U. of 0, Library COM? Eugene, Ore, m. mm -7 "T-' V II '( a HELD BY CHINESE COMMUNISTS Marine Matter Sgt. Elmer Bender of Cincihnati, Ohio, (left) and Navy Chief Electrician William C .Smith of Long Beach, Calif,, have been held for more than a year by Chinese Communists. In Washington Secre tary of State Acheson said Americans are "thoroughly indignant" over the "inhumane" detention of the two men. (AP wirephotol In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS GENERAL Eisenhower, now re tired from the army and presi dent of Columbia University, tells a group of Scottish-Americans In New York that too much empha sis is being placed on personal security at the expense ot In dividual liberty. He endorsed Thomas Jeffer son's doctrine, that the BEST government is the one that governs LEAST. LET'S forget the purely political implications of General Eisen hower's growing disapproval of theory of the welfare state. Let's look at him merely as a wise and able person who doesn't go along with the present world wide trend toward socialism. , There is evidence, from a rather unexpected quarter, that the tides (Continued on Page Four) . Ex-Suitor Slays Newlywed Couple WHIPPANY, N. J., Dec. 5. UP) ' A jilted suitor was ar raigned on murder charges last night, accused of -shooting his former girl friend and her bride groom in a crowded tavern. He is Ralph Coolack, 35, of Mor ristown. Police said Coolack met the couple, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Poole, at Flynn's tavern here late Saturday night. " After talking with the Poole couple briefly, police said, Coolack pulled a pistol and began firing. His first shots felled the Pooles, both about 29. A second burst sent two bullets into the bartender, Homer Luhmait, 44, of Whippany, police said. Luhman was in criti cal condition today at Morristown Memorial hospital. The Pooles died at a hospital a few hours after the shooting. Coolack was arraigned last night on two counts of murder and an atrocious assault and bat tery charge. He was committed to Morris county jail pending grand jury action. The only other case of homicide ever recorded in Whippany in volved Coolack's brother, John, who was sentenced to prison 25 years ago on a manslaughter charge in a stabbing death. Sea Scouts Hurled Into Columbia River VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 5. UP) Three sea scouts tossed into the Columbia river yesterday were treated for exposure on ra dioed instructions within minutes after their rescue. The prescribed treatment came from a physician aboard a pleas ure craft 25 miles from the scene. Rescued were Kenneth Towle, Arthur Reinhardt and Charles Ruff, all 16 and of Vancouver, Wash. Their two small boats over turned while under tow behind the motor launch "Blue Water." "WASTE NOT. WANT NOT1 Serious Water Shortage Confronts New York City Following Long Drought NEW YORK, Dec. 5. 0B New York City's 8,000,000 people threatened by serious depletion of its reservoirs in suburban West chester county and upstate face years of a "waste not, want not" water policy. ' ' - The reservoirs are down to less than 40 per cent of capacity because of the lengthy lack of rain and outgrown facilities. Supplies continue to dwindle. Water Commissioner Stephen J. Carney says New Yorkers must save 200.000,000 gallons a day, cutting the normal con sumption of 1,200.000.000 gallons a day down to a billion. If they don't, he warns, pressure will be cut not later than Jan. 1. A reservoir drop to 25 percent of capacity would create an acute crisis, with insufficient pressuic. Carney says that unless con sumption is cut, torential rain or water rationing are the only things that could stave off a cut in pressure. The city will get additional water supplies in 1952 and in 1956 when more units of the Dela Catholic Bishops Again Defy Czech Control Laws PRAGUE, Dec. 5. (IB Czech oslovakia's Roman Catholic bishops have expressed new de fiance of the Communist govern ment's church control laws. Thev warned a religious fight may re sult if the government does not modify its stand. The bishops announced yester day they could not submit to laws which they asserted violate the laws of God and destroy re ligious freedom. In a 2,200-word letter to the government, dated Nov. 17 and made public yesterday, the