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WEATHER NEWS WIRE SERVICE Th Her t1 And N'tma uhtrrllr Co full InuihI Him acrvlra nf tha Amh-U(m t'rr mitl Ilia I'nllcsl I'm, the wurli.'g irrmcit nnwftgnll.crlng oruantxAliotiM, I'or 17 liuiira dally world iifwa romra Into 'Ilia 1 1 cm Id Navta ufflra on (ep)pa biarlilnra. Fair High mi Ixiw 60 At Midnight 24 hour to p. m....... Hnuon to data ....... IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND ..1 1.0.1 M.7I .. 11.64 Last year to date .Normal precipitation Vol. 14, No. 202 rrice Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1937 (Every Morning Except Monday); I mill Ill .11 ;-7 if y Kxllori at Runrtar adrrnoon'a rodiy) prformanca at lha falrxronnda got planijr at thrills out of such rplaodra as thoa plrturrd liora. Tha uppar plnara shows Kill nallry, Jr . of Mrrrill (In light shirt) and Rill MrParlana. harlng a fight ovar a krg In the musical chair race. Below, laft. Tarry Irnry, riding No Nam. Ha won first honors In tha finals. Below, right, Vic Roaars, Wash ington giaia collrga student, roping a cslf In II seconds to win second In the calf roping competition. Bob Cunningham Is holding tha flag on Rogers. Editorial: on th Day's News flf IKAVR JKNhlNS 'T'MKRPC'fl always soma new nte- rhsnlral wrinkle to eiclalm about. Now It's an electric traf fic counter that records passing automobiles and trucks but doesn't record pedestrlsns. Two parallel beams of Infra red light (chlch Is Invisible to tha ye) are projected acrosa the highway. An automobile Inter rupts both of thea beams, and tha counter works. A pedestrian Interrupts only one, and the counter doesn't work. r Simple, Isn't It? see COME thoughtless people may "ask: "Why count traffic, any way?" Tha answer la that places where traffic Is persistently heary re quire on kind of road. Daces where trafflo Isn't so heavy re quire another kind. Before the engineers start In to design roads, they want to know the kind of Job tha road will ba called upon to do. Hence trafflo counting, see MJOUT," other thoughtless peo u pla will say, "these mechani cal traffic counters throw 1IU . MAN trafflo counters out of Jobs, don't they?" . They do. But they make It possible to do a lot more traffic counting. see tIUGH! machines In modern stlto- mobile factories take the plara of thousands of men, of course. But they make It pos sible to produce MOIIB CAHS. And as more cars are produced the price goes down, so that peo ple can afford to BUY more cars. 8o, In the long run, the ma chines MAKB WORK for human beings, Instead of taking It away from them. see AH machines make possible more production, they make pos sible lllrillER PAY for those who produce. The man with a pick and a shorel and a wheelbarrow can't earn a great deal, so he can't be puld much. Hut the man with a (Continued on rage Three) Fast Action In Buckaroo Days Arena - - BEND MAN DIES Life Crushed Out When Blowout Throws Car in Ditch at Modoc Toint Blowlr pressed to his death from the weight of a car lying on him, Kenneth Tstlerson, 19. of Henri, was listed todsy as Klam ath's only holldsy accident vic tim. Tslterson died tinder a car which left The Dnllrs-Callfoi nla highway two miles north of Mo doc Point, ploaeri throush a bar row pit for 294 feet, and cata pulted across the embsnkment on a side road. Alcrp At Time of Crath Hrlver of the car waa Naomi .Stokoe, 19, also of Bend, who was driving to Klnmalh Falls to spend the hollriny with ber sis ter, Mrs. Rill Owens. Patterson was asleep In the seat of the coupe heslde her when the accident oc curred, possibly after a front tire blew out. The machine turned over as It hit the side road. The girl told Dr. Adlcr, coroner, that she crawl ed out and rnlled to Patterson, who was underneath the machine. He answered hoc She attempted to lift the car off of him, but was unable to do so. He gave several responses to her calls before re laxing, leading the roroner to the conclusion that ha died a hor rible death from the pressure on his chest. A csr occupied by two youths