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Vol. 8, No 253 Price Five Cents.
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1933
iKvery Morning Except Monday)
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Editorials
on the
Day's News
It? HUNK JK.NKINH
HOT weather In Southern Or
lon. a elsewhere, this w
People complain.
Thoia who complain LOt'DBBT
ara tha one who objected most
alranuoualy to tha old. wet
waathar last aprlnf.
That la tha way It foaa.
a a
LET'S not worry, about hot
waathar In Boutharn Oregon.
W naad a cartaln amount ot It
to matur our crops.
Let' not worry nbout ANY
kind of waathar In Boutharn Ora
fon. Our waathar la uniformly
good anough that wa don't need
to worry much about It.
a
BUT lat'a go on talking about U
aa much aa wa Ilka. It wa
didn't nave tha waathar to talk
about wad ba In n terrible fix.
Juat how, for sismple, would
you open up a caiual conversation
with a stranger if you didn't hav
tha weather to fall back on?
Waathar la useful for othor
thing! than growing cropa.
JOHKIMI CAKSON. Portland's
naw mayor, wanta axpenaca
cut In avary department. Reduc
ing expenaea until they meet In
come la tha only way ha can so
to balance the clty'a budget.
Strange man! Tha usual polit
ical theory la that tha way to got
ouraelvea out ot the hole la to
pend ouraelvea deeper In.
TUB natloual recovery adinlnli-
J- tratlon la considering price
fixing at least to th extent of
minimum prlcea. to prevent dlsas-
troua price cutting.
General Johnson, however, isn't
very enthusiastic about it. He
aaya: "I have aald before, and 1
repeat, that any proposal for price
fixing which docs not have aa its
basis the control of production Is
an economic monstrosity, and 1
refuse to hare anything to do
with It."
, -.
GENERAL JOHNSON, Ilka a lot
J of other, people, likes big
words.
What ha means by "economic
monstrosity" ia that If prlcea ara
fixed at a figure high enough to
yield an attractive profit people
will produce too much, and ao
areata a situation In which there
are more sellers than buyers.
If wa ara going to tinker with
tha law ot supply and demand oy
fixing tha price, he thlnka, w
muat go tha whole road and tell
people they can only product ao
much.
e a
TIE IS absolutely right, In thla
A writor 'a humble judgment.
If wa are going to go PART of
tha way by fixing prlcea, we are
heading for trouble. We can't
have high pricea and unlimited
production at on and th aama
time.
The proverb tells ne we can't
have our cake and eat It, too, and
th coiner ot that proverb knew
what ho waa talking about.
AN UNUSUALLY Intelligent po-
' K tato grower aald to thla writer
the other day,
"I want a good price for pota
toes thla fall, ot course; but I fin
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WOMAN COMMITS 8CICIDE.
LA GRANDE, Ore., Aug. 16
OP) Mrs. Lee SI usher, middle-
aged La Grande woman, died at
a hospital here early today from
a bullet wound In her head
which Coroner George Walker
aald was aelf Inflicted.
Will Rogers Says:
SANTA MONICA, Aug. It.
Editor The Klamath Newa:
Course I could talk about
"our warships go
ing to Cuba," "our
torolgn trade pick
ing up," "16 na
tlona bought more,"
"President of
France ran down
by a bicycle."
That'a not aa bad to me aa
th night I landed In Yoko
hama Japan, and - got run
over by a rickshaw. Rut the
real bit of nows was some In
genlotta Swiss from Switzer
land who wanted to amtigglo
some Swim wnTthos Into
Spnln.
So this old "yotluler"- drove
a bunch of geese afoot from
Stvlticrland clear across
Prance to Spnln and he hat)
the watchos tied under the
gceso'a wings. Think, what a
fellow could bring Into thla
country It he had himself a
good bunch of trained whale.
