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Sudden Tornado
Editorials
On the
Day'. N ews
Ilr FRANK JKNHIN'H
fKDNKBIMY'B sharp upswing
In f h. Kick markm rnMMc-la
dramatically what people think of
r. They think of It aa tha
grealeat of all dlaaatera.
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W"
IIY Amarlcana tell whan tha
war elnuria father dmrklv In
Kuropa and bur hn the war
louda em to break li an lulor
f at Ins tudy.
They sold frantically when war
broke out In 1911. Yet the world
war inhered In a boom In thla
country that aent atocka aoarlnf.
It la a practical certainly that tha
ame thing would happen again.
War In Kuropo would ereata
Irong daniaud for nearly every
thlng we hre to aell, and thla de
mand would continue aa long aa
fcurope had credit with which to
buy from tia.
Bo why should we Mil when
war appeara Inevitable and buy
eagerly on tha alarttlng nawa thai
war may be (varied after all!
qrllK anawar la almpla.
People real lie thai another
war Involving all th principal
nailona of Europa might eaally
tnaan tha deatructlon of modern
elvllliallon. Even aaaumlng that
we alayed out. our cuatomera
would be ruined. It you are a
merchant, you don't need to be
told lat ruin of cuatomera
maana. No bualneaa can get
long If Ita cuatomera go broke.
It worka the aamo way with
nailona.
ANOTHER war In Europa would
mean a brief and probably
hectic boom In thla country, to be
followed by a deproaalon vaatly
mora rlou than the deprcaalon
that followed the world war. It
would be more lerlous becua
th nations of Europ, which are
our cuntomen. would bo bled
more nearly white than they wer
(before.
CUPPOSE you alone were aolvent
In a community of ruined peo
ple. What would that mean?
I It would mean, of courae, that
you were more fortunate than
your neighbors Rut It would
mean alao thnt your proapocta of
future business were prncltcnlly
nil. You can't do a big bualneaa
In a community whore ovorynody
lae la deatltute.
America couldn't proaper In a
deatltute world.
V
REALIZATION of thla funda
mental fact la what cauaod
(he New York atock market to re
bound aharply on the nawa that
war In Europo may poaalbly be
((voided.
DEER FATALITIES REACH 11
,AS WOUNDED HUNTER DIES
EUGENE, Sept. 29 (AP)
Howard M. Jones, 32, Wentlllng,
died Wednesday night at a local
hnapltnl from Injuries suffered
when he was mlalnkcn for a door
and shot hy Cecil Lehman of
Monmouth Inst Sunday. The bul
let from Lehman's gun struck
Jones In tho forehead.
District Attorney. L. L. Rny
preferred a complaint against
Lehman todny, charging Involun
tary manslaughter. Lehman
waived preliminary hearing and
Was bound over to the Lane
county grand Jury under ball of
000.
Jones' donth raised lo 11 the
dear hunting fatalities In Oregon.
Kf.DIOR IUKJH !IHS
BAN FRANCISCO, Sopt. 29 UP)
Charlos Kdwnrd Rug". 71. pro
fessor emeritus of education at
the University of California died
In a hospital here today. He re
tired In 1937 aftor 30 years on
ilia fnoiilly. Surviving rnlntlves
Vnclude a son, Dr. Charles V.
Hugh, Klamath Falla physician.
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Charleston Left
In Maze of Ruins
As Storm Passes
NEW YORK REPUBLICANS
NOMINATE RACKET BUSTER
DEWEY FOR GOVERNOR
SARATOGA SPRINGS. N. Y..
Sept. 2 .T Thomaa K. Dewey.
Manhatlan'a 3-yoar-olrt racket
huatlng proaccutor, waa nominat
ed by acclamation hy tha republi
can state convention today aa the
parly'a candidate for governor.
The convention previously had
adopted a platform built around
District Attorney Dewoy'a record
a proaecutor.