stopped. They attempted to lift (Continued on Page Five) SHEEPHERDER KILLS LAKE STOCKMAN IN ALLEGED ACCIDENT KUGKNB. July 6 (AP) Boyd Owen, stockralser of Richmond. Oro., was shot and fatally wound ed hy Brady Poller, a ahoep herder, In camp on Warner mountain In the extreme south eastern corner of Lane county yesterday morning. Investigating officials believed that the shooting was accidental. According to the story told the officers by rotter, tha two. In tha camp alone, were getting breakfast. Potter waa cleaning a .23 rs libra rifle when the gut was suddenly discharged, Poller told the officers. Ilenllslng that Owen was seriously wounded, Potter said, he ran to the Logger Itutte lookout atatlon aeveral miles distant, where he notified officials of the Willamette na tional forest. He then returned to the csmp. he declared, where he stayed with the wounded man until his death. '4 V. 1 war a. Eight Oregonians, Over 400 Americans Die by Mishaps In 72-Hour Holiday Period By rnllw! Preai. Tha nut Ion ' death toll from ro.phratinit A Fourth of July wwkend mountM toward 500 Monday night but could be consltirrrd comparative y safe and aane, according to itatlatl cinnH. An thouandi returned home ward by automobile, train and airplane, crow-dint; traffic far li lt In to tha ut moat, the death list of tha three-day Independence holiday reached a total of 415. Of thene. Kfl died In traffic cm shed. 99 drowned, and 90 met TEAMSTERS CRACK GUILD PICKETLINE IN SEATTLE STRIKE BBATTI.E, July t (AP The teamsters' union drivers "crack ed" the American Newspaper Guild picket line at the Seattle Star today and parked four trucks at the newspaper loading platforms with police assistance. There waa no violence but many of the 80 guild and sailors' union pickets In front of the building, began massing at the alley entrances Immediately after the trucks went through. The Star was closed and the building vacant except for a few watchmen. The night crew rt printers went off shift at ! a. m., and the day crew met a strong picket line. The United Press, a nws serv ice, which moved out of the Star Saturday afternoon when guild officers advised they could not guarantee aafe passsge through the picket line, operated from the Times building today. The Times waa not affected by the Jurisdictional dispute between the guild and the teamsters' union over circulation employes' union affiliations. Informed the paper would at tempt to continue publication to day, the guild aent a telegram to Senator I Follette'a Civil Liberties committee asking "pro tection of civil rights." SCOTTSBORO BOYS PLACED ON TRIAL FOR FOURTH TIME DKCATUR, Als., July J (UP) Right of the nine "Scottsh.iro boys" who have lived In t ,i e shadow of the electric chair tor six ysrs, go on trial for the fourth time tomorrow In wh' Alabama hopes will oi tha Isat act In the Internationally famous case. Tha eight young negroes were sentenced three times to die for an alleged attack on two white (Continued oa Tag Four). i iv : 1 iltf:. , - TTsw violent death from mlscellsneous causes. Including fireworks. Safest Fourth It appeared the nation was ex periencing Its safest and aanest three-day holiday. The death toll was far below tho Nntlonal Safety council's forecsst of 00 trsftic deaths and 300 drownings, based: on the experience of other years but council statisticians bsd an ticipated that such variahlea as weather and growing public con sciousness of holiday hasards might lower Its predicted figures. The council also had Included In tta figures those who would die later from Injuries suffered during the holiday period. California led In traffic deaths with 24 recorded, while Michigan counted 10 drowned, more then any other stnte. Other states with major traffic fatalities Included Indiana with 13, Illinois with 12, Michigan with 15, New York with 14, Ohio with 10. Illinois checked off 21 mlscellsneous deaths, six of them Chicago sui cides. Rain held down the death list more than any other factor, In the opinion of safety experts. It dampened holiday