The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, May 17, 1938, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textfft belting t . WIRE SERVICE Tim llrruld mid Nowi aiihacrlhe to full loaned wire aorvlrn of lliu Aaaoclntcd Press ' and the Hulled Press, Ilia worltl'a K'eiitiat nnHignllicrliig oruniiluillnni. I'or 17 limira daily world nowa cornea Inln I ho Herald Nowa olflca on teletype machines. MOT MAP SHOWS VOTING PRECINCTS IN CITY Thla map, akrlrlml by Arthur Ilrrmrr ot The Nm and Herald, ehowa tho boundarlra of all iltf city voting prvclnrta. It waa pnparl altar pritrlnrta were ro omily ailjuatml by the county clerk. Only boundary lreel aro firm for aaka of ahnpllflrallnn. For namplv. Main atrrrt, donn town, la not a prrrlnrt Iroundary atiwot and la not ahown on tha map. Polls will b open at Kriday'a primary alffctlon from H a. ni to A p. m. Polling plarea will ha puhllahrd In thla nenapnper again Thuraday. By FRANK JKNKINS TTAROLD ICKE8, iecrelary ot , lh Interior and big ahol of PWA, taka hla pen In hand to tell the Pemocrata of Oregon they ought to turn down Oovernor Martin and nominate Henry lleia, the Idol of the Martin-hating goona, TJOW much tax doea Sccrotary lekea pay In Oregon? Ilow often doea he rote here? What bualneaa la It of lekea whom the Democrata nomlnato for governor of Oregon T oenatoh Nonnis of neiihab- KA cuta looae and announcea that he la "dlanppolnted" In Oov ernor Martin of Oregon and like wise urgea Oregon Democrats to get bark of tho goon-lovtng Hoaa. T07HO dealt Senator Norrla a " hand In the Oregon political game? When did he ever care a hoot for OregonT Hla bualnoaa In Waahlngton ta grabbing New Deal pork for NEBRASKA, where he got his votei. . fills writer la reminded of tho time, several years ago, when leather-lunged political pcllblnd ers from all over Oregon descend ed on us here In Klamath Falls to tell us we ought to vote ourselves Into bankruptcy for something WH didn't want. We told them where to get off, and Oregon will be wise to do the same with thoso Now Deal buttln kya, tutHILE Boosevelt and his crew have been running the coun try head over heels Into dobt, .Oregon has been gottlng OUT of debt; ; While the New Dealors have done a mlsorable Job ot adminis tering the country's business, Oregon has had an efficient and : Little Interviews Carl H. Carlson, clerk at tho Elk.1 hotel We've boon soiling a lot ot airmail boxes to our guests, and they go all over the United States, especially back east, Burt K. Hawkins, Klamath Fnlla postmaster Now here's the board where we will place tho national air mall week cachet from other towns, tly Wednesday thore should be quite an Interesting collection. As It la wo have tlmm from ns tar West as Mnrshfleld and Banilon, and as far east ai Indian Orchard, Mass. . Editorials on the Day's News U WIARTIM-HESS . FIGHT ctipc i nrii nnuinc ASSOCIATED PRESS Prico Five Cents Airliner, Nine Aboard, Lost In ' Vh1Si a LAKE i I .-.tt , -; - t i 1 X r r ' - :, vv a i; N " V- v "' , r"'Tf .ft,v 1 auccoaaful administration. TO7II1L.E the country haa been kept In turmoil over one visionary experiment after anoth er Instituted by F. R. and hla left wing buddies, the Oregon admin istration haa plugged away at a workmanllko Job, roatorlng law and order and putting the slate on Its flnnnclnl foot. While federnl taxes have MOUNTED TO THE SKIES, Ore gon haa actually eliminated Its state property tax. -VP.EOON. unAvr th0 Mnrlln ad ministration, hns been KEPT SOLVENT. Lifetime savings In Oregon are still safe. In Ore gon, the right to work and earn a living for one's family one of the most precious ot human rights Is atlll upheld. If the people of the United States should begin to compare what has hnppencd In Oregon, under thn Mnrtln administration, with what haa happened over the country as a whole under the Now Den! administration, there might he an UPHEAVAL that would bring the untlon