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Senate Upholds Two Truman
Reorganization Proposals;
6 In All Effective Tomorrow
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. CP) President Truman's govern
ment reorganization plan No. 1 turvived an effort to kill It In the
Senate yesterday.
By a 574o-32 vote the Senate defeated a motion that would have
blocked Mr. Truman1! proposal to shift federal Job-finding and un
employment insurance services from the Federal Security agency
to tne labor department
The reorganization plan would
have been junked only with at ,
least 49 senators a constitu-
,or ,he I
The outcome of the Senate vote
means reorganization plan No. 2
will go Into effect after midnight
Friday unless there is some
other action to bring the matter
up again.
The House on Aug. 11 rejected
hy a voice vote a similar move to
kill plan No. 2 there.
Mr. Truman sent this and
other plans to congress June 20
They go into effect within 60
days unless the Senate or House I
disapproves,
The Senate action on plan No.
3 was an administration victory
on the heels of a defeat.
Tuesday, by a 60-to-32 vote, the
Senate killed Mr. Truman's re
organization plan number 1 to
create a cabinet department of
welfare from the Federal Secur
ity administration.
The Senate action appeared to
cinch actual operation of the plan
aimed at strengthening the labor
department.
President Truman withheld a
decision today on whether to
make another attempt to transfer
federal security agency functions
to a new department of public
welfare.
The chief executive now has
six of his first seven reorganiza
tion plans in the bag.
The six will go into effect dt
midnight tomorrow. There prob
ably will be no more reorganiza
tion action at this session of con
gress. Another reorganization plan.
No 7, also approved yesterday,
transfers the Public Roads ad
ministration, now in the General
Services administration, to the
commerce department.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
INTERESTING news (for those
who give thoughtful attention
to such things) comes from up at
Olympla.
Washington's Governor Langlle
orders a ten percent cut In ex
penditures for every department
under his control. He takes this
fairly drastic action after learn
ing .that In April.' May and June
of this year the stale of Washing
ton spent 14 million dollars more
than It took in.
If that keeps up, he said In an
nouncing his cut-costs order, the
state's general fund will be broke
by January 1.
THE situation appears to be even
worse than that. Actual in
coming revenues, the governor
says, are falling far short of leg
islative estimates. He thinks the
state Is really operating on a
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Deaf Mute Confesses
Burglary At Astoria
ASTORIA. Aug. 18. (.VU Po
lice Chief Leding said the man
who entered three business houses
last year, slugged a night watch
man and escaped despite a patrol
man's warning shots, had con
fessed. The chief said Glenn Hrndrick
son, deaf-mute held in Portland
on burgary charges, had written
a statemene telling of the Jan.
28. 1948, offenses. .
He said Hendrickson "possibly"
may be brought here to face
charges after the Portland cases
are handled.
RACES OFF TO GOOD START
First Night Of Program
At Fairgrounds Attracts
Lively Throng Of 2,800
Over 2800 Douglas county citizens took to professional horse rac
ing and parimutuel betting like old acquaintances last night at the
fairgrounds ,when the 10-day racing meet presented by the Umpqus
Jockey club got underway In auspicious fashion.
Parimutuel windows open at 6:45 o'clock tonight for the second
day of the meeting, and post time for the first race Is 7:30.
Races and ceremonies were
carried off nearly on schedule
last night, despite the Inexperi
ence of manv of the officials.
After a slight delay in starting
the first race, due to the me
chanical failure In the public ad
dress system, the remaining
events proceeded under schedule.
Roscburg's Mayor Al Flegel
opened festivities with a brief
talk, thanking members of the
I'mpqua Jockey club and other
active citizens for making the
races possible. He singled out
Walter E. Man-ion. lone-time
Roseburg resident and president
of the club, for special praise, ae-
rlarine Marnon to be a spark-'
rlug in all civic functions.
