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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, SEPT. 21, 1933
I Every Morning Except Mondavi
News
Editorials
on fw
IDavs News
i -
lly FRANK JKNKIKi
GOVEHNOH MEIKU a.ks for
tha resignation ot 0. L. Bturr,
chairman of tha board ot blhor
ducallon. W purpoau. obvious
ly, la to put n nd to ,h row
that haa developed In tha board.
in that purpose, h. will ba sus
Ulned by publlo opinion In Or,
goo. Hlghr aducallon In into
lata baa trouble. nough In that
day. without bavlng to undargo
tha turlhor handicap ot a row In
tha board.
Tha orrnor to to ba congrat
ulated tor moving doclalvaly.
pAMON GRAU SAN
K cuba a third president wllhln
monlh. banda In hla resignation.
Cuba's economic troublee ra
grave aa oure. Try to think what
. me., wa would ba In It wa had
had tbrea pra.ldonli lnc tha
llrat ot August, ,
Our systom may have IU UulU.
but It to bailor than tha Latin
American ayitom.
e a
TUB International City Man
aiiora association, mooting In
ri.ir.ia. passes ft rosolutlon ant
ing awltter action on tho throe
billion dollar publlo worka pro-
cram.
if don't GET awltter action,
tha amergeney that waa Intended
to ba met by tha publlo work.
program will have passed, and wa
will bora no need tor iu
Bo mo.t ot u. tlnd oursolves In
tomplete eympntby with the city
STATE highway expenditures In
tha United Stale In 182
mounted to 86i.44,000. ae
cordlng to an announcement lu.t
given out by tha bureau ot pub
He roada ot tb department ot ag
riculture.
Ot thla amount. I81b.766.000
waa expended tor eon.trucllon
and maintenance ot highways. In
toroet on bonds and notea and
mlacellaneoua expenses.
Other expenditures, auch
nrlnclnal payment on bonds,
tran.ters to local authorities Ira
posed by w totaled 8138,08L-
too.
e a
MOTE, please, that out of ap-
proximately ft billion dollars
pent on roads tor all purposes.
leas than 1100,000,000 for cer
tainly transfers to local authori
ties and obligations Imposed oy
law must hare amounted to more
than $38,000.000 went tor re
demption of bonds.
W. are running Into debt pret
ty fast, and getting out rather
lowly.
MAINTENANCE of state high
way aystoma, which Include
858.210 mile, ot main highways,
gnvs employment throughout the
year to an average of 1(0,000
men.
Thlefas direct employment
It to estimated that for every man
DIRECTLY employed on tha
highway two other, wer Indi
rectly employed In supplying and
transporting materials and ma'
ehlnory.
That hi something to romom
bur.
see
T'HIS writer, who la probably a
road crank, and therefor not
to be taken too seriously. Is of
the opinion that If the entire
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.HCHIHHI.ER WIXS
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sopt.
10. (UP) The Chicago Cardi
nals, coached by Paul Schl.slor,
fnrmor Oregon State montor. de
feated the Indianapolis Indians
In a professional tonthnll game
tonight, 8-0, Tho Cards scored
their aatoty on a blocked punt.
Will Rogers Says:
BEVERLY HILLS, 8opt. 20
Editor Tho Klamath News:
Hope tha oil busi
ness gets straight
ened out, for It Is
tough. Just today
In a movie I was
making, had a scone
where I met an In
dian. During our
conversation I found out that
he was an Osage. That's the
rich tribe that Uvea by us
down In Oklahoma.
Why, when oil was going
good an Osage wouldn't have
evon spoken to a poor Chero
koe. Thoy used Rolls Roycea
(or trailers.
See now where 'the French
are about to go off the gold.
If we got as much enjoyment
out ot them going oft as they
did ns, we ought to feel great
all winter. Yours,
CARPENTER IS
FATALLY HURT
IN ACCIDENT
Jack Kerr, Pioneer of
Klamath Falls, Dies in
Hospital After Mishap
Falls from Stepladder
While Doing Work on
Summers School Room
Jack Kerr. (8. pioneer car
penter ot Klamath Palls, work
ing tor the Klamath county
school district on an additional
room at the Summer, school,
died yesterday evening ot a
fractured skull received when
he fell from a ladder at the
school building about I o'clock
In the afternoon.
