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U. Of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon 1 v Comp, v;. WHO DOES WHAT wri j I... ; .j, - f . 1 ' J.N. "mm" ""'IZvL-Kdi x TOLLY TOLLEFSON, office manager at Pearee Auto Freight, is checking freight bills with Jerry Quist, office clerk, as the camera clicked above. Tolly has been with Pearce since 1945. Prior to that he had spent five years in the Army with the famous 41st Division, part of which you remember mobilized here. Tolly was in the South Pacific with it for 32 months. Jerry has lived in Roseburg about two years, having come here from Colorado. She graduated from Roseburg High School in 1947 end is married to Lyle Quist. ROBED MEN BEAT WOMAN Birmingham Cafe Is Entered And Proprietor Threatened In Protest Against 'Niggers' ' BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 11. ") Hooded and robed men last night beat a Birmingham white woman and threatened to burn her at the stake. Another group of 16 carloads of hooded men took charge of a cafe In a nearby town and threatened the proprietor. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS TWO items in the news both from London: "More than 100,000 persons jammed central London today to hail their king on his official 53rd birthday with a revival of prewar pomp and military splendor . . a thousand bobbies (London cops) controlled the crowds, eager for their first chance to greet King George since his illness." British labor party leaders, plowing the ground for the gen eral election that Is coming up name further industries they pro pose to nationalize and assert that if returned to power they will pass a "permanent and revised version of the wartime act giving the government control over In dustry and manpower" (thus giv ing the government complete power to regiment the lives of the people, in peace as well as in war.) TALKING about how to make Britain COMPLETELY .so cialist and at the same time yell ing themselves hoarse for their (Continued on Page Four) . TUNA EXPEDITION ASTORIA,, June 11. W) An other fishing expedition to Central and South American waters will start next week for the refriger ated tuna vessel Saipan. The Sal pan unloaded 1.200 Ions of yel lowfln tuna from Costa Rir-an waters here two weeks ago. The vessel Is under Honduran regis try. It will sail under command of Capt. Robert Berg. Mysterious 'Scare Letter' Writer Fails To Dampen Teachers' Interest In Profession; Gives Up Campaign WASHINGTON, June 11. !P) The mysterious writer of "scare letters" to the nation's would-be school-marms apparently has given up the campaign. The flow of letters which reached a peak this spring has now stopped, says Belmont Farley, press relations director for the Na tional Education Association. The letters apparently havel been without the effect the writer desired. Young women are still going into the teaching profes sion by the thousands. . The association asked the FBI to Investigate after it learned that the letters, all postmarked at Seattle had been sent to thou sands of women In schools of edu-1 cation throughout the country, j fjcp Department conducted ln V Mimeographed on cheap paper quiries. and signed "One who has ob- Farley told a reporter that so served" the letters said In part: far as the NEA has been in- "Teaehlng Is the worst matrl-1 formed, the investigations have monial blind allev that ever a. been without result. He said he girl can get Into. Many teachers suspects that some disgruntled never marry. teacher used up "a good part of "In the vears to come, you may la year's salary" on the postage be spending your holidays alone, and other costs of the letter. i t . The cafe operator, a white man, was warned to "keep those Nig- gers down, About 20, some of them armed, smashed their way into the home of a 42-year-old woman. She said they struck her and threat ened to lash her and burn her. They left a fiery cross burning in the yard of her home. In another incident,, about 16 carloads of hooded men paraded into a cafe in the little mining town of Brookside and threaten ed the cafe operator. Mrs. Hugh McDanal, who lives on tne Jasper wignway about five miles from the Birming ham city limits said the robed men invaded her home about 10 p.m. The woman, who recently underwent an operation for a brain hemorrhage, said she was struck twice on the head. Her husband was away from home at the time. The men said the neighbors had complained that her home was being used to "bring men and women together, and also to sell whiskey." She denied the accusation. In the other incident, about 16 carloads of hooded men drove into Brookside and entered the Morshlar Cafe. The men took (Continued on Page Two) Youths Issued Citations For Throwing Fireworks Throwing lighted fire crackers from an automobile seemed like fun to three teen-aged boys. But It brought them citations into the Municipal Court for violating the city's anti-fireworks ordinance. Chief of Police Calvin rl. tsaird reported the boys were arrested on E. 2nd Ave. S. at 9:45 p. m. ilast night.