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Extension rpf Bmtt Exempts 3.8-Yeair-Ollds
Compromise
Sets 19 Years
,As Minimum
Pay Increases to Attract
Volunteers Voted, Also
Release of All Fathers
WASHINGTON, June 21. (ff)
The slam-bang congressional
struggle over peacetime drafting
oi teen-agers suosiaea near a com
promise finish today with 19-year-
olds once more subject to a call
ana youths oi is exempt.
Only the usual House and Sen
ate approval of the hard-fought
conference agreement was needed
to assure a nine months extension
of Selective Service beyond the
end of this month.
Speaker Rayburn saw a slight
chance the House might act late
today if two pending bills could
be cleared, but it appeared more
probable the measure would not
be reached before next Monday
or Tuesday.
A floor battle against accepting
. the compromise was promised by
Rep. Short (R.-Mo.), lone member
of the 14 Senate and House con
ferees whose signature did not ap
pear on the final compromise.
Would Release Dads
Despite Short's last ditch oppo
sition, congressional leaders ex
pected both the Senate and House
to approve the conference report
and send it on to the White House
well ahead of the June 30 dead
line when the present stop-gap
draft extension expires.
The compromise measure pro
f Vides that effective Oct. 1. 1946, 18
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Arrest of Nehru
Brings India Chaos
NEW DELHI, June 21. VP)
India's major cities were in tur
moil today with demonstrations
and strikes protesting the arrest
of Jawaharlal Nehru, Congress
part-- leader.
Bombav was virtually a dead
city as 100,000 millworkers stayed
home, the stock exchange and
bullion markets closed, workers
walked out of the royal mint, two
railway shops closed, shopkeeners
shuttered their windows and stud
ents boycotted university lectures.
Al! markets in Karachi, Cal
cutta and Madras were closed and
in Calcutta the transportation sys
tem was stopped by a strike.
Several persons were iniured
during a demonstration in which
nolice used tear gas at Madura,
South India.
Nehru was arrested yesterday
by authorities of the princelv
state of Kashmir. He had defied
a ban against his entering that
northernmost portion of India to
defend Shiekh Abdullah and
others accused of sedition in con
nection with a recent abortive
"revolt" aeainst the Hindu mara
rajah, Sir Hari Singh.
Fire Destroys U. P. R. R.
Warehouse at Fairview
FAIRVIEW, Ore., June 21. VP)
Fire of undetermined origin
razed the Union Pacific Railroad
Company warehouse in this Mult
nomah County community last
night. Loss was not immediately
estimated.
The blaze destroyed hay, grass
seed and other items in the ware
house, leased to brokerage firms.
Life Prison Term Meted to
German Girl Who Killed Gl
NUERNBERG, June 21. VP) Erika Krebs, 20-year-old German
girl, was sentenced today to life imprisonment for murdering Sgt.
Robert E. Flanigan of Peoria, 111.
A military court convicted the pretty killer Just nine days after
the American soldier was shot to death In his apartment here. "
merman doctors testified the
girl at one - time might have
shown signs of pregnancy but not
now.
The decision of the five-man
tribunal of the American military
government came after less than
10 minutes' deliberation. The
trial took two days. The pirl, a
native Sudeten German, broke in
to tears as the court pronounced
sentence and continued to cry as
she was led away.
The girl's mother was in the
audience and managed a meeting
with the daughter she had not
seen since they were elected
from the Sudentenland in Czecho
slovakia a year ago.
The prosecution called the
Krebs girl a "willful murderer,"
while Dr. Frederick Bergold, her
attorney, told the court Flanigan
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THREE FILL POSTS AS ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF LABOR
to man the three newly created posts of assistant secretaries of
A. Morse of New Jersey, former
cial and present assistant to secretary ot Labor, and fhilip Hannah, Ohio, AFL official.
