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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1938
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Editorials
On the
Day'. N
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11 WANK JKNKINH
JSOTK thla headline: "Jnpa
Make Pcnco Ovorturoi."
The overtures ore nutria to tlio
' Russlana, and ths Ruaalana indl
rnlo (hut they are willing to talk,
under cerlnln conditions.
TIib condition) liro not TOO
dirricuii.
TJAVINO noted these thlnga, go
Inko a took nt tha map.
You will loo (lint Vlnrilvoiitok
la dangerously cIiimo to Tokyo. At
Vladlvoatok tha Russians lira re
ported to hnva a huge modern
airplane base. From thla buna
Russlnn plnnea rould strike mon
adngly nt Tokyo and other
Japaneao cllloa.
You will alto note tint the
point ou tha Siberian border
whnra the righting tin boon tak
ing plitce la the point where tlio
Jnpa would probably atrlka It they
war striking nt Vladivostok.
TT'S Just poaalhla, you ae. that
tha Japanaao made. .. domoo
airatlon In force nt Vladlvoatok,
hut found tha Russians present In
EVEN GREATER fore nnd ao
derided to withdraw and talk
pence. .
In any evont, It rather looka
aa If Ihoro wouldn't be a Ruaslan
Japaneao war RIGHT AWAY.
YOUNQ Douglas corrigan,
who alitrtnd aa an unknown
from New York to California and
wound up fnmoua In Ireland, haa
Just returned to New York by
boat,
He didn't get tangled up In his
directions this time.
nrllt? Bast Is suffering from a
heat wave (described In the
dispatches aa "terrific") In which
, temporal urea havo reached 90 In
f aiimmer-reaorl Maine, 92 In New
York and 91 In Chicago.
Out hero In tha Woat, whero
the summer air la DRY, we Inugh
at auch thormometor roadlngB nnd
jump to tha conclusion that
Easterners are sottloa nnd can't
take It.
We don't realty complain until
the morcury pnssea 100.
TJERK'S a bit of advlco:
Don't accuso Easterners of
being softies until you'vo ex
perienced temperatures of 90 or
higher In New York or Philadel
phia or WaBhlngton or Chicago.
' The expression, "It len't the heat
so much a'a tha humidity," origin
ated hack there.
Tempernturea of 90 or heller,
accompanlod by Atlnntlo aonboard
humidity, ara genuinely torrlhle.
CRANIUM
CRACKER
ARB you good at building
blocks? If you are, you can
discover which blocks of words In
each of the following sentences
build a statement Hint's true.
1, (An antonym) (n paradigm)
(a aynnnym) (a palanquin) la
(an Insect) (a growth) (a
model) (a form of vorse).
' 2. (The Clnre du Norrl) (llrnnd
Central Station) (Paddlngton
Station) (North Btntlon) Is In
(Liverpool) (Berlin) (Boston)
(Boulogne),
- D. (Man drakoB) (vorslcloa)
(torrnplns) (toniB) are (liiBocts)
(ducks) (herbs) (fnucotB).
J 4. (Robert W. Chambers)
(Mnrenl. Proust) (F. Scott Flta
gorald) (Paul Robeson) (acted
In) (pntnted) (snng In) (wrote)
, ("Hrondwny Melody") ("Nude
gTiescoiulIng a Hlnlrcnsn") ("Bom
bo") ("All the Hnd Young
Men").
A nan-em on Page 4
Miller Packing Plant Burns
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Top: How the front of the
lha roof nnd awlftly gutted the
Die twisted pipes of tho cooling
Controversial Issue Ap
pears Headed Toward
Another Crisis.
The Issue over purchase of the
Industrial addition slto, which
has holpod keop up the midsum
mer temperature In thoao parts,
on Friday nppoarod heading
townrd anothor controversial
crisis.
Monday night la the time set
by the city council for a report
from tha city rocrentlonnl com
mittee, as well aa tho so-called
rocrentlonnl research committee,
In the proposed purchnsa of the
71-lot tract near Mills school
nnd the rntlrond tracks.
Detnlla Withheld
Cnrl Cook, chairman of the
clvlo recreation committee, anld
the report would bo ready tor
the council Monday night. He
refused to divulge its details.
