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The Klamath News WEATHER NEWS Fair High at Low M At Midnight 4S 21 hour lo II p. m ' .no Season to data ........ ,00 Last year 10 date .01 .Normal precipitation , Hld nl. !h. Asoclet.d ITes. I " ih. world' greatest ' ' V ..mania! ! Vr IT miur I'11''.." into th. H.r.ld. IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND M t.l.OP machine. Ti No. 28i3 l'rico Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1937 (Every Morning Except Monday) Editorials th. Pay's News , FRANK JKNKINN KSIDKST 1100HKVKI.T. dc .rilng from V'VrA el ', Chl..". read. t0 war-lnclineo u..u... referring to Japan. , and Itly ul- M other nations or in ..r... ,-on.c.rled sclton tor restore ,, universal peac." .neecb created a sensation nd lh. world. L'nif'A'K policy. Hit Presl- jest Mid l hlcago. hould join in concerted fort by ..ovin nation 10 quaranun. l. nallrinl. kvhcn in epidemic of physical , atarti to ipreaa. ne no il, "the community Joint In .l.i.. nf the patlcnta In or- '. .ri iha health of the U jii". !llunliy against the apread of si." AT he nieana lo Infer It that hn wr tlireatene to apread. natloni of ths world ahouia to.elher to SUPPRESS TIIK CIO WINS OVER AFL IN DETROIT CITY ELECTION Lewis Candidates Qualify For Mayoralty, Council Races in Primary Vote Yanks Win Opener in. IS a resounding declaration new pollry. delivered with Presidents customary fond for dramatic surprise. But not forget thla sober second rht: sr-msd natlona can't ba quar- ,ed with wordi. It will hai done. If Hi l done, WITH 3. IKS' w quarantln a bouia In which thr la an Infection! .... II dnn't luil print a th.. nHiiri. Wa send police. And tha police ARE I ED. we Join !n a "quarantine-1 of inclined natloni. we will hue i-.n KOi.lilKUS. Otherwlae nnrerttd action the President ki of will be Ineffective aa inarmed league of natlona ha E natloni that don't want wir are thou that already thelri and want to keep what hate. The natlona that 1)0 war are the II AVK-NOTS. (ore we Join with th haves he suppression of the hav . we thould understand very ly that what we are doing lead ul tooner or later ISTO !;iiT. t)UNG GIANT SUES EDICAL JOURNAL IR CANDID STORY lll'ACO. Oct. IIP) Hob Kmeraon Wadlow, youthful n, III., giant whose case ex- I medical rurloalty ao much the dignified American Medl- lourmil published an article, inline It, estimated tonlRht thin scientific contribution embarrassed him to tho tune lMI.OOt). he world's reputedly '.Allen! an he sianda eight feet, alx In hi stocking feet and lis 4:r. pounila 'nlli'Ked pun- i-anilal and ridicule, disgrace puhllc hatred, contempt and ion had been heaped upon result of the article. filed his suit In circuit court -e someday he hopea to ap- as a practicing lawyer. ropy of the article In the 12, 1U.17, Issue of the Jour which discussed his case idly was attached to th bill. ie American Medlcan assocla- arllrle, written by Dr. Charles lumtiert, llernard, .Mo., and with the complaint, aaid In His exnresnlon la anrlv and liferent and he la definitely In- "ilve. apathetic and disinter- 'I. Unfrtemllv .nil tilnsnills- hls frequently voiced pllanla n s not my rnult that 1 am WAV.' inH 1 rii.ln'l htva in. Ik to do with my getting to be nis. tits soured altitude emtiilti.r.H 1.1... mllph lie Is Introverted and morose." EGON d:mo says RTY NOT SPLIT AIjKM. tll'l A I AV Hnalllt. mo 1,. Hlark Ba a member he United Htnto supreme 1 has not cnuscd any split In democratic pnrty, llopreacn- " NiincV Witnil Itnnnvmnn l Oregon dlslilrl, told mem- ' .Me iimrion bounty Ucnio- dull last night, 'a. Iloneyman attributed the faulting from Black' ap llpnt t ti,0 writng, ot ,ucn ''niMs a, Dorothy Thompaon Mrk Kulllvan. " apeaker referred to Rep atlve jmr, w Mott of ',rt dlairlct a -bitterly pr- DKTIIOIT, Oct. (An Th Committee for Induatrlal Organi sation, successful In nominating Ha candidate for mayor and city coiiiiillmen In yesterday's non partisan primary, claimed a "siihsiantlal victory" today In lie first major political campaign. CIO randlduiea did not lead the field, but Ita mayoralty can dldnte, Patrick II. O'llrlen, former democratic attorney gen eral of the alate, heal John W. Hmlth. present head of the city council who waa endorsed by the American Federation of I.ahor. Itlrhard W. Heading. present city clerk, was high man In the field of fire for the mayoralty nomination and will contest with O'Urlen In the November 2 elec tion. Itecord Vole Heading holds a withdrawal card from th Typographical union. Out of nearly S27.OO0 votes, tho largest number ever cast In a Detroit city primary. Heading received 1J7. 