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WATH FALLS, ORE., MONDAY, JULY 18, 1938
Number 8298
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Timber Fires in
Editorials
On the
Day'. N
ews
lly FRANK JENKINS
o
K AMi Ilia menaces lo business
twlilrh la lha Institution out
or which ALL OP US msko our
living) unsatisfactory labor rela
llnna constitute probably tha
GREATEST menace.
Whon labor and management
can't (at alon. bualneaa almply
BRKAK8 DOWN. Whau busi
ness braaka down, wa all suffer.
TUB Wanner labor act baa con
tributed to lha breakdown of
satisfactory relallona betwoen
labor and management. It puta
too much power, along with TOO
UTTI.K RESPONSIBILITY. In
lha handa of amblllmia labor Icad
ra. Whan ona parly lo a contract
baa ALL TUB POWER and NONE
Or THE RESPONSIBILITY, there
la bound lo ba Iroubl.
a,
UT labor lan'l wholly at fault.
Tha bulk of our present labor
trouble! can probably be laid at
lha door of a email minority of
employ"''' ' " i
These men look upon labor aa
a commodity. They look upon
people who work aa eogs In a ma
chine. Labor ISN'T a commod
ity. Mn who work AREN'T com
In a machine.
Laboring men are HUMAN BE
INGS. If they aren't treated aa
auch. they are bound to be die
aatlafled. and when they are dls
aallafled they make trouble.
PORTLAND'S lumber Indualry
haa had more than Ita ahare
of labor trouble. But In tho vicin
ity of Portland la one email mill
that haa had NO labor trouble.
Through all the Jurisdictional
labor ware that have proatraled
Portland'a lumber Indualry aa a
whole, thla email mill haa opor
ated uninterruptedly.
WiIYT .
Becauae tho boss haa trontod
ki. .mnloveea aa human belnga,
taking them Into hla confidence,
telling Ihem hla tronblea. outlin
ing to them tho prohlema he haa
to meet, and treating thorn with
unfailing falrneie and Juallce.
So they have atayed with Mm
through thick and thin.
IT management of Amorlran ln
1 duatry In other worda, the
B08SWI1 do a llttlo le think
ing about cold efficiency and a
lot more thinking about living
human relationships, the bulk of
our labor troublea will vnn
lnh. There may have been a time
In the world when labor had to
ha driven. If ao, that time U
one GONE) FOREVER, ao fnr
aa thla country la concerned.
American labor can be led a long
way, but It can't ba driven an
Inch. . ''.?.,'"
ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL
PHILADELPHIA, July 18 I.T)
Mra. Franklin D. Rooaevelt, Jr.,
tha former Ethel DuPont, waa
admitted to the Pennsylvania
Lylng-ln hospital today. She waa
brought to tha, hospital -by hor
huabnnd, the third son of Frosl
. dent and Mra. Rooaovelt,
CRANIUM
CRACKER
DO you know your alphabet
Well, that'll give you a atart,
anyway, Try youraolf on the al
phabotlcnl quia thnt atnrta below.
1. Do nrterlea carry blood to
or from the heartf
2. la Bolivia north or aouth of
Ecuador?
.1. What la a chnparral?
"' 4. What la a dichotomy?
ft. Who waa lha huabnnd of
Emprona Eugenie.?
A nan-era on Page 4
OREGON I
PERIL GRAVEST
Grazing Experiment Land
Burned Over; Virgin
Stands Ablaze.
lly The Associated Press
Dnngcrous flree pierced the
deep i:unlnM of Hi" Oregon for
oal cnunlry today, but lower torn
porntiirea and liiiprovomcnt In
humid conditions coned allghtly
one of the gravoat menacoa In
yeara.
An unchecked fire charred
virgin timber In a 1000-acro sec-
llnn of tha high heaven ridgo
16 mllna weal of Mc.Mlniivlllc.
Two hundred CCC and atale for
eatera, aided by experienced
woodsmen from Carlton, eatab
llahed a flre-flghtlng line along
a two and one-half-mile front.
A north wind handlcappod the
proapecla of early control. Thirty
men wore left at the acene of an
estlngulahod graas fire to guard
against flareupa In the MoMlun
vllle watershed.
Ilerry Pickers Hlnmeil
- A fire resulted. Ic hugo loss?
In lb 800-acre experimental
graslng project' on burned over
land In Clatsop county. About
1(0 acrea aown with 40 varieties
of seed waa reduced to fine ash.
Two hundred CCC youths, di
rected by the elate experiment
supervisor, Herbert Howell,
moved out 1800 hoad of stock
pastured on a tract set asldo In
an effort to recaptttro land valuea
lost In a previous blare. One
CCC worker waa Injured by a
falling auag.
