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U. Of U. Library Eugene, Oregon Comp IrBBiE i. i ) ill ai esregMBaM I WHO DOES WHAT WTi t J I 7 hit - -i!; f V Ml. f 1 . V .. -J t -III " ' 2ll if.. sife I i'miib ii.ili tlY'i, liiiiltuVllitil)' In '-lit SiiliMi.i; ,..- ,. HAROLD SLIGER, combination welder employed at Wolbert's welding works at East Second Avenue South and Fowler Sts is at work on a trailer tongue. He has a mighty good excuse for wearing a mask all welders have, I reckon; but its a custom I'd hate to see spread among possible prospects (or should I say victims) for this picture corner. JAIL CONDITION BARED Grand Jury Recommends Special Care For Mentally III; Changes Suggested Special care and treatment for mentally sick persons who are confined to the county jail while awaiting transportation to the State Hospital was recommended in a report of the Douglas County Grand Jury Friday. The Grand Jury called for "immediate action" to correct the situation and stated the opinion that facilities for the housing of the "mentally violent" should be provided for in a new county home, relieving the county jail of this "unnecessary responsibility." In the Days News By FRANK JENKINS THE ruckus ..oyer the stymied nomination 'oY'Mon'Walgrcn to be chairman of the national security resources board flares up in the senate, with resulting hot words between Senator Lucas of Illinois and Senator Byrd of Virginia Lucas is hot under the collar over the killing of Walgren's nomination In committee and Byrd Is riled because Walgren was nominated In the first place. He says In the course of the ar gument: "I regard Governor Walgren (he Is a former governor and senator of the state of Washing ton and a close personal friend of President Truman) as being less competent for the position than any man ever nominated to a position of this kind." IT seems to me that the big Issue involved is this: Is or isn't Walgren competent to fill a position so supremely Important as chairman of our na tional resources committee, which will have a lot to say about the organization of our resources in the event that we get into another war? I don't know Walgren, but the 'news has seemed to suggest that (Continued on Page Four) Vermont Governor Won't Intervene To Free Veterans Held As Poor Debtors Under Law Passed In 18C8 RUTLAND, Vt., May 21. (Pi Gov. Ernest W. Gibson said today he is not planning to ask a special session of the legi-slature to move toward freeing three young veterans jailed as poor debtors under a Iflth century law. In an interview at his Brattleboro home, Gov. Gibson said of the case: "I have not given any thought to a special session." Thp GovPrnor sad in an in. He added that the case is "just terview at Springfield, Mass. last a lot of stuff blown up by some-1 night that he does not have one." power to intervene in civil ac- Gov. Gibson declared that sev- j tions. eral states have a law similar to j iP pointed out that the law un the Vermont one which goes I rler which the veterans were sent back to 1808. I to jail can only be invoked when Common Practice a judge and jury has found there "It's a common practice," he has been "wilful and malicious 6air. I intent" to avoid payment of civil Last nicht at Springfield, Mass., ! damages. Gov. Gibson said he had no legal authority to act for the release of the trio, two of them com bat veterans who were in Nazi prison camps. land )au wnere ne ana ."mnn The three-Ralph J. Fugatt, are confined. He broke down 2!) of Springfield. Mass., Ber-. when he-saw his infant son for nard J. Smith. 23, of Kail haven, tin. first time. The child was VI, and Kred"rirk L. Lapan. 3), born after he was committed, of Marshfield. Ct were com- i "This will ail be straightened mined for non-pavment of court 'out in a few days." he assured awards in automobile accident his bride through tear-filled eyes, cases. , "and I'll be back home w ith Leal authorities said it was you." po-.siole alt'iouah not probable The Governor indicated the tor them to spend the rest of 1 men might oht.iin release through their lives in jail under the law, regular legal channels by appeal if the Judgments are not satis-ilng to jail commissioners or by fiea habeas corpus proceedings. "The Grand Jury does not be- lieve the mentally sick' should be placed in the same category as a common violator of the law and confined in the county jail with out proper care and attention," I