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COMP IPtresodloiji Asks Spedal Law T rariti Seiio fflarshair To Gkeome Mens U. of C. Library Eugene, tre. --Jae- , cf '- I 'i f ft il f NEW IISHOP The Most Rev. Francis P. Leipzig, bishop of Baket City was consecrated in services et St. Mary't cathedral, Portland, on Tuesday. Thit portrait itudy, by Las T. Ordtman, Oragon journal photographer, it the fir taken of the new bishop in vestments of a bishop. Shown ere the episcopal ring and pec toral (bishop's I cross, insigne of his office. IAP Photo.) U.N. Troops Told Allied Offensive Will Start Soon Bv LEIF ERICKSON TOKYO, (API Allied troops got word .today that they will kick off en the offensive soon against the big Red Korean war machine they have battled to e stendstill for a month. Lt. Cen. Walton H. Walker, allied ground commander in Korea, said in a fighting talk to his -frontline troops: "Wn we are aoina to aive ud the attitude of defense . as soon as we start forward and break the crust in front of us, the enemy will fold. 'We can feel a weakening of the enemy now . . . in some 4hu aetuallv are oullina out." - . -. f J- 1 i Ohio Disaster Probing Starts PITTSBURGH UP) A Penn sylvania Railroad engineer testi fied today he was trying to make up time when hi crack passenger train rammed the rear ol a troop train, killing 33 national guards men. William Eller, 65-year-old en gineer of the Pennsylvania! "Spirit -of St. Louis," testified in near whispers at opening of an investigation into the fatal Ohio crash by the interstate Commerce commission, the railroad, the Ohio Public Utility commission and the army. Eller testified he wa8 29 min utes late leaving Pittsburgh and had lost another minute enroute. He said visibility at the time of the wreck in the pre-dawn hours Monday was restricted because of fog. The crash occurred neat Coshocton, 0. The veteran engineer, described bv his fireman as "one of the most alert and capable men 1 know." told how he reduced speed but "not enough" at the first approach block before the stalled troop train. Eller guessed his speed at the time at 50 miles per hmir. K-t regulations require' that speed be reduced to 30 miles an hour at an approach block so the train can come to a complete stop at the next stop j,nd proceed sign. O'Dwyer Given Committee O.K. WASHINGTON ."-'' a moimn corridor, trapping ate foreign relations committee to- j 3 000 Red ffortans. Od?y: approved I the , "",",a'1nk This task force was led by W.lliam 0 Dwyer of 47-year-old Brig. Gen. Gar David- be ambassador to Mexico. The) formcr ni fMtbt vote was 8-0. fosrh and right end. It was a O'Dwyer recently resigned as i beJJIiant end sweep west from the mayor of New York city to accept . pon,ng lret by "Task Force Dav- uie uiiiuiuut Chairman Connally (D-Tex) of the foreign relations committee told reporters that Senator Hick nlonper (R-Iowa) simply voted "present" on the nomination. The eight other members voted appro val. 370.000 to 500,000 Draftees uue By July 1 WASHINGTON iP Mai. JZJZZPVLZJ!!:' ' 000 and 500.000 mer. Into the armed services before next July 1. He told the senate appropria tions committee at a closed ses-, , . - . ,., . , tion Sept. 1 that his most con- servative estimate was "at least 370.000, and maybe 400,000 and maybe 500,000." Hershey made the statement published by the committee yes terday in asking approval of a p supplemental appropriation of S20,- .io.uwi mr ins aeucj. I nc nouw which already ha acted on his request, cut n to su.jou.ujo. 0 The U. S. eighth army com- mender described the long week. of delaying action as necessary "agony and suffering." Only through such an ordeal, he said, could the allies build up power for an offensive. Walker's fighting talk came as allied troops flattened the Red Korean bulge on the northeast front in a triple-threat power drive. The United Nations gains in a three-day offensive were the greatest in nearly a month. They sealed much of the gap torn last week by Communists in their THE KOREAN WAR NEWS IN BRIEF (Bjr th. Ailoclatad Pnal 8TH ARMY HEADQUARTERS: Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker, an nounced U. S. troops "very soon" will take offensive and says en emy "will fold." NORTHEAST FRONT: U. S. 24th division task force under former West Point star snaps trap on 3.000 Reds. South Korean troops continue