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U. of 0. Library COV? ) Eugen, Ore. ALUM MM work HARRY COLLISON stood beside his car at he paused in his work the other evening while his picture was snapped. Marry is an estimator for the California Oregon Power company, having been with them for the past four years. He lives on the Deer Creek road just this side of Dixonville. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS BIG news comes f,-om New York, where a federal Jury convicts 11 top-rank American communist leaders of conspiring to teach overthrow of the government of ' the United States by force. It is only the first round, of course. The last round will be fought In the supreme court of j the U. S. But a clean-cut victory I in the first round in Imnortant In ! ny fight. The fight against communism is a FIGHT. H ERE's an interesting little side light: It was hinted during the trial that conviction of these top-brass leaders MIGHT DRIVE THE COMMUNIST PARTY UNDER GROUND In this country. Pooh! Pooh! The communist party. In this country and every (Continued on Page Four) Playing Cowboy With Shotgun Fatal To Girl BAKER, Oct. 17. (P Plavlng cowboy proved fatal to an eight-year-old Ontario girl who died at Unity yesterday after being shot with a gun children found in a barn. The child, Sandra King, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Otis King of Ontario, with her brother, Danny, 5, was playing with neighbor children in the barn of her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. King, near Unity. State police said that the chil dren told of playing cowboy and that the gun they found in the barn was accidentally discharged as little Danny was putting it away. The gun, belonging to the grandfather, was a .410 shotgun. Mr. King had it in the barn, he said, to kill magpies. SURGERY FOR JACK BENNY HOLLYWOOD. Oct. 17 t.V Jack Benny finally will part with something. The radio comedian entered a hospital yesterdav aft er his broadcast to rid himself of a nasal obstruction. His doctor said the operation, to be performed today, will be a simple one and Benny will be home In a few days. COLUMBIA SEINES LEGAL Judge Duncan's Ruling, However, Upholds Ban On Traps, Other Fixed Gear SALEM. Oct. n.-f.P1 Circuit today that drag seines and whip river. But he upheld the ban on fish Judge Duncan's ruling declar ed unconstitutional part of th Initiative measure which the peo ple passed in the jenc-ral elec tion a year ago. That measure outlawed the seines and fish traps. But Judge Duncan threw out that part of the initiitive which applies to the seines because the Consitiution provides that no law can deal with more than one sub ject. The Judje said he believes the seines and fih traps make two different subjects, and that th voters should have been allowed to ballot on them separately. The suit was brought by a group of trap and seine opera- Wounded Boy Slain By Brother To End "Misery" LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17 UP) Police today said that a 15-year-old boy killed his ten -year -old brother who lay groaning from an accidental bullet wound suf fered only moments before "to put him out of his misery." Dead with two bullets in his head is Robert James Elliott, 10. His brother, Richard Manning El liott, 15, is booked on suspicion of murder. Police Lt. Edward P.eam gave this account: The two brothers, alone In the home last night, watched a west ern movie on television. After wards, the older boy showed his brother an old-fashioned .32 cali ber revolver he had bought from a school friend for $6 and had kept secretly in his room. As he took the gun from a drawer, it went off. "Robert fell down groaning," Richard said, adding: "I couldn't stand to see him suffer like that. I backed up two or three steps. "I shot him again in the head to put him out of his misery." Richard then called West Los Angeles police and sobbingly re ported: "I have Just shot my brother." New Socialist Premier Unable To Form Cabinet PARIS, Oct. 17. P) Jules Moch abandoned tonight his at tempt to form a new French government, his socialist party announced. The socialist leader, minister of interior in the cabinet of Pre mier Quelle which resigned Oct. 5. had been trying to form a government since Friday, when he was given a parliamentary vote of confidence by a narrow margin as the premier-designate. Moch was unable to bridge the arguments between his socialist party and the other parties ot the center, the popular republi cans and the radical socialists, with whom he had been trying to form a new coalition. DRUNKEN DRIVING CHARGE