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U. of 0. Library Eugene, re. COMP WHO DOES WHAT oin MARILYN WOODRICH, appointed assistant librarian at the Roseburg public library to replace Miss Sue Armson, who is re signing, is pictured as she holds a specimen of Indian artifacts now on display at the library. Mrs. Woodrich came to Roseburg recently from Eugene, where she was catalogue librarian at the Universitv of Oreaon. Formerly she was employed at the Orient al Institute at the University of Charles Woodrich, Roseburg lawyer. Opposition Of 7-Nafion Bloc Kills Russia's Move To Seat Red China On UN Council LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 3 of seven nations today doomed Red China on the security council as part of a peace deal for Korea. Six countries Britain, France, Ecuador, Cuba, Norway and Nationalist China followed the United States' lead yester day in insisting that the council discuss the Korean question before considering admission of Communist China to the coun cil, and that the two questions be treated separately. -., . In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS There is tense drama in Korea today. Out in the hills west ot Pusan (about as far away as from here to Bly) our infantry lost a com manding ridge last night. This morning we counter-attacked in an effort to get the ridge back. As our forces moved forward in the attack, the Reds Opened up and let us through. THEN THEY BEGAN TO CLOSE IN ON US FHOM THE SIDES IN A PIN CER MOVEMENT, their purpose being to surround us and capture us and destroy us. It is one of the oldest plays in the game of war this opening up and letting the attacker through and then closing in around him. Hannibal used it with complete success against the Romans at the battle of Cannae back in 216 B. C. As the army of Rome under the command of Consul Varro came at him, Hannibal opened up in the center and, let the attackers through. Then he closed in on them from the sides, just as the Reds are trying to do this morning tn its. When it was all over 50 THOU SAND Roman dead lay upon the stricken field and 10 thousand more were taken prisoners Why are we counter-attacking this morning against the immense ly superior-in-numbers Reds? It's like this: The ridge we lost last night is in a range of hills westward from the (Continued on Page Four) CIO Plywood Workers Favor 6-Hour Work Day Robert Burton and Gordon Bur ton, members of local 9-436, IWA CIO, Roseburg, attended the fifth annual convention of the plywood, box shook and door council of the IWA-CIO at Olympia, Wash., July 30. The conclave concluded with the adoption of committee reports that placed the CIO plywood workers of Oregon and Washington on re cord as favoring a six-hour work ing day, the renegotiation of health and welfare program of the union on a uniform basis, an improved vacation clause, increased politi cal activity in the local unions and affiliation of all locals with their respective state industrial union councils. The Weather Fair today, tonight and Friday, exceat for morning cloudiness. Highest temp, tor any Aug. Lowest temp, for any Aug. . Highest temp, yesterday Lowest temp, yesterday Precipitation from Aug. 1 ... Precipitation last 24 hours . Precipitation from Sept. 1 .... Deficiency from Aug. 1 ...... Sunset today 1:33 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow e:07 a. m ll 34. H Chicago. She is the wife of (API The solid opposition Russia's latest move to seat American chief delegate warren R. Austin led the fight to reject any "deals" for settlement of the Korean war. He declared the U. S. will never agree that the end of North Korean aggression de pends on any other issue. As the third day of debate be gan today on the procedural tangle, council delegates watched with particular interest to see what India would do. The great Asiatic nation hasn't the power to alter the outcome, but her strategic position in the east gave added significance to whatever stand she takes when her delegate, Sir Bencgal N. Rau, speaks today on the agenda pro posed by Russian delegate, Jacob A. Malik, the council president for August. The council is still tangled in debate over what it should dis cuss, and in what order. Some delegates hoped to get a vote on the question today. Malik has insisted on the pro gram he presented: 1. To consider seating the Chi nese Communists. 