bark to sanity. No wonder theso New Deal big shots don't like the way things have boon going In Oregon! BANDITS STEAL PLANE FROM OGDtN AIRPORT, FLEE TOWARD NORTHWEST OODEN, Utah, May 17 (TP) In one ot the first crimes ot Its type and In Amorlcan aviation hlBtory, bnndlts today stole a cahln-type monoplane from Ogden municipal airport, Wober county sheriff, Jnmes A, Larson reported. While a city watchman slept In tho north hnngnr, Lnrson snld, the men broke Into tho middle hangar, rolled out the plnno, filled It with gnsollno, warmed up tho motor and took off. Larson said Die sheriff's office had been "warned In advance" that a plnne theft was contemplat ed. He snld Earl Gilbert, 22, Falrvlow, Idaho, whom ho Identi fied ns a formor Idnho ponlten tlnry Inmate, and "Hcd" Hall, about 22, also ot Falrvlow, wore being sought for questioning. Lnrson said an Ogden mnn In formed officers of tho contemplat ed plnne theft. He declined to Identify thn Informer. Because the plnne was believed on route either to Portlnnd, Oro., or Senttlo, Lnrson snld he had asked the aid of the United States department ot Justice, Larson snld the plnne contnlncd at loast SB gallons ot gasoline. At Bolxo, Idnho, United Air lines and department of air com merce employes snld an unidenti fied plane, flying at npproxlmato ly'13,000 feet, passed over the Idaho capital shortly before noon. AGP IUIIIIU LUUnL ULIIIUU Obseivers Here Feel New Dealers' Blasts Poor Political Strategy. Ily MALCOLM KIM.KY Political Interest waa divided hero Tuesday between the local situation and the red-hot Hess Mnrtin fight for the democratic gubernatorial nomination. Whllo most of the big news originated In Salem, Portland and Washington In the state enm pnlgn, Klnmnth people who like their politics wore figuratively In the thick of the fight and on the alort for overy now development. Wallnre Speaks Here One of Governor Martin's lead ing political appointees, Public Utllltlos Commissioner N. 0. Wal lace, was here to make a radio (Continued on Page Six) LANDON ATTACKS MINTON PRESS BILL AS CASE OF "LIBERALS' INTOLERANCE" CHICAGO, May 17 I.P) Alt M. Lnndon, republican president ial candidate. In 1936, asserted In a prepared speech today that "none ot us, of this generation, hns scon a group so Intolerant ot tho views nnd beliefs of others as are the so-called new deal 11 b orals." "Only a few weeks ago," ho told the Inland Dnlly Press asso ciation, "Senator Minton (D-Ind) Introduced a measure which Is a dlro threat to tho press. Mr. Minton, It seems, would set up a censorship of newspapers and other publications. A grout many people aro apt to be misiea oy tho apparent fnltness ot the pro posal. The senator has pointed his bill nt thoso who knowingly publish ns tact anything which I hoy know to be fnlse. It would, nevortholoss, provide a censor ship. "A press, operntlng under sucn a law, would cense to be free. Certainly, It could not fnlrly give both sides ot a question If one side happened to ropresont the views of the fodornl government or government officials." PRECINCT CANDIDATE ASKS ICKES' SUPPORT TORTLAND, May 17 (P) E. J, Hayes sent the following telegram to Interior Secretary Hnrold lckcs yesterday: "Understand you are endorsing cnndldntes In Oregon primary elec tion. I am running for democratic proclnct committeeman. May I hnvo your mpport?" Honry IIoss, opponent or Gov ernor Charles II. Martin for the democratic gubernatorial nomina tion, hns been eu.lorsed by IckeS. E SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND .LLS, ORE., TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1938 Indian Found Dead in Yard At Chiloquin Death eame to Alex Tecumseh, 46, early Tuesday morning as he lay In the yard ot bis home In Chiloquin where he was found by friends with whom he had been during the night. Tecumseh, an outstanding char acter on the Klnmath Indian reser vation, was as well known In Klamath