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Congress
incipal
In Today's Vote
32 States To Also
Elect Governors;
Some Races Close
By JACK BILL
Associated Prtst Political Reporter
With the nation treading uneasy
ground somewhere between war
and peace, 40,000,000 or more vot
ers decide today whether Demo
crats or Republicans will control
Congress in the two critical years
ahead.
Signs pointed to close races in
many of the states choosing 36 sen
ators, 432 house members and 32
governors.
Maine elected a Republican gov
ernor and three house members
in September. Heavy party major
itis in southern and border states
assured the Democrats ol a nest
egg of more than 100 house seats
in practically uncontested elec
tions. With air weather in sight for
most of the nation. Republican
leaders joined President Truman
and other Democrats in urging a
heavy turnout at the polls.
Republicans counted on last
hour voter reaction to the confused
Korean war situation to help pro
vide the impetus for the ballot
surge they seemed to need to gain
a net of seven seata in the Senate
and 49 in the House for control of
congress.
The GOP's chance of regaining
control in today's voting appeara
to hinge on the outcome of close
rasea in California. Colorado, Con
necticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Missouri, New York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania and Utah.
Fourteen senate seats are in
volved in voting in those states,
eight of them now held by Demo
crats and six by Republicans. A
clean sweep would give the GOP
one more than it needs for control
of the Senate. With some others,
the same states could provide the
ncessary gain in house seats for
GOP control of that body.
The Republicans apparently had
only secondary hopes of picking
up Democratic seats in such states
as Kentucky, Maryland, Okla
homa and Washington.
Democrats continued to claim
"fhat-fhey 'nof only will turn back
the Republicans but will improve
their strength in the Senate, where
they now outnumber the GOP, 54
to 42, and in the House, where the
count is 259 Democrats to 169 Re
publicans, one American-Labor
and six vacancies, divided evenly
between Republicans and Demo
crats when last filled.
The Democrats concentrated on
attempts to knock off Republican
senators in Colorado, Idaho, Indi
ana, Iowa, Missouri and Ohio.
Governorship races in 13 out of
33 states are counted as close, oi :
these 13 statehouse posts, seven
are now filled by Democrats and
six by Republicans. Democrat
governors outnumber Republi
cans now, 29 to 19.
The 13 states with warmly con
tested races include California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho,
Iowa, Marylano, Michigan, Mas
sachusetts, New York, Ohio. Okla
homa, Pennsylvania and Wiscon
sin. Political Futures at Stake
Results of the balloting will
have a strong bearing on the po
litical futures of some candidates.
Most conspicuous
of these i s I
Senator Taft (R-Ohio), who may
be the contender for the Republi
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In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
As these words are written, the
teletpye brings this hottish news:
"A U. S. Eighth army spokes
man says in Seoul) this morning ;
that "th Mtiivalant nf at laact tun
Chinese divisions are battling
United Nations forces in North
west Korea."
(Northwest Korea is the part up
next to Antung. in Manchuria,
where the Red Chinese army has
a big military concentration.)
The story goes on:
"One high-ranking Eighth army
officer said the reds probably have
300,000 troops deployed along the
Korean-Manchurian border. He
added thaj they (the Chinese com
mies) may have a MILLION OR
MORE troops within 'committing
distance.' "
means that they could strike'us in,stit police reported.
Korea from their present locations .
on the north side of the Yaiu river
in Manchuria.
"U. S. intelligence officers said:
however, there still is ho deter
mination about whether rqgl China
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The Weather
Mostly cloudy end slightly
coster today and Wednesday.
Highest temp, for any Nov 74
Lowest temp, for any Nov. 14
Highest temp, yssterday 59
Lowest temp, lest 14 hours 4
lZ L"mFt e!
n. i zzr.:1
Precip. fr.m Sept. 1 . 1J.1I
Sunset teday. 4:51 p.m.
Sunrise teenerrew, i.H a.m.
