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u of 0, Library Eugene, Ore. COMP a W7 VITB CITY WISH TO PREVAIL Rent Control Retention Or Ending Up To Council; Special Hearing Slated Increased responsibilities for the city of Roseburg in con nection with federal rent control ere included in the -new lew recently passed by Congress, according to Robert E. Lowe, area rent director, with offices in Portland. Lowe said the new law is substantially the same as the old one. Tenants continue to be protected against unreasonable rent increases and against illegal evictions, while landlords are assured fair net operating incomes. The Roseburg city council hat called a special hearing for Mon day, July 31, at 7:30 p.m. in the city hall to determine whether rent controls should be lilted or should remain in effect under the new law for the Roseburg. area. Local Wish Will Prevail According to Lowe, the office of housing expediter is continued to June 30, 1951. However, even though the law is extended one year, control will continue after Dec. 31, of this year only if, be fore that date, the city council takes affirmative action to declare that a shortage of rental housing exists that requires the continua ' tion of rent control. Lowe added that this affirmative action to continue federal rent con trol after Dec. 31 could also be taken by popular referendum, con ducted under local law. If no af firmative action is taken, rent con trol ends Dec. 31. The rent official pointed out that, as in the previous law, local rent control may be ended at any time between July 1, 1950, and June 30, 1951, by a resolution of the local governing body after public hear ing, or by recommendation of the rent advisory board substantiating a finding that the need for housing has been reasonably met, or by initiative of the housing expediter. Two changes in the new rent law are: unincorporated areas are given the right to decontrol by fol lowing the same procedures as fol lowed by incorporated cities, towns, and villages in exercising local option, and local option ac tion no longer requires approval of the governor. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS The most significant news out of Korea could be the report that we've found a way to handle the North Koreans' infiltration tactics. That would be something. Maybe some of you will remem ber the Jap advance down the Malayan peninsula to Singapore during the last war. It was spectac ularly swift. The British just didn't seem to be able to handle it at all. The Japs filtered through their lines like water through mosquito netting. There seemed NO way to halt them.' . We've been having the same ex perience in Korea. Infiltration tac tics on the part of our enemy have been a headache to us from the beginning. The North Korean troops shuck their uniforms and get into civil ian clothes. They conceal their small arms (pistols up to rifles) in their pants legs or under the vo luminous night-shirt-type upper garments the Koreans seem to fan cy. Then they trot around behind our lines, break out their shooting irons and attack us from the rear. The whole business is made pos sible by the fact that to an Occi dental outsider all Orientals look alike. Walker is credited by MacAr thur's headquarters with working out our new anti-filtration tactics, (Continued on Page Four) WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS? Pick Out The Answer If City Council Adopts New Street Naming Program Main street would be changed to Astor street, Oak street to Arch street, Douglas street to Cape avenue and Harvard ave nue to Eel avenue, if the suggested changes of the special street re-naming committee are adopted by the city. The committee submitted its report to the planning com mission, which approved it and passed it on to the city council. The council has called a special hearing for 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 31, in the city hall. No action will be taken on the rec ommendation until after the hearing. A sample of other street changes include: Riverside ffrive, to Hart ford drive; Flint street to Erie street; Lane street to Arizona ave nue; Mosher street to Carolina avenue; Mill street to Butte street; Pine street to Ames street; Rice street to Maryland avenue; Ump qua avenue to Phoenix; Harrison street to Quincy; Ballf street to Seneca; Fairhaven street to Ven ice; Alameda street to Zip Court; Barager street to Canal; Benson street to Avon; Rifle Range road to Upton drive, and Madrone ave nue to Iola. Quadrants Designated The plan calls for the present house numbers to be retained with the origin of such numbers at Cass and Jackson streej. Jackson street and Cass street shall become the base for the division of the city into quadrants designated as fol lows: north of Cass and east of Jackson as N.E.