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COMP A U, of 0. Library Eugene, Ore. sum us sim " A attfh) MISS PAULINE MILLER. 18, it . candidate for queen of (he Sutherlin Timber Days celebration July 1 , 2. 3 and 4, spon sored by the Roseburg post of V.F.W. Miss Miller, daughter or Mrs. L. r. Miller ot Koseburg, was graduated from Koseburg high school in 1949. She was head majorette for the school band that year. Born at Hood River, Ore., Miss Miller has lived here 3i years. She is employed et Interstate Tractor and Equipment Co. Her hobbies are riding, swimming and daecing. (Master Studio photo.) s In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS f-ROM Washington: I "Doubt settled deeper on Capitol hill that there will be any excise tax cutting this year at all." w HAT'S it all about? Well, excise taxes a.a those nasty things you pay when you go to the store and buy furs, jewelry, luggage, toilet preparations, movie tickets, tires, tubes, baby bottle warmers and heaven knows how many other things. You come away from the store griped no end be cause if you hadn't had to pay the tax your money would have gone farther. Knowing this, everybody in Washington WANTED to cut excise taxes this election year. President Truman wanted to cut 'em about 650 million dollars worth and make up the difference somewhere else preferrabily on the wicked corpora tions. The house ways and means com mittee (all of its members facing the voters this year and wanting to be re-elected) got started cutting excise taxes and ran its tentative total up to $1,134,000,000 before it had time to catch its breath. We're expected to go five or six billions into the hole anyway this year and cutting another billion off (Continued on Page Four) PRISON TERM METED Roseoe Brown, 54, Ash route, Reedsport, was sentenced Thursday to serve three year's in the state penitentiary on a charge of con tributing to the delinquency of a minor by Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly. Senator M'Carthy Fires New 'Blast At Secretary Acheson, Again Demands He Be Fired MILWAUKIE, June 9 I API Senator McCarthy IR-Wis) loosed a bitter new blast at Secretary of State Dean Acheson today and demanded aqain that Acheson be fired immediately. K lernng to him as "ine Kea Dean of fashion." McCarthy de clared that Acheson had "worked on the team of world strategy to create a Red China and a Red Poland" and "should be removed from the high command of our foreign policy at once." McCarthy spoke out in a speech prepared as the keynote address of the Wisconsin Republican state convention. Acheson, he said, is at the fore front of what he called the Tru man administration's policy of "war-mongering abroad while it permits the enemy within our gates to operate with impunity." "You can condemn Communism in general terms," the Wisconsin senator declared, "in the Acheson manner with a lace handerchief, a silk glove and a Harvard accent, if you please. "But you can't fight Communists in that fashion. I know of not one siigle reason why Communists should be handled with kid gloves. They don't use kid gloves or powderpuffs on us." Loan To Poland Rapped McCarthy devoted a large part of his speech to criticism of a $90,- District Meet Of Nurses Scheduled Roseburg district 11 of the Ore gon State Nurses association will Be host at the annual regional con ference to be held here Wednes day, June 14. The meetings will be held during the day at the Veterans hospital recreation room, with a dinner scheduled at 7:30 p. m. at Melody Inn at Winston.' .; -V The morning session from 10 to 11:30 will be devoted to nursinn economics security. Reports of the recent convention will be heard from 1 to 2:45 p. m., with .the ses sion between 3 and 5 p. m. given over to a discussion of new equip ment ana drugs ana new ideas in medicine and surgery. A motion picture will be shown in connection with this session. Mrs. Virginia Kletzer, special consultant, will be the guest speak er at the evening dinner meeting. Members of the association are expected here from Coos Bay, Grants Pass and Eugene, in