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U. of 0, Library COKP Eugene, Ore, in mi IU1 i UMU iru ( V I wOl : o poo. o UP-UP-UP Art Lamka,' secretary of the Roseburg Community Cheit, pointi toward the $26,000 goal on this thermometer which the Roseburg Community Chest hopes to reach by "tomorrow night at the latest." The thermometer is mounted at the E. C. High insurance office, at the corner of E. Cass and S. Jackson streets. The Chest drive was opened with a kick-off breakfast this morning. (Picture by Paul Jenkins). Special Programs. Articles Will Mark Observance Of American Education Week The first of a series of articles on American Education week, Nov. 6 to 12, written by Roseburg school principals, appears in to day's News-Review. The article on "Educational Opportunities" was written by Senior High Principal George Efiekson. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS I LISTENED the other night to President Truman's St. Paul speech. Considering its purpose (of which I shall have more to say later on in this piece) I thought It was a MASTERLY job. In fact, I was lost in admiration all the way through it for the smartness of the strategy that was being disclosed back here in the half-agricultural, half indus trial state of Minnesota. WHAT the President was doing was PROMISING EVERY BODY SOMETHING. Higher prices for the producer .. lower prices for the consumer i . . higher wages for the worker . . . sound and satisfactory profits for business . . . retire and live happy when you get tired of working . . . fish and hunt and (Continued on Page Four) Annexation Election Ordinance Up Tonight An ordinance calling for an an nexation election in the city will come before the city council at its meeting at 7:30 tonight at the city hall. Requests for renewal of liquor dispensing licenses will also be considered by the council tonignt. Requesting renewals are Wally's Pastime, Roseburg Elks, Van's tavern, Idle Hour . tavern and Henninger's Marts. A petition requesting installa tion of a fireplug at A avenue, North Roseburg. will also come before the council tonight. Gift Thermometer GOAL $25,550 J $20,000 i $15,000 ! I $10,000 I I $5,000 iiQ00 Articles to follow will be by Junior High Principal R. R. Brand, "Responsible Citizen ship" on Tuesday; '-Rose Princi pal Eli Hall, "Health and Safety Education," Wednesday; Benson Principal Roy E. Crain, "Home and Community Obligations," Friday, and Riverside Principal Earl Ladti, "Next Decade In Edu cation," Saturday. Two special radio broadcasts will observe the week. On Tues day from 7:45 to 8 p.m. as part of the Junior Chamber of Com merce hour, a panel discussion is scheduled on the topic, "How Roseburg Schools' Overcrowding Is Being Solved." Speakers will Include a high school principal, a business man, a child, a teach er and a parent, each to take a special phase of the program. On Wednesday from 3:30 to 3:45 p. m., Fullerton Parent Teachers association study group will conduct a panel discussion on the topic "Bashful or Bold Children." Seven mothers will appear on the program. The time given in Saturday's paper for (Continued on Page Two) Baby Sitter Fights Free Of Unknown Assailant A 14-year-old baby sitter was at tacked Thursday evening at the home of Dr. K. T. Bradley, ac cording to Police Chiefs Calvin H. Baird. A man came to the doctor's home, explaining he needed-treatment. When the girl turned around to get a piece of paper on which to write the man's name he shoved her and tried to gag her, Baird said. The baby sitter kicked free and the man ran off, Baird said, add ing that a John Doe complaint, charging assault and battery, was filed in justice court against the unidentified assailant. Two Men Captured With 45 Pounds Of Marijuana OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 7 JP) Two men are in custody after a raid that netted police 45 pounds of mariluana worth an estimated $150,000 at peddler's prices. Arrested aftpr the raid on a Berkeley rooming house were Robert Killisn, 26, former Uni versity of California student, and Joseph A. Squicciarino, 20, a merchant seaman, each booked for investigation. Boiler Explosion Sends SP Fireman To Hospital HILLS BORO, Ore. Nov. 7-4P) A locomotive boiler explosion near here sent a Southern Pacific fireman to a hospital yesterday. The Jones hospital reported Harold Holmes, 40, Hillsboro, was Inspecting a pressure valve on top of the engine when the boiler burst. He later was trans ferred to a Portland hospital. His condition was not revealed here. CNF FAMILY GRID TEAM LEBANON, Nov. 7 UP) The J. J. Parker family at Sdo now has enough boys for a football team elevenUnd on girl to lead the sideline cheering. The Weather Mostly cloudy today and Tuesday. Light rain Tuesday. Sunset today 4:58 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:56 a. m. Established 1873 Tuesday's Elections To Be Eyed For National Trends Spotlight On N .Mace For Senate Seat Labor Split