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COMP JV Government Tito Woollier Mostly cloudy today and Wednesday wit few scattered showers today. Sunset today 7:07 p.m. Sunrisa tomorrow S:14 a.m. WHO DOES WHAT Pushes Finn To Effect Pecce U of 0 Library Eugene, Ore res to 18 THE YOUNC LADY pictured above doing oh, such an intri cat dance itap, it Dana Rhodan, two-year-old da ugh tar of Mr. and Mrs. Lowall Rhoden. Sha is practicing in har mother's danca studio for a ballot tha lattar soon is prasanting, and if you ask ma I think Dana shows pratty good form. A lot of it, anyway.. City Planning Commission Approves One Offered Plat, Tentatively O. K.s Others Tha city planning commission Monday night- gave final ap proval to Hously Haights plat I, subdivision of block 10, and ten tative approval to other plats. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS I'D like to offer for your thought ful consideration today a recent exchange of political statements between Howard Morgan, of Monmouth, a former Oregon state representative, and Oregon State Senator Tom Mahoney, of Portland. In Monmouth the other day, Mor gan .charged that Oregon State Treasurer Walter J. Pearson, who is running for the Democratic nomination for governor, is being supported by "the John Hall wing of the Republican party and the Tom Mahoney wing of the Demo cratic party." That brought from Mahoney In Portland the following blast: "Former Governor Hall and ' my self have never discussed at any time or in any manner the current governorship campaign. We have never acted together in any way, shape or manner concerning that or any other campaign." I'D ike to ask you this question: Do you believe a word EITHER of them says? I don't. I simply assume that they are talking for purely political purposes and let it go at that. I Continued on Page Four) PROTESTANTS ON DEFENSE East German Reds Spur Campaign Designed To Bury Church Altogether By Daniel Da Luce BERLIN, April 25 (API Protestantism in Soviet-occupied oast Germany is fighting with its back to tha wall, - Church sources accuse Communist leaders of: Forcing Protestant clergymen to join tha "national front Com munist mass organixation at tha price of their moral integrity;' Using tha schools and tha "Free Carman Youth" organixation to turn the younger generation against religion. More than 14,000,000 of the is. 000,000 Germans in the Soviet cone are baptized members of the Evan gelical (Protestant) faith. With so much at stake, eastern Protestantism has sought repeat edly to avoid an open break with the Communist-controlled govern ment. But the Communists have appeared to interpret this as a weakness. They have stepped up their cam- ftaign first to capture the church's nfluence and eventually to bury the church altogether. The struggle may be racing to an early showdown. Last Sunday in more than 4.000 churches of east Germany Evan gelical pastors read a common de nunciation of Communist pressure. Communist Prime Minister Grote- Tentative approval was given to Darby & Foster subdivision oi a part of subdivision A, Kinney's improved plat. Block 71, subject to the cutting of the corner of West Second street and First street to a minimum of a 15-foot radius and that the park within the plat be eliminated. Tentative approval was given to Hucrest Plat A, subject to all streets being 60 feet in width, ex cept Almond St., which is to re main at SO feet. Ed Miller Homesteads plat was rejected, but the plat will be re considered if Miller can obtain 30 feet of property on the westerly boundary from Mr. Cook, the own er, to provide a 30-foot street. Mill er was told to check on this and report back. H. D. Kinnear was present and proposed that an 'additional zone be provided in the zoning ordi nance similar to the present class 1, except that it would provide for multiple unit dwellings. A committee was appointed to study such a plan with study also given to height limitations. On the committee are Fred Lockwood, Paul Elliott and Paul Geddes. . A petition, bearing 22 names, was presented opposing the rezon ing to business, commercial or in dustrial, block 6, Chadwick's addi tion and a portion of the property north of Mock 6, bounded by Deer creek, Fowler street and Pitzer street.