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U. of 0. Library Eugene, Ore. COMP dig MeoGW (Pysoim United Nations Forces Driven Into Smaller Defense Space In Battle To Protect Beachhead f c Thomas Loses To Monroney In Oklahoma Long Victor In Louisana Primary; Dixiecrat Is Defeated In Arkansas (By Th AsfcOCiated Frew) A generation of political succes ses has ended for Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma in his defeat In bitter Democratic primary runoff. Thomas, a veteran of 28 years in Congress (all but four in the Senate) and chairman of the pow erful agriculture committee, con ceded to Rep. Mike Monroney, National interest centered on the Oklahoma election with other pri maries also being held in Louisana, Arkansas and South Carolina. Senator Russell B. Long, son of the late Huey P., won the Louisiana senatorial race. In Arkansas, Gov. Sid McMath, who generally sup ports the Truman administration, beat former Gov. Ben Laney, an anti-Trumanlte, in the contest for the Democratic gubernatorial nom ination. At the time that Thomas con ceded the Oklahoma elects, Mon roney held a lead of more than 20,000 votes. Monroney, a 48-year-old veteran of six terms in the House, will face Rev. Bill Alexander, the Re publican nominee, in the fall elec tion. Other Results Senator Long in Louisiana won a six-year term hands down. He has served two years of an unex pired term. Malcolm Lafargue of Shreveport last night gave up his fight for the Democratic nomination in Louisi ana the same thing as election in the face of Long's better than two-to-one lead. In Arkansas, McMath claimed victory early when he was 7,000 votes ahead, and said the results of the primary "will kill the Dixie crat movement in the south and thus eliminate it from the na tion." Arkansas Senator J. William Ful bright was unopposed for renom ination. The Monroney-Thomas fight in Oklahoma overshadowed the Dem ocratic nomination for governor. Johnston Murray and William O. Coe ran so close in that race (232,512 to 231,772 with only 73 of the 3,785 precincts unreported) that guards were posted over all state allot boxes. A recount may be ordered. In South Carolina, two former U.S. representatives, W. J. Bryan Dorn of Greenwood, 34 - year - old veteran, and John J. Riley, Sum ter businessman, received the Democratic nominations to the House. This is equivalent to election. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS From Washington: "The number of Americans in uniform probably will climb OVER THE TWO MILLION MARK with in the next few months." If the weather looks blustery and you want to stay dry, keep an um brella handy. IF YOU WANT TO STAY FREE, in these days when freedom-destroying Communism is on the march throughout the world, keep plenty of trained soldiers handy. Texan Senator Connally predicts that there will be DELAY in any Truman request for funds to arm other nations while Congress is con centrates on BUILDING UP U.S. STRENGTH. That, I would say, is realistic thinking. As nearly as we can find out, about all the arms we have sent to the Orient so far have found their way into the hands of our enemies, the Communists. A friend for whose opinions I have great respect said to me re cently: "Our fighting men won the last two wars on the battlefield. Both wars were LOST FOR US BY THE (Continued on Page Four) Drunken Driver Loses Prison Term Probation Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly has issued an order revoking the probation of Walter Browning. The action was taken upon motion of District Attorney Robert G. Davis, after Browning had pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge, for which he was fined $250 and sen tenced to serve 30 days in the Douglas county jail. Browning had been placed on probation oy Judge Wimberly on May 16, after he had been sen tenced to serve five years in the Oregon State penitentiary on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. Browning naa Deen com mitted to the custody of the Oregon State Board of Parole and Proba tion, with the stipulation that his Parole would remain effective as long as he obeyed the laws and refrained from the use of intoxi cating liquor. The Weather Continued fair and warm taday and Thursday. Highest tamp, for any July . 1r? Lowe it temp, for any July 40 Highest temp, yesterday 89 Lowest temp, last 24 hours 58 Precipitation last 24 hours 0 Precipitation from July 1 trace Precipitation from Sept. 1 . 34.1S Deficiency from July 1 .32 Sunset today 8:42 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 1:57 a.m. Established! 