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Defers MOf
Unions Neds
Mine Owners Reported
Standing Firm Against j
'Contract Concessions
Established 1873
ROSEBURG, OREGON WEDNESDAY, NOW 30, 1949
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LYLE BODENNER it service manager at Smith Motors, 233 North
Stephens street, Roseburg Oldsmobile dealer. He has had
this position for two years since coming to Roseburg. His former
home was in Long Beach, California. He and his' family live
three miles north of Roseburg in that rapidly growing residential
are this side of Club 99. Mrs. Bodenner teaches the First grade
in the Dillard schools. -
In the Day's News
I , By FRANK JENKINS
VHE National Grange, closing a
12-day session at Sacramen.j,
turns thumbs down on the Bran
nan plan to handle farm surpluses
by directly subsidizing them. The
resolution embodying the
Grange's disapproval says: "The
Brannan plan is an internal can
cer that would ultimately destroy
, our free enterprise system."
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THE resolution goes o
"The proposal has totally un
desirable political implications.
Clearly, under such a system, that
party which would PROMISE to
farmers the largest bonus out of
the treasury would garner many
votes not obtainable on the basis
of tin honest, sound platform,
"It would then become a race
to see which party would
PROMISE THE MOST."
LET'S .examine - this Brannan
plan to see what it is like. ,
It provides full parity supports,
through purchases and loans, as
now, for .'corn, cotton, wheat, rice,
peanuts and tobacco. That Is to
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Observation; Ordered ',
For Fraternity Killer
COLUMBUS. O., . Nov.- 30 UP)
James D. Heer of Euclid, in
dicted yesterday In the slaying
of a fraternity brother at Ohio
State university, will undergo
psychiatric observation and exa
mination. , .
Franklin county Prosecutor
Ralph J. Bartlett said the 20-year
old student will be sent to Lima
State hospital for the criminally
insane. The observation period
for persons charged with -capital
crimes usually is 30 to 60 days.
The Grand jury returned a first
degree murder indictment . against
Heer in the death Nov. 12 of
Jack T. McKeown, of Norwood,
managing editor of the Ohio
State Lantern, daily campus
newspaper.
AMERICANS "INDIGNANT"
Acheson Sends New Note
To Chinese Reds To Obtain
Release Of Two Servicemen
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.--Secretary of State Acheson said
today Americans are "thoroughly indignant" at the Chinese com
munists for their "Inhumane" detention of two American service
men for more than a year.
- Acheson announced that ,the state department has sent a new
"letter" to the Chinese authorities at Peiplng in an effort to obtain
.release of the two.
They are Naval Chief Electri
cian William C. Smith, Long
Beach, Calif., and Master Sgt
Elmer C. Bender, of the Ma
rines, Cincinnati, O.
The secretary said that they
have been held incommunicado
by the Communists since they
disappeared Oct. 19 last year
while on a training flight from
Tsingtao. China. The United
States had a temporary naval
base there then.
Acheson said also that new
report has just been received
from Consul General Angus Ward
at Mukden, who, with hist staff
of 12 other Americans, is try
Wife Must Pay To
Support Husband
CHICAGO, Nov. 30 VP- A
wife seeking a divorce was or
dered by Superior Judge Rusolph
Desort yesterday to pay $5 week
ly for temporary support of her
husband.
She is Mrs. LaVerne Wahler,
31, a bank teller. Her husband,
George P. Wahler, 40, an unem
ployed salesman, is a partially
disabled army veteran.
: Mrs. Wahler, in her suit, seeks
temporary support, the family
car, their apartment and attor
ney fees. v -
'". Wahler's- Attorneys countered
with the demand that she pay
him temporary alimony. They
told the court Mrs. Wahler earns
$225 to $250 a month and Wahl
er's only income is $27 month
ly he receives from the federal
government They said:- "The
statute provides that either
spouse may be paid support and
alimony, and this woman is cer
tainly better able to pay than
her husband.
