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U. of 0, Library CO MP ' Eugene, Ore, ... lMk(B T Xmy Lcfccr Vins 9-Seat Ed-2 Tll lrVolftMF Parity (lewdy today aaa My, wits Isot today 1:17 p. m In Commons SUSAN HESS carefully chicks the cendles on her birthdey cake and happily confirms har hopat truly, ther indaad ara savan. Liftl doai iha draam of the birthday! to- coma, in tha far dim futura, whan (ha will fearfully paap to maka sura no ona hat baan o unbecomingly thoughtlati at to use, ay tha corract numbarl Susan was making a wish, too, whan this pictura was taken, I am sure of that, before she blew tremendously on these candles. I am not sura, though, what tha wish wes. There are some things a little girl is entitled to keep to herself if she wishes; don't you think so, too? Susan Is tha daughter of Doctor and Mrs. O. R. Hass and, with her brother, Bob, lives with them at their home at 1415 Madrono street. . GOP Forces Applaud British Election As Move Favoring Party; Demos Deny 'Trend1 WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-4vW Republicans saw their party'! stock rising today on the strength of Conservative party gains in the British elections. Administration Democrats called the rise imaginary. Republicans generally felt that the narrow margin of the British labor party'! victory reflects a awing to the right in the western world that may help elect GOP candidates for the Senate and House In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS JUST for the fun of it, let's do a little reasoning today taking as our subject this business of buying up agricultural product! with tax money to keep jrices high. Let's start with the system we're using now. e e WE set a price for various crop! below which we won't let the price fall. We keep the price up to "parity" by going into the market and buying and storing. In that way, we accomplish two things: 1. We keep the price up. 2. By keeping the price up, we stimulate more production. ITS getting to be a mess. Con sumers are kicking on high prices. Foreigners are coming in and under-selling us. The ware houses are getting so full that the time is approaching when we'll have to start destroying food be- . (Continued on Page Four) SNOWMAN KILLS CHILD VERBIER, Switzerland, Feb. 25 (.Pi A snowman collapsed and killed six-year-old Jacques Fessler yesterday. The head of the snow man, hardened by frost, struck the boy's head. Senate To Probe Charges Of Commies In State Dept. "ASHINGTON, Feb. 25. -IJPl The Senate Foreign Relations com mittee today named a five-man in- 3uiry group headed by Senator Ty ings (D-Md) to investigate charges that Communists hold high offices in the State department. Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) has said he could came 81 past or present State department employes who are Communists or fellow travelers. Tydings told reporters that there will be "no witch hunt and no whitewash" in the probe of charges made by McCarthy. Other members of the subcom mittee are Senators Green (D-RI), McMahon (D-Conn), Hickenlooper (R.Iowa) and Lodge (R-Mass). G.O.P. Demanded Move Republicans earlier had decided at a party policy committee meet ing to demand a five-member in quiry group. Chairman Connelly (D-Tex) of the Senate Foreign Re lations committee favored a three member subcommittee but he yielded on that point. Connelly told reporters the sub committee will be empowered to .at? X rxsvt in November. Rep. Hclleck (Rind) was the t st optii istic. He predicted that the Republicans will regain control of Congress this year. "The awakening of the British people to the dangers of socialism is being accompanied by a similar awakening in this country," Hal- leek declared Tift Nates Significance Senator Taft (R-Ohio) said he has no doubt that the British re sults will be reflected in this coun try'! voting. Rep. Arends (R-Ill) agreed, call ing the comeback of British con servatism "a forerunner of what's going to happen here." Tut administration leaders in Congress said the British results don't mean anything so far as American politics is concerned. Senator Lucas of Illinois, the Democratic leader, said he doesn't think the outcome in England af fects either the legislative program (Continued on page Two) C. C. Crow Is Speaker Of Forum Lunch Meeting C. C. Crow, editor