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Comp J Eugene, Oregon V-'iSt, ( mmm mi m m , U. Of 0. Library 2 CATV mm WHO DOES WHAT ' 1 f'V II y . P. f s i i i"" . MMMMMliaMMlIMltMllllM III 111 I MllI t.lllli III If i IURDETTE LEAS, foreman at Farm & Industrial Equipment company in Riverside, stands beside a huge Allis-Chalmers tractor displayed in his company's showroom. Burdette has been with this firm for two-and-a-half years. Prior to that time he had been foreman at the county shops on the Oixonville roed for 12 years. He and hit family live at 1235 West First street. (Picture by Paul Jenkins.) Needs Of Fire Department, Lumber Shippers1 Handicaps Topics At Chamber's forum The Roseburg Chamber of Commerce held its weekly forum luncheon program at the Umpqua hotel Monday noon, with reports by chamber committee heads substituting for the previously scheduled program. In line with this week's observance of National Fire Prevention Week, Harold Schmeer, civic affairs committee chairman, cited five Improvements which must be made In Roseburg before fire In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS DISPATCHES on the day this is written give us this quick sum up of the industrial situation In our country: "There was nothing to indicate an early settlement of the na tion's major labor trouble strikes by some 830,000 steel and coal workers. "There were threats of a nation-wide railroad strike and a walkout by some 20,000 aluminum workers in eight states. "The continuing strike by John L. Lewis' 380,000 mine workers now three weeks old prompted Cyrus Ching, federal conciliation director, to warn: '"EACH DAY BRINGS THE NATION CLOSER TO A CRISIS.'" LL this is happening at a time f when the prospect of a shoot ing war throughout the world Is (Continued on Page Four) Three-Year Prison For Office Larceny Imposed Robert D. Nelson. 21, North Bend, was sentenced to serve three vears In the state peniten tiary when he appeared in cir cuit court Monday before Judge Carl E. Wimberly. Nelson had been adjudged guilty of larceny in an office when the Jury viewed his case last week. Renewal Of Forums Over Air, Annual Neewollah Parade Planned By Junior Chamber The Roseburg Junior Chamber of Commerce will again launch a new series of radio forum broadcasts, after a summer-long holiday. The broadcasts, scheduled to start Tuesday, Oct. 25, will be headed by Warren Ward. KRNR account executive. His permanent staff will include Lowell Rhoden, speaker pro curement, and Hank Henry, moderator. The second series of forum j broadcasts will start with a dis- '50ns displavinK originalitv and cussion of garbage rate price ad- cpv(,rnp j'n the construction of Justmenst. The John brothers, ,thPjr costume, owners of the Roseburg Garbage w.hjch jM, , Disposal company will be inter- ..,h",.re(,,t pvr according viewed by members of the Jay, or)Rjnat. at ,h co!L . . , ... k ,.., Douglas county courthouse, as in . V" v-D ' . Win Jet 7 VI previous years, and will continue station KRNR, starting at 7.30. P o J(he dowmown according to Ward, who an -, . nounced the new forum broad- s"r" . , .. cast, series at a dinner meeting Other members of ' the Nee nf Pr,.hu a tavrees last night. wollah committee include Sid N..J?.,h aTs. banned 11". Do- Forbes. Walt Brlttell. Z nnm nJ Jm Dlans for ! Wayne Crooch. Irv Pugh. John theA,r.ra11n'nuad. Nefltah pa' Hardiman. Chuck Williamson and rade. to be held here the night of .Jack Newoy. October 31. Highlighting the dinner meet- Chairman Keith Custer said ing was a showing of motion pic youngsters from over the county tures by Bill Remington, who op are invited to participate in the erates a newly-opened camera annual Halloween affair. Prizes, shop on Jackson street, he was to be donated bv Roseburg mer- introduced by program chairmaa chanti will be awarded to per-. Don Forbes. I By Paul Jenkins I Insurance rates may be lowered. Included are an additional pumper truck, a tall, aerial-type ladder, a fire code in the form of an ordinance, and seven addition al paid firemen. To bring Rose burg up to par, there must be five paid firemen and the chief or assistant chief on duty at all times. Rosehurg's fire depart ment now numbers five men