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Comp. U. Of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon P5) Bftinnu mm rare EMS ma ,4 The Weather Cloudy tonight and Wednes day: warmer Wednesday. Established 1873 Meat Industry Opposes Revival of Public Needs Being Filled, Packers Say Recontrol Means Chaos, Another Black Market, Federal Board Warned WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. (JP) Wesley Hardenbergh, president of the American Meat Institute (Packers), argued today against revival of meat price ceilings on the grounds that the industry is ranidly meeting public needs. This return to "order" in the business, he told the OPA Price Decontrol Board, contrasts with "the chaos created by four years of price control." Hardenbergh said a survey of meat advertisements in cities throughout the country recently showed consumers are buying meat at "prices generally in line with OPA's ceiling." plus the sub sidies OPA formerly paid to help keeD retail nrices down. "Todav the consumer Increas Inply has opportunity to go into stores and come out with meat without drawing a number, with out standing in line, and without ' Continued nn Patrp Slv) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS r:'D bettor start off with a quick summary of the peace effort at Paris. It runs something like this: lOLOTOV, (after LOSING his fight to get the kind of vot ing lie wanted): "Russia can't Agree to the voting rules adopted by the rules committee." Whereupon the conference, by a vote of 15 to 4, ADOPrS the rules committee report (which Russia says she won't abide by). Molotov: "We MAINTAIN our point of view." (That is to say, Russia refuses to play.) RUSSIA then charges that "the voting procedure for this con ference (of 21 nations) is DI RECTED by an Anglo-Saxon bloc." To which our Byrnes replies: "Whence comes thiis talk of BLOCS? By what right do those who vote, ballot after ballot, WITH the Soviet Union call those of us who do not always agree with the Soviet Union a bloc?" Byrnes then asserts that ' for more than a year "we have seen Russia time and again using her VETO power to BLOCK AC TION." (He uses more roundabout language, but that is the gist of it.) N print, at this distance. It sounds like angry children sas- sing each other back and forth. But it ISN'T. It is frank, blunt discussion, and as such is good for the world. (Continued on page 2) V-J Day Program Beckons All Veterans, General Public All veterans organizations and the general public are invited to participate in the V-J day community program to be held at 8 P. M. Wednesday in the Roseburg Junior High School auditorium, Eugene Springer, committee chairman, said today. An interesting program has been arranged, he reports, to commemorate the close of hos tilities in the Pacific theater. The program will open with presentation of combined colors hv the American Legion, V. F. W., D. A. V.. State Guard and Boy Scouts. This will be followed by the sinking of "America." under the leadership of Ralph M. Church, and invocation by the Rev. W. A. MacArthur. Brief talks will be made by war service leaders including Percy Croft, wartime chairman of the selective service board: J. Ross Hutchinson, American Red Cross, and Bruce Elliott, war bonds staff. World War II vet erans will be represented by Sid ney Fredrickson. Army, Euro pean theater; Charles Church, . Marine Corps, Pacific theater, " and Jack Josse, Navy, Atlantic, African anfr Mediterranean thea ters. Nance Atkins, president of Umpqua unit of the American Le gion will speak on behalf of 1 4 DENIES POISONINC Mrs. Lot tie "Tot" Lockman, 63, freed on bond under charges of at tempting to poison the wife of her employer, Mrs. Forrest Mc Connell, of Dupont, Ind. Bodies of five others, including her husband, who were in the care of Mrs. Lockman at the time of their deaths, will be exhumed for examination. Extra Heavy Time Beat Bares Jail Break Plan ARDMORE. Okla.. Aug. 13. -(Pi There was gospel singing 1n the carter county jail and all the boys were there and taking part. Jailor J. L. Sloan, himself a music lover, settled back to en joy the old time hymns. Above the strains of two guitars, a mandolin, an accordian and the voices of the singers, Sloan heard someone apparently keeping time with the music with an extra heavy foot. "The guy's off beat," Sloan mused during several numbers, then roused himself to investi gate. Search disclosed one of the boys had removed a section of a win dow frame, extracted a heavy iron sash weight and was me thodically hammering out bricks in ragged four-four time. Turkey Show Allotted , $1,200 From Racing Fund A $1,200 share of revenues from Oregon's pari-mutuel racing has been distributed to the North western Turkey Show at Oakland, it was announced bv Secretary of State Farrell at Salem. B" a rul ing of Attorney General Neuner last vear, funds distributed to the Oakland Turkey Show can be used, however, by the Northwest ern Turkey Show in Roseburg. Racin funds deposited in the treasury exceed any previous year's receipts at this time of year, Farrell said. These funds have steadily increased from $92.