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U. of 0. library . Eugene, Oregon COl-iP Ml Ml liJUJ L3A 1 r ,1 s i S8t 5 j - . i. " y f I LARGEST PIECE OF WRECKAGE Rescue workers look over the largest piece of wreckage found after a UAL DC6B airliner, enroute from Chicago to Oakland with 50 persons, in cluding six crewmen aboard, crashed and burned against a hill near Oakland, Calif., in the early morning fog. Victims included four Portland, Or., businessmen. ((AP Wirephoto) Men. McCarthy Presents 'Yardstick' For Measuring White House Seekers, Volleys At Truman Administration PORTLAND (AP) Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R Wis) wants voters to measure presidential candidates by a four-part "yardstick." ' That is what he said here Sunday when he addressed the picnic of the Oregon Republican club. He said candidates were entitled to support only if they : Aluminum Firm To Get Big Loan WASHINGTON MP) The De fense Production administration has approved a $46,000,000 loai. to the Harvey Machine Co. to f i nance construction of two new alu minum plants in the northwest, Undersecretary of Interior Rich ard D. Searles announced. He told a reporter he had re ceived a letter from the Harvey company accepting conditions of the loan. One of these conditions was that Harvey use one-half the net oper ating income after taxes of its operations in California for 20 years to repay the loan. Harvey has applied for a $46, 000,000 loan. Of this, $34,000,000 is to go for construction of a Ihree pot aluminum plant near Kalis pell, Mont, The remaining $12,000,000 is to be used to finance- an alumina plant north of Seattle, Wash. Alu mina, usually derived from baux ite, is used to make aluminum. , In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS I had a startling experience the other day. It happened up at Carter lake. I was sitting on the stone wall that runs along the rim out in front of the cafeteria and store building. The space along the wall was jammed with people who were leaning over and feeding the chip munks. The sight is a familiar one at Crater lake, and I was taking it in with a casual and general eye, without focusing on any particular detail. You know. Just relaxing and taking in the colorful scene. My attention was first caught by a chipmunk that declined with dis dain the stub end of an ice cream cone proffered by a child. The little devil was roly-poly fat, and I as sumed that he was so stuffed he couldn't take on another bite. I was wrong. Turning up his Sert nose at the fragment of cone, e flirted his tail and dashed over to where another child was offer ing shelled peanuts, a whole hand ful of them. He went after the pca (Continucd on Page 4) MASS PARDON OF JAPS TOKYO UP) The Japanese government announced the third mass pardon of former military war criminals. It was approved by the occupation authority. The group, slated for freedom, totaled 21,130. It included 361 colonels and 388 navy captains. Muscle Marvel MacFadden Stages 2,000-Foot Parachute Plunge Into Hudson River On His 83rd Birthday NEW YORK (AP) Physical culturist Bernarr MacFadden, who celebrated his 83rd birthday with a 2,000 foot parachute jump into the Hudson river, Sunday, says he is "good for fhinga like this for 10 more years." "I recommend this for everybody,'" he adds. "It's a damn good thing to do. I could do it every day in the week." When Macfadden was fished out of the Hudson after his jump yes terday he said: "I feel like a million. I feel 25. Next year. I'm going to jump over Niagara falls." Macfadden's parachute leap yes terday was for the dual purpose, he said, of demonstrating that "old age is just a habit" and that U. S. paratroopers need have no fear of landing in water. Hat Two Clsst Calls But the publisher of health pam phlets and romance magazines al most failed to accomplish the sec ond purpose. A wind caught Mac fadden and almost dashed him into the rocky palisades. Then he narrowly missed a clump of trees on the cliff, and fi nally landed in the river only 20 feet off the New Jersey shore, near Alpine and opposite Yonkers, N. Y., just north of New York City. (1, 1. Recognize that the major issue of the coming campaign is "Com munists and incompetents" in gov ernment. 2. Commit themselves to "re moval of the vast numbers of agents and dupes of Communism" in Washington, 3. Recognize that most of the nation's ills, including inflation, high taxes, controls and the ab sence of soldiers from their homes, are "the direct result of our suicidal and bankrupt foreign policy." 