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Bid Forms Ready
Thre. Juveniles Held
On Auto Theft Charge
Three juvenile, aged 14 end IS,
were arrested Monday morning on
a charge of possessing stolen prop
erty. Chief of Police Calvin
Baird reported today.
Baird said the three youths stole
an automobile from a Seattle park
ing lot Sunday afternoon and
started driving south. They were
stopped by Roseburg city police
after buying gas at a local station
at 4:30 a.m. Monday.
The boys are being held in the
county jail, pending their return
by Washington state officials. .
Parole Granted
Japan's Former
Foreign Minister
TOKYO Japan's wartime
foreign minister, Mamoru Shige
mitsu, was released on parole from
a seven-year prison term today de
spite Russia's strenuous objections.
It was the first parole granted a
principal defendant in the war
crimes convictions growing out of
World War II. Shigemitsu was con
victed at the Tojo trial in 1948.
War - launching Premier Hideki
Tojo was convicted and hanged.
The seven-year sentence given
the veteran Japanese diplomat was
the lightest imposed by the interna
tional tribunal. He was paroled be
cause of good behavior.
Shigemitsu, 63, was one of two
Japanese who signed the historic
surrender aboard the U. S. battle
ship Missouri in Tokyo bay.
Russia protested his release from
prison as an "illegal and arbitrary
action" taken by General MacAr
thur. The Soviet no(et following up
two earlier protests, asserted that
MacArthur lacked authority to pa
role any Japanese war criminals.
'. In reply to a Russian protest last
summer, the United States said the
parole system was "in accordance
with the practice in enlightened
and democratic countries." Mac
Arthur had established the parole
system in Japanese war criminal
cases March 7.
Tne allied occupation legal sec
tion said six more Japanese will be
parolad Dec. 3, bringing to 148 the
number of minor defendants re
leased. Talent Previewed
For Charity Show
A lot of exceptional talent was
discovered at the Roseburg Elks
club's pre-casting talent show last
SanirHnv owonmu .rHin. in
Jerry Gilbo, general chairman. j display and booklets issued by the , neignts facing tue advancing u. a.
The turnout was for the purpose j c''y- ., , l''"- "rps.
of developing acts for the Elks' an- The council canvassed the votes j To the west, Reds were estab
nnal rhnritv minctrpl ,hnw rue 11 cast in the city election herd in I lishing blocking positions on hills
15, and IS at Roseburg junior high
school. Gilbo says the show prom
ises to be the biggest and best yet.
The regular casting rehearsal is
scheduled for Tuesday evening,
Nov. 28. at the Elks temple.
Proceeds are to be used entirely
for Christmas charities. Money
from this will be used to sponsor
parties in Roseburg's three thea
ters Dec. 23 for the kiddies. It will
also provide food basket
needy families-
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In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Reading the news from day to
day, it seems to me that the pres
' nt situation in North Korea is
screwier than the "phoney war"
that preceded the last war.
As a WAR, H just doesn't seem
to make sense.
Look at it this way:
I think everybody, including our
top military mm, will agree that
if the communist Chinese, hacked
by communist Russia, WANTED
TO they could drive us out of
Korea.
They are supposed to have a vet
eran army of a million men strung
tint ilnnfl th Vain rivnr Rii' nt
this cocked-and-primed striking
force on the Yalu, they are sup-1
posed to have reserves of around
FIVE MILLION men in North i
China. It is generally reported that i
they could dig up five million more
in ALL of China
Opposed to this staggering ac
cumulation of cannon fodder, we
have around 250.000 men in Korea
and maybe a few more in Japan.
The Chinese are right at home.
They have only to cross a river to
Continued en peg four)
Girl Blames Devil For
Going On Shooting Spree
NATCHEZ, Mat VP -A frail,
14-year-old girl nad a simple ex
planation today of a two-hour shoot
ing spree in which she terrorized
the cross roads community of Stan-i
ton. Miss. Highest temp, fer any Nov. .
"It must have been the devil in Lowest temp, fer any Nov. .
me." said she of yesterday's ram- Highest temp, yesterday
page in w hich she wounded her i Lowest temp, last 14 hours
uncle and fired rifle shots at her!Preip. last 14 hours
step father, mother, grandmother Precip. from Nov. I . .
and two officers. ' E,t, from Nov. 1
Sheriff Robert Burns listed her Precip. from Sept. 1
a.C)Ollie May Byrne, a high school,
etiident. and held her in jail with- Sunset today, 4:4S p.m.
c4g) charge. i Sunrise tomorrow, 7:14 a.m.
