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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1933)
EWS CLASSIFIED The mw news N EWS COVERAGE The Klamath t'M 'k rfnti (n every wcllim The Klaaaatb News t serviced by iMdti 4 Ptw, United Fran. Mm Eaterprte AatoclaUe) ad MeMaagb feature syndi cate. County coverage by Matt mitt aad eotrespotHleats. if Klamath county and aovllieru California. If Itirra I Miiiiriiiiiig it m'II, rent or trail or If you nerd eoiurlhlng, tha easiest method U the classified till, Vol. 8, No. 200 Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1933 (Every Morning Except Monday) N Emm Editorials OH tht Day's News By FRANK JENKINS) MA UK thai dalai In rsd Ink on your calendar August 10. J I and II. They ra Import ant. On that three days, th ttat convention of th Aniarlcin La lion will oa bald In Klamath Falli. and It la confidently ex pected that this convention will bring to our city at least " thousand paopla from all ' Oregon. w. .h.n all ba oulta buiy on thaaa threa big daya In August. - THIS allendauc aallniata of 1,000 la eoneervellve, and takes Into consideration botb tba condition of th tlmaa. which may raatrlct peopi' Inclination to travel this yaar. and tba loca tion of Klamath Falls at tba ex treme aoutharn bordar of tba atata. Attendance at atata eonven tlon, of lha American Legion In Oragon In other year ba run a bllb aa 10,000. 80 It eeem quite reaaonable lo eipect at least 1,000 bar tbl year. JUST a word aa to what thla will mean la dollara and centa for la thea daya wa hare to conilder such things: It doeen't aeera poaelbla that these visitors can epend lew than 10 each while they are bare, for .k.i nnM be only I3.it per day tor tbos who spend the entire three days. That would amount to a total of 130,000. It la probable that the amount apent by this city's Tlsltora at th Legion convention will run somewhere between $30,000 and 150.000. IS CONSIDKIUKQ this sum, re member that It will ba new money, brought here from the outside to be added to what we already have. That fact Is hlgb ly Important In these days of scarcity of money. IS MANY waya, thl convention will ba unique. It Is the first convention of the American Legion aver held In Oregon where tho business men were not asked to underwrite the eost. The Legion post la financing It wholly without as alstanca. No business house will be asked to contribute a cent, ex cept for the decoration of Its own premises. The decorations are owned by the Legion post, and will ba sup plied at cost to the business bouses. In this way. the cost of decorating the city attractively will be kept low. IN STILL another way thla con vention will be unique. It was obtained without a struggle handed to ns, as a matter of fact, on a silver platter. That came about In this way: For many yeara, the right of Klamath Falls to the atata con Tendon of the American Legion baa been conceded, but aa long as the beautiful Legion memor ial building here remained un paid for the local post did not put In Ita bid tor the state con (Continued on Page Four) RKI) SOX WIS The Ewauna Red Sox defeated the Big Lakes Mill team Thurs day evening, It to (. Will Rogers Says: BEVERLY HILLS, Juno 2. Editor, The KNmath News: Mr, Roosevelt has been for six weeks tryinpr to find a Republi can. He wanted to put him on the Economic Conference and send him to London. Well, he finally located one, Senator Jim Couzens of Detroit, and he only admitted to being one, just to get the trip. I tell you it takes bribery to get a fellow to write Re publican after his name nowadays. . Well, they are leaving with high hopes. And it would be wonderful if they could do nomething besides just seeing the King when he delivers his address- Yours, Highlit Hawks Smashes His Old Record By Robot Control NBW YORK. June I.