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COMP TOM WHO DOES WHAT 7.i .. I U. of 0 Library Eugene, Ore, CM r IaTi:; tel; f ! FRANK WICKHAM, munager of Herman's gates reflectively at the joining of two big plate glut windows at the store, which have come asunder the cement fell out, perhaps. At any rate narrow crack developed and through this crack some curious out (or souls) have inserted pennies, 40 of them to be enact. I reckon just to see if they'd go through. Why just 40 1 wouldn't know, unless perhaps that's all the cents they had. ""I'll give them to the Community Chest," Frank stated to a number of interested bystanders, "and I guess I'd better leave the crack the way it ill" Plans For Early Erection Of Hall And Clubhouse Launched By Post Of American Legion Plans to start early construction of a meeting place and clubhouse were authorized at a special dinner meeting by Umpqua post of the American Legion Monday night. Commander William Mills and Past Commander Roy Young were authorized to nominate a special committee to determine the site and type of building, with the understanding that the decision would be final. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS THIS is a disturbed world. Ideology is set against ideol ogy. Nation is set against nation. TkiuA u'hn U'nrU fnt uadm are set against those who pay the , wages. What are we to do? I'D like to relate a little story I here. . . t . The other day I was going home to lunch. At a crossing a little girl was approaching the ! street. She was a lovely little j thing, with a curly brunette head- She was dressed like a doll. She had been well trained. : U'hn tho -amo tn the mrh. she ' looked both ways. In doing so, she saw me and came to a dead stop. I stopped the car. CHE waited a moment to make J sure tnat ine coast was cu-ar. Then she tripped across, with a (Continued on Pago Four) Reno Culpn.; Draw Portland Jail Terr.: PORTLAND, Oct. 25.- . Two Nevada clubmen who dlo't get out of town fast enough were Derunu jau uars iuuhj. Municipal Judge J. J. Quillen sentenced Cliff Judd. 36, Keno club operator, and Warren J. Brewer. 28. Reno and Stanley, Idaho, to 180 days on two charges. One was possession of gambling equipment found in one of two cars they were driving when seized by detectives. The other count was vagrancy'. Rumored Finding Of More Gold Nuggets Spurs Rush By Plane To Frigid Yukon Area By JACK DAUM FISHWHEEL, Alaska. Oct. 25.-JPI Rumors that more nuggets had been found along the banks of the fabled Yukon river swept periodically through this booming gold rush camp today. But at tempts to trace the finds met with a wall of cagey silence. Prospectors eyed one another suspicious , u m.i.M.K . : about their iuck in ipa mj ine ;wh mushroominK lpnt citv. stream until they have filed their j word waJ ,na, tnreM.iKn,-n AMhough the temperature is 1", i inch nugget had been found, below and still falling, many of I The nugget was said to have the earlv arrivals have begun i accidentally pulled up in a panning 'for the precious vellow miner's bucket from the bottom stuff all men dream about. of a water hole on the south bank From their results we mav 1 of the river o.ie-qurter of a mile know soon whether this gold rush j 'rom the original strike, is destined to be remembered Earl Hurst, veteran Alaska along wilh the other famous ones : prospector, admitted he saw the of Alaska history. That is th ! nugget, which h described as opinion held by veteran gold j "good coarse gold." seekers who impatiently await a trapper from Eagie, Charlie each dawn to renew their hunt Biederman. also sa 4 he examin fpr the yellow metal amid the : ed nu?get panned half a mile Yukon sands. . upstream from Discovery Island, Feverish activity up and down on which Clifton Carroll first fie river from last week's di- fnund pea-si nuggets as he discovers- site 20 miles southeast of Fort Yukon heightened Its tempo 1 (Continued dn Page Two) The post's building program has been under discussion for several years while real estate was being obtained and a cash fund established. The organiza tion has completely outgrown temporary quarters now being used, and a permanent home is necessitated. Commander Mills reported. In an effort to seach a deei- , , nnost djnner meeting Mon. day night at the Umpqua hotel. The program was thoroughly dis cussed, with some members urg ing immediate start of construc tion on the existing site, while others felt that the Legion s prop- erty, located on Cass St., adjoin- , h s.fwav .,. tonval- uaoie to be used for Legion hall purposes and that the post could improve its financial position by selling its land and buying prop city less centrally located. The question also was raised