Vernon Rasmus Williams, 45 of Yoncalla, was arrested Sunday, charged with driving while un der the influence of intoxicating liquor, according to State Police Sgt. Lyle Harrell. Williams is slated to appear today before Ward Watson, jus tice of the peace at Sutherlin. Judge George R. Duncan ruled seines are legal in the Columbia traps and other fixed gear. tors who wanted the whole law declared Invalid. They sued the State Fish commission and the Columbia River Fishermen's pro tective unior. This union, which fishes with gillnets. was the spon sor of the move to kick the seines and traps off the river. They were supported by sports fish ermen's groups. The trap and seine operators failed in their attempt to get the 1949 legislature to suspend opera tion of the initiative measure for two years. An appeal from Judge Dun can's decision probably will he made to the State Supreme court. Tht Weather Fair today, tonight and Tues day. Sunset today 5:21 p. m. Sunrlso tomorrow 6:30 a. m. Established 1673 CIO Steel Strike Not To Get AFL Help Green Not In Favor Of Lewis' Unity Proposal; Labor Future Looks Dark By HAROLD W. WARD WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 VPl Most labor leaders today expect ed William Green to reply with a polite "No thank you" to John L. Lewis' proposal that AFL. unions help finance the CIO steel strike. At the moment, Lewis and the United Mine Workers are Inde pendent of both the AFL and CIO. Meantime, Secretary of Com merce Sawyer said that if the strike runs to Dec. 1 it will idle 5,000,000 workers and seriously damage the nation's economy. "Strikes and threats of strikes" already have changed an upward trend in business and employ ment, which held almost all sum mer." he said In a statement, adding: "By December 1st, If the strike continues, unemployment direct ly attributable to the strike will be approximately 5.000,000. "Furthermore, it is estimated that by January 1 there will, in effect, be a complete shutdown in the metal-consuming indus tries." Green, a former coal miner himself, is not as angry at Lewis as some AFL leaders who have tangled with Lewis in the past, so he may temper his replv to the Lewis plan for a $2,500,000, 000 weekly war chest. Murray Favors Plan The proposal was made by Lewis In a letter to Green. CIO President Philip Murray, running the Steelworkers' strike, stepped up Saturday with quick endorse ment of the idea that unions pool their resources for the common (Continued on Page Two) U.S. Turns Down Soviet Protest On W.Germany Rule WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (JP The United States rejected out right today Russia's protest against establishment of the Western German Federal Repub lic. An American note delivered in Moscow also sharply criticized the subsequent creation of t lie Moscow-supported People's demo cratic regime in the soviet occu pation zone of East Germany. The Soviets have contended that the Western powers are try ing to convert Western Germany into a "drill ground." The U.S. denied this and made the counter charge that the Sov iets have set up in their zone "a large centralized police force, a police force moreover which is well equipped with military weap ons and led bv former German army officers. The hope was expressed that Russia, "instead of seeking to impose its arbitrary will upon the Germans of its zone," will cooperate with the Western Allies to enable all Germans to work out their political destiny "with out dictation and with democratic freedom of action." The note was in reply to a Rus sian protest of Oct. 1, on the eve of the proclamation of the Sov iet zone state. The U.S. reply made formal and official what Secretary of Stale Acheson and undersecretary James E. Webb already had stated in strong terms. Convicts Boo Firemen Fighting Prison Blaze SALEM, Ore.. Oct. 17. (,V Penitentiary prisoners "booed" from their cell windows last night while city firemen brought under control a fire that broke out in the laundry building inside the prison walis. Warden George Alexander said there was no rioting or dis turbance connected with the fire. All the convicts were locked in their cells when the fire was de tected. Cause of the blaze was not de termined. The warden said the flames were discovered 40 min utes after 13 prisoners were checked out of the laundry. The roof was badly burned and pressing machinery on the sec ond floor of the brick walled structure was damaged. Mishap Kills One Child After Birth Of Another CAMDEN. N. J., Oct. 17. (P) Life and death came to the Rocco Gamble family within sev eral hours. Gamble's 21-year-old wife