- 867.87 in 1942 to $263,393.52 this year. In addition to the money d s- tributed to the Northwestern Tur key Show, S3.816.67 went to each of Oregon's 36 counties and $137, 400 went to county fairs. Money was also distributed to other live stock and agricultural shows. women's groups. Combined church choirs will present several musical selec tions. Choir members are re quested by the chairman to be present at 7:30 o'clock. The main address will be made by Dr. Morris H. Roach, who will sneak on the subject, "Be yond Victory." The closing portion of the pro gram will include community singing, led bv Ralph M. Church: silent meditation; se lections by the Roseburg Munici pal Band; retirement of the Colors; the national anthem by band and audience, and benedic tion by Fr. William Coughlan. Boy Scouts will act as ushers. Public address equipment is be ing furnished by Lund's Radio Service. ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST Primaries in Three States Draw Voters (By the Associated Press) A three-way gubernatorial con test and Senator Robert M. La Follette's bid for Republican nom ination after 12 years as a Prog ressive lent sparkle today to Wis consin's primary. With the LaFollette senatorial scrap spilling over into the arena of national politics, the Wisconsin balloting outshone the selection of GOP candidates for governor and senator in Vermont ana a free-for-all for the Democratic nomination for governor in South Carolina. Both LaFollette and the 83-vear-old Republican governor, Walter S. Goodland, were snubbed when they sought the endorsement of the Wisconsin GOP convention for additional terms. But they went after nomination in the pri mary, anyway, against these men backed by the party organization. For the Senate, Circuit Judge Joseph R. McCarthy, former Ma rine captain; for the governor ship, investment banker Delbert J. Kenny. Also in the senatorial race Is Perry J. Stearns, Milwaukee at torney. Third man in the guber natorial field, with LaFollette's blessing. Is Ralph M. Immell, vet eran of two wars and former state adlutant general. LaFollette carried Into his bat tle nearly 21 years' experience in the Senate and a name lustrous in Wisconsin politics for two gen erations. Battle GOP Machine But his"flttempt "to "force 'Ills way back into the Republican fold, which he deserted to organ ize the Progressive party, got no welcome from the state machine. Thus a LaFollette victory would weaken Chairman Tom Cole man's clutch on the state Repub lican organization. And it would shunt the senator into a position Continued on Page Six) Merchants Plan Yule Decorations Completely new street decora tions for the Christmas holidays are being plannned for the 1946 season by members of the retail trade committee of the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce, Bruce C. Elliott, committee chairman, re ported today. The committee is contracting The committee is contacting several commercial decorators with the view of contracting for the decorations, If satisfactory ar rangements can be made. Elliott also reported, that the committee voted at its recent meeting to remain open on VJ Day and to discontinue closing on Armistice day, November 11. in maKine this decision the com mittee noted that stores in most cities in Oregon do not close on that date. Shortage of merchandise and other factors caused the commit tee to decide against a scheduled fall opening event, thus allowing more time to plan a Christmas opening with suitable decorations, merchandise display and sne'inl events, details of which will b announced with the development of plans being worked out by sub committees, Elliott said. A check of all present at the meeting indicated a unanimous decision that all stores, except those handling foods and drugs, should be closed at 5:30 P. hi. Saturdays. Howard Hughes, Flier, Able to Leave Hospital LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13. (JP) Howard Hughes, plane designer and movie producer, who suffered multiple injuries last July 7 when an experimental plane crashed in nearby Beverly Hills, is recuper ating at "the home of a friend." Good Samaritan Hospital at tendants said Hughes left last Saturday, taking with him his nurses and other attendants. Hughes' physician, Dr. Verne Mason, declined to say where Hughes Is staying. 'Jimmy' Also Suffers From Forgetfulness NEWARK, N. J., Aug. 13 SP "Jimmy," the Veterans Administration says, has bis troubles. "My wife left me. Nobody supports me now. I don't have a dime. I want to go to school and learn to write books and things. So please send me $65 every month," the letter from "Jimmy" to the VA read. But "Jimmy" forgot to men tion his last name and his address. Gun Given by Youth To Jesting Mother Deals Death Charge ELDORADO, 111., Aug. 13 UP) A mother's accidental death today was attributed by Coroner Rees Turner to her off-hand re mark made in jest. Coroner Turner gave this ver sion of the deadly by-play: "I'm so tired that if I had a gun I would shoot myself," laughed Mrs. Florence McCreary, 49, as she talked with a neighbor in her nearby New Haven home. Her son, Wilmer Lucian, 8, over heard, brought a shotgun from