U. Of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon Comp . IMI IMI 15) 1: STif 00 ES ) WHO DOES WHAT J yyywa;-..."1 .inm)l;,.!iMMi . s . t : - If : ;. : - HARRY MAHONEY is postmaster at Oakland. With the ex ception of three national administrations those of Harding, Coolidge and Hoover he has been postmaster since 1913, when he was appointed by President Wilson. During the Republican intermissions the postmastership nested right in the family, as Mrs. Mahoney, a Republican, was given the appointment. If a family ever hit a political jackpot I reckon Harry and the Missus did. The answer, as of course you may surmise, is that both not only gave mighty efficient service but are liked mighty well by the people of Oakland. The postoffice was advanced to second class last July. It now has 2,000 patrons and operates two star routes and one R. F. D., embracing a total length of 164 miles. DECONTROLLED RENTS SPOTTY Scattered Boosts Range Up To 100 Percent; Four States Stick To Control, Others Deliberate WASHINGTON, June 3. UP) In the two months since It be came law, "home rule" rent control has brought results ranging from rninpr increases in some places to a few rent boosts of up to 100 per cent. .... ...... ,,. - , - Under the bill passed March 29, communities could be decon trolled by their local governing bodies with the state governor's okay and whole states could he In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS LIFE has its rugged aspects everywhere. In London, a Mrs. Catherine Jane Allabakhsh tells a divorce court that her Pakistani husband, -Eli, had a nasty habit of "sicking" theif four-year-old son on her every now and tnen- she said EU would hold her down while the child pinched, bit and kicked her as he had been taught to do. Eli, she testified, would cheer the tot on in these words: "Go on, son; harder, HARDER!" Eli claimed it was a wicked tissue of lies, but the court gave Mrs. Allabakhsh her divorce AND CUSTODY OF THE SON. ASSUMING that her allegations were founded on fact, I can't help thinking it might be well for all concerned if Mrs. Allabakhsh, as one of the first acts of her new life, took the young sprout out (Continued on Page Four) Fine, Jail Sentence Imposed For Larceny Delphard Charles Norman, 402 ' W. Lane, was senlenced to 30 days in the county jail and fined S50 on a charge of larceny under $35, reported Justice of Peace A. J. Geddes. ' i Norman, arrested by city police, pleaded guilty to a shoplifting charge from Henninger's Mart No. 2, upon his arraignment in Justice Court Thursday. WELFARE EXPENDITURES SHOWN County Commission Reports On Assistance For Various Groups Tentative grants totaling $34,635 for the month of June were made at the recent meeting of the Douglas County Public Welfare Commission, reported Mrs. Claude Baker, supervisor. The Commis sion allotted $26,336 for aid age assistance, $7,964 for aid to depend ent children, and $315 for aid to the blind. Requests were made at the meeting for July expenditures which would total S44,fi65. The figure for July is less than ex penditures for assistance cases during April, for which final fig ures have been received, said Mrs. Baker. April's expenditures oi $47,399.72 covered 1,106 assist ance cases. In that month, the Douglas County Public Welfare Commis sion also performed services on 28 intercity letters, one vocation al rehabilitation referral, 36 chil dren's c-""- ' - services, making a total of 183. Book; .ii. ..3. .-losed for the month of May. but tentative figure follow: General assist ance, $9,309.90; old age assist ance, $26,195; aid t dependent By Paul Jenkint g Mfcltfftiii , fagCTy:r,VWji.i;.rcJ decontrolled by their legislatures. An Associated Press survey showed today that 16 cities and towns, Including Knoxville, Tenn., Amarillo, Tex., and Mc Alester, Okla., have lifted their own rent controls, with the ap proval of state governors. Only Nebraska has thus far voted statewide decontrol. The bill also gave the federal government power to re-impose controls where it had lifted them power which prompted Hous ing Expediter Tighe Woods to decontrol more than 100 areas. Landlord reaction to commu nity, state and federal decontrol has varied greatly. Some areas reported practically no boosts. But in Amcricus. Ga., decon trolled from Washington, rents rose so sharply that the town is being recontrolled today. In Nebraska, with statewide decontrol, the leading real estate figure has announced 10 percent increases and has asked his fel low landlords to show similar "restraint" lest they hurt the cause of decontrol. In Amarillo, which decon trolled itself, the Globe-News says rent boosts generally have been "a conservative 20 to 25 per cent" but adds that some rents were doubled. . In McAlester these among other early increases were noted: A house went from $35 to $50 a month; an apartment house went up $5 on each apartment'. Decontrol Generally Holds In most of