gave birth to their first son yesterday morning. Returning to the home of his mother-in-law. Mrs. Lulu Dickin son, to announce the birth, Gam ble was told his oldest child, Charlotte May, 3, had been struck by a truck. The child died shortly after the 21-year-old father returned to the hospital. The Gambles have another daughter, one-year-old Rotes nn. Three Cars Here Hit By Thievery A mild epidemic of thefts from parked cars was reported over the weekend by Police Chief Calvin H. Baird. Losses amounting to well over $200 were noted by owners of three automobiles. Hit hardest by the night prowl ers was David Carpenter, GlicV, who reported the theft of $200 worth of millwright tools after leaving his car at the Safeway parking lot. A box of miscellaneous tools was stolen from a car parked at Lane and Main, owned by Or ville Black, Roseburg. Anna Krauss, Melrose Rt., reported the theft of a blanket when her car was parked on S. Mill street. Marine Corps' Head Hits At Army Agenda WASHINGTON, Oct. 17- Cen. Clifton B. Cates. head of the Marine corps, accused the Army high command today of trying tJ wipe out the "combat power of the Marine corps." Cates told the House Armed Services committee that the com bat morale of his fighting force still is high. But substantial harm has been done to the national defense, lie said, by "crippling handicaps" in flicted on the Marine corps through Pentagon policies. Severe and telling blows are being struck into the "bone and muscle" of the Marines, Cates said. Reductions, he said, are 'striking into the heart of our combat forces." Cates was a witness at the House group's hearings on the rows within the armed services. The Navy is battling against pol icies which, it contends, builds up the Air Corps at the expense of the Navy. The admirals argue that in hign defense councils the Army and (Continued on Page Two) N. Y. Sanitation Workers Strike NEW YORK, Oct. 17. About 1,200 city sanitation work ers reported "sick today," then picketed the health department office chanting "five days, 40 hours." Sanitation Commissioner Wil liam J. Powell said there would be "some impairment of service" caused by absence of about ten percent of the department's per sonnel. A state law forbids strikes re public employes. James Griesi, preisdent of Lo cal 333, CIO United Public Work ers, and police said earlier, that 2,000 demonstrators were on hand to protest a 48-hour work week with no overtime. Andrew J. Davis, labor rela tions advisor to the department, was told by a union delegation which conferred with him That the men were "sick and sought medical examinations." Davis told newsmen that every' case would be dealt with on an individual basis and that work ers found healthy would be su' Ject to disciplinary action. Annexation's Legal Phase To Be Explained How West Roseburg residents may still vote for annexation to the city, even though they re cently voted to create a sanitary district, will be explained bv City Attorney Paul E. Gcddca on the radio program, "Behind the Mayor's Desk." over KRNR at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Geddes will be the guest of Mayor Albert G. Flegel. The mayor announced that Geddes will speak on the legal aspects of the forthcoming annexation election and will explain what effect the creation of a sanitary district will have on the annexa tion issue. Second Time; 30 Accused PORTLAND, Oct. 17 (JP) A night club was raided here early Sunday by Sheriff's depu ties and more than 100 persons arrested. Only 30 of them were charged, however. They were cited for gambling or selling liquor. The raiders broke into the downtown Melody club lust an hour before city police had plann ed a raid of their own. The smae club was raided only three weeks ago that time by city police and liquor commis sion agents. Training School Boys Hack Way To Liberty WOODBURN. Oct. 17 (.Pi Three bovs hacked their wav through steel bars to escae fro.n the boys training school here last ed in lt was the country's larg- at the college as North House. ngm rain or snow was oue east night. leit retail mall order seed an.l i No estimate of the damage was of the Cascade range, where tern- Thev are Roger Johnson, U; j nurserv company. He Issued his Immediately available. The build- peratures went down as low as 13 Kent Dehut, 15, and Harold Mor- first mall order catalogue In 18W, Ing was not covered by Insurance, ' degrees above zero at Baker ear rls. 16. I writing it. setting it In type and I but the students' personal proper-: ly today. Police said todav they have : printing, It. The company now !fy Is protected hy a blanket policy i t air weather Is expected to con found no trace of the boys. 