and publisher of Crow's Pacific Coast Lumber Digest, will be the guest speaker at the weekly Rostburg Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday noon in the Hotel Umpqua. Crow will duscuss the overall picture of the importance of Rose burg in the lumber industry of the future. This program will be of a nature stimulate local activity in promoting industry, it was an nounced. hire two outstanding attorneys of investigators to aid the group into looking into McCarthy's charges that 81 persons he said were Com munists or fellow travelers have been or are employed by the State department. Denied By Acheton Secretary of State Acheson hss said there is "no truth" in Mc Carthy's charges. President Tru man characterized them as false Tydings said the five-member in quiry group will meet Monday to organize. He said they will hunt for "out standing and respected persons" to help them make a full and fair investigation. "We will let the chips fall where they may," he said. "This will be neither a witch-hunt on one hand nor a whitewash on the other." Connelly said the committee mav ask the Senate for from S25.O0O to 150.000 to cover expenses of the investigation. For the subcommittee be pledg ed " real merioua attentat to Pet 'to the bottom of these charges." Established 1 173 Yallace Party Tries To Erase Commie Taint CHICAGO, Feb. 25 (JP) Hen ry A. Wallace'a followers today tried to cleanse the Progressive party of a Communist taint which he saya is a Red. smear by third party enemies. wauace preaictea success tor ine convention move a resolution which in effect is as indirect dis avowal of Soviet Russia. "We must not allow anyone the slightest, legitimate reason for be lieving that any working member of the party puts Rome, Moscow or London ahead of the United States," Wallace said last night. He declared in a convention key note speech that Progressives must get rid of the Red label and factions if they are to win elections and "a campaign for peace." Ne Purge Of Reds But he said the third party will not purge any Communists from its ranks. It welcomes Communists as well as those of other political labels aa long as they support Progressive principles, he added. The party's 1948 nominee for (Continued on page Two) BPA Seeking Bids For Constructing New Power Lines Bids for construction of tha Ma- pleton-Reedsport 115 kv transmis sion line are being sought by the Bonneville Power administration. The line, 32 miles long, in Lane and Douglas counties, will be mounted on wooden poles of H-frame con struction, wiin sieei poies requirea at river crossings. Specifications require completion of the work in 180 calendar days. Bids are to be opened in Portland March 23. The new line will connect the 115 kv line, terminating at Maple ton, with a aubstation to be con structed in the city of Reedsport. Upon completion, facilities, will be used to provide Bonneville power for distribution systems of the Cen tral Lincoln Peoples' Utility dis trict and the Douglas Electric Co operative, Inc. It is expected that service over the new line will be available by October of this year, according to W. E. Thommershausen, BPA man ager for the southwestern district INSURANCE? Lloyd's Loses Cool $70,000 LONDON. Feb. 25. UP Mnvri'i London's world famous firm of underwriters has lost 25,000 S70, 000) as a result of Britain'a elec tion, it was estimated today. ror a premium of 5.000 (514.000) Lloyds took on a total liability of 30,000 in guaranteeing Liberal party candidates against loss of their deposit. Under British election law each candidate posts 150, which is for feited if he does not receive one eighth of the vote in the district. Lloyds insured the Liberals against loss of deposits, after the first 50, up to a maximum of 250. At the end of last night'a count ing the Liberals had forfeited 314 deposits. At that time the British treasury had been enriched by 67,350. be cause 499 candidates had forfeited their deposits. The total set a new record. Moss Flight Of Planes Takes Off For Havana PORTLAND, Feb. O-iPt More than so light planes took off this morning under low clouds on the first leg of a mass flight to Ha vana, Cuba. Four Roseburg flyers, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hult and Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Winston, are