advance, north of Kyongju-Yongchon road. NORTHWEST FRONT: Give-and-take fighting continues north west of Taegu. U. S. first cavalry division attacks hill position. SOUTHWEST FRONT: U. S. artillery pushes back two Red at tempts to take high positions. massive breakthrough south from Kigye near the east coast. Resurgent South Korean troops, driving east from Yongchon and northwest from Kyongju, rolled back the ComMunists. To the cast, a mixed force of South Koreans and Americans lason mat trappeo me neas. Davidson's speedy end run across what he called "Billygo terrain or worse sealed Hre southern gate of a mountai ncor- ridor. northwest of Kyongju. lt lifted a major Communist threat to important Pohang airfield on the Korean east coast. It was the highlight of the day's action on the whole !2S-mile war front, which was whipped by the fringes of a typhoon. RMjland$, Pastures Of Stat Need Rain aWRTLAND (JPi Oregon pafures and rangelands need rain K ,.u and so do fall sown crops xh, , r.mrt,. The federal crop reporting ser vice's weekly bulletin said con tinued warm dry weather was speeding the maturity of late crops. Snap beans are about all harvested. Sweet corn, dill, mint, pear and hop harvests are pro gressing rapidly. Heavy canner demand for 'prongs apparently will leave little of Q crop for drying. Members of the Roteburg Retail Trades association join the Newt-Review today tn offering thit special edition hailing the annual Fall Opening. Fall Opening Thursday At TOO TOUGH Young Killer Gives Self Up After Escape SAN FRANCISCO W A young killer who reached manhood in San Quentin prison escaped j,'to see if I was capable of taking care of myself in society." Only nine hours and 15 miles later, Gu.ither Brandt, 26, walked into a San Francisco police sta tion anJ surrendered. He said the answer for him is "No!" Brandt had served seven years of a life sentence for killing a 82-year-old Los Angeles womanin a burglary. He has been studying Philosophy and German in a Un iversity of California extension cou.rse. The slender, 5 feet-four inch pris oner told police: "Suppose you had been for seven yeara in an institution which was the only place where you reached maturity. Suppose during that time your every need, every desire was given to you and your entire life was regimented day after day. You would get to a point where you had serious doubts about whether or not you were capable of existing in society under your own power." Brandt just walked away from his tractor at San Quentin yes terday afternoon and hiked into nearby San Rafael. He came here by bus, bought a - jacket and walked around until he got cold. Then he surrendered. "I thought of knocking somebody over the head," Brandt told po lice, "but now I have principles. I couldn't do a thing like that any more." New Earthquake Hits Asia Area BOMBAY, India UP) A new earthquake was reported today in northern Assam possioiy more vi olent than the one which took a toll of 5,000 lives in the same area a month ago. No details were available. The shock hit at 4:45 p. ra. (2:15 a. m. PST), reports received here said. (There have been no reports thus far from seismographs elsewhere. When the Aug. 15 quake struck, seismologists around the world re ported it so sharp that it made some of their seismographs react crazily.) Officials fears were expressed here that loss of life and prop erty from the new tremors, which lasted 90 minutes, would be much more extensive than that caused by the severe quake of Aug. 15. Dibrugarh, a town of 80.000, ap parently was near the center of the new shock. This town has suf fered severe damage in the last earthquake. Violent floods had been reported in the wake of the Aug. 15 quake which the government radio said had left nearly 5.000,000 homeless. Seismologists said last month't earhtquake was the world's fifth most severe shock. Brockway Army Sergeant Wounded In Korea Action Word has been received by Mrs. t'lora Burnell of Brockway that !her son, M Sgt. Albert F. Rob ei was wounded in action in Korea, Aug. 17. He is a member I of the Indianhead Second division that landed in Korea, July 31, from Foit Lewis. Wash. Sat. Roberts enlisted in the afrny at rbos Bay. November. 