The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, April 20, 1938, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextWEATHER Fair High OS. Low M PRECIPITATION 84 hnora lo a. m. ... .00 Heaaon to dale . .. 1(1. flo Last yoar to date . 7.81 1 WIRE SERVICE Tim Herald mid New aiihacrlhe lo full Iraaod wire acrvlre of (ha Aaaorlaled I'm nil Ills United I'reaa, the world's great ct nnwagat hiring orKnnluillon. for 17 hours dally world news cninra Into Tlis Herald Nowi office on teletype machine. ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND UNITED PRESS .iumii precipitation v.ib Price Five CentB KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1938 Number 8222 CLEAR in t7v7D vJ n d mm ffl II K JuvJ lr m n 6 MM 4 Mad Father Kills Swirlina Flood Waters at .... 'jta. .--ii ..Li- aaaiaBaaMMahaBaavMMHaBHMiiHHanaaiHHaMaMnanNaMaaaaBMMi . aj.- Ii,mvv. -.i. jt. ,rl. - ,i nil 'I, ianiaV I Vt in aa all 1 inir TI10 unpor ikliin nliowa a Rimcnil vlvw o( tlio (lood-hlRh bprnnua river ai Chiloquln, looking acroaa alronm at Iho Hlockllnaor mill. Thn wnlor at this point la pouring over a wooden dam, the enntrr of whlrh linn boon blnatod out lo iltroct the force of Ihe current down midstream and pre vent hnnk-wnahlnn n fnr an poaalhle. At lower left mny bo aeen rlp-rnp thrown up aicalnat the current at Ihe .np made when a part of an Irrigation flume waa carried out. A piece of the galran td mntnl flume la at the lower right-hand corner. The lower picture ahowa an open end of the flume whom the aocllon waa torn out, with wreckage of the flume and aupportlng tlmbera In the water below. Editorials on 1y I'llANK JKNKIXS TN a field bordorlng Iho Plnve river, In Italy, where aome of tho heavlent flglillng of the groat war occurred, a Utile group of Italian boya found an old ahcll the olhor day. noya being boya, Ihe world ovor, thoy atnrtod In lo ace what It waa made of. II exploded, and SEVEN of them were killed. TPIIE evil wo do, aa woll ns the good, Uvea after ui and If Hat were to be mado of all the evlla In the world WAP. would have to he placed at the very top. TTALY and Clront Brltnln have concluded nn agroomont that offora ponslbllltloa of jilavlng off war betwoon tho two nations for at leant a fow yonra more. A alml lar agroomont with Frnnco ap- Little Interviews Pob Kldor, police doak aor gonnt I'm going on my vacation tomorrow, and I think I'll go to Ilmmiizu whoro It's qulot. W. B. EvanH, Chiloquln achnnl principal fvo llvod nt Clillonuln 11 years, and water thore Is high er than I've ever soon It. the Day's News ponra to ba In the making, Don't got the Idon that theso aro gosturos of good will. They are not, Italy's advonturos In the Mediterranean atlll rankle In Drltnln's soul, and France Is angered by Italy's Spanish cam paign. But In the hope of stopping Hitler, Britain and Franc are willing to bury tholr quarrel with Italy. TF they can form a new balance of powor, and atop Hltlor, thua staving off for oven a few more yonra the prospect of a general war In Europe, the world will benefit. Tho world benefits by EVETIY YEAR Hint war In staved off. CPKAKINQ of wnr, the Japanese ambassador-nt-largo In Shang hai offers this Interesting nncl In gonnnun ntntomont: "It will probably take a long time to convince the world that our actions In China aro really for the good of Ihe groat mass ot tho Chinese people" wrELL, Jnpnn has dono a lot of " posing, so she might aa well Pobo ns the father who took his son out In tho woodshed and got off the famous remark that "this hurts mo worso than It doos yon." Chiloauin Bank Washing Threatening S. P. Bridge Conditions on the flood-high Sprague and Williamson rivers at Chiloquln wore unimproved Wed nesday, and a crew of government employes as well as rnllrond men worked steadily In an effort to prevont bank-washing, regarded as the water's moat serious threat ot damage. The Southern Pnctflo crew threw sandbags tn against the water to protoct the approaches to the main line brldgo which crosses the Sprngue river Just bolow the Chil oquln Lumber company plant. (Continued on Page Six) HOMEDALE ROAD EXTENDED AS