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Price Five 1 ,.: MATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1938
Number 8342
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Unionists Arrested in
Editorials
On the
Day'. N ews
II) Kit A X li JENKINS .
"-pills headline mould the oyo:
"Arltona lllijlitiayuian lluld
Up Mall Truck; Escape with Pay
rolls." There wars two highwaymen.
They woro masked. They hold
up Ihi) trunk (atnicn, II you prefer
It that way) at a narrow spot
where the road dips down Into
a canyon.
The hold-up occurred In wild,
rough country and Ilia robbers
am supposed to havu taken to tlio
hills.
AFTF.lt all tha fanry. nw
fnnglcd crlmca we've boon
rending ahout In recent yonra.
thli old-timer almost (Ivci ono a
touch of hoinealt-kneii.
"TTHIS dispatch cornea from Nur
emlieri;, In (lermany. where
Iho Nails J re gathered to make
big medicine:
"Relchsfuehror Adolf Hitler
today defied the great powers
to hlocknda (iormiuiy again ni
they did In iho world wnr and
ihortcd 76.000.000 country
men to rely on hla bold leader
ship to bring about a grcnlor
community of (iormnna."
NJOTK. pleaso, thnt the big chief
contents hlmaelf with beating
hla chest nil (I defying Iho wicked
great powers to do dirt to Ger
many. "If they tncklo u," he
boasts, "they'll find they've tack
led aomnihlng they cnn'i hnnillo."
YOIj'.VK aoen one small boy
double up his flats, screw his
faco Into a menacing expression,
puff out his cheat and any to an
other small boy: "You Juat try
hitting my pop on tho nose; If
you do, you'll see what hnppcns
to you!"
Tho point Is thnt tho second
smnll boy hns no Intention of
hitting tho first smnll boy's pop
on the noso. Tho whole demon
stration Is Just a hulld-up for the
flint smnll boy, limiting hi in look
llko n bold, bnd hombro who can't
bo trifled with.
finch demonstrations SKI. DOM
LEAD TO A F10IIT.
npilK gront powora (ho cnllcd)
hnvo no thought of tncklliiB
Gormnny. If nny tackling Is
done. Gormnny will hnvo to do It.
As long aa Illtlor contents him
self with slinking his flats nt un
nnmed "powers" nnd mnklng
fuces nt thorn and tolling thorn
whnt will hnppon to thorn If thoy
Jump onto Gormnny, there will
ho no wnr,
If n wnr In started I hla yonr,
Gormnny will hnvo to stnrl it.
'
TAEMOCRATIC voters of Novadn,
by an overwhelming major
ity, renonilnnto Ronntnr Pnt Mc
Cnrrnn, who voted ngnlnst Presi
dent iiooscveira suprome couri
packing and govonnnont rnorgnnl
r,ntlon achomca, thoroby getting
hlmaelf Into tho bnd graces of tho
Now Don!.
Thus wo aro glvon confirma
tion of the fnot thnt tndopondent
thinking In congresa ISN'T un
popular with the votors.
CRANIUM
CRACKER
MR. nilOWN, who hns ro-mnr-rled,
Is a fntber and a grand
father. He hns two daughters, ono son
nnd a stepson. Tho girls ouch
hnvo four children, nnd tho hoys
two nploco.
How ninny descendants hns Mr.
Drown?
Answer on PnRO HI.
Richmond
Enters Race
For Mayor
Mayor (III ft mi IliYhinonri do
clmotl for rcnioctlon Thuimlay.
AllhuuKh tho unnouncoment of
(ho mayor wni not unexpected, It
w rngnrdod im nit oiiUtandtriR
dnvrlopment In Ihn munlrtpnl po
litical Munition. With H ihn kii
iTnl Plcrtlmi cumiialKii In tho city
annumca dnflntlo Mhiipo.
