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U. Of 0. Library Comp. , j. Eugene, Oregon . ... . ... .jt'j row u u uL MISS AMERICA OF 149 Jecque Mercer, (Miss Ariional of Phoenix, Arix., on fht runway of Convention hall, Atlantic City, a moment after sh had bean crowned Miss America of 1949. The 18-year-old brunette triumphed over 51 competitors from the United States, Canada, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. (AP Wire photo I. MISS AMERICA CHOSEN Arizona Ranch Girl Gains Title In Finals; Challenge Is Issued By Mrs. America ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Sept. 12. l!P An Arizona ranch girl headed for the big city today to start her career as Miss America, 1949. Dark-haired, brown-eyed Jacque Mercer of the X-Bar-X ranch, Litchfield Park, Ariz., who won the title Saturday night, starts on a round of personal appearances that will take her back In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS T HE British government sud- mlts to the United States a four-point request for special tion It believes this country must make if the world is ever to see again relatively normal interna tional trade. The third of these points calls upon us to: "Base American policy on ineiar( "marriage first, career sec realization that, while American : ond," her immediate objectives exports are much larger than American Imports, overseas in vesemtns are essential. American Investment policies should be liberalized and the Investments .u..u K& . wlHlv ouuuiu --1 possible." THAT is to say: I Americans, who are about the'ning gowns. only people of consequence in the world who have any saved-up capital left (after the terrible t wastage of the last war) should (Continued on Page Four) . . , . L. w.i Grounded MOrorsnip Will Be Abandoned To Vtw,?? SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12 I terpart, Mrs. America, was se (JPt The British motorship Pad-, leoted yesterday at Asbury Park, fic Enterprise will be left to the ! 60 miles north of here on the Jer mercy of the wind and sea where spy shore, and promptly sug it ran aground off Point Arena, gested a "Miss-Mrs." comparison. 100 miles north of hpre. . Mrs. Frances L. Clovd of San All hope to salvage the aban- doned vessel was given up yes- containing1 worth of i terday. Her holds, one million dollars Canadian wheat, were flooded. 1 and beautiful. She suggested a I me accident occurred tatur The vessel ran aground early Fri-1 c o m p e t i t i o n "perhaps for i day n'ght while the 48-year-old da v in a fog. I charity." I senator and horseman was dnv- More U.S. Ships Go Into Mothballs With Pared Navy Budget For Coming Year WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. .P The navy, with an ear to pre dictions of broadscale reductions in military spending in the next fiscal year, already is getting ready to put more warships on the shelf. Starting later this month, the navy will begin to take ships out of the active fleet and tic them up. The program will continue throughout the rest or this year and in the first half of next. The idea is that by the time the navy starts operating with funds for inr l.:l uscai jrar i stalling nt-Ai ..!.. , . 1 . ...Ill U .. 1 .J I ihi r JLiu .PT ,hf h,..-r 7,. Iiciali about the budge a To the laid up fleet, along with several carriers, win go oincr ships that support modern day carrier task forces including de stroyers and probably some cruisers. The Defense department is scheduled to send the prelimin ary estimate of fiscal 1951's mon ey needs to the budget bureau on September 15. ; across the continent. The 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Mercer came here from her ranch home after winning the title Miss Arizona. As the new Miss America she fets a $5,000 scholarship and a 3,000 automobile, plus contracts ac-,for lne personal appearances. She won the awards over a field of 52 beautiful girls from 45 states, four major cities, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Canada. Marriage First Although her long-range plans are another' year at Phoenix Junior college and then Leland Stanford university. She's study ing dramatics, and it was a dra matic reading from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" that gave her hUm In hn tnlnnt iieinn :"'"; H'o" ""' ""-" "'"--" oi me pageant. Her figure 34-Inch bust. 22- inch waist, 34-inch hips gave her a first in the bathing suit division. The girls also appeared in eve- The shortest Miss America !e 1921 (fivet finches) pound.,), she neither drinks nor smoKes. ane designed an tne gowns she wore in the week-long beauty pageant. The tiny but trim Arizona girl 1 succeeds a live ieei nine men, ua ;poUnj Miss America of 1948. Miss Dieeo, Calif., 23-year-old mother oi tnree cnuoren, contended tnai a woman had to