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- U. Of 0. Library iugene, Oregon " Comp. i mi i tmsm AC mm r , ....( , fw J . f v. X TELLTALE PRINTS Detective Farrall Bibcock talcet footprints of William Thomas O'Neill, 6, at Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Thomp son, Dayton, Ohio, watch anxiously for proof that tha lad may ba tl" missing son, Ronald, abducted from their Dayton home in 19-: .. The boy, a ward of the State of Michigan, has been carad for by a Barry county farm family. (AP Wirephotol. MAIL SERVICE IMPROVED Two Star Routes Will Be Changed To RFD System; City Delivery Expanded Official orders have Just been received from Washington by Postmaster Lester L. Wimberly, which place in effect on Nov. 1 Important change In the service to rural areas, which have been In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS POLITICAL newi from London: "Prime Minister Attlee turned down today demands for a general parliamentary election this fall and decided that his Labor government would ride out Britain's economic crisis." rIAT does It mean? It means this: Attlee thinks (or at least hopes) that Britain's financial gltuation will be better next spring than It It now. If that turns out to be true, his party's chances of winning will be better next year than they would be now. We must always remember that to ALL parties in ALL countries STAYING IN POWER IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD. IN our own country, both major parties (Democratic and Re- publican) are all churned up over what to do for the farmer. There are two factions in con gress, and these factions cut j (Continued on Page Four) House Passes Bill To Arm Anti-Red Nations WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-(P With record speed, the House passed and sent to the Senate Friday a bill providing $1,314. 010,000 to arm non-communist na tions. Passage was by voice vote. The bill also carries $187,000, 000 for new military construction. In sending it to tha house floor, the appropriations commit tee also sent along a state de partment assertion that Russia no longer can be trusted. Europe's Children Are Our Problem, MacArthur Tells Visiting County Teachers Europe's problem is "our problem." because there will be no peace In the wotld until it is solved, declared the Rev. Walter A. MacArthur, pastor of the First Methodist church, In the con cluding address at the Douglas county teachers institute Friday. The Roseburg minister recalled his experiences In Europe last!..,,, . , ,,, r., vear, traveling with a group rep- ",v " -m,3"" of h"ur ,from, resenting the Methodist church ; P?; L" ' '? iT-Zl fn'' He spent 11 weeks abroad. in-!'""?, ,T. n0 in ,ne eluding attendance at the World 'a I"r(Hus-,. .. . r, A., i a . He sain agencies, such as uurn.il oi viiuimt-s at nmsii-r-1 dam. With his topic Can Se n lUNRRAI, have done much to re Europe s Children? the Rev. Mr neve suffering. Church organiza MacArthur said he saw boys and : tiom navp distributed food and girls who appeared to be six or clothing. But Europe must be won eight years old. who in reality ,y "education " were 14 or 15 years old. They suf- j n,,, Rpv. Mr. MacArthur said fered from malnutrition. there are still Nazi vouth in tier- These children show no signs lmany In Krankfort.' he said, "it s nf emotion. They cannot laugh or tn. Americans who step off the cry. said the minister. They have sidewalk, out of the wav of Ger seen their families torn asunder , mans" who lock arms" walking and their cities and homes de- down the street, stroyed by war. There are "mil-i Americans "got along well" lions of displaced persons' who witn orman boys and girls as have no place to go. long as candv and" cigarettes were Our Problem available onlv through the P. X. "It's our problem,' the Rev Mr , since these items are more plentl- MacArthur said. "It s true. 9.000 1 miles separate us, but we are, (Continued on Page Two) '- . months In preparation. Two routes which have been star routes served by contractor since their establishment many years ago will be converted to regular R.F.D. routes and served by civil service rural