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Shotgun Blast Kills 'Baby Girl
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By FRANK JENKINS
AS tlio remit of scries of
ovent In which death look
huiKl, the suilo o Georgia
now hii two rival governor!.
The sequence proceeded lonie-
thing like this:
Gene Talmadge. gullus-wcar-Ing,
tobucco-chcwlng exponent
ol "white supremacy," defeat
ed once by a more moderate,
more modern Southerner,
CAME HACK lit the. lust elec
tion. Death Intervened mid (Urn.
iiird the triumph of his follow
era. It seemed that Talmadge
win to be succeeded by another
. moderute, who hud been elected
lleultmiiiil. governor.
lint thin work there cume
whut In oilier countries we cull
"coup d'etat." Taking aclvun
luge ol mi ambiguity lit Geor
gia constitution, Talmadgu's
eon. llrrniun, mustered white
supremacy legislature behind
liliii and got himself numed gov
ernor. Thero the mutter stands,
thin In written, with two gov
ernors glowering t cuch other
and invoking tho law. A long
court buttle lies ahead.
THERE Is another develop
ment, ulo Interesting,
The rival governors huvo ap
pointed rival adjutuut-geueruls
to COMMAND THE STATE
MILITIA. If Unit hud happened
in South America or the Bal
kan, it would have seemed
wholly logical, In America, It
Is disturbing.
What if the Georgia militia
should spilt Into factions, euch
commanded by an adjutant-gen-,
mil of Its own? In such an event
there would ba prewtut in Geor
gia, an American common
wealth; all the raw muterlula of
civil war exactly similar to
that which in China wo so
greatly decry and condemn.
IT is improbable, of
course,
but it could hopen. Tho Is
sue of white supremacy In
Georgia is as explosive as the
ixaiirs that divide the Kuomln
tmig and tho communis! In
China, if shooting started In
Georgia, the faces of our diplo
mats would be extremely red.
THIS is the real nub of the
matter:
The "wlillc supremacy" Issue
1 n Talmudge-rlddcn Georgia
and Bllbo-riddcn Mississippi has
been grcutly aggravated by cold
blooded, selfish, "practical" poli
ticians In the North who havo
been Interested very little, If at
oil. In removing racial discrim
ination in the South but very
much Interested Indeed in win
ning colored votes in the North.
Everyone has known all ubout
that for years. Everyone has
taken it for granted. At best,
we have shrugged It off with the
ril.HKti.stcd observation that
"politicians arc like that." The
Tiilmadge ruckus In Georgia
and the Bilbo Incident In Miss
issippi should teach us that we
can t play wth garbuge without
getting defiled and can't play
with fire without getting burn
ed. If we are going to tolerate
scaly and dishonest and Insin
cere political methods, we must
sooner or later pay the price,
Georgia and Mississippi are ad
vance payments on the price
we must pay for the cynical
and conscienceless struggle for
colored votes that so long has
been a disgrace in Northern po
litical campaigns.
Wave Flight Orderly Dies
In Oakland Airport Crash
OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 21 (JP)
A Wave flight orderly was killed
and 20 other persons, including
three women, were injured in
tho crash of a four-engincd navy
piano at Oakland airport yes
terday when, for the first time
In more than 76,000 landings,
radnr-ground-control fulled to
guide a ship to safety.
The big naval air transport
(NATS) plane landed 150 feet
short of the fog-shrouded runway
and crashed into a four-foot rock
wall at the edgo of the field.
Its undercarriage sheared
away and the plane skidded
across the field on its fuselage
for a 1000 feet, shedding wreck
age and passengers as it went.
Then it caught fire and burned.
The dead Wave was identified
hv fhft nntV inrlnv net Atrlntlnn
Specialist 3c Margaret Wallace,
whose father Is Horry W. Wal
lace, of Pltcnirn, Pa.
Most seriously hurt of the
survivors was Lt. (Jg) F. A.
yMichalek from Greot Mills, Md.,
wlio was burned when the plane
caught fire.
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ASTORIA. Ore., Jan. 21 These crewmen of the S. S. Drexel Victory, which foundered off
Cape Disappointment last night, climb to the Astoria pier after their rescue by the pilot
schooner Columbia, no lives were lost when the ship, loaded
went down early this morning.
