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U. Of O. Library Conp, , i Eugene ,J)regon ijJ.XJt 1 ,x Ml nnrn Lruuv UL Hit Weather Partly cloudy with scattered thawert today and Tuesday. Sunset today 5:3 p. m. Sunrita tomorrow 4:21 a. m. "SECOND f J SON SMS HELD Mrs. William H. Free man, 27 (above), admitted to Kalamaxoo, Mich., police that she tlaihtd tht throats of her two sons, John Carroll, 6, and Larry, 9 months old, "because I couldn't stand thtir crying." Tragedy wt discovered by her husband who sensed something was wrong and hurried home. Mrs. Freeman was held by the sheriff without charge for in vestigation.! AP Wirephoto). Charcoal From Wood Waste Plan Of Eugene Plant EUGENE. Oct. 10-(.P Com mercial production of industrial charcoal from wood waste is plan ned here by the Phillipson Re tort Manufacturing company. Company Engineer Carl Levy said pilot plant operations had proven the feasibility of the proc esses started by the late H. J Phillipson and continued with the help of scientists from the Uni versity and Oregon Slate college. Levy said the plant would re quire investment of about $100, 000 and employ three men in the operation on a three-shift basis. Production would be about 50 tons of charcoal every 24 hours, he said. The engineer said the market was Indicated in the recent de partment of the interior report which set the region's charcoal needs at 18,000 to 54,000 tons an nually by 1960. Levy noted that the bulk of the area's jmpnly t-4 now imported from other U. S. regions. "Our progressive line produc tion yields charcoal between 10 and 15 minutes after the first handful of sawdust from softwood enters the retort," he said. The resulting gas and smoke may also be processed for marketing in oil and tar compounds. Lumbermen of the Western Forest Industries. Inc., wera among the backers of the devel opment. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS DRAMATIC news from Berlin: "The East German Republic Russia's newest satellite was proclaimed today under the lead ership of German communists . . . the German Peoples' Council, heretofore a pro-Soviet public forum without any powers, voted ' unanimously to become the lower house of the "German Democratic Republic."' (Remember that in the commu nist Jargon a "democratic" government is a COMMUNIST government. All others are reac tionary and fascist.) w HAT does it mean? It means that there are now (Continued on Page Four) Girl, 11, Saves Three Sisters From Flames PORTLAND, Oct. 10 t.Ti Janet Gullickson, 11, was credit ed today with rescuing three younger sisters from their burn ing home. The girl, left in charge of the others, ran upstairs to their bedrooms when she detect ed flames in the basement. Pacific Coast States Edging In On Old Markets Of East, Warning Voiced By Economist BOSTON, Oct. 10. (P The Industrial east is facing a new rival In the Pacific Coast states and may lose old markets If it doesn't get on the ball, a western economist advised today. The confident warning camel from Nathaniel H. Engle, profes sor of Business Administration a the University of Washington The economic dominance of the East is not as unchallenged as it was in prewar days, he said in an address to the Boston confer ence on distribution. Not only are the states of Cali fornia. Oregon and Washington depending less and less upon the East for manufactured goods, he said, but they are invading it In creasingly with merchandise and branch plants. This trend is beng aided. Prof. Engle declared, because nation al distributors have failed to eval uate fully recent changes In west Established 1873 Nations Me From Strikes May Reach Two Million a ss. a NO KeaCe Near i t; a in iieup ur Coal And Steel Railroad Brotherhoods, Carriers Date Talk In Effort To Settle Dispute (By The Auociatcd PrM The steel and coal strikes con tinued today and the prospect was for more widespread idle ness this week. The nation's strike idle may reach two million this week. John L. Lewis planned to go back to the bargaining table witn operators Wednesday on behalf oi his asu.uuu striking soft coal diggers. But there was no move toward settling the strike of 454,000 CIO steelworkers. The two strikes have actually cut off pay checks for more than 1.000,000 workers including those laid off thus far in businesses dependent on coal and steel. Contracts between the steel workers and fabricatine Dlants began expiring Saturday, and the unions president, Philip Murray, has declared he wants these work ers to have the free pension and insurance for which the other steelworkers are striking. This apparently means there'll be