'does $3,000,000 business annually. I good lor $80,000. itlnue in western Oregon. ROSEBURG. OREGON MONDAY, OCT. CONVICTED OF ATTEMPT Attorneys (or the convicted eleven Communist leaders, who were themselves convicted of contempt of court and sentenced to jail terms, confer in New York's federal court after Judge Medina pitied sentence on them. Left to right: Abraham Issarman, Ceorge W. Crockett Jr., Richard Gladstein, Harry Sacher and Louis E. McCabe. The sixth, Eu gene Dennis, was one of the 1 1 defendants, NEA Photo. Ribbons Won By Douglas Girls At Livestock Show (See Pictures Page 7) Seven blue ribbons and one red ribbon were won bv Douglas county's 4-H girls who entered the canning exhibit at the Pacific In ternal ion Livestock show at Port land last week. Frank von Borstel, county club agent, said that Carol Ann Bur gin of Days Creek took four blue ribbons; Ann Roth, Brockway, two blue ribbons, and Joy Zeller, Brockway, one blue and one red ribbon. The livestock judging team took a red ribbon. The team included Carl Walln, Jav Jones and Cal vin Clack, all of Myrtle Creek. Wade Worthlngton, Days Creek, won second place for tils corn exhibit, and Frank Buell, Looklngglass, won ninth place for his wool entry. Three boys who caught calves In a 4-H scramble at the Pacific International show last year and fed the animals through the year, sold their calves at auction this year at 29 1-2 cents and 30 cents per pound. These boys were Den nis Johnston, Olalla Calvin Clack and Carl Walin, both of Mvrtle Creek. There were 266 4-H beef cattle sold, which had been caught In the scramble the previous year. Commies Lose High Court Pleas WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. P) The Supreme court refused today to consider appeals by three com munists jailed on contempt charges during the communist trials in New York City. Judge Harold R. Medina oid ered the three kept In jail for the duration of the trial except during the courtroom sessions. They are Gus Hall, of Cleveland, the Ohio state communist chair man; Henry Winston, organiza tional sercretary of the commit nlst party a Negro: and Gilbert chaTrman of thenar '' '""' cnairman of the party. ine three are among the' three top-ranking communist officials convicted before Medina last week on charges that they work ed for the forcible overthrow of the government. Their petitions tiled with the supreme court saitl the effect of Medina's contempt action was "to pressure the pe titioners, on pain of enntinurd Impi isonment, to hurry their de fense to a close." Justice Black favored grant ing a review of the caw. Jus tice Douglas did not participate. New Ship-To-Air Radar Gets Around Earth Curve LOS ANGELES. Oct. 17 -.t'l -The navv has disclosed a new ship-to-air radar set up that al lows ship-borne radar to ret around the curvature of the earth I carrier. I'lctures AD3W sky-Raider, released es. : tcrday, shoued that the versatile single-engine craft carries a bill" ing plastic radar dome under the wing. The device allows ship's radar to direct Its beam at the air borne radar which in turn relays the beams to targets over the horizon. It makes ihip radar four times more effective than the preent 30 mile range from atop carrier. Radar beams, like television, won't go around corners. INDUSTRIALIST DIES SHENANDOAH, la., Oct. 17 i.Tt Henry Field, 77, founder and president of the nationally known seed and nursery firm bearing his name and a pioneer in radio btaodcasting, died today of can cer. The Henry Field seed and nur- serv company which Field start 17, 1949 k fell c Wi fci,"t, 1 11. h tr ,i O 'H::M.r'':-' I'll' ti I Kt WJ U. Ill - f. iHr iii Reedsport Man Faces Game Code Charges George Edward Fisk. Reeds port, was committed to the coun ty Jail Saturday to face two game code violation charges, reported Sheriff O. T. "Bud" Carter. Fisk. arrested by Slate Game Warden Kenneth Curtis, at Reedsport, pleaded innocent to charges of hunting by prohibited methods and hunting without a license, upon arraignment In the court of Justice of Peace Fred M. Wright. His bail was set by Wright at $150 on each count. He was unable to raise the money. He was charged with using a .22 calibre rifle with, which to hunt deer. This is prohitited by law, the officers reported. Fisk was brought to Roseburg Satur day by Deputy Cecil Beaver. Canton Normal In Red Occupancy By SPENCER MOOSA CHUNGKING, Oct. 17. (.ft Canton slipped quietly Into the widening orbit ot Red China to-1 Hav and Nationalists asked "where next?' Some quarters predicted twin communist drives to knock out the government once and for all one against Chungking, the new Nationalist capital, the other against Kunming nearly 400 miles southwest. The Reds already threatened several minor Nationalist posi tions along the east coast. Official reports said the communists in a big amphibious operation estab lished a beachhead on the north ern corner of Amoy island, about 300 miles northeast of Canton. About 1,200 others landed at Kulangsu, between Amoy and the mainland. (The British steamer Anhui, carrying 1,400 passengers, was caught in the crossfire of an Amoy artillery duel yesterday. It returned to Hong Kong with three Chinese dead and 24 wourwled. 