COUNTY THOROUGHFARE The county court Issued an ordor Wodnoadny making the Homcdnlo road a county road from Tho Dnlles-Cnlifornia highway two and one-fourth miles south of the old .llm Dixon road. Tho order ntntcd thnl tho Ilomodnlo-Dlxon road will extend from The Dnllen Cnllfornla highway eight miles south, Tho Homedale road Is In the suburban district where thoro Is much agltnttnn for rond Improve ment. Wednesday's order will make that thoroughfare, eligible for county rond work. A part of tho rond heretofore has had coun ty rond atatus. Two T I Bodies of Two Children Found Crushed and Strangled. AUBURN, Wash., April 20 (P) A father deranged by separation from his wife killed his two young sons by crushing their heads with a rock and atrangling them, then took his own llfo by blowing off the top of hia head with a shot gun charge. The story was unfolded today after discovery by a lantern light searching party last night ot the bodica of the children. Herbert Hnrrott, 11, and bis brother, Wil liam, 7. They had been slain, Sheriff's Deputy O. K. Bodla said, by their father, Joseph O. Barrett, 19-year old WPA worker whose body was found nine hours earlier. Wife Also Threatened A note found In Barrett's coat led officers to the scene of the slaying ot the children near the Stuck river last night. While bloodhounda bayed through the woodod darkness, E. H. Relnosky, railroad, special agent, stumbled upon ine- brutally beaten bodies: Coroner Otto Mittelstadt said other notes found In Barrett's ef forts Indicated he also had threat ened his estranged wife, Mrs. Lesta Barrett. One note, address ed to her mother, Mrs. H. 8. Lan caster, said: "I am only sorry I can't take her with me. ' Planned long Ago None ot the notea waa dated and they were worn and almost Illegible. This led Bodla to be lieve Barrett Intended for a long time to wipe out bis family and himself. Today only his wife, a Presby terian choir singer, remained. She was bowed with grief at her small home here. Barrett picked up the young sters after school Monday. Bodla said apparently ho drove them to the secluded Stuck river spot where he killed them. A rambling note scribbled by Barrett told 01 It: ". . . It was hard to do but I did poor Bill: I had to do It twice. It they live (I didn't wait to see) may God give them life. . ." Grabs Gun, Klces Then Barrett went to the home of his father, John Barrett, about 60, retired. Ho demanded a shot gun, telling the elder Barrett he had just "killed the kids" and wanted to end his own life with the weapon. The elder Barrett remonstrated. Finally Barrett grabbed the shotgun, which had no shells, and fled In his sedan. Where he got the shell was not known, but ho used the shotgun to end his lite. His body was round In the hills near here yes terday. VOLCANO SHOWERS JAPAN WITH STONES, HOT ASHES TOKYO, April 20 (AP) Mount Asama, Japan'a largest and most active volcano, erupted today with the biggest ahower 01 atones and ashes In six years. Rocks tho site of watermelons rained on the slopes and villages nearby, causing a forest fire which raged for eight hours. Police prohibited mountain climbers from going up tbe slopes. The last eruption was March 25 attor a year ot Inactivity. QUAKES IN TURKEY KILL 300, LEVEL 20 VILLAGES ANKARA, Turkoy, April 20- (AP) Throe hundrod persons wore klllod and 20 villages were shnkon to the ground by violent earthquakes In central Anatolia, rcporta said today. It was feared the total casual tlos would be much larger when a count of Iho dead and injured was completed. The nunkea were felt all Tues day afternoon at Ankara, tho capital, and at Konla, Koraohlr and Kayserl. ROUBLE WITH WIFE LEADS TO RIPLE DEATHS Boys, DiMag Accepts NEW YORK, April 20 fP) Joe DIMagglo, holdout outfielder of the New York Yankees, noti fied Edward O. Barrow, business manager of the club, today he bad accepted the club's salary offer ot 125,000. DIMaggio will report to the Yankees by Saturday morning. He will leave San Francisco at 3:40 p. m. (PST) and will be In uni form for the Yankees' game with the Washington Senators Satur day afternoon. AMERICAN