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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, SEPT. 12, 1933
(Every Morning Except Momlavi
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Editorials
on tho
Day's News
DEPOSED ARMY
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By FRANK JENKINS
i. i Mil In Oresonf
I Quit a controversy haa raged
round IhU uetloB. On school
el thought hold! tht whll. lbe
undoubtedly was oil br once
probsbly thousands ot yare
Tolcnlo disturbances that cam
altar H formation brek up tn
reservoirs nd prmltld oil
to drala away " "
ignited and burnd It.
Another ichool holdi that oil I
vhort you Ilnd It. and that It
might ba found In Oregon aa wall
aa anywbara ala.
a
TT SHOULD ba undaratood. ol
lcoura that what la bar said
refers to oil In commarclal quan
tities. Thara to no doubt t
aa to tha exl.tenc In Oragon of
oil In small quantities. That baa
bean proved tln and again,
a
OIL. balm lllht. rlaaa throulh
tha crual ol tha aarth. Inataad
. .inkina. aa watr doaa.
.. i.. rising until It
reaches to tea Impervious sub-
atanc. such aa alala. that atopa
it. If thla Impervious aubatanca
happana to ba tlltad to on sld.
or vn flnt. th rlalni oil Juat
alldea along undar 11 nd go
aomawbera alaa. But it u nan
ha shaped Ilk an invert
ad bowl, tha rUlng oil to trapped.
and haa to atay thara.
Theaa Inverted bowla ar known
Id oil languaga aa "domee." or
atructures. Tha lucky drlllar l
ha who thrusts bis drill through
tha rool ol ona ol them and Into
tha laka ol oil beneath.
THOSE who hold to the theory
a that there Is no commercial "
In Oregon believe that volcanic
upthruatt occurring after the oil
was formed broke through these
confining structures and permit
ted the oil to drain away. Juat ae
water leaks away through a cracs
in a broken bowl. Or else the
set fir to the trapped oil and gas
and they burned away.
a a a
THOSE who drill for oil In Ore-
rnn wnuL.Lioi.i w - - - -
oil man'a term for prospecting
don't, a a rule, deny th brosd
poaalbllltlea of this theory, but
hold to tha bollof that there are
atructurea that haven't been brok
en no by theaa volcanic upthrusts.
Backers of th Bonansa oil
well, mentioned In thla colamn
day before yesterday, believe they
have found auch an unbroken
structure out In th Langell vi
ley.
They think It Is soma thr oi
four mllea wide by about 11 mile
long. Only tha drill can prove
positively whether or not that is
true.
a e
vtttHAT la oil. anyway f
W it (, beon generally believed
that It Is ot animal origin, and
comes from billions ot prehistoric
marine creatures thst to to say
creatures that lived In tha waters
of tha preblatorle seas.
This, howsver, Is only ona the
ory.
a e a
A NOTHER la that It la eou-
dented from gsses formed In
(Continued on Page Four)
TO PROTECT EINSTEIN
LONDON, Sept. 11. (OP)
A movement has begun here to
recruit 100 university ttudenta
in aerva aa a bodyguard for Dr.
Albert Einstein, upon whota
head a price It reported to have
been placed by a uerman nan
aroun. The bodyguard would
protect th famous scientist
whll he to In Englsnd.
New Government Assail
ed by Military Men As
Driving Cuba to Ruin
Trickery Charged to San
Martin Regime In
Statement at Meeting
THREAT I
Br LAWRENCE HAAS
nlted Pnai Staff Correepoodent
Copyright losa by 1'nlted I'reas
HAVANA. Bept. 11. (UP)
Th new government beaded by
rovlelonal Prealdent Kamon
Orau Ban Merlin faced -lie flret
aarloue crlala tonight with an
outburat of open doflanc from
th ouaiad officer of the regu
lar army.
Tha offlcere. In eonllnuoua
leaelon at the Naclonal hotel. Is
sued a statement denouncing the
new eilltena' administration aa
dragging th maae of our cltl-
senry toward desperation and
ruin." ,
Strike BUrted
Tha alluatlon at the Naclonal
otel crew worse when the em'
ployee went on strike at orders
from the union. Elevators were
by department heade. i An
nnouncement from tha manage
ment aald only the regular guests
at tha hotel including Am oast a
dor Sumner Wellee. could b
fad during th emergency. Tha
hotel to overrun wtlh ejected
army olflcera snd their aupport-
ere and fa mil lea. acores aleeping
In hallwaya.
