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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1933
(Every Morning Except Monday)
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Editorials
on the
Day's News
lly HI A.N K JKNK1NH
TIIM NKT bonded Indobtodnoei
of Klamaib county on Jan
uary 1, according to figure, as
sembled Ilia othar day by Asses
or Lea. wss 11,164,111 uet
bondod Indebtedness meaning to
tal dabt leaa linking fund.
Tha Interest on tboaa bonds to
tha tlma of maturity will ba
H2l.ll..
Tbat la to aay, tba Intoraat RE
MAINING TO BB PAID aroounti
to about balf aa much a tba rs
malnlng principal.
a
THE NET bonded Indebtedness
of tha city ol Klamath Falls,
Alienor Lea toll! up, at 13.
0tl.lS3.tl on January 1.
Tba lntnrut that will ba paid
on thaia bondi up to tha tlma of
their maturity will amount to
Sl,l8!,t4t.l4. or ALMOST AS
MUCH at tba principal.
Tba city bouda hsve longer' to
run. and ao plla up a larger In
toraat total.
a
WK VOTED thaaa bonda. our
olTei. Wo Toted them to
pay for thlnga wa wanted. Tba
tblnga thay paid for ara mighty
nlca, and wa would find It hard
to do without them.
Anyway, tha bonda ara out,
and will bava to ba paid.
BUT HEItE la something to re
member In tfla rUTUHK,
wben wa want thlnga:
Tl 'lida draw Inturaat, and In
terest mounta uP exceedingly
faat. Whan wa get around again
to wanting thlnga, wa ahall ba
verr, rery wlaa If wa follow tha
policy of PAYINQ AS WE 00.
e a
BUSINESS houaaa handling or
era I la bava received In tha
paat week or ao notice! of prlca
lncreaiea amounting to about It
per cant. v
Ona such nollca conclude
with till! paragraph! "Plaaaa
confirm acceptanca at thla prlca
by Juna 1, or your order will ba
automatically cancelled."
It ba( baen a long tlma since
(Continued on Paga Pour)
Eugene Dry Ruled
Out of Conclave;
Fails to Qualify
SALEM. Ora., Jona 1. U.R
Slating hla pledg did not comply
with that required by law, tha se
cretsry of atale'a office today re
fused to accept a filing for pro
hibition convention dclcgata by
F. C. Hcffron, Eugene.
Candidates, on filing for the
eallot. ara required to pledge
themselves to vote either wet or
dry. lloffron marked out that
phana of the filing blank, atatlng
" I pledite myaelf that, un
der no circumstances, wilt 1 rote
for or consent to repeal of the
existing ISth amendment to tho
constitution of the United State!
of America."
Attorney General I. H. Van
Winkle held the filing could not
be legally accepted.
j Mystery Man of
Jim Walker Case
Found Near City
HOMOKKN. N. J June 1, (P)
Russell T. Sherwood aald In an
Interview today mat he disap
peared SI montha ago during the
Investigation of the administra
tion of Mayor James J, Walker
of New York became of "loyalty
and respect" for Wilker.
Ha denied, however, ha waa
aver the "agent" of Walker, who
resigned during the Investigation.
"Why did you to awayT" ha
waa aaked at an Interview ar
(Contlnued on Paga Three)
Will Rogers Says:
SANTA MONICA, June
1. Editor The Klamath
News: There Is noth
ing; any more
gratifying; than
to have been
away and get
back and get
ahold of some
home town pa
per, its like
meeting an did friend
and having a glass of
three times two with him.
Knowing I had been to
the Morgan investigation,
everybody asked me on
the way out: "What's it
going to lead to, and will
it do any good?" Yes, It's
going to be very educa
tional. It's going to Bhow
us just how "big busi
ness" got big. It got big
according to law. But
not according to Hoyle,
Yours
MURDER CLUES
SPURIA,
Blood Stains Found on
Pipe Pipe and Clothe3
In Backyard Bonfire
Mysterious Stranger Re
ported in V 1 c i n i ty
By Stanford Youth
By TAN BOU'ERMAX
United Press Staff Correspondent
STANFORD UNIVERSITY,
Palo Alto. Calif., June 1 U.R
Possibility that Mra. Alien lam
aon waa bludgeoned to death
with the ten Inch piece of pipe
found In a bonfire In tha back
yard of her home waa aeen br
officers tonight. Dr. Frederick
L. Proeacher, after chemical
analyala. aald the plpa and hlta
of cloth taken from tha flra
bora stains, resembling blood.
