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The kmm&th News WEATHER NEWS WIRE SERVICE Ths Herald and Newe eobeertb lo fall . leased win service of the Associated Prase nil the United I'm, in world's (raim aewsgatherlng organisations. For IT hour dally world new coma Into The Herald Mewe office on teletype aaacblnea. HI Mi Law M At MtdaM M St hear to p. as. - eaoo) date Laa nv to data -Il.TT -1S.01 IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND Normal precipitation ..11.1 40 KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1937 Vol. 14, No. 235 Price Five Cent (Every Morning Except Monday); Editorial! ea tho Day's News By PRANK JKNKINS TN theae days Ida world It full of bl( talk thai rolle sonorously ?fnm lha loniuaa ot demagogues, ut doean't iaam to bur much beans and bacon for eomroon folki. Perhapa a faw simple, fun damental definitions mlfht ba re freshing tor a chsnge. Tf ERE la ona: " Money IBS T WEALTH. Tou an't at monar. Tou can't wear It. You cant shelter youraelf with It. Monar la maralr a labrleant bat olla the whole of commerce, making them tura faatar and with laaa effort. "pINKCniNO with monar (aucb aa putting laaa gold la tha dollar) oaver created anr wealth yet. and It NEVER WILL. WEALTH la created br tha ep " plication of LABOR to raw Btaterlala and natural forcea. A chunk of Iron ore, br Iteelf. la veluelcas. But when br tha application ot labor It la amalted and refined and mada Into a knlfa or a hammer or a aaw or an automobile It become WEALTH. A LL tha demagoguee that erer llted. orating for II houra a (Continued on Pago Four) 4 Baseball PACIFIC COAAT LEAGUE R. H. B Sacramento) - Ill Ban Diego - .. It Frrliaa and Franke; Ward, ptllelte and Datora. MIGHT GAMES fat Game U.K. I. Ban Francisco . J ' J 1 Seat II LlHard and Woodsll: Oregory and Bpindall, Fsrnandee. . ' Oakland Mlsatona 1 I 1 1 Millar and Baker; Toot and gprlns. , Mme- R; H. E. Loe Angelea . J Portland p. Thomae and Colllna; B. (Continued on Pago BIX) TWO DIE IN GAS CHAMBER ON FRIDAY THE 13th , FLORENCE. Aril.. Aug. II (Ap Tha dawn of Frdlar tha 11th brought death todar to two man ona while lha other black In tha gaa chamber of Arliona atata prlaon. Bert Anderaon. II. whlla alar ar ot Cecil Kuykendall, 18-yaar-old ranch hand In a Preacott pool hall, and Erneat Patten, iuO-pound negro who killed hla fommon law wlfa bacauaa aha drilled, were atrapped In adjoin ing chalra for tho double exe cutlon. Anderaon. emaciated and narr oua, waa pronounced dead In five mlnutee. Patten, hardr lum berjack, wltbatood tha fumea twlra aa long. Tha Negro entered tha amall chamber amoklng a cigar, but a guard removed It beforn atrap plng him to tha chair. Anderaon waa at III puffing at a cigarette when ha flrat whiffed tha gaa fumea. Ha apat It out aa a laat effort. Forty men and three women crowded Into a amall room and watched through flaal panala. Warden A. J. Barnes refuaed to dlacloaa lha Identity ot tha women. TWO FOREST FIRES NEAR CLEAR LAKE The Yalnax bulla lookout of lha Klamath Foraat Protective aaaociatlon reported to hla heed nuartera hart Friday that ha had elghted two flraa aouth ot Clear lake. California. Tha (tree are burning outalda tha Klamath Foraat Protectee area and ara believed In tha Mnrioe National Foreat, Roth flrea ware reported to he of cnnalderabla alaa. Tha Klamath Foreat Protective aaaociatlon dlatrlct baa bean un usually free of flrea to tar tola ummer. NAZI SEAPLANE REACHES AZORES - HOftTA. Tha Aiorea, Aug. 11 (A" Tha German sesplans Nord maer reached here today to and tha aecond leg of her maiden )rans-Atlantle survey flight from Luehark, Germany, to New York. The huge ahlp arrlred at 4480 p. m (11:30 a.m. EST I. approx Imataly alx and ona-halt houra at' ler the takeoff from Llahon, Port ngal. From Horta, tha Nordmaer " will hop to Port Washington, N.I Tlnee sliZ.'..