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a f U. of 0, Library ' Eugone, Ore, COMP mi UJUJ Acceptance Of Three Suburbs Slated Dec. 13 The WMthtr Mostly cloudy with rain to day. Wednesday cloudy with showers. Sunset today 4:57 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:57 a. m. MOM M EXAT 0 W H'pj ' it -1 i mm w -Jf. NEW SERGEANT HERE Sgt. ef the ifste police here, arrived Monday to take command of the local office, then returned to St. Helens, his former station, to take care of details relative to his transfer. He II return to Roseburg later in the week. Sgt. Holcomb succeeds Sgt. Lyle H. Harrell, who was promoted to lieutenant and trans ferred to Baker. (Picture by Paul Jenkins). SOCIALISM TREND SEEN Congressman Ellsworth Voices Warning Against Federal Deficit Spending With America traveling the road toward the welfare state "alarmingly fast," a definite reaction among the people has been noted by Rep. Harris Ellsworth, Oregon fourth district congressman. He told the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce Monday noon that people with whom he talks are asking two questions: In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS IN his St. Paul speech the other day, in which he touched off the next round ol political cam paigning, President Truman went back to President Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase. This is the way he handled it: The Louisiana territory included about a million square miles. It cost 15 million dollars or about $15 a square mile. It was one of the great bargains of all history . . . but Jefferson, who made the purchase, was crucified by the REACTIONARIES of his day. But it turned out all right. In fact, it turned out wonderfully, well. It was the first step In the sequence that carried the Ameri can flag from the Atlantic to the Pacific and made us a great con tinental nation. So, you see (Mr. Truman, said in substance at St. Paul, whose (Continued on Page Four) Chicken Eats Rattler, Family Dines On Pork TUCUMCARI, N.M., Nov. 8 (JP) Mrs. Jack Latham was startled as she began dressing a chicken there, poking out of its gullet, was a rattlesmake's tail. Her husband split the fowl open. Just as they suspected, it had swallowed a 13-inch rattler, head first. The Lathams and their four guests ate pork. Chest Donations Boosted To $7,400 On First Day's Drive Going on "the offensive for youth," 140 campaign workers for the Roseburg Community Chest obtained pledges and cash dona tions Monday, which boosted the total gifts to $7,400. Gift Thermometer GOAL $25 ,550 $20,000 $15,000 $10,000 $5,000 o ft : 4 Holly Holcomb, above, new head (1) Is this so-called welfare state tending to lead this country toward socialism? (2) What effect will It have on the financial structure of the United States? Ellsworth said it is likely that a large portion of .""resident Tru man's "welfare slate" program will be enacted. The problem of whether the federal treasury can stand the load being put on It and whether the people can stand the taxes cannot be considered as "partisan," he declared. Outgo, Income Cited. ine Koseburg congressman quoted these figures concerning federal income and expendi tures: Total taxes collected during the 160 years that the United States has . been in existence have amounted to $395 billion. In the past four years, federal expendi tures have amounted to $174 bil lion. If the government goes on spending at the same rate, in four more years the expenditures will more than equal total federal income during the past 160 years. "We are piling up the national (Continued on Page Two) Camas Valley Logger Loses Legs In Accident Ted Petterson of Camas Val ley, who owns and operates a saw mill, was the victim of a logging accident Saturday. A log rolling on a landing caught him and crushed both legs so badly, that amputa tion was necessary. He was taken to Mercy hos pital In Roseburg, where one leg was removed at the hip and the other Just below the knee. Petterson Is also the owner of the Petterson laundry In Coos Bay. Art Lamka, secretary of the chest, said the figure represents the unaudited total of pledges and gifts received In the initial con tacts made after the kick-off breakfast yesterday. Five men's and two women's service clubs are taking part in the drive this year, with the cen tral business district and outlying areas being zoned and each or ganization taking one district. Goal of the Community Chest this year is almost $26,000. The greater share of the money will be spent locally by five youth character-building