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City Attorney
Position Given
Up By Orcutt
I. B. Riddle Will Succeed;
Paving Bid Is Accepted;
Dike Damage Survey Set
City Attorney A. N. Orcutt last
night submitted his resignation to
the city council, because of the
increasing pressure of his private
law practice. The resignation was
accepted, with expressions of re
gret, and its effective date set for
Monday, July 1.
Mayor Charles W. Wharton
named Councilman Ira B. Riddle
to succeed Orcutt as the citv's le
gal advisor. Riddle will retain his
council seat until July.
man," the mayor Said, "but a
good attorney is hard to find!"
V urcuit naa asKea to Be relieved
of his duties June 1. hut at the in.
sistence of the city council, he
set the day of his resignation for
the first council meeting in July.
Varied matters ranging from
acceptance of a street paving bid
to a heated discussion of the pro
nosed city manager system, and
the passing of a new ordinance,
also came to the attention of the
council last night.
Paving Bid Accepted
The bid of the United Contract
ing Co., Portland, to put 4.000
tons of 'B" mix asphalt, at $7.25
a ton, on the city streets was ac
cented. Two other bids were re
ceived: Dobyns and Webb, Salem,
S7.30 a ton, and Acmtf Construc
tion Co., Eugene, S7.65 a ton, and
$12 a ton for patchwork.
A city ordinance setting aside
citv-owned oronerty in Laurel
wood, Waite's Addition, and Kin
neys Addition for permanent use
proven that under city manager
as pai-Ks. playgrounds, and recre
ational areas was passed on its
third reading.
The city's contract with the Ma-gee-Hale
Pnrk-OMeter Co. of
Oklahoma City, for 300 or more
automatic parking meters at
S59.50 each, has been approved by
the comoanv, Orcutt reported. An
ordinance designating streets for
one hour and two hour zones,
coin combinations desired in the
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In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
AS these words were written
Saturday, a railroad strike
was postponed five days.
PERHAPS it would be just as
well if the strike material
izes. The situation on our production
front is now somewhat like a boil
on the back of the peck. It needs
to come to a head before it can
be treated effectively. If it Isn't
treated effectively, the pois"on
may spread with resulting per
manent damage.
Something monumental, like
stopage of railroad transporta
tion which concerns every living
person in America is about all
that can bring this boil on our
neck to a head.
IF we are to attempt anything
like an intelligent discussion
of anything so universally disas
trous as a tie-up of rail trans
port upon which the orderly life
of our country depends we must
begin by conceding that the strik
ers are probably sincere in their
belief that they are entitled to
what they are asking.
This is a time of universal dis
content and apprehension. Even
if we are doing well enough at
the moment, we are all inclined
to be fearful of he future. In a
time of universal fear, the law of
self-preservation which is gen-
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Pappy Boyington Asks Arrest
Of Woman to Whom He Gave
Funds for HJs Children's Care
SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 21. UP) Sheriff s deputies today hunt
ed Mrs. Lucille Rogers Malcolmson on complaint of Lt. Col. Gregory
(Pappy) Boyington. '
Early this year Mrs. Malcolmson charged the famous Marine
flier with jilting her. His complaint on which she Is being sought to
day charges her with grand theft of more than $9,000 he turned over
to her for care of his three children by a former marriage.
In Reno, where Mrs. Malcolm
son had gone to establish resi
dence for a divorce shortly before
Boyington married Actress Fran
ces Baker, her attorney would not
disclose her address, but said she
was in the Reno vicinity.
The attorney, Joseph .P. Haller,
said he "imagined" his client
would submit to service of a war
rant for her arrest after he made
an effort to have her bail reduced.
Municipal Judge Molina of San
Diego had set bail at $25,000.