addi tion to members from various parts of Douglas county. Kansas Tornado Lashes Farms, Injures 5 Persons CHICAGO, June 9. UP) A tor nado lashed farm lands near Mc pherson, Kas., last night, injuring five persons one critically. Numerous farm buildings were wrecked and some power lines were down, but no towns were in the path of the twister. Torpedo Bomber Down Off Virginia Coast NORFOLK. Va.. June SUPI A navy Grumman torpedo bomber with a crew of three was down in the Atlantic about 70 miles east of Cape Henry today and a massive aerial and surface search was un der way. 000.000 American loan to Commu nist Poland in 1946, at a time when Acheson's former law firm was handling Poland's business in this country. Acheson was then under secretary of State. "Fifty million of that ninety mil lion went to equip and arm the Communist army and the dreaded U. B. the Communist secret po lice just then being set up in Po land." McCarthy said. - "It was Mr. Acheson who placed the guns, the whips, the black snakes and the clubs in the hands of those Communists. It was Mr. Acheson who furnished them with bullets to keep a Christian popula tion under Soviet discipline. It was Mr. Acheson who helped put uni forms on the masters of prostrate Poland. "The time has come for the 152. 000,000 American peopl' to notify this administration that they shall not stand idly by while a group of untouchables in the State depart ment either through incompe tence or traitorous acts, or a com bination of both plan with Moscow the Communistic enslavement of the world." Mostly cloudy with scattered shower today and Saturday. Sunset today t:52 p.m. Sunriso tomorrow 5:33 a.m. Established 1873 Court Orders 2YrifersTo Start Terms Lawson And Trumbo Of Hollywood Fact Year For Contempt Of Congress WASHINGTON, June 9. (,P Movie un-itpra Jnhn Unm.nl I .... Son nnH rtnltnn Tntmivi ,h I. been called Communists, were or- ucreu louay 10 start serving one vear sentpnpn for iwitamnt a Congress; lhey also must pay $1,000 fines for refusing tn tpll tha Unitca nn- American aptivitipa Mmmlitu whether they ever were Reds. mi mere is a possiDuity tneir sen tences can hp rpHnppH within thn next two months. Lawson, who was described to the committee as "in direct charge of Communist aptiuitv" in tjpll.. wood, was ordered committed by Federal Judge Edward M. Curran. JudPP FlflViH A PinA tisntliul tit. Trumbo case. Lawyers for the two writers ar gued the defendants ought to be put on nrnhfltinn inctpaH nf hpjnrt ...t to jail or at least that the sentences icuuteu suDsianiiauy. Ciirrnn sairt hp haH cn tou. (n . t on their motions and would let them uiow nis aecision. Judge Pine denied motions both for nrnhntinn anH fnp vnAunttnn t sentence. He said the request for a imuiuuu tuum ue renewed Wlinin 60 days. Assail Convictions The screen writers held a joint news conference before going to court. "We charge that we are impris oned as part of the plan of big busi- ........ uwu ,i3 puimvai iitruiiiiiicit iu start a third war," Lawson told re- lei a. Roth mAn rpifpolpf thai- uiat.ta that thpir Pnnviptinn vinlotpo Iha bill of rights of the constitution. TU .1 1 H i .... uey aiau assenea inai me su preme court erred in not consider ing the case." lawson is a former president of the screen writers guild. He did scripts for such pictures as "Block ade" and "Smashup." Trumbo did the movie version of ''Thirty Sec onds Over Tokyo." Alnnt with hio- nama mmna at... and producers, they were witnesses mien we uii-muerican activities pnmmittpn van nit . . hunt here for Communism in the screen capital in October, 1947. It was then they refused to say whpthpi thpu PlfPi tinwn Diul. ...... tending their political beliefs were nunc ul me luiiiimiiee a ousiness. Alnno with l.nuwnn .nn Trnmkn eight other Hollywood figures were nhnmnrl ......... . fTL.: Luajgcu mm vuiiiemui. xiieir inais were postponed until the supreme pnnrt lianiAati urh.tMM, ,n ..... the Lawson-Trumbo convictions. ine nign court denied a review nn Anril in anH ppfucpyl tn nhann its mind on May 29. Now trials will ue nera on june zu, zi ana a. lor: