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WHO DOES WHAT
HERMAN . ALTHAUS. West Cais sireet plumber, reaches for
n Optimo and relaxes at h!i desk. "I take it easier alf the
time," ha confided to Charley Wharton, who had dropped into
see about a bath fixture, ana to me. "I told Ted Althausi he
could do all the work I've done my share!"
Herman came to Roieburg in 1907 and knowt nearly everyone
here by hit Christian or un-Christian name. I suppose he likes
everyone he knowt; it's a cinch everyone likes Herman;
TEACHER BAN GIVEN K. O.
Acf Against Employment
In N. Y. Public Schools
Ruled Unconstitutional
ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 29. M The state today planned a swift
appeal of a New York supreme court decision declaring unconsti
tutional the Feinberg law, which bans communists from employ,
ment In public schools. . , -
Justice Harry E. Schrick of State Supreme court held that the
statute conflicted with provisions of both the U. S. and State
constitutions, - . .-
In the Day's Hews
BY FRANK JENKINS
AS these words are written, I've
responded at least 11 times to
this casual greeting: "Good morn
ing. How are you on the day
after Thanksgiving?"
Having had the good sense to
eat no more Thanksgiving than
I wanted ' and , needed, I'm all
right, thank you.
'
AT this moment, an odd thought
occurs:
THE UNITED STATES IS
ALMOST THE ONLY COUNTRY
ON EARTH WERE EATING
TOO MUCH IS A MATTER OF
CHOICE ON THE PART OF THE
INDIVIDUAL.
Elsewhere, average people eat
what they can get and are thank
ful if they can get enough to keep
them going.
RUSSIA is a communist country.
Communism it widely adver
tised, as something everybody
ought to have for the good of the
common people.
From all I can hear, the big
shots at the top of the Russian
communist system don't have to
worry about getting enough to
eat. One of the minor worries of
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Britain To Recognize
Chinese Red Regime
LONDON, Nov. 29- m The
foreign office made it plain
today that Britain will recognize
the Chinese Communist govern
ment, possibly in January.
The spokesman declines to say
just when the move is likely to
take place or whether the British
government has yet officially de
cided to recognize the Peiping
regime. .......
Federal Money Awaited To Launch Oregon's,
Washington's Greatest Reforestation Jobs
By CHARLES D. WATKINS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. UP
The greatest reforestation pro
gram in the history of Washing
ton and Oregon will be carried
out as fast as Congress makes the
necessary money available.
Ira J. Mason, chief of the divi
sion of timber management of
the Forest service, said today
Congress authorized the work in
approving the Anderson-Mansfield
act for re seeding some
4,000,000 acres of potential tim
berland in national forests of the
United States.
As drafted, the program calls
for the rep! nting or reseeding to
trees of 530,000 acres in Oregon
and 205,000 acres in Washington.
This would be carried out over
15 years under the authorized pro
gram, but all actual work must
await the voting of money by Con
gress. Mason said that for the most
' 'i
In an opinion yesterday, Schi
rick wrote that the law was a
"dragnet whichmas; e,.nm.e.s,u.
anyone who agitates for a change
of government." He said that it
provided punishment without ju
dicial trial and amounted to "a
denial of due process" of law.
Schirick signed an order, ask
ed in separate actions by the
Communist party of New York
and by .four New York City
teachers, restraining the state
board of regents from enforcing
provisions of the law.
The statute, enacted by the 19
49 legislature, directed the re
gents to compile a list of organ
izations they considered suber
sive and to ban from school em
ployment members -of such
groups. The Tegents, governing
body of the state's educational
system, previously had been re
strained by a temporary order.
Frowns on Witch Hunting
In holding the law unconstitu
tional, Schirick said:
"The court is not,- of course,
oblivious to the practices of in
ternational Communism, which
have met with such universal
and well merited contempt
among free men.-
"It is no answer to say that
this measure is needed to com
bat the menace of Communism.
Small service, indeed,to our De
mocracy, is afforded by emulat
ing the tactics of Communism
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Yearling Deer Prowls
On Rosebura, Street
Sergeant Lloyd tarjen of the
ftoteburs police tares and a
camera armed News - Review
- reporter went hunting for deer
. last night and of ail places, In
the streets of Roieburg.