whether, it a building is constructed on the present site, it should include rental quarters to produce in- (Continued on Page Two) Prison, Death Sentences Meej ReJ Courts PRAGUE. Oct. 25 (. Re liable sources said Monday 18 Roman Catholic priests had been sentenced to two years In prison each after a trial in Pregue's Pankrac prison. They were ac cused of reading banned pastoral letters from their bishops. The informants said the priests refused to tell the court bv whom tne pastoral letters were, deliv- ered. BUCHAREST. Romania. Oct. 25 (JP Seven Romanian citi zens accused of "Territorial and subversive activities" have been sentenced to death by a military tribunal at Sibiu. the Communist press disclosed Monday. Eighteen others were given long prisons terms. , . rpDort trickled through fish The Weather Foggy to fair today Wednesday. Sunset today 5:15 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:40 a. and Established 1873 Highivay Projects Place Douglas In High Priority C. Of C. Given Information By Rep. Moore Head Of Interim Group Says Roads' Upkeep Lags Behind Wear Of Traffic Douglas county is in a high priority position for the expendi ture of funds to Improve the Pa cific highway, said State Rep. Ralph T. Moore, Coos Bay, at the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Hotel Umpqua Monday. As chairman of the legislative interim committee on highways, Moore has made an extensive study of the state's highway needs. He said mat tne emphasis on improvements is being placed qn the Pacific highway (U. S. 99) and the Columbia River high way U. S. 30). Success of the highway develop ment program, he warned, will depend upon local groups for getting their "provincialism" In demands for highway improve ments. "We cannot afford that anymore; we've got to plug for the big leaks first," he added. "The Army is interested in 99 and 30 and is anxious that the work be completed at a very early date," Moore said. "We can t snenri all the monev In one place, but the emphasis Is on 99 ! and 30. Canyon Creek pass is being attacked at the present time. Regard For Others Urged "Your responsibility," he told the Chamber of Commerce mem- (Continued on Page Two) Restrictions On Priests Eased By Czech Bishops PRAGUE. Czechoslovakia. Oct. 25. I.P) Czechoslovak Roman Catholic bishops told their priests today tney may accept salaries from the communist government and swear loyalty to stay out of Jail. But the bishops told the priests to make these reservations: In swearing allegiance to the "people's democratic regime" and taking the oath to "support the creative effort aiming at the wel fare of the Czech and Slovak peo ple," priests are to add the words: "Unless it Is in contradiction to the laws of God and the church and the rights of man." In taking salaries from the gov ernment, priests are to declare thev do so without assuming "any obligations which would violate my conscience as a priest nor the church laws." The Catholic bishops stated thev regretted the recent enact ment of the government's church control law as a violation church rights. But the bishops added they were allowing the priests to comply with the law because they woulJ otherwise be subject to arrest and prosecution. The bishops' new stand was ex pressed in a statement made available to the western press. It represented a retreat from pre vious outspoken opposition to the church control bill. Church sources have reported that nearly 300 priests have been jailed for expressing opposition to the measure. Communist Minister of Justice Ccpicka has declared that anyone who opposed the new law would be "broken as an enemy of the state." The new law, which gives the government control of ap pointments, finances and admin istration of all churches, was pass ed by parliament Oct. 14 and be. comes effective Nov. 1. Three Reported Missing On California Deer Hunt SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 25 ( A San Francisco family of three today was reported missing nearly a month on a deer hunting trip in northern California. Miss Frieda Johnson told po- i lice her sister. Mis. Doris Sat- I tier. 32: her brother-in-law, Har old. 33. and thir six vear-old son Harold Jr., left here Sept. 16 and ' Dlanned to be gone two weeks. Miss jonnson said irienos laier 'saw the family In Alpine county and reported they had shot a deer. They were preparing to go ' to Susanv'ille. but have not been heard of since. as reported Mondav by A. G. j PROMISES BETTER HIGHWAYS The Pacific highway between Springfield Junction J Zl'aTe;umyacnnan,,er0of JEZIAlU. h.s top priority on fund, for improvement,. Jt.t. Rep. Ralph T. Moor, of Coo, Bay ational Infantile Paralysis (third from leftl told the Rotsburg Chamber of