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' ?i:Lc,eJEUMPlE 1HREAT CONSTANT
Reductions Will Show In Ceiling
Prices On Beef, Effective Monday
WASHINGTON (AP) The price control cleaver is
lopping about 12 cents a pound off some chuck steaks and
pot roasts, and five to six cents off rump roast.
The reductions, ordered last night by the Office of Price
Stabilization, will show up in the dollars-and-cents ceiling
prices on all beef which become effective Monday morning.
Retailers must have their prices posted by June 4.
Tobacco Poses
Tax Question
To Committee
Treasury Wants To Up
Tax Levy On Cigarettes
From Seven To Ten Cents
WASHINGTON UP Tobacco
smoke curls a big question mark
over the next tax-raising decision
of the house ways and means com
mittee. The group already has
pushed its prospective 1951 tax in
creases above $5,700,000,000.
The treasury wants to collect an
additional half-billion dollars a
year by increasing the tax on cig
arets from 7 cents a package to a
dime.
Rep. Robert L. Doughton, the 87-year-old
North Carolina Democrat
who heads the tax-drafting group,
has made it clear he intends to
look out for the interests of the to
bacco farmers as he has in past
years.
There la m.in In lh.
tee, however, which insists that
tho in.-aiiH i,.j ,.
arets should be exempted from any
; ... .r . .
increase, or at the least be given
a tax differential.
Doughton firmly opposes the dif
ferential idea.
First skirmishes In the tobacco
fight broke out yesterday after the
committee had voted a $250,000,000
increase in alcoholic beverage
taxes. Although no decisions were
reached, there were tentative pro
posals to leave the cigaret tax
where it is, or at the most raise it
to 9 cents a package.
If any increase is voted, the bat
tle over a differential for the
cheaper brands is accepted as in
evitable. Rep. Hale Boggs (D-I.a) led a
campaign for such a differential
last session. He won an initial en
counter over Doughton by a single
vote, but suffered a reversal when
the matter was reconsidered.
Whether Boggs or someone else
would take the lead next week was
not clear today.
Also due for decision is a treas
ury proposal for a $25,000,000 i n
crease in the tax on cigars.
By voting to raise the rate on
hard liquor from 9 a gallon to
$10 50, on beer from $8 a barrel
to $9, and by approving relatively
light increases in the rates on wine,
the committee yesterday ran its
prospective tax increases above
$.i.7(Ki.O00,000. The bulk of this
would come from individuals
(nearly $3.ou0,ooo,oou) and corpor
ations (approximately $2,000,000,
000). President Truman has asked
for an additional $10,000,000,000 in
tax revenue this year.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
T .AT, .
aisKiyou county (California) seems
to be about as deeply shrouded in
mystery as "Oregon." In Yreka
the other day, I was told a new
version of it. The Indian name for
Mount Shasta was a word the
early whites rendered as Wyreeka
or spelling to that general effect.
It sounds quite reasonable. Noth
ing is more obvious than the fact
that our forbears had quite a lot
of trouble in rendering the Indian
languages into something that
could be spelled in English. i
The beautiful Melolius river, for'
example. Army engineering parties
Who rprnnnn,lDr.H lhl . ,n lh.
m early days wrote in their journals
i mat the Indian word for it was a
series of grunts sounding some
thing like Umpto lias. Time and
usage softened that down into the
present musical name of the lovely ,
stream over in Central Oregon,
I
The village of Rickreall up by I
Salem is another instance of this I
named La Creole by the Hudson's
Bay Company's French trappers
who settled there under the wise
and kindly policies of Dr. John
Mclaughlin, but the Willamette
Ualinu lnl.n.. ..... ....hi. .
nnunce the letter "1", giving it the
sound of "r" instead.
