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THE NEWS AND THE HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
March 21, 1940
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Try the Cases
FROM the time of the adoption of the law automatically
suspending driver's licenses of persons convicted of
drunken driving, pressure has been brought on pros
ecutors and judges occasionally to reduce such charges
reckless driving. Police Judge Carl Cook, at the close
or a trial on drunken driving charges here this week.
jiieuuunea raa. sucn pressure had. been brought on him
and said it came in part from an un-named public official.
The rules on drunken driving are admittedly severe
in this state. Public opinion, however, has been strong
-uppun, vi arasuc aeaiing witn arunKen drivers, and
there has been no public demand for lessening the
stringency of the laws.
Usually, the nlea for a reduced charA in
the assertion that the defendant earns his living by driv-
t W it a aba(J l 1 x- J " 1 .
wiimtu leuiuviiig a is license to anve wouia
be tantamount to depriving him of his means of liveli-
nooa. ine law, However, does not at present recognize
this as an extenuating circumstance. It is possible some
probationary permit plan, for the benefit of persons who
actually must drive as a part of their work, might be
devised, but this might also give rise to abuse and a
question of fairness to all.
v It-is. not out of reason to suppose that there are
eases in which the sensible thing to do is to reduce a
charge as originally filed. A charce of murder is fre
quently and justifiably reduced to manslaughter. But
sucn reductions should be made on the basis of facts
that appear in the case, and not in response to political
or" personal pressure. . :
A Ordinarily, the proper and fair thing for all eon
earned is to try the charge on the facts, as was done in
the case here this week. Attempts to bring pressure,
no difference how sincere and well-meaning they may
be, have the effect of casting suspicion on those they are
Intended to benefit.
: : Prospects for Color
AITH 10 days remaining before the primary election
Vv -filing deadline, local politicians are coming out
of the brush and preparing for the great struggle which
biannually thrills the residents of this neighborhood.
;. There will be more contests in this year's elections
than were at first indicated. Sheriff Low and County
Clerk Mae K. Short, who had had a clear field for their
respective nominations, both drew- opposition candidates
Thursday. Others may follow.
JThe state legislative situation is being watched with
considerable Interest. Representative Harry Boivin and
Henry Semon are without opposition in their candidacies
fori the democratic nomination to the lower house, and
Er.: A. A. Soule is unopposed on the republican side as
yet State Senator U. S. Balentine has a clear field in
both parties so far in his senate cancidacy,' despite re
peated rumors that some one might come out against him.
Klamath shares its senator with Lake, Crook, Deschutes
and Jefferson counties.
f With the exception of the circuit judge race, the local
contests promise less fireworks than has been customary
in elections here. But maybe the judge affair will make
up for what is lacking in color elsewhere.
Fairground Issue
Placed On Ballot
rAKEVIEW Voters of lake
county , will have an opportun
ity at the coming primary elec
tion to express their opinion on
the proposal to acquire a county
fairground and to adequately
finance an annual fair. The
Lake county granges and the
Lake county chamber of com'
merce cooperated in circulating
the petitions in order to have
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THE J0ADS step right out
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Zla Tlltiry . Dlrxfi y JOHN fOKP
TVASHINGTON, March 21
" The White House wangled
this agreement from the house
labor committee to increase the
national labor relations board by
two members. Senator Wagner
did the actual bulldogging for
Mr. Roosevelt.
The compromise is not as deep
as the trouble nor as wide as the
issue, but 'twill serve democrat
ic campaign purposes if the AF
of L and others who want a
fresh five-man new deal on the
board can be drawn into line.
The trick of the' proposal is
that the two additional mem
bers with William Leiserson will
give the White House a major
ity of three. The present board
rulers, J. Warren Madden, and
Edwin S. Smith, ' would be
squeezed down into a minority
by the packing process. Mad'
den's term expires next August,
and naturally he will not be re
appointed. Smith's tenacious
hold on the office will terminate
next year.
