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j. o,0, Libryy augeiQ, Oregon o o o COlaP UK mm m Treasury Asks 'First Round' imi in ! . . . . jX Tf ! : rw LOVE BLOOMED AT ROSE PARADE Marine Corp. Robert Grey, 22, who replaced Gen. Dwight Elsenhower as grand marshal of the 1951 Tournament of Roses parade at Pasadena, Cel., and Betsy Josi, 18, one of the Rose Queen's princesses, are going to be married. They're pictured as they announced their engage ment at Pasadena March 30. They met at the Queen's breakfast a few days before New Year's day and said it was love at first sight. IAP Wirephoto) Douglas County Tops Goal For March Of Dimes Drive Douglas county went "over the top" in the 1951 March of Dimes campaign, exceeding the $25,000 goal by $1,837.88, county Campaign Director A. G. Henninger reports. The total represents some improvement over last year's effort of approximately $22,500. Roseburg gross receipts of $14,452.67 came very close to hitting the goal of $15,000. The figure tops last year's Scolded Youth Slays His Uncle And Two Aunts DOVER, N. J. (JP) A 16-year-old boy has admitted slaying his bed-ridden uncle and two aunls here because he "hati trouble get ting out nights to see his girl friend," authorities said. . , State police in Delaware said the boy, William A. Nickle, confessed the triple shooting. Nickle was arrested at Pear son's Corner. Del., a few hours after neighbors found the bodies tance 0nhis year's large contribu of Charles Brown, 49, an incur-: ion Haf of ,he ,na, 5,3 025.12, able invalid; his wife Mary 42 wi be retajned for Dol,las counl and Brown's sister. Mrs. Myrtle wnile (e remajndcr , ,0 ,hJ Brown, 45, who had been helping ', foundatjon. Expenses ran to care for him Dover Police Chief John J. Val ley said the boy fled from the scene of the shootings Saturday night in his uncle's car and headed for Delaware to visit his parents. Variously described as quiet anu unassuming by neighbors and as a troublemaker by authorities, ; ia, county March of Dimes drive young Nickle had been living with i are as follows' his uncle here for the past two , Roscblrg Dp, McKav. $14, years after getting into difficult ,45 M Myrtle Creek, Madge Gail ties with juvenile authorities m . ,eyi $2,0oo: Reedsport! George Hut Delaware. , j tor. $1,636.89; Oakland. Helen .Valley said the boy had al-.ost , Roh $i,624.44: Tri-cilv area, everything he wanted, including a ; , oujs w $800.09: Winston bicycle and a movie protector, but Diard Rpba B $72, Gen brooded over being scolded for tak - jug n's unite a idf. lie iw 11 frequently without permission. Val ley said, even though he wasn't old enough to have a license. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS From Korea: , t "Chinese Communists opened a jna.ior counterattack today for the 'first time in six weeks. American big guns stopped the Reds dead in their tracks in the mountainous Uijongbu front, but the fury 0 f Communist attacks forced allied troops to give ground at several other points in the neighborhood of the 38th parallel." Watch it. Time will tell. THIS could be important: An informed military source in Tokyo says that soldiers and civil- ians in red Korea are dying by the thousands of smallpox, typhus and typnoid t ln 1 p L of action than United Nations shells i and bombs. The situation is said to be worst among civilians. Do you remember, from your history books, the BLACK PLAGUE? And Asiatic cholera? And typhus (a filth disease traits- mitted by lice) and what it did to tionnnuea on rage 4) The Weather Partly cloudy today, fair tonight and Tuesday. Hightsr lamp, for any April W Lowtst ttmp. for any April 25 Htghtir t.mp. yesterday Lowest ttmp. last 24 hours Precip. last 24 hours Preeip. from April 1 Pracip. from Stpf. 1 Exctss from S.pt. 1 Sunset tod.y, 4:40 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow, S:52 a. 47 4 .... 0 0 31.34 11.32 l total by more than $1,000. Although Roseburg's total looms large among the county figures, several small communities came though with larger per capita av erage contributions. Oakland was particularly outstanding in this re spect with a total of only a few dollars less than third - ranking Reedsport. Roseburg's per capita average contribution ran about 50 cents, based on the 1950 census, com pared to about 87 cents pep last yiav, based upon the '40 census. Henninger reports that more money was expended on the 19 patients taken care of in 1950 by the Douglas chapter than was to $532.50. Henninger said he wished to thank contributors for their gener ous donations. Community Donations Communities, campaign direc- ; tors and net receipts for the Doug 1 da Doris Johns. $808.37: Yon calla, Rhoda Rychard, $1,122.38; Elkton, Lois Becklev. $287.90, and