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Newspaper Page TextU. of 0, Library Eugene, Ore. COMP mi M wag UUJ WHO DOES WHAT HIS HONOR L. J. SANDERS, the tide of a home in the low fi ,nJjj .... afternoon, in the course of a friendly interchange of work with Roger Cooper. The latter (Mr. Sanders hopes I will as sociably daub the Sanders fence. In addition to his duties as mayor and his assumed task of painter, Mr. Sanders is proprietor of Sander's Grocery. He has bee in the meat and grocery business all his life, chiefly in the Middlewest. For a number of years, after coming to Oregon and before entering business in Myrtle Creek, he worked at Deb's Market in Roseburg. Probable Removal Of Adm. Denfield Poses Problem For Administration WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. Speculation around the Pentagon today was that the administration is trying to figure out just how to remove Admiral Louis Denfeld from his command of the Navy. 1 Those doing the speculating In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS SPEAKING to a Rotary clubj QJt of lhese' meetingS grew audience In Southern Oregon, the speculation that the problem the other night. Governor McKay now had become one of the me asserted that Oregon (now the'""d hy which Denfeld would , , , ., , be relieved and whether thete natiom most rapidly growing , migM be otner cnangP8. Thprc state) needs greatly to process Its i are a number of other highly own raw materials more com-! placed naval officers who, like pletely. He offered lumber as an example of what we have been missing by not doing to. The manufacture of rough lumber, he said, employs from one to one and a half men per thousand feet But over In the Coos Bay country, he told his hearers, Douglas fir trees are now being processed into battery separators. This refinement of the wood of the original tree pro duces employment for about EIGHT men per thousand feet. That Is to say. It produces from six to eight times as many man hours of employment as the manufacture of rough boards. THE use of Douglas fir for bat tery separators. Incidentally, offers an Interesting example of (Continued on Page Four) MARRIAGE ON ROCKS LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26-(.1P Negro Actress Hattie McDaniel says her marriage to Larry Wil liams is "all through." Williams, an interior decora tor, ' wed four months ago to Miss McDaniel, who won an academy award for her role in "Gone With the Wind." The actress added she isn't in a hurry to get a divorce. CRIPPS WARNS BRITAIN Nation Cannot Exist On Charity Of United States, House Of Commons Told LONDON, Oct. 26.-.1 Sir Stafford Cripps solemnly warned Britain today it could not exist on the charity of the United States. Opening a two-day debate in the House of Commons on the govern ment's new 280,000,000 ($784,000,000) economy drive, the chancellor of the exchequer declared: "At the root of our success or I failure lies our own capacity to produce. The only real solution for our difficutlies is more and more economical and efficient production." K , . ,, , The cut In dollar imports such as tobacco, food, cotton and gawi-1 line and a slash in government spending are essential, he said. but cannot of itself bring ""i?' j - . . ... ... able to afford a high standard of j living "not through! he charity of some friendly people, but be- mayor of Myrtle Creek, paints declining tun of last Monday took It for granted that a tap level decision has been reached to drop Denfeld. A Pentagon hud dle yesterday was followed by a meeting between President Truman, Secretary of Defense Johnson and Secretary of the I Maim MottViAUf Denfeld, quarreled with. the way service unification works out for the navy. They, too, were wit nesses in the House armed serv- (Continued on Page Two) "Squirrel" Driver Fined, Teen-Agers Are Warned Police Chief Calvin H. Baird Tuesday Issued a w arning to local motorists, especially teen-age drivers, to observe accepted driv ing rules and customary courtesy while operating a vehicle within the city limits. Occasion of the reminder wa? the arrest of Donald B. Campbell, local high school student, charg ed with violation of the basic rule. The complaint