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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1933
(Every Morning Except Mondavi
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News
Editorials
on tin
Day's News
Uy FRANK JENKINS
vyllU (Irat tlx month! ot 1223
bar bsau tha laaat favoreblt
tor crop production ot any aeason
la FIFTY TBAHB, accordlng'to
tha department or ggrlcullurt ot
tha Unltad Stttee. Aoraaia plaat
ad baa baaa raducad, and proa
ptctlva ylaldi art low."
.a a
THB foregoing paragraph la
quotad from a llttla ptmphlet
entitled "Tha Afrlcultural Situa
tion and Outlook," published by
tha Oraion Stata Agricultural col
laga and tha Unltad Btatai da
partmant e( agrlrulturt. In eo
oparatloa. R anma up tha atory wa bavt
baaa wading tor month. Tba
atory la ona ot raducad crop
ovsr tha nation na a whole,
a a a
NORMALLY, poor eropa and
bad tlmaa go hand In band.
Thla yaar, bowtvtr. wa aaa an
exception to thla rnthar wall es
tablished rule. In raducad crops,
wa aaa aa IMPROVED OUT
LOOK. Why? Barauta aTar-productlon
baa brought agrlcuttura Into a
bad etate. with prlcaa banging
around tha atervatloa point.
Prlcaa ara low bacauaa thora' ara
mora aallara than buyara that la
to aay. .bacauaa aupply exceedt de
mand. ,
Thla condition aan ba cured
only by raductlon ot aupply un
til H to brought Into aomathlng
Ilka a raaaonabla ralatlonahlp to
demand.
aaa
WE ARB undertaking to accom
plish that by law. but too
much reliance can't ba. placed
upon crop reduction by law. Na
tura naada to taka a band K
crop reduction la to ba made
really affecllra.
It tha flguraa ot tha depart
ment ot agrlcultura ara accurate.
Nature la TAK1N0 A HAND,
e a a
WHEN Natura takea a hand In
crop reduction, her proceaeea
ara tar from Impartial. She Uys
tba heavy hand ot punlthment
bara, and aba baatowa beneflta
there. To tome areas aba brings
crop failures, and to others aha
brings heavy yields.
But la tha long run she, re
duces production, so that accum
ulated aurpluaaa may ' aa con
sumed. "
She baa bean doing that tor a
long time la tha past, and will
continue to do K tor a long time
to coma.
aaa
THB Klamath couutry, this
year, la ona at tha faiored
apota.
In tha taca ot general short
ages, which ara bringing prices
np from tha disastrously low
levels at recent years, tha crops
In tha Klamath country are
HEAVY In soma casea establish
ing new records tor high prodno-
tlon.
Wa have been happily dealt
with, and ahould ba grateful,
e e e
OUR future, hera In tba Klam
ath country, looks good.
(Continued on Page Four)
JORDAN APPEAL SET
SALEM. Aug. 10. (UP) The
appeal of Theodora Jordan, a
negro, aenteneed to hang for
slaying of a railway employe at
Klamath rails, will ba heard by
tha atata supreme court Septem
ber 15.
Will Roger Says:
SANTA MONICA, Aug. 80
Editor, Tha Klamath Nowt: I
believe that Mr. Moley, chief
of the "brain trust
ers," getting out la
about tha atartlng
ot tha and ot col
lege professora In
government. A pro
fessor gets all ot
hit out ot a book,
bit tha politician, aa he'd aa
ha It, doet have an under
standing of human nature and
tha mob.
So wa may just aa well be
come reconciled to tha tact
that the old politician la with
ut "even, unto doath."
Theorict art great. They
sound great, but tha minute
you art asked to prove ona In
actual Ufa, why, the thing
blowt np. So profesaon back
to tha classroom, Idealists back
to the drawing room, com
munists back to tha aonp box
(and use tomt ot It), but old
Congressman "Hokum" and
old Senator "Hoooy art still
tha Mussollnla ot our country.
Yours,
CONTROL PLAN
DISCUSSED BY
LUMBER HEADS
Production of Mills to Be
Regulated by Pine Men
In New Large Program
Recovery Code Studied at
Session; Men From 12
States Meet Here Soon
By CHARLES MACK
Tha control of lumbar produc
tion awung Into a major Issue
ot the Western Pine association
during the afternoon of the first
day meeting Wednesday aa ar
guments grew warm over tha
meihoda f allocation.-.
