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GORDON STANLEY is head of th men's wear department at
J. C. Penney company, having jutt replaced Wilbur Oiterloh,
whs was recently transferred. Mr. Stanley comes to Roseburg
from the Toledo, Oregon, Penney itore. He is married and has
two children George 3, and John, who soon will, be one year
old. He and his wife are looking hopefully for a place to make
their home here.
Heart- Attack Faker Makes
Suckers Of Many Hospitals
RHNO, New' (AP) A weather-beaten and bearded
old man with a genius for faking heart attacks has made
a sucker of hospitals across the breadth of the nation, the
Veterans administration here reported. "
Argentina Faces
Damaging Strike
On Its Railways
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina
(JP) The government called in
emergency crews today to run Ar
gentina's strikebound railways,
crippled earlier by a series o f
hlasts which President Juan D; Pe.
ron's regime blamed on "alien"
forces.
The anti - Peron Brotherhood of
Engineers and Firemen refused for
the second day to report for work.
Although section gangs, heavily
guarded by police, repaired
Wednesday's bomb damage to four,
main lines, only two of them are
operating. The others main lines
to the south and west were
closed tight by the refusal of en
gineer! and firemen to work.
The government charged the ex
plosions which ripped tracks ana
damaged railroad shops were set
off 'by criminals inspired . by
"forces alien to the country."
The government, in its commu
nique on the bombing, did not men
tion the- strike which the union
said was called because the r e
gime had refused to let the union
elect its own officers. The union,
controlling about 8,000 of Argen
tina's 160,000 rail workers, said of
ficers were hand-picked by the
government..
Railroad shops were said to have
been damaged by explosions.
In the Day's News
I By FRANK JENKINS
I find myself considerably in
trigued with this .dispatch from
Moundsville, West Virginia, which
has just clicked off the wire:
"The two girls and a pair of
bachelor companions who intend
to float their 'raff all the way to
New Orleans may get under way
again today. Their 12 by 20 foot
craft was swamped and tipped
over last Thursday while being
towed down the Ohio river.
"It was right side up again to
day, and the four mariners hoped
to get it seaworthy again, despite
a banged-up superstructure."
The story goes on:
"The skipper of this strange ex
pedition is a 24 year-old Univer
sity of Michigan coed, Mary El
lin McGrady, a student of soci
ology. Miss McGrady organired
the river trip to put some oi ner ,
classroom learning 10 wors.
'We want to see w fjur per
sons manage when they're livint
in small quarters," she explained. '
T wouldn't know about four ultra
modern sociologists of mixed gen
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The Weather
Clear and warm today and Fri
day. Hlghttt temp, for any Au 10
Lowest temp, for any Aug 3
Hiahttt temo. yesterday M
Lowest temp, last 14 hours 5S
Precip. last 14 hours : I
Preeip.' from Aug. 1 I
Precip. from Sept. 1 40 41
Excess from Sept. 1 1.11
Sunrise tomorrow, 4:04 a.m.
Sunset tomorrow, 1:14 p.m.
if : i
Manager Edward F. Reed ot trie
Reno V. A. center ordered an in
vestigation after an old man who
identified himself as Lt. Jonn
Boyer, 104, a "veteran of the Civil
war," staged a "collapse" in pub'
lie hera July 17. The Veterans ad'
ministration gave him hospital
care. . - "
Files sent from V. A. headquar
ters in Washington showed, how
ever, that Boyer's name was ac
tually Walter Engle Urwiler and
that -he was 69, not 104. He has
used about 40 other aliases too,
the report said. v
But Boyer, who told doctors he
had hitchhiked from an old sol
diers' home in San Diego and that
he had served with the Pennsyl
vania volunteers, had disappeared
after receiving expensive treat
ment all free of charge.
V. A. records attribute Urwiler'a
ability to convince doctor! he is dy
ing of heart failure to a weird
"fluttering diaphragm." They say
he can accelerate his heart action
to 300 beats a. minute.
