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i U. Of 0. Library Comp. I s "- . .1iVHB,. , ' i I WHO DOES WHAT Wn'' i; I .iff ' 11 I v" C. C. BYRD, pictured above with Mrs. Byrd, wai section fore man for Southern Pacific up until yesterday, at which time he retired with others after a full term of service. A small army of S. P. people were on hand to help him cele brate. When I saw all that gang at the depot, in broad daylight, I rubbed my eyes I thought time had slipped a cog and the Shasta had just pulled in. LeKoy Inman, city editor, is featuring a story ot Mr. Byrd showing this crowd. But I'd like to mention here that the fishing gear, the gold-plated section shovel and the golden spike in the photo above were presented to Mr. Byrd by his tellow workers at Southern Pacific, together with fine letters of appreciation from company officials for his long faithful service and a most excellent safety record during its course. Oh yesl Thelma (Shakespeare) Creer, trainmaster's clerk, wrote a poem for the occasion, which seemed to hit the golden spike right square on its head. FISHING AND FARMING NEXT C. C. Byrd, Section Foreman, Retires From Railroad Service By LEROY INMAN Forty-four years of railroad work is a long time, but Clyde C. Byrd won't have to report for work at the age of 65 yeas. And to make life more enjoyable now that he has time to take advantage of his opportunities, he was presented by his fellow Southern Pacific workers with a complete fishing outfit.. In the Days News By FRANK JENKINS THE general theme of this col umn yesterday was that it takes all kinds of people to make a world. It's an oddly Interesting thesis, supported by many in stances in the news. Let's carry It a little farther. IN the village of Steeple, In Eng land, the postmistress had an itch to know what was in the letters the local vicar (of the Church of England) mailed to young ladies of the community. So she peeped. The peeping habit grew on her and she kept it up until she was caught at it and got fired. She told the local British court: ' "I was curious. I knew I was doing wrong, but I just couldn't resist it. From opening the vicar's letters, I went on to peeping at others." - BUT, she added: "I NEVER TOLD ANYBODY WHAT I FOUND OUT." If I know anything about vill- (Continued on Page Four) Defense Chief Opposes S. F. Bay Span Parallel WASHINGTON, June 17. (.?) Secretary of Defense Johnson sent to Congress today a report recommending against construc tion of a second bridge across San Francisco Bav paralleling the present Oakland-Bay span. The defense secretary reiterat ed the position of the armed serv ices favoring a southern crossing of the bay between Alameda and San Francisco. Bicycle Pageant Staged By Youngsters Rewarded With Prizes, Free Theater Show Gaily decorated bicycles, ridden by happy costumed boyi and girls, and gaily decorated floats featured the annual bicycle parade sponsored by Montgomery Ward & Co. Thursday afternoon. Following the parade from thei Courthouse, west on Douglas lo Main and south on Main, the 300 j or more children were given free tickets to the Indian Theater, where the winners were present- ed various prizes for their cos- Itimes or noan. ah were I treated to a free movie. Ralph Deal, age 14, dressed as a brine, in old fashioned clothing, and Pat Dickenson, age 12, the gloom, top hat and ail, won first prize, a boy's bicycle, a gift of Don Radahaugh and the Indian Theater. As both boys have bi- . ft any more. Thursday he retired ! Byrd was retired with honors at an informal get-togelher of train men, yardmen and section woik ers Thursday at the Southern Pacific Depot in Roseburg. T. W. Bernard, ' trainmaster, sketched briefly the services of Byrd, who began work first with the Union Pacific July 13, 1903. On June 5, 1912, after a brief in terval, he began working with the Southern Pacific, and has since been so engaged on the Siskiyou line of the Eugene district. He has served as a section foreman in the Roseburg district since Sept. 16, 1925. Byrd has five sons, all railroad men. One is a conductor on the Shasta division; another is an engineer, a third a conductor, a fourth a brakeman, all with the Roseburg division, and a fifth is a conductor in the Salem di vision. Career Without Injury 1 In all his years of service he never suffered a personal injurv, and only two members of his crew have sustained injuries. He now plans retirement, with his wife, to a small farm near Roseburg and to go fishing, he said. Numerous gifts were bestowed upon Byrd. First he was present edin a humorous light with a gold-plated section shovel. Next (Continued on Page Two) British Columbia Fire Devours Timber Stands VIMrnilVFR .Tune 17. (JP) In a mountain surrounded val flumps tnriav licked their way through rich timber stands. Three million board feet of novvlv. fAllpH tlmher have been destroyed by fire raging