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Eugene, Ore,
Hi ,j I The Weather " l I
WHO DOES WHAT
HERBERT "LINDY" LINDNER, installer-repairman for Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph company, is busy laying an overhead
wire to a basement telephone extension in a Laurelwood home.
"Lindy," well known to baseball fans here the past .league
season as co-umpire with Al Flegel, has been with PT & T here
for the past year, having been transferred by the system from
Chicago. He has been with the organization for nine years.
Married and with four sons, he and his family live at 1130
Rainbow lane.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
HERE Is another o those Inter
esting and significant little
stories:
"Property taxes increased $11,
197,789 to a total o $90,377,244
i un.n i.q tt Is MTT
LIONS that are involved) In the
1949-50 fiscal year in Oregon's 36
counties. That was the report to
day from the Oregon Business &
Tax Research Organization.
"The compilation included as
sessments and fees in water and
irrigation districts and other mi
nor taxing divisions. The report
said schools accounted for 70 per
cent ot all property taxes.
..
THAT recalls another of those
"interesting and significant"
little contributions to the news of
the day. It appeared in the papers
a day or so ago. It read:
"Value ' of NON-TAXABLE
property in Oregon this year Is
$521,399,058, a reduction of $77,
101,017 from the $598,440,075 of
1948."
Note again that the story deals
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Broadcasting Convict
Given Sentence Respite
JACKSON, Miss., Dec. 1 W)
Mississippi's broadcasting con
vict is free under a six months
suspension of sentence.
Gov. Fielding Wright granted
a suspension of sentence yester-
xday to William Frank Moody,
who Federal communications of
ficials recently found was using
three shortwave transmitters at
the penitentiary to communicate
with relatives at Moss Point,
Miss.
In Mississippi a suspension of
sentence is a temporary parole.
If during the period of the sus
pension the prisoner makes a
good record he usually receives
a permanent suspension, equiva
lent to a regular parole.
Moody was originally sent to
the penitentiary at Parchman,
Miss., on a seven-year sentence
for robbery. Three subsequent
escapes added 43 years to the
sentence.
Ex-Rep. May Ordered To Jail
To Begin Conspiracy Penalty
WASHINGTON, D.c. I. (AP) Former Rep. Andrew J.
May (D-Ky) today was ordered to start serving on Saturday
an 8 to 24-month jail sentence for wartime bribery and con
spiracy. Federal Judge Henry A. Schweinhaut turned down May's
appeal for a reduction of the term.
May was not in the courtroom to hear the decision. The judge
directed that he -turn himself over to the marshal of the eastern
district of Kentucky Saturday. May was at his home in Prestons
burg. Henry A. Garsson and Murray Carsson, heads of a $75,
000,000 wartime munitions empire from which May was con
victed of accepting bribes, also were ordered to jail. In their
cases the order was effective immediately.
May and the Carsson brothers were convicted in July, 1947,
and received identical sentences in connection with $53,000
in bribes.
May was accused of using his influence as chairman of the
old House military affairs committee to get the brothers war
contracts. j
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Broader Job For
M'Arthur Urged
WASHINGTON, Dec. l.-P
Senator H. Alexander Smith
(R-N.J.) proposed today- that
General Douglas MacArthur be
placed in command of American
policy throughout the Far East.
Smith said he is convinced aft
er talking to MacArthur in Tokyo
that the general wnile he didn't
say so would be willing to ac
cept this broader responsibility.
MacArthur- believes, the sen
ator added,. that the United States
is neglecting events in Asia "that
may well be the decisive fac
tor as to whether there will be
a World War III."
Smith gave his views in re
leasing a report on his recent
trip to the Orient as a member
of the Senate foreign relations
committee.
He told a reporter that Mac
Arthur is the one man who could
give unity and direction to Amer
ican policies in the Far East. He
added: "There is a strong feel
ing over there that MacArthur
should be directing policy involv
ing not only Japan but also Chi
na. And I agree."
He said his trip showed him
that U. S. officials are not deal
ing with Far East problems as
a whole. There is a divided com
mand, he said, and "no one finger
Is on the pulse of all the prob
lems." High School Fraternity
Case Scheduled At Salem
SALEM, Dec. 1 UP) Salem's
High school fraternity case will
be heard in Circuit court here
late next week.
Circuit Jedge Victor Olliver of
Albany was assigned by Chief
Justice Hall S. Lusk 'yesterday
to hear the agruments.
