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LOUIS VELEZ, proprietor of Airport Inn in North Roieburg
(or South Winchester, whichever way you look at it), it pic
tured at he prepares for the afternoon coffee trade from
nearby mills and business houses which now grow so thickly
alongside highway 99 in that area.
Louis has owned the inn for about three years, coming here
from Klamath. Falls.. He .was. born in . Arizona.
EXILE ENDS, COURT WAITS
Blackmer, Teapot Dome
Figure. Faces Six Counts
Of Evading Income Taxes
BOSTON, Sept. 22.-XP)-rHenry M. Blackmer. today was re
ported at the New England Baptist hospital.
The 80-year-old oil tycoon was taken Immediately to the hos
pital after he flew here yesterday ending 25 years of exile
in Europe.
Attaches at the hospital, refused .to give a report on his condi
tion but indicated It was not serious. . t
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
DEVALUATION of foreign cur
rencies (led off by Britain's cut
in the dollar value of the pound)
is still the biggest news in the
world. It dwarfs an 'accomplished
coal strike and an impending stee
strike.
To many of us, unskilled in the
intricacies of foreign exchange,
it seems all wrong that tn artifi
cial thing like Juggling currency
values should so completely upset
business relations all over the
globe.
LET'S put it this way:
Suppose at a meeting of your
neighborhood poker club some
body should suddenly tnnounce
that from then on he WOULD
PAY LESS FOR CHIPS than the
other players. That would create
a lot of excitement in the poker
club, wouldn't It?
It works the same way when
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Damage Suit Follows
Box Factory Accident
Damages of $15,000 is asked
by Guy L. Callahan In a suit
filed in circuit court against
Martin Brothers Box Co.
Callahan alleges he sustained
hand and wrist injuries in an
accident June 23, and that the
injuries are of a permanent
nature.
He states he was "feeding a
sticker" at the company's plant
when the injury occurred. He
charges the company with negli
gence in not providti.fi safety
niecsures to have prevented the
accident.
Douglas' Share Of National
Forest Receipts This Year
Second Largest In Northwest
Douglas county's share of national forest receipts this year
is $255,806, the largest amount any county in Oregon or
Washington is receiving outside of Lane county, said M. M.
Nelson, supervisor of the Umpqua National forest.
The amount Is based on 25 per
cent of the receipts from timber
sales and other sources of reve
nue on national forest lands with
in the county. The largest share
comes from the Umpqua forest,
but the Willamette, Siuslaw, Sis
kiyou, and Rogue River forests
are also represented.
Nelson said that state law pro
vides that 75 percent of the coun
ty's share of the money or $191.
855 shall go into the county road
fund, and 25 percent or $63,951
shall be used for schools.
Nelson predicted that next
year's distribution to this county
b7T.tj;
The multi-millionaire financier
key figure in the Teapot Dome
scandal during the Harding ad
ministration was believed un
dergoing a physical checkup.
-Biackmer's attorney said plans
still call for him to fly to Chicago
and then board a train for Den
ver, where he is due to face six
federal charges of Income tax
evations next week.
. Immigration . inspectors who
saw BlacknSer when he alighted
from the trans-Atlantic airliner
yesterday said he appeared out
wardly at least in good physical
condtion.
His sudden return to this coun
try kindled the memories of the
Harding administration's Teapot
Dome scandal. Two of Blackmer's
oil associates, Edward L. Doheny
tnd Harry Sinclair, were in
volved. - '
Blackmer- slipped away to
Europe in 1924 rather than testi
fy at a congressional inquiry into
the Continental Trading com
pany. He was a director. It was
disclosed in a Cheyenne, Wyo.,
court that the company made
$2,000,000 through a paper tran
saction by purchasing oil from
one company and selling it to an
other. The profits were used to
purchase liberty bonds. Govern
ment detectives said some of the
bonds were traced to Albert Fall,
secretary of the interior in the
Harding administration.
Fall Convicted, Doheny Freed
Fall was convicted of accepting
a bribe of $100,000 from Doheny
in the leasing of the Elk Hills
naval oil reserve, part of the Tea
pot Dome field. He was sentenced
Nov. 1, 1929 to a year in prison
and fined $100,000.
