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Number 8222
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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.
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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
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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.
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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. ..
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