stated that Campbell was "squirreling" his car near the high school. He was fined $5 when he ap peared in municipal court today. Divorce Given Wife Of State Treasurer Pearson OREGON CITY, Oct. 26. (JP) Elizabeth C. Pearson was grant- led a divorce in circuit court here I yesterday from State Treasurer I Walter J. Pearson. The decree was issued hy Judse E. C. Latourette. Property settle ment calls for sale of property !in Portland with the first $10,000 i being awarded to Mrs. Pearson. She will also receive $280 a month alimony until January, 1 1953. cauv we can ana do proa-u, enough currently to supply all our ow " wants." ' ,5rlPP' "'n thT "'".'f ur wn and he orlds post- i war economic problems has been that of the dollar-sterling trade." jn have a gap which is . heing filled bv Marshall aid and , up till the date of devaluation it suc-jWa, aiso being filled by a heavy drain on our reserves as well." niptl Srtiu. Britain devalued the pounds (Continued on Page Two) Tht Weather Shower and cooler tonight. Rain Thursday. Cloudy and warmer today. Sunset today 5:14 p. m. Sunrit tomorrow 4:41 a. m. Established 1873 Steel Strike Settlement Hope Aroused Spokesman Of Industry Suggests Conference To Adjust Pension Dispute WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-f.W An Industry leader's suggestion that a steel strike compromise ik possible encouraged govern ment officials today In their ef forts to settle the coal-steel crisis. These jff'.cials saw a chance of getting company - union peace talks started, on the steel pen sion financing dispute. They pinned their hopes on re marks maae ny Chairman Irving S. Olds of the U. S. Steel Corp., in New York yesterday after a board of directors meeting. Olds reminded newsmen that neither U. S. Steel nor the strik ing CIO Steelworkers union has made a direct move to resume negotiations since the strike be gan Oct. 1. It seems to me," Olds said, the sensible thing would be to sit down and see how far we could get toward agreeing on a pension program. We might even reach some common ground on contributory and non-contributory features." N Plans, White House Word The White House said that President Truman has no plans for intervention today in either the coal or the steel strikes. Press Secretary Charles G. Ross told reporters "I do not antici pate any action today." "How about tomorrow?" re porters asked. He said he could only speak for today and would have to speak tomorrow for whatever might be in sight at that time. There was no indication wheth er the White House was waiting to see what happens to Olds' idea. He Implied that the amount of proposed pension and Insurance might provide a basis for bar gaining. That Issue has never (Cdntinucd on Page Two) U.S. Officer Held By Chinese Reds WASHINGTON, Oct. 26-UP Secretary of State Acheson said today that Chinese Communist authorities are using a "flimsy pretext "to prevent the depar ture from Nanking of Gen. Ro bert B. Soule. American military attache to China. Acheson said that Soule has been refused an exit visa be cause of a demand by Chinese employes of the U. S. Govern ment that the general remain on the scene until their demands for "exorbitant servants pay" aic settles. Acheson said this government "will not authorize lis represent atives in China to submit to such pressure." Soule had planned to sail Oct. 19 on a British ship from Shang hai to Hong Kong. Acheson re ported that three members of the American Consulate General staff In Shanghai also ran Into such delays that they were un able to sail on the same ship. Girl Arrested With Jailbreakers Liberated Valcena Avis White, alias Val cena Avis Wilbur, 17, has been released from the Douglas coun ty jail, upon order of District Attorney Robert G. Davis. According to Sheriff O. T. "Bud" Carter she was placed on a bus enroute to her home at Gardiner, Maine. She had been held here under $2,500 bail on a charge of larceny of an auto. She was arrested near Drain by state police in company with Quentin Cecil Wilbur and LeRoy Burnham, who have been sen tenced to the Oregon state peni tentiary, following their escape from the Douglas county Jail and later apprehension, accord ing to Carter. Money Charge Faced By Resident Of Roseburg Arden Enoch Burrus, 32, of 1203 N. Stephens street, was ar rested Tuesday by sheriff's dep uties on a charge of obtaining money hy false pretenses, re ported Sheriff O. T. "Bud" Car ter. He is being held under $2.V) bail set by Justice of Peace A J. Geddes. John M. Amos, 34, is being held as a parole violator, fol lowing his arrest hy sheriff's dep uties at Myrtle Creek, according to Carter. Alleged Forger Nabbed Via City "Flash" System KLAMATH FALLS, Oct. 2fi. (Pi Lyle Polk Grace. 