Falls as he was lr Chilo quin. The little Indian, who had been crippled all his life, was a frequent visitor here where he walked along Main street with the aid ot his two crutches, his high, broad brimmed hat framing a genial smile. Pillow I'ndcr Head Nolghbors reported hearing noise at Tecumseh's house Mon day night, where it waa thought a drinking party was In progress. Tecumseh later went out In the yard where he either fell, or laid down. Later a friend went out to see how Tecumseh was getting along and finding him asleep placed a pillow under his head, returning to the house and falling asleep. Dr. Peter J. Galente of Klamath Agency wns called early Tuesday morning to Tecumseh's home when friends fnlled to awaken him. Dr. George Adler, Klnmnth county coroner, was later notified and returned with Tecumseh's body to Klnmath F' Is. An autopsy was planned by Dr. Adler nt Ward's funeral home Tuesday night. RAGING SISKIYOU STREAM SWEEPS CAR, OCCUPANTS FROM HIGHWAY BRIDGE MEDFORD, May 17 (JP) An accident on Carberry creek. In the Isolated Steamboat district near the Oregon-California line, nearly cost the lives of two persons. Mlchnel Schoenberger, 60, and his mother, Luzetta, 84, while at tempting to drive an auto across the Carberry creek low-water bridge, were swept Into the swirl ing freshet and were carried 100 yards down stream before the auto stranded on a sand-bar, Schoenberger placed his aged mother on top of the overturned auto, swam ashore and procured the aid of nearby CCC enrollees In rescuing her and extricating the auto. Tho mother sustained ' severe bruises and suffers from exposure. The Schoenbergers were starting on an auto trip to Los Angeles. BKETLE LOSS DECLINES PORTLAND, May 17 (P) East ern Oregon and Washington losses from the western pine beetle have declined from the peak of 1,700, 000, pOO board' feet of ponderosa In 11)32 to approximately 400, 000,000 feet last year, F. P. Keen of the government entomology bu reau, revealed today. .''.:''".. 'V SEARCH FAILS TO I Plane Unreported Since Leaving Burbank Mon day Afternoon. LOS ANGELES, May 17 UP) James Neelan, county employe at Palmdale, said he had Investigat ed a report of finding the Lock heed transport, missing since yes terday afternoon with nine per sons aboard, and learned that the object two searchers believed to be the plane was a pile of scrap tin. Fog-locked Sierra Madre moun tain peaks bold the secret ot the fate of the plnne. Ground Party Out A ground party of CCC enrol lees and forest rangers from the vicinity of Mt. Gleason set out at dawn, and two national guard planes sought to penetrate the mlat that blanketed the rugged range over which the plane, con signed to the Northwest airlines, at St. Paul, was last reported. The' rest of -the squadron of searching planes massed at Un ion air terminal waited, however, for tho fog to lift. '. "We are standing by, just wait ing for a break In tbe weather," Captain Claude Morgan of tbe Los Angeles county sheriff's aero squadron announced. "We are convinced the plane Is down with in a radioua of 50 miles from Burbank." Seen by Railway Agent The sheriff's office at Lancas ter sent a teletype report this morning that a railway agent liv ing south of Palmdale had ob served a plane over his home at about 2 p. m., (PST) yesterday, headed In a southeasterly direc tion. This checked with the last ra dio report of the plane to the air terminal where it left 20 minutes before. The Sierra Madre range separates the Coastal plain from the Mojave desert but officials of the Lockheed Aircraft corporation said there was scant hope the craft had cleared the mountains to make a forced landing In the desert. ' SIX KILLED, SCORES HURT IN LONDON SUBWAY TRAIN CRASH, RESULTING PANIC LONDON, May 17 (AP) - At least six persons were killed and scores were Injured today In a rear-end crash between two crowded subway trains and a wild panic In the underground