He's also known to the Ameri
can Medical association, whose
journals have written of him four
times since 1936.
Under various aliases, Urwiler
has received treatment in private
and government hospitals from
California to South Carolina.
He has described himself as
everything from a deep sea diver
and Civil war veteran te a Texas
deputy sheriff. ;
Each time, the journals said, he
was hospitalized as an emergency
case after suffering heart attacks
in public.
The V. A. says he's easily iden
tified, however: he has distinc
tive tattoo marks on each arm and
a small acar on each side of his
neck.
V. A. officials said no action is
planned against Urwiler.
Band Concert Program
For Tonight Announced
The program for tonight's mu
nicipal band concert at 8 o'clock
in the library park has been an
nounced by Conductor Lem Bitner
as follows:
March Belle of Chicago .... Sousa
Samba
Popular
March
Tico Tico Absen
. That Naughty Walti
Stanley
..- .Parade of the Republic
Chenette
March Washington Post
Star Spangled Banner
Speciality Roll Them Bones
Parks Schneider, old-time
vaudeville and character man
Overture Lustspiel
Keler-Bela
Spanish WalU Santiago
Corbin
March
.... Washington Post
Sousa
Star Spangled Banner
Crawford's Transfer
To Germany Draws Jeers
BERLIN UP) Anti-Communist
and Communist newspaperi
here have jibed at the U. S. army
for transferring to Germany a gen
eral who had been relieved of his
post in America for accepting fa
vors from contractors.
He is Brig. Gen. David J. Craw
foro. who was removed from com
mand of the Detroit tank arsenal
and has been ordered to duty at
U. S. headquarters hi Heidelberg,
West Berlin's anti - Communist
Kurier headlined its . dispatch
"punishment . transfer to Ger
many." Typical Communist jab was the
Berliner Zeitungs headline:
' Crawford permitted to continue
profiteering.
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Pressure Started
To liberate Oatis
From Czech Prison
Congress Joins
New Efforts
Of State Dept.
Breaking Of Diplomatic
Relations, If Necessary,
Urged By Republicans
WASHINGTON (If) Congress
and the State department are mak
ing new efforts to obtain the re
lease of AP correspondent William
Oatis from a Czech prison.
The house foreign aifairs com
mittee Wednesday adopted a re
soultion vigorously condemning
Czechoslovakia's action ana urg
ing the U. S. government to "take
all possible action" to bring about
Oatis' release.
The resolution is due for
house action next week after which
it will go to the Senate. If adopted
by both houses, the resolution will
be sent to the Czech government
and to the United Nations.
Secretary of State Acheson told
a news conference that the U.S.
government is taking definite
steps to obtain Oatis' freedom. He
declined te reveal what is being
done because he said a prema
ture revelation might not be in
Oatis' best interests.
Acheson said the Oatia case is
one of great importance to the
government and people of the
United States. Czechoslovakia
turned down an earlier State' de
partment protest and appeal for
Oatis' release.
The 37-year-old Oatis, a native
of Marion, Ind., was convicted by
a Prague court last monm on
charges of espionage and sen
tenced to ten years imprisonment.
The arrest and conviction has
been widely denounced as a sham
and a violation ot basic human
rights.
Relatione Break Urged
There were these other develop
ment! Wednesday.
The National Press club board
of governors adopted a resolution
calling for Dans' , immediate re
lease and charging that the Czech
regime had distorted all honest
reporting "through perverted pro
cesses of justice."
The Ohio Republican house del
egation urged the government
to break off immediately all com
mercial relations with Czechoslo
vakia and restore those relations
only if and when Oatis is freed.
President Truman Wednesday
ordered the suspension of tariff
concessions to Russia and her sat
ellites, including Czechoslovakia.
It was a second major blow at
Czechoslovakia since Oatis' im
prisonment. Earlier, the govern
ment banned the travel of U. S.
citizens to Czechoslovakia.
