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Newspaper Page TextConajp. rJ - - aTigene t Oregon -A-' 4 U. Of tl. T.ihrnrw V ffliO DOES WHAT tMW "J . H. A. TAYLOR, 1 1 & West Mosner street, stands beside a stand of Golden Bantam sweet corn in his back yard. Planted the first of April, some of the stalks now are 10 feet tall and they bear an average of four eers per stalk. Not bad, is it, for a corn patch within a block of the business district? Mr. Taylor is a retired hardware and lumber dealer who came to Roseburg from California in 1932. NO ANTI-CATHOLIC BIAS Mrs. F.D.Roosevelt Will Stand For What She Holds Is Right, Cardinal Advised HYDE PARK, N.SY July 27. Mrs. Franklin D. Roojevelt, denying any "bias against the Roman Catholic church," said today she would "continue to stand for the things in our government which I think are right." , She made the statement! In a In the Day's l By FRANK JENKINS UP at Lebanon, In the Will amette valley, they've Just set tled again what seems to be a burning issue in these modern days which is better, a horse's legs or a man's legs? The horse won. IN this particular case, a 64-year-old man allowed in public that he could outwalk a six-vear-old ; horse over a 75-mile course. The I federal aid only to public schools. . , . . . j K, wif, Mrs. Roosevelt mentioned Cat horse a friends called his bluff, I ,jjns gpeiiman's opposition to the ana ine comesi was siagra ai inc Lebanon race track. Two hundred people, incidentally, paid money to see It. When time was called, the horse was 14 miles ahead. THI3 horse vs. man business has been getting a lot of attention cp In that part of the state. It started, as I recall it, when a strong-backed Individual made his (Continued on Page Four) New Try Slated To Settle Bus Strike SEATTLE, July 27. (JP Fed eral conciliators will try again Friday to settle the North Coast Greyhound bus strike. William G. Hosie, conciliator, said he had called a Meet ine of company representatives ana of ficials of the Motor Crwch Em- lioyes union (AFL). The strike s now in its 40th day. The last futil effort to reach an agreement ended July 5. FROM LAST TO 2ND PLACE Umpqua National Forest Shows Phenomenal 10-Year Increase In Timber Removal The Umpqua Natoinal forest, lying principally in Douglas county, placed second in the Pacific Northwest in the amount of timber cut from national forests during the 1918-49 fisyal year. , Supervisor M. M. "Red" Nel-I r n said these figures were re-1 vealed in a summary compiled ! by the regional rorester's office. The Willamette National forest placed first, with a total of 210. 000.000 board feet, valued at S2. 400.000. Next came the Umpqua National forest with a cut of 14..- 000.000 board feet, valued at SI 2O0.000. for an average price .of ; ) o.m per inousana. armut JZ4.0'I said Nelson. About Tie Umpqua forest's cut has 15 percent of the forest lies in grown phenomenally since 193'.), Lane county, but a small portion when the totai cut was 12.000 0f the Willamette National forest board feet, valued at $20 and av-1 1, also in Douglas. A minor por eraging only $1.64 per thousand, tlon lies In Jackson and Jose, sid Nelson. It was then the low- phlne counties, which will come e-t forest from the standpoint of' in for their small share. letter to Francis Cardinal Spell- man, who assailed her last Trp day In a letter lor a "reeord of anti-Catholicism unworthy of an American mother." "I assure you," wrote Mrs. Roosevelt, "that I have no sense of being an 'unworthy American mother.' The final judgment, my dear Cardinal Spellman, of the worthiness of all human beings is in the hands of God." The controversy stemmed from Mrs. Roosevelt's opposition to federal aid to parochial schools. Cardinal Spellman said Mrs. Roosevelt aligned herself with backers of the Barden bill in her June 23 column and two others. The Barden bill would permit Barden bill In her column, In New York, a secretary to the Cardinal said there was no Immediate reply. In his letter of last Friday the caramai saia, "I shall not again publicly ack- (Continued on Page Two! Sen. Parkinson Heads Special Education Study State Senator Thomas Parkin son of Roseburg has been ap pointed by Governor McKay to serve as chairman of the legis lative interim committee on post high school education. The committee, authorized at the recent session of the state legislature, is to study the advisa bility of establishing Junior col leges or some other form of In termediate education between high schools and universities and colleges. The committee's findings and recommendations will be sub mitted at the 1951 legislative ses sion. Parkinson reported he has not yet set a date for the first meet ing of the committee. cuttinK. Since that time Its posi- Hon rose progressively