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Picture by Photo Lab
WILL RULE. STAMPEDE Pictured above is the Stampede court, which will rule over the Trail
Dust Saddle Club's 2nd Annual Stampede at the county fairgrounds Saturday and Sunday.
Center is Marilyn West, queen. Princesses are Jackie Carstens, Wanda Andrus, Barbara Ogle
and Donna Donnahue.
New Directory of
DcugEas county,
Roseburg Planned
W. A. Allen, representative of
the T. W. Salibury Publishing
Co., Eugene, Is In Roseburg mak
ing preliminary arrangements
for publication of a new edition
of the Roseburg-Douglas County
directory. It is planned, he an
nounced, to conduct the enumera
tion late this year and to publish
the directory In early 1948.
Preliminary investigation, he
states, reveals much demand for
a new directory, particularly be
cause of the large influx of popu
lation, new business, business
changes, and general expansion.
The book published in 1945-46
already is badly outdated because
of the rapidly changing condi
tions of population and business.
New directories recently have
been issued by the company for
Grants Pass, Albany, Lebanon,
Sweethome and McMinnville.
Penniless Man Leaves
55 Cats in 5x9 Room
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13.
W) The secret of Gabriel Gab
rello, 50-year-old Filipino bicycle
messenger, was public knowledge
today as the result of his recent
death. He loved alley cats, and
was keeping 55 of them in his
tiny room, Public Administrator
Phil C. Katz reported.
The manager of the building
said Gabiello had lived there 15
years, but nobody knew he was
keeping any pets.
i Katz said there were 40 fat cats
"vnd 15 kittens in the five-by-nine-foot
room. They were turned over
to the city pound. Katz said Gab
reiki died almost penniless.
In the Days Mews
By FRANK JENKINS
I.N London, Prime Minister Att
lee and his cabinet decide to
DEFER NATIONALIZATION of
the steel Industry for the present
possibly, the dispatches add,
for as long as the "duration of
Britain's economic crisis."
By an extremely narrow
squeak, the decision wins approv
al of the labor party members of
parliament. The vote was 81 to
77, and a socialist "informant"
tells the correspondent of the AP
that more than 100 laborites
"abstained from voting at the
party caucus."
That indicates quite F, party
rift.
NATIONALIZATION (govern
ment ownership) of the steel
industry was included in the pro
gram of the Labor party when it
won overwhelming control of
parliament in 1945. At the party
caucus, spokesmen of the govern
ment insisted that there is no in
tention to abandon the 1945
promise, but added that the cabi
net should be free to choose an
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Hughes Probers Mull Future
Steps as Order Goes Forth to
Prevent Meyer Leaving U.S.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. JP) Chairman Ferguson said today
it will be up to his war investigating subcommittee to decide whether
to probe deeper into the "side issue" feud between Howard Hughes
and Senator Brewster.
But Senator Pepper declared that in his view the next step, il
there is one, will have to be taken either by the full Senate or the
Justice Department.
The two ranking members of
the subcommittee outlined their
opinions in separate interviews
as the customs bureau stepped
into the picture in an effort to
make certain that the main
Hughes inquiry can get under
way again November 17.
Frank Dow, acting commis
sioner of customs, notified collec
tors at all ports yesterday to stop
John W. Meyer, Hughes' free
spending publicity man. if he
tries to leave the country.
Meyer's unexplained absence
last Saturday after an earlier
committee subpoena for him ex
pired was one of the reasons
Ferguson cited for ordering a
postponement in the two-week-L-ild
investigation into Hughes'
il
0,000,000 worth of wartime air-
j.jane contracts.
flieyer was reported to nave
Annual Stampede at County
Fairgrounds This Week Will
Be Preceded by Street Parade
More than 50 contestants are expected to take part in the Trail
Dust Saddle Club's 2nd Annual Stampede, at the county Fairgrounds
Aug. 10 and 17, according to Bruce Spackman, trail boss.
Events In the all-amateur show will include bronc riding, calf
roping, drills and races by various riding clubs, wild cow milking,
and "many other exciting contests," Spackman said. .
Prunes Lowest
In Crop Decreases
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13
UP) The peach, pear and prune
crops will be smaller this year
in the three Pacific Coast states,
the Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics predicts, but the apple
harvest will exceed 1946.
Largest difference in the crops
ibis year compared with last is
in prunes, due to sharp decline
in Oregon because of adverse
weather. The Oregon crop is fore
cast at only 36,500 tons, fresh
basis, compared with 101,100 a
year ago. For the three states
the total is expected to be about
592,000 tons as against 662,700
in 1946.
