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Comp. -j: Eugene, ; Oregon -1 Airliner Crash Kills More Than 30 U. Of 0. library WHO DOES WHAT, ... ! , ff ' ' fZN. 1 ; . VI"; -U if ) U . - r, ;"4 it ! V j !; i I' "v ' . 1 . r I ' '. ; . "... - ,r?S I JwsJ.tJLX'. V -j , ! EARL CRAWFORD, stand ing at the right above, and his friend and roommate in New York City, Harold Nielsen, have just re turned there after a flying visit west, and particularly to Roseburg. ' J' Earl was born here and was graduated from Senior High the latter event, must have been about 1936. He is a son of Mrs. R. E. Crawford of 426 South Main street. In the Technical Educational Service,. X-ray division, of Westinghouse Electric Corporation in New York City, Earl flew to San Francisco to address a convention of graduate ' nurses. His work entails explanation to doctors and nurses of the techni cal operation of the equipment his company manufactures for use of the medical profession and of hospitals. - CONVICT AIDS MEDICAL PROGRESS Human 'Guinea Pig' Awaits Verdict Of Life Or Death In Latest Gamble OSSINING, N. Y, June 23. ) By gambling with his life, a Sing Sing prisoner has helped write recent medical history. Even today, doctors are waiting to see if he will live or die as a result of the latest experiment for which he volunteered. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS THE foreign ministers quit and go home. They accomplished nothing that you can put your finger on and say: 'This Is it." BUT NO SHOOTING STARTED. You might call that an achieve ijient. ' , IT seems to most of us that Rus sia is stalling. If so, why? t Here is a possible answer: Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith (Eisenhower's chief of staff during the war and our ambassador to Russia after the war-) tells the governors at their session in Colorado Springs that he thinks the Russians have solved the problem of atomic fission. . He adds that they may soon be testing an atomic bomb. GENERAL SMITH doesn't think the Russians will be dropping bombs on us any time soon. He told the governors that as a "wild (Continued on Page Four) Boy Bicyclist Hurt In . Crash Against Auto Carl Bower of 746V4 E. 1st Ave. No. was injured Tuesday when the boy apparently rode his bi cvcle into a parked car, owned by W. W. Appleyard, Dillard, re ported Police Chief Calvin Baird. The accident occured on E. 1st Ave. So. Ave. &( i y'The srious I lip, wr boy was knocked uncon- ; and sustained a cut on his i-hich required six stitches to close, it was reported. He was taken home by a Mr. Lindly. The accident occurred about 1 o'clock. An earlier report that the boy had ben struck by a hit-and-run driver proved unfounded, said the Chief. Talks, Music, Parade With 'Prairie Schooner' Soosf Savings Bonds Drive Here The opportunity offered pioneers who crossed the plains In covered wagons is today offered purchasers of United States Savings Bonds. This was the theme carried .out in the current Opportunity Savings Bond drive, which was exemplified during a street parade and program here Wednesday about noon. A covered wagon, brought here by truck-trailer, was the feature attraction. Riding upon the trailer were Paul Buiyans. iea ny moior cycle escort, the short parade of new cars, bearing banners ad vertising the bond campaign, be gan at the Courthouse, then pro ceeding down Douglas, thence on Jackson to Cass, where a truck platform was set up. Here Lou Franco and his Hap py Vallpy Cowboys and the Shali niar trio were asrembled to pro vide musical entertainment which ltftcd rearlv an hour. ' iDel McKay, as master of cere monies. Introduced as speakers Jlorace Berg, assistant county Kind chairman: Mayor Albert G. Flegel. and F.odeo Queen Nadene Sparks, who proved she has a singing voice as well as the abil The dramatic role that 49-vpar- old Louis Boy has played in major medical tests was detailed yester day for the first time. Some of his deeds had been told previously, but he had re mained anonymous. And authori ties had not disclosed that the same man had figured in several tests any of which might have filled him. , , . . Boy is serving a --life -term-for. his part in the 1931 murder of a garage cashier during a New "York City holdup. He was convicted with two other men. They were sentenced to electrocution, but Boy's sentence was commuted by then Gov. Franklin D. Roose velt. In 1942, the government was testing atabrine as a weapon against malaria. To determine if the drug was poisonous, Boy vol unteered to take It. It didn't hurt him. Later, millions of American service men in the war used the drug to stave off malaria. In 1934. a "guinea pig" was need ed on