8: O'llrlen .!: and Hmlth 6S.827. Two other candldntea divided the remainder of th mnyoralty votes; Clar ence J, Mcleod, former repub lican congressman, with 19.642, and llslph A. I'hllhrook, an at torney, with I2&I. Not only did the CIO succeed in nominating O'llrlen but It placed Ita five candldatea for the city council among the 18 who will run tor lh nine council aeate In th November election. Although sli Incumbents, who had A. K or I.. Indorsement, led the field of (I candidates. Mau rice Rugar, attorney for the United Automobile Workers of America, plared seventh: Itlch (Continued on Pag Nine) WOMAN BANDIT DIES AS CAR OVERTURNS AT PRINEVILLE PHINEVII.I.K. Oct. (API A woman Identified by Sheriff R. B. Gross aa Mrs. Paul Hlark ford, Vancouver, Wash., died her today from Injuries suffered In an automobile accident as the aberlff pursued her and three men for questioning about the 1 1 4 9 robbery of the general store and postofflce at Post last night. Sheriff Gross said the other three. Identified aa Paul Fllark- ford, 23, husband of the woman and an army deserter, Charlea It. Heslop, 23. army deserter. Vancouver, Wash., and Hohert Morgan, 22, discharged soldier. were cut and bruised when their automobile, atemptlng a right angle turn, alrurk th cement pier of a bridge, overturned and was demolished. The trio la under arrest pend ing the filing of formal charges, which the sheriff said, would In clude armed robbery, robbery of a posiofflc and taking a stolen car over a atate line. Gross said the automobile driven hy the alleged robbers waa stolen from David Karr, Vancouver, wash., Monday evening. Ill tho automobile the sheriff said he recovered 189.60 of the loot. Homer Norton, atorekcep er, came here today and Idontl. fled the four as those who par ticipated in the holdup, Gross sam. Night Wire Flashes NKSHIOY COSII)KRi:0 IIVDK I'AHK, N. V.. (M. A (I'l'l President Itnosrvclt aald today he la considering: ratlins; a special amnion of rnngrciiA. starting between Nov, 8 anil Id, to consider rrop control, nages and hours, government reorgan isation, regional plnnnlng anil possibly a new court bill. OXK MISSING HII Willi l, Thursday, Oct. A (l') The I'. S. consulate today announced that five of alx Americans stationed at the American Presbyterian mission In Pnollng-Ku, Hnel province, hart lieen located, Mrs. Myrtle K. Pollock, still la iiiIssIiik, PATIKXTS KSCAPK MIKM, Ore., Oct. l'P) Three patients of the Oregon stale hospllnl, none of them violent, raraprtl toilny after picking a window lock anil jumping from their ward on the second floor. HTItlKK OVKR JOI.IKT, III., Oct. (IT) Hleamlng lref stew and the world aeries today won over the last recalcitrant "hnngor" atriker among Htatevlll pris on' 8400 Inmate. , - With seven runs In the sixth Inning the New York Yankee won the opening gam of the world series, 8-1 from th National atue Giants. Goofv Gomes (above) allowed only six scattered hits and kepi th Giants cornered except for on Inning, wnne llubliell blew up under the American leaguers' barrage and took the bench after six Innings. (8lory on Page 2.) FARM LEADERS COMING HERE WITH MARTIN Members of State Board of Agriculture to At tend Merrill Festival COURT TO PAY JUVENILE BILL Officer's Salary to Con tinue Until Budget of Department Exhausted Ralph Peyton Indicted on Double Count The county court voted Wed nesday to approve th 1212 sal ary and expense bill submitted for Juvenile Officer Helen Mc Carter laat week. Previously the bill was rejected because the court claimed that no provision for the amount had been mad In the budget. Th court acted after District Attorney Hardin Blackmer had le aned an opinion that th county should pay Ml" McOarter hr salary until Juvenll department funds ar exhausted. . Commissioner Hoy Taber of fered th motion on which the court voted favorably. Th court Indicated It would continue 10 pay the officer's salary until lh funds budgeted for the