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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1938
Number 8355
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Editorials
On the
Day'. N ews
lly FRANK JK.NKINH
WAII NBW8 flll (ho Bun Fran
claro papera practically to (ha
aiclualon of everything else, but
(ha Inhor altuatlon and what It la
doing lo t h la ell la the dominant
nota In private convaraatlon.
Whan two or mora peraons ant
together for flva mlnutra or mora,
the talk la pretty certain In turn
lo anma phaae of I ho varlnua
slrlkf-a now In prngreaa and tha
v ffact of labor uncertainty on lha
rlty's prcaent and futiira.
. (.'anehoalrivnkls la a long way
off. Tho Inhor allunllon la ItllillT
HK11K NOW.
OTRIKB 8KKTCIIK8:
A girl ahiiipir, leaving ona of
(lis big atori's. la honed by a picket
and denounced aa a "arab arm
pathliar." An older woman,
anger written all over her fare.
Intervene! holly.
"You ought to he aHhamed of
ynumelf," aha lella tha picket.
"What la thla city coming to,
anyway?"
A HOTEL employee apraklng:
"The hotel atrlka coat me
11,000 all my aavlnga. Sure,
W got an Increase of 30 renta a
day In witgea, uhleh waa welrome.
ritit we were nut throe mnntha,
and I had had alrknoas at horn.
. With nothing coming In, and sick
r neaa emergcnclca lo meat. It tonk
all my earlngi lo pull m though.
"Before lha atrlke, I turd to
average around $30 a month In
tips. Now tlpa have dropped lo
around IS a month. Don't auk
me why. I don't know. I Jnt
know I'm not getting lha tlpa I
u'd to."
4'VAY hoa waa a good man. II"
paid tie fair wagoa all
through tha depression, and had
to borrow money to do It. His
mortgage came due about lha
time (ha atrlka atartod, and ha
couldn't pay It and loat hla hotel.
"I'm aorry for him. Hut I'm
also aorry for myaolf."
HyjOV auk why I went out on
atrlka? Say, did you ever
iry helng tha only ona who didn't
go out? Ona lona peraon who
wtinla lo work can't do a thing.
Kven a lot of na who want lo go
lp working ran't do much. Tha
pressure la too atrong.
"Wa have lo hava unlona, of
course, nut aomethlng'a wrong
somewhere with tha way thing"
aj-n helng run now."
'T'llIS from tha owner of a small
huslnosa on a aids atl-eot:
"Thla great city of Run Fran
cIkco, thnt wo'vo nil loved and
Itlll love, la slowly dying on lta
feet. Look at the docks. Thoy'ro
empty. Tho ahlpa whose trado
jinro made thla clly envied all over
the world are elthor lied uP Idle
or have gone elBnwhoro. For ono
filing, lhay'ra going lo Los Ange
lea. Business lan't rcnlly good
tor any of ua, big or little
""What la tha trouble? Well.
Jnlior trouble la at the bottom of
moat of It. Tha fear of labor
trouble la scaring everybody."
iU, thla sounds gloomy. It
lan't Intended thnt way. What
ta hers nought la merely to refloct
a atnte of mind. Labor troublea
ara obviously on Ran Francisco's
inlnd, and people of all nortu and
condition are doing a lot of
thinking on tho subject. Not only
(lint but they aro doing a lot of
tnlklng. It la serious tnlk not
flippant.
The people of thla city ara
rcnlly concerned nhont whnt la
happening lo Ihem.
NEW CX1MPTKOM.KH
. WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 .T
Tho While Ilouso nnnounced to
day Prealdont Roosovolt hns np
polntnd Proston Delano of Massa
chusetts na comptroller of the cur
rency auccnedlng ,T. F. T. O'Con
nor, who resigned "in-run for tho
lenioerntln gubernatorial nomina
tion In California,
$$ 9
Storm Toll
Widespread Flood
Menace Lessened
As Rivers Recede
Baseball
.NATIONAL LKAtil'K
n. ii. r.
Chicago SSI
PhllrtiMphla 2 6 0
lllgbe, lluaaell ((I and O'llca;
eiuirany ana Aiwooa.
Rerond game: II. II. K.
