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False Tales Arouse Board Of Education Legal Action Threatened In Dispute Over Ouster Of 2 OSC Professors PORTLAND, May 11 UP) The Oregon Board of Higher Education threatened legal ac tion Tuesday against leftists in the controversy over tws profes sors dismissed from Oregon State college. The Board said there was evi dence that "false statements" were being sent through the mails. A spokesman said the let ters charged that the dismissal of Dr. Ralph Spitzer and L. R. La Vallee was discriminatory. The two asserted they were fired because of activities for the Progressive Party. The College denied this. The two appealed to the Oregon State faculty, which rejected their plea unanimously. A Board spokesman said one of the receni letters led the San Diego State College chapter of the Aemrican Association of -University Professors to protest to the Oregon Board against the dismissals. Dr. A. L. Strand, Oregon State -j- president who publicly parted y .with the Wallace forces Monday night, was authorized by the Board to confer with the state attorney-general on possible le gal action against the authors of the letters. Adjustments in higher educa tion procedures resulting from legislative acts also were taken up by the board as it waded through 55 items in the longest docket in years. Steps were taKen to put into effect the community college course provisions of the Dunn Bill, former rules on compulsory retirement at age 65 were re scinded, and deficiency appro priations were allocated. Chancellor Paul C. Packer was authorized to appoint a commit tee of three, plus the dean of general extension, as chairman to "develop educational policies, program of courses and general standards of instruction" for the centers where school boards co operate with the extension serv ice in offering some junior col lege work, as provided in the Dunn bill. Only a few places are ex pected to be ready to set up a program this fall, Chancellor Packer said, though these will serve as testing places for more centers the following year. No detailed policy as to retire ments was announced by the board but it rescinded by resolu tion the old blanket rule it had followed before the recent Legis lature liberalized the act. ."Carson Hall" is the name adopted far the new dormitory for women nt University of Ore gon, honoring the late Dr. Luella Clay Carson, head of the English Department and dean of women in 1909 when she became presi dent of Mills College. Preliminary plans for the new million-dollar heating plant at the University were accepted and final plans authorized with Don ald Kroeker, Portland, as engi neer. The plant includes an elec tric generating unit to serve the campus. The W. P. Duruz property .atsible. PICTURE EXHIBIT Friday and Saturday, May 13 & 14 Public showing of mora than 1,000 oil paintings, crayon pictures, water colors, reproductions, and sketches. Many Pictures on First Public Showing. 1 Exhibit is Professionally Conducted by Kenneth Luckey of Portland Everyone Invited to See This Display More Than 1,000 Pictures Established 1873 Problems Of Douglas County Cities Will Be Discussed At Meeting Of State League In Roseburg May 13 Newly enacted state laws affecting city revenues, public works financing, annexation, and many other municipal operations will be reviewed and discussed by city officials and civic leaders of Doug las County at a dinner meeting sponsored by the city of Roseburg and the League of Oregon Cities at the Umpqua Hotel, Friday eve ning, May 13. 'I HOLDS S. SMITH Cities League Official Scholarship Awarded Kathryn Heidenreich Kathryn Ann Heidenreich, granddaughter of Mrs. Joe Heid enreich of Dixonville and a senior student at St. Mary's High School in Eugene, has been awarded one of two scholarships to Marylhurst College. Her scholarship is for $100 based on high school achieve ment. Kathryn Ann is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Heidenreich of Eugene. Her scholarship examination in cluded English, history, mathe matics, and science. Kathryn Ann has attended St. Mary's since the first grade and has been an honor student every year. She plans to follow the teaching profession after graduation from college. Among other school activities, Kathryn Ann has served as editor of The Gaelean, monthly school paper, this past year. Corvallis was purchased as a presidential residence at Oregon State to replace the old house crowded out by campus building programs. Immediate engineering tests of a proposed stadium site at Oregon State were authorized to permit the Board to make definite selec tion of a site as soon as possible. Charles Parker, OSC Alumni Committee head, told the Board the alumni want to launch a stadium campaign as soon