2 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Thur., July 7, 1949 I Western ElectNC
Workers To Vote
On Union Shop
Steel Corp. Says
No To Wage Hike;
Strike May Come
PITTSBURGH, July 7.-MV-:
The nation today faced the
threat of its first major steel
strike since 1946.
U. S. Steel Corp., bellweathei'
of the industry, yesterday said
"no" to demands of the ClO
United steclwoikers for a fourtli
round wafje increase and for
company financed pension and
insurance programs.
The union immediately called
.a July 13 meeting of its wage
policy committee to consider a
possible strike July 16.
Contract negotiations between
the steel union and the nation's
No. 1 steel producer were re
cessed indefinitely. The talks had
just resumed after a two-week
recess.
Philip Murray, president of the
CIO and the Steelworkers, told
a press conference:
"They (the Steel Corp.) mere
ly say no to the union and
they say so with an air of com
plete finality. ...the conferen
uii: u...u-lockcu. There is
no hope as I see it at present of
a mutually satisfactory agree
ment being arrived at on any of
the issues."
The Steel Corporation turned
down the wage increase. It told
the union its refusal to discuss
pensions could be arbitrated and
that any insurance program
would have to be paid for equal
ly by union and company.
The present contract has al
most a year to run. It was re
opened this summer on "rates of
pay" and Insurance. The contract
permits a strike if no agreement
is reached by July 16.
States In East Still
Swelter In Heat Wave
(Continued From Page One)
Escaped Convict Nabbed
After Months Of Liberty
SEATTLE, July 7. P) An ex
convict described as one of the
nation's 10 "most wanted men,"
who escaped from the Washing
ton Stale Reformatory at Mon
roe two years ago, was cap
tured yesterday at San Diego,
Calif., the Federal ' Bureau of
investigation reported.
He was identified by the Seat
tle FBI office as James Edward
Burns, 26.
He escaped from (ho Monroe
Institution Aug. 12, 1!)47, alter
slugging a guard and stealing
his gun and automobile.
Burns' criminal record dates
back to the age of 16, the FBI
said. He was serving a'jcnlcnce
for robbery when he escaped
from Monroe. A companion In
the escape, Nathan Vernon Me
Gloflin, was captured In Arkan
sas Oct. 8, 1947.
tures down from 89 to 75. But
readings in the HO's were forecast
today. Last night's rainfall meas
ured one inch.
There also were some scattered
thundershowers in the Great
Lakes region, the Ohio Valley
and the Rocky Mountain area.
But no rain fell and none was
predicted in the drought area of
Southern New England.
Crop Losses Mounting
Crop losses in Massachusetts,
Rhode Island and Connecticut arc
running between $5,000,000 and
810,000,000, farm experts said.
I hey said they may total S.10.-
000,000 if there is no rain within
a week.
The long drought Is costing
dairy and poultry farmers in Mas
sachusetts 81,000,000 weekly, said
Lester T. Tompkins, acting state
director of Agriculture. Many
farm wells and sources of Irriga
tion also are drying up in the
state.
Deaths from heat prostrations
and heart attacks aggravated by
the hot weather showed 57 in Il
linois, the most reported. Other
(teams reported were unio 20
Minnesota and Pennsylvania 11
each; Missouri 10; Michigan 8;
lowa and New York six each
Maryland 5; Indiana 4; Nebraska
3; Virginia and Wisconsin two
each and Connecticut and Ten
ncssee one each.
NEW YORK, July T-'.Tl-A
union shop election in Western
Electric Company plants in 45
states and the District of Co
lumbia has been ordered by the
National Labor Relations Br-ard.
The vote will be among an
estimated 15,000 members of the
CTO Association of Communica
tion Equipment Workers.
An announcement here last
night said the NLRB in Wash
ington has ordered the election
before Aug. 29. A vote in favor
of the union shop by a majority
of workers would give the union
the right to baragin for a union
shop.
In a union shop, an employes
affected must become union
members.
Members of the ACEW, a part
of the CTO Telephone Workers
Organizing Committee, do main
tenance and installation work in
all states except Maine, New
Hampshire and Vermont.
Die company is a sunsiaiary
of the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company.
The Weather
U. 8. Weather Bureau Office
Roseburg, Oregon
Fair today, tonight and tomor
row. Highest temp, for any July.... 109
Lowest temp for any July 40
Highest temp, yesterday 78
Lowest temp, last 24 hr , 49
Precipitation last 24 hn 0
Precipitation since Sept. 1... .29.84
Precipitation since July 1.. 0
Deficiency since July 1 .14
Roseburg Building
Permits In June 101
(Continued From Page Onp)
commeicial repair; Rosebur?
