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? U. of 0, Library" ; COMP Eugene, Ore. liior t mmim msA opfk IUI EHFF NUKE E if 7? Li ' ( J M f":--i V - (J- Us' iPPfilttmm ii ii ii ( i : I i JOHNSONS ALL Five unrelated girls named Johnson are fresh men at Endicott Junior College, Beverly, Mass, From left are: Diane, Torrington, Conn.; Nancy Ann, Short Hills, N. J.; Suzanne, Grosse Point, Mich.; Susan, Longmeadow, Mass.; and Mona, Prei que Isle, Me. STOP VITCH HUNTING Advice Is Given By Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist; Says Russia Knows Secret PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 22. LV) A Nobel prize winning scientist pitched a verbal bombshell at the American people today. He said the Russians are moving faster than the U. S. in atomic development In the Day's News made reason: By FRANK JENKINS The U. S. is too concerned about THIS Interesting sentence leads military secrecy, off a Washington dispatch: I "It is time that we take slock "With a 73-day breather ahead, of this situation and recognize it members of congress went home f.or "h,a ll is," Dr L'rey declared . .... . .. . , , . and it is time that we stop witch today to listen to the voters Ideas hun,inf, about the 'secret' which about how to run the country." obviously now does not exist." ' I He gave his views at a press HERE Is a purely personal' conference yesterday. So did Lt. -ii.. iGen. Leslie R. Groves, wartime wP v .u . .. ,u -atomic research chief. , - - If. when they get home the , Dr , fre members of our congress will lis- PVery security officer in every ten thoughtfully, they will learn , atomic plant and laboratory in that a lot of common, ordinary Ihe United States with the excop uu.ni. Bra ..!.! ,, rriH ho ! tion of Los Alamos." (Los Alamos people are genuinely worried be-wJ excepted, he sad cause of cause our government is persis- its miiitary deiail value.) tently spending moore than it I "Childish." scoffed Gen. Groves. takes in and is adding the differ ence to the national debt. OUR congress, under the constl- tution, HOLDS THE PURSE STRINGS. Therefore, if it wanted to, it could stop the spending. It must be that the members of our congress believe that reckless spending is what the bulk of their I constituents want. If that is true, ! (Continued on Page Four) Drunkenness Charged State police last night arrested Gerald Donnelly. 18, Koseburg. in nswer to complaints of resident f Cloverdale Park who said he o was trying to walk into their houses," Sgt. Lyle HarreH said '"" "rQeJ " X.n- "a m V?,' today night Tuesdav, Oct. 2.-, and will Donnellv was lodged in the TOn!inuT' L1" eff 'or two months, county jail, charged with being ' X"e cc, 531(1 reserve stocks of drunk on a public highway. ! railroad locomotive coal have 2 reached a dangerous low level rtmnL Hriulixi AUar,aA and are further decreasing." Drunk Driving Alleged It sad lt was ot lne opinion Jim E. Crouch, 27, Coquille, was "that an emergency exists re arrested last night by state police quiring immediate action in all fcur miles south of here, charged sections of the country." with driving while intoxicated, ac-! The order, which applies to cording to Sgt. Lyle Harrell. travel both between slates, to Arrested at the same time was other countries and within states, konald Douglas Burr, 31, also of directs railroads to reduce their Coquille, charged with being coal-burning passenger locomo drunk on a public highway. tive miles to an equivalent of 25 Both men were lodged in the percent less than were operated county jail. ' on Oct. 1. YMCA Board Of Directors Hear Reports On Projects At Monthly Meeting Here Roseburg's YMCA board of directors, who met Thursday night, heard several reports and discussions. Marian Yoder, YMCA general secretary, reported on the program the "Y" will try to carry on this winter. The exercise hour, already started, is being carried on every Thursday at 5:30 p. m. in the junior high gym. This program is, available to any man of the community who cares to participate1 at a cost of only 25 cents. j j A basketball league is being tative from each church entering I organized for men who Just want a team. This council will deter- j to get out and