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COM U. of 0, Library Eugene, Ore, TO im u uvJ A rp : I PM-T V, V V PUPPETS FOR THERAPY Btty Montgomery. Tangent, and Dennis Calorie, ton of Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. Calorie, formerly of Roseburg, ara shown manipulating, student-made doll in tha play "Cindaralla" at tha Childran'i hospital school in Eugene. Tha puppats and tha spacially constructad stairs ara soma of tha many aids offered by tha school in its training of handi eappad childran. Tha hospital is partly maintainad by tha Oregon Sociaty for Cripplad Childran and Adults which sponsors tha Eastar Saal Sala starting March 9. In tha pictura Batty, who has polio, and Dannis, who was stricken with carabral palsy,' ara faarning battar uta of thair hands and having fun at tha sama tima. IDotsen Studio photo, Eugana.) Bank Cashier Admits Faking Burglary To Cover Up Theft ENGLISH, Ind., March 2. (API A bank cashiar who tha FBI said admittad faking a burglary to covor up thaft of $21,779 was held" in jail for tha fadaral grand jury today undar $25,000 bond. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS .... ... OKLAHOMA City's man-eating (maybe) leopard ii dead and we can all breathe a aigh.flUelieJhhrllrln nelr Muitown and dug up nii.l.. hi. krinf 1ihjftv lUtKrtfltf ttQ (Via 1. 1 .1 .4 .... : l.M mwA - During his brief liberty, nobody was "et." In fact, nobody got even scratched. THIS, apparently, it the story: The big cat, fresh 'over from tha jungles of India, got curious, even as you and I, flexed his muscles one fine morning, bounded j IS feet in the air (as be was prob- 11 . . :, j . . ably m tha habit of doing in his home habitat) cleared tha confining walls of his pit and went for a stroll. When he got tired and hungry, he came home. They found him at the zoo sleeping off the effects of some doped meat that had been put out for him. THE moral, if any? Well, I'd say we worried too much about something that failed to happen. (WONDER if it won't be the same way about the A-bomb and the H-bomb. I find it bard to believe that these (Continued on Page Four) "Public Nuisance" Label On Mickey Cohen Sought LOS ANGELES, March 2-P Mickey Cohen has been officially called a hoodlum, a gangster, a gambler and now the police are asking the city attorney for an opinion to call him "a public nui sance." Neighbors of Cohen asked the po lice commissioner to prosecute Cohen as a public nuisance. The neighbors said that the recent gangland bombing of the Cohen home has had some effect on prop erty values in the neighborhood. Move To Abolish Electoral College Doomed For Present Session. Indicated In House , WASHINGTON, March 2 (API A survey of tha House rules committee and tha House leadership indicated today that tha Lodge-Sossat bill to abolish tha electoral college is dead for this session of Congress. The Dill would submit to the slates a proposed constitutional amendment. This, if ratified by 38 states, would discard the present system of giving the winning pre sidential candidate the entire elec toral vote of a state and. Instead, split up the electoral vote among the candidates in ratio to their popular vote totals. It already has passed the Senate and is in the House rules com mittee. If it clears the Rules com mittee, it must get a two-thirds vote of the House before being submitted to the states. For two reasons, many Repuhli c.n. ui me nouse a i um iiiuvu of the proposal. first, they believe H will hurt 1 Kenneth W. Boldt, 46. cashier of the First National bank of nearby Milltown, was arretted yesterday, 30 hours after he reported the bank had been burglarized. Harvey G. Foster, agent in char" of the Indianapolis FBI of fice, said Boldt admitted taking the money, explaining only be wai heavily in debt. roster aaid Boldt led officer to concrete pipe um'a-neath'his barn He said Boldt related he had de posited the rest of the money to his own account in the bank. Boldt wa. arrested on charges of forging aignatures on notes and misappropriating funds. Foster said the charges were filed after offi cers noted irregularities in his rec- ords and the confession followed. The cashier reported Monday morning uie uiiik nau uecn uur- gljrileJ over the weekend. A h,sp holding a wire screen on a rear window had been cut, and combi nations of the vault and safe inside had been worked, although the lat ter was protected by a time lock set for 7:30 a. m. Boldt, a lifelong resident of Mill town, a community of 745 popula tion 30 miles