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i U. Of 0. Library ' j Eugene, Oregon i . Comp, iW. . , PACK fn IFU ft1 8 , --Mg 4i CHIN SCRAPERS, the "professional" nam (or the above quar tet, gathered at Barnei' barber shop yesterday to get in a tew licit before their talents are put to the test during tonight's charter-granting ceremony. This group and 23 other barber shop harmonizers will be feted at the Knights of Pythias hall at S tonight when they become bonafide members of the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Sing ing in America. The group ebovo includes, from left, J. D. Gorthy, tenor; R. E- Meek, lead; N. V. C. Kinch, base; and Dick Meek, baritone. (Picture by Paul Jenkins.) BARBERSHOP QUARTET Charter Granting Affair Scheduled In K. P. Hall Tonight; Visitors Coming Members, Invited guests and delegates from five Oregon cities will gather at the Knights of Pythias hall at 8 o'clock tonight to witness the charter-granting ceremony of the local chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS THIS pregnant paragraph leads off a dispatch from Washing ton: . m The United States,- Britain and Canada began momentous talks today on the financial disas ter which threatens Britain." W HAT is this financial disaster? And WHY is It? LETS put it as simply as we can: The need of the British for things produced In America is greater than their ability to PRO DUCE THINGS TO SWAP FOR THE THINGS THEY GET FROM US. That'a all there is to it But the Lord knows It's plenty tough. If, in this modern world, you can't produce enough to swap to others for what they produce, only ONE HING can be In store for you: YOUR STANDARD OF LTV THING can be In store for you. The same thing happens in evitably to nations. WHY did it happen to Britain? ; That is a long story far i long to be gone into here. Two (Continued on Page Four) Portland Real Estate Man Is Forum Speaker H. Clay Myers Jr., Portland real estate man, will speak on the Columbia Valley authority on the first Chamber of commerce forum luncheon of the winter season, scheduled for Monday noen at the Umpqua hotel, ac cording to Publicity Chairman George Luoma. Myers remarks will be di rected against establishment of the CVA, Luoma said. CONGRESSMAN OIES NEEDLES, Calif., Sept. 10. (,P Congressman Richard J. Welch (R.-Calif.) died in a hos pital today after suffering a heart attack while enroute east by train with his wife. Annexed Area Would Not Be Appreciably Affected By City Official Powers Official powers of the city would have no appreciable effect upon persons living in newly annexed areas, City Manager M. W. Slankard said today. In reviewing, some of the ob jections and misunderstandings connected with proposed annex ation, Slankard said it was not true that persons living in areas affected would "have to change their present way of living." Al though police protection would be extended to these areas, the people would not be interfered with, nor tfould many practices, such as parking of trucks on residential streets, be changed. Cititens Make Laws He said changes in the city's policy and laws governing the city, or areas to become a part of the city, are made by the citizens themselves. Changes also are made by the people's own representatives, the city council Slankard said the city admin istration is not made up of a se lect few. Elected officials. In The event climaxes six months of organizational meetings and practice sessions by the 27 mem bers of the Roseburg harmo nizers. The local group represents an accurate cross section of occu- f ations to be found in Roseburg, ndicatlng the extent of the group's democratic fellowship. Civil engineers and printers, bar tenders and barbers are among the occupations listed by mem bers of the local "Spebs." Members Lilted Roseburg chapter members, their vocations and voice parts are listed as follows: Richard Busch, printer, bari tone; Juett L. Cook, car loader, lead; James R. Daugherty, civil engineer, bans; Lou Franco, band leader, tenor; Willis D. Fritts, bartender, lead; Frank M. Goode, chain man, lead; J. D. Gorthy, watchmaker, tenor; William N. Hash, construction foreman, lead; Roy L. Hebard, vending service operator, lead; Tom. Higgins, maintenance man, bass; Corwin M. Johnson, shovel operator, lead. N. V. C. Kinch, log buyer, bass; Ernest M. Lentz, office machine service, bass; Duan C. Lillard, lumber grader, tenor; H. D. Meek, barber, lead; Martin E. McClay