U. Of 0. Library Euge&e, Oregon. J9ssakj-- MISS MARJOftK ZILLIt petes here with the Oregon Bankers association perpetual trophy, which she won in 1948. The trophy it presented enitveHy te outstanding 4-H club member for leadership and achievement. Min Zeller il returning, to Oregon State college this yeer at sophomore. Thii was the first time she hat had tha trophy in Reseburg tinea (ha wan tha award. A Roseburg high graduate, ha il tha daughter of Mr. and Mr. Oala ZeHer, Iraeltway. (Picture by Paul Jenkins). . FALL OPENING AWAITED Bands To Donate Services; Western-Style Dancing In Streets To Follow Program A western jamberee band with services donated by Local 539 of the AT. of M., will provide four hours of free dancing to Roseburr residents downtown merchants celebrate this year's Stockman Lists Eisenhower As GOP Candidate KLAMATH FALLS, Sept. la ta?) The Republicans have their pick of five good presidential can didates to throw at the Democrats in 1952, or at least the prospective candidates look good to Congress, man Lowell Stockman. . The Oregon 2nd district repre sentative, speaking before local Republicans here Saturday night, listed the five men he considers outstanding presidential timber as: 1 Senator Wherry of Nebras ka. 2 Senator Taft of Ohio. 3 Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts. 4 Harold Stassen. 5 Dwight Eisenhower. The last named is a shoo-in. Stockman said, if he chooses to run and leans more toward the Re publican party than toward Jhe Democrats. Mdjfr1 Airport Show Draws Crowd Of 15,000 MEDFORD, Sept. 19. An air show staged here yesterday by air forces and national guard air units from Oregon and California drew a crowd of 15,000 to the municipal airport. Airmen of company B. Salem national guard, staged a mock bat , tie in which they were credited with capturing the field. Jet fight ' ers from California were a part of the spectacular maneuvers of military aircraft. Speakers included Gov. Douglas McKay and Seely Hall, a vice president of United Airlines and the company's first Medford branch manager. Chamber of commerce officials reported a plan to extend the air port and purchase acres in the Camp White grounds. Three Roseburg Policemen Place Among Top Men In Officer's Shoot At Ashland Three Roseburg city policemen gave an excellent account of themselves at Ashland Sunday, where they participated in the southern Oregon police officers pistol shoot. Of approximately 45 policemen who entered the shoot, three of Roseburg's four representatives placed among the top ten. Pa trolman Everett Vincent placed third, behind two Klamath Falls pistol experts. Officers Brown and Adkins. Patrolman Don Star mer placed seventh and Sgt. Wil liam Burke ranked eighth. Hopes that the Roseburg team would take top honors were dasrt ed the dav before the competition when Assistant Chief Al Hughes, the force's sharp shooter, cut his shooting hand on a power saw. He entered the competition, but had to shoot left handed. Chief Calvin H. Baird, who a comnanied the group, termed the Ashland pistol range "an excel tffe Wednesday night to help local grand Fall Opening. A gala street ca nee will begin rieht after the street light inaur ural ceremonies at 8 D.mM and will ' last until 10 -o'clock. ' The nine-oiece western band will per form in the stand in front of the U.S. National bank, on the corner of Oak and Jackson streets. Western-style dancing will con tinue at the Koseourg armory at 10 D.m. until midnieht. The entire entertainment wilt be free to the public. The musi tian'a union is providing the mu sic and the Rosebur Retail Trades association is paying the rental for the armory. The western band will take over where the Roseburg senior high school band leaves off in providing music for the evening of Fall Opening festivities. The city's new street lighting system wiil be turned on at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Al FlegeL Following a half-hour program of talks and band music, the crowd will dis perse to witness the unveiling of merchanls' display windows and participate In the street dance. Each merchant will have dis played In his window the prize and the winning ticket for the Treasure Hunt, tickets for which are now being given away at var ious local stores. Five Art HospitaKictJ In Crash Near Medford MEDFORD, Sept. 19 ,W Five persons were in a hospital here today and another was under medical care after a two-car. col lision at Lake of the Woods. Injured in one car were Mra, Thomas Neeley, 35, whose hus band operates the Lake of the Woods lodge resort, and her three children, Darlene, 14. LeRoy 13, and Ronnie. 