more filant shutdowns and more picket ines. Oct. 17 is a deadline for steel workers at the Aluminum Com pany of America where 20,000 of them have voted to strike if they don't get the company-paid (Continued on Page Two) Homesick Boy. Hangs Himself KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Oct. 10 (IP) The top criminal in vestigators of this county said to day that a 10-year-old boy slipped off into the woods and hung him self because he was lonely for his old home town. Tragically, he would have gone back to the town soon, anyway. His family was only here for the potato harvest. The boy, Larry Bailey, who had come to Oregon from Porterville Calif., was found dead in the woods near Merrill, Ore., late last night. Two men found his body hang ing from a tree limb, after a 15 hour hunt. A search was started after Larry slipped away from his brother and some other boys yesterday morning. Sheriff Jack Kraney said neigh bors told him little Larry had been despondent, longing for his playmates at Porterville. Calif. The sheriff. District Attorney Dayton Van Vactor, and Deputy Coroner Clarence Ward investi gated the tragedy and ruled that jt was "premeditated self destruc- Hon.' The boy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Bailey, were in Oregon only temporarily. They come here each year to haul po tatoes during the harvest, return ing afterward to Porterville. Bailey, a haulage contractor, and his wife were out deer hunt ing when Larry disappeared. Tavern Near Hood River Destroyed By Fire HOOD RIVER, Oct. 10 (.P An early morning fire burned the Loop Lunch, a tavern-cafe Just east of the city, to the ground yesterday before firemen of two companies could control the flames. Fire Marshal Claude Collins said the wooden structure was insured for about $2500. The business was located at the junction of the Columbia river highway and the Mount Hood Loop highway. ern population and Income and consequently "have been slow to make necessary adjustments In quotas." So great has been the popula tion Jump in the Pacific states, he noted, that the employment level is below that for the nation as a whole, but new industries are mushrooming, and it is es timated that the 10 per capita income in the three states will be 16.7 percent above the nation. This means rapidly expanding consumer markets. Prof. Engle said, and with industrial expan sion, new markets for machinery, machine tools, equipment and supplies. : AHon Hunter Is iiMiiea in vrasn EUGENE. Oct. 10 An Elkton deer hunter waa killed, two companions Injured and four University of Oregon stu dents hurt yesterday In a two car collision at Saginaw. Fatally Injured was Julius Repaleger, 68. Elkton. He was a passenger In a car driven by Walter W. Esslinger, Elkton. Their companion was Ross Mo Donald, Elkton. The men ware returning home from a hunting trip Riding in the second car were students Lawia Britton Riley, Portland, the driver; Isabella S. Lamb, Hawaii: Martha H. Richards, Portland; and Mary. Ellen Holland, Portland. Nationalists In China Prate Of Eventual Victory CANTON, Oct. 10. UP) Na tionalist China observed the 38th anniversary of the Chinese repub lic today with a communist gun in its back. This provisional capital cole bra led the "double tenth" amid preparation! for a last-ditch stand against the reds. The city was colorfully be decked with flags in commemora tion of the tenth day of the tenth ronth in 1911 when the Kuomin tang (nationalist party) revolt i to overthrow of the imperial Man chu dynasty. Brave, bristling statements came from nationalist leaders. A few officials even boasted they would yet defeat the reds. Nobody mentioned the vast territory lost since a year ago all the way from Mukden to south China. No body reckened how long the Na tionalists can hold onto what they have left. 'Canton apparently was not In Imminent danger, but the govern ment packed its bag again. It awaited a signal to transfer to Chungking, the wartime capital. Foreign diplomats i ,ay get offi cial notice today or in the next few days. The Nationalists worked to build a strong east-west defense line near Yingtak, 75 miles north of Canton. The military news agency said three armies (pos sibly 60,000 men) were moving into the Yingtak area to reinforce the government garrison. Private reports said the reds continued to edge forward despite active rear guard thrusts by the nationalists. Acting President LI Tsung Jen likened the tens of millions of people under red control in China to the people in Soviet satellite countries, "under the yoke of Soviet tyranny." But, he said: "Although we have suffered a series of setbacks, our military strength is gradually growing and I have unlimited confidence in our eventual victory." Four Of Texas Family Found Shot To Death FORT WORTH, Tex., Oct. 10 (P Four persons were found shot to death today at their home in suburban Oak Knoll. Thev were identified by neigh bors as: Mrs. Richard G. Finch, about 33; Penelope Finch, 8, her daugh ter; Allan Finch. 