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i U. Of 0. Library Comp. aigene, Oregon I WHO DOES WHAT j JACK PATTERSON is manager of the aufo accessories depart ment at Montgomery Ward, having been with this firm for the last year-and-a-half. He has just won an inter-regional contest, held by the Mont gomery Ward stores, for having sold the most rebuilt motors for the months of March and April. Twice during his service with the company he has been cited as being one of the top 80 sales men in the entire organiiation. Jack is married; he and his wife have four children and they live at Looltingglass. Baccalaureate Dated Sunday For Record Class Of R. H. S. Graduates Roseburg Senior High School's graduating class of 1949 num bers 182 this year, again a record list of students to complete their schooling in this city. In the Days News By FRANK JENKINS THE news from Paris ( makes it rather plain that the Russian objective is FOUR-POWER con trol of ALL Germany. Four power control of Germany would mean chaos and confusion which is what Russia wants. TAKE any town. Split It up into four irreconcilable factions. Each cock of its own walk. No co ordinating authority at the top. What would happen? You know what would happen. The town would go to pot and QUICK. IF that situation could be brought about in Germany as a whole, it would suit the Kremlin to a T. AS to Germany, Russia has two purposes. The first, and all-Important, one (Continued on Page Four) Rita Hayworth Becomes Bride Of Aly Khan VALLAURIS, France, Mav 27 (P) Radiant Rita Hayworth of the movies became the princess bride of Aly Khan today in a ceremony performed by this town's Communist mayor. It was a town hall ceremony spangled with some of Hollywood's tinsel and the riches of the East. The ceremony climaxed a 10 month courtship some called it a lUdL'suuw luiniine- nil rum, 01 .....1 u 10 nu roadshow romance lor Kita ui, eiuu lilt oo-yrfli uiu 111 i millions. She has been a Roman 1 Catholic; he is a Moslem. NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDING URGED City Hall, 68 Years Old, Deteriorating, Crowded, Assertion Of Carl Permin Asserting that even a minor earthquake would destroy the Roseburg City Hall and render useless fire fighting equipment housed there, Carl Permin, speaking at the Toasfmasters Club meeting Tuesday night, strongly presented the need for con. sldering construction of a new municipal building. Permin made the claim that i an earthquake simiiiar to that ; recently experienced in Seattle. Tacoma and Portland would ruin the building. "Actually." he stated, "the building is'held together with iron rods, anchored to the walls. Imag ine having an earthquake and one knows that many fires can be started bv earthquakes-what leaking through the ceiling, and would we do? What would we plaster is loose. use for fire equipment if those As many as Z prisoners, he as fire engines were buried beneath I seried. are eyed for overnight the wieckaEe9" 1 ln a Jal' hm,t ,f accommodate , ', ,. . ! three, then change to accommo- He referred to a new firehose, fiv(1 ..,maKine crow(inR 25 dryer costing a lillle over .). M ,.isnPrs or wnal. lie questioned the advisability of pvpr ,h,v mj , in )ace buying any item that would be , was meant to accommodate put inside those walls and under : onv g the roof of our City Hall." J Tnp',.'e is onfv onP toilet to ac- ' "The Citv Fire Hall was built : commodate both men and women, 'in 1S81." he said. 'The bricks ;an(j there is no wash bowl in it. In the walls on this building can TnP 0nlv wash bowl is in the be picked out by hand. The mor-lcjty jail he said. tar has given vriv and deteriorate I - ed In many parts of the walls. The 1 (Continued on Page Two) it Baccaleaureate services are an nounced for Sunday at 8 p. m., in the Roseburg Junior High School. The sermon this year will be delivered by Rev. Waller A. MacArthur. The program vill open with the processional, "Pomp and Circum stance," plaed by Mrs. Homer Grow. Rev. Forrest Hill will de liver the invocation, followed by a violin solo, "Romanze," by Wag ner, played by Wendell Johnson. Rev.-Kenneth Knox will give the prayer and scripture, followed by the singing of Mendel's "The Lord's Prayer" by Ray Shore. . Following the evening sermon, the Girls Chorus will sing Han del's "Hope Thou in God." Rev. Hill will pronounce the benedic tion, and Mrs. Grow will con clude the recessional. With Memorial Day a holiday, final examinations are planned in the Roseburg schools Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. The Jun ior and Senior High schools will have honor award assemblies Wednesday afternoon. Thursday will he given over to the teachers in preparing final reports, and (Continued on Page Two) Ford Auto Strikers Reject Peace Offer DETROIT, May 27. (? A company peace hid to settle the 23-day Ford strike was rejected today by the ClOUnited Auto Workers. Ford's proposal covered arbi tration of work standards on disputed assembly lines in two struck plants. It was concerned only with whether work standards impair the . "health or safety" of em ployes, in line with the Ford UAW contract. . The union has insisted that the powers of the arbitrator be i,.i.,.. ............ ..... ...... .,,.....7 h Ilia riirfit In icnrU omnlnvps .- -... ...j...-., . .. in excess of 100 percent of "nor 'mal work standards." baseboards are up in the air about 2'i inches. The bricks in thp base ment are deteriorating. The hall floor upstairs is settling in such a way that it has pulled out away from the wall. The hall floor has seltled 2'm inches. He claimed redecorations last fall are already damaged by rain 4 Www ""Z - Fire Razes Long Bell Yard At Eugene Tht Weather , Partly cloudy today end to night. Saturday moitly cloudy with scattered shower. Sunsot today 7:42 p. m. Sunrlst tomorrow 4:38 a. m. Eitabliihed 1873 Jake Bird, Slayer, I Negro Granted 30-'Day Stay Of Execution Appeals Court Acts On Claim That Confession Forced By Third Degree WALLA WALLA. Wash., Mav 27. UP Jake Bird didn't awing again today. Twelve hours before he was to die on the gallows at the Washington State Penitentiary, the fabulous Negro received word that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco had granted a 30-day stay for a hear ing on whether, an appeal can be heard. This Is the third time since his conviction a year and a half ago that Jake has left the hang man holding the hemp. He is under sentence to hang for the ax-slaving of Mrs. Bertha Kludt, of Tacoma, Oct. 31, 1947. Her daughter was also killed. Previously postponed execution dates were Jan. 16, 1948, and Jan. 14, 1949. Judge William Denman of the Ninth Circuit Court granted the stay after receiving a petition from Bird. The brawny Negro contends his confession in the Tacoma slaying was forced from him by third-degree tactics. Judge Denman said the Circuit Court will hold a hearing in 10 days to determine whether a certificate of probable cause shall be issv.ed. Such a certificate must be issued before the court can entertain an appeal. Previously Bird had steered his case to a dozen courts, including the United State Supreme Court twice in an effort to gain an appeal. Since his arrest, the 48-year-old transient has admitted tak ing part in or having knowl edge of more than two score killings in several states. And on the day he was sen tenced, Bird pronounced on those involved in his conviction a "hex" which has followed! over a period of months, by the death (Continued on Page Two) Shanghai Battle Ends; Reds Rule SHANGHAI, May 27.-f) The Red blanket of Communism quietly enveloped all of Shanghai trday. The gunfire ceased. The last Nationalist holdouts surrendered. Veteran troopers peacefully car ried Red rule into the northern part of the world's fourth largest city. I he Communist occupation was complete three days after it be gan. Red political officers began taking over the government of the greatest Asian commercial center and its 6.000,000 people. The Nationalist garrison of Woosung Fortress folded up. The government evacuation fleet pull ed out, down the Yangtze and into the East China Sea. Ex-Marine General Dies Of Auto Accident Injury CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., May 26 p Maj. Gen. Jo seph C. Fegan, 62, USMC, ret., died today in a hospital at Camp Pendleton from injuries received Saturday in an automobile acci dent at Carlsbad, Calif. He was the first commanding general of this vast Marine es tablishment, in 1942. Before the War, he was an aide to Presi dent Roosevelt. After leaving Camp Pendleton he became com manding general, department of tht Pacific, of the Marine Corps. He joined the marines in 1909. His widow survives. Memorial Holiday Death Toll Of 215 Forecast CHICAGO, May 26. P The National Safety Council estimat ed today that 215 persons will die in traffic mishaps over the na tion during the three-day Me morial holiday. The council's estimate applies only to immediate traffic fatali ties and does not include persons who may die later from Injuries. Nor does it Include deaths occur ring from accidents other than traffic. If good weather prevails, the council said it expected more than 30.000.000 vehicles to be on the move over the weekend. Rent Controls At Issue In Jackson County MEDFORD, May 2H.