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Newspaper Page Text, u. ui 0. Li'orary Comp. iM&ene, Oregon ahen '. 'Occupancy Again Protested. 31-.. Hew Mote Sent V 1. 1 '." . 1 UNREQUITED LOVE PROMPTS SUICIDE Clauds A. Adams (right), 67, president of the Hollywood State Bank, shot and kill ed himself in his North Hollywood, Calif., home, leaving notes tell ing of his unrequited love for his former 3 I -year-old secretary, Merna Lassen (leftl. Nation's Chief Citizens Apathy, Inadequate Defense Fund, Gen. Hale Says SPOKANE, Aug. 21. UP) Maj. Gen. Willig H. Hale, command ing general of the Fourth Air Force, said today that the nation's greatest military dangers lies "not so much in the ill will of a power ful possible opponent as it does in the lack of interest and apathy of our citizens." Turkey Price-Support Program is Advanced WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. UP) The Agriculture Department announced Wednesday that its turkey price-support program will he ready for operation on Sep tember 1 instead of October as originally planned. The starting date was advanced in view of present high feed prices, which are expected to cause many producers to market their turkeys earlier than usual and well before the Thanksgiving holiday demand. Purchases of turkeys will be made by the department at prices to be announced about Septem ber 1. WILL AUDIT BOOKS Appointment of Bernard C. Da vis, of Saiem, certified public ac countant, to audit the books, rec ords, files, and accounts ot the I fc"ven justice courts in Douglas t Jounty was announced by County .Tudcc D. N. Buscnhnrk. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS SPEAKING in Seattle, W. Aver ell Hariiman, secretary of rommerce, former U. S. ambassa dor to Moscow, former earnest believer that peaceful co-operation with Russia in the upbuild ing of a war-torn world Is feas ible, bluntly warns the Soviet Union not to forget that the Western democracies HAVE THE ATOM BOMB. HIS speech (to the Pacific North west Trade Association) was cleared In advance by the state department in Washington, which means that it is intended to be a firm statement of U. S. policy that we're ready to SHOOT, if necessary, to back it up. With grave and pointed empha sis, he said: "In this atomic age, there is no protection against retaliation by air. Our ability to launch an IM MEDIATE STRONG AERIAL RETALIATION is the greatest possible deterrent against the use of military force by others." , t ' THAT is to say, we have the bombs. We have the planes from which to drop them. We (Continued on page 2) Jap Maidens Wed Americans In 1 1th-Hour Rush to Escape Deadline for Entry Info U.. S. YOKOHAMA, Aug. 21. UP) an eleventh-hour rush to marry American husbands today and beat the deadline for entry into the "fabulous" United States. Midnight tonight ends the one- month period during which the U.S. Congress lifted the ban on Japanese immigration to enable war veterans to marry and take home girls met in this occupied country. In most cases, Nisei soldiers (American-born Japanese) were marrying the Japanese girls, but there was a sprinkling of white civilians--perhaps 30, who had asked to be discharged from the Army here to take occupation jobs rather than leave their Oriental sweethearts. The most talkedabout marri age during the period was that of former Lt. Frank White of Somer set, Pa., to pretty Pia Kurusu, daughter of former Ambassador Saburo Kurusu, who was nego tiating in Washington during the :tack on Pearl Harbor. They were married Aug. 14. About 550 girls are estimated if ,vf 'ill f. i i, ? , jfl ' -. , Danger Lies in In an address at the Washing ton State American Legion con vention. General Hale said the armed forces should "take the lead in fostering a brand of pa triotism which will teach the citi zen to put national interest above personal interest. "We are gravely concerned about the standards of education and interest in this country on security matters," he said. "We view with grave alarm the defi ciencies in funds and effort de voted to the National Guard and organized reserve. We believe these so-called civil components are vital to the security of the country and that they are being undertaken in 1947 and 1948 at about 10 per cent of the scale necessary for sound, safe nation al security." General Hale said appropria tions