Control
Stake
Election Party Planned
For Hearing Returns
A post election party, under jun
ior chamber of commerce spon
sorship, will be held tonight, start'
ing at o'clock, in the Hotel Ump
qua civic room.
Any person interested In the
election outcome is invited t o
come and listen to radio broad
casts of the election results, said
Gordon C. Carlson. The party is
not limited to Jaycees.
Returns from both KRNR and
KKXL will be heard. A bulletin
board will be provided for a tabu
lation of votes in each of the con
tested positions as they come in.
The party will continue until
the election outcome in the major
races is known.
RACE IS TIE
Flood Edition
Goes As Rapidly
As Water Drops
The South Umpqua's flood waters
disappeared in twelve hours. The
3.000 extra copies of Saturday's
News-Review Souvenir Flood eAli-
tion disappeared Just as fast.
A normal day a printing of the
paper is 8700 copies. Saturday's
printing went to 11,700 copies and
by Sunday morning, regular deliv
eries, news stand sales, telephone
and over-the-counter ordera h ad
taken all the papera, making nec
essary another run some time this
week to take care of the orders
atill pouring into the newspaper
office.
Papers have been ordered sent
to all 48 states plus Alaska, Ha
waii, Canada, England and China,
We like being put on the map,
but not when it means being nearly
washed completely off. Tbe last
big "trash mover and gulley
washer" was 89 years ago. If we
don't have to print a "Flood Souve
nir edition" for another 89 years,
which will make it 20.19 A. D., that
will be just fine with us.
Victory Expected
By Oregon GOP
PORTLAND UPl Oregon's
maverick Republican Senator
Wayne L. Morse was expected to
win a second term today despite
the first Democratic voter ma
jority in state history.
His opponent is Howard Latour
ette, self styled Jeffersonian Dem
ocrat who complained in his cam-
Pi(Sn that Morse even had the
' " ueniucrauc
nalional committeeman
Oregon hasn't sent a Democrat
to the senate since 1914.
As voters headed lor the polls
Republicans were conlident they
would retain the governorship and
control of the state legislative
seats at stake. There was some
doubt whether all four Republican
congressmen would be reelected
Democratic party effort had
aimed at unseating two. These
were Rep. Lowell Stockman,
Pendleton rancher, and Rep. Har
ris Ellsworth, Roseburg. Stock
man is opposed by Slate Senator
Vernon Bull, I .a Grande. Ells-
worth was fighting for his politi
cal career against David C. Shaw,
a young lawyer formerly with the
National Labor Relations board.
Rep. Walter Notblad, Astoria,
is expected to be returned to the
house. Rep. Homer Angell, Port
land, has a fight in the Multno
mah (Portland) county a era
where he is opposed by Carl C.
Donaugh, former U. S. district
attorney whose party has a ma
jority in the district
Three Hurt, Driver Cited
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SldBSWiping Of Cars
Joseph A. Prosstr, Gold Hill,
his wife, Florence, and daughter
Judy, received minor injuries in
a sideswipe collision near Wilbur
Monday afternoon, state police re
ported. Prosser was involved in a col
lision with an automobile driven
by Robert Parazoo ot Sutherlin.
Parazoo and a passenger, Elza
Havlin, were uninjured.
Prosser, his wife, and daughter
were taken to Mercy hospital for
treatment and later released.
Parazoo was cited for driving
on the left side of the highway,
Death Sentence Bears
Out Court's Prophecy
NEW YORK W Sixteen
years ago, Bernard Stein then It
was sentenced to Elmira reform
atory for robbery.
"If you don't mend your ways,
you'll wind up in the electric
chair," Kings County Judge Al
gernon I. Nova told him sternly.
Monday. Stein was aentenced to
die in Sing Sing prison's electric
cn',r Ior ,vm aoma' '-'
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TYPHOON MENACE FACED
MANILA - m -A typhoon ap-
pro"nv ""'V
violence today. The weather
bureau reported winds up to in
miles an hour at the etorm'S ecu-
ter.
