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Comp. IMl Ml i U. Of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon . mi o) W?M mil U U y v U U NEW GOP CHAIRMAN G. C. Gabrielson's Election By Five-Vote Margin Victory For Backers Of Senator Taf t By JACK BELL WASHINGTON. Agg. S. (API A Republican National com mitt split tqurly down th middl found itself under the commend todey of 4 new chairmen, Guy G. Gebrielson of New Jersey. Cabrielson ii 58-year-old lawyer-industrialist. Elected by a fiv-vot margin over Axel J. Beck, South Dakota farmer-businessmen, he promised complete neutrality as between candidates for president end Congress. But Gebrielion's election yesterday by a 52 to 47 vet over araie vnairman A. I. single vote put the national milier hends of long time supporters of Senator Robert A. Teft ot Uhio. The new chairman succeedel Rep. Hugh D. Scott, Jr., of Penn jylvanla, picked at last years republican convention by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey ol New York. Taft himself took no apparent part In the National committee contest, but many of his backers contributed to Gabrielson's bare margin victory. Fifty-two was the minimum vote oy wmcn any candidate could win out of the total 102 qualified votes at yes terday 1 session. 1 Gabrielson's opponents called ."the pro-Taft wing the party old guard and insisted the fight wai more againsi mm man ugairei hp new chairman. Supporting Beck, who had been active in politics less than a year, were Dewey backers plus some who felt allegiance to bcott Scott was forced out as chair man in part because he was blamed for Dewey's failure to win the presidency last Novem ber. Cabrielson told the committee after his election that so far as he is concerned "there are no fac tions, nor any groups in the re publican national committee." Will Hayes, former motion pic ture industry chief and GOP na tional chairman 30 years ago, told a 1950 campaign kickoff din ner honoring Cabrielson last night that the new chairman may not know just what he has let himself in for. "The least he deserves for his fortitude in tackling the tough assignment is an earnest promise of understanding and coopera tion," Hays said. Harlan I. Peyton and Mrs. Neal Tourtellotte, Washington state members, who had voted to oust Scott, voted against Cabrielson vcterdav. In the Days News By FRANK JENKINS FROM Richmond, Virginia, comes this dispatch: "Quiet conservative John Stew art Battle, a. state senator with 20 years of legislative experience, captured- yesterday's four -way Democratic election for governor and proved again the potency of the Virginia political organization headed by Senator Harry Byrd." THAT Is to say: A quiet CONSERVATIVE wins out in a hot political battle. Not only that but a quiet con servative backed by Senator Byrd, who believes and misses no op portunity to proclaim that govern ments should (and MUST, if ulti mate bad trouble is to be avoided) spend less than they take in. The story really ought to be printed in the "Oddities In the Day's News" department. THE news from overseas is lib erally sprinkled with cracks about "slave" labor. Russia starts It off with an ac- (Continued on Page Four) TO AID FLOOD FORECASTS U. S. Weather Bureau Will , Establish Reporting Units On Umpqua And Tributaries As aid to its flood forecasting Is planning to establish six river and its tributaries, said Thomas feather bureau here. Plans are still tentative, he Jerome van de Erde, Seattle, the fulfillment. River reporting stations would be established at Winston, Win chester. Roseburg, Riddle, Drain, and Elkton. said Hill. Under the bureau's plan of vol unteer reporting of weather in formation, these stttions woulo be put in care of reliable persons who work near and observe the river every day. Hill explained that the city sewage p 1 a nt superintendent might be asked to watch the gauge at the plant which mark the river's depth there. He would a bo be given a rain gauge to measure precipitation. . wincnesier, ior anoiner ex- ample, the California Oregon Power company might be asked to take daily measurements of Bert Howard ot Nebraska got a party's machinery back in the fe- i V, GUY C. GABRIELSON Takes tap GOP post. State Treasurer Backs Latourette PORTLAND. Aug. 5. (At State Treasurer Walter J. Pear son came out today in favor of tne appointment 01 circuit juage Earl C. Latourette to Oregon's new federal judgeship. Pearson, a democrat, said he had tried vainly to persuade de mocratic national committeeman Monroe. Sweetland to withdcaw his support of Gus J. Solomon, Portland