he , report signed by Lyle. Marst ers, foreman, stated. "The jailer is not In a posi tion or qualified to care for a person mentally ill, particularly older people in this condition," the report continued. "A qualified I attendant or doctor experienced iin care f mentally unbalanced snouia oe avauame in extreme cases." The Grand Jury's report also called for segregation of children and adults in the women's cell of the county jail, as well as in stallation of both hot and cold running water in the women's la vatory, and Improvement in the jail's laundry facilities. County Judge D. N. Busenbark commented today that plans for the proposed new county home probably wiil include space for mentally ill patients, thus remov ing them from the county jail. He also said provision for laun dry facilities in the jajl has been made in the new county budget. The present jail was built in 1928 and apparently, not large enough for a county of the pres ent population. "The jail Is oft times filled to capacity with hall ways serving as temporary quar ters for prisoners," the Grand Jury found. In summary, the Grand Jury said the jail is in "excellent con dition" and is being operated ef ficiently with thp exception of conditions described. Planning for additional space in the jail "should be arcomplished as soon as possi ble with a larger and better jail the ultimate objective." i The Governor's statement was made shortly alter fugatt anu his young wife met in a joyous but tearful reunion at the Rut- Grand The Weather Considerable cloudiness with a few scattered showers today; Sunday partly cloudy to clear. Sunset today 7:36 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:42 a. m. Established 1873 Stones, Fists Fly Rail Strikers Battle Reds In Berlin Rioting Hundreds Injured In Fighting; U. S. Keeps Hands-Off Attitude BERLIN, May 21 UP) Twelve thousand striking railway work ers fought young Communists cast In the role of strike breakers today in nearly a dozen stations of Berlin's elevated railway. Hundreds were Injured during the fighting, which 'raged through the morning. The outbreak shut off rail shipments to Western Ber lin and threatened to force the city back to the austerity of the blockade period. An elevated passenger train was set ablaze during one melee. Clothing was torn from women who got into the fight. Western Berlin police said Mai. Pavel Kvashnin, transport chief of the Soviet zone, was insulted and threatened by a group of strikers at the temple of elevated station In the American sector. Police Protection The police said they gave Kvash nin protection from the strikers and he was able to drive away In his staff automobile without phvsical injury. This is the crux of the situa tion: the Soviet-appointed Reichs bahn management controls both zonal railroads and Berlin's en tire elevated line. Railway work ers went out on strike early to day to enforce their demand for oavment of wages in West marks instead of East marks. West marks are four times as valuable as the Soviet zone currency. East marks are banned in the West. Fiqhtinq Starts Fighting broke out when the Russian -controlled management sent squads of militant young Communists, including teen age girls, 'Into the'wesfern Sector o'H the city to "recapture elevatea (Continued on Page Two) Tornadoes Aqain Take Heavy Toll In Midwest Area (By The AsRortalM) PreMl A tornado offensive ground across Oklahoma into Kansas lest (Friday) night and sent out flack attacks to strike Colorado and Tennessee. For the fourth night In a row Oklahoma bore the brunt of the tornado assault, with four dead and untold injuries and damage. Already groggy from state wide floods, Oklahoma counted 17 separate twisters from early evening to midnight. More re ports were expected from iso lated plains communities. In Kansas, more twisters hit southeast of Garden City, near Scott City, Wiimore, Rozel, Chase, Gorham and near Salina and Gypsum. Colorado's storm was at Wray, in the northeast near the Kansas-Nebraska border. In Ten nessee the damage was at Goin and Barn Creek. Since Tuesday, near two-score twisters have battered the Soon er state, while violent electrical storms poured down torrents that sent nearly every prairie creek and river leaping out of its banks. Considering the violence of the wealher. the death toll was mer cifullv light. Two flood deaths one last night and one Tuesday were the only other falalities beside the tornado victims. The dead: Mrs. Kathryn Haight, about 43, Catesby, Okla., killed when a tornado smashed her farm home. Charles Sykes, 55, motorist, address unknown, killed when another tornado caved In an old tile wheat elevator where he I had sought refuge at Yewed, 'Okla. Guv Franklin Hixson, 20, Twin I Lake's, Okla., drowned when he I tried to swim to his home ! across swollen Mingo Creek near Tulsa. The fourth victim. Miss Nor weita Chapman. 