1942. He served ,n active combat in Ger many during the European cam paign, returning to the states in Ji4y 1945. He re-enlisted and re turned to Germany in March 1946 and served three years in the Con stabulary forces in occupied Ger many, returning to the United States in 1949. Anti-Red WASHINGTON (Jp) A bill aimed at stifling Communist activ ities all along the home front head ed today for a senate house confer ence as the first step toward a probable veto by President Tru man. Q It received im overwhelming 70 to 7 vote of approval in the Sen ate late yesterd after a hectic and often contOTed maneuvering that eventually welded two oppos ine measures into one. Briefly the bill provides for? 1. The internment of dangerous Reds in time of warinvasion or insurrection. ..Registration ef Communist and Communist front organisa tions. DISPLAYS READIED FOR FETE By WARREN A. MACK Maws-Raviaw lull WriUr A variety ot special events. sights and scenes an dspecially decorated windows and displays are being readied today for Rose- burg s annual fall Opening Thurs day. Beginning officially at 7:30 p.m. with unveiling of store windows, the festival will feature sucb at tractions as the popular treasure hunt, a "grab bag sale" added to this year's affair, three atyle shows, displays and derr-nstra-tions of farm implements, heavy equipment and new cars and com petition between participating merchants for "best dressed" store window honors. "Biggest end Best" Members of the Roseburg Retail Trades association, with the coop eration of other groups, have planned what they claim to be this city's "biggest and best" in Fall Openings. Cash and merchand- dise prizes will be awarded visitors of Roseburg's business section. The Roseburg high school band will help usher in the fall season by performing on city streets. Merchants were casting appre hensive glances at the cloudy skies today, but RTA committee chairman Bill Gray said the events would be held "rain or shine," although, fall clothing styles may give way to raincoats. Bleachers Te Be Provid.d Bleachers will be provided spec tators gathered for the Mabel Lewis style review, with the first of several showings to begin at J; 30 p.im' Joe Richards models will fashion the latest in men's fall clothing at 8 p.m. A cooper ative effort on the part of Ashcraft Jewelers, the Fashion Center and Ott-Ricketts Music store will un veil fall styles in women's apparel and jewelry, with a two piano-organ trio finishing incidental mu (Contlnued on page Two) New Lumber Company Going Up In Dillard A new industry is being con structed in Dillard on the west side of the river, to be known as the And ixi s Lumber CO. The corporation i s being formed by L. R. Andrus, Cliff Aten and Stanford Buell. Construction is rapidly taking shape and it i a planned to have the mill in opera tion within the next thirty days. This mill is to he an all-electric eight foot stud mill, complete with planer. The sawing capacity is 30, 000 foot per day. The pond when completed with hold 300.000 foot of logs. The company expects to em ploy around ten men. Incendiary Fires High This Year, Association Says Douglas county is having one of its worst fire seasons so far as incendiary fires are concerned, ac cording to the Tiouglas Forest Pro tect jet association. The DFPA said today that five or six more fires were set on Tyee mountain, about 15 miles west of Sutherlin. The largest covers' about two acres. Two of them cover about aiacre and there are one or two of one-eighth acre. The group on Tyee mountain is presumed to be set by the same party that set a series of 11 fires Sunday on Stout creek near Milo. The DFPA said trouble is us ually encountered with arsonists each season. But this year it's "a little worse" than before. The assMation has asked the state to send an investigator. Other fires in the countv laid to incendiarism, include one near (.llfte at tSI heart nt Mnntljv rsnlr me latter part of August. This covered about 100 acres. Bill Heads For Conference 3. Barring Reds from govern ment jobs and obtaining passports. 4. New legal curbs on sabotage and espionage. 5. New weapons to be used to exclude and export aliens consi ere'Sji be subversive. . Outlawing conspiracies to set up a "totalitarian dictatorship" in the United States. Substitute Defeated Senator Kilgore (D-WVa) had in troduced the interment plan as a substitute for the sweep catch all bill aponsored by Chairtrlan Mc Carran (D-Nev) of the senate ju diciary commute.. As a substitute it wss defeated 50 to 23. 