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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
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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baseball club, instead, Mike. If
you eon win the Coast leaqua
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narea for governor.