- south of Cass and eat of Jackson as S.E.; south o' Cass and west of Jackson as S.W., and north of Cass and west of Jackson as N.W. All thoroughfares would be desig nated as follows: North and south Dynamiting Marks Belgians' Ire At Leopold's Return BRUSSELS, July 25 -UP) The main railway line between Namur and Brussels was dynamited in two places today. The explosions occurred near the towns of Genval ind Lessine in French-speaking Walloon the sec tion of Belgium where opposition to the return of King Leopold III to the throne has been strongest. Telephone lines in the district also were cut during the night Since Leopold came back, last Saturday there have been a se ries of minor bombings. Today's dynamiting, which put the rail line out of commission for several hours, happened shortly be fore Parliament was to convene to hear a message from the mon arch. The message pledged the monarch to forget past disagree ments and maintain close relations with the legislatures. Leaders of the anti Leopold forces meanwhile went ahead with plans for "total non-coope ration and active resistance" toward the king and his adherents. A nine man national action committee of Socialist, Trade Union and cooper ative leaders announced they were setting in motion measures pre pared "for the days and weeks to come." Socialist leaders already have announced plans for a spreading wave of strikes but have indicated they do not plan yet to call a gen eral strike. Reapportioning Plan Hit By CIO PORTLAND, July 25 UP) De feat of the so-called "balanced" reapportionment plan in Novem ber was urged yeslerdiy by the CIO state council's executive board. - A board resolution said the bal lot measure "would only legalize the existing disproportionate rep resentation now in effect in vio lation of the state constitution." The CIO board also endorsed Austin Flegel, Democrat, for gov ernor, bypassing the incumbent Douglas McKay. U.S. Senator Wayne L. Morse, Republican, was supported for reelection. Three Democratic candidate!) and one Reoublican incumbent were endorsed for the House of Representatives. Homer Angell, Portland Republican of the third congressional district, was the lone candidate the CIO favored for re election. Vernon Bull in the Second, Dave Shaw in the Fourth, and Roy Hewett in the First district were the Democrats endorsed. State CIO executive Secretary George Brown said legislative en dorsements would be made next month at meetings of the CIO's po litical action committees in each congressional district. THANKS, JOHN BULL LONDON, July 25-UP) Inform ants in touch with the governmenl reported today Britain has de cided to offer a small ground force to the United Nations for use in Korea. through or continuous ways would be streets, while short or discon tinuous ways would be called places. East and west through streets would be avenues, but short or discontinuous ways would be courts. Diagonal through streets would be boulevards, with discon tinuous ways to be called ways. Winding through streets would be drives, and discontinuous ways would be called lanes. System Explained Streets in general alignment, al though not opened through or with minor offsets, have been given the same name. The system followed in naming street is as follows: Avenues those north of Cass street to be in alphabetical order, the first series being names of one syllable, fol lowed by names of two syllables, etc. Those south of Cass streets to be niined for the states in alpha be'ical order. Streets east of Jackson are nam ed for pioneer officials of Oregon (Continued on page Two) Established 1873 Truman Military k J I Lai I j IIIU In Taxes Urged On Congress Task Of Obtaining Broad Control Authority For President Also Pressed WASHINGTON, July 25 UP) Pressure for an early increase in taxes built up in Congress today to help pay costs of the multi billion dollar battle against Com munism in Korea and elsewhere. Spokei isned i pushed ahead meanwhile with their first task of obtaining broad emer gency controls over business, in dustry and consumer credits. Those Calling for an immediate tax boost included some who op posed, or at least questioned the requested controls, including Sen ator Taft, chairman of the Senate GOP policy committee. President Truman already has promised the nation and the law makers a request for higher taxes. He may present some details Wed nesday when Congress gets a re port from his economic advisers. However, until vesterdav most talk had been of higher taxes becoming enective January l. Taft Raps Controls Plan On the Senate floor, Senator Taft lashed out at the request for con trols as mostlv unjustified excent possibly for allocation of steel and scarce materials needed for mu nitions. Taft said