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Newspaper Page TextTWO NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1949 Allegedly Raped Woman Believes Negro Attacker LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19 VP Mrs. Opal Holmes, who reported she was raped In a berth on a speeding train, believes her at tacker was "a Negro In long un derwear." Under a physician's care at the home of Los, Angeles relatives. Mrs. Holmes, 35, mother of two sons, through her husband, Ches ter, gave reporters what he called her first coherent account of what happened aboard the Southern Pa cific's West Coast limited near Oakridge, Ore., at 2:15 a. m. last Saturday. Holmes, who has been living with his wife at North Richland, Wash., and working as an electri cian at the Hanford atomic plant, flew here to comfort his dis traught wife. He said yesterday she related that: During a train stop at Portland Friday night she had two high balls with an elderly woman train acquaintance. Later on the train she Joined a penny ante poker game, drinking a bottle and a half of beer before she retired. She did not see any of her club car com panions after she left the car to go to her berth. She did not see her attacker, who she said crept into her berth while she was asleep. After she screamed, a serviceman In a berth across the aisle and another sleep ing nearby told her they saw a Ne gro wearing long underwear run ning through the aisle. She was examined by Coroner George Adler of Klamath Falls, Ore., when the train stopped there and was held for 4 4 hours for In vestigation by Dlst. Atty. Dayton Van Vactor. She said Dr. Adler gave his opinion that she had been raped. The Investigation continued all the way to Los Angeles where on Sunday two sailors were ques tioned for 7V4 hours, then re leased. Oregon authorities said they do not have evidence on which to Jus tify arrests. Railroad and Pullman Co., special agents said no one is in custody. The agents said all memDers or me nam ana run man crews were subjected to the Investigation. Daylight Time Major Issue at Legislature (Continued from Page One) Dimes Go to Her Head 1 13" "Z T i (A . 4f? 4 ! : r vf' : tflMMMHWil if firrrif 1 i- On behalf of the March of Dimes, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, left, accepts the "1949 Dime Hat" from Dorothy Gordon In New York. Miss Gordon, a hat designer, created the novel chapeau for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis' annual drive. It has over 400 dimes on It. They'll be turned over to the campaign. apply the corporation Income tax laws to religious, charitable and educational corporations which run commercial businesses, amend the Constitution so that all Initia tive measures to spend money shall also contain the means of raising It. give the counties sur plus Income tax money to reduce county welfare taxes, and In crease taxes and auto license fees. The House got a bill today to repeal the entire milk control law, It being the same as one In troduced In the Senate last week. Governor McKay wants milk con troll retained, but he wants en forcement taken from the De partment of Agriculture. The House Education Commit tee Introduced a bill to let school districts bond themselves up to 10 per cent of their valuation for the next two years to aid the dis tricts in getting money for new buildings. Would Cut Publicity Democratic legislators launched a move lodav to cut down the free publicity the Secretary of State receives. Their bill would forbid the Secretary of State's name from appearing on the many thou sands of plecps of mall which he sends to the public. This includes auto licenses, drivers' licenses, and the voters' pamphlet. The sponsors of the bill said this amounts to so much free publicity that It's almost Impossi ble to defeat a Secretary of State who wants reelection. Labor Control at Issue Bills to repeal the 1917 labor control laws were Introduced to day by two of labor's representa tive! Phil Brady and Gust An derson, both of Poll land. The House Labor and Industries ear lier had refused to sponsor them by a single vote. These bills would repeal the laws which ban secondary boy cotts, hot cargo actions and Juris dictional disputes. Almost all of the members of the legislature Introduced a bill to give the State Police a $.10 month ly pay Increase. An Increase of the same amount Is recommended in the budget for all other state em ployes. The senate Medicine