2 The News-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Frl., July 1, 1949
Greek Civil War Prolonged By Outside Aid
To Guerrillas, Deputy Says On Roseburg Visit
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GREEK DEPUTY VISITS IN ROSEBURG Vaiileo. Krekos (center), member of the Greek House
of Denutiei. it Dictured above with h!i brother" Mike (riqht), owner of West Coast Shows, a
well-known carnival company, and (left) George Trapalis, Roseburg .friend of the Krekos fam
ily. Tha high Creek officer, whose position corresponds closely to that ot a U. s. senator, says,
In effect, that Greece is being made a political football ' between Democratic and Communist
ideologies. (Picture by Paul Jenkins.)
help people Individually or to sup
port a recovery attempt.
If and when peace Is obtained,
he said, Greece will need help In
the way of farm machinery to get
long-idle fields back Into produc
tion. But, he hastened to add: 'We
are not asking charity, we only
want Justice!"
Greece asks no charity, only
Justice!"
This phrase, repeated over and
over, tells the story Vasllcos
Krekos, member of the Greek
House of Deputies, a position
closely resembling that of a
United States senator, Is en
deavoring to bring to the Ameri
can people.
Krekos visited In Roseburg
Wednesday night and Thursday
morning in company with his
brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Mike Krekos. Mike Krekos,
owner of the West Coast Shows,
a well-known carnival company,
has been a frequent visitor in
Roseburg, where his shows hold
an annual engagement.
The party stopped In Roseburg
to spend a few hours with Mr.
and Mrs. George Trapalis and
family.
The Greek deputy, who is mak
ing his first visit to the United
States, has only a short time (o
remain, as he It due back in
France by Aug. 1, but his brother
is endeavoring to show him as
much of this country as possible
during the visitor s brief stay.
A tour already has been made
through the State of Washington
and into British Columbia, and
the party was enroute into Ne
vada by way of Klamath Falls
after a trip down the Coast High
way to Roseburg.
Oregon's Prosperity Noted
The high Greek official re
ported he is extremely Impressed
by Oregon's scenery and apparent
y, by tha ; hospitality of Its
people.
Oregon's prosperity, he said, Is
a most decided contrast from that
of his own country whore only
about two million out of seven
million people have regained
even a nemblance of normal liv
ingand that only on a border
line standard.
Southern Greece, he reports,
has been restored to productive
activity and only recently has re
sumed limited exports of raisins
and tobacco. The northern sec
tions still are battling Communist-inspired
guerrillas. Homes
are burned, farms are destroyed,
bridges and roads wrecked In fre
quent guerrilla raids, preventing
tne populace from producing
more than a fraction of the bare
essentials they require.
"If it were not for help from
America," Krekos said, 'Greece
would have collapsed long ago
and not only Greece but all of
Europe."
Less than five percent of the
Greek population, he states, is
Communistic. This five per cent
is centered principally around the
Northern border, the scene of
guerrilla fighting.
Outsiders Aid Guerrillas
"I am often asked," he said,
"whv a Greek nt-mv which rln.
feated a strong Italian army and
which held off the best Germany
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Well Drilling
11 miles east
on N. Umpqua
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for sign or write
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could offer for 47 days can't wipe
out a few thousand guerrillas.
"Does anyone doubt that we
could?
"But how can we stop them
when they flow back and forth
across the border, constantly re
ceiving new equipment, recruit
ing strength from the adjoining
satellite countries, being trained
by expert Communist military
leaders.
"II the United Nations would
only close our borders we could
stop tne guerrillas overnignt.
Krekos was reluctant to voice
any statement which might seem
critical of the United Nations, but
explained that the facts have
been reported time and again by
committees studying the Greek
situation.
Greece, It was explained, Is be
ing made to suffer because of
the policy of not opposing Russia
and her "slave bloc" nations, as
they are called In Greece, with a
direct show of force.
"Give us Justice, by closing our
borders, and we can soon end
guerrilla warfare," Krekos said.
