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o o rv m m rv n 1HM 0rel8) ni V X o Established 1873 Vehicle Accidents Take lives Of 2 Men In Pouglas County Oscar L: Long Dies In Crash At Winston Virgil L. Gill Killed By Truck As Aftermath Of Rodeo At Sutherlin Two men lost their lives in Doug las county vehicle accidents over the weekend, bringing the acci dental death toll to four. Two per sons perished in a Myrtle Creek house fire. State polie identified the dead, in accidents involving vehicles, as Oscar Lee Long, 71, Winston, and Virgil Leroy Gill, 40, Suther lin. Long died in Community hospital Sunday afternoon as the result of head injuries suffered in a auto mobile collision early Sunday on highway 99 in Winston, near the Melody Inn, police said. Gill's death was a tragic after math of Saturday night's truck driving rodeo in Sutherlin, a part of the Douglas county Timber Days celebration. The driving con test had been completed, police said, when a man identified as Otto Grant Garrett of Roseburg started and drove a new logging truck a short distance for testing purposes. Police said Gill was caught un der the rear wheels and run over. He was killed instantly. An inquest will be held this week on the mat ter, District Attorney Robert Da vis said. In the accident at Winston, po lice said a car operated by James A. McDowell, Mt. Carmel, 111., was traveling north on highway 99 when it struck an automobile, op erated by Long, which was pulling out of a private road. Jimmy N. Terrell, 26, Winston, a passenger in the Long vehicle, was hospitalized briefly and re leasde. Passengers in the McDow well automobile included two el derly '-dies Rosetta Robins, Mr. Carmi.,' and Roseanna Carte, Myrtle Creek both of whom suffered bruises and shock, po lice said. Mi sstt Goldsn Wedding Long moved to Winston 10 months ago from Riddle where he had resided since arriving in Ore gon in 1947. Prior to that, he had resided in Wichila, Kans., for 30 years. He and the widow, Alice, would have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary next March. He was born Sept. 13, 1879, at Eldorado, Kans. Survivors, besides the widow, in clude one daughter, Letha Lee Ry der; a son-in-law, Glenn W. Ry der; one brother, Felix Long, Exe ter, Mo.; and three grandchildren of Winston. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Ganz mor tuary at Myrtle Creek with the Rev. Carl Pershall of Riddle Bap tist church officiating. Gill had been a resident of Doug (Continued on Page 2) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS ., Here's a brief resume of truce ''talks at Kaesong: Last week we charged the reds with sending armed troops into the immediate vicinity thus violat ing the sanctity of the truce site, which they had agreed to respect. This week they say they won't do it any more, and then immediately charge that our warplanes at tacked and shot up a truck that was carrying their truce delega tion back to Kaesong. The truck, they assert, was marked with a white cloth over its hood, thus iden tifying it as a truce vehicle. To this, we retort that the truck was far off the route to Kaesong that had been agreed unon. Our Admiral Joy adds; "This fact raises the question in my mind as to whether your forces are abus ing the use of white markings FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN SERV ING YOUR DELEGATION." What Jov means is that we sus pect the reds may be using trucks marked with white truce flags to (Continued on Page 4) B ' The Weather Fair and warmer today and to morrow except for morning cloudi IW CD 0 u:ka mn far Inv Auo. 106 Lowest hmp. for hy Aug. 3 Highest Kmp. yesterday - 7 Lowtit hmp. last 24 hours . 52 Precis, last 24 hours 0 Prtcip. from Aug. 1 0 Prtcip. from Sept. 1 408 Excess from Sept. I 1.04 Sunrise tomorrow 4:17 a.m. Sunset tomorrow, 1:19 p.m. ROSEIURG. ORECON MONDAY. AUGUST 13. 1951 Loggers Thrill Throng Keith Huddleston tops Prize Winners, Sutherlin: Floats Feature Carnival Sunday, final day of the annual Douglas county Timber Days celebration in Sutherlin, saw Keith Huddleston of Glen omr., Wash., take first place honors in two out of six events and top prize money of $175. Huddleston literally ran up the 83-foot high-climber pole in 22.7 seconds to garner a first in that event, and had the fastest time in splicing wire rope among four contestants. Seven high-climbers scaled the pole, winner receiving $150. Bomber With 12 Aboard Missing On Alaska Flight KODIAK, Alaska UP) A four-engined navy patrol bomber with 12 crewmen aboard was re ported missing today in Alaska. It was the fourth plane to have vanished along the Alaska and British Columbia coasts since July 21. They carried 60 persons. The navy PB4-Y-2 privateer dis appeared Sunday after taking off at 7:35 a. m. from its Kodiak base on a routine operational mission. The Kodiak naval station said nothing was heard from