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Vol. 8, No. 2C4 Price Five Centa.
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1933
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lly HUNK JENKINS .
Tllb) Untied Hint treasury,
you have nmd In thla newspa
per, la offering lor eala
public a ball billion dollar laaue
ol new government bonds, and
lb news ilory lolling ol lha oiler
contains thla comment:
"It Dulntod out (proaum-
hv tha treasury department)
thai tha Issue will aorra a a taat
ol tha administration's ability to
lluanca Ita recovery operations
through bonds. If tha Issue meotB
a strong domaiid. direct currency
lullutlon probably may ba consid
ered unnocoaaary. If, on tba oth
er band. It ahould fall, tba naad
lor troaaury (unda might lorca
tba admlnlatratlon to move Into
direct Inllallon."
a a
THAT la to aay. tha government
to ordar to llnanca 111 rocov
ary program, baa to bava mora
monoy than It can raise by taxa
tion. If It can't U011U0W thla
ri'unoy from Ita clllioni. It will
alart tha presaee and PRINT It.
GOVERNMENTS, yon aaa. are
quite different from ordinary
Individual!.
Tbay figure out tha amount of
money It will take to run them on
tba acala of living they bare
fanned. Then they levy tax
to ralaa the money they need.
If the lax won't ralaa the
money, they lasua bonda. If the
bonda won't aell. they Hart tba
preaana and PRINT THE
MONEY.
aaa
WE roort dnrlla of prlrata In
dlrlduali can't work It that
way.
In time. Ilka those, wa figure
out lha MINIMUM amount wa
can got by on. Then wa go out
and try to ralaa money enough to
moot thla minimum figure.
If wa can't ralaa tha money,
wa cut down tha estimate and
LIVE ON LESU.
GOVKRNMKNTS don't do It
that way. Everything consid
ered, It mlfht.be much ballon If
they did.
But tha point la THEY DON'T.
Wrtt COMPLAIN that (overn-
- -'" """" "
It la TRUE. Thoy are terribly
ao.
Rut la It really any wonder!
a
nl'T yourself In the placo of
government.
Suppoae that all yon had to do
wae to figure out the amount of
monoy you needed, or WANTED,
lo run yon tor a year, and that
all that waa then neccsiary waa
to tell aomebody the amount and
the monoy HAD TO COMB no
Ifa or ands about It.
Undor euch clrcamatancoa,
you'd bo oxtravagant, too.
Now wouldn't you?
a a
OUT lot'e get back to thla bull--
nesi of bonda and Inflation.
What la the difference between
the two methode?
Just offhand. It doesn't appear
that there la much difference.
(Continued on Page Four)
KVniXKKR KbMOVUO
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 13 (U.R)
-City Engineer Oluf Lnurgnard
wna removed from office todny
by a vote of three to two by the
city council. L. o. Apporson.
for many yoari one of I.aur
gaard s assistants, was appointed
In hl atood, effective in 40 days.
Will Rogers Says:
BEVERLY HILLS, Oct. 13.
Editor The Klamath News:
Various group! have arlaen to
sorter gnaw at the
0 1 d democratic
party'a heels. Now
1 don't want to
cauie undue worry
at a time like this,
but I do want to
call your attention
to another cloud In the sky.
Since autumn weather has
sct In, and the loaves have
begun to full, yon can ae
quite a few republicans that
have been hiding In the treei,
a fow more than last year.
On the banks of the Wa
bash the other day, Jim Wat
son climbed right out on a
sycamore limb In plain view
(brnzonly mind you) and
stnrted chirping. I discover
ed Ambassador Edge out here
yesterday traveling undor his
own name (lor the first time
In a year). All thla la not a
good omen. And I think tha
uprising should be put down
Immediately, You know how
Ignorant people are to Jolp
aome fnds. Yours,
CITY MAY ASK
RETAIL STOiK
FOR EXCISE TAX
Mayor Mahoney to Press
Proposed Ordinance
At Meeting Monday
Annual Revenue of Fifty
Thousand Expected If
Accepted by Council
An ordinance Impoilng a grad
uated excise lax on retail march
anta doing a groia ealea business
of more than 110,000 annually,
will ba submitted to the clly
council Monday night by Mayor
W. E. Mahonoy.
The proposed legislation will
be Introduced aa au administra
tion measure and the pretont
outlook Is that It will be passed
Immediately through first and
aecond readings so that bearings
may be bold on the following
Monday night. October S. Other
bearings may ba held If nec sa
ury before the first ol the year,
when the lax It paased goes Into
effect.
