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Vol. 8, No. 245 Price Five Cents.
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1933
I Every Morning Except Monday)
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Editorials
on the
Day's. News
BY FRANK rft.Nhl.NS '
tCT'lIB BLANKET CODE of (ha
national recovery act. under
which thouuDdi ol amployari
will begin to oparata today, ta an
agreement with lha President ot 1
lb. United Stataa to work ahoriar
km,r. anit nav hlxhor wagea. lu
purpoaa la to Increase buying
power .ad ao make ponlble tba
ratura of proap.rlty."
TbU plain statement waa made
at the forum meeting of the
enamber of commerce yesterday
by Ralph Bradford, head of tba
bualnaia organisation department
t tha United Stataa chamber ot
aommarce.
ON'T regard tha algnlng of
voluntary, aa pretty hut mean
Inglaaa geatura," ha advlaed hit
boarere. who war. largely am
ployera. It lin t. It la SERIOUS BUS
tk's-kr It ilea directly Into the
. u ... mA
nationai recover . .
hack ot It all tha might of tha
government, which la determined
to go to whatever lengtbi are na
ceeiary to make tba recovery pro
gram work.
"Theae agreement! will ba en
forced." "HIS blanket coda la almple
but EXPENSIVE. Ha pur
poaa la to CUT HOURS and IN
CREASE PAY.
"Nobody ahould algn It without
expecting to endure eom. Buffer
ing and make aome sacrifices. It
la Intended to put people hack to
work at Increaaed pay.
"It will coat tomelhlng. but It
It worka It will ba worth what I',
.oata. Putt.ng people back to
work at Increaaed pay will In
crease buying power, and that
will bring back prosperity."
fills CODE and tha national re-
covery act back ot It, you eeo,
are atrong medicine.
Why do we need auch atrong
medicine? Well, according to I
Mr. Bradford, tha economic and
.octal system w. have built up
over tba peat 160 yeara la EX
CEEDINGLY SICK. If wa haven't
tha courage to take atrong medl-
cine, thla economic and aoclal aya
tem we have been building up for
. century and a half MAY DIE.
He put It juit that plainly,
e e e
TWHAT atckened u?
" Mr. Bradford puta It thla
way: "During the paat four
yeara nave been paaalng
through one of oar recurrent per
iod) of liquidation In which we
charge oft tha reaulta of too
much rugged lndlvlduallam."
a a e
iT-HOSE are big word). Let'!
translate.
What he meana to Bay la that
in tha pat. during perloda ot
proaperlty, able and aelflah men
have PLAYED TKJ. HOO, Belting
for themeelvea too large a ihara
of prosperity and leaving tor the
average run of people, who are
greatly In tha majority, too email
. ahare.
Ai result, tba great majority,
(Continued on Page Four).
PICNIC HKI.D
A. C. Oleon. principal of tha
Altamont school, took 80 mem
bera ot hte Christian Endeavor
group tor . picnic In Moore
park yesterday afternoon. The
group swam In the natatorlum
before the picnic.
Will Rogers Says:
SANTA MONICA, Aug. 1
Editor Tha Klamath News:
Roger Babson, who savvies a
lot about things be
fore they happen,
says people ara go
ing bnck to tha old
fashioned 1 n T a st
menta, that they
are atartlng In to
raise children, fig
uring on the children raising
them In their older years.
It waa becoming a kind ot
a lost art. Dabson flgitrea that
If we will Just deprive our
selves and furnish the chil
dren gas now, that they will
do the same for ua In our
old daya. ,
That'a about all there la
to supporting anybody nowa
days. You novor hear "Who
will board met" "Who will
room me?" It'i always "Who
will furnish the gas?"
It we could get the state
to furnish the gaa Instead of
lha school and teacher wa
could really put on . child
raising campaign. Yours,
BLUE EAGLES
FLYING OVER
LOCAL SHOPS,
174 Placards Given to
Klamath Falls Firms
Cooperating In NRA
Automobile Trades Will
Meet Today to Plan
Code; Portlander Here!
Aa 174 blue aagla placard)
were placed In alore winduwa of .
Klamath Fells Tuesday announc
ing cooperation wltli Praaidant .
