Otis M. .Metsker, member of Ihe city police force, probably saved the life of a small boy left In a car parked In front of Ihe city library at ,1 o'clock Tuesday aflornoon. Motsker hnd reported for duty at tho police station and wna walk ing toward town on hla "beat" whan ho noticed smoko pouring from tho onglno of a car across tho street. Ho found a short In the wiring and was ablo lo extin guish tho tiro by tho time the tire department arrived. The car was registered to William Hays, Box (61, Klamath Falls. Members of Ihe police and tiro departments did not learn the name of the child. On P"5-.. . WW IIS GROUND ILL OVER NORMA II.'' JT Li YfJk.. i mm sen "r-iaov mm I.1 . Tills plcttiie gives nn Idea ot tha wny In which . construction is going ahead on tho Eleventh stront cminl bridge, In tho foreground I a big giiRolino shovel used In the oxcnvntlon work. Tha forms of the bridge, proper, Indicate that a great deal of timber Is being used on this project, oven though tho oomplotod bridge will be of ooncrote. The Eleventh stroet span will be finished somo tlmo next summor, It Is now 3.5 per cont finished. Progress on tho other bridges: Main stroot, 44 per cent; Washington, 66 per oont; Esplanade, 86 por cent, Garner Can't Find Solons For Inquiry WASHINGTON, April M Vlco President Garner encounter ed difficulty today In filling two vacancies on the TVA Investigat ing committee because of a re ported republican attempt to force appointment of Senator Bridges (It-Nil). , Bridges is an outspoken foe of tho Tennessee valley authority, (iarner. In choosing five senate meinbera of tha congressional committee, said ho wanted Im partial men. He first selected Senators Mc Nary of Oregon and Borah of Ida ho as tba republican mom burs, and they declined lo serve. Bercral others among the 14 republican senators said privately they too would refuso unless Bridges was appointed. Huge Expenditure to Pro vide Jobs, Stimulate Business Eyed. WASHINGTON. April ( (AP) Mounting relief costs have re vived ulk. aiming ailnithfutrotlon officlnls of poaslble'establlshmcnt of a huge now public works pro gram, not only to prime Indus trial pumps but to give direct employment to thousands. A decision has not been reach ed, officials emphasised today, pointing out that arguments have been advanced both for and against such a course. More Than 1 ,7.V,ooo,mo Any basic Improvement In em ployment, they said, necessarily depends on better business con ditions. Aubrey Williams, dep uty WPA administrator, declared that rising unemployment would necessltnto a substantial Increase In federal relief expenditures whon present funds aro exhaust ed. While he would hazard no prediction aa to what sum Presi dent Roosevelt would recom mend to congress, he recalled that (1.760.000.000 waa approp riated for the prosent fiscal year, and added: "There's going to have to be a lot more than that spent next year. Yon can't spend less than that and keep tho peace." Eleventh Street M 91 KLAMATH PEDPLEDUT 11 Enter State, National Races; Others After Local Posts. Eighty Klamath county citizens are declared candidates for coun ty, district and precinct offices in tho May primary. Eleven others have entered the state legislative, congressional and senatorial races,' making a total of 91 Klamuth people who are candidates of some sort at tho forthcoming elec tion.' Fifteen candidate are out for strictly county offices. Hero they aro: County Judge Democratic Walter P. Han non, Uuy Merrill, Roy Tuber. Republican Leland Casey, U. B. Rocder. County Commissioner i Democratic John B. Lemlre, J. H. Phlppa, W. H. Hawkins, Henry Kelsdover, E. E. Bennor. Republican John A. McCall, J. M. Ezcll. t.V)iinly Assessor Democratic Charles H. Mack (Incumbent.) . . t. t'winty Surveyor';' 4 ' " Democratic W. It. Canton."1"' Republican Frank Z. Howard (Incumbent.) Following tho tho candidates for justice districts: (Continued on Pago Six) .-, JOSEPHINE COMMISSIONER TO QUIT, TAKE HOMESTEAD GRANTS PASS. April 6 OP) Resignation of County Commis sioner Georgo Thrasher of Kerby was predicted by Josephine county political observers today concur rent with the announcement that ho had been assigned one of tho inucli-aought Tule lake homesteads in northern California. To accept the homestead, ho would lis required to change his resldenco to tho homstend district, thus disqualifying himself as a public officer here. Thrasher, a republican, said he was awaiting official notification before making any announcement. Ho snid he did not know when ho would be required to take up his new residence. FOR OFF GES , " Victims t Investigation Into the brutal murder ot Mrs. Hazel Frame (left), Berkeley. Calif., socialite, and her 23-year-old daughter, Nancy (right), turned Wednesday to Berkeley and New York City as authorities worked on