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U of 0, Library COMP Eugene, Ore. WW ji WHO DOES WHAT ypui t ? i- ; r ' t w hill MR. AND MRS. A. V. SANFORD Candy Kitchen on Casi street, The aanfords came to Roseburg last summer from Seattle. Mr, Sanford has been a candy maker all his adult life. ' No Halloween Prank In This $230 Holdup PITTSBURGH, Nov. 1. OPKJt cost Frank Catalbo $230 to learn that a holdup was not a Halloween pranK. A man wearing a Halloween mask walked into a supermarket last night. He waved a gun at Catalbo and said: "This is a holdup." "'This is a," Halloween, prank," laughed Catalbo. , The man fired a shot into the ceiling and then dug .his gun viciously into Catalbo s ribs. 'This is the real thing," he snapped. A moment later he left with $230 from the cash register. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS ifi vou ever read the market re- ) ports in this newspaper? If not, you're missing some thing. There is a lot of human nature there. Human nature has a lot to do with what happens from day to day. FOR example: In the Chicago stockyards the other day a carload of prime steers sold for $41.50 PER HUN DRED POUNDS. That's 41ic per pound, on the hoof INCLUDING THE HOOF, which nobody is go ing to eat. Pretty high, eh? I'll say it's high. It's only 10c per hundred under the ALL TIME HIGH BEEF PRICE, which was paid last year before the boom went over the hill. HOW come, you ask? Well, it's like this: Those steers (only ONE carload of them) (Continued on Page Four) PEP TALK FOR DEMOCRATS Sen. Flegel Urges Action Against Negligent S. P., Supports CVA Project Multnomah county's Senator Austin r. Flegel gave local Demo crats a verbal shot in the arm at a party rally held at the Riverside grange hall last night. He was introduced by Christine Mlcelll, county democratic chairman. He emphasized the need for intelligent, honest party leaders to expound sound issues as an answer to perennial Republican election victories in Oregon. "We can't win with men like Mike Elliott holding down public offices," Flegel warned. He indicated the Democratie party is now a liberal, forward thinking party, willing to take a chance for the benefit of the peo ple. The Oregon state legislator said the Democratic party be lieves in making the small farm er and small businessman pros perous in the belief this pros perity will drift up into big busi ness. Flegel added that the Re publican party believes in pros perity for big business, letting this good fortune filter down to the small-scale entrepreneurs. "The more liberal attitude. . .is the surest way to preserve Amer own and operate the Sanford specializing in a quality product. 90 Perct.Farm Price Support Bill Is Signed WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 B president rruman Monday sign ed lone-ranee farm legislation which permits the government to support prices ol most farm pro ducts, at or. near wartlmg loyels. The measure passed by the present Democratie Congress replaces most major provisions of the so-called Aiken law enact ed by the Republican 80th Con gress. The GOP law permitted somewhat lower supports for ma jor crops. The new law gives the secre tary of argiculture authority to support virtually every farm pro duct at 90 per cent of parity if he thinks that is advisable. MiV Truman and Secretary of Agri culture Brannan have indicated they favor 90 percent supports, as a general rule, to keep agri culture prosperous. Except for the first year 1950 the department also has dis cretionary authority to drop farm price guarantees below 90 percent of Daritv. but onlv with. in limits fixed by legislation. i ne government supports prices by buying in the open mar ket at the support price, or bv making loans to the producer with his produce as security. Parity is a legal price stan dard designed to give farmers a fair return for their products in relation to the things they must buy. NUPTIALS CAUSE STRIKE ROMFORD. Eneland. Nov. 1. (B A wedding led to a strike nere. Jack Murton, a meat loader. tit married and went off on a three-day honeymoon. His three fellow loaders at the wholesale meat supply depot ask' ed for a substitute.. Refused, they struck. The area's meat ration is stand ing unloaded. ican capitalistic free enterprise," Flegel asserted. Local Needs Pointed Out The long-time Portland attor ney and brother of Roseburg's Mayor Albert G. Flegel said Douglas county Democrats have several choices in the matter of issues. He cited the lack of adequate transportation facilities and pow er availability in Douglas county as issues that should be forced by this area's Democrats. Flegel suggested that Democrats here insist that a road be built be tween Roseburg and Coos Bay, to force the Southern Pacific Into (Continued on Page