Nineteen Salem high school
boys were suspended from school
two months ago for belonging lo
a secret fraternity. Eighteen of
them brought the suit to force
school officials let tnem go to
school and belong to their frater
nity.
Since the susDension order, the
boys have been allowed to attend
school pending a decision in the
case.
POLIO CASES UPPED
PORTLAND. Dec. 1 UP)
The state board of health report
ed yesterday that 13 new cases
of polio were reported the week
ending Nov. 20 mis was an in-
crease in the incidence of the
disease from the previous week.
The year's total- for- the state
is now at dud cases.
"' "
The Weather
Partly cloudy today, becom
ing cloudy tonight with occa
sional showers Friday.
Sunset today 4:39 p. m.
Sunrise) tomorrow 7:24 a. m.
Established 1873
Photographs
Admitted In
Trial Of Kiel
Judge East Reverses His
Original Ruling In Part
Over Defense Objection
A dispute between the prosecut
ing and defense attorneys as to
the admissibility of three photo-
grapns as state s exnioits nign
lighted this morning's action as
the Kiel murder trial went into
its fourth day.
Circuit Judge William G. East
partially reversed a previous rul
ing on admitting the pictures. He
had sustained Defense Attorney
James McGinty's objections that
tne pictures taKen 01 James Stan
ley Tucker, deceased, were so
gruesome as to "prejudice the
jury."
McGInty cited the findings of
an Oregon court in a previous
murder trial which had ruled out
pictures of such' nature. District
Attorney Robert G. Davis retali
ated by citing several more recent
cases wherein the court had re
laxed such a ruling.
However, Judge East said in
this case, the pictures would not
be admitted unless the testimony
of Dr. Howard L. Richardson, who
performed the autopsy, indicated
they were needed. He supple-
meniea mis ruling oy saying Dr.
Richardson, head of the Oreson
Crime Detection laboratory, could
use tne pictures as memoranda
only.
Following Dr. Richardson's tes
timony, Davis again asked that
the pictures be admitted as ex
hibitsagain over. McGinty's ob-
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Polio Victim Rescues
Boy Trapped In Sewer
RADBURN; N; J.. Dec. 1 UP)
Jack Reyle is a polio victim
with a paralyzed left arm. He
just got out of the hospital.
But that didn't stop him yester
day from rescuing a three-year-old
boy who slipped into a sewer
and nearly hung himself in the
narrow opening.
The youngster, Joseph Quack
enbush Jr., was trying to retrieve
a toy from the sewer. When he
slipped and was caught under
tne cnin ne quickly became un
conscious. Some children ran to the 24-year-old
Reyle's home nearby.
Just released from Jersey City
medical center that day. Reyle
sent the children for police and
then pulled the boy from the sew
er with his good arm.
The child's parents said he is
In good condition and suffered
only from shock.
"Huks" Join Rebels In
War On Manila Regime
MANILA, Dec. 1 UP) A
thousand Hunbalahaps under
Luis laroc were reported todav
marching to the aid of 600 poli
tical rebels battling government
forces 60 miles south of Manila.
The report has not been confirm
ed. But government forces took
precautions by protecting their
flank.
The Hukbalahaps. a Tacraloe
phrase roughly translated mean
ing armed guerrillas, demand
redistribution of land to the pea
sants. They have been opposing
the Philippines government since
tney stopped lighting tne japa
nese at the end of the war. The
croup, led by Leftist Taroc, once
a member of the Philippines
Congress, is composed largely 01
peasants.
Water Shortage Threat
Faces New York City
NEW YORK, Dec. 1 UP) If
a diner doesn't ask for water
with his meal, don't give him
any. .
That's the suggestion the New
York City Hotel and Restaurant
association passed along yester
day to its member establish
ments in a move to help con
serve the city's dwindling water
supply.
. At the same time, water com
missioner Stephen J. Carney
said that if home consumption
01 water isn t cut Dy one-tmrd,
or if a big rain doesn't come
soon, water pressure may have
to be reduced within a month.
He reported the city's reser
voirs now are down to 37 per
cent of capacity.
Italian Reds' Call For
Strike Proves Fizzle
ROME. Dec. 1 UP) Italy's
Communists suffered a humiliat
ing defeat today In thier attempt
to paralyze this nation in a 24
hour general strike.
