1 U. of 0, Library COMP Eugene, Oro n n FACES 0 WHO DOES WHAT L5?r RAYNA LYNN CHAPMAN rolls a big ball of snow on New Year's day at her home In Laurelwood, which later will become the foundation ot a snow man. Ihe snowball was ot the seraggly kind such as usually we have (when we have any at all) at this season of the year. Up to the present writing Monday it was enough to give the kids a lot of fun while not enough to create any great amount of pain and anguish among their elders. TO PROTECT FORMOSA Hoover. Taft Favor Use Of U. S. Armed Strength To Block Chinese Reds WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. (Pi president Herbert Hoover and Senator Taft of Ohio want the ,r. S, to use armed strength If necessary to protect Formosa from the Chinese Communists. Their strong proposals spotlighted the troubled China situation as lawmakers flocked back to Capitol Hill for the second session of the 81st Congress. " ' In the Day's News : By FRANK JENKINS fVDIA; which now stands on Its own feet as an Independent, self-governing nation, "r e c o g nizes" the communist government of China. There are Intimations that Great Britain may not be long in following suit. THAT will put the bee on us. What are we going to do about it? . FIRST, perhaps, we'd better dif ferentiate in our thinking be tween "recognition" as a techni cal term in international law and recognition as we ordinarily un derstand and apply it In the rela tions of Individual human beings with each other. The two are quite unlike. FOR example: ' Suppose you are slumming down in the jungles and meet and (Continued on Page Four) Blasts Take Heavy Toll Of Men In Soviet Mines BERLIN, Jan. 3 UP) Two West German newspapers saia todpv the Russians have con stituted 150,000 men for work in the Saxon uranium mines and Ilhat explosions in the shafts are "taking a toll of almost 1,000 cas ualties monthly. These reports were publishel by the Sozialdemokrat, official newspaper of the Socialist party, and the American-licensed Der Tagesspiegel. COUNTY SCHOOLS' GROWTH Districts Vote Nearly $2 Million In Bonds To Finance 1949 Programs By WARREN MACK A general increase in school enrollment, teacheri, new and improved school buildings and even property evaluation marked the progress of the Douglas county school system for the year ending Dec. 31, 1949. The steady expansion of county schools followed the pattern set by virtually every type of "big business in tne county area Although figures on cost esti mates for the many new or im proved school buildings are not available, County School Supt. Kenneth Barneburg said figures for bond elections in 17 county school districts total nearly S2, 000,000. Of this amount, most was spent in 1949. although work is not yet completed on many of the projects. In addition, four other communities have made finite plans for school improve ments or additions, with pi-ob-lems of other areas still in "pre liminary planning" stages. Last year's county school pop ulation figures showed an in t tig Two Republican leaders former Hoover now the GOP's elder statesman said the government should use American naval pow er it necessary to save Formosa and lesser islands lying off the coast of Communist-held China. He suggested a three-point pro gram of U. S. mililary defense of the islands, no recognition for tne Chinese communist govern ment, and continued recognition and support for Chiang Kai- shek's natonalist forces now on Formosa. These moves, he said, would build "a wall against Commu nisum in the pacific." And. he added they would give "at least a continued hope of some time turning China into the paths of freedom again." Taft told reporters that both U. S. naval power and air power should be used to defend For mosa and prevent the spread of Communism in Asia. The Hoover-Taft twin blasts ap parently caught the administra tion off guard. There was no im mediate response from either the state department of Administra- (Continued on Page Two) Fugitive Youth Is Captured In Roseburg Walter Lero Ferber, one of five boys who escaped last Wed nesday morning from a detention cottage at the Woodburn train ing school for boys, was picked up here Saturday, chief of Police Calvin Baird reported. The boy's name was previously listed as Forbes. The new police radio system was put into play in cornering the youth in the