Cabinet Shop, $500. commercial
repair; P. and B. Towing, 81,000
new commercial building at 713
S. Stephens; Northern Roofing.
130 So. Pine, $600, commercial
repair; Coen Supply, S400 com
mercial repair; Mrs. Minnie Bell,
Terrace Ave., new dwelling SO,
000, and Robert J. Keefe, Main
and Roberts, $1,000, new building.
There are about 20 species of The troubadors of the Middle
ash tree native to North America. I Ages often carried bagpipes.
FIRE DAMAGE SMALL
City firemen were, failed out
on two small fires during the
early morning hours today.
A burning mattress at the
Creason Hotel was extinguished
at 1:40 a.m. A grass lire at the
end of E. 2nd Ave. No. was re
ported at 7:45 a.m., and resulted
in np damage.
.JAUNT CANCELED
A trip to the coast planned by
Tliota Rho has been, canceled,
according to Janet Harphan, pre
sident of the organization. The
jaunt was originally planned for
Friday.
Funeral Services Held
For McGiotSilan Infant
Graveside services were held
this morning at the Masonic
Cemetery for William Michael
McGlothlan, infant son of -Mr.
and Mrs. William B. McGlothlan,
of Roseburg, who died at Mercv
Hnpsital July 3. Rev. H. B.
Sconce, of the First Baptist
church, officiated. Arrangements
were in charge of the Long &
Orr Mortuary.
Besides his parents he is sur
vived hy his paternal grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. William A.
McGlohtlan, and his maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. B.
N. Mills, all of Holdenvillc, Okla.
TWO PAY FINES
Harold J. Christopher and Elmo
Vei n Galleton, both serving time,
in the County Jail on drunk driv
ing charges, have heen released
upon payment of the balance of
their fines, reported Sheriff O.
T. "Bud" Carter.
Patient All-Stars To
Play Myrtle Creek Lions
the public is invited to attend
a softball game tonight between
the Patient All-Stars and 1he
Myrtle Creek Lions, scheduled for
the Veterans Hospital softball
diamond. Game time is 6:30.
Housing Bill Passage
Is Expected Today
(Continued from Page One)
Anna Boettiger Counters
With Cross-Complaint
LOS ANGELES, July 7. (P)
Anna Roosevelt Boelliger will
yinswer John Boettiger's suit fof
divorce with a cross-complaint
charging desertion. :J
,'t Her attorney, J. ftl.t fTrt'sejv Wilrl
yesterday that her complaint wifl
be filed "within a day' or so" in
Phoenix Ariz. Boettiger filed his
suit there Tuesday, charging the
daughter of. the late Franklin 1).
Roosevelt with extreme mental
cruelty. '. 1 l
Mrs. Boettiger said that al
though there had been trouble In
the family, her husband's action
came as a complete surprise.
Moser said Mrs. Boettiger will
file a general denial of all her
husband's allegations, - including
one that she humiliated him "re
peatedly and continually."
Three Years In Jail Given
For $883,660 Bank Theft
NEW YORK, July 7.-(P),
Richard II. Crowe, 41, charged
with stealing SH83.6(i0 from the
National City Bank of which he
was assistant manager, was sen
tenced yesterday In Federal Court
to three years in jail.
He was placed on probation
Blso for five years after eomple
. tlon of his term.
Crowe, who pleaded gullly May
24 to four counts of an Indictment,
laced a possible maximum penally
of 45 years In prison and a fine
of 830,000.
most ot the money was
covered.
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Clearance program, with one
third of the cost to be met by the
ictierai government and the bal
ance by local communities. The
bill provides 81.000.000,000 In
loans and $500,000,000 in grants
to slates and local public bodies
for I his program.
2. Requires local authorities to
select the low-Income occupants
of the public housing units, and
lo set the rent at what these fami
lies can pay. The federal sub
sidies would make up the differ
ence between I he rents and the
amount actually needed to pay
lor ine nousing projects.