Drain, Mary Scott, $662.98. Sutherlin, Russell Seymour, $930.51; Riddle, Margaret Clay, $853.20; Melrose, Mrs. Lee Brown, $134.32; Glide, Carl Messing, $239.11; Camas Valley, R. P. Wheeler, $166.91; Wilbur, (no di rector listed), $135; Winchester Bay, C. C. Tucker, $76.38; Vets hospital, (no director listed), $241.52; miscellaneous, $96.04. Textile Workers In Five Southern States Strike CHARLOTTE. N. C. (JP) Pickets swarmed outside mill gates today as a reported 40.000 CIO textile workers in five south ern states pressed a strike for higher pay. But the vast maioritv of the .. i,til ,nrxu' Thr ! arnut 425 non pnttnn.ravnn worker ! jn the south but onlv about 90.000 j alP members of the union, The unjon js d(,mandinl! ,3 c(.nts ! more an hour, plus a cost of liv- i'nR lislment and improved pen- The union says the average cot- ! ton-rayon wage rates in the south j are $1.21 an hour, and the mini- i mum is 51 .01 it is asking a mini- mum of Sl.M'-a an hour. Floods In Deep South, Midwest, East Receding By The A-socliled Prn Rampaging floodwaters in the deep south Iowa and New Jersey were receding today after causing widespread damage to farmlands, homes and roads. Churning waters of five rivers spilled into the open farmlands of toulh Alabama, where it was feared crop damage would be se- ions. the Hood at Des Moines, Iowa, claimed the life of Mary Louise Cordinglcy, 31, Iowa's women's golf champion. She was drowned early Saturday when her automo bile was swept off a highway near Des Moines. Established 1873 Keep Marshall Plan In Action, Truman Urges Free World's Security Demands Further U.S. Help, Congress Told WASHINGTON Presi dent Truman said today he will recommend to Congress that the Economic Cooperation administra tion be maintained on a "continu ing basis to help carry out the pro grams essential to the security of the free world." In a statement hailing the third anniversary of the Marshall plan, the President said economic re covery in western Europe has been "substantially achieved." "However," he added, "with the present threat to world peace, new tasks have been imposed upon us. The free nations are now combin- ing to convert their resources into ; peace and defend our freedoms A new ECA policy, announced Saturday by Administrator William C. Foster, calls for supplying Eu rope not only money and materials for rebuilding its economy but also for expanding its capacity for pro ducing arms and military sup plies. Under existing laws the big Mar shall plan agency is scheduled to close out next April. Its operations have cost the United States $11, 000.000,000. Mr Truman said thp ";nlpnHid organization" set up by ECA can j be used now to help hurope pre pare its defenses. The President's statement was read at an ECA em ployes' anniversary celebration by W. Averell Harriman, special as sistant to Mr. Truman and a for mer Marshall plan official in London. Opposition Ahead Since the report was made pub lic March 11, officials have said the President will ask for about Sll, 000,000,000 to finance all kinds of additional foreign military and economic assistance. Such a program is almost cer tain to run inlo strong opposition, especially from Republicans. Foster sail ECA because of the efforts and determination of t h e western European peoples has ac complished in three years almost all that it was supposed to have accomplished in four. He cited fig ures which indicated that Eu ropean production and trade have now reached unprecedented levels. Kefauver Names Public Enemy 1 WASHINGTON P) Chair man Kefauver of the Senate crime investigating committee has named the Continental Press, a racing news wire service, as "pub lic enemy No. 1." Kefauver said legislation to put Continental out of business will be the committee's most imporlant recommendation. The committee is drafting its report after 11 months of sensation-packed public hearings. Interviewed on a television pro gram, Kefauver said also that, knowing what he now knows, he wouldn't vote in the Senate for confirmation of New York's for mer Mayor, William O'Dwyer, as ambassador to Mexico. He de clined to elaborate on the ground that a New York grand jury is looking inlo matters involving the former mayor. A firemen's organization official has testified he gave O'Dwyer $10,- 000 during the 1949 political cam. paign. O'Dwyer flatly denied it. Senator Hunt (D-Wyo), a mem ber of the Kefauver committee, said the group has received 20,- 000 letters and telegrams urging continuance of Its probe. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley Victim Of Thug's Attack WASHINGTON OP) Washing ton policemen are hunting for the thug possibly a would-bc thief who attacked Mai. