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GOOD FRONT Gen. Nam II, chief of North Korean negotia
tor! Ilea ted, left), smiles at he waiti for hii aides to enter the
waiting room of the conference house in Kaesong. United Nations
ind Red delegations broke up this meeting in disagreement over
' one point. INEA telephotol.
STRUGGLE SEEN
Death Of Abdullah Feared
Omen Of Serious Trouble
JERUSALEM (AP) The shots which killed Jor
dan's King Abdullah echoed throughout the tense and turbu
lent Middle East today.
Although it was still too early to say definitely what the
results of his death would be, veteran observers feared it
heralded serious troubles in this portion of the globe.
A dynastic struggle for succes-
sion to Abdullah s throne and a
renewal of the Palestine war were
seen as possibilities. The drama
will be played out before the eyes
of Soviet Russia watching the Mid
dle East cauldron from its stra
tegic spot to the north.
The tiny, 69-year-old Abdullah
was shot by an Arab yesterday
noon as he entered the mosque
of Omar in the Arab-held, old
city here to pray at the tomb of
his father. The mosque marks the
spot from which the prophet Mo
hammed is said to have ascended
to heaven on his white horse. Ab
dullah claimed direct descent from
the prophjt.
Assassin Identified
An official announcement iden
tified the assassin, who was shot
.down immediately by the kins's
(bodyguards, as a 21-year-old Jeru
salem Moslem tailor named Mus
tapha Shukry Ashsho. The Arab
News agency said he was a mem
ber of the sabotage squad of
an underground terrorist group
called the "Sacred Struggle organ
ization." Abdullah, staunch friend of Bri
tain was couuted on by the West
to maintain some semblance of
order in the Middle East. Britain
and the United States also hoped,
through him, to obtain finalpeace
in the Arab-Jewish quarrel over
Palestine. The effect his death will
have on these aims is being
studied.
The murdered king's personality
was the force that made Jordan
a strong power among Arab coun
tries, even though his small coun
try was so poor it depended on
British subsidies to kce(? going.
His desert Arab legion stood as
the West's firmest friendly military
unit in the entire Arab world.
Crown Successor Disputed
The British-run legion apparently
had the situation in Transjordan
under control for the present.
A tug of war between British
and anli - British influences ap
pears imminent, however, over
succession to the crown.
Crown Prince Talal, 40, Abdul
lah's eldest son, is in Switzer
land where he went to vacation
after a nervous breakdown. Arab
sources describe the crown prince
as strongly anti-British. He has
been replaced temporarily in the
..line of succession because of his
, ailment.
Prince Naif, AbdullSSi's second
'jon, was named resent of the
kingdom which gained its indepen
dence in 1946 after being mandated
to Britain since the end of World
War I. Naif is described by Ara
sources as strongly pro-British.
Billions Recommended
For Military Program
WASHINGTON P The
house armed services committee
has approved a $5,767,0(9,000 mil
itary construction program aimed
at shoring up defenses at home
and abroad against any Soviet ag
gression. The air force gfs the'biggest
share around $3,480,000,000 in
cluding about $1,000,000,000 to build
a chain of overseas secret bases
girdling Russia.
TOO MANY HORSES
Sixtecn-yefir-old Odetta Russell,
Drain, suffered a broken leg when
kicked by a horse in Myrtle Creek.
The Myrtle Creek Mail reported
she had been riding one horse
when another horse kicked her.
h7fVcther
Fair and sunny today and Sun-!
day.
i
Highest temp, for any July 109
Lowest temp, for any July 40
Hiqhett temp, yesterday il j
Lowest temp, last 24 hours 55 I
Precip. last 24 hours 0
Precip. from July 1 trace ,
j Precip. from Sept. 1 40.M j
(Excess from Sept. 1 1.14
Sunrise tomorrow, 5:52 a.m.
Sunrise tomorrow. 5:52 a.m.
Gale-like Winds
Rack Middle West
. Br Tht Auocltted Preu
Violent thunderstorms, with
gale like winds of 100 miles an
hour, killed three persons, injured
nearly 100 and caused heavy prop
erty and crop damage in central
Minnesota and eastern South Da
kota last night.
The deaths occurred h the Twin
Cities area of Minneapolis-St. Paul.