Ma. Gen. Halsey, on Vacation
In Roseburg, Will Return fo
Japan for Peacetime Service
MaJ. Gen. Milton B. Halsey, whose 97th Division drove Into
Czechoslovakia with Gen. Patton's Army, and was first to be re
deployed to Japan, has been vacationing quietly in Roseburg this
month as the guest of Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Church, whom he met
during a war-time assignment at Fort Lewis, Wash.
The general does not expect to retire for a few more years, but
when he'does, he Is thinking of returning here .to try the fishing of
the North Umpqua, he said. ' '
Gen. Halsev will depart for Ja
pan June 30, to assume the du
ties of chief of staff of the IX
Corps, with headquarters at Sen
dai, Honshu, where his division
was inactivated in March.
The 97th Division, which Gen.
LHalsey commanded in Europe
ana aunng its re-aeioyment to Ja
pan, was the "Trident Division,"
so named because its blue shoul
der patch bore a trident reDre
senting the three New England
states from which it drew most
of its original strength.
Served In Patton's Army
Orldnally scheduled for ser
vice in the Pacific, the division
went through rigorous amphib
ious training with the Navy on
tne uantornia beaches. Sent to
Europe, the division saw 43 davs
of combat and took 49,711 prison
ers, excluding enemy units that
surrendered en masse.
The 97the drove in Czechoslo
vakia with the XVIII Airborne
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W. S. Hart, Veteran Film
Cowboy, Seriously III
LOS ANGELES. June 21 VP)
William S. Hart, 76, veteran
cowboy actor, was reported in a
critical condition today at Cali
fornia Lutheran HosDital where
he has been under treatment for
several days. Dr. H. D. Van Fleet
said he was running a high fever
and occasionally was In a coma.
His son, William S. Hart, Jr.,
yesterday was appointed co-
guardian In Superior Court bf the
person but not the estate of his
lather.
Judge William S. Baird named
Young Hart, 24, and George H.
Frost, an old friend and business
adviser of the elder Hart, as
guardians of the veteran actor,
but Frost was aDDointed sole
guardian of holdings estimated as
high as $1,000,000.
led her to believe he was being
divorced and trifled with her af
fections. He said she had been a
member of the Hitler youth but
was not a fanatic.
The little courtroom was filled
with German girls who heard the
sentence stolldlv without any
kind of demonstration.
When she was arrested for kill
ing Flanigan here nine days ago,
she asserted she was going to
have a child, that Flanigan had
spurned her love and laughed at
her, and that she was upset by
seeing another German girl leave
his apartment as she arrived.
The doctors said Erika was
treated for veneral disease but
that Flanigan's record showed he
had not been Infected.
general counsel of NLRB; John
May Halve Yank
Force in Germany
BERLIN, June 21. IP) Gen.
Joseph T. McNarney said todav
a plan was in existence to halve
American occupation forces in
Germany to 150,000 men but "it
has not yet been determined if
it will be implemented."
He told a news conference that
German civilian rations would be
raised from 1,180 to 1,225 calories
a day on June 26 because the food
situation had improved. He said
130,000 tons of food were exoected
from the United States this
month for the American occupa
tion zone.
McNarney said the American
proposal to appoint a four power
commission to investigate Ger
man disarmament was dead
locked hooelessly and would be
referred bv occupation authorities
to the foreign ministers in Paris.
The Russians were understood to
have blocked the proposal because
it contained a clause for investi
gation of the economic phase of
disarmament
Girl Kills Playmate
With 'Unloaded Rifle
BELLINGHAM, June 21. VP)
Because of a gun that supposedly
was not loaded, 3-year-old Sharon
Nichols is dead.
The youngster, playing with
three other girls in an upstairs
bedroom Wednesday while her
mother visited with friends below,
was instantly killed when Jean
ette Mannes, 9, found a .38 cali
bre rifle in the closet, asked "Who
should I pretent to shoot?" and
pulled the trigger. The gun dis
charged in the Nichols girl's face.
Sharon was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Nichols.