and Chief Mills. Shippers Face Handicap Avery Thompson, chairman of the transportation committee, emphasized rail shipping services in his report. He cited the disad vantage to green lumber shippers (Continued on Page Two) pjr) jf, Cook HotlSt At Toketee Falls Project A cook house fire at the Toke tee falls project of the California Oregon Power company destroy ed a cook stove, benches, dishes and silverware, Copco manager H. C. Wells reported today. More complete information will not be available until communi cation services are Improved, Wells said. Telephone service has been interrupted by construction I'lCWJ vtoimilg VMI lire i'uiui vniiy qua road. Youth Mistakes Hunting Mate For Deer, Kills Him KOOSKIA. Idaho. Oct. 11. UP) An 18-vear-old youth told au-1 thorities he shot and killed a I hunting companion yesterday when he mistook his victim for a deer. Alvin Renshaw. about 55, a i Kooskia farmer, died almost !m- i mediately after being struck bv the bullet fired bv Neil Erie- i wine of Southw'ick, Coroner! Glenn Ailor reported. j Tht Weather . MotHy cloudy with a faw shewert today and Wednesday. Sunset today 1:31 p. m. Sunrise tomorraw 4:23 a. m. Established 1873 Clean Bill Given State Hospital Investigator Ryan Finds Charges False No Brutality Or Murder Discovered, Food Good, Warm Beds Provided SALEM, Oct. 11 .Pv The State Board of Control declared untrue today charges made last week of murder and brutality at the Oregon State hospital. The charges, made by the Citi zens Action committee of Port land, dealt with incidents which occurred more than five years ago. the board said. The board also denied charges of insufficient food, an. I that pa tients get cold at night. The investigation, made by Wil liam C. Ryan, supervisor of in stitutions, dealt with these Inci dents: 1. That Jim Butler, a patient, was murdered in June, 1942. by an attendant who kicked him In the stomach. Ryan said Butler was attacked 'by an attendant, hut recovered. Ryan said Butler died of a heart attack six years later. The at tendant was fired Immediately after the attack. 2. That three patients died in March. 1940, from electric shock treatment. Ryan said these patients were strangled in their sleep by anoth er patient. A coroner's Jury made this finding. 3. That Irwin Wakefield, a pa tient, was beaten to death by an attendant on April 11, 1944. Ryan said three criminally in sane patients attacked three at tendants. Wakefield attacked an attendant with an iron bar. In the death struggle, the attendant killed Wakefield. A coroner's Jury exonerated the attendants. Improvements Listed Ryan told the board that feed ing standards have been improv ed 50 percent in the past three years. He said a typical noon (Continued on Page Two) Sheriff Elliott Sues To Prevent Recall Election PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. li ra) Sheriff M. L. Elliott filed suit Monday asking circuit court to nan tne recall ejection against kin mr-Vt 1 1 tA fnp I let 71 The sheriff argued that the rea- sons cited for his recall are un true and malicious." and that even had they been true they would not be sufficient grounds for a recall. He asked an Injunction pre venting County Registrar of Elec tions James W. Gleason from holding the election. The recall petitions stated, as reasons for the move, that the sheriff "misrepresented his quali fications to the voting public to secure his election" and that his conduct since shows "he lacks the qualifications essential to properly occupy and conduct an office of trust and confidence." In his suit, Elliott said that the voters had already passed on his Qualifications, and that his ex- iperience as a deputy sheriff and his high ranking in civil service i examinations prove he had the j proper background for the Job. U. P. Engineer Killed ' In Fall From His Cab PORTLAND. Oct. 11 UPS The engineer of the west-bound Portland Rose fell from his cab while the train was on a siding west of Pendleton early today and was killed. Union Pacific railroad officials here said the engineer was Otto Hinkle. 