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i U. Of 0. Library -4 1 Eugene, Oregon ' 4 Comp, I WHO DOES WHAT Wi fl t: 1 ROSEBURC KIDS like the water in the fine new swim pool there's no doubt of it. The hot weather makes 'em like it better. I would have plunged in myself when I took this picture, only I forgot to bring my shoehorn. I'd have needed one to have been able to squeeze in. The little kids make the most noise, and so I suppose they have the most fun I don't know. Everyone I saw in there seemed to be enjoying himself. Everything seems reasonably safe, al though I did observe quite a few distracting hazards. Very pretty ones, two. Smith River Burn Closed By Gov. McKay's Proclamation Governor Douglas McKay today issued a proclamation, effective Sunday, closing to public use without permits the old Smith River burn area. This is a cooperative closure between Western Lane, Coos' and Douglas Counties for the section lying north and west of Elkton in the Little and Big Paradise Creek areas. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS IN Washington, State Secretary Acheson flatly opposes any cut in our projected billion and a half program to provide arms for Western Europe. He says this figure represents the absolute minimum needed (for safety). IF you lived way out in the woods, and the wolves were a constant menace, and you were the only one in the neighborhood who could afford to buy guns, you'd probably buy guns for your neigh bors, wouldn't you? - Even if you .iajL.tq .out down on some of your LESS ESSEN 'TIAL spending to find the money. . WE talk a lot about security in these days. Don't EVER forget that . the NO. 1 SECURITY is preservation of our national existence. PERSONALLY, I think our military costs are extrava gantly high and could be greatly reduced by better business man- (Continued on Page Four) Transportation Strike In New York City Spreads NEW YORK, July 15. UP) More than a million New Yorkers hunted alternate transportation today after a lightning strike im mobilized buses on 30 routes. Riders who could do so hand ilyswitched to subways, which were put on stepped-up schedules to handle the extra crush. Others hailed taxicabs, if they could find empty ones. Some walked. The stoppage, touched off yes terday by the lay-off of four New York City Omnibus Corp. mechan ics, spread early today to the Fifth Avenue Coach Co., affect ing a total of 3,300 workers. A city-sponsored peace meeting last night failed to bring any agreement between the com panies and the CIO Transport Workers Union. Fine Of $150 Levied For Drunken Driving Richard Rowe Graef, Los An geles, Calif., was fined $150 on a drunk driving charge, when ar raigned in Justice Court Wednes day, reported Justice of Peace A. J. Geddes. He is being held in the county Jail pending payment of his fine. He was arrested Tuesday at Myrtle Creek. Community Hospital Will Be On Self-Sustaining Basis, Manager Alvin Knauss Says "The Roseburg Community Hospital will be self-sustaining," Hospital Manager Alvin Knauss emphasized Thursday in a talk be fore the Roseburg Rotary Club luncheon. Knauss' statement came as an answer to a question from the floor during the open forum fol lowing an address, explaining operation of a community hos pital as a business enterprise. Although the Hospital will be self-supporting, Knau?s said that as a non-profit organization, all excess over expenses will be "plowed back" into enlargements, additions to the staff and re search. Knauss said hospitals exper ience all the troubles of other businesses, with expert planning often bring the only salvation. However, he said, he will try to run the Roseburg hospital on the industrial management plan The governor's proclamation states tnat tne unregulated use of this area is, "in my. judgment, a menace to life and property on account of an excessive amount of debris on the ground due to old burns and also because of weather conditions." Permits for entering the area may be obtained at the follow ing places: Western Lane Forest Protective Association Headquar ters, Veneta; Oglesby Ranch; South Fork Guard Station; Vin cent Creek Guard Station; Elk Creek Guard Station and Wells Creek Guard Station. . Under permit, entrants shall refrain from smoking except in places designated as safe in the permit; to build no open fires except in places designated -as safe, and to have as a part of his or her equipment when using campfires, except when traveling as a pedestrian andor camping at improved, designated and post ed campgrounds, tools as speci fied by the forester suitable for extinguishing fires. A published notice appearing elsewhere in today's paper speci fically designates the closed areas. 