Boyington swore out the crim
inal complaint before Judge Mo
line yesterday. District Attorney
Thomas Whelan said he asked
(for "a substantial bond" because
Established 1873
Byrnes
Blocking European Peace Plans
Soviet Blamed
For Fizzle at
Paris Huddle
Moscow Given Choice of
Cooperation or Facing
Action by United Nations
.By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON. Mav 21. UP)
Secretary of State Byrnes gave
nussia us cnoice today:
Stop blocking a European peace
conierence this summer, else the
United States will walk out of the
dragging Big Four treaty talks
and carry the whole matter be-
lore tne United Nations.
Proclaiming an American "of
fensive for peace," Byrnes left
no doubt in his radio address to
the nation last night that it
would be carried out even at the
expense of the basic postwar ideal
that the great victor nations
should act in unison to fashion
the future.
The cabinet officer made it per
fectly plain that he held Russia
responsible for the disappointing
outcome of the foreign ministers
conference which recessed in
Paris last Thursday until June 15.
His formal report on that con
clave listed a half dozen outstand
ing issues with Moscow on which
he indicated the United States
would not compromise.
Still Expects Accord
From the aggressive but con
fident tone of his speech, how
ever, it was apparent and offi
cials confirmed this that Byrnes
is counting on Moscow confer
ences between Soviet Foreign
Minister Molotov and Premier
Stalin during the recess to re-
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Ship Strike Would Mean
Starvation for Millions
WASHINGTON, May 21. (JP)
Death by starvation for 100,
000,000 people in the famine
stricken areas of the world would
result If the threatened maritime
strike goes into effect, Rep. Ells
worth of Oregon declared today.
"The- cargo ships of the United
States constitute the vast bulk of
the entire merchant marine of
the world at present," Ellsworth
said. "British shipping was re
duced to almost nothing by the
submarine warfare. Other coun
tries have only small fleets."
"For the next several months
hundreds of millions of people
in the drouth-stricken and war
ridden areas of the world must
depend on food sent to them in
ships. If our ships stay in port as
the result of a strike, one hundred
million people will starve to
death."
Ellsworth said he obtained in
formation from "a man in a posi
tion to know."
Oregon GOP Meet Set;
Speech Bid Given Stassen
SALEM. Ore.. May 21.-4IP)
The annual convention of the
Oregon Republican Club will be
held in Salem next October, the
organization's executive commit
tee announced nere last nignt.
The club will invite ex-Gover
nor Harold Stassen of Minnesota
to deliver the main address.
he had heard Mrs. Malcolmson
"might be on her way to India."
The flyer said in the complaint
he had alloted $420 a month from
his Marine Corps pay to Mrs. Mal
colmson in 1942 for the care of
his three children. They were
children by his first wife, whose
recent marriage to a Seattle news
paper vendor ended in divorce
action.
Now Hospital Patient
Boyington, leader of the war
time "Blacksheep" air squadron
and the second fighter pilot in
World War II to equal CapL
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Warns Russia to
Truman Seizes
Soft Coal Mines
WASHINGTON, May 21. (AP) President Tru
man today directed Interior Secretary J. A. Krug to
seize the soft coal mines, now operating under a truce
expiring Saturday.
White House Press Secretary Ross told newsmen that
Krug would take over the mines tomorrow at a time to
be determined by him.
Ross added that both the United Mine Workers and
operators had informed the White House that Krug
"was acceptable" to them.
"Does that mean the miners will work for the gov
ernment?" a reporter asked.
Ross said he couldn't draw any inference for the
reporters.
Oregon Vets Affairs
Dept. Has New Chief
Lt. Col. George Sandy
SALEM, May 21. ) Lt. Col.
George Sandy, world war veteran
and 41st Division National Guard
officer, will succeed Hugh Ros
son as director of the State De
partment of Veterans Affairs.
Sandy, who has been on the
staff of the State Board of Selec
tive Service since- its establish
ment in 1941, will take over the
post June 1, Gov. Snell an
nounced. Rosson has resigned to
return to private employment.
Salary Hike Fails to
Bring New Prison Guards
SALEM, Ore., May 21. UP)
The $10 monthly salary increase
given by the State Board of Con
trol to prison guards three weeks
ago has not been sufficient to
attract new guards, Prison War
den Alexander said.
