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The Klamath news WEATHER NEWS WIRE SERVICE Th npruld and Nw ubtrrO to fall ImmxI wlr wrtlr ol th AMocUtvd Vr ml th United l'rM, iti world's irmtNt Dvwignthprlng organluatlmv For 17 hour dally world nwa comm Info Th Hrald Nw offlr on tlyp macbloM. Fair High 1 Low 81 At Midnight xt hour to 5 p. m.. .00 IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND wmmi la ast .Il.es -14.T1 ..110 Last year to data Normal precipitation Vol. 14, No. 214 Price Five CenU KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1937 (Every Morning Except Monday); Editorial; on tha I Day's News 11 FIUNK JKNK1N JEWKPAPF.R dispatches dultni with the expected war between Japan and China contain (hit In- foresting parafraphl "Whll Japan'a action In dls patching troopa from Japan propar apparently conrlnctd China that war Is Inarltabla, Japan! official daclarad they 'desired peae and would maka tranuoua (forle to maintain It " ALL Ihey ask la ALL THEY WANT. If China la willing la grant that, pear will ba easily obtained. Peac la ALWAYS asy to obtain on thai baila. yKOTHER dispatch saya: "Spain rounda out a full year of clrll war todar (Saturday.) A million man. woman and children bara been killed." pHE Spanlab war. aa nearly aa puisieu reanere can learn from rigidly ceneored nai, la frying fought to determine whth r Spain ahall b governed by a communlal dictatorship (almllar to Ruia'.a) or by a faaclal dictator ahlp (almllar lo Italy.) Over on (hla atlll partially sen albla alda of the water, wa wonder If It la worth what It la coating. bara to have government. That goes without aaylng. But If government! throughout the world, by common consent, would confine (hair actlvltlea to preventing crime, building roada. carrying the mall and a few tuch simple, fundamental sarvlcee, hu man beluga would be a lot better off. On of lha trouble with tbla modern world la that government! more or leaa everywhere take themialvra 19 seriously, feellag that they bav to do everything ifrid ba everything. rOV will not (hat lha total of ' a million dead In gpsln In. cludea woman and children. Thar waa a time In the hlitory of lha world when men mid war en men, and killing women and children waa barred by the rule. But that waa hack In tb dark a, betor w became CIVIL IZED. LIGHTNING STARTS 150 FOREST FIRES IN NORTHWEST PORTLAND. July II The fir control dlvlelon of the united Statea forestry aervlc reported all weekend blazes started by light ning either out or under control today. Normal..flr weather condltlona nrevalled although only light rain fall occurred In moat of the forrat regions. PORTLAND. July 19 (IP) The heavy lightning atorm which atruck weetern Oregon and Waah Ington Saturday night atarted mora than 150 forest flrea, burned a residence near Vancouver, blew out transformers In thla area and 'plnyed aom freakish trick!. Forestry offlclala reported laat night that timber waa burning on coree of fronta, anms furlouily despite the romhlned effort! of CCU squads, thfl foreat Rervlc and logging camp employe!. The Zlgxag ranger, station re ported mora than 100 lightning strikes In th Mount Hood nation al foreit !ector. From th Wash ington aid of th Columbia gorge, K. P. Cecil, aupervlaor at Vancouver reported that of H lightning ant flrea In that area J6 had been placed under control "last night by J00 tlghtera. Tha bom of Rert Anderson, a mil cunt of Vancouver, waa rated by flamea when a bolt hit th 6,000 volt main power Una from Whit Salmon. Mont of Van- (Continued on Tag Three) COAST MAN SAILS .SOUTH ON RAFT " MEDFORD, Or., July 1 tin Perry Stoughton, e-eallor of Crescent City, Cal., aet aall Sun day afternoon aboard a crude log raft for San Diego, Cal., according to II. U. Mitchell, who with a number of other Medford real denta witnessed th departure. Mitchell reported today that the aea adventurer got hla clumsy craft In th grip of a' favorable tide and wind about 4 o'clock Sunday and waa aoon loat to view In the open leaa. For equipment