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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1940
Number 9086
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By mANK JENKINS
PRESIDENT lloosevelt, answer-
ing dictator talk In a speech
In Philadelphia, says: "Nu dic
tator In history Ima ever dared to
run the gauntlet of a really free
election,"
PERFECTLY true.
It la alio true that up to now
no American President had dared
to run the gauntlet of tho anll
thlrd term tradition.
There haa to ba a FIRST TIME
for everything.
'T'HIS writer doea not believe
that Prealdent Rooaevell haa
NOW any Idea whatever of be
coming a dictator.
Neither, for that matter, ia It
probable that whan he waa first
, elected he had any Idea of spend
' ing the nation Into bankruptcy.
He atarted spending, hoping thin
to check the dcpreaalon. Spend
ing waa eaay and POPULAR.
' 80 ha drifted with the current.
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IJERE ia what this writer
DOES believe:
If, for one reason or another,
the current of political events In
America should continuo to run
toward centralization of author
ity In the hands of the President
(which la tho first step toward
ultimate dictatorship) Franklin
D. Rooievelt will again DRIFT
WITH THE DANGEROUS CUR
RENT Instead of fighting ngninst
It
fREAT changes In government
Involving the libertiea of the
people seldom coma at one fell
swoop. They movo forward slow
ly, one inconspicuous step after
another, arriving in time at a
point that In the beginning was
wholly unforeseen.
Tha way to STOP centralisa
tion of governmental authority
v In tha United States In the hands
' of one man (which is the gate
that leads to dictatorship) Is to
UPHOLD THE ANTI-THIRD
TERM TRADITION.
Tne way to do'that la to vote
for Wlllkle.
AS these words are written
" (Saturday morning) tho
postoffice and three business
building In Tijuana (Mexico)
are burning. All marriage rec
ords are believed to have been
lost In tho fire.
That will be tough on the
American couples who have been
going to Tijuana to beat the
threo day waiting period re
quired by California's marriage
laws.
pYNICAL second thought:
MBybo thoso who arc so
anxious to get married they
can't wait three days will be
' glnd of the excuse, to consider
themselves unmarried.
; BASEBALL
' AMERICAN LEAGUE
I 7 R H E
Cleveland 0 S 2
Detroit 8 11 0
1 Mllnar, Howell (7), and Hems
ley, Pytlak (B); Rowo and Teb
bctts. Boston 4 12 . 0
New York 8 12 0
Bngby, Wilson (7), and Dcsnu
tels, Peacock (0); Bonham and
Dickey.
25 YEARS
AGO TODAY
By Tli Associated Prats
Sept. 21, 1918 Germans at
tack Serbs near Belgrade; Rus
sians withdraw from Kiev,
Kidnaped Child
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Three-year-old Mare Da Tristan (above), son of Count and
Counteis Mare Da Tristan of Hillsborough. Calif., was taken
from his nurse by a man who struck or shoved the middle-aged
woman. A ransom note demanding 1100,000 for tha return, of
tha child was received.
Modifying of Jap Demand
Fails to Bring Nego- .
tiatora to Accord .
HAOI, French Indo China.
Sept. 21 (AP) The French
Indo-Chlna government report
ed a turn for the worse today
In negotiations with Japan after
there had been indications the
crisis had passed.
A government communique
said "a new shift haa compro
mised" the negotiations and
that the situation was back
where It was two days ago
when General Isxaku Nlshlhara
packed up and prepared to walk
out of tho conferences.
The negotiations were re
sumed yesterday, the announce
ment aaid, "when the view
point of both partlea appeared
drawing closer together." But
new Japanese demands, It de
clared, have put a monkey
wrench In the proceedings.
Earlier the French colonial
government announced the Jap
anese had "modified the range"
of demands which caused the
collapso of negotiations yester
day In the wake of a 72-hour
ultimatum submitted by Japan.
(Highly connected Japanese
quarters In Hongkong said Jap
an was ready for action aimed
at tho sclzuro of the entire
French colony should the re
quest for passage of an unlimit
ed number of Japanese troops
bo denied. These sources said
Rear Admiral Jean DcCoux,
governor general of Indo-Chlna,
was insisting on rcstrictln the
number of troops passing
through the colony.)
Fort Commander
In Missing Plane
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C, Sept.