1 The' government source said nnlv .mall n 1 1 ... - nn aehnra ' , ., ., . i '" Similarly, at Kulangsu. 200 , k nrlsoner and the re- :j. ... ' u,h',"j .. - mainder "annihilated.' But the official Chinese Cen . a in . hVTH..L m Mr tral from strength of the Nationalist garri son on Amoy had evacuated to the nearby Island of Kinmen.) Communist-Led Greek -Guerrillas Cease War PRAGUE. Czechoslovakia, Oct. 17--P-The Greek rebel radio last night announced that communist-led guerrillas had ceased military oera1ions temporarily in the Greek civil war. The broadcast, monitored her? and published today by a C7.ech newspaper, said the "Greek De i morratic army" had ordered lighting against Athens govern- ; mPni troops, stopped to prevent , hp complete destruction of Greece. The newspaper's report said ' the rebel broadcaster declared that the cease fire decision did i not mean that the "Free Greek government" was ending its drive to "liberate'' Greece. The broadcast said that Russia now is negotiating In the United Nations to setlle the Greek ques tion peaceably. Campus Of Washington State Struck By Fire PULLMAN, Wash, Oct. 17. (.Vi Fire struck a 400-man dormitory on the Washington Slate college campus shortly after 4 a. m. today damaging the rooms of I V) students. The college news bureau said none of the students were injured. College Fire Chief William Pence said fire broke out In fpntilatinp svstem motor atoo the two-storv frame dormitory known 244-49 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaajaa md iW.J' Bond Election To Be Dated Tonight By City Council Drafting an ordinance calling for a bond election and a move to have the city wards coincide with the new precincts will be the two main items of business when the city council meets for their regular business session at 7:30 tonight at the city hall. The bond election ordinance wMl set the date for the election when voters pass on the proposed $200,000 airport Improvement bonds and the proposed $215,000 bond issue to finance construction of a new municipal building to replace the present city hall. Due to recent action of the county clerk In re-drawing pre cinct lines, the countil tonight will attempt to set new bounda ries for the city's four wards. Other routine business will also be dealt with at tonights meet ing. Egg-Poultry Union To Eyt New Contract Offer PORTLAND, Oct. 17.-t.in-A new contract offer was made today to the AFL egg and poul try workers who had threatened to strike today. The men went to work, and planned to meet tonight to vole on the proposal. Its terms were not disclosed, but the federal con cilator, George Walker, said he was "optimistic" about a set'le ment. The two firms Involved are Pacific Cooperative Poultry Pro ducers association and Brent wood Egg company. A meeting was called for this afternoon in the dispute between the union and two other firms: Oregon Egg and Poultry Dealers association and Oregon Turkey Growers. A strike deadline is set there if the meeting does not result in any progress for 5 p. m. Hunter Mistakes Boy For Bear. Kills Him tuiNMCLAW, wasn Oct. 17. lil") A 15-year-old Enumclaw bov. Dale Ammon, was shot and ; s,: youth for a bear. Coroner John P. Brill Jr., said Ammon was shot by Chester Green, 37, an Enumclaw me chanic. His death was the eighth in the state from hunting accidents since the season oiened last Sunday. Fine Of 100 Imposed On Drunken Driver Municipal court Judge Ira B. Riddle reported todav that James E. Vanslyke, 30, Clebit, Okla. truck driver, was committed io the City Jail In lieu of payment of fine, following a plea of guilty on a drunk driving charge. Judge Riddle sot his fine at $100. A 30-d,iy jail sentence will be suspended upon fine payment. Another Oregon Hunter Killed By Mistake ANOTHER HUNTER 4 -pg ST. HELENS, Oct. 17. i.V Oregon's tenth fatality of the deer hunting season was on rec ord today. William Williams, 4i, Buxton, was shot Saturday