But the nlmrods hold every,
thing was In order- and legal.
After a mad chase through
the lower end of town, in an at
tempt to get within firing
range, the reporter triggered
twice got the yearling each
time. v ; .
He retired to the darkroom
to await development. .
part the areas to be reforested
were denuded of trees by clear
cutting or dlastrous fires prior to
acquisition by the national forests.
Since denuded or burned over
forests in the Pacific Northwest
are replanted at the rate of 600
seedlings per acre, he figured
about one-half billion seedlings
will be needed to replant areas
there.
Nurseries Selected
The forest service nurseries at
Bend, in the Deschutes National
forest, and Wind river, in the
Gilford Pinchot National forest
in Washington, will produce the
needed seedlings. Mason said.
The Bend nursery produces
ponderosa pine and the Wind
fiver nursery produces Douglas
fir seedlings.
Mason said that to date 47,654
acres have been reforested in na
tional forests in Oregon Snd 62,.
950 acres in those in Washington.
TV We -';-!-MosHy
cloudy tedey wd
Wednesday, with occatioaai
rain tonight and Wednesday.
Sunset today 4:3f p. m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:24 . m.
Established 1873
Rosfburg To
Yinchester
Link Involved
Traffic Routing Over
Pine St. included; Funds
Needed Not Available
Tentative plans for the reloca
tion of the Pacific highway 99
between Winchester and Rose
burg, and for routing southbound
highway traffic over Pine street,
were presented to the City Plan
ning commission last night.
K. D. Lytle, division engineer
for the state highway depart
ment, said the Highway commls
ion has not passed on the pro
posed routing, although favor
able to it. No money has yet
been appropriated for the work.
Lytfe explained it has not been
decided whether to use the pre
sent highway bridge at Winches
ter and construct a new bridge
beside it, or to place a new
bridge at another location.
Between Winchester and Rose
burg, the relocated highway
would lie east of the present
route. The old and new highways
would coincide for a distance of
about 3,600 feet in the vicinity of
the highway department's truck
scale house, about two miles
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Unified Defense
Mapped in North
Atlantic Treaty
PARIS, Nov. 29-yP Chiefs
of Staffs of the Armies of 12
North Atlantic treaty nations met
here today and were-reported to
have reached agreement on, uni
fied defense against any future
foe.
The military experts, a reli
able source said, have now only
to put "the technical experts to
work" to coniplete North Atlan
tic defenses.
Most of this work, he said,
would be done here in the next
two days, before Atlantic pact
nations defense i ministers meet
Thursday to approve the plan.
Their meeting followed yester
day's conference of the big-three
chiefs of staff here. It aiso coin
cides with talks U. S. Defense
Secretary Louis Johnson is hav
ing in London with British gov
ernment and Military officials.
The Military chiefs main task
is to outline a main 3,000-mile
defense barrier from the Norwe
gian Arctic to the Aegean sea,
past which no attacker from the
east could march without a fight
with the combined forces pf all
12 member nations.
The Immediate known result of
these top-level talks will be to
empower President Trumen to
release nearly a biliion dollars
worth of arms aid funds recent
ly approved by the U, S. Con
gress. Game Law Violation
Charged To Congressman
MOBILE, Ala., Nov. 29 W-
An Alabama congressman who
has been hunting mountain lions
In Mexico came home yesterday
to face the bare facts.
Rep. Boykin (D-Ala.) was
arrested for possessing bear meat
out of season.
Warden A. E. Nail- found the
300-pound bear in Boykin' deep
freeze locker about two weeks
ago. It had been salted away in
readiness for one of the congress
man's ritzy Washington dinners.
Boykin posted $100 and his
trial was set for Dec. 9.
The bear was kiiied by A. L
Webb, Jr., of Mcintosh, Ala, who
turned it over to Boykin. The
animal was raiding his bee hives,
said Webb', who was charged
with killing a bear out of season.
The most critical areas in each
state will be treated first, he
added.