Butcher Killer
Hunt Goes On
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21 lT)
Search for the slashing slayer
of protty Elizabeth Short, 22-coj--old
movie aspirant,, started
anew today with the release of
a red-haired acquaintance,
Robert Mauley, after police an
nouncement of his complete ex
oneration. dipt. Jack Donahoe of the
homicide bureau, who early
yesterday ordered Manley book
ed on suspicion of murder, said
the 2S-year-old pipe clamp
salesman's movements last
Tuesday nlghl and early Wed
nesday, when Miss Short was
killed and her body severed,
had been "checked out satisfac
torily." Mnnley submitted to two lie
detector tests before his re
lease, and Donahoe quoted him
as saying he had not seen the
girl since January 0, when he
dropped her at a downtown
hotel after an overnight trip
from San Diego. Mauley's at
tractive wife. Harriett, mother
of their 4-month-old son, greet
ed him with hug as he was
freed.
Cuban Air Line
Protests Costs
HAVANA, Cuba. Jan. 21 tA)
Airplane service was suspend
ed between tho hours of 3 p.
m. and 7 p. m. EST, today for
a general strlko protesting the
cost of living.
A demonstration was sched
uled for 4 p. m. at which time
the workers planned to demand
from President Humon Urau
San Martin some action to
remedy the situation brought
about by splraling living costs.
president urau was expected
to address the demonstrators
from the balcony of the na
tional palace.
Most of those lnlured suffered
only abrasions. Many remained
strapped in their scats until the
plane stopped,
Lt. (jg) Edytho Bovle, flight
nurse from East Rygate, Vt., re
mained In her seat and helped
others In the crash despite a
definito shocked condition.
'The fire started immediately,
she said. "The boys were won
derful in helping."
' Flying from Moffett field,
only about 40 miles south of
Oakland, the plane carried a
crew of seven, including the
Wave who was killed, and 14
passengers.
The only woman on the pas
senger list was Lt. Comdr. L. A.
McNaughton of tho navy nurse
corps from Hastings, Neb. She
was detained In Oak Knoll Naval
hospital for observation.
Despite the all-enshrouding
fog which covered the bay area
at the time of the crash, the
weather was considered routine
for airmen trained in radar con
trolled landings. -
Caps Disappointment Claims Another Victim
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Yokohama Bound Ship Sinks
Off Cape Disappointment
ASTORIA, Ore., Jan. 21 !)
The freighter S. S. Drexel Vic
tory sank today five miles west
of Cape Disappointment after a
smoothly oxgunlred .nlpjht rescue
that brought the 48-man crew to
U.S. Refuses
Extradition
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (PI
The United States has rejected
Soviet Russia s request to sup
render Kyrill Alcksecv, ormfer
Soviet trade official who crltl
elzed "dictatorship" In his home
land. The Russians are seeking
his arrest in this country.
The stuto department an
nounccd today the rejection was
handed to the Soviet embassy
yesterday.
The announcement said it was
based on the absence o an ex
tradition treaty between Russia
and the United states.
The Russians said he is a for
mer employe of their embassy
in Mexico City and charged him
with embezzlement.
The U. S. reply said that the
supreme court has stated that
under the "domestic law of the
United States power to provide
for extradition is not confined to
the executive branch of the gov
ernment." Herriot Heads
French Assembly
PARIS, Jan. 21 (JP) Franco's
national assembly confirmed
Paul Rumadier, socialist, by a
vote of 577 to 10 tonight as pre
mier In the first government of
the fourth French republic.
Radical-Socialist Leader Ed
ouard Herriot, 74. was elected
president of the assembly.
Herriot, who was unopposed,
headed the old chamber of depu
ties from 1936-1942. . He is In
his 42nd year as mayor of Lyon,
France's third largest city.
A protege of Aristlde Briand,
Herriot was three times premier
of France before the war. He
succeeds Vincent Aurlol, recent
ly elected president ol the re
public. Before the voting began, the
legislature heard a message read
from Aurlol culling upon France
to "maintain and develop her al
liances" and to Insist upon "iust
reparations and a full security"
from Germany.
Portland OK's
Loading Zone Use
PORTLAND. Jan. 21 P)
The weary motorist who only
wants to dash into a cleaning
store and leave a suit or drop
off a pair of shoes at the cob
bler's will now get a break in
Portland.
