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i U. Of Ot Library Comp. r I Steel workers Accept Strike Delay Proposal Only One Of The Weather Fair and continued warm to day, tonight and Thursday. Sunset today 7:53 p. m. Sunrist tomorrow 4:45 a. m. NEW GOVERNOR The gov rnorthip of Texas is to be taken over by Lt. Gov. Allen Shivers, above, following the death of Gov. Beauford H. Jester of a heart attack on (train. 3 Timber Tracts Sold At Auction : James E. Slattery, district for ester, Bureau of Land Manage ment, Roseburg, announced to day that three parcels of tim ber, carrying an estimated vol ume ol ld.You mousanci Doaru feet valued at $106,963.75, were sold by oral auction sale Tues day, July 12, at the District Of fice of the Bureau in Roseburg. The species sold and the aver age price per thousand board feet of each were: Douglas Fir $7.67; hemlock $2.75; red cedar $2.99; white fir $3.00; incense cedar $2.40; sugar pine $24.19. The timber sold was located in Douglas County, and high bid ders Included Johnston Logging Co., Tiller area; Harold Woolley, Drain area, and Umpqua Ply wood Corporation, Rock Creek area. County Officials Go To National Assn. Meet '. County Judge D. N. Busenbark and Commissioner Lynn V. Beck ley will leave Saturday to attend the National Association of Coun ty Officials annual convention in San Francisco. The session starts Sunday and will continue most of the week. Commissioner Dick Baker will Temain in Roseburg. He returned Monday night from a trip to Greeley, Colo., where he was called by the serious illness of his mother. He was accompanied by Mrs. Baker. Hoods Ravaging China Said WorsfliT History rv ' SHANGHAI, July 13. P The mid-Yangtze flood has driven 250, 000 persons from their homes, re ports from missionaries and river snippers lnaicaiea toaay. Floods on the Yangtze, Huang Ho and smaller rivers in West Central and Southwest China are the worst in 20 years. In some sectors they are described as the worst in history. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS AS these words are written, I've just finished reading the news summary of President Truman's long-awaited economic report to the Congress. Out of it I get the impression that, like fabled King Canute, the little man from Missouri is learning that there are forces too powerful to be ar bitrarily controlled by mere man's commands. THE stubborn Canute, according to legend, was irked by the Incoming tides. So he undertook to handle the situation by decree. He took his stand on the beach and ordered the tide to quit coming in. According to the story, that has been handed down to us, the tide kept right on coming and Canute had to move back up the beach to keep from getting his feet wet. i President Truman was annoyed by the creeping tide of inflation, (Continued on Page Four) Douglas District Scouters To Plan Summer Camps At Meet Af Kiwanis Park Thursday A meeting of all scouters in Douglas District has been called for Thursday at 7:30 p. pi. at Kiwanis Park to assist scout troops in planning their summejr'camp program, menus and other work, an nounced Rollie Quam, scout executive. This year the Oregon Trail Council, of which the Douglas District is a part, has established six council camps. Three of these, located on Rogue River, at Coquille and at Mary's Peak, are already operat ing. The other three are at Camp Lucky Boy on Blue River In Lane County; Malacqua on the McKen zie Pass, and on Little River. According to M. M. Nelson, Douglas District camp chairman, Little River camp, located 32 n.iles from Roseburg on Little River, is the newest but shows great potentialities. So far 150 boys from this district have reg istered for the session July 31 to August 7. The local council is striving for 100 percent troop participation In summer camp. Boy Scouts this year are all Established 1873 Forest Fires Accompany Wave Of Heat Malheur, Coos Regions Suffer Losses; Hazard Keeps State On Alert (By the Associated Press) A forest fire was sweeping over four sauare miles of the Malheur National Forest today, as Oregon sweltered in another day of heat. The blaze one of nearly 40 set by lightning on the Central Oregon forest jumped out of control yesterday afternoon and ate through a 1 by 4 mile strip of ponderosa pine, young tim ber, snags, and sagebrush. Forest supervisors expected to control the blaze by this after noon. Two thirds of it were al ready fire-trailed, and 200 men and six caterpillar tractors were working on the