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in Philippines and
Foe Retreats
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On Mindanao
' Chinese Regain Former
U. S. Airbase; Fires Still
Blaze in Bombed Nagoya
21st BOMBER COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS, Guam, Wed
nesday, March 14 (AP)
American Superfortresses, bent
upon destruction of Osaka's
"hidden factories," put the
torch to Japan's second largest
city early today.
Osaka is one of the most im
portant industrial and shipbuild
ing centers in the empire. Its
Industries Include electrical
equipment companies, ship
building yards, iron and steel
works and oil refineries.
(By The Associated Press)
Japanese retreated before" ad-
. vancing allied troops on three
Philippines and two China Fronts
today, abandoning two airfields
and eight towns.
Forty-first division infantry
men on Mindanao in the southern
Philippines and two China fronts
four villages north of that ancient
fortress and nearby San Roque
airdrome from which bombers
ran raid oil-rich Borneo. Japanese
, noandoned the strongest fortifl-
cations yet encountered in the
southern or central Philippines,
and retreated toward the hills.
Eleventh airborne division
troops captured Los Banos, for-
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In the Day's Hews
By FRANK JENKINS
UASHINGTON. Last night was
ff the first Saturday night of
the midnight curfew. It went off
quite peacefully and happily here.
As a matter of fact, it amounted
to no more than the moving up
of the clock when "war" time hit
us several years ago. People mere
ly started earlier and quit earlier.
Washington hasn't done much
complaining about the curfew.
The squawks come from New
York, where painting the town.
red is a leading Industry.
HERE on the Potomac, it was all
quiet and orderly as such
things go. The so-called night
spots meaning all places where
food and drink and entertainment
are provided had previously
posted notices around asking their
patrons to begin leaving as near
11:45 p. m. as is consistent with
the great American institution of
- IllUlll-bUULUIfg, illlU 111 IUC 11ICUI1
the response was good.
By the witching hour of 12, the
streets were filled with crowds
that were somewhat less . noisy
that the average New Year's eve.
Maybe they went home. The fed
eral authorities aren't YET tak-
ing people home and putting
them to bed and setting it down
In the books when they got there
and In what condition. So we
'Continued on page 2)
Roseburg School District's
Population in 1944 Highest
In Ten Years, Census Reveals
Population of Roseburg school district No. 4 Increased from
6790 in 1943 to 7479 In 1944 according to compilation based on the
school census report, Paul S. Elliott, city superintendent of schools.
The school census recently was taken by H. B. Church and has
been compiled by the school authorities. The current roll shows 1887
children of school age, of which
number 956 are boys and 931 girls.
The school census is calculated by
the U. S. Census Bureau to be
25.23 per cent of total population.
The figures are given only for
the school district and do not
include other immediately adja
cent areas, such as Edenbower,
Superintendent Elliott points out.
A ten -year comparison of
school census and population
figures is given by Mr. Elliott as
ROSEBURG,
Rev. Burns Jenkins, Noted
Liberal Clergyman-Editor,
Summoned by
EL CENTRO, Calif., March 13.
Kansas City minister and writer,
aged 75. 1
He was best known for his
pastor of the Linwood Boulevard
he introduced church dinners on
prayer meeting nights and Sun
day evening dances for youth of
his congregation,
For two years, rrom laia to 1
1922. he combined his pastoral
dutlps with those of editor and
publisher of the Kansas City Post
and was widely known also as a :
lecturer and author.
When the Linwood Boulevard
church was dedicated in 1909, a
Catholic priest, Jewish rabbi and
ministers of various Protestant
denominations joined in the serv-1
ice.
He conducted a psychiatric
clinic In connection with thp Lin
wood church, placed William
Gibbs McAdoo In nomination at
the 1920 democratic national con
vention at San Francisco and
served by annointment of the
governor of Missouri upon the
stae athletic commission, which
had control of professional boxing
in the state.
Previous to accepting a
nastorate in Kansas Citv, Dr. Jen
kins served successively as presi
dent of University of Indianapo
lis and president of University of
Kentucky. He eliminated restric
tions concerned with bantism for
membershipiin his church, accept
ing .all. who would sign the- roll
upon expressions of faith only.
He is survived by his widow
Meeting Slated to Ask
Ban on Nisei's Return
GRESHAM, Ore., March 13 -
(AP) A public meeting to seek
congressional action rescinding
the order permitting Japanese to
return to their coastal nomes De-
fore the .end of the war will be
held in Gresham tonight.
