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U. Of 0. Library . Comp, .1. . . - m. M IF FOOT WHO DOES WHAT 11 w v I) w Set th big lilver Donald Grn caught thii !i ona that didn't gat away. It waighed nina pounds and was 27 inches long. Donald, son of Mrs. "Boots" Craan of 1 30 South Parrott street, Is a third grader at Rosa school. Ha caught the fish Sun - er, probably it was Saturday, while fishing at Cleveland rapids under the tutorship of Floyd Emmitt, his next-door neighbor. "All I got," the latter complained, "was a ten-inch salmon trout!" Ouster Of Notorious Bomber Memo Author Demanded; Committee Probe Into Low Morale Charge Scheduled WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. T The House armed services com mittee today recommended that the navy fire' Cedric R. Worth, author of the now notorius memorandum which touched off a congressional inquiry Into the air The committee approved a re port saying Worth should be permanently discharged from na vy employment. A civilian aide to Undersecretary of the Navy Dan Kimball, Worth has been suspended since his authorship In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS ARGENTINA aits tight and watches while 25 nations de value their money an average of 30 per cent In relation to the dollar. Then she devalues HER MONEY 46 PER CENT in rela- tion to the dollar. A POST-GRADUATE course in economics isn't required in order to figure out that what Argentina (a dictator-ruled coun try) has done is to VOTE HER SELF AN ADVANTAGE IN SELLING GOODS TO THE UNITED STATES. r THERE is another little quirk to the Argentine deal. Her peso is devalued MORE In relation to the dollar than in re lation to the pound sterling. That is to say, Argentina is more anxious to sell goods to the United States than to Britain. But wait. You haven't heard the whole i story yet. . By depreciating her peso more in relation to the dollar than in (Continued on Page Four) Benefits Will Outweigh Tax Boosts For Annexed Districts. Assurance Of City Manager City Manager M. W. Slankard, referring to the forthcoming annexation elections in the West Roseburg and Miller's Addition Sleepy Hollow districts, calls attention to the following facts per taining to the present city administration: iwacuiug in iiitr iasi irw JaiSi has increased considerably, both i , . ,. . . , in populat.on and in production. ni policy not to Increase Few realize the increased city !fxe to provide new installa costs of maintenance, both m ,io,n' ,,ucfl " ,he TiT1 materials and wages in effect w'mmlnK P'. 'treet lighting today over that of a few years jan? new paving. The council does back not generally approve raising . I taxes to provide needed facili Residents of the areas who tiM. However, the time may come petitioned for annexation mu.twhen the city needs may re. realize that the city has more : quire raisinK tne ,ax rate expenses today than ever before, p ..Any rate lncreas. would of However, the increase In taxes . urie be in accordance with laws !".be requirKl lo P?y jof the State of Oregon and the "l9? many .1" by the 'city charter, added facilities they may re- i A report from the muniy ceive. . "It has been the city admln- forces' B-36 bomber program. of the B-36 memorandum came to light. The committee announced it will open tomorrow an inquiry into reports that navy morale has sunk to a low point as a re sult of the way the law unify ing the armed services has been administered. Chairman Vinson (DGa) said the first witnesses will include three admirals whose names were signed to papers that a navy source gave secretly to re porters on Monday. They are Adm. Louis Denfield, chief of naval operations; Adm. Arthur W. Radford. Pacific fleet commander, and Vice Admiral Gerald F. Bogan, commander of the First Pacific task fleet The papers were a letter from Bogan to Secretary of the Navy Matthew, with forwarding en dorsements from Radford and Denfield. Calling the papers "confiden tial," the navy has ordered an investigation of how they be came public. Both inquiries are expected to spotlight as did the B-36 in vestigationthe bitter quarrel between the navy and the air force over their respective roles in military planning. Oregon's 1949 Tourist Trade Put At $110 Million SALEM., Oct. 5.