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COMP FIRST CITIZEN NAMED IS Don Forbes Receives Honor For Outstanding Services To Community During 1949 t ' .. . ! Trainmen Quit The Weather Mostly cloudy with occasional rain today, tonight and Sun day. . Sunset today 5:10 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:38 a. m. After Dispute Over Dismissal i U of 0, Library Eugene, Ore. Store TO '-'.-t,r...,'..- ..... ...I r -. V . ' i .- v'-. "-V f ' ('.-'. .t)" ' I f il' J DON FORBES last niqht was awarded the honor of being Rose burg's junior first citiien. The secret committee's selection, an nounced at the Junior Chamber of Commerce's first citizen's banquet, was based upon Forbes munity during 1949. (Photo Lab .( . ' By LEROY The announcement of a secret committee s choice ot Don Forbes s Rosebura's junior first citizen was loudly applauded by an estimated 200 persons, who had sat in suspense through dinner and an interesting program at last night's fourth annual first citizen's banquet. The affair was held at Kennedy's Dutch Will under Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsorship. In the Day's News 1 By FRANK JENKINS ... , GET a load of this from Moscow: Russla'srindustrial production level last year exceeded goals set for 1950 : and PERSONAL IN COMES ROSE SHARPLY. Soviet workers earned 12 per cent more In 1949 than in 1948. Peasants earned 14 percent more. Russia's grain harvest totalled 7.6 billion poods which is equiva lent to 41 billion bushels. . RUSSIA, you see, under the beneficient guidance of the big shots of the Communist party, in eating high' up on the hog. - PAGE our Harry. It looks like the Politburo has been reading his messages on the State of the Union and the eco nomic future of the United States (Continued on Page Four) Ben DuFresne To Open Electrical Business Here Bennie DuFresne, who has been employed as an electrician with Roseburg Electric, announc ed today that he is entering busi ness for himself. DuFresne will have his head quarters In the W. R. Brown Electric Motor Shop. Under the name of DuFresne Electric, he will be handling all types of elec trical wiring and commercial re frigeration service. A resident of Roseburg all his life, DuFresne is married and has one son. He worked for Rose burg Electric before and after World War II. Nelson Takes Promotion to the office of as-1 sistant chief of the division of fire control of the forest service at Washington. D. C, marks ling step forward in the already rapid advancement of Marlon M. Red Kelson, supervisor oi ine Umpqua National forest at Rose burg. Nelson's appointment was an nounced yesterday by H. J. An drews, regional forester, Pacific Northwest region of the U. S. forest service at Portland. He will be succeeded here by Robert Aufderhelde, forester in charge of the Pacific Northwest and range experiment station's work center at Corvallis. At Oqden, Utah The change Is expected to take place about Feb. 20. Nelson Is at present in Ogden, Utah, where he is attending a special fire con trol meeting. A native of Grand Valley, Col., j Nelson is a graduate of the Uni-' versitv of Washington school of forestry at Seattle. During the ! summer months while he wa at tending school in 1929, 1930 and 1934, he cruised timber in Wash ington, Alaska and eastern Ore gon. During the summers of 1931 32 and 33, he was fire warden for Los Angeles county, Calif. outstanding service to the com portrait). INMAN Rev. Walter A. MacArthur, who had the honor of making I he announcement, read through a long list of Forbes acnievemenis and contributions to community betterment during the year 1919 and previous years. He then called the' irst citizen to. the speaker's table, where he was presented with the distinguished service certificate and gold key award. Forbes In his brief acceptance talk, said "I wish first to thank my wife, who has shared in the time and sacrifice I have made for the benefit of the community. Next I want to thank the mem bers of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, who have made it possible for me to win -he award. It could not be won by working alone." Mrs. Forbes Honored Mrs. Forbes was next called forward and presented with a bouquet of roses. While the announcement of the first citizen was the highlight of the occasion, it was by no means all the program. Three other spe cial iwards were presented, new officers were installed and Bruce Kelly, state president of the Jay cees, gave an inspiring talk, chal lenging young men to take their part in affairs of the nation. , Gum Wins Key rnn Gum was the recipient of the gold key award, as the key (Continued on page Two) Copco Manager To Tell Power Failure Troubles The public is invited to attend Monday's noon forum luncheon at the Umpqua hotel, with the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce featuring H. C. doc wens, ais trict manager for Conco. "Light on the Power Situation" will be wells subject. According to George Luoma, forum chairman, this will be a "frank and sincere presentation" of factors involved in the recent power interruptions. Long Step In . -eJ ;V : vrv i I I M. M. 