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COUNT CAVE DWELLERS Uvi Clifford Bush. left, answers
the questions of census enumerator Harold 0. Smifh, while Mrs.
Bush, 69, calmly smokes her pip in the apple storege cave in
which thay live a Montana, N. J., near Evanston, Pa. (AP Wire-photo).
IDEA SPRANG FROM MUD
Chamber Of Commerce
Antecedent Described By
Dexter Rice. First Head
"Your chamber of commerce was conceived and born in
the mud and it lifted itself and the community out of the mud
with a program of civic bettermen," the chamber's noon foru-n
luncheon audience wet told yesterday by Dexter Rice, Rose
burg attorney.
Highlighting the opening of the . ;
chamber of commerce member-'....., ,
ship recruiUng week, Rice traced WllDUr-ROSeDUrq
mercial club o( which he was the
first president.
Detailing the mud incident, Hice
said that "years ago," Jackson
street resembled a "dirt road piled
high with ant hills," as merchants
scraped the mud away from door
steps and each neat little pile was
hauled away by the city. Yards
of gravel and loads of crushed
rock placed on muddy street,
merely sank out of sight, he said.
In an attempt to get local res
idents pavement-minded, Rice raid
a three-railroad coach excursion
was taken to Eugene, where the
main street had recently been
paved. The Eugene Commercial
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In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
THIS-changing-world note:
Down in San Anselmo they have
a city ordinance providing that
horses must be tethered at least 20
feet away from dwellings. Two
housewives have just appeared be
fore the council to demand that this
Horses.- they explain to the i
city fathers, "are UNSANITARY.
Their presence interferes with the
use of our patios."
I
Nth. olden, golden day,, w. were
acutely suspicious of men who
smelled of cologne, but respected
and usually admired those who
smelled faintly of the stables.
,
THE echoes of the Florida election
at which young Smathers took
Big Chief Pepper to the cleaners
are still rumbling up and down
the political canyons. The big medi
cine men of politics are figuring
out what it all meant and, as us
ual, each figures it according to his
own PERSONAL interest.
For example:
To Senator Taft, the SIGNIFI
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ALL CITIZENS INVITED v
State's Finances Will Be
Forum Topic Here May 17;
Legislators To Offer Data
Citizens of Douglas county, especially officiels of county,
city and school districts, have been invited by the Roseburg
Chamber of Commerce to attend and take pert in a forum meet
ing to be held Wednesday noon, May 17. at Hotel Umpqua.
Guests at the forum will be the members of the legislative
interim tax study committee, who will present the facts about
the present condition of state finances, discuss the effect pro.
posed measures would have on it end suggest some chenges to
the citizens.
The program will consist of an
outline of present fiscal condition
of the state by Senator Howard
Belton. chairman of the interim
committee Representative Giles
SKJ W5 'l.the 1
effect of the proposed school bill
to increase state support by S30 per
census child and the proposed bo
nus bill for veterans. Mrs. Louise
Area Mapped For
Budworm Baffle
Small spruce budworm infesta
tion areas near Wilbur and Rose
burg, comprising 23.661 acres, are
part of a million acres in Oregon
to be sprayed this spring, accord
ing to Fred Southwick, district war
den of the Douglas Forest Pro
tective Assn.
Spraying in western Oregon will
probably be started the latter part
of May. Southwick reported. The
exact time will coincide with the
budworm's entrance into the short
life cycle period, when it is most
vulnerable to kill by spray, paily
collections of budworms are now
being made to determine the pro
per time for attack.
The spray is a DDT insecticide
with an oil base. It will be ap
plied at the rate of one gallon per
acre. The control methods to be
employed have been tested on two
previous projects with complete
eradication of the insects and no
damage to livestock or wildlife.
The budworm, for some unknown
reason, has struck mostly in graz
ing areas in Douglas county.