Alvah Bessie, Albert Maltz, Sam- ward D. Dmytryk, Adrian Scott, tung i,araner jr., ana jLesier uoie. t.awcnn anH Tnimlut aM victed two years ago. The U. S. court oi appeals upneia tne con viction a year later. Jury Acquits Boy Who Killed Brutal Father CHARLESTON. W. Va.. June S (JP Fifteen-year-old Jimmy Bas- nam gnppea nis cnair as ne watch ed the jury file back into the courtroom last night. It had been out for three hours. To those 12 persons Jimmv had told how he thought he did the rignt tning" by shooting his fa ther to death . . . how on April 2, he took down the familv rifle and shot Charles Ted Basham, 45-year-old coal miner, while he slept in a living room chair after a drinking bout. He shot his dad, Jimmy had re lated, because "he threatened to kill me and because he had beaten me and mother many times." ine toreman rose. ". . .not guilty." Myrtle Creek Police Chief To Quit July 1 The resignation of Mvrtla Creek Police Chief Albert Ward was re ceived Tuesday by the Myrtle Creek city council. No replacement has been named for Ward, whose resignation is effective July 1, ac cording to the Myrtle Creek Mail. ine police chief indicated he may accept police emDlovment in Cali fornia. June 22 was set as the date for a special council meeting of coun cilmen, city engineer, state sani tary authority, and the city plan ning committee, who will make definite plans to deal with the city's sewer and treatment plant project. Ciechs Decree Death For Four Alleged Traitors LONDON. June 9. UP A Czechoslovak state court last night sentenced a former woman mer.. ber of parliament and three men to death on charges of treason and espionage for western powers, re ports reaching London said. Ine reports said nine other de fendants also were convicted on the same charges and received sentences of from 15 years to life at hard labor. ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1930 FOREIGN POLICY Abandonment Of Aid To Western Europe Would Upset Peace. Truman Says COLUMBIA. Mo.. Juno 9 (API President Truman declared today that post-Marshall plan abandonment of aid to western Europe would b disastrous to peace. In a world "full of dangers," he declared, tne United States must continue its contributions to free nations lest "the Com munists move in." Champion Woman Golfer Victim Of Ambush Slaying PflNTTAr ' tinh In., n ft - - i -..tn, uuuo a ,.1 r Pnntiap'a Wnman trnlf .h.Mni.. was killed and her mother and her male escort wounded in a rifle am bush in front of her home early today.. The slam woman was Mrs. Thel- ma Clark, ao.-vpar.lri riiunmpp Whn Wnn thp Tne nt Iiah t v. :..'. .... i mice uij women s championships last sum- Polipp wprp hnntino- T inuA r?Afnt. ..(....... U1VU VI . O L 1 1 , 50, described as the prominent sportswoman s ex-SUHOr. A con tractor ftpaph rirnvp on tn UH home of an employee soon after the shooting, left some personal be longings and said, according to police: "Take these, I'll be dead in 20 minutes." Wounded in the 3:30 a.m. am bush were Mrs. Ray Gorsline, 58, mnthpp nf thn riaari u,nn.n 1 Charles Moore, 38, her escort for me evening. Moore told Oakland county pros ecutor Plvrip Itnripfu,ppI 1 and John Null, assistant profes sional ai me rontiac country club, had spent the evening at a Water ford IMich.) tavern with Mrs Clark. Gesch appeared at about 11:30 p.m., Moore said, argued violent ly With Mr Darb anri tU-n - ...... , v.H.n .llu n a o llliuwil out of the tavern. He appeared again 15 minutes later, Moore continued, made more mauiiing remarKS" to tne woman goiter and again was rejected.,.. Drunk Driving Charge Results From Accident curiu miiion rriest, Sutherlin, has been lodged in the county jail on a drunk driving pharo-p faiinu,. ing an accident three miles north m nuseourg last nignt, slate police reported today. The second pap Inunlup1 In Ik. accident was operated by Salva- uur vincent sunscri, according to the officers. No one was injured. Pa7aaBMnMIMMftg.a w - , " t v w " zinnia a' ayaaniwwy ""'ajiinaaaaaanfvy- Wllliar iftVrAagMal.l imiiii 'I mrmfa&Metammm-MM.