Two) Tht VVtather Falr this afternoon, tonight and Wednesday, except lor morning fag. Sunset today 5:06 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 6;4S a. m. Established 1873 Proved Electrical Union Group Quits Session Further Dues Withheld; Challenge Accepted By Murray's Purge Plans CLEVELAND, Nov. 1 (JPh- The United Electrical workers. spearhead of the CIO's rebellious left wing, today announced it was withholding any further dues to the CIO a certain first step toward its ouster. In a defiant statement accusing CIO leadership of following a "program of raiding, union-busting and Red-baiting hypocracy," U. E. President Albert J. Fitz gerald said the next step, "is uo to the CIO," U. E. delegates walked off the convention floor shortly after wards. Fitzgerald said they were going home. U. E. officers have not been attendine the convention although delegates were there. mere was little doubt that President Philip Murray of the CIO would accept the challenee quickly. The groundwork for re moving the 0. E., with approxi mately 450,000 members, was laid by constitutional changes ap proved last night for action by the CIO convention today or tomor row. Eleven other so-called left wing unions also face ouster by the CIO, but Fitzgerald said it would be up to them whether they fol lowed the U. E. example of with- (Continued on Page Two) Body Of Suicide Will Be Removed , To Sacramento Bodv of Mrs. Henrietta Imo- gene Jones, 41, of Glendale, who died from what Coroner Harry C. Stearns described as a self inflicted bullet wound, will be shipped to Sacramento, Calif., for final services and interment. Mrs. Jones was the wife of Jus tice of the Peace Robert M. Jones of Glendale. She took her own life last Saturday, the coroner report ed. District Attorney Robert G. Davis today said that Dr. How ard L. Richardson, pathologist, performed an autopsy on her body Monday morning. She was born In Sacramento Feb. 4, 1908, and had been a resident ol Ulendale tne past two years. She and her husband were married 10 years ago. Surviving, Besides the widow er, are her lather, Albert s. Smallwood, and a sister, Mrs. Viola Reeder, both of Placervllle, Calif. Funeral arrangements are be ing made by Stearns Mortuary. Oakland. Idle Boxcars Slated For West, U. P. R. R. Says PORTLAND, Nov. 1. & A Union Pacific railroad official re ported last night that idle east- cm lines' boxcars, ordered west. should soon ease the shortage on western lines. A spokesman for the road said the Interstate Commerce commis sion had ordered westward move ment of long trains of empties standing on sidetracks. These have been idle because of the coal strike-. The eastern roads had halted service trains in a coal conjervation plan.: Empties moving out of the mid west should appear In the region in a week or ten days. Grain, lum ber and fruit shipments have been delayed in the Pacific North west by lack of cars. Grid Team Gives Blood To Leukemia Victim NEW YORK, Nov. 1 ff) A mass blood donation arranged by an amateur football team of war veterans was given yester day for a four-yearold' girl. The girl, Randy Farhman, of Brooklyn, has leukemia and needs repeated transfusions. The Bay Ridge Rockets team heard about her condition, and arranged with a blood center for a donation of 40 pints of blood by members of the team and their friends. Portland Flier One Of 4 Killed In Collision SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Nov. 1 tiDThe Air force reported to day Capt. Kent P. Carlson. 31, Portland. Ore., was one of four fliers killed yesterday In a mid air collision. Two training planes, each with two aviators aboard, crashed while dog-fighting. Two witnesses said "they were Just dog fighting too low." Carl son's wife and one child live at Schertz, Tex. Rebellion SAFE TURNS CRACKER Mayor Flegel's Foot Suffers In Work Accident Turnabout is not always fair play. ' A man cracking a safe is run-of-the-mill stuff, but a safe crack ing a man Brother, that's news! Al Flegel, Roseburg's mayor and mover, was the victim. Shorthanded Monday evening he helped out with a safe moving job. rnree men sweated to jockey the safe onto a dolly being stead ied by Flegel. After much grunting and groaning, the men gave up and the safe crashed down. The May or's foot unintentionally cushion ed the safe's fall. A loud and expressive request by Flegel for removal of the safe from his crushed foot brought speedy response from his men. Where it took three to inch the strong box along the floor, only two were required to quickly lift the heavy safe off Flegel's foot. Probably proving suggestion is a powerful force. Wood Chemistry Study Purpose Of K-Falls Venture WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 1. OP) The Hercules Powder com pany announced Monday It