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U. of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon COiiP IU1 710) mi MM mm mm 1 Co) MacArthur's Asian Policies Would 'Jeopardize' World Peace, Gen. Bradley Declares Chief Of Staff Backs Truman's Stand In Controversy, Opposes Enlargement Of Present War CHICAGO (A) Gen. Omar X. Bradlev. five-star peer of Gen. Doughs Mar Arthur, declares Asian military pol icies advocated by rhe deposed commander would "ieonard ize world peace." Bradley was tle first of the homecoming; general's five star brothers in rink to speak out publicly against the theory of carrying the war to Ciiina since President Truman dis missed MacArthur. Bradlev did not mention MacArthur's name. Last year's quick United Nations action in Korea. Brad ley declared, may have stayed the Kremlin's hand as it was about to precipitate World War three. Bradlev roundlv backed the President's Hand against MacAr thur's ideas and defended the ad ministration's policy o( limiting the war in Korea. As chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, Brad ley has a large part in policy m ak in;:. In a speech prepared for de livery to the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcas ters. Bradley also declared: 1. The Korean war. under pres ent conditions, may be headed to ward a stalemate, but it can be brought to an honorable conclu aion. 2. The United States will not wage a preventive war. 3. The one price the U.S. will not pay for peace is appeasement. 4. The use the teds hsve msde of air bases in Manchuria to date has not warranted U.N. bombing of them. 5. Action against aggression in Korea upset Communist plans in Asia, at least Temporarily prevent ing Red moves in Indochina and perhaps saving Thailand and For mosa. 6. Any attempt to settle the wrrld crisis bv an ultimatum perhaps accompanied bv a threat to bomb Russia is militarily im practicable and might backlash. Ne Political Meddling In places, Bradlev s viewpoint on the situation was the same as MacArthur's. He disagreed on wst to do about it. Bradley made it plain that "I hsve no intention ol entering the foreign policy field or even urg ing a particular policy in the con duct of foreign affairs. Conduct of foreign affairs is a civilian respon sibility. . . ." But. he added, "a soldier can (Continued on Page 2) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Highly significant news: THE RED AIR FORCE IN KOREA ANO OVER THE IN MANCHURIA IS GETTING MliGEK AND BIGGER. The other day 80 Russian-built MIGs attacked 115 of our jet fighters that were escorting 32 of our B-2S bombers (old-timers from j me last war. i a rucnus oi ine nrsi magnitude ensued. Final score: Eight MIGs definitely shot down, three more probably downed and II damaged. Two B-29s were def initely shot down bv the reils. anil ''several" others damaged but able , to get back to one or another oi our airfields and land there. We lost no fighters. What were our planes doing? The answer lo that question is MOST interesting. We were shoot ing up bridges over the Yalu. When , (Continued on Page 4) District Kiwanis Meets Club Objectives Talked; Horace Berg Nominated For Lieutenant Governor Representative from Kiwanis district 15. which com prises the southwost Oregon area and TuleJake. Calif., gath ered in Rosebur? Svndav afternoon and Mondav for the an nual spring distrkt conference, and to hear an address bv Harold Bleything;. governor of the Northwest Kiwanis d i s trict. Meetines wre held at the Roseburg Country club. Horace C. Berg, Roseburg. re ceived the unanimous nomination to the office of district 15 lieuten- ant governor for 1952 The nomi- nation is tantamount election. which officially takes place at the Northwest confc-rence later. Berg will succeed C. E. "Tommy ", Thompson of Redmond. "Our country was bought by our forefathers, who made the down payment, and er long as we keep it. we must keep up the installments," Governor Fleything told a din ner gathering of ISO repre sentatives from outside clubs. Roseburg Xiwanamns and their wves. The dinner meeting was inter- niptetl for a short time while the Roseburg Paul Bunyans descended upon the gathering and performed an initiation ceremony upon t h e governor. Rleything was officially tabbed keeper of the Poke