Roosevelt In the flrit day of ac- (
tual national recovery admlnla- ;
trallon. nearly aa many mora.
i. nnpMtiira ware working
desperately to adopt elmllar reg- J
..i.n... ..Ilh e.imnetltnra In .U .
attempt to get In Una.
While nearly ail bualneaa
UnllaM hlfl IDDTO)ni Willi ui u-
.inn,.,hiu deal-
era found some dKfirult In set
ling regulations which would he
workable and aatlafactory to all.
J. C. tiale, representative or tne
automobile trade aaaoclatlon
from Portland will arrive here i
today to meet thia afternoon at 1
1:30 o clock at ma vmieru
hotel with local auto dealer!
i and electrician).
lruggita Meet
Druggists of the city met
Tueaday evening and voted to
put their closing and opening
regulations into action Sunday.
Beauty ahop operatora will
meet thle morning at a: 30
o'clock to draw up agreementa.
The majority of local employ
era whittled down operating
houra ao employee could get
under the line of the 40 hour
week maximum working acale.
Mora than 85 retail merchant)
of clothing good). Jewelry, va
riety atocka. aportlng gooda and
hardware and more than 0 bar
bera atepped Into line with
changed opening and cloelng
houra.
The larger grocery hnneee and
(Continued on Page Throe)
Waterfront Blaze
Threatens Large
Part of Portland
PORTLAND, Aug. 1. (UP)
Fire swept through a three-story
fr,m, atructure on the water
frnnt let today, anread to ad
joining housea and threatened a
large area In the aouthern part
of the city before It waa brought
under contrul.
All fire fighting apparatus
waa called to the ecene. and
firemen directed their efforts to
checking spread of the flames
to within an area of eight city
blocks.
victor Bown. a fireman, fell
SO feet from the roof of a house
after the fire waa under con
trol. Hla Injuries were described
aa serious. Bown landed on a
concrete walk between two resi
dences. The fire started In a building
occupied by the John L. Stark
Street and Building Decorating
company. No estimate of the
losa waa available.
East Sweltering in
Crip of Heat Wave
NEW YORK, Aug. 1. (UP)
Breath taking temperaturea were
registered throughout the east
and mlddlewest again today with
little relief In sight from the
summer's most severe heat wave.
Deatha by drowning and heat
prostration were reported In
most seaboard cities. Ten fatal
Itiea occurred In the metropoli
tan area of New York alone.
Damage to crops and dangerous
field and woods fires were re
ported from farm sections.
Three Buildings
Damaged by Fire
A fire which started In a ga
rage between unoccupied houses
at 2036 and 204 H Worrten late
Monday night damaged throe
buildings to the extent of about
11,000 before being put out by
the city fire department.
The buildings are owned by
I. I,. Larkey ot Ilieber. All ot
the buildings were covered by
Insurance.
He's Meanest Man,
According to Wife
PORTLAND, Aug. 1. (UP)
Another candidate for the
"meanest man" club la Jack Al
len. 20.
He waa arrested today on com
plaint of hla wife, who alleged
he tickled the feet or hla two-months-nld
daughter Shirley un
til aha awoke, then spanked nor.
State Reclamation
Congress Changed
BEND, Ore., Aug. 1 (P) The
Oregon reclamation congresg, or
iginally acheduled for Sept. 14
16, will be held In Baker Sept.
11-J1. President Robert W.
SRWyer haa announced.
The meeting was postponed
one week to conform with shitt
ed dates ot the Pendleton round
up. ...
Bees Confront
Y
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I .a. ' fc ;h V
i r-v it i :r i. -
Rf i3
1 J m
A iwarm of bea, per nap) on their way to the World'a Fair at
Chicago, decided It would be eailer to go by mall than try for
honora aa non-atop flyera from Ogden, Utah. When . mall collector
arrived he found the awarm awaiting him. A crowd gathered before
the queen Dee could oe captured
aarm following. No raeualllea were reported,
LOGGERS JOIN
MILL WALKOUT
Five Camps Closed As
600 Workmen Come to
Town to Join Strikers
The atrlke hovering over
praciU-ally ary plant ' nlh
... i- .m lnaw tig rnmlit
OUU WUI klliril tiuaaa lf-"r r-
mnveii Into the cltv and Joined
forcea of more than J. 000 mem'
bers of the Mill and Timber
Worker's union.