Mra. Lamaon waa killed by
"four apparent blows," Under
aharlft Earl Hamilton aald.
Htrwnsrr Hren
Reporta of a "ahabhy atrang
er" of a maniac on a bicycle,
and of a Jilted and Johleea fiance
tonight were added to tba Jum
ble of rumor and fact from
which authorltlea are trying to
reconstruct the true elory of
Mra. Alena ljimaon'a mysterious
and violent death.
Hanta Clara county ahorlff'i
officer! held fast to their theory
that tha atlractlra and Intel
lestual campus V. W. C. A.
aecretary, mother of an 1 8-montha-old
child, waa beaten to
death and placed, nude. In her
bathtub.
They held tha victim's hue
band, David, a minor Stanford
official, unofficial prisoner In
the county Jail for tha third su.
ccaalva night. There were no
charges agatnat Lamaon.
I'nlverally at Work '
Stanford university the noted
arkool of which Herbert Hoover
la a trustee entered tha tnves
fTgatlon. Studnet englneera who
aald they were ordered to the
task by the university, aot op
surveying Instruments and ran
transit! of tha Tina covered
atarco home In' which tha trag
edy took place. Almon E. Roth,
university controller, Tlsited
Lam-son In his cell.
Campua police, eeparata from
the Palo Alto city force, were
making a third Inquiry.
Tha campua force waa check
ing tha "ihibby stranger"
theory.
They found a atudent who aaw
a myaterloua loiterer near the
Lamaon home. Antoher peraon
told them he aaw a tall man.
apparently demented, on a bl-
(Continued on Pag Three)
Accident Victim
Held Responsible
By Coroner's Jury
A verdict that Harold Thomas
noeaen, victim of a fatal Memor
ial day automobile accident,
came to hla death by hla own
lands, and that no one waa
guilty of a crime thereby, waa
reached by a coroner's Jury after
abort deliberation Thuraday
morning following an Inqueat
called by Dr. George H. Adler,
coroner, at the order of tha dis
trict attorney.
Boesen, i3-year-old resident of
Eugene and also of thla city,
sustained a severely fractured
skull In the crash on Lakeshore
Drive shortly before 10 o'clock
Tuesday morning, and died In a
local hospital the same evening.
Itorarn At Wheel.
Evidence brought out by wit
nesses questioned at tha Inquest
by Dr. George H. Adler, county
coroner, and by D. E. Van Vac
tor, deputy district attorney,
proved conclusively that Boesen
was at the wheel when tha acci
dent occurred and that his com
panion, Al Johnson, was too In-
tox'cated to alt uprigni in tne
aeat of the car.
Tha moat Important testimony
Girl Killed When
Bus Leaves Road
WENATCHEB, Wash., June 1
(IIP) Ona atlrl was reported kill
ed and at least 12 passengers In
jured, aome seriously, when a
motor hits left the Blewett Pass
highway and crashed down an
embankment early tonight, ac
cording to Information received
hre.
Tha hna was en route here
from Seattle. Cause of tha aocl
dent, which occurred one mile
west of the summit, could not be
learned. Ambulances have been
rushed to the monntaln Pasa and
the Injured will ba brought to lo
cal hospitals.
Stimson Re-enters
Diplomatic Field
PARIS, June 1, (AP) Henry
L. Stimson, aecretary of state In
President Hoover's cabinet, has
re-entered the diplomatic, field
by accepting tha chairmanship
of the permanent conciliation
committee created under the
Locarno agreements.
The Invitation to head the
board was extended several weeks
ago, and his acceptance was an
nounced last night.
Improve- it In
p 'own
rv-.Pt Rally
ly trTTO fc'. KTrHM
united ITraa financial Writer
NEW YOKE, Juna 1, ' (UP)
Blocks and bonds mounted
to new high! for the year to
day aa trade report! Indicated
further progreaa on the road
toward buaineaa recovery.