another room and, as he handed her the weapon, remarked jok ingly: "Here's the gun, mother; go ahead and shoot yourself." In handing her the weapon, its hammer acidentally hit a ra dio and the resultant charge en tered her left side at close range. Mrs. McCreary died in an El dorado hospital last night. Labor Front Astir With New Strikes (By The Associated Press) The nation's labor front, com paratively quiet since settlement of a series of countrywide post war strikes, began stirring with new activity today. A ClO-imposed embargo dis rupted the flow of news to and from the United States, strike by AFL workers curtailed bread supplies In Chicago and Phila delDhia. a strike which both union and company spokesman called a "surprise" closed a hat manu facturing plant in Philadelphia ana white collar wokers tnreat ened to quit work in Interna tional Harvester Company plants. At the same time, however, a threatened strike against the Campbell Soup Company was averted by federal conciliators, a strike which closed the Packard Motor Car Company, was settled, and a strike settlement restored normal water service to East Liverpool, Ohio, industries. A strike of AFL Bakery and Confectionery workers for higher wages cut off two-thirds of Phila delphia's daily bread output and trimmed Chicago's bread supply bv an eslimated 20 per cent. Some 2,500 employes refused to work in the John B. Stetson Company plant in Philadelphia but the company and spokesman for the AFL United Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers said they did not know the reason. CIO white collar workers threatened to go out "within 48hours" at Inter national Harvester Company plants in Chicago, East Moline and Canton, 111., and Auburn, N. Y., unless W8ge boosts are granted. H. G. Wells, One of Top Men Of Modern Literature, Dies LONDON, Aug. 13. ) H. G. Wells, the world famous author, died today at his home in London. He was 79. Herbert George Weils, English man of letters, made science a popular subject with the man in the street, and, by breathing life into the dry bones of history, made of it a "best-seller." . He and his work were known on both sides of the Atlantic. Wells, Rudyard Kipling and George Bernard Shaw were hailed as the "big three" of modern English literature and Wells was the most versatile of the trio. With 50 books to his credit, he ran a gamut of sociology, politi cal economy, and romance, as well as the wildest flights of fancy. He had a particular apti tude for working into the frame work of his novels the latest technical and scientific discov eries so as to advance his own views on politics and sociology. His "Outline of History" was translated into almost eve,ry lan guage, and is still to be found on bookstalls all over the world. In one year it sold more than a half-million copies in America at a dollar a throw, and for a while even outsripped the Bible as a "best-seller." The "Outline" was followed by "The Science of Life" and "The Work. Wealth and Happiness of Mankind." The later was a monu mental study of the present sit uation of mankind In 250,000 words. Of his novels, "Mr. Britllng Sees It Through" achieved the greatest success in the United States, earning Its author about $100,000. Of Humble Birth Wells' father was a gardener who turned professional crick eter before becoming a shop keeper. His mother was an inn keeper's daughter who was "in service" as a lady'g maid before her marriage. At the age of 13 Wells was ap prenticed as a Junior clerk to a dry goods store at Windsor. He found the work Irksome, and. after an undignified fight with a junior porter, he was dismissed. 13, 1946 Ceilings Truman Signs ederal-Aid lospitalBiil , WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. VP) - Leoislation setting uo a $1,125.- 000,000 five-year hospital con struction program was signeu to (lav by President Truman, Mr. Truman said the measure, which authorizes federal assis tance to states and local govern ments in building hospitals, lays a groundwork for providing more and better medical care for the people of our country." The legislation authorizes the federal government to pay one third of the cost of building or equipping new hospitals, the gov ernment's share of the aggregate planned cost to be $375,000,000 and the snonsors the remaining $750,000,000. Sponsors may be state, city or other public governmental agen cies or private non-profit hospi tals. Slates will share In the fund on the basis of their needs, which will be ascertained through the ratio their per capita income hears to the national average. Other factors bearing on the de termination of need will be popu lation and value of products. Mr. Truman said the construc tion of hospitals and related fa cilities was the first item In a five-point health program he ad vocated in a message to Congress last November. One Provision Disapproved " He signed the bill, he said, des pite certain provisions "which I consider objectionable." He said a provision setting up Continued on Page Six) Morse Cites Congress Benefits for Oregon WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (JP) Appropriations for rivers and harbor