Committee Introduced a bill to raise the stan dards for practical nurses, but It doesn't force them to get licenses. I he Legislature got a resolution catling for appointment of a com mittee to help decide Immediately what to do about I he proposed camp for delinquent hoys at Tim ber, Washington county. The peo ple approved the camp last No vember, and the Legislature has to decifle whether to operate It. The Stale Advisory Committee on the boys and girls training schools recommended yesterday that action on the camp be de layed. The advisory committee recom mended that the age limit for in mates of the girls school be dropped from 25 to 18. To Ease Tuition Fee A bill to let Alaska students at tend the University of Oregon and other Oregon stale colleges with out paying non-resident tun ion fees will be introduced in by Sen. Richard L. Neuberger, Portland Democrat. Neuberger said his bill would let the Alaska students pay the same tuition as Oregon students. Foreign students now are ex empt from the non-resident fees. Neuberger said the University of Washington takes Alaska stuv dents on the same basis as Wash ington State students. The result is, Neuberger said, "that Washing ton State's commercial and cul tural tics with Alaska are strengh cned. A state board of housing, with money to make surveys In critical areas, will be asked of the legis lature by the Portland housing authority. the authority said the stale board should be empowered to as sist local housing authorities to plan, build and amortize low cost housing projects. Most Legislators seem agreed that the 1917 law will have to be changed. I he Legislature invited the public to attend a tax informa tion forum to be held Thursday night In the House Chamber. Oregon's complicated tax system will be explained by Legislative tax experts. sen. Mahonev, Portland, wants to make officers swear to formal complaints after they put park ing iickcis on cars. I he bill by Mahonev would re peal a lill.'l law which permits prosecution for violation of city narking laws Willi only an un sworn written notice to the violator. Would Cut Voting Age Another attempt will be made b" the Democrats to reduce Ore gon's voting age from 21 to 18. Sen. Hull, IjiGrande. said he would introduce a proposed con stitutional amendment to do that. A similar measure was defeated In the Senate two years ago. Corporation, Income taxes would be reduced from 8 to 6 pet cent by a hill sponsored by Sen. niusa or I lie Danes, lie said Oregon's corporation taxes are so high that they drive business away. Pay Boost Asked A bill to Increase the weekly payments of the Unemployment Compensation Commission was Introduced into the House. The legislation, sponsored by the Labor and Industries Com mittee, would boost the weekly payments from $20 to $25. Another bill sponsored by the Committee would abolish the one week waiting period for appli cants of the compensation pay ments. The wives and infant children of two Oregon state policemen killed on active duty would re ceive 52,400 each under bills in troduced in the House. The lceis- lation would make payments to the widows of Patrolmen Leroy apicKcrman ana uesmonu ii. Rondeau. Bill to Unmask Kluxers Survives Georgia Vote ATLANTA, Jan. 14 lP) A move to kill a bill designed to unmask the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia was defeated in the House yesterday by a narrow margin, 78 to 72. Rep. John Greer, author of the measure which would forbid the wearing masks or hoods at either public or private meetings, said "a great majority of Georgia citi zens" supported the bill. Supporters of Gov. Herman Talmadge and his white suprema cy program dedared the bill to unmask the Ku Kluxers was not a measure affecting the state's welfare. It was no more than a scheme to take up time and block administration measures, they said. Truman Signs Bill To Increase His Own Pay WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (JF President Truman today signed a bill raising his own pay from 575,000 to $100,000 and Increasing his expense allowances by $50, 000. The legislation also raises the pay of Vice-President-elect Bark ley and Speaker Rayburn from 520,000 to $30,000 a year and al lows each of them $10,000 for expenses. The While House pointed out that the new $50,000 expense al lowance for the President re quires no accounting. The $40, 000 he now receives is tax free like the new fund, but the Presi dent has to account for expendi tures under it. Boy Loses Finger, Arm Broken in Auto Upset David Dodson, twovear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Dodson, 525 So. Stephens, sustained a broken left arm and a badly torn right hand when the brakes on his father's car gave way and the car overturned Monday night. ine accident occurred on South Kane Street at 7:45 p. m. The par ents were not injured. The child's attending physician said that the third finger on the boy's hand had to be removed and another finger is severely Injured. The car is be lieved to have skidded on the boy's nana. Sutherlin Woman Hurt In Auto-Truck Crash Fannv Mae Patton. 