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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1938
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Editorials
On the
Day'. N ews
Ilr FRANK JKNKINH
TVIIKN Herbert Hoover was
workliiK III" way throuifli
.Rtantord llnlvomlly, ho and un
other youth alnrted a lecture
bureau. They did pretty woll al
tho beginning, uniting; aomo 1200
on ilinlr drill two affairs.
8o. feeling a little rocky, Ihoy
look on Padcrewskl, guaranteeing
him f 760.
Coil anme reason, Padnrowakl
didn't dick on that particular
occasion and the total Ink for the
concert waa only 1130; which left
(He two young promoters facing a
major ecnnnmlo orlala.
They hlril themselves lo the
hntrl where the grim I plaulat and
hla manager were slaying and
went Into a heavy conference with
Ihe manager, their purpoaa being
lo Induro him to accept 1630 In
caah. and Ihnlr nolo for tho ro
nialnlng $120.
OB couldn't aee eyo to eye with
, them In tho niatlor, and Ihe
1 4 discussion bocnmo so warm aa to
attract tho attention of Pndorew-
akl hlmaelf, who wna In the ad
joining room. Ho Joined tho
parly, and questioned Ihe youth
ful enterprisers minutely, pinning
them down lo tho exact amount of
their groaa rocolpta. When ho
learned thai tho total waa 1130
and aomo odd centa, ha amlled
and told them: "Well, that will
he the amount of our fee for this
concert,"
Thla grncloua act on tho part of
the great Polo atnrted a poraonal
friendship thnt atlll endurea.
nrllE Polish pianist who enmo to
. tho rcacuo of Ihe Amorlcan
boy who waa working hla way
through college, became president
pt Poland. ,"ho Amorlcan boy
.who wna reached from what to him
"was a mnjor financial tllanator bo-
came Prealdent of tho United
Statea. '
' It'a a thrilling old world, after
all, lan't It?
pADEREWSKI, a groat mualclan,
, an Inaplrod orator and a fine
fnrluno Into Ihe rchnbllltnllon of
rolnnd
' Wore the roles grnteful lo him
'for whnt ho dldT No; thry flrat
humblod him, then EXILED him.
Ho la now living In Swltierland,
and hla total poraonal poaaoaaloni
are a llttlo Swlss,coltngo and en
. 'i A uAUk lnr.-lirni.nln. Ttft-
.unnca, you anuw, mu una""-""'.
. Paderewskl, nt 74. lan't hitter.
Seal1y great men are grout In
moro wnya thnn one.
FANS
SHANGHAI, July 22 UP Fans
j1 have become Important plocoa of
equipment, for nil Jntmnene troops
" engaged In the Yanglxo rlvnr of
' fenalvo or garrisoned In tho Chl
neo Intorlor, foreign witnesses
reported today, Tho tcmpornturo
wna as high aa 110 degrees.
CRANIUM
CRACKER
DO yon know your alphabet?
Thai inny help you some,
T lore's the fifth and Inst list In
the alphabetical quia anrlcs,
1. What Is the more common
nnino for tho constollntlon called
Ursn Major?
2. What Is Ihe difference be
tween Venal nnd V'onlnl?
8. What Is tho lightest Wolght
clnss In hoxlng?
' 4. Who was nnthlppe?
5. What Is tho capital of Yilgo
ovalavla? 8. In referring lo Ihe Inllot' ,
.'linw do Ihe English ordinarily
. pronounen It?
Austin's nn t'ngn 4
Raises Politics Cry Against WPAHeacl
Hopkins Charged
With Promoting
Third Term Idea
LEGION CHIEF HISSED,
CHEERED FOR CRITICISM
OF "RED PROFESSORS"
NEW YORK. July 22 (P)
Danlnl L. pnherty, nnllnniil com
mander of tho American legion,
turned hlaaea Into applauae laat
nlghl when ho parried audience
rraentmenl at a remark about
"red proleaaora" with Ihe atatO'
menl that the "freedom of demo.
crary" of America tnndo both tho
remark and the hlaaea pnaalble.