At least 70 persons were treated
at the Minneapolis general hospi
tal for injuries attributed to t h e
storm. ' -
Nearly two inches of rain hit the
storm belt. Trees toppled and
power lines were cut. blacking out
large areas. Lightning bolts set
several small $res. Scores of auto
mobiles were 'crushed by falling
trees. Traffic was a virtual
standstill during the storm.
Unidentified Pair Killed
An unidentified man and woman
were kille fchen the roof 5f a food
store in St. Anthony, a Minneapo
lis suburb, collapsed. They were
buried in the tons of debris. The
store vs crowded with shoppers.
Terrence Malm, 4 months old,
asleep in his crib, was killed
when a chimney on the family
home toppled, pierced the roof and
covered the crib with bricks.
Among the injured in Minneapo
lis were about 20 of the 700 per
sons at a revival meeting in a tent
which was blown down by the
strong; winds.
Plane Of Korean
Airlift Missing
VANCOUVER, B. C. (JP A
Korean airlift plane carrying three
United Nations officials, 28 Amers
ican military men and a crew dt
seven was reported missing today
on the gulf of Alaska leg of a 1,348
mile flight from Vancouver, B. C,
to Anchorage.
The big four-engined plane, oper
ate by the Canadian Pacific Air
lines on military charter for serv
ice to Korea, was last heard from
at 12:17 a.m. PST off Cape Spencer
about 80 miles due sst of Juneau,
Alaska:
The CP& office here said the
U. S. coast guard had launched
a search of the area, and Royal
Canadian air force search and
lescue planes were standing by
at Vancouver's Sea island base.
I he usual military restrictions
prevented immediate release of
the names of the passengers. The
airline said it would identify the
crewmen as soon as next of kin
had been notified. Two of the
crew members were stewardesses.
AH- lived in Vancouver.
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Twelve Indicted
For Selling Jobs
JACKSON, Miss. UP) . A
dozen Mississippians. some of them
leadersOaf the pro-Truman faction
in the state, are under federal
grand jury Indictments charging
conspiracy to sell federal jobs in
Mississippi. O
Among them are Clarence E.
Hood, deposed acting national A logger from Eugene not only
Democratic committeeman from i had his pars burned off, but was
Mississippi; Frank Mize, brother a l0 fined 4 on a charge of in
of U. S. District Judge SidneO, decent exposure. Assistant Chief
Mize and chairman of the pro-
Truman Democratic committee in
this state; Curtis Rogers, secre
tary of the committee' and For
rest Jackson, committee counsel.
Special assistant U. S Attorney
Ben Brooks of Washington, who
announced the indictments here
last night said that Roger and
Jackson, in addition to the counts
charging conspiracy to sell fpderal I
Established 1873
Cease-Fire Talks
July 25 Set
For Resuming
Negotiations
Munsan. Korea P Red Chi
na's two i&mistiee negotiators took
the leading role from the North
Koreans for the first time at Kae
song today and obtained a recess
until July 25.
Tt!e Chinese, hitherto staying in
the background, began calling the
signals after the Allies firmly re
fused to include the subject of with
drawing United Nations troops
from Korea on the proposed
agenda.
An Allied staff officer said that
at one point the Chinese Reds'
whispered conferences interrupted
a statement by North Korean Gen.
Nam II, the chief Red delegate.
The Communists said they
wanted the recess "to enae both
sides to study the proposals thus
far presented."
After pday's meeting Vice Adm.
C. Turner Joy, chief United Na
tions negotiator, flew to Tokyo to
confer with United Nations su
preme commander Gen. Matthew
B, Ridgway.
Little Comment
Newsmen there asked him if
things were Ming all right and
he replied: "I guess so." He had'j
no lurther comment.
Joy was accompanied by Maj.
Gen. L. C. Craigie and Rear Adm.
Arleigh Burke, two other mem
bers of the Allied five-man nego
tiating team.
Craigie, in a happy mood, told
the Tokyo gorrespontr?nts: "1 can't
tell you anything andl wisn 1
could tell you more."
The delegates will return to
the Allied peace camp here on
Monday.
United Nations headquarters in
Tokyo said in a statemiftt the
U. N. command agretS to the
temporary halt in inc talks "al
though it sees no need for such a
recess in view of the agreement
reached thus far on points it con
siders necessary for an agenda."