That made it Ra Creole. Ra
Creole in time became Rickreall
The name Oregon is perhaps the
prize mystery of the lot although
no one hss yet been able to put a
definite finger on the origin of the
name California. Our two states
are akin in that they must share
the uncertainty as to how their
That, of course, ends the similar
ity in our backgrounds. California's
orieins he in Spain. The Spaniards,
made giddy by Cortez's rich booty
gained in the sack of Mexico, spent
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The Weather
Partly cleudy today and Sunday I
wirti few scattered showars
ccasisnal periods of cltaring
H, 9h.it temp, for any May ...
Lowest tomp. for any May
H19h.1t ttmp. yesterday
Lowest ttmp. last 24 hours ...
PrecM. last 24 hour
I
. 101
.. 30
.... 51
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1.11
411.37
10.07
Proctp. from May I
Procip. from Vpt. 1
Excess from fiep. 1 ..
Sunsot todav, 1:27 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 5:$e a.m.
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Although the new order was is
sued on the same day that the Bur
eau of Labor Statistics reported a
three percent drop in livestock
prices during the week ended May
8. it had no apparent connection
with thia development.
Nor was there a connection with
the projected general rollback
which is scheduled to reduce all
: beef prices by about 10 cents a
pound by next Oct. l. The new
order simply amends ceiling regu
lations to allow for "inequities"
and to provide other adjustments
in an order issued April 29.
This directed retail dealers tot
post controlled ceiling prices by I
May 14.
Here is what the new order does:
It sets the same price for steaks
and pot roasts of the varities known
as chuck arm and chuck blade,
bone in.
Reductioni Listed
Arm chucks were about 13 cents
a pound higher than chuck blades
in the original April 29 beef order.
On Monday, the ceiling on arm
chiles will drop 12 cents and the
ceiling on chuck blades will go up
one cent.
The reductions in the announced
ceiling price on choice and good
grade rump roasts, bone in, will
bring the butcher shop price down
,rom 84 oent!' Pund ,0 about 79
i cents, OPS. officials said. The price
i of choice and good boneless rump
i rnmain tat CI 1? rwuinfl
remains at $1.12 a pound.
The OPS postponed the effective
date of retail kosher beef price
ceilings from next Monday to May
21.
Wholesale prices in general de
clined for the second week in a
row during the week ended May 8,
largely because of the 3.0 percent
drop in livestock prices. The Bur
eau of Labor Statistics reported
yesterday an index of 182.9 percent
of the 1926 average was a decline
of 0.3 percent from the preceding
week.
The index was 1.8 percent above
the level of Jan 23, just before the
th. V.. , Min. 7r.V.i
"!y AVU.n,e, " J.PIe'.Ko.r"i
average,
ago.
and 17.7 above a year
Douglas County
State Bank Bid
On Bonds Is Low
School district 12, Glide, ac
cepted the low bid of the Douglas
County State bnk to ourchas '
muu.uuu in senerai ODiisanon acnooi
tfcinric at a mpetino m th fhnnl
board Friday night at Glide.
The Douglas County State bank's The security rule on atomic ex
bid was at an interest rate of two penments is that the AKC makes
and one kjurth percent on bonds
maturing 1953 through 19.)8. in
clusive, and a two percent interest
rate on bonds maturing 1959
through 1962.
The only other bid was submit
ted by the TJ. S. National bank of
Portland, with interest rates of
three percent and three nd one
fourth percent covering the same
bond maturing periods.
ti.. .-. , ....
Period as indicated by the sue
eesstul bidder, approximated $54.-
700, compared with that submitted
by I'. S. National of $81,000, or a
difference of $26,300.
L. E. Garrison, president of the
Douglas County State bank, stated '
he was glad the bank was able to l
finance the school development bv
purchase of the bond issue in totai.
He indicated the Glide dipt is
on ' 'he strongest financially in
lh slate of Oregon, and that it is
well managed.
nrlrrc CvnnelnJ
WOlilTOIS CxD6CTefl
aai - . I
O &UT meat jtOCK '
Black markets, empty cases and
shortages! These conditions are ex-
peeled by wholesale and retail
meat, dealers in Roseburg if the
meat price controls recently put
into effect are not eased.
n,rai,.. th. ... ....hi. k
imoie price, oiacif market con
ditions are going to be started, be
lieves one local meat dealer.