"Ten years ago tney scotterj
that Douglas county could be the j world disregarded the public ad
tlmber capital of the otld." Fli--1 dress announcer's advice to hang
gel said, "and now It Is. I think on to their pari mutuel tickets un
Roseburg is the center of that j til the winners were officially de
capital, and its up to us to keep dared, and tore the ducate up.
progressing. This racing meet is j only to find their horses won. At
an example of our progress." least one bettor was seen on
Leroy Hiatt sang the Star hands and knees, vainly trying to
spangled Banner, wttn tne Kose
burg Municipal band backing him 1
n
rOtT V0nVICT6CI
A(l s a s
Of Lonely Hearts
Murder Charge
NEW YORK, Aug. 18. CD
Plump Martha Beck and her lover,
Raymond Fernandez, were con
victed of first degree murder to
day in the lonely hearts murder
case. The verdict carries a man
datory death sentence.
Both defendants received the
verdict stoically.
ine verdict was announced by
Jury that had been kept in aes-
slon all night on orders of the
court. The court set Monday for
sentencing and defense motions.
Fernandez, 34, and Mrs. Beck,
29, were convicted of slaying Mrs.
Janet Fay, 66, Albany. N. Y,
widow, at Valley Stream, N. Y.,
in a scheme to fleece lonely
women in mail romances.
The state charged that the kill
ing was deliberate, and in his sum
mation Edward Robinson Jr.,
Nassau county, N. Y., assistant
district attorney, told the jury
the motive was "dead men tell no
tales."
The state charged Mrs. Beck
beat Mrs. Fay over the head with
a hammer and that Fernandez
then strangled the widow with a
scarf to end her demands for
return of $6,000 Fernandez had
gotten from her.
Remembers About Her
Electric Iron In Time
ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug. 18.
A long distance phone call
saved the home of Ralph Dever,
Aberdeen, senior vice commander
of the Washington department of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Dever had bundled his family
Into his car and was proceeding
to Puget Sound when Mrs. Dever
began to worry about the electric
iron she had been using Just be
fore leaving the house.
At Clatsop, 16 miles east of
here, he called the Aberdeen fire
department.
At the Dever home firemen
found an overheated iron which
had Just started burning a hole In
the ironing board.
Annual Budget Meet Of
Community Chest Set
Annual budget 'meeting 'of the
Roseburg Community Chest is
scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Friday, in
the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
Frtnk Ashley, budget commit
tee chairman, and Arthur W.
Lamka, secretary of the Commu
nity Chest, requested committee
members to be present, and In
vlted representatives of partici
pating agencies to present their
proposed budgets for the coming
year.
Agencies which were members
of the Community Chest last year
intiuut-u me any scouts, Camp
Fire Girls, Salvation Army, Young
Mpn's Christian association, and
the Oregon Chest.
U. S. Advised To Be Mum
On Britain's Next Vote
" The conservatives will win
Great Britain's next election "if
the Americans keeD their hands
off," Birley Baxter. Canadian-born
conservative British M. P., said
yesterday.
Baxter, who has sat In the
British House of Commons since
1935, said "If the Americans say
they won't do business with a
socialist government in Britain,
the conservatives will lose." Such
American pressure would anger
so many Britons that the labor
government might be swept back
into power, he said.
nicely, and then, just as planned,
and Just the way it happened
Tuesday night at the rhearsal,
Cynthia Turner called the six
horses of the first race to their
posts and southern Oregon's first
professional racing meet was un
derway. The crowd got an early thrill,
as the winner of the first race
paid S1.V70 for a two dollar
straight ticket.
Taut faces and strained expres
sions marked some novices first
experiences with "The Sport of
Kings, tension was nign among
visitors who were betting on the
bangtails for the first time.
A few strangers to the betting
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Truman Raps Probe Of Gen. V aughan
The Weather
Mostly cloudy today. Fair to
night and Friday.
Sunset today 7:1 1 p.,
Sunrise tomorrow 5:23 a. m.
jtttoblithod 1873 ROSEBURG, OREGON THURSDAY. AUG. 18, 1949 -ft 194-49
Hawaii Stalls On
Attitude Of
Harry Bridges
Blocks Action
No Strike Parley If He
Is Jailed For Contempt,
Union Chief Declares
By DOUGLAS LOVELACE
HONOLULU, Aug. 18.-,P
Hawaii stalled today in the drive
to reopen its strikebound ports.
The apparent government atti
tude: Wait and see what Harry
Bridges does.