7, her son; a Mrs. Walker, identified as the children's maternal grandmother. A next door neighbor, Mrs. T. C. Hukill, discovered the bodies when she went to inquire about he children wnom sne usually drove to school with her own child. Mrs. Hukill said she last saw the family Saturday. Neighbors said the grandmother had come here recently from Florida. Power Of B-47 Stratojet Bomber Increased Fourth SEATTLE, Oct. 10 -4JP The Boeing B-47 stratojet bomber has 25 percent more power now than when it crossed the country in less than four hours last January. An Air Force announcement said the increased power from six new General Electric J-47 tur bojet engines was tested for the first time in a 37-mlnute flight at Moses Lake. The medium bomber now has a power potential of more than 49. 200 pounds of thrust with rocket assists, the Air Force said. Motorist Killed While Repairing Stalled Car HILLSBORO. Oct. 10 OP) Donald R. Wilson. 35. Hillsboro. was killed yesterday when struck by a car while attempting the roadside repair of his stalled automobile on the Sunset high way near here. State police said Wilson appar ently had failed to leave his car lights on and was not seen by Martin L. Betterton. 26 Portland, driver of the second vehicle. ROSEBURG, OREGON Eight Killed. 54 Injured In Bad Weather Toll Token In Midwest Areas By Tornadoes And Washouts, Aided By Fog (By the Auociated Preail Tornadoes, rain and fog com bined to kill at least eight per sons and Injure 54 others last night and early today. The whirling tornadoes took one life and Injured four persons last night in the Great Plains. A Rock Island passenger train roared off the rails at a track washout caused by heavy rains near Meade, Kas., killing four and Injuring 50. Fields in the vicinity were cov ered with water. Mineola. 25 miles away, had five inches of rain. Before it began receding, water covered Highway 54 lor a mile near the scene of the wreck. Near Cheyenne, Wyo., a slick airways plane diverted from Its Denver destination because of limited visibility due to rain and fog, hit a knoll here, killing its crew of three. From the Dakotas southward into Oklahoma and Texas, the clouds unloaded their moisture in thunderstorms. The bayous around Houston, though, were getting back to normal as flood waters receded. But the weatherman used his trite but happy official phrase for the weather conditions over east- (Continued on Page Two) Communists Lose In Austria's Vote VIENNA, Oct. 10-)-Autrl voters kept their nation lined up with the anil-communist coun tries of Europe in a weekend par liamentary election marked by a decided upsurge In rightist sent! ment. Final unofficial returns todav revealed that Chancellor I-eopold rlgls anil Ked coalition govern ment had remained firmly in the saddle despite some loss strength. That coalition, compos ed of the Conservative People's party and the Socialists, will con tinue to run the new government. Figl a people s party held II 3 rank aa Austria's biggest party, winning 77 seats in the 165-mem-ber lower house of Parliament. The Socialists won 67 seats, to give the government coalition an overwhelming 14-vote bloc In the chamber. Communisls. who won only four seats In the 1945 election, added one more in Sunday's voting. But heir failure to make any appre ciable gain led Chancellor Glfl to proclaim that the voting gave clear and unmistakable proot lhat Austria is an out pose of the western democratic world." Manslaughter Charge Faced By Truck Driver MONTEREY, Calif., Oct 10 (IP) A truck driver involved in the traffic death of a Portland, Ore., bride Is scheduled to be arraigned In Justice court today on a charge of involuntary man slaughter. The charge, naming R. C. Jua rez, Monterey, as the defendant, grew out of the accident in which Mrs. Carla Parkingham Collins, 22. was killed. The husband, Charles K. Collins, 21, is still in critical condition at a local hos pital. The couple were on their honeymoon. Collins" father and brother, are here making arrangements to ship Mrs. Collins body to Ta coma. Wash. Wtlfex ivy SECOND BEST IN COLLISION This 1937 Dodge coupa came nlaht in a collision with a Wait Coast fait freight truck and State Police Sgt. LyU Harrell termed