Oregon Property Owners Pro
tective league, the sponsors, an
nounced that speakers will In
clude George Crandell, Seattle at
torney, and state representative
Warren Erwln, Portland. Erwln
is co-author of a legislative mem
orial to congress opposing return
of the Japanese.
Dale Bergh, Damascus farmer
and chairman of the league, also
will speak. He has appealed a cir
cuit court ruling that the farm he
had leased should be returned to
Its Japanese-American owner.
Drowned Man Brother
Of Roseburg Resident
Oscar R. . Farrls, who was
drowned yesterday in the Coquille
river, was a brother of Mrs. Paul
Dusseau of Roseburg. The body
has not yet been recovered but
when It is, Mr. and Mrs. Dusseau
plan to go to Coquille. Mr. Farris
was drowned while trying to re
cover a boat which became freed
from Its moorage.
Marquee Saves Man In
Fall of Seven Stories
SEATTLE, March 13. (AP)
An iron marquee broke his fall
and saved the life of Eric Mackcy,
merchant seaman, who plunged
trom nis seventn floor hotel room
window earlv today. He suffered
shock and head and back hurts.
Police reported they found a
bjoody razor in his room.
follows:
Year Schools Total
1935 1,716 6.801
1936 1,816 7,198
1937 1.676 6.643
1938 1.696.. 6.722
1939 . 1,702 6.746
1940 1,712 .6,785
1941 1,690 6.P98
1942 1,573 6.235
1943 1,713 6,790
1944 1,887 7,479
ORESOk. o?AY, MARCH 13, 1945
Death at 75
(AP) Dr. Burris A. Jenkins,
died at his winter home here today,
.
advocacy of liberal religion while
church in Kansas City, Mo., where
I :
Burris A. Jenkins
and three sons, Burris Jenkins,
Jr., newspaper cartoonist; Paul
Andrew Jenkins, publisher of a
newspaper here, ; andi Logan
Hocker Jenkins,- lieutenant com
mander in the United Mates
navy.; -
Roosevelt Asks
Billions for Navy
WASHINGTON.' March 13,
(AP) President Roosevelt asked
congress today to appropriate
$23,719,153,050 for the navy for
the fiscal year l45-4b.
He requested additional con
tract authorizations of $3,088,012,-
624, of which 1,513.012.624 repre
sent new authorizations and &l,-
575,000,000 Is continued available
from tbe current fiscal- year.
Of the new budget, about four
and one-half billion is to pay for
contracts previously authorized.
A $259,10J,7Uii iour-agency sup
nlv bill more than half of it for
tht rapidly expanding state de
pnrtment and a Juvenile-ci ime
worried justice department -received
house i-npropriatlons com
mittee approval today.
Its overall total was $23,226,008
more than the same departments
received for the current year.
2nd Lieut. W. O. Goodlow
Killed in Luzon Combat
Second Lieutenant William O.
Goodlow. son of Mrs. Florence
Goodlow. 444 Ella St.. Roseburg,
previously reported missing in
action, was killed Jan. 8 while in
combat in Luzon, according to an
official message received by the
mother today. His wile, the ior-
mer Lucia Britton, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Britton. form
erly of Roseburg and now located
at Corvallis, is serving as a corp
oral in the Women's reserve, U. S.
marine corps, stationed at ban
Diego.
Two-Year Extension of
CCC Voted by House
WASHINGTON. March 13
(AP) The house voted Monday
to extend the life of the Com
modity Credit coporatlon for
two years beyond June 30, and
to Increase itr borrowing power
from $3,000,000,000 to $5,000,000,
000.
The action came after the ad
ministration assured congress of
prompt punishment for any CCC
employes found to have given
confidential tips to market specu
lators.
The legislation now goes to a
senate-nouse conference.
Fish Tax Bill Passed
By Senate of Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska, March 13
(AP) The senate yesterday pass
ed a fish tax bill. It sets a tax
of 8 cents per 48-can case on sock
eye, red and king salmon and 4
cents per case on other varieties.
It also raises the tax on hand
driven fish trans from $50 to $75
and on pile traps from $200 to
$300, and ups the tax on fish tak
en over 100,000 from $2 to $4 for
every additional 1,000 fish.
