U. Of 0. Li'ox'tiry i Jomp.
Eugene, Oregon
Entry of Leslie Scoff Forms
5-Man Race for Republican
Nomination for Governor
Two Democrats Contend For Nod
To Oppose Cordon; Ellsworth To
Have Rival on Primary Ballot
SALEM, Ore., March 13 AP Oregon today had a five-man
race at hand for the Republican nomination for governor.
State Treasurer Leslie M. Scott placed his name in the field
just before filings closed at 5 p. m. yesterday for the May 21 pri
mary election.
Previously filed for the party nomination were Gov. John Hall
of Portland, State Senator Douglas McKay, Salem; Clenn C. Ack
erman, Portland, and John Peyton, Junction City.
In contrast the lone Democrat candidate for governor is State
Sen. Lew Wallace, Portland.
Another late filing put President Truman's name on the Demo
cratic primary ballot, unopposed. His name was filed by peti
tions bearing 1800 names.
Two Republicans are after the state's 12 votes at the party's
national nominating convention. They are Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
of New York, and Harold E. Stassen, ex-governor of Minnesota.
No candidates seek the Oregon nomination for vice-president
on either party ticket,
U. S. Senator Guy Cordon, Rose-
burg Republican, also is uno
posed for nomination, but there
are contests for all other con
gressional positions.
Two Democrats are after the
nomination for senator State
Rep. Manley J. Wilson, Warren,
and Dr. Louis A. Wood, Univer
sity of Oregon economies profes
sor. John T. Hensloy, St. Helens, op
poses Rep. Walter Norblad, As
toria, on the Republican ballot.
Edward E. Oideon, Salem, is the
only Democratic candidate for
Norblad's job in the First Con
gressional District.
Rep. Lowell Stockman, Pendle
ton, in the Second District, is op
posed bv William H. Weather
spoon, Elgin, on the Republican
ballot. C. J. Shorb, La Grande,
seeks the Democratic nomination,
unopposed.
In the Third District Rop.
Homer D. Angell and W. A. Rush
light, both Portland, are after
the Republican nomination. Ro
land C. Bartlett and Clifford T.
(Continued on Page Six
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
IAN MASARYK, son of the first
president of the Czechoslo
vakian republic, jumps to his
death from a window of the for
eign office in Prague (he was the
republic's foreign minister).
Czechoslovakia HAD liberty
and lost it. Masaryk couldn't
take it.
TRY this thought on yourself:
"What if NEVER AGAIN
could I speak my mind without
first looking around to see if some
member of the secret police was
within earshot?"
That will help you understand
why Masaryk jumped out of the
window.
IN New Hampshire's Presidential
primary (interesting because
it is the first) Dewey gets six of
the eight delegates and Stassen
gets the other two. For a West
erner in the heart of New Eng
land, that isn't bad.
Stassen, however, comments:
"It's a strong showing in the
first inning, but not quite strong
enough."
HE'S a realist, you see which is
a point in his favor.
We need realists in these criti-
(Continued on Page Two)
Weather Conditions Blamed
For High Unemployment In
Local Area Since January 1
Weather was blamed for the "high level of unemployment" here
during January and February, in the monthly labor market bulletin
released today by the Oregon State Employment Service In Roseburg.
Weather conditions still hamp
er any major increase in activity
in the lumber industry, and there
is little work being done in the
construction field, the report
states. Shortages exist, however,
in skilled and semi-skilled Jobs in
the lumber Industry. The supply
of unskilled workers is "ade
quate." No break in the employment
picture is probable until Ajjril,
the report predicts.
Recent publicity given to this
area in state and national pul
lications is believed repsnosible
for the Increased number of in
quiries received from persons in
other areas interested In com
ing here.
The office is dailv receiving re
quests for Informa'ion concern
ing availability of work, wages,
and living conditions.
Housing Still Problem
The "ever present housing
firoblem" is very much a factor
n the procurement of certain
J. M. Throne Seeks
Legislative Seat
John M. Throne, Roseburg real
estate man, filed his declaration
of candidacy for the Republican
nomination for state representa
tive Friday, with the secretary of
state at Salem.