Btnughton had a barrel of water, a aultcaae, a Ufa preierver, a few fane of food and a conipan, Mit chell aald. Th craft la doomed to go to plecea In th first rough water Mitchell holda, adding he felt Ilk calling an officer to halt what be viewed ai "a gulcld trip", , NAVY GIVES UP IN SEARCH FOR AMELIA'S PLANE Husband of Famous Flier Reported Planning Pri vate Ocean Expedition HONOLULU. T. H , July II (VP) Agent! for (leorg Put nam, huihind of Amelia Earhart, reportedly were attempting lata today to contact Captain Dill An deraon, veteran mld-Paclfle aklp per, lo periuad him to undertake a further aearch for Mill Earhart, mining line July I on a flight from La. New Oulnea, to How land laland. Putnam waa In Loa Angelea where ha proceeded from Oak land, Cel., after hla wife and her navigator, Fred J. Noonan. dla appeared on the longest and moat difficult leg of a proposed round-the-world flight, alerted at Miami, Fla. l.aat night the U. S. Navy, which aent th bug airplane carrier Lestngton, the mlneaweeper Swan, the battleship Colorado and three destroyers to search th mid -Pacific, gave up th pair for dead. By th Associated Preaa HONOLULU, July II Tha myatery of Amelia Earhart'a fata waa left unsolved today In the aoutb Pacific vastnaea wher ah and her navigator disappeared July I. aa weary aearchera gave the pair up for dead and atarted homeward. Four naval vessel!, manned by more then H00 beat-plagued men, aalled away empty banded from tba torrid quator where they completed tha greatest ocean hunt ever launched. More than 250.000 square miles of ocean, reefs and Islanda were acoured by ships and planes In deaperat ffort to find Mlsa Earhart and her companion, Fred erick J. Noonan. "Jusl for Fun" Somewhere near th equatorial dot which Is Howland laland. th plucky avletrlx and bar compan ion dropped from lb akles In their fuelleee land plan on a 1570 mil flight from La. New Oulnea, lo lb mld-Paclfle sandsplt. Tba tousle-headed, l-year-old filer, known th world over tor her aviation exploits, waa circling the earth "Just for fun," !h said, but also to blase possible new com mercial routes. Husband Grief-sUicken Th great naval bunt, which be gan a few mlnutea after th pair war overdue at Howland, was called off lata yeiterdiy when navv authorities eetlmated they (Continued on Pag Three) Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. K. Chicago I II 0 Brooklyn 0 t 4 Carleton and O'Dea; Hamlin and Phelps, Spencer. R. H. E. St. Louis I I I New York I f 1 Johnson and Owen; Gumbert, Coffman and Dannlng. R- H E Plttahurgh i 1 1 Phlladepbla I IS 1 Bowman, Brown, Weaver. Brandt and Todd; Walter! and Grace. AMERICAN LEAGUE R. II. R. Washington . 4 8 4 Detroit ... 1J 0 Appleton, Chas and MIIHea; Poffenberger and Hnyworth. R. H. K. Rnslnn 4 S 1 Chicago 4 10 0 Marcum, Thomas, Walherg and Desautels; Kennedy, Rlgney and Sewell. R. H. E. New York I u 0 Cleveland I 10 0 Domes and Dickey; Hudlln, Wy alt and Pytlak. LONE BEAVER CLOSES SAWMILL LA GRANDR. July II OP) A Ion beaver, protected by Oregon law, three tlmea hai closed on of tha largeat pin sawmills In eastern Oregon and each time re quired 11 men three daya to re pair th damage aay nothing of th monetary cost. Th animal's penchant Is to gnaw a hoi In lb flume from the log pond, caualng th water to drain Into th mill basement stop ping operations of th plant. H. N. Ashhy, manager of th? plant th Rowman-Hlcka Lumber company, knows th mischief the beaver Is doing, but walrhea help lessly. II haa appealed for help to th slate gam commission. SHK COULDN'T WAIT BOZKMAN. Mont., July II (VP) Mra. R. P, Bailey, drawing 13 apadea In a bridge hand, didn't bother to bid her hand. Sh hur ried to telephone a Montana Stat college mathematics teach er, who told her aha would have lo play 168,76.1,389.900 more gamea . befor expecting another perfect band. Klamath Klamath galf-ra turned out almost 100 per cent Sunday fur tb tournament between Weyer haeuser playera and others at the Reamea Country club. Th Weyerhaeuser team, challengers