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i U. Of O. Library Comp. . ,v 1 1 ! , Ore YANK E 1MH 6' TO r yv 1 V 11 ' i SENT HOME Capt. John G. Crommelin, former skipper of an aircraft carrier in the Pa cific theater, arrives at his northwest Washington home; suspended (106-49) and or dered restricted to his quarters by Adm. John Dale Price, vice chief of naval operations, as a result of his distribution to the press of what the navy called confidential" letters from three admirals about the state of Na vy morale. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS FROM Washington: "President Truman today signed a bill providing $5,809,990, 000 (five billion, eight hundred and nine million dollars) to carry on the foreign aid program until next June 30." I HOPE It works. We all hope It works. If It doesn't, we're out a lot of cash and In for a lot of trouble. What we're trying to do Is to share our prosperity (which, by comparison with the rest of the world, is great) with our friends until they can get back on their feet and become prosperous In their own right Paste this in your hat: NEVER SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN was a more generous (Continued on Page Four) Yoncalla Annexation Election Is Monday There will be a special election In the Yoncalla city hall Monday Oct. 10, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., for registered voters of the city to vote on: The annexing of all the prop erty north of Scotts Valley., road, west of Pacifio Highway, east of Yoncalla cemetery, and south of city limits containing 14.40 acres. O. F. Thiel and Mrs. Fred Kru se will serve as judges and Mrs. Bernice Mideke as clerk of this election. Drunk Driving Charge Brings Jail Term, Fine Thelma Smith. 31, Idleyld, ar rested by city police on a drunk driving charge, was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail and fined $200 upon arraignement in justice court, reported Justice of Peace A. J. Geddes. Her driver's license w-as recommended revok ed for one year. Senate Takes Brief Breather After Passing Once-Defeated Flexible Price Support Bill WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. (& The Senate took a short breather today in Its efforts to pass a new farm bill, after accepting the flexible price support program it once had rejected. A late-hour tangle on amendments last night put off final ac tion until Monday, following the 45-to-26 defeat of an attempt to write in a high-support provision for basic crops. That provision calling for government price props at 90 per1 cent of parity for such farm prod ucts as cotton, wheat, corn, rice and peanuts has had a checkered history in this session of Congress. It Is the keystone of a House approved measure which the Sen ate thus far has ignored in favor of a bill written by Senator And-1 erson iD.-N. M.). The Anderson j bill calls for supports of basic crops varying from 75 to 90 per cent, depending on available sup plies. Last Tuesday, Senators Young (R.- N. D.) and Russell (D.-Ua.l asked the Senate to throw out ' Anderson's flexible support plan j mrinesupero-m frovmun. 'ncouIdnt be conllrmed and KUS- Senate turned that down. Votes to Reconsider Then it voted to reconsider. On the second vote, It approved the loung-Kussell amendment on a tie which was broken by the vote1 of Vice President Barkley. Har ried senate leaders succeeded in having the bill returned to the Agriculture committee for re writing. The rommitiee wrote flexible supports back into the bill, added if supplies began to pile up under Peace) Ward C. Watson at Suther some changes intended to swing ; government loan end purchases, i Un. Hit Weather Mostly cloudy today a ad Sunday. Sunset tonight 5:43 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:1 . m. Ettablithed 1873 Sec Vinson Charges Navy Expense Will Be Cut In Half Secret Orders At Pentagon Are Revealed 'Scuttling' Of Navy's Strength Investigation Brings Out Information WASHINGTON. Oct. 8. (."PV- Chairman Vinson (D.