tunnel under Victoria embank ment. The wreck was the worst In the history of London's subway, the "Underground." Some of the victims were trap oed for hours in the wreckage after an eastbound train smashed Into the rear of another between tho busy Temple and Charing Cross stations. Forty flromen and policemen worked two and a half hours to extricate four passengers from the big red first and third class coaches. Passengers told of the Jnrrlng Impact of tho crash followed by blinding showers of sparks In the pitch blnck tunnel. Screaming women nnd blood- spattered victims Jostled in the darkness in a mad fight to es cape through the splintered windows. FACSIMILE LINKS BRAZIL . REVOLT TO GERMAN NAZIS KIO DE JANEIRO. May 17 (P) Tho newspaper Correlo do Manha todny published a facsimile of a page from the German publication "Rolchswart" and said It linked the unsuccessful Brazilian fascist rebellion ot May 11 with German nails. The page Included a letter sign ed by Gustavo Barroso, chief ot the greenshlrt lntegrallsts' militia, to the European nnzt alliance In which he snld, "Wo await your orders." The letter was dated May 25, 1934. SHOW T N Big Spud for Governor 't ,r4 if". I v. 4 vv h-m 1 " t V t? t ' ''A ' f -v. -'.. ) V lJ " ' ' - inn i afrdi"- Tl TTaBMMBWnBri Win or lose In Friday's election) Governor Martin Is going to get this huge Klamath Netted Gem potato. Louise Sweeney Is holding the potato and the special pine box In which It will be airmailed to the governor on the special airmail run out of here Thursday. The Klamath Falls cachet Is at the left ot the stamps. 3 Condemned Killers Flee Carolina Jail COLUMBIA, S. C, May 17 UP) Three of six convicts under death sentence for killing Olin Sanders, penitentiary guard captain in a frustrated Jail break last Decem ber 12. escaped from the Rich land county Jail here early today. The trio. George Wlngard, 22, of Columbia, Herbert Moorman, 41, of Detroit, and Clayton Crans, 28. of Rochester. N. Y., were missing at the early morning checkup. Ingenious Key Jailer H. W. Desportes 6aid they opened the outer door of the jail with a key made from a spoon, twine and pieces ot a tooth paste tube, after breaking locks on their cells and on an inner door. With three other prisoners now in the penitentiary, Wingard, Moorman and Crans were con victed in January of murder and sentenced to die In the electric chair. An appeal to the state su preme court is pending. Capt. Banders was rainiiy wounded with an ice pick-like weapon after Governor Olln D. Johnston had made a dramatic personal plea to the convicts to release the officer, whom they were holding hostage In a peniten tiary office while they sought to force prison attendants to open the gates. GUIDE TELLS OF SEEING WRECKED REDFERN PLANE GEORGETOWN, British Guiana, May 17 (fP) A guide told today of seeing wreokage ot Paul Red fern's plane, with the lost avia tor's grave beside it, "six days' travel" beyond tho British Guiana border near where the Guyuni river flows In Venezuela. Alexander Gilbert, bushman who guided the recent expedition ot Theodore J. Waldeck. New York explorer. Into the Guiana wilds, said the expedition learned ot Redfern's death from an In dian. This Indian, according to Gil bert, swore he and other natives in a Savannah village saw the Redfern plnne crnsh and burn, killing the American flier. WEATHER Partly Cloudy and mild nigh no i Low sa PRECIPITATION 24 hours to 8 a. m 00 Mention to data ......... in.7H l,at year to Onto T.SI .Normal precipitation .......10.na UNITED PRESS Number 8245 F SPOTS EASTERN PRIMARY Pennsylvania Tests CIO Power; F. R. Accused of Interference. PHILADELPHIA, May 17 (AP) Heavy balloting developed today as Pennsylvanians voted in a primary that capped bitter bat tles for party control and marked a major political test ot power for John L. Lewis and his CIO. In Philadelphia, where nearly 900,000 of the more than 4, 