LEAGUE R. H. E. Philadelphia 0 7 1 Waabington 17 1 Ross, Smith (8) and Hayes; Leonard and R. KerreM. R. St. Louis 1 0 H. 1 Cleveland 9 11 Weaver, Vanatta (8) and Sulli van; Feller and Hemsley. . NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. E. Brooklyn 5 8 0 Philadelphia .. til Fltzalmmnna- Riitphei 0l and Chervlnko; Walters and Atwood. R H E Chicago J10 16" 1 Cincinnati 4 13 J Dean, Russell (7) and Hart nett: Crlaaom. Barrett 2I vlaln. hans () and V. Davis. H. H v. Boston . ( C 2 Now York 4 6 2 Turner and Mueller; Schumach er, Brown (8) and Dannlng. : Spanish Insurgents Swing Southward, Register Further Gains. By Tho Associated Press Reinforced Japanese armies de feated Ihe Chinese In two battles along the south Shantung front today, while Ihe insurgent forces of Generalissimo Francisco Franco made further advances In the northeastern Spanish war zone. In Spain the Insurgents, held up by the flooded Ebro river and stubborn government resistance in their campaign against Tortosa, swung their offensive abruptly southward along the Mediterran ean coast toward Valencia and Castellon. General Miguel Aranda'a troops advanced 12 miles along an 18 mile front and neared outskirts of Alcala De Chlvert, covering al most half the distance from Vina roi to Castellon. On the central Catalonlan front the insurgent push on Barcelona waa still held up, but farther north the Insurgents blocked French ports ot entry along the border In the Aran valley region, preventing further escape of trapped govern ment militiamen and sympathis ers. A number ot towns were taken. IDAHO PANHANDLE FLOOD TAKES TWO LIVES, CAUSES DAMAGE OVER $500,000 WALLACE, Idaho, April 20 (AP) With two persons drowned, n rth Idaho viewed far flung devastation today and esti mated damage would pass the half million dollar mark. An accurate estimate of losses was virtually impossible as rain and snow-swollen streams out of the mountains continued to re cede. The runoff raised lower reaches of rivers draining the vast inland region. Civic leadera here estimated It would be a month before condi tions could be restored to nor mal. . Washed-out roads and rail lines, tottering bridges and homes, dobrls-strewn streets and lawns marked the course ot the most disastrous inundation In this mining region since 1933. The Coeur d'Alene river at Rose lake 30 miles west ot here claimod the lives ot Jack Cochran and John Ojal, both about 24. Ono slipped from a dike into the muddy, surging stream, and tho othor lost his Ufa trying to aid him. An extension Into Canada of the same flood conditions was fatnl to two persons. A miner, Erio Trondson, 48, was killed In bed by a slide, and. 12-year-old William Korner drowned . at Michol, B. C, In a normally small crock. Shoots Head Off TAX GAIN L AS J 0 B MAKERS President Eyes Construction-Recovery Plan for Private Utilities. WASHINGTON, April 20 (P) The senate unemployment com mittee reported today enactment of senate-approved corporation in come and capital gains taxes would be "exceedingly helpful" in making jobs for the nation's 12, 000,000 and more unemployed. At the same time, the commit tee reported that relief expendi tures for 1933-37 aggregated 319, 300,000,000 of which 214.200, 000,000 came from the federal treasury and 35,100,000,000 from state and local sources. Fixed Rates The senate approved taxes Im posing fixed rates on corporation Income and capital gains have been approved by . business . and condemned by the administration. President Roosevelt has in dorsed the house-approved lax bill which would . continue In modified form the present un distributed profits tax on co. po rations and would provide a sliding acalsror -raiea-en-eapllal gains. ,-,, ; WASHINGTON, April 20 (P) iresment Kooseveit, expanding his recovery drive on still another front, discusned with fiscal ad visors today how private utilities could be helped to finance new construction and provide jobs. - Increaso Relief Load He took up the question at a White House conference. Just before he did so Harry L. Hopkins, works progress admin istrator, indicated in testimony at the capitol