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Vol. 8, No 253 Price Five Cents.
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1933
(Every Morning Except Mondavi
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News
Erf0n4MAfll ADO GANG
on inc
Days News
Ity HUNK JKNKINS)
PHKHlIiKNT MACHADO al
out ol Cuba In an alrplana, tek
lag nothing much with him but a
pair of pajamas and, of couraa.
tail LIVE.
Ha lot out because tt became
apparent that If b,e stayed much
longer tha United Blalaa would
taka a hand In Cuba', troublad
affair, aa tt baa tb right to do
und.r tha Piatt smeudmeot to
tba Cuban constitution.
a a a
TT IB good riddance, go far
lcuba la eoncarnad. Macbado
baa baan a tyrant, and Cuba ba.
had tyranta enough.
If you doubt thatr taka a trip
aoma time through Morro ca.Ua.
which eommende tha antranca to
Havana harbor, and through Ca
banaa torfreee Just back of Morro.
and nota tha dungoont In which
tha victims of theaa tyranU were
Imprisoned and Iba blank walla
against which lhay warjj alood up
and shot.
Than aland on tha wall of Mor
ro caaila from which oihar lo-
ii.. vara thrown to tne euars..
Tou will coma away thankful
that you live In a country whara
such thlnga don't happen.
a a
THB United Blalaa didn't want
a to Intervene In CUDan aueit.
Tha Cubane didn't want the Unlt
ad Siaiaa to Intervene. o
...h .nt toietber and fixed
thlncs UD.
It U a pity that can't ba done
ftener U International allaire,
TOTAL wheat production In tha
United States la eetimateo or
the daparlmont of agriculture on
August 1 at 499.871.000 bushel,
which comparaa with 738.000.000
Uat year, and an annual average
production from im to 1980 of
1(1.000,000 buabela.
EIGHTEEN principal producing
countrlaa reporting on wheat
Indicate a tolal production tola
year of l.S. UMOO bushels, aa
compared wim i.iu,s.iu "
duced In theaa aame countrlaa laat
year, and 3,098.468.000 produced
in 1881.
Present Indlratlona are that tba
wheat crop of tha Northern Hem
isphere' thta aeaion will be about
S80. 000.000 buabela smaller man
laat yiar'a crop, and that tha
Southern Hemisphere will pro
.w. about 15.000.000 busheli
leaa.
Ktirnna'a croo la forecast at
1.481.000.000 bushels, aa com'
pared with 1.485.000,000 bushels
a year ago.
a a
TBI story of wheat, you see,
A a Hory ot amalier production
the world over, with tha hlggeat
dron occurring In tha United
States.
Thla atory of amalier produc
tion baa bean reflected in higher
prlcea. Reduced production meana
more buyera than eallora In the
marketa. and when there are
more buyera than aellora prlcea
go up.
We can pan lawa untlliwe are
black In the face, but aa long aa
there are more aellora than buy
era In the marketa prlcea will re
main low.
Embezzlement, Swindling,
Fraud, Assassination
Among Counts Filed
Government Gets "Sugar"
From Export Company;
Problem of Debt Up
u
P IN the Pendleton country,
Senator Slelwer telle tola
wrllor, whoat waa aelllng at the
hipping point a yoar ago at 2
'to 28 centa por bushel. Prospccta
are that It will bring aomewhere
(Continued on Page Four)
t
'AIN'T MM"
Joe Machado ot 764 Wocas
treat. Shlpplngton, wanta hla
friends to know that he waa not
the Joe Machado arrested Satur
day for being drunk and disorderly.
GRAFT IN CUBA
Tlv l.AWItP.NTB HAAS
United Press Staff Correspondent
HAVANA. Au. li. I Ur )
eensatioo was caused tonight
bv the filing of civil suits against
Uerardo Machado, banished pres
ident of the republic, and mem
bara of his calilnot, charging
hem Willi graft and grave dle-
lurbancea to tha nation a linen
elal condition.
(liners Involred In the action
Included former Secretary of
State Oreatee Ferrare. now In
tha Unltad Slates; Finance Sec
retary Octavlo Averoff; Interior
Secretary Octavlo Zubliaretta;
Chief of Police Anclart. and Joaa
liqulerdo, former mayor of Havana.