35, of Twlsp. Wash., was arrested here yesterday for forgery, caught in the city's 'check flash' system. He assertedly passed three'bonus checks for small amounts yes terday morning. Grace, city police said. Is also wanted in Grants Pass on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. ROSEBURG, Sewerage Plans Prepared For West Roseburg If Area Votes Annexation To City Detailed plant heve been prepared to provide sewerage for West Roseburg, in the event that that area becomes a part of the city after the annexation election Nov. I, said Ciy Manager M. W. Slankard today. The preliminary plant, he said, thow propoted line tixei or the entire area, at determined by multiplying the 354 retidencet and 17 butinett houtet by the standard four pertont per family, and allowing 65 gallon! of tewage per pertcn per day. Noted Turfman Among 4 Killed In Plane Crash PORT DEPOSIT. Md.. Oct. 26 (. A private plane plummet ed out of an overcast sky and crashed into the side of a hill last night, killing four persons, including H. L. Straus, a wealthv horseman. The plane was owned by the I American Totalizator company, j of which Straus was president. Others aboard were identified as Arthur J. Johnston of Balti- j more, general manager of the company; waiter ii. Maier ana Delbert Raymond Osborne, bolh from West Palm Beach, Fla. Maier and Osborne were pilot and co pilot. htraus was president of Trop ical Park race track in Florida. He also developed the American Totalizator, used at tracks throughout the country in com puting track odds and prices. He owned a large string of rac ing horses and maintained a breeding farm. The crash scene was within a mile of the woods where a big airliner crashed on Memorial day, 1947, killing all 53 aboard. Johnston was a native of Ore gon and at the time of the crash his wife was visiting daughters at Lakevlew and Corvallis, Ore. School Bus Hit By Switch Engine; . Nobody Injured A Roseburg school bus loaded with nearly 40 Senior high school students received minor damage, when a slow-moving switch en gine pushing a freight car along the Southern Pacific tracks at Lane street early Tuesday morn ing collided with the bus. Luther Ellison, owner of the school buses, said damage amount ed to some $50. No one was In jured in the accident. Ellison said that the driver. Jamie Fraii-e, made the tequired stop, looked In both directions. then looked again as he started to move ahead. An idle box car on another track and fog made visibility difficult. According to hlllson, there was no watchman at the crossing to direct traffic. Ellison said students in the bus reported the driver was not neg ligent and asked that he not be dismissed. The school bus travels west on Lane street as no left turns from Stephens rreet are permit ted on Oak street, Ellison said. Apartment Explosion Injures 14 Occupants DALLAS. Tex.. Oct. 26. -(T) Fourteen persons were injured, three seriously, when an explo sion late last night ripped apart a four-apartment building in a housing project. The blast and what residents of the stucco structure called a flash of flame left it a mass of debris cavedin walls, smashed furniture and crazily crumbled roof. Cause was not determined. DISPLAY ATTRACTS Thit cornucopia diip'sy, prepared by Mrt. Fotter Butner and Mrt. Earl Wiley, attracted contiderable attention at the fall flower thow of the Roitburq Womin't club, which opened Tuesday at the Methoditt church. From he left are Mrt. Clen Jones, Mrt. W. S. Henton and Mrt. Carl Muller viewing the display. The flower thow doted thit afternoon. (Picture by aul Jenltintl OREGON WEDNESDAY, OCT. It Is estimated that 100,000 gallons of sewage will be collect per hour," Slankard