Mrs. Wahler's attorney said he
would appeal the ruling to the
appelate court for a test of the
Illinois law which permits - men
as well as women, to collect alimony.
Senator Morse Predicts
GOP May Match CVA Plan
PORTLAND, Nov.. 30 UP)
Sen. Wayne Morse (R-Ore) told
an Oregon Press club forum yes
terday that Republicans may
have a 'legislative proposal to
match the Truman sponsored
Columbia Valley administration
bill. . , ;
The Republican senator said
his party must take a positive
approach to the questions involv
ed in the development of Co
lumbia river resources. He add
ed that the Republicans should
work for authorization and com
pletion of already proposed pro
jects for the river. Then, he said,
the Hoover recommendations for
resource development should be
examined along with the possibi
lity oi interstate agreements.
"The northwest will pay about
85 percent of the cost ot these
river developments," he said.
we snouia insist on retaining
some voice in their administra
tion." ing to leave the Manchurlan city.
Ward telephoned Consul General
O. Edmund Clubb at Peiplng yes
terday and discussed the matter
of paying off his local staff on
Dec. 3, Acheson said.
The secretary added that he
assumes the Communists now
will let the consular staff leave
for the port city of Tientsin,
where ocean transportation can
be arranged.
The Communists ordered Ward
and his aides out of China after
he and four of his staff were
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Vire Record
Repeats Story
Told Officers
Brother Of Accused Man
Testifies Admission Of
Slaying Made To Him
By means of a wl'r record
ing, the jury this morning
heard Joseph Louis Kiel tell
In his own words how he alleg
edly killed Stanley James Tuck
er by strangling him with a
belt. . -
Something new In trial
work in Oregon, the recording
was admitted in evidence over
the objection of Defense At
torney James McGinty of Myr
tle Creek.
Circuit Judge' William G.
Eitt ruled that the statement
was voluntarily given, after
he had listened to the record
ing yesterday afternoon after
the Jury had been dismissed.
Voices heard on the wire in
cluded those of District Attorney
Robert G. Davis, who reconstruct
ed the alleged crime through
his questions; State Police Lt.
Lyle H. Harrell, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Dudley C. Walton,
and the defendant.
"Now tell us Just exactly first
how you killed him?" the jurors
heard Davis ask.
"Well, I took my belt off and
choked him with it," the voice
of Kiel came over the machine.
During the playhig of the re
cording, the defendant sat at the
table before the judge, his head
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House North Of Town
Is Destroyed By Fire
A five-room home in the
Mountain View homes tract east
of Highway 99 in' the vicinity of
the highway department scales
was destroyed by firei which
broke out about 10:30 a. m. to
day. The home was owned by Mrs.
Inga Dusenbury.
The home, described as of
fairly recent construction and
furnishings were reported a total
loss. A second house nearby was
saved by the firemen.
The rural fire truck and one
city- truck were called to the
scene, but the fire had gained
such headway before it was dis
covered that the home could not
be saved, the firemen stated.
The fire was believed started
from an overheated oil stove,
said Fire Chief William Mills.
The home was Insured.
Lost Child, Found, Hints
Of Having Been Abducted
GREENVILLE, Calif., Nov. 30.
UP) A three-year-old girl,
missing tnrougn me nignt ana
then found seven miles from her
home, indicated today she had
been carried away.
Charles camp, father of the
child, said she told him "I know
who they are rthey live in Green
ville." He had asked her how she
got so far away. ..
Then she added "daddy, 111
never run away again."
More than 300 persons had
searched for the girl. The tem
perature in the mountain country
had dropped to 20 degrees.
But Camp said little Marian
Te, or "Bunny," as she is called,
seemed "perfectly all right," ex
cept for slight exposure. She was
taken to a hospital for examina
tion.
Searchers Trek To Piano
Wreck On Mt. St. Helens
PORTLAND, Nov. 30 (JP)
An air force ground search crew
worked up snow-clad mount St.