the coupa a "total wrack." Paiseeger Criit Schepp was treated at Mercy hospital for a broken jaw and facial cutt. Albert Votee, driver, suffered chait injuries. Both man are from Portland. Truck driver William E. Fsrdyca, Lot Angelas, was uninjured. Rear axla en the 'I MONDAY, OCT. 10, 1949 NO GEOGRAPHICAL RULE Oregon Will Be Asked To Elect Its Legislators On Population Quota Basis PORTLAND, Oct. 10. i.Pl Oregon voters will be asked next year to put both state legislative houses on a straight popula tion quota. This would mean the end of the system In which lightly populated districts now gain representation. Senators and Rep resentatives would be elected entirely according to population. Portlanders Hurt In Collision Of Auto And Truck Two Portland men were In Mercy hospital today for injuries suffered when the 1937 model coupe In which they were riding collided with a West Coast freight truck and trailer seven miles north of Oakland Sunday. The Injured men were listed by State Police Sgt. Lyle Harrell as Albert Votee, driver, chest in juries; and Crist Schepp, treated lor a broken Jaw and facial cuts. According to Sgt. Harrell, the Votee car was apparently travel ing south at a high speed and hit the rear wheels of the trailer when the car went over the yel low line. Sgt. Harrell termed Votee's car "a total loss." William Edward Fordyce, Los Angeles truck driver was uninjured. Rear axle of the trailer was sprung by the Im pact. Luck was riding with a Grants Pass couple late Sunday after noon when their car left the North Umpqua road east of here, overturned, and rolled 172 feel before hitting a telephone pole. Sgt. Harrell said, Calvin Eu gene Wilkson was driving west when he lost control of his car while attempting to miss another car driven by Lorin Gerald John son, Idlevld, making a left turn off the highway. Mrs. wilkson, passenger in nor husband's car, was taken to Mer cy hospital following the acci dent but was released after minor treatment. Wilkson was unin jured. Sgt. Harrell reported Wllkson's ear was badly damaged. The Johnson vehicle escaped without damage. Little Son Hurt When Hit By Father's Backing Truck Condition of little Jack Rust, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Rust, East Douglas street, was reported as "good" this morning, following treatment for injuries received when the young ster was hit by his father's pick up truck. The boy's father said his son was injured Saturday morning when he ran up behind the truck as it was being backed out of the driveway. Rust said he felt the impact, stopped the truck and got out to find the youngster beneath the rear axle. His parents Immediately took him to a doctor for treatment of cuts and bruises. No bones were broken. Heart Attack Fatal To Central Point Hunter MEDFORD, Oct. 10 UP) County Coroner Carlos Morris said today that Charles McCoy, 49, Central Point, had died of an heart attack while hunting deer in the Butte Falls sector east of here. McCoy's body was located Sa turday evening by a search party organized bv the family the night previous. His death was the eighth of the deer hunting sea son; the fifth attributed to heart failure. truck's trailer was arred looia by A committee of Young Repuo licans and Young Democrats, AFL and CIO representatives--now drafting an initiative meas ure on representation decided to do away with geographical rep resentation. The State constltulnn stipulates that the population should be the guiding rule. There Is one concession, though, to the up slaters who ar gue for some geographical rep resenatlon. The measure would limit any one district to a third of the seats In either house. The measure, expected to go before the voters next year, has not been drafted. Tentatively, though, it would give Multnomah county (Portland), the stain': most populous. 20 representatives and 10 senators Instead of the 13 12 representatives and 6 '13 senators it now has. Committee members said Mult nomah could be expected to lose some of these later as other sec tions of the state grow. There may be opposition meas ures. Some up-state legislators are arguing that each county should have a senator, regardless of population. This is the rule that applies for the U.S. Senate. Truck-Auto Crash Kills Six Persons SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 10 (JP A fiery collision of a truck and an automobile on a nearby eight-mile causeway Sunday kill ed six persons, including all four members of a family from Oak land. Calif. California Highway patrolmen reported a flat-bed truck and trailer both empty and a sedan collided on the long causeway