The offlcon. rofutlng to sup
port the government of Dr. Orau
Ban Martin, Istued a statement
bitterly denouncing the leaders
In the revolt of the enlisted
men that threw them out ol
power.
It aald:
"The aoldlera ' ar now being
demoralised with hatred spread
among brothers. A dt'tlr to
kill hat beon Inculated In the
oeonle. A monster dtsguiaed aa
communlam has been created to
fool true communlata and dream.
art. - A aovernment has been
formed which Is dragging th
mass ot our cltlsonry toward
desperation and ruin."
IVimilae runtatimrnt
"When 1 the aoldlera awake
(Continued on Page Three)
Law Officers of
Oregon to Meet
At Bend Sept. 16
A statewide meeting ot tha
Oregon Law Enforcement asso
ciation will be held at Bend on
September It, according to T.
R. QUIenwatere, diatrict attor
ney. George Alexander, assist
ant sunerlntendent of state po-
lice, will ba chairman ol th con
vention.
C. L. McCauley, sheriff at
Bend, will be official host-
All oesce officers who are
members of the association have
been Invited. Non-membera will
b welcome.
Somerville, Texan
Tie for Golf Lead
CINCINNATI. Ohio, Sept. 11.
(UP) Collegians, youngttere
and nnknowna stole tha show at
th ooenlng day ot th national
amateur golf championship here
todey.
When th field of 1(4 goiters
all had finished after 11 hours
ol plsy on a hot, windy day.
Ross Somerville, tn au-year-oia
defending champion from Lon
don, Can., and Jack Munger,
18-yoar-old Dallas, Tsxas, noy,
wer th lesders. Each shot a
70, one under par, for the first
IS boles ot the 36-hola qualify
ing round to determine the 82
player for the match play
rounda beginning Wednesday.
-X
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atJWwtaili a il lal
Dlacoverlee made by Dr. Mar
garet O. Smith, above, assistant
pathologist at Washington Unl
varsity, St. Louis, may provide
a means for checking th myste
rious epidemic ot sleeping sick
ness which has ravaged St. Louis
snd other' communities. Dr.
Smith's research Indicates thst
the virus which causes the mal
ady resides In tha kidneys.
MEDICAL ARMY
FIGHTS MALADY
Sleeping Sickness , Death
Toll Mounts to 122 As
Work Is Continued
, REVEALS FEAR
OF TROUBLE
Impending Chaos Over
Industrial Problems Is
Feared by Richberg
Maim Goes .
For Repeal
By 2-1 Vote
Legal Tampering With
Recovery Law Attacked
by Administration Man
ST. LOUIS, Bept. 11. (UP)
An army of renowned experts
probsbly unequalled In modern
history of medicine, was msr-
shaled hers tonight In a deeper-
ate effort to chock the growing
lota of life reaultlng from en
ceplialltit.
Directed by lit leading aclen
tlata from the public health aerv
Ice In Washington, more than
100 men of wide fame In medi
cine applied all the knowledge
of centuries ot study toward
checking the dlseaae.
Deaplte every effort th toll
of aleeping sickness continued to
mount. Health officials reala-
tered th Hind flcatH among
th 735 cases reported her
since July 30.
The death rate tn all case
has been approximately 1G per
cont, and among victims over
60 yeara of aae 11 has been more
than double that. It ditfera from
previoua epidemlca In that most
ot lis victim! are beyond middle
ago. Two discoveries, neither of
Immediate aid in conbatting the
dlsesse. have been made. Dr.
Margaret Smith, dlmunltlve
(Continued on Pag Three)
Rv ARTHUR DECREVB
I'nllnl ITrea Hlaff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Bent. 11. tUf
Fear of tha recovery adminis
tration of Impending Induatrlal
chaoa which might ertnult tha na
tion were expressed openly to
night by Chief NBA uounsei
nnnalif Rlchberc.
The tall, bald attorney warned
dek-aates to a better business
bureau convention . that unless
there waa a better understand'
lug of th labor provltlont of
tbe recovery act, "war between
varloua zrouna of mployr and
emDloyee. which would lnvolv
all people In America, to likely."
