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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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?