The-Ohio Republicans also de
manded that the state department
take steps to evacuate all U. S.
nationals from Czechoslovakia if
Oatis is not freed "within a reason
able time." The move would be
preliminary to "severing diplo
matic relations with that govern
ment." The house foreign affairs com
mittee resolution said that t he
American people condemn and de
plore "the persecution by the gov-
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A o P
AO
JAIL TFRMS FOR COMMUNIST Courts end probing questions piled additional trouble on this
quartet, seen leaving New York City's federal court. Left to right are: W. Alphaeui Hunton,
Daihiel Hammett, Frederick Vanderbilt Field and Abner Green all trustees of the Civil Rights
congress bail fund, i source courts have refected tt bail for accused Communists. Field and
Green were sentenced to six months eachQfor contempt of a U.S. grand jury. Both now are
serving contempt terms. Hunton and Hammett were questioned by the state banking depart
ment to determine if the bail fund violated banking laws. They also are serving jail terms, (AP
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NEW 4-H AGENT Miss Lome
L. Owens' arrived in Roseburg
Wednesday to handle the home
economics detail of the 4-H
club work. A June rraduate of
Oregon State colleje, she has
been studying 4-h extension
service work in various counties
throughout the state the last
month. (Dan Mindolovich
photo) ' ' V
Report Denounces
Federal Property
Lease Swindler
WASHINGTON UP) A sen
ate subcommittee today denounced
pudgy Sam Mason as "a com
plete fraud" who worked a con
fidence racket "to swindle . ap
proximately a quarter million dol
lars from his victims," on prom
ises to obtain cheap leases oi gov
ernment property.
Chairman Hoey of the senate's
subcommittee on: investigations
announced a federal grand jury
is starting an inquiry into Mason's
activities. Witnesses told the sub
committee Mason said the govern
ment, in fear of atomic attack,
was planning a vast underground
construction program ana many
buildings would become "surplus."
Hoey said he was filing a for
mal report covering the "fantas
tic machinations" of Mason, a New
Yorker who has said his real name
is Samuel D. Mussman. He lost
a leg in World War I and draws
$19S monthly in. government com
pensation. Testifying ' before the Hoey
group. Mason said he has paid no
income tax since 1929. He said he
had a scheme to bribe public of
ficials, and asked the senators:
"What's wrong with that?" Ma
son' acknowledged collecting
around $100,000 from five witnes
ses against him, but said he turned
it all over to a mysterious Vince
Eungart, in Washington. He said
Eungart was to use the money to
obtain leases, but has gone to Australia.
ROSEIURG. OREGON THURSDAY,
Ail Douglas
Forest Fires
Under Control
AU Douglas county forest fires
are under control with mop-ping-up
operations being carried
on in three areas.
Fire-fighters are falling snags
around the fire line of the burn
area 10 miles east of Yoncalla,
where about 600 acres has, been
blackened by a blaze which
started earlv in the Week and
flared up Tuesday, according to
the Douglas Forest Protective as
sociation.
A crew of about 70 men held
the blaze Wednesday and estab
lished confining fire lines.
The fire near Myrtle Creek on
Letitia creek is also under control
with a crew patrolling the area.
The U. S. forest service reports
that the Dumont creek burn area
about 50 miles southeast of Rose
burg in the Umpqua national for
est is in "good shape." Most of
the crew on the fire line will be
removed this evening with the
exception of a patrol, said the
spokesman.
About 90 men were fighting the
blaze which burned an area of ap
proximately 150 acres.
KLAMATH FALLS (IP) A
two-section fire on the Modoc na
tional forest near Hackamore,
Calif., 60 miles south of here, has
blazed uncontrolled through some
4,000 acres of mature pine since
It started yesterday afternoon.
The forest service station in Al
turas, Calif., said early this morn
ing, forest service men from as
far away as Los Anseles were
being flown in by chartered planes.