Apple production is expected
to reach 47,053,000 bushels this
year, compared with 43,328,000
last year, dvith the increase com
ing' from Washington and Cali
fornia. ...
Pear production for the three
states is forecast at 27,001,000
bushels compared wilh 27,928,000
last year.
A peach crop of 39,819,000
bushels is forecast against 40,
515,000 in 1946.
Institutes to Combat
Delinquency Advised
CHICAGO, Aug. 13. UP)
State and local youth guidance
institutes should be established to
combat juvenile delinquency, the
Fraternal Order of Eagles was
told in a report by its board of
parole and probation.
The board, headed by Gerald
W. Mason, Salem, Ore., urged ap
pointment of local youth guidance
committees, in a report to the
national meeting.
Union Votes Self-Tax to
Fight Taft-Hartley Law
NEW YORK, Aug. 13. UP)'
Members of Local 65, Wholesale
and Warehouse Workers Union
(CIO), have voted to tax them
selves one week's pay to build up
a $500,000 strike relief fund
against the Taft-Hartley law,
David Livingston, organization
director of the union, announced.
CO-OP ASSN. TO MEET
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. UP)
One of six regional meetings
of the National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association will be
held at Portland, Ore., Oct. 24
and 25.
Clyde T. Ellis, executive man
ager, said association membership
had grown from 800,000 to 1,200,-
000 in the past year.
been in New York yesterday.
'Just Begun to Fight'
Ferguson told a reporter he be
lieves the next session of Con
gress may consider establishing
a permanent Senate-House com
mittee to conduct investigations.
With Hughes back in Hollywood.
Brewster vacationing in Maine
and most subcommittee members
turning their attention to other
matters, there was little left here
to keep the controversy alive. But
Brewster said at Portland last
night that "we've just begun to
fight."
Both Ferguson and Pepper
agreed that even if the subcom
mittee wanted to, it would be un
able to draft any formal find
ings on the feud.
The Stampede will open with
a parade through Roseburg's
downtown streets at 10:30 Satur
day morning. The main show will
start at 1 P. M., both Saturday
and Sunday.
The Stampede "Queen's Dance"
is scheduled in the Roseburg Ar
mory at 10 o'clock Saturday
night, following the usual wrest
ling matches, which will begin
early.
Lou Franco and his Happy
Valley Cowboys will furnish mu
sic for the dance.
"The Trail Dust Saddle Club
was organized three years ago
to give the young folks who like
to do so a chance to ride," said
Spackman.
"The older members who be
long to the club get their pleasure
by seeing the youngsters have
their fun.
From Early Day Fiesta .
"The Stampede replaces the old
ranch or community fiesta, when
a bunch of steers or broncs were
corralled and each animal was
ridden by one of the riders gath
ered to enjoy the sport;
The hat was generally passed
among the spectators to give the
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llsworth Gives
Credit to Cordon
PENDLETON, Ore., Aug. 13.
UP) Rep. Harris Ellsworth yes
terday credited Sen. Guy Cordon
with increasing the McNary dam
appropriation this year to $4,500,-
000 from $3,000,000 voted by the
House and he said the project was
assured of completion now that
such a heavy investment had been
made.
Ellsworth, a former Roseburg
publisher, stopped here en route
home from Washington, D. C. He
was accompanied by his two
daughters, Mary Margaret and
Jane. Mrs. Ellsworth, who stop
ped over a few days in the middle
west, was to join him in Portland
today.
He expressed satisfaction with
congress' achievements this ses
sion and said he felt the Repub
lican party had fulfilled its elec
tion promises almost 100 per cent.
He said It had reduced the bud
get, passed a new labor relations
law and twice voted an Income
tax cut bill.
Admitting he was an eternal
optimist, Ellsworth said he didn't
believe there would be another
depression like that of 1933-40.
He foresaw a "leveling off" and
a reduction of present prices, but
no panic.
He believed the United States
had at least 10 years of reason
ably good times aheaj).
Britain Seeks Changes
In Terms of U. S. Loan
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. UP)
British-American conferences
will open here early next week,
it was disclosed today on possi
ble changes in some terms of Brit
tain's $3,750,000,000 loan from
the United States.
Britain has appealed for relaxa
tion of two specific clauses, seek
ing to relieve the drain of her
dwindling store of dollars.
