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Comp. V 1 J, ' Russian Grumbling In Berlin Starts WHO DOES WHAT ' " Allies Accused The Weather Of Laxity In Mostly cloudy with scattered showers today and Saturday. Sunset today 7:28 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:50 a. m. j U. Of 0. Litrary .-"4. itegene, Oregon r MRS. DALLEN JONES is dressing an infected eye on a Poki ' nese at the Roseburg Animal Hospital on N. Stephens St. Mickey, the Pelce, is just about fed up with hospitals, with bad eyes and with life in general. "I'd rather have anything happen to me," Mickey moaned, "than an ailing eye." Sure, at the time (and the time is now) he thinks it's a lot worse than having a broken leg. It peeves him no end when has has to wait a few minutes for a nurse, or a nurse's aid, after fretfully ringing his bell for some need or other, you can lay to that. He sure is leading a dog's life, if any canine ever did. Francis P. Matthews Nominated By Truman To Be Secretary Of Navy WASHINGTON, May 13. (API Francis Patrick Matthews, Omaha lawyer, was named Secretary of the Navy today. The White House announced that Matthews, 62, widely known Catholie layman, has been nominated to succeed John 'L Sulli van. Sullivan quit recently with a blast at Secretary of Defense Johnson for halting work on the Navy's super aircraft carrier. Matthews, a Democrat, was a member of the President's committee on civil rights in 1946. He is a graduate of Creighton University and a native of Albion, Neb. The President, it was announced, is not yet ready to name a new Secretary of the Army to succeed Kenneth C. Royall, who also resigned. Selection of Matthews followed the refusal of Jonathan Daniels, North Carolina editor, to accept the Navy job. President Truman also announced he is promoting Dan A. Kimball to undersecretary of the Navy.' Kimball is now assistant secretary. He is a Californian. , Kimball succeeds former Undersecretary W. John Kenney, whose resignation was announced last week. ' . . In the Days News By FRANK JENKINS AS the heat goes off in Berlin, it goes on in China where it looks like the Communists may be gunning for Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a British colony, and a few days ago the British defense minister told the House of Commons that Britain is send ing substantial land, sea and air reinforcements there. He added: "While we have scrupulously endeavored to avoid being In volved In war on the Chinese mainland, we are no less resolute In our attitude as regards terri tory for which we hold a direct responsibility." THE point? Well, If the Chinese Commu nists attack Hong Kong, which is British territory, and the British DEFEND it, it will be a (Continued on Page Four) MA TOR COMMUNITY i : - Veterans HasDital Here Disburses $1,324,000 In j Year; Open House Slated l C DI1.I11.. mm Dsn 1 S V r . I As an institution employing 357 persons and caring for more I than 600 patients, the Roseburg Veterans Hospital is responsible i tor exnenriiture of $1,324,000 in this eommunitv nnniinllv ' Thl. ( was brought out by Floyd Powell, executive officer of the Hospital, ? in a speech to the Roseburg Rotary Club Thursday noon. I'oweii extended an in ' vitalion to his listeners to : visit the hospital Sunday after '. noon, when a public open house " will he held in observance of Na- tional Hospital Day. Other rep v resentatives of the Hospital at J the Rntoary meeting included Dr. H. J. Haskins, manager; Dr. Ken neth W. Kinney, chief of profes slonal services; Ted Wirak. per- ; snnnel director, and Ralph Church, assistant personnel di- rector. Opening remarks were made by ' Dr. Haskins. who said the Rose : burg Veterans Hospital is "not ' an asylum, boarding house, or fa ! cillty, and the patients are not In ' mates." Because the public "knows little" about mental hosDltals. ;thev ire invited to visit the insti tution Sunday. Administration Powell. Introduced by Dr. Has tkins. explained the adrrinisMative fcrgAnization of the hospital and Woscribed the work of the major divisions. He pointed that the ' annual payroll Is $1,200,000. large lv spent looallv, in addition to which the hospital spends $124,000 Rodeo Queen To Be Chosen Sunday Some fair young lady of Doug las County Sunday will hold the honor of being selected queen of the Sheriff's Posse's 1949 rodeo. All girls wishing to enter the contest are asked to be at the Fairgrounds Sunday before 2 p. m., when the selection will be made, announced Chairman Del McKay. Rules state that contestants must be unmarried and