Many Charge Drawa
All ware charged with embei-
llement of public funda. fraud,
awlndllng. firing arms and as
sasslnatlon. Sulla were filed by
Jose Garcllaeo Da La Vega,
lawyer, la the second section ol
the court ot Instructions In Ha
vana. The court accepted tha
action whan Oe La Vega de
posited a bond of 1500.
The sulta followed revelations
In official quartera that Senator
Vlrlato Outlerrei, a Machado
supDortar. abroad alnca June,
had been paid a check for 150,
000 by the Suiar Export Cor
poration ahortly before he left
Cuba. It waa reliably reported
hat Gullerrea transferred this
150,000 to a member of the
Macbado cabinet.
These revelations followed
word that Provisional President
Carlos Manuel Oe Sespedes waa
considering an early adjustment
ot Cuba'a national Indebtedness,
held chiefly by large banka In
.Saw . York and-bondholders In
tha United Slates.
Americans May Help
In all probability an American
commission of financial
..... Crash Kills College President
. , iY i fcawef J-Vi aai 1 1 titL-. . ' -i X
TEMPERATURE
HITS 101 HERE;
PENDLETON 107
Mercury R e a c h es New
Record for Summer as
Heat Wave Stays On
Kidnapers Get Away
After Thrilling Chase
Directed From Plane
Here la the tangled wreckage of the automobile In which Dr. William
A. Maddox, president ot Rock ford College, and Prof. Alfred O.
Wllgeroth, director of tha college music deportment, met death
when the automobile waa struck by a train near Rocktord, III.
Dr. Maddox waa hurrying to the bedside of hla wife In a sanitarium
Lupe's Niece
Hidden After
Kidnap Threat
Will Rogers Says:
BEVERLY HILLS, Aug. U.
Editor The Klamath Newa:
Balbo finished a great trip
and Mussolini and
all Italy kissed
him fervently on
both cheeks. ' Now
we know why he
waa growing that
beard.
If yon lea a
strange' man hiding In the
bushes arond your place, It's
more than apt to ba an ex
President of Cuba.
I aee by tha paper that dur
ing this kidnaping epidemic, a
well known machine gun com
pany haa patriotically agreed
to not aell 'em to ganxstera,
till they have uaed up tha ous
they hare, Yours,
will be Invited to Havaua to
study the problem.
Cuba a ui collections nave
been difficult and It may soon
be Impossible for the government
to provide some 815,000,000 a
year for tba servicing of the
1180,000,000 indebtedness, and
largely owed to banka and bond
holders In the United Stales.
Designation of Finance Secre
tary Martlnea Saena to handle
the governments economic prob
lems with the aid of Ambassador
Welles waa taken aa an Indica
tion the government regards tha
economic crisis aa among tha
(Continued on Page Eight)
Board of Trade to "
Remove Price Peg
On Wheat Today
By HAROLD r'rainvii.lk
United Presa Staff Correspondent
CHICAGO. ' Aug. 15. (UP)
Despite pegging of grain prlcea
on Canadian exchangee, tha Chi
cago hoard of trade announced
tonight it would go through with
Its scheduled plan to remove the
peg on minimum prlcea here to
morrow.
The announcement, made after
a lengthy meeting, meant that
starting tomorrow, the mini
mum price restrictions will be
removed and prices can go aa
low as they wish, except that
separate restriction provides
they cannot fall more than an
average ot tour centa a day.
The minimum reatricllona,
pegging prlcea temporarily at
minimum Iowa, were aet. two
and .one-half weeka ago after
prlcos dropped spectacularly In
several successive wild days ot
trading. ,
Titles Supplied
Initiative Pleas
SALEM, Aug. 15. (AP) Two
Initiative petitions previously
filed were supplied with ballot
tlllea by Attorney General I. H.
Van Winkle today. Tha titles
were for the limiting of Inter
est on small loana to one per
cent a month and the repeal ot
the county civil service law which
affecta Multnomah county only.
The Initiative petitions now
will require the names of 86,688
legal voters to ba placed On tha
ballot at the general election In
November, 1984, Tha petitions
must be completed by next July
t.
Kitzmiller to Stay
With Oregon Job
- PORTLAND. Aug. 15. (UP)
Johnny Kltsmlllor, the "Flying
Dutchman" of Oregon fame, d
nlcd today earlier reporta that
ha would Play professional root'
hall with the New York Oianta
thta fall
"They made me an offer early
thla year tint I did not accept,
Kltsmiller told tha United Press,
He said he would remain aa
assistant to Prince Calllson, Cnl
varsity of Oregon coach. ,
HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 15. (UP)
Lupa Veles. fiery Mexican film
actraaa. disclosed tonight she had
returned her adopted 4-year-old
nleca to Mexico through fear of
threats by kldnapera.