2. To consider a "peaceful settle ment" in Korea. In demanding this agenda, lie has denounced U. S. military ac tion in Korea as an act of ag gression. The U.S. is pushing for con sideration first of its previously submitted proposal denouncing North Korean's defiance of the U. N. and asking member nations to help localize the war. More Pickers Needed For Gathering Bean Crop An additional 200 pickers are needed for the current crop har vesting, according to an announce ment made this morning by George T. Foster, manager of the Oregon State Employment Ser vice. People desiring work may reg ister at the employment office, 437 N. Jackson street. Those un able to register are asked to meet at the junior high school at 7:30 a. m. daily. Transportation will be furnished. Those desiring t o drive their own cars may register for work at the office and receive directions to the growers. About 900 are currently em ployed in the bean harvest. FIRE DESTROYS TRUCK Joe Flora, who has been engag ed in hauling logs for the Odin Logging company, lost his truck when the brakes gave way. Flora jumped from the cab just as the truck left the road. The truck immediately caught fire and was completely destroyed. The accid end occurred on the Roberts Creek road. CANADIAN REDS BUSY MONTREAL (AP) U.S. tour- isls lo (.anada are ffettina ., "(special but unofficial "peace" wel- 39 come by the communists. 5 1 Autoists from across the border S3 ! are findine stickers on their wind. 0 shields reading: "Welcome to Ca inada, and take this back to Tru man hands off Korea." 0 Police have been ordered to ar rest anyone seen putting on the I stickers. Established 1873 Control Tax Increase Bill Shaping Up For Action Real War Will Produce Record Levies, Warning Of Democratic Leader . WASHINGTON (JP) - Senate Democratic leader Lucas said to day that, although there may be no immediate tax action against profiteering, the American people can be assured "nobody is going to get rich at the expense of the G. I." "We are going to take the pro fits out of war," the Illinois sen ator said. Lucas made his statement as Democratic leaders prepared to ram through Congress a tax-boosting bill, probably near the $5,000 000,000 size President Truman pro posed, and without an excess pro fits levy. An immediate excess profits tax was not recommended by the Pres ident, Lucas said, in the interest of speeding the "first installment" tax hike to passage. He predicted it will come later, with stiff rates oh abnormal bus iness profits. And he added: "If we get into a real war, we're going to have the most drastic taxes this country has ever seen. This tax bill is just to get ready for the big one." Committee In Action Meanwhile, the senate banking committee moved swiftly' to put the tax bill in shape for quick congressional action. In its first session behind closed doors, it formally junked the house approved bill to cut oy $1,010,000- 000 the excise taxes on such things as- fur,., jewelry, cosmetics and movie tickets, and approved in stead a $55,000,000 excise increase. It voted: A 10 percent manufacturers ex cise on television sets, to collect $42,000,000. A 10 percent manufacturer's levy on home freezers, for an other $8,000,000. A boost in the slot machine tax from $100 to $150 a year for each machine in operation. The slot machine operators would kick $5,000,000 additional into the trea sury till. Truman Proposals Wait The committee is yet to act on Mr. Truman's major tax i n- creasing proposals: 1. $3,000,000 additional on indi vidual incomes. The President wants this increase effective Oct ober 1, to pick up $700,000,000 from 1950 individual income, with the full force of the $3,000,000 addit ional burden becoming effective next year. 2. $1,500,000,000 additional by boosting corporation income rates. Mr. Truman proposed making this rate hike effective for all 1950 corporation income. Congress may balk here. Some lawmakers are suggesting that the tax be levied on corporation income effective October 1. 3. $'500,000,000 from tax law loophole plugging, a withholding tax on corporation dividends, and levies on the investment income of life insurance companies. They already have been approved by the house. Four Persons Hurt When Cars Crash Two cars crashed headon in the ditch near the top of a rise north of the Winchester bridge Wednes- aay. ana lour persons were treated for injuries at Mercy hos pital and then released. siaie ponce reporter! mat a car operated by Walter S. Fisher, Roseburg. traveling north, attemn. ted to pass a vehicle, just as that car was attempting to pass a truck at the crest of a hill. A southbound car, operated by Ralph E. Houser of Wapato, Wash., took to the ditch to avoid the oncoming vehicles. Fisher also went into the ditch on the left hand side, and the two cars col lided, the officers reported. Houser, suffered body bruises and head lacerations. His wife, suffered shock, a bruised head and lacerations, and a passenger, Lc Roy Phillips, Sumner, Wash., suf fered cuts about the mouth. Fisher received chest and body bruises. They-were all taken by Roseburg ambulance to Mercy hospital and were released after treatment. The state police