TEWS COVERAGE Tho Klamath Newa la aerrlred by AmocIaU rd Pi-fm, United Preaa, Newa EntrrprlM AMoclatfoa and MrNaught Feature 8yadt cate. County coverage by ataff wrltrra and correspondents. EWS CLASSIFIED Tin Klmimih Ntws lu rmd In strry Mx-tlon of Kin mill h rouitly ami nnrilirrn Cnllfurnla. If tlirro U omt lilnv u aHI, rrni or t rutin or If you nm niitrlhlng, the vnftlcat iiitillioU la tho clnHlflnl U. THEEMimTH Vol. 8, No 231 Price Five Cents. KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1933 (Every Morning Except Monday) JNEWS Editorials on the Day's News BY FRANK JKNK1NS npWO ESCAPED . CONVICTS A bold up t bnk iu Xiuu Instead of giving up lamely, sad relying upon the Insurance com pany to mod the loss, tbe bank er alarU thootlni. '.When lb ' amok eliara away, on bandit U dead and tba other ratally wound ed. Strong medicine. But It there were more ot It, there would be tewer bank hold-upa. e e HPHE world economic conference. hailed In adrance aa a tre mendous event, enda In a llitie and will recess Indefinitely on July 17. Why It walla until J lily 17 la not at thla moment clear. I'er bapa the delegatea bad Juat ex pense money to last until Ihen and didn't want to lose the bene fit ot any ot It. e e TH THIS COUNTRY. BO teeri are belni abed over the (all ure. Be tar ai we are concerned It WASN'T a failure. It gave u tbe opportunity to let It b known that In the future we are aolni to have our own way. at loait a reasonable ahare ot the time, or refute to play. That la aoraelhlng ot an achievement. e TT ISN'T that we don't want to CO-OPERATE with Europe. We do. But there la a vast dif ference between co-operation and being ued aa a doormat, aa we bare been In the past. e e JOHN BARRIER, 17. alayer ot Slate Policeman B. M. Baucom. on Sexton mountain, will blame bla career ot crime on bla aesocl ate. Harry Bowles, aged 11, who. be says, led him Into It. Not an especially edifying spec tacle, but It may be true. Evil Delations, rou know, lead to evil ways. e e e (jEAT WAYKHIta Oregon, Betting' New Seasonal Mine." So reads a headline of the other day. Most of us knew It, Incidentally, without reading the headline. But let'a not complain. Heat t tbla aeason la good for South ern Oregon. Beeldea. we com plained so loudly about the cold, backward apring that It would be rather poor aportsmanshlp to complain now about the beat, e e e THE 8FRINO PU crop In Ore gon tbla year la about 11 per cent smaller than the crop ot a year ago, according to the lateet tim.t. of the department ot agriculture. In the United States aa whole, according to the same au hnrltv. the anrlnc crop la UP about three per cent 1 Quite a difference. ' e NORMALLY. Increased produo tlnn In the country aa a, whole meane lower prices In Ore gon. In tbe case of pork, bow ever, thla le not necessarily true. The Pacific Coast produces (Continued on Page Four) UNIFORM CODE FOR INDUSTRY BEFORE BOARD Wage Scale For All of American Industry Put In Shape by Czar Immediate Purchasing Power to Be Created to Stabilize Prices AimeeSned For Divorce ByHerDo LOS ANGELEB. . (UP) The third roma. oi Aimee Sample McPberaon-nuuon. ismou woman evangelist, ended abrupt ly In the divorce courts today when her baritone butband. David L. (Iron Man) nuran, (lied suit alleging mental cruel ty Mrs. McPherson-Hutton. still convalescent from a recent oper ation, waa reported hurrying home from Paris wnen im pound singer moved to free him self from a marriage that "hu miliated and embarrassed him. Hoax (Marts It Ilutton's cruelty charges were i....a .i. the blonde evangelist s actions In Paris, and dwelt at length on her hoax cablegram Informing him he was the father of a nine-pound boy. ; Th. anil graphically detailed Ilutton's mental anguish before iin Mutton revealed that she Intended the message merely to locate tbe source oi ies .u k- nrlv.te rabies. It was publicity resulting from (Continued on ragerirsi KIDNAPED DRY CH1EFKCAPES Rev. R. E. Close Gets Away From Abductors In Battle On Highway Itv THOMAS U STOKE United Prrse Waff Correspondent WASHINGTON. July 17. (UPI A uniform code specifying minimum wage and maximum hours for all types of American Industry