The little girl. Joan Del Valle
Vales, waa taken to a convent
In Mexico by her mother, Miss
Velex' sister, after the player
had received "three or four
threatening letters."
"I waa absolutely frantic,
Miss Velea aald at ber home to
night, i
"I finally decided the safest
thing to do was to aend Joan
away where no ana codld find
her." . . . ..
Tha actress refused to disclose
the name of tha convent but It
presumably waa In Mexico City.
Tbe little girl'a mother visited
experts j her aoma weeka ago, and then
HAY CROP OF
Forest Fires Break Out
Over State; BIy Blaze
Gives Fhemen Trouble
Second Alfalfa Cutting
Finest In History of Co
unty, Agent Declares
quietly, taking Joan with
Fehl Dressed in
At Oregon Prison;
Joins Fuel Crew
SALEM. Aug. 15. (UP) Earl
H. Fehl, former Jackson county
Judge, waa received at tha state
penitentiary today to begin aerv
ing a four-year term for conspir
acy in connection with the much
publicised ballot thefta at Med
ford last February.
Fehl waa brought to tbe pri
son by Deputy Sheriff Dale Ma
toon of Klamath county. He
will be assigned to tha hog fuel
crew, working with a group ot
former assoclatea almllarly con
victed. The last principal to arrive
will be former Sheriff Gordon
Schermerhorn ot Jackson county.
He waa aentenced to aerve three
years.
Lindberghs Reach
Capital of Iceland
REYKJAVIK. Iceland, Aug.
15. (UP) Colonel and Mrs.
Charlea A. Lindbergh arrived
here at 7:82 p. m., after an
uneventful flight from Greenland.
Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh
were unable to make a landing
In tha inner harbor due to chop
py water. Instead they circled
the city aeveral timea and final
ly alighted oft Vatnagardar.
A large crowd waa present to
greet the filers. Officials of
state, and town welcomed them
officially.
Agriculture Is Klamath coun
ty's most promising Industry at
the present time and with the
favorable outlook tor farm prlcea.
the future seems most optimis
tic, according to C. A. Hender
son, county agent.
Particularly favorable at -this
time Is the condition ot the Kla
math Basin bay crop, with the
econd tntting'Sjf altklfar rated aa
fine aa any ever harvested In the
basin.
Crop Heavy
In addition to the exceptional
quality ot tha crop. It la unusual
ly heavy. Henderson stated.
Virtually all of the Klamath
county cattle ranchea in the
northern and eastern parte of
the county are putting up an ex
ceptionally heavy crops, greater
tbsn any of recent years.
The bumper potato crop, made
valuable by shortagea Is the
mlddlewest and the prospects ot
a strong market, will add nearly
two and a halt million dollars to
the agricultural income ot the
region thla aeaaon. .
The crop la also augmented,
according to authoritative re
ports, by some of tha cropa In-
(Cot.tinued on Page Eight) -
Kidnapers Elude f
Chicago Police in
Thrilling Manhunt
took to their feet.' One was be
lieved wounded and police long
searched -the wooded section In
to -which ho disappeared. The
other vaulted a fence, crossed
the area of tlmberland and hired
a farmer to carry him to tbe
business district of Chicago.
Factor waa released by kld
napera aeveral weeks ago after
paying 850,000 ransom and
nromlslnr more. Another pay
mem was due today and police
lolned with federal operatives in
setting an elaborate trap tor the
suspects. Information reaching
them led to the belief that one
of tha men likely waa Miller,
South Dakota deputy anerui
who turned criminal and Is now
widely known to police In a
score of midwestern cities.
Tha scorching beat wave which
began last week and haa been
driving In with added intensity
each day alnce. aent the mercury
up to a maximum of 101 degrees
Tuesday for a new high point
for the summer.
The weatherman held out no
hope of a break in the terrific
heat and a wilted population re
signed Itself to another day ot
panting and perspiring.