west of Louisville, Ky., had been the bank's cashier since 1948. He had been a farmer and an insurance agent and is (Continued on page Two) Crash Kills Air Pliot; Wife And Child Rescued BEAUMONT. Calif.. March 2 (JP) A woman and her three-year-old child, both too badly hurt to crawl away, lay for eight hours beside the body of their husband and father yesterday after their plane crashed against a mountain side. The wreckage hung so precar iously to a rocky ledge that res cuers had to lash it down before ttiey could remove the woman and child and lower them by ropes to waiting stretchers below. The body of the pilot was left in the plane overnight. D. R. Roark, 28, Downey, was killed outright in the crash. His wife, Esther, 28. suffered a broken back and his daughter, Sharon Ann, a leg fracture. Rain and fog, which apparently caused the accident, hampered res cue efforts. them in large northern states which they normally carry for their pre sidential nominee and in which they now receive the entire elec toral vote under the so-called "unit rule." Second, msny of them want to kill the proposal because it bears the name of Senator Lodge (R Mass). who has disagreed at times with the policies of the regular Republican leadership in Congress In addition to the Republican op position, the bill is distasteful to northern Democrats in the House. They suspect that one of its major objectives is to give to southern Democrats a more potent voice in (Continued on page Two) Tha WmHmt Mestly cloudy with few show ers teeay. Ckudy with rail te lht and Friday. . Sunset today :03 p. m. Sunris tomorrow 4:4 . m. Established 1173 U.S. Defense Setup Praised n--r c' I'n T t fn i oesr ever in Power Added Despite Slash In Sum Asked Secretary Of Defense Johnson Reports Cuts In Excess Overhead, Waste WASHINGTON. March 2 President Truman said today Unit. ed Statea defenses are in the best shape they have ever been in peace ume. Mr. Truman told a newi ran. ference he is aware of criticism in soma Quarters that the defense Department s economy moves had weakened the nation's defense. That's not the truth, the Pres ident said. He added he didn't think there was a word of truth in it. As a matter of fact, he went on. the country is in the best situa tion as to defenses that it has ever been in a period when it was not at war. Defense economy moves have come under fire from columnists and others, including some mem bers of Congress and some mili tary officers who feel their own branch of tha service is being cut too much. Half Billion Saved In a report to Congress today, secretary of defense Johnson said the services have saved $501,000, 000 of the $13,900,000,000 originally set aside for this year's spending. He expressed confidence that the annual rate of savings would reach $1,000,000,000 by next Aug. 10, the first anniversary date of the uni fication act. Despite this drop la overall na tional security costs. Johnson said the services are achieving greater comoat ettectiveness by cutting (Continued on page Two) Mother Kills Self And Five Children WEST ORANGE, N.J., March 2 Alp) Mrs. Arlene Kraeutler turned on all the gas jets, police said, and then lay down to die. She took her five children, rang ing in age from eight months to 17 years, with her. Police found all the victims of the tragedy in their nightclothes yesterday afternoon. They listed tha death of the 36-year-old moth er as suicide. Only tha husband, William Kra eutler; 40, survived. He had left for work early in the morning. Police said they found this note from Mrs. Kraeutler to her husband in a dresser drawer: "Dearest Bill: "Forgive me, but I cannot stand to be evicted and also my ill ness and the debts we had in the last year 'are too much to bear. I don't know what the future has in store, so this is the best way out. "Love, Arlene." Police said the owners of the building recently sold it to mem ber of the owners' family and had served an eviction notice on the Kraeu tiers. CVA Not Political Issue, Gov. McKay Contends PORTLAND, March 2 .P Gov. Douglas McKay told a business men's sudience here last night he was weary of what he called ef forts of Democrats to make CVA an issue in Oregon's 1950 elections. "It makes me tired to hear peo ple talk about politics in this CVA issue. It isn't a political issue at all; it's a philosophy of govern ment," he asserted. McKay explained that be went to Washington with other westera governors to oppose the Colum bia Valley administration bill not as a Republican, but because he opposes