between the ages of 16 and 21 years. They must ride the same horse in the rodeo as at the time of competing for queen. Their rid' ing equipment and costume must be. In good condition. Contestants will be Judged, said McKay, on tneir ability to ride, on their horse and equipment and on personal beauty. Decisions will be final. The queen's court will be chosen at the same time. The rodeo queen will be present- ed with a western riding outfit cis ner piije. sne win uuii'tauy represent the rodeo as its queen. The public is Invited to wit ness the contest. There will be no admission charge. ASSET annually here for food and sup plies. Major divisions of the hospital administration are Finance, re sponsible for accounting and bud geting; Suppiv, in charge of con tracting, purchasing, requisition ing and storage; Personnel, which hires and trains employes and has charge of public rela tions: Engineering, maintaining buildings and grounds and In charge of utilities; Special Serv ices, in charge of recreation, and the Registrar, who admits and charges patients and maintains clincal records. Powell described the admini strative branch of the hospital as "the spokes of a wheel, Dr. Haskins being the hub, and the medical division being the tire of the wheel." Powell added that, "My division supports the medi cal program at the hospital." Tyoc of Treatments Told Dr. Kinney pointed o ' it the Roseburg Veterans I al is a "nervous and mental ,ios- ( Continued on Page Two) Established 1873 Forest Fire Rages Beaver Creek Burn Acreage Flaming Mass Fire Believed Due To Electrical Storm; Men Rushed To Combat It Fifty forest service men and loggers today are making their way into the old Beaver Creek burn area of the South UmDO.ua watershed, where fire is report ed raging over 200 to 300 acres of burned over timber land. The area is included in the upper Cow Creek ranger district out from Drew. Forest Supervisor M. M. "Red" Nelson stated that isolation of the area, which is three to eight miles beyond the nearest road, may prove a serious handicap in fighting the blaze. Milton Andrews, South Ump qua district ranger with head quarters at Tiller, flew over the area about 6 p.m. yesterday and reported the fire, fanned by an east wind, spreading rapidly most ly in tne tops ol dead snags, it was burning up the mountain side toward green timber. Believed to have been of light-, ning origin, the blaze was re ported to the forest supervisor's office about 3 p.m. yesterday by a United Airlines pilot, who flew over the area. Nelson said no lookouts are stationed in the mountains this early In the sea son. The fire Ls believed to have started from an electrical storm Wednesday, although storms have occurred since. Ranger Andrews, assisted by Roy Hampton, is directing the fire fighters. Fallers and buck ers from Harbor Plywood log ging operations in the Tiller area, some from Firmco's crew and other available men, left at 5:30 p.m. yesterday on their way into the rugged area, the elevation of which Is upwards of 4.UUU leeti rThe tcenc '"Is reached by way of Devil's Knob road lrom Drew. However, the road is having to (Continued on Page Two) Drunk Driving Charge Denied; Bail Posted Benjamin Earl Howard, 49, Centralia, Wash., pleaded inno cent to a charge of drunk driving, when arraigned in Justice Court Thursday, reported Justice A. J. Gerides. Howard, arrested by state po lice in connection with an acci dent early Thursday on Rice Hill, was released upon payment of $150 bail on the drunk driving charge, and an additional $50 ball on a charge of operating a motor vehicle without a driver's lioense.' Parachute Fails To Open; Stuntman Killed In Drop COLFAX, Wash., May 13. P) Dan Bracy, 35-year-old sign painter and part-time stuntman, jumped from an airplane at 15,000 feet yesterday. A borrowed para-; 88, the U. S. Weather Bureau re chute failed to open. His body was ports. Thursday's maximum tern found in a wheat field. I perature was 89, but showers Flying with him was Oscar ! today apparently have broken the Murray of Hood River, Ore. 1 hot -ne" I ' " ' , 1 SCHOOL ADDITION RISES Preliminary construction 11 already underway at Fullerton School, where tight roomi are to be added te the prtient building. Contractor H. J. Settergren m6ved onto the job almoit Immediately after being awarded tht $253,330 contract for tht combintd lob of building tht Fullerten and Rivtriidt addition. Tht buildingi hive bten dttigned by Fret'mtn f Frtemtn and Htyilip. (Piefurt by Paul Jenlcini) . MOLASSES FROM WOOD Southern Firm Bids For Plant At Springfield WASHINGTON, May 13. UP) A southern firm has offered to take over the Springfield, Ore., alcohol plant and use it to make molasses trom wood. Rep. Ellsworth (R.