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GRAYCE RASCHE is Interrupted by the photographer t the
busily types in the reception hall at the state highway department
office! on Cobb (treat. Employed there for the past 13 yean,
Miss Retch U lecretary to the division engineer.
Handicraft, Home Skills
Being Shown At Junior High
As Achievements Of 4-H
The centra Douglas county 4-H Achievement program
is scheduled for today and Saturday in Roseburg. The work
of the 4-H members will be exhibited in room 109 of the
Junior high school all day Saturday, according to County 4-H
Club Agent Wilbert Anderson.
In the Day's News
. i.iuiiu. (Trail, Oakland. Kellogg, Sulherlin,
Fnr 51.. .nrf H.5. 7h. .Hi Nonpareil. Wilbur, Garden Val-
iJrtLt T.. iA hi.n f.ti?.' ley, Kiversdale. Umpqua, Dixon
Istratron onsn nan been telling usl .. i. . . ' rM '
rw terrible MacArthur was and ' ulle nd 01lde'
what a mesa we'd have been in 1 Th'1 one of five achievement
if Harry hadn't yanked him out of dpys being conducted in the county.
Asia. The first was held last weekend
That'a fair enough. In a contro-l'or the Gardiner-Reedsport area,
versy, one must hear beth sides, '"day ot last week at Drain, to
But. to keep the balance even, day and Saturday at Roseburg
let switch records again. In
Washington la$t night, John Foster
Dulles, who ia serving as a special
adviser to the state department in
the drafting of a peace treaty for
Japan, was interviewed by CBS.
What he had to say is interest
ing, significant and (if Dulles is
right) FRIGHTFULLY IMPOR
TANT. He asserted, for example:
"The dismissal of MacArthur
truck down what the Japanese
people regard AS A SYMBOL OF
A JUST AND QUICK PKACE."
(That is to say, the Japanese
people had faith in General Mac
Arthur. As long as he was in
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Last Rush On For Free
Spectacles And Teeth
I.OMION v ,s last minute
rush for free spectacles and false I
teeth got unacrway througnuui
Britain today. There will be no I
more, the government announced,
titer Sunday night.
Nation's Economy 'Periled'
Assn. Of Manufacturers
Demands Abolishment
Of Wage-Price Controls
WASHINGTON' (AP) The National Association of
Manufacturers today demanded removal of all wage-price
controls. It accused President Truman of seeking dictatorial
home-front mobilization powers.
'A CIO official called for "a stricter price control law."
A former "fair deal" senator, now representing a group
of automobile sales finance companies, charged that the ad
ministration of consumer credit controls is "unfair and un
sound." I
Meat industry spokesman eon.
tinued to hammer away at their
beef price rollback plan will re-
suit in diminishing supplies and
rationing.
The new Wage Stabilization
board was reported ready lo punch
some holes in t- pay-controls
dike. .
And the leaders of 57 major
civilian industries were called to
meet today to discuss with the
National Production authority gov-
ernment plans to cut their metal
supplies by 30 to 11 percent be-
low pre Koiea levels The proposed
tuts were announced only Thurs-
d"'
Tne announcement was made
only a lew hours alter President
Truman appealed anew for
wronger controls and defense pro-
rtuction programs, and said:
i uu "'Tc'"1 .""erests and the
lobbies will wreck this stabilization
pingram as sure as you're born,
unless the main body of the ot-
izens of this country get buy and
do something about it."
School of this area taking part
are Roseburg. Dillard, Green. Ten
m i I e, Ulalla. Camas Valley,
Reston. Lookingglass, Melrose.
Cleveland. Klearnse, Callahan
Wednesday and Thursday of next
week at Glendale. and Fridav and
Saturday of next week at Myrtle
Creek. .
The exhibits are being set up In
the Junior high school here today,
but will not De open lor punnc
inspection until 9:30 a. m. Salur
day. The program Saturday will
begin at 10:30. It will consist of
tiiks by the two iudges. Betty .lane
Patterson, Douglas county home
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North Bonnneville Fire
Deals $40,000 Damage
NORTH BONNEVILLE, Wash.
t.P Fire threatened to race
through this community near Bon
neville dam yesterday, but fire
men from four communities
averted the disaster after some
$40,000 in damages,
It took a l'l hour battle, but the
Tames finally were controlled
after eating through a garage, two
apartments, a residence and dam
aging a cafe.