Helens north of here today to
ward wreckage of a C 54 trans
port.
The southwest Washington
mountain area, a graveyard for
military aircraft in past winters
has been the scene of five such
missions in recent years.
Capt H.E. Lanning. command
ing an air force search unit based
nere, said ne believed the wreck
age spotted yesterday was the
lour-engtnea transport plane that
vanished Nov. 22 with six men
aboard. He said spotters report
ed no sign of life at the scene.
Apportionment Testing
Plan Is Abandoned
PORTLAND. Nov. 30.
State Sen. Richard L. Neubereer
aroppea nis plan today to con
test the constitutionality of Ore
gon s legislative apportionment
before the State Supreme court.
The Portland Democrat said he
would leave the matter to public
vote, since tne akl, and uiu
have filed an initiative measure.
He had contended tnat failure
to reapportion the leg'slature vi
olated the state constitution. The
lower court decided aiainst him
two years ago. but lie had In
tended to appeal
Tax Statements
Likely To Be Sent
Out Next Week
Tax statements will probably
not be ready for mailing to
Douglas county residents until
early next week, it was an
nounced today from the tax col
lection department of the sher
iff's office.
Delays, necessitated largely by
the large increase in assessments
and the effort to get as many
new assessments on the rolls as
possible, have held up the prep
aration of statements. Between
18,000 and 20,000 statements have
been prepared.
Taxpayers will be granted an
extension of time, probably un
til Dec. 15, to make their pay
ments, it was announced.
Many inquiries have come into
the tax oflice asking when the
statements would be mailed out.
The tax . office was unable . to
give the definite date, but thought
they would be ready, earjy next
week. i
Husband Sought In
Slaying Of Wife
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.. Nov.
30 UP) State and city police
today sought the man who shot
and killed 'teen-aged Mrs. Le
more Angle last night.
The young wife, at 17 a bride
of 11 months, was shot on a
street near her apartment home.
Police detective Frank Breen
said her husband, Landgon An
gle Jr., 22, -an optical company
worker, . was missing.
A Navy veteran and discrlbed
as a sufferer from migraine, An
gle was absent from the couple's
recently rented apartment when
police got there. -
riis 1941 car, wnicn jacks com
fenders, also was missing, Breen
said. '' !.,:
Pretty Mrs. Angle, shot yi her
head and-heart," was found crum
pled on-a street on the northeast
side about 10:30 p. mj Neighbors
said they heard a man and wo
man quarreling and then two
shots- ,
Tha Angles, married last Jan
uary, recently became reconcil
ed after separating for two
months. ' '
Doctor Massages Woman's
Heart After It Stops
ROCKFORD. 111. Nov. 30 UP)
A physician preparing surgi
cal treatment ot a cnest aliment
to a woman patient yesterday
massaged her heart for five min
utes after it. stopped.
St. Anthony hospital officials
said that after five minuted of
hand massage by-the doctor the
patient's heart was restored to
almost normal beating. The. phy
sician did not remove the pa
tients s heart.
The patient was Mrs. Stella
Parker, 55, a Negro, whose con
dition was reported by hospital
attendants as serious, me physi
cian declined the use of his name.
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COLLISION FATAL
PORTLAND, Nov. 30 UP)
An automobile collision on the
lower Columbia river highway
was fatal' . yesterday to Frank
Bradbury, 45, Portland. His car
and one driven by Dorothy E.
Abrams, St Helens, collided
Monday. She and a passenger,
Lilliam Woolstenhulme, also SL
Helens, are in a hospital.
