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COMP pin lo) IP Story In Col. 7 and t emocrats' fiflajony In "Congress Uleaviily CSedueedl U. of 0, Library Eugene, re CM mm Five Pro-Truman Senators Defeated, Taf t Victor In Ohio; Margin In House Narrowed y JACK IELL Associated Press Political Reporter Democrats held1 onto shaky control of Congress today after Republicans mowad down lanata administration laadari in a stunning vpta assault on Prosidant Truman's policias. So strong was tha GOP comabaclc from tha Prasidantial yaar defeat of 1948 that tha naw Sonata, moating in January, will lino up with 49 Democrats and 47 Republicans. That change raprasantad a gain of six saats for tho Re publicans in California, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Pannsylvania and Utah off sat in part by tha loss of that hold by Sanator For rast Donnall of Missouri, Tha sanata division was tha closast since 1930. A faw houso racas ramainad to bo dacidad but tha Demo crats had won mathematical control and seemed to be pointed to e majority ever tha Republicans of about 20 seats. In an ami-Truman administra tion phalanx, Republican opponents bowled over Senalora Scott W. Lu cit of Illinois, the Democratic leader, and Francis . Myers o I Pennsylvania, his assistant, in a sweep that saw only one GOP senator defeated. He was Senator Donnell, who Inst to Thomas C. Hennings Jr.. in Mr. Truman's home state. The President had Riven belated sup port to Hennings after opposing him in the primary. The GOP victories which in cluded the re-election of "Mr. Re publican," Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio were -variously attrib uted to the adverse turn of the Ko rean war, criticism of the Presi dent foreign policy decisions, op position to his domestic "Fair Deal" program and reaction to Communist-in-government charges. Along with Lucas and Myers, veteran Democratic Senators Mil lard E. Tydings of Maryland and Elbert D. Thomas of Utah went down to defeat before Republican opponents. All four Democrats have been strong supporters of the Presi dent's foreign policies, with only Tydings wavering at times in sup port of administration domestic proposals. Thomas, as chairman of the sen ate labor committee, had led a fu tile administration drive to repeal the Taft-Hartley labor act one of Mr. Truman's pet legislative aims. Helen Douglas Loses Other seats which hsd been filled by Democrats were won by Re publicans Herman Wlker in Idaho and Rep. Richard M. Nixon in Cal ifornia. Nixon beat Rep. Helen Gahagan Douglas, Democrat, re cently praised by the President for her support of his foreign policies. Along with Taft. Senator Eugene Millikin of Colorado, chairman of the conference of Republican sena tors, won reelection. He defeated a strong "Fair Deal" supporter in Democrat Rep. John A. Carroll. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York, winning a third term by a substantial majority, led a parade " Continued on Page 3 Enrollment Of Schools Reported; Housing Plan Hit Total actual enrollment in Rose burg schools is 3. OA!), according to a report submitted Monday night to the District 4 school board by City Superintendent of Schools Paul S. Elliott. Elliott reported 1509 students' were enrolled in grades one through six, 460 in the junior high school' and 1100 in the high school. The school board discussed a number of routine problems at its regular bimonthly meeting, but the question of establishing a nursery school on a sustaining basis r e ceived considerable attention. How ever, the board failed to take any action on the proposal. A delegation from the Riverside PTA appeared at the meeting to urge the construction of an auditorium-gymnasium at the school. The board voted to take no action until the school census was com pleted and the question of consoli dation settled. The school board also acted on the following matters 1. Accepted a resolution from; the Fullerton Dad's club recom mending that the proposed federal housing units not be built near the school. 