spirits and saved lives over a scattered area In Illinois. Indiana, Texas, Mis souri, Michigan, Pennsvlrsnla and Ohio. Klscwhere bright skies and warm weather lured millions out onto the open road and to ocean beaches, lakes and rivers. An estimated 20,000.000 automobiles, according to traffic experts of tho safety council, covered the natlnn'a hlghwaya. Fireworks accounted for hun dreds of Injuries and few Imme (Contlnued on Tags Four) SIGNAL BOOSTS HOPE AMELIA MAY BE ON DRY LAND I.OS AXGF.I.KS, July R (p) Three long dashes on radio key transmission received at 6 a. m. today ( PST) on the wavelength assigned to Amelia Karhart were declared today by Paul Manti her technical adviser, to be the most hopeful sign yet received that she Is alive and on land. "The Pan-American station In Hawaii sent out Instructions to her. Including one to send three long dashes If on land," Mantt said. "Oeorga Palmer Putnam, her htisbsnd, telephoned to me a short time ago he was advised thst three dashes were heard almost Im mediately aftor the Instructions were sent out. "Wo heard tho dashes here and this Is the most hopeful sign yet." "We understand that Honolulu and the Itasca also heard the thre dashes." BRONC BUSTER FROM ALTURAS WINS LAURELS Fairgrounds Arena Filljed with Action as Buck aroo Rodeo Winds Up Perry Irory, Alturai hand tome buckaroo, claimed tint bonora In bronco rldlnc at tha Klamath Hue karoo ! rodeo. It waa au nouncad at tha clota of tha final bit ahow In tha falraroundt Mon day afternoon. I Tory roda No Kama on nun- day and Narada Kid on Monday to achiere rlrai bonon. Both horaea him a rlcloua Jolt In c, but ha cam through in ftnc form. Action, Accklenta Second placa went to Sla El liott, third to Don Bentley and fourth to Ed Donoran. The bronco busting wai Juit one featura of treat program which waa wltneaaed by tha cele bration a biggest crowd Monday afternoon. Krom tha time the bomb signaled tha opening of tha show at 1:30 p. in., until tha last wild horaa waa urged acrosa tha finish line of tha wild boraa race, tha arena was filled with action. Like Sundays arent, all ran smoothly and without delay, al though thera wara mora acci dents. ! Broken Gay Lalo, Indian cowboy, sus tained a compound fracture of ona leg when ba waa bucked off Billy Lea In tha bronc riding con test. Tha angry animal gara blm a Jolt with ona hoof after toss ing him to the fairgrounds dirt. Floyd Rowa waa injured three tlmea in various events, but atuck to tha last. Ha waa about dona up when taken from his mount at tha end of tha relay race. R rah mas Feature Several other injuries, all ot a minor natura, occurred as men and livestock put on a thrilling performance for tha atanda. Many good times wera mada In tha various competitive aventa as contestant struggled, for final bonora. Tha Brahma bull riding proved again to be ona of the day a senaatlona. Final results for tha three days competition In this event vera announced aa fol lows: Howard Brown, first; Sie (Continued on Page Fire) GIANT REDWOOD FALLS ON TENT. KILLS ONE CHILD SANTA CRUZ. Calif., July ( (UP) A giant redwood tree fell on a tent In which four children slept In the Santa Crui moun tains early today, fatally Injured one and Injured three others. Barbara Pinto, t, Osklsnd. died of a crushed skull a short time later at the Ssnta Cms Community hospital where she was taken after the accident. David McRrien, 6. Oakland, suffered a hssal skull gracture but hospital attendants said his condition wss good and he wss expected to lire. The other Injured children were Renee McBrlen, 10, frac tured clavicle, collar bone and hand Injuries, and Filbert Pinto, 14. slight bruises. The children went to the camp at Big Basin, In the Santa Crus mountains, for a Fourth of July outing. They pitched their tent at the base of the giant tree. In Ita fall, the redwood swept everything In Its path, destroyed three automobiles and threw the camp of several hundred vsra tionists Into temporary hysteria. Many csmp structures were de stroyed. Several other campers