In the same court and before
the same judge, Doheny was ac
quitted of charges that he gave
Fall the bribe. Doheny died in
1?35.
Fall was released in June 1932,
after serving nine months in
Santa Fe prison. He left there in
an ambulance, a sick man. He
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from the national forests will be
"drastically cut." judging from
the trend of the present lumber
market.
He added that not only will
less timber be cut on the Umpqua
National forest in the coming
year Can in the past, but also
stumpage prices for timber are
going down.
Nelson compared what the
county is receiving this year with
what It received in 1939 from the
$20. In 1945. the recepts to the
county from the national forests
were approximately $36,000.
Tht Weather
Fair and continued worn rhit
fternoon, tonight and Friday.
Suitsot today 4:11 p. m.
SunriM tomorrow 4:01 a. m.
Established 1873
Annual
Displays Of
Styles Draw
High Praise
Inauguration Of Now
Street Lighting System
Enhances Festivities
By DAN MINDOLOVICH
"Spellbound" might well have
been the theme of Roseburg's
biggest and best fall opening.
Thousands of persons Jamming
the streets last night appeared
to be In that state of mind as
they marveled at the ingenuity
and artistry displayed by Rose
burg merchants in carrying out
the fall motif through window
decorations.
Store windows vied for the at
tention of pleasantly-amazed citi
zens from near and far. Satis
fied that the last window was
the epitome of perfection, the
spectator was surprised to see
the next display offering just a
bit more.
The City of Roseburg helped
its merchants show their wares
to better advantage through the
inauguration of the new street
lighting system.
In a brief ceremony prior to
unveiling the windows, Mayor Al
bert G. Flegel put Roseburg on
the map as one of the better
Illuminated communities in the
country, by flipping a master
switch that sent electricity surg
ing into tne new street iignts.
A slight hitch developed as
the light nearest the speakers
piatiorm lauea to join tne otners
but City Manager Matt Slankard,
in a word, coaxed it to life.
Youth Captures Watch
After the brief program from
the speakers' platform ended a
watch was thrown from atop the
KRNR radio tower, which fell
250 feet to Jackson street. -
Myron Phillips, 13-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Phillips,
Tipton road, pounced on the
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Prospects Poor
For New Labor
Law Even In 1950
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 CP)
House leaders appear to have
written off chances for getting
a new labor law through Con
gress not only for this year, but
for 1950 as well.
Chairman Leslnskl (D.-Mich.)
of the House labor committee
said today his committee will
take no further action on Taft
Hartley reepal now, or at the
next session starting in January.
With demands for some new
legislation almost certain if the
nation's strike picture worens,
Lesinski told reporters:
"Unless the attitude of the
House changes, we don't intend
to try to report out another labor
bill."
And with the 1950 election
campaign already warming up,
Lesinski said he doesn't look for
any immediate change in atti
tude. Early in the session, the House
rejected the administration's la
bor bill and sent a substitute
measure back to committee, leav
ing it with no labor legislation
pending.
The Senate passed a bill con
taining many of the features of
the union-hated Taft-Hartley law.
The House hasn't acted on the
Senate bill and leaders have in
dicated no Intention of doing so.
President Truman, who cam-
fiaigned for Taft-Hartley repeal
n the 1948 presidential election,
said recently that the adminis
tration will fight to the bitter
end to wipe that measure off the
books.
Besides T-H repeal, a proposal
to exempt maritime hiring halls
from Taft-Hartley's closed shop
provisions also is caught in the
congressional labor squeeze. T-H
bans the closed shop, in which
only union members may be
hired. Maritime hiring halls are
union agencies for supplying ship
labor.
All Tiller School Bids
Rejected; New Ones Asked
All bids received by school
district No. 114 at Tiller for
alterations and new additions to
the school have been rejected
and new figures are invited.
The new opening date is Oct.
7, the Portland Daily Journal of
Commerce reported.
Revisions will be n d In
plan for the new invitations,
according to the office oi mic .i
terf Freeman, Hayslip and Tui'
Portland.