'Red NELSON Established 1873 USE BOAS? 'Big Mo1 Plight Brings AF Offer WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 UB The plight of the battleship Mis souri reportedly prompted a grin ning otter from the commander of the Air Force yesterday to haul the big battlewagon out of the mud with B-36 bombers. Senators who lunched with the chiefs of staff of the armed forces said a good-natured revival of the air power-versus-sea power dispute was set off by Gen. J. Lawton Collins of the Army. Collins suggested solemly that perhaps the Air Force had drop ped phoney buoys into Chesa peake Bay to lure the Missouri onto a mudbank. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Air Force chief of staff, denied it. Just to prove that there is "com plete unification" among the armed forces, he said, "I'm even willing to attach some B-36s to the Missouri and yank her out by air power." The ribbing" was directed at Adm. Forrest P. Sherman, chief of naval operations. Senators re ported that a sad grin was Sher man's only contribution to the discussion. Officials Expect Bulgaria To Stand Fast Against U.S. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 GB Informed officials said today they look for Bulgaria to stand fast possibly on orders from Moscow against a United States threat to break off diplomatic re lations. Expressing the suspicion that the Soviet Union had called the signals on the Bulgarian demand tor the recall of U.S. Minister Donald Heath, these diplomatic authorities, said the Russians may welcome a chance to force American officials out of Sofia entirely. The, United States, replying to the recall note yesterday, declar ed bluntly that it will withdraw its entire diplomatic mission f rom- Bulgaria? anj send BulgeU'- lan diplomats' in this country nome unless tne communist gov ernment at Sofia drops its in sistance on getting Heath out. Adopts Tough Policy Th American government thus indicated that it has decided on a tough policy toward the Communist satellite governments of eastern Europe In respect to the treatment of American offi cials and citizens there. The note to Bulgaria threaten ed to break relations unless the Bulgarian government did two things: . (1). Withdrew its request for . (Continued on page Two) That Was Sen. Morse PORTLAND, Jan. 21 UP) That crumpled, unshaven man who got off the train looking for a locksmith yesterday was Sen. Wayne L. Morse. He found the locksmith, too, then shaved, got some rest and was ready today for a series of speeches that will keep him Vn the state until Jan, 2b. Morse was caught in the snarl ed transportation resulting from winter storms. When he got off the train here, he was 30 hours late. His suitcase was locked shaving equipment inside and the key not to be found. NO DAD-FUNDS BAD HONG KONG, Jan. 21 UP) A Chinese college student In Com munist Peiplng wrote his father Here tnls ween: "I should not call you father because I now belong to the state . . . I am short of funds and would appreciate a check by return mail." Forest Service To District Ranger In June 1945 he was appointed assistant ranger of the Naches district of the Snoqualmie Na tional forest. He worked there un til December 1936, when he was promoted to ' district ranger of Page Creek district, Siskiyou na tional forest, with headquarters at Cave Junction. After three years he came to Roseburg as staff officer with the Umpqua National forest. He was in cnarge oi timoer management engineering and recreation, un der Suoervisor V. V. Harpham, now retired. He was promoted to supervisor April 1, 1946. While at Naches, he was mar ried In 1936 to Mildred Green, a registered nurse. They have two chik'-en. Aufderhelde, a native of Clements, Minn., was graduated In 1935 from Oregon State college with a degree In forestry. He has experience in timber cruising and served as a district forest ranger and staff officer on the Siuslaw forest for 10 years before trans ferring to the experiment station work center at Corvallis in 1946. Both men are active in civic r.nd fraternal affairs and are members of the Society of Ameri can Foresters. - ROSEBURG, Wartime Civil Defense Plans Leader Named Aircraft Observers Corps Of 150,000 Volunteers To Be Recruited In U.S.' WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 UP) A former atomic research offi cial was named today to head the government agency charged with planning for wartime civil defense. Paul J. Larsen, who has been associated with atomic research in Los Alamos and Albuquerque, N. M., will atake over as first chairman of the civilian mobilza tion office on March 1, Presi dential assistant John R. Steel man announced. The office was set up as one of eight planning groups in a re cent reorganization of the Na tional Security Resources board, which Steelman has been running as acting chairman. Plane Observers Set Larsen's appointment was an-' nounced on the heels of a de fense department disclosure that recruiting of 150,000 volunteer air craft observers will start immed lately to be ready for action if war should come. The two announcements