The stall was In effect on two
firing lines in the HOday CIO
stevedore strike the courts and
the Honolulu waterfront.
Action depended upon territor
ial Attorney General Walter D.
Ackermsn Jr., and Ackerman, a
high offficial said, had been tolj
to lay off.
The word was that nothing was
to upset direct union-employer ne
gotiations aimed at-settling the
tieup. But peace talks, now in
the third day, weren't getting
verv far.
This was the situation:
Bridges and his CIO Interna
tional Longshoremen's and Ware
housemen's union leaders were
laming wiin i ,-jn-.-w-i n-n i v-o u i i
the island's seven struck steve-.
doring firms.
Rv mutual aereement. thev !
uer'e to call in U. S. Conciliation
Service Chief Cyrus C. Chins
if the negotiations failed to get
down to brass tacks by tonight.
So far they hadn't even come to
grips with the issue the union's
demand for a 32 cents raise in
the $1.40 hourly longshore wage.
Test of Law Delayed
Meanwhile, the territory held
back on a test of the new dock
seizure law that put the govern
ment In the stevedoring business.
Bridges personally defied the
law Monday. He went on picket
duty and spurned an injunction
restraining the ILVVU from pick-
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Repair Of Streets
Due To Continue
Into Fall Period
Major street repair work Is now
underwa- in the city, reports City
Manager M. W. Slankard.
The work, which is being done
by the street department, will in
clude resurfacing of all the streets
in the main business district. In
cluding principally south Jackson,
south Main, Oak street, north
Jackson and where needed else
where. , .
The department is resurfacing
small to large portions of entire
streets. The work will be of a
permanent nature, and not mere
patchwork, said Slankard. Humps
are being burned off and holes
filled before the repair work is
started.
Plans are to keep the crew
busy as long as weather permits
Into the fall months. The current
budget provided considerably
more monpy this year than in
previous years, with the Inten
tion of completing this much
needed repair work, according to
the city manager.
As soon as repairs are made,
the streets will be marked with
parking lanes and parking strips.
The city has employed a full time
painter to provide this mainten
ance work throughout the year.
County Court Inspects
Bridge Construction
Extensive road and bridge con
struction work In the western
part of Douglas county is under
inspect, in today by the county
court. Judge D. N. Busenbark
and Commissioners Lynn V. Beck
ley and Richard Baker left early
this morning for Reedsport where
iney win nii--i i.i juiu
fidals for a discuss on or lanoj, ,h He a,kpd for a
matters The court planned , , ,,, of hi, h,arlng. be
In the day to Inspect construction n, attornPy wai out of
work on the bridge now being ,own
built across Smith river as well Sonv,,lm, between his court
as several smaller bridges and n(,arlnR, and nt0 a pniice class
road projects now underway. Man-ing skipped out. One theory
u - l a 'hat he slipped from the hall-
KOCe Horses Perish AS iway where prisoners await court
hearings and Into a pollet class-
names sweep Darns room and msif nl, way out from
RATON, N. Mex., Aug. 18. 'IP there.
Flames were brought under con-1 It was seven years ago that
trol early today after sweeping
through three barns at the La
Mesa horse race track. Two stable
men were severely burned.
Twenty thoroughbreds were de -
stroyrd. Including a stud. Lu ere, i
which Howard Lackey of Raton
. i . . n. . u r- c
Howard for S10.0O0. Ot Drunken Driving planned at Lighthouse park at
Racing secretary Harvey Foster , R(Jw StnnrM M Rcm.bur, t Winchester bay, but work Is be
said the damace to the barns I , , in notnnneH until a I land
would exceed $20,000. He said he
could not estimate the value of
the horses lost.
NEW M. W. A. PRESIDENT
ROCK ISLAND. III.. Aug. 18
'.4t Henry F. Turner. Paduran.
Ky , Is the new president of Mod
ern Woodmen of America. He
was namea yesieroav to succreT
E. J. Bullardof Rock Island who
resigned Because ot ill neaitn.
TITO TO GET U.S.
Steel Mill Buy Okayed
By Truman Means Fight
Against Moscow Goes On
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. UP) President Truman said today
it was on his orders that the government granted Yugoslavia per
mission to buy an American steel mill.