26, drowned : Tuesday in a flood at Seminole, Okla. I Harold King, about 17, of ISoloman, Kas.. was killed and his brother, William, about lb, was Injured seriously when their automobile was demolished In a tornado near Kipp, four miles east of Salina. M. W. Hanna was killed by touching a high power line blown down in an electrical ana windstorm near Petrolia, Kas. Band Parents Will Hold Cake, Ice Cream Social A cake and lce cream social will he sponsored by the Roseburg Band Parents Association at the Riverside School next Tuesday. Proceeds will be used toward sending the band to Portland to ! participate In the Hose i-esiivai. i The Senior High School Band will present a trtr concert at 7:45, fol lowing the social. Jury ROSEBURG, $100,000 Allowed For Improvement Of umpqua River WASHINGTON. May 21-P Following are Pacific Northwest and Alaska projects included in the flood control and waterways bill passed by the Senate yester day (first figure is amount ap proved by Senate; second in brackets is amount approved by House as allocated by Army En gineers): Rivers and harbors: Alaska Nome Harbor, $701,- 000 ($701,000); Wrangell Nar rows, $343,000 ($343,0001. Oregon Columbia Kiver at Bonneville, $1,500,000 ($1,030,- 000); Columbia and lower Wil lamette Rivers, below Vancouver, Wash., and Portland, Ore., $16,- 000 ($111,000); Coos Bav, $1,500, 000 ($687,000); Depoe Bay, $442, 000 (none); McNary Lock and dam, Columbia River, Ore., and Wash., $40,000,000 ($27,479,450): Umpqua River, $100,000 ($100, 000); Yaquina Bay and Harbor, $35,000 ($24,000). W a s h l n g t o n Chief Joseph Dam. Columbia River, $10,000,000 $3,435,000); Grays Harbor and Chehalis River, $800,000 ($550, 000). Flood Control: Idaho Heise Roberts area, $340,300 ( 206,500): Lucky Peak Reservoir, $3,500,000 ($2,604,300). Oregon Cottage Grove Reser voir, $140,000 ($104,200); Detroit Reservoir, $11,300,000 ($8,408,- 2001; Dorena Reservoir, $2,924, 000 ($2,175,700); Fern Ridge Res ervoir, $208,000 ($154,800)'; Look out Point Reservoir, $11,000,000 ($8,185,000); Milton Freewater, $710,700 ($528,800); Willamette River, bank protection, -.$500,000 ($371,100). Washington Mill Creek, $365.- 000 ($271,600); Mud Mountain Reservoir, $464,000; T a c 0 m a, $571,600 ($425,300). 'Don't Worry," Mrs. Sharp Jells Her Accused Son . . SEATTLE, May 21 (JP Don t worry, son. That was the parting comment of Mrs. Lawrence J. Sharp Thurs day as she and her husband, of Vancouver, Wash., left their son, Lawrence, in the visitor's room of the county jail. The two were injured seriously April 1 In a blast outside their bedroom window. The 20-vear-old University of Washington student has been charged with destruction ol property on a government hous ing project, in connection with the blast. Neither Mrs. Sharp nor her husband would comment to newsmen on the explosion or the son's arrest. Neither showed any apparent signs of their injuries. They have been living in seclusion in Port land. A previous blast also en dangered their lives a month ear lier. Eugene Firm Bid Low On North Umpqua Road PORTLAND, May 21. (Pi A low bid of $294,648 for lm proving 8.4 miles of the John Day-Burns Highway was sub milted by Allen E. Sackett & Floyd Graham Construction Co., Hood River, the Public Roads Administration said today. Miller &. Strong, Eugene, sub mitted the low bid of $293,155 for grading 5.5 miles of the North Umqpua Highway east of Roseburg. Award of the contracts to the two bidders was recommended. NEW CHURCH EXCAVATION W7 A ' . ' 1 - - T - f n ? Mi - i Ui i ntr eting, but the basement (or the New Baptist Church was dug almost before people realized tne work was underway. Excavation by S. M. Crites Co. this week marks the first step in construc tion of the new modern edifice, which, when completed will cast upwards ef $100,000, (Pic ture by Paul Jenkins. I Indicts Victoria Sanders OREGON SATURDAY, MAY as Germans Protest Bosses Senate Battle Is Waged On Economy Move Huge Appropriation Allowed Flood