Five forest campa were report
ed closed by the action which
haa paralysed operatlona In eight
local factoriea and sawmills and
haa hindered operatlona In two
more.
Womra Give Support
A telegram In reply to one sent
by the union last week to Miss
Frances Perkins, secretary of la
(Contlnued on Page Three)
Eastern Strikers
Sign Truce With
Governor Pinchot
HARRISBURO, Pa., Aug. 1.
(UP) Leaders ot the 48.000
striking miners In the Pennsyl
vania bituminous fields tonight
signed an agreement with Gov
ernor Gilford Pinchot to pre
serve order and refrain from
violence:
The nledge. elgned by officiate
of tha United Mine Workers of
America, was made alter a nec
tic day In the atrlke sones where
numerous cases ot disorder were
reported.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa., Aug,
fVPi Gunfire and tear gaa sent
10 ment lo hospitals In the
strike tone ot southeastern
Pennsylvania today as the walk
(Continued on Page Three)
Coast Baseball
' COAST LEAGUE
R. H. E.
Missions 6 8 0
Portland 1 8 t
Bablch and Fltipatrick; Kou-
pal and Palmlsano.
R.
. 4
. 6
H. E
8 I
14 1
Sacramento
Snn Francisco
Bryan. Noonan
and
wins
Cunningham,
tarlnl.
Douglas and Bot-
R.
Oakland ........ 7
Los Angclea S
Joiner and Veltman;
Nelson and McMullen.
H. E.
18
7
Ballou,
R.
Hollywood 6
Seattle .. .i 11
H.
14
17
E,
Campbell and Summers; Page
and Bradbury.
Receiver Named
For Frisco Hotel
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1
(m a receiver was appointed
today for the Mark Hopkins
hotel aa a result of requests hy
Lelxh M. Ba'.lson, head ot S. W
Straus, holder ot 60 per cent ot
the hotel bonds now In default,
George D. Smith, manager of
the hotel, wns appointed tinder
176,000 bond. The appointment
waa made hy Superior Judge
Louis II. Ward.
A minority group of bond'
holders contested the receiver
ship on the grounds It would
destroy the present value ot the
property.
The Mark Hopkins Is one of
San Franclaco'a outstanding
hotela.
Mail (V'
"V T, '',
ana taaen on ner way, wun me
Hi Johnson's
Son Kills Self
By Gun Shot
BURLING AME, Cel.. Aug. 1.
(UP) Archibald Johnson, sec
ond son of United States Sena
tor Hiram Johnson. California
progressive, shot and killed him
self at hla Hillsborough estate
today while hla former wife,
who divorced him In June, was
honeymooning with her newest
Vndtnt an lnqueat pollen de-
husband.
QreU.
Senator Johnson Issued . brief
statement aeyinK: "All eur. fam
ily are prostrated and in sectu
slon. I am unable to say more
han that my dead aon. sutler
ing from 111 health and worry,
ahot himself.
Johnson left on. prayer-poem
and three notea. One of the
notea was to his father, another
to his mother and tha third to a
millionaire San Francisco Busi
ness associate, Felton Elkings.
The contents ot the notea were
not revealed.
The poem, penned In long
hand on a sheet of yellow paper.
was phrased bitterly and apoka
of a woman "who took my very
life."
Johnson and hla wife. Martha
Ruddy Leet Johnson, were di
vorced In Reno June 13. She
won the decree on chargea ot
extreme mental cruelty, and .
short tlm. later waa married to
Commander Howard A. Flana
gan, U. S. N., Washington, for
mer aide to Admiral Luke Mc
Kamee aboard the U. 8. S. Cali
fornia. The divorce hearing waa
closed and the evidence eealed.
(Continued on Page Three)
Italian Seaplanes
All Set for Long
Hop Over Atlantic
SHOAL HARBOR, Nfd.. Aug.
(UP) Fine weather over
most ot the north Atlantic to-!
night caused General Italo Balbo,
commanding the 24 Italian sea-
planes, to achedule atart of the
1960-mll. non-atop flight to
Valentla, Ireland, for. dawn to -
morrow.