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley outside his home Satur day ni"ht. Hurley, former secretary of war, was under treatment for head ruts and bruises in a hospital. H t s wounds required several stitches but ne was reported to oe resting comfortably. Hurley, 68, was unlocking the front door of his Massachusetts avenue home Saturday night when he was struck twice from behind. Ife told police he "put up a good fight" before he was knocked to the guiund. The man fled. Police said the assailant may have had robSery as a motive, al though Hurlcsaidche man did not demand money. THREE DIE IN FIREQ ! DECORAH, la. (IP) Three ; persons were killed and 75 other guesLs, most of them elderly, weretiD. Meek routed in a fire which destroyed i hurg, v hen they were involved in a the three story 50-rooir? Commcr collision vilh a vehicle operated cial hotel here Sunday. i by Lesliel-Day. 1635 Grandvicw, The victims were identified as ' Roseburg, IlsVrd said. Theodore Barlow, 70; Gene mith. 1 No cilalion was issued. 80, and Jim McGovern, 70. All ! Meek was released from Ihe were permament giests of the 80 Duglas community hospital Sun-year-old residential hotel. i daaftcrnoon. o: o 0 ' , ROSEBURG, yi " t, tiniinrii imniiirn nun nwrnftlfi in rf-tnif wir1 HEADS BAR ASSN. Attorney Ray B. Compton of Roseburg, above, has been elected press denf the Douglas County Bar ' ' ' -.7 -r- W. Yates. James M. McGinty, attorney of Myrtle Creek, was elected to the post of vice president, formerly occupied by J. V. Long. George Luoma was re-elected secretary-treasurer. Membership of the Bar asso ciation now consists of 23 prac ticing attorneys in Roseburg, two in Sutherlin, one in Myrtle Creek and three in Reedsport. Four other Roseburg residents are members of the Bar: Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly, Maur ice Hallmark, N. O. Johnson and C, L. Hamilton. Another Rose burg member, Dexter Rice, three years ago was honored tor ms record of practicing law in Douglas county for 50 years. Allied Infantry Shuttles Across 33th Parallel . TOKYO P) Allied tank infantry patrols stabbed across the 38th arallel into Red Korea -several" limes Sunday and today. Presumably all pulled back to main allied lines after short pe riods north of the Dre-war boun dary between north and south Ko rea. AP correspondent John Randolph reported from the western front that the border crossings "had no special significance." They were part of the routine patrolling con stantly being carried out along the front. Main allied interest was focused north of 38 on the central front. There the Communists are mass ing troops and equipment for a probable spring offensive. Randolph said the Communist defenses north of 38 were a net work of trenches, log pillboxes, rifle pits and dugouts. New Chinese tactics have de layed allied infantry assaults on Red hill positions. In the past the Reds usually waited on their hill top crests for the allies lo hit them. Thev suffered heavily from artillery and air attacks. Now they wait on the reverse side of the slopes and man their trenches only at the last moment By then the allied infantry is too near the lines to receive close artillery, support. Two Killed, Six Injured In Truck-Auto Collision CENTRA LIA (JP) Two women were killed and six other persons seriously injured early Sunday in a head-on collision which demolished a crowded car and a pickup truck. The dead were Mrs. Hazel P Riffe, 26, of Chehalis, and Mrs. Eunice Granger, 28, Centralia. Four others in the car were in jured, including Leslie Riffe, 30, husband of the dead woman. He suffered head injuries, shock and fractures of both arms and one leg. The other three were Bob Granger. 28, Centralia, severe head cuts; Rod Gaskill, 20. a coast guardsman stationed at Tillamook, Ore., arm and pelvis injuries, and Carol Butts, 19, Kalama, Wash ! broken jaw and probable skult frac- ture. Mr. and Mrs. Dee Devlin, Cen tralia, who were riding in the truck, suffered cuts and severe shock. Andy Meek Injured In Collision Of Autos Andy Meek, 307 S. Main street,,! was Hospitalized Saturday evening as a result of an'automobae acci dent at the intersection of Oak and Rose streets, PolhVe Chiet Calvin Baird reports. 