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Newspaper Page TextU. Oi o. Library insane, Oregou Comp f i,, ; i ii twmw v id jmwm tw Hi ' '!tllt. i t -f 1 f Mil Y 1 AWAITS DECISION ON 15TH DIVORCE Mrs. Batty M. Dun lavy, 40, readies a plate of cakes and at her restaurant in Brooks, Ore., while awaiting developments in her application for her 15th divorce. First married in 1924 and the most recent time in 1946, she says she has no candidate in mind for Number 16. (A.P. Photo). In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS, FROM the city of Beirut, In Lebanon (which lies Just north of Palestine) this dispatch clicks off the wire: "The ARMIES OF FIVE ARAB NATIONS STARTED MOVING TODAY, translating Into action last night's Arab League resolu tions calling on the Arab world to defend Palestine from Zionism WITH MEN AND MONEY." THAT Is highly significant news. It could be SHOOTING NEWS. You haven't heard much TALK from these Arabs. In the battle of words that has raged around the world, they have kept strangely quiet speaking only here and there, and at no treat length. They never have been heavy talkers, but their history indicates that when they pull a gun they are apt to USE IT. iET out your map or, prefer ably, your globe. If your map is reasonably mod- (Continued on Page 2) Spanish Nobility Couple Depart on Wedding Trip SKVILLA. Spain, Oct. 13. -(P The Duchess of Montoro, 21-year-old daughter of the Duke of Alba, and her bridegroom, fourth son of the duke of Sotomayor. are to leave by plane Tuesday from Madrid on their wedding trip, it was announced today. The two were married yester day In the Sevilla cathedral be fore the largest gathering of Spanish grandees and European aristocracy since the Halcyon days of the boubon monarchy. They will honeymoon in trie United States and Latin America. Carpenters to Seek Boost in Pay Scale Walter Page, Roseburg, busi ness agent for the Southwestern Oregon Council of Carpenters and Millwrights (AKL) announced to day that negotiations have been opened for wage Increases. Pres ent wages, Dage said, are $1.75 per hour for carpenters and $2.00 per hour for millwrights. The pay scale to be sought was not disclosed. Pepco Reorganization To Follow Court Act PORTLAND, Oct. 13. (-PI Reorganization of Portland Elee- i n it, ......... .i. i. A sidiaries has been set in motion Judge J. A. Fee in court here. The order, which dismisses ob jections of the Guaranty Trust Co., New York, and claims of first preferred stockholders, is effec tive 40 days after Its signing raturaay. lne case has been in litigation eight years. Five Persons Die in Wrecked Ship in the Georgia Sfraif POWELL RIVER, B. C, Oct. 13. --4.pl Three small children and two women, one-third of the passengers aboard the 145-fuot coastal motorship Gulf Stream, perished In the night Saturday when the converted Canadian yacht smashed onto a rock island and partially sank while threading a narrow passage of the Georgia strait. A nearby fishing vessel, the Betty L, rescued the 10 other passengers and 22 crewmen, bringing them to Powell River where 11 were hospitalized. Their condition was reported not ser ious. Officials of Gulf Lines. Ltd.. operators of the Gulf Stream, listed the five mlslng persons, who were believed drowned In the vessel's submerged after cabins, as: Mrs. K. Elliot. Vancouver. B. C. her son, Lvle. 2. and a 3-year-old nephew. Douplas Llsnett. Mrs. S. Fleck, Refuge Cove, B. C. A small child of Mr. and Mm. H. Pavid. also of Refuee Cove. Search for the bodies In the 1 Glide Plans New School Building Plans for the construction of a modern elementary school at Glide, were told today by Omer J. Monger, superintendent of the Glide School. It is expected that the building will be started early next spihig, he said. Enrollments at the Glide School have increased 62 per cent this year over the enrollment Z-.it September, Monger pointed out. Monthly reports of last year showed an average membership of 165.6 students, as compared with this year's average of 268 pupils. Study of enrollments for the three previous years shows a membership of 134.3 in 1945, In dicating that in the past two years, the Glide School enroll ment has Increased 100 per cent, Monger said. In a three-year period, the increase has been 138 per cent. The Glide School has added two more teachers