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FLEES TO U. S. ZONE General
Antonin Bohumil Haiti, above,
senior ranking officer of the
Czechoslovak Army, if one of
he many hundreds who have
fled across fhe closely guarded
border to the U. S. zone in Ger
many, taking his family. He is
reported to have valuable in.
formation for. the U. S. Intelli.
gence Bureau. (AP Wirephoto.l
Truck-Bus Act 'Kicks' To
Bo Aired at Hearing
SALEM. Ore, July 21. UPl
The Legislative Interim Highway
Committee will hold a hearing in
Portland September 4 on the
State Motor Transportation Act,
which governs truck and bus
transportation and is administer
ed by the Public Utilities Com
missioner. The committee said it has re
ceived "many complaints of ex
traordinary hardship and of
alleged discrimination.''
ODIHAM, Eng.. July 21. UP)
Sixteen U. S. F-80 fighter
Jilanes completed today the first
et-propelled air crossing of the
Atlantic from the United States.
Pacific University Gets
Donation of $100,000
FOREST GROVE, Ore., July
21. Pacific University re
ported a $100,000 gift yesterday
irom Dr. Franklin Warner, re
tired Claremont, Calif., banker.
The university, which has re
ceived donations from Dr. Warner
previously, said $50,000 was made
available for Immediate unres
tricted use. The remainder will
be held In an annuity arrange
ment. In fhe Day's News
By FRANK ENK1NS
HEWS notes from the cuff:
Unemployment in Oregon,
according to the State Unemploy
ment Compensation Commission,
has dropped to 30,500 persons
the lowest peace-time mark since
records have been kept.
GOOD old Oregon! Its people
are WORKING AND PRO
DUCING. If we can keep that up, noth
ing can stop our progress from
where we have been In the past
to where we want to be In the
future.
In a world hungry for things,
we're PRODUCING things.
HOT only have we fewer people
who are statistically unem
ployed. We have more people who
are ACTUALLY EMPLOYED.
The State Unemployment Com
mission adds that by the end of
this summer our total employ
ment will be at an ALL-TIME
HIGH of about 660,000 persons.
We are gaining new population
and at the same time we are
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NO TREE EXHAUSTION SEEN
Northwest Douglas Fir,
At Present Cutting Rate,
Will Hold Out 46 Years
PORTLAND, Ore, July 21. UP) Oregon and Washington aren't
going to run out of trees as fast as the rest of the nation is. In fact,
they'll probably never run out
That's the report of regional forester, who looked over the
Northwest situation after the U. S. Forest Sendee In Washington
reported that the nation's taw timber would at present cutting rates
be exhausted In 30 years.
But In Oregon and Washington
the present stands of Douglas Fir
saw timber will at the current
rate last 46 years, The pine
stands, 51 years. And meanwhile
new trees will grow up to re
place them.
The U. S. Forest Service here
uid the average annual deple
tion of Douglas fir both by cut
ting and by fire In the last de
cade has been 300.000,000 board
feet more than what should
cut to maintain a sustained yield.
That's an overcut of 3.4 per
cent a good record compared to
the national picture.
Ovtreut Net Balanced
What worries forester It that
the overcut Isn't spread out even-
ly.
Some region have timber to
Established H7S
Indictment Hits Twelve
Communist Party Chiefs
Seven Nabbed
Five Others
Being Sought
Plot to Overthrow U. S.
Government by Force ,
Charged by Grand Jury
NEW YORK, July 21 UP)
Twelve Communist leaders, rep
resenting tne party high com
mand in America, were under in
dictment today on charges of ad
vocating the violent overthrow of
the United States government.
Seven of the 12 including Wil
liam Z. Foster, national chairman
of the party in the United States,
and Eugene V. Dennis, general
secretary were arrested last
nignt shortly alter their Indict
ment by a federal grand Jury in
vestigating subversive activities.
The other five are being sought
Dennis Is formerly of Seattle.
Bail of $5,000 each for the six
arrested here was posted In U. S.