Poultry Feed En Route
West, Sen. Cordon Told
WASHINGTON, June 21.-fP
The Agriculture Department
notified Senator Guy Gordon yes
terday that noultry feed is being
sent from Minnesota to shortage
areas in the Pacific northwest.
Cordon said 80 cars of oats, 38
cars of barlev and 41 cars of plu
ten feed had been ordered ship
ped to production marketlne ad
ministration at Snokane, Wash.,
for distribution where it is most
urgently needed.
Risinq Costs Force Sale
Of Herd of Guernseys
MEDFORD. Ore., June 21 VP)
C. A. Smith, owner of dairies
here and at Vancouver. Wash
said todav he had sold his Med
ford herd of 88 registered Guern
seys tn the San Carlos dairy of
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Rising costs, he said, promoted
discontinuance of his dairy here
but he added that he would re
tain his Vancouver herd.
ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRIDAY,
Nominated by President Truman
labor were (left to right) David
W, Gibson, Michigan, CIO offi
Criticism Fails to Bar
Gen. Clark's Promotion
WASHINGTON, June 21 OF)
Mark W. Clark's permanent
promotion to major general won
Senate approval late yesterday
despite criticism of his abortive
attempts to force a crossing of
tne Kapido Kive rin Italy in
1944.
Senator Connally (D.-Tex.)
cabled his opposition from Paris
and Senator O'Daniel (D.-Tex.)
registered his disapproval on the
floor before the Senate's voice
vot-action. - . , .
The Texas senators based their
protests on contentions by sol
diers of the 36th Division com
posed mainly of men from their
state that Clark used poor judg
ment and wasted lives in futile
smashes against strong German
positions along the Rapido.
Oregon Highway
Program Stymied
SALEM, Ore June - 21. VP)
Oregon's postwar highway pro
gram, which was scheduled to be
In full swing by now, is being de
layed bv materials shortages, the
State Highway Commission said
todav.
The program calls for spending
$12,000,000 a year for three years,
and $8,000,000 of the first year's
contracts have been awarded.
But contractors are slow to get
started because of shortages of
cement, lumber and steel.
The commission said It is hard
to get contractors to bid on
bridges and other structures be
cause the contractors don't know
what the lumber and steel will
cost them, and they don't know
when thev can get delivery on it.
Difficulty in hiring common la
bor also is a factor in the con
struction delay. One engineer on
a nublic works lob said "the men
who should be doing pick-and-shovel
work now think they
should be executives."
State Employes Won't
Gain by Salary Boosts
SALEM, Ore., June 21 UP)
State employes' take-home pay
will be less after July 1 In spite
of the $10 monthly salary in
crease granted two days ago,
Floyd Query, president of the
Oregon State Employes Associa
tion, said today.
The reason is that the increase
will not equal the deductions
which will be made starting July
1 for the new state employes re
tirement plan.
The deductions for men range
from 3.71 to 9.24 per cent, and
for women from 4.06 to 10.56 per
cent of their salaries. The amount
of deductions vary according to
age, with older employes paying
more into tne retirement luna.
Paint, Fencing Slated
For Statue of Liberty
NEW YORK, June 21 VPy
The Statute of Liberty Is going
to get a new green inner paint
coat for her 60th birthday this
fall.
Revealing that a refurbishing
program was planned for the
national, monument, Charles S.
Marshall, national parks super
intendent on Bedloe's Island, also
announced that the statue's in
terior from ton to bottom is to be
fenced off with wire to prevent
visitors, especially girls and wo
men, from scrawling lipstick In
scriptions in that area.
Marshall said the number of
visitors coming to the island now
was 10 per cent ahead of 1945
when 504,000 visitors set a record.
JUNE 21, 1946
Rodeo's Top
Talent to Vie
At Roseburg
Rbseburgers will see a few of
lastt year's rodeo participants as
wel) as numerous world famous
stock showmen in action Satur
day and Sunday In the Sheriff's
Posse Rodeo at the county fair
grounds. Along with several of the coun
try's best rodeo cowboys enter
ing vario'.is events will be Gerald
Roberts of Phoenix, Ariz., who
won the 1942 World Grand Cham
pion Cowboy title. This title is
awarded yearly to the cowboy
who has won the most events in
12 months of rodeo-ing. Competi
tion comes from throughout the
world.
