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The Weather
Mostly cloudy with morning
fog today and Tuesday.
Sunset today 5:17 p. m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:38 a. m.
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LADY JUDCE APPOINTED Mn. Burnita S. Matthew., right,
who was named by President Truman ai the nation'i first woman
federal district judge, smiles happily in a Washington hospital
despite a broken wrist received in a fall. Her visitors are Mrs.
India Edwards, left, chairman of the women's division of the
Democratic National committee, and Mrs. Ann Dodge Goodbee,
Washington attorney.
Fall Flower Show To Open At
Methodist Church Tuesday;
Early Exhibiting Requested
All who have exhibits for the Roseburg Woman's club fall flower
show, to be held Tuesday and Wednesday at the Methodist church,
are asked to have their displays at the church not later than 12
noon Tuesday. The church will be open at 10 a. m. to receive
exhibits. Committee members promise something different and un
usual this year In the line of a flower show.
200 Perish In
Train Wreck
WARSAW, Poland. Oct, 24
(API Unofficial but
,.
reliable
reports said today more than
200 persons were killed in a
train wreck Saturday near
Nowy Owor, northwest of War
saw. Informants said tha accident
occurred when the Daniig-War-
law express left the rails on j
Th. laeamativa and
a curve.
several passenger cart turned
over.
Some reports said the num
ber of injured exceeded the
death toll. These reports de
scribed the accident as Po
land's worst rail disaster in 30
years.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
MORE (buncombe?) from Wash
ington: "Capitol Hill (Washingtonese
for Congress) fired back at Presi
dent Truman's talk of a tax in
crease, and made counter pro
posals to slash government spend
ing instead."
HOL'SE Republican Leader Mar
tin issues a statement to the
reporters saying: "The President
wants more taxes to put his so
cialist schemes over on the Ameri
can people." He added: 'The
American economy is so shaky
now that an increase in the tax
burden might easily lead to a
depression with millions out of
Jobs."
CHAIRMAN George, Democrat,
chairman of the Senate fi
nance committee, gives out with:
"I think the way to meet our
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Musical Artists Listed For
Community Concert Season;
First Program Dated Nov. 3
Selection of artists for the 1949 1950 season was announced today
by the Roseburg Community Concert association. The four-concert
series will be opened Nov. 3, with the appearance here of the
famous Philharmonic Piano quartet.
Bringing their four Steinway .
pianos to the stage of the Rose
burg Junior high school, the
quartet includes Max Walmer.
Bertha Melnik. Ada Kopetz and
John Scales.
Second concert of the series
will be oresented bv Rieaiclo
Odnoposoff. violinist. Nov. 30. :
One of the outstanding violinists
of the day. he was winner of the
International contest in Vienna in
19.12. In 1937 he won the coveted
Ysaye aard in Brussels. He re-:
cords for Victor.
Carolvn Long. Maryland-born
lyric soprano, will appear Jan. 23
in the third concert ol the eties.
She has had very successful an-
pearances in Chicago and New
Orleans, and has had extensive
Public education in shrubbery
will be featured and all species of
shrubbery exhibited will be plain
ly named. Kail is the time to plmt
most shrubs and garden books,
magazines and tools will be dis
played In addition to exhibits by
the local nurseries.
A great many of the fall flow.
ers were ktlleri hv frnct mmrrll.
tna ,Kar- r, , 1 1 .
gourds,
fruits, vegetables
and
dried arrangements have lent
(themselves to outstanding ar
rangements in the emergency.
Cacti and succulants, cut flow
ers, a special decorated table,
florists displays of cut flowers
and potted plants are scheduled.
A canary division will be held for
the first time this year ami will
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weather is cold.
A homemade candy booth is
planned and bulbs, flowers and
shrubs will be sold. No admission
is to be charged but a silver offer-
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Congress Of U.S.