the areas decon trolled from Washington in early April, rent rises have been mod erate. Generally, decontrol is sticking. But the rent advisory board at Americus reported boosts rang ing up to 100 percent in the two control-free months. The local citizens' board was unanimous in (Continued on Page Two) children, $8,012; aid to the blind. $315. In May, services num bered 157, including 37 intercity services; six counselling, five adoptions, one crippled children's division, 15 supervisions of foster homes, 59 children' services, 10 Selective Service claims for Lo cal Eoard No. 14. During May, said Mrs. Baker, Dr. Herbert Chamberlain, psy chiatrist, conducted another In the series of clinics for staff members of Lane, Coos, Curry, and Douglas Counties. Andrew Jura, child welfare director of the State Public Welfare Com mission, accompanied Dr. Cham berlain to Roseburg. The clinic (Continued on Page Two) The Weather Fair today, tonight and Sat urday; decreasing cloudiness and warmer Saturday. Sunset today 7:48 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:34 a. m. Established 1873 Harry Dorman New State McKay Names His Associate In Politics Appointee Three-War Veteran, Experienced In Business Affairs SALEM, June 3. (JP) Harry Dorman, 58 year - old Portland business man, was appointed state budget director and exec utive secretary to the Governor today. Governor Douglas -McKay named Dorman to succeed George K. Aiken, who died a month and a half ago. Dorman was active during Mc Kay's campaign for Governor last year, and has been work ing closely with McKay since the Governor took office last January. Dorman was Portland traffic manager of the McCormick steamship company from 1923 to 1929, and then he ran his own insurance business for five years. in ihjo ne Became secretary- treasurer of the Knight Pack ing Company, and was made president of the same company in iyjs. Dorman sold his interest in the company in 1942, entering tne Army as procurement offi cer for the State of Oregon. was Eisenhower's Aide He served 19 months as a lieutenant colonel on the staff of General Eisenhower in Eng land, a ranee, Holland and Bel gium. He was Eisenhower's rep resentative lor ports and Inland waterways of Belgium. Dorman was born in Minne sota Nov. 27, 1890. He was edu cated in Everett, Wash., public schools at,i' the I'-uvei.ily , oi wasmngion. . we served in world War I as an artillery captain and also saw service on the Mexican border. Afler the war he sold logging equipment. Last Son In War He is married and had three (Continued on Page Two) Five Land In Crippled Bomber After 8 Bail Out OROFINO, Idaho, June 3-(.TJ Eight airmen were on their way out of the wilderness this morning after parachuting into the northern Idaho mountains from a limping bomber. The crewmen parachuted from their crippled bomber after one engine cut out. The pjlot, Capt. R. W. Schroeder of Los Angeles said, "sparks started flying from the No. 4 engine. It looked as if flames wouid get into the gas tanks and blow up so we started bailing out. Schoeder said by the time eight men had bailed out the fire was nearly out and the remaining five crew members decided to stay with the plane. They landed safely at the Spo kane Air Force base on two en ginesboth on the left wing. The propeller of the burned out en gine twisted off and knocked the inboard engine on the right side out of commission. City's Polio Epidemic Shuts All Public Places SAN ANGELO. Tex.. June 3. UP) Mounting polio cases prompt ed officials to close schools, swim ming pools and movie houses in this West Texas city yesterday. The number of polio cases reached 61. There have been four deaths. Dr. R. E. Elvins, city health officer, has declared polio Is at an epidemic stage here in this city of 54,600 people. Closing of the public places, in cluding churches, was oitlered by ine my commission yesterday. " CAM I HONOR STUDENTS These students at Roseburg High School received distinctive honors at the annual final school assembly Wednesday. Left to right era Dona Mean, senior class valedictorian, whs received the girls' achievement cup for outstanding services to the school; Gene Henry, a sophomore, was awarded the boys' achievement award; Joyce Morgan, the girls' sports manship, girls' physical education and Girls League awards, and Don Hubbard, tha boys' sportsmanship award, the Kiwtnis inspirational trophy and several athletic letters. I V - - - CVA Bill Gives Control Of All Water Save That For Irrigation Neuner SALEM, June 3. (VP) Attor ney General George Neuner aid today that the administra tion's bill to create a Columbia Valley Authority would give the federal government oontrol over all water rights except those granted for Irrigation. In an opinion for State En gineer Charles E. Stricklin, Neuner held that water rights granted by the state for power purposes wouldn't be worth anything under the proposed CVA. Atomic Plant Workers