Thus all would be permitted
to save face, the two minority
members whom Mr. Roosevelt
was considering ousting, Mr.
Roosevelt who gave the board
its present objectionable com
plexion, and congress which
passed the legislation.
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NOTE: Senator Bob Wagner,
father of the legislation, put the
administration's new viewpoint
on NLRB classically when he
said behind his hand:
"You can remain, deaf, dumb
and blind only so long."
SIGNS OF SPRING
Government economists are
scanning their statistics with
magnifying glasses looking for
signs of spring buying power
upon which the immediate
course of business is likely to
turn. So far they have found
little evidence of wholesale de
mand and consequently their
guesses run on the pessimistic
side. Industrial production, just
announced by the federal re
serve board to be 109 for Feb
ruary, will be down to 104 for
March. .
The consensus here ' predicts
a bottom of 100 to 90 will be
reached within SO days. The
top guess is probably best, be
cause foreign buying is coming
Immediately in several outstand
ing lines.
RETREAT ;i
The British blockade grip on
the skaggerak will be relaxed
as a result of the latest success
ful German air raid on Scapa
Flow. i
The British flipped back Into
that death trap naval base about
two weeks before the raid, hav
ing abandoned it after casual
ties in December. They had to
go back and risk the air- bombs
because Scapa Flow is the only
base from which they can oper
ate efficiently to maintain the
blockade off the Norwegian-
Swedish coasts. They are how
the proposal placed upon the
primary ballot The names of
450 petitioners were readily obtained.
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"Perhaps It wasn't shoes you
place? . . . Maybe a
were looking for in the first
nat or something '
planning to withdraw from it
agam, leaving that part of the
blockade largely to destroyers
and submarines.
Washington authorities hate
to say so, but German claims in
the war so far while exagger
ated have turned out to be
nearer accurate than the Brit
ish. For that reason and others,
the German account of six hits
at Scapa Flow is rather gener
ally accepted. British policy has
been to wait until damages were
repaired before admitting them,
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ZIG-ZAG ROUTE
More mystifying than even
Mr. Roosevelt's juggling of the
third term issue has been Chair
man " Jim Farley's zig-zagging
course. Farley went into Massa
chusetts with what seemed to
be a Roosevelt delegation, then
failed to justify the rumors of
his friends that he would enter
in Ohio and California.
Yet Farley's position is well;
understood and clear to his1
friends. They understand that
he has figured his only chance
of the nomination Is to get
Roosevelt delegates if Roosevelt
does not use them. Therefore,
his has been a sort of an inside
campaign to secure second
choice pledges. As a result, Mr.
Farley may emerge with much
hitherto unseen delegate
strength if the president re
nounces. SPANISH QUEST
High diplomatic personages
have flown back here with In
formation that while Mussolini
has been losing influence with
Franco in Spain, Hitler has been
needling in rapidly. They tell
this story:
General Franco had planned
an elaborate parade and invited
all . ambassadors to appear at
the reviewing stand one hour
ahead of time that is all ex
cept the German. He was . to
walk in just before the parade
started and get the applause.
The octegenarian French am-
LAST - "HONEYMOON DEFERRED"
DAY . . and "THREE SONS"
VOX
tomorrow:
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Blasting wide open
the toughest town
of the west!
Johnny Mack
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bassador, Marshal Petaln, saw
no reason why he should get
there so early. Disregarding in
structions he appeared about
ten minutes before the parade
started. The Franco claques
seeing only that he was an am
bassador, and thinking he was
the one they were supposed to
applaud, set up a great demon
stration. It was still on when
the German arrived almost un
noticed. Some toll bridge attendants
now use paper bags to prevent
a shock of static electricity. Mo
torists are asked to drop their
toll payment into the bag. the
paper serving as insulation
against the shock.
Beer always delicious when
label says "Wialand's."