- Cicala Stephens Jane Rllry axurrfa- nliht will tell tha ed to determine who aball ba tha m a i i ST. H X iff ' Annual Round-Up. September 4. t and f. At preaent tna xiria aiana in in oru-r aoove nam. Unlaaa tha atandlnga ahould change, lha flrat five will be lha official candldatea for Saturday nlxht and threa ot theea will bo choaen big ehow. FAVORED LIGHT. Sub-Committee Backs Ap pointment; Confirma tion Set for Monday WASHINGTON. Aug. II (Fi ji aenata Judiciary aub-commlttee recommended today confirmation ot Claude McColtocn ot Portland. Ore., aa federal dlatrlct Judge for Oregon. McColloch, atata democratic chairman, will aucceed tha late Judge John McNary, If finally con firmed.. Candidate Apneara McColloch preaentad hla quail flcattona to tha aub-commlttee at a hearing today after receiving the endoraement of Jamea P. Pow of Iowa, who aaid lha Oregonlan waa well (Ittad for and deserving of tha appointment. Full committee action la ex pected Monday. Night Wire Plashes ANGK.R RISKS XKW YORK. Aug, IB (VP) A nary demand on public offi cial to curb arx Crimea aalnt children Inrrraaed tonight with the llcovery of 4-j ear-old girl who waa atrnlexl and ravlahed In the cellar of an abandoned bungalow on Htatrn aland. The victim the third little girl killed by a ex per vert within aa many month waa Joan Kulrba. CROSSING DRATH BALKM, Ore., Aug. IS (UP) Mr. John Hrhlag waa Inatantly killed tonight when a north bonnd Southern I'arlflc naa aenger train alammrd Into lha Srhlag family auto, atallrd on a croaalng. Her huahand and two amall Mine were thrown clear with only minor lnjurlee. fXH'P WINS AHl'Nf'IO.V Paraguar. Aug. IB (IP) A hlomllr coup d'etat, engineered by army and navy officer, today placed the government of Paraguay In control of tha miliary and forced the realgnatlon of the cabinet. KK1HT KII.I.KO HANOVKR, Hermany, Satur day, Aug. 14 (VP) Klght per aona were reported killed today when a plane rranhed during a trial flight. The ahlp fell and burned at tha airport here. .. WAI.K-OI'T THREAT ' PALMER, Alaaka, Aug. IS (UP)rNiur-flftha of the Alaaka Rural Rerahllltatlon corpora tlon'a Matantuka colony work er tonight threatened to walk out If an announced 10 per rent wag alaah become effective tomorrow. of These Will Rule Lakeview Round-Up V ;' Dorothy RrM Irene Randolph tale for theee Lake county Mlaaea queen and two prlnceeaea lo rule to wear lha riding regalia to ba Freak Crash Marks ! Jinx" Day ir) City - A freak automobila accident waa reported lo police bureau hortly after I o'clock on tha morning ot Friday tha thirteenth. A. J. Tracy Buffered a few cratrhea aa tha reault of the eraah. but he waa lucky to eacapa with hia life, according to Inves tigating offlrera. Trarr'a machine, which waa parked on tha aouthweat corner of Elm at reel, waa (truck hy a flying oxygen tank which tailed out ot a pick-up truck when tha truck waa ttruck at tha Intersec tion of Elm and Market atreelt by an automobile driven hy F. E. (Continued on Page Thirteen) OPINIONS DIFFER ON CAUSE OF LAND SINK IN IDAHO (Sea picture on page M BUHL, Idaho, Aug. U (UP) Two different theorlee were ad vanced today concerning gradual alnklng ot Harlay Robertaon'a farm eeven mile weat of here, but the ground continued to rumble and ahake, undaunted by acbo laatlc dlfferencea. Contradicting the bubble theory offered by Morton Abel), Nampa xeoloxlat. Ray J.. Lyman, reel. matlon engineer who recently filed application to atora water In Hagerman valley behind a 142. 000.000 dam near here.- aald Rohertaon farm wa located over a . volcanic tube tnatead ot bubble. According lo hia theory thin part ot Idaho waa covered by molten lava, three million years axo. and that I tube had hnen In formed by incomplete Battling tha aama process which nan form ed other typea of canyon. Lyman ssld whlla . Rohertaon'B . canyon might lengthen. It probably would not widen. Ahell said that the phenomena wsb caused because of a volcanic bubble on which tha farm was located. Continuing lo make the sinking farm a aort of field dar for geo logical opinion, other people, who profesaed themselves to be versed in the ancient hlatorr or eartn bulletin said the country around Robertaon'a farm might have aomething to do with Loat rlvor meanlnx that It might na over a continuation of the chasm Into which the river gurgles out of alght about 100 miles northwest. SURPRISE yALLEY . LETS POWER JOB ALTURA8. Aug. 11 (Special) Contract for 16 mllea of trana- misslon line, aervlng 640 rnatom era, waa awarded to Parker Schramm of Portland by tha board of dlrectora of the 8urprlae Valley Electrification company to dar. Schramm's bid waa 1314.000 and waa 111.000 lower than Zierbath company of Long Beach. Thla contract Is snhiect to con flrmatlon hy tha RFC In Wash- lngton. I - ;T'Nl Amy Hartlg Rachel Mrndrll when tha final rotea ara count orer the Lakeview Kighteenth furnlehed the talr rulera of tha OREGON RELIEF COSTS BOOSTED Expenditures for First Half of 1937 Reported Above Total for 1936 8ALEM. Aug. 11 (API Relief actlvitlea in Oregon coat 13.449, 006 during the flrat half of thla year, tha atate relief committee reported today to Governor Mar tin. Publio aaslstance coat 11.724.