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N EWS CLASSIFIED EWS COVERAGE TEE ELA3MIATH N lira klauialli News la trail IB every mi Us a ill Hliuiwlli county and oorlhera allfornla. II there la something to will, rem ur trada or II you nerd something, the easiest method la Ilia classified ada. Tha Klamalh New to serviced by Aeeodas. cd Prh Hailed freso. Mews Katerprie Association ud MrNaught Pralar HymrtU cat. County cotrrage by staff writer ud correspondenta. Vol. 8, No. 257 Price Five Cents. KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, SEPT. 14, 1933 (Every Morning Except Mondavi N EWS Editorials on the Day's News Ity rHA.NK JENKINS 11 MA1NH goes, ao loei tha nation." Thus runa lha old political saying. Mains, cradle ot prohibition, which voted dry ck ,n 18(1. vote two to ona lor repiai of tha prohibition amendment. Maryland, Minnesota aud Colora do follow Malna tha nxl day. Thara Isn't much doubt any longer a. to what lha nation will do. a a a WHAT will ba dona about .re peal ot tha prohibition amendment to no longer In doubt. When l apparanlly lha only question remaining. Twonty-nlna aiata, bav voted already otlni unanlmoualy tor repeal. At laait atataa will hava yoted by Novomber 7. Tblr-ty-alx ara necessary for rapaal. It looki aa It tha laaua will decldod by' about tha Ural woom In November. . WTirll nrnhlbllion. WMll u... vou anawar that quoatton. II you laal that you ara competent to anawar It. Thlt writer DOESN'T feel oompetent. But. whatever It la. It won t aallafactory. Human beings hava been searching for thoueenda ot yeara for a aallafactory solution of tha liquor queatlnn, and none haa been found yet. e a TP YOU want a I'EltSONAL eolu- I . . 11 Hmhlam IrV tlon Ol ins iiquui .hi. ona: BE TEMPERATE That works better than any solu tion yet tried. see COLLECTIONS of Income, In tangible and corporate exclae taxea In Oregon for lha year are expected to show a drop of about 1500,000, or approximately one-third, aa compared with eol lections for tha year 11)31. That la a reflection ot lha fact that Incomee In Oregon, as else where, auffured sadly In 11. If Income taxea ara to ahow large returns, there must ba In ' eomea to tax. a ' ' '- -4 BUT, If you have any faith In tha future at all, you must be lieve that tha time will eom again when there will ba Incomes In Oregon. When that time comes, tha Income Ux will again be pro ductlve, and will help materially to lighten the burden ot taxation on real estate. It youbwn any real eatata. you will agree without hesitation that tha burden ot real estate taxation NEEDS LIGHTENING. 'See STATE . and regional public work! administrators ot eight western states are to meet next Sunday In Salt Lake City. The purpose of their conference, we read, la to "facilitate co-operation between atata and federal of ficials In the publlo worka pro gram." e e e THOSE ara big worda ao big and high-sounding and care fully chosen that they might moan anything, or NOTHING. What they OUGHT to mean Is this: "If wa are going to hava a public works program, lot's got It started NOW. when wa noed It." If wa aurround tha program ot public worka with ao much red tape that It can't get started un (Continued on Pago Four) CHll.l) IIHOWNKO PHAHK. Texas, Sept. IS. (U.R) Andros Oarcla, yeara old, drowned In the floodwny south of here today, waa the first per son reported killed by the flood waters of the raging Rio Grande river. The child a body was re covered. Will Rogers Says: BEVERLY HILLS. Sept. IS Editor Tho Klamath Now: Talking to Oscar Lawlor yesterday: h e ' California's most capable and common aenao law yer. He says thai the NRA la noth ing but a code ot fair ethics of peopla doing buslncsa with each other. And thlnka It wag rather slam against a nation that we have to be forced, by government control and patriotic persua sion to do what'i right. I never had thought ot It In that light, but that's all It Is. Looks like they aro trying to get a little . more conscience on the market and a little lesa preferred etoek. It's Just decency by govern ment control. Yours, Roosevelt Helm To Dr5 Source of Capital To Aid Recovery Campaign Sought President Ready to Bear Down Upon Lagging Coal Men By FREDERICK A. STORM United I'rraa Staff Correspond! WASHINGTON. Sept. 13. (UP) President Hoosevell moved Into tha driver's aeat tonight, deter mined to and tha coal code fight and put across a nationwide pro gram ot credit expansion aa a necessary move toward recovery. The nresldenl. It waa learned, was ready to exercise direct White House pressure on coal ooeratore wbosa demanda ara holding up tha coda for that In duatry. To Htrrattthra Banks With tha credit expansion ob- lectlva In view, the chief axecu tlve turned to atrenglhonlng tbc already rehabilitated banking