('li'Tinal p'an bv ihe archi
tects called for three classrooms,
play gym, and boiler room addi
tion, a small addition to an exist
ing lunch room, and new boiler
room equipment.
Construction was to be frame,
concrete slab and plywood fiber-board.
ROSEBURG,
Fall Opening Viewed By Thousands
2 Roseburg Men
Injured In Crash
EUGENE, Sept. 22. (API
Two prominent Roseburg men
were taken to Eugene hospital
Wednesday afternoon when a
logging truck driver, attempt
ing to avoid hitting a little girl,
crashed head-on into their park
ed automobile. Both men were
reported in "good" condition
this morning.
Abe Bean, 31, owner of the
Olympia Mill and Logging Sup
ply Co., suffered bruises of the
left leg and face. Darrell W.
Wade, 45. of 102 East Rice
St., suffered a lacerated fore
head and possible skull frac
ture. New State Office Bids
Called; Frills Deleted
PORTLAND, Sept. 22 -HPS
State Highway commissioners
have stripped the frills and lux
uries from lis Salem office build
ing plans and called for new bids
to be opened Nov. 7.
Pared from the original draw
ings were an air conditioning
system priced at $105,000, a rear
terrace which Chairman T. H.
Banfield described as a $24,000
flower pot," the cafeteria and
fancy gadgets in the lavatories.
The action followed rejection
yesterday of all bids on the office
building. The commission hopes
the new offers will be closer to
the $1,600,000 it wants to spend.
The low bid on the original plan
was $1,934,264.
Daylight Saving Ends
Sunday In Eastern Areas
OVf'F.H' YORK, Sept. 22 4JP)
Daylight saving, the summer div
idend of an extra hour of eve
ning recreation for some 50,000,
000 Americans ends IhU Sunday.
The official time for turning
back the clock an hour in nearly
all "fast time" zones is 2 a.m.
Sunday,
Thus the hour of sleep lost last
April 24 will be regained this Sa
turday night.
As usual, daylight saving was
observed in most of the north
eastern sector of the country this
year and in several large cities
of the Middle East.
Cordova Kiwanis Gives
"Civilization" Touch
CORDOVA. Alaska, Sept. 22
(IP) "Civilization" has come to
Cordova.
The newly organized Kiwanis
club will receive Its charter Fri
day night putting an end to Cor
dovans' claims that this is prob
ably the only city under the
American flag without a lunch
eon club.
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STREET DANCE A FEATURE
Roseburg shops last night, Lou
Jackson and Oak streets, under the new Koseburg lights.
of the overflowing crowd that was on hand to niy ,h
presented in their annual fall show. (Staff phetol.
OREGON THURSDAY, SEPT.
U N. Urged To
Prevent Reds'
Grab Of China
Soviet Directs Commie
Army, Delegate Charges;
Recognition Issue Up
NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (.IP)
China called on the United Na
tions assembly today to act
quickly to prevent Communism
from engulfing China and the en
tire Far East. For the first time,
China also charged that Russia
was directing the Chinese Com
munists. China's chief delegate, Dr. T.
F. Tsiang, told the 59 national
delegations that the North Atlan
tic pact had halted the flow of
Communism across Europe, but
there was no such barrier in the
east.
"The Chinese Communist par
ty," he said, "is an integral part
of the International Communist
movement. It Is as fanatical as
Communists elsewhere. Its prop
aganda is always in tune with
Moscow propaganda. Its action
is always in step with Moscow's
action."
Tsiang spoke less than 24 hour
after the Chinese Communists
proclaimed at Peiping the estab
lishment of a Communist peoples
republic of China.
Tsiang devoted almost his en
tire speech to an attack on Com
munism. Then he made his ap
peal for help.
"I ask the general assembly,"
he said, "to ponaer over the pres
ent situation in the Far East and
the grave dangers to world pea:e
and security.
"I appeal to-the general. .as
wmbly to i'V bravo enougn lo
embrace tne vision oi one indi
visible world and not to retreat
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West Roseburg Petition
For Annexation Is In
Names of 179 West Roseburg
residents are Included In a peti
tion for annexation of that area
hy the city, according to City
Recorder W'illiam Bollman.