that be was pre paring to increase the relief load during the first seven months ot tbe next fiscal year beginning July 1. Appearing before the house appropriations committee to tell how be proposed to use 31,250, 000,000 ot relief funds requested by the president, Hopkins said this sum would be sufficient to care tor 2,800,000 persons until February 1, 1939 -or 200,000 more than are now on the rolls. PERSHING SPURNS WHEEL CHAIR ON ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK FROM ARIZONA NEW YORK. April 20 (AP) bnitiing, and completely ignoring a waiting wheel chair, General John J. Pershing, World war commander ot the armlea of the United States, returned to New lork today. The 77-year-old soldier, near death less than two months ago from uremia in his home in Tuc son, Arii., walked unaided from his special railroad car to an elevator in his hotel, smartly sa luted spectators gathered in welcome and went to his room for a rest after the three-day train trip. The general arrived in the Grand Central terminal at 7:60 a. m. His car waa awitched to a spur underneath the hotel Waldorf-Astoria, where his sister, Miss Mae Pershing, maintains a suite. In half an hour. General Pershing appeared at the street level. He was smartlr dressed in a grey ault with grey tie. He turnea his back on the wheel chair provided for his use and immediately went to his room to rest. On Friday, he will attend the wedding of his only son, Francis Warren Pershing, to Muriel uache Richards. His personal physician, Dr. Roland Davison, who made the trip with the general, said the journey had proved tiring to tbe old soldier. He said General Pershing had spent most ot the time in bed BONNEVILLE RATES WASHINGTON, April 20 (AP) Bonneville dam wholesale power rates should be 25 per cent low er than those ot the Tennessee valley authority, about halt the Ontario, Can. rate ana "Deiow the Tacoma (Wash.) rate," en gineers said today. PROPOSALS Mama Coogan Sets Earnings At $1,300,000 LOS ANGELES. Anrll 20 IB Jackie Coogan, highest-salaried child actor of the silent movies. was challenged today by hla moth er, Mrs. Lillian Coogan Bernstein, on his claim that he earned 84.- ooo.ooo before he reached legal age two years ago. Mrs. Bernstein, resisting her son's suit for an accounting of his estate on the ground no such es tate exists, filed an affidavit stat ing Jackie's earnings amounted to only 31.300,000. She contends that whatever money and proper ty remain are hers under the Cali fornia law that gives a minor's salary to hla parents. Took Pledge "Regardless ot what my moth er said about me being a bad boy, I don t think my conduct war rants my being cut oft without any money," Jackie said. "I flunked out at Santa Clara university, but dad did the same when he was my age. Once, I went home drunk and mother was terribly upset. I promised I wouldn't drink again. I went to church and made a pledge and I hare never broken it to this day, not even to a glass of beer." AFL OPERATES Oil POLITICAL MACHINE Labor Federation Forms Organization to Back Picked Candidates. WASHINGTON, April 20 (IPt The American Federation of La bor, following the example of the rival CIO, entered politics on a national scale today by forming an organization to back selected candidates for public office. The action, emphasizing anew the split between the two labor associations, indicated that the labor vote will be divided in many state primaries and November congressional elections. CIO Support Drawback William Green, AFL president, said tbe federation might sup port some candidates who also were approved by CIO, but or dinarily, he added, CIO backing would be "one thing against a candidate." Green's disclosure of the new organization followed his recent demands that federation members withdraw from labor's non-partisan league, the political branch of the CIO. The league waa form ed In 1936 to support President Roosevelt's candidacy for reelec tion. "No Dictating" Although the AFL political set up will resemble the league in many respects, Green said it would be a "much more democratic or ganization." There