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oo o U. of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon CQiuF Hfsumkoirdl utesogmis . Mnniigeir' Action Serves 'Best Interest' Of City, Claim Ttrmlnation Of Tenure Asked Effective June 15; Move Verifies Rumors " ,1 i Established 1173 ROSHURC. ORECON SATURDAY. MAY S. 1951, 107-11 St a Iffp . - WHAT! IS IT RAINING? It was. Boy Scouts Jim Schulxe. left, and Johnny Joelson, right, ibove, anxiously test the weather as they settle down for the three-day Roseburg, district scout camporee, which began at the Douglas County Fairgrounds Friday. They will be pitted against scouts of the entire aree in contests of knot-tie-ing, fire-building and other outdoor activities. (Picture by Paul Jenkins). Dillard-Winston Area Dial Telephone System Slated To Start Operation May 7 ' Dillard's new dial telephone office, built and equipped to provide regular Roseburg service in a newly established "locality rate area," will be placed in service " Monday, May 7, according to R. J. Henwood, manager for The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph' company. : . Winston, Cooi Junction and the territory immediately surrounding the.ie communities also are in cluded in the new service plan, which furnishes Roseburg indi vidual and party line service at regular Roseburg rates, plus a mall additional charge. The additional charge, Henwood said, will be substantially less than the mileage charges now in effect on these classea of service. There will be no long distance charges between the area served by the new office and Roseburg. Extensive Additions Later Although the majority of tele' phones now working in the Dillard Winston area will be changed over to the new service on Monday, HenwoeAl said extensive outside plant additions still are necessary before everyone in the area can be served. Additional suburban and farmer line subscribers, as well as new customers, will be con nected on a progressive basis as rapidly as lines can be constructed, he continued. Under the new system. Dillard office telephone users will place long distance calls by dialing the luiig in -mm t .ail- mj " ft . . rA "ft" Inr nrwrafnr and will thai "113" and "114" for informs- tion and repair service, respec- tively, as is now the case In Rose- burg. Establishment of the new service will not involve a general number change in the area, due to special wiring arrangements made at the time the Roseburg office was con verted to dial operation, Henwood explained. Most subscribers i n the "locality rate area" already are listed in the Roseburg direct ory. According to Henwood, the Dillard-Winston service improvement program is costing the company approximately $129,000, of which some $44,000 has been spent for land, building and central office equipment. The balance of $85,000 is for poles, wires ana canies in eluded in the outside plant work , still underway. Western Powers Decide To Reject Russian Text PARIS & The western powers have decided to refuse Rus sia's wording of a proposal to dis arm the Big Four nations, it was Jesrned today. ine aepuiy roreign minuirri oi the United States, Britain and France met with Russia's Andrei Gromyko for the forty-fourth time this morning in an effort to pre pare a list of subjects for their foreign ministers to talk about. The Weather Partly cloudy today and Sunday with occasional periods of clearing In the afternoon and a few showers and thunder showers. Highest temp, for any May 101 Lowest temp, tor any May 10 Highest temp, yesterday 44 Lowest temp, last 24 hours . 4o Precip. last 14 hours. J Procip. from May 1 .IS Precip. from Sept. 1 40.12 Excess from Sept. 1 . 10.44 Sunset today, 1: 19 em Sunrise tomorrow, 4:04 a.m. Economy Forces In House Ready 96 Percent Cut WASHINGTON (fl-Economy forces in the House today pointed to a walloping 96 percent cut in President Truman's emergency funds as evidence that they're pushing ahead in their drive to reduce government spending. The President's funds came un der the axe yesterday when the House passed and sent to the Sen ate a $6,144,450,353 appropriations bill financing 27 independent fed eral agencies for the year starting next July 1. The total was $693,137,110 less than Mr. Truman has asxed. And $24,000,000 of that was slashed from the President's own emergency money request. The fund is given the President to meet emergency needs arising from domestic or foreign developments not pro vided for in specific appropria- UOnS Housing Units Slashed Mr. Truman had requested $25,- 000,000 for the fund. The house appropriations committee chopped it in half and the House itself, by a roll-call vote of 160 to 128 whacked it down to $1,000,000. But it let the President retain an es timated $4,000,000 left over from the current year's fund. Another blow was dealt the ad ministration when a 181 to 113 vote reduced to 5.000 the number of new public housing units that may be started in, fiscal year 1952. The President already had whittled the program down to 75.0QI units and the appropriations committee cut it to 50.003. A coalition of Repub licans and southern Democrats knocked it down to 5,000. t.f.rant Meunifnl Setts u t u:.:-.:.