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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
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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
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$15,000
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I $10,000
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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
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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.
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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.
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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!"
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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
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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.
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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
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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.