Vote To Walk Out OAK RIDGE. Tenn.. June 3. (IP) A strike of 2.000 workers in a huge atomic production plant is planned for next Thurs day. If the strike comes off. It will stop production of uranium 235 in one of the largest in dustrial plants in the world. U 235 is the fissionable element that goes into atomic bombs. A CIO union voted last night to strike and asked its inter national headquarters for authori zation. At Washington, president Mar tin Wagner, of the United Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers (CIO), said the union's officers would take up the Oak Ridge local's strike resolution today. Wagner indicated a decision would be announced after the meeting.,... ...j. ,, . .. .. Tho union 'cJked a 15-cent hour ly wage increase when negotia tions began seven weeks ago for a new contract to begin June 9. A counler-proposal that wages be reduced six cents was made by Carbide and Carbon Chemi cals Corp., operator of all Oak Ridge atomic installations for the Atomic Energy Commission. The CIO employes' average wage is $1.59. J. A. George, president of the Union's Local 288, said the strike resolution was passed in two union meetings attended by 600 members. The resolution assorted that (Continued on Page Two) DON COWBOY DUDS! Edict Issued To Symbolize Spirit Of Rodeo Western drcss-un davs will start in Roseburg Monday, when citi zens are to don cowboy attire in Keeping wan tne spirit oi tne forthcoming Douglas County Sheriff's Posse Rodeo. The Paul Bunyans have agreed to enforce the edict that all citi zens shall wear some article of western dress Levi pants, cow boy boots, tall hats, embroidered shirts, or colored neckerchiefs announced Bull-of-Jhe-Woods Jack Jossc. Those who fall to observe the Rodeo dress-up days will "suffer," warned Josse. The Paul Bunyans are to hold three or four unan nounced courts, where those who do not conform will "meet the keeper of the consequences and feel the mlghly rap of Paul P n yan." All people in Paul's vast do main, said Josse, are requested lo wear western attire during the days preceding the rodeo June 17, 18 and 19, In order to give the community a cowboy atmosphere. I ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, JUNE Most Of Lost Uranium Turns Up In Bottle Missing Eighth Of Ounce Still Sought; Hanford Plant Cost Now Probed WASHINGTON, June 3. UP) A missing atomic bottle has been found, but the search goes on for som'e of the uranium-235 which was in It. Senator McMahon (D-Conn) made that announcement yes terday as his Senate-House Atom ic Energy Committee adjourned, ptobably until Monday, its hear ings into charges of "incredible mismanagement" made against David E. Lilienthal by Senator Hickenlooper (R-Iowa). Lilienthal heads the " Atomic Energy Commission, whose Ar gonne National Laboratory in Chicago missed the bottle of fissionable material last Febru ary. It contained an ounce of U-235, seven-eighths of which has now been recovered. McMahon said the Commis sion's general manager, Carroll Wilson, had reported to the Com mittee that the missing bottle was dug out of a large steel box of waste material in the Argonne (Continued on Page Two) Lawrence Sharp Denies Guilt On Blast Charge TACOMA, June 3.-MP) Lawrence- J. 'Sharp; 20-year-old' Uni versity of Washington student," pleaded innocent Thursday to a charge of dynamiting the government-owned home of his parents in Vancouver, Wash. Before entering his plea, Sharp waived his right to a grand jury indictment and declined to have court-appointed counsel. Federal Judge Charles H. Leavy asked him several times If he had funds to employ counsel. Each time Sharp replied "I don't wish to have an attorney." Sharp was asked when he would be ready for trial. He said "first I'd like to talk to a psychi atrist." The judge then set June 22 as a tentative trial date. Sharp was brought here from Seattle, where he Is being held in jail in lieu of $5,000 bond. Sharp was arrested May 17. The federal charge involving de struction of government property was filed because the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Law rence L. Sharp, was in the Mc- Loughlin Heights housing proj ect in Vancouver. The blast de stroyed the home, damaged 27 other buildings, and Injured the parents seriously. After the son s arrest the par ents visited him in the jail at Seattle. Young Sharp and his parents both have refused to discuss the case. Theft Of Tires Charged To 2 Men Jailed Here Wyman Wiser and Richard Backus, both of Collage Grove, are in the Douglas County jail, fo lowing their arrest by slate police and arraignment in the Justice Court of Clarence Leon ard at Drain, reported State Po lice Sgt. Lyle Harrell. Wiser, arrested near Drain, ana Backus, arrested at Cottage Grove, were bound over to the Grand Jury on a charge of lar ceny. They are accused of taking about $500 worth of tires from Hugh " Whipple at Drain, on Jan. 3 1 3, 1949 Budget A. P. Giannini, Founder, Head Of World's Largest Banking Institution, Claimed By Death SAN MATEO, Calif., June 3.