But we can do nothing so long as
guerrilla bands blow up our
bridges, burn our homes, destroy
our farms, carry off women and
children, and keep coming back
with new recruits and fresh arms
and ammunition."
Marshall Plan Praised
The Marshall plan, Krekos said,
has been the "salvation of
Europe." Had It not been for
timely financial aid, he says,
Europe would have collapsed. But
because aid was forthcoming, the
turning point has been passed,
and Europe is rapidly moving
away from Communism, as evi
denced by the trouble Russia is
experiencing even with her satel
lite states.
Krekos believes the developing
"Holy War" between the Catho
lic Church and Communism will
gain momentum and eventually
will destroy tha Red Ideology.
The Greek Church, he says, lias
good cause to fight Communism
which hanged, crucified or burned
more than 400 of its ministers.
"The Greek people," he said,
"will forever thank the American
government and the American
people for the help they have
given. Americans should know,"
he added," that Greece Is not
fighting for herself alone. We are
fighting no war for gain, no war
for territory. We fight only for
peace, liberty and Justice. We are
carrying the fight for the whole
world. The fight could be ended
If we were only given Justice II
they would close our borders. But
they do not because it might pre
cipitate war for the rest of the
world. Consequently Greece con
tinues to be martyred."
Only Want Justice
Krekos reports that each yenr,
as the House of Deputies ad
journs, memliers go out to visit
other countries. They study
trends In politics and economy,
and. at the same time, endeavor
to tell the story of Greece's prob
lems. Greek people, be said, are
well Informed on world condi
tions and have a keen sense of
appreciation of the position they
hold In the current political
struggle.
U. . aid to Greece, he said, Is
more than ample If it were not
for the continued fighting. But,
under present conditions, nearly
everything Greece receives must
go to support its military defense
and to repair damages done. Lit
tle of the money can tie used to
Eagle To Scream Af
Douglas County Towns
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Hltchman, Sutherlln.
The Sutherlln celebration will
continue Saturday with a pet pa
rade at 10 a. m., starting at the
Southern Pacific depot and con
tinuing to the City Park, where
prizes will be awarded for pets
In the boys' and girls' divisions,
and for decorated bicycles. Sev
eral Junior sports events, Sally
Hilt's Variety Show, and dances
are also scheduled Saturday.
Sutherlln's big day will be Mon
day, with the grand parade set
for 10 a.m., following the same
route as Saturday's parade; log
rolling on the L, and H. Lumber
Co. pond at 11 a.m.. exhibition
drills by the Sheriff's Posse and
tagies i.onge drill teams, and
truckers' and loggers' contests in
the afternoon. The day will be
concluded with a fireworks dis
play and dance.
Olendale Ready For Fete
At Giendale Sunday noon, con
cessions at the school play field
will signal the opening of that
community's 4th of July observ
ance. There will be children's
races at 12:30, ball game at 2
o'clock, musical concert at 4
o'clock, and opening of conces
sions again at 5 o'clock.
Giendale likewise will have a
log rolling and olher loggers' con
tests Monday. The log rolling will
he west of the brldue over Cow
Creek at 10 a.m. At noon there
will be a parade, followed by
other contest events In the after
noon. The Baptist Church will
have a slngsplration and mission
ary motion pictures at 8:30, fol
lowed by fireworks at 9:45 p.m.
Yoncalla: Bigger And Better
Final plans are belne conmleted
to make the annual amateur
R:;deo of Yoncalla bigger and bet
ter than ever. The committees in
charge of the various activities
report considerable interest.
Contestants are be hp rei? sler.
cd, who are hound to put up a
real show in all the manv events
scheduled for the day..
i lie titteen events scheduled for
the afternoon are as follows:
I. Bnya cuir cmmbli.
3. Saddle bronc rldlnif, first half.
3. Cir roping, first hnlf.
4. Show itntllnnB.
5. Lndlei' hnrrel race,
fl, Strer rldlllB.
