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Newspaper Page TextCOMP fin U of 0, Library Eugene, ire. MS TO P mm Revocation Of Harry Bridqes' Bond Sought Union Leader Menace To .United States Security Government Declares SAN FRANCISCO, P Swift action is expected on a govern ment request that a federal court evoke the $25,000 bond which has given labor leader Harry Bridges freedom since his conviction last April on perjury and conspiracy charges. Federal Judge George B. Har ris said he will hear arguments on the government's motion tomor row. The date was set after the bench overruled argument of Paul I Leonard, Bridges' attorney, that f- more time was needed by the de ' tense to prepare its case. The Justice department yester day asked that Bridges' bond be canceled an action which would send the left-wing maritime union official to jail. In moving that the bail be re voked, F. Joseph Donohue, special assistant to the United States at torney general, described Bridges as a "direct menace to the secu rity of this country." Affadavits filed by Donohue made extensive reference to Brid ges conduct. It was stated that Bridges has been active in op posing United States and United Nations policy regarding Korea. Clashes With Union There also has been consider able friction between Bridges, president of the CIO Longshore men's and Warehousemen's "union, and other members, over his at titude toward Korea. Several locals up and down the coast have passed resolutions sup porting American and UN policy. Bridges spoke in opposition to such a resolution when it was proposed in the San Francisco local Bridges, a native of Australia, will be allowed to testify at the hearing, if he wishes, but apparent ly no other witnesses can be heard His conviction in federal court resulted from statements made when Bridges became an Ameri can citizen. Yesterday's action does not affect Henry Schmidt or J. R. Robertson, co - defendants with Bridges at his trial here in April. They are free on bail pending an appeal as is Bridges. If Judge Harris revokes Bridges' bail, the law requires his imme diate surrender to the U. S. mar shal, and that Briges be jailed. i In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS From Tokyo this morning: "Fresh troops direct from the United States landed in South Korea today . . . they got into trucks and headed for the front im mediately . . . the new troops are army infantrymen . . . their strength was not disclosed." As we read that, we draw a sigh Of relief. The arrival of reinforce ments in the nick of time is always a dramatic moment in warfare. But wait a minute. Read this one from Washington: "Even with the reinforcements now ashore OR ON THE WAY, the U. S. force in Korea and its South Korean allies will still number ONLY ABOUT HALF that of the enemy's savage horde of fighters. "This is counting everything the United States has in Korea or has announced as EARMARKED FOR ' XHE FIGHTING." Put that way, it doesn't sound so good, docs it? Here's some more food for thought: In our army, we have about FIVE non-combatant soldiers for each soldier on the fighting line. That is to say, out of each six men (Continued on Page Four) Automobile Wreck Kills Lumber Worker EUGENE P Louie Cogger, 40, formerly of Portland, was kill ed Monday when an automobile he was riding overturned on the Deadwood road west of here. Police said three companions were injured, one serioulsy. In a Eugene hospital was Charles Walk er, 56, Eugene. William Clarence Elder and J. M. iucLarnin, both of Deadwood, suffered minor injur ies. ' All four men were employed by the Coast Range Lumber company near Deadwood. Jehovahites Renew Anti-Flag Salute Vow NEW YORK, iP -Massed thousands of Jehovah's Witness es, from all over the U. S. and from 67 foreign countries, yester day renewed their pledge not to salute the flag of any nation. The witnesses gathered 55,000 strong at Yankee stadium for the second day of the eight-day inter national assembly of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract society. The Weather Fair and continutd warm today. Wednesday partly cloudy cooler. and Highest temp, tor any Aug. . Lowest temp, for any Aug. .. Highest temp, yesterday Lowest temp, last 24 hours .. Precipitation from July 1 ... Precipitation last 24 hours . Precipitation from Sept, I .... Deficiency from July I Sunset today 1:35 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:01 a. m. 106 59 3414 Established 1873 Street Renaming Heavy Protest Followed Bv Negative Note New Committee Will