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U. Of 0. Library , Compe j ; Euen Oregon , rui A mi Wind. Rains The Weather Mostly cloudy this afternoon, tonight and Wednesday, with few light showers storting to night. Sunset today 5:50 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:14 a. m. Lash Houston, Other Cities mm Li :lr IN SPY CHARGE Joseph W. Weinberg (topi, University of Minnesota professor was named is "Scientist X" and accused by the House Un-American Ac tivities committee of passing wartime A-bomb secrets to a communist agent. Steve Nelson (below) was named by the com mittee as the communist agent "engaged in securing informa tion regarding the atom bomb from "Scientist X." (AP Wire photo I . In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS THE steel Industry is down (half a million men Idle). The coal industry Is down (four hundred odd thousand men Idle). Coal is vital to the making of steel. Steel Is vital to the making of nearly everything we use. Without coal and steel, our mod ern civilization would collapse. BECAUSE we have been taught to think that way, we think of the steel industry as owned by a few bloated plutocrats. I imagine a lot of us actually picture them unconsciously as wetring Prince Albert coats, plug hats and cover ing their ample tummies with loud checkered waistcoats. That is the way the cartoonists have been picturing them for us for years, and these pictures stick in our minds. REALLY, It Isn't that way. The steel industry is owned by many, many people who have pooled their savings to provide the astronomical sums necessary to finance an industry s vast as (Continued on Page Four) State Employes May Sign Recall Petitions SALEM, Oct. 4 OP) State employes may sign recall peti tions. But, ruled Attorney General George Neuner, they can't cir culate the petitions, nor circulate initiative or referendum petitions, nor actively engage in political campaigns. The question was asked by the State Liquor commission. Timely Topics Speakers At District Session In Roseburg Of B. P. W. Clubs Sparkling observance of National Business Women's week, the Southern Oregon District Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs met at Roseburg Oct. 2 for their annual fall conference. With Loraine Quillen of Klam ath Falls as chairman, the meet ing conve.ied promptly at 9:30 a.m. in me auditorium of the Roseburg Junior high school. Speakers included Charlene ho- wards, president of the State F'-1 eration; Florence Barton, state 1 program co-ordinator: Harriet Dasch. state public affairs chair man; Irene Taylor, of the Port land club; Laura York, state mu sic and arts chairman: and Fern Trull, state international rela tions chairman. "Business and Profesional 1 Women's clubs are an actin.i 1 business, encouraging conserve group, not social group. We : tion an(j maintaining political can stand for a lot if we stand on alertness. The function of our our own feet and voice our opin- j puhjc affairs committees is to Ions." stated President Chariene ; promote discussion and stimulate Edwards in outlining plans for , an(j participate In community ac observance of National Business j tivities. she said. Women's week. Irene Taylor. Portland. discus Emphasizing the necessity for I - alertness to national board deci- (Continued en Page Two) i. Established 1873 Gunfire, 3 Men Shot, Two Missing In Tennessee Steel Strike Situation Quiet With Neither Side Making Move For Peace PITTSBURGH, Oct. 4 (JP Gunfire and death broke the brief calm in the strife-scarred mine fields as the twin strikes of 900.- 000 steel and coal workers ground on today at a staggering cost of more man $.)u,uuu,uuu a day. Violence flared in Tennessee. A Virginia miner was killed in a rock fall. Pickets wrecked ma chinery at a Pennsylvania bitu minous pit. America's economy staggered and creaked in the wake of the two-pronged pensions shutdown. The United Mine Workers and southern operators gathered for new contract talks but nobody was doing anything official ss yet to stop the four-day-old steel strike. John L. Lewis' 400,000 soft coal diggers who work in the bowels of the earth east of the Mississ ippi have been strike-idle since Sept. 19. That's 16 pavless davs. And 500,000 of Philip Murray's CIO steelworkers struck 95 per cent of the nation's steel mills and iron ore mines last Satur