873 Control Authority, $5 Billion Requested By President 'Sacrifices' Of Civilian Plenty Urged WASHINGTON -UP) President Truman today summoned- the na tion to "some sacrifice" of its ci vilian plenty. He declared himself ready to call for "complete eco nomic mobilization" if the defense of freedom requires. Mr. Truman told Congress, in his midyear economic message, that price ceilings, rationing and "serious shortages" can be avoid ed if Congress quickly gives him limited control powers and a $5, 000,000,000 tax increase. But he warned: "We must real ize that the engagement in Korea will be costly and may not be short. We must prepare against the possiblity that new crises may arise elsewhere." That hazard means, the Presi dent said, that industrial output must be stepped up possibly by a rate of $10,000,000,000 annually before January 1 and that basic industry itself must be expanded by federal loans and guarantees "More Production" Urged Safety from further Communist aggression depends, Mr. Truman said, on "production and more pro duction," and safety from inflation depends on business and consum ers alike refraining from "hoard ing and avarice." The message asked no emer gency powers beyond those re quested a week ago to control credit, allocate scarce materials, limit civilian output, requisition goods, curb commodity specula tion, and help finance industry's expansion for war. It added new pressure on Con gress to grant those powers, how ever, and its keynote was speed speed in both law-making the munitions-making. The powers requested, Mr. Tru man said, not only will meet pres ent needs but will perform an other essential service to "build up our preparedness" for more drastic steps if the military situa tion' worsens. "Detailed plans for these further steps" have been drawn, Mr. Tru man disclosed, and he added: "If it should become necessary, I shall without hesitation ask the Congress for the grant of the pow ers to implement these further plans, whether for complete eco nomic mobilization or for further intermediate action depending upon the need." Hall Construction Project Advanced By Legion Post Definite plans to proceed with the construction of the new Amer ican Legion hall in Roseburg were formulated by the Legion building committee Monday night. An advertisement for bids for construction of the first phase of the building is to be issued very shortly. Plans are to have the walls and roof completed by fall, so that the finishing work inside can be completed after the rains begin. The building will be erected on Cass street, on the south side, just east of the Safeway store. The structure will be 55 by 96 feet. Only one story of a projected two story building, will be erected at this time, but it will be so con structed that a second story can be added at any future date. It will be a concrete structure The front part will consist of a club room, with a kitchen and private meeting room in the rear. The main part of the down floor will be an auditorium for general meet ings. Space will be provided for the American Legion auxiliary and for a Boy Scout meeting place. The building has been designed by Architect Cleo H. Jenkins of Corvallis. Announcement of the building committee's plans climaxes efforts of the American Legion post in augurated shortly after World War 11. The committee, which met with Commander George Jackson, in cluded Roy O. Young, George Cas key, Harry Pargeter, Gordon Stew art, Si Dillard, At Hasntord and Bruce Mellis. Also attending were William E. Mills, past command er, and Fuller Johnson, chairman of publicity. The Legion post plans to sell its DroDerty. consisting of a five-room house and lot, located on Kane street. ! NEW TITLE FOR BING ELKO, Nev UP) Bing Cros by, "the groaner" is now ,"song . hoo-vi-a-gund.' Der bingle picked up the new ! n-.me when he was adopted into the tough Piute Indian tribe. Oh, yes, the name, It means I "man of many songs.' ROSEBURC. Lifting Of Restrictions On The Size Of U.S. Military Forces, Extension Of Enlistments Approved By House WASHINGTON, (API The House yesterday passed emergency bills lifting all restrictions on the sixe of the military forces and adding one year to all current enlistments. The enlistment extension measure, requested only last week by President Truman, has been approved by the Senate and goes directly to the White House for signature. The measure lifting the lid on military manpower still needs Senate approval. It removes all congressional limits on size of the armed forces, now 'fixed by law at 2,005,882. Freezing Of Rents, Prices And Wages Urged By Baruch WASHINGTON -UP) Elder statesman Bernard Baruch has called for all-out economic mobili zation of the United States with a quick freeze on prices, wages and rents. "Events have left us no choice," he said. "We have to mobilize." Baruch, the government's mobi lization advisor in two world wars, urged quick action in testimony prepared for the Senate banking committee. Baruch said America has the choice of "peace or butler" and the real danger is not government control but military defeat abroad and inflation at home. He told the senators that the current bill, while good in part, does not go far enough. He said the present bill, in set ting up priorities, would defeat it self by making no provision for price control. "This bill is an invitation to in flation," he said. "A system of priorities without price control is a foundation built on shifting sands. "Many people, I realize, still hope that the Korean crisis will pass off without upsetting ourselves too much. This is a futile, illusory hope. . . "When the recent war ended, we scuttled and ran, demobilizing before the peace was won. "While we were stocking our homes with refrigerators and tele vision sets, the Soviets were stock ing tanks and radar. "Because we permitted the Sov iets to gain this head start in their mobilization, we now face a round of puppet aggressions where next, who can tell?" DOUGLAS QUITS HOSPITAL PORTLAND (m Associate Justice William O. Douglas of the U.S. supreme court left a hospital here, still hobbling from a kick