which to test a new in fluenza vaccine developed by the Rockefeller Institute. Boy again volunteered, and escaped possible death. Several weeks ago, In a last ditch attempt by doctors to save the life of a small girl dying of leukemia, Boy submitted to a blood exchange during which he took a quantity of the 'child's in fected blood into his own body. The girl later died. Doctors say Boy seems all right, but it mav be months before they know if lie will survive. Proposed California Ban On 'Comics' Loses SACRAMENTO, Calif., June ?3. MP) A proposed statewide ban on crime comic books was de feated today by the State Judi ciary Committee. The committee voted 6 to 1 against sending an assembly-approved measure to the Senate floor. The bill would have outlawed the sale to minors of comic books which emphasize murder, arson, mayhem, rape and other sordid crimes. ity to ride a horse. Berg touched briefly upon the meaning of the current campaign and the need for purchasing of bonds. Mayor Flegel urged that local folks adopt the payroll sav ings or the bond a month plan of purchasing. He concluded slating, "Tell your money where to go, and vou will never wonder where it went." Franco and his cowboys alter nated with the Shallmar trio In presenting musical selections. Be tween numbers McKay gave brief statements on the importance of continuing the purchase of sav ings bonds. Don Radahaugh was general chairman in charge of arrange ments, i The Weather Cloudy this morning, clewing this afternoon. Increasing cloudiness tonight and Friday. Scattered showers Friday after noon. Sunset today 7:57 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:33 a.m. Established 1873 Bond Issue For N. Roseburg Project Calls For $250,000 Vote Tentatively Set For August 1; Easy Levy Plan Suggested By Architect Election to pass on a Dronosed $250,000 bond issue in the North. Roseburg Sanitary District hys been tentatively set for Aug. 1. announced Clarence Landis, chairman of the district. If the bond issue passes, a call for bids for construction of sewer lines and a treatment plant will nroo- ably be made in the fall or win ter, with work to get underway in the early spring. A site favored by the district for location of the treatment plant would be on the Roseburg Veterans Hospital grounds, about 1,000 feet west of the bridge spanning the South Umpqua River. This site would be capable of serving both the North Rose burg and West Roseburg areas, as well as the Roseburg Veterans jnoi-. --'-IT--- , Loeai veterans .-luministration officials are communicating with the regional office at Seattle and the central office in Washington, D. C, for approval of these plans. Landis said the. VA has indicated it would rather pay a service charge for use of a sewage treat ment plant than pay the the cost of erecting its own plant. Levy Plans Suggested. James Howland, of the Cor vallis engineering firm of Cor nell, Hayes, Howland and Merry field, met with residents of the North Roseburg Sanitary Dis trict this week to show maps of proposed locations of sewage treatment facilities, and to pre sent a financial schedule for meeting the cost of the work. To pay off the proposed $250, 000 bond issue on the North .Continued on Page Two) '-" Morse's Labor Law Plan Rejected By Senate WASHINGTON, June 23. W The Senate today rejected 77 to 9 the plan of Senator Morse (R.-Ore.) to have Con. gress deal with national emer gency strikes on a case-by-case basis. The action amounted to an other tactical victory for the supporters of the Taft-Hartley Law provision which lets the government get Injunctions against critical strikes thouqh not all who voted against the Morse plan favor injunctions. CHERRY QUEST FATAL PORTLAND, June 23. lP) A fall from a cherry tree late yesterday brought death to a Portland lawyer and civic leader. L. Monte Lepper. The accident happened at his home late in the afternoon. r,Ti 4 - ; -1 a A ' J: -J . ,. ' fy-ii V 'W ,lf , V' .f'l b -!J 'it iA v. "vX I" . 