attorney, for the post. "I told Sweetland that if he continued to support Solomon and bolomon Is appointed, it will split the democratic party in Oregon right down the middle I suggested he withdraw bolo mon s name and the democrat? try to select a man upon whom they can agree. He would not agree with me. so I told him if he continued to support Solomon, I would suiv port Latourette. I wrote to the national committee urging La tourette's appointment." Latourette has the backing of the state democratic central com mittee chairman. Nod Given Low Bid On North Umpqua Road Job PORTLAND, Aug. 5. P The low bid on grading 4 miles of the North Umpqua road 40 miles east of Roseburg was $316,387, submitted by Kucken berg Construction Co., Port land, the public roads bureau said today. W. H. Lynch, division engi neer, said he was recommend anw award of the contract to Kuckenberg. CHARGES DISMISSED H. H. Harper, Roseburg, who was held in the County tail on charges of larceny and maiidous and wanton destruction of per sonal property, has been released, following dismissal of the charges on the district attorney's Infor mation, according to Justice of the Peace A .J. Geddos. service, the U. S. Weather bu-eau reporting stations on the Umpqua A. Hill, observer In charge of the said, and await a visit here of bureau's regional engineer, before the North Umpqua's depth. The company has not yet been con tacted regarding this, however. Hill pointed out. At other places, where no reg ular gauge of the river is Xaket at present, a school bus driver who would cross a certain bridge at a regular time every day, might be asked to assume this extra duty for the weather bu reau, said Hill. River information from sta tions on the Umpqua and its tributaries would be sent to the collection center at Medford, and there relayed to Portland, the forecast center. The information collected would be used bv the Army Engineer In Iti river de velopment work. a,-..' e v ' . "i. w - . ' f 1 j Th Weother Cloudy this morning, fair this afternoon and Saturday. Sunset today 7:30 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:01 a. m. Established 1873 Truman Broad Power Request Out. Fund Not Cut President Must Settle, However, For Reduced Sum, Republican Says WASHINGTON. Aug. 5. The administration sent to Con gress today a new arms-for-Eu-rope bill shorn of provisions giv ing President Truman power to decide when and where aid should be riven. The new measure, submitted to the House and the Senate, named specifically the countries to be aided under tne i,43u,uuu, 000 program. It made no change, however, in cost of the proposed program. The proposed outlay has been criticized sharply by both Repub licans and Democrats In Con gress. The rewritten measure was submitted to the Senate by Chair man Connally of the foreign re lations committee and to the House by Chairman Kee of the foreign affairs committee. Connally told reporters the new bill was .drafted by Secre tary of Defense Johnson. Con nally disclosed the changes after members of his committee and the Senate armed services com mittee had met with Acheson and Johnson. Authority Not Sought Mr. Truman told a news con ference yesterday that he did not care whether he gets authority which critics had claimed would have empowered him to give mil itary aid to any country in the world under almost unlimited conditions. He did make a fresh demand for the full amount of money askpd, however. The revamped bill spoils out that rearmament assistance should be given to the nations which have signed the North At- (Continued on Page Two) Dewey Rejects Demand To Run For U. S. Senate NEW YORK. Aug. 5.-WP) Gov. Thomas E. Dewey today turned down a demand that he 'make good ' for the Republican party In New York by seeking a li. S. Senate seat this fall. The demand came from Rep. W. Kinesland Macy. former state GOP chairman, who accused Dew ey, In a letter, of "placing the party-Denina ine eignt-oau in in? coming campaign. The governor's office In Al bany referred questioners to Dew ey's unqualified statement at a news conference June 29. Dewey said then that he would not seek the senate seat. Dewev s office said there would be no comment from the govern or of Macy'i letter. Macy wrote Dewey: "You have shaped things In such a manner as to make your own candidacy the only possible solution. Now it is up to you to make good. Macy s letter said Dewey nao impeached the candidacy of your own appointee" to the Senate, Sen. John Foster Dulles, by sav ing Dulles wuold not run in the fall. The letter, predicting Dewev could