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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1940)
WEATHER High 71, Lew SI . PRECIPITATION 24 houri to I a. in. .. .00 Saaton to data .. .......17.0J Normal precipitation ........12.03 Lait year to data 1.37 ......... -iivvvnrjvvvvvvrijjvxn PICTURES ! Associated Press TeUmats, NEA Talapho tot ind a live local nawsplcture and en graving staff provide News and Harald readers with comprahenslva photograph, lo aatvlca. ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND UNITED PRESS PRICE FIVE CENTS '.LAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1940 Mlb ,. Number 9043 I 1MB mm rm mm n m 4 Red-Nazi Link Stronger In The Day's ' News By FRANK JENKINS rxEATMS In automobile accl-- dentil In llto United States In the drat six months of 1940 lolnled 14.740 1040 more than In the mimo period of 103D. The statisticians offer the opinion Hint the Increase (8 per rent) l due to wartime Jitters, and offer In support of tills opin ion the statement that traffic deaths began to grow sharply Im mediately after tho outbreak of the war and reached an all-time peak In June, when France sur rendered. epHIS writer's advice to fellow Amerlrans: Don't get the Jitters over some body else's war. Don't gel the Jitters even over the prospect that WE MAY BE INVOLVED IN WAR. Don't gel the Jitters AT ALL. Just keep on sawing wood. Getting the Jitters will do neither you, nor your country any good, and may result In get ting yoi killed in an automobile wreck. T ET'S refer back for a moment to Henry Ford's philosophy, repeated on his 77th birthday, that "there never has been pro duced too much of any useful commodity." Surpluses (which lead to the mistaken belief that TOO MUCK la being produced) are artificial dam-ups somewhere along the line. These dam-ups result in faulty distribution. If you aro an Irrigation form er, you know that If your ditches get clogged in the wrong places parts of your field will get too much water and other parts will get too little. It works the some way with distribution of useful commodi ties. AT this point, If you aro Intcr ested, you will ask: "What causes these dam-ups?" There are MANY CAUSES. Greedy biislnossmen who Jock up the) price and take too big a profit ere one cause. When they squeer.o out too much for what THEY have to sell, they leave too llttlo In people's pockets for what tho other fellow has to sell. That upsets tho balance. Going lo tho other end of the icalo, labor racketeers who take too much for themselves upset the balanco the same way. Theso arc merely scattered ex amples. There aro so many, many ways to dnm up tho flow of useful commodities between the original producer and the final consumer. GOVERNMENT'S proper Job Is " lo be i wise and Impartial boss that will RESTRAIN the miscreants who clog the ditches In tho wrong places and at the same time will hoc to It that the FLOW ISN'T STOPPED. Bccauso Wlllkio looks like a new kind of leader (different from I lie politicians who for decades have been lotting tho flow of useful commodities get all dammed up nt the wrong places) this writer is for him. Wc NEED a new kind of leader. WINDSORS SAIL LISBON. Portugal, Aug. 1 (VP) Tho Duko nnd Duchess of Wind sor, traveling as "Captain nnd Mrs. Wood," sailed tonight for New York abonrd the American export liner Excnlibur. Tho ship is due In New York August 0. 25 YEARS AGO TODAY Br The Associated Press Aug. 1, 1 01 n Germans cap ture Mllau, Russia. LEADER SAYS B INT ENTER FIGHT Early Intensification of War Predicted; U. S. Relations Suffer MOSCOW, Aug. 1 ((For eign Commissar Vyachcslaff Mol otoff told the Russian parliament today that soviet Russia "Is not Inking part In the war" and pre dicted its enrly intensification with "England, assisted by the United States," on the one hand fighting Germany and Italy on the oilier. Recent events, Including col lapse of France, had only served to improve Russia's relation with Germany, Molotoff de clared in a four months review of foreign relations, while say ing better understanding with England could hardly be expect ed In view of past anti-soviet manifestations on the part of the British government.