Established 1173
Reds Withdraw In
Allies Advance
Under Heavy
Air Bombing
U.S. Mustang Fighters
Rout Russian-Built Jets
In 85-Minute Battle
SEOUL (PI United Nations
forces expanded their slim bridge.
head north of the Chongchon river
today as some Communists mys
teriously withdrew on tbe north
west Korean warfront.
Two U. S. 24th division regi
ments and the British Common
wealth brigade moved ahead two
and one-fourth miles after a
heavy air bombing in the Pakchon
area northwest of the bridgehead
at Anju. There was little opposition
on this front although Red con
centrations had applied heavy
pressure as late as Monday.
U. S. Mustang fighters routed
speedier Russian-built Jets in an
85-minute air battle longest of
the wag over Sinuiu just across
the Yalu river from Manchuria.
Three of the Red jets were re
ported hit. Spokesmen said no U, S.
planes were lost.
In the nortn-central sector, Chi
nese Red resistance eased sud
denly in front of U. S. marines
driving through frigid mountain
passes toward the Changjin res
ervoir. The marines' seventh regiment,
virtually stalled four days by the
stiff Red Chinese defense, moved
almost a mile up a twisting river
gorge and seized a towering 4,000
foot ridge. This was the dominat
ing point south of the reservoir, 36
miles northwest of Hamhung.
But Communist resistance
mounted in one northeast sector.
A U. S. Seventh division com
bat patrol north of Pungsan re
ported it was under attack "by a
hell of a lot of North Koreans."
The patrol was on the north bank
of the Yngi river. Carrier-based
marine Corsairs dew in to give air
support.
This was the first serious opposi
tion in three days for the division's
17tn regimental combat team. It
is driving north in tero weather
within less than 30 miles of the
Manchurian border.
Fire Flushes Out Reds
Allied warplanes began burning
all villages to flush out Chinese
Red soldiers.
U, S. First cavaiy division
troops reported they had seen Chi
nese troops change into civilian
clothing and loll around in villages
during the day while allied planes
buzzed overhead. I
Communist dead with re
versible uniforms were found in
the Anju-Junu area. The uniforms
were grey-green on one side, ci
vilian white on the other.
Allied officers were perplexed
at the Chinese withdrawal in an
area where they had lorced U. N.
troops back as much as 60 miles.
They speculated the Chinese either
were regrouping for a large-scale
attack or were deploying new
lines.
In the latter event, officers said,
it was possible the Chinese only
intended to hold a buffer area
guarding the Yalu river hydro
electric power grid, vital to Man
churian industry.
TO POLLS IN AMBULANCE
ROCK ISLAND, III. (,P
Margaret Musfeldt ol Rock Island
needed an ambulance to get to
the polls today, but she got there.
Miss Musfeldt, bedridden since
an automobile accident two years
ago, told reporters that "people
who don't go out to vote are those
who do most griping about the
government."
FLOOD PROMPTS
Addition Of $75,000 To Proposed Issue
Of Projected Storm Sewers Discussed At
The possibility of adding $75,000
for more extensive storm sewer
construction to the $300,000 bond
issue proposed by the city council
was discussed at the Roseburg
chamber of commerce forum
luncheon Monday anoon at Hotel
L'mpqua. Mayor Albert Ga Flegel
was moderator with city council
men and officials as well as cham
ber of commerce members par
ticipating. Mayor Flegel opened with a
short address on proposed city
projects which would be built with
the $300,000 bond issue, if approved
by the voters. Mayor Flegel said
there were four projects the coun
cil felt should be undertaken im
mediately for city improvement
These he listed as (1) a new city
hall, (2) new fire equipment, (3)
a new fire alarm system and (4)
construction of storm sewers.
Tbe city police department, the
jail and fire department, Flegel
said, are overcrowded at present.