concentration of authority in a few administrators. . "I believe in keeping the govern ment close to the people, not taking it out of their hands," he said. Possession Of Venison Draws Fine, Jail Term William Alston, 32, Roseburg. charged with possession of venison during closed season, wss fined $200 and aentenced to serve 30 dnys in the county jail, upon arraign ment In justice court. Judge A. J. Geddes reported. Roy Allen Alston, 28, Roseburg charged with the same offense, was released, Geddes sdded. DUBIOUS TRIUMPH HUNTINGTON, W. Vs., March 2 (JP) Russell Williams, a gar age operator, submitted the win ning Question for "Sports Alma nac", a feature program of I local radio station. j Williams' prize? Ten free grease jobs at a rival garage. ' ROSHURG. reoce me, ruman ueaares 30-YR. 'DEir OFF One-Time Clind Man Saves Fund To Pay County MATJCH CHUNK. Pa.. March 2. (.JP) Carbon county helped a blind and pennileas coal miner 30 yeara ago and he saved for decades to show his gratitude. Joseph Schipta, who regained hia sight through Carbon county char ity, handed county court Judge Jamea C. McCready a check yes terday for $2,000. He and the judge had decided that waa what the county spent on him when he waa down and out. After the little ceremony of grati tude in the court, 70 year - old Schipta told reporters, "paying that debt was the ambition of my life." acnipta a sight began to wane in 1910 when he waa working at the Lansford colliery of the Lehigh Navigation Coal company. He was without family in this country. Eventually, his sight went alto gether, and he was blind and un able to earn. County action made him eliii- ble for funds from a trust left by the late Mrs. Eckley B. Cox, of Hazleton. An operation at Wills eye hospital at Philadelphia brought Dace acnipta a signt. He went back to work to earn a living and enough besides to show his grstitude. Several years ago ha retired on pension, but went on saving to pay off what he considered a debt. Said tha judge: "That payment waa a 'once in a lifetime' ex perience." Thirteen Perish In 2 Home Fires L MONSON, Me.,' Varch Z-UP) A fierce dwelling house fire wiped out eight members of a Monson family and injured a ninth serious ly early today. Elwood Smith, about 35. a team ster, his mother, and his six chil dren were burned to death. Tha children ranged from a baby to a 10-year-old girl. smitii s wife escaped but was re ported in dying condition at a hos pital. Firemen said Smith nerished with other members of the family when he went back into the house in an attempt to rescue them after escorting his wife to safety. A flash fir uiinul .,,, - fa mil.. five in a small frame cabin in a trailer camp on the edge of the city early today. about 28; his wife, Betty, 26, and tneir uiree children, Jimmy 4, Steve 2, and Patricia, 2 months. Salesman Robbed Of $100,000 In Diamonds NASHVILLE. Tenn.. March 2 (IP) A jewelry salesman from Pittsburgh. Pa., waa robbed of $100,000 in unmounted diamonds in a daring mid-town holdup last night. Greying Jacob Davis. SI. waa shocked and dazed when a gun man's automatic pistol was fired beside his chest sa he struggled in his taxi-cab to hold onto a brief case containing the jewela. ine holdup car sped away but was recovered by police within an hour. The men escaped. Davis told police the stolen dia monds were insured against theft. He is a representative of his fa ther's firm, Barnett Davis, Inc. Nashville jewelers with whom Davis haa traded for It yeara said the $100,000 figure represented only uie wnoiesaie value or uie gema. Tardy Choir Lucky As ' Explosion Rips Church BEATRICE. Neb.. March ttm Because everyone in the choir of me west bide Baptist church was late for practice, the church was empty when an explosion ripped it apart last night. The choir was to have met at 7:30 p.m. At 7:35 the unexplained oiast leveled the building and shat tered windows and shook plaster from the walla of nearby homes snd stores. No one was injured. Pastor Walter H. Klempel, who had fired the church furnace a couple of hours before the blast in preparation for choir practice, said he hsd smelled neither gas nor smoke in the building. Two 14. Year-Old Wives Land In County Jan A 16-year old Kelso. Oregon housewife, picked up Tuesday by chsrge, waa sentenced in justice court to serve five days in the county iail or until her parents come for her from California, Judge A. J. Geddes reported. Another 16-year old housewife, from Portland, picked up Tuesday by state police, is being held in the county