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Sewer Problem Faced
City Manager Points Out
System's Expansion Need;
Financing Plans Offered
Roseburg has many problems and the city government
is trying to help you (citizens) to solve them, City Manager
W. A. Gilchrist declared Thursday noon at the Hotel Ump
qua in a speech before Roseburg Rotarians.
The sewer problem will require a lot of long-range
planning 10 to 15 years ahead if we are to meet fu
ture and present needs, he stated.
Senator Morse
In Cheerful Mood
After Horse Kick
WASHINGTON (m "There
are a lot of people, I bet, who would
pay a good price for that mare if
my friend wanted to sell her now."
That was the reaction of Senator
Wayne Morse (R-Ore) in his own
account of last Saturday's accident
when he was kicked by a horse.
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wires locking his jaws together.
Morse said the Incident occurred
thnrilv after his stallion, Morse's
Chief (formerly Mclntyre's Chief
and purchased by tne senator at
Lexington, Ky., this spring), won
the Orkney Springs, Va., show's
grand championship for American
saddle horses.
"I went back to a barn about a
half-mile from the show ring, and
walked behind a friend's horse. I
wasn't even close to it. I was go
ing to walk up to it on the wall side
of the stall and something must
have startled her, and she let fly.
I never saw the kick start, nor
did anyone else. She knocked me
cold."
Morse himself did not identify
the horse, but his office con
firmed reports that it was "Mis
sie," owned and ridden by a
friend, Mrs. Jerry Johns.
"My jaw Is fractured. I 1 o s t
some teeth," the senator's written
account continued. "I have learned
to roll with political kicks and
punches but I haven't learned how
to absorb the kick of a horse yet."
Morse said he would be back in
the Senate in a few weeks. He
added he had been "greatly
cheered by a very friendly note
written personally by the Presi
dent" and by daily calls from the
White House.
Flame Tossers
Used In Forest
fore Battles
By The Aisoclated PreM
The battle against three major
forest fires in Washington and Brit
ish Columbia1 continued today
with flame throwers the latest
weapon on the lines.
At the same time, North Idaho's
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Mill - acairu iiiiucl laiiua ncic
under a state of emergency de
clared by Govenor Jordan. He
ordered close inspection of all saw
mill and logging operations and
promised trouble for anyone fail
ing to exercise strict precautions
against fires.
The flame throwers were used
for the first time yesterday l n
backfiring operations IS miles east
of Grand Forks, B.- C, where
twin fires had blackened 16 square
miles of forest. Huge bulldozers
chewed firebreaks which the flame
throwers touched off.
The two Maces along Santa
Rosa creek, and Christina lake
have spread across the nterna
tional border into northeastern
Washington. Spotty rain brought
some relief to the hundreds of fire
fighters but did not check the
advancing flames.
A 1.500-acre fire in the Olvm
pic national forest west of Port
Angeles was about whipped.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Dispatch from London:
Russia accused the ' United
States today of stalling on the Ko
rean cease-fire talks while Mov
ing UP RESERVES FOR A NEW
OFFENSIVE."
I hope the Russkics know what
they're talking about. Their
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red Koreans, -are certainly doing it
and it would be terrible if we got
caught short.
From Calcutta:
"War tension between India
and Pakistan increased today with
reports that cities in East Pakistan
staged effective practice blackouts
last night . . . Calcutta newspapers
claim that Pakistan plans joint at
tacks on Kashmir and India's East
Bengal area."
(Pakistan claims that India's
army is poised within 10 miles of
the Kashmir boundary and is
ready to move to war at a mo
ment's notice.)
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The Weather
Mostly clr and warm with
morning cloudiness today. Satur-
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Higheit ttmp. for any Aug. 10e ! cer died of bums suffered Thurs
Low.it temp, for any Aug. 3 day as fire flared out of a fur-
nigneit temp, yttttrdiy 84
Lowest temp, last 24 hours
Procip. last 24 hours
frecip. from Aug. 1
SWVecip. from Sept. 1
' Excess from Sept. 1 ..
Sunrise tomorrow, :M e.m.
Sunset tomorrow, f:2J p.m.
The sewer system will nave io
be expanded, he opined but this
poses the problem of how:
whether to expand the present
sewage treatment plant, which
was inundated in last fall's flood,
or build on another site. . , . bow
to finance the project
The present plant it adequate
in the dry season but problems
arise in the wet season, without
considering the probable influx of
additional population.
