U. of 0. Library COMP Eugene, Ore. cm fUl A BA! The Weother Cloudy wlrfc tha wart today ad tonight. Portly cloudy with scottaroe showon Thursday. Suittet today 6:S2 f.m. SiMrfto tomorrow S:3S m.m. AII13Abocrd m KuE mm HONORED IY EACLES -William "Dutch" Millt. commander of American Legion Umpqua post 16, it pictured above at ha ae eaptt for thi group tha award of tha Roseburg Aaria, Frater- fcal Ordar of tha Eagles, for tha part tha Legion hat played in ipviuoring baseball for local youngitort. Paul Travis, left, worthy pratidant of tha local aaria, praiantt a framed teroll and an. graved gaval. Schadulad for individual commendation, but un abla to attend last night's public ceremony, wat Mayor Al Flegel, chairman of tha American Legion Junior Baseball program and , active in tha Peewea bataball project (Staff photo). School Needs. Dist. Finances Explained By Supt. Elliott As Roseburg Nears Bond Election Calling attention to the Roieburg tchool diltrict 4 "permii tiva" election Monday, April 17, Superintendent Paul Elliott poke before tha Roseburg Kiwanii club Tuesday noon on tha tchool enrollment problem. At tha election, to be held between the hourt of 2 and 8 p.m., tha votart will ba asked to grant the board permittion to use bond money already voted for the construction of a new Fuller ton tchool, while the present Fullerton building would be con verted for uta by tha high tchool. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS T HERE itn't much heavy newt on the wires at thit it written-for j which, I think we should be duly thankful. The heavy newt these days is apt to be grim newt. We have enough of that, goodness knows. A respite every now and then helps us to keep our balance. MY 2',4-year-old granddaughter was climbing the stain recently for her noonday nap. She had loaded herself like a packhorsa with dolls, teddy bean, woolly rab bits and the other miscellany that at that age are essential to sleep. The load wasn't very well bal anced, and about halfway up a doll toppled off. She couldn't spare a hand to pick it up. If she did, the rest of the cargo would slip. She met the situation as many of. us older ones have done. She blew up. "Oh damn!" she said. .... WHERE they get it none of us know. It's funny the first time. After that, it presents problems. Life is like that. I ... PAUL WINTER was telling me the other day of a sign he'd just seen in a service station. It read: (Continued on Page Four) Stolen Truck, Automobile Art Recovered Here State police today reported re covery of two stolen cars The first was a pcikup truck, owned by Farm Industrial Equipment Co of Rose burg. It was stolen in Eugene last night and aoandoned in Roseburg on Hamilton street about 1 a.m. From this location a car owned by Thelbert W Sutton, 1034 Ham ilton, was stolen, and the vehicle was recovered this morning by officers in the vicinity of Wolf Creek, Josephine county. Motorcyclist Injured In Accident Near Oakland Stewart Basset of Dexter, Lane county, was injured when the motorcycle he was riding went out of control Monday at 5:30 p.m. north of Oakland, state police re ported. He was brought to Mercy hos pital in Roseburg by ambulance The officer's report stated that the motorcycle apparently failed to negotiate a turn and skidded 20a feet through brush and trees. His condition was reported "serious " Second Death Occurs From Home Fire At Lakeside COOS BAY, April 12 CrPl Oscar Erickson, 54, died Tuesday of burns suffered Monday in the Lakeside home of Mn. Hannah Mannila. Mn. Mannila died in the blaze. Erickson, his clothes afire, was found 300 feet from the house. Elliott explained the present and the anticipated future achool en rollment, based upon the birthrate within the district. The birthrate began a rapid increase in IMS. and has climbed from 270 in that year to 850 in 1949, and indications are the rate will go even higher. The superintendent distributed anniaa tf a flat a a timmaiw bjrths enrollment, number of rooms in the respective schools of the system and the financial pic- ture of the district. 'We would like very much to be able to build a new high school building, but with the funds avail able, this would be impossible," Elliott stated. Limit Fixed By Law The district has available from the bonds voted $290,000 with which to complete its building program. The district has a bonded indebt edness of $922,000, but since the legal bond limit, based upon 10 percent of the assessed property value in 1949. is $1,173,299, the dis trict could vote only an additional $251,299 for future expansion. The proposed conversion of the Fullerton school to high school use, and the erection of a new Fullerton grade building, could be accom plished with the funds on hand, without an additional bond election, said Elliott The senior high school, built to accommodate 420 students, has