U. Of 0. Library Eusena. Oreaon 1 Big Hurricane Sweeps Florida Homes Leveled As Huge Storm The Weather Fair end continued warm to day aad Sunday. Sunset today 4:57 b, m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:33 a. m. Cuts To Gulf Established 1S73 R0SEBURG, OREGON SATURDAY, AUG. 27, 1949 202-49 4 JUDCING UNDER THE TREES A livestock judging ring was formed under the shade trees at Umpque park Friday, by county fair judges. In center of circle is Cal Munroe, state 4-H leader of Corvallis. Animal at extreme right is shown with its owner, LeRon Sanders. It won blue ribbon as yearling Jersey heifer champ. LeRon is son of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Sanders, Mel rose. (Picture by Paul Jenkins.l 13 i. Jt' .' PROUD WINNER Laurie Clumpner, Clide, was first place win ner with his senior three-year-old Guernsey cow and senior Guernsey heifer. Laurie is son of Mr. and Mrs. Mickey Clumpner. He bought these Guernseys at the state FFA-4-fj sale in Salem last year. (Picture by Paul Jenkins.) EXHIBIT PLEASING Second Day Of County Fair Attracts; Entries Judged By Experts From College Smell of baking bread permeated the county fair pavilion Fri day, as 4-H girls started their contests. Four 4-H boys and Future Farmers of America, meanwhile, took part In livestock judging, leading their animals before the critical eyes of Cal Monroe, state 4-H club leader from Oregon State college. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS SIR Stafford Cripps tells de partment heads of Britain's labor government to get ready for at least a five per cent cut in next year's national budget. The j London dispatch carrying mis in formation adds that a five per cent budget slash would bring savings of 600 million dollars. (Britain's budget for the cur rent fiscal year Is 12 billion dol lars. Ours is around 41 billion dollars.) WHAT'S In the wind? I wouldn't know, but in the same dispatch this Interesting paragraph Is Included: "The move (to cut the budget 5 Te ) is almost certain to force a reductior in the ranks of Britain's 706,000 government clerks and administrators. It is also ex pected to affect Britain's social services, including the national health plan . . . The government might have to levy a SPECIAL Continued on Page Four) Blair T. Alderman, 47, Killed In Car Crash EUGENE. Aug. 27. (.T) Blair T. Alderman. 47, prominent Eu gene civic worker and business man, died at midnight CST) In Eldora Memorial hospital at El- A. T...M XI.- .J . U 1 1 . i few hours after the car he ws i driving collided head-on late Fri-j day afternoon with a car driven bv Harold Eckhoff, 27, Eldora. I who died instantly. Both men . were alone. Friends In Eugene said Satur day that Alderman had gone east to attend a convention of Toast masters International in St. Louis. Mo. He was Lt. Governor of Dis-. trict seven of the organization. I i; The livestock judging opened with the swine and sheep, with exhibitors leading their animals out of the barn Into an open air arena near the pavilion. In the afternoon, judges took ad vantage of the shade in Umpqua park, and conducted judging of beef and dairy cattle under the trees. Monroe later said that all the iivestocki especially the dairy cat- tie, were "good." He added that the fair would compare favor, ably" with any other county fair and shows "promise of a lot of growth." The quality of the gar den exhibits, he also said, would "compare with any county In the state." Inspects Exhibits Following the judging of large animals, Monroe inspected rabbit and poultry entries at a table sot up in the pavilion. The judging attracted a number of spectators, who stopped to watch Monroe, Wayne Mosher, assistant county agricultural agent, and the 4-H youths who carried their animals from the cages to the judging table. Home economics exhibits were judged Thursday by Miss Mary Beth Minden, home management (Continued on Page Two) Ellsworth May Take European Tour, Report PORTLAND, Aug. 27.