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Resistance
In One Sector
Said Stubborn
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Eugene, trc.
LOIS MORGAN it a candidate for carnival queen. The carnival
it sponsored by tht itnior dais o Roseburg high ichool .and will
bo bald Friday, Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m. at the Rosebairg armary. Har
campaign manager for carnival quaan honors ii Charlti Plummar.
(Pictura by Matter Studio.)
Not Candidate For President,
Ta ft Says, But Might Run If
G.O.P. Offers Nomination
CINCINNATTI I API If tha Republican party wants San
ator Robert A. Taft ai iti 1952 praiidential candidate, it will
have to draft him. '
Tha senator led right out in an Interview Friday by saying:
"I am certainly not a candidate for tha (presidential! nomination.
I am not going to run for president."
Then ha carefully appended the remark: "I don't say that I
wouldn't take the nomination if it were offered to me but I shall
make no campaign to get it.
Twice Taft't name has been
proposed it Republican conven
tions as the GOP candidate for
chief executive. But in 1940 and
again in 1948 he was passed over.
Now. by polling a 430,000-vote
plurality over state Auditor Joseph
T. Ferguson to gain reelection
to a third senate term, and in
spite' of labor'a bitter solid op
position, he has put to death the
charge he is not a vote-getter.
The senior statesman from Ohio
declared simply yesterday, "My
interest now is the legislative pro
gram." The Ohioan swung out at the
idea that he personally or the
Republican party generally is iso
lationist. "Only an idiot would be an iso
lationist today," be scoffed.
Method, not principle, underlies
democratic administration's for
eign policy, Taft asserted. He cas
tigated the administration for se
crecy and bad judgment. K e
dropped the remark, "I haven't
the slightest confidence in (Secre
tary of State Dean) . Acheson's
judgment."
Bipartisanship in foreign policy
does not need to suffer, said Taft,
. although he agreed that interna
tional measures will be harder to
pass. Bipartisanship can be con
tinued, maybe even extended, but
it is up to the President, he de
clared. The senator explained that to
make this possible, President Tru
man must consult Republican op
position in advance of decisions,
and that this Republican opposi
tion itiust be truly representative
of the Republicans in Congress.
' He said he feels the new de
fense program will mean high
laxes on everybody and that he
hopes labor won't demand pay
raises to compensate for increased
taxes. He said this would start
inflation on another spiral.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Before we finish the job of post
morteming the election, let's give
a thought to the "ham and egs"
itiea that swept the Pacific Coast
so amazingly a couple of years
ago.
ft started in California, where
they first laughed to death a couple
of pie in the sky proposals, and
then astoundingly woke up one
morning a,fter an election to dis
cover that they had passed a pen
sidns - for - everybody - over a
certain-ace measure that was in
finitely worse than anything that
had been propped before. Among
other things, voted, its promoter
into the cushy ftt of administer
ing it.
Its possibilities, once anybody
stopped to analyze it and figure
out what it would do, were so ter
rifying that al a subsequent elec
tion the voter) repealed it by a
heavy majority.
Here in Oregon, we called it the
Joe Dunne bill. It went on the bal
lot by initiative petition. It was a
lulu. Maybe not quite as much of
a lulu as its California opposite
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Graft Charges Hit
Ft. Wayne Mayor,
Other City Heads
FORT WAYNE, Ind. UP)
The mayor of Fort Wayne, two city
officials and a businessman were
under indictment today on con
spiracy charges in connection with
sales of coal and supplies to the
city.
Two high ranking police officers
were under indictment on perjury
charges returned in the same
grand jury report.
The six men were arrested Fri
day and released under bond.
Mayor Henry E. Branning Jr.,
and Harold F. Battenberg, city util
ities purchasing agent, were
named together in 36 indictments.
Twenty-seven charged them with
conspiracy to commit grand lar
ceny, and nine charged conspiracy
to obtain signatures on board of
works members and the city util
ity superintendent to purchase or
ders through false representations.