000.000 Pennsylvanians eligible to vote reside, some charges of fraud were heard. Elsewhere verbal squabbles were reported In scattered precincts. Balmy weath er throughout the state speeded voting. Polls were opened from 7 a. m. to 8 p. m., Eastern Standard Time. ROCHESTER. N. Y., May 17 (AP) Frank E. Gannett, pub tUontinued on Page Six) Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE R H E Philadelphia 14 0 Cleveland 5 10 1 Caster and Brucker; Whitehlll and Hemsley. . NATIONAL LEAGUE R H E Cincinnati 13 22 6 Philadelphia 14 4 Derringer and Lombard!; Pas seau, Smith (1), Slvess (6), Clark (6) and Atwood. R. H. E. Chicago ... . 5 12 0 New York . 6 10 1 Carleton, Bryant (1), Logan (12), Russell (12) and Hartnett; Melton, Coffman (12) and Dan ning. (12 Innings) ... , - R. H. E. St. Louis 2 S - 1 Brooklyn 11 0 McGee and Owen; Hamlin and Phelps. R H 13 Pittsburgh .... . o' 8 . 1 Boston 11 1 Bailers, Snwell (8) and Berren, Todd (7); Shoffner and Mueller. COOUR TELL ALL' IN Interior Secretary Tried to Block Building of : Bonneville, Claim. STATEWIDE HOOKUP PORTLAND, May 17 (AP) Governor Charles H. Martin, will broadcast the final major addreas of his campaign for tbe democratic renomination at 8:30 o'clock tonight over radio stations KALE, Port land; KSLM, Salem; KORE. Eugene: KRNR, Roseburg; KOOS. Marshfield; KM ED,' Medford; KFJI, Klamath Falls, and KAST, Astoria. PORTLAND, May 17 (AP)-. Gov. Charles H. Martin said he would "mince no words" In a statewide radio address tonight to answer atatementa in which he was attacked by Interior See' cretary Harold Ickes and Senator George W. Norrla (Ind-Nab.) i-; The statement! were given clr "WnatibnDjr Henry Hesa, tbe gov ' ernor's opponent for the demo cratic nomination at next Fri days primary election. - ; ' ; In a press statement, tb gov; ernor termed Ickes "thla repub lican cabinet member," and ao-. cused him of "stlcKlng hla lingers into a democratic state primary to wreak his vengeance on me." Ickes, the governor charged, "fought bitterly and openly" to prevent construction ot : Bonne villa dam and became angry when Martin, then a congressman, and Senator McNary (R-Ore) ob tained the dam by . going to President Roosevelt. "The report was getting around' Washington that hn (Ickes) waa getting the president out of a hole for having promised the dam to Senator McNary and my self," Martin declared. . , "Licked Again" , i When Ickes attempted to elimi nate a 8400,000 appropriation for Improvement of the Columbia river, Martin said, "I was so resentful ot this that I went to the house and reported Ickes action to the rivers and harbors committee, who gave Mr. Ickea a very uncomfortable time, but at any rate Ickes again waa licked in tuts matter and the money was eventually secured." The- governor asserted that "of course Ickes is mad mad cleaa (Continued on Pago Six) . Numerous air mall cachet .re ceived by postoftlce department ' and placed on display In federal building lobby. Page 6. - Alex Tecumseh, colorful flgura of the Klamath reservation, found dead In his yard at Chilo quin Tuesday morning. Page 1 I Klamath residents to be given opportunity to repeal elty ped dler's ordinance. Page 6. t Klamath people can send air mail Thursday to Lake view. Bend, Prlneville and - Redmond, Page 8. Interest strong here In state political situation. Pag 1,' I Council hears petition of Fra4 nnlrA' lavl nn,m In, tn iMrmth slon to operate bus' to Shipping- ton. Parking privilege askea. Page 4. j Planning board says mlgra tlons to west have built up Klam ath population; place estimated county population at this time at 37,044. Page 10. ... ..... ;, IV THIS I8SUB - : 1 City Briefs .......Page I Comics and Story rage Courthouse Records .Pai ' 4 Editorials ,. ..Paga i Famllv Doctor ........Pae 4 ' High School News Page 1J Market, Financial ews..r PTA Notes ..-.-..--P : Sports . P Sierras GOVERN TO 0 SPEECH Today's ; News Digest