A resident here for many years,
Throne attended Willamette Uni
versity where he studied law. He
was associated witn the old Ump
qua Valley Bank prior to its mer
ger with the Roseburg National
Bank in 1932, and during the re
cent war was associated with the
Hop Production Corporation at
Salem.
Since his return to Roseburg,
Throne has been associated with
the W. A. Bogard real estate
firm.
Riddle Sawmill Closes
To Expand Epuipment
Installation of a steam-driven
"shot gun" carriage, as well as
other equipment, will be com
pleted during a 30-day shutdown
of the Harbor Plywood Co. saw
mill at Riddle, according to C.
L. Murray, resident manager.
The mill was closed Thursday
night.
When the installations are com
pleted, the capacity of the mill
will be stepped up to approxi
mately 125,000 board feet a day,
Murray said. Previously the mill
cut from 50- to 60,000 board feet
a day.
New equipment at the mill, be
sides the carriage, will include a
re-saw, to be hooked in with the
new carriage unit: a slasher, and
a green chain with an automatic
pull-off.
Final Blow Dealt To
Unregistered Gun Toting
BINGHAM CANYON, Utah,
March 13 UP) Shed a tear,
partner, for the Old West.
It's dead, as of now.
City councilmen in this two-mile-long,
one-street-wide moun
tain mining camp yesterday
passed an ordinance making it
illegal to carry unregistered
firearms.
And -until that action was
taken, they s.aid, Bingham
Canyon was the last town in
the once Wild West where no
such law was on the books.
Townsfolk, long accustomed
to peace and quiet, didn't notice
much change today nobody
reached for a six-shooter, reg
istered or unregistered.
types of workers from other
areas who cannot be secured local
Iv, the report continues. "Until
there is a solution to this prob
lem, there will be hard-to-fill op
enings in employment," it adds.
The local office handled 668
active claims for unemployment
comrjcnsation during the month
of March. Of these, 210 were for
veterans, 154 for women.
Forty-six per cent of the 5S
openings at the end of February
were in the skilled and semi
skilled brackets in the lumber in
dustry. The balance were group
ed In trade and service and other
industries. There were no open
ings In the construction field.
While the total of unemployed
remains high, there will be "no
particular shortage" in the sup
civ of workers. It Is bellpved the
labor force will be "adeauate"
through May, when the picture
should be "reversed," the report
concludes.
. - .
The Weather M TLCIV tV ...f J
Increasing cloudiness and
slightly warmer Sunday.
Established 1873
Foreign
Lewis Hurls
Threat of New
Coal Strike
Operators Default On
Pact on Welfare Fund,
Miners Told by Chief
WASHINGTON, March 13
UP) John L. Lewis hurled an Im
plied threat of a soft coal strike
at the government and mine own
ers today, then waited for some
thing to happen.
The United Mine Workers
chief declared in a letter to the
Union's 400,000 members that
their employers In the past eight
months "have dishonored the
1947 wage agreement and de
faulted under its nrovislons af
fecting the welfare fund."
That contract, signed last Julv
8, pledged the miners to stay on
the job as long as they are "able
and willing." Lewis told a news
conference yesterday he did not
know how much longer they'll
be "willing."
The agreement which runs un
til June 30 can be ended bv
either miners or operators on 30
davs notice.
The fiery mine leader did not
say flatly that his miners will
stop work. Instead, he asked the
public to persuade the "million
aire coal operators" to break a
deadlock over how the $30,000,000
welfare fund is to be used.
Money for the fund is pro
duced by a 10 cent royalty on
each ton of coal produced.
Conflicting Claims
Operators say Lewis wants a
$100 monthly rjension for every
miner over 60 who has been in
the pits at least 20 years. That,
they argue, would raise coal
(Continued on Page Six)
Street Fund For
Riddle Assured
Assurance that "at least $15,
000" will be snent in improving
streets at Riddle has been re
ceived from the State Highway
Commission, Citv Recorder F. L.
