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H .! , ' 1,1' U ' J;l ,. H f i'"n' fg& ACOLYTE UNIT FORMED These 1 1 boys pictured with Father A. S. Tyson formed the charter members of St. George's Acolyte guild of St. George's Episcopal church and were admitted as servers in a special service held Formed to give the boys a "unifying fellowship" through which to serve, the guild will serve at summer church services and as sist at church school services left to right, front row, Charles Cornwall, Brady Montgomery and Jim Barnhard; second row, Howard Turner, Wayne Henninger and Robin Helliwell; Third row, Harrell; fourth row, Secretary Billy Riley, Father Tyson, President Larry Henninger. Treasurer Bill ture. (Rod Newland photo.) Youth In Critical Condition After Fall Down Cliff On Mt. McLoughlin KLAMATH FALLS, Aug. 1. this morning with Ed Freuer, seriously injured In a tall down Loughlin, 25 miles northwest of In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS . THIS oddly interesting dispatch flicks off wires from.Lon don: "In all of Britain ("Britain" consists of England, Scotland, Wales and north Ireland) only SEVENTY people are left with a net Income of 6000 pounds for the year, after paying taxes." (The value of the pound is of ficially pegged at $4.03. So, you see, in Britain there are only 70 people with $24,000 a year left after they have paid their taxes.) THIS Is the $64 question: ' Do you reckon the common run of people In the British Isles are any better off now that they (Continued on Page Four) Distress Air Signals Bring Hush-Hush Order PORTLAND, Aug. 1-JP Air Force security bans have halted air-line pilots' discussion of an unidentified aircraft that drop ped red and white flares in this vicinity Saturday night. But police of two states and several towns are si ill puzzled bv the distress-type signals that caused the Portland Columbia municipal airport to order com mercial traffic away for an emer gency. The Oregonian reported the McChord Field, Wash., air force flight service officers had asked the airline pilots to say nothing on the subject. The newspaper said the air force officials con firmed the subject had been clas sified as "security matter" there. Thev added the aircraft was not a military airplane, the Oregon ian said. ' OFF AGAIN, ON AGAIN Rent Controls Off In Some Places. Restored In Others When Rates Rise CHICAGO, Aug. 1. .P Lids have been popped off rent controls In at least 82 cities since local option authority, granted by Congress, became effective on April 1. Spokane, Wash., was one of the large cities. During the same time, Tighe E. Woods, federal housing expediter, lifted restrictions in 168 other communities but recently slapped them back on three after rents rose sharply. Fi'-e states also have taken -J-! tion under the local option provi- si-n of the 1949 rent control act toward abolishing ceilings or set-1 tin, up their own systems. .n Nevada a Bin passea oy me nt gsSociation said that a num legislature is awaiting signature o( dties had dlcided against of the governor to knock out re-1 moving .nt ceilings at this suctions. tjme and that at least 56 othirs Nebraska has completed actirn nave scheduled hearings on the and lifting of controls there . proposal awaits notification by the go-er-1 Most o tne cities hich banned ncr to the iiousinz expediter of in,trictions are in the southwest, th' state's intention. , The prevision under which the T e entire state of Texas will ; loc- actions have been taken was be decontrolled, effective Oct. 19, rla unconstitutional last week but he legislature authorized cit-,; y, fox ju(jge Elwyn R. Shaw k-s to ciamp ceilings on locally by 1 1 Chicago. Woods said at that orrtlr ance. The report on t.ie decontrol In ' (Continued on Page Two) durinq the Sunday church service during the winter. Reading from Terry Jones, Jerry Long, Bob Sumner is missing from the pic (Ft An ambulance arrived here Poe valley farm youth, who was a cliff near the top of Mt. Mo here yesterday. Doctors immediately began a complete examination of the youth at Klamath Valley hos pital. Ambulance attendants said they believed him critically hurt, with cuts and bruises virtually covering hit body and a long gash over the bridge of his nose. His back and hips had been badly battered In the fall into a huge, crater-like rock-strewn depression. Freuer fell when a snowbank gave away as he clambered over it on the way down from the peak. He stood up just after coming to rest in the depression, but then collapsed and was re ported unconscious when the first help reached him. Freuer had climbed the moun tain with five other youths, all of them students or ex-students of Henley high school. Freuer was a regular