be married be - fore qualifying as really mature Most talk is that the overall budget for the army, navy and air force will be between $13,400,- 1 000.000 and S13.700.000.0CO. This would be at least one and half billion dollars less than 'he $15,283,000,000 budget for the fjsca, of 199 wmcn emJed ! junt. 3. Signs that the military can ex pect to tighten its belt have come especially from the navy high command In the last few days. One sharp hint was contained in a speech that under Secretary of the Navy Kimball gave in Richmond, Va. Other warnings (Continued on Page Two) The Weather Fair today and Tuesday; slightly warmer . Sua set today 4:29 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:50 a. m. Established 1873 Sutherlin Five Persons Drown In Sea Over Weekend Pacific City Tragedy Causes Three Deaths; Fifth Is At Coos Bay Harold Webster Curry, 29, Sutherlin truck driver, while fish ing, was drowned in the serf at Heceta head near Florence Sat urday at about 3 p. m., according to Douglas County Coroner Har ry C. Stearns. Stearns said Curry slipped off the rocks, striking his head as he fell: Curry was a veteran of World War II, serving a staff sergeant in the 91st division. Surviving besides the widow, Ellen, and one child, Jeanette, are his father and step-mother. Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Curry, Palmer, Ida.; lour brothers and a sister, Harry Earl Curry, Wooster, Ohio; Don Eugene Curry, Sutherlin: Kenneth Glenn Curry, Roseburg; Billie Edward and Betty Lou Cur ry, Palmer, Ida. Services, will be held In the Sutherlin, Methodist church Mon day at 2 p. m., with Rev. C. E. Brittain officiating and under the auspices of the Sutherlin Ameri can Legion post. Final services and interment will take place at Star, Ida. Arrangements are in care of the Stearns mortuary, Oakland. (By The AuocUt4j Preu Five persons drowned in the Pacific surf along the Oregon coast over the weekend, three of them at Pacific City where (Continued on Page Two) Warden Doubts Benson's Story Pinson Is Dead SALEM, Sept. 12 UPl State Prison Warden George Alexander was skeptical today that escaped convict John Pinson was dead and buried near here. William Benson, captured in Columbua, O.. last week, told Co lumbus police Saturday night that Pinson died of the wounds received when the two men went over the prison wall on Memorial Day. "Even if Pinson did die follow ing his escape, I don't believe he was buried in or near Salem," the warden said. "I am more in clined to believe Benson's story, told immediately afler his arrest in Ohio, that both he and Pinson were outside of Oregon within 24 hours after they scaled the prison wall." State police here also doubted Benson's story. They questioned that the two men could have re mained in the Salem area nearly a week and avoid the police drag net around the sector. Benson, who hadn't said any thing about Pinson during the first days of his capture, told the death sotry to Detective William E. Bonner in Columbus Saturday night. Sen. Wayne Morse Rests mm. U (j i auuru, uui uuiai inn lunula After Horse Throws Himjtralized it before It exploded. SALEM, Ore., Sept. 12. UP) Senator Wayne L. Morse (R Oregon) was confined to a hos pital here today after being thrown from a racing buggy at the Oregon State fair horse show. He was not seriously hurt, but haJ. been knocked unconscious. pulled by his show horse. Sir Lau rel Guy. The cart skidded on a turn and rolled over. He was car ried unconscious from the arena but revived at the hospital. Dr. E. S. Fortner reported X ray pictures revealed no broken bones. He ordered the senator to rest for a few days in the hospital. The accident was the second of almost identical circumstances In three nights for Senator Morse. He had walked away from the earlier upsetting. Oregon State Fair Ends With Record Attendance SALEM. Sept. 12. P The week-long Oregon State fair closed yesterday with a new at tendance record. In spite of the rain that fell in the past three oavs. Total attendance was 266,645, which was 2.500 more than the previous mark set last year. A new netting marK or $447, 919 was established for the horse races. The old record was $355, 652 In 1948. WAC LEADER DIES ATLANTA. Sept. 12 (. Misa Jessie Pearl Rice of Griffin. Ga., wartime deputy director of the WAC, died yesterday after a long Illness. . . ROSEBURG, Man Loses Life ST" ASSOCIATE JUSTICE Wiley B. Rutledge of the U. S. Su preme Court, above, died Sat urday night following a cer ebral hemorrhage at a hospital in York, Me. IAP Photol. Truman To Delay Appointment To Succeed Rutledge WASHINGTON, Sept. 12-WP) President Truman is expected to wait a while before naming a new Supreme court justice to take the place of the late Wiley Rutledge. Especially he is expected to wait if his choice