jail. OREGON THURSDAY, MAR. Strike Ties Nation's Top Airline Route Ground Crewmen's Union Declares It Will Stay Out Until Demands Granted NEW' YORK. March 2. (JP) Moat American airlines planes stood idle today at airports across the country. A few warmed up, and took off. But not many. Operationa of the nation'a largest domestic airline were throttled to a fraction of normal by a coast-to- coast atrike of ground crewmen. The CIO Transport Workers un ion predicted all of the company's planes passenger and cargo car riers alike would be grounded by nightfall. The atrike. which affects more than 4.000 maintenance and supply workers in 34 cities,, began yes terday morning after protracted contract negotiations failed. tor the first few hours after the start of the walkout, the big air line tried to meet regular flight schedules. But by noon, service beian to bog down. There waa nobody to service the planes with fuel, and make engine checks. There waa nobody to load luggage and other cargo and stores; nobody to tend the hang ars, or drive airport trucks. Supervisory and other employes tried to pinrh-hit on the ioba. but aher couldn't keen un. At the end of the day, only 40 out of 1S9 scheduled passenger uignu naa moved. Although ground crews are em ployed in only 34 cities, the strike aiteeia air service at 70 cities (Continued, on page Two) Titoism Suspect Commits Suicide PRAGUE. March 2 (JP) A former high ranking Communist suspected of Titoism committed suicide in a prison cell and an other "confessed," the government press disclosed today, in admitting the Czech Communist party ia ahot through with Titoist agents. The controlled press published s report presented to last week's meeting of the Communist central committee. Among other things it disclosed : 1. The former editor of Rude Prsvo, the official Communiat newspaper, confessed to betraying state secrets. It did not say whether he waa in jail. 2. Milan Reiman. former chan cellor of Communist Premier Za- potocky's office, killed himself ia his prison cell, while under inves tigation. It aaid a group of officials in the foreign trade ministry had been western agents. The press announced that Vilem Novy, former editor in chief of the party paper. Rude Pravo, 'worked as an agent of the west ern imperialists by betraying state secrets to their services and by giving them information.' Candidacy For Basis Of Good Service Filed By Congressman Ellsworth Harris Ellsworth, representative from the Fourth Congressional district of Oregon, todey filed his formal declaration, of can-, didacy for nomination and re-election with the secretary of state. The filing notice contains the following slogen to be printed en tha primary election ballots: ."Experienced, capable and effective." Congressman Ellsworth has repreaented Oregon's Fourth dis trict in Congress since 1943. This district includes Linn, Lane, Doug las. Coos, Curry, Josephine and Jackson counties. Ellsworth's home is in Roseburg where be wss editor of the Roseburg News Review from 1929 until he went to Congress. A resident of Oregon til but the first year of hia life, the congressman was educated in Ore gon public schools and was gradu ated from the University of Ore gon in 1922. During his period of service ia Congress, Ellsworth hss been as signed to several important com mittees, including services on the Naval Affairs committee for one session during the war. Hia present committee assignment is on the powerful Interstate and Foreign Commerce committee. As a mem ber of this group he travailed ia Europe during the recent congres sional recess. He is also a mem ber of the Republican Policy com mittee of the House of Representa tives. In addition to taking an active (Continued on page Two) 2, 19S0 ft : it 'CASE NO. f David Demarest laboval, a Whits Hous aid since 1948, confirmed a story in the Washington Post that he has identified himself at "case No, 9" in the list of SI persons Senator McCarthy I Ft-Wis I wants investigated, but he de nies Communist affiliation. Sen. McCarthy hat brought Sen ate investigation of hit charges that -many present or former State department employes were Communists or had Com munist front connections. I AP Wirephoto.l Life Hope Of Christ's Return Not Realized MARYVILLE, Tenn., March 2. A fatal throat ailment haa ended an elderly woman's hope of Jiving unlll. Christ returns to earth. ' So strong was the belief of Mrs. William' A. Nicholson, 72, snd her husband that they would witness Christ's second coming thst they built a