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QUEEN NADINE I of the Douglas County annual Rodeo gazes
' happily at the groups of well wishers who gathered in front of
the Outdoor Store on Jackson St. early yesterday morning to
cheer her on her way, as she prepared to take off on a caravan
tour ot cities in neighboring counties.
Promotors of the jaunt and her companions for the trip were
members of the Douglas County Sheriff's Posse, many of whom
were accompanied by their wives; the Paul Bunyans and Lou
franco s orchestra.
Led by Del McKay of KRNR in that big convertible, sight of
which makes the girls' hearts beat faster (or now maybe do you
reckon it s the sight of Dell the
Pass, Medford, Coos Bay, Eugene
Many a sigh was heaved along Jackson St. as the dust and
din of their leaving settled and quieted. "Gosh but I'd like to be
going along, the wage slaves
BID FOR 1950 FARM VOTE
Democratic Powwow In
Midwest Voices Support
Of Brannan s Program
By OVID A. MARTIN
DES MOINES, June 14. (ff) Democrats will stake their hopes
for another Midwestern farm-belt victory in 1950 on the Truman
administration's new farm plan promising cheaper food and farmer
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Takes Five Lives;
Damage Heavy
DALLAS, Texas, June 14. UP)
Storms and flash floods took at
least five lives in Dallas County
last night and today. Three other
persons are missing.
Three drowned in the Garland
Area, northeast of Dallas, trap
ped by the swirling waters of
Duck Creek. Ten inches of rain
fell at Garland.
In Northwest Dallas County, a
Frisco freight train piled Into a
washout. Two crewmen were
missing.
Drowned at Garland were:
Mrs. Donald Cooper, 25. Her
child was reported missing.
An unidentified boy of about 15.
An unidentified woman, about
35.
During a brilliant electrical
storm at Dallas, John Kenneth
Martin, 49, was struck by an
automobile In Dallas. The driver
said he didn't see Martin in the
rain. Sallie Purnell, three-months-old,
suffocated in her crib after
lightning knocked out lights at
her parents' home.
Property and crop damage was
tremendous. Duck Creek rose into
the shopping village of Garland,
washed away stocks, and battered
buildings. Constable C. R. Smith
said a million dollars in damage
was wrought at Garland. A hun
dred persons were rescued in
boats. Scores of others escaped to
high ground.
Bank Disputes Theft
Claim; No Prosecution
HUNTLAND, Tenn., June 14.
(JP The First National Bank
here has no plans to prosecute
a man who told Pasco, Wash.,
police he robbed it of 53,000 in
1933, Cashier H. E. Prince said
today, as no such robbery occurr
ed that year.
Robberies were staged in 1934
and 1937, he said, but the robbers
were caught and convicted each
time.
A man giving the name of
Buford Stovall, arrested on a
vagrancy charge at the Washing
ton State city, "confessed" to the
holdup because of his "troubled
conscience," authorities here were
notified.
Fine, Jail Term Meted To
Youth As Fight Sequel
Ernest Harry Branton, 22,
Umpqua, was found guilty on a
charge of vagrancy involving
disorderly conduct, at a hearing
hold before Justice of Peace A. J.
Geddes Monday.
Geddes reported the youth was
fined S100 and was sentenced to
six months In the county jail.
This was the same sentence im
posed against James Branton,
Umpqua; William Harold Klatt,
Roseburg, and two seventeen-year-old
youths, following a flnht
which they allegedly "picked"
with three high school boys and
girls on Cobb street the night of
High School graduation.
hatful
caravan intends to visit Grants
and way points.
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A 16-state Democratic Midwest
conference voted yesterday fo
support the controversial pro
gram advanced by Secretary of
Agriculture Brannan ana endors
ed by President Truman.
Composed of state party of
ficials, the conference made this
decision after' hearing Brannan
and other top-ranking administra
tion leaders advance the proposal
as a sure-fire measure lor pre
venting a new farm depression,
and as a victory vehicle in next
year's congressional elections.
This stand was taken in the
face of sharp opposition to the
plan by the powerful American
Farm Bureau Federation. This
farm organization, which has
more members in the Midwest
area than any other farm group,
has endorsed the long-range
Aiken (R.-Vt.) farm law passed
by the Republican 80th Congress.
Farm belt Democrats said they
were willing to let farmers
choose between the administra
tion's so-called Brannan plan and
the Aiken lSw.
It was In the Midwest that
President Truman staged a sur
prising victory in the presidential
race last year.