day. Pensions are Involved in both disputes. Steel Strike Quiet Steel picketing is orderly and (Continued on Page Two) Grand Jury Will Probe Barge Raid THE DALLES, Ore., Oct. 4 (JP A grand Jury will consider indictments against raiders of the municipal dock here during last week's fracas over a bargeload of pineapple from Hawaii. Circuit Judge Malcolm W. Wil kinson signed an order yesterday railing the grand jury into ses sion Thursday. Hawaiian Pineapple company representatives here said they were studying pictures of the at tack for possible Identification of participants. Two AFL truck drivers were injured, trucks damaged, a crane was disabled and some of the canned pineapple cases wei dumped Into the Columbia river. The Hawaiian company already has sued the CIO Longshoremen's union for $40,000 for damage to the cargo and equipment. Klamath Railway Tie-Up Ended By Mediation KLAMATH FALLS. Oct.4 (!F A mediation period truce has ended the month-long tie up of the Oregon, California and East ern railroad, the little railway with a big name. The 65-mile-long railroad with in Klamath county has 13 em ployes. The dispute involves overtime pay claims, pay for an injured worker and rest periods between shifts. G. W. Lange, spokesman for the Order of Railway conductors, said the truce had been arranged with M. C. Anderson, Assistant Vice President of the Great Nor thern railroad. The small line is Jointly owned by the Great Northern and the Southern Pac ific. The parent firms take turns operating the line between Bly and this city. Cargo is principally lumber and livestock. Discussed By sions. she read correspondence between the Oregon State Fed eration and the National Federa tion relating to the official posi tion in regard to socialized medi cine. Speaking on the theme for the 1949.50 b. P. W. C. program. "Boost Your Hometown; It Boosts You," Florence Barton outlined the work of the variois committees in carrying out this theme. Harriet Dasch stressed the im- nnrtanre nf the Puhlir Affair committee in huildinff hometown Death Shatter Calm In Coal Miners' Strike I . ; OBEYS LORD'S EDICT 35-Year-Old Grid Loan Repaid OKLAHOMA CITV, Oct. 4. An eldtlmar came up with a new twist to the modern college routine of "athletie scholarships" here. When Dr. C. C. Smith, presi dent of Oklahoma City univer sity, opened his mail yesterday, a postal money order for $65 fell from the first envelope. The accompanying note said: "I got a loan of $60 to play football 35 years ago. I was talked into it. I got my shoul der broken. I didn't feel like I owed the money. But the Lord, said, 'Send $65 I have preached the gospel many years and do want to make heaven my home." Y. Roseburg Sanitary Unit Vote Slated West Roseburg residents face two choices that of creating a sanitary district, or choosing an nexation to the City of Roseburg, Thursday, Oct. 6, the election f jr the proposed sanitary district will be held at the Free Metho dist church, corner of Harvard and Umpqua avenues, between the hours of 8 a. m. and 8 p. m. Boundaries of the proposed sanitary district are similar to, but do not correspond exactly with those of the area proposed for annexation to the city. Al Rowe, chairman of the un official West Roseburg Sanitarv committee, today urged all West Roseburg residents to parttriprte In Thursday's election. To ballot, all persons must be registered voters, he reminded. If a sanitary district if form ed, Rowe said, the committee hopes to cooperate with the North Roseburg Sanitary district, which has a tentative agreement with the Roseburg Veterans hos pital to construct a sewage treat ment plant on the hospital grounds. The West Roseburg dis trict, if it is formed, would pav its proportionate share of oper ational costs. Necessary Tax Available Rowe said a recent survey con ducted by James Howland, con sulting engineer of Corvallis, shows that a sanitary district is "feasible" that is property val uations In West Roseburg could stand the necessary tax levies to pay for sanitary improve ments. The next election scheduled for the West Roseburg area is the annexation election, dated Nov. 1 by the city council. An an nexation election will also be held that day in Miller's addition and Sleepy Hollow tract, at the south end of the city. If suburban residents approve annexation in the Nov. 1 election, an election will