Treasury bonds today by Robert
W. Dunn, treasurer of the Civil
Rights Congress, when they ap
peared before Federal Judge Vin
cent L. LeibelL
The arrests, one of the sharpest
blows yet struck against organ
ized Communism In this country,
brought an immediate, strongly
worded protest from national
headquarter of the party.
It described the Indictments as
a "monstrous frame-up" and said
the arrests were part of a plan
oy resident iruman to embar
rass the New Party of Henry A.
and the others Indicted
are specifically accused of "eon
spiring to teach and advocate the
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2 University
Men Accused
Of Contempt
SEATTLE. July 21 IIP)
Contempt citations were ordered
against two University of Wash
ington faculty members by the
Legislature's un-American Activi
ties committee today.
Both refused to answer ques
tions from the witness stand dur
ing a third-day session which
opened on a turbulent note. Two
persons were ejected from the
hearing room.
One of the citations was again
st Professor Herbert J. Phillips of
the University of Washington
philosophy department. He re
fused to say whether he was, or
ever had been, a member of the
Communist party. The other was
English Professor Garland Ethel,
who refused to say whether three
other faculty members one of
them Phillips had sat with him
in closed Communist party meet
ings. Professor Phillips, temporar
ily suspended from the Univer
sity faculty for failing to answer
a committee subpoena Monday,
arrived by plane from New York.
He has been on the summer
faculty at Columbia University.
Ejected were Mrs. Florence B.
James of the off-campus Seattle
repertory playhouse and Philip
Davis, a former Instructor at the
University.
spare, while others are lodging
their way toward ghost town
status.
In the pine region, for Instance,
Eastern Oregon has been over
cutting by 37.3 per cent But East
em Washington has been logging
11.3 per cent less than it safely
could.
"While the timber situation on
a region-wide basis doe not pre
sent too critical a picture", tald
officials, "there are phase per
taining to certain locality that
are cause for serious concern."
They cited "The heavy over
cutting of timber and the over-
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Biq Ovation Given
Tito as He Replies
To Soviet Charges
BELGRADE. Yugoslavia, July
21. IrtV-Premier Marshal Tito
told 2,000 wildly cheering Yugo
slav Communists today their
party had become the "strongest
and most successful Marxist
Leninist movement" in the na
tion's history.
This apparenty was his answer
to charges from the Soviet Union
and the Cominform that Tito and
other Yugoslav Communist lead
ers had deviated f om the Marx
ist line and were pursuing an
anti-Russian policy.
Tito, addressing the Yugoslav
party's congress In a Belgrade
suburb, was expected to speak all
of eight hours in a massive ex
position of the history of the Com
munist movement In his country.
He was delivering It in sections
of two hours or more. ,
The congress was expected to
pledge him unanimous support.
This will stamp it as a renegade
from the Cominform. the Mos
cow-directed Communist Informa
tion Bureau, an association of na
tions in the Soviet Orbit.
Tito was given a tremendous
owition as :t mounted the ros
trum. His supporter shouted his
name in rhythm for five minutes.
Every coffee house in Belgrade
was jammed with people listen
ing to radio broadcasts of the
speech. Loudspeakers were placed
in ne central parts oi tne city.
Large crowds stood In the hot
July tun to listen.
Labor Unions
Spurn Bid To
Vallace Camp
PHILADELPHIA. July 21-UP)
With the CIO and AFL coldly
staying home, Henry Wallace's
Third Party began heating sug
gestions for a "Peace with Rus
sia" platform today and worked
itself up for a revival-singing
convention.
"Everyone want Wallace
"Friendly Henry Wallace,
"Friendly Henry Wallace,
"In the White House."
A group of Wallace supporters
was singing that on the sidewalk.
The "New Party" founding con
vention will sing It and other
songs Friday, Saturday and
Sunday. A convention song-book
was issued today.
A lor the platform, two days
of public hearings started today
but the first tentative draft of the
document was written ahead of
time, yesterday.
And it says according to Dr.
Rexford Guy Tugwell, the plat
form chairman that "Capitalist
America and Communist Russia
can and must live together in the
same world."