Only about 60 acrea of timber
haa been burned in the Clataop
tlroa, and recent email blaiea
were blamed upon berry plckora.
Burning Pcrmlia Suspended
Tha situation held so much
diuigor. (lovernor Charles Martin
auaponded burning pormlta In all
atato foreata. J. W. Ferguson,
stato foreater, aald mill and log
ging operntlona might be closed
if weather conditions failed to
Improve
' "Wa have mora flies than
flghtnra," Ferguson said. "After
the smoke cleared a little thla
morning, wa found many new
flrea that have been burning tor
aevoral daya."
Rmnke from three firea burn
ing out of control In the Siski
you mountains of aoulhern Ore
gon and tha embers from scores
of email flrea handlcaped airplane
reconnaissance. ...
The blais waa so thick It was
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GOVERNMENT RESISTANCE
NEARS END AS SPANISH
WAR ENTERS THIRD YEAR
HENDAYE, Frnnce (AT THE
SPANISH FRONTIER) July 18
UP) Government resistance along
the Toruel-Modllerranean high
way virtually collapaed todny aa
Spain's civil war awung Into Ha
third year,:
Dispatches from Valencia and
Barcelona admitted large numbers
of government militiamen were
retroallng along the highway to
ward Sagunto, 16 mlloa north of
Valencia.
Inaurgent warplanea flew over
the routed troops, bombing and
machine-gunning them;
An insurgent communique said
an ontlro division hnd boon caught
In the rugged mountain pnsaoa
southwest of Mora Do Ruhloloa
and virtually "nnnlhilntod" by
systematla aerlnl attacks. Mora
Do RubleloB, point of a snllont
the govornment hnd hold two
months north of the Tornol road,
was captured Snturdny.
Inaurgont operations during tho
past two days were a repetition
in miniature of the aeries of
campalgna that have given Gon
erallssuinn Francisco Frnnco con
trol of 70 per cent of Bpnln slnco
he raised the red and gold ban
ner of revolt against the govern
ment July 18, 1030.
DI0IJI1KK Kim F. R.
KINGSTON, Ontario, July 18 IIP)
Queen's university announced to
day it would confor thn degree
nt doctor of laws on President
Roosevelt at. a special convocation
here August. 18.
MANY
YEARS
Dies
Dowager Queon Marie of Ru
mania, who died Monday follow
ing a long Illness. Her lour of
America III 1926 was one of the
memorable ovonta of the "pros
perity era."
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Naphtha Tank Explodes as
Fire ISweepsTlef inery ;
Loss $5,000,000.
WKLLSVILLK. N. Y.. July IS
1.11 A spectacular explosion early
today spread new havoc In the
$15,000,000 Sinclair Oil company
roflnery, aftor threo mon were
killed and 75 Injured In a chaoa
of fire and explosions last night,
but firemen finally appeared lo
be bringing the fire under con
trol. A atorage tank containing 2500
barrela of naphtha' exploded
ahortly before daybreak with a
deafening roar and a cloud-sweep
ing flnsh of fire. No one was
reported Injured, but a Blmllar
tank, exploding last night, sky
rockotod clear across the nearby
Uonesoe river and killed three
spectntora on the opposite bank.
Explosion Continue.
Chief llolllm Johnston of the
company's fire department said
dnmngo, Including business aa
well aa atork and equipment,
would amount to about 85,000,
000. Emergency calla for oil fire
fighting chemicals wore broadcast
through western Now York and
Pennsylvania after the new ex
plosion today. Soon afterward,
a 60,000-barrel tank of highly In
flammable nnphtha caught fire,
but a crow of 100 tired firemen
took their Uvea In their hands
and approached close enough to
snuff out tho flro with chcmlcala.
Othor explosions, less Intense,
jnrrod tho refinery during the
forenoon, hut thero wore no
further Injuries and each hour
found firemen more hopeful that
the tire might be extinguished
by night.
HONEYMOONER HELD ON
MURDER COUNT IN SLAYING
OF FISHING BOAT SKIPPER
NEWPORT, July 18 (AP)
Svdnev Nolaon of Portland, a
vacationist who haa been honey
mooning at Dcpoa Bny, waa held
on a murder charge today In the
slaying of Richard Earle, 40.
operator of a doop soa fishing
boat. .
Stato Pollco Offlcor A. May-
field reported Nelson, who hnd
lonsod tho Pnullno B for a fish
ing excursion at 1 a. m., ac
cused Earle of locking him In
a cabin and molesting Mrs. Nel-
n,
Whon tho boat roturned, the
officer said NolRon nBked Earle
to accompany hlr.i to a parked
automobile where he would pay
for tho rental.