will be "no dictating from the top," he added. Green said the federation would keep in mind, in its political ac tivity, the advice ot the late Sam uel Gompers, for 40 years Its president, that labor should sup port its friends and oppose Its enemies regardless of party, ERWIN ADMITS URGING OLEEN WITHDRAWAL, SAYS PROMPTED BY FRIENDSHIP PORTLAND. April 20 (AP) Dr. Ralph M. Erwin, Multnomah county coroner who withdrew from the race for democratic nomination for governor, said today he had written a letter which O. Henry Oleen, opponent of Governor Charles Martin, said yesterday suggested his withdrawal from the race, too. Oleen bitterly attacked the let ter as coming from. "one of the political gang that took part In the political conspiracy confer ence to Induce Henry Hess to file as a nubstttute candidate In place ot Dr. J. F. Hosch. who withdrew aa a candidate for governor." The former Columbia county representative did not, however, reveal the author of the letter, but in a public communication today, Dr. Erwin said he wrote It and declared that be did so only as a friendly act by which Oleen might save his filing fee. WASHINGTON E CALL HALTED Meyers' Effort to Convene Session Blocked At Last Minute. OLYMPIA, April 20 (AP) Gov. Clarence D. Martin and Lieut. Gov. Victor A. Meyers staged "stop watch" finishes to day in their respective country wide races to halt and to call a special session ot the staie leg islature. The governor, landing at Spo kane in a chartered plane which had roared through the night west from Chicago, waa timed by air line officials as touching the ground there at 7:58 a. m., sev eral nnnuies ueiore ins lormer bandmaster took his proclamation to the secretary ot state's office here, 300 miles away. "Great Big Joke" The national guard headquart ers at the field unofficially timed his landing at 8:05 a. m. By law, Meyers dropped hia role by acting governor and lta powers when Martin crossed the state's boundaries, about 18 miles east ot Spokane. ; .."I am- astounded to- think' inch an attempt has been made, and it seems like one great big Joke," the governor said. Martin also hinted Meyers, whose train ana Washington state patrol car-rush north from south ern California ended yesterday, was influenced by others in Is suing the call, which was attest ed at 12:20 a. m. today by a Seattle notary public. The call waa for the legislature to meet next Monday. Three Hours Sleep "Maybe he was just playing up to those red devils," Martin said. Assistant Secretary of State Charles B. Reed refused to attest the petition for Meyers this morn ing, although Meyera was at the office at 8:01 a. m., after three hours sleep, and it waa filed at 8:03 a. m. Reed asked the at torney general's office tor an opinion on its legality, a matter of several hours' study. Martin and Meyers have been at odds on the need for a special session. Meyers cited the need for legislation "providing social security for our people, an en abling act tor low-rent housing and alum clearance, and a sound financial basis for the school system of the state" In his pro clamation. Bread and Butte He said the last special ses sion, in 1933, was "to give the people beer and whisky." "I believe we can have another (Continued on Page Six) State milk board studies price cut for Klamath after meeting with producers and distributors. Page 2. Chamber directors go on rec ord against McNary sustained yield timber bill. Page 7. Clerk's office jammed by last minute registrants Tuesday. Elec tion preparations move ahead. Page 12. Now Bflfleaament roll avatom Instituted In Klamath county Pago 7. Flood conditions continue at Chiloquln; crews work to pre vent further bankwashing; water near S. P. tracks on Williamson river. Page 1. ' Fourteen nominated for board of directors In chamber of com merce "primary" election, Pago 12. .. Iff THIS ISSUE City Briefs Page ' t Comics and Story ........Pago 10 Courthouse Records ...Paice 4 Editorials ........Pege Family Doctor -..1'rge 4 Market, Financial Newa....Page 9 Railroad News .... ...Page 7 Sports Pages 8 and LEGISLATOR Today's News Digest