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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1937)
The elamath News r wire SERVICE WEATHER NEWS . k ubB.rll to full Pair High 71 1 Low 4 At Midnight 44 at hour to II p. m. , .00 Season to data n Last year to data , ,o .Normal precipitation ,6a . Tiw. w"r,',' ""' J. kial' "" rumre lino - IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND o()5rrice Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1937 (Every Morning Except Monday) Editorials ldP oKn.lutM yc-fr-,bl, .. of lh Krt ;:,,. ..M. KU.- ,IC ranch at Adel. , l).o.td mil" by , v.irr hoi.'. """ lt been toW """" ,,,'rar UP I" "' of ., , good 40 nil lea on ' .I..'., been out I ? ltV. , JOSI, "IK" "" to be oul l least 17 ,")"' ,h,'y,'" MC U operated along w"n o. ifittrmtta rancli at p,s ...... Ih. I. K auic 5 IICTTrf STOCKS CLIMB SLOWLY FROM TUESDAY LOWS President Hints New Deal Not To Blame for Sell ing Streak in Market NEW YOHK, Ort. 20 (AP) RtockB ruahcd up tract lona to alx or mora points today aa fear generated by yealerday morn ing's collnpHA receded further in to I he background. The going waa not entirely iinooth. Steel aharei were drsg ay during early afternoon and thin kicked up a flurry of profit selling which cut down gulus In aonin Isauca. A lata rally In ateela and tuotora brought ttrih. and cattle ai.. . hlli.. .i,lrh left the rexulariy " th two. The Klamall) , ID lo 1"" lul1'' ,r01" tlrker tapa behind the market Broker nulit today's market waa a "natural" redound from tha severe tlownwiird thiiuip which hit holtom early Tuesday. Konta argued that If tha recov ary continued much further they ould expect the price Invela to ,nt require hlither math to fliura out that tha ...of tha KUtrctlge range 150 ntllea or more na leateo oy aeiiina oruera irom cilia ofHTatlon that thoa seeking qulrklurn proflta. A citlla , orrr that amount of !i quit an operation. d Writ, you ' 'o'1 "' ft. ( ihca rulers In named ll li a blonde, and ir.tlnaed on f'f Five) SHOT IN WILD SE THROUGH ITLE SUBURB ITLE. Oct. 10 (F) Two ii:ipfti ten ahot "d ! ind I third raptured thin i Id the Montlak district i Union, today, when po- js'ini an automobile which ltd police id .aklma UM iPIMd thfin, f thrm wan mured to th for ireaimfnti for bullet wo othtri, taken to th it Ion, ttvi th naraea of -iM, 20, a laborer, and hi (ten, 21, a mechanic. f (be mn wai nhot In the y. the other In the leg, po rti tald. to takn to the police aft i police car were "defiant i7," Patrolman Jack Hay- kl M. G. Trace, who cap- ra, uld. 'wo men were ahot aftor abandoned their automo inued on Page K I tent) L TO IGNORE IN IN PLANS ELECTION PI.AND. Orl. 20 (.P) See. State Krl Knell aald to- fulure political pinna IU nil upon the Intentlona of r Clurlen Martin. peiklnr hefore tha ra ti club, commented on re- li aallloit for the covcr- ntionttce he will run for un bclore forming hla own tha future, and for reaa- " 10 me. I houlri alve MHon lo hernnihiK rov- " "ill Hale." iho aoeretary aerimnn win not depord puinirni plana or Inlen tha prcnent chief aiecu- member of the hoard r.f ""ted he had been ao hi9 own Joh he hid Ime to consider "future O'titloned Ilufua llnlman nrr; p. j. stadleman Hate c rotary; Sam Homer Audi u f't'r Zimmerman, Dean "in McCornack and "'" repiibiicana who irmiial)le cnndldalea lUmda HtreliKtheueil It waa aald tha flood of ln iiulrlea received by brnkera Indi cated freah Inveatment demand attracted by tha recent price de cline. The ateepneaa of the fall. It waa atreaaed. appeared amply ta have dlacounted even peaai mlatlo eatlmales on icneral bual neaa. Tranaarllnna approximated 4, JOO.000 ahares. Tha bond market ran up aharply. Lower priced corporate leauca were henvlly brought with ralla and ut lilt lea out In front. V. S- government loans were aomewhat higher. Soft Beans and Civil War The auh-tltle of the above painting by Salvador Dali. Spanish artfat, Juatlflea the swift concfa alon that It la one of tha horrota of war. Dal! calls It "Soft Construction of Boiled Beans (Premlnl- tlon of Civil War)", and It la now on view before oh-lng and ah-lng and gosh-lng Plttsburghera, at the 35th annual International exhibition of palnt-lngs at the Carnegie Institute there. It took four th prlra. WASHINGTON. Oct. 50 (AP) President Kooaevelt aald today tha government muat improve (Continued on Page Eight) PELICAN BAY TO START OPERATIONS ON SYCAN MARSH Pelican Bay Lumber company la moving Its logging operations from the Diamond lake road to the Bycan country. The new main camp will be established about five mllea southeast