1 Meanwhile Senate Democratic ROSEIURG. OREGON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1950 Scheduled 7:30 P. Ill Big Picnic Set Sunday, Sept. 17, At Umpqua Park The entire community and neighboring areas are cooperating in what is scheduled as one of the biggest picnics ever held in this area. The Douglas Community hospi tal picnic will be held Sunday, Sept. 17, starting at 2 p.m. at Umpqua park. The general Com mittee, headed by Arlo Jacklin, met last night to complete plana. A large crowd is anticipated and a bounteous dinner is plan ned. Arrangements have been made to have 35 to 40 turkeys, 40 watermelons, 1.000 bottles of pop and all the coffee and ice cream those attending could ask for. . I All this food, together with bak ery goods, are being donated by local merchants and concerns. Turkey growers are donating the turkeys. The picnic will be held rain or shine, said Jacklin. In case of rain, the affair will be held in the fairgrounds exhibit build ing, which will accommodate 1,500 persons. C. A. Rickets is arranging a special trogram, which is an nounced as follows: Bob McCarl will be master of ceremonies; Mrs. Jack Smith's accordion band will play; Mrs. Lynn Beckley will play the Hammond electric or gan. R. Cloyd Riffe will le a d community singing; the NorUi west Christian trio, which has been singing nightly at the Christian church for special services, will sing; the barbershop quartet, con sisting of Ernie I,enu, Lawrence Rand, Jack Gorthy and Jim Wol- ford, will entertain, and at least one and possibly two barbershop groups irom Eugene win be here. Families should bring a covered dish and table ware. All other food will be free. Central Agency For Foreign Aid Studied By Group WASHINGTON (Pi A plan to channel all foreign aid both military and economic through a single government agency re portedly is being drawn up for President Truman's consideration. Informed officials said today the plan is part of a report now being prepared by Gordon Gray, former army secretary and new president of the University of North Caro lina. Gray and a staff of government and private financial experts have been studying world economic con ditions for the past six months at the request of President Truman. Tentative conclusions being put into final form, officials said, call for unified administration of all foreign aid programs which in volve grants by the American gov ernment. These grants total bil lions of dollars annually. First step in the unification pro posal, it is reported, would be the merger of the Kconomic Coopera tion (ttA), which is directing economic am to in western Eu ropean countries plus Korea and China, with the military assistance program now funneling American billions to nearly a score of na tions. Part of the reasoning behind Gray's current thinking, officials say. is that a tighter check is needed on the money the United States is now distributing to over seas allies. Other powers suggested for the proposed new agency, it was learned, is that it have a major voice in determining the policies of the export-import bank, and direct the activitiea of the American representative of the multi-billion dollar world bank The export m tVtrt hanlr ia thia nnvarnmnnl'a principal agency for making for- 1 eign loans. leader Lucas of Illinois grabbed the ball. When the voting was fi nally over, he had succeed in nail ing a somewhat modified version of the Kilgore plan onto the Mc Carran bill. It was done by voice vote after the Senate had (A) batted down 45 to 29, Lucas' move to substi tute the plan for the Communist registration section, and (B) re jected, 37 to 35, his first attempt to write the plan into the bill. This vole was later reconsidered and acceptance followed. Two Other Changes Noted There were only two other ma jor changes in the McCarran bill. One stripped from it a provision ')) - o rrf pw ' ft. : I li I imjl I i ' ' I T f I HOSPITAL WORKERS Mrs. Paul ham, who have both qiven over patients at the Veterans hospital, a tour of the hospital wards. board and stationery, will write letters for veterans unable to communicate with their families themselves. Mrs. Harpham is shown with the Red Cross 'basket' which, .filled with .cigarettes, candy and chewing gum, accompanies the Crey Ladies on thefr ward visits. The Red Cross is holding recuiting program to