Eugene Martin, president of the
Martin Coal company and a direc
tor of Korte-Baker company, a sup
ply firm, was named in 43 indict
ments. They charged conspiracy to
commit a felony and offering a
bribe.
Charles H. Boyer, city council
man and a salesman for Korte
Baker company, was charged in
seven indictments with accepting
bribes and in nine with conspiracy
to commit larceny.
Polie Chief Lester H. Eisenhut
and Police Capt. Gregor Klug
were charged with perjury.
Bonds were fixed at $11,000 for
Martin, $9,000 each for Mayor
Branning and Battenberg, $7,000
for Boyer and $1,000 each for the
police officers.
The grand jury said sums in
volved were 1 fis . 4fi 1 . 11 in coal
purchases and $38,647.40 in pur
chases of supplies.
School Bill's Victory
Margin Placed At 2307
Br Th AMoclated PrM
The complete unofficial count
in Tuesday's election showed to
day the closely contested basic
school measure to have won by a
margin of 2307 votes.
! It was the only issue whose out
! come was in doubt long after vol
I ing got under way.
the bonus for World War II vet
erans trailed in the earliest stages
j of the count, then soon went in
- front and gradually built up to its
final ed-e of 21,683.
'Booze Still, Mash Found
Inside OSlahoma Prison
! McALESg"ER, Okla. e- UP) A
10-gallon whiskystiill and a batch
of mash was discovered inside the
i walls of Oklahoma state peniten
tiary here.
! Deputy Warden H. C. McLeod
j said two guards stumbled over tha
apparatus in a steam tunnel be
' neath the prison light plant.
An investigation is underway,
: MrLeod said.
I Liquor is legally prohibited alsa
I in the rest of Oklahoma.
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Telephone Strike's Settlement Not
First Huddle
In Peace Try
Proves Futile
'Hit-And-Run' Picketing
System Begun; Sabotage
Flares In Two Cities
NEW YORK (JP It ap
pears certain today thtat the par
tial coast-to-coast telephone strike
will continue over the weekend.
It now is in its third day.
The first federal peace talks
failed Friday after only one of
several pay ami contract issues
waa discussed. No new joint ses
sion was planned before Sunday.
At the same time, the striking
CIO Communications Workers of
America started a new system of
"hit-and-run" picketing aimed at
causing the greatest possible con
tusion in the nuge Ben system.
It was designed to keep the
company from mobilizing clerks
and supervisors fast enough to han
dle the struck jobs at any one
place.
The national effect of the strike
was spotty, and varied widely from
city to city. The greatest sufferers
were the long distance service and
areas with manual telephone a x-
changes both requiring direct
operators.
Automatic Uial service, which
includes about 70 percent of the
nation'a phones, was not affected
at once. If the strike lasts long
enough, however, wear and tear
and breakdowns could cut into the
dial system. The maintenance men
of Bell's subsidiary Western Elec
tric Co., responsible for installa
tion and repair, are the principal
CWA division on strike.
The union said that of its nearly
300.000 members, 33.000 were ac
tually on strike and another 87,
000 were honoring the picket
lines a total of 120,000 out of
work.
The company estimated that
two-thirds of its national service
was normal, and the remainder
spotty. CWA divisions are striking
in all but five New England
states.
The main auarrel is a 13-month
dispute between Western Electric
and CWA's maintenance division 6
and distributing division 18.
The two principal issues are pay
rates and contract duration. The
company has reputedly offered an
11-cent hourly increase 10 wages
now averaging $1.55 to $1.62 per
hour, and wanta the pay agree
ment to last 16 months.
The union has demanded an un
specified but "substantially"
higher increase, and a one-year
agreement.
The first violence in the dis
pute came at Philadelphia, where
police formed a flying wedge to
clear the way for trucks that pick
ets had tried to barricade at two
warehouses. Division 18 charges
the oolice with strike-breaking ac
tivities, but police said they were
only maintaining order.
In New York, 38 pay pnones
in Pennsylvania station were
blanked out after their mouthpiece
diaphragms were removed, others
were ripped from booths in taverns
and stores near the Western Elec
tric warehouse in Manhattan.