-4P) Rep. Homer Angell, here for the recess of the house of repre sentatives is taking said Rep. Harris Ellsworth, will not visit Oregon as he plans to leave for Europe Sept. 10 on an investiga tion trip of the interstate and foreign commerce committee. wayman Wiser Keleased (., p.,.;.. Ccnft R:i A"cr rOStinej 500 Bail Wayman Wiser, Drain, lodged in the County jail on a charge of larceny of personal property, was released todav after notin J500 bond, reported Sheriff O. T. Carter. The bail was let by Clarence Leonard, Drain Justice of the peace. MM LOGGER KILLED Ben Benson, 38 Is Victim When Crushed By Log Ben Benson, 38, well-known Sutherlin logger, was Instant ly killed about 9:30 a. m. today when he was crushed under a log at the Rock Island' Lumber company leading dock at Sutherlin. Coroner H. C. Stearns re ported that Benson was en gaged In removing the rear binder from hit load when the top log rolled off and struck him. Benson, driving a truck for William Murphy, was being as sisted at the loading dock by Murphy and Melvin Hoff. Hoff told the coroner that as the binders were loosened, the log spilled off the load on the wrong side of the truck. Hoff, hit on the arm, was spun out of danger, but Benson was struck on the head by the log which fell across his chest. Dr. Warren Kadas, arriving at the scene a few minutes after the accident, pronounced the victim deed. ' .' v - " "The wife, Mrs. ' Alice Benson, when told of the accident, was engaged in packing preparatory to returning to Swisshome, where the family had its permanent home, that the two sons, Ronald, 7, and Richard, 6, might start the school year. Survivors, in addition to the widow ad two sons, include the mother, Mrs. Martha Benson, and a brother, Delmar, both of Map leton. Stearns Mortuary, Oakland, is preparing the body for removal to the Poole and Larson Funeral Home, Eugene, where arrange ments for services will be made. Billion Dollars Believed Maximum For Europe Aid Bv OLIVER W. De WOLF WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. (JP Senator George (D.-Ga.) said to day that $1,000,000,0001 Is the most the administration can hope for from the senate in arms aid lor Atlantic pact nations. He said the sum would be split between cash and contract au thority. "And they won't get that," he predicted, "until after a long debate, if at all." President Truman has asked Sl.450,000,000 for the arms pro gram, including $1,160,990,000 for the Atlantic pact nations. - The house slashed tl.e 51,160, 990,000 in half, but left unchanged the proposed $211,370,000 for con tinued military assistance to Greece and Turkey, and 27,640, 000 for Iran, Korea and the Phil ippines. The combined Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees start their second week of arms-aid discussion Mon day. But a bitter struggle over la) the size of the program and lb) demands that it include aid for China may prevent final ac tion until Tuesday or Wednesday. Fog Forces Housewife To Halt Channel Swim DOVER, England, Aug. 27. (&) Blinding fog forced Mrs. Willi Croes Van Rijsel, 31, Dutch house wife, to abandon her bid to swim the English channel today after 17 hours. The plucky Amsterdam woman, A'ho was believed to have been less than two miles from her goal when she quit, took it in her stride. Ashore an hour later she smiled and said "I am going to try it again." Roosevelt's Son Gets License To Wed Socialite NEW YORK, Aug. 27. UPl Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., iD.N.Y.) and Suzanne Perrin, blonde New York socialist, ob tained a marr:age liceae yester day. No wedding date has been made public. Roosevelt, 35-year-old son of the late President, and Miss Per rin, 28, previously had said the ceremony was expected to be some time late this month. Their engagement was announced July 29. Roosevelt and the former Ethel du Pont weredivorced last May. Vaughan's Bank Balance Being Checked Sen. Hoey Says Adverse Testimony Will Be Sent To Superiors WASHINGTON. Aug. 27 m Senator Hoey tD-N.C.) said to day any adverse testimony re garding government oiiiciais in the five percenter Inquiry will go to their superiors except in the case of Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan. Hoey told reporters about that after disclosing that "in a meas. ure" senate investigations are looking into the bank accounts of Vaughan, who is Mr. Tru man's military aide. A special subcommittee headed by Hoey is checking on whether improper influence has figured in the handling of government business. Vaughan is scheduled to testify when the public hearings are resumed next