4. Promise to "rescind. . .the order (that) prevents anyone in the military service or any civilian government employee from giving evidence to the Congress of Com munists in government." Administration Scored McCarthy also criticized the Truman administration. He said Ambassador Philip C. Jessup had been cleared by Presi dent Truman for full knowledge of American atomic development .This ,was "stubborn" and "dumb" McCarthy said. "We have had dumb presidents; we have had stubborn presidents, but never be fore in the history of this country have we combined the two qual ities in one man to such a degree. McCarthy said Jessup was cleared after Truman had been provided with information that Jessup was a bad security risk. Secretary of State Acheson drew McCarthy's criticism. McCarthy said Acheson approved a $90,000,000 loan to Communist Poland a few years ago despite the fact that the American ambassador had urged the President to deny the loan because it would be used to arm Polish secret police. Governor McKay spoke briefly before the Wisconsin senator was introduced. McKay made no men tion of McCarthy but congratulated the Republicans on the picnic turn out. Don Eva, state Republican club president, defended the choice of McCarthy as picnic speaker. The choice has been the subject of con troversy within the party since it was first announced. Smoking In Bed Blamed For Man-Killing Blaze PENDLETON UP) A 26-year-old Mt. Vernon, Ore., man, Len dal T. Negus, burned to death early Sunday morning in his house trailer at Echo. District Attorney George H. Corey said the fire probably started from Negus smoking in bed and falling alseep. Negus worked on a road oiling crew for Babler brothers of Port land. Macfadden had intended t o jump near the George Washington bridge, but New York City author ities sent up a police helicopter to shoo him away. So he took his stunt upstream. Similar bouts with Canadian and American authorities had caused him previously to drop, at least temporarily, plans to parachute next week into the churning waters below Niagara falls, he said. The publisher made his first parachute jump at Dansville, N. Y., two years ago to celebrate his 81st birthdav. Hit actual birth date is Aug. 16. He took off in 1 plane Sunday from Teterboro. N. J., with Major Lloyd Hiil, of Canada, as hii tech nical adviser. H i 1 1's brother, "Red" was killed i few weeks ago trying to shoot Niagara falls In a "barrel" made of inner tubes. Drunk Driving Charge Bail of SI 50 Forfeited Clifford Leonard Wanless, Rose burg, arrested by city police on a drunk driving charge, forfeited $150 ball upon his failure to ap pear in municipal court, reported Judge Ira B. Riddle. He was also given a 30-day suspended jail sen tence and his driver's license was suspended for 90 days. Copper Industry Struck; Appeal Sent To Truman By Tha Associated Press America's production of strate gic copper dropped to a mere trickle today. And, President Tru man was asked to step into a strike called by the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (Ind). Also halted was production of a considerable quantity of lead and zinc, important along with copper in the defense program. Mines, mills and other plants in at least 14 states were affected. The union estimated at least 58, 000 workers were involved. More than 50 operating plants, 95 per cent of the nation's capacity from mine to final production line, were involved. The strike hit the big four of the cooper Industry -Kennecott, Anaconda CoDDer Mining com pany, American Smelting and Re fining company and Phelps-Dodge corporation. Also involved were the extensive lead and zinc operations in the rich Coeur. D'Alene district of northern Idaho, and a number of other operations in the non-ferrous mining industry which handles metals other than iron. The union said it asked for a general wage increase of 20 cents an hour, plus pension and other benefits that would add about an other ten cents per hour. Current wage range from $1.31 an hour for service laborers to $1.62 for miners. The Metal Trades council (AFL) in the copper industry have a scale ranging from $1.31 to $1.85 per hour. There was no immediate indi cation of Mr. Truman's attitude on the appeal from the union. Freak Airplane Kills Inventor TORRANCE, Calif. -VP) For five years James P. Martin worked in his spare time on a curious little airplane which he hoped would some day make him famous. Sunday he crashed to his death in it. With his wife and two children and his parents looking on, Martin, a 34-year-old aircraft mechanic, took off in his home made craft at Torrance airport. At 250 feet altitude he banked it into an 180 degree turn. Suddenly, it went into a spin and plunged into an open field 300 yards from the runway. The squarish plane, which Mar tin had nicknamed "the Road ster," was only about 10 feet long with a wing span of 12 feet. It had a 40-horsepower engine and no tail assembly. Before the fatal flight, Martin had proudly told his friends how he would prove the worthiness of his plane as a hovering craft for emergency work. It would fly as slowly as 20 m.p.h., he had said, and needed only 50 feet to take off. He had hoped to interest the army in it Bur Martin'i attempts to test hii invention met with constant re buff. No airport would allow him to take off. All he could do was taxi it up and down tha runway. He had done that several times on Sunday. Suddenly, on an im pulse borne of Impatience, per haps, he eased back on the stick and let the plane take to the air. Although the craft was dim aged only slightly, Martin was in stantly killed. The Weather Generally fair except for con siderable cloudiness today and to. morrow, Coolor afternoon temper aturo. Highest temp, for any Aug. 1M Lowoit temp, for any Aug. J Hightst tomp. yostorday . 