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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1933
(Every Morning Except Monday)
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Editorials
on the
Days News
lly FRANK JENKINS
pillCEH, ii you have read re-
peateaiy in mis column uu
elsewhore In this newspaper, ara
mini up aiaarlily partly ai a r
ult ot Inflation and partly as a
result o( changing condltloni ot
aupply mil demand.
That, aa this writer teat It, It a
bopetul algn. Prices have baen
far too low btlow tba eoit of
production In moat cases. Tbat
mtana oparatlon at a loss, and
we can't bara proaparlty wban
business la operating at a lots.
BUT LET'S face this fact and
(aca It squarely: Rising prices
ALONE won't bring prosperity
back from wbererer It bas beau
(or tba past thraa years.
If wa are to bare prosperity,
people wbo work for wagea or
for salaries, If they prefer to call
their pay checks that must bare
the money with which to buy
what Industry producea.
There la no other way to bare
prosperity.
e e e
Tf PRICES ksep on going up
without being FOLLOWED UP
by wages, here Is what will bap.
pen:
It will take more of tba pay
check to buy what people hare to
bare tba necessities of life. So,
you see, Instead of baring mora
to spend for tha comforts and tba
luxuries of llfo. tbey will bara
LESS TO SPEND.
If people bare leaa to spend. In
deed of more, business will 00
BACKWARD. Instead of forward,
and Instead of baring prosperity
wa will bare harder tlmaa than
erer.
e e e
PRICES, of course, hare to go
up first, because In order to
pay higher wagea business must
hare profits, and with prlcea be
low cost of production, aa they
bara been for aome time, business
HAS NO PROFITS with which to
psy higher wagea.
But with rising prices business
In time begins to ahow a profit
(Continued on Page Four)
County Election '
Set for July 21;
Armory Fund Up
The Klamath county court In
regular aeaiion Tuesday passed
a resolution .calling a apeclal
county election July SI, In con
junction with the apeclal atate
election, permitting a rote to
place 128, 747. 12 of the voted
armory fund in a apeclal revolv
lng fund for tha redemption of
protested current expense war
rante. The resolution adopted by the
court declared that county would
be eared the expense of paying
alx per cent Interest on tha war
ranta and that merchanta would
benefit by a revolrlng fund for
the purchase of the warranta.
After taxes are paid the armory
fund would be reverted and used
aa Intended.
Dispute Arises I
HV- - .1.- Vl-M -h t
lug iruiJuiBi ul ,w niui,u
county Tsxpsyers J-e;u 0"" I
, . i
corning the usage of the armory
fund la also expected to be placed
on the ballot. County Judge
George Grliile stated. !
ri.l.-l mtmtaA I
George Grliile stated.
Because of a misunderstanding i
over the required numoer or
algnera of a petition sponsored
by tha league for using tha money
to redeem road bonds, there is
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Meier Will Name
New Lake Judge
SALEM. Ore., June 20, (AP)
Governor Meier advised the
Associated Press today that the
appointment ot a circuit Judge
for Lake county to aucceed the
lata Judge Corklna probably will
not he announced before Friday
or Saturday. Judge Corklna
died last week.
Will Rogers Says:
SANTA MONICA, June 20.
Editor The Klamath News:
So father had a day today,
did he? Where?
But you figure it
out and he didn't
donerve any mors
of a day than he
got. Thorn la a lot
of hooey t b u t
poor father being
Imposed on.
Dear old father gets away
with quite a bit of murder
Just becauas ha la father. If
be was aome outsider and
pulled the Junk he doea, they
would chuck him In tha alley.
There la nothing outside of
an economist that'a been any
more over estimated than a
father. He la a necessity and
that about leta blm out.
Tours,
PARLEY ENDED;
URGES ACTION
Frenchmen Will Move
for Adjournment Un
le.s Progress Is Made
Pittman's Plan for Re
habilitation of Silver
Accorde d Support
LONDON, June 10. (A) High
French quarters aald tonight
that a prupotal to adjourn the
world economic conference would
be brought before the confer
enca aleerlng committee tomor
row If there were no clearer In
dlratlona that atablllratlon of
the dollar ruuld be effected.