Earle'a body, carrying four
but lot wounds, was found near
the car, tho officer aald. A
coronor'a Jury reported he came
to hla donth from a gun held
In Nelson's hand.
Nelson will onter a plea Wed-
nosdny.
Kni'le, former Dallas trucker,
la aurvlvcd by hln widow and a
son, James, 11.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelsnn and Kline
were accompanied on the boat
trip by Everett Munson.
Coast Range Defy Control
LONG ILLNESS
TAKES LIFE OF
Rumania Dowager, Famed
for Beauty, Dies in
63rd Year.
BUCHAREST, July 18 (AP)
Dowager Queen Marie of Hu
mnnlu, who helped shape tbe
destiny of hor country for a
generation, died today In her
sixty-third year.
The queen mother, famed for
her beauty, died at her place, at
Slnaia, the royal summer resi
dence, at 6:25 P- m. (11:25 a.
m.. E8T). '
Trlme Minister 'Mlron Crlstea,
who also la patriarch of tha Ru
manian Orthodox, church, cele
brated mass In tha palace Im
mediately after her passing. Pre
viously ho had administered ex
treme unction aa death nearad.
Flags Lowered
In Bucharest all public bulld
Inga Immediately displayed flags
at half staff. .
King Carol, her aon, and
Crown Prince Mlhai and Prlnceaa
Elizabeth ot lireeew -were at- iie
uueeu'a bedside. Her last Illness
found her In the same bed In
which her husband, King Ferd
inand, died In 1927.
The queen had been danger
ously 111 for most of the past
iinwaTnr f nlv Saturday
she had returned to Rumania
from Dresden alter a monin in
a aanatorlum and bad been wel
comed home ceremoniously.
Borlous Relapse
There was a serious relapse
yesterday. Phyaiciana disclosed
thoro had been a hemorrhage on
the return from Germany. When
another occurred today they an
nounced she was "In very danger-
oua condition."
All bona In cnurcnes ana mon
asteries throughout Rumania
tolled newa of tha death to the
nation.
It waa announced that Marie
would be buried beside her hus
band In the Curcia De Argesh
church, where lie the bodies of
all Rumania's former kings.
Members of the cabinet left
Bucharest by special train for
Sinai.
Th... Dum.nlan cmirt doctors
and a specialist who had accom
panied the queen irom uresueu
were with her when ahe died.
KING GEORGE PACKS 100
TRUNKS FOR STATE VISIT
TO FRANCE THIS WEEK
LONDON, July 18 (IP) One
hundred heavy trunks wore,
trundled out of Buckingham
Palace this morning, tho equipage
of King George and his queen
on tholr state visit to Frnnce.
Tho trunks were sent to Dover,
where the royal couple are to
atart their journey tomorrow
aboard the British admiralty
yacht, Enchantresa.
A flotilla of nine destroyers
arrived at Dover today from
Portamouth to escort the Enchant
ress, and 18 naval planea also
will be on hand when the yacht
sails.
The king, recovered from the
attack of gastric Intluensa which
sont him to bed a week, ago,
rested In the palace for tho trip
which will put a heavy burden on
hla Blender frame.
The convalescent monarch, how
ever, dodged between rain storms
to attond a Buckingham garden
party this afternoon,
Ton thousand guests wore dis
appointed when they were told the
king would not risk the soaking
rnln. But when the sun broke
through momentarily he Joined
his wife briefly for tea.
Tha.. ft htv weekend rush
of Britishers to Paris, anxious to
soe tho monarch In the gigantic
fnnfnrA Frnnce la
staging to ahow the world the
two great European Democracies
still are firm frlenda. ,'
BROWNS IN ROGUK
MEDFORD, July 18 (AP)
Mnrcell Greer, 20, of Gold Hill
drowned in the Rogue river near
Rocky rolnt Saturday. A com
panion said the youth plunged
Into tho cold stream for a swim
after a hnnrly meal. Tile body
was not recovered. ' I
QUEEN
IRE
- - - m "
After an arduous transcontinental trip In which he expressed his favoritism for new deal candi
dates In a half-dozen state primaries. President Franklin D. Roosevelt sailed at 6:17 p. m. Saturday
aboard the V. S. S. Houston from San Diego and Monday planned to cast a line Into Magdalena bay
oft Lower California, first tropical fishing hole visited on a scheduled three weeks' cruise.- Picture,
shows Commander Daniel J. Callaghan (light suit), naval aide to the president; Col. Edwin M. Watson
(dark suit). White House military 'de, and President Roosevelt at tho dock at San, Dingo- just bjb-
forcMlirprnrtdimt's'-depBrtiirff for'
Accident Record Worst
of Current Season in
Klamath County.