win, said, however: 'Even if doomed to defeat. you would have no moral right to run away irom tms nomi nation." Truman Calls Conference On Education Aid Bill WASHINGTON. Aug. 5. Pi- President Truman called Demo cratic congressional leaders to the White House today In an ef fort to get passage on a contro versial federal aid to education bill. The controversy over whether public funds should be made available to parochial and other private schools for auxiliary serv ices has blocked efforts to get the measure to the floor in the House. Rep. McCormack of Massachus etts, the Democratic floor leader in the House, told reporters that Mr. Truman was very urgent in his appeal for passage of the bill at this session, to redeem one of his 1948 campaign pledges. Innkeeper Defrauding Draws Fine, Jail Term Roy Pake, Roseburg, pleaded guilty in Justice court this morn ing to a charge of defrauding an Innkeeper, according to Jus tice of the Peace A. J. Geddei. He was fined $75 and sentenced to 30 days in the county Jail. Sheriff's deputies arrested Pake on a complaint signed by the r.roprletor of Chuck's Cafe, Roseburg. (C I S (q i VVYYVM . V7V YTlAV Y ROSEBURG. OREGON Revamps LEGION HEADS Ex-Commander Belgrano Charges "Racketeering," Says Bankruptcy Nearing SALEM, Aug. 5. P) Controversy gripped the annual state American Legion convention here today, after a former national commander denounced the Legion's national leaders. The ex-commander Frank Belgrano, Portland banker, yesterday called the national officials "racketeers . . . king-makers . , . poli ticians" who spend the Legion's money to "advance their own con trol." Belgrano said today he had re ceived support from legionnaires in 12 states In his attack on the organization's heads. Belgrano said approving tele grams and telephone calls had come from complete strangers, most of them veterans of the last war. This drew a prompt denial from Mrs. Laura Goode, Port land, national president of the Legion Auxiliary, who was not included in Belgrano's attack, and Perry Brown, national command er. Brown, who was not identi fied by name in Belgrano's key note speech, said at Fort Worth, Texas, that the attack resulted from "either misinformation or a deliberate attempt to deceive." Belgrano had stated, "we are at the bottom of the barrel fi nancially. This squandering of Legion funds must be stopped. If we operate another year on a deficit we will face bankruptcy." Brown asserted, "anyone who says the Legion Is bankrupt does not know what he is talking about." He added he was asking for a transcript of the complete text of Belgrano's speech. He said the Legion is in "ex cellent shape," and warned, "there are a lot of things be hind the scenes In this thing that will be taken care of by others than myself," Belgrano drew muchJpplause for his speech but yMfs. Goode draw a like amount later when she defended national officers. She characterized Brown as a "fine leader" and a "true legion naire." Prestige Lost, Assertion Belgrano said the Legion had lost prestige and failed to grow in recent years. Despite promises, the Legion's "king-makers" failed to move young men into posi tions ot responsibility lest the officials lose control of the or ganization, Belgrano said. He went on to list tne num ber of national Legion commit tees at 47 and the number f committeemen at 441 In 1945. This year they are up to 62 com mittees and 773 members ne said. All are entitled to travel and housing expense when at tending meetings, he added. On his bankruptcy charge, he said the Legion spent $427,141 more than it received in 1947. The deficit was $32,944 in 1948,, (Continued on Page Two) Lover Convicted Of Murdering Girl's Mother REDWOOD CITY. Calif.. Aug. 5. (JP) A Jury today convicted Kermlt O. Frazier of second de gree murder for slaying the mother of the girl he wanted to marry. I he 34-year-old former air force officer will be sentenced this afternoon. He shot and killed Mrs. Marv L. Thompson in her nearby Ather ton home last March. He wounded her twin daughters, Doris, whom he loved, and Sharle, 29. The Jury of six men and six women also convicted the former North Carolinian of felonious as sault in wounding the twins. Under California law, the penalty for second degree murder is five years to life. Frazier, who wept frequently during the trial, testified he "loved Doris more than life." The defense argued he intended to hill himself last March and shot the Thompsons when his mind went blank. Doris Thompson told the Jury Frazier was paying court to her when she lived in Denver and he was stationed there during the war. She said he told her of his f plantation with a swimming pool n North Carolina: She said she visited him but found no such plantation existed. Executive Needs Cash To Pay Help; Picks Pockets TOKYO, Aug. S ' Police picking up pickpocket picked up the president of an auto mobile body plant. 