Included on the steering com
mittee are Secretary of State
Cordell Hull and James M. Cox
ot the United Ktalea delegation
and Prima Minister Ramsay
MacDonald and Chancellor of
the Exchequer Neville Chamber
lain of Great Britain.
LONDON, June 10. W Sen
ator Key Pittman's monetary
resolution, the main purpose of
which is the rehabilitation of
liter, waa the dominant issue
before the world economic con
ference today and received aucb
support that both Secretary of
Slate Cordell Hull and tha sen
ator later declared they were
very much encouraged.
In connection with the discus
sion of this Important resolution.
tha American representatives
made two vital polnta definitely
clear:
That tha resolution not only
haa the approval of the Ameri
can delegation but "meets with
the approval ot the president at
the United States."
That tha United Statea gov
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Lost Man' a Body
Found in Remote
Place in Valley
The body of Dill Shine, sheep
herder employed by Morris Quin
tan of 1-sngell Valley, waa found
In a wild, rocky countrv near
Langell Valley' Tuesday by Pat
Brown of Mnlln, who coma
acrose the bony while looking
for atrayed sheep.
An lnvostlKatinn was made by
the coroner and aheriff. It
showed that Shine bad been ill
for about three days prior to
June 15, and that on that day
be decided he would go to bis
brother's home In Malln to aeek
medical aid. He turned down
an offer of a horse and set nut
on foot. Ha bad gone but three
miles, and Indications are that I
he became exhausted and lay
down and that he died lh same
day he set out.
The indications are that the ,
man bad pneumonia," said nr.
George Adler. county cor.jner.
hecame exhausted and died I
from tha burden placed upon tbOjan unofficial capacity thie morn
heart." ng with the management com-
Three Injured in j
AUtOmOOlte UrOSfl
Mr. and Mrs. George Pavmond I
anil
were Injured In an automobile 1
were injureu in eu huiuiuijuiiv
,cclnent Te,dsy evening on the
j hirh. m.m.th
A'h''""1 h,th,' K'"h i
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... ,h -erson. ire In the i
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Mra. Raymond it the most ' probably will be mora meetings,
seriously hurt. She received a i ,.Ttl, ww (tuatlon was dls
tractured leg, possibly Internal ; rami from the management
Injuries and cuts about the i ylewpolnt. One of the questions
hesd, according to hospital at- J -onulrtered waa whether there
tendants. The men received
cuts and scratches.
No details of tha arcldent
were available.
Jury Selected for
Suit Over Potatoes',
A circuit court Jury was se-
'l0' "''."V h " Vv, I
of Timothy Lehsne versus Ches-
tor Harton and Tom O'Keefr.
I.elmno la a potato grower of
the Merrill district and claims
$460 for potatoes which ho al
leges Barton and O'Keefe con
verted to their own use after
the potatoes were plnced In tbe
Barton warehouse for storage.
The Jury is composed of Ben
Stout, Howard Abbey, Earl
Walker, Joseph Rnlduc, Mrs.
Rachel Knlnr, R. 11. Bunnell,
Win. Ztimhntnn, R. E. Wright,
R. V. K. f. W. Kernr, Frank
Hsvage-anrt K. H. Balslger.
Vic'll Be Careful
At Next' Session
SEATTLE, Juno 20. (UP)
The Washington legislature
led by Vic Meyers aa prosldent
of the senate, passed Itlw per
mitting gnrnlshment of atato
employes' salaries.
Today Vic, well-known orches
tra leader and lieutenant gover
nor, waa the first to be sued
tinder the law. . He aasertedly
owed a Senttle costume ahop
for 167.10 worth of clothes,
VETERAN'S MEET
SAI.KM. June 10. (UP)- Bovs
In the blue and gray membera
of tha ' fast-thlnnlng ranks of
Civil war veterans opened their
62nd annual alata encamnment
here tonight with onlv 100 nrea-
ent. ,
Where President
, y .. S .
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j p i h
yv j !( - -
Here la the yacht Amberjark II on which PreaMent Roosevelt
held one of the most Important conferences of tha political year
Tuesday. Raymond Moley, assistant secretary ot state, whom
Roosevelt Is sending to London to
economic conference delegation,
tha yacht.