of tho Duck Williams raqch. Operations on the new unit will begin In about 10 days. The company got In tha last loga from tha Diamond lake unit laat Saturday. Tha new unit ta aaat of the area In which the Lamm Lum ber company Is now IngRlng. Horace llrldgeford of the rcllcnn Hay company atnted that the new operations will utilize trucks, with tha logs transported to the mill at Pelican City over the Lamm rallrood to Chlnrhalo and ove tha Southern Pacific to Pelican City. Pelican Day company has re cently ahlpped aoveral carloads of cabins over the Lamm Una Into Its new operation. These cililna were brought from Bly. The present camp at the Dia mond lake road la to remain In tact, as Pelican Bay still has a considerable body of timber In that area and will resume cut-tl-g there later. PROSECUTOR OF MOONEY DIES SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. SO .T Charles M. Flckerl. 64, who as San Francisco district attorney sent Thomas J. Mooney and War ren K. Billinga to prison tor the 101 San Franelaeo Preparedness day bombing, died last night of pneumonia. Ha always Insisted hla prosecu tion of Mooney and Ullllnga was fair. He testified to that effect a few months ago In Mooney's habeas corpus proceedings before the stato aupreme court. L Contest for Republican Parly Leadership Seen In Ex-Candidate's Talk WASHINGTON. Oct. 20 (AP) Alf M. l-andon'a return to the political wara auggeated to some obaervera today tha poasibillty of a spirited contest between htm and Herbert Hoover for active leadership of the republican party. The Kanaan'a radio speech criticizing Itoosevelt policies came In the midst of etrorts by the former president to rally aentl menl for a mid-term parly con vention next your. Landon has been reported cool to the Hoover convention Idea and did not mention It last night. Kndorsement Inferred While he was speaking, the national republican club in New York deferred a vote on unro aerved endorsement of the pro posal. The resolution, offered (Continued on Page F.lght) Potatoes RAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20 (AP I'SDA) Potatoes: 1 Oregon car arrived; 6 unbroken, 10 broken cara on trnck; supplies moder ate, demand slow, market weak er, Oregon Klamath district Rus aeta. No. 1. 11.20-1.30. Califor nia Long Whltea SB cents to 11.00, few fl.10, choice 40-60 cents, LOS AXCKI.KS. Oct. 20 (AP USDA) Potatoes: 2 California cara arrived, 12 Idaho, 2 Ore gon; 45 unbroken, 38 broken cars on tracks; supplies moder ate, demand moderate, market ateady, Idnho Russets. No. 1 Im mature, SI. 20-1. 26, heat higher. Stockton Wisconsin Prides, good quality, Sl-36, fair quality 1.10, ordinary quality 85 cents. California, Oregon Form License Pact New reciprocity arrangements between Oregon and California in connection with automobile and truck licensee have been com pleted and coplea were received Wednesday at the chamber of commerce from Secretary of State Karl Snell. In addition to attempta to clarify these arrangements, the chamber of commerce, through tha office of Secretary Snell, is aeeklng a fuller understanding of (Continued from Page Eight) Here's a Big Spud Crop . I. . fe "At . .T . '"V. mnuf v.-j'.. I - -r- .mi r a a i i i a l PlctU! 'UafltAt "t nih. f" ,"I"'n Monday afternoon on the Henry 8cmon ranch on the Merrill road where, Uioe,, ',a"'" 'n the valley, potato harvest operations have started In a big way. Look at m the foreground they'll run 400 sacks to tha or on this piece of ground. OREGON JUSTICES TO BE GUESTS AT LUNCHEON TODAY PROBE STARTED IN AIR TRAGEDY Instruments Studied for Cause of .Utah Wreck; Relatives Claim Dead A luncheon In honor of four members of the Oregon supreme court, will be held at the Willard hotel at noon today. The affair is open to the public but reser vations must be ' made at the chamber of commerce before 11 o'clock. The Justices who will be the guests of the Klamath Falls chamber are: Harry Belt, John Hand, Hall S. Lusk and J. 0. Bailey. The party was at Ashlaud Wednesday to participate in the opening of the new Siskiyou high way and will travel from here to Lakevlew and thence to Pendle ton for a term of court. RACE FAN DIES AS HORSE TAKES LEAD BAY MEADOWS TRACK, San Mateo, Cal., Oct. 21 tl'P) A race track fan collapsed and died of heart attack as his horse, a long-shot, forged to the front In the third race at the Bay Mead owa track. The heart victim waa Identified as Howard White, Burllngame. Frlenria said he had placed a bet on Llthorome, a 10 to 1 shot. In the race. White arose to his feet as t'.ie horses pounded toward the fin