- (UP) Flying by aid of a robot pi lot, Lieut. Commander Frank M. Hawks, America's aerial siinad king, tonight lowered hie own record for a non-slnp flight from coast to coast when he reached Floyd Ben nett airport at 11:18 p. m. Hawks bad taken oft from Los Angeles a) 9:61 a. m., to day for-New, York. -.. - Ho established a new record tor the transcontinental flight ot 13 hours, 29, minutes. Reforestation Men Ordered to Camp By Saturday Night The 68 young reforestation re cruits pf Klamath county between the ages of 18 and 2&. were or dered Friday morning to be at the Silver Creek marsh camp, near Silver Lake, by Saturday evening. Th ordor from J. 7. Camp bell. Fremont national forest su pervisor, was received by Coun ty Judge George D. Qrlnle. Campbell asked that Klamath's full quota of young recruit be delivered at the camp Saturday. Transport at Inn Arranged. Judge Orltsle was hurriedly making arrangements for trans portation of the men, and asked that they report at the court house Immediately to complete medical totts before leaving Sat urday morning. Tentative plans are for transporting th men In three county school buses. Bag gage will probably be delivered in one ot the large county trucks. The order arrived unexpected ly Friday morning shortly after H. E. Bradbury, relief director, had left for Lakeview. British Policyln Foreign Affairs Is Rapped by Labor LONDON, June I, (P) The labor party attacked Chancellor of tho Exchequer Neville Cham berlain and the government In the house of commons today for nllowlng the world economio con ference initiative to go to trie United States." Sir Stafford Crlpea, labor spokesman,- demanded: "Are we only to follow the sug gestions made by Mr, Roosevelt, who undoubtedly ! a very re markable manT Is It necessary rnr him to hav a monopoly on Initially for th world economic conference! Cars Have Trouble On Road Into Lake, A telephone call from Lake 0' the Woods to Bert Hall, presi dent of th lake association, early , Friday morning, Informed that five or alx cars attempting to make the trip to the lake Thursday are badly stuck In the mud flat and will not be moved until assistance ot some kind Is received. Hall made a trip to th lake last week-end Inspecting road conditions and has since Informed all Inquirers th road 1 not pa'KAhle. I Warm weather has thawed the drifted snow, along tba road, causing the roadbed to become soft. , ad Death Mystery David A. Lamson of th Stan ford University Pratt, and bis wife, who waa found dead In the bathtub of their Htsnford eatnpua borne, Her hetd wan crushed. Mr. Lamson , was charged with her murder k ri ds y. ilelow, the Lamson bums low. Inset, a diagram, showing (1) fir where Lamson burned weedt and a place of pipe was found, (2), Mrs, Lamson' bed room and bathroom. J iV.-st'oi, AV. iBffl. i sji 1 - LAMSON FACES Husband of Dead Woman Held on Warrant; Pol ice Arrest Loiterer STANFORD UNtVERRlTV, I'.lo Alto, Calif.. June 2. (VP) Arrested pear th Herbert Hoov er and David Lamson homes, a man giving the name of Harry Hugo, Sen Francisco and Los Angeles, was held on order of campus police tonight. ' He ssld he was hanging around to talk to Mr. Hoover, Fred Frehe, chief of the campus police, said, "in some waya he answers descriptions of a man seen loitering around the Lam son home before Mrs. Lamson was found dead, but I'm not willing to say he'a auspected of being connected with' the case. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Palo Alto, Calif., June 2. (UP) David Lamson, termed "the per fect husbsnd" by campus inti mates, today wae charged with the alleged murder ot bis 28- year-old wife, Allen Thorp Lamson. Sheriff "William Emlg signed the murder warrant. . It accused the 30-yesr-old salea manager of the Stanford Press of crushing his wife s skull with some blunt instrument, then placing her nuda body In th bathtub ot their home. . Kansas Prisoners Who Stayed Home Receive Rewards LANSING, Kan., June 2. (UP) Mora than 1000 convicts at Kan sas state prison were rewarded today for refusing to loin 11 men who kidnaped Warden Kirk Prather and two ot his gusrds and escaped on Memorial day. Gov. Alf. M. Landon an nounced that every prisoner who is serving more than a year and who refused to join th mutiny would have six months taken from his sentence. SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark., June 2, (AP) Lewis Betehel, on ot 11 convicts, who escaped from the Kansas penitentiary Tues day, was surprised and captured today at a farm bouse near Dripping Springs, Oklahoma, Posses reported they were closs behind two of his companions, Richmond Issues Bench Warrants A number of bench warrants have been Issued to local bit'- bers who have