SPECIAL ENVOY
IS INSTRUCTED
Raymond Moley Boards
Roosevelt Yacht Before
Going to London Parley
EN ROUTE WITH PRESIDENT
HOOHKVK.l.T AT SEA. Off Cape
Cod.. June JO, P) In a dramatic
meeting at aea. President Roose
velt today gave instructions to a
special envoy to the London eco
nomic conference, Raymond Mo
ley, assistant secretary ot state.
Moley soed to the presldentlnl
schooner by sesplane and destroy
er to get the last word from Mr.
Roosevelt for tne worm economic
parley to which ha goes tomor-
ow.
Instructions Glr
Out In the deep, while steering
his little 45-toot schooner around
the shoals off Cspe Cod. the pres
ident listened to latest develop
ments at the London conference,
and then, with his hands still on
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Railroads Asked
To Delay Slashes
In Labor s wages
WASHINGTON. June :0. )
Railroad management today re-
i celved a suaxestlon from admin-
titration aources that proposed
wsca'reductiona be postponed.
Joseph B. Eastman, co-ordlnat-
r trsnnnortatlou. conferred in
mctea of the carrlera which Is
handling a proposal for a perma-
.... nf 991 nw rent In
ilroad wages.
Meeting Satisfactory
At the close ot the conference
Se,ted to the railroad managers
civina 10 ine rai
tt-.et the Issue be 1
...... .
"The course of .
""i 'f'ni
postponed.
events." he said.
Will ll.UrilU UH UUOMUCtlfc UD"
u. h.A . mn.i .tt..
l":??""'"" .,, ,h.r.
should be a postponement ot the
Issue. At this time, no informa
tion is possible at to what will oc
cur." Son-in-Law Takes
Stand for Mayor
MEDFORD, June 20. (UP)
, .on-in-l.w ot Mayor
,,.." "' ,,',.
' K .., ',.,, H,.H
late
today testimony by atate wit-
nesses Implicating Jonea in the
bold courthouse robbery.
Ilugg testified that Wesley
MrKlttrlck, J. A. Ladicu and
Virgil Edlngton did not come to
the Jones home at Rogue River
with a carload of ballots the
night of the robbery. He also
denied talking to Deputy Sheriff
Phil Lowd about seeing the of
ficer'! car there. The state as
serts Ledlen borrowed Lowd's
car to carry stolen hallota In.
Glenn Jack, defense counsel,
said Jones' case would rest to
morrow morning. The case Is
expected to go to the Jury on
Thursday morning.
Police Arrest Man
For Sending Bombs
WATERTON, N. Y., June SO.
(UP) Joseph Doldo, 20, said
to be mentally deficient, was
held by police tonight for ex
amination after he allegedly ad
mitted ho Bent crude bombs to
President Roosevelt aeveral
montha ago.
Doldo waa captured, police
said, after he recently Bent a
letter to Mr, Roosevelt In which
he enclosed a check for $76,
000,000 to pay tha war debt.
Held Conference!
carry Instructions to the world
conferred with Roosevelt aboard
Spanish Aviators
Missing on Flight
To Mexican Capital
urvmn mtv tnu en fTTPl
I Anilely waa expressed tonight
for tbe safety ot the two Span
Inn tranvAtlantlc fliers, Captain
Mar.an.t Barheran and Lieuten
ant Joaquin Collar, overdue here
on a flight from Havana, Cuba,
The fllera were due here
abont 5 p. in. after an estimated
im hours for tbe 1126-mile
flight from the Cuban capital.
They lett Cuba at 5:61 a. m
Havana time (2:51 a. m., CST)
today.
Word from Havana aald their
plana carried gasoline for IS
hours of flying.
The Spanish flyers hsd not
been sighted since they left
Cuba shortly before dawn.
Stores May Close
2 Days Here for
Independence Day
Because aeveral grocery and
clothing merchants of the city
have expre-sed the desire to de
clare both July S and 4 a holi
day, the merchanta committee
of the chamber of commerce
z-nt questionnaires to all mer
chanta In the city Tuesday
morning concerning the closing
ot stores both Monday and
Tuesdsy.
According to officials the
chamber, several ot the larger
merchanta believe little business
would be lost should the stores
remain closed aa many Klamath
people are planning to spend
the vacation In other cities where
there are celebrations, at ocean
beaches or in the mountains.