Hrvrd One Term
Richmond has lorved ono term
a mnyor. o won tho 1936 enm
pntKii by a ninfthtnjc majority
over ihrvo oioimmi(m, jioIIIiik 3913
vol on out of (1783 cant,
Wheihor Hlchmond'a pollttml
Htrenglh haa iiicreimcd, d?croa'Ml
or held Im own hna boon a matior
of wldcBprend miorulatlon up mid
down tho trrl In repent week
n It became apparent thnt ho
would prohnbly rninpuiKn for ro
clrctton. Throe Known OpiKinrnta
At present, tho mayor fnccn
(Contliioad on rata N'lnoj
'A" ' - : '
OF 'SELLING OUT'
Movie Craftsmen's Agent
Took Bribe FromTro,,
ducers, Charge.
I.OS ANOKI.KS. Sept. (V)
Hitter dissension among film
crnflsmen flu rod toiUiy In a com
plaint to Ihn nntlomil Inbor roln
llnns board payment of 1100.000
to a union official put 12.000
union workers under "direct con
trol" of tho Assoclntlon of Motion
I'lctiire Producers, Inc.
Pnt Cnsey, Inbor mediator of
the producers' organization, Im
mediately branded tho complnint
as "ridiculous," and said:
"If theso unions worn company
unions, do they think they could
hnvo gotten from 2G to 35 per
cent Increases In pay during the
pnst three or fuur yenrs?"
"Illillriiloiis"
In ChlcnRO Joseph M. Schenck,
president of tho association said:
"Tho chnrga 1 paid anyone $100,
000 on a union denl Is a ridiculous
stntomont."
Tho complnint wan filed with
Dr. Towns Nylandor, regional
Nl.ftn director, by Joff Klbre, a
atudlo crnflsmnn who anid he was
"acting for nnd on behalf of the
motion plcluro technicians' com
mittee" Klbro nllogod Wllllnm nioff,
formerly porsonnl roprenonlntlvo
In Hollywood of aeorge E.
llrowno, Intornntlonnl president
of tho liiternntlonnl Alliance of
Themrlcnl Stago Employes, ac
cepted $100,000 from Schonck to
"sell out" IATSK control.
NEW CONTRIBUTIONS
BOLSTER LEGION DRUM
CORPS CONVENTION FUND
I'lltHT CONTItinUTIONS
flponsorslilpn
O. 11. Mntthows
Fred Ilotlbronnor
J. V. Kerns
Mnck Ullnrd
Klrkpntrick nnd rtocder
llersbhorger enfo
Safoway stores
Kiwanls club
Miscellaneous
Honry Somon $10
MonlKomory Wnrrt Co $25
Charles Schanl $10
Suhslntitlnl progress wns re
ported Thursday In tha cnmpnlgn
to provlda sponsorship for tho
Amcrlcnn Legion drum corps' trip
to the national convention nt Los
Angeles.
Six additional sponsorships were
nnnouncod, mnklng a total of
eight lo (Into. Two more donors
woro limed In tha miscollanoous
expense campaign.
Persons wishing In nnslsl In the
program may call nny momher of
the committee, nnd tho donation
will be picked tip. Committee
members with telephone numbers:
O. D. Mntthows, 399-M; CloorRe
llarlh, 721-11; Jack llonnor, 167;
f!lydo Thompson, 8C6; Carl Cook,
20; Carol Morrison, 2207.
Tho Sunsot (Iroocry and tho
chnmhor of commorco will receive
contributions.
PULLING
MARKS PICKET
E
Two Treated for Injury;
Business Continues on
Restricted Scale.
BAN FltANL'IKCO, Sept. 8 (p)
Violence characterized by slugging
and hair pulling, the lastor by
women pickets, niurked the morn
ing opening of two stores todny
In tho rotnll dorks' strlko agnlnst
3 6 lending department stores.
Seven arrests were made, and
two pvrsons treatod for Injuries.
Tho disturbances were at the
Kmporliim, the city's biggest de
partment store, and Hale Hroth
urs, scone of similar turmoil nt
tho start of tho wnlknut yesterday.