Police said the actions were
"sabotage."
Sub-Cost Coffee
Sale Up To Court
PORTLAND (JP A test
case loomed today to settle the
dispute over whether a grocer can
sell food below cost if he wanta
to.
The case involves William B.
Luther, operator of a large Port
land store, who sold coffee at
67 cents a pound.
Robert A. Green, secretary of
the Oregon Food Merchants asso
ciation, said that was 11 cents
below cost, and signeti a com
plaint against Luther.
I.uther was arrested and charged
with violating the state fair trade
practices act, which forbids sale
of food at less than cost plus (
percent.
Luther not. only sold coffee at
that price yesterday. He also said
he would sell it at the same price
today. So did a number of other
Portland stores, including at least
one large chain.
Luther was released on his own
recognizance after asking for a
jury trisl in the test of the fair
trade practices act.
Tlie Weather
Pair with increasing cloudi
ness today with Increasing
cloudiness tonight and rain Sun
day.
Highest temp, for any Nov.
Lowest temp, for any Nov.
Highest temp, yesterday
Lowest ttmp. last 24 neurs ...
Precip. lost 24 hours .
Precip. from Nov. 1
Oefic. from Nov. I
Precip. from Sept.
Sunset today, 4:53 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 7:71 A.M
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ROSEBURG,
No Phone Pickets
In Roseburg Today
There wre no picket In front
f the Pacific Telephone end
Telegraph company buildings In
Roteburg today.
All regularly scheduled tele
phono employes were back on
the job and service was ne-mal,
according to a report from the
local telephone company man
ageoienr.
Reports are that pickets are
on duty in Corvallis, Albany and
Portland, but none are in Eu
gene and Springfield.
The switching of pickets from
one town to another is part of
the CIO Communication Work
ers of America "puthbutton"
strike tactic to employ surprise
picketing concentrating lines in
some place and not in others
and picketing some days and
not on others.
Klan Rally Set
As Arrest Looms
In Whipping Case
CONWAY, S. C. UP) The
Ku Klux Klan holds an Armistice
day rally tonight in this tobacco
country where night riders have
been accused recently of bull-whipping
a white farmer and shooting
up a Negro night club.
Last week's first announcement
of the rally said that Thomas Ham
ilton, grand dragon of the Caro
linas Klan, would explain the bat
tle among his robed knights and
Negroes at a Myrtle Beach night
club Aug. 26.
Since the announcement a
farmer has disclosed that Klans
men broke into his home near
here early Tuesday, hustled him
to a wooded area in an automo
bile, and bull-whipped him. Tha
farmer, 52-year-old Rufus Lee,
aays he fears the Klan may return
to "get" him after the rally be
cause he was told to keep his whip
ping a secret. Thj office of Sheriff
C. E. Sasser says it expects to
make an arrest in the Lea case
today.
Sasser said after the demonstra
tion at the night club that more
than 200 shots were fired, but not
a one by Negroes. Conway police
man, James Daniel Johnston, 42,
was shot to death. He was wearing
a Klan robe over his uniform.
Hamilton and four other alleged
Klansmen were charged with con
spiracy to incite mob violence after
the n i Jilt club shooting. But they
went free when a Horry county
grand jury refused to indict them.
Lee said he believed he was
whipped because he had criticized
the Klan's part in the night club
affair.
Hamilton said his own investiga
tion showed that no Klansmen took
part in the Lee whipping. How
ever, the farmer said that the 25
or so men who circled him while
he was whipped wore robes and
masks.
SHOBERT IN KOREAN AREA
Donald R. Shobert, seaman,
1'SN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
B. Shobert of Riddle, is a mem
ber of the combined United Na
tions forces in the Korean area.
He is serving aboard the destroyer
USS Small, a unit of the group
which recently struck against the
Communists with an amphibious
assault on Korea's west coast.
STORY OF TWO BEARS R. A. Mclntyre is shown with two beers, e she beer and a cub, which
he killed on tha Olelle road Fridey morning. He killed both with a .38 special revolver. (Pictura
by Paul Jenkins.)