Jr., logger, lead; S. W. McClaughlin, bank clerk, bari tone; Frank A. Moore, cafe own er, baritone; Peyton M. Oderkirk. (Continued on Page Two) LeQIOn AUXlllCirY . ft is Magazine saie un The second annual magazine subscription drive, sponsored by the American Legion Axillary, Umpqua Unit No. 16 of Roseburg, will begin Monday, Sept. 12, ac cording to auxiliary spokesmen. Commission derived from the publication subscriptions will be used to purchase a portable hos pital bed and a portable oxygen tent. Auxiliary members said the equipment will be used in Rose burg, available to all residents. It will be kept for use by doctors and nurses in this area without charge. A similar plan last year en abled the auxiliary to purchase a new Volrath Polio-Pak heater. A representative of the group, bearing a letter of identification signed by auxiliary unit officers, will call upon local citizens to as sist in selecting the magazine de sired. Residents are urged to make sure they see this letter, in order to avoid misunderstanding. cluding councilmen, are approved by the citizens with each person voting for the candidates from his ward. When new areas are admitted to the city, the resi dents are represented on the city council by one of their own num ber, perhaps a neighbor. On many occasions, Slankard said, the councilmen have been re-elected because the people felt they were doing an outstanding Job of representing them while in office. Outlines Policy Slankard outlined the policy and regulations followed regard ing city Improvements by de claring that improvements can not be made by the city admin istration merely on demand of the citizens. Instead, improve ments are made In line with pro- (Continued on Page Two) The rVeeTtil4nT Mostly cloudy today and Sun day; little Chang la tempera ture. , Sunset today 6:33 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:41 a. m- Established 1873 President Truman Asks 10-Day Steel Truce Fact Finding Board Report Not Released WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. UP) President Truman todav asked the steel industry and CIO Steel- workers union for a 10-day exten sion of the industry's strike truce. The President's three-man fact finding board today filed its rec ommendations lor settling the cm cial dispute with Mr. Truman. Contents of the boards report were kept secret but the White House promised to make them available for publication at 3 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) today. The President asked that the present truce be extended at least until Sept. 25, while the parties continue bargaining on the basis of the fact-finder's report. He expressed hopes that the findings can become the basis for an agreement to avert a crippling steel industry strike next week. The report had added import ance because industry and labor alike look for any steel settlement to become a guide In other indus tries facing fights over a fourth round of postwar wage Increases. The recommendations were kept secret. However, reports circu lated among the parties in ad vance that they called for no wage Increase, but approximately 10 cents an hour for each worker in pension and insurance benefits. Aik 30 Cent Raise The CIO Steelworkers union had asked a 30-cent increase in cluding 12.5 cents in added wages an hour, 11.23 for pensions, and 6.27 for Insurance. The union's million members now get an aver- (Continued on Page Two) Grounded Ship's Skipper, Hopeful It Can Be Floated POINT ARENA, Calif., Sept. 10. UP) A veteran British skipper whose ship grounded in a dense fog here yesterday, still clung to hopes It might be refloated today. Other marine experts who stu died the ship Pacific Enterprise, a 6,736 gross ton motorship, pinioned on a submerged rock 100 yards off shore doubted that it ever would come free again. Four rescue vessels were stand ing by this morning. From 20 to 28 feet of water was reported in the ship's forward holds. The hull showed huge rips where the vessel pivoted on the deadly pinacle. Marine experts doubted the motorship ever would be refloat ed, but the veteran skipper, Capt. M. E. Cogle of Harwich, England, still clung to hope that his ship might go free at high tide later today. The Pacific Enterprise struck in a fog so dense that only after the crash and passengers were being taken ashore was the coast line visible. The five passengers, who were taken to San Francisco last night, said they had presumed the ship was 20 miles offshore. Child Born To Mother, Survivor Of Land Slide HOOD RIVER, Ore., Sept. 10. iJP) The expectant mother who survived a landslide at the logging town of Dee gave birth to a seven-pound, eight-ounce girl here yesterday. Both mother and daughter are doing well. The mother. Mrs. Reese Howell. 