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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.