COMP O o frnnn nr? i?ni7a nnnnn U. of 0, Library Eugene, fere o)q) mm Blame Placed On Federal Credit Curbs Green Dimension First Affected; Orders Slump, Production Curtailed PORTLAND UP) Douglas fir lumber prices were s k i d d I n t - y v-v:- - ' .... , 3 LT. G. W. MADSEN and Salvation Army workers ara oictured foodi into boxes which will ba given to needy families in the Roseburg area. The canned food and old clothes collection drive is being conducted in conjunction with the present Community Chest drive. The Salvation Army workers are, left to right, Mrs. Charles Brennen, Mrs. Jim Moody and Mrs. Alfred Anderson. (Picture by Paul Jenkins.) Douglas County Candidates Will Discuss Current Issues At Public Meeting Oct. 25 Douglas county legislators and candidates for the state leg Mature and county judge positions will be asked to present their views on important issues and problems facing the people of this county and Oregon at a special meeting Oct, 25 at 8 p.m. in the junior high library. I Each candidate will present a s i r w five-minule statement of his stand , LenmCm S VJKCIV UT 1 . n ,.ia. n f 1 1.1- whlffl uu taut " i - ' ' the meeting will be open to ques tions from the floor and general dicussion, said Robert C. Sabin, junior high vice principal in charge ol arrangements. The nine measures on the No vember ballot, the Holy report on elementary and high school edu cation, taxation and school prob lems will be discussed by the can didates in their talks. The purpose of the meeting, said aaoin, is iu kk- tunity to meet with their candi dates and to know how they stand vital issues. It is possible that the state legislature next year will set the blue print for puDiie edu cation for 'he next 20 years and it is important to know what our candidates think about these prob lems, he said. All people interested are invited to attend this meeting. Members of school boards. P.T.A.'s and teachers are especially urged to come. Candidates who will present their views are: Paul Geddes, state representative; Sidney Lei ken, and V. T. Jackson and Rus sell Hubbard, candidates for state representative: Carl Hill and How a r d Cracroft, candidates for county judte. State Senator Thomas Parkinson will also be a guest speaker. The meeting is sponsored by the Douglas County division. O.E.A., and Douglas County Elementary Principals association. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS I-et's put it bluntly: President Truman, speaking in San Francisco last night on a ivord-wide radio hook-up, present ed to the communists in the Krem lin an olive branch on the point ol a bayonet. Give us peace, he said OUR kind of peace, based upon JUS TICE or face American armed might all over the world. I suppose one of history's clear est lessons is that if you're going to have peace you've got to be willing to fight for it. Why the spectacular . flight to Wske island? The President didn't enlighten us much on that. But a dispatch from TOKYO yesterday (before the San Francisco speech) is interesting, to sav the least. It quotes our old friend "informed sources in Tokyo. These informed sources, the Tokyo dispatch says, report: 1. The maior emphasis of the (Continued an page four) Former Mayor Kelly Of Chicago Passes CHICAGO P -Fntmir Mayor Edward J. Kelly. 74. Dem ocratic national committeeman from Illinois. rUcd today. He was stri uri.-rn in r' poim Mine i I in r's not"! suite i and died on the wy to a doctor's "y to a doctor s I He 'was Chicago's mavor from 1313 to 1!M7 longer thun nv nthr mayor, and one of the leading no- litical force, contribifjig in elections of the late "ranklin D ' Roosevelt as President. Kelly called himself ' boss" of i Chicago politics and acver made ' any bones about havinjul powerful ' "machine." 1 " Hiss Adds To N.Y. Political Furore (By th Associated Prw! Publication of a second personal letter by a candidate for the Sen ate kept national political attention .focused todav on the heated New ork campaign. Senator Herbert H. Lehman I (D-Lib-NY) said he had no apology 10 maxe tor a two-year-old letter in defense of Alger Hiss, former State department aide, since con victed of perjury. Lehman noted it was written before Hiss' indict ment. Lehman's letter was made pub lic while controversy still flew about a letter written by Lehman's Republican opponent, Lt. Gov. Joe R. Hanley. which Democrats con tend showed Hanley was "paid off" to run for the Senate rather than the governorship. The Hanley letter had repercus sions in California. It was brought up there by -James Roosevelt, son ol the late President, who is op posing Republican Gov. Earl War ren for reelection. Asking