-Ga.) of the House Armed Services committee said today the defense department has decided to cut naval and ma rine aviation "about In half." Vinson's report of "secret or ders" at the Pentagon came as the committee dug grimly into "disturbing" reports that defense chiefs are scuttling the navy's air arm. The armed services chairman said further that he has it on re liable authority that the air force has taken the position that no large aircraft carriers or their air groups should be kept in the navy. Vinson spoke up as his commit tee started another day's hear ing to get to the bottom of friction in the armed services. Admiral Explains -" Before the committee was Rear Adtn. Herbert C. Hopwood, navy budget officer, to explain the navy's financial position. Hopwood was called to tell what Is happening to funds ear marked by Congress for naval air. That Inquiry follows up navy charges yesterday of air force bungling and plotting. Vinson himself reeled off fig ures from this year's appropria tion for the navy which Con gress has not finally decided. These, he said, show cuts for (Continued on Page Two) Longshoremen Win CIO Support; Reject Bridges BEND, Ore., Oct. 8 (Long shoremen won support from the Oregon CIO convention here yes terdav, but delegates figuratively turned their backs on Harry Bridges, the Longshore leader. They rejected a resolution call ing for the federal government to withdraw its perjury charges against Bridges. Thus they fol lowed the recommendation of the state CIO executive board. Portland Longshoremen, who offered the resolution, argued that the perjury charge was part of an attempt to weaken their union. Opponents, rebelling against what they called "Left-wingers. .. fellow travelers. . .agents of a foreign nation" denied that the case had any effect on the Long shore rank-and-file. They then complimented the Longshoremen for their "militant conduct" of the Hawaiian dock strike, and called it a "noble vic tory." There was brief mention of the bargeload of "hot cargo" pine apple at The Dalles, but no in dication as to whether Longshore men would be willing to allow un loading now that the Hawaiian strike virtually is settled. some more votes behind the pro vision, and sent the bill back to the Senate. The lawmakers handed Young and Russell their second rejection on yesterday's vote. In doing so, they followed the cas of Illinois and some other Senate chiefs, but rebuffed Chair- advice of Democratic leader l.u man Elmer Thomas ID.-Okla.) of the Agriculture committee, and Secretary of Agriculture Brannan both of whom favored the high supports. 1 here also was a report, quoted by Thomas, that President Truman favored the 90 per cent plan. That sell, co-author of the plan, indi cated that he had heard just the contrary. The outcome of the Senate voting was a major victory for both Lucas and Anderson, who i was Brannan s predecessor as i secretary of agriculture. I It kept Intact the provision which would allow supports to ' drop down to 75 per cent of ! naritv for the five ma lor crops I BPW Membership Plans Observation Of National Week Attendance by members of the Roseburg Business and Profes sional Women's club at St. George's Episcopal church Sun day morning, will mark the open ing of the local observation of the 15th annual National Business and Professional Women's week. The week has been proclaimed locally by Mayor Albert G. Flegel. Other events scheduled during the week: Homecoming dinner meeting at 6:45 Monday at the Roseburg Country club, with past presidents of the Roseburg Business and Professional Women's club in charge. (Reservations should be made by 9 a. m. Monday.) No-hostess luncheon at the Hotel Umpqua Tuesday noon. Card party in the recreation hall at the Roseburg Veterans hospital Tuesday evening. Radio broadcast by Mrs. Stella Spencer, radio chairman of Rose burg Business and Professional Women's club, over KRNR at 3 p. m. Friday. Chamber Of Commerce Committees To Report Reports on committee actlvl- Commerce will be given at Man day's forum luncheon in place of tne previously-announced pro gram devoted to activities of the State Game commission. Committee reports will be given by the airport, highway, civic affairs, forum, and transpor tation, and publicity committees, announced George Luoma, forum chairman. The luncheon will be at noon In the Hotel Umpqua Civic room. The public is Invited. t - : ---- Another Hog Cholera Report Is Turned In PORTLAND, Oct. 8. (An other report of hog cholera the fourth in Oregon In the last three months came In today from Clackamas county. Dr. Charles Haynes. state vet erinarian, said the hogs all were irom tne same farm. I he disease was detected when they showed up at a slaughter house. The