Seven hours after the strike
started at 6 a.m. its effects were
scarcely felt It was much more
of a failure than a similar one
day general strike in France last
Friday, and the second flop in a
month for the Communist-led
General Confederation of labor.
Yesterday the Confederation
had appealed to all workers In
Italy to join the strike in protest
against the death of two farm
hands In a clash with police in
the south
ROSEBURG,
News-Review's New Auto
Delivery To N. Umpqua
Little River Areas Begun
A News-Review auto delivery
paper route was started today
to serve the North Umpqua
road to Glide, Little river and
Buckhorn road dlstrlots, - an
nounced Circulation Manager
Fuller Johnson.
George Frew Is operating the
route, which ' will eventually
serve an estimated 600 homes.
He Is contacting residents along
the ' route as fast as 1 possible.
Persons not previously contact-1
td may have their paper
changed from mall to carrier
service by notifying the News
Review office. -
The red and yellow boxes In
dicate customers being served,
said Johnson.
Faith In Court
Justice Pays Off
In Slaying Case
. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1 UP)
A former Detroit man's dislike
of blackmailers and faith in Am
erican court justice has paid off.
Wanted for a 1916 slaying in
Detroit. Thomas Karakatsianis
came here 33 years ago. He
changed his name, married, rais
ed a family, and started what
proved to be a successful busi
ness. Everything went well with him
until a stranger came and de
manded $1,500 to keep quiet
about the 33-year-old killing.
Karakatsianis decided he
would rather face trial than sub
mit to a blackmailer.
He turned himself over to local
police. They checked with De
troit. Karakatsianis was wanted
all right for shooting and killing
one Mike Hadjopoulos in a brawl
in eDruary of Mile.
But Detroit police reported ev
erybody connected with the case
detectives, witnesses and other
officials are all dead. Even the
scene of the crime has been re
built.
Consequently the officials de
clined to- bring Karakatsianis
DacK tor trial.
-In. telling the alory police itfn
spector 10m uahlll declined to
reveal Karakatsianis present
name. ,
Jutting Pipe Rakes Car,
Tosses Girl To Death
PORTLAND. Dec. 1 UP)
Heavy pipe jutting out over a
truck body raked an automobile
here last night, ripped . off the
car top and tossed lT-year-old
Dorothy McAndrew to her death.
sne was a passsenerer in a car
driven by Roy L. Simpson, 18,
who escaped serious injury. The
truck driver was Richard L.
Mansfield, White Salmon, Wash.
The truck was loaded with six
tons of pipe and building mater
ials. The accident occurred at
N. E. 82nd avenue and Sandy
boulevard. ,
WORKMEN ERECT A SIGN at
1! l
hospital driveway on Madrono street. Although the sign was
an after thought, wa arc glad wa decided to install it," tha
Sister Superior explained. "Our original intention was only to
light up not only tha parking area but tha street in front of
tha driveway as well, in tha interests of safety.. Considering
tha amount of traffict bears, tha streat Is vary dark at this
OREGON THURSDAY, DEC.
Congi Thomas
Should Resign,
Colleagues Say
Convicted Payroll Cheat
Can Either Quit Or Risk
Expulsion From House
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1-UP)
Fellow House members said to
day Rep. J. Parnell Thomas (R
NJ) ought to resign now that he
is coiner to be sentenced on
charges of cheating the govern
ment on his payroll.
And people on Capitol hill who
know Thomas well expect him
to do just that.
Thomas faces up to 32 years
in jail and a $40,000 fine. This is
the result of his backing down
completely and suddenly in his
fight against charges he operated
a salary kickback scheme with
three women he put on the con
gressional pay list.
He changed his plea yesterday
from "not guilty" to what the
lawyers call "nolo contendere."
That meant he wouldn't contest
the government's charges.
Federal Judge Alexander Holt
zoff ordered him to come back a
week from tomorrow for the
sentencing.
That wound up a swift, two
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Elk Hunter Lost
Six Days Found
FORKS, Wash., Dec. 1-4P!
A Seattle hunter who wandered
for six days In the boggy cedar
swamps of the Olympic penin
sula recuperated today in the
Port Angeles General hospital.
Leo T. Frelin, 26, was found
weak and delirious yesterday
after he had unconsciously fired
his rifle in answer to the search
party's sicnal.