Inflation waa ahnlved tem
porarily aa a apeculitlre stlm
ulant. It waa aupplanted by
Buch concrete algna -of Im
provement ! higher electric
output, heavier freight traffic
throughout tha country and
humming activity In major
Ilnea of trade and Industry.
After absorbing heavy prof
It taking aalea attracted by
recent brisk advance! the
ilork market pushed ahead
under tha Impetua of a big
bull drive In railroad ahares,
which were carried to tha
blgheat prices alnra 1031.
Lackawanna. Erie. Para
Marquette, western Maryland
"Katy" were among tha car
riers that aold at new high!
for th year and longer, while
New York Central, Pennsyl
vania, Santa Fa and other!
held around tha peaka of tha
curent rise.
JUDGE N AMED
Fourth List of Favored
Clients Revealed at
Senate Investigation
By Nathan Robertson '
WASHINGTON. Juna 1. HP)
A new list of selected cllenta of
J. P. Morgan and Company waa
placed betor sonata Inveatlgatora
today and tt Included tba namea
of Owen J. Roberta, now asso
ciate Justice of the supreme
court, and W. W. Atterbury,
president of tba Pennsylvania
railroad.
Tha transaction Involved took
place before Roberta waa ap
pointed to the court.
Bargains Llated.
Th latest Hat, tha fourth pre
sented, waa of persona aold
81.000 nnila of stock In th Uni
ted Corporation Morgan Utili
ties Stock Holding company In
January, Kit, at 75 each al
though the prlca almost at once
on tha public market was Stt.
Thla list dealt with clients
who purchased through Drexel
at company, Morgan affiliate, and
Included Pennsylvania atate eu-
prema court Justices John W. i
Kephart and William O. 8haffer.
ReeigiMtlon Asked.
Governor Glfford Plnchot has
demanded their resignation for
being on a previous Hat.
Former Senator Pepper, repub
lican. Pa., alao was on tha list.
Yesterday a list waa presented
of thoie who dealt directly
through th Morgan firm.
Atterbury was listed today for
1,600 unite and Roberta for 100.
Tha total units aold to those
on th list was In an amount
making total possible paper prof
Its of nearly $2,000,000.
Incoms Tax Huge.
With J. P. Morgan closely fol
lowing the testimony, the new
(Continued on Pag Three)
Drink of Whiskey
Saves Pen Guards;
11 Convicts Free
LANSING, Kan., Juna 1. (TP)
L. A. Laws, a guard at th Kan
aaa atate prison who waa kid
naped with the warden and an
other guard and taken on a mad
ride by six escaped convicts.
said today that a drink of whis
key saved his lire. He related
that he drank th whiskey ao
the convicts couldn't drink it.
Th fugitives found th whis
key In a car which they stole.
"They began passing It
around," Laws said. "With
each drink the leader of the
gang. Wilbur Underhlll, became
more violent and more deter
mined to kill the warden and na
two guarda. Finally, In desper
ation, I asked for tha bottle. I
almost drained it.
'.'If the convlcta had drunk
It, we would have all been
dead."
McALESTER, Okla., June 1,
(AP) Fugitives from two
states' prisons left reckless trails
across four southwestern states
today.
Violence flared at scattered
points along tha routes of flight
chosen by the 11 desperadoes
(Continued on Pag Three)
Bulletin
McALKSTKR, Okla., June
1. (VP) H. I). Ilradhnry and
Jim Htrlliling, who broke out
of the Oklahoma penitentiary
yesterday, were raptured to
night. They surrendered without
resistance to Officer Doc
Owensby and I. It. Kate of
Stuart, Okla. They were Im
mediately returned to their
celle here.
TULSA, Okla., Juno 1. (UP)
Police here believed tonight
they were hot on the trail of
ono-srronp of tho convlcta who
escaped Tuesday from Kanaaa
state prison.
Kidnaped Girl
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Here's Fish Tale:
Big Dolly Varden
Eats Rattlesnake
BEND. Or., Juna 1. flJ.B
Tha welrdeat fish atory of Ml
season was recounted today by
Harry Kollor and J. Parker
of Bb4. - , - .
