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U. Of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon fin Five Houses Smashed30 Persons Hurt The Weather Cloudy and cooler today and Thursday. Sunset today 7:48 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:51 a. m. Js. WHO DOES WHAT Wni i 4 w ,.h:. : . , . ....... , """""'""'iiiiiuiMauniii u uuiniminniiBMi if - AAV i v V4 ' ' WALTER C. HERMAN, roundhouse foreman at Southern Pa cific, has been with the company for 25 years. Beginning his apprenticeship here, he has seen service at Sacramento, Calif.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Eugene and Oaltridge. He was transferred from Eugene to Oakridge as mechanic and roundhouse foreman and then back to Roseburg in 1945. "The Southern Pacific," he says, "is the best company I ever worked for and the same goes tor the men and women who keep the cars rolling." Senator Baldwin Urges Pact Ratification As Supporters Predict Victory Tomorrow WASHINGTON, July 20. OB Senator Baldwin (R.-Conn.), urg ing the Senate to approve the North Atlantic treaty, said today It could be expanded later into a world alliance to guard the peace. He suggested also that an international police force is "within the range of possibility" under the treaty. Money Goes Out Window During Fire; Retrieved DETROIT, July 20. ff) Firemen tossed young Lloyd Slop's $1,600 life savings out the window yesterday then helped gather up the cash. Slop, a 19-year-old student, kept his worldly wealth between the pages of "two school books. He arrived at his boarding house home Tuesday just in time to see the books and bills flying out the window. A blaze had started In the closet of his room. Firemen, police officers, Slop and his mother found all the miss ing money on the lawn and in the bushes. Then a policeman es corted Slop to a bank where he deposited ft. ' In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS IN the summer, we have hot weatner, mosquitoes and poli ticians. The mosquiioes bite and the politicians give out with stuff like this: Senator . Brewster, of Maine, chairman of the Republican sena torial campaign committee: !The administration has nothing but the old pump-priming answer to any recession in business. The country tried that in the 30s, and after 40 billion dollars had been spent there still were eight mil lion unemployed." . Senator McGrath, of Rhodt Is land, chairman of the Democratic national committee: "Some Re publicans are whooping It up for a depression because they think it would make a nice political 1s- ( Continued on Page Four) PARK BOARD ACTIVITIES Annual Report Details Work On Playgrounds, Pool, Cut In New Budget Formation of a park department and selection of a park super intendent, together with the opening of the municipal swimming pool headed the list of Roseburg park commission accomplishments in the annual report issued by Chairman Percy Croft. Harry Isbell was chosen to head the city's new park dtpartment, and tools and a truck were pur chased in order to put the depart ment into operation. Operating on a budget of 15, 000 for the 194849 fiscal year, the department saw the city's new swimming pool opened to the pub lic after the commission had studied plans and specifications for dressing rooms, and other as pects of operating pool. Working in conjunction with the Elks lodge, the park commis sion constructed a wading pool at the swimming pool site and ear lier let a contract for another wading pool and playground equipment installed on Commer Some time late tomorrow the Senate will vote on the 12-nation pact. The big issue is whether critics will be able to write in a declaration that the treaty does not carry any obligation for the United States to furnish arms to 'the other signers.- : Senate leaders said the Senate is certain to turn down efforts to write that in. Baldwin argued to the Senate that any major conflict in the future between two other na tions would involve the United States. "We know the hope of security and peace by isolation is futile and dead," he said. He went on to say the pact is not a threat to any nation "unless that na tion chooses to cast itself in the role of aggressor." As for the risks involved in the treaty, Baldwin said that by failing to join the alliance the United States would run the risk "of standing alone in the world." Chairman Connally (D-Tex) of the Foreign Relations committee told reporters that pact foes "do not have a chance", of winning their fight. He was backed by ' majority leader Lucas of Illinois and other pact supporters who want no reservations to the pledge of