The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994, September 21, 1949, Page 1, Image 1

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LILA DUDLEY, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrt. L E. Fender of
Riverside, it pictured beside a tremendous lemon which grows
upon on exceedingly diminutive tree in the window of the
Fender home. The plant was secured from California and this
is the second fruit it has borne.
Two Fires In Portland's Business
District Deal Damage Of $600,000
PORTLAND. Sopt. 21. UP Three hundred firemen fought for
two noun today to quell a spectacular fire that burned out a
five-story furniture company warehouse on S. W. First avenue.
Smoke settled down In a dense
pall over me Dusiness oisinci in
the west, then was swept east
over the new Journal building.
Flames burst In a boiling mass
out of the windows in the old
structure, part of a group ot
richly ornamented-front buildings
which are relics of the days when
First avenue was the showplate
of Potland's business.
The fire spread out the rear
end and damaged single story
buildings fronting on S. W. Front
avenue across the street from
the Journal building on the water
front.
Smoke and water damage was
heavv in other buildings both
on First and Front avenues.
The fire started in the Sharff
& Son furniture store's ware
house holding an estimated $70,-
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In the Pays News
By FRANK JENKINS
THERE 1 BIG news.
Britain cuts the dollar value
ot the pound sterling from $1.03
to $2.80.
THESE events follow:
British banks are closed.
The London stock exchange
and stock exchanges In France,
Holland, Greece, South Africa
and many other countries are shut
down. The opening of the New
York stock exchange this morn
ing is followed by a shoortllved
BURST of selling.
Foreign exchange trading Is
forbidden In much of Europe and ported Improving,
the sterling area (meaning that i Je'or; coming here two years
iik: iiciiH.5 a.t ago he had practiced for 12 years
part of the world which uses the in HilIsboro. Ore. He was a past
pound sterling as its unit of i president of the Oregon State
money value.) In London, harried ! Osteopathic society and a found
brokers trade stocks and bonds'" " Portland Osteopathic
ON THE SIDEWALKS. ! survive
The dispatches add: .
"It was the biggest financial 'CYCLIST SAVES CHILD
turmoil the world has seen since PORTLAND, Sept. 21 (.
Britain nt nff the anlrt .tanriarri Witnesses credited a motorcycle
C.J.. ii CAniamW I
ou.mnj path of a big truck with saving
back in 1931 (going off the goldltne child's life yesterday,
standard had the same effect as I Police said bystanders told how
this arbitrary cut in the dollar ! William McGili, an escort service
value of the pound.)
YOU will deduce from all
that the devaluation of
this
the
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DOUGLAS COUNTY WAR DEAD HONORED
Mothers Attend Flag Dedication. Legion
Past President's Pin Given Roy O. Young
Sons of Douglas county moth
ers who died in war action were
honored in a flag dedication cer
emony last night at the Roseburg
armory. Also, Roy O. Young, past
president of Umpqua post Am
erican Legion, was presented
with a diamond studded Ameri
can Legion past president's pin
by local veterans and patriotic
orsanizations.
Both events were sponsored by
Roseburg chapter of Gold Star
mothers. A citation, in the form
of a plaque, was also presented to
Young. It reaa:
"In sincere appreciation of
your tireless service on behalf
of Douglas county veterans and
their families, we present this
American Legion past president's
pin Sept. 20. 1949."
The plaque was signed by the
following organizations:
Roseburg chapter. Gold Star
Mothers: Disabled American vet
erans. Dean Perrine Chapter and
unit No. 9; Veterans of Foreign
Top-Class Rodeo
Billed At Riddle
For 2 Afternoons
The final opportunity of the
year for Douglas county rodeo
enthusiasts to enjoy bronc rid
ing, calf roping and bull riding
at its best will be given the aft
ernoons of Saturday and Sun
day, Sopt. 24 and 25, at Kiddle.
Ike Orr, president of the Rid
dle Riding and Roping club,
sponsors, announced that all plans
have been completed for the big
affair, which will start at 2:00'
o'clock each of the two days.
Because of the success ot the
July 4 rodeo and the enthusiasm
of many local folks for a repeat
was decided upon, he said. The
show will be run off in the usual
efficient manner, which is notice
able at Riddle rodeos, he re
minded. The program should last
about two hours, with plenly of
action from the start.
