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Newspaper Page TextTT -f t T i V w n iAm- . ' WlfflS I ID, flmfl Mn won rxnrvn in2 Tht Weather Fair this afternoon, tonight and Saturday otter, with local frost. Sunset today 5:44 p. nv Sunrise tomorrow 4:11 a. m. Yankees Post First Score Win For Dodgers In 3rd Frame Established 1873 ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, OCT. 7, 1949 236-49 v? , .... ACCUSED IN CHURCH THEFTS William Lt. da For.it, 54, runt hit handt through coins which police laid thay found in his room whan thay arrastad him in Hollywood on suspicion of burglarizing church collection boxas. Sgt. Conwall Keeler said th suspact told him tha money was all that was left of $1,200 ha took from St. Thomas tha Apostla church in San Francisco whila sarving as church texton. IAP Wiraphotol. WELFARE STATE FEARED Commander Of Legion Warns Against Demands For Government Service ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. .CP) Tha national commander of the American Legion warned today there are too many demand! for increased government services demands which may lead to In the Day's Hews By FRANK JENKINS UP in Portland representatives for housing, arid President Tru of state governments are man's health insurance plan, holding a western regional con- "There Is a growing disposl ference. They hear from a ,0 the'lr Chicago man (a Frank W. Bane) I riKn,a and freedoms, bit by bit, that federal 1 taxes on gasoline ; in return for government guar- should be earmarked for ways, The federal gas tax. Bane says, tots up to nearly a half million dollars a year, and he thinks the great white father in Washington should either spend the money on roads or quit taxing gasoline. OUT here in the West, where we want and NEED the roads. Bane's idea seems wholly reason- (Continued on Page Four) Portland Tries New Type Meter To Boost Revenue PORTLAND, Oct. 7 UP) Portland hopes to double Its parking meter revenue from its new meters. About 11000 have been Installed. Tests so far indicate the average daily taka is 85 cents compared with 35 cents on the old type. The new ones co-it S cents per half-hour, but up to four nickels can be put in at the same time. The old meters cost 5 cents an hour, but took only one nickel at a time. TEACHERS TO ASSEMBLE Program Announced For Workshop And Institute In Roseburg Next Week A twoxlay workshop for ail Douglas county elementary teach ers Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 12 and 13, and a one-day Institute for elementary and high school teachers Jointly on Fri day, Oct. 14, is scheduled In Roseburg, announced County School Superintendent Kenneth Barneburg. A workshop program for all high school teachers of the county Is scheduled at Springfield Nov. 3 and 4. The elementary teachers will meet at Rose school from 9 a.m. until 4 p. m. Wednesday and Thursday. All county grade schools below the ninth grade will be dismissed for the three days, and high schools will be dismiss ed on Friday. The workshop and institute will he put on under the auspices of the county school superintend ent's office, in cooperation with the general extension division of Southern Oregon college. Speakers Listtd Dr. Elmo Stevenson, the en'- lege s president, will be guest : speaker of the first general ses-1 , ,.,.,.,, ,Tn.i, be "Education in Roseburg in 19B0." I a "welfare state." His warning came In a speech prepared for delivery at the na tional AKL convention, which only yesterday went down the line again for a broadened feder al social security law, federal ltd high-jantees of their present and fu ture security," George N. Craig, the Legion s top spokesman, said. "The American Legion wants a state of welfare In America but not a welfare state," Craig de clared. He defined a "welfare state" as one which "accepts full responsibility for economic needs of its citizens." Craig said the Legion la one (Continued on Page Two) Four Boys Arrested In Auto Stolen At Drain An automobile stolen at Drain last night was recovered five miles north of Roseburg, when stale police stopped the vehicle to make a routine check of its passengers, Slate Police Sgt. Lyle H. Harrell reported. In the car were four boys who gave their names as Charles Ron ald Baskett, David Paul Ceccar delli, and Cecil Marion Lohse, all 16, from Seattle, and William Ar thur Cline, 19, Anacortes, Wash, Sgt. Harrell said. Owner of the car which the boys were driving is Clyde Karl strom of Drain. Karlstrom had not known his car wan sotlen nei.Sgt. Harrell said. The boys are in the county jail here. The workshop will be devoted to the field of reading. Other speakers from SOC will include "Phonics and Word Analysis:" Miss Florence Allen, "Diagnosing Reading Disability;" Edith Bark. 