GUESTS OF THE GOVERNOR
tol building in Salem Friday. Here they are pictured, left to right, front row; Harold Horton,
Tommv Kimball. Don Harrison. Llovd McComb, and Tommy Paulson: back row, Willy Mehlhoff,
Jimmy Hall, Governor McKay,
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ewardSOl tne Trip TO aeiem TOT
Milk Control
Board Order
Stirs Protest
Umpqua Valley Assn. Of
. Producers Asks O. K. On
Own Slate Of Prices
A resolution protesting the or
der of the Oregon Milk Control
board of the state ot Oregon af
fecting the price of milk to be
paid by the various distributors of
tne Koseourg miiK sned to its pro
ducers has been adopted by the
Umpqua Valley Milk Producers
association.
The state board had ordered
the minimum price to be paid to
the producers cut fronv$1.18 per
pound of butterfat to $.90 per
pound, and the price of milk per
CWT increased from $1.40 per
CWT to $1.90, effective as of
Nov. 1. 1
The producers recommend the
following prices to be substituted
for those of the state board: Quota
Srice to be paid per pound for
tterfat $1.00. and Quota orlce
to be paid per CWT milk $2.00.
The prices would be paid on a
plant average test of 4 per cent.
The members of the producers
association authorized the board
of directors bv unanimous vote
of those present at a recent meet
ing to meet witn tne various dis
tributors in Douglas county and
to file a copy of the resolution
with each, with the aim to ob
tain the necessary understanding
ana agreements irom. tne dis
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Chungking Taken
By Chinese Reds
HONO KONG, Nov. 30. UP)J
Commiinist forces moved' ln";on
Chungking today and reliable
reports from Taipen, Formosa,
Generalissimo, Chiang Kai-shek's
headquarters, said the city, fell
at noon.
Chiang arrived In Chengtu,
new nationalist capital, shortly
before noon. He had been lead
ing the defense of Chungking
and trying to get. acting Presi
dent LI Tsung-Jen to return to
China from this British colony.
Nationalist navy headquarters
said planes and warships had
been ' pounding Red troop and
shipping concentrations south of
Shanghai for three days. The air
sea attack Is an effort to fore
stall an expected Invasion of the
Chusan islands, off Hangchow.
- These developments came as
growing dissatisfaction -with the
Reds was reported in north Chi
na where the Communists have
ruled for a-year.
Violinist Opens Concert
Season Here .Tonight
Opening of the Community
Concert season is scheduled . for
tonight at 8:13 p. m. In the Jun
ior high school auditorium. .
. RIcardo Odnoposoff, violinist,
will make his appearance . as
the first concert artist in a
series of four programs sched
uled for the current season.
Odnoposoff, a native of Bu
enos Aires, Argentina, has toured
South America and Europe, and
made his debut In New York in
1944. .-....
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Rosebura tcoets celled on Covernor Douglas McKay at the cap!
Secretary of State Earl T. Nawbry, end Don Ware. The boys were
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MERCY OF COURT ASKED
Cong. Thomas Withdraws
Plea Of Not Guilty To
Payroll Padding Charges
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -Rap. j. Parnall Thomas (D.-NJ.)
today withdrew his plaa of not guilty to charges of payroll pad
ding, and threw himself on tha mercy of the court.
' The 54-year-old legislator changed. his plea to one of nolo
contendere. That meant ha does not contest the government's
charges." . i , .
With this startling develop
ment, Judge Alexander M. Holtz
off dismissed a charge against
Miss Helen Campbell, former
secretary . to Thomas. She was
accused of conspirlnb with Thom
as to aetraud tne . government
through padding of the lawmak
er's office pay roll.
Holtzoff set December 9 for
sentencing of Thomas.
Thomas faces a possible max
imum sentence of 32 years in
jail and $40,000 in fines.
Pending the sentencing, Thom
as was allowed his continued
freedom under his present bond
of $1,000.
Holtzoff said that since Miss
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Cities Don't Get
Just Tax Shares,
Association Told ;
CLEVELAND, Nov. 30 UP)
Mayor De Lesseps S. Morrison
of New Orleans told the Ameri
can Municipal association today
"Federal and State taxes are so
high that they leave precious
little" for cities.
