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of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon COM rn UUM UUJ 58 ED FATAL ACCIDENT Officer William H. McCullum, of the state police, Yahner, 73, Rock Springs, Wyo., after she suffered from concussion in an Thursday night three miles south of Roseburg,. Mr. Yahner died Grace Goff, 20, of Roseburg received a fractured arm and scalp ard, stands at left. (Picture by Charles Kashl Motorist Killed, 2 Women Injured When Cars Crash Douglas Leads Counties In O-C Lands' Revenue PORTLAND UP) Eighteen Oregon counties soon will receive their share of $3,172,176 returns from Oregon and California re vested lands. Roscoe E. Bell, of the regional land management bureau here, said that the total payment was a new icord high. The previous rec ord was $2,210,601 for the period ending June 30, 1948. The money is based on collec tions, including limber sales, from 2,500,000 acres of O&C lands. The largest share, $864,418 will go to Douglas county. After that comes Jackson with $586,535 and then Lane with $481,536. Others: Benton, $118,322.19; Clackamas, $165,904.84; Columbia, $65,664.06; Lincoln, $15,226.45; Linn, $109, 122.88; Marion, $59,319.70; Multno mah, $30,452.89; Polk, $90,407.03; Tillamook, $24,108.54; Washington, $26,001.85; Yamhill, $30,135.68. Coos. $195,088.86; Curry, $15,- 543.67; Josephine, $233,154.98; and Klamath, $61,22301. Tragedy Ends Boy's Aim To Be Famous Jockey NEW YORK UP) Richard Tuccillo wanted his nine-year-old son, Richard, to become a fameus jockey. Almost every day, he'd take the boy to a friend's stable where the youngster would ride on a circular track. "There isn't a horse that can throw him," Tuccillo would say. Thursday, while the bov was working out a big palomino, the horse bolted and dashed up a eravel road. The father followed in his car. He met the horse com ing back, the saddle empty. Fur ther along, he found Richard on the roadside. The boy died of a skull fracture. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS New York: "W. Kingsland Macy's 25-year undisputed reign over Republican Ctiff.-illr ranntv wn nt in end toriav "The former congressman, foe of Governor Thomas E. Dewey and friend of Senator Robert A. Taft, was defeated by a decisive mar gin in his bid in Tuesday's pri mary election to retain his Re publican leadership in eastern Long Island." Good or bad? Good, I'd say. Twenty-five years is too long for anybody to retain political control of any area in this country. Too much power held In loo few hands too long prac tically ALWAYS leads to trouble. From Tacoma: "The burden of SUPPRESSING VICE fell squarely on the shoul ders of all Tacoma police officers In a new order posted Tuesday morning by Safety Commissioner James T. Kerr. "The wording of the directive provides a penalty of irrtmediate dismissal for any officer failing to (Continued on Page 4) The Weather Mostly clear and a little warmtr today and Saturday. Highest limp, for any Aug. 1M Lowtit ttmp. for any Aug. Highott ttmp. .ytfttrday ... Lowtit ttmp. Itit 14 hours Prteip. Itit 24 hours Prtcip, f(m Aug. 1 Prteip from Stpf. 1 Exctii from Stpt. J Sunset tomorrow, 1:07 p.m. Sunrist tomorrow, :2 a.m $t I 7i .... 47 40.(1 7.1 A Wyoming motorist was killed and his wife suffered from concussion 'ast night in an automobile collision three and one half miles south of Roseburg, state police report. The dead man was identified as Steve Yahner, Rock Springs, Wyo. Mrs. Yahner, 73, was reported still unconscious at 2 a. m. today but later reports said she had passed the critical stage and her condi tion was "fairly good." Grace M. Goff, 20, Roseburg, suffered a fractured arm and scalp injuries. Her condition is re ported "fair." Both women are at Community hospital. Police said the vehicle operated by Mr. Yahner attempted to pass another car without sufficient clearance, forcing two cars in the opposite lane off the road and striking a third car, which was op erated by Grace goff. Rock Island Mill At Sutherlin Sold The Rock Island sawmill ' In Sutherlin has been sold and the equipment will be disposed of through the used machinery mar ket, it was announced yesterday. On Jan. 9 of this year the mill was purchased by the Central Ore gon Ltd. and operated for a short time until the timber supply had been exhausted. All properties of the mill have been sold to the Olympia Supply Co. of Roseburg and liquidation will begin immediately. Jack