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Kr TH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1938
Number 8406
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Symbolic of th thoughts or nunr poucamen in time approacncs tor mo annum pone ball
It this policeman's star pointed with five pretty faces. Star No. 20 has been adopted the depart
inont'a official emblem. Girls' fare decorating the emblem In the above picture are, starling al the
top and going around clockwise: Lucille McAnlnch, Catherine llennctt. Ruth Itnndolph, Patricia
llHrrntt and Kite Mott. The public la Invited to Hie ball, which will bo held Thanksgiving ere
(Wednesday night) at the armory.
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Editorials on the Day's News
By FRANK JKNKIN8 '
fTTHE DALLES CHRONICLE tella
a food hunting atory.
Two city men, It aeema, askod
a farmer's permission to hunt
blrda on his land, lie sold It waa
all right, and then to one of them
(the other had (one out of hear
ing) he added:
"I've got a fnvor to auk. Down
In that stubble field there's an old
hnrae that has outlived bis useful'
hess, but I haven't not tho heart
' lo kill him. If you'll put him
out of bla mlsory you're welcome
to hunt here all season."
.
Al the two nuntera passed the
r old horse, the one to whom
the proposition had been mndo got
a humorous Idon. tlo anld: "I
wonder If this shotgun would kill
" horse."
He put the muzsle prnctlcnlly
agnlnst the animal's head and
pulled the trigger. It killed the
horse all right, Thon, pursuing
his humorous Idea, he swung
around and remarked: "I wonder
If It would kill a man."
TIE was too darned realistic
about It. His companion, de
ciding he had suddenly gone nuts,
let off a yell and took to the
.brush. It took the Joker an hour
1 lo conx him out nnd convince him
that after all It was only a whkzer
and that he was Just trying to be
cute.
"pHIS writer can't any thnt ho
hlnmea the follow who took
lo the brush. The way aome of
these amateur gun-wloldera act,
CRANIUM
CRACKER
SOME of the following slnto
menla am true. Rome are
false. Which are which t
1. Indians In tho United States
are (Increasing In number.
2. Cows do not sweat.
3. Panama hats are made In
Panama. ,
L 4. Rnnblts do not. chow a cud.
S; Ireland la cnllod tho Kmornld
Isle.,
Answer eu Pag 4
Girls Star at Police Ball
you never can tell what they'll do
neat.
(The Dalles paper. Incidentally,
tells this for a true story.)
TJICRB'S one that Isn't told for
a true story, but has a fairly
good kick:
A hunting party had been out
after deer. One of them, coming
Into camp late In the dny, asked
the first man he saw: "Whore's
GcorgoT"
Upon being Informed that
George waa In the tent asloep, he
asked: "Whore's BUI?" Told
that Bill was over behind a tree
oleanlng his gun, he asked:
"Where's Bam!" Learning that
Sam was In tho other tent chang
ing his wet clothes, he drew a
long sigh of relief and his face
lighted up.
"Well," he said, "If that's the
case I Just killed a door."
TTHAT ought to be enough for a
column on a dny when the
news doesn't seem to lend Itself
to wise nnd enlightening com
ment. CHRISTMAS PURCHASES
EXPECTED T(T REACH
HIGHEST PEAK IN DECADE
NEW YORK, Nov. 22 (IP) A
busy Christmas shopping season,
with a huge flow of dollars going
Into circulation over Ifne nation's
trade counters, was foresoon to
dny by tho NntlonM Kbtall Dry
(ioodn aBsnclntion. 'y t
"Doth business and feat, pulillc
may ronsonnbly look forward to
one of the best. If not the beit,
gift-giving seasons In almost a
daendo," snld Lew Hnhn, genornl
mnnngor of the association, which
roprosonts tho dopnrtmont store
nnd spoclnlty shop field.
An analysis by He ncc.ount.lng
exports, tho association reported,
Indicated dollar sales In depart
ment nnd nppni'ol specialty stoves
of tho nation In the four weeks
procodlng Christmas mny npproxl
mnta $1,200,000,000, nhnut the
snmo ns In compnrable 1937 pe
riod. Actually the number of Items
trndod ncross store counters, It
was pointed out, mny exceed last
year's Christmas trade bocaUBe de
partment store prices this year
are about 7 per cent lower on ilie
average, ,
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Driver Claims
Fright Led to
Role in Kidnap
OLYMPIA, Nor. 22 UP) James
Reddlck, 28-year-old taxi driver,
told a auporlor court Jury here
today he took part In the kidnap
ing of Irving Baker last August
19 because ho was so afraid of
other members of the kidnap
party he dared not attempt to
withdraw.
