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By FRANK JENKINS
THE mission village thut grew
tin
ud to bo the city
of Sun Krim
clocu was founded
was founded near the tip
of tlio peninsula.
It WUS IIUI1ICU
Yorba Hucnu by It Spanish din-
cower. Ycrba uuimu melius
good herb, Tlio good herb Hint
suggested It nuinu wan u lltllu
aruinutic plmit thut drew In such
profusion n to attract the at
tention of tlio pioneering Span
lard. They oumo from Sun Diego,
Mid it wiim a lonu und hazardous
mid wearing trip. Oilier parties
exploring northwnrd by land
hud turned buck because of the
, prrll of the Journey tlio chluf
of which wo HUNGER.
Traveling tuduy through the
rich Salinas volley und the other
fertile vulluyi along the Lininno,
It la liurd to imuglno thut star-
vullon won once un ever-present
duniier along thin now turnout
and fruitful route.
THAT thought loud in off
A along an Interesting lino of
reflection.
Why wun this Uirul, now m
lushly productive, then so neurly
barren, especially In tlio milli
liter, Hint men mid animals ullke
grow thin with hunger when
traversing It?
The answer In simple and
plnln and a little brutul: The
Indium, who wero It only
human Inhabitant!, wero too un
ambltiou. too Ignorant, too In
efficient to DEVELOP ITS FOB
SIH1LITIES. It became lush and productive
only when the tuperlor genius
and wllllngneu to work of the
white man were applied to It.
THEREIN (so fur as ny at
tempted Justification iimy be
concerned) lien the wholo nlory
of the while man' "imperial
lin," which now l such a di
credited Institution throughout
tlio world.
If one chose, quite a case
could bo made for the thciili
that the o-cnlled inferior pco
pics hnvo benefited. ECONOM
ICALLY, from their conquest by
the so-called superior people.
The weak pot in tlie thesis,
of course, lien In the fact that
( there U a difference between
fccold economic benefit und PER
' SONAL LIBERTY to do an you
please Instead of having to do
whin lomebody cite TELLS you
to do.
THESE California Indluns who
were conquered and "civil
ized" by the Spanish whites were
by all accounts only one step
above animals. Thoy lived on
roots and herbs and acorns. Tho
rigors of the life they led were
such that they died young.
Which, from our materialistic
modern viewpoint, may have
been Just as well. By our stand
ards, their lives wero certainly
not glamorous enough to make
longevity attractive.
But what of THEIR view
point? I.
TTHEY gave the answer to Unit
question themselves. Even
after experience enough under
. their Spanish mnsters to make
It plain that, CONQUERED,
their stomachs wero fuller than
pnllnuiS n t 4. Cvtumn 71
ROTARY FOUNDER DIES
CHICAGO. Jan. 28 (A') Paul
P. Harris, who In 1005 organized
the first Rotary club and whose
work In the organization which
became world-wide won him nu
merous honors from citizens and
governments, died Inst night after
.a Ions: illness. Harris, a Chicago
lawyer, was 78.
Victims In Armed Holdup
Ray Malatchi, manager of
idk room where armed stlckup
during holdup Monday evening.
had gone, Malatchi asked help of
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PRICE FIVE CENTS lO
Tax Forum
Slated For
Wednesday
Sules tux arguments pro and
con will be brought out Into
tho open tomorrow as members
of tho Kliimuth County chamber
of commerce meet to hold a
forum on the subject which Is
one of tho biggest pieces of busi
ness currently beforo tho state
legislature.
One of tho results of the fo
rum, to be held in the Willard
dining room at noon, will be to
cement the chumber's stand to
ward the proposed tux.
Chamber Secretary Charles
Stark said that probably two
speakers will give views on each
side of the question, but that the
idea of the forum was to bring
the arguments for and against
Uio wiles tax Into tlio open, and
not to try to sell anyone on the
Idea of favoring or opposing the
tux.
After the meeting, Stark said,
a ballot will be put in tho mail
to eueh chamber of commcrco
member to allow a secret voting
on the proposed tax, for or
ugiilnst.