for research "to give our air (Continued on Page 6) Ousted Unionists WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. UP) Two employes of Pillsbury Mills, Inc., at Astoria. Ore., were ordered restored to their jobs or seniority standing in a ruling to day by the National Labor Rela tions Board. The ruling, affairming an Oct. 30, 194G, decision by a trial exam iner, instructed the company to make restitution to Dolbert L. Clark and Anton F. Wasilk, the employes, for net loss since their discharge April 26, 1940. Their loss of employment stem med from a dispute between the AFL American Federation of Grain Processors and the CIO Weighers, Warehousemen and Cereal Workers. The NLRB found Clark was discharged and Wasilk laid off after a meeting of the CIO union in which Clark was expelled for having worn an AFL union button. Wasilk handed in his membership card the same night because of the local mem bership's action but was not re stored to his job by the NLRB because of a finding he would have been laid off anyway. Canada IWA Delegates Appeal From Barrier VANCOUVER, B. C, Aug. 21. (ff) Two Interational Woodwork ers of American Union executives said last night they would appeal to U. S. Atty. Gen. Tom Clark from an Immigration Department decision barring them from en tering the United States. Then men Ernest Dalskog and Bert Melsness were elected to represent the British Columbia re gion of the CIO union at Its in ternational convention Aug. 26 in St. Louis. Eager little Japanese girls made to have wed since July 22 in Yokohama and Kobe to Ameri cans eligible to return them to the Lnited btates men who served in the armed forces prior to December, 1946. There were about 75 marriages on the final day. A steady pro cession of couples entered the American consulate for their cere monies. Some of the little brides wore kimonos and wooden san dals, other were in high heels and Occidental dress. The brides will not need even a passport to accompany their husbands to the United States. Most of them don't know much about America, but they expect to find: "Choco spyen rayto, dansu, ice creamoo, mooby and reepo stick." Translated from pidgin Eng lish, that's chocolate, dance, ice cream, movies and lipstick. Established 1873 Rfiidwest 28 as No Prospect of Relief, Report Of Forecaster Withering Crops Listed As Failures, 44 Feeder Steers Expire in Pasture (By the Associated Press) At least 28 persons have died as a result of the Midwest's pro longed heat wave, and the hot weather continued today with no prospect of relief. In Chicago, 24 persons were re ported to have died of causes in duced by heat since midnight Monday, while two such deaths were reported in Indiana and two others in Minnesota. The Canadian cold air mass was stalled at the U.S. boundary, mov ing eastward but not southward. Another day of continued sear ing heat was forecast for vir tually all the states between the ADpalachians and Rockies. The Chicago Weather Bureau said the mercury would climb to between 96 and 102 degrees in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska. In South Dakota the maximum was expected to be lOo. and in North Dakota, Iowa and Illinois as much as 100. The New England and middle Atlantic states were reported back to near normal readings along with the Pacific Coast area. No Relief For Crops Except for scattered local thundershowers of little conse quence generally, the forecaster said no moisture was in signi ior the withering crops now reported in some localities to have been written off as failures. However, Central Wisconsin reported a "fairlv eeneral" rain last night and early today which was de scribed as a "soaker." While some farmers reported corn crops deteriorated to a point now beyond recovery, Dr. Willis McCann. a veterinarian of Sugar Grove, 111., said 44 feeder steers dropped dead of the heat in a pasture near there yesterday. 