- 838, the atate and counties shsr Ing tha coata equally, while old axe assistance coal si.b3,99b. with the federal government pay ing halt and tha state and coun ties a quarter each. Blind assist ance coat 164. 62. the govern ment paying halt and the atata and counties a quarter each, while aid to dependent children coat 116,680. the aovernnient. atate and countlea each paying third. Mostly for Poor Under the $1,724,88 public aaatatsnca Item were 11.227,767 for care or the poor. (138.433 for mothera" aid. $64,833 for sol diers and sailors, $124.(72 for poor farms and $168,840 for hospital treatment. During all ot 193 j.l.ttis.vtl waa spent tor these actmttee, tha atate and countlea then shar ing the coata equally. Tha atate paid average montn- ly old age penalona of $21.38 a month during the first halt of (Continued on Page Thirteen) Nineteen -"-J--wV. -er V,V- r , The collapse of two brick tenamenl buildings, on Slaten Island, N. Y., brought death to 11 persons Thursday. Above, flrepien are shown searching tha rulna for hodlea after the disaster, which Inveallgatnra believe wss caused hy a plugged atorm aewer under tha buildings, causing tha structure to b undermined by torrents of rainwater, , ;'': t- Kdna Burford SENATE GROUP FAVORS BLACK Republican Solon's Move To Hold Up Action Re jected; Legality OK'd WASHINGTON. Aug. 11 IP A aenata Judiciary subcommittee awlftly approved today tba nom ination ot Senator Black (D-Ala.) to tha supreme court. It acted only minutes after President Roosevelt told a press conference Attorney General Cum mings had Informed him that It waa perfectly legal and constitu tional to appoint Black of Ala bama to tha aupreme court. Tha Judiciary auhcommlttee of six members voted to report Black'a nomination favorably, af ter rejecting a move by Senator Austin (R-Vt.) to hold up action pending study ot legal questions involved. . Onlv Black Knew' ' i jin members ot the subcom mittee except Austin voted for approval of the nomination and rejection of the New Englander'a nronossl for delay. Some detalla of the aecreey In which Black'a name waa sent to tha senate were brought out at the presidents conference with newsmen. Asked when he decided to nom inate Senator Black, Mr. Roose velt said he could not disclose when he msde decisions. Responding to further question! Ins. he said he wrote Black's name on the nomination certifi cate with his own hand and told (Continued on Page Thlrte n) HOUSE LEADERS PLAN DRASTIC WAGE-HOUR MOVE WASHINGTON. Aug. II V The rules committee recommend ed a resolution today which would make It possible for the demo cratic leadership to bring the ad ministrations mage-hour bill be fore the house By suspending par liamentary rules provided a two thirds vote could he obtained. There wss no Indication, how ever that this drsstic procedure would be employed Immediately. Speaker Bankhead aaid he had "no Intention" of recognising any member to call up the measure under a rules suspension Monday. "The measure Is of such Im portance." he said, "that It should have free and open discussion." Bankhead declined to comment on prospects for tha legislation thia aeasion. Die in Collapse CHINA HIT BY Russian Killed, Ameri can Hurt by Bullet; Shanghai War Serious SHANGHAI, Saturday. Aug. 14. A blast of machine gun fire wounded an American and killed a Russian In the In ternational settlement todsy aa the Chloeae-Japaneae battle for Shanghai apread from tha native aectlonB of the city. Chinese warplanea took the air in a surprise move and drop ped bombs around the Japaneae cruiser Idzumo anchored oft the Japaneae eonaulata inside the set tlement boundaries. Montanaa Hart The new danger caused the American and other foreign con sulates to warn their nationala aeek aafety In that portion of the aettlement aouth of Soo chow creek. The wounded American waa R. R. Rouae. 