-;P Ore- gon s 1949 tourist business was worth SllO.000,000. the state Highway Commission estimated today. The new record was $5,000,000 more than the old record set in 1947. The total last year was $92,000,000. Continued on Page Two) The Weather Cloudy with showers today; clearing tonight. Thursday fair. Sunset today S:4I p. m. SunriM tomorrow 4:1 A a. m. Established 1873 Steel Export Cut May Come From Strike Govtrnmtnt May Act To Halt Idltntst Threat To Thousands Of Worktrs PITTSBURGH, Oct. 5 UP) Th government li considering clamping down on the export ol iteel in the face of dwindling in ventories which threaten Idleness to hundreds of thousands in Am erican Industries. Many companies are taking precautionary steps of their own as the nationwide steel strike goes into its fifth day. Westinghouse Electric corpora tion put a rationing system into effect today on many appliances. There's no sign of peace In the steel strike. And the picture remains almost as dark in the coal walkout. The double-barrelled attack on America's economy has idled 513.000 steelworkers and 380,000 United Mine workers. The issues are about the same. The workers want a better pen sion and welfare program. Both Sides stand Pat Let's take a look at the picture in steel: Philip Murray, president of the steelworkers, is standing pat on his demand that industry pay all the costs of a pension and welfare program. Industry Is standing pat, too. It will pay up to 1U cents an hour but insists workers chip (Continued on Page Two) Britain, France Italy Agree To Drop Trade Bars ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. Paul G. Hoffman reported today that Great Britain, France and Italy have agreed to sweeping removal of trade barriers be tween themselves and other Mar shall plan nations. The Economic Cooperation ad ministrator said the three coun tries have lifted import restric tions on as much as 55 percent of their total purchases from the 13 other countries participating in the European Recovery pro gram. "This is a practical move to wards creating within Western Europe the same sort of free in tercourse that has proven so fruit ful among the 48 states in our own country," the Foreign Aid entertain asserted. He described the action as "an historic itep" which will further the cause of European recovery, economic stability and world peace. The prime Impact of the action on Europe's people, Hoffman went on. will be in a higher stan dard of living for the workers of the free countries of Western Eu rope. French Premier Turns In His Resignation PARIS, Oct. 5.-IJP) Premier Henri Queuille offered his res ignation today to President Vin cent Auriol. Queuiile's coalition govern ment, in office more than a year and longer than any previous post-war French cabinet, ran Into a crisis with the insistence of the Socialist party that labor's de mands for wage increases be sat isfied. Queuille heads the radical So cialist (Conservative) party. The tender of the premier's resignation followed a meeting of the cabinet ministers which had been deadlocked on the wages and prices issue. Truck Driver Champion Back On Roseburg Run PORTLAND, Oct. 5 VP) John Castner. the highest scor ing truck driver who ever enter ed the National driving contest, was back on the Portland Rose burg run of Pierce Freight lines today. Castner won the National roadeo contest at Phoenix, Ariz., with a score of 344.8 out of a possible 330 points for skillful driving and knowledge of such things as ICC regulations and first aid. Now 34, Castner has been driv ing the Roseburg run since he was 21. He has not had an acci dent for nine years. John L. Lewis Fined On Charge Of Speeding HARRISONBURG, Va Oct. 5 'P John L. Lewis was fined $33.25 In trial Justice court Tues day for speeding and crossing a double white line on September 21, but the bushy-browed United mine workers chieftain did not appear in court. Prior to Imposition of the fine, Wally K. Hopkins. Senior coun sel for the L'MW. telephoned trial Justice Porter R. Graves to sav that Lewis was at the bedside of his mother in Illinois and to ask If it would be necessary for him to attend court. Graves said Lewis need not appear. TRUMAN'S APPEAL FAILS Senate Committee Votes Against Third Term For Olds On U. S. Power Board WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. (API The Senate Comm.rc. committee today spurned an appeal from President Truman and voted 10-2 against third term for Laland Olds on tha Federal Power commission. Tha committee's adverse report on tha president's nomination of Oldi for another term now goes to the senate for action. Senate Still Battles Over Farm Prices WASHINGTON. Oct. 5 (JP) The Senate agriculture commit tee grappled again today with the knotty problem of what to do about farm prices after the Senate had failed to find the an swer in a day of topsy-turvy vot ing. The question was tossed nark to the committee last night with instructions to return with an an swer within 8 hours. Just what the committee mignt propose was in doubt, but Demo cratic Leader Lucas of Illinois said that whatever it was the Senate would go to work on it immediately. Were going to get a farm bill passed at this session of Con gress regardless of how long we have to stay here,' he said. A series of votes yesterday showed only that the Senate is sharply divided over how far he government should go in noiding up prices of major crops. Barkley's Vote Decides First the lawmakers approved a flexible price support program by a one-vote margin. Then they changed their