With the closing on July S, a
three-dav vacation 'period would
be enjoyed by business folk ot
Klamath Falls.
Although no official announce
ment haa been made by the city
and county officials, several ex
pressed their expectations of
having tbe two daya off In addi
tion to Sunday.
Man Arrested for
Starting Fist Fight
Fred Johnson. S3, farm hand
ot the Fort Klamath district,
waa brought to the county Jail
In an Intoxicated and beaten
condition.
He waa brought In by L. C.
Weber. R. S. Blue and E. R.
Rodgers, all of Fort Klamath.
According to aheriff's officera.
Johnson, about midnight, at
tempted to drive Weber'a car
away.
Weber saw Johnson before he
could get started and demanded
that he leave the car. Johnson.
In an Intoxicated condition,
started a fiKht. Weber used a
brick In warding off his antag
onist and after tha scuttle feared
he hsd brought serious injuries
to Johnson.
Johnson is being held In the
Jail on investigation.
Ex'Reservation
Head Transferred
LAWRENCE, Kai., Juno 20,
(Pl It was announced at Has
kell Indian, school today that
Clyde M. Blair, superintendent,
will leave next week for Albu
querque to become head ot an
Indian school there July 1.
Paul M. Flcklnger, assistant
superintendent, will botn chnrge
at Haskell temporarily. Blair
was here five months, having suc
ceeded Dr. R. D. Baldwin, who re
signed. He came from Klamath
Falls, Ore., with the understand
ing he would go to Albuquerque
In July.
Five Blind Persons
Killed In Accident
FREUNDENSTADT, Germany,
June 20, iff) Four blind men
and one blind girl were killed and
several blind passengers were In
jured today when a truck carry
ing 41 blind Inmates ot the Hell
hronn convent catapulted down
an embankment.
LUMBER WAITS
RECOVERY LAW
Three Companies, How
ever, Put Men Back to
Work in Local Mills
2200 Workmen Employed
On Present Low Pro
duction Scale Here
Lumbering In Klamath county.
Including aawmflls, box factor
les. planing mills and woods
work. Is marking time awaiting
the outcome of action expected
which might vitally concern
operatlona In the Industrial re
covery act.
A aurrey Tuesday morning
showed the majority of Klamatb
operatora in an uncertain condi
tion aa to the extenslveness of
summer operations. Practically
all are running enough to care
for current orders. A very few
aeemed unconcerned aa to future
restrlctlona and are moving along
In tbe best way present financial
conditions will permit.
Chang- Effected.
Three major changea In oper
ations will be noticed this week.
Tuesdsy morning tha Pelican
Bay Lumber company atarted
sawmill work, putting men of
tbe mill back to work who have
been unemployed aince a ahort
run whlrb lasted only for a few
days tbe latter part of April.
Tbe Ivory Pine company, oper
ating at the present with J
men and one shift, expects to
atart another shift In the saw
mill during the week. The pres
ent anitt la running on a id
hour basis.
The Ewauna Box company cut
a ahift In the planing mill Hon
day morning to aix honra and
put another crew ot about I
men to work on a aecond six-
hour shift. Two six-hour crews
are also operating in the saw
mill and one crew ahift In the
box factory with a total employ
ment ot between 460 and 600
men.
8200 Employed.
With the mills and factories
running "on the fence," a rough
estimate of approxlmstelv 2.20
men are' employed at the pres
ent. The Big Lakea Box factory Is
operating one nine-hour ahift
the sawmill and one eight-hour
shift in the box factory. A total
ot 240 men are employed in the
(Continued on Page Eight)
Oliver Hardy Sues
For Divorce; Says
Wife Cot Plastered
LOS ANGELES, June 20. (UJS
Plump Oliver Hardya screen
comedian, late . today tiled suit
for divorce from Mrs. Myrtle
Lee Hardy, accusing her of ab
senting herself from home for
long periods and then returning
Intoxicated.
Hardy's screen partner. Sun
Laurel, waa sued tor divorce on
May 2 by Mrs. Lois N. Laurel.
In her complaint ahe alleged
Laurel bumiliated her and
caused her mental anguish by
remaining away from home.