- The petition was tabled inasmuch as there is no such ton ing change before the commission at this time. . RESERVATION SPURNED FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 25 UP) Shungnak natives rejected by a vote of 51-25 yesterday the in terior department's proposal that they accept a reservation. No word of the outcome of sim ilar elections at Kobuk and Byda- burg was available. wohl called this an "attack on the constitution, the government and the republic." Under the loosely-written Com munist constitution of east Ger many, each nastor laid himself open to possible imprisonment or even death by his act. None ha been reported arrested yet. But the threat hangs over all pending a conference Fridav between Grotewohl and Bishop Otto Dibe lius of Berlin-Brandenburg. Church sources said the next de velopment may depend entirely on what orders the east German gov ernment get from Russia. Anti church campaigns in Poland, Cxechnslovakia and Hungary since the war have bad the whole-hearted endorsement of the Soviet union. Established 1173 Economy Try In House Loses On Two Items Fresh Effort Slated To Prevent Boost In Funds For Public Hospitals WASHINGTON, April 25. UP) Routed House economy forces beat the bushes for votes today in an attempt to defeat a move to add $75,000,000 for public hospital funds to a $29,000,00,000 appropria tion bill. They were up against a strong coalition of Republicans and Demo crats who have announced that they will try to double the $75,000, 000 recommended by the House ap propriations committee for the hos pital program. The program is handled by tha Federal Security agency, whose funds are included in the section of the one-package money bill which came up for House considera tion today. The funds are in the form of contract authority and are used by the FSA to help states and local .ommunities build pub lic hospitals. The appropriations committee has recommended $1,591,784,590 'n cash and $79,288,000 in contract authority for the FSA for the fis cal year starting July 1. This com pares with $1,635,083,600 cash and $161,211,000 contract authority re quested by President Truman. Economy Efforts Lose . The "economy" headed by Rep. Taber (R-NY) fared poorly yester day. It was unable to cut $2,000,000 from the Reconstruction Finance corporation's administrative ex pense allotment and was beaten 93 to 88, on an amendment that added $1,000,000 to the bill. An amendment to add $22,000,000 for the postoffice department'! operating expense allotment was defeated without a major fight To date the House-voted cuts total $7,700,000, or less than one half of one per cent on the basis of items totaling $2,192,584,402 al ready t-ted on, ' Taber earlier had called for total cuts of at least a billion dollars. While major sections of the bill are still to be considered, there it a possibility that substantial in creases may be voted in funds for national defense and for rivers and harbors and flood control projects. Ailing Veteran Commits Suicide Tony Dutchick, 62, a patient at the Veterans hospital, took his life by strangling himself with his belt last night .according to Coroner Steams' report. An autopsy was being held today to determine the exact cause of death. Hospital of ficials report Dutchick was found almost immediately but efforts to revive him by artificial respira tion and use of oxygen were of no avail. Dutchick, hospitalized since April 1947, had been suffering from ar terio sclerosis (hardening of the arteries), the hospital officials said. Born in Russia, he had served in the U. S. army from Sept 9, 1918, to Dec. 9, 1918. A nephew, Fred Zelich, of Hines, Ore., survives. He has been noti fied, and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Long & Orr Mortuary, which took charge of the body. The hospital officials said this was the first suicide to take place inside the hospital. They said close watch is made of any person who shows any inclination to take bis own life. Don't Trail Firt Dept. Too Closely, Warning Fire Chief William Mills today issued a reminder to persons who disregard Warning tickets given drivers who follow too close to fire department vehicles. "According to the state fire marshal's law," Mills said, "per sons receiving such warning tickets are liable to a fine of $100 and ten, days imprisonment if the of fense u repeated. We keep the names of offenders on file Mills referred to the penalty clause contained under section 115,395, state fire marshal laws. Girl In Tragedy-Hit Family Ends Her Life STOUGHTON. Mass.. Aoril 25 (JPl Helen Schmnitchel, 14-year-old junior high school girl, has gone voluntarily to death, which In vio lent form had claimed six mem bers of her family in eight years Yesterday her body was found in the home of her uncle and aunt. She was lying on a couch. Four gas jets were open on the kitchen range. She left a note but police declined to reveal its contents. Dr. A. C. Woodward, assistant medical examiner, called her a "suicide because of despondency." In 1942 Helen's father, Henry Schmnitchel Jr., was killed in a fall from a window. Since then she had lost her step father. Clarence A. Vines, in the war; and her mother, grandmother and a sister and brother in fires. a