First ExpreaaloD
It wat tha first open axprea
alon of the apprehension which
high official! ot th recovery
adminlttratton have expretsed
confidentially over the growing
aplrtt ot uureat tweeplng the nation
As Richberg voiced caution.
President Wllllsm Green of tha
American Federation . of Labor
latued a atatement warning
agatnat any further modification
ol the recovery act, aa waa per
mitted in the automobile code
and demanding further wage
conceaalona to labor.
"One of the best wsys to pro
mole strike and general discord
will be to tamper with tbe law.
either at to ita Interpretation or
lit application," he taid.
Revival Needed
Green said the recovery ad
ministration bad reached a point
whore there must be a revival
ot proareaa toward the two main
objuctivea, creation ot more em
ployment and raiting oi pur-
hamng power.
PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 11.
(UP) Maine, th original dry
atate, voted ior prohibition re
peal by a probable margin of t
to 1 or better. Incomplete re
turns Indicated tonight.
Tha birthplace of N'aal Dow.
pioneer temperance cruaader and
author ot tha atate'a prohibitory
law, apparently reveraed Ita
stand of almost a century and
became the 26th consecutive
state to repudiate tbe lstb
amendment.
Returna from 8( communities.
Including the city of Bath com
plete, and parts of four other
cities, representing 13 ol 1
counties, gave:
For repeal, 44,113.
Against repeal. 1S.S19.
TEACHERS HOLD
MEETING HERE
WORK RELIEF
PLAN VIEWED
FOR KLAMATH
Needy Men to Cut Wood
to Earn Provisions,
Fuel Under New Plan
Jobless Picking Spuds on
Shares for Winter Food
As Program Is Started
Officers Elected, Final
! Plans Discussed Before
School Opening Today
' Mora then 100 teacher of
Klamath county gathered at Fre
mont school Monday morning for
a one-day Institute, and to elect
officers for the Klsmatb county
unit of the Oregon Bute Teach
ers association.
E. 8. Carlton, secretary of tbe
O. 8. T. A. from th Portland
headquarters, waa the principal
speaker of th morning meeting. ! formulated
foremost luboF altorneyi, crttlc
lied lawyers who b blamed for
(Continued on Page Three)
B..rj'.-Cn mucu 0-.0. -c -LSrs
unit teachers remaining at Fre
mont achool. the high school
faculty at K. U. H. S., and the
teaching forces ot tn Kiamatn
Falls city schools at their re
spective buildings.
Institute closed Monday sfler-
(Continued on Page Three)
National Potato
Crop Decrease la
Shown in Report
A'wlre giving United Statea de
partment of agriculture monthly
potato quotations was received at
the Klamath Irrigation district
office Monday afternoon. The in
formation alto waa given tha Her
ald by the Associated Press.
The quotstions for the mouth
of August were relented from the
department office tn Washington.
D. C, at S o'clock, eattern time,
and wired Immediately on request
of the Irrigation board.
Over all of the United States
the yield during August was fore
cast at 69.1 percent, with a total
of 194.000,000 bushels, a total
acreage of 323.300 and a total
yield per acre ot 91.1 bushels.
The wire stated a late crop re
covery Is slightly shown over the
July estimate In western and east
ern ststes, whll a decline to no
tlced In central states for lack of
rain.
Will Rogers Sayt i
BEVERLY HILL8, Sept. 11.
Editor, Th Klsmath Newt
Mutt soom Ilk th old Re
publican daya to
th marlnsa to ba
loading on a boat
and ba going to
somebody I a's
country o help
'em run It.
I see w b r
sometime today, they ar sup
posed to pick out Cuba's nsxt
week's president. .
Our Sccrotary ol the Navy
has gone abroad to review the
American fleet. Cuba don't
car so much for a new Pres
ident as they do Just to see
how quick tha last on can
leave town.
If these last tow Presidents
Cuba throws out have got as
big a family as Machado had
Cuba will waks up lomo
morning with no population.
Tours,
Grand Coulee Dam
Survey Commenced
ALMIRA. Wash., Sept. 1. OJ.R)
8urveys preliminary to actunl
construction ot the 169,000,000
Grand Coulee dam, 10 miles
north of here, wer started to
day by 37 U. 8, reclamation bu
reau engineers. t
Senator C. C. Dill Is In Wash
ington, D. C, seeking Immediate
appropriation of 16.000,000 for
relief work at th damsit. II
hie mission meets with success
several hundred men will be
put to work excavating abut
ments for the dura this fail and
winter, Frank A. Banks, chief
engineer, declared.
