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? U. of 0 Library COM? Kugene, Ore cm in a n n-2f mmm fejm d rail a 17! r I lX IL.m ' si'm VICE-PRESIDENT ALBEN BARKLEY (left) who wed Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley (right) in St. Louis Friday, is all smiles as he gives his bow tie that last minute twist in a pre-wedding picture. Mrs. Hadley is shown in a recent portrait made at the home of a friend in St. Louis. (AP Wirephoto). DRIVE TO CONTINUE Community Chest Steering Committee Extends Work; Goal Still Short Of Mark The Community Chest campaign will continue. That was the decision of the chest steering committee at a meeting Friday after noon, announced Harold Hlckerson, chairVnan. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS THE youthful Shah of Iran ar rives in America for a month's "good will" visit. A few hours after his arrival he is welcomed In Washington at a formal state dinner at which he is greeted by President Truman. In response to the greeting, he says: "Iran needs American friend ship and hopes for EVEN CLOSER CO-OPERATION AND INTENSIFIED HELP In the future." Just before going to the dinner, he had said. to the reporters: i,. .'Iran. -Is. interested in the fu ture creation of a Middle Eastern defense pact, like the North At lantic treaty, but the time is a little too early. OUR COUN TRY'S ECONOMY SHOULD BE STRENGTHENED FIRST." (Strengthened with an infusion of American cash, I take it.) PREMIER Nehru, of India, has been visiting us. He has been frankly and openly Interested in (Continued on Page Four) Speaker Sam Rayburn Sees Prosperity Ahead HOUSTON, Tex., Nov. 19 (B Speaker Sam Rayburn says it looks like the United States is "moving into the greatest pros perity any country or mankind ever has enjoyed." He spoke before some 3,500 per sons at a Demoeri ic party ral ly last night. He criticized the Republican party as talking in post war years much about a coming depression. And he said the United States wants to stay at home and tend to its own business, and wants "other people to let us do that." "We want no war with any body," said Rayburn. But he said that as long as there are dicta tors in the world he is for "keep ing a lot of powder in the United States." Roseburg School Board Meeting Is Scheduled The Roseburg school board will hold its monthly meeting at the city school superintendent's of fice tonight at 7:30. Up for discussion will be the re-location of Fullerton grade school, scheduled to be vacated if the senior high school expands in the future to occupy the pre sent Fullerton building. News-Review Subscribers On North Umpqua. Little River To Get Motor Route Delivery Subsi-Tibers along the North Umpqua and Little River roads will soon be receiving their papers in The News-Review's familiar red boxes, when motor delivery service Is established over this route Dec. 1. Fuller Johnson, circulation manager, announced that George Frew, who will handle the route, will contact subscribers starting Monday, to learn if they wish to receive The News-Review on the afternoon of publication. The new motor route will pro ceed east from Roseburg over E. Douzlas street and the. North LmDoua highway. The route w-l! ; extend along the North L'mpqua highway (including Glide ana Idlevld Park) to Rock Creek and the Douglas County Lumber com pany camp. The route will also extend up the Little River road to the Associated Plywood com pany camp, and will include the Reports have nbt been received from at least 260 business firms within the city, he said. The drive will go on until the goal is reached or until every known source of income has been contacted, the committee decided. While still some $10,000 short of the $25,500 goal, more money has been taken in during the first two weeks than was received in the entire campaign last year, so tne report is still encouraging, the committee felt. The effort was to eomnlete the drive as quickly as possible and et it over witn, but since so many usiness firms have not reported and since the goal is still short, (Continued on Page Two) Witnesses Secret In Bridges Trial SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19 UP) Government attorneys still were keeping secret today the name of a major witness they will present In the Harry Bridges perjury trial. Prosecution staff members have said his testimony wil "carry a real punch." They ex pected he would reach the stand Friday, but delays prevented that. They expect to get the sur prise witness on Monday. The greater part of