Project Awaits .
Final Nod From
Federal Agency
Plans and specifications for Rose- !
burg's new airport, as prepared by
Engineer Ben B. Irving, were ap
proved by the city council at Mon-i
day night's meeting. i
The plans are now to be for-1
warded to the Civil Aeronautics I
authority in Salem and thence to
the Seattle office for final approval.
Contract forms for letting of bids
have been prepared by the city
manager's office to be ready as
soon as final government approval
of the airport plans have been
made. The council has expressed
hope the work can get underway in
the not too distant future. The
$200,000 city bonds have been sold,
and to date assurance of govern
ment matching money haa been
given.
The plans and specifications pro
vide for a 4600-foot runway with a
100-foot wide paved strip and 100
foot aprons on either side of the
runway. The plans also provide for
elevations, drainage and location of
buildings. The location of the ad
ministration building ia subject to
change before final plana are
adopted.
New Lights Awaited
In answer to a letter requesting
the location of a street light at
Booth and Eddy streets, City Man
ager Slankard reported that six
lights for Miller's addition and 10
for West Roseburg have been on
order for the last several months,
but they have not yet arrived. He
said also that California Oregon
Power company has to run special
circuits for the lights and the com
pany has not been able to get
transformers.
The lights ordered would give
more light output at a cheaper
cost than the lights now in use in
most of the city, Slankard said.
He said he would try .to find out
what is holding up the order and
speed the installation as rapidly
as possible.
New City Hall Discussed
.The council spent some time dis
cussing progress work on the South
Kane street improvement, West
Roseburg sewer work, general
property tax assessments, and pro
posed plans for a city hall, sub
mitted by the city manager. The
city hall plans were drafted to ob
tain an idea as to how the present
city hall site might be put to best
advantage, if the bond issue elec
tion Dec. 12 is approved by the
voters.
Mayor Albert G. Flegel, council
men and city manager, who at
tended the recent League of Ore
gon. Cities meeting, reported
, the session. They commented also
on tne attention given the Roseburg
i connection with the Nov. 7 general
election, and passed a resolution
declaring the following to be
elected: mayor, Albert G. Flegel;
councilmen from ward 1, Frank
Ashley and Elton Clark, and coun-
cilmen from ward 2, Bernard Saar i
and Cecil Hugh. All but Clark were
present for the meeting.
Liquor Licenses Issued
Liquor license renewals were is-
i.sued for the following: Loyal Order
ui muuse, ciuo license; naieway
stores, package class B; William
A. Mardorf Sr., Idle Hour tavern,
reiau man Deverage, class a; nil
Ham DeBolt, and Howard G. Light
ner. Monogram Cigar store, retail
malt beverage, class A; Oscar L.
Hunnicutt and Estle L. Paris, S.
Stephens Market, package, class A;
Leonard S. Zacher, Friendly tav
ern, retail malt, class B; L. E.
Henninger and A. G. Henninger,
for Henninger's Mart Nos. 1 and
2, package store, class B; BPO
Elks lodge 326, club, more than
500 and master locker, more than
4S9; Frank S. Webster. Mill Street
store, package store, class A; Ed
gar A. Vanderhoef, Van's retail
malt, class A; Alfred J. Lavasseur,
The Club, retail malt, class A. A
new license was issued to John C.
Reese, West Side grocery, package i
store, class A.
Death Blow Follows
Drunk Driving Penalty
EVAN'S VILLE, Ind f.4 Hush
Bodrrwr. at, of Baker, Ore., died
in a hospital Monday from being
nit oy a car nere Sunday night.
The accident happened near the
home of his daugher. Dr. Stella
Boyd, Evansville pnysician, with
whom he had planned to spnd the
winicr.
The driver, Robert Cullen, 28, I
Evansville, pleaded guilty earlier !
in the day to a drunken driving '
charge in city court. Judge Frank
Fish fined him $100 and sentenced
him to 180 days on the state penal
farm.
The Weather
Partly cloudy with occasional I
rain today and Wednesday.
Established 1873
Yanks
No Shot Fired
In Occupying
Ghost Town
Reds Preparing Fresh
Defense Indicating End
Of War Months Distant
SEOUL VP) American in
fantrymen today burst into the
Korean border town of Hyesanjin,
cross the hazy Yalu river lrom
t communist Manchuria
Hyesanjin was a ghost town.