0 Meek wiM a passenger in a ear operated by his brother, Hershel 1109 Ilambow lane, Rose- OREGON MONDAY, APRIL Troops Under 20 To Europe Wins In Vote Proposed Ban Defeated In Senate By 62 To 27; Another Test Impends WASHINGTON W The Sen ate voted down today a proposal to ban the sending of U. S. foot soldiers under age 20 to serve in Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's North Atlantic defense force. The vote was 62 to 27. It was the first ballot taken in connection with the troops-for-Eu rope issue. Senator Case (RSD) proposed to bar use of foot soldiers under age 20. Case offered that as an amend ment to a resolution which would endorse the administration's plans to dispatch four more divisions about 100,000 men to join the two already in Europe and ticketed for Eisenhower's command. The Senate met two hours ear lier than usual in an effort to come to a final decision on the troups-for-Europe issue after weeks of de bate. Two separate resolutions were before it. Both would endorse the administration's program. One would express only senate senti ment. The other, if adopted by the Senate, would be sent on to the : Hous?. ! Law Backs President Neither resolution has the force of law. They would call upon the ('resident to get "congressional ap proval" without defining the term before assigning any addi tional forces. Legally, the Presi dent, who has contended he has the final authority on troop deploy ment, could ignore this advice. At the start of the session, Sen ator Wherry (R-Ncbr) moved to substitute for the pending resolu tion one of his own which would write firmly into law that no addi tional troops were to be sent to Eu rope without congressional ap proval. Wherry told his colleagues that the Senate ! was "just marking time" by considering advisory res olutions. "If Congress is to determine this program, any bill it passes ought to have the force of law," he said. The 62 to 27 vole knocking down Case's proposal was a bigger mar gin than administration leaders had anticipated and added to their confidence they would come out fi nally with a resolution satisfactory to them. Weyerhaeuser Increases Wages PORTLAND (Pi CIO Wood workers gained a 12,4-ccnt hourly wage increase offer in their ne gotiations with the Weyerhaeuser Timber companv. The settlement, reached Satur day, will raise the basic minimum wage to $1.62'A an hour. A 7"i cent contribution to a health and welfare fund, granted last fall, is not included in the Sl.62',4 figure. The agreement provides for three additional paid holidays, making a total of six. Both sides will ioin in petition ing the Wage Stabilization board for approval of the increase. A Weyerhaeuser spokesman said the settlement would affect about S.'iOO men in its six operations in the- fir belt of western Oregon and Washington. Negotiations will continue with other emplover groups, a CIO spokesman said. Ar'L lumber workers recently agreed to a new contract with a basic minimum wage of $1.6(1 hourly. This increase is awaiting approval from the Wage Stabiliza tion board. Roseburg School Teachers Organize Federation. Apply For Charter As AF OF L Unit The Roseburg Federation of .Teachers, a new organi zation composed of Roseburg public school teachers, has applied for a charter from the American Federation of Teachers, AF of L, at a meeting held in the local labor temple Saturday. ( . Present at tht organisational meeting was Dr. F. C. Snow, western representative .for the AF of T, acting as consultant. o Dr. Snow explained at the meeting that the AF of T has a "no strike" policy. No other union or fnion officer can call a teachers' local out on strike. Present plans call for the Roseburg federation to affili ate with the Oregon State Federation of Labor and with the Roseburg Central Labor council, In addition to thai AF of T and the AF of L. Officers elected at Saturday's meeting were: Warren Ewing, president; Mrs. Mourita McGarity, vice-president; Jack Brookins, secretary, and Walter Buss, treasurer. The,, executive council includes Mrs. Maxine Burt, Mrs. Lois Wes ley and Clyde Moore, in addition K the officers. Delegates to the Central Labor council wilt be Lyle Eddy ant) Jack Brookins, with Ralph Turner and Mrs; Catherine Lockwood mt alternates. 2, 1951 Western Calls For Auriol Fall Of France All Civilization, Presidential Visitor Tells Congress Of U.S. By JOHN SCALI WASHINGTON (AP) President Vincent Auriol of France told Congress today that if his country falls before the forces of aggression "the whole world, indeed civiliza tion itself, will be in mortal danger." Addressing a special senate-house session, he said to prevent such a disaster the West must base its defense strategy on "shielding" Western Europe against attack. The alternative, he said, is to "liberate a Europe which may once more be occupied, enslaved, exploited and rav aged and whose name, you may be sure, would only re called the final ruin of a civilization." Drunk Driving Charge Follows Auto Sideswipe Elmer John Denning, Coquille, was cited for alleged drunken driv ing and failure to leave h i s name and address at the scene of an accident after a sideswipe col lision on highway 99 Sunday morn- m, state police reported. Arrested with Denning was Archie Lawrence Claino, Remote, charged with drunkenness on a public highway, stale police said. The two men were lodged in the Douglas county tail and will be ar raicned in district court Monday. According lo police, Denning was driving a car that sideswiped a vehicle operated by C. W. Hubbs of Seattle, Wash. Passengers in the Hubbs car, Mrs. Hubbs and Mrs. Glenn Kirishncr, also of Se attle, were slighlly injured in the mishap, state police said. -In another weekend accident, John Perry Ross, Winston, was cited for failure lo yield right of way ai the result of an automo bile accident Saturday south of Roseburg on highway 99, state po lice report. . Ross collided with a vehicle op- 0,.0ih hv .inhn J. Kecgan. 