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2 The Newi-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Thur., Moy 26, 1949 Teams Of Active Club To Vie In Girls' Camp Job Two competitive teams, cap tained by Ken Atterbury and Roy Barnhart, were selected by the Roseburg Active Club at its meeting this morning in the Shallmar to comprise work par ties at Camp Tyee Sunday, June 5. Three shelter remain to be constructed prior to opening of the Camp Fire Girls' summer en campment. The teams will each start work on a cabin and the one to com plete the job first will receive free treats from the losing team. Thev will combine to construct the third cabin. The shelters are easily built it was reported, and if a good turnout is present the three should be completed in one day. Any other persons interested, whether or not members of the club, are urged to be on hand, and they will be readily put to work, it was announced. Last Sunday, five club mem bers, Clarson Chitwood, Roy Barnhart, Norm Atterbury, Bill Henson and Glenn Jones, did considerable clearing work at the site by means of a small "cat" donated by Stearns Hard war and Implement Co. Sites for the cabins and a Softball lield were cleared. Report was made by members who attended a social meeting of the Eugene Active Club at Eu gen last Saturday. Ten mcmberi and their wives attended. There were also visitors from Coos Bay. A very enjoyable time was re ported. Arlo Jacklln reported on plans for the Municipal Swimming Pool dedication, of which he is chairman of service club repre sentatives making arrangements, 1-eroy Inman was appointed as Club representative for the "Op portunity" bond sales campaign. Harry Bridges, 2 Aides Accused Of Conspiracy (Continued from Page One) charged Bridges with perjury In denying that he was then, or ever had been, a member of the Communist Party. The third count charged Schmidt and Rob ertson with perjury. It accused them of testifying falsely that Bridges had not been a member of the Communist party. Bridges was in New York. He went there after a recent stormy session of the CIO executive council In Washington at which he and other left wing leaders were told to get In line with CIO policies or get out. Robertson was reported In San Francisco and a union attorney said he would surrender today. Schmidt, who has been directing the Hawaiian waterfront strike, surrendered to the U. S. Marshal at Honolulu. He was accompa nied by alx beefy stevedores who shielded him from news camera men. He failed the Indictment "Just another attempt by the employers to wreck the ILWU. Conviction on the charges car ries a possible maximum penal ty of seven years in prison and $15,000 fine. Government men taking part In the grand jury presentation in cluded F. Joseph' Donohue, spe cial assistant attorney general from Washington, and John P. Boyd, deputy commissioner of the Immigration and Naturaliza tion Service. Boyd helped pre pare the first deportation case against. Bridges in 1939. New Evidence Claimed Boyd said the move to revoke Bridges' citizenship culminated a long Investigation. We have new evidence which has never been presented before," he said. "We feel reasonably certain of our case." He added that some prominent labor leaders had been helptul In developing the case. After Bridges' first deportation heating in V.W, James M. Lan dis, then dean of the Harvard Law School, ruled the evidence failed to establish that Bridges was, at that time, a memlier of, or affiliated with, the Commu nist party. A second heating was held In 1941. Judge Charles H. Sears of New York recommended Bridges' deportation on the ground f,c "has been affiliated" with the Communists. Rut the United States Supreme Court held there wan no evidence to support the findings and reversed Sears. Slim, tough-talking Bridges be came president of the Longshore men in 1934, year of a bloody, 98-day waterfront strike, lie has been the driving force in the Longshoremen's long series of strikes since, and only this week was returned to office. Noose's Shadow Closing In On Murderer Jake Bird (Continued from Page One) months: Undersheriff Joe Kar pach, Chief Court Clerk Ray Scott, Detective Sherman Lyons and Atty. J. W. Selden, who