mutual aid and assistance to re sist armed attack. The Senate is due to begin voting tomorrow on reservations to the treaty. The final vote on ratification will follow. : . Blood Disease Kills Baker County , Cattle . BAKER, July 20. (JP) A cattle disease that destroys red cor puscles of the blood had. killed about 100 cattle in southeast Bak er county. Farm agent J. Clinton Hudson said there is no known vaccine to prevent anaplasmosis, as the dis ease is called. Curative measures are impractical because moving the stricken animals is usually fatal. cial street. Another playground, Eagles park or. Jackson street, was reno vated and a new fnce painted and installed. A wood plaque was erected, thanking the Eagles lodge for playground equipment donated. In addition, playground equipment was Installed in the play area of Umpqua park. Lau relwood park was cleared of weeds and vines at a minimum cost to the city. Expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30 include $1,300 to finish the swimming pool and $1, 539 (or operation of the pool un- (Continued on Page Two) Established 1873 U. S. "Force" Assures World Peace Pledge Given Struggling Democracies Broken Promises Of Russia Referred To In President's Speech CHICAGO, July 20 UB struggling democracies naa pres ident Truman's assurance today of United States leadership to provide "enough force" to main tain peace in a world he said is endangered by broken Russian promises. With the United Nations chart er signed and the collapse of Ja pan, he said, the peace for which the world had prayed "didn't come it didn't come.". "For we found that we had an ally, an ally whose habit it is, and whose habit it has been since 1917, to make agreements for the purpose of breaking them," he declared. "Now it is absolutely neces sary that we assume the leader ship among the democracies of the world, so that there will be enough force in this world to maintain the peace." Mr. Truman's remarks were delivered ctt the cuff at a Shrine dinner at the Stevens hotel last night following a formal address earlier in the day at Soldier field. At the big lake front stadium he reported apparently increasing "tensions and conflicts" behind the iron curtain. The dinner address, his third of the day, climaxed his attendance at the Diamond jubilee session of the Shriners of North America. Talking to 2000 nobles and their ladies, he said if the United States had stayed out of the United Nations "the only thing left for us would be to crawl into our shells and prepare for. the destruction of the world, and our selves with it." Expenditures Touched On Contrasting current expendi tures with those of the war, Mr. Truman said the 1946 fiscal year budget called for spending $103, 000,000,000. He said that the month after Japan folded up in September, 1945, he canceled $60,000,000,000 in war contracts "and made a recession in expenditures of $63, 000,000,000. He thought spending could be brought down to "where we could stand it," he said, and "then came the cold war" and the Eu ropean recovery program. All he has asked, he said, Is that the country spend 'ess than one-third of the $60,000,000,000 In war contracts "and revive Eu rope and Asia for peace." "Which is better," he asked, "to spend three or four or five billions a year for peace or to spend a hundred billion dollars a year for another war?" And he again served this warn ing: , ' "We are going to maintain the peace and make the United Na tions a going and militant organ ization for the welfare of the world as a whole." The president did not mention (Continued on Page Two) Non-Profit Credit Assn. Will Be Formed T .mI mowhonta onH hlielnPSS- w ill moot nt fi-30 n m. Fri day at the Umpqua hotel to form a non-protlt croaii association, ac cording to Robert Rennie, Rose hiircr nffirp mnnacer for Inter state Tractor & Equipment com pany. Rennie said the organizational meeting is open to anyone inter ested in this type of asscciation. Featured speaker at the .meet ing will be J. H. Fisher of the Meier and Frank company of Pnrtlanri. Also nresent will be Walter A. Jensen, executive secre tary of the Northwest Credit coun cil. William H. "Bill" Gerretsen, ni n n q nnr nf rAnn.nnrrntcon Viaa assumed duties as temporary Lumber Pond Sprayed In War On Mosquitoes DDT was sprayed over the Roseburg Lumber Co. log pond as a mosquito control measure Tuesday atternoon. The mosqui toes were nollceaoiy lewer tnis morning, reported Al McBee, company official. McBee said the DDT was sprayed around the edges of the one-acre pond and behind log Dooms, where tne water was stag nant. Brush growing around