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DON MULDER, co-owner of the Mobilgat service station at Oak
nd Stephen! ttreett, Inspects the oil gauge ol ear left for
chocking. Don and Wat Toppings, hit partnar, bought this sta
tion tavaral months ago.
"I livad in Oregon bafora coming hare recently from Cali
fornia," Don told me. "I was born in Washington and I have
many relatives in all three states. I feel about at much at home
in one as in either of the others!"
In the Day's News
Br FRANK JENKINS
THE news on the day this is writ
ten starts off with t train wreck
on Long Island in which 2D persons
appear to have been killed and
about 100 badly injured. It was a
gruesome affair. The early dis
patches tell of human bodies ground
together like meat in a mighty
sausage mill. They add that a crowd
estimated at 30,000 or more gather
ed to look on.
SUCH things happen. They have
been happening for a long time.
One of the early items carried by
the busy teletype, while it was wait
ing for further details of the Long
Island crash (two trains collided),
was a list of major train wrecks in
the United States. It runs back to
December 29, 187(.
So, you tee, such things are not
new. The story adds that the most
serious train disaster in the world's
history was at Nowy Dwer, Poland,
last October, when 200 persons
were killed, and the next most
teriout was near Paris, on Christ-
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Bids On New Melrost
School Being Studied
L. K. Cornwell of Roseburg sub
mitted low bid for the projected
- six-room school house to be built
on the Melrose school site, accord
, ing to V. H. Wooten, clerk of
school district 71.
The board of directors, however,
did not award the bid, announcing
they wished more time to study
the three proposals. The success
ful bidder will be named within
ten days.
Amounts of the three bids from
Cornwell, Todd Building company
and a Salem contracting firm, will
be announced later.
The proposed school will consist
of six classrooms and a heating
plant and will serve the consolidat
ed school districts of Melrose, El
garose and Cleveland.
Military Service Spanning 30 Years
Ends Officially With Retirement
Of Lieut. Col. Edward W. Maddox
Lt. Col. Edward W. Maddox, OMC, reserve, of Roseburg, has
received official notification from headquarters of the Sixth
army, Presidio of San Francisco, Calif., of his retirement, effec
tive Feb. 12. He has completed 30 years of service, both active
end reserve.
Col. Maddox is i veteran of both
World War I and World War II,
having first enlisted in the service
Jan.' 27, 1917. His first assignment
as an enlisted man was with the
Army Air corps, which at that
time was known as company A,
aviation section of the Signal
corps and had a total personnel
approximately 130 enlisted men. He
later served with the field artillery
and the quartermaster corps, from
which branch of service he was
given a direct commission as an
officer bv the War department at
the outbreak of World War II.
During his service as an enlist
ed man. Col. Maddox held many
responsible positions, among them
first sergeant, principal clerk quar
termaster purchasing and con
tracting section, principal clerk
quartermaster utilities section,
principal clerk quartermaster tup
ply section and chief clerk quarter
master office.
As an officer. Col. Maddox was
first assigned to duty as staff
quartermaster to the commanding
general headquarters Anti-Aircraft
command. War department. H e
was later assigned to duty in the
eighth Service command and sta
tioned at Camp Chaffee. Ark.,
where he was post quartermaster
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Alleged Bandit
Nabbed In Theater
VANCOUVER, B. C, Feb. 21.
(JP Acting on a tip from Vancou
ver, police in Toronto, Ont., last
night hauled a gunman and hii
girl from a darkened theater and
held him in connection with a $3,
000 bank robbery here last Fri
day. The man, Arnold (Shorty) Byers,
29, was carrying a .22 calibre pis
tol and $604 in cash when he was
arrested. He was charged with
carrying an offensive weapon.
Byera is wanted in connection
witn a spur-ol-the-moment bank
robbery here when a gunman, act
ing on a cabbie'a suggestion to "go
rob a bank," forced the driver at
a gunpoint to help him hold up a
suburban branch of the Bank of
Commerce.
He had just fled from police
bullets after trying to cash a forged
check when he hopped in the car.