President Truman had asked "complete arbitrary power over all agriculture, industry and transportation." He added that the nation must sacrifice "some of the progress and some of the luxuries" for. a period of 10 years or longer to help pay costs of the fight in Korea and battle against Communism elsewhere. Estimating these added costs at from 10 to 15 billion dollars an nually, Taft said these could be met by increased new taxes even though they would "be very heavy." - Taft said purchasing power must be diverted for war purposes, and suggested the Administration had not asked higher taxes or broad price and wage controls or con sumer rationing because they are unpopular. "Whatever the situation is, brought about by Russian aggres sion and administration and pol icy, it ought to be faced now and ought not to be hidden and con cealed until after November 7th," he added, referring to the fall gen eral election. Portland Unions Renew Low-Rent Housing Fight PORTLAND, July 25 UP) The AFL Central Labor council voted last night to ask the city council to put a low-rental housing project question back on the ballot in No vember. Roy Renoud, reporting for a housing committee, charged the proposal on the May ballot was defeated by "lies and misstatement of fact." The council voted to join with the CIO, the railroad brotherhoods and independent machinists in working at precinct levels in a campaign supporting the building of $16,000,000 worth of low rent housing. Earl Resigns As Labor Aide For ECA In Korea WASHINGTON. July 25 -tP) Stanley Earl, former Oregon CIO secretary, resigned yesterday from his job as special labor aide to the Economic Cooperation admin istration to Korea. Earl came here after being evac uated from Korea June 27. He said he had a "definite difference of opinion with the Sate depart ment on its policy in Korea" and that this was one reason for his resignation. CHOOSEY THIEVES CHICAGO, July 25 (JP) Bur glars broke into a south side home and stole a variety of articles including the kitchen sink. Harry Schrober, a streetcar mo- torman, told police they also cart ed away a wash basin, mattress. telephone coin box, garbage bum er and grates from the ventilators The Weather Continued fair and warm today and Wednesday. Highest temp, for any July . 109 Lowest temp, for any July 40 Highest temp, yesterday 90 Lowest temp, last 24 hours 58 Precipitation last 24 hours I Precipitation from July 1 trace Precipitation from Sept. 1 .... 34. IS Deficiency from July 1 - J2 Sunset today 1:41 p.m. Sunrise temerrew 4:Se a.m. ROSEIURC. ORECON Gives Details Of Funds Requested 'Nearly $10Va Billion To Meet Immediate Prepare To Deter Further Attacks By BARNEY LIVINCSTONE WASHINGTON, July 25 (API A fast house schedule promised a vote today removing ell limits on the size of the armed forces. It may permit vote next week on President Truman's request for $10.5 billion extra for them to spend. Also slated for house approval today was a bill to freeze present enlistments for a year beyond their normal expiration date. Mr. Truman's new .cash request was forecast in his urgent message on the Korean crisis last Wednesday. Details he sub mitted late yesterday asked $10,486,976,000 in new money for the armed services, $20,000,000 to operate the draft and $10,000,000 for his emergency Li ilW- .... .. JjfSESc.' J-4 si GRAND CHIEF James P Shields of Cleveland, O., above is the new grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomo tive Engineers. Elected et the BLE convention in Cleveland, Shields succeeds Alvanley Johnston, who was chief execu tive of the union for 25 years. ; Fire Brought To Dept.; Garbage Truck Saved 1 Usually the Roseburg Fire de partment has to make a call to the scene of its fires, but' this morning a fire was brought to the fire station. . Garbage in the rear of the Rose burg Garbage company truck caught fire from an unknown cause and the truck was driven to the fire department, where the blaze was quickly put out. The department answered a call at 12:25 a.m. today to the foot of Mt. Nebo along the south end, to extinguisha grass fire. The fire had been burning earlier in the evening, but broke out again after midnight. There was no damage. FBI Catches Wanted Man After 5-Year Hunt WALLA WALLA, July 25-P) FBI agents said a 45-year-old man arrested on a downtown street here yesterday had been sought for five years in connection with a half dozen charges stemming frbm a series of hijacking in the east dur ing the last war. , J. B. Wilcox, special FBI agent in charge at Seattle, said the man, Albert Stanley, had been indicted by a federal grand jury in Phila delphia in 1946 for theit of govern ment property from a Connecticut motor freight lines truck. Stanley also is wanted for deser- the Readers Digest of "dishonest THATCH SHOULD FOOL 'EM South Korea. Machine gun plenes. 