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farm housing program into three
Paris. The first part provides
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self-sustaining farms unable lo
obtain financing elsewhere. The
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farms were not at the time self
sustaining. The third part pro
vides loans for minor improve
ments on farms that could not
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vate lenders up to $2,500 for re
pairing and remodeling existing
struolures; (h) 'a(i0day extension
mf authority to insure mortgages
for construction of small homes
eosllng un lo $5,000; and (cl a
$500,000,000 Increase In the
amount of. mortgage insurance
that the government can Issue
for single family and multiple
dwelling units.
U. S. Reaches Limit Of
Aid To Great Britain
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$920,000,000 as the limit of aid.
"The British have a planned
economy anrl it just hasn't work-1
ed," he said. "They'll have to ;
work out their problem for them-1
selves by changing their system
or doing something else. We can- j
not be expected to give thein j
any more help than we already ,
have." - j
Senator McCarran (D-Nev), a I
member of the Appropriations J
Committee, said he agreed that i
"we can't go any further along !
with them." !
"We have heen pouring out our
money to them for years and
they are in worse condition than :
they were when the war end
ed, he said. "I don't think they,
will get anywhere until they :
change their . socialist govern- ;
ment." j
Jake Bird Loses In New
Effort To Escape Noose
OLYMPIA, July 7. (.Tl-The
Stale Supreme Court ruled in
effect today that axe slayer Jake
Hlrd should hang as scheduled
July 15.
The high court entered an
order denying Bird's latest petitionfor-
a writ oi habeas cor
pus. The writ, If It had been grant
ed, would have given the 40-year-old
Negro another hearing
In Ihe State Supreme Court.
The pet II ion for the writ was
the latest in a long series of
legal maneuvers by Bird to es
cape Ihe gallows for slaying of
Mrs. Bertha Jludt In Tacoma
two years ago.
Bird is being held In the death
row ot Walla Walla stale prison
awaiting his scheduled hanging
shortly after midnight July 15.
Mayor's Salary Halved
At His Own Request
1 CLEVELAND. July 7.-I.T)
Mayor W. A. Sklenicka of subur
ban Warrensvllle Heights asked
and got a 50 percent cut In his
salary.
The mayor has been receiving
$1,201) annually. But he decided
that his expenses in office
amounted to only SHOO.
"The people deserve the other
$(.W." he said.
"Budgets have been going up
too long," he explained.
"I'm going lo start It the other
way. Somebody has to take the
first step."
Eye-Glasses Included In
Contract With Butchers
NEW YORK. July 7.-.n-
Under a new work contract, more
than 2.000 AIL butchers anc
members of their families will g
Laura M. Nelson Rites
To Be Held Saturday
Funeral services for Laura M.
Nelson, 77, who died after a
short illness July 5, will be held
In ihe Chapel of the Koses,
Roseburg Funeral Home, Satur
day, July 9, at 11 a.m.
Surviving are four sons: W.
L. Nelson, Pendleton; J. B. Nel
son, Dlllarri; Clair E. Nelson,
Los Angeles; Robert C. Nelson,
Roseburg; five daughter: Mrs.
Minnie Nelson, Leavenworth,
Wash.; Mrs. Nettie Chamber
lain, Roseburg; Mrs. Hattic Hor
ton, Eureka; Mrs. Marie Rand,
Roseburg; Mrs. Marian Boggs,
Honolulu, Hawaii; 30 grandchil
dren and a number of great
grandchildren. Interment will follow In the
Masonic Cemetery.
Auto Crash Into Truck
Kills Oregon Farmer
PORTLAND, July 7.-(P) A
ear crashed into the rear of a
farmer's truck on the superhigh
way just south of the Milwaukie i
Slate Police Office today, killing
the farmer and putting two Sal
em men in a hospital.
The farmer, Victor Argo, 60,
Milwaukie, had been alone In i
his truck and apparently was I
thrown to the pavement by the j
Impact. I
Weldon Kooch, 40, Salem, was
driver of Ihe auto which struck
Ihe truck, Stale Patrolman V. L. j
Kezar said. lie suffered a pos-1
slble knee fracture. His passen-1
ger, Thomas Mommsen, 31, also ;
of Salem, suffered head, lace
and back injuries. j
eye-glasses free If they need !
them.
The contract providing for eye
tesis and free glasses was signed
yesterday by the Butchers Local
171 and the Meat Trade Institute,
representing 100 wholesalers.
Joseph Cob, the Instllule's lit-
lorney, said he didn't know of any
particular eye hazard connected
with the butchers' trade, hut that
Ihe union simply asked for the ;
glasses provision," and we gave
it lo them."
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