yesterday was taken by Chief Defense At torney Vincent Hallinan, who bored ahead despite' government objections and admonitions by Judge Harris In laying before the jury a picture of a gigantic con spiracy which he said had been evolved to "force Bridges from the waterfront. The government's initial wit ness was still on the stand when the trial before Federal Judge George B. Harris recessed last night until Monday at 11 A.M. He was Lloyd H. Garner, who was the immigration and natur alization examiner at Bridges' naturalization hearing. Roseburg Post Office Bids Being Solicited Notice has been received by Postmaster Lester L. Wimberly that bids are being solicited by the Public Buildings administra tion for the authorized alterations in the service windows and box sections at the postoffice. Other minor repairs are also included. Information and specifications are available from the postmas ter and bids must be submitted by Nov. 30 to the Seattle office. The work Involved in this job is a part of proposed improve ments and alterations which have been under consideration some time. It is expected that additional loading facilities at the rear of the building and improv ed driveways will be ordered la ter. Buckhorn road, between Little River and Dixonville. Fourth Route of Kind The new motor route will be the fourth such delivery service to be established by The News Review for its suburban and ru ral subscribers. The other routes extend north to Sutherlin and Oakland, south to Myrtle Creek, Riddle, and Canyonville. and west to Melrose, Cleveland, and Looklngglass. Johnson said many people have asked what a newspaper "motor route" Is. He explained these are (Continued on Page Two) The Weather Fair today, tonight and Sun day, except for morning fog. Sunset today 4:46 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:12 a.m. Established 1873 Navy Declares Closed Case Of Crbmmelin Air Hero Makes Reply Branding Pentagon Heads Acting As Hitlerites WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -4!P) Admiral Forrest Sherman, chief of naval operations, said today mat tne case ol Uapt. John Crom melin is "closed." Officers said that means the reprimand administered to the fiery air officer stands, and he does not get the court martial he has demanded. . The case grew out of Crom melin's unauthorized disclosure of navy documents relating to the controversy over the Air Force's B-36 bomber. Sherman's office told reporters that in the original letter of rep rimand Capt. Crommelln was given an opportunity to reply and "ho ha. mario that .t-anltr ' That closes the case. It was said. ssues Reply In his reply, made public yes terday, Crommelln put the navy on the spot with new charges that Pentagon "zealots" with a "lust for power" have clamped Nazi-type .controls over the de fense department. The 48-year-old war hero In sisted yesterday that either the reprimand should be erased irom his otherwise sparkling record or he should be allowed to explain (Continued on Page Two) State Secretary Newbry To Speak At Monday Forum Secretary of State Earl T. New bry will address the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce noon for um luncheon Monday at the umpqua - rfintet. awnroine - t George Luoma, committee chair man. "Meeting the Demands of In creased State Business" is the subject on which Secretary New bry will speak. Newbry has the distinction of being the speaker to attract the largest audience at any noon for um. He appeared as guest speak er on tne series in April, IMS. A sidelight of the occasion was his initiation Into the Paul Bun- yahs, with the title "Keeper of the Fruit" bestowed upon the southern Oregon fruit orchard ist. Luoma said Monday's meeting will give local citizens a chance to "greet and hear a popular state official, speaking on a sub ject of vital interest." Special arrangements have been made with the hotel man agement to provide a turkey din ner, "complete with all the trim mings." Chamber Secretary Har oid Hlckerson said the luncheon will be offered at the usual price. The public is invited to attend. Films At 'Lowest Ebb' Say Catholic Bishops ' WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 UP) The chairman .of the Catholic Bishops Committee on Motion Pictures said yesterday that American and foreign films reached "the lowest ebb of mo ral offensiveness' this vear. Bishop William A. Scully of Al bany, N. Y., said that the Cath olic Legion of Decency, establish ed in the early 1930s, "hes found the product of the past year, both foreign