'And what, they asked the little Japanese industrialist, was euch a respectable citizen do ing picking pockets? Collections from customers were most difficult, he replied. Had te get money some way te pay th help. ill FRIDAY, AUG. S, 1949 Foreign BLASTED NOMINATED State Senetor John S. Battle (above) the candidate of the U. S. Senator Byrd organization, beat three opponents Aug. 2 to win the Democratic gubernatorial nom ination, for governor. The nom ination is tantamount" to elec tion in ' Democratic Virginia. IAP Wirephotol Ten Men Surrender At Tocoma On Rape Charge TACOMA, Aug. 5. JP All 10 men accused of participating in an 11-hour sex orgy with a 22-year-old woman have surrender ed to the sheriff's office and been released on $1,000 bond. The voluntary surrender of three of the men last night com pleted the roundup within 24 hours after Issuance of Superior court warrants for their arrest. The warrants were Issued bv Superior Judge W. A. Richmond after Prosecutor Patrick Steele had released the men on their personal recognizance on grounds a conviction would be difficult to obtain. Each of the 10 is charged with rape. The woman had been releas ed from a state hospital, but has since been returned. Segregation Issue At Klamath Falls Settled KLAMATH FALLS. Aug. 5. OT) Segregation in the munici pally owned Klamath Memorial cemetery drew a protest today from the National Association for the Advancement of colored people. The problem arore over the burial of a Negro war veteran. It was found that deeds restrict ed burial to so-called Caucasians Whites and Negroes objected, and the city ordered the restric tion removed, but then set aside a designated area as a burial ground for non-Caucasians. ;if; .fV':':p FORESTS STILL BLAZING Crews Battle In Various Sections Of Northwest; Jumper Drops Into Fire 'Br th AMorUtdf PrMtl A forest service plane loaded up with food and water today, as foresters continued taking to the air to help battle fires burning over widely separated sections of the Pacific Northwest. The biggest fire a thousand acres on the Ochoco National forest of central Oregon was corralled last night, but fire fighters con tinued battling on smaller fronts over the northwest. A smoke Jumper who parachut ed right Into the fire he was go ing to fight was carried out of the Kaniksu National forest on a stretcher last night, and was taken to a hospital in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Lloyd C. Knapp, Col vi lie. Wash., parachuted Into the Ka niksu yesterday to fight one of 20 small lightning blazes. He landed In a tree, and crashed In to some burning timbers on the ground. His back, Injured, he rolled away from the fire, but could not walk out. An eight-man rescue team parachuted Into the forest and carried him on a four-hour trip over a trail to an ambulance. The forest service said he was "3-49 Aid Bill Fire Damages Residence Of Mrs. F. Barker Two Rooms Destroyed, Smoke Blackens Others; Fire Origin Not Known The Roseburg fire department and volunteer firemen were called to the home of Mrs. Fred Barker, 213 E. 2nd Ave. So., at 3:45 this morning as flames and amoke surged through the five-room house and Into the attic. Lloyd Barker 31, son of Mrs. Barker, said he was alone In the house when he was awakened by smoke and flames. Prior to calling firemen. Barker said he brought buckets of water from the bathroom in hope of ex tinguishing the blaze but failing in his attempt, turned in the alarm. Barker aaid he thought the fire started In his bedroom but he could not determine the exact cause. When fire fighters arrived, flames were roaring through the structure and into the attic. Fire completely destroyed Barker's bedroom and most of the living room and furniture before it could be controlled, although fire men la 10. two lines of hoses. The kitchen and another bedroom suf fered only damage from smoke and water. Mrs. Barker, who reported the structure was covered by Insur- (Contlnued on Page Two) Ingrid Bergman To Seek Divorce, Quit The Films ROME, Aug. 5.