1 ma mook, the police said. No injuries were rcportcu. Drain Red Cross Fund May Double Its Quota Red Cross roll call campaign workers in Drain are endeavoring this week to reach the J1.200 mark. Mrs. William Chatham, chair man, reports that the goal set by the workers will enable the Drain chapter lo pay all of its own ex penses for the scheduled visit o( the Red Cross bloodmohile May 17. Drain has accented a auota of 200 pints when the bloodmobile visits that communilv. Although Drain was given a quota of only $600 for the Red Cross fund raising campaign, workers already have raised $1,025 and expected this week to boost the amount to the $1,200 mark, Mrs. Chatham says. 'Boy Of The Year' Honor Goes To Chicago Student NEW YORK UP) A slim, blond Chicago youngster, selected from among 355,000 boys, was of ficially named "Boy of the year" today. The winner, H-ycar-old Richard Valzonis, was selected by the boys' clubs of America for his cit izenship activities in behalf of 'his club, community and school. Rich ard is a first-year student at the Kelly high school in Chicago. 78-51 Safety Unity, Declares Would Imperil Auriol's speech climaxed i for- mal six-dav state visit here a s. guest of President Truman. In his final appearance here, Auriol cautioned America's legis lators, of the dangers of "uncoordi nated diplomacy and strategy." The West must stand together, he said, building regional defense pacts '"o deter aggression and strengthen the peace." Auriol specifically mentioned onlv the 12 nation North Atlantic nact and did not elaborate on his reference to possible additional "pacts." The chief of state vigorously de fended the French fighting record France, he said, has lost 1,932,000 men as a result of the past two World wars and is now fighting communism in Korea and Indo china. "What nation has ever proven better her love for Independence and for peace and her will to de fend both?" he asked. Auriol said the French govern ment and people have rejected the 'barbarous" idea of neutrality and isolationism and will strive t side by side with the United States for the "service of peace and free dom." "We shall from now on pool to; gcther our resources of arms and troops at all threatened and stra tegic nnints (until) we have made ' the Atlantic community a solid foundation of our common security and of peace," he declared. Offers Reds 'Peace' Program Auriol laid down this five point "peace" program for Russia to ac cept if it wants to end the East- West tension: 1. Respect for commitments sub scribed to under the United Na tions charter. 2. An end to Russian "interfer ing" in the internal affairs of other countries and a stop to the flow of "daily insults" leveled against these governments. 3. Permanent international con trol of all armaments by the United Nations "in order to limit fairly and later to destroy all classic or atomic weapons." 4. Progressive reduction in nil national armies and replacement by a United Nations army. 5. An agreement providing for the "free movement of wealth, ideas and persons" and a guaran tee of freedom of expression i n those countries where regimes "have been imposed by force." Alabama Student Slain By His Close Friend TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (JP) The pistol slaying of a 27-yoar-old GI freshman student by his roommate and close friend today stunned Uni versity of Alabama faculty and students. James L. Colvin, 24, son of a prosperous Talladega, Ala., hard ware merchant, was charged with the murder of Luther Jerome Vea zey, 27, of Greenville, Miss. Veascy, a veteran of eight years in the navy, was shot tour times yesterday in front of Ihcir apart ment near the university campus. Colvin, a marine veteran and a senior, told circuit Solicitor Mon roe Ward the killing climaxed a bitter argument. He told Ward Veasey threatened to kill him. Pro Baseball Contract For Youths Hit By Veto ALBANY. N. Y. (JP) Gov ernor Thos. A. Dewev has vetoed a bill that weuld have required court approval of contracts between pro fessional baseball claibs and bovs tnrlpr 19 "whn are not hiuh