This prompted the council to ap
prove the construction of a new
city hall. However, Flegel aaid.
the most Important reasoa for
ROSEIURO. ORECOK
SOVIET LEADERS SPOUT
Bolshevik Revolution
Anniversary Occasions
Usual 'Warmongers' Cry
MOSCOW (API Marshall Semeon Budyenny called on
the Soviet people and "other freedom-loving peoples, of the
world" today to express their sympathy (or tne Korean people
who he said were struggling for their freedom and independence.
Soviet army and navy ministers, in orders of the day to
Russian fighting forces on the traditional observance of the 33rd
anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution, demanded constant vig
ilance and combat readiness in view of the situation in Korea.
ALL 10 VOTES IN
First Report
Shows Nearly
Even Division
HART S LOCATION. N. H. P)
This tiny mountain village claim
ing to be the first in the nation to
report in today'a election aaw
the Republicans and Democrats
break about even.
Two years ago, the Republicans
carried this hamlet 10 to 1.
The big switch came when Dem
ocrat Robert P. Bingham edged
Gov. Adama (R) S to 4.
Two years ago, Gov. Adams
topped Democratic Herbert Hill 11
to 1 while in 1948 the laat off
year election Republican Gov.
Charles M. Dale carried the town
to 1.
U. S. Senator Charles W. Tobey,
veteran Republican seeking a
third term, won out ( to 4 over
Democrat Emmett J. Kelley.'
Republican Congressman Ches
ter E. Merrow topped Democrat
Frank L. Sullivan 6-4.
The 10 voters in this picturesque
Tillage on Wiley mountain a typ
ical railroad town were up at
daybreak to vote
Even below-freezing weather
failed to keep them away.
There was another reason for
the early voting. Jo Burke, who
is selectman, town clerk and con
stable, explained:
"We wanted to go deer hunt
ing." There are six men and four
women in the village the men
folk all employed by the Maine
Central railroad as track walkers
and supervisors.
S. P. Car Shortage Stirs
Shippers' Complaint
PORTLAND lPI A shippers'
car supply committee has mailed to
the Interstate Commerce commis-
sion a complaint charging the
Southern Pacific has not given j
Claiming to represent about 100
shippers of all commodities, the
committee announced it sought
payment of damages to the ship
pers for business lost dining per
iods of car shortages.
The complaint charges the rail-
wav failed to build enough cars to j
mm rxpanuing iiiuuxirirs it ia re
quired to serve, had discriminated
in allocating cars and failed t o
make arrangements for efficient
interchange of empties with other
roads.
The committee asked the ICC
to aet a hearing for its charges.
NEW POLIO CASES
PORTLAND lP) Two new
polio cases were reported to the
city health bureau to bring the
year's total to 102, three less than
the record established in 1944.
Eighty-nine cases have been re
ported since Aug. 1.
BOND INCREASE
building a new hail was the fact
10 years ago the state fire marshal
condemned the building as unsafe.
The fire department, the mayor
said, is not equipped properly tor
a city the size nf Roseburg. The
council, he said, felt the expendi
ture of additional money for new
fire equipment would be justified '.
for itwould lower fire insurance j
rates in the city. A new alarm
system wouloalso help rediOe the'
insurance rates. Flegel said.
Flegel said the need for storm
sewers was adequately demon
strated during the flood of Oct.
29-30. He said some council mem
bers felt the $75,000 allowed in the
package bond issue lor sewers was
not enough.
Croft Fevers Project
Mayor Flegel introduced Cour-
cilman Percy Croft who discussed
the storm sewer problem. Croft 1
said the present sewer disposal
plant was equipped to handle I
1 .800,000 gallons of sewage every I
24 hours. But, Croft explained, i
when a heavy rain falls, the sew-j
age plant has to handle as much :
as 4,000,00 gallons la 24 hours. Ha !