Alexander said the number of
Job applications has been about
equal to the number of resigna
tions, and that the lt new guard
positions created by tl.e board
have not been filled.
The board increased the num
ber of guards and raised the pay
in the hope that prison outbreaks
could be curbed.
Widow Found Slashed
After Husband Is Killed
SEATTLE, May 21. VP) Mrs.
Virginia Chowning, 23, whose
husband, Ross D. Chowning, was
killed Sunday night in a traffic
accident, was found at her home
yesterday afternoon with her
wrists slashed. Her condition was
reported "fair" at the hospital
where she was taken.
The grief-stricken young widow
was found, with her nine-months-old
baby lying at her side.
Chowning was killed in an
automobile collision five minutes
after he had driven his wife to
her work.
Snell Appoints Two to
Cosmetic Therapy Board
SALEM, Ore., May 21. UP)
Mrs. Marie Gilbert, Pendleton,
was appointed today by Governor
Snell to the state board of cos
metic therapy examiners to an
other two-vear term.
Miss Ruby Hastings, Portland,
also was' appointed to the board,
succeeding Velma Sauer, Grants
Pass.
The Weather
Occasional light rain tonight;
partly cloudy Wedntsday.
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ROSEBURG, OREGON.
Morse Blocks Vote
Meanwhile an attempt to speed
a Senate vote on labor legisla
tion was blocked today by Sena
tor Morse of Oregon.
Morse objected to a request by
Barkley for unanimous consent
to limit each senator to a one-hour
address on the legislation itself,
or any of its amendments.
Barkley's move was made in an
effort to clear the Senate's decks
for action on two other major
measures to extend OPA and
Selective Service.
Morse served notice that he
would continue to object to all
speech limitation proposals "until
the time comes when I am con
vinced tnat a filibuster is in prog
ress." "Then," said the Oregon
lawmaker, "I will vote for clo
ture" a formal method of re
stricting debate through a two
thirds vote of those present.
"In this issue," Morse said, "as
long as anyone wants to discuss
the merits of the measure, I will
object to any limitation."
Vote Canvass Gives
Beckley Victory
Lynn V. Beckley was assured
of his place on the November
ballot today, as members of
Countv Clerk Roy Agee's clerical
staff totaled the votes on the
tally sheets from the county's
49 precincts. Beckley, as Repub-
lican nominee, will contest County
Commissioner J. Ross Hutchln-
T ppos?d for tne Demo-
cratic nomination
Still unofficial, the votes for
the three candidates for Repub
lican nomination as county com
missioner were totaled by Agee's
staff this morning. Beckley re
ceived 790 votes; H. M. Shirtcliff,
713, and Sherman T. Smith, 720.
In the News-Review's unofficial
tabulation, all precincts were re
ported late yesterdav afternoon.
Republicans gave Harris Ells
worth 2,160 votes for fourth dis
trict congressional representa
tive; Earl Snell 2,015, and Henry
Black 293 for governor; Robert
S. Farrell, Jr., 2,171 for secretary
of state; W. F. Kimsey 1,817 for
commissioner of labor; Robert C.
Glle 1776 and Carl C. Hill 1,892
for state representative; H. A.
Canaday 1,934 for district attor
ney; Ned Dixon 2,t42 for county
assessor.
Democrats gave Louis Aubrey
Wood 774 votes for congress;
Carl C. Donaugh 750 for gover
nor; Floyd K. Dover 762, and
David C. Epps 322 votes for sec
retary of state; Ralph W. Peoples
728 for commissioner of labor;
and 786 votes to J. Ross Hutchin
son, incumbent county commis
sioner. Bend Airport Hangar,
Seven Planes Burned
BEND, Or., May 21. UP) A
spectacular blaze destroyed the
Bend airport hangar eight miles
east of here and seven privately
owned planes today.
The cause of the fire was not
Immediately determined. Damage
was estimated at $3u,0O0. C. G.