Doherty apoko before tho Teach-
era college of Columbia unlver
ally, which recently pulillahed a
thesis criticizing legion leaders aa
"rearllonary. " Tho theala. writ
ten by Prof. William (lollermnn
of North wealorn unlveraity, ao-
cuaed the veterans leaders of a
policy that throttled rank and file
aentlmenta.
Doherty did notTcfcr to Oollor-
man In hla addreaa but he appealed
lo Columbia to rid Itaelf of "bale
ful Influencoa."
"The tlmo haa come to draw a
line between educators and propa-
Lgandlsts.U .lto. said. "Freedom of
apoech la not Involved In thla ques
tlon, Truo oducntlon la."
"If It were not for public apathy
and llalleaaneaa toward the re
aponalhllltlea of citizenship," he
aald, "we would not have tneao
red profeaaora."
Dispute Over Manchou-
kuo - Siberian Border
land Grows Serious.
TOKYO, July 22 (AP) Tokyo
newspapers tonight quoted an un
named foreign office spokesman
aa declaring that Japan "Is ready
nnd haa every right to take all
necessary ateps" toward Soviet
Russia In their conflict over a
disputed area on the Manchou-kuo-Slhorlnn
border.
Previously tho official spokes
man of the foreign office, Tutauo
Kawnl. had Indicated to foreign
correspondents Japan had no In
tention of forcing tho Issue with
Moscow, had denied any threat
by Japan to use forco and enld
withdrawal of Ruaslan troops had
been moroly proposed aa a pre
liminary to a "gonornl com
promise." Troop Movements
To the Japanese proas tho
spokesman was repnrlod to have
said that " Russia's action must bo
Interpreted aa a challenge to
Japan" and that Moacow must
aaauma responsibility for the re
sults of tbe Chnngkufcng inci
dent soviet troops' occupation
July 11 of a bordor area Japan
asserts la Mnnchoukuo territory.
Tho Japanese press continuod
to carry accounts of movements
of Russian navnl and army forcea
near the Changkufong area,
which Is southwest of Vladivos
tok and near tho point whore
Siberia, Korea and Manchoukuo
conio together.
(Estiinntes of Russian forcos
In tho far east range from 300,-
000 to 600,000 mon. Japan la
believed to have aomo 250.000 nt
her best troops In Mnnchoukuo,
ovor which she has nsRUinod mil
itary protection.)
DOWAGER COUNTESS
FATALLY HURT ON SHIP
SOUTHAMPTON, Eng., July. 22
(P) The Dowager Countess of
Hnrdwlcke was fatally Injured to
day aboard the liner Windsor Cas
tle and was burled nt sea.
The Dnwogcr Countess, widow
of tho eighth Karl of Hardwicke,
was married 17 days ago to W. B.
h. Jennings, district officer of
Dodsn Roma, Nynssnlund, but was
traveling to Englnnd nlono.
Hho was found on tho floor of
her cabin with hor nerk broken.
It. waa helleved she slipped nnd
struck her chin on the edge of the
berth,
90 Per Cent of Reliefers
Favor New Deal, Chief
Tells Reporters.
WASHINGTON, July 22 (AP)
Harry Hopkins' assertion that 9U
per cent of federal relief recipi
ents favor Ihe Roosevelt admin
istration aroused today a repub
lican cry of "launching the
Roosevelt third term movement.
Tho Wl'A administrator told
reporters yesterday the reason
for the relief workers' altitude
was that "we're the only crowd
that has anything constructive to
otter.
Cryptic Comment
John Hamilton, republican na
tlonal chairman. Immediately
called bia remarks evidence of
an effort by the Roosevelt ad
ministration lo "perpetuate Itself
In power." Chairman Bheppard
(U-Ti-xns) of the senate campalgu
Inveatlgatlng .committee said bo
would study the matter.