Republicans have declared
their intention to try to pull the
tntditionally-GOP farm vote back
into the party fold next year.
"We accept the challenge of the
Republican leadership," said the
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Congress Wants Summer
Rest, Ellsworth Asserts
WASHINGTON, June 14. UP)
Rep. Harris Ellsworth (R.-Ore.)
said today that "even though the
President may want Congress to
stay in session until late sum
mer, there will be little disposi
tion on the part of members to
do it."
One reason, he said in a state
ment, Is "that the House mem
bers on the Democratic side are
in sharp disagreement among
themselves."
Another reason, he said, is that
both the House and Senate
chambers are being remodeled
and both must meet in cramped
and temporary quarters after
July 1.
That, plus the summer heat,
make a prolonged session most
uncomfortable," he went on. "I
have noticed that a hot, Ill
tempered and uncomfortable
Congress is a mighty poor legis
lative body.
It will be best lor tne coun
try if we adjourn this session
soon after July 1.
M. E. Doty Assigned To
State Police Office
Assignment of Marvin E. Doty,
formerly of Medford, to duty in
the Roseburg State Police office
was announced today by State Po
lice Sgt.-Lyle Harrell. He takes
the place of Officer Thomas R.
McKelvie, who has returned to
service In the Army as a lieuten
ant.
Dotv. who was on the all-state
eleven while attending Medford
High School, aiso played loothall
at Oregon State College and the
Southern Oregon College o. Edu
cation at Ashland, Sgt. Harrel
said.
JSfon-Union
The Weather
Clear and warmer today and
Wednesday.
Sunset today 7:54 p. m. :
Swirls tomorrow 4:32 a. m.
Ettabliihed 1873
Eisenhower
Hurls Wrench
In School Bill
Federal Aid Opposed
Except For States In
Financial Distress ..
WASHINGTON, June 14. OP)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower ap
peared today to' have gone a
long way toward torpedoemg one
of President Truman's "must"
bills before Congress federal aid
to education.
A critical letter by the general,
now president' of Columbia Uni
versity and acting chairman of
tne Military unlets or stall,
plunged school aid advocates into
gloom. It started talk among some
lawmakers about the possibllty
that Eisenhower intends to make
his political weight felt. '
In a letter to Rep. Gwlnn (R.-
in. i. J, h-lsennower opposed led
eral school aid grants to all of
the states, a proposal already
approved by the Senate and now
pending in a House labor subcom
mittee. He said he favors helping only
states that can't raise enough tax
es to support a high level of edu
cation and then only "under for
mulas that would permit no abuse,
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Angered Baby-Sitter
Beats Child To Death
LANCASTER, Pa., June 14.
UP) Angered because her six-year-old
charge shut off the cur
rent to a washing machine, a 14-year-old
baby sitter beat the boy
to death with a piece ot wood,
Sgt. Stiles Smith of the State
Police said.
Ronald Glen Keller died In a
hospital yesterday five hours
after he had been beaten about
the head with a piece of wood
two inches thick and 16 inches
long.
Jean Sommen of Litltz, Pa.,
was ordered held in the Lam
caster County Shelter Home for
Girls by District Attorney John
Milton Ranck.
N. Y. Brewery Strike '
Fails Of Settlement
NEW YORK, June 14. (T1)
Hope for an immediate end to
the city's 75-dav-old brewerv
strike collapsed early today.
t-eaaers ot tne uu united
Brewery Workers announced the
members had rejected . over
whelmingly a compromise settle
ment reached. by negotiators. .
Despite continuance of the
strike, beer from out of town still
kept New York supplied.
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SUTHERLIN'S ROYAL COURT These girls competed Monday night for the honor of ruling over Sutherlin's Timber Days Cele
bration. Left to right they are Susan Motschenbacher, Roseburg; Mary Lou Dowdy, Drain; Bobbie Lamar, Yoncalla; Josephine
Allen, Oakland, end Jean Hitehman, Sutherlin. The queen, Bob bie Lamar, It shewn lr Inset. (Picture by Paul Jenkins.)
ROSEBURG,
HAIL TO THE QUEEN!
Blonde Bobby Lamar Of
Yoncalla Chosen To Reign
At Sutherlin Celebration
A slender little blonde from Yoncalla, 17-year-old Bobbie La
mar, was selected by five judges in a contest at Roseburg High
School last night, fo be queen of SutherlinV 194? Timber Days
Celebration.