since the start of school this year, Monger said. The staff now includes 10 In structors. An additional class room has been made out of the inside play room. Classes are being held on the stage and in the lunch room. The students, teachers, and par ents have been "100 per cent cooperative," Monger said. Because of the increased en rollments, the school board de cided on construction of the new elementary school, which would pcimit exclusive us eof the pres ent building for high' school da ises. Monger explained. Formerly the principal of Rose burg Senior High School, Monger became the superintendent of the Glide School this autumn. Hunters Return After Being Lost Four Days PORTLAND, Oct. 13. (.VI Two hunters rested at home to day and told how they survived four days in the rugged, storm swept coastal range in the Trask river area where they became lost last Tuesday. Hugh McLean and Henry Nauck said they cooked squirrel soup in a rusty can over a fire they built the first night with a clgaret lighter flint. The lighter fluid had evaporated. The same night their fire was extinguished by water from a rain swollen stream by which they were sleeoing. The two men wandered through the mountains until Saturday when they came upon the cabin home of Elmer Cheese near Blaine. A searching party Joined to locate them In the woods. Benton County Trusty Escapes From Prison SALEM. Oct. 13. t.Vi State police said today they have found no trace of Donald O. Jones, 21, Benton county trusty who escap ed Sunday from the state prison. He was a milker at the prison farm, and was found to be miss ing at the noon check up jester dav. He was received at the prison last February 6 to serve two years for larcenv. He has a wife and baby at Philomath. sunken stern has not been start ed Those !;;.ipltallzed were severe, ly rut and bruised when they Jumped from the stricken craft and scrambled over barnaclt covered ledges of the small Is land. The Gulf Stream, which had left Powell River en route to Lund. B. C, was nearing the end of her run about 90 miles north of Vancouver when she crashed Into the block-long rock. The Impact was so great that one-third of the vpwi1, diuve out of the water, tipping It at a 4" uegree angle and forcing the art section under water as it canted on its tide. MwricamG- ' Bammages Florida EiUbllshed 1873 Truman Calls Conference on Food Program WASHINGTON, Oct. J 3. iff) President Truman called top government officials to the White House today to hear first hand reports on the European situation from his ambassadors to Britain and Russia and from the Ameri can military governor of Ger many. While this discussion of Eur ope's food and political crisis was poing on, representatives of dis tillers assembled for a 2:30 P.M. i EST) meeting with Chairman Charles Luckman of the citizens' food committee. The purpose of the latter meeting was to set a date for the start of a 60-day shut down on whiskey-making to con serve grain. Only five distillers were ex pected at the Luckman confer ence. The rest, requested by wire and telephone their replies to the shut down proposal, have bombarded the committee with messages. A com.mttee spokesman said a clear majority gave assent to the closing, but that the messages had not been sorted through to discover if the acquiescence was 100 per cent. Some distillers and their employers have protested in public statements against closing. iTesidentlal Secretary Charles G. Ross told reporters that the noon meeting of top-level diplo mats and officials in the White House was for the "giving and receiving of information." No Decision Expected "It is not expected that any conclusions will be arrived at," Ross said. The meeting was called, Ross said, because of the simultaneous presence In this country of Lewis W. Douglas, ambassador to Bri tain; Gen. Lucious Clay, military (Continued on Page 6) Auto Accidents Injure 5 Persons Weekend traffic accidents In Douglas County resulted in Injur ies to at least five persons, W'ho were treated at Mercy Hospital, according to state police and hos pital attendants. Three Albany motorists, driv ing "too fast" early Sunday morning, missed a turn on the Pacific Highway, 51 miles north of Roseburg and overturned in a ditch, Officer Sherman Morris of the state police reported. The three were treated at Mercy Hos pital