Meanwhile, It was learned that
Joseph U. Koonan, an assistant to
the auornev. general,: had maqe
crvrnld references to third term
possibilities during a 'Speech at a
Virginia political rail)-.
"Thero Is much loose comment
today concerning candidates for
Ihe presidency," aald Keenan, ono
of the administration's political
counsellors.
"Kroni tlmo lo tlmo tho ques
tion la asked, will so-and-so seek
offtco or attempt to succeed him
self It seems to me that tbla
ia thinking In reverse. Indi
vidual do not choose to bo presi
dent of tho Unliod Btatoo. Presi
dents are chosen by tbe people."
Turns Aside Questions
Questions about a tblrd term
for Mr. Roosevelt wcro put to
Hopkins at a press conference.
Ho turned them nsldo.
Hnmilton, however, asserted
Hopkins waa referring to the
1940 presidential raco In his gen
eral otntements about WPA vot
era, "If Mr. Hopkins did not have
In tho buck of his mind an ln
tontlon lo promoto Mr. Rooae
volt for a third term," Hamilton
aald, "why did ho make auch a
atntoment?
"In view of thla development
roaaona become clonrer for tho
constant Increase of tho federal
relief rolls now reaching a now
high record nnd the failure of
tho Itoosevelt administration to
tako steps to stlmulato private In
dustry. "Obviously tho Roosevolt ad
ministration Is seeking to per
potunto Itself In power through
tho use of relief funds, because
as the president enld In 1936,
'ovory mossngo In a pay envelope,
ovon If It Is tho truth. Is a com
mand to voto according to tho
will of the omployer.' "
GERMAN CATAPULT FLYING
BOAT REACHES NEW YORK
AFTER HOP FROM AZORES
PORT WASHINGTON, N. Y.,
July 22 UP) Germany's 19-lon
cntnpult flying boat, Nordmeer,
alighted on tho water at thla
trans-Atlantic nlrport nt 8:43
a, m. (EST) today after a non
stop flight of 2397 miles across
the Atlantic, from the Aiores In
17 hours, 4 2 minutes.
It had boon tossed Into the air
nt a speed of about 110 miles an
hour at 3 p. m, (EST) yesterday
by Its mother Bhlp, the Schwaben
land, nt Ilorta, the Aiores. The
Nordmeer nvornged 133 miles per
hour nn the flight.
Nortlmoer'a trans-Atlantic flight
bognn Just eight minutes before
Great Britain's senplane Mercury
nrrlvod here after another trans-
Allnntle flight.
Tho huge Clermnn plane, pow
ered with four oll-burnlng dlescl
onglnes. passed over the Mercury,
na sho enmo In to hor landing.
Aboard Nordmeer were Capt.
Joachim von Blankenburg, veteran
trnna-Allantlu flier, Co-Pllot. Otto
Rrlx, Radioman Wllhelm Kuep-
pera and Flight Engineer Alfred
Egor. y
Back on
j
in hi i-
Desplte the fact that Sid Prarle,
ath Heating company's big smokestack, waa forced to sit In a
broiling hot sun from 3 p. m. to 7:15 p. m. Thursday, when the
carriage ropea became entangled nnd he couldn't get down, he was
back early Erldny morning working on the stack, hot weather and
all. Prarle Is not as high on Ihe smokestack In this picture as he
was Thursday when he did a amokestack-sltting act, much against
hla will. Tho Herald and News camera took several "Bhots" of
Prnrie In hla crow's nest Thursday, but It was so hot that the film
melted away. Staff photo. ,
Painter Stranded Atop Big
Smokestack in Record Heat
High above this sweltering city,
Std Prarle was painting one of the
Klamath Heating company's big
smokestacks Thursday. The tem
perature was just under a hun
dred in tho shade and Prarle
175 feet up had no Bhado when
he noticed that his carriage ropes
were tangled nnd he couldn't get
down.
Thnt was about 3 p. m.
