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t Eugene, -Oregon
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Th Wtathvr
Fair and sliqhrty warmer to
day. Partly cloudy Sunday.
Suns today 5:55 p. m.
1 Sunrise tomorrow 4:1 1 a. m.
Eitablishod 1873
Half-Million Steel Workers Out In Nation
Severe Blow
Being Dealt
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Picket Lines Permit
Passing Of Supervisors
To Keep Equipment Up
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 1. UP
A strike by a half million CIO
United Steelworkers today shut
down Iron and steel mills from
cosat to coast.
The free pension and Insurance , long been prominent In the Ma
walkout dealt a crippling blow to j sonic lodge and is president of
American industry. Coupled with the Roseburg Rotary club this
the two-week old coal mine strike, year. ..... ....
It threatens to disrupt American Chandler stated today that he
ecinomy.
Picket lines at mill gates In 27
states generally were small and
quiet in the first nation-wide steel
strike since 1946. Plant gates in
Pittsburgh, Detroit and Cleveland
were circled by picket lines which
dwindled to mere handfuls several
hours after the strike began at
12:01 a. m., eastern standard
time.
A restaurant man In Lorain,
O whose establishment is near
a giant plant of the National Tube
company, posted this sign in a
window:
"Large bowl of soup, for dura
tion of strike, one cent."
Pass Through Lines
Supervisory workers and fore
men passed through picket lines
without incident. They are al
lowed free entrance to keep mill
equipment in good shape to re-
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In the Day's Hews
By FRANK JENKINS
SOVIET Russia asserts that Tito
has lined up with "foreign im
perialist circles" and follows up
the assertion by scrapping her
"friendship" treaty with
X ujjoivia.
A lew days ago Russlan-commu-nlst-ruled
Hungary EXPELLED
Tito's diplomats from Budapest
and Tito retaliated by expelling
Hungary's diplomats from
Belgrade.
About the same time Tito ac
cused Russia of a "rattling the
saber" and digging trenches in
satellite countries along the Yugo
slav border.
WHAT of it?
Well, suppose Tito became so
cantankerous that Moscow had to
spank him OR LOSE FACE IN
THE EYES OF HER WHOLE
COMMUNIST CREW.
That could be the match that
blew up the powder keg.
4THIS one comes from Detroit:
'I "Salt mines under city of De
troit are being Inspected for pos
sible usefulness as air raid shel-
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County PTA Representatives
'Hold Instruction School
With Large Group Attending
Over 85 representatives from Parent-Teacher associations in
Douglas county attended a school of instructions held at the Epis
copal parish house Friday.
This is by far larger than last year's attendance, which had
shown definite growth over the attendance of the previous years.
Mrs. Hilmer Llndstrom of the
state Congress of P.-T. A. of SDPCjai .r-,, wa, Dut on the
Astoria, vice president of region I, Peaal stres , . .
10. was In general charge of the importance of projects and study
meeting. Mrs. Ralph Herron. : ffoups, rather than upon fund
Lebanon, also on the state board I raising and purchasing. New
of the Oregon congress took part I emphasis was placed upon room
in the Instructions
Mrs. Earl Sheridan of Klamath
Falls, vice president of region 3,
Mrs. S. A. Warg, Roseburg, vice
president of region 8, and Mrs.
Prentiss Card, Sutherlin, state
chairman of 'publications com-
pleted the state officers partici
pating in the instructions.
Mrs. Alvin Helgeson, president
of the Douglas county council,
stated she felt that the institute,
operating on a new and more in
formal plan, was very worthwhile.
There seemed to be a very live
and vital interest in P.-T. A. work,
she said.
There were 61 In attendance at
the luncheon served at noon in
the L'mpqua hotel.
Twelve units of the Parent
Teachers were represented, in
cluding Drain, Yoncalla. Myrtle
-fteek, Glid, Riddle. Sutherlin,
Tt.kland and Benson. Fullerton,
verside and Rose school from
eburg.