Juvenile department are gone. WINDSORS TO SEE GERMANY BEFORE SURVEY OF U. S. PARIS. Oct. t (AP) A close friend of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor said today the couple planned to leave for Germany Sunday on the first stage of the survey of lsbor problems which will lake them to the United Slates. It was understood the former British monarch and his Amerl-can-born bride would stay brief ly In the relch, then return to Parle to prepare for the more extensive study In the United States. Specific plans for the Ameri can trip have not been arranged. The duke has accepted engage ments for up to October 27 In Paris. The duchess, the former Wal lls Warfleld, was the center of attention last nlRht at th first official dinner given for them since their arrival In Paris after a honeymoon In central Europe. Th dinner was given by Edmond I.alihe. chief commissioner of the Paris exposition, aboard a minis lure of the liner Normandle In the Seine off the exposition grounds. The duchess wore a tailored dark blue redingote with a small blue felt hat that had a hand of red ribbon tied In a bow back of her hair. Her atorklngs matched her beige suede glovea and her slippers were dark blue with slender straps across th Instep. For Jewelry she wore two large gold clips, one with sets of pigeon blood rubles and th other with sapphires, on the right lapel of her coat, ruby, tipped ear rings of the anme d. sign, and several sapphire and gold bracelets on her left wrist. JURY COMPLETE FOR FITCH TRIAL AI.TURAS. Cel., Oct. (UP) Ilyron I.ee Kltcli. accuaed of kill ing Karl C. Smith near Tulelake July 21, will be tried by a Jury of 11 men and one woman. The Jury was completed todny. District At torney A. Kosner Wylle aald he would seek a first degree murder conviction and the death penalty. W'lllinm Archer, Modoc county surveyor, was the first witness called by Iho prosecution. He ex plained maps he had made of the scene of the crime. Hoy Dysart, deputy sheriff of Siskiyou county, told of meeting Filch on the way to Tulelak the day of the murder. He quoted Filch aa saying "I had to kill a man." A crowded courtroom heard the testimony. Indictment of Ralph Peyton on involuntary manslaughter charges and vigorous criticism of crowded conditions at the city Jail were outstanding features of the Klam ath county grand Jury report Wednesday afternoon. Peyton was indicted on two chargea, one Involving th death of Mildred Hicks and the other th death of Dewey Byrne. Both were killed In an automobile ac cident on the Lakevlew highway near the Junction. The Peyton case will now go to trial in circuit court. Not Knough Equipment The Jury'a report stated that in the city Jail there la not enoutn equipment or space fur the pris oner sometimes homed there. It say th Jail was built for 25 prisoner and that sometimes trier ar from 70 to 80 in the Jail. It also cited that there aro no aeparate quarters for women. It was pointed out In the re port that the Jail cannot be en larged In the basement wher it is now lorated. In addition Indictments were returned by the grand Jury against the following: William George Martin, forgery; John Reeder. burglary not In a dwell ing, and Robert George Rusk, larceny of livestock. Several secret Indictments were also returned, and bench war rants were being issued Wednes day. UNION HEAD DIES, FIVE INJURED IN HIGHWAY CRASH SAI.EM. Ore., Oct. (UP) A car crash on the Pacific highway near Huhbard last night snuffed out the life ot David C. Beck, 45 Vancouver, Wash., northwest man ager for the International Brother hood of Pulp and Sulphite Work ers. He waa no relation to the Seattle labor leader of the same name. The crash left five others seri ously Injured. They were Johu Sherman, 47, Port Angeles, Wash. vice-president of the brother hood, fractured vertebra, abra sions and lacerations; Mrs. Mary Sherman, about 40, fractured skull and lacerations, given only an even chance to recover: Mrs. Ruth Beck, 39, wife of the dead man. face cuts, injured ankle and elbow and bruises; Sam Neu feldt, 21. Dallas, fractured skull and Susie Dirk, 18, Dallas, face and hand cuts. Neufeldt was driving a light coupe with Miss Dick as a pas senger. Investigating officer said he apparently drove onto the high way from a sideroad as