tackle on the high school football team last year. He graduated as salu tatorian of his class and plans to enter Oregon State college this fall. Municipal Garage Bids Will Be Opened Tonight A busy evening faces Rose burg's city council tonight at the regular simi-monthly meeting in the council chambers at 7:30 p.m. Topping the list of matters 'o appear before the council is the opening of bids for the proposed municipal garage. Also slated for tonight is fur ther discussion of the "Sunday Blue Law," requested by the Council of Church Women, which hopes to ban the sale of alcoholic beverages end beer on Sunday by any establishment within the city limits. Other Items on the agenda will Include discussion of annexation and accompanying petitions, a report from the police commit tee on the use of sound trucks in the city and a report on the pro posed Ford street improvements. jcjtipJ was made by ,he Amer)can ; Munici, al Association which lists 8 qqq cit governments in its i membership. Give Foreign Aid Mow - - Gen. Marshall The Weather Fair and continvad warm lay and Tuesday. Sunset today 7:3$ m. m. Sunrise tomotraw 5:03 a. Established 1873 Catholics Hit By New Edict In Romania Decree Erases Welfare Orders, Tells Priests To Isolate Themselves ROME. Aug. 1. UP) Commu nist Romania struck a new blow today in the spreading war be tween communism and the Ro man Catholic church. A decree of the Romanian gov ernment dissolved 15 Roman Ca tholic welfare orders and direct ed the priests, monks and nuns of the orders either to leave the religious life or to isolate them selves in cloisters or old aee asylums. The church delivered its latest counterattack yesterday, with western Germany as the arena. Catholics there were told in a pastoral letter read in the churches to vote only for "Chris tian" candidates in the Aug. 14 parliamentary elections. The postoral letter lumped all leftists together under the blank et term "socialist," and recalled to west Germans the recent edict of the Vatican warning Catholics to avoid contamination by com munism under pain of excom munication. The letter drew a quick attack from socialist leader Kurt Schu macher, who accused the Vatican of interfering In the election in favor of the Christian democrats, rightist rivals of the social demo crats. The two are about evenly divided in west Germany, where the communists are relatively weak. Assailed In Germany The church also was attacked in west Germany by communist leader Max Rimann. who address ed 80,000 persons at Dortmund, in the Ruhr. He charged the church had aligned itself with "the old powers of war and social injustice." Parties to the church-state war In Czechoslovakia marked time. Dr. Oldrich John, chairman of the Czechoslovak national parlia ment, flew to Moscow yesterday. He is the eighth high govern ment official to go to the Soviet (Continued on Page Two) Drive-In Theater Will Be Erected North Of City Construction of an automobile drive-in theater, to be located three miles north of the Roseburg city center, will start in the "near future," It was announced today by Donn Radabaugh and Eino Hemmila, partners of the Umpqua Amusement company. The new theatre will be "home owned and home-operated." Pro vision will be made for parking of approximately 400 cars, all with a good view of the mam moth screen. Local materials and labor will be used In construction wherever possible. Radabaugh said he and Hem mila have completed a tour of a number of the northwest's lead ing drive-in theaters and have tried to incorporate the best fea tures of all in the design of their new theater to be located here. The trend in motion picture en tertainment is toward the drive in theater, which is "perfect for families and their kids," crippled people who find it difficult to walk, and others who cannot at tend indoor shows, said Hemmila. Death Of "Pauper" Bares His $50,000 Fortune SEATTLE. Aug. 1. UP) A man who lived in a dilapidated shack, ate only stale bread and potatoes and ale, his brother said, because he wanted to save for security, died. Friday leaving an estimated $50,000. For more than 20 years Fred Wilson, about 75, lived the life of a pauper. He collected wood from the ship canal and sold it to his neighbors. He apparently was Just saving for security," said Raymond C. Punnett, his Investment broker. Willson is survived by a broth er in California. Training Plane Crash Kills Its 2 Occupants WALLACE, Idaho, Aug. 1. I-P) A surplus air force training plane, which witnesses said ap peared to plunge straight toward the ground while in a turn, crashed and burned on a hillside yesterday. Two persons were killed. The victims, burned bevond recognition, were identified as Kenneth Sellers, 28. and Haroia Dlpley, 28. both of Wallace. They were brothers-in-law. Man Electrocuted On Television Set Job DALLAS. Texas. Aug. 1 MV Bobby J. John. 27, was electro cuted yesterday while working on a home-made television set with an electric drill. Officers said the drill apparently shorted out in John's sweaty hands. ROSKURG, BEES VS. SWATTERS Couple Battles Raiders As Cops, Firemen Watch CAMDEN. N. J.. Aug. 1. UP) You could almost near the "bzzz over the woman's shouted plea in the telephone receiver. "For pity's sake, hurry," Mrs. Helen Coffman told police. 