to 13th. 10th, 91h. 8th and in 1947 stood I sixth in Oregon. Since 83 percent of the Ump qua National forest lies In Doug las county, the bulk of the 25 percent returns to counties will I pn to DoupIas. The amount TV11117- county will receive will be Acheson Fights For Foreign Arms Aid Tht Weather Fair and warmer today " Thursday. Fiw morning clouat. Sunset today 7:41 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:51 a. m. Established 1873 Poll Tax Bill Goes Up From House On Approval Vote Filibuster Threat By Dixit Solans Regarded Proposals Death Knell WASHINGTON, July 27-0 An anti-poll tax bill was laid today on the Senate's doorsteps, with Indications that it would be abandoned there. A 273 to 116 House vote tent it over, ignoring arguments by southern opponents that it and other civil rights bills are likely to bolster the Ku Klux Klan. It was the fifth time in less than ten years that the House has gone through the formality of passing such a bill. Four times previously the Senate has re fused to consider the bills in the face of threatened filibusters. The filibuster threat was rais ed again as the House passed the bill late yesterday. "The bill has about as much chance of passage in the Senate as a bird-sized snowball has In hades" said Rep. Wheeler D- Ga), who opposed it. A filibus ter, If nothing else, win stop it, he added. Southerners tried to filibuster it off the House floor but House debate limitations blocked them after two days. In the Senate debate can go on and on. The final roll-call found 1S1 Democrats 121 Republicans and one American-Laborite voting for the bill and 92 Democrats ana 24 Republicans opposing it Ellsworth Doesn't Vote Not a dissenting vote was cast by a northwest congressman. All except Rep. Ellsworth (R-Ore) voted for the bill. Ellsworth was listed as not voting. Both the Democrats and Ke- fmhlican parties called for the egislation at their 1948 conven tions. It would make It unlawful to require payment of a poll tax as a condition tor voting in a primary or general election for President, vice-president, or mem bers of Congress. Backers of the bill said vir- (Continued on Page Two) Posse Slays 4th Wanted Negro GREENVILLE, Fla.. July 27. (.Tl Bullets fom a posse's guns yesterday cut down the fourth Negro wanted for a rape which touched off flaming racial con flict in central Florida last week. Three sheriffs led searchers who caught the Negro, Ernest Thomas, sleeping in dense woods near here. Possemen shot him to death as he tried to escape, they said. He was '"belligerent as the devil," said Lake county Sheriff W. V. McCall. "He had a loaded ilstol in his hand when he was tilled and he had his finger around the trigger. Thomas and three other Ne groes, all In their 20s, were ac cused of raping a 17-year-old white housewife after beating and robbing her husband. The other three have been indicted for rape and are being held in an undisclosed jail. The rape-robbery was followed by mob terrorism against Ne groes around Groveland, where the crimes occurred. Probation Granted To Francis J. Evans Francis J. Evans, Roseburg, was sentenced to serve one year in the state penitentiary but was released on probation, upon a plea of guilty before Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly Tues day. Evans, charged with obtaining personal property by false pre tenses, was charged in District Attorney Robert G. Davis' infor mation with passing a bad check for $60 In payment for a 1930 Reo automobile. Painless Birth 'First' Latest Russian Claim LONDON. July 27. (&) The Soviet Union, which has been claiming i long string of firsts for the last year, got around to the stork today. The official news agency Tass said Russia was the first nation to adopt anaesthetics in child birth on a big scale. It did not say when Russia first began using painless birth meth ods, hut said they were applied in z.auu.uuu cases Irom lsue to 1940. Yakima Firm Suffers $80,000 Fire Loss YAKIMA. Wish.. July Tl.-im A fierce early morning fire In the heart of the South First street business and industrial district wiped out the Master Tire Serv. Ice company today. Owners esti mated the loss at $80,000. KOSEBURG, Ban Facing 5th V . JOHN HUBERT PLOSS of Rose burg was sworn in as a midship man at the U. S. Naval academy at Annapolis, Md., July 14. Ploss, who was graduated with honors from the Army and Navy academy, Carlsbad, Calif., in June, recently left Eugene by plane enroute to Annapolis. His appointment was made by Con gressman Harris Ellsworth. Damage Suit For Nearly $80,000 Filed In Crash Caylord Busrh has filed suit in circuit court to recover wages totaling $79,893.25 as the result of an accident Oct. 26. 