59. The Dalles. They said the accident, as reported to them by telephone, occurred after the train had stopped to go on a sid ing to let the east-bound Portland Rose pass on the main line. Hinkle climbed down to throw the switch and apparently lost his grip on the hrfhd rail either in going down or climbing back up. Railroad Man Killed After Saving Co-Worker PORTLAND. Oct. 11 '. A railroad yard worker was run down and killed by a bumped coach yesterday after pushing a co-worker to safety. The victim was Joseph Bratton, 48. Portland. Shoved to safety was David Markham. Portland. Investigators said a train from Seattle was pulling into the Union Station on track six. hit a par tially opened switch and sudden ly shunted onto track five, hump ing the private car of a Southern Pacific official. The car rolled, killing Bratton who had been standing on the track- ROSE BURG, Endurance Fliers Set New Record YUMA. Ariz., Oct. 11 .The new world's champion endurance fliers. Woody Jongeward and Bob Woodhouse, are resting at their homes today. The wartime Navy pilots brought their four-place plane. "The City of Yuma." to a landing at the Yuma county airport yes terday afternoon at 3:33 p.m. (MSTl after 1.124 hours and IS minutes of continuous flying. "Never again," the two said, when asked if they'll make an other endurance try. Since Aug. 2 when they took off. they had flown 85.000 miles, the equivalent of three times around the world. Decision to terminate the flight most of which was spent over Yuma to show the world this city's fine flying weather came Sunday night when one of their two magnetoes burned out. Teachers Will Open Sessions Here Tomorrow Douglas county elementary teachers will descend upon Rose- Durg Wednesday lor the opening series of a two-day workshop, to De tonowed on rrlday by an all county institute. The workshop, on the general topic of reading, will he conducted under the county school superin tendent's auspices, in cooperation with the Oregon general exten sion division and Southern Ore gon college. Approximately 315 elementary teacners win attend the work shop to be held at Rose school. The Fridav institute, with 500 at. tending, will be at the Junior high school, said County Superintend ent Kenneth Rarnehure. - " The workshop staff will Include Howard Akers, administrative assistant, department of state wide services. Eugene; Victor N. Phelps, assistant professor of edu cation, general extension division, Portland, and Dr. Elmo N. Steven son, president, Southern Oregon college, Ashland. The special instructors staff will include: Evelyn Masten, tonic, "Phonics and Word Analysis"; Florence Allen, "Diagnosing read ing Disability"; Edith Bork, "Teaching Children's Literature"; John McAulay, "Improving the Teaching of Spelling": Dorothea Dusnnen, neiping fupils TO AT-' count, as enuuispmeru or iNor tain RfsaHlna Raailina.J1 all urlv1! i i n i n tr nf tha. Atlanll tain Reading Readiness , all from Southern Oregon college; Victor N. Phelps. Portland, "Evaluating Achievement in Reading." and Delpha Hulhurt, professor of edu cation, Pacific university. Forest Grove. "Developing Studv Skills." . ... vvennesciay s program will open wun us tb seats in tne old parlla at 9 a.m. with Introductions. At i ment. 9:10 will be an explanation of the workshop and manner of regis tering for the course, Ed. 478. "Im proving Instruction In Reading." Dr. Stevenson will address the session at 9:30 on the subject. Education in Koseburg In 1360. After Intermission, group meet- ings with demonstrations, will begin at 10:30. These will resume at 1 p.m. following lunch In the cafeteria, with dismissal at 4 p.m. Flames Hit Fire Truck During Demonstration PROVIDENCE, R. I.. Oct. 11 lP) Ladder company 10 will he a long time living this one down: On a practice run to Wayland Square to stage a demonstration in connection with fire preven tion week, a battery cable short circuit set the truck on fire. A spectator pulled an alarm and three hose companies and a ladder truck responded while lad der 10 put out its own fire. RUSSIA'S AIR POWER STRESSED AT HEARING Soviet Guided Missiles Able To Down U. S. Bombers At 40,000 Feet, Expert Declares Bv BARNBY LIVINGSTONE ; aircraft defenses now in terms of should never gamble for more WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. P) 1945 equipment." ithan he can aflord to lose. A navy expert told Congress to- B 36 Branded Obsolete I "In the light of developments day that Russia likely has guided Sides is deoutv assistant chief which I have been describing. It iuia.