Vancouver police inspector Frank
White said today he telephoned po
lice in Toronto Sunday, giving them
the tip to the arrest.
A loaded Luger pistol, a Belgian
automatic and $1,159 in cash was
found in Byer'a Toronto room.
Willamette Unit Dam
Project Protested
SALEM, Feb. 21 t.PV Seventy
Lincoln and Benton county resi
dents protested to Governor Mc
Kay yesterday against plant for
the Turn Turn dam on the south
fork of Mary's river.
The dam it part of the Willa
mette valley project.
They said the dam would have
no flood control value.
The governor said he didn't know
the dam was part of the Willa
mette project, but that he would
take it up with Willamette River
basin officials.
RENOVATING BUILDING
The Lyle Marsters building, lo
cated on Jackson street, between
Oak and Cass, is undergoing a re
facing job that will take tome 10
days to complete.
Affected will be Joe Richard's
Men's store. Dr. R. L. Clinton's
optometry office and LaVerne't
shop. New neon signs of modern
H H be included in. the -1
novation. !
LT. COL. I. W. MADDOX
Military Career Ends
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Estoblithod 1173
City Council Gives
Tentative Mod To
Daylight Saving
Final. Action
Contingent On
Other Cities
Election On Airport Bond
Issue Planned; Sewers In
W. Roseburg Projected
Tentative approval of daylight
saving time for this summer, pass
ing of a motion to provide for a
$200,000 bond issue election ordi
nance for airport improvements,
and approving of plans and speci
fications for West Roseburg sewers
were the major items of business
in a busy city council meeting last
night.
The council voted to go on day
light saving time, in accordance
with the California dates, the last
Sunday in April to the last Sunday
in September, but left the way open
to change its decision in case Eu
gene, Medford, Grant! Pass, Coos
Bay and Corvallis are unfavorable
to the move.
The matter was brought before
the council by LeRoy Hiatt. mana
ger of radio station KRNR, who
said Oregon broadcasters are tak
ing the step to encourage favor
able action on daylight saving time
in line with California, Washington
and the Portland area to avoid con
fusion in programs originating in
states observing the early hour.
An unofficial poll of citizens in
the council chamber revealed 18
in favor to six opposed to day
light saving time.
Councilman George West brought
up the airport issue, and restated
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Liqu
or Sales In
Dougl
las Decline
Total liquor salet in Douglas
county for the last six months of
1949 followed the general down
ward trend noted throughout the
state, according to figures released
recently by West-Holliday, national
newspaper advertising represents
tvies.
The amount spent for liquor In
state ttoret and agenciet in Doug
las county totaled $664,725.50 for
July 1, 1949 to Dec. 31. 1949. This
was approximately $50,500 less
than the total for the tame period
for 1948.
However, the Douglas county per
cent of decrease was less than the
state average. This county's liquor
sales fell off only 7.1 as com
pared to a 9.33 decrease noted
in the remainder of the state.
State-wide liquor sales for the
last half of 1949 were down near
ly two million dollars from the $21.
988,62.70 total posted in 1948. Of
the total amount of liquor sold in
Oregon, more than 40 was pur
chased in Portland.
W. First Street Home
Suffers Fire Damoge
Quirk action by the Roseburg
fiie department confined damage
to one unit of a two-family dwelling
in a fire of unknown origin which
broke out suddenly at 11:50 a m.
Monday, said Chief William Mills
The structure,.iocated at 1011 W.
First and owned by Gene Hendrick
son, received the attention of two
fire trucks manned by regulars
and volunteers. Damage of $3,500
was centralized in the apartment
occupied by Mr. and Mrs. D. K
Mulder. The entire structure waa
valued at $5,000.
The building waa partially cov
ered by insurance. Chief Mills re
ported. Surveyor Loses Appeal
From Salary Decision
SALEM. Feb. 21 'JP) The
state supreme court ruled today
that Klamath county surveyor
Frank Z. Howard is entitled to
$800 back salary.
Howard had sued the county for
$8.0.