agencies. A smaller quota will go to the Oregon Chest, which includes 15 child-caring and charitable Insti tutions, largely headquartered at Portland but serving the entire state. The local agencies benefitted by the chest include the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, Salvation Army, and the Young Men's Christian associa tion. The local campaign, opening with the breakfast Monday, will extend through Saturday, Nov. 19. Marlen Yoder, Y. M. C. A. secre tary, and Rollie Quam, Boy Scout executive, who are serving as co directors of the Community Chest campaign, announced Jointly to- (Continued on Page Two) Established 1873 Dulles-Lehman Fight For Senate Tops Flection Bill "Fair Deal" Program At Issue In N. Y. Mayor O'Dwyer Faces 2 Opponents; Three Seats In Congress At Stake . (By The AnocUted Preis) President Truman's "fair deal" program came in for a major public test today, at the hands of an estimated 5,500,000 New York ers voting on the election of a United States senator. The bitter contest between Senator John "Foster Dulles, Re publican, and former Democratic Governor Herbert H. Lehman far overshadowed a number of other contests . and issues in scattered elections across the nation. The two men, both prominent public figures, campaigned hard to fill out the unexpired term jf former Senator Robert F. Wag ner (D.-N.Y.), a "new deal" stal wart who resigned because of ill health last July. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey appointed Dulles to serve until the election. Wagner's term will expire in January, 1951. Ordinarily a race for such a short term would ex cite little public Interest. But the stature of the two candidates, plus their clear-cut dellnltion ol Issues, has projected the scrap into a preview of the 1950 campaign where the control of Congress will be at stake. There also will be inevitable comparisons with 1948, when Re publican Dewey carriea New xorK ' (Continued -ton Page Two) Rail Crossing At Gardiner At Issue Where to place a railroad crossing at Gardiner is being dis puted between the State Highway commission and the State Public Utility commission. The matter came up at the highway commis sion meeting in Portland Mon day, the Associated Press report ed! The PUC has granted the Gar diner Lumber company authority to cross the Coast highway with a railroad track. The commis sion protested. The matter seemed headed for the courts until it was pointed out that counsel for both agencies are assigned from the attorney gen eral's office. The commission thereupon decided to ask for a rehearing before the PUC. R. H. Baldock, state highway engineer, said there was an ex cellent alternative route for the railroad under an existing span on the highway. The commission opposes a grade crossing as too dangerous. Bid action Included: Award of contract to the Ump qua River Navigation company for furnishing 20,090 cubic yards of crushed gravel for the Koepke slough-Sawyers ferry road rock production project on the Ump qua highway. The navigation company submitted the low bid of $44,100. Barkley Gets Title As "Grandfather Of 1949" CHICAGO, Nov. 8. UP) Vice President Barkley, who In 10 days is to become a bridegroom at 71, was named "Grandfather of 1949" yesterday. ine awara was presented to Barkley who has seven grand children by the National Federa tion of Grandmothers and Grand fathers clubs. Barkley, who came to Chicago to address the American Petro leum institute, said he had visited Mrs. Carleton Hadley, his bride-to-be in a St. Louis hospital where she is confined with the flu. He : Id she was "feeling better but would be in the hospital for sev eral days. Second Burglary Hits Resident At Dillard The second burglary within i week was reported by Mervln Ratley, who said a Jar of pennies containing $8 was taken from the dres-r In his room In the home of W. A. Laurance, Dillard. The empty jar was taken to poilce headquarters to be fingerprinted. Ratley is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Swails, formerly of Dillard and Roseburg, now living In Lynwood, Calif. Ratley has beej living at Dil lard since his recent discharge from the army. 8. f. SURGEON DIES PORTLAND, Nov. 8 lP) Dr. John S. Rankin. 