The state weather bureau of
fered alight encouragement for
cooler temperatures In and about
Portland and portlona ot the in
terior, but the local prophet de
clared that Klamath Falls was
not Included tn -these good tid
ings. High Hark Hit
Tba mounting mercury at the
weather bureau also reached the
100 mark Monday afternoon, af
ter registering 85 degreea laat
Friday, 97 Saturday, and 99 de
grees on Sunday.
Underwoods recording ther
mometer, placed In a different
locality, registered several de
greea under the weather bureau
thermometer, reaching a Tuesday
maximum of 99.
Torrid heat waa being endured
all over tne pacific nortnwest
Tuesday with Red Bluff, Calif..
taking the highest place at 114
degreea: Medford registered 108
Eugene, 98: Pendleton, 107:
Reno, 101: Walla Walla, Waah.
108 and Portland. 97.
Tha heat la accompanied by a
very low humidity which height
ens tbe fir baxard over the
whole area.
Bly Flra Spreading
Excessive heat and low humi
dity are blamed tor the outbreak
ot numerous forest fires over
the county, the largest of which
haa been burning for several days
near Bly In tbe holdings of the
Weyerhaeuser and Walker-Hovey
Timber companiea.
The Bly forest tire haa been
spreading steadily since its out
break last Thursday, and crews
of men have been sent from the
C. C. C. camp at Bly, from the
town of Bly, and from the local
otflcea of tha Klamath Foreat
Protective Association which haa
also aent out modern equipment
for fighting the blase.
Several other forest blaxea re
ported to tha Protective Associa
tion headquarters by mountain-
top lookouts, have been prompt
ly handled, according to Jack
son F. Kimball, president ot the
association No new fires were
reported Tuesday, Kimball stat
ed.
Equipment and reserve crews
are kept on hand constantly by
the aasociatton to aid in tha
suppression of any forest fires,
Requeata for deputise - from
the tire department ot tha slats
police oEU.es at Portland to aid
(Continued on Page Eight)
CHICAGO. Aug. 1. (UP)
A manhunt almoat unprecedented
In modern police history waa
climaxed by a running gun bat
tle today. Police, spurred on
by tbe fact that their quarry
waa two kidnaping suspects, be
lieved they wounded one of tha
men but both managed to es
cape immediate capture.
More than 200 officers parti
cipated In the search which waa
directed from an airplane by
Edward Among, a policeman.
nd Fred J. Bouchard, pilot of
tba ahlp. Tba men they sought
were auspects In the kidnaping
of John (Jake the Barber) Fac
tor. Added im por Unco was at
tached to tha case when it waa
learned that on of tha auspects
mar be Verne C. Miller, notori
ous outlaw wbo la charged with
Innumerable bank robberies, at
least two slayings, and who Is
wanted for questioning In con
nection with tbe Kansas City
Union station massacre and the
Canneries Forced to Close
As Calif oria's Crop
Stays on Trees to Spoil
081.0, Norway, Aug. 15. (UP)
The Attenposten said today tbat
Colonel Charlea A. Lindbergh ia
expected to proceed ahortly to
Norway using the Pan-American
Airwaya gasoline depot at Stav
anger, on the Norway coast.
Bailey Will Face
Penalty of Death
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Aug. 15.
(UP) Harvey Bailey, machine
gunner, bank bandit and kid
naper, waa formally charged to
day with participation In tho
Union atation massacre here
June 17, when five men were
mowed down by bullets.
A charge ot first degree mur
der was filed at the request ot
Ri E. Vetterll, chief ot tha bu
reau of Investigation, Tha com
plaint charged that Bailey and
others killed Raymond J. Cat
trey, Investigator tor tha depart
ment of Justice. Prosecutor T.
A. J. Maslln aald tha elate would
demand the death penalty for
Ualley.
CAR 8TOLKN
Theft ot a green Jordan aedan
from hla garage near 8econd
street and Klamath avenue haa
been reported to police bureau
by Ray Pickering. The auto
mobile was taken some tlma dur
ing Monday Bight.
Charlea Urachal - kidnaping la
Oklahoma City.
Dick Good Actor
Supported by reinforcements
armed with every modern weapon
to fight criminals. Detective
Frank . McKenna.. dressed as a
telegraph messenger boy, kept
a rendexvoua with the kidnaping
auspects. He carried In his
hand a bundle of bogus money.
The elaborate police trap worked
to perfection up to this point,
but when McKenna tried to ar
reat the arfspects they defied bis
orders snd fled. There leaned
a gun battle along tbe quiet sub
urban hlgbwaya near Lagrange.