Balbo ordered tool chests re-
j .... .lu. i. nHj.i
uiuicu nun, ma niiijB m uiun
to take on more fuel and Indl -
rateri nna man mlirht ha taken
from the crews of some or all of i
tha talanea for the aama reason.
MAY BK I'RllMOTKn
VALENTIA. Ireland. Aug. 1.
(UP) General Italo Balbo may
be named minister of the navy j if it la unfair to Independent
when he reaches Rome, it was ! milk dealers. Federal Judge
reported In Italian quartern here j James H. Wilkorson today de
tonlght. ; laved until August 7 his decl-
The reports said Premier Ben-! slon on legality of the broad re
ito Mussullnl waa prepared to i covery law.
designate Ilnlbo to the naval
portfolio In recognition of his
amaslng achievementa In lead-
Ing the mass flight to America.
Ruth Nichols Will
Seek Air Record
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1. (UP)
Ruth Nichols, the Rye. N. Y.,
society aviator, said today she
will leave here Thursday night
in mi attempted record breaking
flight across the nation.
Miss Nichols has been testing
her new Lockheed Orion mono
plane which has reached speeds
of 190 miles an hour, 26 miles
taster than the plane used by
Amelia Knrhnrt Putnam In ea
tnbllshlng the existing record tor
women,
WHO LOST CHICKENS?
State police are trying to find
the ownera of five chickens. The
chlckena were found dead in
the possession of three men ar
rested Tuesday . morning near
Olene. Two of th. chickens ar.
It node Island. reds and the others
are whit, birds.
FEHL SEEN AT
BALLOT VAULT,
SAYS WITNESS
Rogue River Man Says
He Saw Judge Stand
ing In Sheriff's Office
Guard for L. A. Banks
Testifies He Ate "On
County" While Serving
The state scored by the ad
missions ot defense witnesses
Tuesday afternoon in the trial
of Earl H. Fehl, county Judge
of Jackson county, charged with
ballot theft complicity.
A. L. Hug of Rogue River,
farmer and aon-ln-law of Walter
J. Jones, ex-mayor of the town
of Rogue River found guilty ot
ballot theft, corroborated the
teatlmony of Mrs. Catherine
Daniels, Jail matron, and the
Sexton brothers and C. W. Davla, i
who have entered pleas ot guilty
to vote-alealing.
eX-B at Vault ,
Hug under cross-examination
by Assistant Attorney General
Moody reiterated the teatlmonv
he had given In the Sheriff
Schermerhorn trial, that he had
noted Mrs. Daniels apeak to
Fehl, while he was "either aeat
ed or standing at the sheriffs
vault." Hug testified Fehl
stopped there for "a minute or
two." On a photograph of the
sheriff) vault he Identified the
spots marked by the Sextona and
Davla and where the chain were
placed. . Hug aald he could not
identify any of the others pres
ent, "but would know them. If
you bring them before me." -
Hug would not etate he had
seen Davla, the Sojrton brothers,
or Brecheen at the apot.
Hug on direct examination
testified corroborating the testi
mony of his wife, Shirley Hug.
and Mrs. Electa A. Fehl. Delbert
A. . VI... I .
i.-Ahl - mni, r thB jr.na.hi
mnA ' la-i, Pn.i.hi that i.n.i
and himself and wife had eaten '
supper at the Fehl home, and
left for the courthouse at 7,:6
o'clock on the night ot the vote
robbery. " "''
Meeting Described
Hug also corroborated the tea
tlmony ot .Mrs. Fehl. his wife,
and Amos W. Walker, relative
to the meeting In the connty
Judge's office, when bonds were
prepared for A. L. Banks, eon-!
victed slayer of Constable Prea
cott. Hug. aa did the others,
testified that the aession dis
persed about 8:30 and that all
left the aession. together by the
front door.
C. Jean Conners, vice presi
dent and parliamentarian ot the
"Good Government Congress,"
(Continued on Page Three)
Mahatma Gandhi
To Be Released,
Handed Warning
AHMEDABAD, India. Wednes
day. Aug. 1. (UP) The Mahat
ma Gandhi was taken to Poona
to enter prison today.- Hts train
waa expected to reach Poona at
noon. He waa released from
prison there only recently, when
he began a 21-day fast for the
"untouchables."