71, collapsed and died in his office here Yes terday. He was division sureeonidav included for the Southern Pacific rail- road. V Democratic Thrust At GOP Mayor Backfires ITHACA, N. Y Nov. 8 (PI When the Democrats publish ed an election advertisement they had no Intention of pleas ing Republican Mayor 'lert Ba ker, who Is seeking reelection. But Baker was so tickled he sent the Democrats $25. The newspaper ad was head ed "Baker's record as mayor." The space beneath was blank. "It was such a nice adver tisement for me, stressing my clean and spotless record," Ba ker explained last night. Man Slain In Triangle Affair; Killer Is Jailed MT. VERNON, Ore., Nov. 8. UP) Paul Pendleton, in his 50s, died immediately from five shot gun blasts in the kitchen of his cafe here last night. James Floyd Hall, 54, former resident of Mt. Vernon, was held in the Grant county jail at Can yon City charged with first degree murder in the slaying of Pendle ton, said E. P. Truesdell, Grant county district attorney, today. Truesdell related the shooting in the following manner:" "Hall had Just returned from Nevada last night. He went into the kitchen of Pendleton's cafe through the backdoor, carrying a single - barreled pump shotgun, and fired three shots into Pendle ton without warning or word. Pendleton fell on his back, and Hall walked over and put two more shots Into him. Coroner said the first three blasts killed Pen dleton. ... ,-t'He then walked Into tlfe dining" room ana saia, i Kinea tne of .' He was disarmed by the assistant cook." Hall told Truesdell in jail that he shot Pendleton because he (Pendleton) wrecked his family me. nans wue wornea in fendie ton's cafe. Pendleton was sepa rated from his wife. Kidncp-Murder Suspect Detained LOS ANGELES, Nov. S-UP) The sheriff's office today de tained a Los Angeles man for questioning in the 1946 kidnaping and slaying of six-year-old Roch clle Gluskoter. Lt. Vic England said the man is Nicholas Meyers, 40, and added that he will be booked later to day on suspicion of kidnaping and suspicion of murder. It would be the first such booking in the his tory of the case. England declined to announce anv other details in the case. The little girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Gluskoter, a baker, was taken from near her home Feb. 15, 1946. Almost two years later on Nov. 9, 1947, her skele ton was found in a ravine in ad joining Orange county. The child's parents identified the body from a signet ring and bits of clothing found nearby. The kidnaping touched off one of this area's biggest manhunts but no traces were ever uncov ered. Oregon Grangemaster Nomination Accepted GRANTS PASS. Nov. 8-P) Victor Boehl today' announced that he has accepted the nomi nation for State Grangemaster, the post now held by Morton Tompkins, because "the interests of Oregon agriculture can better be served by a- more conserva tive and salid attitude on the part of farm leaders." Boehl's announcement deplor ed "the tendency to seek more and more aid from federal gov ernment which leads to more fed eral control, higher taxes and, ul timately, a lower standard of liv ing." Active in grange circles for 15 years, Boehl has served the past four years as Pomona grange master, after serving the prior (our years as head of Redwoods subordinate grange. Last Longshoremen In Riot Case To Surrender PORTLAND, Nov. fi.-VP) The last of the 24 longshoremen accused ol violence in tne pine apple fight at The Dalles were ex pected to surrender to police here todav. Four appeared voluntarily at the police station yesterday, bring ing to 20 the number of long shoremen who had given them selves up. All 24 were Indicted by a Wasco county grand Jury aftr a riot when workers went through a longshore picket line to attempt to unload canned pineapple from a Hawaiian barge Sept. 28. Thoe who surrendered yestcr- Robert T. Baker. president of the Portland, Lonj shoremen's local. . ROSEBURG, OREGON TUESDAY, NOV. 8, 1949 Blood Flows During Vote In Philippines Nineteen Slain, Sixteen Injured As 3 Men Vie For Presidential Post Bv SPENCER DAVIS MANILA, Nov. 8. (ff) Fili pinos braved gunfire today to elect a president. By 6 p. m., when the polls clos ed, 19 had been killed and 16 in jured. Many more deaths were feared in outlying sections. Forty towns were under con stabulary control. Disorders were widespread. The national commission on elections was flooded with complaints. Bal lots were -stolen and the chair man of the Rizal province elec tion commission was kidnaped. At Ormoc. Levte. supporters of third party candidate Jose Ave lino reported their poll inspectors chased Into the hills and the sit uation out of hand. Cavite prov ince reported six towns terrorized by followers of President Quirino, who was leading in the few scat tered returns received here. Commies Herded In Hills Only in the Hukbalahap coun try, where fighting Is almost con stantly going