ish Una with Llthorome in the lead, and City Slicker right be hind him. They appeared even as they crossed the line and offi cials called for a "photo finish" decision. But While never learned the result, as he collapsed as the algn went up, and died imme diately. Hla horse won. HONOLULU FAMILY FOUND SUFFOCATED HONOLULU, T. H., Oct. 20 iUP) Eight members of a Hono lulu family were found dead in their home here late today, the victims of suffocation caused by a faulty gasplpo connection. police Bald. The victims were: Mr. and Mrs. Kosaktt Kobay ashl and their six daughters. ranging from 8 to 23 years of age. Police said they believed the accident occurred last night Neighbors discovered tha bodies lata today. SALT LKE CITY, Oct 38 (L"P) Instruments dug from the wreckage of a giant United Air linea transport plane were studttd carefully tonight bv federal and Airline officials who hoped to learn from them what caused the ship to crash in tha Uinta moun tains Sunday, killing 19 persons. The most Important evidence to ba presented to a federal Inquiry, data for which will ba aet Satur day, was expected to ba provided Dy a delicate Instrument, the rc cording barograph, only recently installed in commercial airplanes. Will Show Path This bit of mechanism, which permanently records up and down movement ot aircraft, was re moved from tha wreckage - and brought her for examination. The Airline refused to reveal immediately what information was contained In tha barograph, but if the instrument waa working properly it will show how long the transport bad been flying at (Continued on Page Eight) Night Wire Flashes GROUP SAILS Ambassador Davis Makes Bid for Japanese Aid In Solving War Puzzle NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (UP) Norman Davis, U. 8. amhasssdor-at-large, made a bid for Japanese cooperation in the nine-power peace discussions as ha sailed to day for Brussels. Heading the American delega tion to the nine-power conference, Davis answered questions of news men with an assertion that he sincerely hopes" Japan will at tend. The statement was in an swer to the query o! a Japanese reporter. H aald tha United States does not "have In mind" tha Intention of branding Tokyo as an aggressor at tha conference. "We shall sit down at the con ference table," ba said, "Ilka In telligent and peace-loving human beings, seeking a peaceful solu tion." SOVIET BLAMED TOKYO, Thursday. Oct. 81 (UP) The Dome! (Japanese) Xeaa Agency said today It hail received reports from "certain quarters, believed to be Brit Ixh India, that a Soviet air force had invaded! Stnkian, west of Mongolia, and bombed cltiea along the Tibet border. TO FIGHT PENSION PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 90 (UP) Ben T. Osborne, exec utive secretary of tho Oregon State Federation of Iibor to night warned tha 425 unions under the federation banner t resist efforts to call a special session of the legislature for the purpose of enacting old age pension legislation. SEATS RESERVED BALTIMORE, Ort. St (IT) Sofiiebod)' at the White Hons plans to sea the play "I'd llathcr He Right" In which (eorge M. Cohan Impersonate Iresldcnt Rooaecvelt, It was In dicated today when six seats were reserved for "Mrs. Roose velt's secretary" and Col, K. W Starting of the secret service. TWO HURT HALFWAY, Ore., Oct. HO (IT) A dynamite blast at tha Cornucopia mine near here to day left two men Injured, ona seriously. Paul Steinard, 88, lost an eye when bits of rock flew Into his face. He also received a broken arm and lac. era! Ions. Louis Boyer, BO, wa leas seriously burU NEW YORK, Oct. 20 IJPl Streaalng that tha United States has "no commitments," Morman H. Davia, bead of the American delegation to tha nine-power con ference on the Sino-Japanese con flict, sailed with his delegation to day on the United Statea liner Washington. The conference, called npon the invitation of tha Belgian covern ment, will begin October 30 at Brussels. Ambassador Davis said briefly: "It is not possible to say what atepa will ba taken or what our course will be. "Open-Mlnded" "We are open-minded. Wa have no commitments. We are deter mined to study every possibility for a peaceful solution of tha Sino Japanese conflict and an early termination." With Davis were Dr. Stanley Hornbeck, far aaat advisor to the secretary of state; J, Plerrepont Moffat, chief ot the European divi sion of the state department; Rob ert T. Bell, atate department at tache who will serve as prase of ficer, and Charles E. Bohlen, sec retary ot the delegation. In addition to the United Statea