Gilchrist made these statements
in a commentary on the principal
problems facing Roseburg, which
he said are public health (sewer
system), public safety and recrea
tion. Three Ways T Raise Funds
Funds for an improved sewer
system can be obtained in three
ways, said Gilchrist: through
bonding the city, by starting a
sinking fund, or by levying a
sewer assessment.
In considering problems facing
the city, citizens should remem
ber that the city government is
"trying to help you run your
city '. . , arid is always glad to
serve you. But if you ask for
something, remember you're go
ing to have to pay for it," be
sain.
"We're working hard, so we ask
that citizens be patient," he added.
'"With the city's limited staff of
workmen, repairs might take time
but they will 'be done.
"Roseburg was laid out by a
large number of individualists,"
he commented, in reference to the
mixture of city streets. In addi
tion, streets are narrow, producing
a parking problem. But the police
department and city administra
tion is trying to ease the traffic
control situation as much as pos
sible." he noted.
Bill Schell, who represented Ro
tary club at the community chest
meeting Wednesday night, re
ported on the part to be played
by the club in the forthcoming
drive.
Club Secretary Vic Micelli dis
cussed problems in classification
which had been brought up dur
ing a board of directors meeting,
and disclosed that all club blls
had been paid.
Program Chairman Hershel
Scott introduced the principal
speaker.
Cribbing Scandal
Prompts Probe
Of Athlete Luring
WEST POINT, N. Y. -IIP) A
private presidential inquiry into
football emphasis at the nation's
service academies prompted by
the cribbing scandal at the U. S.
milita ry academy here is under
way. President Truman, an avid foot
ball fan, said he was attempting
to find a remedy for the situation
at West Point without killing the
patient.
.All but a few of West Point's
varsity football team were among
the 90 cadets who have been dis
missed for violating the acad
emy's honor system by cribbing
in exams.
The presidential inquiry will
include a study of the athlete re
cruiting systems of the schools.
A White House official said the
President had no intention of prob
ing into the discipline in the West
Point case. He added:
"What the President would
like to do is get college football
back to a real amateur standing."
Meanwhile, West Point's super
intendent, Maj. Gen. Frederick A.
Irving, said he was "pleased" that
Earl "Red" Blaik had decided to
remain as head football coach and
director ofeathletics at the acad
emy. Commenting on Blaik's an
nouncement made yesterday in
New York, Irving said:
"He is a fine, forthright gentle
man in whom I have the utmost
confidence and I know he will
act in the best interests of the
military academy."
New Dry Spell Record
Set In Roseburg Area
A new record for rainless days
it reported by Hie Roseburg of
fice of the U.S. weather bureau.
There has ben no rain for 79
days, and indications are there
will not bo any until at least after
this weekend.
The period covered was from
May 23 to Aug. 10. There was a
trace of rain during June, but no
measurable amount.
The lest previous record was
71 days, set in 1930, covering tr
dates June 21 o Sept. e.
The weather bureau has been
In existence here 74 years.
Boiler Accident Kills
Coos Bay Mill Worker
nace ooor at me loos nay win-
J4 ' Der company.
" 0 1 The mishap occurred when i
g I water tube to the main boiler
' ru pi ii red.
I jo' Three others were burned.
James Bmwn and Dewey Dean
were hosiCized and Arthur Bar
I ger was treated and released.
Establish! 1873
Parley In Korean Armistice
Approaches Breaking Point
Reds Insist
On Buffer Line
At Parallel 38
Silence of 131 Minutes
Follows Alternatives
Suggested By Allies
U. N. ADVANCE HEADQUAR
TERS, Korea UP) Dead
locked United Nations and Com
munist truce negotiating delega
Hons sat for two hours and 11 min
utes in dead silence today, each
waiting for the other to change his
position.
The unprecedented silence was
precipitated, the United Nations
command said, when the Commu
nists refused to talk about any.
thing except a buffer zone located
where they want it.
Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, cheif
U. N. delegate, proposed several
alternatives to break the deadlock.
Then he waited for North Korean
Lt. Gen. Nam II, head of the Red
delegation to reply.
Nam said nothing.
For 131 minutes, nobody s'poke.
"The air was full of electricity,"
said Brig. Gen. William P. Nuck
ols, offical U.N. command
spokesman.
He said General Nam fidgeted in
nervous embarrassment, smoked
cigarets incessantly, drummed on
the green-topped conference table
with his fingers or his cigaret
lighter, and glanced repeatedly at
his wrist watch.