on, was there quiet. Thousands of armed men patrol- (Continued on Page Two) Turkey Shoot Set By Rod-Gun Club'v 1 The Roseburg Rod and Gun club will hold a turkey shoot Sun day, Nov. 20, it was announced today by Fred Kuck, chairman of the trap shooting committee. ine tui-Key snoot is an annual event. Kuck warns scaltergun enthus iasts that next Sunday will be the last chance prior to the ble shoot to get warmed up for the big event on the 20th. Nine squads shot at the traps last Sunday, with Jack Culver turning in the only perfect score. Earl Duncan and Lyman Spencer each scored 24. In the 23 class were Henry Shlrtcliff, D. Ben nett, Walt Edmonds, Roy Med ley, George Voytclla, Charles Klingler. Other gunners with scores of 21 or more were Scott Goodman, Ivan Pickens, Jim Rice, H. M, Shlrtcliff, C. H. Smith. Shoots are being held weekly at the club's grounds at Winches ter. Two Auto Collisions Of Minor Character Two minor automobile colli sions, occurring Sunday, were re ported by Police Chief Calvin II. Baird. Wilma J. McFadden was cit ed for failure to yield the right-of-way and Ben E. Snow was cited for no operator's license in a col lision at Lane and Sheridan streets. Both persons are of Rose burg. In another collision, a car driv en by D. S. Wcatherly, Oakland, pulled out on north Jackson St., catching the bumper of a ear be ing driven by Mrs. S. L. Gro shong of Roseburg. No citations were issued. U. S. ATTACHE OUSTED LONDON, Nov. 8. P) Sam uel Meryn of the United Statps embassy, accused of spying In Prague, has been freed from prison and ordered out of the country, the official Czechoslo-night. Community Hospital Grant Of $156,000 Receives Nod Of Federal Health Department Final approval ef a SISe.OOO federal grant for the construction of the Douglas Community hospital has been given by the United States Health Department. Report from the department's Portland office was received In a telegram to Alvin C. Knausi, hospital manager, today. The grant had previously been approved by the Oregon State Health department, and this final action wot awaited, before con struction plans could proceed. Knauss said that the protect will probably go out for hid thli week. He said the calling of bids will be handled through the office nf Cleo Jenkins, architect, Corvallis. If a satisfactory bid can be ob tained, It is probable that tile actual construction may get un der way prior to the first of the year, said Knauss. The hospital grounds have been cleared at the authorization of TRADITION UPSET Man Wins Over Woman In Test Of No-Talking HOLLYWOOD. Nov. 8 UP) A man can keep quiet longer than a woman. This age-old biological fact was proven scientifically yesterday by a radio show (People Are Fun ny.) On Nov. 2 the show placed Mrs. Anna Sanlander, 48, Miami, Fla., housewife, and Seymour S. Klein, 35, Los Angeles salesman, In a store window to see who could do nothing the longest. They couldn't talk, read or lis ten to a radio. Their meals were brought in. After five days, three hours and 23 minutes, a guard claimed he saw Mrs. Santander talking to a stranger on the store's mez zanine. That wound up the con test. Klein won a $3,000 house trail er. Increase In Bus Rates Gets Council's Nod An increase In bus rates In the city of Roseburg from 10 cents to 124 cents per ride was author ized by the city council Monday night. The authorization was granted upon recommendation of tho po nce committee, wnicn repurieu the bus company had shown close tn S2.000 deficit for the first six months of the current year. The new rate will be effective immeai- atelv- . . . , , , A resolution was passea caning for a hearing Dec. & on the pro posed vacation of a portion of Claire street, upon recommenda tion of the Planning commmls sion. 'fhe vacation will, be in line with the supposed Intention of the city council in office in 1923, but the records of that date were not made clear. The action is heinff taken at the request of Harry Pargeter, who has offered to give land for a turn-around at the end or ine sireei. "Fumes" Protested Mrs. Ole Green submitted a let ter and appeared In person In pro test of "fumes" from a cleaning establishment at 551 Fowler street in the vicinity of her home. Robert Travera, owner, was pres ent and spoke In denfense of the business. The matter was re ferred to the police committee for investigation and report. Beer license renewals were au thorized for Monogram Cigar, Wally's Pastime, The Elks, Van's, Idle Hour, Hennlnger's Marts 1 and 2, The Club and Hotel Ump qua. Left Turns OKd A letter from the