-He said they face fines up to S2o eaen and jail sentences up to 10 days. The police chief warned that it is against municipal ordinances to sell or use fireworks within the city limits. With the approach of the 4th of July, citizens must be warned lest they violate the law, he said. or your relatives may patronize youand allow you to look in upon them. "The people who operate these training institutions (old maid factories) are greedy for your sacrifice so thpy can continue in their positions." Both tne mi ann tne rosi ui- Truman Carries EGA Fight to People The Weather Fair and warmer tonight and Sunday. Sunset today 7:53 a. m. Sunrls tomorrow 4:32 a. m. Established 1873 Full Report Demanded On TYA Chairman President Insists 'Unemployable' Charge Be Given Investigation WASHINGTON, June 11 UP) President Truman has demanded a full report on the Army's label ling TVA Chairman Gordon Clapp "unemployable" for a foreign as signment despite the Army's ex planation that it was all a mis take. Senator Kefauver (D. Tenn.) earlier had wired the president that "this business of smearing the names of good citizens on un substantiated reports has gone too far." He demanded a full inquiry be made by the Senate Armed Serv ices Committee. Names Investigated A few hours later Chairman Tydings (D.-M.D.) of the commit tee named Kafauver head of a special investigating group. Other members are Senators Hunt (D. Wyo.) and Knowland (R.-Calif.). The announcement of the presi dent's request was made public by Secretary of Defense Johnson, at Little Rock, Ark. where he is attending the 35th Division re union with Mr. Truman. John son said Mr. Truman asked for the facts in the case at a White House Cabinet meeting early Fri day. ine facts or tne case, tne rea faced Army made clear late yes terday, are these: The Army really doesn't con sider Clapp, chairma of the Ten- (Continued on Page Two) Liberalized Rent Policy In Effect In Control Areas Policy of liberalized rent ad justments has been put in op eration in Oregon rent control fareas, 'According to E. Daryl Ma- bee, Fori land, area rent director. Mabee's statement, issued through the Roseburg rent con trol office, follows: "The average rent adjustment has been increased slightly here tofore under the 1949 rent act. However our policy will be liber alized even further. I am con fident that the figures for the coming months will show a sub stantial increase in both percent age of adjustments granted and the amount oi tne adjustment. It is obvious that restricted inter pretations of the rent regulations fail to take into consideration present economic conditions. "Our new policy is not to be interpreted as a general increase in the area rent level but ap plies only to adjustment cases. Present maximum rents remain i neffect until and unless changed by an order." This policy was announced at a conference of rent officials held in Portland recently. It was at tended by Mrs. Shirley Hopkins, Roseburg, local rent aide. The conference included Instruc tion on policy and operating pro cedures on the compliance pro gram, eviction control, and liti gation matters. Edward Newland Is Found Guilty By Circuit Jury Edward Newland, 56, Canyon ville barber, was found guilty on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor Friday. The Jury deliberated only 15 minutes, after retiring at 2:45 p.m. Circuit Judge Carl E. Wlm berly read the verdict, then set Monday . at 10 a.m. as the time for passing sentence. Newland was arrested May 9 at Canyonville. upon the charge involving a 15-year-old boy, who testified on the stand. A total of 19 witnesses were called by the state and the defense. Dis trict Attorney Robert G. Davis prosecuted the case, while George Luoma, Roseburg attorney, rep resented Newland. Testimony brought out that Newland had asked the boy if he could walk home with him, after the latter got off work late at night. The alleged assault took place in Newland's barber shop, from which the boy re portedly ran hysterically and notified police. Newland was ar rested shortly after in the barber shop. CIO Wins Bargaining Rights At New Sawmill In an election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board at the Associated Plywood Co. savmlll at Green, the Internation al Woodworkers of Amerlca-CIO won bargaining rights for the 45 sawmill workers. Leonard Mrlntyre, local presi dent, reported that In the elec tion held Wednesday, 27 employes of the mill voted In favor of the IWA CIO, 15 favored the Lumber and Sawmill Worker-AFL, while two employes eligible to vote did not cast ballots. ROSEBURG, SPY SUSPECT SUICIDE Norman Kent, Mentioned In Judith Coplon Trial, Found Last Week With Throat Cut WASHINGTON, June 11. UP) men mentioned In the Judith Coplon trial yesterday had committed suicide here last week. He was Norman E. Kent, 48, Chevy Chase, Md., whose throat slashed body was found floating in the Potomac River last Saturday. District Coroner MacDonald