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Timber Brings
Record Offer
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A record bid of $49 per thou
sand board feet for bureau of land
management timber in Oregon
was made by the Roseburg Lum
ber Co. Wednesday at an oral auc
tion timber sale held at the local
office.
The parcel, located near Mt.
Scott, consisted of 4,270,0(H) board
feet Douglas fir and 165,000 board
feet' of other species and
brought $211,077.50 as compared
t the appraised price of $117,
564.50. The next high bid was made
by the Martin Brothers Box com
pany, which bid $210,010 for the
tract. The previous high was re
ceived last year for Douglas fir
at $48.50 per thousand board feet
near Alsea, Ore.
In addition to the above tract,
five other parcels were sold in
volving an additional, 8.235,000
board feet. They sold at the ap
praised price of $184,123.75.
Five additional tracts resulted in
no bid sales.
Other successful bidders were
Iverson Lumber Company, Inc., of
Roseburg, and Pass Creek sawmill
of Drain.
According to Assistant District
Torester Merle H. Winn, who con
ducted the sale, the next regularly
scheduled sale will be held Oct. 9.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS .
From Frankfurt (in West Ger
many): "Communism's big propaganda
drive HAS FLOPPED in West
Germany, U. S. High Commis
sioner John J. McCloy says. . .
"German support for Western
defence has increased and
the Communists' chief propaganda
agencies have been thoroughly dis
credited, rejected and even out
lawed by an aroused West Ger
many." Is that good?
Or is it bad?
I wouldn't know but let's try
putting it this way: Suppose you
were Stalin, and wanted Germany
more than anything on earth be
cause you figured that with the
mechanical minded Germans on
your side you could lick the world.
Suppose you saw Germany slip
ping away from vnu and getting
readv to GO OVER TO THE
OTHER SIDE. You'd then face
this S64 question:
"Shall I let Germany team up
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The Weather
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riday.
Highest temp, for any Aug. .
Lowest ttmp. for any Aug.
Hightst ttmp. yesterday
Lowest ttmp. 'est 14 hours
Precis), last 34 hours
Precip. form Aug. 1
Preeip. from Sept. 1
Eejest from Sept. 1
Sunset tomorrow 1:03 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 4:21 a.m.
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Half-Filled Tank Of Gas
Survives Callahan Fire
Ordinarily a 285-gallon tank half
full of highly inflammable gas
would be expected to burn when
surrounded by fire. '
But one on the Callahan road be
longing to Pacific Utilities came
through Tuesday evening's raging
fire in the Elgarose district with
out so much as a puff of smoke.
Witnesses said flames swept on
all sides of the tank and even un
der it.
British-Iran Oil
Huddle Collapses
TEHRAN, Iran UP) -Oil
talks between Britain and Iran
ground to a halt today and Bri
tain's chief negotiator, Richard
Stokes, prepared to fly home.
W. Averell Harriman also made
readv to leave Iran for Washing
ton. He will report to President
Truman, who sent him here last
montn in a last-ditch effort to keep
Iranian oil flowing to the west.
Harriman appeared more op
timistic than others close to the
negotiations and issued a state.
ment saying the talks were merely
ausfienaea not oroxen olf.
Iranian Premier Mohammed
Mossadegh said "it is finished "
The breakdown after 19 davs of
talks between the British and Iran
ians came over management of
oay m aay operations at the Bil
lion dollar Abadan refinerv. The
refinery was taken over from the
British - controlled Anglo - Iranian
Oil company by nationalization.
The real obstacle to agreement
appeared to be Iran's fear that
British management would be a
revival of the Anglo-Iranian com
pany in another guise.
It was clear Ihc iron-willed Iran
ian premier would not retreat from
the drastic nationalization 1 a w
mshed through parliament two
days after he came to power.
Diplomatic circles here believed
that no agreement tan be reached
so long as Mossadegh remains in
power.
Polio Strikes Parents,
4-Month-Old Infant
FORT WORTH, Tex. f.P) -A
family is in a hospital polio ward
here.
Mrs. Lester Huelon Collier was
stricken five weeks ago. The next
day her four-months-old baby son
was brought to the hospital. Two
days later the father joined them.
Collier is in an iron lung. The
wife and baby are in adjoining
rooms.
But Mrs. Collipr is cheerful
about it. "Cogiidering everything,
we're getting along fine," she said.
