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f U. of 0, Library COMP Eugene, Ore. . mmm ma mm i? mm WHO DOB WHAT iinw. MRS. CRACE BUSH cuts a birthday cake presented to her dur- ing rett period last Saturday by her fellow employes at the New Service laundry on West Lane street. Pictured with her is Mrs. Mabel Walbrecht. Mrs. Bush has been engaged in laundry work for 31 years ' and in point of service is the oldest employee of the laundry, having been there since 1932. The previous year the business had been purchased by J.' A. Hart, present owner. CHEST DRIVE CONTINUES Goal To Be Reached Even If Necessary To Extend Time. Art Lamka States Art Lamka, Roseburg Community Chest secretary, yesterday noted a "favorable reaction" among local businessmen to the con tinuation of the city fund drive. He said the city was still inching its way toward the $25,500 quota set when the drive opened early in November. An additional $1,000 in donations over the last ten days raises the present total to $21,000 still approximately $5,000 short of the goal. T ..M It la tha nlan nt iha In fhe Day's News v By FRANH JENKINS ' - V fTRAWS In the world winds: J Czechoslovakia (Moscow com munist ruled) is "purging" Titoists. ' . , Bulgaria (Moscow communist ruled) is purging Titoists. Yugoslavia (TITO COMMU NIST ruled) is purging Stalinists. WE'RE happy, of course, to see these various breeds of com munists purging each other. But what will happen if and when their tempers become so inflamed by the purges that they START SHOOTING? . OPTIMISTIC (but improbable) thought: Wouldn't It be WONDERFUL If they kept It up till they purged each other completely out of the picture? REPRESENTATIVE J. Parnell Thomas, Republican, goes to Jail for stealing money out of the government till. Confused (Continued on Page Four) FIRE HITS GUN CLUB PORTLAND, Dec. 13 UP) Fire fighters were kept hopping as flames destroyed an office, h repair shop and ammunltioi ' I warehouse at the Portland Gun club east of here yesterday. I About 50 cases of shotgun shells Vere in the flames, the shells popping like firecrackers. BENEFIT HIKES COMING Two Million WarVets. Widows Will Get Fatter Checks After January 1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. WV-Some 2,000,000 war veterans and their dependents are due shortly for that Congress-voted raise in the amount of benefit money they receive from the government The Veterans administration announced yesterday that checks to be issued late this month for delivery after Jan. 1 will show increases voted by the 81st Congress. These cover service connected disability and death compensations. Veterans with service connect ed disabilities ranging from 10 to 100 percent in degree will receive 8.7 percent more money than they have in the past The old rates range from $13.80 to $138.00 a month for war serv ice and $11.04 to $110.40 for peace time service, depending on the dogree of disability. The new scale raises these rates to $15 minimum and $150 maximum for war service disa bilities; $13 minimum and $120 maximum for peacetime serv ice. About 58.000 widows receiving compensation because of the service connected death of a vet eran, and who have one or more children, also will get Increases, Chest agencies to continue the drive until tne quota is met, even if it means going into February or March." . He said It the quota is met, the six participating agencies will not be forced to conduct separate Hrl.raa in rafcA mnnpv with which to operate during the coming year. By successiui completion oi the ririvp we will have a true 'one-package' campaign," Lamka said, pointing out that this type ui campaign woa i.ic unc en dorsed by 90 percent of the Rose hnffr huatnpcampn in rpfinnnsp to a Chamber of 'Commerce ques tionnaire. Clvlo Clubs' Aid Cited by the five local men's service clubs ana two women s organiza tions which have aided in con ducting the drive. He said these (Continued on Page Two) Taxes Erasing Small Business, Expert Declares WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 UP) A tax expert declared today that high estate and Inheritance taxes are slowly wiping out the nation's small businesses. Federal and state tax proper ties, he said, are forcing estate liquidation and making it almost impossible for a business to pass from father to son. This was the picture drawn by W. T. Hackett, vice president and trust officer of the Huntington National bank