A spokesman for the Rnsehnro
Meat Co. said, "Wholesalers can't
"y Vh0 l rme! ,h.' ht. ,hlnk'
nt-.!numu gpi. rtno ine tarmers
won't sell meat if they don't get
their price. Cnless we can buy
meat within our profit range, we
won i nave any in the cases."
Opinions expressed by other
wholesalers diflered. Some are pes
simistie, but one wholesaler ex
pressed the opinion the farmer
ould eventually get adjusted to
the controls and start selling,
Elkron Voters To Cast?
Ballots On Two Issues
Friday. Mav 18 Elk
u.n a.nA . . .
wiii uiiitii till (lip n il mail nnnil s.
ue to provide funds to construct
and equip an adriitn on the grade
.school. Part of the money will be
used tor repairing the nresent
building and to acquire additional
aoj!reaI property adjoining ibe Khool.
rons win re open from 2 to ff p.m.
Polls will Uo be onen Mav is
for mimft on tlie proposed increase new home on the second floor C) Ettntilt Advocated
in Ue school tax levy over the 6 the Kohlhapen building. j First, "we must maintain the es-
percent limitation because: It is hoped, the commander said, J sential services"' ol lire. p-Mu-m
1. Increased student enrollment to complete the moving toh by K I and other control denartmerts.
necnMitatinK additional teachers p.m. in time for the regular buni-Nxt, "we must exercise maxi
nd facilities: nes session. mum economy" because of me
2. There is fn inadequate tax Nomination of officers, regularly hich cost of national defense Third,
base on the pre-war value of the scheduled for the Tuesday meet-"we must guard against war men-
iirV 2 k if b.contfluc'wl
in tn high school from 7 to p.m. i
9
Established 1873
U.S. Explodes
Atomic Bomb
At Eniwetok
Defense Emphasized
In Closely-Guarded
'Operation Greenhouse'
IIONOI.1II.it - ( Vt The United
States has exDloded another bomb
at Eniwetok in the first atomic
test emphasizing defense against
the A-bomb.
Even the time of the closely-
1 guaraea "operation Greenhouse
! explosion was not definitely
: known. But presumably it took
place Monday or Tuesday in the
200-square-mile proving grounds
1 2,000 miles west of here,
force ,h ; ,
slruclur buiit tt the Eniwetok
proving ground to develop infor-
i mation on construction design and
materials
which best can with
stand the
A-bomb's destructive
power.
Not Hydrogen Bomb
Early speculation that the test
might involve a hydrogen bomb
was discounted. The hydrogen
DomD experimentation was b e-
ueven 10 oe sua in me early
stages.
The first positive word on the
latest test came from Rep. Henry
M. Jackson (D-Wash). He said
here that he had attended "a test"
at Eniwetok
I
A short time later, in Washing
ton, a member ot the senate-hou:
atomic committee, asking to n
main innnvmmii sairf "the.
has been finished."
This source said Mav 7 was the '
target date for the main and final,
.. . it- .i
1 51,1,1 hild not n evaluated'
and he had no immediate infor-1
mation on the exact nature of the
test
The atomic energy commission
said only that a "test program is night in the presence of his six
under way" at Enivetok. I year-old son who had accompanied
his fnther on the 50-mile ride Irom
Jackson Slates Conference llawkinsville to Robins air force
Jackson, just before leaving by I base near Macon.
nlnnn fnr Kan Vrurwia,.n nA Un. Th. Ai. ..L.....
attle, said he would hold a news
comerence in Seattle this after -
noon at 1:30. p.m.. Pacific Day-
light time.
I hi inniratiwi th i nmi anrou
r.m missinn nA..ikl Mi... .i..!un ,n I , , , I
an announcement today.
all initial announcements and par
ticipants or observers cannot re
port or discuss beyond the bound
aries of the public announcements
Dy the AKL
AHvinr pnnrl, K th. ..:..
sion clearly indicated that struc I
tural defense against A bomb at
tack would be a key phase of "op
eration Greenhouse."