These clauses require Britain
;o convert pounds into dollars
upon request In curent trade
transactions, and prevent Britain
from reducing her imports from
1 he United States in order to in
crease them from her dominions
and colonies.
Today's daily treasury state
ment disclosed that Britain has
.lust withdrawn another $150,000,
000 from her loan-credit.
Youth Arrested After
2nd Try to Wreck Train
FREDERICK, Md., Aug. 13.
UP) A 12-year-old boy was held
by Frederick County police today
after his second attempt within
six years to wreck a train.
Kenneth McGaha of the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad police
said spikes placed on the tracks
near Reel's Mill failed to derail a
freight train only because it had
slowed for a curve.
The boy said he "wanted to see
what would happen to the engine."
Car Shortage
Hits Lumber
Mills in West
195 Small Plants Closed,
Assn. Reports; Situation
To Get Worse, Forecast
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 13.
(P) Lumber industry spokesmen
reported today the shortage of
railroad cars in the Far West has
forced an estimated 195 small
sawmills to close in Western Ore
gon and Northern California, but
railroad officials questioned Ihe
figure.
R. T. Titus, secretary of the Pa
cific Lumber Remanufacturers'
Association, said the mills have
a combined daily lumber output
of 4,000,000 feet. He added that
railroads believe the situation will
become worse before it improves.
H. V. Simpson, executive vice
president of the West Coast Lum
bermen's Association said Titus'
figure was a "good estimate," but
Frank P. Nelson, Southern Pa
cific traffic manager here, called
it a "gross exaggeration."
Simpson said only small mills
were affected and that large
mills, because of greater storage
space, were not yet threatened.
Nelson said he is "certain there
are no more than 15 or 20 mills
down on our lines and they're
mostly small."
Last week the Southern Pacific
freight agent at Eugene said 13
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Paraguayan Rebels
Suffer Disaster
BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 13. UP)
An official Paraguayan source
here said rebel forces were flee
ing from their positions around
Asuncion today after suffering a
shai ) defeat at the hands of Loy
al Paraguayan troops in the lat
est action of a five months old
civil war.
This informant said the Loyal
ists were "tenaciously pursuing"
the retreating Insurgents. An
earlier official announcement last
night said a Loyalist relief column-pressing
down from the
north, where the rebel capital
of Concepcion was captured on
July 31 had reached a point
onlv 12 miles from Asuncion.
The official source here said
Ihe message he received from
Asuncion last night reported that
Insurgent forces around the
threatened Loyalist capital had
been "destroyed". He did not
make plain, however, whether
the Insurgent troops mentioned
constituted the entire rebel force
concentrated there or a part of it.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. (P)
.niiMli.t-mn C-ntt. t., .... m , r, . ,
an ambassador, said he had been
iniormea touay that "the attempt
bv the Communist rnr,lt" In
seize Asuncion, the country's ca
pital, "has been repulsed."
The nmhacuiirlnr cjirl h n
ceived his information in a cable
irom rresiuent Moinigo.
Leisure Globe-Circlina
Fliers Land in Greenland
NEW YORK, Aug. 13-UP)
Tim frfmn Avn,.. nil....
circling the globe in two light
wiiu unit; iiu uujeui,
and nlnn tn take nff tnHnu for
Iceland, William Strohmeier.
flight manager, said today.
Clifford M Firnni! 9fi nf WDU
ington, D. C., and' George Tru
man, 39, of Los Angeles, mes-
rappH Strnhtnninr fhnu Kn 1,1.
cd safely at an airport about 40
miles from Juliannaehaab, capi
tal of Greenland.
Reykjavik, Iceland, the next
stop, is about 730 miles from
Greenland.
The pilots started out Saturday
from Teterboro, N. J.
Extra Fee for Chattel
Mortgage Filing O.K.'d
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 13. UP)
County clerks may charge an ex
tra 50 cents, beyond the 75-cent
fee authorized by the last legisla
ture, for filing migratory chattel
mortgages, State Attorney Gen
eral Neuner ruled today.
The opinion points to an earlier
law which permits a 50-cent
charge for any certification with
seal, a necessary operation when
filing chattel mortgages with the
secretary of state.
The secretary of state's office
receives 50 cents of the 75-cent
fee authorized by the legislature,
the remaining 25 cents also being
kept by the county clerk as a pay
ment for the certification.