Kerr was working alone on a
stepladder In the basement of
the new room when the accident
occurred, according to Dr.
George Merryman, who was
railed to give medical treatment.
Two other employes working
outside the building heard a
crash and groan, coming from
lh basement room.
Ladder Overturn.
Entering, they fonnd Kerr ly
ing on the concrete floor with ft
fractured skull. The ladder on
which he had been working waa
overturned near where he waa
lying.
There was no witnesses t the
accident.
Kerr waa rushed to the Hill
side bo.pltal, where be received
medical treatment.
lie had been realdent of
Klamath county for 26 years
and la survived by hla wit of
the St. Francla district.
Funeral arrangementa are be
ing made at the Wbltlock funer
al home.
Jury to Receive
George W. Wolfe
Theft Case Today
The fat ot George W. Wolfe,
charged aa an accomplice In the
Bonann bank robbery, Novem
ber 11, 1831. will again rest In
tho hands ot ft Jury thi. morn
ing at 10 o'clock when Judge
W. M. Duncan Isauee Instruc
tions to the 11 men and one
woman who have beard the re
trial ordered by tha slate su
preme court.
Testimony waa completed at
4:30 o'clock Wednesday after
noon after the defense attorney,
W. P. Myers, hsd called five wit
nesses to the stand In an at
tempt to prove that Wolfe was
seen at other placea during the
time the robbery waa committed.
Witnesses te.tlfled they had
aeen Wolfe at 11:80 o'clock the
morning ot the robbery, and
aome time between 3 o'clock
and 4 o'clock the earn after
noon. The robbery occurred at
3 o clock.
After 85 witnesses had given
testimony for the state. Assist
ant District Attorney D. E. Van
Vactor reated the state's case
at 3:40 o'clock.
Myers then made motion for
ft directed verdict which waa de
nied by Judge Duncan.
Another motion by Myers to
have testimony ot the state's
star witness, Horace Nordstrom,
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Hoover Honored
At Chicago Fair
CHICAGO. Sept. 20. (UP)
Former President Herbert Hoov
er attended the world'a fair to
day and kept a promise which
he had made to himself and
friend.
"When I was bore before the
fair opened. I promised myself
and Ruftis Dawee that I would
return when It was finished
the former president said after
being accorded the highest pos
sible honors when he and Mrs.
Hoover entered the grounds.
Dawes Is president ot the expo
sition.
Despite Mr. Hoover's request
not to "wast any gunpowder
the fair paid him the highest
honors possible when be en
tered. These honors Included
31-gnn salute, which to given
only to presidents, ex-presidents
and members of ruling families,
Youngster Killed
While Playing Came
TACOMA, Wash.. Sent. 20
(UP) A toy arrow penetrating
tha y of 7-year-old Lawrence
Waters of Olympla today ended
a game of "Indian." The lad
died few hours after an oper
ation performed In an effort to
save his eye.
He waa struck hi the ey by
an arrow while playing with
friends near bis home la Olym
Pla. .
Man Pleads Guilty
To Stealing Grain
MALIN. Ore. Samuel O.
Phillips, Tule Ink homesteader,
pleaded guilty late yesterday to
a charge ot stealing grain from
Hoips brothers. Sentence was
deferred.
Phillips waa arrested In Cali
fornia by Deputy Sheriff V, O.
Klock of Modoo county.
Jean Harlow Weds Cameraman
srl-M
i i
,AV -
Having hit It off together perfectly as film star and oameraman.
respectively, Jean Harlow and Harold Rosson decided they were
meant to be teammates for life. So tbey chartered an airplane.
flew to Yuma, Arli., were married
the course of a few hours. This photo shows them Immediately
after their return to Miss Harlow's Beverly Hills mansion. It la
tb platinum blonde'a third marriage, ber second bavlng been to
Paul Bern, film executive, who committed suicide Just year ago.