Buchanan, one of the for mer owners, said "they were un able to find enough available pri vate stumpage in the Sutherlin area to keep the mill operating. "Contact was made with sev eral timber awners in this area, but they were not interested in buying the mill because they don't want to cut their timber yet." Buchanan said. The mill, which is located three blocks from Sutherlin's downtown district, employed about 75 men. Ex-Surherlin Employee Faces Larceny Charge Charged with pocketing $430 be longing to the city of Sutherlin. a former water and street superin tendent waived preliminary hear ing Thursday in district court here. The ex-city employee, Durwood L. Rose, 45, Sutherlin, was being held in the county jail with bail set by District Judge A. J. Geddes at $1,500. He was booked on a lar ceny of public money charge. Rose was arrested Thursday by s'ate police after an investigation revealed someone had made an unauthorized sale of pipe belong ing to butherlin, according to Dis trict Attorney Robert G. Davis. Rose was also accused of pock eting $120 In receipts for rental of the city street grader, Davis said. The district attorney said Rose resigned his position about a month ago. Manslaughter Verdict Found In Oregon Killing HEPPNER UP) Walter Ray Corley, about 60, lone, was found guilty by a jury of manslaughter Thursday in the killing of Charles Marple near lone May 8. Maxi mum sentence is 15 years. Marple's body was found in the kitchen of his home, shot in the chest with a high powered rifle. Corley was picked up the same night and admitted the killing in a drinking session at Marple's farmhouse. o Train Crash Casualties o In France Include GIs METZ, France (IP) Ten hn r.nn. .! tA n ti turn imkripsn anlrlior. mar. Lrilliwl u-han turn crack international express trains crashed near here today. The soldiers were identified Mis Alphonse MacLaughlin of Dur ham. N. C. and Evereth J. Wha lon of Norwich, nn. mere were Deiween 30 ana 40 injured of whom about half were I laid to be American soldiers. 4 " ... attends Mrs. Steve automobile collision after the accident. shortly i injuries. Y hner's car, a Pack- 3 Oregon Cons Make Getaway; One Captured SALEM (AP) Three convicts raced to freedom last night through an open state penitentiary gate in a prison car. State police early this morning captured one after trapping the trio near Newberg. The other two are be lieved to have stolen an other car and to have eluded police. Missing are Manning Al exander Gallagher, 25, and Richard M. Moore, 45. Thoir companion, Walter Noor lander, 25, was recaptured by state police after a chase through a field when the con victs' auto was trapped near Newberg. The trio made their pre arranged escape through a two-gat "truck lock" both gates of which were being opened to accommodate an extra-long sawdust truck. Bursting Dam Wipes t Village; 50 Perish MEXICO CITY (IP) Fifty persons were feared dead today from the flood of a bursting dam which Thursday wiped out a whole village in the wake of a spent-out hurricane. The dam at Cardenas, 150 miles north of here, crumbled under the pressure of heavy rains which fol lowed a killer hurricane. WINNIE'S FORM TABOO VENICE, Italy - Wl An Italian newsreel photographer started to take pictures of' Win ston Churchill on the beach here at Venice's lido but the statesman's British bodyguard ripped the film from his camera. A large crowd gathered on the beach when Churchill appeared for a swim. The wartime prime minis teris here for a brief holiday. Program For Fall Opening Lists Pef Parade, Shows, Various Fashion Displays Special features of the Fall Opening program .scheduled this year on Sept. 12 include a pet parade with free movie shows afterward for the youngsters participating, a 10-act varietv s-how, window and booth displays and fashion shows. The pet parade starts at 7 p.m., wends its way down Jackson street from the courthouse to Cass street, and down to the.post office where the parade ends. Judges will select the best en tries which will receive prizes do- natea oy ine Retail Trade asso ciation of $10 for first, $5 for sec ond and 10 additional prizes of SI each. Youngsters 12-yeara (1 and un der who want to be in the parade should assemble on the courthouse lawn Sept. 12 at 6:30 p.m. The parade committee would nrefer not to have larger animals, such as horses, to be entered in the parade because of danger to small children. Children who have participated in