He did not name any "special
Interests.
c,ntro1 'hrter Strt.wd
President William II. Ruf-
fin said in a statement prepared
,nr 'he senate banking committee
,nat "e broaoVr economic powers
Mr- Truman wants could lead to
destruction of the nation's eco-
nomic system and would amount
,0 "perhaps the longest single step
'oward complete government con-
'rol ever proposed to the Amer-
'can people."
Scott W. Lucas, former Illinois
senator and senate Democratic
leader, told the en:if banking
committee In a prepared state-
ment that:
"There is no justifiction under
(present conditions for controls on
installment sales of automobiles"
Lucas, who was defeated last
ear for reelection, told the com-
, mitlee h )as testifying "on be-
half of the American Finance cor-
porstion. a group comprising some
independent automobile sales
finance companies."
Established U73
BPW Clubs'
Convention
Starts Here
400 Delegates Register
For Three-Day Session;
54 Units Represented
BPW CONVENTION SCHEDULE
Friday, May 18
(Remaining program today)
7 p. m. Buffet dinner, Meth
odist church.
Saturday. May 19
7:30 a. m. Club presidents-elect
breakfast, IOOF hall.
8:30 a. m. Formal opening of
convention in Christian church au
ditorium with Florence A. Bar
ton, state president presiding.
911 a. m. Workshop on pro
gram coordination.
11 a. m. -12:30 p. ns Maypole
luncheon, Christian church dining
room.
1:30 p. m. Convention business.
7 p. m. International banquet,
Fullerton school.
Sunday. May 20
9 a. m. Installation breakfast,
Fullerton school.
12 noon Convention adjourn
ment. 12:30 p. m. Post convention
state board meeting.
2-5 p. m. Garden tea at home
of Rosa B. Parrott, charter presi
dent of the Roseburg club.
Registration began this morning
at the Hotel Umpqua for the 30th
annual convention of the Oregon
State Federation of Business and
Professional Women's ciubs.
Members may register until 7
p. m. today in the hotel lobby. Mrs.
Priscella Clarenbach is chair
man of the registration committee.
Early reservations indicate a n
attendance of approximately 400
women, representing 54 clubs
throughout Oregon. The theme of
the convention and the clubs is
"Put the Part in Partnership."
State President Mrs. Florence
Barton will preside over the con
vention, which will continue
through Sunday. Activities began
with a state board luncheon at noon
today in the civic room of the Ho
tel Umpqua.
Also on schedule for today is a
pre-cAivention board meeting in
the Hotel Umpqua. A bullet din
ner, entitled "Fun in Fairy Land."
will be served in the Methodist
church at 7 p. m.
The formal opening ot the con
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Closer Working
Link Between 2
State Units Asked
Closer working relationship be
tween the Oregon game com mis
sion and State police department
h the aim of a program intro
duced by interdepartmental meet
ing. at Portland this week.
Member of the game commis
sion and the acting game director
met with the state police superin
tendent, deputy superintendent and
same division captain to discuss
policies. Study was made of the
: methods of operation for both de
partments, with the objective of
i establishing more closely cordi
i nated programs and improvement
of general management and en
i forcement for the fishery and wild
life resources of the state.
Subjects discussed in the prelim
inary meeting included a memo
randum of understanding between
the two departments, improvement
of liaison on both state and re
gional levels, improvement of com
munications, feasibility of mutual
assistance in training schools, and
better exchange of information and
policies. Aspects of enforcement
and game management activities
at the field level were also con
sidered. Policies agreed upon at the meet
ing will be worked out in detail
hy staffs of the respective depart
ments. Memorial Day Plans
Launched By Veterans
Ray Lynes of the Disabled Amer
ican Veterans has been appointed
general chairman of the program
being planned by a joint commit
tee of veterans' organizations ef
Roseburg for observance of Me
nioral day. May 30.