eight other signatories to the treaty Great Britain, France, Japan, China, Italy, Portugal, Bol- (Contlnaea on Page Eight) FEW TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE HERE FOR EUGENE GAME A few more special tickets are available for the Oregon-Oregon State Homecoming game at Eu gene Saturday, lt was learned last night. These may be had at the Southern Pacific ticket office. These tickets were Issued espe cially for Klamath and Lake county fans, who will be seated together at the game In a special reserved section. Two parties are scheduled to leave Klamath Falls by train for the game. The first will be aboard the train leaving at 9:40 p. m. Friday and the second will leave at 6:40 Saturday, the latter ar riving In Eugene at noon Satur day. Others are planning to make the trip by automobile. A special rate of S5.05 for tin. roundtrip is offered by the South- era Pacific for the occasion, with the holder allowed to return at any time within seven days. Indications from Eugene Wed nesday were that the game waa on the verge ot a complete sell out. . LAST 1913 LIBERTY NICKEL RECOVERED MEXIA, Tex., Oct. 20 (UP) It was Just a hunch that made Carroll Wade, 13, think that a nickel he had might be worth something more than five pennies. He took it to a Dallas bask to day. The surprised bankers quickly called a numismatist In Fort Worth. The numismatist of fered $660 for the nickel. Carroit took the offer under advisement. The coin, according to the ex perts, la a "liberty head" minted in 1913. Only five of the nickels were made. Three of them are now In the Metropolitan museum, another was lost at sea, and Car roll has the fifth. BONES FOUND IN CAMPFIRE ASHES MARTINEZ, Cal., Oct. 20 (UP) Police reported today that a num ber of human bones were found in the aahes ot a camptlre on the summit ot Mt. Diablo. Deputy Sheriff Ralph Harrison said a "piece ot metal" also bad been found In tha ashes. The mountain summit, 3800 feet high. Is a favorite retreat of hikers and campers. Laboratory analysis ot the bones waa to be made, the police aald. Embalmed Body Found in Blazing Car EDINA, Mo., Oct. 20 (UP) Investigators admitted tonight that they had found only meager cluea which might lead to the Identification or an embalmed body found in a blazing auto mobile near here today, The possibility that the body was that of Charles 8. Rons, wealthy 72-year-oid retired Chi cago manufacturer who waa kid naped a month ago, was discard ed after an examination, the state highway patrol announced. Patrolman Orin Kanan aald the skull had a scar which appar ently was due to a mastoid oper ation. Ross bad no such scar, officials said. Hose also had en abdominal arar which the body did not bear, according to authorities. An inquest waa called for 10 a. m. tomorrow, when an autopsy will be performed. The body was found in a car carrying Minnesota license platce (continued on Page Eight) DEFENSE IRKS JAP GENERAL IL DUCE DROPS DEFIANT STAND Dangerous Franco-British Threat Brings Italian Plan for Spanish Case Commander Takes Per sonal Charge To Study Strategems in Attack SHANGHAI, Thursday, Oct. 21 (UP) Lieut. Gen. Iwane Matsui, aupreme commander of the Japa nese forces around Shanghai, waa reported today to have gone to the front to direct personally a massed Japanese offensive against Tazang. six miles northwest of the international settlement. Chinese asserted that Mataui and Vice Admiral Kiyoshl Haae gawa were worried about the in ability of the Japanese troops to advance and were seeking "new strategems and tactics." Offensive Stopped The Chinese foreign office boasted In Nanking that the Japa nese offensive, aimed at trapping nearly 200.000 Chinese troops en trenched In tbe Cbapel-Kiangwaa area Just north of the settlement, had been stopped. ' It said Chat although the Japa nese forces were four times as strong as those on tbe same front in 1932, they have been able to cover only one-third as much ground as they held then even though tbe present battle has lasted 28 days longer. Chinese estimated that there were 150,000 Japanese troops in the Shanghai area, supported by 100 warships, 400 planes aad 2000 heavy guns. Chinese forces were put at 400,000 men. Thirty Japanese planes bombed (Continued on Pag Eight) . JURY COMPLETED FOR GOLFER TRtAL ELIZABETHTOWN, N. Y., Oct 20 fJP) A Jury ot 12 north coun try men was completed today to try John Montague, pal of Holly wood notablea, on a seven-year-old robbery charge. Selected after two days of ex haustive examination by both de fense and prosecution, the Jury Includes three