Mora than 1(0 members from
It western statea convened at
tha Keamet golf club house la
a meeting which will probably
continue for the rest of tha week
Code Gone Over
During the day the national
lumber code of the NRA waa
gone over bit by bit and die
cussed for a thorough under
standing. Tha digesting ot tha
code and Its provisions is ex
pected to ba eompleted early to
! and tha matter of adminis
tering It taken up.
Along wltn cnangee h n
made In the constitution ot tha
Bfwiaiinn (or administering the
lumber code In the It statee
will also come a set-up lor man
Ing a fair scale tor allocating
production.
Tha board of directors of tha
organisation which submits tcr
tha national advisory board the
nmnnaala for (traduction Will be
revamped, according to officials
ot tha organisation. to more
(Co. Lnued on Page Eight)
Brain, Trust Man
To Be Economic
Adviser to Cuba
By HOIkAHT C. MONTKB
United Preaa HI lift Correanondt-nt
WASHINGTON, Aug. SO. (UP)
Adolph A. Berle, member of the
Roosevelt "brain trust,1'- will, ba
sent to Cuba at economic and
financial adviser to the Cuban
government, the United Press
waa Informed tonight on high
authority.
It was understood President
Roosevelt had approved the ap
pointment, which la expected to
be announced officially at the
conclusion of tha public hsarlng
on a sugar stabilisation agree
ment during which Berla has
been accused by domestic refin
ers of prejudice to , favor of
Cuban sugar.
Notwithstanding these chargea
M waa understood that Berle
area a member ot tba drafting
committee representing the ag
ricultural adjustment administra
tion which waa attempting to
dratt a revised stabilisation
agreement for the sugar Indus
try have drawn ap, but apon
nun u iu; un.v J"JV- " I
agree among themselves. The
domestic relinera asserted aerie
had Interests which were "in
imical" to the Interests ot the
domestic augar Industry.
Human Torch Has
Plea for Killer
WENATCHEE. Wash.. Aug.
30. (UP) Pleading tor tha life
of the woman ha charged with
making a "human torch" ot him.
Ed Green, 65, a negro, died
here today ahortly after ha had
rushed from hit cabin, hit
clothes afire.
Green Implicated Mrs. Lottie
Taylor Green,' 40, who had been
living with him aa bia wife, say
ing she had drenched his clothes
with gaeollne and set fire to
them.
The woman waa arrested at
she attempted to board a freight
train. She told police aha waa
"going home to Albuquerque, N.
M." She denied she had set
fire to the man and tald he had
ordered her out ot the house,
so she started to leave the city.
, t 11 ,
Old Man Sentenced
Over Cotton Fight
ADA, OK LA., Aug. 10 (UP)
Disagreement over tha Govern
ment's Cotton reductlna program
tonight had cost a 74 year old
pioneer farmer here a It year
sentence In the penitentiary.
John H, Gray waa convicted
In the fatal shooting of hit ten
ant, Charlos Long, during a dis
pute over signing a Cotton re
duction contract. Tht Jury re
commended 10 yenrt at hard
labor In finding him .guilty ot
manslaughter.
i
Modern Woodmen ,
To Greet Officers
E. J. Billiard ot Rock Island,
111., national director of the
Modern Woodmen, and J. A.
Hnrtwlck of Portland, deputy
head consul, will be entertained
tonight by tha Klamath Kails
camp.
The meeting will bt held In
the I. O. O. F. hall. State Con
sul Fay Morris will Instrnct the
Foresters tenm In preparation
for the encampment which will
he held at tha stats fair at
Salem, September I and 0,
Hunters Ready
To Bag Bucks
In California
Score ot Klamath Falls hunt
ers have started their exodua In
to northern California to bag
blatktall deer when the season
opene Friday. September 1.
Many nimrods are already
camped In tha California hills
awaiting tha opening of the f ,
son. A great number will Is,
today. Their prospects for slk"
cms are better this year tha
usual, according to reports Iron,
tha hunting area.
Many bucka bavt been teen
by those who have been out get
ting "the lay of tha land," ac
cording to Joseph Young of Dbr
rls, who baa been kepi busy Is
suing non-resident permits to
Klamath hunters at tha Dorris
drug store.