is Attorney Gen eral J. Howard McGrath as most political observers antici pate. McGrath has been attorney general for less than three weeKs and Mr. Truman may want to keep him in the justice depart ment ior a lime. The next term of the Supreme court win open uci. a, tul it is not essential that all its nine places be filled at the start. As ii is, there will be one newcomer- Former Attorney General Tom Clark. When Clark was appointed to the court and McGrath was nam ed to succeed him as attorney general, the understanding around Washington was that Mc Grath had next call on a Su preme court vacancy. That vacancy was created by the death Saturday night of Jus tice Rutledge at York. Me., fol lowing a cerebral hemorrhage. Rutledge's death came less than two months after that of Justice Frank Murphy, whose spot Clark will now take over. Funeral services for Justice Rutledge, 55, will be held Wed nesday at the Washington Unitar ian church, which he attended. The body was brought from New England last night. Turkish Consulate Is Bomb Explosion Target ISTANBUL, Turkey. Sept. 12. (JP) A bomb exploded at the lurKish consulate in Plovdiv, Hul garia, last Friday the semi-official news agency Anatolia re ported today. There were no deaths, the re port said. Another bomb was discovered Saturday morning, the agency added, but Bulgarian militia neu- The Turish minister has asked the Bulgarian government to investigate. 1 5 I tsL ' " . COUNTY EXHIBIT AT STATE FAIR This it how Douglas county's exhibit appeared at the state fair in Salem last weak. Tha display featured two cut-out wooden figures repre senting loggers bucking a tree. These figures ware displayed at the county fair in Rote burg. Fruits and vegetable! grown in Oouglat county alto ware on display. Paul Abeel, man ager of the county fair, wat in charge of this exhibit at tha tteta fair. (Columbia ttudiot, Portland.) OREGON MONDAY, SEPT. Blood Sight Brings Vicky Out Of Daze Sgt. Harrell Testifies Accused Remembered Seeing Mojonnier On Bed A broken medicine bottle and the sight of blood on her cut fingers brought Victoria Ganders out of her da.e, enabling her to rememoer Kaipn Alojonnier as ne looked on the bed the last time she saw him. State Police Sgt. Lyle Harrell testified in Vic toria's murder trial this morn ing. As the trial moved into its sec ond week, the state recalled Sgt. Harrell to the stand this morn ing, and also called former Dep uty Sheriff and Mrs. J. H. Wil liams as witnesses. Williams and his wile were jailer and matron when Victoria was held in ths county jail two years ago. Said In Dan In previous testimony. It was brought out that Victoria had been in a "daze" when she fled the scene of Mojonnler'i death, in their house about two miles S2L0,,r'& ,8.'1.1LdiSply entered the night of the woke up' 'on a Portland bound bus after cashing four worthless checks in Drain. Sgt. Harrell tetif led that, ... an interview with Victoria in the county Jail, Nov. 15, she had regained her memory as the re sult of dropping a medicine bot tle, and seeing the mood on ner hands as she picked up the pieces iiuni uie ui "When I hands every t Ij kept seeii Hlph - hi from the floor. saw blood on my everything went black and seeing more Diooa ana M looKeo va me nea the last time I saw him," Vic toria told the Wiliiamses, who calmed her down when they dis covered her shrieking in her (Continued on Page Two) Forest Grove Ordered To Stop River Pollution PORTLAND, Sept. 12. UP) State Sanitary commission offi cials have ordered Forest Grove to stop polluting the Umatilla river. The order followed discovery of thousands of dead fish float ing in the river. The destruc tion of the fish life was blamed on the dumping of liquid sew age waste Into the river by the Foreat Grove municipal disposal plant. First Violator Arrested On Non-Stop Bus Law Arrest of the first alleged vio lator of Oregon's new school bus stop law was reported to day by Sheriff O. T. "Bud" Car ter. Sheriff deputies arrested Delco Hugene Groves. Melrose route, for failing to stop his car while a school bus was loading. The law, passed by the recent legislature, makes it mandatory to stop if meeting or overtaking a school bus which is loading or unloading. Cars are to remain stopped until the bus resumes forward motion. Lawmakers pro vided for a possible fine of "not more than" $100 to be levied against offendors. Groves was cited to appear In Justice court today. Tl?fr if 4 ST MA -4 12, 1949 at Heceta Beach FALL OPENING Annual Affair To Tie In With Dedication Of New Street Lighting System Final plans are being made for the "biggest and best" Fall Opening Roseburg has ever seen, according to Roland West, president of the Retail Merchants association. Working in conjunction with city officials, the Fall Opening is to coincide