carpentera, two farmers, a youthful service sta tion proprietor, a plumber and a painter. Montague, accused of the S700 robbery of a roadhouse, sat In court throughout the Jury selec tion, conferring frequently with bis counsel. By RICHARD D. M'MILLAX United Slates Staff Correspondent LONDON, Oct. 20 (UP) Pre mier Benito Mussolini, running op against a dangeroua Franco-British threat, dropped his defiant attitude tonight and agreed to collabarate In a plan to withdraw his fascist black shirts and other foreign "volunteers' from Spain. II D uee's conciliatory gesture, which came as a surprise even to Italian diplomats In Rome, held out hopes of Bolving a three-way deadlock within fhe non-intervention committee and averting a crisis crammed with possibilities ot war. Progress Seen The non-intervention delegates, quick to aeize upon Italy's con sent to sending a neutral "volun teers" commission to Spain at once, agreed that it constituted a substantial degree of progress' and asked that immediate ateps be taken to put the proposals into operation. Italy and Germany announced that they bad withdrawn their objections to Franco-British pro posals whereby belligerent righte will be withheld from Spanish tactions until '"token" withdraw als of volunteers have been car ried out. Until today the Rome Berlin axis demanded simultan eous recognition of belligerency. Three Point Statesmen believed that Musso lini, s&able to budge Britain and France from their demands that he clear out of Spain, had come to the conclusion that be could : count on no further capitulations to his policy. The new Italian proposal pro vides: 1 Immediate dispatch of a commission to Spain to estimate tbe numbers of volunteers In both the Insurgent and loyalist ranks, and finding the most feasible means of withdrawing them. 2 Studies by the commission (Continued on Page Eight) PICTURES OF MATTSON SUSPECT SENT TO TACOMA SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20 (UP) Photographs ot a 40-yeawold man held In Mountain View, Cal., as suspect in tbe Charles Mattaon kidnap-slaying were brought here tonight to be placed aboard a United Air Lines plane tor Ta coma. Wash., where they will be viewed by members of the family of tbe slain youth. Tbe pictures were taken today at the Mountain View Jail, where the man was held, by the federal department ot Jirstlce, and imme diately ordered taken to Tacoma. The man wa questioned at length by G-men today, but agent declined to make any comment. Chief Police Louis Gray of Mountain View said a vagrancy charge had been placed against the man and his hearing set for Saturday. Gray said the man waa a "dead ringer" for the composite photo graph of the kidnaper-slayer of Charles Mattson which was dis tributed to alt police last Decern' ber. , The man was arrested In a hobo "Jungle" by Gray. "His profile fits the picture, hi beard is similar, and other de scriptive marks meet the general descrption sent out," Gray said. TODAY'S NEWS DIGEST LOCAL Reciprocity agreement between Oregon and Caiitornia In connec tion with motor vehicle licenses announced. Page 1. Pelican Bay Lumber company moves logging operations from Diamond lake road to Sycan terri tory. Logs to be shipped to Pel ican City over Lamm road to Chinchalo and thence over South ern Pacific. Page 1. Meeting of national resources committee for this dtstrlct to be held in Klamath Falls October 25. Tage 5. GENERAL London's forceful reentry Into national politics with attack on Roosevelt administration pres ages break between Kansan and ex-President Hoover In fight for GOP leadership, belief,. Page 1, Stock register general, though Irregular, advance In rebound from Tuesday collapse. Presi dent defend new deal's finan cial policies In addres. Pag 1. V. a, delegation to nine-power conference, sails tor Brussels. Page 1, Mussolini backs down In de fiant attitude as Britain, France threaten independent action la removing volunteers from Spain. Page 1. Japanese high commander In Shanghai takes personal charge of attack to see why Chinese stop advances. Page I. Instrument of wrecked plan studied In search ot reason for crash. Coroner completes In quest over bodies. Page 1, Embalmed body of man found In blazing car. Identity puzxtes police. Page t. IV THIS ISSUE City Briefs Comics and Story ............ Courthouse Records . Editorials Family Doctor High School News Market, Financial New.. Railroad New .. .... Recreation Note ............ Sports ... South-End fsewl ,. .Pag B .Page 12 -Page 4 .Page 4 .Page 4 -Page .Page II ..Page S ..Page 14 ..Page 3 ..Page
