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2 The Newt-Review, Rjseburg, Ore Wed., Aug. 30, 1950
Truman Favors
Deferment Of
Training Plan
WASHINGTON -(.Pi Most law
makers agreed today that Presi
dent Truman had put universal
military training (UMT) in cold
storage at least until January by
saying again he sees no need for
immediate action.
"Legislation of this character
should be placed on the statute
books at an early date so that we
ran nut it into ODeration as soon
as the circumstances permit," the
President said. "Accordiniily. 1
hope that the senate committee
will continue its active considera
tion of this legislation with a view
of seeking final action on it in Jan
uary." In his letter to the committee,
Mr. Truman noted that he had
urged UMT for five years and
added:
"lam just as strongly in favor
of it today as I have ever been."
But if UMT became law tomor
row, he said, "it could not possibly
he put into effect at once." because
it would require many training
camps "and scores of thousands
of experienced military person
nel." "Accordingly, it does not seem
to me immediately necessary for
the congress to enact universal
military training legislation," the
President said.
Before the new word from the
White House, Senator Lodge, a
World War II army officer, told
his colleagues the nation needs a
universal military service law to
require all able youths to put in
18 months of active duty. UMT
would provide only military train
ingsix months on an intensive
basis and six in reserve status.
Ledge said the country needs
"at least 30 divisions and armed
forces totaling at least 3.000.000
men." That would be nearly 1,000
000 more men than manpower
goals now contemplated.
In the battle for survival with
communism, Lodge said, the pres
ent goal of "18 U. S. army divisions
does not look terribly impressive
when placed against a grand total
of 175 Soviet divisions."
UMT "is obviously better than
nothing," Lodge said, "and I shall
vote for it if it is the best we can
get."
Donor Tears Up Mortgage
On Tortured Boy's Home
RIDGEFIKLD, Conn. (.? An
anonymous donor Tuesday tore up
a $2,000 mortgage he held on the
home of Joseph Korczynski Jr..
the four -year-old boy, his mother
and three small sisters. The mort
gage holder asked that his name
be withheld.
Joe, with two holes bored into
his chest, was found pinioned to a
drill press here last Wednesday.
Slate police said the boy had been
attacked by his father, a waiter,
since committed to a mental hos
pital. The boy still is on the danger
list.
American Troops 'Captured'
By Pitiful Children In Korea
Prompt Pay Of
Social Security
Boosts Assured
There will be no delay In get
ting out the increased insurance
benefit payments provided by the
amended social security act ac
cording to Paul K. Johnson, man
ager of the Eugene social security
field office.
Johnson returned from a three
day conference in Sacramento,
Calif., held in conneclion with the
amended act, signed by President
Truman Monday
"At the conference, I learned
that the area offices have been
working overtime to compute the
increased amounts of payment and
arc ready now to get out the higher
ur.ii.-iiL tiiccKs," dohnson said.
under a provision ui me new
law, increased payments will go
to everyone now receiving old-age
or survivors insurance payments
This is effective Sept. 1.
"Cards notifying present bene
ficiaries of this important provi
sion of the new law are now in
the mails," Johnson said. "The
increases will show on the. Sept.
temher checks which will reach
them early in October."
Payments under the amended
law will range from a minimum uf
$20 for a retired insured worker
to $150 maximum for family bene
fits. Johnson requests beneficiaries in
this locality to wait until the re
ceipt of their September checks to
find out the exact amount of their
individual increased benefit pay
ments. They wlil receive these
checks in October.
By HAL BOYLE
KOREA (.) The American army here is being captured
most against its will by a younger and more numerous force.
It is slowly becoming the prisoner of the children of Korea.
In every country in which the GI has fought he usually makes fast
friends of the kids first. To them he is a military Croesus with end
less stores of chewing gum, chocolate bars and candy mints. And few
could withstand these bribes lavishly delt out.
They made the GI the hero of
childhood from Calcutta to Casa
blanca in the last World war.
It wasn't altogether generosity
on the part of the GI, although he
was and is notoriously softhearted
to children. But he learned quickly
that through the kids he could win
his way into favor with their fam
ilies generally families with
pretty daughters.
And before long GI Joe was a
one-man post exchange. He gave
his gum to the kids, his bag of
laundry soap to their mamma, his
cigaret ration to their papa. And
all he had left to give the pretty
daughter was a chocolate bar and
conversation. However, this often
seemed satisfactory. The happy
Local News
Ford Workers
Strike To Back
Wage Demands
l- Hera From Albany Mrs. Anna
; taesdon of Albany is visiting ber
daughter. Miss Vivian Logsdon, of
Roseburg. They will go to Albany
Thursday to attend the wedding of
Mrs. Ixigsdon's granddaugnter
that night.