rest. J. E. Elliott, fire assistant for the forest, headquartered at John Day, reported the worst burn ing conditions the forest has had in a decade. "The long spring and the drought have left the woods tinder dry," he said. The other lightning-set fires on the forest were small, and all had been controlled. Heavy Loss In Logs A 400-acre slash fire on Lost Creek in Coos County was brought under control last night after an all-day fight. The Coos Bay Lumber Com pony reported losing between 3,- 000,000 and 4,000,000 board feet of logs in the Lost Creek blaze. Burned were the yarder, two full cold decks of logs, parts of (Continued on Page Two) Mail Service From Roseburg North Speedier Faster - service on first class mail from Roseburg to Portland was announced today by Post master L. L. Wimberly. A change in the delivery hours tor the star route from Roseburg to Eugene went into effect July 11. This enables local residents to send mail out before the 4:30 afternoon ' deadline in time to reach Portland for both the early morning and afternoon deliveries the following day.' The star route carrier now leaves Roseburg at 5 p. m makes connections with the new S. P. number 10 streamliner in Eu gene, and arrives in Portland at 11:15 p. m. Postmaster Wimberly said the new service will mean faster de liveries of persnal correspond ence to Portland and will speed up both letters and merchandise for Douglas County business con cerns. , In addition, correspond ence will make better connections for east-bound mail. Details have yet to be com pleted on another plan which will bring to Roseburg all corre spondence mailed in Portland in the late afternoons. Wimberly said this will mean a saving of half a day to local citizens and as much as a full day to persons served by rural delivery. Check Passer Draws Fine, 60-Day Sentence William Charles Dorsey, 49, Roseburg is serving a 60-day sentence and has been assessed a $250 fine on a charge of writing a check with insufficient funds, reported Justice of Peace A. J. Geddes. Dorsey was arrested by Sheriff's deputies July 7. and pleaded guilty upon arraignment in ustice Court Friday. He was also required By tne judge to make good the checks. going back to real scout camp ing, said Nelson. All troops will cook their own meals and run their own program. The councii is providing a camp director lo coordinate the program of all participating troops. It will pro vide a camp technician who is skilled in scout craft and the know-how of camping, and a camp cook expert to assist in training and in planning menus. There will also be an aquatic director at each camp. Scouters of Douglas District are hoping that this will he one of the largest councils operating and the advance registration in dicates it will lead the Council in scout participation, according to Nelson. , 1T i Democratic Senators Seek GOP Support For Truman 'Anti-Depression1 Program ' WASHINGTON, July 13 (Democratic senators drafting an "anti-depression" bill sought today to line up active Republican sup port for key sections of President Truman's new economic program. Senator Murray (D.-Mont.), chief sponsor of the bill, said several GOP senators have been asked to put their names tn the measure. It probably will be introduced tomorrow or Friday. DITCH-DIGGERS' LUCK 100-Year-Old Wine Excavated; Thirst Slaked CINCINNATI, July 13. UP) Who says ditch-digging can't be fun? Men working on a down town building excavation here think it is. While digging yesterday, they broke into a long-forgotten wine cellar and discovered hundreds of bottles of that delicious fer mented drink. Some of the wine was more than 100 years old. ihe nest wine we ve ever tasted," they heartily agreed. The bottles bore faded labels saying the contents were in valuable for general debility, loss of appetite, prostration and nurs ing motners. ihe spirits, then about 75 years old, should be consumed "three times a day," said the labels. Old time Cincinnati residents said the cellars were part of the old Longworth wine house which went out of business more than 50 years ago. Master Fish Warden Suomela Reappointed PORTLAND, July 13 P) Arnie Suomela was reappointed master fish warden yesterday and the State Fish Commission moved to tighten enforcement of the state ban on use of set nets in coastal streams. Maj. H. S. Tobin, Oregon Wild life Federation secretary, report ed the law was being evaded by use of weighted drift gillnets. The commission set a public hearing for next month on new net