in the shin by a horse at his Wal lowa mountain retreat. - A ED' ! Ik IT I W iV 1ttras X 1 ttt j I 1 - tEfl. !:f."f II- AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING The above artist's sketch, drawn by architect Cleo H. Jenkins of Corvallis, shows the projected American Legion building in Roseburg, for which bids will be called soon. Only the first story of the planned OREGON WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1950 Tax Increase Mr. Truman's request for $10, 500,000,000 of new defense money provides for a manpower increase of 600,000. This would bring the armed forces to about 100,000 over the present authorized ceiling. The legislation extends the term of service for nearly 300,000 men now in the armed services whose enlistments are due to expire in the coming 12 months. Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) of the House Armed Services committee, estimates it will affect 145,000 men in the army, 62,000 in the navy, 88,000 in the air force. The committee sought a marine corps opinion today on this coun try's preparedness for handling the Korean Reds and any other Com munist force which may take to the war path. Chairman Vinson called Gen Clifton B. Cates, marine comman dant, to a committee hearing which he said would be public, "if pos sible." The committee is trying to learn how billions of dollars appropriated since the end of the last war have been spent and what are the de fense department's immediate fu ture plans. In lifting the legal ceiling of 2.005.882 an the authorized strength of. the arined forces, the House struck out a provision limiting the size of the marine corps to 20 per cent: ot mat ot tne navy. About 60 cents of each dollar in the $10,500,000,000 the military wants Congress to provide for de fense against Communism would be used to buy guns, bombs, planes, ships and tanks. Before the Korean war disclosed incdequa. cies in U.S. armament, the peace time dollar slice for weapons aver aged 18 cents in the regular an nual spending program. Charge Of Assault Puts Reedsport Man In Jail Dennis Allen Rude, 25, of Reeds port is being held in the county jail on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon, according to Sheriff O. T. Carter. Rude, arrest ed in Gardiner by Reedsport Depu ty Sheriff Cecil Bever, was ar raigned before Justice of Peace Fred M. Wright at Reedsport. His bail was set by Wright at $500. Of Truman Plan For War Fund Given Congress WASHINGTON UP) President Truman asked Congress Tuesday for a nromnt S5.000.000.000 increase in taxes, to be collected partly from individuals and partly from business. He proposed that the higher taxes on individuals start coming out of paychecks received after Oct. 1. He said the new withhold ing rate should be 18 percent in stead of 15 percent on that part of wages subject to withholding. In a letter to Senator George (D-Ga.), Mr. Truman proposed that a tax bill already passed by the House be used as a peg for im mediate action. That bill is now before the Senate Finance com mittee, headed by George. This is wnat Mr. Truman pro posed: 1. Take the peace-time $1,000, 000,000 excise tax cutting bill off the shelf where it was put when the Korean war started. Cut out the $1,000,000,000 excise cut, and then use the bill's skeleton to build the body of a $5,000,000,00 emergency tax increase. Keiain tne loopnoie plugging, corporate dividend with holding ' and life insurance com pany taxes of the old bill. 2. Raise corporation rates, ef fective on 1950 income, from 38 per cent to about 45 percent. Specifi cally the president wants the cor porate tax put at 25 percent on the first $25,000 of profits and 45 per cent on all profits over $25,000. The tax now is 21 percent on the first $5,000 of profits, 23 percent on the next $15,000, then 25 percent on the next $5,000. with a 53 percent rate bh 'earnings between $25,000 and $50,000, and 38 percent on an earn ings over $50,000. Small Concerns Benefit The change would increase the taxes of corporation earning $5,000 or less by 19.5 percent. Those earn ing between $31,250 and $71,428 would have their taxes cut. Then higher rates than present would apply on corporations earning more than $71,428. 3. Increase individual income tax rates to the levels of 1945, by removing the reductions from those levels made in 1945 and 1948. Leave unchanged the income - splitting (between husband and wife) pro visions of the present law, and the present personal exemption of $000 per person. "We embark on these enlarged expenditures at a time when the federal budget is already out of balance," he wrote. "This makes it imperative that we increase tax revenues promptly lest a growing deficit create new inflationary forces detrimental to our defense effort." two-itory structure will be erected under present plans, with the second story to be built when funds ere available. The build ing will be 55 by 96 feet. It will be located en Cass street immediately east of the Safeway it ere. 173-50 Pension Boosts Slated Under New Program Compromise Reached On Bills; System Will Add 10 Million Workers WASHINGTON UP) Congres sional leaders hoped today to place on President Truman's desk be fore the end of next week a bill to boost federal old-age pensions. It would also bring 10,000.000 more workers into the retirement sys tem. Pension' rates for persons