Wheat Export Plan
Will Help Farmer
PORTLAND, 8ept. 11. (UP)
Export of the northwest's 40,
000,000 bushel wheat surplus to
foreign markets under a bounty
plan drastically raising the farm
era' purchasing power Is assured
under a plan received her to
day from the agricultural ad
justment administration In Wash
ington, D, C. ,
Details of th plan, believed
to be similar to that drawn at
a northwest wheat growers' con
ference her last month, will ba
announced at a formal bearing
her Friday.
Bodies of Aviators
Found Along Shore
GARY. Ind.. Sept. 11. (UP)
The bodies ot Miss Majenta Ger
ard and her two men compan
ions were washed ashore near
Indiana bnrbor today.
Mist Gerard and the men
Charles Otto and H. E. (Spud)
Manning lost their lives when
their autoglro plunged Into the
lake last Wednesday. Until the
bodies wore found their fate had
boen a mystery.
A search for them bad been
under way since last Thursday,
taking "Organisation" for bis
subject
Mrs. Helm Elected.
. Mrs. Myrtle Helm, principal
of Pelican school, waa elected
president ot the county organ
isation; Misa Emille Haldcman,
of the city schools, first vice
president; Roland Parks ot Ma
lta, second vice-president; Mrs.
Marjorie Howe, ot Altamont, sec
retary: Wilbur Robinett, ot
Merrill, treasurer! and Mrs. Eva
With th local relief office
being put In readiness tor the
closing ot tn commissary ana
the adoption ot a requlaltlon
ayatem under an entirely new
administrative policy Friday,
County Judge George D. Grizzle,
chsirmsn of th county relief
committee', announced Monday
plans were being made for a
work program whereby unem
ployed might work for tbelr win
ter's wood and supply of po
tatoes. No further Information could
b obtained Monday concerning
the appointment of a social
trained worker to act a execu
tive eecretary In charge of the
local relief work. Miss Phyllis
Hsruog of Lakevlew, who was
recommended by thevftate relief
board, -waa expected to arrive for
the regular meeting of the com
mittee Wednesday, when action
aa to the appointment la ex
pected. Protests Reported.
Reports became prominent
Monday that protests against th
release of H. E. Bradbury, who
has been director of relief tor
the past two years, were being
BUiu iui mum
Watches Prices
PRICE GOUGERS
FACE FINES OR
JAIL FOR ACTS
Administrator Alleges
Textile Mai. " :turers
Boost Price Too Much
Processing Taxes, Cost of
E m p lo y m ent Under
Code Use;! As Excuse
state and national offlclato.
Bradbury will be released from
bis duties aa director Friday
upon request of the stats relief
'ioard. providing a social worker
(Continued on Page Three)
Dexter Keeser, above, newly
named executive director of the
NRA Consumers' Advisory
Board at Washington baa as
his Job th protection ot con
sumers against excesslv price
Increases under th codes ot
fair competition. Keezer is an
economist and waa formerly en
gaged In newspaper work..
LUMBERMEN
PICK OFFICERS
Western Pine Association
District Meeting Held
Here ; Code Discussed
Rich-berg, on. ot tbe country'. ( I- ? f. V ,
Following th noon Intermls-
H ay den Explains
Stand on Refuge
For Game Birds
In answer to a resolution re
cently pssted by the Kiamatn
Sportsmen's association criticis
ing th action ot tn oureau oi
reclamation In leasing lands
within the Tule lake aump for
a-rattni ournoaes. B. B. tiayaen.
superintendent of th local bu
reau, declared uonaay mat me
proposed lease would bav no
effect upon bird lite.
Harden stated that tnia lease
would be in effect only a tew
montha during late fall and win
ter when young blrda are In full
flight. Ha alao asserted mat we
level ot the water In th aump
would not be regulated or con
trolled tor th benefit ot lessees.
Such regulation, h continued,
would be Impossible, sine there
Is no place other than th aump
to receive waste waters from the
districts above.
'No member of the sports
men's association Is more Inter
ested In the conservation and
care ot wild fowl than I." said
Uavrian Monday.