4?H till i mi. ii iii i ii utmil ( jSU -' --' ''" H'M ii m. w owns 9aiiiim Buvsiexi lou franco and hit Mappy Vail ey towboyi, with Rodeo Vuesn Nadine Sparks, poie here with he covered wagon, uisd at a symbol of the current Opportunity Savings Bonds campaign. They took part in the program on Cass Street Wednday noon, calling attention to the drive. Left to right they are Sammy Colston, Shirley Stienbeger, Rusty Stienbeger, Queen Nadine, Franco and Curt Winder. The iniet, upper left, shows Mayor Albert S. Flegel, who gave the principal bond savings talk, while on the right, inset, is Horace Berg, county bend tales vice-chairman. (Picture by Paul Jenkintl, ' ROSEBURG, TOGS EXCHANGED Satisfaction, However, Rests Only With Thief She mav not have been a lady, but at least she preferred ladies' clothing. What woman wouldn't gladly exchange a pair of jeans, a T- shirt and pair of panties for a nice new dress, a slip and pair of shoes? But Mrs. E. Connick, route 2, box 3, was anything but apprecia tive of the exenange. sne was the one minus the dress, slip and shoes, and she has no use for the jeans and T-shirt. Anyhow, State Police are on the lookout for a girl described as about 20 years of age, who broke Into Mrs. Connicks home sometime around noon Wednes day, reported Sergeant L,yle Hart-ell. The girl was seen by carpen ters working on a house near bv to enter the- Connick home, but it didn't occur to them at the time she didn't belong there. Mrs. Connick, away from home at the time, returned to find the unfamiliar clothing. Upon fur ther investigation she discovered her own clothes missing. She re ported the exchange to the police at 2:15. 'HorseburgerV Sales Charged As Sequel To Raid PORTLAND, June 23. (T) Operators of seven restaurants and one retail market were ac cused here today of selling horse meat as hamburger. The charges resulted from yes terday's raid on the Salem Meat Company here in which police seized a thousand pounds of horse meat in crates labeled "turkeys." They arrested three men who , were unloading the "cratds from trucks..'. ' .ft Dr. Thomas L. Meador, city health officer, who led the raid along with City Commissioner Fred L. Peterson, said the raid was a climax to months of in vestigation of reports that horse meat was being sold as hamburg er. The three arrested then were Ernest Marsh Crystal, 42, nart owner of the meat company; Stanley Manuel Rickard, 35, Hillsboro butcher; and Matt M. Slaughter, 57, butcher employed by Crystal Crystal and Rickard were charged with sale of un labeled horse meat. Slaughter was booked as a material witness. Later the restaurant operators, accused of buying the horse meat from the Salem meat com pany, were picked up. All were small, little-known restaurants. L. L. Lea and H. Fong, Base line Super Market, also were charged with selling unlabeled horse meat. They were released on $250 bond. OREGON THURSDAY, JUNE Sanitary AFL Would Reapportion Legislature Convention Decides To Place Own Proposal On Oregon Ballot In 1950 EUGENE, Ore., June 23. (m The AFL intends to put on the 1950 ballot a proposal to reappor tion tne state legislature. A resolution passed at the an nual State Federation of Labor convention yesterday directed the executive board to prepare an ini tiative measure on reapportion ment in time for the 1950 elec tion. The resolution protested that the Legislature had ignored a pro vision in the State Constitution requiring reapportionment ac cording to population growth after each census. In other resolutions delegates urged a shorter work day and asked lor measures to cut flown noise in offices and work plants. A proposal for a statewide AFL newspaper ran into trouble. Op ponents asked where the money would come Irom to start the pa per. The matter was referred to (Continued on Page Two) Simplifying Of Street Names Committee Aim A uniform system of street naming for the City of Roseburg is the aim of a committee set up for this purpose. The committee held Its first meeting Tuesday night in the City Council Cham bers. Members of the Committee present were Walter Mallory, chairman, and Gladys Wiley, both representatives of the City Plan ning Commission; City Council representative Percy Croft; Fire Department representative Will iam Chalmers,, and, C V Calkins, foal Ulllue representative. The committee will endeavor to simplify he naming of streets, to eliminate names bearing simil arities, and to make it easier for strangers to find their way about the city. several name changes were suggested, and others will be brought up for consideration at future meetings., Roberts Creek District Given Pipe Line Rights The Douglas County Court has granted a franchise to the Rob erts Creek Water District for con struction and maintenance of mu nicipal water lines on, along and across the following county roads: Dlxonville-Carnes Road 1(, Landers Road 153, Green Station Road, Happy Valley Road and Austin Public Road. The water district will lav four and six-inch steel pipe through out the area to serve the resi dents. ( n diimh rm n i 23, 1949 District NOMINATED Mrs. Perls Mesta (above), .Washington's No. I hostess, has been nomi nated by President Truman to be U. S. Minister to Luxem bourg. Mrs, Mesta has been a close friend of the Truman family for several years. NEA Telephoto. School Janitors' Meeting Slated To be a janitor Is more