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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.
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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
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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, " ;