play ior tne iun oi it. The plan is to have each team furnish its own equipment, balls and one person to referee a game each week. Under these stipula- tions. oder pointed out, tne league can run or the mere cost of the gym facilities. So far I mp-, oua Plywood. Christian church, Junior Chamber of Commerce, and possibly the Elks have ex- pressed a desire to take part. Any other teams desiring to join should contact Yoder. A church leaEue will be organ- ized around the first of the year. This league will be for grade school youngsters. They will play their games on Saturday after- noon. A church council will he formed consisting of a repr-sen-1 I and soon may be ahead of us. I And Dr. Harold C. Urey, the I scientist honored for discovering ihtavy hydrogen, had a ready- The general said U. S. atomic secrecy since World War Two was needed to give European na tion "hr,athlnc tim fnr rwrw. pry We wou,d hav(1 shortened the time for Russian discovery of the atom bomb by making our lnfor- (Continued on Page Two) mm ft J J T I Tains UruC?r0 IO i,,! 1 1 , fit f I Will UK Wl WUUI tt'AsmvnTnw rvt The Interstate Commerce Corn- ran""M oroerea a a percent ' ln the operation of coal-burn- '"f- i"""""" "n an railroads that have 2o or less ufP'-v "n na"u- mine all the rules for the league, i A was Rivpn on lnp craft procram, to starf November 1 ,and continue every Tuesday thr n the wintPr ana- spring. mor-Une place will be the; MpIhoaj church social room, i Many dlnorPnt craft are to be , featured. It was pointed out that ! tnP prOEram is for adults who wil UM, thp ski acquired in ; tPaching youngsters of various grnup, Mention was made of the prog- rps, o( the jii-Y and Tri lli Y. SomP -2 new members were la-1 ken lmo ,nP Ejrl eroup njn npw members into the bov s group. The officers will attend an j (Continued on Page Two) i Tit Weather Fair this afternoon and Suit day: f99y Sunday morning. Sunset today S:20 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:3S a. m. Established 1873 Two Prisoners Oiled In Arizona Jail Break Two Captured. One Escapes Under Gunfire Watchman Shoots Pair After Being Injured; Phoenix Said In Furor PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. 22. .P Five Arizona desperadoes smashed out of the midtown, fifth-floor county Jail early today, and two fell dead under a blast of gunfire before they could get out of the courthouse. At least one of the prisoners was killed by a crippled night watchman whom they had dis turbed reading in a ground floor record room. h.J. Th ' .a k . 1 ' may have shot the second, but so ing by that time that no one could" I be sure who hit him. Two of the Jailbreakers were captured on a stairway between I the second and third floors. The fifth, Jack L. Tatum, 26, crawled out of a courtroom window and got away. Prison Pals Killed A deputy sheriff was shot in" the mouth by one of the prisoners. Killed were tw? Arizona prison pals w ho were charged with mur der not long after release from the penitentiary. They were Ed ward Corcoran. 33, and Edward McEwen, 32. Both were awaiting trial. The search for Tatum turned downtown Phoenix into a furor in the early morning hours. Sheriff's deputies roped off the courthouse grounds to keep several hundred spactators out oi tne range of pos sible gunfire. Fire trucks splashed (Continued on Page Two) United Nations Week Observance To Be Made Here Local observance of United Na tions Week, Oct. 23-29. will open Sunday, with mention of the event , l . , t. l to be made by several Roseburg ministers during church services, j Robert Kidder, snecial services officer at the Roseburg Veterans hospital, said hospital chaplains will join fellow ministers in ob serving the occasion during church services there, both in the auditorium and in wards. Radio station KRNR w ill carry special programs on the theme Monday. Byron Price, assistant secretary-general of United Na tions, will be guest speaker Mon day on the "Veteran Wants to Know" program, sponsored by the Veterans administration. The local J. C. Penney's store will feature a special week-long United Nations window display. ?ur! ?J?ler BJuce Elli0,t saidYpi-The Sunday Herald said to- ti c rAiiuuii ntts wto arrangea in ftu,nnr3l inn .i-i.l. .ii.. nf(i.i 1 j ,u. ii -i. l "lllu"" "na the local Lions club. Elliott, also a member of the Roseburg Lions, said the club will note their observance of the occa sion during their regular Thurs day night meeting. Lions Interna tional is the only service organi zation to hold an advisory seat on Ihe UN council. Elliott said. One of Ihe important functioning com mittees in the local Lions organi zation is the United Nations com mittee, according to Elliott. 