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2 The News-Review, Roseburg, Or Sot., July 30, 1949 Maragon Quizzed In 5 Percenter Investigation WASHINGTON. July 30. Pi Senate Investigators handling the "Jive percenter" inquiry ques tioned smiling John Maragon again today. It was the third straight day that the one-time bootblack with a White House entree had been behind dosed doors with the sen ate probers. The Investigators said they had started looking Into a report that Maragon figured in a customs duty incident In 1946. But Maragon told a re porter there was "nothing to the ilory." One Investigator said private ly in advance of the new hush hush session that the secret diary figuring prominently In the five percenter case prompted the orig inal decision to quiz Maragon. The report on the customs duty Incident, it was learned, was laid before the senate's special inves tigations subcommittee yesterday by the New York Herald Tribune. Subcommittee sources said the group Is checking Into the mat ter. They would not say whether Maragon was being questioned about It yet. The Herald Tribune said today that the subcommittee Is looking Into a report that Maragon "tried and failed to avoid paying customs duty on a valuable bottle of perfume essence In 1946 by pretending that that bottle con tained champagne intended as a gift for the White House." The paper said that "according to the report the bottle contained perfume oils valued at $8,000, and Mr. Maragon, after alert cus toms guards discovered the es sence masquerading as cham pagne, paid $1,600 duty on It." Superior Judge Rules Against Youth's Freedom EVERETT, Wash.. July 30 (JP) If 16-year-old Richard Hoin, serving a life sentence for mur der, Is to gain his freedom from the state penitentiary, his cause will have to be carried to the state or possibly the VS. Su preme courts. Superior Judge Charles Dpnny yesterday denied a petition brought by the youth's mother. Mrs. Catherine Hein, for a writ of habeas corpus. James Tynan, attorney for Mrs. Hein, promptly announced he will appeal to the highest courts. The teen-age boy was convict ed In April, 1948, of murdering 69-year-old James Moore, nearly blind resident of nearby Hart ford. Union Official's Oust May Get Court Decision SEATTLE, July 30- P John Mnletta, one of two CIO Inter national Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's union officials ordered out of England July 22, said today union attorneys would be asked to investigate legality of the action. Louis Goldblatt, secretary treasurer of the ILWU, and Ma lctta, a member of the executive board, went to England after at tending a meeting of the newly organized International Long shoremen's and Seamen's fed eration of the World In Marseille, France. Maletta, a Seattle man, said he and Goldblatt had been Invited to London by British unionists, then embroiled In a crippling dock strike. Maletta said thev were held overnight in a "filthy1' cell and denied a chance to call a lawyer or the U.S. consul. FLOOR SANDING and FINISHING Estimates Leslie Pfaff 320 Ward St. Phono 134-J m Itanium GUTTERS AIR COOLERS Authorized Dealer For LENNOX and KLEER-KLEEN (Utility basement) (Floor Units 29" deep) FURNACES ROSEBURG SHEET METAL Your HEATING Phono 41 GOBLE DISC Mad by a Farmer, for a Farmer OIL BATH Whether it be stubble ground, pasture, or tod ground, the Goble Oil Bath Oft-Set disc will do your job. Made in all siiet Uses 22", 24" or 26" blades. Special disc for Ford and Ferguson tractors, both lift and pull types. The disc that does not have bearing trouble. Weight pant and scrapers are standard equipment. COME IN AND SEE OUR STOCK BUY WHERE YOU SHARE IN THE SAVINGS DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-Operative Exchange ROSEBURG, OREGON Phone 98 Located W. Washington St. and S. P. R. R. Tracks Senatt Struggles Ovtr European Recovery Bill (Continued From Page One) required ECA and the army to buy $2,000,000,000 in surplus farm products. But It was agreed in the revised rider that that general 10 per cent cut In ECA funds already accepted by administration lead erswould apply also to the com modity purchases. Agrees to Chang McClellan was agreeable to this change because the amend ment is likely to draw more sup port In its new form. The new bill, In brief, also con tains: (1) $3,626,380,000 to carry ECA through the current fiscal year. This is the same money figure contained In the old bill. But the committee proposed to offer a floor amendment strip ping out $150,000,000 In loan auth ority. (2) $1,074,000,000 for ECA spending In the final quarter of the vear ended July i. This is $74,000,000 more than the com mittee approved In the old bill. (3) $344,000 for a congression al watchdog committee to check on foreign spending. (4) An amendment to restrict sharply aid to any nation break ing a U.S. treaty. I5i $900,000,000 for govern ment and relief In the occupied areas of Germany, Austria. Ja pan and the Ryukyu islands. No change In figures. (fit S45.000. 