than just wielding a broom. What the modern janitor is required to do to properly maintain buildings and grounds and operate heating plants will be told an all-day meeting Saturday at the Junior High School, to which all Doug las County janitors are invited. The meeting is being arranged by W. J. Mess, maintenance supervisor for Roseburg School District No. 4. Guy Davis, build ing superintendent at the Oregon Technical Institute, Klamath Falls, will be the principal apeak er. The meeting will start at 10 o'clock. In the morning, discussions will concern general housekeep ing cleaning of floors, walls, and fixtures, and maintenance of equipment. Afternoon discussion will concern the operation ot heating and boiler plants. Demon strations will be given by Davis and other speakers. The Janitors meeting here will be modeled after the con ference of the Oregon State Janitors Association at Klamath Falls last week, which Mess at tended in company with three building custodians of the Rose burg schools William Teeples, Dale Sail and C. Brown. One hundred and twenty jani tors from throughout the state were in attendance at the Klam ath Falls conference, which last ed three days. All phases of the care of buildings and grounds were discussed by men who are experienced in every line, said Mess. ir 147-49 Planned Public Housing Bill Triumph Is Predicted Claim Clashes, However, With Counter Plans Of GOP-Dixiecrat Group : WASHINGTON. June 23. UPl Administration Democrats confi dently predicted victory as the slam oane House debate on oub- lic housing which started off witn a list iignt went into Its second day. House leaders -claimed a mar gin of 30 votes for President Tru man's hotly contested housing bill, one of the major domestic points of his "fair deal" legislative pro gram. Speaker Rayburn told reporters the administration is sure to win. However, lawmakers spearhead ing an opposition team of Repub licans and Southern Democrats in sisted the issue is still in doubt. Rep. Halleck (R-Ind) said Repub licans may have a substitute ready when voting begins, probably to morrow. - The opposition appeared split over whether to make an all-out fight to kill housing legislation for this year, or offer a substi tute. One suggested compromise would take out of the bill all au thority for the government to finance publicly-owned homes that low-income famines couia rent. Halleck said some Republicans are discussing compromise, but he added that if a substitute is offered "there will be no sur render on . fundamental princi ples." Socialism Cry Raised Opponents shouted "Socialism" at the bill vesterdav as floor de bate opened, and cried that the administration proposal imperils the financial sounaness oi me government. . . They quoted ' time and again from. , the Saturday speech . of :im. f; Bvrnes. In which the for mer Truman cabinet member warned , against sialism and "economic slavery," and declared "our first line ot deiense is a sound, solvent American econ nmv " The bill's backers Including some Republicans kept up a run ning argument that billions put into publicly-owned housing would be a eood Investment In better (Continued on Page Two) New Gym To Rise At Benson School Excavation work has started this week preliminary to construc tion of the new gymnasium at Benson School, reported Superin tendent Paul Elliott. The excavation, handled by the district itself, Is being done by Roseburg Sand and Gravel Com pany under the direction of Lou I.Ietzger. Advertisement for lids for con struction of the building will be made very shortly, said Elliott. .The building will provide a 70 by 90-foot playing floor, with an additional 20 by 90- foot stage, dressing rooms, showers and stor age space. The structure will be located on the west corner of the present school, so that access may be made by the children without ex posure to the weather. The gym will be large enough for a stand ard size playing court, with two cross courts provided. , 7 Swimming Pool Closed ' By White-Block Conflict YOUNGSTOWN, O., June 23. (IP) Racial conflict forced the closing of one of Youngstown's six city-operated swimming pools late yesterday. But Park Com mission members said all of the pools will be placed in operation again today. Nathaniel C. Lee, Negro, mem ber of the Community Relations Committee of the National Asso ciation for Advancement of Col ored People, and his three chil dren entered the East Side pool. A few moments later most of a group of 1,000 other swimmers milled around and threatened the father and his children. Lee was warned, police report ed, to leave or "see your children drowned." Bruce Hamm, manager of the pool, called police