meat was condemned, .the farm placed unner quarantine. The earlier outbreaks were In the Portland, Eugene and Klam ath Falls areas. Youths Draw Fine, Jail Sentence For Larceny Two Roseburg youths were each fined $50 and sentenced to 10 days in the county jail, upon pleas of guilty to petty larceny charges, when arraigned in Jus tice court Friday. Justice of Peace A. J. Geddes listed them as Jesse Franklin Heagy, 21, and Miles Clifford Heagy, 19. They were arrested Thursday by state police while allegedly taking parts from an automobile at the Doyle's Sales and Service, Pacific Highway at Garden Valley road, according to State Police Sgt. Lyle Harrell. $2,500 Bail Established On Car Theft Charges Bail of $2,500 was set for each of four youths, arraigned Fridav before Justice of Peace A. J. Ged des on charges of larceny of an automobile. They are listed as William Ar thur Cline, 19, of Anacortes, Wash., Charles Ronald Baskett, David Paul Ceccardelli and Cecil Marion Lohse. all 16. of Seattle. According to Police Sgt. Lyle Harrell they were arrested in possession of a car owned by Clyde Karlstrom of Drain, upon a routine check of traffic by state police. Northwest Senators Oppose Bill Amendment WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-JPy Pacific Northwest senators voted solidly yesterday with the major ity as the Senate rejected an amendment calling for manda tory price supports at 90 per cent of parity on basic farm crops, cot ton, wheat, corn, tobacco, rice and peanuts. Listed as voting against the amendment were Republican Sen. ators Morse and Cordon of Oregon ana cam ot Washington and Democratic Senator Magnuvm of Washington. Drunk Driving Charge Lands Man In Jail Frank G. Graham, 68, Melrose route, was booked Dy state nonce at the county Jail last night on a charge of drunken driving, State Police Sgt. Lyle H. Harrell reported. He said Graham will be arraigned before Justice of the ROSEBURG, OREGON COAL TALKS TO Government Prods Owners To Continue Negotiations With Lewis To End Tieup WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. (V Prodded by the government, soft coal operators moved today to resume contract talks with John L. Lewis in an effort to end the 20-day-old mine strike. Conciliation Director Cyrus S. Ching told the United Mine Workers' boss and the representatives of the mine owners that "each day brings the nation closer to a crisis" as coal supplies shrink. Power Projects Compromise Bill Awaits President WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. (.T) A compromise $584,098,000 in terior department appropriation bill awaited President Truman's signature today. It contains more than $100,000,000 for Pacific Northwest projects. The Senate completed congres sional action late yesterday on the measure, approving It by voice vote. The House had given its OK earlier. Largest single Item In the bill T.'"A.'. Vi ' L. lu'.".. used for Columbia basin develop ment. The Bonneville Power ad ministration will receive $30. 284,500. Other appropriations for proj ects In this area include: Des chutes, Ore., $1,313,750; Yakima Roza division, Wash., $387,833; Klamath, Ore.-Calif., $803,460. The money for the interior de partment, which has been operat ing under stopgap resolutions passed by Congress, is the fis cal year beginning last July L Weakened Crossarm Is j Cause Of Power Failure Weakened cross-arm bolts on a pole of Copco's main transmis sion line between here and Pros pect gave way last night, allowing the wires to dip and touch the guy cables. That was the cause of the sudden blackout which plunged much of this area Into complete darkness at about 9:20. officials of the California-Oregon rower company said. The break in the line occurred near the Henry Tyson place above Drew, the officials stated. Line crews of the company were sent to the scene last night to repair the damage. They completed their task early this morning. Electrical service was restored to most of Roseburg 27 minutes after the lights suddenly flick ered out, by cutting in on another line, permitting current from the Mountain States Power company to illuminate this area. Thug's House Cleaning Too Much For Little Girl BOSTON. Oct. 8 -W The three men who told six-year-old Martha Murray they were golne to "clean" her house were right they did. Martha greeted her mother, Mrs. Margaret Murray, on re