Tonnocroa flAmM
Chief Ambushed
BENTON, Tenn. (.Pi Three
slow, deliberate shots from am
bush late last night took the life
of 'he titular head of the Demo-
crane party in Hoik county
The slaying of W. A. Iwis, 44,
came against a backdrop of po
litical strife which had left the
county, situated in mountainous
southeast Tennessee, without a
functioning government for nearly
three months.
Lewis was chairman of t h e
county court, restored as govern-1
iiik agi-niy uy uemoerai irgisia
u"n ln t"ehruary. An opposing fac
Iron, the bi-partisan Good Govern
ment league had refused to sur
render the power it won in a 1948
election which left three persons
uru uy viuK-me.
The Tennessee highway patrol
was alerted for the possibility that1
i . u
Lewis claying might touch off a
repetition of the 1948 factional
blood letting. Safety Commissioner
Sam Neal said last night not manv ,
persons kyiew of the slaying and
that "if trouble comes it will come I
E?; t'g'r.gc'.ft si
turning with his family from a trip
to Cleveland, 15 miles distant, at
about 11 p m. (EST).
He walked a short distance to
his home, and Dr. John 11 Lillard
was quickly summoned. Lewis
shook his head when atked if he
knew who did the shooting. He
was placed in an ambulance but
was dead upon arrival at an Ath
ens, Tenn., clinic, 30 miles away.
Tuesday Moving
; Day For Legion
t... j ... ill .;... - u fn.
I urstut win irr iii'ii mi unv ii
t'mpqua post of the American L-1
8lon
TH Dauber.
post coraander ,
bers to be at the j
reet quarters at 7
urges all mem
uth Kane street
P m. to hcln move furniture and !
equipment. irucK will be on hand
to transfer fui rnklilni? In the immI's
,n. will be postponed. Dauber
said, until the first meeting; in June,
d . WW -- i ini 1
CIVIL DEFENSE RADIO Installation hat been mad of the Douglas county civil defenst radio
broadcasting tower on Pisgah. Pisgah is the pioneer name for this high point above Mt. Nebo,
upon which the installation stands. The picture looks to the east towards Deer creek. The radio
network is scheduled to be put into operation Tuesday at 2 p.m. Mobil units have been installed
in the cars of the county's deputy sheriffs. There are 14 mobile units, including an airplane pilot
ed bv Deoutv Ira Bvrd. and three rjaclt sett will ba in the field for the first full scale test Tuesday.
I Picture by Paul Jenkins).
;
Two Soldiers
Shot By Chief
WARNER-ROBINS, Ga. --- Ml-
A Georgia police chief fatally shot
'? soldier-prisoners last night and
todav found himself the renter n(
intense civilian-military inquiry
,n, the killings.
Thomas Bragg, chief of police
at llawkinsville, shot the two pri-
i vates from Fort Bragg, N. C. last
were withheld pending notification
1 of kin were picKed up at ilawmns-
ville yesterday for investigation of
: charges oi being absent witnout
, A... nH nr.nn ...... .A,..ninrt
the nearest military installation to
llawkinsville.
I In Stlf-Defense
Bragg told a coroner's jury that
he was attacked by his prisoners
I near Indian creek, a few miles
jmuth of Warner Robins, shot them
in BCU-OClense and then drove on
! ilob,ns wh,re the soldiers were ,
u un miitai at uasc uuimiii. i were, however, suffering slightly lne propusru ouugt-i wuuiu in
Sheriff C. C. Chapman of llous. ; fIom exposure and hunger, he said 'crease the salary of city manager
ton county said that alter the core- JIr, vvheelcr and Mrs. Harper i from $500 to $.-.50 monthly, that of
ners jury heard Bragg s account : f,ac gon( f ish'n? at the forks v hero ' a stenographer for the city man
S . .u5.? g, re'i"n. u'.V.tr'ltish creek joins the North TJmp- agi-r increased from $L'00 to $215.
diet that the police chief shot the ( quJ ,bou, lu milc, be,ow (h. ta, Salary of the city attorney would
two soldiers in self defense. , ,rIli, ,.,,,, PowPr company remain at $200. but that of munu i-
Lhapman said the soldiers were an( t Tokel pa jUKe wolld be upped from $100
unarmed and handcufled together i hllth,H. .,mj , tiai monthly mart timei.
at the time of the shooting.