The declaration of alale policy
contained a pledge for "complete
elimination" of "the alliance be
tween the underworld and certain
forma of pollilra." a ayatem con
demned as a "menace."
The platform alao Includea a
proteat agalnat the uae of federal
relief fund for "political pur
poaea" and urge! republican con
gressmen to "do all In their power
to keep thla country at peace."
Wallace Advocates Farm
Payment in Preference
To Price Fixing
HUTCHINSON, Kan., Sopt. 29
(AP) Secretary Wallace urged
today enactment of proceaalng
taxes to provide funda for sub
sidles to farmera.
Addreaalng a meeting of farm
ers In the heart of tho winter
wheat belt, the now denl'a agri
cultural chief advanced alien lin
os as an alternative to price-fixing
proposals being advocated by
some congreaamen and othera.
Proceaalng taxes, he said, would
provide a regular source of funds
for payment of the aubsldlos an
Jhorlted by the preacnt law to
give farmera their "fair share" of
the national Income.
Four Alternatlvea
Then. In a general dlacuaslon of
the farm price question, he said
thero were four alternatives:
1. A conllnunnce of the present
program strengthened by process
ing taxes.
2. Government fixing of prices
for farm products.
8. Establishment of a govern
ment monopoly of agriculture pro
viding tor stricter control of pro
duction and mnrkotlng,
4. Abandonment of all programs
In favor of "cutthroat competi
tion and return to conditions that
brought 1932."
1900 FURNITURE WORKERS
MAY STRIKE AT PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept; 29
A "vacation" affecting 1900 fur
niture workora wna threatened to
day If operators pressed a pro
posed 10-cent por hour wage cut.
Members of the Furniture
Workers union, local No. 1482,
voted almost unanimously last
night not to accept the cut on now
agreements to supplant contracts
expiring Saturday,
Frits Igel, union business
agent, declared no strike vote had
been takon or was contemplated,
but that "wo rejected the wage
cut and won't go to work Monday
If the employers don't change
thoir minds by that time."
CRANIUM
CRACKER
WHEN a certain resident of the
capital of Venezuela an
notincod Ills Intention of enlarg
ing his barouche his friends wore
certain It wiib his adiposity that
was responsible for the doctslon,'
Where did the ninn llvo? What
did he enlarge? What did hla
friends hollove was responsible
for tlio decision?
Answer on Patfe 4
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25 Killed, 300 Injured by
Fury of Wind Tumb
ling Structures
CHARLESTON, S. C. Sept. 29
(AP) A tornado hit historic
Charleston with sudden and vic
ious fury at about I a. m. today,
killed at least 26 persona and In
jured probably 300 more In u wel
ter of wreck ago that was spotted
throughout the city.
Property damage was unoffi
cially estimated at $2,000,000.
The sudden storm, of not mora
than a minute's duration In any
one place, waa paced by a torren
tial downpour aa It awepl down
with devastating destruction on
varloua parte of the city.
Killed In Collapse
Of tha 26 reported killed. 16
were negroea. The dead were not
Immediately Identified except
theae four white persona:
Mrs. Ruth Mehrtens, 26; Irvln
H. Mehrtens, 3, Miriam Zelgler.
14, and Floyd Slngletary, 9, all of
26 Market street. They were
killed when their house tollapied
In the twinkling of an eye.
An emergency call waa aent out
from Roper hospital, Charleston')
largest, for all physician! to re
port there Immediately as the In
jured were being brought there
by every available conveyance.
Historic Buildings Fall
Many of the city's history
steeped bulldlnga were In ruin.
St. Michaels Episcopal church,
erected long before the revolu
tionary war, waa considerably
damaged well as the old mar
ket place.
A negro Baptist church In tha
heart of the city waa demolished,
but It was unoccupied at the time.
The roof of the city hall was
blown away, and the Tlmrod Inn,
a smnll hotel In thoaama vicinity,
waa badly damsged.
Charleston's beautiful Battery,
a mecca for tourists, was stripped
of many fine old treos, and dobrla
littered its park.