the heavy sedan bearing the others was go ing south on the Pacific highway. The cara crashed, both overturned and Beck was pinned under the sedan. The union party was en route to Salem to attend a Trades and Labor council meeting at Salem. The Injured were brought here while Beck died In an ambulance en route to a Woodburn hospital. CANBY MILL SET TO REOPEN AFTER MONTH SHUTDOWN Logging and mill operations will be resumed by the Big Lakes Box company at Canhy. Calif.. October 11, It was announced Wednesday by A. J. Voye, off! clal of the company. About 100 men are employed in the woods and mill crews, Voye said. The mill and logging camp about 10 mile aouth ot Canhy on th Canhy railroad, hav bon closed down tor th paat month. Recognition of Klamath' place aa a leading agricultural couuty of Oregon la seen In th visit the coming weekend of Governor Charlea II. Martin and the state's major agricultural officials. The occasion of the visit is th Mer rill potato festival, Friday and Saturday. It was announced Wednesday mat me members of the state board of agriculture, headed by inairman .viae Hoke of Pendleton, will come to town Friday with Governor Martin and Agricultural Director Solon T. While. To Merrill First Meeting at the Wlllard hotel at p. m., the agricultural board members are expected to leave Immediately for Merrill, where the Klamath potato growers' aj- aoclatlon will bold it annual aes-sion. Governor Martin bas written !c Henry Semon. president of the association, that accompanying mm win be Director White: inanea smith, assistant state county agent leader; Frank Mc- Kennon, chief of the division of plant industry; W. L. Close, sure supervisor of federal-state ship ping point Inspection, and E. it Jackman, farm crops specialist of Oregon State Agricultural col lege. Chief Banquet Speaker Members of the state board of agriculture, in addition to Hoke are Ed Geary, Klamath Kalis; It. A. Collins, Hood River: Fred Cockell, Milwaukee; Frank How ell, Hillsboro; G. A. Brown, Port land; G. H. Fullenwider, Carlton Governor Martin will address the potato growers In the after noon, will be the chief speaker at th Merrill banquet Friday even ing and will review the festival parade Saturday morning. He will be honor guest at a Wlllard hotel luncheon Saturday noon. This event is open to the public, and reservations should be made (Continued on page Nine) ROUND LAKE WOMAN APPARENT SUICIDE; HUSBAND HELD Mildred Dusenbury. about 21, apparently committed n 1 e 1 d e some time Wednesday afternoon at ber home near Round lake, of ficers reported last night. Gordon Dusenbury, th woman husband was held as a material witness. State police and sheriff's offi cers were called to investigate late in the afternoon. They said Mrs Dusenbury had evidently died about 2 o'clock In the afternoon but that witnesses could not re member the time nor could any one supply the motive for the act. The absence of any reason for the suicide was not considered to point to any possibility of mur der, officers stated, but a com plete investigation of the case is scheduled for today. The Dusenbury home Is near Round lake In the hills west Klamath Falls. They have a 2- year-old son. MALHEUR TRAPPER SETS NEW COYOTE CATCHING RECORD PORTLAND. Oct. I VPi A MbI heur county government trapper broke all records for catching predatory animals in a month by the use of traps alone when he turned in the ears of 244 coyotes and 12 wildcats In September. The record, exceeding by 100 animals any other catch ever made by a government hunter with traps, waa hung up by Robert E. Long. The previous record in Oregon was made by a Harney county hunter, who trapped 150 animals in August, . 