south part of town, said Baird. He said he got a report that Ferber was in town earlier in the morning. Immedi ately a search was launched. An Associated Press dispatch Wednesday reported that Ferber (listed as Forbes) with four other boys escaped after the supervisor at the school had been struck over the head with a broom and his keys taken. crease of 21 percent. Proof that population is still on the increase and that county educators will continue to have headache's is shown by the 650-child addition to the school census total figured during the 194849 school year. This total, which includes Rose burg, takes into consideration prospective aa well as present students, al! children from ages four through 19. Another figure, denoting the increase of students only, shows an increase of 437 pupils during The W tathcr Continued cold. Partly cloudy today. Slightly warmer tonight with (now. Occasional mow Wednesday. Sunset today 4:50 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:46 a. m. Established 1873 IB-Degree Season's Low Posted; Snow Due Tonight Icy Wave Grips Central, Western States; Montana Region Coldest Of All Roseburg residents buttoned up tneir coats, put on tneir scans and mittens today, as the tem perature dropped to a low for the season of 18 degrees. This temperature was the of ficial Weather Bureau reading at 3:30 a.m. today, the lowest of the last 24 hours. There was little hope for moderation in the next 24 hours, with the prediction "continued cold, partly cloudy, with snow tonight, but slightly warmer with occasional snow Wednesday." The weekend temperature re mained cold over the holiday weekend with snow flurries, which whitened the landscape. The temperature rose only to 35 degrees at the warmest point I "onday. But if local folks believed it was cold last night, they have only to point to the all-time low record of 6 degrees below zero recorded on Jan. 16, 1888, and they can console themselves by comparison. Frozen water pipes and icy streets and highways were preva lent throughout the country. State police reported a number (Continued on Page Two) Coal Miners Back On Job, Dispelling New Strike Rumor PITTSBURG, Jan. 3 - UP) The nation's coal minei's went back to work in force today after a long holiday weekend, dispell ing rumors a new walkout was coming in the diggers' struggle for a 1950 contract. Many coal industry observers thought unfair labor practice charges, filed by operators against United Mine Workers' President John L. Lewis, pro bably was the deciding factor. Lewis has had all 480,000 min ers on a three day, week since December 5 in one of his con tract maneuvers. For the past two holiday weeks, the diggers have worked only two days each week on Tuesdays and Wednes days. The operators told the NLRB the short work week amounts to coercion on them to accept Lew is' contract terms. On every hand there are Indi cations this month will be a criti cal one for Lewis and the coal operators. Lewis claims to have signed contracts with numerous small operators, calling for a 95 cent per day boost in the miners' basic wages and a 15-cent per ton increase in the royalty pay ments to the UMWs health ami welfare fund. Under the old contract, the basic wage was $14.05 and the royalty payments 20 cents a ton. The big coal operators say they can't pay any more, because tliev are meeting stiffer competition from oil and natural gas. At the moment, it's estimat ed unofficially that Lewis ha a new contracts covering about 18 million annual tons of product Ion. The unsigned operators represent around 550 million tons. Light Earthquake Jars Utah And Idaho Regions SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 3 UP) A sharp earthquake rocked northern Utah and extreme southeastern Idaho yesterday. No important damage was recorded. The earth tremor was felt from Preston, Idaho, on the north to Salt Lake City on the south. The point of greatest shock ap parently was Corinne, in Box Elder countv. where witness said highways "shimmered" for several seconds. Pedestrains In downtown Salt Lake City said buildings shook momentarily. Windows rattled in a residential area fire station. A hotel said its guests reported feeling the building sway. Mental Hygiene Talk To Be Given At PTA Meet The Benson school Parent. Teachers association will hear Dr. John Palmer of the