retir Ing in the future would be increas ed about 100 percent, while pay ments to about 3,000,000 persons already drawing benefits under the old-age and "survivors insurance program would go up an average of 77', percent, effective Oct. 1. Maximum benefits for a family would be raised from $85 to $150 a month. To finance the expanded social security program, payroll taxes collected by the government would more than double over the next twenty years, rising from $2,500, 000,000 this year to about $6,000,- 000.000 in 1970. The taxes are paid by employee and emDlovcr on a 50-50 basis. Workers covered by the old age and survivors insurance system would be increased from the pres ent 35.000,000 to about 45,000,000. The legislation as it now stands is . a compromise of Senate and House bills worked out oy a con ference committee. Agreement on the measure was reached yesterday. Payroll Taxes Upped Payroll taxes under the comprO' mise bill would be collected on an' nual earnings up to $3,600 instead of $3,000 as at present. Under the existing rale of Vh percent on employer and employee this would increase the maximum tax on each from $45 to $54 a year. The payroll tax on employer and employe alike would rise to 2 per cent in 1954, to 2V1 percent in 1960, to 3 percent in J965 and to 3'A percent in 1970.- - i The conference committee agreed to a House provision ex tending the public assistance pro gram of aid to the needy aged, de pendent children and the blind to the totally and permanently dis abled. An estimated 200,000 per sons will receive payments under this. Another final decision of the con ference committee was to make the higher payments for the 3,000, 000 persons already drawing re tirement and survivors benefits ef fective Oct. 1 instead of at the end of the second month after the bill becomes law. CHILD DROWNS NEHALEM, UP) -Donna Lee Green, 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Green, Portland, was reported a Nehalem river drown ing victim. The family had been visiting friends near Elsie the day previous, when the child apparent ly fell into the stream. (By Th. Auocl.ted Preu) U.S. troops and carrier-bated olanat kHr.,4 ik imu. head of a Communist drive along Other carrier planes smashed at in blows aimed at slowing down a growing Red threat to Pusan, ' Korea's main port and big U.S. supply base. The United Nations foothold on Korea narrowed to an are enclosing the defenders in an area of less .than a third of South Korea's territory. At one point in the southwest the Communists were only 70 miles from Pusan. Then American troops and planes struck; and unconfirmed reports said the Americans recaptured the port of Hadong, taken by the Reds yesterday. Foreign Arms Aid Bill Ready For O.K. Of Truman WASHINGTON -UP- The new $1,222,500,000 foreign arms aid bill aimed at speeding up anti-Commu nist oetense preparations around the world was ready for President Truman's signature ' today. The measure authorizes a second year of American military assist ance 10 irienoiy nations, it is to be followed soon by a new, and probably larger, request to Con gress for more money for the same purpose. Some of Mr. Truman's advisers have recommended an ad ditional $5,000,000,000 to meet the Korean crisis. After a slow start in getting the vast arms enterprise moving, an estimated 75,000 tons already has ueen gmppea aDroaa. Just what Mr. Truman will ask as the next installment hinges on the current meeting in Lon don of the North Atlantic council deputies. At he first meeting of this new group yesterday, Charles M. Spofford, United States repre sentative, told the European depu ties a quick increase in the mili tary strength of the western mili tary alliance is urgent. He said the Korean crisis has shown Com munism would not hesitate to pass from subversion to armed aggres sion. Under the $1,222,500,000 arms au thorization nine North Atlantic treaty nations will get assistance: Portugal (for the fist time), Bri tain, i ranee, Belgium, Luxem bourg, the Netherlands) Norway, Denmark and Italy. The measure also authorizes aid for Greece, Tur key, Iran, Korea, the Philippines auu ine general area oi i;mna. only $18,000,000 is earmarked for Korea and the Philinoinea joint ly. Officials said the allotment for Korea became-meaningless when the North Koreans launched their invasion on June 25. Rayon, Cigaret Prices Advance NEW YORK UP) Ravnn yarn prices were advanced two to six percent by the Celanese corpora tion of America today. The increases aDDlv to acetate and viscose filament yarns for Sep tember delivery. The company said its entire August output is sold. WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.-UP) Camel and Cavalier cigarettes rose in price today fro.,i $7.75 to $8 a thousand. For the pack-a-day smoker, this means an extra cost of about three cents a week, or slightly less than half cent a pack. NEWARK, N. J.