Yours,
BY ROOSEVELT
Steel Magnates Called to
White House for Con-
ference on NRA Code
Recovery Administration
Alarmed Over Attitude
Taken by Big Industry
By ARTHI'R lK (iltKVE
1, P. Muff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Aug. IB tt).PJ
President Rooserlt cracked
th whip over the giant steal In
dustry today In an effort to end
the dlsputo over Us code which
la threatening tha recovery pro
gram. Aa report arrived from the
coal and ateel areas telling ot In
creasing restlessness among dis
satisfied . workers, Mr. Roose
velt conferred with Myron Tay
lor, chairman of th board of
th United Statea steel corpor
ation, and Charles M. 8chwsb
chairman of th board of Beth-
lehrm steel corporation at the
White House. '
Miuinatra Mum
They spent an hour with the
chief executive but on departing
asked If they had discussed the
steel code. Taylor said:
"We huve absolutely nothing
to say. You had better get your
news from the president."
Karller in the day the White
House lightly dismissed reports
that Mr. Roosevelt was Irritated
by the attitude toward bla pro
gram belna displayed by ateel
and coal leaders and would use
the "big stick' unless action
were quirk.
Recovery administration au
thorities, however, mad no ae
cret of their apprehension of the
delay In these two major basic
Industrie, which are ao cloaely
interlocked.
Recovery authorities held , a
rle of - soufereocea with ateel
representatives during the day
hut there was no Indication ot
much progress.
Cloudburst Hitss
California Town:
Traffic Is Halted
FLOHISTON. Calif., Aug. 1
(U.PJ A cloudburst, followed by
torrential floods and landslides,
tonight covered this mountain
industrial community In the nar
row gorge ot the Trucke river
with four feet of muck, rocks
and logs.
Southern Pacific tracks over
the Slerraa were buried under
debris for several hundred feet
and all traffic was at a stand
still.
Train No. 21, eastbound from
Oakland, escaped damage. No
motorista were missing, the Cal
ifornia atat highway patrol re
ported. Th highway, however,
was washed out.
RENO. Nev.. Aug. II (U.PJ
The Truckee river, passing
through the heart of Reno, rose
two teet from Ita almost dry
river bed aa flood watera of the
cloudburst at- Florlston, Call!.,
swept through the divorce city
tonight.
Van Winkle Queried
About Truck Law
SALEM. Or., Aug. 16 (U.PJ
Attorney General I. H. Van
Winkle was asked to determine
the status of the Invalidated bus
and truck law In a communica
tion from Public Utilities Com
mlssloner Thomaa today.
Thomas salted If the decision
of the circuit Judge, L. G.
Lowelllng Invalidates the entire
law or only portions relating
to clasulflcatloncd haulers. The
1933 legislative law waa de
clared unconstitutional by Judge
jewelling Tuesday.
Man's Body Found
On Winchester Bay
RKKDSl'ORT, Ore., Aug. 16
(UR) Tho unidentified body of
a man about S6 years old waa
found on the shorn of Winches
ter bBy today. Th man had
died ot a brokon neck, Coroner
Ilnrry Stenrna reported.
The body had been In the
water about a week and was
roughly clothed In ovornlla and
heavy hoots. . A etttge ticket
from Mllllngton to Coqullle ot
tered the only moans of pos
sllilo IdcntlNcRllon.
Ex-Follies Beauty
Taken Into Custody
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 16 (U.R)
Helen Lee Worthing, on time
Zlegfeld Follies beauty, was
taken Into custody on orders of
the psychopathic parole officer
today for a hearing Friday on
charges of violating her parol.
Miss Worthing, th divorced
wife of Dr. Eugene C. Nelson,
negro - physician, was taken to
tha General hospital, Previously
sho had been allowed to enter a
unllarlutn under tha ex-bus-
antra guardianship.
First Head of
Oregon Legion
. Kills Himself
SAN r"'"- ...,.'V'lrtx
(U.PJ lllr. '
him cont 0iu"-' -ss
wounded i . orld War
waa ascrlb - "th reason for
tha suicide today of William B.
Follett, SS, first commander of
the American Legion In Oregon.
Fullett shot himself through
the heart while sitting on a park
bench hero. The first, shell he
tried failed to discbarge. The
second ended his life almost In
stantly. A policeman who hurried to
him found him dead. He was
sitting erect on the bench. An
old army revolver lay nearby.
Follett had only 12 cents In bis
pockets, but he waa well dressed.