rnoP" Year's Theme feiscussed ) "Freedom i not free." Blevthing told his audience in an inspire onal message on the ouroo- of Kiwanis. Th is the sQliual theme of Kiwanis for the current vear. He touched brieflv upon the one at 'he eight objectives of Kiwanis; strengthen our social structure; in- J, i .' ; N 1 I- j V GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY Stands By Truman Hammond Not To Be Fired, Says Governor McKay SAI.EM UP) Governor Doug las McKay said today he would not ask the State Liquor commis sion to discharge its administrator, wuiiam M. Hammond. The Multnomah county grand jury recommended Last -week that Hammond be fired, that liquor en forcement be strengthened, and that the commission be put on sal aries. "I have no intention of asking the commission to discharge Wil liam Hammond, the administra tor," Governor McKay said in a prepared statement. "lie has an enviable record in state work and in service to his country." The governor said the grand jury report is "a matter of great sal- is(a"0tion to me.' 'There have been no indictments nor charges of corruption or dis honesty, after this trementlous job was completed. "In view of the fact that hun dreds of millions of dollars have; been handled during the period the investigation at least partially cov-i ered, I cannot but feel that this must be considered as a tribute to the soundness and honesty of state government, and to men adminis tering a difficult business." Governor McKay agreed that strict law enforcement is needed. ,nd Mld ,ffort xt mlde' to better conditions. ..! .. t - 'lll ' h 0 m '""J 5', .h.n r . ,m. ,-? . , 'l !,t f, ,1, ' w"rJ, ??,"rJ,0 .I "?.''',,! ro'XTih.t count, K,n "at counts. . A" humorous note of the meet- Medforll club, now keeper of ,he traveling- ax." started i n nosenurs. was presenten wim a rabbit. This rabbit, reminiscent of "Able Mable" of the Roseburg Jay cees. is to remain the property of tne sieoiorfl duo until the mem- htr mak v''i'ion. Setsien's Program -The morning session included in- vocation by Father Alfred Tyson at a. m : introduct ee) of honored guests: talk on Boys and Girls work by Pat Lt. Gov. Ruwll Kurtz of Medford: talk on public and huiness affairs by tislvemor Bleything. talk on 'Spiritual Aims." Penny Penhollow. R e d- mondlL ,lU " "?nd,n' ",.""1 m'1""- J B Rector. Medford r president. dicussion of Key c,un'-. rettery. Koseburg president: 'tHi lo St. Louis," y vention theme, by A. Drimmel, chairman; the selection of Berg as (Continued on Page 2) ' Established 1173 ROSEIUKG. ORtCON TUESDAY. APRIL 17. MSI . -H-51 West Roseburg Storm Sewer Plans Estimated Cost $24,844; Bids Date Set Council Slates Action Tonight On Proposals For Work At Airport Plans and specifications for West Roseburg storm sewers were ac cepted bv the citv council last night, and May 7 was set as the date for opeuiug oi oids tor con struction. The estimated cost of in stalling the lines on Nebo street. Fairhaven and Union avenues. R.dgrview and Spring streets and across the school property, wes terly was set at $24,844. The council also arranged for sa early windup of the West Rose birg sanitary sewer project. City Engineer Arthur Bover issued a certificate of completion of the work, subject to the finishing of certain designated items. Tne certificate recommended payment of $26,958.06 to the eon tractor. Stateside Construction Co. This leaves a balance of $2500 to be paid when certain work, in cluding installation of some curb ing, paving repairs and minor work., is completed. Airport Bids Tonight A special meeting of Die council is scheduled tonight st 7:30 for the opening of bids on the aiport im provements. The estimates on the job are in excess of $400,000, and will include a runway 4500 feet long The runway is now 3800 feet. The federal government will share the cost on a 56-44 percent basis. A petition requesting additional water service to homes on Umpqua l-venue in West Roseburg was pre sented with 36 signatures. The pe titioners brought out that the more than 40 homes in the area are served by a two-inch water main, and there are no fire bvdrants closer than Hsrvard avenue. The matter was referred to the - - f Continued on Page 2) Floods Sweeping 4 Midwest States Br The Aimx-ialfd Pri The rising upper Mississippi