said Fisher has been cited to appear in justice court on a reckless driving charge. The cars were badly damaged. TIMBER AUCTION DATED PORTLAND P) An oral auction on 16,800.000 feet of Wil lamette national forest timber is scheduled Aug. 21 in Eugene. The timber, valued at $203,600 is lo cated on the Browder Creek No. 1 area. ROSEBURC, ORECON Power Sentiment Pacific Highway Stretch Between Ashland, California Line Absorbs Heaviest Outlay For Maintenance SALEM, (API The state highway commission, which spends a third of its income on keeping existing roads open and in good shape, told today where it spends its maintenance money. Last year the commission spent $11,440,000 to maintain present highways, an all-time high mark because of tha $2,000,- 000 it had to spend to repair excessive frost damage. U. S. Flag Flown By Picketed Cafe Restaurant and Bartenders local 293 is using what it's members term in handbills distributed in Sutherlin as a "ghost picket" in its campaign to unionize the Rose cafe in that community. The cafe has been flying the American flag in front of its place of business. The union terms this an attempt to justify the cafe's stand as non-union." Pickets are not maintained in front of the restaurant during the day while the flag is flying. A picket is placed on duty at 5 p. m., when the flag is taken in. Proprietors of the cafe. Edna and Owen Rose, deny that the flag is used in an attempt to pre vent the picketing. They state the flag is flown, "Because we are still living in America. We are merely attempting to uphold the right the union is trying to take away irom us. The union maintains that regard. less of the flag, the cafe is still on the "we do not patronize list. Mr. and Mrs. Rose state the place has been picketed because their employes do not want to join the union and because they. as owners, will not sign an agree ment forcing their employes to join against Uiojr wishes Grain Elevator Strike Still On In Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. (JP) Fif teen grain elevators here remain ed closed for the third straight day in a dispute over wages. Ab out 450 members of the AFL grain elevator employees union are in volved. The strike has idled about 4,500 other grain workers. Owen J. Kavanagh, union pres ident, said the strike " may last a month or longer." He said the employers "are determined not to grant anything." A spokesman for the elevator operators said "there is nothing new to report. EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE EL CENTRO, Calif. (JP) Da mage from last week's earth quakes in the Imperial valley has been estimated at $.100,000 or more after a thorough check. Major damage was to buildings and installations in Calipatria and Westmoreland. 1 ft M 'Vr " .lit . i , y.ijiMAfr xl',., ..J 'nh PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY workmen are shown repairing portions of tha sidewalks and street, torn up tor tha installation of underground exchange service cables. R. J. Henwood, local manager, said this is part of tha com- pany's program to put under THURSDAY, AUCUST 3, 1950 The commission said the most costly section to maintain was the Pacific highway from Ashland to the California line, where the maintenance cost per mile last year was $7,302. That section crosses the biskiyou mountains, where snow and slide removal costs a lot of money. By contrast, maintenance costs reach a low of $500 per mile on some eastern Oregon roads. The second most costly section to maintain is on the Willamette highway .from Oakridge to the summit of the Cascades, where the cost per mile was $4,120. On the Pacific highway, the Ore gon City Aurora section cost $3,599 per mile, second largest total on the route. The Eugene Cottage Grove section cost $3,243 a mile, while the lowest mileage cost on the route was $882 between Eugene and Junction City. Highest cost on the Columbia River-Old Oregon Trail route was $3,487 from Portland to Bonne ville. Lowest was $515 between Heppner and Boardman. The cost on the South Santiam highway over the Cascades was $3,000 a mile. On the Oregon Coast Highway, the most money spent for main tenance is from Wheeler to Till amook, $3,452 a mile, while the lowest is $1,482 a mile from Otis to Tillamook, The highest maintenance cost on The Dalles-California highway was $3,aa7 a mue irom Maupin to a point about 30 miles south. Lowest cost on this highway was $1,122 a mile from' Crescent to Chiloquin. .. Oregon Realtors Oppose War Power Bill's Phase PORTLAND -UP) The Ore gon Association of Real Estate Boards wants the state's congress men to oppose the war powers bill. Ralph Walstrom. president o f the Portland Realty board, said the bill places the licensing and regulation of real estate credit at the descretion ot the President. He said this was "discriminatory against real estate.". FRANCE OFFERS TROOPS PARIS, (P) Frence govern ment leaders are debating sending a "token battalion" of troops to fight under the United Nations flag in Korea, a spokesman said today. France has been fighting a gu errilla war for five years against Communist-led troops in Indo china, and has some 140,000 troops stationed there. ground all possible telephone i " - - -...