Roseburg Veterans hospital speak on the subject, "Mental Hygiene," dur ing the group's meeting Wednes day at 8 p. m. at the school. Also a part of the program is the cub scout pack 334. Parents whose children would ordinarily keep them home from such an event are reminded that a reliable person will be on hand to care for the children at the Benson building. Refreshments will be served during the evening. mil m I il III ir I I i iif I Tiiili II I T I r n-- i i i 1 m urn mum in - Cold Chills Vicinity Of Needs Of Suburbs To Get Council's Action Tonight The Roseburg city council will get off to a busy start in 1950, with a full evening forecast for tonight's meeting at 7:30 in the council chambers. Following petitions and request of citizens of West Roseburg, the council will hear reports from two committees dealing with sewers and street lighting for that area. A final reading of the ordinance amending the city charter to allow voter-approved annexation of three suburban ar eas will also be heard. East Roseburg residents will come in for their share of atten tion with the council slated to draw up an ordinance calling for the annexation of that area. City Recorder William Bollman said annexation plans will be rushed for East Roseburg so that the area may be included in the com ing census, should it be approv ed by the voters. He added that nothing had been done about an nexation plans for North Rose burg. Other items to come before the council tonight include an ordi nance to vacate Claire street, a report from the judiciary and election committee on coinciding ward and precinct boundaries and requests for approval of two beer licenses. Death Toll In Holiday Period Over 400 Mark (By the Associated Press) The nation's New Year's holi day violent death toll passed the 4UU mark but represented a sharp drop compared to the Christmas weekend total of 580. The 402 killed in all types of violent accidents was less than the traffic deaths over the Christmas holiday. The survey covered a period from 6 p. m last Friday to midnight Monday. But traffic, as usual during a major holiday, was the big killer. There were 253 persons killed In motor mishaps over the long weekend. That was 77 below the 330 predicted by the National Safety council. In the two-day 1949 New Year's holiday there were 309 violent accidental deaths, including 207 traffic fatalities. The council's prediction fol lowed the heavy toll on the high ways the previous week 413 traf fic fatalities. The New Year's traffic fatalities compared to the council's figures of an average of 85 traffic deaths every 24 hours in the first 11 months of 1949. Wet and foggy weather over much of the country was be lieved to have been an important factor in keeping down the high way toll. Fires killed 53 persons, in- (Continued on Page Two) Stricken Child Races Death To Specialists LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3 UP) Janet Beth Wagner, two-years-old, sped east today on the last lap of a journey from Singapore for treatment of a rare blood disease. She is going to Cleveland clinic where specialists are waiting hoping to forstall the death which Singapore doctors fear is Inevitable. Two weeks ago, they gave her only six weeks to live. With her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wagner, and her sister, Pamela, Janet flew across the Pacific. Wagner is chief buyer for Goodrich Rubber co. Rembrandt Painting To Be Exhibited In U. S. NEW YORK, Jan. 3 UP) Rembrandt's oil naintine. "St. Peter Denying Christ," arriv ing from Holland today to be ex hibited in this country for the first time. Crated In wood and guarded by special attendants, the canvas was unloaded from the liner Wes terdam at Hoboken, N. J. ht. Peter Denying Christ," ranks with "The ftloht Watch" among Rembrandt's greatest masterpieces, it was Insured for $500,000 and was kept under lock and key during the voyage. Toketee Power Project , No. 1 Now In Operation Tests have been completed and the first unit of the Toketee power project has been put into operation, according to a report from California-Oregon Power company officials. The second unit is being put under tests at the present time, and should be ready to cut into the power system very shortly. After the second unit has ber,n put into serviop, testing of the third unit will be started. ROSEBURG, OREGON