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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1938)
WEATHER Fair and Warm Jllnh 17. Low 44 PRECIPITATION 24 hoar to ft a. m ,. ,00 Season to date ................. J 7. 8T Last year to date ..............ia.lil Normal precipitation 13.00 WIRE SERVICE Tim Horn Id and News atihscrlb lo full leaned wl' anrvlc ot Ilia Associated I'reaa ml the United I'reaa, Hi world's great rat nmiagnthPrhiu iirganluitloiia. For 17 hours dally world nana conice Into III Herald. News tiffin on tulotjpe machines. ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND UNITED PRESS Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, 0KE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1938 Number' 8352 hi JV . ULUED la mm. i i i i i I 1 1 1 1 1 lJ Czechs Reply To FrancoBritish Proposals Editorials On the Day. N ews itr I HANK ji:.kih jr YUtrilK looking lir contrasta In weather, rorna down through th Sacramento valley about Dili aaaon and anter Ran Kranclaco In lh lala evening. You'll gal what you're looking (or. Shorts and no ahlrt would h about right for I ha valley. In the city, a heavy overcoat guea good In the svenlnga. IM TDK shopping district one In alrurk by the prevalence ot po licemen. They so lu clusters. And they have the alert appearance ot looking for something meyhe a pocket with a brick In It. Thera'a a retail cterka' atrlke on, and the cnpa are taking no chanrea. Hut to a caaual eye, and attar ahopplng houra. every thing la aa quiet aa a village on Sunday afternoon. TIIK American Legion la hold ing Ha convention In l.oa An galea, but you wouldn't know It to look at Iho atreeta of UK to night. I.eglonnalrea, mopping off en route, ar out for a good time. They'r having It or think they 'are, which aniounta lo th aama thing In th long run. AT TIIK adjoining table In the coffee ahop are a man and a woman unite obvloiu'y huband and wife. They're on a vacation that, too, being ohvlnu. For 10 mlnutea they haven't apoken a word and look aa glum aa If they'd Jual had word that th children, lett behind at home, ar all down with the meaalea. Why they didn't atny at horn and us 'he money they're apond Ing for a IrlpJIo put a now coat of paint on the houao la a problem that la too deep for thla writer lo aolv. People ar funny, aren't thoy? And never funnier thnn when I they're away from homo and ao eretly winning they weren't. A HASTY glance at the paper revenla that chamberlain, back from hla session far to fnco with per Fuehrer, la ready to aacrlflc the last square mile ot Czecho slovakia, If noccssnry, to provont war. Well, thnl'a diplomacy for you. No aacrlflce la loo great for tho OTHER FKLLOW lo make. ' 22-FOOT STATUE HOISTED ATOP ROOF OF CAPITOL SALEM. Sept. ifl (AP) Tho 22-foot tall, anven-ton Oregon "Pioneer" wna holalnd atop tho now capltol building yesterday. Tho atntuo wna rnlaod to tho roof of tho building laat Friday but hung auapendod from lilting llnea until yoaterdny romlndlng a fow oltttlmora of lynching days. It took workmon only a fow mlnutoa to lift It from tho roof to tho dome top. Tho atntuo will ho covered with gold leaf to pro tect It from tho wonthor. TtOOHUVIOl.T CONFIXM) WASHINGTON. Sept. 20 (AP) rroatdont Itooaovolt wna cnnflnod to his living quarters In the White House todny with a cold. CRANIUM CRACKER TUB ono-tlmo Pr.lnco of As turlns, victim of a horntlllnry hlood dlscHsn, dlod rocontly fol lowing nn nulomobllo accident near tho southernmost lnrgo city In tho Btnto whoso offlclnl flow.or Is tho ornngo blossom. By what title was tho man known nt tho tlmo of Ills dentin Who Is his fnthor? What Is the , name of tho blood tllsonso? Nonr what city In what stnto did tho accident hnppon? Answers on Pago 4 Central European State Appeals for More Negotiation Baseball AMKItK'AV I.KAt.lK CI.KVKI.ANI). Sept. 20 (AP) Cleveland defeated Washington 9 to I today bohlnd the nine-hit pitching of Denny Gatehouse. With lloatnn alao