Offer Needed Revision; Street Bids Turned Down The city council last night voted to reject the special street r e naming committee's report. The action was taken following a hearing in. which townspeople, who filled the council chambers and overflowed back into the hall, protested vigorously the projected plan which would have thrown out almost tirely the present lisi ot names and substitute a name plan based upon an alphabetical arrangement. Not one person spoke favorably of the plan, when Mayor Albert G. Flegel called first (or an affirm ative response. There was no lull in the discussion, however, when the hearing was thrown open to the negative issue. Mayor Flegel explained that the hearing was called for the specific purpose of finding out whether or not the people would accept the cnanges as proposed Dy the special committee. He said the council would act according to the people's wishes. Rtvised Plan Looms There were no dissenting, votes from the council when the issue was laid on the table with a mo tion to reject the report. The-motion carried an additional phrase instructing the mayor to appoint a new committee to make such street name changes as deemed "necessary." The general consensus of the people voicing their opinions was that a quadrant division of the city was worthy of study and that there is need to revise the names of certain streets where there are either number or name duplica tions, for example, it was pointed out, seven streets have a variation ol the name First street. There are two Cedar streets, two Cherry streets and other duplications, some of which are in the new additions lying outside the citv. Another example mentioned was tne case where a street has one name fop a distance, and across the intersection a new name be gins. For instance Moore street is an extension of Chadwick. Mayor Flegel pointed out that Ihe special committee had worked long and diligently, without any (Continued on page Two) Life Sentence Handed To Gerald Macomber MEDFORD (P Gerald T. M comber was sentenced to life in the Oregon state prison after pleading guilty to a charge of assault with intent to kill. . The charge grew out of a gun fight here in which Macomber and state police officer Richard Kor ner both were wounded. He had been indicted on two other charges of assault with in tent to kill as a result of an ex change of gunfire with two Med ford police officers. Macomber, widely sought for questioning on a series of bur glaries and robberies in the Leb anon ana AiDany areas, was cap tured at the home of Mrs. Wilma Nichols, where he had crawled after being wounded. Previously Ma o m b e r had eluded a police posse which cor nered him between Sweet Home and Lebanon. Exhibit Of Minerals At Junior r-' A three-day rock and mineral show, sponsored by the Umpqua Mineral club, will be open to the public from 10 a.m to 10 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Roseburg junior high, accord ing to Milo Godfrey, president of the club. , No admission will be charged for this show, which will include outstanding exhibits from all over Oregon featuring an endless var iety of agates, fossils, the popular "thunder eggs," crystals, art un usual display of minerals under displays and demonstrations of equipment used in the preparation of gems and minerals, and an exceptional group of colored slides. Union Labels Hospital In Portland As 'Unfair' PORTT.i.Nn im Tfc. AFT j central labor council placed the I r.manuel hospital on the union "unfair" list last night for re- 39 . fusal to negotiate for building ser 1 ; vice workers. 1 Picketing was ordered, but Sec- 0 retary Gust Anderson said no at- 0 1 tempt would be made to dissuade 1 patients from entering. No steps I were taken to prevent delivery of supplies, but this was hinted dur ing the discussion. ROSEBURG. Wage, Rationing, Price Powers For Truman Coming WASHINGTON UP) -Presi dent Truman said today he has no ODjecuon to enactment ot stand by powers to control wages and prices, and, to ration consumer gooas. Mr. Truman set out his posi tion in a letter to Senator May bank, chairman of the senate bank ing committee. That group is now working on controls legislation. . The President's nod of consent made It virtually certain that Con gress would put in his hands the power to clamp on wage-price-rationing whenever he feels they are needed. Sentiment among the legislators for giving him that authority has Deen growing ever since ttenard Baruch. a mobilization 'adviser in two world wars, made a strong plea last week for