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U. of 0, Library COMP Eugen Ore, IU1 la Elk re inrw i!UJL Z7? x CITY SCHOOLS' EXPANSION Nearly $400,000 Spent In 1949, Like Sum Slated Next Year, Supt. Elliott States Bv WARREN Uirif The year 1949 has teen partial completion of th. ar.it. est building program in the history of the Rosaburg school system, but this record may be eclipsed during the coming year by construction of two new buildings. This is the opinion of City Schools Superintendent Paul S. Elliott, who said earlier this week expansion of the city's edu cational set-up has already cost $376,745.91, with nearly $50, 000. yet to pay on improvements and additions built during the year. . , . "Our total is about $400,000 for the year," Elliott said, "with at least an equal amount to be spent in 1950." He pointed out that the school system has a bond issue of ap proximately $895,000 with which to finance expansion during lL. I Oil O I I fit-A r 9 Tne years ittt ana itsu. Nearly completed during 1949 is the central heating ylant (pro viding heat lor Senior high and Fullerton grade schools) at an approximate cost of $78,000; the Ben-son grade gymnasium-auditorium, approximately $41,000; the eight-room addition to Ful lerton grade school, approxi mately $118,000; and Riverside grade school's 13-room addition, costing about $166,000. Congestion Not Ended .. However, local educators are already bemoaning the cramped quarters and lack of space caus ed' by Roseburg's ever-increasing school population, and especially Is this true ol the high school. According to Elliott, all 21 rooms added to Riverside and Fullerton are now in use, 17 o them constantly as classrooms. But in order to alleviate the room shortage forecase for the next school year, Elliott said all 21 rooms must be used as class rooms and the Edenbower and Sylmon Valley schools (now idle) must be utilized for the antici pated student increase. And Elliott declares, "Even this will" not adequately provide for next year's school enroll ment." New Plan Conceived An idea on which local educa tors and the school board have been conferring for some time will correct this condlton and, at the same time, give Roseburg one of the few senior high school "campuses" in the state. Although still tentative, Elliott said the plan will call for expan sion of the senior high facilities by moving into Fullerton grade school and constructing a new 7-to-9 room library-arts building in the area now devoted to park Ing space in front of the present (Continued on Page Two), . In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS ' OVER the long Christmas week end nearly 600 people died violent deaths In this country. We aren't greatly surprised. The census bureau has been tell ing us that our population is now about 150 million. We Americans are inclined to live a little reck lessly. It would be a bit strange if out of 150 million reckless livers at least a half a thousand didn't get killed. . OVER the weekend, another bit of news leaked out but didn't make much of a splash in the v average household busy with Christmas observance. Alfred Einstein says he believes he has SOLVED the greatest mys tery ..of the physical world, WHICH IS WHAT GRAVITA TION IS MADE OF. His solution, the dispatch tell ing of it adds, Is entirely In mathematics. So, probably, it can not be verified for several years. ( IF you are much older than you i I like to admit, you can remem- ber the splash made by Einstein's theory of relativity which was (Continued on Page Four) FOREIGN AID TOO COSTLY People Want Home Needs Given Attention Priority, Cong. Ellsworth Reports By CHARLES D. W ATKINS WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. UP) Rep. Ellsworth (R-Ore) said to day that after traveling 4,000 miles in his district and making 51. speeches he is convinced that the people are more interested in their government than ever before. Ellsworth said he found the voters deeply concerned over deficit spending and definitely In favor of cutting government costs. "It seemed to me," he told a reporter," that the people as a whole are worried over their be lief that our government is de voting more attention to solving the problems of the world than it is to solving problems on our domestic front. "They want our own affairs to be given attention before we continue foreign aid at the high level at which it has been carried on. And they seem to fee! that It is most important to keep our government strong and that this Is the most important thing to FRIENDS IN NEED Couple Finds 'Em In Roseburg And Nuptials Follow Roseburg will long be remem bered by a slightly bewildered middle-aged Seattle couple as "the friendliest little city in the land." That was the opinion ex pressed yesterday by Mr. and Mrs. John Amstutz of Seattle. It all began when Amstutz and his bride-to-be. Edna En wilier. stopped in at Lawson's Jewelry siore 10 purcnase a ring. Tne couple expressed a desire to be married Thursday, but confided to