350 New Laws In Effect Tomorrow SALEM, July 15. (P More than 350 bills of the 1949 legisla ture will become law tomorrow. The Legislature passed 590 measures, but the others already are effective because they con tained emergency clauses. Here are the more important new laws: Creating the office of state milk marketing administrator, to be named by the Board of Agricul ture. A fair employment practices act. Increased industrial accident benefits. Licensing of practical nurses. The staggered plan of issuing eutomobile licenses. Preventing candidates for of fice from changing parties just before elections. Letting banks close on .Satur days. Requiring automobiles to stop for school buses which are load ing or unloading. Emergency Declared In Idaho's Polio Outbreaks BOISE, July 15 UP) Be cause of the present rate of in cidence of the disease, the Idaho Polio Planning Committee has de clared an emergency exists. Dr. Qucntin M. Mack, Boise, committee vice chairman, empha sized, however, that a "true epi demic stage" has not been reach ed. Idaho has 76 cases reported so far this year. Twenty six ap peared in June and 28 so far in July. There have been three deaths. recently set up by the University of Chicago. The hospital manager explain ed that hospital expenses were usually higii because of good salaries paid to well-trained per sonnel and what he termed "the exorbitant cost" of drugs used in medical treatment. Also present at the Rotary luncheon was Roland Q u a m, Roseburg Boy Scout executive. Upon his request, a committee was appointed to rem-esent the Rotariani at an instructional meeting of persons interested in Scouting, to be held July 20 at 6:30 in the Umpqua Hotel. Steel's The Weather Partly cloudy to fair today becoming cloudy tonight. Part ly cloudy Saturday, continued warm. Sunset today 7:51 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:47 a. m. Established 1873 Czechs Prepare To Seize Catholic Church Control Archbishop Prisoner In His Palace Treason Charge Hurled By Justice Minister; Holy See Is Attacked PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, July 15. UP) Czechoslovakia's Com munist minister of justice pic tured Archbishop Josef Beran to day as a traitor to the state, and moved to seize full control of the Roman Catholic Church. Justice Minister Cepicka made the' accusation against the pri mate in a speech to the Central Action Committee of the National Front, to whom he proposed a law which would give the red government a strangle-hold on the church. Its passage is regard ed as a matter of course. Passage of the law would pave the way for the next government move in the state-church fight. The archbishop is not under ar rest now, formally, but he i3 a virtual prisoner in his palace, under the guard of Communist plain clothes policemen. At the same time, Information Minister Kopecky directly attack ed Pope Pius XII, accusing the Pontiff and the church of bless ing and supporting Fascism. Cepicka's proposed law would give the government control of church funds, appointment of the clergy and administration of church property. All sorts of charges have been made against Beran and his bish ops by government officials and the controlled press charges (Continued on Page Two) Malheur Elaxe v:e Halted; State Danger Remains PORTLAND, Ore., July 15. UP) Seven hundred smoke-fagged workers linked their trails around South Central Oregon's Gunbarrel Creek fire today and the Forest Service reported it "under con trol." The blaze, In Malheur National Forest 35 miles northeast of Burns, swept through 5000 acres of scrub pine and for a time threatened commercially valuable stands. Guy Johnson, regional fire dis patcher, said cooler weather in the fire area today gave hope that the lines around the fire could be held. The entire state had relief from the heat today, with a few scat tered sprinkles in prospect. Portland, which had a high of 94 yesterday, was scheduled to get a peak of only 77 today as clouds moving in with cooler air from the southwest were scatter ed over Western Oregon. Eastern Oregon also was to get relief with a cover of high clouds. Western Oregon humidity was up today and Eastern Oregon's was forecast for higher tomorrow. Foresters cautioned, however, that fire danger remained acute. Logging operations were suspend ed over much of the state. The entire Northwest sweltered yesterday: Medford 104, Yakima 101, Ontario, Redmond, Roseburg, Lewiston, 100; Boise 99, Pendleton 98, Salem 