-m '',' " "Nothing Good". ' Turning to the United States, Molotoff said: "I will not dwell on our. rela tions with the United States of America If only for the reason that there Is nothing good that can he said about them, "We have learned that there are certain people In the United States who are not pleasd with the successes of our foreign pol icy in the Baltic countries. But we must confess we are little concerned over this fact Inas much as w-e cope with our tasks without the assistance of these displeased gentlemen. Embargo Hit "However, the fact that the authorities in the United States unlawfully placed an embargo on the gold which our state bank recently purchased from the banks of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia meets with the most energetic protest on our part." Britain, ho said, Is trying to "scare" Russia with the prospect of a clash with Germany, but ho declared this was "Impossible."' "Tho basis of German-soviet relations for botli countries is good," he declared. Relations with Italy, he con tinued "aro full of possibilities." "After consultation, it is pos sible to nchlcvo mutual under standing with Italy," he added. No real change had taken place in the relations with Brit ain, ho said, but added that "af ter the English anti-sovlct ten dencies of which we have spoken (Continued on Page Eight) Benlh Strikes In Boise Mountains To Oust Hecluse BOISE, Ida., Aug. 1 (P) Death in a pastoral setting, tear gas and riot guns torturing the quiet of green, fresh woods these seemed strange incongru ities today as officers surveyed R small clearing high in the Boise mountains. It was where yesterday U. S. Marshal George A. Mcffan and his deputy, John Glenn, were cold bloodedly shot and killed by Pearl Royal Hendrlckson, 40-year-old negro hermit who re sented their official intrusion in to his Isolated existence. The rccluso himself In turn succumbed to many wounds af ter resisting for half a day the combined machincgun, shotgun, dynamite and incendiary bullet firo of two score city, cpunty, slnlo nnd federal police. Hendrlckson hadn't wanted to give up that cabin, so when the government, to which it had been deeded by Its owner, came to take possession, he defended it at tho cost of his own and the lives of two others. Imperial Potentate George F. OUndorf of Spring field, Mo.. Imperial potentate of the Shrine, was guest of honor Wednesday night at the Wlllard hotel at a banquet given by local Shrlners. It was hi first visit to Klamath Falls. ITE Rothschilds Heavily Hit by Order Against Those Who Fled Blitzkrieg BERLIN, Aug. 1 (AP via Radio) A long list of promi nent Frenchmen, reading like pages from France's pre-armis- tlCe Who's Who. have heon nr. dered deprived of their citizen ship and their properties con fiscated, the German wireless announced today. The list, the first since the Pctaln reffime decreed ni-tinn against those who left France "without valid reasons" between May 10 and June 30, included two members of the interna tionally known Rothschild bank ing family. It was broadcast by. the government station at Vichy and picked up here. llie two Rothschilds were Baron Edouard, head of the French branch of the family's far-flung banking- ODeratinna. and Baron Maurice, a member of tho French senate. (Baron Maurice de RnlhschilH arrived in Montreal this week with a cousin, Baron Robert de Kotnschlld, the latter s wife and daughter, after having taken tcmnorarv refuse in Rritnin Baron Edouard, his baroness and their daughter arrived in New York July 10 by clipper plane. (Baron Maurice, described by fellow nassciuzors as "nervous and shaken" by his experiences, declined to comment today on the French government's ac tion). Others on the list included some of France's leading indus trialists, political leaders and Journalists. Among them were Deputies Harri M.iver. nf lh liitnrnn. tional banking firm of Lazarc rroros, and telounrd Jonas, widely known Paris antique dealer: Louis Rnsenffnrt. nutn. mobile manufacturer; M. Solcn- (Continued on Page Eight) Diver Killed In ,x Suction Pipe BREMERTON, Wash., Aug. 1 (VP) W. O. Whipple, 32, rigger diver at the Puget sound navy yard, was killed Into yesterday when powerful underwater suc tion drew him through more than 70 feet of 24-inch pipe in the nnvy yard's drydock. Whipple had gone down off tho faco of the new dock to cap the outlet pipe from the pump well so repairs could be made on a break. A foreman nt the scene said he was sucked in feet first through 40 feet of horizontal plpo, around two right-angle turns nnd down ,35 feet. JAPAN FLAYS GA EMBARGO BY AMERICA New Order in Asia Topic of Statement; Britain Sees Further Strife TOKYO, Aug. I (Thursday) I (Pi The spokesman for the Japanese admiralty today de scribed President Roosevelt's ban on export of aviation gaso line from the western hemi sphere as an act directly against Japan and the Rome-Berlin axis. The statement outlined a strongly centralized and unified state Resigned for the. creation of "a Tiew order for greater East Asia with the yen bloc as the foundation. "Greater Eaat Asia" In, coining the statement "Greater East Asia,' the state ment apparently indicated a Japanese intention to include the South Seas regions under the new order, which previously had been' designed simply. (or t'East AsUVV-Japan and, Jhyen bftc smrermrientrfflV the contnv eM: under Japanese swayt An Independent foreign policy was. forecast The long statement .was Issued teethe; people following an agree ment between military and gov ernment leaders at a recent liai son ' conference., S w e e p 1 n g changes In politics, finance, in dustry and . education are out lined. Premier' Prince Konoye said the ' statement contained the framework for various concrete measures to be enacted. President Roosevelt's ban on the export of aviation gasoline was interpreted by the admiralty spokesman as a move which might lead to "repercussions. The gasoline embargo, he said. was "an attempt to kill two birds with one stone, namely the Rome-Berlin axis and Japan. "Under whatever pretext the order on aviation gasoline was issued," he said, "it undoubted ly is designed to exert economic pressure on Japan." (President Roosevelt signed the order yesterday in "the In terest of national defense," a White House announcement said. Japan, although formerly a good customer for American aviation- gasoline, has received (Continued on Page Eight) BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE (11 innings): R. H. E. Philadelphia 4 9 2 Chicago 5 10 1 Potter and Hayes; Smith, Ap pleton (3), Brown (9), and Tresh. R H E New York 2 7 1 Detroit 11 15 1 Bruer, Donald (3), and Dick ey; Rowe and Tebbetts. NATIONAL LEAGUE (2nd game) . R. H. E. Pittsburgh 7 6 3 Brooklyn 8 12 4 Butcher, Brown (4), Lanahan (S), Lanning (8), and V. Davis, Lopez (8); Hoad, Grissom (1), Hamlin (5), Casey (5), and Phelps, Mancuso (8), ' R. H. E. Pittsburgh 3 7. 0 Brooklyn 8 12 '2 Hcintzelman, Kllnger (S), Bnuers (8)), and Lopez; Wyatt nnd Mancuso. TRAFFIC OFFENSE MEDFORD, Aug. 1 () Mike Motsehenbacher, 79, of Klam ath Falls was found guilty of passing . another auto - without sufficient clearance, by. a Jus tice court Jury late Wednesday. The complaining witness was Mrs. Rita Muzzt of Santa Clara, Calif., who. testified she was forced to drive her auto off the Crater Lake road to avoid a head-on collision on a curve, with the aged man's car. 'Men of pJfei- o Resembling mythical "men of Mars" in their asbestos suits, these firemen are digging . into the fire-twisted wreckage of the R. M. HoUingshead plant at Camden. N. J., in search of possible victims oi a $2,000,000 disaster. At least seven persons were missing and four others unaccounted for after the plant was wrecked by fire. The firemen are wearing the special suits to. protect TD New Yorker Says Records Will Elect Roosevelt, ' Wallace Easily WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 VP) Edward J. Flynn of New York accepted today the chairman ship of the democratic national committee effective August 17. Flynn's appointment to suc ceed James A. Farley as head of the committee to direct the party campaign, was-made at a conference at the White House. Accepting the appointment, Flynn said "There can be