Chicago 7 IS 3
Pblladnlphla I 4
Cnrleton, rtuaaell II) II no I (SI,
French (8 and O'lfca. Ilannelt
(9); llolllngnworth and Alwood.
It. II. K.
Cincinnati S 12 3
I'ltoburgh 4 7 0
Wnltera and I.ombardl; Blan
Inn. Kwlft (7), Hrowa (10) and
Todd. (12 Innlnga).
AMKIllCAX 1.KAGIK
Flrat game; It. If. K.
Cleveland 8 14 0
Detroit 1 2
Feller and llemaley; CS S It. Ela-
enaial (71, Tebbetta (S)( UokhI-
akl (Dl and York.
Nearly All Petition Lists
Filled Out as Deadline
Approaches.
Completion of candidacy filing
for city otttca by all who hava
revealed tholr Intentions to run
appeared a certainty Friday after
noon aa the dendllno neared.
At 2:30 p. m. only Carl Cook,
cnndldnte tor police judge, and
Maurice Kerr, rouncllmnnlc can
didate In ward No.' 1, had not
finished filing. Doth were ex
pected to do ao before 6 p. m.
Itmttedlnto Check
The ataff of Police Judge Otto
I.angslel'a offlco wilt begin an Im
modlnto check of petition n nines
to determine if they repreaent
roglatered votera. In flva dnya,
I.augslol will certify all nomi
nated candldntea to tha county
clerk.
Meanwhile, a new Independent
candidacy for I.lnkvllle conatable
developed. Cheater A. Kagata
tiled hla pot It lona bearing 1100
namea.
F.sgnte hna lived here 10 yeara.
lie clnlma tltn dlatinctlon of hav
ing raised I bo Inrgeat family In
Oregon 15 children. F.agnte la
a carpenter.
(lary Cor.ad, former constnlilo,
la now the ropubllran nominee for
conatable. lie was named by
the (IOP central commlttao'a
nominating group.
Other candidates for conslnblo
are J. D. Bngloy, rtoboit Clinham
and Cmi Ilammond,
K.AI.SK ALARM
PATHS, Sept. 23 (P) A short
circuit which sot off air rnld
sirens In the crowdod Bourse dis
trict of Pnrls today aont thousands
of offloe workers scurrying to cel
lars or rooftops to scan the sky.
Lalceview vs. Klamath
AT MODOC FIELD, 8 P. M. TONIGHT
Probable Lineups
POS
LAKEVIEW
J. llonnolly (11)
Pnrduo (19)
Loll nm n
Anderson (16) .
i
McKollar (.12)
N. llnrry
Lovonbnrg ..... . ..I.H . . Ilaron (88)
Morris Q Stelnselfer (00)
Wilson (.11) UH Andorson (13)
Vorllng (26) Lit Anacker (22)
Dollnrhido (14) F Mnyhow (77)
SUBSTITUTES Lnkavtow: Arzut (10), lo; Garrott (12),
Ih; Smith (16), ro; W. Donnelly (17), rg; Thompson (18), lg;
Crough (22), rh: Rolton (23), II: Flynn (30), q; Orcnkel (3.1),
rt; Harry, q; Hickman, Hi; Ilnrtlg, rh; Kolty, q; Schultze, It;
Potors, c; Rysor, rt; Garrott, rg.
Klnmnlh Falls: Angus (1). a; Alford (8), Ih; Lowe (11),
lit; Fnllor (15), rh; Crnno (28), g; Coon (52), t; lloccht (69),
t: Hrubnkcr (73), e: Holtmnn (89), t; Ramos (93), f; Coffmnn
(99). e; Jnrrolt. o: Hlbbnrd, g; Slnymnkor (33), g; Ward (34),
e; Stlpptrli (35), rh.
Nil inborn not yet definitely assigned.
.M',M5M I
Rhode Island Worst Hit;
Damage May Go Above
$500,000,000.
Ity the Aaaorlaled Preaa
Mounting alowty but Steadily,
lha count of tha hurricane dead
In tha north Atlantic atatra ap
proached 600 today, bul the cheer
ing probability aroaa widespread
flooda mould be arerted.
From Maaaachuaetta, New Jer-
STOttM KKATIIRv
I1Y HTATKS
The known dead by elates In
tha northeaatarn hurricane
area followa:
Rhode Island
Miiaaachuaeita ...