Circuit Judge David R. Van
denberg had ruled that Howard
was entitled to only $800, and Ho
ward appealed. Today's decision
by Justice James T. Brand upheld
Judge V'andenberg.
Howard claimed he wasn t paid
as much as the law provided.
and
his claim went back to 1942.
Housing Money For
Middle Incomes OKd
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21 -OP)
The House banking committee to
day approved an administration b'll
to set up a $2,000,000,000 corpora
tion to encourage construction of
hornet for middle income families
The Senate banking committee
probably will take up similar legis
lation later this week.
Church Merger
Banned By Ruling
Of N.Y. justice
NEW YORK. Feb. 21 UP)
The general council of the Congre
gational Christian churches has
been restrained permanently by a
New York state Supreme court
justice from seeking to consolidate
the church with the Evangelical
and Reformed church.
Justice Meier Steinbrink signed
a final judgment yesterday in the
Brooklyn branch of the supreme
court.
He ruled in favor of the Cadman
Memorial Congregational society
and the Cadman Memorial church
of Brooklyn.
The two plaintiffs had filed suit
to prevent the consolidation, as
ordered by the general council of
the Congregational Christian
churches.
The Cadman church contended
the proposed merger would de
prive individual Congregational
churches of their "traditional au
tonomy." Loren M. Wood, attorney for the
General council, said the question
of an appeal from justice Stein
brink's ruling will be discussed.
The court judgment declared the
general council had "no power or
authority" to proceed with the un
ification program.
Further, the judgment recogniz
ed the "independence and autono
my of the local church in all mat
ters temporal and spiritual," and
the association of churches through
voluntary organizations "but with
out ecclesiastical authority."
Steinbrink't decision was that
the council except for certain
fiMUxkma.waa aar-eadvisor? body
and had no authority to act for in
dividual churches.
The proposed new organization
called the United Church of
Christ would have had a nation
wide membership of almost 2,000,
000. The Congregational Christian
Churches denomination has 5.715
churches in the United States, with
a membership of more than 1,184,
000. The Evangelical and Reformed
churches denomination, with a
membership of more than 714.000
has about 1,000 churches in the
nation.
Engagement Ring Spurned
To Aid Displaced Person
PEORIA, 111., Feb. il.-t.Vl-Mary
Lou Hornbacker accepted a
marriage proposal but she rejected
an engagement ring to help a dis
placed person enter Bradley uni
versity. Miss Hornbacker, a Bra.l'.ey
graduate, proposed that Robert
Swanson use the money for her
engagement ring to help the stu
dent who is being sponsored by a
Bradley student group. The gioup
applied through church world serv
ice to get a young displaced per
son to come from Europe to Brad
ley. In addition to the ring money,
Miss Hornbacker and Swanson, a
Bradley junior, and members of
their families took part in a mu.ic
recital to raise funds. Theme of the
recital was "Friendship."
The fund now hat $112.
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ROSEIURC FIREMEN are shown shooting water into a smoking home at 101 1 W. First street
which was partly gutted by fire Monday noon. The house was bedly damaged, to the extent
of $1,500, Fire Chief William Mills ettimeted. The tenant, D. K. Mulder, was absent ft the time.
Owner of the building it Cene Hendccktoa. Origin of tha blase wat not determined. (Matter
Studio photal.
ROSEBURG, OREGON TUESDAY, FEB.
Coal Miners'
Union Cited
For Contempt
Failure To Obey Court's
Back-To-Work Order May
Result In Heavy Fine
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. (
The entire treasury of the striking
coal miners, variously figured at
$13,000,000 to $20,000,000, was en
dangered today by their defiance
of a court order once again to end
a coal strike.
Reports from the coal fields show
ed a apirit of rebellious indifference
to the aituation.
The United Mine workers but
not President John L. Lewis per
sonally was cited for contempt of
court here yesterday by Judge
Richmond B. Keech. who had is
sued the back-to-work order.
The union was given until Fri
day to clear itself of contempt by
getting the 372.000 idle miners back
to work. Union lawyers were told
to explain Friday, if the men are
still out.