ROSEBURG,
Hiatt Is Named
As New Manager
Of Radio KRNR
Bud Chandler, director of the
Southern Oregon Publishing com
pany' radio 8tatlon, today an
nounced that Leroy Hiatt, for the
last several years KRNR's chief
engineer, has been approved as
the station's new manager by
Frank Jenkins, president of the
company, effective as of Oct. 15.
Hiatt was long a member of
Roseburg High school's faculty
as science Instructor and Joined
KRNR'i engineering department
in 1943. He has been the station's
chief engineer since 1945; has
was very pleased to have Hiatt
accept KRNR's managership;
also that additional new staff as
signments and operating policies
would be announced by Mr. Hi
att prior to the 15th.
Members Of Truman
Cabinet To Get Pay Boost
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 l.V
President Truman's cabinet
members can look forward with
assurance today to a pay boost
following Senate approval of a
bill to raise them from their pres
ent $15,000 a year to $22,500.
The Senate action, taken on a
52-to-14 vote Thursday night, sent
the measure back to the House,
which previously had voted the
department heads a $25,000 sal
ary. Both bills also call for pay
Increases for a long list of other
high government officials. Their
differences must now be ironed
out in conferences.
All 37 Democrats present In the
Senate voted for the pay increase,
which Mr. Truman said would
make it easier for the govern
ment to compete with industry
for top executives.
The Republicans split, 15 for
to 14, against
Father Hurls Son To His
Death, Then Follows Him
HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Oct. 1.
IIP) A shabbily - dressed man
tossed a small boy off the top of
the 220-foot high West Virginia
building in the heart of Hunting
ton's business district Friday and
then leaped to his own death.
The bodies crushed on the side
walk on Fourth Avenue, which
was filled with shoppers and of
fice workers on noon-hour leave.
Police said "every bone" in the
boy's body was broken. He was
described as being between three
and four years old.
The man, about 50, struck on
his head.
The two were Identified later
as Claude S. Hatton, 44 a mail
carrier, and his son David, 5.
The widow is a school teacher.
John Bates New Manager
Of Arbuckle's Store
John Bates has taken over the
management of Arbuckle's Shoe
Store, replacing Jess House, who
has been transferred by the com
pany to Its Klamath Falls store.
Bates, who has been with Ar
buckles the last three years,
comes here from Salem. He is
married and has three sons. He
said he is looking for a house.
mothers and study group depart
ments, In order that closer rela
tions between the parents, teacher
and the child may be obtained.
Any problems arising covering
tne cniid or scnooi snouia De mo-
"vated to the final solution to the
problem, it was brought out.
Child participation in P.-T. A.
work is good, provided that the
child is used to demonstrate the
starting or finishing of school
projects, with teachers and advis
ors explaining the project, the dis
cussion emphasized.
Closer cooperation with the
school principals and superin
tendents was urged in the plan
ning of Parent-Teacher meetings.
A great deal of time should be
given in planning a worthwhile
program of education.
Mother singing units are a new
innovation already started in
Myrtle Creek and Sutherlin. They
are being urged In more asso-
1 ciations.
OREGON SATURDAY, OCT.
OREGON COAST
Mpproacn vt rour more
Pineapple Laden Barges
THE DALLES, Ore., Oct. l.OP) CIO Longshoremen watched
the Oregon coast closely today for four new pineapple barges re
ported en route from Hawaii.
They set up a scouting system to get Longshoremen quickly to
any port where unloading it attempted.
Train Derailment
In Tunnel Blocks
Siskiyou Traffic
Rail traffic on the Siskiyou line
was blocked last night, when a
14-car Southern Pacific freight
train was derailed at 7:30 p.m.
in Tunnel No. 4 at Brandt, no.tli
of Glendale. said J. E. Clark,
local SP agent.
He said the cars struck the
sides of the tunnel, ripping down
timbers and tearing up 200 feet
of track. The- locomotive was
turned over on its side. No one
was injured.
