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Vol. 8, No. 241 Prk-e Five Cents.
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1933.
I Every Morning Except Mondavi
Ed it or ia Is
on the
Days News
lly FRANK JKNKlNa
TUB nary dainrtni.nl launch!
tha biggest shipbuilding pro
tram lo l' blstury.
Tha f Irat purpose ot thla big
program la lo put thousands of
nan back to work. Tha iacond
purpose ta to provldo lor the
United Stales I nary that will ba
) equal to ANY 0T1IKR NAVY.
( Don't orarlook that iacond pur
poia. It It Important.
1 a a a
OUR bit Job' In tha nail few
yaara la to nilnd our own
bualnaaa. Wt will ba laft Ira to
mind our own bualnaaa If wa lot
It ba known, to plainly that it
can't ba mUundaratood, that It
lan't going to ba u(a to lularlara
with ua.
a a a
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE tails
tha British government thai It
ahould Imllila President Roose
velt'! program for tha recovery ol
bualnaaa.
"Tha American program." he
houta In tha houia of commons,
"display, Tlslon, Imagination and
aouraga. I can't aaa any algna of
,( vision, Imagination or couraga
sara.
"Wa hatan'l even a brain
trust."
aaa
THE FrMldaut'a national recov
ary program doaa Involve
vision. Imagination and couraga
probably mora so than any pro.
gram aver adopted by any govern
ment In tlma of peace.
It It works, as wa all bopa It
will, It Is going to have to Involve
' aomethlng That something
alsa Is a mixture of patience, tol
erance and willingness to co-op-erst
a.
Without theae, tha program
will fall.
aaa
T"V!D you ever aaa that Utile ear-
toon depicting the plight ol
the two donkeye, tied together by
I their baiter ropea, and atandlng
' between two shocks of bay?
' At first they pulled agalnat
earn other, each trying to reach
his own shock ot bay. Bo neither
got anything at all, because each
defeated the efftirta of the other.
But, after a little while, they
GOT WISH. Instead ot pulling
against each other, each trying to
reach his own shock of bay, re
gardless of what happened to the
other one, they WORKED TO
GETHER. Working together, they went
first to one shock of hay and then
to the other, anting both, and
oomlng out of It tat and happy,
BOTH BENEFITING.
a
THE Industrial recovery pro
gram won't work If everybody
pulla against everybody else, each
striving to advance bin own sol-
. fish Interests,
regardless of the
Interests of everybody else.
If that happens, we shall all
continue to go hungry. Just aa we
bava gone hungry tor the past
three years Just aa the donkeys
went hungry as long as they con
tinued to tight against each other.
But II we ALL PULL T0
, (Continued on Page Four)
MOTOR BOARD MADR
PORTLAND, July 27. (UP)
Eleven prominent wets and dry
In Orenon were named tonight
hv Governor Meier . on a etate
liquor commission to study ways
and means of regulating Intoxi
cants after repeal of tha 18th
amendment.
Will Rogers Says:
BEVERLY HILLS, Jnly 17.
Editor The Klamath News:
Coming from San Francisco to
Lot Angeles with
Roscoe Turner It
no more ot a trip
than going from
tha observation car
to the diner. I
found a lot ot
good grass feed
and water and I turned my
Governora out tor a few days
to give their feet and voice!
a rut.
I rushed down here to try
and aettle tha movie strike
before they get here, at all of
'em want to tee the "gals"
working.
Here It the best one I have
seen yet, a Hollywood film
extra suing hnr httsbnnd tor
divorce, claimed It on the
ground that "hor husband ac
cused her of being tha cause
of all the depression." That
will certainly be welcome
newt to Mr. Hoover to know
there It somebody blamed for
all the world 'a depression be
sides him. Yours,
WORLD PARLEY
COMES TO END
Roosevelt Sends Cheery
Message ; America to
Get Next Meeting
Wheat Meeting Adjourns;
United States to Go
Ahead with Program
Br HKKIIKIIT MOORK
United 1'rree Hlaff Correapondrot
LONDON, July 17. (UP)
A "little world economic con
ference" la expected to meet In
Washington early thla autumn.
It waa underatood tonight after
tha London world conference
had raceased perhapi never to
reconvene amid a lait burst of
oratory and a message of en
couragement from President
Roosevelt.
