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VALERIE SPARKS, drum majorette (or the Knight, of Pythias drum
corps, and Bill Black, corps diractor, display a plaqua prasantad
to the drum corps Monday night by Phil Hullay, at left abova,
chairman of tha parada committaa, Portland Rosa Fastival, in
recognition of tha corps having baan awardad first placa among
all organiiational drum corps in tha Floral parada at tha 1950
show.
Mr. Hullay, who came to Roseburg for tha express purposa of
making this presentation, addressed tha members of tha drum
corps assembled in the K. P. hall for the ceremony, voicing his
hope for their continued appearances at forthcoming festivals.
For Highway Projects
Oregon House Approves
$36 Million Bond Issue,
14 Pet. Truck Tax Boost
Bv PAI L W. HARVEY JR.
SALEM (AP) A $36,000,000 highway bond issue
and a 14 percent average truck tax increase, both of which
will help the hijrhway commission take care of its emer
gency road-buildin? needs, were approved by the House
today and sent to the Senate.
The bond issue vote was 39 to 18. while the truck tax
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Well, the little man did it again
right off the cuff . .l,et's be fair I
about it. He had to. It was a show-1
down. The commander-in-chief had
given orders. The general disre-
garded them. The commanner-tn-;
chief had to fish or cut bait.
But while we're bein fair, let'i
be realistic.
The issue isn't Truman and Mac
Arthur. It s VASTLY bigger than
that. It'i this:
.Si. .S.nn, ni S;'ta receipts expected be
DKPESD ON EUROPE OR ON ., ,nliriJl1Mi ,, ,H
ASIA?
President Truman and his secre
tary of state, Mr. Acheson, believe
that to save ourselves irom com
m
r, . i urn. pmu tile LUiiiiiunsiuii uiaua
unism we must save Europe rom () d ,hf d m on roadj
.mmunism. I hey believe that the;th hjve the gr,est usepre.
Battle
ul niiiius.uwii "J
fought in Europe
General MacArthur believes that
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Mac Will Take Job With
Remington Rand, Report
CHICAGO LVt The Chicago
DaUy News savs it has learned ; -that
Gen. MacArthur will take a (Continued on Page 2)
$100.0(io-a-year job with Reming-!
ton Rand, Inc., the typewriter and A Deo Fje( pram
b u s i n e 1 1 equipment manu- r r . .
, facturer. Drunk Driving Verdict
4 "The five-star general, stripped
f of all his commands, will join the William Lawson, 46. a Riddle
board of directors of the giant , bartender. Thursday filed an ap
corporation and take an active Pel to circuit court in an effort
part in directing its world wide af-, o reverse a distnct court jury
fairs," the newspaper said
The News said tqrmal announce
ment of MacArthur't hiring prob-
ably will be made after a meeting : The jury returned the guilty ver
of the company'! board of direc-1 diet on Mar. 29, at which time
tors tentatively set for April 24. Lawson was sentenced to serve
The newspaper said it obtained 30 days in the county jail and
its information from a reliable fined $2.V). At the time of appeal
informant close t the corporation. 1 Lawson was released on $.00 bail.
Apple Box Derby Set
Roseburg Area Kids Will
Compete For Cash Prizes
AndTrophy Here July 14 -
Kids of the Ro.ebur(r area will have a chance to com
pete fnir cash prizes i.i a Roseburx Junior chamber of com
merce and Hansen Motors-sponsored Apple Box rlevbv. The
derby will be held in Roseburjr Saturdav, Julv 14. Q
Bob McCarl chairman of the I
derby. Ward all kids of the area! of(ici, , ,r bidi f(
vehfn. b'i'ldm ,hC7 ,.'?plt box : the apple-box vehicles require that
IS',"1 TV"! ' rJ ' "te the racer he .12 mcheV or less
oan- J PJy- ?,C ,"rl '"d,P";"c-:from tread to trf4 in width, not
wink. Re . PPl'Mlmn more ,h.n five feel in length and
In .IT "T'" I'"'"?- weigh not over 1SS pounds includ
war. L"' ,nd, Vrl' !1 1 14- in the driver. Race car builders
year, old may enter the derhy. , , , f tInf ,in
awarder . I? r . J i
awarded to the first, second and
third place winner. McCarl said
the first prise, in the rare is $100,
, with $V) to be awarded the second
i-iin .u iocs? awarneo tne seconn
folace driver and $25 to the third
pure winner.