Bramhall Bags
Deer on First
Day of Season
1. N. Bramhall, 241 Hillside
street, may have been the first
Klamath Fall, hunter to get a
deer. At least he waa tha tint
to report a bag.
Rrarabsll, on of the thou
sands ot Oregon sportsmen who
war "out moit - m when
the aeason opened yonerday
morning, got a big tour-point
buck near Lakevlew. He got
hi. deer early In tha morning,
shortly after the aeason opened.
Onlv one hunting acciaent.
which Droved ludicrous rather
than serious, wss reported eariy
Wednesday1 afternoon. Walfr
Burr, employe of Currins Drug
store, went out with a party for
early morning shooting. The
party struck oft from oreen
Springs highway and planned to
meet at 10 a. m. to return to
town. Burr failed to appear at
the hour appointed. After a long
wait, bia companions aet out to
find him, and later In the day
the lost msn found his way to a
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NRA Enforcement
Croup Will Form
In Klamath Falls
Acting under Instruction. Just
transmitted from Washington to
Henry Perkins. NRA chairman
In Klamath Fall., an enforcement
board of six members will be
named within a day or two.
This board will be named by a
special committee, aa provided In
the Instructions received from
Washington.
The duties of the enforcement
bosrd will be to receive com
plaints as to non-compliance with
NRA rules, and if possible to
secure compliance. If' tho local
board finds this Impossible, It
will report tb cases to Wash
ington, and dlsclpllnar steps will
thon be token, such as withdrawal
of tbe blue eagle pr refusal of li
cense to do business.
The enforcement board will
be composed of six members, who
will meet after their appointment
and choose a seventh member.
who will be chairman: 1
3 Killed in Plane
Crackup in Alaska
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept
20. (UP) George Ed Young,
chief pilot of the Pacific Alaska
Airways, And two passengers
were killed In an airplane crash
today, according to meager de
tails brought here tonight by
Pilot Robblns of the Airways.
The cause of the accident, be
lieved to have occurred while
Young was trying to land his
plane at Llvengood, waa un
known. The passengers. Buck
Roberta and Eric Nelson, and
Young wer killed Instantly.
Bolt of Lightning
Kills Calif ornian
PORTLAND. Sent. 20. (UP)
Crouched unilor giant fir tre?
for shelter during an electrical
storm. Virgil Davis, 88. of San.
ta Rosa, Cel., waa Instantly
killed lata today when a bolt of
lightning atruck tha tree.
Hla companion, H, H, Klnch
lee, E6, was seriously burned
and the clothing ripped from his
body. The accident happened
near Molalla, 80 miles southeast
of here, where tb two wer cut
ting wood.
and returned borne again, all In
KLAMATH JOBS
WILL BE LET
Surfacing on Lakeview,
Merrill 1 Malin, Crater
vLfikfiJ.oadsScheduled
SALEM, 8ept. 20. (UP)
Contracts for 10 bridges and
culverts and ' 85 mile of prl
mary and secondary roads, at a
cost of approximately $1,000,000
will be let at tho state highway
commission meeting In Portland
October 8. It was announced
hers late today.
Included In the 11 project
are the following:
Three miles of macadam and
13.6 mile of oil aurface on the
Crater Lake highway between
Little butt and Elk creek.
Twenty-six miles ot macadam
and 16.1 miles of oil surface on
Klamath Falls-Forest boundary
section of the Klamath Falls-
Lakeview highway. .
Four miles ot macadam and
8.1 miles ot oil surface on Mer-
rlll-Malln section of The Dalles-
CalKornla highway.
Coos Lumber Firm
Will Carry Fight
Against NRA Code
MARSHFIELD, Sept. 20. (UP)
The Coos Bay Lumber company
will carry Its fight against pro
duction limitations ot the NRA
lumber code to tbe highest au
thorities of the nation, officials
said today.
Following on the heels of
yesterday's statement defying
the code. Homer W. Bunker of
San Francisco, president ot the
company, today said their case
would be laid berore the nation
al lumber council at Washing
ton.
The Coos bay firm, rather
than release Its 600 employes.
as other mills are doing when
their 120-hour quota Is tilled.
will continue to operate.