1 m TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1950 Total Sought Needs In Korea, fund. . The additional money would boost planned military spending for the current fiscal year which ends next June 30 to approximately $23,000,- 000,000. The White House estimated the new money would be enough to add 600,000 men to the armed forces total in the fiscal year. Since this total now is $1,450,000 with enough funds in sight to make it 1,506,000 the additional 600,000 would swell the total above 2,000, 000. Mr. Truman said he asked for the money (1) "to meet the im mediate situation in Korea" and (2) to help America get ready to "deter further acts of aggres sion." Of the total $4,535,000,000 the largest share would go to the air force. The army would get $3,- ut3,ooo,ooo and the navy $2,648, 000,000. An item of $240,000,000 was listed for establishment-wide acti vities of the defense department. The senate already has passed the bill removing statutory ceilings on the composition of the army, navy and air force. It also wrote ,ln an amendment abolishing spec ial limits on the size of the mar ine corps as an arm of the navy. Larger Fund Favored But even though size limitations are repealed, Congress still re tains the final decision on overall strength of the services through its power to appropriate the neces sary funds. There is some sentiment for an even bigger military expansion than the $io,ooo,ooo,ooo-plus asked by President Truman. In a House speech today, Rep. Vinson (D-Ga) called for an all out defense effort. He said Russia outnumber the United States 7 to 1 in tanks, 17 to 1 in military manpower, has a "vast air force" and some 300 submarines. Vinson, chairman of the House armed services committee, said he was not satisfied with present plans lor increasing the size of the navy and air force "for I believe there is too much conservatism in the program." . Jap To Die For Poisoning 12 Persons In Bank Theft . TOKYO, July 25 UP) A mild mannered Japanese artist was sen tenced to death yesterday for the poison slaying of 12 persons in a $456 bank robbery. The painter, Sadamichi Hirazawa muttered "frameup." His attorney filed an appeal.- , Witnesses testified: Hirazawa walked into the Teik oku back in Tokyo, Jan. 26, 1948, and told the bank workers he was -a health official. He insisted they drink some "medicine" he put in their teacups. The "medicine" was potassium cyanide. Sixteen workers drank it. As they collapsed, writhing, Hirazawa made off with 164,400 yen (about $456). Four of the stricken workers re covered. it " ; Mi Rice strew is used to camouflage a U. S. Army truck in and two-man crew also use strew 172-50 Strike Against Weyerhaeuser Plants Ended Settlement Terms Of Company Accepted By CIO Woodworkers TACOMA, July 25-P-Weyer-haeuser Timber Co. officials said they expected all the- firm's mi!'. and logging divisions to be back in operation today. Members of the C.l.O. interna tional Woodworkers of America, on strike against the big lumber com pany since May 15, voted Sunday to accept a company offer for set tlement. Approximately 9,000 work ers were involved in the shutdown, although not all were union mem b e r s, Weyerhaeuser spokesmen said. Except for the White river and Everett plants, all contracts had been signed by early today. The White river agreement was to have been signed at 9 a.m. ad the Everett contract at 1 p.m. Other divisions involved in th strike were Longview, Snoqualmie Falls, Raymond, all m Washing ton; Springfield and Klamath Falls. Ore., and the Vale-McDon ald logging operation in Washing-' ton state. The officials expressed gratifi cation at the response of workers in returning to their jobs imme diately. At Longview, a spokesman said, 85 percent of the employes were already back to work. The new contract provides for a five-cent hourly wage increase, three paid holidays a year, a com pany financed health and welfare a contract clause stating the corn insurance plan, dues checkoff and pany prefers its workers to be ac tive in union affairs. IBy The Associated Preail The Studebaker Corporation has closed its South Bend, Ind., plants until further notice because of what it termed "an unauthorized walkout" in its foundry. Company officials and officers of the OIO United Auto Workers would make no comment on the shutdown. It was reported unoffi cially that inter-union strife among the foundry workers led to the walkout. Studebaker has been employing about 17,000 production workers. In other labor developments: Management and unions of the maritime industry have worked out a voluntary pact to bar Commu nists and subversives from the crews of American ships. The coast guard will do the actual policing. Production