Vacationing Mrs. Jean Whit
tenburg, and sons Jimmy, Jerry
and Donnie, of Roseburg left Fri
day for a vacation. They expect
to be back this weekend.
time were reported to have upset
operations at Ford's big Rouge
plant.
The CIO United Auto Workers
said the incidents reflected unrest
over pay raises granted to Ford
system of introduction was so well i competitors which have upped
Club To Meat Winchester
Community club will meet at 8
o'clock Friday night, Sept. 1, at
DETROIT VP) A series of ' the clubhouse witn Mr. and Mrs.
quickie strikes at Ford focused i Charlie Johnson and Mr. and Mrs.
attention today on that firm's pol-1 O. P. Van Horn as hosts and host
icy in the auto industry's re-1 esses in charge of a surprise pro
vamped wage pattern. j gram. Members are asked to each
Brief walkouts yesterday at one bring a new family, fcvery family
attending is asked to brine a
watermelon large enough for their
own family.
Counting morning and evening
editions separately, there are
nearly 100 daily newspapers pub
lished in Canada.
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understood in London that when
ismall boy called "Got any gum,
j chum?" the soldier joked back,
"Got a sister, mister?"
I But the formula hasn't gone so
i far in Korea. Few have found ei
ther temporary or permanent girl
friend and most have taken no
part in the life of the country.
Anxious for Quick Job
The frank truth is that most
Yanks came here to do a disagree
able duty that has taken them
longer than they hoped and they
want to leave as soon as it is done
There are fewer comforts in Korea
than in Japan and life generally is
on a lower level. The GI has shown
little interest in learning just what
kind of people the Koreans are,
although he has developed a great
; respect for their ability as soldiers,
j But slowly ihe Korean children
I arc winning him over. I suppose it
1 is their plight that has touched
him. At first they were as sU'ange
and furtive as their parents, peek
ing out fearfully from their crude
mud-walled huts when the troops
rolled by. Then they learned to
wave and salute and say " 'ello,"
and now it is a great game for
them to stand in the dust saluting
and yelling " 'Ello, 'ello, 'ello,"
like lillle birds that have only two
notes in their song.
Distast and Poverty Sttn
They arc happy handsome chil
dren those of good health and
as couteous and polite as the chil
dren of France. But many have
legs and arms covered with sores,
and heads so patched with disease
the hair looks as if it had been
burned out by red hot quarters held
against the skull.
As the war goes on, more lost
and homeless children, paying Ihe
price of a war they don't under
stand, drift into the cities and be
on the streets. It hurts your heart
to see these tiny ragamuffins
stretched sleepily all alone on a
filthy path.
The children know that the troops
generally get their rations in the
evening. They gather at dusk near
the billets, patiently expectant.
The hoys are now bold enough to
say " 'Ello, gum?" hut the little
girls hang shyly back. Only five
or six years old themselves, they
usually clasp on their back a sleep
ing baby whose shook of stiftlv
standing uncut black hair makes ft
look like a kingfisher.
The children bring gifts of apoles
in their hands. And it is a tutigh
GI indeed who doesn't shower
down with his candy and chewing
gum then. Many a soldier saves
these tidbits for the appearance of
a particular child he has picked
out as his personal mascot and
given a nickname like 'Small
bore" or "Little Jtighead."
Perhaps as they get to know
these children better the troop
may learn the people here are not
so different from him as he thinks.
No land and no people can re
main pretty in a civil war.
their hourly wage by as much as
ten cents or more.
Ford made no comment.
Through yesterday half a mil
lion auto workers had received pay
boosts, but Ford had given no in
dication of what it intended to do.
Employer of 115,000 hourly work
ers, the company was the only
member of Auto's "Big Three"
which had not joined in the pro
cession to pay increacss.
Under its contract with the un
ion, Ford is not required to make
any wage change before Jan. 1.
Chrysler, a big three member,
voluntarily increased its rates by
ten cents. General Motors, the
other member, puts a five-cent
hourly raise into effect Friday un
der I'.s cost-of-living clause. This
adds to a previously contracted
four cents increase.
Together, General Motors and
Chrysler employ about 400,000
hourly workers.
After two separate walkouts of
tool and die workers yesterday and
last night, Ford laid off a total
of 6,600 employes temporarily. All
were calico back today, however.