Weekend accidentB brought In
juries to at least 10 people in
Klamath county, nnd a tatal acci
dent occurred on the Pacific high
way near Weed in Siskiyou coun
ty. The record was the worst
of the current travel season in
this area.
Injury to four "persons resulted
from a crash on the Grecnsprlngs
highway near Pinehurst. Nick
Blanaa and Gus Black of the
Arcade hotel were recovering nice
ly Monday from hurts received In
this crash. The car they were
driving collided with one operated
by Kenneth Lotcr, employed by
the state highway department,
who Is In the Klamath Valley
hospital. The fourth man hurt
was Harold Knight, a hitchhiker
who was riding with Loter. He
was dismissed from Hillside hos
pital Monday afternoon.
Kncc-Cnp Split
' Dianas' knee-cup was split in
the crash, his leg will be In a
cast for several weeks.
Hllder Bloom, 16, 711 North
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BRAHMA BULL ESCAPES AT
OGDEN, GORES MAN, RUNS
21 MILES THROUGH CITY
OGDEN, Utah, July 18 A
rampaging Brahma bull escaped
from a railroad car today, gored
an elderly mon and terrorized
the south end of Ogden before a
cow puncher brought blm to terms
with a lariat.
A police car that pursued the
bull through tho streets nnd over
back lotB registered 21 miles on
Its speedometer as the longth of
the chase.
The animal attacked Samuel
F. Hnlverson, 79, as he was water
ing hiB lawn, charging hlin head
on, knocking him unconscious and
Inflicting Injuries that may prove
serious.
At another point In the bull's
dash for freedom he attacked
Howard Warner, a newspaper
photographer, grazing his back
with a sharp horn,
"Bugger Red" Allen, 28,
Helonn, Mont., cowboy, captured
tho bull aftor saddling his horse
and galloping through the caravan
of automobiles chasing the
animal. Allon tossed his lariat
ovor the animnl's horns with ease,
wound the rope uraund a tele
phone polo nnd subdued Ihe bull
but not until It had charged
Allen's horse, hulling 11 but not
Injuring It.
President Starts on Fishing Trip
r:
F. R. Prepares
For Fishing on
Mexican Bay
ABOARD U. S. S. HOUSTON,
En Route to Panama, July 18
( AP) President Roosevelt un
limbered tackle today for fishing
in Magdalena bay on the Lower
California coast of Mexico.
Preparations went forward for
a full day of fishing as tbe
cruiser Houston, bearing tbe
president and his party toward
the Panama Canal, proceeded to
Magdalena from Cedios Island.
Before continuing the south
ward voyage, which started from
Roosevelt received greetings at
Cedros from - President Lazaro
Cardeua8 of Mexico.
Magdalena will be the second
atop on the cruise. '
Orders were given, as the
Houston weighed anchor at Ced
ros, for inspection of fishing
tackle.
President Roosevelt and his
party spent several hours yes
terday afternoon in email boats
exploring the shore line of Cedros
Island In the vicinity of the
anchorage there. They were
amused by the antics of a herd
of seals, flights of pelicans and
cormorants.
TEMPERATURE REACHES
UNOFFICIAL MAXIMUM
FOR YEAR HERE MONDAY
The hottest day of the year to
date was under way here Mon
day. The Herald-News thermometer
showed a maximum for the after
noon of 95, the highest record of
the season for that unofficial In
strument. It was expected the
government thermometer would
give a mercury reading above the
record 89 previously established.
Sunday's official temperature
waa 88.
Thunderclouds hovered on the
horizon Monday afternoon again,
giving rise to concern Over pos
sible lightning fires In the forests.
The humidity dropped to 19 here
Monday, and general fire hnzards
were regarded as extremely ser
ious. GUN BATTLE INJURIES
FATAL TO STATE TROOPER
PORTLAND, July 18 (IP) In
juries he suffered In November
when an Infuriated Terrebonne,
Ore., chicken rancher Bhot film
at close range yesterday took the
life of State Patrolman Ray Pyle.
Pyle and another state police
man wont to the ranch of Gust
Olson and Andro Dnlsgard on a
tip Olson hnd killed Dnlsgard.
After shooting Pyle, Olson kill
ed himself. Dalsgard'a body was
discovered later.
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George Harris Suspected
of Starting Blazes in
Sand Creek Area.
A man was arrested Monday
morning on charges of setting fires
near Sand Creek as authorities
cinched down stiff regulations to
combat the extreme fire hazards
existent In the woods areas.