turn from a shopping trip yester day with this inquiry: "Mummy, why are we having our house cleaned out?" Pressed further, the child ex plained that the men had enter ed and told her they were going to "clean out the place." Mrs. Murray discovered $126 In cash and a $26 radio missing from the apartment. w. - - r-m i .. '!" la. ei ; YUMA ENDURANCE FLIERS SET MARK Shorftly befor. they equalled the record for endur ence'in their light plana, (10-5-49) Bob Woodhouit and Woody Jonqeward took en another load of gas. Tha previous mark was 1,008 hours. The man hope kaap flyincj another week. Refueling it dona from car travelling 10 miles par heur. (A Wirephofal. 9 SATURDAY, OCT. 8, 1949 RESUME At Chlng's request, the opera tors made immediate overtures to Lewis to resume negotiations next Tuesday or Wednesday. The bargaining was interrupted this week when Ching Invited the par ties to Washington to air their differences. Ching said he would report t e meetings to the White House in routine fashion, but that he would watch future negotiations closely, ready to step in again within a reasonable time if the talks get nowhere. First stumbling block to get- ting the negotiations under way again was the location. Lewis has kept the southern talks going ai Bluefield, W. Va., a city of about 30.000 population but center of rich southern Bituminous Coal fields. A big convention there next week would interfere with any coal meetings, so the operators would prefer to pick up negotia tions in Washington. Ching said his all-day session with the operators and Lewis yes terday had given both sides a chance to blow off steam. But he made no claims about bring ing a settlement any nearer. The government did not lay down any ultimatum that the miners must go back to work, or that Lewis and tha operators must get togetner by any speci. (Continued on Page Two) AFL Begins Plan To. Carve ClO's 1950 Membership ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 8-WP The AFL today embarked on a plan to carve huge membership chunks from the CIO toward achieving a figured 1,000,000 member gain in 1950. Key officials of the American Federation of Labor said private ly they expect to pick up big parts of CIO unions, when the factional scrap in the CIO comes to a head, as may happen soon. A showdown between the CIO'S left wing and the right wing elements is shaping up for convention at Cleveland later this month. CIO President Phillip Murray has threatened his left wing union leaders with expul sion. Labor circles expect the result to be splintering up the CIO's major unions, with the CIO try ing to salvage as many members as possible and repudiated left wing leaders trying to drag large membership groups from the CIO. Officials of the rival AFL in annual convention here, are look ing forward to an expected CIO civil war with glee. They say they hope to woo big CIO segments Into AFL ranks as a result of the split. That's what is behind the an nounced AFL goal to pick up a million new members next year to boost AFL political power In the 1950 elections. "Orrrnt ' It. 1 Escapees Plead On Car Theft; Sentencing Later Willie Weltan Hughes and his son, Carroll Hughes, pleaded guil ty to charges of larceny of an automobile upon arraignment be fore Circuit Judge William E. East Friday. , The two were accused of steal ing the automobile the night of their alleged escape from the Douglas County jail Friday, Sept. 30, in company with four other prisoners. They were apprehend ed later that night north of Win chester along the railroad track near Deedy. Originally .he two men were being held for California authori ties on a car theft charge. Judge East suspended imposi tion oi sentence until a later date. Escape charges will also be pre ferred later, according to District Attorney Robert G. Davis. Two more of the six escapees, Quentln Cecil Wilbur, 30, and Le roy Martin Burnham, 23, were captured Sunday, but the other Iwn. Ijirrv Ilie Kerlin IN. j and chesler William Clark, 50, I are ,till at large. Probation Granted Peas of guilty were entered by two other men. arraigned before Judge East Friday. Phil Hal stead, held on a charge of writing checks with insufficient funds, was sentenced to one year In the state penitentiary, but was re leased on probation. Charles Kepner, pleaded guilty to a larceny charge. He was sen tenced by Judge East to six months in the state penitentiary, to run concurrently with another sentence of six months to which he was sentenced by Judge Call E. Wlmberly on a non-support charge. Judge East also revoked the probation ot Richard Backus. He had been sentenced to the state nenttentiarv on a larceny charge. but was released upon probation. He was remanded to the custody of the sheriff and sentenced to serve one year in the peniten tiary. , High School Students Hospitaliied In Accident Two high school students were injured and aent to Mercy hos pital last night, when their auto mobile struck a soft shoulder of the North Umpqua road, went out of control and into a dit.