All the events and thrills of the
July 4 affair are promised. Black
ie Smith and Walt Mask have
again contracted to supply the
livestock. Admission will "be $1
for adults and 50 cents for chil
dren. Father Dies Of Polio As
Disease Hospitalizes Son
LOS ANGELES,
Sept. 21. A'
Dr. William Ernest Hinds, 44,
succumbed to polio yesterday
while his eight-year-old son lay
(stricken with the disease in the
'same hospital. The boy was re-
driver who swept a girl from the
motorcyclist, nipped ms macn-
.Ine around in front of the truck,
sweeping the youngster to safety
with one arm. The truck driver
halted his heavy vehicle on the
spot where the girl had stood a
moment before.
Wars, Patrick W. Kelly post No.
2488 and Auxiliary: Cootie Pup
Tent No. 2: American Legion,
Umpqua post No. 16 and Auxil
iary; Umpqua Navy Mothers club
No. 531.
Mayor Albert G. Flegel mad
the pin presentation on behalf
of the Gold Star Mothers. Mrs.
Esco Johnson, sergeant-at-arms
of the Roseburg (Jold Star Moth
ers, presented Young with the
plaque.
The program aiso included mu
sic by Mrs. Walt Fredricks-;
introduction of Mrs. But tier. Cotu
I Bay. representing the state de
partment of Gold Star Mothers:
flag presentation by VFW and
auxiliary, American Legion and
Auxiliary and Disabled American
Veterans and Auxiliary.
This was followed by a salute
to the flag, the singing of Ameri
ca and divine blessing, offered
by Mrs. Ellis Harrison, chapter
chaplain.
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Established 1873
Six Indicted
For Robeson
Concert Riot
Police Chiefs Son One
Of Accused; 'Whitewash'
By Dewey Is Protested
WHITE PLAINS. N. Y., Sept.
21. UP) A police chiefs son and
five other young men were un
der Indictments today in connec
tion with violence which follow
ed a Paul Robeson concert Sept.
4.
They allegedly were among
roadside hecklers who stoned the
concert crowd leaving the left
wing Negro singer's perform
ance. Three of them are teen
agers. One of those named is Joseph
A. Lillis Jr.. 25. son of police
chief at Peekskill, N. Y.. near
where the outdoor concert was
held.
In the indictments handed
down yesterday by a county
grand jury, Lillis was charged
with hurling a stone through a
car window. The technical count
is malicious mischief, a mis
demeanor. Four others, charged with over
turning a parked car. were ac
cused of felonious malicious mis
chief. They are William B. Williams,
20. and David F. Miller, 16, both
of Peekskill, and Vincent F. Doll
erty, 18, and Samuel J. Biordi,
17, of nearby Cronton-on-Hudson.
The sixth man, Robert Lent,
29-year-old Peekskill war vet
eran, was charged with carry
ing concealed weapons, also a
felony. He allegedly had two
knives, one strapped under each
pantleg.
Lillis was continued In cus
tody of his father, and the others
remained free on bail ranging
frqm $250 to $500.
No date was set for trial.
More than 100 persons were in
jured In the barrage of stones
and sticks that met departing
concert goers, following an anti
communist veterans parade out
side the concert grounds. A half
dozen cars were overturned.
"Whitewash" Protested -
The indictments came as West
chester District Attorney George
M. Fanelli announced a full
scaled grand Jury investigation
Into the violence will begin Oct. 3.
Meanwhile, 300 persons lelt
New York for Albany on a spe
cial eight-car train to protest
what they called Dewey's "white
wash" of the violence Sept. 4,
(Continued on Page Two)
North Umpqua Highway
Project Awarded
M. L. and C, R. O'Neil, Cres
well, who submitted a low bid
of $302,904 for grading and pav
ing 5.32 miles of Marks Ranch
Line Rock bridge section of the
North Umpqua road Tuesday,
was awarded the contract today,
according to an Associated Press
dispatch from Portland.
In another Douglas county
project, Trowbridge & Flyn:i
Electric Co. Medford, was award
ed the contract on a low bid ot
$3,900 for traffic signals at one
intersection. The Intersection was
not specified, but it is understood
that this is the Garden Valley
road junction, as a bid for this
project was scheduled for open
ing at the commission meeting.
Drunken Driver Fined,
May Avoid Jail Stretch
Clifford Bud Ashby, route 1.
Roseburg, pleaded guilty to a
drunk driving charge in munici
pal court today, reported Judge
Ira B. Riddle, who imposed a
fine of $11)0 and a 30-day jail
sentence. The Jail sentence will
be suspended upon payment of
the fine. Ashby's driver's license
wa-3 revoked for one year.