At Eighth army headquarters
Associated Press correspondent
Nate Powlowetzky said there was
speculation that Communists
needed time to receive further in'
structions to deal with the UN
delegations adamant stand
against withdrawal of foreign
troops from Korea.
Withdrawal Issue
Today, for the first time, the
United Nations command dis
closed officially that the "basic"
issue between the two delegations
was the Communist demand for
withdrawal of all foreign troops as
a condition to a cease-fire.
Robert Eunson, Associspd Press
correspondent at the Allied peace
camp here, said Adm. C. Turner
Joy, senior U. N. delegate, would
fly to Tokyo to confer with Gen.
Matthew B. Ridgway, supreme
United Nations commander.
Joy hoped for a quick continua
tion of the talks.
An official army statement said:
"The senior U. N. command dele
gate requested that communica
tions between the two delegations
be maintained in order to facili
tate a meeting at an earlier date
than July 25, if at all possible.''
Tourist Critical
Of Local Justice
A Seattle tourist was critical of
"small town justice" recently in a
letter i a Seattle paper.
Specifically, he had Canyonville
in mind There he was fined $15
lor a traffic violation several
weeks ago by Justice ef the Peace
Ninn Pipl7nld
Tho Mvrlle Creek Mail renorled
the man, Henry R. Simone, wrote:
"Five miles out of town a po
lice car overtook us and hauled us
back to the recorder at Canyon-
ville. A sweet old lady smiled as
.. entered this 7 by 10-foot office.
Three local children eating ice
cream cones and two old gents
stood in the open doorway.
"The recorder just said. 'What's
.SliJI"":"!
'Fifteen dollars.' Everybody
lauehed (but us)." (51
Simone sent the clipping to Gov.
Douglas McKay. McKay referred
it to Canyonville officials.
The Ciflyonville chamber of
commerce was rjjeparing a reply
to be sent to the Seattle paper.
Exposure Citation Given
Logger After Pants Burn
of Police Ted Mazac reports.
Bert Bryan Jacques, 46, was
arrested at 5:55 this morning for
allegedly being improperly clad
in a public place, Mazac said. He
has paid his fine imposed by Muni
cipal Judge Ira B. Riddle and is i to creation of a swindler's para
waiting for another pair of trou- dise."
sers so he can leave jD.l, the of-! The South Dakota lawmaker said
ficer added. j he will urge the inquiry commitlpe
The fire occunvd at a local
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Flood Level At St. Louis
Expected Near Old Mark
ST. LOUTS (AP) Fed by the devastating flood
crest of the Missouri river, the Mississippi is expected to
climb late tonight to its highest level at St. Louis in 107 years.
The predicted crest of 4OK2. feet at midnight tonight
vould be just .9 of rjfoot under the all-time record set June
27,38-14.
The Missouri was swollen to a width of five miles in
many places. It smashed one
wo ed across the state from
area, to the point where it is
the Mississippi 15 miles northof here.
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S. P. Brakeman
Killed By Train
A brtktmin for th Southtrn
Pacific railroad was instantly
killod oarly today whan ho was
struck by a passenger train throo
quarters of a "mi It south of Yon
calia, si a to polico report.
Jerry Halstead, 27, Eugene,
wgi sitting on the railroad tracks
when he was struck by a south
bound passenger train. Author
ities believed that he had gone
to slee$ while on the tracks.
Halstead was acting as flag
man for a freight train that had
stopped on a siding to a Sow the
passenger train to pass.
The body has been removed to
Stearns mortuary in Oakland.
He was unmarried.
Tyee Girls Find
Coffee Can Lost
By Hams In Flood
If four Roseburg ham radio oper
ators, are stilt hungry-for a cup
of coffee brewed from the contents
of a can of coffee which eluded
them the night of Rosebur.g's his
torical flood Oct. 30, they may
still have the opportunity to have
some.
This week at Camp Tyge, two
Camp Fire Girls, exploring along
the river nearby found a two-pound
can of coffee, a bit battered and
some of the paint knocked off, but
otherwise unharmed. The coffee
was sealed tight and was fresh.
