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U. Of 0. Litrary Eugene, Oregon - -y augene, uregon r. j- ! JUNIOR MERCHANTS Thai enterprising Roseburg youngsters took advantage of th recent hot wthr to (wall th coffers of thair club by tolling a cooling bavaraga to thirsty citiiom. Juit before thii picture wai taken, untuipacting Folic Chief Calvin H. Baird wat literally mobbed into becoming the young iteri' 65th cuitomer. When eiked where the day's ceih receipts were going, Signel club members (aid thay would buy club equip ment and decorations. Upon further questioning, they admitted they might buy "ice cream end cake end candy bars for a party." From left to right are Chief taird, Midge Steece, Diano Peyton, Beverly Ann Wandling, Kay Staece end Steve Wendling in beck row. Republicans Trot Out Dark Horse To Oppose Gabrielson For Party Guide WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. UP) Opponenti of Guy G. Gabriel eon of New Jersey today brought out Axel J. Beck of South Dakota as their dark horse candidate lor republican national chairman. Beck, S3, farmer-lawyer and comparative newcomer to the com mittee, was being supported by friends of Rep. Hugh D. Scott Jr., of Pennsylvania, retiring chairman. Increase Noted In Polio Outbreak WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. (.Pi Latest figures on polio show 8,299 cases through July 30, as compared with 5,793 during the same period last year. Also, the number of new cases reported in the July 24-30 week was 1,963 as compared with 1,839 in the worst week last year (the one that ended Sept. 18). Nevertheless, officials of th public health service found some reasons for encouragement. They noted a drop in the rate of in creases 1n recent weeks and said the peak, after which the num ber of cases can be expected to drop, may come earlier this year. PORTLAND, Aug. 4. (JP The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis has assigned 14 new "iron lungs" to the Northwest regional polio equipment pool. Two are now in use In Boise and ten are in Los Angeles at the present When not in use, they will be stored her for rapid re lay by truck op air- transport- eirtjjmleejiters In the Day's Hews By FRANK JENKINS HERE'S a slant on the Chinese Communists (it cornea from Shanghai): "Communist authorities decreed today it is a waste of time to play Man Jong. Sixty-eight playera of China's favorite game were ar rested, fined up to 40,000 commu nist dollars , each, sentenced to four hours In Jail and made to sweep the streets." NOT so bad. At this distance, we have the idea that if the Chinese played LESS Mah Jong and grew MORE crops and made more things they would be vastly better off. (We have to worry about these things, you know, for we seem to have accepted the principle that American taxpayers must support all the peoples In the world who can't seem to support themselves.) T 'HAT'S one slant on the Chinese Communists. Here's another: In Shanghai the other day, a (Continued on Page Four) PRESENT PROSPECTS GOOD Long-Range Outlook For Business Poor, However. Consensus Of Economists By CHARLES MOLONY WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. 0B Signs built up today of a breathing spell but probably not a permanent halt in business downturn that has ru nthrough 1949 so far. A consensus produced by a top-flight official group of economists working as a team boiled down with some "ifs" attached to this: 1. The immediate outlook is that economic activity likelv will hold at the mid-year ievel for the July-August-September quarter, and perhaps may rise a bit in September. 2. Longer-range prospects are darker, because it seems that, on the whole, fundamental readjust ment has not been completed and employment, production. Income and prices may continue to draft downwards from October through mid-1950. The men who drew ud this ap praisal would not be quoted by name. The longer-range downdrift. It was noted, probably will be ob acrued from recognition by its ate tempo, and erratic upturns now and then in particular lines. Optimism Increases One sign of an economic breather or reversal was said But Gabrielson's backers claim ed a majority of the 102-vote committee in a test scheduled for later in the day. Gabrielson is a 58-year-old New Jersey lawyer and industrialist. He backed the unsuccessful presi dential candidacy ot Senator Koo ert A. Taft of Ohio last year. Scott, quitting after a stormy year as