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Cornp. if jtugene, Oregon U. Of 0. Li'crary i I WHO DOES WHAT bypmUmMm 4L .A fcs J MRS. HORACE BERC does corner of the lawn at her home flowers," she grieves, "aren't miaht look better over the fence the sweeping sun hat she wears is Mexican, as also is the flower basket. Both were picked up in shops in Mexico on the occasion of an automobile trip Mr. and Mrs. Berg made to that country last winter. LABOR LEADER Alexander Fell Whitney, 76 Passes After Authorizing Southern Pacific Walkout . .CLEVELAND,. July d6.-i4 labor leader who was the friend presidents of the United States, heart attack. The peppery president of the road Trainmen was stricken after and an evening with friends at his Order Of Cooties Will Entertain Veteran Patients Patients of the Roseburg Vet erans hospital will be entertained with a summer outing Sunday by members of the Military Order of Cooties, social degree of the Vet erans of Foreign Wars. Department officers of the Cooties from throughout the state will be hosts of Roseburg's Cootie Pup Tent No. 2, according to Com mander Royal S. Denton. Heading the list of department officers who will participate in the Cooties' 1949 program to "Keep 'Em Smiling in Beds of White" will be Grand Comman der Charles Howard, Pwtland; Senior Vice Commander Douglas Ambers, Eugene, and Hal Franks, state hospital chairman, Portland. Also expected to be present to help entertain the patients of the ; Roseburg hospital is a delegation of 42 Cooties and their ladies from Salem, Springfield, Eugene and a 16-man Scottish bagpipe and drum corps from Coquille's Amer ican Legion post. Through arrangements with lo cal hospital officials, the Cooties will provide ball games, contests, and a picnic for the veterans. WAR ON MOSQUITOES? County Sanitarian Baker Favors Eradication Move When Funds Are Available The possible eradication of mosquitoes In the Roseburg area was discussed by County Sanitarian Claude Baker at Thursday night's Lions club meeting. Baker said a brief survey disclosed the principal sources of mosquito breeding areas nearby to be the mill ponds, areas along Deer creek, and stream areas in Coates Addition and In North Roseburg. At present there are no avail able county funds with which to start an extermination program, but, he stated, he believes an ef fective plan could be carried out to rid the area of the insects. He has obtained Information from Multnomah and Umatilla counties, the only two which have carried on any extensive pro grams of this nature. Umatilla re ports a total expenditure of $7, 215, which Is shared by the coun ty, cities, health departments and other groups. The cost of spray ing affected areas has been about 99 cents per acre. In Douglas county the type of program would depend upon the amount of money which could be made available and the areas to w taken in, according to Baker. He said he found the manage- 4 a bit of gardening in a tecluded at 901 Riverside drive. "Summer so plentiful now. I think these than over the mantel! DIES Alexander Fell Whltney,76,' fiery and Sometimes bitter opponent of died at his home early today of a 215,000 - man Brotherhood of Rail spending a full day at his office Bay Village home. His wife, Dorthy Mae Whitney, said she heard him call out that he was not felling well early this morning. She telephoned for help, returned to his side and found him dead. Serves On Commltees Outspoken for the policies of the late Franklin D. Roosevelt, Whitney served on several na tional committees, including the one wnich guided tne annual President's birthday balls for in fantile paralysis victims. It was in recent years in rela tions with President Truman, however, that Whitney came into breakfast table view of the Ameri can public. The crippling railway strike of May, 1946, was in full swing. All but 100 of 17,500 of the nation's scheduled passenger trains and 240 of 24,000 freight trains were out of operation for a 48-hour period. President Truman called Whit ney and Alvanley Johnston, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers, to the "White House for a closed conference. Claims 'Double Cross' The labor chiefs called their men back to work, but soon after Whitney shouted "double cross." He said they were induced by the President to postpone the strike for five days on the promise that an agreement would be forth- (Continued on Page Two) ments of local mills willing to co operate In any program, but add ed that it would require complete cooperation all around to secure proper relief. He discussed briefly effective eradication methods, and suggest ed that a method of procedure be prepared and carried through. M. W. Slankard reported on the planned picnic