-.iir-a iiuir iu iiiiu mm niiuvn down bombers above 40.000 feet, . .1 . i. A '., ...... , Capt. J. H. Sides said German rocket secrets fell Into Russian hands after the war, and lhat it would now be "folly"lo gamble U. S. security on the atom bomb and big bombers alone. Had the war lasted a year longer, Sides said U. S. bombers ! would no longer have been able to fly over Germany without pro - hihitive losses from German anti - aircraft rocket. I These nai anti aircraft develop- ments designed to search out and and knock down bombers above agreed that all available statistics destroy raiders traveling 4"i miles 40.000 feet. , not jibe. And he said that any- an hour at 65.000 feet, fell into j Side's concluded: 'wav he Isn't an atomic expert. Russian hands, "lock, stock and) "With AA (anti aircraft) guided , Tatom is the navy man who barrel," Sides said. j missiles approaching operational; surprised the committee yester- I The Russians have had plenty iuse. it is folly for any country to nay by saving a man could stand of time to get them Into pioduc- stake its future to any great ex- t one end of the Washington na jtion. he said, adding: tent on the big bomber and atom itnnal airport and come unscathed I "Over four years have elapsed bomb." through an atomic blast at the ; since then. It is foolhardy lor u i "Professional gamblers have al-1 i to think of an aggresses anti- wiys held to the theory that one1 (Continued on PR Two) OREGON TUESDAY, OCT. 1 ' $ lii.lU'i r r tat' - " '-rfc -ZSTm I yg' - - lj f T I i !! aMiM iinaiiiU't Ui imimt i rati iini- i tin" , rg DERAILMENT AT SUTHERLIN This is what hapened whan loaded freight can got out of hand while being moved in the Southern Pacific yardi at Suthtrlin Monday morning. S.P. officials blamed a broken connection for tht accident which damaged three freight cars and their cargo and several hundred yards of track. Thete pictures, taken from tha depot platform, show tha damage before a railroad wrecker craw came down from Eugene to clear tha tracks. Service was reitored after a seven-hour delay. (Pictures by Paul Jenkint.l Norway Election Hands Setback To Communists OSLO, Oct. 11. Norway's, labor movement emerged today with an apparent 10-seat major ity In farliament gained at the expense of the communists in yesterday's election. The anti-red leadership of Prime Minister Gerhardsen quickly interpreted the results. which are subject to a final pact. The communists had bitter- ly assailed this step. Labor appears from prelimin ary surveys to have taken 80 neats in the 150-member Storting I parliament). This compares The communists dropped seven seats, moving down from their previous 11 to four. Gerhardsen. in a postelection statement today, said that "since the communist party was the on ly one that made Norway's ad- herence to the Atlantic pact an i election Issue, we may safely say that the voters have given their approval to the government's for eign policy." Gerhardsen added that our victory will not result In a strong er tendency towards socializa tion." He said the labor party would carrv out Ha platform, "hut be yond that we shall not an. before the people have been asked to state its opinion in a new elec tion." Plans to socialize banks and in- flumillf llJIIIlJcllllt'n Will IPT ptr lliniir: lull innn n.u " - ....... pared In the coming parllamen-- hour's supply. This indicated Han tary term, he said, but they will sen had become lost In a heavy1 not be put into effect until alter rain siorm ana crasneo wnue iry election Is held. ling to find his home airfield. I 1 1 . (,...., ii nivtl UIWI A ujm. iir ,i-aitii.