Roberts, 29 years of age, has
been In the rodeo business for 10
years and will participate in Rose
burg in the bullriding event, sad
dle broncing, and bareback riding.
Douglas County stock show fol
lowers will again see Sonny Ture
man, John Day, Ore., who won
the all-around champion title of
last year's rodeo in Roseburg,
participating in practically every
event. He recently gave a repeat
performance of all-around cham
pionships at Sisters, Ore., and last
February won second place in the
bareback riding contest at Fort
Worth Stock Show, one of the
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U. S. Refuses to Yield to
Russia on A-Bomb Policy
NEW .YORK, June 21. VP)
Backed up by president Truman s
reaffirmation of American policy,
Bernard M. Baruch and his ad
visers in the Untied Nations
Atomic Commission maintained a
i firm stand today against Russia's
move to retain the veto power in
relation to world control of atomic
energy.
The President's statement in
Washington yesterday re-empha-sized
Baruch's pronouncement to
the council last week that the
United States would not yield
atomic secrets to a world pool or
dispose of her bombs under treaty
provisions unless the veto is dis
carded on atomic control matters.
Mr. Truman commented that
the Baruch proposals had his en
dorsement and said the American
plan and that of Russia presented
as a substitute will be subjects of
negotiation which may lead to
agreement. He emphasized the
word "may."
'Ganging Up' Feared by
Russia, Educator Says
PORTLAND, June 21.
The goal emphasized in all Rus
sian literature is not world con
quest, but a standard of living
equal to or better than that of the
United States, the Northwest In
stitute of International Relations
was told.
Bert G. Mitchell of Washington
Technical Institute, who spent six
years in Russia as YMCA organ
izer, said fear rather than aggres
sion is behind Russia's actions.
That nation feels the Anglo-Saxon
countries are "ganging up" on
her, ho declared.
Counties Criticized for
Welfare Help Requests
PORTLAND, Ore., June 21.
(IP) Criticism of county tax of
ficials for asking federal and state
aid in financing welfare and edu
cational costs came yesterday
from Governor Wallgren of
Washington.
"Counties have been lax In rais
ing the money necessary to carry
on their end of the program," he
told the Pacific Coast Board of
Intergovernmental Relations,
meeting at Timberllne Lodge. He
said counties would have revenue
source if property were assessed
at its true value.
With Roseburg's March of Progress
LOTS OF HOUSES, BUT LOTS OF HOMELESS Edenbower
Trailer Court, near the Garden Valley road, is glimpsed In the
background of the picture above. A row of new houses is rising
to the right, and new houses are being built all around these. In
spite of all the homes recently completed or now under construc
tion, a young army of people here are homeless.
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UP BEAT AND DOWN Stroll
ing his beat in Philadelphia, Pa.,
patrolman Pallozza hits D-sharp
as he runs the scale up to his
tenor peak of two-and-a-half
octaves. On the force for 22
years, he hopes to sing "Pag
liacci" in opera when he retires.
Recently he sang in the chorus
of "Carmen" for the Metropoli
tan Opera Co.
Cantaloupe Crop
Shows Heavy Gain
The Umpqua Valley cantaloupe
crop mis year win surpass yield
ings of the past three years by
almost double, marketing centers
in Roseburg reported Thursday.
Also this season s melons are ex
pected to be of exceptional high
quality.
With the Melrose district re
porting the biggest increase in
acreage, more than 400 acres will
supply the local and Northwest
markets through Roseburg ship
ping concerns. Last year's yield
was approximately 75 acres with
in the Umpqua Valley.
The good market returns of the
past two years are reported as
the reason for the ereat Increase
in acreage, as well as more avail
able help in harvesting.