Plans now include memorial
service at the Veterans hospital
grounds and a parade. Chaplain Al
bert S. Feller, program chairman,
hopes to secure the Rev. Perry
Smith of Corvallis, former Roa.
burg pastor, for the services
"Frosty" Holmes was namud pa
jede marshal and Mayor Albert G.
Flceel will be master-of-cere
ninnies for the Memorial day pro
gmm. The Weather
Pfir today and Siturdsy.
Hfiit tamp, for any May M 10?
Lowatt tamp, for any May ... M
Htghast tamp, yatterday J?$
Lowatt tamp, last 24 noun 47
Procip. la it 34 hour . 0
Pracip. from May 1 V?l
Procip. from Sapt. 1 40.$$
Evcata from Sapt. 1 10.1)
Suniat today, 1:3) p.m. ' ,
Sunrito tomorrow, $ 4$ a.m.
ROSEIURG. ORECON
MacArthur Astonished
No Inkling Of Truman's
Dissatisfaction Before
Recall, General States
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON (AP) Critics jumped today at the
chance to widen the political fuss President Truman says
was stirred up by his firing of Gen Douglas MacArthur.
Mr. Truman's assertion he had considered dismissing
the Pacific commander on and off for a year brought from
MacArthur an expression of astonishment and from Sen
ator Hickenlooper (R-Iowa) a charge the President had
"deceived the people" with previous statements of support.
MacArthur, in a statement is
Six Die In Crash
Of Pennsy Trains
BRYN MAWR. Pa. IJPt Two
lamed Pennsylvania railroad pas
senger trains crashed near this
Philadelphia suburb today, killing
six persons and injuring a least
51 others.
None of the dead has been identi-
fje(j
Five bodies were taken from the
wreckage of the Pittsburgh-r'hila-
alLZZ Z
Arrow, bound from Detroit
New York. Another was repotted
to nave been located in the debris
r oren 10c a ica in ine neons.
The Red Arrow plowed into the
rear of the stopped night express
1 at 6:3 a. m.. a short distance west
of the station here.
I A spokesman for the PRR said
the 19-car Philadelphia night ex
press had been halted on a signal
indicating that something might be
dragging from underneath the,
iruin.
It was while the crew was try
ing to detect the drag that the Red
Arrow smashed into the rear car
a sleeping car from Cleveland
O. - telescoping it and splitting it j
in half.
Cars Moved At
Struck Plant
Southern Pacific railway n n n
union officials moved two loaded
freight cars out of the Martin
Bros. Box Co. loading depot Thurs
; 7. n.k inrt .h.- Th."
union crew on the switch engine ' '''ieH S r "'T '"ft
refused t. go through the picket "!?.h?Z5l r'Thh' 5U 2
shee;iffr:,ce,he ,,0"g,a' -'''rt'nid1; de"h
sheriffsoff.ee Here's the way they said George
Three sheriffs deputies and a rigged his death trap
reserve deputy were at the scene ; He fastened a pair of roller
but encountered no difficulty from skates to a box to make a dolly,
the 18 men and six women who Above this he tied a noose to the
were picketing Martin Bros. cellar ceiling. Then he rigged up
Now in its eighth Week, the a pulley about JO feet away,
strike idled 500 plant employes ! Through it, he ran two rones at
March 20 when American Feder- tached to a pail of sand. He an
ation of Labor Lumber and Saw. chored one line to a heer box
mill workers, local t'iSM. and the weighed down with two tool
management of Martin Bros, were chests. The other line was attached
unable to agree on a new contract, to the dolly.
Six empty box cars were moved "e n.laccd 1 lM,'i eandle
into the loading area alter the "ndt'r , he a"ch"r rope, mounted
others were moved out. The reg-i lhe d""y and dropped the noose
ular train crew took over the lull ?ver '.u u " ,he ndl;
cars when they had been moved h, .. 8uh J01?',," pal
off the premises of Martin Bros, dropped yanking the dolly out
, trom under him.