will come before Presi dent Roosevelt's supreme recov ery council for consideration to morrow. General Hugh 8. Johnson, na tional recovery administrator, was whipping It Into final abape tonight. Almost Ready "I may have It ready for final action tomorrow," the adminis trator aaia bust a iwo-uuur 1 - -t- -,nii he cussloa of bla proposal, by lhe tb. back, .ot.tbe . automobile.. - caninet aavisory commmev in charge of tbe industrial recovery WViK.S GO VP NEW YORK. July 17. (UP) Thousands of dollars weekly were added to the nation's buying power today as Indus trial concerns Inialled wage Increases In conformity witb President Roosevelt's Indus trial recovery program. Textile and workers led among the thousands whose pay envelopea were fat tened aa result of the Indus trial codes of their industries. Additional employment was reported. Workers, long Idle were called back to plants which are rapidly atepping up production. In the aleel Industry a gen eral IS per cent wage Increase Is called tor under the new :ode, and one by one the big companies fell behind the movement and announced the workere would receive the ad ditional pay Immediately. American Delegates Favor Committee to Put Over Big World Program SUPER BOARD' . fv -.ill I Ull i-ARLEY WORK Ramsay MacDonald Ex pected to Recommend Idea to Conference PORTLAND. July 17. (CP) !.- fountain nen and a pen- .ii fiim. Rev. R. E. sunerlntendent of the Ore- I . Antl.Saloon League, out fitted two would-be kidnapers, according to bla story to slate ' police today. Two men forced him to get out I of bed early today, dreea and I drive tbem to McMlonvllle In his I car. Victim Bound Once out ot Portland, they t htm and threw blm TO nir.l-9 RAISED MAtiflHFIELD. Ore.. July 17. (UP)Wages of 100 employes of the Evans Products company were raised today from 10 to a nt. The Increases af fected piece workera aa well as J aalaried employes. program. No final decision waa reached by the cabinet committee which is essentially tne sums in person nel aa tbe council which tbe president organised last week. It was derided to consider the problem further tomorrow with the president at the regular weekly White House council session. Johnson Is fighting to put over bis uniform code Idea promptly gainst some obstacloa which have arisen as the project waa being prepared. He regards It absolutely necessary at mis (Continued on Page Five) Stocks Boom Up To Highest Mark Since 1931 Peak NEW YORK. July 17. (UP) Stocks whirled up to the highest prices since 1931 todav when an other rise In commodltiea fired speculative enthusiasm. An added Incentive waa high ly favorable business newa. In cluding wage Increases and Im proved earnings reports by some of the country's leading corpora tions. With an Increasing public In terest apparent In tbe Chicago grain pita, wheat shot np more than 6 cents a bushel to new highs for the season. Corn, oats, rye and barley perked up. Herrlot "America Will Rogers Says: BEVERLY HILLS. July 17. Editor The Klamath Newa: Do you remember some of the atatementa before the London confer ence started? The world was to stop revolving, air waa to lose Its oxygen If the conference failed. ot France laid and Franca look with a like purpose on eco nomic problems, the confer ence must succeed." Cordell Hull really waxed dramatic. The failure of the confer ence will moan the failure of atatesmansblp, aelflshnosa must be banished from all minds." Woll, the thing has flopped and we are getting along bet ter than ever. It just showa that nothing la Important a month later. The funny part about It la that all those atatesmen really thought thoy were going to "make history." Well, history makes Itself, and the atatesmen Just drag along. Yours, State Takes Over Glendale's Bank SALEM, July 17. P) The Olendnle State bank today placed Its affaire In the hands of A. A. Schramm, atate bank superin tendent. The bank has trans ferred Its unrestricted deposits to the Orants Pass and Joseph Ine cnuntv bank. The deposits to lie liquidated aztreiate about IS9,n00. ine capital of the bank, organised in 11)05. waa s-o.nuu witn sur nlus of 15,000. J. M. Tborne of Rosebnrg la president. Id. He worked . loose from tne thongs and took nia rassi. . pen In one nana ana the other, snoving mem .e..