Americans took it without firing a
shot.
Tanks, flanked by bearded in
fantrymen of the U. S. Seventh di
vision, lumbered up to the slushy
banka of the Yalu, the first Amer
icans to reach the border.
Maj. Gen. Edward M. Almond,
Tenth corps commander, who was
with his men when they reached
the border, jubilantly announced
the drive to he Yalu boundary
through snow - covered mountain
passes has "divided enemy-held
territory and isolated all signifi
cant forces east of the 127th paral
lel east longitude."
However, the Communists still
have a great network of military
highways and railways in the
northeast, linked with Manchuria
where Korean Red armies were re
ported being reorganised.
And strong Red buildups, com
bined with the rigorous Korean
winter, brought predictions from
United Nations intelligence officers
the war will continue well into
next spring.
Col. Herbert B. Powell, com
manding the 17th, said Red Man
churia was within easy artillery
range, but his guns would not lire
across the river "unless they fire at
us first."
Paralleling the 17th's advance,
the South Korean capital division
pushed ten miles up the east coast j
Monday, capturing Chuchonhu- j
jang, 75 miles east of Hyesanjin. j
This put the Koreans just 85 miles I
from the Soviet Siberian border.
Reds Building New Defense j
General MacArthur's intelli
gence officers in Tokyo expressed
more concern over reorganization i
of Red defenses along the north
west front. J
A MacArthur spokesman said'
iled armies are organizing a de
fense system across strategic
dominating the flat ground lead
ing to Sinuiju, main enlryway for
Chinese troops into Korea.
These defenses block the U. N.
approach toward the Suiho hydro
electric complex along the west-
era Korea - Manchuria border
which supplies power to both
areas.
A hint of dissension in JJ. N.
ranks was checked quickly. Mili
tary sources said the commander
of a Philippine battalion who had I
asked that his trooeis be called '
home because they weren't used as
a unit was himself -ordered home.
U. N. air forces, which are play
ing a key role with the U. S. navy
in the advance up the east coast,
were augmented by South African
veterans. Four nations now have
fliers in the U. N. air force U.S.,
Australia, Korea and South Africa.
Defense Program Means
Sacrifices, U.S. Told
CHICAGO VP) The nation's
partial mobilization program, says
army Secretary Frank Pace Jr.,
will mean higher federal budgets
and higher taxes for several years
and further sacrifices "that would
,fct our fntire "v oi li(e-"
There may be price and wage
controls. Pace said, and a lower
ing of the American standard of
living.
Pace, speaking to members of
the Economic club of Chicago,
said that for the next several years
we are going to have to devote
a major portion of our national
income and effort to defense
needs. . . ."
! He said that "this period we are
. entering of indefinite semi-mobil-:
ization is tragic, difficult, confusng
i and cosily but it is infinitely
better than a total war mobilization
which it may prevent."
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HelDlesS Invalid Found
Dead Near Mother's Body
SALEM I.V) Walton Shatturk.
42, an invalid, was found near
death in his bed last night. His
mother's body lay t few feet away.
Marion countv Deputy Coroner
Charles Edwards said Shattuck'a
I mother, Melissa, had died perhaps
74 ten days ago of natural causes,
.... 14 The son. unable to care for him
... . S self, had lived on decaying food the
..14 ! mother cooked before she died,
trace j He was auffenr(ff)from malnutri
. J.12;tion and food poisoning.
1.12 j A neighbor discovered Shalturk's
11.11 , plight and called polite. Officers
j searching the ill-kept home later
found 7M in (ash JMden in a
I closet. w
ROSEBURG, ORECON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1950
Alt Manchurian
Attractive Array Of Prizes
Posted For Best Exhibitors
At Northwest Turkey Show
There will be priies galore, (or exhibitors at the Northwestern
Turkey Show, Inc., to be held at the Douglas County fairgrounds
Dee. 4 to 8.
In the championship competition, trophies will be awarded
to the grand champion bird of the show, the champion young
brome hen, the champion bronie torn, the three most uniform
young bronze hens and the three most uniform bronze toms.
Georgia Furore
Follows Ouster
Of School Heads
ATLANTA P One of the
biggest political explosions in
Georgia in years threatened today
in the wake of the abrupt firing of
12 school department supervisors.