the parade may attend the the ater of their choice. Some windows will be on display all day while others will be un veiled after the parade concludes. Show And Strttt Displays The variety show will be staged O Established 1873 ROSEBURG, Fire Area Mop-Up Hubbard Creek Situation Said In Good Shape The Hubbard creek forest fire is in "very good shape" with se cure fire lines established all the way around it, according to the Douglas Forest Protective asso ciation. The 500-man crew is still mep-ping-up and doing patrol work, however, to make sure there are no further outbreaks and to con solidate gains made. The fire-fighting operation is def initely in better shape than yes terday, said a spokesman, with cooler weather given as a major factor in the successful controlling eifort. Occasional slop-overs were re ported, but trenches have been es tablished all around the fire. Crews will have to be maintained on the fire lines until a reasonable amount of precipitation has fallen, said the DFPA. An attempt was made Wednes day to hire two Klamath Falls pilots to seed clouds over the fire but the planes were not available and potential cloud formations later dispersed. Winds Art Still Haiard With strong winds and higher temperatures, there remains the possibility that the fire might again get out of hand, a dispatcher cautioned. Control of the fire would have been impossible without the in valuable assistance of the farm ers, ranchers and loggers in the area, the DFPA reported. Fred Soutiiwick, district fire warden, is flying over the Ump qua river blaze near Elkton today to determine whe'ther to send fire fighting aid into that area, as was requested by authorities there. Refugees Cared Brig. Gen. Curtis T. Beecher, TJSMC Ret., and head of the county Red Cross disaster committee, said Wednesday that some 50 families have registered with his office seeking lodging, it was reported. Most evacuated families have found temporary quarters with friends. The Red Cross also maintains a "sizable" list of persons who have offered quarters for use by evacuees. Some corrections in the names of persons suffering loss of homes to fire have been reported. Ap parently Lee Brown lived in Dave Churchill's house. Both persons were reported previously as losing homes. Two other names Carl Johnson and Emil Johnson have been found to be one person. Carl Emil Johnson, whose home did not burn, according to the Red Cross. The Otis Conn home is reported to be intact, contrary to a previous re port. But the names of Theodore An derson and Mrs. Vera Shay were added to the disaster toll of gutted homes. Henry J. Neilson was re ported to have lost about 55,000 in poultry and farm buildings, al though volunteer help saved their home. The toll still stands near 19. The Red Cross urges all disas ter victims to register with their office for assistance and also be cause of the deluge of inquiries which are coming in as to the whereabouts of evacuees. By The ARtoclaltd Preni Fire forced closure of the North Santiam highway today as two blazes continued to spread uncon (Continued on Page 2) in the evening on a platform at the intersection of Jackson and Oak streets. Street displays will be exhibited on Washington, Oak and Jackson streets. The committee stipulates that industrial and automotive sup ply houses, who wish to participate with the Fall Opening displays piannea ny me K.I.A., must be- 11 ( to the eroun This year s Fall Opening wllU chead on truck-automobile colli differ fyjm that of last year in!" "",n. of ' n'('1"!no inai some special leaiures, such as the give away, grab-bag and treas ure hunt, have been eliminated. All merchandise displayed will be new. Window displays will be judged for first second and iksri s in the pas?o J Entries in the pet parade will be judged on a basis of orginality. ORECON FRIDAY. AUGUST Gives Her Body To Fight Malady SISTER ELIZABETH KENNY NEW YORK UP) Sister Elizabeth Kenny, who has devoted her lifetime to fighting infantile paralysis, says she has given her ailing body to medical science to fight Parkinson's disease. In a news conference here, she said she is under treatment in her native Australia for the disease, a chronic nervous disorder caus in shakin palsy and muscular weakness. "I'm a guinea pig," she added, "I'm giving my body as an exper iment." The 65-year-old nurse (Austral ians call their nurses sisters), who treats polio by massage and ma nipulation of the limbs, said