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V, Of 0. Li'ovary Comp. Eugene, Oregon WHO DOES WHAT ByPaulJenkin 1 TT:y' - 'J:tr Z T3& taa. in V i 't J. w .. ..... . . 7 J ; DUANE POPE is a salesman in Freeman Keller's brand new Firestone Store on Jackson street. At the moment you see him, he is exhibiting some locomotive rolling stock a boxcar, part of a railway system Dads buy for their kids then crowd 'em away from when it comes to playing with it. Duane has lived in Roseburg 10 years; is married iwithin the year) and lives at 1022 Hamilton street. In the Day's Hews By FRANK JENKINS S IGNS of the times (maybe): In New York, a young man runs out of pocket cash, steals an Eighth Avenue bus from its ga rage and runs it over its regular route, collecting fares and pocket ing them. He might have got away with It quite profitably if he hadn't got careless and smacked a taxi, which Drought ambulances and police radio cars on the double. He sized up the situation, climbed out of the bus and disap peared into a subway entrance (jingling the dimes he had col lected so far.) nNCIDENTALLY, he was a col ored boy which makes no difference whatever. The color of one's skin has nothing to do with basic integrity, or the lack of it.) ANOTHER sign of the times maybe: In Portland, a group (let's don't call it a gang) of young sters, only three of them over 18 and one of them a girl, goes on a bad-check binge running into the thousands of dollars. Three of the eight have been rounded up, and the police are gunning for the other five. , It looks, like easy money which everybody wants. In the long run, it won't turn out that way. HERE'S the story book OTHER side: In Los Angeles (believe it or not) there Is a parking lot at tendant who is courteous, thought ful and friendly toward every body. Among those to whom he exhibited courtesy, thoughtful ness and friendliness was an el derly shoestring and pencil ped mller who yesterday cashed some war bonds and gave the pleasant and agreeable parking lot attend ant u $1,000 tip. HERE'S a bit of advice given with full knowledge that no body likes advice: If you're going to be courteous, V DONT DO IT SOLELY IN THE HOPE THAT SOMEBODY WILL BREAK DOWN AND GIVE YOU A $1,000 TIP. If you start out on . such a project, you'll probably wind up disappointed and disll- (Continued on Page Four) Welfare Payments Continue Until Legislature Acts On Controversial Pension Bill Mrs. Lois Baker, Douglas County Public Welfare commissioner, announced that in view of the attorney general's ruling on the re cently passed old age pension bill, the Welfare Commission is going ahead with plans for December old age assistance. Mrs. Baker stated that any person eligible for old age pen sions who are 65 years of age, a resident of Oregon five of the last nine years with the year just preceding spent in Oregon, and In need may make ai ap plication for old age assistance, under the welfare program which is still in existence. The attorney general has ruled that the pension bill guarantee ing $50 a month to men over 65 and women over 60 years of age passed by the voters at the general election is of doubtful constitutionality. The Welfare Department, said Mrs. Baker, announces that in view of this ruling December and probably January payments will not be held up. November Service Stations Up Price of Gas 1.1 Cents Locally Independent service station op erators in Roseburg today raised retail gasoline prices one and one-tenth cents per gallon, fol lowing a raise of two-tenths cent per gallon by major oil compan ies Thursday. This action- was taken at a meeting of independent dealers yesterday afternoon. The propos ed price raise was approved unan imously, said Ken G i 1 k e s o n, spokesman for local independent dealers. He explained that most of the major oil companies had fol lowed the lead of the Standard Oil Co. of California in boost ing gasoline prices. He said the independent dealers here had de cided to share the raise, as there have previous price boos- from which the dealers have not prof ited. "Due to the rise in our operat ing costs and continuing rise in wages, it would have been im possible for us to continue to ODerate at a profit and not in crease our price s," Gilkeson said. Gasoline prices are now 28 cents and 30 cents per gallon, respectively, for regular and supreme grades. Previously the prices were 26.7 cents and 28.7 cents per gallon, respectively, ior the two grades. This price increase has been adopted by some 30 or more independent dealers in the Rose burg area. Not taking part in the action are the two Standard Sta tions, Inc., which will not raise prices unless directed to do so by their head office. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13 UP) Richfield gasoline cost one fifth of a cent per gallon more today in northern California as the company followed the lead of Standard Oil in raising its prices. Both companies saidf the increase was due to the 12s-cent hourly wage boost which ended the recent on striKe. Marshall Denies Report Of Hinted Resignation PARIS. Nov. 13 UP) U. S. Secretary of State George C. Mar shall said today he has made no definite plans to resign. In a statement given to report ers by the American delegation to the United Nations Marshall said: "I note in this morning's press a statement alleging that I still cling to my original intention to resign from the cabinet b;' Jan. 20. 1 regret that my remarks at the press conference yesterday have been misconstrued. I thought I had made it obvious that I would never take a decision of this nature without discussing it with the nresident. and that he and I have never discussed the matter. payments went out on Nov. 1, pri or to the election, so were not affected. The January payments will probably go out before the Legislature has a chance to meet and act on the measure. No Pensions Yet Numerous persons have called the local office to obtain infor mation, said Mrs. Baker. She explained that no one will re ceive any benefits under the new pension bill until its constitution ality has been declared. In the meantime payments will be made under the welfare program as before. All payments under the wel fare program are based on need. (Continued on Page Two) East Coast Longshoremen Call The Weather Mostly cloudy today and Sat urday. Cooler with scattered light showers Saturday. Sunset today 4:52 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:04 a. m. Established 1873 China Forces Will Receive Arms Shipment U. S., Canadian Ships Said Carrying Bombers, Small Arms, Explosives (By the Associated Press! Five thousand tons of smalt arms ammunition were on their way today from the United States to beleaguered Chinese govern ment forces and another 5,000 tons of explosives were being loaded aboard a Canadian freight er at Vancouver, B. C. The Canadian shipment also was reported to include 30 Mos quito Bombers, although an an nouncement irom zmangnat to day said the Chinese Nationalist air force had abandoned use of the fast two-engined British craft. A Canadian government spokesman said in Ottawa he had received no notice that the bomb ers had proved too speedy and "hot" for the Chinese pilots to handle. He said the 30 planes and the explosives were purchased by the Chinese government through its Ottawa supply mission, and filled part of an order for 150 Mos quitoes and surplus RCAF air craft parts. The arms cargo is being stowed in the holds of the Montreal owned freighter Islandside, which recently carried nitrate to Haifa, Palestine. The sailing date for the 22-day voyage to Shanghai has not been announced. The 5,000-ton supply of small arms ammunition from the Unit ed States left a West Coast port recently under terms of the China aid pact o 1948, the de fense department announced in Washington. It said additional shipments would be made in the near future. In contradiction to a report by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, a department official said no P-47 tighter Planes were included tn (Continued on page two.) Fall Ceremonial Of Hiilah Temple Of Shrine Slated Wearers of the red fez will converge on Roseburg Saturday, Nov. 20, to attend the annual fall ceremonial of the Hiilah Temple of the Shrine, Southern Oregon Masonic organization. Highlight of the ceremonial will be the initiation of new mem bers in the Roseburg Armory, preceded by a band concert, re ception, and special drills by the Hiilah Temple Patroi. On hand for the occasion will be Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry, who is illustrious po tentate of Hiilah lemnie. w. c Holmes of Roseburg is serving as general