-UP)-A large chain today boosted the price of "hot dogs" from a dime to 12 cents, and hamburgers from 15 to 17 cents. Some restaurants hiked the price of a cup of coffee from five to 10 cents with meals. Crash Delays Traffic; Truck Driver Is Cited Traffic was tied up for about an hour around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday when a stock truck and trailer crashed into the rear of a passen ger car a mile and a half south of Dillard, on Highway 99, reported state police. The investigating officer report ed that a car, operated by Col. W. Gordon Denney, of Ottawa, Ont, Canada, was struck in the rear by the stock truck, operated by Jacob John Gentry of Grants Pass. No one was injured, but the car was damaged to the extent of about $500, and the truck was slightly damaged. The report stated that Col. Gor don, accompanied by his wife and son, were traveling north in a line of cars, with the truck just behind. Gentry was cited for following too closely. He will appear in Justice court in Roseburg Thursday, Swim Exibition Set At City Pool Tonight The local Red Cross chapter and city recreation committee are spon. soring a swimming exhibition to night at the muncipal pool. Youngsters from each phase of the current Red Cross swim ming classes will demonstrate the skills they have learned. A pre sentation of certificates will also take place. More than 150 Rose burg and Douglas county boys and girls have so far this summer earned certificates either in begin ners swimming, intermediate swimmer or senior life saving. The public is invited to attend. LIQUOR REVENUE DOLED SALEM UP) Counties and cities got $87,990 in liquor privi lege taxes today. The money was collected by the state during the three months end ed June M. the south tip of Korea today. the Reds in the central sector ine u. i. carrier-based planes, striking in the south and west sec tors of Korea, showed "excellent results," a fifth air force spokes man announced. The planes were thrown in to help gain time for two U. S. infantry divisions to get into fighting position for the ex pected nea attack eastward. The Reds, meanwhile, were gathering their strength for a running fight down the road from captured Yong dong to Kumchon, a dustv defile between towering mountains now clogged with the equipment of U. S. forces withdrawing from the biggest ground action of the war. With the American beachhead on South Korea shrinking rapidly, a spokesman at Gen. MacArthur's headquarters declared that the bat tle lines in the central sector had stabilized considerably and he ex pressed confidence that the "beach head can be held." But the rosy optimism of a week ago was not in evidence, and front dispatches said United Nations forces are run ning out of space to yield up in tory at Yongdong yesterday, in their battle for time. The Reds, flushed with the vie which they drove out the U. S first cavalry division, made only small scale attacks east of the city today, but it was certain they would jump off soon against Kum chon. Defense Plans Upset Kumchon, vital communications center for troops of the U. S. first cavalry and 25tb division, is only 20 air miles east of Yongdong 30 by winding mountain roads. But a front diSDStch said thA tanlr-lorl Red assault had pushed the Ameri cans farther back than they had yinunea t0 wunaraw and it looked like defense plans for the sector would have to be revised com pletely. In the air, allied fighters and bombers kept up their steady pres sure against Red supply lines while battering at enemv tront nnsitinns. a-a ouperioris Domoeu no more bridge and fired rail yards at Wonju 50 miles southeast of Se oul. U. S. and Australian fighter pianos, roving the battle area, knocked out six tanks and much other equipment. The enemy con tinued to move at night to avoid these air strikes. Britain. Australia and New Za. land, rallying to the United Na tions appeal to stop the Korean aggression, all promised to send in ground forces to fight beside the Americans and South Kor eans. The British admiralty will put Britain's far eastern fleet on a "full scale war footing" at once. The British Dromised "effertivn land reinforcement" of infantry, armor, artillery and engineers, along with administrative back ing to maintain it. Fish Creek Dam Project Opposed Protest of plans for the location of the proposed California Oregou rower company s r isn creeK dam will be lodged with the Oregon State Hydroelectric commission by the Umpqua Basin Conservation tcouncil. The council, at a meeting last Friday, discussed the matter at length and decided upon the action. It was pointed out that the power dam project would not permit the required 10 second-feet of water to continue in the stream. This is the amount required to maintain normal fishing water. From six to seven miles of the creek would be thereby lost for fish purposes. The council heard an outline ot a tentative program by the new president, Ernie Seaton. Recom mended were: continuation of the land acquisition program, an ac tive legislative conservation pro gram, and inauguration of an edu cational program, which would bring the problem of conservation to the public and to the schools. Sugar Prices Higher For Would-Be Hoarders SALAMANCA, N. Y. UP).. A grocery stare in this western New York city displayed two piles of sacked sugar today. The five-pound sacks were la-., baled: "for regular cutomers, ?V4 centa a pound.' On a pile of 25 and 100-pound sacks was this sign: "For hoard ers, 1 cents a pound." Levity Fact Rant By L F Reizenstem. Quickest and easiest way to defray th multl-billlion dollar cost of th defense program would b to turn over to th federal treasury th money col leeted In fines on drunken driv ers. This would provide a con stant stream of revenue and an ample one In a brief period.