minds on a '.le. with the deciding vote cast by Vice President Barkley. Parklev backed senators batt ling for high-level price props for corn, cotton, wneat ana otner oa- sic crops. In doing so he opposed Lucas and senator Anaerson id NM), former secretary of agri culture. Anderson, dismayed at tha blow to his long-range farm le- (Continued on Page Two) Ponderosa Pine Fire Controlled Fire, which broke out Monday afternoon and spread quickly over about 25 acres of a ponde rosa pine plantation on Big Camas, was brought under con trol yesterday. W. O. Benecke of the local Umpqua Forest Service office said crews from the R. A. Briggs logging operations In the vicinity with two tractors were success ful in putting a fire trail com pletely around the area. The blaze was believed start ed from a carelessly thrown hunt er's cigaret, according to Ben ecke. He described the area, lo cated in the Fish Creek desert, as covered with a highly inflam mable thorny brush, together with the ponderosa pine planting. The location is about 20 miles west ot Diamond lake and 62 miles east of Roseburg. Two Drunken Drivers Fined; One Also Gets Jail Term Two drunken drivers were each fined $200 in Justice A. J. Geddes court this week. They were Einar F. Johnson, 47, of Rosehurg, who paid his fine, and Donald W. Owens of Sutherlin, who received an additional penalty of 30 days In Jail. Both men were arrested by state police. NEW HOME FOR IAKERY Patterson's Bakery moved into its new horn at 624 Short street over th weekend. Th 80s 1 00-foot structure cost approximately $40,000, said Corg Pat. terson, owner. Much of th tquipment is new. Patttnon's bakery formerly was located on N. Kan street. (Picture by Paul Jtnkint.l i- ROSEBURG, OREGON WEDNESDAY, Mr. Truman Joined in the fight yesterday with letters to Vice President Barkley and Chairman Edwin C. Johnson ID-Colo) of the Commerce committee saying that "powerful corporations ' wanted to block Senate approval of the nomination. He added: "It would be most unfortunate if they should succeed. We cannot allow great corporations to dom inate the commissions which have been created to regulate them." The Senate subcommittee yes terday advised the full commit tee: 'The evidence presented to your subcommittee clearly dem onstrates that the nominee does not possess the requisite qualifi cations for the important public office of Federal Power Commis sioner." Chairman Johnson told report ers today that regardless of com mittee approval or rejection, he wants the Senate to act on the Olds nomination. Johnson said he did not favor bottling up the appointment in committee without giving the Senate a chance to vote. There was no Indication that President Truman had shifted committee sentiment by his de fense of Olds In a letter to John son yesterday. Olds has been attacked for his radical writing as a young man and lecause of his views on Fed- (Continued on Page Two) Pineapple Barge Unloading Still The Dalles Plan THE DALLES, Ore., Oct. 5 WPi Hawaiian pineapple owners will try to unload a barge cargo with the aid of the Taft-Hartley law. R. M. Botley. president If Is leways, Ltd., said the National Labor relations board would be asked to invoke the law's ban on secondary boycotts against CIO Longshoremen. Longshore men last Wednesday stopped the unloading here when they swarm ed over the Municipal terminal, roughing up workers and damag ing equipment The owners of the $800,000 car go say they are not involved In a Hawaiian Longshore strike and picketing of their barge Is sec ondary Doycott. Botley said there would he no further unloading effort until the NLRB acted on the petition, ex pected to be filed in Portland to day. After Wednesday's violence, the port commission ordered the pine apple company to halt unloading. Approval for the unloading at this Inland river port was contingent on lark of violence, Lyle Hickok, commission chairman, said. However, Mayor F. G. Mauser said last night the people of The Dalles "seem dead set on having the unloading proceed." He said they might prevail on the Port commission to change Its ruling "if the Teamsters finally decide" to transport the cargo. It is des tined for a San Jose, Calif, can nery. The county grand Jury la to meet tomorrow to consider possi ble indictments in the unloading violence. Attorney General George Neuner yesterday assign ed a deputy, Fred Miller, to as sist in prosecution If Indictments are returned. OCT. S, 1949 Mintori Wins Senate O.K. For High Court Senator Morse Fails In Effort To Force Judge To Face Committee Oulx WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 UP Backed by topheavy Senate ap proval. Judge Sherman Mintu.i was expected today to take the oath of office promptly as a member of the United States Su preme court. The lawmakers approved his appointment last night by a vote of 48 to 16 after batting down a motion to send the nomination