22. was in her home when tons of dirt and rock cascaded down from a steep hillside, crushing the house and killing her sister, Alta JoAnne Dow nard. 13. Mrs. Howell was saved by a refrigerator, which was pushed next to her and took the brunt of the shock as the house was carried 100 feet. She was partly ouriea, Dut was dug tree in minutes. Early Wiley Director Of Oregon Realtors PORTLAND, Sept. 10.-4JP) Ray J. Schumacher, Medford, Is the new president of the Ore gon Association of Real Estate boards. The realtors closed their 15th annual convention yesterday with election of officers. Among those named directors were Harold Mc Millan. Salem; Earl Wiley, Rose burg; E. C. Coates, Grants Pass; W. M. Peterson, Eugene; and Al bert C. Ullman, Baker. SPRINGFIELD MAN KILLED EUGENE. Sept. 10. UP) Darrole Leroy Mart, 28. SprlngjJ iiriu. was rwuru tally luu, in head-on collision of his car and a Los Angeles-Seattle freight truck. Joseph Gray. Eugene, who was riding with Mart, suffered serious head injuries. The accident oc curred eight miles east of Goshen on a straight stretch of the new highway. ROSEBURG, Quebec Air Crash Kills 23 Persons; Millionaire Dies SAULT AU COCHON, Quebec, Sept. 10. UP) A Canadian air liner exploded and crashed here yesterday killing 23 persons in cluding an American mining mil lionaire and his top two aides. Dead In the Clash third worst In Canadian history were E. Tap pan Stannard, president of the Kennecott Copper corporation, and a director of J. P. Morgan company, and two of his top ex-, ecutives Vice President R. J. Parker and Arthur D. Storke, president-designate of the $600, 000,000 Kennecott concern. All three men, from New York City, were reported enroute to northeast Quebec where deposits of titanium ore have been dis covered. Titanium Js a medium weight ore expected to bridge the gap between aluminum and steel. The sixteen other passengers, including three children, and crew of four all Canadians died in stantly. Eyewitnesses said the plane, a DC-3 turned suddenly in the air and plummeted toward a rocky bluff which rises several hundred feet from the St. Lawrence river at this town 40 miles east f Que bec city. Sheriff Elliott Predicts Recall Will Not Carry PORTLAND, Sept. 10. '.Tt Sheriff Marion Le Roy (Mike) Elliott of Multnomah county pre dicted today he would hold onto his office and unleashed a vitri olic attack on his detractors. In the mildest passage of a pre pared statement he referred to the "fair weather friends" who now are attempting to oust him by (A) recall and (B) having his security bond cancelled. Elliott predicted the $110,000 bond would not be cancelled. He said he was just back from a talk with officials of the Mary land Casualty company in Balti more and he announced: "I was assured there was no reason for my bond to be can celled.'' Then his statement went on to call his opponents "would-be ty rants, ex-criminals and grafters . , . leeches and parasites . . . bigots." He asserted they were using "every foul, dirty, dicta torial method in an effort to smear me." Greyhound Lines Resume Service SEATTLE. Sent. 10. UP) Main line buses rolled again today be tween Portland and the Canadi an border. An end to the 82 day north coast Greyhound lines strike was announced last night, and service started on the midnight schedule six hours later. A company of ficial said service was being re stored more rapidly than expect ed this morning. . William G. Hosie, federal labor conciliator, announced the end of the long tie-up. He said the un ion and company agreed to arbi trate five issues on their stale mated dispute. Numerous other issues were settled in confer ences In recent days. GOVERNOR CETS THE AXE Gove Douglas McKay, pictura above surrounded by Roseburg Paul Z,"'"'1 Banyan member., was literally given th. ae Thursday In spacial ceremonies at Salem's state - TheHuTgaTtan govern! fair race track. Charged with "lanctioning a so-called horse r.ce without permission of the ment accused eight former high Paul Bunyans," the governor took his medicine smilingly, much to the delight of the crowd, ranking communists today of Ha was granted th. title "Keeper of tha Bang-tails." Pictur.d abov. ar.. from left. Don Gum, "h"'..0 Wayi. Srooeh, Chuck Williamson. Gov. McKay. Frank Moor., Bill Tipton and Ceil Doty. Th. trm(1 h,p of Tito and the other seventh m.mb.r of th. group, I. B. Hicks, to.k th. picture. 