chairman, supported Gov. Thomas E. Dewey oi Mew York, who won the nomination. Beck's friends say he has no present preference for the party's 1952 presidential nomination, rie was endorsed for Scott's Job by his state's congressinoal delega tion. Scott, elected at last year's re publican convention, survived an ouster effort against him last January. He told the nation's top repub lican in a prepared address that if they don't stop quarreling among themselves, "pretty soon we will be face to faoe with the prospect of the liquidation of the republican party as a force in national affairs." Asserting that he has had "one of the shortest four year terms in history," the retiring chair man compared President Truman to the "typhoid Mary" who pass ed along typhoid fever without knowing that she was doing so. He said Mr. Truman was spon soring "statism" without being conscious of that fact. Ex-Banker Wins In Damage Suit EUGENE, Aug. 4 (JP A cir cuit court judge has ruled that Richard Shore Smith, ex-president of the First National ank of Eugene, is not liable for dam ages in a $200,000 suit brought by minority stockholders ot the bank. Greta Brostow Tyron brought the suit against Smith, charging she had received too little for her shares of stock when the bank was sold to Transamerica corpor ation in 1945. The ruling by Judge Da) M. King applied to nine other plain tiffs who brought similar court actions. The plaintiffs contended that Smith used his position at presi dent of the bank to get a higher price for his own stock In nego tiations with officers of the First National bank in Portland than the plaintiffs coul get for theirs. ' They claimed they could have received $60 a share for their stock instead of $220 if Smith had advised them of its value. But Smith told the court that majority stock was customarily worth more than minority stock. to be "a significant change In the attitude of businessmen (over the country) within the last two weeks." involving a swing to ward optimism. The "significant change" was reported by a strategically-placed Washington official with an unexcelled opportunity to keep In touch with business thought in all parts of the nation and to get a bearing on its general direction. He said an increase in orders for goods. President Truman's an nouncement against more taxes, easy credit policies, the inflation ary effects of deficit financing by government, and the recent businessmen more optimistic. Traditionally, when business men think business ia going to (Continued on Ptg Two) Niglit Th Weather f srf y-VX TZsl Mr tdy, teaight and M- Sam today 7:31 p. m. liseriie tomorrow 1:01 a. m. Istabliskod 1173 Spain Denied Proposed $50 Million U. S. Loan Barkley Upheld In Ruling Out Belated Move Amtndmtnt Offered To Foreign Aid Bill Hold "Ntw legislation" WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (.TV ruled $30,000,000 in loans to Spain out of the European Recovery program. Barkley held that an amend ment sponsored by Senator Mo Carran (D-Nev.) violates Senate rules against writing new legis lation into an appropriation bill. Democratic leader Lucas of Il linois challenged the McCarran amendment. And then McCarran appealed the arkley ruling. Barkley then told the Senate Spain is not entitled under the Economic Cooperation adminis tration act to participate in the recovery program. Spain has not adhered to the basic requirements of the act, the Vice-President said, and to admit Spain Into the program would be a violation ot the terms of the act. The ruling came as Senate leaders strove to free the big for eign aid money bill from the threat of another blockade. Lucas said he hoped to get fi nal approval late in the day for the bill, which carries funds for Europe's recovery, armv occupa tion costs and aid to Greece and Turkey. Senator McClellan (D-Ark) told reporters he might force the bill (Continued on Page Two) Church, Library Benefit By Will f Of Mrs. McCall Bequests of $2,000 to the Rose burg Public library and $900 to the First Presbyterian church are provided In the will of the late Mrs. Marie Flint-McCall, filed for probate Wednesday in the county court The gift to the church will be made on condition that "the names of Mr. Samuel Collins Flint, born Aug. 28, 1854, died Oct. 23, 1907, and Mrs. Samuel Collins Flint-McCall. born April 14, 1859, died July 29, 1949" be placed on the remaining church window bearing no names. Mrs. McCall, 90-vear-old pioneer, former