be dated later In the city to act on the admin sion of the suburban areas. Alaska's Fish Trap Tax Knocked Out By Court JUNEAU, Alaska, Oct. 4tPl Federal Judge-George W. Folta threw out the new fish trap tax yesterday on grounds that it "in fringed" on the operators' right to share equally in the Alaska fishery. The tax, passed by the 1949 territorial legislature, was at tacked by the P. E. Harris com pany, operators of three canner ies and 25 pile and floating traps I In southeast and southwest Alas- Ka, ana Dy tne Mutual Trap con pany. which operates three traps. The Ketchikan Chronicle said the court ruling Is expected to cost the territory an estimated $1,300,000 in revenue this year. Truman To Ask Doubling Of Atom Bomb Output NASHVILLE. Tenn., Oct. 4 (JP President Truman will asi Congress to double the nation's atom bomb Drnrillrtinn nmaram as an answer to Russia's posses sion 01 mai weapon, tne Nash villi? Tennessean renorted trwi.v Mr. Truman, at the request of ine Atomic tnergy commission, will ask for emercenrv funHi Ka. fore Congress adjourns, the paper sam in a copyngntea washing ton dispatch. Hunter's Mistake In Shooting Costs Him $300 DELAKE, Oct. 4-J.P)Mrstak-Ing a hunter for a deer cost Lv man Gaucher of Grand Ronde $100 cash an additional $200 fine and a 60-day Jail sentence were suspended. Gucher was charged with wounding W. C. Mair, Portland hunter, in the leg on the deer season's opening dav. Justice A. E. Mclntire levied the fine. ROSEBURG, OREGON TUESDAY, OCT. 4, 1949 Charges Yill Confront Four In Jail Break Escaping, Assault To Be Counts Filed By State; Two Men Still Uncaught Charges of escaping from Jail and assault will be filed against the four prisoners captured aft er their daring break from the county Jail Friday night. District Attorney Robert G. Davis said. Although Circuit Judce William G. East of Eugene will be here Friday, Davis said probably th arraignment of the prisoners will be delayed until Judge Carl E. Wimberiv returns from a hunt ing trip. Police are still looking: for Lar ry Leslie Keritlne, 18, of Rose burg, and Chester William Clark. 50, of Stockton, Calif., who, with the four who were subsequently captured, beat and kicked Jailer Walter Wilson; found his kevs and used the courthouse elevator to go down to the ground floor irom the fourth-lloor Jail. Wilson was released from Mer cy hospital Monday. His condi tion was described by the hospit al as "improved." He had suffer ed severe contusions of his abdo men and lacerations of his face and ears. Captured Friday night, soon after their escape from the jail, were Caroll Welton Hughes, 19, (Continued on Page Two) Sheriff Elliott Recall Vote Set PORTLAND, OCt.'4 UP) Multnomah County Sheriff Mar ion Elliott will have his political late decided Uct. 21 in a special recall election. A deadline provided the re call law for a voluntary resigna tion expired last nignt. 1 ne young Democratic official had said ear lier that he had no intention of giving up his office without a fight against what he termed persecution by newspapers and political motives. county Kegistrar or ejections James W. Gleason, who set the election date; said an unoffic ial check of the voter rolls Inrii- rated 108.923 democrats and 99, 618 republicans were eligible for tne Dailoting. registration 01 new voters since Sept. 15, when It appeared almost certain El liott faced a recall ballot, was led by Democrats. The majority partv added 720 to the rolls; the Republicans 382. The recall movement stemmed from disclosure that Elliott had misrepresented his qualifications for office when he campaiened last November. Dismissal of a Veteran Crime bureau officer was the spark that set it off. Credit Corporation Here Announces Field Agent Ralph Arensmeier, recently of Eugene, has accepted the posit ion of field representative here for the Southern Oregon Produc tion Credit corporation. Arensme ier was an accountant with Wal ly's market at Eugene, and prior to that was vith the Farm Se curity administration. Mrs. Jessie Crenshaw, office manager of the Southern Oregon Production Credit corporation here. In announcing Arensmeier's appointment, said he is a Veteran and before the war was in the credit department of Meier and Frank's Portland. He is married and has two sons. HM9S&i&i. . I'll S" STRIKERS PICKET CLOSED STEEL PLANT Striking workers