why Lt. Gov. Godwin J. Knight got out of the race for governor early this year, Roosevelt suggested there might be a parallel to Hanley's withdrawal in New York. He referred to Dewey as "the senior partner in the firm of Dewey and Warren" and asked: "What went on here in California?" Warran Fires Back Warren retorted that he had never discussed the question of withdrawal with Knight and he said of Roosevelt: "Is there no end to this man's trickery? He has no equal since patent medicines were sold on street corners from a buck board." Knight, too. threw down Roose velt's suggestion. "I became convinced that my candidacy-. . . might help Mr. Roosevelt," he said in explaining his withdrawal. "With defeat star ing him in the face, Mr. Roosevelt will no doubt resort to other dis reputable maneuvers before the voters count him out." In a statement yesterday, Leh man noted that Hiss at the time had the support of many promin ent persons, including some Repub licans, and said that in his letter he had done "what I felt was the human thing to do." Republicans, however, pounced on the letter in hopes that it would take attention away from the Han- j ley episode. BEER PRICE HOISTED CHICAGO (,Pi The dime glass of beer appears to be on the way out in Chicago saloons. A group of west side tavern own ers e)as decided to boos- the pries) to 15 cents after Nov. 1. Rising prices of beer and over head costs were given as the main reasons for the five-cent hike. The Weather Cloudy with Intermittent rain becoming partly cloudy SaturdayOJIetain persons who molest chil attarnoen. afternoon. , HihV ."" " t. 9 32 44 u "7"' mp. tor any Oct. Highest temp, yesterday ".gnesr ramp, yestere west temp last 14 I l"""'. !,B l"' " h I hours . ... I hours .11 4.M 1.41 4.7. rKwimn tram ocr. i . S" . . ' Z! ' Pr'P"at'n from Sept. 1 Sunset today, 1:13 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 1:33 a.m. Decking eld clothes and canned Two Persons Seriously Hurt In 3-Car Crash Mathew A. Rodda, 61, Lakeview, and his wife, June, 45, were ser iously injured in a three-car col lision Thursday afternoon north of Myrtle Creek on highway 99, state police reported. The police said Rodda was ap parently attempting a left hand turn off the highway when he be came confused by an oncoming 1949 sedan operated by Thomas Pargeter, 35, Roseburg, and hit the vehicle head-on. The impact of the collision, state police said, tore the pickup truck bed off the chassis and it hit a lr0 coupe driven by Ruby Louise Allison, 25. Myrtle Creek. Rodda'a pickup burst into flames shortly after the accident occurred and the Tri-City fire department was called to put out the flames. Pargeter was taken to the Myr tle Creek hospital suffering from contusions and abrasions and was later released. June Rodda was taken to the hospital with a crushed chest and lacerations. Her husband, Mathew, received severe burns and lacerations in the acci dent and was also taken to the Myrtle Creek hospital. The Myrtle Creek hospital officials reported the couple were recovering satis factorily today. Rodda's pickup truck was a to tal wreck, state police reported. They said Pargeter's 1949 sedan was badly damaged. Ruby Allison was able to drive her car away from the scene of the accident. State police said no citations were issued as a result of the ac cident. Concert Series Will Open Dec. 8 The Roseburg Community con cert series will open with the ap pearance here Dec. 8 of Du Phaur's Infantry chorus, according to the 'schedule announced by Miss Gladys Strong, head of the Roseburg con cert association. James Pease, baritone, is dated Feb. 7, and Constance Keene, pi anist, will be here March 2. The final concert program will be by the Portland symphony, scheduled for late in March, the exact date to be announced. Membership cards will be mailed out the first week in November. Miss Strong announced that a lim ited number of memberships are still available to newcomers and to persons who were out of the city at the time the membership sale was put on last spring. It is announced that the appear ance here of the Navy band Nov. 5 is not a part of the Community Concert series. The band's appear ance is being sponsored by the Band Parents association, with other civic groups cooperating. j Oregon Law To Curb Sex Criminals To Be Asked SALEM P) Oregon's dis trict attorneys are preparing laws which they expect cwill curb sex criminals. The legislation will be submit ted to the legislature, and is being drafted by the legislative commit tee of the District Attorneys asso ciation of Oregon. E. O. Stadter Jr., Marion county district attorney and chairman of the