The northbound freight was un
officially known as the "East
Cantonment," said Clark.
Relief trainj (wreckers) we.-e
dispatched from Ashland to work
at the south end of the tunnei.
and from Eugene, to work the
north end of the tennel.
Train 330, the northbound Ash-
land-Portland passenger train,
was held up at Grants Pass, and
Train 329, southbound Portland-
Ashland passenger train, wis
turned around at Roseburg this
morning.
Passengers were transferred
between here and Grants Pass by
Greyhound busses, while mail
and express was transportea oy
Pacific Motor Trucking company,
said Clark.
The southbound train arrived
here on time, at 3 o'clock, and
was returned to Portland at 8:50
this morning, after passengers
and mail and express had arrived
from Grants Pass.
Walter Cobb Dies
Of Heart Attack
On Hunting Trip
Walter Cobb, 74, well-known
resident of Roseburg, died sud
denly Friday afternoon from a
heart attack near Lakeview, Ore.,
while on a hunting trip in that
area. He had left Roseburg on
Thursday and was stricken whiU
in camp about JU miles irom
Lakeview.
Mr. Cobb was born Nov. 17,
1874, at Owensburg, Ind., and
was united in marriage to Cora
Ann Brown on Feb. 29. 1896.
He came to Roseburg from Okla
homa in 1924 and had been en
gaged in gunsmith work.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Cora Ann Cobb, Roseburg,
and two sons. Delbert John Cobb
and Gilbert Semer Cobb both of
Roseburg. He is also survived
by five sisters and three broth
ers all of whom reside in the
East.
His body is being brought to
Roseburg by the Long & On
mortuary and funeral arrange
ments will be announced later.
Hit-Run Driver
Pays Fine Of $25
SusDicious police reserve offi
cers trailed a car with a smash
edln front fender last night,
thinking the driver might be an
escapee from the county Jail.
He was arrested near Mercy
hospital, said Assistant Police
Chief AI Hughes, and his car was
Identified from paint on the front
bumper as the vehicle wmcn
struck a parked automobile be
longing to A. J. cjnson, near tne
Junior High school.
The youth. Jack Francis Phil
lips, 20. 1865 Myrtle street, plead
ed guilty in municipal court this
morning to hit-and-run driving,
said Judge Ira B. Riddle. He paid
a $25 fine.
The Judge atso reported that
George Ware Tullos, 25, employ
ed at the Associated Plywood
camp on Little river, forfeited
$20 bail posted on a drunkenness
charge, for failure to appear in
court.
GIRL KILLED
FLORENCE. Oct. 1. .P An
accidental gun shot killed a 15-year-old
farm girl yesterday, dep.
uty sheriff William Moon re
ported here.
He said the girl. Betty J. Woo
lev. was hit as she sat in the
living room of the Woosley farm
18 miles west of Deadwood.
The father, Wilbur Woosley,
said his .22 caliber rifle discharg
ed as he loaded It while walking
through th house, enroute to
the yard to shoot at a crow,
Moon reported.
1, 1949
WATCHED
re IT??
An airplane and five speedboats
were held at points along the
coast to investigate any barge
like craft approaching. CIO lead
ers said they had been tipped the
barges were coming.
So far the longshoremen have
a win and a loss in the battle over
Pineapple slipped out of strike
ound Hawaii. One barge got into
Tillamook bay on the Oregon
coast before longshoremen de
tected it. It was unloaded.
The other was tied up at The
Dalles, but the port commission
crdered the barge to move after
longsnoremen raided the dock,
damaged equipment and threw
some pineapple into the Columbia
river Wednesday.
Still Hopeful
The Hawaiian Pineapple com
pany, owners of the shipment,
clung stubbornly to hope that the
unloading still might be allowed
here. Almost no one else believed
it possible.