regulations, when a limit is planned for weights on drift nets. Suomela's second term is for another four years. Hayhurst Valley Home Of Lee Allen Burns YONCALLA Fire, believed caused by a defective flue, com pletely destroyed the Lee Allen home in Hayhurst Valley about noon last Thursday. A high wind spread the blaze to the barn, chicken coop and other buildings. The tall dry grass soon caught fire and started spreading rapidly down tne canyon wnere tnree homes were directly in line. Due to the enorts of Vincent McElmurry and Donald Guard, the fire was checked. There was small insurance on the Allen home. Discovery Of Wartime Bomb Moves Patients LONDON. July 13 VP) Ambulances removed 360 patients today from a hospital endangered ny a worm war two bomb buried across the street. The bomb, dropped by a Ger man plane in 1941, burrowed 25 feet in the ground without ex ploding. A disposal unit found it Monday. The disposal unit will decide tomorrow whether to dig the bomb out or try to de-fuse it on the spot. Eleven Initiates Receive First Three Degrees At K. Of C. (. t,;ir,?mw: -.M-lif y, m .un,, n.i, ?'"-.'' V''' W ,',.2 '4'.w,.'jj.,A.:-:-f&v.-w " ' 9 -1 " ww JJ ..'- ' ' ". '' '. :.'!' ' ...... ... j Roseburg Knights of Columbut, Council 2939, conferred ihe firit thrtt degrees of the order on 1 1 initiafes in ceremonies held at the K. of P, Hall Sunday. A visiting ritual team from Eugene performed the exemplification of the ritual at ceremonies which followed Mass at St. Joseph's Church and breakfast at St. Joseph's School. Initiates were Lee Emery, Wayne Farrell, Reynolds Kosmiehi, Ernest Sehauer, James E. Smith, ROSEBURG, OREGON Murray told a reporter Senator Morse (R-Ore) has agreed to join in sponsoring the bill if the Demo crats will make a few changes designed to "protect the business men of this country." The Morse proposals probably will be accepted, Murray said. He added that other Republicans have indicated great interest in the bill. The group of Democrats back ing the bill outlined it for the first time several weeks ago. It is keyed mainly to two proposals contained also in the ll-polnt eco nomic program which Mr. Tru man sent to Congress Monday. iney call lor: 1. A broad study of "invest ment and development needs and market opportunities in an ex pending economy." 2. Legislation to permit federal agencies, states and local commu nities to "intensify their advance planning and acquire sites for useful projects." Other Purposes Listed The bill will provide for crea tion of a national economic co operation board whose job it would be to promote maximum employment, production and pur chasing power. The measure also calls for long range planning of a $15 billion non-federal public works pro gram; for transfer of unemployed persons and their families to areas where jobs are available; and for federal loans designed to encourage business investment, particularly in under-developed areas of the country. Murray confirmed that the re vised version would set up a $3, 500,000,000 emergency fund for use by the President mainly in areas hard hit bv ioblessness. Un. den .that program, the states and localities would nave to 'put up $30 for every $70 the federal gov ernment contributed. Economy Plans Jolted Meanwhile, the Senate drive to cut back government spending and balance federal outgo with income offered a mixed picture. Economy efforts suffered a set back late yesterday when the an nual interior department money bill was approved by the appro priations committee. It contained $590,000,000 cash, more than $54, 000,000 above the figure approved by the house, and nearly $70,000, 000 contract authority, or some $3,000,000 more than the House. (Contract authority permits a government agency to contract for projects, with the money to be appropriated later.) On the other side of the ledger was a committee report defend ing a cutback of about 10 per cent in foreign aid funds to a total of $5,573,380,000, with most of the slash being recommended in Mar shall plan funds for European nations. Also awaiting Senate action Is a bill carrying about $8,000,000, 000 in cash and contract authority for the veterans administration, the atomic energy commission and numerous other so-called in dependent agencies. This is half a billion more than voted by the House. EXIT C. OF C. PRAGUE, July 13.