The Office of Price Administra
tion recently Increased the ceiling
price of cantaloupes per crate by
4u cents over last year.
Bonneville Signs With
New Utility District
PORTLAND. Ore.. June 21
UP) Signing of a 20-year con
tract witn tne trankiin county.
Wash., public utility district was
announced today by Bonneville
fower Administration.
The district plans to acquire
by condemnation part of the Pa
cific Power & Light Company
system. When this program has
progressed far enough, Bonne
ville will build substation facili
ties near Pasco, officials said.
The PUD will be permitted to
utilize surplus power generated
by Industrial plants in the area.
Gain in Members Noted
By Oregon Methodists
SEASIDE, Ore., June 21. VP)
A net gain of 910 members dur
ing the past year was reported to
day by the annual Oregon con
ference of the Methodist Church.
While the conference gained
2,125 new members and 2,481
through transfer, those who left
made un the difference.
Contributions to the conference
declined $91,836, the 100 minis
ters and supply pastors and 60
lay delegates were told.
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Photo by Paul Janklna
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Coal Prices
Rise to Meet
Wage Boosts
WASHINGTON, June 21 UP)
OPA today raised soft coal
prices an average of 401 cents a
ton to offset wages Increases and
other gains which John L. Lewis'
United Mine , Workers won in
their strike.
The increases range from 10
cents to $1.47 a ton, depending
upon the producing district and
type of mine. They boost retail
prices about 31 per cent, OPA
estimated.
Part of the Increase was al
lowed to offset losses suffered
by the operators during the 59
day strike.
Most soft coal Is consumed by
railroads and industrial firms.
OPA said less than 15 per cent
of total production goes to house
holders lor heating purposes.
However, OPA expects to an
nounce next week a price in
crease averaging perhaps $1 a
ton for hard coal, used generally
for home-heating. This also will
offset anthracite miners' pay
raises.
The soft coal price order is
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Council Mulls Dike
Job Suggestions
Suggestions for reinforcement
of the dike at the city sewage dis
posal plant made by a represen
tative of the Army district engi
neer office at Portland this week
are being considered by the city
council, Comicil President Percy
irou saia yesteraay.
The engineer suggested that
trees on tne west bank of the
river and on the Island near the
Oak St. bridge be bulldozed
away, In order to divert the flow
of water from the sewage nlant
embankment during winter flood
stages, Croft reported. The engi
neer also suggested the west
cnannei oe aeepeneu.
RiD-rappIng with rock was sug
gested as suitable reinforcement
for the river bank.
"He said we would 'be foolish'
not to take an offer of the Lloyd
M. Hill Co., made at the last
council meeting, for furnishing
rock for the dike," Croft stated.
The L,lod M. Hill Co. had of
fered to furnish rock meeting
State Highway Department spe
cifications at almost cost price, at
this week's cltv council meeting.
The proposal Is being considered
tms wecK and may oe accepted
by the citv at the coming council
meeting Monday night.
The Army engineer represen
tative would make no recommen
dations to Washington for the
dike reinforcement to be done by
me Army, Decause no appropria
tions have been made for flood
control on the Umnaua or Roeue
rivers, although such appropria
tions have been made for the
Willamette, Croft said.
Nails for Crates Slated
For Northwest Growers
WASHINGTON, June 21. (PP)
Hone for relief from the crltl.
cal shortage of nails for fruit and
vegetable crates in the Pacific
northwest was held out today by
tne Agriculture Department.
It notified Ren. Horan (R
Wash.) that the Civilian Produc
tion Administration had located
30.000 kegs of common and box
nails in various sections of the
country which would be routed to
shortage areas.
Horan said dealers In the dis
tressed areas should notify the
department promptly, requesting
part of the supply.
There has been hnrtatrn nf
crate and box nails In both Wash
ington and Oregon and with the
crons beine harvested state offi
cials have annealed to members
of Congress for help.
