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C in. a J Corporation. ility Levy TM mm ? ..v . : .: jr,i JUST A KID Pfe. James D. Byrd, 14, of Youngstown, 0., who enlisted in the army last June, is now a frostbite patient at Percy Jones army hospital at Battle Creak, Mich. He holds birth certi ficate which proves his youth. Byrd was with the 3rd infantry division, 8th army, in North Korea. (AP Wirephotol Yoncalla Couple Dead Prior To Car's Plunge Into Creek, Coroner Says From Inquiry Leo Henry Morin and his wife, Cora Belle, of Yon-" calla were killed before their automobile landed in the canyon creek, County Coroner Harry C. Stearns said W. Berlin Youth Backs Germany's "Patrick Henry" BERLIN UP) West Berlin youth organizations prepared a mass demonstration tonight honor ing 18-year-old Hermann Joseph Flade, who defied a Communist death sentence with Patrick Henry sentiments. ' "I love my freedom more than my life," young Flade told a Com munist court in Russian-controlled Dresden, echoing the impassioned sentiments of America's revolu tionary war hero. Throughout West Germany, antt Communists have rallied to the youth's example. The American licensed radio is diiyflng his story into the ears of Russian-zone lis teners. Flade, a Catholic from Bavaria, was tried as an "enemy of the state" for distributing leaflets last fall urging votes against the Com munist - controlled "National Front1' ticket, the only slate per mitted in the East zone election. Communist faithful packed the courtroom and a public address system carried his words outside the building. Before chagrined prosecutors could, silence their loudspeakers, Flade defied the court and said he opposed the Communist system. The court imposed, the death sen tence. His story, kept quiet by the Com munists, was brought to West Ber lin by friends. The furor that fol lowed may have given him at least a temporary new lease on life. He was sentenced to the block 10 days ago, but East zone author ities said the execution had been delayed. Such a lengthy delay be tween sentence and excution in East Germany has been unknown previously. Execution usually fol lows sentence in a day or two. In the Day's Hews By FRANK JENKINS ' It looks like we're going to stand and fight at the lower end of Ko rea. General Collins, our army chief of start, and General Vandenberg, our air force chief of staff, have been making a close-up inspection of conditions at the front. Back in Washington, General Collins says: "Our army (in Korea) has plenty of fight left in it . . . if the enemy attacks in ANY strength, they will be very severely pun ished." General Vandenberg apparently agrees with this size-up of the sit uation. General MacArthur, whose star at the moment is pretty much in eclipse, has also just finished an inspection. At 8th Army headquar ters this morning he issued this statement to the correspondents: "No one is going to drive us into the sea. This commantl intends to (Continued on page four) The Weather Showers today, clearing and colder tonight. Rain late Tuesday. Highest tamp, for any Jan. 71 Lowest temp, for any Jan. . Hioheit temp, yesterday 51 Lowest temp, last 24 hours .. . 41 Pracip. last 24 hours 35 Precip. from Jn. 1 5.44 Precip. from Spt. -1 .fll1. Excess from Jan. 1 .... X. 1.17 Sunset today, 5:12 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:31 a.m. roaay. The bodies of Mr. and Mn. Morin were found Friday evening in their car submerged in the creek. The coroner said that evi dence found on the bodies indi cated the couple was killed by im pact before the car hit (he water. Stearns said the accident happened sometime Tuesday evening wniie the couple was enroute to Elkton to visit Mrs. Morin's sister. Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Morin will be held in the Yoncalla Methodist church Tues day at 2 p.m. with Rev. James C. Smith officiating. . Leo Henry Morin was born in Yoncalla Feb. 20, 1922, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry B, Morin. He has lived in the Yoncalla vicinity most of his life, with the exception of four years while in the navy in World War II. At the time of his death, Morin was employed as a logger. . He was married at Reno, Nev., June 29, 29S0, to Cora Belle Col lins of Yoncalla. He is survived by his parents, a brother, Douglas Morin of Yoncalla and a sister; Mrs. June Long of Susanville, Calif. Mrs. Cora Belle Morin was born in Winthrop, Ark., July 28, 1923, and had been a resident of Yon calla the last IS years. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marquis L. Collins, a brother, Marvin Collins, all of Yoncalla; three sisters, Mrs. Nora M. Allen, Elkton; Mrs. Mille Ester Allen, Yoncalla, and Mrs. Geona L. Getz, Tacoma, Wash.v Funeral arrangements are in charge of the, steams mortuary of Oakland. Ban On Longshoremen Pickets Continued PORTLAND, (!B The ban on longshore picketing continued in southwestern) Oregon today. The prospect was for no labor trouble there, for some time. Federal Judge Gus Solomon re newed the temporary restraining order against picketing, and gave attorneys 19 days to submit ar guments on whether he should con tinue the ban until the NLRB fi- ally determines jurisdiction in the dispute. The dispute was over the lumber schooner C-Trader at Reedsport. Longshoremen began picketing in protest over use of AFL sailors in loading lumber aboard the ship. Picketing spread to other ports and lumber shipping dropped. The restraining order opened the ports to snipping again. Portland Couple Hurt In Auto Crash Near Drain Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Brice of Portland received minor chest in juries in an automobile accident north of Drain Sunday afternoon, stale police report. The couple was traveling north on highway 99 in a vehicle operated by Thomas Maxwell Dodds, Port land, when they 4vere involved in a head-on collision with a car op erated by Ralph Norwood Corbett, MrMinnville, state police said. They were taken to Eugene by ambuiance for treatment. Patient Dies In Plunge From Hospital Window POTTLAND (Pi A 62-year-old man died in a plunge from a second story window of St. Vin cent's hospital here Sunday. A passerbv found on the side walk the body of William K. Dos ha!, Portland, treasurer of the West Coast Tranj-Oceanic Steam ship lines. He hf been despondent since his admittance to ine nospi- tal two weeks ajo, hooital au thorities reported. Established 1873 Avalanches Dn Snow Slides Gulp Villages In 3 Countries Scores Of Persons Hurt Or Still Missing, Resorts, Railway Service Crippled GENEVA. Switzerland (P The death toll stood at 141 with many still missing today as res cue workers in three Alpine coun tries continued to dig through snow and debris left by disastrous week end avalanches. Austria had -at least 66 dead. Switzerland 60 and Italy 15 as a result of great slides crashing down Alpine slopes for the past three days. Whole villages were buried, houses broken like kindling wood and families entombed by the thundering snow. In Austria, where an untold number of persons still are miss ing, Interior Minister ilelmer said the government is considering ap propriate aid measures for the vic tims. The semi official Swiss News agency said that the disaster struck at least 15 localities in Switzerland. Besides the 60 dead, it said, 20 others were missing and another 20 were reported seriously injured. In Italy, in addition to the dead, at least 50 persons were injured, many of them caught beneath roofs crumpled by the weight of the snow. The snow still was falling on the Italian side of the Alps, causing fears there would be more ava lanches. On the Swiss side tht number of avalanches appeared to be de creasing but officials warned that there still -was danger. Tourists Marooned Thousands of British and Ameri can sports lovers were temporar ily isolated at swank ski resorts. Among the marooned were 500 British and 70 Americans at Da vos, Switzerland. None of the resorts was believed to be in any danger, however. They were said to have ample food stocks. The unusual number of slides re sulted from heavy snows last week. Avalanches are not uncommon in the Alps, but the weekend number was believed a record. Hardest hit of the three coun tries was Switzerland, where the slides brought tragedy to dozens of quiet valleys. The mountain railway connect ing Davos, St. Mortiz, Arosa and other resorts with the outside world still is badly crippled. Officials hoped to open the line from Arosa today, but said that it would take (Continued on page Two) JrV: MILE OF DOLLARS Prominent Roseburg citizens started the ball rolling Saturday on a part of the March of Dimes campaign tht Mil of Dollart. Th one-day driv netted $666,25, only ahaut Hi feet in lenath but a new rcieerd in the local history of tht affair. Pictured from left to Proposed Access Roads In Forests Get Budget's Nod WASHINGTON (P) The government is planning a big ttepup in building of ' access roads Into western national for ests to help boost lumber produc tion for dafense needs. President Truman's budget proposes $17,500,00 for national forest road and trail building in the fiscal year starting next July 1. That's about 70 percent above the $10,592,00 appropriation for tht present year. Chief Forester Lyle Watts es timated a long-range program of access road building to open hard-to-reach forest areas would increase the national forest tim ber cuts from 3,100,000,000 board feet annually to about 6,000,000,. 