river spilled floodwatern into low land communities in four midwest cm states today. Flood workers patroTed levees and built and strengthened dikes in preparation for a continued rise. .ne w.ers ere ai lu-ye.r mg Formosa to the Chinese Reds, high in southeastern Minnesota, hiuled down tne Union Jack at the The south St. Paul stockyards were j Brltjsh consulate at nearby Tansui flooded out of operation for the and chalked anti-British slogans on first time in its history. Several alls. packing plants also closed down. Tn.'v hoisted the Chinese Nation Ihe rushing current, carrying I no nH rmnprf , ,iuh .m. huge ice cakes, battered down 480-foot section of a wooden tres tle and pontoon bridge 75 miles south of St. Paul, forcing the re routing of a Milwaukee railroad I branrh line. The basements of several indus- trial plants were flooded in Wi-1 nona. Minn., an industrial city of 25.000. Workmen rushed the build ing of dikes. The city's municipal airport was under two feet of wa- ter following the breaking of dike. A national guard unit went on patrol at Prairie Du Chien, Wis., where rising waters covered a fifth of the city's area. Some 250 fami lies left Uieir homes. levees were patrolled at Musca tine. Ia., after army engineers warned the city to take immedi ate precautions. A crest of 20 5 feet is expected by April 2 1.4 feet above the previous highest peak reached July 1, 1944. The Mississippi was six feet over flood stage at Quincy, 111., and another 2.5 toot rise was expected by May 1. No concern was felt for the city's flood walls, however. Non-Medics Lose Fight On County Hospital Bill SALEM IIP) The osteopaths snd chiropractors lost their battle Mondav when the Senate aenl to the House by a 26-4 vote a county hospital hill. The bill lets the county hospital j boards decide who shall practice in I chiroWartor. ssying Te ,hAH, ' WriWrnimif Kiii ji iJ. lisumers- price index. This index ml. ""u" K"-' i""k- in bill lie amended so that the boards, UJw) jn emtTtrt, .fitting wages family income, buying habits, and would be forced to admit osteo-1 rsths and chiropractors to p r a s tice. m The Weatfier , . ... . . , Mostly cloudy with widely scat. tared liqht showers today ano Wednesday. Highest temp, for any April Lowest temp, for ny April Highest temp, yesterday Lowest temp, last 24 hours Procip. last 24 hours Procip. from April t Procip. from Sept. 1 Escoss from Sept. 1 Sunset todayt $7 p.m. rpVnrise tomorrow, 5:27 a.m. 4 - H 7 4 JIUM y.W British Sub. With 75 Aboard, Missing PORTSMOUTH. England (API The British submarine Affray with 75 men and offi cers aboard vanished today after dive on maneuvers in the English channel. Helicopters, airplanes and ships including two Ameri can destroyers began searching a stretch of tea 75 miles long and 25 miles wide along the south channel coast of England for the 1, 400-ton submarine which hat Schnor kel breath apparatus and scape devices. An admiralty spokesman said there was soma hope that the submarine commander, war hero Lt. John Blackburn, might have misread the order on making the daily morning reports, in which case the Affray might still be proceed ing submerged. School Districts Ask Budget Hikes increasesi. "school budgetr.t helMACARTHUR SAYS FAREWELL only scheduled Rural School board hearing in the district court room of the courthouse Monday night. Represented were Reedsport grade and high schools, Glendalc, Voncalla high school, Tiller, Green, Wilbur, Winchester and Leona. These schools asked budget in creases in certain items over those allowed by the five-member Rural School board. Any changes allowed by the! board as a result of this hearing must be made before April 20. All schools affected will be notified I by that date. I After this final notification, a county election will be held on or before May 21 to determine if the iix-perceni limitation will be ex ceeded or not. Members of the Rural board are: Norman Weatherly of Elk ton, chairman: Arthur Marsh, Lookingglass; Madeline B.. Coot, Drain: Guy McGee, Canvnnville; Gilbert Weaver, Myrtle Creek. Chinese On Formosa Vent Anger On Britain TAIPEH, Formosa UP) Some 40 Chinese students, angered over rennrts Rritain had nrnmi-ri ffiv- hlems from two consular cars, but cli'l no further harm to the consu late or its personnel. i