Bomb Blast Damages
Ex-Candidatt'f Horn
JOI.IET. III. (,D ' A bomb
exploded at the home of a prom
inent Joliet architect today, break
ing some windows in a two block
area.
Police said the bomb exploded
on the porch of the eight room
frame home of lvon Seron, who
was unsuccessful candidate lor
Joliet mayor last April 3.
MacArthur Ouster
Move Frequently Considered For Year,
Presiden Truman Reveals To Newsmen
WASHINGTON P Prei
drnt Truman fa id Thurnday he
hd been considering firing Grn.
Doug) a a. MacArthur off and on for
a year before he finally dismissed
him.
The President told a newt con
ference he made up hi mind to
oi MacArthur when the Pacific
commander issued hi March '24
call for the Chinese iteds to halt
the war.
Sinre senate hearings began on
MacArthur dismissal, thre hai
befn testimony from administra
tion men that this upet pians
President Truman had been work
ing out to propose a cease fire.
Mr. Truman told reporters that
Secretary of State Ache nn had
not urged lhe dismissal of Mac
Arthur, as tome Republican have
contended. He said Acheson ac
tually urged caution at aft April 6
meeting when he disclosed his in
tention to top ranking advisors.
-.Acheson. the Presidert said, ad
Tised caution on the ground it
would stir up a political fuss.
It di(ftlthe President said (With
a wry ifrin: he was riht.
Letter To VFW Recalled
When saying he had been con
sidering the oustrr of MarArthiir
for year. Mr. Truman recall
the Tetter MacArthur wrote to ttt
Veteran of Foreign Wars.
That wai la it August. The letter
FRIDAY. MAY 18. 1951
sued in New York, said his aston
ishment at Mr. Truman's remarks
bordered on incredulity. He added:
"It is difficult to reconcile this
with my appointment by him as
commander-in-chief of the United
Nations command" in Korea. That
was last June
Mr. Truman also told his news
conference Thursday the Repub-
j Iicans are trying to overthrow the
fsn Policy of the United States.
This brought a retort from Sen-
ator Brewster (R-Me), a foreign
relations committee member. He
w ihenVenVwM
told a reporter "we can t over-
it is.'
The President said he decided
,j
V-1 '""Vu " " B.cnrral ,n .ne.rar
I "M " nen "'"""nur " "
: ,he Ch,mes. lommunists in Korea
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Playing Boy Dies
i e.i
in NOOSC KJT MIS
Own Fashioning
NEPTUNE, N. J. - UP) An
in hjs own pIay dralh Umpl hang
man s noose sprung by a lighted
candle.
Neighbors found the body of
George Sherman dangling from a
length of clothesline in his cellar.
He had been left alone in his Shark
river home while his family went
.visiting.. .
Still strapped to his wrist was
the open knife he apparently
me.ini 10 use 10 cut himself down
"" " 'rap was sprung.
Child Killed In Fall
From Traveling Auto
I
OREGON CITY (.T - A two
i year old girl fell to her death from
an automobile traveling on the
Mt. Hood loop highway, a mile
east of Sandy. Thursday.
She was Gwendolyn O'Brien,
I daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jolly
i O'Brien, Eagle Creek. The father
said the car door flew open unex
' pectedly.
Decision Not Sudden
took Issue with some phases of
administration policy in the Far
Masl. President Truman ordered
MacArthur to withdraw it and the
general did.
However, the letter had been
gien to newspapers In advance
and the recall was ton late to
slop widespread publication of it.
Mr. Truman said that at the
April ft meeting at the White House,
he told his associates the country
nredrd a new general in the Far
Kast
But. the President said under
qurstioning, he had made up his
mind to, take this action whrn
MacArthur first issued his March
appeal lo the Chinese Red com
mander. The President spoke of it
as an ultimatum.
Latter To Martin Worsens Things
MacArfhur's later letter to house
Republican leader io Martin sim
ply added fuel to the fire which
had been going on for more than
a year, the President added.
In that letter, MacArthur again
differed with administration pol
icy. He endorsed a suggestion from
Mnrttn that the Chinese National
ist troops on Formosa be freed
for action against the Chinese Com-niimutt,
v .tiariin rean me l' to me
" I!(ue during a debate early in
I April.