of Columbus, Ohio, before a Senate-House Economic committee studying ways to en courage more investment in small firms. Inheritance taxes pick off small businesses one by one, Hackett said, as those who inherit usual ly are forced to sell to get enough cash to pay up. The monthly payment for a wid ow with one child is increased from $100 to $105, and the allow ance for each additional child from $15 to $25, where the veter an's death was due to war serv ice. For death in peacetime serv ice, the widow receives 80 per cent of the war rates. The new law also grants an In crease in disability compensation navable to 20.000 World War 1 veterans whose disabilities are rlanlfied as "presumed to be due to military service." Previously entitled to only 75 percent of the rates pavable for direct service connected disabilities, veterans in this group now will receive the full rate. The Weather Mostly cloudy today, with oc casional rain tonight. Showery Wednesday. Sunset today 4:38. Sunrise tomorrow 7:38. Established 1873 Oregon Wants No CVAf Says Wayne Morse Senator Voices Claim Following Tour Of State; Hoover Report Backed WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -4JP) Senator Wayne Morse said here today that be found in a monthV tour of Oregon that the people of his state oppose President Tru man's proposal for a Columbia Vallev administration in the Pa cific Northwest. The agency would be administered by a board of there appointed by the presi dent. "I found that in regard to the CVA issue the people agreed with me, generally, that we should not take away from the people a vot ing voice in determining the poli cies which are to be adoped in developing the river resources of the Pacific Northwest," Morse said. "I found the Democrats will make a great mistake if they think the people of Oregon are going to accept the pending CVA bill as a satisfactory solution to the need of greater coordination of state and federal agencies charged with developing sound power construction, flood control, reclamation, wild life and land utilization programs in the Pa cific Northwest. "They have no intention of turning over to three executive appointees any such economic (Continued on Page Two) Lost Girl Still Sought In Woods KELSO. Wash.. Dec. 13. UP) Through wet brush that soaked them to the waist within minutes. hopeful townspeople plodded on today in their search for a 16-year-old girl scout missing two days. . Hundreds took part, . fanning but in the rugged hills six miles northeast of here, an area over grown with vines .brush and drip- )lng evergreens a coio, wet ungle with a slippery snow blanket. More than two Inches of snow have fallen since Ruth Aberle became lost while looking in the woods for a Christmas tree for a scout party. rne tnermometer aroppea oe low freezing Sunday night, and it was close to the freezing noint last night. Woodsmen said there was little hope that the pert high scnool gin couia nave survivea even the first night. The girl was with three teen age companions when she dis appeared. Her brother. Bill, first went off to hunt a tree for the scout party. Then she decided to leave tne otner two to join Bin. He came back In 45 minutes. Ruth did not return. She was clad quite warmly ex cept for her feet. She wore blue Jeans, two sweaters and a heavy coat, cut ner snoes were ngiu and low-cut. Oregon Storm Blamed For Traffic Deaths PORTLAND. Dec. 13. UP) The storm that drove rain Into western Oregon and snow into the mountains drew partial blame yesterday for two highway deaths. Rain obscured the vision of drivers at Portland and Hillsboro, where pedestrians were killed. The Portland victim was Mrs. Orville Odiums, 41, the city's 27th traffic fatality in 1949. Bertha Margaret Ridings, about 50, was killed at Hillsboro. An earth slide blocked the Co lumbia river highway near Larch mountain east of Portland last night. Eight-foot thick boulders barricaded the road until high way crews began clearing the route. Dr. Geo. E. Houck Suffers Attack Of Pneumonia Dr. George E. Houck, Rose burg, was rushed to Mercy hos pital last evening to receive me dical treatment for an attack of virus pneumonia. His condition this morning was reported some what better. His wife, who re cently underwent a major opera tion in Portland, is reported to be convalescing satisfactorily a t their home on South ' Stephens street. Her daughter, Mrs. Ala line Fields, of Portland arrived in Roseburg Monday to spend a few days visiting. Portland Youth Killed In Texas Traffic Crash ORANGE, Tex., Dec. 13 Carl Lester Kruse, 20, Portland, Ore., was killed today In the col lision of his motorcycle and a truck on highway 90 Just across the Texas border in Louisiana. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Kratise sr., of Portland, he was enroute from Pensacola, Fla., to his home. The truck driver, who was not hurt, said Krause ap parently was trying to pass an other truck at the time. Corpse On Highway Has Bullet Wound The body of Joseph Francis Renfro, Sutherlin, about 20, was found beside the highway north of the Winchester bridge about 7 a. m. today, bearing a bullet wound. The case was investigated by state police, the sheriff's office and deputy coroner. According to Sgt. Holly Hoi comb, death was caused by a gunshot wound in the body near the heart. It is understood, he said, that Renfro recently pur chased a gun he allegedly used. The body was lying at the side of the road near his parked car. Renfro was born March 14, 1899, in Chandler, Oklahoma. He was a member of the Eagles lodge 3014, Sutherlin. He Is survived by his widow, Margaret A. Renfro; his mother, Mrs. Annie May Renfro, Los An geles, Calif., a brother, John W., and a sister, both of Germany. Funeral arrangements will oe announced later from the Rose burg Funeral Home. Kentro nao made complete ar rangements for his funeral last Friday afternoon, but had given no other hint of a possible suicide, according to L. L. Powers of the Riseburg Funeral Home. Polls Open Until 8 p.m. For Annexation Vote Polls will remain open until 8 p.m. today for balloting by city voters on acceptance of proposed annexation of suburban areas. Areas affected are West Rose burg, Sleepy Hollow-Miller's addi tion ana Beuian addition. Voters registered in ward 1 will vote downstairs in the court house; ward 2 at Junior high school; ward 3 at the, Roseburg hotel, and ward 4 at tne city nan. Gunman Seized ' After Wounding Four Persons SEATTLE, Dec. 13 -W A berserk gunman was captured Monday after he wounded four persons, three critically, in an exchange of shots near Snoqual mie, 25 miles cast of here. The gunman, identified by one of his victims as Walter Peden, unemployed mlllworker about 60 years old, was captured by one of the men he had wounded. The most seriously wounded was State Patrolman Paul John son, 30, who had rushed earlier to Ernie's grove, about one mile from Meadowbrook off the main road from Snoqualmie, to inves tigate reports of a shooting. His condition was "very poor" at a Seattle hospital where he was taken for treatment. In fair condition in a North Bend hospital were C. S. John ston, 64, and Gordon L. Peters, 58, both of North Bend. Johnson and officer Clair Pow ers went to Peden's home after receiving a report that he had shot Johnston, Peters and George Fitzgerald, who was only slightly Injured. Peden was taken to Seattle but would give no reason for his ac tion. He had had dinner last night with Johnston. All he would say on his way to Seattle was "I don't know why I did it." Then he laughed. U. S. Becoming Nation Of Clock Watchers, He Says SPOKANE, Deo. 13. (PI Dean Charles McAllister of the Cathedral of St. John told Washington state dairymen yesterday American was "be coming a nation of clock watch ers." The only thing that can save Democracy, he said, will be "People who are willing, to work for something. The trend toward socialism la being caus ed by people who are unwlll Ing to accept responsibility." California Truck Crops Damaged By Cold Snap LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 P Extensive loss to truck crops was reported today but a warming sun promised a break In a two- day com snap. In the Imperial valley, farm ers feared the midwinter pea crop was an almost total loss from temperatures as low as 24 degrees, with heavy damage to tomatoes, squash and possibly to some citrus. TO APPEAL CASE PORTLAND. Dec, 13 UP) A drue store firm Involved n labor trouble said It would appeal to the courts for aid. The Haleston Drug stores said it would appeal from an NLRB decision in which the NLRB re fused to handle the case on the ground that Interstate commerce was not Involved. The firm had accused the AFL Culinary Work ers of unfair labor practices. ROSEBURG, OREGON TUESDAY, DEC. Civil Rights Program Will Be Pressed Oleo Tax Repeal, Social Security Expansion