interest more Douglas county residents to volunteer their services at the hospital. ELECTION ROUNDUP Tobey Wins Close Test In New Hampshire Vote By The Associated Press Senator Charles W. Tobey, self-styled liberal, fighting one of the toughest battles of his political career, won nomination to a third term in New Hampshire's rough and tumble Repub lican primary Tuesday. The 70-year-old lawmaker squeexed by with a 1,127 vote margin over 34-year-old Wesley Powell, World War II veteran and former secretary to Senator Styles Bridges IR-NHI. Powell campaigned on tne theme that Tobey was a "Truman Republican" and "too liberal." He said he would ask for a recount. The unofficial tally was: Tobey 39.003. Powell 37,876. States voting, besides New Hampshire, were Ariiona, Colo rado, Michigan, Minnesota. Ver mont and Washington. Involved were four other senate seats, 41 Senate Asked To Cite Three WASHINGTON (VP) The sen ate foreign relations committee voted today to ask the Senate to cite Communist leader Earl Brow der, Frederick Vanderbilt Field and Philip Jaffe for contempt of Congress. The three were involved in an investigation by a foreign relations subcommittee into the charges by Senator McCarthy (R-Wis) that Cummunists had infiltrated the State department. A. resolution requesting con tempt proceedings was adopted by a S to 0 committee vote. Chair man Connally (D-Texas) told re porters after a closed meeting. He said he hoped to get senate action on it before Congress ad journs or recesses. The contempt move stemmed from the refusal of Browder, Jaffe and Field to answer questions I during the subcommittee-inquiry. to set up r semi-independent of fice of passports and visas. This amendment, by Senator Connally (D-Tex), was adopted 39 to 33. The other, an amendment by Senator Ellender (D-La), added a provision making it illegal to picket federal courts. It was adopted on a ' voice vote. A top administration lieutenant, who asked that he not be identi fied by name, told reporters the White House already has the measure under study, but he did not know when a decision would be made. die said, however, that the Pres ident would make a forthright stand one way or another. 2M-50 I Barcut and Mrs. V. V. Harp- 600 hours of service to the are shown ready to start on Mrs. barcut, equipped with clip house memberships and six gov ernorships. Here s a summary of top races in those states: ARIZONA Senator Carl Hay- den and other members of the Democratic congressional delega tion were renominated. Their Re publican foes in the general elec tion had no primary opposition. A woman, former state auditor. Ana Frohmiller, appeared to hafe won the Democratic nomination for Governor. The Republican candi date was unopposed. Millikln Renominated COLORADO Senator Eugene D. Millikin was renominated by Republicans without a contest. The Democratic nominee is Rep. John A. Carroll, also chosen with out opposition. Former Gov. Ralph L. Carr was picked by republicans as their gubernator ial candidate to oppose Gov. Walter W. Johnson, Democrat, in November. VERMONT Winston I. Prouty, 44-year-old lumber dealer making hi: first bid for a state wide office, won the Republican nomination to the state s only seat in the 1). S. Hnn; f Representa tives. In traditionally Republican Vermont, he is virtually assured of taking the place of Rep. Charles A. Plumiey, Republican, who is retiring. Senator George D. Aiken, Republican was unop posed for renomination. Form.r Governor Picked MICHIGAN Republicans picked former Gov. Harry F. Kelley as their candidate to op pose Democratic Gov. G. Mennen Williams in the November elec tion. Kelly led his closest oppon ent in the five-way GOP primary by almost 50.000 votes in incom plete returns. MINNESOTA Republi can Gov. Luther Youngdahl swamped four little known oppon ents to gain the nomination for t another term. Harry H Peterson, former state supreme court iu- lice, led a six-man race for the Democratic-farmer-labor nomina tion for governor. WASHINGTON W. Walter Williams, 49-year-old Seattle bus inessman, led two other candi dates for the Republican nomina tion to the Senate. Democratic I Senator Warren G. Magnuson was 1 unopposed. Replacement Of Johnson Brings Heed WASHINGTON (m Pref Ment Truman formally asked Congress today te pest a law te let Cen. Ceerge C. Marshall become an exception In plac