The petition, received by the
city recorder this morning, In
cludes signers in the area ex
tending west to Coates' addition
and 100 feet south of the old
Coos Bay wagon road.
Bollman said he was told addi
tional names would be added to
the petition, bringing the total
to nearly 200. According to law,
15 percent or 75 of the registered
voters living in the area to be
included must sign the petition
before it is considered by the
city council.
Petition signatures have not
yet been checked, Bollman said.
OF FALL OPENING For those
Franco was on hand to provide
22, 1949
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TO HANC Margaret Williams
(above), 21-year-old member
of Britain's Women's Royal
Army corps, was sentenced to
death by hanging in London for
the murder of her army ser
geant, Montague Williams, in
Austria last July. IAP Wire
photo. I
Grange's Leader
Draws New Rap
THE DALLES, Sept. 22-Am-
Wasco county Pomona Grange
has joined the Klamath county
unit in criticizing Stale Grange
Master Morton Tompkins' call
for the defeat of 22 Oregon legis
lators. Other granges have taken sim
ilar action since the Klamath
group started it.
The vote to censure Tompkins
passed by a narrow margin. Rep.
John I. Sell, who was listed for
purge action by the Slate Grange
leader, defended his vote to
change the initiative and refer
endum law, wnicn was me mo
tive for the purge. State Grange
Deputy Vernon Lantz spoke in
favor of Tompkins' action.
In Its resolution, the Wasco
group said "if the grange intend!
to be non partisan and non-political,
it is evidently breaching the
principle" in following Tompkins'
recommendation.
Wheel Chair Takes Oregon
Senator To Arms Aid Vote
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 UP)
Senator Morse (R.-Ore.) ar
ranged to be taken to the Sen
ate in a wheel chair today for
the vote on the foreign arms
program.
Morse was Injured several
days ago in a fall from a buggy
at a horse show In Salem, Ore.
He now Is a patient In the
Bethesda (Md.) Naval hospital.
Aides said he is backing Sen
ator Vandenburg of Michigan,
Republican foreign policy leader,
in demanding passage of the bill
without change.
who still had the energy after
dance music. The above action
Ihe picture, taken from the umpqua hotel tire escape, snows parr
artistie and original window displays that Roseburg merchants
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I Shippers To
Discuss Rail
Car Shortage
Proposed Remedy Will
Be Explained At City
Hall Meeting Friday
A meeting of all shippers and
other persons Interested has been
railed for Fririav At 8 n.m. tn
the Roseburg city hall. Purpose
of the meeting, according to Ave-.
ry Thompson, Chamber of Com
merce traffic committee chair
man, is to discuss the current
critical rail car shortage.
"We are presently suffering
from another of the car short
ages on the Southern Pacific
lines, which shippers have learn
ed to expect each year at this
season," Thompson stated in no
tices sent out.
"Many report they are receiv
ing less than half the number of
box cam needed to move their
production, and in some instanc
es operations have had to be cur
tailed or even suspended," he
said.
An explanation will be made
of a proposal to alleviate the
shortage of cars by united effott
of shippers throughout western
Oregon. This plan, according to
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Nash Motors Announces
Auto Price Reductions
DETROIT, Sept. 22-.P)-Nash
Motors today announced price re
ductions ranging from $73 to
$140.
The reductions apply to the
company's new 1950 model cars
which go on display in dealer
showrooms tomorrow.
In Irs 1950 line Nash has re
named Its "600" -model the
"Statesman. This model Is in
the low medium price field. Its
Ambassador model sells in the
medium price bracket.
First Half Of Basic Fund
Given S4iool Districts
SALEM, Sept. 22 UP)
Oregon's school districts got $8,
512,571 frean the state today. It
Is the first half of the basic
school fund for the 1949-50 school
year.
The other hair or tne money
will be distributed next March.
Deer Hunting Season To
Open As Scheduled
SALEM, Sept. 22 -(IP) Ore
gon's deer' hunting season
October 1 to 20 will go ahead
as scheduled, Governor McKav
said today.