Also Will Confront Congress By JACK BELL 1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -OP) The Truman administration chose the hard road today in a quest lor civil rignts legislation: It issued a demand for Senate passage early next year of a fair employment practices bill. ' Senator Lucas of Illinois,' the Democratic leader, disclosed the plan to seek a vote on the FEPC bill. He said the attempt will be made early in the next session which he hopes will complete work on president Truman s "fair deal" program in July. Lucas explained that he thinks the FEPC bill is the heart of the president's civil rights program. It is aimed at curbing Job dis crimination based on a worker's color, race or religion. It also is the most controversial of sever al measures the president has recommended and thus faces the hardest fight Some advocates have said it might be easier to win approval of the civil rights program on a step by step basis. They want anti-poll tax and anti-lynching bills considered first. ' However, Lucas said the anil lynching bill now on the Senate calendar, is not satisfactory to (Continued on Page Two) Geo. Spaur New State Forester The state board of forestry today announoed the appoint ment of George Spaur, Rose burg, as state forester. Spaur has been acting fores ter since the death of N. S. Rogers In September. For three years , before that, he wis deputy state forester..,ft.-- - The new forester Is a mem ber of the pioneer Douglas county family which settled In the Winston area. . Born in Douglas county, Spaur Is a graduate of Roseburg senior high . school and of Oregon State college, with a master's degree In forestry. He Joined the state forestry department In 1937. ... He was appointed deputy state forester following his re turn from the service. He now holds the rank of colonel In the army reserves. Rain Promises Relief For Needy New York City NEW YORK. Dec. 13.-m Good news for water-short New York and northern New Jersey seeped down from their northern watershed areas today. Steady, soaking rains of more than an inch fell In several coun ties, l he rain and muggy weather melted heavy snow cover in some areas. Streams which had been dry or only a trickle for months of drought were running again. All this will be of help to Ihe parched reservoirs upon which me nuge metropolitan area de pends. City officials emphasized there was st ill a water shortage, how ever. They went ahead with sev eral conservation schemes, Includ ing a water holiday on Friday. TREE CUTTERS FINED SHELTON, Dec. 13 UP) Three men arrested for cutting Christmas trees ellegally on Washington state land were fin ed $200 each yesterday approxi mately one dollar for each tree. ,erfH mi) jifaf 1 i:" YULE TRAIN! For subway-trained New York youngsters, an ideal treat ii a ride on this eerial train through the toy depart. i . . U; !ntmnt ttnr Far ulna cants, a child can ride high above 280 of clerics, Christmas shopping confusion. 13, 1949 New Zealand Has Government Shift f v SYDNEY HOLLAND AUCKLAND. New Zealand. Dec. 13 UP) Sidney Holland, leader of the national partv whose election victory ended this country's 14-year labor govern ment rule, was sworn in today as the new Prime Minister of New Zealand. He succeeds ; Laborite Peter Fraser. The affable 56-year-old prime minister is a man with the com mon touch. He got that way tramping over most of New Zeal and trying to sell a spray pump which was the chief product In an engineering works he founded. The engineering works later be came a sizable business. Holland has been in Parliament since 1935, when he won the seat vacated by his father, who re signed. He was the only national party member in Parliament then when the labor government first was swept into power in landslide election. -:;.. Woman Kills Her Husband, Son, Self PENDLETON. N. C. Dec. 13. (P) A woman who apparently believed she was being persecuted by her husband and son shot both to death and then took her own life at their farm home near here. The three were found dead in their beds yesterday. Coroner James T. Buff aloe of Northhamnton county ruled the deaths "premeditated murder and suicide. He laentmea tne vic tims as Mrs. Roberta L. Stephen son, 53, her husband, D. D. Stephenson, 59, prominent farm er, and their son, B. Coley Stephenson, 29, World War II veteran. The coroner said Mrs. Stephen son, in 111 health for some time, evidently had been studying