back to the Judiciary committee. Minton, who will be 59 yea 13 old October 20, was named by President Truman to succeed the late Justice Wiley B. Rutledge. He takes to the court an eight year record as a Judge of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Morse's Move Falls Minion's confirmation came after Senator Morse (R-Orel fail ed on a 45-IO-21 vote to send the appointment back to committee with instructions to require testi mony from the nominee. Senators Ferguson (RMIch) and Donnell (RMol had sought the chance to ask Minton about the views he expressed on public questions while he was serving as a senator from Indiana in the New Deal's hey-day from 1935 to 1941. The committee at first ordered Minton to appear. It withdrew that order when Minton wrote ihe group that he thought such ac tion raised "a serious question of propriety, particularly when I might be required to express my views on highly controversial and litigious Issues affecting the eour.." The committee then voted 9 to 2 approval of the nomination. Morse told his colleagues they were sowing the seeds of bad precedent by letting a Supreme court nominee refuse to testify before Ihe Judiciary committee, He recalled that the late Sena- (Continued on Page Two) Taxes Top Topic At Conference PORTLAND, Oct. 5. UP) Taxes continued to be a major topic today before the Council of Slate Government's Western Regional conference. Fiscal poli cies were also up for review. Delegates were told yesterday by Frank W. Bane, Chicago, the council's executive secretary, that federal taxes on gasoline should be earmarked for highways. He said the fund totals near $500, 000.000 annually. He suggested the federal government set the money aside for road work or drop the levy and permit the slates to tap the revenue source. Oregon Legislator Paul L. Pat terson urged the formation of a western group to advise one in other on fiscal policies, particu larly as they relate to highway regulations. Ralph T. Moore re ported Oregon had learned It was false economy to delay road Im provements. Oregon had done so for years, he said, and now real izes the projects are more ex pensive than annual maintenance. DOUGLAS IMPROVING YAKIMA, Wash.. Oct. 5 UP) -Continued improvement is being shown by U. S. Supreme court Justice William O. Douglas, one of his physicians said last night. Dr. Josepn 11. iw saia ine condition of the 50-year-old Doug las Is "markedly Improved." Douglas suffered 13 broken ribs and a punctured lung Sunday when his horse fell on him during a Cascade mountain outing. BAKERY 234-49 Negro Actor Gets Term In Prison t I REX INGRAM KANSAS CITY. Ks.. Oct. 5. UP) A federal Judge sentenced Negro actor Kex Ingram to la months in prison Monday on a Mann act charge Involving a 15- year-old white girl. Ingram was cnargea wnn trans porting 15-year-old Jeannette An na Hughes of Salina, Kas., to New York City for immoral pur poses. The 54-year-old actor pleaded guilty last May to that charge and also to one of sending a lewd letter through the malls 10 tne girl. Sentencing of the actor, who portraved "De Lawd" in the mo vie, "The Green Pastures," had been delayed to give him time to get his business allairs in oraer. Judge Arthur J. Mellott sen tenced Ingram. U. S. Explorer Held In Triangle Death Of 2 Men CANTON. Oct. 5-UP Explorer Leonard Clark was arrested to day on charges of slaying En glishman Harold Harris and Am erican wiuara reeman in a wea. ding anniversary shooting at the r reeman nome on ept. . The 42-year-old San Francisco explorer, who claimed to have lo cated the world a highest peak in the Amne Machln mountains ot Western China, was removed from a hospital to a detention house. He was shot near the heart in the affray, which culminated a drinking bout at the Freeman home. Harris, Shanghai-born English man and an employee of Free man, was dead when the three men were found In bedroom of the Freeman home. Freeman, 1, formerly of Bridgewater, Mass., was shot twice. He died In Canton's smel ly, dilapidated emergency hospit al several daya later. At the hospital, both Clark and Freeman asked to see Freeman's comely Polish-born wife, Maya. Chinese police forbade her to visit Clark but permittea ner to stay at the bedside of her hus band until his death. Clark was quoted by police as saying Freeman "pulled a Jeal ousy act" at the conclusion of the drinking bout, which was the pre liminary to tne lourtn weaaiug anniversary of the Freemans and the blrthdav of Mrs. Freeman. Clark, although an American, is subject to Chinese law. Thus he is charged with a major ..rime in a Nationalist court supported by a wavering government that may flee for its own life any time as Communist forces push ever closer to Canton. Total Eclipse Slated For The Harvest Moon WASHINGTON, Oct. V- UP) The harvest moon one of the best bets in the song -writers book will have dimmers on this year. There will be