'They're coming through the ceil ing, through the windows, every where." The police hurried to her home. So did firemen who received a similar phone call. There they found Mrs. Coff man and her husband, Charles, giunding away with fly swatters, ig welts covered their face, neck and arms. Inside thousands of bees buzzed. Outside the windows swarmed thousands more. Honey fell in a slow drip from the ceiling to the floor. Mrs. Coffman said a tree felled yesterday in her back yard held a bees nest. The homeless insects moved into the Coffman resi dence. Police and firemen retreated to a safe distance, surveyed the situation and told the Coffmans they could do nothing. The Coffmans now are seeking a beekeeper but meantime their fly swatters are busy. D. & R. G. Road Opens Business Fight On U.P. DENVER. Aug. l.- The Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad bid today for freight business of the Pacific northwest by filing an action designed to force the Union Pacific railroad to "open the Ogden gateway" In man. Filing of the petition with the Interstate Commerce commission in Washington was announced here by President Wilson Mc Carthy of the D. and R. G. W. McCarthy and other officials of the line said, at a press confer ence, that the action probably would signal a long fight which might eventually reach the su preme court of the United States. Freight to and from Washing ton, Oregon, Idaho and western Montana would be affected. The D. and R. G. W., which op erates through the mountains be tween Denver and Salt Lake City. asks that the Union Pacific be re quired to abandon its practice of higher rates for shipments rout ed partly over tracks of the D. and R. G. W. McCarthy said the charge now la made only on "competitive" products. The charge Is put on at Ogden, Utah, transfer point between the two railroads. The Union Pacific's practice. the D. and R. G. W. asserts, makes the routing of shipments to and from the northwest over the Colorado-Utah line all but in possible from a competitive stand point. Elderly Man Disappears In Mount Hood Region GOVERNMENT CAMP. Ore., Aug. 1 UP) Search parties re sumed combing Mount Hood's southwest slopes today for an el derly Estacada man who disap peared in the area last Wednes day. A sweater believed owned by J. H. Tracy, 76, was found yes terday by one group of some 50 foresters and "woodsmen. It was located along the upper Salmon trail near where Tracy's car was found last week. Forest service officials here said Tracy had inquired about the old Barlow trail route Wed nesday and then disappeared. BANKS ARE MERGED MONMOUTH. Auc. 1. UP) T.ie First National bank o Mon mouth has merged with the U. S. National bank of Portland and be. com- the Portland firm's 40th branch. The bank here was es tablished in 1889. ATOMIC BOMBS: Energy Material Upped To Record High, Permanent Supply Of Uranium Assured By FRANK CAREY AMnrlited Preu Selene Writer WASHINGTON. Aug. 1IJPU- The Atomic Energy commission announced today Its new and more effective atomic bombs proof-tested at Enlwetok are be ing produced "on an Industrial basis." It also said uranium and Plu tonium for bombs and other atomic energy uses are being produced "In greater quantities than ever before." Relating "advances In all phases of the national atomic en ergy program, the AfcC In lis sixth semi annual report to con gress also listed progress on the medical front. Including indica tions that relatively Inexpensive radioactive cobalt may eventual ly prove to be a better cancsr treatment tnan radium. At the same time the A EC dis closed it had found ace-in-the- OREGON MONDAY, AUG. Cruiser Slips From Trap In Yangtze River Amethyst's Daring Dash For Freedom Top Action In British Navy Annals ABOARD H. M. S. JAMAICA AT SEA, AUG. 1. UP This 8-.j0-ton cruiser sped today to renlezvoua with the Br.tish sloop Amethyst, whose bold so fr-jrr Chinese red captivity in the Yangtze river Saturday made naval history. The meeting la ex pctea morn.w. Dramatic details of the Ame thyst's dash for freedom wre re counted by Vice-Adm. A. C. G. Maiden, recond in command ' the British navy's fa- eastern sta tion. The vessel had been pinned dewn by the communists In the Yangtze since April 20 when she was caught in a disastrous duel w'th red shore batteries. Madden said the escape was all very well planned and con ducted The timing also was a vitai factor." 