'Teaching Children's Litera ture;" John McAuley, "Improv ing Teaching of Spelling;" and Dorothy Bushnell. "Helping Pu pils to Attain Reading Readi ness." From the general extension di vision. Portland, will be Victor phelps. "Evaluating Achievement in Reading." and Delpha Hulhert Irom facitic university, "uevei- tContinued on Page Two) W. Roseburg Votes Sanitary District Majority 16 Out Of Total Of 210 Ballots Rudolph R. Ritzman, Richard E. Pargeter, A. M. Rowe, Directors West Roseburg residents voted yesterday to create a sanitary district. Despite the downpour of rain through most of the dav. 210 persons went to the Free Metho dist church polling place to cast their ballots. The vote was 113 yes, and 97 no. In addition to the vote creat ing the proposed district, three directors were also elected. Ru dolph R. Ritzman, receiving 101 votes, will serve a three -year term; Richard E. Pargeter. 99 votes, a two-year term, and Al bert M. Rowe, 93 votes, a one year term. Rowe said that Edward Mur phy, attorney for the new district, would take a report of the elec tion to the county clerk's office today, in order that the returns may oe oiiicially certified. Further plana for the West Roseburg district will be an nounced following a meeting of the newly-elected directors, Rowe said. He added that Rit?.- man will serve as chairman by virtue 01 nis election to a three year term. N. Rosebrug Link Proposed Rowe has been serving as chairman of the unofficial West Roseburg Sanitary, committee, which proposes the installation of sewerage lines to connect with a treatment plant to be con structed by the North Roseburg Sanitary district. The North Roseburg district has a tentative agreement with the Roseburg Veterans hospital to construct a plant on the hos pital grounds, near the bridge crossing the South L'mpqu rivw. How soon West Roseburg may secure sanitary improvements is (Continued on Page Two) Gl Trio In Bad Shape After Long Stay In Russ Zone VIENNA, Austria, Oct. 7 OP) American zone of Austria today after spending more than four months in the Russian zone. One of them had scabies (the Itch), another hari malaria ind ura. - covered with bites, apparently irom Deaougs. The U. S. Army Identified the men 9 PrfuatA Pnri.. T Tn tillo, 34, of Cleveland: Recruit i-an nunnne, ju, 01 Miami, Ariz., and Recruit Carl Pruester, 30, Newark. N. J. Pontilln Inn armv matA .. auffering from malaria and had received no medical attention. He also had a number of insect bites on nil Doay. freuster was report ed to be suffering from scabies nnu nau iosi aoout iu pounds. The Russians claimed they were tourists anH hari nnt hun Ant ed against their will. r-omino ana Kuhnke entered the Soviet 7nn. Uau in nt year, x-reusier louowea a week itiier. At the Allied Council meeting last Friday the Russian High commissioner said "the men are not being detained.- They are there of their own free wills." The three men are being held in the army stockade pending in vestigation of charges against them of being absent from their unit without leave. Timber Advisory Board Meeting Is Called D. N. Busenbark. chairman of the Roseburg District Advisory Board, Bureau of Land Manage ment, has called a meeting of the board for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Oct. 12. The meeting will be held in the Bureau of Land Manage ment office, room 206, Postoffice building. Roseburg. According to notices issued by J. A. Slattery, secretary, it is important that this meeting be held at the earliest possible date. In order that the schedule for the 1950 timber sale program mav be forwarded to the regional office for their action. Members unable to attend are requested to advise the secretary well In advance. Rifleman Sought For Killing 3 Choice Steers PR I NEVILLE. Oct. 7 A rifleman who killed three choice Angus steers was being sought in Central Oregon todav. Ballistics tests were asked, after bullets were taken from the steers on Frank Holub's cattle ranch. They were shot last week end. Edgar Albert, 'State Depart ment of Agriculture investiga tor, said the shooting appeared deliberate, not that of a hunter who mistook the animal for deer. PRESS SERVICE LAUDED Elks' Program Honors Newspaper; Certificate Given To News-Review In recognition of National Newspaper week, Roseburg Elks lodge 326, conducted a program broadcast over Radio Station KRNR last night. The program, held at 8:30 In the lodge room, was recorded for broadcasting at 10 p. m. Agreement To End Hawaii's Strike Reached Bv DOUGLAS LOVELACE HONOLULU. Oct. 7 (. Hawaii's docks, struck since Mav 1, may be humming again at a normal rate next