M-room house designed to stand a thousand yeara. The house, made of atone, marble and cement, haa 18-inch - walls. floors five feet thick, snd a thre foot thick roof. When the structure was finished in 1946. Nicholson explained that he and his wife based their faith in being alive at Christ s return on the fifth chapter of Thesaalonians and the twentietn cnapter oi iteve lations. "Our faith in his coming is strong enough to csuse us to build a house that will aland the ravagea of time nd the weather for a thousand years," Nicholson said. -uur be liefs come from reading the Bible." Mrs. Nicholson died Tuesdsy. Like her husband, she wss not af filiated with any religioua denomi nation. Federal Employment Lowest Since World War 2 WASHINGTON. March 2 -tiPh- The civil service commission says federal employment hss dropped to the lowest point since early in world war II. The 1 .948.900 persons working for the government's executive branch tiere and abroad, at the beginning of February was the lowest total since March 1942. the commission said. It was 30,600 below the Jan. 1, 1950, figure. Reelection On CONO. HARRIS ILLSWORTH teeklnf Reelection V" y ', '. f - M 'r y ' ' ; 1 4: '':'! ' '( - - ' K f V fey '1j i S130 8 Plead Guilty To Charges In Circuit Court Probation Granted Three Of Six On Prison Terms; Married Pair Accused At sn unusually busy criminal session in circuit court here yes terday afternoon, eight persons pleaded guilty to various charges when arraigned before Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly. All waiv ed their right to be represented by an aiiDrney ana also uieir privi legea of taking a day to plead and an additional day before receiv ing sentence. Six of thoce admitting guilt re- reived sentences to the peniten tiary, but three of them were granted probabtion. Sentence -on the remaining two. a married pair, waa deferred pending a checkup of their past record. Lloyd L. Shelly, 25, Dallas, charged with larceny of tools, re ceived the heaviest sentence, three yeara. He waa placed on probation, however, on condition that he re frain from consuming alcoholic liquor or committing another vio lation. The probation ia subject to immediate withdrawal, without notice. Judge Wimberly warned. ahelly waa accused oi stealing tools over the value of $3S from (Continued on page Two) Pendleton City Manager, Two Coundlmen Quit PENDLETON, March 2 !P -City Manaier C. V. Signor In of. fice here aince last spring, was ask ed to resign last night "in the best interests of the city of Pend leton" st a closed meeting of the city council. the Invitation In written- frm was signed during the session by five councumen snd asked im mediate resignation. No apeef'c reason was given. Two other councilmen, V. W. McCormack and Arnold Pflugrad, refused to sign and immediately preaented written resignations to the council. They were accepted and the councilmen left. A newly appointed councilman, Claude Irons, did not sign the invitation and did not resign. McCormack called the move a "dirty deal" and aaid there was no reason for asking Signor to re sign. He said that sentiment on the council wss that Signor was influenced by him. He denied that he had tried to influence the city manager at any time. Signor called in after the meet ing aaid on coming out that this would kill his future chances in the city mansger field. The city manager was selected unanimously last spring by the city council to succeed Oren L. King, wno quit to lane the city mana ger's Job in Eugene. Before he came here, Signor was city man ager at Grants Pass. Fire Cooks Meat In Freeie Locker While Hasina, Home CATAWISSA. Pa.. March l-JJP) After flames destroyed their home yesterday, Mr. and Mrs. George Blecker looked through the wreckage. In the kitchen wss a deep freeie locker containing a quantity of meat. Blecker opened the locker and discovered some of the meat literally was cooked to a turn. Alter counting up ms loss which he estimated at $20,000, including $4,000 in cash left in a bureau drawer Blecker and his wife serv ed the cooked meat to weary fire men in the form of aandwlches. Man, Wife Found Dead Of Gunshot At Nye leach AGATE BEACH. Ore., March 2 Bodies of Ernie Murray, 30, and hia wife, Marion, about 40, were found late yesterday in their photo- shop residence st Nye besch. Coroner Frank Parker said both had died of gunshot wounds, ap parently inflicted by the husband. Sheriff Tim Phelpa aaid a de puty had served papers earlier yesterday on the husband in which Murray was ordered