Connecticut
New York
New Hampshire
Vermont .
Now Jersey
Quebec Province, Canada....
Total
ey. New York, New Hampalilra
and Pennsylvania, there came re
ports tha rivers were receding and
even In Connecticut, prevloualy
the most gravely menaced, things
looked brighter.
1400 Hoinrlraa
At Hartford 1S00 booted men,
throwing up sandbaga along a
half-mlio of tha Connecticut river
front, wera holding their own
against tho flood early In the
afternoon. Somo H 00 wore home
lose there, but a aucceaafut fight
to hold tho dtka line would lo
calize the aroa of Inundation to
about 10 per cent of tha city's
area.
Meanwhile, aa the aearch for
bodlea of victims of tho hurricane
the most damaging and llfo-de-stroylng
in the populous north
east In history went forward,
every report from hard-4ilt Bhode
Naland waa more tragic than tho
last.
Weaterly Moat Ravaged
lta dead numbering some quar
ter of a thousand, the little state
suffered damage put by Governor
Qulnn at S100. 000.000. In thla,
the most ravaged of all the aoven
atatea In the hurrlcano's path,
Westerly appeared tha most rav
aged. The Red Cross reported more
than 70 known dead there, where
for tho first time it developed the
wind had reached 120 miles an
hour, smashing out the Uvea of
whole families.
The Rhode Island estimate of
$100,000,000 damage was the only
official figure to come from any
atnto, but tho fragmentary In
formation at hand indicated an
arbitrary total figure of halt a
billion could scarcoly be too high.
No Kstlmnte
I.Ike Governor Cross of Con
necticut, who simply said It waa
lha worst disaster thnt ever hnd
struck his state, most officials
sought to mnka no dollars and
cents estimate.
PELICANS
RIO Iliwer (66)
tlT Saulsberry (44)
RG Wilson (91)
C Sarver (9)
I.G Wobbor (66)
LT Mnyfiold (96)
Approaches 500
Death
A tragedy attributed to the
mora when two Southern Pacific
said thnt a brakeman threw a
Sleeping cars and coaches were
Grants Pass Spoilsman's
Arm Shattered in Sy
can Area Mishap.
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 23
(AP) Probably the hcavlrst toll
of Uvea in the history of Oregon
sports was being chalked up to
day with six men dead since tha
deer bunting season opened Tues
day.
With nearly a month of the
season left, as many deaths had
been recorded already as occurrod
in tha entire season of 1937 and
tha fatalities were averaging two
every. 24 hours.
In the area ot northern Cali
fornia, Oregon and Washington,
10 hunters have died, one a wo
man, compared to nine In tho
full season last year.
Latest victims of flying bnl
lctB or exhaustion were two men.
Elijah Hills. 67, of Portland, who
died from a combination ot ex
haustion and starvation In an Iso
lated section ot Grant county
(Continued on Page Two)
COST OF OREGON'S PUBLIC
WELFARE PROGRAM UP
NEARLY 200 PER CENT
SALEM, Sept. 23 tP Oregon's
welfare program will cost $30.
000,000 during the 1939-40 bien-
nium, an Incrcaso of J19.000.000
over the present blennlum, State
Relief Administrator Blmer R.
Goudy estimated today at a meet
ing of the Interim committee on
state and local rovenues.
About S28.000.000 would be In
the federal social security pro
gram, $14,000,000 of which would
be contributed by the fodoral gov
ernment, and $7,000,000 each by
the state and counties. Tho re
maining $2,000,000 would be for
support of county wolfaro Institu
tions. Goudy said the estimate was
based on estimates by county re
lief committees, which have not
yet boen approved by tho state re
lief committee.
The Interim commission must
recommend to the legislature
menus of raising about $10.
000,000 In additional revenue lor
welfare activities.
The association ot Oregon
counties, through County Judge
Earl B. pay of Jnckson county,
demnndod that the state glvo
counties more relief and road assistance.
..4ss i p ' ,r , .r- ii - t's'?i,v I i r- I - ?
Rides the Rails Where S. P. Flyers
momentary conduston of a veteran brakeman cost the lives of ai least 11 persons and injury to 100
passenger trains met headon nearNiland, Calif., and tha above wreck resulted. Railroad official
switch allowing the' wesubound Argonaut to take a aiding, plow Into the standing California.
telescoped Into a twisted mass oftangled steel and wreckage.