plans for the triple slaying for some time. Found in the big home were a marked book on the most effec tive way to kill wild game, several notes and a discharged 22 cali bre rifle. The notes Indicated Mrs. Ste phenson thought she was being persecuted, Buffaloe said. Prime Minister Quits In Australian Party Loss ' SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 13 UP) Prime Minister Joseph B. Chlfley, whose eight-year old la bor government was defeated by a free enterprise coalition in Sat urday's balloting, tendered his resignation today. He will be suc ceeded by Robert Gordon Men zles, leader of the triumphant co alition. counters, customers and general mi u i 192-49 Reform Plans Summarized In Eight Points Ex-President Hoover Forecasts $2 Billion Saving To Taxpayers WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 UP) A campaign for government re form today boiled down to an eight point program drawn up oy Herbert Hoover, tie lore- cast that it would save tne tax payers $2,000,000,000 a year. The former president, address. Ing the National Reorganization conference predicted that this fis cal year's $5,500,000,000 excursion Inti; red ink may be exceeded in tne lonowing year. "We mav be turning two Fran kenstelns loose In the land," Hoover said. "Their terrifying names are higher taxes and in flatlon'." The estimate of a $5,500,000, 000 deficit for this fiscal year, ending next June 30, Is President iTumans. The conference, sponsored by the non-partisan citizens commit tee for the Hoover report, neared its close today. Its wind-up sched ule included presentation of an award to Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson for his "courage ous efforts" at cost-cutting and unification in the military estao- nsnment. Dr. Robert L. Johnson, nation- (Continued on Page Two) Write-in Rival Defeats Brady For Labor Council Job PORTLAND. Dec. 13 UP) Phil Brady, president of the AFL Portland Central Labor council for 15 years, was defeated for re-election last nignt Dy two vot es In a write-in contest. . Rov F.' Renoud. assistant - nua iness- agent of the "Electrical workers, neat uraay, to oz. Renoud was not on the ballot. . It apparently was part of a re volt aealnst the teamsters union. Brady a member of the State Legislature is head oi tne fort land council of teamsters. Other teamsters defeated in last night's voting were to candidates for trustee positions: Oscar Abelson and Mark Holmes. Renoud ran against Brady a year ago when the electrical workers cnargea mat teamsters were going through their picket line at a struck appliance store. There have been other com plaints on -this score, but team sters have answered they were merely fulfilling contracts. Renoud was nominated for a place on the ticket at a nominat ing meeting last week, but failed to meet council requirements that he either be present or say in writing that he would accept. So, ruled off the ballot, he he came a write-in candidate, p Britons Getting More Food, Ministry States . LONDON, Dec. 13 UP) Britons are eating more, now than two years ago, the ministry of food announced today. Consumption of some food stuffs is even higher than before the war, It said. The annual average consump tion of meat however, fell from 90 pounds in 1946 to lust under 70 pounds in 1948-49. The ministry said that supply difficulties in Argentina and Canada caused a fall of imports of meat and bacon respectively. Britons are eetting now 55 per cent more milk, 30 percent more dairy products and 25 percent more fish than before the war. It added that the per capita dally calorie level now averages 2,980. Guests Discover Couple Dead Of Bullet Wounds , ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 13 -UP) Anchorage police said to day that a middle-aged construc tion worker and his wife were found shot to death In their home Saturday. They listed it as a slaving and suicide. The victims were Don Fullon, 45, and his wife, Ruth, 40, well known nurse with the territorial Health department. Eight dinner guests arrived at the Fulton home and waited an hour before they discovered the bodies. Mrs. Fulton was lying in the bathroom with two bullet holes in her chest. Fulton was stretched on the bedroom floor with a gaping hole in his head. Police said they believed the couple had quarreled, and Ful ton shot his wife, then took his own life. STORK FAVORS OREGON PORTLAND, Dec. 13. UP) Oregon was the safest state