15 Planes Stated In Search for Lund SPOKANE, Aug. 21. UP) Fifteen planes were to take to the air this afternoon to continue the search for Paul O. Lund, Roseburg, Ore., councilman, his wife and two children who dis appeared Aug. 3 on a flight from Oregon to Shelby, Mont. Roy Shreck of the Mamer Shreck Company, headquarters of the search, said lain and low hanging clouds this morning pre vented flights but the weather was clearing and would permit successful observation this after noon. Shreck said planes scheduled to make a search today included three or four from the National Guard in Spokane, four from the Civil Air Patrol at Richland and seven or eight civilian planes from Spokane. Flights were made yesterday over the St. Maries district. Shreck said the search would be restricted to an area within a 300-mile radius of Kennewick, Lund's last known stop, because the plane had fuel enough for only that distance. Lund said at Kennewick he planned to land next in Spokane to change a pro pellor. Shreck said today that calls to many airports in the area indicated he had not stopped at any other field after leaving Kennewick. Bishop Dagwell Frowns On Supervised Nuptials PORTLAND, Aug. 21. UP) Episcopal Bishop Benjamin D. Dagwell frowns on the use of directors to supervise wedding ceremonies. The bishop declared in the Dio cesan publication, "we want no lock step processions or operatic productions In the church" and that, while suggestions might bo made by the principals or mem bers of the families, the rehear sal and the ceremony itself would be directed by the officiating clergymen. Weddings, the bishop added, "are not social functions." Active Club to Gather Livestock Show Exhibits Exhibits for the Douglas Coun ty display aj the Pacific Inter national Livestock Show at Port land this autumn will be collected by members of the Rosequrg Ac tive Club. Dick Gilman was named chairman and. will contact agri cultural and industrial groups for Douglas County products. The club was Inviated to undertake this project by County Judge D. N. Busenbark last week. ROSEBURG, Deaths Reach Hdt'Wavd Holds U. S. PHot Sets New Speed Mark Of 640.7 M. P. H. MUROC, Calif., Aug. 21. UP) A U. S. Naval pilot flying a stub winged experimental airplane to day heid the international air speed record after having bullet ed four times over a three-kilometer (1.863 mile) course at an average of 640.7 miles an hour. The mark was set with a Douglas-built jet-propelled Skystreak D-558, flown by Commander Turner Caldwell, Jr., 33, of Ar lington, Va.. a former Pacific combat pilot. After traveling at a higher speed than man had yet attained, he( shrugged his shqulder and said: "It was a great relief from the paper work I've been doing in Washington. It's a great day and a great ship." With Arson Orgy VANCOUVER, B. C, Aug. 21 UP) British Columbia authorities sought an explanation today for a new wave of violence in which night raiding parties, one led by a nude woman, have terrorized Doukhobor communities in the Kootenay region. Police arrested three persons, one a woman, on charges of arson in the destruction of a farm home. Reticent Doukhobors told of threats to burn their homes, but refused to give details and au thorities said they were unable to find a cause for the outbreak. A big community house at Shore Acres, 24 miles west of Nel son, B. C, was one of the build ings destroyed by fire. The Merry Lumber Company in the Kootenays reported lt was forced to close because Doukho bor timber workers left their jobs to protect their homes. Intcrmittant violence has oc cured in the past among the Doukhobors, members of a re ligious sect which came from Rus sia in 1SU9. Woman's Exchange Shop On Melrose Road Planned A new business, "At the Sign of the Clover," which will be a women's exchange shop, is being arranged by Mrs. Herchel D. Scot t at her home on the Melrose road, one mile from the Oak street bridge. A large sign is being erect ed in front of the shop. Opening date of the new business has been set for the first week in Novem ber. From now until the shop opens, Mrs. Scott will arrange with women throughout the commu nity for the stock. The shop will be open to all women interested in a women's exchange business. All types of needlecraft, knitted and crocheted articles as well as art work are needed for the shop. Women interested are asked to contact Mrs. Scott or call 40 F-3. Freak Accident Kills Lumber Truck Driver FOREST GROVE. Ore.. All p. 21. UP) Clinton Buell Aaen. Portland, was fatally crushed in the cab of his lumber truck on the Wilson River Highway near here yesterday by logs on another trucK. Coroner Fred J. Sewell reDort- ed the employee of the Poorman Lumber Co., Portland, was fol lowing a log truck driven by Richard Franks, Watts Station. When Franks turned off the