-4P) Cham bers of commerce have been liquidated in Czechoslvokla as "enemies of the working class," the Communist government an nounced today. Ralph E. Smith, Henry Bailey, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, Brannan Plan Severs Ranks Of Democrats Three-Crop Trial Run Proposal Faces Threat Of Rejection In House WASHINGTON, July 13. OP) A rebellion broke out in Dem ocratic ranks today against the aaminisiration supported farm bill. This threatened to defeat even a three-crop trial run for the controversial Brannan plan of production payments or subsi dies to support farm prices. Rep. Gore (D-Tenn), usually an aaministratlon supporter, an nounced a bi-partisan group and some farm leaders are drawing a substitute bill to continue the present farm program in 1950. The present program supports major crops at rigid 90 percent of parity, through government loans and purchases that re- move price-depressing surpluses from the markets. Parity is a price calculated to give farmers a purchasing power in fair re lationship with the prices of things they must buy. Would Junk Aiken Bill Gore's bill - would reject the Brannan production payment plan entirely and set aside the Aiken law enacted by the Republican-controlled 80th Congress and scheduled to become effective next year. The Aiken law per mits a flexible 60 to 90 percent of parity support program for major crops. Aiken contends, (Continued on Page Two) Reuther Faction Wins UAW Vote MILWAUKEE, July 13 (Pi- Stronger than ever and starting his newly-won third presidential term, Walter Reuther sought to day to make absolute his control of the CIO United Auto Workrs. This goal was regarded by ob servers at tne union s convention as a possibility but no cinch. All four top officers won hands down reelection yesterday over weak, left-wing opposition that was only a ghost of another fac tion that once dominated the million-member UAW. Reuther overpowered W. G. Grant, ex-president of the big Ford local 600, by a 12-to-l mar gin. The final but unofficial vote count was 8,080 to 672. Reuther will hold his post until the next convention in April, 1951 some 20 months hence. All four candidates who ran against the Reuther slate were nominated by a group of left wingers some of them admitted Communists known as the "progressive unity caucus." Farmer's Daughter Sticks By Jailed Sweetheart ' ASTORIA, July 13. UP) The farmer's daughter who ran off to Texas with 20-year-old Leroy All- corn held his hand in jail yester day and .vowed she'd marry the young Texan. Allcorn is in the pokey because of worthless checks he gave Mrs. Marguerite Marshall's father, E. M. Butts, for a farm and an auto mobile dealer for a car. Mrs. Marshall, the 27-year-old mother of two youngsters, plans to obtain a divorce from her hus band, a soldier at Fort Knox, Ky. Allcorn blames the whole affair on love. "I must have lust cone crazy. he said, while explaining why he nought the car and took Mrs. Marshall to Texas. Thomas Cooney, Vincent Croce, Archie Onellette and Wilfred Onellette. Cuest speakers for the buffet supper were State Deputy Sylvester Smith, St. Paul, and Steve Merton, state Cath. olic activity chairman. Installing officers included Varn Culver, district deputy, Coos Bay; Ed Bell, state publicity chairman, Sublimity; Al Elwing, Salem, and Clarence Brown, past state deputy; Doe Rating, Wil liam Bristow, Jack Kennedy, Vincent McBride and Crand Knight Wetiel, all of Eugene. 1949 First President Of Eire Passes OR. DOUGLAS HYDE DUBLIN, Ireland, July 13. UP) Dr. Douglas Hyde, 88, first presi dent of Eire, died last night. A scholar and poet, Hyde was chosen president by acclamation and took the oath of office June 25, 1938. A Protestant, he headed a predominantly Catholic nation. Ill health forced him to an nounce his retirement as his seven-year term drew to a close. He was succeeded by Sean O'Kel- ly alter the presidential election of June, 1945. T-H Law Sought In Hawaii Strike HONOLULU, July 13 UP) Gov. Ingram M. Slainback turned to Hawaii's legislature today in hopes of getting broad new pow ers to end the islands' 74-day dock strike. He will call a special session, he announced, just as soon as the legislature's holdover com mittee drafts a proposed little Taft-Hartley labor program. He asked that it be done by Tuesday. The committee went right to work. The key bill in a five-measure serle. by the Hawaiian Bar Asso ciation would arm the governor with injunctive powers to step into tne uiu longshore tieup. it also would authorize him to seize and operate the now Idle docks and other public utilities "when the health and welfare of the people" are at