and domectic, morally the most offensive in numbers and quality in the history of this organization." Of 467 feature-length pictures it reviewed in 1949, he said, the legion found almost 24 percent "morally objectionable in whole or in part. " Gift Thermometer GOAL $25,550 $20,000 J $15,000 II $10,000 'I I $5,000 Vo-. ROSEBURG, BUSENBARK ELECTED Named County Offidals Vice-President; Meeting Considers Reapportionment PORTLAND, Nov. 19 UP) Oregon's county officials like the idea of giving each county one state senator, and a number of state representatives based on the county's population. That plan, proposed by State Rep. Giles French of Moro, was endorsed by the Association or Oregon Counties at Its convention Bishop Manning Leading Figure Dies At Age 83 NEW YORK, Nov. 19 OP) Bishop William T. Manning, one of the leading figures of Prot estant Episcopal church in the United State died yesterday at the age of 83. He was Episcopal Bishop of New York for 26 years, retiring less than two years ago. He was a strict churchman throughout his life, and an un compromising enemy of divorce. He once preached a sermon cri ticizing King Edward- VIII- for abdicating the British throne to marry a divorcee, and barred Elliott Roosevelt, twice-divorced, vestryman of St. James Church at Hyde Park, N. Y. As bishop, he was the driving force behind continued construc tion here of the huge cathedral ol St. John the Divine, the wcrld s largest cathedral in Gothic style. His body will lie in state In the cathedral from 6 P.M. (EST) to morrow until Tuesday noon, when the burial office and a re quim will be offered. Burial will take place at a later time in the cathedral itself. Douglas Hits Second Class Mail Privilege WASHINGTON. Nov. 19 (JP) Senator Douglas (D-Ill) has sug gested that newspapers and mag azines getting second class mail privileges give up their "$400, 000,000 handout" to help cut down the government deficit. "If the newspapers which car ry editorials about the need for balancing the budget would come up to the altar and say we don't want any subsidies for ourselves, and we want to be Christians," Douglas told reporters yesterday, "it would have a more salutary effect than anything else."- In fairness to the newspapers, he added, he wanted to point out that magazines are the chief gainers from the second class mailing rights. Fish Clubber At Lake Outlet Draws $50 Fine Robert Clarence Simpson, 26, of Empire was arrested by state police Tuesday on a charge of taking game fish by prohibiTed methods from the Tahkenltch lake outlet. Arraigned in justice court at Reedsport, he was fined $50 and court costs, reported Jus tice of Peace Fred M. Wright. He was accused of cluhhlnc tho fish as they attempted to go up the outlet to the lake. amjA- - Awards Presented 4-H Members By Lions One hundred members of the Roseburg Lions club and 4-H club members met Thursday night at the Evergreen Grange hall for the annual Lions' food production contest award dinner. Awards were given 4-H'ers on a basis of work done In food pro duction projects, which include canning, garden, poultry raising, crops and livestock raising. Also taken into consideration were the 4-H member's record book and storv and 4-H club member's par ticipation in community and county fairs. County 4-H Club Leader Frank von Borstel Jr., program chair man, conducted the meeting. Walter Allen, el'o a member of the Lions boys and girls welfare committee, greeted the mem bers. Vbn Borstel gave a general picture of 4-H club work, and Il lustrated his remarks with dis plays and explained the clover leaf emblem. Barbara Snyder, Days Creek, sang "Dreaming." the national 4-H girls' song. The group sang OREGON SATURDAY, NOV. yesterday. It would follow the same pat tern used In the United States Congress. At present, both the State Senate and the State House of Representatives are appro- tioned on a population- basis. The county judges and com missioners elected Judge T. A. Power of Jefferson county as president. Judge D. N. Busen bark of Douglas county was elected vice-president, and Mar lon County Commissioner Roy J. Kice was reelected secretary- treasurer. The convention suggested that Charitable and Religious reganl- aztlons which operate business in competition with private enter prise be subject to taxation. That was one of the sources of new revenue proposed to aug ment the scarce county income. Another was through licensing outdoor theaters and night clubs. The state would have to pass a (Continued on Page Two) Farm Prices Are Down