In the match, wer defeated. The typical scene above waa photographed at tb ninth hoi. Left to right: Oacar I'eyton. curt Rtrong. PLUNOE KILLS CAR SALESMAN John Butler of Klamath Falls Dies After Auto Skids Off Greensprings Injured when Ma car plunged down a sheer cliff on the Green springs highway near the sum mit, John Asher Butler, S7. Klam ath Fella automobile aalesman. died Sunday at th Ashland com munity hospital. Butler left th Lock Motor company plant here, where he was employed, about I o'clock Satur day evening. II waa found at th bottom of the cliff thre houra later, Indicating that h may have been ther for aom tlm before a pasaing motorist !!W tha skid marks wher ble care left the high way. Pet Bulldog Killed - Thla motorist, whos nam vs not learned here, drov on to Ash land Junction after aeelng th marks. Aa h drov h decided that th marka might lndlcat a hitherto undiscovered accident, and he atopped at th Junction to tell what h had seen. A party went back to the apot and found Butler at th baae of th 130-foot embankment. Hla head- and chest were badly In jured. A pet bulldog riding with him had been killed. Butler waa taken to a nearby ranch house and given first aid. From ther h waa taken to th Ashland community hospital. Strike Ditch First Stat police at Medford aald that they believed Butler must hav proceeded around a sharp curv at a lively- apeed. When th tlrea atruck soft dirt, the car careened down the embankment. Tracks Indicated th car first struck a ditch and then croaaed (Continued on Tag Five) JAPS THREATEN SEVERE ACTION IN CHINESE TROUBLE TOKYO. July II (AP) A Dome! (Japanese) news agency dispatch from Tientsin tonight said th Japanese army com mand ther had served a virtual ultimatum on the Chinese mili tary, declaring It would "take Independent action" unless all Chinese firing against Japanese censed Immediately. Thla throat followed a renewal of fighting In the ion west of Pelplng, wher Japanese and Chines troopa hav been In Intermittent conflict sine July 7. Japanese military reporla aald Chines aoldlora making a con crote pillbox near Lukouchlao, on the Yungtlng river 10 miles west of Pelplng, fired on a Japanese detachment, gravely wounding Captain Mlsayoihl Ya mav.lkl. Th attltudo of th Japanese command waa deacribrd In dls patchea aa th most determined It haa yet asiumed In th Nortb China crisis. RASKOB BECOMES BIG SCALE FARMER NEW YORK, July II (UP) John J. Roskoh, financier, an nounced today that he la about to become a rancher, but by remote control. With Thomaa I). Camp bell, Montana wheat king, he haa acquired a 28MOO-acr ranch In Socorro county, N. M., for "under $1 an acre," he aald. "I don't know anything about farming," Raakoh snlcl. "hut Mr. Campbell knowa onough for both of ui. We plan to spend much mora than what we paid for th land In Irrigation and soil develop ment." II denied report! (lint he plan ned IA establish legal residence In th southwest and run for th U. S, lenate. Golfers Had a Big Sunday 1 tiiaVi i ZiilasS Dr. Ray Oldenburg and Bob Sloan. Glaciers Begin Annual Trek Down Shasta Vt. Shaata't ml era to 17 flacltrt. Whitney and Botan, ara morlnf down tha mountain again, and thr la danfr of another traffle tlc-up on th Wood -Klamath Fa 11a highway and tha Southern Pacific railroad. Both 11a la tha path of tha aub aequent flowa of thea ilaclara. In tha paat two yaara, rock and illt from tha jclarler morement have been deposited on the rail road and highway In aucb vol umea that traffic haa been block aded for aeveral daya. Hot weather glrea the Impulae to tha glaclera, and tha current heat wave haa definitely atarted their annual morement. Bell mountain and Herd peak fire lookout! In tha Oooaeneat d lit r let of the Shanta National foreat ohierved the flrat activity of the Rtarlera two or three daya ago, The lookouta are ao located that with the aid of powerful field jtlasaea they can observe all movement on the Ire fields. They reported that early Friday morning a. crevice formed on the east aide of tha upper end of Whit ney glacier and gradually worked across, reaching tha weit aide of tha glacier by noon. By use of an Instrument which determines the alia of foreat tlrea, tha lookouta calculated that tha crevice lengthened In atx minutes from 275 yards to 400 yards. By 5:30 p. m.. tha glacier had descended the mountain IS feet. A deep crevice had also formed across the upper end of Bolan glacier, which la also slowly creeping down the mountain. TWINS SAY TWINS WERE ALREADY MARRIED TO TWINS LOS ANGELES, July II (VP) lluhert and Herbert Sharp. 