a cure for that disease is not far off. The polio cure, she said, may come in the form of "a simple in jection under the skin or some other simple therapeutic meas ure." Sisler Kenny is nrcnarinif to depart for Copenhagen to attend ine second international poliomye litis conference opening Sept. 2. Forest Assn. Sets Meeting On Taxes A luncheon meeting to discuss Douglas county and state timber tax measures will be held Aug 29 in the Umpqua hotel by' the di rectors of the Douglas Forest Pro tective association. Members of the county court, forest appraisal department, and county assessor were being invited to discuss progress being made by the appraisal department, the matter of erzoning timber for as sessment purposes, assessments on cut-over lands and taxation plans. Timber owners are also invited to the meeting. The directors will later go Into executive session to determine ways and means of financing heavy fire costs incurred this year and make general plans for the remainder of the fire season. The effect on timber of Douglas county and Oregon tax policies is being studied by a committee con sisting of R. L. Uhlman, John Markhan, Henry Champeaux, Alex Hay and Fred Brundage. . Congress Votes TrcHa Severance To Free Oatis WASHINGTON (TP) Con gress has rolled up a 443-to-l ma jority in favor of suspending U. S. trade with Czechoslovakia until that Communist nation frees As sociated Press correspondent Wil liam N. Oatis. The Senate okayed the resolu tion 81 to 0. The House had passed it Aug. 14, 362 to 1, with only Rep. Wood (D-Ga) dissenting. And Wood said he did so only because the resolution calls on the United Nations for help. Wood docs not like the U. N. Senate action, coming after bit ter atlacKs on the Czech regime and some criticism of the State de partment, is final. The resolution does not require signature by President Truman. But neither is it binding on the government. It merely expresses the "profound indignation" of Congress over "the arrest sham triad and unjust conviction" of Oat is. He was convicted by a Czech court on espionage charges, de nounced hy this government as baseless, and sentenced to five to ten years in prison. Family Of Six Killed In Truck-Auto Collision CHICAGO (IP) A family of six wasjjkilled lhursday night in Police identified tlie dead Robert D. Bowers, aHftiljl"). of suburban North Lake Cit (rjl wife, Irene, about 40, and tneir four children, Judith, 10, Alice, 8, Ruth, 6, and .lames, 4. The truck driver. Ruoll Bnr ges, 27, of Milwaukee, Wis.al not hurt. v 24. 1951 200-51 Goes On Hope Remains For Revival Of Truce Talks TOKYO UP) Only a tiny ray of hope remained today that Korean truce talks might be re sumed. If they break down completely, the United Nations ground c o m- mander said his troops will go back to fighting "with hate and eagerness." "We feel very confident we can whip the enemy in the present bat tle area," Gen. James A. Van Fleet said at his Eighth army headquarters. The U. N. command In Tokyo had not abandoned all hope for the armistice talks. Officers searched through a new message from top Communists for an indication that they might want to resume the Kaesong Ar mistice talks which they broke off abruptly Thursday. It was in this harshly worded message they found a ray of hope. The message was from Kim II Sung, North Korean premier and supreme commander, and u e n. Pen Teh Huai, commander of Chi nese troops in Korea. It was ad dressed to Gen. Matthew B. Ridg w,jy, top U. N. commander. The protest, formally adjourning negotiations, was based on the charge an Allied plane bomhed Kaesong, narrowly missing Red truce delegates a charge dubbed hy President Truman as a new Communist masquerade containing "no truth." Mtmgt Gives Hope The message said: "It is our hope that the armistice negotiations will proceed smoothly and that a just and reasonable agreement acceptable to both sides will be reached." But, It continued, because of "the deliberately murderous bombing" the Reds declared "the meeting adjourned as from August 23rd" to wait for Rldgway "to take responsible action with re gard to this serious provocation by your side." The message closed: "Wc lodge our serious protest with you before the eyes of all just people throughout the world, and await your satisfactory an swer." This request for a satisfactory answer caught the eye of some of ficials in Tokyo Up To Ridgway These officials reckoned that if Kim and Peng meant