(ff) Amadeo Peter Giannini, boy produce peddler who fought his way up to become the world's big gest banker, died today of a heart ailment. He was 79, and had been ill with a, cold for a month. The veteran of a thousand feuds, the president of the vast Bank of America once told interviewers "shucks, I'm just a roughneck. I left school and went to work when I was 12. Why, I was brought up on the waterfront." But he fought on the side of the solid little people of the expanding West Coast. And by 1946, his Bank of America was the world's biggest, with assets topping $5,765,000,000. It had grown to 500 branches, most of them in California. The banking chain was started, he had explained, because he "got so damn' mad" at directors of the little bank in which he first was active. They didn't favor some of his go-getter policies, so he started a bank of his own. It was the Bank of Italy, establish ed Oct. 17, 1904. , "They used to say I was undig nified he recalled. "Old fogies! I say if you want something, you may as well go afler it." It was a policy lie had follewed since he launched his business career .as a boy peddler in the produce business with his step father. The hie. so'.id. heavv-volced son of Italian immigrants wasn't all business, however. He always saiu his "best bargains" was Clorinda Cuneo. He married her when he was 22, in 1892. She died in 1941. Giannini had two sons and a daughter. One son, Lawrence Ma rio, became president oi the Bank of America. The other son, Virgil, worked In the bank before he died.' The timighter, Claire, mar ried Clifford Hoffman. . Makes Great Comeback After 20 years In banking he re tired, turning the bank over to its employes. That was in iui (Continued on Page Cwo) Air Secretary Voices lie' To Rep. Yan Zandt WASHINGTON, June 3. (IP) Air Secretary Symington flatly denied today reports relayed to the House by Rep. Van Zandt (R. Pa.) in criticism of the B-36 bomber buying program. He said of one phase of the congress man's speech: "The report Is a lie." Last week Van Zandt told on the House floor of cancellation of contracts for other types of planes to provide money for more of the huge six-engine Consoli dated bombers. He laid stress on the former connection of Secretary of De fense Louis Johnson with Consol idated. And he said he had heard "from sources I cannot disre gard" that Symington will resign from the cabinet to head a big aircraft combine to be set up by Floyd Odium, head of the Atlas Corporation which controls Con solidated. Today Chairman Vinson (D. Ga.) of the House Armed Serv ices Committee released a letter from Symington taking up the Van Zandt speech point by point. The portion to which Syming ton applied the word "lie" was the story about his planning to quit as air secretary and go Into an Odium plane combine. Of the charges in general Sym ington wrote: "Mr. Van Zandl's basic Innuen do is that the B-36 plctur Is rid dled with politics, influence and disregard of the military security of the country. "I oenv this categorically." . t 'i 130-49 Director LlildMUHhi AMADEO P. GIANNINI Master flnanoler diet. Auction Held For Federal Timber In Olalla Area 4 - An oral auction for the sale of appioximalely 1,450,000 feet of limner in tne uiana area is being conducted this afternoon in the Roseburg offices of the IJ. S. Bu reau of Land Management. Total appraised value oi the sale is $11,908.50 with the price for Doug las fir set at $8.55. . At the May sale of O. and C. Coos Bay Wagon Road, and pub lic domain timber held In Port land by the Bureau of Land Man agement, Douglas fir brought only r.i!U per mousanti noara ieec ana Ponderosa pine $15.57, according to Daniel L. Goldy, regional ad ministrator. The May sale at Port land included timber located in Douglas County. At an oral auction Tuesday, con ducted by the Umpqua National Forest in Roseburg, no bids were received on a tract of timber located 20 miles east of Cottage Grove. The saie Included 15.000, 000 feet of Douglas fir and 1,000, 000 feet of sugar pine with Doug las fir appraised at $13.50 per thousand and sugar pine, $19.60, William Benecke, timber sale officer for the forest, said the prices would stand for awhile but eventually the sale would be re advertised at lower appraisals. Another oral auction is sched uled by the Umpqua National For est here June 27. Involved will he 36,334,000 feet valued at $258,193. 85 largely Douglas fir, located in the Zlnce Crek area. Liquor By Drink Lawful, Supreme Court Ruling OI.YMPIA. June 3.