WEATHER Unsettled High 66, Loir IW PRECIPITATION 24 hoar to data ................ .AO Heaaon to date .....,. .01 l4ut year to data NT Normal precipitation ............ ,811 WIRE SERVICE Tliu llai'iild mill Now adhscrlb lu full loaned wlr aorvlr of Ilia Associated I'ree and llio United I'm, III world'! greatest iiomunlhi'i-liiK iiritnnlutlloin. Knr 17 hour daily world now cornea Into Hi Herald Now ufflc on teletype machine. IE ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND UNITED PRESS UNSITTKO Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1938 Number 8369 rfi nn 0 mm WK llc?o)( FLAY HI .r4- $$ Supreme Court Rejects Tom Mooney Appeal Editorials On the u ay s news Ily litAXK JKNKI.NM IIAItl.K8 A. Hpiaguo, Heptibll- ran cnmlldiilo for govoruor, baa boon campaigning over Hi week-end In Southern Oreion. l haa apokon In public repeatedly, mid each (lino what be baa aald haa been iiotablo for lie calmiiva. Ha fnlrneaa and Hi wholeaoiu anlty. These qualltlei are cbaraclerla tie of hliu. poll yean, Charllo Spraguo bat been publishing a newspaper al Salem, II bat written niont of Ha dllorlla, and hi wrltlnsa a"t forth clearly the kind of mun he la. II lan't an advanced liberal, and he lan't a bard-bolled con servative. II lin't aialnit the new, jual becaute It ! new, and h len t Impatient with lb old, Jual become It la old. He baa an open mind, and be doe hla own thinking. - . He never goea off at half-cock. What h aaya la carefully cou aldoted u& , In loj It Kp n 1 1 wo rk o out. Ilefor h moke up' hla mind, he la familiar with both Idea, Thoa who hav followed hi wrliinzi have atwnya been lin- preaaed by the falrneaa and the aoundneaa of hla conclualona. 4 KKOItB; Bpraiu waa a newa ' naner nuhllaher be waa a bank r. In a email way. Before h waa a banker, h wa a teacher He haa a good underalandlng of peopl, and aa a bualneaa man n . baa been a aucceaa. H know what It la to havi to meet a payroll every woek. Hi knows the Importance of apend tn a little loaa than la taken In He know that nobody can apend hlmaolf rich. All theae aro valu able things for the governor of a alat auch aa Oregon to know. Throughout the newapapor In duatry, he la known aa a fair em ployer. H "gcta along" with thoa who work for him. a a. "-nil 18 writer haa known Charlie Spragu for ten yeara. Ho baa known him aa a aound thinker, an able bualneaa man and a depend able friend. Thoao aro good thing to know about a man. Thoy give von confidence In him. Thla writer la able to say with conviction Hint If Charlie Spraguo Is eloctcd In November Oregon will have aa good a govornor aa It haa ever had and that la say ing quite a lot, for the Hat of Oregon's governora Include aoine outatnndlng men. CHINESE ANNIHILATE TWO JAP BRIGADES, REPORT HANKOW. Oct. 10 (AP) - (lonornllsalmo Chiang Knl-Shek'a headqiinrtera announced today two full Japanese brlgndea, to taling 20,000 men, hnd been an nihilated In a three-dny battle near Telnn, 130 miles southeast of Hankow. The official announcement de scribed the engagement aa the moat complete and overwhelming Chinese victory of the war and said only 200 men of the two brigades left the bnttlofleld allvo. CRANIUM CRACKER TWO gontlomen who were din ing nl fresco In the capital of Morocco wore ohtigrliiod to dis cover that tholr houlllitbnlHHO had boon nllowed to grow colt'. How woro the gontlom;n din ing, In what oily, and what had grown cold? Answer on PnRO 4 . jjJm '"T HIGH TRIBUNAL U HILLING TO REVIEW CASE Pardon by Governor Only Hope Remaining for Famed Prisoner. WASHINGTON. Oct. 10 (AP) Tho supreme court refused toduy to revluw Thomas J. Mooneye Inleat appeal for roleaao from tiun (juentln penitentiary. Mooney la aurvlng a llfo sen tnnco for complicity it the 11116 I'reparodneaa day parade bombing In Kan Kranclaco. Juallrea lllack and Deed took (ho raruly-uacd atep of denoting their dlaaout to the court's order which apparently closed the dour to any iiupo .Muoney mny obtain roloaau through court action unlesa new evidence should be tllacovered. Caiiipnlgn Iimuo It etlll la poMtble for a gover nor ol