The aeaaon opens Friday on
blacktall only. Two may ba
taken, and .Young said there la
no restriction againet forked
horn bucks.
September If tha aeaaon on
mult deer will open In the east
ern area. Tha dividing Una It
(Continued on Page Eight)
C01TY RELIEF
PLAN CHANGED
Requisition Plan Used
Over State to Be Put
In Effect In Klamath
Klamath county's relief com
missary will be discontinued aa
aoon aa present supplies ara ex
hausted, and all relief put upon
requisition basis, according to
tha .decision ot the governor's
committee after Its regular fort
nightly meeting Wednesday.
This decision was made to
comply with a request from the
Oregon state relief committee,
putting all conntlea on a standard
relist .plan.
Merchanta Contacted
The Klamath county commit
tee will begin the requisition pro
ject on September 15, when ap
nmv milnlv 9tt fainlllM SB the VS
Her III wlU erseed reWtoir.
ur HIlirpitVB. fliwun una mo ,,au
will ba thoroughly discussed with
local merchants and the commis
sary will be discontinued entire
ly as aoon aa present supplies ara
Issued.
Requisition blanks are the same
all over the etata and will be filled
(Cos tinned on Page Eight)
Helen Wills Moody
To Fight to Regain
Lost Tennis Crown
By ANSA SOMMKR
Valted Preen Hpm-lal Correspon
dent BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10.
(UP) Helen Willi Moody,
looking tired and 111, returned
to her home today and an
nounced tht would lake a tlx
months' rest, then begin fighting
to regain tha tennla laurels she
lost when sha defaulted to Helen
Jacoba ot Berkeley last Satur
day. '
Sha offered n alibi for her
default, and expressed confidence
she would he la shape again
after receiving medical treat
ment and obtaining a rest.
"I think I atlll bavt many
years ot competitive 1 tennis
ahead of me," aha told this cor
respondent while en route from
Sacramento to . Berkeley.
"Molla Mallory won a national
title at 40, to why can't IT I'm
not through with competitive
tennla. I am going to rest and
try to regain my weight and
strength. I now weigh 1SS
pounds, five pounds less than
when I went east."
County Is Placed
Under Martial LaW
GALLUP, N. M.,
(UP) Martial law
effect In McKlnley
comity at
6 o'clock tonight wllb tw-i troops
of cavalry and one oC mnchlnn
gunners of the New Mexico nat
ional guard moving In to pre
vent disorder In the coal fields.
Decision of Gov. Arthur 8el
igman at the atate capttol at
Santa Fa to send troops to the
coal region where marly 1000
miners are on strike came after
ha received urgent pleas from districts in Yt asnington a proni
operntors and from sheriff B.J billon repeal election ramt In
W. Roberta. 1 tonight.
Suicide Demands Immediate
Services Of Police Department
OAKLAND. Cal., Aug. SO.
(UP) Grocer Herman Salvador
telephoned the police atatlon to
day. "I'm going to kill myself," he
announced. "Send ovor an In
vestigator." '
The desk sergeant hurriedly
tcribbled a note and handed It
to Policemen !..- J. Devlne and
E. L. Moore. -
"You're making a lot of work
for ut," tht tergeant told Salva
dor. "We're short handed. Wt
can't tend g man now."
Moanwhile the policemen were
rushing toward Salvador'a ad
dress, alren screaming.
"What kind of a poltct depart
WITNESSES IN
LAMSON TRIAL.
HURL CHARTS
De'-
With
..vorcee Told
Case Gets Warm
Domestie Difficulties In
Lamson Household Are
Described by Officer
By DAM BOWEBMAX
Tolled Press Staff CormpondVat
BAN , JOSE, Cat Aug. (0.
(UP) A ttory of domestie
strife In the "perfect marriage"
of David and Allene Lamson,
and of tht husband's trips to
Sacramento to aet a blonde di
vorcee wat told tooay at in.
trial of Lamson for his life.
The 1-year-old aalea man
ager ot the Stanford University
Preaa la accused of beating Al
lene to death last May to.
Des-elopmenta Rapid
Pieces fell Into the jig-saw
punle of circumstances rapidly
today, completing part ot tae
picture the state is aaaembling.