3 Persons Plead Guilty Before Circuit Judge Three persons arraigned before Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly Friday entered pleas to District Attorney Robert G. Davis' infor mation. Imposition of sentence was postponed until a later date. Ralph McKibben. 20, of Sara sota. Fia., and Jerry Sharum, 20, Clovis, Calif., both charged with larceny, entered guilty pleas. They, were accused of the theft of an automobile owned by Willie M. Miller. Both were arrested Oct. 8 at Grants Pass on Douglas county warrants, and were held under $2,000 bail upon their return here by Deputy William Kissinger. Kenneth tJeorge Hong. 42, of Sutherlin. pleaded guilty to a charge of non-support. He is the father of six children, according to the information. He was ar rested Sept. 3 at Sutherlin. Airport Bill Offers Oregon More Money WASHINGTON. Oct. 22 VP) A bill, which would give Oregon more funds for airport construc tion, was before President Tru man today. The hill. Introduced by Sen. Guy Cordon i R-Orei and passed by Congress after seven months' argument, provides that money provided by the Federal airport aid law be reapportioned among the states If not spent. Cordon said it would give Ore gon $788,509 during this fiscal ear. instead of the $534,714 the state would otherwise r.'ceiv Other states, too, would get In creased funds. ROSEBURG, TENSION GROWING Indictment Of Russia's Amtorg Feared May Start Reprisals Against U.S. WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. .P Indictment of Russia'! famed Amtorg Trading corporation and Its top officers as unregistered foreign agents appears certain to set off new tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. , Communists File Appeals After Being Sentenced NEW YORK, Oct. 22. MvKor a trifling $5 apiece, America's 11 convicted communist leaders last bought a slim chance (oJ ,reedo'm- They were sentenced to prison (yesterday by federal Judge Har- ola K- i neir terms range from five ypa 'or 10 oI ,he me"' to three years for the 11th. All were fined $10,000 each. They spent more ,han $."00.000 fighting conviction during their nine months trial for conspiracy advocate overthrow of the U. S. eovernment. They lost. Then they launched an appeal, asking for the same government they so loudly criticised all the legal rights of review that the U. S. offers any condemned man. Their formal motions for appeal appear headed for the, U. S. su preme court. But it may be months conceivably years before the hlgn court gets tne (case. Normally the U. S. circuit court of apKals reviews the case first. As each" motion for appeal was filed last night, a 55 tee was paid In accordance with the law. Their last ditch fight for free- dom began less than an hour afler Federal Judge Harold R. Merllna looked down on them from his hieh bench and gave them the maximum punishment for their crime. Medina snared only one. He was Robert G. Thompson, who got off with three years instead of five. The 34-year-old New York slate communist chairman won the dis vuiiiiiiuiiim nielli man v.uii iiiv ,.,.- tininli,ned vrvlce cross for cal !!?. ?i ,T -Fii lantry as a U. S. army sergeant in the Pacific war. Judge Medina eased his penally because of this war record. In separate motions yesterday, the five defense attorneys also ap pealed contempt sentences that are due to begin Nov. 15. Judge Medina gave them terms varying from 30 days to six months for their conduct during the 39 weeks trial. Australia To Reorganize Armies For Red Threat m A,,.,,..,i,n-. ,., t. ;., , , .