Del McKay, store employee, that they couldn't, "because we need a witness and we don't know a soul in town." One thine led to another and the surprised pair soon found themselves to be the recipients of a real honest-to-goodness wed ding, complete with all the trim mings. Business was temporarily suspended as Justice of the Peace A. J. Geddes performed the cere mony and three of Lawson's personnel acted as attendants, Mc Kay, Lorraine Crocker and John Hardlman. The festivities were transcribed and later aired over Lawson's 15-minute program on KRNR. The bride and groom were pre sented with appropriate flowers and presents before the cere mony, and later presided over a reception complete with punch and the traditional cake, : pre sented by Michael John and Rick ey Barden Hardiman. aged sev en- and .-faicv-raspoctively, said the bride, iou folks real ly know how to entertain." Said the groom, a Safeway warehouse employee, "I can't un derstand it. I've never even been in town before." The couple will honeymoon in California before returning to Seattle. They will reside at 6284 Stanley street Doctor Confesses "Mercy Killing" GOFFSTOWN. N. H . Dec. 30 UP) A prominent Manchester physician was held on a murder charge today in the mercy death bed slaying of a 59-year-old wom an cancer sufferer. Dr. Hermann N. Sander, 40, father of two young daughters, was accused of taking the life of Mrs. Abbie Borroto, wife of an oil salesman, by injecting 10 cu bic centimeters of air into her veins. - He pleaded innocent to a first degree murder charge yesterday and was held without bail pend ing grand jury action. Hillsboro county solicitor Wil liam H. Craig said Dr. Sander, in the presence of witnesses, or ally admitted injecting the lethal dose of air as "an act of mer cy." Craig quoted Dr. Sander as saying the woman. had suffered a long time and that members of her family had asked him if any thing could be done to bring an end to her suffering. The county solicitor added that Dr. Sander made no attempt to conceal the fact he gave the woman a fatal Injection. the other free nations of the world. Ellsworth criticized what he called "delaying tactics of the administration" In the last ses sion of Congress, which didn't adjourn until Oct. 19. He recalled that action on important appro priation bills wasn't completed until the 1950 fiscal year was one-fourth gone. "I hope tne administration will realize the harm that was done by those delaying tactics," he said. "I hope that the coming session will see all appropriation bills enacted so the government departments will know what funds they will have by June 30." Hit Weather Partly cloudy today, tonight and Saturday with occasional rain showers or mixed rain and snow Hilt afternoon and tonight eontinutd cool. Sunset today 4:44 p. m. Sum-is tomorrow 7:45 a. m. Established 1873 2 Women Accused In Bridges Trial Phase Witness Tells Grand Jury Of Tampering Try Threat To Disrupt Home Life, Alleged; Accused Women Deny Charges SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 30. UP) The government has indict ed two women for trying to get a prospective prosecution witness in the Harry Bridges perjury trial to alter his testimony. The same federal grand jury Which indicted Bridges, west coast CIO longshore leader, and two aides returned the secret in dictment yesterday against: Mrs. Jean Murray, 33, who de scribed herself variously as an "internationalist"; a divorcee, an "itinerant philosopher" and a member of the .working class; and Mrs. Betty Teixelra, 29, ex-wife of a former San Francisco super visor and state assemblyman, who was named by the State Senate committee on Un-American Ac tivities as active in left wing movements. The . indictment carries two counts. It accuses the women with conspiring and attempting to intimidate Mervyn Rathborne, onetime secretary treasurer of the California state CIO and for mer close associate of Bridges. Both women denied the charg es. They were arrested and book ed separately. - Rathborne has been called a (Continued on Page Two) India Joins Burma In Recognition Of China's Red Govt. NEW DELHI, bee. 30 UP)- India today recognized the Chi nese Communist govfernmairaiid said diplomatic , relations with Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist re gime would cease immediately. Premier Nehru's government thus became the first member of the British commonwealth and the second country outside the Soviet orbit to accept Mao rze tung's Communist regime as the legal government of the vast Asi atic nation. India s next-door neighbor and former sister in the British co lonial empire, Burma, also has recognized tne Feiping govern ment and turned her back on Chiang Kai-shek. Great Britain and her domin ions are expected to take simi lar action, probably after the con erence of commonwealth foreign ministers which opens Jan. 9 in Colombo, Ceylon. There was no explanation im mediately forthcoming of why In dia preceded the other common wealth countries in proclaiming recognition. - But informed sources gave these three reasons for the recognition itself: 1. The Communist government controls practically the whole of China. 