' I nder questioning, the President
118-51
Telegraphers
Split On Order
To End Strike
5,000 Western Union
Workers Return, Others
Want Dispute Settled
By Th Auoclated Pru
A union order sending some
5.000 Western Union employes
back to work Thursday night met
with mixed results.
In Philadelphia, Detroit, and the
San Francisco-Oakland, Calif.,
area workers refused to return to
their jobs in a dispute involving' a
week-old management program of
training "excluded" supervisory
employes.
Normal working conditions were
restored in Cincinnati, Boston and
Buffalo. N. Y following back-to-work
orders issued by Adolph
Brungs. national president of the
AFL. Commercial Telegraphers
union, Western Union division.
The "spontaneous" work stop
pages began Wednesday in Phil
adelphia and Cincinnati. They
spread rapidly to the other five
centers and threatened to affect
workers in Chicago and a number
of other cities.
In Philadelphia, a CTU spokes
man said the walkout "was still
in force" despite Brungs' order
The spokesman said union mem
bers would not return to work
until the company "gives assur
ance that violations will not be
repeated and the word 'temporary'
deleted from the offered settle
ment." In Detroit, a union official said
employes there would remain off
the job at least until after a mass
membership meeting today.
In the San Francisco bay area.
900 Western Union employes voted
at a mass meeting to remain away
from work pending the outcome of
another balloting session today.
"Illegal," Company Says
Western Union officials termed
the walkout illegal, and denied
violating the company's contract
i with the CTU. The company aaid
it would postpone its supervisory
training program "to avoid any
further interlerence with important
defense traffic and the messages
of the public."
Labor union officials insisted
their contract bars "excluded" su
pervisory emolove fi.Tn orr nrcv
ing duties covered by the contract.
Brungs charged that manage
ment started the training program
"in anticipation of a possible na
tional strike on or about July 1."
The union head said some 35,
000 Western Union employes had
voted ten-to-one to strike unless
the company agrees to negotiate
a union demand for a flat 25 cents
an hour wage boost.
Brungs said Western Union em
ployes now receive an average of
about $1 27 hourly under the pres
ent contract which expires July 1.
Contractor Sued Over
Umpqua Bridge Damage
PORTLAND (HI The state
hichway commission in a suit filed
herr asks $2507 from Kuckenberg
Construction company for damage
to the Ford bridge over the Ump
qua river in Douglas county.
The commission contends that
the company, in using an oversize
truck last July, caused a motorist
to crash into the bridge. The truck
was used under stale permit, but
v.ilh a stipulation that any dam
are would he compensated for. lhe
i complaint says.
emphasised that it was not the
Martin letter, however, that pre
cipitated the open break, but Mac
Arthur's earlier ultimatum.
He said he made i 14.400 mile
trip fto Wake island) under his
own steam last October to try to
pet an understanding with the gen-,
eral.
"I thought I had It, as I fold
yon when I came back," he said.
Chenoa Demanded
The President said he had hes
itated to fire MacArthur be."nus
of his high regard for hit military
leadership in World War 2. us
he had a high regard for the othr
five-star generals and admirals
whose ranks were created by Con
gress at his request,,
He said he didn't want to do
anything to injure those men who
: had done so much for the country.
But he said the situation had
! reached a point where he frit he
j had In have a new general.
n hen M r. 'frW man got a round
I to di.'cussmg his April 6 confer-
ence at the White House on dis
missing MacArthur, he raid the
I M'FjtJe foreign relations and armed
service committees did exactly
(if; ht in upholding Gen. Omar
j Tirudlcy's refusal testify about
those confid'jf tiat conversatjorj.
He naid hf decisions 11 ac
tions were his own, and Ms con
versations with his advisnrs and
staff were his own businest.
Enemy Scores 20-Mile Gain
Despite Terrific Slaughter.
One Yankee Division Trapped
TOKYO (AP) Trapped elements of an American division
fought south through massed Chinese in oast-central Korea Friday
as the Reds pressed a gigantic offensive on the entire front with
callous disregard for the slaughter of their own men.