-JjP The Medford Rent Advisory Board had a new chairman today and new opionents. Waller C. Iverson was elected chairman to replace Ben E. Hard er, who resigned after a disagree ment with the local rent repre sentative. Ray Cook. Meanwhile 17 landlords organiz ed the "Jackson County Land lords Association," to battle for removal of rent controls. 1 - V&Aj WOUNDED Victor C. Reuther, above, educational director of the ClO-Auto Workers Union, is in a Detroit hospital, victim of a shotgun attack that has al ready cost him an eye. The as sailant, so far unknown, shot through a window as Reuther sat in his home in Detroit. Vic tor is the brother of Walfer Reuther, president of the U, A. W., who was shot in a similar assassination attempt 1 3 months ago. The attacker was never caught. (NEA Telephoto) Rail Union Heads Sign Non-Red Affidavits CLEVELAND, May 27 WP) Remarking "we are eating hum ble pie," rail brotherhood chief A. F. Whitney disclosed today he and his officers had signed non Communist affidavits required by the Taft-Hartley Act. Long a foe of that law, Whit ney had criticized its provisions that unions could not use the services of the National Labor Relations Board unless their of ficers had signed. , . .."We are furcert to stultify our selves by signing the affidavits in order to protect the interests of 16,000 members now working on bus lines," he said. "But we're still opposing the Taft-Hartley Act." Excess School Budgets Approved In Josephine GRANTS PASS, May 27 UP) Voters in both the Josephine and the Grants Pass School Dis tricts approved fiscal year budg ets in excess of the six percent limitation Thursday. A light vote was cast in both districts. The County District budget, $763,905.75, is $295,860.21 in ex cess of the six percent. The vote was 342 to 262 out of a registra tion of more than 7,000. The City District voted a $720. 704.31 budget, in excess of the six percent by S199.793.34. The vote was 481 to 86 out of a reg istration exceeding 5,000. Fire At Oil Refinery Subdued In Long Battle ABILENE, Tex., May 27 (Pi Six fire departments using chem ical foam extinguished a refin ery fire at Rotan, Tex., at 5 a. m. today after a 12 hour and 45 minute battle. Approximately one-fourth of the $200,000 Patton Oil Refinery and almost a million and a half gallons of oil and oil products were destroyed, Ed Patton, one of the two brothers who own the refinery, said. AWAITS DIDICATION Roseburq's Municipal Swimminq Pool, ture will change immeasurably ionight when hundreds of townspeople will assemble to witness the dedication ceremony. A mon ument to the construction supervision of City Manager Matt Slankard, the pool's completion brings ts reality the long years of planning by civic-minded persons and civic organizations. Constructed at a cost of only $67,000 where estimates were con sidered much higher, the completed project will provide supervised recreation for hundreds ef Reieburg's youth throughout the summer months this year and in years to come. IPieturo by Paul Jenkins.! ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, MAY Dodges Congress May Extend Labors Into Summer Truman Asks Action On Major Program Phases Before Session Closes WASHINGTON, May 27. ?) Congress may be asked to work well into the sizzling Washing ton summer to put through more of President Trumans broad leg islative program. Mr. Truman said as much yes terday. He told a news confer ence he hopes to see a major pari oi nis program enacted be fore Congress quits and then added flatly that this doesn't mean Congress will adjourn July 31. Some members have talked about such a quitting date. House Speaker Rayburn (D Tex) commented: "Before Congress adjourns it is going to enact a very full and constructive program. There has been no agreement among lead ers of Congress and the White House for the exclusion of any legislation." Newsmen generally got the impression from Senator Lucas ID-Ill), in talking with him Tues day, that only three major mea sures remain on the Senate's "must" list for this session. But both Lucas, who is the Demq cratic leader in the Senate, and the President said yesterday that was the wrong impression. Mr. Truman said he still stands for everything In the program he presented in January. And he said some news accounts of the (Continued on Page Two) Bakery Executive Found Guilty Of Tax Evasion TACOMA, May 27. UP) A federal court jury yesterday con victed Leslie L. Francis on six counts of income tax evasion. The Spokane baking company executive was accused of evad ing more than $61,000 in income taxes. Defense Attorney B. Gray Warner said he will move for a new trial. Francis faces a maximum sen tence of 30 years in the peniten tiary and possible fines of $60.