-mM-Mmmmn FROM ROSEBURG TO ROSE FESTIVAL Picturd Thursday boarding the ipecial bus for the Port land Rot Festival were thai members of the Roseburg Knights of Pythias Cirli Drum end HI I I II. II fa.' Mill fa I 1 mm, ... . ... Dugi corps, cneenea aooara oy uireetor nniy Black. I he corps will be official marehining unit to accompany the state KP floral float in the big parade this morning through downtown Port, land. The group alio planned last night to visit th Pythian horn in Vancouver, Waih. Others in above photo are little Bonnie Sweem, seven-year-old majorette-mascot; and from left, Yvonne Reson, Ann Marriott, .yalerie Sparks and Barbara ,'eterson. (Staff photo) i DEFENDED He made it clear in an address prepared for graduation exercises of the University of Missouri that he is convinced "our vital national interest in a healthy world econ omy" will not end when Marshall plan aid stops in 1952. "You hear a lot of talk these days to the effect that the world is full of dangers, and that our civilization is heading straight for disaster," the president asserted. "Of course, the world is full of dangers the world has always been full of dangers, for people in every country and at every period of history." But in spite of these dangers, he said, "our civilization need not wind up in disaster." "It can go on to greater heights. Those who are frightened and dis mayed do not have faith that men will use scientific advances for good ends. They see only the dan gers in the world not the oppor tunities." Danger Unites Nation The president's speech added up to an implied warning to Russia that the emotions stirred up in this country by foreign policy de bates do not indieate weariness in a democracy. He explained: "The democratic process is not always easy. It involves us in great public debates. Emotions are aroused and feelings run high. "But when the shouting is ended and the decision is taken, the re sulting choice rests on Uie solid foundation of the common wisdom of the people. "Dictators and tyrants, ' who thought our political debates indi cated indecision and weakness, have found toi. their dismay that, instead, those debates are a source of wisdom and a sign of strength." He cited American foreign aid to the democracies after the last war when it "became clear that one nation did not wunt to help world recovery." Asserting Communism is on the wane in western Europe as reflect ed by elections in Marshall plan countries, the president reported: "Today, every one of the Mar shall plan countries is stronger and better able to resist Communism (Continued on page Two) Milk Strike Hits Area Of Pennsylvania Union Demands Shorter Week, Reimbursement . For Commission Loss PITTSBURGH, June 9 Milk and dairy supplies were cut off from five million western Penn sylvanians today by a strike of 3,250 AFL dairy workers. Mayor David L. Lawrence's 11th hour attempt to halt the strike failed. He called the strike a "ca lamity." The strike affected not only resi dents of Pittsburgh and populous Allegheny county but these adjoin ing counties: Beaver, Butler, Law rence, Greene,. Fayette and Wash ington. The union AFL-Local 205, milk and ice cream salesmen and dairy employes said it will provide workers to process and haul milk to hospitals. Other emergency measures are being made to provide milk for orphanages, homes for the aged, infants on special formulas and persons whose physicians certify they need milk. The union's contract expired last May 1. Exact demands for the new con tract have not been released and neither have tfa;ts on current wages. Industrv and union spokes men say the breakdown is too complicated. 40-Hour Weak Wanted However, the union says it wants a 40-hour week, instead of the pres ent 48-hour week with no reduction in pay. And it is asking a three week paid vacation after 15 years instead of the present two weeks. A union spokesman says the driv ers, who are guaranteed $f0 a week, want to be reimbursed for commission cuts. He added: - "The drivers are paid on a com plicated basis which involved gross sales and their collections. When the milk price dropped two cents a quart a few months ago, they suffered pay losses averaging $10-a week. They want that $10 back, along with a compensating raise for the increasing cost of living." Industry spokesmen had no com ment on that. They said they are willing to submit the dispute to binding arbitration. The union says it won't arbitrate until it is guar anteed "the cuts suffered during the milk price reduction are restored." 