Revenue Estimated at 10,000
The proposed tax marka an
other development in tba major's
program of bolstering city fi
nances by Indirect revenuea and
the ordinance aa tentatively
drawn provldea that the money
collected from the merchanta
will go Into tha general bond
alnklng fund.
Under the terms of the ordin
ance, the tax will be levied on a
percentage baala. with the rata
graduated upward aa groaa aalea
Increase. It beglna with a tax ol
one-tenth of one per cent on
aalea In exceaa of 110,000, and
moves upwards In five brackets
until a lax of 4 per cant la col
lected oo grosa aalea In exceaa ol
11.000.000.
If It la finally paased and
levied, the tax la expected to
produce more than S50.000.
ttounrlltnrn Illx'Uaa I'laa
What ,the ultimate attitude of
lha elty council will be cannot
ba told at thla time, but It Is
understood that tha measure will
have clear aalllng at the start
In order to get It before the
publlo and Into the hearing
stage. Mayor Mahoney this week
called the councllmen together
(Continued on Page Three)
Nation Opposed
To Engaging in
War Says F. D. R.
WAHIIINfiTON. Oct. IS (U.R)
The United Statea, aa a nation,
la overwhelmingly opposed to en
gaging In war, and bas no dealre
to annex any neignoonng ioiti
torlea such aa Cuba. President
i ..-..I, ..id tnnlsht In a
speech delivered here and trans
mitted to tne women a cuuiur
enee on current problems, meet
ing In New York City.
Only peoples with Imperial
istic ' deslros for territorial ex
pansion and territorial domina
tion endanger the world'a peace.
Mr. Hnosevelt aald.
Tttmlntr In education. tlO
pleaded against "economic waste"
in thla Iteia ana urgeu s "u
mediate goal the restoration of
"the useful funrtlona ol educa
tion at least to their pre-depree-
alon level."
Ho emphasised the need for
reducing costs of government
(Continued on rage am
Irish Republicans
Will Be Deported
BELFAST, Iroland, Oct. IS
(U.R) Armed police and detoc
tlvea In armored cara rdunded
up and arrested S3 leadors In
the Irish republican army In a
aurprlse move today. Most of
the republicans were routed out
of bed,
The SS will be probably de
ported southward to tho Irish
Free State, together with 13
others recently arrested In Dun
gannon county. The authorities
explained the roundup aa part
of the governments campaign to
"auppreaa lawlessness In Ulster."
25 Point Buck
Shot by Hunter
PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. IS (U.R)
One of the largest deer ever
shot In Oregon was bagged by
Louis Lang, Portland nlmrod,
near Burns.
Lang brought the animal to
Portland today. It weighed
slightly loss than S00 pounds
and bad 25 points. The huge
buck has been the "applo" ol
ninny hunters' eyes In central
Oregon for yeara, but always
eluded their bullets,
Ex-Cuban President
Cone from Canada
MONTREAL, Oct. IS (U.R
Gerardo Machndo, deposed presi
dent of Cuba, has disappeared
from his refuge bere, apparently
In an effort to throw oft pos
sible pursuit from revenge-seeking
revolutionaries.
It was learned today that he
had left the Mount Royal hotel.
Ills baggage waa shipped to an
unannounced destination - two
weoka ago.
ziectsDebt
ALLOWANCE VOIl PAYMENT
LEFT FROM lll'IMJET
HKC'OND TIME
PARIS. Oct. 13 (U.R) Tba
French government guve further
Indication today that It haa no
Intention ol resuming war dobt
paymenta to tba United Btates
aa It prepared to submit Its 1K84
budget to the llnanca committee
of the chamber of deputlea.
Tba aatlmatea for approprla
tlona during the coming year
set a new all time high In
budgela lor the French republic
but made no provision lor pay
ment of war dobt Installments
either to tha United mutes or
Great Britain. The move waa
not unexpected. France haa de
faulted her war debt paymenta
twice In tha laat year.