The Gold Star preamble was
read by Mrs. Viola Cheek, first
vice-president; while the Gold
Star mission was told by Mrs.
Joy Miller, second vice-president.
President Martha Wells gave
the opening dedication after
which the Gold Star colors weic
presented. The colors were car
ried by members of the local
national guard and navy reserve.
E. G. High donated a flag case
to the Gold Star mothers, in
which the colors will be kept
when not in use.
Chaplain Feller then made a
few dedication remarks and I his
was followed by singing of the
Star Spangled Banner.
A silent prayer, retiring of col
ors, led by the Gold Star colors,
benediction, and closing remarks
by the piesident ended the cere
mony. There was a large attendance
at the affair.
ROSEBURG,
Business
Lights
Mayor Will
Throw Switch;
Talks Slated
Another important milestone
will be marked tonight toward
the modernization of the city of
Roseburg.
Mayor Albert G. Flegel will
have the honor of throwing the
switch, turning on the main busi
ness district portion of the city's
new street lighting system, as
part of the fall opening cere
mony. The lofty, powerful, white lights
which should give the city zone
ten times the amount of lighting
it has had, will go on promptly
at 7:30 o'clock. The switch-throwing
ceremony will take place
from a stand erected at the in
tersection of Oak and Jackson
streets.
Speakers for the occasion will
be Mayor Flegel, John Todd,
Roseburg Chamber of Commerce
president; Ben Trowbridge,
street lighting contractor, and
City Manager M. W. Slankard.
Although the street lighting in
stallation Is completed, slightly
less than one-half the lights can
be turned on at this time. The
reason, Slankard explained, Is
that the required transformers
have not yet arrived. Four of
them have been ordered one for
each of the four circuits from
Chicago, and should be here
shortly after Oct. 1.
In order that part of the lights
may be turned on. coinciding
with the fall opening program,
t w o emergency transformers
have been secured. The approxi
mate 54 lights that will be plac
ed In operation will be those
along Jackson and Main streets,
from Moshcr to East Second ave
nue. So. and a few staggered
lights west of Jackson street oj.
that c:rlt, said- Slefkaid. a
A total of 115 lights are nicUul-
( Continued on Page Two)
Lewis Serves
"Pay Up" Demand
On Southern Unit
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
W. Va., Sept. 2L B John L.
Lewis turned to vital contract
talks with northern and western
coal operators today after serv
ing a blunt "pay up" ultimatum
to southern mine owners.
As coal pits across the nation
remained Idle for the third
straight day, Lewis' United Mine
Workers union gave notice that
it would not bargain further with
the southerners until the opera'
ors have paid up their royalty
contributions to the miners'
health and welfare fund.
UMW Secretary Treasurer
John Owen announced that stand
yesterday at Bluefield. W. Va.,
where the union has been hold
ing contract talks with the south
ern operators.
The mtners walked off on their
own hook last Monday, after the
trustees of the miners' welfare
and retirement fund announced
suspension of the $100 monthly
pensions and distress payments.
Lewis, who is one of the trus
tees, blamed the action on south
ern operators who were with
holding their 20-cents-aton pay
ments to the fund.
The UMW chief said default
of payments for July and August
had crippled the fund, which
now has less than $14,000,000
left of the more than $150,000,
000 collected since 194B.
The northern and western op
erators have said they are con
tinuing to pay the royalties, and
Owen confirmed that.
In addition to the 400,000 soft
coal miners and 80.000 anthra
cite diggers, the coal strike has
idled about 27.000 railroad work
ers on a half-dozen coal-hauling
lines.
It was estimated the miners
alone are losing $7.0)0.000 a day
in wages. The number of rail
road workers idled will Increase
as the strike progresses.
"Republic" Proclaimed
By Chinese Red Chief
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 21
ip Chinese Communist leader
Mao TzeTung today announced
in Peiplng the establishment of
"the peoples republic of China."
The broadcast announcement
was made before the opening ses
sion of the "Chinese Peoples Po
litical Consultative conference."
It was called to establish a re
gime rivaling the Nationalist gov
ernment. "Internationally." Mao told the
more than 600 delegates, "we
must unite with all countries and
people loving peace and fiee
dom, first of all the Soviet union
and the new democratic coun
dies, so that we will not stand
alone In our strucele to safeguard
1 the fruits of victory."