1948. which allegedly injured the plain riff and caused loss of wages. Named as defendants In the case are J. C. Compton, G. L. Compton, Moss T. Common and G. L. Rowell, doing business as the J. c. Comnten comrHinv: Hana- T. Hansen and - Hannah Hansen, doing business as the Roseburg ' Motor comDanv. and Ralph Herman. The plaintiff alleges that on the above date the defendant. J. C. Compton company, erected a heavy barrier across the North Umpqua. road four miles east of Roseburg and failed to install lights or lanterns as a warning. The plaintiff claims he was driv ing west and stopped his cr to see if the harrier was passable. A second car, operated by Ralph Herman and owned by the Roseburg Motor company, was traveling east. The second car hit the barrier plank and knock ed the plaintiff approximately 40 feet, resulting In various njuries, according to the complaint. The plaintiff claims negligence on the part of Herman and on the part of the J. C. Compton company because" no warnings of the barrier were posted. He asks general damages of $75,000 and special damages, including $1. 693.25 for hospital and medical care and loss of wages amount ing to $3,200. Waits 33 Years To Sue His Abandoned Spouse LONDON, July 27 (Ifr Wil liam George Broderick lived only 12 days with his wife back In 1916. But he waited 33 years before going to court to divorce her on grounds of adultery. The 57-year-old husband ex plained he hadn't been able to afford It before. i : ' ' ' '; ''" ' ' i " :' ' - " , . . . vl- FIREMAN BILL REED is shown pouring "foam" onto a burning truck, which upset and burst into flames neer DilUrd Tuesday. The loaded lumber truck, owned by E. K. Jones Lumber Co. and operated by Eugene Marshall Stephens, had started to pats on the right tide a second truck, loaded with hay, as the latter appeared to be making a left turn across the highway, state po lice reported. The hav truck pulled back into the riaht lane, forcing the lumber truck into the ditch. Part of the lumber was - . . - . of the Roseburg rural fire truck. avenue, who happened along. OREGON WEDNESDAY, JULY Atlanta Judge Shoots Down Ex-Associate Attack Climaxes Tangle Of Divorce Suits, Other Legal Controversies ATLANTA, July 27. (,P)-An Atlanta Judge early today shot down a lawyer, his opponent, in a tangle of divorce suits and other legal actions. At about 2:30 a.m., police re ported, Fulton countv Civil Court Judge Robert Carpenter. 4-t, pull ed his car alongside one driven by attorney John Lockwood, 53, and fired at him five times with a pistol. One shot wounded the lawyer in the face. He ran from the car and tumbled Into a muddy, 40- foot deep hole. A hospital later reported his condition as fair. Carpenter and Lockwood were former business associates, but in recent months had become bitter opponents In nine court actions. The Judee was sued for divorce by his wife, Mrs. Helen Car penter, who charged cruelty. She also filed a $100,000 alienation of affections suit aealnst Mrs. Estelle G. Manful, allecini? the Judge was in love with her. Carpenter in turn filed a di vorce action against Mrs. Car penter. In it he alleged Lockwood had Joined with Mrs. Carpenter in an effort to dcf.aud him of control of the Imperial hotel. He also charged that Lockwood. whom he described as one of his best friends, and his wife, plan- ned to be married themselves. Lockwood filed a suit against (Continued on Page Two) Fire Battled In N.MyrtleReion., Fire Dispatcher V. F. Mc Laughlin reported iodav that two fire crews and several mill work ers were combatting a four-acre fire on Frozen creek, In the north Myrtle area. McLaughlin said the first call was reported at 5 a.m. todav nd that crews were rushed from Myrtle camp and the south Doug las camp to aid the mill workers in checking the spread of the blaze. Assistant District Warden Bruce Ferguson. In charge of on- eratlons. radioed McLaughlin this morning that one "rat" had arrived to aid in the fir fighting but that the bla7e continues to Jump the trail. Fergusor said he tnougnr, however, the crewa could hold the fire. McLaughlin said ire f.rewa at Frozen creek were not at full strength because of mopplng-up operations being carried on in the 60-acre fire reported at Hin- Kie Lreek station yesterday. Mc Laughlin said yesterday's blaze was completely under control to day and thanked the Rmwhurg Lumber company and Wever- hauser Timber company for their cooperation with the Douglas i-orest Protective association. CONDUCTOR KILLED ' ' RONNERS FERRY, Idaho. July 2 7(JPi The conductor of a Spokane International railroad freight train was killed early to day when a passenger train crashed Into the rear of the stall ed freight 20 miles northeast of Bonners Ferry. ontriais or tne railroad identi fied the dead man as Georee Hopkins of Spokane. saved and the gas tanks kept from 7 The above picture was