Sunday and were released to return to their homes. Their names were given as Dale Stew art Clark, Mrs. Zena Pierce, and her husband, Otis Pierce. Fritz Katzenmeyer, driver for a local cab company, suffered a broken knee cap when his taxi met another vehicle at the inter section of Military St. and Brown Ave. yesterday afternoon. He was treated at Mercy Hospital and released, according to an attend ant. In a third accident, which oc curred at Drain, Fredrick Col man, 23, reportedly suffered a fractured skull when his motor cycle overturned at the intersec tion of the Draln-Reedsport High way and the Pacific Highway. Colman was traveling from Eu gene In a party of six motorcy clists. He was brought to Mercy Hospital by the Roseburg ambu lance and his condtlon was de scribed as "serious." Quadruplets Born to British Navy Family DEVONPORT. Enx-, Oct. 13 (Pi Quadruplets were born yes terday to Mrs. Frank Robinson, 27-year-old wife of a chief petty officer In the royal navy. The mother and children three girls and a boy were reported at a nursing home to be making satisfactory progress. The quads, ranged in weight from one pound, 13 ounces to three pounds, nine ounces. The children, born eight weeks prematurely, were in incubators. The navy wirelessed the news to the father, who Is aboard the cruiser Norfolk olf the eastern African coast. Portland Carpenters to Seek Boost in Wage Scale PORTLAND. Oct. 1.3. VP) The AFL Building and Construc tion Trades Council has asked contractors here for a 25 cent an hour wage Increase for carpent ers and laborers, effective next January. Herman A. Schmitt, chairman of the Portland Home Building i Association s labor relations com ! mlttee, said the carpenters here ! now receive 51 75 n hour and laborers. $1.35. The Weather Partly cloudy tonight one), i Tuesday. ROSEBURG, Diplomats Believe Russia Will Not Risk Open Break By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. OPt .Desplte Russia's all out battle against the Marshall plan, top American informants now predict that the Soviet Union will stop short of a final breakdown of rela tions with this country any time soon. This estimate, it was learned from official sources, Is entering into basic planning now being undertaken for the Big Four for eign ministers meeting Nov. 25 at London and German and Aus trian peace settlements. It also figures in development of Amer ican policies in the current United Nations meeting at New York. The view is that Russia will campaign to the lin-Jt against the United States on great world issues but will not at this point be willing to wreck any Impor tant piece of machinery for In ternational negotiation. This opinion is understood to have been presented to state, de fense and other policy making officials by two American lea ers abroad who returned to Washington a few days ago. They are Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith, American envoy to Moscow, and Gen. Lucius D. Clay, American commander in Germany. Smith Is due to confer this week with Secretary of State Marshall, who is leading the American delegation to the U. N. assembly sessions in New York. Major Developments Expected The week will bring major de velopments on at least three sec- continued on Page Six) Consumer Group Argues Against Milk Price Raise PORTLAND, Oct. 13. (Pi Consumer groups asked Agricul ture Director E. L. Peterson to erant no increase In the mini- .'-"m mint price as me r-oruana area milk hearing closed Satur day. Elizabeth Ducey. chairman of the ' affiliated milk committee which represents women's clubs nere, quoted a study tiy Dr. u. a. Loach, Oregon State College agri culture economist, in arguing that a price boost was unwarranted. Referring to statements by dairymen that the Increase was needed to assure milk supply, she noted that the economist stated ,ln the milk Industry study that new producers are continually asking permission to sell in trie Portland territory. . Ceremonial to be Held At Masonic Hall Tuesday Asealon Commanilery No. 14, Knights Templar, in Roehurq. will be host to grand command ery officers at a meeting In the Koseburg Masonic building Tues day evening. Among the visiting officers will be J. Donald Mevers. La Grande, Ore., grand commander; Eugene H. Tardy, Eugene, grand captain general; Lyman C. Pal mer, Portland, grand senior