Raymond P. McElroy
Elected Head of Eagles
CHICAGO, Aug. 13 UP) The
Fraternal Order of Eagles today
unanimously elected Raymond
P. McElroy, Providence, R. I.,
president, succeeding J. W.
Bryan, Bremerton, Wash., and
then cast another unanimous
ballot for a slate of nominations
presented yesterday.
The new officers Include in
side guard, Charles Fracisco,
Llvermore, Calif., and outside
guard, Jake Colca, Houston, Tex.
BILL ODOM SPEED MERCHANT An air lines physician in
Chicago examines Bill Odom, 28-year-old pilot who circled the
globe in 73 hours, shortly after he landed, completing hit gruel
ing speed run and paring I 13 hours off Wiley Post's solo 'round-the-world
speed record.
Truman's Blessing Goes With
Delegation on Departure for
Pan-American Defense Meet
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. UP) President Truman sent the
United States delegation off to the Pan-American security meeting
in Rio De Janeiro today with his best wishes for "a successful conference."
Crash Sinks Ship
With $3 Million
Salmon Cargo
PORT ANGELES, Aug. 13.
W) The richly-laden Alaska
motorship Diamond Knot,
bringing a $3,000,000 salmon
cargo south, collided with a
coastal freighter in heavy fog
early today and sank eight
hours later as tugs tried to tow
it to the Washington shore.
The 36 crew members were
rescued.
The tug Salvage Chieftain
radio-telephoned shortly after
the vesel went down that no
casualties occurred on either
the Diamond Knot or the heavy
freighter Fenn Victory.
Stolen Car Linked
ith Traffic Case
State police suspicions about
the Texas dealers' plates on an
automobile driven by Lee Roy
Blackburn, 26, at Reedsport this
week, were borne out when word
was received from McAllen, Tex.,
today that the automobile had
been stolen, Sgt. Lyle Harrell re
ported. Blackburn said he had pur
chased the automobile from a
McAllen, Tex., automobile agency
and was continuing to use the
dealers' plates until he received
his own license plates for the car.
He was fined $10 by Justice of
the Peace Fred M. Wright for no
operator's license and sentenced
to iu aays in tne county au lor
improper use of license plates.
Blackburn allegedly posed as a
prospective purchaser of the auto
mobile and drove it out of the
agency show rooms at McAllen,
Sgt. Harrell said. He vJas stop
ped by state patrolmen at Logan,
Utah, but was allowed to proceed
on his journey. Blackburn will be
held for Texas authorities.
The Weather
Clear tonight and Thursday.
Observance of V-J Day, With
Emphasis on Silence Period,
Urged by Mayor of Roseburg
Mayor Al Flegel today urged Roseburg residents to give coopera
tion in the local celebration of V-J Day. Special attention was called
by the mayor to the period of silence set for 4 P.M. tomorrow, to
coincide with the original announcement of the Japanese surrender.
"This day," Mayor Flegel said,
"has special significance for mil
lions of people. It Is particularly
sacred to those who participated
in the late war and who have
comrades left behind In the is
land cemeteries.
"It is a day of special Impor
tance to relatives of veterans.
More particularly, it Is a day
which should provoke serious con
sideration for all concerning the
measures being promote to In
sure peace throughout the world,
the establishment oi insurance
that we need never again drop
our terrible atomic bombs to kill
ant1 destroy."
"I come to bid you gentlemen
farewell, and wish you a happy
and successful trip and a success
ful conference," Mr. Truman told
the departing delegates at Wash
ington national airport.
"I am glad to have this dele
gation as it has so many times
in the past working for peace
in the world, particularly in the
Western Hemisphere."
T,he United States delegation to
the conference, opening in the
Brazilian capital Friday, Is head
ed by Secretary of State Marshall
and includes Chairman Vanden
berg (R.-Mich.) of the Senate
Foreign Relations committee and
Warren R. Austin, U. S. delegate
to the U. N. Security Council
and former Republican senator
from Vermont.
After the delegation had re
ceived the president's good luck
wishes, Senator Vandenberg step
ped to the microphones and de
clared he hopes "the Rio con
ference will set an example to
the rest of the world."
Mr. Truman commented:
"I agree with that."
Unity Emphasized
Secretary Marshall, replying to
the president's brief, informal
speech, said that he and his col
leagues are flying south "in the
interest of what is very import
ant in the world of today the
solidarity of the Western Hemis
phere nations."
Austin said the "unique thing
about the Western Hemisphere
is the development of unity out
of disunity."