The result of this poll will
determine the stand of tho local
chamber of commerce on the
sales tax question and will be
communicated to Klamath
county members of the state
legislature.
Stark said that speakers for
tho tax would bo Jim Souther
of Alturas, former Klamath
Falls business mun, who will ex
plain how thhe tax works In
California, and a representative
of the Klamath realty board. -On
tho negative tldo of the
question will be F. W. Wlnse
man. who has beeir in business
in California and is opposed to
the tax, and a representative of
local organized labor.
Morton Tompkins, master of
tho Pomona grange, has been
asked to speak at the meeting,
but declined. Tompkins has been
opposed to a sales tax, while
grunges In this area have been
generally in- favor of it. - - .
British May
Evacuate Women
LONDON. Jan. 28 P)
Colonial Secretary Arthur
Creech Jones told tho house of
commons today British women
and children might be removed
from Palcstlno to protect them
from extremist violence.
A concentration of British ci
vlllbn rjcrsoncll also is "under
active consideration," tho colon
ial secretary announced.
Ho said the government mean
while would continue to give
unreserved support to Palestine
civil and military authorities In
efforts to end what he said was
a 'reign of "terrorism."
the Oregon Food store on Oregon
men shoved him and Billy
By peeking through the keyhole
.
Imianna
a little girl customer who released them.
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WALTON, Ind.. Jan. 2t This la an air view of the wreckage of a Pennsylvania lin's pas
senger train which was derailed her yesterday. Hundreds of curious spectators watch, clean
up operations. AP wirephete.
Missing Plane
Found. 2 Dead
YAKIMAv Jan. 28 M) The
three-day search for a missing
Oregon filer and his passenger
ended late last night wVcn the
twisted wreckage of the light
craft, its occupants pinned In
side, was found on tho crest of
2,000-foot Simcoe ridge, 12 miles
southeast of Hnrrsh, Wash.
-,-Bodiufr bf the-two--men- were
removed irom ine plane ana
brought to Yakima.
Search for the two men
Donald F. Williams, 20. and
Warren Stelzer, both of Eugene
ww begun Saturday when the
plane failed to arrive In Eugene
after taking off in bad weather
at Yakima.
Location of the plane Indi
cated it had crashed only a few
minutes after leaving the Yak
ima airport.
The wreckage was found by
Harvey Hargrcaves Ed Gordon
and Carl Marlcr while the trio
were driving through the area.
Bus Stolen In
City, Then Wrecked
PORTLAND, Jan. 28 (JF) A
gasoline motor coach of tho
Portland traction system disap
peared last night while the driv
er was having a cup of coffee.
and was found at the bottom oi
a 23-foot ditcn. i
Coins, currency, tokens - and
a bottle ot beer were louna on
the floor. '
Two men were held for ques
tioning on tho strength of a cafe
proprietor's report that they had
been drinking beer shortly be
fore the bus was taken. '
Armed Bandits Stick Up Grocery Store
Two young unmasked bandits,
one of them armed, stuck up the
manager and an employe of the
, Oregon Food store. 1749 Oregon,
about 8:15 last night and got
away with an undisclosed
amount of cash after locking Ray
Mulatchi, store manager, and
Billy Joplin, 16, clerk, in a back
storeroom.
The bandits took the entire
avenue, ooant the door to the
Jonlin. IB. rlaht. hia amnlova.
of tha. door afiar tha rohhan
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, TUESDAY. JANUARY 21, 1M7
Air Shot Of Train Wreck
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Enlisted Wacs In Japan
GetGreen Light On Civvies
TOKYO, Jan. 28 () Enlist
ed Wacs, the Cinderella of
Japan because they have to be
in bed by midnight while their
officer and civilian sisters con
tinue to dance and play, bright
ened up today when the army
said they , could wear good old
civilian clothes, on week-ends.
RifleSiiot
Halts Holdup
A rifle shot may have broken
up an attempted burglary at the
Depot cafe early this morning,
and M. A. McClung, dishwasher
at the cafe,' told city police he
thinks he might have hit the in
truder. .