He admitted "maybe I am"
when askod If he were a "nat
ural coward," and confessed bo
hnd not offered a slnglo verbal
objection to the treatment of
Baker, 37. retired coast guard
officer whom Dr. Kent W. Berry
accused of raping Mrs. Elizabeth
Borry, 27.
Didn't Try to Escape
Roddick. Berry, Wllllum K.
McAloon, G5, and Robert H.
Smith, 32, are on trial for first
degree kidnaping and first de
gree assault in connection with
the admitted abduction, Roddlok
look the stand In IiIb own de
fenso after Hurry and McAloon
had completed their defense testi
mony. On cross-examination, Reddlck
declared he was "afraid of what
might happen" It he quit th kid
naping enterprise and admitted
he had made no escape attempt,
ven when he was sitting In an
automobile with th motor run
ning and all other members of
the party at toast 60 feet away,
IUMATH BUSINESSWOMAN
KiLtO AS CAR GOES OUT
OF CONil&UT WILLOWS
WILLOWS, CnlNov. 22 (UP)
Mrs. Olga C. Strunk, about 40,
Kin ninth FnllB, Ore., was fatally
Injured Monday when she lost con
trol of an automobile she was
driving on a highway curve near
here.
Mrs. Strunk died enroute - to
the county hospital hore.
Mrs. Strunk was the owner of
the Town shop, -women's clothing
storo nt 501 Main stroot, and was
returning from a trip to San
Francisco to purchase tho season's
stock tor tho storo. Her home
was at 1152 Crescont avenue. .
Mrs. Strunk, a widow, Is sur
vived by two children, Rudolph
Jr., nnd Bnrbnra, and her mother,
Mrs. Josephine Jonns, who has
been making her home her. Mrs.
Strunk's father Uves-la Ghteagq,
NATION INT
BRDDK DUSTER
QF MERCHANTS
Assurances Asked Nazis
Will Respect Rights
of Citizens
BERLIN, Nor. 22 (VP) The
United States hss presented a note
to Germany asking formal assur
ances the decree ousting Jews
from business enterprises, part of
th nail regime's sweeping anti
Jewlsh campaign, doea not apply
to Jaws holding American cltlzen-
ahlp.
Th not waa presented to the
foreign office late yesiordoy. it
was disclosed today, aa nail plane
for extending th anti-Jewish
campaign through th winter were
developed.
By the Aaeoclatcd Press
Germany and Franc today ex
changed oral assurances of de
termination to maintain peace
along their border, but In Paris
opposition to putting such an ac
cord In writing became apparent.
the result of th nasi anti-Jewish
campaign.--Hi-
Aasuraticea were made by Adolf
Hitler and the new French am
bassador to Germany, Robert Cou
londre, when the latter presented
his credentials at Hitler's Berch
tesgaden home.
L'nrrrlttrn A n-r cement
Their words constituted an un
written agreement on which the
Paris and Berlin governments
hav been working since the tour
power Munich meeting Septem
ber 29.
Hitler said Franc and Ger
many war "no longer divided by
th serious border conflicts which
burdened their past," Indicating
anew he would make no claim to
recover Alsace-Lorraine.
London newspapers published
reports officially denied in Lon
don and Berlin that Germany
was considering summoning ber
ambassador horn for consulta
tion such a course as the United
States and Germany already have
taken with on another.
Causa of Resentment
Nasi resentment centered on
Premier Chamberlain's proposal to
settle German Jewish refugees in
Tanganyika, formerly German
East Africa. Nazis feared this
might Interfere with Adolf Hit
ler's campaign to regain lost Ger
man colonies,
- Chamberlain' told parliament
yesterday Britain was prepared to
allocate parts of Tanganyika,
northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and
Kenya colony, In Africa, and some
10.000 square miles of British
Guiana, in South America, for
German Jewish refugees.
TWO KLAMATH FALLS CAR
OWNERS GET LOW LICENSE
NUMBERS IN ANNUAL DRAW
SALEM, Nor. 22 (VP) C. H.
George, Carlton, won automobile
license plat No. 1 for 1939 today
In the drawing by Secretary of
State Earl Snell. The first 1100
numbers were drawn.