Chief A. L. DeMott, navy re-'
cruitcr, and members of his party
M.- Sgt. Ernest ,1. Grimm, Mar
ion Peck and Bud Collins well
remember the night of Oct. 30,
when they hiked over Mt. Nebo
about midnight to the naval re
serve electronic warfare facility,
near the Fairgrounds to make use
of short waveeradJai facilies there.
Equipment in Siwn had fa'ned to
serve their purpose.
iolls Down $tt. Ntbe
The four men, related DeMott,
went prepared for two sleepless
days and nights, during the flood,
and took with them a can of coffee
supplied by the Red Cross to help
keep them awake.
But in making the treacherous
trip over the steep slopes of Mt.
Nebo, with only flashlights to
show them the way, the can of
coffee was propped. It rolled
quickly down the slopes with
Chief DeMott in hot pursuit, but
the coffee reached the water be
fore it could be retrieved.
1 The ham operators, however,
went on to their posts and stayed
until the emergency was over.
But if the four men will call
at Camp Tyee, Camp Director Lois
Filzgibbons assures them the two
cooks, Mrs. Kthel llec.il horn and
M. George Holm, will brew
them a belate cup of coffee from
the elusive can.
A plus; for the coffee manufac
turer: It wft Folgers!
Income Taxes
marvin l. arrowsmith
WASHINGTON (JP) The Jus-
tice department today promised heads of people who generate such
prcO.pt study of the case of pudgy scherges."
Sam Mason, accused by senators Mason, a Neiv Yorker, told the
of being a slick confidence f.ian committee yesVerday he draws
who bilked victims of thousands ,boUt $195 a month in government
of dollars. J compensation for a leg he lost in
Senator Mundt (R-SD) said,worid war I. This was confirmed
meanwhile mat he hopes the de-lDy the Veterans administration.
lnTL!u wni fernnn't. Z I M"" knowledged under oath
enue bureau will concentrate on 1 , l. w 1
Ma.nn-. iimnn. , ... i. that he collected about $88,000 from
vesUgators that he has filed no
income tax rjrns for more than
20 years.
Mason said he didn't file be
cause he never had any money
left over at the end of the year.
Mundt, a member of the snate
committee which investigated Ma
son's bizarre" activities, declared
to reporters that "conditions in the
country at present are conducive
to issue a report "warning the pub-
lic against let-rich-quick schemes."
' he added: 0
ROSEIURG, OREGON SATURDAY, JULY 21, 19S1
Recessed
dike after another as the crest
Kansas City, in the hardest hit
emptying its grimy burden into
Most or St. Louis is on high
ffrnund out of reach of the flood.
but precautions were take? against
a water-shortage and contamina
tion of the supply from sewer
seepage.
As the Missouri crest passed into
the Mississippi, Maj. Gen. Lewis
A. Pick, chief of the armg en
gineers, reported the billion dollar
flood had cost 41 lives in Kansas
and Missouri.
Reporting o a senate subcom
mittee in Washington after an on-the-spot
survey. Pick gave the fol
lowing breakdown covering the two
state area for the period up to
last Tuesday.
Two million acres flooded, 1.074,
000 in Kansas and 926,000 in Miss
ouri; 518,000 persons displaced,
368,500 in Kansas and 150,000 in
Missouri, 17 bridges swept away
in Kansas.
Tbg Missouri smashed nearly all
the Hood barriers near its mouth,
spilling the flood over thousands
of additional acres in the area
where nearly 60,000 acres already
was flooded.
Although the long battle to keep
the waters out of the town of West
Alton had been lost, most of the
300 residents stubbornly stuck to
their Homes.
j, The water had pushed its y
into at least nan ine nomes ana
was running three-feet deep on
some of the streets, nut tne town
people in the village near the Miss
ouri's mouth merely moved to sec
ond floors.
Twenty-seven miles upstream,
power company trouble crews
toiled through the night in an effort
to save the only source of elec
tricity for St. Charles, Mo., a city
of 15,000. One pole supporting a
33,000-volt line was washed out
yesterday. Workers on a barge cut
off the pole to relieve the strain
on the wires.
Two more poles began to settle
as the fight to save the power line
continued.
Army engineers still were con
fident that nearly all of the major
dikes on the Mississippi down
stream from St. Louis would hold.
