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By rRANK JENKINS
WJNNEMUCCA. Nov. Head
" ad East, via U. P. Weather
freakish, as everywhere In the
West. No snow, except on the
hlath hills. Creeks and puddles
unfrozen. On a warehouse pint
form beside the truck, curled up
In the warm sun, a boy Is sleep
ing without even a coat over
t, him.
nrHERE'S something screwy
A about this trip, anyway.
Last night, no babies cried and
no snorera snored.
A casual check-up this morn
ing Indicates no babies on the
train. Can't toll about snorers.
They're an unpredictable breed.
May lay off one night and
double up the next.
And when they start doubling
up 1 1 1 1 1 l"xxl
flNE of life's abstruse prob
W lams:
Why can a snorer snore until
he rattles the windows two cars
In each direction and starts I ho
coyotes howling a mile away and
himself sleep through It all like
Persian kitten on a silk cushion
" in sunny, window?
J
THIS writer encountered ono
such a few weeks back.
Starting with a resonant blast
lika the middle notes of a tuba
In a Fourth of July parade, he
went on to choking snorts like a
hippopotamus that has swal
lowed a bone and has It stuck In
his throat, ending with varia
tions suggesting a buti saw bit
ing Into a hard knot
Tha other passengers moaned
in agony, and beat upon the sec
tion partitions with tho heels of
their shoes. Finally the porter
came and shook him awake, and
there was a respite as In a boiler
factory when the noon whistle
blows.
It was only for a moment. Re
stored and refreshed by the
pause, he went on to now heights
of achievement; and tha louder
he snored the harder he slept.
'J'HE stewardess brings around
a blank whereon you are re
quested to en tor the story of
your life, Including tha firm you
work for, your position In the
( firm, your business address, your
home address, your tolophone
number and other miscellaneous
scraps of information.
The request is sugar-coated
with .tho suggestion that you're
a big shot who will be getting
Important telegrams at every
stop, and that flattering Idea
brings 'em through. The young,
the youngish and Jhe would-be
young males get their money's
worth by Inducing the pretty
(darned pretty, If you wont to
know) stewardess to fill out the
yblanks, perjuring themselves
shamelessly by announcing
thoyvo lost their pens.
OULDN'T It bo awful to bo a
. big shot who couldn't relax
even when crossing tho country,
but had to gtny keyed up all the
time so as to dispose of Im
r portant telegrams at every stop?
REAL big shots, though, are
that way.
Among the lower Income
brackets tho idea persists that
tycoons aro Just fortune's darl
ings, with all tha good things
dropping Into their lops without
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25 YEARS
AGO TODAY
By The Associated Press
Feb. 21, 1018 Australians
and New Zealandcrs ordered to
the Dardanelles. ...
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Threw In Marriage Mlxup
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Floyd C. Trimble. 23, and Mrs. Norma Trimble. 20, shown
togsther In top picture, were questioned by a Seattle divorce
proctor after Maxlne Trimble, 18, accused Trimble of marrying
her without divorcing two previous wives, of whom Norma said
she was the first, and that she'd
Is straightened out." Mrs. Jennie Trimble, 19 (lower) who said
she was Trimble's second wife, said she'd have no objection to
tne remarriage when the annulment action is settled.
Berlin Reports Sinking Of
Three Vessels In
Raid On Coast
LONDON. Feb. 21 (IP) The
air ministry announced today
British warplancs carried out a
successful reconnaissance flight
over Helgoland Bight, off Ger
many's northwest coast, last
night.
Tho Berlin communique prev
iously had reported a flight of
"several enemy planes from the
west and northwest" over the
Bight, which contains tho naval
base of Helgoland and heavily
fortified Islands near the coast.
BERLIN, Feb. 21 (IP) A,n
early morning foray of "sever
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rash Turns Up In
Soeks of Suspect
Eddlo Whlsner was broke un
til tho officers, who arrested him
at Algoma Tuesday, took off his
shoes and socks.
Inside of his socks were $2.80
in small change. A further
shako-down of tho freight-train
ridor revealed 39 pennies In a
tobneco sack.
Whlsner was picked up by
Sheriff Lloyd Low on informa
tion from Wlshran, Wash., whore
he is suspected of tho robbery of
a restaurant. Ho was taken from
a box car of a Great Northern
train,
ive Cents
remarry Floyd "when all this
Long Dynasty
Defeated in
Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 21 (P)
The Huey P. Long political
dynasty, born of 12 years of
dictatorial violence, died peace
fully by ballot yesterday after
one of the longest and bitterest
election campaigns in Louisi
ana's history.
