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U. of 0. Library Eune, Oregon COkP mm MM Shortage Of Power May Cost Oregon, Washington Some Aluminum Plants Mobilizer Wilson Calls For Transfer Plans Following His Order For 1 0 Perct. Power Cut PORTLAND, Qre. (AP) The big search for new sources of electric pwer is underway in the drouth-stricken Pacific Northwest. The search was toui:hi!l off last week when the Defense Electric Power administration ordered cuts which resulted in a 10 percent reduction of power to the area's booming: aluminum industry. Then Saturday the apparent seriousness of the situation was emphasized when mobilizer Charles E. Wilson, told the aluminum producers to have plans prepared by tomorrow for the possible removal of some of the Pacific Northwest plants to areas of assured power supply. Damp Weather Aids Northwest Fire Fighters By Tht Auociated Press Flames whipped unchecked across three national forests in California today while to the north damp weather brought hopes o( relief to the fire-beset Pacific Northwest. 1 Rising humidity plus prospects of rain cheered weary crews fight ing fires that already have black ended more than 51,000 acres of timberland in Washington and Ore gon. Logging operations, halted or drastically cut by the fires, were resumed in most western Wash ington counties. Some 1500 men battled some 20,000 acres of California fires. These included eight to ten touched off by some of the State's 150.000 deer hunters. All of the latter were controlled, U. S. forest serv ice fire dispatcher Ernest L. Bax ter reported. In Oregon some 600 men stood firm on all fronts except the Sar dine creek fire that had covered 8,000 acres. To the northwest, the 17,000-acre fire In the desolate .Til lamook burn region advanced slowly despite the efforts of 300 men. Two British Columbia fires were I almost controlled alter scorcning i 8,000 acres. Highway Change To Be Discussed Two Douglas county towns, Suth erlin and Drain, are scheduled to hold meetings today to discuss the relocation of Highway 99. A five-man committee ap pointed by the Sutherlin city council decided to hold the meet ing at 8 p.m. in the old gym. Discussion will include arguments both for and against the proposed relocation and access roads to the new highway, a spokesman said- . . ' , . The Drain meeting is also sched uled at 8 p.m., in the Drain Com munity hall. The hearing was called by the Drain highway re location committee, sponsored by the chamber of commerce. Both towns are bypassed by the proposed route. At Drain the new highway would run several miles to the east. Each town has been granted a period by the state highway com mission in which to present its case in the matter of highway relocation. In the Day's News BY FRANK JENKINS I was reading the other day a speech by Benjamin Fairless, pres ident of the United States Steel corporation. The occasion for it was his acceptance of an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws that had been conferred upon him by St. Lawrence university at Can ton, New York. His subject was the dissatisfaction of the present generation with the world of to day. He was addressing the St. Lawrence student Dody. Among other things, he told them: "Every new generation has been as dissatisfied with the world as this one is. Each generation has been just as impatient for CHANGE as you are and just as eager to bring it about and just as confident of its ability to do so. Each has held power in its hands ONCE. See what we have today. "It is vour turn now. What will YOU do?" He then added: "In trying to advise you, I can think offhand of only one thing no previous generation has ever had the courage to trv seriously. That is to TURN AROUND AND GO BACK to retrace its sjeps to the point where its elders-had (Continuci on Page 4) The Weather Fair today; mostly cloudy Tues day with possible scattered light showers. Highest temp, for any Sept. Lowest tenep. for anv Sept. -, Highest temp, yesterday Lowest temp, last 24 hours .... Precip. last 24 hours Precip. from Sept. 1 Defic. from Sept. I Sunset today, 7:07 p.m. --Sunrise tomorrow, 7:03 a.m. 104 ;t I What caused the power short- ager- Most public and private power officials blame the drouth. This has been one of the driest sum mers in the history of the area. And not enough rain has fallen to swell the Columbia river which with its huge hydro-electric gener ators is the source of much of the Pacific Northwest's power supply- Rep. Hugh Mitchell (R-Wash) said a delay In building additional generating facilities also was re sponsible. Brownout May Follow What can be done to ease the situation? Among suggested solutions is a "brownout" of the Pacific North west, calling for outdoor lighting and advertising .signs to be shut off, the power saved then to go to the aluminum industry. Joseph H. Gumi, region DEPA director, said a brownout may be ordered within two weeks. Other suggestions: 1. Rep. Jackson (D-Wash) has introduced a bill in Congress to authorize Bonneville ' administra tion to build steam and gas plants to augment the area's power sup ply. 2. Bonneville Is awaiting author ization to hire rainmaker Irving J. Krick to increase the water supply by seeding clouds with silver io dide crystals. Crick said be could deliver water to produce an ad ditional 80,000,000 to 100.000,000 kil owatt hours of electrical energy witmn tne next inree monins. 