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Newspaper Page TextComp WW .t TV? mm imi uiu Pact Matter The Weather Cloudy tonight and Friday: thunder showers tonight and Friday afternoon. Of Wording, U. Of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon mm mm Established 1873 Rod-Gun Club Finance Plan Progressing Duck Refuge Sought in Winchester Area; Count Of Fish Shows Low Runs Gratifying progress is being realized by the Roseburg Rod and Gun Club in its $100 Loan Certifi cate program for financing pur chase and improvement of its re cently acquired recreational site at Winchester, members were in formed at a business meeting held Wednesday night at the Knights of Pythias Hall. The club voted to seek establishment of a duck refuge in the backwater area above Winchester dam, withdrew Its application for pheasants to be reared in the club's holding pens, authorized purchase of trapshoot ing equipment, ordered an inquiry into the advisability of recom mending changes in the Oregon deer law, and heard a somewhat discouraging report on fish popu lation in the Umpqua River. Finance Drive Progresses Treasurer Ivan G. Pickens re ported Interest in the club's loan certificate program to be grow ing. The club is endeavoring to raise $7,500 to complete land pur chase, with additional funds for construction of improvements in cluding public picnic grounds, clubhouse, dance pavilion, small arms and archery range, trap shooting facilities, etc. Members and other persons interested in recreation have been invited by the club in a campaign so far conducted only by mail to loan the club $100 each on a non interest, indefinite maturity basis 'Continued on nape fi In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS PRESIDENT TRUMAN vetoes the Case bill and immediately afterward the house of represen tatives fails by a margin of five Votes to muster the two-thirds najority necessary to override his veto. That settles it for the present. A Presidential veto stands unless overridden by BOTH houses of congress. IT is just as well. The controversial Case bill was at best only a makeshift. It was conceived in heat and anger, and has been opposed in equal heat and anger. It is extremely doubt ful whether it would have helped in handling the Dresent emer gency situation. Our great need is for wise per manent legislation to handle la bor contracts as other business contracts are handled, looking to ward their performance (once they are agreed upon and signed) in a satisfactory manner. V UNTIL labor contracts can be made dependable, there can be no stability in industry. With- (Continued on page 2) Vacancies in Teacher Sfaff Of Roseburg Schools Sfress Necessity for Higher Budget Vacancies still exist in certain special fields on the Roseburg school faculty, Superintendent of Schools Paul S. Elliott said today. The vacancies will be hard to fill, because few qualified instructors in Oregon, or in the Middlewest, are making application for positions. In the Senior High School, teachers are needed for counsel ing guidance combined with his tory or English, and for art. In the Junior High School, instruc tors are needed for physical edu cation, choral and orchestral music, and English and music. General subject matter teach ers in the lower grades in the Junior Hiph are also needed. Elliott said, however, he was "con fident" these positions will be filled in "reasonable time." The elementary teaching staff is intact with an increased num ber of teachers and an increased enrollment. Additional staff members will not be added until Monday's school election, which will determine whether the addi tional teachers can be added and facilities can be made available for extra rooms. Budget Adoption Imperative If the budget is not passed, Elliott pointed out, the schools will be crowded beyond capacity. 11M Photo by Clark Studio RECREATIONAL HEAD Ap pointment of Walten C. Ulrich, 38, above, to serve as recrea tional director at the Veterans Hospital in Roseburg, is an nounced by Dr. George E. Mel- vin, manager. Ulrich, a native of Peru, III., and graduate of California Polytechnic, served 45 months with the U. S. Army. He was a first sergeant and spent 36 months in the South Pacific with the 41st Division. He and Mrs. Ulrich have pur chased property in the Calkins road district, where they are building a home. Salem Plant to Continue Ammonium Production WASHINGTON, June 13.