Control, Rivers and Harbors WASHINGTON, May 21 Senate Democratic Leader Lucas said today there will have to be either a tax increase or a cut in federal spending preferably the latter. But he made It clear he still is against the Republican-led drive so far unsuccessful to trim each appropriation bill by at least 5 per cent. That economy move was block ed for the fourth straight time late yesterday when the senate, by voice vote, passed and shipped back to the House a bill carrying $751,000,000 nearly all of It for flood control and river and har bor projects. The Senate total is $158,000,000 more than the House voted and $21,000,000 less than President Truman wanted. The Senate battled down a pro posed 5 per cent cut In its figure by a vote of 44 to 33. It killed a 10 per cent reduction amend ment, 48 to 29. And it swamped, 55 to 15, a proposal by Demo cratic Senator Douglas (D.-IU.) to slash the fund 40 per cent by $300,000,000. Douglas stirred up the most commotion at yesterday's session with his proposal to trim the flood control-rivers and harbors bill by 40 per cent. Even some of his economy colleagues desert ed him on that one, and some of them bitterly assailed hi-s plan. The bill provides for financing scores of local projects dear to the heart ot congress members Senator Morse (R.-Ore.) re called that Mr. Truman accused the GOP-controlIed 80th Congress of crippling the flood control and reclamation program. The Ore gon senator shouted that Douglas was trying to scuttle the pro gram altogether. On the vote on Douglas' amend ment, which finally was tabled, Senator Edwin C. Johnson (Colo.) was the only Democrat to line up wiih the Illinois senator. Thirteen Republicans voted for it. Young Wartime Ace Killed In Air Crash MAUPIN. Ore., May 21 (m A young wartime ace credited with downing 23 German planes died yesterday in the flaming crash of his F-84 Jet fighter on the bleak tableland near here. The armed forces information service In San Francisco identi fied the nilot as Capt. Ray H. Littge, 25, whose widow and young son live at Hamilton Field, Calif. His mother, Mrs. Marlha Lichtnegger. makes her home at Altenburg Mo. Among the decorations Capt. Littge received during the war were the distinguished service cross, silver star and air medal with 15 clusters. The F 84 was one of a flight of three flying from Hamilton Field to Moses Lake, Wash. An eye witness said the plane plunged to earth at top speed and disinte grated when it hit. Folks art always interested whan that huqt shovels start oper 21, 1949 Municipal Swim Pool Dedication Plans Announced Dedication of Roseburg's Mu nicipal Swimming Pool will be held next Friday night, May 27, with the flag raising ceremony slated for 7 o'clock. Chairman Arlo Jacklin made the announcement following a meeting of the committee, which is composed of service club rep resentatives. Highlight of the big affair will be a guessing contest. To the person who guesses most accur ately the number of pints ot water contained in the uool will go a season pass to the facilities. the dedication win include talks by Mayor Albert G. Flegel, members of the nark commis sion, Hal Ayotte, exalted ruler ot the Elks, and others who played an important part in the pool planning. Open house will be held from 5 to 7 p. m. prior to the cere mony, and after the dedication, the pool will be opened free of charge for use by all the "kids" during the evening. Music and other attractions are being worked out. A complete program will be announced next week. Youths Arrested For Beer Thefts Two youths were arrested last night shortly after they allegedly broke into a truck and stole sev eral cases of beer, Chief of Po lice Calvin H. Baird reported. They were charged with lar ceny and arraigned this morning before Justice of the Peace A. I. Geddes. They waived preliminary hearings. Their bail was set at $200 each. Chief Baird said Merle Lee Palm. 21. was arrested by Mer chant Patrolman Roy Hebard outside a warehouse at Burke and Short Sts., about 11:30 last night, .and pnim r . companion: Raymond Frederick Arthur, 19, broke away and ran north alon; the railroad tracks. He was later arrested by city police on Lane St. The youths were caught In the act oi breaking open tne oeer cases, which they allegedly had taken from a Western Distribut ing Co. delivery truck, parked near the wai-chouse, Chief Baird said. The' chief said Palm gave his address as Camp