He told a news conference that the National Security council
studied the matter and recommended letting Yugoslavia have the
mill. Then, he said, he personally ordered that It be sent
The move has provided Yugoslavia's Marshal Titc with rein
forcements to carry on his fight with Moscow.
J- -Pi
NEW DEMO CUIDE Choten
to sucessd Sen. Howard Mc
Grath at chairman of tha Demo
cratic national eommitte It W.
M. Boyle, eboe, 46-year-old
Kansas City lawyer and politi
cian. Ha bagan hit eartar al the
age ot to ; organising yawn
democratic
ubi in rsnia
Crlyv Ha It -alaufieh suporj
Pr.ildant Truman. i
Charges Follow
Destruction Of
El Rancho Home
Charged with obtaining money
by false pretenses, Ruth McPher
son, 38. of Pi ineville was arraign
ed in the Justice Court of A. J.
Geddes Tuesday afternoon.
Miss McPherson, alias Ruth
Walker, according to State Po
lice Sgt. Lyle Harrell, was re
ported the owner of the Ruth
El Rancho home at Wilbur,
which burned the afternoon of
June 13.
District Attorney Robert G.
Davis stated the complaint
against Miss McPherson charges
her with intent to defraud an in
surance company by making al
leged false claims in writing.
The claim was filed July 22.
nv s said sne asKea lor a
preliminarv hearing which will!'" l"e " "omr- ": ""7?
liirmiiMin, jj, ., . aairi Claurietle ignored a II ounish-
probably
ne neia nai i-nntua-
afternoon.
Arrested Aug. 11 in Milwaukie
by state police. Miss McPhei
son was released upon posting
$5,000 bail, set hy Geddes in the
warrant for her arrest.
Ex-Con Vanishes
In Trial's Pause
PORTLAND, Aug. 18. (JP) A
30-y-ar-old ex-convict who vanish
ed after a court hearing was
being sought hy police today.
Harold William Manning ,who
escaped from the slate prison in
1942 after setting a $200,000 fire,
disappeared from police headquar
ters yesterday morning. No one
knows Just how.
He was brought Into criminal
on
a charge of breaking
Manning and other prisoners set;
' fire to the state prison flax plint. j
' He escaped later, but was recap-
I lured in Denver and returned to
; serve out his term.
gajl Posted On Chorae
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bail on a charg. of driving un -
nor th Infliienrr nf Intnxiratini-
limiir Pnlir rhir ralvtn H
RuirH aaiit today
Chief Balrd said Stinnett was
irrMid iMtorriau Brtr nrivata
complaint was filed by Sgt. Amos
Burgess, tourist. Buigess claimed
Stinnett was responsible for an
i
accident on No. Stephens street
! yesterday which resulted in min -
or injuries to Burgess young son.
Ports5 Reopening
AID
After months of consideration,
the administration granted the
Yugoslav government an export
license which it needed before
placing the order for the plant.
The American decision repre
sents the strongest and riskiest
move taken by the Amerlran gov
ernment to help the Yugoslav dic
tator sinre he split with Mosrow
nearly 14 months ago.
It also settled a long standing
argument between the national
defense and state departments on
whether shipment if a steel mill
to Yugoslavia would endanger
American security. Defense offi
cials had frowned on the Idea.
Lean Approval Likely
The decision to go ahead fore
shadowed possible approval of a
loan to Yugoslavia from the
world bank, where the United
States has a dominant voice.
Government officials who dis
closed the approval of the Yugo
slav plant request to a reporter
said it was Intended to help com
bat tht tightening Russian-directed
economic blockade of
Yugoslavia.
Shipment of the steel mill,
valued at $3,000,000, would mark
the first time since the war that
the United Stales has deliberate
ly sent "war potential" material
to a communist-run nation.
Poland and Czechoslovakia
have been clamoring for Ameri
can machinery and equipment for
the oast year. The United States
has flatly refused to heed their
appeals lor fear fuCh strategic
materials might be used for war
I'M I JWtOi
Risk Acknowledged
Secretary of State Acheson
strongly supported the Yugoslav
plea on the ground that the plant
Is vitally needed to prevent Yugo
slavia's recovery program from
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Child Killed By Habit Of
Gnawing Furniture Paint
HYATTSV1LLE. Md.. Aug. 18.