He waa known as the father
of the Oregon department of the
legion, and waa given an ovation
at tba last state convention In
Klamath Falls. He cam to the
coast for a visit recently, after
spending several years In Flor
ida trying to regain hit health.
A brother, Herbert C. Follett,
said the victim was wounded In
the head during th war and had
been ill since.
Funeral arrangements were de
layed pending word from Fol
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LAMSON CRIME
Railroad Switchman Says
Darky Killed Woman
as He Robbed House
SAN JOSE. Calif.. Aug. 16 (U.PJ
The reported etory of a negro
who claimed to have killed Al
lene Thorpe Lamson when he en
tered her Stanford campus home
on Memorial day for .the pur
pose of robbery, caused authori
ties today to send out a state
wide appeal for arrest of the
negro.
Although Inclined to doubt
the tale, officers nevertheless
said. thj -would. Ilka to question
the negro. Meanwhile, they com
pleted plans for the trial of
David A. Lamson, accused of
killing his wife.
Snitchiuan Talks
The theory that the negro
may have been responsible aroso
when Joe Bcgley, Southern Pa
cific awltrhman at Menlo park,
told police tha following atory:
A negro whom he talked te
the day after the killing asked
If he had heard of a murder on
the Stanford campus. Begley
said "no" and gave the negro
three centa to buy a papor. The
negro returned, weeping, and
said a man had read the atory
to him.
"I killed that woman," the
negro aald, going on to relate
ha entered the Lamson horn
thinking nobody , would be there
on a holiday. As he commenced
to ransack the place. Mrs. Lam
son started out of the bathroom,
calling, "Is that you, honey!"
When she saw the negro she re-
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0(7 Industry Code
To Be Completed
Within Few Days
WASHINGTON. Aug. 18 (U.PJ
A cod for tho oil Industry
will be perfected within a few
days, General Hugh S. Johnson,
national recovery administrator.
Indicated tonight after a lengthy
conference with President Roose
velt. Oil, ateel and coal have
beon the three major Industries
In which greatest difficulty has
been met In code negotiations.
Shortly after Johnson had de
parted. Secretary ot the Interior
Ickes, who directed the drafting
of th revised petroleum agree
ment, hurried into the White
House.
When Ickea loft a few minutes
later, he declined to discuss his
conference.
"This was the flrBt opportu
nity the president has had to
look over the code," Johnson
told newspapermen.
Murdered Baby
Declared Normal
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 16 (U.PJ
The illegitimate daughter ot
Frank W, Fahlon, Jr., could not
have been slain becaueo of a dis
figurement, an autopsy surgeon
announced late today,' because
an examination of the Infant's
body revealed the child waa per
fectly normal In evory respect.
Fabian assertedly conrcssod
slaying th Infant because It
was disfigured. "I didn't want
her to grow up that way," he
told police. He said th child
had a large birth mark covering
tha face, and a hare Up.
Loan Appointment
Due on Thursday
PORTLAND, Ore., .Aug. 16
(U.PJ J. P. Lipscomb, regional
director of the home owner
loan corporation will announce
th appointment ot directors In
Klamath Falls and La Grando
Thursday, the United Press was
Informed tonight.
Lipscomb rofttsed to disclose
tho names of th directors un
der consideration.
Guard Vaults After Bond Swindle
f "-'H
National guardsmen In plain
clothe took over the office ot
T. B. (Tom) Boyd, Kansas
stat treasurer, lower right,
and guarded th vault In th
statehous at Topeka a shown
above after the discovery ot
more than 1600.000 In forged
bonds In the vaults. Ronald
Finney, bond aalesman. upper
right, la voder arrest, charged
with dealing in forged securities.
Three banks closed their doors
after discovery ot the forged
nonda.
Weather Here
Little Cooler;
State SwtLers
Wednesday's changeable windj
which stirred up summer dust,
slightly lowered th high temper
atures which hav prevailed lb
Klamath Falls for nearly a week.
and the maximum temperature of
th day waa recorded at 1 de
grees, according to Underwootl's
thermometer.
. An. unstable barometric pres(
sure gav lope ot local ahowers,
and the atat weather bureau Is
sued a forecast for scattered af
ternoon thuuder storms beginning
in the mountains of the southern
portion ot Oregon and probably
extending over the Cascade moun
talns of tha central portion oy
Thursday. A somewtiat higher
humidity In the interior of the
west portion was also predicted.