failed to r-V their city license fees, according to an announcement from Police Judge Clifton Richmond. These barbers are subject to fin for non-payment, and It they fall to respond to th bench warrants, will be liable to fin and Imprisonment aa well, the police Judge said. License fees became da on January 1, 1933. HWKDKH TO FKKTt Th Order of Vasa. Swedish lodge, will hold Its annual feed and program Sunday afternoon and evening, beginning at 4 o'clock. The meeting will Le held at th Odd Fellow ball. It it open to th public. BILL TO HELP BY FITZGERALD West Coast Expert Calls For Federal Subsidy on Mortgage Security Movement of Home Ren ovation Throughout Na tion Sought by Group By JAMES ft. HHsCKHT 1'nlfrd Pre Staff Correspondent 8BATTLE, June 1. (UP! , Passsg of an urban mortgage bill by congress waa recommend ed today as panacea for lum-berlng-Missle Industry of th Pa cific northwest, "Lumber, the--, barometer of northwest prosperity, would be brought bark with a bang nnder euch a bill providing loans to remodernls dwellings on second mortgage securities," John B. Fltigerald. statistical expert of the West Coast Lumbermen' as sociation, told th United Press. Mra Back cm Job Lumber men are hopeful of th futur since about J, 600 men hav gone back lo work la th northwest camps and sawmills sine March 1. Fltigerald warned that tba Increased lumbering ac tivity was du to speculation, there being no algn of Increased home building or building con struction. "There 1 every reason why th government ehould aubeldtse home remodernliatlon," Fltiger ald aaid. "Germany baa apent one hundred million marks In bom rehabilitation and England about a billion dollars in th past 10 yeara. Poland also has been active. Home cltle In the United Statea hav started tbelr own campaigns." "Face Lifting" Needed Lumbermen contend American homea need a gigantle "face lifting" operation. It was estimated In 1(31 that ot 17,328.687 tingle family dwellings, 11,800.000 or 8 per cent were erected more than 10 years ago. Oregon's Industry Booming: Payrolls Growing Greater SAN FRANCISCO. June 1. UP) Increased employment' In In dustrial plants ot Oregon was not ed today In a report by the fed eral reserve bank for April, in volving 124 firma In that state. The report showed a 7 per cent Increase In wage earners and 13 per cent in total payrolls aa ap plying to the average weekly wages paid. Slight decline were reported in the paper and print ing tradea and miscellaneous groups. DETROIT. June 2, OP) Flv per cent pay Increases affecting 130.000 wage earneri were an nounced today, as officlala of the Fisher Body corporation aaid to day they would Join the General Motora corporation In ordering the increase, effective In all divi sions ot th two corporations. Legionniares Go To Salem Meeting Four Klsjiath Falls Legion naires, all prominent in state American Legion affairs, left on Friday night for Salem to Join In the welcome to Louis John son, . national commander. The Klamath men will dis cuss plans for th American Le gion state convention to be held In Klamath Falls August 10, 11, 12. Those making the trip were Bill Canton, commander ot the Klamath post: O. D. Mathews. chairman of the convention com mission; Dewey Powell, state conductor ot tha 40 ot ' I, and Fred Heilbronner. Klamath High Graduate Sees Stoiy Book Miracle Come True Friend and companions ot Raymond Porter, a young Klam ath Union high school graduate In 1932, thought the youth must be a little "oft" last summer at Odell lake when he showed rea ped for an aged couple spending the summer at the Cascade mountain aummer resort. The old gentleman, a retired doctor from New Orleana, couldn't get the fish to bite his hook no mattor how hard he tried. Porter, whose father la signal man at Odell for the Southern Pad tic, had no Job and spent his summer daya along the lake shore fishing. . An acquaintance was struck up between the "good" and "bad" fishermen. Dr. Smith learned how to capture th trout from his young instructor. Mrs, Smith was In poor health and as th friendship for Porter grew, he often accompanied the weakened woman on short walks around the summer eottage. After the vlslto:s returned to their aouthern home, they cor responded with Porter, who spent hi winter shoveling mow from Scene of Big Kansas Holiday Penitentiary Break K0 - S osmt;-!