bish ops asked the Communist regime to reconsider the new church control law of Nov. 1 and decrees issued under it "and to revise them so as to be in agreement with the constitution of the church." Declaring that Prime Minster Zapotocky had bluntly rejected all requests for church law re threats," the bishops said: . . .In this country of the Holy Martyrs. . .there are enough peo ple and priests who are willing, together with their bishops, to sacrifice everything for the right of God, the right of the church and for a true freedom in reli gious life." Czechoslovakia's population of 13,000,000 included 9,000,000 Cath olics. The church control Jaw, adopted by parliament Oct. 14 over strenuous Catholic objec tions, applies to all denomina tions. The new law gives the govern ment final power over appoint ment of priests, admlninstration of churches and religious education. Oregon Vote Slated On Bonus For War Veterans PORTLAND, Dec. 5 VP) The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars have laid plana for a $55,000,000 bonus for Oregon World War II Vet erans. The Veterans' groups will cir culate Initiative petitions, to place on the Nov. 1950 ballot a constitutional amendment pro viding ior the bonus. The bonus would be paid through state-issued bonds, which would be retired by a state tax on real property. It would go to Veterans who served during the period from Sept. 16, 1940 to June 30, 1946, on the basis of $10 for each month of stateside ser vice and $15 for each month of foreign service or sea duty. Aged Monmouth Resident Killed By Auto Blow MONMOUTH, Dec. 5. UP) Henry Sullivan, 83, Rt. 1, Mon mouth, was killed south of- here Saturday night when run down by an automobile as he walked across Highway 99-West. Police Chief E. H. Graber said the car was driven by Mrs. Wan da Pole Ward, Independence. No charges were filed against her. ware river project are complet ed. Until then, Carney said, the city will have to scrimp. Many other places across the nation are feeling the pinch of water shortages. One of the worth hit was the little community of Roosevelt, N. J., with a population of 850. The drought emergency ended there yesterday when the first water in a week flowed through taps. Jersey City, N. J., faced a cut in water pressure unless its' re servoir areas get a substantial (Continued on Page Two) , Tht Weather Mostly cloudy with shower today clearing Tuesday. Sunset today 4:31 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:31 a. m. Established 1873 Soft Coal Miners Trek Back To Their Jobs Men Happy At Assurance Of Yule Cash Small Kentucky Group Of Operators Censured For Meeting Demands PITTSBURGH, Dec. 5. UP) The nation's soft coal mines were back in business today after one of the briefest strikes in that in dustry's history. . The 480,000 United Mine Wqrk era already hard hit financially by three previous 1949 walkouts promptly began to fill the mines under a new three-day week schedule ordered by their union chief, John L. Lewis. The big 7 a. m. shifts reported in strength in western Psnnsyl vania's rich bituminous regions. There were no reports of a continuation of last week's over night strike. In the nine days before Christ mas, each miner can earn about $139.50. That's based on their ave rage dally wages of $15.50. That, with some back pay they have coming for work done be fore last week, means they'll en joy Christmas. Even if some dig gers are broke or short of money, company stores guarantee they can buy food and toys for Christ mas. Though the miners are happy over prospects of working, most of them are anxious to get back on a five-day week. It's almost certain Lewis won't order such a week until he has finally reached a contract with industry. And top operators show no indication of giving in. Top operators haven't budged since Lewis' contract ran out last (Continued on Page Two) Storm Batters S. Oregon Coast . BANDON, Dec. 5. UP) Tele phone and power crews were busy today restoring service lines battered yesterday, in a heavy rain and gusty wind storm along the southern Oregon coast. Power failures were frequent in the Coquille, Coos Bay, Myrtle Point and Bandon areas. Phone service in rural and urban sectors was interrupted yesterday and last night. Phone calls between Coos Bay and North Bend were halted