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OREGON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1950
Two Election
Battles Still
To Be Decided
Michigan Governorship
In Doubt, Connecticut's
Senate Race In Court
By Th. AuoeUUKl PrM
Four days after the election no
one knew who Michigan's governor
was, Connecticut may have a sen
ate recount on its hands and re
sults were still rolling in some
of them not off any adding ma
chine. The governor'! race in Michigan
had reached almost a comic-opera
pitch with county after county re
porting errors in addition, plus
discovery of thousands of un
counted votes.
As the corrections kept coming
in, there was even the possibility
that Michigan voters might not
know who their new governor is
in time to inaugurate him Jan. 1.
They voted for Democratic gov
ernor G. Mennen Williams and Re
publican Harry F. Kelly. First it
waa Kelly, then the errora
popped up and Williams led.
Now it's Kelly again by about
300 votes and a recount seems
certain. Even after that any court
fights could delay the swearing
in. Present score: Kelly, 934,851;
Williams, 934,532.
Connecticut Republicans asked
their state aupreme court to order
a recount in the election of Demo
cratic Senator William
Benton had a margin of some 1,200
voles over his Republican opponent
Prescott Bush. A hearing is sched
uled for Tuesday.
If Benton hangs on to his seat,
the Senate line-up will be 49 Demo
crats, 47 Republicans. If Bush
wins, it would be a 48-48 tie and
Vice - President Barkley's Vote
would be needed by the Democrats
to keep control of committees.
Wanted: Sanate Leader
Even with organizational control
of the Senate the Democrata were
having trouble finding someone to
take the helm. The present major
ity leader Scott Lucas of Illinois
was defeated for reelection and two
leading Democrata have backed
away from taking his difficult
job.
Russell of Georgia said today
he had "no personal desire" to be
e e n a t e majority leader.
O'Mahoney of Wyoming said he
was not a candidate but he thought
Russell wss a good man. Both
men top many lists of possible suc
cessors to Lucas.
The membership of the House
was finally decided after a re
check of votes in New York and
a close race in Missouri. The
count for the new House: 2.15 Demo
crats, 109 Republicans and one
independent.
Theft Of Auto Charged
To Two Juveniles
Two Roseburg juveniles aged 12
and 14-year-olds were arrestetl
Friday by state police officers in
Roseburg on a charge of auto
theft, state police reported Satur
day. The juveniles were charged with
the theft of a vehicle owned by
Dick Firman of Roseburg. They
are being held in the juvenile ward
of the Douglas county jail.
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ARMISTICE DAY
Tributes Voiced To War
Dead Mingle With Fears
Of Third World Conflict
iBy ths Awoelatcd Srwl
Most Western nations celebrated with parades and speeches
today, tha 32nd anniversary of tha armistice which ended World
War I. U.S. Secretary of Defense George Marshall paid tribute
to American soldiers who died in two World wars and in the
Korean war "to make life mora abundant (or all of us."
Thoughts of tha two past World wart mingled with grim
fears of a possible third in the minds of all who celebrated. The
observance was overshadowed by tha bloody fighting going on
in Ko
M. Yoder Resigns
As 'Y' Secretary
The resignation of Marlen
Yoder. above, as general secre
tary of the Roseburg YMCA, waa
accepted by the board of directora
at a meeting jnursnay nignt, an
nounced Ormand J. Feldkamp,
chairman.
Yoder resigned to take over the
position as superintendent-principal
of the Camas Valley school.
Feldkamp said that the YMCA
program will be carried on at
usual under a temporary secre
tary to be announced later, until
a permanent secretary can be em
ployed. Yoder was the first secretary
of the local "Y", coming here after
coaching at Ashland high school.
Under his direction the work has
progressed into a well-rouaded pro
gram, with numerous activities
carried on.
Barber Who Never Upped
Prices In 69 Years Quits
MARIETTA, O. Bill
Ray, the man who was sa busy
harboring the last ft years he
forgot to raise his prices, re
tired last night at nearby Lew
ell. His prices matched the new
legendary "shave end e hair
cut, two bits." He starttd eut
charging IS cents far a haircut
and e dime far e shave. He
never charged more.