Deafening; Rokr
In every direction as far as the
eye could see, there waa a vision
of unroofed buildings and other
wreckage.
Manning J. Rubin, city editor
of the Charleston Evening Post,
said he waa "dated by the sud
den fury with which the storm
truck.
"I waa on my way to work and
had just parked my car In a tor-
rentlnl downpour," he said, "when
I heard an almost deafening roar.
I did not aee any buildings col
iRPse. It did nol Inst moro than
30 soconds or a minute at the
most In the neighborhood I was
in.
Powor Off
"As soon as I got to the office
a stono'a throw awny, I saw that
all the electric power was off.
Looking from the window I no
ticed the roof of the Tlmrod inn
had disappeared. As far aa we
could see from the windows of the
office. Charleston presented a pic
turo of wrecked buildings and up.
rooted treea."
"The atorm apparently dipped
Into all parte of the city with a
toll of wreckage everywhere it
touched," Rubin aaid.
J. E. Lock wood. U. S. meteorol
ogist, said he believed two torna
does struck the city a few minutes
apart.
TWO PORTLAND GOONS
GIVEN JAIL SENTENCES
PORTLAND, Ore., Sopt. 29
(AP) Oregon s dragged out cam
palgn agalnat labor terrorism add
ed two more convlcttona yesterday
when Circuit Judge L o u I a P.
Hewitt sentenced Elmer W. John
son and Jack Lyons to jail terms
Johnson, 36, ex-secretary of the
AFL garago and service station
attendants' union, pleaded guilty
to a charge of malicious destruc
tion of property n connection
with the (lumping of an Ameri
can Railway company truck Into
tho WHInmette river Sept, 4
1936. Ho was sentenced to one
year In jntl.
Lyons, ex-buslness agent of the
AFL retail clerks union, was sen.
tenced to 60 days when he plead
ed guilty to breaking a bakory
window.
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Strikes South Carolina City
To
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it. f y . Tim
Queen Ardyce, who will rule over the Klamath Basin Potato festival to be held In Merrill Octo
ber 1 to 9, la lunching at the Wlllard hotel with members of ber court. From left to right, the
girls are Gcraldlne Manning of Henley, Betty Sparks of Bonanza, Ardyce Brown of Tulelake, Mar
garet Vlctorlne of Mailn and Marjorle Hartlerode of Merrill. This Is the first time the queen and
her attendanta have met for luncheon, but they will be constant companions until after the festival
which Is given to observe Klamath's major crop harvest. Herald and News photo.
. TO JURYAT TOLEDO
Judge Orders Companion
Of Defendant Held on
Perjury Charge Y
TOLEDO, Ore., Bept. 29 (AP)
The first-degree murder case of
Henry 8. Nelson, Portland sales
man, went to the jury at 11:30
a. m. today and Immediately
afterward Judge Jamea Brand
advised District Attorney L. G.
English to file a perjury charge
agalnat Lucille Coenenberg, Nel
son's companion, and hold her
for the grand jury.
The rase reached the jury un
expectedly early because the de
fense waived final argument.
Judge Brand Instructed the jury
for 1H houra.
Discrepancies
The perjury charge would be
baaod, the Judge said, on dis
crepancies In Miss Coenenberg's
testimony before the grand Jury
and during the trial. She told
the grand jury she had not been
actually assaulted by Captain
Richard Earle during the cruise
that preceded the shooting on
July IS: then testified In the
trial that Earle had assaulted her
and that Nelson's Intervention
saved her.
Judge Brand told the jury that
Nelson's self-defense plea was
flexible enough to cover a shoot
Ing In defense either of himself
or Miss Coenenberg but Informed
the jury that asserted attacks by
Earle on Miss Coenenberg dur
ing the boat ride could not form
a basis for a self-defense shoot
ing: that it could bring In i
verdict of first or second degree
murder, of manslaughter or an
acquittal.