only a repetition in 1940 of the elec tion of four years ago. In a formal statement, Flynn asserted that with the record made by President Roosevelt and his running mate. Secretary Wallace, "Reversals become im possibilities. "Our forces," he said, "are trained to victory. Our oppo nents are hardened by defeats." He said he intended, however, that the campaign should be as thorough as "though the results were doubtful." Flynn is well known for his local political activity in New York and has been a frequent consultant of President Roose velt. Farley, who will retire from the chairmanship of the nation al committee on August 17, to operate the New York Yankee baseball system, announced Flynn's selection. Two Injured Ily Vreak Crash In Mills Addition Two were Injured, neither se riously, in a truck-car collision Thursday morning nt the corner of Vine and Division in which a passenger car was left perched momentarily across the front end of the truck. Lewis V. Hesslg of Beswick, Calif., driver of the truck, was treated at the Hillside hospital for head lacerations and bruises, and later released. Mrs. Charles F. Kenyon, Malin, driver of the sedan, escaped with minor cuts. Two passengers riding . with Hessig were unhurt. Witnesses said the truck struck the sedan in the side, leaving the lighter car hoisted across the truck's hood. Both machines ended up against the curb. Mars' Search for Fire Victims DeattiToilin Turkey Quake Rises io 1000 r ANKARA, Turkey, Aug.. 1 (iT)-The death toll in the Ana tolian earthquake Tuesday rose to over 1000 today, with many more injured. . The Red Crescent (Turkish Red Cross) sent relief expedi tions to 14 devastated villages. Worst hit was Peyik, where 530 of the town's 695 inhabi tants were pinned under the wreckage, of their homes. 40-Foot Tumble Kills Youth in ' Blue Lake Area MEDFORD, Aug. 1 (IP) A 40 foot fall killed Robert Schnurr, 18, Butte Falls, Monday, belated reports from the mountains said today Schnurr was attempting to scale a cliff in the Blue lake area with six other persons. Leonard Hilkey, 16, Butte Falls, also was injured. Witnesses said a large rock gave way beneath Hilkey and struck Schnurr on the head. Both youths fell 40 feet. Schnurr died a few hours later. CCC enrollees aided in rescue work. Boeing Workers Belay Strike SEATTLE. Aug. 1 (JP) Union employes of the Boeing Aircraft corporation's three Seattle plants, acting on appeals that they do nothing to retard nation al defense production, voted last night, an hour and a half before the- midnight deadline, to delay at least ten days a threatened strike. . Their decision came at a dramatic mass meeting before the' midnight deadline they had set for the walkout. They voted shortly before a telegram was received from Secretary of La bor Perkins urging them to post pone the strike action. MANN ACT TACOMA, Aug. 1 OT Clar ence Davis, 32-year-old Klam ath Falls negro, was sentenced to. six months in a federal road camp today after a federal jury found him guilty of transport ing a woman from Klamath Falls to Washington state for Immoral purposes: . 4 F il TRAINING BILL Proposal Would Limit to Million Number 'of Men Called WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (IP) A proposal to limit to 1,000,000 the number of men who could be ordered into active training caused the senate military com mittee today to seek further war department testimony on the Burke Wadsworth compulsory military service bill. The limitation, suggested by Senator Lee (D-Okla.) and sec onded by Senator Bridges (R N.H.), would give the president specific authority to order con scription of 500,000 men between the ages of 21 and 30, inclusive, next October. 