the big plane after it gave a position re port at 10:14 a. m. Its fuel supply would have been exhausted at 9:35 p. m. Alaska time Sunday night. Names of the three officers and nine enlisted men in the crew were withheld. An air and sea search was started Sunday after the bomber was presumed lost, rog ana rain curtailed rescue efforts. Meanwhile, there was no slack ening in the hunt for a Korean air lift DC-4 with 38 aboard which dis appeared July 21 over the Alaska panhandle between Cape Spencer and Yakutat, about 500 miles east of Kodiak. Six days later a ski-equipped sin-gle-engined Norseman plane van ished in the same area ermoute from Mt. Hubbard to Yakutat. It carried the pilot and the wife and daughter of millionaire New Jer sey scientist Walter Wood, who was conducting experiments on the mountain for the Arctic institute. On August 4 a chartered Queen Charlotte airlines slngle-engined plane was lost on a 37-mile flight from Muchalat arm to the tiny set tlement of Tofino, on Vancouver island, B. C. The pilot was. flying six passengers to Tofino from log ging camps on the island. Richard Sorenson Wins Truck Driving Contest Richard Sorensen of Toledo, Wash., was the winner of the log ging truck driving rodeo Saturday night in Sutherlin. It was a part of the annual Douglas county Timber Days. The event was marred by the death of Virgil Leroy Gill, 40, in a truck accident. Placing second was Kenny Lentz, Portland, and third was Bill Kenwisher, Sutherlin. Winning time was one minute, 47W seconds for maneuvering the truck with log trailer attached around three bar rels in a figure eight, and backing the vehicle around the same course. 1 1 wmm PARADE RIDERS, above, are shown as they launched the second day of the Sutherlin Timber Days celebrafion. The grand parade, which began Saturday morning at I I, followed the coro nation of Queen Rosalie Trento, who ruled over the event. On Friday, the three-day Qte began with a parade for youngsters. (Picture by Paul Jenkins) A crowd of about 3,ouu persons witnessed the six events while the carnival across the road was also drawing a large attendance. The six events were hand bucking, power saw bucking (3Vi to 4'A horsepower), log chopping, power saw bucking (5 to 8 h.p.), splicing wire rope and speed climbing. Queen Rosalie Trento and her court were seated inside the rope enclosure watching the contests, which were conducted on a raised platform. The events started at 2 p.m. and were concluded about 5 p.m. This was the last day of the celebration which started Friday with a children's parade and ath letic contests, and continued Sat urday with the coronation of Queen Rosalie, a baseball game between the Umpqua Chiefs and the Medford Cheney Studs, a truck drivers' contest, and the queen's ball. Speed Climbing Tops Thrills - Most interesting event for the onlookers, judging by their "oohs" and "ahs," was the speed-climbing. They cheered and clapped as Huddleston, who works for Davis Bros, in Glenoma, scampered up the towering pole. Also placing in the event were: Harold Johnson, second prize of $75, Morton, Wash.; third prize of $35 to M. J. Harper, Cheshire, Ore. Hand Bucking first prize of $100 to Paul Sears, Silver Lake,' Wash., time l:45'a seconds; sec ond prize of $50 to Don Mayfield, Williams, Ore., no other con testant. A 30-inch log was used. Power Saw Bucking (3V4 to 4Vi h.p.) First prize of $100 to R. L. Doolittle, Cottage Grove, time 1:19, using Titan Jr., saw; second prize of $50 to Ray Kicfer, Roseburg, using Mall Hornet saw; tie for third, duplicate prizes of $25 to Tom Harris, Sutherlin, using Mc Cullongh 325 saw; and John Tilley Sutherlin, using D. O. 100 saw. A 30-inch log was used. Doolittle also won an Oregon chain, which was presented by Oregon Chain Saw. Log Chopping First prize of $75 to John Miller, Tillamook, time .398; second prize of $40 to War ren Coleman, Oakland, third prize of $15 to James W. Smith, Oak land. Power Saw Bucking (5 to 8 h.p.) First prize of $100 to Johnny Minor, Prospect, Ore., time 488 seconds, using McCullough 755 saw; second prize of $50 to Harry Martin, Canyonville; third prize of $25 to Robert Miller, Bridge, Ore. A 40-inch log was used in this event. The winner also received an Atkins chain and Oregon chain from the manufacturers. Splicing Wire Rope In addi tion to Huddleston, winner of this event, second prize of $15 went to (Continued on Page 2) I m f - : II V S lW-51 Reds Refuse To Withdraw Demand On 38 MUNSAN, Korea ( Arm istice negotiators in Kaesong ar gued for 80 minutes today in their 13th futile attempt to fix a buffer zone in Korea. Communist delegates again re jected every United Nations at tempt to break the deadlock. Opposing representatives could not even agree on where, their armies are. Their next session, scheduled for Tuesday will find them right back where they started. A U. 1J. spokesman said the Red