will build a pilot plant at Klamath Falls, Ore., for study of the chem istry of western woods. It may be a forerunner of extensive expan sion in the west. Property of some 50 acres was bought for the project from the Weyerhaeuser Timber company. It includes several small buildings, a powerhouse,' railroad sidings, flfi lino. OnH D - Hercuies has been conducting research on western woods for two years and further process re- search is planned at the new locauon. "The western woods contain a number of interesting organic chemicals," A. E. Forster, a direc tor of the company said. "These Irclude some of commercial value. "Hercules will make use of ex tensive experience in the extrac tion of chemicals from pine wood gained in the southeastern United States. Depending upon the re sults of the pilot plant work In Klamath Falls, Hercules may re auire, at some time In the future, substantial manufacturing facili ties in the western states." Secret Society Ban On Portland Schools OKd PORTLAND, Nov. 1 tW High school principals met yes terday with Superintendent Paul A. Rehmus and approved 18 n;w rules designed to enforce a school board ban on secret societies. Generally, the rules prohibit club rushing and hazihg, clubs lacklng'aduli: sponsorship and inter-school memberships. Copies are to be printed for distribution to students and parents. NEEWOLAH PARADE LAST NICHT attracted an estimated 1100 kids to downtown Roieburq. as the youngsters attired themselves in costumes ranging from the comical to the grotesque. Spon sored by the Junior Che-nber of Commerce, the event featured prims to best costumed young sters and school with most entrants. Children of every age participated in the parade, with crowds of onlookers lining the city's streets end applauding the costume efforts while the kids marched to the accompaniment of the Knights of Pythias Cirls Drum end Bugle corps end the Junior high school band. At the conclusion of the parade ell participants were presented ice cream bars. Dave Moore, at right, was one of meny JC members on hand to reward the marchers with refreshments. He is shewn giving en ice cream bar to e very healthy looking skeleton, while others eweit their turns. - (Staff picture) ROSEBURG, OREGON TUESDAY, NOV. Splits Murder Count Filed Against Joseph Kiel Alleged Slayer Refuses To Enter Plea In Death .'. ! Of Stanley J. Tucker Fqrmaliy arraigned In justice court Monday afternoon, Joseph Louis Kiel of Myrtle Creek was charged with the alleged strangu lation murder of Stanley James Tucker, 47, of Springfield. Justice of the Peace A. J. Ged des said he ordered the 42-year-old defendant to be held without bail, pending further develop ments in the case. James McGinty, Myrtle Creek lawyer, will reDre- sent Kiel, Geddes said. District Attorney Robert G. Davis said today that the charees against Kiel would be presented to the grand jury this week. He said that Kiel had declined to plead guilty to a district attor ney's Information. The complaint filed in justice court by the district attorney ac cuses Kiel of killing Tucker by strangling him. Tucker s body was found Sun day morning about 9:30 under the Pruner bridge, at the north ap proach to Riddle, by Glen Riddle, who lives in that vicinity. He re ported his discovery to Chief of Police William Taylor of Riddle. Sheriff s deputies, called to the (Continued on Page Two) West Roseburg Going To Polls ' Thirty West Roseburg residents had cast their ballotsln tht an nexation election by 9 o'clock "?ls mornlng.lt was expected that the number of voters turn ng out would materially Increase through tne day. City Recorder William D. Boll man reminded voters that the polls will remain open until 8 o'clock tonight, in both West Rose burg and Miller's addition-Sleepy Hollow tract. The polling places are located at the Roseburg Junior academy (Seventh-day Adventlst school). corner of Military street and Ump- qua avenue, ior west noseDurg residents, and at Martin's grocery 245 Booth street, for Miller's ad dition and Sleepy Hollow. uniy registered voters may par ticipate. Those eligible to vote, but whose names may have been omitted from the polling lists, may oDtaln certlllcates of registration from the county clerk's office to participate. HOLIDAY FOR HUNTING SHIPPENSBURG. Pa.. Nov. 1. (.ft Employes of the SKF cor poration here took today off to go hunting and they get paid for it. The company said it was shut ting down in line with a union contract agreement which makes the opening day of the small game season In Pennsylvania a paid holiday. I, 1949 (10 Convention GAP IN STEEL STRIKE Bethlehem Assents To CIO Terms For Social Insurance And Pensions Woman Slain By Suitor After She Reweds Ex-Mate PORT ANGELES, Nov. 1-4P) Death, in the person of a re jected suitor, brought