carriers. In addition to present service on these routes, all types of mail will be delivered including regis tered, insured and C.O.D. main. These two routes serve the Mel rose and Lookingglass sections and have had no post offices for many year. The route to Melrose will be known as rural route No. 3 and the one to Lookingglass will be designated rural route No. 4. Some changes in the route of service and travel will be made. Rural route No. 3 will start serv ing patrons on the Melrose road at a point Just beyond Fair street on the Melrose road. The return from the Melrose section will be via the Lookingglass road and service will be rendered to pa trons on the old military road border of Mt. Nebo on the north. The route serving the Looking glass area will travel the same route as now but will serve some families in the Green section now served on rural route No. 1. City Delivery Expanded At the same time the new routes are established, some pa trons now being served on rural routes No. 1 and No. 2 will be transferred to city delivery (Continued on Page Two) Bad Memory Costly For Reedsport Booze Seller REEDSPORT, Oct. 1 S. Walter McConnell, a sawmill worker accused of seling li quor on the side, had six months in jail today to ponder his bad memory for faces. Justice of the peace' Fred Wright, who fined McConnell 1500 for selling liquor last Jan uary, meted the stiff jail sen tence and also $1000 fine when McConnell turned up in court again. The Judge explained that he felt "McConnell was not a good Judge of customers, as he had this time sold liquor to the same state agent to whom ha sold a bottle last January." ,fc , , . A -v , . tiif And Pehahilitatinn aHminiati-alinn The Weather Cloudy with scattered show ers this afternoon, becoming partly cloudy tonight. Sunday fair and slightly cooler. Sunset tonight 5:31 p. m. Sunriso tomorrow 4:27 a. m. Established 1873 Chinese Honk Kong Is Now In Path Of Red Drive Conquerors Announce 'Peaceful Entry; Fate Ot Nationalists Unknown HONG KONG. Oct. 15. (.W Chinese communist conquerors walked into Canton today. Their spearneaas snot oeyona the late Nationalist capital toward the boundaries of Britain's crown colony ol Hong Kong. The pro-communist newspaper Wen Wei Pao said green-clad Red troops "completely liberated" Canton this morning after an "or derly and peaceful" entrance Into the south China metropolis, cradle of the revolution that overthrew the imperial Manchus. Hong Kong was flooded with reports of Canton's occupation. But full details were not avail able because normal communica tions have not been restored. Communist troops slashed down the Canton-Kow loon railway lead ing to the mainland borders of the Crown colony. Hong Kong calmly awaited the approach of the Reds, expected sometime to night. No trouble was expected. Occupy Sheklung Military dispatches reported the communists occupied the big East river rail town of Sheklung, 35 miles southeast of Canton, ear ly today. By mid-morning they were at Cheungmiktau, another rail town only 20 miles from the British frontier. Unconfirmed reports said com munist guerrillas had occupied several points along the 14-mile border. Over 32,000 British troops were on guard in a broad security belt just south of the frontier. They were DacKed with tanks, artillery, 1 naval power and air cover. . Nationalist ttoops -.garrisenlnavl mr luun uoiurr insi nigni oe- gan withdrawing In the familiar pattern just enacted by Canton's defenders and before that at Shanghai, Nanking and many an- (Continued on Page Two) Rights-Of-Way Executed For N. Umpqua Road Warranty deeds covering rights-of-way, stockpile site, and rock quarry site for the Glide Lone rock section of the North Umpqua highway have been or dered accepted by the county court. Warrants have been issued as follows: M. H. McCord, $1,9-19.50; Mack Brown and Vinnie Brown, $132; Frank P. Sinnott and Lulu M. Sinnott, $186. James T. Welch, and Beulah Welch, $50; Paul Eu gene Amann, Alice W. Amann. Mack Brown and Vinnie Brown; $100; Mack Brown and Vinnie Brown and Carl Trued, $5,000; Mack Brown and Vinnie Brown and Carl Trued. $700; Bert Hons mann and Ruth Housmann, $1, 500. The court also has accepted quitclaim deeds for two parcels on the Marks ranch-Glide section of the North Umpqua highway, with warrants issued as follows; Hugh English, $1. and John Con nine and Helen W. Connlne, $50. 