It was said In authoritative
quarters that the so-called little
conference might ba concurrent
with tha forthcoming debt nego
tlatlona at Washington and pos
sibly would obviate the neceaal
ty for convening the aumber
oma world conference In Lon
don. Tariff Cut Vp
At the Waahlngtnn mealing
Secretary Cordell Hull would be
expected to Initiate his far reach
ing tariff reduction negotiations
with all countrlea willing to en
ter agreements, such as the Pan
American customs union which
ia known to be In the back of
Mr. Ronsevelt'e mind.
Secretary Hull head tha meat
age from 1'realdent Roosevelt,
who declared that he did not re
gard tha conference aa a failure
and pledged the continued co
operation ot the United States.
Tha secretary grasped hla manu
script In both handa and apoke
firmly, while Prime Mlnlaler J.
Katnaay MacDunald, praaiding,
nodded bla apprlval.
"Before the receea of the con
ference," aatd Mr. Roosevelt. "I
want you to know of my aincare
admiration and respect Jor your
courage, your patience aa lta pre
siding officer. I feel that be
cause of It. the natlona of the
world can continue to discuss
mutual prohlems with frankness
and without rancour. They can
come equally from free presen
tation of each natlon'a dlffleul
tlea and each nation's methods
to meet Individual needa.
Undemanding Created
"Wa In the United States un
derstand tha problems of other
natlona better today than be
fore the conference met and we
trust other nations will. In the
same aplrit of good will, view
our American policies which are
aimed to overcome our unpre
cedented economic, situation at
home."
"Mr. Roosevelt's message Is
Important, splendid and timely,"
the British prima minister said.
"It Is helpful In many ways and
created a fine impression.
George Bonnett of France
said the messaze "helna ua un
" "ca omere aimcui
WHKAT SW.V.X K.VIIKD
LONDON. July 1.8 (UP)
The International wheat parley,
which attempted to restrict the
world wheat acreage, broke up
today without an agreement but
with definite hope ot reaching
an accord In August.
"Numerous conferences have
taken place between tha repre
sentatives of wheat exporting
(Continued on Page Three)
Financial Expert
Predicts France
Will Go Off Cold
LONDON, July IT. (UP)
Expectancy that France ulti
mately will abandon the gold
standard was reported tonight
by the Dally Express financial
expert, who emphasised the In
creasing pressure on the Paris
government and tald tha British
were distrustful of the future
of tha franc.
The expert said the French
adverse trade balance waa in-
crossing, thereby Involving
r ranee In the selling of many
franca abroad In exchange for
foreign currencies with wblcb
to pay for an excesa of Imports.
Furthermore, ha said, the
British equalisation fund, while
purchasing franca, la ao distrust
fill of their future that the
francs are being used Immedi
ately to buy gold. He aald that
the recent restrictions on Unltod
States and British Imports to
France were merely an effort to
halt tha swing against France.
Nippon Army Chief
Passes in Tokio
TOKYO, July 7, (AP)
Field Marshall Nobuyoshl Muto,
Japanese supreme representative
In Manchuria, died In Chang
chtin, Manchuria today follow
ing a sudden attack of jaundice,
He waa 68 years old.
Immediately the army moved
swiftly to name a successor to
forestall the possibility of trou
bla during an Interregnum In the
Japanese sponsored Manchukuo
govormnent In Manchuria, and
named General Takashl Hlshl-
karl, a member of the aupreme
war council, at hit successor.
Babies Bum to Death
As Gas Ignites in Car
OAKLAND. Cel., July 17. (U.PJ
Trapped In tha rear seat of a
flaming automobile, two chil
dren were burned fatally today
while their parents fought lo
rescue them.
Tha victims, Emily Marie. I,
and Esther, 1, children of Mer
lin Bmlth. Jobleaa auto mechan
ic, were riding In tha back aeal
aa tha family drove to Pleaian
ton where Smith beller-
could find work. .
Haliy Htarta to Cr- ,ir,
Kether began to whlmp."" '
Smith stopped the car.
"I gusts I lit a match, be
cause the neat thing I knew
there waa a terrific flash," ba
told authorities.
An open can of gaaollna, car
ried on the floor of the ton-
Four Injured in
Auto Crash Here;
Boy Badly Hurt
By LENA AI'BRKY
(Klamaih News Correspondent)
ALTAMONT. - Four persona
were Injured, one critically.
hen a truck and a passenger
car collided on The Dalles-Call-fornla
highway here at 8:80
o'clock lait night.