-.. the men'e backs, he shouted: Put them up or 1 11 Plug you. The men reiusea to oDey, Close asserted, so he pushed both men out of the car which was going about 15 milea an hour. M I'ttfirfinninia namra He summoned atate police aid .. MrMinnville. but no tracea were found of hla kidnapers. Close believes the men were members of an extortion ring ..hi-K nn Anrll 10 aent threaten' In. letters to the Anti-Saloon Leaaue. Th state of Oregon votea on repeal ot the 18th amendment and repeal ot the atate dry lawa Friday. Ousting of Sheriff Of Jackson County May Be Contested MEDFORD. July 17. (UP) A contest over tne ousun Sheriff Gordon Schermerhorn was expected tonight following appointment ot Acting Sheriff Walter Olsmscheld to succeed him. Schermerhorn. convicted Sun day of a felony In connection 1th. then ot iu.oou eiecnoii u,- lots, was removed from omce today by the county court by a 1 to 1 vote, JUOge r.an ri. rcui, refusing to vote. Fehl is also charged with stealing ballots. Rr.hermerhorm was rimo from office for 90 daya by Gov ernor Julius L. Meier, the time expiring last week. He demand ed bla omce dbck looor. m court declared the office vacant and named Olmscneia to uu u. Friends ot the ex-sherlff are expected to contest the proced ure. Fehl waa In the courtroom upstairs where aelectlon ot Jur ors to hear the burglary chargea asnlnst him was underway. He refused to attend the county. court meeting or sign tne ecner merhorn ouster. By HERBERT MOORE I'nllnri Pifse Staff Correspondent LONDON. July 17. (UP) The I American government, feeling j that International action la ne-1 cessary In addition to tbe United : Btates domestic recovery pro-; gram, favora establishment of a f "super steering committee to' carry on the work of tbe world economic conference. It was learned authoritatively tonight that the American dele- j gallon would like to see a super-: committee composed upon ad-j Journment of the conference. It j should Include, delegatea believe, l the representativea oi a aoxen or more leading nations. Work In Interim These delegatea would con tinue the work outlined In the agenda of the world conference. pushing forward to the greateat possible extent, pending recon vening of the conference. Prime Minister J. Ramaay MacDonald ot Great Britain, probably will recommend forma tion of aucn a semi-permanent organisation, thua holding tbe hope that great achlevementa In International cooperation yet may come out of tbe conference. The United Statea would support such a proposal by MacDonald and It la considered likely that James M. Cox would be one ot tbe American members ot tbe super-committee. Confident of Success In this connection is waa un derstood that the American dele gation believea tbe United Statea domestic recovery program- la achieving a aound foundation for moderate economy recovery, but it waa emDbaslsed that there le neat-- of . certain International I action to conaolldate and bold recovery In the United 8tatea and other nations.. For tbla purpose the plan waa laid for a super- committee. The British and American del- evatps aereert todav to a new draft ot the disputed silver reso lution, which will be submitted to the silver committee on Tues day. Britain was understood to have been blocking agreement previously while It also waa re- j ponea benaior fuimaa apa cea- (Lontinuea on rage rive) Puffed Up! S , ,, I 1 1, I Hi ARMORY BILLS THRESHED OUT FOR ELECTORS Liffuor, Sales Tax Issues Relegated to Secondary Interest at Meeting Irwin, Meyers, Cantor En gaged In Lively fight Over Use of Funds A little teller attracting lots of attention In West Paterson, N. J., la 1-year-old Charles Nor mand, Jr., who amaxed a crowd ot ahoppers by puffing majes tically on a big black cigar while seated In an automobile parked In a downtown atreet. Smoking since the age ot 14 months, Charles gives yon here an Idea ot hla advanced technique. Elizabeth Roosevelt Granted Divorce; Elliott Going To Chicago To See New Lope Roosevelt Praises Conservation Army For Useful Work WASHINGTON. July 17. (UP) President Roosevelt