96, Spokane 95. Only the coast was cool with Newport reporting 62 and Brookings 59. All forest lands in the Elsie area south of the Nehalem river and sunset highways were closed to the public today to lessen danger of fire. Two blazes oc curred In that northwest Oregon area one a campfire that spread Into the woods but both were extinguished with little damage. Oldest GAR Member Survives Pneumonia ROCHESTER, N. Y., July 15. UP) Jnmes A. Hard celebrated his 108th birthday today with one principal worry the lack of large-sized aromatic cigars. The oldest living member of the Grand Army of the Republic also was mildly concerned over whether he will get to the GAR's final encampment next month at Indianapolis. He hopes to make it. , The usual birthday party in a downtown hotel was by-passed this year due to Hard's impaired health. He was hospitalized three times during the past eight months with pneumonia. FIRE HITS CONDON CONDON. July 15 -UP) Loss was estimated at $25,000 today from a fire that swept through one building and damaged two other here yesterday. The blaze broke out In the back room of the City Cleaners. It destroyed the cleaning establish ment then spread to the Jamie son and Marshall plumbing plant and the Wheat City Rooming "Big Three" Falling Tree Kills Logger At Dixonville Paul Klyoshl Sato, 26, was fatally Injured about 3:30 p.m. Thursday while he was work ing In the woods tor the J. D. Lynch Co., near Dixonville. According to report of Deputy Coroner M. B. Emmltt and Deputy Sheriff Dallas Ben nett, Sato was crushed through the hips by a falling tree, which rolled against another log. It was necessary to carry him half-a-mile to a waiting ambu lance of the Roseburg Ambulance Co., and he died at 5:20 enroute to the hospital. Sato lived at box 2501, Air port Road. He was born July 4, 1923, In Louisiana and moved with his parents a number of years ago to Los Angeles. He had been employed in Roseburg about a month. He was a mem ber of the Seventh Day Adven tist Church of Los Angeles and had been planning to enter their medical school this fall. He was a veteran of World War II. Surviving are his mother of Los Angeles; four brothers, Kat suml Sato, Sacramento; Tomot su Sone, Ismi Sato and George Sato, all of Los Angeles, and a sister, Shisuko, Los Angeles. His mother and. a brother will arrive in Roseburg tonight and funeral arrangements will be an nounced by the Roseburg Funeral Home. Woman's Scream Ends Career Of Slippery Thief, , new' YORkr Jiiy l-UP).S slim, 30-year-old man described by police as "the damndest cat burglar this town ever knew" finally was in custody today. A woman's screams at the sight of his shoeless feet coming through her 12th- floor hotel room window were credited by police with bringing to an end a string of 60 robberies with more than $50,000 loot. The alleged burglar, Identified by police as Raymond Judson Carter, was seized yesterday at a lobby elevator entrance in the fashionable Hotel Plaza. A few minutes earlier, a wom an resident of a 12th floor room saw a pair of stockinged feet coming Into her room from a narrow outside ledge. When the woman screamed, police said, the man leaped six feet through the air to another ledge and clambered through a window. Police said Carter operated by picking a hotel for a burglary and getting a room there. Then, he would take off his shoes, crawl along a ledge to a window and enter a room. Daylighters Prevent Scheduled State Ban PORTLAND, July 15 UP) Northwest Oregon and Willam ette valley points can keep day light saving time the rest of the summer. Sponsors pushed daylight sav ing petitions above the 15,926 signatures needed to prevent a state law from banning fast time. Lee Stidd Jr., Portland, who headed the petition-gatherers, said a total of 17,025 valid signa tures was reached yesterday. The petitions were to be filed in Salem today. " - They will force a vote In No vember, 1950, on whether day light saving time Is a matter for local option, as at present. Minister Will Direct Oregon's New FEPC Act SALEM, July 15 UP) The Rev. William Van Meter, 35, Episcopalian minister at Wood burn, will have charge of admin istration, of Oregon's new fair employment practices law. He was appointed by State Labor Commissioner W. E. Kim- sey. Van Meter is chaplain of the Boys Training hchool, and was chaplain of the State House of Representatives two years ago. The law, which goes into effect tomorrow, prevents -employers, labor unions and employment agencies from discriminating against persons because of their race or religion. Attorneys Against Klan Targets Of Four Bullets ATLANTA, July 15 UP) A flaming cross was set on in the yard and four bullets were fired last night Into a residence occupied by two young attorneys who filed an injunction suit against the Ku Klux Klan. One of the attorneys, Hal A. Irvin, said he had received a tele phone threat that "vou'll be sorry you filed that suit." Neither attorney was hit by the shots. ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, JULY Jake Bird Goes To His Death On Gallows Penalty For Murderous Career Of Negro Paid After Long Law Battle WALLA WALLA, Wash., July 15. UP) The snap of a trapdoor on the Washington State Peni tentiary gallows ended the bloody wanderings oi Jane Biro, at izvai a.m. today. The 48-year-old Negro transi ent, who had confessed knowing about or taking part in 44 mur ders during his cross-country roaming, was hanged for the ax murder of Mrs. Bertha Kludt in Tacoma, Wash., on Oct. 30, 1947. Mrs. Kludt and her daughter, Beverly, were fatally knifed and bludgeoned when they caught Bird prowling their home. rne canny rvogro naa man aged to postpone three previous walks to the gallows. He died with an apparent per sonal fortune of $6.15 which he willed to his attorney, Murray Tiggart of Walla Walla. But during his final days, Bird talk ed of a "a little black box," con taining the loot from his burg laries. He said It was in the pos session of a friend in Los An geles, but the Identity of the friend was not disclosed. 1 Bird walked from his gallows- level cell to the noose with out ward calm and needed only slight support from two guards wno accompanied him. He said noth ing to the crowd of more than 1UU spectators, dui maue an un intelligible remark to one of the guards. j . , ... - . ; ' Fsreglveness Sought The Rev. Arvld Ohrnell, who has been Bird's spiritual adviser during the final days, read a note written by the condemned man, declaring he bore no malice to anyone and sought foroglve- (Continued on Page Two) State Resources Board Created By Gov. McKay SALEM. July 15. UP) Gov ernor Douglas McKay set up a re sources advisory committee yes terday to handle conservation and related problems. The group will meet every three months. It consists of the heads of the fish, game, agricul ture, extension service hydroelec tric, 'geology,' state parks, and Willamette Basin Commission Activities. At the first meeting yesterday, the governor said the group could bring team-work to departmental activities. He suggested the group ould discourage too great a cen tralization of activities, and could sponsor new manufacturing plants east oi tne cascades. The committee, he said, might help resolve differences between the game ana usn neparimems. Ivan Oakes, secretary of the Willamette ,Basln Commission, was named secretary of the new committee. GOP Heads To Answer Truman In Broadcasts WASHINGTON, July 15.- Republican congressmen are going on the air to reply to Presi dent Truman's economic report to the nation. Senator Taft (R.-Ohlo) is sched uled to speak over, the Mutual Broadcasting Company network from 9.45 to 10 p.m. (EST) to night. His subject will be "Danger ous Taxation." House Minority Leader Martin of Massachusetts and Rep. Reed (R.-N. Y.) also were understood to be planning radio replies to the President s address. Secrecy Veils Conference Of Truman, Advisors Reportedly Dealing With Atomic Bombs WASHINGTON, July 15. UP) A White House shield of secrecy today threw a tight cover over a super-mysterious conference which hroueht President Truman together with top military, atomic, diplomatic and congressional leaders, For two hours and 33 minutes these men the list was Impres. sive were together behlpd clos ed doors last night In hfcitoric Blair House, the President's tem porary home. There was no announcement whatever of what went on. How ever, the Identity of the par ticipants pointed strongly to ward some development In th atomic weapons field on an In ternational level. The New York Times said the meeting dealt with the question Yields To Truman 15, 1949 I THROUGH THESE MOST BEAUTIFUL rBROOM BRIGADERS' IN HAWAII. -W$MP tiMtusmi )i 1 1 ii i i MHim ii i i H ' in BROOM BRIGADERS Members of the "Broom Brigade" start on their morning march picketing I. L. W. U. headquarters on pier 1 1 in Honolulu. Sign above door was put up by firm which allows Broom Brigade to use its premises for headquarters. The waterfront strike, which is slowly paralyzing Hawaiian business, is in its third month. (NEA Telephoto) ' : Damage Action Hits Unions In Honolulu Tieup Of Ships HONOLULU, July 15. UPl-A $1,500,000 damage action marked Hawaii's