The longshoremen called away
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New Trial Asked
In Damage Suit
Motion asking for a new trial
has been filed in Clr-niit court
by the defendant in the case of
M. K. Brown vs. Glenn E. Mar
shall. The motion asks that the Judg
ment entered Sept. 22, 1949, In the
sum of $7,100 in favor of the
plaintiff be set aside. The de
fendant also asks for an order,
which has been granted, staying
issuance of execution of the judg
ment until the court has had time
to consider ihe motion.
The new trial is asked on the
alleged grounds as follows: 1.
Abuse of discretion of the court
for the Jury to view the scene of
the accident. 2. Insufficient evi
dence to Justify the verdict. 3.
Excessive damage appearing to
have been given under influence
of passion and prejudice. 4. Er
rors in law expected to (a) in the
refusal of the trial court to grant
the defendant a directed verdict;
(b) erroneous Instruction to the
jury; (c) failure of the trial
court to give certain requested
Instruction submitted by the de
fendant's attorney.
The auit grew out of an auto
mobile accident last January be
tween can of the plaintiff and de
fendant on Canyon mountain.
Underworld Feud Hinted
In Slaying Of Bookie
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1 (IP)
Police wondered today if thsy
had the makings of an under
world war in the slaving of a
longtime San Francisco bookie in
traditional gangland fashion.
A man identified as Martin D.
Breslauer, 61, was slugged to his
knees and then shot through the
body In nearby Daly City Thurs
day night at dusk.
He staggered to the doorway
of a grocery store and collapsed
after murmuring, "they shot me
and they robbed me." He died
shortly. .
But police discounted the rob
bery motive since the man car
ried $3,800 in $100 bills.
Breslauer. a bookie here for
three decades, was known as a
layoff bookie one who takes bets
the smaller bookmakers consid
er too big for them.
THI DALLES Lonaihoraman
waterfront her yesterdey.
Douglei McKey ordered tt
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Fliers Killed
In 3 States
Seven Parachute Safely
As Plane Creshes In
Flames Near Raton, N. M.
tBy Tha Auorlaud Prcul
Thirteen air force fliers died
and seven parachuted to safety
yesterday iFri.) In flaming
crashes In New Mexico, Tennes
see and New Jersey.
An air lorce plane crashed near ,
Raton, N. M, last night, killing
all 10 men aboard. It was a B-17 ;
enroute from Biggs air base, El
Paso, Tex., to Lowry Field, Den
ver. Thirty-six passengers in a
Northwest airlines plane escaped
injury at Milwaukee when the
airliner's left landing gear col
lapsed as the craft came in at
an airport
ine .ennessee crasn occurrea
near Chattanooga. One engine of
a twin-engined B-25 bomber
caught fire just as the plane was
preparing to land.
Capt. William E. Blair of Hous
ton. Tex., the pilot, ordered, the
other eight men aboard to jump
Dut ne roae tne plane to his
aeain
Into a
Inioual-ea3'?
lullSToMhe men wKo
parachute
jumped was not hooked properly
and he perished in a 6,000-foot
fall.
An air force lieutenant died in
the crash and explosion of his
jet fighter plane near Cape May
court house, N. J.
In England, a jet "flying tri
angle," a new craft with secret
equipment being developed for
the armed forces, crashed last
night killing its test pilot. '
The pilot of the Martin 2-0-2
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William Douglas
Leaves Way Open
For Candidacy
SEATTLE, Oct. l.UP) The
gate was ajar Just a crack today
on whether U. S. Supreme Court
Justice William O. Douglas might
consider being a candidate for the
presidency in 1952.
When the question was put to
him directly in an Interview last
night, Douglas replied: "I don't
think anyone on the court should
run for political office."
Left unanswered was his status
if for any reason he should leave
the high court.
Commenting on his recent trip
with his son, William Jr., through
the middle east, Douglas said
that In Iran they heard numer
ous rumors there were several
Russian divisions engaged in
combatting a revolt of tribes in
the mountains of southern Rus
sia. "We heard this rumor so often,
I was inclined to believe it," he
said.