Voters in tho democratic gu
bernatorial runoff primary
swept to defeat Governor Earl
K. Long, brother of the "King-
fish" and titular leader of the
machine, and nominated Attor
ney Sam Jones of Lake Charles
to the office.
Jones, a newcomer to politics,
pledged himself to restore demo
cracy to Louisiana, regain much
of the millions of dollars ho
said administration office hold
4s stole from tho state, and Jail
thovj found guilty of graft and
corruption.
The machine rout appeared
complete with Jones' slate of
secondary state officers, engaged
In tho runoff, going In without a
break, together with a new antl-
machine legislature, and possibly
an anti-machine state central
committee.
NO GAME TONIGHT
The Molatores-First National
Bank championship game at the
armory was postponed late Wed
nesday afternoon when three
players sent word they could
not return by game time. The
game will be played Thursday
night.
IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE.,
Aid Sent To
SOVIET ARMY
ENDS OF LINE
British Artillery, War
planes Released To
Defend Isthmus
LONDON, Feb. 21 MP) Auth
oritatlve source said tonight the
British government had released
large 'quantities of military sup
plies to Finland, including 144
planes, both bombers and fight
ing planes. - 1
These Informants said Britain
was sending Finland 150 anti
tank Titles. 10,000 anti-tank
mines, 90,000 hand grenades. 25
howitzers. 100 machine guns, 24
anti-aircraft guns, 30 field guns,
four six-ton tanks, 12 six-inch
guns, 10 three-inch mortars, with
ammunition for the artillery.
Trance Helps
These supplies were said to be
in addition to - considerable
amounts being sent by France.
Some of the planes already are
in Finland the informants said,
including orne gladiators, orio of
the boat type of British fight
lng planes. ; ; . ;j
; The others are being sent rap
idly tn view of the steady pound
ing of the Russian army on the
Karelian isthmus.
In addition to this material
assistance to Finland, thousands
of men and women have regis
tered at the Finnish legation
here as volunteers for the Fin
nish army or auxiliary services.
By THOMAS F. HAWKINS
HELSINKI. Feb. 21 UP)
Simultaneous Russian attacks on
both ends of the Manncrheim
line, throwing two red army div
isions against one sector alone,
were repulsed in fighting that
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Tacoma Girl Near
Ileal h After Club
Attack In Yard
TACOMA. Feb. 21 (IP) Vir
ginia E. Riffle, pretty 26-year-old
confectionary clerk, lay near
death in a Tacoma hospital to
day while her former sweet
heart, against whom she had
filed a J7500 personal injury
suit, was held for questioning
concerning an early morning at
tack made on the girl in the
yard of her home.
Miss Riffle was bludgeoned
with a sharp instrument. The
blows fractured her skull and
damaged her left eye. In addi
tion to severe cuts and bruises
on her body, she suffered a
broken left hand. Tacoma gen
eral hospital attendants said the
girl s condition Is grave.
Deputy Prosecutor De Witt
Rowland said he was holding
James Hampton, 33-year-old Fife
milkman, for questioning.
BATTERS BOTH
Malin Chamber Reviews 1939
Achievements at Annual Meet
MALIN More than 300 per
sons turned out for the annual
banquet of the Malin chamber
of commerce, described by its
leaders as the largest civic or
ganization in the entire Klam
ath basin.
Tho banquet was held in the
high school gymnasium, and
featured a review of construc
tive accomplishments of the
year as well as talks by num
erous visitors and members of
the chamber.
Entertainment
The Helping Hand society of
Malln served tho delicious tur
key dinner, and entertainment
was presented by the Malin
high school band and Klamath
Falls' famed Gay Nineties or
chestra. President Robert Thompson
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1940
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Tbe Winner
This Is Helen Cox, Junior at
Klamath Falls high school, who
won the American Legion aux
iliary essay contest on Ameri
canism. - Miss Cox will receive
scholarship of one week at
Girl s State, a summer school
held in Portland for active in
struction in governmental work.
Tbe local auxiliary conducts
such a contest yearly, according
to Mrs. 8am Miller, committee
chairman;
Nation Attempts To Keep
Balance in War With
Reply to Britain
BUCHAREST, Feb. 21 (JPh
Pressure by Britain and France
was reported authoritatively to
day to have led to a Rumanian
government decree banning the
shipment of aviation oil to
Germany.