Tha Injured, all of Merrill.
are:
Bobby Clark. I. eon of Mrs.
Wilson .Clark, fractured skull.
Mrs. Wilson Clark. 88. broken
wrist, cuta on hand.
Lillian Lewis, 18, deep gash
on neck.
Ira McCall, BO, minor cuts.
Tha Injured persons were
taken to the Klamath Valley
hospital. Bobby Clark, most
seriously hurt, waa aald to be
In a critical condition. The
Lewis girl's Injury waa severe.
Tha oldera persons were not se
riously Injured.
Tha truck, driven by D. E.
Alderman, waa en route to Lake
view with auppllea for a C.C.C.
reforestation camp. McCall waa
said lo be the driver of the Mer
rill car. Both care were badly
damaged.
Chamber Officer
To Arrive Today
To Explain Code
' Ralph' Bradlord, manager, of
the commercial orxnniration de
partment of the United States
chamber of commerce will ar
rive In Klamath Falls Friday,
according to -announcement re
ceived Thursday.
Bradford expect to visit Crater
lake and will return to Klama'h
Kails for a Klamath county
chamber ot commerce forum lun
cheon at the U'lllari. ' ' Mon
day noon. He Is scheduled to
speak at the I -I'-heon on the 1
tlonal recovery prn-rrfm with
which he haa been closely con
nected at bis office In Washing
ton. D. C.
Reservations for the luncheon
may be made at tha chamber of
commerce. Considerable interest
Is being shown In the meeting
over the explanation and discus
sion of the recovery program
which Bradford will give, accord
Ing to Earl Reynolds, chamber
secretary.
Bradford will ba accompanied
by hla wife and small son. They
have come from California where
Bradford has been an Instructor
In the aummer short course ot
the Western school for commer
cial organisation aecretarlrs.
Coast Baseball
R. H.
Hollywood ...... 11
Portland i
Campbell and summers;
cobt and Palmlsano.
R.
8
7
H.
18
18
Sacramento
Los Angelea ..
(10 Innings)
Brran and Woodall; Thomaa,
Stettel and McMullen.
R. H. E
Oakland 7 I
San Francisco .......... 10 18
Felber, Gabler and Veltnian
Sluts, Douglas and Bottarlnl.
R. H.
Missions .................... 8 9
Seattle 8 7
E.
Johnson and Flttpatrlck; Page
and Bradbury.
Woodburn Child
Killed by Mower
PORTLAND, July 17, (AP)
Theresa Semnlke, 6-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Semolka ot Route 1. Woodburn.
died at tha children's hospital
here today from injuries she suf
fered late yesterday when she
fell Into a mowing machine on
which she had been riding.
The mower blade amputated
bolh feet. Two houra after the
accident the child was received
at the hospital here. A fireman
gave blood for a transfusion but
physicians said the shock and
loss of blood waa too great for
tha girl to aurvlve.
California State
Budget Unbalanced
SACRAMENTO, July 17, (AP)
After adding an (ncime and
retail aalea tax to the atate'e
source of Income, the California
legislature adjourned here early
today. The next regular aeaslon
la In January 1835.
Legislator! adjourned with the
budget $30,000,0110 ahort ot be
ing balanced.
aeau, bad become Ignited.
Tba car became a mass of
flsmea Instantly. Smith and
hit wife leaped from the front
seal and the mechanic dragged
out Emily.
Child Pulled Out
"I ran around to tha other
aide to get Esther ' . could
not find ' oka and
fl lid ' uo 1 saw
" .l it , i f ;( np from
tloort I gra; ( It and
l ied Ealiier out."
Smith and bla wife atood
.tongalda the road, the children
In their arms, trying to get
help. Twenty automobile! went
pant them before a truck driver
etopped and brought them to a
hospital. Both children died
shortly after their arrival.
GROCERS MEET
TO PLAN CODE
Klamath Falls Stores and
Meat Markets Join
In Recovery Program
At a meeting attended by
practically every groceryraan
nd meat dealer In Klamath
Falla yesterday evening plans
for adopting an Industrial re
covery code covering local busi
ness 'bousea and concerning the
propoaed Sunday closing were
discussed.