McClung said that he was sit
ting in a room at the rear of the
cafe. Spring and Oak, and heard
someone trying to break in the
back door about 3 o'clock this
morning.
He said that he grabbed a
25-20 rifle, stepped to the door
and saw a man, who saw him
at the same time and ran away
toward Spring street. McClung
said that he stepped out of the
building and fired one shot at
the retreating figure and may
have hit him, but the man got
away.
naif-hour before calling police.
wno searcnea tne vicinity ana
were unable to find the prowler
or any bloodstains to verify Mc
Clung's marksmanship.
day's store receipts exet.pt
checks, and Malatchi estimated
the amount as between $500 and
J600.
The store manager told police
that one man, described as about
30 years old, dark-skinned and
handsome, dressed in dark pants,
dark hat and khaki jacket, walk
ed into the store while he and
Joplin were alone in the build
ing. This man came to the rear of
the store, pulled a revolver out of
his jacket pocket and pointed, it
at Malatchi. The other bandit,
described as a blond, about 28,
wearing a green cloth jacket,
khaki pants and bareheaded, fol
lowed his partner into the store
and went over to the cash reg
ister, near which Bill Joplin was
checking invoices.
' Joplin said that he believed
this man was also armed, and
that the man told him to go to
the rear ofthe store, where the
dark-skinned man told 'them
both to get "into the meat
cooler." . 1
' The cooler was locked, how
ever, and Malatchi and Joplin
were driven Into the storeroom;
The bandit with the pistol stood
guard over them in the half-open
doorway, police said, while the
blond man opened and looted
the cash register.
Then Malatchi and Joplin
were locked in the storeroom,
the door .secured by t bolt, and
the men left, -
A few seconds later a KUHS
freshman, Mary Sue McNabb,
14, came into the . store and
heard the prisoners pounding on
the locked door. She released
the bolt and let them out
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Slack and bobby socks in
the daytime and formats at
night irom Saturday . noon to
Sunday midnight is the new or
der for the 700 enlisted Wacs
in the Tokyo-Yokohama area.
But they still have to be in
by midnight except on Satur
day,, unless ..they 'eerttfy .-their
are going to private home or
rest notei.
It's quite a treat for the girls
k wear civvies as nours each
week in a foreign land where
enlisted men and officers al
ways must . wear uniform.' In
dress, they now have. equal
ngnu wim oiiicer wacs..
Ma). Pauline V. Linch. rank.
ing Wac officer in Tokyo, said
the enlisted Wacs have been
good soldiers who- have done a
normal amount of griping about
regulations but have conformed
with good grace.
Their morale is excellent
she said, and they have boosted
that of the soldiers who wel
come the little bit of America
they represent.
The first Wacs in this area
arrived last fall. They live in
the modern six-story Mitsubishi
main building, and have Japa
nese maids, to do the routine
housekeeping. Male guests may
be entertained in the big first
floor lounge. The building is
off-limits to officers.
Off duty there's plenty of
recreation for the Wacs at din
ners, dances, teas- and outings.
And there are plenty of GIs to
squire them about
- - By that time the bandits had
gone. . ; -
Mary Sue is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond McNabb,
716 Roseway drive. She said she
did not see the holdup men.
Police have located one other
witness ' to the robbery. Joe
Waits, 1503 Oregon, was coming
to the store, police said, and saw
one man come out of the build
ing and run to a car parked
about 100 feet away on Oregon
avenue. Then . the other man
came out and stood looking up
and down the street momentar
ily before he got into the car.
Waits went on to the store,
getting there just as Malatchi
and Joplin were being released
from the storeroom. Learning
that the place had just been
robbed, he ran back out front
and saw the men whip their car
around in a U turn and drive
back toward town. '
. He was unable to describe the
car.
The bandits apparently were
in the store about 10 minutes,
and the blond man had no trou
ble opening the cash register.
He took- currency and 'change,
but- no checks.. Malatchi told
police that he was unable to set
a definite amount of money as
lost until he checks his receipts.