chairman, and Wil liam A. Oerding as assistant gen eral chairman of the ceremonial. The public will be given a view of the colorlul umlormed units, when they march in the after noon from the Armory to the Rose Hotel, where Shriners will bortrd buses to Kennedy s Dutch Mill for a turkey banauet. Participating in the gathering ot the untlormed units win Be the Hiilah Patrol, drum corps, band, wrecking crew, and Camel Herders. One of the features of the ceremonial will be the mass ing of all units on the Armory floor. The day's program will open with registration in the morn ing at the Rose Hotel, ceremonial headquarters; luncheon and in itiation for Camel Herders, busi ness session of Hiilah Temple, hospitality hour, parade, banquet, reception, initiation ceremonial, and hospitality hour. District Court Upholds Repurchase Contracts PORTLAND, Nov. 13 UPS district court upheld the auto mobile dealers' "repurchase con tracts" hire yesterday. The contracts provide that a buyer, if he decides to sell his car within a year, must give tr-; dealer first chance to re-purchase it. District Judge Fred L. Olson awarded $300 damages to the George B. Wallace Company in what is believed the first test of the contracts in the state. The company said John Wong signed a repurchase contract April 27. took delivery of his car May 1, then sold it to a used car dealer the same day. Wong said he would appeal to the Circuit Court. Scouting to Se Theme Monday Chamber Forum Scouting will be theme of Monday's Chamber ot Commerce forum luncheon, as Rome yuam, Douglas County scout executive. wiit speak on the topic, "Serving Our Youth." John Todd, vice president of the Chamber of Commerce and commissioner of the Douglas Dis trict of the Boy Scouts, wilt serve as chairman of the lun cheon. The luncheon will be In the Civic Room of the Umqpua Hotel and the public is Invited. w inuiimq!lllil II I III 1 1 I II . I 1 I I I I . " ' ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1948 Railroads, Unions Settle Third Round Dispute on Wages CHICAGC. Nov. 13. (m- The nation's railroads and three op erating untjns have settled their intra round wage oispute. The some 125.000 union mem- bers engineers, firemen, switch men accepted a pay raise of 10 cents an hour, retroactive to Oct. 16. The boost in their weekly sai ary checks will cost the 'carriers an estimated $40,000,000 a year. A similar wage hike was ac cepted by two other operating un ions conductors and trainmen last Oct. 4. At that time the rail roads estimated the pay raise to the 175,000 workers would cost them $55,665,000 annually. There was talk in rail circles that the 10 cent hourly boost now accepted by the five operating brotherhoods may set a pattern for ending the wage-i our dispute between th. railroads and the 16 non-operating unions. The engineers, firemen, and switchmen, whose threat to strike last May was blocked by govern ment intervention, had asked a pay raise of 18 per cent in their third round demands. This amounted to about $1.76 a day, the difference between the 15,s cents hourly boost accepted last July .d origina1 second round demands for a 30 per cent raise with a minimum raise of $3 a dav. Engineers now receive between S88.S0 and $128.66 a week; fire men $78.83 to $103; conductors $77.40 to $llt.34; trainmen and switchmen $71.58 to '96.50. The pay varies with the class or service. & nreslrieniial fact finding board is studying the dispute in volving the l.ustu.utKJ memoers oi the non-operating unions. These workers, telegraphers yardmen and others not actuaiiv engaged in operating the trains, have ask e( for a pav raise of 25 cents an hour, reduced work-week from 48 to 40 hours no various over time concessions. The carriers said the i.emands would cost them $1,500,000,000 a year. Ross Brown Dies At Canyonville Ross Arthur Brown, 55, died Nov. 12 after a short illness at his home in Canvonviile. He was born April 7. 