for July 24 at the Rod and Gun club grounds. Rollie Quam, Douglas district scout executive, announced a scout leadership training meeting July 20 to obtain leaders for additional troops to be organized in this area. He asked that 10 men from the club be delegated to attend. Maurice P. Bye was Inducted in. to membership by Bruce Elliott, past deputy district governor. Czechs Demand Church Tht Weathtr Cooler with mornlnq cloudi ntst today and Sunday. Sunsot today 7:51 p. m. . Sunrito tomorrow 4:48 a. m. Established 1873 Families Flee Homes As Fire Covers Area Southern Oregon Blaie Said Quieting After Burning 4-Mile Strip ' CAVE JUNCTION. Ore.. July 16. UP Sixty families, who fled from a forest fire In this south ern Oregon area, were being fed and housed here today, while crtws fought to extinguish the quieting flames. " A forest fire jumped a 100-foot wide river late yesterday, and swept along a four-mile-long strip of farm and tlmberland, burning several houses and sending. 60 farm families fleeing before it. Evacuees bedded down in the Pentecostal church, the Holland hotel, and many private homes of this small . community. . The American Legion hall was thrown open to store nousenoid gooas the farmers brought here lor safekeeping. . . . The refugees dined and break fasted on Red Cross meals, serv ed by the legion auxiliary. Fire Calms Down The forest fire, which had blackened an area four miles long and more than a mile wide, calmed down during the night. Foresters hoped 'that barring sudden, brisk winds It would spread no further. At Portland, the weatherman gave encouragement with the re port that Oregon's hot spell, (Continued on Page Two) Sen. Taft States Truman Leads To Totalitarianism ; COLUMBUS, O., July 16. UP) President Truman's program of huge government spending is leading the United States into a totalitaVtan -state, Senator Robert A. Taft declared last night. Mr. Truman, the republican quarterback asserted, apparently has little regard for revenue pro vided bv the people and the neces sity of cutting government spend ing. "Any president except one ob sessed with the panacea of gov ernment spending would have cut his budget to meet the revenue provided by the people," Taft charged. The Ohio republican spoke to the nation in a radio address over the Mutual network from Colum bus. His talk was a reply to the President'i "fireside chat" Wednesday. "Huge government spending has from the beginning been one of the essential features of Mr. Truman's program to follow the labor socialized government of England Into a totalitarian state, directing the lives and activities of its citizens," Taft declared. "It is complete nonsense to say that the government cannot cut its expenses. There Is not a bu reau in Washington which couldn't cut 10 per cent of its per sonnel and be more efficient. "An average 10 per cent reduc tion would balance the budget." it; l-. v w I LjcuI lllllllilll OFF TO CAMP TYEE went then Cemp Fire Cirli counselors Fri day. They will set the place in order for the first contingent of 70 girls who will rriv at the cemp Sunday. Left to right the e ounselori are: (front rowl Susan Brown, Donna Busheyr Wilma Pope, Ardyth Andrus and Mrs. Rita Smith; (back rowl Mary Lynn Holm, Gladys Telford, Joyce Morgan, Arlena Coffman, Louisa Conn, Mrs. Eliiabath Gibson and Bernica Lounsbury. Sea story page 12. (Picture by Paul Jenkins) ROSEBURG, STEEL PROBLEM Fact Finding Board Takes Over Problems Of "Fourth Round1 Postwar Wage Hike WASHINGTON, July 16. UP) in the steel labor dispute took over one of the nation's biggest eco nomic questions today should there be a "fourth round" of postwar CIO Auto Workers Said Threatening Ford Car Strike MILWAUKEE, Wise, July 16. GP The CIO United Auto Work ers carried a big financial stick today as they turned from con vention proceedings to a threat ened Ford strike. Union representatives of 106.- 000 Ford workers gathered in the wake of the union's 12th conven vention, which forged the pow erful, $10,000,000 strike weapon hortly before adjourning last night. The Ford representatives, most of them convention delegates. went over final bargaining strate gy in a secret session. What ef fect the lack of a threatened steel strike had on that strate gy was not known. The prevail ing belief here, however, seemed to be that the bu-day strike post ponement made a Ford strike more likely. The theory behind this belief is that the UAW in the past has not held Its hand for long after a major contract expires. The Ford-UAW pact would have ex pired last midnight except for the first day-to-day extension previously agreed upon. Presumably the auto workers would have been willing to con tinue such extensions for up to two weeks if fellow