slake. The International Longshore men's and Warehousemen's union pulled Its 2,000 stevedores off the waterfront May 1. It wants a 32 cent increase of the $1.40 hourly pay. The employers once offered 12 cents, but withdrew it. The strike has locked in sugar and pineapple exports. No shipments can come in except government arranged food relief cargoes. Auto Kills Owner As It Falls From Blocks DEER PARK. Wash., July 13. UP) Irvin Joy, 40, of Deer Park was fatally crushed nencatn nis own automobile yesterday Sher iff Ralph Smith reported today. joy was working Deneam nis car when lt fell from the wood en blocks being used as sup ports. He was dead when neig hors lifted the car from his body. He is survived by nis widow and two children. ASSAULT CHARGED George Christian Davidson, 29, Myrtle Creek, charged with assault and battery, has been re leased upon posting of $100 bail, reported Sheriff O. T. "Bud" Car ter. Davidson was arresled Mon day by stale police on a warrant, following an alleged altercation at. Playmore Gardens Saturday ntgnt. Ceremonial Here 'thy 163-49 Fight Aboard Plane At Issue In Disaster Official Sources Differ On Cause Of California Crash That Killed 35 LOS ANGELES. Julv 13 UP) Official sources differed today wneiner a llgnt aboard an air liner caused it to crash and ex plode 30 miles north of here with a loss of 35 lives and Injuries to 14. A C-46 transport, operated bv Standard Airlines, snagged a wingtip yesterday In the Santa Susana mountains in a fog and exploded on a steep canyonside in what Civil Aeronautics Board Inspectors said was the worst non scheduled flight accident in the nation's history. James N. Peyton, regional CAB chief, said that a brief fight be tween two men passengers ap parently did not cause the crash. He made this statement after talking" to survivors. Pevton said the crash occurred an hour and a half after the scrap. However, Capt. L. R. Powell, chief pilot for Standard, said his investigation convinced him the battle caused the tragedy. He described the pilot of the twin engine craft, Roy G. White, as highly skilled and careful. White was killed. Stanley Weiss, airline presi dent, expressed belief that the tignt may nave contributed to the crash. Standard Airlines previously had been ordered by the CAB to discontinue flight operations next week for violating regulations. Was Their Second Fight A half-hour before the crash, Pilot White had radioed Lockheed airport at Burbank that he want ed police to stand by to arrest one of two men passengers who had been fighting aboard. He said one man was badly beaten. The plane was Inbound from New York. '" ,A passenger, Mrs. .Mary ,BcttU (Continued on Page Two) Small Fires Keep Department Busy Roseburg's Fire Department was dispatched to quell two out-of-town blazes yesterday, Fire Chief William Mills reported to day. A late model car owned by Willard Northcraft of Sulhcrlin caught fire at about 8:30 last night while parked at Nielsen's Market parking lot. Firemen said damage was confined to the wir ing and was quickly brought un der control. A rubbish fire at Duncan's Mill, 1 miles east of Dixonville, was reported at 9:25 p.m. Fire men said the fire apparently spread from a burning sawaust pile, selling lire io- logs piieu nearby. City firemen retarded the spread of the blaze until a bulldozer arrived to construct a fire trail. No damage estimate was available. City fire trucks were also called out on two grass fires on Nebo Heighls during the day. No dam age was reported. Negro Singer Accused In 'Communist Conspiracy' WASHINGTON. July 13. UP) A Jpwish leader accused Negro singer Paul Robeson today of tak ing part in "a deliberate Commu nist conspiracy to Inflame racial and religious minorities here against the United States." The statement by Rabbi Benja min Schultz of New York, execu tive director of the American Jewish' League against commu nism, was presented to the House Committee on Un-American Ac tivities. It was made public just aner the committee received word that Jackie Robinson, Negro star soc ond baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, will be a week late in making his top-billed appearance as a witness. The committee had scheduled Robinson as lead-off man for a team of Negro wit nesses to testify that most Ameri cans of their race are loyal cit izens. L. G. Crow Fined On Drunken Driving Count Lawrence Gilbert Crow, Rose- bunr. arrpsted at Drain on a drunk driving charge, was fined $150 and sentenced to 30 days in Ihe