Two Generals Purchase Rogue River Lodge Sites GRANTS PASS tips Generals ; Carl Spaati and Ira Kaker have i purchased a 20-acre site for a lodge on the lower Rogue ten miles below Marial from Glenn Wool dririge, pioneer river guide, the latter announced here. The new owners expect to he gin construction of the lodge by May 15, Wooldridge said. Roseburg Living Costs Will Be Surveyed Federal Statistician, Five Local Aides Will Assemble Data For Index Of Prices Roseburg will be the scene of a special e-weeks government sur- vey of consumer expenditures, be- ginning April 25, Kwan Clague, the commissioner of labor statis- ties,s announced today in Washing- ". I.-. iM'.m, u.,u-, , u.uac cp, c-n- Mitchell , who was court-martialed , minnignt cnange. The study here will be part of ; furnishings, rent, fuel and mis- alive of other citiea in popula- for demandinf: a big air force. The troubfe occurred in nearby e nation-wide survey of consumer I cellaneous gi end services lion size snd density, climate, in- But S(,nate President Paul Pat-1 Schoolfield at the company's ma spending no being made in 91 1 nrmelly bought by moderate in- come level, and similar charac- ,, r,lM ,he motlon, out of Jor plant. A striker suffered a pis cities by the bureau of labor sta-! come families in ia34-3b. There , (eristics. Portland is the only other orf,r tol bullet vound in the melee. State t k. n c H.,im, r , lbor Us h,, he .r .., infl,. - on by improvmg the oft.ciel mea- .' Prices. th. con- of millions of workers. Moses J. Goionsky of the bureau oi laoor statistic win supervise ta, provide as accurate a measure and other characterialics, the BI.S Bowden avenue. Kosehurg, trac the survey locslly, with a tf!., possible of the prices of goods estimates, hamilies included in i lured his shoulder in a bicycle ac of .1 locally-hired interviewers. The ',nd ,rVices that average work-, the survey will he notified by a ; cirient Saturday evening Gary, an enwuoyemni service otnce now tesffilg; and interviewing pro- speevve survey women. I hey will visit representative families, who Wl" " 'ked to give informstion in some detail as to goods and Tvcei they bought during 19.0, ,.,r, .r.,,. ""i mieresiea as sue n em-1 I ploynrent should contact the local: employment office to be '" "'-onsy sain, interview- ers selected will be given a 5 to : Rd a yV period of training before the aurvey stsrts. r : : 7- as no prvparvs to Doara nis piano ot losyo Tor aeporTuro to rni uniroa dTares. penina Tne general is Justin Williams, SCAP official, end behind Williams (far right) Is 13-year-old Arthur MacArthur, the general's son who will see the United States for the first time. Thousands of Japanese, some of them waving small American flags, lined the streets of Tokyo to catch e glimpse of General MacArthur as he drove to the eirport for his departure, (AP Wirephoto vie U.S. Army Radio photo from Tokyo) Business Gets Nod To Ask For Price Shifts To Meet Fair Trade Laws Of States ,. WASHINTiTOV ,(AP,) officials cleared th way today to apply for ceiling: price adjustments to meet levels fixed under state fair trade laws. The Office of Price Stabilization issued an order permit ting sellers to ask price relief under certain conditions. The order is effective April 21. Fortv-five states and the Dis trict of Columbia have fair trade acts which permit manufacturers and retailers to asree on mini mum prices for specific items. til'S said that under the seneral price freeze of Jan. 26. some sel lers have ceiling prices which are lower than the minimum set bv the state fair trade laws. The seneral freeze prevents these ceil ings being raised. OPS said this situation resulted in some cases in violation of a fair trade contract. In others, the agency said, the manufacturer an nounced a new fair trade price but permitted distributors to dis pose of marked inventory on hand at the old price. The general freeze provides that a seller'a ceiling is the highest price he charged during the base period, last Dec. 19 through Jan. 25. Requirements Listed (il'S said that in applying for premission to raise his prices to meet state fair trade requirements t seller must show that: 1. His ceiling price is less than (Continued on Page 2) I The consumers' price index Is one of the world's most