high way, the logs swung in a wide arc ana smasnea into Aaen s cab. pinning mm inside. The impact carried the two trucks about 70 feet along the highway. v , -w .... ..r-. , t,1t HimmnwiiiMi A - ' " " & PLANT STRIKE LEADS TO VIOLENCE A fight breaks out at the strike-bound Heddon Bait Com pany plant, Dowagaic, Mich., when pickets rushed into the plant to rescue one of their members who was dragged into the factory by Trlgvie Lund, plant suparlntendent. (Lund is shown in door way of the factory, facing camera. Man nearest Lund is brandishing piece of rubber hose.) Pickets later dragged Lund out OREGON, THURSDAY, Budget Review Presages New Tax Cut Fight WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. UP) President Truman's forecast of a record-smashing Treasury sur plus of nearly 55,000,000,000 next Juno touched off a fresh Republi can clamor today for a tax slash in 1M4. Chairman Bridges (R.-N. H.) of the Senate Appropriations Com mittee said the President's mid year budget review estimating tax receipls this year at $41,667,- 000,000 $2,100,000,000 higher than any previous forecast proves that the country was "rob bed of a tax reduction by purely political vetoes." Mr. Truman twice vetoed ef forts tl the Republican-dominated Congress earlier this year to trim Individual Income tuxes' by $4,000,000,000. "Perhaps," Bridges declared, "the President now will not be so determined about vetoing a tax reduction bill when it is presented to him." But the chief executive said the $4,607,000,000 treasury surplus expected for the fiscal year end ing next June 30 should go to debt retirement and to a standby fund to meet any domestic or world emergency. Thus, a new tax battle when Congress returns In Junuary be gan to take form. No Depression Seen Mr. Truman put tho total ex pected expenditures in the cur rent fiscal year at $37,000,000, 000, and estimated Uncle Sam's income in the same period at $41, 667,000,000. Last January he set '.(C:,rjtlnued on Page Six) Posse Members to Attend Harney Fair Members of the Douglas Coun ty Sheriff's Posse will conduct a "kangaroo court" In Burns, Ore., on Sept. 12 and J3, during their visit there to attend the Harney Count" Fair, it was reported by Capt. SI Dillard of the posse. The "kangaroo court will be set up to fine all Harney County citizens whose faces are not adorned with at least four square inches of beard. Tho posse, which is going to Burns at the Invitation of Mor gan O. Timms, president of the Harney County Fair, will present several mounted drills as a fea ture of the rodeo to be held in connection with the fair. It is expected that approxi mately 45 possemen will make the trip, said Dillard. In Burns they will be welcomed by Mayor J. u Mcculloch, Mayor Carl Kles of Hines, Ore., and Edward Clare, president of the Burns Junior Chamber of Commerce. On the posse's return from Burns, a mounted drill is plan ned to be presented in the streets ot liencl. British Seaman Held on Illegal Entry Charge Found asleep on the lawn at the home of Robert Dlneen, 148 N. Chadwick St. at 9 o'clock last night, a crew member of a Brit ish ship at Coos Bay was held for illegal entry into the United Stales, Chief of Police O. A. Ken nerly reported. The young Eng lishman was Victor George Bur nett, 18, who gave his occupa tlnn ns rnnk nn ihe KloamKmn Orient city." He told police he I had told his captain that he was going berry picking. feet first. He was rescued from AUGUST 2 1, 1 947 m fee i f A A 1 Picture by Paul Jenkins PRESENT FOR 'MISS OREGON' A large scrapbook with myrtle wood front and back cover was presented by the Roseburq Zonta Club to "Miss Oregon," Jo Ann Amorde (pictured at rightl, at the club's luncheon meeting Wednesday at the Hotel Rose. Cor sages of begonias were presented to boih Miss Oregon and her mother, Mrs. Archie Amorde. Kathrlne Young, club president (pictured at left), Laura lies, chairman, and Gladys Foley were in charge of the attair. Mrs. U bannon was guest speaker on the subject "The Ideals of Zontian International." During the luncheon hour, a western-style hat, a gift for Miss Oregon Britain Facing Further Belt Tightening in Ban on Trading Pounds Sterling for Dollars LONDON, Aug. 21. UP) Britons faced the threat today of fur ther shortages in food and other ernment decision temporarily pounds sterling into dollars. Reds Still Ignore Query On Seizure of Three GIs SEOUL, Aug. 21 UP) Two strong protests and rejieated de mands for an explanation for the seizure of three American soldiers in North Korea remain Unanswered by the Russians. Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge, Amer ican occupation commander, said he had made the protests over the arrests since they occurred Aug. 12 and that he was gravely concerned about the incident. Intelligence officers said daily queries by the U. S. liaison offi cer at Soviet headquarters at Pyongyang were answered with "No information. General Korot kov, commander of the Russian occupation zone) is handling the case himself." The soldiers were on an offi cial mission to inspect telephone lines connecting U. S. headquar ters here with Pyongyang when seized. S. P. Claims Freight Cars Being Equally Distributed PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 21 UP) The current freight car shortage in Oregon appears to strike hardest along the South ern Pacific lines In Western Ore gon, where grain, seed, and lum ber were all contending for ship ping space. The Roseburg Chamber of Commerce charged that South ern Oregon was receiving only 2t per cent as many cars as normal, while Northern Oregon was receiving 50 per cent, and asked Grants Pass, Ashland and Med ford to join in protest. The charge of uneven distribu tion was flatly denied by the Southern Pacific. "We are very short of ears more so than last year at this time," said a spokes man. "But we are making an absolutely equal distribution on all the Southern Pacific rails in Oregon." The Weather Clear tonight and Friday. the screaming mob by city police. 198-47 from-the Sheriff's Posse, arrived vital Imports as the result of a gov suspending the convertibility of Hugh Dalton. chancellor of the exchequer, warned of tho im pending new shortages last night in a broadcast announcing the new financial arrangement, In tended to conserve Britain's dwindling dollar reserves. The scheme was elfcclive" last mid night. Dalton said the move stemmed from Washington talks on revi sion of terms of the $3,750,000, 000 United States loan to Britain, His figures indicated that this loan, granted in July, 1946, had dwindled to $758,000,000 this week because of heavy British withdrawals. Later a Treasury spokesman reported a somewhat higher bal ance. SS50.000.000. remained on the U. S. Treasury's books. Of this amount, he said, Britain has obtained permission to withdraw $450,000,000, which will be used largely to pay for goods on order in the United States. He said the withdrawal would leave $100, 000,000 frozen. Exchanoe Barred In outlining the new financial scheme, Dalton said business men selling goods to this country for pounds no longer would have the right to trade those pounds for dollars. "Our decision will inevitably cause disturbance of trade over a wide area, and may lead to some Interruption of supplies, he declared. "We shall have to face some further shortages of overseas supplies. . . . There will probably have to be some reductions In our rations." "Sterling will still be able to he exchanged freely into many other currencies," Dalton said. By terms of the U. S. loan, pounds sterling became convert Ible on July 15 into any other currencies that traders might detnanu. 41st Anniversary to be Celebrated by Eagles A. C. Lucas, state Eagles lodge president, will be official speaker and honorary guest Sunday at Roseburg Aerie's 41st birthday lodge session and Initiation. Lu cas Is a former Roseburg mem ber and resident of this city. He now resides In Med ford. An aerie birthday ball Satur day night will open the annivers ary festivities, continuing on Sun day with a parade during the noon hour of delegates from Grants Pass, Medford, Coquille and Coos Bay, featuring drum corps and drill teams. The Sunday afternoon lodge session will open at 2 oclock at which Lucas will give an ad dress and a class of initiates will be given their rituals. New Bombings Occur In Holy Land Violence JERUSALEM, Aug. 21. OT) Two British soldiers were wound ed, one seriously, when an elec trically detonated mine blasted their truck near Natanya today, and in Jerusalem an Arab store was demolished by a bomb which army sources said was tossed by an Arab "boycott patrol." Unofficial sources in the port city of Haifa said 10,000 (S10,- 000) was