and, acting on orders of the Park Commission, closed the pool for the day. "Pen Pols,' Each 77, Wed At Grange Meet Climax MEADVILLE, Pa., June 23. (JP) Two "pen pals," each 77, were married at a public cere mony last night after an 18 month correspondence romance. They are Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Colgren, whose marriage climax ed a Grange meeting. The bride is the former Linda A. Keponer. ot nearby Guys Hills, the groom Is a Harrlshurg, Pa, great-grandfather. The couple will spend their honevmoon at the National Townsend Club convention, la I Columbus, O, next weefc rJi, Fiery Tragedy Occurs In Sea Close To Italy Pilot's Split-Second Judgment Saves Lives Of 43 In U. S. Crash BARI, Italy; June 23. im A four-engined KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) plane crashed in me sea on tnis southeastern Italian port today, killing be. tween 30 and 40 persons. . , : Americans, Dutch and Turks were said to have been abroad. Apparently there wera no sur vivors. A Barl port official said 24 bodies had been recovered, many badly burned. These Included IS men, five women and three chil dren, he said. Recovery of other, bodies be lieved trapped in tha wreckage was hindered by choppy seas. Italian navy divers and patrol craft were aiding In the recovery operations. The plane crashed In bright, clear weather. A light northeast wind was blowing. Some ac counts said the transport went down in flames from a height ol about 15,000 feet. , KLM officials In Rome Indicat ed the plane may have been ofl its course and possibly was trying for an emergency landing at an airport near Barl. The plane was en route from Batavia, Java, to Amsterdam. Baggage and other effects recovered Indicated at least some of the passengers boarded the aircraft in Batavia. Pilot's Skill Saves Lives Of 43 In Biasing Crash Landing MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 23. UP) A pilot's skill and - split second Judgment were credited today by the American Airlines with bringing 43 persons alive through a jolting crash landing followed by fire. Thirty-eight of those aboard (Continued on Page Two) Umpqua S. & L Assets Increase; : Dividend Voted Assets of the Umpqua Savings and Loan Association Increased ' $323,816 during 1948. The financial report presented Vednesday evening at the Asso ciation's annual meeting,, showed. tdfal assets of $1,674,045, as com pared with $i,350,229 as of Juna 10, 1948, according to H. O. Par- geter, secretry-manager. Loans increased $373,409. Mort gage loans during the year, num bering 30L amounted to $903,421. A dividend of . four percent, totaling $68,000, will be. distrib uted to stockholders and reserves on June 30, Pargeter said. Ha pointed out that the Association has not missed an annual dividend during the 32 years of existence. Arrangements are being made, Pargeter said, to nubllsh the an. nual report shortly after July i. All officers were reelected. They are: S. J. Shoemaker, presi- aent; m. c. Kilter, vice-president; H. O. Pargeter, secretary-manager; V. J. Micelll, treasurer; A. N, Orcutt, attorney; W. F. Harris, G. V. Wlmberiy, M. E. Ritter, ap. pralsers. H. C. Berg. Rov Aeea and John D. Wynne are auditors. Directors jor three years are M. E. Ritter. U. S. Senator Guv Cor don, Dr. G. C. Finlay. Holdover Directors are u. v. Wlmberiy, W. F. Harris, H. O. Pargeter, Nathan Fullerton, S. J. Shoemaker, and Dr. B. R. Shoemaker. Honolulu Property Of : Army Consumed By Firt hunolulu, June 23. (JP) Pi r-s on r 1 xr t nH axr l u . wvsj acircu CiKUl former Army warehouses, dt Ufirrh ff llatlni 1 AnntnM.a. J v.. i.. n.ai cijuipiiieiii ana food. The warehouse were part ui & giuup oi now usea com iic.jaaijre Texas Governor Signs Rent Control Abolishment AUSTIN'. Tpm. .Tnno n jm A bill abolishing rent controls In Texas was signed into law to- . day by Gov. Beuford H. Jester. It will become effective' 90 davit flftpi Artinurnmant nt tka Texas Legislature plus 13 days lor ieaerai processing. When the legislature will adjourn it not certain. Bakery Drivers' Strike " In Portland Averted PflRTT.ANn .Tuna 01 fm A late-hour settlement kept bread rolling today from this city's ma jor bakeries to stores here and upstate. with a strike of AFL truck drivers scheduled to start at mid. night, agreement was reached with bakery operators last night. Its principal provision was a $5 1 1 . .A C-73 . 1.1.. ....... Levity Fact Rant By L. f. lUbtKrtetn r! Disclosure that Parti andert have been dinlna en horse meat, disguised as hamburgers, for some time post, probably accounts far the speed with which the Beaver baseball team developed a winning streak that enabled It to quit the el