If'-'
BeaK
China
Tax Proposals
For Voters Go
To Senators
SALEM, Ore., March 13 (AP)
The Oregon legislature's big
gest piece of business the four
bills to call a special election June
22 to provide revenues lor schools
andnew buildings for higher ed
ucation . and state institutions
was near final approval today,
when the senate wavs and means
and taxation committee sent the
house-approved bills to the sen
ate floor with a favorable report.
The committees, however, rec
ommended that only those bills
be on the ballot, while the house
had voted to put on the special
ballot all measures referred by
the legislature to the people.
The bills would levy a 2-ceht
per pack tax on cigarets to give
schools an additional $2,000,000 a
year, levy a property tax of-5
mills for two years to raise jau,
000,000 for the new buildings,
and increase the annual amount
of income tax surpluses given to
schools from $5,000,000 to $a,uuu,
000. This latter bill will not be on
the ballot, and the property tax
would be conceled by income tax
surpluses
Fish Board Item Prunea
The 1oint ways and means com
mittee voted to introduce a bill
to increase the state's share of
pari-mutuel racing receipts from
3 to 41 per cent,, and thus give
the state a revenue from this
source of $356,480 a biermium.
give the fish commission, for ex
nonaea for the next two years,
$356,000, compared witih the $560,-
000 the commission asKeu. .
The committee still nas- tne
hills to create civil service lor
state emploves and retlrment for
public employes, the firemen's
pension bill, and the bill to reor
ganize the- state board of health.
he nouse sent 10 ine kuvcihu.
bills providing that the gift tax
shall not apply to persons who
came under the 1943 community
property law, which has been re
pealed by this legislature; and in-
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Fugitive From
Reedsport Nabbed
Cecil Madison Myers, 35, who
recently escaped from the Reeds
port Justice court, has been re
turned to Roseburg from Port
land, where he was recently ar
rested, Sheriff O. T. Carter re
ported today.
Mvers was arrested at Reeds
port on a charge of having stolen
property in nis possession, me
sheriff reported. During arraign
ment In the justice court he was
granted permission to go to the
lavatory and made his escape
through a window and over eoi
adjoining roof. Circulars were is
sued by Douglas county author
ities and he was picked up In
Portland by the sheriffs office
there.
Sheriff Carter announced that
in addition to the charge of pos
sessing stolen property, Myers
also will face a charge of Jail-
breaking. He was indicted bv the
recent grand lury, the indict
ment being hel secret pending
apprehension of the fugitive.
Fine of $100 Paid for
Attempting to Gaff Fish
Changing his plea from" in
nocent to guilty, Cecil R. Harris
recently arrested on a charge of
pursuing and attempting to take
food fish bv means of gaff," paid
a fine of $100 in the Roseburg
nistice court. Judge Thomas Hart-
fiel reported today. Harris re
portedly was arrested while fish
ing illegally on Little river.
Traffic fines paid into the Rose
burg court were reported by
judge Hartiiel to Include Flovd
Beck, $15, trailer overload; Roy
v. Long, $10, overload: Clell L.
Alford, $20, overload, and W. A.
Sahr, $15. overload. - ,
Fala of First Family
Daddy of Twin Daughters
RHINFv BECK, N. Y., March
13. (AP) Fala Is the father
of twins.
Dr. Thomas Sheldon, veter
inary, announced today that
two daughters were born
March 9 at the Sheldon ca
nine hoioltal to President
Roosevelt's famed cottle and
Buttons, owned by Miss Mar
Baret Buckley pf Hyde Park.
45-59
Vf 1
ON FISH BOARD Rep. Earl
Hil, above, merchant of Cush
man, Lane county, and veteran
Oregon legislator, who has been
appointed by Governor Snell to
he state fish commission, suc
ceeding the late L. A. Cutlip of
North Bend.
One Day's Wage
Standard Set for
Red Cross Giving
A standard of one day's pay for
all employed persons has been
set as the suggested contribution
to the American Ked ctoss war
fund drive, Tommy Atkins,
county chairman, reported today.
. "Before the war the Red Cross
solicited memberships on the
basis of $1 per -person." . Atkins
said.' "In those days the Red
Cross requirements were far less
than in these times, wnen acti
vities are being carried on throu
ghout the entire world and war
services are of vital importance
everywhere. .