An airplane droned overhead to
keep track of tha bandit car.
Police-laden vehicles followed In
close pursuit. Bullets streamed
in both directions.
Finally the fugitive ear, its
tires punctured by bullets,
awerved Into a roadside ditch,
overturned, and lu occupants
(Continued on Pag Eight)
EACH STRIKE
AFFECTS 5000
City Ready To
Aid Family of
Rev. Hornshuh
WAKHDCGTON. Aug. 15. (UP)
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
tonight signed tha California
itrh cannera agreement.
Under terma ot the code,
growers will receive 820 a ton
for all neaches obtained for ean-
nina. Committees will allocate
the Deck, limited to 218.000
tons.
Tha rnarantea 01 (20 a ion
averages more man cwice ioe
amount paid growers last year,
officials clamled.
FRESNO. Cel.. Aug. 15. (UP)
on than 5000 orchard workers
and cannery employee loat their
Jobs today aa widespread strikes
brought tne tan joaquin
peach Industry to a standstill.
Jrruil ptcaers waiaea oai, -
mending 80 and 85 centa an
hour. Instead ot the 17 cents
they were receiving, and an
eight-hour day.
Biggest Acreage Hit
Seven hundred struck at the
Tagua ranch near Tulare, larg
est peach orchard In tha world,
and threw 1100 cannery em-
olores out of work. Tne r-ings
County Packing company at Ar-
mona and the caniornia racamg
(Continued on Page Eignt)
COURT ATTACK
ON IA LOST
BY OIL GROUP
Judge Rules Recovery
Act Is Constitutional;
Congress Is Upheld
Texas Refiners Carry
Battle Into Court to
Set Aside Opera tion
Steel Magnates' at '
Conference Snub
Labor President
By ARTHUR F. DKGREVB
United Frees Stuff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. (UP)
The bitter feud between organ
ised labor and a faction ot tha
natlon'a greatest industrialists
flared anew today when leaders
of the steel industry refused to
confer with Secretary ot Labor
Perkina in tbe presence of Will
iam Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor.
Steel representatives, Including
Eugene Grace, president ot tha
Bethlehem Steel Corporation,
and W. K. Irvin ot tha U. 8.
Steel Corporation arrived at the
labor department to discuss wage
and hours statistics with Secre
tary Perkins. They ami at her
invitation.
Entering tba room In tha labor
department building, they found
Green there. The ateel leaders
I whispered a tew words to Mrs.
Perkins and departed.
Green told newspapermen ha
had gone to the conference aa
Wheat Conference
Called by League
GENEVA. Aug. 15. (UP)
A world wheat conference here,
convening August 21, haa been
called by the League ot Nations
at the Instance ot the "Big
Four" wheat producing countries
the United States, Canada, Ar
gentina and Australia It was
announced today.
A world agreement on produc
tion OI wneai win uo .uuhiivi ... ' ,
presumably some formula to cur-1 "eel advisor of tha labor advla-
K .... . . . . I nrv hnanl
tall wheat planting for the next
two years and reduce the aur
plua now on hand. The basis
for such an accord was laid at
London recently, during tbe
world eoonomio conference.
Cotton Growers to
Get Federal Checks
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. (UP)
America's cotton farmers will
receive 8110,000,000 from the
government Immediately, tt waa
decided late today at a long
White House conference of the
"aupor cabinet."
. The checks, which probably
will be In the malls tomorrow,
the President Rooaevelt'a re
ward to those cotton planters
who promised to destroy rroip
25 to 50 per cent ot tholr crops
In the Interests ot hla agricul
tural recovery program.
... ,i i ... .. .
nry board.
General Hugh S. Johnson faced
I co. imued on Page Eight)
Rolph Wants NRA
To Mediate Strike
HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 15. (UP)
The national recovery adminis
tratlon alone can act tor aa Im
mediate and final aolutton to
the strike of 8300 motion picture
technicians, Governor Jamas
Rolph, Jr., said today In a tele
gram to authorltlca In Washington.