-Ore.) and the war Assets Administration announced that yesterday, dis closing that Charles B., and W. S. Hudson of Americus, Ga made the offer to lease the plant. Terms were not disclosed. The WAA said no decision would be made until at least ten days. Ellsworth said he was inform ed that the complete operation of fermentation and distillation would not be undertaken. He said the Hudson brothers would not rebuild or operate all four units of the plant at the start. What they Intend is to perfect the process for malting molasses from wood waste, using only one of the percolators, he said. Later the other three porcolr.tors would go into operation. The plant was constructed by the government in the war to make alcohol from wood waste, but the process never was com pleted. Ellsworth said experiments have shown "one ton of sawdust will make one ton of molasses and that the cost of reduction is ndt expensive." As ol today it seems likely the WAA will reach a satisfactory agreement with Hudson hrnlhprs for operation of the Springfield nlQnt" 1.a plant, he said. Film-Comic Type Of Crime Lands Youth Behind Bars SEATTLE, May 13 tl A 19-year-old would-be detective sat In the county jail today, blaming his plight on "seeing too many movies and reading too. many crime comic books." "Tilings like this deal of mine always pan out pretty well in the kind of stuff I've been read ing," added the youth, Walter Franklin Butler. He was arrested by FBI agents Wednesday night after accepting a dummy package which was supposed to contain $10,000. The money was to have come from B. W. Oseran, owner and manager of the Sportsmen's Sup ply Center, for whom Butler once worked. Oseran called In the FBI after receiving a threatening note stat ing that: "It is worth $10,000 to you to keep breathing. If you disobey these orders, you will die." The orders directed Oseran to deliver the money to a nearby beverage store. The arrest fol lowed. Butler, a former soldier, said he wanted the money to finish his education as a private detec tive. SHOWERS BREAK HEAT Roseburg's weather Thursday climbed to one degree warmer than the previous day's high of ,'1 SWT-" ifL -. 'MWN.vX'AiS ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, MAY In South Umpqua Region Hotel Fire At Pasco Claims Two Lives Two Other Persons Hurt Seriously; Damage May Reach Nearly $50,000 PASCO, Wash., May 13.-OP) im men died ana iour otners were injured, two seriously, in a $50,000 fire that swept the Lewis Hotel and two stores here early today. All 36 occupants of the 25-room hotel were made homeless. The fire started on the ground floor a few minutes after midnight. The dead were C. T. Hillman and Clarence Heath, both of Port land. Although not in the same room they were both found lying in water In the Hotel while the fire was still being brought under control. Heath was dead when found and Hillman died shortly aiitri ueiug iflKeii iu me iiusptiai. Firemen said that smoke prob ably knocked the men down as they tried to escape and that they either drowned or suffocated be- (Contlnued on Page Two) Flood Battled To Save Idaho Town EONNERS FERRY, Idaho, ' May 1J- Ur) Dike workers were Inn n 94-hnilt- hactic tnrlnxt In hnnn on a 24-hour basis today to keep the swelling Kootenai River off 30,000 acres of rich farm land and out of this northern Idaho town. Late last night the river level stood slightly above 26 feet five feet below flood stage. A succession of hot days has melt ed mountain snow packs and is driving the river upward at the rate of three and one-half feet a day. ., , FVrris on Oe va"oy floor v eVe most seriously threatened, The flood of 1948 ripped huge holes in tne dikes ana workers are struggling to strengthen patches and bring the levees to a safe neignt. The genera! flood picture in the rest of the Northwest was dangerous in certain localities, but gave no indication of a major Columbia River flood. Several fnrm homes In Ore gon were threatened when Cath erine Creek broke through its barriers. Volunteer workers filled sandbags to protect the homes. No serious damage was expected at the town of Union, Ore., be low the break where' floodwaler caused $500,000 in damage last year. Suicide Indicated In Naval Officer's Death SAN FRANCISCO, May 13. tP) Cmdr. Everett O. Kigsbee Jr., skipper of the aircraft carrier Anlietam, was found shot to death yesterday in his quarters aboard ship