, Bobbie, gowned in a floor-length pink formal, competed
against four other girls for the royal honor and was picked by
the judges on the basis of .her personality, looks and poise, ;
Bookmaking
Racket Operates
As Loan Concern
LOS ANGELES, June 14. UP)
The governor's 'commission ' on
organized crime announces that
headquarters of a bookmaking
syndicate fronting as a loan com
pany and doing a $7,000,000 year
ly business has been uncovered
here. . ! i
The syndicate "fronted" its
operations under the names of
the Guarantee Finance Co and
the Guarantee Discount Co., ac
cording to a letter Counsel War
ren Olney, counsel of the Com
mission, filed with the Public
Utilities Commission.
Olney disclosed yesterday that
records seized in unincorporated
Los Angeles County territory in
cluded an alphabetical listing of
the syndicate's code names for
its agents.
Olney called witnesses who tes
tified that records seized from
the firm disclosed It was engaged
in large-scale bookmaking opera
tions, adding that the finance
company had a large battery of
telephones at its offices, although
it was listed as a small loan firm.
Murder Charge Fails,
Assault Case Follows
PITTSBURG, June 14. UP)
Meredith Neal, 49, Seattle, Wash.,
pattern maker, was acquitted to
day on a charge of. murdering
his father-in-law, Henry Bepler,
67, prominent Plttsb-jrgh insur
ance executive. ' ',;
Neal was not freed. He was sent
back to the county jail to await
trial on a charge of felonious as
sault and battery. He wounded his
mother-in-law, Mrs. Myrtle Bep
ler, 67, In the same shooting
which killed her, husband. i
Neal, standing with his hands
clnsped behind his back, swallow
ed an argument over custody of
Neal's son. Noel, 15, who had been
living with the Beplers. Neal had
come from Seattle to return the
boy. He said the Beplers did not
want the youth to leave.
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OREGON TUESDAY, JUNE
I ne otner candidates, who will
compose Bobbie's court during
the 4th of July celebration at
Sutherlin, were Susan Motschen
bacher, Roseburg; Mary Lou
Dowdy, Drain; Jean Hltchman,
Sutherlin, and Josephine Allen,
Oakland.
The contest was held following
a dance recital by pupils of Sally
Hilt, dance teacher of Roseburg
and Sutherlin. A large crowd
gamerea in tne rtign scnool
Auditorium to view the perform
ance. R. J. "Red" Baldwin, chairman
of the annual Timbers Days Cele
bration, served as master of cere
monies for the dance recital
while Mayor Albert G. Flegel of
Roseburg was master of cere
monies for the queen contest.
"Without a doubt," said the
mayor, "I have never seen five
more attractive young ladies."
Flegel quizzed each girl before
the microphone, as she came to
the front of the stage. Later he
introduced each of them as they
displayed one of their "talents
before the audience.
Mary Lou said she has always
been interested in athletics, there
fore could not offer a song or
dance. She was prettily gowned
in a blue formal. Jean came
next, sang "Forever and Ever."
Josephine executed a yodeling
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Italian Reds Call For
Another Farm Strike
ROME, June 14. Commu
nists called for a 24-hour nation
wide farm strike tomorrow and
urged Italian peasants to come to
towns for big demonstrations.
The, -strike will deliver another
blow at Italy 1949 wheat har
vest, already damaged In the
north by a riotous 27-day strike.
The strike started May 18 in
scattered sections of the rich Po
River Valley, near Rome and In
the barren Apulia area of the
South. Five persons have been
killed, scores injured and hun
dreds arrested for acts of vio
lence. - i
Tomorrbw'-s slrlke will sharpen
wage demands of the Crtmmunlst
led Farm Workers" Confedera
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14, 1949
Repeal Of All
Taft-Hartley
Act Demanded
No Rehashing, Southern
Solon Says;' Morse Hits
'Backdoor' Injunctions
WASHINGTON. June 14.
UP) ' Senator Humphrey (D
Tenn) told the Senate today the
28 phases in the Taft-Hartley act
sponsored by Senator Taft (R
Ohio)' would be a "betrayal of
American workers." -He
said they don't go far
enough to constitute "repeal" of
tne law as pledged by the Demo
cratic party last fall.
Resuming a long Senate soeech
which he started Friday, Humph
rey said the idea that Taft's pro
gram would fulfill the will of the
people "Insults the intelligence of
our citizenry and vulgarizes the
values of our. Democracy.
He said the people want the
Taft-Hartley act "annihilated, not
rehashed, polished over, or cov
ered up by a changed, attractive
new look.