10th Diphtheria Case At Medford Hits Man Of 57 MEDFORD. Oct. 15. (A0) One more confirmed and two sus pected cases of diphtheria were reported by the county health department Friday. They made the total in Med ford's current outbreak 10 con firmed cases with two deaths and two suspected cases. Immunization of all county school children was proceeding with completion In sight today. Although all of the cases have been In the city, immunization elsewhere has been carried out as a precaution. There has been no evidence of panic locally. Friday's confirmed case was that of a 57-year-old man. The suspected cases were of a Junior high school student and an 8-year-old student in Lincoln grade school where most of the cases have occurred. Chamber Of Commerce Luncheon Is Cancelled Cancellation of Monday's Cham ber of Commerce forum luncheon was announced todav, because of the Inability of Secretary of State Earl Nevrbry, guest speaker, to come here. Newbry advised the Chamber of Commerce Friday that he would be unable to keep his lunch eon dale with the group next week, but he would tak3 a ""tain check" and speak at a Inter time. Rather than obtain a substitute speaker, the forum committee de cided 1o cancel Monday's lunch eon, said George Luoma, commit tee chairman. Communist Armies Capture Canton UNIFICATION MUST WORK House Serves Notice On Armed Services That Trouble Is Not With Law WASHINGTON, Oct. 15. (.P I louse members served blunt notice on the bitterly quarreling armed services today that mil itary unification must be made to work. Expressions from key members of the armed services committee Indicated clearly that the navy's sharp criticism of Pentagon high strategy has convinced them that blame for flaming military differences rests In administration of the law rather than In the Conviction Of Communists Stir Crackdown Move WASHINGTON. Oct. 15. J The conviction of 11 national com. munlst leaders in New York stirred demands In Congress to day lor stale and local crack downs, backed by laws to root Communists out if they go under ground. Rep. Velde (R.-Ill.) said the staff of Ihe House Un-American Activities committee has been "alerted" to the possibility that the Communist party may pub licly dissolve, with its members operating thereafter from behind the scenes. Party officials have disclaimed any such intention. Capitol Hill greeted the New York Jury's verdict with almost unanimous acclaim, although Rep. 1ntvnntnnifi IAIPM VI inA it a blow to "the basic American right of free political opinion and iree political association. ' Most members of Ihe House and Senate declared the decision should establish to everyone's fat- isfactlon that the Communist partv's purpose is the overthrow of the government by violence. ., Rome-MW -In the Ju-y's kctinn a signal for a national drive lo wipe out all "subversive" ele ments in the country. Velde, a member of the Un American Activities group, said Attorney General McGrath should I hasten final disposition of the case through the courts of appeal, so similar prosecution can be brought against slate and local communist leaders. Senator Mundt (R.-S. D.) de clared the New York convictions emphasize the need for speedy passage of the Mundt-Nixon bill, which he helped write last year. This bill would: require Com munists and communist front or ganizations to register with the attorney general; deny govern ment Jobs lo members of such or ganizations, and require Ameri can Communist to sever their links with Communists Interna tional It provides for a maximum fine of $10,000 and Imprisonment up to 10 years. Beaverton Girl Winner Of Livestock Award PORTLAND. Oct. 15. (.Pt A 12-year-old Beaverton girl won a coveted award at the Pacilic In ternational Livestock exposition yesterday. She put her Shetland sheepdog through its paces to win the obedience trial at the show. Other awards announced In cluded: Claude Steusloff, Salem, the sheepman's bell, presented an nually to the top competitor in the sheep show, for his South downs; Walter P. Hubbard. Junc tion City, the American Hamp shire association's cup for the top pen of Hampshire ram lambs; M. O. Pearson, Turner, the American Shropshire association award; Walter Zosel, Saiem, top palomino mare. 1. 