state lecturer for the Grange, and long time music teacher, died last rriday alter a brief illness. She left an estate "of the probable value of $12,000." As requested in the will. Dr. C. L. Blodgett has been named executor of the estate, while the appraisers are W. F. Harris, l. V. Wimberly, and M. E. Rltter. The gifts to the library and church shall be made after be quests to numerous relatives have been paid. A codicil to the will also directs the distribution of personal belongings. Pre-Rodeo Dance Set At Myrtle Ck. Pre-rodeo dance will be spon sored by the Myrtle Creek Saddle Pals in the Evergreen park at Myrtle Creek Saturday, Aug. 6. Lou Franco and his orchestra will plav. The dance will be held to pub licize and raise funds for the Labor dav rodeo to be held at Myrtle Creek by th Saddle Pals. Since early spring the club has been enlarging the rodeo arena to make for a better show this year. More chutes have been add ed, as well as a quarter-mile track tor saddle horse racing. Additional grand stands are also being built. Queen contest preceding the rodeo will be held Sunday, Aug. 28 at the rodeo grounds. Anv single girl between the ages of 16 and 21 is eligible to compete. The queen candidates will be judged by "out of town Judges" on both their horsemanship and appearance. The two-day rodeo is scheduled Sunday and Monday. Sept. 4 and 5. Dances will be held both nights at Evergreen park. Paul Geddes Competes For Bar Assn. Office PORTLAND, Aug. 4 (JPt The Oregon State bar members are balloting on the new members of tne board or governors. Two districts offer compel! Hon: James J. Landve and W. A. Stockman, both Portland, tn the third district; and Paul E. Geddei, Rose burg, and D. J. Grant. Coo Bav, in the fourth district. The candidates In the other two districts are unopposed: Gordon W. Sloan. Astoria, first district. and R. E. Kriesien. Bums, sec ond district. Watchman ICilled By Auto R0SEIUR& 'ATOMIC COCKTAIL' 1. S. Randall, Naw York advertising and sales axacutive, holds cup containing radioactive iodine which ha says apparently has cured him of hopeless thyroid cancer. Randall, writing In th American Magaxin, says h had gone to a hospital to ;, whan the iodine drink, or "atomic cocktail," was triad. It curd his back pain quickly, and n '. few months th thy roid cancan disappeared. Now he says he is fee ling younger and more jauntry than for years. Th iodine drink is ordin ary water containing a vary small amount of radioactive iodine produced at atom1 ener gy plants. (AP wiraphoto.) France Combed - -For Bandits Who Robbed Aga Khan Le CANNET,' France. Aug. 4. W) Thousands of police today combed southern France for the four bandits who stole a fortune in Jewels from the Aga Kahn and his wife. Roadblocks were thrown up up from Mentone on the Italian border all along the Riviera playground of the world's weal thy to the sprawling port of Marseille, known as a criminal hideout. Hundreds of cars were stopped. But no trace has been found of the robbers who yesterday held up the Aga Kahn and the begum outside their villa here and grab bed a half million dollars in Jewels and 200,000 francs ($600) In cash. Police guards around the man sions of the rich have been doubled. Many of the millionaires here are reported hiring private detectives as an additional secur ity. In the past few days bandits have gotten away with about $800,000 in the robbery of a bank at Aix-Le-Provence, the theft ol Jewelry in a store at Deauville and the robbery of the Aga Khan. Police found the abandoned au tomobile used by the robbers of the Aga Khan near the scene of the crime. Embargo Hits Wheat For Pacific Ports PORTLAND. Aug. 4. Railroads clamped an embargo on shipment of government-own ed wheat and barley to Pacific Northwest ports today at the re quest of the Commodity Credit corporation. Clyde Kiddle, regionall CCC di rector, said the embargo was necesary because terminal ele vators a: Portland, Vancouver, Longvrew, Tacoma and Seattle were almost full and ships were scarce. He said no grain ships for overseas shipment of grain were expected m currently. Frank Westmeyer, Seattle spokesman for the Association of American Kallroads, said tne or der was effective no later than midnight tonight at grower points. londits Captured In Attempt To Rob lank COULEE CITY, Wash.. Aug. 4. v An abortive attempt to rob the National Bank of Commerce branch here last night ended with one bandit in the hospital and another