to join the group at Las Vegas, Nev. Others will join the flight along today's route to swell the list to 82 pla .es with a total of 240 aboard. It is the eighth such flight spon sored by the Portland Chamber of Commerce and the first involving a long -ver-water h-p. Other flighta have been to Portland, Me.. Mexi co. Alaska and less distant points. It is a pleasure flight, with a little promotion of the Portland rose festival thrown in. Special, Today Only LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 dpi Such cabbage Mrs. John O. Peter son has seldom seen. She didn't realize what a bar gain she got at George M union's jtrocery until she arrived home ana openea ner snopping Dag. Out popped a paper aack full i greenbacks with e n o n g h change to bring the total to S86.7S. An absent-minded clerk had etuf- fed it in ber bag. Mrs. Peterson turned it over to police, who gave it back to Munson. BRITISH HIRO DIIS DYTON. O., Feb. 25-P-Ex. plosion and crash of a four-engine jet bomber yesterday cost the lives of two airmen one of them a Bri tish war hero. Tom Pargeter Jr. Chosen To Lead Community Chest Tom Pargeter. Jr. was chosen president of the Roseburg Com- munisty i nest organization for tha membership meeting held Friday noon at Hotel Umpqua. Pargeter succeeds retiring nreai- dent Harrison Winston. Preliminary plans were made by the Community Chest to prepare for the 1950 campaign, to be held later in the year. As one of his first official acta, the new presi dent appointed a committee to se cure the services of the 1950 cam paign chairman. Included on the committee were Chairman Harold Hickerson, Mrs. Benjamin DuFre- soe, Mrs. Ralph Herman, Frank Ashley and Gordon Stewart. Thia committee waa also asked to sub mit opening dalea for the new fund raising campaign. In view of future fund-raising plans, in addition to a bequest in the will of a former Roseburg re sident, chest leaders postponed dis tribution of additional funds on hand until a larger total is avail able. Other officers named to head the group for the ensuing year were Ashley, first vice-president replac ing Wilson Henson; Mrs. DuFrea ne, second vice-president; Roy Catching, re-elected treasurer; and Art Lamka, re -appointed secre tary by the president. Six new members of the board of directors elected include John Todd, Rev. W. A. Mac Arthur. John rett, Jean Wbittenberg, George Neuner Jr., and Harold Hoyt. They will serve a three-year term. Donn Radabaugh was selected to serve the unexpired term of Hen- son, wyio nas left Koseburg. The term expiree March, 1951. Way Paved To End Rent Control Soon WASHINGTON. Feb The Senate Appropriations com mittee today saved the way far, ending elt- federal Vent centrela . June M. The move waa made in a de ficiency appropriation bill. The committee recommended to Hie Senate mat the office of housing expediter, which eper aes the nationwide troll, be rented 12,400,000 for use be tween new end June 3t but that the money be used to liquidate ISe agency end discharge He 4, 135 employes. President Truman and ether administration leedere have call ed for en extension of federel ceilings upon rents beyond June 30. The surprise ectien of the com mittee was announced a ft or a closed aessien by Cheirman Me Keller (D-Tenn). He said there wee ne record vote omen Hie 21 members end there had been aeme opposition. Originally en appropriations subcommittee had granted e re quest for 53,400,000 deficiency eporeprietien to continue rent controls until June 30 by which t.me Congress waa expected to pass upon the request to extend them. SANDER JURY This jury will decide the (ate of Dr. Hermann N. Sender in hit mercy murder trial in Manchester, N. H. The jury left to right: (front row I Moite Z. Mersoux, Albert DeSfos sat. JaieDh McNeil. O. John Fortin. Coorqe A. Winaate. and Harry Wriqht, Rear row, left to right: Eerl Isham, loo Herkeen, Arthur Edward Auger, Elexis Morin, Louis CuHer, Philemon D, Houde and Dene Clerk. Jury foremen is Louis Cutter with Earl Isham as alternate. INEA tale photo). First Victory Scored By Sander Defense MANCHESTER, N.H.. Feb. 25 (JPl Counsel for Dr. Hermann N. Sander threw a block yesterday against state effort! to prove that the husband of the woman he is charged with slaying had nothing to do with her "mercy" death. The