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2 Tht hUwi-Rtview, Roieburg, Or. Man., Jan. 30, 1950 Klan Units Unite To War On Reds JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 30 W) A newly consolidated Ku Klux Klan minus the big Geor gia group today iet out to lick 1,100 pro-Communist organiza tions In the United States." After completing a merger of three Klan groups here yester day, spokesmen caiiea lor active war on Communism and what the Klan called "hate move ments. ' The Klan singled out as targets the National Association for the Advancement o( Colored People, B'Nal B'rlth nd the Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America. . . It called them the kind of groups "designed and intended to stir up racial and religious hate among the minority." In New York, an official of the Federal council called the Klan statement an absurd charge and said he assumed the issue will be taken care of locally. An NAACP spokesman pledged continued work toward equal right for all American citizens "despite the organized bigotry of such groups as the KKK. While the Klan credited the Roman Catholic church with ac tively fighting Communism, it ad vised members against Catholic domination ol tne light. Merged were the Federated Klans of Alabama, the Southern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and the Association of Caro lina Klans. Only Samuel Roper's Association of Georgia Klans re mains outside the fold. The United Klan elected an "emperor" known publicly only as minan ii. Maximum Salaries Set For Rural Teachers (Continued from page One) school principals serving as ad ministrative heads of the districts range from $4,000 for schools with three teachers on a grad uated scale up to $5,000 for schools of 13 or more teachers. Band and orchestra Instructors' salaries are set at a maximum of $1,650 on a half time basis, with recommendation that the instruc tor be a regular faculty member to teach other subjects, If the size of the school warrants. School clerks' salaries begin with a maximum of $75 for one teacher districts with $40 for each additional teacher and a celling of $1,500. An additional $50 Is al lowed for an elementary and high school combination under the same board. A maximum of $50 is allowed for clerks In dis tricts not maintaining schools but transporting students, No 8lck Leave Pay ; ; No allowance Is made for teach ers' sick leaves, as districts have not adopted a uniform policy. Janitors' salaries range from a maximum of $270 for one room schools' to $1,800 for five-room schools for 10 months' work, and $2,400 on a 12-month basis for schools of six to 10 rooms. Help ers may be added for schools of more than 10 rooms. The policy sets up a standard for purchasing of teaching sup- Klles, text books, janitor supplies, ealth service of $2 per pupil, li brary books, bus drivers' salaries of $150 a month, other transpor tation matters, and $25 per teach er for an emereencv fund. No allowance is made lot such Items as long distance telephone calls or expenses not connected with operational costs, such as capital outlays and other expenses connected witn general control, supervision, teaching, operation, maintenance and repairs and hot lunch programs. Funds desired by the district over and above the amounts al lowable by the rural board must be raised oy special levies on tne individual districts. Street Drives Boost Funds For Polio Cause (Continued from page One) speaker over which thanks to contributors and progress of the drive were broadcast. Weather Handioap Battled . As the dollar chain lengthen ed. Javcees moved to the middle of the street to stop motorists for donations. An impromptu ton system was set up and most mo torists gladly "forked over" to aid the cause. This scheme was abandoned shortly after 1 p.m as the chain fell apart after being softened by snow and rain, but Jaycees returned to the job later in the afternoon after drying tne bills. City drive chairman Del Mc Kay termed the Saturday cam paign a successful one, altnougn workers did not equal the amount gathered during a similar day last year. However, McKay said workers were bucking a cold, wintry day which accounted for the relatively small total collect ed. Boy Scouts took In $214.55 for their mile-of-dlmes activity and Jaycees nearly doubled that amound during the day. The current drive will continue this week and include such fund raising schemes as a special "coffee day" Friday, the bene fit auction to be neid Friday oy Roseburg Lions and a special tal