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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1939)
f fit &)ttfti WEATHER Sunday's maximum Pt Today'i high 01. low 00 PRECIPITATION 24 hours to 8 a. m. .00 Season to date 8.87 Last year to date 17.IW Normal precipitation 111,08 COVERAGE Hit Htrild and News blanket a rich qrl cultural ' and Induttrlel empire of Southern Origan end Northern California. ASSOCIATEO PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND UNITED PRESS I Prico Five Cer KLAMATH FALLS. QUE., MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1939 Number 8737 iplS)(i;5gi)M) IP IK IRE TfdWlix f8 - f hi 'W i"r? ! ,Vf I? ?'; ', Ily MIANK JKNKINH EL'IIOI'K look today Ilka a man In a small bout, without oara, drifting dowu a awlft river to ward an Immanae waterfall, ! Don't not too Jitter. Europe la good at getting Into crlaea, and haa often been rool l : ling out or them. READ Ihla paragraph from a Tlentaln ' (China) dlapatch. and then check your reactlona j carefully; 1 "The toll of dealb and properly deitruotion leaped today aa THE WOltST FLOOD In TUntaln'a hla lory aubmerged much of the city under constantly deepening water. Huge property loaana wore Ignor ed aa tho community centered Ita fforta aolaly on preserving Ufa." u SI.KSS you're abnormal, your feeling will he that In com- parlaon with (blna'a war thla record-breaking (lood eataatrophe la Inilgnlflcant. . Man's worat entmy la MAN. ' ANOTIIKP. dlapatch from Tokyo: 1 "A Domal (Japanaaa news agency) telegram from Halnklng, MsnMintibnn. today laid 40 Mon gol (Ruaalan-alded)' dlenaa'were downed Iri three' battiea Monday on the troubled Menchoukuo. Outer Mongolia border.1,' . Why not let the cenaora and the propagandlata flint all the wara? They aeetu to win them ao eaally. T-H. J. A. SHAW, key wllneaa In the gorernmenfa Inyeatl- gatlon of Louisiana's crlme-apat tared dlctatorahlp, la found dead, with a rerolver betide hla body. The coroner aaya auiclda. A lot of ua will auspacl It waa murder, to atop hla mouth. . DICTATORSHIPS and murder alwaya have gone together, and probably alwaya will. Com paratively, rocout Inrtancea are Hlllor'a and Btalln'e "purgea" of thoao who disagree with them. THE department of commerce announcea that the gasoline lax la THE MOST IMPORTANT , HINCII.H SOURCE of atate rev enuea. ' And the leaal complained about ' With few exceptlnna, the gaao line tag haa been uaed by the atate to build roads, which the public, wanta and ueeda and MAKES PAY. We're .alow to complain of taxes when we feel we're getting our . money's , worth. . , Illinois Commerce Chairman Named ' lionnevllle Head WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (IP)- Dr. Paul J. Raver, chairman of the Illinois commerce commli' alon, waa named today adminis trator of the Bonnevlllo power project In Washington and .Ore gon, effective September 16. Dr. - Raver, born In Logana port, Ind., will relieve Frank A. Ranka, federal construction sup erintendent of the Grand Coulee project In central Washington who haa been noting administra tor at Portland,' Ore., alnce the doath of J. D. Ross. In announcing Dr. Raver's ap pointment, Secretary Ickea, nom inal head ot the Bonneville pro ject,, anld he waa grateful to Governor Horner for -releasing the off lolnl from hla Illinois post, ' Ickoa anld he folt that I)r. Raver waa especially well quali fied to handle tho Ronnevllle naslgnment "aa a result of hla long and brilliant record." ' ' f'lle lins demonatrated ability In handle In the public Interest the marketing of the power from Ronnevllle dam," Ickea said. - Dr. Ravor, who la 45 years old j graduated aa a civil engineer from tho University of Nebrnaka In' 1017, received a degree) of master of business administration 'from Northwestern university - In 1 1)37 and a degree at doctor of philosophy In.'ltsa.-' . ,...