The soaring mercury of Tues-
.t.. H.al.t.H hlvh nnlnt of Inf.
degrees after The Evening Her-
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Machado May Be
Returned to Cuba
To Face Charges
By LAWRENCE HAAS s
f. P. Staff Correspondent
HAVANA. Aug. 16 (U.PJ Ef
forta to extradite Gerardo Mach
ado. exiled president of Cuba
now In the Bahama Islands, West
Indies, and return him to Cuba
for trial on charges of embex
illng public funds and assassina
tions were instituted by th au
thorities today.
Although Machado la recog
nised aa a political refugee from
the new regime ot Provisional
President Carlos Manuel de Ces
pedes, It was felt extradition
COUIO De vimim Hum tun
1sh possessions. Machado tied
by air to tsassau, in iae Ba
hamas, where he now is.
He has Indicated he may pro
ceed to New York shortly, al
though his first plana were to
go to Bermuda and thence pre
sumably to Englaud. where he
Is rumored to have most ot his
personal fortune In banks. The
extradition move, however, might
cause a swift change In his pro
gram, particularly that part of
it calling for a Tlsit to the
United Stotes, regarded as friend
ly toward th provisional regime.
Youth Wandering
On Desert Saved
SALINAS, Calif., Aug. 16 (U.R)
Everett Jouett, 15-year-old
Denver youth who waa reported
wandering on tho Nevada desert,
waa safe hare tonight after being
picked up by State Patrolman
Tyre Martin near Chualar, 10
miles south of Salinas,
Jouett told Martin he had
quarreled with his mother while
driving across Nevada, and left
the party at Lovelock. He de
cided to visit an uncle In Glen
dale, Arli., and hitch hiked this
far. He had no money, but
tourists provided ' him with
sleeping accommodations and he
managed to live on food which
peoplo gnv him. -
Peggy Joyce III,
Must Quit Film
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 16 (U.PJ
Peggy Hopkins Joyce, much mar
ried film actress, collapsed on a
motion picture set today and was
compelled to withdraw from the
part she had accepted at $4000
a week. -
Heat coupled with a aerloua
Illness Miss Joyca Buffered re
cently In. Chicago was given by
physicians as the reason for her
collntise. Lllyan Tashman was
assigned to the role. . -
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FRUIT ROTS IN
STRIKE FIELDS
Peach, Pear Crops Stay
On Trees as Pickers De
mand Higher Wages
SAN FRANCISCO. . Aug. 16
(U.PJ An hourly wage of J15
centa will be paid fruit pickers
employed-- In .-two arg - pencil
orchards In Merced county, tne
California packing corporation
announced here late today.
This will represent a substan
tin I raise from the 17 H cent
scale which prevailed when 1000
workers went on strike on the
two ranches, demanding wages
of 30 centa an hour.
FRESNO. Calif.. Aug. 16 (U.PJ
Thousands of doUars worth of
fruit rotted In central and north
ern California orchards today as
ranch and cannery owners sought
a way to end widespread strikes
that have threatened the peach,
pear and lettuce Industries.
The situation generally was re
ported improved, with new fruit
pickers starting work on on of
the largest peach ranches, and
indicatlona that the owners ot
two other Immense orchards
would raise wages and recall
their workers before the end of
the week.
Lose Great
The strikers, however, have
tied np peach picking ' long
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Thousands Given
Jobs During July, '
Says U. S. Bureau
By DCAXE WILSOX
TJ. P. Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Aug. 16 (U.PJ
President Roosevelt was cheer
ed to learn from the labor de
partment's bureau ot statistics
today that hundreds of thou
sands ot unemployed , persons
tound Jobs In July.
The Index ot employment In
manufacturing industries for that
month when the administra
tion's drive against the depres
sion waa In full swing rose to
67.3 an Increase of 7.3 over
June.
A similar Increase was 1 re
ported In the non-manufactur
ing industries and agriculture.
Payrolls likewise showed an
increase, rising 7.9 per cent
from 43.1 the Index figure In
June to 46.3 in July.