A serious infestation by the
spruce budworm in forests of east-
rn,and western Oregon has been
uncvicu iiiiuurii m iiuuini -iivj c -
ial survey conducted by the Ore-
ton Stale board of Forestry, the
U. S. Forest service and the U.S.
Bureau of Entomology and Plant
i"t - of project , ,e
Roseburg and Wilbur areas will be
paid through a cooperative agree
ment between the state of Oregon
and the U. S. government.
Landslide Kills Father
Before Eyes Of Son
SAN PEDRO, Calif., May UP)
Before the horrified eyes of his
son, Justo Pesutich, 65, met death
yesterday beneath a two-ton land
slide that buried him alive.
An overhanging ledge collapsed
on Pesutich as he and his son,
Vielko, dug topsoil from an em
bankment. The son shouted for
help and dug frantically. He fin
ally freed his father, but it was
too late.
Humphrey will talk about welfare
problems and probable cost.
Earl B. Day, former legislator,
U "mmer.,w.P;.k a'oout
proposed changes in the corporate
excise tax. Representative John
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The Weather
Fair and continued warm to
day. Mostly dandy Wtdmw
day.
Sunset today 1:23 a.m.
Sunrha tomorrow 5:54 a.m.
Established 1873
Floods Sweep ilf.
Plight In Two
States Worst
In 50 Years
New Storm Threatens
Winnipeg; Tornadoes
Hit Nebraska, Iowa
)By Th. AMOclated Prw
Fresh floodwaters from the Red
river of the north today made
thousands homeless and isolated
many communities in parts of the
water-soaked North Dakota and
Minnesota. A 24-hour rain fed tie
rising stream and its tributaries.
Across the border in flood-besieged
Winipeg, there also were
more evacuations as a new storm
threatened further damage from
the raging Red river. More than
12,000 persons already have been
driven from their homes in Win
nipeg and southern Manitoba ii
the last week. The new floods in
North Dakota and Minnesota hit
the area which only recently had
battled the worst floods in 5U
years.
National guardsmen were called
out at Grand Forks, N. D , as the
Red river crest hit 45.5 feet. V"t
feet above flood stage. Additional
rain was forecast for much of tne
flooded area. More than 200 fam
ilies were forced from their homes
in Grand Forks and 300 families
were evacuated from East Grand
Forks, Minn., across the river.
Other communities endangered
by the floodwaters in North Da
kota included Minto, Bowesmont,
Grafton and Pembina. At Oslo.
Minn., 20 miles northeast of Grand
Forks, the Red river normally
100 feet wide spread over an
area of seven miles. Nearly all
homes and business places were
flooded.
Drinking water was nauiea in
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Woman, 2 Children
Hurt In Car Wreck
Mrs. Arnold Burleson and two
small children of Camas Valley
were injured Saturday when the
car Mrs. Burleson was driving
went out of control just south of
the Camas Valley store on high
way 99.
Mrs. Burleson received cuts,
shock and broken wrist. She had
36 stitches taken in her forehead
and several on her chin. The older
child, Jack, had a slight concus
sion and was unconscious lor sev
eral hours. The baby, Larry, was
only slightly injured.
Mrs. Burleson said the baby
started to fall from the car seat
and she lost control oi the car as
she reached for the child. In
stead of hitting the brake, her foot
hit the accelerator and the car
swerved into the bank. The im
pact threw the occupants into the
windshield.
Mr and Mrs. Tom Counts, who
live near the scene, rushed the
three to Roseburg.
Chief Of Police
At Canyonville Quits
At a special meeting of the city
of Canyonville council Saturday
night. Chief of Police Harry How
ard tendered his resignation. When
Mayor "Pop Green polled the
councilmen. C. E. Parker. Ed
Oaks, Emmett Moyer and Clinton
Atherton voted to accept the res
ignation. Councilmen Charles Fer
guson and J. I. Heals voted
against accepting it.
Rerguson and Beals then com
mended Chief Howard on his fine
services to the citv of Canyonville
in the past year. Mayor Green also
commended Chief Howard.