The governor said the forests'
are pretty dry, but there is no
critical fire danger. .
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taking in the window displays in
took place on the corner of
Truman Plea
Accepted By
Both Sides
Wildcat Walkouts Shut
Two Plants; Pension Plan
Major Snag In Parleys
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 22. (JPi
Philip Murray's CIO United
Steelworkers today put off for
another week the nationwide
steel strike set lor Saturday
midnight.
The million-member union's
policy-making committee joined
industry in accepting President
Truman's plea for extension of
the strike truce until 12:01 a.
m Satuday, October 1, to per
mit renewed contract talks.
The action came as wildcat
walkouts shut down two Pitts
burgh steel plants and idled 2,
400 workers. Pickets carried signs
demanding "strike not more ex
tension," and "strike free pen
sions." Murray and the Industry dead
locked on acceptance of a presi
dential board's peace recommend
ations that the steelworkers get
company financed insurance and
pensions. The union accepted. In
dustry objected to looting tne
bill and refused to be bound by
the report without bargaining.
They've been feuding since.
Mr. Truman intervened to stave
off the week-end strike. In addi
tion to truce extension, he called
for direct bargaining and early
settlement.
Murray announced the union
wage policy committee approval
of the extension. He said:
"The only thing I have to add
is that we are contacting the
various companies and we hope
to meet with the (U. S. Steel)
corporation tomorrow."
me action was taken in a reso
lution unanimously adopted by
the committee. The resolution
stated:
"The public interest requires
and the American people have
right to expect an early settle
ment on the part of the steel
companies on the basis of the
board recommendation."
The two and a half hour ses
sion of the wage policy commit
tee broke up with the 170 mem
bers standing on their feet to
cheer Murray.
Two Pittsburgh district plants
were closed by work stoppages
one company official blamed on
the men being "Jittery over the
whole situation in the steel In
dustry." Union officials said the
men were out without union au
thorization. Employes' reporting for work
at the Universal Cyclops steel
plant milled around confusedly in
the rain and then went home.
"I don't know what this is all
about," said one. "We can't learn
why this walkout was called."
A power house employee looked
at a smokestack and said:
"There's no smoke coming out.
The boilers are cold. I'm going
home."
Pickets appeared at the Su
perior Steel company plant In
Pittsburgh. There was no dis
order. Moose Initiate
58 Candidates
State President Clifford
"Brick" Leach. Oregon Moose as
sociation, of Klamath Falls was
present Wednesday night to wit
ness the Initiation of a class of
58 candidates into Roseburg
Lodge 1037, Loyal Order oil
Moose. ,
The Eugene Moose degree
team conferred the degree upon
the large class.
President Leach, speaking be
fore the well-attended meeting,
congratulated Roseburg Governor
Jerry Willis and the membership
upon the rapid growth of the lo
cal organization since it was re
activated here about a year ago.
He told the Initiates about the
Loyal Order of Moose and talked
also about Mooseheart, home for
the aged.
State Supreme Sergeant -at
Arms Bill Heinke, Eugene, was
also a guest.
Following the meeting a trave
logue motion picture was shown
and refreshments were served.
Two Plead Guilty To
Charges In Circuit Court
Pleas of guilty were entered
by two men arraigned before
Circuit Judge Carl E. Wlmberly
today.
Chester William Clark, 50,
Stockton, Calif., charged with as
sault with a dangerous weapon,
waived grand jury indictment,
and entered his plea. He is ac
cused of shooting at Yoncalla
Chief of Police Vincent H. Mc
Elmurray on Sept. 1, following a
long chase onto Rice Hill.
The other to enter a guilty plea
was Daniel K. Craven, 35, Chi
cago, charged with obtaining per
sonal property by false pretenses.
He Is accused of passing a worth
less $15 check on Parkinson's
grocery Aug. 29.
The Judge deferred passing ot
sentence until a later date.
LivHy Fact Rant
lyUr. lUisMMtet
With us is the annual rail
ear shortage. He Is a super
optimist Indeed who expects
any more of remedy than
given In past years. Leave it
to the "Friendly" sobbing Pa
cific to spawn fresh supply
of specious explanations.