a total erilpse of the moon on the night of Octo ber 6-7 favorably visible in the United htRtes and luurope. But don't bank on seeing a virtual blackout such as occurred In the total lunar eclipse of last vcar. The period of totality will be an hour and thirteen minutes beginning at 6:20 p. m. (PST) and ending at 7:33. Aged Hermit Declines $22,400 Inheritance TEDDINGTON, England, Oct. 5 (Pi Harold Greenwood inher ited 8,000 pounds I $22,400 1 but he doesn't want It. "I'm too old to do anything with it," said Greenwood, who is 73. He inherited the money from his 78-year-old brother Ernest, a recluse, whose hoard was found In a bank after he died. The old man lives contentedlv on a derelict boat in the River Thames. Scores Of Koreans Die When Steamer Capsizes SEOUL. Oct. 5 .'P A small steamer loaded with about 200 Ko reans capsized today enroute to the island of Kangwha. Only 76 passengers were res cued unharmed. The passengers wer returning to their native Island for tomor row's autumn festival. f ft flewcombe, Reynolds In Pitching Duel Giant Brooklyn Negro Twice Retired Yankees On Trio Of Strikeouts IBy Th Auociawd Prwt) With Reynolds ol the Yen. keei and Newcombe of th Dodgers locked in a tight pitch, ing duel, the score stood 0-0 at the end of the fifth inning today in tha opening game of the world series between tha New York Americans and th Brooklyn Nationals. During th five Innlnai playtd, Reynolds held th Dodg. rs to Ion hit. Newcomb, giant 235-pound Negro, al lowed two hits, but in two in ningt ha retired th Yankees on strikes. YANKEE STADIUM. New York. Oct. 5. UP) The Ne v York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers renewed their world se ries rivalry today with Allie (17. 6) Reynolds on the mound for the American leaguers and Don (17 81 Newcombe on the hill for th national league team. It was the third time the two teams met in a fall classic. The Yankees won the 1941 meeting in five games, and the 1947 clash in seven. A capacity crowd of about 70,000 was present. Choice of Newcombe over Preacher" Roe was a last-minute development as manager Shotton ncu Dark on his pitching nomina tion until the eleventh hour. New combe is the first Negro pitcher to start a worm series game. Opening the series is a tremen dous responsibility for this huskv righthander who moved up from tne Montreal larm ciud in mid May. During the season,, big Newk has been Shotton's hardest work man, pitching 248 Innings enroute to a 17-8 winning record. Of his 31 starts, 19 have been complete (Continued on Page Two) Traffic Accident Hospitalizes Two '""Two persons are In Mercy hos pital with injuries sustained in a two-car sldeswiping accident flv miles north of Roseburg on High way 99 early today. State Police Sgt. Lyle Harrell reported Helen L. Rice, Rose hurg, riding with Earl Frances Snyder, also of Roseburg, receiv ed severe head injuries with a possible fractured skull. She wa knocked unconscious. Snyder is also In Mercy hospi tal suffering a broken hand and shock. He will be cited for oper ating a motor vehicle without an operator's license, said the offi cer. Driver of the second car was Harold Norman Sprlngstead, Canyonvllle. He was not injured. Roseburg Firm Lowest Bidder On River Project PORTLAND, Oct 5 - Ur) Revetment repair jobs on six sec tions of the Molalla and Clacka mas Rivers have brought a lour bid from Darby and Foster, Rose burg, that was far under the gov ernment's estimate. The corps of engineers report ed all the work was within Clack amas county. The low of five bids yesterday was $15,370 compared with a government estimate o $20,565. The work Is on the left bank of the Molalla river southeast ot Canov and on both banks of the Clackamas river east of Carver and northwest of Estacada. Waterways Bill Lists $100,000 For The Umpqua An appropriation of $100,000 for the Umpqua river is Included In a multi-million-dollar water ways appropriation bill for the fiscal year mat Degan last juiy 1, on which Senate and House conferees have finally agreed. The Associated Press reported from Washington that the bill carries a total appropriation of $ti64,178.190 for civil functions ot Ihe army and Includes $634,920, 090 for flood control and river and harbors projects in many of the 48 states. The appropriation for theUmp aua river would be for river and harbors construction. Glide Pupil Suffers Arm Fractures In Fall Linda Moore, 9-year-old daugu ter of Mr. and Mrs. C F. Moore, Glide, fractured her arm In two places when she fell from "mon key bai-s" on the Glide school playground Monday. One break was Just above the left wrist bone, the second above the elbow Joint, where the arm I- also badly bruised. Linda is in the fourth erade. LtVrty Fact Rant By L. F. Relzenstela All Roseburg nds for mod rniiing its airport for airline service H s 148,600. This calls for all-out effort to up th pat ronago of tha 1 cent gum fitochifws