-APP) The government-owned alumina plant at Salem, Ore., will con tinue operation to produce am monium sulphate for fertilizer tmtil December 31rhe Recon struction Finance Corporation re ported today. Sen. Guy Cordon said the ac tion, which extends the plant's production period from June 30, was made" to make available fer tilizer for Northwest agriculture and possibly for export. ' The plant has been operated by the Columbia Metals Company. Two Prisoners Sew Way Out of Yamhill Jail McMINNVILLE, Ore., June 13. -WJ-Two Yamhill County pris oners were still free today after sawing window bars in their cell block and escaping down a fire escape, Sheriff George W. Man ning reported. Three of the prisoners in the same block remained in the jail, the sheriff said. The escapees are Stanley L. Smith, 22, charged with forgery, and Fred Gordley, 24, parolee from Illinois. They escaped Tuesday. Pasteurization Plants Slated for Inspection SALEM, Ore.. June 13. ff) The State Department of Agricul ture today announced it would be gin immediate inspection of all pasteurization plants in Oregon to determine compliance with rules and regulations for pasteuri zation of milk. The department also announced that in August it would begin to hold a series of examinations for licensing pasteurizer operators. "Undoubtedly, a number of teachers would resign, Elliott warned, "because they would re fuse to teach more DUDils than would be possible to handle sat isfactorily in good educational procedure. An enrollment of 30 to a class is considered the maxi mum for good teaching. "The average class enrollment in the elementary schools last year was 31, almost 32, in first to sixth grades. In the Junior High School, the average was 29: In the Senior High School, the aver age was 22." The average ape of teachers Is Increasing, too, Elliott said. The tchool district lost five teachers 25 or younger last year, and has onlv one teacher In the same age group as a replacement. Rest of the teachers are closer to 40 than 20. Their average age last year was 40, and mav pos siblv jump three years, Elliott said. ROSEBURS. House Group Shies at Feud In High Court WASHINGTON, June 13. UP) The House Judiciary Committee decided today it does not have sufficient evidence to take any action in the Supreme Court con troversy involving Justices Robert H. Jackson and Hugo L. Black. Chairman Hatton W. Sumners (D.-Tex.) told reporters at the end of the closed meeting that there is "no determination at the moment to conduct an investiga tion." Sumners said Jackson's criti cism of Black, cabled to the com mittee Monday from Nuernberg, Germany, was discussed at length but the consensus was that the committee had no jurisdiction in the matter. 'There may be something shap ing up," he added, but said noth ing received thus far indicates committee jurisdiction. Sumners explained that the committee's action is limited to studying or recommending legis lation, and to matters dealing with impeachment. But, he em phasized that there was nothing in the case to indicate the need for impeachment proceedings. The committee remains free to take action or recommend action later, the chairman said, if any evidence should indicate the need. Go-Slow Is Favored Even before the meeting, Sumners- was on record as favoring a go-slow attitude. At that time, he said the committee could take one of three courses: 1. Recommend an investigation into Jackson's complaint that Justice Hugo Black employed "bullying" tactics and threatened him with "war" unless he "covered up facts" In the portal-to-portaLjpinewage ease last year. . . j ,2. Decide to.takq no action at all, or 3. Adjourn without taking (Continued on Page 6) Umberto, in Exile, Goes to Portugal ROME, June 13. (fflThe royal palace announced today that King Umberto had left Italy for exile in Portugal. Thus the king ended his three day struggle with the cabinet over whether a republic tri umphed in a plebiscite ten days ago. The rejected monarch's moves came as Premier Alcide de Gas peri was granted new powers as acting chief of state in a tempo rary compromise solution of Italy's political crisis. Queen Maria Jose and her two children went to Portugal last week, soon after It became ap parent that Italy had voted to overturn the Royal House of Sa voy in favor of a republic. Um bertos' father, tired old King Vit torio Emanuele III, went Into exile in Eevot on Mav 23. Hear. ing the throne for his son for a montn. Earlier in the week, hlnrntu riots had eruDted in Naples, Ta ranto and Rome, provoked by Umberto's reluctance to nuit the throne until the supreme court ruled on petitions charplng fraud in tne election that deposed him. Ship's Officers Accused Of Pilfering Cigarets SEATTLE, June 13. UP) Six officers and the skinner of the Liberty ship Frank B. Kellogg were indicted vesterdav bv a fed- eral