It says the party "pledges
through negotiations and discus
sion with the Soviet Union, in
good faith, to find areas of agree
ment to win the peace."
Marshall Plan Scertd
It condemns the Marshall Plan
and other aspects of U. S. foreign
policy, it accuses the Republicans
and Democrats of rejecting the
United Nations and of obeying
"the dictates of big business.
About 60 organizations are
scheduled to give their platform
views, after which, Tugwell said,
the document will be refined and
completed before It goe before
the convention for adoption Sun
day. The two big labor combine,
AFL and CIO, were not among
the 60 groups, even though the
platform Is certain to condemn
the Taft-Hartley labor law. They
aiani even reply to tne invita
tions. The delegate, meeting In the
same convention hall where the
two major parties met will
choose a permanent name to re
place INew Party and then
nominate Wallace for President
and Senator Glen Taylor of Idaho
(Continued on Page Seven)
Spurious Check Passing
Charged to Prisoner
Henry Abbey, charged with ob
taining money by false pretense,
asked for a preliminary hearing,
when arraigned In Justice Court
Tuesday, reported Justice Thomas
C. Hart f lei. His ball was set at
S200. which he failed to produce.
Abbey, according to Chief of
Police Calvin Baird, Is accused
of passing a fictitious check for
$22. Chief Baird said that another
check for $100, given by Abbey to
a local taxi driver for taxi fare,
I still out against him, but that
no charge on the latter count hat
been filed.
He waa arretted by city police
jnonaay mgjit
ROSEBURG. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1948
Four Teachers
Employed By
School Board
Seven Vacancies Remain;
Atvord France Resigns
Industrial Arts Post
With the hiring of four more
t.-aehers and the acceptance of
one resignation, there remains
seven teachers and a school nurse
yet to be employed in the Rose-
Durg scnoois. reported superin
tendent raul inott.
Mrs. Dorothy B. Lauber and
Miss Luella Whitehead have been
elected to sixth -grade positions,
Mrs. Anna L. Roblson to the
ninth grade, and Mrs. Harriet P.
Friday, elementary teacher, to be
assigned.
The resignation of Alvord
France, Junior high industrial
arts instructor, was accepted
"with regrets," stated Elliott
France hat taken a position with
Denn-Gerretsen Company.
The school board Monday night
approved the taking of a building
and equipment appraisal by the
United State Appraisal Com
pany, represented at the meeting
by James M. Stewart. The ap
praisal, said Elliott, will be taken
for the purpose of making sure
the district tire Insurance corres
ponds to the property value of
the district, so that In case of
fire the school district would be
reimbursed. . -
Tuition Fset Flsd' - ' -
Tuition cost for outside pupil
attending District 4 were estab
lished by the board for the 1948
49 fiscal year as follows: elemen
tary pupil. $238.12, and high
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Thugs Maul,
Rob Portland
Club Owner
PORTLAND. July 21. UP)
Four masked men beat up a night
club owner, bound member of
hit family and, after torture
threats, made off early today
with $900 in cash and Jewelry
worth $1050.
Lonnle Logsden. owner of Club
Mecca In Portland and the Log
Cabin resort at Lake Oswego,
said the armed men were found
vine In wait at hit suburban
Lake Grove home south of here
at 9:30 o'clock last night They
did not leave until the house had
been ransacked at 2:30 a.m.
After freeing himself, some
five minutes after the men left,
Logsden told this story to Clacka
mas County Sheriff Fred Reak
seeker. The robbers hit him In the face
repeatedly, opened his shirt and
pushed a butcher knife against
him, held a pistol to his head and
threatened to kill him if he did
not disclose the hiding of hit
money, Logsden tald.
When he persisted In saying
there wa no money, the men
spent an hour ransacking the
nouse, out tney found none.
Reaksecker said the. men's fea
tures were to well covered the
descriptions were inadequate and
only a few clues were left on
which to work.
Logsden't face was puffed and
one eye blacked Irom the beating
given mm. Mrs. LAgsoen nad
been slapped anJ "pushed
around" but was not hurt, the
sheriff said.