- 1- iaiBt.g Air view of th Kanaa state aaaaL atbaT---, L convicts Memorial day, with subsequent kidnaping and terrorising It Kirk Pratber, warden, wbo wa fluded pursuers. Below, Harvey RECOVERY BILL LOSES WALLOP Senate Finance Commit tee Eliminates Roose velt's Club; War Seen WASHINGTON. Jun 2. (UP) Th enat finance committee tonight extracted the teeth from President Roosevelt's national Industrial recovery bill by vot ing to eliminate the licensing provision, which constitutes the administration's only weapon In enforcing minimum wages, max imum working hour and trade agreements. Chairman Harrison ot the. committee aaid every effort woul db made to reator the licensing clause when the bill already passed by tho house reaches th aenate floor. "Licensing is me umy on In the bill," Harrison said. "Ton can rest assured that every attempt will b made to restore It." Under th term ot hte re covery bill, which l expected to send ,000,000 men back to work, the president would be empowered to Issue license to trad associations. Hi only mean, ot enforcing regulations to prevent nnbr'dled competition would be through the power to revoke thoa li cense. Mill Man Injured In Knife Battle at Plant in Klamath Vern Thomaa, 21. employe of th Shaw-Bertram Lumber com .... 1. nrnnrlni In a local bos- nltal'today from knife wounds be lieved received In a fight Thnrt- dThomas Injuries are not terl ous. He received cuts on the right arm. Tendons above the right wrist were completely ter ered. and be la recovering from loss of blood. A cut In the shirt worn by Thomas, now in the pos session of Sheriff Lloyd Lew, re vealed an attempt waa made to ttab Thomat In the chest. The fight it alleged to have started from a friendly acuffle early Thursday evening at the Shaw-Bertram mill. Both were employed on the mill green chain crew. State police and officer from the shertff't office spent th en tire night searching for Ira Green, 45. who disappeared when the tight was broken up by other employes ot th company. railroad tracks high In th Cas cades. He had never been away from tha Pacific coast. Although his knowledge ot the mountain lakes and stream was th but, b knew little ot great cltlet About th middle ot Hay, Porter received a letter from hit appreciative friends at New Or leans. Opening the letter a tic ket with all reservations to the southern city attached, rolled to the floor. He arrived In New Orleans, May 21, and In a letter to friends In Klamath Falls, told ot sights and experiences of which he had never dreamed. He told ot hi: wealthy retired friends and th appreciation be Ina shown In return for the kindnesses at Odell lake, kind nesses which he never realised for they were every day wxperl ences. . The eompunions at the lake, 2672 miles gvay from New Or leans are probably now wonder ing whether Young Porter was really "off" In doing good turns for his aged summer horn neighbor. penitentiary, Lansing, Kan., sewn kidnaped by the prisoners and J, Bailey, on ot the convict ringleader ta th escape. Doe Dies Trying To Recover Lost Fawn In Stream BEND, June 2. (UP) A frantic aearcb for her lost fawn which finally brought death to a dletracted mother deer In Paulina lake, even though fishermen three time towed her to safety, waa re counted here today by ang ler. Chased by coyote, the do and fawn plunged Into th Icy waters. The fawn turned and swam back to shore. The doe, unable to find her young, swam desperately In cirle. Angler saw that ahe waa tir ing and took her to shore. W 1 1 b o n t hesitating, ah plnnged back Into tbe lake. Again the fishermen rescued her. Two more times th re turned to the lake watera, bnt the fourth time the angler were unable to reach the ex hausted animal and eh sank below the surface. Her fawa stood on the bank. Sheepherders of Klamath County May Call Strike Five hundred sheep herder ot Klamath county were called to strike tor higher wage Friday by a committee representing a newly formed shep herders' association. A general mast meeting of all sheep herders In the county has been called for Tuesday evening, to protest against the low wage scale and to elect permanent offi cers tor tbe organisation. A large number ot the herder In the county have quit their jobe. which have been replaced by men lesa competent and experienced from other counties, according to Con O'Keefe. John Sullivan and Tom O'Brien, committee repre senting the new organisation. 