Scores of workers toiled feverishly
at weaker points.
Timber Queen
Entries Urged
All Douglas county civic organ
izations are urged to enter a queen
candidate for the Sutherlin Tim
ber Davs relebrntion before Fn
day, July 27, D. R. Huntoon, pub
licity chairman, announces.
Candidates must be sponsored
by Douglas county civic organ
izalion, be single nd between 14
and 21 years of age. Voting will
be controlled by the sale of rib
bons given each entrant. The one
selling the most will be selected.
Six princesses will also be se
lected on the basis of ribbons sold.
Entries can be made by con
tacting Mrs. M. Moore or Fred
Bsiker by calling Sutherlin 2475,
or by writing the Sutherlin Sun.
Tt queen will be crowned Sat
urday morning, Aug. 11, on a truck
loaded with logs j.t before the
grand parade begins. Coronation
is- scheduled at 10:30. Saturday
evening the Queen's ball will be
held in the gymnasium a Sutherlin
high school.
Neglected For 20 Years
"The story we got from Mason
may already hve put ideas in the
lh " , wWeril buildings. They said they
: da, ,h'y p,ldJh'm up to $ib?'000- I got nothing in return.
i He admitted the money he got 0 Mason testifiedin reply to ques-
was in return for his promises
that he would obtain bargain leases I
on "surplus" government build- i
ings which could be sub-leased at
a big profit. Another promise was i
to obtain business contracts in i
C:ovecPment ,n Private industry,
Mason said he himself never
made any direct effort to make ' without questioning Mason any
good on those promises. He said further about that. But Chairman
he turned a big chunk of the money Hoey (D-NC) said at the outset of
over to a mysterious "Mr. Kur.- the investigation there was no evi
gart." whom he described as an dence government official" were
influential man "who knew tht in any way involved) in Mason's
right people" in Washington. I operations.
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At Red
Winchester
Bay Policing
Is Discussed
What to do In regulate the
peace, health and safety of the
Winchester bay area was discussed
at length Friday night in a meet
ing at Reedsport of county, state
and federal officials.
While the group came to no of
ficials decisions on any points, it
was felt by those in attendance
that a great deal was accom
plished, reported Donald Kelley,
representing the district attorney's
office at the meeting.
Kelley said that members in at
tendance planned to visit the Win
chester bay area at a.m. today
to make an on-the-spot study of
the situation there in regards to
traffic and parking, sanitation and
slaps to be taken in controlling
boat fishing on the bay in the
vicinity of the bar.
The unprecedented "luck" of
fishermen in being al; to easily
catch their limits of Salmon in
the bay has attracted thousands
of persons to the rerreaton area.
increasing me problem, it was
pointed out. Five fishermen have
perished there in the laat month.
The cooperation of the coast
guard, which was represented at
the meeting, was asked in attempt
ing to find some means of- regulat
ing boat fishing, by prescribing
distances for boats to go out, warn
ing of dangers that might be en
countered, requirement of life pre
servers by fishermen, and such
other means mat might apprize
the fishermen of the hazards of
boating near the bar.
Parking and traffic around Win
chester Bay was discussed at con
siderable length. There are no
direct policing agencies in the vi
cinity of the bay. The state police
and sheriff's office will attempt
to work out ? solution for policing
the area, said Kelley.
Sanitation was discussed la
brief. That cleaning of fish on the
docks should not he permitted was
the contention of the group. This
practice has created an i nsanitary
condition, it was pointed out,
Kelley assured the county court
that it had full authority to regu
late conditions as they exist in
the bay area.
The meeting was in two parts:
the first, in which about 20 out
siders were present for a 45-min-ute
discussion of existing prob
lems. The meeting was then closed
for a discussion by the authorities.
Among those present were
County Judge Carl E. Hill, Capt.
Walker, Lt. Morgan and Sgt. Holly
Holcomb of the stale police; Sher
iff O. T. Carter and deputy for
the Reedsport area, E. M. Schwa
der; County Park Commissioner
Charles Collins, County Sanitarian
Claude Baker and Kelley. The
coast guard station at Winchester
Bay was also represented.
Tillamook Burn
Swept By Fire
By Th. Auoclat.d PreM
A roaring forest fire, fanned by
self-made winds that twisted snags
up by the roots, swept on uncon
trolled in the oft-ravaged TilSi
mook burn, 18 miles east of Tilla
mook, Ore., today.