000. Douglas Power Projects Listed Three power projects in Douglas county are requested in- President Truman's proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1951, District Manager W. E. Trommer shausen of the Bonneville Power administration reports. The district manager said the proposed budget included a total of $14,938,500 for projects in t h e Southwestern Oregon district. An appropriation of $75,000,000 was re quested for the Pacific Northwest Columbia river power iiystem, in cluding $69,500,000 for construction and liquidation of contracts, and $,500,000 for operation and main tenance. The three Douglas county power projects are: Roseburg-Coos 230 kv. line, $100,000; Reedsport-Coos 115-kv. line. $8000; Coos substation additions, ...$216,000,.. and Reedsport substations additions $30,000. Zone Issue Will Be Talked Tonight A public hearing will be held to night at 7:30 o'clock in the city council chambers on the proposal to change to a business zone the property on either side of Oak street from Parrott street to the Oak Street bridge. The area to the north at present is industrial, while that lying to the south Is residential. The new zoning classification would extend on either side of the street to the property line. This hearing will be conducted by the city planning commission, which will base its recommends- ! tions to the city council upon facts ' obtained at the hearing. If the , change is favored, the council ' would have to hold another hear ! ing before it could take final ac ' tion. right are Chief of Police Calvin - . k ' f I ATT - 'T ' '.iaW M .?,.. m a. a .-'i v .,), v. a - mil ROSEBURO, OREGON MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1951 Alps Claim 141 Lives Gen. Bradley Gives Defense Assurances . Program, If Carried Out, Ample To Ban Disaster To U.S., Congress Told WASHINGTON UP) Gen. Omar Bradley told Congress today the military forces the linked States is planning "are sufficient in my opinion to avert disaster for our country." Testifying before the senate pre pareness subcommittee, the chair man of the joint chiefs of staff said bombing of American cities might be possible but "there is little real danger now of the continental United States being invaded and overrun so far as we can see." Bradley said U. S. air defenses, "combined with the efforts of the Canadians," could avert "c o m plete disaster" but "if a deter mined enemy is wilting to expend the effort, some bombers will get through." Bradley was before the commit tee to endorse the Defense depart ment's proposals for drafting of 18-year-olds and extending the period of draft service from 21 to 27 months. lie gave the committee In addi tion a briefing on how t.i services plan to meet any attack. , "The initial retaliation against an enemy by strategic bombing will be provided if the air power and the necessary army and navy support to seize and hold the bases from which to operate are in our hands the moment an emergency arises," he said. Senator Hunt (D-Wyo) said he frit Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's views- on 1he need for thisntep should be secured before Congress votes on the issue. Hunt, who says he is convinced that 18-year-olds must be drafted and for 27 months service in stead of the present 21 is a mem ber of the senate armed services subcommittee holding hearings on military manpower legislation. Hunt said he will ask that the subcommittee solicit Eisenhower's views, after the general returns from Europe. Eisenhower, on leave of absence as presitlent of Colum bia university, is studying his new duties as commander of a pro jected international army to de jfend western Europe. LIME PLANT TO RISE PORTLAND UP) ' Plans for a $1,500,000 lime reduction plant were announced here. The United States Lime Products corporation, Los Angeles, said it would build the plant in north Portland, produc ing high-quality lime from Alaska ore. rV'Tv w ! i,v -'rib t lffflfsl Baird, Mayor Al Flegel, News-Review Editor Charles Stanton, Sid Moon, City Manager Matt Slankard and Gus Carlson, newly elected president of the Junior chamber of commerce, which sponsored the event. Young, unidentified spectators are soma- 'what awed by tha proceedings. 