-m Ingrid Bergman announced today ahe will divorce her husband, Dr. Peter Lindstrom. She also said she will quit the movies. The beautiful Swedish star made the declaration In a deeply emolional statement issued to re porters by her personal represen tative, Joseph Steele. Sources close to the actress re ported she intends to marry Ital ian director Roberto Rosselllnl after her divorce. Steele said Miss Bergman prob ably will claim Incompatibility in 'her suit and that "she doea not expect her husband to con test the divorce." He declared that Miss Berg man will not seek exclusive cus tody of her 11-year-old daughter, Pla. "That should be worked out sat isfactorily later," he said. Rosselini has directed such smash hits as "Open City" and "Paisan." A family source said he had divorced Marcelle de Mar cheses several years ago In Buda pest. The divorce was declared final in Italy only recently. For years, Miss Bergman and Lindstrom had been considered one of Hollywood's most happily married couples. Oregon Justice Belt III Of Heart Attack' SEASIDE, Aug. 5. UP) State Supreme Court Justice Harry H. Belt, 65, was reported "somewhat Improved" today, after being stricken with a heart attack while vacationing here. Attendants at the Seaside hos pital said the Justice was "resting comfortably" this morning. He was taken 111 Tuesday. not seriously hurt. A third fire broke out In a rugged, canvon-pocked area of the Ochoco National forest, Just as two other blazes were brought under control. The new fire about 300 acres Is in such inaccessible country that the 150 men dispatched to fight It will have to be fed by parachuted meals. The men are working on the south fork of the John Day river, Jut five miles north of the 350- acre isquaw creek lire tnai wa controled yesterday. Other scattered blaze were be ing fought on the Fremont Na- (Continued on Pag. Two) Collapse Before Onslaught Of Communism Admitted By U.S. In Secy. Acheson's Statement Scathing "White Paper" Blames Chiang Kai-shek For Debacle In Failure To Establish Reforms By JOHN M. HICHTOWER WASHINGTON. Aug. 5.-AP)S.cr.tary of Stat. Ache.o. wrote off China's Nationalist government today as a total fail ure before the ontleught of communism. He charted a new court, for America's anti-Communist policy in the Far East. In bitingly critical "white paper," including the long-sup. pressed Wedemeyer report, Acheson told President Truman in a letter that U. S. policy now mutt be shaped to "encourage ell developments" in China which are aimed at throwing off the 'foreign yoke" of Moscow-directed communism. Acheson said th. Communist regime serves the interests of Soviet Russia." He advised the President it may "lend itself to th aims of Soviet Ruisien imperialism" to start an aggression against China's neighbor naiioni. If that aggression comes, Acheion indicated the United States would try to block it through the United Nations. ; Whlb not all China Is presently ! i "if- under the red banner, Acheson wnanuMia ruu To Reds; Way To Canton Is Open CANTON, Aug. 5. PV The fortress of Changsha fell to the Reds today and a creditable re port of a nationalist army re volt on that front may mean the road to canton soon will be al most wide open. Loss of Changsha, 36S miles to the north, was bad news enough for the nationalists. But the Reds in another lunge south east of Changsha were only 215 miles irom mis reiugee capi tal. Both these reversals were ad mitted officially. Unofficial but credible reports said Gen. Chen Ming-Jen, new governor of Hunan province, the bread basket province, had revolt ed. General Chen only recently re placed Gen. Ch(ig Chlen. The ?overnment chavyes Cheng fled ram Changsha and went over to the Reds Monday. The govern ment ordered Cheng's arrest, ac cusing him of trying to arrange a local peace with the Commu nists. rrunomciu accounts sam general i.ncn, ciose irienu 01 his predecessor, also went over to the Reds taking at least one of his three armies with him. His armies totalled 90,000 men. Defection of the Hunan gen eral would create a serious situ ation. It conceivably could com pel Gen. Pai Chung-Hsl, the commander in the south, to with draw, his troops soul h west ward Into Kwangsl province. This would leave the road to Canton open for a swift and easy Com munist advance. The Communist timetable calls for the capture ot Canton by Aug. 15. The revolt of the two generals would explain why the Reds have been shadow boxing on the Changsha front lately. Tragedy Damage Verdict Appealed By Plaintiff An appeal to the Oregon Su preme Court has been filed from a decision recently made in the circuit court regarding the truck auto accident which allegedly took the life ot Llllth Gall Jen Jtlns. Marjorle G. Davis, administra trix of the estate of the crash victim, Indicated yesterday she has appealed the verdict of a cir cuit court Jury which awarded $2,500 damages. She asked dam ages amounting to $10,000 from the defendants, Bernard Fenwick and Flegel Transfer and Storage company. Drain And Elkton Masons, Eastern Star To Picnic Masons and Eastern Star mem ber of Drain and Elkton will hold a Joint picnic at the Hank Beckley ranch at Elkton Sunday, Aug. 7, starting at 10 a. m. Pot luck picnic dinner will be served starting at 1 p. m. Rainbow Girls are to operate a stand at which they will tell ice cream, cold drinks and can dle, for the purpose of raising funds with which to carry on their program. Hornets Credited With Preventing Burglary PARRAN. Md Aug. 5.