Frelin said he thought he was
dreaming when he saw the res
cue- party's cougar - aogs - Douno
ing through the brush toward
him. '
The exhausted hunter his
shoes worn out and his non-water
repellent clothing almost ripped
from his body was found by
State Game Protector Boyd Mc
Cracken -and two professional
cougar hunters, Leroy Smith and
Charles Crawford, all of Forks.
He apparently had followed the
same indistinct trail along Mos
quito creek over which his com
panion Ernest W. Brooks ot
Renton made his way to civili
zation Tuesday.
Thev had become separated In
the peninsula's jungle-thick wilds
last Friday, two days after en
tering tne area in quest 01 em.
Both men were found on Hoh
Head, a rueeed hunk of land jut
ting out Into the Pacific ocean,
JO miles south or. here.
tha wide portals of tha Mercy
1, 1949
OBSTACLES IN
Trade Barriers Obstruct
Marshall Plan Operation.
Senator Cordon Points Out
. Guy. Cordon of, Roseburg, Oregon's senior U. S. senator,
sounded off here yesterday on what might be farmed the ''re
verse English" of this country's Marshall plan. -
Speaking his mind on a number of subjects, San. Cordon
told a reporter yesterday the success or failure facing Marshall
plan-aided nations will be "determined by the countries themselves."
.
Army Begins Job
Of Releasing Its
30,000 Draftees
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1 P
The Army starts releasing its
draftees today.
It announced yesterday that
30,000 men drafted or recruited
under the 1948 selective service
act will be given a choice of four
alternatives:
1. Take a release after 12
months' duty and enter the re
serve. 2. Complete 21 months of ac
tive service before entering the
reserve.
3. Stav in service for a total
of 33 months, after which they
need not join the reserve.
4. Accent a discharge "for the
convenience of the government,"
and then enlist for a lull term in
the regular army.
The program affects 24,000
draftees and another 6,000 men
who enlisted for 21 months under
the 1948 act.
First to be released will be
those who were drafted or vol
unteered in November, 1948. Men
called In Decemher, 1948 and
January, 1949 will be released
upon completion of 12 months'
service.
Some 400 ROTC graduate offi
cers called to active duty for, 21
months under the act will he le-
leased upon 12 months' active
service.
Russian Spy Ring Trial
Marked By One Suicide
SARAJEVO, Yugoslavia, Dec.
lW) Yugoslavia began lis
trial of an accused Russian spy
ring today with the announce
ment that one of. the suspects
had committed suicide to escape
prosecution.
Then "White Guardlsts" Rus
sians who fled to Yugoslavia
after the 1918 revolution but took
last war were lined up in the
dock In front of plstol-t 0 1 1 n g
militiamen.
The defendants are charged
with tunneling information to
Russia through the Soviet em
bassy In Belgrade,
fioint. Tha sign not only identifies our institution but will also
ioht ud tha streat."
Tha big sign is of Neon type and was r.cld Wednesday
by tha Roseburg Naon company. N. K. Parratt, part owner of
tha company, and Tom Dent ara pictured at tha erane. (By
Paul Jenkins),
182-49
EUROPE
Referrlnc to remarks made bv
I Paul Hoirman, M.A. head, ben.
Cordon said one difficulty which
has arisen since the Marshall
plan was put Into operation is
the great number of obstacles to
the free Interchange of Industrial
goods.
"There are more trade bar
riers between the various nations
now than before the Marshall
plan was Inaugurated," he de
clared. And along with this difficulty,
he continued, is the complicated
system of money exchange. The
senator said the various Euro
pean countries distrust the value
of money coming from other na
tions with which they trade. If
these countries are able to get
by the trade barriers and sell
to their neighbors, they must
then worry about the money ex
change, he said.
Asked what the U. S. can do
to alleviate the situation, the sen
ator said: "When we see those
countries Ironing out their mone
tary differences and dropping ex-
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Plane Ruins Found;
6 Occupants Dead
LONGVIEW. Wash.. Dec. 1.
UP) Whether to attempt to re
trieve the bodies of six airmen
from the snow-covered, blizzard
swept sides of Mt. St. Helens or
to leave them there until spring
was . to be decided., tpday by air
force officials.'
The shattered C-54 transport
was located by a search party yes
terday 7,000 feet up at Muddy gla
cier on the 9,671-foot high moun
tain .But the only two members
of the party actually to reach the
wreckage Robert Quoldbach of
Longview and Corp. Leroy La
Vigne of Virginia, Minn. said
they found no bodies inside the
plane.