If the replanting were con
tinued at the relative low pre-war
rate. Mason said, it would take
more than 100 years to reforest
the most critical areas of the
country.
Timber Oefleit Growing
He said the drain on forest re
sources continues at an alarming
rate.
"Loggers cut 54 billion board
feet of saw timber each war on
private and public lands. Mason
told a reporter, "but the saw
timber growth ia only 35 biliion
board feet a year.
"Our population It increasing,
and this timber deficit will grow
steadily worse, unless vast areas
are reforested."
He said the national forests of
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ftOSUURG, OREGON
SOVIET STRIKES
World Communists Asked
To Help In Overthrow Of
Yugoslav Premier's Rule
MOSCOW, Nov. 29. CK The Cominform called upon all Com
munists in the world today to help Yugoslav peasants and workers
overthrow Premier Marshall Tito's regime, . . , ; ,
The Cominform (Communist International Information Bureau)
has held its first meeting, the official press and radio said, since
it expelled the Tito regime from Its membership in June, 1948.
The meeting was secret and ws held the latter part of this
month in Hungary. . -. ;
A resolution passed by the
Cominform said the "fight
against Tito's clique the hired
spies and murderers is the in
ternational duty of all Commu
nist and workers parties."
(Communist leaders in the past
have urged the overthrow of Ti
to's regime. The new blast touch
ed off speculation by Western
diplomatic observers on whether
the Cominform had secretly
drafted concrete plans for action
to oust the Yugoslav ruler.
(Foreign diplomatic quarters
in New York last week said they
had heard reports an anti-Tito
coup was planned for sometime
between Christmas and Easter.
According to the necessarily un
confirmed reports, the coup
would start with a staged revolt
in Belgrade with plot leaders
calling in immediate help from
Hungary and Romania.)
The duty of all Communists,
the Cominform resolution said,
"Is to give their utmost help to
the Yugoslav workers class and
working peasantry In their fight
for the return oi Jugoslavia into
the camp of Democracy and So
cialism." The resolution added that the
(Continued on Page Two)
Commies Closing
In On Chungking
CHUNGKING, Nov. 29 Oft
The Communists closed in on
Chungking tonight amid the noise
oi same.
Cannon and machine gun fire
was audible in this Yangtze riv
er city of 1,000,000. ,
Soldiers guarded the streets.
Traffic which jammed thorough
fares yesterday was absent to
day. Only a few trucks were seen
leaving the city. Some 600 other
waited to cross the river at setc
hang, halfway to Chengtu, 170
miles. Chenatu will be the next
and fourth capital of Nationalist
China in a year.
One report said there were
stili two divisions of Nationalist
troops to be withdrawn tonight
After- that is done, the report
said, the Communists would be
invited by telephone to move in
to the city.
A oeaceim turnover it expect
ed. .
Old Age Pension Boost
Predicted By Lawmaker
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 m
Rep. Wickersham (D-Okla). pre
dicted today that Congress next
year will provide an increased
Old Age pension.
In Oklahoma, the congressman
said, 100,737 persons received old
age pensions during September,
averaging $52.14. A total of S3,
252,498 was available from feder
al and state funds, he added.
With prices continuing high,
this amount is not sufficient to
pay rent, utility bills, food, medi
cine and clothing, Wickersham
told a reporter. . '
During the last few weeks be
fore Congress adjourned, 179
House members had signed a pe
tition to require the Ways and
Means committee to report legis
lation to the House to increase
Old Age pensions.
Wickersham predicted that the
required 218 names, or a major
ity of the House, wii! be obtained
early in January.
North Umpqtta Highway
Slide Being Cleared
A slide on the North Umpqua
road in the vicinity of Sua an
creek was being cleared today,
according to information receiv
ed here.
Report were vague, but it is
understood the siide, created by
heavy weekend rains, had com
pletely covered the road about
seven mlies beyond the Rock
creek bridge. It is believed the
road is open sufficiently for tra
vel today.
CAMS OERAILEQ
EUGENE,, Nov. 29 JP
Two freight cars, derailed on the
Southern Pacific main Jin
south of here yesterday, delayed
the south-bound Shasta Daylight
passenger train.