55, twin brothers, who married twin sisters, sued to annual the twin marriag today by contending their wlvea were still married to a pair of other twins. Hubert aald his wife, the former Lois M. Coats, 24, never had ob tained a final divorce decree from Ray Sebring, a marine; and Her bert made the same charge against hla wife. Louise, one married to Boy Sohring, Ray'a twin and fel low marine. The Sehrlnga married the listen at Fort Orchard. Wash., December J7. 1934, and were divorced lait year, Th Sharp brother married them at Marian, Ark., laat December 28. Night Wire Flashes t'HINA DKN1K8 PACT NANKING, Tuesday, July 20 (IT) The (lilnee foreign of. fir toilny denied reports that an agreement waa signed at Tientsin last night providing for complete aettlement of th North t'hlna crisis. CIO KTS WOODWOHKKltS TACOMA, Wash,, July 10 (I'P) Delegate to th annual convention of the Fnileratlon of Woodworker Toted by an overwhelming; majority tonight to forsake th American Kerler at Ion of Ibnr and afflllat with the Committee for Indus trial Organisation. Th tnt waa BAfl to 74. CLAIMF.II ItY BHITAIV IXtMHIN, July 19 (IT) ftrent Britain haa reaaserled her claim to Canton Island In the Paclflo ocean, rejecting lb t'nlted Slate claim. Foreign Herretary Anthony Kden told (ho house of common! today. WILL FOUND PIIOVIDKNCK, H. I., July 10 (I'P) Dr. (ieorg W. Wb ater, HI), prominent obstetrician, executed a will naming; hla wlf aolo beneficiary two daya he fore he waa mysteriously alnln, It was revealed today. EARTH QUAKES IN NEW YORK Shock Felt In Brooklyn, Connecticut, Long Is land; Manhattan Quiet NEW TORK, July 1 (AP) Manhattan residents wer In trigued today by th knowledge tbey bad been next door to an earthquake but their Informa tion , about It cam aolaly from out-of-town. Many resident! of Long laland complained laat midnight their homea bad trembled for three mlnutea, but the nolle aaaerted ther waa nothing they could do snout it. Although (elsmogranha at Har vard and Weston 'college, both In Masaacbuaetta, recorded tremors on or near Long laland" at 11:61 p. m. eastern daylight time, the seismograph closest to tne acene, operated at Fordham unlrereity In th city, obtained no record of the phenomenon. "Slight Intensity" The Rev. Father Joseph Lynch, Ford ham's seismograph expert, said bla recording Instruments were busy with a heavy quake which -began at 11: If p. m., day light time, and continued nearly minuies, but that the epi center was 000 miles away. The aurface wavei of thli quike reiched New York at 11:0$ a. m., daylight time, but only a aelsmogrsph could feel them. "I luapect," aald Father Lynch, "that there may have been a alight q n a k e In Long laland aound of luch negligible Inten sity that It wai not recorded through th big quake." Dr. L. Don Leet. director of th aeismograph atation at Har vard, described the quak aa of "alight Intensity." The ihocks wer felt In sec (Continued on Pag Five) SEPTEMBER 30 TO OCTOBER 25 SET FOR DEER HUNTING PORTLAND, July 19 (. The Oregon gam commission. In a weekend session, established Sep tember 20 to October 25, Inclu sive, for tb 1J7 deer hunting season. Th bag llmlta went unchanged. The elk season will open on November and continue through Novomber 18. The bag limit Is the same but the elka territory has been enlarged to Include a portion of northern Grant county. Th commission will announce the exact boundary linea later. Th trapping season will run the same aa last