- nwaiij iHj iwiyiivn National Hospital day will be observed at the Roseburg Veterans hospital Sunday, May (. Visita tions to the buildings and grounds may be made between 1:30 and 4 p.m. A chartered bus will tour the grounds, the far and the ceme- tcrv. I lie hosuita stall nas in. vited all persons interested to see the organization in actual opera lion. Organ music will be played from the mam lobby throughout the program. Refreshments will be served. German Nationalists Make Bid For Political Power FRANKFURT. Germany (. a political party with an elite; luard, outlawed ior acting i e Nazi storm troopers, makes its . first bid for power in West Ger-i many tomorrow. j The Socialist Reich (Empire) I party, condemned by the West German government as a rebirth i of Naziism, winds up its parlia-' mentary eampatn in lower Sax-I ony today. I Unleashing Power Would Defeat China -- Mac Arthur No Increase In Manpower Held Needed Only 'Small Fraction' Of U.S. Might Claimed Necessary For Campaign WASHINGTON UPt Gen. Douglas MacArthur testified today that if the United States unleashes its power it could defeat Red China without increasing its over all military manpower. The deposed Pacific commander declared it would take "only a relatively small fraction" of the total U. S manpower goal of 3. 462,000 to carry out his proposed campaign in Asia. For the third day, MacArthur was back in the witness chair be fore senators inquiring into his Ills, missal as Far Eastern commander and the policy differences which led President Truman to recall him. MacArthur had advocated the bombing of Chinese Manchurian bases, a blockade of Communist China and use of Chinese National ist troops from Formosa, Manpower Held Adequate President Truman and admin istration leaders have opposed this program on the ground that it might lead to another great war. They take the position the fighting should be confined to Ko rea if possible despite the entry of Chinese Communists troops into the conn let there. Senator Lyndon Johnson (D-Tex) asked the five star general about the effect of hia program on the manpower goal. MacArthur told him: "I will say, in answer to your basic ques tion, that I am sure the overall strength which is being provided now or debated now, would well encompass, without prejudice to any other operations or demands made upon it. the conclusion of what I had in mind in the Far East. "It would only take a relatively small fraction of that force to carry on the campaign that I would have In mind." Mere Air, Navy Asked MacArthur said that to utilize (Continued on Page 2) Maypole Dancers Foiled By Weather Jupiter Pluvius dumped .35 inches of ice water on Hoseburg Friday afternoon, after luring may pole Uancera and shoppers into the open with a decoy of blue skies. Senior high school students pre sented May dances at Finlay field between showers, then audience and performers ran for cover. Wa ter in the streets almost reached the navigable stage in some sec tions while sewers gulped down enormous quantities of muddy wa ter pouring off the hillsides. The weather bureau reports that .35 inches of rain fell between 3:15 and 4:20 p. m. Friday, with .12 inches falling in an eight minute period between 4:08 and 4:10 p.m. The temperature dropped 10 de grees in this hour period. The storm, termed a "moist, un stable air mass" by the weather bureau, was a small offshoot of many that have been soaking water-weary Oregonians the past few days. The important question this week is not, "What will Truman do next?" but, "Will Junior's last win ter's boots hold up 'till this is over?" Legislature Just Adjourned Bequeaths To Its Successor In '53 Headache Of Finding $30 Million In New Texas By PAUL W. HARVEY JR., SALEM (PI Here is a sum mary of all the important bills passed, defeated or buried by the 1951 legislature: FINANCIAL All $32,000,000 of income tax sur pluses will be used up. The people will vote in November, 1952, whether to limit a state property tax to about $10,000,000 a year, and a legislative interim commit tee will study the whole tax prob lem. A 1-cent a package cigaret tax, tied to a cigaret fair trade bill was the only tax increase voted by the lawmakers. They adopted a $178,871,447 general funa budget lor the next two years, or $1,500, 000 less than the governor's bud get. This wss done despite the fact that $2,500,000 in salary in creases and a $7,430,000 state building program were added. There is a $4,000,000 deficit for the next two years, but this could eas tl TESTIFIES Gen. Douglas' Mac Arthur sirs in the witness stand in the senete ceucus room at a heering before the combined armed services and foreign re lations committees. The heering wes opened to ell senators who wished to attend but press and public were berred. NcA TELE PHOTO. Winchester Bay Park Is Donated To Douglas County The Douglas County Park board last night at a meeting at Win chester Bay, accepted the dona tion of a new five-acre park. This park is located between the old south jetty and the new training jetty on the bay. The property was given to the county by John ami Ruth Ziolkousky. The acquisition gives to the county all the water frontage around the entire bay between the state highway park and the coast guard station property. At