The two freight can were
number 18-19 in string of 83
cars of a northbound freight. The
railroad did not explain what
caused the derailment saying
they were tipped over. This oc
curred about 9:30 a.m.
TUESDAY, NOV, 29, 1949
AT TITO
SHOT IY RUSSIAN Staff Ser
geant John , i. Staff- i above!
of Ramsay, 'i)L -was fired" on
and kiiied by a Russian sentry
et.e Ruiii shack point near
Ba'rlin, aeeordinij ip ,.lnfR-
tian- received by -Mat. van.
Maxwell 0, ?yicr Sen. Taylor
filed a strongly . worded pro-
ttt:with tn Russians caarg
nej tha :. sentry with s nseleM
brutafity. ,fAP, wjraphofoj.
New Building To
Rise On Main St.
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' Excavation begaii today on a
$42,000, nine-suite office building
to be constructed on Main street,
between the News-Review build
ing and -Umpqua cleaners.
The two-story structure, to be
built "of masonry, will' house
three ground floor offices or
stores and has six upstairs office
suites.- Plans cail for the front
of the building to be of white
stucco and glass brick, with out
side night lighting to be furnish
ed by hidden light illuminating
tnree recesses on tne building
front. The building will measure
68 feet in depth and will have a
frontage of 41 1-2 feet. .
According to owners Dr. E.W,
Carter and Arthur Rietmann, ap
proximately 50 percent of the
building space has already been
leased. However, some office
space is still available.
Construction is beng handled
by Todd Building company ef
Roseburg. Architect is L. w. Ty
ler, aiso of Roseburg.
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AT KOIIT SHOW Mrs. Thai Wiiton of Myrtia Craait Jispiay earamies made 5n r hcnia
tludio at tt Hofhutq Wsmao's eiab's fwo-da hobby show, wnlcn opanad at (0 a. m. today
Is fha Mathedi'if ehureh pstioft, Th show wiii rsmem pn ihh avasin? and th hours Wdn.
if will b from 10 a. m. lo 4 p. m. Tha pubiis Js swttasi. No admission I eharf i t tihtt
artarmj. it tacan t aatray
188-49
Jury Chosen
To Try Kiel
For Murder
light Men, Four Women
Will Hear Evident;
Crime Scene Visited ; '
Four women and eight raetj
compose the jury chosen Mon
day to try Joseph Louis Kiel sf
Myrtle creek lor murder, l ite
jurors were selected after day
long questioning by both the state
ana the neiense. - -
This morning the' jury ' was
taken by chartered bus to the
Pruner bridge near Riddle, to
view the scene where the body
of Stanley James Tucker of
Springfield was found the morn
ing -of uet. aa.
Kiel is accused on two counts
In a recent grand jury indict
ment oi ssrangung rucKer, ana
of strangling him while engaged
in a robbery, Kiel is charged
with first decree murder, with
the state asking the death penal-'
Opening statements Jo the jury
fey District Attorney Robert G.
Davis and Defense Attorney
James McGinty of Murtie Creek
(Continued op Page Two,
N.Y. Council Ousts
Convicted Red
NEW YORK Nov. 29.-WPS
Benjamin J. Davis 3v one of the
eleven convicted . Communist
leaders, has been, ousted from
his seat In the New York City
council as unfit to hold office.
The 46-year-old Negro, the only
asrmtted ComsnuWst Homing a
major- public office : 1st tna 1 na
tion, was unseated yesterday by
nis leiiow counciimen.
The council ruled that Davis
Is unfit to sit because of his re
cent conviction in Federal court.
He and ten other top American
Reds were found guiity of con
spiracy to advocate violent over
throw of the government.
corporation counsel John F.
MeGrath told' the council State
Law provide that conviction of
felony automatically end the
term of an elected official.
Davis, who had only until Dee.
31 to serve In his $5(Q00-a-year
nost called the ouster "a noilce
state procedure and legislature
lynching." He told a news con
ference that he considers the
ouster iliegal, and that he wiii
consult a lawyer about a possi
ble court contest.
Davis and his ten convicted co-
defendants are free in sail while
appealing prison terms and fines :
imposed for conspiracy.