lingering waterfront strike today the 76th day since CIO stevedores tied up the ports for a 32 cents an hour wage increase. The damage suit was filed by est shipping firm serving the islands. It asked It asked $20,000 ad dltlonal damages for each day the tieup continues. Matson named three defend ants: the International Longshore men's and Warehousemen s Un ion, to which the 2,000 striking stevedores belong; the CIO Ma rine Cooks and Stewards Union, and th Independent Pacific Ma rine Firemen, Oilers, Water tenders and Wipers Association. A spokesman for Matson said the suit was filed yesterday un der provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act. These provisions, he said, authorize companies to "sue for damages resulting from il legal acts by unions and for "damages by reason of breach of existing contracts." The suit charges the two mari time unions with breach of con tracts. Firemen and stewards walked off five of the 10 Mat son ships tied up here by the strike. The walkouts came on there when Matson tried to sail them back to San Francisco and when two others were, seized temporarily under federal court orders for unloading cargo. Fred Low Jr.j chairman of the ILWU strike strategy com mittee, said filing of the suit "obviously is another attempt of the Big Five to break the strike and harrass the union.. It will not work." (The Big Five Is composed of (Continued on, Page Two) Counties To Get Less Funds From O.&C. Lands STATE HOUSE, Salem, July 15. Oregon and California grant land money allocated to coun ties under the grants are des tined to decrease and counties cannot expect to receive the same amount of these funds as came to them during the prosperous war years, Frank Sever, Port land, and attorney for the Land Grant association, has advised Marlon county Judge Grant Mur phy. ' Sever warned he already has sidetracked one move, started in Washington to reduce the coun ties' share of the proceeds from 50 percent to 374 percent and to use 25 percent of the money for a development fund.- The attorney estimated the counties' shares would be cut $1,000,000 or less with a pros pective average of $800,000. of giving to Great Britain tech. nlcal Information on the pro duction of atomic bombs. It was learned later, however, the newspaper added, that no decisions were made during the session unless the President came to some determination that he did not disclose. Any decision to give Informa tion to Britain would require an act of Congress before it could (Continued on Page Two) I, 165-49 PORTACS?RrSS TH6 AND DETERMINED Matson Nevlgatlon Company, larg Fires In Olalla, - Cow Creek Areas Quickly Subdued Two fires, believed of Incend iary origin, on upper Olalln Creek at the head of Byron Creek were extinguished by members of the Douglas Protective Asso ciation headquarters crew Thurs day, according to a report from the local office. One fire covered about two acres and the second covered a quarter of an acre nearby. They were discovered about 5 p.m. burning In pine and fir timber. Both were brought under control by 8 p.m. and no damage resulted. Anotner lire was reported at 4:30 p.m. In Cow Creek Canyon near Byers. About 10 acres of grass burned between the rail road and uow ureeK, it was ex tinguished by the South Douglas Crew, and no damage resulted. Under the direction of Fred R. Southwlck, district warden, the entire forest protective crew of about 125 men is ready to work at peak performance. All main tenance of roads, trails and tele phones In the area have been completed, and lookouts, wardens and suppression crews are in place. . Troops Begin Loading Strike-Tied Exports LONDON. July 15. (-Brit ish troops began loading export cargoes for the first time today on the Thames River' docks where a wildcat strike has para lyzed shipping for 19 days and Idled 14,289 stevedores. Some of the 6.000 troops as signed to the government-seized docks went to work on 10,000 tons of waiting automobiles, steel, pianos and other freight. Others continued unloading food shipments from 17 more of the 134 ships tied up by the stoppage. Pickets at the docks distribut ed leaflets urging the strikers to join a demonstration march from the waterfront to downtown Trafalgar Square Sunday. Military Unification Bill Heads For Approval WASHINGTON, July 15-UP) Quick passage by congress of a military unification bill now looks like a cinch. The House Armed Services Committee nimbly reversed it self on the Issue yesterday, and annroved a bill to reorganize the armed forces' business-finances affairs. One member said In structions from Minority Leader JoseDh W. Martin Jr. (K.