Two fires, about a mile apart,
started near the Southern Pacific
railway tracks. The fires slowly
merged during the night, leaving a
gap of only a few hundred yards.
During the night, 159 men with
10 bulldozers tried unsuccessfully
to trail the fire area,
Cordon's Fiinds Swap
Plan For Roads Rejected
EUGENE (&) Oregon's 18
An limhap i-minties would re
ceive a 25 percent boost in forest
sales shares plus $700,000 for ac
cess roads under provisions of a
U. S. Interior department appro
bations hill amended Tuesday by
house-senate conferees.
Th. hill still h to win house
and senate approval.
Tinitan n r lormc the counties
were to start receiving 75 percent
of timber sales this year instead
of 50 percent, sen. uuy i,oraon in
h, nrnnntMi swannin? the
additional 25 percent of the funds
forever in return lor a one-ycai
accesi roads apropriation of
$995,000.
r n. Pnnnlv Judoe Dav T. Bayly
protested tne coraon proposal,
which was submitted as an
amendment to the appropriations
bil1' . ..
lUIIICI Cll.fl
rejected the amendment but at the
same time agreed to allow funds
for the forest access roads, the
Eugene Register-Guard learned.
Fire Fighter Injured
When Struck By Rock
A memher of the Dumont creek
fire suppression crew suffered an
injured back Tuesday when a rock
tumbled down a hill and struck
bim. - '
The forest service said the man
Robert Cole, Glide, was taken to
Mercy hospital where his injuries
are reported not critical.
The rock, about 12 by 6 inches,
rolled down the hill and hit Cole
in the small of the back.
AUGUST 2, 1951
Adm. W.
As Chief
WASHINGTON (AP)
Succeeds Sherman
who steered clear of the "admirals revolt" against admin
istration policy, is President
navy command.
The President sent to the
ation of fechteler, now commander of the Atlantic fleet, to
be chief of naval operations, succeeeding the late Adm, For
rest i?. Sherman.
Fechteler, 55 years old and with
35 years of navy service, has had
wide experience In virtually every
type of warship except subma
rines and aircraft carriers.
That appeared to be one of the
reasons why Mr. Truman chose
him, because he was not an air
man and thus not touched by the
zeal with which navy airmen
plunged into the controversy with
the Defense department and the
air force three years ago. There
have been strong indications in re
cent weeks that the feud between
the air force and navy long-range
land based bombers vs. carrier
borne air power might boil to
the surface again.
To fill the vacancies which will
be created by the expected sen
ate confirmation of Fechteler'i
nomination, Mr. Truman nomi
nated Adm. Lynde D. McCormick,
now the acting chief of naval op
erations, to be commander of the
Atlantic fleet. McCormick was a
submariner before he became vice
chief of naval operations. Vice
Adm. Donald P. Duncan, deputy
chief of operations, was proposed
by the President for promotion to
vice chief.
British Peeve Remains
If the nominations settled the
navy question at home, it left un
settled an international naval per
nlexity. Fechteler had been nicked as the
American admiral who wiuld be
named supreme commander of Al
lied forces in the North Atlantic
ocean region under the NATO
setup. That choice reportedly was
made early last winter when it
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Senator Denies
Alleged 'Welsh'
On $5500 Wager
COLUMBUS, O. OB Sen.
Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis) has
denied testimony at a bankruptcy
hearing here that he dropped JMDU
to a Columbus man in a crap
game two yean ago, and failed to
pay up.
"I don't recall when I have ever
played crap, and 1 wouldn't have
had that much money anyway,"
McCarthy said, when reached by
telephone at his Washington resi
dence. Bob Byers Sr., an Ohio real es
tate operator and builder, testi
fied at his $500,000 bankruptcy
hearing that the Wisconsin sena
tor lost $5,500 to his son, Bob
Byers Jr., at a game during a
party in a Columbus hotel (Se
neca). "He (McCarthy) never paid It,"
the elder Byers testified. "I think
my son is still waiting for his
money."