Commerce Monday. Moore is cheirmen of the undatlon. The patient was to ! UqliUtiv. irterim committee on highways. He is pictured with State Senator Tom Parkin.on ruU; orTortPor,rnd.X!"J S R'P-,Pr' E- SddV; "d 0'rdin' eKi;rm4" f ,h f" .'of Commerce highway committee. litatf photo.) ROSEBURG, ROMEOS BEWARE College Girls Wear Concealed Traps, Warning SCHENECTADY. N. Y.. Oct. 2S (.? A student at Union col lege contends that embracing a Skidmore college girl is like "making love to a coaxial ca ble." Writing in the college paner, columnist David Markson of Al bany said some Skidmore girls wore "deadly bear-trap arrange ments" as part of their under garments. A spokesman at Skidmore In Saratoga Springs said the girls I were "so busy with other things' that they had no time lor com ment. In his column. In the Coneor diensis. Markson described tli last time he dated a Skidmore girl: "Every time she moved I ex pected a couple of those concen tric high tension wires to pop out, zoom across and bury themselves between my favorite ribs." Markson warned Skidmore: "If our love means anything, you had better stop outfitting yourself like the inside of an alarm clock that Is apt to bust apart at the seams In any given moment. "Before Skidmore can hope to see more of Union, Union will have to see more of Skidmore.' ClnvV PT 5hftW 1 Opened To Public Roseburg Woman's club fall flower committees were busy late this morning arranging the displays before the doors were opened to the public. Show chairmr.n Mrs. Pi E. Beaver was delighted with the number of dis plays brought to the church by residents of the community. Despite the heavy frost during the past week the tables are fill ed wilh flowers, folllage, dried ar rangements, nursery and florist displays, garden implements and magazines and books for the am ateur gardener. A number of canaries have been added to the exhibit this year adding a new touch. The show opened at 1 p.m. today and continues until 10 p.m. Doors are open from 11 a. m. until 4 p.m. Wednesday, ine enairman quests that : no exhibits be remove-l unt c osinp time Wednesday. Of especial interest is the la. go umber of tagged shrubs on play and the bulb, shrub and flower sale. A homemade candy sale will also be in progress dur ing the two-day show. Czechoslovak Barbers Take On Extra Shift PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia. Oct. 25. i. The communist newspaper Rude Pravo today revealed the latest in Czecho .zeeho- t slovakia's voluntary working brigades barbers who spent the holidays shearing sheep. "There are many sheep isi the Czech northern border re gions," said the paper. "But nobody to shear them. There fore the barbers of the district have established a voluntary working brigade to give the sheep a thorough wool cut and without charge." 1 imH -- OREGON TUESDAY, OCT. Bitter Words Exchanged In Control Board Treasurer Pearson Tilts With McKay And Newbry Over Bill For Printing SALEM. Oct. 2." (. The State board of control split in a bitter verbal slugtest today, dur ing which State Treasurer. Wal ler J. Pearson charged that gov ernor Douglas McKav "hit me below the belt while I was out of town." The feud broke out over the governor's refusal last week to approve Pearson's $160 claim for printing a paper which outlined the duties of the State Treasurer. McKay countered that Pearson "is playing politics." And Secretary of State New- (Continued on Page Two) Prisoner Faces Car Theft Count Richard Cunningham, 19, was returned to the county tail at Roseburg from Eugene Monday dv jjpputy lecll Beaver to face a car theft charge, Sheriff O. T. "Bud" Carter reported. State Police Set. Lvle Harrell said Cunningham is accused of the theft of a 193fi model car, the property of Robert Kuchlcr of Canvonville. He said the car was reported stolen between 2 and 2:30 a.m. Monday, and that the arrest was made by state police at Kugene aoout e:.w a.m. An alleged accomplice, implf cated In a statement by Cunning ham escaped from the officers, who were unwilling to fire upon the youth. He was said to he 17 years old and residing In Port land. Cunningham Is expected to be arraigned on the charge In Justice court today. Pheasant Hunter Freed In Death Of Companion KLAMATH FALLS. Oct. 25. JP A coroners' Jury last night in eneci exoneraieo a rortiand t nunier oi criminal niame in tne dis-(death Friday of Harvey McLIng who died of a shotgun wound re ceived while hunting pheasant. The shot resulting In McLlng's death came from the gun of Rob ert Wright McFarland. A single No. 5 birdshot pellet entered the young man's forehead and lodged in his brain. Target Practice Ends I. Accidental Killina JUNEAU, Alaska, Oct. 25. .TO A target practice session ended ; dentistry at the University of tragically yesterday with the Illinois and developer of amonl death of Wfllls W. Roff, 56. ated dentifrices. Roff, for 22 years chief me-1 Dr. Kesel told 200 fellow den chanic for the Public Roads ad- , t.sts at the annual denial medi ministration here, was shot and cine seminar here yesterday that killed while with a friend on ! the new gum will contain dibasic Douglas island The friend, Kd ' ammonium phosphate and urea. Kibby, told police his gun dls-They are the bacteria killing In charged accidentally and the bul-1 gredients found In many new let struck Roff In the chest. toolh pastes and powders. 