-. ... reorganise, and standardize arms i wnn tne t'.h.. to -prepare tor ine ! inevitable war with Rusia." Top level conferences between Australian cabinet ministers and Army Chief of Staff Lieut. Gen. V.A.If. Stiirdce brought about the decision, the newspaper said. sturdee was said to have tol l the ministers that war between the Western Powers and Russia is Inevitable and that Australia's Davis said plant workers had re-1 Boor, Ethel Catching and Lyle defenses are a "tragic farce." He ported for work today at the ! Marstera. also was reported to have said ! Northwest Poultry and Dairy Criminal and other investlga that the British commonwealth ! Products company, while Roberts . lions will be made by the grand must get used to playing second i said no workers are on duty at 1 iury, prior to the beginning of fiddle in defense matters to the ' the Oregon Turkey Growers Ihe November term Monday, United States. 'today. Nov. 14. r nsTr it; ml . to: v -! , SERVICE DOCK FOR CLIPfER can overhaul bate in Miami. ' - " i mmw&tf.XA r .r - - , - c ij ' . -''' - . j--n i.-r r- ' "" MJ1 OREGON SATURDAY, OCT. The Indictment was returned by a Federal Grand jury here and announced by Attorney Gen eral McGrath late yesterday. It charged the corporation and six olflcers with failure to register as agents of a foreign power in accordance with American law. T he maximum penalty is a $10. 000 fine and five yeais Imprison ment. Washington officials promptly began simulating on Soviet re- (j i t;ais. int- iuMiaii t-iiiiiansy "P'd., "..Vf JV formal protest with the slate d' partment and a Moscow propa ganda blast denouncing the in dictment was expected almost Immediately. Five Arrested Shortly after McGrath made his announcement, five of the Russians were arrested in New York and taken before a U. S. Commissioner, who held them under $15,000 bail each pending a hearing Wednesday on removal to Washington. The sixth Amtorg official a vice president of the company is In Russia. Those taken into custody were the firm's presi dent, a vice pesident, the trea surer, the secretary and a for mer assistant treasuer now do ing other work. Attorney l-sadore Needleman, appearing for the Russians, told the commissioner there is no question" the men will be on hand fo the Wednesday hearing. But Government Attorney Ed ward E. Richey argued success fully that "I prefer Sl J.OOO (ball) i to the counsel's word." j Collect Information McGrath said In hi announce- I .. ,h, ., ,-, , lal(- A. : ! continued on Page Two) Poultry Houses Stop Buying In Threat Of Strike Facing the possibility of a strike of poultry workers, two plants in Roseburg announced today that ' they are not receiving live poultrv This halt In killing operations came when representatives of the Oregon poultry Industry failed to reach an agreement with striking AFL workers at the Columbia Produce company at Portland. Ed Davis, local manage- -f the Northwest Poultry and Dairy Products company, and Law-rence Roberts, assistant manager nf the ,,,in-l, .ninm III, Oreeon Turkey (Irowers. said thev had had instructions not to receive live poultry. Thev said that a "lockout" against workers is not In effect. i and the plants are not being picketed. We don't want to have loo many birds on hand while facing i thp possibility of a strike," Rob - j erts commented. . IP A doublt-d.ck clipper undergoes impaction at new Pan Amsri- Steel tubing and trunei contain 22, 1949 Military Purge Threat Aired' Caution Urged Unification Squabble May Result In Some Changes At Pentagon WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. l.V Talk that military purges may b in the wind as a result of bit ter armed forces disagreement over unification brought sharp words of caution today from two House members. Reus. Short (R Mol and Sasscer ID-Mill spoke up in the wake of spreading reports that some heads may roll in the Pentagon as an Hftffrmnth nf thA nuifrnxtinnnl j hearings which wound up yester- ' V. Those reports received Impetus ffrom Secretary of Defense John son statement to the House armed services committee yester day that it was failure to support unification which resulted in the resignation of former Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan a statement Sullivan promptly denied. Concerned Over Rumors Short, expressing concern over the rumors, said he intends to see to it that Johnson slicks to per- (Continued on