'The Amethyst slipped cable Saturday night, making as little noise as possible," Madden said. "Sh followed astern of a steamer." The ship was challenged and. Ironically, a red gunboat also in the same area was set afire by the reds' gunfire. The Amethyst replied to the shore batteries with one round of her main armament and a large amount of fire froir. her Bren and Oerlikon guns. Madden said. Maaden said the sloop turned in an amazing performance. covering 140 miles through vary ing currents and smiting sand banks and sharp turns in an ef fort to get past the Woosung (Continued on Page Two) Bean Pickers Urgently Needed An urgent call for bean pickers came irom tne Oregon state Em ployment service office this morning. George Foster, man ager, said from 250 to 300 pickers will be needed during the next three weeks in the Winston area. Persons interester may contact the employment service, or be at the Junior High school any morn ing at 7 o'clock, where school buses will leave with pickers for the bean fields. Pickers should bring their own lunches and pails in which to put their beans. Pickers may contact (armors directly, said Foster. Orders for pickers have been placed with the employment service bv Bud Johnson, Fred Hoffmeister, Har ry Winston, In the Winston area, and by Rice and Moore, at Dil- lard. Some pickers are also being sought by Ray Young in Garden Valley. Foster explained that this sum mer's early harvest has been brought on by favorable weather In recent weeks. Romance Of 31 Years Blooms In Marriage FORT SMITH. Ark., July 31. (IP) When she was almost 18 years old, Winnie Mae Parker of near Keota, Okla., became en gaged to William A. Scoggins. The Miss Parker was stricken with arthritis and broke the en gagement. That was 31 years ago. Eventually Scoggins went to Merced, Calif., and Miss Parker came here. She now operates a business from a wheel chair at her home and is president of the Fort Smith shut in club. Through the years the couple kept up their correspondence and Scoggins visited her 14 years ago. Miss Parker's health improved and the couple again made wed ding plans. Last week Scoggins again came back to Fort Smith. Now they are Mr. and Mrs. Scoggins. They were married Friday. NEW AND MORE EFFECTIVE hole resources of uranium in this country that could be used at some future time for military ap plications In case the uranium we now get at home and abroad should cease to be available. This country now gets most of Its uranium from the Belgia.1 Congo and Canada which have ores of a high uranium content. Some of the previous stuff also comes from low-grade carnotite ore of the Colorado plateau an ore relatively low in uranium content. U. S. Combed For Uranium The commission told today of extensive exploration and pros pecting by the A EC and the U.S. Geological survey all over the country. This Involved "comprehensive examination of virtually every rock formation in this country. 1, 1949 Disposal Of Federal Surplus Property . Subject Of Senate Probe Of "Five Percenters" WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. UP) under oath In the Senate "five percenter" Inquiry deals In part with the disposal of government surplus That Is shown in the official tlon of the one-time Kansas City to the White House. The record also discloses that the Inquiry has gone searchlngly Into Maragon's bank deposit from 1945 on, and has dealt ex tensively with the sources of his Income. Maragon was questioned be hind closed doors on three con secutive days last week by the Senate's special Investigations subcommittee. The group is checking on the activities of per sons who help others get govern ment contracts' in exchange for a fee, usually five per cent of the gross proceeds. That practice in Itself is not Il legal. The subcommittee wants to find out whether any five per centers have tried to influence government procurement offl e alsj as has been alleged. Public hearings are scheduled to start August 8. Senator Hoey, the subcommittee chairman, said today the group has unearthed evidence it regards as more Im portant than the information it has obtained from Maragon. Hoey said other witnesses prob ably will be heard In secret later this week. Ex-Army Officer Eyed Meanwhile, housing expediter Tighe Woods said in an inter view tnat tne senate investiga tors have been combing the files of hia agency In tracking down the activities of former army u fleer James V. Hunt, a key fig ure in the case. A Senate source said the file search also