Reiter, cily manager, said the
hangar was insured for $11,000.
The planes were also insured.
An administration building
near the hangar was saved from
damage by a veering northwest
wind. The field was onerated b"
A. J. Tilse-Ollle Bowman Flight
Training Service.
Turkey Show to be Topic
Reorganization of the North
west Turkey Show will be dis
cussed at a meeting of the North
western Turkey Breeders Associa
tion at 8 o'clock tonight in the
courthouse.
TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1946
Cease
Vet$; War Bond
Holders Given
Fraud Warning
SALEM, Ore., May 21. UP)
State Corporation Commissioner
Maurice Hudson warned today
that pprsons should investigate
before they invest in securities,
citing the many fraudulent
schemes that are being promoted.
Hudson particularly warned
veterans and holders of war
bonds, who appeared the main
targets of the fradulent promot
ers. He saiil that persons thinking
of buying securities first should
check with a registered securi
ties dealer, a banker or the state
corporation department to see it
the would-be seller is registered.
Hudson said Canadian pro
moters are phoning Oregon resi
dents, often from as far away as
Toronto, offering stock in a non
existent gold mine. Hudson said
he has no control over the pro
moters, but that the United States
may enter into a treaty with
Canada to correct the situation.
Hudson said that illegitimate
dealers usually want to close the
deal at once so that the buyer
won't have time to investigate
him.
Don't Risk All 1
"There are legitimate new in
dustries and business, some of
which need risk capital," Hudson
said. "Many of these will even
tualiv succeed. Those that suc
ceed will be an asset to tha state
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Bill Increasing Pay of
Postal Workers Signed
WASHINGTON, Mav 21. UP)
President Truman signed into
law today a bill giving nearly all
postal workers a $100 yearlv pay
increase.
Those who don't get the $400
boost are fourth class postmast
ers, who receive a 20 per cent
raise, and part-time workers, who
receive a gain of 20 cents hourly.
All the increases are retro
active to January 1, 1916. Ap
proximately 400,000 workers come
under the measure. The total
cost was estimated at approxi
mately $160,000,000 yearly.
Postal workers received a $400
yearly increase July 1. 1945. Sup-
,, "L i,. 'i .Coi i .,,.
r ui d t mak u' for added
living costs and a reduction" since
last July in the number of hours
worked by most employes. The
cut in hours eliminated overtime
pay received by many.
Jury Frees Mother Who
Slew Erring Daughter
WASHINGTON, May 21. UP)
It took a jury less than five
minutes today to acquit a 52-year-old
housewife of murder in the
fatal shooting of her 17-year-old
unmaried, pregnant daughter last
February 21.
The defendant, Mrs. Madde O.
Summers, was accused of killing
I lie daughter, Annie, after dis
covering that the girl expected
a child. Two psychiatrists testi
fied they were convinced Mrs.
Summers did not know right
from wrong at the time.
The district court Jury was
composed of 10 men and two
women.
With Roseburg's March of Progress
Photo by Paul Jenkins
LOCATION JUST TO HIS LIKING This is the six-room home
Cliff Aten is building for himself on Lilburn street in Laurelwood,
"My wife and I," Mr. Aien stated, "like the location. VVe are
only half a block from grade school and a little over a block from
high school. This is going to be very convenient when our 5-year-old
son begins to get himself an education." Mr. Aten is a Ne
braskan who came to Roseburg with a Cornhusker CCC company
in the early days of that movement a dozen years, ago. '
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THEIR LOVE CREATER THAN FEAR Mai. Hans George Horn
bostle, 65, survivor ol Bataan Death March, and his wife, Gert
rude, who contracted leprosy while in a Jap prison camp, await
a decision from top health authorities which will mean their per
manent separtion or will allow him to enter a leper colony at
Carvile, La., with her. Mai. Hornbostle, who does not have the
disease, hopes to find work at the U. S. lepresarium in order to
spend the rest of his life with his wife. Mrs. Hornbostle waits for
their answer at a San Francisco hospital.