"The Red Cross is asking for
$200,000,000, more than 10 times
its budget in peacetime days,"
Atkins said. "Consequently our
contributions should be in pro
portion. The equivalent of one
day's earnings for every employ
ed person Is a national suggestion
end, if observed, would raise the
amount needed by the Red Cross
to continue its activities."
The Douglas county goal, At
kins states, has been placed at
$30,000.
West Coast Fruit Price
Ceilings Discussed
SAN FRANCISCO, March 13
(AP) Fruit growers of Cali
fornia, Oregon and Washington
today conferred with government
agencies to determine an equit
able price celling for their perish
able 1945 crops.
The growers yesterday began
discussions with OPA, War Food
administration and National Ad
visory committee members to set
the minimums and maximums on
pears, apricots, plums, prunes,
sweet cherries and table and wine
grapes.
The sessions were closed to the
press but findings will be forwar
ded, to Washington lor final cell
Ing fixing determination.
War Bonds Bind Culprit
OGDEN. UTAH. March 13
(AP) A 16-year-old youth was
fined $50 on a charge of stealing
government property.
The judge allowed him to pay
the fine on the Installment plan
but only after he posted three war
Donas as security.
Von RundstedtWounded , Out
Of Command, Report; Chaos
Said Prevalent in Germany
BERN, Switzerland, March 13. (AP) Frontier reports said
today that von Rundstedt no longer was in command of the Germans
on the western front, and one unconfirmed account said the nazl
general had been wounded.
Advices from across the border reflected growing tension In the
German homeland, particularly in
Munich, where the nazl gauleitcr
was said to have warned all party
officers to avoid circulating in
worker sections of the city be
cause the police no longer were
strong enough to guarantee safe
ty. However, rumors of outright
revolt In Munich were not con
firmed. Weil Informed observers here
speculated that Hitler might stage
aome new surprise, such as the
use of gas, or some other new
weapon, to stem the allied tide,
but agreed that whatever the
fuehrer decides, lt must be done
quickly.
Throughout Germany, reports
hero state, there Is confusion, re
sentment and outright resistance
galnst new reductions In food.
travel and cooking privileges as
nazl leaders seek to slow allied
advances in the east and west.
Heights in mtBattie,
Reds Capture Kuestrin
Oder Crossed,
Trap on Baltic
Cities Closing
LONDON. March 13. (AP)-
Soviet troops are attacking power
fully north of Frankfurt in an at
tempt to expand their bridge
heads over the Oder river, the
German high command said to
day after Moscow announced cap
ture of the east Dank fortress of
Kuestrin.
The nazl command said the
Russian assaults were held, and
declared Germans still were fight
ing in the soutnern fringes of
Kuestrin, 38 miles east of Berlin.
16 miles north of Frankfurt and
one of the three biggest fortresses
guarding the uerman capital.
Moscow still had not officially
reported any crossings of the
Oder, but dispatches said three
red army groups apparently were
being disposed for an assault on
the German capital. Kuestrin,
churned to rubble, fell after five
days of hand-to-hand battle, the
Russians said.
Field dispatches make it plain
that the Germans have assem
bled a great concentration of
flghtlne reserves west of the
Oder. Minefields stretch for miles
no and down the river on the
Beriin side. The big highway and
railway bridges at Kuestrin have
been wrecked.
The German communique t Jld
of local breaches by red nrmy
troops beating toward Stettin
(Confined on page 6)
Sergeant Jack E. Trew
Killed in Italy Action
Staff Sergeant Jack Edward
Trew, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S.
Trew, 931 Fairfax, Birmingham,
Michigan, and a nephew of Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Ritchie, Roseburg,
was killed in action In Italy, Feb.
oi, according to word received
here. He jwas a member "of the
86th mountain infantry, wljich
trained at' Camp Hale, Cfcio.
He was well known in Rose
burg and vicinity, having Bpent
his summer vacations for several
years on the Ritchie farm near
Roseburg. He attended Oregon
State college, where he was a
member of Beta Theda PI frater
nity. His parents visited in Rosebunr
with Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie during
February. Mrs. Trew and Mrs.
Kitcnie are sisters.
Handley Named District,
Attorney of Multnomah
SALEM, Ore., March 13 (AP)
Thomas B. Handlev. appointed
by governor Snell as Multnomah
county district attorney to suc
ceed James R. Bain, was sworn in
by Secretary of state Farrell yes
terday.
Handley has served for many
years as chief criminal deputy in
tne district attorney's office.