Occasionally he received notes
from staff officers behind him. But
he said nothing.
The other four Communist gen
erals held occasional whispered
conferences. Most of the time.
Nuckols said, they remained im
passive.
Admiral Joy sat calmnly, Nuck
ols said, "writing notes in a de
tached sort of fashion."
The armistice talks appeared to
be at their most critical point since
they began a month ago today. The
U. N. communique indicated the
tension ridden conference might be
nearing a breaking point.
The Allies described the position
of the Communists as "adamant."
Air Battles Fought
Twelve superforts flew by radar
today through heavy undercast to
continue the blasting of major
railway yards in western Korea.
Todays' attack was on 20-track
yards near Hwangju. Yesterday B
29s, escorted by Australian meteor
jets, rained 100 tons of explosives
on two yards. Flak caused some
damage to the attacking planes,
but all returned.
Thursday's air action was
marked by the return of Red jets
to Korea.
Opposing jets clashed three
times. One American RF-80 jet
was slightly damaged when four
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Standards Bureau
Director Resigns;
Salary Too Small
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DR. EDWARD CONDON
No Further Sacrifice
WASHINGTON UP) Dr. Ed
ward U. Condon resigned today as
director of the national bureau of
standards. He said: "I can no
longer afford to accept the severe
financial sacrifice involved."
President Truman accepted the
resignation "with regret." He said
Condon has served "in a most
critical position with continued and
loyal attention" to his duties.
Condon, whose government sal
ary is $14,000 a year, said h e
is leaving to take a job in pri
vate industry. A physicist and an
expert on atomic energy, be was
director of research for the West
inghouse Electric Corp. before
entering government service in
1945. '
Three years ago Condon was the
target of a house un-American af
fairs subcommittee headed by the
then Rep. J. Parnell Thomas, New
Jersey republican. The committee
called Condon "one of the weak
est links in our atomic security."
Condon hotly defended his loy
alty and demanded a hearing, but
none was held.
Motorist Killed When
His Car Rams Truck
SALEM UP) An early mor
ning truck-car crash killed Wil
liam F. Jennings, 36. Portland,
near here today.
Jei lines car ran into the back
of a truck driven by Read Miller
Weiehal, De. Ray. Cal., at the 12th
street junction of the Pacific high
way soutn ot nere.
Both vehicles were traveling
north, state police reported.
weicnal is employed by the Lon-
nie Case Trucking Co. of Del Ray.
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ROSEBURG, ORECON FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1951
Timber Days
Fete Launched
At Sutherlin
Today Sutherlin becomes the
center of festive activity in Doug
las county with the opening of the
Timber Days celebration one
of the biggest fetes this year.
The three-day celebration begins
this afternoon at 4 with . a "kids"
parade. Youngsters from all of
Douglas county are expected to
participate in the parade for the
prizes being awarded the two best
entrants.
From 7 until 9 there will also
be a sports contest for the young
sters that will include pie eating,
three - legged and sack races,
broad jumping and sprinting. At
8 there will be amateur boxing in
the high school gymnasum, fol
lowed at 8:30 by professional
wrestling. All proceeds from the
boxing matches will go into the
treasury of the Sutherlin Amateur
Boxng assocation.
From 9 until 12 there will be
dancing on Central avenue be
tween State and Umpqua streets.
It is being sponsored by the Jugs
club of Sutherlin.
Saturday morning at 10:30,, the
queen of the celebration will be
crowned on a truck loaded with
logs at North Calapooia street.
The seven other competitors for
queenship will be appointed prin
cesses to assist her in royal du
ties- She will reign over the grand
parade that starts at 11, and she
will be honored at the queen's
ball in the old schoolhouse at 9
Saturday evening.
A baseball game, considered Ine
of the best' this season, will be
played on the high school diamond
between the Medford Cheney
Studs and the Umpqua Chiefs at
i p.m. Saturday, immediately fol
lowing the game, a truck drivers'
contest will be held in Sutherlin
park.
Loggers To Compete
The Northwest's best perform
ers will be competing in the log
ging contests that begin in Suther
lin park at 2 Sunday afternoon.
Many who participated in the Al
bany Timber carnival will be per
forming on the elevated platforms
desigvd for the celebration.
Logging events scheduled and
the order in which they will be
held are: hand-bucking, power
bucking with three-and-a-half to
four-and-a-half horsepower saws,
chopping, power-bucking with flve-to-eight-horsepower
saws, wire
rope splicing and 'speed climbing.