Women Branded
"Pro-Red Snare"
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (P)
The House Un-American activ
ities committee has described
the Congress of American Wo
men as an "antl-Amerlcan and
Pro-Soviet" snare for gullible
women. This, retorted the orga
nization, is "outrageously un
fair." A committee report was made
public over the weekend. A CAW
reply followed last night from
New York.
The committee said CAW is
"just another Communist hoax
specifically designed to ensnare
idcalistirally minded but politi
cally gullible women." the chief
purpose of which "w to act as
part of a world-wide pressure
mechanism among women in
support of Soviet foreign and
domestic policy."
The AW d'escribed itself as
"an organization of women
whose openly avowed goal since
its inception has been the fur
therance of world peace, and the
betterment of the condition of
life for themselves and their
children."
The Congress was cited in 1948
by the Attorney general as a sub
versive organization.
It traces its origin to a meet
ing of the women's International
Democratic federation in Paris
in 1945, the committee reported.
tours from Newfoundland to Cali
fornia. At a date to be set in May, the
concert series will be concluded
with the appearance of John
Tyers, young American baritone.
'ho first became famous in
Beatrice Lillie's "Inside U. S. A.."
singing the baritone role, and
who is fast building a reputation
' h' own-
These artists were selected Sat
urday afternoon by the boari of
directors of the Roseburg Corn-
munity Concert association. Miss
Gladys Strong, president, said the
association is "pleased to hrrrg
such outstanding artists to Rose-
burg."
Established 1873
A ttlee Cuts Outlay To Ease
Britain's Economic Crisis
Saving Total
Estimated At
$784 Million
Action Spells Boost In
Food Costs, Decrease In
Free Medical Services
LONDON.
Prime Minister
lar gpendi
and cut dow
services today
economic crisis.
The prime
the House of Commons a program
which will mean that some lood
costs for hungry, rationed Britons
will rise.
Attlee told Commons he esti
mated cuts would save 280,000,
000 ($784,000,000) in Britain's
11149-1950 budget. The budget
totals 3,300,000,000. The British
pound now is worth $2.80. It was
devalued from $4.03 on Sept. 18.
Attlee said 30,00.000 of the
savings will be in armed forces
expenses of this nation, which
holds a key position in the west's
Atlantic pact defense plans.
The leader of the labor govern
ment announced he had slapped a
fee on the bold and expensive pub
lic health service instituted by his
party in July, 1948. from now on,
patients must pay a shilling (14
cents) for prescriptions. Hitherto
prescriptions have been free.
Britons now pay a small week
ly social security tax, of which
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Longshore Strike
In Hawaii Ended
By Wage Boost
HONOLULU, Oct. 24 (Pi
Hawaii's striking CIO stevedores
will go hack to work tomorrow
and Wednesday in five of the
islands' six ports. They started
the territory's most crippling la
bor tieup May 1.
An agreement covering all
ports except tiny Mahukoma was
signed yesterday 176th day of
the strike whose known losses
start at SI 00,000.000. The memo
randum was signed by officials
of all but one of Hawaii's seven
stevedoring firms and the Inter
men's and warehousemen's un
ion. The agreement covers fringe
issues which had blocked return
to work since Oct. 6 when the
2.000 1LWU stevedores were
granted an immediate pay boost
of 14 cents an hour with seven
cents more March 1. They struck
to raise their $1.40 hourly wage
by 32 cents.
Longshoremen refused, how
ever, to reopen the docks until
side issues Involving non-stevedoring
workers in ports outside
of Honolulu had been settled. Un
der yesterday's agreement they
will go hack at the live ports
without waiting for a settlement
covering Mahukina's 23 ILWU
members.
The memorandum provides the
agreed wage Increases, extens
ion of contract to June 15, 1951,
and no discrimination against the
strikers.
ILWU Regional Director Jack
Hall hailed the settlement as "a
great victory for all unions in
Hawaii" and a "great stride" to
ward parity with mainland West
Coast longshoremen. West coast
base pay is $1.82 an hour.