Bain yesterday became circuit
judge, succeeding judge Frank
lin C. Howell.
Tot Again Gives Year's
Savings to Red Cross
REDWOOD FALLS, Minn.,
March 13 (AP) Mary Jo
Zltmann's contribution to the
Red Cross was her year's
savings.
Mary Jo, who Is six,
counted up the pennies and
nickels and dimes she had
saved In a year and turned
In $7.10. The Red Cross got
her tavingt of $2.63 a year
ago, too.
Banditry and partisan activity
were aeciarea increasing.
Slave Workers on Loose
A private report from Berlin
stated that at least 100.000 for
eign workers had left their Jobs
recently, and that some got
through to meet the advancing
allies, utners were reported wan
dering about Germany. Travelers
were beginning to tell of trains
being derailed by these foreign
ers, who robbed the freight cars.
Workers committees against
the nazi regime were reported
operating in Fssen, Muehlhclm,
Duesseidorf and Dortmund, and
reliable Information indicated
that the Infamous prison camp at
Dachau has become a center of
resistance.
More than 50 political prison
ers were said to have escaped
iContiued on page 61
Bombers Destroy
Dortmund, East
Gateway to Ruhr
LONDON, March 13. (AP)
Another German city In the path
of the allied armies on the west
ern front was written off as dead
today after a shattering attack
on Dortmund by more than 1,100
British bombers which dropped
about 5,000 tons of explosives on
mat eastern gateway to the Ruhr
in 29 minutes yesterday.
It was the biggest davllght at
tack ever staged by the RAF,
which also kept the allied aerial
offensive rolling through the
night by sending its Mosquito
bombers against Berlin for the
21st successive night.
uortmund is tne second largest
city in the industrial Ruhr valley.
and while previous bombings had
just about knocked it out as a
manuiacturing center it was still
Rervine as a maior trnnsnortatlnn
hub. Nearly all troops and sup
plies bound for the western front
passed through the city.
Five bombers failed to retlirn.
Up to 1,000 bombers of the U.
s. isth air force Joined in the at
tack yesterday, drouolnu 1.650
tons of bombs on nazl oil Installa
tions in the Vienna area. Other
Ilaly-based bombers attacked Ger
man ran communications in Aus
tria, Yugoslavia and . northern
iiaiy. une fortress was lost.
Dimes Comprise
Reedsport Sign
A 16-foot board, bearing the
words, "Reedsport, Oregon," In
letters one foot in height, each
letter being composed of dimes,
was received in Roseburg Mon
day by Roy Sunderland, county
chairman of the infantile paraly
sis fund campaign, from E. G.
Dunn, March of Dimes chairman
at Reedsport. The board contains
1,370 dimes, each placed Heads
up on the board which was de
signed and donated bv Frank T..
Taylor, Rpcdspbrt haidware mer
chant. The tinarH is hfnged in the
center to facilitate shipment ;
Representing 22 hours of labor
In laying out the sign, pasting on
the dimes, etc, the board is being
prepared by Chairman Sunder
land for shipment to President
Roosevelt. -. . ,
The Reedstiort community rais
ed a total of $835 in the infantile
paralysis campaign.
Professorial Peons Put
On 'Varsity' Auction Block
BLOOMTNGTON. 111.. March 13
lAf) some of the faculty
members at Millikin university
were put on the auction block at
a "Slave" sale to raise money for
the building fund campaign.
Miss Elizabeth Travis,- piano
professor, was "sold" for $8 to a
sorority and must give a 15-mln-ute
concert; assistant Dean E. P.
fioenges'has to press four skirts
in the home economics room, and
Dr. C. A. Godcharles has to bake
a cake for a sorority.
Unfavorable Report on
REA Nominee Turned In
WASHINGTON, March 13
Senator Thomas, democrat. Okla.
home, Monday filed with the sen
ate an unfavorable report on the
nomination oi Aunrey Williams
to be rural electrification admin
istrator. The agriculture commit
tee, of which Thomas is chair
man, recommended his rejection.
This action paved the wav for
debate on the nomination begin
ning louay.
City Manager Succession
Repeated at Silverton
SlTVERiON. Oe.. March 13 -
f.P' Th; "liv CO', icil has asked
Robert E. Borland, 44, to accoot
city managership of Silverton, re
placing Harry u. Mcurea, who
will become Coos Bay's first city
manager next week.