were treated for minor Injuries. F. R. SEES CHURCH FAIR BEFORE TRIP BACK TO DESK HYDE PARK, N. T.. July 5 (AP) President Roosevelt, after reaffirming his faith In the con- atltutlon to meet present day needs, turned his last hours at Hyde Park today to a tO-mile auto drive to help an up-atste country church celebrato a fund raising drive. He plsnned to leave for Wash ington late tonight after attend ing a fair lata in the day given by the Little Dutch Reformed church at Ml. Marion, on the west shore ot the Hudson. A communicant of the church. Mrs. Warren Myers, extended the Invitation last February, Her letter made such an Impression on the chief executive that he readily accepted. White House officials ssld. Bulletin A hit-and-run driver struck and Injured Melvln, Leonard and Clifford Smith, eons of Mr. and Mrs, L. J. Smith, on Sum mers Lane about 10 o'clock laat night. Their Injuries wera nnt believed serious at tho Klamath Valley hospital. Stale polire wera tracing tha car. WPA Worker Admits Slaying Three Little Girls; Police Guard Against Mob Lynching LOS A NO ELKS, July I (AP) Safe from possible mob violence but with prosecutors determined to ask bis death, a 32-year-old WPA worker paced a cell in the hall of Justice today after con fessing. Defective Lieutenant Le roy Sanderson said, to the shocking attack-slsylng of three little girls. By bis own words, Albert Dyer branded blmself, gander son said, as the atrangler re sponsible tor the deaths of Msdellne Everett, 7; her sister, Melba, S; and Jeanette Ste pbena, 9. whose violated bodies were found last Monday in a ra vine of Baldwin hills, near sub urban lnglewood, where they had disappeared from Centlnela park the previous Saturday. Breaks Down After Grilling; "We shall, of course, ssk for the death verdict," said District Attorney Buron Kitta when Dyer's purported confession was obtained lsst night. Dyer, employed by the WPA to guard children at a street crossing, broke down after near ly 11 hours of constant grilling. A threat to take him from the Hall of Justice to lnglewood. whera enraged citizens had milled about the small police station during questioning of suspects lsst week, finally shat tered the auspect's composure. Pyrotechnic Display Ends Buckaroo Days Klamath'a second annual Buck aroo Days celebration came to a close last night in a blaze of fire works sent np from Modoc field. As the laat spsrk faded from the sky, finis waa written on the biggest and busiest three day event held In this part of the country. An enormoua crowd, lining Main atreet from Second on out through Mills addition, witnessed tha mala celebration .;ardellondai morit ing. Four-H Entries Popular They aaw one of the finest as semblages of saddle horses in the history ot this part of the coast. each rider attired In colorful west ern costume. The American Legion drum corps, Esgles' auxiliary, state champion Eagles drum corps and municipal Band provided music for the procession. Popular parade feature were the 4-H entries. Four-H children led or hsuled all manner of live stock along the street, demon strating the work they have been doing the past year. Likewise the crowd gave an ovation to the children's entries from the Mills and other recreational centers, supervised by Bill Baillie. An elaborate America Legion float, commercial entries and other apecial features completed the parade. SPANISH LOYALIST TROOPS ADVANCE ON THREE FRONTS By The Associated Press Spanish government forces rumbled Into action on three fronts today as Insurgents moved shortly to complete their occupa tion of government territory in the north. Government troops, believed preparing for a general offensive, captured two peaks on the cen tral front, occupied the western slopes ot Mount Melllllo on the Santander front and took several trench lines in the El Quezo sec tor of the Aragon front. The capture by Insurgents of a French freighter, chartered by leftists to aid basque refugees, ap parently carried little danger ot further complications. Two French warships sent to