3fi. Snther. Iln, is in Mercy hospital In a seri ous condition, lollowing an acci dent at 9 a. m. today, when her car skidded Into the rear end of a truck. She Is reported to have sus tained head and other injuries. State Police Sgt. Lyle Harrell said truck 'driver was Murray F. Canova. Sutherlin, who was unin jured, and with him was Charles Stone. Sutherlin, who sustained a nose injury. The Patton car was not over turned, but the front part was badly smashed. Some difficulty was experienced In extricating the woman from the car. DRUNKS PENALIZED Vernon Jessie Rogers, 33, To katee Kalis, arrested by city po lice last night and charged with being drunk on a public street, was arraigned this morning in the court of Justice of Peace A. J. Geddes. He wo fined $50 and sentenced to (iO days In the coun ty Jail upon a plea of gulltv. Dale Daniel Woods, Hillsboro, arraigned In Municipal Court to day on a drunk charge, was fined $20 by Judge Ira B. Riddle. Rob ert Edward Gallalier, T i e t o n, Wash., Tuesday paid a $20 fine In Municipal Court on a drunk charge. West Roseburg Sanitary Meeting Set Tonight Residents of West Roseburg are bidden to a meeting at 7:30 to- nignt in the Circuit court room at the Courthouse for a discus sion of their sanitary problems. The meeting was announced by County Sanitarian Claude Baker. He urged all citizens of the area west of the city to attend. Fire Damages Big Inch Natural Gas Pipeline u -BATKSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 19 (Pi Flames still leaped 20 feet high from the Big Inch pipeline at nearby Morris today, nine hours after natural gas In the artery caught fire. But the fire was under control said a spokesman for the Texas Eastern Transmission ' :orpora tion, operator of the Big Inch and the Little Inch lines. BAD DRIVER FINED John Willard Morgan, Rose burg, was assessed a $50 fine and his driver's license was suspended for 60 days, when he was ar raigned on a reckless driving charge in the Municipal Court of Judge Ira B. Riddle in traffic court rriday night. DRUNK DRIVER RAPPED. Mose Myers, arraigned In the fntll'f nf .inctloA of Ponpa A T GPflfteS Mntirlair nn a nharua nf drunk driving, has been sentenced hi ou nays in me coumy jail and iinea iuu. Only 45 Lbs.! M.rin i rtru ruv riui sales llll.VUi.LWn iriHEN 3HVW 231 S. Stephens SERVICE Phone 1366-R ; f i f s See a demonstration of IMTHRACnON;intlie o V o f $32975 v u Frigidaire folly automatic washer Now enjoy "Finger-Tip" washing with the Frigidaire Fully Automatic Washer and exclusive "live-Waler" Action. 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Three slot machines and a dice game were seized and the money in these devices and games con- nscaiea. James H. Walker, manager of the El Rancho, was cited to ap pear before the sheriff next Mon day to answer a charge of illegal possession of slot machines. No other arrests were made, the sheriff said. The raid was latest In a seriet by both city and county offi cers. Mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee has declared she will rid the city of gambling devices. Elliott said when he went into office he intended to enforce the law to the letter. Washington Set For Truman Inauguration (Continued from Page One) nounced he weighs 174 pounds only four pounds over his best weight. This afternoon he and Mrs. Tru man will be the honor guests at a reception given by Gov. and Mrs. Forrest Smith of Missouri. After the reception, a quick change to white tie and taila for a dinner at the Mayflower Hotel with the presidential electors. And then to a giant "gala," a mu sical show-concert In the Nation al Guard Armory. The gala will feature about 700 entertainers. The center of i.iterest shifts at noon tomorrow to the white columned inaugural pla.form at the steps of the capitol. About 120,000 