Joplin, still nervous, told a
Herald and News reporter this
morning that he believed both
of the men were armed and that
one of them had on marine
corps trousers and jacket. The
boy Is a son of Mr. and Mrs,
Dave Joplin, 1827 Oregon, and
has been .working at the store
after school.
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Number 1043
Wire Roll
In Switch
Crash Cause
By MERRILL SWEDLUND
WALTON. Ind.. Jan. 28 (JPi
The death toll of yesterday's
wreck of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Union passenger train was
revised to four today after a
thorough examination of a bat
tered day coach of the eight-car
train. A bale of fencins wire
jammed into a switch caused the
wreck Indiana state police said.
State police and wrecking
crew had reported seeing two
bodies in the coach in the dark
ness, but shortly after daylight
k was aeierminea the only dead
were the locomotive fireman and
three passengers whose bodies
had been taken out in the night.
score injured
Nearly a score of Demons wera
injured, one of them seriously.
Dr. M. B. Stewart, Cass coun
ty coroner, said an inquest would
be held at 8 a. m., Friday and
that 22 witnesses, including state
police and railroad officials, had
been summoned.
SUte Police Lt. John R. Fish
er and A. F. Mclntyre, Pennsyl
vania superintendent, said that
the roll of wire was found jam
med into a switch and that
caused the wreck.
Several rolls of the wire were
stored in piles along the railroad
track at the scene of the wreck,
Fisher said. .
Apparently one of these
either fell or was placed on the
track and we want to know
which," Fisher said.
Source Sought
"The bale of -wire founil in
the switch was fei cauas-eiie
wrwav ianer aaaea. "it was
liner placed there deliberately,
perhaps the work of a prankster
or a crana:, or n was dropped
there by some one stealing the
wire." - -
' The roll of wire was about
two-feet across and weighed
around 400 pounds.
W. W. Patchell of Chicago,
general manager of the western
region of the Pennsylvania, said
that the federal bureau of in
vestigation is working with state
police.
A roll of wire is missing from
the stock along the track and
"it is presumed to be the one
found wedged in the switch,"
said Patchell.
. The identified dead are: C. A.
Wisler of Richmond. Ind., fire
man, and passengers Miss Kath
ryn Marie Kingery, 25, Kokomo,
Ind.; Walter Pischke, Kokomo;
H. G. Perkinson, Anderson, Ind.
Kidnaped Men
Freed By Jews
JERUSALEM. Jan. 28 UP)
Two Britons kidnaped this week
as hostages by an underground
organization were reported to
night to have been released.
The Jewish agency announced
it learned that H. A. I. Collins.
Jerusalem banker abducted Sun
day night had been set free
somewhere in the Jerusalem
area. Police were searching the
ruaas i or nun.
It was reported unofflclallv
from a Tel Aviv government
source that Judge Ralph Wind
ham, of the district court of Tel
Aviv, kidnaped from his court
room Monday by an armed band
whom police identified as Jews.
had been freed in that all-Jewish
city.
A car drove up before a mo
tion picture theater in Tel Aviv,
box rolled out and Windham
stepped from the box, according
to tnis account. ;
School Cager
Killed In Row
EL PASO. 111.. Jan. 28 UP)
Edward P. (Bud) Bennett, 15,
El Paso Township high school
basketball star, was stabbed
fatally last night In a fight in
volving four players and four
other youths.
Sheriff Wallace Meiner said
he had arrested four youths and
was holding them in jail without
charge. He said they denied the
killing.
Meiner said the Dlavers de
clared the four youths with
whom the . basketball Dlavers
.were involved in the fight were
-town Duiues" and that the play
ers had decided to "have it out
with them" after losing a game
last night.
The two groups met at a filling
station, and during a scuffle,
Bennett was stabbed in the
heart, the sheriff said.
Four
House Gives
Truck Bill
Big Margin
By PAUL W. HARVEY. Jr.
SALEM. Jan 2B im Th.
Oregon house of representatives,
with only three disaentina- vntea
passed and sent to the senate
Mioay me Din to make perman
ent the temporary wartime
engin ana weignt limits for
trucks operating on state high
ways.