structure In order to provido sources of additional capital for agriculture and Industry, and to convince bankera the aaininu- tratlon la behind them on a lib eral lending policy. In addition, tha president waa msklna every effort to Inoreasa the purchasing power of the farmer's dollar, wblcb ha holds la a key to the aolullon of the economic situation. Aituougu .ratified at the gross agricul tural Income for 133 wnicn it Is estimated will exceed 1(32 by $1,000,000, ha feels there la still a long way to go before nrlce ievcla reach lha 11114 fig ures adopted as a measuring rod. Un top ot these definite moves, Ms. Roosovelt stood ready to Dour millions of dollsm Into stricken areas ranging from the Dakolss to Florida. Areas Hani till Those sections were bard hit hw -droughts, storms and hurrl- canes. Orders already have been given to make funds available. In connection wltn tne oank (Contluued on Page Three) Labor Shortage in Portland Industry Reported to NRA PORTLAND, Bopt. IS. (UP) Five large Portland Industries today reported the first labor shurtage since 1939, petitioning local NRA headquartere far per mission to work employes more than 36 hours a week. Representatives ot tha manu facturing milliners, the loather coat manufacturers, waxed paper products makers, cleaners and dyera and the pattern makers aid they had absorbed all un employed In their lines of busi ness. Longer hours for present employes will be needed to handle the rush ot business. Frank Messenger, district Nit A manager, broadcast a call for unemployed familiar with the above work to apply for Jobs. W. A. Jackson Is Visited by Son W. A. Jackson, resident of Klamath Falls for the past 23 years, was recently surprised by a visit from his son, E. E. Jackson, his littlo grandson and Mr. Nicholas, all of Atchison, Kan. During their visit here they honored Mr. Jackson on his seventy-fourth birthday, Mr. Jackson hadn't aeen his son for 24 yeara. The Kansas party waa greatly Impressed with Klamath Falls,, and waa surprised 1 to find It a city of such sue. The elderly man la expecting a visit from another party of relatives and friends during the Christmas holldnys. In the party will be his daughter, whom he hasn t aeen for. 85 yeara. River Development Plan Before Board PENDLETON. Sept. -13. (UP) Development of the upper Co lumbia and Snake rivers under the federal publlo works pro gram will be discussed before advisory boards of Oregon. Ida ho and Washington here Mon day. A trl-state committee appoint ed by governors of the thrco states will present arguments for the Umatilla rapids project and five dams on the Snake river. Estimated eost ot the program la 1100,000.000. Stings of Hornets Fatal to Woodsman SEATTLE, Sept. 131 (UP) Oscar Borg, 40-year-old Seattle woodsman, waa dead today from stings of two hornets, stirred up by C. C. C. workers In Rainier national park late yesterday. l'hyslrlana said he probably was unusually susceptible to the poison. Takes ,.'Vect or Credit Max Gehlhar Asks To Quit Fair Position BALEM, Sept.' 13. (UP) Max Gehlhar. director of the stata department of agricul ture, wsnts to be relieved of the Job of managing the an nual Oregon stale fair, he announced tonight. He declared tbe many du tioa of managing tha fair re quire the aervlcea of an extra man who can give his entire time to the Job. Under Gehlhar. the state fair haa paid off 18035 of bsck debts and made nearly 60,000 above operating ex penrea. Tho fair la approxi mately 110,000 "above the board" at present, he aald. MERRILL GETS $17,000 Allotment Okay ed by Federal Officials for Municipal System The city of Merrill haa been allotted 117,000 for construc tion of a waterworks nnder the public works program, according to an Associated Press report from W ashington. The report stated Secretary Irkee announced tbe allotment of $35,537,625 for 1 non-federal projects, of which the Merrill wa ter company was one. Formal Application Awallrd Construction will be held up until the formal application for nearly 130.000 la aubmllted this to tha . regional- -hoard at Portland, according to Ed Craw ford, city clerk. George Offluld Is in Portlanl thfa week completing tha applica tion for aubmlasion. "The city proposes to acquire tbe Incomplete water system new owned by the Columbia Utilities company, and expend about 19.000 for additional contrac tion, " Crawford said. "Our pro gram calls tor mora than S2S.0UU, wnicn we hope to get after the formal application la submitted " Crawford said a Merrill water bond Issue would be neceasary for the repayment of the percent age of the public works fund re quired under tha loan regula tions. Chicago May Soon Surpass New York As Financial Center CHICAGO. Sept. IS. (UP) The price of aeats on the Chi cago atock exchange Jumped