To hang David Lamson, the state
must prove his wife waa mur
dered, that Lamson did It, and
that he bad a motive.
Today'a testimony concerned
motive. Earlier witnesses had
not dearly established that Mrs.
Ummn't death wsj murder.
and not the result of an acci
dental fall.
Wltneesea today charged:
1. That Lamson told Frank J.
Taylor. Los Altos writer, tbat
hla wife waa not nappy, mat
"the altuatlon could not go on
Indefinitely, and that a climax
would come soon.
Seen With Blonde
I. That Lamson drank In Sac
ramento with Mra. Bara M. Kel
ley. They were aeen breakfast
ing together In the morning.
They went to a snow festival to
gether. He aad a cnarge ac
count with which be oougnt
(Cot.tluued on Page Bight)
Huey Long Arrives
- - YornC" 5117 PteVed
At Newspaper Men
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 10.
(UP) Senator Huey P. Long
returned home tonight with a
scar over hla eye and rancor In
bis heart for newspapermen.
The "klngfish" leaped from
an Illinois central passenger
train at the Carralton avenue
sub-station, on the edge of
town. Four bodyguards hemmed
him In.
Oscar Wilton, photographer
tor the New Orleans Tlmea-Plo-ayune.
an anti-Long newspaper,
rushed up with a camera.
Let s break It," yelled Whea
ton Stillson, one ot the body
guards. Stlllson and another
guard then charged tha photog
rapher. They seised and held
him while Earl Chrlstenberry.
Long's secretary, rushed the
senator to a waiting automobile.
"How about tha tight?" a re
porter ahouted to tht Kingtlsh.
"Go to hell," tha tenator re
plied. I King's automobile waa trailed
to a night club la aa adjoining
parish.
PUBLICITY CHIF.P QUITS
SEATTLE, Aug. 10. (UP)
Resentment flier election of
newspapermen at the national
convention of ' Veterans of For
eign Wars at Milwaukee, Wla.,
(Continued on Page "tght)
Boy Scouts Saved
From Sheer Cliff
LAKE PLACID. N.-Y., Aug.
SO. (CP) Three Boy Scouts
who bad been marooned on a
ledce 00 feet uo the aide of
Wallface moun'tin since early
I yesterday, ware rescued today.
A croun of forest rangers.
Aug. 30 fltBtt police anil mountain climb
weut Into I era succeeded In pulling the
youths Tyler Gray, William La
Due and Robert Glen of Platts
burgh 200 feet np the aide ot
the sher precipice by meant ot
ropes.
WETS HOLD LEAD
8EATTLE. , Aug. 80. (UP)
Wets maintained close to a m
to 1 advantage over prohibition
forces aa reports from outlying
ment Is that?" the grocer com
plained. "Can't you even apart
a man to Investigate my tul
eldoT". . . .
"Gnyt like yon aren't consid
erate," replied the sergeant.
"You expect na to rush a msn
at any hour ot the day or night."
The argument continued.
"Well, I can't waste all day,"
Salvador said,, finally. "I'll
shoot myself now and you ran
send a man when you get around
to It." ' .
1 The shot that ended his life
rang out just at the policemen
arrived outstda. Salvador'a ad
dress. . ; ... .... ... '.. . . 'i
Hoover Declined Their Invitation
k
Investigation of Detroit's banking dlfflcnltlea will have to get along
of Herbert Hoover. Declaring hla Information on tba matter waa "mostly eeeond-hend," the former
president declined tht Invitation ot Detroit's one-mtn grand jury to appear. Pictured tn conference
during a recess In tht Investigation are, left to right. Judge Harpr Keldan, left, who presided In the
Inquiry; Prosecutor Harry 8. Toy, center, and senator consent, wno charged tne Hoover administra
tion was negligent In dealing with Detrolt'a banking crisis. . . ...
City Band Will Give Concert
Tonight At Open Air Dance;
Newt Greene, Drum Corps On
Newton Gretna, champion
butler of Oregon, tbt American
Legion drum corps and tha Mer-
chanta' City band will combine
their . talents tonight Into one
magnificent musical and dance
event.