- " v. ...... '. . t. ; , 180-50 Spreads Truman May Get Free Hand In Situation Formula For Curbs On Wages, Prices, Purchases Still To Be Worked Out WASHINGTON, UP) The government's top economic mob ilizer urged today that President Truman be given a free hand in putting any wage-price-rationing controls into effect. W. Stuart Symington, chairman of the National Security Resources board, talked behind closed doors with chairman Maybank of the senate banking committee. Maybank told reporters Syming ton emphasized that any standby plan for imposing wage, price and rationing curbs should let the Pres ident decide when or whether they should be used. On the other side of the capitol the House appeared set to give the President powers to control virtually every pnase ot Ameri can life. As demands mounted for across the board controls to curb inflation and what is needed in the Korean war, the only ques tion appeared to be the form the presidential powers would take. The senate banking committee today began considering an auto matic device for invoking such curbs when the cost of living reaches a certain point. A formula still is being worked out. Fulbrlght Plan Opposed Members of the committee dis- agreed today as to whether the urouD had formally decided adont the suggestion by senator Fulbrlght to lie controls to the cost of living, Maybank, who' announced yes terday that the committee did make such a decision by voice vote, told reporters today there was "just discussion of making a study of some such procedure." However, Sen. Douglas said the committee made a firm decision to adopt the Fulbright proposal. There were uncosfirmed reports that the White House had protest ed vigorously overnight to May bank that the Fulbright plan would destroy the flexibility Mr. Truman has insisted he should have with respect to putting the controls into effect. As the house met to perfect Mr. Truman's economic mobili zation requests, there was fresh clamor for addition of an excess profits tax and new rent control authority. It appeared Improbable, how ever, that the House would tack them on the present bill. Leaders were opposed to additional tax nr rent controls now, although scnti. ment for them cut across party lines. lines, to eliminate unsightly overhead wires in tha main bus iness section. Lines have been extended down Mother, Wash ington and Rosa streets and ether important sections. (Picture by Paul Jenkins.) Reds Smash At American Line On Captured Heights In Try To Open Road To Pusan Port (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS I Newly arrived U. S. marine and Second division armv rein forcements pushed into the front use 47 Vi -ton Pershing tanks in tha The front had shrunk as much as 18 miles in places as a result of a general three-day allied retreat to shorten lines until tha time for a counter-offensive. Heavy North Korean artillery fira began falling on tho main north-south road east of tha Naktong river at a point only 14 miles southwest of Taegu, now the chief inland defense hub. Tha Naktong, tha main new defense line, flows north and south to within a few miles of the south coast where it swings sharply east through swamps and rice paddies to within five miles of Pusan, tha allied base port. In that coastal gap before Pusan 24th division infantry and tanks still held heights they seized yesterday In a bloody counter attack within 40 miles wast of Pusan. Two Red divisions supported by half of a third still smashed at American positions in that Enlarged Modern Furniture Store Sets Open House Open house is scheduled at the Modern Furniture company store in Roseburg Saturday, following completion of work which has both enlarged and modernized the es tablishment. Boasting one of the most mod ern stores in this part of the country, the improvements have been made at an expense, an nounced by Jean Whittenburg owner and manager, as $20,000. A 40-foot extension, consisting of a first floor and basement, has been added onto the rear across the entire width of the building. The basement has been devoted to bedroom furnishings. The main flnnr is occuDied bv appliances. floor coverings, occasional furni ture and other items, and the sec cond floor is given over to living and dining room furniture. The front has been rebuilt, and has been remodeled and redecor ated. Mrs. Whittenburg took