BOMBAY, India. Aug. 1. (UP)
The India government at . spa-,
clal session headed by the vice
roy, the Earl of Willlnsdon. de-
! elded today to release the Ms-
I hatma M. K. Gandhi after a
warning not to resume his civil
.llaohedtcnce campaign against
i British rule.
Gandhi apent the day In Jail
at Sabarmatl, where he waa ar-
rested with 82 followers early
1 today to prevent the start ot .
; alvil disobedience march.
.
j Judlie Backs Milk
I - . .
Dealers of Chicago
I CHIt-'AUO, AUg. 1. tut-)
i Declaring himself ready to
1 "throw out" the admlnistration'a
plan for agricultural betterment
The Jurist summarily refused
to gra.it an Injunction sought to
prevent Inauguration of the new
milk price and promotion agree
ment act in the Chicago area.
"I am not going to rule on
the constitutionality of this or
der and Its unreasonablenesa
and unfairness without an ade
quate hearing," Wllkerson de
clared. Halibut Boat Goes
On Rocks in Alaska
KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug. 1.
i'l) The halibut boat Fre
mont of Juneau, en route to
Prince Rupert with 1.H000
pounds ot tish, went on the rocks
of Lewis Island, near nere today.
The schooner Northland was
standing hy to assist, advices
said. Condition of the Fremont
waa not learned In first raporta.
G.tni.K BETTER
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 1. (UP)
Clark Gahle, film star, was re
ported convalescing tonight from
an appendectomy performed
earlier in the day, ' f
Safety Pin Taken
r.
NEA V ' '.1
When Dolores Mendolar, Los Angela, baby, .wallowed an open
aafety pin, she prepared the way for rare operation. A physician
made an abdominal Incision, lifted out the stomach, located tha pin.
and closed it. Then a tube waa forced through the mouth into the
atomach, the pla withdrawn, and the child went home little the
worse for the experience.
IRRIGATION AID
MAY BE GIVEN
Klamath County May Get
( Federal Funds for 5
Projects; Survey On
. . With the possibility of five Ir
rigation projects of Ktamatn
county being able to receive re
financing from the fifty million
dollars set aside tor that purpose
by the national agriculture ad
justment bill. w. L. rowers, sen
scientist at Oreaon agricultural
colleKe and bis assistant, R. E-
Stephenson, arrived here Tuesday
morning to make a aoll Inspection
of all land under the Malin, En
terprise. Shasta View, Horaeiiy
and Wilrow-Valley irrigation pro
jects.
. Dan McClellan with the state
reclamation department was a 1 se
ln the city Interviewing bond
holders of the five projects con
cerning the refinancing.
Stelwer Acta
Powers declared he had com
municated with Senator Freder
ick Stelwer who believed Oregon
would receive approximately 32.-
000. 000 of the amount aet aside
for refinancing ot projecta by the
government.
The sou expert stated ne wouia
make a classification ot land un
der 30 irrigation projects In Ore
gon which have made application
tor refinancing.
"Providing proper dsta la pre
aented, the local districts may be
able to get a 60 per cent refinan
cing program." Powers said. The
refinancing program will permit
loana and bonds to be paid off
over a longer period ot time than
la now required.
"Whether the local projecta
are able to get federal money or
not the reclassification of land
will be of great advantage to the
(Continued on Page Three)
Japan to Show Off
' Her Navy in Sham
Battle in Pacific
By FREDERICK P. WHITEIXG
United Press start corresponaent
TOKIO, Aug. 1. (UP)
Janan'a most extensive naval
maneuvera In recent nistory oe
gan today In the Pacific waters
south ot the empire. Upwards
of 100 units ot the Japanese
naw participated.
The warships, fit and trim,
slid out of harbors and naval
bases, and turned aouth where
at . point halt way between
Japan and the Philippine Islands
most ot the gamea will be con
ducted. The grand maneuvera, testing
the practical fighting etrength
of the Japanese aea force against
a theoretical enemy thla year
the United States, It waa ad
mitted will be held In secrecy
No foreign naval attache or of
ficial waa permitted to accom
pany the fleet. Customarily tor
eign attache are permitted to
view the air force and army
maneuvers, but the naval games
ar. held In privacy.