Elderly Couple Is
Missing in Forest
EUGENE, Sept. 30. (UP)
Missing from their forest camp
since Friday, Mr. and Mrs. Art
Pierce, elderly Portland couple.
wer feared lost on tbe McKen
si river south fork area to
night.
They left their camp Intact
before leaving Friday. When
they failed to return, national
forest employes began a search
for them, - -
PORTLAND. Sent, 20. (UP)
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Pierce
here held no fears tor their
safety, although they have not
been seen sines Friday. The
oonple waa In the habit of es
tablishing a camp, then moving
on to a second camp tew miles
away, tney said.
C. E. Board Plans
For District Meet
The executive committee ot
the Klamath-Lake Christian En,
deavor Union will moot tonight
at 7:30 o'clock at the First
Presbyterian church to mak
further plant tor , the district
convention. -. '
The convention will be held
In Klamath Falls, October to
O'COIELL NOT
ABLE TO POINT
OUT KIDNAPERS
7 Persons Arrested in
- New York City; Youth
Fails in Identification
Urschel Kidnaping Case
Pushed Ahead Despite
Threats of Gangster
NEW YORK. Sept. 20. (UP)
John J. O'Connell, Jr., the
husky national guard lieutenant
and member of a powerful po
litical elan, stood Detore lire
men and two women arrested as
suspects In bis kidnaping to
night and failed to identify them
aa implicated in the abduction.
Identification positively was
not made," Police Captain Rich
ard Oliver, In charge of ques
tioning the seven, told tb Unit
ed Press.
Sdaed in Raids
Police maintained a close-
lipped secrecy about the kid
naping end of the case alter
they had seised the seven pris
oner in three almultaneous
raids in Monnt Klsco, N. Y., the
Bronx and Manhattan.
The prlaonera gave their name.
as Anthony Heino, 13. ot Man
hattan; Leonard Scarnlci, 27, of
Mount Klsco; Philip Ziegler, 28.
of Brooklyn; Freddie Plentl, 23,
of New York; Cbarlea Shore.
of Brooklyn; Eleanor Scar
nlci, 21, of Mount Klsco, and
LEmma Relno, 21. of Mount Kls
co.
THREATS IGNORED
OKLAHOMA CITY. Sept. 20.
(UP) Unawed by underworld
death threats, tbe government
continued today Its barrage of
evidence against the 13 persons
charged In connection with the
300.000 kidnaping of Cbarlea
Urschel.
B. E. Klrknatrick. ft friend ot
the kidnaped oil man. Identified
picture of the fugitive George
(Machine Gun) Kelly as that
of the man to whom he delivered
tbe ransom in Kansas City, Mo.
Bailey, super-desperado ac
cused. aa plotter of the crime la.
which urschel, multi-millionaire
oil man was taken from his
home her last July, was brought
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Nobleman Stabs
His Pretty Wife
In Divorce Row
8EATTLE. Sept.. 80. (UP)
In a Seattle hospital tonight lay
pretty Mrs. Tatiana Warnick
subbed by her husband, said
to be the son ot ft Russian
noble, when she aued him for
divorce. '
In San Francisco when the
suit was tiled. V. W. Warnick,
34, her husband and father ot
her two children, rushed to Se
attle.
Warnick met her near their
bom and assertedly plunged
large hunting knife In her back
and side. Inflicting serious but
not fatal wounds. Police said
Warnick waa standing over the
black-haired, 33-year-old woman
with the knife in his hand, when
they arrived.
Mrs. Warnick, at the hospital,
said they had fled from Russia
to China during the days ot the
revolution, coming to America
In 1823.
U. of Washington
To Pick President
SEATTLE. Sept. 20. (UP)
A new president for the Univer
sity of Washington, probably an
eastern man, will be selected
Ithln month or six weeks
Louts Schwellenbach, president
ot the board ot regent aald to
day.
'No local man has the cation
wide acquaintance among good
university faculty members, and
the personal contact witn uni
versity presidents that will make
it possible for him to nire good
men at a minimum wage," he
said. The university has been
without president since M
Lyls Spencer was removed from
office in March, 1833.