Border skirmishes between So
viet combat patrols and Iranian
military outposts occur two or i
three times a week, the Justice
reported. He termed the rum-,
ors psychological warfare and .
said they have made the Iranian
people strongly anti-Russian.
Douglas, who Is visiting friends
here, will leave tomorrow morn-.
ing for Washington, D. C. I
BODY SHIPPED
The bodv of Fred Martin Baunv
gardner, 32, resident of Suther-
in, wno was Kinea nere sept.
29, when a load of lumber fell
on nim wnne nis ituck was dc-uik 3 . -unloaded,
was forwarded to Tor- J
rlngton. Wyo. last night by the
Long tt Orr Mortuary, for fu-
neral services there with inter-
ment in Morrell, Neb.
ran in pursuit of trucks which
Two trucken went to the hoipitel.
pelie to petrol, (AP)
Jailer Walter
In Bold County Jail Break Friday Hiqht;
Police Scanning Countryside For Culprits
Sheriffs Office
Lists Records
Of Prisoners
The two escapees from the coun
ty jail who were captured
last night, . Willie Wei ton
Hughes, 49, and his son. Caroll
Welton Hughes, 19, both of Pills
,'burg, Calif., were held here for
j California authorities for auto
larceny allegedly commuted in
Contra Costa county, Sept. 17.
District Attorney Robert G.
Davis said they were arrested on
the Pacific highway just north
of Roseburg by state police Sept.
24. They were held in the county
jail until their escape and were
returned to the jail after their
capture last night.
Three of the fugitives have
pleaded guilty to charges anil
were to have been sentenced Oct.
10. Chester William Clark. 50. of
Stockton, Calif., pulled a gun or
a Yoncalla officer after a char
in a speeding car on the Paelfi
highway Sept. 1. He pleaded gui'
ty to assault with a dangerous
weapon said Davis.
Quentln Cecil Wilbur. 30, o.
r.arriiner. Maine, and I-ei-nv Mm.
tin Burnham, 23. of Llvermore
Falls, Maine, pleaded guilty on
Wednesday to larceny of an au
tomobile at Reedsport Sept. 22.
They were arrested by stale po
lice near Drain that nlcht an
brought here for arraignment, f
I hey were to nave been sen
fenced Oct. 10. Valcena Avis
: Wnlte orgjnaiiv lsled .. W!l
I k ...u. i. ..in i ,t, (n
burs wife, is still In the jail.
Larry Leslie Kerstine, 18, of
Roseburg, was arrested by citj
police June 3 on a vagrancy
charge. He was sentenced to si:
months In the county Jail am.
fined SltfVJustice of the Peace
re-r
' violation of hi, parole.
A. J. (irudes and later was pa-
Riverside Gymnasium
Bids Under Advisement
Flv bids for construction of
ths Rivorsids school gymnasi
um wert opsned by tho school
board last nlaht. Thty wort
i taken unoer' dvltment. and
award of a oontract will bo an
nounced latar, said A. . (Pat)
Collier, olirk of Roseburg
School District No. 4. Collier
said the high bid was $138,000
and the low bid $112,000.
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planned to move pineepple from
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Wilson Beaten
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American Civilian Defense
Organization Is Pitifully
Week, If Need Should Rise
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. (IP) If American cities were attacked
tomorrow the federal government would be ready with two civil
defense planning organizations totalling about a dozen men wh
have no authority whatsoever.
Some states and communities
hav gone ahead with their own
I plans for rescue and protection of
I civilian populations in event of
atomic or other acn-.i suacK un
der plans tentatively outlined by
the federal government a year
ago and since put aside for new
studies.
But the only civil defense plan
ning groups in the federal set-up
now are a study unit within the
national security resources board
consisting of a coordinator and
one assistant, and a civil defense
liaison office In the defense de
partment made u- of about ten
men.
Office Ended
In a directive earlier this year.