"I hope we'll all be going home
together soon."
Watch Twice Stolen;
Two Sentences Meted
soCTHftEND.ind.-w-wii.jJ-'l Term, Fine Of $200
lie patter, 30. pleaded guilty in Handed Drunken Driver
a watcn irom miss .Mary nicnara
son. 26.
Then the court tried Miss Rich
ardson and found her guilty of
stealing the wa'tfrom Miss Boba
Tharbs. -3
Bolh. admirers of the watch drew
30-day jail fences and (35 fines.
operates a tractor in almost
inin ua.. i a iU f
gusty wind, the fire repeatedly
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School District
Four Boundaries
Told By Elliott
Paul Elliott, superintendent of
city schools, has redefined bound
aries of Roseburg school district
4 for the benefit of parents who
may not know in which district
they reside.
The same as last year, the bound
aries are as follows:
Eastern boundary extends from
a line north and south just this
side of where the Deer Creek road
and North Umpqua highway join.
Northern boundary extends 150
yards north of the motel above the
highway scales beyond the Chrys
talite Tile plant.
Northeast boundary crosses the
Garden Valley road just beyond
the Darley Ware property. It
crosses the Melrose road at Rocky
point iust this side of the oil well.
Southern boundary crosses high
way 99 at the second cut through
bordering rock, about one half mile
beyond Nielsen's, Tipton road is in
cluded.
Hours for Roseburg district 4
schools, which open Sept. 4, have
been announced by Elliolt, as fol
lows: All elementary schools open at
9 a.m. and close at 4 p.m.
Junior high school classes begin
at 8:35 a.m. and close at 3:30 p.m.,
with lunch time from 11:40 a.m.
to 12:30 p.nw
Senior high school classes start
at 8:40 a.m. and are dismissed
for the day at 3:25, with lunch
time from 11:42 a.m. to 12:28 p.m.
Woman Dies Day, Hour
That She Predicted
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. m
For a month after Mrs. Edythe
Hanson returned from a hospital,
she repeatedly predicted:
"I shall die at 11:45 on Aug.
21."
- "She was a woman of groat
faith," said her husband, "and
people with such faith have pro
monitions not given to others.
At 9 o'clock that night she went
to sleep. I called the doctor. At
11:45 he pronounced her dead.
Mrs Hanson was 32. She
leaves two sons, Donald, 9, and
James, 7,
Fire Victims Also Losers
In Flood At Dillard
If anyone wants to know about
two of the county's largest disas
ters, just ask Mr. and Mrs. Ivar
Lindstrom, who live in the Elga
rose district.
They've been through both.
Last October they lived at Dil
lard, where they were caught in the
swirling watcVi of the flooding
Umpqua.
But they moved and got to
Elgarose in time to catch the
sweeping flames of the Hubbard
creek blaze.
Carl H. Smith, 43, Dorris, fJlif.,
welder.Qvas fined $200 and sen
tenced To 30 days jn the county
jail Tuesday on a drunk driving
charge in Canyone municipal
court, according to City Recorder
Laura Goodell. Smith was arrested
by Canyonville police.
Established 1873
Elgarose
Firefighters
Aided By Break
In Weather
Humidity Rise Speeds
Mopping-Up Operations
In Hubbard Creek Area
The toll of charted homes rose
to 19 today as late reports of Tues
day's fire disaster were tabulated.
But cooler we.tther and a few
drops of rain gave the more than
500 fire-fighters an 'opportunity to
stop the spread of the 10,000-acre
Hubbard creek blaze. The prob
lem now is to hold the hard earned
progress made against the fire,
said a Douglas Forest Protective
association spokesman.
It would take a strong wind to
cause the fire to break out again,
the spokesman said. Another 100
man camp was set up yesterday
to contain the blaze on the south
boundary.
Light raindrops Wednesday aft
ernoon dissolved In the fire and
raised humidity values, it was re
ported. The rain was a "blessing
trom liou," said ncd aoutnwicn,
district fire warden. A similar
amount of rain on any day of the
fire would have given them a
chance to control it, he added.
The entire lire line has been
trenched with the possible excep
tion of the Elgarose district, which
hadn't been checked early today,
Southwick said. From 40 to 50
men are working in that district
using three cats.
Mopping Up Progresses
Fire-fighters now arc engaged
mainly in mopping-up operations
to strengthen fire lines. They are
falling snags and doing other mop
up tasks.