to J500 today as financial cir cles buized with rumors that this city Is In a fair way to sup plant New York as the country's leading trading center. The 17500 sale price repre sented an advance of 13000 elnce yesterday morning and La Salle streot financiers pointed out the Importance of the fact that all sales yesterday and today were to Kow lork brokere. The rumors that La Salle street might replace Wall atreet aa the foremost financial center had their basis In the Tuesday announcement of the New York City board ot esttmatca that a stock transfer tax ot four cents a share on each share trans ferred, affecting only residents of the city, and a 6 per cent tax on gross profits of brokers will go Into effect on October 1. New York Celebrates NRA In Biggest Parade In History By H. ALl.KX SMITH I'nlteel Press Htaff CorrvNpunripnt NEW YORK, Sept. 13. (UP) Now York City'a greatest pa rade, celebrating tho MIA pro grain, ended at 11:46 o'clock tonight, 10 hours, 15 minutes after it started at 1:30 p. m. Rain started to fall shortly after the last marchers had loft Fifth avenue. Measuring their tread to the martial music of 200 bands, a quarter of a million New York ers marched up Fifth avenue to day In the largest parade of the city's history, giving full vent to their enthusiasm tor Frank lin D. Roosevelt and NRA. Seven hours they marched In the nation's most famous canyon of commerce, while unnumbered hordes pressed forward 30 to SO deep on either side ot the ave nue, cheering lustily as each ot the divisions moved northward. In a reviewing stand two blocks long at 42nd stroet, next to the public library, were Mrs Kooaevelt, (Jaueral Hugh John- JURY HAY GET LAMSON CASE LATE TODAY Closing Arguments of At torneys Under Way In San Jose Courtroom Conflicting Pictures of Marital Life Drawn In Battle of Lawyers By DAN BOWERMAS United Press Staff Correspondent SAN JOSE. Sept. 13.. (UP) Two sharply-contrasting pictures of David Lamaon'a relations with the wife ha la accused of mur dering were given today In clos ing arguments ot the trial for his Ufa. Prosecutor John Fltxgerald made tha direct accusation that Lamson beat his wife. Aliens, to death last May SO because ahe rejected his advances. 'He wooed and won her," De fense Attorney Maurice Rankin lnsisiea in closing lor m de fense. "God sent them a little girl, and they lived happily." To jury Today Indications were that a jury of aeren men and five women would receive the case late to morrow. Rankin will finish his argument, the atate will close Ita rebuttal and Judge R. R. Syer will Inatruct tha Jury. Fltxgerald, In closing for the state, first recalled to the Jurors that Lamaon mada frequent trips to Sacramento, where he waa aeen with Mrs. Sara Kelley, blonde divorcee. "Any woman la going to ba a little provoked when she finds out about a thing - like this. Fltxgerald , aald. He then re ferred to a probable quarrel be tween David and Alien over Mrs. Kelley. Fooled Husband He discussed physical evidence found in the bathroom with Al lene's nude body. That evl dence, he claimed, showed that AHene had resorted to a subter fuge to persuade David to aleep In .another room the night be fore she -was found, dead ot A skull fracture.' "That's what waa back of thla murder," Fltxgerald shout ed. Lamson, youthful appearing sales manager of tha Stanford University Press, stared stonily ahead. Hla expression did not change aa Fltxgerald summed up the state's evidence. Harve Bailey Asks Change of Venue; Federals to Fight OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla.. Sept. IS. (UP) Federal author ities tonight aald that they would tight an expected last minute attempt by Harvey J Bailey, notorioua desperado, to evade trial here Monday tor the S200.000 Urachal kidnaping. James .Mathers, Bailey's attor ney, said a demand lor a change of venue would be made tomor row or Friday "because officers have expressed personal hatred for Bailey and Inflamed the people." The Chang ot venue asked by the gunman would be to Tulsa or Muskogee, Mathers said. Federal officers scoffed at his claims ot "bitter statements." OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. IS (UP) Police machine guns are getting extra workouts In prep aratlon tor the trial next week of Harvey Bailey and other sue pects In tha Urachal kidnaping case. Sheriff Stanley Rogers, four deputies, and three federal agents form tha machine gun squad in special target practice In order to b ready for action If called upon. ton, Mayor John P. O'Brien, Governor Herbert H. Lehman, and other dignitaries. In another stand adjolntng the towers of Rockefeller Cen ter, waa John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and a group ot tntlmatea, On the broad steps of St. fat rick's cathedral aat