2. There was no evidence that the mass of the Chinese people was opposed to the Communist regime. 3. The new government had agreed to abide by its internation al obligations. Rifle Of Jailed Man Identified In Slaying PORTLAND, Dec. 30 UP) A .30-.30 caliber Stevens rifle, found in the cabin of a man held at Grants Pass on a murder rharpp. was the weanon that kill ed Bird McGuire Wilson, 46, Mis souri Flats moonshiner, Friday. That was the Ballistics report today from Stanley MacDonald, head of the Multnomah county sheriff's criminal Identification department. 'A .30-06 rifle, owned by Wil son and found across n is lap, did not fire the fatal shot, Mac- Donald added. Frank Crawford Paul, 44 neigh bor of Wilson in the Missouri Flats district south of Grants Pass, is held without bail in the tail at Grants Pass. MacDonald identified the death weapon as Paul s from a bullet fragment which passed throueh Wilson's head and lodged in the cabin wall. Operator Injured In Elevator Accident Richard McCllntock, Medical Arts building elevator operator, suffered cuts and bruises to a leg Thursday afternoon when his foot was jammed in an elevator mis hap. According to Leon McCllntock, tne operators lather, no bones were broken but the accident vic tim Is still in Mercy hospital for treatment. The elder McCllntock said pos sible serious injury was averted by bam shoemaker Jr., a passen ger in the elevator, who stopped the car and lowered It to release young McClintock'i leg. Northwest To Be Buried In Ice In 50,000 Years - 8POKANE, Deo. 30. ( Cold? Ha, says Or. H. P. Han ten of the Oregon State col lego botany department come back in about 60,000 years. Along about then, Hansen told the Paoiflo Northwest Sci entific association yesterday, the entire Pacific Northwest will be covered by an Ice coat many feet thick. He bates hit prediction on the old but tcientifically prov en saw that hlttory repeats. "The latt - glaciert of the Northwett disappeared from 8, 000 to 10.000 years ago," he explained. "A new wet period started about 4,000 years ago and the general trend hae been toward continued coolness and increased moisture." . War Power Given In Hong Kong As Strike Threatens HONG KONG, Dec. 30.- This British crown colony, faced with the possibility of a general strike, today- gave Its governor virtual war powers to, use at his discretion. emergency regulations were published empowering the gover nor to take steps to meet attack or internal disorder. He was au thorized to requisition manpower, property, bar strikes and lock outs in essential services and to utilize extraordinary police pow ers mat wouia put tne colony on a war footing. The governor may also ban seditious organizations, prohibit meetings likely to cause disturb ances, aetain or expel any person from the colony, search premises, vehicles, ships and planes. All types of traffic In and out of the colony were placed under his rigid control.. Hong Kong lies just ' off the China south coast. It long has been coveted by the Chinese who leased the island to Britain a cen tury ago, ief,8dJacpr.CMna-. overrun T-,' Communists Fear has been expressed here that mey may try to svrest Hone Kone from the British. 1 auung sritisn naval, air ana troop concentrations have been maintained for "months in the Hong Kong area.- REA LOANS GRANTED WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-UP) Among 11 loans authorized bv the Rural Electrification admin istration yesterday were two for uregon. lhey were: Blachlv-Lane countv Co-onera- tlve Electric association, Blachly, $50,000. Central Electric Co-oneratlve. inc., neamona, ure, jfMu.uuu. H'mMUM ;M1J. 1W M IWW'OTMM 'iWJTt' fi SANTA WORKED A SWINC SHIFT et the Pacific Telephone end Telegraph company Mondey evening, Dec. 19 when the fihone office girls participated in a Chriitmet party in their oungs. A turkey dinner preceded entertainment end exchange of gifts. Mrs. Andy Fisher related a Christmas story and Mable Drake provided muiic from a marimba. The turkey for the dinner was provided by the Roieburg Fire department. Pictured above with Sente, capably portreyed by Betty Neureiter of the traffic department, are a portion of the 64 girls who keep the "number pleeie" to pleasant tt the other end of your telephone. If you remember thet dey there wet no break in your telephone service because the girls rotated ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, DEC. Communism's Spread Spurs V U.S. To Action Plans Made To Augment Naval Fleet In Far East, Aid In Formosa's Defense WASHINGTON. Dec. . 30.