tonight praised the civilian conservation corps aa a "visible token of en couragement to the whole coun try." He aald the forest army represented a new spirit Impa tient ot attempting to "get some thing for nothing." "You are evidence,", the presi dent said In an address, "that we are seeking to get away as fast as we possibly can, from tne dole, from soup kitchens and from free lodging because the government la paying you wages and maintaining you to do actual work work which la needed now and for the future and will bring a definite financial return to the people of tne nation. Mr. Roosevelt said that through the reforestation work era the country would "graduate a fine group of strong men. clean living, trained to self dlscipllne and above all, willing and proud to work for the Joy of working." Suit Against Mellon Dismissed by Court WASHINGTON. July 17. (UP) The (220.000.000 damage suit filed against Andrew W. Mellon, Ogden L. Milla and other offi cials of the treasury during the Hoover administration was dis missed today by Justice James M. Proctor in district supreme court. The action was brought by David A. Olson, former Investi gator ot the senate banking com mittee. He charged that the treasury officials conspired in 117 tf al low foreign ateamsnip nnea to Illegally cheat and defraud" the government ot 1110.000,000 In Income taxes. Dog Enjoys Rest, But His Master Lands in Bastile ONTARIO. Cal., July 17. (UP.) Jack O'Sbav, 17, hitch hiking Minneapolis boy, landed in Jail today because hut " dog waa mechanically minded. Charged with taking a lum ber company track In Red lands, 0"Shay told police be wanted to give kla tired dog a ride. Nearlng Ontario, the truck stopped. Believing It was out o( gas. O'Sbay walked to the lumber firm'a Ontario office where he posed as the regular driver and aaked for gasoline. Returning to tbe truck with police, who were called by tbe lumber company. It waa found the lack of gas waa not the trouble. O'Shay'a dog, rummaging under the aeat, bad ahut off the fuel aupply. Post In Siberia Ahead Of Record; Ocean Fliers Die Round-World Airman 10 Hours Ahead of His Old Record; Lithuanian Flight Ends In Crash Short Way From Destination Ity JAMES F. WICKI7.EB United I'resa Staff Correspondent MINDBN, Nov., July 17. (UP) Kllxabeth Dnnnor Roosevelt, wlfo ot Blllott Roosevelt, second son of the president, was grant ed a divorce here today and Im mediately after the hearing he prepared to fly to Chicago where he was expected to moot Ruth (Inoalns. Fort Worth. Texas. itrhiiiante wnose name w linked with his when hla marl tnl troubles first became known. Montnl Cruelty Chanted Mrs. Roosevelt, although not present, won tho decree on nrn..onmnlalnt to Roosovelt stilt charging "extreme mental cruelty." The hearing, held be hind rinsed doors, required only 15 minutes. Roosevelt testified aa to his legal residence, sirs, Sam Piatt, wife of his attorney, corroborated him and the de cree was entered. Under an out-of-court proper ty aettlement. Mrs. Roosevelt, heiress to a Pennsylvania steel fortune, will retain custody ot their g-montha-old child. Will' lam Donner. Roosevolt will have visltlna rights and will provide for the .child's support, ho ali mony was asked or granted. Hnrlna llrlnsa Trouble ' Thus a romance that began In 1031 and flowered into matri mony at Rrynmawr, Pa., In Jan uary, 1931. came to a pre-arranged climax. The first breach In their marital happiness be came known this spring when (Continued on Page Five) Can't Go to Fair, So He Tries Death PORTLAND, July 17. (UP) Disgusted because he could not in to ths Chicago world's (air. Edward Sncll, 10. made a futile attempt to commit suicide by lenninc off a bridge Into tho wuimmnttA river today. A passing truck driver atrlppcd to his underwear and rescued the Ind after he bad Ignored life preserver thrown him by the bridge tender. Snell sold his plana .to go to Chlcaco were spoiled when comoanlon who waa scheduled to accompany him changed his plans. President Stays At Home Fighting Slight Head Cold WASHINGTON, July 17. (UP) President Roosevelt trimmed bis calling list and worked today in bis study at the White - House while