OREGON WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21. 1949
Districts New
Will Burn Tonight
Fall Styles To Make Debut Tonight
In Banner Of All Season Openings;
Treasure Hunt To Begin At 8 O'clock
Final rrsngemtntt hvt been complstsd for what Roteburq
rttail merchants promise will bt ths most successful of all
fall openings tonight. I
Tha Retail Trsdei association, meeting Tuesday, attended I
to last minute details. Tha merchants reported a great deal ot
interest shown by the public in tha treasure hunt. Chairman
John Hardiman expressed himself as well pleated with tha
general enthusiasm and merchant cooperation.
COURT, GOES TO DOGS
Nuisance Case
Tried At Home
Of Aged Woman
DETROIT. Sept. 21- (.It-Mrs.
Louise Arndt, who is 80, was un
able to go to traffic court yes
terday to answer charges of finr
boring unlicensed dogs. The
dogs ran loose and nipped at
people.
So Judge John D. Watts went
to her home to hold court. Mrs.
Arndt greeted him on the front
porch as the dogs Inside the
house yapped loudly. One yapped
louder than the others.
liiais iiitr Buuiy uiit-, 4113.
Arndt told the Judge. She said
he would have to hold court on
on the porch.
Hurriedly, the Judge placed her
on a year's probation, ordered
her to get dog licenses and keep
the pooches on leash.
"Okay, sonny," Mrs. Arndt said
as she waved the Judge goodbye
and retired Into the house.
Court was adjourned.
Northern California -Sattles
Timber Fires
WILLITS, Calif., Sept. 21
UP) Brush and timber fires, In
cluding one which for a time
threatened homes on the edge of
Uklah, were burning over a wide
area of northern California to
day. Charles Campbell, state for
estry division ranger at Howard
park district headquarters, said
continued high temperatures and
low humidity expected today and
tomorrow offered no prospect of
early relief.
A brush fire In the hills over
looking Ukiah was reported un
der control last night after
blackening an estimated 1,000
acres.
City School Population
Estimated Above 2,800
City School Sup't Paul S. Kl -
llott said today he estimated the
citv's school population at "well
above 2,800."
Based on the number or late
registrants since compilation of
figures Sept. 15. the new total
eclipses the record set a year
ago at the same time when ap
proximately 2.700 students were
enrolled in the public school sys
tem. Breakdown bv schools shows
the following totals;
Rose. 312; Benson, T'5; Fuller
ton, 322: Riverside, 400; elemen
tary grade total, 1.359. Junior
high school, 732; senior high
school, 708; total. 1,440; grand
total Sept. 15, 2.799.
Benson Back In
Escapee Pal Believed Living
SPOKANE, Sept. 21.- JJP) - William Benson, who led authorities
on a two-day fruitless search for
of an escaped murderer, uas
State penitentiary.
Benson was brought b&ck here
Sunday from Columbui, Ohio,
where he was captured two
weeks ago. He escaped from the
Salem prison May 30 with John
P. Pinson, convicted slayer of a
state patrolman at Hood River,
Ore. ...
Benson told authorities Pinson
was shot in the escape and that
he had buried him. But he
couldn't find the grave.
The officials, meanwhile, stood
pat on their belief that Pinson
actually is alive and is the same
man now being sought for an
armed robbery In Idaho under
the name of Joseph Anthony
Dorian. A picture of Dorian has
been identified "positively" as
that of Pinson, detectives said.
At the Oregon penitentiary
Warden George Alexander said
he would begin questioning Ben
son l?te today in another at lemut
to pet clues m in where Pinson
might be, and to try to find out
how Benson and Pinson sawed
The program begins at 7 o clock
with preliminary activities lead
ing up to the unveiling of the
windows, scheduled at 8 o'clock.
The Roseburg high school band
directed by C. A. Rlcketts, will
play in the streets until 7:30,
when the street lighting cere
monies will take pliice Irom a
stand at Oak and Jackson streets.
Mayor Albert G. Flepel will
thrcA" the switch turning on the
new lights, and talks will be
given by Chamber of Commerce
President John Todd, Instead of
Dale Sims as previously an
nounced; Ben Trowbridge, street
1 1'Khting contractor, and City
ManaT.T M. W. Slankard.
Unveiling of the windows anl
the treasure hunt, for which
tickets have been given out free
by the merchants to local citi
zens, will begin promptly at 8
o'clock. Some surprise features
a ru nMmlcAl aiinrttinti In Itatvtl.
'man
Free public dancing will take
place from 8 to 10 p. m. at Oak
and Jackson streets and from
10 o'clock unlil mldnlf.ht at the
(Continued on Par? Two)
Police Qloss To
Hear FBI Agents
Two Portland members of the
Federal Bureau of investigation
will conduct Thursday ntgnt s ses
sion In a series of classes spon
sored by the city police depart
ment, according to Chief Calvin
11. Balrd.
The two FBI men will Instruct
In crime scene search and preser
vation of evidence, Chief Baird
said.