City Manager Proposal For
Roseburg Recommended By
Joint Investigating Board
A city manager form of government was recommended for the
City of Roseburg today by the special joint committee recently ap
pointed by the City Council and Chamber of Commerce to study feas
ibility of the proposed plan. The
Walter S.: Fisher, and Including
from the City Council; Kenneth Ford, Earl Wiley and Attorney A. N.
Orcutt from the Chamber of Commerce, reports in a resolution sub
mitted today to Mayor Charles W. Wharton, that it finds the plan
feasible and recommends Immediate steps to submit necessary char
ter amendments to the voters.
Powderman Badly
Hurt in Explosion
Milton Graber, powderman em
loyed by Lloyd M. Hill, Inc., was
seriously inhircd early today
when partially burled under rock
thrown up by an accidental ex
nlosion. Drilling a hole at the
company quarry, two miles east
of Roseburg on the Dixonvllle
road, Graber's drill apparently
struck an old and unexplodcd
charge.
Partially covered bv henvy
rock, he remained conscious while
fellow workmen rescued him. He
was removed to Mercy hospital
by the Roseburg Ambulance Com
nany and was found to be suffer
ing from a fractured ankle, deep
head lacerations, and possible In
ternal injuries.
Graber, formerly a resident of
Loon Lake, an experienced pow
derman. was employed bv the
Lloyd M. Hill Co. about 10 days
ago.
Steps to Settle Strike
In B. C. Expected Today
VANCOUVER, B. C, Mva 21
UP) A large part of British Co
lumbia's log-towing fleet may be
forced into idleness as a result
of the seven-day-old strike of
37,000 loggers which continues to
spread. However moves to settle
the strike were expected In union
and company circles today.
120-46
committee, headed byj Councilman
II. V. Sullivan and RvH. Savage
The committee's report was
made following detailed study
Into the effectiveness of the city
manager system in cities where
the form has been used. In addi
tion to direct visitation and In
quiry, the committee solicited and
obtained letters containing opin
ions from leading business men
in manager-operated cities. A
study also was made of charter
forms, but the committee made
no recommendation concerning
action on the city charter, other
than to urge amendments to au
thorize inauguration and financ
ing of the city manager system.
Text of Reslution
The resolution unanimously
adopted by the committee Is as
follows;
WHEREAS: A city manager
form of government provides an
opportunity to secure an execu
tive of proven ability who can
supervise and coordinate the
work of all city department
heads and employes; and
WHEREAS: Experience has
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Linn County Woods Fire
Brought Under Control
SALEM, Ore.. Mav 21. CD
Fireflghtlng crews were mopping
up todav the fire in the Thomas
Creek section of Linn county,
which broke out Saturday and
burned GOO acres of cutover land,
State Forester Rogers said today.
The fire, which destroyed about
1,000,000 feet of felled and buck
ed timber, was the largest in the
state this year. It Is seven miles
west of Sclo.
Rogers said the fire is the only
one In the state, and that the
break In the weather greatly les
sened fire danger.
Collision Sinks Veteran
Tugboat, Martha Foss
' SEATTLE, Mav 21. UP) The
veteran tugboat Martha Foss
sank in the Strait of Juan de
Fuca early toda" after a collision
In a dense fo" with the steamer
Iroquois but all six crew members
were rescued.
The Martha Foss, an 88-foot
wooden vessel was en route from
Washington harbor to Port An
geles with a raft of logs In tow,
a sookesman said.
Launched in Astoria, Ore., In
1886, the Martha Foss was one of
the oldest tugboats on the coast.
It had been rebuilt several times.
Accidental Fall Kills
Wife of Actor Niven
HOLLYWOOD, May 2.UPi
Mrs. David Niven, wife of the
Engll.-,h actor, died todav In a
hospital from Injuries suffered
Sundav night when she fell down
a cellarway in the home of Ty
rone Power, Ni ven's Studio said
today. - -
Four Army
Officers, Vac
In Death Toll
Craft, Enveloped in Fog,
Crashes Into 58th Story
Of Manhattan Bank Bldg.
