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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
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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
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drunk driving, has been sentenced
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NEW DEPUTY Dallas Bennett
Monday joined the staff of
Sheriff O. T. Carter as a crim
inal deputy in Roseburg. Ben
nett has served the last year
with the Roseburg City Police
force upon his return from serv
ice with the Army in the Europe-Africa
theater. He previ
ously served with the State
Police at La Grande and the
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Sheriff Finds Officials
In Swoop on Gambling Den
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by County Detective Walt Raven,
a member of the Footprinters.
Uniformed deputies then poured
through the door.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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specified uses.
The practice of buying only No.
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in a waste of public funds, Im-
f loses an extra burden on produc
ng mills and wastes natural resources.
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