uuiim'i w imi.il. i l. n , BUDGET DIRECTOR Frederick J. Lawton (above I has been appointed budget director suc ceeding Frank Pace Jr., pro moted to secretary of tha army by President Truman, Father Tries To Slay His Four Children With Gas LAWRENCE. Mass.. April 25 UP) A former Lawrence postal employee was booked today on a charge of attempting to murder his four children with illuminating gas. Deputy Police Chief Arthur J Riley said James M. Ryley 36. was taken to a hospital for mental observation. The deputy said Ryley tied the four children, ranging from six to 14 years of age, to chairs and then turned on gas in a kitchen stove and a jet on a gas heater. The eldest child, James, 14, freed himself, the deputy added, and notified neighbors. They called Dolice. Two patrolmen found Ryley in and upper room of the two-story single family house. Thev found the other three children,, all. tied to chairs, in the kitchen. None of the children was over come. They were Ryley's children by a previous marriage. His present wife, Dorothy, a registered nurse was out on a case. The deputy police chief said that Ryley could give no explanation for his act. U. S. Bonds Safe, Holders Assured WASHINGTON, April 25 UP) The Treasury said today that the people of this country need have no fear for the safety of their in vestments in government bonds. "Never in the history of this country has the federal govern ment defaulted on any of its obli gations or paid them at less than par," the Treasury wrote Sen ator Magnuson (D-Wash). "The present debt will be no exception. Nor need they have any concern as to the ability of the United States government to protect its financial position or to meet its obligations under any conditions that may exist." The question was called up by a constituent who wrote Magnuson that he has been investing $75 a month in E series bonds. He said it had been pointed out to him the government was not using the money to retire its debt but for feneral purposes " Including re emption of bonds being cashed .n by frightened citizens." Magnuson sent the letter to the treasury and received the reply. In it the treasury said that the only way to repay the debt is "From excess of government re ceipts over expenditures." Entertainers Sue On 'Commie' Label Claim (NY) HARTFORD, Conn.. April 25 UP) Two entertainers come into federal court today, each seeking $100,000 damaged from a Greenwich, Conn., housewife who they complain called them pro Communist. Paul Draper, dancer, and Larry Adler, harmonica player, contend Mrs. Hester McCuflough damaged them by charging they were "pro Communist in sympathy" and "open supporters" of Communist front organizations. She is the wife of a Time magazine editor. The entertainers claim they lost professional engagements as the re- suit oi alleged libelous statements made by Mrs. McCul ough in an article published in a Greenwich newspaper and in spoken corn- menu. Jail Term, Fine Meted For Pointing Firearm Elbert King Troxcl. 31. Glen. dale, was arrested by state police officers Sunday on a charge of pointing a firearm at another per- I son. Troxel, arraigned in justice court, was sentenced to serve 30 days in the county jail and fined $100 plus M.50 costs, reported Jus - tice of the Peace E. S. Skillings of Glendale. State police said Trcxel pulled gun oa an officer called to in vestigate a complaint. ROSEIURG, OREGON TUESDAY, ARPRIL 25, 1950 Senators Given Hew Urging On Rent Controls Failure To Extend Would Spell Chaos, 'Violence.' Warning To Committee WASHINGTON. April 25 UP) Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois told senators today a sudden end of federal rent controls on June 30 would result in disorder, contusion and "perhaps some violence." Stevenson said that unless Con gress extends the federal controls he will be forced to call the Illinois legislature into special session to pass a state control law. But under questions oi cnairman Maybank (DSC) of the Senate banking committee, Stevenson said he could go along with a reported compromise. This would retain existing con trols until the end of this year with a provision for an additional six month extension if states or cities request it. Stevenson Is among a number of state and city officials urging the full-year extension of controls asked by President Truman. Unless controls continue, Steven son said the "Chief Justice of the municipal court of Chicago, which handles eviction cases, informed me . . . 