The grocerymen unanimously
adopted President Roosevelt's
employment pledges received
here Thursday morning. A com
mittee consisting ot Emit Al
bright, Joe Shuss, E. L. Cram
blltt. H. P. Babb and Mr. Griggs
waa appointed to draw up a code
conjunction with the recov
ery program which will ba aub-
mitled to the general member
ship and aubmitted to the gov
ernment.
To Meet With Council
Another committee consisting
of the newly elected officera.
Hoy Carter, president, and
Cramblitt, . eecretary, waa ap
pointed to meet - with .a cliv
council -' committee 1 today con
cerning the Sunday cloalng of
ait grocery ana meat stores, ine
matter la expected to be pre
sented In an ordinance at the
regular council meeting Monday.
PORTLAND COMI'MKS
PORTLAND. July 87. (UP)
Four thousand Portland employ-
era today pledged themselves to
back President Roosevelt a re
employment program In an en
thusiastic mass meeting called
by the Portland chamber ot com
merce at Governor Meier's aug
gestlon. A vigilante committee ot 100
ill be appointed to check np
on "slackers" in the nation-wide
war on depression.
Meanwhile. Frank Messenger,
district director of the U. S. bu
reau of foreign and domestic
commerce, waa flooded with
agreementa signed by Oregon
merchants pledging themselves
to comply with the program.
More than 800 were received to
day, from almost every upstate
city ,and town.
Home Loan Bank
Office Will Come
To Klamath Falls
WASHINGTON. July 17, m-
The Federal Home Loan bank
board today announced that
branch offlcea for the Home Loan
Owners' corporation In Oregon
would, be established at Eugene,
Klamath Falls and La Grande.
with headquarters at Portland in
charge ot George P. Llscomb.
Branch managers will ba named
later. .
PORTLAND. July 17, (IP)
A Washington, D. C.. dispatch to
the Journal said tba home loan
board today announced appoint
ment of J. P. Lipscomb as state
manager of the home loan system
In Oregon, and MTWln E. Paget
asslstsnt manager. Both are from
Portland. They have been In
Washington all week. Their ap
pointments had been expected.
DAM APPROVED
PORTLAND. July 87. (UP)
The public worka board tonight
acting on instructions from Pres
ident Roosevelt, approved the
880.000.000 Grand Coulee dam
project In the Columbia river in
Washington, according to Infor
mation received here tonight
from Washington, D. C.
King Of Outlaw
Horses To Quit
Wild West Shows
CI1EYKNNR, Wyo., July 87.
Up) Midnight, king ot outlaw
horses, It about to be retired.
The magnificent black horse,
seventeen years old, le to wind
np his days after -the present
frontier dayn show on the
McCarty and Elliott ranch at
Cbngwater. Wyoming.
Considered by the rodeo
world aa the greatest bucking
borse since old Steamboat, the
ebony bttcker has been tossing
the waddles high wide and
uandsome out of the anddie tor
years. But ringbone and the
Infirmities of equina old age
era coming on him.
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TELL OF PART
IN THEFT CASE
Burning of Ballots and
Destruction of Pouches
Recounted from Stand
Fehl's Alleged Part in
Jackson County Case
Fought Out at Court
Considerable progress was
made Thursday In the trial of
Earl H. Fehl, county Judge of
Jackaon county, charged with
ballot-theft conspiracy. Six wit
nesses were examined. Including
R. C. Cummlngs of Rogue River,
whose ancient auto, with the
cheers ot the "Good Government
Congress" provided noise to
drown the sound of the breaking
vault window, was subjected to
a long cross-examination by At
torney A. C. Hough of the de
tense. Cummingt testified on direct
questioning that be bad at
tended the "congress" and heard
Fehl mention the recount In his
speech and soon thereafter waa
called from the hall by Frank
McKitrlck. He then met Tom
L. Brecheen. a co-defendant, who
told him "we've got to get the
ballots tonight."
Bring Auto
Cummlngs said thla waa the
first Intimation he had the bal
lota were to be stolen and later,
Walter J. Jones, bit county em
ployer, told him to bring his
auto to the rear of the court
house, and start It and race the
engine when he signaled. Cum
mlngs said he saw Jones around
the rear of the courthouse with
a hammer np his sleeve, and
Oliver Martin, former Klamath
county resident on guard. He
raced bis auto engine on slcnals.
loaded four ballot pouchea in
hla auto and cast them In Rogue
river, he said.
n n cross-examination Cum-
mi.,1 said he beard Fehl tell
Congress" members to i;
their feet ..oil the walls, ana
-ht mitrnrnflnt men were in
the hall listening to the speech
e " Cummtnzs could not re-
nii vehi aavtne- that the "see
retary of the grand jury naa
requested him to mane
aneech." or that there waa
heckling by l.eonara an in
bia gang.