Investigate the Insurgents were within their rights In halting the freighter In Spanish territorial waters. Insurgent oomoers aronea mn Valencia, temporary seat of the government, but dropped tneir bombs on surrounding territory. Two were reported killed. SOVIET ESPIONAGE EXECUTIONS NEAR 200 IN FAR EAST MOSCOW, July I. (UP) Fir ing squsd executions of 23 more employes of the far east railroad fo ran alleged "Japanese plot" tonight provided a possible ex planatlon for Russia's submission to Jspanese military threats in last week's Amur river dispute. The new executions, bringing to nearly too the number of pr ions "liquidated" recently In the far asst. were revealed by the Khabarovsk newspaper Pacific Ocean Star. They occurred Just before the Amur boundary tension, which threatened to precipitate a war, and strengthened explanations for Japan's bold attitude toward the Soviets. When Russia submitted to Japan's demands that her forcea evacuate two Island groups In (Continued on Pag Five) Detective Ssnderson reported, and he gasped "Well, I did it." In a few minutes, his wife, Mrs. Isabella Dyer, reached his side. "He never did It! He never did It!" she cried. Bex Only Motlte His voice hardly above a whis per. Dyer told a ring of official questioners, Sanderson ssid, that "I had no other motive than sex it wasn't revenge." For a year, the suspect waa declared to have admitted, he waa acquainted with the three young victims and had de veloteil "more than a liking" for them. On the morning of the fatal Saturday, he played with the girls In Centinela park. Detec tive Sanderson asserted that the guard laid plana tor the lustful crime at thla time, persuading the childish trio to "hunt rab bits" In the nearby hills after he finished work at noon. "They aald their mothers didn't want tbem to, bnt I kept telling them how much fun It was and finally they agreed that they would meet me," the 138 pound, five-toot-five suspect was quoted as confessing. "Looked Fresh and Nice" At the appointed hour, his story continued. "I watched the three girls coming down the (Continued on Page Five) TROOPS READY IN STEEL WAR -National Guardsmen Sta tioned Around Plants Marked for Re-opening By JOE ALEX MORIUS United Press Staff Correspondent. CLEVELAND. Ohio. July t National guardsmen were aent -into- the Cleveland - aad : Akrost industrial centers tonight aa union leaders rallied their fol lowers to stand firmly against re-opening of the last big steel sector on the Ohio strike front. A fore ot approximately 1500 militia men moved Into the Cleveland area in preparation for a back-to-work march by non- singers at three of four big Re public Steel corporation plant employing about S0O0 men. Other big Ohio planta already have re opened In an effort to end the strike that began May 2. Modified .Martial Law "No ateel will be made in those plsnts tomorrow," strike leaders snouted at a mass meeting. Adjt. Gen. Emll F. Marx an nounced at Camp Perry that 500 guardsmen had been sent to the Akron rubber manufacturing cen ter upon order of Gov. Martin L. Lavey. The troops will preserve peace at the gate ot the Good rich Rubber company, Marx said. A modified form ot military rule went Into effect In the area where police reserves were as signed to strike duty. Pickets were limited and disarm d. Crowds were banned. By The Associated Tress Strikes at a glance: CLEVELAND. Ohio Troops sent Into Cleveland as Republic Steel prepares for reopening four plants tomorrow, INDIANA HARBOR, Ind. Ministers' committee, asking gov ernor for troops, declared "situa tion is entirely out of control." JOHNSTOWN, Pa. Gov. Earle. addressing strikers' rally, tells of his plan to try to "force" an election among workers of Beth lehem Steel plants her to de termine it CIO shsll represent workers In bargaining negotia tions. Philip Murray, SWOC chair man and strike leader, promises to "keep this tight going on If it Is a week, a month, a year- yes. 10 years." The rally had been advertised (Continued on Pag Five) TODAY'S NEWS DIGEST LOCAL Kenneth