The southern boundary of the
fire is still about the same as yes
terdayabout three miles south of
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uie uaiiui-i s iwuivuiu am-.
There may be small blazes that
look as if they are burning pretty
fast, said Soulhwick, but in gen
eral, the fire is under control.
The seven-day-old fire started
in the Forest-Hall timber opera
tion south of Umpqua about 15
miles northwest of Roseburg.
Families that still had homes
to go to were moving back into
those structures Wednesday as the
fire danger receded.
Toll of Houses Completed
The Carl Johnson home, which
was reported yesterday to have
been burned, is slill Intact, it has
been learned.
But according to later reports,
additional houses destroyed in
clude those of Mrs. Ben Fenncll,
.laek Wells, C. J. Fulmcr, II. L.
Van Fossen, H. G. Shipps, Lee
Brown. Roy Jacobs, Ray Martin
and F. A, J. do Ilaan. Another re
port said (hat a Mrs. Shea had lost
her home to fire.
There were apparently no sub
stantial animal losses with (he ex
ception of J. N. Sands who lost
about 1,300 chickens.
Firefighters Wednesday found
by air observation a spot fire they
hadn't been aware existed. It was
suppressed.
The six lightning started fires
in Ihe Diamond lake district of the
Umpqua national forest are under
control, according to local forest
service headquarters.
Smoke-jumpers, who went into
the area Wednesday, have been re
inforced by about 24 fire fighters
on the ground. Supplies are being
dropped by air lo men fighting a
small blaze on Potter Mountain.
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Inferno That Devastated Elgarose
Subdued After Taking Costly Toll
By GEORGE CASTILLO
ffewi-Revlew Staff Writer
A flaming arm of the Hubbard
creek fire roared into the sprawl
ing community of Elgarose Tues
day afternoon and evening and
wiped out almost a dozen homes
before it was controlled.
An estimated eight to ten homes
were razed on Becker and Elgarose
roads, northwest of the school
house. The hardest hit section was
found on Becker road, which
branches off Elgarose road to Ihe
west. Wednesday morning, smoke
shrouded the area, punctuated only
hy scattered snags slill in flame.
Only the blackened ashes of five
houses and several sheds attested
to life once there.
Three houses an a brooder, dir-
ectly in the path of the fire.Miad
Deen miraculously spared Ijg Ihe j shed remained. Near it were some
caporious wind and stalwart ftrk j whitcfared Herefords grating
by lire crews. One surh had been I pea"ed(llv. In tbe front yard uf
evacuated, but the flateVs h a d : annther'-lire-levfVd house, a small
stopped ' at the back fence while i bulldozer had been ronvertod into
another tongue of fire had burned a n impromptu moving device,
the front fence. j Resting on its blade was an elec-
Far up the ridge, however, in a iric stove. It had apparently been
hollow overlooking Elgarose, were j Mt before Ihe rampant fire, but
the remains of a farm Identified , the flames h4 gone around with
as that owned by Joe Sands. The i out damaginsTthe articles.
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ROSEBURG, ORECON
Homes ' Toll Increased To 19
Dope Peddler Does $500,000 Annual
Business From N.Y. Hospital Cache
Officers Work 3 Months To Nab Him
NEW YORK (AP) An alleged dope peddler was
accused here of using big Bellevue hospital's main waiting
room as a sales office to operate a $500,000-a-year narcotics
business.
Police said the peddler cached his drug stock in the hos
pital's underground engine room and kept daily "office
hours" at the institution. He was not employed there.
Army Suspends
Another Officer
For Irregularity
WASHINGTON UP) The
army has relieved Ihe command
ing officer of an ordnance depot
at Toledo, Ohio, where house in
vestigators last week reported
they had found evidence o f
"highly irregular conduct."
It announced that Col. S. W
Mcllwain has been relieved of
command of the Kossford o r d
nance depot, hut gave no reasons.
Chiarman Hardy (D-Va) o I
a house expenditures subcommit
tec said last week the group had
found evidence of "improper deal
ings" with contract-holding firms
by procurement officials he d i d
not name.
The army also said that over
seas orders of Brig. Gen. David
J. Crawford, recently suspended
as commanding olficer of the De
troit automotive ordnance center,
have been held tip.