Japanese Continue ;
Fight Maneuvers
TOKIO, Aug. 17 (Thursday)
(U.PJ Japan'a war maneuvera in
volving the greatest display of
naval strength exhibited in the
far east, approached a climax
today as "attacking" and de
fending" fleets converged on a
spot off the Bonln islands tor
what was expected to be the
deciding "battle" of the games.
The main Island and the city
of Toklo have already experi
enced warlike events , when
"enemy" bombing planes droned
overhead, the city's llghta were
extinguished, defending planes
wore sent up to combat the
raitlers. and batteries of anti
aircraft guns went Into action.
Indians Charged
. With Taking Beer
Avery 8tover and Jo Kirk,
Indians, were lodged. In th
county Jail last night on burg
lary charge.
Officers said they entered
store In Chiloquln and took
case of beer.
2 GIRLS, BOY
SAFE AFTER
LOSING TRAIL
Missing K 1 a m a th Falls
Youths Walk Into Fire
Guard Station, Tired
Have Plenty of Food,
Camp During Night In
Lake o' Woods District
Two Klamath Falls girl and
a boy. missing for mora than 30
hours in th forest near Lake o'
th Woods, walked safely Into
th Clover creek fir guard station-
yesterday evening, none the
worse for their experienqe.
The missing persons were Jean
Hauger. 15, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Hauger: Joline Wood
ruff, 15, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. C. Woodruff, and Carl
Van Emon, 14, son of Mr. and
Mrs, W. C. Van Emon.
All Very Tired
The three were very tired as
they walked Into the fire guard
station 12 mile from their
starting point at Lake o' - the
Woods, but were cheerful, ac
cording to a report from the sta
tion. The C. C. C. camp In that
area sent' a track to the station
to bring them back to Lake o'
the Woods. Their parents In
Klamath Falls received reports
from the camp last night that
they were safe.
The three set out Tuesday
morning with a party of about
10 persons to hike from Lake o'
the Woods to Harriet lake, five
miles away. Tbe thre lagged
behind and at a fork In the
trail took the wrong path.
Othera in the group on ahead
called to them and the three
yelled that they were coming
and to go on."
Drift Away
But the trail took them far
ther and farther away from
their party.
They bad blanket and food
and water with them and ao did
not suffer. They camped at
nlgh,t anoL Jhaol plenty ..to ejst.
Yesterday They hlktd all day ud
reached - the fir station at
about 7 o'clock In the evening.
They had a police dog with
tbem.
The girla were Girl SeouU
and the boy waa a member of
the Boy Scouts of America and
so tbe youtha were somewhat
at home in th wood.
Attempt To Free
Bailey Expected;
Officers'Prepared
DALLAS, Tex.. Aug. 16 (U.PJ
Federal and local officer to
night watched highways leading
to Dallas after getting a tip that
armed outlaws were beading in
this direction, determined to at
tempt delivery ot Harvey Bailey
from the Dallas county Jail.
Late today several carloads f
officers armed with machine
guns, tear -gas bombs and rifles,
left the federal building for a
destination they refused to di
vulge.
"We're on something hot,"
was all they would say in reply
to questiona.
From Fort Worth and Hous
ton came reperte, believed to be
from undercover men of the de
partment of Justice, that George
Kelly, notorious machine gunner,
waa headed toward Dallas with
a formidable company ot gang
land aides.
It was presumed. If the re
ports had foundation, that
Kelly, tor. whom an extensive
search has been made since th
Charles F. Crschel kidnaping,
planned to attempt to free
Bailey, his companion In crime.
Department of Justice agents
have . admitted they expected
such an attempt might be made
"Since this Union station busi
ness at Kansas City, we're pre
pared to believe anything might
happen, one of them said.
CHICAGO, Aug. 16 (U.PJ Two
squads of iederai operatives and
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Coast Baseball
R. H. E.
Los Angeles 4 10 1
Sacramento 3 6 3
Ward and McMullen; Bryan
and Woodall.
R H. E
Portland 4 10 3
Hollywood - IS 16 1
Bowman, Jacobs, Wilson and
Palmlaano, Wallgren; Sheehan
and Bassler, Franks.