out of control near Sechelt, 40 miles upcoast from Vancouver. It raced unconironea inrougn now ctanric in a Hieh Vallev at the head of Gray Creek, 12 miles northeast of Sechelt. Already it has laid waste to more man iuu acres. Logging crews battled the flames today. tnpv wm ,i (her prjze rt ,'hp ...turns. Second prize went Second Drize went to William Arnold Hagan, age 4, and Johnny Lee Hagan. age I, ol Melrose Route. They were dressed to rep- resent the Hagan Brothers Un cus. 1 hey received a Dieycie trophy, a gilt from Roseburg Jewelers. Other prize winners were Joe Levee. Gerald Rizewig. Tamaia Tauscher, Brice Nlelson, Kernie (Continued on Pag Two), EGA Head Wins Tilt Against Big Cut Tht Weather Fair today, tonight and Sat urday. Warmer Saturday. Sunset today 7:55 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:32 a. m. Established 1873 Three-Day Rodeo Introduced With Colorful Parade Larger Prize Money Draws More Rivalry Competition Started This Afternoon; Dance Tonight At The Armory With Drettv Queen Nadene Sparks leading the procession of gaily-dressed cowboys, Roseburg's three-day Rodeo festivities were opened this morning with a west ern dress-up parade through down town streets. Among the riders were more than 70 participants, in addition to visiting posses ana riding clubs, from all over the West, attracted here by the large amount of prize money posted by the Douglas County Sheriff's Posse. A big event of Saturday will be the street parade, of floats, horse men, individuals in costume and other attractions. The parade will form north of the Y on Jackson St., and will be ready to start by 10:30, according to plans. The parade, which will be longer and better than that of the preceeding years, will proceed down Jackson St. All floats and participants should assemble before 10 o'clock, so that they can be placed in their respective divisions. Prize Money 5,100 Bruce Carter, secretary of the Sheriff's Posse, said $5,100 in prize money will be awarded dur- (Continued on Page Two) Russians Claim 'First' On Evolution Theory MOSCOW, June. 17. WB A Soviet- -newspaper contended t(i day that Russian scientists "were discussing" evolution many years before Darwin. This is the latest in a long list of scientific "first" claimed by the Russians. (Charles Darwin published "on the Origin of Species by Natural Selection" in November, 1859, in London. It set forth the theory that man had evolved through a lengthy series of changes from more primitive forms of animal life. It is commonly summarized as claiming "man la descended from the apes.") DeGaulle Follower Ends His Life In Prison Cell PARIS, June 17. (P) A 50-year-old reserve colonel, identi fied as a follower of General Charles De Gaulle, took his own life today in his prison cell, an official announcement said. He was held on charges of plotting to "demoralize the army." Justice officials said the man, Jean Delore, slashed his wrists and then hanged himself. He was arrested June 3 with 15 others when police seized small arms and ammunition in buses coming to Paris from the provinces. rx"ii. f ' irVJ 'l..t 1 U -'mL, I hi I ,? f .V i '? iijyst? I J it r Jr- .-. i 8 tV W . fl'. ;tluV S "j J?.-' H r -. . J BICYCLE PARADE This was i. i l.. ii-.s Ltasdhs Jit 1 Vrt mhtmtmrA Sm'w i m iii i llni mis ii.i I sun n i r i n - if - mimimmJ.tAniiimfunin trim i ns sjn id" 1 sensor.? ,., - outstanding antriai, and tht participants wr treated to a frea en page 2. (Picture by Paul Jenkins) Eastern Oregon Hit By Freeze; Snow Falls PORTLAND, June 17. The bottom fell out of Oregon's long warm spell today. The temperature dropped be low freezing at Bend this morn ing; 29 degrees. LaGrande sank to freezing: 32. Burns had a low of 35; Lakeview 37; and Klam ath Falls 38. And that wasn't all. During the day yesterday It snowed at Meacham. Despite all that, the skies were still fairly clear. The weatherman foresaw no rain beyond a few scattered showers in the mountains of Northwest Oregon. Sadistic Sex Murder Revealed LOS ANGELES. Junt 17. UP) Another in the long series of sadistic sex murders since tne "Black Dahlia" slaying 21 years ago confronted Los Angeles homi cide officers today. The garroted, mutilated body of a 28-year-old hairdresser and mother, Mrs. Louise Coulter Springer, was found yesterday in her husband's car, abandoned on a street on the near South Side, only a block and half from where the "Black Dahlia's" body was found. There was evidence of brutal rape, officers said. Mrs. Springer had been stran gled with a sash cord, her 99 pound body thrown in the back seat of the car and covered with a tarpaulin, Investigators re ported. The Springers and their 20 month old son had moved here recently from Los Gatos, Calif., where she and her husband had operated a beauty salon. S. P; Workers To : Ballot On Strike " ' PORTLAND. June 17. Southern Pacific Railroad train men and