Crawford had been assigned to
go to Heidelberg, Germany, early
in September, but the army said
he woufJI remain on temporary
duty in Detroit instead. It said an
investigation ordered recently by
Secretary of the Army Pace is
continuing.
Pace ordered the inquiry after a
congressional committee accused
Crawford of accepting hotel hos
pitulity from holders of govern
ment contracts and of using a gov
ernment truck to move trees to his
home in Maryland.
Crawford said he had done noth
ing wrong.
Sena lor Byrd (D-Va) said he
thinks the army suspended Craw
ford's overseas orders because he
asked for a full report on the case.
A member of the armed services
committee. Byrd called the case
"another horrible example of Ihe
moral deterioration which ob
viously is taking place at many
points in the federal govern
ment." A slatcmcnt by Rep. Weichel
(R-Ohio) recently said the Ross
ford depot which Mcllwain com
manded had paid as much as
$3,600 each for repairs to army
motor vehicles although it had
parts and equipment lo do the
work itself.
K. Of C. Urges U.S. Break
Off Relations With Soviet
PITTSBURGH UP) The su
preme council of Ihe Knights of
Columbus has urged the United
Slates to break off diplomatic and
trade relations with Russia and its
satellites.
The resolution declared that In
such nations, which is referred to
as "international outlaws, t h e
"basic right of religious freedom
is repeatedly and cynically v i o
lated, freedom of information re
pressed, and accredited journalists
harrassed and imprisoned."
The national body listed Poland,
Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Ruma
nia. Bulgaria and Communist-
ruled Yugoslavia."
flames had raced down and wiped
out the house and five other build
ings. Only a gaunt chimney and
a charred telephone pole stood as
a marker.
Heat Cooks Chickens
The signs of Ihe savage swift
ness of the fire were more evi
dent. Scattered over a 200-foot area
on the hillside were scores of white
Leghorn chickens which had been
cooked by the intense heat. Further
reflecting the violence of the forest
blaze were Ihe gutled remains of
a pickup and two coupes. Appar
ently the fire had moved so quickly
they could not be moved out. ,
On another tributary road a mile
up Elgarose road, three other
farms had been buxjjed to t h e
groftmri. ACone ruin, identified as
Carl Johnson's, only a ramshackle
THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1951
Three narcotics squad detec
tives, two men and a woman,
cracked the case with the arrest
of 42-year-old Mariano Rubino, a
resident of Manhattan's lower
east side.
The officers, with the coopera
tion of hospital authorities, worked
three months in the sprawling nos-
pital. They posed as everything
from doctors and nurses to at
tendants and porters.
Rubino was arrested on the city
nnerated hosDital grounds as he al
legedly passed a packet of heroin
to a man identified as Arinur ui
cardi, 29, of Manhattan.
Operation Described
For the past year, police said,
Rubino operated in this manner:
At about 10:30 every mornin?,
accompanied by a dog, he parked
his big car near Ihe hospital. He
remained at Ihe institution until
7 p. m. each day.-
He met his clients, who num
bered from seven to nine daily, in
the main waiting room. The drug
customers, posing as patients or
relatives of patients, mingled with
legitimate visitors.
After contacting a client, Ru
bino went to the hosptial's engine
room, climbed a ladder to a
wooden platform atop a generator
and got the drugs concealed in
a ceiling crevice.
Cache Discovered
The detectives said they found
an ounce of uncut heroin in the
ceiling cache, having a retail value
of about $5,000.
. The exchange of drug packets
was made on the hospital grounds
outside the waiting room, where
the client always minded Rubino's
dog while he made the trip to the
engine room.
Police said Rubino was arrested
after carrying out this routine and
in the act of turning over a pack
age of heroin to Ricardi.
Both men were booked on
charges of illegal possession and
sale of narcotics. Detectives said
small quantities of heroin were
found in the apattments of both
men.
Bellevue hospital is five city
blocks long. Its 13 buildings house
about 2,600 patients and more
than 4,500 persons are employed
there.
Outdoor Art Exhibit
Dated At Library Park
The second annual outdoor art
exhibit of Ihe Roseburg Art asso
ciation will be staged in the city
Library park this Friday and Sat
urday, it has been announced.
There will be exhibits, all done
by members of the local art group,
of oils, watercolors, pastels, pen
cil sketches, ceramics, and china
painting.
All are originals with emphasis
on landscapes in color. Prices will
be posted on most of the works
and visitors may purchase any so
posted.