1 &rr . 1 X x'u'4'1 SHIRLEY TEMPLE SEEKS DIVORCE Shirley Tempi., former child tr, announced in Holly wood that tha hat decidad to divorca har Actor-Mutband John Agar after "crying about it for tha last two weelo." Married four yaari ago, they are shown with their two-year-old daugh ter, Linda Susan. (NEA Telephotoi. - ' ROSEBURG, OREGON SATURDAY, OCT. law Iself. Rep. Kilday (D.-Tex.) said that on that point he shares the opin ion of Adm. Louis E. Denleld. chief of naval operations. Denfeld summed up the navy's case against defense policy mak ers on Thursday as a failure ol the clashing services to coordi nate their efforts not failure of the intent of the law. "I think it all means simply that the unification law needs to be administered in accordance with its letter and spirit," Kil day told a reporter. That also was the opinion of Rep. Price D.-Ill.). Rep. Brooks (D.-La.), who has shown some disapproval of the navy s criticism of defense policy, ! ?sscr,ed unification "hasn't even he added: "Maybe out of the welter if talk we can salvage an Idea that (Continued on Page Two) Rov ScOIlt HAflrfc F M ' lcuul Launch Campaign In Finance Drive "Dawnto-dusk" campaigns for the Boy Scouts' Douglas district rkve hcn scheduled to begin In nine"Douglas county communities next week, according to Al Hen nlnger. finance chairman for this district of the Oregon Trail coun cil. Hennlnger said 250 key men In the Vnrlnns tnuna hnfA Vina n i-n. j cruited to help raise the $5,000 quota set for the council during tne next two weeks. The Yoncalla area, under the direction of Delhert Dickey, will meet at 7:30 Monday night to lead off the financial 'drive. Oth er cities in the county and drive chairmen are listed as follows: Elkton. Henry Becklev, Oct. 19; Oakland. Ted Rohwer, Oct. 14; Riddle, Jack Markham, Oct. 20; Sutherlin. Bill Croll. Oct. Drain, "Speed" Holmes. Oct. 2fi; Mvrlle Creek. Al Ecckelston, Oct. 27. Drives In Dillard and Canyon ville are yet to be organized. According to Rollle Quam, lo cal Scout executive, this Is the first year that every town In the Douglas district has put on a con centrated campaign. Preliminary reports indicate that all towns sre awaiting their chance to do their part to insure a Scouting pro gram for 1950. Quam said. Need for a larger budget to fi nance scouting in the county is shown in the great Increase in both personnel and units. During the past year, the Douglas oh trict has Increased Its units from 33 to 45. Lst year's membership included 7S2 nien and boys; this year's rolls show 12.703 are in scouting. An Increase of IS or more units is expected during the coming year, provided the nec essary funds are available. The financial campaign Is be ing conducted nntv in 'e-' nut side of Roseburg. Explorers, Cubs and Boy Scouts are a pmi of the Community chest in Rose - burg but are operating indepen- dently in the rest of the county. 15, 1949 Cool Silence www! iww ReianS In I0al Steel Strikes AFL Fails To Answer Lewis Offer To Pool Resources For Strikers WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va.. Oct. 15. l.Pv Cool silence from rival union leaders today hung over John L. Lewis' dra matic bid for a united labor front in the coal and steel strikes. But a few low mutterings ot dis sent could be heard Just oif- siage. AFL President William Green had no comment on Ihe United Mine Workers chief's suggestion yesterday that nine of his In ternational unions Join with the miners to provide a proposed $2.