committee, aaid one bill would amend the vagrancy laws so that officers could arrest and dren or who loiter near irhnnl. irR or uinrr puuuc places Stadter said the committee is using the California law as a model. It provides tines up to S.VJ0 monms tor molesting cnuoren or loitering. Another proposed law being drafted would permit prosecution of women lor failure to support children. This law now applies only to men. a Established 1873 Korean War Wearing EndAAacArthur Troops Drop Ahead Of Reds To Shut Trap Pyongyang Clean-Up In Final Stage; Prisoner Total Reaches 80,000 Cftr Um AsaocUttd PrcMJ General MacArthur nersonallv directed today a highly successful parachute landing by thousands of American troops 23 miles north of Pyongyang, Red Korean capital. He said the war is now definitely coming to an end. Since Pyongyang itself is just about secured by United Nations forces, the paratroopers struck from the sky to seal off Red forces fleeing their lost capital. "It looks like we closed the trap," MacArthur said as he watched from his plane the first parachute landing of the war. He added "Closing that trap should i "l""' "r ln "epuuu--j w j can presidential nomination. be the end of all organized resis. tance. The war is very definitely coming to an end today." The paratroopers fanned out to ward the towns of Sukchon and Sunchon. The maneuver was a complete surprise and the Ameri cans appeared to be meeting little resistance. Artillery, nclud ing such equipment as heavy 105-mm howitzers, was dropped to the men who went into action im mediately. As pictured by MacArthur, the closing chapter in the historic United Nations campaign has be gun. The war started last June 25 when North Korean Commun ists invaded the western-recognized South Korean republic. Prisoners Total 10,000 Only a few stray shots echoed in the bomb pocked streets of Pyongyang as South Korean troops moved into the city proper to clean up the last of the die-hard Com munisu. Some 6.202 Communists surrend ered during the fight for the cap ital, bringing the U.N. total of North Korean prisoners to 80,000. Communist Premier Kim II Sung and members of his government were said to have taken refuge n far North Korea or across the bor der in either Manchuria or Soviet Siberia. Correspondents said the main part of the city was not badly damaged. Civilians cheered the American and South Korean troops. Many waved South Korean flags and some had United Nations ban nera. Some buildings already bore streamers reading "Welcome to United Nations forces." N.Y. Central R.R. Has Two Collisions In Day CLEVELAND (PI The New York Central railroad's Pace maker collided with an electric en gine here Thursday night, injuring some 20 persons. It was the second mishap to be fall a New York Central passenger train Thursday. In early morning darkness, the railroad's "North Star" plunged off the tracks in the heart of Oneida, N. Y., killing two crewmen and injuring a score of passengers. PRISON ESCAPEE CAUGHT SALEM lP) Everett J. Slal naker, 24, slate prison trusty who escaped last Saturday, was back in the prison today. Stalnaker, who was sentenced to the prison from Portland in 1948, was cuaght last night in Portland. Reds Torture, Murder 280 U. S. Prisoners In Korean Replica Of Bataan Death March By TOM LAMBERT PYONGYANG t.Pi Three! American survivors said today 280 U.S. prisoners of war were beaten j and murdered on a Red death march from Seoul to Pyongyang, the captured Red capital. I Swinging down the main street I of completely occupied Pyongyang arm and arm witn tnree Korean students, Ihe bearded and long haired trio told of the Americans being "beaten and murdered on the torture march by the Reds. The survivors are: Air force Capt. William Locke. 30. Enfield. Ga., an F-51 pilot whose wife Ronda and nine-months old daughter Karon were at Yokoda air base in Japan when he crashed in North Korean territory near Waewgan Aug. 17. Army Lt . Alexander Makar oumis. 27. !well. Mass.. of com pany 1. 