The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994, October 07, 1949, Page 1, Image 1

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Sunset today 5:44 p. nv
Sunrise tomorrow 4:11 a. m.
Yankees Post
First Score
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In 3rd Frame
Established 1873
ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, OCT. 7, 1949
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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-
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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
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be "Education in Roseburg in
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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'..
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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.