The rotund comedian claimed
that he had forgiven his wife
too many times tor her alleged
conduct upon her promises to
"behave." Tbe promises. Hardy
claimed, were not kept.
Mrs. Hardy'a mode ot con
duct, the actor complained, waa
detrimental to his motion pic
ture career.
Secretary Hull
Interviews King
LONDON. June 20. (API
King George V received Secretary
ot State Cordell Hull, chairman
ot the American delegation to the
world economic conference, at
Bncklngbam Palace thla morning.
Hull remained with the King
half an hour.
After the audience the secret
ary ot state said. "The King
seemed very well Informed."
While Mr. Hull declined to
say more about the visit, ex
plaining that It was not etiquette
to do so. It was understood gen
eral economic measures were dis
cussed, as both men are keenly
Interested in the restoration of
normal conditions.
Truck License Law
Attacked Once More
SALEM. June 20. (UP)
Charging that the truck and bus
law, effective July 1 creates a
monopoly for railroads and large
truck lines, the truck owners
and Fnrmera Protective associa
tion filed a aecond injunction
against the measure today.
The ault names Charles M.
Thomas, public utility commis
sioner, aa defendant. It asserts
heavy fees will put the small
Independent trucker out ot busi
ness. SCHOOL CI-OSIXO VP
8ALEM. June 20. (UP) Sen
ator Charles McN'ary will confer
with President Roosevelt on
July 6 regarding the impending
closure of Chemawa Indian
school, according to Information
received her today.
Recovery Program Czar
Promises Action To Put
Millions Back On Job
By THOMAS L. STOKES
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, June 20. (UP)
Promising Incessant action.
Brigadier General Hugh S. John
son, administrator ot President
Roosevelt's recovery program,
expressed belief that It would
put "several million men back
to work tbla summer."
"The main Idea is to get the
people back to work," Johnson
declared.
"There haa been too much
promising and too little per
forming throughout thla depres
sion," he told newspaper men
In outlining bla objectives in
tbe gigantic tasks.
Idea Unprecedented
He described It as something
"that baa never been done be
fore, any time, any place, so tar
aa I know."
Swinging his lege from a table
and gesturing forcefully, tbe
former army oftlcer pledged tbe
Hunt for Missing
Flier Switches to
Silverton Woods
PORTLAND. June 20. (UP)
Search for William Young, miss
ing Portland Airways pilot,
sbitted late today to heavily
wooded sectors near Silverton.
Rudd Benson, rancher In the
hills 10 miles eaat of Silverton,
said be saw through field glasses
what he believed the tall of an-f
airplane protruding from trees
on a nearby ridge.
A ground party la oa Its way
by automobile to Lookout moun
tain. Searchers will scan the
surrounding territory with
glasses. An airplane searcb for
the plane described by Benson
proved fruitless.
Permission to nse three planea
from the S21st Observation
Squadron, stationed at Vancou
ver, Wash., waa given today.
Germany Adopts
'Hands Off Rule
In Austria Fight
By WEBB MILLER.
United ITeee Staff Correspondent
Copyright I03S by United Press
LONDON, June 20. (UP) A
policy of non-interference In
uairlan . alfalrs. .jUaplLs. .the
stringent antl-.Naii party im
palgn there, was proclaimed by
Baron Constantin von Neurath,
Germany'a foreign minister, here
today.
In an exclusive Interview
with tbe United Press. Baron
von Neurath declared that the
Nail government at Berlin In
tends to maintain strictly
"hands off" policy with regard
to Anstria'a suppression ot the
party within her borders. He
Insisted tbat Anstria'a action
could be regarded aa a domestic
political affair, and added sig
nificantly: "We do not think ot Interfer
ing In Austrian matters. For
one thing, it Is doubtfal whether
Chancellor Dollfusa there will
be the strong man and hold his
office very long. In tact, I
don't think he will."
Columbia River
Project Viewed
PORTLAND. June 20, (AP)
Operation of transport barges
on the upper Columbia river ap
peared definitely nearer realisa
tion today In view of the action
yesterday by Major General Lytle
Brown, chief ot army engineers,
in recommending a 7-toot chan
nel ISO feet wide from Celilo
Falls to Wallula.