mark ed a sudden surge of action in the civil defense program, which has been dormant since the war. Larsen will supervise planning for civil defense, health resourc es, housing and community ser vices, strategic dispersion of In dustrial and governmental facil ities, and censorship. The new olilcial formerly was associate director of the Los Ala mos scientific laboratory of the University of California. Later he (Continued on page Two) Hiss Trial Jury Asks Re-reading, Goes Out Again" NEW YORK, Jan. 21 UP) The Jury in the second Alger Hiss perjury trial returned to the courtroom today to have part of the judge s charge re read to n. in response to tne request, rea- eral Judge Henry W. Goddard read the jurors for the second time those parts of the charge which referred to reasonable and corroborative evidence. The eight women four men re sumed deliberations at 9:20 a.m. (EST) 40 minutes earlier than the time set by Federal Judge Henry W. Goddard when he sent them to bed at 10:45 o'clock last night. Follows Pattern Thus the jury continued to fol low the pattern set by the jurors in the first Hiss trial failing to agree on the day they got the case, spending the night in a hotel, then revewlng delibera tions ahead of time. Hiss, 45, formerly a high State department official and later $20,000a-year president of the Carnegie endowment ior inter national Peace, arrived at the courthouse at 9:05 a.m. The defendant was smiling and gave a cheerful greeting to per sons he recognized. His wife, Priscilla, was with him. Shr? has sat by his side during both lengthy trials. End In Disagreement The earlier- trial ended last July In a jury disagreement. Today 18 months after the case'broke Into the headlines by way of a congressional investi gation a light snow covered the ground as the Jury returned to the Foley Square courthouse. Federal Judge Henry W. God dard gave the case to the jury at 3:10 p.m. yesterday after a 33-minute charge. Hiss his reputation and future in the balance was tense and relaxed by turns as he waited for a verdict. He lowered his head once during a blistering wind-UD attack by the govern ment. which called him a trai tor. Two Sentenced To Serve Year In Penitentiary Two persons were sentenced to the Oregon state penitentiary Friday, when thev appeared In circuit court before judge Carl E. Wimberly. Kenneth George Payne, 20, Spencerport, N. Y., received one year alter pleading guiny to a charge of attempted automobile larceny, at Oakland last Novem ber. " W. W. Wiser, found guilty by a jury, of stealing four truck tires, was also sentenced to -erve year in the pentitentlary. Wiser' sentence was stayed 15 days, pending filing of a motion for a new trial by his attorney. FOOD STORE BURNS KENNEWICH. Wah.. Jan. 21 P) Fire, apparently started by a short circuit in a refrigera tor unit, swept through Art's food store at Richland early Friday morning, destroying the building and contents and causing an es timated $.30,000 loss. A OREGON SATURDAY, JAN. GLENN B. CLUTE Glenn Clute Takes Management Of Roseburg Electric . Glenn B. Clute, above, former assistant manager of Trowbridge Electric Co., has taken over the management of the Roseburg Electric Co. Clute, a native of South Da kota, moved to Roseburg three years ago. A veteran of the army in World War II, he served in the sitorI corns In the south Pa cific area and in Japan. He is married, has two children, and lives at 804 So. Main St. At Roseburg Electric, Clute will be in . complete charge of sales, electrical contracting and electrical repairs. George and Dena Singleton oi Roseburg Electric simultaneous ly announced their desire for semi-retirement, singleton win continue to be active in the op eration of the company In an ad visory capacity, but plans more leisure. Sineleton. who has lived in Rngphnrp all his life, has been associated -'with Roseburg Eleu trie nearly 25 years. He and his wife purchased the business from O. M. Nicholas 13 years ago. No major changes are planned in the operation of the contract wiring and electrical repair de partment. Another sales person will be added to the staff, it was nnounced, , Trades Council Is Formed Here Organization of a Building and Construction Trades council for Roseburg and vicinity, composed oi an unions in tnis area affiliat ed with the American Federa tion of Labor, was perfected at a meeting held here Jan. 19, Mar vin Mayo, who was elected pre sident of the council, announced. Other officers elected were T. O. Hart, vice-president; Vincent Whitbeck, recording secretary, and Vernon H. Flnstad, C. J. Osbun and L. F. Thorn, trustees. Represented at tne meeting were the following crafts:- tile setters, plasterers and brick lay ers, carpenters, electricians, teamsters, plumbers, . sheet- metal, cement finisher, painters and linolium layers, and labor ers. The purpose of the council, ac cording to Mayo, is to coordinate the eftorts oi A. . of L. unions in this area. It was announced ' that con tractors will Be contacted soon and asked to sign referendum agreements on future contracts guaranteeing employment of union help, as well as