O. Patterson. Bend, killed In automobile accident two miles north ot Modoc Point. Driver of car, Naomi Stokoe, also of Bend, Injured. Pair com ing her to spend holiday. Pag 1. Perry Ivory of Alturas Judged champion bronco rider a Buck aroo Days rodeo closes. Gay Lalo breaks leg when thrown by burker. Final money awarded. Tage 1. Fireworks writ a "finis" to Klamath Falls' gals three-day celebration of Fourth ot July. Page 1. GENERAL Violent deatha claim sight In Oregon, 415 In nation over th Fourth ot July. Page 1. Directions obtained from weak radio messages Indicate Amelia RADIO SIGNALS GIVE LOCATION OF LOST FLIER Amelia Earhart Believed Northwest of Island) Three Ships Close In By WENDEL BIRCH Cnlted Press Htaff Correspondent MONOLULU. T. H.. July I The position of Amelia Earhart' giant "flying laboratory." adrift or on a reef In the Sooth Pa cific, apparently had been estah lisbed tonight by faint r a d I signals from the lost plane, and three ships wer racing to her rescue. The coast guard cotter Itasca. more than 200 miles away, radioed "official information' that the position of the Earhsrt plane had been located 281 mile north of Howland Island. Flotilla on Way The Itasca said she wss head ing at full speed for the Indi cated point and would arrive by 4:30 p. m. (S:30 p. m. EST ). The British freighter Moorby was 90 miles north of the sup posed position of the plsne. end the U. 8. S. Swan, racing south ward to join the search, waa about 170 miles way. The battleship Colorado and a flotilla of four destroyers and the aircraft carrier Lexington also were ploughing over tha Pacific, carrying 70 airplane to aid In the search. Position Confirmed The Itasca radioed navy head quarters hera that ah had picked np a garbled message from Mis Earhart' plane giving Ita posi tion as "281 mile north ot Howland." The Itasca said this position had been confirmed by a radio direction finder set np on How land Island, which also got tha signals. Navy headquarter aald t k aircraft carrier Lexington, lead ing a flotilla of four destroyer westward over tha Pacific from San Diego, Calif., 'was due to reach Howland lata Friday or early gxurdsr. -- The planes aboard the Letlng--ton ran begin observation flight within 800 miles of HowlAid. gaining nearly two day on tats Lexington and the four destroy ers. Cashing. Perkins, Brsyton and Lampson. The Japanese foreign offlc notified the A merles n state de partment In Washington that tha Japanese navy wonld be placed at the disposal ot the search If ft was needed. Meanwhile the Japanese fish ing fleet, comprising more than 100 aampana and larger fishing craft, was ordered out today to join tha search. HONOLULU, T. H., July 5 (fl) (Continued on Page Five) Night Wire Plashes YOUTH STRANDED TOSEMITE, Calif., July S (UP) Darkness tonight hamp ered effort ot Tosemite park ranger to rescue a 10-year-old boy believed marooned on a ledge high on Granite cliff on the west elope, ot (Slacier point. The youth was Edward Fleischer, Berkeley. STARLET BORX HOLLYWOOD, July 5 (UP) Margaret Sullivan, petite stage and screen actress, today gava birth to a six-pound, seven ounce girl In Cedars of Leban on hospital. Mlae Sullivan, who Is divorced from Henry Fonda, film actor, la the wife of Ice land Hayward, actor' agent. TWENTY BURNED HIROSHIMA, Japan (Tues day) July 6 (UP) Twenty persons were burned to death early otday when fire de stroyed a mental hospital here. All were patients. Six persona escaped. Earhart'i plan Is northwest at Howlsnd Island. Boats rushing to position. Psg 1, Receipt of thre long dashea on Earhart wave-length revive hope that tamed avlatrlz may ba saf on land. Pag 1, Albert Dyer, IJ-year-old WPA worker, confesses strangling, then attacking three little lnglewood, Cal., girls. Pag 1. Troops aent Into Clevelsnd aa four big Republie steel mills pro per to reopen. Indiana minis ters ask governor to help. Pag 1. IN THIS ISSUE City Briefs Psga Comics and 8tory Editorials . . Family Doctor .... Recreation Notes ..Pag ..Pag ..Peg ....... Psga S porta Pag