21 (W) An airplane in which
Brigadier General Francis W,
Honoycutt, commander of Fort
Bragg noar hero, was a pass
enger has been missing since
7:34 p, m., last night when it
was reported over Savannah,
Gn., cn route to Jacksonville,
Fla.
Lieutenant Col. Earl C.
Ewart, public relations officer
at Fort Bragg, said great con
cern was felt, over General
Honcycutt's safety.
Lost Deer Hunter
Found Safe Here
Jock Cozart, deer hunter re
ported lost on the west side of
Upper Klamath lake over night
Friday, was reported located and
safo Saturday.
Cozart was lost while hunting
with Reuben Isslt and Ivan Ber
nard. They searched until mid
night for him, and notified auth
orities Saturday morning. They
reported later Cozart had been
found. , I
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More Stock
On Hand for
Junior Show .
An Increase of mors titan 20
per cent In entries' at tha Klam
ath county Junior Livestock
show was evident Saturday; as
boys and girls from the basin
came to town to show what a
year's care and scientific hand
ling can do to dairy cattle,
calves,' lambs, pigs, and even
chickens.
And so the fifth annual Jun
ior Livestock show, in which
several hundred 4-H club mem
bers and Future Farmers of
America will take part, got un
der way at the county fair
grounds. .
Saturday - will be devoted to
assigning exhibitors to various
stalls and really getting the show
In shape for Sunday's Judging.
Monday will seo the day devoted
to Judging, and there Is a great
deal of excitement packed into
the small judging ring as the
animals are brought in for final
approval,
A special event of Sunday is
the mutt show when children of
the city as well as country are
Invited to show their dogs and
recelvo free Ice cream and pop.
Rotarians, sponsors of the
Livestock show, will entertain
for members of the club, their
wives, exhibitors and their fam
ilies, and a number of livestock
men and farmers who have long
been' ardent supporters, with a
big barbecue In the grandstand
Monday night at 8:30 p. m.
Tuesday is the-big day from
the standpoint of championship
winners and buyers. This Is the
day of tho sale and if past prices
are equaled thcro is going to be
a lot of money chango hands
as capons and steers alike fall
undor the auctioneer's hammer.
' Tho public is urged to attend
tho Judging, the sale, and other
events in which the boys and
girls take part. With the excep
tion of thojjarbccuo, which is by
invitation only, the show is open
to tho thousands of persons who
have watched with Interest tho
growth of the Livestock show,
Schedule on pago 4.
Fire Levels Half
ltlock nt Tijuana
TIJUANA, Lower Calif.,
Mex Sept. 21 iff) A half-
block of this sleepy resort city's
business district was leveled by
fire today, including the federal
Postal-Telegraph building.
Starting in -the rear of a
drugstore, it burned an old sec
tion a block west of Avenue
Revoluclon,' tho main thorough
fare. Buildings on tho avenue
woro destroyed two years ago
In a $500,000 blaze.
Firemen succeeded In saving
the federal building, main gov
ernment structure across the
street from the postoffice. Some
of the records in the latter were
saved.
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Police, Press Withdraw
To Give Clear Access
To de Tristan. Home
HILLSBOROUGH. Calif.,
Sept. 21 OP) Delivery of $100,
000 ransom to the kidnaper of
three-year-old Marc de Tristan,
Jr., today awaited only a contact
between the abductor and Count
Marc de Tristan Hillsborough
socialite.
At tha request of the count
and countess, police withdrew
from the case yesterday, five
hours after little Marc was
snatched from his nurse.
Police Withdraw
Tha FBI and local and county
officers withdrew from the de
Tristan estate at the plea of tha
parents who insisted that the life
and safety of the curly-haired
youngster was all that mattered
and that they must comply with
the kidnapers' instructions to
avoid "police Interference". In
the 'case. :'" :"".: '''' '
The $100,000 was ready, it ap
peared, should the abductor take
the next step in negotiations.
Sheriff James J. McGrath said
today "we are absolutely abid
ing by our promise to the family
and we have withdrawn com
pletely from the case."
Bearing Up
Friends said tho young count
ess had steeled herself and was
bearing up remarkably well un
der tho terrific strain. After the
first shock, they said, she had
not wept.
Neighbors and other residents
of the exclusive community an
ticipated the desire of the family
and there were no visitors today.
The only police in tho neighbor
hood were at a distance from
the estate, stationed at road en
trances to keep strangers and
"sightseers" off the grounds.