tem porarily at the peak of the storm. At Coquille, 33 city phone lines were ripped off the polies. Rural areas in Myrtle Point and Co quille were expected to have phone service late today. At Coquille a gust picked up a wooden crate and slammed it through a florist shop window. W. J. B. Head,-Coquille division manager of Mountain States Pow er company, reported 16 poles were knocked down by the wind near Coquille. British Governor In Borneo Knifed In Attack SINGAPORE, Dec. 5. UP) A three-year fight to give story book Sarawak back to its white rajahs exploded over the weekend in an attempted assassination of the crown colony's British gover nor. He was reported today still "seriously Hi" from a knife wound in the abdomen. Two young Malays attacked Governor Duncan Stewart as he arrived Saturday at Sibu, interior city of the colony in north Borneo which "white rajah" V y n e r Brooke ceded to the British crown in 1946. Since the cession, Malay mem bers of the native population have petitioned and propagandized for a return of the British Brooke family who ruled them for a cen tury. The attack onStewart was the first violence growing out of the anti-cession movement. Paroled Convict Held As Larceny Suspect Willard Lloyd Fent, 21, .was lodged in the County jail Satur day as the result of a larceny investigation, according to State Police Sgt. Holly Holcomb. Sgt. Holcomb said Fent would be charged with larceny after he allegedly took a wallet contain ing $43 in currency from his roommate, C. W. Conner, Can yonville. According to state police re cords, Fent Is a former Oregon convict now on parole. Bed Fire From Cigaret Kills Russian Actress - HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 5-4JP) Mme. Maria Ouspenskaya, famed Russian character actress, died Saturday of burns she suffered when a cigaret set her bed jfire. The 73-year-old actress came to this country in 1923 as a member of the Moscow Art theater. Since 1939, she has appeared In many films and operated a theatrical school here. tk4tfv v y I Ttfcfe&aat MERLE PUGH, new member of the News - Review reporting staff, replaces Jerome Sheldon, former feature editor, who left recently for employment in Modesto, Cel. Pugh, graduate of the University of Oregon journalism school, worked on papers in Albany and Eugene before coming to Roseburg. (Staff photo) Prison Term Of Ex-Rep. May Begun ASHLAND, Ky., Dec. 5. UP) Andrew J. May, complaining of his heart and protesting his inno cence to the last moment, became a federal prisoner for wartime bribery and conspiracy today. The 74-year-old former chair man of the powerful house mili tary affairs committee sheceeded in slippingwithout fanfare in to the government correctional institution near here before day light with the help of his per sonal friend, John M. Moore of Lexington, U. S. marshal for east ern Kentucky. May and the Garsson brothers, Henry and Murray, ooerators of a wartime munitions combine, were convicted July 3, 1947, for using for profit May's consider able influence as committee chairman. The former congressman, him self, was accused of accepting more than $50,000 in bribes for getting war department favors ior me oarssons. Moore said that on their drive to the institution, May complain ed of his heart and reiterated his claim of Innocence. , His final appeal to escape serv ing the eight to 24-month sen tence imposed on htm after his conviction two years ago, had been based on a claim of poor health, and his age. Electrical Union Heads Face Communism Probe WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 UP) The House un-American Activi ties committee reopens an in vestigation of th United Elec trical Workers union (UE) today to ask two of its top officials whether they are Communists. The officials are Scretary Treasurer Julius, Emspak and trie director of the organization, Jesse Matles. Emspak and Matles have sign ed affidavits for the National La bor Relations board saying they aren't Reds. But the CIO rccntly kicked the union out on grounds it was too far to the left. And the com mittee itself listed Emspak and Matles a year ago as "Commu nist officers" of the union. U J:.r.z.:U till v ' i 0 t I 1 V. t , , t .,,,, W TURKEY SHOW SITE The Rolletta Roller rink, located on East Umpqua road), will be the site through