war den, and Richard H. Tusant, Port land, grand recorder. The evening's program will In clude a turkey dinner at 6:30 P. M. and the conferring of Knights Templar degrees on a class of ni.ie candidates. Tardy will confer the degrees. DIES IN TRUCK FIRE PORTLAND, Oct. 13 (Pl Ot is Andrews, 35, Clello Falls, burn ed to dejth yesterday In the rear of a small pickup truck. He and a friend were sleeping in the truck when It caught fire, pos sibly from a smouldering cigarette. NATION PAYS TRIBUTE AS FIRST WAR DEAD COME HOME Thouiandt of solemn San Franciscans, military tnd civil oHiciels line a shot of San Francisco Bay near e spot inside Golden Cete Bridge, where the Army Treniport Honde Knot, lies enchored briefly. Arrival here of the Honda Knot, bearing bodies of more then 3,000 World War II dead from the Paci fic, marked the beginning of a two year program to return 228.000 war dead from Pacific and European burial grounds. A motor launch can be teen elongiido the shell-gray ship at huge wreath bearing the name of President Truman it being lifted aboard. NEA Telephoto. OREGON. MONDAY, OCTOBER 1 3, I947 Oregon Second to California Only In Rate of Growth PORTLAND, Oct. 13. UP) An Oregon population Increase of 39.2 pe cent in the seven years ending list July was re ported today by tne local oftice of the U. S. censue bureau. The percentage boost, listed as second largest in the nation during the period, estimated the state's population at 1,517,. 000, excluding members of the armed force overseas. The population growth shifts the state from 34th to the 32nd rank. The bureau noted that an April check in the Portland metropolitan area Indicated 31 per cent Increase over the 1940 eensLa. from 406,000 to 534.000. California led the nation in percentage and numerical In crease of persons moving Into ine state. Dentists to Attend Meeting in Portland Three dentists from Roseburg will attend a Dental Health Workshop to be Sionsored by the Oregon State Board of Health at Portland. Oct. 19. 20 and 21. It was repotted by Dr. Harold M. Erickson, state health officer. Attending the workshop from Roseburg will be Dr. Bruce Hot rick. Dr. James Finlay, and Dr. F. W. Field. Scotland Yard Denies Report Gf Attempted Assassination- LONDON, Oct. 13. (,V A foreign office spokesman said to day there had been a revival of threats against the life of Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevln. The British Press Association said detectives guarding the for eign secretary had been told he "might be attacked by terrorists." A Scotland Yard press officer earlier denied a report published In the London Evening Standard that "a plot" to kill Mr. Bcvin has been uncovered by Scotland Yard." The officer would neither con firm nor deny a British press association report that "a threat had been received during the weekend." Neither the agency nor the Evening Standard indi cated whom the purported ter rorists might be. Asked for comment, a foreign office spokesman said: "I feel fairly sure that no threat has been received during the weekend. However, we pos sibly have some evidence of state ments In various parts of the world that some people have it in mind to attack Mr. Bevln." Bevln was one of several Brit ish leaders to whom letter bombs were addressed last June in a "murder hy mail" plot which Scotland Yard hlamed on Jewish extremists operating from Italy. Like alt such letter bombs envelopes which contained small, lethal bombs adiusted to explode when the envelofies were ojiened the one addressed to Bevln was Bomb Damages U.S. Consulate In Jerusalem JERUSALEM. Oct. 13. (.VI A bomb attack was made on the United States consulate hrre to day amid unconfirmed reports that Syrian troops were encamp ed near Palestine's frontier. A single person, believed by police to be a woman, walked down a footpath of the dcaik-ned street to the consulate garden, heaved the bomb over the com pound wall and walked away. The explosion destroyed the of fice entrance door, cracked the roof, shatiere-d windows and frames and injured two women employes. The women inlurcd were Mrs. Ethel De I evle, about 35, an Am erlean citizen of Providence, R. I., who was slightly cut on the nose by broken glass, and Mrs. Milium Pilpol, a Palestinian work er in the mail room, who suf fered shock and hysteria. Other workers and