Acting Chief Deputy City At
torney J. O. Stearns said pri
vate automobiles were entitled
to use loading zones, as do
trucks, provided the cars re
main no longer than the 20
minute time limit.
with grain and bound lor Japan
AP wirephoto,
shore uninjured, many of them
not even damp,
The ship, carrying 4563 tons
of grain to Yokonama, struck a
sand bar in the Columbia river
month. 'last -night ripping hoc
deck plates and sending water
gushing into the mess hall where
the crew was dining,
"First I felt a dull thud that
seemed to empty my stomach,
said Larry Sharpe, Portland
one of the rescued crewmen.
Before I knew it everybody
was falling forward or back
ward. Plates clashed to the
lloor and the ocean was pouring
through the porthole. We were
evicted and rushed topside. Then
we tried to fix her. She was
cracked between holds four and
five. We tried pumping water
out of her, but we knew she was
tost.
Capt. Canute Rommcrdahl,
San Mateo, who ordered his
men to abandon ship after a
vain two-hour fight to save the
vessel, biamcd unusually deep
swells which smashed the ship
against the bar.
When the abandon order was
given, the vessel had drifted
four miles north off Cape Disap
pointment. The pilot's schooner,
Columbia, standing by, took 19
men aboard. Others took to life
boats, and were picked up in a
light fog by the coast guard ves
sel Triumph and the freighter
Joseph Gale, bound for Portland.
So smoothly was the rescue
carried out that the nearest ap
proach to casualty was one
novice seaman who. jumped
overboard in excitement and
had to bo fished out by the pi
lot's schooner. Larry Brown,
Seattle, injured earlier in the
day aboard ship, had to be
helped in a lifeboat.
The coast guard cutter Onon
daga stood by the abandoned
ship, but vws unable to prevent
its submerging in the shallow
waters where many vessels have
been lost.
Strike Situation
Still Unchanged
The membership- of the car
penters union. Local 190, re
mained on strike to'day as far
as ABC and E, the contractors'
group, was concerned and there
was no change in the situation
despite a voluntary visit here
Monday of Louis Ziemen of Eu
gene, conciliator with the United
States department of labor.
Ziemen met Monday morning
with committees from ABC and
E and the union, but no agree
ment was reached. The carpen
ters held out for $1.87 per
hour from ABC and E. and the
contractors' group held firm
with their last offer of $1.80.
Ziemen left on the 11 o'clock
bus this morning for Coos Bay
to sit in on another dispute
which has to do with the lum
ber industry and a check with
both ABC. and E and the union
brought forth the information
that Ziemen's visit here had not
changed the picture. A regular
Wednesday night meeting of the
local is scheduled tomorrow and
action, if any, at that gathering
will probably determine action
of ABC and E, it was learned.
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Week-End
Accident
Toll High
Tragedy struck repeatedly In
the Klamath basin in the past 24
hours, with authorities reporting
the gunshot death of a baby girl,
the critical injury of a workman
who fell out of a tree, the loss
of a woman's hand in a meat
grinding machine, and a grim
assortment of less disastrous in
cidents. A blast from a 22-4:10 con
vertible rifle-shotgun in the
hands of her five-year-old broth
er, James, brought instant death
to little Judy Katherine Hill, 11
months old, at the family heme
in Woe us here late Monday
afternoon.
The two are children of Mr.
and Mrs. George W. Hill, both
employed at Mallory's market.
Police. Called
State police and Dr. George
H. Adler, Klamath county cor
oner, were called to the scene
after both the Whitlock Funeral
home attendant and a private
physician were summoned by
the frantic parents. Officials re
constructed th shooting which
occurred in the living room of
the house.
The children were being
cared for during the day by Vir
ginia Evans, 15. At about 1
p. m. a neighbor boy, Robert
Lee Kinkade, also 15. had called
at the Hill residence and Robert
said that' as he and Virginia
were sitting at the kitchen table,
James walked in with the gun
in his arms. Robert told police
that ' he took the eun from
Mimes and inspected irt "Robert
said the gun was not loaded and
he handed it back to the child
and told him to put it back in
the bedroom where he found it.
Shot Heard
A short time later, Robert and
Virginia said, they heard an ex
plosion in the living room and
found 11-month-old Judy dead
on the floor, the blast from the
4:10 section tearing off the
baby's head. She apparently
hod been crawling toward James
when he fired, not more than
tfiree feet from his sister's body,
taking the full load of a No. 7
shot. .
"She's dead. I killed her,"
James is reported to have said.
Virginia became hysterical,
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Butter Drops
3 Cents Today
Local butter prices were
marked down another three
cents this morning making the
wholesale price 69 cents a pound.
