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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.
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IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
UNITED PRESS
I Prico Five Cer KLAMATH FALLS. QUE., MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1939 Number 8737
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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
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1 CAhiVaVMATH . V
1 AOteVCY
Itowiroyw Mill and
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"A1
Town, Sweep Into
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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
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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.
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tiary.