The Southern Association of col
leges and Secondary Schools has
been asked to see whether alt of
Georgia's 158 accredited high
schools should lose accredited
standing.
The request will be presented to
the association's executive com
mitee in Richmond, Va Dec. 3,
said Secretary A. J. Geiger. If an
investigation is ordered, a com
mittee of out-of-state experts will
look into charges of "political in
terference" with the school system,
and loss of quality.
All of the state's 12 supervisors
(field men) were released without
warning Friday by the state board
of education. The reason cited was
economy. Salaries and expenses of
the supervisors cost $65,000 last
year. The state school appropria
tion was more than 51,000,000.
The board, appointed by Gov,
Herman Talmadge, and state
School Superintendent M. D. Col
lins, elected by the people, have
been scrapping over who is boss of
the school repartment. Collins said
the board'! firings were illegal.
In the past, universities in Geor
gia, Texas, Mississippi and Louis
iana have tcmporarly lost accredi
tion because of the firing of pro
fessors or presidents.
The Georgia incident occurred in
1940. It created a furore during the
administration of the late Gov. Eu
gene Talmadge, Herman's father.
It was a torrid issue in the 1941
race in which Ellis Arnall beat the
elder Talmadge for governor.
Thanks Service
Set By Ministers
City-wide Thanksgiving service,
sponsored by the Roseburg Minis
terial association, will be held 10
a.m., Thanksgiving day at the
First Methodist chairch.
Following a tradition that dates
to 1918, many Roseburg churches
will join in the one-hour union
service. The meeting place, partic
ipants and speaker for the occasion
are rotated among the churches
from year to year.
' This year, the role of host pastor
falls upon the Rev. W. A. Mac
Arthur, president of the Roseburg
Ministerial association.
Speaker for the service will be
Lieut. Dal Madsen, head of the lo
ci. I Salvation army unit.
The public is cordially invited to j
this inter-denominational service. I
HISTORY IN REVERSE
Soviet Bloc Peoples Given
Distortion Of Real Facts
About Second World War
BERLIN (API Men with apparently the shorteit mem
ories in the world are rewriting modern history for 800,000,000
inhabitants of the Soviet bloc.
What they claim to be historical truths are being dinned
into all peoples under Moscow's domination in Europe and Asia.
The last war? Russia fought I
alone, they say. j Because illiteracy is high among
American lend-lease aid? Never , Iron Curtain peoples these Kus
heard of it. ! sian allegations are most ef-
Winston Churchill? A blood-1 fectively illustrated in documen
sucker imperialist who always plot-1 tary films.
ted the eaitjavement of jttissia. j People can see and hear whpn
Roosevelt'' A weak progressive ; they can not read or write. The
behind whose back Wall street sen-1 documentaries compare favorably
ators flew to Berlin seeking a sep-jwith Moscow radio broadcasts in
arate peace with Hitler. - j influence and seem far more itn)
The exterminated Jews?(-?.'ever j pressive for the untutored masses
heard of them, either. It was the ; than communist books or newspa
Soviet people who bore all the sac-; pers.
rifices. j Two super epics from Soviet
General Eisenhower? He never i studios now are making the rounds
fought a battle. The Nazis juatviuit of village theaters from the Kibe
on his phony western front. river to the China coast.
Allied bombin!? It was carried ; Both are in color, number their
on to terrorize innocent German casts in thousands, and cost up
civilians, destroy world industrial wards of lO Wsl.OfK) rubles to pro
competition and lay waste the cul-;duce. Each calls itself a literal re
rural hecitage of Europe. Russia ! creation of. wartime events, based
disapproved. on Soviet official records.
Stalin? Genius of resolution, i In the srhs, press and public
builder of socialism, generalissimo : forums, ruh Communists now
of victory, leader of the world ! are hallyhnoing the Soviet war pic
peace camp. . Hires as the gospel truth.
in ine special cnampiunsmp com
petition, the live bird coming the
greatest distance will receive a
cash award. There will be first,
second and third prir.es in the dis
tance competition. To qualify for
the distance prize, an exhibitor
must enter at least three birds. A
cash award will also be made to
the exhibitor with the heaviest bird.
A first and second cash prize
will be offered for the best birds
in tiie breeders' live birds display.
This contest requires one old torn,
one young torn, one old hen and
one young hen from each exhibitor.
Uniformity and quality shall be
chiefly considered.