'present lesders of Yugoslavia." OREGON SATURDAY, SEPT. Vicky 'Clean' Girl Catholic Sister States Defense Witness Takes Stand As Special Favor As Trial Is Continued That Victoria Sanders was "al ways a neat girl and clean about her personal habits." was at tested to by a Catholic sister who took the stand in the murder trial this morning. She was Sister Ann Bernadette, of the Catholic teaching order of Holy Names, who knew Vic toria at Christie home for de pendent girls in 1941. "Victoria has always regarded me as a big sister," she told the jury, "and asked counselling on numerous problems. She always confided in me." The sister was a special wit ness for the defense, who was allowed to testify because she had made a special trip to Rose burg for the trial. The state is not yet through with its case. Written Many Times Sister Bernardette said that Victoria had written to her many times after she went to Cali fornia. She knew that Victoria was living with Ralph Mojonnier. The state's witness on the stand this morning was Sgt. Jack H. Beers, assistant director of the State Police Crime Detection lab oratory, who described his exper iments with bullets fired through the .22 caliber rifle that was found beside Mojonnler's body. Defense Attorney Paul E. Ged des objected to much of his tes timony, because Its relevancy to the case was not established. From a clip of shells In the gun, he had taken one bullet (Continued on Pag Two). 2 Of 11 Persons Rescued After Cruiser Sinks NANTUCKET ISLAND. Mass., Sept 10. UP) Nine bodies were picked up by coast guard boats today after a 38-foot cabin cruiser swamped in heavy seas last night during a violent thun derstorm. Two others of the cruis er's passengers swam ashore. Une ol the survivors, Kusseii Palmer. 24, skipper of the Ill fated cruiser Constance, swam ashore here. The name of the second sur vivor was not learned. Those aboard the craft Included a protestant minister, the Rev. Hubert A. Allenby, and his fam ily, who chartered the vessel, Constance, for a trip to Nan tucket yesterday. Palmer was carried to the home of Mrs. Stanley C. H. Filch after he was found exhausted on the beach. Mrs. Fitch quoted Palmer as saying he started the long swim to Nantucket after banding to gether other members of the par ty floating in llfelackets. The yacht skipper was barely able to speak, Mrs. Fitch said, but mumbled something about 11 per sons three of them children struggling In the water. He also placed the time or the sinking at about five o'clock last night. ' v . p- uA) mm ;1 10. 1949 KIDNAPPED GIRL Police Nab Man With Child After Being Gone Over Night; Charges Are Filed PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10. CTi A five-year-old girl reported kidnapped yesterday at Trenton, N. J., was found alive and well here today with a man companion, Lieut. Francis Deegan of the U. S. And Britain Will Encourage World Bank Loans WASHINGTON. Sept. 10. UP) The United Stales, Britain and Canada decided today that they should encourage World bank and U. S. Export-Import bank financing In sterling area coun tries to help Britain overcome its economic crisis. A committee report adopted by the three-power conference on Britain's problems said it felt that a "properly directed flow of K reductive Investment" would eln not onlv in meeting Britain's current dollar shortage but would also assist the attainment ol a f roper balance between the Btit-sh-sterling area needed for dol lars and its ability to get them. The committee report, which was released by U. S. treasury Secretary Snyder, as spokesman for the conference, made tnese three main points: 1. The United States, Britain and Canada should seek through continuing study and consulta tion to remove obstructions to tne flow of private capital abroad- meaning that efforts are to be made to create opportunities ana provide incentives for American investors to put their money to work in foreign countries. 