Oregon Slate Highway commission was read giving permission for the city to allow left hand turns off Stephens street following a stop, while the traffic light is still red. The coun cil recommended that, this be per mitted at the North Stephens en trance to East Second avenue. Request for improvement of the alley between E. Commercial avenue and First Avenue N. was referred to the city manager. Re- (Continued on Page Two) Deportation Begins For Mexicans In Northwest SEATTLE, Nov. 8 OP) Deportation of some 237 Mexican citizens from the northwest Im migration district will get under way tomorrow. . Most of them are agricultural workers who slipped across the Rio Grande and headed toward the Northwest for the harvest season. With the harvests over, most have turned themselves In to the Immigration service for a free trip home with full inten tion of repeating the whole pro cedure next year. District Im migration Director J. P. Boyd said. the hospital board of directorr, at no cost to the hospital associa tion. The work of clearing has been a "gift," said Knauss. The clearing has been completed ready for excavation for the structure. According to the manager, the local association has $315,000 to augment the federal appropria tion, making an estimated $470, 000 funds available. 163-49 Steel Strike Ended For 2 Other Firms Jones-Laughlin Copies Bethlehem Peace Pact; Republic Falls In Line PITTSBURGH, Nov. 8. (PI Republic Steel corporation and the CIO United Steelworkers todi.y signed a pension and in surance agreement which end ed a 39-day old strike of 45,000 union employes against the nation's third largest steel pro ducer. The agreement provides: Insurance Republic's present contributory Insurance plan Is continued but with increased benefits. Employes will continue to pay three and one half cents per hour and the company will oay two and one half cents per hour. Pension the plan is an exact replica of the Bethlehem agree ment. PITTSBURGH. Nov. 8. UP) The CIO United Steelworkers to day ended the strike against one major steel producer and quickly resumed negotiations with an other. The strike of nearly 25,000 Jones & Laughlln Steel, corpora tion workers ended when the firm and the union signed a pen- (Continued on Page Two) Ex-Nazi Rejected For Christ's Role In Passion Play ' OBERAMMERGAU, Germany, Nov, 8. (ff) The little village of OberammerEau turned down a former Nazi today for the role of Christ In next vear's oerformance of the world-famed passioiv-play. "- The judges, ' consisting of the village council, a committee of residents and the parish priest re jected Alois Lang, 56-year-old for mer Nazi sympathizer, for the part Instead they selected Anton Prelslnger, a 37-year-old inn keeper, to Dlav Christ. Lang, who played the role of Christ in the last performance of the passion play in 1934, went be fore a denazification court last year where he was classified in the least-dangerous class of Nazi. At his trial Lang said he joined the Nazi party to avoid persecu tion and financial ruin because a woman reported him for a minor violation of regulations In the sale of a cup of coffee. Lang was chosen by the com mittee to read the prologue to each eight-hour performance. The committee chose Anncmi Mayr, pretty 20-year-old daughter of a village building constructor, to play the role of the Virgin Mary. The play, which attracts thou sands of Christians, Is the result of an ancient pledge of the vil lagers after the black plague swept through the Alpine village In 1633, Adjustment Claims On Oregon Jobs Dismissed WASHINGTON, Nov.8 WP) The court of claims dismissed yesterday cases of two Oregon contractors who asked adjust ments to cover losses in work for the government. The court held that contracts did not fall within "hardship" provisions of the Lucas act of 1946 unless the work had World War II connections. The act provides adjustments where losses were incurred with out the fault of the contractor. The court dismissed four claims by David A. Richardson, Klamath Falls, holding they had no relation to the war effort. A claim by Ralph C. Barnes, Port land, Ore., was dismissed on the same ground. The claims were based on con struction work In Washington and Oregon. Oregon Unemployment Increased In October SALEM. Nov. 8 -JP) Oregon now has 45.100 men out of work, which Is the worst November to tal since prewar days. The total Is 64 percent more than a year ago, and State Un employment compensation offici als feared this winter's total might equal that of last winter, when 91.000 were out of work. Nine thousand men were added to the jobless rolls during Octo ber, and half of them were In the Willamette Valley area from Eugene to Oregon City. The unemployment commission blames the Increasing unemploy ment on slackening activity in lumber and logging, food har vesting and processing, and con struction. POLITE GUNMAN MEMPHIS. Nov. 8.