2. Voted to pay compensation to Jack Brookins. local trades and industry coordinator. 3. Voted to allow the city of Rose- burg to connect power lines for the ) sewer pumping station to lines on Fmiay field. .u4v0,edu",f.ll" snh srrine 0f the Church of Latter Dir Saints to use the girls' junior high school gym for church youth work. . Tl ... ine Weather Mostly cloudy with occasional ! rain today and Thursday, Highest tamp, far any Nov Lawest temp, tor any Nw. Highest temp. yesttrdaV )4 55 : 41 't Lowest temp, last 24 hours Procip. last 24 hours Prectp. from Nov. Dtfic. from Nov. 1 Precip. from Sept, o ' iu I " il ia . . unsT Tooay, p. m. Sunrise tomorrow, t:S7 a Douglas County Joins State In Favoring G.O.P. Although registration lists show Douglas county to have more Democrats than Republicans, vot ing in the county was predom inately Republican in Tuesday's general election. Only one Democrat, V. T. Jack son tor the Statu lesilaliir u-wr elected In all nih.r ,nn,..,L n. publicans were named to elected positions. Figures Show 11,443 1 Democrats licans. and 11,248 Repub- Senator Wayne Morse, Congress man Harris Ellsworth, Governor Douglaa McKay and Labor Com missioner William E. Kimsey were all returned to office, both by Douglas county and atatewide choice. The unofficial News-Review tab ulation showed preference far Morse over Democrat Howard La tourette for the U. S. senate position tion. Austin F. Flegel trailed far behind McKay for governor, and Ellsworth carried a aubstantial margin of votes over David C. Shaw. The margin for Kimsey over Howard Morgan likewise was heavy. Write-in votes favored Harold J. Warner, incumbent over Allan G. Carson for the supreme court justice position No. 6. Douglas county voters gave pref erence to ballot measures as fol lows: Approval was given to in creasing state legislators pay, the measure to lend state credit for higher education buldings, the veterans loan fund, basic school support increase, public assis tance for the aged, uniform time, and a bonus for veterans. Negative total votes were cast against the legislative reappor tionment and promotive liquor advertising measures. Unofficial tabulations from St out of 60 precincts tabulated by the News-Review show the vote for Douglas county as follows: U. S. senator, Latourette 3193, Morse, 10.168. Talbert 358: U. S. repre sentative, Ellsworth 8219, Shaw 5585; governor. Flegel 4614! Mc Kay 9,216; labor commissioner, Kimsey 7006, Morgan 5774; su preme court position No. 6, War ner 757, Carson 449: measures, legislators pay, yes 6416, no 4680; lending tax credit, yea 6949, no 50"7; veterans fund yes 7159, no 4615; basic school fund, yes 6894, no 5468; public assistance act, yes 8323, no 4049; uniform time, yes 3230, no 4294; veterans bonus, yes 6488, no 5495; legislative re apportionment, yes 4547, no 5723; liquor advertising, yes 3677, no 9584. Roseburg Will Issut Publicity Booklet The City of Roseburg will re lease an illustrated brochure en titled, "The Roseburg Story 1950" this week. The booklet is designed to acquaint local citizens with the accomplishments of the present ad ministration. The information for the booklet was compiled by Mayor Albert G. Flegel, city council members and City Manager M. W. Slankard. Part of the expense of printing he book- I a t u . n i rl trfim Ika n f fi r . , tne cjty ,,. The remaining expense was paid from unudzeted tunds. IgyuUtTlCU 1UIIU9. 