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1950
One Korean Area
Budyenny, war hero and mem
ber of the Praesidium and su
preme Soviet, reviewed the an
nual military parade across Red
square from the top of the Lenin
tomb.
Huge self propelled guns and
tanks rolled across the Red
square at the climax of the dem
onstration by all branches of the
military services. But the custom
ary air show was canceled be
cause of fog and drizzle. 1
Adm. Ivan Yumashev, Soviet
navy minister, in a special ex
hortation last night advised Rus
sian sea forces to be in a state
of "combat readiness."
"American and British Imper
ialists are purauing a policy of
instigating a new world war." he
declared. "From the threat of war
they have gone over to open ag
gression in Korea. Under these
conditions it is the sacred duty of
the naval forces constantly to In
crease the vigilance and combat
readiness of ships and naval
units."
Readiness Urged
Marshal Alexander Vasilevsky,
the U.S.S.R.'s army minister, in
a similar order of the day to Rus
sian ground forcea, declared:
"The warmongers have now
nassed to Uirect acta of aggrea-
sion, having unleashed bloody ia-
tervenuon against the Korean
people. Soviet aoldiera must strive
for new successes in military ana
political training, constantly in
crease vigilance and combat read
iness of our troops."
Kim Ir Sen, North Korean min
ister of industry, in a telegram to
Prime Minister Stalin, declared
Communist soldiers ultimately will
defeat "the plundering hordes of
American interventionists.
"Korea will not become a colony
of Wall street and Koreans ahall
not be slaves," he declared. "We
know that the sympathies and
feelings of the great Soviet Peo
ple, the Chinese people, of the
whole of advanced mankind are
on the side of the Korean people.
. . . our cause is just and we
shall tirumph over the hated en-
emy.
Fver jur,d When
Plane Hits Power Line
Richard Plumlee, 21, Roseburg,
is improving at Mercy hospital
from a severe electric shock, hos
pital officials reprted Tuesday.
Plumlee was flying a model air
plane near the Umpqua Plywood
pl,nt wh.n the phjn. ot tangled
up with nearby 12,000-volt power
lines, almost electrocuting him.
Two friends at the scene of the
accident administered artificial
respiration to Plumlee and he was
rushed to the hospital by ambu
lance. Drunken Driver Handed
Fine, 30-Day Jail Term
Albert Simmons, 49, of Riddle,
arrested by the state police for
drunken driving, has been fined
$250 and sentenced to serve 30
days in the county jail, reported
Justice of Peace A. J. Geddes.
SUGGESTION
said at present much of this sew
age just flows into the river un
treated because the plant can't
handle the volume.
Croft auggested if the city had
adequate storm sewers, this sew
age could be dumned into the river
without overworking the disposal
plant, which would handle only
sanitary sewage disposal
He aaid he believed the West
Roseburg area should be included ; mated it would take about four
in any storm sewage plans as well ' mills additional property tax for
as other parts of the city. Croft a 20-year period to retire the
stated present plans csll for the bonds.
construction of storm sewers only1 Bruce Elliott, chsmber of corn
in the southeast section of Rose-1 merce member and local mer
burc. He urited '.he city council chant, asked Mayor Flegel if the
members and voters to make the
appropriation large enough to ' hall site to allot for business ex
carry out a storm aewer project I pension. Flegel said this hsd not
throughout the city of Roseburg. j been discussed by council mem
Bend Issue Itemised 1 bers but was well worth their con
Mayor Flegel called on CityOideration.
Manager M. W. Slanksrd to give I Councilman Bill Evans closed
an item breakdown .'. the $300,000 j the discussion, saying the city
bond issue. Slankard said $175.000 , needed a fire sub-its eVi on t h e
of the bonds had ben earmarked
for city hail construction. $45,000
for purchase of new fire equip
ment, $73,000 for storm aewert and
21-50
Search On For
Airlines Plane
With 21 Aboard
Craft Mining During
Flight Over Continental
Divide In Montana
HELENA. Mont t1 State
aeronautics director Frank Wiley
said today a Northwest Airlines
plane, with 17 passengers ami a
crew of four aboard, is missing
on a flight over the Continental
divide between here and Butte.