One Fifth States Brannan SACRAMENTO. Calif.. Nov. 19 UP) Prices received by far mers are already down one fif th Irom the postwar peak and they may decline another 10 percent in 1950, the secretary of agriculture said today. Secretary Charles F. Brannan In arguing for his production payment plan qf supporting farm returns- declared -It was - needed to maintain an expanding eco nomy on which prosperity for agriculture and industry depend. Bureau of Home Economics surveys show one third of the families with lowest incomes bought over a third more meat, poultry and fish than in 1942, Brannan said in an address pre pared for delivery at the annual convention of the national Grange. "The Increase for milk was almost one third and for citrus fruits about one half, the secre tary continued. "This Increased market can be maintained if re tail prices are not pushed too high and if consumer purchas ing power is maintained. "One tool we need is the pro duction payment method of sup porting farm returns." Brannan said the farm price support act of 1949 adopted by Congress after it rejected his unit of production plan was an Improvement over the act of 19 48. But he argued that it was not enough. Elk Hunter Killed By Bullet From Another ENTERPRISE, Ore., Nov. 19 4jP)An Elk hunter's bullet felled another hunter In the rug ged isolated Wallowa country Thursday, Oregon's sixth gun shot fatality of the fall hunting season. Reed Wade, 32, Lostlne, was the victim. He was shot in the abdomen and died seven hours later while in a rubber boat float ing down the Grande Ronde river in the attempt to get him to medical aid. Allan C. Gebhart, Medford, an other hunter In the area, was charged with manslaughter. The men were from separate hunting parties which went Into the mountain country between Minam and Troy via rubber boats. Gebhart said he fired one j shot without knowing of Wade s 1 presence. the national boys' "Plowing Song." Chicken dinner was served by ladies of the Evergreen Grange. All awards were provided by the Lions club. They were pre sented following the dinner to the winning boys and girls in their respective divisions as follows: Canning, 1st, Carol Ann Bur gin, Davs Creek; 2nd, Carla South, Green; 3rd, Jane Rust, Azalea; 4th, Ann Roth, Brock way; 5th, Joy Zeller, Brockway. Garden, 1st, Mary Rust, Aza lea; 2nd Dean McFall, Rose burg; 3rd, Valene Rawlln, Calla han Trail; 4th, Donald Ware, Roseburg: 5th, Joy Zeller, Brock way. Sheep raising, 1st, Merle San ders. Melrose; 2nd, Judv Pon, Garden Valley: 3rd, Ronald Clack, Myrte Creek; 4th, Gayle Craft, Melrose; 5th, . Margaret Price, Elkton. Rabbits, Ut, Herbert Young, Tenmlle; 2nd, Jean Ames, Cur tin; 3rd, Carla South, Gardlnpr; 4th, Loretta Olenon, Curtlni 5th, Stanley Tuell, Melrose. 19, 1949 Idaho Youth Admits Killing Glenda Joyce Arraignment On Murder Charge Held On Desert Away From Angry Mob TWIN FALLS. Idaho. Nov. 19 UP) Neil (Butterfingcrs) But- terficld, 16-year-old high school athlete, confessed last night to the thrill slaying of seven-year-old "Glenda Joyce Brtsbols. The youth, who was arrested as he fled west in a stripped down "hot rod," told officers he killed the child "just to see some one die." Sheriff Saul Clark of Cassia county said the vouth admitted orally that he clubbed the little blonde first grader from Burley, Idaho, with a tire Jack before throwing her body into a canal. But the sheriff said he denied that he raped the girl. Glenda, fully clothed, was found In the canal Thursday. She had three wounds on her head. She was last seen Wednesday evening when she entered an automobile driven by a man. Of ficers announced following an autopsy last night that the girl had been sexually assaulted. Under Guard Shortly after Butterfleld made his confession, he was taken un der heavy guard 27 miles east of Twin Falls just inside the Cas sia county line. There, in a field of sagebrush beside the highway (Continued on Page Two) Governor McKay Addresses Drain Chamber Meeting Speaking on the conservation of natural resources In Oregon, Governor Douglas McKay was the guest of the Drain Chamber of Commerce at a banquet at the Drain elementary school last night. He toll of the development of the state and mentioned briefly the proposed C.V.A., on which he has taken a negative stand. His address was non-political. The banquet was opened with an Invocation by tne Kev. o. n. Newland, pastor of the Methodist church at Elkton. The program also included two songs, "Little Gray Home in the West" and "The Lord Has Given Me a