- 000, Asst. 0. S. Dist. Atty. Harry Sager said. Internal revenue agents said he also faces liability for the unpaid taxes and a SO per cent penalty and Interest on the principal, Cafe At Riddle Purchased By Mrs. Cora Cloud The Cozy Cafe opposite the schoolhouse on Main Street in Riddle was sold this week to Mrs. Cora Cloud of Roseburg, who takes possession immedi ately. The name will be cnangea to Lynn's Cafe and will be under the management of Mrs. Cloud's son, L. L. Cloud, who is a restau rant man of many years expe rience. He has operated eating houses along Highway 99 from the California line to Roseburg for the last 25 years. The Cozv Is a modern cafe, erected and equipped about a year ago by Mrs. Thelma Hall. It has a seating capacity ot . and has just been completely renovated. Mrs. Cloud was a resi dent of Riddle for many year.' 27, 1949 Noose Third Time : 1 1 , T nt iA-V FATHER OF YEAR Dr. Ralph Bunche, above, has been named father of the year by the Na tion Fathers Day Committee, for his mediation that brought peace in Palestine. Bunche, 44-year-old Negro and father of three children, is a graduate of the University of California and Harvard University. This week he declined President Truman's offer to become assistant secre tary of state. Britain Refuses Extradition Of Eisler To U, S. - LONDON, May 27. ' UP) Britain refused today to send Ger heart Eisler back to the United Stales to serve out two prison sen tences he drew during investiga tion of his Communist activities there. A court relected the American demand that Eisler be extradited. That left Eisler called America's No. 1 Communist agent by a con gressional committee free to go on to the Soviet Zone of Germany permanently out of American grasp. "I am eoine to Germany as quickly as possible," Eisler said." 1 am very glad the American re actionaries have been defeated and I hope they will be defeated many times more." Eisler has been offered a pro fessorship In the Unlverslly of Leipzig, in the Soviet Zone' of Germany. Presumably that is where he is going. The United States had contend ed that Eisler's conviction of fal sification of passport information was tantamount to perjury, which is an extraditable offense In Brit ain. Eisler's counsel declared he was a political refugee, and iot extraditable. The court held that Eisler's offense was not the same as perjury, and that he could not be extradited for the offense he had committed. Eisler's other conviction was for "wilful and deliberate" refusal to be sworn and testify before the Hounse Un-American Activities Committee. W if AT filled with water, standi Idly waitinq te be dedicated. The pic 125-49 Swim Pool's Dedication To . Occur Tonight Program WiH Include Speeches, Flag Raising, Aquatic Demonstration With speechmaklng and aquatic demonstrations, Roseburg's new swimming pool will be dedicated tonight. The program, arranged by a committee representing sev eral civic groups, will start at 7 o'clock. Prior to the program, from 5 to 7, the pool, dressing rooms, and equipment will be open for pub lic inspection marking comple tion of a project started a little more than a year ago. Alio Jacklin, chairman of the Inter-Service Club Committee, an nounced that the formal dedica tion will begin with a flag raising ceremony at 7, with an honor guard representing Co. D, 186th Infantry, Oregon National Guard, and the Roseburg Municipal Band participating. Speakers in the brief program are to include Mayor Albert G. Hegel, Percy Crott, chairman of the Park Commission; Hal Ay. otte, exalted ruler of the Elks Lodge, and City Manager M, W. Slankard. Climax of the evening will be an aquatic demonstration ar ranged by Mrs. Betty Smith, water safety chairman of the Douglas County Chapter, Ameri can Red Cross. Swimmers are to come here from Medford to pre sent a swimming and diving ex hibition. A group ot local swim mers will also participate. Monument to Manager Construction of the pool repre sents culmination of several years of striving by many groups in Roseburg. Funds amounting to $67,000. cost of the pool and dres sing rooms, have been collected over a long period by various civic and fraternal organizations, as well as from tax levies. The pool is now regarded as a monument to the energies of the city manager, who during the past year has spent much of his time supervising work on the pool and effecting malerial fi nancial savings to the city. Slankard announced this week the pool will be open to general public use June 1. Ray Brown, athletic Instructor at Roseburg (Continued on Page Two) Teen-Age Ball Players Accused Of Gang Murder NEW YORK, May 27. UP) Seven teenage members of a stick-ball team called "The Rock ets" were arrested today ln the gang slaying of a rival ball player. Police said the seven ambushed Teddy Segarra, 17, a member of me Lightnings stick-nan team, on a dark Bronx