winning, the aacond plac altuatlon remained unchanged. R. H. K. Wahlngton 1 t U Clevelnnd 9 10 1 Leonard, Monlengudo (6) llog aett (7) and Uulllanl; (jnlvhouac and I'ytlak. First game: R. II K. Iioaton - 1J 1 1 .St. l.oula ft 1 6 1 llama. MrKuIll 171. Wilson (II. llutby IS) and IicSautels: Walkup. Col. () and Hark ahany. R. II. E. New York' 4 ft 0 Chicago 5 12 4 lludley, Andrewa (I) and Dickey; titration and Itanaa. FIVE STATES HOLD O'Connor Seeks Nomina tion on Both Republi can, Demo Tickets. Hy th Associated Pre Th aucceaa or failure of preal rientlol efforts to defeat Chairman John J. O'Connor of th home rules committee was being deter mined todny by voters of Now York city's oast aide toncmcnta and penthouses. O'Connor, whom Mr. noosevolt recently lormcd "ono of tho most effective obstructionists" In tho house, sought both democratic and republican nominations for a ninth term. Final Purge Attempt The double contest wss about the only one giving national as pect to lodny'a primaries In Now Yor' , Now Jorsoy, Massachusetts and Wisconsin. It was the prosl dont'a 'ourlh and final attempt In this year's primaries to unseat lawmakers whom he rnllod con servatives. Ho lost democratic senatorial battles In South Cnro llnn, Uoorgla and Maryland, James II. Fay, supported by Mr. Itooaovolt, was O'Connor's democratic opponent. No matter who wins that nomination, Fay's namo will bo on tho Novombor ballot as candldnto of tho Amor lean labor party. Running ngulnst O'Connor on tho republican tlckot was Allen Dulles, former state de partment aldo. O'Connor has been one ot the key men ot tho houso, because tho rulos " commitloo decides whether to give major legislation tho right-of-way to the floor. He and his opponents have carried tholr lively campaign from Fash lonnhlo Park avonuo to the Bast river In midtown Manhattan. F. R. NAMES COMMITTEE OF SIX TO STUDY PLIGHT OF NATION'S RAILROADS WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (IP) President Rnosovolt said today he had asked three railway exocu- tlvos and throe representatives of railway lnbor organizations to sorve ns an Informal committee to draft rocommondntions for leg islation to onse the plight ot the cni'rlors. Air. Koosovclt said he hoped to ha'vo a report front them within a month or six wooks. Ho conferred with the six In dividuals for an hour and a halt precodlng his press conforenco and said they had gone Into the broad problem ot putting a sound systom ot railroads In oporatlon In tho Unltod StntcB as a part of a sound transportation system generally, Railroads wages, tho president asserted. Is only one element in this broador problem. II Duce Boasts of Italy's Armed Strength ; Rus sia Grows Cold. PRAGUE. Sept. 20 (AP) Th Ciechoalovak government an nounced tonight It had delivered Its reply to Britain and Franc on their propoaala to and the European erlala and It consider ed l ho way was left open to further "diplomatic negotiations." The following communique wss issued: "Hplrlt of Conciliation "The Czechoslovak government communicated thta eienlng lo the llrlllah and French ministers in Prague a note In which la set forth Its altitude to propoaala brought forward by th Brlllah and French governmenta. "The attitude adopted makes possible further diplomatic nego tiations In the spirit of concilia tion which the Ciechoalovak gov ernment had slwsys shown." Hy The Associated Prras Czechoslovakia made laat min ute efforts to get soviet lluasian support against Adolt Hitler's de mands today while new compli cations were Injected Into the crisis by border clashes snd by visits of Hungarian snd Polish envoys lo Hitler at Borchtes gadon. Border t'laxlirs At Udlno, Italy, Premier Mus solini declared It was time "the world became acquainted with this new, warllko and determined Italy." He lauded the martial and moral sirongth ot fascist Italy. Shouting "It tomorrow this peo ple should b callod again to an other task It would not hesitate tor a