Kummer of Riddle reported.
The money Is a portion of a
$250,000 fund reserved from
highwav revenues bv action of
the 1947 legislature, for work on
streets In cities which have ex
perienced sudden population
growth or heavy and unusual In
dustrial traffic.
Most of the prolects will be
financed cooperatively by the
state and cities whose applica
tions for a share of funds have
been considered. Besides Riddle,
work has also been authorized at
Oakland and Reedsport.
Kummer said plans at Riddle
tentatively call for improvement
of Front St.. from the east city
limits, to Main St.: Main St..
from Front St. to 4th St.. and
4th St. to the city limits.
Although Riddle officials had
planned for more extensive street
Improvements, they were limit
ed hv law to onlv a $15,000 share
of the state's $250,000 fund this
year.
March Logging Crews
Date Security Election
T.nPtTnr find triirkrtt- nmnlniroil
bv the March Logging Co. at
Myrtle Creek have been dated
ror a union security election
March 24 and 25, to be held under
Drovisions of the Taft-Hartley
law. according to Eugene Miller,
business agent of Local 7-307,
IWA-CIO.
The election will be held for
tho Irion omnlnunJ fv, aam
pany's two logging operations on
v-ui n . ree ana at near camp,
near South Mvrtle Creek; the
COmnanv's rpnnlr chnne anrl
drivers, Miller said.
Union security elections were
hold at the Mist Logging Co., In
the Little River area last week,
anH fr,r ihn wnnrle -rnu.-o nf tUn
Martin Brothers Box Co. at Oak-
iann, luosaay, Miller said. In
both elections, employes favored
continuance of their CIO affilia
tion. Huge Dsiplay Window
In New Store Cracks
The happiness of Mrs. Mabel
Lewis, owner-proprietor of the
Mabel Lewis Shop, was marred
yesterday. Workmen put finish
ing touches on the attractive new
front and interior installations of
the completely remodeled dress
shop Friday, and departed for
Portland tho hnfllniai.tA
thPir company. They had hardly
--,. umn wiit'n une oi me mas
sive display window panes, ap
parently under tension, developed
a triangular crack.
Mrs. Lewis Is hoping to obtain
replacement prior to a grand
opening, scheduled for next Friday.
Aid Fund Resists" Attack
Percy Croft, J. M. Morgan
Join Group of Aspirants For
County Commissioner Post
Contest for the county commissioner's office will be livened In
the May 21 primary election by the entry of four Republicans and
two Democrats, who will seek their respective party nominations,
it was disclosed Friday, as filings closed at the county clerk's office.
Blasts, Fires Hit
North Portland
PORTLAND, Ore., March 13
UP) Two separate explosions
each followed bv spectacular fires
snook sections or northwest
Portland last night.
In one, flames roared 100 feet
high after a train and a gasoline
truck collided. No one was in
jured. In the other, 40 persons were
routed from an apartment house.
Two unexplained midnight explo
sions and the ensuing fire in
flicted minor injuries on 10 per
sons. Most of the tenants escaped
ahead of the second blast, which
shot shattered windows and
flaming gas at persons on the
street. Six firemen and four
apartment dwellers were treated
for cuts and burns. Firemen
brought 'he flames at the three
story Jameson Apartments under
control after an hour.
The explosion of the gasoline
truck came as the passenger
train, the Portland Rose, was
leaving the Union Station for
Chicago. The train, moving
slowly, collided with the truck
and trailer at the foot of the
Steel bridge across the Willam
ette River.
Flames enveloped the truck
and the locomotive, jumping 100
feet high and setting ablaze
utility poles on the bridge.
The truck driver and engine
crew escaped ahead of the flames.
The locomotive was uncoupled
and pushed away before before
the fire could spread to the rest
of the train. Firemen brought
the blaze under control within
five minutes of their arrival.
The truck and trailer was
owned by the Green Transfer
Company, Salem, and was loaded
with 5100 gallons of gasoline.