Tuesday. His name has come up at the Inquiry nearly every day. In reply to questions, Hoey said the committee plans to turn over to the Justice department evi dence it has gathered about the affairs of John Maragon. Mara gon is a normally talkative man-about-Washington who suddenly turned silent yesterday when the committee sought to question him about a lot of matters. Huge Deposits Stated Thev Include testimony by a committe Investigator that Mar. agon made deposits of $119,608.61 in checking accounts over a five- year period. Maragon previously naa sworn at a hearing behind closed doors that his Income over the same period totalled only around $30,- 000. Senator Mundt (R-S.D.) callea it "a clear cut case of perjury." But Maragon asserted his con stitutional right at yesterday's session and refused to discuss the matter. He did so on the (Continued on Page Two) . T- r-r - , " 84 Men Rescued From Submarine In Darinq Fete HAMMERFEST. Norway, Aug. 27. CP) The rescue of 84 men from the explosion-riven U. S. submarine Cochino was hailed by veteran Norweigian sailors today as a masterful feat of seaman ship. Most oi tne 3,uuu citizens oi mis North Cape town, seafarers among them, turned out In rain and wind to welcome the survi vors and the men of the subma rine Tusk, who saved them from death when the Cochino went down yesterday In' rough Arctic seas. Seven men were lost. These were a civilian technician aboard the Cochino and six of the Tusk's complement. Norwegian sailors Know tne power of those winds and waters. They praised Cmdr. Robert L. R. Worthington of Oakmont, Pa., skipper of the Tusk, for his skill In maneuvering mat cran along side when a second blast aboard the Cochino made It evident she was doomed. They talked, too, of the handling of the rubber boats, dispatched one bv one from the Tusk in the heavy seas and dark ness with medical supplies at tne first sign of the Cochino s distress. Despite tne danger oi oucKiea plates, Informed sources said Worthington moved in close enough for the Cochino's men to jump to the Tusk's narrow deck. Minutes later, the Cochino went down. Col. Kai Rasmussen, U. S. mili tary attache in Norway, said the two explosions on the Cochino oc curred 10 minutes apart. They were believed to be in the battery room. Owner Thinks Earthquake As House Hit By Car PORTLAND, Aug. 27. UP) Now comes the case of the house that was the victim of a hit-run driver. Mathias Klppes, 64, said he felt an early morning Jolt, thought sleepily It must have been another earthquake, then rolled back to slumber. When he got up. he found some bricks knocked out of his house. Not only that, but some shrubs were flattened. And there were car tracks through 90 feet of lawn irt the front and 68 feet across neighbors' yards where the car continued on through to a street. J. E. Matteson, deputy sheriff, said he later arrested George M. Cummings, 34, and cited him for "failure to leave name and ad dress at the scene of an accident." BAND STUDENTS REGISTER All band members previously In the lunior and beginner bands who will be attending Roseburg lunior high school this year are requested by band director Charles A. Ricketts to bring their Instruments with them. This necessary to determine In which section of the band they are to be placed, he said. Registration Of Jr. High Students Begins Monday Registration for Junior high school students will begin Mon day and run through Wednes day, Aug. 29-31, Principal R. R. Brand said today. First to register will be ninth graders, who will report to the junior high building between 9-12 and 1-4 Monday. Eighth graders are to register Tuesday and sev enth graders Wednesday at the same hours. Brand requested students to be prepared to pay their fees at the time of registration. Compulsory yearly fees include a $.75 charge for retnal of the school combina tion locks for book lockers and a $2 towel fee. In addition to the required fees, an optional charge of $1.25 for the year will be made to Mudents wishing to take advant age of the student Insurance pro gram. Membership in the associ ated student body, also optional, will cost students an additional $.75, entitling card holders to stu dent rates at junior and high school athltic events, a lower rate at local theaters, and right