500,000 More .A further section of SO'.OOO men could be called early next year, although the date was not set in a rough draft of the amend ment introduced at a closed com mittee session. Senator Bridges said the com mittee agreed to hear wa de partment officials on the ques tion tomorrow, morning, thus further delaying final commit tee action on the bill, which had been expected today. Sections of the bill calling for registration of all males between 21 and 30 years, inclusive, would not be disturbed by the amendment. Bridges said. Army officers previously had testified that from the 12,000,000 expected to register in this class, about 4,500,000 were expected to be available for training after all exemptions had been granted. July Cooler Than Usual in Klamath - July was cooler and drier than usual, it is shown In weather figures announced Thursday by the bureau of reclamation. The mean temperature for the month was 67.8, or four degrees under normal. That made it the coolest July since 1935. There was only a trace of precipitation In the entire month, making it the driest July since 1931. Normal precipitation for July is .24 inches.' ' . The mean maximum was 83.7 degrees and the mean minimum was 51.8. Hottest day was July 8, when the temperature reach ed 91 above, and the coolest night was July 27, with a mini mum of 43. FLAMES BLOCK E "Mental Lapse" by Motor Ynan of Shuttle Coach . Blamed for Tragedy . By The Associated Press AKRON, O., Aug. 1 OP) A; Ppnnsvlvanla nilmnrf . aHM.I - . - . . .. . .HM.wn vtUMO ' toaay Dlamed an "inexplicable mental lapse" on the part of ah englneman for a head-on crash between his gasoline-electric railroad coach and a double header freight train in which 43 persons met fiery death. F. W. Krick, division superin tendent, testified at a coroner's inquest that Engineman Thomas L. Murtough, 49, on the run since 1923, and Conductor Har ry Shafer disobeyed orders to switch to a siding and clear the way for the two-engine freight last night. "It just seems to be one of those inexplicable mental lapses that . will sometimes happen to even the most efficient and ex perienced . employes," Krick said. - The engineman, seriously In jured, pleaded in delirium with hospital attendants: "Get me out Of. here. I've got .to get back to work." - , ,!;'.,,;.... ' Railroad ', investigators said failure; to sidetrack a gasoline electric, coach led It to crash head-on with a 73-car . freight train near here last night. Becomes Furnace - The steel coach .instantly be came a virtual furnace. Two members . of the coach's crew and a trainman deadheading leaped to safety. All the others aboard burned to death. Five children were among the vic tims. The coach's single engineman. Murtough, was blamed by L. M. Wolcott, Cleveland trainmas ter for the Pennsylvania rail road, on whose single-track Hudson-Akron line the crash occurred. Didn't Take Siding Wolcott, watching crews clear away the wreckage, declared: "The crew of the 'doodlebug (the gasoline coach) and the crews of the freight train had orders to meet at Silver Lake, one mile north of the scene, and wait for. the. freight to pass. Murtough should have taken his train onto the siding there. For some reason he did not go onto the siding." . '' J. F. Ailenspaugh, . Akron yardmaster, said his investiga tion also showed the "doodlebug's"- crew was at fault. After a preliminary investi gation, E. W. Smith, vice presi dent of the railroad, expressed a similar view and said tha coach's . crew , also disregarded a "rigid" rule in failing to ob tain permission from the block operator at Hudson before con tinuing on the main track. The freight train, northbound from Columbus, O., telescoped the fore end of the 122,000 pound coach, and shoved it back in its wake for 200 yards; Flames spurted .from the win dows as its- 250-galIon gasoline tanks exploded. Firemen poured water Into the coach. Then they and volunteers went about tha sickening two-hour task of re moving bodies, many so burned that identification was difficult. . No. Chance Coroner R.-E. Amos, seeking; to- clear up the Identifications, said the passengers "didn't have a chance in the world" to es cape. . ' Eyewitnesses related that flames enveloped the coach, so fast that none of tho passengers could escape. ,, One .man stand (Continued on Pse Eight), . News Index 4 City Briefs ,......;..Pages , T Comics and Story Page 10 Courthouse Records Page 4 Editorials , Page 4 Ma.bal Vlnnnf tnl , . . Paffft 12 Midland Empire News....Page 2 Pattern fage Sports ....; ......Page 11 Stopping Over i..Page 2 Weather, ....Page 1 SMASHED