View Auto Court, while Arthur told police he lived at 717 W. Lane St. Eugene Couple Leading In State Trap Shoot PORTLAND, May 21. IIP) The Eugene duo of Cal Ray and his wife, Ruth, captured more state trapshoot honors yesterday. Mrs. Ray won the women's 16 yard title by cracking 792 of 200 targets. Ray broke 25 straight birds to win the men's crown in a shoot off with Clyde Fox of Merrill. Fox missed one. They had tied in regular shooting at 198 each. The junior title went to D. E. Fletcher, Portland, wilh 165. Bus Kendall, Oregon City, took the Class B crown with 197. Alvin Bennett, brother of Dal las Bennett, Roseburg, is leading Class C with 196, and a younger brother, P. M. Bennett is next with 194. QUESTION MARK TRIO LONDON UP) Wembley's po lice stalion was the perfect In terrogation team: Constables Walt, Wve and Howe. 120-49 Shanghai Said Now Cut Off By Air And Sea Huge Oil Installation Ablaze; Civilian Planes Are Commandeered SHANGHAI, May 21. W) Shanghai today was cut off by air, her sea lane was menaced, and great fires blazed across the river to the east and north where Red besiegers are on the attack. One of the fires burned at the Standard Vacuum depot on Gough Island, eight miles north of downtown Shanghai. At least one tank was ablaze at-this biggest oil installation In East Asia. Lungwha air port, five miles to the south, suspended opera tions. The menace of nearby Red artillery was too great. Officials said, however, flights might be resumed later In the day. Despite the suspension, a Chi nese National aviation corpora tion plane from Tokyo made a two-minute landing to the crack le of small arms fire nearby. Removes Consul It hastily discharged A. S. Brown, Peekskill, N, Y., new fiscal officer for the U. S. con sulate. John Stutesman, Mend- ram, N. J., the vice-consul, then got aboard and the plane roared off for Hong Kong. Stutesman is headed for home on leave. Three Chinese civilian planes at the airport were commandeer ed by ine military, they were standing by to take out biggies I high Chinese ollicials still in Shanghai.) The garrison commander or dered all but military traffic off the Whangpoo Shanghai's sea lane during afternoon hours. Red small arms five has been hilling junks and sampans on tne river. The fighting ebbed and flow ed around Potung, the industrial district across the Whangpoo from Shanghai. It raged through the night. It continued under soggy skies this morning. At one time last night 27 fires could be counted In and beyond the Pootung district. Government Men Strive To Keep Ford-CIO Parley DETROIT, May 21.-P) Gov ernment men strove today to save the Ford strike negotiations from collapse. In a developing emergency fed eral mediators worked to keep the company and the striking CIO United Auto Workers at the peace table. The strike's 11th negotiation session was scheduled today. A union ultimatum to walk out unless Ford agreed to start 1949 contract negoliatlona on Monday forced the new Issue on the UAW "speedup" strike's 17th dav. Ford, all of whose 106,000 pro duetlon workers are idle, bluntly refused. The union and management, In an exchange of sharp words, laid the blame for each other on any possible washout of the peam talks. Federal Mediators Arthur C. Viat and Sylvester Petz were hopeful. The two formally enter ed the negotiations yesterday. Viat conceded "it's tough" hut said "we are doing our host to keep the parties together." Two Killed In Crash By Splintered Guard Rail SEATTLE, May 21. V) A splintered guard rail pierced a car In which three University of Washington students were riding early today, killing two of them and injuring Hie third. The stale patrol identified the dead as Bruce Olson, 28, Spokane, Wash., and Paul L. Newr.ian, 25, Havre. Mont. William L. Barr. 21. Ray City, Ore., suffered head in juries. The patrol said the rar. driv en by Olson with Newman and Barr as passengers, skidded against the guard rail near the northern cily limits. The Iwo victims were pinned lo the seat an dnpparently killed outright. MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE COKUR d'ALENE, Idaho. May 21. (IP) A manslaughter charge was filed late yesterday against Mrs. Marlha Stanslllon, 59, for the fatal shooting of her husband. Arthur. The 56-year-nld father of four children was shot early ves lerriav at their rural three-cabin home. CONFER RANK Alpha Lodge 47, Knights of Pythias, on Wednesday conferred the rank