stolen from an Arab bank messenger during a trans fer of funds. The Jerusalem store blast brought general alarm, the sec ond in 15 hours. To Russia by united States Soviet Ignores Note on Korea, Blocks Effort for Austrian Peace Treaty WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. VP) -A new United States protest to Russia against the continued So viet occupation of the Chinese port or Dairen was disclosea to day by the State Department. A note delivered to Moscow Aug. 14 said that this govern ment "will of necessity hold tho Soviet government responsible" for treatment accorded American interests in the port city while it is under Red army rule. Dairen was occupied by the Japanese when they launched their Asiatic continent adven tures. In 1945, the United States. Russia and China agreed that It was to be returned to Chinese ad ministration and opened to world trade. Russia, however, has ban ned all foreign shipping, includ ing American naval vessels tak ing mail and supplies to the U. S. consul general there. The State Department also dis closed today that Russia has pro tested against an American-British-French conference on increas ing German industrial activities, but made it plain the talks will be held regardless of the Soviet objections. It is understood that Russia claims the plans for the confer ence would nullify terras of tho Potsdam agreement holding down German industrial nroduetivity. The conference Is scheduled to open in London Friday as part of a joint Anglo-American attempt to strengthen the economic af fairs of the Western world to speed recovery. tven Dei ore trus development, the United States anDarently was ready to write off in favor of a new approach attempts to reach agreement with Russia on Korea and Austria. The protest, together with tho deadlocks on Austria and Korea, lent emphasis to a Library of Congress summary of United States-Soviet relations as having ueienoraiea dangerously. ' i in uernn, uen. Lucius u. Clay, (Continued on Page Six) Six Given Terms Li Sfafe Prison Forgery and check violations drew penitentiary sentences for six persons in Circuit Court here Wednesday.. The sentences were imposed Dy circuit Judge Carl E. Wlmberly. All pleaded guilty. P'loyd Edward Bittick, 23, was sentenced to one year and pa roled, on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. He al legedly Issued a worthless $10 bank check to Mrs. E. B. Stev ens of the Stevens Grocery at Reedsport May 12. E. H. Alexander and La Vernn C. Cook were each sentenced to six months on charges of obtain ing money by false pretenses. Kred E. Jackson drew six months on a forgery charge. Robert Rea Kruger was sen- tenced to two years in the peni tentiary for allegedly issuing a worthless $50 check to Lewis Fox of the Rainbow Tavern at Reeds port May 14. Frederick N. DeBolt was sen. tenced to two years and naroled on a forgery charge. In addition, in; received one year ana a pa role for tho non-support of his wife and minor child. George West was named as an additional parole officer. Judge Wimberly sentenced Germain D. Maha to the county Jail for 30 days for wanton In Jury and destruction to personal property. Maha allegedly slash ed a bed mattress and sheets at the Roseburg Hotel with a "sharp Instrument" on July 24. Students to Sell Bonds To Get Football Stadium COOS BAY, Ore., Aug. 20. UP) Murshfieid High School stu dents have arranged to sell bonds themselves so that they can have a new $10,000 football stadium, seating 2,200 persons. The student body agreed to sell $10,000 worth of non-interest bearing bonds, under supervision of the Coos Bay Downtown Quar terbacks Club and the Marshfield High Student-Council. With only $.10,000 cash held by the school district for construc tion of the proposed stadium, the work would have been held up indefinitely without the student body offer. The bonds, in $25 and $10 de nominations, will be repaid from athletic contest earnings. SENATOR BILBO DIES NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 21 UP) Senator Theodore G. Bil bo 'of Mississippi, master of fili buster and sharp tongued champion of white supremacy, died here today without ever having taken his disputed seat In the 80th Congress. evlty fact Rant By L. T. XaiMVttta The power of John Bull's Union Jack Is now resting on the liberality of Uncle Sam's Treas ury 'jack'.