That didn't seem to bother the
miners. They expressed such com
ments in the Pennsylvania fields as,
"nobody is going to pay any at
tention to a contempt citation." An
other: "Let them fine us until our
money is gone."
Mine disorders were reported.
especially in eastern Kentucky.
it the union do .ml comply with
the back to work order by Friday,
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Indictment Hits
Pension Crusader
SACRAMENTO. Calif.. Feb,
21
LP) -J Pension promoter George
iMCLiin today called "welcome
news" action by the Sacramer.to
county grand jury which he said
hat indicted him and assembly -
man John W. Evans.
The grand jury which hat been
Investigating financial transactions
between McLain and Evans return
ed two indictments last night. How
ever, Superior Judge Malcom C
Otrnn ordered the true bills plac
ed on secret file until the persons
named were arrested. The jurist
ordered bench warranta issued and
set bail on each at $5,000.
"The announcement of the action
of the Sacramento county grand
jury," McLain't statement read,
"is welcome news to me and, I
am aure, to John Evans and the
members of the California Insit
tute for social welfare (McLain't
pension group).
"It will give ua an opportunity
to go before a court of law and
disprove the politically - inspired
charges."
The investigation was requested
by Gov. Earl Warren after a
witness testified before a state Se
nate committee last fall that Mc
Lain had paid Evans $7$ a week
during at least a part of the 194)
session of the Legislature.
Both McLain and Evans have
admitted the paymenta but con
tended that they were for the as
semblyman's services as a public
relations counsel for McLain't old
age pension group.
Jackson County-Wanted
Fugitive Taken Here
Chief of Police Calvin Baird re
ported the capture of Paul Norman
Smallwood, 35, wanted on escape
and grand larceny charges by
Jackson county authorities, since
a reported flight late in 1948. Baird
said that a state wide search had
: been made for Smallwood, who was
arrested in the so-called "jungles"
lin the south part of town last night.
21, 1950
U. S. Severs Diplomatic Tie
With Communist Bulgaria
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21(Ar) The (Joked States broke
diplomatic relations today with Communist lolgaria.
America Minister Donald R. Heath and rhar U. S. repre
sentative! in Sofia were ordered homo.
The brook climaxes a datotsto with Maoris ever Coatmnnltt
attacks oa Heath ood a demtsod
for hit recall.
Bulgaria wot directed to withdraw 1M tmafl diplomatic mis
lion In Washington.
It ht the first time the United States has broke diplomatic
relations with any natioa tinea the war.
It Is the storoost diplomatic
has take against any ooo of
cominform partnership since tho
began.
Sofia has accused Heath of
espionage against too people s
Five Bulgarians
Face Spy Charges
SOFIA, Bulgaria. Feb. 21.-LF)
Five Bulgarians were charged to
day with spying for America and
the Communist-controlled press
used their indictment as a signal
for new blasts against the U. S.
legation here.
The five, two of them former em
ployes of the American legation,
were accused of transmitting po
litical, economic and military in
formation to the American intelli
gence service.
The indictments were published
in the morning newspapers under
the heading: "The legation of the
United Statea in Sofia center of
plots and espionage against the
people's republic of Bulgaria."
The newspaper blast and the
arrests broke a silence of several
weeks which followed Bulgaria's
demand that U. S. minister to Sofia j
Donald K. Heatn oe recalled De
cause of alleged anti-Bulgarian ac
tivities revealed in the trial of for
mer Vice Premier Kostov.
The U. S. threatened to break off
'diplomatic relations unless the de-
, mand is withdrawn.
Father, 7 Children
Perish In Blaze .
ADDISON, Mich., Feb. 21.-(.P-
A fire devoured a farm house near
here early today, killing seven chil
dren and their father.
The only survivor of the middle-of-the-night
blase was the mother,
who was badly burned.
Evidently, firemen aaid. the two
story frame building went up like
a puff. It was in ruins when fire
men got there.
The victims:
Farmer Gerald Beagle, 44.