Mayor Green reports there will
be no police chief at the present
time. Another patrolman will be
hired to work with Ted Nimmo, also
a patrolman.
Red Cross Hospital
Council Units To Meet
The Red Cross hospital council,
comprising representatives from
many chapters in Oregon and Sis
kiyou county in California will hold
a bi monthly luncheon meeting
Wednesday at 12 noon at Carl's
Haven. Purpose of the session is 'o
determine the needs of the Rose
burg Veterans and Camp White
hospitals.
Official greeters at the luncheon
meeting will be aeveral members
f the Roseburg Gray Ladies. These
are Mrs. Lloyd Myers, Mrs. Paul
Barcus, Mrs. Harold Powell and
Mrs. Joe Boudreau.
Camas Residence Burns
The residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Poole on Camas mountain
burned Saturday afternoon.
The fire caught on the roof of
the house and. since no water was
available for fighting the blaze, the
house was destroyed.
Most of the furniture and cloth
ing were saved.
Poole suffered i badly burned
hand while saving his belongings.
The Pooles have one son at
home and they are keeping a small
nephew.
Slash In Cigar
Excises Vof ed
By Commitf ee '
WASHINGTON, May 9 -LYh-The
house ways and means com
mittee reversed itself today and
voted to cut cigar excises by
J15.000.000 a year.
The slash, if finally approved,
would reduce the 145.000.000 an
nual tax on cigar smokers by one
third. The committee previously
had refused to cut the cigar tax.
At the same time the committee
voted to close a tax law "loop
hole" which some members esti
mated has been depriving the gov
ernment of from J25.0O0.0O0 to ),
000,000 anually. This was a techni
cal amendment dealing with tax
deductions taken by dealers in tax
exempt state and municipal bonds.
Today's action on cigars brought
the committee's total approved ex
cise cuts to about $1 .ODO.OOO.OuO
almost twice the $655,000,000 limit
President Truman proposed.
Fires Eat Woods
In New England
BOSTON, May (.ft High
winds whipping through New Eng
land have fanned scores of fires
into woodland-destroying infernos.
The two-day gales roared behind
some 65 separate fires in Maine
and laid waste to more than 1.
700 acres of forest in that state.
More than 1.500 acres were des
troyed in Rhode Island yesterday.
An unestimated acreage was
burned over in New Hampshire,
where Gov. Sherman Adams ban
ned all smoking and bonfires in the
woods. Numerous smaller fires
started in Massachusetts, though
none was reported in Vermont.
Fresh fires cropped up in New
Hampshire at Canterbury, where
200 men fought a blaze that des
troyed two homes, at. Suncook,
where three homes were levelled,
at Northfield, Windham and Litch
field. State Forester John Forster
called the situation "very critical."
A new fire was reported at south
Kingston, R. I., near west Green
wich where 1.300 acres were pre
viously razed.
20 Of Faculty Quit
Over Ouster Of Prexy
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.. May
lPl Twenty faculty members
at little Westmont college an
nounced their resignations today in
protest to the firing last month of
the college president. Dr. James
Forrester.
A spokesman for the group said
the resignations, effective June 15,
involve two thirds of the faculty
and include the Dean, the regis
trar, librarian, deans of men and
women, the athletic director and
several department heads.
She gave "complete loss of con
fidence in the policies and actions
of the board of trustees" as the
reason for the resignations. Dr.
Roy Laurin, Pasadena, heads the
board of trustees.
Westmont is a 10-year-old liberal
arts school with an enrollment of
about 250. It is located in the
swanky Montecito district here.
BUgCLARY CHARGED
Donald Leroy Van Denzen, 26,
of Appleton, Wis., and James O'
Donnell, 34, of Bakersfield, Calif.,
are being held in the counly jail
on J 500 bail on charges of bur
glarizing a building at night. Sher
iff O. T. Carter reported Monday.