minute." Howevor, he made no reforonco to the erlala lit Chechoslovakia. llordor clashes, coming while Czechoslovakia stalled tor tim on th Chamborlaln-Daladler plan for ceding Sudetenland to tier many, kept Europe koyed to war dangers. A Herman communique said Premier Mela 1 m red! and Forolgn Minister Koloman von Kanya of Hungary had placed before Hitler a demand the 700,000 Hungar ians In Chechoslovakia be given the right of self-determination. Poland's Views Similar They wore accompanied by the Hungarian chief of staff, Mold Mnrshall Kresztcs-Flschor. Polnnd's views, understood to be similar to thoso ot Hungary, wore presented to tho fuehrer by Joseph Llpegl, Polish ambas sador to Berlin. Reports from Geneva said Czechoslovakia received a soviet promlso ot support It Gormany tried to scire tho Sudoten Ger man areas, but a possible barrier to such aid had boen found In Rumania, who took the position sho could not permit soviet troops to pass through her torritory. Soviet Silent Moscow dispatches said soviet circles romalned silent on Russia's (Continued on Page Three) STORM WARNINGS POSTED ON CAROLINA COAST AS HURRICANE SPEEDS NORTH JACKSONVILLE. Fla., Sept. 20 (AP)-The weathor bureau today ordered northeast storm warnings displayed along tho North Carolina coast and said a tropical hurricane of "groat in- tensity" would pass cast of Cape Hattorns tonight. The bureau at 6:30 a. m. (PST1 said tho storm which yes- terday monaced south Florida now was moving norm norin wontward or northward about 17 miles nn hour. The center of the hurricane tho, wonthor bureau said, was about !100 miles cast of voro Beach, Fla., at 4 a. m the exact locution was glvon as tatituao zs dogroos and longitude 76 degrees west. The storm warnings wore or dorod up from Wilmington to Cape Hatterns and tho weather bnronu said "the storm will grad ually turn toward the north northeast with tho centnr passing some distance east ot Cape Hat toras tonight." Chained for wsumi'ml'S' Map aasai mm. jl ,1 Hiiii Found contentedly sitting In an automobile with her , wrists chained to the Steering wheel. Wilms "Leaycroft, 18-year-old waitress from Neptune. N. J., told reporters snd police that her sweetheart, Louis Tortarlcllo. 24-year-old welder, had thus enmeshed her to keep her true to him while he was at work In a Linden, N. J., factory. Then whllo a crowd watched, Tor:arlello came out snd, as shown above, unchained her to take her for a walk and lunch. On being questioned by police. Tortarlello admitted It was all a publicity stunt to bo followed by a wedding on horseback. Grand Jury Tentatively Called Thursday Morning to Probe Ashurst-Hannon "Difficulty" The Klamath county grand Jury will convene Thursday morning to Investigate tho courthouse steps clash between Circuit Judge Ed ward B. Ashurst and Deputy County Clerk Walter P. Hannon. District" Attorney Hardin C. Blackmcr announced that tho time ot meeting Is contingent on get ting In touch with grand jurors who are away on hunting trips. Principals Stay Home With both principals and tho grand Jury absent from the scone of action, tho Ashurst-Hannon situation went without other im portant developments Tuesday. Public Interest In It still ran high, but It was necessarily confined to a post-mortem ot Monday after noon's courthouso altercation and speculation ns to what the future will bring. Circuit Judge Ashurst remain ed In bed at his home. 235 North Third streot, recovering from a beating about the head and face administered by Court Clerk Han non. Hannon, who was less so. riously hurt in the clash, was said to be recovering from a case ot Influctua which has afflicted him for the past sovoral days. Urnntl Juror Hunting The grand Jury, summoned "forthwith" by Circuit Judge Ash urst after the affair ot Monday afternoon, could not be brought immediately together because of the absence ot one member on a hunting trip. Thore was talk that the Jury might be taken to Judge Ashurst