grand jury on charges of men on me nign seas. The indictment accused the of ficers and Cant. Louis Guille mette of pilfering 125 cases of cigarets from the vessel's caroo. Twenty-seven crew members also w.re charged when arrests were made as the ship docked here last month, but their cases were not taken up bv the jurv vesterday. The 27-year-old shipmaster from Woonsocket, R. I., told re porters following his arrest that pilfering cargoes was common nractice In the Far East, where his ship had been, but that he was unaware of any such activity on his own craft. Society Protests Use of Animals in Bomb Test POWELL RIVER. B. C. June 13. UP) Threats of a "nlcket line" r.f ships around the Bikini atom bomb test site bu the Pow p11 River branch of the SoclPtv for the Prevention of Crueltv to Animals were forwarded to President Truman last night. The local branch of the society Is disturbed about the huslnes of subjecting animals to the effects of atomic radiation, and. taklner a firm stand, said "if livestock are used all humane societies will be contacted to charter boats to patrol the area In the name of Christianity and with the back ing of the Atlantic Charter." OREGON. THURSDAY, JUNE Election of School Director, Decisions on Higher Budget, Merger Plan Facing Voters Voters In the Roseburg school district will be called upon Mon day, June 17, to elect a director, pa upon a budget which exceeds the six per cent limitation, and determine the proposed consolidation of the Roseburg and Sylmon Valley school districts. Pair Drop to Death from Hotel Near White House WASHINGTON, June 13.-(P) A former garage owner and a 25-year-old girl short story writ er plunged to their deaths 45 minutes apart early today from a ninth floor room of the Lafavette hotel, two blocks from the White House. The girl, clad only in pink pan ties, landed on the second floor roof of the hotel dining room soon after midnight. The man, dressed In underwear shorts, followed in a fatal leap after a long argument through the barricaded door of his room with two policemen who sought to dissuade him. Captain Clyde N. Strange, as sistant chief of detectives, said the pair were Arthur D. Millison. 34, estranged from his wife and the father of three, and Mrs. Dorothy Cox Mahoney, mother of a three-year-old child, who had registered last Saturday as "Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Millison, San Francisco." Byrnes, Senators Leave For Showdown With Reds WASHINGTON, June 13. UP) With a "good,bye, good luck" from resident Truman, Secretary of State Bvrnes left today for Paris and a showdown with Rus sia on European peace settle ments. Byrnes' plane left a few min utes after President Truman had waved him and Senators Connal ly and Vandenberg aboard. -- Byrnes himself said earlier that the Paris session is a critical one In which failure would be n disaster for mankind. He had asked for prayers to support his efforts in dealing with Molotov and Foreign Minister Bevln of Britain and Bidault of France. Connallv who, along with Van denberg, is an adviser to Byrnes. Issued an appeal lor passage oi the draft extension act as he stepped aboard the plane. it is needed, ne sam, in view of our foreign commitments and our far-flung possessions." First Catholic Saint Of U. S. Is Canonized VATICAN CITY, June 13. WP) The United States got its first Catholic saint today as high Catholic prelates, at a semi-public consistory in the Vatican's consistory hall, voted unanimous ly in favor of the canonization of Mother Frances Xavier Cabrinl of Chicago. The 2U cardinals and 40 arch bishops attending the ceremony also voted for the canonization of three others. Thev are Bernardino Reallno. an Italian Jesuit who died in 1616: Frances' Joan Elizabeth Richier de Ages, co-founder of the Order of the Daughters of the Cross, and Joao de Britto, Portu guese Jesuit martyred in India. The' formal celebration of the sainthood of the four will take place in St. Peters July 7. Chinese Truce Appears To Have Collapsed NANKING. June 13. UP) China's 15-day truce between warring nationalist and commun ist factions appeared to be re duced to a scrap of paper today. The government's tightly-controlled Central News Agency re ported nationalist troops were driving ahead in Manchuria and had frustrated attempted land ings bv communists near Tsinc tao, where U. S. Marines have one of their strongest North China garrisons. Chinese nress dispatches said without other confirmation that martial law had been nroclaimed in the Shantung peninsula sea port. While deep concern was shown over the situation in Tsingtao, U. S. General Marshall's