switchmen are prepar ing to cast a strike vote in a system-wide contract dispute. The ballot is due July 1. E. W. Bray, Portland, local chairman of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, said the vole was a result of failure of a medi ation board to settle four con tract Issues. He said the principal question concerns the size of train crews. The Brotherhood wanls three brakemen on trains up to 40 cars and four for longer trains. Spokesmen for the Switchmen's Brotherhood were out of the city, but Bray volunteered that the related union had six contract clauses at Issue. He said media tion on all the Issues broke down May 20. SUPER MEANIE DERBY, Eng., June 17. $) Denis C. Clowes, 26, admitted in court today he stole the money his father gave him to pay for his mother's funeral $106. He was sentenced to 21 months in prison. HVtT . - ? U 4 V! ' V ' , " ;': -' ' -. ...,"-.,".., ;-..J , ... wmtmi 'Nil- a oiefura of Jackson St. in Rosaburo Thursday ihortly after I U..J t. c....i U...J. ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, JUNE Injunctions Or Seizure Is Labor Issue Senate Facing Decision On Strikes That Peril Welfare Of Country WASHINGTON, June 17. OP) A choice between injunctions or seizure confronted the Senate to day as it entered the second round of arguments over how to deal with strikers that imperil the national health or safety. While five proposals were vy ing for votes, what the senators really were trying to decide nar rowed down to these alternatives: 1. Continue specfic government power to get court injunctions, as in the Taft-Hartley Act. Labor unions are solidly against this. 2. Avoid any mention of in junctions but authorize the gov ernment to seize an Industry. This is another way of authorizing an injunction It it Decomes neces sary, but it is not nearly so bad in the yes of most labor leaders. The big contest was expected to be between two proposals which draw the issues most clear ly. One. bv Senator Taft and other Republicans, would authorize in junctions in so many words and seizure too. The otner, oy senators Douglas (D.-I1I.) and Aiken (R.- (Continued on Page Two) East Heat Wave Brings More Bans (By tne Associated Press) New England had no promise of immediate relief today from nearly a week of hot, humid and rainless weather. The drought over the north eastern states threatened severe crop damage and increased the danger of serious forest fires. Gov. Ernest Gibson ot Vermont drafted a proclamation closing Vermont woods to hunting and fishing because of the fire dan ger. Minor forest blazes were re ported 'in scattered sections of the state and early crops suffered heavy damage. ...,.,-,-.,. . "'In.' i.'ic-j . Woodlanus of New Hampshire and Maine, smoking and fire-making bans were im posed. snowers wnicn were preaictea for New York City today were expected to break a three-week dry spell in the metropolitan area. In Rochester, lawn sprin kling was barred for 24 hours because of the water situation. Milk production was beginning to be affeoted in New Jersey be cause of dried up pastures. Only a spattering of rain has fallen in the state in the last 26 days. The danger of forest fires re mained in Oregon but showers eased the threat in Washington. Roseburg Girl Winner , Of Foreign Trade Award EUGENE, June 17. tJFl A Roseburg girl, Clarelhei Kahana nul, won a foreign trade award at the University of Oregon. She placed first in the foreign trade advisorv board examination giv en to students Inlereslcd In for eign trade. The Portland Ship ping Club will present her with watcn. Mrs. Kanananui is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Koselund ot liosenurg. XI . - , irrt . ' t' ij i 4.r JW V 9 1 V , I , X XV . .-'v;:x2. WT '" ,1 . 7 , - J u;wU. r,.rnr;MtA in n.M --7 -r- -;r matinee at the Indian Theater 17, 1949 RELIEF TASK INCREASES Depression-Style Laws Passed In Five States. Work Projects Launched WASHINGTON, June 17. 7P) Rising unemployment and swel ling relief rolls have led five states to pass depression-style relief laws and at least seven cities to revive "work relief" projects. But an Associated Press survey today suggested no national emergency. It found most states certain they could handle-their relief load In stride. Sidewalk Flirting In This Florida City Legal TAMPA, Fla., June 17. It it a crime to flirt with a pretty girl on the sidewalk? City Judge R. J. Potter thinks not. Yesterday he dis missed two men accused of molesting an 18-year-old theater cashier. She accused the pair of following her late at night. Said the judge: "It Is a general tendency of men who see a pretty girl walk ing along the street to try to get acquainted. I am sure they had no intention of harming her." Czech Archbishop Virtual Prisoner PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, June 17. (JP) Archbishop Josef Beran. head of Czechoslovakia's 9,000,000 Roman