-ilP) The United States was reported today to be shaping a vigorous new policy backed by a beefed up Asiatic fleet to block the spread of Communism in . the Far East. The Naw said the 27.000-ton. 45-plane aircraft carrier Boxer and two destroyers have been dispatched to strengthen the Sev enth task fleet based In the Phil ippines. Announcement of this shift in naval power late yesterday fol lowed a session between Presi dent Truman and his top military and diolomatid strategists. Mem bers of the National Security council wouldn't say what went on, Dut it is known that plan ners have prepared a blueprint on Asiatic policy lor iur. ttu man's approval. At the same time, the State department broadcast to U. S. shipping lines a warning from the nationalist government of China that the approaches to (Continued on Page Two) Negro Wins Round In Racial Action SPOKANE. Dec. 30 UP) Hazel Scott, the Negro painist, has won the first round in her $50,000 racial discrimination suit against a Pasco, Wash., restau rant owner. Federal Judge Sam Driver yes terday denied a defense motion suiUrought.-gam- ai i.ii. aim iriia, ziniiy uia, The judge ruled that restau rants are included in a 1909 state civil rights law that makes it a misdemeanor to show discrimi nation in "any place of public accommodation." Miss Scott charges In the suit that she was refused service in the Utz restaurant last February because she is colored. She was enroute here for a concert when her bus stopped at Pasco for lunch. Defense attorneys argued in filing the dismissal motion that it was not a question of racial discrimination, but a matter of freedom to contract. Miss Scott is the wife of Rep. Adam C. Powell (D-NY). 30, 1949 500 Lives To Be At Stake In New Year's Eve Revel CHICAGO, . Deo. 30. (PI A saving of about 500 Uvea In 1949 depends a great deal en the nation's driving and walk ing habits tomorrow night. This dividend In human life was foreoast today by the Na tional Safety oounoil after go ing through its trafflo score sheets for the first 11 months of 1949. The 500 figure may be re vised upward or downward, de pending on motorists' and pe destrians' behavior on New year's eve, the oounoil said. A final trafflo death toll for the year was forecast at 31, 500. Last year the toil was 32,000. . Notes Or Money? Issue Raised In Estate Currency LOS ANGELES. Dec. 20 UP) Are those $10 bills in your pocket or the late Wallace Beery's cash box nonest-to-goodness money? Attorney Adrian Kragen for the Beery estate says they are not. How does the man get that way? Listen to Kragen: "If you look In the corner of what you call a $10 bill, but which is a Federal Reserve bank note, you will see that it says This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private, and is redeemable in lawful money at the United States Treasury, or at any f ederal Keserve bank. Notice how it calls your ten-spot a note ana tnat its -redeemable In lawful money.' "That's our whole point it isn't money, it's a note. And notes, if they are taxed at all, should be taxed under the coun ty's solvent credit classification, like accounts receivable or bank accounts, at only $1 a thousand instead or more tnan $a a hun dred." The estate is demanding a re fund ot-some. $33,80ft which bos Angeles county taxed the $670. 000 in currency which Beery left in safely deposit boxes. The coun ty took the orthodox view that it was money and levied a person al property tax of about $5.50 a $100. ' LIBRARY AIDE NAMED SALEM, Dec. 30 UP) Miss Elolse Ebert, who has had charge of United States Army libraries in occupied Germany, is the new assistant state librar ian. Her appointment was announc ed by State Librarian Eleanor Stephens. Miss Ebert succeeds Mirpah Blair, who retires tomor row. -- V"V ,- r ,M between the party and their In the first row, left to right Banner, Edith Wembolt, Cleo row, left to right, Mary Wettleke, Mabel Drake, Barbara Prince, Betty Neureiter, Elinor Apple, Isabel Fisher, Shirley Wietkamp, Nedine Johnson; third row, left to right, Barbara Dowd, Phyllis Pearson, Ardylh Hough, Maybelle Kneggt, Donne Dunham, Pa tricia McEwen, Jean Mason, Lois Luellen, Mary Hooten, Letitia Craham, Dorothy Dingham; fourth row, left to right, Alti Ed wards, Irene Bell, Connie Augustus, Sue Persick, Rosemary Sehmid, Mae Heritine, Juenita Drake, Gloria Caiton and June Gaines. (Picture by Bud Matonl. if 306-49 Phone Union Strike Slated For New Year's Southwestern Bell Co. ' Rejects Peace Plan From Governors Of Six States ST. LOUIS. Deo. 30. (P) A union attorney said today that "as things now stand" a strike of 50,000 Southwestern Bell Tel ephone company employes In six states win start at midnight to morrow New Year's eve. It Is the union's view, he said, that Southwestern Bell has in effect rejected a recommendation for settling the dispute advanced last night ly four governors and representatives of two others. The governors' conference plan was for a 15-dav rjeriod of ne gotiations with the dispute- to be submitted to arbitration If no settlement Is reached by the end of that period. Southwestern division 20, CIO Communications ' Workers, ac cepted the governors' plan on condition that the company did likewise. But a company spokesman de clared: "We cannot at this time commit ourselves on arbitration. However, we