at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. His widow said he had been "terribly overworked and under great strain." "The death weapon was reported 13, 1949 Dona Mears Chosen Valedictorian, Jane Wiggen As Salutatorian For R. H. S. Commencement Exercises . Miss Dona Mears and Miss Jane Wiggen, Roseburg High School seniors, pictured below, have not only been leaders in their class and school activities, but are also tops scholastlcally. Principal Alva Laws has announced the selection of Miss Mears as class valedictorian and Miss Wiggen as salutatorian for com mencement exercises at the school June 5. Selection was based on grade point averages, and Miss Mears was well in front, with a grade point average of 3.92 out of a possible 4.00 perfect, while Miss Wiggen followed with an aver age of 3.83. Of special Interest this year is the fact the seven students whose grade point averages were over 3.5 were all girls. Outstanding in school affairs, Miss Mears had difficulty re membering all the activities in which she has participated in school. She is currently student body secretary and president of the Trl-Hi-Y. She was a home coming princess this year and junior prom princess last year. She took part in the senior class play, served as Carnival Plan ning Lommiuee cnauman, wuin- ed on last year's Junior Prom Committee, and was a junior class secretary. Musically Inclined she has also served as song queen, ls a member ol both the triple trio ana senior trio, ana a member of the Knignts 01 Pythias Girls Drum Corps. As if her school activities were not enough, Miss Mears has time to work Saturdays and vacation time at Miller's Department Store. She was a model at the Spring Festival and finds time for other (Co-itinued on Page Two) Portland Lumberman Killed In Auto Crash LEBANON, Ore., May 13. 11) Allen A. Jones, 43, Portland lum berman, was killed early today in a highway accident aB he drove alone near Sweet Home. He was .here on ..business, eon necled with the Western Veneer Plywood plants at Lebanon and Sweet Home. He was secretary- treasurer of the firm. Linn County Coroner Glenn Huston said Jones apparently went to sleep at the wheel. His car left the highway and ran along the edge lor 380 feet be fore striking a guard railing. Two planks pierced the car. Jones was thrown free, but the car rolled on top of him, crushing him fatally. Salem Bank Employee An Alleged Embezzler PORTLAND, May 13. Amyot F. Aymong, 40, former employe of the First National Bank of Salem, was free today on his own recognizance on an embezzlement charge. He appeared yesterday before Federal Judge Fee who ordered the release. Drputy District Attorney Ed ward Twining said the actions charged Involved writing checks on his personal account and by miss-routing within the bank pre venting them from showing on the books. The total sum In volved was $445 and restitution '" nln" said. "3-49 4 t u DONA MEARS Valedictorian 4 JANE WIGGEN Salutatorian Conviction Of 6 Negroes Target Of Bitter Attack TRENTON, N. J May 13.-(P) The conviction of six Negroes, now under death sentence, was attacked today as a "vicious frameup" by the left-wing Civil Rights Congress. On the eve of an appeal of the case before New Jersey's highest court, the Congress Issued a state ment branding the conviction "an attempted lynching northern style.'1 The state supreme court is to near argument on the appeal Monday. Hurling charges of racial per secution at Mercer County police officials, the Congress termed the trial a "northern Scottsboro case." The group, listed as subversive by the U. S. Department of Jus tice, has distributed leaflets con taining these accusations in a wide campaign to "free the Tren ton six." Controversy over the case start ed last summer when the six men were sentenced to die In the electric chair for the bludgeon slaying of William Horner, 72-year-old Trenton shopkeeper. Now In the state death house, they face the biggest mass execution In New Jersey's history. "Conviction of the six Negroes by an all-white Jury was based soieiv on so-called conlesslcns which were extorted from the men and later repudiated by all of them," the Congress. charged. "They were arrested without warrants, not permitted to con sult with counsel and nuestloned by relays of police officers for five days and nights." Defense lawyers contend their clients confessed after they were drugged and beaten by the police. The staff of defense attorneys Is hearted by former Assistant V. S. Attorney General O. John Rogge. Trusty Escapes Prison, Taking Radio And Clock SALEM, Ore., May 13.