According to one Klamath
Falls butter distributor, butter
sales have shown a marked in
crease as a result of the recent
price drops. Percy Murray of
the Klamath Falls Creamery
stated late yesterday that he had
received several inquiries from
San Francisco and Los Angeles
relative to possible supplies of
butter, indicating the demand
was now catching up with the
supply.
The supply of churning cream,
according to Murray has shown
a marked increase during the
past 10 days and they expect to
have no trouble meeting the in
creased local demand.
Talmadge Offers To Put
Office Up For Election
ATLANTA, Jan. 21 (P) Her
man Talmadge offered today to
submit the controversy over the
governorship of Georgia to the
people in a "democratic white
primary" election as soon as the
legislature completes its session.
Speaking to the general as
sembly as governor, of Georgia
upon its invitation, iaimadge
said:
"If the lieutenant governor
will resign, your governor will
resign. The speaker - or tne
house of representatives will as
sume executive authority."
Under the state constitution,
then the house sDeaker must call
an election within 60 days. The
legislative session is expected to
end in March.
Talmadge s offer came as a
last minute revision in his pre
pared text. Earlier Lieut. Gov
ernor M. E. Thompson, who con
tends he is the acting governor
following resignation of Ellis
Arnall, had challenged Tal
madge to meet mm . in an elec
tion.
I have stated on three previ
Dies
"Try
ANDREW J. VOLSTEAD
Weird Tale Of Death
Told By Murder Trio
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 21 P)
The battered body ol a ships
captain was found today below a
cnil in the lashionable west side
hills, and detectives said three
men told a grisly tale of tossing
the man, groaning, over the 50-
loot drop.
The victim was Capt, Frank
B. Tatum, 53, Billerica, Mass.,
master of the SS Edwin Abbey
of the Shepard Steamship Co.
Tatum had been missing a week.
but his disappearance was re
ported to police only yesterday.
Detective Chief James Purcell
said three men, taken into cus
tody during a bizarre all-night
investigation Highlighted by a
night club raid and arrest of its
30 occupants, led police to the
ship master's body.
Purcell said the trio told this
story:
The 40-year-old owner of 'the
night club, one of the three men
booked on a charge of suspicion
of murder, got into a fight with
Ttaum in the club a week ago,
and thrust Tatum, injured, into
a back room.
Late that night the club owner
grew annoyed by Tatum's groans
and ordered two younger col
leagues to "get him out of here."
The two men, one 20 and the
other 25, drove into the west side
Volstead Dies
GRANITE FALLS, Minn.,
Jan. 21 P Andrew J. Vol
stead, the man who, more than
any other, personified Drohibi-
tion in the United States, died
Monday at his Granite Falls
home after having been in vir-,
tual retirement since the fed
eral statute bearing his name
was repealed, in 1933. -The
western Minnesota coun
ty lawyer served in congress
tor zo years and' was chairman
of the house judiciary commit
tee when an enforcement act
to implement the 18th amend
ment became necessary in 1918.
How much of that act Vol
stead himself wrote remained
his secret when he died Mon
day at the age of 87. But in the
popular mind that law became
known as the Volstead act when
it was passed by congress over
President Wilson s veto.
After his defeat in 1922, Vol
stead continued his campaign
against liquor started at the
level of his own county by
becoming legal advisor to the
at. paui, Minn., district prohi
bition enforcement headquar
ters, a post he held until repeal
came in I9ii.
And God Bless All
Our Governors -
MARIETTA, Ga.. Jan. 21 UP)
The Rev. J. C. Collum opened
superior court yesterday with
the usual prayer for divine
guidance of the leaders of the
nation and state. Then in con
elusion he added:
"And God bless all our gov
ernors!"
ous occasions prior to my elec
tion as governor of Ueorgia and
when I made my inaugural ad
dress that the office of governor
of Georgia belongs to the people
of Georgia," Talmadge said.
"I am anxious for the people
of Georgia to have an oppor
tunity to express their choice
through a democratic white pri
mary at the earliest possible mo
ment." Talmadge recommended that
the legislature remain in session
to institute a democratic white
primary and strengthen the elec
tion laws regarding qualification
of voters.
"There is one way and only
one legal way that the people
can determine this issue at the
polls," Talmadge said.
"In the event of the death,
disability or resignation of the
governor and the lieutenant gov
ernor, the executive authority
of this state is vested an the
speaker of the house of repre
sentatives who must call a spe
cial election within 60 days to
elect a governor of Georgia."