steelworkers were striking to lead the pen sion and wage drive this year. But it's doubtful they would hold off for two months if Ford does not meet their demands. The UAW has been countin-r on setting an industry-wide pattern at Ford on the union's program of $100-a-month pensions, health and welfare plans and fourth round wage Increases. Negotia tions, under way since June 2. resume Monday in Detroit. Little progress has been reported so far. A strike vote among locals carried by a 7-1 margin, acord ing to union leaders. Adults Invited To Free Noon Hour Swim At Pool Pool Manager Ray Brown an nounced that 24,525 swimmers have crowded the new municipal swimming pool since It opened May 29. This figure was for all paid admissions through July 13 and does not include free swimming and the morning swimming classes. Citv Manager M. W. Slankard invites all Roseburg adults, espe cially businessmen, to take ad vantage oi tne tree swimming hour offered them between noon and 1 p.m. every day. Slankard said the pool would be open to adults only during mat nour. OREGON SATURDAY, JULY STUDIED A presidential fact-finding board wage Increases? The three-man board was ap pointed last night by President Truman to end a tense 72 hours speculation over whether the steel industry, or a big part of it, would be shut down indefi nitely today. The board's recommendations on wages, pensions and insurance issues in the steel dispute won't be binding on either the industry or Philip Murray's CIO steel workers. But the White House hopes it will point the way to a settlement. And how the steelworkers fare on their fourth round demands may well become a pattern for all industry. It has happened that way before. A million steelworkers called off plans for a walkout to begin last midnight when the Industry's giants, Including U. S. Steel, re luctantly gave in to the admin istration's 60-day strike truce plan. Mr. Truman appointed Carroll (Continued on Page Two) Southern Pacific Strike May Be Delayed, Report SAN FRANCISCO, July 16. (IP) A seven-state strike against Southern Pacific has been called for next Friday, but persons close to the scene expect a delay. These observers, who chose anonymity, predicted President Truman would exercise his au thority under the National Rail way act to delay the strike 60 days by appointing an emergency Doard to near tne dispute. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen yesterday set the strike on the railroad's Pacific lines for 6 p. m. July 22. The action resulted from a dis pute about the number of brake men to be employed. ' California last fall amended Its so-called full crew law to require only two brakemen and one con ductor on any train in road service. The brotherhood has objected to subsequent reductions in the size of train crews and asked that the number be increased. The union said Southern Pa cific regarded the objections merely as protests against the amendment to the California full crew law. "There Is no basis for this prop aganda in view of the fact that our request covers the manning of trains in road service and crews in switching service In all western states in which the Southern Pacific operates, union said. Mediation was attempted failed. Both sides refused the but the services of the National Media' tlon board, which offered to ar bitrate. WJM I.- r'.i' 16, 1949 Foreign Agents Spy Records Charge Made . Intelligence Agency Mokes Report On Visas Given By United States WASHINGTON, July 16.-W) The Central Intelligence Agency reported to Congress today thai 32 representatives of foreign gov ernments given visas to enter this country have records of spy work abroad. These 32 are among 100 for eign representatives about whom a senate judiciary subcommittee questioned tne CIA. In the same group, the Intelli gence agency reported, are 29 persons listed as high-ranking Communist party officials. Rear Adm. H. Hillenkoetter, CIA director, wrote the commit tee that 21 of the individuals In volved "have reportedly or al legedly been engaged In active communist organizational work of an underground or subversive nature outside their homelands." No Police Powers Hillenkoetter made it plain that he was reporting only on activities of the 100 in countries outside the United States. He noted that the CIA has no police or enforcement powers within this country. Records of activi ties here would have to come from the FBI and other agen cies, he said. The subcommittee, headed by Senator McCarran (D-Nev), heard also today that the state depart ment has permitted about 10 ali ens to enter this country despite recommendations oy its visa di vision that their admission would be against the security interests (Continued on Page Two) Local Fire Department