generals refused again Monday to side step the deadlock and talk about something else. They ig nored a U. N. invitation to express Use A-Bomb If Parley Fails, Lawmaker Urges WASHINGTON (PI Rap. Rivers (D-SC) says the atom bomb should bo used "from tho 38th parallel all tho way to Mos cow" if Korean cease-fire talks fail. He Is preparing a message to President Truman on the subject, he announced. "It seems to me we have no other choice if the Communists brak up the peace talks by de manding impossible things," Rivers said. their views on a demilitarized zone based on the present battle line And they again insisted on a buf fer zone along the 38th parallel, The difference in view of pres ent battle positions became ap parent when Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, chief U. i. delegate, intro duced a map comparing the Al lied and Red concepts of the fight ing front. Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols, U. N. briefing officer, said they were in general agreement but there were some differences "particularly in the center and on the flanks." Joy noted they were practically the same on parts of the line. Gen. Nam Displays Temper Nuckols said the Reds on,Mon day were "no less firm than in the past" in insisting the fighting be halted right where it started on the old political boundary between North and South Korea. Nam II insisted it was a just and reasonable line. "This," com mented Nuckols, "is a statement rather than an argument." Communist arguments became slightly less temperate, Nuckols said. General Nam's remarks were sprinkled with such words as "ar rogant, absurd and contradictory." Joy opened the Monday session by reading a 36-minute statement. II was an answer to five questions asked by Nam II. The North Korean general im mediately rejected the answer as "not satisfactory". The U. N. com mand said Nam made the rejection "speaking from a previously pre pared and translated paper. Nuckols said Nam Il's questions were partly "provocative of thought." But some were "double barreled rhetorical questions" to which no answers were expected. Some pertained to the U. N. con cept of a demilitarized zone. Nuc (Continued on Page 2) ft" Ali :ri?i .ft; At?. sw . ,1srypyiwqiw' i mmmmip summ-mm m w,y ;i m i mum mm WHERE TRAGEDY STRUCK Upper picture shows remains of bodies were found after tire destroyed the home of Mrs. Ellsworth Martin, near Myrtle Creek, early Sunday morning. The bodies were tentatively identified husband of two weeks. Lower picture shows one of the three the rear of the home and which been determined. Senate Groups Split In Findings On Firing Of Mac WASHINGTON (IP) Sena tors who spent almost two months investigating the dismissal of Gen. Douglas MacArthur have ap parently come to an abrupt part ing of the way over the need of a report on their findings. Senator Cain (R-Wash) said flatly that he and seven other members of the two inquiry com mittees, armed services and for eign relations, have already signed a report. But Senator Russell (D-Ga), who ran the 2,000,000 - word hearings, repeated what ne has said before that he thinks no report is needed. However, Russell told a reporter he would call a meeting of the joint committee soon to make a final decision. It was learned early last month that Cain was working on a preli minary report blasting President Truman for firing the Far East commander and declaring that MacArlhur's Korean war program was "the only positive program" for winning the war. Cain said then he was represent ing "six or seven" Republicans. But Sunday all Cain would say is that the report outlines the sign ers' views as to mistakes made in the Far East. He said the eight would submit it to the joint committee for ap proval but would make it public whether approved or not. Improvements Started At Mack Brown Park A work crew was employed to day in starting improvements at Mack Brown park, on the Umpqua river west of Roseburg, reports Charles Collins, county parks su pervisor. Toilets are to be installed, the camp area cleaned, and roads im proved. Suitable markers will b e erected. The park was donated to the county by Mack Brown, timber and real estate operator. Considerable work has been done on the Dick Baker park, for merly Camp Hope, on the North Umpqua river. The grounds have been cleared, dead trees felled, trails rebuilt, and four toilets in stalled. Tables will be erected within the next few days. Road ways will be improved as soon as equipment is avilable, Collins says. FIRES MOPPED UP Two small fires have been re ported by the Douglas Forest Pro tective association. Both have been mopped up. One involving about five acres broke out Sunday near the junction of Flurnoy Valley road and Look ingglass road while the other was reported close to Draih early to day. fiRE SWEEPS FARM O CORNELIUS, Ore. JP) -Oome 350 rabbits and three buildings were