Junior Livestock Show
PROGRAM
'Saturday, September 84
A. M. to 2 P. M. Arrival ot entries and listing ot live
stock for sale.
8 P. M. Baby beef wetting, curling and grooming contest.
4 P. M - Baby beef showmanship contest
Sunday. September 25 .
6 A. M Weighing of hogs
7 A. M Weighing of lambs
8:30 A. M Weighing ot baby beet calvea
9 A. M Judging hogs
9:30 A. M. Judging poultry and rabbit exhibits
10 A. M - Judging canning exhibits
10 A. M Judging sheep
1 P. M Judging baby beef exhibits
4 P. M. Judging dairy exhibits
Monday, Setcmber 26
9 A. M Judging wool exhibits
10 A. M - Poultry judging contest
10 A. M . Livestock Judging contest
1 P. M Crops Judging contest
i P. M Canning judging contest
2:30 P. M. 'Frisco calf wetting curling and grooming
contest
2:30 P. M Sheep showmanship contest
2:39 P. M a Hog showmanship contest
3:30 P. M 'Frisco calf showmanship contest
5:30 P. M Rotary Club 4-H barbecue. Presentation
ot awards. Exhibitors and family will b guests ot
Rotary Club.
Tuesday, September ST ,
8 A. M. to 12 M Preparation of livestock for sale
1:30 P. M, Auction Sale. Sponsored by the Safeway Stores.
This sal will be broadcast direct ffom the arena
over KFJI. The broadcast will bo conducted by Burton
Hutton, director of Agricultural- programs of KOAC.
5 P. M Delivery ot livestock
POTATOES
SAN " FRANCISCO, Sept. 23
(AP-USDA) 4 Oregon arrived,
6 unbroken, 6 broken on track,
market steady, prices unchanged
from yesterday.
GRAND JURY CONTINUES
SECRET DELIBERATIONS
Tha Klamath county grand
Jury continued Its secret delibera
tions Friday, giving no indication
of how soon It may adjourn or
rocess. It Is understood the
Jury has been considering the cir
cumstances surrounding the fis
tic encounter of last Monday be
tween Circuit Judge E. B. Ashurst
and Court Clerk Walter P. Han
non. District Attorney Hardin C.
Blackmor said the jury was con
sidering other matters, as well as
the Hannon-Ashnrst case.
It was believed Hannon would
appear before the grand jury as
a voluntary witness. The Jury
visited the home of Judge Ashurst
Thursday to obtain his testimony
in the case.
It was not expected the Jury
would make a report ot any kind
Friday.
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BUDGE, MAKO TO MEET IN
NATIONAL TENNIS FINALS
FOREST HILLS, N. Y., Sept.
23 UFI Donald Budge defeated
Sidney Wood, Jr with, all case,
6-3, 6-3, today to qualify for to
morrow's match against his
doubles partner, Gene Mnko, In
the finals ot the national tennis
championships.
Mnko provided one of the big
gest upsets In years by eliminating
Jack Bromwlch, Australian star,
6-3, 7-5, 6-4, In today's other
semi-final.
CRANIUM
CRACKER
A NUMISMATIST who was a
resident of the capital of
Iran discovered one day lu the
works ot Lewis Carroll what he
believed to be an antilogy.
What was the man's specialty,
where did he live, what did he
believe he discovered, and what
was Lewis Carroll's real name?
Answer, on Tage Four
reJrejMjl
Mark
Collide
.M.
8 ENTOMBED AS
IS
Millions of Tons of Dirt,
Rock Cover Fort Peck
Project Workers.
FORT PECK, MonU SepU JJ
(AP) The bodies of seven of
eight workmen entombed when
a third ot a mile of the upstream
face ot $100,000,000 Fort Peck
dam gave way were hidden under
millions of tons ot soft dirt and
rock today.
The body ot Albert V. Stoeser,
2$, Park Grove, Mont., was found
late yesterday soon after the huge
section of the dam's east abut
ment roared toward the lake
forming behind the dam on the
Missouri river.