said. The per hour," Slankard said. "The standard U. S. average of sewage per person Is 55 gallons. The esti mate of 65 gallons is about aver age to take care of ground seep age. "The prepared estimates of In stalling sewer pipe and trenching is high enough to take care of emergencies, such as caving In of trenches," the city manager explained. "It is thought that there will be considerable seepaee and ground water to contend with." The estimate made hy the city manager is only for city use, he explained, and the figures will not be made public, as the coun- cu may use otner surveys. The plan shows that the collect ing lines can be run to a central pumping station located on Har rison street, 275 feet north of the Yale street intersection. A tur bine non-clog sewage high life pump can be installed there to pump the sewage 1,600 feet through a 12-inch high pressure line, into an existing 12 Inch line located at the high school loot- (Continued on Page Two) Maurice Newland New Kiwanis Head Maurice J. Newland was elected president of the Roseburg Ki wanis club Tuesday noon. New land, who served as tirst vice- president during the last year, succeeds Earl Plummer. v Named to the office of first vice-president was James E. Slat tery; second vice-president, Nat D. Johnson and treasurer, George Luoma. They were elected hy unanimous ballot without opposi tion. Seven directors were chosen from a list of ten candidates. They include Irvin Brunn. R. R. Brand, Earl Bleile, Robert D. Ren- nie, Iee Butler, Uordon Stewart and Dale Sims. Dr. Bvron Woodruff.-local op tometrist, was inducted by John son as a new member. Guest speaker of the day was Mator Garry J. Anloff of (he Northern Recruiting district, Se attle. He was accompanied oy Capt. Max R. Harris, public In formation officer from the Eu gene examining station, head quarters for southern Oregon, and Sergeant Rose, local re cruiter. New Smith River Bridge Inspected By Officials County Judge D. N. Busenbark. Commissioner Dick Baker and County Roadmaster Floyd Frear went to Reedsport Tuesday to view the new Smith River bridge, which has been complet ed and was being tested. Because of a few engineering difficulties the bridge span could not be retracted yesterday, but. they reported, the necessary ad justment can he made to place th bridge in first class operation verv shortly. The 556-font bridge, with re tractable span, wag built hy Tom Llllebo, Reedsport contractor, at county expense. The three of deals also Inspect ed roads in the west Douglas I county region. 26, 1949 Tito's Envoy Assailed !n Russian Note Accused Of Anti-Soviet Spying, Held No Longer Acceptable To Moscow MOSCOW. Oct. 26 (.Ti-Russla has charged Marshal Tito's am bassador to Moscow with anti soviet spying and declared that he can no longer serve as the Yugoslav envoy here. A soviet note delivered yester day to the Yugoslav embassy said the Budapest treason trial of Hungary's former Foreign Minister Rajk had revealed that Yugoslav Ambassador Mrazovic "had for a long time engaged in spying and subversive activities against the soviet union." Mrazovic left Moscow for Yu goslavia in August and has not returned since, though technical ly he remains ambassador to the soviet union. It had been presum ed he would return to the Russian capital eventually. The Kremlin's note said also that Mrazovic "while being Yu goslav ambassador in the U.S.S.R., had come out In the Yugoslav Press with slanderous fabrications against the soviet union." No Longer Acceptable Russia, the note concluded, considers It "Impossible" for Mrazovic to continue to repre sent the Tito regime In the soviet union. Mrazovic came to Moscow last Dec. 16 after serving as Yugo slav minister to Hungary, the scene of the alleged Rajk treason plot on which the Russians based their espionage charge against the Yugoslav diplomat,. Rajk and four co-defendants were execut ed after being convicted of treas on. During the Rajk trial a Hun garian school teacher identified as Mrazovic's mistress testified that the Yugoslav and Kajk plot- (Continued on Page Two) Crazed Farmer Wounds 10, Then Kills Himself WATERFORD. Mich.. Oct. 25 (&) A crazed, middle-aged farmer shot up two taverns iast