R. H. E.
San Francisco 5 8 0
Oakland 3 15 3
stlne, Stuti and Bottarlni;
Jofner and Kalmondl.
R. H. B.
Seattle ... . - 3 8 4
Mission ; 8 14 1
Stage Passengers
Hurt Near Baker
- BAKER. Aug. 16, (AP) Eight
passengers on a Union Pacific
atag carrying 13 persona wer
cut and bruised early this morn
ing when the bus was forced
against an embankment by a
truck operated by an unidenti
fied : river near Rattlesnake
Springs on the Old Oregon Trail
In Baker oounty.
Houses Destroyed
By Grass Blaze;
Fires In Control
Big . Fire Near Lakeview Junction Burnt
Home, Barn, Hay; Crews Get Blaze In
Check; Worden Fire Cover 200 Acres
Their toll two house, barn and hundreds of acre ot graatnl
land, th fire of Klamath county were under control last night.
Meat of th damage waa done by th big graaa fir on th hllla
near Lakeview Junction aouth of Klamath Falls. Two small houses
wer destroyed lat In the afternoon. Th barn and 40 ton t ha
of O. Hare wer also burned.
ARMORY SITE
NOT SELECTED
Committee Decides to
Meet Again Monday;
26 Sites Are Proposed
After meetings yesterday aft
ernoon and last night the citric
committee selecting a Bit for
the Klamath Falls armory de
cided to meet again Monday.
The session will be held in the
county courtroom at 10 o'clock.
96 Sites Presented
Twenty-six sites hare been
listed by Klamath property own
era with the committee, accord
ing to R. E. Bradbury, secre
tary. Prices for land submitted
ranged from 11.000 to 130,000.
The committee decided at a
meeting held Monday tbe site
for the armory should be cen
trally located with accessible
parking apace. The building
should be, at a minimum, placed
on a site 150 feet by 300 feet
with the possibility of obtaining
other property for a park and
playground.
Virtually all ot the site pro
posals submitted Wednesday
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j4rref of Bates
Foils Huge Plot
' To Kidnap Baby
By W. B. DICKDiSOX
U. P. Staff Correspondent
DENVER, Aug. 16 (UP)
Four days ago a "Tipster" from
the Denver underworld ftold de
tectives where to find Albert L.
Bates, kidnaper of Charles r .
Crschel. Oklahoma oil man.
Bates lies now In a Denver Jail
facing almost certain life Im
prisonment for his scores of
crimes but th very tipster who
caused Ms arrest set at naught
plana of government operatives
tor a spectacular anti-amnap
coud. It was revealed tonight.
Had this dangerous criminal
gone unmolested but a few days
longer, sub-machine guns and
automatic rifles, handled by de
partment ot Justice men, in all
probability would hate ended in
one burst of bullets his me ana
that ot two other members ot the
Infamous Harvey Bailey gang,
Vernon, Miller and George (ma
chine gun) Kelly.
For Bates and his confederates,
it was disclosed, had Plotted an
abduction expected to produce
the largest ransom of all time
and government agenta. In turn,
had plottet to come upon tbem
in the act. . , . .
Guy Waggoner, I year old son
of W. T. Waggoner, perhaps
richest ot Texas oil men, was to
havs been the victim In this
"snatch" ot all "snatches", tbe
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Successful French
Fliers Return Home
LE BOURGET. Francs, Aug.
16(P) Maurice Rossi and Paul
Codo, French airmen who re
cently aet a new distance record
by flying from New York '.o
Syria, cam back to Le Bourget
today.
About 600 persons, mostly of
ficials braved rainy weather to
greet them. The airmen flew over
Paris almost unnoticed.
Among those at the field were
Premier Daladier and United
States. Ambassador Jesse 1.
Strause.
Press Time
WILMINGTON. Calif.. Ahr.
16 (U.R Two mm were shot
(lend Ami womnn was crlt
Icnlly wounded ton iff ht In a
shooting nffray over m Job to
build a.dcwiilk.
8.W PKDItO. Cnllf., Aug.
Iff (U.R) The 9Ift,MlO ymht
Alma, which grounded in a
tug at Point Vfcrnte early to
day, was reported hmiklng np
tonight ns wave pounded the
hull against Jagged rocks Un
tng the shore.