- Savage Fire 1 f . , 1 CAhiVaVMATH . V 1 AOteVCY Itowiroyw Mill and '" "A1 Town, Sweep Into '""'si 1 The upper picture ahowa a general acene of Pine Ridge when Saturday night's fire waa at Ita height. The mass of flames at the center of tho picture show, a part ot tho Forest Lumber company plnnt burning. . At the left, houses are burning. The center picture, tnken Sunday, ahowa a part of the mlns. with skeletons of boxcars in the foreground, the stacks, water tank and tiling room beyond. Below, a map allowing how the fire spread from Pine Ridge. Cross hatched area waa burned over. Ranches indicated by the numbers on the map are: No. 1, Ted Savage ranch, house afire seven different times but finally snved. other buildings burned; No. 2, former Bill Skeen place, buildings burned; No. 3. Oscar Moore ranch, buildings burned; No. 4, Port Summers ranch, barn burned; No.- 5, Byron Lotches ranch, two haystacks burned. ,' . Full Page of Fire Pictures, Page 5. Cancer Sufferer May Sample Effects Of 'Frozen Sleeping ' . PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 21 (IP) A man with cancer spreading slowly through his pnncroas sub mitted to a aerlea of teats at Tom plo university hospital today to dotormlne his fitness to becomo medical science's regular patlont No. 1 for tho 'froaen sloop" cancer trontmont. The man, Max Harlan, 42-ycnr-olil Htookport, In., farmer, cn terctl tho hospital yesterday.' If ' blood, x-ray ami physical exam inations altow. ho is qualified, tho trcntnicnt -wlilch involves lowering; tho normal body tent peraturo of 08.0 degrees to 88 or 1)0 niny begin tomorrow. Tho unusual method was devel oped by two Temple physicians, Dr. Temple Fay and Lawrence W. Smith, who reported favorable re sults In skimenncor cases for the first time last Mny, Little Is known of Its effect on internal eaaes. Like a bear hibernating for the winter, the patient Is put to sleep Woods TQ Sa2t with a mild anesthetic and chip ped Ice packed closely around his body to induce a state ot suspend ed animation. Breathing slackens, he requires no food and his na tural diminutive functions cease. ; For four or five days he re mains In A cold, dreamless sleep. Then ho la awakened with a warm drink which restores nor . mal bodily functions. .. , The physicians hope this refrlg oratlvo process will check the growth ot cancerous ' tissues in Harlnn's body and possibly .de stroy It. Dr. Fay and Dr. Smith said In the current Journal ot the Ameri can Medlcnl Association healing was atlmulated by the "refriger ation" and that patients have "got ten rid" ot Ulcerative lesions "In some ot these cases." 1 Tho treatment waa not an- ; ' nounccd aa cure. In expert menta, general Improvement, disappearance of pain and gains In weight were marked In many Instances. Two Fatally Hurt In Head on Crash On Lakeview Road Theron Dearing of Tulelake, Robert Chapman Dead; Eight Seriously Accidents to Klamath Two persons were dead, fered injuries, as Klamath county weekend traffic ac cidents sent fatalities to nine for the year, 1939. The dead: . Theron Aspbell Dearing, 25, .Tulelake. Robert Charles Chapman, 24, Klamath Falls. ' Seriously injured in the same accident which took the lives of young Dearing and Chapman, is Helen Murray, about 18, daughter of Gladstone Murray, route 1, box 287 Tulelake. Miss Murray is in Klamath Valley hos pital, her face mutilated and with severe injuries to her eyes.. The young girl's nose was. severed from her face, possibly as she was thrown into the car windshield. Doc tors described her-condition as critical, but with a pos sibility that she will live.. a possible skull fracture. - According to atate police who Investigated the fatal crash, Dear ing was driving west on the i Lakeview high- 9 way one mile east ot the Swan :, lake junction. . Chapman, driver ; of ' the aecond car, ' w a a pro Klamath Anto ceeoIns Tne Toll ia 198 c. 