To assure a competitive spirit,
two men will be working at the
same time during each contest.
Publicity chairman D. R. Hun
toon says between 5,000 and 7,000
persons attended last year's cele
bration, and he predicts a larger
attendance this year.
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HE SAW ROBBERY John Wilhite, route I, Roseburg, was en
eye-wifness of the $57,000 jewel robbery perpetrated at. Rose
etta lodge In Roseburg Wednesday night by two ex-convicti. He
was seated at the time In the car with which he Is pictured above,
across the highway opposite the cabin which the thieves entered
to get their booty. His prompt information to the lodge oper
ator resulted in the capture of the thieves in a police road block
north of Grants Pass.
Detriment Tsreseen
Reported Paper Mill Plan
Spurs North Umpqua Land
Owners To
Seventy owners of lands adjacent to the North Umpqua
river met at the Roseburg Rod and Gun club at Winchester
Wednesday night to discuss plans for the development of
lands in the Umpqua watershed.
County Schools
Engage Teachers
Hiring of new personnel In Doug
Ins cnuntv schools was announced
Thursday by the county school su
perintendent's office.
New principal and sixth-grade
teacher at Glide is Wayne Scher
merhorn, from Idaho, who re
places Charles Sias, who "resigned.
A recently-hired teacher at Can
yonville elementary is Fred Searle,
who taught at Sutherlin last year.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rice will
teach the Garden Valley school
this fall, following the resignation
of James Garner and Mrs. Helen
Burkhart.
At Curtin the new principal is
Charles Golden who graduated
from Walla Walla college last
June. He replaces Archie Thomas,
resigned.
Charles Shively has resigned a
teaching position at Yoncalla ele
mentary school to teach at Yon
calla high school.
already paved. The center ttrip
strip is fifty being prepared for
Paul Jenkinn)
Oppose Move
The meeting, spurred by rumors
that a paper mill was seeking a
location near the north river, ewas
called to order by Leland D,
Bloom, president of the Roseburg
Rod and Gun club. Those in at
tendance elected Dr. George J,
Halladay, chairman, and Thomas
Hartnei, secretary, and appointed
an organization committee consis
ting of Harold Hovt Anita C.
Stark. William E. Ott Jr.. John
P. Amacher, W. H. Denton, Ray
mond . Bloom ana Mrs. D. w.
Young to formulate plans for
permanent incorporated group.
The object of the organization
is to boost the scenic, recreational
and residential values of the
North and South Umpqua rivers,
to clear the rivers of refuse and
fiollution and to oppose the estab
ishment of any industry or enter
prise that would pollute, Impair
or destroy the water, vegetation,
land, animal or fish life, in the
rivers or vicinity.
A general discussion brought
out that discharge from a pulp
or paper mill would destroy fish
life, render the river waters un
fit for animal and human consump
tion or irrigation, and that the
fumes from such an industry, in
addition to being nauseous, would
injure or destroy flowers, trees
and crops, oxidize paint on homes
and buildings, and would be detri
mental to the health of those af
flicted with hoy fever, asthma,
and other respiratory disorders.
Harm Elsewhere Cited
Bruce L. Yeagcr, secretary of
the Rod and Gun club,' expressed
the opinion that utilization and de
velopment of the natural resources
of both rivers, without contamin
ation, would be of far more bene
fit to Douglas county than one
or more industries of a harmful
nature. He mentioned the detri
mental Inroads industry alone had
made in such localities as Long
view, Wash., and St. Helens, Coos
Bay and Klamath Falls, in Oregon.
Theodore F. Mouche, who was
formerly employed by the St. Hel
ens Pulp and Paper company, and
who had experience with pulp
and paper mills in Ohio and Ore
gon, discussed the injurious effects
such plants had on river water
and fish life in rivers where so
called controls of acids was in
operation.
The organization committee will
hold a meeting at the home of
Harold Hovt at Winchester Mon
day, mg. 13, at 8 p.m. The next
regular meeting of the contem
plate) organizalion will he held
at the Roseburg Tlod and Gun club
on Tuesday evening, Aug. 21 at
which time plans for incorpor
ation will be acted upon.
DANCER EASED
Rising humidity has reduced fire
dangers In Douglas county and
only a few men remain oa fire
patrols in the county't Mrned
areas, the Douglas Forest Protec
tive association reports.