He called the forthcoming con
ference of foreign ministers the
"second chapter in the act of
Chapullepec, with endless possi-
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B dsprings Trap Child
Seeking to Escape Heat
CHICAGO, Aug. 13. (Two-year-old
Dion Kevin was put to
rest In an adult-size bed last night,
because of the heat, but Dion roll
ed out and under the bed in his
restless tossing. When his par
ents heard his cries, they found
Dion silting on the floor, his head
caught In the bedspiings.
It took four firemen to pry the
coils apart while a fifth greased
Dion's head with vaseline and re.
leased him.
Eugene A. Springer, command
er of Umpqua Post, No. 16,
American Legion, called upon
Roseburg citizens to recall with
"a moment of respectful prayer
and silence" the day of American
victory over Japan.
An observance planned by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post
2468, will Include graveside cere
monies by post and auxiliary
members, a series of cannon
salutes, and observance of the
period of silence and prayer.
The day will close with the V-J
Day ball at the Roseburg Armory
in the evening.
Britain Now
Under Law to
Battle Crisis
LONDON, Aug. 13 UP) Gov
ernment officials met with trade
union leaders and industrialists
today to make plaii3 for combat
ting British economic ailments
with the newly voted and exten
sive controls over labor, industry
and wealth.
The controls became law with
King George's assent after re
ceiving final parliamentary ap
proval from the House of Lords
this morning. The "crisis" bill
empowers the labor government
to muster all British resources
and guide labor into essential
Industries in efforts to achieve
economic recovery.
Anthony Eden, speaking for
conservatives, declared the
$3,750,000,000 U. S. loan would
be exhausted before Parliament
recess ends and that the labor
regime had not told Parliament
what practical steps it would
take In dealing with the nation's
plight. (The British have drawn
another $150,000,000 of the credit,
leaving only $850,000,000, the
U. S. Treasury reported.)
Informed sources said one
major topic at the government
conference with labor leaders
and industrialists was the pre
cise scope of the "crisis" legis
lation which specifies that Jobs
in certain trades and industries
shall be obtained only through
labor exchanges.
Socialism Pace 8lowed
While the government "was as
sured of the powers It requested
io cope witn tne economic situa
tion, the end of the parliamen
tary session found It showing
signs of slowing down on the
roau to socialism along wnicn
it has been leading the nation.
Major steps have been taken
along that road since King
George opened the session last
Nov. 12. Railroads, long distance
motor transport, canals, electric
ity supplies and real estate de
velopment have been brought
under public ownership.
The coal mines, th Bank of
England, atomic research and
civil aviation were nationalized
during the 1345-46 session the
first after labor came to power.
Perhaps the most historic ac
tion of the session now ending
was the granting of freedom to
India, while among the most
hotly contested steps was the
adoption of legislation providing
for a year's compulsory military
service for young men reach
ing 18.
These are the major features
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Two Women Die
In Blazing Truck
ILWACO, Wash., Aug. 13 UP)
Two Grays Harbor women who
had gone "just for the ride,"
were burned to death yesterday
when a fish truck left the road
at the Naselle junction north
east of here, crashed into a cul
vert and burned.
The victims were Mrs. Norma
Doiiand, about 24, of Westport,
and Betty Brown, 23, of Aber
deen. .
Deputy Sheriff Peter Maloney
said both women were burned
beyond recognition as the flames,
fed by 16,000 pounds of oil-rich
tuna, swept through the truck.
The driver of th truck, Earl
Torbet, 25 employed by the
South Bay Trucking Company of
Aberdeen, was thrown clear of
the vehicle as 11 left the high
way, plowed along n shallow
ditch for 150 feet and smashed
against the culvert.
He was taken to a hospital
where Maloney said he did not
appear to be critically injured,
although unable to talk enough
to provide details of the acci
dent. Wage Increase Settles
Part of IWA Strike
SPOKANE, Aug. 13. U11 Of
fleials of the CIO International
Woodworkers of America esti
mated today that 5,550 workers
remain on strike at Inland Em
pire Lumber operations, allhough
ihree small groups, covering some
85 employes, settled yesterday for
a 121 cent hourly wage Increase.
The agreements covered the
Western Cedar Pole Preserving
Company at Yardley, the E. C.
Olson Lumber Company of Spo
kane, and the D. C. Moe Company
in North Idaho. Thr Tdiho firm
was not struck.