One of the jurort asked who
Is this man . BrecheenT ine
court explained be is a co-de
fendant, yet to be tried.
Pouchea Destroyed
Waaler McKitrlck testified
that he bad aided Arthur La
nieu and Virgil Edington in tne
destruction ot aix ballot pouchea
at hla mother's home, and that
he was captain ot tha Banks
Guards." who lived In a house
owned by the Fehl Realty com-
nany. and procured provisions
from the county commissary up
on orders ol county juoge rem.
The witness said there were 18
guards and they took their or-.i
ders from L. A. Banks, at nts
home.
Mrs. M. O. Wilklnt testified
that she talked with Fehl, late
in November, or early in De
cember, in the Newt office and
remarked:
"They can't find Schermer-
horn," and Fehl replied:
I know where he is:. I am In
contact with blm, and keeping
(Continued on Page Three)
Portland Engraver
Heads Honor Roll
Of Recovery Act
WASHINGTON. July 17. (UP)
Holmes B. Gabbert of the Mas
ter Engravers' of Portland. Ore.,
gets first place on the honor
roll of President Roosevelt's re
employment drive, according to
official records here.
Portland was the first city to
report today to General Hugh
S. Johnson, national recovery ad
ministrator. Gabbert waa the first to sign
the agreement In Portland.
WASHINGTON, July 87. (UP)
President Roosevelt's - campaign
to raise wagca and reduce hours
started oft triumphantly today
aa employers, led by a clamor
ing and excited crowd In- San
Francisco, hurried to sign the
blanket code.
Before noon 3500 had signed
there. So great was the hurry
that some used makeshift blanks
without awaiting the official
forma. Early reports showed
183 signing before noon in St.
Louis and 150 In Portland. Ore.
Big eastern cities received their
forms late. The teal rush will
begin tomorrow. Afterward.
names will begin to show
postofflce "honor rolls."
McNary Predicts
Success for Dam
WASHINGTON, July 87, UP
Construction ot a. dAm In -. the
Columbia river at Bonneville,
Oregon, under the public works
piogrnm waa predlced touay b
8e.ii. tor McNary (It., Ore.) after
a talk with President Roosevelt.
The President le tor It," Mc
Ntrv aald, "and toid me he had
n-Vra Secretary Ickes to give the
project aerloua consideration at
tbe meeting. of the puhllo works
coara.
New Fiend Murder
After being missing for almost
seven-year-old Dalbert Aposhian
Diego with Indications that he had
at least three daya and fiendishly tortured. Photo ahowa tba Aposh
ian family (left to right) Mrs. Anada Aposhian; Grace. 1; Dar-
llne, 8; Dalbert (the dead boy), and
SEA SEARCHED
Boats Searched for New
Clues in Slaying of
Seven Year Old Boy
SAN DIEGO. Jnly 17. (UP)
Expert criminologists were
drawn into the search today for
the - torture Irayeir "of Dalbert
Aposhian, 7, aa police and war
veterans traced a score of
tangled clewt.
Aa one trail after another waa
followed. police believed the
possibility bad become more
pronounced that the boy was
slain aboard a boat, from which
hla mutilated body waa tossed
into San Diego bay.
Shore Scanned
Every boat in the harbor waa
being checked. Meanwhile Sil
ver Strand, tha narrow land link
forming the western shore ot
San Diego bay, was searched on
reporta of campers that a loud
splash waa heard one night laat
week, followed by the sound of
a speeding automobile.
Sheriff Ed Cooper wat em
powered by supervisors to spend
so.uuo to employ criminologists
In a study of the case. He also
obtained servicea ot Virgil Gray,
Loa Angelea deputy sheriff who
la an expert in manhunta.
Dalbert't body, horribly mu
tilated, was retrieved from the
bay last Monday. He had been
missing under mysterious cir
cumstances almost a week. Only
meager clewt to the tlayer have
been unearthed, Including the
arrest today In Oakland ot Baa
sit E. Curtltt on a San Dlego
warrant.