California to grant a par don. Thla atep la one of the la auea III tho present gubernatorial cuutvat In that alate. Kor years Muoney hue boon waging a fight fur frueilnm. "' ltofuaal' of- g'rovlev Wnhr tlfo his: la tribunal declined to Inter fere with a decision against Mooney by tbo California au preme court. Tho Mooney caaa Involved the prisoner contention ho waa cou vlcled by perjured testimony, ilo also asserted California officlula "wilfully and knowingly sop pressed" ovldunce in bis favor. Third Appeal Ten persona were klllod and 40 injured In the bombing ot which Mooney waa convicted, Or iginally, ho waa aenlenced to death, but the ponulty waa re duced al Prealdent Wllaon ra il it est. lu 1917, the supremo court re funod to puna on the controversy. Aftor a second appeal. It held on January tl, 1936, Moonoy bad not exhausted bla legal rlghle In into courts. Since then, tho California su preme court ruled agalnat hiin in a flve-to-ono deciaton. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 10 I.P) Thomna J. Mooney, bla last hope for rolouae through legal chan nels pnsnlbly gone today with a United Htntea supremo court re fusal to Intervene, pinned hla re maining chance for freedom on the coming November election. Culbert L. Olson, democrat candidate for governor, has ex pressed his Intention If elected of pardoning tho 65-year-old Mooney serving a life torm in San Duontln prison for the 1916 San Krnnclsro Preparcdnoss day bombing. Tho grny-halred Moonoy ' ro colvod tlie news of the supreme court's action with outward calm but declared: "I am keeniy dis appointed in the decision becauae I had great hopes the supreme court would grant Justice that la long overdue In my case . . ." Asked concerning his plnns, he aald: "1 will wall until after the election. If I am disappointed In my hopos In Olson, which 1 nm convinced I shall not be, I shall make a direct appeal to organ ized labor In America ... to bring about my release through economic action." FLIERS TOSSED FROM PLANE, HURTLE TO DEATH ON CROWDED GOLF COURSE HOBI3S, N. M., Oct. 10 (AP) Two nmntour filers were tho vic tims of a freak airplane accident in which thoy were thrown from tholr open cockpit plane ovor the Hob tin gnif coiiiso 111 the view ot acoros of horrified golfers. The fllors, Andrew Allen, 80, and Mnrshnll Franklin, 25, both employes of the Now Mexico Elec tric company, hurtled from their ship at about 1000 feet because thoy apparontly had not fastened their safety bolts. Tho pllotloss ship crashed nearby, Women playing the golf course scronmod and covered tholr faces as the llttlo biplane, which had attractod attention because of attuning maneuvers:, whipped Into a tnllspln nnd the occupant fell Into space. Plane Slices 120,000-Volt Line, Escapes rtOHKHUIIO. Or., Oct. 10 l.1" An unldentlfiede filer had a mlr aculoua oacapo from death (Sat urday afternoon when hla ahlp atruck and cut the 120,000 volt power lino between Dlxonvllle and Kutherlln and flew away appar ently undamaged, according to a report today from the local office of the California Oregon Tower company. Tho ahlp. flying at a low eleva tion and following tho north L'nip qua river between Glide and Itoaeburg, atruck tho lino at the crossing 1 1 miles eaat of thla city, shearing three cablea, and carrying off more than 200 feet of telephone line. Great llall of I'lre II. C. Urunow and laadoro Inda, farmers, told power company of ficers the latter reported, that two plane wore flying low over the rlvor and at high apeed. They bnroly cleared a ausponaion bridge at the C. I.. Kcckley ranch, then banked around a sharp turn, and Ihe leading piano atruck aquaroly In Ihe 4 80 foot power line apan serous tho river. The observers aaw a great ball of fire as the lines were sheared, they roportcd, but tho plane con tinued on Ita way, while the ee ond ahlp leaped hundreda of feet In tho air. Ilefor locating the two farm or, who- wltnMd tho acaldent, power compdny worker searched several hours for wreckage, be lieving that no plan could have survived auch an Impact. ' Planerman Suffers Slight