lent show at the senior high school. Truman Ready To Act In Coal Miners' Strike (Continued from page One) - Windows, Frames and Ladders PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 164 E. 2nd Ave. 8. Phone 242 I Do The Job MM DISSTON One-Man CHAIN SAW ftavt your tnutdce. Head for the woods with thii new Diwton One Man Chain Saw. Light weight, gat olme-driven power uw. Felli . . , Bucks . . . Limb. Operates at any angle even upside down. CARL J. PEETZ Phone 279 920 S. Stephen! for. the President to hold off," said the official who declined to be quoted by name. At another point, he said In conversation with a reporter that the President might Intervene "within 48 hours." Thus the next flteD anneared to rest with those of Lewis' United Mine Workers who have been on strike for three weeks to support tnelr demands lor a contract guaranteeing five days a week. Lewis instituted a three-day week to bring pressure on coal operators to grant UMW contract demands, short ol an all-out strike. The strike of the 8,000, who say they can't live on three days' pay, does not have official umw aunorization. Two Courses Open ' The White House official sold the President will decide on the basis of any return-to-work move ment whether to Invoke the emergency powers of the Taft Hartley act, or take other action. Mr. Truman has repeated v said In recent weeks that a national emergency had not arrived, al though a number of people In and out of congress disagreed with him. The T-H law's emergency provisions Include the use of an 80-day injunction to keep the mines going. ine alternative action might be to set up a fact-finding board with power to make recommenda tions for settling the coal dispute. He did this in last year's steel strike, asking the parties to con tinue production while the board studied the case. ' The White House official dis cussing possible presidential moves said the scheduled resump tion of contract talks here Wed nesday between Lewis' and north ern and western operators would not oe enougn in liseii at this stage. He noted that contract neuo- tlations by themselves would not put men back to work at once. James Boyd, director of the bu reau of mines told Mr. Truman, and later a congressional commit tee, last week that unless coa Dro- duction Increased substantially at once, tne nation would be in an emergency if It wasn't already In one. McWilliams Speaks In Portland Despite Ban PORTLAND. Jan. 30.-im Carey McWilliams. who was ban ned from speaking in the public scnoois, opnverea nis address in Red Men hall last night. His talk was about civil liber ties. But at the end of it, his au dience voted to demand the resig nation of Capt. William D. Browne from the city police force. It was Browne's recommenda tion thnt decided the school board Battle For Civil Rights Ordered By CIO Chief PITTSBURGH, Jan. 30 UP) Five hundred CIO United Steel worker officials today embarked on what their president, Phillip Murray, termed a "noiy cru sade" to fight for civil rights. Murray urged his deputies to support president Truman i civil rignts program in every way pos sible. He said of Mr. Truman: "Not since Lincoln has a presi dent gone to bat for a people as has Mr. Truman. He has put his head on the political block and his party has been torn asunder by the issue. Murray told a United Steel-worker-CIO civil rights confer ence yesterday that the civil rigIVs campaign Is virtually as Important to the gteelworkers as their successful drive for pen sions. - - The meeting launched a series of cross-country sessions the steel union hopes will result In enactment of national civil rights legislation. Intensified Search For Lost C-54 Continues (Continued from page Onel aerial search Armada last night, officials anxiously awaited word from a ground party sent to In vestate a lone clue to the plane's whereabouts. It came from a forest ranger In an almost Inaccessible spot approximately 40 miles to the southwest. The ranger said he saw a large plane overhead late Thursday, then heard an earth-shaking thud. an explosion and saw billowing clouds of smoke. Air Commodore Martin Costel lo of the Royal Canadian a i r force, search coordinator here. described the report as the most nieniy probable yet re ceived. Parachute crews staved readv for an immediate take-off should the ground crew report back it has found the craft. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 UP) Names of the 36 passengers aboard the strategic air com mand C-54 that vanished In the Yukon wilderness Jan. 26 on a flight from Ancorage, Alaska, to Great Falls, Mont., have been released by the air force. me plane s eight crew mem bers were identified previously. ine passengers included: Eldon V. Dolanskv. Sunnyside. Wash., Philco Co., techncian fly ing to the stales from Adak. Mrs. Joyce M. Espe, Elmen dorf Air Force Base Alaska. Victory E. Esne. 2 years old. Elmendorf Air Force base, Alaska. S-Sgt. Clinton D. Tompkins, Rangley, Wash. Pvt. Robert M. Hlatt. ToDoe- nlsh, Wash.. PFC. Francis D. Hofer. Seat tle. Cant. Frank E. Gregory. Eiel- son AFB, Alaska. s-sgt. jacK . Dickerson, Dunsmuir, Calif. - r Cantain Gregory was on emer gency leave orders. . They gave him priority and he bumped" another passenger off the plane. , Mentally Ailing Man " . Kills Mother And Self . BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. Jan. 30 IIP) A man who left four sui cide notes killed his aged moth er and himself in their home yes- teroay. Luther Housel. 62. made his plans so carefully that he posted a note on the door saying: "Do not enter. Bring tne law with you. inose who entered the home In Ellettsvllle, near here, found Mrs. Martha Housel, 87, beaten fatally with a hammer, and Housel dead of a shotgun wound. Dr. Robert E. Lyons Jr., Mon roe County coroner, said the notes showed Housel was suffer ing "a severe state of mental melancholy and a defeatist attitude." MEDFORO FLIER KILLED MEDFORD, Jan. 30 (IP) A tailspin and crash on a highway brought a fatal ending yesterday to the afternoon plane ride of private pilot John Charles Blgh ler, 25, Medford. The plane crashed on the Sams Valley highway 10 miles north of here. Bighlor leaves a widow and two young sons. not to permit McWilliams, Call fornla author, to speak at a school. Browne is head of the American Legion's subversive ac tivities committee here. We DARE You To Call . , , and take advantage of a bargain. According to the D, A. this It the only way you can gamble In Douglas County . that is, and win every time I The eetch le . . you don't win money you win a load (or more) of wood or eawdu.t at a speelal get acquainted price. If you're already acquainted . . , you can order anyway and "break the bank." Inci dentally, we're Introducing you to Johnson Fuel Co. Wt lell all wood fuel. DON'T MAKE AMOVE Til you see F L E G E L Tronsfer and Storage Phone 935 rr : ""J u" f '" ' t V ' L ft ' 1 ' A j ' CIANT INVADES PARIS Femand Bachelard. . Belgian giant, seven feet, seven inches and 451 pounds, asks direc tions of a policeman in Champs Llysees durmr visit to Paris. ONE-YEAR FAMIL YMrs. Thclma r.ibbs, of Atlanta, Ga., sits with her twins, Jane and Wayne, born Jan. 16, 1949, and triplets, Lynda, Brenda and Glenda, born Nov. S the same year. Oil Explosion, Fire Kill Terrified Child PULLMAN, Wash., Jan. 30 UP A . terror-stricken six-year-old youngster died early yesterday when an exploding oil stove set fire to his parents home. ; Four . other children escaped unharmed with the aid of police officer Kenneth Lowry and' a Washington state college fresh men, Eleanor Dixon, who was acting as baby-sitter. The victim was Robert Jeffrey Jr, his body was found on the second floor of .the home five hours after the explosion. Lowrv said the boy was too terrorized by the flames to jump from a second story window Into a snow bank. Ex-Military Policeman. Slays Estranged Wife I MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 30 UPl Sheriff Jim Thompson said a former military policeman, who pumped two fatal bullets into his estranged wife as she held their year-old son, would be charged wun muraer today, a. The 20-year-old mother, Mrs. Margaret Louise Vinson, died yes terday of wounds suffered In the climax of a marital spat Her husband, Floyd Vincon, 24, said he couldn't remember what had happened. His arrest came a few hours after the shooting, which took place at his mother-in-law's home, where his wife had stayed since their separation Christmas. Minnesota Cold Far Below Zero IBv Th AMMlated Preul Most of the western half of the nation was locked in a frigid blast today while eastern states had comparatively mild weatner. At Bemldil, Minn., the tempera ture plummeted to 50 degrees be low zero as the center of the cold wave hovered over the Dakotas and Minnesota. At Moose Lake, Minn., It was only two degrees warmer at -48, and the -45 at Bralnerd, Minn., was the coldest recorded there In five years. Pembina, N. D., had a -41, Grand Forks, N. D., a -32 and Bismarck, N. D., chilled at -29. The twin clt ies of Minneapolis-St. Paul shlv ered