Truffle Charge Follows
Sideswiping of Autos
Clarence Herndon, Roseburg,
was arrested for having no opera
tor's license, following an acci
dent Tuesday In which hit car
and one driven by Edgar Ran
dall, Sutherlin, ildeswlped. Both
cart landed in the ditch, State
Police Sgt I.yle HarreU reported.
Sgt HarreU stated that the
cars, traveling In opposite direc
tions, sldetwlped because of In
sufficient clearance. The ears
were badly damaged, and Ran
dall sustained a number of cuts
which required a physician's
care, said in sergeant.
Superforts Train Over
Fortress of Helgoland
WIESBADEN, Germany, July
21. (M V. 8. B-29 Superfort
resses from Germany engaged In
a bombing training mission over
the Island fortress of Helgoland
today, the V. 8. air force an
nounced.
The once fortified Island of
Helgoland la off Germany' north'
west coast y
CHARTER PRESENTATION Wayne Crooch, standing left, president of Roteburg Toastmastert
t-Iub 604, receives from Lieutenant District Governor Blair T. Alderman the club charter. The
presentation was mad at an Impressive ceremony last night In the Umpqua Hotel, with wives of
members and Invited guests alio in attendance. Seated at left it Mrs. Crooch, and on the right
t rest District Governor Dick
Window Breaking
Draws Cops; Just
Owner's Mishap
Proof there' never a dull mo
ment in Roseburg w i given last
nignt, wnen a police ' rowi car
was called to the south end of
town to Investigate a possible
robbery.
Excited, neighbor , and wit.
netset gave Patrolman Uovd J.
Larsen a description of a car
which they said had backed into
the Douglas Paint Hardware
Company, breaking both plate
glass show windows.
Witnesses said the car smashed
both windows, then drove quickly
away before the license number
could be read.
When the city patrolman later
phoned L. R. Davie one of the
co-owners of the hardware store,
the voice at the other end of the
phone said he was out
In fact Mr. Davie was out
repairing the - damage he had
done when he backed Into his
own store windows.
Thieves Get
Jewelry In
Riddle Store
The Umpqua Jeweirv Store at
Riddle was entered between 2
and 3 a. m. today, and Jewelry
valued at an estimated $2000 was
taken, Riddle Chief of Police
Harry I. Hagan reported.
Discovery oi tne burglary waa
made at 9 a. m. today by Bob
reus, janitor.
Entry was made through a
filate glass window between the
obby of the Studio Theater, next
door, and the Jewelry store. The
theater had been entered, accord
ing to Chief Hagan, through the
rear door.
Mostly men's watches, ring
and earrings were taken. A com
plete list of the loot has not yet
been made, said Hagan.
Canyonville Chief of Police Ed
Dnhl hat been called In to assist
Hagan with his Investigation.
TRUMAN SHAPES
Congress Will be Urged To
Deal With Prices, Wages,
Broaden Refugee Measure
WASHINGTON, July 21. UP) The White House said today
that President Truman will deliver personally to Congress next
Tuesday his appeal for anti-Inflation legislation and other measures.
Mr. Truman will address a Joint session of the two houses at
9 a.m. (P. D. T.). Congress will convene Monday In answer to Mr.
Truman's call.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, the
Republican presidential nominee,
Is reported favoring a brief GOP
lawmaking program and a quick
end to the tension. His friends
say he feels that GOP leaders,
after hearing Mr. Truman's mes
sage, should be eble to agree on
a brief outline of measures that
can be passed without long delay.
Presidential Secretary Ross said
the president l now drafting an
antl-lnflatlon bill dealing with
rising price. Ross declined to
give any deails of that measure.
At the same time, Rom wou'd
not disclose the extent to which
bipartisan foreign policy will
figure In Mr. Truman's talk to
the legislators.
Refugx Bill Dltplsaslng
He tald Mr. Truman will tk
congress to remove what the
chief executive hat described at
Crakes.