as pos- li: - t Original Pictures, Many by Local Artists ALSO Lithographs and Fine Reproductions of Famous Pointings and Other Pictures. A!! Pictures on Display Are for Sale. ROSEBURG, OREGON WEDNESDAY. MAY 11, 1949 In announcing the meeting, one of a series of such regional conferences being conducted throughout the state this month, Mayor Albert G. Flegel of Rose burg stated that several League officials and staff members will be in attendance. These include Mayor Hollis S. Smith of Dallas, League vice president and Deane Seeger, League consultant. Invitations to attend the din ner meeting ana to participate in the discussions have - been ex tended to the mayors, council men, city officials, and civic leaders of Canyonville, Drain, Elkton, Glendale, Myrtle Creek, Oakland, Reedsport, Riddle, Sutherlin and Yoncalla. "In the past years the city of ficials have found it very help ful to attend these regional meet ings and to exchange ideas and views on current municipal prob lems being faced in their respec tive communities," Mayor Flegel stated in announcing the Rose burg meeting. "An opportunity to discuss such problems and their relationship to many new laws affecting cities, which have been passed by the slate legislature, particularly at tnis time when new city budgets are under preparation, should prove excep tionally helpful and interesting." Gen. Clay Spares Life Of Youthful German Slayer BERLIN, May 11 (IP) Gen. Lucius D. Clay commuted to life imprisonment Tuesday the death sentence imposed by a U. S. mili tary court on a young German convicted of murdering an American and a German police man. Johannes Wil fried Helm, 17, was convicted In Bavaria last year of killing Walter E. Snyder, an American Army agent, and Franz Eichenger, the German policeman, who had him under arrest for another offense. Clay, the retiring U. S. mili tary governot for Germany, said he could not bring himself "to approve the death sentence for a crime, no matter how heinous, committed by a young boy of seventeen and a half." "His criminal tendencies were undoubtedly aggravated by the influence of Nazi brutalities un dertaken In the name of govern ment and by the aftermath of war," Clay said. Helme's parents were killed in an American air raid on Dresden in 1945. From Period Art to the Most Modern. Everything In subjects: florals, sports, landscapes, western scenes. TWO DAYS ONLY Store Open 8:30 a. m. to 9 p. m. Portland Air Base Reactivation Planned PORTLAND, May 10 UP) The air force is planning to re activate the Portland air base July 1 as a reserve training cen ter. Lt. Col. Jackson W. Lewis, commander of the Air Force Re serve center at McChord Air Base, .said the 70 buildings dam aged by last June's flood would be renovated at a cost of $500, 000. He said the center is one of 25 to be resumed in the nation. It will have an authorized strength of 1041 airmen and 427 officers of the reserve. There will be 50 regular. Air Force officers, 450 enlisted men and 190 civilian em ployes. He said the outfit will be equipped with nearly 50 multi engine plane.; for medium troop carrier operation. He will command. Unemployment In County Drops During April Unemployment in Douglas County continued to decline dur ing April. The warm weather dried out roads to a certain ex tent, and many of the county's lumber operations were able to resume production, reports the Oregon State Employment Serv ice. Construction work opened up which created jobs for carpen ters and building construction workers. At the present time, all demands for workers have been met, with the exception of a few highly skilled openings. It is estimated that there are 1238 unemployed persons in the area. This is a reduction of 63 percent from the high of 3714 in February. Job openings received during ' April nearly doubled those in March. More applicants from other areas and states are seeking work in Roseburg and Douglas County .The placing of these people will be hindered by the lack of adequate housing in the area. Agricultural employment Is not expected to materialize until late in May or in June. The in dications are that there will be a good fruit crop. The employment outlook Is very good as the season pro gresses. The current fair weather is doing a good job at drying out the rain-soaked woods which will step up logging production and ultimately have its effect felt in the overall employment picture. BARE FUTURE FOR SCARS LOS ANGELES, May 11 (JPi Doctors have just about given up hope of hiding vaccination scars. They shifted from arm to calf and then to thigh in deference to fashion. But viewing the pres ent trend tin scanty attire, Dr. Milo Brooks, Los Angeles pedia trician, told the California Medi cal Association today: "Think by 1959 we will have despaired of finding any further concealed area available." First of the High-Compression Engines of the OLDSMORILE'S "ROCKET GETS MORE MORE Ml Pmerr! Completely new, hith-comprmim power! Power that sets tills "88" nu.o,l.;i. In.r from .