-4T) A 34-year-old state prison trusty escaped on this Friday the 13th. taking with him a portable radio and an alarm clock. Prison Warden George Alexan der said the man, Robert Earl Lee, walked away from the pris on farm. Lee was sentenced Sept. 4. 1917. In Lake County to serve eight ears for assault with Intent to III. He was employed In the prison chickenhouse. He was dressed in Ills prison garb of blue overalls and blue shirt. Lee Is 5 feet 9 Inches tall, weighs 170 pounds, and has blue eyes and brown hair. tl - i ? Blockade Lift 'Nonsense,' Western Spokesman Says; Plaint Bares Reds' Supply Need BERLIN. May 13. fP)Th Russians accused the Western Al. lies today of "torpedoing" the 3"rre! nt to lift the Berlin blockade. 1 weoiern spokesman nromntlv labelled the accusation "a lot of nonsense." The spokesman ui Lawrence Wilkinson, economics adviser to the U. S. military gov ernor. "We were told by our gov ernments to remove all restric tions put into effect since March i, i4," ne said. "We've don that and more." The Soviet protest wa vrio informally, through the mouth piece of the Soviet Army news paper in Germany, Taegliche Rundschau. The Western Powers ni-o auirf. Ing the lifting of their restric tions under Invalid pretexts," It charged. 'he agreement cannot be lul filled by the Soviet atria it added. ' Taegllsche Rundsehsm on. plained the Western Allies failed to match a Russian order remov Ing all trade barriers back to March 1, 1948. The paper was not specific. home observers saw In thn words an Implied threat to raim pose the blockade but such a step would be a matter of policy, for higher authorities than the Russians in Germany to decide. But the Rundschau 'statements did lend emphasis to the Russian- need lor getting supplies from Western Germany for her nearly bankrupt occupation zone. Situation Explained The economic ministry of American-occupied Hesse - said cargoes for the Soviet zone would receive export licenses only If they were covered by pre-block-ade contracts and had been made before the Western zone currency reform of mld-1948. The ministry said negotiation. for a new clearing arrangement are In process, but that It ls not ciear now tne exchange rate for East and West marks should be determined. Until a new agree ment materializes, It added, only prepaid shipments are being per mitted. ... ... The Soviets had incurred wit. em wram yesieraay py .refusing. in Biiuw miens irom west Ber lin to travel to the Western occu pation zones without obtaining permits from the Soviet military or the Russian-backed German economic commission. However, early today West Berlin police quoted the officer commanding the Russian high way checkpoint outside Berlin saying such trucks now need only an order from the West Berlin (Continued on Page Two) . Pickets Prevent Removal Of Auto Parts From Plant SOUTH BEND, Ind May 13 (iP) Pickets stopped an attempt Anay Uy me 1-acnara Motor Company to remove seven brake dies and a million auto parts from the strike-bound Bendix Aviation plant. Sheriff Stephen C. Hlpsak and two deputies read to sixty pick ets in front of the Bendix gates a circuit order allowing Packard to remove Its equipment from the Bendix plant. The pickets replied that they would refuse to move. Six semi trailers started to move into the plant through the pickets. The sheriff said the pickets shouted: We'll wreck your trucks," and the first driver stopped. He said he could go no farther and the' attempt was called off by the sheriff. About 7,500 CIO-Un!ted Auto Workers have been on strlk at the Bendix plant since April 20. Other major auto makers have removed their brake dies from the plant under court orders with out Interference. ihe union has demanded re instatement of 47 workers dis missed for an alleged slowdown, elimination of an alleged speed up and dismissal of a $1,500,000 damage suit filed against It by Bendix. Company officials have con tended the union has refused to follow contract provisions for set tlement of disputes. Wife OfTugitive Red Re-arrested In U. S. WASHINGTON, May 13) Mrs. Gearhart Elsler today was rearrested for deportation while the Justice Department laid plans to bring her husband back from his flight across the seas. One reason for her re-srrest was that the Government wished to question her about the flight of Eisler, 52-year-old admitted Communist, as a stoaway on a Pollih vessel. Levity Fact Rant By U F. Relceneteta This Ii unquestionably a ma chine ago, but not for tht type operated by Jersey City's Frank nagut.