If the committee rooom mends
ngnliiBt purchase of tha slto, Its
stand will be In opposition to
that of throe members of the
council but In accord with resolu
tions adopted by numerous PTA
organisations and other civic
groups. Such a report by ,tho
committee would no doubt pre
(Contlnued on Page Three)
Baseball
NATIONAIi liKAfiUR
R. H. E.
Pittsburgh 8 7 1
Now York .. 5 9 0
Kllngnr and Todd; Molton and
Mnncuso, Uorroa (7).
R. H. E.
Cincinnati 4 0 0
Brooklyn 1 11 1
Dorrlngor nnd Lombard!; ProB
snoll and Shea.
R. It. 15.
Ht. Louis S 1
Philadelphia 0 6 2
Warnekn nnd Owen; Mulcnhy,
Slvess (9) and V. Davis,
Miller Packing Plnnt looked Frldny
ontlra structure. Bolow: A scone of
system.
400 Finally
Control Fire
In Lava Beds
Four hundred men were on the
lino, Frldny morning whon tho
Lava Beds brush fire was again
brought under control the sec
ond time In two days.
Wind whipped the flumes over
the fire line Thursday afternoon,
and flroflghtors wore fearful of
anothor stiff broeae Frldny after
noon, .
It ecru lis From llarkninoro
Tho force wnB nugmontod Frl
dny with boys from tho Ilacka
more CCC camp aa well as those
from Tulolnko nnd tho Lava Bods
camps.
The fire burned on a mile front
for a while Thursday evening and
again could be soon from some
vantage polntn In Klamath Falls.
The spread consumed more po
tential feed for mule deer which
winter In that area,
Virtually the entire eastern
boundary of tho Lava Bods monu
ment ling now boon burned over.
Klamath Forest Protective as
sociation roportod Frldny that no
now fires had occurred in the area
in its Jurisdiction.
DESPERADO TRAPPED IN
HOTEL ROOM, SHOT DEAD
HOT SPRINC1S, Ark., Aug. 6
(AP) Trapped In a hotel room,
Earl Young, 28, Lebanon, Pa.,
desperado wanted In four states
for robbery, kidnaping, rape and
murder, waa shot to death here
today by two olty policemen.
Young wns Identified from
fingerprints by H. B. Fletcher,
agent In ohargo of the Llttlo
Rock office, FBI; nnd Bill Kauf
man, Hot Springs police depart
ment flngorprlnt oxport.
Tho fugitive died In a hospital
three houra after he wns foiled
wllh a bullet In the head and n
wound in the nnkle during n gun
battle wllh Police Captain Jorry
Watklns and. Ben Rogers.
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to Ground
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morning. Tha fire started In
tha inside of tho plant showing
Moscow, Tokyo Both Ex
press Hopes of Peace
ful Settlement.
MOSCOW. Aug. 5 (AP)
Soviet Russia felt bordor friction
diminish today becnuse of a pro
posed settlement she felt would
enable Japan to withdraw with'
out humiliation.
Nevertheless foreign military
observers predicted tho red army
would resume action on the Si-berlnn-Mnnchoukuoan
border it
Japan delayed withdrawal of her
troops which Russia asserts are
in the Chnngkufeng area.
I'p to Japan
The feeling here was that In
nutting the next move up to Ja
pan the soviet government had
dona what it could to make it
easier for tho Japanese to with
draw from whnt wns called an
extremely prorariouB situation. '
TOKYO, Aug. 6 (AP) A for
olgn office spokesman declared
today "prospects ara bright" for
peaceful settlement of tho Bovlet-
JiipnnoNO dispute over the Slbor
Inn-Mnnchoiikuonn border,
Hlielllnir Continues
"We are very hopeful," the
spokesman anld. "Some progress
has boon made. We believe pros-
pects nro bright for amicable
arbitration, which is what Japan
has sought from the beginning."
The Jnnanese army neverthe
less roportod hoavy shelling by
Russian artillery In the disputed
Changkufong hill area began at
4 a. m. (2 p. m Thursday, EST).