Old Ironsides to
Reach Portland
PORTLAND, Aug. 1. (UP)
The frigate Constitution, again
anchored at Astoria, will arrive
In Portland late Wednesday aft
ernoon for a 20-day visit.
Thirty-six hours ahead of
schedule, the historic vessel ar
rived at the quarantine elation
above Astoria Monday night
She will he towed upstream to
Portland by the U. S. 8. Grebe,
auxiliary on the frigate", tour
from Philadelphia.
An unconfirmed report to
night said that permission had
been asked of Washington. 1).
C, to shorten the Constitution's
towering masts to permit safe
passage nnder th. Longvlew Bus
pension bridge nt' Longvlew.
Wash. It was pointed out that
the Constitution's mnsls are 187
feet 'lgh, allowing only a flve
fuoi clearance under the . apan.
From Tummy
Lester Finley
New Chief Of
Legionnaires
Lester Finley waa elected com
mander of the American Legion.
unoppoeed, at the, annual elec
tion ot otiieen luesaay evening
when final arrangements for the
atate convention opening her.
August 10 were announced and
a report given of the Inveatiga
tlon concerning sanitary condi
tions ot the tranaient Jungle
camp on South Sixth Btreet.
John Fowler was elected first
vice commander of the local
post; Dewey Powell, aecond rice
commander; R. Johnson, finance
officer; Al Fidler, adjutant and
Henri Conrad!, Bill Canton, I.
A. Baker, Frank Snyder and
Julian Abbott, members of the
executive committee. Canton haa
been commander ot the post for
thw-paeB- year, i
O. D. Mathewa, chairman of
the convention commission, an
nounced a meeting of all com
mittee chairmen would be held
Wednesday evening at the con
vention headquarters.. He also
stated decorationa for the city
would be put within the next
tew days.
A committee composed of Wm.
Lorenx, Ralph Holmer and Ern
est McCollum, reported the san
itary condltiona at the transient
(Continued on Page Three)
Davis Cup Netmen
Home, Say British
Stars 'Best Men'
By HENRY McLKMORE
United Presa Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK. Aug. 1. (UP)
Armed with a little mimeo
graphed handout extolling the
virtues of the English team
which blasted ' them from the
running, the United State. Davla
cup aquad arrived home today
aboard the S. S. Olympic.
The platoon of aportswrlters
who awarmed over the Olympic's
aldea the minute ahe reached
quarantine waa greeted by Cap
tain Bernon S. Prentice, who,
when asked tor a statement,
whipped out his carbon copies.
Naturally, nobody paid any at
tention to the handout. What
waa wanted was 'oral statements
from the varlou. partiea con
cerned.
Here they are;
Prentice "We have no alibis.
We were beaten by a euperior
team, playing auperlative tennla.
(Continued on Page Tbree)
Gas Dealers Want
Greater Discounts
PORTLAND. Aug. 1. (UP)
Oregon Automotive Trade asso
ciation tonight had filed an ap
peal to major oil companiea for
an increase in discount prices
without raising the price of gas-
oline.
The organisation also sent
telegram to General Johnson,
N. R. A. administrator, Inform
ing him ot the Inability of Ore
gon gasoline stations to co-oper
ate with the re-employment plan
because dealern aren t allowed
"reasonable profit under the
present system."
ST. LOUIH, Aug. 1. (UP)
Police tonight . ahot George
Perry, a hotel clock, to death
In ..'a apertartilnr downtown
gun battle a short time nfter
lie had slain his former em
ployer, - Hninncl Murta, 80,
wealthy hotel owner.
LEWISTOX, . Me., Aug. 1.
(VP) Fonr members of tho
refnrrwtatlon army were killed,
14 qtliora Injured, and moro
than Ito stunned when light
ning . struck a recrentlon tent
and aeTernl . smaller aleeplng
trnta at City Farm near here
tonight, .1 . v ,
. SANTIAGO. DK CUBA. Aug.