the theory that their deaths may have been motivated by revenge or hatred rather than robbery. Their bodies were found, semi-nude, In a ditch on the west Texas desert tour aays alter inetr car, stripped, pad Frome Investigation Turns To Berkeley, New York City; Revenge Motive Considered EL PASO, Tex., April 6 VP) The widespread Investigation Into thotorture-slaylngs of Mrs. Wes ton'c. Frome and her 23-year-old daughter, Nancy, took a sensation al turn today when It became known authorities were directing their attention to New York City and Berkeley, Calif. . "I do not beliove the slayings were a chance crime," Sheriff Chris Fox, generalissimo of the Investigating forces, said guarded ly today. Check on Enenilea The sheriff Intimated he was Interested In the friends and pri vate lives of the women and said he was not certain that robbery was the motivation for their brutal deaths. "I shall check all possible clues," he said, "as to whether either woman had enemies or had made acquaintances between Ber keley and 1 Paso who might have had a motive other than robbery." "My belief," Fox asserted, "Is that revenge or hatred only could have prompted such a brutal crime." ' Reports of Romance Tho sheriff flatly denied, how- POLK GRAND JURY INDICTS THREE MORE TEAMSTERS IN WEST SALEM MILL FIRE DALLAS. Ore.; April (AP) Three more men were indicted yesterday and one other sen tenced to prison In connection with a state-wide drive on labor terrorists. A county grand Jury Indicted Lew Harklns, Lisle B, Force and Ward Grnham, Salom AFL team sters' union members, on charges ot arson In connection with a West Salem box factory tire last November. Six others, including Al J3. Rosser, Portland tenmstors' head, previously were indicted on arson charges. At Portland, Circuit Judge Robert Tucker sentenced William T. Thompson, CIO union mem ber, to a year In the state peni tentiary when - ho ploaded guilty to possession ot a pistol after having been convicted of a fel ony. - Ho previously sorvod a prison term for assault with In tent to rob. Thompson told the court he carried the gun for self-protection attor being beaten twice In the CIO-AFL struggle for con trol of sawmill workers. MARTIN JOINS VFW SALKM. April 6 W) Governor Charles H. Martin was In a class Inltlntod last night Into the Vot erans of Foreign Wars. The meet ing was attondod by Scott P. Squyers, national commander. of Horrible Revenge? If oeen discovered. ever, that ho expected any "sen sational developments" now. Sheriff Fox said be was inter ested In reports of a romance by Nancy Frome and a statement mads by an El Paso student mu sician to the effect there may have been a marriage and subsequent annulment, either In Berkeley or New York. ' Fox said he was Interested In learning "more about" tbe lives of the women In an effort to sat isfy himself about their friends or acquaintances. Suspects Eliminated As authorities back tracked the murder trail believed taken by the slayers of Mrs. Frome and Nancy, they eliminated three suspects held at widely separated points in tho baffling west Texas desert murder case. Fox said a man held at Rankin, Texas, with women's clothing in his possession, was not connected with tho Frome case. . HOUSE LABOR COMMITTEE DRAWS UP DRASTICALLY REVISED WAGE-HOUR BILL WASHINGTON, April 6 (P) A house labor subcommittee rec ommended a drastically revised wage-hour bill today which would provide for a graduated minimum wage and a work week ranging from 40 to 48 hours. The group's action ended weeks of haggling over fundamentals and was taken only after the democratic members agreed se parately on tbe terms ot the new bill. Two republican members at tended today's meeting but no rec ord vote waa taken. Chairman Ramspeck (D-Ga) told newsmen the new bill provid ed for creation ot an Independent five member board to administer its provisions. To meet 'charges that the board would have exces sive power, the committee stipu lated (ho president would have power to require the board to re port through the heod of any exe cutive department ho chose. BLODGETT KID HAS MAKINGS OF WRESTLER CORVALLIS, April 6 UPV Meet the kid who can take it the Infant sou of Mr. and Mrs. Don-Weaver of. Blqdgett. , Mrs. Weaver was struck by an automobile at a street Intersec tion and tho baby was hurled from her arms. He struck and broke the windshield of the car and rebounded to the pavement. The infant was uninjured. His mothor sntferod a bruised leg. : ', J' f X. " A ihauJI ' ; Russia .Expected to Try to Recapture Islands in Amur River. ; , TOKYO. April (iP) Author itative quarters here and in Man choukuo today expressed belief that soviet Russia not only is lend ing military aid to China but also is preparing for an effort to re capture disputed islands in the Amur river seized by Japanese forces