Fold said the walkouts compelled
the layoffs.
Carl Stellato, president of UAW
Ford local 600, said Ford tool and
die men average $2.12 an hour in
pay compared to $2.50 at Ford
competitors. Tool and die men arc
workers of top skill
Club to Meat South Deer
Creek Home Economics club will
meet at 2 o'clock Friday, Sept. 1,
at the home of Sirs. Joe Brum
back. South Jeer Creek Grange
will meet at 8:15 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 2, at the hall. As this will
be the first fall meeting, the of
ficers are uring a 100 percent at
tendance of members.
Visit at Hayas Home Visitors
at the Lloyd Hayes home Monday
and Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs.
George James and family .trom
the Port Orford cedar experimen
tal forest at Powers.
Johnsons Homa Mr. and Mrs.
N. D. Johnson and son, Bobby,
have returned from a vacation
trip along thi Oregon beaches.
They were present at the wedding
of Herman Becker, Mrs. Johnson's
brother, in Portland. Mrs. John
son spent a few days visiting at
Dallas, while Mr. Johnson at
tended the Kiwanis convention ir
Spokane.
The Jenkins spent the weekend in
Seattle visiting Mrs. Jenkins'
brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Nelson. Mrs. Lcedy took the
plane for New York City, where
she will begin her senior year at
Parsons School of Design, where
she has a full year's scholarship
in recognition for her outstanding
work as a student of the school
Enjoy Waaktnd Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Bachen and family of Rose
burg spent last weekend vacation
ing at Lake Mercer.
At Spousta Homa Visitors at
the Joe Spousta home on Union
Ave. are Mrs. Spousta's brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Stover, and their two child
ren from Aberdeen, Wash. They
will be Roseburg guests for a week
and return home following a Calif
ornia trip.
rtaturnt Home Mrs. H. Pres
ton is convalescing at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Milton Murphy,
in Roseburg following an operation
in Portland two weeks ago. The
Prestons are Roseburg residents.
Laavai for Coast Mrs. Henry
Sanstan and daughter, Margie El
len oi lacoma lett Monday lor
Coos Bay, after spending the week
end in Roseburg at the home of
Mrs. Floyd Stephens.
last year. Mrs. Leedy has been
Stellato said the walkouts were I -'Pending summer here with her
evidence that the workers "will ! V''"-
not tolerate the company's attitude
in refusing an immediate wage
increase."
Most hourly production workers
in the industry are said now to
be paid about $1.75 an hour. Stel
lato said Ford pays $1.62.
In Officj Mrs. Gladys Amund
sen will be in charge ot the Camp
Fire office in the basement of
Miller's department store tor the
next 10 days. Miss Barbara Lou
Kitt, executive director of Camp
will return to her duties, Sept. 8.
Back From Gaarhart Mrs.
Roy Cummins and small daugh
ter, Leslie, and son, Christopher,
are back at their home on Reser
voir avenue, Roseburg, following
a month's vacation at Gearhart
visiting Mrs. Cummins' mother,
Mrs. C. E. Miller Sr.
Out of Hospital Brooke Young,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. A.
Young, has been discharged from
Mercy hospital and is convalesc
ing satisfactorily at her home in
Westmoreland. She received med
ical treatment at the hospital the
last week.
Working at Hospital Mrs. Her
man Matisoff of Roseburg has ac
cepted employment at the Rose
burg Veterans hospital.
Returns to Eugtnt Mrs. W.
E. Buchanan has returned to her
home in Eugene, following a visit
in Roseburg with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. B. A.
Young, and family, in Westmore
land.
Training School
Escapees' Orgy
Ends In Hospital
PORTLAND (.) A stolen
car crashed into a telephone pole
here early today, ending a high
speed police chase and putting
two Woodburn training school
escapees in a hospital.
The escapees, Donald Lee Beene
and Clyde M. Nichols, both 15, had
only a few hours of freedom.
Beene, with no home listed, was
the driver. He had been sent to
the school on a car theft charge.
That car, too, had been wrecked
Nichols, of Lebanon, was listed
in the police record as having
been sent to the school after fre
quently running away from home.
Nichols, thrown from the car,
was cut about the face and Eman
uel hospital reported he might lose
one eye. beene, pinned in tne
wreckage for 30 minutes, suffered
leg and arm fractures and severe
face cuts.