1923, and again In the following September. Long' exploits cost him more than 8700. Had he been a pri vate hunter, he could have cul lected 13.50 for each set ot ears, Aa it ia, he gets his salary only $110 monthly. Long runs a trap line from Ironside mountain through the Jordan valley nearly to the Nevada line. During September, hunter took 1669 predatory animals 1483 coyotes, 66 wildcat and 80 stock-killing bear. High Man and Instructor Mi X ' 4 ,.. Jf irv; V''' I jJSrl lilu i ; I IS I I , ' ''X"r!t.'iiif. " '-'-sJ fcr' ' - j Tom Blackman (right), Henley high school boy, ranked high man for Oregon in livestock Judging last weekend at th Pacific International exposition in Portland. He ia shown with his teacher, A. W. Cole, Smith-Hughes instructor at Henley. Tom will go to Kansas City, Mo., tor the tenth anniversary event of Smith-Hughe work. October 14. He Is the son of Mr. and Mr. Will Blackman TWO ON WHEEL 8ALK.M, Oct. 6 iFi A case of alleged drunk driving pending in West Salem municipal court Is rare In that two persons are Joint ly accused. Mr. June Cooley was found guilty by a Jury ye terday and Alton Hurley, who was with her, will be tried next week. Both allegedly had hold of the wheel when th arrest wa mad. They live In Salem. Pittman Backs President on 'Quarantine' By ERNEST A. FOSTER United Press Staff Correspondent RENO. Nev., Oct. (UP) Japan's Invasion ot Chiqa can be stopped In 30 days wltbout a sin gle shot being fired. Chairman Key Pittman of the senate for eign affairs committee said t v night. 'It Is up to Great Britain and the other signatories of the nine- power pact guaranteeing China s territorial Integrity to respond unequivocally to President Roose velt's challenge," Pittman de clared. The president has suggested the method of compelling Japan to desist from its "barbaroua war fare of extermination," the sen ate president pro tern explained. by holding that Japan is dissem inating war disease which may In volve the rest of the world ana recommending that Japan should be quarantined "as every clvili.d community quarantines against contagious disease." "The neutrality act never was (Continued on Page Nine) NORTH BEND COOK FACING MURDER CHARGE IN DEATH NORTH BEND, Ore., Oct. " (UP) Howard Brown, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Brown of Empire, was dead tonight and Clarence R. Carroll, North Bend cook, was under arrest, after knife battle at Empire Sunday. Brown died at the Keller los- pltal here today. There had been little hope for his recovery after he was brought here, his ..lie minced from numerous knife cuts. Before the youth died Carroll had been bound over to the grand Jury on a charge of assault witb a dangerous weapon. District At torney Ben Flaxel said the charge would probably be changed to a more serious one, probably tomor row. Tho knifing occurred In front of n Empire beer parlor. Police did not know the cause for the battle. Carroll's wife, who recently sued for dlverce, charged then that her husband had threatened to use a knife on her. The woman was questioned by police but waa not held. BRITE CONVICTION UPHELD BY COURT SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6 F) Tbe atate supreme court upheld today the conviction and death sentence for John 11. and Coke T. Brlte for the murder of three men in Siskiyou county, August 30, 1936. The court held that the trial at Vreka of the Brite brothers bad been conducted "with commend able fairness." It waa held there was no re versible error In th trial. JAPAN TO TAKE STRONG ACTION Attempt to Halt "War In China Will Be Met by Force, Leaders State JAPS BREAKING 9-POWER PACT, U. S. DECLARES Formal Accusation Backs League Effort to Call Conference of Signeri By RAT G. MARSHALL Copyright. 1937, by United Press TOKYO, Thursday. Oct. 7 (UP) The Japanese foreign office today aierniy warned that Japan was prepared to take "strongest' measures In reply to the action ot the United States government, branding her a violator of the nine-power treaty. The foreign office spokesman said be had received no official information of the declaration In Washington, but added: "If it is true, our action will be the strongest." .Musi Win Earlier, a canvass of official and unofficial Japanese opinion disclosed that the nation was prepared to resist, with force of arms it necessary, any effort by the United States or other powers to force her to halt her war with China. , . The Japanese attitude Is that the Chinese undeclared war must be carried through to a smashing victory as quickly as possible "come what may." President Roosevelt's Chicago speech, calling for a "quarantine" ot aggressor nations, ao far has served only to harden Japanese determination to win a decisive victory and force a satisfactory "peace" upon China within four months It possible. Counting on Delay The Japanese are depending upon the