The record breaking budget
totals 60.000.00U francs (about
I3.829.00O.000 at current ex
change). It waa compiled to
maintain a balr trigger balance,
but obsurvers predicted a deficit
between 6.000.000,000 to 8,000,
000,000 franca, despite tbta
huge Hat of estlmatea.
PART OF STRIKE
Tenseness Eeased in Cot
ton Picking Trouble,
Some Workers Return
flAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13
(U.R) Mediation tonight ended
strikes of 3000 sardine flsber
men and 600 Ion rh ho rem en.
L'mnreu toward arbitration wan
made In the strike of 10.000
cotton pickers of the San Joa
quin valley.
Two thousand striking let
tur packers and trimmers at
Salinas, however, refused point
blank to accept a mediation plan.
Ticket Watched
Tenseness that brought blood
shed in the MO. ooo, ooo Cali
fornia cotton industry waa appre
ciably eased, borne workers went
In the fields. Strike pickets
were watcht'd by officers, lessen
In k their Inclination toward Tlo
lunce.
Councilman H. Q. Walker of
Tulare submitted to Gov. James
Holph. Jr., the state Nit A board
and George Creel, district NKA
director, a proposal that the
federal Rovernmt'nt force abro
gation oi cotton purchase con
tract A committee of strikers,
growers and businessmen will be
formed rf possible tor a visit to
the state capital.
Crews Employed
Consul Enrique Bravo of Mex
ico, who protested the slaying
of three Mexican pickers, went
to Bnkersfleld presumably to
investigate the death of one of
the three In a fight at Arvln.
Several crews of pickers were
employed at the 60 cents scale
In Merced county, where pick
ing la just starting, but 120
(Continued on Page Six)
Monmouth Downed
I By S. O. N. 5. at
Portland, 12 to 7
PORTLAND, Ore.. Oct. 13 (U.R)
Two touchdowns In the open
ing ml nut OS of the game before
Lorry Wolfo'a Oregon Normal
eleven warmed up gave Southern
Oregon Normal school a 12-7
victory here tonight.
Howell, giant Ashland end,
snaggod a pass from Lancaster
for the first acore. Lancostor
plunged over a few minutos
Inter from the four yard line for
the second touchdown.
Monmouth came back with a
touchdown by Grnhnm on a
short buck In the second quarter.
Hovers converted. Lancaster and
Elmer "The Great" Urown, both
ex-Untverslty of Oregon half
backs, led the Ashland attack.
Truck Operator
Charges Dismissed
8ALGM, Ore., Oct. 13 (U.R)
Charges filed by state police,
ngainst eight truck operators for
full are to display plates of the
public utilities commtfmton wore
dismissed today by Justice of
1'cnce Overton at Woouhurn.
Judge Overton held the law
unconstitutional, declaring it
places circuit judges, the attor
ney general, district attorneys
and stale police subservient to
the public utilities commission.
An opinion of the law Is ex
pected from ( the supreme court
Tuesday.
High School Boys
Injured in Rally
COLTON, Calif., Oct. 18 (U.R)
One youth was partly blinded
and three otlwrs wounded today
when a shotgun charge was fired
Into a group of high school stu
dents during a football rally.
Police said a band of San
Bernardino high school students
attempted to tear down a wood
pile at the Colton school grounds
for a ceremony before the an
nual game between the schools.
Yes, They'll Be Married Together
:f 'ty.;.rrst
lt'a going to be orange blossoms aoon for Daisy and Violet! For
when tha Hilton sisters, famed Siamese twins, arrlred in New York
from a suite tour of England,
nouncetnent was that they'd both
about Christmas. Violet (left) la
Dalsy'a husband, aha aald, la to
leader.
Weird Voodoo
Story Related
By C.C.C. Chief
SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. M (IP)
Lieut. Jamea A. McDonnell,
who paaaed through here laat
night on hie way east with a
company of negro "tree troop
ers," homeward bound, related
a weird atory of Toodoo tom
toms throbbing through the
night air high In. the Cascade
mountains.
I'ndoubtedly It was the first
time the cult of Toodoo. weir a
and desperateritual of the Hai
tian negroes, made Ita appear
ance in the Pacific northweat
It waa stamped out by Lieut.