7. Calf ropiiiH. aprond half.
8. Parrhai'k bronr riding, first half.
P. Brpnknwav rnplng. first half.
in. Saddle bronc rldlns, second half.
II, Cow hnrse contest.
12. Dareback bronc riding, second
half.
14. Wild row milking.
1.1. Sllik rare.
The day will open with a parade at
10 a. m., and the rodeo will atart at 1
p. m. sharp.
NEW AUDITOR NAMED
PORTLAND, July 1. (!') Ed
win M. Kerr, Portland realtor and
World War veteran, is Multno
mah County's new auditor.
He was appointed unanimously
by the county commissioners to
succeed Herbert G. Harbur, who
was fatally Injured In a traffic ac
cident. Kerr is a Republican.
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Property Sales
Are Reported By
DeCamp Agency
Continuing activity in property
sales Is reported by Hayden H.
DeCamp Real Estate Agency of
KoseDurg.
The following recent transac
tions are listed:
Allen A. Armstrong recently
from Portland and with Standard
Stations, Inc., purchased the Ed
ward Bolton home in East Rose
burg. Robert E. Ford, formerly
or l,os Angeles, purchased the ti.
P. Shears property on the Happy
valley Koad. frank JJ. Murphy
of Lockwood sales department
bought Carl Reson's new home
on the Newton Creek road.
LeRoy Evans from Myrtle
Creek purchased A. U. Taylor's
latest new home In Spicer's Ad
dition; Roscoe Haienyager
bought the Rhodes home In West
Roseburg; Wm. M. Hash bought
the John P. Clifton ranch on the
Clarks Branch road; Robert Daly,
from the east, purchased one of
Kenneth Ellison s homes in West
Roseburg.
Edward J. Bolton purchased
the Moore home at 1035 E. uth
St. Maynard C. Byrd purchased
the latest new home constructed
by Roy Clark & Son; George
Coatney of Copco bought the
Walter Paul ranch located on the
Roberts Creek road. George M.
Maxon, from northeastern Ore
gon, purchased the Grier home
in North Roseburg. Alvin P. Stef
fen of Hansen Motors bought
John Moe's house on North Jack
son St.
Peter Bill boueht James Wells'
Lookingglass acreage; Dewey El-
nert bought Lorenza Payne s
home on Center St. In Sutherlln:
Jim Daughty bought the Bernarr
Hansen ranch on Highway 42
near Tenmlle; Earl A. Moore
bought the Winston Auto Court;
V. S. Utterback boueht the A. W.
Warren home at 741 Hamilton
St.; Raymond C. Long bought
an acreage home in the Roberts
Creek area from John Clifton;
Kenneth Ellison boueht Georee
Coatney's Westside home; Mrs.
ttta Kogers or tne factrtc Tele
phone Co. purchased the E. Clark
residence on S. Pine St.; M. Sacks
bought the Donald Libby proper
ty in Riverside; R. H. Gettman of
Sutherlln leased the Hash ranch
In the Roberts Creek district; the
local Carpenters and Joiners
Union bought the George Rout
ledge property on Cobb St.
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ACT OF COD Passengers in this crumpled American Airlines twin-engined Convair say it
was a miracle any survived this crash landing. The plane, loaded with 40 passengers and three
crewmen, slammed belly-down in a field a tew seconds after faking off from the Municipal
Airport at Memphis, Tenn. At least 34 were injured. (AP Wirephoto).
Sharon Conover, Infant.
Of Myrtle Creek, Dies
Sharon Lee Conover. one-vear-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Conover, Myrtle Creek, died
Thursday evening, June 30, after
a very short illness. She was
horn March 24, 1948, in North
Bend.
Surviving besides her parents
are her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Percy Kendall, Sweet Home
and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Conover
Sr., Coos Bay, and the great
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
James Kendall, Coos Bay.
funeral services, in charge or
the Roseburg Funeral Home, will
he held Saturday, July 2, in the
Mills Funeral Chapel In Coos
Bav. at 11 a.m. Vault Interment
will follow in Sunset Cemetery,
Coos Bay.