FIRE-GUTTED WILDINGS AT
of town of Rimouski, Quebec,
gutted by $20,000,000 (ire.
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ROSEBURG. OREGON TUESDAY,
Dakota,
Injunction
Application
Still Heard
Witnesses Continue Their
Stories In Picketing
Phase Of Milk Dispute
Lel action in Roseburg's milk
dispute went into the second day
today, aa counsel for the defendants
this morning offered testimony to
show cause why a temporary re
straining order and permanent in
junction ahould not be placed
against striking farmers.
Marvin Mayo, business agent for
the Teamsters Local 962, questioned
on the aland tor an hour and a
quarter, today denied the alleged
"conspiracy" acts charged against
the union in the complaint.
Rather than conspiracy, he said,
the Teamsters local merely recog
nized the picket line of AF of L
character, and respected it.
Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly
yesterday heard more than four
hours' testimony and cross-examination
by lawyers from both sides
as counsel for the plaintiff Ump
qua Dairy Products company open
ed the hearing.
Paul Geddes of Roseburg and
William Riddlesbarger, Eugene,
presented the case for the plaintiffs
and attempted to prove that the
recent picketing action taken by the
Umpqua Valley Milk Producers as
sociation and the local Tcamsten
union, AF of L, was unlawful,
Frae Speech Stressed
Counsel or the defendants, Daniel
Dimick. Roseburg, and Donald B.
Richardson of the Portland law
firm of Green. Landye and Richard
son, presented opening arguments
and cross-examined each of the
four witnesses called for the plain
tiffs. Richardson, representing the
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'Flying Saucer' Seen
By W. Roseburg Minister
Latest report of a "flying saucer"
came today from Rev. S. B.
Fowler of 2027 Catherine Ave.
(Coates addition).
The Rev. Mr. Fowler stated that
at 10:15 a. m. he saw a white disc
shaped object flying north at
high rate of speed. He estimated its
height at least a mile. Trailing be
hind was a vapor-like streak, which
he said appeared as though it could
have been exhaust.
The Rev. Mr. Fowler refers to a
verse in the Bible, Luke 21, 11 to
the 25th verse, in which he main
tains is the prophecy o such things
as flying saucers. He said he be
lieved it is a product ol the time in
which we are living.
Water District Election
On Bonds Dated May 16
The Winston Dillard Water dis
trict bond issue election will he
held Tuesday, May 16, instead of
lodav as previously reported.
I The election is on the issue of
I contracting bonded indebtedness
I of $83,000 for funds for installing
pipe lines to serve the resident
of the district.
The election will take place in
the annex of True's store at Win
ston between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.
PST, (8 a.m. and 8 p.m. DST).
The Winston-Dillard Water dis
trict was organized in November,
1948. Plans are to complete fh;
greater portion of the project this
year, if a favorable vote is cast
on the issue.
RIMOUSKI, QUEIEC The confer
is nothing but ruins after being
More then 2,000 were homeless
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MAY 9, 1950
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TOP SPOT Oto A. Seyferth of
Muskegon, Mich., was elected
president of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States
at its three-day annual meet,
ing in Waihington. Seyforth, a
union organizer turned big bus
inessman, is the first man to
closely linked with the union
movement to be elected head
of the nation's biggest busi
nessman's organisation.
Postal Service
Economy Opposed
By Senate Group
WAStflNGTON. May 9. CP)
The Senate postoffice committee
today approved a resolution direct
ing that Postmaster General Don
aldson drop his economy cutbacks
in the postal service. The vote was
to 0.
On April 18, Donaldson cut down
on a number of services, explain
ing that the department lacked the
money to continue them. One order
cut residential mail deliveries to
one a day and reduced deliveries in
business areas.
Donaldson also shortened the
hours of window service and
dropped some night handling of
mail.
Since his orders were issued,
there has been a barrage of pro
test from organizations of postal
employees.