the edges also was cut away. He ex plair.ed that where logs are dumped, the water Is continually agitated and mosquitoes have not much chance to breed. Lloyd Eddlnger was In chargp of the spraying project. Some oil also was poured on portions of the water. Eddlngpr was to continue with the work today, said McBee. ROSEBURG, Douglas County Fair Manager To Be Paul Abeel Appointment of Paul Abeel as manager of the first annual Douglas County fair, Aug. 25, 26 and 27, was announced today by Ivan Pickens, secretary of the fair board. Formerly manager of county exhibits at the state fair and the Pacific International Livestock show, Abeel will be in complete charge of fair arrangements nere this year, Pickens said. Abeel will be assisted by J. Roland Parker, agricultural ex tension agent; Frank von Bors tel, 4-H club agent, and Homer Grow, advisor to Future Farm ers of America, who will be ar ranging exhibits and competition. Abeel was at the fair board meeting last night and accepted the appointment, said Pickens. He was at the fair grounds this morning supervising arrange ments for the fair. The new fair manager served the Northwestern Turkey show in a similar position four years ago, when the annual turkey exhibit was revived in Roseburg follow ing wartime suspension. Plant Employee . Severely Burned McClellan Knapp, 28, of route 2, Roseburg, was severely burn ed about 8:30 a.m. today, while at work at the St. Helens Wood Products Co. plant, 721 Winches ter. A. H. Hills, plant manager, re ported that Knapp was alone in the boiler room and was believed to have beei, doing some work with a cleaner fluid. The fluid became ignited catching his clothing. Workmen at the plant succeed ed in extinguishing his flaming cioines,. ana ,ne was rusnea- ia Mercy rtospuw ny ixmg ana urr ambulance service. Knapp was burned about the arms and body, but the full ex tent of his injuries could not be immediately determined. Money Charges Faced By Reedsport Resident , Deputy Sheriff Red Eckhardt returned to Roseburg Tuesday night, bringing with him Leroy Melvin Cadwalder, 37, wanted on charges of obtaining money by raise preiense ana non-support, reported Sheriff O. T. Bud Car ter. - v Cadwalder, whose address Is given as Reedsport, was arrested at Aberdeen, Wash., and held for local authorities. He will prob ably be arraigned In Justice court at Reedsporf, Carter said. - Husband Jailed On r Complaint Of Wife Floyd Edinger, 47, Roseburg, is being held in the county jail under $1000 ball on a charge of threatening the commission of a felony, reported Sheriff O.. T. According to District Attorney Robert G. Davis, Edinger was arrested by sheriff's deputies on a complaint filed by his wife. His bail was set upon arraignment by Justice of Peace A. J. Geddes. STREET NAMES' City Council Accepts Suggestions Of Planning Board, Dates Public Hearing No longer will Roseburg resi dents have to struggle over such tongue twisters as L. Second Ave nue S. No longer will people won der why commercial buildings are not allowed on Commercial avenue. Persons who have stum bled over Roseburg's Inconsist ent street names will be partially relieved witn tne report ol a spe cial street naming committee. The report, recommended lor approval by the Planning com mission, was accepted with mi nor reservations by the city coun cil Monday night. A public hear ing will be held the third Monday in August in the city council chambers. Under the proposed change E. Second Avenue S. will be changed to Diamond Lake boulevard. Commercial avenue would be known as Park avenue. Numerous other changes are recommended. All north apd south streets would be known as streets," and sll east and west streets would be called "ave nues." Dead end streets running north and south would be called courts," and dead end streels running east and west would be known as "places." One Name For Jog Tie-Ins A general suggested pattern would change the names of sev eral short streets, where a sin gle name can be applied even though the street is broken by Jogs. The name of the predom OREGON WEDNESDAY, JULY Gambling King Of Los Angeles, 3 Others Shot Mickey Cohen, Male Aide, Girl, Bodyguard Felled By Gangsters' Bullets LOS ANGELES, July 20.