widely j used statistical tools. It measures monthly changes in the purchasing power of the city family's dollar. It is now based on e market bas - are 200 items oriced regularly in ( 34 cities. The index contrasts thfir current prices with 1935 39 prices. Rowing changes in the cost of 1 O J ,irit imc uir uiifi-i;,.Mm , i.un- ..... AirwriA ih. m k in th, m,r(et basket for the index ( ine-clais families customarily buy 'Mav. The f,mjy expenditure study in (hi, and 90 other cities will enable )tw B,s make . more up to- rta -tion of goods and serv- jr (or th, ,ndex, and lo revise Ine Knennng imimrtance ot items inriuneo. Labor and management ue the negotiations; federal, state, and cny governmenis in policy mas- ing; and welfare agencies In set- ins no alloWAnres. Collective har. (gaining agrr?nentB covering more r- Gen. Dougles MacArthur shake, hands with Japanese officials Government price. control for wholesalers and retailers District Forester Will Speak Here James Watts, acting district for ester for the bureau of land man agement, is to be the speaker at the monthly dinner meeting of lum bermen at the Umpqua hotel Wednesday, April 18, at 6.30 p m. Watts will explain the 1950 timber sales program of the bureau for this district and will also tell how to go about requesting that certain timber be offered in 1952. "Since a large number of oper ators in Douglas county are at least partially dependent on federal tim ber." said W. O. Kelsey of Paul B. Ilult Lumber Co., Dillard, chair man of the W.F.I. A. section spon soring these meetings, "it is ex pected that a large number will be on hand Wednesday to learn the answers to some of their ques tions." All loggers, lumbermen and others interested in the handling of public timber are Invited to at tend this meeting. Dinner reser vations should be made in advance if possible with the Umpqua hotel. ' than one million workers in over ; 100 companies adjust wages to changes in living costs reported j by the consumers' price index. I Roseburg waa picked as one of i , the 91 cities in the nation being Oregon city being surveyed Families Chosen From Census Families to be interviewed were the census end previous Ms .surveys ... i;iioir nunwism an lamip les in the city. Each family lo be linn Mrwni I riiceiii IWJUl .TSI nih.r. ,n ih. ,1. .. .k,.i iu on a nitional basis in size, income, letter from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The commissioner of labor atatis- tics emphaiued that the informs-1 lion will be held in confidence.' and will be used primarily to help j revise the consumers' price index ! Because no names ol individual . tamiiies win lie tcrordro. tne in , formation cannot lie used for taxa lion or law enforcement purposes. i ne piinnsneo siausncs win tie useful for marsVft research agen- cies. univaraitiex and otner or. ganiiateavi. Okayed Vl Aged Man Kills Himself With Gun At Days Creek A 71-year-old man, William Er nest Marsh, died of a self-indicted gunshot wound Monday afternoon in his trailer hnm near tlnvs Creek, it was reported by Deputy Mierni ira Hyrd, who investigated the call. Byrd said that Marsh ap- parently placed a revolver against the roof of his mouth and pulled the trigger. Cause of the apparent suicide was not known, but may have been because of ill health, Byrd added. t. T. Marsh, a brother of the dead man, who was also living in the trailer house, found the body. The only other survivor is another brother, C. A. Marsh, living in Vancouver, Wash. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Gam mortuary at Myrtle Creek Thursday at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in the Ma sonic cemetery at Canyonville. Split Senate Pays - Tribute To Mac SALEM M -The Senate paid a 30-second atanding tribute to General MacArthur Monday, but two of the nine senate Democrats sat in their seats. The other seven Democrats went a Ion-; with the Republicans, hoping that their action wouldn't make the people think the Democratic sen ators were opposing President Tru man s firing of MacArthur. The aurprise motion for a tribute i MacArthur s services was made by Sen. Warren Gill. Leb anon. It contained no criticism of the President. But one by one, the Democrsts got up and aaid they ipprecialed MacArthur a services. Hut they wanted to make it clear that they think he 'should have been fired, Sens. Vernon Bull, La Grande, and Russell Gardner, Newport, were the two Democrata who wouldn't stand up. "The country needs unity," Bull ssid. "This move is absolutely un- called for." Demorrats moved to amend the motion to add tributes to the men fighting in Korea, for the men whom MacArthur drove out of 1 mr,n -n(1 (or the lat, ',n Billy The House, with six Democrats dissenting, passed a resolution i ice, Bt tne ente rCTOiullon, committee buried it. thanking MacArthur for his serv- BOY BREAKS SHOULDER Gary Crenshaw. 