2. The conference then decided that "each of the three govern ments should encourage, and where feasible assist, prospective Borrowers to present wen con ceived projects which would qualify for financing" by the world bank. It was further de cided that countries which are In the sterling area that Is. which use the British pound sterl ing as their currency snouia oe encouraged to join the Interna tional fund and bank in cases where they do not already belong. 3. The group agreed mat tne World bank Is the "prime source for International financing of basic economic development from public funds" but that the United States Export-Import bank also may assist sterling area countries In financing purchases of Ameri can goods and services. Mrs. Oregon Is Finalist In Mrs. America Contest ASBURY PARK. N. J.. Sept. 10. (IP) Break out your best recelpe and primp up a little, you mar ried gals, and maybe you'll be Mrs. America. Thirty finalists for the ninth annual Mrs. America contest here will take part In the semi-finals tonight. Tomorrow, the nations top wedded beauty will be crowned. But good looks and a pleasing way of filling a bathing suit are not enough to win the $6,000 in prizes that go with the title. Mrs. America has to be on the ball in the kitchen, too. The 30 finalists include Mrs. Oregon, 525 E. 7th St., McMinn ville. Ore. 213-49 FOUND Falrmount Park guards reported Sergeant Morris Zwelgh said the man Identified himself as Gerald A. Hutt, 35, of Bridge port, Conn., and said he was en route to a job as cook at a Phil adelphia hospital. The girl and man arrived at Park Guard headquarters and police at once placed him in a cell. He was held without bail on charges of kidnapping and indecent assault. A small dark man of medium build, wearing a gabardine sport suit, he was smoking a dgaret and appeared exceedingly ner vous. In contrast the girl was bright and cheerful, chatting gaily with reporters and police. Child Hungry Park Guard Philllo Cclla said she "wolfed" a breakfast of coin flakes, milk and toast at the first police station stop. He added she had no supper the night be fore. A federal bureau of Investiga tion agent arrived at the station with police and went Into con ference with Magistrate Thomas E Costello. The federal "Lindbergh law" makes interstate transportation of a kidnapped person a federal crime fixes the maximum penalty at death In the electric chair. Sergeant Zwelgh quoted Hutt as saying the little girl had been in his car tnrougnout tne nignt but was not harmed. Janle. only child of Mr. and Mrs. John Franz, of Trenton, was reported missing late yesterday, Two of her playmates told police a man dragged ner into nis snan by car on a Trenton street and drove away. Miss America Finals Tonight At Atlantic City ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. Sept. 10 (jpt Who Is Miss America of 1949? That's the $25,000 question to night for 52 of the nation's most beautiful girls. But the contestants, who have come through three grueling days of preliminaries, won't even know w net her they ve reached the finals until the curtain goes up on the huge convention hall stage at 8 p. m. 18-year-old .Jacque Mercer Miss Arizona," can feel prettv hopeful about her chances at the $5,000 Miss America scholarship and new automobile, or at least part of the S20.000 in additional scholarships for the finalists. The lovely brunette from Litch field, Ariz., scored a second vic tory last night In the talent di vision. On Wednesday night Miss Mercer shared top honors In the bathing suit division with "Miss California." Last night's triumph was one of the few times in the 29-year history of the Miss America pag eant that a dramatic sketch has won a talent preliminary. Miss Mercer acted part of "Romeo and Juliet." 'Miss Illinois." a green-eved blonde bombshell from Chicago, won last night In the bathing suit class. She Is Trudy Germi, 18. Hawaiian Strike Nears Showdown NEW YORK. Sept. 10. UP) Peace talks aimed at settling the rtawanan oock strike moved Into the showdown stage today. U. S. Mediation Chief Cyrus S. Chlng met separately with Harrv Bridges, president of the CIO Longshoremen and Warehouse men's union and representatives of the Hawaiian employers coun cil preparatory to a joint session later in tne day. Bridges, breaking his silence for the. first time since the talks began last Wedeasday, said he saw no chance for a settlement unless the employers changed their posi tion. 'Their attitude on wages alone precludes any possibility of a set tlement," Bridges declared. "They Insist that any wage In crease must be less than 14 cents an hour, and 14 cents won't settle it." Former Communists Are A ...... .J .. LJ..