week. An agreement to settle the lone and bitter dispute with a 14-cent hourly wage increase was reach ed orally yesterday 159th day of the strike. The dock workers immediately ratified it without a dissenting vote. the only hitch to an immediate back-to-work order was the set tlement of non-stevedoring Issues in ports other than Honolulu. That will delay the work order two or three days. Two negotiating teams of the Parent union, the CIO Interna tional Longshoremen's and Ware housemen's union, set out today to button up these issues. ThelLWU, In ratifying the agreement, Insisted these issues must he settled before they again unload and load ships along the waterfront. Accord Terms Listed The settlement worked out by the union and representatives of the seven struck stevedoring firms was his: r An Immediate 14-cent hourlv wage boost to the current $1.40. Eight cents of this to be retro active from March 1 through June 28. Another 7-cent Increase next March 1, the contract to run through June 15, 1951. Employers demanded the longer contract. The union's 2,000 dock workers struck for an Increase of 32 cents. the 14-cent figure was recom mended June 28 by a special Ha waii factfinding committee. Em ployers reluctantly accepted it then. The union rejected it. Harry Bridges, president of the (Continued on Page Two) COP'S VISION BAD Saw Bloodshot Eyes, He Swears; One Proves Glass SANTA MONICA. Calif.. Oct. 7. CP) Scene: A courtroom. On the stand: Officer A. H. Han num, who arrested Richard F. Mossman, 24, on a drunken driv ing charge. The question: De fense Attorney William Brown. "You say you flashed a light into his eyes?" "And that you examlnen tnem from a distance of six inches?' The officer agreed. "And you found that his eyes were bloodshot?" "Both of them," said the of ficer. "That's all," said the attorney. Next witness was the defend ant who plucked his left eye from the socket. It was glass. Final scene 20 minutes later yesterday: the superior court jury returns its verdict: "Not guilty," said the fore man. v'.. i fc.- -.-i; . " ACCIDENT DITCHES GREYHOUND BUS Thit but wat noted V.liev raid iunetion of tha Pacific hiahwav at 11:15 vetterdav involving a truck. Tha truck it teen alongtida tha but. A witnatt taid tha but apparently wat about to overtake and pats fhe truck, whan tha but driver apparently "taw ha couldn't make if" and applied brakes instead. Truck had baa about to enter parking lot. Both vahiclai war headed tout h. (Picture by Photo Lab.) w Mayor Albert G. Flegel was the principal speaker of the program. On behalf of the Elks doge he presented to E. L. Knanp. busi ness manager of the Roseburg News-Review, a certificate of ap preciation to "applaud the News Review for its excellent leader ship towards the preservation of the principles of freedom and de mocracy." Del McKay, announcer, Intro duced at speakers Leroy Hiatt, manager of KRNR; Leroy In man, News-Review city editor, and Mayor Flegel, who in turn introduced Mr. Knapp. Hiatt staled that as a rad'O broadcaster he was prohibited by law from expressing an opinion over the air. tie stated that of all public agencies, radio was singl ed out, under the Mayflower act for regulation. While unable to express his own opinion, he ask ed the question: "Should rad:o have the right to express an edi torial opinion? I invite your thought and consideration of this issue." Free Press Emphasized Inman, speaking of dally nes paper objectives, emphasized the Importance of a free press, un controlled by dictatorship. He further discussed news gather ing, expressing the Importance of public cooperation in receiving for publication the "news that Interests you." Mayor ir'legel stressed the Im portance of "keening vigilant and alert to the privileges of this country.. That lght musLnot he impaired nor Infringed upon to the detriment or the people. He brought out that we accept too much for granled in this coun- (Continued on Page Two) Nine Perish In Plane Crash ASHEVILLE. N. C, Oct. 7 (AP) Ranger Tom Huffman re ported today that all nine men aboard an air force C-47 trans port that crashed in the moun tains near hare were dead. The wreckage of tha plana was found si miles from tha Blue Ridge parkway, three-quarters of a mile down on the aasf side of Mount Mitchell, high- ' moun,'n of the Miis- The plane was found at ground and air grourt began their sec ond day of searching. Tha plane, enrouta from Wash ington to Brookley air base at Mobile, Ala., had bean milting more than 42 hours. Youths Charged With Toking Parts From Auto Two youths caught yesterday while allegedly taking parts from an automobile at the Doyle's Sales and Service, Pacific high way at the Garden Valley road Junction, are In the county tail charged with larceny, State Po lice Sgt. Lyle H. Harrell report ed. He named them as Jesse Franklin Heagy, 21, and Miles Clifford Heagy, 19, both of Roseburg. Allies Getting Tough Toward Soviet Moves Berlin Zone's Addition To West Germany Govt. May Counter Red Plan WASHINGTON. Oct. 7.