The driver, Lawrence James
Moffit, 25, Salem, said he tried
to stop at the crossing, but his
heavy load Inched him onto the
tracks. He jumped when he saw
the crash was Inevitable.
Show's Champion Ham
Sells for $33 a Pound
PARKERSBURG, W. Va., Mar.
13 UP) Ham sold for $33 a
pound here yesterday. '
The proprietor of a Ripley res
taurant paid $404.25 for a 12J
pound ham judged the grand
champion in the Little Kanawha
Regional Council Ham and Bacon
Show. The winner was entered
by John Hoff of Spencer.
Gene Penoz, the restaurant
operator, said he planned to
serve the meat as ham and eggs
on Eastern morning In his estab
lishment. Ed Knight, president of the
West Virginia Purebred Swine
Breeders Association, said the
price paid for the winner was
the highest ever paid in the state,
and, as far as he knew, in the
nation.
Grangers, Poultry Assn.
Oppose Daylight Saving
PORTLAND, March 13 UP)
Amidst the new movement for
daylight saving time today, the
farmers cried, "no."
The State Grange voiced oppo
sition and the Pacific Cooperative
Poultry Producers voted unani
mously against daylight time.
Manager G. C. Keoney asserted,
"Daylight saving to poultry rais
ers just means they have to
knock off work an hour earlier
If they want to pet Into town for
business before the stores close."
Morton Tompkins, state Grange
master, said davllght time would
be "detrimental to the farmer's
operation and hard for him to
conform to."
Anderson to Quit Cabinet
To Make Senate Race
WASHINGTON, March 13. -(IP)
Secretary of Agriculture Ander
son announced today he will run
for the Democratic nomination
for U. S. senator from New
Mexico.
Anderson said he will remain
In President Truman's cabinet
until Congress adjourns, prob
ably In July.
Anderson wilt be a candidate
for the office now held by Sena
tor Hatch. Hatch said last week
that he will not be a candidate
again In order to accept annolnt
ment to the Federal District
Court In New Mexico if It Is of
fered. Anderson did not speculate on
who might succeed him as secre
tary of agriculture.
ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 1 3. 1 948
City Councilman Percy Croft
of Roseburg filed his declaration
of candidacy yesterday afternoon
tor county commissioner on the
Republican ticket, and Joe M.
Morgan, Roseburg real estate
man, filed for the Democratic
nomination to the office;
County Commissioner H. B.
Roadman, the incumbent, Thurs
day announced he had made up
his mind to enter the race to
Seek a fourth term, while earlier,
William (Bill) Evans of Rose
burg and Guy MeGee of Davs
Creek had filed for the Republi
can nomination and Deputv Sher
iff Richard G. Baker for the De
mocratic nomination.
Croft will have served on the
Roseburg City Council 14 years
next January. As a councilman,
he is chairman of the street com
mittee and a former chairman of
the Fire Commission. He also
serves as chairman of the Rose
burg Park Commission and as a
member of the Public Library
Commission.
Operator of an automobile re
pair garage, Croft is a member
of the Roseburg Rotary Club and
has been active In other civic
groups and activities. He is a
member of Umpqua Post No. 16,
American Legion, and during the
recent war was chairman of the
Douglas County Selective Serv
ice Board.
Morgan, who filed for the com
missioners office yesterday, Is
employed by the George Dlm
mltk Real Estate Co. in Roseburg
as a salesman of timber nronertv.
fie "has -resided here ifli of hfs
life. He has indicated that ho is
seeking the office because of his
opposition to the County Court's
timber sale policy, which he said,
favors "large operators" to the
disadvantage of the "small
operators."
T5 Arabs Killed, Score
Wounded in Jewish Raid
JERUSALEM, March 13 UP)
Fifteen Arabs were killed and
about 20 wounded at dawn today
when a large group of Jews raid
ed an Arab village in upper Gali
lee, an official source said.
The village was Al Hussena.