Kenneth W. Ford New
Hospital Assn. Head
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There were 37 ballots returned
because the addressee had moved
away.
The purpose of last nights
meeting was to canvass the bal
lots, reorganize under the new
directors, and to elect officers
within the group.
The total number of ballots
for each candidate follows: three
year term, Kenneth Ford 5S0;
Morris Roach 507; Frank Ashley
389; Dale Albright 100; John
Amacher 291; Frank Hammer
smith 125.
Two-year term, Roy Hanford
553; Dick Oilman 357; Dan Dim
Iok, 379; Viola Blessing 290; John
Hodson 181; William Devaney
220.
One-vear term, Buckley Bell
423;. Bill Oerdlng 373; Phil John
ston 315; Henry Jacnhson 341;
Vein Keel 200, and Charles
Emery 311.
Judith Coplon Given
Sentence For Spying
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IN BOATING ACCIDENT Hit by a speedboat while swimming
in Lake Tahoe, Imogene Wittsche, 13, (above, right), of Rose
ville, Calif., is in grave condition in the Washoe General Hospital
at Reno, Nev., following acpufation of both legs below the knees.
At Placerville, Calif., Henry Lyon, district attorney of Eldorado
County, in which the accident occurred, named Phil Davis (above,
left), Oakland, Calif., automobile dealer, as the operator of the
craft and said either state or federal charges would be placed
against him. Davis said he was "flabbergasted" when told of
the accident. (AP Wirephoto)
Honolulu Stevedores
Spurn Plan To End Tie-Up
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coming at once for strike relief.
More financial support was prom
ised from Portland and San Fran
cisco Stevadores. . '
Employers offered a wage in
crease of 12 cents an hour in
an attempt to head off the strike.
They insist Stevadores here have
steadier pay and better working
conditions than those on the
mainland.
President Truman in Washing
ton endorsed the plan. So did
the newspapers, the Honolulu
Catholic Diocese and the Phillip
pine counsul general. Most of
the Stevadores are Filipinos.
The Honolulu Stevadore Local
Is Hawaii's largest. But a total of
about 1,100 others were voting
today on the islands of Hawaii,
Maui and Kaui.
It was believed generally that
the vote in Honolulu clearly fore
casts a rejection elswhere.
Contractors, Workers At
Eugene End Wage Dispute
EUGENE, July 1 (TP) A
new contract providing for a
S2.23 an hour minimum wage for
finishers was signed Wednesday
by the Association of Eugene
Contractors and Eugene Cement
Finishers. The Cement Finishers
are part of Brick Layers Inter
national, local 6. Signing of the
contract ends what union officials
called a "partial strike" over the
last 10 davs.
Budget Slash Move
Spreads In Congress
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Forest Funds' Increase
Approved By Committee
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ed by the House were stricken by
the Senate committee.
One would have authorized di
rect technical assistance to farm
ers and forest owners in plant
ing, management and harvesting
of timber crops with a $1,000,000
federal contribution.
The other sought to revise and
consolidate previous federal for
estry programs' to eliminate over
lapping and duplication.
The Morse bill would expand
present authorizations of $17,500,
000 for 1950 and 1951-for building
access roads to and in national
forests to $30,000,000 each year.
MacArthur Edict Eases
Japanese Foot Torture
TOKYO, July 1 UP) No
longer will Japanese men"s
shoes come in only one width,
a narrow one, at that. t
The custom was originated by
imperial decree half a century
ago when western dress became
formal court attire.
General McArthur's headquar
ters decided widened lasts to fit
the broad feet of Japanese men
should be employed.
Japanese men have crimped
their toes inside the narrow
width styles or bought shoes
many times too long to give
their feet room.