TUESDAY, JAN. John Maragon Indicted As Alleged Liar False Answers Given At Senate's 5 Percent Probe, Grand Jury Charges WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. UP) John Maragon, former bootblack who later had a pass to the White House, was indicted today on four charges of lying to Senate investi gators. If convicted by a jury on the charges, Maragon would be liable to possible penalties of 40 years imprisonment two to ten years on each count. The date for a trial will be set later. A federal grand jury accused Maragon of perjury in: 1. Saying his only bank account in 1915 and 1946 was in the Union Trust company In Washington. 2. Testifying that from 1945 un til July, 1949, "he did not nego tiate any government business and did not receive any money for negotiating government busi ness or for any work done by him in connection with the gov ernment." 3. Stating he was not employed by anyone else when he took a (Continued on Page Two) Suicide Follows Mixup Over Football Tickets MIAMI, Fla Jan. 3 UP) A Miami woman died yesterday after a mixup over tickets to the Orange bowl football game. Detective Neil Coston said Mrs. Lucille E. Brooks, 45, shot herself through the head shortly after her husband, Henrv IS. Brooks, phoned and told her he i-hadar-ranged -to-'exehangeMheir urange dowi tickets for better ones. He asked her to deliver the tickets to a man who would cill. Coston quoted Brooks as spy ing his wife may have misunder stood him and thought she would not be taken to the football game. Safe Cracker Gets $202, Mostly Liquor Funds MADRAS, Jan. 3. (P)A day time burglary here yesterday net ted a safe cracker $202 from the store of Ivan Olsen. Olsen said the back door had been opened and the knob of the safe broken off. He said the amount stolen would have been $1,700, but he had made an after hours bank deposit Saturday. Most of the money was from the state liquor agency he operates at the store. Boys In Possession Of Stolen Auto Arrested The recovery of a stolen car, owned by Ralph McCollum of Coos Bay was reported by stale police here, and two juveniles ar rested in possession of the car are being held in the Douglas county Jail for Coos county au thorises. The police said the two youths were arrested Sunday. They gave their addresses as Coos Bay, but their parents' homes as Van couver, Wash. AUTO CHAINS NEEDED SALEM, Jan. 3 (P) High way travel In mountain areas was dangerous today, and chains must be used, the Slate Highway commission reported today. Cold weather brought icy con ditions on other roads, but most of these roads have been sanded. -"xt ft .'! . . .-sjj. . j . . . W,ns r i ' " 1 ' "Vs ! . .Vl ARRESTED ON SECRET INDICTMENT Mrs. Jean Simons Mur ray (leftl, 33, end Mrs. Betty Megruder Teixeira (right), 2?, were arrested on secret federal indictment end accused of threatening a key witness in the Sen Francisco perjury trial of longshore leader Harry Bridget with a "sex scandal" to silence him. Their intended victim, according to the government, was Mervyn Rathborne, former C.I.O. official end once en in timate of Bridges, who it expected to testify for the prose cution. NEA Telephote. 3, 1950 Dr. C. A. Edwards, Former Methodist Church Pastor In Roseburg, Dies In Los Angeles Dr. Charles A. Edwards, 84, retired Methoditt minister, form er pastor of the First Methodist church of Roseburg, died Satur day at Los Angeles, where he had recently made his home, He had been confined to the hospital for a short time prior to his death. Born of English-Scotch parent age at Bellville, Ontario, Can., June 14, 1863, Dr. Edwards came to the United States in 1892 and received his six-year theological education at the Methodist uni versity of Denver, Colo. He taught history and literature at Montana State college at Butte until his ordination in the minis try in 1901. That same year he was married to Miss Harriet Mc Vicar at Brandon, Manitoba, Can. His bride was a daughter of Brandon's founder. After joining the Idaho conver ence in 1902, Dr. Edwards served pastorates at Salmon, American Falls, Shoshone and Blackfoot, all In Idaho, and at Baker and LaGrande, Oregon. He was trans ferred to the Oregon conference in 1917 and served pastorales at Ashland, The Dalles, Roseburg and Bend. During a two-year interm be tween his first two Oregon pas torates, he served as Oregon field secretary of the retired min isters fund. Dr. Edwards look up permanent residence in Rose burg upon accepting Ihe church's retired relation status In 1935. Mrs. Edwards passed away in Roseburg Sept. 29, 1944. A son, John Charles Edwards, graduate of Ihe University of Oregon and now in the mercan tile business in Los Angeles, sur vives. Dr. Edwards spent 53 active years in the ministry, and, fol lowing his retirement, frequently (Continued on Page Two) t!, .H'" LI... I ,!'