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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
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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. ,
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Highest temp, yesterday
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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
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By L F Reiznsteln
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at the $100-a-plate Jocktatt day
ainners, rno sjenarai puouc will
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belt.