The thousands of Communist losses were staggering, but the
by sheer weight of numbers the Reds were pushing back the U.N.
line across Korea and had gained as much 20 miles in three days
of bloody attack.
In the west, Red columns reached within 10 miles of Seoul.
Fighting raged on both the eastern and northern approaches to
the old South Korean capital.
Correspondent William C. Barnard on the east-central front
reported that the American elements which had been "in great
trouble" had crashed through infiltrating Chinese to their rear.
School Districts
Voting On Budget
Voters in all Douglas county
component elementary school dis
tricts go to the polls today to de-
! cide whether a budget amount of
S.SO8.0U.06 above the six percent
limitation for operating Douglas
county schools in the school year
1951-52 shall be authoriied.
I Myrtle Creek and Sutherlin
I school districts will have polls
open from 2 to 8 p.m. while all
1 other district polls will be open
from 7 to 9 p.m.
Elementary and high school esti
mated expenditures are split for
voting purposes because Ada will
vote as an elementary district for
a high school levy.
The budget includes most of the
operating costs of all school dis
tricts in Douglas county, except
Roseburg district 4, and all joint
elementary and high school dis
tricts, except Ada district 143.
Racketeer Weber
Given Five Years
NEW YORK (II Numbers
racketeer Louis Weber was given
the maximum sentence of five
years in prison and a $2,000 fine
today for lying to the senate crime
investigating committee.
Federal JudRe Charles A. Dewey
in imposing sentence said he could
not see any difference between
the perjury case of Weber and that
of James J. Moran, political ap
pointee and close friend of former
Mayor William O'Dwyer.
Moran last week got the same
sentence as Weber for the same of
fense. '
Weber. .11, was convicted by a
jury of lying under oath when he
told the senate committee he did
not know Moran.
Government witnesses testified
that Weber visited Moran, then
first deputy fire commissioner,
more than 100 times between 1948
and 1950. Moran told the commit
tee it was not more than six times.
Story lies Dies
At His Home Here
Story L. lies, 71, owner of Story
lies Drue store and a resident
of Roseburg for 42 years, died
Thursday afternoon. May 17, at
his home on 1'itzer street after
a short illness.
lie was born Jan. 18, 1R80. In
Camas Valley, the on of Wil
liam F. and Jennie (irotle lies.
He lived for a number of years
in Myrtle Point before coming to
business here the last 24 years
Mr lies had been a member of
the city council for six years and
served on the OPA board for 2W
years. He was a member of the
Rotary club, serving his 25th year
as secretary. He joined the club
in 1924. In addition, he was a mem
ber of the Philetarian lodge 8,
I. O. O. F.
He was married lo Laura Mur
ray in Myrtle Point in 1901. They
would have been married 50 years
on Aug. 16 of this year.
Surviving besides the widow.
T.aura, are two sons, Garland M.
I es. Roseburg and William rer-
roll lies, Springfield: three grand
daughters, one grandson and one
great-grandson.
Funeral services will be held
in the Chapel of the Roses, Rose
burg funeral home, Sunday, May
20, at Z p.m., with nr. Morns
Roach officiating. Vault interment
will follow in the Masonic ceme
tery.
Large Sun Spot Presages
Atmospheric Disturbance
The U. S. Bureau of Standards
predicts the severest atmospheric
disturbances known In years, ac
cording to information received by
The disturbance was scheduled
to start within 24 hours from
Thursday and to last about thrr
4avt
A spot on the sun is so Urge it
can be seen with the nake.l eye. it
is reported, and this is attributed
as the cause, of the disturbance.
Communications, cables, and
other ciruits are liable to to ,f.
fecled by th atmospheric condi-
Kjnl ,
20,000-Divorce Record
Judge Himself Sued
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (.n
Judge L. D. Miller, who has heard
more than 20.000 divorce cases m
20 years on the bench here.' bee
come a defendant Thursday a
di orce case.
wife, Mrs. Edith McAi:r r
Mnr, filed a suit charging cruel
and inhuman treatment.
' The Millera have been aiarried
' 27 tears.