of page on Leonard Sperden, Charles hdmnnds and Clifford Scales. The rank of es quire will be conferred on the trio June l. am memners ot me local lodge are urged to attend. Murder Charge Filed In Death Of Mojonnier Accused Now Serving Time On Check Charge; True Bills Reported Did Ralph Mojonnier meet hit death by suicide or was he mur dered? This is the question which has perplexed police officers since his body was found October 28, 1947, in his small home about two miles west of Drain. He had been shot In the head and a small call bre rifle, from which the bullet had been fired, lay beside the body. The Douglas County Grand Jury believes Mojonnier was mur- uuiva ana h nas returned a first degree murder indictment against Victoria Sanders, who claimed to oe mojonnier s common-law wife. She is now serving a three-year term in the ctntn nnnilanllgr,, nn . a had check charge. ine murder indictment high lighted the pranH Inrv'o rar.ni- returned into court late Friday. vainer innicements were re ported as follows: True Bills Returned Bruce Raker nrwucor! nf nnrr. slon of and in control of a gam- uung device. Ban tixed at $200. Donald Kit Jnhncnn nncut!nn of and in control of a gambling device. Bail fixed at $200. Nelson .tames Sawvaw ceny; bail $500. ' ai chaeter,. assault and bat tery. Bail S500. Beatrice B. Schafer, assault and battery. Bail $500. Edward Newland, contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Bail $2,000. Robert D. Nelson, larceny In an office. Bail $2,000. Pat Terrill, unlawfully break ing down and destroying a fence. Ball $500. Not True Bills Not true bills were returned In favor of the following: Frank Carter, receiving and concealing stolen property. Ben Pasco, assault and battery. Roy William Rasmussen, brib erv. K. A. Curtis, larceny. Case Long Standing Mojonnier's body was found ly ing in bed, a bullet wound in his head and with a .22 calibre rifle beside him. He was found by a neighbor Raymond Farnsworth Jr.. Who Wilh hla fnfUc. UAI into the house when he received no response at the door, Mojon- 1 n!ri "11 ...a.;" i.! - ...... u, n.i iiuimijK HS B painter for Farnsworth Sr., while not engaged in his usual occupa tion as a commercial fisherman In the lower Umpqua River. Police at that time reportedly were lonkiniT for- n.TninHtnH. common-law wife, Victoria San ders, and their lO-month-old son, who were believed to have been in Portland. She was later ar rested in Portland and returned to Drain Justice Court to face a phnran nt w I f I n fitn r ""i'K JiLiiiiuus checks. She allegedly had left for luiimnu un uui, a jew noun (Continued on Page Two) Cars Damaged But No Injuries In 3 Accidents Cars were damaged, but no ne sons were Injured, in three traf fic accidents on the Paficic High way Friday, SI ale Police Sgt. Lyle Harrell reported. At 9 a. m 26 miles north of Roseburg, a collision of two cars resulted when Carl H. Brockhaus er, San Francisco, was passing a truck and lost control of his ve hicle. His car struck an automo bile coming In the opposite cllrec tlon, Sgt. Harrell said. The other car was operated by James Clar ence Loggan, Portland. Two accidcnls were reported at 3 p. m. at a sharp curve 13 miles nnrlh of Roseburg, a car operated by William M. Morris of Oakland skidded while making a left turn and struck the loaded trailer of a southbound logging truck oper ated hv William Howard Hoppe, Jr., of Oakland. Sgt. Harrell said. Thirty-six miles north of Rose burg, Ralph Newton Kelley of Norway, Ore., lost control of his vehicle on slick pavement and ths car rolled over an embankment. Neither he nor his wife were in jured, the sergeant said. Community Hospital Chamber Forum Topic Frank discussion of "Your Com munity Hospital'' is scheduled for Monday noon at the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce forum lun cheon, it was announced today. The discussion will include the approximate date the construc tion will sl'irt, when the hospital may exprt to be in operation, and administrative plans and oth er factors of interest to the com munity. The luncheon will be held in the Civic Room at the Umpqua Hotel. The public is Invited, Livity Fact Rant By L. F. Relzenstein The cry of "Inexperience" has been raised against Ore gon's two newly-appointed tax rommissioners. Well, t h t y :ouldn't put the state In a less latisfaetory tax situation than tas developed during the In sumbeney ef their experienced iredtcessors.