s residence it ho is un ablo to be present In court when the Jurors gather. It is presumed that J ml go Ash ttrst, in summoning tho Jury, had in mind tho possibility ot an In dlctmcnt charging Hannon with assault and battery, said to be an Indictable mlsdotnoanor. In such an event, tho case would be triod in circuit court, rather than jus tice court. Basis of Controversy Judge Ashurst alloges that Han non struck him first. Hannon, on tho other hand, claims that the jurist inn do the first fistic ges ture. Thoso conflicting claims nro the makings ot n controversy, In formal nt prcsont, but possibly as suming a legal aspoct later on. Mrs. Mno K. Short, mothor-ln-lnw of the court clerk and ap parently the only eye-witness ot the encounter, supports Hannon 's assertion that Ashurst struck the first blow. Mi-b. Short had gone to get a drink at the fountain In the hall, noar the rear door at Love, Etc. which the trouble started Mon day afternoon. Judge Ashurst asserted emphat ically again from his bed Tues day that he bad no Intention ot striking Hannon when they came together at the door and that he in fact attempted to go down stairs Into the basement to avoid an encounter. He avers he bad books In his arms at the time. Mrs. Short said the judge had only a folder for lsgal papers. She said sho undertook to part the two men as they fought on the steps. The circuit court clerk, who Is officially a deputy county clerk, Is appointed by the county clerk and not by the Judge. Observers considered the tense situation which may exist in tho future with Ashurst and Hannon as offi cials of the same court. -Testy Reply Feeling between them has grown Increasingly serious over recent months. It is believed. On Monday morning, a few hours prior lo the courthouse steps en counter, Ashurst lambasted the clerk's office because ot a claim made by Hannon for payment for overtime spent on court work. Mrs. Short, Tuesday, replied testily to Ashurst's remarks. She said that there is "no robbery ot public funds in the clerk's office," that she will continue to "protect the people's money." In further reply to Ashurst's court stntomcnt, printed lu full elsewhere in today's paper, Mrs. Short cited Ashurst's $600 a month salary in connection with her assortion that In numerous instances outside judges must como noro lo hear cases because the judge has been disqualified by affidavits of prejudice. In Court l'rlday Judge ABhurst said Tuesday that he will be In court on Fri day to try a case scheduled for that date, according to District Attornoy Blackmer. The judge has "shlnors" on both oyos, his nose and face are bndly swollon, and his forehead and chocks are scratched and brulsod. Hannon suffered a cut over one eye, and one ot bis hands 'is swollen. Both principals In the case are wldoly known in the county and outside as well. Ashurst tor a time was a candidate for the democratio nomination tor United States senator early this year, later withdrawing in favor of Carl Donaugh. Hunnon was a candidate for the democratic nomination tor county judg. PI APPROVES COUNTY BUILDING GRAN $122,727 in Federal Funds Amplifies $150,000 Bond Issue. Assuring a $272,000 bjlldlng program for th county school system, th Public Works admin istration has approved a grant or 1122,727 to go with the recently approved bond issue. Word to that effect was wired to Tho Herald and News Tues day by the office of Senator E. R. Reames and was confirmed in messages of a similar nature to the county school office from Congressman Walter Pierce and Senator Charles L. McNary. Bell Bonds First No time will be lost in getting the building program nnderway. Countr Superintendent Fred Pet erson Indicated. First step will be sale ot the 1150.000 bonds authorized by the taxpayers of the district in an election earlier this month. First construction work will probably be at ...four ... locations which were on a PWA construc tion program two years ago and dropped