The Roseburg lumber comoanv
will donate a permanent trophy to be delivered to the official de.ig
be awarded the winner of the nated pool no later than 24 hours
derby. , before the race begins.
I boost was passed 46 to 12.
The highway commission ong
Inally asked for S75.0O0.0OO worth
of bonds, to he spent in the next
five years. The Senate voted 23
to lor J62.0OO.0OO. worth.
However, the house highway
committee pruned the figure to
$36,000,000.
Chairman Ed Geary, Klamath
Falls, of the highway committee
sam me s.,uuu,uuu wouia oe spent
in three years, and that the next
legislature can extend it.
Revenue Sources Cited
He said that the $1,000,000 a year
to be gained in increased truck
taxes, $600,000 more in higher mo
tor vehicle fees, and increased gas
use. would give the commisson
all the money it wants for the
emergency road construction pro
gram. .
Geary said the commission plans
- mah v !hi Pnrifir anri ( n lit
bia river highways.
Geary answered that the pro
gram would save $2,000,000 a year
in maintenance costs, and that
would go a long way toward pay
ing off the bonds.
Since the bond bill is a substitute
for the Senate-passed bill, it has
. In to the Senate.
decision that found him guilty of
drunk driving, reports District
Judge A. J. deddes.
building the car. No propuMnn
..t.,. . ,T I.ii h
mechanism of anr type will be
permitted on the vehicles.
r.acn car win ur irn id oi
ficial number for the race and
Each car will be viven an of-
must be painted on the side of the
car in plain view. Vehicles must
Established
Income
Okayed
Exemptions
Square With
Federal Code
State Water Diversion
Opposed; Inter-Racial
Marriage Ban Erased
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
SALEM t. The House,
with only one dissent, voted to re
duce state income taxes for per
sons with two or more children,
hut to increase them for single
persons and childless couples.
The bill accomplishes this by
changing Oregon's tax exemptions
to conform with the federal system
of a $600 exemption for each mem
ber ol a family.
The bill goes to the Senate.
A single person would have his
exemption cut from $750 to $600,
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iNir imi.n urt .N ,i..t
its exemption reduced from $l,5O0
to $1,200.
A couple with one child would
get a $1,800 exemption, the same
as at present.
A couple with two children would
hbve its exemptions increased from
$2,100 to $2,400; with three c h 1 1
dren, from $2,400 to $.1,000; four
children. $2,700 to $3,600: and with
five children, $3,000 to $4,200.
The state tax commission said
the bill would make no difference
in the total amount of revenue pro
duced by the state income tax.
The bill also would give an ex
tra $300 exemption to any blind
person, or any person over 65 yeaia
of age.
Na Water For Neighbor
Bills
to stop Oregon water ftt(prwMMI, of ttm cjvi'c Assoryaion
going to other nates and to allow
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Number Of Red
Planes Downed
In Battle Upped
By OLEN CLEMENTS
TOKYO .V Allietl troopi
wielding flamethrowers drove
stubborn Reds out of pillboxes to
day on the western Korean front.
Chinese Communists kept up
their strange new tactic of disap
pearing in one sector, then bounc
ing back at the Allies in another.
GIs have tagged it "operation
mystify."
American airmen still were to
taling up the score of history's big
gest jet battle which swirled Thurs
day over northwest Korea
The Fifth air force and Ear East
air forces announced their jet pi
lots and B-29 superfort gunners
shot down or damaged 33 Russian
type MIU jets.
Morre than 225 planes snarled
and dived at each other in the hip
potfromic air battle.
U. S. jets and B-29. shot down
eight MIGs, probably destroyed
seven and damaged 18.
All American planet were re
ported sale. Two damaged super
forts landed in Korea.
Eighty Red jets attacked 32
American Superlorts and their es
cort of about 115 E-86 Sabrea and
E M Thunderjcts.
Elying on in the face of the Red
attack and heavy ack-ack fire, the
Superior Is dropped about 300 tons
j of bombs on the Korean side of
I the Yalu river bridge that con
i nected Antung, Manchuria, with
1 Smuiiu. Korea.
The Red MIGs streaked out of
Manchuria and Hew through their
own anti-aircraft fire to get at the
American bombers.