1 The ooiet report the work or the various city departments as wen ., listing .h, city , p"l A report on city improvements u also contained in the illustrated ' hrnrhnr . , Boy Sentenced For Role I" Slaying Of Officer ' 3 HILLSBORO. Ore I.V) John Lewis Wilson, 15, was sentenced to five yeaiOin prison Tuesday on his plea of guilty to Qing an ac- cessory after the gun slaying of State Policeman Dale Courtney. Circuit Judge R. Frank Peters ! ordered the boy returned to court 1 on completion of the sentence, to pussiuie sentencing on oiner indictments. Wilson and Francis John O'Day were arrested Oct. 1 after the death of Courtney and a dav of terror folloiting their escape from te stateOoys' training school. i r i i i . , v urn uau urrn arnirnm Iter to life imprisonment on i pleaVAirn against 244,Sr wanting his oi guiiiy w secona oegree muraer. Established 1173 Davis, Hill, Beckley, Dixon, Elected V. T. Jackson Only Victor For Democrats Paul Geddes and V. T. Jackson, i state representatives, Carl C. Hill for county judge, Lynn V. Beckley for county commissioner, Ned Dixon for county assessor and Rob- ! ert C. Davis for district attorney ' were elected to those respective po sitions in Douglaa county voting Tuesday. j The results are unofficial, as tab- ulated by the News-Review from ! telephoned reports from most of the county's 60 precincts. While incomplete, the margin of votes for 1 the respective positions can be re lied upon aa denoting the outcome of the election Geddes, Republican incumbent "nu JacKwn, Liemocrai, ana lor- merly sheriff, received substantial margins over their competitors, Russell Hubbard, Republican, and Sidney Leiken, Democrat for the state legislature. Robert C. Gile, the retiring legislator, did not seek reelection. Hill beat Howard Cracroft, Po mona Grange master, and a Dem ocrat, for the county position. He will succeed D. N. Busenbark, who had declined to run again. Hill, who is chairman of the Slate Game commission, will be forced to re sign before taking the oath of of fice as county judge, as he will not be legally able to hold two official positions. . Beckley won over R. D. 'Dick" Williams, Democrat; Dixon won handily over Democrat J. M. Morgan,- and Davis took more than a two-to-one vote margin over Ger ald O. Kabler, independent. Unofficial tabulations from 5f out of 60 Douglas county precincts tabulated by the News-Review fol low: state representative, Geddes 7946, Hubbard 5034, Jackson (309, Leiken 4161; district attorney, Da vis 9631, Kabler 3761; county judge Cracroft 5151, Hill 8136; commis sioner, Beckley 6980, Williams 6192; assessor. Dixon 7736, Mor gan 5581. Frontier Of China Bombed To Check Reinforcements (Br Th Araodatcd PrcMt A great armada of allied planes today blasted North Korea all along the Red China frontier in an effort to stop Chinese reinforce- j ments. Six hundred allied warplanes i pounded border arteries aa air ob servers reported "very heavy traf-. fie" rolling acoss Manchuria to-' wards Korea. Seven hundred ve-i hides were spotted south of the border and heading for North Ko rea front lines. United 'Nations forces gained on all fronts. Gen. MacArthur's head quarters clamped a news blackout on what is happening between the Communist front and the borde. What the Reds' next move would be remained a mystery. U. S. jets met Russisn-bulit jets in an historic air battle. An Amer ican F-80 Shooting Star shot down a Soviet-made MIG-15 as the planes zipped better than 600 miles an hour. The enemy jets at tempted to lure the Americans over Chinese territory without suc cess. Eighty superforts dumped 640 tons of bombs on Sinuiju, a bor der city of 100.000 said to be the main North Korean base where supplies from Manchuria are con centrated. N. Roseburg Sanitary e ess. . af R. Unit Directors Chosen . , . ..f ,5, were eieciea oireciora oi uie none "bursj Sanitary district at the election neia luesaay. Doyle, who will serve a three-1 year term, polled 53 votes. Wilcox, with 35 votes, will serve a two-year term. Chairman n C. V. Landis baa one year yet to serve. w O 0lher candidates were Walt Ker I mn 'lh 27' Robert Gladwill, 31, I nd E- ,B- Oldfield, 12. Jim Myers I received 12 wntein votes. A total jof 88 bllo, re Recall Move Aaainit LAuar Rowrna DMtitmM ""Y0' Mww" Defeated LOS ANGELES CP) Mayor Fletcher Bowron snoozed happily in his hospital bed today after soundly beating a recall move ment against 1Q. With 3.198 precincts counted out of the city's 1.495. Bowron ran up votes in lw ot retaining recall. ROSEIURG. OREGON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1950 Victory Smiles ALBERT 6. FLEGEL Third-Term Mayor . CARL C. HILL New County Judge (t V. T. JACKSON To Legislature . 