In Two Contests; California Congress Seat At Stake (By the Associated Press) In a preview of the 1950 strug gle for control of congress, voters scattered across the nation Dick one senator, two house members. two governors ana many local of ficials tomorrow. A special senate race in New York overshadows all others in interest. In that contest and in certain others, labor as well as the major political parties will have some thing at stake. The AFL and CIO have put their chips down together on democratic former Gov. Herbert H. Leman in the New York elec tion to round out the term ex piring in January, 1951 of Sen. ator Wagner (D-NY), who resigned. Republican Senator John Fos ter Dulles, an appointee of Gov. (Continued on Page Two) Insane Mother Slashes Children STERLING, 111., Nov, 7. UP) A 35-year-old mother said last night she slashed the throats of her four small children because a "saint kept telling her to do it." The woman, Mrs. James Moughan, made the statement at a hearing in which she. was ad judged '!nsane"witHih three hours after her husband found her hacking one of the children. Hospital attendants said all the children are expected to recover. They are Mary Elen, age two months; Richard, 20 months; Michael, three years old next month, and James, four. At the hearing before Judge Walter J Stevens, she asked whether the children were still alive. Assured that they were, she said "it would be terrible a dis grace for them to go through me wun scars. Her husband, a steelworker, testified that Mrs. Moughan had not been well since the birth of their last baby. Moughan said his wife also at tempted to cut her own throat but inflicted only a minor scratch. GIFT THERMOMETER The mercury on this red feather thermometer had ollmbed to $5,000 today, as result of advance gifts to the Roseburg Community Chest campaign. Sam J. Shoemaker, campaign director, said the line should go over the top by to morrow at the latest. Plcliirr by P"rdrfrknn s Thnlo Ib READY WHEN SHERIFF NEEDS THEM Pictured above on the courthouse tteps'ere members of the sheriff's reserve, a volun teer organization. Standing in front of the group is the commander, George Caskey. In the first row, left to right are: Kenneth Fortin, O. L. Johnson, Clifford Hesi, Dr. Clair Allen, John Busenbarlc, Iver Erickson, Henry Eaton. Second row, left to right, J. B. Beiley, Paul Caskey, Dale Adams, Noble Coettel, Ben Zenor, Harry Collison, J. C. Osborne. Third row, J. E. Dent, S. VV, Van Voorst, Dale Haley, A. J. Townsend, Burdetta Leas, Orville Cornett, Carl Havens end James Deugherty. Not pre sent when The picture was taken were T. B. Busenbark, Tom Be a II. Jack Bathrick, Robert Findlay, H. W. Groves, A. A. Jacoby, Alva Laws, Jack Landit, Don Reed, Al Ritzow, R. 8. Rhodes, Walter Reich, Charles Solomon, Lee Weseman and John Zenor. (See Story on Page 4) -- - ....... nirirniiin'in-'mr m ilinnrrn nimiiii i n n ROSEBURG, ENVOY Mrs. Euganio Ander son .of Red Wing, Minnesota, is the new United States ambas sador to Denmark. The 40-year-old housewife and mother of two children is the first woman to hold that rank in the diplo matic service. Oregon Tax Take Sets New High SALEM, Nov. 7 UP) The State, of Oregon collected a' re cord tola) of 5319,257,25 on tax es during the year ended July 1, the State Tax commission said. That was $10,000,000 more than the record set the previous year. And it's twice as much as was collected only four years ago. Income Tax collections were about Half the total. They includ ed $35,863,474 in personal income taxes, and $20,041,257 in corpor ation income taxes. Gasoline taxes were the next biggest souree of income, with $20,644,980. Then come unem ployment compensation payroll taxes, $13,148,900. Amounts collected from other taxes include: Liquor taxes and permits. $8.- 96.3,662;, motor truck taxes $5, 743,268, motor vehicle license fees $4,142,399, hunting and fish ing licenses $1,720,864, tax on in surance premiums, $2,377,985, in heritance and gift taxes $1,600,- 189. All other taxes yielded less than $1,000,000. . The total includes only those taxes levied by the State govern ment. They don't include those levied by counties, cities, school districts, and other local governments. $-.- . 