'It is safe to predict that there will be mass protests and perhaps some violence'." He add ed: "If we are forced to state legis lation and local' control in Illinois it will be unavoidably a last min ute improvision with serious dislo cations in effective administra tion." -Regardless of whether the con trols are extended, Maybank said in advance of the hearing that Congress should provide funds to carry on the present program to June 30. Maybank was commenting on the testimony of Housing Expediter Tighe E. Woods that his agency will be "broke" by May 26 unless it gets another aDPropriation. Woods, whose office administers the controls, appeared before the committee yesterday to urge a year's extension of the regulations. Support for the control extension also came today from officials of other cities, including Aaron w. White, assistant city solicitor for rnnadeipnia. White said the housing shortage still is critical for middle and low income groups who must rent their homes. Mayor Ralph A. Villani of New ark. N.J.. said it is "absolutely essential" to continue federal con trols "for at least another year. Bulletin! PERU, Ntb., April 25. (Pi Dr. B. K. Baker, psychology pro fessor at Peru State Teachers college, today killed Dr. William Nicholas, president of the col lege, and Dr. Paul A. Maxwell, another instructor, and then killed himself. Kiechel said a note was found beside Dr. Baker's body which said In part "Willie (Dr. Nicholas) tried to fire the wrong person." Expelled Students At Salem Abandon Fight SALEM. April 25 WP -The 18 boys who were expelled from Salem high school for belonging to a secret fraterniry gave up their court fight today. Ralph Moody, attorney for the boys, said they withdrew their ap peal to the state supreme court. The circuit court ruled the school board had authority to expel them. RESIGNS AS REGENT Banker Giannini Quits U. Of California Body For Dropping Anti-Red Oath PALM SPRINGS, Calif., April 25 ( API Because of his "conscientious convictions against communism," tha head of the world's biggest bank hat resigned from the board of regents of the University of Californie. L. M. Ciannini, president of the Bank of America, hes fought for weeks to preserve the anti-Communist "loyalty oath" once ordered, then dropped by tha board of regents. You can t make peace with a Communist," Giannim said last ,... ""j. .uriruucr. ""j - 7 " - w.uiniiiuiui, juu win wwn iinu that you have traded your heart away." Giannini said he had mailed his resignation to Gov. Earl Warren. He declined to nuke public the contenu of the letter but said he had empowered Governor Warren to do so if he wished. The professors opposing the "loyalty oath have maintained j that Co ..munism was not the issue. 1 iney neio mat uie controversy was over the right of the board of re- 1 gents to set up conditions which could result in the firing of faculty membeii without a hearing. But Giannini said last night, "I esnnot understand w iy the issue of academic freedom is being Lumber Market's Boost By Intensive Publicity Told By Arthur Priaulx, Assn. Agent Importance To Douglas County Stressed By Its Great Timber Resource, Expansion Prospects Two great industrial stories for day by Arthur Priaulx, manager of advertising and publicity for tha Wast Coast Lumberman's association. Featured at tha Chamber of Commerce noon forum luncheon at Hotel Umpqua, Priaulx highlighted tha value of timber re sources and their development in Douglas county and told of tha "transition in thinking" of west coast lumbermen. Flying Saucers Reported Seen By Men In Klamath KLAMATH FALLS. April 25. (At People were seeing things in the sir here yesterday. At least three men said their eyes saw saucer-like shapes in the sky. ' The first report came from Keno, 14 miles northeast of here. Carl Engbloom, a lumber mill mecha nic, reported silvery objects wheeled overhead and on over Green Spring mountain. Later, Harry English of Dorris, Calif., saw a "saucer" appear, float about and then streak off. A Hearld and News reporter phoned Harold Newman, at Muni cipal airport control tower. "Harold." said the reporter. "what's going on in the sky? I've had two reports of flying saucers today." "I haven t seen anytning, re plied Newman. Then he looked and said "darned if I don't see something right now." This description followed: "I'm looking north from the tower. This thing must be 1,000 feet up. It looks the size of a paper plate. Now and then it jeems to fire off a silvery flash like maybe it's rolling over. I ow there's something above it that may be another one. But I can't be cer tain." ' """ r : The reporter became dubious. "You're sure it's not an illu sion?" - Newman was sure: "There's something up there." About that time the "something" faded off toward the hills. Oregon Colleges Have New Heads PORTLAND, April 25 P Dr. Roben J. Maaske, 47. presi dent of Eastern Oregon College of Education, today was named presi dent of Oregon College of Educa tion and director of elementary teacher training. The