'-Tha hnrean of reclamation Is
ever mindful ot th comfort and
well being of migratory oiraa,
and It It can b proved to me
bevond a doubt mat xne pro-
nnaari leasee will In any way
bav an adverse effect upon the
bird life of Tula Lske. I will
aladlv withdraw the advertise
ment for leasing oi ianu.
Ex-California '
People Picnic
The second annual picnic of
former residents of Owens Val
ley. Cel.. now residing In Klam
ath county will be held next Sun
day at the Frank Dearborn
ranch In Langell valley. -
All former Owens valley resi
dents are, urged to attend and
take a basket lunch so they
might remain tor the full day's
program. -
Mothers Defeat Chancellor
In Battle To Retain Deans
PORTLAND, Sept. 11. (UP)
The Oregon Mothers club waged
a bitter two-hour battle with
Chancellor W. J. Kerr at to
day's higher education board
meeting and emerged victorious.
As a result Mrs. llatol Pruts
man 8chwerlng will remain at
the University ot Oregon as dean
of women this year and Mrs.
Alice Macduff as assistant dean.
Th much debated subject
burst like a bombshell In the
middle of a peacoful afternoon
session. Headed by Mrs. Arthur
Dibble, president, the clubwom
en conducted a searching but
fruitless Inquiry Into who had
ordered Mrs. Schwerlng and bar
astittant dismissed.
Dr. Kerr declared he had not
asked for the action, apparently
standing behind Enrl M. Pall-
ette, executive . secretary of the
university, who bore tho brunt
ot the mothers' attack for as
serted!? "firing" the two women.
Reaaont for removal of the
women were not aired during
the controversy, nor did the
mothers ferret .out who ordered
the action, a fact which drew
bitter comment from Mrs. Dib
ble. . 1 ' . -
"It would seem that a man
who to big enough to be chan
cellnr ot higher education should
ba big enough to discuss a mat
ter Ilk litis truthfully and in
the open," ah -declared., .
Pierce Speaks At
Big Grange Picnic
Of Lake, Klamath
Congressman Walter M. Pierce
who attended the Joint Klamath-
Lake county picnic near ueatty
Saturday and Sunday and apoke
on farm legislation, the recov
ery program and the public
works program again aiscussea
the government programs last
evening with an address at tha
circuit court room.
Mora than 260 grang mem
bers of the two counties mat at
th Cottonwood Grove on th
bank ot Spragu river for th
(Continued on Page Three)
Retrial of Wolfe
Commenced Here
Before th selection ot a Jury
Monday morning tn bear the
case against George W. Wolfe,
charged with assault and rob
bery in connection with the Bon
anza bank robbery, November
12. 1931. Wolfe appeared and
entered a plea of former Jeopardy.
Th Jury was then selected
and the case continued until
Tuesday, September ID, to allow
District Attorney T. R. Qlllen
watera to appear before the su
preme court at Salem Friday on
the appeal of Theodore Jordan.
negro convicted of murder ana
sentenced to - hang.
The Wolfe case haa been set
for hearing In circuit court four
times and then postponed since
re-trial was ordered by tn
supreme court. .
20-30 Club Holds
Meeting Monday
A closed meeting was held by
the 20-30 club at its regular
luncheon session Monday noon,
and only members of the organ
isation were In attendance.
John Fowler and Harry Mola
tore were selected to represent
the local club Saturday night
at Yreka. Cal.. at the Days of
'49 celebration, at the special In
vitation ot the Yreka Twenty-
Thirtlans.
Notorious Convict
Forfeits $20,000
CHICAGO. Sept .11. UP)
James "Fur" Sammons, notor-
Inua convict, forfeited '120,000
bond today, falling to appear In
criminal court to answer two
charges of assault to kill.
Had Sammons appeared, be
would have been served a war
rant under th new vagrancy
act requiring th defendant to
prove good reputation.
Woman Critically
Hurt Here Sunday
In Auto Accident
Mrs. C W. Rowe. 71, is In
a crlUcal condition ai tha result
ot injuries sustained hi an auto
mobile accident which occurred
early Sunday afternoon at the
corner of Eberleln and Market
streets. Ed Stenerson, driver ot
the second automobile Involved,
la charged with driving wWle
Intoxicated in connection with
the wreck.
Mr. and Mrs. Rowe were driv
ing east on Eberleln street, ac
cording to reports filed at po
lice bureau. Row stated that
the Stenerson car. coming Into
th Intersection from Martin
street, hit him broadside before
he even saw the approaching ve
hicle.