snapied by Charles Kith, 501 Vista 27, 1949 Failure In Senate NO RACIAL BARRIER City Swimming Pool To Be Available To All, Vote Of Park Board On Policy The City Park commission voted o show "no discrimination in the future" regarding admissions to the municipal swimming pool. This action was taken at its semi-monthly meeting Tues day night, City Manager Matt Slankard said today. Slankard said the park commission's decision establishes a policy for the future and follows the recent misunderstanding whan colored members of t Portland boys club were refused ad mission to the pool. The commission voted "no dis crimination to be shown to pool users except when' the pool man ager feels prospective users con stitute a health hazard due to lack of cleanliness." This policy will apply to all persons. Commission members were in formed that the swimming pool had been granted a class A per mitthe highest rating given by the state board of health, fol lowing a recent inspection of fa cilities and thrice -daily water checks. The commission also voted to Instruct the city manager to con- j struct a community kitchen in I Umpqua park. The kitchen will be the rustic, open air type with I shake roof and cement floor. In-1 eluded in the kitchen will he four I stoves, two hot water tanks and j two sinks. Cost of construction I will be $500. The commission will Inspect Umpqua park next week to de ride on a possible site for the pro posed outdoor meeting place, complete with fire place. Main project for this fall will he the planting of a lawn and installa tion of a sprinkling system In the park area. Drinking water will also be piped Into the park. Sports Fishery Profitable For Reedsport Trade Income from the sports fishery Is having a very neneiiciai erreci upon business economy at Reeds port, says George Gratke, secre tary of the Lower Umpqua Chamber of Commerce. Gratke and James Fox were In Roseburg Tuesday evening ac companying Frank L. Taylor. Reedsport hardware merchant and sportsman, who was elected president of the Umpqua Rasln Conservation council's landaqul sition committee. Winchester bay waters are so filled with anglers' boats that maneuvering is extremely diffi cult and fishermen are continu ally fouling and cutting lines, Gratke says. Recent catches have been excellent, and uome large chlnook salmon have been taken. A 55-pounder was reported Mon day. A few silverside salmon are beginning to show In the bay. Some former commercial fish ermen, Gratke reports, are earn ing as much as $20 per day sein ing pilchsrd to he sold to sports anglers for halt. All camp grounds, hotels and rental rooms are filled. Double Traffic Charge Results In $60 Fine Emanuel Rankin, Oakrldge, pleaded guilty In Justice court to driving without an operator's li cense and failure to stop at the scene of an accident. Justice of the Peace A. J. Geddes report ed Tuesday. Rankin was released upon pay ment of a $60 fine. . 4 exploding by the timely arrival' ' I 175-49 I HITS RENT LAW Judge Elwyn R. Shaw (abovel of Chicago declared the 'entire 1949 rent control law unconstitutional be cause of a clause permitting states and other divisions to end it In their territories by local option. The federal dis trict judge held this provision was an' unlawful delegation by Congress of its powers to other government agencies. (AP Wirephoto) French Assembly In Wild Session, Approves Pact PARIS, July 27. P Thff French national assembly ap proved ratification of the North Atlantic pact today by a 398 to 187 vote. The assembly voted for the charter after an all-night ses sion marked by fist fights be tween communists t,nd rightists. The pact will go to the Coun cil of the Republic the upper house of France's legislature which is expected to give speedy approval. me vote was precenea oy stormy debate which brought tempers to the boiling (Hnt. At one stage the legislators fr-came so uproarious it was necessary to recess. Proponents of the pact contend ed that it Is a defensive alliance intended to protect member na tions from aggression. The communists charged It la pact of aegreaslon aimed against Russia and that In sign ing it, France would be led Into war. Most of the criticism, apart from red sniping, came because no express provision was made for the United States to supply military aid to European coun tries Immediately. .Some speakers compl alned there were no provisions to as sure that Germany would not be rearmed and again become a military menace to France. Morals Charge Changed In Wayne Palm Case The original charge of Indecent exposure placed against Wayne ! Elder Palm, 29. of Roseburg. has I been changed to contributing to the delinquency of a minor, ac cording .to Justice of the Peace A. J. Geddes. Palm, arrested on the original complaint July 22 by sheriff's deputies, is being held In the county Jail on $1,000 ball. Justice Geddes also reported the arraignment of Andrew Lyle, 48. Roseburg, on a charge of lewd cohabitation. Following his ar raignment in Justice court, he was lodged In the county Jail with bail set at $300. S. J. Fett Accused Of Income Tax Evasion PORTLAND. Julv 2d.