Bob Byers Jr. was not available
for comment.
McCarthy was engaged as a
speaker for a party staged for
business representatives at the By
ers Real Estate and Building En
terprises, the elder Byers testi
fied. He said he paid the senator a
"standard fee" of $500 on two oc
casions. Then Byers Sr. added:
"But my son took $5500 away
from him in a crap game, and
that nut if ahead."
McCarthy said there was "ab
solutely nothing at all" to Byers
testimony. .
"Bob, Jr. and I have never
played craps," McCarthy declared
The nature of the service Mc
Carthy performed to earn him two
$500 fees was not made clear at the
hearing.
Roseburg Firemen Take
Part In Defense Test
PORTLAND (IP) The heart
of Portland went up in theoretical
flames last night from a mock
A-bomb attack. Firemen from
seven nearby counties came to the
rescure
It was a test of the state's fire
defenses. Emergency calls went to
61 fire departments. Theoretically
they rushed here in fire trucks.
Actually, a representative from
each came here in passenger cars.
Once here, they attended a
critique.
Firemen as far away as Stay
ton, 69, miles, and Clatskanie, 65
miles, participated.
As these tire companies came
in, others moved up to ,ake their
place. For example, Roseburg fire
men theoretically moved in to pro
tect Salem. That also brought the
Rnseburg firemen closer to Port
land in case they were needed
there.
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Fechteler
Of Navy
Adm. William Fechteler.
Truman s choice for the top
senate Wednesday the nomin
ADM. WM. FECHTELER
Non-wrangler Promoted
adm. l. Mccormick
Fleet's New Commander
County Planning
Park At Winston
Members of the county narks
board are scheduled to meet with
the Winston community club to
night to make arrangements for
the purchase of a 5Wacre tract
about three miles east of Winston.
The community club has offered
the plot for sale for $3,000 accord
ing to Charlea Collins, parks super
visor. Contractural arrangements
whereby the club will maintain and
supervise the park will also be
discussed, Collins said.
Improvements are being made
on Ziolkouski beach park near Win
chester Bay. About 600 yards of
dirt have been hauled in to make
larger parking area. Latrines
will be constructed there within
the next two weeks.
Work ia under way on the
prospective Baker park on the
North Umpqua about three miles
above Rock creek. The new park,
of about 10 acres, will be named
the Baker park, in memory of the
late County commissioner R. (i.
Baker. A memorial monument
will be constructed at the park
through funda donated by Douglas
county employes. Nature of the
monument has not been decided
yet, Collins said.
N. Umpqua Views Shewn
In Exhibit Of Paintings
Continuing on display this after
noon and evening in the Methodist
cburch are the water color paint
ings of Col. William A. Raborg, of
Laredo, Tex., who, with hia wife,
is vacationing on the North Ump
qua. Included in the display are five
paintings which the colonel has
inpleted of the North Umpqu
region. One ia of the Douglas
County Lumber company sawmill
up Rock creek. Two others are
paintings of Rock creek scenes,
one of the North Umpqua river
and another of a general woods
scene and cabin. 1
Col. Raborg is also exhibiting
pictures he has painted of t h e
southwest, including old Mexico.
He has about 50 water colors in
all.
The exhibit attracted a consid
erable number of townspeople
Wednesday. The display will con
blue until I o'clock tonight.
Neither Hints
At Probable
Compromise
Red Group Evidences
Stalling Until Kremlin
Can Send Instructions
XT.' N. ADVANCE HEADQUAR- '
TERS, Korea (JP) United Na- 1
lions and Communist spokesmen
reported that opposing cease-fire
teama at Kaesong today rejected
the armistice buffer zones pro-
posed by each other.