The air force said B-29 gunners
knocked down four Red jets, prob
ably destroyed four more end dam
aged one. American jet pilots ac
counted for the remainder of the
33.
MAJ. GEN. BYRON DIES
HAGERSTOWN, MD."'' JP
Mai. Gen. Joseph Wilson Byron
tret.) 59. dietl while taking a cruise
' in the Caribbean relatives learned
I herex
A tiead of the army special
' services division, he became gov
! ernment boss of the Montgomery
i Ward stores under a presidential
seizure order in 194.1.
The Weather
Fair today, tonight and Saturday,
slightly cooler.
i Mink. bin. far anv AorH te
Lewett temp, for any April J p-e:.:- -' f V 'V
,Hi,h..t temp. y..hrd.r " 2 ' - 7, - . '
Lowest ttmp. last 24 heurs 441 " w ' . .
Precip. last 24 hours .
Precip tram lt I Zl M M
: Eico'ts from Sept. i ' 10 14
.,-.., -.- mi..
Sunrise tomorrow, J 11 a.m.
ROSEIURS,
Tax
By
Law Revision
Oregon House
At Roseburg High Need Of More
Hal Zurcher, former University k I m .
of Oregon and ex-professional base- But Alt AM I Alfl
ball star, will be the new dia-1 "IJJ C f 1 UIU
mond coach at Roseburg Senior ef
high school. School Supterintendenl - . , ci u
Paul Elliott reports. I Employes Pay Should
Zurcher was elected by the Be Upped, New City Hall
Roseburg school board to replace Mu.l V ci,rJ c '
Ray Stephens, who resigned re- MUST, 3ianKarO iayS
.L'V1..?'! tnXh" Mi,Ch,ng Roseburg is . growing comma
Tn, e"'r,n of World SSSZ
Srgto'AT&V of a d
from Oreeon in June. 1950. and is ! ne. Koseburg Lions club Thursday
now taking graduate work at the
university. At present, he is coach
ing the Oregon freshmen team.
During the past two summers,
Zurcher played professional base
ball.
tlliott said in aaaiuon to nan-:
ding the baseball coaching chores, !
LUiott said in
addition to han-
Zurcher will assist in basketball
and teach social studies at Rose
burg. Befriended Man
Kills Benefactor
TRENTON, N .1. P) Author
ities said a husky, 64-year-old for
mer seaman has admitted the bru
tal, bare-fisted killing of a 58-year-old
Yardville civic leader who be
friended him.
Jacinto (Jesse) Carlos, a Por
tugese alien, was arraigned on a
i first degree murder charge for
the fatal beating of Leon A. West
of Yardville, five miles east of
here.
Carlos was held for the county
grand jury and a not guilty plea
entered for him when he refused
to plead.
Detective Cpt. Thomas D. Simp
son said the six-foot, 175-pound one
time deck hand admitted the kill
ing because he was "in love" with
West's wife, Martha, and wanted
him out of the way.
Simpson said the two men be-
came acquainted six-years ago. At i
that time west lei canos I
two room cahin at the rear oi tne ;
West bungalow rent-free.
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BOON TO TENANTS
LONDON 'ill A Neighbor
saving device for musicians who
live in apartment houses was an
nounced by music teacher Jesse
Roope. It silences pianos, trum
pets and violins, except for listen
ers wearing earphones.
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ARMY IOUND Pictured above are I I Douqlaj county men who
Roieburo Tueysyi6 be inducted into the armed forces at
Eugene. The loeel letective service drefteei ere: lieetedl Eugene
Henry Pownell, Dillard; South
i Franklin Kline, Myrtle Creek;
ORECON FRIDAY. APRIL
night
Slankard discussed the proposed
city budget and the city election
April 24, ir. which the voters will
be asked to approve a budget
amount of approximately $101,000
!n exce,I slx Percent iimita
;: -. , , -
"Hn,l,,J?? 1 Aole up?n pr0
posed $300,000 bond issue for a new
city hall.
The 1947 Roseburg city budget
was about $165,000 and the tax rate
about 20 mills. The new budget
proposed for the next fiscal year
is about $355,000, yet the millage
rates for all purposes, including
the payment of boml principal and
interest on airport and storm
sewer bonds and also for city hall
bonds, if the issue passes, would
be only about 23 5 mills.