44. of Butte, Mont. The Ruaaian killed war. Wal ter Turpin. Rouae'a companion. The machine gun blast which ripped through Rouse's automo bila missed Mrs. Rouse, her ba by and their chauffeur and Chi- neae nursemaid. - Source of tha firing waa not Immediately learned. Rouaa waa struck In the left knee and arm. His chauffenr continued driving to the office of tha Andersen-Meyer company where Rouae waa employed and thenea to the county hospital The Incident occurred aa tha Chinese bomber were attacking tha Idtumo and the latter was replying to the bombing with anti-aircraft fire. The battle of Shanghai had become the moat serious engage ment of tha undeclared war which began in North China last month and still raged there on several fronts today. Chief fight ing la the north was at Naa kow. where the Japanese were preparing to go throiWrh tha'Nan- kow pass into the northwest. Charles J. Head, of London, chief accountant of the Shanx-hal-Hongkew Wharf Co.. wis seriously wounded In the left side by shrapnel during the (Continued on Page Thirteen) WITNESS DIES AT EXECUTION OF SEX MURDERER STATE PENITENTIARY. Can on City, Colo.. Aug. 11 (UP) Frank .Aguilar. 34-year-old aex fiend, waa executed In the lethal gas chamber here shortly after 8 o'clock tonight for the murder of a 16-year-old Pueblo. Colo., girl a year ago, and almost simultane ously one of the official execu tion witnesses slumped to th floor of the observation chamber and died. - Ed Hamilton, 40. of Pueblo, veteran railroad conductor, fell at the feet ot other witnesses shortly after Aguilar was strapped in the death chair and the gaa turned on. Hamilton died five minutes later from what physlciana de scribed as a heart attack. Arullar. who. with Joe Arrldy ot Pueblo, laat August If killed snd ravlahed Dorothy Drain, daughter of Aguilar'a WPA fore man, held ataunchly to his vow that he would walk the "last mile" a brave man. Stripped to hia underwear shorts and with his hair cropped close to his hesd, the slayer stepped un assisted Into the steel-lined cham ber after traversing the two-block distance ' from his cell In the prison hospital to the death house. of Buildings Russian Plane Unreported on ; Over-Pole Hop RICH GOLD VEIN IN MOJAVE NEAR RADIUM CLAIM BAKERSFIELD, Cel., Aug. 11 (UP) Discovery of gold era as saying $1600 to tha ton. aomlng close oa tha heela of reported rich discoveries of radium and helium, tonight brought the attention of the western mining world to the desert area of Mojave, 70 miles east of here. Two weeka ago. Mrs. Joale Blsbop presented clalme that ra dium ore aaaaylng $7000 to tha ton had been found on her prop erty In Red Rock canyon, '17 milea from Mojav. Two daya ago. she announced that helium. hlch la derived from the dlaln- tegration of radium, alao had been discovered. Tonight the Whltmore Mines corporation announced the finding of gold on company prop erty four milea from Mojave. me nigh grade ore la fonnd la (Continued on Page Six) Drum Corps First at Al bany; Drum Major and Music Laurels Taken Klamath Fall American eloa dram corps woa first phare at the Albany convention, according to a pnone call received here last night. Dewey Powell caps-red the dram major chaaiplonahin and Ray Blggera nlaced aecond - ba bagling, tha aaeaaac aald. and lha corps won first place iat aail ALBANY. Or., Aug. II (Jpy renmeton waa unanimously se lected as the 1118 conventioa city, the date to be selected to avoid conflict with the roundup. ALBANY, Aug. 11 CSV-The American Legion Americanlsatlon program la the "most stabilising influence for the perpetuation of democracy," Stephen F. Chadwlck, Seattle, national Americanism di rector, told the convention of the Oregon department today. Chadwick, candidate for nation al commander, waa one of a aerie of Legion speakers who urged aateguards for the American form of government against Invasion of "lama" from abroad. . "Divine Plan". . "There la a divine plan In what we are doing, trying to do," he aaid. "When we fonght In Europe (Continued on Page Thirteen) EIGHT CONVICTED OF KIDNAPING, GET LONG TERMS BINOHAMPTON. N. T., Aug. 11 iPl Eight men federal agenta said are members of the "nation's last orgsnlied kidnap ring" faced today prlaon sentences of from 28 to 77 yeara for the It!! ab duction of John J. O'Connell, Jr of Albany, N. Y. Convicted by a federal Jury af ter less than three houra of de liberation on 11 weeka ot testi mony, tha eight men, securely shackled to each other, paled vis ibly as the verdict "guilty oa the charges" was spoken. A few minutes later, gray-haired, soft-spoken Federal Judge Frederick H. Bryant pronounced sentence on Manning Strewl, 86. John Oley, 18, and Percy Geary of Albany, and Charles Harrlgan, 37, Thomas Dugan, 16, George Oargukllo. II. John McOlone, 14. and Harold Crowley, 11, ot New York City. LEGIONHONORS