McDonnell, who recognized it
from hie experlenceo In Haiti. -
All aeemed to be going well
until oiia night when the lleu
ti'ifunt recognized the sound of
the tomtoms off In the hills. He
investigated and found a group
of men. seated In a circle and
swaying thotr painted bodiea in
time, while they gnashed their
teeth and ahouted unintelligible
Incantationa to the great voodoo.
"They mlgbt have sacrificed
the blood of animals," he said,
"but It did not get that tar."
Giant Dirigible
Continues West
Toward New Home
SHREVEPORT, La., Oct IS
(U.R) The Macou. huge navy
dirigible, flew acroaa the aouth
wesl tonight on Ita flight from
Lakehurat, N. J., to Its new home
base at Sunnyvale, Calif.
It waa reported bere at I p.
m. that the airship had changed
Ita courae to the northward to
avoid a atorm area east of Mon
roe. La., and waa heading for
Dallas by way of Texarkana.
The dirigible cruised south
and westward acrosa the Caro
lines, Georgia, Alabama and
Mississippi today after leaving
Lakehurat last night.
Weather reports received by
radio at frequent Intervale re
vealed the count of the flight.
Canal Covering
Program Backed
By Service Clubs
Virtually all service and civic
organiaationa have aligned their
forces In the fight for coverage
of the government canal and
resolutions outlining reasons (or
this move circulated and spon
sored by the Klamath League of
Women Voters have been algned
by these organlmttona and for
warded to all of Oregon'a repre-
aentntivea and aenatora. In con
greas. Organizations aupportlng the
petition for canal coverage are:
(Continued on Page Six)
Portland Applies
For Armory Fund
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. IS (U.R)
Application for 11.450,000 pub
lic worka funds for construction
of an armory In Portland waa
algned today by the county com
misslonera. Of the Bum sought, $436,000
would be an outright grant from
the federal- government and
11,015,000 would be a loan. The
present armory waa built In
1889.
Football
Oregon Frosb, 7; Oregon
Slate Rooka, S.
Oregon Normal, 7; 8. O. N.
8., IS.
Roosevelt (Portland), IS;
Benson Tech, 0.
Detroit U., 14: W. J. 0.
Albany, 7; Tillamook, 7.
Hoseburg, it; Springfield,
7.
Ontario, 0; Welser, 0.
Henverton, 7; Banks, 6,
Korcat Grove, 7; McMlnn
vllle, 7.
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aa ahowa bere, their smiling an
be married in a double ceremonr
to marry an Engllab boxer, and
ba Jack Lewis, Chicago orchestra
TWO SUSPECTS
NEAR CRESCENT
Search Continues for 3
Maniacs; Police Here
Have No Information
CRESCENT LAKE, .Ore., Oct.
IS (U.R) Two men wearing slip-
pera, believed to be A. R. Car
ter and Dean Welch, escaped
maniacs, were being sought bere
toaay.
The fugitives left a freight
train, hero Wednesday night, re
cording to two negroea, who re
ported the Incident to police.
Welch'a sister Uvea at Mo
wlch. near here, and officera be
lieve the pair may be attempt
ing to find ahelter at her house.
An attempted robbery of the
local pool hall Thursday night
waa lata at tnetr door.
Local atate police and deputy
sheriff's officera had received no
Information concerning the two
suspected escaped lunatlca at
Crescent Lake Friday evening.
crescent Lake la In Klamatr
county.
Officers were In the northern
part of the county on business
mattera Wednesday but received
no Information.
SALEM, Oct. IS (Photo
graphs of Dean Welch, 18, es
caped patient ' of the atate ho
(Continued on Page Six)
Urschell Will
Return to Texas
Farm for Visit
OKLAHOMA CITY. Oct. 13
(U.R) Charlea F. Urachel will
return to the Paradise, Tex.,
farm where he waa kept, a blind
folded prisoner of the George
(Machine Gun) Kelly gang.
But thla time tbe oil magnate
will be the guest of Armon
Shannon, the 22-year-old guard
who "told the truth" at the
triala of Harvey J. Bailey, Kelly
and othera In , the kidnaping
plot.