Wound in Unexplained Incident Sunday. Three bullets were jflred at Noel Turner, planerman and one of them nicked hlnWfn the leg. In a hunting accident In the Hnrnes valloy district Sunday, Turner Informed the district at torney' office .Monday. It was the first hunting Inci dent In tho county this season In which a human was actually In jured by a bullet. Well Out In Clearing Turner told the authorities that ho and a friend were hunt ing together when they camo upon a clearing. Two other men entered the clearing from the other end and stood out In the opon, smoking. Turner and his companion parted. Turner, wearing a rod hat, entered the clearing and was well out In the middle of It. In plain view, when he aaw two doea nnd a forked horn buck at the edge of the timber. Glnasea Jarred He fired at the buck. Almost Instantly a bullet flashed past hla face, missing by less than an Inch, so close that the wind moved the glasses on his nose. Two more followed. One struck his trousers leg. A third entered his leg, making a groove through the flesh. Talk to Other Pair Turner's companion Went to him as he opened his clothing in search of the wound. The companion then talked with the two moil who had been standing In the clearing. Turnervwas of the opinion they tired the shots that nenrly killed him. ' Turner did not give the names of the two men to the district at torney's office. He snld ho was not In line of flro It the men wore shooting at the deer. Turner's companion re ported the men, when askod about the shooting, aald some thing to tho effect "that you might have done it as welt as we." POTATOES SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10 (AP USDA) Potntoes: IS California, one Oregon arrived, 8 unbroken, 14 broken on track, supplies light, demand fair, market steady, Klamath russots No. 1, SI. 10-20, occasional higher, dark color 1.90-1.00. mJmJmJh mJm-JmJ IE YIELDS LOWER National Production Set 3,600,000 Bushels Less , Than Month Ago'. WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 CP) The agriculture department esti mated this year's wheat crop to day at 940,229,000 bushels. Corn production was forecast at 2,459, 316.000 bushcla. The estimates were based on October 1 conditions and com pared with 939.972.000 bushels ot wheat and 2,454,526,000 bushels ot corn Indicated a month ago. Wheat production last year waa S73.UU3.0U0 bushels and corn production, 2.644,995,000 bush els, while average production for tho ton yeara, 1927-36, waa wheat, 752,891,000 buahels and corn, 2, 300,157,000 bushels. Hurley L'p Indicated production ot other Important crops, with compara tive figures for. month ago end production last year, follows: Barley 252.578,000 bushels, compared with 250.360,000 a month a to, am d MI,S5,00 tairt year. Hay (tame) 81,786,000 tons, 81,750,000 and 73,785,000; potatoes 373,265,000 buahels, 377,875,000 and 393,289,000; sugar beets 10,675,000 tons, 10, 8211,000 and 8,749,000. The Indicated yield per acre, with comparison for last year, for the various crops is: Corn 26.7 bushels, compared with 28.2; all wheat 13.2 and 13.6; oats 29.3 and 32.7; barley 23.7 and 22.1; hay (tame) 1.42 tons and 1.35; potatoes 122.1 bushels and 123.8; sugar beets 11.6 tons and 11.6. The Indicated acre yield and total production, by slates, of Im portant crop Include: and .Martin street with Rev. Eu 640,000; Idaho 220 and 27,060, 000; Colorado 104 and 11,232,- 000; California 260 and 17,680, 000; Ohio 110 and 12,980,000. ASSASSIN SHOOTS DOWN BULGARIAN ARMY CHIEF, THEN COMMITS SUICIDE SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct. 10 (AP) Gen. Ivan Peeff, 70-yoar-old chief of staff of the Bulgarian army. waa ahot and killed in a Sofia atreet today by' man believed to be a Macedonian. Major Stoyanotf. an aldo ac companying tho general, was bad ly wounded. No reason for the murdor was known. (A Sofia dispatch to Havas. French newa agency, said the as sasstn committed suicide Immedi ately after tho attack). The assassin's name was given by police as Stoiu Yosslphoft. The assassination occurred at 3:06 