a four-hour meeting last night, plans were considered for improve ment of the park areas, and the remaining money available to the park board for the fiscal year was designated for this purpose penally for aanitary improve ments. Rules- and regulations to man age the Winchester Bay dock were set up. The contract for salvage logging along the waterfront was extended until the end of the year. A letter was authorized written commending the state for improve ments to a state park 13 miles up the Umpqua river from Reex port. Announcement was made of win ners of the poster contest for get ing markers for the park. The win ners were Jessie Kane, first, and Dick Smith, second. Both are Rose burg Junior high school students. Two Men Jailed After Accident Investigation Two men were in jail this morn ing following investigation of an accident near Wilbur at 1:10 a.m. Michael William Kniska, 25, of Roseburg, was charged with al legedly driving a vehicle while drunk, after the car hall gone out of control and hit a bank, state police reported. His passenger, Alber Nelson Muma, 42, of Roseburg, was cited for being drunk on the highway, state police added. There were no injuries. Arraignment w a a scheduled for this morning. ily be wiped out if tsx collections sre a little higher than now estim ated. Nothing was done to get any revenue for the 1953-55 biennium. Using up all surplus funds mesns the 1953 legislature will have to find $30,000,000 a year in new taxes, or else make drastic cuts in spend ing. SALARY BOOSTS VOTED Other important financial mea sures approved will give 10 percent alary increases to state officials, let the people adopt new tax bases and thus make so manyQipecial tax elections unnecessary, give th; governor $1,800,000 to spend for emergencies, and Asert in Initia tive measures bow much they would cost the people. The county school levy of $7,700,000 was turned bark on the counties because the state no longer has the money to pay it. The state will prepare fi nancial ststements for the people 20 days before genersl elections. Israel-Syria Battle Rages After Truce Both Sides Open Down Attack; Israel Accuses Syrian Truce Violation ISRAEL-SYRIAN FRONTIER- (P) The battle of the J o r d a n raged again today as Israelis and Syrians blazed away at each other with artillery and mortars north of the Sea of Galilee. After a lull during the hours of darkness, the Syrians opened a dawn attack on Israeli positions, the Israelis said. An Israeli spokes man in lei Aviv said Syrians also tried to seize the commanding height of Tel El Muteila inside Is rael, but were replused after an 80-minute battle. 3-Hour Truce In Damascus, a Syrian army communique said the Israeli troops opened up an attack at 4:30 a. m. local time with heavy shell ing from artillery, mortars and machine guns. The communique said the fighting yesterday died down at 8 p. m. Israeli losses dur ing the last 24 hours were esti mated at 27 killed The fighting broke out yester day only three and one-half hours after the two feuding countries had agreed to a U. N. -sponsored cease fire. Israel accused Syria of violat ing the cease-fire. (The Syrians continued to main tain that the Syrian army is not involved in the fighting that, the Israeli have aUa ked Arab inhabi tants of the demilitarized zone and that Arabs have fought back with rifle fire. The communique said two Arabs were titled and three wounded.) Israel Also Charged (An earlier communique accused the Israeli troops of breaking the cease-fire agreement at almost the same time it was to have become effec'ive.) The Syrians said they had been sure at the time the cease-fire was reached yesterday of "lsreal's ill intentions," but "we wanted to leave no stone unturned for reach- ' jng a peaceful settlement of the events which recently took place in the demilitarized zone." This referred to fighting since Wednesday in the area where the Jordan river flows into the Sea of Galilee and streams north to the Huleh swsmps. Large Damage Suit Filed Against Firm Burton E. Forbes, acting through his guardian Maurice L. Forbes, filed suit in circuit court vesterdav for $100,000 general and $750 spe cial damages against Ine Youngs Bay Lumber Co. The plaintiff charges he received severe and permanent physical in juries as the result of negligence on the part of the defendant com pany. According to the complaint. Burton Forbes wss working nesr the edger at the Youngs Bay mill when a piece of lumber got caught in the operating machinery throw ing it backwards. The complaint continues that the timber broke the guarding bumper and struck the plaintiff on the right shoulder and head. The impact allegedly caused concussion and other lesser inju ries which totally impaired t h e plaintiff in an earning capacity, the complaint claims. Measures which failed include many tax ideas, incuding sales and business levies, and higher beer taxes: Governor McKay's pro posal to eliminate the federal tax deduction on state income tax re turns; making utilities pay income taxes; make county assessors take state examinations; and benefit families by reducing their income tax deductions so they would con form to federal deductions EDUCATION The far-reaching school reorgan