The blaze had covered an esti
mated 2,500 to 3,000 acre( as in
creasing numbers of men and,
more equipment were pressed into
the fight. An estimated 200 men, in
cluding state forestry crews and
logglsvs were on the fire, which
spread so rapidly yesterday fight
ers were unable to dig trails.
District Warden Edward
Schroeder of Forest Grove r e
ported that the fire had quieted
down some today, however after
burning through felled and bucked
timber during the night. The blaze
was still spreading in a northerly
direction and Schroeder held little
hope of checking it today. m
Eungart, Mason said, was to
help him meet the promises he
had made. The committee said it
had been ur.Oble tu find Eungart.
Mason said he understood, Eun
gart was in Australia but might
be back next month.
Pri.sts Buy L.aits
Two priests of the Greek catho
lic church in New Yorktold the
comOittee they paid Mason be
tween $150,000 and $200,000 to get
theiS order of St, Basil leases on
lions, that he entered into
scheme to bribe government of
ficials with "sewer money" to
pave the vxy for leases on federal
buildings. w
"What's wrong with that?" he
demanded.
The committee ended Its inquiry
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Request
FREE OATIS Rep. John V.cJea
mer (R.-lnd.) has introduced
resolution in the House calling
for suspension of all trade with
Czechoi'ovakia until William N.
Oatii, former U.S. correspond
ent at Prague, is released from
Communist prison. Oatis was
sjiiied three months ago by Red
police. (NEA telephotol.
Atomic Expert's
Passport Denied
LONDON (VP) Britain today
abruptly cancelled the passports
of a British atomic scientist who
had planned a flight to Moscow and
a foreign office official. i
The clampdown came in a new
re-screening by British security
officials following the mysterious
disappearance of two British dip
lomats two months ago. Donald
MacLean. head of the American
department, of the forflgn office
and, Guy Burgess,- former second
secretary of the British, embassy
in Washington, disappeared tlle
uuaruing a Doac ror r ranee, way
25. lhey are feared to have fled
behind the iron curtain with val
uable secrets.
Neither of the two whose pass
ports were cancelled today we're
immediately identified. A foreign
office spokesman said the scien
tist was "a lecturer at a univer
sity." He added that the scientist
proposed visiting Moscow as part
of a "good will" group.
Other sources Identified the sci
entist as Dr. E. H. S. Burhop, who
University college, London, who
has advocated an approach to Rus
sia in an attempt to reach a lim
ited agreement on atomic control
before the West st3R up its race
for the hydrogen bomb, lie is sec
retary of the British Association
of Scientific Workers and worked
on the atomic energy project in
the United States during World
War II.
Burhop, one of 20 passengers on
a scheduled "gooS iV flight to
Moscow sponsored by the British
Soviet Friendship society and the
British Society tor Cultural Rela
tions, cancelled his ticket shortly
betora the airliner lclt.
local Red Cross
Asked For Funds
For Flood Areas
Douglas county has been asked
to contribute between $750 and $800
to the Red Cross for relief of per
sons ling in the flood Strieker
area of the Missouri and Missis
sippi rivers, '
Don Reed, Douglas county chap
ter chairman, received a telegram
from Mr. Harrlman, president of
the American Red Cross, in which
he sets forth President Truman's
request for aid.
At least $5,000,000 Is expected to
be taken through Red Cross chap
ters to aid flood stricken citizens
in Kansas. Missouri, Oklahoma and
Illinois. An estimated 45,000
families '.ve been affected, and
an estimated 17,100 families have
registered for Red Cross assist
ance. A total of 42,000 persons are
being fed. Thousands of volunteers
have been working night and day
to help their neighbors, the tele
gram points out.
According to Ilarriman, $1,000,
000 has already hcen allocated for
mass shelters, foot?, clothing, med
ical care and either emergency
needs. Because of the extent ot
Red Cross servirns to the armed
forces, national biood program and
other activities, the rehabilitation
cost will exceed available re
sources. Funds appropriated by
Congress will he used generally
for governmental restoration ot
public facilities.