Tbe Buspect Is George Harris of
this city. District Attorney Har
din Blackmer said he was inform
ed by forest service men that Har
ris went to the Chiloquin Lumber
company logging camp at Sand
Creek asking tor work but failed
to get a Job. He remained for
dinner and later left by another
road.
s Tracked From Camp
Steve Moore, forest ranger, aald
he tracked Harris from the camp
through the woods to the highway,
where Harris was picked up by In
dian service officers. Meanwhile
four fires had been set In brush
in a logged off area. Ivan Doke,
logging boss, saw the fires in time
to . get bull-dozers and tractors
into tbe area and surround tne
blazes before they did serious
damage,
A seriouB grass and brush fire
broke out at Bonanza Monday. It
was burning on a mile front when
Fire Warden Cy Combest came in
for equipment with which to fight
the flames. In the same area
large grass fires burned two or
three yeara ago, doing consider
able damage.
Klamath Forest Protective asso
ciation received a telegram from
state headquarters Monday order
ing' cancellation of all burning
permits because of current con
dltlons. Hal Ogle of tbe ossocl
atlon said no permits will be la.
sued until further notice.
Baseball
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R. H. E.
Boston 6 10 1
Chicago i 7 11 0
Potte mrrlclrann 3). nets 191
and Mueller, Riddle (3); Carleton,
Bryant (9) ana Hartnett.
R. H. E.
New York 4 12 0
Pittsburgh 7 11 0
nntnhAt-t and Mancusn? Rlnn
ton. Coffman (7), Swift (8) and
Todd.
CONTRACT RENEWED
BURNS. Ore., July 18 (IP) A
union contract between the Lum
bermen's Industrial union and the
Edward Hlnes Lumber company
was renewed yesterday with no
major changes. Wages remained
the same.
HDP TD DUBLIN
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Pilot Issued Permit for
Flight to California,
Goes Other Way.
BALDONNEL AIRPORT, Dublin,
Ireland, July 18 UP) An anti
quated single-motored American
airplane fluttered down here this
afternoon after its owner, 31-
year-old Douglas Corrlgan, had
pushed It across the Atlantic In a
surprise, unsanctioned flight from
New York.
It taxied across the field and
wheezed to a atop. Flabbergaated
Irish airport ofticiala rushing to
the machine saw a grinning pilot
climb out.
"I'm Douglas Corrlgan," ha
said. "Just got in from New
Tork.
"It took me 28 hours and It
minutes." ...-,
Broad Smiles
The plane came down from
rain-streaked sky at 2:30 p. m.
(8:30 a.,m. EST), 28 hours It'
minutes after Corrigan. had, taken
off "from Floyd Bennert airport
on a flight "to California" and
with no permit for a trans-Atlantic
crossing.
"By the way, where am I?" tha
flier asked the gathering Irish
crowd.
The gaping Irish looked at Cor
rlgan, at his plane and Ita nearly
empty gasoline tanks, then back
at the cheerful young pilot, dress
ed In leather jacket and trousers.
Broad smiles broke, and bro
gues began. .
"Corrlgan, eh?" asked one Dub
liner. "Have a nice crossing?" . .
"Not bad," waa Corrlgan's re
ply. "There was not much to it.
I flew over the clouds all the tlmt
and never saw the ocean until I
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ROSEBURG BATHER'S HEAD
CUT BY BOAT PROPELLOR
ROSEBURG, Ore., July 18
(AP) Anita Simons,. 16, ot
Eugene, was in Mercy hospital
here today suffering from deep
scalp wounds sustained Sunday
afternoon when she waa, struck
by a motorboat.
Miss Simons, who haa been
visiting at tbe J. A. Hart horn
in Roseburg, waB one of a group
of bathers In the Umpqua river
at the Roseburg Country club
grounds. A youth, who was not
identified, waa driving a motor
boat in the vicinity of the swim
mers, It was reported, and ran
hla craft directly over Miss
Simons.
The girl dove In an attempt to
escape being struck by the boat,
but was hit upon the head by tha
propellor blade. ,
Ten Injured In auto accidents
In this county. Siskiyou accident
fatal to San Franciscan. Page 1.
George Harris arrested near
Sand Creek on charge ot setting
fires. Hazards in forests growing
Increasingly serious. Grass firs
burns at Bonanza. Page 1.
Colorado man director ot muslo
for Klamath union high school.
Page 5.
Mercury hits season's high here.
Page 1.
Gas thieves busy In Klamatb
Falls over the weekend. Page I.
Negroes held for Investigation
in connection with alleged hold
up ot Ralph Aubrey. Page 6.
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