13 Lowoit tamo, last 14 hours 4 Praclp. last 34 hours 0 Praclp, from Aug. 1 T Procip from Sept. 1 48.41 Exeats from Sapt. 1 .. 7.15 Sunsot today, 7:57 p.m. SunriM tomorrow, 4:JJ a.m. 1 i tatlisaed 1173 ROSEBURG. OREGON MONDAY, AUGUST 27. 1951 202-sT Chinese Reds' Reply Raps ied Chief Target Of New Batch Of Lies Enemy Charges Fresh Violations Of Terms Of Armistice Rules TOKYO. Tuesday. UP) The Peiping radio today began broad- easting in Chinese what it said was the official reply to General Ridgway's latest message. The message as broadcast In Chinese and translated into Eng lish by Tokyo listeners, said: "General Ridgway: "Your reply dated the 25th has been received. In this letter you not only deny the serious provoc ative, illegal penetration by a plane of your side over the Kaesong neu tral zone on the night of Aug. 22, which carried out bombing and strafing of the residence of our delegation as its target, but you also unreasonably refused to set tle this matter carefully and re sponsibly. "Moreover, you uttered the ma licious slander that this incident was manufactured by our side, thus attempting to evade the heavy responsibility for this incident which should be borne by your side. "We- regard this reply as en tirely unsatisfactory." The message went on to accuse Ridgway of failing to settle "all questions of breaches and viola tions of the Kaesong neutral zone agreement. On the other hand, it said, "our side has always adopted a care ful and responsible attitude on the principle of equality, in order that the negotiations may go aneaa smoothly." TOKYO UP) The Red China radio today hurled bitter new charges that Allied "plainclothes- men'l and American warplanes had again broken neutrality of the Korean war's truce talk zone. It also made unsubstantiated charges that U. S. planes flew over the Red China coast last week. It asserted these flights had something to do with the sus pended armistice talks. A Peiping broadcast monitored here said: 1 American warplanes flew over China's coastal cities Thurs day and Saturday. No attacks were claimed. 2 American and South Korean "plainclothesmen" violated the Kaesong neutral zone "again" Saturday. 3 On Saturday afternoon seven American planes "invaded" the Kaesong area. The radio acknowledged receipt of Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway's lat est message, which threw down all earlier Red charges of neu trality zone violation, but gave no official reply. Ridgway told the Reds Saturday that resumption of talks was up to them. Communists broke them off Thursday, charging that a n American warplane attacked Kae song to "murder" the Red dele gation. (Continued on Page 2) sslaissfwwsjiayajs V"? T i -"ri -.1 aWaasWetWtrf 7 I sV 1 It ji it PRELUDE TO RODEO A street parade, featuring floats and riding groups such o$ the one shown obove, was held Saturday morninot Riddle as a prelude to two days of rodeo celebra- RIDDLE RODEO THRILLS Fine Show Staged Despite . Mishaps To Three Riders; Memorial Service Held Two days of ridin', ropin' and buckin' thrilled a large crowd noth days at Riddle's fourth annual rodeo, sponsored by the Riddle Roping club Saturday and Sunday. ina events wera spectacular and not without mishaps. One cowboy, Cleo Riggs, had his thumb torn off when it was caught in a loop of his rope while roping a calf. Lou Franco, popular western band leader and announcer for the two-day ihow, rode a Brahma bull in the final event Sunday. The bull fell with him, injuring his ankle and bruising him badly, but not seriously. Another cowboy suffered a kick by a horse on the forehead Saturday, but was not seriously hurt. Jim Perry of Central Point, age 18, won the calf roping event both days. He also won the stock horse event Sunday and placed in other events. There was no all-around cowboy selection. The two-day celebration opened with a big street parade Saturday. The parade was non-competiiive, but there were a number of in teresting floats. Eight-year-old Mary Louise Wildy was announced Saturday as queen of festivities. Memorial Alto Hold The celebration was billed Jointly as a memorial to two former Rop ing club members, Harry King and ALvis Hendrick. They were drowned in a recent