last June. ... . Japanese dispatches from Hsin king, capital ot Manchoukuo, con nected the vigorous protest deliv ered at Moscow Monday against alleged soviet help for China with fears for new trouble on the Amur boundary between soviet Siberia and Manchoukuo, Japan's protec torate. Informed circles here Interpret ed the protest, which Foreign Com missar Maxin Lttvinoft bluntly re jected, as an Indirect warning against any moves on the frontier. Here and in Hslnking anxiety was expressed lest Russia take advantage ot the spring thaw, now beginning, and the Japanese army's pre-occupatlon with the war In China, and try to resume possession ot the Amur islands, held by Manchoukuo since the armed clash ot lost June. CANDIDATE HESS ATTACKS CANDIDATE MARTIN AS UNMINDFUL OF MASSES . PORTLAND. April I (pj Hen ry Hess, last-mlnut candidate for the democratic nomination for governor, in a statement today outlining his campaign charged that Gov. Charles Martin's plat form for reelection was akin to his administration "It makes no consideration for the great masses of the people of our state." Hess said the governor gave "not a word" to tho old people who need pensions "and upon whom tho governor forced a pau per's oath" and said nothing about people "who work and labor and who need adequate salaries to support their families." The La Grande politician, a for mer state senator, asserted the governor had made no mention about the farmers and their prob lems or "about making Bonneville power available to all, Instead of to a few chemical factories for which the governor pleaded in vain at the national capital." "His ' platform Is a mass of evasions." declared Hess, who promised a state administration which would remember all the people "Governor Mnrtln has for gotten." Among those forgotten, too, was President Roosevelt, lies concluded. FLAMES LEVEL STRUCTURE IN CHICAGO SUi Hundreds Flee to Street, 30 Carried to Safety Amidst Blizzard. CHICAGO, April IJPY Seven men were burned to death today when flames roared through the four-story Hotel Center In tho flop house district on West Madison street during a raging blizzard. Thirty of tha 70 guests. Includ ing 15 women, were carried down ice-coated laddess by firemen. Tbe fire spread to the roofs of two adjoining hotels and 250 guests, many of them In night clothes, fled to the street. Some sloshed about in tho wet snow barefooted until they found shel ter. , Three other persons, Including a fireman, were burned. . i Four Identified Four ot the dead wero Identi fied. They wero Joseph Bento, 60; Henry Berndt, 45; Edward Hass, 40, and Thurew Olson, 50. Fire Marshal .Michael Corrigan, who estimated the damage at $15, 000, said tbe fire was caused by spontaneous combustion in a room where paints, oils and 'rags' had been' stored. -. When firemen from four com panies arrived flames were spout lng through the roof. Smoko poured from upraised windows. Heads of screaming guests, their armst waving, were seen as tbe icy wind blew the smoke, tor a mo ment, away from tho open- win dows., , t- : : Mostly Transient The Hotel Center is about a mtlo west ot the loop. It occupies the upper three stortes of an old, four story brick building. Nearly all the guests were men. Most were transients from tbe squalid West Madison street sector. Berndt was carried down a lad der with clothing aflame. Fire men played a stream of water on him when he reached the ground but a physician said he already was dead. . Weaker Men Trampled The flames went through the building like wildfire. Most of the residents were asleep when tho fire started. Panic stricken, they fought and struggled with each other to reach safety through tho narrow corridors. - ( "Some of the survivors told ot seeing weaker men trampled un der foot in tha mad rush," said Marshal Corrigan. "Several men climbed from their windows and hung to the sills until they wore rescued." Abundance -of water for 193S season promised stockmen, ranch ers and farmers by weathermen. Page 1. Police Officer Metsker prevents fire from destroying car Tuesday, probably saving the life ot a small boy occupant. Page 1. , Applicants slated to choose homestead lands April 15 in bu reau ot reclamation offices with 10 days ot grace In which to file. Page 0. . t Chamber of commerce election to start April 13. Pago 9. , County clerk announces eUy election boards. Page 3. Nlnoty-one Klamath citizens seeking office ot somo kind in pri mary election. Full Hat of declared candidates given. Page 1. Reclamation engineer here to gather more data on suinp. Page t. IN THIS JHSUB City Brief Pago 5 Comics and Story.... ..Pnge 10 Courthouso Records ........Page 4 Editorials Pago 4 Family Doctor Pago 4 Market, Financial News ....Page t Railroad News ................Pago 9 Sports Pag 1 Today's News Digest