turned (Continued on Page Two) Furniture Plant, Sawmill In Lane Destroyed By Fire EUGENE. Ore.. Aug. 1. (M A Lnog-Bell Lumber company sawmill at nearby Vaughn and the Valley Furniture Manufactur ing company plant at Creswell were destroyed by fire early yes terday. The estimated $150,000 loss to the Long-Bell mill was fully in sured, but the owner of the fur niture plant said his $38,000 dam age would wipe out his business. Several hundred mill workers and Vaughn residents joined the West Lane fire patrol crews from Veneta in saving a large dry kiln, the storage sheds, power plant and offices and company-owned homes. General Manager George Hayes said the fire erupted under the re-saw and auicklv engulfed the recently modernized mill. He said the company likely would rebuild the sawmill. Aoout in men are employed at the opera tion. The Creswell fire was blamed unofficially on a smokers care lessness during a public dance held in front of the plant Satur day night. The dance broke up about 12:30 a. m. Harold Marcott, the 32-year-old veteran who owned the small plant, said the building was par tially insured. The stock loss was complete and he doubted if he could resume operations. District Of Columbia Now Paying Sales Tax WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. Pt The District of Columbia began today to collect a sales tax from Its residents and its visitors. Here Is the scale: Sales up to 13 cents, no tax. 14 to 63 cents, inclusive, 1 cent. '64 to $1.13, 2 cents. For each additional 50 cents of a sale, 1 cent more. Restaurant meals totaling more than $1.25 are subject to the tax. So are hotel rooms rented to transients at a dally rate. and of mine and smelter prod ucts, gas and oil wells, and other places where uranium might oc cur." the AEC said, adding: "By midyear this work had revealed enormous tonnages of very low grade materials (that Ik, materials low in uranium con tent.) "They cost more to process but they could be utilized In the fu ture to sustain an atomic energy program for military purposes, should lower-cost uranium cease to be available." Imports To Be Improved The report said earlier that In connection with the production of fissionable materials for weapons and other uses "actions have been taken to improve and make more certain the supply of (uran- (Continued on Page Two) 179-49 John Maragon's secret testimony property, it was learned today. record of the hush-hush investiga bootblack who once had a pass JOHN MARAGON Accused by Drew Pearson Italians Ask No Arms Aid From United States FRANKFURT. Germany. Aug. 1. UP The U. S. Joint chiefs of staff conferred today with army officers of Italy and Luxem bourg In the first of a series of talks with European military representatives. Lieut. Gen. Marras, Italy's army chief of staff said at the conclusion of the talks the Ameri can chiefs "displayed a friend ship on which we can rely with out question. Gen. Marras added "we dis cussed problems of mutual Inter est . . . There Is no doubt these discussions will be of great mu tual benefit." Adm. Louis Denfeld. V. S. na val chief of operations, said the Italians did not raise the Question of U. S. arms aid for western Eu rope. Earlier, a spokesman for the joint staff said the Luxembourg group did not bring up the arms aid question at their session either. When they go to London later this week the Americans chiefs will hear two separate plans for western fcuropean defense. One group of military leaders will tell the Americans that only a large army containing up to 1,500,000 combat troops mention ed In Washington debate on the arms fund can prevent Soviet aggression if the Russians substi tute military for political pres sure. Another group will contend that a better answer is a small, mobile but well trained and equip ped force of some 20 divisions perhaps 250.000 men backed by enough planes to guarantee air control. London expert believe the up shot will be a compromise. Light Rains Fall In Umpqua National Forest Thunder storms over the Ump qua National forest Sunday brought light rains Instead of lightning-set fires. More storms are predicted for today, so look outs are keeping open a wary eye because even a small light ning strike could cause a large forest fire, said Ray B. Hamp ton, fire control officer. In the Douglas Forest Protec tive association area, mopping up operations are proceeding against a number of small fires which were reported under con trol Saturday, said U. F Mc Laughlin, dispatcher for the D PA. No new fires occurred over the weekend. Bull Frog Shooting Case First In Douglas County 'EEDSPORT, Aug. 1. ! Griffith Edward Kimble, Flor ence, was arrested yesterday on a charge of shooting bitll frogs. Bull frogs, explained