tn the nation for women at child birth In 1948, the State Health office reported today. Dr. Harold M. Erickson, head of the office, said that the ma ternal mortality rate was four tenths of a percent in 1,000 births. Only 15 mothers died In 34,937 oirtns, n said. 19 Survivors Hurt , Some Of Them Badly Craft Veers Off Radar Path During Fog White Heading For Airport WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-f - A Capital airliner wandered off a radar path leading into fog. bound National airport last night and crashed in the mud of the Potomac river, carrying four ot the 23 persons on board to their death. The 19 survivors an amazingly high number for a plane crash- were taken to a hospital. Many were badly hurt. . . wavy and air loroe men wno sped to the scene in crash boat credited a number of factors for the high rescue rate. High on tht list were luck and the relative calm of the survivors most of them servicemen going home to spend Christmas. In addition, there were reports that the plane's wheels were not in landing position, but were re tracted Into the fuselage. If true, this would indicate that the pilot Pakistan Plane Crash Kills All 25 Aboard KARACHI,' Pakistan, Dee. IS. (Pi All 21 pasaangera and a orew of - four were reported killed In a Pakistan transport plane orash last night 45 mllei north of here, In destrt coun try. had changed his mind about land ing. It may have kept the death toll down bv preventing the plan from turning completely over In the river's mud. With the wheels up, a compartlvely smooth water Innritncf uphi nnnslhlp. rne plane, a uu-j, naa taxen off from Memphis, Tenn., and had made one stop at Norfolk, Va. It arrived over Washington dur ing what officials called one ot the worst traffic days in the hog tory of National airport. . . The field was blanketed by fog and soaked by a steady rain. Weather conditions were de scribed as "approximately mini mum 4UO-ioot ceiling ana visi bility of about 34 of a mile. Swerves In Descant The DC-3 took it splace over the field In a "stack" of plane which at one time numbered 40 aircraft, all waiting for a chance to land. After about an hour, the Capital l airliner started down. (Continued on Page Two) U. S-, Bulgers Near Breaking Point i i . By The Associated Press ' Diplomatic relations between the United States and Coram nlst-led Bulgaria were near tht snapping point today. In Washington, Undersecretary of State James E. Webb yester day called In Dr. Peter Voutov, top Bulgarian representative, for a stiff warning. . i Tne unitea states cnirsn mining in Snfln hna'heen sub jected to a series of indignities. Articles in tne Bulgarian pra nairt th n S State ripnArtment and Minister Donald R. Heath de liberately lied in denying the mln siter had ever seen Trlacho Ros tov, former vice premier, who la the central figure In the current purge trial, it-notnv with 10 defendants. is charged with plotting to mak n.,ln-g uhsnrvlent tn Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia, arch-enemy Of tne Soviet union, ine cniugei against the 11 said the plot was motivated ana encouragro uy British and American intelli gence. . ' Should a Drean come, it wouiu be a partial reversal of tat rfanortm-nt nnlllM. Tt tlAS beeil keeping representative in com munist capitals, regaroiesa oi ippiiniwl rolntlnna. so thev can serve as a "window" behind the Imtt .t,t-tntn and Mnrl back Un censored reports. In Sofia th communists nave an dui owencu out the legation "window." Taxi Drivers Lose Licenses In Morals Case SALEM, Dec. 13 UP) The Salem city council last night re voked the licenses of nine taxi cab drivers Involved In morals charges with a 14-year-old girl. They are among 14 men charg ed with rape and contributing to the delinquency of the girl. The council delayed considera tion of a proposal to revoke the licenses of the three cab com panies which hired the drivers, HIGHWAYS IMPROVED CATtriur nM 1 1 inn Hloh. way conditions in Oregon were mucn improvea toaay as pacKea snow in mountain passes ,waa sanded, the State Highway com mission said. Chains are still requlrea, now ever, near Meacham, La Grande, John Day, Austin and Seneca. Levity fact J ant By L. F. Relzensteln A let of congressmen ere swotting the Truman administra tion for "went and eitreve ganct" but se far none of them have offered te ease the situa tion by refunding the big in crease In their salary pint more allowance for clerk hire.