ization bills were passed. They make it easier to consolidate school districts, reorganize the atate de partment of education, have t h e board of education appointed by the governor, make the boards of education and higher education meet jointly, and amend the con stitution so that the superintendent of public instruction would be ap pointed by the board of education. lerms Of ine board of higher ed cuation were reduced from nine to e M. W. (MATT) SLANKARD Tenders Resignation Pitney Explains Measures To Maintain Fish Resources "We are fighting; to save the remnants of a resource that was at one time greater than our logging resource." This was the statement of William Pitney, representing the State Game commission, who was one of five forestry experts meeting in Roseburg Friday to discuss the effects of logging on soil, streams and watersheds. Controls Extended Over Construction Of Luxury Housing WASHINGTON UP) Govern ment control over construction has been extended to take in "luxury" housing, big apartments, indus trial plants and public projects The National Production auuw ity (NPA) announced last night that no single family home cost ing over $35,000 may be started without its consent. The order, effective immediately, also requires each builder to ob tain an NPA permit for any "multi unit residential building" (apart ment house) in excess of three stories and basement. Maor Fields Touched And it brought under similar control major construction fields' which so far have been untouched in the mobilization drive any fact ory, school, hospital, church, in dustrial warehouse, highway, bridge, water system, utility or railroad project which uses more than 25 tons of steel. The latter broad category covers in effect, every type of construc tion which was not already under NPA regulation. Newspaper plants, and radio and television stations now will require NPA permits regardless of the steel tonnage involved, the agency said. Elaborate outdoor advertising displays were banned. They were placed in the same prohibited ca tegory as amusement places and the theaters, but the standing ex emption of $5,000 will take care of most outdoor signs. 'Critical' Stool Shortage Behind the order, NPA Adminis trator Manly Fleischmann said, is a "growing, critical shortage" of steel. Effect of the action will be two-fold: First, it will let NPA pick and choose the projects into which large quantities of structural steel should go. These might be factor ies contributing to the defense ef fort or schools and hospitals filling a serious local need. Second, it will compel builders ol less-essential projects to scale down their plans, adopt less criti cal materials, or redesign build ings to eliminate excessive use of structural steel. six years. The western slates com pact for pooling graduate school education was approved, and the large school districts were sllowed to have Junior colleges. Efforts to reduce state basic school sid were besten down, and qualifications for teachers and school administra tors were tightened up. A bill to make teachers sitn statements if they have ever been Communists died in the House on the last day. HIGHWAYS A $40,000,000 highway construc tion bond issue was approved, truck taxes were incressed $1,000,000 a ;vear, and log truck load limits wre reduced. Severe overlosding i p e n a 1 1 i e s for truckers were sdopted, and some motor vehicle fees were increased $600,000 a year. Overweight log trucks were permitted to operate on county roads If the truckers pay mainte nance costs. A bill to take away $445,000 a year at the state high (Continued on Page 2) The forum, sponsored by the Umpqua-Coquille section of the So ciety of American Foresters, was on "Timber Harvesting and Mul tiple forest Kcsource Manage ment." Pitney explained that fishing Is a great resource and of recrea tional value. "Spawning fish need clean water and clean gravel beds. Even moderate silting suffocates fish eggs and fry as well at de stroying fish food. Pitney made suggestions lor logging road con struction that would materially aid in keeping streams clear of muddy run-ons irom unsunacea roaas. Suggestions Offered He suggested locating logging roaas as tar at possible Irom streams, leaving undisturbed strips of vegetation between streams and roads to act as blotters, open-top cross culverts to aid drainage, and most Important, he said, when logging operation are completed, logs left across roads and skid scars would break the momentum of water run-off. Robert Aufderheide, Umpqua the Forest Service, said that saw mills in Douglas county needed every stick of timber that could be produced and that new access ro-ds would make more timber available. In his opinion, however, heavy traffic on logging and un surfaced roads, especially where roads bordered streams, accounted for much siltin during rainy weather. Stream silting could be alleviated to some extent by wise locating of logging roads. Tractor (Continued on Page 2) 4-Year-Old Suffers Possible Fracture A four-year-old Winston boy suf fered a possible skull iracture wnen he toppled from a moving car on highway 99, one mile south ol Roseburg Iste Fridsy afternoon The child, Hubert ban Goodman, while riding in the back