'er,ih,d head-on." Both men were. brought to Hillside hospital an neither regained , conaeiousneaa ' before they died, according; to hospital attendants.' . Dearing suffered r fractured skull and died two hours after the crash, at 12:15 aj.m. Sunday. Chapman lived until Sunday night at ,11:35 o'clock. ; His In juries Included lacerations, and shock. Hia left, arm was nearly severed and officers were of. the opinion that loaa of blood con tributed largely to his death. Young Dearing .Is survived by his mother,: Mrs. Luella Dearing ot Merrill, and a sister. Mrs.. Earl Dumm of Klamath - Falls. The remains are at the Ward's Klam ath Funeral Home. , Chapman has been In Klamath Falls but a few months. His mother Is thought to live in Bishop, Calif. .. Remains are at the Earl Wbitlock Funeral Home. Chapman was reported as driving a car owned by Myron G. Chall- burg of the Campbell ranch. Merrill-road, at the time ot the ac cident. Challburg told officers that Chapman was. on his way to work at the time of the crash. He also adviaed atate police he Intended to accompany the body south for burial. State police observed- that the highway at that point is straight for more than, three miles. The btretch lies between Olene and Dairy. The accident appeared to have occurred in the center of the highway. There were no witnesses of the tragedy. Time ot the accident was set at 10:20 p. m. Saturday. Chemult Crash A head-on collision 18 miles north of Chemult on The Dallea Callfornla highway Sunday at 1:15 -a. m. sent Mrs. Bessie Aniens, 53, Grants Pass, and her daughter - in - law, Mrs. June Aniens. 21. also of Grants Pass, to Klamath Valley hospital with Injuries. Mrs. Aniens Is suffering from a broken clavicle, a left leg lac eration and a part of' her foot (Continued from Page Three) Salesman Arrests Trio Who Beat, Robbed Alan FOSSIL. Ore.. Aug., 21 (IP) Because ot a Portland saleaman'a presence of mind, William M. Scott, of Idaho, faced a penlten-tlAi-v sentence for robbery today and two companions were, held In Jail. ,W. V. Rumble, the salesman, found Lester Simpson, of Ban don, badly beaten, on the high way near Prlneville. Simpson said two men and a woman of fered him a ride to Baker In their car. A few miles from Prlneville. he said, they beat him and atole 133. Rumblo and Simpson overtook the trio near Mitchell, and the aaleaman, posing aa an officer, "arreated" them. Then he called the Mitchell town marshal, who jailed them. Brought to Fosall, Scott plead ed guilty. Francis Moore, Port land. - and .Maude Hagerman Portland, were held. Judge Carl Hendricks aentenced Scott to serve five years In the peniten Injured in Highway People in Weekend, and a number of others suf She is also suffering from ftflAYSIGN TREATY Startling Report Comes on Heels of Agreement on ; ,.Trade,Jssue .C BERLIN, Aug. 21 UP) The German official newa agency an nounced tonight that Germany and Russia will conclude a non-aggres sion pact. . The German foreign minister, Joachin Von Ribbentrop, will ar rive in Moscow Wednesday to con elude the negotiations, DNB said. The declalon to conclude a non-aggression agreement fol lowed closely the announcement yesterday that Russia, and Ger many had concluded an Impor ' tant trade agreement. - Reports of the startling news that Germany and Russia had de cided to forget ideological differ ences to come to a non-aggression accord followed rumors tonight that Foreign Minister Von Ribben trop had left his summer home near Salzburg on a mysterious air plane, flight. It waa acknowledged the German-Russian agreement accounted in- large part for the difficulties ot the long-drawn out negotiations between Russia, Great Britain and France for a mutual assistance pact In case ot any aggression. 