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U. Of 0. Library Comjp ' i, Eugene, Oregon 'fJ '- -4 : IKf JJ1 Acheson Raps T Soviet Holding Of U. S. Youths ruirxn InJuv 1 MS. SM PEACE-JO 4 f ' I LAb HOSTAGES Peter Sellers, at top, and Warren Oeltner, whose bicycle tour landed them in Russian clutches in eastern Germany. WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. UP) Secretary of State Acheson to day denounced Russia's holding of two American students in east ' em Germany as outrageous, ille gal and improper. Acheson told a news conference the Americans wandered into the Russian zone illegally but said they were doing no harm and should be released promptly. The students he referred to are Peter Sellers, 18, of Radnor, Pa., and Warren Oelsner, 21, of Oyster Bay, N. Y. They have been missing since July 29 while on a bicycle tour. The secretary acknowledged that the youths did not have cre dentials permitting them to enter the Russian zone. tut, he said, no one accuses them of being spies. Acheson reminded that the United States does not engage in the practice of holding people who have committed no crimes. As a condition of the students' return, the Russians are demand ing that the U. S. military govern ment return three Russian army deserters said to have fled to the U. S. zone. RUTLEDGE ON MEND YORK, Me., Aug. 31 UP) Su preme Court Justice Wiley 13. Rutledge, suffering from a circu latory condition, is considered "out of danger," a York village hospital spokesman said today. The spokesman said his condi tion today is "unchanged." In the Days Hews By FRANK JENKINS SPEAKING the other day to the national oonvention of the American Legion in Philadelphia, President Truman said (among; other good things): "A world . . . seriously out of balance has posed problems which affect all of us and in the solution of these problems we all have a common interest." OTHING could be truer. When everything is going ism smoothly and people are easy in their minds, they get along well together. But enter a gathering where everybody is ridden by some sharp and ticklish problem and you become immediately aware that a wrong word, a wrong act or even a wrong look could (Continued on Page Four) ROBESON NOT SQUELCHED Negro Communist Vows He'll Return To Where Vets Smashed His Meet NEW YORK, Aug. 31. UP) Paul Robeson, declaring that "from now on out we take the offensive," vows he'll return to Peekskill, N. Y., where a riot broke up his scheduled concert Saturday night The Negro singer spoke last nieht to a crowd of 3.000 cheer ing supporters at a Harlem rally protesting the riot, which start ed after veterans' groups staged an anti-Communist rally outside the concert grove "I want to warn the Legion," the singer declared, "that I have been to Memphis, Tenn., and Florida, and 1 11 be In Peekskill again." Robeson referred to attendance at last night's rally which in cluded 1,000 persons standing out side the doors and said "thev've rot their answer here tonight don't see any Legion here to night. "We'll have our meetings and Jour concerts all over the United Tli Weather Fair today and Thursday ex cept for moraine, cloudiness. Sunset today 4:50 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:37 a. m. Established 1873 Minimum Vote Decision By Nightfall Is Anticipated Floor Of 75 Cts. An Hour Provided; Exemptions Affect 200.000 Workers WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 UP) After taking one setback, sen. ate leaders pressed confidently today for a vote by nightfall on a bill putting a 75-cents-an-hour floor under wages. The present fair labor stand ards act sets a minimum wage for covered workers of 40 cents an hour. The bill before the Sen ate, like one already passed by the House, would hike this to 75 cents. Several amendments had to be acted on before the Senate could finish with the bill. The major fight was expected over a proposal by Senator El- lender ID-La) to set the mini mum at 65 cents an hour until the end of 1950, then gear it to living costs as measured by the Bureau of Labor statistics. It couldn't go below 55 cents or above 75. Exemptions Voted The administration took a lick ing last night when the Senate adopted, 50 to 23, an amendment offered by Senator Holland (D Fla) and others which Pepper said would, take about $200,000 workers out from under the law. Holland insisted that his amendment made no changes not intended by Congress when it (Continued on Page Two) ' ' Murder Case Defendant Being Returned Here Victoria Sanders, 21, who next Tuesday, Sept. 6, goes on trial for the alleged murder of Ralph Mojonnier, will be returned to Roseburg today, in order that she may confer with her attorneys. Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimber ly issued the order Tuesday for her release from the state peni tentiary at Salem, where she is currently serving three consecu tive years on three separate bad check charges. Deputy Sheriff Red Eckhardt and Jennie Wilson from the sheriffs office went to Salem to day to bring her back. Miss Sanders, asserted by offi cers to have been the common law wife of Mojonnier at the time o his death by a gunshot wound in their cabin near Drain in 1947, was indicted by the grand Jury. But upon arra.gnmen. she entered an innocent plea. Bolivian Rebels Ousted From Important City LA PAZ, Bolivia, Aug. 31. UP) The Cochabamba radio report ed that government forces today recaptured Cochabamba, which rightist rebels had held since Sat urday. The revolt was led by the Na tional Revolutionary party of the late President Villaroel, who was hanged when his government was overthrown in 1946. (The Bolivian radio "Avaroa", heard in Lima, said the rebel lead ers fled by plane after the Cocha bamba defeat. It said they were enroute to Arequipa, Peru, In a plane. States. The sure way to get po lice protection is to make It clear we will protect ourselves. Robeson and his supporters have charged Westchester county officials with laxity In not pro viding police protection at the riot scene In a wooded picnic grove outside feeksktll. Law officials of the county are Investigating the disturbance on orders from Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. At last night's meeting, at tendants passed out copies of a Civil Right congress "newsletter" and other reading matters, in cluding the Communist newt- paper, the Dally Worker. Wage Hike News In Senate Sanitary Zone Boundaries Get OK At Hearing Action of the county court set ting the boundaries of the pro posed West Roseburg Sanitary dis trict met with unanimous ap proval by persons gathered for the open hearing this morning, Judee D. N. Busenbark reported. Members of the court set Oct. 6 as the election date for the sani tary proposal. Boundaries will run from the city limits down the river to Mrs. Bertha Brown's property, up the east side to the Melrose road, along the west side of Jess Os borne's property to the old Coos Bay wagon road, along this road to the city limits, and back to the starting point. Proponents of the sanitary dis trict were represented by Edward M. Murphy, legal advisor, who told the court two tentative plans have been proposed for a sewage disposal plant. The first plan Is to build and maintain a separate plant. A sec ond proposal is to combine with the North Roseburg Sanitary dis trict in disposing of sewage. The latter plan will lessen the ex pense by almost one-third, Murphy said. Typhoon Deals Death And Ruin In Tokyo Area TOKYO, Aug.31. -3- VP) - The second half of Tokyo's worst ty phoon in 11 years roared across this teemine area tonight killing at least five persons, injuring 35 and loosing 14 ships in Yokosuka harbor. The second half of the storm seemed worse than the first. Tokyo houses were demolished, several fires raged and streets were littered with debris. Communications with large areas around Tokyo were out. An 80 mile an hour wind whipped the seas into a fury. Fifty-foot waves lashed the low shoreline. First Japanese reports said a steamer with 50 passengers aboard was lost off the China coast across Tokyo bay. More than 200 fishing boats were swept away from the western shore of Sagami bay. Forty homes in Odawara were destroyed and 600 flooded. The town is on a river in the flats near the bay. The barracks of the U. S. fifth cavalry regiment on a peninsula between Sagami and Tokyo bays were damaged. No troops were reported hurt. But soldiers were alerted to move to safer ground if the typhoon got worse. The center of the storm was passing inland. That means the second portion of the blow will begin when the dead calm of the center passes. Both Tokyo and Yokohama were in the path of the center. The main railroad line south of Yokohama was washed out. (Continued on Page Two) Mother, Three Children v Drown During Picnic SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 31. UP) A 46-year-old mother and three voune children were drown ed last night in the Spokane river. The victims were Mrs. Maoei G. Ashbv and her children, Ruth, 7; Sharon Ray, 6, and Robert 5. Walter t. Asnoy, tne nusoano and father, was fishing 300 yards downstream. He arrived on the scene Just as officers were re covering the bodies. Dr. A. 14. Lien, coroner, saia the mother and children were having a picnic on the river bank while Ashby and an older boy were .fishing. Lien said he believed one of the children must have slipped Into the river and that the others were carried off trying in a rescue at tempt. Motorist Accused After Mishap Kills