1 PortW Count On Bills. " In Oregon Vote Shown i PORTLAND l!Pi The count I of votes on various measures in the state election Tuesday, from 1 1201 out of 2018 precints, was as follows: Legislators' compensation yes, 119.131; no 102.210. Tax credit for education build- ings yes 125,918; no 94.046 Oreeon war veterans' fund yes 130,725; no 93.307 Basic school support fund yes 116.625; no 112,494 Old-age assistance yes 149,167; no 79.935 . Uniform standard time yes, 145.762; no 86.018 Veterans compensation fund, ye 118.424: no 107.587 Legislative reapportionment yes V ..et . - 1 ' 94.065: no 103.595. Alcoholic beverages advertising ban yes 60,519; no 180,735 " Mayor Flegel Wins Contest For 3rd Term Incumbent Albert G. Flegel won a decisive victory for a third term over two other candidates in Rose burg's mayoralty ace. Flegel re ceived 1,746 votes, according to un official reports received by the News-Review. Some 500 votes behirfd was Paul J. Abeel with 1,276 and trailing was Ralph L. Russell with 308 votes. The total 3,330 ballots cast marked the largest mayoralty vote in the city's history. In the race for councilmen for Ward No. 1, voting was extremely close on three candidates. Frank Ashley with 297 votes ami Elton E. Clark with 289 were elected over Carl Permin with 281. The differ ence between the three was only 16 votes. The two men were elected from Benson rid Deer Creek pre- In Ward No. 2. Bernard Sa.r and Cecil Hush were unoDDOsed and will serve the Lane, Laurelwood, L'mpqua and Wharton precincts. MAYOR Roseburg Precincts j '11 E i Benson 95 . 169 JT Caro ..... 85 11713 Deer Creek 98 15 17 Fairhaveit , 60 141 22 Hamilton 82 72 17 Hermann 108 176 37 Lane 46 73 16 Laurelwood 78 135 18 Miller 91 59 16 Roseburg 119 191 34 Umpqua 131 129 41 West Roseburg ?3 97 11 Wharton 1 6S 5 Woodward 95 166 24 j Total Roseburg 1276 1746 308 Yule Lighting Contest Slated A community - wide Christmas lighting contest for homes and apartments in Roseburg and vi cinity ia being sponsored this year by the Junior Chamber of Com merce. Purpose of the contest, reports chsirman Gordon G. Carlson, ia to spread the spirit of Christmas by means of decoration and light. A trophy will be awarded for the best display costing $50 or less, and another for the best dis play costing more than 50. tn tries will be judged on the basis of 50 percent for general artistic effect and 50 percent for origin ality. Displays will be judged the eve ning of Dec. 22. All persons de siring to enter the contest should fill out an entry blank, which ap pears in the News-Review on page 9 today. The blank should be mailed to the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Box 681, Roseburg, be fore Dec. 18. Washington Refuses To Increase Pensions . SEATTLE im Washington state has voted down initiative 16 by an overwhelming margin and ordered a substantial cut in spend ing for public welfare. Warned by their governor that the state would face bankruptcy if it continued to spend at its pres ent rate, the voters refused yes terday to increase old age pen sions from S60 lo S65 a month. They also voted for Governor I.anglie'a initiative 178. which he said would curtail welfare spend ing by 25,000.000 a year. Another emphatic no was voiced by more than 150,000 votes with half the precincts in to a Mate Federation of Labor move to give workers added insurance against kiss of wages j .,, i wanyormiie council OK HidhwOtf PrODOSals At 1 pec"l 'N0V- meeting ot the city council of Canyonvi j the grade and enroachment reso lution which were sent from the Oregon State Highway commis sion were approved providing that two items be added: That 24 inch tubes be placed across the relo- cated Pacific hiehway. one tube to be placed at First street and the other at Fifth street: that the 1 city be granted the right