Better Surplus Goods
Sale Plan Given Oregon
WASHINGTON June 21. OP)
The Wnr Assets AdminMrtlon
notified Rep. Norblad R.-Ore.)
todnv that all surnlus consumer
ponds within Oregon porenfter
will be solH through the Portland
regional office.
Norblod hud comnlalned that
school districts In hU state wre
having difficulty in ohtainiP"'
snrnlin consumer goods and ask
ed that the WAA net to old them.
The WAA said that effort was
being made to eive priority pur
chasers sufficient notice of eon.
templated sales so thev would
have ample time to Insneet and
nurchase sur)lu nronertv. It
said it also would exnedlte notice
to nurchaserg as to whether their
orders can be accepted In full or
in part.
Bid Goes To
Russia, China;
Great Britain
25-Year Control to Keep
Nippons Disarmed, Open
Way to Democracy Aims
WASHINGTON, June 21.
The United States announced
todav It has proposed to Russia,
Britain and China the creation ot
a four-nower control commission
hacked bv militar" force, to keen
Japan disarmed for at least 2;"5
years.
The commission would takS
over at the end of the present
oceunation which is being carried
out largely by American troops
under the command of Gen. Dourf.
las MacArthur. That action ore
sumahl" would mark the end ot
America's virtually single-handed
domination of JaDanese affairq
and begin a new period of control
by all four powers.
Secretary of State Bvrnes pro5.
nosed the 25-vear Jananese dis
armament treatv to the foreleri
ministers of Britain. China and
"ussl at the same time In April
that he suggested a similar 25
ver treatv for Germany.
One purpose of the treaties
would he to end the present mass
oceunations of hnth countries r9
oulckly as Dossible and to sub
stitute for the rcular oceunation
armies smaller forces of troons
esoecinllv trained In disarmament
control duties.
The avowed purpose of tha
treatv Is to Insure that, following
the total disarmament and de
militarization of Japan by occupa.
tlon forces, the country shall h
kent In n state of disarmament
nnd demilitarization "as long as
the Deace and security of the
world may require."
Five Steos Set Forth
To accomnllsh this, the follow
ing prlnciDal sterw are set forth:
1. Janan's military organiza
tion shall "remain completely rii
armed, demobilized end dis
banded and Japan shall be de
prived all sorts of arms and ex
nloslves. Including atomic enerpv
materials. The Japanese shall
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Hotel Blast
Kills Three;
Twenty Hurt
t)ALLAS, Tex.,' June 21.
(AP) At least 38 ambu
lances rushed to the Baker
Hotel shortly before noon to
day, after an explosion killed
at least three persons and in
jured 20 more, several prob
ably fatally.
The explosion rocked mid '
town Dallas.
Dense smoke poured out of
the hotel, one of the largest
in the Southwest, and forced
firemen to don gas masks as
they raced to rescue the in
jured. The explosion was unoffi
cially believed to have been
caused by an exploding: boil
er, and ammonia gas from
shattered pipes in the air con
ditioning and refrigeration
system. - ,
Scores were overcome by
the fumes, and dense, acrid
smoke filled the basement,
the lobby and coffee shop.
Spanish War Vets Will
Open Conclave Sunday
SALEM, Ore., June 21 UPy
The four-day 38th annual en
campment of the Oregon Depart
ment of the United Spanish War
Veterans will open here Sunday
evening with memorial services
at the First Methodist Church.
Business sessions will open
Monday morning with the ad
dress by Governor Snell. Officers
will be elected at the closing ses
sion Wednesday.
The organization's auxiliary
also will hold meetings during
the convention.
Vinson. Confirmed
WASHINGTON, June 21. VP)
The Senate has confirmed the
nomination of Fred M. Vinson to
be chief Justice of the dissension
ridden Supreme Court.
He succeeds the late Harlan F.
Stone.
Confirmation was by voice lata
yesterday, with no objection.
The calendar says this Is the
first day of summer, but for
cherry pickers it's the opening
of the "fall" season.
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