Urachel, who paid 1200,000
for hia freedom, and Armon
parted fast friends. Shannon in
vited the oil man to come down
and hunt quail. He aald he
would.
Search of Missing
Judge Is Revived
PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct. J 3 (U.R)
Search for Judge Charles
Marsh, former Umatilla county
judge, missing aince October
26, 1932, waa revived tonight
when detectives found bis car
parked in a local garage. It had
been there aince October 24,
1932.
Certificate of title, hat and
brief case found In the car were
Identified as those of Marsh.
Judge Marsh'a disappearance
haa been an unaolved mystery
for about a year. Ho left Port
land about October 24 tor Pen
dleton and waa bellevod to have
had a considerable anm of
money.
Thomas Prepares
For Rate Hearing
SALEM, Ore., Oct. IS (U.R)
Public Utilities Commissioner
Charlea M. Thomas will go to
Medford Monday to begin bear
ings on ratea and methode of
the California-Oregon Power com
pany. After three or four daya at
Medford, the hearing will be
transferred to Klamath Falls,
where further testimony will be
taken. Englneera of the utilities
department have been collecting
data on the power company for
several montha.
ALLIES SEEK TO
HOLD GERMANY
IN ARMS PARLEY
Immediate Adjournment
Upon Opening Monday
Expected by Nations
Nazi Government Certain
To Withdraw Unless
Compromise Is Given
GENEVA. Oct. IS (U.R) Im
mediate adjournment of iu pre
liminary disarmament conference
when it reconvened next Monday
to permit further private discus
sions of the delicate arms control
Issue waa considered probable In
League of Nations Quarters to
night.
The delegates of the former al
lied powers the United States,
Great Britain and France sought
desperately to prevent Germany's
withdrawal from tbe arma parley
Comnromiee Bought
Aa reault, observers tonight
were convinced that some sort of
compromise would be offered to
Germany, rather than a cut ana
dried allied approval plan for a
four year trial period of Inter
national control of armamenta
which Germany bitterly opposes
The Germans openly admit that
everything depends now on tne
tone of the apeech which Sir
John Simon, British foreign sec
retary will make tomorrow whea
the ateering committee of tbe-dia-
armament conference reaumea ita
sessiona.
The United Press understood
that Sir John bad changed hia
original plan and would make the
apeech In hia own name without
attempting to ahow a united
Franco - British - American front
againat (jermany'a arma equality
demands.
Three Point Plan
Furthermore, tbe premature
revelation of the allied Intention
to submit their now famoua "no
rearmament" resolution against
Germany to the conference Mon
day had caused their delegation
to drop this proposal. Instead. It
waa believed Sir John will apeak
fer4bam-taft, oatllning--the
three power agreenmeut on:
1. A policy of no rearmament
for a period of four yeara.
2. The necessity of a teat pe
riod before actual disarmament
commences.
' S. Institution of strict Inter
national control of all arma.
The Germane alao changed their
tactics auddenly tonight and in
steady of insisting that Germany
(Continued on Page Six)
Bonanza Bank
Robber Given
State Pardon
Horace Nordstrom, who was
returned to Klamath Falls from
tbe state penitentiary to testify
tor the atate at the trial of
George Wolfe In connection with
the robbery of the Bonanza
bank, has received a conditional
pardon from Governor Meier,
according to an announcement
from Sheriff L. L. Low, wbo waa
notified to release Nordstrom
from tbe county Jail, where he
haa been confined for the past
xour montna.
Nordstrom waa aentenced to
10 yeara In the penitentiary tor
nis anare in tne Dank robbery
and he had aerved Just 22
(continued on Page Six)
Prominent Chicago
Business Men Face
Federal Charges
CHICAGO, Oct IS QJ.R) In-
dlctmenta charging use of tbe
maila to defraud were returned
in federal court today against
John W. Fowler and eight other
men who are prominent In the
business of Chicago and oiuer
cities.
Fowler Is chairman of the exec
utive board of tha United States
Gypsum corporation.
He and other members of the
corporation were accused of
profiting illegally through aale
oi I33U.000 worth of Blocks In
the Security Investment Rust
corporation.