-. other car! 'llial's the "New Thrill" action ol the "Rocket'1--Oldamobile'e ultra-erlvaneed new engine that lake, fulleat advantage of toaWi fueUI It geta mora editing energy from Uu gaa by mm the Kutiiramic principle of bigh-compreeeion. And the rerolutionary think ing behind the ''Rocket" makea powil.le magical tmnothnea and qtuemnt. To mint tn tbia brand new kind of car th h Kinher accentuate th; Vttt ianiu .,1'linnl klA in ff I M the ' Rocket ' to giTe yon eitra 1mir mnl to rrv t to Mine ill ( aa standard equipment, are alto SECTION TWO Douglas County Still Has Chance For Sustained Yield Timber Basis, Land Management Official States There is "still a chance" .for Douglas County, with its large re serves of government timber, to set up its industry on a sustained yield basis and thereby preserve the future of this area's econo my. There is still a "favorable bal ance" between the cutting rate and growth rate of Douglas Count v's forests, declared Daniel L. Goldy, regional administrator of the U. S. Bureau of I ind Man agement, who addressed the Rose burg Chamber of Commerce Monday noon. With "Your State and Public Land Management" 'as his topic, Goldy told of the work of his bureau in relation to problems of conservation in the Pacific Northwest, and of the Import ance of reforestration In . flood control and prevention of ' soil erosion. The U. S. Bureau of Land Man agement, Goldy pointed out, is composed of a number of former government agencies now com binedthe U. S. Grazing Service, the General Land Office and ils semi-independent agencies, the O. and C. Revested Lands Admini stration and the Public Survey Office. In the Pacific Northwest the Bureau of Land Management con trols 30 million acres of land 26 million acres of which are range land and four million are forest lands. Of the forest lands, 2!4 million acres are the O. and C. lands in Western Oregon, and 200,000 acres are controverted being those claimed by both the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. The bureau, said Goldy, man ages its forest acres with a view toward watershed control, recre ational development, grazing, and sustained yield of timber re sources. The bureau leases its extensive grazing lands to stockmen, man ages all of its lands to preserve the watershed, and is woiking on a river development program, as "the land and the river and are Intimately associated." The bureau has responsibility for mineral development not only on its own lands, but also on national forests and other govern ment lands. Valuable Top Soil Lost Goldy declared that watershed control has not been very effec tive. One hundred and sixty mil lion tons of top soil went down the Columbia River last year. With millions of dollars being spent on reclamation, this repre sented about 11 per cent of the farms going "down the river." One measure of control would be reforestration of alpine tim ber lands in the Cascades, to prevent melting snow causing run-off of top soil. Because such a reforestrallon program has not been carried out, the govern ment's loss represents about $600, 000, Goldy declared. Because budgeted items for re forestration are often stricken from appropriations, Goldy point ed out the need for presentation of one "regional budget" of all government conservation and de velopment agencies to one com mittee in Congress. Cuts in the budget would then be made pro LEAGE...FROM TODAY'S GASOLINE! ! iL MM MM d new kind of performance, OMnmobfle built a brand Fumramie "US I The "88'a" compact new Bodr bf at "Rocket" Engine fiah and daih! The "88' ha 88, Hydra-Matic UriTe" teame up gaa economy anu 1"" """V.. Kngine, and Hvdra-Matic Drire nocnei r.nginr, anu n featured in the Seriea ' 98' Uldamohile.J Hl-49 portionately for all agencies. Goldy also urged that the Cham ber of Commerce appoint a com mittee to study this county's for est economy and to call on the Bureau of Land Management for aid 11 needed. Such a committee should study what kinds of utilization are ne cessary to obtain th maximum from forest resources, borne pro gram of sustained yield must be adopted, he said. In Douglas County there is "still a chance," as this area is not yet overcutting its timber supply. Union Loses In Motion To Evade Damage Action JUNEAU, Alaska, May 10 OP) Federal Judge George W. Folta dented yesterday a defense mo tion tor a directed veraict reliev ing the international organiza tion from responsibility for dam ages allegedly incurred by the Juneau spruce uorporation through picketing by the Inter national Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union. The suit it against both the international and its Juneau local. The picket ing came from a jurisdictional dispute. The motion was made bv George Anderson, union attorney, after the corporation wound up testimony in its $1,025,000 dam age action. Anderson said the motion should be granted on grounds that an agent can not bind his principal without proven authori zation. Judge Folta, however, de nied his request. The effect of Anderson's motion would have been to have left the Juneau lo cal alone as a defendant. Anderson immediately re newed the motion, pleading that no jurisdictional dispute existed between the ILWU and the In ternational Wood workers of America (both CIO) and that actually Juneau Spruce Corpora tion had defied the public policy objective slated in the preamble of the Taft-Hartley Act. That motion also was denied. In closing testimony yesterday, Marc Doles, company auditor. testified that the company lost a pro:it oi approximately $an,. 000 and suffered an actual loss of approximately $524,000 be cause of the shutdown which ac companied the picketing. The mill has been closed for more than a year as the result of the longshoremen's picketing in a dispute with the Woodworkers' Union over loading of barges ai the mill. The National Labor Re lations Board has held In favor of the Woodworkers. WINDOWS DOORS FRAMES Priced Right PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 164 E. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 242 witn . ' Truman. Connolly Targets Of Texas Convention Speakers; 'Dictator1 Charge Is Hurled FORT WORTH, Tex., May 11 UP The Texas Chapter of the Sons of the American Revo lution let President Truman have it with both barrels at the clos ing session of their annual con vention. The newly-elected president said he should be "kicked out of the SAR." - The retiring president com pared him with "Dictator Stalin." Col. Homer E. Carrico of Dal las said Truman and Sen. Tom Connally (D-Tex) should be kicked out of the organization. "We fuss about Truman and Connally for betraying the rights we believe in, yet we hold them in high esteem as member; when we ought to kick them out," he said. E. E. Townes, a retired Humble March Decline In Consumer Income Noted WASHINGTON, May 11 (JP) Consumer Income dropped in March for the third consecutive month, falling three per cent be low the peak reached last De cember. After the drop it was still four per cent above March, 1948. The Commerce Department, reporting this, said March con sumer income fell $2,000,000,000 below February to an annual rate of a $215,300,000,000. Declines In wages and salaries, easily the biggest item of con sumer income, and In receipts of owners of farms and unincor porated businesses were chiefly responsible. They were partly off set, however, by Increased un employment compensation pay ments. The term "consumer Income," as used by the government, means practically all Income re ceived by individuals as distin guished from Income received by corporations. PORTABLE WELDING Are and acetylene is at your command anytime, any place. Years of experience In heavy-duty welding. HARRY F. DRULINER PHONE 1,1 98-RX AUTO-TRUCK GENERAL LIABILITY FIRE yj TH.t ill Bodily Injury and Property Damage Insurance on a log truck and trailer cost you only $40,30 every 6 months. There it a large saving. It will pay you to call. Paul H. Krueger District Agent 636 S. Stephens St. Roseburg Phone 21 8 "ft ft" xh MM MM LOWEST A Oil & Refining Company execu tive of Houston, said '"Dictator Stalin could be no worse than President Truman, ivhn Tnwn said seeks to substitute a dictator. ship for constitutional govern rr.ent. There was no official reaction or statements from the conven tion to the remarks made from the floor. Townes said that President Truman has forced legislation through Congress and that he told members of Congress that if they did no. vote the way the President wanted them to vote on certain bills, that they would be deprived of their traditional rights of patronage. "In other words, the member of Congress, whom the people elected to exercise their Inde pendent judgment for the good of the country and to represent the people, are told brazenly that, if they do not act merely ai rubber stamps, they will be pun ished severely by the chief execu tive. Dictator Stalin could do no worse." JUMBO DRIVE INN NOW OPEN On Hlway 99, 2 Miles North of Roseburg -Jumbo Hamburgers ' a Speciality Drive Out and Try One Houn 10 A. M. to 2 A. M. Future POWER, PRICED CAR ROCKET" ENGINE Drift Matidard ettip "98"mJ"B8" mexJtit, ttrn tH m "76." JTAiM JMMWMl f cr wei. OtNtKAL MOrOJtS VAIUI Y O U X N I A R I S T SMITH O L D S M O MOTORS ILI DIALItt 233 N. Stephens Phone 311 S I I