-h on the opposite side of the highway. State Police Sgt. Lyle H. Har rell said Robert Lawrence Siiill van, 16, of Roseburg, suffered lacerations of his head and knees and a fractured rib, and Betty Jean Post, 16, Winston, received lacerations of the face and legs and a fractured ankle. Two other passengers In the car, Dorothy Hunter, 15, and Dun McFarland. 15, were not Injured Sgt. Harrell said. The accident occurred one mile east of the city limits at 12:45 a.m., the sergeant reported. Pacific International Livestock Judging Starts PORTLAND, Oct. 8. (JP) Judging contests began today at the Pacific International Live stock exposition for 411 club and F. F. A. members. The annual show opened last night with first awards going to Oregon wool exhibitors. J. F. Short, Redmond, had the grand championship fleece. He also won last year. Bill Case, Al bany, entered the grand champion 4 H fleece. Dave Llngberg, Pen. dleion. had the top F. F. A. fleece. 237-49 Chinese Flee Canton As Red Army Presses Nationalists Expected To Move Capital To Chungking Very Soon By The Associated Press Chinese beean fleeinz from Canton today as the front to the north showed signs of caving in under the pressure of attacking Red armies. Diplomats in Canton said thev expected to hear Monday that the (Nationalist capital was being moved to Chungking. That was the wartime capital In western China. Kukong, anchor city only 121 miles north of Canton, was yield ed without a fight. Hengvang, the Nationalist base 265 miles to the north, appeared to have been abandoned. Press reports said Gen. ,Pal ChungHsi, central front com mander, had oult Hengvang and would set up headquarters at Kweilln, capital of his native Kwangsl province. That was 4 hint he mav leave Canton to Its fate. His 200,000 man army is the best left to the Nationalists on the Chinese main land. In the hour of Canton's ordeal there was considerable diplomat' ic maneuvering. A well-informed commonwealth diplomat in London said Britain will recognize tne newly -estap-llshed Chinese communist regime in Pelping. India was expected to (Continued on Page Two) Diamond Vendor Leaves Sample Case On Sidewalk ELIZABETH, N. J., Oct. 8-tJT Seimar Hilborn, a New York Industrial diamond salesman, was thinking of something else yesterday when he set down his suitcase to unlock his car. Hilborn got in the car and drove off, leaving the auitcase sitting on the sidewalk. The salesman missed the case about 15 minutes later. He came back posthaste. Luckily, the cus tomer he had just finished calllrw on had found it and kept It lor him. It was full of diamonds. Justice Douglas Said Improving From Injury YAKIMA, Wash., Oct. 8 (Ti ll. S. Supreme Court Justice Wil liam O. Douglas wai reported mending steadily today, six days after he suffered 13 rib fractures and a lung puncture when his horse rolled on him. He Is expected to be able to leave the hospital here within a week or 10 days. His brother, Arthur, head of the Statler hotel chain, visited Douglas briefly yesterday. Stolen Roseburg Car Is Recovered At Grants Pass A stolen car from Roseburg was recovered at Grants Pass at 10:30 last night. In possession of the car were Raph K. McKlbben, 20, and Jerry Sharum, who are being held for DouRlas county authorities, said State Police Sgt. Lyle H. Harrell. Owner of the car, W. N. Miller, 552 Fowler street, had reported It stolen. Nordin Lumber Company Mill Installs New Push-Button Carriage On North Myrtle "All ya gotta do is push the button!" That about sums up the ease of operation of a new sawmill carriage control unit Installed at the Nordin Lumber company mill near Myrtle Creek. A new development In hydrau lic-electric set works, the machine features automatic