000 In aid ro Greece and Turkey. No change. U. S. Consulate Siege Laid By Communists (Continued from page 1) dlately If possible or face the danger of being treated as hos- to?. What errective steps migm oe taken to deal with the new Inci dent were not Immediately clear. The Communists have not yet set up a central regime for the North China and Yangtze valley areas. American protests, directed In milltnrv mmmanrters Jit Shang hai, Nanking, Pelplng and other citips, have been iruniess. Second Siege The invasion of the consulate fr.llnurA1 a wimAuhiit similar Inci dent July 6, when several hun dred persons claiming to be navy employes besieged the con sulate gates for 12 hours. Reports from Shanghai at the llm ealH thorn UAf HimP HUSOi- clon that many members of the mob had never worked for the navy. The consulate was said to lack navy employment records. The latest inclrtoni came oniy a day after anothpr group oi Shanghai Chinese released two officials of the American-owned newspaper r.vening i-osi ana Mprcury. after holding them prisoner more than two days and nights In another wage dispute. Earlier, Consul William M. Oli ver was bpaten by Shanghai po He nfier helnt? arrested on a traffic violation charge. Joint Chiefs Of Staff On European Tour (Continued from Page One) mlttee on the $1,450,000,000 arms proposal. On their return In about ten days, the military heads of the army, navy and air force are expected to meet with the com mittee again for "more extend ed" discussions. No Information Given If they gave the house group any startling testimony yester day it was not disclosed. Com mittee members said the meet ing could as well have been pub lic. "They gave us some figures on Russian military strength which j we have seen published already." I A republican member told news j men. "Hut they did not tell us 1 anything to clear up some of the ! doubts many of us have about ! the program." i "We haven't been sold yet," a democrat added. The committee has held only two days of hearings so far. And members said thev probably I won't get Into details until later. Center 840 E. 1st St. Sec. Brannan Gives Senators Support Promise WASHINGTON, July 30- Secretary of Agriculture Bran nan has promised senators full cooperation on any farm price- support plan tney aratt. But he also has ruled out any "compromise" on his own plan to let prices of certain perishable tarm products rind tneir own market level, with farmers get ting treasury subsidies if neces sary. Chairman Elmer Thomas (D.- Okla.) of the Senate agriculture committee gave a reporter a copy of a letter from Brannan. It spelled out Brannan's views on the farm legislation situation. Brannan's letter indicated irri tation at reports by Thomas and other members of the committee that Brannan has had no new proposals to offer. After the House overwhelming ly defeated even a trial run of the Brannan plan last week, the sec retary was called before a closed session of the Senate agriculture committee lor suggestions. Most senators who attended this closed session, including I nomas, quoted Brannan as say ing ne leu "irustraled by con gressionai rejection of his pro posals. Senators said thev press ed Brannan for alternatives with out success. The next day Thomas, after another closed session, announced that a seven-man subcommittee headed by Senator Anderson (D.- N. M.l, which held public hear ings on the Brannan Plan, would draft compromise legislation without Brannan's help. Thomas said he is willing to sponsor legislation that would al low the agriculture department to dispose of farm products It ob tained under price-supporting loans and purchases. Camas Valley J. L. Klrkendall and Ethel Clough of Camas Valley and Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Tyberg of North Bend have Just returned from Tonopah, Nev., where they visit ed Mr. Kirkendall's brother, A. B. Klrkendall. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Reetz have sold their home in Eugene and are moving back to the Valley. Mr. Reetz plans to start a saw mill in Tenmlle. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Ashenbern er and family of Portland visited with Mrs. Ashenberner's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy R. Moore, dur ing the week of July 10 to 17. Mrs. Wllmer White and two children, Mary and Susie are go ing to uaxiana, cam., to visit Mrs. White's aunt, Mrs. Woods. Rev. Gene Elliott called last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wheeler. The Rev. Mr. Elliott is being sent to Alaska for the coming year. M. A. Jones Is quite 111 and has been taken to the Roseburg sani tarium. Mr. and Mrs. Arvln Reetz and children, Cathie and Terry, at tended the S. D. A. camp meet ing at Gladstone last week. Mrs. Ethel Brown attended the funeral of L. C. Applegate at Drain. Mr. Applegate was a cous in of Mrs. Brown. Theo Golgert. small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Golgert, has been dismissed from the hos pital. Mr. and Mrs. Hungly have been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wilson. Mrs. Wil son has accompanied the Hung lys to Monroe, where they will spend a few days with friends. Henry Rrownson of Bridge and Ernest Wheeler took a three-day trip through the Willamette val ley visiting Shorthorn breeders. Ned Dixon, national field rep resentative of the Milking Short horn society and Roger Dundi. president of the Oregon Milking Shorthorn society have complet ed herd classification work in the Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ellifsen of Coos Bay visited the Valley last week, purchasing two regis tered cows from Ernest Wheeler. Mrs. N. T. Combs and son, Fred, of Roseburg. Albert Strife of St. Helens and Mrs. A. J. Combs visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dahl. Mrs. Dahl was formerly Mrs. Phillip Packard of Roseburg. Mr. and Mrs. James Comhs and daughter. Sharon, and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Mintonye and children, Ross and Paula Susan, of Powers spent the weekend above Agness on the Rogue and Illinois rivers. They visited at th home of Mrs. Comhs uncle, El mer Doyle, who lives at Oak Flats on the Illinois river. Pilot Crash-Lands Plane; Occupants Escape Injury PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, Julv 30. (.T) A pilot's skill was cred ited by three passengers today for their escape "without a scratch" from the crash-landing of a Queen Charlotte airlines plane on nearby Dlgby island. Aboard the tinngined sea plane were Mrs. E. L Orr of Cumshewa Inlet, Queen Char lotte Islands. Stanley Thomas of Prince Rupert, A. P. Nlcol of Vancouver, B. C, and the pilot, Ray Bcrryman. With both engines dead. Berry man made a forced landing on a wooded knoll, knocking over two trees as the wings and pontoons of the light craft were sliced off. He also escaped unhurt. Floor Covering Linoleum Kentile Vinyl Large Stock Assure Ease In Selecting Pleating Patterns See Display At COEN SUPPLY COMPANY Everything For Flotd A Mill St. ' $ J V 1 . 1 , 11 . f . f - 1 i i ii mi i n,i :jrteaa.wli irf a&fcaA,d aai 0 JUw-i . mm ALONG THE NATURE TRAIL At their third summer activity day Wednesday, Cirl Scouts of Roseburg met at Umpqua park to complete their second class requirements for trail signs and trail making and to meet their nature requirements. Upper photo shows group gathered around outdoor stove for one-pot moal of squaw corn. The girls are, left to right, kneeling, Carole Pon and Anne Jennie; standing, Sandra Bourbeau, Anita Jo Flora, Mrs. Allen Knudtson, Eva Pratt, and KaNae Cornell. Lower photo shows girls identifying trees and shrubs. They are, left to right, back row, Mrs, Irma Sanders, leader; Cail Brittson, Mary Lee Baughman, Violet Ann Dodge, Eileen Hilbert and Sandra Humphreys. RaNae Cottrell gave a demonstration on making bed rolls. Next summer activity day will be Wednesday, Aug. 17, meeting at Umpqua park in the morn ing and swimming at the municipal pool in the afternoon. (Pictures by Paul Jenkins) N. Y. State To Purge Schools Of Red Teachers ALBANY, N. Y., July 30.-P -New York state is out to rid its public school system of any sub versive teachers, but it expects a light haul. Education Commissioner ran cis T. Spauldlng predicts that "almost 100 per cent" of the more than 75,500 teachers would be found "actively loyal to our form of government." Nevertheless, he has ordered local boards of the state's 7,000 public schools to see that every employee is investigated annually- The commissioner acted as a result of a law passed this spring by the Republican controlled state legislature to tighten exist ing bans against subversives in the school system. Benjamin F. Feinberg. then Senate GOP lead er and a lieutenant of Gov. Thom as E. Dewey, sponsored the law and said il was aimed at com munists. A preamble to the law said there was "a common report" that subversives "have infiltrat ed Into public employment in schools of the state." The law directed the board of regents, governing body for New York s educational system, to compile a list of organizations the regents find subversive and to make rules for excluding members of such groups from public school Jobs. The law has been attacked by the Communist party and other organizations listed as subverst.r by the U.S. Attorney General. Gun Accident Fatal To Boy Hunting Coyotes EUGENE, July 30 i.V) A hunting accident claimed the life hrlday morning of Albei t James unrri janies Linde. age 14. son of Mr. and Mrs. George LI rule, of Walton, The youth was hit in the side by a .22'calibre bullet from the rifle