workers at two Penn sylvania plants of the American Viscose Corp. plants voted to ac cept a company-offered contract providing a seven percent raise and $100 monthly pensions after 25 years service. A strike by 1,100 supply truck drivers in New York City threat ened to make idle 175,000 workers in the construction industry by to morrow night. Nearly half that number already was reported out of work because of a cutoff in the movement of building matcirlas. Mother Of Roseburg Woman Dies In Alaska FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 25 UP) Mrs. Edna Todd, 64, a Cauy cas, Calif., nurse here on an Alas ka tour, died in a Fairbanks hospi tal yesterday after a heart attack She is survived by two daugh ters, Mrs. Waldo Pate, Auburn, Calif.i and Mrs. Sara Darritt, Rose burg, Ore. SUCCINCT PHILADELPHIA, July 25 (.V) A public relations consultant wrote the President of a large Philadelphia corporation and asked for a list of the firm's officers "if it isn't too much trouble." The other day, the public rela tions consultant got his own letter back in the mail. Written across the top was the notation: "It is." ta hide them from North Korean IP U. S.f British Planes Strike At Flanking Threat; Foe How Holding Two-Thirds Of Korea (By Th AMocUUd PrM) Yondong fell te North Koreans today. On the other side of the ledger, U.S. end British carrier planes streaked across Korea's southwest tip and struck hard at advancing Communist columns threitening to flank United Nations forces in a push to ward Pusan. The war was a month old, and the MacArthur command was fighting to Icoep the one-third of South Korea it still holds. On the central front, U.S. first cavalry division elements, "fighting like hell," retreated from Yongdong before a sus tained Communist frontal attack supported by stabs in both flanks and sneak attacks from the rear. Fighting to protect the American flanks, the 25th division threw back two Communist in fantry attacks with heavy casualties. Yongdong is 20 miles Quick Rearming Under Atlantic Pact U.S. Urge LONDON. July 25 -VP) The United States called on her At lantic pact partners today to re arm quickly for the sake of world peace, warning that the West must not again be caught napping by Communist aggression. It was learned that Charles M. Spofford, U.S. member, told the I first meeting of the Atlantic Alli ance council that Korea has shown Communism would not hesitate to pass from subversion to armed aggression. He called for western vigilance and a quick increase in military strength. The meeting was secret and only a non-committal communique was issued at the end of the session. It reported merely that, lor rea sons of military security, the dep uties' work would be conducted behind closed doors. Spofford, a New York lawyer, was named chairman o the 12-na-tion permanent civilian high com mand. The council was created in May by the foreign ministers of the 12 countries, who had called for "tangible results" by fall. Prodded by the Red blitz in Ko rea, representatives of the 12 pact countries met in secret session here to cut a four-year rearma ment scheduled to two 'years. Some of the projects which will come up for study, and probably approval, include: 1. Creation of a central western army of about 30 divisions to be based in Europe. 2. Mapping and launching twin multi-billion dollar rearmament drives in - the United States and Europe. 1 3. Assignment of specific jobs to each country as part of a grand plan for defense and rearmament. 4 Southern States Vote In Primaries (By Th Associated Prm) Democrats in four southern states are holding primaries today, with national interest centered pri marily on a senatorial race in Ok lahoma. There, Senator Elmer Thomas, chairman of the Senate Agriculture committee and a veteran of the Washington scene since 1927, is trying to hold off the bid of Rep. Mike Monroney, who has been in the U.S. House 12 years. Monroney led Thomas in the sen atorial primary July 4 but lacked a clear majority because the total vote was split by other candidates then in the field. This time it is strictly Monroney vs. Thomas. The other states, in brief: ARKANSAS There is a national angle in the race for the nomina tion for governor, between Gov. Sid McMath and former Gov. Ben Laney. Laney is a leader of anti Truman Democrats while McMath has supported much of the Tru man program. ' LOUISIANA The main race is for the Senate, between senator Russell Long, son of the late Huey P. Long, and two opponents: Mal colm LaFargue, Shreveport law yer endorsed by the major groups which oppose the Cong faction, and former Rep. Newt Mills of Mon roe. SOUTH CA ROLINA Most state wide races were settled in a first primary July 11 but two congres sional district nominations are be ing