p. m. (5:05 a. m., PST). The slayer, whoa name waa given by one source as Vassoff, was said to have fired 15 shots from two revolvers at General Peeff. He was described by this source aa a former Bulgarian army major, who two months ago was released from prison. (Dispatches to Reuters and Exchnngo Telegraph, British nows agencies, said the assassin turned his guns upon himself and was taken to a hospital seriously wounded but conscious.) Police were Investigating the theory the assassination wag part of a plot In which others were Involved, but neither police nor military authorities gave details. YOUTH, BITTEN BY SNAKE, PERFORMS OWN FIRST AID Bitten by a rattlesnake while hunting In tho Pokcgnma country. Leo Bonjamln Franklin, 17, slasliod the bitten area with a pockot knife, applied a tournl quot and made his way to a house where he tolophonod to Klamath Falls for a physician. Leo was coming oft a hill. He stepped over a rock, and the snake struck, biting him on the knee. Tho youth lives at the King Cole slution on Green Springs highway. His Parents were hunt ing with him but were on another ridge at the time the snake bit him. NEWEST! PLAGES POTATO Love Opens Jailhouse Door If: A i. -. ,, ; - IJ From behind tho bare of the Davidson county Jail at Lexington, N. C, of which T. C-- Klmmel was Jailer, bis 182-pound daughter, Lula Belle Klmmel (right), 22, reflects on her sadly misplaced affection. She fell In love with James Godwin (left), one ot a pair of desperate criminals confined In pal and gave them her-father's revolver. Since their escape they are reported to havp murdered one man, killed another and com mitted a series of holdups. Lula Belle' father locked her up, then resigned In humiliation, t AFL Will Ask Congress to Amend Wagner Act, Senate To Reject NLRB Appointee- HOUSTON, Tex., Oct. 10 (AP) The American Federation of Labor voted for congressional amendment of the Wagner act today and ordered its leadership to oppose senate confirmation ot President Roosevelt reappoint ment of Donald Wakefield Smith to tho labor board. Without a dissenting vote or controversial debate, the dele gates approved resolutions com mittee reports calling for nine revisions In the labor law to curb the discretionary powers of the board. Want "Square Deal" Convention action following a slashing attack on. the board by President William Green, who said the federation wanted only a "square deal" and was not op posing or antagonizing President ltooaevelt by assailing both his appointee to the board and the board' policies. "We are not opposing or antagonizing our great president in presenting this point of view," Green shouted. "We shall co operate with him, and we hope VATICAN PRESS PROTESTS ATTACK ON PALACE OF VIENNESE ARCHBISHOP ROME, Oct. 10 (AP) L'Os servatore Romano, Vatican news paper, today protested against the "outrageous attack" made by a Viennese crowd Saturday night against the palace of Theodore Cardinal Innitzer, archbishop ot Vienna. A Vatican source Indicated a report on "the motive ot par ticulars of the "violence" was expected from the Papal Nunlco at Berlin, Monsignor Cesare Orsenigo. A Vatican Informant said such a report was awaited before church authorities decided wheth er to make a formal protest to Germany. Meanwhile, this Informant Bald, news of the attack created "a painful Impression" in church circles. (Vienna reports said the Cardinal suffered a slight wound on the forehead rrom a piece ot flying glass when a window ot his private chapel. In which he was praying during the attack, was shattered.) CITY SIGNS APPLICATIONS FOR $108,764 WPA WORK Mayor Richmond said Monday he had signed applications for 8108,764 in WPA work. A blan ket parks project calls for $49, 124, and a blanket sidewalk proj ect would take a $59,640 contri bution from WPA. The city's contributions would be 819,000 tor parks and $21. 