block was thrown up shortly before the murder trial of the 41-year-old country doctor recessed charged with killing Mrs. Abbie ROSEIURG, OREGON SATURDAY, FEI. ,' ;. It v TOM H. PARGETf JR. President of Community Chest Irrigation Ditch Screens Prevent Trapping Of Fish A state gams department screen ing crew now is working in south ern Douglas county installing screens in irrigation ditches, re ports Ross Newcomb, resident biol ogist. Screens are being Installed in several ditchea near Glendale, and work is scheduled to start next week near Myrtle Creek. The screens are designed to pre vent fish from entering into irri gallon ditches, where they might become stranded when water was cut off. Douglas county has a compara tively small number of open irriga tion ditches, Newcomb reports, but even these few take a considerable toll of fish life. The State of Oregon haa conduct ed an extensive campaign to screen ditches and has completed all ma jor installations. A revolving screen invented dv i nariea Locxwooa game director, at the" time he head ed the screening department, is used on an large ditches. Newcomb asks that any persons having irrigation ditches not now known to the game department, re port to him in person or by mail and screens will be installed at the earliest possible date. Gallop Foil Does Better LONDON. Feb. 25 CP) One of two major polls on Britain's elections came very close to call ing the exact turn on events. That waa the Gallup poll, print ed in the liberal London news chronicle. On the Monday before the election, the final poll stand ings showed 45 percent for Labor, 43.5 for the Conservatives, and 10.5 for the Liberals. With 28.582.901 votes tabulated early today, the percentages ac corded tne varioua parties were Labor: 46.2 percent. Conservatives: 43.5 percent. Liberals: 9.2 nercent. "Lord Beaverbrook'a Daily Ex press was not quite so accurate. The Txpress said its sampling of public opinion registered 45 per cent for the Conservatives, 44 5 per cent for Labor and nine percent for the Liberals. Borroto, 50, I cancer doomed pa tient, with lethal air injections. Chief of defense counsel Louis E. Wyman bounced to bis feet the instsnt Sheriff Thomas E. O'Brien testified the prosecution had a sign ed statement from Borroto. The atatement quoted Reginald aa saying he had "nothing to do with Dr. Sander in this." Testimony tad been presented I 1 , ; 23, 1930 Officials Urge Peace Talk Try In Coal Strike WASHINGTON. Feb. 25 -ijpi Govemme officials ur. t' prod ded coal peace talks today in hope of a break in the strike before union farea trial on contempt charges Monday. But they weren't optimistic. it s nation a m crisis grow ing steadily worse there seemed little basis for figuring any settle ment was near. Federal ir. liation chief Cyrus ! 5. cr'ng, one of the men "udent Truman has assigned to try to end th eight-month-long dispute, said PITTSBURGH, "ok. litm "rutkloadi of union dug relief ceel for fuel sterved Pittsburgh relied along without picket in terference today under the watch ful eye af State police convoys. Ne pickets eppeered et the strip mine et neerby Imperial where United Mine Worker i.. in here braved a biting 10 degree tempereture to peel ceel from the frozen earth surfocw. Truckers moved the coal along a winding three-mile backwoods route to the tipple. The early morning terkness Wi. pierced by Hie Her' light of huge bonfires et either end of Hie route to jrm the truckers. there hasn't been any progress since the present court-directed bargaining got underway on Feb. 15. "The , situation Is exactly the same as it waa when these con fences st-rted." Ching said. Torts Redoubled nevertheless, aa the union -oper-or talks resumed, Ching and De vi'. L. Cole said they were redou- (Continued on page Two) Menzel & Kimball Submit Low Bid On Line Extension Calif., aubmitted a low bid of $299, 293.05, for construction of 93 miles of three-phase, 12.500 volt distribu tion lines in the Reedsport. Smith River end Loon lake areas of the lower Umpqua valley. Harold Backen, manager of Dou las Electric Co-op, stated the bid was accepted, upon recommenda tion of the co-op's engineers, Wis- mer Becker of Sacramento, rep resented by Sumner Oliver. Final awarding of the contract will be made upon approval by the Rural Electrification