state board of higher educa tion made the appointment to fill th varanrv at the Monmouth in stitution caused by resignation of Dr. Henry M. Gunn. To take over at La Grande, the hoard anDointed Dr. R. G. Lang. ston, 35, president of Eastern Oregon college. He now is asso ciate professor of education at the University oi Oregon. These were the top changes In the annual personnel list. But high in general interest was the board's acceptance of the resignation of William A. Schoen- feld. dean and director of agricul ture at Oregon State college. It will be effective next October 1, the date set by the dean in his request ior retirement. He Is 61. He has held his present position for 19 years, having been named to it after a long record of educational and governmental service in agriculture. j broul!hl ,, the pcture. Academic freedom is absolutely mcnmpati bie wun Communism. While I have great faith in the university s academic senate (faculty self governing body), I I .lieve there are manv men who will et by with- : out signing anytning I La,t Friday Giannini was the lone dissenter when the regents j meeting at Davis, Calif., voted to idrop the order that all university . employes sign the "loyalty oath" Dy April 30 or resign. The regents instead approved a jcumprunune pnipuncii uj m luuiui association. This calls for a clause I in working contracts disavowing , Communism but 'lso provides 1 for th right of appeal by those who 0 not wish to sign. The cases of o Rectors would va decided upon individually by tha regents. 1 W-50 tha Northwest were told Mon Priaulx, a former Roseburg resident who was graduated from semo- high school here before en tering the newspaper business, mentioned the relatively low tim. ber cut noted here in the 1920s as compared to the present volume "In those early years, Douglas county was cutting only about 45,000,000 boaid feet of lumber a year, and most of that near Reeds port," he said. "Last year, Doug las county cute 796 000,000 board feet, more than the entire period from 1925-35." He also touthef on the Increase since 1940 when the first marked climb was noted. He said the lumber industry meant to this area alone more than $50,000,000 cash and employed more than 7,000 workers. On the resource side, Priaulx said the latest survey Indicated 71 billion reet of 'imber is now stand ing in Douglas county "more than all of the New England states put together." Ha said no other state has as much standing timber as Douglas county, except Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California, and that the standing timber hero covers 78 of the county area. ruDiiciry Launched Priaulx spoke at length on what he called the "transition in think ing by lumbermen of this area and cited the "amazingly success ful results" noted during the na tional advertising campaign con ducted by west coast lumbermen. "Our lumbermen got together in 1944 to map operations for enter ing the highly-competitive postwar building market and decided on a campaign to appeal directly to the consumer," he said. Priaulx called this approach "highly unique," since lumbermen were trying to sell unfinished goods by consumer market methods. On this one advertising cam paign, he said western lumbermen spent $1,000,000 with 20 national magazines in an effort to convince the nation that there still was lumber in the West "enough to rebuild every home in the nation" and to tell of the advantages of lumber as i building material. A second campaign was soon launched to sell the nation, on low graae lumoer. LtumDermen auopiea as their slogan, "There's a right (Continued on page Two) Jury Acquits Man Of Killing Woman Friend KINGSTON, N. Y.. April 25 UP) Theodore Lutzel, 47, was ac- ?uitted by a jury last night on a irst degree murder charge In the shooting of his woman friend, Ruth S. Bergemann, 36. The jury of seven women and five men was out less than four hours after a two-week trial. Lutzel had faced a possible death chair verdict. The state accused him of shoot ing the woman and leaving her body in the village square of High Falls, N. -Y., last Nov. 27 after a round of taverns. In his defense. Lutzel claimed that the woman took a pistol from her purse and that it was dis charged accidentally during a struggle for it. Husband Slays Escort Of His Wife To Movie PRINCETON. W. Va . April 25 P Frazier Harless, 24-year-old Blueficld, W. Va., truck driver, unk anuiner men wue iv ui ivv in movie last night in his truck. Her husband spied them. Harless drove quickly to the Princeton police for refuge. He and Mrs Eva Carper, 30. scam' pered up the stairs to the desk sergeant's office. There were two shots. Harless tumbled down the steps and died of wounds in the back. "Sure, I killed him and I'm