Cardinal Hayes, surrounded by ranking prelates ot tha Roman Catholic church. The procession In Itself was divided into 77 units, represent ing divisions ot trade and In dustry. There was splendor and color aplenty tor the millions who stood for hours watching the panorama unfold. Grover A. Whalen, pictures Que head of New York's NRA marched with hia 12-year-old son. Major General Dennis E Nolan was grand marshal. Gen eral Nolan, with other army leaders, mapped out the moving chart of tha parade, by which more than 260,000 marchers were moved past th reviewing stand in seven hours. Flier Drowned 0 Tha body of Miss MaJenta Gerard, above, of River Forest, 111. waa washed up on the abore of Lake Michigan with the bod ies ot her two companions after an airplane disaster. With H. W. Manning, noted parachute Jumper, and Carl Otto, pilot, she was enroute to Chicago from South Bend. RELIEF CHIEF Ifkeview Social Worker Appointed to Adminis ter New Aid Program At the county relief commit tee Wedaesdax mornOig. , attends ed by C. W. Reynolds, field re presentative ot the state relief board. Miss Phyllis Hartxog of Lakeriew, an experienced social worker, was appolned executive secretary In charge ot the local relief work. She will take over her dutlea Friday. According' to the committee, the commissary will continue for the remainder of this week and requisition system Monday. A meeting ot all retail grocers and meat dealers was held with relief officials last night in the county court rooms at the court house for a discus sion of the requisition ' system and how It will be handled. Bradbury C-- Recommendation The relief commlttr also vot ed Wednesday morning to re commend R- E. Bradbury who haa been director of relief here for two yeara to be In charge ot the federal re-employment service providing the service established here. 4 The appointment of Miss Hart- log waa made after shes and three 'iral applicarti experienced in social work were Interviewed The consolidated county relief committee at a meeting Tuesday evening, with A. M. Collier as cbalrman, went on record as fav oring the action of the county board In the adoption ot tha re quisition system and tha policy of returning non-resldenta on re lief lists to their former homes. Robert P. Lamont Quits' Steel Firm NEW YORK. Sept IS (UP) Robert P. Lamont has tender ed his resignation aa president ot the American Iron and Steel Institute, the Institute announced today. The resignation has not yet been accepted and cannot be acted upon until the next meet ing of . the institute board. The regular aesaion la acheduled tor Sept. 21, hut a special aesaion might he called. It was said. Brothers Die in Fight Over Meal WENATCHEE. Wash., Sept. 13. (UP) The bodies of Llov and Earl Brown, brothers, were found at their bachelor horn near Lake Wenatchee today. In clrcumatances Indicating mur der and suicide. The men evidently had ar gued over breakfast. Earl, 4 2 was found dead on the porch bullets In his back and head His brothers body waa found Inside, a bullet hole In the head. A revolver lay nearby, Woman, Daughter Injured in Crash Mrs. Macken of Malln and her daughter, Margaret Macken, were injured last night when their automobile crasnea into parxea truck between Malln and Klam ath Falls. Mrs. Macken suffered a frac tured skull. Her daughter sus tained a fractured .rib and sprained ankle- Both ara In tbe Klamath valley hospital. SECRET AUDIT IS RELEASED AT COLLEGE Mystery Involving Head of Buildings at 0. S. C. Solved by Brief Report Misappropriation, Shifts In Accounts Alleged; College Gives Answer CORVALLIS. Sept. IS. (UP) Mystery surrounding the "se cret audit" Involving E. P. Jack- eon, auperlntendent ot buildings at Oregon Bute college, was cleared up when the brief report waa released here toniguu The report disclose little that already has not been made pub lic either at last Monday'a board of higher education meeting or In the reply prepared by college authorities which Secretary of State Hal E. Hosa released at Salem Tuesday. Stands by Record S. D. Buell. atate auditor, de clares In the report ba la satis fied "certain of tbe assertions of the three persons making Igned statements are substan tially correct." Buell charged Jackson used college equipment and employes for bis personal gain. Jackson, according to Buell, allegedly misappropriated WS5 In materials and auppllea In 1021, used college trucka for personal business on hla two farms, used men paid from col lege funds for construction of a house In 1927. He further charges the auper lntendent ahlfted Items .from one fund to another and disregard ed rulings by employing a mem ber ot bis own family. College Replica A reply from college author! tlea accompanied the audit re leased tonight, denying Buell's charges. Sworn testimony In answer to the charges, given by employee who also testified before Buell, assert Buell and R. H. Thomas, al that time general auperlnten dent ot properties of the atate yUin of Jtisber education. (Continued on Pane Three r , ; Senator Johnson Invited to Join Democrat Ranks By THOMAS B. MALARKEY I'nited lreta Staff Correspondent SACRAMENTO. Sept. 13. 