. More than 19.000 persons tiad
their applications In th drawing,
th largest In history. Portland
car owners didn't fare so well, all
of the first nine numbers going to
upstate residents.
The lucky numbers, 7 and 11,
went to Mrs. Slgrld Olson of For
est Grove and D. F. Eastburn of
Aumsvllle, respectively.
The unlucky numbers, IS and
23, were given to Anna M. Bonder
of Albany and A. M. Robinson of
Marsh field.
Other numbers awarded Includ
ed: 2, W. R. Rngsdale of Baker;
3, A. J. Oliver of Cornelius, 4, MIsb
A. Claire Dunn of Eugono; 5, E.
E. Brnndo of Troutdnloj 6, Susie
Schneider of Cottage Grove; 8, L.
P. Bennett of Salem; 9, Elmer
Moon of La Grande; 10, Vorn W.
Talcott of Portland (6529 SE Bush
street); 17, TUlle Johnson of
Klamath Falls; 20, George P. Zen
ner of Portland; 21, Roland G.
Beach of Modford; 25, R. F. Bens
ly of Klamath Falls; 30, Mrs.
Hanoi Rose of Pendleton; 38, Rer.
John-Hoyt of Medtord.
Rockefeller
Estate Nets
$26,4(9,837
NEW YORK. Nor., 22 W
John D. Rockefeller, Sr., who died
In Florida on May 23, 1937, left
a net estate of t3s.410.837, con
sisting principally of securities.
A transfer tax appraisal filed
today listed the gross estate at
26.905,182, of which more than
117,000.000 was In United States
treasury notes.
Virtually the entire estate was
left In trust for a granddaughter,
Mrs. Margaret Strong de C'uevas;
her two children; and the Rocke
feller Institute for Medical Re
search. $12,000,000 for Government
It was estimated the state
would collect 24,616,467 In
taxes.
Attorneys said th federal tax
would run to 112,245,000.
Th only other beneficiary waa
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who re
ceived personal and household ef
fects valued at 133,678.
The senior Rockefeller explain
ed in a codicil to bis will he al
ready bad made ample provision
for his other heirs. In addition,
he donated a total of $530,830,
000 during his lifetime to philan
thropic agencies throughout the
world.
Reduction Largely Offset
by Courthouse Salary
Increases
The revised and final Klamath
county budget tor 1939 shows
the relief appropriation knocked
down 32000, but with salary
raises lor courthouse employes
offsetting all but 3310 of that
reduction.
Nine employes received a pay
boost of 6U a year. Janitor
assistance was upped 3400 and an
item of 3750 was added tor work
in the lax collector's office in
bringing up the delinquencies on
the rolls.
Chase Makes Decision
That makes a total increase of
31690. Against that the bud
geteers at tbelr final hearing cut
(2000 oft the 330,000 relief item,
making a net reduction of 3310.
It wus decided to make relief
stand the budget adjustments
after a lengtby discussion ot the
county's future policy on relief.
County Commissioner Roy Taber
favored holding the relief item
down to 324,500, the amount bud
geted last year. County Judge
George Uriztle was against this
policy. Commissioner Chase,
who was asked for the final de
cision, agreed that relief should
be cut enough to offset any up
ward adjustments in other items
iu the budget. In tbe end, relief
was cut slightly more than that
Reflects Controversy
The argument reflected a grow
ing controversy in the state over
the relief financing problem.
Some of the counties are show
ing a desire to push relief costs
entirely on tbe state.
The Increases granted at th
final budget hearing affect one
office deputy for the sheriff.
three deputy tax collectors, one
deputy auto license and tax col
lector, two deputy recorders, two
deputy assessors.
These were th only changes
made in tbe budget. As soon as
It Is certified to the county as
sessor and he receives tbe bud
get from the city of Klamath
Falls, he will figure tax rates
for 1939.
CHINESE ARMY REPORTED
CLOSING IN ON CANTON
SHANGHAI, Nov. 22 (Chi
nese reported today the vanguard
of Gonornllsslmo Chiang Kai
Shek's south China army had ad
vanced to within throe milos of
Canton, captured by tho Japanese
a month ago.
No details wore given nor were
the reports confirmed from other
sources. The Chinese have stated
frequently during the past week
their forces were making a success-
till counterattack In south China,
but the Japanese have insisted
there was no fighting except by
guerrilla bands.