Friday of this week. A for iudaina in dressed and live Future Farmers of America will ROSEBURG, OREGON MONDAY, DEC. Storm Deals Minor Blows In Local Area Trees And Power Poles Toppled, Interruption Of Electric Service Brief Minor damage was reported in the Roseburg area Sunday as the community was lashed by the edge of the storm along the coast al section. A few trees were blown over. A chimney was toppled. Some roof damage was reported. Power poles fell In the Sutherlln-Wllbur-Umpuqa district. Power failures shortly before noon Sunday were not due to the storm, but were occasioned by oil switch trouble on the main transmission lines of the P. G. & E. Co., in northern California, It was reported from Copco head quarters. As energy is exchanged between the two concerns, service interruptions occurred until the trouble area could be by-passed. Copco suffered loss of five power poles, principally on dis tribution lines serving Sutherlin, Wilbur and Umpqua customers. Service was restored quickly. Garage Chimney Toppled A garage was blown down on the Tom Winnlford place In low er Garden Valley. A chimney was toppled from the Helen Goins home In Riverside, carry ing away a strip of roofing. A tree was blown-down on the riv erbank near the Winchester bridge. Copco reported several trees across its telephone line between Roseburg and Coos Bay. The transmission line to Coos -Bay, however, was not damaged. The line -was not operating Sunday, having been disconnected while transformer capacity was beins 1 Increased : at the . Ramp, ;ubsta. jfyon- east of Roseburg. Tne weather Bureau reported Sunday's windstorm to have brought gusts up to a maximum of 29 miles per hour. Rainfall from 3 p. m. Sunday to 8 a. m. today was .78 of an inch. Wreck Injuries Kill Drain Youth Injuries suffered Friday night in an automobile accident near Drain, proved fatal to Cecil Glenn Bernatzkl, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond P. Bernatzki, Drain. The boy was injured in a head-on eolllson while riding In an automobile reported by state police to have been driven by Donald F. Hagqulst. Death oc curred Saturday night in a Eu gene hospital. Born at Hubbard, Ore., April 22, 1934, the boy had made his home in Drain for the past 11 years and was a student In Drain high school. Surviving are his parents; a brother, Danny Lee, and his grandmother, Mrs. L. L. Kunkle, all residents of Drain. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday in the Church of Christ, Drain, with interment following in WestlaWn cemetery, Eugene. Arrangements are In charge of Stearns mortuary, Oak land. ' Dr. George L. Nicholas Occupies New Location Dr. George L. Nicholas, veter inarian, today occupied his new residence and emergency animal hospital at 804 Garden Valley road, opposite Digby's store. He has not yet decided on disposition of his vacated residence and ani mal hospital at 444 Beacon street, where he has been located the last six years. NORTHWESTERN t u.K-.t PtC TO tO- TURKEY SHOW ADMISSION FRRB .-, ; x -: - . , ! - 2 of the free Northwestern Turkey Show, Inc., to be held Tuesday record number of the finest birds in the Northwest will be entered bird divisions. Youngsters representing the 4-H club and the also compete for special priies. S, 1949 URANIUM TO RUSSIA Charge Of Shipments Of A-Bomb Material From U.S. Under House Inquiry WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. (AP) Senior Investigator Louis J. Russell said today the House UnAmerican Activities committee has evidence of three shipments of atom bomb materials to Russia in 1943. He said he had no information that the late Harry L. Hopkins was connected with them in any way. . Kusseu was a witness oeiore the committee on whose staff he serves. He said that former air force officer G. Racey Jordan, who has said Hopkins was instrumental in shipping atom bomb ingredients to the Russians, will appear be fore the committee this altcrnoon. The information on three ship ments of A-bomb materials was not new. A former member of the committee, John McDowell, Pennsylvania republican, told the House, and reporters about it last year. - Commenting counsel Frank Tavenner said to Russell: "I would like to ask you whether In the course of the your Investigation any Information came to your attention . . . that