Th Row car was spun
around, and both Mr. and Mrs.
Row thrown out Into th itreet
Row suttalned minor cuts and
bruises, and Mrs. Rowe waa
taken to Klamath Valley boa-
Dital.
Mrs. Row suffered a skull
fracture, aevere scalp lacerations,
a broken collar bone, shoulder
blsde and broken ribs.
Stenerson has not yet been
arraigned on charges ot driving
whll Intoxicated.
Man Is Arrested
. On Theft Charge
Oeorge H. Dutfleld, 14, em
ploye of the Oratton-Jackman
company, was arrested by atate
police officers Sunday and
charged with larceny of gunny
sscks from H. Stetnback, second
hand dealer ot Salem.
Dutfleld waa arrested on a
complaint signed by Stelnback
snd placed t-JO cash ball for
appearance In the wood num.
Ore., Justice of peace court Wednesday.
His arrest waa made following
an Investigation by state police
officers and his return last
week-end from a trip to Port
land and Salem when he ob
tained potato sacks. According
to a cress report Frldsy, Steln
back declared a Grafton-Jack-
man representative had Inquired
about second-hand sacks at bis
Salem store and had then loaded
the sacks and- left without pay
ing.
Harve Bailey Gets
Religious Library
OKLAHOMA CITY. Sept. 11.
(UP) Harvey J. Bailey's Jail
cell library was enlarged today
with arrival ot several religious
tracts from a Los Angeles or
ganization. A woman In Lea
venworth already had sent' him
a Bible.
"Where Is heaven!" was the
title ot one tract.
Bailey, hold for trial next
week In the kidnaping ot
Charles F. Urschel, oil million
aire, to scheduled to be tried
later as the gunman Id the Kan
sas City Union station massacre.
A death sentence will be asked
tor him In that case.
Members of -the Klamatb dis
trict of the Western Pine asso
ciation, which will enforce and
administer the lumber code in
12 western state, met here yes
terday, elected district direc
tors, three members to the as
sociation board of directors and
discussed the lumber code.
No Actios Ob Office.
No action was taken concern
ing the opening ot the district
Qtfico. Jn Klamath Kails .ever
which 1a district dirti-tora win
be In charge. The establiintueai
ot an office in Klamatb Falls
became probable when the asso
ciation held a special meeting
here last month.
Directors elected Monday
morning are H. D. Mortensen.
chairman; J. R. Shaw, C H
Daggett, R. R. Macartney. Mr.
Clark of Lakevlew, Mr. Cameron
of Lakevlew and J, F. Owen
of Medtord.
The three members elected to
represent the district on .the
Western Pine association board
(Continued on Page Three)
Sewage System in
Mills Addition to
Be Studied by City
Upon recommendation ot City
Engineer E. A. Thomas, the city
council voted Monday evening to
investigate the necessity of In
stalling a storm sewage ayatem'
in Mills addition and it louna
urgent to make allowance for
the project In tbe city budget
for next year.
Thomas declared - the city
would be faced with a aerious
condition ot having that section
ot the city flooded it the present
system of nsing the sanitary
sewage system for storm water
drainage continued much longer.
His recommendation waa made
following another that tbe Wash
ington street bridge across the
government canal to Crescent
avenue be re floored immediately.
Both matters were referred to
the city council tor investigation.
U n o n recommendation - o f
Mayor W. E. Mahoney,' the coun
cil also voted tor the street
committee and the city engineer
(Continued on Page Three)
Br FREDERICK T immtt
Cnited Praia Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Sept. 11. (UJB
The agricultural adjustment ad
ministration tonight threatened
prison sentences and heavy fines
for textile profiteers.
George N. Peek, administrator
of the A. A. A., and Dr. Fred
eric C. Howe, consumers' eoun-
sel, collaborated on a statement
which said that some textils
manufacturers were gulltv of
price gouging and that tbe ad
ministration was prepared to go
to considerable lengths to atou
It.
laudtjr Asserted
Findings of Dr. Howe'a aeon.
omlsts, they said, revealed that
"wide disparity and laxnees ex
ist among textile manufactur
ers in billing retail merchants
ior increases above contract
prices, which they attribute to
processing taxes and employment
costs ander the NRA code."