5. In the other car were Henry Tjolker, 23, and James Addington, 18, both of Rogue river. The cars met on a curve at the south end of the lake area. All were badly cut and only Addington was not in the hospital. lent range In a beautiful setting." He said the city of Ashland do nated the range grounds and ar ranged for a bulldozer to level the required area at the base of the hill. The city also plans to sow grass on the range and maintain it as part of the city's beautiful park system. Lumber for the tange stands and picnic tables was donated by the various lum ber companies of the area. Sun day's pistol meet was topped bv an open pit barbecue feed, pro vided by ihe Ashland Elks lodge. Chief Baird said regular com petition has been planned for the future, wilh tentative plans laid (Continued on Page Two) s'aa fVo4rtiiof fair and slightly wrasse Ml it fffttfVM Ift4jaf90titdj d4t4alfA44f today i:2 p. m. Smarts tomorrow :Sa av m. Isteblithed 1173 Nations 'No Pension, No Work' Is Diggers' Cry Action Srtmmtnfj From Rofwoi Of Companies For Royalty Payments PITTSBURG. Seot. 19. Coal mines shut down across the nation today as John L. Lewis' diggers struck again on their own this time crying "no pen sion, no work." Actually, miners pent-up feel ings are aimed at southern coat operators who refused any more 20 cent per ton royalty payments into the welfare fund until a new contract is signed. The re fusal prompted Lew is' suspension of welfare benefits. Production of anthracite (hard coal) and bituminous (soft coal) is being choked off by anger of the United Mine Workers over President Lewis suspension of pension and welfare fund pay ments. Most of the UMW's 480.000 members are expected to be idle by nightfall. Seek Contract Lewis said the welfare pay stop is due to the fund running low on cash. But It's all part of the UMW fight for a new contract, he'a deadlocked with operators after prolonged talks. Walkouts started last midnight and gained headway over the coal fields today as come-to-work whistles blew in vain. UMW lead- (Continued on Page Two) NLRB Sets Order For Hanford Plant Union Bargaining . WASKINOTOAV Sept. 19 CPS Rejecting a contention that na tional security was involved, the National Labor Relations Board has ordered a collective bargai.i ing election for guards at the Hanford, Wash., atomic plant. A three-man NLRB panel has directed that an election be held within 30 days from Sept. 14. It will determine whether plant and Richland Village patrolmen wish to be represented by the Hanford Guards Union, Local 21, International Guard Union of America. The General Electric Company, which operates the atomic plant lor the government, was said by the NLRB to have opposed the guard union "on the ground that to permit collective bargaining by a union for the plant patrol men would not be conductive to national security," The NLRB said it found "no conflict between self-organization of the guards for purposes of collective bargaining and the faithful performance of their duty." It also rejected an employer contention that the Richland Village oatrolmen should not he included in a bargaining unit with plant guards. , Dreams Do Com Trac; $1000 Is Found In Shoo WENONA. III.. Sept. 19.