(iP) Four-year-old Claudette
Carver loved to gnaw the paint
off furniture. She died Saturday.
The county medical examiner
certified her death resulted from
lead poisoning.
Claudette's three-year-old sister
Elizabeth was treated at Chil
dren's hospital for the same ail
ment.
Their parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Carver said for the past
year the children persisted In
chewing the paint from the furnl-
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ment to gnaw on furniture "Just
like a little beaver.
Her husband said a doctor had
told them it was due to some de
ficiency In the childrens' systems.
Two other children In the fam .y
never have shown any such ten
dencies, the parents said.
PARKS REQUIRE
County Given Advice On
Preservation Of Natural
Recreational Resources
Douglas county, in the unique position of having one of Oregon's
largest rivers and most famed fishing streams entirely within its
own boundaries, should be particularly Interested In the preserva
tion of recreational resources.
Such was the statement made Wednesday night hy C. H. Arm
strong, assistant state superintendent of parks, speaking at a Joint
meeting of the Douglas County Recreational Lands committee, and
the county court at the community hall in Drain.
"Douglas county probably has
larger fishing area than any
other county in the United
States," Armstrong .said, "and as
population prows the "mand for
recreational facilities will In-
crease steadily."
The stale parks department, he
mid, has developed Honeyman
parK n the western part of the
county ana reports snow zu per
cent more use by the public this
season than In any previous year.
txtensive development
! needed tor proper expansion has
been Obtained.
The department also plans in-
! stallations at Hutchinson park.
near Kellogg, where former
County Commissioner Ross
Hutchinson has donated a large
tract to the state.
Partial Improvement has been
made to Island park at Reeds
!port
The state also holds title
Circuit Court
Faces Docket
Of 19 Cases
Murder Count Against
Victoria Sanders Tops
Criminal f base List
The trial of Victoria Sanders.
charged with the murder Oct. 28.
ltm. oi naipn Motonmer near
Drain, will head the list of cir
cuit court cases to be tried before
Judge Carl E. Wimberly, starting
Sept. 6.
This session of court will be a
continuation of the May term,
which was recessed after all cases
ready at the earlier date were
taken care of
Total of 19 cases, five of them
criminal listings, are tentatively
on the docket, but If the usual
course Is fallowed some of the
civil cases may be settled out of
court before coming to trial.
Miss Sanders, now 21, Is cur
rently serving In the Oregon
State penitentiary on had check
charges. She was indicted last
May by the Douglas county grand
Jury, which charged her wltn
shooting Mojonnler, her common
law husband. She has steadfastly
maintained her innocence, and
entered a "not guilty" plea upon
arraignment before Judge Wim
berly. The grand Jury will not be
called at this time, as this will
merely be an adjourned session
of court, and no major cases re
quiring grand Jury Investigation
are pending.
Othsr Criminal Cases
Defendants In other criminal
cases are:
Al Schafer and Beatrice B.
Schafer, two separate cases which
will be handled together, the
charge Is assault and battery;
Nelson .Jarnea Sawyers, charged
with larceny and Robert D. Nel
son, also charged with larceny.
A variety of civil actions are
on the slate, ranging from auto
mobile accident damage suits to
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Six Women Die
In Traffic Crash
HOPKINSVILLE, Ky.. Aug. 18.
(Jpl Six women died early to
day when their automobile and
a car of soldiers crashed Into a
transport truck between here and
Camp Campbell.
ueorge womble of tne Ken
tucky state police said two of the
three soldiers In the other auto
mobile were Injured
He identified the dead as:
Mrs. Lucy Roper, about 45, su
perintendent of the Jennie Stuart
Memorial hospital at Hopkins-
ville.
Miss Maude Oatts, about 45,
business manager of the hospital.
Ann Roper, 15, daughter of
Mrs. Roper.
Miss Mary Ann Pryor. a stu
dent nurse, of Memphis, Tenn.
Miss Betsy Carson, 18, secre
tary ot the hospital.