Five Coast Road
Bridges Assured
MARSHFIELD, Ore.. Oct IS
(U.R) Definite promises the. five
.proposed Coast highway bridgea
would receive approval of the
Oregon advisory committee of the
fVA nave been given Ed Miller,
secretary of the Coast Highway
association, It waa revealed to
day.
The committee, Bert Haney,
Dean Jamea H. Gilbert and Engi
neer C. C. Hockley, have said
they would recommend the
bridgea for construction under
the PWA, Miller aaid.
8KCOXD HI.XON TRIAL
Lester Hixon. who dismissed
his legal representative and de
fended himself on a horse theft
charge In circuit court this week,
will . be prosecuted under an
other Indictment, according to
Deputy District Attorney D. E,
Van "v'auor.
Hlxon'a trial ended In a hung
Jury. The grand jury returned
three lndictmenta against him.
Involving different boraea.
Plane Crash
Due to Bomb
AUTHORITIES CERTAIN EX-
PLOHION CAUSED BY
SET PLAJi
CHICAGO, Oct, 13 (UJ5 A
high explosive caused the air
plane crash which took aeven
Uvea laat Tuesday night at Ches
terton, Ind., according, to two
official atatementa laaued to
night. Theories of anarchy and mur
der for revenge were auggeated
In the Investigation of tbe mys
tery. Inveatigatlona Revealed
That aome sort of ' higb ex
plosive foreign to the airplane
caused the crash waa atated by
officials of the United States
department of justice and tbe
United Air Linea.
Melvin H. Purvis, department
of justice agent, announced that
detailed Investigations bad led
him to a positive belief that
aomething foreign to the air
plane exploded.
D. B. Colyer. vice president of
United Air Llnea. Issued a state
ment that bo waa convinced.
(Continued on Page Six)
NRA OFFICIALS
DELAY DECISION
Action on Two Most Ser
ious Problems Post
poned for More Data
WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (U.R)
Decisions on retail price fixing
and non-cooperative Kentucky
coal mine operators, two of tbe
most serloua problema confront
ing tho recovery program, were
postponed today aa recovery offi
cials moved cautiously to avoid
dangeroua complications.
Recovery Administrator Hugh
S. Johnson, after announcing that
be would reveal late in tbe day
the attitude which tbe entire ad
ministration would take .toward
retaif price fixing,, reversed hia
plana because of delay In re
ceiving an important communi
cation" and decided to wait a
while before acting on the gen
eral retail code. The retail gro
cery code and retail drug code
and otner agreements Involving
atop lose provlslona.
Threaten NRA
The national labor board de
layed until next week Ita de
cision on what action to take
againat nine Kentucky coal mine
operators wbo Ignored sum
monses to explain ehargea that
they had discharged miners for
(Continued oa Page Six)
Diplomats Meet
Over Germany's
Beating Policy
BERLIN. Oct. 13 (U.R) United
States Ambassador William S.
Dodd conferred with Count Con
stantino von Keurath, Nazi for
eign minister, for halt an hour
tonight forcefully presenting
secretary of State Cordell Hull's
protest againat repeated beat
ings of American citizens In Ger
many.
Ambassador Dodd intimated
later that he probably would
confer again with von Neurath In
the next tew days. It was felt
that the delicate problem grow
ing out of the beatings was in
the process of aolution.
The American diplomat was
received after von Neurath bad
failed earlier In, the day to keep
au appointment wttn mm. -
Americana In the German cap
ital had feared a "diplomatic in
cident" mtht reault from fail
ure to keep the appointment
Ford Motor Plant
Will Reopen Soon
DETROIT. Oct IS (U.R) The
Ford Motor company plant at
Chester, Pa., which waa closed
last month, following a walk
out of 200 workers from the
final assembly line, will be re
opened next Monday, officials
nere announced today.
Approximately 1800 men are
employed at the plant. All for
mer workers have been notified
they could return to their Jobs.
Press Time
ORKtiOX CITY, Ore., Oct.
18 (U.P lIh of Hurry Dun
ran, 80, of K.tmtla was ell
rlctiy rnuird by ating wild
honey In tho mountains near
his home, coroner's jury todny
ruled.