3. The Bureau of Reclamation has suggested that the Pacific Northwest power grid could be inter-tied with the California and Utah systems. Congress has blocked the. proposed interrtie. . Actual Transfer Doubted How soon feasible steps to in crease the power supply will be taken is not known. ' Legislators and spokesmen for power indusrties and agencies doubted that the aluminum plants actually would be moved. Paul J. Raver, Bonneville ad ministrator, said it would take longer to dismantle and remove existing potlines than to get new (Continued on Page 2) United Europe Can Care For Itself DeGasperi WASHINGTON UP) Premier Alcide De Gasperi of Italy told Congress today a united Europe would be able to take car of its own defense. He addressed a joint session of the Senate and House a few hours after arriving for three days of talks with President Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson and other top officials. "Europe, once solidly united." the 70-year-old premier said, "will relieve you of your sacrifices in men and arms, for she will herself contrive the defense of her peace and common freedom.1' The premier paid tribute to American aid to Europe. "Without your generous contri bution,!' he said, "Europe-at least most certainly the anti-Communist front line of the continental Furope would already have col lapsed." Tyvins, Skulls Joined, Probably Inseparable ROCK ISLAND, 111. UP) . may be impossible to separate Rock Island's Siamese twins, born Sept. 16 joined at the tops of their skulls. Doctors studied x-ray pictures of the tiny boys and said that an operation to sever the fibrous mat ter which connects the youngsters might be fatal to one or both of them. The parents of the children, Mr. and Mrs. Royt Brodie, said today that if separation would result in death for either of the babies, they would prefer not to permit the operation. The family's physician, who asked that his name not be used, said both youngsters appear to be healthy. The Brodies have three normal children. Stalin World's Greatest Meddler, Tito Declares TITOVO UZICE, Yugoslavia UP) Yugoslavia's Premier Mar shal Tito described Slalin todav as "the greatest meddler in world history," and said tne Soviet leader is "bent on an imperialistic campaign of conquest in the Bal- kans unrivalled even by old Czar- 7j ist nussia. 47 , The Russians already are m I ing preparations in eastern Eu ' T i rope, typified by the repainting j of Russian warplanes In Huneiry ' to substitute the Hungarian Vf-ir the Soviet ensignia. Tito said in I a speech before 25,000 persons. Esrobliiktd 1173 'Heartbreak Ridge' Taken 2nd Time By Red Assault Allies Forced To Give Way To Heavy Odds Kaesong Not Suitable For Further Parley, U N. Delegates Advise Reds U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD QUARTERS, Korea UP) A savage Red counterattack today hurled American infantrymen off the highest peak of "Heartbreak ridge" in eastern Korea. The Americans had gained con trol of the peak late Sunday night. Three doughboys renmants of a platoon (about 40 men) had stormed to the top. Reinforce ments came up fast and threw back a Red charge. But, AP correspondent Stan Car ter said, "an overwhelming mass" of Reds then struck from behind a curtain of grenade explosions. For the second time in seven days the Reds recaptured the stra tegic height overlooking Commu nist supply lines to the north. Elsewhere on the east-central sector the Reds tapped at Allied lines in a series of stiff probing attacks. All were thrown back. Loss of the Heartbreak peak was a bitter blow to the weary dough boys. They first captured the height Sept. 17 after a bitter hand to hand battle. They lost it the next day. U. N. Facing Hard Choice Monday's setback came just as it seemed the Allies were rounding out their five - week conquest of strategic high ground on the east central front. It left the United Nations with a hard choice: hurl still heavier at tacks against the deadly slope, or end the offensive without one of its greatest prizes. - . The Communists fought stub