Increased assessed valuations,
added population which has
brought the city's share of state
taxes proportionately higher and
revenues from sources other than
taxation, have made it possible to
hold down the tax millage rate.
'he ta. In-line with that
of
other Oregon cities, Slankard
pointed out.
Employes' Pay Hike Needed
It i imperative thr.t the city
budget pass, said Slankard. It pro
vides cost-of-living salary i n
creases, necessary to hold city em
ployes on their jobs. The only ma
jor item in the new budget la lot
a new street aweeper.
Slankard reminded that it is not
possible to kepp experienced men
on street grader work for $235 a
month, when a whistle punk in
the woods can draw $18 a day. Two
mditnit quit last week he said.
A wllrt chie( or fjre cnlef .,
hJJd in hl, responsible position
for $315 a month, which these otfn
cers now receive. Recently a very
capable city officer was lost to the
state police.
The city council is a conserva
tive group, Slankard said. It isn't
wasting the taxpayer's money. Eor
example, recently he turned in a
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LaeMrn Lowell Landers; Kiddle;
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SUSPENDED FROM GOVERNMENT JOBS Former Commander
Stephen Brunauer (left), and hit wife, Mrs, Esther Brunauer
(right), have been suspended from their civilian government jobs
in Washington, D.C. Brunauer, employed at an axplotivat re
tearcher by the navy, was impended "under Navy department
loyalty and tecurity procedures." The State department tut
pended Mrt. Brunauer pending the outcome of tha navy't action
on her husband. She had been employed at the State depart
ment't U.N. liaison officer. Both were named last year by Senator
McCarthy in a litt of government employes McCarthy regarded
at tubvertive. IAP Wirephotol
Flier Lands Atop Rainier
How To Rescue Him Poses
Perilous Job For Rangers
LON'GMIRE, RAINIER NATIONAL PARK. Wash.
(AP) An air force pilot war stranded atoo 14.408-foot
Mount Rainier today after an intentional landing; in his ski
equipped lifrht plane.
Air and ground rescue teams worked desneratelv to av
Mosquito Control
Methods Given
Mosquitoes are starling to breed
in shallow puddles and seepage
areas around homes, County Sani
tarian Laverne Miller reports.
lie said all home owners should
nuke a check of their property for
skinning water, in which moaqui-'i
toes breed. Miller said the general
rule to follow in controlling the in
sects is no stagnant water, no
mosquitoes.
He recommended 10 home pre
cautions to eliminate the pesky in
seels: drain all standing water;
cover all drain barrels with screen
ing, teal breaks and openings in
cesspool and septic tank covers,
stuck ornamental pools with fish,
dr.-in clogged roof gutters and flat
roofs, keep cellars dry and spray
under houses, stack pails, barrels,
tub. and boxes upside down, cut
up old tires to prevent their hold
ing water, bury, flatten or punch
holes in all tin cans and pour waste
oil on standing water that cannot
be drained.
'LIFTERS' LIFTED
NEW ORLEANS tT Sales
man J. E. Ditto of Memphis hopes
the thief who made off with his
samples gets a lift out of the loot.
The samples? Two hundred dol
lara worth of brassieres.
1 Joseph Steve Denchok, Sutherlin; Leroy Charles Hednck. Orein.
; Standing, eVAnny Robinson, Canyonville; Geylin David Newton,
Aielee; CarTie Cooper, Glendele; James Frank Hart hborqer. Elk-
ton; Kaymond Alb AndertotjrMalle. tHOlur Y raiH
I Jenkins I
it it 88-51
sure his survival.
lie was Lieut. John Ilodgklns,
:1 ol Selms. Calif. The good news
that he had survived the night in
the 20 below zero cold, in the face
o a terrific gale, came from a
"flying boxcar" of the McChord !
air torce bass air rescue service.
Crew members said they could
see him standing beside his stalled
?lane, waving his parachute,
mergency equipment and a ra
dio were dropped iiea? him, but
no radio communication had been
established.
Friends said Hodgkins landed
on the mountain top because of
his burning ambition to hold the
honor of the world's highest land
ing and takeoff. He made the land
ing O.K. The plane engine appar
ently died and refused to start
again in the rarefied atmosphere.
A party of four mountain rang
ers started up the mountain at
t 35 a.m. today in a risky attempt
to bring the standard man down
the treacherous peak at a time of
year whcyi no sane climber nor
mally would brave the icy slopes.
