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2 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Mow., Oct. 3, 194 102,000 Cod Mintrs Re4'jrn To Thtir Jobs (Continued Irom Page One) back to their jobs today by the tere hint from union headquar tera that their Idleness "is not now vital to the pending wage negotiations" were 80,000 anthra cite (hard coal) diggers In Penn sylvania and 22,000 toft coal min er went of the Mississippi. The UMW battle cry of recent years, "no contract, no work," apparently waa discarded for a limited application of "no pen lion, no work." Contract! applying to all UMW miner! expired during the sum mer, and pension and other wel fare fund payment! have been suspended because southern coal operators have stopped paying royalties of 20 cent! a ton of coal mined to the fund under a no contract, no royalties policy. Intervention Prebabl In the steel strike which hit 56 basic steel plants and 50 Iron ore mines Saturday, there were rumors of new government Inter vention. The White Home has in dicated that President Truman is standing on his decision of last week that he will take no direct action, however. Most lively de velopment would be new efforts by chief government mediator Cyrus Chlng to get bargaining tensions under way again. ' The union leaders are ada mant In demanding company paid pensions and Insurance. The companies say they won't agree, to a plan that eliminates em ployee payments entirely. In the Hawaiian dock strike em ployer and union representatives held a secret session Sunday, be fore which Dwlght Steel, presi dent of the Hawaii Eployeis' council, said "there Is a good chance for settlement." another meeting was held today. Harvester Parley Out With 17,000 of its 40,000 em ployes Idled by a strike of 4,600 In Its Chicago tractor works. In ternational Harvester met today with the CIO United Farm Equip ment workers to discuss the un ion's demands for a ''substantial" wage increase, pensions, insur ance and a cut in the work week from 40 to 35 hours. The National Mediation board heean conducting a vote by 48,. 000 shop workers of the Pennsyl vania roairoaa to aeiermine oar gaining representation. Involved are eight AKL, craft unions and the CIO United Railwoay Work ers. Balloting will eontinut through Oct. 31. 2 Mort Jail Breakers Back Behind Bars (Continued from Page One) Set Norgt Befors You Buy US) Q FOR WASHING MACHINES FOR HINT bene 101 BERGH'S 1 APPLIANCI SERVICI 1200 S. Stephen You're Money Ahead with Maytag tlves were being closely trailed by the bloodhounds of Deputy Sheriff Red Eckhardt. Alto in the searching party, beating brush, were Deputy Sheriff Dallas Ben nett, and Sgt. E. A. Best and Of ficer Ray Lorance of the Roseburg city police. At the road block, where the fugitives were taken in custody, were George Caskey and Tom Beall of the sheriff's reserves, and slate police officers. Sgt. narrew loaay commeniea that the sheriff's reserves had done "a very good Job" In the hunt for the escapees from the Jail, and had worked long hours In maintaining road blocks on the highway. Statement Corrected Deputy Sheriff William Kissin ger, head Jailer, today corrected a statement attributed to him Sat urday, that he had heard shouts and cries of "Help, police!" com ing from the Jail, when he and his wife had gone to dinner at a res taurant on N. Jackson street. He said a woman had come up to him on Court street. Just before he and his wife had gone into the restaurant, and told him she had heard such cries. Kissinger said he then went Into the restaurant and telephoned Deputy Sheriff Ira uyrd ana" asked him to check on the disturbance. After Kissinger and his wife had finished dinner and were walking along N. Jackson street. they were Informed by a passer by that the Jail break had oc curred. They returned to the courtnouse. Senator Vandenbercj Undergoes Operation DETROIT. Oct. 3 -UP The Detroit Times reported todav that Senator Vandenberg (R-Mlch) was taken to the operating room of University hospital in Ann Ar bor for lung