Several Arab houses were blown
ud during the attack, and the
village has been evacuated, the
source added. Police and mili
tary units found a number of
grenades and one rucksack filled
with explosives when they ar
rived on the scene after the at
tack. Commissioner
Re-election on Record Backing
Timber Policy, Highway Work
County Commissioner H. B. Roadman announced his candidacy
today for reelection to a fourth term on the County Court. He will
seek the Republican nomination at the May 21 primary election.
T3
Roadman, who
house. Filings
tinued support
A
filed for the
H. B, Roadman
llcan ticket, and Deputy Sheriff Dick Baker and Joe Morgan of Rose
burg on the Democratic ticket. The following statement relative to
his candidacy for commissioner was issued by Roadman today:
I have again filed for nomi
nation as county commissioner
on the Republican ticket. A short
while ago I had no intention of
becoming a candidate again, but
In the last few weeks I have been
importuned by so many tax
payers to serve another term,
that I feel I should comply with
their request.
"Also, there are many things
I would like to accomplish before
finally retiring. 1 will, therefore,
set forth briefly some of the
things accomplished since I first
asumed the otllce of county com
missioner on Jan. 4, 1937.
"In January, 1937, the county
was on a warrant basis, had bor
rowed money from the banks
and had an over-ail Indebtedness
of approximately $81,655.65. On
Jan. 31, 1948, the county clerk's
cash statement for all funds
showed a true credit balance of
$1,882,726.18.
Timber Policy Explained
"Up to about six years ago the
county had acquired by virtue of
tax foreclosures some 240,000
Taft's Move
To Cut Total
Meets Defeat
Negative Vote Victory
For Vandenberg; Final
Senate O. K. Forecast
WASHINGTON, March 13
UP) The Senate raced toward
final action today on the Euro
pean recovery program after de
feating a major drive to slash its
first-year funds.
By a vote of 56 to 31 late last
night it blasted aside a deter
mined effort led by Senator Taft,
chairman of the Senate Repub
lican Policy Committee, to shave
$1,300,000,000 off the $5,300,000,
000 Marshall plan figures.
Senator Connally (D-Tex.), one
of the program's chief sponsors in
Congress, predicted its over
whelming passage by tonight.
The bill is designed to speed
funds to sixteen western Euro
pean nations to bolster them
against Communism.
The Senate was called to meet
at noon to resume debate on the
stack of amendments which still
were awaiting action when it re
cessed at 11:30 last night.
Win For Vandenburg
Llated backers said the re-
t Continued on Page Six)
Pay Boosted to Keep
State Engineer Aides
PORTLAND, March 13. (IP)
I he State Highway Commission
is increasing salaries or engi
neers' aides in an attempt to
keep Its skilled employes.
The commission voted $20
montniy increases for four class!
ffilnttbns of utiles yesterday, and
said it was ready to grant furth
er boosts.
The $20 was the limit allowed
by civil service regulations, and
tne commission now Is attempt
ing to get authority for future
raises.
Commissioners said neighbor
ing states were getting Oregon's
skilled personnel by paying more
money.
Taft-Hartley Law to Be
Forum Speaker's Topic
The "Taft-Hartley Law" will bo
tne topic ot the Koseburg Cham
ber of Commerce forum lunch
eon Monday at the Umpqua Ho
tel, u was announced oy n.arl
Flegel, chairman of the forum
committee. Sneaker will be Ran-
son Melnkc, labor relations con
sultant, described by Flegel as a
recognized authority on labor leg
islation. The public Is Invited, Flegel
said.
Roadman Asks
has been undecided In recent
weeks about seeking reelection, filed his dec
laration of candidacy late Thursday at the court
for all offices closed Friday. Con
of the county's timber sale pol
Icy, In which county timber lands are oId In
conjunction with cooperative sustained yield
units of federal timber agencies, was given by
Roadman as his principal reason for again seek
ing the commissioner's seat. Others who have
commissioner's post Include Wil
liam (Bill) Evans and Percy Croft, Roseburg,
and Guy McGee of Days Creek on the Repub-
acres of timber land. There was
considerable effort made to in
duce the County Court to sell all
this timber in one block or lot.