-fD The gunman was courteous at he barked out of a liquor store with $250 loot yesterday "I sure hope you have thle in sured." he told a store employee. The loss was covered. m Cloverdale Park Files Consent; East Roseburg Also Asks For Entry The city council Monday nieht passed an ordinance setting a date for an election within the city for a vote upon annexing three outside areas, and accept ed petitions asking for the an nexation of a fourth area. The three sections upon which the people will vote at the spe clal election, set for Tuesdav. Dec. 13, are West Rosehurg, oieepy i-ioiiow-Miner s addition and Cloverdale park addition. A consent petition bearing the names or an ine nome owners in the Cloverdale addition has been filed. The fourth section, for wlich petitions bearing 101 names were submitted, is the east Rosebure area. This thickly populated area would take in the land imme diately east of the present city ' limits generally as far as the county barns on East Second Ave. So. The boundary extends up the Rifle Range road a short distance, and would ' include Todd's First and Second addi tions, Eastwood addition, second Brookside addition and both cemeteries east of town. The petitions were turned over to the city recorder for a check of names against the population of the area, to determine if there are sufficient signatures to call an election. City Valuation Would Soar In addition to the Cloverdale Park' addition, which has con- (Continued on Page Two) Spirited Bidding Marks Auction Of O. And C. Timber Sulrited blddlne hl?hllihteri th sale of six parcels of 0. and C timDer carrying an estimated vol ume of 15,235,000 board feet, which brought a total of $137, 087.25 at oral auction Monday at ine noseourg District office ot the Bureau of Land management. District forester James T. Slat tery announced that the bid aver ages on Douglas fir and Port Or ford - cedar were considerably above the advertised average, with many bids being submitted, i- Doufflas - fir average hid. wji $9.66 per thousand, compared with the advertised average nt $6.73. Port Orford cedar average bid was $16, compared with an advertised average of $14. The bid average for hemlock, incense cedar and western red cedar was $2.50 per thousand for each of the species, the same as the adver tised average. All timber sold was located In Douglas county. High bidders were Dillard Wood Specialties, inc.; naroia wooncy, two tracts; Rose'iurg Lumber company, two tracts, and Iverson Lumber com pany. Of the six parcels offered, three were awarded after non-competitive sales; but on the three con tested parcels, a total of 78 bids were made. On one tract the Douglas fir advertised bid for $6.30 per thousand was. bid to $14.50, after 32 individual bids. Another tract brougt a price of $16.75 per thousand compared to the advertised minimum of $11.75 after 13 bids. The third competl tlvely contested was sold after 33 bids had brought the Douglas fir from $3.60 per thousand up to $8.60. Copco Mishap Blacks Our Portion Of Its System Mechanical failure In a voltage regulator at the Copco West Roseburg substation caused lights in that area to go out just before 6 p.m. Monday, a Copco spokesman reported today. Difficulty in locating the trou ble caused lights to remain out up to three hours in some sec tions of that area, the spokesman added. Affected were homes along Garden Valley road, Melrose road, homes In West Roseburg and homes near the west city limits, the Copco man said. Yoncaila Marshal's Home Razed By Flames Fire, thought to be caused by the explosion of an oil heater, completely destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent McEl murry at Yoncaila early Saturday morning. N one was at home at the time. Mrs. McElmurry, with a four days' old baby, was recuperating at the home of her mother, Mrs. Orvllle Long. Mr. McElmurry who Is Yoncaila town marshal w is on duty. Nothing was saved from the home, lt was not reported if in surance was carried. LvHy Ft Ront tyUr. lleiMMteht Vishinsky (remember him as the guy who hurled insults and lies at the United States?) says that Russia and tht U. S. "ought" to be better friends. On Russians terms this would mean that the U. S. would rep resent the "ought." v