Tha two fishermen aald In
dians on th Warn Springs
reservation caught a nine
pound Dolly Varden trout.
When they opened tha fish
to dreaa It, the atomach was
found to contain a ra'.t'.esnaxa
and a 10-Inch water dog. Th
anaka had two rattles and a
bU'ton. .
Tax League Will
Make Drive Plans
At Special Meet
A special Klamath County
Taxpayers League meeting will
be held thla evening In th cir
cuit court room of th court
house at S o'clock for the pur
pos of organising a drive to
get signers of a petition to be
sponsored by th league.
Petition blanks were received
Thursday, according to John
Irwin, president of tha tax
league. The petition asks that
the county court submit on the
special election ballot th pro
posal ot transferring th $48.
613.25 appropriated armory
fund to the road bond Interest
fund and tba current expense
fund In the- amount of 20 per
cent for the former and 80 per.
cent for the latter.
Chinese Generals
To Support Truce
PEIPINO, June 1. (UP)
Support ot the Nanking govern'
ment'a true with Japan, halt
Ins hostilities In northern China
waa pledged in a circular tele
gram Issued todsy by 47 gen
erate ot various cnines iorcea.
The telegram declared these
generals neither opposed the
truce, aa rumored, nor would
they support a revolt against
Nanking and General Chiang
Kai-Shek, head of Nanking's
armies, being stirred up In Kal
gan, to the northwest, by Mar
ahal Feng Yu-Helang, th
"Christian general."
Legion Commander
Will Visit Oregon
SALEM, Or., June 1, U.B
Banquet and other celebrations
wer planned for the entertain
ment of Louis A. Johnson, Na
tional commander of th Ameri
can Legion, dua to arrive la Sa
lem Saturday.
Johnson will make only ona
step In Oregon. Immediately
following his arrival at S p. m.,
he Is scheduled to . attend an
American Legion Junior Baseball
gam between Salem and Wood
burn. A street prrarle will fol
low, d by the Salem Legion Na
tional u.mplon drum corps. Af
ter a banquet at S p. m., the com
mander will lcova Oregon for In
dianapolis. NOMINATION OKAYKD
WASHINGTON, Juna 1, (UP)
After two days ot bitter debate,
the senate today confirmed the
nomination -of Guy T. Helverlng
of Kansas to be commissioner of
Internal revenue.
Returns Home
Miss Mary McElroy, it. kidnaped
for to houn, and below the
happy icane wben aha rejoined
ber family at tba Kansas City
home. Left to right ara: Henry
McElror, Jr., brother, Mlsa Mc
Elroy, and ber father. Judge H.
F. McElroy, city manager of
Kanaaa City. McElroy paid 130.
000 ranaom to tha men who
forced the girl to leave ber bath,
dreaa and accompany thrm from
bar home.
U.S.A.N0TTO
Davis Won VjC p pi m i t
America on Disarma
ment Fact Enforcement
GENEVA, Jun 1, WV Desir
ing to prevent any erroneous be
lief that Europe can count In ad
vene upon the United Statea par
ticipating in punishment ot a na
tion Tlolatiag the disarmament
convention now In negotiation,
Norman H. Davis, American am
bassador at large, today explain
ed tha attitude of hia government
to the arma conference.
Obligation Disliked -Mr.
Davla said the United
8tatea waa whole-heartedly for
aupervlaion of armamenta, but
was unsble to accept the Implied
obligation that It would Join oth
er natlona in bringing pressure
against a country violating the
arms agreement.
He made It clear th Waahlnf-
(Contlnued on Pag Three)
Aimee's Assistant
Disappears; Plans
To Commit Suicide
LOS ANGELES, June 1. (UP)
The unexplained disappearance
'of Mrs. Haiel Josephine Cald
well, . SS, an official of th
Almee McPherson Hutton
church, Angelus Temple, was
disclosed tonight when an ap
peal tor aid was broadcast by
the temple ralio.
Her husband, Sherman Cald
well, secretary ot the Temple
Bibl school, hss been despon
dent over 111 health. Caldwell
said. A letter gave rise to fears
that eh may hare taken her
own life.
"I have son away to prove
the things which I think are
true," Mrs. Caldwell wrote.