The school, composed of a se
ries of six Thursday night classes.
Is onen to all local law enforce
ment officers who desire to at
tend. Ch ef Balrd said both regu
lar and reserve officers are
eligible.
Designed to set up a refresher
course for present officers, the
school also enables reserve om
cers to ealn additional training,
Chief Baird said this would en
able the present police depart
ment to draw on trained reserves
in case of emergency and also
nrovide training for those mem
hers of the reserve who desire to
I become regular members ot the
1 force,
Qualified persons wishing more
Information should contact Chief
Baird in the city hall offices, he
said.
MURDER CHARGEO
SEATTLE, Sept. 21. UP) A
19-year-old seaman from the
navy transport Chilton, Robert
Strong, was charged wnn mur
der today for the stabbing last
week of a shipmate at Bremer
ton. Strong was accused of fatally
Injuring Meilin F. Stuart, 21, of
New Orleans, after a ship's pic
nic fracas Sept. i.
Court was adSnurned.
Oregon Prison;
a grave he said held the body
returned last night to the Oregon
William Benson
their way out of the prison cor-
1 reel ion ceils on May 30.
222-49
Members Of
House Return
For More Toil
Short Session May End
November 1; Truman's
Program To Be Deferred
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2L UP)
House members return today
from a month's vacation, with
enough unfinished business on
hand to keep them here the rest
of the year.
They probably won't stay that
long. "Around November 1" Is the
target date of congressional lead
ers for final adjournment.
Despite messages sent to demo
cratic members last week by par
ty leaders, the house doesn't plan
10 transact any major Dusiness
this week. Parly spokesmen ex
plained that the recall messages
merely were Intended to assure
tl.e presence of a quorum, 217
members.
Republicans followed throueh
with messages to their own mem
bers reminding them that the re
cess that started on August 26
ends at noon today and that demo
crats had been told to be on hand
at that time.
While a dozen or more ma lor
nuis are penning, appropriation
bills furnishing almost $20,000.-
000,000 will have top priority.
They finance the military estao-
usninent, me interior department,
tne foreign economic recovtry
program and some miscellaneous
lecl-ral agencies.
Pending final congressional ac
tion, those agencies are being fi
nanced on a temporary basis until
October 1.
Still another annroDriatlon bill
may be forthcoming to finance
tl e foreign arms-aid program al
ready passed by the House and
now being debated by the Senate,
which took no summer recess ex
cept for a long Labor day week-
ena. ine diii unner donate in the
senate carries no funds for the
arms program. It merely gives It
congressional sanction.
What other le? slat on will tie
given preference during the rest
of this session probably won't be
nererminen until congressional
leaders huddle with President
Truman.
There Is a chance that new la.
bor legislation may be pushed In
view of current developments In
the coal and steel industries.
Program To Bs Deferred
Much of th Dresident's "must"
legislation will be allowed to lie
over until the second session of
th 81st congress, starting next
January.
Still slated for consideration
are these bills, In addition to the
a r m s - a 1 d and appropriation
measures:
An incretse In the minimum
wage In Interstate Industry;
passed by both chambers but not
in the same form.
A new farm price support pro
gram: passed by the House.
A bill broadening social security
coverage; not acted on by either
chamber, but approved by the
House ways and means com
mittee. Raises for military personnel
and for top government execu
tives; passed by the House.
Revision of the displaced per
sons law; passed by Ihe House
but tied up In the Senate Judiciary
committee.
Federal aid to education; passed
by the Senate but stalemated In
the House over a religious con
troversy. Fire In Cabin Claims
Lives Of Two Children
VICTORIA. B. C, Sept. 21- UP)
Three-year-old Angela May
Peterson died early today as an
aftermath of a collage fire in
which her two-year-old sister,
Wendy Jean, perished last night.
Angela was rescued from the
blazing cabin at Shawtnlgan
lake, 40 miles north of here, by
her grandfather, E. Brandson.
She was brought to a hospital
and died within seven hours.
The mother of the children,
who had left them temporarily
to visit her parents, suffered
minor burns In a rescue attempt
Tri-District Meeting Of
Chiropractors Slated
Approximately 50 chiropractors
will attend a tri-dlstrict me-yng
of the Oregon Association of
Chiropractic Physicians, to be
held at Riversdale grange In
Roseburg Saturday, Sept. 21.