projects, flood control, ir rigation and power development were listed by Senator Wayne Morse today as among acts of the 79th Congress of high Im portance to Oregon. Total appropriations for these activities in that state were $34, C16,712, Morse said in a state ment issued at his office, adding: "The entire Oregon delegation worked as a united team on this matter, as It did throughout the session on all isues affecting the state." Morse said that Oregon re ceived "another very important financial gain" through passage of amendments to the Lanham act which authorized continu ance for the next fiscal year of federal education funds for Ore gon schools. WELLS Later, turning his back on trade, Wells went to study at the Royal College of Science In South Kensington. There he took his degree as Bachelor of Science with first-class honors, and ab sorbed that enthusiasm for sci entific Investigation that formed the background of so many of his later works. """"" f '''l J ... ' H. G. OREGON CONGRESSMAN ON NEW JOB Lowell Stockman, Oregon's 6-foot 6-inch representative in the House, who says he has very little to do during the adjournment of Congress, has assumed a new role that of guiding sightseers through the capitol at Washington. He explained that he is holding down the job for a constituent who is out of the city and to whom he will turn over the money collected from 25-cent fees. Shown here on the capitol steps, Stockman is conducting one of his tours. 'KEEP OUR POWDER DRY.' Russia Alone Obstructing Peace, Drawing Ill-Will of Others, Ex-President Says SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 13. "fear and frustration," the United nomic resources, "keep our powder dry," and cooperate with the United Nations "to maintain peace," ex-President Herbert Hoover cautioned today. In a birthday statement Issued ing mining properties near Pioche1 old Saturday, the only living ex-president of the U. S. cited the dif ferences between the period following World War I and the present. "The dominant note In the world a year after World War I was hope and confidence," he said. "Today It is fear and frustration," Triangle Affair Slayer Acquitted CHICAGO, ug. 13. CP) Freed from a charge of murder ing his "best friend", Donald Murray, 41, today prepared to make a new start, while his wife, Doris, 39, after a short fling at extra-marital romance, Insisted she still loved her husband and awaited his call. A jury of eight women and four men deliberated only 43 minutes last night before acqulttln" Mur ray, a salesman, of murder In the slaving of Mai. John Fletcher, 46, a Canadian Army officer from Vancouver, B. C, who was with the nude Mrs. Murray when the woman's husband burst Into a Loop hotel room last May 27. Murray's testimony that he shot and killed the officer In self defense was supported by Mrs. Murray, who testified her hus band fired after Fletcher attacked him with a chair. Asked by reporters whether he would now go back to his wife, Murray said: "I don't know. That's nn hon est answer. Only time will settle that. Courtroom applause greeted the verdict. Not In the courtroom at the end, Mrs. Murray told newsmen at her Loo- stenographic office; "It is too good to be true." She said she would not call her hus band but would go to their home in suburban Wheaton and wait for him to call. "He sure is a grand guv," she said. Earlier, she testified she "al ways loved" her husband. Rep. Gallagher, Former Street Cleaner, Passes ROCHESTER. Minn.. Aug. 13 (P) Rep. William J. Gallagher. 71. pensioned Minneapolis street cleaner who defeated a two-term Republican congressman In 1944, died In St. Mary's Hospital today. Gallagher, candidate for re election from the Third (Minne apolis) District on the Democratic-Farmer Labor party ticket, became seriously ill last Sunday. In 1944 he defeated Renubllcan Congressman Richard Gale of Mound, who was serving his sec ond term In Congress. In the Julv Minnesota primary election, Gallagher won re-noml-natlon over Robert Short, a naval veteran. 191-46 ysrassa' ,s ra& k. .13 HOOVER ADVISES IIP) In a world dominated by Stales should conserve Its eco on his arrival here from Inspect Nev., where he became 72 years Hoover took occasion to score what he regards as Russian de signs on Manchuria and areas adlacent to the Soviet Union. He urged the U. S. to stop play. Ing "Santa Claus" with the na tion's resources, "hold the atomic bomb until there Is real coopera tion for lasting peace," and "at all times assert the principles of the Atlantic charter." During his world tour to study famine conditions, taken at the behest of President Truman, Hoover said he reached "several conclusions besides the food situ ation ... In recent conversations with top officials and other cm zens In 38 states." Russian Scheme 8een Continuing his comparison of the two postwar periods, Hoover said "far fewer nations" have freedom than ,25 years ago and predicted "another world explo sion" from attempts to "reduce the German people to a level of perpetual poverty. "Todav there Is a universal de. sire In all nations except Russia to make peace," said Hoover. "My own impression is that Rus sia Is