to end the talks completely, they would not have requested a reply. Instead they would have stood on the orig inal statement by their liaison of ficer that negotiations were "off from now on." The wording was Intended to put the next move up to Ridgway. Top U. N. command officials made no comment on what Ridg way might do. Some observers said there seemed almost no way that the U. N. commander could give a "satisfactory answer" to the Reds on the incident which he already has called "a frameup, staged from first to last." The Communists must be well aware of this, these observers said. In their view, the message of Kim and Peng would be merely another devious step designed to place responsibility for the col lapse of truce talks on the U. N. command. The information bulletin from (Continued on Page 2) Republicans Gird For Fight On Changes In Stabilization Law Demanded By Truman WASHINGTON (AP) Republicans indicated to day they are ready for a fight if President Truman wants to make a 19152 political issue of price controls. In a message to Congress Thursday Mr. Truman called for changes in the economic stabilization law passed last month. He picked out three Republicans and a southern Demo crat, Rep. Herlontr (D-Fla), as authors of amendments he wants repealed. The Republicans are Senators Capehart of Indiana and Hugh Butler of Nebraska, and Rep. Hope of Kaunas. The President used the lame kind of forceful language he em ployed in the VHH presidential campaign. Republicans erupted immedi ately. Butler called the President's c h a r g e "ridiculous." Senator Bricker (R Ohio), a hanking com mittee member, shouted in the Senate that Mr. Truman was "try ing a cheap political ick" and was engaging in "demogngcry." Senators Ferguson (R-.Mich), Nffcon (R-Calif) and Welker I( IdVno) fathered a bill to carry out the President's proposals. Fergu son said they want to give Mr. Tru Huge Craft Falls, Explodes, Burns After Striking Hill Near Oakland, Cal., Airport By JERRY T. BAULCH OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Fifty persons perished nn the crest of a low hill near here today as a million-dollar tirliner crashed and disintegrated. There were no sur vivors. Hours later broken bodies were being taken from the shattered wreckage of the United airlines plane. At the top of the hill there lay the body of a little tow-headed boy. His skull was crushed. Others lay in tangled debris in a ravine. The plane, a DC-6-B, was flying non-stop from Chicago to Oakland. The flight originated in Boston Thursday night, and the four-engine ship had stopped at Hartford and Cleveland, in addition to Chicago. Only five, minutes before the plane was to have landed at Oakland airport, it crashed inexplicably into a low hill 11 miles east of Decoto, a farming community about ten miles southeast of Oakland. Three minutes before the crash, Pilot Marion W. Hed den of Los Altos, Calif., had given the control tower a routine report. Then residents of the area were startled by a flaming flaEh and the rumble of a blast. The six crew members ind the 44 passengers died when the huge liner plowed into the hill. The shattered debris rained down for 20 yards as the plane sli3 into the sharp the knoll. The DC-6 B type plane has been in United airline service since Aug. 1. Its use has been the source of a controversy between the airlines pilots' association and the various air tines. Last June the pilots struck United for ten days, demanding that their mileage pay be geared to the handling of the taster and larger plane. About two acres or grass ann scrub brush burned as the fire and blast shook the giant liner into a thousand pieces. Baggage, personal effects, let ters, clothing and parts of bodies were strewn over the area, but most of the bodies were found in the ravine at the foot of the hill. Pieces of the four engines were scattered over the grass and brush patches. It was just a burned hill side of debris, bodies and bits of bodies. Joe F. Angel, who operates a motor tow service In nearby Hay ward, said he saw the fire and started toward it. He said he heard a second explosion about 25 min utes alter the crnsn. The weather bureau said vis- ihilitv win about six miles, and the cloud ceiling was between 1 ,100 and 1,500 feet at the hour ot tne crasn. Vettran Airmen Die In addition to Captain Heddcn, the crew members all l.alnor- nians were First Officer George A. Jewett of Redwood City, who made 30 missions