Song," sung by Mrs. Hugh Whip ple; piano solo, Chopin's "Waltz in E Minor," by Mrs. R. F. Ran dall; three songs by the Drain elementary school chorus, direct ed by Douglas McGregor, "Loch Lomond, "Beautiful Savior," and "Tea for Two." The governor was introduce'l by Jim Whipple, toastmastcr of the evening. Following the banquet, the Business and Professional Wom en's club of Drain held a recep tion for Mrs. McKay, while Gov ernor McKay attended a district meeting of the Masonic lodge. About 150 people were in at tendance, a majority of them res idents of Drain, Yoncalla, and Elkton. Guests included State Su preme Court Justice E. M. Page, Salem, and Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly of Roseburg. High Tariff Is Sought By Wool Growers Group, SAN RANCISCO, Nov. 19-P) Restoration of a tariff high enough "to encourage the expan sion of wool production In this country" was asked today by the California Wool Growers' associ ation. "We believe that no plan yet devised for supporting the price of wool to the American producer is so simple or so easily and cheaply administered as the im position of a tariff on wool and wool products," the association said in a resolution as It ended Its 89th annual convention. Swine raising, 1st, Glen Han son, Elgarosc; 2nd, Harold Tan ner, Glendale; 3rd, Donald Han, son, Elgarofe; 4lh, Joe Sand, El garose; 5th, Patricia Leslie, Drain. Poultry raising, 1st, Ann Roth, Brockway; 2nd, Gayle Craft, Mclroae; 3rd, Charlotte Sand, El garose; 4th, Lynn Jacob, Curtln 5th, Haze Young, Tenmlle. Beef raising, 1st, Carl Walln, Myrtle Creek; 2nd, Dennis John ston, Olalla; 3rd. Calvin Clack, Myrtle Creek; 4lh, Bobble Bui mer, Myrtle Creek; 5th, Richard Brown, Elgarose. Dairy club work, 1st, Glen Jones. Camas Valley; 2nd, Lau rie Clumpner, Glide; 3rd, Leron Sanders, Melrose; 4th. Edgar Holllger, Mvrtle Creek; 5th, Sal ly Brown. Elgarose. Corn raising, 1st, Wade Worth Inglon, Cnnyonville' 2nd, Art Mc Ghehey, Glengary. - Approximately 120 more 4-H club members received $1 awards for completing their food production projects for the 1949 club year Just ended. 173-49 v5f m 1 0 J SUSPECT Fred Strobla, (ought in the Linda Glucoft slaying, is brought to the Los Angeles dn trict attorney's office after hit capture in downtown park. IAP Wirephoto). Southern Pacific To Receive 3,100 New Freight Cars Southern Pacific will acqulie 3.100 new fiieght cars and give ,900 box oarg a general' overhaul ing as the latest steps In the rail road's "continuing program for expansion of Its freight. carrying facilities." This was announced In a news release received here Friday by J. E. Clark, local agent for the Southern Pacific. Consideration is being given by the railroad, he said, to con structing a substantial number of the new cars In the company's own shops, where the overhaul ing will be carried out. The new freight cars will con sist of 3,000 steel box cars, In cluding 1,000 automobile cars of which half will be fitted with the latest type autoloading racks; and 100 drop-end gondola cais 65 feet In length to accomodate extra long loads, it was stated. The reconditioning of 900 box cars, in the railroad's general overhauling program for 1950, will be carried out at an average rate of 90 cars a month. Southern Pacific has ordered 20,530 freight train ears of- var ious iypes In the postwar period and has taken delivery of them as fast as the builders could turn them out, It was explained. All but about 1.000 of the new freight cars on previous orders will have been delivered by end of this year, and of those remaining, (Continued on Page Two) 'Keep Off Sign Posted For Fighter Aaircraft NEW YORK, Nov. 19 (P) A "keep off" sign to fighter-type aircraft has been posted at La Guardla field and the New York International airport. The ii n, ordered yesterday1 by the port of New York authority, followed a series of Air Force plane accidents in the last two weeks that have claimed 35 deaths and left 20 others miss ing. The authority, which operates the two giant airfields, said the order closes the fields to all fighter planes "regardless of ownership and regardless of whether or not they are modified or converted." The announcement, which came after the Civil Aeronautics administration In Washington banned fighter-type craft from the Washington, D.C., national airport, said the order applied to such planes as the F-38. F-47. K-51, F-81, F8F and F9F, all fighters. EMPLOYES ASSOCIATION PORTLAND. Nov. 19 OP) The Oregon State Employes As soclatlon convention was leafing