Humphrey contended Taft's
proposals would leave 'three
fourths of the present law on
the books. "
Senator Lucas of Illinois, the
Democratic leader of the Senate,
told reporters the 54. Democratic
Senators will hold, another con
ference soon, maybe Thursday, to
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Elks Will Honor
Flag This P. M.
Honor to the flag will be paid
by Roseburg Elks Lodge In the
annual flag, day ceremony at 7
o'clock this evening, on the bal
cony of the Elks Temple on S.
Jackson St.
Lady Elks will participate In
the flag pageant, carrying the
banners representing the early
flags of the natlon.The Elks
band "will play and the Knights
of Pythias Girls Drum Corps will
participate. V ' r;i,u.i
"The American flag is the em
blem of our national unity," said
Harry Pinniger, cnatrman or tne
Flag Day arrangements commit
tee. "The nation is no stronger
than the Individual communities
comprising It, With this cere
monv. the local Elks Lodge Is en
deavoring to foster American
Ideals in this community."
The ceremony will be open to
the tiublic. Pinniger said the
street will be blocked, so spec
tators may gather In front of the
building to witness the pageant.
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Oregon Supreme
Court Justice
P. R. Kelly Dies
JUSTICE P. R. KELLY
SALEM, Ore.. June U.-4JP)
State Supreme Court Justice
Percy R. Kelly. 78, died at a
Salem hospital today after an Ill
ness of several months.
He had served on the state's
highest court for 18 years.
justice Kenv was a past grand
master of the Masonic Lodge,
and had been a lawyer since 1892.
Governor Douglas MCKay will
appoint a successor.
born in Arlington, Iowa, July
13, 1870, Justice Kelly was edu
cated in public schools in Iowa,
California and Oregon. He was
graduated from Albany College
In 1887, and learned his law In a
law office.
After being admitted to the bar
in 1892, he practiced law in Al
bany until 1911. when he became
circuit judge for Linn County. He
remained in this position until he
rose to the suoreme bench.
Justice Kelly was state sena
tor from Linn County in 1898.
served four years as Linn County
aistrict attorney, ana a year as
Albany city attorney.
justice Kelly served as the
state's chief justice in 1941 and
1942..
He was married In 1910 to Mar
garet-Gillette, Portland, who siif
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Military Pay
Raise Bill, Cut,
Again In House
WASHINGTON, June 14. UP)
The military pay raise bill,
slimmed down hy a little over
8100,000,000, returned to the
House floor today for another
try.
Sponsors flatly predicted and
many opponents conceded that
it will pass, probably tomorrow.
The first pay bill, based on
recommendations of a civilian
commission, was defeated hy the
house last month. It would have
cost about $406,000,000 a year.
Rep. Kllday (D.-Tex.), one of
its authors, has estimated the
new bill would cost about $358,
000,000 for its first full year of
operation, and would taper off
after 1952 to an annual cost of
approximately $304,000,000.
The new bill would give some
more money to almost everybody
In uniform from the 30-year
generals and admirals on down
to the rookies and "boots" Just
entering military service. It
would not give the high brass
such high percentage, raises that
were In the rejected bill.
Top brass with over 30 years'
service would draw base pay of
$904 a month. The present scale
is $733. Newly commissioned en
signs and second lieutenants
would go into service at $213 a
month, compared with $180 now.
The lowest enlisted rank, now
drawing $75 a month, would con
tinue at that rate for the first
four months, and would then go
up, reaching $95 after four years.
33 Negroes Ask Entry
In Oklahoma University
NORMAN, Okla., June 14. UP)
Taking advantage of a new state
law, 33 Negroes have applied for
entrance to the .University of
Oklahoma on a segregated basis
Three are secklne decrees of
doctor of philosophy, 25 seek
masters' degrees, and five want
undergraduate work.
Until the recent Stale Legisla
ture acted In the closing days of
the session, it was against the
law for Negroes to enter the
state's white colleges.
The amended law still requires
segregation within the school,
however, with the. Negroes hav
ing either separate classrooms or
class times.
Training Plane With
7 Reservists Missing
SANTA MONICA, Calif., June
14. UP) Planes and a surface
craft searched today for a Naval
Reserve training plane missing
with a crew or seven since last
night at 8:45 p.m.
The two-engine transport nor
mally would have run out of fuel
at 1:32 a.m. today, the Navy said.
It said seven Navsl Reservists
from Memphis, Tenn., wero
aboard.