TODAY'S NEWS DIGEST LOCAL Senate Judiciary subcommittee recommends confirmation of Claude McColloch'e appointment to federal Judgeship after candi date atatea qualifications. Full committee action expected Mon day. Pag 1. ., ' ' Klamath' Legion drum corps win first at Albany, along with Dewey Powell aa best drum ma jor and Ray Bigger as second beat buglsr. Junior corps wins second. Page 1. . Friday th thirteenth marked br freak accident at Market and Elm streets. Page 1. Yalnax lookout repopta two flrea aouth ot Clear lake. Pag I. Charles True, Crater Lake park employe, celebrates loth anniversary ot first motor trip Scheduled Refueling At Fairbanks Missed; No Message for 10 Hour. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Asg. It (UP) Fears increased lata ta night for aafety of aix soviet arts torn who hurdled tha north pek early today ow a projected hop from Moscow to tha United Stat but who have bean unreported aince. Torches and flares outlines Weeks field here for a possible night landing. The filers, led br Pilot Siglsmund Levanevaky, vet eran of long distance flight and one of the most noted aviator ht Russia, were achaduled to land here before noon for refueling. May Be Down -U. g. Army and Royal Cana dian aignal corps atationa have tried for hour to contact - tha giant, red and blue ahlp. powered by four motors. Key stations at Nome. Point Barrow. Anchorage and Fort Smith. Canada, crack led anxioua messages into tha arctic air. 8om opiniona were that tba filers may have decided to pro ceed to Edmonton. Alberta, Caa ada. and refuel Instead ot here. Others were It hsd been forced down in the arctic circle. Nona waa official, however. Laat word from tha plana cam at 1 a- m.. PST. when tha Noma atatloa ot the 0. S. army signal corps intercepted a message ta Moscow that aald tha craft waa backing 10-mtle-en-honr head winda and that her window were covered with frost. Temperature waa 16 degrees below aero. Representatives of the Russia) government here would say notb log. la Seattle. A. Vartanian. soviet engineer upernalng tna flight, paced nervoasly in a roosa ot the signal corn a otttca. who ha haa been relaying wee taw as sorts to tha fliers. Not ese ot tha weather report that have been radioed hourly t tha plane haa beea acknowledged. - R-eUo Mar Ba Dead Five other were in the plana besides Levanavsky. They wens Navigator Victor Levchenkb, Co ator Colkoraky - aad Mechanic Pilot Konstanaye. Radio Oper Pobesihor and Godovikov. Levche enko flew aa Levanesky's, navi gator on a flight from Baa Stage to Moaco recently. Oa both the earlier flight thp planea were silent for long pe rioda and finally reported .their poeitlona. Signal corps officers thought, ' (Continued on Page Thirteen) HUNGER MARCHERS FAIL TO MEET ' WITH GOVERNOR . SALEM. Or.. Aug. II (UP) Gov. Charles H. Martin and a group of "hunger marchers'': re cruited mainly from the ranks ot the Oregon Workers Alliance, had a difficult time getting together today. The governor had advised tha group he would listen to them at 4 o'clock thla afternoon. Tho group. 100 atrong and bearing various placards, appeared at tha atata house at that time but found the governor not ret returned from a trip to Csnby. - They milled about for an hour and then returned to tha city park for a demonatratlon. , The governor returned to' hla office at 6:16. waa advised that the demonatratlon had moved back to town. He sent word to the meeting that ha waa prepared to hear them. - The marchers thereupon sent word -back to tha governor that If he wanted to hear them, he would have to come to the park to do to, since they were the ones who had been left standing at the ap pointment. They advised Martin they, would wait 10 minutes , for hlml . , , Tha governor declined tha Inrt tatlon. from Medford to rlra. mada hi three days via Klamath Fall. Page 14.. . i , Cal-Or and Rooaevelt opr atora fined for selling liquor In prohibited hours; tin for gam bling levied against allsgsd card dealer at Cal-Or Page I, . Worthen K, James, proprietor ot Diamond lake fox farm at Beaver Marah. arreated for Spokane authorities on . charge of ateallng foxea from former employer at Spokane.. Page 14. IX THIS ISSUE City Brief Page I Comic and Story -Page 1 Courthoua Records .Psgs Editorials ..... .Page 1 Family Doctor ....Pago i Market, Financial New Page 11 Railroad News ...... 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