picket the main gate of U. S. Steel's Homestead Works in Pittsburqh fx. They cerry signs stating their demands for pen sions and insurance. Throughout the nation half million CIO United Steelworkers were on strike. (AP Wriephotol. AIRPORT COSTS Roseburg Must Put Up $148,600 To Match Govt. Donations. Council Advised Roseburg's municipal airport could be improved to meet minimum Civil Aeronautics adminiitration requirements at a cost of $320,741.87. The preliminary estimate wn contained in a report sub mitted by Engineer Ben B. Irving, along with a general map of the proposed airport, to the city council Monday. The proposed improvementi, necessary to make the field available for sched uled airline service, are those representatives ot Tne uivii Aeronautics administration. Deer Hunter Dies Of Heart Attack Louie Vernon Smith, 59, of Sutherlin, died of a heart at tack while hunting in the Olalla district, reported Coroner Har ry C. Stearns. Smith had left his car and started up a long hilt. When he got to the top he stopped to rest, but suffered an attack at this point, said Stearns. Smith, a resident ot the Suth erlin vicinity the last 50 yean, was employed by the Ford Lum ber company of Roseburg as a road builder. He worked in the Olalla area. He was born at Hopewell, Ore., March 24, 1890. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Fay Smith; three sons and a daughter, Paul V. Smith of Portland, Llllv Jean, Louie V. and Timothy Smith, all of Sutherlin; three brothers, Sherman T. of Sutherlin and Ralph of Klamath Falls; and two sistera, Mrs. Melissa Pound, Oak land, and Mrs. Jessie Kaves, Ea gle Rock. Services will be held Thurs day at 2 p.m. at the Sutherlin Methodist church, with Rev. H. P. Sconce officiating. Vault In terment will be in the Fair Oaks cemetery. Stearns Mortuary, Oakland, is In charge. Strike Of Metal Miners In Idaho Region Upped WALLACE. Idaho, Oct. A-UP) Two hundred more members of the CIO International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers union walked out in this metal mining area today. Approximately 1,500 men have gone out on strike in the area In recent months. An additional 1, 200 have been idled by shutdowns or curtailments due to low metals prices. The men who quit today were employed at the Tamarack, Sher man I.ead and Hercules proper ties of Daymines, Inc. The union demanded a health and welfare plan, to be negotiat ed on a district wide basis. Op erators offered to negotiate a plan on a plant basis. Heavy Industry Unions OK Existing Pay Scales PORTLAND, Oct. 4 P Contractors and heavy Industry AFL unions of Oregon and south west Washington have agreed to extend existing pay scales through 1950. The present con tract expires Dec. 31. E. F. Harland, secretary of the AFL Allied Heavy and Highway Construction Crafts union, and A. H. Harding, manager of the Port land chapter, Associated (leneral contractors, jointly announced the agreement. They said minor adjustments in conditions were made, but declined to elaborate. Some 10,000 workers and 120 contractors are parties to the con tract. 1 1 . lii A i '.-' "f - - .... ' V DETAILED suggested by the state regional Tentative CAA allocations for airport Improvement In Oregon include $121,000 for a new run way at Roseburg. However, ar cording to information received by the city council, It is believ ed the CAA would provide pro portionately larger matching funds. This would be on a basis of 56 percent by the CAA and 41 percent by tne city 01 Koseourg for construction and legal and fi nance costs, and 25 percent by the CAA and 75 percent by ths city on real estate. On this basis the city of Rote burg would have to raise an es timated $148,599.60 for the total proposed Improvements, while the CAA would provide 1172, 142.27. The city council deferred action upon the report, since two coun cilmen were absent, but Mayor Albert G. Flegel aald he would call a special meeting, possibly this week, for the purpose of de termining whether or not to sub mit to the voters a bond issue pro posal to finance the city's shaie of the cost. Suggested Improvements The Improvementi suggested Include: Acquisition of property north of the present airport; im proving the runway and landing atrip by realigning tne present runway; extending the length to (Continued on Page Two) Third Term For Olds Opposed By Senate Group