0U9 Senator Hiram Johnson haa been Invited to bolt the republican party and run for re-election as the democratic senatorial candi date in California next year. The Invitation was extended by a prominent nortLirn Cali fornia democrat who acted with full knowledge of other demo cratic leaders Including Senator William Gibbs McAdoo, the Unit ed Press learned on Indisputable authority today. Johnson promptly acknowl edged the letter but declined to commit himself. The letter tactfully but firm ly stated If the republican pro gressive refused to Join hands with the democrats, the party would be compelled to put forth Its own candidate. Heretofore, It bad been understood the dem ocrats would not sponsor any body In the primaries In order to give Johnson the right-of-way at the November, 1934, general election. Ex-Yakima Folks Reunite At Picnic Seventy-five former resident of the Yakima valley held a re union and picnic Sundcy at the E. N. Eagle ranch near Merrill. They decided to make the Sun day after Labor day an annual Yakima Valley day. W. J. Breithaupt of Olene, who waa chairman of the meet ing, appointed a committee to plan for next year's outing. The committee is composed of E N. Eagle of Merrill, James Brit ton of Klamath Falls, and George Yost of Tulelake. Mrs. W. L. Bell of Malln will have charge ot refreshments. , Each member of the group was asked to welcome newcom ers from Washington and boost the Klamath basin. Persons at tended from Klamath Falls, Medtord, Malln, Tulelake aud Olene. Sleeping Sickness ' Gaining Foothold ST. LOUIS. Sept. 13. (UP) Fear that the sleeping sickness epldtmlc which has claimed 136 lives since July 30, may be gain ing a foothold in the city in firmary, was expressed by phy sicians today as the fifth Inmate died In recent weeks. The fifth aged ward ot the city to die waa Frank Walters, 83, taken in several oays ago. ' ACROBAT MISSES TAYLER, Texas, . Sept. IS (UP) Howard Bell, 22. a cir cus acrobat, was seriously In jure3 here tonight when he (ailed to execute an attempted landing on a pedestal after hurling through the air. Americans Face Danger In Cuba, Fear Uprisings Bend Spuds Grow Just . Like Apples . BEND, Sept. IS. (UP) Something for th Klamath basin potato raisers to shoot at was reported here today by A. W. Long ot Bend. A potato plant with full grown tubers on th Tinea In stead of on the roots was found on hia farm. Not a potato was found un derground, but the big vine waa abundantly covered with "spuds." New vine ar aprouting from th "eyes." LIQUOR SUPPLY United States. Getting Ready for Repeal of Eighteenth Amendment By RICHARD GRTDUEY United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. (U.R) Steps to Increase apeedily the supply ot hard - liquor available for medicinal purposes by Im portation and domestic manu facture, ar being considered by the treasury, th United - Press learned tonight. At the same Urn. James H. Do ran, commissioner ot indus trial alcohol, promised that an "adequate ' aupply" ot - liquor would be available in December when the 18th amendment now Is expected to be repealed. Demand Heavy The Immediate objective ot loosening Import restrictions on hard liquor and Increasing allo- caUnc -of domestic distillers al ready-operating andc- license would be to meat increased drug store demand resulting from tha lifting of quantity restriction on medical prescriptions. One per mit for brandy Importation the first sine 192S already has been Issued and ther for brandy and whiskey probably will lollow. The treasury Is being flooded with applications for new do mestic distilling licenses, but cannot grant them until repeal becomes effective. It can, how ever, give additional allocations to distillers already licensed and is expected to do so next month. This would halt th rapid rise (Continued en Page Three) Price Fixing Fight N earing Climax, Consumers Kick By ARTHUR DEGREVE rnited Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. (U.R) The battle over price fixing clauses In industrial codes ap proached a climax tonight. This dispute, largest lost sight of In the early rush ot NRA develop ments. Is one of the most Impor tant baBlc problems In tha re covery program. Protests over exorbitant prices arrived In huge numbers daily at the recovery administration. They come from the laborer, the farmer and the Industrialist. All are In a similar vein. The consumer