NEW YORK. Mav 21. UP)
An Army transport plane, lost in
aense log as it groped tor
Ne,wark air base, smashed Into
the world's fourth tallest building .
amid tne towers or tne New York
financial district last night and
hurled four Army officers and a
WAC lieutenant to instantaneous
death.
The plane, a twin-engined
Beechcraft C-45, sned out of a
400-foot overcast and struck the
58th floor of the 71-storv 937-foot
high bank of The Manhattan
Company on Wall street. The
plane disintegrated in a blindln"
flash and showers of flaming de
bris fell to the pavement.
OccuDants of the building, es
timated at the time" by police as
between 500 and 2,000, were not
injured. Five persons were struck
by flaming particles In the street
below.
A five-man Army Investigatm?
board began an examination of
the tragedy today.
Army officials said the plane
was on a navigational training
flight from Beaumont, Tex., to
Newark.
Personnel of Dead
The War Department listed tha
dead as:
Mai. Mansel R. Campbell, 27,
the Pilot. Pontlac. Mich. His wife.
Edna, lives at Evart. Mich. The
couple has one child, Ross Ed.
ward, six.
CaDt. Tom L. Hall, 29, of Aus.
tin, Tex. His beneficiary was
listed as his wife, Helen Lindseth
Hall, of Sioux Falls, S. D. Thev
have two sons, Randall, 4, and
Kenneth, one.
1st Lt. Robert L. Stevenson, 25,
of The Bronx, who served over-
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Ellsworth Seeks
Subsidies Report
Congressman Harris Ellsworth!
of Roseburg reports from Wash
ington that he has introduced a
resolution which would require
an accounting of subsidies admin
istered by. the. office of he na
tlonal housing exruMlter.
Ellsworth's resolution would
require a detailed report from
the RFC at Intervals of not less
than three months, covering all
premium payments.
"No accounting of the $400,
000,000 voted as a blank check in
to the hands of the housing expe
diter is required In the housing
bill," Ellsworth states. "He is au
tnorlzed to spend the money for
so-called premium payments, but
is not required to tell anyone
where, how and why such pay
ments were made. As a matter of
sound government policy. I feel
that the Congress and the peoplo
of the country are entitled to
know all of the facts regarding
the expenditure of this enormous
sum."
Ellsworth, however, sees little
hope for passage of his resolu
tion, as the committee to which it
will be sent is dominated bv ad
ministration Congressmen, he re
ports. Russian Troops Moving
Across Czechoslovakia
PRAGUE, May 21. UP) An of
ficial announcement today said
that Russian troops bound for
Germany had begun moving
across Czechoslovakia from the
south in connection with "the re
organization of Russian occupa
tion forces in Germany."
The announcement Indicated
that the movement would con
tinue through May 26, date of the
Czechoslovaklan general elec
tions. A statement from the office of
Prime Minister Flerlinger said
the Czechoslovak general staff
had approved of the plan.
The statement said the troop
movement "has no political back
ground. This is said with the pur
pose of anticipating all combina
tions of untrue speculations."
Percy Paget Adams,
U. of O. Instructor, Dies
EUGENE, Ore., May 21. UP)
Percy Paget Adams, 63, assistant
dean of the University of Oregon
School of Architecture and Allied .
Arts died Sunday while af the
shore at Hecata Head.
He was to have retired June 30
after 47 years on the school
faculty, the longest service of any
faculty member. He Joined tha
school In 1922, eight years after
founding of the Arts School,
Two daughters, Mrs. Catherine
Lindstrom, Eugene, and Mrs.
Olive Young, Sandy, and a son,
Wilbur G., IS. S. Navy, survive.
l)Ut, Maimtela
Dr. Irving Langmuir, scientist,
says It may tak tht United
States five or ten years to learn
how to live with ether countries.
Of greater concern right now Is
hew long it will take Americans
to learn to live with themselves.