to cease threatening his wife. Mrs. Murray had instituted a divorce action. Dutch Merchant Admits Spy Guilt In Czech Court PRAGUE, Ctaehoslovs- kis, March 2 (JP) Dutch busi nessman Johannes uouwers plead ed guilty before a Czech court to day on chargea of economic es pionage, the official ciecn news agency snnounced. Seven Czech co-defendants also pleaded guilty and two pleaded in nocent, the agency ssid. Louwers, representative of the Genersl Artificial Silk union, and hia co-defendants are charged with economic espionage and with help ing refugees across the border. Hot Guilty As Union. Rules Judge Keech Decision Is Sttinnlnsj Surprise; Govt. Plan To Sefje Collieries Drawn WASHINGTON, March t-JW The UnHW Mm Workers tWay were fauns) mwecent ef lanterns af ceurt m the li-slay seft eeal atrike. Federal Jude Rkhnwnd . Kaach, who heard tha case with- . eut a lury, announced a verdict af "net guilty" en bam Mm cWaT and criminal contents eharaea. Th Mae seM met K heel considered the evernment' titled and "found en th r rd" mat th charges ef can tempt ef hia . II beck-te-wrk orders were iwt sueawrtecL The union had contended that it was in no way responsible for the refusal of the miners to work. Its defense was thst the 172.00a coal diggers bad each quit work by individual decision, not by di rection of the union, and that offi cers of the union bad don all the could to end the strike. ' It took Keech just two minutaa to announce his decision. The decision was a stunniof sur prise to the crowded court room became th union In two previous strike case hss been held guilty snd compelled to pay tines aggre gating $2,130,000. i . Government officials increasing (Continued on page) Two) Tentative Plans For W. Roseburg Sewers Approved Plans and specifications for West Reaeburg's proposed sewer system ' have been tentatively approved, subject to minor recommended changes, by the Oregon State board of health, according to City Mana ger M. W. Slankard. Slankard ssid the diagram wag submitted to th board last Fri day. Th alterations pertain to ear- -tain pip elevations, location of certain manholes and design of the pumps in the pumping plants. He said the reviaed plans, which will not affect tha cost, .will b submitted shortly. A public hesring M th West Roseburg sawgr is stharhtVad the next council meeting March a. All persons having objections it any phase of the program or costs will be heard at that time. The total estimated cost would be $162,418, if clay pip is ased, or $156,490 if concrete pip it used, -according to cos estimatea sub mitted by th city manager. . The major cost, estimated at $44,000, would be for excavation and backfill, reaulrlni moving of 22,000 cubic yards. Total of 26,70 feet of pipe would be needed, t cost $34,053 for clay pipe, or 2K ooo for concrete pip. Total of let manholes would cost gZI.ow. two pumps, on to pump th aewag ts provide a gravity flow esst toward the river, and a second to puma the sewage across the river to th disposal plant would cost a total of $12,00. Other expenses would be for Yi; Jay pipe, shoring..ovr flowa, engineering and incidentals and rights-of-way, Angry . Husband Seats -Wife On Red Hot Sttw ROME. March 1 Iff) Aa angry husband ia Parma took vengeance on his unfaithful wife by seating her naked on . a rd hot stove, Rome newspapers re ported today.. Th huaband. 25 years older than his bride, found her with a youth ful lover when ha returned unex pectedly from a trip, th dispatch es ssid. " The woman was reported serious ly burned. Th dispatches omitted names. Television Set lam Relief. Ruling In Ohio COLUMBUS. O.. March 2. (JP) If a family can afford a television set, it csn not receive poor renei, the county welfsre department ssid todsy. Director Robert P. Stith said in vestigatora found some families were uaing part of their relief al lowance to make installment pay menu on TV sets. CITY MISSIS OOOO SIT LOS ANGELES, March 2 -ilPt Soma months ago tha city coun cil turned down acreage near Cas ta ic. Cain., as a site for a deten tion farm for alcoholics. Councilman Ed Davenport in formed the council yesterday that a 500-barrel oil well came fat mi the property last week and ten more are being drilled on me 700 acres. I due time Russia wM pre ably dr btemieo A bomb) and H-benb nmtt fraen Fan In, iptolnlno mHmhm In familiar verblocje that "any rata af such Rirulea hemes America typ b pwaty caiaci dental," and that Rmaiaas) far- therm or lnvtd such wa back m the day af TetTlMe. Levity fact ant By L. T. Reisanetehi