The bill permits operation of
trucks un tn RO to in lrvtfh
and weishino- 72 nnn
compared with 50 feet and 54,'
uuu pou.nas Before the war.
There was no debate on the
measure, which has caused much
rancor snrl pvtnHcj .rni,nu..t
during the past four legislative
sessions.
Voting affafnat f Ha hill mM
Reps. jf. E. Bennett Portland;
Giles L. French. Morn? anrl .In.
seph E. Harvey, Portland.
Explaining the bill. Rep. Burt
K. Snyder, Lakeview, chairman
of the house road and hlohwovi
committee, said it would remove
trade barriers by making Oregon
conform to the other western
states, and that it would pre
vent unnecessary damage to
highways because of its formula
umiung ine weignt on eacn axle
to 18,000 pounds.
' Snyder said the bill would be
of ffreat benefit tn miW rrm-
gone, which he said has inade
quate transportation.
Rep. Herman Chindgren, Mo
lalla. said h v vntin fa fc
bill in "the belief that the pro
ponents of the bill .-will bring
a bill into this legislature to
maice inese moguls of the road
pay their lust share of tha ent
of the roads."
11 Men Die In
Fiery Crash
ALBUOtTEROTTF V M T.n
28 (P) Engine trouble was of-
nuiaiiy advanced loaay as tne
likely cause of a B-29 super
fortress rraah whlnh nnkl 11
men to fiery deaths at the army's
nor nana neia.
T.afbm With tunvt MnEmnMl
the big ship wavered on the
macula, ciunDeo. no more, wan
qiui a i . .
narrow arrow vftirria l,,t
; south of the field's mile and
mu-ian nsis-.wawjr -";'
. It blazed fiercely as fuel tanks
broke open but did not explode.
Several of the dead were found
with arms upflung as if for pro
tection. Pnrtiona nt h nlaa
none larger than tie engines and
pieces oi tne wings, were strewn
ua yaroj aown tne gully. ,
One nwmhpp nt th l9jn.
crew, TSgt Francis L. Podles-
ty, jj, oi Aimiquerque, sur
vived, thanks to rescue by a pair
of GI firpfiphfor nnmilBi
tendants said he had a -good
cnance oi recovering from
burns.
Snow Covers
Basin Again
Klamath n1nv hW amita
4 J V wa.fc
frnm winfnrti Kloc kut
" - ua, UUk tlgCU.l tV
day felt the sting of a bitter
uuiui wind ana a Diast oi snow
which whipped this area the
past 24 hours.
Mercury slipped to 19 degrees
at 6 o'clock last night and it
started snowing at 12:30 a. m.
tnHnv SnAv n.n n . 1
j . ... i. s v u c k a .
throughout the southern section
of the state and a particularly
heavy fall in portions of Jose-
Ilh 1 rVO Mlinlv K I ru-r aA hltthnrnva
and forced closing of two county
schools today. Snowplows and
sanders were busy working in
the Mt Revtnrt vrarla ,iin4.w
north of Grants Pass.
The storm came in from the
Pacific shifted southward today
and gave southern Oregon the
brunt of its force, the weather
man said. Road sanding crews
were in operation throughout
uie mountain passes ana new
snow was reported at Odell lake
on the Willamette pass. Sun
mountain and The Dalles-Cali-
fnrnia kiohwav ,nj nnit U.I...
. .. '..p... .. , HI U U U lllblld
fell on the Green Springs highr
way. L.nains were advised by the
state highway department
Colder temperatures for this
area were forecast by the
weather man.
Dad Weather
Holds Up Flight Of Planes
LITTLE AMERICA. Jan. 27
(Delayed) (JP) Bad weather
here and near Scott island, 600
miles to the north, forced an
other delay tonight in plans for
a flight of six carrier transport
planes to this Antarctic base.
The planes, aboard the carrier
Philippine Sea, have been poised
several days for the flight.