Toastmasters
Charter, Hears Members In
Interesting Reminisicences
A charter was presented to
In a dinner meeting at the Umpqua
president, accepted the charter from Blair T. Alderman qf Eugene,
district lieutenant governor,. amldat peechnwklng by members and
district officers, while wives and
Bobby Myers
Held on Count
Of Burglary
Bobby M. Myers, 23, charged
with burglary not In a dwelling,
waived a preliminary hearing
and wat bound over to the grand
jury, with bail set at $500, when
he was arraigned In Justice Court
Tuesday, reported Justice Thom
as C. Hartfiel. He was committed
to .the county Jail.
Myers had previously been ar
raigned in court on a charge of
"attempting to enter with Intent
to steal therein." A charge of
possession of stolen property was
dropped and the "burglary not In
a dwelling" charge waa substi
tuted. Myers, according to Chief of
Police Calvin Baird, who filed the
charge, it alleged to have entered
the New Service Laundry June
28 and removed clothing valued
at approximately $125. He it al
leged on June 30 to have attempt
ed to enter the building a second
time, but cut his hand on glass of
a broken window. He It reported
bv Chief Baird to have later ap
peared at Mercy hospital for
treatment He was arretted July
2.
DEMANDS
discrimination In the recently
enacted displaced persons bill.
The measure, which the presi
dent said he signed with reluc
tance, will allow admission of
200.000 displaced persons to the
U. S.
Mr. Truman said In a statement
at the time of the signing that
the bill discriminates against
both Jewish and Catholic dis
placed persons. The Democratic
piattorm, aooptea at rnuaaeipnia
recently, would Increase the num
ber to be admitted to 400,000.
Ross said the president also
win can tor:
Passage of a pending measure
to provide federal grants of $300.-
000,000 annually to the states for
(Continued (pi Page Seven)
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Picturs by Photo Lab
Club Receives
the Roseburg Toastmastert Club,
Hotel last night Wayne Crooch,
gueiti looked on. '
Harrison Winston served
at
toastmaster of the evening. He
Introduced Alien Clute, whose
topic was "The Four Faces" on
the Mt. Rushmore National
Memorial. Fame of the "monu
ment rest not In the contours of
the mountain, he pointed out,
but In the mind of Gutzon Borg
lum, the sculptor, whose dream
took him In a search that ended
at Mt Rushmore.
He graphically described the
four head those of Georee
Washington, Thomas Jefferson,
Abraham Lincoln and Theodore
Roosevelt the tasks of cutting
them out of the mountain side
and concluded that visit to Mr.
Rushmore Is "good for the
patriotic soul."
Phil Harth told of the "Tourist
of 190T' the Harth family's first
automobile, with a two-cylinder
engine, which they drove over
rough country roads and had to
store In livery itablei because
there were no garages In those
days. When the family went
riding, hit parenti donned leath
er caps, goggles and dusters.
Young Phil, In the back seat, also
wore goggle. The only member
of the family not wearing goggle
was the family collie dog.
Jim Turk served as (valuator
of the five-minute speeches. In
place of Carl Felker, who was
unable to attend. The evaluator.
(Continued on Page Seven)
Restaurant Workers
Plan Strike at Salem
SALEM, Ore., July 21. UP)
Salem restaurant workers voted
last night to strike against 60
local restaurants, A. B. J'erterson
secretary of the Salem Culinary
Alliance, announced today. He
said 80 per cent of the 500 union
members voted to strike.
The union demandt 10 cents an
hour more for waitresses, cooks.
neipers ana dishwashers.
Pederson tald the strike date
would be set Frlda night About
30 other restaurants will not be
affected because they have met
the union demands, Pederson
said.
Asst. Forester Named
For Lumbermen's Assn.
PORTLAND, July 21. T
Norman E. BJorklund, Oregon
Mate (College forestry graduate,
has been named assistant forest
er for the West Coast Lumber
men's Association and the Pacific
Northwest Loggers' Association.
From Portland headquarters he
will supervise tl i forest Industry
nursery at Nlnually, Wah, and
devote some time to development
and expansion of the tree farm
program.