treating a slight head cold contracted during bia week-end yachting trip. It waa emphaslied the chief executive had no temperature and no doctor has been caned In. The nsual custom ot hav ing a personal physician for the president waa scrapped when Mr. Roosevelt took office, During tbe day. between greet ing occasional callers, the presi dent worked on details ot the huge publle works program by which bis administration hopes to put millions ot men to work before the alow lues. Woman of Alturas , Death Race Winner ALTURAS, Jnly 17. (Special) Mrs. Everett Hotchklss, wife ot local baker, won a race witn death to reach the bedside of her dying father In New York City. Mn Hotchkloa recently re ceived a wire that her ratner could not live more than 48 hours and had expressed a de sire to see his daughter. Wiring to the Transcontinental Air iiinrs at Reno, her husband rushed her to that place, only to find that they were too late to catch the eastbound plane. The air transport line furnished a light plane In which she overtook the regular overland plane at Salt Lake City. She reacnea ner father's bedside in New York 74 hours before he passed away.- The young woman, wno is tne mother of four children, naa never been in a plane before. Tbe armory bill, personal Is sue of Klamath county presented to the voters at Frtday'e special election, brought lively stimula tion to a, mass meeting of clti- sens at the Rainbow theatre vfAnv nirht snonsored by the League of Women Votera. The measure, coming at the close of wholesale discussion of proposals before the people, gained Imme diate precedence In the mind of a large audience to laat minute advice before moving to the polls to ballot In an election minus Dersonalitlea but abundant In htlls. The Oregon aalee tax S"d the nMi measure were reduced In importance aa two aupponera m two separate armory billa and nan nnDonent of both vigorously urged acceptance or rejection of plana to control a tuna nsiea ai more than 14 8,600. Crowd Large A huge audience ot cltlxena left the theatre donated by Harry W. Poole primarily Inter ested" In the contrary presenta tions of tbe armory bill argu menta. There waa. however, ob vious alertness to the statement of Charles Williams, county com missioner, predicting federal ac tion in matching the armory found and possible commence ment ot construction within 0 daya. John Irwin, president ot the Klamath County Taxpayers Leaxue. opened the discussion in favor ot the ballot supporting nrnnasal to transfer tbe fund tor use by the county In the county road bond Interest fund land the current expense fund. - Irwin." sapBortmg tnis sugges tion as "good business." dwelt particularly on opposition to the ballot proposing (20,000 ot the fund be transferred into a per manent warrant redemption fund for tbe purpose of purchasing protested current expense war ranta and the balance to be aet aside In a temporary warrant re demption fund. The measure stipulates that the latter be transferred back when a auffl cient amount to build the ataury baa been received from the atate or federal -governments. Vets Lead Attack Thla second measure, support ed by Williams, and the first proposal were attacked Dy w. r. Meyers, representative of a re cently organised veterans' politi cal group. The argument or tne commie- sinner described the measure permanently transferring the en tire amount to tne current ex- sense and road funds unneces sary Inasmuch aa the county ex- netted to Iinisn toe year wua a balanced budget drawn up last year. He declared the aucceea of ballot Indicated by 301 yea nil .t3 no would make tt possi ble for the county to hare nse or an Idle fund and still preserve the amount set aside for tne edi fice. He indicated the county would make no immediate in vestment ot the money tt might obtain if the measure were suc cessful until it was known defl- (Continued on Page Five) MOSCOW. Tuesday, July 18. (CP) Wiley Post, racing against time around the world to aet a new record, took o(( (rom the air drome at Novosibirsk, Siberia, on the fifth leg of hla flight at t:ti a. m-, Moscow time today (1:55 a. m., E. D. T.) Post stopped In Novosibirsk only two hours and tt minutes. He landed there at t:lf a. m. (11:19 p. m., Monday, E. D. T.) Post was bound for BARRIER CASE GOES TO JURY Bowles Shot Policeman, Made Pal Confess, Says Defense Lawyer was bound for either Irkutsk or Chita en route to Khabarovsk on the far ' eastern coast ot Siberia. It waa raining at Irkutsk. 