At S 11 a. m., the CAA said, the
pilot of the Martin 202 radioed that
he waa over Whitehall about 30
milea southeast of here. He was
at 10,500 feet, starting his descent.
He waa about 10 minutes out of
Butte, 66 milea southwest of here.
The weather bureau said there
were anow showers and light rain
on Pipestone pass, where the moun
tains are about 6,400 leet nign, Be
tween Whitehall and Butte.
The CAA aaid all stations on its
northwest circuit tried unsuccess
fully to raise the plane for one
hour and 20 minutes.
Wiley said a ground aearch
started immediately. Because of
the weather, only one airplane
a Northwest DC-4 went out to
look for the missing craft.
The plane was Northwest's flight
115, Chicago to Seattle. It stopped
a t Minneapolis. Aberdeen, Bis
marck, Great rails ana Billings
before it reached here.
Northwest airlines at Seattle an
nounced the crew 'members were
Capt. Llnyd Lampman, co-p Hot
James Huss and stewardesses
Laurine Nohr and Marnie White,
all of Seattle. Misa White was
aboard as a "check stewardess"
.to train Mis-Nohr, 'new env
olove.
A rescue squadron at McChord
air force base, Wash., with a para
land rescue team aboard will take
off this forenoon to join the search.
Wiley said there was a slim
possibility that the two-engine air
iiner's radio equipment went out
and the plane flew over or around
Butte and went on to some other
airport.
Wiley was checking a report of
an "explosion" at 8:15 a. m. at
Homestake pass, where the North
ern Pacific railroad crosses Pipe
stone pass.
A Mrs. Halvorson, wife of an
NP section foreman, made the
report to NP, which called police
here.
Deadline For Tax
Rebates Cited
The deadline date for tax re
batea on personal and real prop
erty assessments in Douglas
county is Nov. 15. according to O
T. Carter, tax collector.
Carter noted that all atatements
were mailed by Oct. 28 and as a
result no rebates will be made
after the Nov. 15 date. The dis
count allowable on taxes paid on
or before this date are as follows:
three percent if the tax is paid in
full; two percent if three-quarters
of the full sum is paid ana one per
cent if one-half is psid.
Tsx collections have been pro
ceeding satisfactorily with the new
simpler forms, said Carter. He
said, however, that collections will
be speeded and time saved It pay
ments are made by mail. If the
payments are made by mail, the
I deductions should be made previ-
I ous to mailing according to the
i deduction table on the form, Car-
1 ter aaid.
For Extension
C. of C. Forum
$5,000 for a new fire alarm sys
tern. Slankard aaid if the city coun
cil voted to undertake an extrn
aive storm aewei system for
the entire city, it would require an
additional $75,000. bringing the
bond issue to a total of $175,000.
D r. B. R. Shoemaker asked i
Slankard what additional millagei
would be required to meet the!
$375,000 bond issue. Slankard esli
city had considered moving the!
west aide of RoseburgT'iva
ns said
the oresent one-station aystem did
not give the city adequate fire pro
tection in case of emergency.
New City Hall, Storm Sewers.
More Fire Dept. Equipment
Embraced In Council's Plans
Residents of Roieburg will have an opportunity Dee. 14 to
determine whether they want to spend $390,000 for city im.
provements.
The city council last night passed three ordinances calling
for an election to provide sale of bonds for the construction of
a new city hall, purchase of firt equipment end installation of
Housing Project
On Brown Estate
Draws Protest
A resolution from the Fullerton
School Dad's club protesting the
locations west of the new Fuller
ton school for a lost-cost rental gov
ernment housing proect was pre
sented to the city Council Monday.