Miss Mary Jeffords. 19, of
Kevil, Ky., a nurse.
Womble said the soldiers tried
to pass the transport when their
automobile rammed Into the rear
of Mrs. Roper's car and drove It
Into the side of the transport
SYSTEM
numerous other small tracts, n
said, and will develop them at
, , ; Am h
k , Douglas county are
. ,i, ' n
properties at Loon lake. Conv
stock, Hancock mountain tunnel.
Camas mountain, waterfront
strips along the highway between
Sottsburg and Reedsport, and
near the north county border on
the Coast highway.
System Oevtlopmont Urged
Armstrong urged that every ef
fort be made to develop a county
wide park system, placing par
, icuiar empn.,., on. cwsa wa.
to your fishing streams and spots
for family picnics.
M-'mners or ine cminiy coun
urged the committee to prepare a
list of recommenaea acquisitions
j n a parts of the county and to
I submit these projects for the
.court's consideration.
- 1 The court also volunteered sev-
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UNDER FIRE Ma. Son. H.
H, Vaughan, abova, Pratidanl
Truman't military aid and co
ordinator of vatarant (fairs, it
involved in the fiva percent-on-govarnmtnl
contract! inquiry
being conducted by Sonata
committ.o. Prstidant Truman
chargoi unfair eommitta Itakt,
and aikt tutponiion of public
judgment on Vaughan urtil ho
tattitiai.
House Votes
Arms Aid Cut
WASHINGTON, Aug. ta.
i Tho House vot.d tonta
tivtly today to slash European
arms aid from $t,tM.t90.000 to
580,49S,000 and cut off tho
program noxt Juno 30.
It was a stunning satbaek for
arotldtnt Truman's program
for $1,450,000,000 In arms htlp
for wostern Europe, Grteea,
Turkty, Korea, Iran and tha
Philippines.
The action came after Secre
tary of Stale Acheson had warned
that a cut might be Interpreted at
"indicative of suspicion and dis
trust of our allies.
The amendment to cut the
European part ot the program
was offered by Rep. Richards ID-
SO and adopted by a teller vote
of 172 to 137 There can be a roll-
call vote on it later and the result
mav he chansed.
Richards and those who backed
him said the amendment would
serve notice on European nations
that arms help will end next June
30 unless they demonstrate deter
mination, to Dull together as a
team fm mutual 4efeise-II they
do, he said, congress can give the
rest of the money next year,
Pear Picking On,
But Prices Low
Pear picking is In full swing In
Douglas county this week, but
low prices currently .quoted for
an exceptionally heavy crop may
result in part of the crop going
unharvested.
The local office of the Oregon
Stale Employment service reports
that calls are coming in daily for
pickers, but that so far sufficient
names have been on file to fill
all picker demands.
Beans are being finished In
most of the fields this week, with
a small holdover going Into next
week.
Prunes will be the next sizable
crop, coming on In September.
The outlook for prunes, likewise
is In doubt, as the crop Is heavy
and current price low. While no
doubt a large quantity will be
harvested, the growers are up
against the problem of meeting
harvesting costs with the crop
return, according to reports.
Eugene And Salem
Rents Are Freed
PORTLAND, Aug. 18. VPV
Renl decontrol In Eugene and
Salem, ordered today by Hous
ing Expedltor Tigue E. Woods,
brought to four the number of
major Oregon cities removed
from control.
Similar action was taken earl
ier on Med'ord and Ashland.
In each Instance It followed a
local request for decontrol, ap
proved by Gov. McKay.
Lebanon's city council has ask
ed for decontrol. The request
went to the governor's office
after a public hearing Tuesday
night.
No other cities have decon
trol requests on file, although
hearings have bee nscheduled In
Albany, Corvalllt and Oregon
City.
Malor Oregon cities, and their
urroiindlng area, still under con
trol In addition to thlse men
tioned, are Portland. Klamath
Falls. Roseburg, Astoria, and
Pendleton.
Comic Books To Be Used
In New York Schools
NEW YORK. Aug. 18 (.IV-
The comic book is going to be
used to help keep Junior Interest
ed in going to school.
The plan was announced yester
day by the National Social wel
fare assembly.