The Lakevlew roundup, great
eat rodeo celebration' in south
nMi nnwnH. will be intro
duced to Klamath Falls tonight
by the city's outstanding musi
cians at ara. open-air dance on
the Kiamatn union wgn icutoi
tennia courts. The event has
iuM iiMivnMl hv civic orcan-
Itationa to sponsor tha band
and drum corps appearance at
the roundup on unor aay, a
rf.v nfflriallv dedicated to the
city of Klamath Falls. -
Parade iwnwiuiea .
i. r.F Klamath Falls resi
dents are concerned, the rodeo
.,..tul hnn t h ttrnm
corps. Infant orKaniaatlbbT'Th' th6'
Oregon American legion Depart
ment, heada down Main street
In a night parade. The march
will start from the Legion hall
at 8:00 o'clock.
Greene, winner ' of the Indi
vidual bugler title at the state
Legion convention hera earlier
Home Loan Act to,
Be Discussed Here
By State Official
H. E. Walter, asalsUnt state
manager of the Home Owners'
Loan Corporation, will apeak tn
the circuit court room at 7:30
p. m., Friday, September 1, on
the home owners' loan act.
Policies of the home loan cor
poration and other matters per
taining to the re-tlnanclng ot
homes ot those persons who
come onder the act will ba dis
cussed by Mr. Walter.
E. B. Aahurst. district man'
agor, urges that all who ara In
terested In the benefits ot the
Home Owners' Loan Corporation
attend thla meeting In order
that they may become better In
formed as to the purpose and
scope ot this national legislation
which waa enacted tor the relief
ot distressed home owners.
Did He Suspend
The Police, Too?
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. SO
(UP) Howard Cantonwlnt of
Iowa and Bob Krusa ot Portland,
Ore., were tuspended by the state
athletic commission today for not
ing aa grapplera usually do. -
Chaplain Leslie C. Kelly, mem
ber of the commission, charged
they disregarded a commission
edict against rowdyism . and
clowning. ' v
"The suspension," ba laid, "la
going to stick".
The match ended with tour
Sen Francisco police In the ring.
In addition to the wrestlers and
the referee. It waa a bloodless
melee. -
Mysterious Death
Case Is Reopened
CEDARVILLE. Cal.-The myt-
.. J..th n, Mm Pearl Cnn.
nell here tlx years .ago was re-
Caiiea ny a .recent reuuuoi ul
the state parole board to the
district attorney tor exhibits in
the esse consisting of low cut
black shoes with rubber Insoles.
Mra. Connel'a body was found
In an abandohed cellar and
Frank Page, hotel proprietor of
this place waa sentenced In the
case for second degree murder.
Page's application for. a parola
hat reopened the case.
FORKST9 RKOPENED . ,
PORTLAND. Aug. 30. (UP)
Confident the forest fire menace
In Oregon forests was curbed by
recent rainfall, Governor Julius
L. Meier today withdrew nts re
cently Imposed ban on entry In
foreats ot Clatsop, Tillamook,
Columbia, Washington. and Yam
hill counties.
i fl WA
this month, will appear at the
dance. The bugler haa been in-,
structor of the Klamath corps
and may yet be aent back to
Chicago to represent Oregon and
Klamath Falls at the national
Legion convention.
Concert Free
The band, heard frequently la
concerts on the courthouse lawn
this aummer, will1 give a tree
halt-hour concert on the conrta.
The concert will start at 8:80
o'clock. A special nine-piece
orchestra baa been engaged for
the dance music
- Representatives of the city's
service clubs announced Wed
nesday night the tennia courts
bad been pnt In excellent condi
tion for the dance. The surface
will be smooth and there will be
an abundance ot room.
Temporary bleachera will be
installed to accommodate both
spectators and dancers. Tickets
for fae dance may be purchased
at the courts or at La Polnte s.
The event to make Klamath's
representation at the roundup
successful haa been made possi
ble by the Business and Profes
sional Woman'a club. Lions, Ro
tary, 20-30 club and tha Junior
chamber of commerce.
Coast Baseball
R. H.
.4 8
Sacramento
Hollywood
13
Vlnrt Ranndera mnA WAnHall;
Campbell and Bassler, Tobln,
H.
7
Los Angetea
Portland
t
Ward and McMullen; Freltat
and Palmiaano.
R. H. E.
Oakland 22
Missions 7 11 2
McEvoy and Veltman: Bablch
and Fitipatriek.