Morrison, AMA president, ad
vocated a "little Hoover com
mission'' to asslen fields nf lavn.
tion and responsibility among the
various levels of government.
( Ex-President . Herbert- 'Hover
ueaueu a commission mat maae
economy recommendations on a
federal level.)
Morrison -said there is "over
lapping, duplication" and "com
petition for revenues" among
city, county, state and. federal
governments.
He asserted the association, is
''seeking a better life for some
85 million Americans living In
Urban areas."
The association comprises 10,
150 municipalities in 42 states.
Many of their Mayors are here
for the session. ,
In Montgornery county, Ohio,
the Federal government takes 81
cents of each tax dollar while
the state got 11 cents, the county
six cents and the city of Dayton
only two cents, he explained.
Mayor William F. Devin, of
Seattle, another convention
speaker, declared that because
of rural domination of many
state legislatures, a "united pro
gram for all cities Is absolutely
imperative.'
Carl Permin To Direct
County Red Cross Drive
Carl Permin, local insurance
agent, has accepted his appoint
ment as fund-raising chairman
for the forthcoming Douglas
county Red Cross drive, announc
ed Executive-Secretary Douglas
R. Sims. .
Sims said organizational work
Is already underway, with the
drive slated to - begin , about
March 1. - ,
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CONG. J. PARNELL THOMAS
Awaits Federal Penalty
Italian Reds Called To '
Strike In Double Killing
ROME, Nov. 30 UP) Com.
munlst Labor union leaders to
day called on 5.000.000' Italian
workers to go out on a 24-hour
general 'strike tomorrow in an
gry protest against the slaying of
two peasants in a ciaslt with
police. i
interior minister Mario Soelba
two-fisted chief of Italy's rlnt -
trained polloe,-sald thi govern
ment "will not accept" a gen
eral strike. The Anti-Communist
free Labor confederation told its
1,000,000 members not to support
the walkout.
Communist Union leaders call
ed the demonstration to protest
against the police clash . with
peasant "squatters" ' trying to
take over farmland near Ban
yesterday. A government com
munique said tne pair were Kill
ed when police "involuntarily fir
ed a voney irom'a surj-macnine-gun"
at an angry mob.
Adolph Doerner, Wife In
Hospital Following Crash
SALEM, Nov. 30 (PI A
two-ear oollision was fatal yes
terday to Jesse O. Mills, Port
land, whe.diad In a hospital
two hours afttr tha highway
-E erash near rook. -
State pollea' said' Mr. and
Mrs. Adolph. Doarnar, Rosa
burg, Rt. 3, passtngers with
Mills, wars admitted to a hos
pital. Mrs. Ooranar suffered a
wrist fraotura and head outs.
Her husband had only minor
hurts. -' - 1
" Polios said tha driver of the
second vehiole was Glenna B.
Treupel, Woodburn. Occupants
In that ear were not hurt..
Code Set For Accords On
Access Timber Roads
PORTLAND. Nov. 30. UP)
The advisory committee on Ore
gon-California revested land, ad
ministration approved yesterday
a code for access road agreements
with private timber owners. '
The code will affect building
and use of roads where public
and private timber holdings In
termingle, ine committee also
okayed a plan to settle any dis
putes tnat may arise involving
the roads.
Prank Graham. Eugene and
Paul Dunn, dean of Oregon State
college school of forestry, ' were
named to a committee to study
more economical ways 'of' ap
praising stumpage values.
Husband Convicted On
Manslaughter Charge
BEND. Nov. 30. UP) Earl
Haacke, 36, faced a five-year term
In the state prison today on a
manslaughter conviction In the
death of his wife.
Mrs. Haacke. 34. died Oct. 3
after a head blow. Trial testimony
Indicated the husband had been
drinking and beat his wife in their
apartment here. He was sentenced
Monaay.