Innocente Is Guilty
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24 (PI
i Tha Federal Court judge
called for the criminal calen
dar and Roberto Ulando Inno
oeente, auto theft suspect,
struggled to the prisoners'
stand.
"R. U. Innocente?" queried
the clerk, without looking up.
"No, I am guilty" Innocente
retorted.
Whereupon tha judge sen
tenced Innocente to 10 months
in jail en his plea of guilty
to driving a stolen car here
from Nevada.
Neewollah Parade Plans
To Be Talked Tonight
Tonight's meeting of the Rose
burg Junior Chamber of Com
merce will be highlighted with
a discussion ot plans for the four-
, th annual Neewollah Parade, to
be held In the downtown streets
the night of October 31st. Prizes
to be donated by local mer
j chants will be awarded to boys
and girls showing the most or
' iginalitv and cleverness in the
1 construction of a costume. The
parade will originate at the
' Douglas county courthouse and
i will continue thro':gh the main
! part of tow n. Parade chairman
Keith Custer announced that this
j year's parade will he the biggest
yet. The costume contest is open
I to any young person in Douglas
1 county.
Oct. 24. (.p -v " -Ti -yf; . ' 4
er Attlee slashed dol- aV .j,A'f V- .3
ng and defense costs i t,'i xf r .- -.J
n on free medical a. 1 . , 1
to ease Britain's ' ;f g j. t. , J
minister laid before r t 1. s 5 j Jt 1 i
ROSEBURG,
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AWOL 41 YEARS Pvt. Ray H
Wheaton (above I, 65, is back .as unemployment mounted ami
in the Army awaiting discharge ; more and more Industries became
at Fort Lewis Wash after km. 1,ooblpd- Som railroads prepared
. .? ' V. to r,""ai 'n services because
ing over the hill for 41 years. ,,f dwindling coal piles and lay
"I've been a deserter since 1908 offs continued in industries Uv
and I can't stand it anymore," I P"d-nt "Pn steel supplies
viL. . i j l i I There was no indication that
Wheaton explained when President Truman had decided to
turned himself in. He deserted ; intervene In either strike out
in Newport News, Va. Since the 1
stature ot limitations has ex
pired he will be given a dishon
orable discharge. INEA tele
photo. I
Liberal Giving
To Chest Urged
By Mayor Flege!
"Give to the point of extrava
gance" is the apieal to Roseburg
citizens. In a statement issued bv
Mayor Albert G. Flegel today
in behalf of the Roseburg Com
munity Chest.
"Nov. 7 has been set as the
kick-off date for our annual com
munity Chest drive." he said.
"Each of us in Roseburg should
give serious thought toward de
termining our ability to give to
this necessary drive for funds.
"The actual cash value of pre
ventive assistance provided by
these annual chest drives can
not be measured in dollars and
cents but let me assure you the
hidden cost of suffering and an
guish alone would greatly in
crease over thet not Insignificant
total now experienced, were we
as citizens to Ignore this appci.1
for money with which to con
tinue the support of the fine p-o-grams
now supported by the
Chest.
"As mayor of Roseburg," Fle
gel said," I urge each and every
individual to give to the Com
munity Chest to the point of ex
travagance." Flier Dehydrated When
Heat Control Sticks
LONTION. Oct. 24 f.P)- Lieut.
Col. Patrick D. Fleming's U. S.
Airforee F-84 jet fighter gave
him a hot ride over the Atlantic.
The cockpit heat control stuck
after his takeoff from Iceland.
For mote than an hour Fleming
baked at 170 degrees. Air force
officials said he was completely
dehydrated when he landed at
Prestiwick, Scotland, vwlerday.
Fleming, 30. of New York Citv.
and Col. David C. Schilling, 30,
Traverse City, Mich., flew the
first two F-K4 Jet fighters to make
the Atlantic hop.