de fended Bird. Bird declared yesterday, how ever, that the hex "Is a lot of hooey. The condemned man mailed his petition to the San Francisco court Tuesday night after he fail ed to win a stay of execution through a petition and two hours of arguing in his own be half in U. S. District Court here. Bird's plea for clemency Is based on his contention that he was forced to confess to the Kludt slaying because of third- degree methods by Tacoma police. warden Haiti TalKfest Jake awoke in his prison cell yesterday with a yen to talk with all who would listen. He wanted to talk, in particular, about two cases one which he claims took place in Iowa 20 years ago and another In Chicago. Warden Tom Smith told Bird to put It on paper and tne document would he turn ed over to the proper officials and the press alter the execution. Bird spent most of the day writing. He penned two appeals to Governor Langlie along with the "important information" he wanted to get otf his chest. Today Bird moves from his cell In death row to the cell next to the execution chamber and from that time on no one except War. den Smith and a minister will be allowed to see him. Warden Smith said that 800 persons have submitted requests to see Bird hang. Most have been denied. Indian Woman Quits Prison With $102Taxicab Ride SALEM, Ore., May 26. (F) An attractive 42 year-old Indian wo man finished her slate prison sentence today with a 5102 taxi cab ride home to Klamath Falls. She said she took the taxi be cause she couldn't get her moun- mm or luggage on a tram or bus. The dozen pieces of luggage filled the back seat and rear trunk com partment of the taxi. The woman, Mrs. imogene Fish er, entered prison in 19-14 to serve seven years lor killing another Indian during a drinking party. But good prison behavior enabled her to get out after serving 4'i years. lhe big pile or luggage was the accumulation of her busy days in prison. She is a good musician. a painter and a silver worker. Besides pieces of her artistic work, she took home a mandolin, guitar and banjo. She left her while husband, Tom Fisher, behind today. He en tered uie prison In 1941 to serve 20 years for assault with intent to kill an Indian. Sho didn't see her husband In prison. In fact, she said todav she wasn't married. While posing for pictures In front of lhe prison, Mrs. Fisher said her goodbyes to the 25 wo men convicts who were shouting at her through the barred windows. Two Timber Auctions Slated In Roseburg (Continued from Page One) Oregon's 1948 Payroll Posts State Record SALEM, Mav 26 f.T) Ore gon's total 19-18 payroll of $972, 000.000 was the biggest In his tory, the Slate Unemployment Compensation Commission said today. It was 22 per cent greater than the wartime peak of $799,000,000 In 1944, and was $100,000,000 more than In 1947. Of last year's $972,000,000 pay roll, lumber and logging work ers got $;'72,0O0.O00, which was an 1H per cent gain over iii. Construction and trade pay rolls were up 12 per cent, while food processing was about the same. SO-ncre cutting unit near Little River. Total value of the sale Is S 12.- 078. with Shelton and Burr to pay $7.45 per thousand for Douglas fir and $1.80 pe rlhousand for other species. Another Auction Dated Anolher limber nut-lion. Involv ing 15.000.000 feet of Douglas fir, 1,000.000 feet of sugar pine, and l.MXMXX) feet of oilier species, lo cated on Dug Creek. 25 miles east of Cottage (".rove, will be held in Roseburg Mav .'U. Tolal appraised value of the timber is S-'.'t7,0(0. Minimum prices are $l.'l.(i0 for Douglas fir; $19.(i0 for sugar pine, and $4 for other species. Good Will Fliers Off For New Destination YOI'NCiSTOW.V. O.. Mv 20 (.Ti -The Portland. Ore., to Port land. Me., goodwill air lour of 5. light planes begun leaving Youngstown municipal ait pol l al noon todav for l'hillipsbnrg. Pa., afler an hour and a hlf delav caused by weather, lickhaven. Pa., is their destination for to night. "The fact that we are still alive afler flying 2.500 miles," said tour lender L. S. While, "provides an answer to a recent magalne article which called all private flyers stupid damn fools." None of the Orcgnntans are pro fessional pilots. Their average age is 46. ruhllc libraries In 