pronounced the case a suicide. Stowaway Fails To Meet Wife He Left In Germany FRANKFURT, Germany, June 11. Wy Daniel Little journeyed 6,000 miles from Portland, Ore., to see his wife and child. But he hasn't seen them yet, and he may not get to. The former GI stowed away from the Army Transport Gen eral Maurice Rose, got hungry and gave himself up to the cap tain three days after leaving New York. The military government said LitlJe was in Germany illegally, and would have to go back to the U. S. when the General Mau rice Rose sails . from Bremer haven Sunday. Little told this story when taken into military government court yesterday: He was a combat veteran and had received a Purple Heart. When in Germany after the war, he tried to get permission to marry a German girl in Darm stadt. When it was refused, he married her secretly under Ger man law. Since, he has tried all regular channels to get his wife and 15-month-old son into the United States. Little said he failed be cause U. S. authorities would not acknowledge his marriage. So he decided to stow away. He said his wife, still in Darmstadt, does not know of his plan. Petriljo i Is elepfea w As Head Of Musicians SAN FRANCISCO, June 11. UP) James E. Petrillo to the surprise of no one was reelect ed president of the AFL Ameri can Federation of Musicians yes terday. Petrillo had token opposition. He defeated Edward Henne of Matloon, 111., 1,401 to 83. It was the first time In nine years Petrillo had been opposed for the $20,000 a year office. After his election, Petrillo loosed a blast at John L. Lewis, United Mine Worker's chieftain. Referring to Lewis' withdrawal of the miners from their jobs, Petrillo said: "John L. Lewis is nuts. I say he Is not a faithful labor leader and not faithful to America." -. '. 1 r a t OFF FOR SUMMER CAMP Nationil Guardtmen of Roseburg entrained last night for two weeks' summer training at Fort Lewis. Upper picture shows men loading their barracks bags on truck outside th Roseburg Armory, to be taken to the Southern Pacific depot. Lower picture, men take time out for refreshments before departure, left to right: Privates Herbert Schneider, Clyde Hatcher, Arthur Wilson, Harold Nissan, Art Van Slyke, trie Olson and Leon Hyde; 5gt. Lae Emery, top kick, behind the counter. More pictures en page 2. (Pictures by Paul Jenkins.) OREGON SATURDAY, JUNE Police said today that one of the Kent was a Russian-born for- mer state department aide. Top- secret FBI documents read at the Coplon espionage trial ves terday said he had been in con tact with Soviet secret police. Kent, a Harvard graduate, spoke nine languages. He joined a private iirm nere live years ago after working for both the State and Labor Departments and for the Board of Economic Warfare. Positive Suicide Detectives who investigated his ease said they were positive his death was a suicide. He- had rented a boat, and several per sons saw him canoeing near the Three Sisters Islands. Two hours later his body was found. A cheap kitchen paring knife was found at the water's edge the next day. The FBI data listed George Dimitrov Sotirov, a Bulgarian now employed as a clerk by the United Nations secretariat, as the agent for the Russian intelligence service Kent-contacted. The report went on to say that in an effort to contact Sotirov, Kent got in touch with Mrs. Emily Condon, wife of Dr. Ed ward U. Condon, director of the National Bureau of Standards. It said this was in October, 1948. Said Depressed At the time of Kent's death, his wife said he was depressed over loss of his job. A company of ficial said Kent was discharged because "we were merging our export division." He said Kent had been check ed on bv the FBI on several oc casions "because of his contacts wnlh foreign embassies. The Jten t .deal h was th Jourlh in a year of men whose names had been mentioned in official espionage inquiries. A second paper read In court yesterday told of a fantastic Red spy ring which indulged in nudist sprees. The report said this ring had two agents working inside the Army's intelligence section at the Pentagon In 1946. Members of the ring allegedly threw wild all-night parties for cooperating Army and Navy of ficials in a hideaway in Arling ton. Another of the secret FBI re ports read at the trial mentioned David K. Nilcs, a White House aide since the Roosevelt adminis tration. It said that In 1934 a passport (Continued on Page Two) 7 it ' I 4 ' i ... 4 ? .0 , 1 A. 11, 1949 Marshall Plan Cut Would Destroy Value Vandenberg Denounces Proposal; Says Hoffman Resignation Unthinkable WASHINGTON, June 11. UP) Senator Vandenberg (R.