WASHINGTON. Oct. 4 UP A senate Commerce subcommit tee voted unanimously todny against approving a third term for Leland Olds on the Federal Power commission. The subcommittee Includes four Democrats and three Repub licans. The full Interstate Commerce committee is slated to meet to morrow morning and may act formally on the subcommittees recommendation then. Since the full committee has only 13 mem bers, the subcommittee constitute a majorltv of it. Olds, 58, has served on the commission since 1939. He was first appointed to ir by President Roosevelt. President Truman nominated Olds for another term, but he cannot serve without Senate ap proval. The subcommittee voted to rec ommend that the Senate reject the nomination. That would mean putting Olds' name before the whole Senate for a vote. A possi ble alternative procedure would have been for the committee lim ply to table the nomination and make no reoort to the Senate. Olds has been under fire for articles he wrote in the 1920s and Jor his views on Federal regula tory powers over the natural gas Industry. Friends of Olds have contended that the attack upon him stem med from big power and nation al gas interests. 'all r' . h 233-49 City May Add Todd Tract And Cloverdale Desire For Annexation Told Council; N. Jackson Street To Be Widened WHAT THE COUNCIL DID:1 Considered airport report. Heard request for Cloverdale Park annexation. Awarded North Jaeksen street widening bid. Referred Ford street Im provement to street committee. Considered vacation of a poe tion of Claire street. Granted business permits. Heard street light report. Possibility that the Cloverdale Park addition, and the Todd tract jointly, an estimated 200 homes, north of Roseburg, may be an nexed to the city was voiced at Monday nights city council meeting. Representing the Cloverdale Park property owners, Ben B. Irving stated he had been broach ed on the matter, and asked to take it before the council He said the owners have expressed themselves as favorable to enter ing the city under a consent pe tition. Likewise Wallace Mall and K. D. Campbell of Eugene, own ers of a large tract between the north city limits, in the vicinity beyond North Jackson street, and the Cloverdale Part area, have (Continued on Page Two) Backus, Cited On Various Charges, May Lose Parole In an order signed by Circuit Judge William G. East. Richard Backus was directed Monday to appear and show cause why his probation should not be revoked and sentence Imposed on a charge of larceny of personal property, to which he pleaded guilty June 29. At the time he entered his plea In circuit court here, imposi tion of sentence was postponed Indefinitely and Backus was giv en one year's probation by Judge Carl E. Wlmberly. Judge East's order states that Backus failed to fulfill conditions of his parole by "refusing to fol low the advice and conditions ol his parole officer in falling to maintain residence with h 1 s parents." On Sept. 6. the judge's order also states. Backus was found guilty of the crimes ot being drunk In a public place, using profane language, striking an of ficer, resisting arrest, and at tempting to escape from the cus tody of a police officer. On Sept. 7. the order continues. Backus was found guilty of drunkenness, resisting arrest, us ing profane language, and a t temptlng to escape from an of ficer after having been placed under arrest, and was fined $85. Truman Views Mock War Of Air, Ground Forces FORT BRAGG, N. C, Oct. 4. JP Twenty thousand troops of the Fifth corps passed in review for President Truman and high army officials today. A man drop of airborne Infantry and light artillery ready for Instant battle action was to follow. The President arrived by plane from Washington to witness a day-long program of airborne op erations demonstrating the lat est tricks In moving fully-equipped ground forces by air to cap ture an "airhead." A main purpose of the demon stration was to give the President his first view of operations plan ned from lessons learned in the last war. The army made ex tensive preparations to impress the commander-in-chief, whose personal experience as an artil lery officer dates back 31 years. Apple Growers Urge U.S. Haste To Bolster Market PORTLAND, Oct. 4 (PI Apple growers of six western states have appealed to the Fed eral government to start buying their fruit