Rolph Informed Leo Wolman,
acting NRA chairman In Wash
ington, he had conferred with
labor leaders and that ha be
lieved If the NRA board accapta
a code establishing a 85-hour
week and minimum wage acale
for craftsmen, tha strike would
and. Immediately. ,
Oriental Conflict
Feared as Result
Of U. S. Program
BV HARRISON SALISBURY
United Press staff Correspondent
BANFF. Alta Aug. 15. (UP)
Danger ot new conflict In the
far east as a result of President
Roosevelt's vigorous drive for re
habilitation of American eco
nomic life waa presented at the
Institute ot Pacific Relatfone to
day. . ,
The effect of vigorous control
ot American Industrial and agri
cultural oroductlon upon world
marketa waa atudied in round
tables. First example cited ot
the effect of American domestic
policy upon far eastern econom
ics waa in connection with sugar
Should American beet sugar pro
duction be auccessfully regulat
ed under the Roosevelt code, a
similar international agreement
was auaaested.
Possible new marketa fos
American and Canadian wheat In
the far east were suggested.
However, Chinese and Japanese
reoreeentatives pointed out that
age old prejudices in favor of a
rice diet would operate to Hin
der auch a program. Restricteo
production was believed to at
ford more nones ot auccess.
Blame for major economic con
filets of the tar east waa placed
upon the World war by Count
Soveshima. Japanese delegate
He declared Increased production
In war time had resulted In tos
terlng ot infant industries after
economic reason lor meir i
Istenca had passed;
Fort Klamath Road
Work on Schedule
SALEM. Aug. 15. (UP) The
state highway commission today
announced the addition oi tne
Fort Klamath-Crooked Creek sec
tion of The Dalles-California and
Crater Lake hlghwaya to previ
ously advertised projecta,
The commission will receive
bids at Ita meeting August 2
for applying mat oil aurface
treatment to the 5.53 mil sec
tion. Other work to be adver
tised on the same data Includes
six bridges and 87 miles ot road
work, ,
Can yon imagine awaking to
the fact that every one ot your
possessions, even the little cher
ished keepsakes which mean so
much, have been awept away
from you? Not a atlck of furni
ture, not a book, not a change ot
linen, not even a pair of shoe
left to yonr name?
This Is the tragic situation in
which tha Reverend Fred Horn
shuh, his wife and their three
children found themselves after
the destructive tire of Sunday
morning which awept away the
Klamath Temple and the Horn
shuh home. .
Friday Gift Day
'The Klamath community,
touched to Ita generous heart by
the deaolation of tha minister's
family, haa planned to rally to
their aid, and Friday haa been
set aside aa gift day for the
Hornsnuns.
Any gift, no matter bow amall.
for renremoer taca haven't oven
glass of Jelly or a grain ot
aalt. will be cherished by tbe
family who have worked ao hard
tor the welfare of this community.
The First Presbyterian church
ill be headquarters for the
mammoth miscellaneous shower
and will be open from 9 o'clock
Friday morning until 9 in the
evening to receive the gifts. A
committee will be there during
tneae hours and will assemble
all the presents.
f.ifts of money from friends
over the city and county should
be sent to tne ofiice of The Her
ald and News In care of Rever
end Hornshuh, alnca he no long
er haa a home address. Tha be
reaved family la scattered over
the city, taken In by kindly
(continued on Page Eight)
Man Arrested on
Liquor' Charges
3. R. 81ms waa arrested laat
night at 1941 Wantland avenue
and charged with possession of
liquor, .
Pnltco said they confiscated
25 cases of beer and a quantity
of whiskey and gin.
Freight Rate Cut
For Potatoes to
Be Effected Soon
Reductions ia freight rates on
potatoea to aoutharn points, an
nounced aoma tlma ago by rail
roads serving the Klamath
basin, will go in effect August
25.
This announcement was mads
late yesterday by W. C. Wilkes,
general agent of the Western
Pacific.
The reductiona range from 5
to 14 Va cents a hundred to
pointa between Redding and Sacramento.
Shipping ot tba spuds usually
starts earlyin September.
U. S. Willing to
Back Wheat Plan
WASHINGTON. Aug. 15.
Secretary Wallace said today this
country waa prepared to accept
"any reasonable plan for Euro
pean cooperation" Involving the
reduction ot wheat production
'which is satisfactory to Canada.
Australia, and Argentina."
Wallace made hla statement at
a press conference after receiving
a report from Henry Morgenthau,
sr., American delegate to tbe
London wheat conference, which
la acheduled to reconvene at
London, August 21.