-MIch.) declared todav that . an "arbi trary" cut in Marshall plan funds might make the European recov ery program "useless." The Michigan senator, top Re publican on the Foreign Rela tions Committee, said in a state ment that the retirement of EGA Administrator Paul ,G. Hoffman is "unthinkable." Hoffman has indicated to the Senate Appropriations Commit tee that he would resign If his funds are cut to a point where he feels it would .scuttle the re covery program. Vandenberg has said that the committee should be free to make any cuts that can be "justi fied." Withholds Judgment "I withhold Judgment until the Appropriations Committee has acted,'1 Vandenberg said. "It is entitled to its own independent judgment. If economies can be justified beyond the House cuts they should De maoe. "Rut anv arbitrary economies which would defeat ECA objec tives would make the recovery program useless and would be a tragic blow at stability and even (Continued on Page Two) Bicycle Parade Judges Listed Vo.mp AlhAl-t CI PlnCTpl. Ml'8 Don Helliwell and Al Parr are the judges who will select the winners and award the prizes in tne Bicycle aaieiy paraue iu be held in Roseburg June 16. A difficult job is anticipated frt.. -fli.tnv ;M 'V Wnlft. rnTl. ager of Montgomery Ward & Co., sponsors oi tne event, rvone 6tHtA6 that pntrfeR have been in fast, and the enthusi astic plans of the boys and girls Indicate that tne Dine aecora tlons will be spectacular. Already there are 200 contestants for niirarb nrbut UnH At least 150 more are expected before the deadline at 12 o'clock, June lo. A 11 nntoctnnt must rpplstpr with Mr Hnnp in the snortinff goods department of Wards store. The awarding of prizes and onnwhei nn en to hipvelp rtrilnCT will be broadcast over a public address system irom me sibrb of the Indian Theater, and a free movie for all the contestants will follow presentation of the awards. n , - if, 137-49 Second Student Murder Baffles Boulder Police BOULDER. Colo.. June 11. (ii1) Shocked by the second stu dent slaying in seven months, Uni versity of Colorado authorities to day checked classmates of Roy D. spore, jr., tor ciues to tne iden tity of his vicious killer. The- 19-year-old Denver sopho more was killed Thursday night defending his "blind" date from the attack of an unknown assail ant. His date, Doris Ann Weaver, 19, of Twin Falls, Idaho, ran to safety on the campus nearby. ine Kiner Datterea tne youtn mercillessly and threw his body into Boulder Creek. The body was found 75 yards downstream yes terday. Dean of Men Harry Carlson said the school would assemble for baffled authorities a list of Spore's classmates and Miss Weaver's boy friends. Dr. Angeo Lapi, Denver medi cal examiner, said after an autop sy that there were similarities be tween the deaths of Spore and Theresa Foster, university coed killed Nov. 9. Joe Walker was convicted Mav 9 of Miss Foster's death despite his story that a "burly blond" youth killed her. His attorneys nave niea tor a new trial. He has not been sentenced. Lapi, who also examined Miss Foster's body, said that in both cases the attack was vicous aisd the blows were centered on -the victim's head. Miss Weaver eave authorities only a scant description of the at tacker. She said he was tall and slim. Dr. Lapi said Snore anoarentlv died of drowning, but that the blows to his head 29 deep cuts and at least four fractures would have caused his death later. Oregon State Grange To Open At Coos Bay COOS BAY. June ll.(m Oregon's State Grange meets nere in us (bin annual conven tion starting Monday with more than 600 delegates already signed up in the advance registration. C. Girard Davidson, assistant secretary oi tne interior, heads the list of outside speakers. He is expected to urge approval of tne proposea Columbia valley Ad ministration. State Grange Master Morton Tompkins in his address Monday is expected to discuss issues to come before the meeting, and perhaps to offer his recommenda tions. In addition to the CVA. one of the controversial issues on the agenda is discussion of the Bran nan farm program, propsed as a replacement ior tne present price- support program. Gov. Douglas McKay speaks Tuesday morning and officers will be elected Tuesday afternon, National Guard Officer Throws In Truman's Hat LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. June 11. iP) An enthusiastic honorary member of Battery D threw Presi dent Truman's hat unexpectedly In the ring for another term today at a rousing Dreauiasc meeting at which horseplay predominated. The booster, Col, J, Monreoe Johnson, a member of the Inter state Commerce Commission, brought cheers Irom Mr. fru man's batlerv when he promised them a better inauguration break fast three and one-half years from now than they had last January. Grinning, the President cau tioned Johnson: "All' these newsmen will think it's a plant." The breakfast started a busy round of engagements for the President, to be climaxed when he Addresses the reunion of the 35th Division at 12:30 p. m. (PST) with what he terms a "very im portant" foreign policy statement. Motorists Must Respect Funeral Processions In respect for the dead, neither automobiles nor pedestrians may break throughaa luncrai proces sion. Chief of Police Calvin H. Bairo reported today that police are en forcing a municipal ordinance pro viding penalties for those who break througn a tunerai proces sions. He