291h regiment, captured ! near Hadong July 27. j move the men and to give medical Army Sgt. Takeshi Kumdai of attention to the wounded. Honolulu, headquarters company, i The airman said the North Ko 34th regiment, 24th division, cap- j reans replied: lured July 20 when the Reds took Kaesont. Thev said they were told in Seoul that Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, commander of the U.S. 24th in fantry division who disappeared when Taeion fell last July, was in Pyongyang. But when they arrived here they ROSEIURG, OREGON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1950 SCORN FOR STASSEN Request For Peace Talk With Stalin Silly, Crude, Soviet Paper Declares By THOMAS P. WHITNEY MOSCOW (API Pravda heaped scorn today on Harold E. Stassen, calling him silly, crude, ridiculous end several ether things for requesting a conference with Prime Minister Stalin on world peace. One of the Communist party newspaper's top commentators, Yuri Viktorev, signed the article, the first comment en the Oct. 2 letter by the former Republican governor of Minnesota to Stalin urging face to face peace talks. The Pravda article amounted to categorical rejection of the Stas sen proposals. The writer made it plain that tne Soviet government does not consider Stassen's letter worth a formal answer from the Kremlin. (Stassen, now president of the University of Pennsylvania and a urged Stalin in the letter to make possible a face-to-face meeting of Americans and Russians in an ef fort to "slop the drift toward war." He also urged Stalin to change Russia's present policy and "move toward world peace and freedom (or mankind.") Pravda said Stassen could fool no one by his disguise as a "peace maker." The paper said Stassen on Aug. IS called for war against Russia in a public address. It said Stassen let himself go so completely in his threats towards Russia that he called on America "to be prepared to carry the war directly lo the centers of Commu nist might. Stassen earlier in the year de clared President Truman's order for production of the hydrogen atomic bomb was "insufficient." Pravda continued. . . J And Stassen. Pravda added, as, far bark as March of this year ' called for "an attack strategy" against Russia. Vote-Seeking. Charged The paper said that only last May, speaking in Carbondale, (Pa.), Stassen called for an accel eration of the cold war. The paper declared that Stas sen, in making his proposal for talks with Generalissimo Stalin, was seeking votes, "since he knows well the attraction of peace for American voters." v "Modestv." said Pravda. "is not one of Harold Stassen's virtues. On the other hand, unbridled greed for self-advertising is possessed by Stassen on a scale quite large. even lor tne American pouucai stock exchange." Oakland And Riddle Given Housing Loans WASHINGTON A The Pub lie Housing administration an nounced today approval of Sell, 100 in loans to housing author ities in U localities for the plan ning of 1,03 low-rant housing units. The localities, number of units, and loan amounts include: Oregon, Oakland, I units, S1.4O0; Riddle, I units, $1,M0. In eddition to advancing money tor planning, the govern ment agency also will help fi nance construction. Details e f loans for the lattvr purpose will be worked out after cost e s 1 1. mates are submitted by the lo cal agencies. were told General Dean had died in Seoul. There was no confirma tion of this report. The three Americans had hidden under a school and had been fed by the thre students. Medical Aid Plee Futile Captain I.ocke said he pleaded ! with North Korean officials not to 80 Korean Prisoners Burned Alive By Reds SEOUL ( Eighty Ko rean political prisoners beth men and women were set afire with burning gasoline by repeat ing Communists at Keksaet' $6 air milts southeast of Pyong yang, the commender of the South Kereen ermy disclosed tot day. "We already got enough etro-1 cities listed against us so a few more won't make any difference." Captain Locke said that during the death march Americans "died like flies from starvation, cold, pneumonia and dysentery." Seventeen in the group were ' wounded when sn American plane State Farm Head Will Speak At C. Of C. Forum i Pi r ' : E. L. Peterson, director of the Department of Agriculture for the State of Oregon, will be the guest speaker for the Roseburg chamber of commerce forum luncheon Mon day noon, Oct. 23, in the Hotel Umpqua. He will speak on the subject, "What Do You Believe?" Peterson lived for years in Coos county and was a dairyman there. He was elected Coos county judge, and while serving in that capacity was appointed by the late Gover nor Earl Snell in May, 1943, to his present office. As director he hss taken an ac tive interest in the welfare of many segments of Oregon's farm indus try, and has been outspoken in many matters which he has felt sdversely affected the welfare of the farmer as well as the entire economic structure. He has served as president of the National Association of Com missioners, Secretaries and Direc tora of Agriculture and has been a member of the executive hoard of that association for several terms. VISUAL HINT NKW BRUNSWICK, N. J. P) Motorists in nearby East Bruns wick looked twice at the town po lice car yesterday. A coffin, inscribed with the words "He Was a Careless