'Marian Miller' Files Alienation Suit at Portland PORTLAND, Ore , Aug. 21 (IP) A columniat who advises the lovelorn of all people wanta 1250,000 becauae, she claims, an other woman "maliciously and in tentionally" aought to gain the affections of her husband. The columnist, who writes un der the name of Marian Miller In a Portland newspaper, filed the 1250,000 damage action In circuit court Saturday against May C." Beebe. The columnist's legal name is Edith Knight Hill, wife of Joseph A. Hill, head of Hill Military academy. Six Drown In Sea Fishing Expedition RYE BEACH, N. H Aug. 21 (IP) The sea cast up six bodies on the. beach today, revealing the tragic end ot an all-day fishing party.' The victims were Identified as: Ralph Pryor, 55,, of Dover, owner of the boat Miss Ethelyn Cutler, of New market, a cousin ot Pryor. Frank Flnnte, ot Now Boston, N. H. Joseph WaJnar, 23, of New market. Walter Hargraves, 24, of Now market. Clarence P. Yeaton, 47, o Dover. Identification was made b: Pryor's son, Robert. PEDESTRIAN KILLED FOREST GROVE, Aug. 21 (IP) Wayne Boyd, 34, of Dilley, Ore., was killed early yesterday by a car as he was crossing the high way. The car driver was not held. RUSSIA. GERMANY . FLAMES SWEEP ONTO DESTROY FIVE RANCHES Pine Ridge Mill, Homes Leveled; Many Left Without Shelter Whether another mill will rise on the smouldering ruins ot the Dig Forest Lumber company plant at Pine Ridge was cn undecided question today as crews mopped up after one of the most dis astrous conflagrations In the his tory of Klamath county. A p p r oximatnly 93,000,000 uanioges were inflicted by a savago blaze which started in the lumber yard Saturday after noon and roared on to demolish the plant and the town of pine Ridge. It then raced Into re production timber at the town's edge and burned to The DaUes California highway six miles away, destroying more houses and threatening for a time the town of t'hiloquln. Four hundred, employes of the company and their families, bereft of homes and jobs by the sudden conflagration, were reshaping their plana for the future Mon day while friends and neighbors gave them temporary shelter. Tho disaster committee of the Klam ath . county Red Crosa made) emergency arrangements for the ARntKtnnA Of til. Dtna tl ima Pie. " -iff,,- " j.' ' Manager T. MoDonough ar riveoTSUTidBy from San Francisco) where he was on a business trip when the fire occurred. He had already started home on the train when messagea for blm reached San Francisco, and first heard of the fire when a steward on a diner car on his tram mentioned it to him. Undecided McDonough said It would be impossible to state whether, the company will rebuild. It may be a month before a decision la reached. Economic conditions, timber commitments and a num ber of other factors must be con sidered before definite plans are made, he indicated. He said he was In communication with R. B. White, president ot the Forest Lumber company, of Kansas City, and other officials, but aald it was unlikely White would come west at ' this time, as had been reported. - It was learned Monday that 63,t 000,000 feet ot rough lumber lay on the docks when ton fire began its savage onslaught. In the sheds and dry kiln were 0,000,000 feet more, some of this being high grade, high-price stock. Mc Donough stated the plant and tumber atocks were covered by insurance. . The damage estimate of Z, 000,000 established Saturday night still held Monday. The ftre, after leaving Pine Ridge in ruins, burned several additional houses, haystacks and farm buildings, which swelled the total damages. - Altogether, 1000 men fought the fire in the town and after It went into tho timber. . Dy Sunday morning, .a force of (Continued from Page Three) Workers Clear Rail Wreckage ; CHATSWORTH, N. J Aug, 21 (IP) About 500 men, working steadily in the flooded south Jersey pine belt wilderness for 23 hours, cleared last night the derailed "Blue Comet," crack Central Railroad ot New Jersey Flier, and opened the carrier'! one-track line to traffic. Five coaches and a baggage) car ot the blue and gold train were derailed Saturday night dur ing a heavy rainstorm. Seven teen persons were Injured. ' Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE R. II. B. Chicago , ...4 7 4 New York 8 7 0 French and Mancuso; Lohrman and Danning. . R. II. Bt Cincinnati ....7 9 Philadelphia 0 1 t Nlggeling and Hershberger; Pearson, Harrell (6) and Davis, R. H. V. St. Louis .......... l 3 Brooklyn 7 14 t Sunkel, Warneke (t) and Pad gett; Hamlin and Todd. ' i :: tiary.