-WP) Gangsters' bullets early today cut down gambling czar Mickey Cohen, 35, and three other per sons including a state-aDDoint- ed bodyguard for . the dapper nooaium as tne party left a smart sunset strip cafe. None of the party was' killed outright but all wre in a seri ous condition, including Harry Cooper, 38, a special bodyguard assigned to Cohen -y the Cali fornia attorney general. The other victims were Miss Dee David, 25, and Edward (Ned die) Herbert, 35, a Cohen hench man. Herbert escaped 11 gang land bullets only a month ago as he was entering his apart ment. Cohen is a key figure in the sizzling grand jury inquiry into police vice tieups which already has resulted In a wholesale shake- up of the Los Angeles police de partment. Only yesterday Attorney Gen eral Fred Howser disclosed that he had assigned Cooper to guard Cihen, presumably because Co hen had expressed fear that east ern gangsters were in town to assassinate him. Barney Ruditsky, co-owner of Sherry's restaurant, where the shooting took place, said every- oony was leaving tne place wnen the shotgun charges rang out. The time was approximately 4 a.m. , "It sounded like firecrackers and,. . everybody ...Jilt-- thei walk. There were about 25 or 30 peo ple on the street -at the -time.; "Cooper yelled 'I'm hit'' Ruditsky, a former New York city detective, said the shots came from across the street in the vicinity of the Bing Crosby build ing which serves at offices for the various enterprises of the crooner. Sheriff's deputies later found two shotguns across the street. Cohen Professes Ignorance Cohen told district attorney's investigator H. Leo Stanley that he didn't "know what the shoot ing was all about. Miss Florabel Mulr, widely known newspaper columnist, was among those on the sidewalk. A bullet went through her sleeve and grazed her arm. She writes for Variety magazine, the Los Angeles Mirror and the New York Daily News. Ruditsky said he found seven empty cartridges on the other (Continued on Page Two) CHEST GOALS SET PORTLAND, July 20. (JP) Oregon Community Chest fund goals for 14 statewide social agen cies in 1950 total $525,833. Eleven of the agencies provide care for homeless, dependent and delinquent children. The USO, with a fund goal of $65,000, will be listed in drives in seven coun ties. REVISION SLATED inant street would be taken. For example the nar"es of Floed and Orcutt streets would be eliminat ed and the street its full length would be known -s Brockway. In general this rule does not ap ply to streets west of the rail road, where there are no cross ings. The name of Diamond Lake boulevard was not the street naming committee's suggestion but was proposed by the council itself. The committee originally chose North Umpqua road. The council also voted to ex tend the name of Mill street to Include Sheridan slreet, thus eliminating the latter name. Councilman Percy Croft objected to having a street In the vlclnily of his home named after him, so the name of Mace avenue, for a former Indian chief, was subsll tued for E. First Avenue S. The portion of Corey street in West moreland addition and Council street were changed by the coun cil to Westmoreland drive. Other Changes Listed The recommendation of the street naming committee for var ious sections of the city is as fol lows: West of the Umpqua river, Chatham street was changed to Cordon street. The following streets were renamed avenues: Military, Lllburn and Chapman. The following were changed from avenues to streets: Corey, Bow- 20, 1949 NEW GAME COMMISSION Ex-Rep. Carl Hill, Douglas County, One Of Five Men Appointed By Gov. McKay SALEM, July 20. (API Governor Douglas McKay appointed an entirely new game commistion today. . ' He said he did not reappoint any of the five members of the existing commission because the tor mm To appoint a new one. The new game commissioners are: Carl C. Hill, Days Creek, Doug las county. He is a former state representative, had experience as loi est ranger ana a timrjer cruiser, and represented sports men's interests during the 1949 legislative session. He got the five-year term. Lovda 3. Blakley, Bend, sales manager for the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company. His term is for one year. Delbert Glldersleeve. Baker stockman, and president of the Oregon Game Protective society. his term is lor tnrce years. J. H. Van Winkle, editor or tne Oregon City Banner-Courier, a thrice-weekly newspaper. He got the two-year term. Donald Mitchell, Tan pharma cist, who was named for four years. Powers Increased The recent legislature nassed a bill increasing powers of the game commission. It reorganized the commission, and gave it power to name an administrator. Governor McKay said the new commission would meet here Fri day, when he will tell the mem bers what is expected ol them. It appears to me tnat tne in tent of the Legislature, tacit In the new game commission mil, was that I should appoint an en tirely now commission," the gov ernor said. . ... . ... - "It