-t.P Dreams do come true, insists George Brunski his did to the tune of $1,000. The money has been forwarded, he said, to Mrs. Pauline Shope of Central Point. Ore., sole benefici-1 ary of the estate of a coal miner named Matt Vallerich. Rrurwkt said Mrs. Shooe had visited the home of the coal miner in hope of finding money that folks here believed Vallerich kept hidden. She returned home with out money. erunsKi saia ne areampu 01 una - Ing soma money in the toes of an Brunski said he dreamed of find old pair of brown shoes. His, friends scoffed at his story, he said, but he kept looking and finally found some brown shoes that Vallerich owned. Out of the toes he dug a wadded money belt containing nine $100 bills and five $20s. Drivers Ar Uninjured In Myrrio Creek Crash Attempting to pass another ve hicle on the Pacific highway, three miles south of Roseburg j Saturday afternoon, a car operat ed by Lesyn C. fcvener 01 Kose burg struck a third automobile, then went off the highway. State Police Sgt. Lyle H. Harrell re ported. The "automobile struck I by Evener's machine was driven bv Howard Glen New comb, Myr tle Creek. There were no injur ies. Sgt. Harrell said Evener was cited for driving without an op erator's license. GIDEONS NAME EUGENE PORTLAND. Sept. 19 The Gideon society of Oregon has named Eugene as the site for its 1950 convention, Thomas Dryden, Portland, was named president at the conclusion of this year's session. Coat Miners Refuse To Enter Pits CHAIN REACTION British Pound Devaluation Sets Up Speculation In Markets Throughout World WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. . The chain reaction of British pound-devaluation which cheapened numerous other currencies overnight today was expected to sweep rapidly over Europe, the pound-using areas elsewhere and Into Latin America. Murray Declares Pension Accord Is Strike Basis WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. (.ft Philip Murray declared today! that "1 he only hope of averting a strike" of 1,000,000 ClO-steelwoi k-i ers is through settlement of their pensions dispute at government- step, Britain must make some arranged conciliation sessions j agreement on the so-called "steri Murray, president of the CIO, Ung balances" actually, war debts made his statement to Cyrus S. held hv India F.mnt nt nthn . j . i filing, iiiiaiff?fi uumm, ami TO steel industry representatives j summoned to peace talks by tuning. Murray said the only chance of sidestepping a strike scheduled ; lor next 4unday is to conclude a settlement here and now on the basis of the board a recommend lions." He referred to the recommen dations of a presidential fact-find ing ooaro, me ooara recom mended no fourth round wage In crease but proposed a "package" of company-financed pensions and social insurance to cost up to 1U cents per hour per worker, Mtr-.at? caif- " "We are ready and we will pro ceed now to negotiate with any and all companies and to conclude a prompt settlement on the basts of the board's recommendations." "It is in the national interest that all parties do so if the strike in the .teel. Industry ia 40 be' Officers Arrest Two Youths On Robbery Charge Cooperation between Reedsport Police Chief Harry McCabe of Reedsport and Roseburg state po lice officers Sunday resulted in the apprehension of two Oregon youths, charged with commission oi wo jewnies, 3,a,e roiit-e gu Lyle Harrell said today. According to Sgt. Harrell, the two men, Edward Lincoln Burk- holder and Hans Albert Selfors, were arrested Sunday at 10:47 p. m. as they were allegedly speed ing away irom ine scene 01 an armed robbery, committed less 1 than an hour and a half before. They were arrested bv state police on highway 38 near the Etkton tunnel. Harrell said the two are thought to have robbed the Echo resort, located between Reedsport and Scottsburg, of $29 in cash. He said the two men used a .22 auto matic rifle in the holdup. They were cited to appear before Reedsport Justice of Peace Fred M. Wright today on charges of armed robbery and larceny from an automobile. The latter charge resulted from a complaint that the pair had taken several articles from a car parked in front of Reedsport's Umpqua hotel. Selfors and Burkholder, de scribed by Sgt. Harrell as being "six feet and six feet two and one- half Inches, respectively" told po- lice officers they were Botn 17 years old and listed Coos Bay as their home address. They will be brought to the I county jail in Roseburg this after- noon, following trteir appearance in Reedsport's justice court. Drunk Driving Chorf : , , . rOUf,BT AgaifHT I WO - Two parsons were Jailed over the weekend on charges of drunken driving and were to be arraigned in justice court this morning. State Police Sgt. Lyle H. Harrell reported. He named them as: Raymond Leo Helton, 45. of Myrtle Creek, arrested near Can yonville driving while allegedly Intoxicated, and Edward Samara. Dillard. arrested 11 miles soutrt of Roseburg. aiso driving while allegedly intoxicated. Sgt. riai.