boat upset at the mouth of Winchester bay. A special service in memory of the two men took place Sunday aft ernoon just prior to starting of the rodeo. The printed programs contained a tribute to the two men and their obituaries. All net pro ceeds for the two days were given to their widows and families. Winners- announced - Winners of events for the two days follow: Saturday Bareback riding, Joe Riggs, firs; Grady Stewart, second, and Jack Wahl, third. Stock horse event, Henry Howe, snowing Ike Orr's horse. Calf roping, Jim Perry, first; Dick Perry second, and Bob Fowler, third. Saddle bronc, Lee Hatcher, first; Tee Hib bert, second, and Elmo Shepherd, third. Bull riding, Tee Hibbcrt, first; Bennie Peek, second, and Bill Holmes, third. Sunday Bareback riding, Jack Wahl, first; Joe Riggs, second and third place, split on the grounds. Stock horse event, Jim Perry. Calf Roping, Jim Perry, first; Har ris Dennington, second, and Ed McFarland, third. Bull riding, Bill Holmes, first; Don Thumbler, second, and Tee Hibbert, third. Saddle bronc, Bill Walker, first; Al Cooper, second, and third place, split on the ground. Team roping for the two days went to Walt Mask and Ed Mc Farland, first; Bob Fowler and Dick Perry, second; Jasbo Gibbs and Jim Perry, third, and fourth place a tie between the Ike Orr Henry Howe and Al Cooper-Bob Fowler teams. Ribbon tying for the two days (Continued on Page 2) Vk'U';r'f f IIP? 'at- ,4 i f ft W-W(Mrf" 'ftU' r HEADS MOOSE James M. Ballard, above, prominent Seattle attorney, was unani mously esJcted to the office of supreme governor of the Loyal Order of Moose at the fraterni ty's 63rd annual international convention at Buffalo, N.Y., last week. Ballard has a long record of service in the Moose fraternity, since joining Seattle lodge No. 211 in 1923. He is also a Mason, Knight Templar and a Shriner. . Poison Death Writes Story's Final Chapter NEW YORK UP) Several years ago, novelist Francis Sill Wickware started to write a mag azine article on the ease with which dangerous drugs could be bought "outside of pharmacies." In his research for the article, he bought a large quantity of poi sons and other drugs.- Early Sunday morning, the 39-year-old Wickware walked into his wife's bedroom and said: "Joyce, I've taken poison." Then he collapsed at her feet and was dead when police a r rived. Detectives listed the death as an apparent suicide. SIX DIS IN CRASH SPRINGFIELD, Ga. (JP) -An automobile crashed head-on into a heavy oil truck Sunday night, killing six Negroes and Injuring two others. The truck driver, R. W. Cooler, said the auto came straight to ward him on the wrong side of the highway and he did not have time to swerve the truck out of the way. "J i i tion. The rodeo was staged Saturday and Sunday afternoons, and a big dance took place Saturday night. (Picture by Paul Jenkins) Ridgway India Refuses To Sign Japan Peace Treaty By JOHN SCALI WASHINGTON UP) A new and less benevolent American pol icy toward India appeared cer tain today to result from Prime Minister Nehru's refusal to sign a United States-backed peace treaty with Japan. American officials made no se cret of their bitter disappointment at India's public denunciation of the proposed treaty draft, coming as it did only nine days before the start of a formal 50-na-tion peace conference in San Fran cisco Sept, 4. India's arguments for boycotting the signing, officials here said, seemed to echo Russia's long standing objections, and give pow erful, timely ammunition to a new Moscow propaganda drive to wreck the Japanese treaty. In New Delhi, Prime Minister Nehru told parliament that India will sign a separate treaty with Japan as soon as Japan has achieved independent status. Nehru, whose treaty statement brought cheers from parliament, did not explain what he meant by "independent status." He might have been referring to the period after the peace treaty is signed and ratified, when the formal U. S. occupation will end; or he might have meant the time, no one knows how far distant, when all U. S, troops in Japan will be withdrawn and U. S. bases relinquished. A separate pact between the U. S. and Japan is expected to be signed after the main peace treaty is disposed of. That pact would provide a new legal basis for keep ing U. S. troops in Japan for Us defense. I Russians Duo For Setback A 35-member Russian delegation, meanwhile, was on the high seas bound for the United states, Headed by Depufy Foreign Min ister Gromyko, the Soviets are expected to unleash an all-out prop aganda barrage at tne pace at aan Francisco and then stage a walk out. In Moscow, the Soviet govern ment newspaper attacked the pro posed treaty as an American at tempt to set Japan against otner Asian peonies and make it Into an American colony. The proposed Japanese-American military agreements, the pa per added, mean "strangulation of national interests of Japan." At least 46 nations are expected by American diplomats to approve the peace pact despite Russia's threats. Only Burma and Yugo slavia so far have joined India in refusing to sign. India's Balk Explained In rejecting Its conference In vitation, India assailed the final treaty draft because it: 1. trails to turn over Formosa to Communist China. 