The Robins public information of
fice said there were several as
pects of the case which were puz
zling and were being thoroughly
investigated by military and civil
ian aulhorities.
Arms For South Koreans
Used For Nippon Polict
WASHINGTON (.11 Secre-
tai-y Marshall testified Friday that
Washington offered last January to
I send Gen. Douglas MacArthur
j enough small arms for 200.000 to
! 3oo,(X0 South Koreans.
The Defense secretary said Mac
Arthur indicated he believed such
. arms could be better used to arm
i, national police reserve being built
in japg
c-t- t- o -..
.Senator hnnwland (R - (am)
-n,.aA it,. . $,- t
P"" " '"' hearing of
" na,e ,orelcn
"""IT" . n
MacArl""r s dismissal.
'City Governments Are Better
Douglas County OfficialsTold By Milbank
"City governments are better I ally, democracy can be preserved forrement fund. In describing the
than ever." reported President 1 at home hv (o.icrmo the (reerinms benefits of the bill. Seegcr said
Morris Milhank of the league of
Oregon Cities Friday mrht 1
Speaking to more than 50 city of-
j finals 01 Douglas county, 1 li e
I Grants Pass mavor painted a rosy
j picture of continuing city devel -
. opment and better city government I
in Oregon. He cited the large turn- j
out for annual regional meeting at
I the Cmpqua hotel as proof of the : municipal goviToinent are ' sleep
intense desire for municipal bet-! ing restfully" in caucus while ev-
1 tn-mttnt h. , I. .. - ,u I ,-
He warned, however
-
that city
governments have
increas-
mgly difficult job of helping to
preserve American democracy
Citing the d-ordered international
aittwtion, Milbank nSfd that city
crnmems ne lour xpeciiic oo
"l:'.'atinn in this relation.
aces" through law. traffic. heHh j
controls and civil defense. Fin-;
ROSEIURG. ORECON SATURDAY. MAY
... -'"-"s ! .
Proposed Budget Provides
Cost-Of- Living Salary Hike
(Fid. note: This is the second of three articles analyzing
the proposed Rosebtirg city budget)
By LEROY B. IXMAN
RcstburK's proposed city budget, on which the voters
will again express their opinions ei the polls Tuesday from
9 a. m. to 9 p. m. provides for
cost-of-living salary increase for city employes. ThiR is not
a blanket increase as some salaries believed to be adequate
would be left as they are.
Two Women, Lost
lit WOOClS FOUIld
" - wmiii
Shpflff NotlflPfl
I "WimcM
Word was received this morning
Dv
the
sheriff's office that two
women, lost while fishing m the
rugged North Umpqua area, had
been found.
Deputy Sheriff Ira Byrd reported
the two women, Mrs. Fred
Wheeler and Mrs. H. H. Harper.
both of loketee. were unharmed
f-om their evnerieni-e nf hpint Inst
two days and two nights. T h e y
they did not return, went un '"sh
creek trail in search of them. Other I would be increasrd from $.115 to
searchers joined them later. It was ! $375; while that of police chief, fire
at first feared the women had been ; chief and city inspector woulH be
drowned. j increased from $.115 to $365. The'
The search was to have been re-j salaries of street superintendent, I
sumed today. Deputy Sheriff garage mechanic and parks and
Virnon I'ouncey and George ( as- sewage plant operator, corporation
key of the Sheriff's reserves left by playground superintendent would
car for Tnketce early today. Dep- ! all he increased from $300 to $3j0
uty Byrd and George Felt were pre- monthly.
paied to lly to Tukelee to conrili- j The salaries of the police and
rate an air and ground search. ! fire departments would hold to a
They were already to take off, i similar pattern. The assistant po
awaiting a break in the weather, j lice chief, meter maintenance man,
when word came that the women j assistant fire chief, and street fore
had been found. They had taken ! man would all be increased from
the wrong trail up Fish Creek can- i $275 to $325 monthly.
yon, it was reported.