police, ara supposed to be caught by k and line. Kimble, who .ad 2 of the animals, will be arraigned here Wednesday night. In the first such case in Douglas county. Portable Sawmill Raxed By $50,000 Fire BEND, Aug. 1 (.P) A portable sawmill operated southwest of here by Leonard Lundgren was destroyed by fire Saturday. The owner estimated damage at ou, 00O. The mill, a model for portable operations elsewhere, had been In business about three years. It was insured, he said. t '-i v, 5 -. Delay Might Be Costlier, Congress Told U. S. Hesitancy Would Be "Most Unfortunte." As To Effects Abroad WASHINGTON, Aug. L UP) Gen. George C. Marshall told Congress today that hesitation In approving President Truman't program of foreign arms aid would be "most unfortunate" and have "wide ramifications." The former secretary of state, who was army chief of staff dur ' ing World War II, testified be fore the House Foreign Affair committee that, while failure to approve the program at this time would result In a "a minor econo my," It also might result In the possibility of a major outlay later on." Endorsing President Truman's $1,450,000,000 program, Marshall agreed with previous statements ' by Secretary of State Acheson and the army chief of staff, Gen eral Omar N. Bradley. Marshall told the committee that he had not sat in on consul tations while the plan was be ing worked out, but that he was briefed on it at the State de partment last Friday. "I had been strongly of the opinion that action of this nature was urgently necessary," he added. "As to the fundamental policy involved there is no doubt in my mind as to the desirability of action of this nature immedi ately." Necessity Stressed It is necessary, he said, for the nations of Europe who are friendly to the United States and are resisting Russia to have mutually cooperative action against aggression." in tne long run, Marshall testi fied, the program will strengthen rather than weaken the military position of the United States and will give momentum to our for eign policy. Marsnau saia mat in ivjh, n the military requirements stated by the armed services could have been met "even to a modest de gree, we could have whittled away at least six months of the duration of the war." He emphasized that he was not criticizing Congress or the ad ministration when he said that. He said "the real issue" at that time was the attitude of the American people, which was af feced by "a real aggressive and vocrI minority." Marshall stressed the, value of (Continued on Paga Two) Fire Danger In Forests Lessened 'By the Auocleted Preeel Slightly cooler weather eased forest fire dangers in western Oregon today as foresters and loggers brought widely scattered timber fire under control. State Forester Nels Rogers said a brush and small timber fire that scorched 800 acres 13 miles east of Grants Pass over the weekend was being corraled. The community of Foots Creek was threatened for a while Satur day night, soon after flames spread from a fire set by two boys to route bees from a honey combed nest. Lightning-set fires west of Klamath Falls were all under control last night, but lookouts were alerted for new outbreaks in the wake of thunderstorms. Smoke-jumpers extinguished a small blaze in the Siskiyou Na tional iorest yesterday at a point inland from Gold Beach. Three Drunken Drivers Fined; One Jailed Three Roseburg men received fines and Jail sentences today hen they pleaded guilty to charges of drunken driving. Artnur Marshall Lund was find $150 and was sentenced to 30 dry s In the county jail when he appeared before Justice of the Peace A. J. Geddes in Justice court, following his arrest by state police. juage ira H. Kiddle reported fines of $100 and suspended 30- day Jail sentences were given Joe Wilburn Shafer and Billy Sunday Doty when they appeared In Mu nicipal court this morning. All three men had their oper ators' licenses revoked for one year. Cops-And-Robbers Play Brings Death To Youth TILLAMOOK. Aug. 1 -UP) A Tlllamook county ward, 9-year-old Dean Moore, was fatally wounded Saturday while playing cops-and-robbers with a surplus army rifle. County Coroner Allen Lundberg said the boy and George Akers, ID, obtained the gun in the ab sence of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hum fleet from their farm home near Garibaldi. The gun was dropped and dis charged, the bullet penetrating the youngster's arm and side. He succumbed before a physician ar rived. The Akers lad and a younger brother, Kenneth, age 8, were county wards assigned to the care of the Humfleets. Ltvity Fart Rant By L. T. Reizefutein Millions of Unci Sam's dol lars didn't stop the Communist In China. Can additional mir Item top them la Eurepa?