will watch the ceremonies Including 17,500 lucky ticket hold ers who will have seats. Cooperation Asked Truman today plunged into a gay round of inaugural festivi ties with a promise to fight on for world peace and for a "fair deal" legislative program at home.. And he asked all Democrats In Congress to cooperate, asserting "I know that is exactly what they are going to do.v Mr. Truman's promlse,fcnd his appeal were informal " remarks last night at the S15 a-plate dinner of the Truman-Barkley Club, the send-off ceremony for Inaugura tion week. He and . Barkley ap peared together for the first time in the current celebrations. Mr. Truman told his audience he and Barkley "expect to carry out the policies and principles laid down In the Democratic plat form." That Is why, he said, "I am anxious for the Senators and the Representatives who are Demo crats in the Congress of the Uni ted States to cooperate with us, and I know thai is exactly what they are going to do." At another point he called for support more broadly, from "you and the Congress, and the people of the United States." Mr. Truman praised the work of the Truman-Barkley Club "A wonderful job for the Democratic party" and urged that it keep alive through 1950 when Con gressional elections roll around again. Conference of Teachers Will be Held Friday (Continued from Page One) conference, said the superintend ent Is that there will be a follow up examination and study of af flicted children by experts. Teach ers will be instructed to find out the difficulties in handicapped children and refer them to the clinic. Parents will also be con sulted and instructed how to as sist In adapting the particular child. Speakers and their topics will include: Walter Snyder, Salem, assistant superintendent of public instruction, "Introduction to Spe cial Education"; Dr. E. J. Wain scott, Dougla-5 County Health physician, "Health Department and the School Children"; and talks by supervisors from the State Department of Education, including Dora Grouter, "Help ing Your Visually Handicapped Children"; Thelma Sherman, "Helping Children with Speech Problems"; Verna Hogg, "Help ing Your Maladjusted Children," and John'Taylor, "Helphing Your Hard-of-Hearing Children." Missouri, Kansas Areas Gripped by Heavy Snow (Continued from Page One) ed some patients into corridors to make room for persons in jured in falls on slippery streets and sidewalks. Thousands of homes In St. Louis were without electricity last night. Falling tree limbs, coateti with ice by a freezing rain, snap ped electric company wires throughout the city. In Nebraska, E. L. Redman, 42, a Kearney, Neb. brakeman, was suffocated when a snowplow, bal last car, two locomotives and a caboose left the rails near Hoag land and plowed into a 14-foot drift. Power Shortage Dims Capitol Dome Pioneer (Continued from Page One) Several inquired In regard to the exact nature of the "game." Another unexpected bit of hu mor showed up when several committee meetings were being cancelled because of a meeting of the Oregon State Bar, but the speaker relayed the announce ment that the "Alcoholic Control Committee would meet regard less of the bar." He really wasn't trying to make a pun but he suc ceeded very well. Sometimes little things stay In the memory longer than the world-shaking events which be siege all of us. Firemen Answer Three Calls in Tuesday Duty ' Three calls were reported by theli Roseburg Fire Department Tuesv' day. About 1:30 p. m.. a call was received from Sutherlin that the Martin Box Company at Oakland was on fire, and that the Suther lin department had been called to standby at Oakland. The Roseburg truck was stopped at Deady station and the driver told the fire was out and that he could return. Nature and extent of the damage at the mill was not learned, but it is believed to have been slight. At 8:10 p. m., the department was called to a flue fire at the home of W. Bennett, 1956 Fair mount. At 8:50 the firemen were atrain summoned to the same ad dress, where sparks apparently had caught in tne attic, ine dam age was minor. Lumber Buying Policy Target of Protest (Continued from Page One) that lower grades are entirely suit able and satisfactory for many specified uses. The practice of buying only No. 1 common, it is charged, results in a waste of public funds, Im- f loses an extra burden on produc ng mills and wastes natural resources. 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