Donaldson aaid the reductions
were necessary because Congress
had decided against making postal
rate increases he had recommend
ed. He proposed increases to bring
in about $600,000,000 a year. The
House trimmed that to $100,000,000
and the Senate has not acted.
If the Senate and House should
take the same view as the com
mittee, Congress would be ob
ligated to supply the money needed
for the restored services.
Just before acting on the meas
ure, the committee heard President
William C. Doherty of the AFL Na
tional Association of Letter Car
riers protest that the cutbacks are
working a hardship on the men who
carry mail and are injuring their
morale.
Doherty said postal employee
morale "has reached an all-time
low."
RIVER YIELDS BODY
GRANTS PASS, May 9 (,Pl
The body of Walter Crouse Sr., 64
veteran Grants Pass irrigation
district employee, who was
drowned in a Savage Rapids dam
accident April 18, was recovered
last night at Tahoma riffle, a mile
below the dam.
after being burned out by
town's lumber yards. A third
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Strike Threat
Again Faced By
4 Rail Lines
Parley To Avert Tie-Up,
Slated For Tomorrow,
Has No Success Outlook
CHICAGO, May S.-t.'PV-Threat
of a strike by railroad firemen
against four of the nation's major
carriers at 6 a.m. tomorrow .
peered mounting today.
Representatives of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemr and the carriera ap
peared deadlocked. Federal media
tors said, however, all efforts will
be made "up to the last minute"
to prevent a walkout.
The Santa Fe railway system
announced that beginning today
ther would be "some curtailment"
in passenger service because of the
impending walkout. A spokesman
for the railroad aaid detaila of the
reduction in passenger service re
main to be worked out. Plans for
curtailing freight service also are
being completed, he aaid.
In Washington today, the South
ern railway aystem issued an em
bargo on movement of all freight
and passenger traffic which cannot
reach its destination or clear South
ern aystem lines prior to the walk
out deadline. The Southern said
it took the action to avoid conges
tion and delay.
The Southern also said that In
event the strike materialisea it will
discontinue all passenger, mail, ex
press and freight service. Such an
action would affect the majority
of the railway's 38.000 employes
scattered thoughoul the south.
Peace Hopes Low
The National (railway) Mediation
board held separate sessions with
railroad and union representative
throughout yesterday until nearly
midnight. A board spokesman said
there was "not too much" hope in
efforts to prevent the strike.
The walkout against the Santa Fe,
the Southern, and western divisions
of the New York Central and Penn
sylvania, originally was to have
started April 28. However, it was
deferred two weeks at the board's
request to permit further talks.
The firemen's principal demand
is for a aecond fireman on multiple
unit diesel locomotives. The de
mand has been rejected by the
carriers as well as by two presi
dential fact-finding boards.
Cruelty To Yet
Spells Life Term
MONTESANO. Wash., May I
(IP) Convicted of kidnaping and
beating his crippled stepson, Frank
W. Chase faced a possible life in
prison today.
A superior court jury returned
the guilty verdicts last night but
rejected a atate request that the
52 year-old Oakville farmer be sen
tenced to hang for the kidnaping
offense. Their decision made a
life sentence mandatory.
Defense attorneys said they
would ask for a new trial and ar
rest of judgment.
Chase was accused of having
held Henry Chum, 29, a one-legged
marine veteran, a prisoner on the
farm which the stepson had pur
chased with a G. I. loan.
Chum testified during the five
day trail that Chase had frequen
tly beaten him and forced him
to crawl around the floor of the
ranch home on his hands and knees
for hours at a time.
fire that started at one of the
the town is smoldering ruin.
Opposition To
Plans Branded
'Reactionary'
President Scoffs At
'Socialism Cry, Plugs
For Brannan Proposal
By ERNEST B. VACCARO
CASPER, Wyo.. May 9 -tm
President Truman pledged today
a fight to push development of
the west over the opposition of
"Reactionary forces" which he
linked to the "Teapot Dome" scan
dals which centered around an area
north of here.