San Francisco at Seattle post
poned, wet grounds.
Gang Steals Roll, '
Kills Policeman
SOUTH ST. PAUL, Aug. SO.
(UP) A gang of bandita atole
$30,000 from two messengers
today, killed one policeman and
wounded another In Jront of the
courthouse, sprayed buildings
with machine gun- bullets, then
escaped through a smoke screen
In automobllea equipped with
sirens.
The robbery waa methodical
daring, hideous. Its plot con-
tained the features ot Chicago's
1820 St. Valenttne't day massa
cre, the recent slaughter In Kan
sas city s Union station, and the
1830 attempt to kill-Jack Zuta
on the Windy clty'a State street.
Timber Saved by ,
Action of Troops
ALTURAS. ' Cal. Two fire
auppreesion crews of C- C. C.
men on two forestt staged a race
to a bad fire which occurred on
the Big Valley mountalna .Sat
urday. The crew from the
Shasta forest with only 20 miles
to travel, beat the Modoc forest
crew which bsd to make a run
ot SO miles, although the tire
was In the Modoc area.
. The fire, which started out to
he a bad one, was controlled be
fore it had covered over two
acres. Ranger Oscar L. Barnum
ot Fall River Mills states that
a few minutes later in getting
men to the scene would have
resulted In a disastrous fire.
Farmers to See
New Deal Start
BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 80
(UP) A "New Deal" for western
farmera waa outlined here to.
night by Henry Morgenthau Jr.,
governor of the farm credit ad
ministration, r .
Beclnlng tomorrow, the admin
istration, will start lending $2,
000,000 monthly to farmers in
tht west, ht tald.
to Bank Probe
i iti.it i
Uli-FHA
without the personal appearance
KLAMATH NRA
GROUP READY
Campaign Will Start on
Tuesday Every Firm to
Be" Put K Under , Eagle
Ac a joint meeting ot leaden
of the local NRA campaign held
at tha chamber of commerce on
Wednesday morning, preliminary
plana were laid - for carrying
through the campaign, which
win begin on Tuesday morning
of next week. It la hoped to
have the campaign completed by
the end ot the week.
Tha purpose of the campaign.
which la being directed by Henry
Perkins, general in charge. It to
get. every buslneaa concern In
Klamath Falls signed np on NRA
agreements - as to wages and
hours' and wvery- ramlly unit in
the city signed np on consumer
agreements to cooperate with
firms entitled to display the blue
eagle. ... - ...
Flrma Join Program.
Business firms. -It- - wat an
nounced at Wednesday'a meeting
are tailing in rapidly with the
NRA program, a total of 404
flrma having signed already.
Those who have not yet signed
will be called apon during the
campaign. Tha . buaineaa division
of next week'a campaign la la
charge ot Colonel R. H. Bosse.
The consumers' division Is In
chargt of Mrs. George Gardinler,
whose title is . nantenant-generai
and whose task will be to get
(Continued on Pact Eight)
Abandoned Mines
Of Hayden Hill in -Operation
Again
BIEBER. Cal. Long aban
doned mines on Hayden Hill,
said to have yielded millions in
gold during a bonanta era that
began half a century ago, are
the scene again ot hopeful ac
tivity, based on the belief that
the old-day operators didn't get
it all.
The diggings ara touthwest of
Bleber 25 miles by road and
more than a mile - above sea
level.. . .
Crumbled ore it being screened
from old rock dumps and the
sittings shipped to plants outside
for capture ot tba gold content.
New exploration It being made
(Continued oa Page Eight)
"Blonde Tigress'
Gets Heavy Term
CHICAGO, Aug. SO. (UP)
Mra. Eleanor Jarman, called by
police the 1 "Blonde Tigress,'
waa tound guilty tonight of
murder and sentenced to spend
189 yeara In prison. .
George Dale, her tweetheart
and convicted companion In the
alaying of a etorekeeper, was
sentenced to die In- the electric
chair.
The
third member of the
gang.
Leo Mlnnecl, was aen
teneed to serve 188 yean in
prison. ' .
Schools Of City To Open On y
Sept. 12; Increase Expected
Seven elementary city schoo'i
will open In Klamath Falls S: -tember
12, the same date both
grade and high schools ot the
county unit system will reopen.