Stops Serious Blaze Prompt action by the Roseburg Fire deDartment early this morn ing kept damage to a minimum in a nouse lire ar ai i;ecn sc., the residence of Dr. Howard A. Schuler, Roseburg dentist. Defective wirine in a plug out let was blamed by Fire Chief William Mills lor tne maze, wnicn comnletelv destroyed an over stuffed chair and scorched other furniture, a piano and the floor. Chief Mills estimated the dam age at approximately $1,000. Dr. Schuler said this morning the house and its contents were cover ed by Insurance. The blaze was first sighted at 5:15 a.m., by a neighbor, James L. Carlile, Mulholland drive, who phoned the fire department. Two Fishing Boats Towed To Safety At Astoria ASTORIA. Julv 16. (iP) Two flshlne boats were safely in port today after being towed into port In a choppy sea. The troller Fairwind was brought in by another fishing boat, the Wasn. after being swamped 60 miles from Tilla- mooK head. The troller Alma H.. stalled by engine trouble, was brought in by the Cosat Guard. if Liquidation 166-49 PICKERS NEEDED Appeal Issued By Bean Yards For Next Week An urgent appeal for bean nick ers in the Roseburg area was is sued today by George Foster, local Oregon State Employment Serv ice manager At least 300 pickers will be needed by Monday. All persons available are urged to be at the Junior high school by 7 a. m. Monday, and they will be trans ported to the several yards. They should bring buckets and lunches. The hot weather has brought on the crop rapidly, and a bumper crop is reported, provided the beans are located In the Dlllard, Winston and Garden Vallev areas. Larger yards are the Harry Win ston yard of 12 acres; Bud John son, eight acres; Fred Hoffmels- ter, five or seven acres, all in the Winston vicinity; Hoy Rice and Dale Mooie yard of 12 acres at Dlllard, Abner Rice, Dillard, five acres; Roy Young yard of 15 acres at Garden Valley and Rich ard Strltzke yard at Winchester. All persons who are unable to be at the junior high Bchool ear ly Monday are urged to register at the employment service office, according to Foster. There will be considerable part time farm em ployment in this vicinity. All per sons Interested It. this type of work can probably be placed, he said. Two Held In Jail Others Released On Recognizance Francis J. Evans. 24. of Camas Valley Star Route, is being held In the Douglas county jail on a charge of obtaining money by false pretense, reported Sheriff O. T. ''Bud" Carter. He was ar rested Thursday In Roseburg by Deputies uauas Bennett and ira Byrd. Arraigned In Justice Court, he waived a preliminary hearing. and his bail was set by Justice of Peace A. J. Geddes at $1,000. Hobart Handsacker, 38, " of Glide Star Route, is being held in the county jail on a charge of assault ano Dattery, reported snerur uarter. rie was arrested Thursday on Little river. two otner persons arrested bv sheriff's deputies have been re leased by Geddes on their own recognizance. Kenneth K. Chrlsman. 23. Can- yonvllle, charged with larceny, was arrested Tuesday by Deputy W. I. Worrall at Canvonville. Chrlsman has asked for a pre liminary nearmg. August De Gnath. 44, Tenmllo. is charged with threatening the commission of a felony. He was arrested Thursday by Deputy Dallas Bennett at Tenmlle. He was released to await a prelim inary hearing, the judge re ported. County Gets No Bidders For Surplus Property No bids have been received bv Douglas county for property re cently advertised for sale, report ed the county court. The property includes two for mer proposed sites for the county home, one being 4.68 acres on the Dixonville road east of Rose burg, and the other a 66.25 acres lying in Civil Bend Orchard tracts and partly in Roseburg Homes Orchard tract near Win ston. The land was put up for sale after the county had decided to locate its new county home on a portion of the Douglas Communi ty hospital site. The voters have levied a four mill tax over a two year period to raise an approxi mate $400,000 for construction of the new home. The county will now attempt to sell the property on the open market, provided It can get what the court considers a satisfactory price. Fire Patrol Vigilant As Weather Keeps Warm No fires were reported for the Umpqua National forest Satur day morning, but all forest rerv ice personnel have been placed on call and are standing by at their stations, Fire Assistant Ray B. Hampton reported today. Hampton said the moist air and clouds had relieved burning con ditions slightly but that lightning storms in the mountains were predicted, necessitating a strict watch by forest workers. Forest service personnel are doubly watchful, Hampton said, because the Malheur fire has drawn so many officials and workers from other forests surrounding the Umpqua National forest. Although 725 acres have been burned over in nine fires so far this season, Hampton said dam age was negligible because all the fires have been confined to slash or old snag areas. EXONERATED PORTLAND, Jlly 16. UP) A grand Jury exonerated Thad- dcus Peter Henderson, 30, or a manslaughter charge yesterday. He had been arrested after James N. Solt, 38, died from a street fight May 30. 