WASHINGTON, Ang. 15. (UP)
Tha first court attack against
the constitutionality ot tha na
tional recovery act failed today
la District ot Columbia supreme
court when an application for aa
Injunction to aet aside operation
ot the law as it affected Taxaa
oil refiners was denied by Jaa
tice Joseph Cox.
Forty-nine Texas refiners bad
sought to have aet aside ths in
terior department's recant re
strictions on interstate ehipment
of OIL
Congress Upheld
"C o n g r e a a haa declared,'
Cox's opinion aald, "that there la
a national emergency and has
granted the president broad pow
ers to meat thla emergency."
He held that congress had tha
constitutional authority to dele
gate theaa powers. .
The section of the oil regals
tiona around which the fight
raged ' was the "hot oil" ' rule.
Tbat forbida ths Interstate ship
ment, production or withdrawal
from storage of any oil taken
from the ground in violation of
state lawa. It was laaued by
Secretary of Interior Ickes un
der presidential authority.
Recovery gct Rapped
"I do not think the national
recovery act can be auatalned on
any ground," aald T. W. F.
Fischer, counsel for tha refiners.
asking Judge Cox to grant an
injunction against the' federal
government. "Tha act la un
constitutional and void for tha
reason that it la an attempt to .
delegate power to the President
of the United States which can
not be delegated-but. must ba
exercised by congress alone."
Fischer contended the- federal
government's power over inter
state commerce waa contlned to
regulation aad did not permit
prohibition.
The court action cams 48
bonis before the national recov
ery administration waa sched
uled to submit a code to tha oil
industry. Reporta persist tbe
code will call for aoma form ot
modified price fixing. Thia la
demanded by many leading oil
men wno contend rising produo
tlon costs maks price supervision
vital to tha Industry's prosperity.
American Consul,
Ambassador Listed '
By Jap Assassins
TOKIO. Aug. 18. (Wednes
day) (UP) The American am
bassador and consul general hare
were included In the list ot pro
posed victims in the unsuccess
ful plot to cverthrow the gov
ernment in May, 1932, according
to testimony today at the trial
ot 10 navy officers accused of
inciting a rebellion which caused
the assassination of Premier In
ukal. Sub-Lieutenant Kameahlro Ito,
one ot the defendants, testified
that the conspirators planned to
kill Arthur Garrels, consul gen
eral, and urged Sub-Lieutenant
Haruo Oba to kill Joseph Clark
Grew, American ambaasador,
the aame night the premier waa
murdered.
The contemplated assassina
tion of the two American offi
cials waa not attempted, however.
Coast Baseball
' R. H. E.
Loa Angelea 3 10 1
Sacramento .... 0 3 0
Newsom and Cronln; Hartwlg,
Sanders and Wirts.
R. H. E.
Seattle 12 17 I
Mission 18 20 4
Radonits, Sewell, Coster and
Bradbury; Cole, Osborne, John
son and Fitipatrick.
' R. H. , B.
Portland 8 7 1
Hollywood 5 15 I
Koupal, Freltas and Palmla
ano; Campbell and Summers.
Press Time News Flashes
SALEM, Aug. 16. (UP)
The bus and truck law enact
ed by the 1BSS legislature vcaa
held unconstitutional today by
tin-nit Judge I.. O. Levelling
of Marion county.
ASTORIA, Aug. 15. (IP)
John Round, 115-year-old Ne
braska medical atuilrnt, was
in a critical condition at a
hospital here tonight, follow
ing his rescue at the base gf
Tillamook Head, where he had
lain for almost 84 hours after
falling from the cliff.
WASHINGTON, Ang. IS.
(VP) Two cent general post
age and a five cent airmail
baae rate may return soon,
Postmaster General James A.
Farley indicated today.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.
(UP) A revised code (or
daily newspapers under the
NRA was filed hy the Ameri
can Newspaper Publishers' aa
aociatlon tonight and aerrnted
by the national recovery ad
nilniatratioa pending hearings.
GENERAL GRANT PARK,
Calif., Aug. in. (UP) An
gnat Wyas, M, San Francisco
tool dresser employed In a con
vict camp, waa killed late to
day when an emery wheel
bunt into pieces. Hla body
waa riddled by , the flying
aluga.
SKLMA, Cel., Aug. 15. (U.R)
Aa he threw a awitch to start
machinery and celebrate tha
gala opening of a hakrr) he
Just purchased. Qurntln Sharp.
, of Fresno, was elect rocoted
tonight.