-m- In a new tough-talking, tough acting mood, the western pow ers may make Berlin the scene of their next move in the healed dispute with Russia over Ger many. Diplomatic officials said the United States, Britain and Frame are considering adding their zone of Berlin to the West Ger man republic to counter the cre ation of a Communist-run gov ernment in eastern Germany. The three nations earlier had turned down an appeal for such a move from German officials in western Berlin, on grounds it might anger Russia and fur ther complicate four-power re lations in the former German capital. They apparently feel now that relations have reached a point where such action wouldn't make any great difference. Stinging Net Sent The United States yesterday blasted Russian conduct in "ast ern Germany In two of the sharp est statements ever aimed at the Soviets by the west. First the State deparmen sent the Russians an angry note, bit terly denouncing the "shocking mistreatment" received at Rus sian hands by Americans who wandered Into eastern Germany by accident. Then Undersecretary of State (Continued on Page Two) Traffic Mishaps Send 8 Persons To Hospitals Four persons were hospitalized this morning for Injuries in a head-on automobile collision on the Pacific highway, 28 miles south of here, shortly before 9 o'clock. State Police Sgt. Lyle H. Harrell reported. James W. Brewer and his wife. Patricia, of Four Mile, Ore., were brought to Mercy hospital. Sgt. Harrell said Mrs. Brewer li suf fering a broken taw and frac tured leg and her husband, bruis es and shock. The Brewers' car crashed head on Into an automobile operated by Morgan Hughes, 2809 Wash ington street, Seattle. Hughes and his wile were taken to Canyon ville Medical center for treat ment of bruises and shock. The cars met on a curve of the highway, with both vehicles on the center line, Sgt. Harrell said. The automobiles were badly damaged. Slippery pavement during a rain storm was blamed for another accident at 7 o'clock last night near Boswell Springs, which sent four persons to Sacred Heart hospital at Kugene, Sgt. Harrell also reported. A car operated by Llnwood Johnson of San Francisco was struck by an automobile driven by C. G. Baughman of Ashland, when the latter vehicle skidded crosswise on the highway, Sgt. Harrell said. Both cars were totally wrecked. Two passengers In the Johnson car were Klsie Wakeland, who suffered a fractured head and multiple lacerations, and Geral dine Wakeland, shock and abra sions. Both are of San Francisco. Johnson suffered lacerations and shock. Baughman received head lacerations. tightly into a ditch near Cardan morning, following a collision L L ( M y1rtNa f '" WW'1" -rr.aaaajaajaaaaaai .V,a- yr--V ""to - StarrJna In tha Brooklyn Dodg rs t-to-0 victery evr tha Nsw Verk Yanfcts In th second game of tha world saries Thurs day was tha above trio. At top, Prsachtr Roc, whot pitching htid tha Yankees to six ineffec tual hits; middle, Gil Hodges, first saekar, whose single scored Jackie Robinson, bottom photo, second baseman, who had doub ted, for tha game's only run. Tokyo Rose Gets Ten-Year Stretch, Fine Of $10,000 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7 fP) Tokyo Rose, who "couldn't be lieve they would send me to jail, today faced 10 years In prison and a $10,000 fine In addi tion to the stigma of being a traitor. The diminutive former UCLA coed, whose real name is Mrs. Iva d'Aqquino, stood in ahect silence as Federal Judge Mlcheal J. Roche pronounced sentence, nounced Judgment yesterday Shortly before the court pro Mrs. d'Aquino said.: "I couldn't believe they would send me to Jail. I did everything I could for the Americans." The sentence appeared to stun the 33-year-old woman who stood with downcast eyes, body stiff ly tensed and hands clasped be hind her. She had been standing for al most a half hour while Defense Attorney Wayne Collins pleaded for the minimum sentence five years Imprisonment and the $10, 000 fine. The maximum is death. Collins said he would appeal and ask for bail for his chert next week. If lie fails, Tokyo Rose will go to a Federal prison, pro bably the Federal Reformatory for women In Alderson, W. Va., where Mildred "Axis Sally" till lars, her counterpart in the Eu ropean war theater, is held. If Mrs. d'Aquino fails in her fight to keep out of prison she would be eligible for