G. A. Cordea, former San
Dlego police officer, waa arrest
ed today on a grand Jury In
dictment returned In tha recent
slaying of Claude Trader, a con
tractor. . He .waa held without
bail pending a hearing Friday.
Wheat Growers of
Klamath May Raise
135,000 Bushels
PORTLAND, July 17. (UP)
Klamath county farmers w-IU be
allowed" to raise 135.002
buchels of wheat under the fed
eral plan ot production control,
it waa learned tonight.
Oregon's ouota la 11.450.685
bushels, 64 per cent ot tha aver
age production for the period
from 1828 to 1932. It the
farmers adopt the plan Oregon
wheat raisers will receive 13,
2.163. of which 82,290,117
would be paid this fall.
Lane connty was alloted 130,
777 bushels and Clackamas
county 287,511.
Spain Prepared to
Recognize Soviet
MADRID, July 87, UP) The
spanisn president and cabinet de
cided today to extend recognition
to Soviet Russia, and there were
reporta that Leon Trotsky, com
munist leader now In exile, might
make hla peace with Moscow and
become the Soviet ambassador
here.
Newspapers published reporta
from France that Trotsky, In the
event he becomea the Soviet en
voy, may later be named ambas
sador to the United States If the
Washington government extends
recognition to Moscow. The dtt
patchet said Trotsky already had
conferred with Foreign Commis
sar Maxim Lltlnoft at Royal,
Fi ..
Shocks San Diego
a week, the mutilated body ot
waa found In the harbor at San
been kidnaped and beld captive
George V. Aposhian. tha father.
Klamath Project
Expected to Be
On Federal List
PORTLAND, Jnly 27. (UP)
Northwest reclamation projects
will receive a portion of the
1208.000,000 public works rec
lamation funds, was the opinion
expressed today ' bv a group of
western senatora after conferring
with President Roosevelt, a
Washington dispatch to tbe
Journal said.
Itema listed tor approval In
Oregon include 81.000.000 for
the Klamath projects, 86.500,000
tor Owyhee, 81,000,000 for Vale
and 8100.000 tor Stanfleld.
The delegation was headed by
Senator King of Utah and In
cluded Dill of Washington, Ken
drick ot Wyoming. Hayden of
Arizona, Pope of Idaho and Mc
Careen ot Nevada.
Federal Fight on
Kidnapers Starts
With Death Verdict
By TOM MA HONEY
United Press staff Correspondent
KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 27.
(UP) Tha war of federal au
thorities agalnat kidnaping
throughout the nation opened
here today with a death verdict
against Walter McGee, 28-year-old
desperado.
A Jury gave McGee tha first
gallows sentence imposed in a
gangster kidnaping today exactly
two months after his band kid
naped Miss Mary McElroy. the
daughter of City Manager H. F.
McElroy.
The verdict ia only the be
ginning ot the fight federal au
thorities plan agalnat tbe under
world, aald Joseph B. Keenen,
special assistant United Statea
attorney general. Keenan came
here from Washington to assist
the atate.
WASHINGTON. Jul 17. ttTPl
The death verdict in tne McElroy
Kianapmg case tn Kansas City,
Mo., Indicates bow "people feel
about this problem." Attorney
General Cummlngs declared to-
oay.
He said be waa entirely satis
tied with tbe jury's decision.
Automobile Saves
Robbies Skin
GREELEY. Neb,, July 27,
(AP) Somewhere in Wheeler
county there't a jack rabbit that's
alive today because of the help
or an automobile.
T. H. Murphy of Greeley was
driving along a highway and
came upon a hound in hot pur
suit ot tbe jack, . aa Jie drove
alongside the rabbit he slowed
down momentarily and the rab
bit hopped upon" the running
board of the car.
The rabbit rode there about a
quarter of a mile, until the
hound had given up the chase,
and then jumped off and went
its way leisurely.
Press Time
EDMONTON, Attn., July 27.
(UP) Jimmy Mattern, who
failed In an attempt to fly
alone around the world, came
to Kdmonton tonight and re
ceived aa hearty a welcome as
waa accorded last week to
Wiley Post, who did become
the first man to encinio the
globe alone In an airplane.