Mrs. R. E. Herman, local Red
Cross executive secretary, is con-
tacting Douglas county community
I chairmen urging that contributions
he mailed to the local headquar
O.TS in the Roseburg armory.
I DISASTER AREA SIT
I WASHINGTON lPI Preil-
dent Truman today declared Okla
Ihnma a "disaster area" and at
' located $V.ooo for tht relief ef
I flood distress.
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Neither Party Satisfied
By Much Amended Law;
Solont Debate 14 Hours
WASHINGTON (IP) A
stripped - down economic controls
bill, minus most of the added fea
tures President Truman wanted,
was passed by the House early
today.
The measure, extending wage.
price ana otner controls for one
year, now goes to a senate-house
conference committee to iron out
difference between it and an ight
montns extension voted by the
Senate. On the whole, the two dif
fered but little Don several major
poinis; none on a tew.
As the house bill finally emerged.
it was a patchwork of amendments
which appeared to satisfy neither
Democrats nor Republicana en
tirely? Johnson Rapt Bill
Economic Stabilizer Eric John
stoa said the bill does not give
consumers "the break they de
served." ,
But administration house leaders
conceded it might have been
worse.
In the gruelling 14-hour windup
session ending early this morning,
they were able to snatch at least
partial victory out of a fight stud
ded with defeats over the past two
weeks.
They knocked out an amendment
freezing price and wage ceilings
for 120 days at July 7 levels.
They succeeded in reversing a
previously - adopted requirement
that price ceilings on farm and
manufactured goods must reflect
costs plus a "reasonable profit."
Administration forces also man
aged to reverse an earlier housa
action which assured meat pack
ers and processors a profit on ev
ery animal processed.
Beef Rollback Salvaged
And they salvaged tho recent 10
percent rollback on live beet
prices, though the House refused
to grant the additional nine per
cent rollbacks planned by price
Stabilizer Michael V. DiSalle.
On several other maior issues.
the administration suffered sting
ing aeteats.
Amnn other things, the House
torpedoed Mr. Truman's repeated
pleas for livestock slaughtering
quotas; denied him authority to
acquire and operate defense plants
or create new government coiTor- -a
lions; refused him powers to li
cence business or regulate com
modity speculation: banned tht
import of. foreign fats and oils for
two years; refused to consider
farm subsidies, and slapped down
a request for a new formula for
figuring farm parity.
As finally written, the house bill
eases credit controls over install
ment buying of automobiles, house
hold appliances and furniture, and
raises rent ceilings 20 percent
above the figure of 1947.
These were the principal action!
taken when the lawmakers stag
gered groggily from the house
chamber at 12:20 a. m. (EST) alter
voting final passage, 323 to 92, ,
Rayburn Confident
The concluding vote camt after
the House defeated. 299 to 117, a
motion by Rep. Cole (R-Kans) to
send the bills back to commit
tee for further study.
On passage, only 18 Democrats
and 76 Republicana voted against
the measure.
"I think we did mighty well to
night," Speaker Rayburn told
newsmen afterwards. 'We voted
down most of the bad amendments.
I have confidence the cnnforenre
ffwith the Senate) will bring out a
worxaDie Din.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Do you remember the old story
ef he railroad conductor who had
been called down by the brass for
being unduly verbose in his reports
of insignificant wreo'ts?
His name was Finnegan. A few
days after his session on the car
pet, he had another wreck. It was
a derailment, and after he got li
his cars back on the tracks ut
wired his superintendent:
"Off ag'in. On ag'in. Gont ag'ln.
Finnegan."
I have the feeling that it might
be just .is well if our crew of cor
respondents in Kaesong boiled
their reports on the cease-fire ne
gotiations down to about Finne
gan s size.
We here at home would know
just as much about what Is going
on, and the wear and tear on tht
reporters' typewriters would be
greatly reduced.
This truce business at Kaesong
it basically a DEAL- It is a deal
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Levity Fact Rant
By L. T. Reizensteln
Gold In tht qround started
tht westward rush in '49. Its
present-day counterpart It th
rush for tht silver horde in tht
wattrs of Winchester bay. And
j as in rnt lormer try, rrais
dath hot stalktd because of
man I imeettttnity end thought-
I mns. are charged also with job ho'ei. ro other damage was
-1 selling and with perjury. i ported.
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