ENDS LIFE IN AUTO
BEND. Nov. 30. -JP) The
body of Pope McCarthy, 36, .was
found In his car yesterday. He
had died of a seU-lnfllcted bul
let. He was well known among
Oregon stale baseball league
players as a Berra clue
keeper.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30. UP)
John L. Lewis again today post
poned a meeting of his United
Mine Workers policy committee
until tomorrow morning too late
to avert a new nation-wide soft
coal strike due tonight.
But new hard coal wage talks
were scheduled in the meantime.
Ralph E. Taggart, chairman of
the anthracite operators' wage
agreement committee, announced
that he and Lewis have agreed to
reconvene the talks here Dec. 6.
They last met in Philadelphia on
July 7. '
In the soft coal dispute, the
200-man UMW policy committee
was scheduled to meet here at 1
fi. m. today. Lewis, whose moves
n the past few days have been
shrouded in secrecy, was In New
York for the eleventh hour
session. . '
Mine Owners Stand Firm
Mine owners were reported
standing solidly against any con
tract concessions. And there was
no indication of government In
tervention. .
Reports from Kev West, where
President Truman Is vacationing,
said presidential advisers appa
rently were clinging to tne nope
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New Electrical ,
Union To Ask Pay
Boost, Pensions
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30 UP)
The economic aims of the CIO'i
new Electrical Workers union
are on the record today a fourth
round wage boost ranging from
nine to 25 cents an hour, pensions
and social insurance.
Delegates to the founding con
vention of the International Un
ion of Electrical. Radio and Ma
chine workers (IUE) voted for
that program yesterday after be
ing told not to worry about court
injunctions and to proceed with
expansion oi tne union.
James B. Carey, secretary
treasurer of the CIO and acting
head ot the IUE, advised the del
egates to go ahead with their
plans lor Building up me union
despite any court actions brought
by the rival United Electrical
workers (UE). '
The UE has gone to the courts
in a number of Instances In an
effort to tie up the funds of var
ious locals and otherwise prevent
them from shifting to the new
organization.
The IUE was organized early
this month after the CIO had
ousted the UE on grounds it was
Communist dominated.
The wage resolution adopted
yesterday declared "We want ad
justments to bring the wage stat
us of workers in our Industry up
to that of steel, auto, aircraft"
The resolution listed the aver
age hourly wage In the electrical
industry as $1,448 compared with
$1,703 in autos, $1,652 in steel
and $1.54 in aircraft production.
The pension to be sought would
eluding social security, to work
pay $100 a month minimum, in
ers 65 years of age with 25 years
experience. Except for the social
security contributions by work
ers, the cost would be born by
management.
This pension plan closely re
sembles "that agreed upon by the
Bethlehem Steel corporation and
the United Steel Workers in
their strike-ending pact. .
City Drive-In Market j
Tapped By Burglar j
The City Drive-In market was
entered Sunday night and an es
timated $100 in cash and $40 in
pennies was taken from the safe,
according to a report to state
police.
Manager Henry Crowdis re
pored that 80 rolls of pennies
wqre missing from the safe, but
tne exact amount ot the other
cash taken had not been definite
ly determined.
Entry was made through a
rear window and a door, accord
ing to Crowdis. j
Murder Charge Facing
Boy Who Killed Cousin
EDINA. Mo.. Nov. 30 '-UP) A
second degree murder charge
was filed yesterday against a 17-year-old
boy, accused of suffo
cating nis cousin, me death oo
curred alter a drinking party in
volving teen-agers.
A coroner's Jury held James
Karnoff, 17, responsible for the
death of William S. Karnoff, also
17.
Charges against two men also
have been filed In the case. Pro
secutor Charles E. Murrell Jr.,
said they are accused of selling
and buvlng liquor for a minor.
Livlty FoctRoftt
It row develop that the ChU
net warship which fired this
week en an American merchant
ship was ana of those given
to tha Nationalist government
by tha United States. Just a
velly, velly nice (tab in the
back for velly, velly nice Uncle
Son.