BKM.tNGll AM, Wash., July
27. (IP) Klre of undeter
mined origin tonluht destroyed
tho main wnrehotiac and com
missary of the Pacific Ameri
can Filierlca com-iany plant
here. Dnninge waa eHtlmnted
at .Vl.ooo.
DETROIT, Mich., July 27.
(UP) General llimh H. John
eon, director of tha national
STRIKERS STAY
OUT, DRAW UP
WAGE DIAND
6 Mills Down In County;
Laborers Ask 50 Cents
An Hour As Wage
Telegrams Sent to Green,
Johnson to Explain
Situation in Klamath
The labor difficulties of Klam
ath county lumber . compantea
were at a peak again today. Six
flrma In the county were known
to have ceased operations an
tlrely or were working on a re
stricted baala yesterday.
Approximately 1500 workers
were Idle.
Employee met yesterday aft
ernoon at scandla hall to draw
up formal demands ts ba pre
sented amployert.
Scale Drawn
A minimum wage of SO cants
per hour with a six hoar day
and 30-hour week waa nnant
mouaiy demanded by a major j
of workers. The resolution ear.
ried the requirement "that all
sk- ed or semi-skilled labor ba
raised by percentage In projnr
t ct to the advantage now enjoy
ed, pending settlement of the na-
tiuoai recovery code.
J be resolnriona adonted wera.
ri . mmended by the executive
ooaro or the Mill and Timber
V.iikert union and further re
quests were made that all men
and women go back to work with
the same official capacity aa wn-ir-7iG
before the strike. All em-
P'dT-ers win Da requested to use
local labor exclusively ahould
thty accept the anion's provi
sions. Teleg-rsm Sent
A telegram waa aent to Presi
dent William Green- of tba
American Federation of laaor
asking for special emergency dis
pensation to get official sanction.
Tha special act would be necess
ary due to tba recent affiliation
of the timber union.
A -letter was wired to Hnah
S. Johnson, administrator ot the
industrial recovery act. Miss
Perkins, secretary of labor, and
to Green, giving full details of
how the local atrike was started
and the requirements voted to
day by the workers.
The Big Lakes box comnanv.
Ewauna and Pelican Bay lumber
companies suspended work until
tbe agitation quieted and some
agreement could be reached.
Ail employers received indus
trial cods pledgit from the gor-
wnnwni yesieraay.
Northwest Seeks
Work Projects;
Dana Starts Job
PORTLAND, Ore., July 27 Wi
By direct bearer, by telegram.
telephone and letter, dozens of
proposals urging the expenditure
of many milllona of dollars, were
neapea oeiore Marshall N. Dana
today with the petition that as
regional adviser ot the federal
public works administration, ha
lend hit approval to tha pro
jects. .
Dana received bla appointment
Tuesday. Yesterday the Invasion
ot his office started. The stam
pede grew today.
State Must Approve
The Oregon highway commis
sion hat a $3,800,000 coast high
way bridge program on which
early action Is urged, Tacoraa
wants a $3,000,000 bridge
across the narrowa. approval ot
the Skagit hydro-electric devel
opment waa recommended by
Seattle, Salem asked for a $3,
000,000 water works. Many
other suggestions for expendi
ture of large suma of federal
money were piled upon tha ad
viser's desk.
Dana, who will supervise tha
public works program tn Ore
gon. Washington, Montana and
Idaho, will work with the three
members of the advisory board
of each atate. He will past on
their recommendations.
WOMAN FRACTURES ARM
BLY, Ore. Mrs. W. T. Bur
netts suffered a fractured arm
Thursday when ahe slipped and
fell in her home. She was im
mediately rushed to Klamath
Falls tor medical attention and
ia now ataying at the home of a
relative, Mrs. H. S. Sackett. and
la reported at recovering tatit
tactorlly. .
News Flashes
recovery administration, ar
rived hero by airplane today and
Inmirmntely went into session
with leaders of the automo
tive Industry in an effort to
whip Into shape the code for
the nation's second largest
manufacturing; group.
' HOLLYWOOD, July 27 (U.R)
Tho strike of motion picture
technicians reached n new Im
passe tonight when representa
tives of strikers and film pro
ilucera failed to agree on terms
of m proponed settlement. '
COQI'lt.l.K, Ore., July 27.
(IP) Willis Ahhy, 4.1, Co
nuille logger, was killed Inte
today when he fell from a ISO
foot railway trestle near row
ers, ;