all-out economic mobilization. About the same time the White House made public Mr. Truman's letter to Maybank, House Republi can leaders came out for handing tne president, standby, but not mandatory, powers in the ration ing and price-wage fields; Leopold Offers To Relinquish Powers To Son BRUSSELS. Belgium. (m King Leopold III bowed to the threat of civil war today and of- ierea a slow-motion abdication which threw the thorny royal question back into the lap of parlia ment. king's offer would ease the cri- tical tension which had mounted in recent weeks. Many Brussels citizens feared, though, that Socia list leaders of the anti-Leopold movement might not be able to control their forces. Leopold, in a broadcast state ment today, said - he would ask parliament to vote a delegation of his powers to his son. 19-vear- old Prince Baudouin. Leopold would remain King in name only. The king implied a promise of abdication with these words: "This attribution of royal pow ers to Prince Baudouin seems to me a necessary stent towards the solution which ought' to claar the way for accession of the crown prince to the throne when he reach es his civil majority (at 21) if, as I hope and desire, the recon ciliation promised about my son takes place." Bauddouin will be 21 on Sept. 7, 1951. . , Some anti-Leopold Socialist lead ers termed the king's offer "satis factory." However, the trade union federation, which had sponsored widespread strikes demanding ab- uicanon, caiiea ior us regional committees to meet for a fresh evaluation of the new situation. Leopold had offered yesterday to abdicate, then qualified his of fer with conditions the Socialists and Liberals termed unacceptable. mis latest move came as Brus sels already waited behind closed shutters for a great protest march on the capital today by thousands oi sinners. Labor Commissioner -Aspirants Denied OKs PORTLAND, m An AFL political unit asked the state fed eration last night to avoid endorsing eitncr Republican or Democratic candidate for state labor commis sioner. The third congressional district league for political education said such an action would "split the labor movement In Portland wide open." Howard Morgan, Portland is the Democratic nominee; incumbent W E. Kimsey the Republican can didate. Truman To Arm WASHINGTON, - (.T -Presi-dent Truman told Congress today that world peace has been endan gered by the Korean crisis and a.k erf it to vote quickly $4,000,000,000 of new money to arm anti-Communist allies. Speed in getting production of military equipment under way is imparative, the President said in a letter to House Speaker Rayburn e j formally asking for the money, a i if. t Mr. Truman added: "It is now clear that the free nations must accelerate the efforts they are making to strengthen their common security. "They now have no alternative but to increase rapidly their pre paredness to defend the principles of international law and justice for which the United Nations stands. ORECON TUESDAY, AUGUST Plans Rejected By -HONGSONG U Ts si, CRITICAL TRIANCLE If Communist troops continue to push U. d the southeast corner of the hold the Taegu-Pusan-Yosu triangle, shown cross-hetched on map. artillery range of. tha vital;&uppty and .reinforcement beachhead. Arrows show basic goals ot Reds' stragety ( I ) to smash down the Kumchon-Taegu-Pusan road, with flanking attacks confin ing the defenders to this narrow corridor; (21 drive from southwest corner across to Pusan; 13) a drive down the east coast toward Pusan, with possible secondary thrust to cut Kumchon-Taegu-Pusan road. Water District To Call For Bids The report of the special budget committee was approved by the board of commissioners of the Win-ston-Dillard Water district at a meeting Monday night in the Win ston community hall. The board also approved plans nd specifications presented by their engineer, James R. Daugher ty of Roseburg, and decided to issue a call for bid" for labor and material for construction of the water distribution system. The bids will be received until 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 21, and then open ed and read at a special meet ing to be held in the Dillard school. The regular meeting of the board will be held in the Community hall Monday, Aug. 7, to present the proposed construction and con tract to the voters of the district. A large attendance is expected. - Charles B. Kash of South Ump qua Remanufacturing Co. was ap pointed to the board to fill the un expired term of Charles Wright. Kash was present and accepted the