At 7:15 p. m., when tired and
sticky-feeling citizens wore parked
In the coolest spots they could
find nnd were drawing small con-
CANADA'S VETERAN
EXECUTIONER FOLLOWS
200 VICTIMS TO GRAVE
MONTREAL, July 22 (P)
"Hanginnn Ellis." who became al
most a legcndnry figure across
Csnnda whenever nn execution was
scheduled, died last night at the
ago of 73.
His real name was Arthur Bar
tholomew Aloxandcr English and
In a quarter-century as Canada's
unofficial hangman he had earned
n small fortune. Although sher
iffs are responsible for executions
In Canada they usually called In
"Hangman Ellis."
How many persons wore hanged
by the rosy-complexloned llttlo
figure In tall hat nnd frock coat
always wearing a whlto cnrnntlon
probably never will be known.
A conservative estimate Is 200.
But "Hangman Ellis" himself
often spoke of BOO and once ho
mentioned "600 executions In my
27 years as nn executioner."
His practice began to wane In
Inter years and recently ho had
lived In far different surround
ings from the fashionable district
where ho dwelt at the height of
his career when ho wna receiving
about $300 and expenses for each
execution.
His widow survlvea.
the Job!
!
shown here painting the Klam
eolation from the fact that the
day had broken a 2-year heat rec
ord Prarle finally set foot again
oh solid ground.
Three other painters had been
called out to help him untangle
the ropes that kept him prisoner
two-thirds of the way up the 210
foot pipe, and one of them S. L.
Jensen had gone aloft to help
before Prarle got down to earth.
Asked It it was hot up there,
Prarle replied, "You bet it was!"
"Did you do any more painting
after you noticed the ropes were
tangled?"
"Hell no!" ,
He's going back to work today
to finish that stack and start on
the other one.
PITCAIRN ISLANDERS'
CALL FOR AID HEARD BY
NEW YORK RADIO AMATEUR
NEW YORK, July 22 (AP)
Mrs. Dorothy D. Hall. 50-year-old
radio amateur, intends to tell the
Inhabitants of Pitcairn island in
the South seas early tomorrow
that needed supplies will soon
bo on the way.
She was Informed today by the
British consulate that "his ex
cellency, the high commissioner
of tho Western Pacific, nt Suva,
FIJI," would be Informed of a
message, from Pitcairn received
by Mrs. Hall.
The message, picked up by
Mrs. Hall's powerful, private sta
tion, was that supplies were badly
needed by the Island's 215 In
habitants because no ship had
touehed there for eight weeks.
Pltcnlrn, the home of tho des
cendants of the . British ship
Bounty's mutineers, la 7740 miles
nwny, but Mrs. Hall communi
on lea regularly with tho Inland's
newly established radio station.
Her next, contact In scheduled for
4 a. m. tomorrow.
E
Purchase of Legion Hall
Proposed Instead of
New Building.
Opposition to a heavy outlay
for a courthouse addition as ex
pressed by Interested citizens has
brought alternative suggestions
for more modest schemes. Also
there la now talk of a special levy,
rather tban a bond issue, to fi
nance whatever changes might be
undertaken, If any.
One proposal has been that the
county acquire the American Le
gion's equity in the Legion hall,
which sits on tbe southeast cor
ner of the courthouse grounds.
Another Is for minor remodeling
to meet certain more pressing
need In the main building.
925,000 for Equity
The Legion's equity in the me
morial building would probably
cost about 126,000. according to
an estimate obtained from a mem-
her Af tha veterans vraun. - Ho
T
ALTERNATES
CONSIDERED
did . not. haoflc-lfeur-lifrlse thuradajr-' wngp coming
Id be believed that would 'be
approximately the amount the Le
gion has In the building.
If the Legion building were ac
quired, it would bare to be re
modeled to provide for various
offices which would be moved
over from the main courthouse.
There was some talk of moving
the Legion building from its pres
ent location.