-eli said Samara's wife. Ann, was arrested at the same time and charged with drunken nesa upon a public highway. She also was loogea m me coumy jau pending arraignment today. Elliott Recoil Campaign To Wind Up This Week PORTLAND, Sept. IS i.4i Officials of the campaign for a recall election against Sheriff M. L. Elliott planned today to wind up their petition work this week. Chairman Thomas L. Galch said 29.494 signatures had been obtained by Sunday. He was con fident the petitions still outstand ing would bring the total to the required 30.365 before tne Oct. 11 deadline. ROSHURS, ORIGON MONDAY, There was every sign that the International monetary fund, with which 48 nations must dear any currency change, wiii have heavy work l.t coming days and weeks. ..meriean otficais welcomed the 304 per cent cut in the pound from (4.03 to $2.80, and the cor resnonriii& cut hv ! hr mim. tries. For Britain unit for mfwrx -i nhinirtnn nffinala mi th.r v-her measures are necessary, Thev hinted that, as an early . J . r . payment Payment or Payment on these last year cost Britain $400,000,000 worth of goods, with no goods received in (Continued on Page Two! Stafford Cripps Says British Must Redouble Efforts LONDON, Sept. 19. W$ itr Mat for a cripps said loony the British must "redouble alt our ef forts to export goods now that the oound has been cheapened. J!.i'.ni i n it tha Miaittta a( tKav ' - . . ... . Washington dollar talks, the chan-1 eeilor of the exchequer told a: news conference; ' I "We agreed to create appropri-1 ate incentives to export to the itoKsr arsnd make vigorous! attack on prooucwon. Well, we have created the Incentive, ail right." The pound Is now officially worth only $2.S0, compared with the previous $4.03. The British hope this will stimulate exports by lowering the selling price of British goods. "If we are to succeed In reach In)' a long term solution of the dollar-sterling problem," Crlpns said, "we must reeard it as a joint tone requiring joint action Ana I nat, he added, waa tne oo- j ject of the Washington confer- ence. I Cripps tossed out what could be (Interpreted as a hint that the la- 5 bor government Intends to soften its attitude toward private in- dustry. Rosoburf't Gas Koto Is Orori Cut ly Utilities Commbsiorwr SALEM, Sept. 1( tm Six Oregon cities set a S percent cut m tticir gas rates today. They are served by ths Cal iforma'Paetfte Utilities com pany, whscft rsduesd Its ratss because prices sf Houefied pe troleum gas dropped. This gas ts the bast tor tha gas used by ine sis cities. Public Utilities Cemmissis-rt-tr Geefgs K. Flags, who eraer- d trt reduction, said It amount ts $113,600 a year. Th cities, and tha amount of reduction in each, are: Kljm ath Fails tZMWO, Roseburg !8.900,Grnli Pass 1 1 3.400, Medlars 34,000, Ashland !!, MO, L. .irna ,060. p n HOP WHtM OU ARi That's he command Uyed by these m.mban. Ronald Kasoer. left, and John Lewis. Shown above aarb tWnithad by the Rosaburf Lions stub, this will be who drive by the city's tcheott during busy hour. Renald, waartRf the atfteial toul weather aar" and John, farbed ti the faff weather uniform, ere warninf drivers tto while they conduct their St. Joseph's elatsmstet scrots the street, Police Chief CsMtt IsEfd seid the boys' word it law in ttialr respective districts. Offenders will be hailed t MuoteSp! court s face eheroet. The School lay Patrol tyttem, tiader the direetien ef Sj levin lest, it now fimctioiwBS at all five ef the eify'i erede schsslt a tstsl ef M bey patrolmen, The Lfsnt club, at part ef their safety prearsm, furnished bright yallaw reiitaeet d fcafs, Sara Irawa belts, tun hats and be das. ( Picture by Paul Jenkins!, SIFT. If, 14 Truth Serum Will Be Used For Victoria Jut9 Wimiwriy Mays Scutate!? WbR Tif b Mod Wirit New Dr.j "Truth serum will be used to learn if Victoria Sanders can remember anything more about the death of Ralph Mojonnier, than she recalled during her mur der trial last week. Victoria was to have been