"You may come where I am but
I ahall not return. There la no
way to go through to the end;
then, perhaps, you will under
stand."
To her two young children
she wrote letters promising to
"meet" them In the future. j
President of Cuba
Refuses to Resign
HAVANA, Jun 1. (UP)
President G e r a r d o Machado,
whose administration has been
the target ot rebel attacks here
and abroad, tonight defended
hla policies and denied that ha
would yield his office. '
"For me to yield to the first
Individual who demands my
withdrawal would establish a
bad precedent and threaten
Cuba's sovereignty," ha declared.
"Despite contrary opinions I
am governing within the laws
and constitution, and I only re
gret that several times It has
appeared that I was governing
outside the constitution."
BKRRY CHOP SHORT?
PORTLAND, June 1. (UP)
A heavy ehortag In th 1933
strawberry crop In the Portland
area was predicted today by Hy
man H. Cohen, market editor of
th Journal,
PLANE CRASHES
KILL FIVE MEN,
INJURE OTHERS
Three Dead, Four Hurt
In California Crackup
Two Killed in East
ArmyTransport Smashes
Into Mountain Side
Hidden by Dense Fog
OKLAHOMA CITT. June 1.
(UP) Ernest Andrews, 12, and
C. B. Statham, 28, Bartlesvllle
aviators, were killed near bere
late today when tbelr airplane
crashed after a 1600 foot nose
dive. Andrews waa a transport pi
lot. Stratham bad a private
pilot's license. Wltneaaea said
tha engine stalled.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.,
June 1. UP Flying through a
dense fog In the Cajon pass, 20
miles north of here, an army
transport airplane crashed against
the aide of a mountain foothill
today, killing three enlisted men.
seriously injuring an officer and
two other enlisted men and a
seventh man, an officer, waa hurt
slightly.
The Dead
Private Spencer.
Private Leadbetter.
Private L. D. Romana.
The Injured
Lieut. E. D. Kennedy, fractur
ed leg and possibly internal In
juries. Private Decker, .broken right
leg and possibly Internal Injuries.
Private BUnka. broken left arm
and possibly Internal Injuries.
Lieut. Charles M. McHenry,
bruises.
The plane, en rout from ita
home base at March field near
Riverside. Calif., to tne east, via
San Francisco and Seattle, after
engaging in the recent 1933 war
gamea of tha air corps at March
field, was wrecked, reports said,
when the pilot attempted to es
cape fog. which had covered the
6,000 foot mountain ridge alnce
1Mb UIKIll.
Lieutenant McHenry. ot waa re
lated by ; eereral- persons who
talked to him after the crash.
said he bad been following the
railroad tracks which traverse
the pass, flying about 100 feet
above the ground.
Tba pilot, th story continued.
aald be saw what he thought was
nole in the fox between two
foothills. Opening his motors.
(Continued on Pag Three)
Probe Turned Into
Real Circus; Girl
Sits on J. P.'s Lap
WASHINGTON. June 1. (AP)
J. P. Morgan had the surprise
ot his life today.
All of a audden a little touch
of feminity, a circus midget, aat
on his lap.
Piloted by an enterprising
press agent. Miss Lva Graf
who haa aeen 31 years but grown
hardly a mite gave a real cir
cus touch to the aanata Morgan
Investigation acene. It will be
remembered that Senator Carter
Glasa, complaining against past
procedure, said it was like a
circus, adding "all we need li
peanuts and pink lemonade."
The refreshment wer missing
today when tiny Mlsa Lya heeded
through tha crowd for the Mor
gan group, while It waited for
the hearing to begin, shook
hands with several and then
walked to the dignified head ot
the firm.
Laughing, he rose, took her
hand and sat down again.
Then unexpectedly the press
agent placed tha midget on the
banker s lap.
He looked non-plussed but sub
mitted gracefully at the start.
(Continued on Paga Three)
North Dakota City
Under Martial Law
BISMARCK. N. D.. June 1
(UP) Governor William Lan-
gar placed the city ot Bismark
under martial law today In an
effort to stop costly Isbor war
around the new 34,000,000 state
capltol building which Is under
construction.