Patrolmen John Lindhold and
Jim Brasher, who chased the
speeding car at 60 miles an hour
until it crashed at the north city
limits, said questioning of the boys
and state police reports indicated
this was what happened:
Getting away from the school
last night, they took a car i n
Woodburn, drove to Salem and
abandoned it. There they stole an
other car and headed for Port
land via Dayton and Newberg. At
Dayton they broke into a laundry
and took some clothing and a t
Newberg they entered three ser
vice stations and made off with
about $100 and various automobile
accessories. En route to Portland
they broke into several roadside
stands, taking cases of soft drinks,
the report continued.
Then, heading north on N. E
Union avenue, they were speeding
and the chase started.
Arthritii Blocks Tweed
From Rtturn To Navy
SEATTLE ) Spinal arth
ritis has knocked George Ray
Tweed, the man who dodged Jap
anese soldiers on Guan for 21
months during World War II, out
of a return to duty with the navy.
Tweed was a navy chief petty
officer on Guam when the Japan
ese captured it in the early phases
of the Pacific war. He hid out in
the brush, in caves and homes of
friendly Guamanians until the
island was retaken by U. S. forces.
He retired to operating a bowl
ing alley at Grants Pass, Ore., but
was called to duty this week as
a member of the fleet reserve.
The navy doctors sent him home
Tuesday. Spinal arthritis incurred
while he hid on the island disabled
him, they said.
The ancient Romans believed
Vulcan, the fire god, was a black
smith with a forge in the volcano
ML Etna.
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Boy Kills Self After
Wrecking Father's Car
DYERSBURG, Tenn. .PI Six
teeny ear-old . Donald Austin
wrecked his father's new car Mon
day. He and the other two occu
pants were merely scratched, but
the automobile was badly dam
aged. Conscience stricken, the boy hur
ried home, obtained his father's
shotgun and. Police Chief Nick
Bond said, shot himself to death
as his nine-y e a r-old brother
watched.
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bilities of production of new automobiles nor about potential
shortages, S & S Motors wish to make certain policies clear.
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and offered for sale immediately. All cars will be sold as equipped
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No extras to buy
No waiting list
No trade-in required
Honest trade-in values given for your old car.
There will never be any "under the table" deals made on automo
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Lightning Explodes
Dynamite; 2 Men Killed
PITTSVILLE, Pn. (.fl A
lightning boll travelled 430 feet
along an underground wire and
exploded five charges of dynamite
killing two miners.
Harvev Reiner, 32, of Donaldson,
Pa., and Harry Hartz, 35, of Tre
niont, were working in an inde
pendent mine when the freak acci
dent occurred. The dynamite ex
ploded in their faces.
Three British Soldiers
Face Gallows In Egypt
FAYID. Egypt P Three
British soldiers are scheduled to
be hanged tomorrow in the first
execution of British troops in
Egypt.
The three, all in their 20 s. were
convicted in the shooting and kill
ing of an Egyptian night watch
man who tried to prevent them
from stealing an automobile last
April.
Out of Hospital Robert Roach
has been discharged trom Mercy
hospital, where he recently under
went a major operation, and is
reported convalescing satisfactor
ily at the home of his parents,
Dr. and Mrs. Morris H. Roach,
on South Main street. He plans
to he able to leave soon for Illinois
to begin his junior year at Whea
ton college, where he is majoring
in archeology. Morris Roach Jr.
plans to enlrr Lewis and Clark
college in Portland , Ihis fall for
his freshman year.
Public Invited to Party Pyth
ian Sisters will sponsor a benelit
card party at 8 o'clock Thursday
night, Aug. .11. at the K. of P.
hall. The public is invited. High
and low prizes will he awarded
winners in pinochle, five-hundred
and canasta. Iced-tea will be ser
ved during the card play and re
freshments will be served at 10
p.m.
Jenkins Horn Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Jenkins have returned t o
their home in Roseburg, following
a trip to Seattle to take their
daughter, Mrs. Clark Leedy (for
merly Meredith Anne Jenkins).
Quarterly Potluck Riversdale
Grange will hold its quarterly pot
luck birthday dinner Friday night
at 6:30 o'clock at the hall. The
Edenbower ladies will be in charge
with Mrs. Lucy Osterman acting
as chairman.
To Meat At Luncheon Rotary
Anns will meet at a noon no-hostess
luncheon Thursday at the
Hotel Rose.
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To Meat Thursday Women of
the Roseburg Country club will
meet Thursday at a 12:30 o'clock
luncheon at the clubhouse. Con
tract bridge and canasta will be
in play at 1 o'clock. Those desir
ing transportation are asked te
call 1288-J.
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