county Jail, when he pleaded guilty upon arraignment in Jus tice Court at Drain, reported Justice of Peace Clarence Leon ard. Crow's sentence will be sus pended upon payment of his fine. Roseburg Driver Draws Fine On Two Charges CHEHALIS, July 13. UP) Charles E. Cason, 32, of Rose burg, Ore., pleaded guilty in Jus tice William F. Bartz' court Mon day to charges of drunken driv ing and having no valid operat or's llcpnse. f'lnea totaled $83, plua costs. Companies Gives Assent Others Spurn Truman's Proposal, Declaring He By-Passed T-H Statute PITTSBURGH, July 13. P The ClO-United Steal, workers today ordered a strike effective Friday against steel concerns which have rejected the Presidential 60-day truce proposal accepted by the union. PITTSBURGH, July 13. UP) The CIO United Steelworkers' executive board today accepted a Presidential plan for a 60-day steel strike delay but failed to mention whether steel concerns rejecting the plan would be in cluded in the truce. ' Only one steelmaker Jones & Laughlln has accepted Presi dent Truman's proposal. The Giant U. S. Steel Corp., the na tion's top producer, Bethlehem and Republic all have rejected the White House proposal. A strike embracing 500,000 union workers was threatened for this weekend, at Friday and Sat urday midnight. President Tru man had proposed a 60-day con tract extension while an unoffi cial fact-finding board investi gated the issues. A highly placed unionist said after the executive board's action that: "The picture now looks as If our truce will be effective only with those concerns which go along with the president. The pic ture may change but that's the way It .looks now." The union's 170-man Wage and Policy Committee must ratify the Executive Board's action. This ratification was expected at a meeting this afternoon. CIO President Philip Murray said he had no comment on U. S. Steele's refusal to go along with the President's plan. Stand By T-H Law U. S. Steel Corporation declared it would have nothing to do with the fact-finding board. It based its objections on the fact that the (Continued on Page Two) Thefts At Three Places Reported Three break andenter reports were made from the office of Sheriff O. T. "Bud" Carter yes terday. , Deputy. J3allas,3cJin;tt Jnvustl- gated a call at Taylor's Super Service Station at the north city limits of Roseburg on Highway 99. Entry was believed made through a rear door, where th lock was ripped off. All drawers In the station were removed and searched, he reported. No money was known to have been taken, but missing were an electric drill, 30 drill bits and a three-way screwdriver. At 10 a.m. Bennett made a second Investigation at Porter's Richfield Station -at Winston, where entrance was believed made bv the removal of a window on the north side. Six fan belts and a peanut machine, for a total estimated value of $50, were missing. Deputy W. T. Worrall of Can yonvllle Investigated a break-and-entry at Trl-Clty Texaco Station. Entrance was believed made throueh the front door. A drill wns also taken from this station, he reported. Alimony Dodger, 6 Times Wed, May Do Jail Stretch DETROIT, July 13. UP) Balding Earl Conners may have a year in Jail in which to reflect on his romances with 14-year-old girls. The Kentucklan, 42, who mar rled four girls of 14, got the year's sentence yesterday In a back alimony case involving wife No. 1. Circuit Judge Ira W. Jayne ordered Conners to pay half the $2,200 due Flora Monde "immedi ately" or do penance behind bars. Conners also faces sentencing on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of 14-year-old Fatlmaa Hussan, his latest bride. Two of the four girls divorced him. The third died. Actually, Conners said, he has been married six times. The othe brides were 15 and 39. Di vorces followed. Widower Of Suicide Marries Sister-ln Law SEASIDE, July 13. UP) Au thor Joseph Stanley Pennell, whose wife committed suicide two months ago while despondent over her health, has married his sister-in-law. Pennell, who wrote "The His tory of Rome Hanks," and Vir ginia F. Horton, Chicago, met when she came here for her sis ter's funeral. They were married quietly last Saturday. The Kansas-born writer moved to this Oregon coast town to es cape the noise of a merry-go-round at Junction City, Kas. Lvity Fact Rant By L. F. Reizensteln President Truman assures tht nation that Americans need not bt scared of tht existing eco nomic situation. Shucks I Who's afraid of a mere $242 billion federal deficit?