bornly from their deep log and earth bunkers despite smashing Allied artillery barrages. West of Heartbreak ridge an other U. N. outfit fought toward the top of a huge mountain north west of Yanggu. By nightfall Sunday they were hallway up. ' The Reds fought back with rifle fire and grenades. Allied warplanes Sunuav de stroyed 375 Communist motor ve hicles and the battleship U. S. S. New Jersey pounded enemy in stallations below Kansong on the east coast off the Sea of Japan. New Talkfest Held Allied liaison officers went to Kaesong today and told the Reds that city was not suitable as a site for a Korean war cease-lire con ference. The meeting with Communist li aison officers was held in an ef fort to restart the negotiations, which stalled at Kaesong, Korea a month ago. Allied headquarters here said the Reds were told: "It Is plain that Partisan groups, responsible to neither command, are active in the Kaesong area. These uncontrolled elements may at any time take action which could compel a suspension of the conference.'' When the hour - lone meeting ended, a Red officer left the con ference room with a wide grin. U. N. officers were poker-faced. THE OVERTURNED VEHICLE,above. cost the life of Margaret Mae Babeock. 23, of 424 Mother St., and sent Kathleen Francis Ray, 35, to tht Douglas Community hospital with multiple bruises, enntusions and shock. Her condition was reported as "fairly good." The accident occurred on the North Umpqua highway Sunday evening when the driver of tht (ft- reportedly lost control while attempting to slow down. I Picture by Chi rles B. Ka'jjl Dillard Girl, 8, Saves Playmate From Drowning By ROSA M. HEINBACH Nws-Review Correspondent Patty Anne Davidson, eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mason Davidson of Dillard, saved her five-year-old playmate, Judith Kay Drew, from drowning in the South Umpqua river last Tuesday afternoon. The children were playing around the bridge pier in the nearly-dry river bed when a dead limb on which Judith was playing broke, causing her to fall into a deep pool of water at the foot of the pier. Patty, the oldest of the group playing, first tried to res cue Judith by pushing a small crudely built raft over to her but the submerged girl was unable to see it. Patty then used a stick long enough to reach the girl under the water from the ledge of the pier. Judith grasped it and Patty guided her to the edge of the pier and pulled her out. In the meantime, four-year-old-Laurabcth Drew ran up the bank to her home to get her mother, who came and helped get Judith, who was too exhausted to walk into the house. Judith had only received a few instructions on how to swim but she says she was "trying to swim out of the hole." Thief In $65,000 Gem Grab Caught NEW YORK UP) The self described "best burglar in North America," police say, has ad mitted last week's daring, day light theft of $65,000 in gems from a show-case in the crowded lobby of the Waldorf-Astoria hotcl: Police said that Joseph Ireland, 31, declared he stole the jewels so that he might buy narcotics. His admission, police added, implicated Joseph Lovello, 35, a Manhattan house painter, as the alleged receiver of the jewels who paid off in heroin as well as cash. Ireland, police said, admitted taking $300,000 worth of jewels in New York since last March and boasted of other thefts before coming-here from Canada. A woman, who happened to no tice Ireland at the jewelry case, later identified his photo at the rogues' gallery. s Oddly enough, police found Ire land in jail awaiting sentence on another charge. His $500 bail, al lowed after pleading guilty in June to petit larceny, had been revoked the day after the Waldorf-Astoria theft. Police said Lovello admitted re ceiving the jewelry and still has it. Narcotics cost Ireland $100 a day, police said. He has a record of 18 arrests and seven convic tions. CUSTER TROOPER DIES BISMARCK, N. D. UP) Jacob Horner, 96, a soldier in Gen. George A. Custer's command who missed death in the Little Big horn massacre in 1876 because lie lacked a horst to get there, died here Sunday. ROSEIURG. OREGON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1951 Fire Fighter Dies Of Burns, Others Injured Pulled From Fiery Trap Near Riddle, Jerry Bain Succumbs In Hospital One man died of burns, two others were hospitalized and two or three others slightly burned, when they were trapped by a crowning forest fire south of Riddle Saturday. Jerry Bain, 23, - of Myrtle Creek, died at Forest Glen hos pital at Canyonville about four hours after being overcome by flames. Names of the Injured men were not available this mor ning. Details of the accident were vague here. An investigation is be ing made today by Fred South