i U. Of Ot Library Comp.
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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,
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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
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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?