Portland trade eirclea were
enthusiastic over the news from
Washington. D. C. Shippers said
this was the first step toward
ultimate Improvement of the Co
lumbia and Snake rivers for ex
tension ot the inland water
transportation system far into
the productive agricultural coun
try of the Inland Empire.
Senator Predicts
Dollar for Wheat
NEW YORK. June 20. VP)
Senator Arthur Capper of Kan
sas looks tor dollar wheat by
the end of 1933.
Cbeerfulneaa about the future
was the keynote ot an interview
given -yesterday by the republi
can senator, a veteran in the
fight tor remedial farm legisla
tion. He said commodity prices
should continue to rise, thus In
creasing employment and wagea.
Wheat that sold at 10 cents a
bushel last year at this time
now sells around (0 cents, and
he aald that by the end of the
year It will yield the farmer $1.
American Radical
Dead in Germany
FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MA1N.
Germany. June 20, (AP) Rose
Pastor Stokes, American leader
of the radical party, died today
at the Municipal hospital. A
heart ailment waa given aa the
Immediate cause ot death. She
recently waa operated on for
cancer.
The body will be cremated and
the ashes sent to New York.
The cancer operation waa per
formed by Prof. Vito Schmieden.
Mrs. Stokes entered the hospital
April 15. . She waa 54 years old.
whole Influence of the govern
ment to bring anont higher
wages, shorter working hours
and order In Industry. Ha will
depend upon the psychology of
patriotism that won the war.
He announced a "truce" would
be sought among Industries to
prevent expansion and to pro
hibit new industries which would
retard tha program by Increasing
production beyond set levels.
Tbe general objective in the
administration's lnduetria! con
trol plan Is a it-hour week,
thougb thla may vary In certain
localities and for some Indus
tries. It will be aomewbat
flexible. Tbe first "code" sub
mitted, that of the cotton textile
industry, proposed a 40-hour
week.
The wage proposed In the va
rioua "codes" must provide a
"decent standard ot living in the
locality where the workers re
side," he declared.
FUNDS ASKED
Delegation of Westerners
Headed by Portlander
Calls for Quick Action
WASHINGTON, June 20 (IP)
Stepa to obtain a share ot the
public works fund to repair and
complete tbe federal reclama
tion program were taken today
by a western delegation in con
ference with Commissioner El
wood Mead, of the reclamation
bureau.
Marshall N. Dana, of the
Portland. Ore., Journal, and
chairman ot the delegation which
appeared for the national recla
mation association, aald tbe
group Intended to meet next
with Secretary Ickea and Donald
H. Sawyer, temporary adminis
trator of public works, after
which it would confer with the
public works board of cabinet
officers ot which Ickea la chairman-
Millions Needed. .
1t was estimated that to com
plete the reclamation program It
would take upward of 125,000.
000 but officials said all figures
were only tentative and that
nothing could be announced now.
"Tbis is necessary to stabilise
western agriculture." Dana said.
"We are opposed to building
new projects at this time but
we want to clean np the federal
reclamation program."
He said one ot tha basic ob
jectives waa to atrengthen the
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Gasoline Prices
Again Go Upward;
Klamath Feels It
PORTLAND, Ore., June 20.
OP) For the third time this
month the Oregon motorist to
day dug deeper Into bla pocket
tor gasoline money. There waa
a difference, however, in th.it
today's advance was the first on
the product. The other two were
tax Increases.
The retail price ot Ethyl and
first grsde gasoline advanced
one-half cent a gallon, and third
structure fuel waa up one cent
a gallon today. Last week the
motorist was caught tor a halt
cent increase in the federal tax,
and on June I he started paying
an additional one-cent state tax,
the result ot lower license fees.
The general Increase In gaso
line affected Klamatb as fol
lows: Highest quality 21 cents, reg
ular grade 26 cents, and third
structure 22 cents.
OVDGK AFFIRMED
Circuit Judge W. M. Duncan
waa affirmed Tuesday in a de
cision handed down by Justice
Rossman, of the state supreme
court, in the case ot the United
States Fidelity and Guaranty
company vs. the county of Klam
ath and others, appellants. The
action was suit to recover
money for services performed.
Press Time
ORBETELLO AIRPORT,
Italy, Wednesday, Jnne 81.