Bond Sale Slated To
Finance Loans to Vets
SALEM, Ore, July 21. UP)
The State Veterans Affairs De
partment toon will tell a $3,000,
000 block of bonds to finance
farm and home loans to veterans.
The department already has Is
sued $7,000,000 worth of bond, In
block of $1,000,000 each.
The loan now total about
$700,000 a month.
U.S. Will Not bo Coerced
Or Intimidated, However,
Assertion of Secretary
WASHINGTON. July 2L -UPt
Secretary of State Marth&U
said today the United Statet will
ao everything possible in the
Berlin crisis "to reach an accept.
able solution and to avoid the
tragedy of war for the world."
At a newt conference, Marshall
waa told that there I presently
a widespread fear of war In the
world over the Berlin crisis be
tween Soviet Russia and the
western powers. He was asked
to express hit views on the situa
tion. In a ttatement which he later
authorized for direct quotation.
Marshall said:
"I can only say at this time
that our position, I think. It well
understood.
"We will not be coerced or In.
timldated in any way In our pro
cedures under the right and
responsibilities that we have in
Berlin and generally In Germany.
"At the same time, we will
proceed to Invoke every possible
resource of negotiation and diplo
matic procedures to reach an ac
ceptable solution and to avoid the
tragedy of war for the world.
"But I repeat again we are not
going to be coerced."
Marshall slid Gen. Lucius D.
Clay, American commander In
Germany, will arrive here thla
evening and he will confer with
Clay tomorrow.
The White House tald Presi
dent Truman also it keeping In
close touch with development In
Berlin, rie plan to get a flrtU
hand report from Clay. .
maw Not oivsn Moscow
American officials,- meanwhile.
are readying new diplomatic
moves In a determined effort to
settle the Berlin crisis short of
war.
These moves. Including a new
note to Moscow, grow out of a
new, three-point policy for deal,
ing with the extremely danger
ous situation in the Russian-
blockaded German capital.
Authorities familiar with the
latest deverpmeats say- the
policy cover an absolute determ
ination "not to teJuoked.4Mit.ot
Berlin." .
But, they add. It also embrace
equally strong teclslons (a) to
seek a peaceful solution to the
crisis and (b) to use caution and
restraint In both action and
words so that the Soviet will bo
given no possible excuse for mak
ing the situation worse.
At the moment, ranking offi
cials here are still hopeful that
the Berlin crisis can be settled
before It reached the point of
open fighting.
They do not, however, disguise
their concern that It might lead
to war.
Their detern.lm.tlon It that If
there it to be shooing the blame
must rest upon Russia and not
upon the western powers.
As one Informant put lti "If
the Russians want a war at this
time they can get It, but they
will have to bring It about them
selves.
One of the dangers which ton
Washington officials hope to
avoid at the developments of the
next few weeks unfold 1 a
growth of ; ysteria In the west
over the possibility of an open
conflict with Russia.
These authorities declare that
the United States must reject two
extreme of actionappeasement
on one hind and excessive
belligerence on the other.
Both President Truman and
Secretary of State Marshall have
repeatedly called In the past for
the American people to keep cooL
BERLIN. July 21. UP) The
British-licensed press said today
(Continued on Page Seven)
Boy Injured
In Fall From
Garage Roof
Paul Michael Felker, three-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
M. Felker, 529 E. Douglaa, was
Injured severely at his homo
Tuesday afternoon when he fell
over the flat garage root about
eight feet to the cement sidewalk
below.
His condition, however, was re
ported from Mercy hospital today
to be much better.
The boy It reported by hit
father to have sustained a con
cussion, and one entire side of
his head Is badly swollen and
bruised.
The garage at the Felker homo
Is on the ttreet level, but tho
yard rises abruptly, so that the
rear of the garage root Is on the
level with the yard. The boy
had been playing on the garage
roof. It wa not certain, said
Felker, Just how the accident
occurred.
The forecast for today tald
'scattered thowers,' but tome
body tHit the 'teat' h scattered,
and HM showers vamooted. i
ovity fact Rant
By L. F. Rtlzenstela