obstructing (peace to gain time lor elimination ot an non communistic elements and thus the consolidation and practical absorption of those areas behind the 'iron curtain and Manchuria. "Her (Russia's) invigorated fifth columns In every country add to confusion. The rest of the world Is rapidly concentrating its tears and consequently ns am- Continued on Page Six) Roseburg Guard Unit's Designation Changed Designation of the Roseburg company of the Oregon national guard will be Company D, 18th infantry, it Is announced by Brig. Gen. Thomas E. Rllea, adjutant general, in announcing alloca tion of units in reorganization of the national guard. Co. D, 162nd Infantry. Rosehurg's former unit designation, is assigned to Ore gon City, the assignments being an exchange of prewar alloca tions. The Roseburg company will have an assigned strength ot 157 officers and men. The Oregon State Guard will continue In active service until national guard units are organiz ed and ready to function. Or ganization of the national guard is not expected to be completed until next spring. Deporting Of New Refugees Arouses Anger Britain Puts Blockade Into Effect; U. S. Source Blamed for Situation HAIFA. Palestine, Aug. 13 (IP) British troops fired tommyguna and rifles todav into a crowd of rioting Jews who were trying to storm through tanks, trucks and soldiers In protest against thei deportation to Cyprus of 1,000 Illegal Jewish Immigrants. A girl was killed. Several po licemen and troops were injured bv stones, bottles and other mis siles which the Jews hurled soon after the outlawed Hagana radio exhorted them to "storm the streets." A moving tank Injured on person In dispersing a crown gathered In the Hadar Haearmel ouarter of this northern Pales tinian port. The troopships sailed witn tne 1.000 Illegal immigrants during the morning, but another ship, the Fenlce, bearing 650 Jewish. - immigrants without landing cer tificates arrived and was placed outside the harbor. An unconfirmed report said yet another Illegal ship, the Venezia. which was snotted yesterday, had arrived off Haita with uuu moro illegal Immgirants. The arrival of the B5U aoui- tlonal Immigrants brought to more than 2,000 the number ot unscheduled Jewish wanderers confined In the Haifa harbor, even with the deportation of the 1,000. Only 1,500 Jews are per mitted to enter Palestine per month under current British rules. The Fenlce aDDarentlv tried to land its passengers on the beach but was Intercepted by a police gunboat. It refused an order to heave to and the gunboat fired across Its bow. The sloop was anchored outside the harbor and Its passengers, under the new British policy, probably will ba deported. LONDON, Aug. 13 VP) A spokesman for the British Co lonial Office specifically named "American financial sources" to day as responsible for "encoui Continued on Page Six) Boy Vows to Find Driver Who Killed His Father SEATTLE, Aug. 13. OPt His tear-stained face firm and his small fists clenched, 10-year-old Larry Bye, sat In his grand parents' home at Burlington yes terday and told Interviewers "If they don't find the guy who killed my Daddv, then I'll find him. It I have to look for him 'till I grow un I'll find him." Larry was speaking of the hit runner who fatally Injured 35-vear-old Damon Chester Bye. farm laborer, as Bye walked along the Chuckanut Highway Sunday nipht. State patrolman said yesterday Bye might have lived had the driver stopped and rendered aid. The Injured man had crawled back on the road and attempted to attract aid but died before an early morning milk truck driver discovered him. Landmark at Yoncalla Destroyed by Flames YONCALLA Fire of un known origin completely de stroyed the Ambrose place, fam ous old landmark and one-time stage depot, early Saturday morn in. The famous old house, part ot the A. T. Ambrose donation claim, was a ston for stages during the early settlement of Yoncalla Val ley. It was rented for a number of years bv Jack McNabb. The house was built In 1854 and play, cd a prominent part In Yoncalla history. Nothing was saved from the fire. Due to the help of neighbors, the fire was kent from spreading to other buildings and a valuable stand of timber nearby. It is not known whether the house was insured. Owners are reported to be a loan company. Logging Truck Traffic Severe on Oiled Roads Logging tracks are "tearing up" and making more difficult maintenance of the county's 40 miles of oiled road, County Road master F. C. Frear said yester dav. ' During the last four years, the North Umpqua Road has carried the greatest amount of logging, Frear said. Second In logging traffic has been the county road east of Sutherlln, while another heavily traveled route is the North Myrtle Creek Road. The Garden Valley Road, which carries only light traffic, re ceived Its first oiling 20 years ago, Frear said, and since then h;is received only one additional oiling ns well ns some patchwork. LtyttyFactlM y U F. lUUamtata Roseburg merchants new plannning street decorations for the Christmas season are re mincVd that a timely wireless (prepaid) to Saint Nick might bring a natatorium or a modern airport to the public tree, " ;