Catholics, was a virtual prisoner in his own palace today, the Communist government s war on the church appeared near- in? a climax. A reliable informant described the Prague archbishop's status as nouse arrest. Two priests from Archbishop Beran's consistory have been ar rested and taken away by police after a raid on the consistory sec tion of the archbishop's palace In which police tried to seize church records. Neither priests nor lavmen could get In to see the archbishop wunouc undergoing a ponce iden- uiication. . ; Archbishop Beran for some months has fought against a gov ernment campaign to take over schools and abolish church papers. in recent weeks ne has sent out a number of clerical letters breathing defiance of government decrees involving the church slate conflict. In one message he Hinted that excommunicat on would be imposed against "col laborators." The government's cry against the Catholic hierarchy is that the Vatican Interferes with Czecho slovak sovereignty. Lewis Orders Miners To Go Back To Work PITTSBURGH, June 17. UP) John L. Lewis has ordered his 480,000 United Mine Workers back lo the pits on Monday. Lewis, who now is in I he midst of new contract negotiations with the lnduslry, called the walkout to "stabilize" the lnduslry. The contract expires June 30. Actually ihe miners will work only five days and then get an other week off. On June 25 they start their annual paid vacation. They receive $100 apiece. K ' I ' ' J A: f 1 I . VcVj ,v , Y I -)2ty. .-... 4 ' ' ' ' A T"'H : V- - S r ... .V - .1 p. m., during the annual bicycle rnilumsi Pi-ir.. wr. umrA.A y- ----- - etterwardi. ficure of top winner! l-49 It indicated joblessness has dwindled or stabilized in at least ten states in recent weeks or months. It showed that, almost everywhere, unemployment in surance has been a "cushion" to keep most lald-off workers off "poor relief" until they found new jobs. President Truman has pro posed federal grants for "home relief" to match state aid to payless families, on the same basis as the federal funds now used for the blind, the aged, and dependent children. Officials say it would cost $230,000,000 a year, and more in bad times. No Crisis, Truman's View Mr. Truman said yesterday he does not consider the rhse in un employment and the dip in busi ness a crisis, although total un employment rose In May to 3, 289,000. Neither does the chairman of his Council of Economic Ad visers, Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, but Nourse declared in a speech that a "continued downswing" in business is possible. It is too soon to say, the econo mist added, whether the outcome will be a leveling-off, a new in flation, or a "real recession." The Associated Press survey covered 38 states from which data were quickly available. In almost all of them, officials re ported rises in the last year in both the relief burden and the number of DeoDle drawing un. employment pay. five states voted special laws to help cities and counties cope with the relief problem Ohio, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas and Massachusetts. Three more are Investigating the need Michi gan. Colorado and Idaho. California has had a "standhv" relief law on the bpoks - since 1945, never brought Into use. Some of the other slates' laws are more, "preparedness" meas ures than "emergency" acts. Relief Projeoti Listed The work relief project, so familiar in the 'thirties, reappear- (Continued on Page Two) Klamath Falls Officer Jailed In Murder Case KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. .Tone 17. UP)A Klamath Falls police man was in Jail today as the 39-monlh-old El Rancho Tule mur der case showed signs of breaking wide open. Under arrest Is C. E. Mllhorn, city police patrolman and a candidate for sheriff here last fall. Officers revealed that Mllhorn's name and that of two other men appeared on a warrant sent here by authorities of Siskiyou County. California, where the murder of Charles Twiggs, a night club nlghtwatchman, occurred over three years ago. The warrant charges Mllhorn, Leonard Evans and Marvin Mor ris with the murder of Twiggs and conslparcy to commit burg lary. Some $13,000 was stolen at the time Twiggs was beaten and left dead on the dance hall floor at El Rancho Tule. on the California-Oregon line 30 miles south of here. Evans was recently arrested near Pendleton and is In the Sis kiyou County Jail al Yreka. When arrested, Mllhorn voci ferously denied any knowledge of the crime. He was arraigned in justice court here as an accused fugitive from Justice from Cali fornia. Milhorn served on the force here for several years and for a time was on the security police force at the war time WRA camp near Tulelake, a few miles Irom the night club. He ran for the Democratic nomination for sher iff last fall and was about fourth in a big field of candidates. Morris is In California Folsom prison