officers, including 17 Americans, remained at their jobs. Consul General Robert B. Ma nure of Front Royal, Va.. was out of the office at the time. The attack was the third re cently on the consulates of na tions favoring the partition of Pak-stlne into Arab and Jewish countries, as recommended by the majority report of the United Nations special committee on Palestine. The doorway of the Po lish consulate was blown in last night. A bomb damaged the fi-ont of the Swedish mnsulate Sept. 27. I Arab nations have de nounced the partiilion plan. I Jewish sources said well-equipped Syrian troops were encani ed near the Palestine border op posite on area of Jewish agri cultural settl'-ments. But there was no official confirmation. intercepted and neutralized be fore It could cause harm. A plot to assassinate Bevln while ho was passing through Belgium in April on his return from the Moscow foreign mini ster's confereni-e was disclosed of ficially last June. Police blamed the stern pang of the Jewish underground. They said its agents l,uXd to kill the foreign minister by placing a bomb In a railway coach he was to have occupied. Acting on of ficial advices liom Brussels, Bev ln came on to England by air. Skull of Prehistoric Camel Found in Yard PORTLAND, Oct. 13. The skull of what was believed to be a prehistoric camel was un covered yesterday by Merrill I). Smith as he dug in his back yard here. Dr. Fdwin T. Hodge, Oregon State College geologist, said it anx-ared to be from a pleistocene camel, bones of which have been found In Oregon belore. Hodgc planned to take tiie skull to Cor vallis for examination. mm 242-47 STRIFE GROWS Arrows (up per map) indicate probable area where Lebanase and Syr ian troops are matting on the Palettine border for a pottible invation of the Holy Land. Low er map showt the Midle cast, with arrow pointing to the trouble tpot. Announcement of the troop movit comet from Arab League Council meeting near Beirut, Lebii.oo (lower map). NEA Telephoto. Owner Comstock Store Kills Self Suiqjde of Frank Marketta, 53, owner of the Comstock Store, 10 miles north of Drain, was reported today by Officer Sherman Morris of the state police. Marietta's body was discovered yesterday evening at 5:10. He had killed himself with a .32 calibre Colt auto matic revolver, Morris said. Marketta had owned the store at Comi'ock for several years. County Coroner Harry C. Stearns reported today that Mar ki'ttl'3 both' Was" found by- Ills half brother. IVte Marketta, when the latter returned with d party of friends from a hunting trip. Marketta had shot himself In the head. The coroner was Informed that Marketta had com plained of ill health for several n lun lbs. Carlton Bank Bandits Taken PORTLAND, Ore., (Vt. 1.1. (.11 Three young men charged with the robbery ot the Carlton. Ore.. State and Savings bunk were behind tail bars here today and police said their capture within 36 hours of the bank hoid un was one of the fast (k-tection Jobs in recent Oregon crime his tory. Most of the $11,345 cash loot was recoverd Saturday In a chest burled In a wooded tract five miles east of Carlton. Two guns were with the money. Fill Special Agent Howard I. Bohhitt Identified the trio as Frank Thomas Davenport, 27, the leader, Wallace Kay Watts, 21, and Wilburn Washington Karly, 22. Thev formerly worked at logging operations In the F.URono area, but had been unemployed for about a week prior to the holdup, ljohhltt said. JNone has a criminal record. They were arrested here Sat urday, arraigned before U. S. Commissioner A. R. Iedy and placed in the Kocky iiutte Jail within a few hours. Local Observance of Meatless Tuesday Varies There will ho a scattered ob servance of "meatless Tuesday" tomorrow by Roseburg retail meat dealers, according to G. W. Nelson of the Rosebuig Meat Co. Several markets have Indicated a desire to close, he said, while some will definitely remain oiien. "Meatless Tuesday" and "Hiuiti-y- less Thursday" were a part ot the lood conservation program an nounced last week by President Truman. uttXl SYRIA rJ J, J)-"? I xjl"1 !X)"A TURKEY ( MTBIA ( murl iiiMinc IRAQ AsamAsAU Dls, tlrTjfeJ ARABIA! Russia Launches Attack On U.S. Greek Aid Policy LAKE SCCCESS, Oct. 13. -(.TV- Russia's Andrei Y. Vlshlnsky today launched another major attack on the Truman program of aid to Greece and pressed