Other Awards Listed
The processors' display award
will be given for the best display
of dressed turkeya entered by any
one plan,. The idea is to show the
type, finish and general appearance
of turkeys that are ahipped, plus
sales appeal for turkey and gen
eral educational dislay.
For the most attractive booth,
considering display of merchandise,
interest shown by the public and
advertising appeal, three mer
chants' exhibit ribbons will b e
awarded.
Generous cash premiums will be
paid to exhibitors in both the
dressed division and live division.
4-H members and Future Farmers
.of America will also be able to
share in the premium cash and
ribbons.
Flames Destroy
Alaskan Hospital
.JUNEAU, Alaska P Scores
of patients were evacuated safely
t ol ay when fire destroyed the
Alaska native nervice hospital at
Bethel, in the Yukon valley, in zero
weather.
None of the patients was injured
but one hospital employe was hurt
during removal of the invalids.
Hugh Wade, area director for the
Alaska native service, said a re
port received here from Dr. Dun
can Chalmers, head of the hospi
tal, said the $300,000 building was
a total loss.
Dr. Chalmers asked for imme
diate aid in providing suitable quar
ters for 27 patients tieemed in need
of immediale hospitalization.
Bethel is approximately 1,000
airline miles northwest of Juneau
and 600 miles southwest of Fair
banks. It is the center of a largely
native area which recently has
been the scene of a severe typhoid
fever epidemic.
Chalmers said the blaze began
in the boiler room but its cause was
not known.
ON RETIREMENT BOARD
SALEM 7T) Frank B. Ben
nett, Salem school superintendent,
has been appointed by Governor
Douglas McKay to the state public
employes retirement board.
He succeeds the late James Bur
gexs, Astoria.
273-50
lorder
Govt. Expense
Slash Urged
On Congress
Alternative For Truman
Tax Plan Asked By U.S.
Chamber Of Commerce
WASHINGTON-,! The V.
S. chamber of commerce called
on Congress today to cut govern
ment spending for non - military
purposes by at least $6,000,000,000
before it considers taxing excess
profits of corporations.
Ripping into administration pro
posals for a 75 percent tax on ab
normal business profits, Ellsworth
C. Alvord, chairman of the cham
ber's finance committee, declared
it was impossible to devise a work
able excess profits tax to produce
the $4,000,000,000 yearly asked by
President Truman.
Alvord set forth the chamber's
views in a statement for the house I
ways and means committee, which
is winding up hearings on the
profits tax proposal which Mr. Tru
man says is necessary to finance
the expanding defense program.
As business wheeled its biggest
guns into the hearings, Democrats
on the tax-writing ways and meant
committee continued to hold firm
rein on Republican efforts to dis
cuss substitutes for the adminis
tration plan.
GOP committee members are
plugging for a raise In the
corporate income tax rate or a
combination of that with an excess
profits tax. But the Democrats
are sticking by a mamdate from
the White House to draw up an
excess profits tax bill.
3-Point Program Urged
The committee haa voted on
party lines not to take testimony
on alternate tax proposals, but Al
vord. offered for the record the
rhamber'a tax - writing ideas ap
proved by its directors last Friday.
These embrace:
1. An overall 50 percent corporate
income tax rate, comprising t 38
percent normal aoi surtax and a
12 percent "defense emergency
tax." This was estimated to pro
duce $2,000,000,000 yearly In new
revenue.
2. Additional excise taxes to
bring in another $5,000,000,000. As
possible methods, a manufacturera
excise tax or a consumer sales
tax were suggested,
3. No increase in individual In
come tax rates, but posihly low
ered exemptions.
Following the chamber of com
merce, the Committee for Eco
nomic Development j national
organization of buiness executives
added its voice to the denuncia
tion of excess profits taxation by
spokesmen for business and indus
try. The CED also has proposed flat
cororate tax increases through
addition of a "defense profits
tax" to the regular corporate in
come tax. CED says its program
which would mean a total taxrate
of 5.1 percent would raise $6,
000,000,000 a year.
Child Swallows Toy,
Cop Saves Her Life
ST. I.OUIS VP) A nine-months-old
baby girl, 4hoking on a toy
train wairel she had swallowed, was
saved this morning by the alert
work of a probationary policeman.
The policeman, Sam Russo, was
directing school traffic when he
heard a woman scream, a block
away, ile ran to the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Broderson and
found their baby daughter, Maria,
already blue from strangulation.