to build j approaches to any of the second - ary highways at any point desired by the city. Plane Wreckage Discovered, With 'No Sign Of Life1 IUm. Mont. (API lutte Police Chief Rart J. Riley re layed seared radio report early today that helicopter fatind the burned wreckage of a Northwest Airline plane which vanished in bliuard with 22 person aboard. Hi statement said there was "no tiqa of life" in the wreck age, spotted about 200 yard below the backbone of the Continental divide. He said the wreckage was near the head of Modesto can- yon, which cut up the east tide of the divide. Search parties on foot were struggling through deep snow toward the wreckage. The Martin 202, carrying a crew of four and It passenger, apparently wot letting down ex. "J "" btw," Wh',T " end when It smashed into the mountainside. Madera Cancels Police Job Given To 'Mike' Elliott MADERA, Calif. m The Madera city council has rescinded its appointment of Marion "Mike' Elliott, former Multnomah county, Oregon, sheriff as coordinator and acting chief of the Madera police force. The council, in special session Monday nightt ended the appoint ment that had been voted only the night before. "Unfavorable publicity" arising out of the disclosure that Elliott had been recalled from the office of sheriff of Multnomah, (Portland) Oregon'a most populous county. last year, was given as the rea son for the council s reverssl of his appointment. The special meeting was called after a wave of public reaction greeted announcement of Elliott's appointment, which would have paid $300 a month. ' A wartime shipyard guard. El liott was elected Multnomah county sheriff in 1948, He waa re called in October. 1949, after un popular staff changes and amid charges oc campaign misrepresent ations. He failed in a try for Dem ocratic nomination lor Uie office last June. Canyonville Votes Woman Mayor Canyonville voters Tuesday el ected Justice of the reace Nina Pietzold mayor of the city for a one-year term, fche won the may. or's race with a total of 144 votes against her opponent, J. W. Reed, who received 31 votes. Lora Goodcell was elected city recorder for one year with 177 votes. She was unopposed. - Lela Hamlin 'was elected to fill a one-year term as city treasurer with 90 votes. Her opponents, Huth Parker polled 22 votes and Sara Nimmo collected 42 votes. John Hamlin, with 154 votes was elected to fill a two-year term on the lanyonville city conn' cil. He defeated C. E. Parker, who polled 132 votea and J. W. Reed, with 88 votes. Reed received votes for both the mayor's office and the city council position. Gordon Harry and Ed Oaka were elected to fill two one-year terms on the council. Harry was elected on 125 votes and Oaks received 114. Their opponents, D. W. Gill and William Cox, received 71 and 47 votes, respectively. A total 01 194 votes were cast in the Canyonville municipal fO i ection. Phone Strike Picketing At Portland Expected PORTLAND (JP) Some Pa cific TO phone it Telegraph build. ing .m,)' be P"'11 bere Thurs- nay in a nationwide dispute invoiv. ing Western Electric equipment workers. These are Installers employed by Western Uectnc,a Bell telephone company subsidiary. William Morrison, vice president of the Oregon CIO Communication ! Workers, said other workers, those directly employed by PT4T, were expected to respect the lines. There are about 100 employes of 1 the Western Electric division of the phone company in Oregon. Mast I of them now are working here. 1 Morse, McKay, Kimsey. All 4 Congressmen Vin Despite Demos' Lead In Registration 'Basic School Support Fund Has 'Yes' Lead; Balanced Legislature, Liquor Ad Ban Apparently Lost ly PAUL W. HARVEY, JR. PORTLAND (API Oregon Republicans swept every county to reelect all of their top candidates in yesterday' elec tion. All that the stunned Democratic leaders could say was "wait until If52." Confidant because they had the lead in Democratic registration for the first time, they had at least expected to pick up a couple