year, November 15 to February 15, Inclusive. There will be a closed aeason on the fisher and martin because of their limited numbers. Th stste gam commission set th valley quail and bobwhlte quail season from October 15 to 31 at the clos of Ita conference and added the sliver gray squirrel to the list of protected animals. BELGRADE RIOTS ON VATICAN PACT BELGRADE, July II (UP) A Greek orthodox priest was beaten unconscious tonight, allegedly by police, and fighting broke out In the Yugoslav parliament aa the governments efforla to ratify a Vatican concordat threatened to provoke a Balkan "religious war.' Th prleat. Bishop Simeon from Schahai, waa attacked while lead ing 30 other priest! In a proteit parade In defiance of a govern ment order banning all msss meetings and demonstretloni by the orthodox clergy. It waa the tint tlm In Ti Ro sier history that a government haa dared to take action against th powerful Greek church, which claims to b th "official" church of th aatlon. REBELS WAGE FIERCE FIGHT Climax of War Reached As Insurgents Try to Regain Lost Territory MADRID, July II (AP) Th hssvlest battl of th Spanish civil war tbua far raged west of Madrid today a i Insurgents launched a fierce drive to burl government troops back, to th capital. Inaurgent and government planea and artillery crashed bomb! and shells Into opposing linen near Brunete, newly-won government poiition 11 mile! west of Madrid. In the air, aa eetlmated lit planea fought for aupremacy, with government force gradually gaining a alight advantage. The Inaurgent air force re newed a amaahlng bombardment of government front lines and communication routes. A duel between big guns ranging In else from three to 10 Inch echoed all day in tb capital. Bealdea th Brunete apearbead Into Inaurgent line, government force kept chipping at insurg ent position closer to Madrid. Government can shelled a military camp near upper Cara- bancbel. ontald th aouthern llmlta of th city. Government alrerart followed up with a heavy bombardment of th camp, where Insurgents hare concentrated a reserve contingent In former alr- forc barracka. Th Cuatrovientes a I r f le 1 d south of Madrid also cam under heavy government fire. The fighting brought heavy losses to both aides, but govern ment officers declared Insure- nts guttered heaviest casualties through exposing their forces In tne counter attack. Re-capture of Brunete waa re garded as vital for Insurgent forces because government artil lery, from new mDlaeementa. la shelling Insurgent positions near uaana from both tb front and rr. - Insurgent plane! again bomb ed government airfields near Ma (Continued oa Pag Three) MRS. ROOSEVELT SIGNED TO WRITE MOVIE BLURBS HOLLYWOOD, July II (TJP) Samuel Goldwyn. regarded by his friends as the P. T. Barnum of the motion picture Industry, added a new laurel to his crown tonight by announcing that he haa "hired" Mra. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wlf of th president, to writ movie ads. ' Goldwyn said Mra. Roosevelt would writ blurbs for "Stella uaiias.- a Goldwyn picture which win b released within a few weeks. The announcement aald tb president's wife, a newspaper col umnist in ner own right, has been "hired" aa a special advertising writer to work only on tb "Stella Lianaa ballyhoo campaign. Th new leaked out. br accl. dent or dealgn. In advance of the picture' preview ihowlng at a Hollywood theater Thursday nignt. a studio spokesman said it bad not been Intended to releaae the announcement at this time. "Proofs" of the first advertise ment have been read by th studio but It was not known whether It baa been formally approved. Mrs. Roosevelt was ssld to hav scorned a "ghoit writer" In favor of composing the ada herself. She will writ tb entire aerlei, tha studio laid. TIN FENCE HALTS CRICKET ADVANCE SUNDANCE. Wyo., July H L3 f armers in this district appeared to nave nailed temporarily the ad vance of millions of th huge Mormon cricket! by use of gleam ing tin. Taking a tip from rancher east of here, crews