Ile applied artificial respiration
and dislodged the wheel. Hospital
attendants gave him credit for sav
ing the child's life.
Cigaret Tax Favored
To Pay Soldier's Bonus
SAI.EM (IP) A cigaret tax
of three cents a package was sug
gested by the legislative interim
tax committee to finance the sol
dier's bonus.
The committee sard the tax would
raise about $5,000,000 a year. The
' bonus was passed by the voters,
i but financing it is up to the legis-
latiire.
That was the only means of d
i ditional revenue recommended by
: the Committee, despite the fact
that the stale has to find a total
of about $79,000,000 more during the
next two-year budget period.
Oregon School Children
Donate To Fountain Plan
' SALEM VP) The school chil
, dren of Oregon are giving pen
i nies, nickels and dimes to help
' build the central fountain in front
of the secretariat building at United
j Nations headquarters in New York
. City.
The drive In Oregon is headed
hy Mrs. Douglas McKay, wife of
; the governor. IrV part of a na
j lional move spoiWired by th wives
of atate governors.
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Disaster Also Strikes Reno;
Death. Damage Tolls Increase,
Ninth Day Of Storm Forecast
Oty the AuoctatMl Proul
Torrents of mountain-fed flood waters ripped through north
trn and central California and western Nevada this morning,
driving thousands of persons from their homes and doing untold
amounts of property damage.
At least nine persons were dead from the floods, which
started on its third day of rampage with added fore from moun
tain rains and melting mow.
Her it how the tituation stacked up:
NEVADA The main section of Reno wat a tumbled matt
of mud, debrit and torn paving after the twirling Truck river
normally three to four feat deep at thit time of year roared 20
fet deep and thre blocks wide through th center of "Tho
Biggest Little City in th World."
Th Truck burst itt banks with crushing fore last night,
flooding swank hotels and gambling casinos. For hours th down
town lection wat under tlx feat of water, but th flood wt re
ceding today. On death wat attributed to th raging waters.
Emergency Declared by Gov. Warrn
CALIFORNIA Governor Eerl Warren declared a stet of
emergency over th raging floodt in th Central valley. Th
Yub county sheriff's office ordered th evacuation of an es
timated 3,500 residents from Easf Linda, near Maryivilla, in th
face of th threat of th flooding Yub and Bear rivers. Th
muddy torrent, which hat already tmathad through levees In
thr placet and inundated th townt of Hammonton and Mr.
gold, cpntinuet to rise.
Th American river bunt its banks near Sacramento and
flooded thoutandt of acres of tuburban land, driving 1,000 peopl
from their hornet.
Eight California deaths war attributed, directly or In.
directly, to th floodt.
Th U.S. wther bureau at San Francitco predicted "mod
rat to heavy rain" for th high Sierra today th ninth straight
China Dominated
By Soviet Agents,
Spokesman Says
LAKE SUCCESS -UP) Nation
alist China's T. F. Tsiang told the
United Nations today 45,000 Soviet
agents completely dominated the
political, economic and cultural
life of Communist China.
Eventa of the past 12 months,
Tsiang taid, have fully proved that
the Peiping regime is the stooge
and tool of Moscow. He spoke be
fore the general assembly t co
nation political committee.
Tsiang told the committee Russia
has completely ignored the as
sembly's 1049 appeal to all nations
to refrain from Interfering in the
internal attain of China. ..H
blamed Russia for the interven
tion of Communist China in th
Korean war and said Russian im
perialism waa responsible for most
of Asia's unrest.
He said the resistance movement
on the China mainland is growing
rapidly. Before September, 1949, he
said, there were only some 395.000
men operating against the regime
of Mao Tze-tung, but now there are
about 1,667,000. About IS percent
of these, Tsiang said, are Com
munist troops who have swung
their allegiance to Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek.
Tsiang charged that the North
Korean attack on South Korea and
the Chinese Communist invasion
of Tibet were part of the same
problem. He proposed that the as
sembly consider the Tibetan
question along with his own
charges of Soviet aggression
against China.
"Tibnt is a land of considerable
strategic Importance," he said.
"It is made a base for the im
perialistic schemes of world com
munism. In Tibet, at in other parts
of China, a foreign conquest has
been staged in the disguise of rev
olution or liberation. This is the
true meaning of the communist in
vasion of Tibet."
Freight Rates Slashed
On New Automobiles
WASHINGTON UP) The In
terstate Commerce commission
has ordered an average 12 per
cent reduction in railroad freight
rates oa new automobiles.