In a 600-word, typewritten
note dropped where the boy was
seized just before noon yester
day, the de Tristans were direc
ted to get in touch with the kid
naper through an advertisement
inserted in a San Francisco
paper. This was done, and the
ad appeared in the paper's late
morning editions.
The kidnaper was described
by Miss Foley as a husky, dark.
skinned man with a prominent
hook nose, about 48 or SO years
old.
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The above diagram shows arrangements that have been completed for the Wlllkle campaign
train visit here at 9:55 o'clock, Sunday morning, when a huga crowd is expected at the Southern
Pacific depot to witness a rear platform appearance of tha republican presidential nominee. Ore
gon dlgnltarlei, Including Governor Charles A. Spragua and Mrs. Charles L. McNary, , wife of
Willkle'a running mate, will board the train here. Klamath products to be given tha nominee
Include a box of potato!, to be presented by R. H. Anderson, farmer and prominent republi
can. Mra. Marian Gsary and Mrs. Twyla Ferguson will preaant Mra. Wlllkle with box of
Klamath wild plum preaervea.
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Klamath Falla turned out Saturday noon to wltneia a patriotic parada honoring national
guardimen leaving Monday for a year's training. A feature of tha procession waa the massed
colors, ahown above.
BI6 PARADE, PARTY
Organizations Join For
Farewell Salute to
Local Batteries.
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A brilliantly colorful parade
swung down Main street at
noon Saturday as Klamath Falls
saluted and bade farewell to
the 200 or more men who leave
Monday morning for a year's
training in Uncle Sam's de
fense forces.
Patriotic sentiment swelled
as mass colors led the proces
sion, made up of civic, patriotic
and fraternal organizations.
Thousands from the town and
surrounding countryside lined
the streets under smiling skies
and cheered the members of
Batteries A and C, 249th coast
artillery, as they marched by.
Party Planned
Strutting drum majoresses,
petite twirlers, colorfully uni
formed bands, drum corps and
(Continued on Page Four)
Peterson's Car
Strikes Child
ALBANY, Sept 21 (IP) An
automobile driven by Fred Pet
erson, Klamath county school su
perintendent, struck Ruth Moore
house, 5, of Harrisburg, yester
day, fracturing both of her legs.
Peterson told Police Chief Per
ry Stcllmacher the youngster ran
from a curb into the front of hi?
car. .'
Visit of Willkie Campaign Train
GRAVELED
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15 Tons of
Venison to
Greet Willkie
Nearly 30,000 pounds of ven
ison will be swinging - from a
huge rack at the Southern Pacific
depot when the WendeU .WUlkia
I train pulls in Sunday morning at.
- ifl:5'o'clocii Klamath hunters
continue the spontaneous support.
in the unusual publicity idea that
was manifest Saturday. .
Sixty freshly killed bucks,
most of them mule deer, were in
cold storage Saturday noon at
Facts on Willkie Train .'
Arrival time: 8:55 a. m.
Leave: 10:05 a. m. .
Where: Southern . Pacific
passenger depot, south side.;
Willkie will make a rear
platform appearance, but no
political speech. . -
the Klamath Falls creamery and
nearly all the owners had con
sented to having them included
in the exhibit.' By Sunday morn
ing the total bucks at the cream
ery alone is expected to pass
100, and it is hoped that other
sources will produce enough' to
reach the 200-buck goal. "
More Deer Asked
Hunters are urged to bring
their animals to the depot as
soon after 6:30 a. m. Sunday as
possible, to allow workmen time
to arrange the carcasses on the
huge rack. The exhibit wul tow
er about 30 feet high.
Those unable to bring their
bucks were notified to telephone
R. E. Wright at his home, 6755.
after 5:30 p. m. Saturday, or at
Bis office, 6321, before that time
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Demo Program Only Stop-
Gap Until Cure Found,
' Candidate Asserts v.
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AURORA, IU, Sept. 21 (l?i
Senator Charles L. McNary, In
his first major campaign : address,-
charged today that' the
new deal found "agriculture ill
of a functional disorder" - and
"made the disorder chronic."