Governor Langar ordered
machine gun company from
Jamestown and company K of
Dickinson on constant duty about
th state house as a result ot
a two weeks' strike which haa
resulted in violence.
Wild Duckling Finds
Civil Life Not Bad
ALTAMONT An adventurous
wild duckling, tiring of the mon
otony of life in ita native
marshes, attempted to see Ufa on
Main street Monday.
The duckling waddled defiant
w no tha sidewalk, quacking
londlv In protest against the
cruelly of 9 harsh and waterless
woi-W! and walked Into Uus An
derson's tire shop at 138 Main
street. Attendants eaaght the
bewildered wanderer, and placed
it in a tuba rat where it paddled
merrily for several hours. Mr.
Anderson later took the bird to
Link Rlvsr Mi released it.
Morgan Proves
Veritable Lord;
His Word Final
By THOMAS L. NTOKKg
f. P. waff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jun 1. (U.PJ
J. Plerpont Morgan waa re
vealed today as veritable Lord
of an Important section of
American finance and Indus
try. All doubt about hla person
al power In the far reaching
'financial empire h beada waa
dissipated when, tbe articles ot
partnership of J. p. Morgan
A Co., hitherto a closely
guarded -document, wer
apread on the eenate banking
committee record for the
whole world to read.
The committee learned that
"J. P." Is tba ruler. Hli word
li final. Hla absolute domina
tion wa disclosed to a com
mittee already startled by
fresh evidence of the com
pany's sway over American In
dustry, finance and public life.
CHAMBER SET
FOR BIG MEET
Annual Banquet to Be
Held Wednesday Night
At Hotel Willard
Lee Jacobs was aelected' Thurs
day morning as toaatmaster of
the thirteenth annual chamber
of commerce banquet to be held
Wednesday evening in the ban
quet room ot tha Hotel Willard.
A concentrated drive to aell
the limited number. of 300 tic
keta waa atarted Thuraday morn
ing under the direction of Leslie
Peyton, chamber director In
charge of the program. Reserva
tion! for the annnal event may
be made by telephoning the
chamber of commerce.
Speaker Accept
Acceptance! of Invitations Bent
prominent speakers and guesta of
Oregon and California began
pouring into the chamber of
commerce office Thursday morn
ing.
In addition to Earl Lea Kelly,
director of the public worka de
partment of California, who will
be the aio apealrar, T, F. Canty-
bell, supervisor of Fremont na
tional forest: St. C. Sollnsky, su
perintendent of the Crater Lake
national park; D. 8. Libby, park
nationalist; Dave Cantield, chief
ranger; T. S. Stanley, manager
of the Cascade-Wonderland as
sociation from Redding and a
delegation from the Ashland
chamber of commerce have writ
ten intentions of attending the
banquet, Numeroua Invitations
sent prominent men in localities
farther from Klamatn Fat la are
expected to be accepted within
the next few days.
Proarnun Tentative
A complete program for the
affair ia yet tentative, according
to Peyton, and will be announced
at a later data. Entertainment
(Continued on Page Three)
Mitchell's Profits
Again Target for
Federal Quizzers
NEW YORK, June I. (UP)
Through a three-foot stack of
red morocco-bound volumes, the
government traced today the
golden flow of millions In bank
ing protita Into the National
City eompany'a - "management
fund" and out again to the In
dividual pocketa of the com-
panr'a officers.
The fascinating story of un
usual profits ot bank officers
who considered themselves poor
because they had salaries of less
thsn (25,000; of 3150,000 bo
nuses to officers "for special
services"; was - told a federal
court lurv In the case ot Charles
E. Mitchell, former chairman ot
the National City bank, accused
of defrauding the government
of 3350,000 in Income taxes.
Out of tha management fund
it was shown, Mitchell received
33 1-3 per cent a total, in on
payment ot $S8S.69. He failed
to includa this sum in his in
come tax return because the di
rectors voted to call it an "ad
vance." and passed a resolution
saying that It should be paid
back- in the indefinite tuture.
Press Time
HOLLYWOOD, June 1. (U.R)
Jieppo Marx, the comedian,
and hla family were robbed of
$80,000 in jewel! tonight In
a new- outbreak of banditry
directed against film notables.