-VP) Police today gazed at tracks )ca Ing to and from a window ot a combination store and post office In thi Calvert county town, lhey deduced the following: Burglar had pried open me outside set of shutters. Between the shutter they discovered a hornets' nest. The burglars left hurriedly, hornets In pursuit Rent Controls Ended In 3 Utah Counties WASHINGTON, Aug. i.-ilPt Rent controls were ended today in Salt Lake City, Utah, and in Salt Lake and Tooele counties, Utah. Tighe E. Woods, housing expedit er, said the action was based on local decontrol resolution passed by th. Salt Lake City governing body. saiu in another document of the' white paper, the communist can take over the rest any time they want and nationalist armies will be powerless to resist. He thus ad vised Chairman Connally ID.. Texas) of the Senate Foreign Re lations committee March 15. National Armies Impotent por the "ominous result of th Chinese civil war." Acheson placed full klsn.. r- if.-: " Chiang Kai-shek and other lead era of the crumbling national gov ernment. He said they "lost no battles" in the last crucial year for lack of American weapons. im-ir lauures, ne said, were due to loss of popular support and loss by the armies of the will to fight. The communists battled with "fanatical zeal," Acheson added, but: "The nationalist armies did not have to be defeat. ed; they disintegrated." 10 support the position .that Chinese not American leaders were to blame for the disaster, the State department Included among the unveiled state docu ments a sensational letter from China's current acting President, General LI Tsung-Jen. L.1, wno succeeded Chiang Kai shek as chief of state, wrote Presi dent Truman May 5, 1949, that China was brought to its present yugm Dy ;ne laiiure 01 1U preVU, ous government (Chiang's) to imaKe judicious use of American aid and In nut thrmi. h "ru.niiBi economic and military reforms.'1 . The two-inch thick white paper (official diplomatic record), span ning more than a century, con tains probably the most slashing criticism ever issued by the United States against another friendly novcrnmenL even a dving one. It pour out all the known and secret reasons and arguments why the Truman ad ministration for more than a year now has fought all demands in Congress for any major new China aid program. Reform Need Pointed Out Even the two-year-old report ot (Continued on Page Two) Rodeo Rider Kills Judge, Onlooker nrrj spptvr:s t in k . (P) Bullets from a cowhand's sixgun killed a rodeo Judge and an oniooKing cowooy college stu dent last night. Herb Fri-sfll a Rt-ahma Ki.ll rider from Beaumont, over near me easi lexas line, ignored a rodeo crowd of about 2,500 when he went nunnino fac TiirlfTA UAn ry Preston (Buck) Jones, about He cut down James with a .38 caliber bullet through the chin. A wild shot killed Carl C. Myer of Abilene, 23, president of the rcaruin-aimmons university rodeo association. Former Howard County Sheriff Je Klaimhlor lumnwl fin EVW-. ell and yanked the pistol out oi mi nana, a ouncn oi cow- hnv. rilnninfr nwlfunrHlu In (hal high-heeled hoots, dashed up to nein niaugnier. Sheriff Bob Wolf locked Friz ell In thn rniimtu lail CVI 1 1 was charged with murder in both Wold said the shooting ended an arniimjint that Kari mirA about two hours earlier between rrizzeu and Jones. Larceny Of Furniture, Mill Equipment Charged Garland Dillard. Tenmile. wai arrested yesterday by sheriff deputies on a charge of larceny of furniture and mill equipment, according to Sheriff O. T. Car ter. When arraigned In Justice court this morning, Dillard asked for a preliminary hearing. He was remanded to the custody of the sheriff. Livity Fact Rant By L. T. Reieemteln Unci. Som's diplomatic and financial fiasco in China can now qo down in history at mt another Dunkirk. What a pity Madam. Chiang wasted a good speech In th. U. S. Congress two years ago for an incompe tent spous..