LONG BEACH, Calif., Aug.
18 (U.R) Charges that com
munist agitators were at
tempting to foment a strike of
R. K, C. workers were made
by Ivong Bearh poll re tonight
coincident with, the county's
announcement that govern
ment relief funds were dwin
dling rapidly j ; '
More than s doxen men sent
to thl fir by th county eoart
and aherltf aucceeded In getting
It under control by nightfall.
Tb names of owners of th de
stroyed houses were not Imme
diately available.
1 8. P. Men Fight
Southern Pacific workmen pat
down, s lira which burned 300
sere of grazing land la th
Worden district. No timber or
railroad property was destroyed.
About 25 men were sent front
Klamath Falls to fight this fir.
Th forest fir tn th Weyer
haeuser and Walkr-HoTy hold
ings near Bly was reported aider
control.
Th C. O. C. camp near Lake
o th Woods reported fires la
that area under coatrol with
damage held down.
BY TJKITEB PRESS)
Although tire hazards were
decreasing with rising humidity
and cooler weather, several seri
ous biases still regod la Oregon
tonight.
Dosens of "spot" fires broke
out in aeVranc of the Glenwood
and Wilson river fires and th
whole of both biases virtually
was ont of control tonight.
About 500 mea .were fighting
the flames.
One group of 175 0. C. C
workers were forced te seise
equipment and flee for their
Uvea when fire hemmed their
camp near the Wilson river con
flagration. Fear was felt that the spot
fires may apread and Join the
two main biases, thus covering
sa area, of neavVy ,10,006 acres.
The situaiti.a ia southwestern
Oregon was believed well la
hand tonight. Reports flora th
remote Curry county blase oa
Euchre creek Indicated th 100
C. C. C. workers hsd the 500
acre plase nnder control.
A troublesome tire sprang ap
in Douglas county timber south
east of the Bradford-ranger sta
tion, but early report were
meager la deUIL
CALIFORNIA FIRES RAGB
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16,
(AP) Fog tempered the heat
wave at some Pacific eoast point
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Tribe Names Croup
To Study Contracts
On Sale Of Timber
The tribal eonncil ot Klam
ath Indians at a meeting yester
day afternoon appointed a sub
committee to study contract tor
timber sale offered them by
Klamath lumbermen.
The committee will meet Mon
day to go over - the proposed
contracts, according to Wade
Crawford, superintendent ot the
Klamath Indian reservation. A
report will be made soon to th
council. ,
Th naw contracts call for a
big reduction in stumpag prices.
The prices nnder the new con
tracts range from $1.50 to S3 a
thousand. Different prices are
listed for various timber unite.
The old contracts called tor
$5.85 a thousand.
The committee ot the tribe Is
composed ot Levi Walker, Boyd
Jackson, Sim Riddle, Luke Ches
ter, Seldon Kirk, Dice Crain,
Charles S. Hood, Ben Mitchell,
Tom Lang, Ida Crawford, Eddie
Cookman, Winnie Foster, Jessie
Lee Kirk. Harry Pearson and
Watson Duffy.
Child Labor In
Yards Not Banned
SALEM, Aug. 16. JP) The
national recovery act does not
prohibit child labor In bop
yards, State Labor Commissioner
C. H. Gram stated here today.
As to whether or not picking
hours will be circumscribed by
the act will be investigated, the
commissioner said.
News Flashes
LOS AVGfrXKS, Aug. 10
(U.PJ Cmm hie Allen, pronil.
nent retired southern Cali
fornia newspaper publisher,
and his young woman com
panion, Miss Cora Wlthington,
were wounded tonight by
I win lit. Miss Wlthington seri
ously. POKTIjAN'I), Ore., Aug. 16
(U.R) Condemnation of the low
wag policy of the state high
way commission was approved
In resolution form by the con
vention of the Oregon Htate
Federation of Labor here to
day, -
BOCLDKB CITY, .Nev., Aug.
14 (U.R An attempt to causa
a strike among 2.VH) Boulder
dmn workers was frustrated
toitny when laborers refused to
heed open solicitations of agi
tators.