Logs Jarred From Truck
Injure Pair in Automobile
MEDFORD, Ore., Aug. 1X-UP)
A man and a woman crushed
In their automobile when logs
spilled from a truck, were in a
hospital here today with serious
injuries.
John Houghland, 64, and Cor
delia Houghland, 43, believed to
be his wife, were taken from the
car yesterday unconscious.
They were believed en route
from Hermiston to Grants Pass.
Clayton F. Finch, Eagle Point,
driver of the truck with which the
Houghland car collided, was uninjured.
Investigation
Isn't Enough,
CIO Contends
Probe Idea Fantastic in
View of Fiscal Policies,
Rep. Crawford Declares
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. (.T)
The CIO, contending the price
situation demands further action,
than a Justice Department inves
tigation, renewed today a reauest
that President Truman call an
industry-govermnment-labor con
ference to seek voluntary price
reductions.
Emil Rieve, chairman of the
labor organization's full employ
ment committee, said in a state
ment that the CIO welcomes
Attorney General Clark's an
nouncement that an Investigation
of high prices will be made.
"But many prices are set by
large monopolies and monopolies
do not necessarily fall under the
criminal law and Clark's investi
gation," he added.
"For example, In the automo
bile Industry, General Motors
controls probably 60 per cent of
the business and therefore Is able
to dictate prices.
"So we feel that steps should .
be taken at once to carry out our
proposal of yesterday, that Presi
dent Truman summon a confer
ence of industrial, government,
and labor representatives to seek
voluntary price reductions and
that Congress, immediately upon
reconvening, should reestablish
price and rationing controls."
Move Draws Rap
On Capitol Hill, Rep. Craw
ford, (R.-Mich.), a leading Con
gressional critic of OPA, labeled
as "fantastic" Clark's order fui
an anti trust investigation into
food, clothing, and shelter prices.
The lawmaker said it appears
to him to be aimed at bringing
about a depression at home to
help foreign nations buy more
goods here. He added that Clark
ought to turn his attention to the
administration's fiscal policies
which, Crawford contended, are
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Councilman Lund,
Family Unreported
On Airplane Journey
Fears for the safety of City
Councilman Paul O. Lund and
his family, who failed to re
turn Sunday from an air trip
to Montana, were expressed to
day by Chief of Police O. A.
Kennerly, who said that a four
state search for Lund's plane is
being Initiated by the Civil
Aeronautics Administration.
Lund left with his family more
than a week ago in their Fair
child plane to visit Mrs. Lund's
mother at Shelby, Mont. They
were to return to Roseburg by
Sunday night and not later than
Monday.
A telegram received from the
Shelby, Mont., police this morn
ing stated there was "no trace of
plane ever landing here. No other
Information available," Kennerly
said.
Lund's plane was a Falrchild
PT-23. Kennerly said that the
CAA has been asked to check
auxiliary airfields along the route
that Lund planned to travel, to
ascertain whether or not he made
a forced landing or altered his
flight. ,
Girls Plan Bike Tour of
Europe on $2,000 Each
SEATTLE, Aug. 13. UP) Two
former Boeing girl employes,
armed with bottles of vitamin
pills and backed by their wartime
earnings, were eastbound today
for a European visit, planning to
bicycle their way about the con
tinent. Miss Georgia Kennedy, 28, Cor
vallis, Ore., and Miss Phyllis
Wildermuth, 25, Seattle, flew east
yesterday to New York and will
sail from there for Southampton
on the Queen Elizabeth. They
said they had each saved about
$2,000.
"As winter comes along, we ex
pect to travel farther south all
the time," Miss Wildermuth said.
"We'll stay until our money runs
out, and we hope it will last eight
months."
U. S., Britain Sign Trade
Pact With Yugoslavia
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Aug.
13. UP) British and American
negotiators seeking to build up
the economy of western Germany
have signed a long-range $100,
000,000 trade agreement with
Yugoslavia, it was announced.
This was the third agreement
which the British and Americans
had made in the last month with
countries in the Russian sphere
of Influence the others being
with Czechoslovakia and Finland.
The pacts are being entered
into in behalf of the British and
American occupation zones of
Germany.
Yugoslavia's Intended purohas
es from western Germany during
the next four years include capi
tal goods ranging from light tex
tile works to blast furnaces.
Ievlty pact Rant
Bgr L. F. lUiasratda
The British economic picture
must be fully as black as paint
ed when it can't even evoke a
wisecrack from Ceorge Bernard
Shaw.