(Fi- Slgurd J. Fett, 52, Roseburg, waived preliminary hearing here yesterday on three charges of in come tax law violation. He was released under $3,000 bond. He was Indicted on government ''"" " he owed S2K.S28 (or tha voRri IfM enrl IfMfi hilt the years 1944, 1943 and 1946 hut marie a tax return showing that he owed only $16,473. Appeal Urges Congress To Defer Action Slash In Sum Impends . Unless Secretary Can Prevail At Hearing WASHINGTON. July 27 (JPU Secretary of State Acheson an. pealed to a balking Congress to. day to suspend Judgment on the $1,450,000,000 foreign arma aid bill until all the evidence la in. Acheson told a news confer ence that points raised on the program by several members of Congress are sound In theory but that they talked in a misappre hension of the facts. Evidently referring to the sug gestion of Senator Vandenberf (RMich) that onlv an Interim plan should be adopted now, Ach eson said It is a good idea to have an Interim program. Rut he ri(V-l n roA tha, I. .1.. what the administration has pro- The evidence of which Acheson spoke will be presented to Con gress beginning with his appear, ance before the House foreign af fairs committee tomorrow. . Discussing that appearance, the secretary rf,,Ml u directly a, reporter's inquiry aa . mc umira aiaies gov ernment has Information "that the Russians mrm .il.iu lng for war." Acheson said that was what he called one of those loaded num bers. If he replied yes, the reporters would make a lot out of that, he said, and If he replied no, they would make a lot out of that: so his decision was to make no com ment at all In directresponse. his decision was to make no com ment at all In direct response. Reduction Demanded Reception of Arheson's propo sal appeared likely to be some what less hostile than bv the combined mmlvrthln nf tl.. Senate's foreign relations and armed services committees. Early checks Indicated a sub stantial majority of that group nf 26 senators will oppose the $1,450,000,000 program. Most of them apparently will Insist upon much less expensive, stop-gap ac tion until the projected Nmh At lantic council can set up a com- miuee 10 map over-all defense of non-Communist areas in Eu rope. Senators Byrd (D-Val and "(Continued on Page Twot . Oakland Driver " Facing Charge Of Hit-And-Run Cooperation of city and state police resulted in the quick ap prehension of an alleged hit-and-run driver, within a few minute after a report of an accident at Garden Valley Junction at 11 o' clock last night. Stale Police Sgt. Lyle Harrell reported that Richard Sheffield Nibblett. Oakland, would face charges today in Justice court of failure to stop at the scene of an accident and driving with his op erator's license suspended. According to Sgt. Harrell, Nib hlett's car allegedly was Involved in a sideswiping Incident with a second car. operated by George A. Trumbo, i'.wi of Oakland. Nibblett, he said, was stopped by Roseburg city police for ques tioning, a few minutes after they received a call from state police to be on the lookout for the ve hicle. They reportedly saw the described car cruising on a side street. Although the fenders of Nfh blett's car seemed to be freshly wrecked, the driver denied hav- ing been involved In an accident. He was brought to the police sta tion, and state police were called. Nibblett finally admitted hitting the car after nearly an hour of questioning, said Sgt, Harrell. Cleo T. Tipton Nonwd On County Fair Board Cleo T. Tipton, Roseburg: rancher, has been appointed as a member of the Douglas County Fair hoard In an order issued by the county court Tuesday. Tipton fills the unexpired term of Lawrence D. Roberts, who has moved from this area. The term of office extends until Dec. 31 of this year. Other members of the Fair hoard are J. D. Myers and Roy Bellows, with Ivan Pickens as secretary-treasurer. Tipton has been active with the s erlf. s posse and served last year as captain. SPREE FINE IS $100 Robert Elmer Lee, .12. Canyon vllle. was given a 30-day sus pnded Jail sentence and fined $100. plus court costs, when he pleaded guilty In Justice court to charges of being drunk on a public highway. J'istico A. J.Ged des reported today. Lvity Ft Rent By L. T. Reitenstein Douglas county loy Scent troops need more sponsoring organisations, one of the condi tions cttendant on Increased population. Help them enjoy and appreciate the good earth while you, yourself, are en top of it.