His children: Geraldine, 14; Bar
bara Jean, 12; Eloise, 10; Norma
Mae, : Paul, 8, William, 5, and
Linda, 23-monlhs-old baby. .
The mother, Mrs. Dorothy Bea
gle, burned and cut in a flight
throuuh a window, was in serious
condition at s hospital here.
Only a year ago, slate police
lid. the Beagle family was burned
out of another house in this south
eastern section of Michigan.
Corp. Claude Barteil of the Joncs
ville slate police post said the base
ment furnace waa evidently the
cause of the blase.
GROCIRY ROBBIO
Police Chief Calvin H. Baird to
day reported the theft of "an un
determined amount" of foodstuffs
from Grimm's grocery.
The store, located at $74 N. Jack
son, was broken into sometime aft
er midnight last night, Chief Baird
said. The hungry thief took only
I staple foodstuffs and meat, Baird
i said,
City police are continuing invest!-
I gation.
43-50
Irani the Mfariaa eovornmaat
stop tho State deportment yet
tho Communist countries I the
cold war botwooa East and West
being la tho center of plots and
republic of Bulgaria.
NAVAL RESERVE chief for the
Roseburg units it Comm. Walter
S. Mallory, above, who will rep
resent the local units Thursday
night at formal commissioning
of reserve headquarters at fair
grounds. Visiting navel digm
tanas from Seattle will commis
sion the quonset hut in cere
monies similar to those in com.
missioning a ship.
State Police Officer's
Wife Traps Money Thief
TOLEDO. Ore.. Feb. 21 -UP)
State Police Sgt. Duhe Mulkey has
an assistant on hit crime beat
Mrt. Mulkey.
The tergeant't wife had a trick
of her own when Keith Rommel
tried a new wrinkle in stealing $1$
from her purse. It ended with Rom
mel under 30 days suspended sen
tence and a $50 fine.
As told in municipal court here,
this is what happened: -
Rommel went into the Mulkey
home to use the telephone. He
took $19 from the housewife's purse
and alipped it into a crack in the
table. Mrs. Mulkey noticed the
money and surmised the game.
She put yellow pigment on the
bills and replaced them in the
crack.
The next day Rommel came back,
got the bills and was arrested. In
court, Mulkey pointed to the yel
low marka on Rommel's hands.
Co-Ops Trying To Buy
Systems Of PP&L Co.
PENDLETON, Ore., Feb.
A block of public power distri
buting co-ops moved last night to
try to buy properties of the Pacific
Power It Light company. The pri
vate utility stock waa recently ac
quired by investors.
Eric A. Johnson, manager of the
Wasco Electric cooperative, the
Dalles, Ore., said representatives
of 14 Southwestern Washington and
Norrhern Oregon peoples utility dia
trictj and electric co-operativet
joined in approving the move.
. The pacific power It light com
pany stock chsnged hands in the
past month following a Securities
and Exchange commission hear
ing. The seller was the Americsn
power it light company. The buy
era included the firms of A. C.
Allyn It Co., and Bear, Steama and
Co. The price waa $1, 125,000.
Air Lines' Maintenance
I Union Authorizes Strike
! SEATTLE, Feb. 21 IIP) A
I anion official reported today that
Northwest-air linea maintenance
employers have authorised a strike
' Psul Silberman, recording secre
tary of the International Associa
tion of Machinists (Ind), said V
percent of the line's mechsnical
I workers over the country have vot
ed in favor of a strike, if necea
sary, to support the union stand
in a contract dispute. He said tha
i union protest is against tub-contracting
of maintenance work.
which, he aaid ia contrary to con
tract provisions.
He said the line employs 1.S50
mechanics and other maintenance
workers. The dispute involves 2'0
employe at tha Seattle-Taeoma
airport.
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Two Of Co-Defendcmtt
In Hungarian Spy Com
Facing Penalty Of Death
BUDAPEST, Hungary. Feb. 21
jP American businessman Robert
A. Vogeler. $8. wat tentenced to
15 years in prison today oa spy
charges by a Hungarian court
which tentenced two of hit lix co
defendants to death.