More than 2.220, tha tola! at
tendance In tht teven schools
last year, are expected back by
Superintendent J. Percy Wells.
An Increese.- is . expected In en
rollment as the year goes on.
Since 1828 when 2,747 students
were attending the seven c'.:y
grade school, attendance has
been gradually declining.
Eight Teachera Resign
Eight teachers on the city
grade school staff last yeitr have
resigned or received a leave of
absence for ona year. Partial re
OIL INDUSTRY
MEN DRAFTED
BY PRESIDENT
Roosevelt Enlists Aid to
Carry .Out .Oil Code;
Work Started Already
Hawaiian Industry Wants
to Operate Under NRA
to Americanize Labor
By FREDERICK A. STORM
United Press Staff Correspoadent
HYDE PARK. N. Y., Aug. 30.
(UP) President Roosevelt- to
night enlisted the leaders of tht
nation s oil Industry aa his aides
in carrying out their coda which
becomes effective September t.
. At memben of the Dlannlnt
and coordinating committee tc
worxwlth Secretary of tha In
terior Icket. oil public workf
administrator, the chief execa
tire selected James A. Moffett
former vice president of th
Standard Oil Company of ' New
Jersey: Donald Richberg. laboi
counsel tor the NRA', and M. L.
Benedum, of Pittsburgh, aa the
representatives of the recovery
administration.
. . . W Men Picked "
Twtlve oil leaders war.
chosen to represent the industry.
All ot the men, .the. White
House explained, are experts In
their . particular fields, ranging
from the production, marketing
and stabilisation enda of those
on tariffs, export and imoon
and executives. ' ,.
Immediately after Mr. 'Roose
velt announced aelectlon of the
committee the summer - White
House : declared that its tint
meeting had been called for to
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock
in the Interior department - by
Administrator Ickea. - - ,
HAWAII CONFORMS
HONOLULU. Aug. '30. (UP)
Hawaiian agriculturista and In
dustrialists today refused to
take advantage ot an opportu
nity to avoid -shortening hours
and raising wagea la accordance
witat the -.praeideafa re-employment
agreement, .
Shortly after Honolulu cltl
sent learned Hugh Johnson, bad
decided . to exempt .Hawaii .from
the blanket re-employment eode
and NRA codes, the largest
meeting of business and agri
cultural leaden aince world war
days met here.
In resolutions, white and Chi
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I .- ,.
Potatoes Escape
' Threat of Frost;
Price to Be Gooc
Potato crops of tha Klamat
Basin have not been damage,
by the present cool wave, at
cording to- Assistant Count
Agent E. M. Hauser. althoug
alight frosts have been notlo
during the past few nlghta. ,
The apuds are sufficiently m.
ture to withstand anything bi
a killing frost, Hauser state,
and with 10 daya m,re of grov
ing weather, the crop will rear
early expectationa.
8ome growers believe tht
stands will not be qnlte aa beav
aa originally expected because o
the hot weather during July, bu
this is only trus ot scatters,
area., and no great decrease t
predicted because of the hao
the assistant agent declared.
Potato digging will depend o.
future weather conditions ant
will probably not swing lntt
full action tor about a month,
although some early digging will
begin about September s-r --
Price ontlooks continue to bt
very good, and most apud grow
en are not contracting their
crops until digging begins, be
lieving that they will do better
If no agreements are signed un
til that time.
Because of the general short
age of late potato crops ovr
the whole United States, and be
cause of the- predicted bumper
crop ' in this section. Klamath
potato growers an feeling very
optimistic, and declared that they
are "sitting on top ot the world."
TO VISIT KINO
COPENHAGEN'. Aug. 80. (UR)
King Christian was expected to
receive Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh, American aviator, when
he returns from Jutland tomor
row. placement ot these vacancies will
DO tne only cnanges in iam in
structors staff. Wells announced
wednesuay.
Miss Ella Redkey and Mrs.
Haiel Watts Street, both local
teachers, will be the only new
...k.H .h It,. . " ' -n 't TA
teachen who taught half time
last year will raceivt iau time
schedules. Work done by other
teachers last yesr who have re
signed or taken a leave will be
cared for by instructors already
on the staff, Wells declared.
For tht first time tn msny
years the teachen will open the
schools under a nine-month con
tract ""vlously the ellv schools
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