while hunting In the Mist mountains. Robert Schulte, a Buxton friend In the same hunting party, accidentally fired the fatal shot. Eastern Oregon Winter Forecast For Tonight PORTLAND. Oct. 17. (.V Winter weather, possibly with snow falling, is forecast for east- ern Oregon tonight ! The weather bureau said either Nation's Idle Hears Total Of One Million 16,000 Involved In New. Walkout; Mediators In! Disputes Unsuccessful PITTSBURGH, Oct. 17. Uf America's strike idle neared tha million mark today ai 16,000 CIO members struck nine plants ot Aluminum Company of America. The aluminum workers Joined 4S0.000 striking steelworkers and 380.000 striking soft coal miners. More than 55,000 workers In ak lied Industries have been laid off. Some steelworkers' members in the fabricating steel industry which makes everything from hairpins to refrigerators struck during the weekend. Other fabri cators' contracts expire from now until mid-December. There's still no sign of peace In labor's biggest conflict since tha end of World War II. The government Is gravely con cerned. The walkouts threaten to knock postwar economy into cocked nat. So far, President Truman has kept on the sidelines. His media tors are pounding away at tht problem but with little success. The mediators tried to head off the steel strike three times. Now they're trying to get industry leaders and steelworker President Philip Murray back to the bar gaining table. The United States Steel corpora tion. Industry leader and the na tion's largest producer, reported Director Cyrus S. Ching of tha f.-deral mediation and conciliation service asked its officials to meet with him Wednesday in New York. A spokesman said the cor poration is expected to accept the invitation. "It's In the lap of the gods," Murray said yesterday as he dis cussed possible strike settlement In a talk at Bethlehem, Pa. Pensions Major Issue Pensions are the big Issue In the aluminum company strike, just as they are In the steel strike. A company spokesman said only 50 per cent of Alcoa production will be affected because workera at Its other 16 plants are repre sented by AFL and other unions. Murray Insists Industry pay ine enure cost oi a pension and insurance program exactly aa the presidential tact finding board recommended. Big steel has of fered to pay the 10-cent packaga (Continued on Page Two) Vancouver Draws Rap From Pastor VANCOUVER. Wash.. Oct. IT iV A Congregationai minister charged at an open forum last night that Vancouver is a "lawful Reno illegally," and called for crack-down on gambling. The Rev. Wade L. Carter told his audience that bookmaklng and card gambling were operat ing In city-licensed smoke shop and card rooms here. "Bookmaklng in this state h a felony, and Vancouver is the only city In the United States which has legalized a felony. Carter declared. He apparently referred to tha licensing of a racing news agen cy, which Davs a cltv tax of S6.- 000 a year. Bookmaklng as such Is not licensed. The minister appealed to th public to back up city officials in controlling gambling. "I am aura they are trying to do the right thing, but they can't do it without your active support," he said. Sheriff Earl N. Anderson, who attended the forum, said such things, could only be halted by full cooperation from the public Distress Call Sent By Flaming Lumber Ship SEATTLE. Oct. 17. .W Coast guard headquarters reported to day a fire was raging In the en gine room of the Panamanian lumber ship Sallna Cruz 100 miles west of Grays Harbor and the 17 persons aboard "expect to aban don ship." The 1,343-ton vessel, owned by the West Coast Steamship com pany, sent the distress call at 7:03 a. m. (PST). It requested as sistance, but said "it may not bo necessary" to abandon ship. The message added lumber vea sel carried two life boats with a capacity of 31 persons. The coast guard said a PBY from Port Angeles and two cut ters had been sent to the scene. Tax Reduction Urged To Combat Socialism SALEM, Oct. 17 (JPy A New York Republican congressman thinks 80 percent of the Demo crats and 20 percent of the Re publicans are Socialists. Rep. Ralph W. Gwinn told Wil lamette valley credit men hero yesterday that nublic housing ia the most socialistic measure ever ! conceived. He charged that under rent control, the government took monev from 7,000.000 landlords and gave lt to 16,000,000 tenants. As a method of fighting social ism, Gwinn suggested that th government reduce taxes. Livity Fact Rant By U r. Rihmatsf The familiar currant lint, "Killed ly Mistake For A Deer" (or e leor), may seen bt succeeded by "Shot Far A Pheasant."