through nearly 50 proposed reso lutions today. A few. designed to Improve the security of state workers, were outlined by President L. R, White at the opening of the con venlinn vesterdav. While recommended a study of wages, to keep state salaries on a par with private business. He also proposed more liberal re tirement rules, Including pen sions for spouse of employes who die before retirement age. Another recommendation was to grant unemployment compen sation to State workers. Action i atten By Air Force In Crash Study 120 Victims In 12 Weeks Reported; Search Still On For Missing Bomber WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (m A part of the nation's B-29 ' bomber fleet was grounded to day while the air force launched an Investigation into' a series of crashes which have killed at least 120 men In the past 12 weeks. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, chief of staff, Issued the ground ing order last night. A lew nours Deiore, ine jaiesi crash had killed five of a nine man crew aboard a Superfortress which was taking off to help search for the 20 men aboard another B-29 missing off Ber muda since mid-week. Six accidents have occurred In the past 16 days, with a known death toll of 35 and with the 20 men aboard the lost B-29 still missing. 120 Persons Dli Available unofficial records show that since August 26, when 16 crewmen died after an engine caught fire in a takeoff from Hlckam field, Hawaii, 27 Super fortresses have gone down with a death toll of 120. While the air force declined to say at this time how many acci dents have occurred since the war or during the last year, it once estimated that during a given year it could expect about 60 B-29s to be wracked In crashes. This Included ground accidents or- crash landings which result ed in no casualties but made the airplane useless. ' vandenberg s order win nave this effect: Any Superfortress used by the strategic air command or the 19th bomb group in the far east unless all of its four engines have been "modernized" Is grounded until a detailed Inspec tion can be made by technical experts. The greater "part of all B-29s are used by either SAC or the 19th group. Two Parti to Order A second part of the order grounds all B-29s which have been subjected to "maximum operating stresses," but this part (Continued on Page Two) Fog Hides Answer Of Possible Plane Crash On Peak BRIDAL VEIL. Ore. Nov. 19 UP) Foe today hid the answer to whether a plane crashed last night on a peak across the river from here some 25 miles east of Portland. Ray O'Neil, Bridal Veil Lum ber company employe, said he and his brother saw a plane hit at about 9 p.m. They watched it burn for nearly 35 minutes, on a 2,000 foot mountain on the Wash ington side of the Columbia river, he said. Dense foe prevented any search last night or early today. but orveil set notcnea stakes pointing to the scene. He said it was about eight miles east of here. The CAA at Portland said no planes were reported missing. The search, It reported, was in the hands of the search and res cue unit at McChord Air Force base. Sheriff's Capt. O. E. Donald son directed planes irom tne sheriff's reserve to take off from Portland when the fog lifted. When that would be, the weather bureau said, was uncertain. Reckless Driving Charged After Hot Chase In Fog A motorist was charged with reckless driving Friday night, af ter allegedly leading a city police car on a bo-mlle-an-nour cnase through foeev downtown streets, Chief of Police Calvin H. Balrd reported. He named the motorist as Ce cil K. Ireland, 1605 N. Stephens street, who was released without bail until his arraignment In mu nicipal court at 10 a. m. next Wednesday. Chief Baird said that Ireland was proceeding through rather thick fog on N. Stephens street, when he allegedly observed the police car behind him. He step ped up his speed, Baird said, un til he was stopped on Winchester street. HEAT EXHAUSTION HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 19 UP)- Joan Crawford Is ill In bed to day; her physician says she Is suffering from heat exhaustion and a severe cold. The doctor added that the act. ress was stricken after 11 day on the desert working on a mo tion picture. Hz prescribed seven al days rest in bed. LtvHy Fort Rwrt By U T. )UI twtrtn Jingle bells, (ingle belli Would be our song today. If one could go e'er roads of. snow In a one-hone open sleigh; But must need forego a stood And cautiously must slog: Cn wheel or feet, he's forced . to creep, Through miles and miles of fog.