over the Modern Furniture store sue years ago. She has continued to operate the business in the same location. The open house will be held from 2 to 9 p.m. Several prizes are to be given away, without nurchase obligations. May Math ews home economist jwttl be host-- ess for the occasion, (see pictures page 11.) Eight New Polio Cases Week's Gain In Oregon PORTLAND P Eight new cases of poliomyelitis in Ore gon were reported to the state board of health in the week ended July 28. It was the largest one week total of the year. Two of the cases were in Port land, two, in Multnomah county and one each in Douglas, Jackson, Gilliam and Klamath counties. - POLIO STRIKES CHILD . The first case of polio this sea son, in Roseburg was reported to day by A. G. Henninger, chair man of the Douglas County chap ter for infantile paralysis aid. The case was that of a nine-year-old girl, who has been taken to Eugene lo the Sacred Heart hospital for treatment. She was taken as soon as the condition was diagnosed. areas in Korea today ready to show-down battle. sector with mortar, artillery and infantry tanks. An American infantry-observa tion force surprised the Reds by penetrating almost to Chinju, 55 miles west of Pusan, fought a roaring road battle and returned with information that the Com munists were building ud for a big attack in the area. The only other actual fiehtina reported anywhere on the front was at Yondok at the opposite end of the line on the east coast 90 miles north of Pusan. . The Third South Korean division was still attacking there . after driving the Reds three miles north of that town battered to bits by navy guns. Hovever, a communique from eighth army headquarters in Ko rea said consioeraDie norm Ko rean troop movements were ob served in the central sector where the U.- S. First cavalry division withdrew from fire-gutted Kum chon yesterday. The Communists were attempting to follow up the American retreat closely. It was in that sector that the pull-back of American allied lines was the greatest. The Naktong is about 18 miles, southeast of Kumchon. Foe Tank Power Cut A breifing officer at Gen. Doug las MacArthur's headquarters in Tokyo said the Communists had "lost most of their preponderance of tank strength" as a result of heavy losses suffered from air, bazooka and artillery attacks. He said the enemy also was surprised by the American with drawauv showing -that his- inteUi gence service was not as good as formerly. The 4714-ton Pershing tanks ara heavier than anything the enemy has yet used in Korea and carry 90 millimeter rifles. If used in the marshy terrain west of Pusan they might be at a disadvantage with the Soviet-made North Korean 34 ton tank in maneuvering, but they could out-gun them. Allied air forces flew a near record 400 sorties, most of them concentrated in the Chinju area west of Pusan. A column of com munists was caught in a defile by fighter planes and riddled with rockets and machineguns. Five more tanks were hit. British naval gunfire smashed at docks, warehouses and rail sidings at the south coast port of Mokpu through which the Com munists have been trying to move men and supplies. B-29's unloaded 400 tons of bombs in a third major strike at North Korean chemical plants. This time they hit the Bogun Che mical plant at Hungnam, 118 miles north of the 38th parallel and but three miles from the explosive factory reported almost totally de stroyed in strikes on Sunday and Tuesday. Douglas Utilities' Valuation Upped Full cash value of public utility property in Douglas county, as of July 30, according to the state tax commission, was $22,341,618, compared with $17,734,855 in 1949, an increase of $4,606,763. The ass essed value was $13,131,554, an in crease of $2,717,990 over $10,463, 564 last year. For all utility properties in Ore gon the cash value is $480,204,605, increased $29,346,128 from $450. 858,477 in 1949. The assessed va lue is $264,163,8(13 and is $17,928- 857 more than the $246,235,006 of a year ago. By law the commission is re quired tn determine the full cash value of public utility property every year, it must also deter mine the percentage the assessed value in each county is to the true value, which then becomes the ratio for that county. The ratio is applied to the full cash value of utility properties to equal ize the assessed value with other property. FLOOD HITS MECCA CAIRO (AP) Torrential rains ins are reported to have flooded Mecca, drenching 7,000 pilgrims to the holy city of Islam. No casualties have been report ed from the city of 130,000. Levity Fact Rant By L. F. Reizenstein A sonata commlttea votes prison sentences for hoarders and black marketeers and then fails to ask an appropriation to double the sixa of penitentiariea needed to accommodate all of them.