135-50 vi, ft nmm.p, e INDICTED W. W. Remington. above, recently discharged from his $IO,000-a-year job in the department of commerce, was indicted by a federal grand jury at New York Thursday on perjury charges for denying he was ever a member of the Com munist party. I). S. Forces Not Yet Prepared For War, Gen. Bradley Says irvaiiimvuutfi, june v American armed forces won't be sufficient to fight a major war even by July, 1951, Gen. Omar N. Bradley has told Congress. The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff added, however, in testi mony before the Senate appropria tions committee, that he feels the U. S. is on the way to attaining ine necessary lorces to prevent a diSBStrnilfl allaplr fmm Prinnlint this nation." "I BlSn hpllnVA fhfit POP Invnnt, in being and our mobilization base Will' be Bllffipipnt laa.hl.1. .tilth the forces and potential of friendly uauuiia, to win a war ii it comes," Bradley said in testimony released uy -me oenaie committee. Ultimata Aim Tnlpl The nation's No. 1 military man, ico in v in it in mnnrr nt a 1 1 --t fuut 000,000 military budget for the year uvniiitiiiiK iiCAt iuiy , Baia Uie aim is to build n n forr urhih in th event nf an nHoL- an Jtiu . retaliatory blow that will be strong ciiuuicii lu ainw nnwn rna BOo-raocni while we mobilize." "Beyond that point," he said, 'W millt TPlv nn tha iromaniie DOWeP nf mir inHlltjtfisll AntanrlnL our reserve forces, our military mjucaiiunHi system in lact, what we term our mobilization base ultimately tn win wbi If ii- trust upon , us. That Is a risk that Concerned About Alaska Under niiAtttinnino' k Cnatn. Knowland (R-Calif.), General Bradley said that if Russia goes to war the Soviets probably will move in the Far East as well as in Europe. . Bradley added that since it be came known last September that the Russians have "solved the atomic bomb," he has been more concerned than war kpfn n.. defense of Alaska. He said any in- ti eases in military outlays ought tO fffl firit tn tha a-n,.nn tnrnnm M 1 air forces in Alaska and to the raaar warning net projected for that area.- - . Power Line Snaps, Deals Death To Four Linemen PEARSON, Ga., June 9 (IP) n inn" runaKc power line snapped and fell to thp rain.analrpn- nmt.nA yesterday, and electrocuted four lineman, i w o otner crewmen were outside the charged area and MPBlwl iniuru The six-man crew was relocating m ucvigu i uwer ana L,lgnt com- nanv lina alpna a ma...l.. . . . ighway between Pearson and Cog- 7 . mcj rrtriv electing in a driving rain broke a 2,000-volt The electrical charge killed the four almost instantly. Those killed were O. A. Odum, 48, C. M. Brooker, J. L. Liles, Jr., 24, and C. L. Brown. Senate Passes Bill For Jap Wife To Stay In U. S. WASHINGTON, June B. (JP) The Spnatp naaapH a kill .,i 1... that would enable the Japanese wife ot Corp. John K. Stevenson, Portland, Ore., to enter this coun try for permanent residence. Stevenson, who is serving in the army of occupation in Japan, mar ried the girl, Umeko, there. His en listment expires in September. He asked the special legislation needed to get his wife into the United n!?-. Tn DiU now oe to the White House. CASOLINI PRICI UPPED SEATTLE, June 9 (IP) The price of gasoline went up 2.4 cents a gallon here yesterday. Most sta tions now are selling premium gas oline at 29.7 cents and regular at 27.7. The hmat pa.Ia.J - ...Ulu - leading oil distributor attributed "worry over competition from self-servlot) type stations. Figures Under Estimates Of Engineers Saving Of About .