Page Two) Wholesale Meat Plant Opened By Jim Decker Featuring "old fashioned" curing of meats, Jim Decker, for mer manager of the Safewrv meat department here, opened his own wholesale meat business on the Pacific highway north of Ihe citv tnis week. Known as Deck's, the business is located In a newly constructed building just south of the Airport Inn. The building has the "largest walk-In Ice box In town." he said. Decker came here almost four years ago from Vancouver, Wash where he learned the mwl busi ness from his father, who has the only "old fashioned" meat curing business In Washington state. The "old fashioned" cure, Decker explained, Is a brine soak for bacons and hams. The meat is soaked ln the brine solution fnr from 30 to 40 davs. Decker also will have a smokehouse, which has not yet been erected. In addition to wholesaling meat obtained locally, Decker will also furnish fresh and cured meats from Portland parking houses to local butchers, grocers and restau rants. He will also cut and wrap meat for cold storage lockers. County Grand Jury Is To Convene On Oct. 31 Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly has Issued an order directing the Douglas county grand Jury to con- vene Mondav, Oct. 31, at 10 a.m. in the courthouse. Members of the Jury, appointed for the February term but held I aver for the May and November terms. Include Thomas Webb, , Helen J. Gallap, Richard L. Pres ilon. Stanley F.. Short, John N 75 toni of metal. 249-49 "MIKE" ELLIOTT Shoplifters Are Blamed For Loss Of Mink Coat c, , ,.. ,.,,. . j ?1"e.,?d"LW"!.b.! for the loss of a mink coat valued at about $500, taken from Mable Lewis's dress shop late Thursday afternoon, according to Police Chief Calvin H. Baird. Chief Baird said the theft was not discovered until Friday when employes saw that the coat was missing irom tne siock room, a sales clerk, alone at the time the coat was presumably stolen, said she remembered two men and a woman had entered the store and talked to her. Police believe one ot the trio slipped Into the stock room and picked un the coat while the clerk's at tention was distracted by the other two. According to Baird, a similar theft occurred at Medford the day before the Roseburg Incident. Medtord minorities saiu inrre persons, believed to be those who entered the local store, made off with a fur coat, valued at ap proximately $1,300. Local police have alerted au thorities In other cities. Dale William Parry, 18, Mel rose route, was arrested last night on a charge of petty larceny, fol lowing an alleged shoplifting in cident, according to Police Chief Calvin H. Baird. Chief Baird said an employe of the local Montgomery Ward store claimed to have slgntcu Parry as he walked out the front door with an electric drill valued at $25. The employee gave chase through town, only to lose his suspect In the brush on W. Lane street. City police were notified and Parry was taken into cus tody later that day, Chief Baird said. Parry was arraigned In Justice court this morning and pleaded guilty. Justice of Ihe Peace A. J. Gedd'es fined him $50. . , r: 7 Ann Holdup Man &etS )Z,UUU From Loan Company SEATTLE, Oct. 22 PI A lone bandit held up a clerk at the Provident Loan Company, Inc. shortly after noon Friday and es caped with an estimated $2,000, C. E. Irson, company mana ger, told police. The well-dressed robber, wear ing dark glasses and carrying a revolver, ordered a woman em ployee to give him the money from the cash drawer and the vault. Something New Promised By Roseburg Women's Club For Flower Show Tuesday Something new In the way of floral shows has been promised by Mrs. P. E. Beaver, who with Mrs. J. J. Kester, Is co-chairman of the coming Roseburg Women's Club flower show. Since recent frosts have killed or otherwise damaged many flowers and shrubs, Mrs. Beaver said fruit and vegetables as well as flowers and shrubs will be used ln decorations. The show is scheduled to open I Tuesday at the Methodist church ! Mp, there , nPed for a' 1 p. m. and run until 10 p. m i information and education Wednesday the "how will run ,n ,ubjpcU of growing and 'miiVf-,TlteI,niH arranging flower, and shruBs. An will be eft in place until comple- , M f advantage