a sudden end last night to the reunion of a young mother with her divorc ed husband. Prosecutor Dana E. Harper said the woman. Mrs. Winona B. Medley, 24, was shot and killed by Ted Bishop, about 40. Bishop then killed himself. The tragic ending took Dlace in the woman's home only a few hours after she and her estrang ed husband, Henry R. Medley, had been remarried by a justice of the peace. Mrs. Meaiey s lour year - old son gave neighbors their first news of the shootlne. Harrier said, when he came running to tneir trailer crying: Bishop s shot mother." Police found Mrs. Medley on the kitchen floor, a bullet hole between the eyes. Bishop as sprawled a few feet away, shot in the temple. The shooting occurred several hours after Medley had gone to work in a local paper miff. Their 17 months old daughter was in another room. The prosecutor said the Med leys were married in 1945, sepa rated less than six months aeo. obtained a divorce which became final Oct.' 10, then had' reniar ried. Bishop, a part-time longshore man, courted Mrs. Medlev dur ing the separation, Harper said. Rogues Gallery Begun For Habitual Drunkards CHESTER. Eng.. Nov. l.OF) The Cheshire police have be gun setting up' a rogues gallery of people who drink too much. i ne pictures will be sent around to the country's saloons with a warning: "If you serve these peo ple you are liable to a 10 ($28) line. Mai. G. C. Scrlmeeour. clerk of the county council, said the pen alty is possible under a 1903 li censing act. I he pictures will be kept out of sight under the bar. Leo Durocher Robbed But Not By An Umpire WEST LOS ANGELES. Calif.. Nov. 1 (IP) "We wuz robbed,'' yelled Leo (Llppy) Durocher. ' ine iew York uiants mana ger wasn't yelling at an umpire this time. He and his wife, ac tress Laraine Day reported to police last night that someone stole a purse containing $77 in cash and $75 worth of jewelry from a bedroom of their home. 137-49 CLEVELAND, Nov. 1. PV Bethlehcm Steel Corp. left a wide hole in the' once solid ranks of the strike-closed steel industry to day and started firing up for business as usual. Shattering a well worn prece dent of waiting to see what the nation's No. 1 producer U. S. Steel Corp. would do, Bethle hem, No. 2, came to terms last night with Philip Murray and his ClO-United Stoelworkors. Murry, here for the CIO's na ional convention, made on effort to conceal his jublllatlon. He cried at a rally: ' "American industry might as well recognize this fact, that it will be required in the future to maintain its elderly workers on a reasonably decent basis without their going to the poor house, public charity or relatives or friends for help. -mow mucn was expended in 1948 on the wear and tear of the human machine? Five mil lion dollars. "That is the issue, that is what we're fighting about." a iew nours later, at mionigiu, the first of Bethlehem's 80,000 workers gleefully started back. It will take about a week to get the plants into full operation. Details of the Plan The main feature of Bethle- (Continued on Page Two) Term Of 20 Years Handed To Rapist ' Oliver 'Cecil WesK 42,' of Reeds port .was taken to Salem Mon day by Jailer Bill Kissinger to begin serving a 20-year sentence on a cnarge 01 rape. Circuit Judee Carl E. Wlmberiv imposed tne sentence wnen West appeared before him Saturday and entered a plea of guilty to District Attorney Robert G. Dav is' information. A 13-year-old girl reportedly was Involved in the case. The act was allegedly committed Oct. 6. Two other persons appearing before Judge Wimberly Monday entered pleas of guilty, but Im position of sentence was post poned for further investigation of their records. John Wesley Green, Drain, waived grand jury investigation and pleaded guilty to a forgery charge, allegedly committed Oct. 5. Gerald E. Martin, Deer Creek, pleaded guilty to a charge of ob taining money by false pretenses, allegedly committed Oct. 8. Del McKay Joins Staff At Lawson's Jewelry Lawson's Jewelry announced today that Del McKay, 'ormerly naoio station kknk commer cial manager, joined Lawson's staff as advertising manager. McKay, a native , of Roseburg, started his radio career at Radio Station KORE, while attending the University of Oregon. In 1945 he joined the staff of the local radio station as announcer and was appointed to the post of com merclal manager in 1947. As advertising manager of Lawson's jewelry, McKay will handle all advertising and pro motion work as well as serve with the sales staff. Halloween Accident Kills Little Boy SEATTLE, Nov. 1 UP) In juries suffered in a halloween ''trick or treat" accident caused the death of a six-year-old boy today, The lad, Larry Parks, fell five feet from porch steps after win ing a treat at the home of Ralph G. B nd. A sharpened tree branch