000 for sidewalks. The latter project would make it possible for any district to put In side walks at about 40 per cent of the regular costs. tho Jail. She freed him and his he will cooperate with us." Pin Candidates Down The resolution committee re port on board member Smith urged the AFL "leave no stone unturned or any avenue unex plored for the purpose of pre venting senate confirmation of Smiths reappointment. Under the authority granted by the convention, the federation high command will move im mediately to ask every candidate for a senate seat to announce before the general election In November whether he will vote to reject the Smith appointment. OREGON'S ARABLE LAND BECOMING OVERPOPULATED BY IMMIGRANT FARMERS PORTLAND, Oct. 10 (AP) Continued Immigration Is ex hausting this state's supply of arable land and creating a popu lation crisis, a report ot the state planning board on land develop ment. Issued today, set forth. Despite Oregon's vast size, the state cannot at present accommo date the Influx ot land-hungry immigrants. The demand tor new farm lands here was growing steadily, the report said. The federal census gave Ore gon' population In 190 as 953, 786, but the report estimated that on January 1, 1937, the pop ulation had climbed to 1.057,700. Of the Increase 81,530 were said to be Immigrants from less fa vored sections, most of whom were looking for tillable land. Of the state's 94,307 square miles, only 8.2 per cent was called arable in the report, and the state was said to be laboring under a heavy crop land handi cap. Approximately 152,000 acre ot agricultural lands have been re claimed in Oregon under 70 or ganized drainage and diking dis tricts. The reclaimed land Is distributed through the lower Co lumbia, the coastal, the Willam ette valley and the eastern Ore gon areas. RAILWAY UNION ENDORSES HESS, MAHONEY, PIERCE EUGENE, Oct. 10 (AP) Henry L. Hess, democratic gub ernatorial candidate, Saturday was accorded the endorsement of the state legislative league of the railway brotherhoods. Edgar E. Thorn, secretary of the Railway clerks union, an nounced the league's selection. The league also endorsed Willis Mnhoney for U. S. senator; James W. Mott for first district con gressman; Walter M. Pierce, sec ond district; Nan Wood Honey man, third district; Earl Snell, secretary of state; Rex Putnam, superintendent ot .public educa tion; Clnrence F. Hyde, labor commissioner; Henry J. Bean, supreme court Judge. mJmJmJ JJmJ American Termed Liar for Deriding Russian Aviation Air Hero Spread Untruth to Help Induce Czech Surrender, Charge. MOSCOW, Oct. 10 (AP) Soviet Russia's leading airmen today solemnly denounced Col. Charles A. Lindbergh in a state ment accusing him of spreading lies about soviet air strength to give Prime Minister Chamberlain ot Britain arguments for the surrender ot Czechoslovakia. (The soviet statement appar ently arose from unverified re ports In two London newspapers Lindbergh had been critical ot the soviet air force. Guarded Statement (HI visit to Russia figured in a guarded (tatement during house of commons debate last Thursday. Ellen Wilkinson, laborite, said "influential people" had told Chancellor Hitler that in no circumstances would Brit ain fight for Czechoslovakia, and added "It is a very serious thing that when a very prominent American.., airman!'- r ,wa!-.ielng lunched by ' these people," "they assured him It was impossible for tbis country to do anything" because Germany irforce was better than the Russian, British and French combined.") xne Moscow statement was signed by 11 soviet airmen, in cluding Civil Aviation Chief Vas ily Molokoft. Ten of the group had been designated officially as "heroes of the soviet union." Published in the communist party newspaper Pravda, - the statement called Lindbergh a "stupid liar, a lackey and a flat terer of German fascists." At Lady Astor's Dinner The statement aald Lindbergh had made the statements about the soviet air force at a dinner given In London by Lady Astor "some days ago." Tass (official soviet news agency) listed aa signers ot the statement the following heroes of the soviet union: Molokoff, Vladimar Koklnakt, who flew from Moscow to Vladivostok last summer; M a v r I k y Slepnett; Georgi Baidukoff, Sergei Danilin, Valeri