Vic Adm. C. Turner Joy, chief;
U. N. delegate, told the Reds the)
Allies must hold a defensible line
across Korea, such as the Allies
propose, during a truce heciusa
of the possibility "of an armistice
violation by the other side."
The Red Peioine radio renni-tst
the chief Communist delegate, Lt
uen. nam u, "repudiated the buf
fer tone" proposed by Joy "deep ,
acrosa the 38th parallel"
There was no indication of what
the next move would be in th
face of apparent flat rejection! by '.
both sides. Neither baa hinted at
compromise.
It was the seventh successive
session in which negotiators re
mained deadlocked on whera In
draw the armistice line.
iney win try again tomorrow
despite unswerving nositionn a x.
pressed in Washington and Pyong
yang, the North Korean capital.
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols,
U. N. spokesman, quoted Admiral
Joy as telling Red negotiators at
Kaesong:
"The United Nations command
has no intention of violating the
military armistice agreed upon
but neither will the U. N. com
mand place itself in an indefensible
position in the event of an ar
mistice violation by the other
side,"
Nuckols said Joy read thii pre
pared statement in response to
"a final question" by North Ko
rean Lt. Gen. Nam II, head of the
fiea delegation.
Reds Evade Direct Reply
Nuckols did not disclose the na
ture of this final question. But it
was presumed here that the North
Korean had asked something like
the following question:
. If you sincerely desire peace,
and intend to observe the armis
tice, why are you talking about
defensible positions?
Nuckols said the question had
been anticipated, and the answer
prepared in advance.
After making his statement Joy
aBked:
"Do you or do you not agree
that the security of his forces ia
a responsibility ' of - each com
mander during a military armis
tice?" , - ,
Nam II evaded 'a direct answer.
Joy repeated his question a second
and then a third time. Each time
General Nam avoided a direct an
swer. When Joy put the question for
the third time, Nuckols said, it
caused a flurry on the Communist
side. The two Chinese in the iiva
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'Passion' Slayer
Convicted By Jury
NEW YORK (IP) Roland
Scioli, 43-year-old opera fan con
victed of first degree manslaugh
ter for the knife slaying of a girl
friend, told the jury which could
have condemned him to the elec
tric chair:
'Mine was a crime of love and
passion."
The all - male Jury deliberated
three hours before reaching ita
verdict in the slaying last January
of 24-year-old Virginia Wilson, an
airlinea employee. She formerly
lived in Rumson, N. J.
The jury had been empowered
to return a death penalty convic
tion. Ita lesser verdict can bring
a 10 to 20 year prison term.
Both lovers of music, Scioli and
Miss Wilson became acquainted
while watting In line to buy tickets
to the Metropolitan opera. Scioli
said he fell in love with the young
woman, that she waa friendly but
repeatedly refused to marry him.
A quarrel in a Brooklyn fac
tory, where Scioli was employed
aa a radio mechanic, led to the
kitchen-knife slaying.
Liquor Charge Jails
Two Roseburg Youths
Tumi Pntahura vai,1, mmi1-iI
by city police Tuesday, ware each
sentenced to 30 days in the county
jail and fined $50 Wednesday on
an illegal possession ot liquor
charge.
District Judge A. J. Geddei Iden
tified them aa Leslie Leverne Mas
kill. IS, of 1077 S. Mill street, and
Lyle Vernon Davla, 20 ot rout 4.
JUDGMENT AWARDIS
A circuit court judgment by de
fault Wednesday, awarded A. L.
McAdams repossession of a house
trailer and $150 attorney's feet in
an action brought against Frank
W. Jordan.
Frank and Agnes J. Johnson
filed action Wednesday against Wy
lie D. and Edyth P. Roberta to re
cover $3,250 ami interest allegedly
owed the plaintiffs on the aal of
real property.
Levity Fact Rant
Sy L. F. Reizenstein
Havinq sent President Truman
an elephant, th King of Cam
bodia should balance th Incon
gruity by tending the GOP
tyitlMal chairman a inula.