spanning Sacramento river low lands, shearing off about 300 feet of causeway railing and the three vehicles plunging 25 feet to the ground below. The dead were Identified as: Charles W. Brown Jr., 34, of Oakland: his wife. Sybil, 28; their two children, Sharon, 9, and Charles W., III. 2; Mrs. Edith Kline, 58, of Richmond, mother of Mrs. Brown; and Mariorie Kline, 23. of Richmond, sister of Mrs. Brown. Morris Watts, 23, of Rosevllle, Calif., the truck driver and hi brnthpr, Roy, 12, were rpscued by field workers. Both were serious ly hurt. Lost Airplane Sought In Northeast Oregon BAKER, Ore., Oct 10 (IP) A Sheriff's Aerial posse flew East of here today In search of a pri vate airplane that vanished yes terday in rain and fog on a short flight to Halfway. State police reported the plane was piloted by Verl Hansen, own er of a hotel at Halfway, Ore., near the deep Snake river can yon. The plane was Identified as a vellow painted Aeronca bear license numbers NC 85901. The CAA reported Hansen's plane carried four houi of fuel. It left Baker at 1:20 P. M. on the 50-mile flight to Halfwav and never checked In there. Police said airports elsewhere In East ern Oregon and In Western Idaho reported no krowledge of the plane, out second bait lata Sunday trailer at the foot of Rica hill. tha impact. (Photo by Al Varnyl 238-49 Army's B-36 Still Target At House Quiz Efficiency Weakened By Radar Rockets, Claim Of Electronics Expert WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 IP) A Navy Electronics expert told House investigators today that radar can track rockets and reach the moon, so It certainly can spot a big high-flying bom ber like the air force B-26. Lt. Comdr. E. W. Harrison con tinued before the House Armed Services committee the Navys attack on the Giant. Six-engine bomber that la the pride of the Air Force. Admiral Arthur W. Radford led off for the Navy last week with a contention that the B-36 con struction program must be label ed a "billion dollar blunder" un less the plane can, as the Air Force contends, carry out bomb ing missions without detection and heavy losses. Radford aaid tne claims aie not true. Now other Nsvy men are giv ing supporting testimony on the general theme that too much el limited Defense funds are going I into tne B-3B and too little into Naval aviator. Harrison, who la attached to the Electronics Divisions of the Bureau of Aeronautics, told the committee: "We have, and can expect any potential enemy to havet radar equipment and interceptor air craft capable of detecting, inter cepting and bringing about the drstructio not large, very heavy bombers regardless of how high they fly." . o Summon Johnson ,- - -" . Memberi of the committee have indicated deep concern over reports that Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson plans further cuts In spending for the Navy and Its Air arm. Rep. Bates (R-Mass) urged t Johnson be called before th (Continued on Page Two) Derailment Rips Track, Sutherlin Several hundord yards of track and thraa railroad ears ware damagad thia morning In a freight car dtrallmtnt at tha utharlln depot. Jerry Parker, Sutherlin tun, quoted Southern Paelfio par. sonnel as saying the derailment waa believed caused by a bro ken connection ao loaded freight cars were being moved en tha track. General Freight Agent Tom McCarry, Rosaburg, said serv ice on the main line and the pasaenger tinea would be dis rupted temporarily but hoped the mainline would be repaired "sometime during tha day." No one waa Injured in tha ac cident. Two Truck Occupants Killed When Train Hits The Dalles. Oct 10 (JP) Two men were killed east cf here Saturday night when a truck they wera riding pulled In front of the Union Pacific rail road's east bound city of Portland Passenger train. State police . said Glenn M. Pate, Tacoma, and Henry II. Johnstone, box 148, Yelm, Wash., were killed In the wreckage. The scene was at Biggs where high way traffic approaches the Mary ghlll, Wash., Ferry crossing the Columbia river. It was not known which man waa driving the truck. Housing Is Asked For Visiting Teachers Kenneth Baineburg, county school superintendent, today Is sued a plea for housing for the 500 county elementary and high school teachers who will attend the rountv Institute and workshop In Roseburg, beginning Wednes dav. karneburg asked anyone In the city with a sleeping room to rent for two or three days to call his office, telephone 34fi. A total of 315 elementary teach ers will attend the institute Wed nesday and Thursday. High school tearhers will swell the to tal to over 500 Friday. Chinese Staff In Paris Deserts