Is finding it difficult to meet the sharply increasing cost of necessities. On eastern Industrialist recently charged that a manufacturing group had raised prices 26 per cent even Detore Ita code became opera tive. North Side Welfare Club Plans Picnic A picnic dinner and weinef roast will be enjoyed by mem bers of the North Side Welfare club Thursday evening, Septem ber 14, provided the pleasant weather continues. The club will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ross, 2162 Thrall street, at 8 o'clock and then adjourn to the park for th out of door meet. Press Time WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. The resignation of Wilson McCarthy aa a director of tho reconstruction finance corpor ation, waa announced toniKlit. It has been awaiting accep tance by President Roosevelt for, several weeks. I.OXDOX, Sept. 18. (UP) Thieve In a "smash-grab" raid on - shop window In llntton Garden the world's greatest diamond market today seised a large stone valued at 20,000 pounds ster HnK and escaped in a waiting motor car. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 18. (UP) la deference to the More Than Half of U. S. Citizens in Cuba Flee Home Twelve Americana Are Surrounded In Cristo Mines By LAWRENCE HAAS United Press staft CorrespoadeBt Copyright 1938 by United Pica HAVANA. Cuba. Sent. 11. (UP) Hundreds ot Americana were m danger aone in th Cu ban Interior tonight, their safety threatened by th meoaa at labor uprisings against th new revolutionary regime c Provi sional President Samoa dm San Martin. A United Pre sorrar afcaaaad that 700 Americana war ki ob lylng districts where la bo nat. reat was considered worst. Al together, there ar noma SM Americans kt th province, ' Road Blocked Twelve Americana wea law ported still surrounded at Crax to, in American wnd msncaay es mines. Tha road oat wera blocked by trees. At Ba guanos, north ot Santiago, in Orient province, the manages af sev eral suxar centra la (plants) wer being held wattasl aanaoa. era. At Tacajo, sugar we aastteb- utad among the populate. Eigh teen Americana residing at Car denas privately expressed tear of racial trouble. There an I2fl Americans at Saatlago, where the 8. 8. S. Talbt, a destroyer, is in port against aa emergency. Across th harbor at Rente, sev eral American - families hare sought refuge, berrying from tne nearby mining district aa labor anrest continued to grow. Reports reaching authorities is Havana stressed the "notentlal danger" of labor anrest, but em- pnasixea also that no American had a yet been injured or a aauueo.-, : ;: ,...,.. ' Mills Afhx-tesl . ' -W " The roundup of labor troubles over the Island showed, also that about 20 per cent ot the auger mills were affected. They are the main mills, produoing about (Continued on Pag Three) Three Year Base For Wheat Catting Adopted by Board Use of the standard three year base period, comprising th years 1S30, 1931 and 1932 to determine wheat allotment and acreage reductions waa decided upon at the first organised meeting of the board ot direc tors ot the Klamath division el the wheat production control as sociation held at the office ol Assistant County Agent E. at. Hauser. according to an aa. nouncement from th agricul tural officer. The executive board also de cided to hold community com mittee meetings during the week In order to check and certify applications already turned in by cooperating growers. As fast as additional applications are turned In, they will also be checked and certified by the committees and the board of di rectors. It was decided. Allotments of wheat tor th various farmers who have signed applications will be determined by a newly appointed allotment committee, comprised ot Barrel! Short, H. J. Tlcknor and H. J, Beardaley, according to an an nouncement from th associa tion's executive board. Boy Is Kidnaped, And Then Released SALT LAKE CITY. Sept. 18 (UP) Kenneth Rogers, 1, was kidnaped lata laat night, only to be released shortly after because he was the "wrong kod", police reported today. After retiring to his bed, he was dragged from his room through an open, unscreened window, and scrutinised by thi light of a match held by one ol the two kidnapers. After seeing his face one of them exclaimed: "Aw, hell, we got the wrong kid." News Flashes wishes of President Roosevelt, the Kansas City Southern railroad will hold up Ita dis puted wage plan until aprlng, It wna announced hero today by the road'a president, O. O. Johnston. MEXICO CITY, Sept. . 18. (IP) The senate tonight ratified the convention signed by .Mexico and the United , State rectifying the course of ' the Rio Grande. TOKIO, Thursday, Sept. 1. (VP) Tasuya I'chlda, for eign minister of Japan, re signed today. Ill health waa given aa the reason. ' I