seems to have been a man date for a complete reorganiza tion, and I want that made plain, because the old commissioners deserve every consideration. They did a remarkable job under a sys tem that many sportsmen felt to be inadequate." Headache For Governor The governor said the problem was a big headache for him, be cause he had a list of 55 persons from which to choose. Members of the outgoing com mission are E. E. Wilson, Corval lis; Larry Hllaire, Portland; (Continued on Page Two) $200 Fine Imposed For No-Funds Check Issue Milo M. Claughlon, Camas Val ley, was fined $200 on a charge of writing a check with Insuffi cient funds, reported Justice of Peace A. J. Geddes. Claughton, arraigned before Judge Geddes Monday, has been committed to the county jnil pending payment of his fine. Hobart Handsacker is being held in the counly jail pending payment of a $25 fine, reported Sheriff O. T. Bud Carter. The original charge of - assault and battery filed against Handsacker was reduced to vagrancy, and the fine was Imposed upon ar raignment before Justice of Peace Geddes. den. Casey and Madrone. i The short dead end portion of Harvard avenue between Ma drone street and Fullerton school was changed to Heinline place. East of the river Pine street was extended north to Include an extension on the west side of and paralleling the railroad. The fol lowing streets were changed to avenues: Bellview, Lane, Mo sher, Hoover, " Miller, Houck, Templln and Mlcelll. Bowcn slreet, In the area west of the railroad, was changed to Spruce Slreet. Maple Street was chang ed to a west extension of Cass. Riverside avenue was changed to Grove slreet, and Ford street to Fullerton slreet. The area south of the proposed Diamond Lake boulevard was changed as follows: Bogavd ave nue (on Ihe east side) changed Ir Seventh slreet; Fleser, Court, Douglas and Washington slreels were changed from streels to av enues. Claire slreet was changed to Claire court. Harrison slreet was changed to Washington ave nue. Oak. Cass and Lane streets were all changed to avenues. Vis ta street was changed to Over look avenue. East on the heights Moore slre.'t was changed to Chadwlck; Walson street chang ed to Watson place; Giles street changed to Glen slreet; Terrace (Continued on Page Two) 169-49 - Truman Legislature apparently intended CARL C. HILL On Game commission. Carl Hill Well Qualified For Game Board Post named today by Governor McKay as a member of the . new Stale Game commission. Is very fa miliar with state game policies and management. . During eight years as a mem ber of the state legislature, serv ing as a representative from Douglas county, he was a mem ber of the committee on game. and also served as chairman of that committee. He was one of the legislators appointed follow ing the 1947 session to conduct a statewide inquiry into the state's game management, and in that capacity visited all sections of Oregon to attend public hearings. Dunne the last session or tne legislature Hill, representing Ore gon s sportsmen, aiding in secur ing passage of legislation based on the interim committee's re port. He has long been active in nsn and game matters and has fur nished leadership for the former North Umpqua Sportsmen's club, the South Umpqua Rod and Gun club and the Roseburg Rod and Gun club. Born at Wilbur. . , A son of one of Douglas coun ty's pioneer families, he was horn at Wilbur. He was educated in the public schools and Oregon Normal school at Drain. He worked for a few years as an ac countant with the Union Pacific railroad at Portland, and then became a ranger on the Umpqua National forest. He was employ ed for a time as timber cruiser, trucking contractor and assistant superintendent of commissary for a large construction company. He then entered educational work, starting In 1920, and was principal at Glide for a number of years, later moving to his pres ent nome at Days ureeK wneie he was superintendent of schools until after the start of the late UMt-M War at uhlph tim he went into sawmilllng and logging roaa cynsirucnun. He was elected to the state leg islature in 1941 and served through the 1947 session." He dc- tllnnH tn hamnu a pa n H i An t fnr reelection In 1948. He has served In many responsible posltionf in his own community and on nu merous county boards and com- Hill could not be reached today ior comment on nia Hpuuiuuueiu .He had gone fishing! Roseburg Post Office Adds Fifteenth Clerk Morris S. Fowler, formerly of Dallas, Texas, has been reinstated in his former position as post office clerk and will fill the vacancy caused by a personnel Increase In the Roseburg