man held in the city Jail for questioning. Neither of 1he two men car ried identification, nor would thev give their names. The hospitalized bandit was knocked out by a bank employe, James Inman, during a fight which started when the bandit became careless and let the bank manager. Urban Schmidt, knock a .22 caliber pistol from his hand. The aecnnd man was air-etteri outside the bank after the fight OREGON THURSDAY, AUG. Truman Yon't Compromise On Foreign Aid Stands Pat On Original Fund But Doesn't Oppose Curbs On His Authority WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-4PV-President Truman todav rejected suggestions that he compromise in his request for $1,450,000,000 for arms aid to friendly nation. Mr. Truman indicated at his news conference, however, that he does not oppose suggested congressional curbs on his broad authority to allocate the fundi and specify nations to receive the aid. He said the arms aid bill to Implement the Atlantic allimr should be passed by Congress as soon as possible and that the full amount sought should be grant ed Democrats and Republicans alike have agreed that Mr. Tru man may not get all that he wants in the request for arms aid. House foreign affairs commit tee members aDDeared determin ed to trim the amount asked even after they received figures in aoviei military strength, mey had a full dav of closed door sessions yesterday with arms and state department experts who helped draft the big arms aid program. Mr. Truman said he does not care anything about blank check autnority to allot the arms aid money. He said he Is content to let Congress work out the details. The important thing, he said, is to provide the money and pro vide it quickly. The situation shaped up. Ilk (Continued on Pag Two) County Timber Deeded To State A tract of county-owned tim ber comprising 280 acres, lying about eight miles south and east of Reedsport near the source of Dean's creek, has been deeded to the state. County Judge D. N. Busenbark said the tract lies entirely within the Elliott State forest and con tains mostly second growth tim ber not yet mature. The county's contract with the state provides that when timber from the area is sold, the county shall receive 75 percent of the purchase price, said Judge Bu senbark. The contract was signed by members of the county court and in behalf of the State Department of Forestry by Sam Miller, Sa lem, assistant state forester. County Leases Land For Mineral Exploration Mining lease covering an area of 500 acres south of Riddle has been signed with the county court by D. H. Snavely of Riddle. The lease is for five years. The land Included in the lease is under contract to the Rose- burg Lumber company for tlm ber, but the county has retained its mineral rights. According to the contract, Snavely must pay the county 10 percent of the gross proceeds from any minerals he mines, which may include copper, lead, silver, gold and otners. STUDENTS STRANDED Farragut College, Idaho. Folds Up Without Giving Information In Advance FARRAGUT, IDAHO, Aug. 4. P The death of a college Is a painful thing to see. Farragut college and technical Institute had Just three years to put down its roots. Then directors announced that th school would not reopen this fall. Financially the oolleg always was undernourished. But other roots went deep. Farragut is home t some homeless veteran students. They have 30 days to get out. David R. Apodaca of Los An geles, out of work and waiting for school to open again, has caught fish In scenic Lake Pend Oreille to feed his wife and two children. 'Somebody didn't try as hard as we did to keep the college going." he said. A young Texas couple with three children barely made the trip from San Antonio before a piston tore a $300 hole In the engine of their car. They arrived "broke and hungry" to learn th colleee wouldn't open. I "We'll go back to Texat if w 4, 1949 -- ..-.'-v. .v.