Passenger PORTLAND, Aug. 31. UP) An elderly Vancouver, Wash., auto passenger was hurled to his death yesterday when a car skid ded on a wet boulevard and the door flew open. W. H. Goodrich, about 72, died in a hospital of a fractured skull. He was riding with Elree G. Gil lespie, Vancouver. While North bound on S. W. Barbour boule vard, Gillespie braked to slow for a trainc signal stop, me car sKid ded on the wet surface and struck a traffic divider. Traffic Officer T. R. Crecraft cited Gillespie for driving with out an operator's license. ROSEBURG, OREGON WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31, 1949 Five Accused Persons Enter Guilty Pleas Judge Wimberly Defers Sentences; Probation On Prison Terms Given Five 'persons pleaded guilty lo District Attorney Robert G. Davis' Information upon arraign ment before Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly Tuesday afternoon. The judge postponed passing sen tences until a later date. Emmett Phelps, 39, Drain and Hayden Harley Hoyt, Gunter, were charged with unlawful pos session of mash. They were ac- cusea in tne complaint of possess ing "certain corn mash fit for distillation and for the manufac ture of spirituous intoxicating liquors, without owning a dis tiller's license." Two stills, which they allegedly were operating, were found near Gunler above Drain by Investigating state police. Meredith Roberts. 30. Dillard. pleaded guilty to a charge of es caping from the custody of a peace oincer. He, together with Ernest Addington. Rosebure. es caped from the custody of Paul ADeei at tne fairgrounds Aug. 2d. Roberts was picked up the next morning by sheriff's deputies, but Addington is still at large. Both were working outdoors concur rent witn sentences on drunk driving charges. Walter Wooten, 19, Drain, pleaded guilty to a charge of larceny- tn dwfllirte housr.'He al legedly stole1 $.)iX) from Grace Eccleston Aug. 23. Charles W. Hebner. chareed with non-support of wife and minor child, also pleaded guilty. Two Given Probation Two persons, arraigned Satur day, were sentenced to one year eacn in the state penitentiary, but were released on probation. They were Archie Briggs and Richard Ernest Crawford, charged with larceny in an of- (Continued on Page Two) Detroit Tries To Head Off Strike Of Ford Workers DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 31. (JP) The Detroit Board of Com merce sought today to head off a strike of Ford workers through out the nation. It published full-page ads In De troit newspapers declaring "an- other Ford strike, at this time, would threaten the economic sta- bihty of the nation.' The appeal for Industrial peace was made as the Ford Motor com pany and the CIO United Auto Workers were reported to have reached a tentative agreement on virtually all minor issues. These are called non-economic. They in clude seniority rights and griev ance procedures. Most of the time in the bargain ing talks on a new contract, now In the thirteenth week, has been spent on the non-economic issues. But no progress was reported on the union's economic demands pensions, health benefits, and a fourth round wage hike. UAW President Walter Reuther has threatened to call a strike of 106,- 000 Ford workers If necessary to win tnese demands. AIRPLANE CRASHES Two isnded et the Ronburg airport. ;A h nilnf undarikat the field ::l ..J .i. tl,. ..,(!, ..A Tk. The pilot. Vigfu, Jacobsson. 27. and hi, p.s.eng.r. Don Lumber,, 2. both of Suth.rlin. tained cuts end bruises. The planes uitdereernege was ripped off and its engine torn loose. The : plane, Fairchild 24, wes owned TRUMAN GREETED BY LECIONAIRES President Herry S. Truman, wearing Missouri Legion cap, is greeted as he arrived in Philadelphia to address the 31st National Amerieen Legion con vention. In the group (left to right! are Cov. James H. Duff, Philadelphia; President Truman, Perry Brown, National Legion commander; U. S. Senator Francis J. Myers ID-Pal and Philadel phia Mayor Bernerd Samuel. (AP wirephoto.) Winston-Dillard Water District Faces Emergency The Winston-Dillard Water board held an emergency meet ing Monday night at the Dillard school house. The meeting was very well attended. Mr. Hahn, chairman of the board, and the engineer, Mr. Hanley, pointed out the fact that the board is up apalnst a stale me' In the matter of procuring sufficient water from the pres ent exploration well on the Dil lard flat. Also, the present bonding capacity of the district is Insufficient. After much discussion on pros and cons of raising money and how to secure water, wneincr from the Roberts Creek district or by developing Winston and Dillard's own system, a commit tee was appointed for the purpose of providing information as to tne advisability 01 selling revenue bonds. This committee Is headed by Rov Thompson, chairman, and In cludes Mn. and Mss. Charles Keely, Mr. Elsherman, and an other person yet to be named. Cowboys Charged With Beating, Robbing Motorist ! RENO. Aug. 31. UP) Two Ore gon cowboys were held In jail here today on a charge of beat ing and robbing a California man who gave them a lift in his Jeep. The two were booked as ior- man Buehcr, lb, and Kennetn D. Briggs. 