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A BURNINC TANK OF PAINT THINNER af the How.rd-Cooper Implement company resulted
in a call from tha city fire department Friday night, but no damage was reported, other th
an the lots of the burning liquid. In tha abovapictura, Fireman Bill Chalmers sprays tha burn
ing tank which was draged outiida the buildingto prevent spread of tha blaie. Russell Waieott,
standing by truck in background, adjusts watervalvei. (Picture by Matter Studio)
OREGON MONDAY, OCT.
Labor Picture
Over Nation
Still Gloomy
No Peace Sign In Steel,
Coal Strikes; Idle Total
Passes 3,800,000 Mark
By Ut Associated Preul
Thickening gloom appeared to
have smothered today any hope
for early peace in the nation's
industrial-crippling coal and strel
strikes.
Now here was there any appar
ent progress toward a break in
either of the two major disputes
spreading dislocations in the na-
lion's economy made such action
seem more and more likely.
Charles G. Ross, the president's
press secretary, said however, he
knew of no impending moves ny
the White House in either the
coal or steel strikes.
He added that he had no Infor
mation to justify weekend pub
lished reports of early Wnitc
House action.
Mo. Pacific Strike Ends
But out of the dismal week end
developments came settlement of
two other strikes the 45-day tin
up of the Missouri Pacific rail
road by train and engine men and
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East.West Cold
War Subject Of
Strategy Huddle
LONDON. Oct. 24-(Pi Ameri
can diplomats from behind the
Iron Curtain began secret strat
egy talks today on the East-West
coid war.
In their two-day conferences,
the United States envoys to Rus
sia and her satellite states may
discuss:
1. The worsening feud be
tween the Kremlin and Marshal
Tito of Yugoslavia.
2. Tendencies-if any of "Ti
toism," or revolt against Mos
cow, to spread to other Russian
satellites In Eastern Eurojie.
3. The church-state disputes in
Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria and
Yugoslavia.
4. The recent purge of thou
sands of Czechs by the Prague
government.
5. The affect of the recent an
nouncement of a Russian atomic
explosion on general over-all pol
icy toward Eastern Europe.
6. How to combat the anti-American
propaganda drive of the
soviet group.
This first meeting of all the
U. S. envoy to Russian-dominated
states was called by George
W. Perkins, assistant secretary
of state for European affairs.
Also attending was George V.
Allen, as-sistant secretary of state
for public affairs. It Is Allen's
department which directs the
"Voice of America" broadcasts
aimed at Eastern Europe.
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24, 1949
FLYER SLAIN IN GERMANY
ian (left) of Oakland, Calif-
furt, Germany, home by hit wife,
authorities. Tht shooting took
Median, who was charged with
has been in the hotpital at tha
shooting.
ALASKA STAMPEDE ON
Prospectors
Airplanes To Place Of
Reported Gold Discovery
FISHWHEEL, Alaska, Oct. 24 (P) Dozens of new prospectors
amateur and professional continued to pour Into this scattered
gold mining camp on the banks of the storied Yukon river today
as the list of claim-stakers swelled past the hundred mark.
There are tents lining the river bank from five miles up-stream to
three miles down-stream. The temperature dropped to 15 degrees
Traffic Mishaps
In Oregon Kill 3
By The Associated Press
Two men and a woman were
killed In separate highway ac
cidents In Oregon over the week
end. Ralph Dean Chaney. 28. Kla
math Falls, died when his car
overturned soutl, of Klamath
Falls on Highway 97. His pas
senger, Mrs. Gladys llaikliii
Stone, 35. Klamath Falls, suffer
ed multiple injuries but was not
believed seriously hurt.
A second accident In the Kla
math area early Sunday was fa
tal to Mrs. Audrey Carson, 27,
Keno. Her head was crushed
when a car driven by Robert J.
Hunt, 26, overturned. He was not
hurt.