Ex-Oregon Leoisiater, '
i, J. Eeckmon, Posset
PORTLAND, Nov. 29 m
John J, Beckman, 63, a former
State Representative from Mult-
noroafl county, ffiea sere yester
day after a month's illness. An
attorney, he was elected as a
Democratic member of She Jow-
er House in 1932. --- t
He had long been active in
Democratic party affairs and was
Multnomah county Democratic
chairman from 1S34 io 1348. :
xpantas tor ipsnjsrsn tr mow,
tiui.tnu Man
At Airport Hear Dalles, 1mm
1 4 Nssengers, 3 Of Crew SmA
DALLAS, Tax,, Nov. 2$, I Af J As Amarieas Atdtnat plait
crashed into feyiidingt en ih border ef Lav ii!d aarSy 1edy
and ournsd, Twafy-lgh ol fh 4 fcefii wr kmad.
Fourteen parsons war itt heipiith tsi on was sdtstsg.
Tfera hr ift hsspHais. . ' ' ' t.
Th big DC-4 wet as t Masks Cify itom Haw York
ase! Washington. , " ' - f '
Sf struck hangar and plowed breadtide into a thamlcai pfajst
affar swooping evar tha, fiaSrf lit a attaaipr ia Jand, A crew ' ;
member, whs staggered dated and bleeding fit a naar&y feoes,
said one of the anginas was afire and ha h4 stopped th efhsr
three. -. "."''.: ' !- '''':
Three ef the crew members nd it passengers turvtftd.
Quicksilver Price
Decline Closes I
Bonanza Mine
Flooding of the market with:
foreign quicksilver 1 given as:
the reason for forcing ih closure ;
o the Bonanza mine, eight mile ;
east of Sutherlin, . Wednesday, ;
Nov. 30.
t According to Bert Avery, lore-:
man, the mine wiU be laying off :
about 20 men, now employed. Ai
drop in the market price to $72 i
far a flask of quicksilver, brought i
about by the increased impost,:
has made the closing necessary.:
The demand for quicksilver in :
the United States far exceeded :
the local supply, thus requiring j
asportations.
Bonanza mine ii one oi the old- j
est Douglas county industries :
which has been in almost con- j
tinuoua operation since 1887, The :
operations were oiosed duriiig I
the early IS38 depression years, !
but the mine reopened in 1S3S.:
Peak production was reached:
during the war, when ap to 150:
men were employed,, and from :
508 to 00 flasks of quicksilver
were, produced dally, Tne cur
rent production has dropped to
aooui ikj tiasks, Avery jsas seen
with the company as foreman
since 1936. - - '-.
Other quicksilver mines in the
United States include the Mt,
Diablo and New Idira, both in
California. Their dosing is also
likely very soon, ii was pointed
"Weak" Earthuok .
Felt in Sei Areo
SEATTLE, Nov, 29 m An
earthquake jolt awakened many
Bremerton ana Seattle residents
shortly after 5 s-m. today.
: The tremor, fait lor several
seconds, rattled dishes cut no
damage was reported. . -
The University of Washlngots
seismograph recorded the trem
or from 5:03 ,m. until 5:37 a.m.,
centered at a distance of about
3D miles sway.
i-roiessor ii, a. wooflspeea,
head of the university geotoev
department, classified it as
"weak,"
He said that the shock was a
suslden jolt instead af & sawing
motion.
Last April, the most severe
earthquake in recorded Badfic
Northwest history, caused sever
al deaths, . . -
Jeoioiit Yestft AdmlH
Ctfttiftg Sid Threat .
NEWPORT NEWS, Vs., Nov,
29 ij? Police say Jesse Wfiroer
Woriey has admitted slashing the
throat of his attraetivSe- a-reyl
old neighbor. Miiiie M. Summs,
in a fit of jealousy.
The 20-year-oid Worlev admit
ted the attack last night in
statement ie officers, police Chief
LeRoy Woody said. , -
Miss Summs , ahieh school sen
ior, is 'improving in hospital.