21, both Lakeview, Ore. Harrv B. Warner, of Herlong, Calif., Identified the pair as men he picked up at Doyle, Lam., and drove to Reno. Warner charges that they beat and robbed him here and left him unconscious. Boy Sucks Pin Into His Lung; Surgery Removes It BROWNWOOD, Texas. Aug. 31 UP) Manley Head, 13, tried lo shoot a two and a half Inch pin from a bean ihooter. It stuck. He Irlrd to dislodge It hv sucking Ihrough the tube. He did. The pin lodged in his lung. Doctors operated yesterday. The lad was recovering today. perioni escaped injury Sunday The ebove photo wes tnepped while eooroechino the runwav nUn. baunead an ha laa ,., W 111111 ' " by Western Skyways of Portlend. LEGION VOICES Support For Nationalist China Urged. Economy At Vets1 Expense Denounced PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 31. on the United States today to organizations of Chinese" who . The -resolution, drafted by mittee, was adopted unanimously. under discussion early this week, not offered. Pay Offer In Bus Strike Rejected SEATTLE, Aug. 31. UP) The strike that has tied up North Coast Greyhound bus line opera tions between Vancouver, B. C, and Portland, Ore, for 11 weeks is going to continue. Ray Jensen, president of the Motor Coach Employes union, di vision 1348, said last night that members had rejected the com pany's latest offer, made after a series of day-long meetings with governor Langlie during the last fortnight. Jensen did not disclose the vote count but said the rejection was by a "very large majority." In Olympia, Norman Schut, as sistant director of the State de Dartment of Labor and Indus tries, said the vote was by a 2-1 majority. Jensen said the offer called for a seven-cent hourly raise to gen eral office employes and a 10-cent Roust tor other terminal em ployes. He said the union felt the offer "discriminated" against office employes. The union went on strike June 18. HOUSING UNITS ASKED PORTLAND, Auk. 31 -4JP) - The City council has been asked By tne central Labor council to begin laying plans for 2,000 hous ing units under the new Federal Housing act. The number of units was rec ommended earlier by the city housing authority as the mini mum number needed. night when this airplane crash by Deputy Sheriff Ira 8yrd, who from the south and struck the ka f.nr. aula the air field, 205-49 DEMANDS UP) The American Legion called support "any patriotic groups or would fight communists. the Legion's foreign regions com A contrary proposal, reported to "write off" China as lost was ... The Legion's 31st annual con vention adopted the resolution which asserts that: "Pur long friendship and parti cipation In common causes with the Chinese impels us to reject defeatism and abandonment of this area to communist aggres sors." The Legion's national comman der declared the organization's major 1950 fight will be against government economy which "threatens to strangle" veterans benefits. Commander Perry Brown of Beaumont, Texas, in his report to the convention, called for strong opposition to "economy at the ex pense of the veterans." He said "The disabled veterans . . . are belne caucht silently In a squeeze play which threatens to strangle tneir rights under the law." The commander said these "Jolting developments" must be corrected: "Slashes in Veterans adminis tration appropriations." "Reductions In VA personnel." "Proposals to merge all federally-operated hospitals which would mean the destruction of the VA as an exclusive veterans' (Continued on Page Two) Lewis Adds Another Day To Coal Miners' Idleness WASHINGTON, Aug. 31-4P) John L. Lewis Tuesday order ed coal miners east of the Missis sippi river to work only two days next week. It was the first change in the work schedule since the mine workers' leader fixed a three day production week for the In dustry and abandoned his "no contract, no work" policy July 1. In a telegram to all locals, It was learned. Lewis ordered that Thursday, Sept. 8, 'is an idle day for bituminous miners east of the Mississippi river." Lewis originally cut down the work week In order to reduce the large stocks of coal above ground. Average dally production is about 2,000,000 tons. Plane Crash Kills One Of Crew Of Fifteen Men SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 31. (.'Pi The co-pilot of a B-29 bomber died In the flaming wreckage when the big ship crashed and exploded near here yesterday. Lt Jack Glllard of Spokane, the co pilot, was the only member of a l.rman crew killed In the crash, the Spokane air force base said. The 14 other fliers floated safely to earth by parachute after i an fncrlni. nn the, hlo nlina ranohl ' fire. Capt. Charles Goetz of Snokane. commander of the bomber, or dered the crew to Jump when he I was unable to control the hlarlnir engine They jumped from a 21.