of a 13-year-old companion. The two were hunting coyotes, according to the county coroner, and the other boy was walking behind Albert when a twig trip ped the trigger of his rifle. The wounded boy was brought to a Eugene hospital, where he died shortly. The Builder Pbon 121 Dressmakers' Walkout Threatens Paris Show PARIS, July 29--P The world famous fall fashion showing by the dressmakers of Paris were threatened today by a walkout of 14.000 seamstresses. The shows are scheduled to begin next week. The effect a complete work stoppage might have was uncertain. While many designers said their autumn models are ready and that they could go ahead with their showings, it was un erstood some dressmakers might have to cancel their shows. There normally is feverish last-minute activity In the shops, with final alterations and fittings. The seamstresses asked wage raises to bring levels up to 40 cents an hour for skilled tailors. The proposed salary scale rang ed down to nine cents an hour for first year apprentices. The employers say this would be a 30 per cent increase. Danish Rulers Have Close Call With Floating Mine .nnr.-,T,nir TA .. -1 . t..l. 30. (Jp Copenhagen news - papers reported Friday that a Danish roval yacnt carrying Kine Frederik and Queen In- grid. The papers said the crew of the royal yacht, the "Dannebrog." sighted the mine in the Atlantic floating directly in their path. Crewmen exploded the mine, identified as a derelict left over from World War I, with rifle tire. The roval couple, returning from a visit to the Faroe islands, were asleep at the time. CRASH KILLS MEXICANS PUEBLO, Mexico, July 30. (.P) A truck taking peasants to a weekly fair was caught between two buses last nleht. killing 17 ----- .,',..,' n- Pf"ons ana sorious.y inj""" " cans. The drivers of all three ve hicles were arrested. AUTO-TRUCK GENERAL LIABILITY FIRE Auto insurance is a tot insurance. The question is can you pass the examination? Many people can't. IT doesn't cost you anything to try. Paul H. Krueger District Agent 436 S. Stephens St. Roseburj Phone til City Stirred By Epidemic Of Polio MUNCIE, Ind., July 30. JPl The Muncie Board of Health has asked Mayor Lester Holloway to declare a "state of emergency" which would prohibit all public gatherings in an effort to check the spread of infantile paralysis. Ball Memorial hospital report ed 22 positive cases and 10 sus pected cases in its wards. Fifteen of of the known cases are from Muncie, a city of 50.000 popula tion in east central Indiana. The State Board of Health said there are 211 polio cases in In diana. Fatalities total 21. includ ing two deaths reoorted yester day at Ball hospital. NEW YORK. July 30 The Health Department yesterday re ported 42 new cases of infantile paralysis, the largest for a 24 hour period this year. The new cases raised to 306 the total number of cases since Jan. 1. During the same period last year the city recorded only 68 cases. 1 Wite ot Judge-blayer nen;ed Police Guard ATLANTA, July 30 l.Vt Judge Robert Carpenter was back at his office in the courthouse today as his estranged wife sought police protection from him. John Lockwood. the attorney whom Carpenter charged joined with Mrs. Carpenter in a plan to defraud him and then marry, continued in fair condition at a hospital. Police reported the judge chas ed down Lockwood early Wednes day, fired five shots at" him, and pursued the wounded man until he fell Into a 40-foot deep hole. Mrs. Carpenter's attorney. George Thomas, asked the police department for protection. The police department refused the re quest. "I'm next on the list." she said. "There's nothing like shoot ing pigeons on the ground." Carpenter declined to discuss the matter. like life s i Attlee Defends Party Against Churchill Talk LONDON, July 30. Ufy Prime Minister Attlee accused Winston Churchill today of giving Brit ain a black eye abroad out of "irresponsibility and party spite." Repfylng to Churchill's Con servative party policy speech at Wolverhampton a week ago, At tlee said his abuse of the labor government "may be taken ser iously In other countries" where he is remembered mainly as war time prime minister. Attlee declared: "Any government which does not contain him is always de nounced as Incompetent." Churchill told a party rally at Wolverhampton that the Labor government had led Britain into "imminent peril" of communism and national bankruptcy. "I have never been slow to acknowledge his war service," Attlee said in a prepared speech In his own election district, "but during these last four years he has had n bad relapse into ir responsibility and party spite." Attlee's speech was his first purely political appearance In the campaign for the next gen eral elections. National Auxiliary To R. O. T. C. Organized GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 30 (Pi A national auxiliary