night, then killed himself after wounding ten persons. On a mad spree with a shotgun Joe Runyon, 57, terrorized this sleepy little resort village In a begruoging lareweu to tne worm. Two of his victims, both wom en, were critically wounded. Tramping back and forth across a street, Runyon fired sev en or eight charges fr"m a 12 guage shotgun through windows of the two taverns, witnesses said. At the end of a violent 10 or 12 minutes, he walked a short dis tance up the street and fired a final charge through his own chest. Runvon. a former auto factory worker In nearby Pontiac, lived alone on a farm he was said to have bought a year ago. Little was known of him, hut evidently things had gone wrong recently and he had become de spondent. At his tidy farm house was found a note saying: "Take over, Joe. Dad's quit work. (Obsenity) 'em all." There was also a detailed list of Runyon's possessions. Assistant Oakland county pros ecutor George Taylor said the note apparently was meant for Runvon's son, Joe Jr., a Pontiac lesident. "1. . M . 7- 252-49 FUGITIVE Jack L. Tatum. 26 I above I, who etcaped from jail in Phoenix, Aril., it ttill at arge, and officers warn that Tatum will probably put up a detperate fight whan cornered. Tatum, wanted by California, Nevada and Ariiona police it alto tought by the FBI. Me wat the only one of a group of five men to tucceed in the jailbroalc. Two were slain and two othert captured. (NEA Telephotol British Notable, Fearing Blindness, Plunges To Death LONDON. Oct. 26.-ilPi The honorable Peter Beatty, son of a famed admiral and giandson of Chicago merchant princo Mar shall Field Sr., plunged to his death today from a sixth floor window In the fashionable F'.'z hotel. He had Just been told he was going totally blind. The 39-yeaivld race horse owner fell to the ground at the rear of the Rltz, which Is in Piccadilly, In the center of Lon don. Beatty. a handsome, wealthy aristocrat and friend of Aly Khan and Rita Hay worth, was born with a serious affliction. He spent thousands of dollars for opera tions both here and In America. "I am going up to the sixth floor to see a friend," he was quoted as telling his valet in the hotel lobby this morning. Beatty had been described us one of England's most eligible bachelors. He was a brother of Earl Beatty and a son of the late admiral of the fleet, Earl Beat ty, hero oi the battle of Jutland In the First World War. His mother. Ethel, was the only daughter of the late Mar shall Field. She died in leaving him a fortune. Ex-Movies Millionaire Now Advertises For Job HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 26. .T A man who once made a half million dollars a year In the movies now is advertising for a job. He Is B. r. Scnumerg. wno Be tween 19?5 and 1932 was man aging director of production for Paramount studios. He ran iuii pace ads In filmland trade papers yesterday, citing his third of a century service to the films and adding: "Industry loyally is a two-way street." In one ad he said: "Some of my friends who are not top execu tives tell me that doors are closed because I have In my time talked back to some of the big boys." Asked about his financial sta tus. Schulberg told a reporter: "I'm not broke. But I need to start being active In business and right now, too. Boys Play With Father's Shotgun; One Killed HUNTSVILLE, Tex.. Oct. 26. (. "Daddy, I've killed him," James Hady, 7, told his father. "Lynn and I were playing with your old gun when all of a sud den It went off." A. L. Hardy found the body of James' big brother, Lynn, 11, on a bedroom floor yesterdav. Justice of the Peace R. E. Franklow ruled Lynn was killed accidentally. The hoys haj been playing with their father's shotgun while he was at work and their mother was away doing the family wash ing. Liquor Board Balks At Advertising Stunts PORTLAND. Oct. 26. (.