decided, Rep. Hugo Sims of Orangeburg faces former Rep John J. Riley of Sumter and Rep. James B. Hare of Saluda is op posed by former Rep. W. J. B. born of Greensboro. Democratic nominations in South Carolina, Arkansas and Louisiana mean election in effect; this is gen erally true, too, in Oklahoma. His 'New Honey Fools Wife; He Gets Divorce SEATTLE, July 25 (PI Jemes T. Swanson was asked In a divorce court yesterday "who was you sweethtert while you were In Alaska?" "No one," he replied. His wife's counsel then produc ed e letter written by Swanson when he was mining In Alaska last year. It said In part: "Walt until next time, I'll tell you ail about my new honey. Is she streamlinedl" Swanson guffawed. "That was ne woman," he said, "it was my new dragline $50,000 worth, and was I proud of her." He got the divorce. TRAFFIC FINE LEVIED John Henry Flint, 27, motorist of Winston, was fined $20 on a charge of passing another motor vehicle without sufficient clear ance, Justice of Peace A. J. Ged des reported. southeast of abandoned Taejon. The carrier plane attack was part of Gen. MacArthur's planned measures against the burgeoning threat of the southwest front, where Red columns have been driving against token resistance from South Koreans and menacing vitally important U.S. supply lines in the broad flank movement. The navy pilots hit unidentified front line targets "of opportunity'' in the area of Kwangju, where the Communists have been spearing east in what looked like the be ginning of a drive on Pusan. This main American supply port is on the southeast coast. The Reds al ready have seized all the western and southwestern part of Korea, driving the Americans and South Koreans into a corner making up only about a third of the peninsula. Tanks, Bridges Smashed American and Australian planes, taking advantage of good weather, roared out in support of the ground troops, smashing 21 tanks and an armored car in Monday's operations. B-29s operating behind the lines ripped 15 bridges and light bombers raked enemy sup ply lines. Other planes -ranged southwest to the Kwangju- area. They hit Namwon, where a Red column was probling along a rail . line leading back ot u a. aavancea positions. The Fifth Air Force was stepping up night operations to smash at Communists moving armor under cover of darkness. Because of their night inarches, the Communists have been able to maintain steady pressure on the central front. . A dispatch from U. S. Eighth army headquarters in central Ko rea quoted North Korean prisoners as saving 20.000 Korean veterans of the Chinese Communist army were, used for the Invasion of bourn.. Korea. The prisoners also said Rus sian advisers were working with Communist army units, and that Russia, a month before the inva sion, supplied the North Korea army with huge quantities of equipment. Defense department officials in Washington acknowledged that the U.S. might be pushed back to the southeast corner of Korea, where the outnumbered U.S troops would find it less difficult to hold against the swarms of Reds. Boy Train Wrecker Got Idea From Outlaw Film CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo., July UP) A 15-year-old boy who ad mitted wrecking a Frisco passen ger train told officers yesterday he got the idea from watching a movie about the notorious Dalton gang. Sheriff E. F. Claxton said Wil liam L. Godsey, son of a sharecrop- 3er, confessed breaking a switcn ock and a signal light near Hol land, Mo, A Memphis-tO-St. Louis train hit the switch at 50 miles an hour and jumped the rails Sunday, kill ing the engineer and injuring 13 persons. The boy said the movie he saw showed the Daltons wrecking a train. Claxton reported. The title of the picture was not learned. The Dalton gang operated in the midwest half a century ago. Slow Speed Ordered At Two Douglas County Jobs The state highway commission has called to the attention of mo torists traffic restrictions on two sections of the Pacific highway where construction is underway. Slow speed is the order for con struction at the North Dlllard bridge, wherea new bridge struc ture is being erected across the South Umpqua. The restriction also holds for 6 5 miles of construction from four miles south of Canyon ville to Azalea BIG FINGERPRINT IDEA CHICAGO, July 25 -UP) Chi cago's director of civilian defense wants everybody in the city some 3,600,000 fingerprinted. A complete file of fingerprints, he said, would help in identification of casualties in case of bomb dis aster. Chief Fire Marshal Anthony J. Mullancy said he will make the recommendation to the state's ad visory board. Levity Fact Rant By L t Relzenstem We're headed for a boost In income tax. Restrain that urge to begin bawlln'i Bettor by far to pay Undo Sam Than te live under order from Stalin.