This movement I strenuously
opjjosed.
"Since then this timber has
been sold In blocks or units In
cooperation with the O. & C. and
the Forest Service and so allo
cated as to result in the greatest
benefit to the nearest town or
community.
"The attitude of the County
Court at all times has been to
promote factories and sustained
employment for the years to
come. In this connection, labor
has been protected by our con
tracts of sale requiring that no
logs from timber purchased from
the county be shipped out of the
county for manufacture. We have
endeavored as far as possible to
nave an tne timoer sola by the
county manufactured In mills
operated within the county, there-
.(Continued on Page Six),
6248
)J 1
y-y v
. fel
GENERAL'S BROTHER Mai
Cen. Patrick J. Hurley, laid he
was convinced that 64-year-old
William Patrick Hurley,
Marysville, Calif., ranch hand
(above), was his lonq-missinq
brother. General Hurley said
his family believed his brother
had been killed in Mexico in
1911 during the regime of Fran
cisco Madero (NEA Telephotol
Maj. Gen. Meyers
Convicted by Jury
WASHINGTON, .March 13.
UP A Federal Court jury yester
day convicted Maj. i;en. Bennett
E. Meyers on charges of induc
ing a witness to lie to a Senate
Committee.
The wartime deputy Army Air
Forces p u r c h a s I n g chief was
found guiltv on all three counts
of an Indictment.
Judge Alexander Holtzoff said
hp will sentence Meyers Monday.
The retired general could get a
maximum of 30 years In prison.
The Jury required two hours
and 50 minutes to reach the ver
dict. Meyers took tho decision with
apparent calm. Ills wife, the for
mer Hollywood actress, Ila Rne,
a spectator In the court room,
also showed no emotion.
Defense attorneys Indicated
they will appeal the verdict but
Judge Holtzoff said he would not
permit General Meyers to re
main free niter he Is sentenced
and while his appeal Is pending.
The Jury which considered
Meyers' case was made up of 10
men and two women. Six cf the
12 are government worKers and
five of the jurors are Negroes.
The Jury's verdict concluded
one phase of legal entanglements
In which Movers found himself
after he testified Inst year at a
Senate inquiry Involving war
time airplane contracts of How
ard Hughes. The senators turned
their attention to Meyers on con
clusion of the Hughes matter.
When the Senate Committee
finished Its Investigation of Mey
ers, its records were turned over
to a federal grand Jury. Meyers
then was Indicted last December
on six counts three that he lied
himself to the senators, and three
that he induced Blerlot H. La
marro, a former businor.s asso
ciate, to lie about his affairs.
Committee Votes Rent
Control for Another Year
WASHINGTON. March 13.-.
A'i -The House Banking Commit
lee voted yesterday to continue
rent control for one year, until
April 1. 194!).
Hut it decided major control
powers should be transferred
from Washington to local rent
boards.
Hep. Mahoney (D.-Okla.), who
opnrsed the transfer provision,
told reporters "this sure Is goln"
lo knock an awful hole in ef
fective rent controls."
He said he will trv to get the
nrovl'don knocked out when the
measure comes to the House
floor.
Czechs Flee Homeland
Under Gunfire Gauntlet
HOI', Germany. March 13. (.T)
Czechs fleeing from their home
land said today 111"! sound of gun
fire Is heard day and ni(;ht in
side the Czech border as fron
tier gu.irds try to block escape.
An 18-year-old boy was killed
yesterday and a woman was
wounded when Czech guard
spotted them heading for the
border, said one man who reach
ed tills citv.
He said those captured In try
ing to escape to the U. S. zone
of Germany are sentenced to tlve
to 20 yenrs In prison.
Reported Fire
Arouses Fear
Of Disaster
Searching Plane Heads
For Mr. Sanford; Flight ;
Started at Shanghai
ANCHORAGE. Alaska. March
13. UP) A chartered Shanghal-to-St.
Paul Northwest Airlines
DC-4 Diane with 30 nersons
aboard vanished over Alaska last
night, and a search plane took
oit today to check on a moun
tain fire report.