Borland succeeded McCrea once
before as city manager of Blals
ville. Pa. The now mannper l
expected to arrive about April 1.
Cordell Mull Improves;
May Attend Peace Meet
WASHINGTON, March 13
(AP) Cordell Hull's physical
condition has greatly Improved
in the last few weeks: he now
definitely hopes to attend the San
Francisco united nations confer
ence.
Whether he actually makes the
trip, however, will depend on con
tlnued improvement during the
next month, .
Penicillin Supply For
All Northwest Received
PORTLAND, March 13. (AP)
Enough penicillin to treat 2,000
cases has arrived hero for clistrl
butlon to physicians, hospitals
and pharmacies in the northw est.
The wonder drug ls now being
produced In sufficient quantity to
provide for civilians as well as
military personnel.
Rhine Bridge
Survives Hits
By Nazi Guns
Patron's Third Narrows
Enemy-Held Eifels Gap,
Enters Coblenz Suburbs
(By the Associated Press)
Lt. Gen. Hodges' First army
tanks and Infantry pushed north,
east and south today from their ,
Rhine bridgehead, with one force
less than two miles from the six
lane superhighway linking the
Industrial Ruhr with Frankfurt
on the Main.
The bridgehead, at least 11,
miles long, has been widened to
nenrly six miles.
The German high command,
acknowledging loss of heights east
of the Rhine, said the bitterest
fighting of the whole western
front raged in the bridgehead
area. The German communique
spoke of operations by Marshal
von Model, von Rundstedt's sub
ordinate In the north, and appar
ently now his successor.
Brirtqe Survives Hits
The Germans estimated that
from 60.000 to 70000 U. S. First
armv troops wore in the critical
bridgehead are 30.000 more
than their estimate yesterday.
Swarms of rocltet-firlng planes
were reported aiding the attack
ing American infantry.
A continuing news dlmout ob
scured battle action menacinsr the
Ruhr. East of the Rhine bridge
head Increasing resistance was
being met, but enemy artillery
fire at the Ludendorff bridge
slackened. This fire had scored
hits on the bridge but had failed
to put It out of operation.
Hodges' first big attack east of
the Rhine opened yesterday, gain-
ed 25 miles and brought the num
ber of towns captured since the
: (Continued on Page 6)
5th' Repels Nazi Attacks
On Captured Mountain : .
ROME, March 13 (AP) '
Fifth army troops have blasted
the Germans from 5,900-foct Mon
te Spigollno, In the forbidding
mountain country 14 miles north
west of Pistoia, and repulsed en
emy counterattacks upon the
peak, allied headquarters announ
ced today.
The Germans farther west and
along the coast sent artillery sal
vos into allied forward positions,
and allied patrols made contact
with the enemy in the coastal
region.
A navy communique announced
that PT boats operating in the
gulf of Genoa engaged a convoy
of eight lighters, sank two with
torpedoes and hit a third.
Wallace Plans to Fly
To Learn Aviation Needs
WASHINGTON. March 13
(AP) Secretary of Commerce
Wallace told senators today he
Intends to learn how to fly "to
find out what the private air
plane business will amount to."
ine former vice president.
making his first appearance on
Capitol IIII1 since he was sworn
in as a cabinet member, told the
senate commerce committee the
aviation industry ought to pro
duce annual revenues of $1,700,
000,000 and a "possible 400,000
workers eight to ten years after
V-J day." He urged a federal aid
program for building airports. .
Boy Suffocates to Death
Playing With Matches
PORTLAND. March 13 (AP)
A three-year-old boy, one of 15
brothers and sisters, sufiocateu
to death yesterday In a fire he set
by playing with matcnes.
The other nine children at
home at the time ran to safety;
but small Dennis Collopy hid un
der a bed. His body was found
there Inter. The parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Collopy, were not
in the house, firemen reported.
Worker Falls to Death
From Crooked River Cliff
REDMOND. March 13. (AP)
John Byrd, 50, Bend, tumbled 80
feet to his death from a cliff
along Crooked river north of here
yesterday.
Byrd was working on a flume,
being built across Crooked river
as a part of the north unit rec
lamation project.
Ievity pact flant
By L. T. RtlztmUln
Fortunate will be those for
eign nations whose major trou
bles will be settled by the forth
coming world peace conference
at San Francisco. Uncle Sam will
still be left with John L. Lewis
and James Petrillo en his hands.