.', ". Indian Tribes To Get Mli.ions By Court Decision WASHINGTON, Jan, 3 im The United States court of claims today awarded $16,500,000 to four Indian tribes for lands in Oregon stale taken from them by the government in 1855. The sum represents payment for 2,775,000 acres, comprising more than half of Oregon's front age along the Pacific ocean. Tribes sharing in the settle ment are the Tillamooks, Coquil les, Too-Too-To-Neys and Chetcos. The decision marked settle ment of proceedings begun in 1935 when Congress referred the question to the court. The court valued the lands at $1.20 per acre when they were seized In November of 1855. The original value plus inter est, the decision said, brings the government's tolal obligation to $16,515,604.77. The sum will be di vided as follows: The Tillamooks, $7,008,276.19; the Coquilles, $4,485,375.48; the Too-Too-To-Neys, $2,440,400.78, the Chetcos, $2,581,55.3. U. S. Postwar Aid Abroad Almost $30 Billion WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (IP) U. S. aid to foreign countries since the war now totals nearly $30,000,000,000. The total amounts to about $200 for every person in this country. Reduciions in the outflow are experted as war-torn countries rebuild. 1 - i'iUX fwv kg 1-50 Rose burg DR. C. A. EDWARDS Called To Final Rett 2 Dead, 2 Injured In Arkansas Hunt For Escaped Cons LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 3 UP) Two more . ca sualt les have occurred In Arkansas' great man hunt for fugitive convicts. The search seemingly cooled today after one of the felons meekly surrendered. A crippled recluse, described by neighbors as eccentric, was wounded fatally last, night in an exchange of shots with members of a Dosse in a North L,lttle Kock suburb. A state official, working with the officers, was wounded. This happened several nours after 26-year-old Odus Eaton of Stilwell, Okla. barefoot, dishevel ed and hungry was captured without resistance at nearby Scott. Ark. He was returned to Tucker prison farm and placed in the death house lor sate-Keep-lng. It was from Tucker that Eaton and three companions broke out early Saturday, killing a trusty guard as they fled and touching off one of the state's greatest manhunts. Lee Burgess, 61, who lived alone In a small house, was wounded fatally and deputy state Eire Marshal Walter L. McLa vey, about 40, was wounded in last night's shooting. This raised the casualty toll in the break and hunt to two dead and two wounded. Town Marshal Kenneth Brantley of Lonoke, Ark., was wounded slightly in a brief gun battle with the fugitives Sunday night as they evaded a road block. The dead guard was Bill Bohannon, 36. Still being hunted are James Perry Williams, 29, Sheridan, Ark., David Dyer, 29, Oklahoma Cily and James Rheuark, 22, Sa pulpa, Okla. Williams had been named as the ring leader of the break and the slayer of the guard. Portland Gunmen Slug, Rob Store Operator PORTLAND, Jan. 3. (JP) An Ice cream store owner was slug ged on the head with a soft drink bottle by one of two gunmen last night and then robbed of $25. Police said Roy V. Pearson, 49, required 14 stitches to close the scalp Injury. Pearson said he was sluggea wnue grappling wnn one of the men who had forced him to enter a back room of the store. DRUNK DRIVING DENIED A plea of Innocent to a drunk driving charge was entered in municipal court today by Her bert Warren Muma, 28, Rose burg. according to Judge Ira B. Riddle. Muma was arrested by city po lice shortly after midnight Tues day on the charge. He was com mitted to the city Jail In lieu of payment of ball, set by Judge Riddle at $150. VENISON DRAWS FINES Three persons charged with il legal possession of venison were arrested Monday by state police and each was fined $100 and costs In Justice court at Sutherlln. Justice of Peace Ward C. Wat son listed them as Elmer Soren