of men itarted con atructlon of a barrier consisting of eight-Inch board! let on edge with four-Inch strips of tin curving out- ward nailed to th top of each board. Crickets, trying vainly to climb over th tin, were falling back In to pita dug along th fence, where they wer trapped In oil or cricket dust. KING GEORGE NOW BUCK PRIVATE LONDON, July II (UP) King George VI. who haa more titles than you can ahak an English baton at, collected a new on to day buck privat In th Boston unit of th Massachusetts national guard. Th British monarch accepted an honorary membership In tb ancient and honorabl artillery company of Boston, whos only actual authority consists of being a unit of th Massachusetts na tional guard, thereby adding a buck prlvateehlp to big lengthy list of tltl. High School Construction Bonds Sold A bond fssu lo finance Klam ath Union high school'! $205,000 expansion program was sold Mon day night when bids wer opened by tb blgb school bosrd. . Tb successful bid waa submit ted by th Flrat National bank of Portland, through O. C. Loreni of th Klamath Falls branch. Th First National offered f 100.17 and Interest at 2! per cent. Seven firms bid for th Issue. Construction will begin August 1, according to Percy Murray, chairman of the high school board, with the first unit consist ing of a small addition to the field house on Modoc field and building a roof for the atanda. The complete program Ineludea aeveral new claaa rooms on the western side of the school bond ing end shops snd a playing floor In another building adjoining the school on th eastern aid. Change Left to Traffic Survey Results; Condi tion of Ninth Watched City conncllmen mad It plain at their meeting Monday night that they are not "taking aides" or attempting In any way to In fluence selection by the state highway commission of a route through tb city. Councilmen said that their sol Interest Is to find ont, when pos sible, what atate highway authori ties have In mind for future rout ing, ao they may handle city af fairs m connection with the high way accordingly. Ninth Shows Wear It waa reported that several Ninth street residents had ex pressed. tJie hope that the highway would eventually be moved off that street. Fire Chief Keith Am brose, who Uvea on Ninth street, told the councilmen thst ruts are already developing In the asphalt paring there, the result of travel on the street by heavy duty trucks. Councilmen agreed that It would be well to keep an eye on th situation, leat th state high way authorities more th highway oft Ninth atreet and leave tbe paving in auch condition the city would be put to expense to repair or reconstruct Hi Flasher Accepted No definite word haa been re ceived from the highway commis sion aa to lta plana for routes through the city. Tbe council sccepted a proposi tion made by John Beakey, state highway traffic man. to th effect that tbe state highway department would Install a flasber at the end of tbe South street vlsduct It the city would provide th electricity for Its operation. Survey Stndled Mayor Richmond said Beakey had assured him that Klamath's traffic survey will be given prefer ence by highway authorities in working out recommendations for trsfflc regulations. Surveys have been made In aeveral cities, and the data from all of them are (Continued on Page Three) MAYOR OF NEW TORK WASHINGTON. July 1 (Pi Senator Copeland (D-N.Y.) aald today he definitely Intended to be a candidate for mayor of New York on an anti-new deal plat form. WASHINGTON, July II UF James J. Walker, former mayor of New York, said here today he would not run for that office thla year. TODAY'S NEWS DIGEST LOCAL City council decides to give state a free band to re-route highway through city according to traffic survey. Nuisances drawn to body's attention. Page 1. Bonds for high school expansion sold to First National Bank of Portland for 1100.17 at 2 per cent Interest. Page 1. John A. Butler, 17, Klamath Falls, killed In automobile acci dent on Greensprings highway. Pag 