In hia speech here, Mr. Truman
blasted at "privilege and greed"
as the main obstacles to western
development and pointed to the
new Kortea dam, 60 miles south of
here, as an example of government
enterprise which will be source
of "wealth and strength for the
people of the world."
The president scoffed at those
who cry "Socialism" and "Regi
mentation" at such government ef
forts toward water and land re
eource development
In a pre-apeerh walk through
clear, brisk air. the President had
Kune no more man 100 yards from
his car when he had picked up a
chattering, laughing escort of some
300 youngsters and oldsters, who
trotted behind him.
This struck the same informal,
folksy note that marked yeiter
day'a progress through Nebraska
where he told an agriculture-minded
audience at Lincoln that the
controversial Brannan farm plan
would help assure "peace and pros,
perity for ourselves and the world."
Throughout yesterday, he contin.
ued to talk to large and appar
ently happy trackside crowds in
the same chatty, neighborly fashion
that marked his successful tot
appeal of 1948.
Like at Pacific Junction, Iowa,
yesterday where he told them he
wanted them to look at their "hired
man" to aee if he ia the same
fellow who came out "looking for
votea two years ago." He added
he was 66 even if they thought ha
didn't look it.
Mr. Truman revived the old
Teapot Dome" oil acandal at Cas
per, contrasting the philosophy of
"Teapot Dome" with that behind
the construction of the Kortes dam.
The solemn note he sounded in
speeches yesterday in Illinois and
Iowa, where he warned the mid
west that a return to "isolation
ism" could bring on "a third world
war," crept into his Casper talk.
"We are engaged In a world-
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Son Loses Fight
To Break Will Of
Actor W.S. Hart
I.OS ANGELES, May t (JP
William S. Hart Jr. has lost his
attempt to break the will of hia
late father, silent film western
star, who left most of hia $1,170,
000 estate to Los Angeles county
for a park.
A superior court jury upheld the
documnct last night at the conclu
sion of a trial which began Jan.
S. It rejected contentions of the
actor's 27-year-old son that the
elder Hart was of unsound mind
and unduly influenced when he
made hia will, two years before
the death in 1946 at the age of
83.
Although disinherited, young
Hart waa provided for in a $100,
000 trust fund, set up before he
was born.
Among the 102 witnesses in the
lengthy proceedings was Hart's
divorced wife, actress Winifred
Westover, who testified that the
actor was dominated in many ways
by his sister, Mary.
The actress and Hart were mar
ried in 1921 when she was 21 and
he 58. They aeparated five months
later, but were not divorced until
five years had elapsed.
Hart told newsmen he Intends
to press a suit to obtain owner
ship of the $250,000 Horseshoe
ranch near Newhall, Calif., which
his father left for a county park.
Hart claims that the original title
of ownership stipulates that it
can not be turned over for public
or charitable purposes.
Mrs Hart told reporters she In
tends to file a auit to set aside
a property settlement and divorce
decree, saying she signed away
her rights under fraud and duress.
Roseburg Lumber Co.
Buys Tyee Co. Holdings
The entire holdings of the Tyee
Lumber Co. has been purchased
by the Roseburg Lumber Co,
Earl Plummer, office manager
of Roseburg Lumber, aaid the hold
ings include the manufacturing
plant at Sutherlin and the timber
operations at Tyee. The company
was owned by Theo G. Meyer at
Sons, a California corporation.
The Tyee Lumber Co. sawmill at
Tyee was destroyed by fire April
23. The remanufacturing plant at
Sutherlin was left without a source
of supply. J. S. Evans, manager,
announced following the fire that
approximately 150 loggers and em
ployes of the sawmill and the
Sutherlin remanufacturing plant
were at that time affected.
Levity Fact Rant
By L. F. Reiienstein
During this National Musical
week, don't ant peeved H a
performer hits a l'blue"
Remember It's also M Kind
Anhnalt weak.