Union High School
Reception Saturday
The annual reception tor
Klamath Union high school bai
been aet tor Saturday evening.
September 30, according to an
announcement from Principal
Paul T, Jackson.
The hours ot the reception
will ba from 7:30 to 10:30
o'clock, and parents of all stu
dents, espeolally ot members ot
the freshman class, are cordially
Invited to be guests ot the
school.
National Grange
Master to Visit
ROSEBURG, 'Sept. 20. (UP)
Louis J. Taber of Columbia, 0.,
national grange master, will ar
rive In Oregon, October 8, ac
cording to C. H. Bacley, editor
of the 8tate Grange Bulletin.
Taber will a ' 'rose a meeting
at Klamath Falls, October 8 and
at Eugene the following afternoon.
Australian Dictatorship,
Esta blished
VIENNA, Thursday, Bept 21.
(UP) Chancellor Englebert
Qollfuss today decided on ft radi
cal reorganisation of hi entire
cabinet and tb establishment of
dictatorial regime.
At the chancellor's offices, an
official said there would be "no
formal statement for the mo
ment," intimating tbe new cabi
net would be announced ehortly.
The entire chancellory staff waa
on duty most of the night.
Parliament Dead
Dollfuss recently declared par
liamentarism In Austria was
dead and Indicated the cabinet
sbakeup was imminent.
Tbe United Pres. was In
formed officially that in the re
constructed cabinet, Dollfuss had
assumed direct command of all
Austria's armed force the army,
gendarmerie, police, helmswebr
and auxiliaries In active service.
Anne Has Cold,
Lindy's Trip to
Russia Delayedx
HELSINGFORS, Finland, Sept.!
20. (UP) Mrs. Cbarlea A.
Lindbergh, wife of tha flier, be
came ill here - today, causing
them to postpone their departure
for Leningrad. j
In explanation, Lindbergh said
bis . wife was suffering from a
alight Indisposition.
The colonel and Mrs. Lina-
bergh flew hers today from
Karlskrona. Sweden, landing at
the naval airport at Sharpudden
at 4:28 p. m. - They left Karls
krona. off the southern tip ot
Sweden, at 10:15 a. m., baiting
here on their way to Soviet
Russia.
The Lindberghs proceeded to
hotel here and remained , in
side. Mrs. Lindbergh went to
bed. Tbe flier expressed bis
gratitude' to reporters whom he
said had given tbem more con
siderate treatment than any
where he bad been since his solo
flight over the Atlantic in 1827
made him a public figure.
Mrs. Lindbergh Is suffering
with ft severe cold. It was re
vealed. Wall Street May
Soon Be Branch;
.Jersey' Favored
NEW YORK. Sent 28. (UP)
Projects were underway tonight
to make Wall street a "branch
office" instead of tho world'a
greatest trading center.
Brokers. Incensed by new city
taxes which would take five per
cent ot the brokerage gross in
come and add tonr cents per
share on all stock transfers,
hastened efforts to move trading
to New Jersey.
A committee representing the
major members ot the New York
stock exchange is seeking a site
In New Jersey for the New Jer
sey stock exchange. It an
nounced that more man i.uuu
of the 1.875 members ot the
New York stock exchange bad
applied for admission to the
new exchange and that officials
and the governing committee of
the New York stock exchange
had been invited to serve in a
similar capacity on th new ex
change. Retail Code Fight
Starts Over Price
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. (UP)
A heated battle broke over price
control provisions of the retail
trades codes tonight. A few
hours earlier agreements de
signed to protect the consumer
against sharply Increased living
costs and the merchant against
predatory competition has been
made public by the NRA.
Protests from merchants
throughout the nation poured
Into tbe capital tonignt. Al
though recovery officials empha
sised that the codes were not
to be considered as attempts at
price fixing, many retailers dis
agreed.
Students Arrested
" In Chicago Strike
CHICAGO. Sept. 20. (UP)
Police arrested 28 students to-
dav In breaking up a demonstra
tion ot approximately 1000 high
school boys and girls who walked
out of classrooms on "strike
in protest of ft retrenchment
program ot the board ot educa-
t on.