94 large Unit ed Slates cities house more than 41 million volumes. Officers of the French Acad emy compute there are 2.796 lan guages In the world. Apprentices In Carpentry Get Papers Tonight Seven carpenter apprentices will receive journeymen papers In a "graduation" ceremony at the Senior High School at 7 o'clock tonight, while 11 electri cal apprentices win become journeymen in a ceremony at the School tomorrow night. Tonight's program will be ar ranged by the carpenters' sub council of the Roseburg Appren ticeship council, tomorrow s pro gram is being arranged by the electricians' sub-council. The carpenters' apprenticeship class, organized in January, has been instruced by Charles Poirot, with assistance of sub-council members, R. G. Phillips, Roy Horton, Gordon Todd and Buck ley Boll. Sam Reed was the elec tricians' apprentice instructor, who had the assistance of C. R. Smith, J. J. Pinard, and Joe Don nelly, sub-council members. To be journeymen carpenters: Paul Gibby, James W. Hanlin, Richard E. Lawrence, Melvin Mil ler, Joseph R. Bagshaw, Rodney D. Trotter; to be journeymen mill men: Francis E. Brown and James D. Medford; others com pleting apprentice carpenter course: John Crumpacker, Clif ford Cudaback, Jack Michaels, Jack Pennie, Lloyd Oldfleld, Al bert Roy Tritt, E. C. Leverton, and Robert Potter. To be Journeymen electricians: Richard Dale Buswell, Eugene Cherry, David Lee Daniels, Arthur E. Hammond, Tate L. Keith, Tom my Kimbrell, Francis S. Lansing, Charles W. Swift Jr., Clark R. Taylor, Donald C. Taylor, and Willard M. Timm. Azalea Motorist Dies In Crash At Wolf Creek GRANTS PASS, May 26. (.P) Chester Alvin Miller, 45. of Aza lea, formerly of Coos Bay, was killed almost instantly when he lost control of his autmobile on a turn and crashed against an embankment on Pacific High way near Wolf Creek last night. Coroner Virgil Hull of Grants Pass attributed the accident to excessive speed. Gunmen Hold Up Service Station At Coos Bay COOS BAY, May 26 P Two armed men held up Rex Young, service station attendant, at 4:15 a. m. Wednesday and made off with $.375, he reported to police. He said one of them had an automatic pistol and, before leav ing, directed him to cut the tele phone wires. They drove away south on Highway 101. Fort Worth Hit By Fresh Flood FORT WORTH, Tex., May 26. ()The Clear Fork of the Trin ity River, swollen by torrential overnight rains, surged out of its banks and poured through broken, levees to hit Fort Worth again today. Three arterial streets were cov ered and the floodwaters lapped ominously up toward the resi dential and business area which was inundated by the extensive flood early last week. The Clear Fork was on an eight-foot rise today. Rains last night totalled two inches. Rains deluged north and west Texas last night, causing at least one death and considerable prop erty damage. A 46-car freight train plunged Into a washout in Johnson Lincoln County Splits On Daylight Saving Issue TOLEDO, May 26. lP Lin coln county's mayors failed to reach agreement last night on getting all cities on either day light or standard time. Toledo and the north Lincoln Beach towns are on daylight time most of their business comes from Portland, Salem and Mc Minnville which are on fast time. But Newport, Waldport, Yachats and Siletz, less closely tied to the fast-time cities, are on standard time. Apparently there will be no change. The mayors talked about one time for the county, but none was willing to commit his city to a change. County. A woman was swept to her death by a rampaging creek at Dallas. The Weather U. S. Weather Bureau Office Roseburg, Oregon Fair and continued warm to day. Increasing cloudiness Fri day. Highest temp, for any May.... 102 Lowest temp, for any May.... 30 Highest temp, yesterday 34 Lowest temp, last 24 hre 45 Precipitation last 24 hn 0 Precipitation since May 1 1.45 Precipitation since Sept. 1.. .26.26 Deficiency since May 1 19 N. Y. Mayor Won't Re-run; Big Scramble Follows NEW YORK, May 26. OPy-A free-for-all scramble for the job of running the world's biggest city was touched off today by Mayor William O'Dwyer's an- Negro Declines Post As Asst. Secretary Of State WASHINGTON. May 26 UP) Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, Negro