-:fcv tHMslMaasW - - POLIO VICTIM KEEPS 'DEATH LOG' Navy Lieut. James O. Chiles, 25, who died of bulbar poliomyelitis in Washington, D. C, described th progress of th disease in hand written notes wh'ch his wife rls in th hopes that they might, in some way, help doctors who are studying th disease. Unable to speak, Lieut. Chiles started the "death log" about 12 hours before he died. He is shown above with his wife, Dorothy, and daughter, Diano Ma. (NEA Talephoto.l HOSPITAL "TOUR" Bids To Be Opened Aug. 9 If No Difficulties Arise. Mngr. Knauss Tells Kiwanis An 'Imaginary tour through the proposed Douglas Community hospital was given members of the Roseburg Kiwanli club Tuesday noon by Alvin Knauss, hospital manager. Talking: before the weekly meeting of the Kiwanis at limp qua hotel, Knauss told his audi ence that bid openings are slated lor Aug. 9, provided tnat no un forseen difficulties arise. Knauss said the one-story, H haned bulldtne will be the most modern In the country. He said all .rooms wtll be private or semi private, meaning one- or two-bed, and that all three private mater nity rooms will be decorated in color throughout. Lighting for the hospital will be the floures cent, reoessed-lndirect type. Something new in the way of hospital heating will be incorpor ated in the Douglas Community hospital. Knauss said that al though Roseburg residents have long been accustomed to sawdust heating units, this will mark the lush iiuw "' K i J has used sawdust lor heating (Continued on Page Two) Copco Revenues Still Increasing MEDFORD. Aut!. 4. According to a statement Issued by A. S. Cummins, president, the Califor nia Oregon rower company re ports gross operating revenues lor the 12 monlhs ending July 31, 1M9. of 13.613.786 as compared with revenues of $8,367,600 for the same rjerlod ending July, 1949. an increase of 14.89 percent. . Gross operating revenues for the seven months ending July 31, 1949 amounted to $5,625,387 as compared with revenues of 14 ;v7fi7 for the same period ending July, 1948, an increase of 13.28 percent. Cross ODeratlnt! revenues for the month of July, 1949 amounted to $792,079, an increase of 12.00 percent over those of July, 1948. Kilowatt-hour sales to residen tial customers during the twelve months ending July 31, 1949 In creased 27.25 percent over those for the previous period, and aver aged 4.494.17 kilowatt-hours per customer, at an average cost of 1.613 cents per kilowatt-hour. can get the car fixed," said the young husband. "Why didn't they tell us soonerr Relief Fund Stlna sult-H The student body president. Tom Black of New York City, doesn't have to worry now about the welcome dance this fall. In stead he Is organizing a relief fund to help stranded students get home or to some other school which has housing enough to take them. Many of the 80 students who (Continued on Pag Two) 1 82-49 TAKEN Negro Trio Held After Attack On Officer's Father After an alleged ' assault on J. F. Byrd. fathef.of Deputy Sher iff Ira Byrd, three Negroes were booked at the county Jail last night after their arrest in a box car In the Southern Pacific yards. Deputy Sheriff Byrd said his father was walking toward down town on Stephens street, near r loed, about 11 o clock last night, when he was attacked by three men who were walking in the opposite direction. , The elder- Byrd related that as he approached the men, one of them dived for his legs and knocked him to the sidewalk. He managed to get up quickly and ran across the street to a service station preparing to close for the nignt. There he called his son, who In turn called state and city police and requested them to watch for the three Negroes. Meanwhile, they had "taken off down alleys and side streets." Deputy Sheriff Byrd said he and his father searched the rail way yards and found the fugi tives in a boxcar. They pretended to be asleep, but did not resist arrest. They were booked on charges of vagrancy, pending ar raignment in justice court. Deputy Sheriff Byrd named the men as Phelix Sims, Seattle; James Lorenzo Cooper, Blythe, Calif., and Ernest Taylor Jr., who did not give a home address. They had arrived on a freight train, they told the officer, and had gone up town to "get a loaf of bread." Between them, they had only one cent, the officer said. Lightning Starts Fire In Ochoco Forest PRINEVILLE. Aug. 4 UP) A second lightning born fire w.is burning over an estimated 1,000 acres on the Ochoco National for est todav. The fire broke away rapidly yesterday. Just as another blaze 10 miles away was being brought under control, and swept over a flat expanse of scattered timber, grass, and sagebrush. Three hundred men. five bull dozers, and two caterpillar trac tors were working on the big blaze and a smaller, 350-acre fire which has already been trailed. Both fires started during light ning storms Monday, on the east ern edge of the forest. The larger fire ia In the Izee-Sulpee district, and the smaller one in the Squaw creek area 10 miles further