A parade ot students bearing
placards urging the 500,000
school children to "Strike Wed
nesday," "Save Our Schools,"
and "Stop Graft," was broken
up and the banners destroyed by
police.
Japan Doesn't Want
America s Cotton
TOKIO, Friday, Sept. 20. (U.B
The Chinese government has of
fered to sell the Japanese Ori
ental Cotton company part of
the American cotton it purchased
through Reconstruction Finance
Corporation loans. It was unuer-
stood her today.
Th Japanese concern did not
accent tha offer despite an at
tractive price, reporta said. The
reason Riven for not making
the deal was that the Japanese
company did not desire to en
courage China In seeking fur
ther American credits.
by Dollfuss
All men In the new cabinet
who still technically are mem
bers of parliament must sever
their parliamentary connections.
President Mlkla. gave Doll
fusa a free hand to take over
himaelf the entire state execu
tive division of the government
and form ftny kind of govern
ment b desires, i Tbe move
make tb soft-spoken little
chancellor dictator of Austria.
Dollfuss called the cabinet to
tbe chancellory and announced
that be had decided to recon
struct the cabinet and that he
desired the resignations of the
ministers. These were given
promptly and accepted.
The chancellor then began ne
gotiations for new arrange
ment under which he would dic
tate both to tbe cabinet and the
country generally. Leading per
sonalities are to be In the new
cabinet.
RELIEF
$4,000 a Month Set As
Klamath's Share; Fund
Lower Than Last Year
At ft special meeting of tbe
county relief committee Wednes
day morning, called by C. W.
Reynolds, state field representa
tive, a tentative budget for Klam
ath county for the next 15
months was presented.
The budget will average about
84,000 per month and to about
12 per cent less than the county
relief budget for last year, ac
cording to County Judge George
Grixxle, chairman of the com
mittee.
Ready for Bolons
Following the meeting here
Reynolds left immediately tor
valley cities where estimates of
other county relief budgets will
be made. He stated the esti
mate wer being made so the
state legislature, providing a spe
cial session is called, will have
an idea ot the amount needed
in the state for the remainder of
this year and next year.
KIsmutK comity for the month
of September was granted 33,
800. The fund was increased
over the amount previously plan
ned to permit additional relief
for children starting schooL
The amounts allocated for win
ter months varied considerably
with summer month allocations
in the estimate of the budget
drawn np Wednesday morning.
No other business concerning
tbe working ot the requisition
system, started in the county
Monday morning, was taken np
at the meeting. Miss Phyllis
Hartxog, executive secretary in
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Representative of
Job Bureau Here
To Set Up Office
A field representative of the
federal re-employment bureau
will arrive in Klamath Falls to
day to make final arrangements
for the establishment ot an of
fice here.
Misa Phyllis Hartxog, execu
tive secretary of tbe county re
lief organisation, which is ex
pected to work closely with the
federal re-employment bureau.
announced Wednesday she was
assured by state officials the
set-up would start materialising
at once. '
Tbe local office will be an en
tirely new establishment under
the direction of a director and
ft citizens' advisory committee.
Fifi Dorsay Will
Marry Chicagoan
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 20. (UP)
Fifi Dorsay, vivacious film act
ress, admitted to friends tonight
she Is planning to marry Mau
rice Hill, who one was chosen
bv a magazin as the 'hand
somest college student in the
midwest.
The wedding, however, may
wait until Hill, the son ot
wealthy Chicago manufacturer.
completes his medical education,
she said. '.
Press Time
SALEM, Sept. 20. (UP)
Creation of Jobs for 1,843
persons, with increased month
ly payroll of HS,0, has re
sulted through operation of
the NRA here, according to
William P. Ellis, local chair-
SALEM, Sept. HO. (UP)
"We will be very glad to en
tertain power proportion
from the Eugene water board
and see what we can do,"
Mayor Donglas McKay of
Snlrm said today. "We ore
Interested in cutting down the
cost of electric current," the
mayor said.