the Soviet demands for Immediate with drawal of all foreign troops and military personnel from Greece. He also demanded creation of United Nations commission to sutiervise the Amerlran proprarn. The Soviet chief delegate here charged the U. S. and British were "afraid" ot this kind of commission because they were ; gulltv of what he called "Inter ' ventlnn" In the Internal affairs ; of Greece. Vlshlnsky spoke before the gen ! eral assembly's 57-natlon politl I cal committee. I He conceded that his resolu tion Wouid be defeated, hut saldi Crop Estimates of Loss Run From 15-20 Million Flocdwaters Following Freak Blow Reported to Be Highest in 30 Years MIAMI, Fla., Oct. 13 tn Southeast Florida, inundated in sections by the highest flood waters in more than a quarter of a century, placed its c.op damage at between f 5.000,000 and $20,000,000 in the wake of a freakish hurricane that whirled northeastward into the Atlantic. With winds up to 60 miles an hour, the storm lashed across southern Florida Satur day and Sunday and then moved toward the northeast, accompanied by heavy squalls. Commissioner of Agriculture Nathan Mayo called the hurri cane the greatest farm disaster in more than a generation. Tons of water poured down upon the Everglades, where many fields and grazing lands already weru covered. He estimated the miili!-million dollar farm damage after receiv ing reports from throughout tha area. Homes Flooded Thousands of residents sought refuge In senools and other pulf llc buildings as hundreds of homes were flooded and mass evacuations were carried out. Highways were under water and transportation lacl'iiiee were crippled. At Fort Lauderdale the ReJ Cross added 1.800 Jlood victims to its list, and about 1.000 per. sn werr moved to the Pompano State Farmers Market Irom ino Poinpano Beach n-igratory work- (Continued on Page Slxl Closed Door to Communists Urged SEATTLE, Oct. 13. .T - De claring it "inconceivable" tht signers of the American constitu tion "intended to license abuse and destruction of our domi-stio privileges by an unicmpulous minority," National Commander James F. O'Nell of the American legion last night proposed that the United States "outlaw tha Communist party and its organs, and deport aliens who adhere tu communism." In a Columbus day address be fore thu Seattle council of th Knights of Columbus, the Man chester, N. H., Legionnaire pro posed also that the I'nited States: "Lock our Immigration doors against communism; "F.xpedtte the loyalty checks without fear or favor; "Apprehend and prosecute ac tlve agents of the party on grounds of treason, to show tlm Communists that we mean busi ness." lie sioke strongly in favor of universal military training which he descrilied as "the cote of any defense system." Four other "needs" of a nation al preparedness program he des crified as retention of the armed forces and reserve components ot quota strength; continuation of scientific research; stockpiling ot strategic materials; and "an effi cient, central Intelligence system." Burglary Attempted at Ellison Service Station Break-in last night at Ken El lison's service station, 7-10 S. Stephens St., was reported today by Chief of Police O. Al Ken tierly. Discovery of the break-In was made by service station at tendants this morning. The night prowler had broken the glass of the front door of the station and evidently had oiened the cash register. Ken nerly said. The money had been removed from the cash register however, by an attendant, when he closed the station last night. The hreak-ln is believed to have occurred In the early morning hours. Body of Fisherman Recovered From Surf OCFANSIPE, Oct. 13. .r The txxly of Sanford Arthur Whitney, 41, Net arts fisherman missing slni-e September 8, was recovered from the surf south of here yesterday. Whitney was last seen rowing a dinghy to his 4X foot fishing boat anchon-d off Netarts hen a heavy sea was running, ills capsled boat was located later. i 1 "Russia will continue Its struggle for removal of the threats to Greece." Vlshlnksy described American attempts to pla'-e the blame for the current Balkan difflcuUles on Albania. Bulgaria and Yugoslavia as a 'Fiasco." This was a refer ence to a U. S. dM-lslon to accept a French-British compromise modifying charges of guilt gainst the three Balkan satellti-s of Russia.