reported the arrest of a San Francisco motorist, Robert E. Mc Klnstry, who Thursday morning was cited Into Municipal Court for failure to respect a funeral pro cession. Chief Balrd said that Sec. 11 of Ordinance 1107 provides fines up to $100 and Jail sentences up to 30 days for those who break through funerals as well as other processions and parades. Alton Andrews Named Assistant Engineer Appointment of Alton R. An drews, recent graduate of Ore gon Stale College, as assistant county engineer was announced today by the County Court. Andrews Is a nallve of Elklon. He majored in civil engineering and during the past several sum mers has been employed by the State Highway Department. "He comes to us highly recommended.'' said County Commissioner Lynn V. Berkley. Andrews will assist Floyd C. Frenr, county engineer and road master, said Beckley. Slash In Fund Would Bolster Communism President Issues Plea In Talk In Arkansas; Predicts Pact Passage By ERNEST B. VACCARO LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. June 11. (IP) President Truman carried to the people today his fight to keep Congress from slashing Eu ropean aid funds, declaring such action "would be a great gain ior communism. "If we were to falter now and cut down our aid," he said in a nationally-broadcast address "the momentum of recovery would be destroyed. The people of these countries would be thrown Into confusion and their advance to ward economic self-reliance would be blocked. Worst Kind Economy . "A slash in the funds available for European Recovery at this time would be the worst kind of false economy. It would can cel the hopes and the plans of the western European nations. It would be a great gain for Communism." Speaking at dedication cere monies for the World War Me morial Park, the President sharp ly challenged economic advocates "who try to convince us that we cannot afford to pay the price of peace." "These," he said, "are the same voices that misled us in the 1920's." Demands for a cut In ECA funds have come from members of both parties in the Senate, where the appropriations com mittee Is now considering a bill to finance European relief dur ing the coming months. "I am confident we shall not make this mistake," Mr. Truman declared. Long Way To Go The President's speech sound ed the theme that this country still nas a long way to go be fore we can make the free world secure against the social and political evils on which Com- (Continued on Page Two) Three Men Die As Fishing Boat Capsizes At Sea' ' SEATTLE, June 11. UP) , Three men died, two are muring and four survived when the fish ing vessel Sunset capsized last night In the frigid waters of the North Pacific, Coast Guard Head quarters reported today. First word of the tragedy was radioed to Coast Guard and Naw headquarters at Kodiak, Alaska, by another fishing boat, the John nie B. of Seattle, which was In the area and picked up the sur vivors. The Sunset met disaster In False Pass, which separates the Alaska Peninsula from Unlmak Island, first of the Aleutian chain; The four men still alive and bodies of three known to have perished were pulled from the Icy pass by the Johnnie B., which raced at full speed to the Ikatan Cannery on the Island. The cannery Immediately mes saged for medical assistance, re porting that one of the survivors was In critical condition and the other men needed treatment. A coast Guard PBY flying boat was scheduled to take off from Kodiak at dawn with a doctor and medical supplies, despite poor weather conditions at the Pass. EVERETT. June 11. UP) The fishing boat Sunset, on which live ot the nine crew members were reported lost last night In Alaska waters, was identified to day as an Everett boat with five members of a prominent family aboard. The boat was skippered by Nick Marrieslch of Everett. Four of his sons also were aboard and a nephew. Tonv Mardeslch of San Pedro, Calif. One of the four sons was Slate Rep. Tony P. Mardeslch. member of the 1949 Washington State Leg islature and Snohomish County chairman of the Democratic party. Mrs. Nick Mardeslch, the only member of the family left at their home here, received a wire this morning advising her of the tragedy. The Identities of the other three persons reported aboard were not known. The family friend said they fished for Nick Bez, who operates large Pacific northwest and Alaska fishing Interests. Fire Chief Mills Warns Of Outside Burning Fire Chief William E. Mills to day reminded that all rubbish burning outdoors reouires Isuanre of a permit by the fire depart ment. He requested citizens to call 163 If they desire burning per mits. A number of persons have call ed 99 the number used only for fire alarms, the chief said. He emphasized that 163 is the tele phone number to he called by persons seeking permits. Ltvity Fact Rant By L. F. Reizenstein With an unusually heavy crop of cherries nearlng maturity, If won't be long now before the start of th annual epidemic of broken bones, Including necks, 1 falls from trots.