1 n J FAVORS A-BOMB Maj. Gen. Emmitt ( Roiie ) O'Donnell, back from Korea to head the 15th air force, at March Air Base, Calif., urged that "we use the most effective weapon against Red China the A bomb." (AP Wirephotol March Of Dimes Auction Slated For January 30 "Wanna buy a duck?" That expression, made famous by Joe Penner, will be repeated with hundreds of variations the night of Tuesday. Jan. 30. That if the date fixed for the annual March of Dimes auction, to be held at the Roseburg armory. Sponsored by the Kiwanis club, the auction will start it 7 o'clock. .The armory is expected to be half full of household furniture, livestock, implements, applianoes, doming ana ariicies ui an- sons donated for the event, reports A. G. Henniger, March of Dimes gen. eral chairman. Persons having donations of goods for the auction are re quested to telephone the March of Dimes headquarters, pnone zuiu, and pickup will be arranged. Bob Bashford is general chair man of the event. Auctioneers furnished by Andy Hempcnius, owner of the Roseburg Auction market, will be Walter Mask, Harry Smith, Ole Cooper and Blackie Smith. Lou Franco and his musicians are donating their services to sup ply music from 8 to 10 o'clock. Bill Grey is chairman of public ity, Harold Glover and Byron Woodruff are soliciting donations, Vcrn Hasbrook, manager of Con solidated Freightways, Is pickup chairman. Donations will be picked up Monday and Tuesday. V Photo by Paul Jenkins I 18-51 Allies Again Reach Yonju, Grab Airstrip : Patrols Discover Reds Preparing Fresh Drive; Foe's Planes Routed TOKYO (ffi Four powerful allied motorized columns with tanks and artillery ranged deep into Red-occupied areas today along a 50-mile span of the west ern Korean front. They found the Chinese Reds reported building up strength in the area for a new drive were wary and apparently unwilling to fight in force. On the central front, a power ful allied patrol seized the Wonju airstrip again Monday. It also pushed Reds off a nearby height. The four-pronged allied thrust in the west was termed- officially a "reconnaissance in considerable force." After failing to flush out Communists in strength, the four columns returned to the main al lied lines. South African warplanes struck hard Monday at the lchon area where the Reds continued their brisk fighting of Saturday and Sun day. Other allied warplanes hit both the east and west coasts. The sky raillers dumped 100 tons of bombs each at Chongjin on the Sea of Japan and Yonan on the Yellow sea. The clear cold Korean day brought out airpower in strength on both sides. The U. S. Fifth air force and its Australian and South African l!Um roamed the skies all along th battle-line and far behind the Red frontline lorces. Foet't Plane! Plee" "' Twelve Russian made MIG fighter jets made a half-hearted swipe at four U. S. F-84 jets over North Korea anu then turned tail for home when the Americans showed fight. No damage was in flicted on either side. But fighters, including American swift Sabre jets, and bombers pounded at enemy supplies and concentration points. They scored hits on some camouflaged tanks and rockets and firebombeU R e d villages. An increase in enemy airpower was noted over the weekend. A to tal of 54 Russian type Migs were sighted in the air Sunday. A few scattered allied areas were bombed ineffectually by night raid ers. One MIG was shot down and an other damageti Sunday ill five air fights. U. S. General Confidant The Red buildups on the west and central fronts did not frighten U. S. Maj. Gen. Robert H. Soule. Soule expressed confidence the re deployed Eighth army could stop anything the .Chinese Reds could throw at it. "We have hit his best troops In many spots, the general said. "Behind them la the riff-raff." The Far East air forces said al lied planes have killed or wounded more than 60,000 Chinese and Korea Reds since Nov. 24 and more than 90,000 since the war began last June. Allied air action struck down more than 4,000 Reds in the last 10 days, the FEAF said. Slayer Cook Declares He'll "Beat That Rap" OKLAHOMA CITY, (P) "111 beat that rap some way," de clared confessed slayer William E. Cook Jr., as he awaited indict ment in the kidnap-slaying of the Carl Mosser family. This determination was ex pressed to prisoners sharing Cook's compartment -board the train which arrived here yseterday from Los Angeles. A grand jury will he asked to Indict him on a Lindbergh law kidnap charge: abducting the (ive Mossers of Atwood, III., with intent to do bodily harm:,"To wit, murder." . U. S. District Attorney Robert Shelton emphasized that the Mis souri desperado will stand trial, regardless of whether he pleads gi'ilty. Only on jury recommendation can the death penalty be imposed, SMELT TASTI EXPLAINED ASTORIA - (JP) The Columbia river smelt