with the Inauguration of Roseburg's new "great white way" street lighting system Wednesday evening. Sept. 21. West said the city and the com pany, which conti acted to install the lights, are working feverish lv to have all in readiness by that time. Included in this year's Fall Opening will be a repeat of the "treasure hunt," which proved so popular with citizens last year. Prizes offered this year will oe even better than last. West said. They will be on display In each store window at 7:30 p. m., Sept. 21, at the time of the unveiling of windows. Merchants will be competing against each other for the dis tinction of having the "best dressed window" In town. Impar tial tudges, chosen by the News- Review, will view each window Fall Opening, with pictures o( the rize-winners published the fol owing day. A fiala celebration, complete with band music and an official street light Inauguration pro gram to be broadcast over the air, will be offered. Fall Opening planners have also made tenta tive arrangements for street dances, featuring local musicians. Roseburg Lions State 100 Per Cent Attendance A 100 percent attendance night Thursday, Sept. 15, is the they Join other chapters of the hope of Roseburg Lions as International Association of Li ions clubs in competition for awards In the 1949-50 attendance contests. This week, Sept. 11-16, has been designated 100 percent at tendance week oy the cnicago headquarter! of the Lions In ternational. Attractive prizes will be offered the 365,000 mem- ben of 7.175 clubs in 25 differ ent countries. In addition to club awards, attendance awards to Individu als will be given members with outstanding records of unbrok en atendance during the 32 con secutive weeKs in wnicn tnis annual contest Is In progress. Many local Lions have earned Individual awards for perfect at tendance, ranging from one to five years. During last year's contest, the Roseburg Lions club was presented a plaque of recog nition for its attendance record. Driver Cited To Appear Following Car Accident Marvel Mahala Van Horn. Roseburg, was cited for viola tion of the basic rule Sunday morning when the car he was driving went out of control one mile north of Mvrtle Creek on highway 99, State Police Sgt. Lyle Harrell said today. Sgt. Harrell said Van Hoi n failed to negotiate a curve, sheared off a tree and hit the bank before coming to a stop. He was not seriously injured. 401 .V 1 '- 'ii.'-r-f's 21449 DATED Several Small Fires Located In Forest Area Observation made from the air this weekend has discovered sev eral more fires In the Umpqua National and Douglas county for ests, spokesmen said today. All the fires are termed small. Ray Hampton, forest service assistant in charge of fire pro tection, said a previously re ported fire near Johnson butte and a new fire In the Emlle area were found as a result of flying over forest service lands. The Johnson butte fire had been re Dorted bv lookouts hut evnpt In. cation of the blaze was not pre- viuusiy Known. Dispatcher U. F. McLaughlin of the Douglas Forest Protective association said three crews were out chasing smoke as a result of air observation reports made oy ueorge f elt, pilot. Fire crews have tentatively lo cated one blaze, in the coast range loot hills, but another crew has been unable so far to find a fire said to be In the Bear moun tain vicinity. Supplim were dropped to the latter fire crew to enable them to keep up witru Both Hampton and McLaugh lin expressed the fear that smol dering "sleeper" fires would break out within the next few days. They said the recent rains aided fire combatting efforts by checking the spread but fires are known to be smoldering until the ground, and underbrush is dry. Weather forecasts call for cleai1. lng weather with a drying east wind reported to be prevailing in the mountain forest areas. Hampton said a more thorough check of the Diamond lake area would be made this afternoon when Felt flies a forest service ranger over the district, landing and taking off with a small plane on the present air strip at Dia mond lake. Meanwhile, the pri mary lookout system is in ef fect in other areas. Hearing Is Scheduled On Fluid Milk Prices A public hearing to consider revision of minimum priced paid producers for fluid milk and wholesale and etall prices to consumers In the Douglas County Marketing area will be held in the city hall, Roseburg, Thurs day, Sept. 15. at 1:15 n.m.. the State Milk Marketing administra tion announced. Melvln J. Conklin, examiner for the Milk Marketing adminis tration, is In charge of the hear ing which is expected to estau lish official data for minimum milk and cream price schedules under conditions now prevailing in this area. The Douglas county hearing Ik one of a series being held to In vestigate costs and