Street Wednes day night, beat him and then fatally siannen mm. Trouble between the teams be gan Wednesday at a stick-ball game a form of baseball played with ' broomsticks and rubber balls when a ball batted by a "Rocket" player hit a "Light ning" member in the face, police said. During the street scuffle later that night, police said, at least five shots were fired. One bullet hit a distant passerby, Mario Pardo, 15, In the neck. He Is In a serious condition In a hospital. Firemen Save Another Yard In 5-Hr. Battle Fire Starts In Empty State-Owned Factory; 2 Suspects Arrested EUGENE. May 21. UP) Ons of the worst firea in Eugene'i history completely destroyed the S250.000 Lnnir Rell tnmlui. " wholesale and retail yard in the ui uit-tijfi Kecuun oi me city tnis morning. The entire Eugene fire crew and volunteers fought the blaze for over five hours while the Snrinefield crew stnnH hv fn emergency use. ine lire ts said to have started in an empty excelsior manufae turlng plant owned by the state and the flnmM lnmnAJ railroad spur into the lumber yard. City police have two sus- ...j in tusiooy wno are thought tO haVe heen Cloanlnn 1. ..u- emptv plant at the time the fire . ito, a ponce otiiclal said. One of them has burns on his left arm. The area destroyed covered a c-tv block right In the heart of the industrial district. Firemen succeeded In preventing the i ,ajrs from Priding to another lumber yard equally as large alongside Long Bell. Ashes from l.,t.,n covered city streets within a one-mile radius of the blaze. Flames nnri Bmni. j several thousand feet into the ail Qnt .., n . .1-11.1- r - - .. c- .i ior 13 miles. Southern Pacific estimates that several thousand dollars damage -may have been done to their electr cal 1 no. ..j i..,,: ' close by. ","""au' Hundreds of persons on their ThJ ,WO,rK stPIl to watch "J" 'PPCtacle but police had little Uirilftlltl ftnnt nlltn .1 Tv-rri ui mis ine crowd. Traffic was lined up for several Ilia it, y "any oniciais said that tile ll mher vni-H ..n.. j K . , n.- iuny cover ed by Insurance and that It will be replaced but probably not at ..... a.,, hit auc. Lost May Reach $500,000 Power llnaa ln U ... lu tIle Iea were burned out and service was in- icnupiea oneny before the cur rent was re routed. Snlithoi-n Pnnifl. -- , v.ii a wL-aae ana Bpayer moved by on slow bell. jiuuiai loss estimate will await arrival or company officials from Longview today. But $2S,000 is regarded by lumbermen as a conservative-figure. Fire Chief Ed Sulfas said while his men were st HI battling the flames that It anneared to he n snn nnn About the only thing not leveled (Continued on Page Two) Seven Filipinos Slain In Attack On Yanks, Girls MANILA Muu 07 tm At , .....j f i least Seven Fillnlnna u,Aa L-I1IAJ last night In an ambush near the umieu o mien i,iarK Air ijase. One Amerienn nil-man anrl lh,u other persons were wounded In the holdup of five automobiles near the airfield, 50 miles north west of Manila. The airmen nnH Pvf TJIIU, nam. ron of Huntington, W. Vs., were anving iwo Filipino girls home mim i ne town oi Angeies wnen thev were RlnnneH hu oitnftr from seven men In a Jeep. One Filipino .girl was killed. The Americans were robbed be- lore neing allowed to proceed. Damrnn nnri lha eeennrt STlllnlnn girl escaped injury. l ne amnusn ot lour otner auto- mnhil fnlliuAl Civ trill r.1 .,. were killed and three wounded. Damages Of $41,400 Asked In Traffic Crash : General damages of $35,000 are asked ln a suit filed in Circuit Court by Mrs. Fannie Mae Pat ton against M. F. Canova, as the result of a car-truck accident which allegedly took place south of Wilbur Jan. 19, 1919. The plaintiff also seeks hos pital and medical costs, which she claims has amounted to $3.- 875 and will require an estimated S.,(KM), and also $L,wu car dam age. Mrs. patton alleges mat ine de fendant's truck was parked ln the west lane of the paved and travel ed portion of the highway, when her car coinnen wun ine True. She lists nhvsical Injuries, some of which she alleges are of a permanent nature. Mere Bonds Sold To Finance Loans To Vets SALEM, May 27.-.T) The State Department of Veterans Affairs has sold $6,000,000 worth of bonds to finance farm and home loans to veterans of World War II. That brings to $18,000,000 the total amount of bonds sold since the end of the war when the program was started. Low bidder among seven iirma competing for the bonds was Halsey, Stuart & Co., Chicago, of fering 1.812 percent interest. Next low was National City Bank of New York, with a figure of 1.823 percent. Livity Fact Rant By L. F. Relaerwtevn If you art one of those ln elintd to pray for rain, kindly restrain tho Impulse until after tonight's dedication ef the swimminq pool.