northwest. Truck Wreck Blamed On Sleeping Driver A pickup truck was wrecked and Its two occupants were treat ed for ruts and bruises before their release from Mercy hosoi- tal in a one -car accident two miles south of Roseburg at 4 a.m. today. State Police Sgt. Harrell reported. Sgt. Harrell listed the victims as Charlene Ruth Goldfarb, Oak land. Calif., driver of the car, and her father, Thomas Gold farb, Tacoma, Wash. Sgt. Harrell said the drvlerap parently fell asleep at tne wneei, sending the truck Into the ditch, Blow D. Svcmon IlitVliileOn CrossYolat Cecil E. Davidson, M, AHetjed Driver Of Car; Inquest Wil l Held Roseburg' first traffic fatality of the current year occurred at 3 p.m., Wednesday, when David Swansoti, 67, of 560 Pitzer, Rose burg, was allegedly struck by a car driven by 19-year-old Cecil tugene Davidson, also of Rose burg, Police Chief Calvin H. Baird said today. swanson was taken to Mercy hospital following the accident and died a' 5:15 a.m., today. Chief Baird said Swanson, night watchman at the Rose burg Lumber company, was at tempting to cross on th crosswalk on E. 2nd Ave. So., in front of th mill, when he was reportedly struck by th Davidson vehicle. When struck, the elderly watch man was accompanied by an other Roseburg Lumber com pany employee, Harold Howey, who escaped injury. Davidson, who listed his Rose burg address as 1520 N. Stephens, was cited by police officers for failure to yield the right of way to a pedestrian on crosswalk and also for operating a car with defective equipment. Chief Baird said he will call for an inquest to be hel to- Swanson was born Nov. S, fsSL in Sweden and came to this country in 1900. Ha was a resi dent of Roseburg for eight year prior to his death and was a ri tired adjutant of the Salvation ' Army. Surviving are the widow, Etta, May of Roseburg; a daughter, Mrs. Virgil Pearson, Portland; a sister, Mrs. Emma Olson, Long Island, N. Y.; two sisters in Sweden, and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be an nounced later by th Roseburg Funeral Home. Norway, Denmcrk Join In Mutucl Defense Planning LONDON, Aug. 4. () American Joint chiefs of staff have reached a complete under standing with Britain, Norway and Denmark on oraanizatlon tor mutual defense under the Allan-, tie pact, Artm. Lout E. DenfielaV. announced today. "W are going home, Tam jure, with a very much better un derstanding of the situation than we had when we came over," the U. S. chief of naval operations told a new .confers as following ' meetings with NorweglV and Danish military commanders: 7 Adm. Denfleld. spoke for th', tolnt chiefs. V . . ' K The subject of sharing the atom rjomt wnn oiner Aiiantic treaty signatories was not men tioned In th statf talks, Denfleld told a questioner. "Ther waa no general discus sion of arm aid." he added. "Our purpose In coming here was to exchange ideas on proper organi zation."" Gen. X), C Berg, chief of the Norwegian Joint services, told the reporters! "We nave aiscusseo aeivnw . program and we are finding a very good solution to our prob lem." - The Scandinavian delegation met the American officers In separate conference at U. S. naval headquarters in London. Each group spent more than an hour with the Americans. i The conferences were con ducted under the same condition of secrecy as yesterday's meet ing with British military leaden. AFL Demands Britain Buy Lumber In U. S. SEATTLE, Aug. 4. IIP) If Great Britain is going to ura the United States' Marshall plan dol lars to buy lumber, it should b bought In the United States. That's the stand of the AFL Lumber and Sawmill Worker union, local President John N. Christenson said yesterday. A resolution demanding U. S. purchases will be presented at the Puget Sound District council meeting here Aug. 14, Christen son said. Presently Great Britain Is buy ing 60 per cent of its lumber from Canada, he said. i 1 1 Deaths Follow Break Of Mexican Prisoners MOREL! A, Mexico, . Aug. 4 (Fighting between police and convicts who staged a mass Jail break here has resulted In 11 deaths, police announced last night. Ten of the dead wer prisoner and one a guard. Only 13 oi tne 72 convicts wno fled the Michoacan State peni tentiary Tuesday and seized wea- pons were still at large, iney were being hunted by officers in the hills surrounding Morella. Forty-nine of the prisoners sur rendered yesterday. Levity Fact Rant r L f. 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