to the Reserve Officers association has been formed with Mrs. Au gusta Dunaway, Oakland, Calif., as its first president. ROA ladies clubs in Michigan, Oregon. Minnesota, California and Mississippi are the nucleus of the new group, which hopes to establish 15 more state de partments by next year. Mrs. Henry H. Brown, Sacra mento, Calif., was named secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Dunaway named three area vice-presidents including Mrs. Raymond Ribal, Oakland, Calif. The ROA is holding its annual convention here. Korean Women Protest Husbands' Mistresses SEOUL. July 30. .P Korean women let it be known widely today they are going to do some thing about the "shameful prac tice" of Korean husbands who keep a mistress or two on the side. Two days ago about 700 mem bers of the Federation of Wom en's associations got up a protect against concubinage. It was handed to Shin Ik Hi, chairman of the Korean national assembly. Nothing happened. "But they'll try again," said the assembly's secretary general, Lee Chong Son. "I know. My wife's a woman." Koreans say it's fairly common for a man to have both wife and mistress, especially if he belongs to the more prosperous class. Farmers Claim Damages From Aluminum Company PORTLAND, July 30. (.Pi The farmers' suit against the Reynolds Metals company over fumes from aluminum plants may go to trial here Aug. 23. Federal Judge James Alger Fee said yesterday he Is ready to open the trial then. He gave opposing attorneys until Monday to decide whether they will be ready by that date. A November trial is the alternative. The suits ask $1,500,000 dam ages as the result of fumes that drifted over farms from the Reynolds plants at Longviewand Troutdale. They also propose that the plants be closed by Injunc tion until the fume situation is corrected. Protect Your Family with the B. M, A. Polio plan. Call Mr. Lincoln, 938-J-4 o drop card to Box 108 Melrose Route. ACCOUNTING SERVICE By Day, Month or Quarterly SEE Arthur N. Denny 112 N. Stephens Across from Post Office Machinery books built buildings crate cots goldfish china glass tires cement canaries drugs t L iumoer snoes neckties lamps 7f V. nuts boots tools paper oil plants tanks string plaster cars jewelry- tractors violins furnaces fume bolts records furs wiring dishes ea fee eggs- trees coops rocks but tons dentures cabi nets paint The Weather U. S. Wtsthtr Bureau Office Roseburg, Oregon Fair and continued wirmir to day and Sunday. Highest temp, for any July... 10 Lowest temp, for any July 40 Highest temp, yesterday... SO Lowest temp, last 24 hre. .. tl Precipitation last 24 hrs... 0 Precipitation since Sept. 1. 27.84 Precipitation since July 1.. T Deficiency since July 1 .32 Imprisoned Wartime Workers Ask Damages CHICAGO, July 30. HP) Attrrnevs filed a brief In federal court here Thursday In support. of 1)5,000,000 In damage claims for workers caught In Pacific is lands by Japanese forces. They argued that the war did not terminate the employers' re sponsibility to the workers. The suit is in behalf of 7j6 workmen who were imprisoned by the Jap anese, or by their survivors. It Is against five contractors' lirms. The defendant firms Include Morrison-Knudsen Co., of Boise and J. H. Pomeroy and company of Washington state. Many Pacific northwest work ers were in the captured groups. They were working on military installations. The suit seeks SjO.OOO for each f laintiff because of imprisonment, t also asks for four or five years' pay because the workers' con tracts said their tay was to con-tinu- until their return to the United States. Burning Of Cross Laid To Prank Of Children SEATTLE, July 30 The burning of a small cross In the backyard of an elderly woman's home Thursday night was term ed a "kid prank" by the sheriff's office today. Deputy Sheriff Elmo Hudgens said a neighbor of Mrs. Olaf Max void, 85, had seen three young boys running down an alley about the time the turpentine - soaked cross was set afire. The cross bore the symbol of the Ku Klux Klan. Senator Says U. S. Has Ample Uranium Deposits (Continued From Page One) what is termed an "extensive" exploration program for urani um. Most of it is centered in the four-corner area of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona the major V. S. source of urani um at this time. DIES IN ARIZONA Mrs. George Lann, the former Mayme Neal of Roseburg, died at her home in Phoenix, Ariz., Friday after a short Illness, ac cording to word received here by relatives. Two brothers, Alfred Neal and Tom Neal, and a sister, Mrs. Lydia Allen, all of Roseburg, survive. SUITS DISMISSED Upon filing of motions by at torneys for the plaintiffs, Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly has or dered the dismissal of the follow ing suits: R. J. Jordan vs. Harry F. La Beau, and Don S. 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