'Owing to th increase In wool prices and the prospects of tell ing lambs at a high price, sheep herders feel the wage acale ehould be railed In proportion." O'Keefe aaid. O'Keefe declared the wool price between 20 and 30c per pound and that herder were receiving $40 per month with room and board. Last year, he atated, wool was selling from 9 to 11 cent, and herder war paid ISO. Two years ago, wool price were around 18 cents, and herders re ceived 2100 per month, he atated. Irrigation District Board Has Session The Klamath Irrigation Dis trict board held a regular month ly meeting Friday in the office in tbe court bouse basement. Only routine business was cared for, according to A. L. Craw ford, secretary. S. M. Hammond, chairman ot the board, was not at the meet ing. Other members of the board are John B. McCulley and S. P. Dehllnger. Postmaster McCall To Ask For Bids John A. McCall, postmaster and custodian ot the federal building of this city, ha com pleted a check of concrete walks and curbings surrounding the building, and In tha near fu ture wU advertise for bids tor repairs to these walks. Winter Ice and snow caused cracks In the concrete, and It I necessary to make repair Im mediately, according to the post master. Grounds surrounding the fed eral building will be re-seeded to grass as soon as th weather becomes settled, McCall atated Friday. Much of the young grass was killed out during the .winter months. MRU PUT Ol'T Little damage was done by a small fire at the home of George Crliile. 1326 Lakeview avenue late Friday afternoon. Th tire started nnder tho kitchen sink, hnt was nut out by the tire de partment before gaining head way. a ot a tpectacnlar break by 11 ot a wide area. Above, left. carried with them until they KIDNAPED GIRL NAMES CAPTOR McGee, Taken In Texas Identified, Admits He Holds Stolen Money KANSAS CITT, Me Jane S. (UP) Mis Mary McEIroy to night Identified picture ef Wal ter McGee a thoa ot one of the men who kidnaped her last Sat urday. Her father and brother alto Identified McGee aa one of th two masked men wbo re ceived 220,000 ransom money, It was announced by police. AMARTX.LO, Texaa, June 1. (UP) Walter McGee, one of the five persona held here aa' suspect In the kidnaping ot Mis Mary McKlroy. 25-year-old damgbter ot tk city manager ot Kansas City, Mo. signed a state ment tonight, according to po lice, that 29200 found In his possession waa "hot money." Denies Abduction McGee Tigoronsly denied, bow- ever, that be waa Implicated in any way In the abduction of the vivacious society leader, who waa kidnaped by two men who forced their way Into her borne while ahe was taking a bath. and who released her after 230, 000 ransom had been paid by her father, H. F. McEIroy. McGee aaid, aocordlne to the police announcement, that be obtained th money in Kansas City, under agreement to travel about the country and get the larger bill changed. McGee bat terved time In the Oregon state prison, officials said. Morgan Inquiry In Recess; Attorneys Clash Over Query By ATHAX ROBERTSON WASHINGTON, June 2. (AP) The senate Investigation of J. P. Morgan and company was abruptly recessed for the week end today after John W. Davis, counsel tor tbe firm, protested against a question directed at Tbomaa 8. Lamont, junior part ner, apparently relating to hit income tax return. The white-haired Davit, form er preeldential candidate, leaped to bfa feet to object when Ferd inand Pecora, aggressive senate committee counsel, called young Lamont to the stand and asked him about sales ot stock Decem ber 20, 1930. 