There wss apparently no chance of
a icscue by air unless Hodgkins
could get his own plane started.
Air rescue officers at McChord
base and park rangers hese were
arreed that Hodgkins and his plane
were just outside the crater atop
the fourth highest peak in the land.
They were in what is known as
"the saddle" between two peaks
of the mountsin.
TvFllouse
Appearance
Stiii Mulled
Presidential Campaign 1
For General In Making
Acheson Still Target
WASH&GTON IV -Gen.
Douglas MacArthur today was in
Ated to appear before the senate
armed services committee to dis
cuss American policies in the Far.
Chajrman Russell (D-Ga) an
nounced the invitation in a state
menVsaying: ,
"The American people are en.
titled to know all of the facts in
volvedexcept those which can
not be released for reasons of se
curityabout the clash in policies
advocated by President Truman
and MacArthur in' Asia."
MacArthur, relieved of his Pa
cific commands by the President,
is ready to fly to the United States,
and is expected early next week.
He has indicated through an aide
I his willingness to appear before
congressional groups.
The move by the armed serv
ices committee assured that the
general will have at least a limited
congressional forum for his views.
Republican leaders in Congress '
have been insisting that MacArthur
should be asked to address a joint
Senate-House session.
Boomed Fer President
Meantime, MacArthur-for-prest.
dent sentiment was reportely be
ing renewed and the president bf
Remington-Rand, Inc., confirmed
reporU that the ousted general
will become an executive with bia
firm.
Senator McFarland of Arizona,
the Democratic leader, said no fi
nal decision on giving MacArthur
a congressional hearing has been
msde. He said he had talked to
House Speaker Rayburn of Texas
about the matter and would confer
with him again.
Others predicted the administra
tion would bow to the inevitable
but would like to keep MacArthur'
appearance on an unofficial plana
similar to that on which Geo.
oorted to lawmakers at a meeting
in the Library of Congress.
Although Eisenhower addressed
an official joint session at the close
of World War II, it was pointed
out that MacArthur is coming
home in the role of a commander
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Permit To Boost . ...
N. Umpqua Power
Sought By Copco
The California Oregon Power
company is preparing to add 52,
498 horsepower to its North Ump
qua hydroelectric development
Application has been made by
Copco to the Oregon Hydroelectric
commission for water appropria
tions for its two proposed gener
ating units on Clearwater river.
The two plants are expected to
cost approximately $5,000,000.
Unit No. 1, to be built at a cost
of about $2,500,000 will develop
15,000 kilowatts. Approximately
200 cubic feet per second of wster
from Clesrwster river will be di
verted by means of a rock filled
timber dam 30 feet high, through
3.3 miles of conduit to the gener
ating plant.
Unit No. 2, estimated to cost
more thsn $2,500,000,' will gener
ate 26,000 kilowatts. A rock filled
timber crib dam, 26 feet high, will
divert 440 cubic feet of water per
second through six miles of con
duit to the generating plant.
Copco alao proposes to build nine
miles of accesa road to the two
units, connecting the Toketee plant
to the Roseburg-Diamond Lake
highway near the No. 1 Clearwater
unit.
The two Clearwater projects are
amont the eight generating plants
projected for the North Umpqua
development, which will have total
generating capacity of 145,000 kilo
watts with investment cost of more
thsn $50,000,000.
The hydroelectric commission Is
announcing a public hearing at
Salem at 2 p.m. May 21, to hear
any objections to Copco's applica
tion for water appropriations from
Clearwater river.
$66,000 Damages Asked
In Suit For Hand's Loss
James J. Orr has filed suit tn
circuit court for more than $6,
000 damages sgainst the Martin
Brothers Box Co. of Oakland.
According to the complaint, Orr
lost his hand while adjusting a
piece of machinery. He asks $65.
000 general damages, $275 25 for
doctor snd hospitsl bills snd $82t.2t
loss of wsges.
The eomplaint states that Orr,
while working as a millwright,
was adjusting a sprocket wheel on
a chucking motor. It alleges fur
ther the motor was switched on
catching the plaintiff's hand. The
hand was reportedly so mangled
it had to be amputated. The ac
cident occurred Feb. 10.
L-vity Fact Rant
(Jsr t. P. Reizenstein
T arms! To armsl Hurl back
Hie toe.
Soma) the alarm, drum
beaten;
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