8 iff A OREGON MONDAY, NOV. Chest Drive Launched For $26,000 Goal Canvassers From Civic Clubs Urged By Speakers To Score 1 00 Pet. Success One hundred and forty cam paign workers for the Roseburg Community Chest were urged to "go on the offensive for youth," at the kick-off breakfast at the Hotel Umpqua this morning. Opening a drive to raise almost $26,000 for five local youth character-building agencies and the Oregon Chest, the breakfast was attended by soliciting teams from service clubs participating this year. Keynote speaker Paul E. Ged des reminded the campaign work ers that "every one of the Com; munity Chest agencies is con nected in some way with the youth of our community." He added that in "every coun try with an aggressive program, whether good or bad, youth forms the basis. In our country," be con tinued, "we are setting up the offensive In the democratic, in the Christian way. "You should be thoroughly sold on the offensive for youth. You remember your own youth, when you formed your own organiza tions and performed your own devilment, unless adults provided you with constructive activities. ' "Let's put it over 100 per cent!" (Continued on Page Two) Roseburg'; Firm Awarded Revetment Contracts PORTLAND, Nov. 7 . UP) River Revetment work awards reported today by the corps of engineers included one to a Eu gene contractor and one to a Roseburg firm. Groesbeck & Hlckson, Eugene, won a $28,252 award for bank protection work along the right bank of the Middle Fork of the Willamette at the A. C. Clear water place. Darby & Foster, Roseburg, won a $15,370 contract for several Clackamas county revetment re pair jobs on the Molalla and Clackamas rivers. Motorist Killed In Car Plunge On Coast Highway FLORENCE, Ore. Nov. 7 (P) A car plunge off the Coast highway and down hillside was fatal sometime early vesterdav to motorist Frank Johnson, 42, Rt. 2, Coos Bay. State police said Johnson was thrown clear of the car, which was nnt hnrilv 'HnnmirpH Ha an. I parently had died instantly. 7, 1949 I r i NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS Dr. William F. Giaque (left) 'and Prof. Hideki Yukawa (right) were awarded the 1949 Nobel prize for chemistry and physics, respectively. Dr, Giaque, professor of chemistry at the University of California in Berkeley, is in ternationally known for low temperature research. Prof, Yukawa, faculty member of Columbia universify in New York, is the eulty mer st Orient. al to win a Nobel RED PROPHET OF 3rd World War Means Capitalism's End. Says Politburo's Mouthpiece By EDDIE GILMORE , MOSCOW, Nov. 7. UP) Picked Soviet soldiers and mechanized forces and l.OOOfOOO Soviet workers paraded for hours today through Red square In honor of the Russian revolution. Soviet leaders hailed the 32nd anniversary of the revolution In speeches accusing the United States of fomenting a new world blood bath. Cow Creek Logger Killed In Mishap Victor Joseph Nork, 38, of For tune Branch; was killed by a' roll ing log while bucking in the woods in the Cow Creek vicinity Sunday morning, Coroner Harry C. Stearns reported today. He was employed by the Robert Dol lar company. Nork was born at Aberdeen, Wash., Feb. 24, 1911. Surviving are his widow, Neta; two sons, Victor J. and Gerald D.; and two daughters, Sharon M. and Joyce C. Nork, all .of Fortune Branch. Also surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nork, Eagle Point; two brothers, Ben F. Nork, Shady Cove, and John M. Nork, Eagle Point; and four sis ters, Mrs. Ken Doak, Shady Cove; Mrs. S. C. McCarver, Klamath Falls: Mrs. Ted Me- glasscn, Glcndale, and Mrs. Earl Adams, Sacramento, Calif. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the tjlenaale Presbyterian church. Graveside services will be at Bedfirld cem etery In Poe Valley, east of Klamath Falls, at 2 p.m. Wednes day. Arrangements are by Stearns mortuary,i Glendale. M 162-49 prize. (NEA Telephotol DOOM The minister of the armed forces, Marshal Vasilevsky, re viewed the march-oast, while squadrons of fighters and bomb ers, lea by lien, Vastly Stalin, son of the prime minister, zoomed over the square. . : ' ..Vasilevsky .made the Red square address, it was similar in tone to the speech last night of Deputy Prime Minister Malenkov, who asserted that a third world war would prove "the grave of individual capitalise countries. Vasilevsky also said that the material wealth of the Soviet peo ple Is growing, while the capital ist world faces poverty and mass unemployment. Malenkov, dynamo of the po litburo whose star has risen swift ly, keynoted the Soviet attack on the west last night by declaring that a new world war would mean an end to capitalism In the world. Such a war, he asserted, Is being prepared now by imper ialists. , tin' London, a foreign office spokesman commented acidly on this: He said the best answer to Malenkov's charge of imperial ism was the appointment of Mar shal Rokossavsky, one of Russia's Opening Exhausts Turtle Supply; More Ordered Five hundred more - turtles have been ordered by air ex press from Louisiana all be cause the supply of 400 turtles at the Patterson's bakery open house Saturday was exhausted by 11 a.m. More than 2,000 people, attend ed the open house. Total of 2,200 doughnuts and 15 pounds of cof fee were served visitors to the new bakery plant on Short street. Feature of the open house was the gift of turtles to children ac companied by their parents. So many children attended that 500 more turtles will be given away next Saturday. Mother Confesses Hoax, Baby Killed In Fall UTICA, N. y., Nov. 7 UP) A remorse -stricken mother has confessed that her six-week-old son was killed In a fall from her arms and that her story of kid