Death aentencea were meted out
to Imre Geieer. manner of the
International Telephones and Tele
graph company's Budapest branch,
and Zoltan Rado, former depart
ment chief in Hungary's ministry
of heavy industry.
Edgar Sandera, Vogeler's British
aide in the I. T. and T. branch.
the Standard Electric worka, waa
sentenced to 11 years in prison.
The defense immediately an
nounced appeals to higher court,
and the prosecution hammered
back with a statement that it, too,
would appeal and demand heavier
penalties for the five defendants
who escaped the death sentence.
The same prosecution announced
an appeal when Josef Cardinal
Mindszenty was sentenced to lifo
imprisonment for plotting against
the tute. The cardinal also appeal
ed, but the original aentencea in
the case were unchanged by the
higher court.
The court alto ordered that Vo
geler and Sandert be expelled from
thia country when they finiah their
sentences; forbidden to return "for
ever more." Their personal assets
in Hungary will be confiscated.
soperiera Blamae!
The court aaid that in handing
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Congress Urged
To Continue Aid
On Marshall Plan
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. (JP)
Secretary of State Acheson told
Congress today it is "doubly ur
gent" to continue the Marsall plan
because Russia it showing "signs
oi increasing ooianess."
Ihe secretary aaid that sending
American economic aid to Western
burope is eaaential if "the Krem
lin's design for world dominion"
is to be frustrated.
Acheson was before a joint meet
ing of the Senate Foreign Relationa
and House Foreign Affaire com
mittees to back up the administra
tion's plea for funds to keep the
Marshall plan going for a third
year.
raul H. Hoffman, head or tho
Economic Cooperation administra
tion had just told the committee
members that $3,100,000,000 it need
ed for recovery in the 12 months
starting July 1.
Hoffman asked for $2,950,000,000
in new cash and permission to
spend an additional $150,000,000
which he aaid is still left from
this year'a $3,778,000,000 fund.
Like Acheson. the ECA chief laid
the recovery program must be kept
going to block the threat of Rus
sian expansion.
Hia atatement dwelt at lenath on
the role of the Marshall plan as a
weapon in the cold war.
He declared that vlrlnrv in thn
non-shooting clash must be achieved
it tne ' tree world" it to be kept
from becoming a "tlave world."
Hoffman called Eurone'a mount.
Ing industrial production under tha
Marsnau plan aa something of a
"near miracle." The entire eon.
tinent he said, has made far reach
ing atrides toward achieving aa
output sufficient to maintain a sta
ble economy.
He cautioned, however, that ri.
spite the vatt gaina much still must
oe scnieved.
Larceny Front Auto
Charged To Five Boys
Five boys were taken into eus.
tody last night and were to be ar
raigned today on chargea of lar
ceny from an automobile, reported
Chief of Police Calvin Baird.
ne gave tne name ot one at Paul
Thomas Makinson, 19, of route 1.
but withheld the names of two aged
17 yeara and two aged 1 years.
The latter two, he said, would be
remanded to the juvenile court.
Baird aaid the five had in their
possession several hubcaps and
metal sidewalls which they ad
mitted taking, when they were ar
rested by the officers at Pine and
Cass streets.
Mother Carries New-Born
Infant To Police Desk
LOS ANGELES. Feb. ll.-i.V)
A woman trailed by three children
aged four to aeven walked into a
police station yesterday, deposited
a towei-wrappea miant on the
sergeant's desk ana said: "I've Just
had a baby."
Mrs. Mary Alice Durant, 28, gave
birth unassisted to the child in her
apartment, then walked two blocks
to the station. From there, an am
bulance took her to a hostpital. At
tendanta aaid both are doing well,
although the baby at first was ia
critical condition.
Levity fact J ant
By U T. Reixenttelm
Greetings to too smelt, now
ia tho local market to reduce
the food bill; but ff you servo
tho fish ot e swank affair, ovhv.
aerated Soot merely cleaned),
rotor to It more oparoar lately