IN CQUPL
BOUND OVER UN
T
Witness Testifies Marie
Baker Had Fight With
Dead Woman
After a white witness had de
scribed an alleged attack by Ma
rie Baker upon Beatrice Dickens
the night of October 17. U. S.
Commissioner Bert C. Thomas
bound over Marie and her hus
band, Blurton Baker, both In
dians, to the federal grand Jury
on second degree murder charges.
The gorernment's key witness
at the hearing In Thomas' office
late Monday was Thomas Regan,
Butte, Mont., a construction work
er who was a member of a drink
ing party at the Baker house the
night Beatrice Dickens disappear
ed. Her body was found a week
ago In Sprague river back, ot the
Bayer bouse.
Witnesses Held
Commissioner Thomas- held the
Bakers on 2(000 bond each. He
set bond at 32000 each tor Regan
and James Hill, an Indian- w no
allegedly attended 'the party, or
dered held as material witnesses.
Regan told how he had met tbe
Bakers and other Indians near
Beatty, wher he was employed
by McNutt Brothers, road con
tractors. He said he went with
them to Bly to purchase wine. On
the auto trip, he said, Marie Bak
er engaged In an altercation with
one ot tbe other Indian woman In
the car, but be was not sure
which one. He said he went some
distance from the car because he
wanted nothing to do with the
fight.
Sudden Attack
He then descrtoed tbe party at
the Baker home where tbe group
proceeded to drink up a gallon ot
wine purchased at Bly. Well along
toward morning, he said, Mane
Baker suddenly Jumped np, threw
Beatrice Dickens on the floor, hit
her head on the boards a few
times and tramped on her stom
ach.
Then, he testified, she told Be-
Continued on Page Seven
PORTLAND CAFE OWNER
KILLS SLOT MACHINE
THIEF, ROUTS COMRADES
PORTLAND. Or., Nor. 22 UP)
An Intruder tampering with the
coin box of a slot machine was
shot and killed today as he fled
from a small cafe on the out
skirts ot Portland. Two other
men escaped.
Dick Edwards, th proprietor,
shot at the men when he found
them rifling game devices and
counters in the dining room of
his Barbur boulevard cafe. The
wounded man staggered about
200 yards and fell dead in a
gulch.
Deputy Sheriff Holgar Chrlst
offerson said the 21-year-old vic
tim was Identified by a youth,
who was held tor questioning, as
James Martin Fralley, who has
served sentences at training
schools at Woodburn, Ore., and
Chehnlls, Wash.
Clifford Arnold. 17. whom the
deputy said was Fralley's trtend,
and Jack Payne, 20, were de
tained tor Investigation.
THREE CITIES TIED FOR
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
PENDLETON. Ore., Nor. 22
Sub-sero weather touched the
higher elevations In eastern Ore
gon this morning, with Meacham
high In the Blue mountains,
reporting two degrees below xero.
MURDER COUN
PORTLAND, Nov. 22 (AP)
The weather was bright and
cheerful but mighty cold all over
Oregon today.
Three points, Baker, Bond and
Lakevlew, reported corresponding
minimum temperatures of 12 de
grees above zero. Although Port
land's lowest point was a degree
above freezing, the city was cov
ered with heavy frost.
Other mlnimums Included
Brookings 40. Hood River 18,
Medford 24, Newport 34, North
nend 34, Pendleton 26, Roseburg
Zi, . Siskiyou Summit 24,
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U. S. Citizen
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"Happiest moment of her life"
waa experienced by Lulse Rainer,
motion picture actress, In Los
Angeles when she became a full
fledged American citizen. Miss
Rainer was born in Germany.
Badly Beaten
Body Found
On Columbia
THE DALLES, Nor. 22 LW
A clump of Bagebrush 30 feet
from the Columbia River highway
near Biggs yielded the brutally
beaten body ot a man police
Identified today as Dewey Bur
rell, formerly ot Marysville, Ida.
The skull was crushed by blows
from a blunt Instrument, Dr.
Thompson Coberth, who perform
ed an autopsy, reported. State
Police Sergeant Frank Grimm and
Sheriff C. C. Wilson believed the
body might be that of a motorist
slain by a hitchhiker. No valu
ables were found on the body.