headquar ters said it had failed to halt ne gotiations for a permanent set tlement of China's civil war. Chas. Butterworth. Film Comedian, Dies After Auto Mishap LOS ANGELES. June 13. W Charles Butterworth, 46. whose subtle drolleries and tanqled metaphors carried him to success as a film comic, died in an ambulance today shortly after his automobile struck n lamppost, catapulting him to the pavement. The veteran actor, who lived alone In a Hollywood hotel, was returnlnq from a nlaht club when his small, foreign-make car skidded more than 50 feet and struck the light pole, sher iffs deputies reported. J 3, 1 946 Only taxpayers are privileged td vote on the budget and con solidation Issues, but any voter, who has qualified by 30 days' residence within the district, may vote for a director. The taxpayer qualification In cludes any person whose name appears upon the county tax roll, or who holds stock in any cor poration paying taxes in Douglas County. He must have been a resident of the district for a period of 30 days. The election will be held at the Junior High School building be tween the hours of 2 and 7 P. M. Budget Upped $92,000 The school budget totals $318, 905.81 of which $222,308.51 is pro posed to be raised bv taxation. The budget is $92,000 higher than last year, the increase being required principally to meet ex pense of teachers. The budget board has approved $18,000, in round figures, to provide a cost-of-living adtustment, amounting to about $300 for each of the 65 presently employed teachers. An ticipated Increased enrollment will require employment of an estimated 11 more instructors, for which the committee has included the sum of $33,500. These teach ers will be hired only as needed, City Superintendent Paul S. El liott states, and, therefore, money provided for this purpose will be used only if necessity demands. Every indication, however, points to a substantial rise in enrollment for the next school year, Elliott states. Various Items Cited The budget also contains an iteru of approximately $10,000 to meet the district's share in the teachers' retirement fund, au thorized bv the last legislature. Another $10,000 item is included to provide alterations of build ings to create more classroom space, construct temporary build- (Continued on page fi) Wife's Action Saves Endangered Flier ELGIN, 111., June 13. IIP) Robert E. Crane, piloting a new plane lacking both radio and land ing lights through a severe rain storm buzzed low over his home on Hiland Avenue last night. Crane, a former Army airman, cut off his motor and zoomed. Then, with the new two-seater plane he was flying from Dallas, Tex., he went through an assort ment of tricks in an attempt to attract attention. He hoped that his wife, Maxine, would hear and recognize he was in trouble. Mrs. Crane heard the plane and recognized the signs. She quickly telephoned Illinois state police and told officers her husband was searching for an air field. State police raced to the Elgin field, which 's in process of de velopment and is without landing lights. The officers rounded up 20 motorists and explained the plight of the flyer. A few minutes later, as the drivers focused their headlights and flooded the field with Illum ination, Crane landed safely. Permit for Warehouse Denied Hudson-Duncan Co. Plans for construction of a $50,000 warehouse at Roseburg by the Hudson-Duncan & Co., were rejected yesterday by the Oregon review committee of the Civilian Production Administration. The warehouse was among 33 Oregon projects valued at $1,081,086 re jected recently. With Rosebuig's March of Progress Photo by Paul Jenkins HOUSES FOR WHOM? Let's guess at the ownership of these two houses, located at East Second Avenue North and East Fifth street. That's what the photographer had to do after making three futile trips of Inquiry. The sound of hammers temporarily at least had ceased. No nails,, do you suppoie7 No lumber No carpenters? Any of these lacks could have been responsible. Probably none of them was. Way Opened For Hoist in Cafe Prices WASHINGTON, June 13. UP) OPA opened the way today for higher restaurant prices. But in doing so, the agency followed only In part a recom mendation of the Senate Banking Committee, which voted to wipe out ceilings on meals made up of foods on which there are no price controls. OPA Issued an order which simply allows new menu prices to reflect the full amount of any higher costs stemming from the removal of price ceilings on food Items. The order is effective imme diately, but It will have little ef fect on restaurant prices right away. The reason is that not many food