1. Oregon 81st auto association driver testing school will be her this weekend. Free us of testing equipment available to Klamath motorists. Pag t. Whitney and Bolan glaciers, re acting to heat wav, atart move ment down aid of Mt. Shasta. Traffic tie-ups on 8. P. and Weed Klamath roads may again result. Pag 1. Wool sale begin! In Klamath basin with approximately 16,500 fleacea sold Saturday, Sal prlc about 134,175. Pag 7. N. Y. GOVERNOR OPPOSES COURT STUFFING PLAN President's Friend See. Independence Threat ened; Foes Hail Blof WASHINGTON, July II (TJPV Source! close to the admlnlitraf Hon said tonight that President Roosevelt and hla advisers feel confident that the aenate will de feat attempts to recommit th supreme court reorganization bill to th judiciary committee, ant will pass the meaaure in lta press ent compromise form. By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Htaff Corresponderrl ABOARD CONGRESSIONAL SPECIAL EN ROUTE TO WASH INGTON, July II (UP) Vic. President John Nance Garner to night proclaimed the admlnlstra Hon s neutrality in the contest for leadership of the senate to replace the late majority leader, Joseph T, Robinson of Arkansas. His announcement was msde af a time when It waa believed tha senate vote on President Roose velt's judiciary bill would be de layed until after Robinson's suo cessor is chosen Wednesday, and aa foes of th administration court bill wer heartened by the addi tion of Governor Herbert H. Leh man. New York democrat and; friend of Mr. Rooaerelt, to their ranks. . May Delay Tola It appeared thst tbe propone ents of the court bill still wished to delay the vote until after Wed nesday'a democratic caucus, whea it would be known whether Har (Continued on page Three), FILM EXTRA HELD IN LOS ANGELES MURDER PROBE LOS ANGELES, July It (UP)' Myaterioua death of Dorothy May Garland, former dSfUty district attorney, waa attributed ts chronic alcohollam In an aatopsy report tonight, which virtually ei. onerated an actress friend whs bad been held on suspicion of murder. Dr. A. F. Wagner, county auto psy surgeon, reported the victim had a history of acute alcoholism and waa undergoing treatment at tha time of her death. LOS ANGELES, July II LTV An autopsy waa ordered per formed today on Mra. Dorothy May Garland. 31, former deputy city prosecutor, while police held two film extras In connection with her death. Arrest of Kay Tutwller, II, oa auspicion of murder and the de tention of Luther Allen, 32, aa a material witneea resulted from a report by Mrs. Garland's physW elan. Dr. Wendell W. Starr told d. tectives ha had been treating th pretty woman lawyer for alcohol ism and laat Wednesday, oa a professional visit to her home, saw her thrown to the floor and kicked in a quarrel with Miss Tut wiler. The two women and Allen had participated In a drinking party, Dr. Starr aaserted. Mrs. Garland refused to go to the hospital nntil Friday, he said, and died th next day. Miss Tutwller, employed by a WPA project, denied ther was an altercation. BALLOONS "PRACTICAL" ROCHESTER, Minn., July 11 (.P) Dr. Jean Plccard announced tnHaw h km,!, tn make a strato sphere flight In a new type air craft, made up or many small Dai loom, which bis sscenslon yester day waa declared to bare proven la practical. GENERAL Heavleat fighting of Spanish civil wir waged west of Madrid ai Insurgent! aeek to regain loat ground. Hundred and sixty planes clash In air battle. Page 1. Governor Lehman of New York, political friend of president, take atand against Roosevelt court bill, urging senator to vole opposition. Pag 1. Nary glvea Amelia np for dead, vessels head for port. Husband re ported planning to take up aearch. Page 1. Brooklyn, rest of Long Island and aouthern Connecticut feel earthquake shock at midnight Sunday. Pag 1. IV THIS ISSl'R City Briefs Psga I Comics and Story ..-..Pag Courthouse Record! Pig 4 Editorial! .... k Page 4 Family Doctor ..Pag 4 Market, Financial News Pag T Recreation Notes ..............Pag Sport Pag I Veterans' News .....Page