SALEM, Sept. 20. (I'D
Four Oregon counties still owe
the state 1U,874 on first hnlf
property taxes, due Juno 8,
State Treasurer Rufus C. Hoi.
man said today. Thoy are
Crook, furry, Jefferson and
Tillamook.
STARR STEPS
DOWN, GIVES
HIS COMMENT
Higher Education Board
President Submits to
Request of Governor
Says OSC Audit Shown
Him in Confidence and
He Couldn't Tell Board
PORTLAND. Beot. 20. UP
C L. Starr, president ot tbe
state board of higher education.
resigned his post late todav at
the request ot Governor Julius
L. Meier.
He ,-telayed announcement of
what action he would take on
Gov. Meier's request, made Mon
day, leading many to believe he
wonld refuse to step out and
would demand .a public hearing
of charge, against him.
Audit Mtonn Center
The governor asked his resig
nation because of asserted fail
ure to submit a special audit of
Oregon State college affairs to
the board and failure to stop
dissension and strife within th
board. - -
Starr, In short statement
tonight, explained bis action re
garding the report, but did not
comment on the latter charges.
"The audit report in con
troversy waa snbmltted to me
orally in conversation with the
secretary of state's auditors. I
saw no report at that time that
had been formulated and filed
with the secretary ot state," be
declared.
Informed diaaccilor
"Tbe statement, made to me
by tbe auditors referred to af
fairs at the college and I re
quested permission ot the sec
retary of state Immediately to
inform the chancellor, the chief
executive officer of the board.
"I was not at liberty further
to discuss the matter of tbe sec
retary's Investigation until tbey
were made a matter of public
record. Tbe chancellor, upon
securing tbe Information that
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Inquest in Lamson :
Case I Postponed .
Through Sentencing
SAN JOSE. Sept 20. (UP)
A long delayed inquest into the
death of Allene Thorpe Lamson
was ordered postponed tonight
because It was set for the time
at which her husband, David,
will be sentenced to death on
conviction of murdering ber. .
- Lamson, young sales manager
ot tbe Stanford University Press,
will hear the death sentence at
2 p. m. tomorrow, after his at
torneys have asked for a new
trial. Coroner Amos Williams
had set the Inquest for 1 p. m.
Tonight Williams aald hla in
quiry would be held some time
next week.
Decision of the coroner to
conduct his own Inquiry Into
bow Mrs. Lamson met her death.
although a superior court Jury
had already held that David
murdered her, met no opposition
from defense attorneys.
Gas Sonnenberg
Seeking Divorce
RENO. Nev.. Sept. 20. (UP)
Gus Sonnenberg. former world's
champion wrestler, late today
filed suit tor divorce from Marie
Elliott Sonnenberg, known in
the films as Judith Allen.
The former Dartmouth foot
ball star charged his wife with
"extreme mental cruelty."
She was expected to obtain
the decree, however, on ft cross
complaint.
Little Girl Burned
By Boiling Water
Patsy Hansen, 3, of Klamath
Falls Is in the Klamath Valley
hospital with burns received in
an accident at her home.
The little girl was reaching
on tiptoes for a box of matches
and upset a pan of boiling water
upon her.
News Flashes
ARFRDKEX, Wnsh., Sept.
20. (L't) Dcninl his com
pany has forced formntlon of
a "company union" was made
here today by W. 8. I.urey,
gcnernl tunnager of the (trays
Harbor I'lilp and Paper Co.
William Green, president nf
the A. F. of L., hart charged
the company has advised, sug
getcd or compelled formntlon
of tho union. '
SAN DIEGO, Cnl., 8't. 20.
(IP) Dr. Virginia Wilson,
New York alienist who fatally
stubbed a innld In the home of
another woman doctor here,
was ad.luilird lnnnc tmluy
anil cennnlltcxl to a etalc hos
pital. DEADWOOD, S. D.. Sept,
20. (t'P) One thousand civil
ian conservation ramp workers
were called to re-enforce 800
Bicn already engaged In an
effort to hall the spread of a
forest fire In the Hlack Hills
national fon-sl near Ueerflcld.