1. -(l'P)-Comniunlst demon
stration broke out today, re
sulting, ka bloodnhcd and riot-
Press Time News Flashes
KIDNAP RACKET
PUT ON SPOT'
BY PRESIDENT
Brain Trust Goes Into
Conference to Plan
War On K 1 d n a p ers
Charles Urschel Tells of
Experiences While
Held for Large Ransom
NEW YORK, Wednesday,
Aug. 2. (UP) .Nat BaakowHx,
known a Nat Base, waa kid
naped In Brooklyn Monday
night and t. being heM for
25,000 ransom. It waa report
ed early today. Baas la SS
year, old and brother ' ot
Arthur Base, partner of Hum
bert Fngnsy, sport promoter.
HYDE PARK, N. Y., Aug.' 1.
(UP) President Roosevelt hat
aet hla famoua "brain trust" up
on the racketeer..
He aummoned Raymond L
Moley, chief of hla advisors and
assistant secretary of state, to
Krum Elbow today to map ont
with him the etrategy of the
federal government's war upon
crime.
Drastic Action Planned '
Amid the blistering beat the
two explored possibilities of dras
tic action to end the wave of
kidnaping and kindred racket
eering. ...
Moley aald th. converse ttona
had not reached the point where
work was ready to be started en
an anti-crime legislative pro
gram. He added that a method
of approach and solution to tn.
problem might b. had .through
the anti-trust kit and through
operation of the national recov
ery act. .. . i , r
RINGLEADERS SOUGHT .
OKLAHOMA, CITY, Aug. 1.
(UP) Two ringleader, in the
Decoration day convict break
from th. Kansas , state prison
were hunted today aa auapecUila
(Continued on Page Three)
Aimee in Tears As '
She Comes Home;
Hutton Snubs Her
LOS ANGELES. Aug.' 1. )&
A tearful Aimee Semple McPher-
aon-Hutton came home to 1 Lo.
Angeles today, after seven month.
abroad.
She cried, at times almost an-
controllably. over the loas of her
husband, David Hutton, who Bued
her two weeks ago for divorce aa
she was en route to the United
Statea from France.
Not even the great crowd of
her faithful followers, assembled
at the railroad station to greet
the evangelist, and the noisy
booming of the hand of Angelu.
Temple could drive all her teara
away.
It waa the strangest home
coming of all In the life of Sister
Aimee, whose arrivals at railroad
(Continued on Page Three)
I ekes Spends Third
Of Recovery Money
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. (UP)
In less than a month at the head
of the biggest peace time spend
ing Job in history. Secretary of
Interior ickea as public works
administrator has passed the
31,000,000,000 mark in hla cam
paign to put men back to work.
Working with almost unpre
cedented speed and in defiance
ot the red tape which tradition
ally alowa federal machinery.
Ickea has made arrangementa to
spend almost one third of th.
$3,300,000,000 authorized for
public worka In the national In
dustrial recovery act last June.
He began hla Job as public,
works admaKJtrator July 8,
Portland Troubled
. By Coming Payday
PORTLAND. Aug. 1. (CP)
Payday for city employes' was
but four daya away tonight
with prospecta tor an elegant It
not lucrative pay check for Port
land employes practically nil.
The city has reached its bor
rowing limit from a number of
local banka and others refuse to
lend on grounds the financial
.. II.... . . I. . I . . . ... n 1 H
Isinuuiiin oi mw vnj tvu.r
la questionable.
Ing. A 17-year-old girl, Beno
rltn Maria Luisa Mvaill, re
cently freed under an amnesty
order affecting polltlrnl pris
oners, was shot and killed.
GARDEN CITY, L. 1., 'Aug.
1. ( -) Cheater I-. lord,
niattjiKing editor of the New
York Sun In the daya of
Charles A. Dana, died at hla
home here todny.
COVE NECK, Oyster Bay,
I,. I., Aug. 1. (UP) The body
of a woman, believed to he
that of Mrs. Caroline Hurtling
llrrirnn, wife of Samuel Read
ing Bert run, banker and social
reglstrite, waa found floating
In a pool on the llertron es
tate hern late tonight, accord
ing to police. .