-Mass.) were partly responsible for-the reversal. Majority Leader McCormack (D.-Mass.l announced shortly after the committee vote that the bill is on the house calendar for debate Monday. It is expected to pass without much opposition. LARCENY CHARGED Wayman William Wiser, 33, Yoncalla, arrested Wednesday at Drain, Is being held In the county jail on a charge of larceny, re ported Sheriff O. T. "Bud" Carter. Ball was set by Justice of Peace Clarence Leonard of Drain at $1,000. r Strike Headed Off At Least Two Months Fact-Finding Proposal Accepted; Not Bound By Recommendations WASHINGTON. Julv lS-fff) The steel industry's giants bow ed to President Truman's insist, ence today and accepted his plan for dealing with their labor dis pute. Since the million-member CIO United Steel Workers already had accepted it. the action of the "Bie Three" producers headed off for at least 60 days a strike scheduled to begin in some plants at mid night. Most of the smaller companies already had agreed to Mr. Tru man's proposal that he ap point a three-member board to Investigate the wage-pension dis pute and make recommendations for a settlement while, meantime. work continues for 60 days. rne big three U. S. Steel, Bethlehem and Republic re jected this idea when Mr. Tru man advanced it Tuesday. Their stand was that he should act un der the Taft-Hartley law. That law provides for fact-finding boards but says the boards shall not make recommendations. In the- face of White House pressure, they gave up today first Bethlehem, the No. 2 pro ducer; then Republic, No. 3. and finally, "Big Steel" itself, the U. S. Steel Corporation. All emphasized that they would not be bound by the board's recommendations. Mr. Truman had not asked that they, or the union, bind themselves to take the board's proposals. in a telegram to Mr. Truman, Benjamin F. Fairless, president of U. S. Steel, said his company still questioned the propriety of Mr. Truman's proposal since it was not taken under the Taft- Hartley act. "We feel we are being com pelled to follow in order to avoid (Continued on Page Two) Circulation Of Elliott Recall Petitions Begun PORTLAND, July 15. UP)-, The recall petitions against Mar-. Ion L.- (Mike) Elliott were on the streets today. The movement to oust the Multnomah County Sheriff was launched in n public meeting last night in which the petitions were . handed out and' Vice Admiral Thomas L. Gatch (retired) was elected to head the recall com- mlttee. ' Scores packed the main meet- lng room of the Portland library to elect Gatch and hear 15 speak ers urge the recall. The most frequently voiced objection to El liott was his admitted misrep resentation about his education and war record. Officials of both the Republi can and Democratic parties spoke against Elliott, a Democrat who was elected last fall. Elliott previously asserted the recall attempt was motivated by politics, and said his opponents had no serious charge to lay against him. He also feuded with Portland newspapers, accusing them of attempting to "boss" his office. His opponents accused him of Ineptitude in office and asserted he was elected only because he represented that he had a college education and wartime service in the Marines. Elliott has ad mitted he had neither. Cooler Weather In Sight For Roseburg Roseburg was promised slight- ly cooler weather for the week end following Thursday's near- record 100 degree temperature. According to the Weather Bu reau office here, a body of moist air appears to be headed this way, indicating at least partial relief. Although moist air retards the thermometer's rise during the mornings, it also holds In the heat to some extent in the eve nings, weather officials said. Regardless of the scientific ex planation, Roseburg citizens will thank the weatherman for the clouds promised for today and to morrow. But it will be hot just the same. The prediction is for a high of 88 to 92 today. Auto Damaged In Crash With Truck-Trailer A car, operated by John Ed ward Newton, Grants Pass, was badly damaged in a sldeswiplng Incident with a truck-trailer about 18 miles south of Roseburg early Thursday, State Police Sgt. Lyle Harrell reported. The officer said Newton was traveling north and the truck south. Newton's car and the rear of the trailer sideswiped, sending the car Into the bank. Levity Fact Rant By L. T. Relzensteln Soon as you've digested the proposed changes in the fishing and hunting rules, you or priv ileged to tackle more than 350 new Oregon laws effective to morrow. Provides soothing mental relaxation during the hot spell.