- 500.000 a week for Philip Mur-U ray's striking steeluorkers. I Murray, at Pittsburgh, was Just ! i as silent. ' But in Washington, an official1! at AFL headquarters had this to I, say: "If the steel workers need anylj help, they are certainly capable it of asking for it themselves." ij Voica Opposition i And a group of Lewis' own ' miners voiced their oonosition In the plan. The St. Michael, Pa., UMW local 3B48 500 members 1 wired Its chief: ' "We believe a kitty should be raised to alleviate poverty in the mining iieios llrsl. Tne policy , of advocating bread for every other Johnny except Johnny Min er can have no other effect than to demoralize the digger . . . "If you visit the coal regions the economic conditions would be (Continued on Page Two) Army-Navy Task Force Takes Off For War Games RAN DIEGO, Calif., Oc. 15 UP) An Army Navy task force was on lis way today to strike at Hawaii in the largest Pacific am phibious maneuvers since the war. The force of 90 ships carrying 35,000 men, cleared port with their exact movements concealed under maneuver secrecy. Bow numliera identifying larger ahipi were painted out. This was true of Rear Adm. Bertram J. Rodgcs' amphibious force Flagship El Dorado. The large-scale movement started yesterday when the 27,-000-ton carrier Boxer sIHped out of San Diego bay. Planes and small sub-chasers were reKirled scouting ahead for submarines of the Hawaii oppos ing forces. The task force's Immediate Job was to protect the transports with I their lj.000 army troops Includ ing the second division from Foit j Lew is, Wash. j Operation "Mikl." as Ihe ma- I neuvei s have been designated, j i will be climaxed w hen the troops j ' ilnrm athnM InlA fhi mnnth nn I . Oahu island, supfHirted by naval surface and air uniis, LOW BIO SUBMITTED PORTLAND, Oct. 15. (.T) A call for bids on six 29.000-kllo- I vuii-auin- cr II miihiiii inn s ml 11 iron aam resunen in n low 01a yesterday of $I70,S67. The army engineers reported the high of! five bids was $614,500. The first j three transformers are to be de-i j llvered by July 1. 1951, the last! I three by Nov. 1, 1952. 243-49 I Aast I E$cap$ Are Captured California Last two of the Douglas county Jail breakers to elude capture were arrested for armed robbery at Stockton. Calif., this week, the sheriff's,, ojflce Jituq, was, advised todav. - v ' v. Larry Leslie Kerslliie,- 18, of Roseburg, and Chester William Clark, 50, of Slocklon. are being held there on a charge of armed robbery, with additional "hold warrants" being placed pending word from Roseburg, the sheriff's office said. According to a letter from Sher iff Carlos A. Sousa of San Joa quin counly. Calif., the pair was arrested while armed with a 20- guage double - barreled sholgun, which Clark said he had purchas ed at Turlock, Calif. Among Six Escapees Kersline and (.larK were among the six prisoners who lured Jailer Waller Wilson inio tneir ceil at the county Jail here the night ot Sept. 30, men assaulted mm, found keys to the Jail, and es caped down the courthouse ele vator to the ground floor. Two of the escapees, Willie (Continued on Page Two) Sen. Vandenburq Released 3 From Hospital; To Rest ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 15. (.11 Senator Arthur H. Van denberg was released today from University hospital. He a or dered, however, to rest without Interruption for 90 days. The republican foreign affairs . r sr.. I ' the 1 leader was ojierated upon Oct. 3 and half his left lung was re moved. His condition today was described as "excellent." Vandenberg planned to go to his home in Grand Raplrls automobile. by Czech 'Utile People1 Fast Disappearing In Communist Purge; Sad Tales Are Told PRAGUE, Oct. 15. (.P) By the thousands, Czechoslovakia'! "little people" are disappearing as the communist governments purges reach through the middle classes. One of those thousands wax a laughing blonde, 20 years old, and on a date with her boy friend. But she was born in Belgrade, 1 the capital nf that now-outlawed member nf the communist (ami ly. Yugoslavia. The police grabbed lier, In the middle of her date. They took her kevs. They searched her room. Thev found American ma gazines. They sealed the room with polU-e stickers. And they moved on to purge others. The girl's parents live in West ern Czechoslovakia. Her father is a Czech. He says his family left Yugoslavia to escape Pre mier Marshal Tito's "terror." Now he and his wife are In Prague. Their daughter' land lailv summoned them. When