$70,000 Probable; Bids Taken Under Advisement Eugene. Portland and Roseburg firms submitted low bids on tha proposed construction of a sani tary aewer system and sewage treatment plant for the North Rose burg Sanitary district, according to C. V. Landis, district chairman. The bids were opened Thursday night at the Riverside school. The total low bid figures denota a saving of about $70,000 as com pared to the original engineers' cost estimate for construction of a plant, main lines and trunk lines, Landis said. The- bids were ta'"i under advisement. - Leo Hoffman of Portland was low bidder on the treatment plant. with a bid ot 1104,400. other bid ders were Hoagland and Findlay, Long Beach, Calif., $105,200; and Rolandi and Sutton of San Fran cisco, $115,900. Landis said the olant bids were, for construction only and the fig ure does not include an estimated $38,000 needed for equipment. The Drake Plumbing company of Eugene was low on the main sewer lines project, with a bid of S138.- 388.50, Next lowest was the Inter- Mountain Plumbing company, Boise, Idaho. $149,698.65: and third low was Pat Barkley of Yakima, wasn., $iau,aw. - Low bid for construction of a trunk line was submitted by a Roseburg firm, Miller and Tallon, with a bid of $17,454.20. Other low bids were Pat Barkley. Yakima. - $18,544; and P. S. Lord, Portland, $19,181 . Landis said the sanitary commit tee received "some excellent bids" and that most bids were consid erably under engineer's estimates. The estimate for main and trunk lines was $203,000. The combined low bids totaled $155,842.20. Engi neers had estimated the plant cost : (Continued on page Two) Profanity Used By Accused Judge ST. LOUIS, June 9-VPI An In diana circuit judge, here for a re union with World War I buddies,, said today he plans to go back to Indianapolis to answer a drunk enness charge "when I get damned good and ready " - -.i ,, .J Judge Norval K. Harris and two other veterans here for the annual -reunion of the army's 35th division were talking over old times at his hotel room. "We're having a hell of a good time and don't give a damn wheth. er school keeps or not," te judge Said. Judge Harris, whose turinrtiptinn is in Sullivan county in weatern Indiana, was arrested on the state capitoi grounds at Indianapolis May 24 and charged with drunken. ness. He has denied be was drunk. He failed to appear in municipal court at Indianapolis to answer th charge yesterday, and was ordered rearrested. The judge, who served as co chairman of a committee to de fend 11 Communists convicted' in New York, said Indianapolis au thorities have not contacted him about the rearrest order. He added that he had' tried unsuccessfully to i-uiiiai:b uiem. No Trace Found Of Four Missing Airmen - LONDON, June 9. UP) Hop dimmed today for the safety ot four airmen missing since their flaming B-29 bomber dove into the North sea Wednesday. Three others died in the crasd and four survived. All day yesterday American and British planes and surface craft combed the crash area, 23 miles off Great Yarmouth on England's Nor fold coast. The survivors, who were plucked from the icy waters of the north sea hv respite praft atill der treatment in hospitals. The 11 airmen bailed out of th superfortress when one of its en gines caugni lire at sou teet, during a gunnery flight. MIRACLS SLICE DOYLESTOWN, Pa., June UP) Howard E. Hoffmas, 58, a farmer of nearby New Britain, was driving a new sedan over the Shady Retreat crossing of the Reading Co. railroad tracks. A two-car Philadelphia-bound electric train struck the rear of the sedan yesterday, cutting it off just back of the front seat and hurling twisted parts across a nearby field. Hoffman stepped from the front seat with only a slight cut on his head. RANCHER IS SUICIDE HEPPNER, June 9.-UP) Wer ner Rietmann, well-to-do wheat rancher, took his own life at his new home near lone Thursday, Deputy Sheriff Francis Mitchell re ported. Rietmann, about 45, was reported to have been concerned over his health. Levity Fact R ant By L. F. Reiienstetn Future references to th 'Bos- ten massacre' should specify whether they allude to a coloni al period tragedy on the city's commons or yesterday's record 29-4 slaughter of the St. Louis Browns by the loot. Red Set.