Sr. Howe, reminding "roug-
ers of the 11000 fine and th
year prison sentence which the
law provides, said that when a
man pays 11.41 for a pair ot
overalls, be baa contributed only
eight cents in cotton processing
taxes, and tnat the buyer of an
eight cent loaf of bread gives
only half a cent toward tbe
wheat processing tax. -
"The public has every right
to know the true facta abont tha
cotton tax aa well aa the wheat
tax," aaid Dr. Howe, "It amounts
to only 4.1 cents pound. Every
housewife should note this fig
ure." Price -Scale Listed
Peek and Howe raid that moat
retailers were not attamnttnv an-'
profiteer. They mad publle '"-'
list, giving tbe average jetaJl -price.
In 11 cities on . August 80
of four cotton .commodities.
The price and th tax:
1. Cotton sheets selling ter
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Criminologist Deals
Blow At State Case
In Trial 'of Lamson
By D. BOWERMAX
United Press Staff Correspondent
SAN JOSE, Cal.. Sept. 11. ;
(UP) Sr. Edward Oscar Hein
Tlcb, a precise little man with
a reputation as a auperman In
the field of, criminology, today
attempted to testify In the mur
der trial of David Lamson that
Aliens Thorpe Lamson died ac
cidentally. He waa blocked, but
delivered one major blow at th.
state's charge that Lamson mur
dered his wife.
Dr. Helnrlcb 'today emphatic
ally and definitely aaid then
was no blood on a piece ot pipe
removed from a bonfire David
had been tending Just before he
found his wife'a body. Tbat
pipe, tbe state claims, la the
murder weapon.
The rest ot the day. Jurors
got glimpses only of the acienr .
title equipment and methods Dr. .
Helnrlcb used In reaching hia -conclusion
that Alien fainted.
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Fight Results in
Serious Injury
Walter Thurston. 629 South
Eighth street, may lose an eye
as the result ot an alleged fight
Sunday. Thurston was taken to
Kllmath Valley hospital for
treatment. , The, eye . was badly
Injured.
Thurston's assailant In the as
serted tight Is unknown, and no
complaints have been tiled
connection with th case.
Workers to Probe
NRA Complaints
With a breathing spell ot a
tew daya in the local national
recovery program and its en
forcement after a concentrated
drive last week to sign up every
consumer and employer within
th city. General Henry Perkins
Is lining np his teams to receive
and Investigats complaints and
cases - where the agreementa
signed are not being lived up to.
With the signing ot 991 con
sumers Saturday, the total was
brought to 3,809. Perkins stated
more than 99 per cent of th
business houses were signed.
Blanks may still be- obtained
at the chamber ot commerce,
headquarters tor the NRA, by
consumers or employers who
la have not yet signed and car to
do ao. ,
ZIMMERMAN SCORES
PORTLAND. Sept. 11. (UP)
Al Zimmerman, Pacific north
west open champion, today car
ried oTI medal honors In opening
rounds ot th Oregon open tour
nament at the Portland Golf
club with 141, two ander par,
Press Time News Flashes
PORTLAXD, Sept. 11. (UP)
The state noun! ot higher edu
cation tonight demanded copies
of the "secret report" In which
alleged financial Irmculnrltlcs
by E. B. Jackson, superinten
dent of buildings at Oregon
Slate college, are revealed.
PRICK, Utah, Sept. 11. (U.R)
Tear gna bombs and a fire
hone) were sed late today to
route snore than 4MI members
and eympnthltrrs of the Com
munist National Miners' union
who attempted to storm the
city Jail In an effort te release
two nnioa leaders held there.
MOSCOW. Sept. 11. (UP)
Two Polish filers, Flllpovlch
and Levonevsky, seeking to act
an airplane non-stop distance
record, Hew over Moscow at
T:OT p. m. tonight, on their
wny toward Sllicrla.
VIENNA. Sept. II. (VP) '
rhanrrllor Engrlliert Dolltnaa
astonished Ihe nation today by
declaring that parliamentary
government In Austria la dead
anil Indicating Hint he Intends
(o establish a dictatorship on
fascist lines.
DENVER, Sept. 11. (UP)
Another cloudburst itnek
midway between Colorado
Springs and Denver lnte today
with showers prevailing tp-ner-ally
over the territory where '
tour lives were Imt lo floods
over the weck-ed.