administration in Washington, D.C. Only one other bid was submit ted, by Del Monte Electrical Co. 8275 San Leandra St., Oakland, Calif., for $508,113. Backen stated the low bid wai in line with the engineer's esti mates, but that the work was diffi cult to figure because of the vast clearing operation work necessary in the rugged areas to be served The low bid allowed $85,357 for clearing operations. Power for the area will be sup plied by a new Bonneville Power administration line extension con templated from Mapleton to Reeds port, for which bids are soon to ne canea. www earlier quoting Dr. Sander as say ing he yielded to Borroto's plead ing to end his wife's suffering even if It meant "eliminating her life." Judge Harold E. Westcott sus tained Wymsn's objections and or dered the sheriff's testimony stricken from the record. Wyman told newsmen later that Borroto would be called as a de fens witness if the state doesn't pise him on th stand. 47-50 t. 17 PRIMI MINISTER Clement Att lee manages smile after his Labor perry won tha British election with a slim mejority. INEA telephoto) U. S. Relations With Satellites At Record Low. WASHINGTON. Feb. 25 -4.W- The sudden (reeling of Bulgarian, Hungarian and Romanian asseta in this country sent United Statea re latione with the Soviet satellites skidding to a new low todsy. Closely following the breaking of relations with Bulgaria earlier in the week, Attorney General Mc Grath announced last nii?it that the United States haa halted pay ments from bank account! and oth er asseta held here by eltiiens of tne three eastern European coun tries. Only a few hours before. Secre tary of State Acheaon had Indicat ed that thia country has virtually given up nope oi protecting Ameri can citizens and their interests in the three countries. He hinted that the next step may be the rupture of relatione with Hungary and Ro mania. The Justice department said the satellite asseta were frozen because ot a delay In compensating Ameri can claims In tha three Communist nations. ' It wouldn't say whether the ac tion waa connected with the con viction of American businessman Robert Vogeler in Huncarv a few days ago on charges of espionage. A Budapest court sentenced Voge ler to 15 years' imprisonment. Similar chargea have been hurl ed at American envoys in all three countries. Police Guard Armour Family CHICAGO. Feb. 2J-UPV-PoIlre and private detectives will main Uu. a 24-hour guard on the Lake Shore drive apartment of Philip D. Armour iv aa a result of anony mous telephone threats against him anr! his three children. Armour, member of ' e wealthy meat packing family, had asked to.' police protection yesterday aft er, he said, he received three threatening telephone calls. Chief of detectives Andrew Alt ken said ha regarded the threat! leriousl. and police would take precautions to guard the Armour children as long as necessary. Aitken said police were attempt ing to trace the telephone calls which Armour said came from two men and a woman. Police aaid ran som would be the most likely mo tive .' r an attempted kidnaping. They, said Armour related that none of the callers mentioned mon ey but he could not account for the threats as having any other object. Governor's Secretary Sees Need For New Industries EUGENE, Feb. 25 (JPl New industries, not state work projects, are needed to solve Oregon'a un employment problem. Governor McKay's secretary said here yes terday. T. Lawson McCall told the gov ernor's council on unemployment Eroblema that the planning can est be carried out on the commu nity level. Each should try to at tract new industry, he said. The council told Clatsop county, which requested a public works program, that the matter should be bandied within the coun'y. 31st Operation Due LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 -tPl Thirty operations in tour years and Gerry Fitrgerald leaves for Lo din today for hia 31st. FiUgerald, 59. Los Angeles bus inessman, miraculously escsped death in an airplane crash in Swit I-m in tBU TkMunk -u his broken body haa been restored to active use. "r. W. B. Rycroft will perform an operation on his eyes in Lon don. FitrgeraltT hopes this will be the last operation. And he's going by plane. KIRK TO BIRLIN vncrniv rK tt m it Ambasssdor Alan G. Kirk left by anerial nlane tnriav