BOSTON, June 1. (UP)
In pursuing her policy of ex
pansion, Japan ia simply
catching up with more pro
gressive . world, Viscount Kl
knjiro Iflhllt veteran Japanese
statesman and head of his
country'! ' delegation to the
world economic conference to
night told the Japan Society
of Boston.
; NEW YOHK, Juno 1. (UP)
Geno Tiinney, retired heavy
weight boxing champion, to
alght declared war on all
gangsters and racketeers on
behalf of the Jnntor I rtuwd
era, on whose advisory board
he
AMERICA! WON'T
TALK DEBTS AT
LONDON PARLEY
Secretary Hull Won't Let
England Bring Up
Reparations Problem
Yankees to Fight For
Lower Tariff, Stabili
zation of Currency
By JOSEPH H. BAIRD
United Pre Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1988, By United Preaa
ABOARD B. S. PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT, En Route to Lbb.
don, Jun . (UP) Definite re
jection by the United States of
British effort! to fore discus
sion of tho war debta question
ouring tne London world eco
nomic conference wss Intimated
by Secretary of State Cordell
Hull today.
Secretary Hull, aaked what ac
tion tbe American delegation
waa prepared to take on war
debta in London, declared:
"That la a matter to be dis
cussed at Washington not In
London."
Oppose British Idea
The statement by Secretary
Hull was in direct opposition to
the attitude expressed by Prime
Minister J. Ramaay MacDonald
of Great Britain on hia return
to England after conferring with
President Roosevelt at Wash
ington, Secretary Hull, who heads the
American delegation to tbe Lon
don conference, in his first press
conference on board denied re
ports from Washington that he
would return to the United
States shortly after th parley
got under way.
He asserted that he Intended
to remain In London until fun
damental problems tacln; the
economic coni.-rence -wer solved,
rather than retcm aooa.
Money Problem Up
It was learned that the Unit
ed States, England and Franc
will tk throxib the central
banks a "y.iaeu stabilisation"
01 currenciea aiimuianmiuaiy
tha economic conference.
The United Statea delegation
will fight for an accord on lower
tariffs to facilitate the flew ot
(Continued on Pag Three)
Maniac Attacks 2
Girls at Oregon;
Search Is Started
EUGENE. Ore.. June 1. 0U9
A fleet-tooted madman who has
been terrorising the University
ot Oregon campua for the paat
two days waa the object 01 an
intense police search tonight.
Officers reported he tried to
grab a co-ed in the cemetery en
the edge ot the campus this noon.
Several men students pursued
him. but he escaped. He was aeen
down town this afternoon, but
again eluded hia pursuers.
Last night, a co-ed reported he
attempted to attack her. She
tore away from him and tied.
Twice In the past two. day he
has broken Into the girls' dress
ing rooms at Gerllnger Hall.
Four Men Running
For Oregon Power
Commission Posts
SALEM, Ore., June 1, (U.P
Four candidates wer In the field
tonight for positions on the state
power commission with the filing
today ot John H. Lewis. Port
land, former state engineer and
member ot the 1933 legislature.
Peter Zimmerman, McMlnn
Tille; Morton Tompkins, Grand
Island; and Albert Slaughter,
Portland tiled late ednesday. All
are members ot the state grange,
which sponsored the power bill
passed by the last legislature.
Zimmerman was a state senator
at the last legislative aession.
Election ot tha three power
commissioners hinges on the ap
proval ot the power bill, against
which referendum petition! are
now being circulated.
News Flashes
INNSBRUCK, Austria, Jun
1. (UP) A band of Nazi
student tonight attacked
Prince and Princess Lowen
stein while they were motor
ing here. They tore the black
red pennant from the prince'a
motor car, bnt fled when he
opened fire with a revolver.
NEW YOKK. June 1. (UP)
Roger Q. Williams, ocean
flier, announced today tluit he
will attempt a round trip
crossing of tho Atlantic thla
summer to surrey both south
ern and northern air line to
Kurope.
roitTLANO, Jane 1. (UP)
A sewage disposal program
for Willatnetto basin towns
took shape hero today aa
mayors of the municipalities
met with Governor Meter and
Raymond B. Wilcox, Tic)
chairman of the atate recoa
. st ruction board
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