They will be exhibited from 10
a. m. lo 10 p. m. Friday and from
10 a. m. to 5. p. m. Saturday The
group expects lo have as many
works as last year when 90 were
exhibited before more than 1,000
visitors.
In the predawn hours, the fire
was slill burning brightly on Ihe
west side of the ridge away from
Elgarose. It was from Ihere that
the flames exploded over the lop
of the ridge into Ihe slash of the
Engle Bros, lngging operation at
about 4 p.m. Tuesday. A west wind
suddenly swept the flames in a
giant draft. Fire fighters tried
vainly to trail and backfire, but
Ihe fire crowned and sent fiery
embers and faggots over Ihem.
Many fighters were trapped tem
porarily, bul fought Ibcir way out.
By 8 p.m. the whole hillside was
a furnace.
Evacuations began soon after the
fire broke over the ridge. All threat-
i ened homes were cleared of occu
I pants and personal belongings by
I midnight. Evacuation operations '
I were sSrted with local vehicles, !
but a majority of the household
j articles were moved out shortly
I after by a fleet of trucks from
j Roseburg companies.
The fire had eaten Its way as
far as Reston road, completely
I razing Lander's lookout. A report
at 9 15 Wednesday mornjj r e
jvealed It had hern controlled it
I this point.
199-51
9 Likely Dead
In New N.W.
Plane Crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska UP)
A C-47 transport plane with nine
persons aboard crashed at Sum
mit, 152 miles north of here on
the Alaska railroad, Wednesday
night.
First reports indicated all were
killed.
The plane was enroute to Elel
son air base near Fainbanks from
Elmendorf air base at Anchorage.
A Civil Aeronautics adminis
tration radio officer at Summit re
ported he had talked to the pilot
of the plane shortly before the
crash but was not informed of any
trouble.
Contact was broken and the op
erator said he saw the plane div
ing into the runway of the Sum
mit landing field.
Bad weather kept search planes
from Summit.
The Alaska railroad sent an am
bulance car lo the crash site with
doctors and a rescue team.
The air force withheld names of
those aboard.
Latest In Disaster Series
The crash was the latest in a
month-long series of major aerial
mishaps which have claimed
nearly four-score lives in the Pa
cific Northwest and Alaska.
On July 21 a Korean airlift plane
with 38 aboard vanished off the
Alaska coast on a flight to the Ori
ent. Six days later three persons
were lost when an Alaska Norse
man disappeared while making a
glacier study.
On Aug. 4, a Queen Charlotte
airways plane with seven aboard
was lost along the British Colum
bia coast.
Nine, persons wei'd ; killed two
day- later when a navy patrol
plane crashed Into Pugct sound,
and 12 were lost Aug. 12 in a navy
plane crash on the Alaska penin
sula. A B-50 bomber crashed into an
apartment house In Seattle the fol
lowing day, killing six aboard the
bomber and five residents of the
building.
Hurricane Hits Tampico;
Damage Exceeds $1 Million
TAMPICO, Mcxicn CP) The
killer hurricane that raged over
tropical seas all week taking more
than 150 lives and causing millions
of dollars in damage, was blowing
itself out today in the mountains
of Mexico.
The storm described as Ihe
worst recorded In Mexico spent
Its final fury over Ihe oil port of
Tampico Wednesday. At least one
person was killed here and the
damage was expected to run far
above $1,000,000.
Advance warning and knowledge
of hurricanes probably saved
many lives in I his rich oil port of
100,000 population.
Several hundred persons were
rescued from the wreckage of
their homes. Four thousand fami
lies were reported homeless.
WANTS SENATOR JOB
SALEM (Pi Waller J. Pear
son says he will be a candidate
for state senator from Multnomah
county in Ihe Democratic primary
election next year.
Pearson, slate treasurer, an
nounced recently he would not seek
re-eleclion to his present post.
Fire fighting operations in this
area were generally disorganized
in the early stages, but were rap
idly coordinated Wednesday morn
ing under the direction of Rose
burg Civil Defense Director Col.
M. Crawford. The danger points
were being watched carefully and
Crawford was in touch with all
crucial areas by mobile radio sets
supplied by timber companies and
the Douglas county sheriff's office.