Kar Cut
Five pickois were booked on
charges of refusal to "move on"
at the Kmporlum. Patrolman
Uuorge lludger said one of the
l it In tot. Horman Klmors, obtained
bis release on ball and returned to
the picket line.
Hudcer said the Emporium dis
turbance occurred when Elmers
felled Louis Dyers, an Kmporlum
buyer; with a blow which cut hU
enr, llndger said Dyers wns
walking Into Iho store with Ben
nlo Loin I, a fortuor University of
California football star, who also
Is employed by the Kmporlum.
llyers was taken Into the Km
porlum, where his bleeding car
wns trented. Iladger placed Kl
mors In the pntrol wngon for
booking ii Jail on battery charge.
Also placed In the pntrol wagon
was n man who Identified himself
as tieorgo Thornton, who said bo
wns a retired St. Louis, .Mo., busi
nessman. Thornton said he mere
ly was watching the disturbance,
l'ollco said ho failed to comply
with an order to move on.
Feminine pickets went Into ac
tion again at Halo's when non
union workers formed a flying
wedge to effect entrance Into the
store. The workers, nil womon,
were flanked by a half dozen
young men, who convoyed thorn
(Continued on Page Nino)
MAJOR POWERS MAKE
FEVERISH PREPARATIONS
FOR SHOWDOWN MONDAY
By Tlio Associated Press
Tho critical negotiations be
twoon Czechoslovnkln nnd hor
Sudeten tlcrmnn minority on
which may depend war or peace In
F.uropi! remained In susponso to
dny while tho powers took steps
to ho prepared for a showdown.
tirent Britain summoned her
en I) I not to meet Monday, a few
hours beforo Adolf Hitler Is ex
pected to tell tho world whnt ho
Intonds to do about Czechoslovak
la. Tho call wns Issued by Prime
Minister Novlllo chamberlain
nftor dny-long conferences of key
British ministers, including whnt
was mild to hnvo boon a discus
sion of ill ill u nl defonses between
Sir Thomns Insklp, British min
ister for coordination of dofenses,
nnd Ennion de Vnlora, prime min
ister of Ireland.
Although Hitler ordered the
Sudeten tlormnnn to renew ne
gotiations, after a break which
gave Europe Its sharpest war
senre In weeks of tension, minor
ity loadors In Prnha snid there
wns no prospect of furthor au
tonomy talks until the whipping
of a Sudeten Uermnn legislntor
hns been adjusted satisfactorily.
SEAMSTRESS QUESTIONED
IN MEEKS KIDNAP CASE
MARYSVILLE, Calif., Sopt. 8
(AP) A 28-yenr-old Ban Fran
cisco seamstress, brought here, by
I rp In no from Snllnns, held the
limelight todny aa authorities
hunted now clues In their search
for the kidnapers of Mrs, Wll
llnm R. Meeks.
The woman, Mary Blake, was
flown here nftor she told authori
ties In Salinas, Calif., of a 30
hour automobile rido with three
men who nppenred from tholr
conversation, sho snld. to hnvo
boon connected with the Moeks
ense,
AGTVITY
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Three photographs of the disastrous fire which razed the Sprague Illver business district are
shown hero. UPPER A striking night scene ns embers continued to blaze after the worst of the
dnmnKo wns done. Noto the power polo in the foreground. CENTER An automobile thnt caught
fire nnd burned nfter Us owner hnd filled It with his belongings taken from a barber shop. BELOW
A sceno of confusion photographed while the fire was still raging. Tho two upper pictures were
made by a Hernld-News cameraman. Thnt below wns taken by Mario Carnlnl of Sprague River.
REAL TORNADO SWEEPS
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
WILLAMETTE VALLEY,
BROWNSVILLE, Sept. 8
Residents of south central Wil
lamette volley who stood by in
awe Labor day when a. huge, fun-nel-shnped
plllnr of ntmosphere
swept across the countryside
lenrnod todny they hnd witnessed
an "authentic tornado."