other factors affecting the production and dis tribution of milk in the bottle Flying Captain Who Charged Navy Offensive Scuttled Gets Backing Of Navy Head WASHINGTON, Sep. 12. (.B The head of the naval air train ing program spoke out strongly today In support of tha flying captain who charged that navy offensive strength Is being scuttled. "When John Crommelln, a great naval officer and a very superb naval aviator, speaks, the American peP' should listen Theft Of Two Cameras From Car Is Reported Theft of two expensive ram eras from the car of a Eugene man was announced today by Police Chief Calvin H. Baird. Balrd said the man, Identified only as "Mr. Gordon of Eugene," left his car overnight at a local hotel parking lot and discovered the los when he returned to It the following morning. The cameras were described as a Speed Graphic news-type cam era, equipped with a costly range finder and lens, and a German made Welta camera with a spilt back. Local police are continuing In vestigation of the theft this week. . Abbott Gives Late Account To Reporters Job Is Still For From ' Complete, But Progress Said Very Encouraging - WASHINGTON. Seot. 12. (.? Canadian Finance Minister Douglas Abbott said today the United States, Britain and Canada have agreed on a pn &ram of Immediate iteps to com at Britain's dollar crisis. In a speech prepared for a na tional press club luncheon, Ab bott declared that finance and foreign policy ministers of the three countries, now closing their week-long meeting here, have made very encouraging progress." He said, however, that the lob is far from complete and that there is "no prospect of lmmedl- . ate relief from all our difficul ties." Of positive accomDllsh- ments, he said: Agra On Direction We have determined what steps can be taken at this time, and above all, we have agreed on tne airection in wnicn we must work. Each of our governments must constantly re-examine the adequacies of our policies in the light of the ultimate goal (of pre venting recurrent dollar-shortage crises.) Abbott did not spell out what the steps would be. But he did say that "We have made a good beginning and clearly Indicated that the three nations had agreed to close and continuing consulta tion to get Britain out of its im mediate financial hole and to keep It outr A three-power communique wai expected during the day. Greater Freedom In advance, however, officials familiar with the work of the conference said the proposed steps will include 11) greater freedom for Britain in spending Marshall plan dollars for Cana dian wheat and (2) acceptance by the United States of Britain's need to discriminate against American goods in order to con serve dollars. Abbott spoke at the press club (Continued on Page Two) 2 Senate Groups Stamp Approval On Arms Funds WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. UP) Two senate committees today Jointly stamped formal approval on a $1,314,010,000 plan for re-, arming friendly nations against Communism. The final vote 20 to 3 cleared the way for the arms bill to go to the Senate. There it faces another fight by a group determined to make a deep cut In the total -spending. The senate Foreign Relatione and Armed Services committees voted for this arms program: $1,000,000,000 for the North Atalntic pact nations divided 50 50 between cash and contract au thorization and with some re striction on use of the cash. $211,370,000 for Greece and Turkey. $27,640,000 for Iran, Korea and the Philippines. $75,000,000 to aid anti-Communists in China with President Truman to spend the money where he sees fit without making anv report to congress. The bill Is in the form of an authorization. Funds must be pro vided later by appropriation. Ralph Ohman Is Elected State Printers Director TIMBERLINE LODGE, Ore.," Sept. 12 Master prlntera of Oregon have re-elected six di rectors at their annual conven tion session here. The directors were Ed Turn bull, Eugene, who has been pres ident the past year; Jack Biggs, Pendleton; Otto Smith, Klamath Falls: Ralph Ohman, Roseburg; Phil Bladine. McMinnvllle; and Orrin M. Downey, Portland. to him." . Those were the closing words In a statement by Rear Admiral Austin K. Doyle of Glenview, 111. Crommelln issued a statement Saturday In which he protested that navy power Is being wrecked In the Pentagon, headquarters of the armed services. He said it la being "nibbled to death" and navy morale destroyed. The navy and air force for sev eral vears have engaged In a bit ter dispute over their respective roles In strategic warfare. The 46-year-old captain said that In making his statements he knew he was breaking regula tions and expected he was throw lng overboard his 30-year navy career. A navy spokesman told a re porter today, however, that (Continued on Pag) Two)