900 miles to the east, and the landing field there waa poor, so It waa believed that Post might continue to Cblta before stopping for a few hours' rest. He planned to reach Khab arovsk to spend the night. MOSCOW, Tueeday, July IS. (CP) Wiley Post completed the fourth stage of his attempted (light around the world when he landed at Novosibirsk, Siberia, this morning a(ter a 1580-mile (light (rom Moscow, according to word received here. . ., n.ea , .. , . -. T-n i x-ui required la Hours, f GRANTS PASS. July 17. (CP) .,,., , ,h. . Hairy Bowles shot State Police-. cow ,na WBen he arrived at Novosibirsk be waa 10 hours 26 man B. M. Baucom. then talked John Barrier, bia younger com panion. Into admitting the kill ing. W. T. Miller, attorney for Barrier, charged in nia oosms arguments to tbe first degree murder Jury today. . The case went to the Jury lata In the afternoon. Barrier assumed the blame for the shooting the officer because be waa convinced by hie older confederate he would get otf with a year in the reformatory, while he, Bowles, would be hanged. Miller declared. Only Two Wltneasee Only two witnessea appeared In Barrier'e defense his father and mother. The latter de scribed her hoy a wore to ueu the family while her husband waa unemployed. Barrier a tathar Uatllied toe-- Angeles police were Informed Bowlea did tho ahooting. The state In lta closing atate- mni iiwiared the defense bad md no attempt to deny the killing and that it was lmmaterl- wbich oov enot u since both, according to tne law, should be banged. O'Connell Search Gets Another Clue ALBANY, N. Y.. July 17. (UP) Search for John J. oxonnen, Jr., kidnaped nephew ot the po- ltically powerful O Conneil ram- Ht turned abruptly tonight to arhennetativ. is miles irom Al bany where he was abducted 11 davs axo. District Attorney John T. De lanev. accompanied by a group ot federal operatives assigned to tbe case, aped to Schenectady to investigate under world reporta concerning the case. Delanev. renorta said, went to Schenectady to seek an under world character "who had been spreading rumors be knew some thing of the case. Song Writer Can't Take It, Says Wtte I.OS ANGELES. July 17". (TTP) Sam Coslow. aong writer who y romantic advice In his tune, Learn to croon, wouia noi take bla own medicine, Mrs. Dorothy Coslow charged today In a divorce suit. Mra. Coslow. a former actress, alleged the aong writer was "profane, morose and sullen." She aald a property settlement had been made where Coslow will enntrlhute 1175 a week to support her and their eon, aged 1. Tbey were marries, id iso- mlnutea ahead of the record for world flight set by Post and Harold Gatty in 1931. wnen rost ana uatty arrived in Novosibirsk, using the same plane, they were 78 hours, 35 mlnntea out of New York, the starting point. When Poet ar rived bere thla morning he waa only 6 hours mlnutea out ot New York. Filer Loses Time Post lost a little time on the Moscow-Novosibirsk flight He waa IS hours ahead ot the Poat- Gatty record when he left Mos cow and bad hoped to make the (light in 11 hours. He waa sighted, twice aa he flew over Siberia, at Omsk and Tatars kaya. . Dempsey, Baer Put Down Gloves, 1 ane Up Romance Again SACRAMENTO. July 17. (UP) Th. htiftinMl OI nUKlllBin " " forgotten in the Dempsey-Baer camp today aa two of boxings most noted ngurea mance. ; Xf. Raitr. heaWWeiKnt uue contender, announced that . ne and bia estranged wife, Dorothy Dunbar Baer, had Become revuu- ,.nl Jark Demnsey. tonner uwww of the title and now promoter of Baer'a tights, waa expected to be married to Hannah Williams, New York musical comedy star, either here or at Reno within a few days - Legionnaires Will Wear Wood Badges American Legion wooden money appeared in the city a tew daya ago. and now another wood product made especially for the forthcoming Legion state convention baa made lta