an enrollment of 698. The junior high, built for 550 students, has T32 en rolled. Under the proposed change, the ninth grade would be added to the senior high, reducing the junior high to a load of 441, which would provide for expected increases. The revised senior high plans would accommodate 1164 students. The planning is broken down as follows: Remodeled old senior high plant, 680 students; new library arts building (for which a con tract has been let), 150 students: Fullerton building, 14 rooms and auditorium, 450 students. Elliott assured that all grade pu pils would be transported by bus, in accordance with a policy set by the board. The Kiwanis program also in cluded numbers by the eighth grade boys' chorus, directed by Mrs. W. W. Woodward. Announcement was made of the Kiwanis conference in Bend Mon day, April 17, which will be at tended by several local members. Montana Bank Bandit Suspects Nabbed By FBI GREAT FALLS. Mont., April 12 UP) The federal bureau of investigation said today two young farmers had been arrested in the robbery of a Valier, Mont., bank. Both admitted their part and all but $900 of the $',6,100 was re covered in a garbage can, the FBI added. Agent W. Guy Bannister identi fied the pair as Mourice Arthur Holm, 24, and Lewis Andrew Pe ters, 26. He said they were cao tured during the night at Conrad, onlv 20 miles east of Valier. The arrests were made 12 hours after two masked men robbed the farmers and Stockmen's bank at Valier. Bank President Nels Swanson was forced to open the safe for the robbers, each carrying two guns, when he opened the bank yester day moming. After scooping uo available currency and some sil ver, the men tied up Swanson and fled. Established 187 J Protest Of Russia Will Be Rejected Soviet Planet lelitved To Have Fired On U. S. Craft, Bearing No Arms IBy Th. AuocUUd Pr ' Washington diplomatic and mili tary authorities said today tha cold war isn't going to turn into a hot one because of any one inci dent auch as an airplane shooting scrape reported by the Russians yesterday. Nevertheless American officials took a serious view of the impli cations of Russia's protest note which said an American plane penetrated Latvia, fired on Russian planes and disappeared over the sea. A full investigation is under way. U.'S. officials indicated the Rus sians may have fired on an un armed navy "privateer" plane Such a plane has been missing since Saturday and may have flown over Russian-held territory. The next steps appear to be: A tartly worded rejection of the Russian protest. A complaint of our own that the Soviets evi dently shot down an unarmed American plane. A sharpening of tension and a further deteriora tion of relations, just as there were when Russia blockaded Ber lin. Additional exchanges of angry notes. Neither Seeks Fight Yet officials here say wa cer tainly don't want to pick a fight with anyone and they have an idea the Russians want to avoid one within the foreseeable future. They reason that since World War II the Reds have pushed the frontiers ot communism forward here and there without using mil itary force and probably will want to see how far they can go with the process. So they look for con tinued Russian probing for weaV spots, continued-pressure short. Trf the use of arms. If the Russians did knock down the missing U. S. patrol plans, the Moscow protest could be vieweJ as an application of theory that a good offense is the best -defense. Soviet Charge Refuted Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, chief of staff of the U. S. air force, said the air force had no four engine bombers in the Baltic area on Saturday, and none are miss ing. Adm. Forrest P. Sherman, chief of naval operations, said the navy patrol plane has been missing since Saturday that had been an nounced previously that it was un armed, and "therefore, could rot have fired on any other aircraft, or returned the fire of any air craft. " The plane was a four engine "privateer." Sherman said navy patrol plants in the Baltic region are under standing orders to "stay well clear of the territory and territorial waters of Russia and Russian sat ellites." Russia regards Latvia at Russian territory, although this country hat not recognized it at such. 1 U U .... , ( ;tf ' a 7. , v- CITY HEADS MEET Pictured abova are some of the officials and hosts present at tha regional meeting of the League of Ore gon Citiat held here Tuatday night. Dalegatat from ten Oouglat county citiat mat with ttata officialt of tha league and experts on city planning. Roteburg't mayor and city council acted at ROSIIURG, v , Jack Finden, abova, hat baan named Boy Scout field execu tive and will ba ttationsd in Roseburg to terva the .Douglas district. Finden assumet tha former duties of Rollia Quam, promoted to assistant tcout executive of tha Oregon Trail council. Quam