ing a military man at the head ot the defense establishment. The senate armed services cemmittje Immediately went Into a closed session te cen sider the request. Chairman Tydingt (D-Md) told reporters that what Mr. Truman clearly want It that the exception be mode te aa ply te no ether person then Marshall, no ether circum stance and at no other time. An amendment to the preaent law ia necessary if Marshall is to succeed the resigned Louis John son as secretary of defense. Mr. Truman wrote Tydings and Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) of the corresponding house committee, asking for the necessary legisla tion and inclosing a draft. "I am a firm believer," the chief executive said, "in the gen eral principle that our defense es tablishment should be headed by civilian. However, in view of WASHINGTON tm Prest. dent Truman asked Congress te day te make en exception end let Cen. Ceerge C. Marshall serve as secretory ef defense even though he is a military man. The senate armed services committee Immediately a sv proved the necessery legislation. The vote was 10 te 2. The senate group acted even before e bill wes Introduced far mally. The house armed services committee postponed action un til Friday. the present critical circumstances and Gen. Marshall's unusual qual ifications. I believe that the na tional intereat will be served best by making an exception in this case." There was some Republican op position, however, to an interrup tion in traditional civilian control over the military. A few Repub licans said, too, that the wrong cabinet officer had been dropped that it should have been Secretary of State Acheson. Johnson Tells Stand Johnson, a target of mounting criticism since the outbreak of the Korean war, told President Tru. man in a resignation letter yester day it was inevitable that in the' "conscientious performance" ot his job "I would make more en emies than friends." Mr. Truman replied with a sa lute to Johnson's motives of" high est patriotism." But he accepted (he resignation and then called his old friend. General Marshall, to take over Johnson's job. Mr. Truman once before had put Mar shall in bis cabinet as secretary of state. Marshal, i good soldier, told (he President he would take the job but reminded Mr. Truman that it would take a special act of Con gress to let him become secretary of defense. Statutes Have Limits t The statutes now provide that no person who has served actively as a commissioned officer in the armed forcea in the previous 10 yeara can be named secretary of defense. If the law ia changed, as seems probable, the Senate could be expected to follow that action by speedy confirmation of the ap pointment. There remained little doubt that President' Truman had made a political ten-strike by his move to recall to the cabinet the man who was chief of staff in World War II. Johnson has been under heavy attack by many Repub licans and a few Democrats, along with Secretary Acheson. Stephen Early Also Resigns WASHINGTON IPi George Callett Marshall, soldier by pro fession and diplomat by exper ieniy, is headed back to the Pent agon to become secretary of de fense. President Truman turned to the 69-year-old, five-star general and former secretary of state to re place Louis Johnson. Johnson, bowing to presidential will and the "enemies I hsve ac quired during the eiteen months I have served as a member ot your cabinet," submitted his resig nation yesterday. Mr. Truman ac cepted it with official regret but with alacrity. Suddenly, in a single oay, uier. were vacancies pending in the two top civilian posts of the huge and complex national military estab lishment. . , , For what appeared to be entirely personal reasons, Stephen fcsriy resigned as deputy secretary. He had remained well past the year s leave granted him by tne ruuman Standard Car Manufacturing Co., so that he could return to govern ment work. None of the criticism that had welled up around Johnson had touched Early. The Weather Partly cloudy today and Thurs day. Slightly cooler with eccasienel rain Thursday. Highest temp, for any Sept. 10J Lowest temp, far ai Sept. W Highest temp. yestVday J Lowest temp, yesterday SI Precipitation last 24 hours. .M Precipitation from Sept. 1 . Deficiency from Sept. 1 M Sunset today, 7:27 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 4:51 a.m. o . o