At Age Of 87
Lawmakers Soo
Big Deficit In:
State Budge.-
Br PAUL W, HARVEY JR.
SALEM, Jan. 21 (JP) Measures to tax amusement devices and
admissions to theatres, athletic events, dance halls and other
places of entertainment were ready for introduction In the stat
house of representatives today.
Reps. Giles L. French, Moro, and Henry Semon, Klamath
Falls, are introducing the amusement device tax, endorsed by tha
state tax study commission, which would levy 30 per cent tax
on gross revenues from devices in which there is an element of
chance, such as illegal slot machines and punchboards. The tax
on devices which have an element of skill, such as pinball and
iron claw games, would be 10 per cent of the gross revenue. .
Rep. Joseph E. Harvey, Portland leader in the old age pension
movement, said the admissions tax would duplicate tha 20 per
Vcent federal admission tax. '
hills and dumped Ttatum, still
groaning, over the 50-foot cliff.
Police, checking the report of
Tatum's disappearance filed yes
terday by the steamship com
pany's agents, were led to the
night club as the last place Tatum
had been seen. On January 14
he was noticed standing outside
with R. J. Peterson, Grants Pass,
Ore., his ship steward.
Detectives in their investiga
tion learned that a 20-year-old
youth who lived in the club had
been wearing for the past week
an $1800 diamond-studded plat
inum watch like one Tatum
owned.
Taken Into custody, Purcell
said, the youth broke down and
admitted he had helped throw
the missing man over a cliff, and
implicated the two others. They,
too, were arrested; and the two
younger ones. Purcell said, led
detectives to the man's body.
ne snip captain had been
carrying $500 to $600 in cash
when he disappeared.
The night club was raided early
this morning and its occupants
men and women brought into
the police station for questioning.
More Fog Is
Basin Prospect
' A weatherman's-forecast trf
ciouaincM, fog and continued
cold hampened hopes for better
weainer lor tomorrow, Wednes
day.; tuamath folk were greeted
with a low hanging fog early this
morning arid a chilling wind kept
teeth chattering until the sun
came through.
Streets were coated with ice
and heavy frost as the mercury
sank to 20 between 4 and 5 aJn.
today. Despite the cold night, the
temperature rose to 52 Monday
afternoon, the highest in several
days. .
The 10:30 a.m. southbound
United Air Lines flight passed
over Klamath Falls, with heavy
fog preventing a langing. The
northbound 10:19 flight was de
layed in San Francisco because
of fog.
First Parking
Taxi Thomas, city engineer,
f''iv1
maters to be installed on downtown curbs In the next few days.
The first timing device was placed on S. 4th this SBorninf, in
front of the state liquor store.
and that the revenues would ba
used for pensions. . i ;,
Must Keep Books
French said the amusement
device tax might have the ef
fect of driving out slot machines
by making it too expensive to
operate them.
Owners of all amusement da
vices would have to keep book.
If they failed to do so, they
would have to accept the tax
commission' estimate of tho
amount of tax due. Then, If
they failed to pay the tax, the
state could get a lien on all
the owner's property. The rec
ords of the tax commission
would be confidential.
Legislative ways and means
committee members estimated
today a state budget deficit of
at least $13,000,000, Instead of
$6,000,000 as estimated , by
State Budget Director Georgo
Aiken.
Liquor Profits Issue ' ;
Sen. Dean H. Walker, Inde
pendence, chairman of the sen
ate ways and means committee,
City, County
Jail
Civilian production adminis
tration approval of a priority
request for materials to build
the proposed $150,000 county
city jail was received by ' tho
jail commission last night.
Mayor Ed Ostendorf said to
day that the commission was
now free to advertise for bids
for the structure, which will bo
built on Klamath between 2nd
and-3rd.-- i- - 1 ' n
The - jail building b to- be
financed by both the city and
county, with the county paying
two-thirds of the cost,, and both
governments will have their,
share of the money on hand irt
the end of this fiscal year.
Plans for a two-story modern
jail building have been drawn
by Sheldon Brumbaugh, archi
tect, and tentatively accepted
by the Jail commission, tho
mayor, said, although some re
visions will be made.
The original request for build
ing materials priority was made
to CPA several months ago and
turned down. Horn county and
city officials expect that when
bids for the structure are re
ceived they will be much higher
than the $150,000 cost; estimate. .
Okayed
Meters Installed
J.
examines the first of 687 parkins.
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