Chkaloft, Alexander Bel aikoff, 1. T. Spirln and Mikhail Gromoff, all of whom had par ticipated in trans-Polar filght ticipated In trans-Polar filght base or to America; and a flier named Seroft. In addition, flier order-bearer Demchenko signed the statement. "Has Been" They accused Lindbergh of tell ing guests ot Lady Astor In Lon don Germany's air fleet was pow erful enough to defeat the com bined air strength ot France, England, the soviet union and Czechoslovakia. His purpose, the statement (Continued on Page Three) 20 KILLED AS BELGIAN AIRLINER CRASHES, BURNS IN NORTHWEST GERMANY BERLIN, Oct. 10 (AP) Six tee n passengers, al) Germans, and a Belgian crew of four were killed today when a Belgian air liner crashed near Soest, In the Ruhr valley In northwestern Ger many. An eyewitness aald the plane lost a wing In midair. It was an Italian-made Savoia, type S83. It was flying through rain and tog which covered western Germany this afternoon. The passengers were said to have fallen or jumped from the plane before It crashed In flames. The liner was on its regular Brnssols-Essen-Berlln run. One eye-witness told this story of the crash: "I was standing In front of my house when suddenly I Baw the airplane through the mist. I saw something fall from the plane, then flames envelop it as It came nearer to the earth. "When It was still about 300 feet up, passengers began fairly to rain from the cabin. Whether they Jumped or fell, I don't know. , "No one survived. The bodies were scattered about. The plane went on some distance before It crashed and burned." WJmJmJh UNDY TAKES OFF FROM PARIS FOR BERLIN, HALTED BY WEATHER IN HOLLAND LE BOURGET, France, Oct. li OP) Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh took oft in tbelr plane from Le Bourget air port at 2:25 P. m. today (6:25 a. m PST) and airport official said they were bound for Berlin. Late today reports reached La Bourget airport Lindbergh had landed his plane at Rotterdam, The Netherlands, at 4:47 p. ro. (8:47 a. i., PST). Dispatches from Berlin said fog and rain covered western Germany, and (or that reason the Lindbergh' arrival at Berlin might be de layed. Lindbergh, who has made hi home on llllec Island off France' northern coast since last June, arrived at Le Bonrget on October 5. At that time he declined to disclose any plans for travel in the near future. Lindbergh maintained his cus tomary silence. Riots Occur as Germans Penetrate Deeply Into Ceded Czech Area. PRAGUE, Oct. 10, (D Th Czechoslovak government en nounced today German troops bad penetrated beyond the new Czech oslovak-Gerraan frontier In six lit stance and reported several dls orders in connection with German, occupation. Three Czechoslovak state ollca and several members ot the Sude ten German free corps were said) to have been wounded In a ma chinegun battle on an Elbe riven, bridge near Ausslg. The Czecho-, Slovaks captured a machinegua and freed a police inspector who) had been taken prisoner. One Czechoslovak soldier waaj reported Injured near Kdyne by free corps troopers who kicked and heat him. WITH THE GERMAN ARMTf OF OCCUPATION IN SUDETEN LAND, Oct. 10 (P) The German; army today halted Its advance Into Czechoslovakia, having occupied all the territory agreed upon by international negotiation. Leo Benjamin Franklin, IT, bitten by rattlesnake while hunt ing In Pokegama county. Page 1. rttr makea aDnllcatlon for $108,000 In WPA projects. Page 1. Potato harvesting Increases; employment service urges would be workers to call there for direc tions. , Page 8. Crater lake travel for season totaled 190,699 persona; Klam ath entrance leads. Page t. Sumo development ' topto of conference at reclamation con gress at Reno. Pago 8. IT, inter wniinHed In loz aa three bullet fly In hi dlreotlon, Page 1. IX THIS ISSUE City Briefs - PS Comlca and Story Page Editorials PM Family Doctor ...Page 4 High School News ...Page 4 Market, Financial New....Page 8 PTA Notes i.Page 3 Potato Shipments ............Page 8 Recreation Notes ..........Pas3 5 Sports Page 2 Veterans' News Pag 4 Today's News Digest