The resolution asserted that the
area proposed should be reserved
for residential purposes to provide
the best possible landscaped sur
roundings. The council was asked
to refuse to grant the right for a
sewer connection to the property.
This right tentatively waa granted
ny tne council at its last meeting.
The proposed site of the project
is the 12-acre tract of the Brown
estate. The housing authority has
an option on tne property.
Hopes that the city may acquire
title to the Lillie Moore property
across from the junior high school
waa expressed by the council. The
property haa been willed to the
V. S. government. A resolution
waa passed to be sent to the Ore
gon senators and congressman
from this district, asking that they
attempt to secure title to the prop
erty.
Bids were called for new light
ing for the city library. The bids
will be opened Dec. 4. The bids
will be for furnishing and install
ing nine electricl fixtures. Module
units No. F-B6 T12, WWX lamps.
Lighting units are to connect to the
existing wiring and switches,
with additional wiring where
needed. Front room lights would
be 47-foot candle power, and cen
ter and rear rooms, 50-foot candle
power.
A letter from the Farm Bureau
Cooperative waa read protesting
blocking of the No. Pine atreet by
trucks of Consolidated Freight
ways. The difficulty of handling
freight from the warehouse ot
Consolidated waa recognized.
However, the , council expressed
the opinion that'-the truckers
should take
ttijairxr nwnn m i it inn In
precaution to
keep the atreet open. The nutter
was referred to the city manager.
Heavy Roseburg
Vote Indicated
Voting' in Roseburg. Is expected
t run heavy, an early check ef
polling places revealed
One precinct had M votes cast
ef 441 registered voters at 10:30
a. m. A second had 74 votes out
ef 454 at 10:45; third reported
70 votes out ef 344 at II a. m.
and a fourth 31 votes out ef 27$
at the same hour.
This would indicate about 17
percent veto by II o'clock. Rote,
burf has a registration ef about
3400 in its 14 precincts. The
precincts checked have heavier
registrations.
No Agreement Reached
In Telephone Dispute -
NEW YORK (Pi Company
and union negotiators were called
Into session again today in an ef
fort to aettle a dispute that threat
ena a national telephone work stop
page Thursday morning.
Conferences Monday failed I to
hf '1 .".v.th Bolh 'd"
stuck to their positions on wagea.
length of contracts and retroactiv
ity, a federal mediator aaid.
The main dispute is between
the Western Electric company
and two divisions of Uie CIO Com
munications Workers of America.
Officials of the CWA have said
that if the two divisions strike
against Western Electric the
manufacturing and installing sub
sidiary of the American Telephone
and Telegraph company 300,000
telephone workers from cnast-to-coast
will not cross picket lines.
Senate Candidate In
Hospital, Unable To Vote
HUDSON, N. Y. (PI Joe R.
Hanley, Republican candidate for
U. S. Senator, won't he able to
vote today but he'll be going
home from the hospital in a day
or two.
The 74-year-old lieutenant-governor
entered the hospital here a
week ago, auffering from exhaus
tion after months of campaigning.
His physician advised him to
remain in the hospital a few more
days and avoid the excitement of
going to Perry, in western rsew
York, to vote.
Three Kilted, 1 5 Injured
At Explosives Plant Blast
HARWICH. England (IPl A
violent blast at an explosives
plant near here killed at least
three men and injured 15 today.
Another worker is missing.
The explosion occurred in the
mixing room at a factory owned
by the Explosives and Chemical
Products, Ltd.
The factory ia on Bramble is
land, at the mouth of the River
Naze on the North aea roast, five
miles south of Harwich and 75
mile northeast of London.
The blast broke windows in
Clacton, 10 milea away. - y
storm sewers.
The bond issues would be sep
arate. The ordinances designated
$175,000 for a new city hall; $50,.
000 for fire apparatus and equip
ment for the fire department, and
$165,000 for atorm sewera. The or
dinances were passed with emer
gency clauses, to provide for the
earliest possible election date,
Dec. 14.