-Ul')-Thc Washington Supreme Court, In an 80 decision today upheld legality of the state's new liquor by the drink law. . It denied a contention oy Caro line I. Randies, tavern operator, and a group of tavern owners or ganized as the Washington Slate Dispensers, inc., inHi uie ui in fringed upon their constitutional rights. The nign conns necisiun hi firmed a Thurston County Su perior Court Judgment upholding the law. The new drink law was passed as an Initiative by the voters at last November general election. Boost In Reforestation Funds Given First OK WASHINGTON. June 3. fPI The House Agriculture Commit tee has approved a honate mil in creasing lo $10,000,000 a year by 19r5 the authorized expenditures for reforestation on national for est lands. The iPBislation. which now goes to the House, also would In crease to $3,000,000 In 1955 the authorization for revegetatlon of range lands administered by the rorrst Service. Current appropriations are about $1,300,000 a year for refor estation and $800,000 a year for revegetatlon of range lands. LIQUOR STORE MOVES The Oregon State Liquor Store In Rnsehurg has moved to 115 So. Stephens St., It was announced today oy ueorge lrnpaus, man ager, Th rhe ofrice was formerly at w w. tnss. ine new onice is locaiea In what was formerly Dorothy'a Gift Shop. If ' 1 r Safeway Only Store Forced To Stay Shut Incoming Truck Of Meat Turned Back By Pickets; Bread Delivery Halted Roseburg's large markets con. tinued to operate today, on the second day of a meatcutters' strike, which also saw retail gro cery clerks in a walkout for re lusuig io serve oenina piCKei lines. Groceries are using man agerial help to operate their meat markets, check stands and vege table counters. H. E. Carlson, secretary of the Oregon Independent Retail Gro cers Association, said 'the stores probably would be closing their meat counters today. He said a Swift & Co. meat truck came here from Portland last night, but was unable to deliver to mar kets, because the driver could not cross the picket lines. Carlson pointed out that the markets still had ample stocks of fresh meat during the first day of the strike, but will not be able to continue operations after today. The Safeway store closed completely yesterday. BaKery Threatened Groceries were reported to be unable to receive bread deliv eries. George Patterson, owner of a local wholesale bakery, said he had been threatened with strike action by the AFL Team sters union, should he make sales to grocers at the plant without delivering through the picket lines. . Despite their limited help, the stores continued to serve a fair number of shoppers. Some eight groceries with meat markets in connection are affected by the strike, as well as four other inde pendent markets. The 12 markets (Continued on Page Two) 14 Convicts Break Prison In West Va. MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va., June 3 P - Fourteen prlionere .awed nd -lugged their way out of the supposedly "escape proof" south hall of the state penitentiary here today. It was West Virginia's big gest mass prison break In at least 35 years. Six of the escapees were serv ing life terms, and six of them were in solitary confinement. The escaping prisoners left be hind them a bleeding guard thev had slugged and tossed Into one of the vacated cells. He was Iden tified as Jackie James, promi nent as a baseball umpire in the wneenng area. , . Among them were Otto Neff and Hollie Stacher, making their third break from the prison in two years and described at "among the most dangerous crim inals confined in the penitenti ary." The two were sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnaping Wayne Rahl, a Wheeling patrol man. Meanwhile, Ohio police were looking for a connection between the break and the murder of a farmer. Four hours after the break, John D. George, 39, and his wife, Virginia, were fatally shot by an intruder at their Car rolllon, O., farm 60 miles north west of Moundsville. Condemned Hospital Granted Week Of Grace PORTLAND, June 3-UFl The Portland General Hospital, con demned as a fire hazard last month, gained a new lease on life today. The City Council agreed to give the Hospital more time in an attempt to prepare a plan for renovation that would bring the building within the fire code. The previous order was for the Hospital to abandon the building by June 5. The new order grants a week of grace. Oregon Green Poster Winners Announced SALEM, June 3 (JP) Edna Eiphme, 16, Dayton, and Charles Velgulh, 11, Portland, are the winners in the annual Keep Ore gon Green poster contest. Miss Eighme, a Dayton High School student, was named win ner in the senior division. Velguth was the Junior division winner. He is a student at Dunl way School. INDIAN SLAIN KLAMATH FALLS, June 3 (T Elmo Lohert, about 30, Klam ath Indian, was stabbed fatally last night near Chlloquln on the Klamath Reservation. Indian office John Arkell said he was looking for another In dian who reportedly was quarrel ing with Lohert. Levity Fact Rant By L. T. Relzensteln Comrade Hank Wallace has sent a batch of corn (cry form) to his bosom friends In Ciecho Slovakia. His Inexhaustible sup. ply ef baloney is still rese jfor American consumption. iui.u" i ..mi j ! flv bl0"y U still reserved