1893, in Hodgmart, Kan., and came to this communi ty eight yetrs ago n raase ms home. Kiirvlvini? are his widow, Grace, Canvonviile; four sons: Claude Brown, Prinevitte, Clyde R.. Rid dle; Jennet and Charles Brown, both of Canyonville; t o broth ers. Dan, Isna, Calif.; and Foster, Ariz.; and three grandchildren. Funeral service in charge of the Rnseburff Funeral Home will he held Thursday, Nov. 18, at 2 m in the Methodist Church in Canvonviile. Interment will fol io in the Cayonviiie Cemetery, Klamath Indians Plead Guilty to Theft of Cow PORTLAND. Nov. 13 OPS Three Klamath Indians pleaded guilty in Federal Court here yes terday to theft of a cow. They were Francis Green, Archie Mitcheil and Ernest Hunt. Their case was referred to a pro bation officer for pre-sentence in vestigation. Carlton S. Dale, 54, Pendleton, pleade guilty to sale of liquor to an Indian. He was placed on a year s preoption. Mayor to Hand Out $5 To Elizabeth Day Babes Woodstock, Ont, Nov. 13 JPt The mavor of Woodstock will hand out $5 to eacn baby born here the same day as Princess Elizabeth's child. Mayor Thomson isaid he took his cue from the Lord Mayor of London who an nounced he will give lunas to each child born that day. Woodstock has a population of about 15,000. PUPILS AID REB CROSS Here ar pupilt in th clatt of Mr, AHhe H. Caraway at FuBsrton School, who display Urqa afohan thy hav knit for th junior Red Cfoi. The afghan wifl b oiven to a vetsrani hotoiiai f da Junior Red Cross it conduction its armui anroHmaitt driva In addition to making afghans, Elmer J Moser Murder Trial Opens Monday Defendant Will Face Charges as Result Of Willis Moffirt's Death Trial of Elmer Jesse Moser. 37, for the murder of Willis Mof- fftt. 80-year-old welfare recipi-i ent, who was found beaten and unconscious in a Roseburg alley ttte ntgnt or Aug. 13, wm open Monday In Circuit Court. moser nas seen held since tits arrest Aug, 15, when he report edly signed a complete confes sion of his part in the alleged robbery and beating of Moffift, Roseburg's oldest native-born citi zen at the time of his death. Moser's attorneys. Jarvis B. Black and Avery Thompson, Fri day moved the court for an order permitting them to examine one certain writing" nurnortes to be the confession signed by Moser and now said to be in the hands of the district attor ney. Awaiting a separate trial in the case is Francis Stanley White, 41, who was named by Moser In his confession as the Insti gator of the robbery, according to ponce report, and who was arrested from a description given oy Moiittt shortly Before nts death. White has maintained his in nocence front the beginning, but both he and Moser were Indicted bv the Brand 1urv recentlv for the ronoery and murder. Mosers trial is scheduled to open at 10 o'clock Monday morn ing with Circuit Judge Cart E. Wtmberly presiding. It is expect ed that most of the opening day win t given over to the selec tion of a jury. RSIco is Closing Plant at SuiherEin Rilco Laminated Products. Inc. Is dismanillrig iig manufacturing plant at Sutherlin and is closing promicilon facilities and its west ern division sales office, it was announced today. The company's activities are let be confined to its headquarters at Albert Lea, Minn., and subsidiary operation at Independence, Kansas, The Rilco plant at Sutherlin has fcen supplying building raft ers and trusses for the eleven western states and has shipped some of its products into Illi nois. A crew of approximately 30 persons has been employed. No reason for discontinuing its operation at Sutherlin was given, other than that the build ing was needed more urgentiy for other purposes. The structure which housed the manufacturing plant is to be used by the Rock Island Lumber Co., a related con cern, for lumber storage. Some of fhe machinery from the dismantled plant will be sold locally, but the bulk ot the pro duction equipment will be ship ped to Kansas to be added lo the factory there. Guilty Pleas Entered To Charge of Larceny William Lenox Fitzgerald, ar raigned before Circuit Judge Cart E. Wimberiy Friday, pleaded guil ty to a charge of larceny in a rooming house. The judge post poned imposing a sentence itntii a time to be fixed. Fitzgerald was charged by a Grand Jury indictment with hacing taken a camera, camera case and an alarm clock from a rooming house in Sutherlin. Frank Henry Shulti, 18, also pleaded guilty to a larceny charge, when arraigned Friday, but the judge postponed imposi tion of sentence indefiniteiy and btiultz was reteasect. lit V Dotstblv th Reteburq Vetarast tueh at ptetstrad hr, teitooi , - .li '" av'.M " ' -fKfWV iruvh ft J I - tfr' - f .; r FACES LOCAL CHA8SB Frank' day wst arraigned in f ft jstttiea Court Thomas C. Hartfisl