A Forest Grove apartment
house owner, George Henry Hun
ger, 60, was killed Saturday night
while walking along a highway.
He was struck by one car and
run over by another in the dense
fog.
Coroner Fred Sewell said Hun
ger was struck by a car driven
I by Ronald Ernest Webb, Beaver-
ton. and then dragged oy tne
car driven by Omar C. Anderson.
Forest Grove. No charges were
filed.
OITHPHTHERIA STRIKES
McMINNVILLE, Oct. 24 UJP)
Yamhitt county's first diphtheria
rases of the year were reported
Saturday by Dr. H. M. Stolle,
district health officer.
Three children have been
stricken. A 6months-old McMlnn
vllle girl has recovered from the
disease and twin 4 year-old boys
are quarantined at the Dayton
labor camp.
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Air Force Lieut. Andrew E. Med
was (hot and killed in his Frank
Yvette I right I, according to
place attar a gay party, Mrs
tha slaying under German law,
Rhine-Main Air Bate sine tha
(NEA Telephoto
Rushing By
below zero last night.
The men occupying the tents
literally dropped Irom the s;y
upon ints nitnerto unprospeciea
area during the last three hectic
days following disclosure that pea
sized nuggets were found In a
fishwell by Clifton Carrol, when
he started to dismantle the de
vice for the winter.
The race to stake claims left
virtually no time for the main
business at hand the search tor
gold. That will come Inter. As a
result, however, no one knows at
this writing how good Alaska
latest gold strike actually is.
A lew persons who have done
some panning report finding
"color, which consists of minute
flakes of the precious metal with
out commercial value.
Carrol's fishwheel was located
off the south river shore near the
bank of a long narrow Island now
known as Discovery Island. The
twisting, meandering river is
about two miles wide at this point,
20 miles southeast of Fort Yukon,
and is split into eight channels by
numerous Islands and sandbars.
The terrain is generally flat, and
the area is laced ny tiny lakes
and countless sloughs.
Old Timers Prepared
Old timers, of which there are
many here, brought along Yukon
stoves five gallon cans with
draft vents for burning wood
along with sleeping bags, tools
and grub. Their shelters are com
fortable gathering places for pros
pectors who are talking hourly of
one subject gold.
Each man is entitled to two
claims of 20 acres each. Staking
a claim consists merely of blazing
Ihe four corners and marking the
claimant's name and the post
number on each blaze.
Looking around, it appears
there is no definite type of man
who answers the call ot gold.
Here on the mlge of the arctic
circle are gathered a group of
bearded, agile men wearing lum
ber jack boots, coon skin caps and
representing every professional
from airplane pilot to tile setter.
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Bride Of Four Months
Victim Of Sex Murder
PRINCETON, B.C., Oct. 24
(.Pi A bride of four months, 24-
year-old Mona Mathewson. was
shot to death and raped in the
bedroom of her cottage home
late Saturday.
Police said yesterday they
were "optimistic in their hopes
for an early solution to the crime
that shocked this small mininq
community 120 miles cast of
Vancouver.
The young bride's body was
found by her husband, George,
a taxi owner, when he returned
home Sunday morning. She had
been shot twice in Ihe head with
a .22 caliber weapon.
Plane Feared Lost In
Oregon's Heavy Fog
SALEM, Oct. 24 -t.Pl Salem
Alison onit-iais learea iwiy
that a light plane might be lost
In the heavy fog which has closed
the airport.
They said that a light plane
i was neara over tne airport last
land!' City fne trucks atooTby
and airport employes prepared
10 bum gasoline In an effort to
ru, the pne'headed away
from here after a few minutes.
President Speaks At
Laying Of Cornerstone
Of United Nations' Homo
By ERNEST B. VACCARO
NEW YORK. Oct. 24. P
President Truman pleaded anew
today for safeguards to banish
the atom bomb and "negotiation
and mutual adjustment" to end
the cold war's threat to peace.