parole after serving one-third of her sentence. Her, husband, Felipe, saids for Japan today. Iva was convicted Sept. 2H of one count of treason: broadcast ing after the battle of Leyte something like this: "Now you fellows have lost il' your ships, you are really or phand of the pacific. How are ou going to get home?" The jury acquitted her of seven other counts of treason. Tornado Deaii Damage In Sector Of Houston HOUSTON. Oct. 7 (.Pi A swirling tornado raced acrovt Houston's east side at 9 a.m. to day damaging several homes, au tomobiles and business houses. There was no immediate report of injuries. The twister formed during a brief rain storm. Weather Bureau Chief E. A. Farrell said the tornado was more of a "magnified whirlwind than anything else." Houston, whose 500.000 popula tion makes It Texas' largest city, waa hit by a hurricane eariy Tuesday but suffered little dam age, v Reese Knots Count With Home Run In 4th; Byrne Yanked With Bases full iBt Tha Auociatad Praai) At the end of tha tixth in ning of tha third game of the world tariet, being played at Brooklyn today, th Dodgers and th Yankaet ware tied at en run apiece. The Yankaet scored first. Is the third inning, when Mapas raced home from third on a tacrifice hit. Mapat had reach ed first bate on four bad pitch- et attar Dodger catcher Cam. pantile failed to hold a foul tip that would hav been third strike, Th Dodgers, in their half f the fourth inning, knotted th teore when Peewee fleet, firtt batter up, blatted a horn run and started what looked like a rout. The next three batten filled the bates on two tuccat tive singlet and a walk. Byrna wat yanked from th Yankee mound and wat tuccaeded by Page, who halted the upriting. Branca it pitching for th Dodgers. By JOE REICHLER EBBETS FIELD, Brooklyn, Oct 7. (PI The 1949 world series moved to Brooklyn for the third game today, with the Dodgeri and New York Yankees dead locked at one victory apiece. With Ebbets Field crowded to its 34,000 capacity, the Brooks banked on Ralph Branca, 23-year-old righthander with a season's recsrd of 13-5. Manager Casey Stengel of the Yankees, nom inated Tommy Byrne, his erratic lefthander, who came through (Continued on Page Two) Steel Strike May Spread To Plants Of Aluminum Co. PITTSBURGH, Oct. 7 (TS The threat of an aluminum strike today darkened a strike pictu; i already made serious by wain outs 'n coal and steel. The CIO United Steelworkers filed a strike notice against the big Aluminum Company of Am erica, declaring no progress has been made In continuing contract negotiations. Union Vice-President James G. Thimmes said 20.000 workers in nine plants in eight states would strike Monday, Oct. 17, if no agreement is reached by that time. The steelworkers are pressing ALCOA for a wage Increase and free pensions and social insur ance. Negotiations were adjourn ed yesterday until some time next week, subject to call by either partv. The steel strike Is just where it was when It started a week ago but fhe government is mak ing an effort to settle the three week old coal walkout. The issues In the two strikes are virtually the same pensions and insurance. Nobody was lifting a hand In the work stoppage of nearly 300, 000 ClO-United Steelworkers. Na union management conference were scheduled and President Truman hinted he could see no Immediate crisis. In Washington, however. Pres ident John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers and representa tives of the coal operators en tered a new conference with th Federal Mediation and Concilia tion service. What would come of the meet ing, no one could foresee, but Wall Street responded to the sit uation with an optimistic buying splurge. Observers took this to mean that financial circles ex pected a quick end to both the coal ana sieei rums. About 380,000 miners are still Idle. The walkout started Sept. 19 after the UMW fund trustees sus pended pension payment. Western Power Scribes Muzzled By Red China SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 7 (. The Chinese Communists ye terdav muzzled all U. S. and oth er Western Power press repre sentatives in Red China, at least temporarily. The Shanghai military control commission announced that henre forth only foreign corres pondents from nations which rec ognize the new Red regime in China could send out news. Onlv Russia and her Eastern Europe satellites have recognized the "Chinese peoples republic as the communist regime la ca!K ed Western Powers are taking a eo-slow attitude. Ltvity fact Rent By L. T. Reirenstein Th biq fuss over th "leoh" I confidential navy popers tt ofd considering new Russian ip9i we allowed to ream a will to get atomic enerff secrets.