The Civil Aeronautics admini
stration search plane headed for
l6,2(jK-root Mt. sanford. where the
Gulkana CAA ranger station re
ported a fire had been sighted
during the night. ;
The plane was carrying 24 pas
sengers and a crew of six over
tne ureat cu-cie Route irom tho
Orient
The last radio contact with
the big craft was at 11:03 p. m.
when it passed over the Gulkana
range station approximately 150
miles northeast of Anchorage.
The station reported it was fly
ing at 11,000 feet.
Airlines officials said the four-
engined plane left Anchorage ae
iu:u& p. m. and was scheduled;
to make Its first stop at Edmon
ton, Alta., at 5:04 a, m. today.
Gulkana retwrted earlv thisi
morning that a fire was seen on
Mt. Sanford, which towers high.
In the Wrangell range to th
right of the plane's normal
course through Nabesna Pass.
Weather Favorable
Weather conditions were re
ported good this morning and
also at the time of the airliner's
last report to the Gulkana sta.
tlon last night. Visibility was re
ported at close to 50 miles today.
Northwest Airlines headquart
ers in St. Paul, Minn. .Identified
members of the ship's crew as
Capt. James Van Cleef, Minne
apolis; Capt. Robert Pctry, St.
(Continued on Page Six)
Frightened Driver
Leaps to Death
Becoming scared when the
I brakes of a highway freight
truck apparently were not hold
ing as the vehicle descended a'
curve of the Pacific Highway
south of Canyonvllle, the
truck's relief driver leaped to
his death this morning, State
Police Sgt- Lyle Harrell re
ported. '
The victim's nnme was given as
Edwin Louis Fuchs, 37, of Ta
coma, Wash. Sgt. Harrell said
that Fuchs was sitting to tho
right of the driver, when he be.
came scared and jumped out of
the truck, as it approached tha
Pioneer Bridge souih of Canyon
vllle. Driver of the truck, Edwin
Thompson, also of Tacoma, man
aged to bring his vehicle safely
to a stop against an embankment
within 200 yards of Fuch's fatal
leap, Sgt. Harrell said. The accl
dent occurred at 7:15 this morn
lng. An ambulance called to the ac
cldent from Myrtle Creek was
wrecked near Canyonville, roll
ing over an embankment and
causing minor inluries to tho
driver, John R. Birenbaum, Sgt.
Harrell, added.
Both Fuchs and Thompson,
were employed by the West Coast
Fast Freight, operators of th
truck.
Portland Mayoralty
Sought by 10 Candidates
PORTLAND, March 13 -W
Portland had ten candidates for
mayor today, the list headed bv;
the Incumbent, Earl Riley.
Riley, who Indicated he was
running because of recent charges
that vice flourishes In Portland
under police protection, Is ex
pected to get his chief onnosltlon
from City Commissioner Dorothy
McCullough I.ee.
Most of the candidates are
newcomers to politics.
The candidacy of Mrs. Lee)
brought up the possibility of a
race for a non-existent office. If
no one receives a majority in the
primary, the two highest have a
runoff In November. If Mrs.
Lee reaches a run-off, aspirants
might run for her commissioner's
ol but could not take it unless
she won the mayorship.
Nomination for Sheriff
Sought by A. S. Smith
A. B. Smith, former deputy
sheriff stationed at Reedsoort,
filed his candidacy for the Demo
cratic nomination for sheriff late
Thursday. Smith was with the
sheriff's office In Roseburg for
more than three years prior to his
assignment to the Lower Umo
qua area last year. He has resid
ed here many years.
tvlty Fct nt
f L, F, Rjlsenst
In tho present international
"crisis," President Truman and
Secretary of Stat Marshall
urge calm thinking and cool
judgment. Not with the Chin
ook salmon run duo any day.
1 I
Jj -
''"V
i