Tracks Leave Road
Grimm said automobile tracks
led off the road near th spot
where tbe body had been dragged
to the sagebrush. It was found
yesterday by Joe Brady, state
highway maintenance man, and
Dr. Coberth said the man had
been dead "at least 48 hours,
The body was Identified from
a California driver's license Is
sued at Oridley,- Calif., and a let
ter addressed to Burrell at Chlco,
Calif., from a brother at Marys
ville, Idaho.
Tbe Marysville sheriff's office
said Burrell was reared there and
a brother, F. A. Burrell, still liv
ed in the town.
An Oregon liquor permit, Issued
to Ed Burke, Burns, Ore., also
was found with th other papers.
HUNDREDS BURIED BY
SERIES OF AVALANCHES
IN BRITISH WEST INDIES
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, British
West Indies, Nor. 22 (P) A series
of ratn-loosened avalanches today
spread death and destruction In
the interior of this island ot th
Windward group.
A mountainside eight miles long
last night burled two hamlets and
a number of Inhabitants estimated
to run into the hundreds.
Rescue workers laboring all
night recovered 46 dead and 60
Injured, but this morning a new
avalanche ourled all the dead
again in addition to many Injured
and several rescue workers In a
fresh catastrophe,
Shortly after the first ava
lanche a gang ot 60 laborers was
swept Into a river when a house
In which they were sheltered slip
ped awny along with an acre of
land. Of the few saved, six died
during th night.
Jews
PRE-CHRISTMAS
"CHEER" FATAL
TO 3 CONVICTS
Score More Seriously 111
From Drinking Alco
hol Compound
LANSING, Kas., Not.'IXUF)
Three prisoners at the Kansas
State penitentiary died today,
fourth was critically ill and 20
more were confined to beds after
drinking what Warden Kirk
Pratber described as a soap com
pound containing methyl aU
cobol.
Warden Prather said one-gal
lon Jugs of the compound wer
stolen from the chief engineer's
office at the prison and dispensed.
Prather said he believed, by s
single prisoner who wished to act
as "host in providing pre-
Chrlstmas cheer." The compound
was used to test water for Its
softness.
All Robbers
Th dead were.
Glen C. Roy, 36. received Juno
14, 1936, from McPherson county
to serve a 5-to-10 year sentene
for second degree robbery. -
Monroe Adams, 31, received.
Nor. 7, 1933, from Shawnee conn-,
ty to serve a 10-to-21 year tern
for first degree robbery. .
J. B. Harris, 41, received Oct.
3, 1933, from Coffey county to
serve a 10-to-15 year term for
bank robbery.
In a critical condition was Oram
Houseworth, 30, serving a 10-to-21
year term for first degree
robbery in Douglas county.
- Ten were confined to the prison
hospital and the other 10 to thelq
bunks in "B" cell house.
Plainly Marked
Warden Prather said all bad
refused to name the man who
stole th lethal beverage, but It
be learned the Identity ot th
man responsible he would hav
him placed In solitary confine
ment "unless he Is already dead."
Prison authorities learned first
ot the tragedy at 9 p. m. last
night when Adams became se
verely ill and was taken to thaj
hospital. Partially paralyzed, h
was unable to talk.
In rapid succession 23 others
were stricken until two Leaveni
worth physicians bad to be called
to aid the penitentiary doctor.
In a check of the prison today
guards found the two empty jugs,
(Continued on Page Seven)
Tire chief resorts damage In
warehouse fire totals 336,645.
Council approves closing of bad
street, grants church permit U
build. Pag 2.
Xfra niv Strunk. owner of
Town shop, killed In accident near
Willows, Calif. Page 1.
Marl anil nliirtnn Rakar. In
dians, bound over to federal grand
Jury on second degree murder
charges after hearing on death of
Beatrice sickens, page i.
County budget committee up
salaries of nln courthouse em
ployes, makes relief offset the
raise. Page 1.
nmne-Aa utnnA for narmarklnc
of county road funds for definite
projects and locations. Pag 7.
October report of Fir Chief
Keith Ambrose received by city
council. Pag 2.
Additional 100 per cent returns
made by Red Cross workors In an
nual roll call. Page 2.
'. Plans complete for police ball
Blated for Thanksgiving v In
armory. Page 5.
IN THIS ISSUE-
City Briefs ,.....Pag S
Comics and Story Pag 10
Courthouse Records .......Page 4
Editorials . -.Pag 4
Family Doctor Pag 4
Market, Financial News ..Page (
Pattern Psg i
Potato Shipments Page
Sports News .. Pag I.
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