Tho dlsturbnnco wns described
and photographed by persons fa
millnr with similar storms In the
mlddlowost.
The column, burying lis funnel
In the thick rain clouds, first np
penred southeast of Ilalscy. The
taporlng point trailed nway to the
west almost horizontal with the
earth. Tho center of the twister
wns a light smoky color but the
outsldo walls were menacingly
black.
It roso ns It traveled north nnd
enst nnd finally dissolved.
It has not boon learned If tho
strnngo visitor crontod; rinmngo.
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Bay
Sprague River Business District
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Baseball
AMERICAN' LEAGVB
R. H. E.
New York 4 8 0
Boston OBI
Gomez nnd Dickey; Hnrrls,
Grove (S) nnd DeSnutcls.
R. H. E.
Detroit 4 8 0
Cleveland 18 2
Benton and York: Whltehlll.
Gnlehouse (8) nnd Hemsley.
R.
Philadelphia J
Washington 5
Thomas and Wagner;
and Ferrcll, Berry (6).
H. E.
2
12 1
Chase
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R. H. E.
Boston 4 10 0
Now York 6 15 0
Turner, Hutchison (8) nnd Lo
poz; Gumbort, Brown (9) and
Donning.
f" .il
City Store
17 KILLED AS SPANISH
PASSENGER TRAIN STRIKES
GASOLINE-LADEN TRUCK
PERPIGNAN, France, Sept. 8
(A) At least 17 persons were
known today to have died in a
firo which burned the wooden
conches of a railroad train on tho
outskirts of Gerona, Spain, last
night after a collision with a gaso
line-laden truck which exploded.
Many of tho victims died fight
ing to escape the flames, which
swiftly engulfed thederalled pas
senger cars,
Tho truck wns part of a convoy
carrying gasoline to Barcelona.
It collided with a train at a cross
ing and its two occupants, fearing
an explosion, fled.
Two occupants of another
truck, thinking the men on the
first truck hnd been pinned In the
wreckage, went forward to help
them.
At that moment a gasoline tank
on tho first truck exploded and
tho two were burned to death.
Flro spread to tho wooden coaches
of the train and nearby houses.
;,MM',' '
Devastating Fire
Levels Milltown's
Business District
Only Two Buildings Es
cape Flames; Poolhall
Operator Questioned.
People of Sprague River sur
veyed the blackened ruins of the
town's business district Thurs
day while authorities pressed an
investigation of a devastating
fire that broke out there about
S p. m. Wednesday.
The roaring blaze spared only
two business buildings, burning
out nine establishments on both
sides of the main street and
causing damage estimated In ex
cess of $50,000.
Starts In outbuilding
It originated in an outhouse
at the rear of the Sprague River
hotel, and Sheriff Lloyd Low re
vealed Thursday he had taken
Into custody Jack Martin, 46.
operator of a poolhall, for ques
tioning in connection with the
origin of the fire.
Sheriff Low said he received
sufficient Information at the
scene of the fire Wednesday
night to Justify taking Martin
Into custody for Interrogation to
determine if he had any connec
tion with the Btart of the blaze.
State fire marshal's Investigators
are expected here in a day or
two to continue the probe.
No formal charge had been
placed against Martin, a barber
at Sprague R I t e r for several
years and recent operator of a
poolhall.
Federal Aid Sought
Problem of rebuilding the
business district was given con
sideration. Huntington Taylor of
tho Crater Lake Lumber com
pany of Sprague River wired Sen
ator McNary asking if there is
any federal emergency fund avail
able that could be used In help
ing reestablish the business com
munity. Postmaster Burt Haw
kins sent a similar message to
Congressman Walter Pierce.
Local business men Indicated a
sympathetic interest In the plight
of tho people of tho east Klam
ath town.
The fire was not discovered un
til It had spread from the out
house to the two-story Sprague
River hotel at about 4:30 p. m.