sen tenced this morning on a man slaughter conviction, but Circuit judge Carl E. Wimberiy granted a delay pending an experiment with sodium penathoL the so eclied "truth serum "In my own mind I sincerely believe 'b the innocence of this ffrt," said Defense Attorney Paui I Geddes. in requesting the judge for a delay In imposition of sentence. Ceddes said he had talked the matter over with District At torney Robert G. Davis, and that the latter had agreed to the use of the truth serum, if Victoria gives her consent. -Ceddes pointed out that the truth serum has not been used extensively In Oregon courts, but that a certain statf member of the Roseburg Veterans hospital would be qualified to administer it. He said he also knew of one or two others in the state who could administer the drug. He explained that sodium pena. thai is a drug which renders persons almost unconscious, but , mil. i . 11, iu aurawc-F i : fully questions put to them permits them to answer truth- re- (Continued on Page Two) Mll( CORVICT wf - vvl"ll Believed Same As Idaho Fugitive SPOKANE. Sept, 19 An answer was sought today ts the case of a convicted murderer, reported buried in two places but believed by police to be alive and sought for an armed robbery in Idaho, The mizzle Is John O. Ptnaot who escaped from the Oregon State prison at Saiem May JO. A Spokane detective, D. E. Lam phier, said Saturday his offic? has "positive proof that Plnaon and Joseph Anthony Dorian, the Ida no lugtuve, are one aim tne same. Pinson death was reported by William Benson, who accompan ied Pinson on his escape. He tol J police when captured at Colum bus, Ohio, that Pinson was shot In the escape and later died. Ben son said he buried his companion, hut his stories varied. One time he said he buried Pinson in North Idaho; later he said It waa near Salem. Benson arrived here last night with a police escort. He prob ably will be asked to prove his story by showing the grave. Lamphier said a picture of Dor ian has been identified "positive ly as that of Pinson. Dorian l sought for an armed robbery committed at Gooding. Idaho. He was cornered last Wed nesday at Coeur d'Alene but es caped into the woods, Pinson was sentenced ts life imprisonment In 1947 for slaying a state patrol officer who sought to question him at Hood River, Ore. , 220-4 ACTOR DIES Frank Morgan Passes Sunday BOLLYWOOD. Sept. 19. Actor Frank Morgan he at (he harried manner and embarrassed f latisth is dead. The veteran stage, movie and radio comic, who In real life took events so calmly he once slept through the victory of his own yacht in hotly contested race to Honolulu, died yesterday dur ing his sleep. He waa 58. His wife of 34 years. Alma, noticed he had stopped breath ing and called an inhalafsr squad. - An hour's effort was futile. ' ' Morgan had Just finished a picture. "Keys To The City." wish Clark Gable and Loretta Tfoung, on Thursdv, but he did not teem unduly tired, it was his 68th film. His latest-released! movie was "The Stnrttsn Story," In which he oortraved baseball scout. Amonc his top films were "The Great Zteirfeld.' "Naughty Mari etta" and "tireeti ootpmn reet. He also hf.i his own. radio show for- a time. Emergency Board Denies Rail Claim j WASHINGTON, Sept. 19-tm A Presidential Emergency board today rejected union demand that railroads assign a second lireman on diesel locomotives. Saving there is r need far an extra fireman on any type of die sel locomstive now In use, the board turned down the request made bv the Brotherhood of Lo comotive Firemen sad Engine men, The board also rejected union demands for: - J. A fireman sit rail motor cars; and - J, Equalisation of pay for fire men on ofiburning and electric teeomottvea with pay scales on coal-burning and dteael locomo tiven, Keeently the same board had denied a plea of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers for a second engineer on dleseta. , Metifortf Fear Grower Await Gvrnmtnr Word MEDFORD, Sept. 9 Ps-Pfar growers In the ftngue valley are walling word expected this week en whether the government will be purchasing their fruit this win ter. Shipments so far this season -tm have misled 1.I5S carloads. Of ! Those flying goodwill ambaas these, the