Officials estimated the cut, dated
to become effective Keb. 20, will
involve savings of $10 and up for
new car purchasers.
The retail price of new automo
biles traditionally includes the rail
transportation charge from the
manufacturer's headquarters fac
tory to thehnme city of the pur
chaser, regardless of how delivery
is made between these points.
Thus the revision in the basic
rail rate will be reflected in the
local sales tag, in amounts varying
according to location and the
weight of the car.
Labor Chief To Head
Demo Committee, Report
BOSTON VP) The Boston
Herald said today that Secretary of
Labor Maurice J. Tobin "ia ex
pected to resign soon to succeed
William M. Boyle .lr., as Demo
cratic national committee chair
man.
Boyle, the newspaper said, "is
relinquishing the position because
' of poor health. Present plans of
I Democratic leaders call for Tnhin
to succeed him shortly after
i Jan. 1."
Eisenhower Buys Farm
Near Gettysburg Field
PHILADELPHIA (,P Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower has bought
' a 200-acre farm near historic
Gettysburg, Pa., and will make it
his permanent family home, it was
j disclosed today.
! The property it dairy and gen
; eral farm, with I nine-room house,
j three miles south of Gettysburg. It
I has,, good view of th Civil war
IbatiWield. V
day ot ttormt.
Reno, gaudy little city of casino
and quickie divorces, reeled un
der the impact of the flood. Muddy
waler raced through the businesa
district in stream three block
wide, aweeping treet, benches,
cars in ita rage.
The plush Riverside hotel had
five feet of water on ita main floor.
The ultra twank Mapea hotel'
basement was flooded to th cei
ling. A six-foot wall of water was
kept out of the lobby by aandbaga.
Merchants reported thousanda ot
dollars of damage to Chritmaa mer-
cnanms stored in flooded base-
menu.
The two main hishwavi In rati.
fornia, 40 and SO, across the Sierra
were washed out in placea and
blocked by slides. Train service
west was suspended by the South
ern Pacific when tracks on the Cal
ifornia tide of the grade were
washed out Bear Norden. , ,
An unidentified man died of
heart attack aa he attempted to
save stock from the basement of
Reno department store. Another
unidentified man, who jumped into
the flood waters in an apparent au
icide attempt, turned un alive sev.
eral hundred yards downstream.
Troops Called Out
The Nevada national euard waa
called out in arms to prevent loot
ing and keep residents from dan
ger zones.
All of Reno's eight bridges serosa
the Truckee were completely un
der water.
Two big aewer mains nver th
river on the east side of Reno wer
broken.
The biggest threat in California
was in the Sutter-Yuba county
area. Dikes along the flooding
Bear river broke, sending streams
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Fire Feared Fate
Of Missing Plane
WILLIAMS, Calif. fP)
Searcher, for a plane missing in
the Sierras with four prominent
Bay area residents got a lead today
from a Santa Rosa hunter who said
he saw a plane aflame near her
Saturday.
Ralph Evans of Santa Rosa, who
was hunting pheasants a few milea
nnrtnwest of here, said he and six
companions saw a plane go down
in flames at 10 a.m. .Saturday.
The hunters didn't report the in
cident until today because "we
were sure othera must hav teen
it."
Air search has been almost im
possible because of the heavily
overcast, rainy weather. But it was
hoped that a number ot planea
could reconnoiter the coastal range
west of Williams today, weather
permitting. Ground search parties
have found no trace of the plane.
Aboard it were the pilot, William
V. Hanley of Berkeley, Standard
Oil executive; Dr. Harold Becker,
Piedmont dentist: his 13-year-old
son. Curtis: and Wesley Carpenter,
Oakland executive of th Pacific
Gaa & Electric Co.
The weather was rainy and visi
bility was poor Friday morning
when Hanley took off for Williams
with the hunting party.
Drunken Driver Fined,
Given Jail Sentence
Virgil Broxson, M, of Roseburg,
arrested by the state police on the
charge of drunk driving, pleaded
guilty and waa fined $l and sen.
tenced to servf)30 days in th
county jail, reported Sutherlin Jus
tice of Peace Ward C. Watson.
Levity Fact Rant
By L F Reizensteln
Th devastating; entrat Call
fornia flood may tot! wot
blanket ever future aqitatie) far
diversion to that state of tur
pi ut Columbia river water.