to participate in all student body- sponsored affairs. Brand said small fees for books and supplies in certain courses will be levied, but that the in formation will be Included in a special registration bulletin and tnat these fees need not be paid at this time. GAR Convention In Indianapolis May Be Last One INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 27. (JP) Indianapolis, scene of the nrst national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic 22 years ago, today rolled out the welcome mat for the last gather ing of union veterans. A nail dozen of the surviving 16 members of the GAR are ex pected for the encampment, which begins officially Sunday. Five affiliated groups with a membership of about 2,500 also a-e to meet Sunday , through Wedifiday. Two of the civil war veterans ere coming bv air. One of them. Charley Chappel, 102, of Long ueacn, lam., senior vice com mander, says he'll be "proud to be the last commander." The sec ond is James A. Hard, 108, Rochester, N. Y. Hard has said he favors another encampment next year, but Indi cated he would not push the mat ter. The GAR last year amended its rules and regulations to make the 1949 meeting at Indianapolis the last. Theodore Penland. 100. of Port. land, Ore., national commander- in-chief, is expected to arrive bv special train later todav. Albt t Woolson, 102, Duluth. Minn., also is d le to arrive by train this after noon. J American Prisoners Say Forced To Read Scrips SAN FRANCISCO. Aue. 27 W Two Americans who weie prisoners of war say the Jap. anese forced them to read scripts over wartime radio Tokyo. They testified yesterday In the treason trial or Mrs. Iva Toguri d Aquino, known as Tokyo Rose. captain Edwin Ka bf r sh Jr.. U. S. army, of Richmond Heights, Mo., a survivor of the Bataan death march, said prisoners also were iorcea to pertorm as actors, announcers and turntable oper ators. Many of Kalbflchh's answers were blocked by government .ob jections on the grounds that he never was on the defendant's zero hour program and his knowl edge of her was only hearsay. A former U. S. air force major from Knoxville, Tenn.. told of be ing forced to sing in choruses on radio loKyo. Y FIRST REGISTRANT Amnnn n.,t.r Caraw and Kittv Aldred. shown here with Prineloa final check has been given their until tcheol belli ring Sept. Police Chief Says Parking Meters Broken Eight Found Wrecked; Damage Runs Near $500; Offense Penalties High An outbreak of traffic meter smashing which has already cost the city's taxpayers nearly $500 j was reported todsv by Police Chief Calvin H. Balrd. An additional five wrecked meters were found bv city police since the first three came to their attention yesterday, Baird said, bringing the total of smashed meters to eight, valued at more than $492. "This is more tha mere vandal ism," Chief Balrd said. "These offenses will be prosecuted as felonies with charges of larceny faclm the culm-its.' Null'lfy Budget Erwin Short, meter mainte. nance man and member ot the city police department, said new replacements lor the meters al ready wrecked have nearly nulli fied the $600 amount budge'ed by the city for maintenance and parts. He said the meters recov ered hy dty police were so badly smashed, he Is unable to salvage even the parts. Chief Baird urged Roseburg citizens to lend all possible assist ance In helping to curb the out break. He reminded the citizenry that the taxpayers would bear the brunt of the cost and would be "the ones to pay financially speaking." ine Kosenurg ponce depart. ment, with Its limited personnel, has been handicapped in recent (Continued on Page Two) Fair And Races Draw Big Throng At Fairgrounds Fifty-five hundred spectators, drawn by the double attraction of the Douglas county fair and the norse races, poured onto tne fair grounds last night and watched the bangtails run for the ninth night. The races and the fair, the first for Doitgias county In 37 years, ends with a bang tonight, as two championship races will be run off. The Douglas county Derby, for the thoroughbreds, will be run the sixth race, and the champion ship race to determine the best quarter horse on the grounds will be run the fifth race. Large returns were handed bet tors last night. The first race re turned $22 for win tickets wh.