To Communists PARIS, Oct. 10 i.V) - The en tire staff of the Chinese Embassy and Consulate-general here todav deserted the Nationalist regime and declared their support for the new Chinese Communist gov ernment at Peking. The move was taken on China's National holiday.the so-called "double ten" anniversary of Sun Yat Sen's 1911 revolution, r Fleet To Keep Character As Vital Force United States Will Hold Lead In Atomic Rivalry, Defense Chief Predicts ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 10. VPt Secretary of Defense Louis John son repeated today there is no plan afoot to reduce the navy to "a second role" in national defense. Johnson, addressing the annual convention of the American Fed eration of Labor, said the navy has an "honorable role" to play on the army-navy air force team. Johnson took notice of mount ing protests from navy partisans that it was about to be ''unified" out of business. He assured the navy he Intends to keep it and the marine corps as vital part of the defense combination. The defense secretary , de claring that the possibility the Russians would learn the atomic secret long has figured in de fense planning, said he Is "con fident this country still has the lead in atomic weapons. "I am confident we still hold the lead," Johnson said, "not enough of a lead to grow com placent but enough to be de cisive If we continue the present pace . . ." Johnson said that progress is being made in unifying the de fense team. "Each service not only Is per fecting its own training and or ganization," he said, "but is learn ing to play its part on a unified team more suited for the condi tions of modern warfare." He said each branch has "great pride In its own men and its own weapons. But there is also a deep and growing apprehension for the Job of the other fellow." Johnson devoted a major por tion of his speech to praising the AFL's part in pushing war production during the last war and in helping develop free trad (Continued on Page Two) Rent Decontrol Denied Corvallis CORVALLIS. Oct. 19. (.V) Housing Expediter Tighe Woods has denied a recommendation ot the local rent control board that decontrol be declared for the Cor vallis area. , Woods' letter, received by "the! board here today, said that con trol could not be abandoned be cause the records "do not show the demand for central housing in Corvallis has been met." The local board has recom mended that decontrol be declared after the city's recent control of fice was closed and Its functions taken over by the Portland re gional office In a recent economy move by the federal government. No local enforcement board now remains but the local board will remain organized. All re quests of both tenants and land lords lor cnanges must oe maae to the Portland office. The board here had originally exercised Jurisdiction over Al bany and Lebanon as well as Cor vallis. Decontrol has been or dered In the two Linn county cities. Before the boards action In recommending decontrol, the Corvallis city council had set a public hearing on a oecontroi pe tition for tonight. The hearing was cancelled after the board recommendation and whether or not It would be reset now could not be determined immediately. Lost Deer Hunter Sought In Upper Klamath Region KALAMATH FALLS. Oct. 10 WP A lost deer hunter was be ing sought In the Denny creek woods on the west side of upper Klamath lake today. Jack Hargrove, 20, Klamath Falls, was last seen by members of his hunting party at 10 yes terday morning. When he failed to return to his car at nightfall, a search was started. Max Hargrove, a brother of the missing youth, said it was young Hargrove's first hunting trip, and that he was not familiar with the wooded country. Speeder Fined After His Auto Turns Over A S10 fine for basic rule viola Hon (speeding) was paid today in municipal court by Wllburn Wal- , do Bunch, Dillard, Judge Ira B, Riddle reported. Bunch was ciled by city police) when the car he was driving turn ed over completely and stopped upright on S. Stephens street, north of the citv limits. Bunch's, car was Immediately behind the police patrol car. Bunch was uninjured. - COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT A special meeting of the city council has tentatively been set for tonight at 7:30, according to Cltv Recorder William Boll man. Purpose of the meeting Is to discuss latest reports on the pro posed alrnort improvements. Livfty Fact Rant y U F. Reiaenetela Tha camit reprehenjibl feud between the army and navy seems to have junked far the time belna, that old stand by American mono: "United We Stand, Divided We Pall."