From there the flames leaped
(Continued on Page Nine)
PORTLAND MAN 'SAVES
DAUGHTER FROM WOLVES
IN ML HOOD WILDERNESS
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 8 (iP)
A. C. Bull, Portland attorney, re
lated today how his sudden ap
pearance prevented possible death
for his 4-year-old daughter when
she was stalked by two giant tim
ber wolves.
Bull said the Incident happened
last Sunday in the Mount Wilson
section of the Mount Hood wilder
ness. His wife and another couple
had gone down a leafy trail ahead
of hiin. His daughter, Marilyn,
skipped down the trail before
him, "yelling like all kids will."
"I stepped behind a log to cut
a bracket fungus," Bull said.
"Suddenly I heard her scream. I
looked down tho trail to see two
timber wolves slinking toward
her. They were within 10 feet or
so when I scrambled over the log
and yelled and waved my arms.
They raced into the timber and
disappeared.
"Had she been 50 feet farther
down the trail she would have
been out of my sight, and I don't
know what would have hap
pened," ROBBERS LOCK UP STORE
CLERK, WAIT ON TRADE
PORTLAND, Sept. 8 (ff) One
of three robbers who entered a
grocery store last night relieved
Gordon Berg, clerk, of his apron
and forced him into a washroom
tor 15 minutes.
The new "clerk" waited on the
trade and took In the cash and
then, to the amazement of the
customers, suddenly departed
with bis companions. One woman
customer told Berg she had been
served politely and given the
proper articles and change.
Strike
PORTLAND FREE OF
STRIKES FOR FIRST
TIME IN TWO YEARS
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 8 (P)
Portland, where labor dUputca
created violence, sent men to
prison, brought chaos to Indus
try and contributed to the unseat
ing of a governor, was free of
major strikes today for the first,
time in almost two years.
The AFL Grocery Clerks' union,
terminated a 55-day-old contro
versy by withdrawing pickets from
83 Safeway stores. Glenn Silver
thorne, company representative,
and Malcolm MacLeod, union sec
retary, said they would announce
the terms of the settlement after
a conference.
A three-month strike against
17 members of tha Portland Hotel
association concluded yesterday.
Spokesmen for both sides declined
to comment on the agreement.
Portland district sawmills wera
active without the handicap of
the CIO-AFL Jurisdictional fight
Senate Investigators Ac
.. cuse Postmistress of
Helping Lewis.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 8 UP)
The senate campaign "xpenditures
committee expressed the opinion
today in a formal statement that
Mrs. Maude Toulson, postmlstresa
of Salisbury, Md., had violated
federal law by assisting Represent
tative Lewis (D-Md.) in his cam
paign for the democratic senator
ial nomination.
Tho committee said it would
turn its findings over to the Jus
tice department and to the post
master general.
The committee's statement Bald
reports of its Investigators "do
not sustain the charge the CIO Is
financing the campaign of Repre
sentative Lewis."
Lewis, who Is President Roosei
velt's choice in the Maryland prl
mary against Senator Tydlngj,
asked the committee to investi
gate newspaper advertising which,
indicated the CIO had helped fi
nance hiB campaign. Lewis
charged the advertising was paid
by Tydings' supporters.
The committee's Investigation
of the activities of Mrs. ToulBon
was undertaken at the request oC
Tydings.
Henry L. Hess, democratic cniw
dldate for governor, makes stataa
ment of policy at party meeting
here. Page 2.
Mayor Clifton Richmond, Coutw
cllman John Keller and Council
man Charles Thomas announce
tor reelection. Page 1.
Sprague River business district
razed by flames. Re-building
talked. Sheriff makes investiga
tion. Page 1.
Drum corps trip financing ennw
palgn makes headway. Page 1
Plans completed for storing
350,000 pounds 9f Klamath tur
key meat this fall for spring and
summer markets. Page 9.
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City Briefs Pages and I
Comics and fitory, Pages 7 and 1 3
Courthouse Records .....Page I
Editorials Pane I
Family Doctor ...Page t
High School News Page T
Market, Financial News....Page 4
Sports .... f"g 4
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