in World War II as pilot of B-24s; Flight Engineer Mario A. Durante oi aausaiuo; Ar thur W. Kcsslcr, 42, of Redwood City, veteran of 20 years with UAL, who was on the trip as flight ob server after a vacation trip to Chicago, and Stewardesses Mari lyn Murphy of San Mateo and La Verne Sholes of Palo Alto. Jewett had been with UAX, six years, and on the Oakland-Ceicago run about five years. , Kessler and his wife were m Chi cago on a vacation. He left her there to make the trip back to his Redwood City home. PORTLAND, Ore. -UP) Two of the Oakland plane crash vic tims headed what at one time was the world's largest sawmill. They were Dean Johnson, 57, and his brother, Ernest E. Johnson, 53, president and vice president, re spectively, of the C. D. Johnson Lumber company. Traveling with them was Eric P. Van, 46, resident manager here for the accounting firm of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. The Johnson lumber company, founded by the Johnson's father bought the Toledo, Ore., sawmill which had been built by the United States Spruce Production corpora tion during World War I to turn out spruce for airplanes. It was (Continued on Page 2) man a chance to enforce the con trols law "on his own terms," in dicating the three believe no such ai'Om will be politically success ful. Mr. Truman's attack on the present law involved some compli cations, if he intends to carry it into next year' campaign. The Butler amendment to which he directed criticism had the sup port of the administration lead ership In the Senate when it was written into the law. Senator McFarlahd of Arizona, the Democratic leader, and Sena (Continued on Page 2) ribbed ravine at the base of Names Of Crash Victims Listed CHICAGO OP) United Air line headquarters here today re leased a list of passengers on the plane which crashed near uas land, Calif. The list: Ball. Dorothy S., boarded at Hartford, Conn. Beveridge, W. D., boarded at Philadelphia. Britton, B. L., boarded at Chi cago. Davis (no initial), boarded at Chicago. Dnniclson (no Initial), boarded at Chicago. Gommel. Mrs. R. C. boarded at Cleveland. Gommel, Nancy, age S, boarded at Cleveland. Gommel. Richard, age 8, boarded at Cleveland. Broth (no initial), boarded at Chicago. Gunn, C. E., boarded at Chi cago, Home, Oakland, Calif. jtovo, Andrew Cole, boarded at Hartford. Home Mystic, Conn. Histon (no initial), boarded at Chicago on a connection from Knoxville, Tenn. Three persons listed as "mil itary"; names not announced. Homclund (no initial), boarded at Chicago. Homclund (no initial), boarded at Chicago. Johnston, D., boarded at '' Chi cago. Johnston (no initial), boarded at Chicago. Liebich (no initial), boarded at Chicago. Liebich (no initial), boarded at Chicago. Lyons (no lmual), Doa'dea at Chicago. Leach (no nltlal), ooardea at Chicago. MncDonald (no initial;, Doaraea at Chicago. MacDonald (no initial), Doaraea at Chicago. Nunton (no Initial), boarded at Chicago. Arrived at Chicago from Sacramento, Calif. Pctrie ( no initial), Doaraea Chicago. Rex. K., boarded at unicago. Home, Carey, Ohio. One nerson listed as I military passenger; name not announced. Hose, JacK, Doaraea ai Lnicapj. Srhwartz. R. L.. boarded at Cleveland. Home, Avon Lake, Ohio. Stilley, II., boarded at Chicago. Saltana (no initial) boarded at Chicago. Arrived from Salt Ste. Marie, Mich. Sena (no initial), boarded at Chi cago. Arrived from Detroit. Toman, John, boarded at Cleve land. Home 6060 SE 32nd Ave., Portland, Ore. Vann, Eric, boarded at Chicago. Weaver (no initial), boarded at Allentown, Pa. Willaver (no initial), Doaraea n Chicago. . Willaver (no initial), ooaraoa n Chicago. Willaver (no initial), Doaraea Chicago. Buried Gold Coins Found With Mine Detectors PARKERSBURO. W. Va. UP) Mine detectors have been used to help uncover $21,000 in gold coins buried on the suburban es tate of a deceased jeweler. The estate's agent laid that the coins, hidden in fruit jars and an old milk crock, were part of the S25O.0OO estate of Henry sneii. Wheeling jeweler and diamond im porter. Parkersbnrg national bank, ad ministrator, reported the gold had been turned over to the govern ment at face value. Bank officials added that at today's market price it would have been worth $50,000 ai bullion. Levity0 Fact Rant 9r L. F. Reiieniteia Congressmen have started a three weeks' recess. Just the right time for several of them to return home to help fight flresV nd harvest the bean I crop.