Several caterpillars, a crew of men
and three trucks were held In re
serve at Melrose store, the disaster
headquarters, in case of a new out
break. Crawford reported" that a 1 1
fires in the Elgarose, Lander's t
lookout and Reslon road areas'!
were "under control." He said the
condition wisfild remain good un
less angler west wind of some
strength blew up. Meanwhile,
crews remained tirelessly on the
line in case of further complica
tions.
Crawford complimented Rose
burg, Douglas county and slate
polit-e for their traffic control, com-muv-ations
and coordinating operation
Of Kaesong
Reason Given
Ridgway Labels Charge
'Frame-Up' Fixed Ahead
Of Alleged Assault
MUNSAN, Korea OP) -The
Communists called off the Korean
armistice talks "from now on"
Thursday on a bombing charge
which the United Nations com
mand said was a complete frame
up. The Reds, In a dramatic night
time maneuver, accused an Al
lied plane of bombing Kaesong,
site of the deadlocked negotiations.
In a sharp reply issued in Tokyo,
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway said
'he Allies made no such bomb
ing, and that the timing showed
thi Communists had decided to
break off the talks even before
they made their trumped-up com
plaint. The U. N. commander's state
ment called it "a frame-up staged
from first to last."
Allied statements said no U. N.
air force or naval plane was in
the area, no Allied artillery fired
Into the area, and the Reds pre
sented no evidence that there even
wis a bombing.
An investigating American offi
cer said the evidence he was
shown in the early morning black
ness was "ridiculous."
A Red liaison officer, pulling
prepared notes from his pocket,
promptly announced truce talks
w?re "off from this time."
The Reds made this announce
ment only two hours and twenty
five minutes after the alleged
bombing incident, Ridgway said.
Since this obviously was a high
level command decision, the U. N.
commander noted, it was evident
the break-off was planned in ad
vance. May Not Be Permanent
Despite the appearance of final
ity, high-ranking Allied officers
Thursday night had expressed be
lief the breakdown was "by - no
means permanent."
Red broadcasts displayed some
confusion in announcing the ac
tion. Communist China's official
Peiping radio said that onlv Thurs
day's sub-committee meeting was
canceled. Later it quoted a Kae
song dispatch as saying "further
meetings at Kaesong have been
suspended."
This dispatch predicted "a fur
ther format protest," presumably
from a higher level, would be
lodged with the U.N. command.
The Red Korean radio added
further uncertainty by saying the
Communists would consider the
U. N. did not want to continue
talks unless the Reds received a
satisfactory answer to their long
scries of complaints.
All these complaints now have
been answered. The U. N. com
mand said all the alleged inci
dents cither did not happen or
were the Reds' own fault.
'We'll Slaughter Them'
The abrupt Red announcement
that talks were off brought varied
reaction.
New York dispatches reported
United Nations officials were de
pressed, but hopeful the talks
would be resumed. Secretary
General Trygve Lie was pictured
as viewing the breakdown with
"gravest concern."
Washington reported the feeling
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AFL Teachers Union
Denounces Loyalty Oath
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. UP)
Loyally oalhs for school teachers
stand condemned by the AFL
teachers union on grounds of "in
dignity and personal injury."
The American Federation o f
Teachers, in convention here, de
nounced such oaths in a resolution.
Loyalty oaths, the resolution
said, "inflict indignity and per
sonal Injury on the honest and
loyal teacher by implying he is
disloyal until he swears he ia
loyal."
The AFL further assailed t h e
loyalty oath, declaring it is a
means of "intimidating" teachers
and "does not create true loyally
nor expose those whose loyalty lies
elsewhere."
The federation re-elected John
M. Eklund of Denver as presi
dent. Eklund. named to his fourth
term, defeated Carl Megel of Chi
cago, by a vote of 507 to 382.
Federation vice presidents elec
ted included Mrs. Cecile Oliver,
Portland, Ore.
Auto Wreck Rescuers
Overlook Little Child
WINAMAC, Ind. UP) Re
cuers overlooked three-year-old
Kathryn Dilts when they pulled
her father, James Dilts Jr., from
his overturned automobile.
The father murmered "Katy"
several limes to doctors, working
on him in a hospital Wednesday.
The rescue group returned to the
wreck and found the child's body
under the car, her face pressed
into a mud bank.
Doctors said (he apprently had
suffocated.
Levity Fact Rant
r L. F. Reizensteln
Blessings on the, gentle drops.
Don't restrict your powers;
Next timt you spout,
Com down all-out
fijii give ut thundershowen.
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