of seats in Congress. , Governor Douglas McKay, Salem automobile dealer who has served two years, won a four-year term with 2-to-1 victory over state Sen. Austin F. Flegel, Portland lawyer. U.S. Sen. Wayne L. Morse, target of some party leader -because he often (trays from Republican policy, led the whole G.O.P. ticket. He scored a J-to-l margin ever Howard C. La tourette, Portland, former Democratic national committeeman and one-time speaker of the state House of Representatives, who is a self-styled Jeffersonian Democrat. The victory gives Morse a second term, too, and maintain the unbroken line of G.O.P. senate victories in Oregon since 1914. Winners! WAYNE MORSE U. S. Senator HARRIS ELLSWORTH Congressman WM. E. KIMSEY Leber Commissioner i f ' mimy j DOUGLAS McKAY Governor I- r" V I I . e" 1 r In the congressional districts. the story was the same, with the four congressmen, all Repub licans, headed back to Congress. State Labor Commissioner W. E. Kimsey held a strong lead, over Howard Morgan, democratic former state representative, in Kimsey'a race for a third term. One surprising fact was that . both Flegel and Latouretfce were losing their home city of Portland by about the same margin as they trailed upstate. Congressional Picture Here is what happened In the congressional districts: I FIRST (northwest Oregon) Rep. Walter- Norblad, 42, Astoria lawyer, won a fourth terra with a 2-to-l margin over Roy R. Hew- lit, oaiem attorney wna gave all out support to President Truman. SECOND (eastern Oregon) Rep. Lowell Stockman, '49-year-old . Pendleton- wheat grower, had ' 5-lo-4 edge over atate Sen. Vernon D. Bull, La Grande railroad worker, who also is a staunch Truman supporter. It wall be Stock man's fifth term. THIRD (Multnomah county) Rep. Homer D. Angell. the dean of Oregon'a congressional delega tion, defeated Carl C. Donaugh, former U. S. attorney for a aeventh term. FOURTH (southwest Oregon) Rep. Harria Ellsworth, former Roseburg editor, won a fifth term with a 3-to-2 edge over David C. Shaw, Gold Beach lawyer who used to be assistant attorney for tha national labor relations board. Stockman. Ang-U and Ellsworth had to overcome Democratic reg istration leads in their districts. Supreme Court Justice J. War ner, Pendleton, who was appointed last August by Governor Douglas McKay, held a 6-to-S margin in his write-in-campaign for election. His opponent was State Sen. Allan Carson. Salem, who had solid la bor backing. School Bill Undecided Measures to pay a veterans bonus, and give the state claim against estates of deceased pen sioners were carrying on the basis of returns from half the precinct reporting election results. But tne dui to nan me aaie oc oromotivelv advertised liauor. wine and beer was defeated by more than 2 to 1. The basic school bill waa carry ing by a margin ao narrow that ita fate probably will be unknown until the last returns are in. inis measure would increase state sup port aid to school districts from S50 per child each year to $80. Continued on Page S J. C. Kesner New Sutherlin Mayor J. C. Kesner was victorious in the Sutherlin mayoralty race ever two opponents in yesterday' city vote, according to unofficial re ports received from that city by the News-Review. Kesner received 213 votes to 158 for William A. Crowrll and 113 for Frank Riemen Schneider. Gerahline Wilson, who was un opposed for city recorder received 418 votes. Also unopposed, C. B. Smith, running -for city treasurer, received 405 votes. The ajjx councilmen elected wer Hazel Green with 353 votea, Mar vin Parks with 234, Clay Hensley with 214, Donald Harrington with 190. William W. Blakely with 178, and Fred Waugh, 276. Other men running for council men were: Bud Holm 154; Oscar Rose. 152; Milo Pope. 147; William Mardin, 144; Ira S. Mann, 144: Is idore Graleau, 135; Floyd W, Har ris, 129, Charles Bereni, 108, Dale Turner, 150, and Arthur Webber, 133. Levity Fact Rant By L. r. Relzensteln Oregon's decision en the race for governor: McKay Okey