(UP) General Italo Balbo,
air minister In charge of the
projected (light of 24 sea
planes to the United States,
announced at 13:80 a. m. to
day that the start had again
been postponed.
SACRAMENTO, June 20.
(UP) Walter W. R. May ot
Portland, Ore., waa elated to
be elected president of the
Pacific Advertising Clubs' as
sorlntlon here .tomorrow.
MOSCOW, June 20. (UP)
Freedom to moro than 1 (Ml,
OOO exile and political pris
oners has been granted by a
sweeping order of amnesty
Issued by the Soviet govern
ment in Moscow, the United
Press learned oa high author
ty today. .
THREE STATES
mum
Iowa, One of Driest In
Union, Turns Wet With
New England States
Connecticut, New Hamp
shire Report Landslide
for Repeal F orces
DES MOINES, Iowa, Jnne 20.
(UP) Iowa, long regarded as
one of tbe rock-ribbed dry statea
of tbe union, had piled np a
majority ot approximately 100,
000 in favor of prohibition re
peal with mora than one-half of
the state's 2436 precincts re
ported tonight.
With 1444 preclncta reporting
the vote was:
For repeal, 295.22; against
repeal. 203,674.
Majority, 91.725.
S TO 1 VICTORY
CONCORD, N. H., June 10.
(UP) New Hampshire, a state
which had prohibition before
the national prohibition amend
ment waa adopted, favored re
peal approximately 2 to 1 to
day In tbe election of delegates
to a convention which will con
sider repeal of tha 18th amend
ment. Returns from 272 towna and
warda out of 294 in the state,
with every city complete, gave:
For repeal. 7.447; ' against
repeal, 29.728.
CONNECTICUT WET
HARTFORD, Conn., Jnne 20.
(UP) Connecticut had elected at
least 48 wet delegates out of a
possible 60 to the state's repeal
convention, on the basis of re
turns from 31 ot the state's 35
senatorial districts tonight
Scattered tabulations from tha
four uncompleted districts indi
cated a wet victory by a sub
stantial margin.
The incomplete vote, with tho
138 towns reported, gave the
following reenlU:
For repeal, 221,769; against
repeal 12.820.
Wheat Countries
Reach Agreement
About Production
LONDON, June 20, (API
Definite progress In negotiations
by tbe "Big Four" wheat pro
ducing countries toward reaching
an agreement for control of pro
duction was reported authorita
tively in world economic confer
ence quartera today.
Premier Hendryk Colljn ot
Holland told the economic com
mission he hoped to nave a plan,
aupported by the United States,
Canada. Argentina and Australia,
ready tor presentation soon for
the adherence of the smaller
wheat producers.
Control Chief Problem
In the meantime talks among -representatives
ot the "Big
Four" have progressed, with the
method ot attacking crop con
trol the chief problem. The
United States Is the only coun
try with a definite plan legalised
and ready tor action.
Canada is in agreement In
principle and the Argentine dele-
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Legion Will Honor
Dead Commander
SHREVEPORT. La., June 20.
UP) The American Legion,
which Major O. L. Bodenhamer
aerved aa national commander,
made plans today to bury him
with all It honors.
Louis A. Johnson, the present
national commander, will at
tend the funeral personally it
possible, be said at bla home In
Clarksburg. W. Va. Johnson de
scribed Bodenhamer, burned fa
tally when - his cigaret set off
gases In an oil field near Hen
derson. Texaa, as "one ot the
most beloved ot the legion's na
tional commanders." Boden
uminer, 40 years old, waa elected
to the high post In 192.
News Flashes
GLOUCESTER, Mass., Wed
nesday, Jnne 21. (UP) Pres
ident Roosevelt piloted his
schooner Amberjack II Into
this historic New England
port shortly before last mid
night. .
LOS ANGELES, June 20.
(VP) A veritable "flying
power plant turning np S.10
horsepower, wilt be flown by
Col. Roecoe Tnrner, noted
speed pilot, la the New York
to Los Angeles Bendix trophy
race July 1, It waa announced
tonight.
BANGKOK, Slam, Jnne 20.
(VP) While King Prajailhl.
pok waa absent from the cap
ital, liberal leaders In Banak
kok today overthrew the gov
ernment in the second blood
less Siamese revolution ia
rear.
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