surgery. The Times quoted surgeons as saying the senator would he un der the knife for two to four hours. There was no official comment from the hospital. The nature of his Illness was not disclosed. WALLBOARD Flrtex Shtetroek Maionitt PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 164 E. 2nd Ave, S. Phone 242 ''e, Has your room a "DEAD SPOT"? add life . . . excitement with new WINDOW SHADES Dingy, shabby window shades moke your whole room . look dull. Get rid of them fast whisk up fresh, colorful Columbia pastel shades, and your windows become the focal point of interest. See our beautiful selection of pastel colors; such as, shell pink, dove gray, lemon yellow, aqua and other beauties. They'll make "Dead Spots" wake up and sing! Let us show them to you now! Pimm 1 - ii In .ifil All this beauty of the lowest price ever MM OMPBNV Christmas Shopping Done? Why not havt us Lay away your choica of gifts newt Phone 10 G XJ V' W vWillMWIIIJ IBM lHL'Fl" Ii r ' v) v. ; X . - -J. 1 u 1 Oregon Jobless Payments Reach Fresh Records Oregon's employers naintaln ed seasonal pay-rolls during Sept ember at practically the same high levels of 1948 and 1948. ac cording to reports to the State sation commission, but payments to those unable to secure Jobs continued to establish new summer-time records. t;nomnloved worken covered by Slate law received $1,403,094 last month. $66,961 more than in August and more than four times the SSeptember. 1948 total. It was the third successive monthly Increase from $6X3.617 in June. In 1947 and 1948 the low was reached in September, while In 1946 it came In October. Because of the failure of Con gress to extend the July 25, dead line for most veterans' readjust ment allowances, unemployment payments in Oregon undr-r the G-I Bill declined to $63,320, low est in four years and about half of the $121,169 sent out in Sept ember, 1948. Many veterans now are entitled to state compensa tion. Little change in the weekly claims volume was shown during the month, but the 18,838 persons asking compensation last week compared with 7,093 a year ago. The commission reported 47.6S2 new claims taken since the 1949 50 benefit vear opened July 1. A vear ago, 22,024 claims were on file. Payments to covered workers for the first nine months of 1949 were $13,299,253 or 134 per cent more than for the same period last year. Continuation of pre sent trends will push this year'! total well over the previous re cord high of $16,669,748 for 1916, when thousands of war worker! had not yet found places in peacetime industry. Walter Cobb Funeral Will Bo Held Tuesday ' Funeral for Walter Cobb. 74, well-known resident of Roseburg who died Sept. 30 near Lakeview, ore., irom a heart attack while on a hunting trip in that vicinity, will be held in the chapel of the Long & Orr mortuary Tuesday, Oct. , at 2 p.m., with the Rev. W. A. MacArthur of the First Methodist church officiating. Concluding services and inter ment will follow In the I.O.O.F. cemetery. Cobb was born Nov. 17, 1874, at Owensburg, Ind., and came to Roseburg in 192. He is survived by his widow, Cora Ann Cobb, and two sons, Delbert John Cobb and Gilbert Semer Cobb, all 01 Roseburg. He is also survived by three brothers and five sisters, all of whom reside in the east. The Weather U. S. Weather Bureau Office Roaebura. Oregon Fair today. Increasing cloudi ness tonight. Partly cloudy Tues day. Highest temp, for any Oct. S Lowest temp, tor any Oct. 22 Highest Urn p. yesterday 71 Lowest temp, last 24 hrs. 4t Precipitation last 24 hrs .00 Precipitation since Oct. f . - 3 Deficit sine Sept. 1 - 1S Circuit Judge Mackoy Of Condon Passes Away CONDON. Ore. Oct.3 JP) D. N. MacKay, Circuit Judge of Gilliam. Sherman, and Wheeler couniies, died at his home here Friday. MacKay had been circuit Judge here since 1944. when the late governor Earl Snell appointed him to fill a vacancy on the bench. Previously he had been Di strict Attorney of Gilliam county. In the thirties he was a director of the Federal Land bank at Spokane. MacKay was about 