The Oregon senator and repub
lican nominee for vice president
spoke to a party rally in Exposi
tion park on the outskirts of
Aurorr and to a national radio
(CBS)-audience. , '
. Announcing that he was speak
ing as a farmer who worked since
childhood on the land his grand
father homesteaded , almost a
century ago, McNary declared
that the farmer had been frozen
into a dependence on the gov.
ernment, and added:
Farm Income
"Tha new. deal, It is true, has
kept the farm population off the
breadlines. That is not my idea
of success. In' the seven .new
deal years, average farm income
per farm has been only $1124
including benefit payments; in
the seven preceding years, it was
$1432.
"In Its futile attempt to
crease prices by withholding
rmm from the market, the new
rtoni nnw has on hand in govern-
ment ownership and control 10
million bales of cotton, 500 mil
lion bushels of corn and 100 mil
lion bushels of wheat. I do not
regard that as successful, espec
ially as farm commodity prices
on August 1,' 1940, were in ap
proximately the, same range as on
August 1, 1933.
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"Actually, the basic farm prob
lem is no nearer solution today
than it was on March 4, 1933. The
new deal has reached none of its
fundamental objectives. Its farm
program is a thing of shreds and
patches; settling nothing; merely
putting off the day of reckoning."
y McNary said the new deal was
satisfied with its farm program
and saw the aggregate improve
ment it had accomplished for the
farmer a maximum aim. He
said he saw it as a "minimum"
and continued:
"I accept that program only as
a stopgap substitute for some
thing better until something bet
ter can be provided. And I as
sert, in full confidence, that the
next administration will be able
to provide something better. ...
"The next administration will
not begin, as did the new deal,
with the notion that American
economy Is winding up; that it is
in its dotage. . . . The republi
can party and the next admin
istration take direct issue with
the concept of a shrinking econ
omy. We propose to create great
er abundance; not to strive for
scarcity and devote our chief en
ergy to planning how to dis
tribute that scarcity.
Italians Stag? Mass Ail!
Eaid on Supplies at
Egyptian Post
, By The Associated Press
LONDON, Sept 21 Official
sources disclosed tonight that "
royal air force bombers in three)
great waves had dumped tons
of bombs on German "invasion,
fleets" of ships ar.4 barges, ly
ing in clusters 50 strong in
the French harbor of Dunker
que, and had left a ribbon of
fire In other ports all along thai
German-held channel coast.
In attacks that began early
last night and were not fin
ished until almost dawn, that '
RAF night raiders punished tha
approach channel, basins and
canals at Dunkerque with salvo
after salvo of explosives.
, Gasoline Bombed
Other bombers drummed
methodically at the coast from
Flushing, The Netherlands, to
French Boulogne, while long
range raiders struck into' Ger
many. The ; government declared
that the British raids, night ,
after night, already had eiK
cdmpa&eoT "befween 80 and 90
per cent of all Germany's gas ,
oline plants. , - '
By Tha Associated Press
Nazi ajr raiders, opening their
third week of mass attacks on
the British capital, swarmed
across the English channel in
mist and .rain today, but re
ports from Britain Indicated
they, met, with little success.
-. London had one brief alarm,
as -a formation . of German
planes swept over the city.-Anti-aircraft
guns opened up
and the planes retired. Along
the Kentish coast, reports said,
British ground guns turned the
raiders back.
The Italians reported a de-
structive mass air raid on Mat
run, Egypt, where British were
bringing up supplies for a furth
er eastward advance towards
Alexandria.
' Britons credited stormy
weather and a stout defense to
day with taking the edge off '
the 14th consecutive dusk-to-dawn
German bomb attack on
England, but looked for a quick
renewal of fiercer air war with
in-Lthe fast clearing skies,
But even the clouds and
storm failed to halt the raidera
of either side.
Five Contests on
Ballot for City
Posts in Election
Five contests for city offices
were indicated as the deadline
on candidacy filings passed at
noon Saturday. Petition check
ings were under way Saturday
afternoon to determine the
validity of signatures.'
The line-up for the Novem
ber 5 city election.
Mayor John Houston, Lee
Bean.
Police Judge Leigh Acker
man, Herbert Munsell.
Treasurer! Ruth Bathiany, :
Councilman, ward 1 Elmer
Hosklng, A. H. Bussman.
Councilman, ward 2 J o h n
Keller.
Councilman, ward , 3 R. M.
Book, Harvey C. Martin.
Councilman, ward 4 -A. A, .
Montgomery, Robert ; Thomp
son, Walter Wlesendanger.
Councilman, ward 5 Rollln
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