will ba in charge of three southern Oregon coun ties, Douglas, Coot and Curry. A recent graduate of tha Uni versity of Oregon, Finden for merly lived In Salem. Ha will leave next weak for Mendham, N. J., to attend tha Scout Exec utive Training tchool before re turning here. His wife will re Ttain in Roseburg to search for house J (Staff photo). Mississippi Law BansTrumanites From Party Name JACKSON, Miss., April 12 iW Mississippi supporters of President Truman are officially banned from using -the Democratic party name. Acting Attorney General George Ethridge advised Secretary of State Ladner yesterday that only one party is entitled to use the word "Democrat" in its title, and be cause the Slates' Rights Democrats registered first, he said, pro-Truman Democrats cannot use the title of Democrat. The controversy began when the legislature enacted a law requir ing all political parties in the state to register with the secretary of state. The law bant use of the same name or any part of the same name by more than one party. The , possibility arose that the same situation may face Missis sippi Republicans, who are split into two factions. One faction known locally as the "Black and Tan" and headed by Perry How ard, Negro attorney, it recognized by the national party. The other group, known as the "Lily Whites" and not accredited by the national party, it led by George Sheldon, former governor of Nebraska. Ladner has accepted registration of the "Lily Whites." The "Black and Tans" so far have made no move to register. I ' -V- ' Of jr .".r . '.- Ill -r ! J v OREGON WEDNESDAY, APRIL Dirksen Wins G.O.P.Hodln Illinois Vote Ex-Congressman NrViU Race Lucas For Senate; Death Invades Primary CHICAGO, April 12. (JP) For mer Rep. Everett M. Dirksen, who retired last year after serving 16 yean, won the Republican nomi nation for U.S. senator in yester day's Illinois primary election. Dirksen, who piled up a big lead over two Chicago candidates, will oppose Scott W. Lucas, President Truman's majority leader in the Senate, in the November general election. Lucas, now serving his second term, was renominated without opposition. Seven of the 23 incumbent con gressmen who had opposition in the primary were renominated, aa was expected. There was a light turnout of voters in the election, the first in a series of state primaries this spring that will nominate candi dates for next fall's decisive con gressional contests. The total vote was estimated at about 1.500,000 out of a total of about 5,000,000 regis tered voters. Among the seven congressmen winning renomination was Rep. Adolph J. Sabath, 84-year-old dean of the house. Sabath, a Democrat, now is serving his 44th year and 22nd consecutive term in Congress from Chicago s seventh congres sional district. He defeated Mar shall Mendel, whom he also beat two years ago. The late Rep. Ralph E. Church, Evanston Republican, who died last March 21, polled the most votes in the 13th district. Write-in cam paigns for various candidates failed, throwing the district nomi nation into the hands of the Re publican district congressional com mittee. In Havana, the Republican nom ination for Macon county treasurer was voted to Lloyd M. Kramer, who died two weeks ago. His name had not been taken off the ballot J in mfc-ago, state nep. Da via i. Swanson, 61, dropped dead of a heart attack last night while he wat being congratulated on leading his district Republican ticket for renomination. He had served in the state assembly for 12 years Fires Buildings Because He 'Was Mad At Everybody' LANCASTER, Pa., April 12-tP Police said today a 23-year-old hospital attendant admitted setting two fires because he "was mad at everybody and disgusted with the world." The fires, which swept a ware house and service station, caused damage estimated at $15,000 Eas ter Sunday morning. Cpl. James J. Haggerty of state police identified the man held on arson charges as Willoughly Lit zenberger of nearby Manheim. Lit zenberger was an attendant at Lan caster general hospital. ' The young man now is a patient at the hospital. He suffered back injuries when he plunged 40 feet from the hospital balcony, Hag gerty said, in an attempt to escape police. li p y) Ml Mi 7 KA ; i . ' '"Us hosts for tha event. Pictured abova, from right, Deana Saeger, laaqua consultant; Mrt. Flagel and Mayor Albert G. Flegel; Hollit Smith, mayor of Dallas ris Milbank, mayor of Grants Past and vice-president; and Her man Kehrli, executive director from Eugana. (Staff photo). 