seat of his father's car, apparently opened the door, lost his balance and fell to the pavement. According to Dep uty Sheriff Ira Byrd, who saw the accident, the car was traveling at about 40 miles per hour. Byrd called the city police to have a doctor ready and raced the child, the mother and father to Mercy hospital. When the accident occurred, shortly after S p.m., the child was knocked senseless but regained consciousness before reaching the hospital. Dr. Nels Lindell treated the boy for shock, cuts and bruises on his face and head, as well as numerous brulsea. No broken hones were reported. The child Is being neia under observation and at laat reports was semi-conscious. Mick Slattory Btcomts lad role Club Initiate An Initiate of the "Tad Polo" club that's J. E. "Mick" Slat tory. Mar-Linn Timber Corporation, far which Slattory Is timber buyer, wss filling Its now mill pond Thursday, Slattory foil In. 9 DESERTERS EXECUTED BERLIN (. A west Ber lin newspsper reported today the mass execution of 4tf-oviet army I deserters by Russian secret police in r.at Germany. The 40 Russians were imiy! a group of 73 Red army soldiers who fled from a barrscks at Bernhurg, the evening newspaper Der Abend said. M. W. Slankard has resigned Ms position as city manager of Rosoburf. Mayer Albert 6. Flegel an nounced that he received Slank erd's written letter of resigns tion last night, and that the let tor will be presented to the city council et the regular mooting Monday night far acceptance or rejection. ' Slankard has asked that his termination be effective as of June IS. Along with his resignation as city manager he has also resigned as secretary of the park commis sion and of the planning commis sion. The announcement substantiates rumors current since Thursday that the city manager was quit ting. Appreciates Roseburg Stay "It is with regret that I here with submit my resignation to your honorable body," Slankard stated in his letter to the mayor and city council. "I feel that, due to the present conditions that exist, my resignation would be for the best Interest of the city as a whole. "I truly appreciate my stay with the city of Roseburg and the way the mayor and council have worked with my office for the best interests of the city and the bet terment of Roseburg and In pro viding the citizens with the public facilities needed to make a prog ressive city, the letter continues. 'As I look back over our prob lems, I feel proud to think that I, with your help, made certain im provements that will not be lost by my termination and will con tinue to serve your citizens for many years to come. It is fortunate that the improvements swimming pool, codification of ordinances, added personnel, street lighting, sewer system, municipal garage, park department and numeroua other improvements have been made without a raise in tne city tax rate. Understands Tax Picture "I know that I have not mad too many really close friends, be cause I wss the city manager and could not enter into certain functions like other people, not connected with city government. I have, however, a lot of friends in Roseburg who will regret thla action and will ask that I reconsider.-..- - "I understand the present tax picture and know that some of the citizens feel that an excessive s mount is asked for in the 1951-52 operating budget for city oper ations and maintenance." Slankard has asked that ha be given earned vacation time off, since he baa taken only three (Continued on Page 2) In the Day's News By PRANK JENKINS From Washington: "General MacArthur said this mflrnintf h itnea not believe Rus sia is in position to launch any predatory auacx irom uie juutiw continent." "ii arMMt- 'I believe Russian forces in Siberia are largely DE- i troivc Why does be think Russia is NOT in a position to launch an aggres sive war from Asia? He made that clear enough. Russia, he is reported to have said to the senate armed services and foreign relations committees, couldn't move enough troops and supplies eastward to fight a mator war because the trans-Siberian railroad ia already taxed to Us limit Why not, you ask? Well, the trans-Siberian railroad Is something like S.O00 miles long. It is single-track most of the way. Let's put it like this: Suppose we had only one line o( railroad, aingle-trsck over most of its length, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. (Remember, we have MANY lines of railroad from the (Continued on Page 4) Lawson Given 30 Days, Fine For Drunk Driving Circuit Judge Carl. E. Wimberly Thursdsy sentenced Bill Lawson, 4o, a Riddle bartender, to serve 30 days in the county jail and pay a fine of $250 for drunk driving. Fif teen days of tne sentence was sus pended on payment of the fine. The case was appealed to the circuit court on April 12 after the ssme sentence and fine had been meted out by District Judge A. J. Geddes. The disposition was reaf firmed Thursday when Lawson changed his plea from Innocent to guilty. Levity Fact Rant By L. F. RelzenstelA Crowning achievement of rhe Oregon leqiilature was rhe cre ation ef a committee to study weather control problems, leav ing John D. Public to wander why committees were pot aha) established fa control mosqui toes Mil dandelions.