not sorry," Patrolman A. E. French quoted Irving Carper, 36-year-old strio miner. The husband is charged wun murder. Atomic Powered Sub Is j Plan Of U.S. Navy Dept. WASHINGTON, April 25 -J!P) The navy today disclosed plans to build radically new type sub marines one to be atomic pow ered and to convert a cruiser into a guided missile combat ves sel. These construction plans were made known in a request to Con gress for authority to build 111 vessels of varying types. Adm. Forrest Sherman, chief of naval operations, told the House armed service committee tha pro posed program would cost $333, 000,000. -I Prospects For Settffirf Dispute In Telephone System Appear Very Poor (Br Th AiMcUtad Praia) A two-weeks truce was called 1 one of the nation's two major threatened strikes but there ap peared little hope today of settle ment of the second. Railroad firemen, called to strike against four of the country's big gest carrier systems tomorrow morning, last night nostooned their walkou until May 10. Meanwhile, ine government pushed efforta to effect a settlement before tha new strike deadline. The government, successful In averting the rail walkout, attempt ed in last minute negotiations to nead oil the walkout tomorrow morning of some 230.000 teleohone workers. But neither side In tha telephone dispute was hopeful of settlement of the twice-postponed strike. Af negotiations resumed in New York today, some 10,000 equipment in stallers were on strike against tha Ben system with orders to jam long distance lines wherever possi ble. Telenhone service to the gen eral public, however, wai not hin dered immediately. ine teiepnone walkout, unless there Is an unexpected break by possible arbitration or appoint ment of a presidential fact-finding board, is set for 6 a.m. local time tomorrow. President Tru man's strike truce ends at mid night tonight. A general strike would cut off virtually all of tha country's phone service. Long-Standing Dispute Wages and other benefits are tha chief issues In the bitter dispute) between the Communications Workers of America and the parent Bell corporation, the American . Telephone and Telegraph Co., and ' its many subsidiaries. Negotiations between the company and 24 of the union's divisions have contin ued since last October with vir tually no progress. The threatened walkout by soma 18,000 railroad firemen was to be against four major carriers tha Pennsylvania, the New York Cen tral, the Santa Fe and the South ern. The strike was called by tha urotnernooo oi Locomotive Fire men and Enginemen to enforce its demands for an extra fireman on big diesel locomotives. The dleaela now have two-man crews, an en gineer, and a fireman. In another labor development, federal mediators called the dis pute between Chrysler and the CIO United Auto Worker! a hopeless deadlock. The strike waa in tti 92nd day. Fire Razes One Sawmill, Poses Threat To Second The Sanders Lumber company sawmill at West Melrose was des troyed by fire Monday at 2 p.m., resulting in damage of approxi mately $20,000. Vern Sanders, mill owner, said the fire evidently started at tha diesel motor and spread so quickly that workmen were unable to check it. The loss was not covered by in surance. Sanders indicated he win re build the mill immediately. A second sawmill, located a mile south of the Sanders mill. was threatened by fire earlier in the day. However, workmen at Morgans mill soon extinguished the blaze and little damage wai inflicted. Origin of the second fir was not determined. These two fires bring to three the number of mill fires noted in this area during a two-day period. The Tyee Lumber company saw mill west of Sutherlin was also destroyed by fire early Sunday morning Extent of the loss and origin of that fire hat not yet been determined. Alaska Easy To Capture, Senate Committee Told WASHINGTON, April 25 CP) A warning that Alaska could be captured in "a matter of 48 hours" by psra'roopert today faced a Senate committee consid ering statehood for the territory. William L. Baker, editor and publisher of the Ketchikan (Alaska) Chronicle and long-time Alaskan resident, said that lack of voting representation in Con gress makes it tough for Alaska to build up and maintain adequate defenses. "Defense begins at home," ha told the interior committee yes terday. Not having senators and a con gressman in Washington to "swap votes" puts Alaska at a disadvan tage when Congress talks defense, he said. I. evity Fact Rant By L. F. Relzerutein Eugene voters or to be osked to ballot on proposed retail ales tax to moat municipal financial needs without adding to existing burdensome prof arty toxe. It's m straw ie the wind that may blow to other Oregon cities. Including, o n o with Dama that starts with X"