Spiral Stairway
For some time there has been
In existence a plan for providing
the county clerk with moro ade
quate and safer vault space. This
plan calls for a spiral stairway
from tbe present clerk's office
into the basement, where a part
of the present Justice of the peace
quarters would be utilized for
additional vault space as well aa
a room for the document-copying
machine. Such a plan would in
volve a minor expense as com
pared with an entirely new addi
tion to the courthouse.
County Commissioner William
F. B. Chase, who has asked for
expressions of opinion on a court
house addition, in a letter to the
editor today explains in more de
tail what ha has in mind for the
proposed addition. He suggests an
extension on the east end of the
courthouse which, on the lower
floor, would provide quarters for
the county clerk, and on tho up
continued on Page Three)
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE ,
DROPS 100 DEGREES IN
BARE 17,000 FEET
PENDLETON, July 22 (AP)
Although the sun was hot
enough here yesterday to soft
boil an egg, 17,000 feet above
Pendleton it waa 10 degrees
above tero.
The city's 108-dgreo mark yes
terday made the cookstove super
fluous in the Forrest Baker
home. His daughter, Eleanor,
11, picked up an egg laid by a
careleBs hen in tho corner of tho
Baker yard and, noting some dis
coloration, opened it. It was
nicely soft-boiled.
T. D. McCarthy and Frank
Wiley, Spokane aerial photo
graphers based here on an aerial
mapping assignment, donned fur-
lined flying suits to withstand a
temperature of 10 degrees above
zero at 17,000 feet over Pend
leton yesterday afternoon.
NON-PARTISAN VOTE ON
SCHOOL HEAD PROPOSED
SALEM. July 22 (VP) Election
of the Btate superintendent of
publto instruction on the non
partisan ' ballot along with tho
Judiciary was favored by county
superintendents of Oregon who
closed their convention here yes
terday. The superintendents also recom
mended adjustment of county su
perintendents' salaries. A com
mittee to work out a salary sched
ule for presentation at the next
legislative Besslon was aulhorljed.
Salaries now range from $400 to
$3600 a year. .
Relief From
Heat in Store
For Saturday
The eleventh day of an excep
tional hot spell was nshered In
Friday morning after a warm
night which made Klamath Falls
residents sleepless, although, the
thermometer registered only. (3
during early morning hours.
An unofficial report at 2 o'clock
Friday afternoon gave the tem
perature at 100 degrees. The of
ficial report from the U. 8. bnroau
of reclamation, located In a cool
er spot than The Herald and News
thermometer, which is in the
downtown section, was not avail
able. 09 Official High
The official report from the
USRS for Thursday's high was 9.
Mldtown thermometers registered
101 during the early afternoon.
Grownups as well as kids were
finding comfort In garden bose
sprinklers. Tbe weather forecast
for Friday and Saturday promised
"not so warm" with a light - to
moderate northwest wind from
the coast cooling the valley towns.
Partly Cloudy
Partly cloudy waa the prophecy
of the weatherman for Oregon
over the weekend with local
thunderstorms over the moun
tains. Those who planned to
Journey to coast resorts were
promised fogs.
A nail of smoke has hovered
over tbe' Klamata - oasin since
from the Gallco fire west of Grants
Pass. No fires were reported in
the Klamath forests bnt humidity
was at a hazardous level. A grass
tire was reported on the Enter
prise ranch southeast of Klamath
Falls.
El
Ruler Tells France Two
Nations Bound by Un
' breakable Ties.
CALAIS, France, July 22 (JP)
King George and Queen Elizabeth
today ended their four-day visit
of state to France, sailing for
Dover at 5:35 p. m. (11:35 a. m.
EST) on the yacht Enchantress
for England.
VILLER S-BRETONNEAUX,
France, July 22 (P) King George
of England again informed the
world today that Britain and
France are bound by unbreakable
ties.
In a speech dedicating a me
morial to Australia's world war
dead, the concluding event of bis
four-day visit of state to France,
the king said:
Confer on Military Plans
"The events we recall today
have bound us with ties that the
passing years can never weaken."