2. Does not confirm Russia's present hold on the Kurile islands and southern Sakhalin. 3. Gives the United States trust eeship control of the Ryukyu and (Continued on Page 2) ' yf: - ": 1 fe'V; .;.v. ' -' u ,? Cloud-Seeding May Relieve Fire Situation Air Pilot Ready To Fly Over Hubbard Area When Conditions Allow . A nilot WBS atanHIn h ...I.. today in case conditions became mvuiauie enougn lo attempt a cloud-seeding' operation on tha eiuuua over ma devastated Hub bard Creek fim spun aematal roughly at 17,000 acres. woviw vuapinan, martin Bros. Box Co. forester, reported that Harvey Brandow, Medford pilot, was prepared to take off Immed iately if conditions became fav orable. TharA ui-a hmu. finfj early today but the weather bur- caii sam at xu a.m. tnat condi lions were not quite right for rain. As Rnftnhiircr trioa ntn it oath day without measurable rain, the Hubbard creek fire is reported uu unaer coniroi although a breakout in the north end had to be beaten back Sunday by a de termined crew of Martin Bros, fire fighters. , Douglas Forest Protective asso ciation dispatcher U. F. McLaugh lin said early today that "every thing looks good" on the fire lines as the weather cooled in the early morning. About 400 men ara on the fire lines. No Hop In Clouds. The weather bureau this morn ing would not go out on a limb t predict rain in spite of the clouds. There, is a possiblity of showeri and thunderstotm activity over the Cascades with possible drizzle on the coast, it said, however. Clouds in this area will probably break up early in the afternoon, it was reported. - , Brig. Gen. Curtis T. Beecher, '. county Red Cross disaster chair man, went into the ravaged Elga rose area Saturday, accompanied by Cora Plrtle, Lane county Red Cross manager, to survey the TheV InforvlAWArl all thji krtnt out families except two.-After a personal inspection of the area, Mrs. Plrtle said the damage rep resented some of the "most devas tating" she had ever seen. She is acting as a caseworker in co operation with Mrs. Mildred Her man, local secretary. Gen RpprhAr aairl 10 linmai l all had been burned. "Most of the people are going to get along all right in spite of the severe losses," he stated. -.... Rehabilitation Begun V ' v Purchase of lumber to assist an elderly couple to rebuild has .al ready been authorized by the Red Cross, Gen. Beecher noted. Neigh bors are going to do the work. After information on the dam ages has been compiled, a citizens' committee will survey the losses and make recommendations for assistance, said Gen. Beecher: RAhahilttnflnn anti.rltw .1. 1. ..11 swing at the Red Cross headquar ters, sum inrs. nerman, as esti mates of damaaa ara hptnir niAtAft folTAfhAt- Aid For' Vincent Crook Floht ine lorest. service administra tis! A fhA GllI-1-U. n-tlnnnl has sent a sizable crew into the (Continued on Page 2) Scalding Death Of 3 Trainmen Due To Boy's Act BLOOMFIELD. Ind. - (JP) A Bloomfield boy who was "just playing" got the blame today for a train wreck that scalded threa trainmen to death. Tha FBI and Sheriff W. . M. Branstetter announced tha JO-year old boy admitted putting a ton inch bolt in a awitch shortly fore the Illinois Central freight train piled up in Bloomfield Sat urday afternoon. They withheld the boy's name. Scalded by steam from tha wrecked locomotive, tha trainmen all died within 12 hours after tha wreck. They were George E. Dean. 84. Indianapolis, the engineer: Wyatt E. Reynolds, 43, Palestine, 111., fireman; and Howard V. Sparks, 24, Palestine, head brakeman. iiarvey i. f oster, FBI special aoAnt In 1nfHanBnli- 4U case would be referred to a fed eral grand jury in Indianapolis next week. Meanwhile, tha boy has been released. Under questioning, the boy could give no reason for putting tha bolt between the rails of tha switch, roster saia. A rail torn up in tha wreck pierced the firebox and sent tha fatal cloud of steam around tho locomotive crew. Nineteen freight cars followed tha locomotive off tha track. . PLAN! TiST FATAL STANSTED. Eng. OP) A "Flying Triangle" Jet plana fell apart over this town Sunday kilt ing the pilot, J. P. Broomfield. Witnesses said the plana disinte grated without making a sound. The craft was an experimental plane built by tha Handley Page company, testing a special wing giving it a high lift with a low ffrag. Levity Fact Rant Sy L. F. Raizenstelo It's about time for the U.S. government t a concentrate less en the 'Voice of America' and mora an tha viea af Amerlee. v-