Two South Korean units were
badly mauled. It was the foldup of
the South Koreans that exposed the
risht flank of the Americans.
The threatened U. S. infantry
ment piled up the Reds with ma
chinegun fire. One officer said: "I
think; most of these Chinese are
doped. They wade right through
marhinegun fire or artillery fire."
A spectacular artillery barrage
helped one unit escape through the
Chinese block. The big guns ringed
the Americans as they moved
south and held the Chinese at bay.
Other elements of the American
division were holding firm. It was
not clear from closely censored
field reports whether the hols
through which the Chinese were
pouring had been plugged.
Across the flaming warfront the
Communists pressed forward in hu
man sea waves despite massed Al
lied artillery fire and scaring air
attacks.
Field dispatches said the toll ot
Red dead was terrific. But still the
Communists poured southward out
of the North Korean massing areas.
This was the Chinese Reds' fifth
offensive since thev entered the
war in late November. And it ap
peared to be shaping up as their
mightiest drive one aimed. Red
prisoners said, to crush United Na
tions forces.
Ked commanders had a pool of
1,141,000 available troops in Korea
and Manchuria, the U. N. com
mand said. And they were reckless
in the wav tev snent tem.
"Doomed Te Fail," Van Fleet Say
The great Ked assault is doomed
to failure. Lt. Gen. James A. Van
1'leet confidently told his Allied
ground forces.
V. N. massed artillery fired at
record speed to cut attacking
waves to pieces. Allied airmen
complained Friday afternoon that
they couldn't find many Red tar
gets. Field dispatches said the bugle
blowing, horn-tooting Chinese fell
by the thousands under geysering
artillery explosions.
Barbed wire, strung extensively
before U. N. positions in Korea for
the first time, was hung with grue
some garlands of Chinese. Two
thousand miles of wire were
stretched In front of one unit.
The army command at Washing
ton estimated Communist losses in
Korea at 904,784 through Mar
7.
This is 11,126 more than was re
ported through April 30.
Chinese and North Korean battle
casualties were placed at 631,607.
Non-combat casualties were esti
mated at 125.880. In addition, 147.-
3iil Red prisoners of war have
been captured by actual count.
Last Roseburg School
V... p0- it TaCr1er
CiflAM t. -I ........ ft,.
i Ro,burg ,cnool ,ystem lfter th.
year's end.
They include the following: Sen
ior high school staff members, Ray
C. Brown, John H. Newby, Marie
DiMreto, Raymond Stephens,
Keith S. Marshall Jr., and Janice
Neely: Junior high, Robert C. Sa
bin. Mrs. Ionise B. Helleck, Mar
jorie Jewett, Mrs. Dorothy Spencer;
Riverside school. Gertrude
Rrownfield, Earl C. Steward, Mrs.
Iva K. Compton, and Mrs. Nina
Hetherington; Fullerton school,
Mrs Betty Van Wormer. Mrs. Hazel
Dixon is retiring from teaching.
Dropping out of the system In mid
year were Mrs. Wanda Garner and
Norm West.
Lepers Flown To U.S.
For Hospital Treatment
BATON ROUGE. I.e. '.'PI
Eighteen victims of Hansen's dis
ease (leprosy) flown here from the
Virgin islands are in the U. S.
marine hospital at Carville, La.,
for treatment.
They arrived here by miliatry
trnnsrt plane.
Six of the victims are women;.
1? are men. Fifteen are Ameri
can citizens. All speak English. One
; ' '7i, "
! nar I Hansen s disease 26 years. She
",:
"Mv life Is nearly over, but It ta
"lorful to know that we are
h' hT "ln .
I Jisht mirse Lt. Nannette Vingut
I ',n An,"n'"k T". 'l: . ,.
'v' o1 ,he bo" Job, n ,,h
world. They were wonderful. Just
! ,n ,h"r '" "h,p.nwe c,me m
j was out of this world."
Levity Fact Rant
By L. F. Reizetutein
A Roseburg school student
has won on ajMay prise on the
subject, 'Be Kind to Every Living
Creature.' This prompts a ques
tion: How dots one go about
coddling mosquito?