fn. Berlin. The envoy expects to spend tonight as t .. High Commissioner John J. MeCloy i guest in rranxiun. Fivt Seats Remain In Daubt; Possible -Defeat In March Seen Hy The AMacUtnl PrM) LONDON, Feb. IS. Prim Minister Attleo announced today hie Labor government will carry en, despite the scant and shaky ?arliementery majority It wen let hursday'a elections. At the me ment. Labor holds a nine-veto working margin In the House af Commons, with five seeta atlll hs doubt. Attleo announced the decision after en emergency 7J. linute cabinet session. It moans th La ber party will farm another gov ernment anr1 run me centkeweu risk of being wrecked en veto f confidence In the House of Commons at time not fit own choosing. Alt Ire emerfleH (mm th iUMl meeting at No. 10 Downing street. uia ii une imuuier a omcuu real dence, to aay: "Well, we are carrying on." That was all he would aay, but later the cabinet issued a formal atatement which said: "The cabinet met thia ihamI u consider the situation arising from uiv general ciecuon. Majority Seen "After consultation with nil col. leagues, the prime minister haa de cided that aa the House of Com mons will contain a majority ot Labor members, it is the duty of the present administration to con tinue in office, for the kyng's gov ernment must be carried on. ine prime minister hope! that now that the election is over, all will once more give their full ef forts to carrying forward th oocea aary works of the nation." . aii oi Atuee a ministers mad (Continue, on page Two) Midwest, East Gripped Dy Ccld (Br Tho AowliM PrmU A late Kehmarv -nlA w,u- J intf the merelirv tn trioijl the Midwest, spread over wide ar ea uiuay irom ine uaxotas to Vir ginia. Some areas reported the low oat readings of th winter season. ine com weainer, witft no im mediate relief in aight, increased the job ot conserving rapidly shrinking coal supplies la many cities. . The Midwest was the hardest bit nv the am-H hi . Tk- tumbled to 35 below at Bemidjl, mum., ana rein Dine, N.u. The sub rero belt extended into northern iuuioii. a low ot -7 was reported in the Chiram ah,,-k- l.i.. one below waa the lowest reading of the winter season and followed yesterday's lero, the previous low. As the cold air moved eastward across the Miaaiaaippi river, it spread into some southern areas. The froaty weather enveloped th Atlantic coast from Virginia into me new cngiana states. Lower temneratllrflB wnra In much of the eastern region by to- In contrast to the Icy blasts over the eeatern half of the country, mild weather continued in th Rocky Montaik region. Elsewhere readings were1, around normal mirks. Light anow fell today from low and northern Missouri northwest ward into the Dakotaa. Soma parti of the Parifie Nnrlhuii light falli of riuT. tarty morning temperatures, out side the auh-terA K-lt itw.l,4l j at Denver: 41 at Billings, Mont.; iv ai sail Line uty: 41 at Seattle; 51 at San Diego, Calif.; 24 at Kan sas City; 25 at Philadelphia: 44 at Little Rock, Ark.; 65 at Miami; 5 at Detroit. Vogeler Friend's Death Is Probed VIENNA. AlKtria F-h U.S. Armv invjati0atn- nmk-J p,vwu w- day into the mystery death of U.S. ""J -api. fcugene 5. Karpe, friend of the imprisoned Robert A. Vogeler. Karpe plunged to his doom from the speeding Arlberf cAprcsa i.iursaay nignt. The Investigators have declined to say whether they think foul play t a involved in th Heath nf Varan naval attache for three years in Kta-ruea Komania and an Annap olis classmate of Vogeler, Ameri e i businessman Imprisoned in Hungary aa a apy. The Austrian police will aay only that no traces of foul play have been found. American officials in wsnington said they were not eliminating the possibility Karp vas slain. Karpe's body was found inside a tunnel south of Salzburg by rail way lineman Josef Karner. Kamer said both legs were cut off and ly ing about (0 feet from the body. Karpe had visited the Vogeler home in Vienna Wednesday night. The Belgian-born Mrs. Vogeler and two sons live in this city, where Vogeler had his headquarters ai roving eastern European represen tative of the International Tele phone and Telegraph company. Levity fact Jont By L. T. Keizcnstem Job L. Lewis couldn't wouldn't . out Mm minor, beck Into the pits, but be was clever goeucjh t put th cod Indtult f m4 Mm T-H lew late a bale.