punctured Larry's head, and he died in a hospital. Witnesses said the boy's mask slipped as he went down the steps with his twin brother and a sister. Trying to adjust .t, Larry Inst his balance and top pled head first from the steps. Runaway Tractor Puts Farmer In Hospital LEBANON. Nov. l-tJP L. E. "Lolty" Arnold long prominent In Linn county fair activities, was injured by a runaway tractor on his farm near here yesterday. The tractor, which he had been driving, ran over him wnen he got off to open a gate. The ex tent of his injuries was not de termined at once in the hospital here. Arnold, a real estate deiler here, has been manager of the Lebanon strawberrv fair for years, and has handled the Linn county booth at the state fair. Crash Occurs Near Port At U.S. Capital Final Count May least Death Toll; Cong. Bates, Massachusetts, Victim WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. 0 A big airliner, Inbound from New York, and a small mili tary plana oollided In the air ' near the national airport to day with a heavy loss of life. At least 25 were killed. Fourteen bodies were re moved from the airliner with in the first half hour of ret elue efforts. The wrecked plan was resting partly In the Poto mao river. The Civil Aeronautics admini stration said the smaller plana was a P-38 ot, the Bolivian air force. . - - , The airliner was a DC-4. Planes of this type can carry 50 or more passengers. One of the passengers on the airliner was Congressman George Bates, Republican, of Salem, Mass., it was announced by the New York offices of Eastern air lines. Government officials said the Bolivian government bought two P-38 planes from the U. S. about three or four weeks ago for the Bolivian air force. - One was sent to Bolivia. The other has been kept here pend ing routine clearance. The two planes struck while in the air. Those who saw the col lision said there was an explo sion on the airliner. . They said there was undoubtedly a heavy less of life. . The collision occurred about '.(Continued on Page Two) Rural Mail Route Boxes Suffer In Halloween Pranks Rural route patrons whose mail boxes were knocked down by Halloween pranksters shouldn t be too concerned if they didn't get any mail today. Postmaster L. L. Wimberly said that Halloween coming when it did, with a resultant knocking down of many boxes in some ar eas, has thrown the postoflice de I livery service into a rather difli- tun aiiuaiiuu, wuii.ll may lane couple of days to iron out. Several changes in rural route service were scheduled to go into effect today, with the changing of some rural routes to mounted service. New carriers will be having a bad enough time with their routes as it is, and they were expected to find the situa tion comollcated with many boxes missing. The problem of replacing boxes, said Wlmberiv. Is ud to the patron. It Is planned that on some routes the boxes will have to be moved to the opposite sides of the road, but this should not be done without authorization from the postofflce. The postmas ter advised that the boxes be put back where they were, until the change is authorized. Forest Fire Eats 10 Costly Homes CHATSWORTH. Calif.. Nov. 1. UP) A iorest fire, racing wildly out oi , control, tooay destroyed ten costly homes In Box canyon near here and periled many more. A strong northwest wind fan ned the flames throueh the nleht Shortly before 2 a.m., 35 families were evacuated from their homes in the north end of the canyon. Approximately 350 families live in the entire canyon. All were ordered to stand by for evacuation at a moment's notice. Several hundred firefighters, aided by bulldozers, are on the line. Scene of the blaze is in Ventura county, Just north of the Los Angeles county line and about a mile west of here. Less than ten miles northeast of here, near Saugus, an army of 400 firefighters hoped soon to con trol a fire that has burned over 7,000 acres in . three days. The fire, first major one of the year In Angeles National forest, wae touched off last Friday by the crash of a small plane. Closure Order On Three ' Oregon Rivers Advanced PORTLAND. Nov. 1 -4m A salmon run decline in Yaqulna, Alsea and Siuslaw rivers prompt ed the State Fish commission yesterday to order closure of the commercial season Nov. 4. Master fish warden Arnie Sue mcla said the action would re duce the catch below the previ ous announced poundage quotas. The closure date announced In August was Nov. 20. ! Sitomela said the closure would be for all species although it wae aimed at assuring escapement of silver salmon to the spawning grounds. Livtty FoctRwrf By Z r . ReseeMSjetei Marshall plan countries of Europe) lave been warned that to obtain further American aide they'll have to cooperate like, for instance, the armed cervices of the U. S,