paying scale according to agreements now signed with them by the various unions affiliated with the council. Auto Insurance Rates Reduction Set Monday New automobile insurance rates providing reductions of about 124 per cent on premiums of lla bility and property damage poll' cies on private cars and pick ups of farmers In the state, will go Into ellect Monday, accord ing to an announcement irom Ar thur M. Eppstein, president of the Oregon Automobile Insurance company, In a Portland news- Daoer. Roseburg representatives of the company announce that the new rate will apply in Douglas coun ty. The new rate is expected to result In an annual saving of ap proximately $425,000 to farmers ana rancners in urpgon. Sutherlin Station To Get New Transformers Soon New transformers, on the site at the burned-out Sutherlin sub- staion, will be installed over the wepkend so that service will be restorpd by Monday, according to spokesmen of the California Oregon Power company. Unless further difficulties arise, power service will again be nor mal by the first of the week. Emergency announcements will be made over radio station KRNR according to Copco. 21, 1950 FOR BLOOD DONATIONS Registry Of Types For Emergency Service Aim Of Movement Begun Here Saving lives in Roseburg it the aim of a committee made up of local citizeni leading a movement to obtain a registry of at least 400 prospective blood donors in this locality. John Hardiman, who has been program into effect, announced today that approximately 125 persons already have their blood typed and ar available for call whenever a local physician deems advisable for a blood RINGS COME BACK Lost In Sack Of Onions, Buyer Restores Them Darleen Loomls of Sutherlin, a checker at Safeway Store,; lost her diamond engagement and wedding rings in a sack of on ions. Inat happened last week. Friday the rings were return ed to her by Mrs. George Single ton, who purchased the onions. Mrs. Singleton reported that after making her purchase, she went home and removed the on ions, then started to discard the sack, but changed her mind. While she was separating the double sacks (that's the way on ions are packed), one ring fell to the floor. Further inspection revealed a second ring in the sack. Mrs. Singleton went back to Safeway's and inquired whether or not anyone had lost the rings. Surely enough it was Mrs. Loom- is, who said her husband had cautioned her before to have the rings sized, as they were loose on her linger, me rings were re turned in their original condition. Knudtson s jewelers are now siz ing the rings to correct fit. Death In Gas Chamber Fate Of Fred Stroble ' LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21 IIP) -tj-Fred Stroble is sane and .must "die- for murdering six-year-old Linda Joyce Glucoft. -i.. Superior Judge Charles W. Frlcke, who ruled him sane yes terday, will pronounce sentence next Friday. Under California law it will have to be death in the gas chamber because the Jury convicted him of first de gree murder with no recommend ation of leniency. Lone uncertainty for the t- year-old grandfather now is when he will meet his end. The law also provides for automatic re view of all death sentences by the State Supreme court, which sometimes takes several months. VANDENBERO MAY QUIT WASHNGTON. Jan. 21. UP) HI health may cause Senator Vandenberg (R-Mlch) to give up his membership on the Senate- House atomic energy committee. Some of his Senate colleagues told a reporter yesterday that Vandenberg has discussed the matter but has not reached a definite decision. He was not reached for direct comment. 3 O LIKE LIGHT OF DAY Residents of Sutherlin were awed last Tuesday evening by a display of electrical fireworks which lasted nearly tan minutes and was caused bv short circuits of ice-ladan power lines. Picture above is shorf-circuiied wires which superstructure. See story en Sutherlin). , If . "-SO instrumental in putting the transfusion. The volunter donors will be ex pected to give their blood free. The committee requests, however, that a member of the family of any person who receives a blood transfusion wherever possible contribute a similar amount, un less his or her name is already on ine list oi donors. Arrangements have been made with Mercy hospital, said Hardi man, for the typing of all blood. However, it is requested that ar rangements for typing be made in aavance ny groups ratner man individuals. Registrations may be left with him at Lawson'3 jewelry, and a night arranged for the typ ing of specific groups. About 40 persons can be typed in an hour and since special arrangements must be made in setting up for the work, it Is necessary to have advance registrations. No Discrimination Emphasis was made that the donor list will be available to any and all hospital services In the community, without discrimina tion. Two vital needs are solved whenever a person has his or her blood typed, Hardiman pointed out. f irst, wnen diooq is neeueu for a transfusion, it is usually needed immediately, and finding a person with the correct blood type Is sometimes extremely dif ficult. Second, the rjerson who has his blood typed may himself be the victim neemng a iransiusiun. n. his tvpe is known, delays can be Rvntded. The volunteer donor program . ' (Continued on page Two) Smoking Plane Lands Safely VANCOUVER, Jan. 21 (CP) A smoke-filled plane, carry ing 36 passengers and a crew of four, made a landing last night at the international airport here. It was a North Star under com mand of Capt. D. J. Lawson, who 10 minutes earlier reported: "There is smoke in the cockpit and I'm cutting my radio as a precaution." 