-n a nine to one shot, Black Jacket won. The combination of Blaek Jacket in the first, and Radfleld, winner of the second, paid a daily double price of $59. Quinellas of $21.80, $24.10, and $11 were also paid off. Two new track records were set, in the 440-yard race and in the 220-yard event, by the quarter horses. Post time tonight for the tenth and final night of the meeting is 8 p.m., and wagering windows open at 7:30 p.m. Hit And Run Driver Injures Boy On Bike State Police Sgt. Lyle Har red reported today that 11-year-old Daavld Melton Finnell of Riddle was In Mercy hospital, suffering three broken ribs when tha bicycle he was riding was struck by a hit-and-run driver. Harrell laid the boy was rid ing along the highway when the vehicle, believed to be an old model truck, ran into him and fled the scene without stopping. State police will continue In vestigation of the case. tha lint to reaiiter at Senior v H . .. I- , 'i t :! A if-' I -v-H- Le3 ' queifionnairei, thete two seniors may forget about clanet 6. (Picture by Peul Jenkins.) CONTEST DELAYED Bareback Riders Suffer Injuries In Rodeo Friday Two bareback riders suffered bad falls In the Trail Dust Saddle club's "Stampede" Friday after noon. As a result, the contest was not completed during the after noon show, and as spectators filed out of the grandstands, cowboys were still in the arena waiting to compete. 1 he contestants, Slim Schneider and lee Mibbert, were not sen- ously injured. Just severely enough to take them out of com petition for the day. Elmo Shep pai d, one of the Judges, said they sulfered sprains and will be given another chance tomorrow. In addition to the four main rodeo attractions bareback rid ing, saddle bronc riding, wild cow milking, and calf roping added events included a number ot novelty horse races and trick rid ing on the track. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Wright of Illahce were the judges. Ladies Novelty In the ladies' novelty race, Judy McArthur was first; Ula Pankey was second, and Marian Boise, third. Marian Boise was winner of the ladles' balloon race. First in the girls' bareback race was Barbette Huff, while Donna Hanna came In second. Arnold Stewart was winner of the kids' pony race. Calf roping was the only rodeo event for wnicn winners were an nounced by the judges. Names and times follow: Junior Anderson, 24.2 seconds; Jimmy Piatt, 29.9 seconds; Hank Hess, 30.4 seconds; Ed MsFarlane, 373 seconds. In the other events, not an tne cowboys had a chance to compete. Ihe contest continued alter tne show yesterday afternoon and also were to continue today, so that all the entrants would nave a chance at Friday's purse and day money awards. A daring head-stand on her horse was the feat of Jackie Car stens, local trick rider, who per formed before the grandstand. Another trick rider who showed her skill with horses, was Judy .McArthur, who raced her steed down the track, hanging precari ously from one side oi tne saddle. Today is the last day of the three-day "Stampede." It is one of the featured events of the county fair days. Goodrich Plant Strike Is Test Of Wage Raises AKRON. O.. Aug. 27. (JP) Vn Ion labor's first major strike for a fourth round of postwar wage Increases was launched todav. The CIO struck B. F. Goodrich, one of the rubber Industry's Big Four. Ordering some 17.000 Goodrich workers In seven states to sir me, president H. R. Lloyd of the CIO- Unlted Rubber Workers said: Unfortunately, the company showed not the slightest Interest In reaching an amicable settl ment. We were compelled to take this action to protect the Interest of our membership." Lloyd made this statement in Dayton, O., where negotiations on a new contract broke down last night Just before the old one expired. As authorized by the union membership, the strike started at 12:01 a.m. (EDT) to day. Right on time, URW's biggest Goodrich local here set up picket lines, halting work by 11,000 em ployes. The other plants at Los Angeles, Cadillac, Mich., Tusea. loosa, Ala., Miami, Okla., Clarks vllle, Tenn., Oaks, Pa., also were ordered to strike. For Its part, Goodrich com plained In a letter sent out be fore the strike was called that the "URWA has chosen B. F. Good rich men and women and our company to be guinea pigs In the fourth