Ray bagan te barber when he
was 10. He set up .lis own shop
at It. New he's 79 end plan
ning te "take It easy."
A new owner who will oper
ate the shop saya pricea are
going up.
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In Sight
OBSERVED
In defeated Germany, Hhich
started both World Wars, Western
occupation troops held brief- mili
tary ceremonies- to honor the
dead. The West German and Ber
lin press Ignored the anniversary
of the day which marked the first
crushing blow to German militar
istic ambitions.
In most countries the day was
a national holiday. Cannons sa
luteU and momenta of silence were
observed on the 11th hour of the
11th day of tha 11th month in
1918 when the armistice was
aigned.
Marshall spoke at Arlington na
tional cemetery in Washington be
side the grave of Gen. John
J. Pershing, U. S. commander
in the First World war. He spoke
of the Korean war and pledged
that the more than 4.853 Americans
who have died in Korea will not
be forgotten.
American Legion national com
mander Erie Cocke Jr., apeaking
at the same ceremonies, called
for total mobilization of the na
tion'a armed forces to "discourage
communist leaders from touching
off total war."
Wreaths were laid on memorials
and tributes were paid in eitiaa
and towns . throughout Canada
which has set aside today as na
tional rememberanre day honor
ing the dead of both World wars.
In New York and other cities
throughout the United States, vet
erans, troops and members of pa
triotic organizations neia parades.
Special Armistice day services
were held in Moscow by American
Roman Catholic priest Rev. John
Brassard. The ceremony was at
tended by U. S. Ambassador Alan
G. Kirk and French Ambassador
Chataigneau. Russia, which b y
1918, was out of the World war
and stilt In the throes of its Bol
shevik revolution, doea not ob
serve the day.
Britain will observe the Armis
tice anniversary tomorrow. Tra
ditionally that country hat set its
remembrance day for the Sunday
nearest Nov. 11.
California Still
Fights Fire, Winds
LOS ANGELES (m Fire.
cold and blustery winds plagued
southern California today.
While the weather bureau pre
dicted sub-freezing weather in cit
rus areas, firemen battled a
brush fire at the northwest end
of San Fernando valley which
forced at least temporary evac
uation of about .SO families and
threatened expensive houses.
Only two small cabins were re
ported burned but some 50 or SO
larger homes were within a half-
mile of the fire's path, Los An
geles county firemen said.
Below freezing temperatures
ranging as low as 27 were forecast
by the weather bureau in the cit
rus belt, taking in such towns as
Pomona, Covins, Azusa, Cuca
mnnga and Redlands.
The fire hazard remained grave
throughout bone-dry southern Cal
ifornia. Stale foresters fought a
4.500-acre brush blaze near San
Diego.
C. E. Dickie Elected
Mayor In Riddle Vote
C. E. Dickie was elected mayor
of Riddle in the Nov. 7 election.
the Myrtle Creek Mail reports.
Dickie polled a total of 78 votes
while his opponents Elmer Love
received 4B and G. J. Aspey 19.
Other Riddle officials elected
were Francis Kuir.mer, recorder
snd Willism Nelson, treasurer.
Councilmen elected were B. H.
Mann, Floyd Guy and Fred Ved-
der, four year-terms; D. W. Clark
and William E. Markham, two
year terms.
A total or 143 votes were cast
in the municipal election.
Little River Woman
Bags Her Third Bear
Mrs. F. C. H.ini rtportid that
she had shet her third bear of
the season near har psTtce up
Little River lest (peek. She said
she had wounded the bear about
two weaks previously, and then
came face te face with It as
It rounded seme brush. Mrs.
Helns shet tha bear as It lunged
award her, while she back
pedaled. The wounded animal
get caught In e thi;kt, te she
finished It eft with a nether shet.
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Allied Bombers Smash
Towns Ahead Of Army,
Level Border Bridges
SEOUL (m . Ilniled K.lmn.
forces shattered a tense lull
in the Korean ground war today
wun a lour-mue advance along
the northwest front. Very heavy
resistance was reported in one
sector.