Jesse R. Young
Claimed By Death
Jesse Richard Young. 74. real-
dent of Roseburg for two arid
one-half years, died after a short
illness Thursday night, June 30.
He was born June 3, 1875, in
Lincoln, Neb. He came from
Cumberland, Wis., to Roseburg in
1947 to reside with a daughter,
Mrs. Henry Reed, 838 Maloy
Street. He was a member of the
Methodist Church and of the Odd
Fellows Lodge of Cumberland,
Wis.
Surviving are four daughters:
Mrs. Ed Jansen, Turtle Lake,
Wis.; Mrs. Steve Jansen, Cumber
land. Wis.; Mrs. Henry Reed,
Roseburg, and Mrs. Lawrence
Anderson, Roseburg; a son, Rev.
William Young, Santa Cruz, N.
M.; a brother, Byron Young, Lin
coln, Neb.; a sister, Mrs. Ida
Crayne, Seattle, Wash.; 18 grand
children and two great-grandchildren.
The body will be taken by the
Roseburg Funeral Home to Port
land and will be shipped to Cum
berland, Wis., for funeral services
and interment. The body will be
accompanied by two of his daugh
ters and will be placed beside that
of his wife, Anna, who died in
1946. ' .
Rehabilitation Of
Ochoco Dam Slated
PRINEVILLE, July 1. ff
Ochoco Dam rehabilitation work
will start July 9, when three and
a half carloads of explosives are
touched off in a blast shaking
down part of a basalt cliff.
. Ceremonies at the event will
be attended by R. J. Newell,
who retired July 1 as regional
reclamation director at Boise,
and his successor, H .T. Helson.
Newell, in a letter to recla
mation officials here, said he
and Nelson would confer here
on the Crooked River Reclama
tion and Flood Control project.
The Weather
U. S. Weather Bureau Office
Roseburg, Oregon '
Fair today and; tonight.- Fair
and warmer Saturday.
Highest temp, for any June.. 106
Lowest temp, for any June.... 36
Highest temp, yesterday 81
Lowest temp, last 24 hrs 46
Precipitation last 24 hrs 0
Precipitation since June 1.... .03
Precipitation since Sept. 1....27.84
Deficiency since June. .. 1.06
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home but was trying to pass the
Job along to the President a
view with which Mr. Truman said
he agreed.
But Senator Wherry of Nebras
ka, the Republican floor leader,
had another slant.
"The appropraitions Congress
Is passing are based entirely on
President Truman's own budget
estimates," the Nebraskan told a
reporter. "Every time we try to
cut them, his wing of the Demo
cratic Party fights the move.
"What we are asking nim to do
is to cut his own budget to bal
ance income and outgo.'
Wherry said a petition to Sena
tor Lucas of Illinois, the Demo
cratic leader, aimed at ordering
such Presidential action, now
bears the signatures of 62 of 95
senators. There is one vacancy.
In the House a similar petition
had 107 signers and Republican
backers predicted the number
will swell so rapidly as to force
action before the session ends.
JEWELRY SHOP LOOTED
PORTLAND, July l.UP)--Jewelry
valued at $595 was taken
by a thief who broke a window
of the Rose Jewelers shop in
Portland early today. Proprietor
Morris I. Rosencrantz told police
the loot included five diamond
and one gold rings.
The flag should be displayed
during school days in or near
every schoolhouse.
should she lose theappeal her at
torney announced would be made.
Judge Reeves recommended
that the sentence be served In
the women's reformatory at Al
derson, W. Va.
He explained, however, 'hat
this Is a mere recommendation
and that the prison will be select
ed by the Justice Department if
Miss Coplon actually serves the
time.
Judge Reeves rejected a de
mand by Prosecutor John M. Kel
ley Jr., that Miss Coplon be held
in bail of $100,000. .
Miss Coplon, 28, a Barnard Col
lege honor graduate, still faces
trial in New York along with
Valentine A. Guhitchev, a Rus
sian, on espionage conspiracy
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