items arc exempt from price control at this time. But OPA officials said the new regulation means the cost of din ing out probably will go up sharp ly if ceilings are stripped from meat, poultry, eggs and dairy products. The Senate committee has recommended removal of these controls July 1. A decision by the full Senate Is expected by nightfall. Few Items Affected How much the cost of major Continued on Page 6 Gromyko Opposes Plan to Compromise on Spain NEW YORK, June 13. UP) Soviet delegate Gromyko today expressed complete disagreement with a compromise plan for the United Nations Security Council to refer the Spanish question to the general assembly but did not at this point invoke his power of veto. . The council ' adjourned until Monday with the Spanish ques tion still undecided. Gromyko's stand against the compromise plan as well as a bitter attack on the conclusions of the sub-committee which In vestigated Spain made It certain that the delegates would have to arrive at another solution if the Spanish question Is to be acted on In the council or sent forward to the assembly. J. N. Emerson New Head Of Kiwanis International ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. June 13. UP) The new president of Kiwanis International Is Jay N. Emerson, Pullman, Wash., a 66-vear-old retired merchant. Delegates to the 31st annual convention chose him yesterday to succeed Hamilton Holt, Macon, Ga. Dr. Charles W. Armstrong, Salisbury, N. C, and John Mac D. Burden, Toronto, Ont., were elected international vice presi dents and J. Belmont Mosser, Saint Marys, Pa., was named in ternational treasurer. Canal Combed for Body Of Missing Attorney YAKIMA, Wash., June 13. UP) Search of the Roza canal near Yakima for the body of Robert C. Thurston, prominent Yakima attorney missing since Tuesdav afternoon, will be resumed today. Thurston's automobile and hat were found on the bank of the canal Wednesday, but no trace of Thurston was found In a 10-hour search Tuesday. Nursery Income Doubled SALEM, Ore., June 13. (P) Income from Oregon's nursery in dustry totaled $7,500,000 in 1945, with 4,600 acres of lund being used by the industry, the State Department of Argiculture said today. The Income Is more than double that of 1940, when the last esti mates were made. -1 140-46 Senator Bankhead of Albania Passes On John H. Bankhead WASHINGTON, June 13. (P) Senator John H. Bankhead of Alabama died yesterday. He was 73. Bankhead suffered a stroke the night of May 24, while attending a Senate Committee meeting, and was taken to the U. S. Naval Hos pital at Bethesda, Mil., where death occurred. A Democrat, he was elected to the Senate In 1930. He was a brother of the late Speaker Wil liam B. Bankhead and was an uncle of Tallulah Bankhead, the actress. His father was a U. S. Senator, and his son, Walter Will Bankhead, served a brief term in the House. The Alabaman was author of many major farm bills passed In the New Deal era. British Loan Gets House Group O.K. WASHINGTON, iune 13.-4P) The House banking committee today approved legislation ratify ing tne $3,750,000,000 British loan. The vote was 20 to 5. The legislation, already approv ed by the Senate 46 to 34, now goes to the House floor, where opponents promised a sizzling oauie. The committee vote came after long hearings, during which the administration told Congress the loan is essential to take the snackles off world trade, to en courage international .economic cooperation and to aid world peace. Without the loan, the propon ents argued, Britain would be un able to participate In the Bretton Woods World Bank and currency stabilization fund, and this am bitious attempt at international economic cooperation would fail. This view was supported by the American Bankers Association, United States Chamber of Com merce and a number of other or ganizations and individuals. Fifty Portland School Teachers Quit in Body PORTLAND, June 13. UP) Resignations of 50 Portland dis trict school teachers were ac eented last night bv the Board of Education, the largest number leaving the system at any one time. Dr. Wlllard B. Spalding, super intendent, said 14 were retiring, but that uncertainty of the schools fiscal budget had un doubtedlv led many of the in structors to seek employment elsewhere. The city schools expect a bud- eet deficit of $1,500,000 which would force curtailment of many special studies and the athletic program unless Congress ap proves extension of Lanham Act funds. Forest Service Sues Flier Over Woods Fire PORTLAND, Ore., June 13. UP) The National Forest Service has filed suit to recover $6,782 it reported spending to- control a