position. Morse To Aid Planning For Northwest Defense WASHINGTON (JPt Chair man Lyndon Johnson (D-Tcx) of the senate armed services inves tigating subcommittee said today that defense of the Pacific North west is going to get "adequate attention" from the group. Johnson said he has personal knowledge of the Northwest and also will be guided in his work for that section by Senator Morse (R -Ore), the only west coast sen ator on the new subcommittee. Asks Fund Of $4 Billion Anti-Red Allies Of U.S. This course provides the best hone of deterring future calculated out breaks against the peace of the world." The reaction in Congress indicat ed there was general sentiment to provide the requested funds. However, the Senate took occa sion, in acting on another foreign aid measure, to serve notice that it thinks the time has come for the nations to stand up and be count ed in the fight against Commu nism. It did this by writing into a $.14, 765,000,000 one-package appropria tions bill power for the President to cut off economic recovery funds from any country that refuses help for the United Nations fight in Korea. There were also rising demands for arms aid to nations outside 1, 1950 peninsula, the defenders ere expected to make e final stand to Myrtle Creek Youths Face Burglary Charges Le Roy Joseph Redford, 19, of Myrtle Creek, is being held in the county jail on $750 bail on a charge of burglary, not in a dwelling re ported Justice of the Peace A, J. Geddes. A 15-year-old Myrtle Creek youth was turned over to the juvenile authorities to face a sim ilar charge, said Geddes. The two were arrested by Myrtle Creek Chief of Police Schwader. They are accused of entering Verrel's Hardware, the Variety store and Community supply in that city. Two Men Jailed Here To. Answer Charges William Bernard Rolfe, 34, of Yamhill was lodged in the coun ty jail after being returned from Portland by Deputy Sheriff Ira Byrd, reported Sheriff O. T. Car ter. He was arrested in Ilillsboro on a Douglas county warrant chang ing him with obtaining money un der false pretenses. Also delivered to the county jaii from Portland was Daniel Harold Hayman, 21, of Portland who was charged with breaking and enter ing, said Carter. He was arrested in Oregon City. Statehood Bills Due In Senate Next Week WASHINGTON ( AP) The Sen. ate probably won't be able to con sider statehood bills for Alaska and Hawaii until some time next week, at the earliest. Bills to admit both terrilorics to the union have been passed by the House and approved by the sen ate insular committee. the Atlantic pact. Many senators want, for 1 n- stance, to help Spain. The $4,000,000,000 Mr. Truman asked would be in addition to the $1,222,500,000 already authorized for the second year of the foreign arms aid program. . Most of the, new money would be spent to strengthen western Europe. Mr. Truman gave this break down of the proposed spending in his letter to Rayburn: $3,504,000,000 "for strengthening the security of the North Atlantic area." "The security of this srra is of paramount importance to the strength of the entire free world," he said. $193,000,000 "to accelerate and increase the Important programs 178-50 Council S. end South Korean forces to- The enemy must be kept beyond Grain Elevators Closed By Strike BUFFALO, N. Y., UP) -A strike which closed 15 grain eleva tors threatens to tie up Buffalo's flour milling industry, largest in the nation. Executives of the Buffalo Ele vator Managers' committee said the industry might have to shut down in two days for lack of sup plies if the strike caller! yester day continues. A total shut down would idle 15,000 workers. The strike was called by about 450 members of local 1286 of the AFL Grain Elevator Employes un ion. Picket lines were formed at the 15 idle elevators. Locals 36 and 110 of the Ameri can Federation of Grain Millers (A- FL), having about 3,000 members, said they would respect the picket lines, Owen J. Kavanaugh, president of the striking local, said the union asks a 15-cent hourly wage in crease, cut from an original de mand of 25 cents. Kavanaugh said the company of fered five cents. He also said the pay scale aver aged $1.45 to $1.50 hourly with some special classifications mak ing up to $1.85. The old contract expired April 15. SUGAR WITH CAS CHICAGO, WP) Motorists who buy eight gallons of gasoline at a south side service station during the next week will get a pound of sugar free. "There's plenty of sugar," said Milton Lambert, station owner. "Hoarding it is silly." of military