12, 1950 Former Cabinet Member Passes BAINBRIDGI COLBY DrUTie DAIVT V V An-ll 19 1 I. .11 k - V' 1 .1,, ... . . nyi u .... v Bainbridge Colby, last secre tary of state under president wood row Wilson, died last night. He was 80. While secretary of ttate. Colby wrote an historical note refusing recognition to the Soviet .govern ment of Russia. The recognition was granted 13 years later, but Colby contended there had been nothing to justuy a change. Colby never did change his opin ion about Russia. Until recently, he gave lectures against Commu nism. New Mill Will Be Constructed South Of Roseburg Construction will start within the next 10 days on the Sun Stud Co., Inc., mill to be located about two miles south of Roseburg, Immedi ately adjoining the Douglas Manu facturing Co. plant, it was an nounced today by Fred Sohn, owner. Mr. Sohn, who recently moved to Roseburg from New York and who resides with , his family on Terrace Ave., nas pur chased a large supply of timber from which he will draw in addi tion to purchasing logs on the market. The mill, 40 by 80 feet, will be of concrete, steel and wood con struction, two stories in height. It has been designed by St. Onge Mill Design, 217 Pacific building, Roseburg, and will be constructed by A. A. St. Onge. A twin circular saw headrig will be equipped with two electric mo tors, 75 h.p. on the top arbor and 150 h p. on the bottom arbor. A 10 x 32-foot sash gang is designed to save approximately 10 percent in saw kerf over equipment com monly used: The mill will have a 6 x 54-foot edger. Electric and air power will be used throughout. The mill is expected to produce from 50,000 to 60,000 board feet of 2 by 4 daily. It will employ about 17 persons. A 26 by 56-foot planer shed will be erected adjoining the mill. A 16-acre log pond now is being excavated by Gates snd Co., Rose burg. The plant ft expected to be in operation within 60 to 90 days, Sohn reports. i 4 i 1 r-M I and president of tha league; Mor M M-50 Civic Project Procedure Is League Topic Give Full Facts, Figures On Proposals To Public, Advice Of Pres. Smith Tfe importance ot going to tha puonc wiin tacts ana figures on contemplated vital civic improve ments was stressed by Mayor Hoi lis Smith of Dallas, president of the League of Oregon Cities, in a talk before the regional league meeting at the Hotel Umpqua in Roseburg Tuesday night. The meeting was attended by league representatives and city of ficials from Drain, Oakland, Suth erlin, Myrtle Creek, Clendale and Roseburg. Following the princi pal talk by Mayor Smith, problems confronting the various towns was discussed at length. There are three approaches which mayors snd city council men may take: 1, calculate the best political course then act ac cordingly; 2, do what you think is right, for the best interests of the people and let the chips fall where they may, and I, get all the advance information and make a full study of the problems, then go to the service clubs snd the people with tha issues and solicit their support. Third Plan Favored He urged following the third plan, with adequate planning in advance to assure sound propos als, supported by facts. He said it is important for the mayor and council to be in unity on such pro posals, ana then the support of service organizations and the gen- (Contlnueo on page Two) Fall Into Bonfire Takes Boy's Life A one-year-old Oakland boy, Darwin La Yarn Oberman Jr., died Tuesday at Mercy hospi tal In Roseburg from burnt re ceived whan ha fall into a bon fire. Hit parents, Mr. and Mn. Darwin La Yarn Oberman, ware burning rubbish in tha yard of their home in Oakland whan tha accident happened, Tha child wat rushed to tha hospital but died toon after arrival, Tha boy wat born April 1 9, 1 949. Betides hit parents, a broth er Cary turvivat. Funeral tarvicat will, ba held Sunday, April 1 6, at two p.m. at tha Chrittian church in Oak land, Reverend Bristol offi ciating. Interment will ba in tha Oakland IO.O.F. cemetery. Ar rangements ara in ears of Staarnt mortuary, Oakland. Highway Group's Objective Stated The public meeting of the Legis lative Highway Interim committee, which will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 15, in the circuit court room of the Douglas county courthouse, has been scheduled pri marily to give the committee an opportunity to outline street and highway problems with some pos sible suggestions for remedy, ac cording to committee Chairman Ralph T. Moore. ihe meeting is one or 13 such sessions the committee has sche duled in its tour throughout the state to learn public opinion con cerning basic policies to be re- commended to the legislature, and to enlist the active support of the public for such future procedures at the public approves. Moore stated that it would be unncccessary for local organize tions to prepare oral or written presentations as had been re quested by the previous committee for its tour two years sgo. How ever, the committee expects and invites a vigorous discussion from the floor on the highway pro- glemt. Other Legislative Highway In terim committee meetings sched uled for southwestern Oregon ara Coquille, Apr'l 12; Gold Beach, April 13; and