13 vear-old-son of Mr. and Mra. Richard Crenshaw ! eighth grade studetil at Junior high i school, is now in Doualas ( ommu- i mty hospital and will be njlined there for some time. LeTmRNS AT LAST OVER STOWIyK England UP) larry Gramlftrld resiined - : part-time village grave - , with this statement digger "Kor 17 years I have dug snd ; tended graves i ( J2.HI) a week 1 thmioh Hi mm. , for n shlnis k But it seems i re you do for people, ' the les hey think of you." Cheers Greet Hero On Miles Of Pageantry General Planning Rest In S.F. Tonight Before Flight To Washington WASHINGTON -tPi Presl. dent Truman has cancelled plane to address the American Society of Newspaper Editors Thursday In order not to Interfere with "Gen. Douglas MacArthur's day." HONOLULU UPt General MacArthur leaves the flower scented hospitality of Hawaii today on his stern mission to challenge in Congress the views of the Presi dent who fired him over war pol icy. His plane, the Bataan. will take off enroute to San Francisco and Washington. The Bataan should arrive at San Francisco about I p.m. (11 p.m., EST). After an overnight rest in San Francisco and brief ceremon ies there Wednesday morning, MacArthur will depart for Wash ington and his appearance Thurs day before a joint session of Con gress. The five-star general and here of three wars got t foretaste here Monday of the applause but none of the acrimony that awaits him in Washington. For two hours Hawaii's polyglot population lining 25-mile route cheered MacArthur, his wife, Jean, and their on, Arthur, 1J. The spontaneous outburst of ac-claimr-at this starting point of the Pacific war which MacArthur fought from beginning to end pre saged pageantry and public dem- onstrations planned for bim in San Francisco, Washington and New York. But there was no note of the an tagonism that has split America and the non-Communist world over nis views. Acclaimed Like Here MacArthur's Hawaiian welcome, gushing with a full measure of the traditional island friendship, was shorn of partisanship; it was the acclaim given e conquering hero. MacArthur smiled and waved In response to the shouts of the crowds. He shook a child's hand. He chatted with an ex-soldier who had fought with him on Bataan. He chuckled as a fat, bare-footed woman danced a bula when hie sedan rolled by. He received an honorary decree of doctor of laws from the Uni versity of Hawaii in an amphi- ! 'heater jammed with 5,008 people, He heard the university president -Yfontlnued on Page 2) ' " GEN. CARL R. GRAY JR, Veterans edministretor, arrived in Rotaburcs todav to ininaet the Ro,eburg V , f , r e n s hospitel. i i i r "y. "n"T n.m. o his pontion to succeed Sen. I Omar T. Bradley, is en tour of lht West inspecting ell veterens in,f44i;on,. He is scheduled i , d..U. u: .(.,.... . leave Roieburg this efternoon for Medtord. j , nnrit Orderly Operation i Follows Strike Riot j DANVILLE, Va. UP) Orderly picketing without any sign of dis- ! order prevailed at the Dan River j mills strike-bound plant when the day shift reported ct 8 a. m. today in sharp contrast to a burst of shots turbance that broke out with the : police hurled tear gas bombs to 1 disperse a crowd of pickets. But (he pickets, who had blocked US. highway 29 at the main en trance to the Schoolfield plant for 15 minutes, broke their solid front snd finally allowed the non-strikers :. . tM .A to 'be building for the mid- : iK"t shift. 13 Levity Fact Rant By L. F. Relzensteln Truman's ouster ot Ger. Mac- Arthur it not entirely devoid of ultimate benefit. The resultant avalanche ot maf) descending en the White House and Con presaqessubiiantlal re- ; r z-' ., I "uetiofi (If the; government I i postal deficit (2) (O) o