chnnl or college graduates." In turning Down the measure. Dewey said the bill was neces sary at this time. Mercy Hospital Denied Grant For Furniture TIM Slate Board of Ilcnllh voled down a request bv Mercv hnspilal, ftoseburg for il.800 at a Portland -cling Saturday. The federal money had been re - quesled by the local hospital to purchase additional furniture for the new wing. Sister Superior Mary Natalie reported. Of $10 Billion Better Budget Condition Can Defer 'Second Round' Until 1952, Snyder Says WASHINGTON (P) Secre tary of the Treasury Snytler today called for prompt action on the ad ministration's $10,000,000,000 "first round" tax increase proposal, but said a "second round" boost can be postponed until next year in view of a vastly improved budget situation. Revealing new official budget es timates, Snyder told the house ways and means committee that: 1. This fiscal year, which ends next June 30, should produce a sur plus ot about $3,000,000,000 in con trast with the $2,700,000,000 deficit President Truman forecast in Jan uary. 2. Tax revenues next fiscal year, which starts July 1, should be about $3,000,000,000 above the January forecast, indicating that the previous deficit prediction of $16,500,000,000 will be no more than $13,500,000,000. it was this exlraordinary 1 m provement which promoted the Treasury secretary to abandon the administration's earlier de mand for a second round $6,500.- 000,000 tax hike in 1951, Promptness Imperative Snyder declared: "The prudent course now is the prompt enactment of the tax rate increases- already recommended by tne president ... "My considered judgment can be stated briefly: defense expend itures will increase to rapidly in the period ahead that the treas ury's present budgetary surplus will disappear quickly. "While the exact course of de fense spending cannot now be blue printed, it is all too clear already that within the coming fiscal year we shall n?cU at least the $10,000, 000,000 minimum program recom mended by the President. "No one can know what Ilea ahead, and it would be most im prudent to delay the legislation re quired now for our financial pre paredness." Snyder added that "the Increase in corporation and individual in come taxes and the excise taxes (all proposed by Snyder Feb. 5) represent the basic changes in the tax structure that are now desir able." inese called for a $3,600,000,000 increase in individual income taxes, a $3,080,000,000 hike in cor porate income taxes and a $3,050,- 000,000 boost in excise (sales') lev ies. Sales Tax Frowned On Rep. Kean of New Jersey, one of the senior Republicans on the tax writing group, told a reporter that if Snyder recommended going above $10,000,000,000 on the tax bill, he "definitely" would be asked to pin down his request with spe cific recommendations on where to get the money. About the only big untapped rev enue source which has been plugged to the committee by wit nesses during six weeks of hear ings is a federal sales tax or man ufacturers' tax. A majority of the members, however, appeared cool to that proposal, preferring to leave that to the states. Booze Raid Trails 5 Traffic Deaths MUNCIE, Ind. (JP) Officials rained an alleged alter hours drinking place Sunday night be cause of a highway collision that killed five persons and critically injuieu iwu, Victims-of the two-car collision on highway 67 near Muncie early Sunday were Charles Acker, , New Castle master mechanic; his wife, Helen, 29; two of their chil dren, Charles Edward, 7, and Con stance Ann, 4, and the driver of the other car. Claude E. Selvey, 27, Astoria, N. Y. Selvey's brother, John, 29, Mun cie, and another child, Carol Acker, 5, were critically hurt. Coroner Eugene Eissman said he had evidence that Claude Selvey, driving at high speed, had been drinking at an "after-hours joint" at 4:45 a.m. He saitt aeivcy nau made a bet that he -could drink more and drive faster than anyone. A few hours afterward, of ficials raided a private home where they said the Selvey brothers had been drinking. Seven persons were arrested on ltauor law violation charges. Shopping Center Razad By Fire, Explosions ST. PAUL, Minn. (JP) Fire and explosions reduced a sprawling shopping center to shambles Sun day. Two persons were hurt. Ralph Stacker, one of the own er of the Highland village shop ping center, said the loss might I reach nearly $2,000,000. Nine of the 1 seventeen business places in me block-sized center, were heaps of t ruhhle after the blaze, Cause of the fire had not been r,m mediately determined, Levity Fact Rant By j.. F. Relzenstcln , : simple explantlon ot the current crime wave and declin- , q morals In the United States I m found In 1 Timothy 4:1 0: , . M ,u. f" 'J".. lov m0"V ' lroo vlU 0