they arrived, they started asking the polliv where their daughter as. For one week nn word. Then thev were told to bring food pack ages. If these were accepted, they could assume their daugh ter was being held. A minor police oilicial took the elflerlv couple aside. "These are terrible times we live in," he sadly t'ld them. "I am sorry, but we cant aay any thing." They were not te enVf tear- Party Faces Being Driven Underground Verdict Sets Precidenf In American History; Defense Makes Appeal ' NEW YORK, Oct. 15. CP) Eleven of the nation's top com munist leaders were behind barf today with their communist party in America facing a fight for Ita life. They wr-re convicted yesterday as plotters of violent revolution against the country they professed to love. The historic verdict, which de fense lewyers said would be promptly appealed, cast a heavy shadow over the future of the communist party in this country. The communist Daily Worker, of London, Eng., said the verdict has virtually made the party "il legal In the United States." "For the first time In the his tory of the U. S.," said the Worker, "It has been declared a crime merely to be a member ot the communist party." Not Outlawtd However, the Communist Dally Worker, in ' New York said the party "has not been out lawed" and that the American people would defend Its "abso lutely constitutional right" to con tinue to function. Miss Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, a party national committee mem ber, denied that the verdict would drive communists underground. She said the party will still "operate as usual." But some reaction in Washing ton was that the verdict put tha party outside the confines of law. There also were demands for stronger crackdowns on com munism. Rep. Harrison (D-Va), of tha House un-American Activities committee, said the verdict con firmed that the "Communist par ly is an Illegal conspiracy." Across Capitol Hill, Senators Mundt (R-SD) and Ferguson (R Mich) were expected to use the verdict to try to pry through the Senate new communist-registration laws In the next session. Appeals Stalls But It appeared that the cus tomary appeals would forestall the hour of decision for the Com munist party. The final says resta with the U. S. supreme court. The verdict, conceived In the (Continued on Pag Two) Californians Are Hurt Last Night In Head-On Crash Two California residents are In critical condition at a Eugene hospital, following a head-on col lision Friday at Leona, two miles north of Drain. State Police Sat. Lyle Harrell said they were rid ig a pickup truck which collid ed with a lumber carrier. Ernest G. Cox. 24. Sacramento. Calif., driver of the pick-up, suf fered compound fractures of his ribs, Sgt. Harrell said. Rowland L. Golden, 2fi, Rosevllle. Calif.. received a steel splinter In hia left eye as well as other Injuries. Sgt. Harrell said their pick-up truck rounded a curve and was apparently in the left lane of traf fic when the collision occurred. The lumber carrier was orterat- j cd by Robert Vernon ork, 32. of hr.u 'ru . u .1 . . 1 - . 111. 111T7 nunit-iii uviuiicu av 1:43 a. m., the servant added. Allen Cordon Returns To State Police Work Reappointment of Allen Cordon to the state police was announced todav by Sgt. Lyle H. Harrell. Cordon, formerly an announcer with KRNR. served with the state police in 1941 and 1942, prior to his military service during the recent war. He will work out of j the Roseburg office, Sgt. Harrell sain. stained couples In the line at Pra gue's Rartolomejska street pri son. The queue of anxious re!a fives uas long. Thousands are missing since the purge started. Everyone in the line got the same word. If your packages are ac cepted, take It for granted your relatives are being held. The police didn't sav what had hapiened if the. packages went begt'ina. Livhy Fact Rant By L. T. RefreMteta I A communist spoketmem an ' nouncei that the party It Hot j going underground because of the conviction of their leaders j in New York. This chtering news ; assures the nation of the con , tinued uplifting presence In Its midst of comrades Hank Wo I lace end Paul Robeson.