NUDISTS CONVEXK
ESTACADA, Ore., Aug. 6 (."PI
The vangunrn or some uu nature
cnltlsts. the American Sun Bath
ing association, reached Camp
lleaperla near here yesterday for
the west const ronrcrenca of the
nssoclallnn. The nudist conclave
opens Saturday.
!$ UJJJm
Plant
E
E
Loss to Miller Company
Reaches Many Thou
sands of Dollars. .
Charred debris was all that was
left Friday of the modern plant
of the Miller Packing company on
Greensprlngs highway, destroyed
by a furious fire Thursday night.
A spark from the smokehouse
was blamed by Gus Miller, Jr.,
manager of the plant, for the fire,
which he said did damage run
ning Into tens of thousands of
dollars. He aald the loss was
only partly covered by Insurance.
. Few of the furnishings were
removed from the plant, long a
familiar landmark on the high
way west of town near the Weed
Junction.
The fire waa discovered In the
roof of r. shed adjoining the build
ing on the east side. No means
of fighting the blaze waa avail
able and the reat of the wooden
structure was quickly In flames.
4 , Trucks, Dog Saved
' A group of college students who
bad- been attending a meeting"irt'j
the Reames Country club arrived
soon after the fire started and
lent their efforts to fight the
flames. The students backed the
company's trucks out of the ga
rage in the rear and managed to
rescue a small dog from the front
part of the main building which
was filled with smoke aqd flames.
The fire burned down the
power lines passing the building
and for a time threatened to
spread to the Gus Miller house on
the lot adjoining the plant.
Gus Miller, Sr., veteran Klam
ath meat dealer and owner of
the plant. Is in Portland. He has
been 111 tor some time.
SPOKANE KILLER DIES ON
GALLOWS WITH PLEA TO
SPARE PARTNER IN CRIME
WALLA WALLA. Aug. 6 UP)
Stanley lnapp, 20-year-old con
victed slayer, died on the gallows
early today with a plea the life
of his companion In crime, Her
bert Allen, 21, be spared.
Allen faces execution August
16.
Knnpp made his plea for Al
len In a final written statement
before he walked calm and sober
faced Into the execution chamber
of the state penitentiary at 12:05
a, m. Tho trap was sprung a
minute later, and prison doctors
pronounced him dead at 12:20.30.
"I hope the authorities will
spare Herbert," bis statement
said "as my brother and I have
paid the supreme penalty."
Knapp and bis brother, Leroy,
22, were captured in Sacramento
and Eureka, Calif., respectively, a
month after W. E. Walker, a cus
tomer, was killed in the robbery
of the Security State bank In
Spokane.
Leroy was sentenced to be
hanged with his brother- but died
July g In a Spokane hospital from
wounds received in an attempted
break from ths Spokane county
Jail.
Allen was taken Into custody In
Willlston, N. D.
HE COULD TAKE JOKE,
OUT RAT EXTERMINATORS
PROVIDED LAST STRAW
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. S (JP)
W. L. Swearlngen, Portland, la a
forebearlng man.
When a practical Joker sent
taxlcnb after taxlcab to his home
on telophonlc order, he placated
the Irate cabbies and laughed
It off.
Then commercial vehicles began
arriving, moving vans and big
trucks. He still tried to Bee tne
funny side. At length a truckload
of lumber arrived. That taxed
Mr. Swearlngen'a sense of humor
sorely.
Yesterday when an Insecticide
company truck drove up nnd the
driver Informed Swearlngen he
hnd been summoned to "rid the
premises of rata" Swearlngen
called police.
SPARK FROM
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STARTS FR
How He
Ed crump, Memphis democratic political boss, saw his ticket
scoro a smashing victory against ths forces of Gov. Gordon Browning
and Sen. George Berry in Thursday's statewide Tennessee primaries.
A few daya before the election Crump "relaxed" by taking aome
60,000 friends for a day in an amusement park In Memphis. Here
(straw-batted) he rides on a roller coaster with a pretty guest.
Crump Organization Scores
Overwhelming Victory in
Tennessee's Demo Primary
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 6 (ff)
The- democwlio faotton headed' by
National Committeeman E. H.