While unfavorable weather
was forecast for Tuesday, a
break was a possibility Wednes
day. The : Icebreaker Northwlnd
which left Little America re
cently for a meeting with the
carrier now is coming back
through the Ice pack. Admiral
Cruzen, expedition commander,
said it will bait midway to act
Aslis Slus!)
OeIov1932
Pinnies
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (
Rep. Bender (R-Ohlo), proposed
today that congress slash spend
ing for "normal government
functions" 23 per cent below
the 1932 outlay.
"I want to do what President
Roosevelt nromlsed to An in Ma
first campaign for president,"
Bender told reporters as he an
nounced that he is preparing
legislation to carry out thialaW
est economy suggestion,
nooseveit statement
(In a camoaian sneeeh nn fta.
tober 19, 1932, at Pittsburgh,
Mr. Roosevelt said spending for
the "business of government" .
rose from (2,187,000,000 in
1927 to S3.168.000.000 in 1031.
Terming this "reckless and
extravagant pace," he added:
K l snail approach the prob
lem of carrying out the plain
precept of our party which is
to reduce tha cost at current
federal government operations
oy o per ceni"j. -
Bender did not mak clear
immediately how much of a
saving his nroDosal misht ef.
feet if adopted.
Total Spending '
Total government spending In
1932 amounted to S4.948.000
000. But of that amount only
$2,641,000,000 is listed under
"civil and miscellaneous" ex
penditures that is exclusive of
defense, pensions and interest
on the debt
President Truman's S37,S00
000,000 budget for next year
includes only f 1,427,000,000 for
general government" but some
$13,700,000,000 is allotted for
items other than defense, vet
erans and the debt
It was Bender who, at tha
outset of the first GOP-domin-ated
congress in 16 years, sent
each republican member a new
broom bearing this tag: "Here's
yours;, let's do the job."
Rep. Cannon (D-Mo.), house
democratic leader on fiscal leg
islation, said he will cooperate
in cutting the budget so long
as the reduction "does not mili
tate against the efficiency of
government'
Girl Vitnass
To ArrjuiHSiit
PORTLAND, Jan. 28 (AV-Police
said today a comely brunette
friend of a club operator charged
with murder had told of wit
nessing a prolonged argument
and fight that preceded the
death of Ship's Captain Frank
B. Tatura.
Detective Chief James PureelT
reported the statement by Miss
Sybil Willard was the "most sen
sational information" obtained
in the week-long investigation;,
She has been placed under
$1,000 bond and will be a state's
witness. Purcell said the girl's
statement said Tatum and Pat
rick Raymond (alias O'Day) had
exchanged punches while argu
ing across the bar the afternoon
of .Jan. 14. Finally, their blows
developed into a savage fight in
which Raymond's aides became
involved, Purcell said.
Raymond. John Snyder, 20.
and Harold Sehorn, - 25, are
charged with murder and ac
cused of fatally beating the Bil
lerica, Mass., ship captain and
tossing his body from a S 0-foot
cliff in suburban Portland.
Purcell said the girl reported
Tatum was groaning while ap
parently 'unconscious on the
floor and that. Snyder and Se
horn carried the captain from
the club. -:
Plane Safe In
Weird Accident
MILL CITY. Jan. 28 (V-Two.
Salem men landed safely here
yesterday after gliding 10 miles
over the rough norm santiam
pass country where their air
plane dropped a propeller.
John Lamb, pilot, said he was
at 6000 feet when the propeller
flew off and their long search
for an emergency landing field
ended just east of here. Damage
to the plane was slight
Lamb and Roy Maden, on a
business trip to Bend, were not
injured.
In Antarctic
as a reference point for tne
S lanes and also as a rescue ship
i case of any mishap.
; Early today sudden blizzard
which resulted in cracking floe
ice and a shifting iceberg forced
the expedition's three ships here
to leave the Bay of Whales for
safer waters outside of the Ross
sea. The ships still were outside
tonight.
The expedition's eastern task
force is moving eastward look
ing for good weather, Admiral
Cruzen said. This group has sent
planes on a number of success
ful flights which brought to light
new mountain ranges.
Weather continued favorable
for flights by the western tasks
group, which Is off WUkeslsnd,