1 En route from Calgary on the Montreal Vancouver flight of Trans-Canada Air lines, the plane was over mission, 65 miles east of here, when the smoke swept into the cabin from a lire-spark- pH lanltinn system. Silent after he sent his radio warning, Capt. Lawson landed, his head stuck out of a cockpit window to eulde the big plane. as crash wagons, ambulance and fire trucks stood on ine aieri. 10" r of Sutherlin substation, set afire by destroyed ell of fhe transformer's page 2. I Picture by t. M. (ouir 400 Striken Put Many Out Of Work In' Pennsylvania PITTSBURGH, Jan. 21. (JPi I Nearly 17,000 workers were idled today by a strike of 400 ., Brotherhood of Railroad Train men who quit work ii; a dispute . over the discharge of a conductor on an inter-connecting railroad. The giant Pittsburgh works of Jones and Laughlin Steel corpora- i tion was closed, throwing 12,000 out of work. The remainder idled are employes of other district plants served by the Monongahela connecting railroad. Picket Lines Up Picket lines were thrown about . ' the sprawling Jones and Laugh lin plant. i There was no disorder. How ever, hundreds of men reported ; for work shortly af'sr the strike . , was called at b a. m. (&bl ). : A union spokesman said only ! maintenance workers would be al- lowed into the plant ! The railroad is a subsidiary of ; Jones & Laughlin, the nation's ; fourth largest steel producer. ! 9-Month Dispute ' The strike culminated a nine-' month dispute between the rail- j road and the union in connection with the violent death of a brake- 5 man and the subsequent dlsmls- sal of a conductor. 5 Union officials would not com. s ment. . 3 Railroad President Richard L. 8 Barnes said the railroad dis ? charged Conductor W. J. Legge a Jr., of Pittsburgh, following the ? (Continued on page Two) Flood Threat On Willamette Diminishing By The Associated Press A serious flood threat for west, em Washington and Oregon di minished today as snow-cuiung warm rains abated and major rivers held within their banks. A general two and a half IncH rainfall over the region during a ' 48-hour period brought flood ' warnings yesterday along swol len streams. But forecasts of only occasional rains today eased the ' danger as high rivers leveled off. , Temperatures Going ,Us .'.:' j Temperatures that shot upward ! Thursday continued their steady '.' climb. The only reports of sub-frees- , ing temperatures were from The " Dalles. Ore., and Ellensburg, ' Yakima and Walla Walla, Wash. ' Meanwhile, transportation crept ! slowly back to normal. Trans-;' Washington highway travel was ; reinstated with the opening of,' Snoqualmie and Blewett passes ' to one-way traffic early this', morning. Slides in the Cascade ' mountains had virtually blocked rail and highway travel as the j rise in temperatures loosened .1 1 heavy accumulations of snow. ;: Trains Late Most eastbound trains were held up slightly only when con. nectlng trains were late. The Columbia highway east of Portland was shut tight and was ' expected to remain closed until next week. The Wilson river high-.' way from Portland to Tillamook ,; on the coast was reopened to two-'. way traffic, but heavy rains kept Impassable a two mile stretch of ! the Oregon coast highway north ; of Tillamook.. .' Planes to and from all Wash Ington airfields were resuming ' normal schedules. The Portland i airport was expected to reopen : late today. The main stem of the Wlllam- ' ette was not expected to flood except possibly In the Harrisburg area. O'Dwyer May Quit From ; III Health, Rumors Say . NEW YORK. Jan. 21 -UP Reports circulated today that the status of Mayor William O'Dwy. ; er's health may cause him to re- : sucn reports appearea in inre of the city's morning newspa pers. However, a ciose aiue oi uiv . mayor said he puts no stock In " the reports. -mere is notning wrong wun him (the mayor) now that a com plete and decent and unlnterrupt-: pH nt won't cure." the aide saio. The 59-year-old mayor, wno started a new four-year term at the first of the year, now is va catloning at Key Largo, Fla, . with his bride,, the former Sloan ; Simpson. . Coal Shortage Solved ' ' PASSAIC, N. J., Jan. 21 UP Kurt Wehrmann couldn t quite figure ouc wny ne was using up A his coal supply so fast He took his puzzie 10 ponce yesterday. They found that a man wno nas Deen steeping in Wchrmann's coal bin with his permission, has been carrying away the coal, a pail at a time, over tne period oi several weeKs., vity fact ant By L F. Relzenstein After winter's ravages, what? Spring hoiiseelecmina end the annual rash et seasonal feetry. r