All fires are under control and
no trouble is expected from the four
blazes in Douglas county, an as
sociation spokesman said. How
ever, men will stay on the fire
lines to prevent outbreaks.
Two Ex-Cons
Get Six-Year
Prison Terms
Court Sentence Follows
Plea Of Guilty 14 Hours
After $57,000 Larceny
Justice was swift for two
Reno. Nov., professional gam
biers and tx-convlcrs who
were arrested early Thursday
morning In Roseburg's largest '
jewel theft case.
A scant 14 hours after the
pair had been arrested in
Grants Pass, they were sen
tenced to six years In the state
penitentiary on a grand lar
William Malcolm Rltchey, SO,
and Dean William Kenworrhy,
46, both waived grand jury In
dictment and pleaded guilty to
a district attorney's Informa
tion. Circuit Judge Carl E. Wim-
berly heard their plea and pra
nouneed sentence.
With the case closed, some $57,
000 in jewelry was realsed by the
sheriff's office' to the men from
whom it had been stolen, Norman
Schwartz, Los Angeles, and Ru
dolph Stein, San Francisco.
District Attorney Robert Davis
said the men had told him they
tailed the two salesmen from Sa
lem. Kenworthy and Ritchey had
spotted the salesmen in Salem
when one of them was seen wilh
a leather case of the type used by
jeweiers, Liavis was tola. 1
Rohhtrw H Fui.Uiitnaa.
When the salesmen stopped
overnight at the Rose-etta lodge,
Kenworthy and Ritchey had
planned to check Into a local hotel.
One of them had registered there
under the assumed namo of Don
Kclley, Davis said.
But then they saw the salesmen
in downtown Roseburg, and
started back for the lodge. After
making sure no one was watching,
they broke into a window of the
room.
But they failed to see John Wil
hite, used car salesman, who was
sitting In a car in the lot across
the street After the men had
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Cadillac, Wilhite informed the
manager of the lodge, A. L. Bene
detto, who In turn informed po
lice. . .
I Both Have Prison Records
Kenworthy and Ritchey were
apprehended at a state police road
block north of Grants Pass. They
were returned to the coumy jail
shortly after 8 a.m. Thursday by
Deputies Ira Byrd and A. A. Eck
hardt Davis said Kenworthy and Rit
chey admitted serving time pre
viously. Kenworthy admitted ha
was convicted on a hit-run charge
In Washington, armed robbery in
Washington, and grand larceny in
Idaho.
Ritchey admitted aerving a sev
en - year atretcb on a previous
jewel theft charge, Davis said.
McCarthy Drews
Fire To His List
Of 'Disloyalists'
WASHINGTON UP) Senator
McCarthy (R-Wis) has offered to
let a "committee headed by a good
Democrat" decide who is right in
his latest feud wilh the State de
partment and some fellow sen
ators over his charges of commu
nism in government.
He suggested Senator McCarran
(D-Ncv) and the senate internal
security subcommittee he heads.
McCarthy used his senatorial im
munity from libel suits Thursday
to name in the Senate 26 persons
he identified as State department
officials and employes "charged
wilh Communist activities."
This stirred majority leader Me
Farland (D-Ariz) to protest vigor
ously against what he called a sen
alor's use of his immunity "to
smear any individual" or become
"a character assassin."
And Senator Lehman (D-NY)
charged that McCarthy had given
"shabby and dastardly treatment"
to Ambassador Phillip C. Jessup,
one of the 26 on McCarthy's list.
Jessup was not immediately
available for comment but Under
Secretary of Stale Carlisle H. Hu-
melsine issued a statement accus
ing McCarthy of "smear tactics
in making mis misleading list or
names public."
At one point McCarthy got a
loud round of applause from gal
leries a violation of Senate rules
by saying he hoped that if tlia
Democrats win the next elec
tion it will be with "the McCarran
type of Democrat" instead of some
who "scream to high heaven and
say 'you are smearing these poor
innocent Communists.' "
McCarthy said he also Is confi
dent that all those on his list
"will be eleared because out of
hundreds and hundreds of cases,
State department loyalty board
has never found a person unfit fuf
government service."
Levity Fact Rant
9y L. T. Relienstein
The House has passed a bill
carrying $950,000 to finance
recruitment of Mexican labor
ers for American farms. Here's
hnntnfl mh will li RwiMAril
I 1 . j
to harvest Douglas county's
bean crop, now In urgent need
of pickers.
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