The president addressed 16,000
at an unprecedented open air ses
sion of the United Nations assem
bly. The principal speaker at the
cornerstone ceremony for the
United Nations' new home here,
the president referred to the
structures as "the most important
buildings in the world."
All mankind, the president de
clared, is In fear of destruction
from the awesome atom bomb.
"To assure that atomic energy
will be devoted to man's welfare
and not to his destruction is
continuing challenge to all na
tions and aU peoples," President
Truman said.
Mr. Truman spoke after a tu
multous welcome to New York
from a police-estimated crowd of
750,000 along his route from Penn
syvania station to the U. N. site
on 42nd street. It was his first
visit to the big city since his vic
torious election campaign.
The band played "Sidewalks of
New York" as the chief executive
drove up In a 25-car motorcade.
The song was chosen by the U. N.
officials who decided no national
anthems would be played on thla
international occasion.
A slight cheer arose from the
crowd as Mr. Truman shook
hands with Russia's Andret
Vlshinskv upon his arrival with
Secretary of State Acheson at the
blue and white draped rostrum
at the dead end of East 42nd
street on the East river.
Standing barehaded In the
autumn breeze, he addressed the
cheering crowd here and millions
via radio, television and ihort
wave broadcasts.
Original Policy Unchanged
It was his first foreign policy
declaration since his Sept. 23
announcement: "We have evl.
dence that within recent weeks
an atomic explosion occurred In
tne u. s. s. K. the president
declared:
"Ever since the first atomic
weapon was developed, a major
oojeciive oi uniteo. states policy
has been system of International-control
of atomic energy
that would assure effective pro
hibition of atomic weapons, and
at the same time would promote
the peaceful use of atomic ener
gy by all nations."
The United States has offered
to surrender Its bombs under
the Russlan-onrjosed. but central
assembly-approved "Baruch plan"
providing rigid UN Inspections
and controls to assure against il
legal Domb building.
"This Is a good plan." the pre
sident deelared. "It is a plan
that can be effective in accom
plishing its purpose. "
we support this plan and will
continue to support it unless and
until a better and more effective
plan la put forward."
inis was a new notice tnat
the United States will continue
building up Its stockpile ot atomic
bombs until controls are guaran
teed. The Russians have Insisted
on outlawing the bomb as a pre
liminary to discusison of con
trols. The president did not mention
Russia by name, hut Indirectly
challenged Ihe Soviet government
to offer a "better and more effec
tive plan. '
He said the United States la
now, "and will remain, ready to
do its full share" to meet the
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Illegal Killing Of Duck
Costs Youth $40 In Fines
The price of duck came high
to a Roseburg juvenile today,
following his appearance in two
local courts and a pair of fines,
reported Police Chief Calvin H.
Baird.
The 16-year-old youth pleaded
guilty in Municipal court to hunt
ing within the city limits and was
fined $5 for the infraction. He
then appearead In Justice court
to enter a pica of guilty to hunt
ing without a license. That lost
him an additional $35.
Introduced as evident e was a
.410 gauge shotgun, used in kill
ing the one $40 duck the boy
had bagged.
Three Perish In Plane
Crash Near Willows
WILLOWS, Calif., Oct. 21 -f.W
Three men perished ye-iterday
when a light plane crashed and
burned near here.
Glenn county officers tentative
ly Identified the men as George
Advlott ot Willows, Harold Doug
hty of Napa, and Wilder Mills ot
Hornbrook, Siskiyou county.
Advlott operates a hunting re
sort and lumber yard here. He
also has a tavern In Hornbrook.
Doughty is an automobile dealer
and garaeo operator.
Lvity Fact Rant
By U F. lUlsenstetn
Pofk and eggs art slated for
price cuts next year, the Ag
riculture department announces.
This may spell cheaper ham and
egg breakfasts for kick-offs It
civic drives.