-i before the House Armed Services committee hearing naval charges that defense chiefs are over-con- centrating on an "obsolete' B36 bomber. i Whether or not the Russians now have these guided missiles in production, Sides said, a revolu- tionary change in anti-aircraft de- fenses is certainly not far distant 1 Kven before some big bombers ! now on order can be delivered. ; Sides declared, this country will have guided missiles able to find, 11, 1949 Surgeons Probe For Whistle, Find Nickel ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Oct. 11 (.V) A whistle In his mouth, two-year-old Hamilton Connell stum bled on the run and fell. His parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Connell of Cameron, Mo., picked him up. They couldn't find the whistle. They surmised he might have swallowed It. After waiting a week In vain for the whistle to appear, the par ents brought Hamilton to the hos pital here. A surgeon operated yesterday and removed a nickel. The Connells are still looking for the whistle. Electricity Kills Man Loading Wet Planks ST. HELENS. Ore.. Oct. 11 OP) A truck driver was killed by electric shock here yesterday while loading wet planks on a truck. Police said a large crane al ready loaded on the truck touch ed a power line Just as George Martin Johansen. 39, Portland, lifted the wet plank onto the truck. The crane operator had swung the crane arm to line It up with the truck bed. The crane operator was not Oregon Hotel Man Dies When His Plane Crashes HALFWAY, Ore., Oct. 11. UP) The body of Pilot Vcrtis Han sen, hotel owner nere wno crasn led Sunday near Hell's canyon, was brought out of the mountains last night. The ground party found the plane fuel tank held about one . . . . . -i - k.f u han t. m nam. nuu,, nt.-ni ..in. ..... .. hie predominantly on the atomic blitz concept of war it is the life of our nation which may be at nig),, , ' - . A Bomb Overrated Before hearing sides, the com- mittee had brief new discussion with emdr. Eugene Tatom about now oeaoiy is me A-nomo. ininm cited medical reports on the Hiro- ima blast to hark up his con- tenl Ion that It Is not as deadly as tri public thinks. ri under ouesllonlne. Tatom Train Wreck At Sutherlin Halts Traffic 7 Hours " Southern Pacific main line and passenger train service was dis rupted for seven hours at Suther lin Monday afternoon when load ed frleght cars, being shifted to a siding, broke loose and tore up several hundred yards of track In front of the Sutherlin depot. Damaged In the accident were three loaded freight cars, two loads of lumber and a partial load of lumber. Other cars load ed with new automobiles for Roseburg and other southern Or egon points barely missed the crash. According to Jerry Parker of the Sutherlin Sun, S. P. officials blamed a broken coupling as the probable cause of the accident. He quoted engineer Kalzer Rut ledge, riding in the front engine, as saying he felt no Jolt prior to the mishap. Raleigh Wells, engi neer on the rear pusher engine, said he was unable to see what happened because of the dust raised when the cars Jumped the tracks. Wells Immediately threw on all brakes to separate the cars, thus keeping momentum of the Run away cars to a minimum and les sening the damage. S. P. personnel In the depot made hurried exits out the front and back doors as the freight cars came thundering toward the building. The front car stopped rolling after It hit stored lumber. According to witnesses, the cars apparently stood on end as thev jammed to a halt alter rolling pasi tne station piatiorm. Democratic Committee Fight Elliott Recall PORTLAND, Oct. 11. P) Multnomah county Democratic Chairman Nicholas Granet re ported last night that party pre cinct workers were prepared to campaign against recall of Sher- in m. Lt. r.iiiiu Granet said the party central committee laid plans last night to fight recall of the young Democratic official with a post card mailing a part of the cam paign. Granet said the committee also voted, 62 to 8, against decontrol ( . "' '""'""J1 fj!n ,, ' """"""""j l10 m city council and :remai control auinor ties, said low j priced and low rental housing had i not been provided here to meet tne pld ln onpulaUo,,, r I Introduces His 2 Wives Then Poisons Himself FORT WORTH. Texas, Oct. 11 ti- Police said today a man with two wives Introduced the at tractive women last night and i then killed himself with poison. He was Norman R. Lewellen, I a cafe manager. The first wile, whom he mar ' rled eight months ago. is an ex ! pectant mother. The second, Mrs. ' Beatrlc Thurman, produced a ' marriage