Driver," was attached to its roof. strafed their column, obviously mistaking them for Reds. The three survived because they had bidden under the school. They said others of the group were marched north as the United Na tions forces approached Pyong yang. Their fate was not known. Exhausted Men Slain On the trudge from Seoul to Pyongyang, the trio said the Reds shot those Americans who could not walk. Said one: "Some of the men were carrying their buddies on their backs. Guys who fell down were beaten and bayonetted by the Red guards." Captain Locke said the guards kiftVd those Americans who could not continueOnarching. The three Americans said the Reds refused to allow any of the marchers lo lake blankets or bed ding from Seoul. - They slept on the ground or ! boards. Some died of exposure. The Reds refused an American nlea for water durinff the march. Captain IH-ke said once an American plane dropped 3 cases of rations for them but "the bas tard North Koreans took them al though our men were starving." He said while they were in Seoul three or four Russians visited them i inree nr lour nilSMan visnrn inrm but didn't speak 'They just kind of smiled." 245-50 Law Gives Reds Until Monday To Register Party's Defiance Points To Long Court Battle Over Moot Provisions t WASHINGTON (JP Rules for forcing registration of Communist groups were officially laid down today by the department of Justice. Their application appeared cer tain to touch off a series of hear ings and heated legal actions, with actual registration delayed for years. Under the new anti-subversive law. Communist organizations have until Monday to sign up voluntarily. After that, registration by force is called tor. But this cannot 'oe done until President Truman names the five- man bi-partisan aubversive activ ities control board set up in the act. The Communist party has said it does not intend to register and aupply its roll of members, estim ated by the FBI to number about 54.000. And Communist "action" and "front" groups have shown no signs of compliance. This leaves it up to the attorney general to certify to the board that such-and-such groups regarded by him aa communist have lauea to comply with the law. Officials expect the first such citation to be issued against the Communist party itself. Then the party may call for hear ings by the board: lt can be ex pected to contest the definition in the law which aays that a "com munist action" group Is one dom inated by a foreign government, meaning Ruasia. ' This question has not been passed upon directly by U.S. courts. If the control board should overrule it and order registration, the or ganization may appeal to the cir cuit court here and, if it loses there, to the supreme court. In view of this, some officials estimate it may take two years to get the party actually registered. The rules for getting action started were published today in the Federal Register, daily official bul letin. They call for complete disclosure by Communist groups of their sources of income and how it is used. "Action groups" such as the party itself, alsj must list the namea and addresses of all mem bers and those "other than mem bers who actively participate in the activities of the registrant." Publications and radio and tele vision programs put out by the groups also must be plainly identi fied as to sponsorship. Failure to comply with a final order to register makes the organ ization liable to a fine of $10,000 per day for each day that it fails to comply. In the case of an in dividual, the penalty would be Iio.ooo fine or five years in prison, or both. State Employes Given Temporary Pay Boosts SALEM lP) State employes will get average wage increases of $10 a month beginning Nov. I, the state civil service commission says. But these increases only take care of the cost of living increase up to June 1, so the state emer gency board will meet here No vember 3 to decide what further wage increases are needed to take care of the rise in living costs after June 1. The commission said it revised the pay scales so that atate sal aries would he comparable to those in private industry, aa of last June 1. The increases range from nothing to $50 a month. The commission said it thinks that state departments can put the higher scale into effect with out asking for further funds. Four Men Killed When Train Hits Automobile LOMAX. III. iJPt Four men were killed today when their auto tnnbile waa struck by a Santa Fe railroad passenger train at the outskirts of tamax. Coroner Clarence Mellor of Hen derson county identified the dead as William Renner, Vernon Halli gan and John Heikes, all of Col chester, and