Roseburg, Eugene and Grants
Pass districts will be represented.
"X-ray and Body Mechanics"
will be the general topic to be
dt-scussed. Each district will pre
sent a separate phase of the
educational program.
Principal speaker will be Dr.
W. A. Budden of Portland's West
ern Slates college.
"DRUNK" JAILED
John Thomas of Tonev, Ala
bama, was committed to the city
Jail for 10 days in lieu of a tJO
fine, when he pleaded guilty to
a drunk charge in municipal
court Tuesday, reported Judge
Ira B. Riddle.
New Accord
Effort Urged
By President
Union, Industry Defer
Replies; Fact Finders
Supported By Truman
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. UPi
President Truman today asked a
new six-day strike truce In the
steel dispute.
the President also asked that
the steel concerns and the CIO
steel workers union resume col
lective bargaining on their own.
He said federal mediators
would be available to assist them.
Cyrus Chlng. mediation chief
who announced Mr. Truman's
new truce request, said no reply
had yet been received from either
union or companies.
The present truce runs out Sat
urday midnight and the union
is poised for a walkout by Its 1,
000.00 members at that time.
The President asked that tha
truce be maintained until 12:01
a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, in the
"national Interest."
President Philip Murray of the
steelworkers advised Ching that
the union w ill decide on Its reply
to Mr. Truman's request at a
union wage - policy committee
meeting at Pittsburgh tomorrow.
Ching said the steel companies
promised to reply soon.
In Accord With Fact Finders
Ching said he has no plans now
for further meetings with union
and companies for the time be
ingexpecting them to go to
bargaining with each other on
their own as the President re
quested. The President's request was
made in a letter to Chlng in the
midst of government - sponsored
efforts to work out a settlement
of the dispute over pensions and
insurance.
His letter stressed the Impor
tance to the nation ot averting
a crippling steel strike.
Every possible move, Mr. Tru
man said, should be taken to
avert such a stoppage; therefore
ne was asking tne new strike
deadline extension.
Mr. Truman's letter said he Is
In "fullest agreement" with the
statement made by his steel fact
finding board In recommending
a 10-cent hourly pension-Insurance
program.
There were reports that con
ciliators working on the case
(Continued on Page Two) .
Canadian Labor
Raps Communists
CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 2L
(CP) Canadian labor commu
nists have been walloped and
spanked by the Trades and Labor
Congress of Canada which yes
terday: 1. Tossed out of Its member
ship the red-Influenced Canadian
seamen's union by a landslide
702 to 77 vote.
2. Rejected a series of leftist
supported resolutions urging
more trade relations between
Canada and Russia.
The congress lashed out bitter
ly at communists In Its ranks,
putting some on the run and
sending others to cover. Many
known reds In the congress voted
with the right-wing faction; oth
ers did not vote at all.
Only sector In favor of tha
seaman's union was the British.
Columbia area. Several unions.
Including the B. C. fishermen
and allied workers, sided with,
the seamen's group.
Arrests Break Portland
Dope Peddling Ring
PORTLAND. Sept. 21.-
Detectlve Capt. William D.
Browne said today a Portland
dope peddling ring had been
broken with arrest of five men.
The five, picked up under secret
Indictments returned by the coun
ty grand Jury yesterday, were
listed as Edward T. Helson, 55,
both opium and mariuana sale
charges; Gilbert J. Edwards, 28,
Roliert Brown Jr., 21, and James
Whltmore, 24, marijuana sale
charges; Joseph W. Johnson, 31,
sale of heroin.
Browne said that last year Nel
son was arrested and led police
to a $20,000 cache of heroin in
a Union station locker. The
charge against him was dismiss
ed because Ihe police search ot
the locker was made without le
gal authority, he said.
Drowned Man's Child
Perishes In Fish Pond
TILLAMOOK. Sept. 21.-
The 18-month-old daughter of a
boat mishap victim of last No
vember drowned yesterday In
fish pond at the rear of her
grandmother's Seaside home.
The chl'- was the daughter of
Mrs. Maxlne O'Delt. Her father
was one of two men drowned in
Tillamook bay last Nov. 2.
The coroner's office reported
the body of Henry Durig, a high
way construction project work
er, was recovered yesterday from
the Trask river slough. His boat
had overlurned.
Ltvlty Fact Rant
The vaunted "diqniiy ef
labor" would bo more im
pressive M John L Lewis' miners
would put more "dia" Hi
I diqnity.