government has taken I dors of Oregon flsn another 39 carloads. The federal buying is scheduled to hait Thursday, w Roibffl Schesi toy fatrai as they medal the new safety fsmihar sijfct to isssi mofsrwts Effects Felt By British, Yorld Powers Mv 0.pet SmtMe T $ firipir FfMt Tnr loflkntprcy LONDON, Sept 19, W A 30.5 percent cut in the defter value of the pound sterling Bit the British public today lit a blow in the ICae. There was ft nanctol turmoil the world ovr. The labor government, to. desperate gamble to save the j?. lion from threatened bankruptey hunger and misery, (lashed th worth of the pound last night from $4.03 to J2.8Q. Banks were closed. Tha Lon don Mock exchange and those in France, Holland, Greece, Seutn Africa and many other countries were shut down. Foreign fx change trading was forbidden in much of Europe and the sterling; area. In London, harried brokers traded stocks and bonds on the sidewalk. Business was at a virtual standw still In this great rtiy whirti om was the financial and eeo nomte heart of the world. Eleven nations of Europe and Asa quickly eheaperted thetr mm, ey to match the British move. Cabinets In other world eapi- Continued on PKe Two) Southern Roil ; Train Derailed; Fifty Injured NEWTOW, Sf. C. Seot. 19 M Si ears and the loco motive ( southern Railway ysssesger train jumped the track audi striUrd down an embankment here today Injuring cbout SO pef suits, some seriously, Railroad sources said two Ne gro rooks were trapped in their diner and probably were dead. An emergency call for steel cut ttnf equipment waa tent out by oolfe in efforts ts rescue them and any ethers possibly trapped lis the mass of wreckage. Newton to town tf 6,000 about 40 mite northwest s Charlottes Screaming ambulances raced the injured 10 the Catawba Gen. eral hospital, where Dr. Frar.it Jones said "about SO patients nao seen samitteo. The accident occurred about 5.10 s. m.. a the westbound! train approached the Kewtsa i'a- tlon. The two-unlt diesel lacomottv flipped off (he rails and roiled down the embankment. Follow ing It o.'f were the diner, a pa senger coach, a combination pa senger-baggage car and three matt and express coaches. Members Of FsmRy Mske Centy stand Swhi NEW YORK, Sep!. 19.- Three members of a family swam H miles from lower Manhattan ts Coney Island yesterday as a tun, up for a try at the English chan nel next year. Sis members of the Merger family of Fall River, .M plunged into the chilly East Hat at 5:48 a.m. The three who made it to Coney Island are johit Mer cer, 53; his 18-year eld son, Joktt Jr.. and a pretty blonde daughter, AHhea, 21. They emerged ta the surf at 11:20 a.m. Two other daughters, 11-yssr old twins, and another ton drop ped sat along the route. The mother followed her fsmiiy aboard one of the two tugs accom panying the siwimmem Mercer said; his family made the I swim to "bone up" for a try at Ota I English channel next year. flying AHtlMMtaMtws tUm AmHmt Air Trip PORTLAND, Sept. 1 transcontinental mass flight. Next Feb, 25. Oregon's "fiyir.g businessmen expect to take oil tor Havana. Cuba. Slops are plan, ned in Nevada, Ariama, Testa, Louisiana and Fiends. The group has logged 22 XO mites in seven mas flight a In re cent vears. The longest were to Mexico, the Arctic circle and t Portland. Me. Xv33 District $ivc $Sf Toward PaNa FumI ' With local participation lit the national emergency fund drive to combat polio going Into Its tee. ond weetc Roseburg Chairman Al Henninger reported today Mrs. Row Hutchinson of the Keiiojg district brought In their $59 eon trihution yesterday. Henninger reminded! alt Deng lis count v residents to send their contributions, representing either individuals or group, to their postoffice tor forwarding to the national fund drive headquarters. Opcnittf Seliintj iurtr Hits New York Exetaiifa NEW YORK, Sept. 19. (.Tw An opening burst of selling, over In a ; ttw mlnulfr ,jt the stock market today In the firs reaction to Brit ish devaiuattoD. Prices dropped a few cent te around SI a share hut levelled! oit almost Immediately, A few lead ing stocks showed a tendency to rally. Gold Issues struck out on their own with gmtna running to SI a. share. f 1 ' i V " I A 1 f .' i. .