forest blaze caused when Louis W Soukup piloted a small air plane into a power line tnat set a fire in the Colvllle National Forest. The government charged Sou kup operated the airplane in a negligent manner and knocked down the power line which crosses the Columbia River four miles south of Northport, Wash., on July 7, 1945. Portland Salesman Found Dead In Hotel Room Arthur Peter Donohue, 66, salesman, wai? found dead In his room at the Umpqua Hotel late yesterday afternoon. Death was reported due to natural causes bv County Coroner H. C. Stearns. Donohue's address was given as 2027 N. W. Lovejoy St., Portland. His widow was due In Roseburg today, Stearns said. The body was removed to the Roseburg Funeral Home. -1 A N i J Indication 'Good Chance' Averting All-Coast Strike Slated For Tomorrow, Report WASHINGTON, June 13 (P Capt. Granville Conway of the War Shippina Administra tion Indicated today that ne gotiations for an agreement to avert the maritime strike have been reduced to a matter of wording. "There Is a dispute over the wording of four or five things," Conway told reporters as signs pointed generally to agreement on major issues. CIO President Philip Murray spoke likewise: "Some Issues need further clarification." These developments followed the statement by a government conciliator that "there's a good chance" for settlement today. The all-coast maritime strike Is to start tomorrow midnight. The conciliator made this state ment to a reporter privately aftep a joint session of east and west coast operators and union leaders representing the ClO-domlnatecl Committee for Maritime Unity. Murray and CIO General Coun sel Lee Pressman sat in on tho meeting, held at the Labor De partment. Assistant Secretary of Labor John W. Gibson, handling tho negotiations for tho government, was asked whether "everthing is) buttoned up yet" on a settlement. "When it's buttoned up, we'll announce it," Gibson replied. Still Hanging Fire One of the union leaders, ask ing that his name not be used, told reporters: 'The government's proposal has neither been accepted nor rejected (by the unions), because we do not know yet what its final form will be." The conciliator ' who said "there's a good chance" for a settlement during the dav, added that the CIO National Maritime Union, biggest union In the CMU, has not formally approved a WSA proposal to put. into effect a 48-hour week for seamen and a wage increase of $17.50 a month. "They haven't accepted any thing yet but they've indicated their willingness to accept," ho added. Chalman A. B. Kelley (D.-Pa.) of the House labor subcommittee investigating the dispute ex pressed belief that a settlement definitely would pe reached be fore the deadllnhV ' He told a reporter that" he based his opinion on information received from those close to the negotiators. Kelley added that he had been Informed only one Important Is sue the amount of monthly pay remains to be settled. This statement followed a brief morning hearing at which John Owens, secretary-treasurer of the International Longshoremen's As sociation, testifed. Owens said that If CIO unions go on strike his AFL members will observe their picket lines and refuse to cross them. Strike Plans Go On Meanwhile 200,000 union mem bers girded for the crowding strike deadline. Scores of soup kitchens were set up, strike rallies were called, and seaports were scoured for living quarters for thousands o (Continued on page 3) Stores Aiding in Cowboy Togs Plan : Roseburg business firms were reported today to be lending en couragement to the Sheriff: Posse's request for pre-rodeo cos tuming throughout next week. Several of the city's principal stores, It was learned, are permit ting women employes to wear Jeans, slacks, shirts and western, hats while on duty. A near sell out of western garb was reported by nearly all stores as Roseburg people prepared to join in the week's festivities. Due to the great scarcity of suitable garb, the posse reports it cannot expect full western re galia, but urges all to "do the best they can." Judge Fred M. Wright will be In Roseburg Fri day night to conduct special court for non-cooperators as a part of. the pre-rodeo program. Cash Bonus to Veterans Urged by Post of VFW SALEM, Ore., June 13. UP) Payment by the state of a cash bonus to veterans of World War II, based on length of service, was advocated last night by Meadowlark Post 6102 of the Vet erans of Foreign Wars. The post will take its resolution to the state VFW encampment to be held June 29 in Corvallis. r u r. The east of the People) vs. "Nine Old Men" calls for de. clsion as to whether Black Is white.