traditional slowness ot International action, rivalries be tween the power aa manifested (Continued on Pag Nine) GENEVA. Thursday. Oct. t (UP) Th United States' formal condemnation of Japan wa hail ed by League of Natlona spokes men early today aa a virtual nrom- is that th United State will jola an emergency conference of nine- power treaty signatories. Fifty nation of the league as sembly yesterday approved a reso- ution convoking th nine-power treaty signer to deal with the far eastern conflict Washington' action waa gen erally Interpreted here as a sign that the United Statea is forming a common front" with those to nations. By JOHN R. BEAL United Press staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Oct, 6 (UP) The United State government to night threw Its support behlud effort ot th League of Nation to end Chlnese-Japaneae hostili ties when it formally branded. Japan a th aggressor in the con flict and accused ber ot violating tne nine-power treaty and th Kellogg-Brland anti-war pact. in a statement striking out al what President Roosevelt had de scribed a "world lawlessness." th state department publicly ac cused another nation of treaty violation for th first time sine post-war machinery has been la effect. While the statement did not ns th world "aggressor," It asserted that Japan' action In China la "Inconsistent with the principle which should govern the relation ships between nations and is con trary to provision of the nine power treaty of February 6, 1922. regarding principle and policies to be followed in matters concern ing China, and to those of tb Kellogg-Brland pact of August 27, 1928." Th nln-power treaty, which Japan signed, bound the power to respect the sovereignty, inde pendence and territorial integrity of China. The Kellogg-Briaud pact, signed by IS nations includ ing Japan and subsequently x 1 hered to by 48 others, denounced war as an Instrument ot national policy. The latest more took the United States a step closer to the league in connection with the Far East ern warfare. President Roosevelt'! (Continued on Page Nine) TOLEDO SAWMILL DEMANDS WAGNER ACT ELECTION PORTLAND. Oct (JP) Th C. D. Johnson Lumber company of Toledo, answering a national labor board complaint charging conspiracy to violate the Wagner act. demanded today that the board conduct "within 30 days" an election among the company' employes. A hearing is scheduled for next Monday on the charges, in whicn the Johnson company, the Mc Goldrick Lumber company ot Spokane and Potlatch Forests Inc., of Lewiston, the Industrial Employes' Union, Inc.. and a aaw mill operators' association ar named defendants. W. Lair Thompson, attorney tor the company, said hi answer showed that the employes selected tbe IEU as collective bargaining agency at an election conducted by the county election board and that a request that Charles W. Hope, regional director ot 'lie labor board, conduct a similar lection had received no response. The answer denied that tbe company fostered or took part In the organixation of the IEU, which was formed after th 4-L disbanded last spring. TODAY'S NEWS DIGEST LOCAL Jury of 11 men, on womap hears opening testimony In trial of Byron Fitch at Alturas. Pag 1. County court approve payment of Juvenile officer' salary until de partment funds exhausted. Page 1. California, Oregon employment official view potato picking labor situation here. Page 12. Governor Martin, high state agricultural officials, including member of state board of agri culture, to be here Friday and Saturday. They will attend the potato festival at Merrill. Page 1. Grand Jury Indict Ralph Pey ton on Involuntary tentative manslaughter charges, take crack at condition in city jail. Pag 1. GENERAL United States formally brand Japan treaty-violator, backing league effort to aid China. Fug 1. CIO candidates for Detroit city Jobs win over AFL In primary election. Page 1. Japan prepared to take strong action on International attempt to Intervene in war. Page 1. Senator Pittman urges eco nomic "quarantine" to end Slno Jap war "In 20 day." Pag 1. IN THIS ISSUE City Briefs Pg Comics and Story Page 10 Editorial ..Pig 4 Family Doctor Pag 4 High School News Pag 12 Market, Financial New.... Pag 8 Railroad Newa Pag 4 Recreation Note Pal 3 Sport -Page 2 V