on a charge of manslaughter, Ha it accused in eonnectien wtfh the death Nov. 8 of hti wife, Margaret M. SkisBar. On ihe right ii State Police Sgt. Lyle Harrall, who filed the complaint. United Nations President Makes Urgent Appeal to End Berlin Dispute Immediately PARIS, Nov, 13. The president of fhe United Nations As sembly and lite U. N. secretary-general made an urgent persona! appeal today to the chief executives of the United States, Russia, Britain and France to settle the Berlin dispute at once. Dr. Herbert V. Evatt, Austral ian foreign minister, who ia presi dent of this assembly session, and Trygve Lie, the secretary-general, offered their good offices to the four big powers in efforts to solve the dispute. Their action was without precedent in the U. N, The two invoked the recent Mexican resolution approved unanimously by the assembly, which had called upon the Big Four to do alt possible to settle all their differences. The appeal was sent to the chief delegates here of the four powers, with the request that it he sent to President Truman, Prime Minister Stalin, Prime Minister Attlee and Premier Oueiite. Evatt and Lie asked the four to eive this aunea! urgent consid eration. They said they believed the first step toward settlement of major differences would be a solution of fhe Berlin caste. Soviet Russia has blockaded Western Rertin by land since June 23. and attempts in the U. N Security Council to resolve fhe issue have failed thus far. Secretary of State Marshal! said vesterdav the case still is be fore the Security Council and that the West still Is looking to the so-called neutrals of the eoun cil for anything they may pro pose as a solution. Russia vetoed their first proposal. The Evatt-Lie letter said in oart : "Every day that the deadlock lover Berlin continues, the danger Hotpifa! for us by patient, tmonq fh fehoofs in ih county, children r picking gift bsxet to tt-onunuea on page iwu; 253 43 I- rictuni by PhoJo Lab Vsrn SftEimer, 44, on iefi, Frl- Special Congress Session Unlikely, Informant States KEY WEST, F!a Nov. 13, m A source close to President Tru man said today there was little possibility be will call the KM h Congress back Into special ses sion to consider emergency aid to China. This source, who would not al low the use of his name, said Mr. Truman would likely submit his proposals for meeting the deteri orating situation In that country to the Bemscrafie-comroftea con gress which meets early tn the new year. Ills differences with the GOP- dominated 80th Congress fea tured bis "give em hell cam paign for eieetlon to a White House term In his own right The proposal was advanced by Senator Bridges (R-K, H,l who said the Communists would take over the whole of China In the absence of emergency action. Those close lo the President said ihev thought It unlikely Mr. Truman would summon back to an extra session a Congress wish which he was in sharp disagree ment almost continuously when a Democratic - controied Senate and House will meet In January, Some of Mr, Truman's assoct afes said tbev considered fhe idea of calling the 80th Congress back into special session "preposter ous." Meanwhile, the President took his famitv and friends on an out ine to historic Fort Jefferson. The party traveled aboard the Presidential yacht USS Williams burg to the famous fortress where Dr. Samuel A. Mudd was imprisoned after the war between the States. Dr. Mudd. who set the broken pg of the fugitive John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Ab raham Uncoin, was convicted ol conspiracy and sentenced to a life term at hard labor. Couple' Death Believed Caused From Gas Fames VANCOUVKR, Wash., Nov. 13 (iP A couple found dead is an auto court caran yesteresay were Identified as Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert- J. Goodman, Bafeer, Ore. The man, who was 53, and his wife, Cressle, 50, were victims of gas fumes. Their poodle dog also was dead of the fumes. Last seen Sunday morning they had been living here a month. The bodies were discovered by Mr, and Mrs, J. M. Fulfort, rela tives of the Goodmans, They stop ped at the auto court en route from tnetr nome tn tsittaeiieta, Wash., to a vacation in Baker. A gas heater in the cabin was turned on, The coroner is investigating. Strike Large Scale Shipping Seen immobilized Only