President Truman ended the of
fice of Civil Defense Planning cre
ated in March 1948, hy the late
Secretary of Defense James For
restal. The directive transferred
responsibility for Dlannlng a na
tional civil defense system to the
NSRB, with William H. Gill
named coordinator.
The office of Civil Defense
Planning was headed by Russel J.
Hopley, Omaha telephone com
pany executive, and consisted of
members and committees repre
senting a cross-section of civilian
. J... '.,;
j ln November 194. (even
'month after It was officially dis
And Bound
Two Escapees
Retaken After
Eluding Trap
Six prisoners escaped from thl
county jail last night, after gang
ing up on Jailer Walter Wilson,
leaving him bound and gagged
and locking Mrs. Wilson matron.
In a cell. Tney took keys from tha
jai office, and went down in tha
courthouse elevator to the ground '
floor.
State Police Officer Sherman
Morris said two of the escapees,
1 Willie Welton Hughes. 49, and hit
son. caroll welton Hughes, 19,
both of Pittsburg, Calif., were ar
rested shortly alter 9 p, m, near
Winchester. . .
An armed posse picked up tha
pair, Morris said, at Deady, fol
lowing a report that they had
abandoned a stolen car south of
the roadblock set up at Win
chester. They were taken without
a struggle when police officer
met them walking down the rail
road tracks. .
Escapee listed
Deputy Sheriff Ira Byrd named
the other escapees as:
Larry Leslie Kerstine, 18,
Roseburg charged with parol
violating.
Quentin Cecil Wilbur, 30,
Gardiner, Maine, scheduled lor
sentencing Oct. 10, for larceny of
an automobile.
Leroy Martin Burnham, 23,
Llvermore Falls. Maine, sched
uled for sentencing Oct. 10, for
larceny of an automobile.
Chester William Clark, 50,
Stockton Calif., charged with as
sault with intent to kill and
larceny of an automobile.
Report that "suspicious charac
ters" were seen near the railroad
tracks In the vicinity of the El
Ruth Rancho at Wilbur this morn
ing were being Investigated, Mor
ris said.
Byrd placed the time of the jail
break as around 8:30. He said h
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Federal Spending
Billion Greater
Than Its Income
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. OR
The federal government - spent
about $1,400,000,000 mora than
it took in during the first three
months of the 1950 fiscal year,
and no relief from red ink fi
nancing appears in sight. '
The most hopeful guess from
an administration expert put tha
budget deficit for the 12 month
ending next June 30 at $2,000,
000,000. Senator Byrd (D. Va.)
predicts It may run a high a
$7,000,000,000. ,
While a lot depends on what
Congress does with some $14,000,
000,000 in appropriations bill
still awaiting final action, offi
cials said yesterday that govern
ment spending probably will top
even the peacetime record of $41,
858,000,000 proposed by President
Truman.
And while spending climbs, tha
government's revenues appear
likely to fall below the $40,985,
000,000 forecast in January. So
far, spending is running 22 per
cent above last year, and reve
nue have Increased only seven
per cent.
These are the official treasury
figures for the first quarter of
the fiscal year, through Sept 28:
The government' income: $9e
015,000,000. It's spending: $10.
419,000,000. The deficit; $1,404,
000,000. .
solved, this agency Issued a re
port recommending that civil de
fense be a orimarv responsibility
of local civilian organizations.
with a federal agency guuainf
the program.
Program Prepared 1
In addition, the office, working
with state and municipal groups,
prepared a program of legislation
for introduction in Congress and
in state legislatures.
The. report and program were
turned over to the secretary of
defense and the president. The
program was not introduced in
Congress. The matter remained
dormant until Mr. Truman's di
rective ordf-red new studie to be
made by NSRB.
There has been no indication
whether the announcement that
Russia has set off an atomic ex
Dlosion will mean a speed-up in
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Two trout ore th limit,
Not leu than a foot;
Toss the smaller one bock?
Why of course tut, tat.
Livhy Rant
By L, F. Reieeneteta
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