It said it has arranged with
National Comics publications, one
of the country's largest comic pub
lishers, to convey socially con
structive messages through popu
lar teen age comic strips.
The first message, urging
youngsters to continue their
school careers, will appear in the
August issues of 32 comic periodi
cals, with a circulation of 10.00Q
00".
Suspension Of
Judgment For
Present Asked
Committee Leaks Give
Only Unfavorable Side,
Assertion Of President
WASHINGTON. Aug 18.-
President Truman today asked
the country to "suspend Judg
ment" on MaJ. Gen. Harry H.
Vaufchan until after hit army
aide testified before the senata
five percenter Inquiry.
Mr. Truman, at a news con
ference, directed his request par
ticularly to reporters and edi
tors. He was sharply critical of what
he called leaks from the com
mittee and what he described as
a tendency to build up the most
critical testimony against Vaugh
an at closed healings.
Shortly afterwards, a meeting
of committee members was called
to consider a reply to Mr. Tru
man.
There were indications that the
testimony relating to Vaughan in
private sessions might be made
public
Mi. Truman made It clear at
the outset that he did not in
tend to answer any questions con
cerning the inquiry.
Ousting Demanded
Reporters thus were unable, to
ask him about a Republican de
mand that he oust Vaughan as
coordinator of Veterans Affairs.
Senator Mc Carthy R-Wisl
voiced the demand that Mr. Tru
man fire Vaughan from the Vet
eran Affairs post. ,
McCarthy added that as a Re
publican Senator ha does not feel
he has the right to suggert that
Vaughan be ousted from his other
Job as the President's Army
aide.
'General Vaughan has already
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Bloody Rioting In
Chile Trails V2C
Bus Fare Boost
SANTIAGO, Chile, Aug. 18.
iP Emergency powers asked by
the government to cope with
bloody rioting that has gripped
Santiago for 48 hours went into
effect with congressional f.pproval
today.
Ditagreement over a half-cent
boost In bus tares caused the riot
Ing, which has. cost' seven lives.
The government charges commu
nist agitators have, fanned tha
unrest.
The new' law empowers the
government to move citizens from
one part of the country to tho
other; to arrest suspects In their
homes without court order, and
to suspend or restrict the right of
public assembly and the liberty
of press and radio. It la effective
for six months and may be ex
tended. Hospitals said the seven dead
Included two students, a cadet,
and a street car motor man.
At least 21 other persons were
wounded, four seriously. Three)
suffered gunshot wounds.- That
others were hurt by bricks and
flying glaas from smashed win
dows. Meanwhile the university stu
dents federation defied govern
ment orders to return to class to
morrow and proclaimed a stu
dent's strike.
The fare Increase which has
precipitated all the furor was
from 1.40 pesos to 1.60 pesos ( J.2
cents to 3.6 cents I,
The cabinet declared the bua
fare was boosted only after - a
careful survey showed It was
needed.
Few buses were operating In
Santiago following the smashing
of their windows. Some empty
bus depots were set afire. Thou
sands of persons were unable to
get to work. Merchants have
closed their shops and shuttered
tneir wnidows.
Alaska Couple Missing
On Flight To Dawson
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 18.
(P) A young Fairbanks couple,
missing for two days on a flight
to Dawson, V. T, were being
sought today by U. S. and Cana
dian air force and civilian planes.
The pair, Hess Ragins and
Hilda Schronbrod, were last re
ported taking off from Tanacrosa,
southeast of here, Tuesday after
noon. Ragins is district traffic
manager for Northern Consoli
dated airlines.
Chest-Long Whiskers
Lottery Slip Hideout
BOSTON. Aug. 18. (IP)
Seventv-two-year-old Harry Zie
man's chest-length whiskers were,
police charged, the depository for
lottery slips.
The slips were found In Zeld
man's flowing white beard when
he was arrested yesterday. He
was held for arraignment on a
charge of setting up and pro
moting a lottery.
Levity Fct Rant
By L. F. Reizefisteta
Under the Marshall p4an,
France has been qrantat $20
million for tha purchase of
American cotton. This thoM
assure enovqh material te ef
lorqe ma teontiet cm
warn by French females
bothine, purposes.