I-ONDOX, Saturday, Oct. 14
(U.R) The Morning lost todny
aid that " Ho v let-Japanese
war is Inevitable',' tn com
menting on the Far Kastern
situation and the disarmament
conference at Genera,
BATON NIC, N. J., Oct. 18
(U.R After taking on a huge
cargo of oil, gasoline ' and
beer, the Jacob It up port, flng
nhlp of Rear Admiral Richard
K. Uyrd's Antarctic exM-dl-tlon,
sailed tonight for Houth
Polar waters.
LABOR VOTES TO
BOYCOTT GOODS
FROM GERMANY
Union Federation Session
Adjourns Following
Action on Free Trade
American Legion Offers
Support A g a I n 8 1 In
f 1 a t i o n, .Communism
WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (UJ9
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor,
brought bis organization! an
nual convention to a cloae to
night with an ardent defense of
labor'a right to strike.
Hia closing statement waa
carefully worded aa an answer
to Recovery Administrator Hugh
S. Johnson and other admlnia
tration apeakera wbo had at
tacked atrikea In tbe recovery
period aa "economic sabotage."
WASHINGTON. Oct. IS U.
Five million membere of tha
American Federation of Labor
and affiliated unions were bound
tonight by action of the federa
tion convention to boycott goods
made In Germany, Russia. China,
Italy and other nationa opposing
free trade union organization.
The proposed boycott which
originally was to have been di
rected only against Germany, was
extended to other nationa after
the resolutions committee report
ed it would be "unwise" to limit
it to one government ,
One Votes Against
Discussion of the boycott how
ever, centered chiefly on trade
nnlon situation created by Chan
cellor Hitler of Germany. Presi
dent William Green of the A. F.
of L. urged the convention to
adopt the report of tbe resolu
tions committee but - added that
be, personally, would have In
cluded there In stronger criticism
of the Hitler regime.
Later Green aaid that though
the reeolution covered all na
tiona restricting labor organiza
tions, the actual boycott, would
Only one vote of tbe 600 dele
gates attending tbe 53d annual
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Kelly Predicts
Short Stay on
Life Sentence
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Oct IS
fll.Pl Defiantlv nrollrtlniF K-
would atay In prison "only
aooui a ween. ' ueorge (Macbine
Gun) Kelly arrived bere tonight
from Oklahoma Oitv nn Tnfa wnv
to Leavenworth prison where he
win atari a me term for tbe
kidnaping of Charles Urscbeh
"I'm going to get right out,"
Kelly told Patrolman G. T. Wei
gant who apoke to him through
the barred windows of the ar
mored car in wnicn eight fed
eral agents guarded the prisoner.
One of the guards distributed
squares of paper which he aaid
Kelly had autographed during
the afternoon. All were obscene.
Highway Secretary .
Proposed by Texas
BEAUMONT, Tex., Oct. IS (U.R)
A resolution favoring crea
tion of the post of "secretary of
highways" in the cabinet of the
president was adopted here to
day at the closing session of the
convention of the United States
Good Roads association.
Another resolution endorsed
proposed beautification of high-'
waya by tbe civilian conserva
tions corps and the construction
of airplane landnig fielda along
principal highways.
2 Men Considered
For Willamette
SALEM, Ore., Oct. IS (U.R)
Dr. M. Lyle- Spencer, former
president of the University of
Washington, and Dr.. Bruce Bax
ter, dean of religious education
at U. S. C are being considered-
for president of Willamette
university.
The men have been contacted
by the board ot regents, aeeklng
a successor for Dr. Carl Gregg
Doney, who Is retiring at tha
end of this year.
News Flashes
VERA CRl'Z, Mex., Oct. 18
U.PJ The mayor and chief of
police of Tlcrra Rlanca were
killed todny when a mob of
150 pennants armed with pis
tols and machetes stormed the
municipal palace there seek
ing to deiM.se allegedly com
munistic authorities.
PARIS, Oct. 13 (U.R) Colo,
nel and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh, now in England, plna
to Tlnlt Paris shortly prior to
returning to the In I ted Htnlcs,
It was learned today.
AZCSA, Calif., Oct. 18 (U.R)
Parachute leaps saved the
Uvea of an officer ami two en
listed men today when the
army bombing plane they were
flying burst Into flames