Howara croons oi i Arlair w Navy Plane Plunges Into Columbia Ri)fr ST. HELENS, Ore. ',-5- navy corsair fighter plane vanWed near here last night. It was he- I lieved to have plunged into the Columbia river. State police and the coast cusrd today were dragging the rivevfot-1 qef on Idea of Miat the ad tom near where an oil slick p-1 ministration did MT mean by pearen last nignt. I i uin navai aitnci amni'in I ment did not identify the pilot i the missing aircraft. sharply today, orders were falling ana scattered mills began to cut bark on production. The price break, that started when the government imposed re strictions on building loans s i x weeks ago, became a collapse this week on green dimension 2x4's, 2x6's and the like. Salea of No. 2 green 2x4's at $50 a thousand board feet were re ported Thursday. In August some mills were getting as much as $90 and more for them. The hardest hit lumber is that used in starting new houses. Finishing lumber, still in demand to complete houses already under construction, has dropped some but not much. It is beginning to follow the green lumber collapse, though, C. C. Crow said today. Crow is editor of the Pacific Coast Lumber Digest, which concerns itself with price trends. "There is every reason to be lieve that the bottom baa yet to be reached," Crow said, adding that government credit restrictiona had "brought the starting of new jobs almost to a standstill." Lumber pricea in late 1949 began climbing from a brief slump and started skyrocketing last spring. Outbreak of the Korean war speeded the climb to what Crow called "unheard-of levels." H. V. Simpson, executive vice president of the West Coast Lum bermen's association, said i t seemed likely now that an all-time fir production record-would not be set this year. On Sept. 1 he said such a record was a cinch. Small Mills Will Close There were no reports of mill closures. They were expected in one to three weeks from marginal operators small concerns whose costs are high and some mills this week began eliminating their second shifts. There waa no early tabulation on the number or how many men were being laid off. However, with the shingle mar ket heading downward, too, the North Vancouver, B. C, shingle mill laid off 300 men Thursday in closing for two weeks. A spokes man aaid it was due to the U. S. price drop, which he expected to be temporary. rrtMU Uiavn't nntlnAislln akntit that. He said pine prices still were holding up but a decline "will coma very rapidly from now on." In fir. Crow said, the past week has brought "the biggest footage of (order) cancellations ever known in the history of the industry. ' One wholesaler reported hearing of some plywood order cancella tions but there was no evidence of price weakening. Lumber Buyers Hesitate In Fear Of Further Drops "The most hectic period in the history of the li mber industry! " That was the way Earl Bleile, sales manager for Roseburg Lum ber Co., termed the sudden break in the Douglas fir lumber market, which haa hit the industry within the last month. There have been numerous can cellation of orders and choosinesi is noted on the part of buyers, who fear to purchase today be cause they might save a few dol lars per thousand by waiting until' next week. Bleile said so far there has been no big curtailment in production at Roseburg Lumber. Production hss gone down some, however, as the result of the general rail car short age. The shortage has eased some, bu,. only about 50 percent of the needed cars have been received. Th larger companies, which deal chiefly In dry lumber, are less affected than the smaller mills, which handle only green lumber. Green lumber prices locally have dropped abou'. $25 per thousand. Dry lumber is down only about $10 per thousand. Just how far the market will drop is the chief concern, said Beile. If lumber pricea drop below production costs, it will mean a shutdown of the industry; but if they level off above production costs, the market may be stabil ized, he said. The local Oregon State Employ, ment office reporta no shutdowns or major curtailments in the county thus far. Twin Sisters Killed In Collision Of Autos GARDEN CITY, Ala. iJP Nine-teen-year-old twin aisters died to gether in an automobile collision on wet pavement Thursday. They were identified as Msxine and Christine Flod, both Birming ham telephone operators. A third lister, Mrs. Albert Jones, 2.1, and her two small chil dren were injured. Levity Fact Rant o By L F Reiznsteln When the Democrats tit down at the $100-a-plate Jocktatt day ainners, rno sjenarai puouc will Iha war.j.a that Amawleasn 1 , , L-. i. at u a. 1- , BaV" ' ,9"" belt.