post of fice, Postmaster L. L. Wlmberly rcnortrd today. Fowler Joins the Roseburg staff following 16 years service in nost office work. Wlmberly said the Post Office department had authorized a one man Increase in clerics, bringing to 15 the total for the Roseburg postofflce. The postmaster said an Indication of Roseburg's rapid Growth can be shown hv the num ber of postofflce clerks required to handle local needs now. A pre war complement sf "!x clerks was all that had been authorized in pre-war years. v 32 Transport Occupants Dodge Death; One Engine Fails At The Takeoff , 3EATTLE, July 20 MB An sir transport on a non scheduled flight crashed Into a residential street last night and exploded, killing six persons and Injuring 30. Four people were missing. When on engine failed as the plane took off from Boeing field with 32 aboard, the big craft sliced down through power lines and piled up In the street. . A wing sheared away the top two floors of a rooming house where 18 persons lived, It piled on down into a brick home. In the two minutes be fore the wrecked ship exploded most or all the passengers got olear. The coroner's office tentatively Identified three of the dead as Lawrence Furio of 1055 W. Huron, Chicago, a passenger, and Ralph Parker and Ed Bright camp. The latter two were In the rooming house. All the bodies were burned, making identification difficult. - Seventeen of the two-engined plane's passengers and its four crew members were hospitalized. too were missing, wine resi dents of the damaged homes were taken to hospitals. Hours after the 10:03 p.m. crash, one of the plane's gasoline tanks exploded, injuring four city firemen. The 50-passenger plane crashed seconds after it took off from Boeing field on a non-scheduled flight to Chicago for Air Trans port Associates, Inc. Power lines and telephone wires were clipped, plunging the area into darkness and disrupt ing communications. Its wide wings cutting swaths through frame houses, the plane ripped through five Georgetown homes. It burled its nose In one structure. About two minutes late It ex ploded. During that short Interval, passengers jumped or were thrown from the tail of the Diane which had been sheared oft in the crash. Five Homes Wrecked At least five homes -were badly damagedvThe'flomeof "George " A. Cordas, where the plane bur ied its nose, was smashed to the ground. The roof of one home was flipped free from its walls and lay crumpled In the street. two hundred national guards men formed lines to hold back a crowd of thousands endangered by writhing electric wires. Flames were visible for miles. Many of the plane s passengers were servicemen returning home on furlough. The coroner s office said one of the victims wore a wrist band Identifying the owner as a corp oral in the 15th air force. Anoth er had the Initials "R. T.", an anchor and several X's tattoed on his right forearm. It was the second crash of a chartered airplane here within tne last seven months. Eleven Yale university students, headed back to the campus after Christ mas holidays, were killed when a Seattle air charter plane crashed taking off from the same field Jan. 2. Three crew mem bers also died. It followed by a week the (Continued on Pag Two) Area In Douglas Closed To Entry Except By Permit The Douglas Forest Protective association announces the closure to travel, except by permit, ot the area west of Roseburg, ex- lending along tne top or tne coast range from Elkton south to Res ton and west into Coos county. This area la being closed in conjunction with the Coos county closure oi a lew days ago. The two closures contain some 200,- 000 acres of the most heavily tim bered Douglas fir stands remain ing in the Northwest. The closed area contains three hazardous burns: the Callahan burn of 40 years ago, located In the vicinity of Baughman look out; the Williams river burn of 1932, and the Tioga burn, the three of which contain approxi mately 18.000 acres. mene uiu uurnn uuaiti aumv ex cellent Douglas fir reproduction at the present time and any fire would be extremely disastrous to the development of this repro duction into mature timber, as sociation officials pointed out. It has therefore been, decided that this area be closed to travel except by permit. Entrance per mits required, starting July 21, may be obtained from the local fire wardens listed In the closure notice, published elsewhere in this edition. i r n Livitv Tact II ant By L. F. RelKenttein All topers will pleas net that Governor McKay hat ap pointed an authorised temper ane education committee. Th line forms en th right; pleas don't crowd.