'Our Greatest Enemy' Say Communists Manifesto Follows Statement Of Arrest For Excommunication 16. (JP) A Cyafh fnmmnt party manifesto called today for uquiiittuuii oi our greatest ene my, the church." The manifesto famn nn IUa heels of a statement by justice Minister Alexei Cepicka that any. one who moves to put Into effect the excommunication of 'commu nists decreed by the Vatican will be arrested and tried for trea son, (A Vntlpnn lnfnrmon ..U excommunication requires no en? lurceweni, inai it acts upon the guilty in the secrecy of their own consciences.) The party manifesto declared It was imperative to "liquidate the enemy" In order to complete the communlzation of the coun try. Thk, it said, did not mean liquidating the Roman Catholic church entirely, but did mean li quidation of church order. At another point the manifesto spoke of liquidating "the church ques- UUII. It Said this mmid tn tm .k church authority was especially nctcasary oecause ox tne hier archy's hold on the peasantry, which must be broken to make way for the collectivization of farms. It calleH fnt tho hullHtn A - wall between the bishops and the hcuh'c- " uirku a campaign to turn the people against the Cath olic nrimatP. Awhhlchnn TamV Beran, now a semi-captive of me government. In a fiery speech yesterday Ce Dlcka b aster) Atv-hhichnn as a traitor and announced that a ihw nao neen drafted to take control of the church. The 1llKtlra mlnlatoi- l lf0Aj as a Catholic In the archives of m me national parliament. in tne iast-movlng church-state (Continued on Page Two) Sportsmen Grouos Plan For Picnic Here August 14 Members of the Umpqua Basin Conservation council and South western Oregon' Sportsmen's as- ' sociation tentatively are scheduled to meet In Roseburg Aug. 14 for their first annual joint picnic. At a regular meeting of the Umpqua council Friday night, . plans were made to nmulrfo n fttii day of entertainment for local and visiting sportsmen at the Roseburg Rod and Gun club's recreation grounds at Winchester. The Southwestern Oregon Sportsmen's association embraces sports clubs of Curry, Coos, west ern Douglas and western Lane counties. The Umpqua council in cludes clubs In central Douglas county. The two organizations re cently agreed upon an annual picnic meeting, the first to be held at Roseburg. Next year the coast group will provide entertainment Umpqua council members after disposing of routine business at their Friday night session, out lined a progrUm of sports for the first picnic. Each of the member clubs will take over one or more of the duties connected with prep aration for the event, John Am accher, president, said. Horseshoe tournament, trap- shooting, flvcastlng, archery and baseball will be among sports events. Playground equipment will be installed lor tne entertainment of children. Efforts also are being made to obtain a pony ride for youngsters. All members of sports clubs within the two councils will be Invited to attend with their fami lies and guests. Each family will Krovide Its own picnic lunch. The ost council will serve coffee. Soft drinks and ice cream will be avail able through concession booths. Camping facilities are to be set up for visitors who may desire to come to Roseburg Saturday and set up overnight camps on the picnic grounds, President Am acher said. If a sufficient number of campers is In prospect to fur nish an audience, It is possible that an outdoor motion picture show may be arranged as an en tertainment feature Saturday night. Eugene Youth Arrested Here On Larceny Charge A 13-year-old runaway from Eugene was lodged In the Doug las county Jail Friday night and turned over to Eugene Juvenile officials this morning on a grand larceny charge, Assistant Police Chief Al Hughes reported today. According to a statement sign ed at the city police station last night, the youth admitted taking about $65 from a Eugene restaur ant where he had been employed. He said that since then, he had been to Portland, Boise, Ida., and Springfield. When detained by local officers, he was headed for by the Coast Guard. Levity Fact Rant By L. F. Relzentteln With locusts on their annual invasion of western states, It would be advisable for Repub licans of these areas to aban don, for tht time being, thlr plan of getting back to the grass roots.