acting U. N. mediator for Pales tine, Wednesday declined an of fer from President Truman of appointment as an assistant secretary of state. Bunche said he wanted to con tinue his work with the United Nations, and also was concerned about the high cost of living in Washington and the salary cut that taking the post would mean. nouncement that he will not seek re-election. O'Dwyer had been expected to seek a second term next Novem ber and his surprise withdrawal threw the race for the Demo cratic nomination wide open. Republicans and Fusion forces as well as Democrats had poten tial candidates galore. Youth Admits He Set Fire That Razed City Hall TACOMA, May 26 fP) Ronald Elvin Tollefson, 2-year-old local college student and son of a Lutheran minister, has con fessed firing the Puyallup City Hall May 15, Prosecutor Patrick Steele's office announced today. Tollefson, a graduate of Sum ner High School but more re cently from Livingston, Mont., has been charged with second de gree arson but released on his personal recognizance by Steele. The youth told the prosecutor that he had entered the three story frame structure and "had an impulse to have some excite ment so I set fire to some paper piled in a stairway." He said he had had five bot tles of beer before entering the building. Afler lighting the blaze he entered a nearby church and was there when fire engines came to fight the fire. He ran from the church and attempted to assist the firemen, being partially overcome by smoke at one time. The building was virtually destroyed. His proximity and interest ex cited the curiosity of slate fire marshals and they began an In vestigation which culminated in Tollefson' confession. Tollefson was studying to be an optometrist and was in his first year at college. He Is a former soldier, entering the Army near the close of World War il. Shanghai Resistance Reported Collapsing (Continued from Page One) Embankment Building's lower floor was continuing but tenants, including some 500 foreigners, were trying to get the National ists there lo'quit fighting. Three persons in the Broadway Mansions said they saw a Nation alist machine gunner filing from the Red Cross marked entrance to the Shanghai General Hospi tal on the north hank of the creek at the Hunan Bridge. Afler the while flag was raised at the (Mist office, occupants tried unsuccessfully to call the attention of the gunner to the flag. Civilians Breathe Easier The whole city breathed a sigh of relief for the thousands of Chinese civilians on the bund and north of Soochow Creek who had been trapped since early yes terday. They had endured ' all sorts of fire. The United States and British Consulates were trying to inter cede with both sides for a cease fire order to enable trapxd for eigners and other non-combat-mils to cscaie from the Embank ment Building. One report said that foreign and Chinese residents of the Building had offered Chinese Na tionalist soldiers money to evac uate the building and eliminate It as prime target. The soldiers replied that if they left they would le shot bv eanison troops and If they stayed they would tie stiot ny Red troops. There were Nationalist guns atop and on various floors of the Embankment Building. Civilians v ere barricading hemselves against bullets and shrapnel as best they could. A few blocks awav the Broad way Mansions apartment build ing received small arms fire Horn the Iteds. Mortar blasts have shatteivd some of the win dows In the building. FRESHER . . . Tank Explosion Kills One Man, Injures Two (Continued from Page One) of the blast, asphalt was caked on the sides and back of the ve hicle. Tires on the heavy tanker, melted by the Intense heat, were squashed into murky pools of as phalt and water. Ordnance and McNary City Fire Departments sped equipment to the blaze, but the Ilermiston department was able to quell the fire. JILL N Eff M$iMEEwm.GM$mte. sfeisKf ffi r.?;y7in ,,.,,.,, 1 4r Get More For Your Dollars with KELVINAT0R! There's far more food space ... in no larger floor space. New marvels of frozen food-keeping, complete food pro tection, easy-to-get-at storoge ... in every Kelvinator. 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