license saving she and i Lewellen were married last week ' ln Terre Haute, Ind. Both are 2T. $200(7000 Asked For Airport's Modernizing $215,000 Required For New Municipal Building; Vote Slated In December A special city election to vote on two bond issues, totaling S41V 000, will be held in Roseburg sometime In December. Roseburg voters will he asked to approve a $200,000 bond issua for the modernizing of the munto ipal airport and a $215,000 bond Issue for the construction of a municipal building, to house city administration offices, fire de partment, police department and .uhlie library. The sum needed for the pro), ects and the tentative election date were set at a special city council meeting last night at th city hall. Passage of the council's pro. nosahi would Increase the present 15.6 mlllage tax rate by an es tlmated five mills. At the present time Rosehurg's rate is consid ered one of the lowest in tha state. After the amounts were deter, minted hv the council members. City Attorney Paul Geddes wai Instructed to prepare an ordi nance to be submitted to tha vot ers. Needs Art Pointed Out The amount designated for tha airport will finance the minimum requirements for commercial air. line service as set forth by the Civil Aeronautics authority. De tails of the proposed new munic ipal building will be submitted by City Manager M. W. Slankard at a later date. Need for the municipal build ing and library has reached an acute stage, members of the council pointed out. The present city hall has been long condemn ed, while facilities at the present library site are not considered adequate for hooks housed there in, it was brought out. Some of the honks were termed "irre placeable." Revised Plans Submitted Prior to resolving the amounts needed for the two projects, Ben (Continued on Page Two) Sentences Given Four Prisoners Who Broke Jail Sentences ranging from one to five years were meted to four of the six prisoners who broke nut of the county jail recently. In Cir cuit court Monday morning. Judge Carl E. Wimberly sen tenced Willie Welton Hughes and his son, Carroll Hughes, to serve live years In the Oregon state penitentiary. Quentin Cedl Wil bur received a three-vear sentence and Leroy Martin Burnham wi sentenced for one year. ah iour were convicted on auto theft charges. District Attorney Robert G. Davis said the sentences did not include charges of assault and escape, with which the four have not yet been charged. Hold or ders will be placed against the men, making it difficult to obtain parole. Ordinarily, a person sentenced to serve five years Is eligible for parole alter serving two years. Hold orders demand the prison ers be retained at the state peni tentiary until the .sentence is served. Following expiration of the sentence, other charges will he preferred, Davis said. If tha court deems them advisable. Grandmother Kills Three Descendants And Herself FORT WORTH. Oct. 11. OPU- The gunshot deaths of the entire ramlly of a much-decorated alr lines pilot today were ruled "mur der and suicide." Justice of the Peace Whit Boyd Issued the Inquest verdict pinning the four fatal shootings on Mrs. Edith S. Walker, a grandmother about 60. Bodies of Mrs. Walker, her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Finch, 33, Penelope Finch, 8, and Richard Allan Finch, 7, were found In their beds In the Flnrhs' modest suburban home yesterday. The grief-stricken husband and father, American Airlines pilot Richard Gordon Finch, arrived today from Ann Arbor. Mich., where he had been visiting his parents, ne ana nis wile were j estranged. Father Killed By Son In Hunting Accident SOUTH BEND, Wash., Oct. 11 -t.P) Earl Schwlntz. 63. of Ta coma wan fatally Injured Monday In a hunting accident In the Smith creek area six miles north of Raymond, the Pacific county sheriff's office reported. Sheriff Tom Coyle said Schwlntz was struck In the hack of the head by the accidental discharge of a gun carried by his son. Marlon. 31. also of Tacoma. Livhy Fact Rint By L, l Relzeastet From Russia comes dis patch that one ef Its Inhabitants hat reached the oqe ef 140. Probably untrue, but perhaps, the Individual refarred ta feats he ho lived that eommunlit rule.