Crump and Senior U. S. Senator
Kenneth D. McKellar won a smash
ing victory over Gov. - Gordon I
Browning and Junior" Senator
George L. Berry in Thursday's
statewide primary, incomplete re
turns show today.
Prentice Cooper, 43-year-old
Shelbyville attorney and former
state commander of the American
Legion, was nominated for gover
nor over Browning, who two years
ago received the greatest majority
ever given a gubernatorial can
didate in this state. In the 1936
primary the governor had Crump's
support.
New Deal Not Issue
Senator Berry Dowed to A. Tom
Stewart of Winchester, a district
attorney general who expressed
100 per cout indorsement of Presi
dent Roosevelt's policies.
The new deal was not an issue,
however, although Berry was criti
cized in some of the speechmakhig
for his attitude toward the Ten
nessee valley authority and be
cause he had voted against some of
the president's measures.
Both Cooper and Stewart had
Crump's blessing, as did Mayor W.
D. Hudson of Clarksville, nom
inated for railroad and public
uttlities commissioner over the in
cumbent, W. H. Turner.
"Coalition" Wins
Shelby county (Memphis), the
Crump citadel, added to the ma-
GOV. MERRIAM DENOUNCES
CIO AS HINDRANCE TO
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. E (iP)
Gov. Frank F. Merrlam, whose
administration has seen some of
California's bitterest strikes, to
day left on the doorstep of the
CIO an accusation it was retard
ing industrial growth of tha state
and nation.
The executive denounced the
CIO as an organisation "for which
I have no sympathy" In an ad
dress yesterday to business and
civlo leaders gathered aboard a
docked liner for a harbor day
fete.
"I have great respect for re
sponsible California laborto-o
sponsible California labor
groups," said Governor Merriam,
"and I favor their principle of col
lective bargaining, but there Is
a certain portion of the labor
movement In California ana
throughout the United States tor
which I have no aympathy.
"I am not afraid to say it. That
portion ... I refer to Is the CIO."
He declared he had been com
pelled at times to order protection
of business Interests and lives of
those he said were responsible
for labor violence.
"I do that although I have no
sympathy for the CIO and the
communist leaders that are cans
Ing these troubles in our state,"
Merrlam said.
He asserted little help could be
expected from tho federal govern
ineiil, which "Is only making
things worse," nnd that tho labor
situation must be smoothed be
fore the return of prosperity.
Does It
Joritles the throe "coalition" can
didates had in tne rest of tne state.
Returns showed:
For governor 2054 precincts
out of 2257 (correct): Cooper
203,537; Browning 142,781.
For senator 2012 precincts:
Stewart 148,401; Berry 87,276;
Rep. J. Ridley Mitchell 62,355.
For utilities commissioner
1981 precincts: Hudson 166,809;
Turner 67,213.
STATE OFFICER, MISTAKEN
FOR TURKEY THIEF, SHOT
BY JEFFERSON RANCHER
ALBANY. Aug. 5 (AP) State
Police Patrolman Clarence
Wordle, Salem, was shot and
painfully wounded last night by
John F. Rutherford, Jefferson,
route No. 1, at the Rutherford
farm when the farmer mistook
him for a turkey thief.
Rutherford, who was brought
here for Questioning last night
said be had been the victim of
turkey thieves for the past three
weeks. The thieves usually three
in number, had been stampeding
his turkeys, and Rutherford said
he was unable to catch them.
Calling upon state police for
aid, the bird owner was sent to
halt the stealing last night.
Patrolman Wordle, accom
panied by R. I. Wagner of Mil
ler8burg, arrived near the Ruth
erford place shortly after 10
o'clock and proceeded to garb
himself in overalls.
Patrolman Wordle started to
walk toward the scene of the
thefts when Rutherford opened
tire with a shotgun. The shot
entered the officer's left arm,
chest and abdomen. He was
brought by Wagner and Ruth
erford to the Albany general hos
pital, where he was reported
dangerously wounded.
Rutherford was releaaed early
today.
CRIPPLED COYOTE, LONG
OUTLAW OF DRY CREEK,
DIES AT HUNTER S HANDS
LA GRANDE. Ore., Aug. B 1P
The crippled coyote of the Dry
creek region has opened the
throat of her last sheep.