assistance to Greece, Turkey and Iran." $303,000,000 "to increase and ac celerate military assistance to the republic of the Philippines and to other nations in southern and eastern Asia." These funds, added to the amounts already orovided and to the resources supplied by other nations, will aid in bringing our common defensive strength more quickly to the level now shown to be necessary," Mr. Truman said. Mr. Truman Emphasized that the emergency required that Congress vote the money "as soon as pos sible." He said most of it will be used to provide military equipment of a kind which takes a long time to produce. Yanks Retreat To Strengthen Lines Yhile Reinforcements Continue To Pour From Ships (By Tim AuocUted Pr) The North Koreans punched fo within 40 miles of Pusan to day while a steady stream of American army reinforcements poured ashore. A front line dispatch said the Reds made a 10-mile advene following their capture of Chinju near the south coast on Mon day, and were within 15 miles of Masan, a small port. American withdrawals were described in e communiaua as a smoothing and consolidating of the linei. A headquarters spokesman said the time wes not far off when the tide would be gin to turn. He said he believed the phase in which things kept Four Divisions Of National Guard Called To Service WASHINGTON (JP) The na tion's ground forces will be streng thened this month by the addition oi four national guard divisions and some smaller units. They were ordered into federal service but not identified yes terday by Secretary of Defense Johnson. At the same time, he said the first and second marine divisions the former already en route to Korea will be brought to full strength, and two marine reserve squadrons called up for active duty. flans also were reponea unaer way to strengthen the navy's air power ano to put more iour-en-gined bombers into the sky over Korea. Johnson's announcement con cerning the national guard did not name the units involved. Besides the four divisions, he said, two re gimental combat teams and some supporting units will be called up by Sept. 1. Defense officials said the guard units would be identified publicly after they had been notified of their activation. There are 27 national guard dl visions and 20 regimental combat teams. At full strength, a guard division numbers about 18,000 men, a combat team about 5,000 The fighting strength of a mar ine division is about 23,000. Both the first division and the second which is now enroute to the Pac ific coast from Camp Lejuene. N C are reported considerably un der that strength. Joe Dunne Needs Money To Back Governor Race PORTLAND (AP) Pension group leader Joe Dunne still is not officially in the race for gov ernor today. He has a financial problem to solve first. The 68-year-old Portland Repub lican told a nominating assembly last night he would be a candid ate "if we can raise the money for the race." He said 'ie may know about that in a few days. Dunne') statement followed lengthy debate on whether the pen sion group aims woi.ld best be ser ved by putting a third man an independent candidate in the Gubernatorial race. The veteran pension leader said himself that if he lost, the legis lature would be cool to pension demands. A motion urging Dunne to with draw lost by a 90-46 vote. Peti- liuns lo nuiniiiHie uuiiiic men wcic circulated. Two hundred and sixty-two persons signed. A total of 250 registered voters is required for nomination of an independent candidate. Dunne had announced prior to the May primary that he would be a candidate if the Democrats no minated State Senator Austin Fle gel. He opposed the pension views of both the Democratic nominee and Republican incumbent Doug las McKay. The Oregon Progressive party had decided a night earlier to post pone its decision on a guberna torial candidate pending Dunne's decision. A third nominating assembly of the Progressives has been called for August 12 by Hugh Sheehan, chairman o the .Socialist party in Multnomah county. Sheehan said last night the assembly's slate pro bably would run under the Socia list banner, but hinted of a "coal ition" campaign under a diliercnt name. Manslaughter Charge Hits Ex-Baseball Star RED BLUFF, Calif. Wl One time Cincinnati Red baseball pitch er Lee Grissom faces a manslaugh ter charge today after a man he allegedly hit in a bar died of a frac'ured skull. Sheriff James N. Froome said the incident occurred Sunday night at a tavern in nearby Tehama. Warren Shermmcr, 27, died of in juries which the sheriff said were received at the time. Grissom, married and presently working as a rancher and truck driver, left the major leagues in 1942 to join the army. October Draft Quota For Oregon Announced PORTLAND UP) Oregon draft boards have a quota of 453 men for October. Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea said the October draft call was for one more than the September quota. He reported slate boards were speeding up their work. About 50 percent of the September quota should be enroute to induction cen ters by August 10. ht added. , getting worse is about over. On the south the North Korean! also pushed into the village of Chu- nam, 25 miles northeast of the south coast port of Yosu. 1 An e n e m v column nushintf through Kochang had advanced 16 miles to the east and taken Hy- pocnon, 33 miles southwest of Tae- - gu. An American intelligence officer said it was believed the enemy has now committed all his available divisions to ihe battleluie or is muvuig uivm uiiu ii. "He is exerting hia last ounce of strength in an attempt to smash through and drive our forces into the sea, the officers said. A MacArthur sookesman who previously had estimated Red cas ualties at 37,500 said the losses are nrobablv greater than we rea lize" but would not prevent the enemy from continuing to attack. These losses, together with Amer- - ican reinforcements, mean that American commanders can now 'afford to sell ground a little mora cheaply," he added. The United Nations navv of America, British, Canadian, New Zealand, Australian, South Korean, Dutch and French warships pa trolled the coast hunting enemy supply ships and barges. British ships moved to the dangerous Yel low sea to watcb the west coast. Recent naval bombardments at Yongdok on the east coast were said by prisoners to have wiped out two battalions. About 50 B-29 bombers dropped 400 tons of explosives on the big chemical and explosives plant at Hungnam in North Korea, leaving it a mass of flames and smoke that billowed to a height of 15,- uou teei. Gen. MacArthur returned from. Formosa where he turned down Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's . offer of 33,000 troops for Korea be cause of the Communist threat to the Nationalist Chinese base. MacArthur patted Chiang on the back and told him to "keep your chin up we are going to win." He sternly warned Chinese Com munists that the U. S. Seventh fleet is patrolling the waters between Formosa and the mainland and an attack would "stand little chance of success." The Red advance on the north, a pilot reported, appeared to have been stopped when the Commu nists got into Andong ind were met by street battlers. American and Australian air forces flew from dawn hunting crawling columns of North Korean infantry in mountain passes. The spearhead of a probing North Korean column, which ap peared to be in division strength or greater, was turned back by 24th division troops and south Koreans outside Kochang on the western front where one thrust was aimed at Tacgu. An American colonel said mor tar fire chased the Communists in to the hills and "our South Korean eans took off right after them." Gen Douglas MacArthur s com munique said American withdraw als on the north and central fronts were not "forced" but were for the purpose of putting the troops in better positions. The first cavalry division said it destroyed 16 enemy tanks. Nine Men Die In Crash Of Canadian Plane OTTAWA, (JPt Nine men were killed yesterday in the crash of a Royal Canadian air force four engine Lancaster 600 miles south of the North Pole. One of the dead was beleived to be a member of the U. S. Air Force. Seven others were RCAF airmen and one was a civilian employee of the Canadian depart ment of transport. The plane, making an Ice recon naissance, crashed and burned while dropping supplies to a wea ther station operated jointly by Canada and the UniteJ States. The station is located on the northern tip of Ellesmere island on the Arctic ocean. BOON TO TOURISTS PARIS, UP) Note to tourists coming to France American cig a rets went on sale legally today for the first time since the war. Price: 150 Francs (42 cents) per package. Only two brands, Camels and Old Golds, were available. Other brands are expected to be sold later. Levity Fact Rant By L. F. Reitcastein Brig. Gen. E, D. O'Gowan, who fought In the British army in World War II, proposes formation of en Irish brigade to fight the Reds in Korea. Why e whole brigade? A single platoon of real sens ef the 'Ould Sod' would be sufficient te deliver knockout smash.