Nelson, who shot Earle at
Depoe bay, based his defense on
the double plea of self-defense
and Insanity.
The state concluded Its final
argument last night.
PRE PAYMENT MEDICAL
PROGRAM LAID OUT FOR
LOW INCOME GROUPS
PORTLAND, Sept. 29 (Af)
The Portland council of hospitals
and the state medical society con
ferred yesterday on a program to
provide hospital and professional
services to low Incomo groups
on a pre-payment basis.
"We recognize that sudden 111
ness or accident frequently up
sets family budgots, particularly
In tho low. Income groups," said
Dr. Charles E. Sears, medical
group president.
"It is to meet the needs of
this group that this program Is
contemplated. Hospital execu
tlves expressed the belief that
hospitals throughout the state
would join In the plan In the
near future and that even the
smallest wage earner will be able
to use hospital facilities without
sacrificing tho right to choose
which ever hospital he wishes.
POTATOES
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29
(AP-USDA) Potatoes: 6 Cali
fornia, 6 Oregon arrived, 14 un
broken, 6 broken on track, mar
ket dull, Oregon russets No. 1
$1,10-20, (ew higher, some fair
condition $.90-1.00. .
the Queen's Taste
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Klamath Falls
On Proposed
State Airline
Klamath Falls 1 one of the
cheduled points on an airline de
velopment planned by Oregon Air
Lines. Inc.. according to word
reaching era, from. Eugene. hsd-.
.. L. W. Brooks, organlier, an
nounced plans In Eugene. He said
that Klamath Falls, Medtord,
Marshfield, Albany and Roseburg
would be linked by the service.
Eugene would be the focal point,
and from there the aervlce would
feed Into the United Airlines at
Portland.
Brooks Indicated service will be
established October 15. He said
modern cabin planes will be used
by the corporation, which will do
passenger and freight business.
It waa announced a campaign
Is In progress to obtain pledges of
sufficient freight business to de
fray 50 per cent of the operation
cost.
Municipal airport officials here
said they had been given no word
of the proposed development and
that no negotiations ' bad been
opened for use of the port here.
They expressed much interest In
the news.
HOOYER LAUDS ROOSEVELT
PEACE EFFORTS, DAMNS
REST OF NEW DEAL WORKS
KANSAS CITY. Sept. 29 UP
The hand of Herbert Hoover was
extended today to his democratic
successor, President Roosevelt
for offorts to promote world peace
in a time of crisis but, In the for
mer president's own words, his
gloves "are off" for a fight
against" "political Immorality in
conducting the nation's business.
He launched that fight last
nleht before an audience of 10,-
000 persons at a republican rnlly
here and announced ne wouia en
large upon his views In two other
addresses at Hartford, conn.,
October 17 and at Spokane, Wash.,
November 5 bearing In mind
"we are within six weeks faced
with a national election of the
highest Importance."
"The efforts of our government
to maintain peace deserve our
full support," said Hoover In pre
facing his attack on the adminis
tration. He Interpolated Into his text:
"The president will find every
republican and every thinking
person behind him In that effort."
From congratulation, he turned
to tire a one-hour snlvo of
charges: That tho Roosevelt ad
ministration has gorged political
offices with 300,000 occupants
without civil service examination;
that WPA and other relief work
has been infested by vote-getting
policies; that finances have been
juggled ao deceitfully as to turn
such democrats as Sen. Carter
Glass of Virginia against the party
in power; and thnt a propaganda
machine is now at work which
costs at least $20,000,000 a year
to operate,
SCHOOLH'OUSE BURNS
HILLSBORO, Sept. 29 (AP)
The Buxton school, 26 miles
uortheast of here, was destroyed
by fire early yesterday. A wit
ness Bald the flames apparently
started near electric wires enter
ing the building. Loss was esti
mated at more , than $2000.
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Mighty Thunderbolt Ex
plodes Directly Over
City of Eugene -
EUGENE, Sept. 29 (AP)
Damage from one of the most
violent electrical storms ever to
strike this area waa being count
ed today aa Eugeneans spoke in
awesome terms of the mighty
thunderclap which shook the city
late yesterday.