Orvllle Pfefferkorn of Summer
vllle shot her yesterday and vld
the hills of northeast Union coun
ty of the most pertinacious and
contemptuous varmint that ever
outguessed a sheep dog.
For two years the sheepmen
and farmers tried without success
to shoot the maurauder but she
seemed to have an Immunity to
rifle slugs. She stepped In a trap
once and crawed herself loose
losing all toes except the dewclaw
on one rear foot.
The print of the crippled toot
Identified her as the killer of
around 80 sheep. She got 35 of
Mike Royces' and a bunch of Clem
McKinnls' and 40 of L. V. Carl
son's. She was purely a killer
she rarely ate any of the meat.
Pfefferkorn didn't know he hail
shot (he crippled predator until
ha examined the carcaa and dis
covered the toeless hind foot.
CHANDLER MEN
SHOT AT RIVAL
IT
One Killed, Two Wound
ed in Climax of Bitterly
Fought Campaign. ;
JACKSON, Ky., Aug. S (AP)
Murder warrants were Issued to
day for two men in the killing
of former Sheriff Lee Combs and
the wounding of two others last
night on the stairway leading to
Breathitt county headquarters of
Sen. Alben Barkley.
The wounded are Lct?1s Combs,
brother of the former sheriff,
shot In the aide, and Sheriff
Walter Deaton, wounded In tha
left shoulder.
Lewis Combs Is ths county
chairman for Gov. A. B. Chand
ler, opposing Senator Barkley In
tomorrow's democratlo primary.'
Warrants Obtained
S. L. Combs, father of Lee
Combs, obtained warrants before
County Judge Pearl Campbell for
William Combs, no relation,- and
Wardie Jenkins. Another warrant
waa Issued for Irvln Turner
charging him with "aiding and
assisting" in the shooting.
Lewis Combs and Deaton were
taken to a hospital at Lexington.
Deaton was able to walk from
an automobile into the hospital.
Attendants reported Combs' cobt
dition as "fair." Deaton's condi
tion was said to be not serious.,
Coroner James T. Goff called
an lngueBt. He. was seeking the,
source' of fhe four shots fired.
MaJ. Joe Burman of the state
highway police also was in jack
son to Investigate.
Talked Rather Loud ' '
Mrs. Cora M. Noble, the county
clerk, said S. L. Combs and his
two sons of the Chandler faction
had protested her delivery of the
ballot boxes to county precincts
earlier yesterday afternoon.
She said she told them she was
doing what she thought was
right in getting out the boxes to
the remote sections. Mrs. Noble
said the men talked '"rather
loud" but that they went away.
Sheriff Deaton at the hospital
in Lexington said after a Bark
ley meeting broke up Lee and
Lewis Combs came to the build
ing, and with drawn guns, start
ed up the steps. The sheriff said
ha stonned them and attempted
to dissuade them from violence.
Deaton said the two men ran up
the steps and a moment later
shots rang out. .
Didn't See Shot
Deaton said he did not see
who fired the shot that hit him
or the shots thdt wounded Lewis
Combs and killed Lee Combs. -
Overshadowing all other Issues-
and many were tossed in
during the terrific heat of tha
Kentucky campaign is that of
the new deal, made when the
President definitely placed his
support with Senate Majority
Leader Barkley as the man he
wanted nominated. ' "
More than 100 new traffic signs
denote changes throughout city
as Installed by city engineer's of
fice, Page 2.
Harold Llghtfoot, 28, arrested
on a charge of carrying concealed
weapon. Page 7. '.
T.j...-lal orirlllfnn Httn Issue
scheduled tor further warm dis
cussion at Monday ntgnt council
meeting. Recreation committee
prepares report. Modoo field use
dlacussed. Page 1.
Lava beds fire again under con
trol, after break late Thursday.
Four hundred men on line. Page 1.
Breaks occur In banks of canals
In Tule lake district. Repairs
quickly made. Page 2.
Miller Packing company plant
on Keno road burns to ground In
night fire. Furnishings lost.
Page 1.
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