round wage try." lit He hiah school Friday were student! Georae Erickton. Now fhet Path of Destruction Left By Wind Along Coast, Lake Okeechobee MIAMI, Fla., Aug. 27. UP) A renegade tropical hurricane whir led out over the Gulf of Mexico lor a second punch at Florida today leaving one dead, hundreds homeless and property damage in the millions In the state's rich resort and citrus areas. Somewhat tamed as it crossed land, the freakish storm was ex pected to gain hurricane strength in a six to eight hour crossing of Ihe Gulf probably to the Apalachicola Tallahassee area. The storm cut a wide swath ot destruction on its way across the peninsula after pounding tha East Coast and searing the Lake Okeechobee region. It swept through Florida's rich citrus belt and was reported by the weather burau over Pasco county on the edge of the Gulf of Mexico above Tampa. Stuart Red Cross disaster offi cials reported at least 500 home less in the East Coast city. At West Salem Beach the Rd Cross estimated more than 2,000 of the city's 7.000 homes had been damaged. The baseball park grandstand collapsed. Guardsmen Patrol Streets Two companies of national guardsmen patrolled the street! to prevent looting of stores whose windows had been smash ed. West Palm beach Sheriff John K. Kirks said they were needed to curb vandalism In the city's badly hit business district. A number of bridges were im-paa-sable because ot washouts and wind damage. Florida East Coast and Atlantic Coast line service to the north halted at Stuart and four train (Continued on Page Two) Registration Is Dated At Green, Glengary Schools Green and Glengary grade school students will register at the regular Green school Wednes day, Aug. 31, beginning at 9 a.m., with a preschool clinic for first graders scheduled-. Iatv-.b4v. sama-m- I day, announced W. C. btonebraK. er. principal. Stonebraker said two buses will transport students to and from the registration point but re quested mothers of entering first graders to bring their ehildren to the school by private car. If at all possible. He explained this request by saying that children in other grades will be dismissed following registration and that the buses must be free to return the youngsters to their home after that time. If first graders are accompanied by parents in private cars, other students will not have to wait for .the physical examinations to be concluded be fore they may return home by bus. The first grade clinic to be conducted by Dr. George Lend, Mary Barrett, county nurse and Tillle Borgen, first grade teacher, will be held in the regular first grade room. The principal said all first graders should bring birth certificates, and vaccination and inoculation records. Stonebraker said the early registration date was planned in order to get an accurate pupil count. In this way, housing facili ties and schedules may be plan ned to take care of any overflow until the new school building be comes available. Parents desiring additional In formation may call Stonebraker at number 1560RX4. Bq Pendleton Roundup Climaxes This Afternoon PENDLETON, Ore., Aug. 27. P Bud Linderman, Red Lodge, Mont., was leading the field to day as the 38th annual Pendle ton Round-up opened Its final show. But the defending champion veteran Evertt Shaw of Stone wall, Okla. also ranked high to ward winning for keeps the all around championship trophy which he has already won twice. Four firsts In bareback and bronc riding boosted Linderman'i point total above the other cow hands .The Montana cowpoke has never won the $5,000 Sam Jack son trophy. Neither nave tne otner two contenders who so far have amassed a good point standing: Shoat Webster, Nowata, Okla, and Toots Mansfield, Big Springs, Tex. Gene Rambo, biggest point-earner among the nation's rodeo performers, came back strongly yesterday after dismal efforts earlier. He crackd the round-up bull- dogging record by tossing a steer in 7.8 seconds. The previous mark set Just two days previously, was S.4 seconds nv Ural lumwail. Wolf Creek. Mont. Livrty Fact Rant By L. F. Retnmteht While In that recreation- spending, mood, don't neglect to save little cash for Rose burg High school football ton tickets. food tperr for deserved support. 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