-TV-The Stale Liquor Control com mission turned thumbs down yes terday on two bids to use modern merchandising stunts In the sale of alcoholic beverages. Commissioners said "no" to an application for a package beer license wanted by a Salem drive-in grocery store and refused to so along with sky-writing tor liquor and beer advetislng. Floor Figure Of 40 Cts. Hour Upped To 750 1.500,000 Workers Get Benefit; Truman Signs With Words Of Praise WASHINGGTON. Oct. 26. President Truman signed legis lation today raising the minimum wage from 40 to 73 cents an hour and called It "a major victory" ior nis administration. In a statement. Mr. Truman ex presbed "regret" that the legis. lation exempts some workers w hs previously had been covered by the fair labor standards law. He added: "But the improvements mad by the new law will go far t ward achieving our basic purpose of assuring minimum labor stand ards necessary lor health, effi ciency and general well-being of workers. "The enactment of the fair labor standards amendments of 1949 is a major victory In our fight to promote the general wel fare of the people of the United States." The President called labor lead ers and others to the White House for the ceremony signing the measure. Wags Bill Upped (300 Million The new pay "floor" for work era in Interstate commerce be comes effective in 90 days. Con gress members have estimated the 35-cent-an-hour increase in the minimum rate will hike the pay of up to 1,500,000 workers now getting less than 75 cents an hour. They figure the Increase will raise the wage bill of employer! around $300,000,000 a year. Wage and hour administrator, McComb, estimated that direct wage Increases caused by the law for workers now getting less than 75 cents will average be tween five and 15 cents an hour. His office expects the larger In creases to go to southern work ers, so that about half the S300, 000,000 total Increase will 'oe in the south and southwest. Mr. Truman asked congress not only to raise minimum pay to 75 cents an hour, but to broaden coverage of the present law. Congress met the president's request for a 75-cent mlnimutn. But it narrowed tne taw s cover age Instead of broadening tt. At present about 22.600.000 workers are protected by the stat ute. The House voted to exclude Rhout 1,005,000 of these, and the Senate only about 200,000. The compromise worked out puts the total number excluded somewhere between the House and Senate flguies. Mr. Truman said the new law tightened provisions against em ployment of children should re sult "in the virtual elimination of the evil of child labor from (Continued on Page Two) Steeple Of Church Yields Arsenal Valued At $5,400 LOS ANGELES. Oct. 26 (&- A $5400 arsenal has been re covered from the steeple of a church. Prolice said the find compised more than 100 stolen rifles, shot guns, automatic pistols and re volvers, 15.000 rounds of ammu nition, $1200 In fishing and hunt ing licenses, $250 in cash ' and payroll checks. 12 knives and six wrist watches. Three youths were arrested yesterday on charges of stealing the arsenal. They are Chester Palmer, 18, George B. Martinez. 18, and Ernest W. Szaho, 16, son of the Rev. Anthony Szabo, pas tor of the First Hungarian Re formed church, where the loot was found. Orgy Of Thefts Solved By Arrest Of Eight Boys BREMERTON, Wash., Oct. 26. The arrests of eight teen age boys all students of South Kitsap high sciiool, has solved a series of burglaries in Kitsap and Mason counties, Kitsap County Sheriff Dean D. Jones revealed. The group, ranging in age from 16 to 18 years, participated in thefts of two automobiles here which they later abandoned, and burglarized eight business firms In Bremerton, Port Orchard, Bel fair, Gorst and rural areas, Jones said. Their loot amounted to almost $600 In cash plus miscellaneous items. Including beer, Jones re ported. Industrial Firms Get First Aid Instruction The fall and winter program of Red Cross aid instruction went into its second week yesterday as 41 representatives of Douglas countv industrial concerns met with Instructor R. C. Trenholme. Douglas Slmms. executive sec retary of the local chapter, said another class will begin this week for those who have indi cated a desire to participate. Simms requested persons or groups wishing Instruction In first aid to contact him at the chapter headquarters In the local armory, or telephone 832. Livity Fact Rant tf L. T. RelaeMtelsi Amonq th states Oregon Is labeled as th fairest growing. To which may b added, by th Stat Control beard: th nastiest growling.