Quoldbach estimated it would
be next June beflre a ground par
ty could safely search the
treacherous mountain sides for
the bodies.
The ground party was forced to
return to its base camps last
night by a driving snowstorm and
frigid 50-mlle-an-hour winds.
The C-54 crashed nine days ago
on a training flight from Mc
Chord air force base near Tacoma,
Wash., to Portland, Ore.
1
flrrfor kciipd
After Diggers
Launch Strike
Operators Report Mines
Ready For Working But
Men Not Coming Back
PITTSBURGH, Dec. l.-tP)
John L. Lewis' back to work
orders for . his striking United
Mine Workers today drew quick
cheers from his hard ptessed
diggers.
Lewis' order, backed up" by his
200-man policy committee, rein
stated the three-day work week
in hard and soft coal mines across
the country starting Monday, Dec.
5.
Lewis' order came less than
11 hours after the diggers quit
the pits. Actually they lose only
two work days today and Fri
day since Saturday is a option
al work day at time and one
half rates. The miners are idle
Sunday. , , .
looay s shutdown was com
plete. Reports from coal-producing
states indicated only scat
tered non-union strip (surface)
mines and 16,000 progressive
mine workers in Illinois were
at work.
Only maintenance crews re
ported for work this morning.
An Illinois mines reporting
said operations had halted com
pletely. West Virginia's 180,000 miners
also stayed home, 1
in Pennsylvania, where 100,000
bituminous diggers are employed
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Funds Listed For
Forest Highway
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1-fPl
Sums apportioned to states from
the $20,000,000 in federal aid
funds available for Improvement
of highway's in national forests
were announced today.
The funds, for use In fiscal
1951, which begins next July
are to be distributed to 40 states?
Alaska and Puerto Rico by the
commerce department's bureau
of public roa&i.
Shares ranged from a mere
$82 for North Dakota which, of
ficlals said could be used for road
signs, etc., or held until more ac
cumulates to $2,856,198 for Cali
fornia. " -
The $20,000,000 fund for fiscal
1951 is the same as that made
available for the current fiscal
year, now near its midpoint.
The approved forest highway
system comprises some 23,250
miles. Last fiscal year. $8,101,568
was spent in completing Improve
ments on m miles.
At the start of this fiscal year.
521 miles were under construc
tion, estimated to cost $23,942,000.
and an additional 861 miles were
proerammed at an . estimated
cost of $33,266,566.
Allotments for fiscal 1951 in
clude: Oregon $2,753,489; Wash-
ington $1,391,825; Alaska $l,awv
000. . .
Spurious Check. Charge
Jails Reedsport . Mar. ,
Melvin Francis Burrows, ' 37,
Reedsport is booked at the coun
ty jail on a charge of obtaining
money by false pretenses, report
ed Sheriff P. T. "Bud" Carter.
Burrows was arraigned in the
court of Justice of Peace Fred
M. Wright at Reedsport. He waiv
ed a preliminary hearing and
was bound over to the grand jury
with his ball set at $500. He was
arrested - on a complaint signed
by C. R. Simpson of Simpson
Shoes,' Reedsport, for the alleged
passing of a ficticious check, ac
cording to Carter.-
Officers Return From
Denver With Prisoner
Chief of Police Calvin Baird
and Deputy Ira Byrd of the sher
iff's office returned Wednesday
afternoon from Denver, Colo.,
bringing with them Lee Forsy
the, wanted they reported, by
city police on a cnarge 01 obtain
ing money by false pretenses.
The charge involves a check il
legedly cashed in Roseburg.
Thev were gone six days, and
reported averaging around 500
miles driving dally. Calvin Baird
Jr., son of the chiei, accompani- .
ed them on the trip.
Wife's Wrong Slant On
Choirs Results In Divorce
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1-UP)
"1 thought all good people went
to church. My wife believed al
church people are crooks and
mat tne only good people went
to saloons." -
That testimony won Guy De
Franco, 71, a divorce yesterday
from Nina De Franco, 70, after
22 years of matrimony.
"She thought there were too
many women in church choirs,"
De Franco told the court.
Lvhy Fact Rent
By L. F. !UMMtiti
'Tis wall that delinquency
minded Juveniles be curbed row
last they eventually reach Con
gress and furnish tha nation
with such examples In crime at
Congressman Parnell of New
Jersey aid Ex-Congressman
May of Kentucky.