should taste better from now on. They tasted like stove oil the past few days, customers com plained to fish market operators here. Fishermen had an explana tion: It was because the tanker Oleum cracked open while entering the Columbia river Jan. 11, and leaked oil all the way from here to Port land, they said. Fishermen ex pressed belief the oil now has bepn carried away by the current. Meanwhile they reported light smelt catches. Asked In Bills State Tax Board Offers . Plan At Salem, Also One For Cigaret Revenues By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. SALEM - UP) The Oregon legislature was asked today to raise $2,000,000 more a year by levying th income tax on utilities, and on corporations which get 92 percent of their income from ren tals. The bills, by the legislative in terim tax committee, would re move all exemptions under th corporation income tax law, ex cept for insurance companies. Th insurance companies would con tinue to be exempt because titer pay a tax on premiums. The bills would hiake charitable, scientific, religious and educa tional institutions pay the tax ii they operate any business for prof it The utilities, now exempt, would pay $1,500,000 a year. The corpora lions which are now exempt if they get 95 percent or more of their in come from rentals would have to pay $500,000 a year. , The corporation tax rate now is 8 percent of net income, but per sonal property taxes can be de ducted. Today's bills would change the mlA In a naiVMt and aliminala the personal property tax deduc tion. This change in rates wouldn't make any difference as to amount of money collected, the tax com mission said. It would just make the tax more fair. The effective rate now, after deducting personal property taxes, is about S percent now, anyhow. . The corporation income tax now brings in about $13,000,000 a year. The extra $2,000,000 a year would be a little help toward balancing the budget for the next two years. Salts Tax Alse Asked The bills Introduced today giv the house tax committee their sec ond tax bill. The first one intro duced as the 2 percent sales tax measure. Today's bills would 1 hit such church groups as operate book publishing houses for profit. It also would tax college bookstores, and cemeteries run for profit. Some churches even run lumber mills, which now are exempt. The measures also would giv the tax commission a closer check on farm cooperatives, as well as a little revenue from them. Cigaret Rtvtnut Asktd. Legislation to stop selling of cl garets below cost and to license all cigaret dealers was introduced ly Sen. Frederick S. Lamport, Salem, and six other legislators, to stop price-cutting. The, lax commission would li cense retailers for $5 a yuar, and cigaret vending machines woul be licensed for $5, also. Whole salers and distributors would pay $250 a yea. A similar bill was defeated la the 1949 legislature. Any dealer who violated the law would lose his license. Sen. Robert D. Holmes, Gear hart Democrat, introduced a bill for a paid three-man liquor com mission. The present liquor com-' mission has three members, but doesn't get paid. The chairman woi'd get $8,000 a year, and the other Iwo members $7,500 each. The office of liquor administrator, now held by Wil liam Hammond, would be abol ished. Donations Requested For Burned-Out Family Donations of clothing, bedding and household utensils are being asked by the local Red Cross chapter to aid a family near Glide that was burned out Sunday morn in?. the mother is hospitalized with burns. Neighbors are temporarily caring for the children, the father reports. The family consists of a three-month old baby girl, two boys, four and six, and two girls, tvclve and thirteen years old. I lie mother wears size 18 dresses. The Red Cross is asking that those who have donations bring them to the armory. Aged Husband Jailed In Knifing Of Wife OREGON CITY - UP) Louis Iverson, 72, was jailed here on a charge of assault while armed with a dangerous weapon after his wife, Myrtle, 61, was" found at their rural Canby horn with knife wounds. She was in a hospital here for treatment of the serious, but not critical, wounds to the chest and arm. Stale policemen Gerald E. Hampton and Paul Bowman re ported neighbors called them ta the Iverson home on Route 2 Sat urday night. They found Mrs. Iver son wounded and Iverson with what they said were minor, self-inflicted cuts about the head and chest. Levity Fact Rant By L. F, Reizensteln Proposals In Congrats call tor no lii than 10 additional national holidays. Hold ivory thingl until w rtplac TO Old Town hall, thou w'll boost th total to 11.