the late Harry Hopkins was in volved In any way?" "To the best of my knowledge," Russell said, "his name was never brought up. But another name was brought up and I would rather bring his name up in executive session." McDowell had said two high administration officials were con nected with shipments. Shipped From Montana Earlier Jordan said in a radio interview that big loads of what a Russian colonel called uranium (Continued on Page Two) Fugitive Convict Killed Jn Battle - RULO, Neb., Dec. 5 UP) William Dunkin, as slippery a fugitive as ever cracked a police net, is dead. A Kansas trooper's guns felled him yesterday, 11 days after the Omaha man escaped from the Nebraska penitentiary in Lincoln. Luck ran out for Dunkin about 10 a. m. at the edge of this tiny southeast Nebraska corner town after a wild chase over dusty country roads in the adjoining Kansas area. Dunkln's car, probably the ten th he had stolen in his mad, des perate travels, overturned at the edge of town. Kansas State-Patrolman W. W. Smith, leading the pursuit, pulled up about 50 feet away an d order ed the 36-year-old convict to "put your hands up and come on out," Dunkin answered with gunfire and the battle was" on. Smith poured four shots from a riot gun into the overturned car while Dunkin answered -with five pistol shots of his own. Smith fired twice more with a rifle. Dunkin didn't answer ha was dead. Andrew Jackson Statue . Unveiled By Prankster INDEPENDENCE, Mo., Dec. b UP) President Truman's home town wants to know who unveiled prematurely its new statue of Andrew Jackson. The statue was presented to Independence by Mr. Truman. It was placed in front of the courthouse, concealed with mus lin, to await the official unveil ing. 1 But a prankster evidently got the jump on Independence offi cials. The muslin was set afire and burned off Friday night, scorching the statue's granite base. Sj 2nd Ave. So. IDixonville or North (Staff photo) 183-49 J nt" ll It I Uf GIFT OF SECRETS TOLD George Racey Jordan (above). former Army Air Force maior, disclosed on a radio interview that under instructions from the the late White House advisor, Harry Hopkins, he cleared for shipment to Russia in 1944 two cargoes Misted as uranium. He also charged that "Soviet agents carried suitcases full of secret state department documents to Russia. Chairman Brien McMa hon of the Joint Congressional Atomic Energy commission has ordered an investigation of the reports. (NEA : telephoto) : . ' ! Woman Is Found Severely Beaten State Police Sgt.: Holly ' Hol comb reported today offlceis were continuing investigation of the beating of a Glide woman, found early this morning along the North Umpqua road near the Red Barn. According to state Dolice. the woman was Identified as Blanche Brannon, 36, Glide, When found, she was lying near the highway in an unconscious condition. Mrs. Brannon was removed to Mercy hospital with a brain con cussion, fractured jaw, lacera tions about the head and face and various brusies. Sgt. Holcomb said officers were told by Clifford Brannon, brother-in-law of the woman, that her husband, Raleigh, had admitted administering a beating to his wife. Although Mrs. Brannon's j con dition is not believed to be criti cal, she was unconscious this morning when visited by state police. It is not known at this time If charges will be preferred against Raleigh Brannon. Henninger's Mart Is Visited By Burglar An undetermined amount of cash was stolen late Saturday night from the office of Hennin ger's Mart No. 2 on S. Stephens street, according to Police Chief Calvin H. Baird. Baird said entry was made from the roof, with the thief lowering himself Into the build ing by a clothes line. Baird said his office was called by the brother of a Roseburg woman who said . she witnessed the thief's entry. The woman, whose name was not released, said she failed to notify police because she was "afraid the man might come back and kill me." City and state police are con tinuing the investigation. Linfield Student Badly Injured In Crash Of Car SALEM, Dec. 5. OP) Four Linfield college students were in jured last night in a head-on col- llslon of two automobiles on Highway 99-W. near Monmouth One of the students, Mildred Wille, 18, Vancouver, Wash., suf fered a pelvic fracture, and was taken to a Salem