through 20 below. - The temperatures graduated upward on the south side. Kansas (Jity naa a cnin ij aoove zero, Denver 14, and Salt Lake City 12, but the mercury was below freez ing throughout Oklahoma and northern Texas. Chicago, with a low of 7 above, was near the eastern edge of the cold air mass. January Snowfall Sets New Local Area Record (Continued-from page One) when leaving Roseburg, "going either direction." For the first time in two weeks, all major high ways in the state are open to travel, although driving anywhere in the state was termed "danger ous" by the state highway comis sion. The Columbia river highway, which had been closed for eight days by snowslides, was reopened this morning and snowplows and bulldozers finally cleared the sees tlon between Hood River and Cas cade Locks. But the highway com mission said travel there is tough because of wind and drifting snow. Police Chief Accuses Plumber After Battle BAKER. Jan. 30.-(P) The po lice chief and the plumber have tangled here. Chief uuy Church has tiled an assault and battery charge against Francis Mann, plumber, after an altercation here Satur day which developed when Mann was served with a parking ticket The police chief has cuts and bruises on his face. Only eye witness to the fray. which took place in the city clerk's office, was city clerk Mar cus Swan who is out of town until Thusrday, when a hearing on the case will be held in the Justice of the peace court. . If Your Paper Has v NOT ARRIVED By 6:15 P. M. t ft.-" ' i 'i t : 1 j : uv I i " ' Phone 100 PRUDENTIAL LIFE Insurance HORACE C. BERQ 8peclal Agent 111 West Oak Office 712 J Res. 871-J I ft f N- ! I NT" I' It kilH. t r The Weather U. S. Weather Bureau Off loo ' Roseburg, Oregon Mostly oloudy with occasional snow showers today and Tues day. Continued cold. highest temp, any Jan. , 71 Lowest temp, for any Jan. ( Highest temp, yesterday ... . 3 Lowe.t temp, last 24 hrs, ... . 32 Precipitation last 24 hrs. ..... .13 Precipitation from Jan. 1 ....10.62 Preoipltation from Sept. 1....22.0S Excess, from Jan. 1 .............. 5.85 HOLY YEAR MEDAL This is the special "Holy Year" medal to be distributed to all pilgrims to the Vatican during the Holy' Year 1950. . The head of Pope Pius XII appears on one side, and on the other the Holy Door in St. Peter's Basilica. OK'S "MERCY DEATHS" Dr. Clarence C. Little of Bar HBrbor, Me., above, outstanding cancer authority, has suggested a law legalizing "mercy killings," with proper safeguards. Dr. Lit tle endorses the idea of allowing a person to make a will, to be opened if and when he-is stricken with an incurable disease, stat ing whether he wishes to be killed painlessly. The forthcom ing trial of Dr. Herman Sander , at Manchester, N. H., on murder charges growing out of the "mercy death" of a woman can cer patient has stirred new con troversy on the subject - U.S. Vice Consul In China Flees From Spy Charge SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30 UP) Communist China's radio today charged Douglas S. Mac Kiernan of Stoughton, Mass, American vice counsul in Sin kiang province, "has been ex posed as an espionage agent' The Red radio said three Whit Russian confederates surrender ed. It said they named MacKelr nen as a hard riding spy who sought to organize the bandits of the far western Chinese pro vince where Russia has special privileges. ' , It said MacKiernan fled to In dia after riding horseback over hundreds of miles to bandit lain in the wild back country. CRASH CLAIMS LIFE BAKER, Jan. 30. William Nelson Marlln Jr., - 40, Miami, Fla., who with his wife was in jured in a car wreck near hi:r last Monday died Sunday in the Baker hospital. Mrs. Marlin, also seriously in jured, is said to be improving but will be hospitalized here for a while yet. Delphians to Meet Aloha Chi chapter, Delphian society, will meet at 10 a. m, Wednesday at the home of Mrs. C. S. Hein- line, Madrone avenue, In Laurel-wood. ..jiiMll'flfiiwfi ' iffiiiifyii.'B! ays Ovtr 200,000 hobbyilh from 17 ( 70 .noy this fascinating canitructian hobbyl Step in end ask lit mar. bant . It'l .my . . . hwa.Miv.1 Lester'a Gift A Model Shop 337 N. Jackson Phone 534-J pip m . ... . Qd uwkihtil ,1 EH! : illf! ii v ' : ' New mERCURlC value plus MUM dependability make it the best buy in the West! Yon went to own lh new 1930 Mfrraryt Darn near tmrybodf doc! But why wilt until your eld ear he loet its high trade-in valnel Trade now and ar ronmlf hundred of dollara of nei He trtdein lots! 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