destroyed In a fire which swept ,wugh the George Pflug haupt farm half a mile east of here early Saturday. Pflughaupt estimated the loss at $7500. were swept by the spreading flames. Cause of the fire has not Two Pedestrians Killed i By Autos In Lane County EUGENE IIP) Lane county's 27th and 28th traffic fatalities of the year came within minutes of each other about midnight Satur day. Both were pedestrians. Just before midnight an elderly man walked in front of a panel truck driven by Kenneth Elwood Franlin of Drain, three miles south of Cottage Grove on highway 99. The victim, who carried no iden tification, died instantly. Just after midnight, Erick Alex ander Erickson, 56, long-time resi dent of the Lowell-Dexter area 20 miles east of Eugene, was struck and killed as he crossed a straight stretch of highway 58 a mile west of Lowell junction. Driver of the auto was Katherine Herring Cogswell of Dexter. Erickson is survived by a wife and seven children. Transient Held As Parole Breaker Ken McKern, arrested Thursday morning by Deputy Sheriff W. 1. Worrall of Canyonville on a charge of disturbing the peace,, escaped from the officer but later returned of his own volition Saturday, the deputy reported. McKern, said Worrall, was re ported to be molesting women at a trailer court at Ford's, Wednes day night, where his trailer was parked. He left in his car that night, but was arrested the next morning when he returned to get his trailer. While being questioned at Can yonville, he was given permission to step outside a moment. He didn't return. He was at large Fri day but gave himself up Satur day, Worrall related. It was learned through question ing, and verified by contacting Kenneth Hunt, office of probation and parole at Eugene, that Mc Kern was on parole from the al coholics ward at the state hos pital at Salem, and that he was in violation of his parole, said Wor rall. The case is being taken un der advisement. McKern Is being held at the Canyonville city jail. ROBERT KRELL STRICKEN .. Robert Krcll, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Krell of RoseburR. who was stricken July 28 in llebo, Ore.. Urilh nnli.. toe Knnn l.P Good Samarilan hospital in Port land for treatment. He was first taken to the hospital in .Tillamook and transferred later to Portland. His parents both went to Tillamook at the time of his illness, after which they returned here will! the Robert Krell's 16 months-old son. Kenny. Young Krell is reported to be responding salisfactnrily to treatment in the Portland hospi tal. LOST MAN FOUND Carl L. Johnson, prospector who was reportid m.Uing Friday w found safe and unharmed Sunday by District Guard Kali Karllnger of the forest acrvire about two miles from Eagle rock cfiip ground. lie had bnen lust but was on his way back when found, it was re ported. He had been without food for three days. 1 . , bed on which two unrecognizable as those of Mrs. Martin and her automobiles that were parked in Gen. Ridgway Has Low Estimate Of Communists WASHINGTON J i -P) Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, United Na tions commander in Korea, appar ently hasn't much confidence in the cease-fire talks now going on at Kaesong. But he's banking heavily on the fighting spirit of his men, if the talks fail. , . In an interview published by the magazine U. S. News and World Report, Ridgway said: 'the ceaseless flow of false hoods, perversion and slanted statements which continue to ema nate from Communist - controlled public-information media, together with the long record of Commu nist duplicity, deceit and faithless ness in contractual obligations, have dissolved all doubts in the minds of members of this com mand as to Communist objectives. I no members of the United Na tions command will now judge Communist Intentions not b v words, but by performance. This performance to date has produced no concrete evidence of honest. peaceful intentions. Our forces know why they fight and their spir its were never nigner." Of the American fighting man, Ridgway said: "He Is unsur passed in battle." Wilbur Shaw Collapses During Soapbox Derby AKRON, O. (JP) Wilbur Shaw, 49, Indianapolis speedway president, was reported in "slightly improved, but serious" condition at city hospital today. He o o 1 lapsed of a heart attack at the soapbox derby Sunday. Shaw ran up the 975-foot slop ing race course to get a pre-race parade car. Ho collapsed on the grass after making the parade run and waving to the crowd of about 80,000. Shaw was a three-time winner of the 500-mile Memorial day race at Indianapolis. Alleged Price Ceiling Violations Under Probe WASHINGTON - WP) Edward P. Morgan, the nation's No. 1 price policeman, is investigating 50 ma jor cases of alleged price ceiling violations that could result in re covery of $10,000,000 in over charges. Morgan said over the weekend that many of the violations in