25, 1949 iiniili yiiinii mm linwnfi.li m muni i ,ii .in... im : 0 c H NEW MULTNOMAH SHERIFF Terry D. Schrunk. 34, Portland fira department captain, was named by Multnomah county com. misiioners to succeed Marion L. Elliott, recalled from the sheriff's post. Both are Democrats. Planning Commission Recommends Vacation Of Part Of Claire Street, Cloverdale Park Annexation Plan To correct the city records dating from 1923 and at the request of H. O. Pargeter, property owner the vacation of one-half of Claire street was recommended by the City Planning commission last night. West Roseburg Vote To Be Urged Voters In We.it Roseburg will he personally contacted before next Tuesday, In order to get out as large a vote as possible fur-.' tne annexation election, the West Roseburg annexation commmitlee decided at a meeling last night. Committee members agreed to call on or telephone all the resi dents in their respective neigh borhoods, urging the widest pos slble participation in the elec lion. For those without ranspor tatlon. rides will be offered to the polling place. The polling place will be In the Roseburg Junior academy, Sev enthday Adventist school at Umpqua avenue and Military street. The poll will he open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Only registered voters may participate. Those at the annexation com mittee meeting last night Includ ed O. .1. Fcldkamp, chairman; W. H. iDncI Carter, Floyd Wil son, Walter S. Malloiy. Kaper D. Burghardt, I.os Cur. Dr. K. W. Carter and Sam McGaughey. New Chewing Gums Due PALM SPRINGS. Calif., Oct. 23. t.-l'i A gum chew a day will keep the dentist away. This may be the slogan of new chewing gums which will be on the market within a month, says Dr. Robert G. Kesel. protessor ot 251-49 Claire street, with a 60-foot right-of-way, is about one block in length, Just off E. Douglas street near tne east cltv limits. The street has 24-foot width pav ing, wnicn exienns on to private properly owned hy Pargeter. Pargeter appeared before the commission last night to explain that if property owners were forced to observe the proper set hacks in constructing homes on I he slreet, the houses would he "way up In the air" on a high embankment. lie explained It was the Inten tion of the city council In 1S23 to vacate the east half of the slreet 130 feel), but that the actual va cation order through error was never recorded. A part of the original street, now on Pargeter's property, was vacated entirely alih.tiigh It was improved with 24-foot paving. The commission recommended that the east half of the slreet he vacated, but as a condition that Pargeter deed the Improv ed portion of the street on his property to the city, as well a the necessary amount of ground for a turn around at the end of the street. Other Actions Taken Another recommendation of the commission last night con cerned the proposed annexation of areas north of the cily to Kuse burg. The purpose would be to annex Cloverdale Park to the city. This received the commis sion's approval. Deeding of proiierty hy Laurel IHige No. 13, A. F. & A. M., to Ihe county, to permit a 56 1-2-foot road entrance Into the Ma sonic cemetery, was approved by the commission. The property so deeded would widen Ihe existing Hicks street, which will he tak- (Continued on Page Two) Child Found Dead Under Scalding Water Overflow VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 23. Vi An 18-month-old girl was found dead yesterday under a wash basin overflowing with scalding water. The child was Alma Jane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Niles Nelson of McLoughlin Heights. Coroner Roy Spady said he be lieved the gill had climbed onto the basin, turned on the water, then fell and was knocked uncon scious while her mother was In another room. Second Vehicle Mishap Fatal To Klamath Man KLAMATH FALLS. Oct. 25. (.Pi His second motor vehicle ac cident In five weeks was fatal yes- terday to Clarence C. Loudon, 27, crusncn under an overturned triic! In a ranch field. Loudon had driven the dump truck across the field to borrr.w money from a co-worker