Death in the snowswept moun
tains where he had spent many
years in a quest for gold has
claimed Port Summers, 70-year-
old Indian of the Klamath reacr
vatlon. His body, half covered
with snow, was found Tuesday
along a mountain trail by a
party of skiers who investigated
when the aged Indian failed to
return from his remote mine at
an appointed date.
Summers, who made his home
on the Klamath reservation for
33 years and was widely known
in Klamath county for his law
enforcement work as an Indian
officer, was last seen alive by
Bill Slsson, of Klamath Agency,
who accompanied him to his
mine February 8. He was to
have returned alone March IT.
Falls to Appear
When that date passed and the
old Indian failed to appear, a
searching party was formed of
Victor Sisson and Lawrence
Slsson of the Agency and Bob
Summers, the Indian's son.
They made their way by auto
and skis to the point on the
Diamond lake highway where
the trail branches off to the site
of the mine, for years the center
of the elder Summers' prospect
ing work. The mlno is located in
Douglas county, about 30 miles
from the junatlon of the Dia
mond lake and Medford-Crater
lake highways, above Union
Creek.
Packsack Found
When the men had skied half
the distance by trail to the
mine, they discovered Summers'
packsack lying in the snow at
the base of a tree. Nearby they
found the Indian's body, half
buried in the partially melted
drifts. .The Indian, who appar
ently died while making camp,
is believed to have propped an
axe upright where he lay to
mark the spot where he had
died.
Despite a request by the Indian
that he be burled at the spot
where he was found, if he died
in the mountains, the body will
be brought to Klamath Falls.
The aged Indian had insisted
upon returning to the mine des-
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By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal of the American
Medical Association and of
Hygela, the Health Magaalne
'THERE are innumerable super-
stltlona and beliefs concern
ing the hands.
In the first place, there are
the superstitions about the left
hand:
(DA left-handed person must
work three days for the devil.
(3) If your left hand Itches,
you will pay out money, be dis
appointed, or expvet company.
(3) If you shake hands with
your left hand, it will bring you
bad luck.
All of the omens associated
with the right hand mean good
luck, and with the left hand, bad
luck. These beliefs have not the
slightest basts in fact but are
wholly dependent on the failure
of primitive people to appreciate
the fact that a certain number
of people Incline to left-handcd-ness.
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According to experts, men
were probably ambidextrous In
the first place able to use both
hands with equal facility. It
has been argued that the ancient
Hebrews and all tho Semitic
peoples were left-handed be
cause they wrote from right to
left Then as civilization ad
vanced, men had to expose
themselves to new hazards, in
cluding the exposure of the vital
organs of the body. Therefore,
men protected the left side the !
side on which the heart lies
and turned the right side toward
their toes. Death removed those
who could not make the adjust
ment so that the right hand be
camo dominant.
One identical twin is likely to
be right-handed and the other
left-handed, Among the Dlonne
quintuplets, three (Yvonne, An
nette and Ceclle.) who were born
separately, are righl-harated. The
others (Emllle and Marie) were
born like twins so that Emllle
is left-hsnded and Marie Is right
handed. a a
If the right palm Itches, one
Is supposed to be lucky at get
ting money, Indeed, the sym
bol lam of an Itching palm comes
down from the earliest times.
The reason Is that, when the
palm Itches, there is a tendency
to close the hand, which la a ges
ture associated with miserliness.
One of the hardest supersti
tions to explain la the Idea that
cold hands mean a warm heart.
Actually cold hands mean noth.
Ing except that the circulation
in the liands Is not as good as It
ought to be.
NEXTi Superstitions about
loanalla.
plte an accident in an earth
slide In January in which he
received several broken ribs.
Prominent at Reservation
Summers came to the Klam
ath reservation in 1907 and was
aged 70 years, 11 months at the
time of his death. Ha had been
identified prominently with
many activities of the reserva
tion. He Is survived by three sons,
Robert, Frank and Ore, all of
Chiloquln; one sister, Effle, and
a brother. Ace, both of Myrtle
Point, Ore.
Funeral services will be an
nounced at Ward's Funeral
home.
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