- ! . Cotton Belt Train Stopped By Pickets Incident Said Mistake; Midwest Paralyzed ty Walkout Of Trainmen ST. LOUIS, Sept. 10. UP) . Service on the Cotton Belt rail, road's main line to the southwest was halted for several hours to day by trainmen on strike against the Missouri Pacific railroad. Union officials announced after a conference that interruDtion of Cotton Belt traffic resulted from a misunderstanding on the part of t a strikers. They Instructed strike directors to permit the Cot. ton Belt to resume full service. Meanwhile traffic on the far flung Missouri Pacific system came to a standstill. "We're not even trying to run a handcar," a spoitesman lor the road said. Five thousand trainmen were on strike and 22.500 other emoloves wera laid off. Stopptd By Pickets Several Cotton Belt trains wera stopped by a picket line of Mis souri Pacific strikers near Dupo, III., Just southeast of St. Louis, early today. ine cotton Belt uses Missouri Pacific tracks between Dupo and Illmo. R. E. Davidson, speaking for the four brotherhoods on strlka. said: "This thing that happened at Dupo was without a doubt caused through an error a mlsur.der. standing of what the trains con sisted of. Our men presumed that was an attempt tc run a Missouri Pacific train. That wasn't so." Ftw Trains Run A few Missouri Pacific trains completed their runs yesterday after the strike deadline passed but all traffic was at a standstill today. Other railroads and bus and truck companies struggled to move the 12,000 passengers and 250,000 tons of freight that the "Mo . Pac" the country's ninth largest rail system carries daily in ita lu-state territory. The strike began at 3 p. m. (EST) yesterday as engineers, firemen, conductors and other trainmen left their posts In a die. put over Interpretation of operat ing rules. However, those trains still rolling when the strike dead, line came finished their runs. Others had stopped earlier. No Camaramlsa ftsait As the strike began, there was no sign of a compromise move by either the railroad or the four unions Involved, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Loco motive Englnemen and Firemen, Railroad Tralnment and the Or der of Railway Conductors. Paul J. Neff, chief operating officer of the line, who called the strike "One of the most un justifiable In American railroad history," repeated that he is ready to let arbitrators settle the issue in dispute. R. E. Davidson, assistant grand chief of the Locomotive Engi neers, speaking for the brother hoods, said arbitration wouldn't end the strike. The union's stand is that the Issues In dispute are not subject to arbitration. Two Generals In 5 Per Cent Quiz Will Be Retired WASHINGTON. Sept. 10.M The army said today that one of two generals who figured in the Senate's "five percenter" Investi gation will be restored to active duty and the other will be re tired. Secretary of the Army Grav an nounced these actions: The application of Maj. Gen. Al ben H. Waitt, suspended chief of thearmy's chemical corps, lor re tirement will be approved. Maj. Gen. Herman Feldman will be restored to his post as quarter master general of the army effec tive todav. Gray suspended the two officers 1 on July 16 pending outcome of a Senate subcommittee investl- f;ation of the charges of Influence n government buying. Both men subsequently testified before the committee with regard to reports linking their names with that of James v. Hunt, a key figure in the inquiry Into activi ties of five perceters persona who collect a fee lor helping busi nessmen obtain government con tracts. As for Waitt. Gray said: "I have found no evidence of dishonesty or conduct justifying trial by Gray said Feldman had com mitted "errors of Judgment which I do not condone" but he added that Feldman has "convinced me that there will be no repetition of this lapse of Judgment." Notion Wide Alarm Out For Five Missing Boys D ANBURY, Conn., Sept. 10. UP) Connecticut state police broadcast a nation-wide missing persons alarm last night for five students overdue on a trip home from Alaska. Stale Police Lieut. Carlton Klocker Identified the five as Howard M. Colley Jr., 21; his 19-vear-old brother. Ralph; John Miiler. 21, and Alfred Adler. 19, all of Danbury, and Richard Hoi lingsworth. 21, of Yardley. Pa. The youths went to Alaska this summer to earn money for school hy working in a logging camp. They began the trip home in mid-August.