when PWA "folded up" at that time. These Include an addition ot three rooms at Fair haven, two rooms at Malfn and gymnasiums at Bonanza and Mer rill. Plans for these projects are Already complete, a fact which will speed their start. Peterson said that plans and specifications tor other jobs will be started Im mediately. All work under PWA will be done by contract. Peterson said a separate contract will be let for each unit ot the program. TWO FIRES FLARE IN DEER HUNTING DISTRICTS; HAZARD GROWS SEVERE Two fires flared out In the Klamath deer hunting country early Tuesday afternoon, and crews of men were dispatched by the Klamath Forest Protective association in an effort to curb the flames which are licking into tlnder-dry areas. . In the Horse Olade country, north of Bly. fire was reported on the west side ot that section and a large number of fighters were sent into that vicinity. The fire, said to have started in the brush, was In danger ot reaching timber owned by the forest serv ice. It .was learned. Flames were racing through the slash In the Bryant moun tain district near Clear lake and west of Langell valley, and fight ers were dispatched to the area In an effort to halt the march ot tho fire before It reached the George McCollum stand. Early Tuesday afternoon the flames had swept over 15 acres or stasn Between 4 5 and 60 men were sent to Bryant mountain. . The humidity point had reach ed 20, considered exceptionally hazardous, and with the country as dry as powder, especially the wooded areas, lookouts and fire guards wore watchful of Klamath forest lands. Careless hunters are thought to have caused both the Horse Glade and Bryant mountain fires and caution was urged ot other hunters who plan to enter the forests and brush lands this week in search of game. ... EUGENE DEER HUNTER FATALLY WOUNDED EUGENE, Sept. 20 (IP) Les tor Newman, Eugene, was shot and instantly killed shortly after 11 a. m. this morning while hunt ing deer noar Fall Creek, smalt community about 15 miles east of here. It was not known If Newman had accidentally shot himself or had been mistaken for a deer. He was hunting In company with Clarence Davis, Eugene, a Mr. Baker of Eugene and Walter Eas- ton ot Cedar Flats. State police officers were Inves tigating the shooting and were ex pected to report on the case soon. Ideal y ? TTi. (( A jury ot three famous artists, a novelist and a director ot a models agency, think blue-eyed, brunette Mary Grabhorn (above). 17-year-old Blue Ridge college. Md.. freshman. Is "America's ideal college girl." They selected her In a contest sponsored by a New York department store and a group of women s colleges. Riverside Only Pacific Coast Outfit to Gain Legion Finals. LOS ANGELES. Sept. 20 JP Carl Moser, adjutant of the Ore gon department of the American Legion, won the post ot chairman of the credentials, rules and per manent organization committee today at the national convention, while 13 other members ot the Oregon delegation were named to various other committees. Oregon's bid for fame In the drum and bugle corps contest was swamped along with all but one other western contingent when the east took 11 ot the 12 final places. Riverside, Calif., was the only western corps to get into the finals. Oregon's musical unit was represented by the Klamath Falls post. Marlboro Wins Marlboro. Mass., post won the national drum corps champion ship. Moser was the only Oregon delegate named to au executive post on a committee, the others being appointed as committee men. They were: Neil Allen, Grants Pass, con stitutional amendments, George L. Koehn, Portland, Americanism, Guy Duvall, The Dalles, foreign relations, - John A. Bcckwith. Portland, legislation, Hugh Coop er, Roseburg, rehabilitation, Wil liam Courtney, McMinnville, edu cation ot war orphans, Paul Hath away, Portland, national defense for the army and C. A. rowior, Portland, lor the navy, Elsie Arnott, Portland, child