naping was "made up" out of fear of what her husband would say. "I dropped my baby," Mrs. Stella Komorck blurted out at a coroner's inquest last night. The sobbing admission from the 23-year-old mill workers wife came 11 hours after the body of her son, Stephen, was found In a mill-pond, 500 yards from the modest Komorek home In nearby Clayville. Coroner Preston R. Clark gave a verdict of accidental death. Au thorities said no charge would be placed against Mrs. Komorck. Unemployed Mill Worker Fined On Liquor Charge REEDSPORT, Nov. 7 (P) Supplying liquor to a man on the liquor commission's black list cost nn unemployed mill worker $500 and his own liquor license here. Arthur Harris Munn. 64, plead ed to the charge. A 60-day jail sentence was suspended on pay ment of the fine. It was the first arrest and fine In this district for providing pither by sale or (rift liquor to an Interdicted person. i U.S. Supreme Court Splits 5-3 In Ruling Goldsborough's Penalty For Contempt Involves Total Sum of $1,420,000 WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. WB The supreme court today in effect upheld the $1,420,000 con-tempt-of-court fines levied en John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers during a 1948 walkout. The fines were Imposed by Judge T. Alan Goldsborough in U. S. district court here after Lewie ignored a court order to bring the strike to a prompt end. Lewie wa fined $20,000 and the union $1,400,000. Attorneys for Lewis and the union appealed to the supreme court to review Goldsborough's ruling ana set asiae tne lines. But the court denied a review by a 5-3 vote, thus letting the ruling stand unchanged and in effect up holding it. The court's decision wag an nounced in a brief order which said Justices Black, Reed and Douglas dissented. Justice Clark took no part. That meant that Chief Justice Vinson and Justices Frankfurter. Jackson, Burton and Minton vot ed to uphold the fines. Outlook For Labor Poae Take On Brighter Hue WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. UP) Hopes for labor peace in both the steel and coal lndustriei hinsed todav on Quickened settle ment moves in the .steel strike. Government officials said they look for several major steel firms to come to terms this week witn the striking CIO steelworkers. Thev snlrt this nrobablv would egg on John L. Lewis and soft coal operators toward an agree ment. There were reports that Pre sident Truman may intervene in the coal situation if it continues (Continued on Page Two) Pope Rules For Catholic Judges CASTEL GANDOLFO, Nov. T tP) Pooe Pius XII. in an ap parent blow against Communist controlled courts, has declared that Roman Catholic Judges must never recognize unjust laws. ' He- ruled that Catholic Judges bear grave responsibility for the application of laws contrary to Christian concepts. The Pope laid down four fund amental rules for Catholic Judg es and lawyers in an address to members of an Italian t-atnono lawyers' Congress Here yester day. . . The rules appeared aimed at strengthening the will of Catho lic jurists still active in communist-controlled eastern Europe. They may apply especially to Czechoslovakia, current focus of the church-state battle, where the communist regime recently Imposed a new church control law. , - The Pope also ruled that "the Catholic Judge cannot pronounce, unless for motives of great mo ment, a decision of civil divorce (where it does exist) in a marri age valid before God and , the church." Portland Clubs Raided By Liquor Board Agents , PORTLAND, Nov. 7 UP) The third raid within a month at the Melody club here resulted early yesterday In the arrest of one man on the charge of a Knox law violation. Lt. Gordon McCreary of the State Liquor Control commission agents said Jack Englert, held under $500 bond, was selling li quor by the drink. He said there were about 100 patrons when State agents broke in. Half an hour later, the agents raided the Savoy club and ar rested Howard L. Gentry, 22, on a similar charge. There were about 60 patrons there. It was the second raid on the Savoy in several months. Veterans Hospital On USO Welfare Program SALEM, Nov. 7 UP) State Director Robert R. Boardman of the United Services organization is meeting this week with county committees and community chest groups in northeastern Ore gon. Boarman said the current US O fund drive includes money for a service center at Astoria, visits by entertainment units to the Camp White Veterans hospital near Medford, to the Roseburg Veterans hospital and to the As toria Naval base. RIVER YIELDS BODY SANDY, Nov. 7 UP) Th body of Robert R. Ralph, 67, Portland, was found In the Sandy, river yesterday at Dodge park. He had been fishing while ha and his wife were at their cabin over the wpekend. Livlty Fact Rant BT U r. lUteeMtetii A third world war would spill the end of capitalism, d clares a Russian spellbinder. And the slaves In Siberian mines would continue their Utopia 1 existence.