volve some of the biggest con cerns in the country. One case, he said, has "possible international ramifications and involves about $5,000,000 in illegal profits." More than $250,000 was recov ered in July through settlements brought about by the Office of Price Stabilization, Morgan said. About half went to overcharged customers, the balance to the Treasury. TWO GIRLS RESCUED ROCKAWAY (JPl Two girls were rescued from the ocean here Sunday after they fell into a crab hole. The two Theresa Schneider, 18, Portland, and Jane Regert, 17, Beaverton were revived by firemen. Traqic Fire Occurs Near Myrtle Creek Ellsworth Martin, Wife Of Two Weeks Believed To Be Death Victims Two persons a man and a woman perished in a burning home, one-half mile east of Myrtle Creek on tha North Myrtle road about 2 a. m. Sunday. Positive identifications have not been made, but the dead persons have been ten tatively identified as Ells, worth Martin, about 50,. and his wife of two weeks, the for mer Iris Evans, owner of the property, reported Orville Cornett, Myrtle Creek police chief. In addition to total destruc- ' tion of the single story, frame house, three cars parked in a garage and along side tha house under a carport were burned. Thecars were a Chev rolet, registered to Martin; a 1939 Studebaker, regis tered to Mrs. Martin, and a 1941 Cadillac, registered to R. W. Rand, who resided at the rear of the property, where several small dwel lings are located. The bodies were burned beyond recognition and positive identifica tion could not immediately b e made. The ashes of the charred structure in the vicinity where the bodies were found were being sifted for articles that might lead to positive identification. The bodies have been removed to Ganz mortuary, Myrtle Creek. In addition to Myrtle Creek city police, who arrived on the scene shortly after the fire was re ported, sheriff's deputies, state police, District Attorney Robert G. Davis and Deputy Coroner Rob ert Bellows were called to make a thorough investigation. Cause of the fire was undeter mined. It was discovered by Dan iel Lee Calvert shortly before J o'clock, and the fire was reported to Myrtle ureeK police by Tom Rice. Both are residents of the immediate area. The two bodies were lying across a bed on a ' screened-in sleeping porch at the Aar of .the building on the west side. A partly-burned wool blanket was found' just outside the front door. This circumstance, which at first puzzled the officers, led to the belief that the blanket may have caught fire earlier and was carried outside, where the blaze was stomped out, and that the house blpze had followed later. House Quickly Razed The bouse was destroyed within a few minutes after the fire was . first discovered. The blaze was so far along by the time it was dis covered that it was difficult to determine in what part of the house it had started. Cornett related that Officer Er nest Victor of the Myrtle Creek police took the call from Rice. As the fire was outside the city limits and thft city truck could not be sent, the Douglas Forest Protec tive association's southern head quarters at Gazley was notified and Bruce Ferguson responded with a crew. Officer Victor, with Myrtle Creek Fire Chief Ray Norton and volunteers, who were already on the scene, had succeeded in keeping the fire from spreading in the grass to adjoining buildings. When it was finally learned the two persons were in the house, the DFPA firemen trained water upon the room where the kodies had been located from the out side by Tankersley, to preserve them to the extent possible. The officers were told by Mrs. Rand, said Cornett, that she had delivered milk to the house Satur day at about 9:30 p.m. She re lated that she heard voices in the front bedroom, but there were no lights. She also said she smelled smoke, and returned a short time later to investigate, but there was still no light in the place and things appeared all right. Dog Barks Alarm About 1:50 Calvert was awak ened by the barking of a dog and discovered the fire, which ap peared to have started in the ga rage or the bedroom. Mrs. Pit man, mother of Mrs. Calvert, also was awakened by the dog and arose to see fire shooting out of -the windows. Calvert found the front door wide open, but the in terior ablaze. He also found the burned blanket outside the front door. Martin's daughter, Mary Ellen, Is employed in Roseburg at Trow bridge Electric. Mrs. Martin, well- known In the Myrtle creeK vicin ity, was (he daughter of P. E. and the late Alma J. Black, of Myrtle Creek. She has two sis ters, Mis. Blanch Knoff of Pa cific Palisades, Calif., and Krma Waters of Oneida, Tenn., and a half-sister, Mrs. LaVerne Wil liams, of Myrtle Creek. Levity Fact Rant By L. T. Rcizeniteia (Contributed) Perhaps the deadlocked ne gotiators In the Korean cease fire huddle art reluctant to make a move until thty (to