appear ance in the form- of clever little pine badgea for official delegates in thu convention, num and eua'."xry delegatea will wear the badges. ' The badges are two 07 lnchea, are atamped with a pine tree, the American Legion insig nia and the convention slogan. "The Bugle cans. jviamaiu Falls." "Ship In wooden boxes." is the slogan printed in email lettera upon the aide ot the badge. BOLDIX. Germany. JUly 17. (UP) Uniformed storm troop ers stood guard tonight beside the bodies of two American avi ators who died in the wreckage of their airplane after a 4000 mile transatlantic flight from New York to a desolate Pomer anian forest. Tbe fliers. Capt. Stephen Da (Continued on Page Five) Pedestrians Given Break Sidewalks Must Be Cleared Police Judge Clifton Rich mond waa ordered by the city council Monday evening to noti fy property owners of the city with trees or other obstructions to sidewalks to have . them cleared so pedestrlana would not be forced Into the streets. The council gave permission to the Sea Scout troop to erect soft drink concessions (rom which It plans to raise expense . money for a trip to Portland and a visit to tbe ship "Constitution." Mrs. Clay Howard, whose hus band has been employed aa truck driver for the oity fire depart ment for 13 years, was reported In a critical condition and per (Continued on Page Five) MAX DROWNED John Waschau. SO, drowned Monday In the Sprague river at Bly. according to a report to the coroner. Flight Of Italian Seaplanes To Chicago Cost $3,000,000; Ships May Visit Washington U. O. Medical School Will Be Enlarged PORTLAND. July 17. (UP) The state board ot higher educa tion late today approved a build ing program calling for a new unit ot the University of Oregon medical achool consisting ot a psychopatlc hospital and an iso lation building, available for tu bercular cases. The plan, suggested by Dr. Richard B. - Dillehunt, dean of the school, calls tor cooperation of city, county and state In se curing the buildings. Federal funds will be sought to finance the construction. Cost of the project would be S800.000. - Rumors ot an upset In officers failed to materialize when the education body re-elected all of-, fleers for another term. Student tees will be decreased S a term at Eugene and Cor vallls and S3 a term at the nor mal schools. It was decided. Out- of-state fees will not be cut. ROME. Julv 17. (UP) The flight ot the Italian air armada under Gen. Halo Balbo to Chi cago was estimated tonight to have cost about 13,000.000. In cluding S56.000 for each plane. .The expenses along tne roum Including the bases for trawlers, were about $54,000, which will be met by a special sale of air stamps. Thla sale already haa reached 1100,000. ties iwnatea The fuel and lubricants for the planes were supplied by com- merrlal eoncerns. Other ex- nnniM Include costly Instru ments, at about S2500 each. The training ot the crews reiuired two years. It waa part ot the usual air force training CHICAGO, July 17. (UP) Gen. Italo Balbo and bia 96 Italian fliers slept, played and worked at Intervals today, seek ing at one time to keep up wun the aoclal whirl, to get some much needed rest and to pre pare their giant, silver ships for the return trip to the land of Mussolini, While hla men worked In shifts on the planes bobbing on (he gentle Lane Micmgan warm. Balbo studied routes to follow .,, indicated that on the return trln the armada probably would take a more oangeroua course than that which they followed to this country. Balbo, still the perfect gen (Continued on Page Five) Methodists Planning To Receive Pastor A reception In honor of Rev. and Mra. John B. Coan and fam ily will be held Thursday at S p. m. at the Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Coan came here recently from Portland to accept the pas torate ot the Klamath Falls church. The reception had been echea- uled for Friday, but It waa moved ahead because ot tbe con flict with the election. Legion to Nominate ' Officers I onight The Klamath Falls American Legion post will nominate offi cers at a meeting tonight at I o'clock In the Legion hall. Refreshments will be served after the business aesslo