to persons at tion of the show Wednesday. I,0ndlng ,hp ujnhe to gain Accoroing io iirs. rwaver, mere are a number of "real artists" In arrangement who vlll participate in the exhibit. A number of Inter esting and novel displays are an ticipated. The affair will feature the edu cational aspect of floral disphy and arrangement. The various flowers and shrubs will be tagged with exact specimen names and plans are to have an Informed per snn on hand to answer any ques tions which may be asked. Nurserymen and florists are co operating to help make this year's exhibit more complete, and a reference table of magazines and nifsrt.verT 10 m " Jm wlu Mrs. Beaver said her organlza - Career Short Lived: Voting Margin 15,000 Political Life Stormy; Commission To Appoint Democratic Successor PORTLAND. Oct. 22.- Marlon LeRoy (Mike) Elliott, the political unknown whose glib statements made him sheriff ot Oregon'! most populous county, had the shortest of political ca reers aneao oi mm today. It will last untl the first of the week. Then election officials will announce that he has been recall ed. and he will be out of office. The result in a special recall election was decisive last night 59,059 to 44,810 in the unofficial count of the 512 precincts in Port land and the rest of Multnomah county. About 50 percent of the county't voters an unusually heavy turn out for a special ballot went to the polls In the most heated local contest in 17 years. Less Than Year It wound up In less than a year the spectacular public ca reer of the young, rotund and curly headed Elliott. An obscure deputy sheriff, he made a last-minute switch to Democratic registration last year, and told voters he was a 32-year-old war veteran who had played football for the University of Michigan. He beat out long-time Sheriff Martin Pratt by 800 votes before it came out that he actually was 28, had never finished high school, and was discharged from the ma rines before the war. He spent the war as a shipyard guard here. He took office In January, feud ed with the newspapers, with icaoers oi ine wmocntuc Priy and with his own office iTaff. (Continued on Page Two) Hot Stove Pipe Said Cause Of Local Blast A hot stove pipe passing through a plywood wall was blamed for a fire which gutted a one-storv home on Kuitera lane, at 6:55 last night. The pipe was uninsulated and clothes hanging to dry were Ignited, ac cording to Fire Chief William F Mills. The house, owned by John Frank, was occupied by the John Bowin family. The home wai In sured, said the lire chief. At 10:18 p.m., city trurkg an swered a call at the Howard Cooper Implement company, 225 E. 2nd avenue S. Firemen said paint thinner had Ignited, possib ly bv spontaneous combustion. The burning lank was dragged outside to prevent the fire's spread. ISO damage was reported. Fire Destroys Cabins At Comstock Auto CourS Stale Police Sgt. Lyle Harrell today said fire last night destroy ed three cabins of Ihe Oak Grove Auto court at Comstock, 10 miles north of Drain. State Police Officer Haysteal discovered the blaze but was un able to control the fire alone. The Cottage Grove fire department answered the call and arrived tn time to keep the fire from spreading. In addition to saving the main house. Cottage Grove firemen also kept several other cabins from burning. The fire, sighted at about 9:45 pm., halted highway" traffic for nearly an hour, Sgt. Harrell said. Owner of the auto court la Min nie Adkison. Eugene. New Business To Open Opening of a new business, to be known as Deloria's Sewing Shop, at 2037 N. Stephens St., is announced by Mrs. Emll Nelson, a resident of the Melrose commu nity for Ihe past four years. The ihop will open Monday, Mrs. Nel ton reports, and will engage in all types of sewing. Mrs. Nelson reports she has had ichooling and wide experience in the trade. Information which will aid in planting or transplanting, much of which is done during this fall season. Plants, shrubs and home made candy will be offered for sale dur ing The two-day exhibit. Livity Fact Rant By L, T. Relnrwteln Soon be tint to frame r,olu tions for 1950. Atone for those wh kralie this var kw aohsnfiiai I your dtort and your purse to 1 e Community Chest.