'This Is not fair play," Davis protested, asserting Lamont bad not been advised he would be questioned about the stocks. Chairman Fletcher finally rul ed the question was pertinent. Lamont then said he did not recollect about th sales and he waa directed to look them up over the week-end. Press Time FLOYD BKSSET FIELD, New York, Saturday, June 8. (UP) Jamea Mattern, Texaa filer, announced early today that ho would take off at S a. m. for Berlin on the first lea; of a proposed solo flight around the world. ROO8KVF.LT FIELD, N. Y., June 8. (VP) Kxploston anil fire demolished It plnnea tonight In a anectacnlnr blase which cansed damage estimat ed n; 200,000 and attracted thousands ot persona to the field. TIIAA, Okla., June 2. (UP) Former Henntor Janice A. Reed of Mlsanart waa Injured today when aa airplane in which he waa riding crashed to the ground. Heed, most aerionsly Injnml, was rushed to Mornlngside hospital where two stltrhea were taken In severe head wound. 20 KILLED IN OIL EXPLOSION Fire Follows Blast In Long Beach Richfield Refin ery ; Scores Hurt Destruction Worse Than That of Earthquake; Million Dollars Damage LONG BEACH. Calif.. ln. e (AP) A terrific explosion awent tbe Richfield Reflnerv at 1S9 o'clock today causing death and destruction, tbe toll of life being vswuiaica at twenty. Tbe compression nlant vrith ten compressor and eight 1000 barrel tank are burninc flareelv at 2:20 p. m. The daman to tha rjlant le estimated by workmen at -over a million dollara. Derrick houses en nraetleallv all wooden rig In th Signal Hill section were demolished and many well damaged. witnesses said that houses war crumpled wort than la the recent earthquake. 8lde of buildings saved in and furniture was blown into tbe strata. Tbe blast broke window two mile away ta th downtown Mo tion of Long Beach, and created Intense excitement throughout the city, which was struck by aa earthquake last March. Flames In treat ihut, fcnt high into tbe air, and before fir apparatus could reach the scene a crowd of some 16,000 people blocked the Streets and delayed the fir apparatus. Tbe refinery Is located at ITtV and Lime streets. The first identified dead waa Thomat Collins, aa employe - ot u Tannery. It wa reported that among those who perished were a woman and a baby. It wis th greatest d luster that ever swept tba famous Signal Hill district, on ot tbe big oil producing fields of southern California, located on the northesst border ot Long Beach. Vast clouds ef black smoke belched from tbe flaming strno tores, te bavos appearing to have spread over several acres of tbe plant. Half an hour after the blast tbe flames were raging beyond control. Terrified residents rushed from borne la all parts of th city when th blast shattered windows mile from tbe scene. The blast appeared to have originated in the meter plant ot the refinery, known as plant No, 9, and the I. C lease. Representative ot th Rlchr (Contlnued on Pag Three) Injured Survivor Of OH Fire Tells Story of Tragedy LONG BEACH, CaU June f. (UP) Blinding sheets ot flame and deafening explosions which accompanied tbe disaster at Sig nal Hill were described from a hospital cot tonight by M. D. Glover, 25. a survivor. Suffering from burnt which may cause his death. Glover told tbe United Press of his experi ence in the center of the blast He was at work with three other men on the D'Angelo tract, within half a block ot the Rich field compressor plant. "The first I felt was a terrible concussion," Glover said. "I was blown np against the aide of onr engine room, or I'd be going yet. "The wall fell on ma and knocked me out. When I came to. the fire was at my feet and all around me. I was badly hurt and spent my last strength digging out from nnder the tim bers. "I wandered around looking for the other workmen, but I couldn't find them. I tbink they got out. at leLst I hope so. An ambulance came and took ma away. "When I was walking around I met a man who said he had been blown over a fence. I've worked In oil fields all over the country and this It the worst oil fire I ever taw." , News Flashes PHILADELPHIA, Jnne 2. (UP) Cyrus H. K. Curtle, noted . publisher, waa reported near death at hit home here today. Physicians held little hope for hla recovery and said the end waa "only a matter of hours." NEW YORK, June 8. (UP) " Cspt, J, Krrol Boyd announced tonight that he will take oft Wednesday morning from Floyd Bennett airport In an attempt to fly non.stop to Haiti, a distance of 8400 miles. ASTOniA, Jnne . (UP) The stringrat Columbia river fishing ntrike apieared near an end tonight after Arthur Anderson, president of . the Columbia River Halmoa com pany, said he would pay fsn ermra cent pound far their flab. ,