DRUNKENNESS CHARGED
I.ee V. Thompkins. Winston, was
arrested Friday for being drunk in
an automobile on a public highway,
state police reported. He was
scheduled tor arraignment Satur -
day morning.
on which lihertv is based he said
The l.ea'ue l.-'ii.il'iv ( n.i-
sultant Deane Seeger reported that
from a l--;isiMive siaiui'Mnrit, mil-1
nicipal interests garnered Ihe high-'
est possible benefits from the Hi.'.l 1
stale lawmaking activities. He!
sail, largely (hro-.r.-h the e'fnrts
ntf lh t .aana hiltc HMt-imntil tn
rry UIM which was un I'lr H-airta?
program has been enacted.
Seeder ilemireit IS. aiirh h,ll.
p,fd h. wou,d b. ,
,4, rPct ln.los, u city '.init ials. In
'dusing the legislation aHowinv
allocation of five percent o f
state liquor revenue to the cities
Se-gpr w;injfd tn.it A' emit i Dila
tion of this benefit depends largely
on in ire fnr dtw enforcement.
McKay Has Doubts
I Seeger said Governor McKay 1
had signed it with many misgiWj
ings. In voicing his opposition, the
governor called the bill "lousy"!
necause tne money would k to !
the general ftind of the city budget
rather than directly to a law en-1
,
12, 19S1
er.r
an approximate $50 monthly
There is some confusion In the j
minds of the voters as to how this
increase is shown in the budget.
-The cost .of living allotment is
shown as a salary adjustment. The
budget committee's intention was :
to keep the present salary base, I
permitting future committees to re
vert to it without actually cutting
wages.
City employes on Feb. 1 were
voted a 10 percent salary increase,
to be in effect until the end of the
fiscal year, June 30. The 1951-52
proposed cost of living increase
would substitute fur not be in
addition to the 10 percent in
crease now in effect.
; Not Blanktt Raise
The recorder treasurer's salary
Police Pay Uppad
The pay of three polire ser
geants, and four engineers for the
tire department would be increased
from S-IS to $315; six police pa-
.-nl,n,tn anrt fun hnfmnn fnr Ihe
,r. rt.,rim.nl wnulri he increased
:
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Than Ever
that from the elt'ei tive date ol ,
July 1, 1951 the enactment Willi
mean ar. additional revenue to the I
city budgets of from 30 to 35 1
cents per capita of the city's popu- I
lat'on.
By virtue of another enactment ;
house Joint resolution . cities will 1
prt a rhanr-a In oiiminnta thp fih.
get a chance to eliminate the on
slfle tax base that has provert
so harrowing to both city aw)
counly governments in determin
ing budgets. Seeger st'd. Through
this bill, the people will vote (m a
constitutional anicmtmcnt in Nn
vemtKT of 19.ri2 Kir Ihe purpost of '
setting new local tax bases. . ' I
Following Sreger's riiscussififT of
the bills, Koselmryrs Senator Tom i
Paikmson and Arnold Weslling oft
the tnireau of municipal research
and Service joined him in answer
ing quest inns from the floor.
High Assessments Questioned
A Kiddle delegate rai.ed the
question of high asscMUmt rates.
r-nMy this. Seeger said, one
' he most effective ways would
i b to have property valuations
(Continued on Page 1 )
113-51
Ike Eclipsed
By Mac Affair.
Claims GOP
MacArthur Testimony '
Undermines Confidence
In Administration, Claim
TULSA, Okla. (JPl Some
Repuolicans contended today me
MacArthur episode has reduced
the chances of General Eisenhower
will get the parly's presidential
nomination in Chicago next year.
The windy city won the 1952 con
vention on a compromise date
of the week of July 7 by an 88
to 11 vote of the GOP national
committee.