to pay a taxi ride from Klamath Falls. He had recently been released from a nnspitai aiier treatment lor earlier injuries. Benson, Noted Sculptor, NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-1 P !The internationally known sculp tor XttlMrt Ftpntun Hita nupnt-ivl Jit ea aboard the Polish liner Sobie- 'R)f,. r, ,h w - u '. .Td mis'?ng bV "th W"n the liner, who said Benson was returning from a two-year stay ny nad i been In poor health several years, Congressman May Call For Investigation Figures Presented Show Railroads Negligent In Meeting Shippers' Needs Are American railroads selling the nation short? Oregon's Fourth district Con. gressman Harris Ellsworth indi cated here he might call for a congressional investigation to de termine why the nations rail carriers are allowing their in ventor' of serviceable freight car to drop well below the level ot national safety. Ellsworth said the number of serviceable freight cars available In 1949 was &.',42 cars short ot last year. He said postwar busi ness In most sections of the coun try ad reached such proportions that railroads were able to supply from 50 to 75 percent of the ship pers needs. Tightest areas were the southwest, midwest and Pa cific coast. "In the event of war or other national emergency, our trans portation facilities would be un able to function effectively," Ells worth pointed out. "What would the railroads do for freight cari t haul war goods when they can't even take care of normal peace time shippers needs?" Negligence Pointed Out He said the railroads were per mitting their serviceable freight car supply to deteriorate despite an unprecedented national growth in ponulation and industries. Only 123 new railway cars were or dered during September. The total back orders for now cars on Octo ber 1, 1949 was only 22,203, lesa han the loss of cars serviceable In the last year. On Class 1 railroads only 46 percent of all railway cars used are under 20 years of age. 54 per cent are over 20 years old. On Ihe Southern Pacific system 53 percent of all cars in use are over 20 years of age. Of the 1,851,413 railway care owned by all the nation's rail roads, 132, 467 were awaiting re pairs, and 3,500 of these are Southern Pacific ownership. The Increase In tonnage hauled Is 175 percent, Ellsworth aald, yet available cars have only slightly Increased. Railroads loaded 4H.b2H.l9l cars In 1939 and In 1948 had upped that figure to 71.750.976. In 1939 they loaded 1 607,939.912 tons of goods and by (Continued on Page Two) Terry Schrunk Is Appointed Sheriff Of Multnomah PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct. 25 an Multnomah county commis sioners Monday named Terry Schrunk, Portland fire depart ment captain, to be sheriff here. succeeding Marlon Le Roy (Mike) Elliott. Elliott was recalled In a in- clal election Friday 59.059 to 44, 810. Schrunk, like Elliott, Is a registered Democrat. He was named to serve until the 1950 election. A Stayton. Ore., native who at tended the University of Portland and won the silver star for hero ism during the war, Schrunk has been president of the AFL Fire Fighters association here and ex ecutive secretary of the Oregon State Fire Fighters association. He went from college to the Portland lire department In 1935, and finished up his college work through summer school and cor respondence courses. He receiv ed a degree from the Univer sity of Oregon in 1942. A Navy lieutenant during the war, he helped suppress the fines that swept the carrier Ticonder oga when it was struck by Japa nese suicide planes near For mosa in 1945. He participated In the Leyte, Formosa, and Luzon Invasions. The news of his appointment came to Schrunk while he was using his day off to wax the floors of his home. 'The first thing I'll do," he said, "is to find out all I can about the office." Schrunk Is 36, eight years old er than recalled sheriff. Schrunk said he would find out whether he can handle the Job the way he thinks it should be, be fore deciding on whether to seek election as sheriff next year. He said he did not Intend to Jeopardize his 14-year seniority In the fire department without first finding out about the new Job. Oregon Fog Interrupts (By the Associated Press) Douse fog blanketed western Oregon and Washington again today. Airliners were grounded. Columbia river shipping wa 1 slowed. Highway traffic was ham- pered The morning cover extended from Vancouver, B. C. to near the southern Oregon border west to the Cascades. It was thin In places, though, the Weather Bu- : reau reported. Livlty Foct Rant By L. F. ReiieMteHi Deposed Sheriff Elliott of i Mu,"nnilh "If Plm rta : baseball club, instead, Mike. If you eon win the Coast leaqua '"Z narea for governor.