serving a 99-year sentence. It Is understood most of the in formation leading to recent de velopments in the case has been coming from him. Auto Theft Charged To Two Sutherlin Youths Two Sutherlin youths were ar- ralgned In Justice Court today on Chief of Police Calvin Balrd said the boys, aged 15 and 17 years were arrested in possession of a car owned by Rudolph Solon icka of Park Rose Motel. The car was reported missing at 11:20, and by 11:40 p. m., when the boys made the mistake of " .... . coming inio iown, inpy with ur prehended by the city police at Stenhens and Cass his Chief Balrd said that the younger hoy would probably he turned over to juvenile authorl- wh,e othor v,old nt, hanripd through other regular channels. Argument For Export Needs Is Clincher Hoffman Tells Solons Cut Would Prune Buying Of Home Commodities WASHINGTON, June 17. (JP) Senators said today that Eco nomic Cooperation Administrator Paul Hoffman had won his fight against a heavy cut in European recovery spending. "The push for a big reduction Is all washed up, "Senator Rob ertson (D-Va) told a reporter. Other members of the Senate Appropriations Committee agreed. Hoffman has battled with the Committee in four long and rough sessions in defense of ECA's multi-billion dollar pro gram. He was down for a re turn bout this afternoon. The ECA chief pulled out his ace in the hole yesterday. This was a report showing that a $1, 000,000,000 cut In recovery spend ing actually will mean less pur chases of American cotton, to bacco, wheat, butter, lumber, and other commodities. The feeling was that with some American business declining, farmers and businessmen will want foreign markets especially. Senator Young (R-ND) said any cut made will be small. He agreed that Hoffman's report would have a tendency to slow down the demands for a large reduction. ' "We do have surplus food run ning out of our ears." Youne said. "And the recovery program is one. way to get rid of it. Cut Will Be Small The Committee sentiment ap peared to be that ECA will have to take another cut in the sec ond year's program but it will not he anywhere near the $1, 000,000,000 some Senators sug gest. The House voted ECA $3,568, 470,000 to be spent in the first 10 and one-half months of the fiscal year beginning July 1 if necessary. Hoffman said he would be satisfied with this and would try to spread the money (Continued on Page Two) Attack On Insane Wife Brings Suit TACOMA, June 17. IIP) A $150,000 damage suit was filed in superior uourt today against 10 Tacomans accused of particl-pati-ng- Jaat'-Tfloiitli" In- 10-hour rape orgy involving an insane woman. Plaintiff in the action is Pete J. Charlton, husband of the 23-year-old former beautician who was allegedly attacked in the bizaarre incident. - The woman, then on parole from Weslern State HosDltal and since returned to the institution, was ion nuae on tne street on May 27 after being repeatedly at tacked by the men who had Dick- ed her up In an automobile. tne ten men lvolved were ar rested May 31, booked at the cltv jail for Investigation and later released on their personal recog nizance by Pierce County Prose cutor Patrick M. Steele. Steele has since been subiected to eon. siderable criticism in pulpit and press for releasing the men. He has contended that his action was proper because "conviction would be difficult inasmuch as Mrs. Charlton is probably Incapable of giving testimony." 'Messiah' Jailed On Non-Support Charge LOS ANGELES, June 17. (P) Krishna Venta, self-styled "Messi ah" who doesn't beiieve In di vorce, spent a few hours in the County Jail on a charge of fail ing to, provide for his divorced wife and their two minor chil dren. Krishna, with his long curly locks, his flowing beard, his yel low robe and bare feet, was ar rested last night by sheriff's depu ties as 175 of his white-robed disciples watched. He claims 145, 000 followers. His present wife, Ruth, and mother of four more of his chil dren, provided $500 ball for his release. He will appear In a San Bernardino, Calif., Justice court June 27 on the charge. The complaint was signed by Mrs. Geneva Pencovlc of San Bernardino, who divorced him In Oakland, Calif., in 1941. DDT In Batter Sends 3 Persons To Hospital . WASHINGTON, June 17.-UP) Southern fried chicken dipped In a DDT batter sent a housewife and her two luncheon guests to a hospital ypsterday with acute cases of food poisoning. The housewife, Mrs. Helen L. Brown, 39, told hospital authori ties sne mistook the DDT for flour. She said she even garnished some potato patties with it. The other victims were Jose phine Gregory, 27, and Thomas Austin. 53. Levity Fact Rant By L. T. Reitenitetn The United States appears to have Its choice ef two forms of ultimate total destruction: (1) Rejection of Brannan's Demo cratic farm program at the next election or (21 waiting for Rui sla to develop the atomic bombs V,