Her throat was silt from tar to
ear, her windpipe severed but
doctors say she wiii iiv barring
complication. ' '
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trraurt oy raw jn-mn
CM
tnnmtmmm .
tiuiiij uuiiUEft'jj
idenliSEalion of me mm w
difficult because the bodies were
badly stfraed. Survivor sot bad
ly injured scattered is hotels,
adding to the task of rescue
workers ia determining casual
ties. .
Lt. Col. A. F, S, Fane, Bri
tish king's messenger, was among
those presumed dead. The British
embassy said he was ea rossi
to Mexico City and Guatemala
on an official mission..
Two prominent Mexicans, Dr.
Luis de li Boss and lots de Is
Mora and his family, aiso were
aboard. Je la Rosa was president
of the Mexican National Cham
ber sf Broadcasting, De Is Mors
is director in the Msxkan Avi
ation company. Dr. de ia Boss
was among the survivors. -
Other prominent passenger in.
eluded Mrs. Ernest G, Wsdei,
Dallas, national chairman sf the
women's division of the United.
Jewish Appeal; David N, .Lewis,
employee oi tne war tJigims com
mission, recently of Albuquerque,
N, M and Major W. 3. SrotuL
assigned to the department rtt
national defense, Washington,
D. C.
Justice of the Peace Pierce Me
Bride said he had viewed 2S
iCoaUnued on Page Two!
Fire Rczes Grads
School At Msm.l
JSEH83LL, Ore, Nov. JS.UFl
Use Merrill elementary school -building,
38 years old, burned in
a spectacular fire this morning
but happily without loss of iiie
or injury. ,.-- . '
Atxmt 2su youngsters nao. on
day free oi school feat wsB get
basic fe their books tomorrow
Hans are being made to put soma
of ifeess ih the MsrrSS Sigh hufid-
ing and others ia tfe dty c
T3 blaze apparently . started
in a furnace room in the jscrih
end af the basement . ,
Hot air" ducts leading from
ihe faraaee room ; to various
classrooms is the two-story isrick
fiuauinx siiowea tne - iiames to
spread.
MiiOi equipment oi m icnoat
cafeteria and some books &r:tt
tables were removed, but jsrao.
tieally ail the desks sad ether
sctioGSroom equtptnent was lest.
a winters supply oi eoss se
ilvered yesterday added to the
blaze,- -
IroskaUv. the Merrill school.
oldest is ih county siSH in use.
was slated lor replacement is
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Kills Gombier's Wife
DALLAS, Tex., Nov. 23-45-
Mrs. Mildred Nobis, wife of
widely known Dallas gambler,
was Silled today when an auto-
raomse tne startes mess up.
Dallas soiice sam tnere appar
ently were explosives in the car.
i ne explosion occurred m a
Olff , s Balias residential district,
at 8;1S ,m. - -
Mm, Noble was the wife of
Herbert Noble, 43, who was
wounded in a runninz eua bs.it.te
with unidentified men Sept. S, On
two previous occasions Nobi
was wsssnded in gun fights.
Two Itfievtd Deod is
Atfteftteblle Plunge
VANCOUVER, B. C Nov. 23
Sffi An automobile, believed to
carry si least two persons, b'.utsk-
i off ihe Princeton highway ist
tne tioooea simiatameen river
late yesterday near Hediey, S.C
The resort was mane By pro-
vincial poiic who did not lient
lly ihe car's occupants nor Indi
cate whether ihe machine -had
been recovered.
The siuncs followed a irasic
weekend in which IS other per
sons lost their lives is British
Columbia as ihe result oi tb
weekend siorm.
Extradition Waived .
On ftsr$e Of Fernery
Waiving extradition proceed
ings, jame Wolfenbarger, 3U of
SuiherSn will be returned io Kan
sas io face a forgery charge.
He was arrested Saturday even
ing at his home east of Sutherlin
on a warrant Issued from Hugh
ion, Kansas, said Sherili 0. T.
drier. He signed ihe waiver of
extradition Mends? and will be
held here for Kansas authorities,
the sheriff added.
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Lawts, baoa kit kaattin? ay
krewt wouid ot Mteirify iteVe
re b iKiwWV,