weltare, H. L. Bromley, Medford, organi zation, O. E. Palmeteer, Salem, finance. R. H. Bassett, Salem resolutions, W. J. Chamberlin CorvalliB, aeronautics. JUDGE GRANTS TRANSFER OF SECOND HINES TRIAL NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (API Supreme Court Justice Ferdinand Fecora today granted Dist. Atty. Thomas E. Dewey's request for transfer ot the second trial ot James J. Hines, Tammany district leader, to the court ot general sessions. Justice Fecora declared a mis trial in the case September 12 after tour weeks of testimony on the state's charge that Hines act ed as political "front for the policy racket headed by the late Arthur (Dutch Schultz) Flegen- heimer. The mistrial was ordered after Prosecutor Dewey made a refer ence to testimony before a grand Jury in another case. . The de fense contended the grand Jury testimony was outside the flcopo ot the trial. m hi I N -IN CALIFORNIA Thrown Switch Blamed in .z Accident; lOOPasserir gers Injured. NILAND. Calif., Sept. 20 UTV-i The sudden, unexplained decision of a brakeman to throw a siding switch was blamed by Southern Pacific officials for a railroad wreck today that killed 11 per sons and Injured 100, many crlU lcally. C. F. Donnatln. Southern Pa cific superintendent at Los An geles, blamed the wreck on "man failure, an nnexplalnable act by Eric Leonard Jacobson," head-end brakeman employed by the road THE DEAD NILAND. Calif., Sept 20 OT) The casualty list in the train wreck here early today includ ed: Dead: Florence Jl. Tator, 80, Rhlne- ' Mrs. E. W. Hall, Loma Linda, Calif. Mrs. O. A. Hall, Loma Linda, Calif. Robert N. Richardson, en gineer ot the Argonaut, Los Angeles. P. E. Martin, fireman, Cal ifornian, Los Angeles. H. R. Parsons, fireman of the Argonaut, Los Angeles. Mrs. Joe Sorrels, Nogales Ariz. Miss Rylva Easter, Los An geles, who died en route to a hospital. Three unidentified girls. for 18 years. A split-second after the switch was thrown, the Argo naut, crack limited train Lob Angeles-bound from New Orleans, roared down the track, swerved sharply onto the siding and plowed Into Its sister train, the Califor nlan, east-bound for Chicago. Waiting to Pass The Califoroian was waiting for the Argonaut to pass on the main single tracks. J. H. Dyer of San Francisco, . vice president ot the Southern Pa cific, and W. H". Kirkbride, chief engineer ot the road, who were in. the wreck, aboard Dyer's private car, said Jacobson apparently be came confused as he saw the Ar gonaut approaching, thought the switch was wrongly set, unlocked it and threw it. Violation of Bnlo The three officials of the road said Jacohson's act was in viola- Hnn nf "nna nf thn most imnort- ant rules ot the service," namely, when one train Is standing on a siding to allow another to pass on a main single line, the brakeman must not approach the switch stand nearer than 20 feet. Donnatln said Jacobson, dazed and hysterical by the effect ot his sudden decision, Is unable to ex plain his action. Both Engines Upset . . Both locomotives were over turned, and the first three cars of the Argonaut and the first coach ot the Callfornlan were de railed. All ot the eight pass enger dead were in a Callfornlan coach, which was tolescoped by the terrific Impact. The fireman ot the Argonaut and the engineer and fireman of the caitiornian. were killed. Nearly all the passengers were) asleep at the time ot the col lision, 1:35 a. m. Darkness heightened the- confusion and hysteria ot the passengers as they sought to escape from th smashed coaches. Cut Out With Torches - Rescue work was Impeded be cause many of those trapped in the twisted steel coaches had to be cut by acetylene torches. Re lief trains were sent from Yuma. Ariz., and Indlo, Calif., to tho wreck. I V THIS ISSUE City Briefs -.Page S Comics and Story .Paga 6 Courthouse Records ....Page 3 Editorials ... ... ..Page i Family Doctor ........Page High school news Page 8 Market, Financial News....Page 7 Sport fago 3