The search by Coast Guard
planes and a Coast Guard cutter
was concentrated along the South
ern California coastal area. . J
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Pickets
Suspension
Extended To
'Stabilize'
Week's 'Holiday' Costs
$20 Million In Wages;
Lewis Mum On Parley ,
prrrsRimrcw tnu n
Pickets patrolled the . nation'!
coal fields today, forcing some
non-union mines to close as the
scaouization noliday" entered
the second day.
SAloral hnnHvcut nltlm,. ...
patrolling the mine fields In an
effort to convince non-union
workers that it's a good idea ts
stay out of the pits this week.
There's been a little violence
In West Virginia and Alabama.
i-icKeis oiocKea u. s. route 19
near Clarksburg, W. Va., and up.
set Kpvprnl trnnke nrrinlol. 4
cided to "cease operations" at the
wnsonourg tipple, a strip mine.
A crowd estimated at 300 men
forced the plncinir nf .mull
near Birmingham, Ala. The mine
employs about 18 or 20 men.
uewis asks Another Talk
, John L. Lewis ordered the
walkout of the 480,000 unionized
soft and hard coal miners. He
said it was in thot, Inturaof
' Tn nnnthnr rfniulnnman,
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Diet ne the nvelp nf 1IMW mn.,a.
for new contracts in all divisions
oi tne coal-producing industrv,
Lewis made public . at Philadel
nhfa tnrlnv a lnttop neMna .fw .
contract talks In the anthracite
coal fields. There was no indi
cation of what .the UMW de
mands will be. .
The present anthracite agree
ment haa nn nvnlpolinn 4n
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does not contain the "willing and
able clause under which the
UMW said It ordered the' nation
wide shutdown. Lewis' letter to
RalpI E. Taggart, cnairman of
tie anthracite nitfrntnrc' urarra
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flprpampnt- nnmm tlno nclra1
cussions on "wages, hours, rules,
practices, weitare, Health, safe
tv" and vlrtaullv evprv main
phase of the current agreemtnt.
inausiry sources said it was
likely the UMW request for a
meeting would hp nnnmvarl
'Thprp t m snma fiO Ann hwi.Im.1
in the Eastern Pennsylvania an-
uuueue iieia.
Meantime, Lewis, with one con
tract session over, headed for an-
otner, his lieutenants are slated
to resume negotiations today
with Southern bituminous mine
operators at Bluctield, W. .Va.
Lewis Ignores Questions
The chieftain of the powerful
Unlled Minn- Workers Unkm met
briefly yesterday in Philadelphia
with U. S. Steel Corporation rep-
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Safety Light Provided
For Bike Parade Entrants
Active Club President Paul
Wray today announced that" all
bicycles entered in Montgomery
Ward & Co.'a bicycle safety con
test Thursday will be equipped
with Scotch Lite as an additional
safety measure.
ine scotch Lite, a form of tape
that glows in darkness, will be
applied to the bikes by Active
Club members, in conjunction
with the club's national youth
program.
A stand for the purpose of ap
plying the tape has been set up
directly opposite the Elk's tem
ple, where It will be convenient
for children to leave there blkee
for this purpose. '
Wray stated that bike-owners
who are not participating In the
contest may also have the taDe
applied to their bikes. , There is
no charge lor this service.
El Rancho House Near
Wilbur Razed By Firo
State Police todav were In.
vestigatlng circumstances sur
rounding the burning of the
house south of Wilbur commonly
referred to as El Rancho. The
house and a couple of small
buildings nearby were destroyed
by fire about 4:30 p.m. Monday.
The Roseburg Fire Department
sent out the rural truck as soon
as the call was turned In, but
the place was a mass of flames
and It was apparent nothing
could be saved upon arrival of
the firemen. The flames were
prevented from spreading in dry
grass and brush. '
. Cause of the fire has not been
determined, but Stale Police Sgt.
Lyle Harrell said an investlga
Hon would be made. The house
had not been occupied for more
than a month.
Larceny Charge Holds
Accused To Grand Jury
Charles Melvln Eady, Los
Angeles, was arrested Monday by
city police on a charge of larceny
by bailee, on a Justice Court
warrant, reported Chief of Po
lice Calvin Ralrd.
Arraigned in the court nf Jus
tice of Peace A. J. Geddes on a
complaint signed by Lawson's
Jewelry, Eady was bound over to
the Grand Jury, with his bali set
at $1,000.
Lvity Fact' Rant
By L. T. Relcenstem
The Foreign Ministers' Coun
cil In Paris is scheduled to end
Its tolkfest this week with on
accomplishment total dlso.
qreement; thanks to a kick In
the VI-SHIN-iky at tviry West
em proposal for Cermany's unl
flection.