Eight spot flrea were started
from lightning In the Willamette
national forest, but all were un
der control. Three were In the
Oak ridge district and five in the
McKenzie.
Houses Shaken
So terrific waa the thunder
bolt which exploded over the city
at
7 o'clock last evenlnc that
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Baseball
NATIONAL LEAGUE
CHICAGO. Sept. 29 (AP)
The Cuba completed a sweep of
their all-important three-game
series with the Pittsburgh Pirates
today by mauling four pitchers
for a 10 to 1 victory to climb a
game and a halt in front of the
Bucs In the National league pen
nant race.
R. H. E.
Pittsburch 17$
Chicago 10 10 0
Bauers, Brandt (2), Blanton
(6), M. Brown (6), and Todd
Lee and Hartnett. O'Dea (9).
. First game: R. H. E.
New York 7 13 1
PhiladelDhla 4 13 1
Pearson and Dickey; Reninger,
D. Smith (6) and Hayes.
First tame: R. H. ' E,
Boston 2 8 2
Brooklyn 1 ' 9 2
MacKayden and Lopez; Hamlin,
Pressnell (8) and George, Hay
worth (8). Campbell (9).
Second game: R. H. E.
Boston 6 11 1
Brooklyn 8 9 3
Fette. Errlckson (2), Moran
(3). Doll (6) and Mueller; Tarn
ulis. Presnell (7) and Campbell
(Game called end seventh,
darkness).
R.
H. E,
Philadelphia 2 8 1
New York 9 13 2
Butcher. Holllngsworth (4)
and Atwood; Melton and Dun
ning.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
R. H. E.
Chicago 8 11 6
Cleveland 9 16 1
Rigney. Gabler (9) and Sew
ell, Rensa (8); Hudlln, Gale
house (8), Milnar (9) and Pyt
lak. R. H. E.
New York 14 0
Philadelphia 16 2
Ruffing, Sundra (5) and
Glenn; Caster and Wagner.
(Called end 5th wet grounds).
R. H. E.
St. Louis 2 8 0
Detroit 6 11 1
Newsom and Sullivan; Bridges
and Tebbetts.
R. H. E.
Washington 6 9 0
Boston 13 12 1
Appleton, Weaver (5) and For
rell; Ostermueller and Peacock.
Europe's Leaders
Nearing Accord on
Sudeten Question
Nazi March Into Czecho
slovakia Oct 1 To Be
Largely Symbolic
MUNICH, Sept. 29 (AP) -Four
power peace talks among Reichs
fuebrer Hitler, Prime Minister
Chamberlain, Premier Mussolini
and Premier Daladler, were re
sumed tonight shortly after 10 p.
m. (1 p. m., PST).
MUNICH, Sept. 29 (AP) A
German government spokesman
aid tonight the four-power Mu
nich conference, seeking a new
basia for European peace, had
practically reached an agreement
for a "token occupation" of the
Sudetenland by the German army.
German clrclea indicated Adolf
Hitler had agreed that only amall
detachments of his army should
march into the Eger and Asch
regions of western Czechoslovakia
Saturday and Sunday.
Gradual Extension
This would' aymboliie his vlc-
tory. The occupation would be
extended .. gradual!, . Germans
mid, 'and the passing "of all the
Sudetenland ondecGerman sov
ereignty would bef accomplished
by October 10.
The German chancellor and
the premiers of Britain, France
and Italy suspended their aecond
session of the day after nearly
four honrs of discussion and went
to dinner at 8:20 p. m. (11:20
m. PST).