Mntn Dam Secure
Hours of dangerous search on
the loose slide slope, 2000 feet
long and 200 feet high, convinced
searchers none ot the missing
wonld be fonnd alive. The entire
dam is nearly three miles long.
The missing, all Montanans,
were Nelson P. Van Stone, 31,
Douglas J. Moore, 36, Fort Peck;
Archie R. Moir, . 26, Hinsdale;
J. I. Johnson, 26. Park Grove;
Dolphie Paulson, 41, and Walter
Lubblnge, 29, New Deal, . and
Oliver Bntcher, Park Grove. .
MaJ. Clark KIttrell, B. S. army
engineer In charge of construc
tion of the dam, largest earth
fill dam in the world, announced
a preliminary survey did "not in
dicate any reason for alarm
should exist regarding the secur
ity ot the main dam." He said
the water level ot the lake, now
90 feet deep, was 15 teet below
the damaged abutment.
YOUTH'S HEAD CRUSHED AS
FREIGHT CAR DOOR CLOSES
BAKER, Sept. 23 (P) A youth
tentatively Identified as Edward
Mcintosh of Memphis, Tenn., met
Instantaneous death early this
morning In Huntington when the
right side ot his head was crushed
by a sliding steel door on a freight
ear on which he was riding. Ha
waa Identified by a social security
card In one ot his pockets.
Mcintosh apparently looked out
ot the car door aa the car was
being switched, and a severe Jolt
from the engine caused the 600
pound door on ball bearings to
close abruptly.
i
NAZI REFUSES
TO GUARANTEE
FUTURE AM
Czech Negotiations Break
Down; France Orders
Borders Manned.
BtXLETtX
LONDON, Sept. 29 CP) A
Czech legation spokesman aafd an
order for av general mobilization
throughout Czechoslovakia waa
broadcast tonight over tha Czech
radio network.
PARIS, Sept. 28 iP Members)
of Premier Edonard Deladicr'o
staff tonight declared a general
French mobilization would be da
creed by the French government
"at the first gira-aliot on tba
Czech-German frontier."
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23
The American minister at Prague,
CaecboaloTakia, warned Ameri
cana today to leave that country.
PARIS. Sept. 23 (P) Havaa,
the French news agency, in a dis
patch from Godesberg tonight
said tha Hltler-Chamberlaln ne
gotiations had broken down over
the German chancellor's refusal
to give the guarantees the British:
prime minister requested regard,
ing his future action toward Czech
oslovakla.
Will Try Again '
.Havas said Sir Horace Wtlsom
of thesSsllisli.-. party announced!
Chamberlain' was returning to
London tomorrow after bidding?
the fuehrer goodbye this evening.
The dispatch continued:
"Although In the course of this)
interview Chamberlain will make
new efforts. It may bo considered.
tor ina moment negotiatrons aeti
nltely have broken down,"
By the Associated Prea
Prime Minister Chamberlain UN
ranged to see Reichsfuehrer Hit
ler tonight after a day's suspen
sion ot British-German negoti
ations and a series of threatening
developments elsewhere in Eu
rope caused fear the Cieehoslo
vaklan peace deal might tall.
France May Reverse Stand
Sir Neville Henderson, British,
ambassador to Berlin, announced
the resumption of conferences af
ter he talked with German For
(Continued on Pags Two)
CRATER LAKE PARK GETS
$35,500 IN PWA FUNDS
WASHINGTON. Sept. 23 (JP)
The public works administration
rescinded today $7,734,986 la
grants previously allocated to fed
eral projects.
Administrator Ickes said $J,
000,000 would be gives immedU
ately to the national park service)
for construction work In 2 states.
The $2,000,000 given to the
park service was allocated for
work, generally for extension of
faculties, including:
Oregon: Crater lake national
park, $35,500.
Forest tires throughout thla
area are said to be well under
control. Winds blows, rain mar,
come. Page 2.
Grand Jury continues session,
gives no hint ot early action,
Page 1.
Candidate filings complotod.
Five out for Linkvttie constable.
Page 1. ,
Grant Pass hunter shot 1
arm; second bullet "wings" htm
Page 1.
American Legion drum corps)
returns home from Los Angeles
Page 8.
Kelley F. Roblnette, city grade)
school industrial arts instructor,
succeeds Charles Doll on higbj
school staff. Page S,
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