While the city hall and fir
equipment coat figurea were left
about as previously estimated by
tne council, tne allowance for
atorm sewers, was upped from an
original $75,000 estimate.
The council felt that any atorm
sewer project should cover the en
tire city of Roseburg. Original es
timates were for Lane and S o.
Main atreet storm aewers, but it
ia evident, the council decided,
that atorm aewera are needed for
West Roseburg and for the No.
Jackson atreet area as well.
The council pointed out that the
need for atorm aewers waa ade
quately demonstrated during the
torrential rains that brought the
flood of Oct. 29-10. All surface wa
ter whici. now goea into the city
maina drains through the sewage
disposal plant, which cannot han
dle the additional volume.- Neither
can the preaent aewer mains, re
sulting in flooding of the streets.
Airport Jet Outlined
Preliminary sketches, consist
ing of 17 sheets, for the proposed
new airport were aubmitted by En
gineer Ben B. Irving at the council
meeting.
The aketchea show all phases ot
the proposed airport, including the
100 by 4699-foot runway, contours,
wind directions and velocities, lo
cation of hangars and other perti
nent information.
The plana were referred to the
airport committee for atudy and
report at the next council meet
ing. Some of the plana have al
ready been forwarded to the CAA
officials at Salem for atudy, aaid
Irving. Find approval of the CAA
oiucee at Stlcm and Seattle ia nec
essary before contract bidt can be
fat.
. Beer-application " tenewal per-
-i - . a
mjt, were glan(eu to E. A. and
ooidie Fatchett of Pat's Tavern,
class A; Stirling and Marjorie
Jordon of Windmill store, class B
package beer, and Elmore and
Lois Hill of Wally'i Pastime,
class A and class B package.
Abduction, Forcel
Marriage Charged
BECKLEY, W. Va. UP)
Seventeen-year-old atudent nurse
Ann Tabor, back horn today af
ter oeing missing lor eight days,
told authorities her former high
school social science teacher had
abducted her and forced her to
marry him.
Lewis G. Daniel, 33 years old
and a divored father of two. waa
in the Raleigh county jail after
giving himself up. State Police
Cpl. R. G. Coen said he would
be charged with abduction.
Misi Tabor had been missing
since Oct. 20 when she disap
peared in Daniel's car from in
front of Charleston hospital.
Coen said the girl showed slight
signs of having been beaten. She
was placed under a physician'!
care.
Daniel, a teacher at Marsh Fork
i)ih on Montcoal. told re
! Porters the marriage took place
last Friday at Grant. Ky. He de
nied there was any force involved.
According to Raleigh county
court records, Daniel was di
vorced Sept. 11 and forbidden to
remarry for 60 days.
Daniel said yesterday be took
the girl to Kentucky to marry
her because he thought the court
order wouldn't apply in another
slate.
Fire Raxes Battle Axe
Inn At Mount Hood
GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore.
(pi Fire leveled Mount Hood's
landmark Battle Axe inn last
night as foresters worked to save
nearby resort buildings.
The heat from the heavy log
faced, two-story lodge scorched
cafes across the road and shat
tered windows of several build
ings. Highway 50 traffic waa halted
almost an hour.
Manager W. E. Huff discovered
the flames at 4:30 p. m. They may
have stemmed from an electric
short circuit, he said. He valued
the roadside establishment at $65.
000 and aaid it was partly insured.
The inn had been a popular stop
for motorist since it was built in
1927. Thousands of skiers and tour
ists used it for a rendeivoua point
Levity Fact Rant
By L r Reiienstein
It seems that the Chinese
simply cannot qtt out of the
laundry rut. I years aone by
they worked for themMlves
laundering clothe In tho United
States. Nowadays wo find them
enqaqed, for a few chop-stick
of rico dally, washing Russia's
dirty linan.