The reported decree is in di
rect contradiction with an ar
rangement made with Ger
many s trade envoy. Dr. Karl
Clodlus. a few weeks ago by
which Rumania agreed to in
crease her shipments of avia
tion oil provided that increased
export taxes were paid.
(The decree presumably ap
plies only to refined lubricat
ing oils for aircraft.)
The decree was said to be the
latest of Rumania's desperate
attempts to keep the balance
between Germany's demands for
fuel and lubricants for her war
machine and the allies' counter
demands. It was believed to
be the result of Britain's re
cent note asking an explana
tion of Rumania's petroleum
policy toward Germany.
Both Britain and France con
sistently have pointed out in
Bucharest that they might be
compelled to reconsider their
guarantees of Rumania s inde
pendence if King Carol's gov
ernment favored the nazis in
oil policy.
of the Malin chamber opened
the speech-making with a rapid
fire review of the year's activ
ities. Achievements
Improvement in ''mall service,
installation of dial telephones,
lowering of railroad rates on
farm products, and promotion
of better roads In that vicinity
were major features of the
years achievements.
Particular emphasis was given
to the lower conjunction rates
to western Oregon points, for
which Malln people had been
working for many years. Thomp
son paid tribute to John Reber,
chairman of the transportation
committee, and John Ebinger,
attorney for the chamber, for
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NAZI OIL REPORTED
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Finns
Republicans Charge Re
ports "Padded" With
Sales To Russia
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (JF)
House democrats and repub
licans accused each other today
of Juggling figures to prove
their cases for and against ex
tension of the administration's
reciprocal trade agreements pro
gram.
Rep. Buck (D-Calif.) started
this line of argument when he
charged republicans and demo
crats with employing ' statistical
legerdemain" in an effort i to
show the trade pacts had been
injurious to American agricul
ture, i
White-haired Rep. Reed (TI
NY.) retorted a fevs minutes
later that much of the exports
increase when the democrats
"boasted" was due to the trade
prpgram actually -consisted of
war materials being .shipped to
Russia and japan.'"' . .
' "While you are padding
your export figures with this
war traffic.' the New Yorker
shouted, "don't forget - that
the United States is going
to be the meat-hated nation in
the world h a t e d by those
who have suffered from our
war exports of death and de
struction; despised as a shy
lock by those from whom you
are extracting blood money
to obtain war materials.
"Why then, in the name of
heaven, don t you be honest
about it and discard the pious
peace argument to your trade
agreements program, which you
invented only as an after
thought, an excuse for your dis
credited and ruinous economic
theory."
Discussing exports of war ma
terial. Reed declared:
"The press informs us that
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Explosive Plant
Magazine Blows
Up; One Killed
ELKTON, Md., Feb. 21 W)-
One man was killed and at least
13 persons injured today when
a powder magazine of Triumph
Explosives, Inc., blew up, set
ting afire small buildings near
by. The dead man was identified
as Edward Kneese, 35. of Glas
gow, Del. H 1 s clothes were
virtually torn off by the force
of the blast. All the injured
were reported to have been
working in the small building
where the explosion occurred
Little hope was held for the
recovery of Charles Gatchell
22, who was burned about the
body.
Others treated at Union hos
pital for severe burns included
John F u 1 1 y of Northeast:
.Tnhn Tffnn. 20. nf Nnrthpnst
Craig Reed, 28, 'of Northeast:
Walter Moore, 22. of Elkton:
Raymond Kopp, 30, of Elkton,
and Edgar Staratt. .
Freeland Staley
Dies in liny City
Freeland Staley, 41, ; well
known Klamath Falls man, died
Wednesday morning at St.
Mary's hospital in San Francisco.
Staley had been ill for some
time, and had recently under
gone an operation. . '
He was connected with the
Pelican Bay Lumber company
and was active in lodge No. 1247,
BPO Elks. Ho was a former
officer of the lodge. He was a
native of Philadelphia.
Survivors Include his wife Lil
lian, of Klamath Falls, and other
relatives in the bay district. The
body will be shipped here for
funeral services, to be in charge
of Ward's and the Elks lodge on
M
WAR EXPORTS
DRAW FIRE IN
TRADE' DEBATE
Friday at 2:30 p m.
U hours to I
Season to data
Normal praelpitatloa 7.84 KfrV
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Mystery Death
- Mrs. Betty Hardaker is shown
at top with her 5 -year -old
daughter, Geraldine. whom she
reportedly confessed slaying in
a park washroom. The father,
Charles Hardaker. who told
police his wile belonged to a
"human sacrifice" cult, is shown
below.