The push from the allied hridi-.
head north cf the Chongchon river
waa begun cautiously by Ameri
can, British and Australian infan
try men. It followed a puzzling
five-day withdrawal by Korean and
Chinese Communists.
Whether the Chinese Reds would
make a stand was of utmoat im
portance. A demand that Red
China recall its troops in Korea
an estimated 60,oo of them
is before the U. N. security coun
cil.
To the northeast, U. S. marines
moved steadily toward the hi
Changjin power dam. They gained
nve muea ana took tne last of
four hydro-electric plants which
aupply power to North Korea and
parts of Manchuria.
Ahead of the advancing Allies
both navy and air force planes
pounaeo more man oo areas.
Villagea were fired, big towna
smashed and two Manchurian bor
der bridles knocked out. Twa
more were damaged. .
On all fronts the planes strove
to block off oncomms Chinesa
from Manchuria.
A Washington spokesman for tha
army reported that two B-29s were
so badly shot up by enemy fight
ers that one went down at sea
and another was destroyed while
landing at its home base.
'Enemy jets used rockets, It
was believed, for the first time
in an air battle between four
U. S. jet fighters and seven Russian-built
MIG-ISs over the north
western rubbled city of Sinuiju.
iNeuner siae lost any pianei in
that action.
But navy Panther jets shot down
one M1G-15 in another air bat
tle in the same area.
Almost 11,000 incendiary bombs
were dumped on the Red com
mand post and supply point of
Uiju, 19 miles northeast of Sinuiju.
clouds of smoke obscured th'eV
target but most of the area was
ablaze.
in north central Korea 10.000
fire bombs were dropped on the
military center of Pukchin. A
similar strike was made on the
warehouse and dock area of
Chongjin, east coast port 80 miles
south of the Siberian border.
Navy planes for the third
straight day pounded six major
Yalu river crossing points used by
the Red Chinese to reach North
Korea.
Air force planes destroyed eight
tanks and 2. trucks. Both air
teams reported heavy anti-aircraft
fire from both the Korean and
the Manchurian sides of tha river.
Russian Tactics
In Austria Draw
Big 3's Protest
WASHINGTON (P) Tha
United States mi do public today
the text of a note to Russia in
which it "protests most emnhat-
ically" against Soviet tactics in
Austria.
Specifically, the U. S. objected
to efforts of the Soviet represen
tative there to justify interference
witn the Austrian government s
policy when they sought to put
down Communist riots last month.
Publication of tha note today fol
lowed announcement that tha
United States, Britain and Franca
had entered the protest. The Amer
ican version, given out here by
the State department, called on
the Russian government "to issue
appropriate instructions to tha
Soviet authorities in Austria to de
sist from interfering in the police
functions of the Austrian govern
ment.
The protest accused the Soviet
commander at Wiener Neustadt
of having obstructed efforts of the
Austrisn ponce to restore oraer
during Communist demonstra
tions and riota Oct. 4 and S. It said
the police were ordered by tha
Soviet commander in tha city to
return the federal post office to
a mob from which they had taken
it and also to get out of town.
John B. Nelson Elected
Myrtle Creek Mayor
John Boyd Nelson was elected
mayor of Myrtle Creek in the gen
eral election, the Myrtle Cr a a k
Mail reports. Nelson polled 204
votes over his only opponent,
Stearns Gordon, who received 169.
New councilmen elected a r a
Robert E. Kelly, councilman-at-
large; Leonard Dyre, ward two.
and Dr. C. W. Claridge, ward
three.
Councilman Homer Abbott was
re-elected councilman for a two
year term from ward one. Guy
Conley was re-elected for a one-
year term from ward two.
Mrs. Alice Hillabold, candidate
for city treasurer, defeated. Har
rison Hale for that post.
Levity Fact Rant
By L. F Reiznstein
If there It to be a tilvtr lining
to Oregon'! financial cloud, It
will probably emblazon these
words: SALES TAX.