68. Born in Scotland, he had lived ir Ore gon about 40 years, most of them here. He studied law at the Un iversity of Oregon. His wife died la-.it March. A daughter, Mrs. Rex Eastman of Oswego, survives. BOUNCES INTO HOSPITAL WASHINGTON (P Two . year old Mildred Jones bounc ed happily on her bed. She bounced too hard right through an open second story window. She was taken to a hos pital with a fractured skull. Rare Plant Brings Hope To Millions By ROY ESSOYAN AP Newsfeatures HONOLULU A rare plant that has brought hope to 7.000,000 ar thritic patients in the United States has been cultivated in Ha waii for the last 17 years. A species of African vine call ed itrophanthus, this plant con tains ingredients for relief of arthritis and rheumatic fever But total production in the in lands so far doesn't add up to enough to help one patient one day. "It's till in the experimental stage." says Dr. H. L. Lyon, director emeritus of the experi ment station. Hawaii Sugar Plan ters Association. Researchers have reported that a chemical obtained from seeds of the strophantnus Is iden tical with one of the intermed iaie chemicals now Involved in the laborious process of produc ing cortisone. Main obstacle to production of cortisone from the plant is the same as that presently hamper ing its production from ex bile you need a mountain of seeds for a few ounces of cortisone. To be ,Wor Veterans Voted Bonus In Delawart DOVER, Del. .Oct. 3 P Deleware veteran of World War two will receive up to $300 as the result of the bonus bill sign ed by Gov. Elbert N. Carvel.. The measure, calls for veter rans of State-side service to re ceive $15 a month or a maxi mum of $225 for service between Sept. 16, 1940 and June 30. 1946. Veterans with foreign servic records will receive $20 a month up to 15 months or a maximum of $300. Accidents cause 42 times as manv deaths among U. S. child ren as does Infantile paralysis. exact, one tone of seeds to re lieve one paiient one year. For " ops' on Dralnbeards See Phil Durnom Linoleum Laying and Venetian Blinds I I 920 S. Main 1336 J . FUGITIVES CAPTURED Theta piclurei show how two of fha county jail escapees wera returned to the courthouse, after their capture on the railroad tracks near Winchester Friday Willis Walton Huahes. 49. his hands placed behind his neck, being hastened along by Stat Police Officer Howard Marsh, canter, and sneritt s reserve officers. Lower picture shows Carroll Walton Hughes, 19, be ing led into the county jail. Officers are Deputy Sheriff Red Eckhardt, left, and State Police Sgt. Lyle H. Harrell, right. Sea story on Page I. (Picture by Master Studio). ' Seventeen Persons Die When Train Rams Bus Continued from Page One) force base, 40 mile! east of here, and carried military and civilian personnel and girl friends home hound from a day at the boach. N one on the bus was unhurt, but no one was injured aboard the train, the Union Pacific's Pony Express eastbound to Chicago. The railroad said the train was traveling 70 miles an hour. Engl r -r Al Hall declared "1 didn't see a thing" before the crash. Hornbla Scene Reported An ambulance driver, ex-marlne Dirk Klenhard, slid the bloody wreck scene reminded him of Iwo Jima's beachhead -"There were dead and injured every where." Survivors Included Omega and Maiquita IVarce, 18-year-old twins from Ontario. Omega received a broken ankle, Maiquita cuts and bruises. Nearly a mile of the railroad right-of-way- some 30 miles east of Los Angeles was strewn with bodies, some dccaptitaled and many mangled. Torches were re quired to cut one body from the bus wreckage. A graphic eyewitness account came from O. K. Englund of l.a Crcsivnla, Calif., who was driv ing on U. S. highway til), which parallels the Union Pacific tracks. "Suddenly," he said, "rocks be gan hilling my windshield and 1 drove into a big cloud of dust. 1 slupped. A fellow was staggering around, yelling "my arm, my arm!' I saw one man lying against a post, bones sticking out from his hodv. 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