hospital. The others in the car were released after treatment. They were Mary Lewis, 18, and Donald Blakeslee, 18, both of Vancouver, and Addis Gut man. Jr.. 19. of Seattle. The hospital reported Miss Wille may also have a cerebral Jury's Request Is Followed By Judge East No Emotion Displayed , By Slayer Of Tucker; Attorneys Are Praised Joseph Louis Kiel, adjudged guilty last week for the strangu lation murder of Stanley .James Tucker, remained impassive thil morning . as he heard Circuit Judge William G. East sentence him to spend the rest of his na tural life in the Oregon State penitentiary. In imposing the sentence, Judge East said,' "The jury, in Its wis dom, has seen fit to recommend life imprisonment' while return ing its veraict 01 guilty to murder in the first degree." He said the trial had been conducted in a fair and just manner and that he would follow the Jury's reconv mendation. ' - Kiel displayed no emotion dun lng the proceedings. While stand ing to receive the sentence, he replied with a curt "No" when asked if he had anything to say. Attorneys praised Judge East comolimented the jury and all others who partici pated in the week-long trial. He especially praised the conduct of Defense Attorney James McGinty of Myrtle Creek, appointed by the court to defend Kiel, and District Attorney Robert G. Davis and his assistant, James Richmond. Kiel was remanded into the cus tody of the sheriff to await trans portation to the penitentiary In Salem. Mrs. Ethel Crouse of Spring field, sister of the murder victim, was the only person to show vis ible emotion. She left the court room In tears after Judge East read the sentence and Kiel was led back to his cell. . ' Three Injured, Two Cited After 3-Car Collision A three-car accident Sunday 24 miles south of Roseburg sent three persons to the hospital for treatment of minor Injuries and resulted in citations to two ot the five persons involved, ac cording to State Police Sgt Holly; Holcomb. i r : i State police said r ear owned bv- Victor Clair Hllphe. Mni-th- Bend, was stalled along the high way as the result of a previous accident with flares markine the scene. A car driven by Raymond William Minter. Medford. alleg edly struck a car driven by Fraru cis G. Cochran of Myrtle Creek, knocking it into the stalled ve hicle. Genevieve Hober. a Dassenrar in Minter's car, was treated for lacerations of. the face and Min ter also received minor lacera tions. Hughes suffered broken ribs and facial lacerations.. According to Investigating of ficers, Minter was cited for reck less driving after falling to ob serve the warning flares as he hit the Cochrane vehicle at an estimated speed of 66 miles an hour. Hughes was cited for be ing drunk on a .public highway. Federal Law To Deal With Sex Crimes Planned WASHINGTON. Dec. 5 UP) Rep Chelf (D-Kv) wants the Fed eral Bureau of Investiadon to be given a -part In protection of chil dren from sex crimes. Horrified by what he . called "ever-increasing" crimes of this nature, Chelf announced yester day that he will try to make it a federal offense to molest a child sexually. He also proposed set ting penalties of from ten yean to death. ... . - . The Kentucklan. a member of the House Judiciary committee, said he believd such action would be as effective at curbing degenerates who prey on chil dren as the Lindbergh anti-kid-nap law has been in controlling kidnaping. Noting that it may be neces sary to amend the Constitution to place such crimes under FBI jurisdiction, Chelf said he would propose such an amendmnt If that is needed. Woman Freed From Tub Trap Credits Prayer COUNCIL BLUFFS. Ia.. Dec i UP)Mn. l Marie Turnquist was sure toaay tnat ner prayers naa been answered. Recapping the 60 hours she spent imprisoned In a tiny bath- tuD Jb incnes long, is mcnes deep and 19 inches wide, she explain ed: "I just kept praying to get ofct, I said 'Lord, why don't you an swer. You have always answered my prayers before.' " It wasn't long before neighbors became aroused when she didn't answer the telephone. They broke into the house and rescued her. Mrs. Turnquist said the was staying at the home of a friend, who was a midget. The home is widely known for Its miniature furnishings. Ltvlty Fact Rant By L. f. ItelesneM What eld 11m RpuWIhM netd It e new IIm, 1 concussion. i