Senator Millikin of Colorado col
lapsed last night near the end of
a speech broadcast nationally
. ' .
supplying unscheduled drama to
the Republican meeting which
winds up today. He was revived
quickly after slumping over a mi
crophone. An attending physician said Sen
ator Millikin sultered a fainting
spell brought on by nervous
exhaustion, heat and humidity.
National committeemen gener
ally said that the testimony ol Gen
eral MacArthur, Pacific com
mander tired by President Tru
man, had boosted general opposi
tion to the administration in Wash
ington. Some members said the long
range effect of the testimony be
fore senate committees has been
to undermine grass roots conli
dence in the auility of military
leaders to maintain a professional
viewpoint untouched by admin
istration political policies.
W alter Hallanan, West Virginia
cominiUcemau, said AiacArUiur'a
statements have "put Kisenhower
in eclipse" because Eisenhower is
so closely linked with Defense Sec
retary Marshall and other military
men serving the Truman adminis
tration. Former Senator Harry Darby,
now national committeeman from
Eisenhower's home state of Kan
sas, said he thought the MacAr
thur incident had introduced doubt
among the people as to the judg
ment of military leaders.
Millikin Raps Administration
Early in hia talk Senator Millikin
brought the Republicans to a stand
ing ovation with the mention
ol MacArthur'! name at a "sena
torial dinner."
The Colorado senator cracked
down vigorously on the Truman ad
ministration, which he accused of
"alarming and dividing our people
when the need tor unity is great
est." He said MacArthur's ouster
and return to report to Congress
showed the "gross and shabby ma
terials which nave oeen passing
as honest goods" on the adminis
tration's counters.
Panama Pledges
US Cooperation
PANAMA, Panama (T) A
wealthy dairy larmcr quietly as
sumed the presidency of riot-weary
Panama yesterday and promptly
pledged full cooperation with the
United States.
old former vice president' took over
'
i this country calmed down auer
tour days of strife which claimed
H lives.
In the turmoil, Arosemena was
catapulted into the top post dis
placing Arnuho Arias, who was
hauled from the presidential pal
ace and clamped in jail alter a
bloody battle. More than l.Ouu of
Anas' fanatic followers also were
put behind bars.
Arias, one-time national hero,
sparked a public uproar when he
attempted to seize dictatorial pow
ers and resisted impeachment by
the national assembly. The assem
bly has ordered him held pending
its action, indicating he would face
trial possibly for treason.
Arosemena set up his offices in
his own residence. The presiden
tial palace still was in shambles
from the three-hour battle which
Anas and his men staged against
the national polire the country's
only, armed force before they
were flushed out
Star Mail Route
Will Be Extended
Postmaster I. I.. Wimbcrly has
received word from the Post Of
lice department that the Star
route vvhicn has been operating
each week day from Eugene to
KoseburK and return will ht ex
tended on June 1 so that service
will be provided to Myrtl Crew
and return to KiifMie.
This change will provide earlier
receipt of mail from northwest and
easiern points to post offirei at
lillard and Myrtle Creek. It will
alo give tlyise points earlier dis
patch nf their mail to the north,
leaving Myrtle Creek at 4 30 each
week day and arriving at ttligent
at H 4.S for direct connection to
tiain No. in to l'irtand. Mil) will
arrive in plenty of time, for first
delivery next dav in Portland
No change will tc made In the
arrival and dispatfft ol mails for
Roseburg. which now reach here
from 1:30 to 2:30 pm. and leave
fnr Ihe north at 5 00 p.m. No
change Is made in contractor, who
I is W. H. Scofield of Eugena.
Risk Of War
Said Greater
In Far East
Secretory Says Reports
Indicate Continuous
Buildup On Both Fronts
WASHINGTON (JP -Secretary
Marshall said today he oper
ates on the assumption Russia
"may step into the aggression at
any moment" in Western Europe.
At the same time, Marshall re
peated to the senate armed serv
ices and foreign relations commit
tee that he feels the risk of pro
voking Russia to war in the Far
East is greater than is the danger
in Europe.