MOTHER ASKS DEATH
FOR SUIYI1 CHILD
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Woman Tells of Hearing
"Voices," Maintains
Girl "Too Good"
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21 (P)
Mrs. Betty Hardaker, who, po
lice say, confessed slaying her
5-year-old daughter, sobbingly
asked for death in her jail cell
today.
"Why don't they electro
cute me?" she cried. "Why
do they have trials? I want
to die."
Asked about reports that she
belonged to a cult which be
lieved in "human sacrifices,"
she said:
"I believe in God. but I
don't belong to any one church.
I did belong to the Presbyterian
church. I tried to get my hus
band to go with me but he
just laughed and told me I was
crazy to go to church."
The 25-year-old mother was
transferred later today from her
cell to a bed in the jail hos
pital ward. An inquest into
her daughter's death was set
for Friday morning.
"She was too good to live."
Police Chief Harry Bispham of
Palm Springs said Mrs. Hard-
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aker told him after he arrest-
Passenger Mails
Self on Journey
LONDON. Feb. 21 (Pi
Major L. Palmer, after waiting
unsuccessfully for six days for
a passenger vessel to take him
from Guernsey Vo Alderney, to
day "mailed" himself for the
20-mlle English channel jour
ney. He. bore a label wit'i the word
"parcel." and was accompanied
by a postman charged with the
task of "delivering" him to the
addressed destination.
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AFTER RAID
Vigorous Protest Slated
Over Incident; None
Injured In Raid
STOCKHOLM, Feb. 21 (IP).
Seven Russian bombing planes
today showered between 30 and
40 bombs on the Swedish fron
tier village of Pajala, setting
many buildings afire but caus
ing no casuafties, dispatches
from the border region re.
ported. '
The Swedish minister to Mos
cow was directed to deliver a
vigorous protest to the soviet
government. - ,
Although the bombing was
generally regarded in Stock
holm as accidental it added new
complications to Sweden's dif
diculties over the matter of aid
to Finland.
'- It was expected to bring a
harp protest to Moscow and
further stimulate the Swedish
"activist" campaign for direct
military halp to the embattled
Finns. .
Four ' buildings in Pajala,
a village of 3000 inhabitants
five miles from the Finnish
frontier, were destroyed and
others set afire by the raid- '
n wMjt
feet before unloading their -'
bomb cargo, i-. .-' -i " u
The Stockholm ': newspaper
Aftonbladet said half the town
was burning..-..-..
The terrified Inhabitants had
brief warning of the approach
ing planes from the village of
Kengis, which is closer to the .
frontier. "- Thus most residents
were able to find refuge. Many
fled to the fields; others crouch
ed in their homes.
Accounts attributed to -eyewitnesses
said 29 explosive)
bombs fell near Pajala church,
which,- however, was not hurt,
while an undetermined number
qi incendiary DomDs leu in tno
center of the village.
Among the buildings hit was
an old hospital from which
patients had been moved re
cently to a new building. One
bomb struck the gymnasium of
a school building and penetrat
ed to the basement without ex
ploding. . ,
Pajala's telephone operator.
Miss Astrid Perttu, related that
at 12:15 p. m. she received a
call from a border station stat
ing that foreign planes were ob
served. Half an hour later a
call came from Kengis village,
near the border, stating that
seven Russian planes were pro
ceeding into Swedish territory
at high speed.
"I immediately Informed tho
nearest military commander and
then went to work to Inform
people and answer calls," said
Miss Perttu.
Deer Hunting Trip
Ends in Death .at
Gold Beach
GOLD BEACH. Ore., Feb. 21
OP) Death ended an outof-sea-son
hunting trip near here yes
terday for J.. M. Pettyjohn, 25,
Bonneville surveyor, who was
shot accidentally by his brother,
Robert, 20, State Police Corpor
al Guy Forsythe said.
The brothers - and Vernon
Turner of Gold Beach, had se
parated. The elder Pettyjohn
shot a deer and was packing It
to camp. His brother saw, the
animal In the dense underbrush
and fired. The bullet struck tha
surveyor in the head.
- News Index
Health Meeting - Page 7
Goose Lake Project ......Page 12
City Briefs ...Page 7
Comics and Story ... -Page 2
Courthouse Records Page 4
Editorials .. Page 4
Family Doctor Page ' 4
High School News Page 7
Market, Financial Page 10
Midland Empire News .-Page 9
Pattern .Page 4
PTA Notes .. Page 7
Sports . Page 8
Weather - . -....Pege 9
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