- i plummeted past some of t he crew. ' j men seconds alter they Jumped. tloFoe7ill Dare Attack; Legion Told No Peace Slip-Away 3rd Time, Defense Head Says; Russia's Tactics Rapped PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 31. (JP) By "keeping awake and preparing accordingly" America can assure permanent peace, Secretary of Defense Louis John son said today. "We shall build our ramparts so strong that no aggressor will dare attack us. "We must achieve peace, and we will achieve It. "We will achieve it In the only way possible In this world of to day affirmatively by unmistat able strength on land and sea ' and In the air," the defense secre tary told the 31st national Ameri can Legion In a prepared address. Johnson, In what he called his first public address as head of the. new department of defense, said peace has been elusive in the past. "Twice In our lifetime we had it in our hands. Twice we let it slip away. Now we have It again within our grasp and this time we must be dtermlned not to let it go." Hits At Russia '. Drawing a parallel between two postwar eras, Johnson said Russia continued, on V-J day with plans of her own just as Japan, plotting aggression, did after the armistice was signed In 1918. Russia has pushed her troops "into the military void among the peoples on her borders," the de fense secretary declared. "Into every political vacuum anywhere in the world she began to pour her vicious propaganda against her erstwhile allies." But there, the defense secre tary said, "the parallel between the two postwar eras suddenly stops. We may have been dozing alright, but we had not yet fal len completely asleep, we caught ourselves In time. Now we are -fully awake, grimly determined that history shall not repeat it- sen. Already we nave gone a long way to correct the. mistake of our demobilization stampede." America again nas an army, a navy and an air force worthy of -our country and the pride ot 1 every American citizen, Johnson said. And they are getting better (Continued on Page Two) - : ir Rep. F. D. Roosevelt Jr. To Wed Socialite Today NEW YORK, Aug. 31 CP) Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr son of the wartime president, will be married today to socialite Su zanne Perrln of New York, hii office announced. The wedding is to be a small, private ceremony. Only membera of the two families and a few in timate friends will attend. Misa Perrln, who served two years in the marines, gave her age aa 28. She is the daughter of Mrs. Perrln and the late Lee James Perrln, New York attor ney. Roosevelt, who is 35, recently was elected to Congress from New York's 20th (Manhattan) district. His first marriage to the for mer Ethel du Pont ended In a Nevada divorce last May. They have two children, Franklin D. Roosevelt 3rd, now 10, and Chris topher, 7. It will be a first marriage for Miss Perrln. Roseburg Rent Control Offices Will Be Closed SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31. (JP) Twelve Oregon and Wash ington rent control offices are to be closed by the curtailment ot activities recently announced for the rent control agency, regional housing Expediter Ward Cox said yesterday. Operations of the closed offlcei will be transferred to the nearest otfice remaining open. No em ployes will be moved. Oregon offices to be closed are Pendleton, Klamath Falls, Cor vallls, Roseburg and Astoria. Washington offices affected are Pullman, Wcnatehee, Belllngham, Everett, Olympia and Longview Kelso. - ' Russia Advised Not To Try New Tricks On Allies BERLIN, Aug. 31.-UP) Brig. Gen. Frank L. Howley predicted today Russia ' would try more tricks to oust the western allies from Berlin. Tne retiring U. S. commandant of Berlin told a news cjnference They will keep trying tricks and pressure as long as they think they can get away with it." "My guess is that they won't get away with it and I would ad vise them not to try." Howley, who published today an 80,000-word report on his four years as American chief In Berlin, said America "is not willing to let bygones be bygones and forget everything that has happened here In the past. We will not for get the lessons we have learned.' Livity Fact Rant By L. T. Reiunsteiei A chemical has been found TO turd Negroes' skim whit. r ,0.! ,n roe from """'"I red." to