This assurance was given in ad
dition to his statement in his
speech the first night of hla Paris
stay:
"It would now be impossible to
recall a period In which our rela
tions were more intimate."
Before tbe king spoke his war
minister, Leslie Hore-Bellsha, con
ferred on coordination of Anglo
French military plans with Gen
eral Gustave Gamelin, chief of
France's general staff of national
defense.
Baseball
NATIONAL LEAGUE
First game: R. H.
Philadelphia 2 10
Cincinnati 5 13
Passeau and V. Davis;
ringer and Lombardl.
R. H.
Boston .................. .. 3 7
E.
, 3
' 2
Dor-
H. E.
7 1
8 3
Pittsburgh 4
Turner and Mueller;
and Todd.
Blanton
AMERICAN LEAGUE
R. H. E.
Cleveland 4 10 2
Boston 7 12 0
Feller, Galehouse (4). Hum
phries (8) and Hemsley: Wilson
CIO leaders conferred yester-
R. H. E.
St. Louis 9 11 1
Washington 7 13 3
H. Mills. Johnson ( and
Heath; Kelley, Krakauskas (6),
Applet on (7) and Giuliani,
STATEWIDE HOT
SPELL BLAMED
FOR 130EATHS
-'
Major Forest Conflagra
tions Under Control; 1
Mercury Drops. -
By The Associated Pre
Oregon, staggered by a 10-day
heat and forest fire epidemic that
resulted In at least 13 deaths and
burned thousands of acres, eager
ly gulped the fresh, cooler air
from the Pacific today as 100-plus
temperatures fell away, and weary
men controlled several major con
flagrations. '
J. W. Ferguson, state forester
who traced 10 per cent of more
than 250 fires to incendiarista, re
ported conditions more favorable
than yesterday when the heat cre
ated the blackest day In the 28-
year history of the forest depart
ment.
. Smith River Fire Checked
Six h u n d r e d smoke-grimed
fire fighters conquered a 0000
acre burn along Big creek In Clat
sop and Columbia counties..' The
Terrtfymg Smith river ' fire ; la
northwestern- Douglas ". county,
which once threatened to spread
southward and destroy the pic
turesque Umpqua river town of
Scottsburg, still puffed smoke
from 8000 smouldering acres, but
It was efficiently checked.
The relenting weather and the
unceasing work of the embattled
crewa cut the number of fires to
170. Ferguson said little mer
chantable timber had been lost.
.With progress made toward
curbing the Chetco blaze in south
ern Oregon, 200 CCC men were
transferred to the 1000-acre Gal
Ice fire In the Siskiyou national
forest. The flames subsided after
making tragic scars on 10,000
acres. A hundred loggers replaced
the CCC contingent.
Valuables Buried -
The Galice menace raged north
ward, and a number of mountain
eers buried their valuables to. es
cape disaster In the path of the
all-consuming flames. Fire fight
ing supervisors directed backfir
ing operations to place a rein on
the red march.
Inexperienced fire fighters were
shipped back to Portland after
many suffered minor Injuries on
the Nome creek blaze. The fire
has covered 2500 acres and was
breaking away to the south and
west. The situation was described
as the "worst in the whole forest,
straight up and down , and' ex
tremely dangerous to men not ae
customed to mountain fires."
One of the Portland men who
came looking for a fire fighting
job said he had never climbed a
hill higher than the city's gentle
Mount Tabor.
Danger Discounted
A 5000-acre brush fire on Reese
creek near the Crater Lake high
way headed toward Butte Falls
district. Fire control headquar
ters, however, discounted the dan
(Continued on Page Three)
Various proposals suggested in
connection with courthouse im
provement. Page 1.
Juvenile report made by officer.
Page 10.
Eleventh day of hot spelt ush
ered In Friday morning. Unof
ficial thermometer readings show
ed temperature of 100. Page 1.
Painter stranded high on
smokestack at peak of record heat
as carriage ropes become tangled.
Page 1.
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