Grants Pass, April 14. Seven Doomed Negroes Lose Their First Appeal MARTINSVILLE, Va., April 11 t&i Barring U.S. Supreme court intervention, seven Martinsville ne groes will die in Virginia's state penitentiary in May and June for the rape ot a white woman. The executions officially were set for last summer but stays were granted while the aeven appealed their convictions to the Virginia supreme court of appeals. The state's high tribunal last month upheld the convictions. Yes terday, Circuit Judge Kennon C. Whittle set new execution dates while counsel for the seven men planned an appeal to tha U.S. high court. y Believed To Have Perished Fire Follows Pluntje, Occurring After Croft Leaves Base At Sandia ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., April 12. P A B-29 bomber carried all airmen aboard believed to ba IS to fiery deaths in a crash last night into tha Sandia secret wea pons base. Thirteen crew members were) listed on the loading report An air force official warned however the death toll cannot be determined with absolute accuracy until an actual count of bodies is made. Tha air force drew a tight secrecy curtain on the tragedy in a remote area of tha atomic Domrj assembly Installation. Newsmen were barred from entering tha area, a spot 7,000 feet high In tha Mania no moun tains. The Irene is soma five miles east of Sandia headquarters and 17 miles east of downtown Albuquerque. A road block was thrown across the only trail leading into the area, just off transcontinental U. S. higo way 66. Secrecy Air Tight The likelihood any escaped seemed remote. Tha giant stra tegic air command plane from Walker base at Roswell, N. M.. plunged to the ground and burned three minutes after it took off from nearby Kirtland field. Emphasising secrecy cloaking the locale, one officer observed: "Not even tha President of tha United States could get into tha place." Except for describing the big craft's flight as one for training, military authorities declined to dis close its mission. Kirtland base is part of tha air force special weapons project, and new weapons are developed at ad joining &anaia oase. Man ara trained at Kirtland for air force use of these weapons. . Names of crewmen were not made public. Tha strategic air command aaid no one abova a junior officer waa aboard. Identi fication was proceeding body Of body. Nearly naif remained to im found early today. Next ot kin were being notified. it was the second tragedy at Sandia in slightly leaa than month. Fifteen military prisoners died In a flash fire at tha baa prison March S. Board Will Probe Rail Labor Dispute WASHINGTON, April 12 -W President Truman set up an emer gency board Tuesday to Investi gate a dispute between tha rail roads and the railroad yardmas ten. His action automatically post poned for 60 days a strike which the yardmasten had aet for to day. The ardmastert, who conduct twitching operationa in the big rail centers have been demanding a 40-hour week with no reduction in pay. They now work 48 hours. The dispute is between the Rail road Yardmasten of America (RYA) union and tha Eastern. Western, and Southeastern Carriers conference committee. The emergency board, whose members are yet to be named, hat 30 days to report. For 30 daya thereafter there can be no change in present working conditions. The union is seeking the same five-day work week which the bulk of railroad employes were awarded by an emergency board last Sep tember 1. About 2,200 Pullman conductors, members of the Order of Rail way Conductors, also ara sche duled to strike at ( p.m. next Monday. They could tie up Pull man and sleeping car service on American and Canadian railroads. Woman Jailed With Hugo Sum Faces U. S. Tax Lien ATLANTA, April 12. fPV-The federal government teased a $50,587 tax lien at a 50-year-old woman who went to jail carrying $65,000 in a flour sack after she waa ar rested on a liquor charge. The tax lien was filed sgainst Mrt. Elizabeth Spears yesterday just before she waived a bearing on a charge of possessing non-tax paid whiskey. "A person works hard all their life and then when ou get old they try to take it away from you," com mented Mrs. Spears, who also faces a state charge of selling liquor without a license. She had come by the money honestly, she said "mostly through pinhall and juke box machines." She kept the money with her be cause she didn't trust banks, sha added. 'SMACKED' FOR SMACK PORTLAND, April 12. OPI Lewis H. Shorill, 21, suffered a $50 fine in municipal court here yesterday. His fault: When he opened his door, and discovered the census taker was a woman, ha kissed her. Levity fact J ant By L. F. Retzenstein If there's anything in noma, the third World war atiqht to be shorter. In th lint twe we fought the Germans; in ttw east one (according to military sci entist!) wel fight germs.