are prepared to re sume negotiations with the (fed eral) conciliation service." The conference was arranged by Gov. Forrest smith or Mis souri, who called in the gover nors, or their representatives, of (Continued on Page Two) Auto Crash Sends Two To Hospital A Portland couple was admitt ed to Mercy hospital last night in ' serious condition when their car skidded on icy pavement and overturned a half-mile south of Winston at 9:30 p.m., reported state Police sgt. Holly Hoicomtv ' state ponce loentmea tne in jured as Norman Anchor Thomp son, 53, and Anna R. Thompson, 47, both of Portland. Sgt. Holcomb said the car ap parently was traveling north when the accieent occured. The two occupants were thrown clear of the car when it rolled over twice. Their automobile, a late model coupe, was termed by of ficers as a total loss. The Injured pair were rushed to Mercy hospital for examina tion. It Is reported they will be removed to Oregon City some time today for further treatment. JV " V duties. are Lorette Hevsteed. Margaret Noyer, Thelme Hoobery: second Structure To Accommodate 45 To 50 Beds Facilities For Service To le Increased; Bids Will Be Opened Jan. 18 Sister Mary Austin. Superior of Mercy hospital, announces Im mediate pians to Dunci a new three-story hospital unit, to cost $300,000, adjoining the site and to become an Integral part of the present hospital building. The new unit will be a fire proof building of reinforced con crete construction, 40 x 80 feet in dimensions, consisting of sub- . oasement, Dasement and two up per stories with a 45-bed capa city for patients. In emergency tnis arrangement will allow for the use of SO beds, under Oregon State Board of Health regula tions. . The new unit will house the maternity ward and the nursery as well as the rooms for gener al Hospitalization purposes; din Ing rooms, cafeterias and kitch ens and the complete dietary de partment, all to be serviced by passenger and freight elevators. An emergency boiler will be Installed in addition to the one for dally use, which in itself will be of capacity great enough to serve not only the present hospi tal and the new unit but also an additional two stories when and If these should be added to the latter, Sister Austin reports. tne surgery, x-ray room and many of the utility departments (Continued on Page Two) Beats Daughter With Hammer To Prevent Wedding UNION. S.C., Dec. 30 UP) A textile worker has admitted he beat his daughter with a ham mer Christmas eve to keep her from marrying, police reported. Police Chief H. H. Wlllard said Charlie Eubanks, 59, made the admission In a signed statement. Eubanks' daughter, Virginia Grace, is in critical condition in a Charlotte, N. C, hospital. A high school junior and choir singer, she was found with a crushed skull beside the family. Christmas tree. : The father's statement said ho bludgeoned his daughter because she was. the only dependent he had to wait on him. His wife is a hotel waitress and was work ing the night of the attack. Eu banks had been in ill health for about three months. Virginia Grace had been dat ing a 22-year-old Navy veteran and textile office worker, Jamej Estes. Friends said they planned to marry and that tne girl was to receive an engagement ring tor Christmas. Disciplined Drivers Get Little Public Sympathy SALEM, Dec. 30 UP) Only 15 persons attended a public meeting held last night by taxi drivers, who wanted to present their case to tne public. Kigmeen taxi drivers also were there. The drivers protested against a city ordinance to make hem stay in their cabs, wear uni forms, confine passengers to the back seat, and use only designat ed taxi stands for parking. The ordinance was approved after 14 men, Including 11 taxi drivers, were arrested for rape and contributing to the delinquen cy of 14-yeer-old girl. ; Creek Yields Body Of Missing Lane Woman FALL CREEK, Dec. 30 UP) The 48 -hour search for Mrs. Eloise Blosser ended Thursday afternoon with the discovery of her body a quarter of a mile beiow Little Fall creek bridge. This is about 14 miles southeast of Eugene. Emmett Gibson, Fall Creek, found the body in some brush along side the creek almost two miles from the spot where her shoes, sweater and stockings had been found Tuesday aiternoon. The coroner's office reportei that death was due to drowning but Indicated that an autopsy would be held. LUMBERMAN DIES LEBANON, Dec. 30 UP) Benjamin F. Johnson, 46, Port land and Lebanon lumberman, died suddenly here yesterday on a business trip. Coroner Glenn Huston said death was probably due to a heart ailment. An autopsy was ordered. Johnson Is survived by the wid ow and three children. Lvity fact J ant By L. F. Relzenstein The Ago Khan received the news of Hi birth rf hit first granddaughter to Rite Hay worth and Prince Aly Khan with tha comment: "I thank Allah, wha hat blestad thlt anion." 'Tha long-suffering reading public it aha grateful for tha room provided In tha newt calamiM far tamethinej af major Intoroat.