The secretary of defense ex
pressed his views at the inquiry
into the firing of Gen. Douglas
MacArthur by President Truman.
Senator Cain (R-Wash) asked
Marshall to state his "fundamental
reasons for assuming that an ag
gression will not take place in
Western Europe until we are bet
ter prepared to meet it, while
seemingly you believe that Russia
will enter the Korean conflict if
we bomb and destroy military in
stallations possessed by the Red
Chinese?"
May Step In
Cain said he was asking the
question because "it has seemed
innarsint ti ma fs Ua.t
apparent to me for some time that
Russia could presently, today de
feat any forces which might be op
posed to her in Western Europe."
Marshall replied:
"In regard to Western Europe.
first I go on the basis myself that
Russia may step into the aggres
sion at any moment.
"Also that that is no argument
that we do not do our best to pre
pare lor it even tnougn it may
take two or three years.
"In other words, we don't sit
impotent and say Russia can act
at any time and therefore we do
nothing. That is the sense of the
buropean situation, and those ar
guments came up in connection
with the rearmament proposals."
Marshall said reports received
by this country Indicate t contin
uous hoviet build-up, Dy rear
rangement of her troops in Europe
and by increasing her itrength in
the rar bast.
Cain asked Marshall:
"la there any reason to believe,
on the basis of your intelligence
reports, that an aggreasor is pres
ently threatening to invade West
ern Europe?"
Marshall replied:
"The impression from the re
ports that we gather from many
aourcet is there has been a con
tinuous build up and not neces
sarily in strength, though it may
be, but particularly in arrange
ments, specifically In the satellite
states, and in regard to disposition
of Soviet troops in Western Eu
rope, and as to Soviet increaset
in strength, as we understand
them, in the Far East."
"Ia it not generally agreed,"
asked Cain, "that America and
her Western European Allies would
become immediately involved in
war if an aggressor occupied Ber
lin or any part of Western Europe
by force?"
Marshall: "I would assume so."
Other high spots of today'! ses
sion :
1. Cain asked whether Marshall
had withheld any information "be
cause it might seem to reflect
upon the Democratic administra
tion in power." Marshall Said:
"That was not my intention what
ever and I don't think I can recall
anything I have withheld along that
line."
2. Marshall said President Tru
man's Jan. 13 message to Mac
Arthur was aimed at bringing the
far eastern commander into "com
plete understanding" of adminis-
j iration policy and the Korean war.
1'L. - a nnHa eti-BaeiwI Wllhinffa
stressed Washing
i"
ton's view of the Communist threat
as global and said actions in Ko
rea must not lose for the United
States the Allies Mr. Truman said
this country would "desperately
need" in case of war with Russia.
3. Marshall testified the National
Security council the agency cre
ated to advise the President on
meshing domestic, foreign and
military policies was not co n.
suited before MacArthur was fired.
Cain suggested the law required
consultation with the council, but
Marshall denied that.
'Lucky' Fisherman Fined
For Too Many Salmon
Franklyn T. Jones. 29, of Idleyld
Park has been fined $25 fnr exceed
ing the weeklv bag limit of salmon,
reports District Judge A. J. Ged
des. Five dollars of the fine was
suspended.
According to the arresting state
polire officer. Jones was reported
by other anglers on the river after
he had allegedly caught two salmon
in two consecutive days. The baa;
limit i one in any seven consecu
tive dsrs.
ROY M. CON HAD
The fe.nains of Roy M. Conrad,
who dlrd while peeling logs near
his home In Days Creek Thursday,
were forwarded to the Turner and
Stevens Co. morticians at Alham
bra, Calif. Loral arrangement
were handled by Gam mortuary
Myrtle Creek.
Lvity Fact R
ant
By L. F. Reliensttia
I There's only enti way for r
Roteburq to 90: AHEAD.
I There's only on form of motive
power: TAXES.
1 Hnlthy progress Is better than
) stagnant foult-flndlng.
I Four wards, FORWARD!