setting for standard dimensions up to 12 Inches and a master control for receding and setting knees up to the cut. A master dog and three boss dogs operate from the same power unit and are also sawyer controlled In the Nordin Installa tion. Harmon Auston. company man ager and veteran sawyer, who took over at the sawyer's stick for the first week's test run, com mended. That's the easiest rig I've ever sawed with. All you have to do Is set up the first cut and the machine does the rest of the figuring for you. As an added advantage, it Is no longer necessary to coordin ate sawyer, setter, and dogger, since the controls are at the saw yer's finger tips. This Is the first machine in stalled by Its developers. Calvert Machine service, in this area. 1 3 Runs Cross Plate In 4th, 5th Innings Hatten Takes Over Mound In 4th Inning; Lopat Hurls For Yanks EBBETS FIELD, N. Y.p Oct 8. (Special) Scoring three runs in the fourth and three more in the fifth, the New York Yankees took a commanding 6-0 lead over the Brooklyn Dodgers at press time today. In the fourth Inning Mapes doubled Just Inside the left field corner to score Brown, who had doubled, and Woodllng, who walk ed. Mapes came home on a dou ble by Lopat, after which Hat ten replaced Newcombe on tha mound for the Dodgers. In the fifth inning Brown rifled a three-bagger down the right , field line, scoring Henrich, Berra and DIMaggio, to put the Yan kees ahead 6-0. Previously Hen rich had walked, Berra singled past Hodges, sending Henrich to second. DiMaggio was purpose ly passed to load the bases. By JACK HAND Don Newcombe, Brooklyn' ' prize Negro rookie, came back with only two days' rest today against the New York Yankees lefty Ed Lopat in an attempt to square the world series at two games each. The 235-pound freshman from Colonla, N. J., was beaten by Al lie Reynolds In the 1-0 oper.eP Wednesday although he struck out 11 men, only two short of the series record. Manager Burt Shotton of the Brooks, trailing 21 in games, had (Continued on Page Two) Western Projects Chances Dim In Omnibus Measure WASHINGTON, Oct, 8 UP) Chances appeared dim todav for inclusion of $175,000,000 worth of western reclamation protect in the Omnibus rivers and Har bors Authorization bill. The bulk of the projects are In Washington, Oregon and Idaho. A few are in Montana and Wyo ming. A change of signals by the Se nate Public Works committee, sent the Omnibus hill to the Se nate yesterday without the Re clamation Bureau list. The committee had tentatively approved the projects Thursday, hut later decided to refer them to the Senate Interior committee which meets Monday. Though no Interior committeeman would comment officially, It was report ed the group would not recom mend adding tne projects ro me Omnibus measure. The Puhl c Works committee also shunted a proposal by Sens. Magmuson (D-wash) and Cam (R-Wash) to the Interior commit tee. The Washington senators ask ed establishment of a O'-'mni Basin account, to which all pow er revenues would he paid. Out of the Account would come cost allocated to power. These expen dltures would include most of the projects in the $175,000,000 list which are for irrigation and could not be paid for by water users without aid from power re venues. This plan, too, was reported doomed in the Interior commit tee on grounds It would force an increase in Pacific Northwest power rates. The Bonneville Power administration's present rate is $17.50 per kilowatt year. Women Invited To Dane At Veterans Hospital All ladles of the community are Invited to attend a dance to be held at the Roseburg Veteran hospital Monday under sponsor ship of the VFW Auxiliary. The dance will be at 8 o'clock in the recreation hall. VFW auxiliary will hold It regular meeting at 8 p.m. Tues day in the Roseburg armory. "We are moving Into this are In a big way," reports Harry B. Calvert, company owner. The next installation is set for a well known mill in Eugene and will be in operation soon. The Nordin mill, located on Slide creek off North Myrtle Creek road, Is sawing dimension lumber for the E. K. Wood Lum ber company of Roseburg. Aver age production is about 35 thou sand board feet per shift. Livfty Ft Rant By L. F. RetatiMttlit Oregon's deer hunting season it also a noticeable get ac quainted month: A lot of hunt ers are meeting intice of the peaco they never heard of before.