Sitlf Ports Now Open ta Ocean Born Traffic! Wages issue NEW YORK, Nov. 13w-tiPf An East Coast Longshoremen' strike swelled to fuB-seale pro portions today, jinrao&Htzatg a large part ot the mtiom's ocean- oorne eemmerce. Some 85,000 dock workers at ports alaisg 700 miles of coast line from Portland. Me,, la Hams. ton Roads, Va., were ordered oft their jobs, a of tsjijaigbt last sight. The official strike eaB was sent out by Joseph P. Rvan, nresident ot the AFi, International Long- snoremen s Association, after pa said member? had voted "aver whelrairtgiy" to reject proposed wage terms. With yort operations ttmhed by the strike, the American Associa tion off RaKroadg elartpe dan em bargo on the shipment ot nearly aU expert freight destined for Boston, New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Hampton Roads, Va. am. Wilmington. Dei. Partyies Shipping The walkout threatened to par alyze the multi-miKten-dollar At lantic shipping industry, and stem the regular flow of Marshall plan a hi to Europe, foreign vessels also were affected. Ryan, who said the need fop calling; the strikewa s a "nation al eatamitv," said Stevadores would refuse to load er unload any cargoes, except mall and sup plies for army ships. Ordinarily mail, commer cial freight and foreign aid ship ments will net be hartdiesf, he said, adding: "As long as we're having a strike, let's, have a strike." The Baltimore port was at a standstill. About 5.000 stevadore ttttl! at II p. m. last night on insf ructions from ngest Idak, international renresenlatlve of ihe Longshoremen's Association There were 95 shies In the port yesterday, and nine are due ia today. 20.00 Attested It was estimated that a pro longed slrike would effect the jobs of about 20,00ft workers tit fCentmued on Page Two! Frank V. Skinner To Face Charges Of Manslaughter Frank Vern Skinner, 44, today was arraigned on a charge of "manslaughter" In the court ot Justice of Peace Thomas C. Hart- fiet tn connection with the death Monday Nov. 8 of his wife, Mrs. Margaret M. Skinner, 3& at their home at Honey creek Camp on the North ifmpqua Road. Skinner asked permission to see an attorney before determin ing whether or not to request a preliminary bearing and his bail was set by Kartftei at $5,00& He was arrested by State Police Thursday afternoon. The complaint, prepared by District Attorney H. A. Canaday and signed bv bgt. Lyle Harrett, charges specifically that Skinner on Nov, 6 did "unlawfully and feloniously while engaged m the commission of an unlawful set. In voluntarily fcill another, to wit, one Margaret M. Skinner, by him the sain trans vers ssstiiKt then and there unlawfully as saulting, striking, beating and bruising fhe body of tte said Mar garet Skinner wit's his lists of feet, or by other means to this complaint unknown . , inflict ing sucn mortal wounos aiat tit Juries within which and upon the body of the said Margaret Skinner of and from which such wounds and Injuries the said Mar garet Skinner on the 8th day of November did die. Tiilamsok Cottttff Appeals For Damage Repair Funds TILLAMOOK, Nov. 13-tiPJ Tillamook county will appeal to the Oregon Congressional delega tion for funds to repair battered Bayoeean peninsula, County Judge Harland Woods, informed . that Army engineers have no available funds for re pairs, said tideiand farmers and oyster bed fishermen need as surance that the area will be protected from further damage. He plans an emergency re quest to the congressmen before storms broaden damage to the peninsula, which was cut by a storm last week. Yesfit Pays $50 Fhte Ob Reckless Driving Caitnf Raymond Dai Bartehrake, 16, of Melrose Rt., paid a S5fi fine on a reckless driving charge brought in Municipal Court this morning. Chief of Police Calvin H. Baird said Bsnebrake was arrestea Thursday morning on W. Oak St. allegedly weaving in and out of traffic and speeding 53 miles per hour In a 25-mtie a?ne. sone brake pleaded guilty to the charge before Municipal Judge Ira B. Riddle. In addition to the fine, bis driver" license was ssi- spended for six months. 9y!iy pact ant I By L. T. P.sarj:ia Suggest iott to Christmas shsppan: For tit defsssfid po litical candidate, e espy f that wsli-kttown bock, 'How fa Make Friend ana influence Psople.' i I si. . r y - r , i ba distributed overseas by the Red Cros. V