Dine Separately
Prima Minister Chamberlain
and Premier Oaladier went back
to their respective hotels to dine.
leaving Reichsfuehrer Hitler and
Premier Mussolini to eat a repast
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BUND LEADER IN SECRET
RELATIONSHIP WITH NAZI
AMBASSADOR, TESTIMONY
WASHINGTON. Sept. 29 (AP)
A house committee investigator
charged today Fritz Kuhn. leader
of the German-American bund.
had admitted to a "secret rela
tionship" between the bund and
Dr., Hans Dieckhoff, German am
bassador to tne united Biaies.
The Investigator, John C. Met
calfe, told the committee assigned
to an Investigation of un-Ameri
can activities the bund relation
ship also extended to German
consuls in this country.
"Fritz Kuhn informed this In
vestigator when the latter was
disguised as a storm trooper,'
Metcalfe testified, "not only did
he have power over the ambas
sador and consular setup In the
United States but he also had
special secret arrangement with
Adolf Hitler of Germany. Kuhn
has repeated the same statement
to others.
Metcalfe recalled when the
committee first started hearings
it received testimony Kuhn had
claimed he had been responsible
for the removal of Dr. Hans
Luther, the German ambassador
whom Dieckhoff replaced last
May.
Metcalfe also contended In the
course of his testimony the bund
works closely with the officials
of German steamship lines and
with propaganda agencies in Ger
many. HIGHWAY COMMISSION
OPENS BIDS ON LOBERT
SECTION GRADING, PAVING
PORTLAND, Sept. 29 (AP)
The highway commission consid
ered bids today on eight projects
costing approximately $400,000.
Low offers Included:
Deschutes and Lake countles-
28.1 miles grading and 40.9 miles
surfnclng and oiling Brothers-
Harney county lino soction of cen
tral Oregon highway, E. C. Hall
company, Eugene, $174,621.
Klamath county 8.73 miles
grading, 9.S5 miles roadbed top
ping and 1.78 miles surfacing and
oiling Crooked creek-Lobert ec-
tlon or Tne . Daiies-uaiiiornia
highway, Roy L. Houck, Salem
$120,203.
TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS
SHOW WAR TENSION IN
EUROPE SLACKENING
By The Aasoclntcd Press
MUNICH German and British
spokesmen express ' hopes for
peace as Hitler, Mussolini, Cham
berlain and Daladler contlnuf
conference on Czechoslovak crisis.
LONDON Tension eaes in
Britain, but war preparations con
tinue. PARIS New decree gives Da
ladler power to put France on
wartime footing at moment's no
tice. ;
PRAGUE Czechoslovakia ac
cepts new British peace plan "in
principle,' rushes observer to
Munich by plane.
MOSCOIV Soviet Russia says
Chamberlain alda Hitler by at
tending Munich conference.
ROME Italy ceasea sending
men and supplies to Spain as re
sult ol international crisis but
denies withdrawal of troops from
A'nrcw . vi .ii ......
Ugakl' resigns because of differ
ences over Chinese war policies.
WARSAW Pal an it awalta
Prague reply to proposed settle
ment of Polish minority problem.
CZECHS WANT Fi
Benes Government Makes
Further Concessions
On Sudeten
LONDON, Sept. 29 Iff) Th
Czechoslovak legation disclosed
today Czechoslovakia suggested
the whole Sudeten G'erman issue
be submitted to President Roose
velt if other efforts to solve It fall.
The announcement, which gave
details of further concessions by
the Prague government to ease
the Munich conference, stated
the Czechoslovak government
submits completely to such a
course in advance."
Alternative
As an alternative to arbitra
tion by President Roosevelt, it
was suggested the question could
be carried before an international
conference.
The new Czech concessions in
cluded an offer to evacuate by
October 81, territory Inhabited by
populations more than 60 per cent
Germanic, provided the frontiers
of the new Czechoslovak state
have been plainly defined by that
time.
Not Asked For
This new offer was not asked
(Continued on Page Two)
Double election approves En
terprise irrigation district bond).
Page 4.
October 8 deadline for general
election registration. Page 6.
House burns in Langell valley.
Page 3.
New air service Includes prox
posed line to Klamath Falls. Page
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Potato Shipments Page 11
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