son. Charles Aaron Tiller and .Tames Benjamin Holland, all of ryee camp, Oakland. Lawmakers Assemble For Second Round' " : i Truman To Send First Message Tomorrow; Tax Problem Major Issue , WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-WPC- Congress, with one eye already cocked to next fall's elections, convened today for its second round of battling over President Truman's "fair deal." Today's assembly was mostly a formality. The real kick-oft for the second session of the 81st Congress will come tomor row. That is when Mr. Truman will tell the lawmakers what ha expects form them. Beginning about 10 a.m. (PSf the president will deliver his state of the union address to a joint Senate-House session. All major radio and television networks will carry the speech. At a White House , meeting which ended shortly before con gress met, Mr. Truman gave his congressional high command an advance look at the message. They also went over his economic message, wmch he will send to the Capitol Friday, and his bud get message, due Monday. , Emerging from the conference, the democratic leaders expressed enthusiasm over the President's plans. Speaker Rayburn of Texas told reporters: "It looks like the country is in pretty good shape I never saw It In better shape." utners wno sat in on the con ference were Vice President Bark- ley, Senate Democratic leader Lu cas (III.) and House Democrat! leader McCormack (Mass).- Taxet Major Problem Among rank-and-file legislators, most of the talk was about taxes. Some particularly the repub licanswere saying a lot, too, about cutting expenditures. : Republican house leader Mar tin (Mass.) announced creation ot a special GOP committee to keep tab on the president's "fair deal spending. Martin gave it the name ot the "price tax committee" and said Its Job would be Just what Its name implied to put price tags an administration spending proposals. On taxes, the situation appar ently Is that everybody . would like to see them lower but few are sure just where and how they can be cut without putting the government deeper Into the red.- .,. ,.-... ....i.,'-;.., ......, Rayburn said he had suggested lo Mr. Truman a "single pack age" overall tax bill, cutting levies "where they pinch" and finding revenue in other, placet to make up any loss. Tax Message Slated Those who should know say Mr. Truman Is planning to tell congress he is ready to lop off most of the wartime excise lev- (Continued on Page Two) Oregon Traffic Mishaps ' Over Holiday Kill Four (By the Associated Press) Traffic mishaps over the New Year's holiday weekend in Ore gon claimed the lives of four per sons. . . 'Mrs. Magdalena Junkett, 68, Portland, a passenger in a car that overturned Monday near Mo Minnville, was killed and four others escaped Injury. Earlier Monday, Perry Owen Hester, 43, Richland, Wash., died in a simi lar accident near. Hermlston. His wife was driving,! She was not seriously injured. t Two accidents In the Portland area lale Friday and Saturday claimed the other victims. They were Clarence Hays, 77, and Irv ing Upham, 32. . 400-Pound "Aunt Jemima" Of Radio Fame Passes " NEW' YORK, Jan. 3 UP) Miss Tess Gardella, 52, "Aunt Jemima" of the stage and radio, died today in an ambulance en route to a hospital. Miss Gardella, who weighed more than 400 pounds, lapsed In to a diabetic coma at her homo last night. She won widespread fame at a black face "Aunt Jemima" oti the radio and in vaudeville. . In 1936 she won s verdict of $115,000 in Brooklyn Federal court against the National Broad casting Co., General Foods, Inc., and Log Cabin Products, Inc. She charged other entertalneri using her professional name were hired in her place by NBC. , Prices Of Dodge Autos For This Year Unchanged DETROIT, Jan. 3 UP) Fac tory retail prices of the 1950 model Dodge passenger can will remain unchanged from last year's models. The new models will go on dis play in dealer showroom tomor row. Factory prices at Detroit for the various models start at $1,525 for the 115-inch wheelbasa Wayfarer business coupe and range up to $2,579 for the Coro net sedan. The Coronet station wagon has a $2,715 price tag. Levity fact J ant By L. F. Relzensteln Some critics of the "Wtl-Fair Deal" program who predict c fedtral ending In the poorhout may wind up themselves en etec tion day In the doghouse. (Continued on Page Two)