to bolster a sagging market. Spokesmen for the growers ask ed Department of Agriculture aides yesterday to set up the pro gram to buy at one price, regard less of size, grade or variety, so long as the fruit meets mlnlmums of size 116 or larger, or 2 1-4 Inc h diameter and state fancy or U.S. No. 1 grade. U. S. D. A. marketing official Chester Downen said the govern ment hadn't decided the size of its buying program. He said Si a box would be the maximum price. Rice Crop Damage Goes Into Millions; Cotton Production Also Hurt HOUSTON. Oct 4 tB A hurricane which came screech ing out of the gulf smashed Into this Texas metropolis early to day and surprised everyone by doing little damage. . A few plate giasa store win dows were broken aa the wind swept in behind torrential raina which flooded streets and under passes. , Debris was whipped down streets and trees bent horizon tal as 90 mile an hour winda whipped the city, whose 500,000 and more residents make it Tex as' largest. The hurricane churned in from the Gulf lale last night, striking first at the industry-rich coast between Matagorda and Frte pori. iex.. about 60 mile nuth of here. One person was missing, much of a rich rice crop destroyed, and wnun iieavuy aamagea as tne nurricane twisted Inland. Rains up to 7.21 inches at Port Arthur fell througout the coastal area. Unonicial estimates were that the damage to the rice crop would run into the millions. In Jefferson county alone only 13 per ceni 01 id.iaaj rice acres nad been harvested. Almost nine in ches of rain fell at the coastal city of Beaumont. Galveston, island resort city about 50 miiea southwest of here, caught the edge of the atorm. But it s high seawalls saved It irom great damage. Its force diminishing.' the hur ricane headed toward the Pales-tine-bufkin area ot East Texas, where it Is expected to hit early this afternoon. A vast oil field Is in that area but little damage was expected. The New Orleans weather bu read Indicated the hurricane al ready had lost much of Its punch when it hit Houston about 1:30 a.m. today. The bureau said It had loat (Continued on Page Two) Federal Buy Of Prunes For School Lunches Planned WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (F The agriculture department an nounced Monday It will help sup port grower prices of dried prun es by buying 3,800 tons for iti National school lunch and Instit utional Feeding programs. About 1,000 tons will be bought In Oregon and Washington and the remainder in California. The department also will offer export subsidies on prunes ship ped to European countries and their dependent areaa eligible to receive aid under the Economic Cooperation administration pro gram. The export payments will range from 25 to 40 per cent of the sales price, f relent aboard ship, at V. S. ports. Tre payments will be 30 per cent of the price of prunes of sizes 30-40 to 50-60. In clusive; 40 percent for size 60-70 to 100-120, Inclusive, and 25 per cent for prunes In cartons of two pounds net weight or less. The department said growers will get 4.25 cents a pound for fruit diverted from regular com mercial outlets in these countil es. Pending receipts of such pay ment, growers may get govern ment loans of three cents a pound on their surplus supplies through an administrative committee set up to regulate the marketing of the dried fruit. Deer Hi-Jackers Take Hunter's 4-Point Buck BEND, Oct. 4 (JP John Thomas of Bend shot a four-point buck and ran into hi jackers, los ing his deer, his proof and his temper. He headed back for the woods yesterday, in a bitter frame of mind, after reporting: Just after he bagged his four pointer, three men came up with their rifles leveled on him. One fired a bullet Into the dead deer a hind quarters, announced that the deer had his bullet in it and waa his. At gunpoint Thomas was or dered to get gone. Court Denies Red Motion To Oust Commies' Case NEW YORK, Oct. 4 .P Federal Judge Harold R. Med ina today dismissed a series of motions through which the de fense sought to throw the com munist conspiracy case out of court. The motions, made last Thurs day and taken under advisement by the court, included requests for a directed verdict of acquit tal, dismissal of the indictment and one for a mistrial in the case against 11 top communist leaders. 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