wick, supervisor of the Douglas Forest Protective association and the state accident commission. Information received was to the effect that a pickup truck, bearing six or seven men, was enroute to the head of a fire, which broke out Saturday afternoon on Russell creek in the Bcrkenfeld logging operations. Accident Theory Offered The men were not able to gel through and were attempting to return, when a crowning fire in green timber passed over their eads. Bain Is believed to have lumped from the truck and run, but was overcome by the fire. Another man was burned in going to his rescue. The fire Is reported to have started when powder was used to blow the. top out of a . tree that was to be used as a spar pole, the DFPA reports. The blaze DiacK ened 350 acres of slash and some green limber, before it could be controlled. Later information said Earl Blevins, foreman, and Harold Sei bert were the two others suffering burns, but they were released from the Myrtle Creek hospital after receiving treatment. Bain was born June 17, 1928, in Arkansas. He came to Myrtle Creek a short time ago, and was employed by the Myrtle Creek Logging Co. as a choker setter. He was a veteran of World War II. Surviving are the widow, Fern Lee Bain; his mother, Mrs, Virgie Bain of Siena, Ark.; four sisters, Mrs. Bill Cottman, Myrtle Creek; Mrs. J. C. Edwards, Hcavener, Okla., Mrs. R. O. Walker, Mena, Ark.; and Mrs. Victor Moody, Lit tle Rock, Ark.; four brothers, Ruel, Coaster and Froben, all of Mena, Ark., and Lester of Fort Worth, Tex. The body will be shipped 1 0 Mena, Ark., for services and inter ment. Ganz mortuary, Myrtle Creek, is in charge of local ar rangements. ESCAPED CON CAUGHT SALEM UP) Wendell Glenn Tabor, Jackson county prison con vict who escaped balurday atter- noon, was recaptured by state po lice Sunday morning. v Mil 1 i rMp 1 U hj , ii H Mr" HE CAN STILL SMILE Bookie Harry Gloss, above, appears a mused about something as he remains in jail to await possible prison sentences totaling 68 years on charges of conspiracy and aamblina. to which he pleaded guilty in a New York City court. He is already under a five-year sentence for contempt of court for refusing to testify at the trial of 18 policemen accused of ac cepting Gross' money for 'Protection.' This shattered the case and gave the policemen their liberty. (MEA Photo) Inflation War Not Defeat Needed To Save U.S. Middle Class, Says Economic Chief Johnston ' WASiriTf:TON AP) Kconomic Stabilization Ad ministratot' Eric Johnston today told operators of tha nation's food store chains to guard against a sneak punch from in flation that could knock them out of business as quickly as communism. He asked dolcgatef. to tha annual meeting of the National Association of Food Chains not to regard tha war on infla Rent Extortion From GIs Draws Senate Censure WASHINGTON UP) Local communities must provide the final solution for housing short ages which lead lo "shameful Diofiteering" at the expense of servicemen at big posts in this country, a senate suDcommiuee said. But Congress and the govern ment "must give those commu nities every legitimate aid within our power," an armed services subcommittee on preparedness headed by Senator Lyndon John son (D-Texas) said. The group s report came aiicr an investigation at 16 army, navy, air force and marine training camps. It was a follow-up to an earlier inquiry which covered three installations. Johnson said the second inquiry was made to determine the extrnt of "this shameful profiteering from Amer ican servicemen." he added: 'There can now be no aouoi that it is widespread so wide spread that corrective action must be taken." The groups report said sun- standard housing and rent gouging were "shocking enough," but it added: The implications were far worse. F.verv rase of rent gouging, ev ery instance of an American sol dier forced to nouse nis lamny in a hovel or a chicken coop rep resented a crack in the structure of Ihe national unily. Enough cracks could topple the whole structure.'' Of the findings by its staff In vestigators, the subcommittee said: "We have found posts in which soldiers, sailors, marines and air men are being gouged mercilessly by unscrupulous landlords. We have found one instance in which the landlords are servicemen themselves a few marines who do not hestltate to line their pock ets with money extorted from fel low marines. . ." Useless Air Exhibitions Banned By Government WASHINGTON F The gov ernment will not permit air shows or exhibitions from now on unless they contribute to Ihe advance ment of aviation and public con fidence in it. The Civil Aeronautics adminis tration, announcing a new policy, said it will not sanction aerial anro balics not under direct radio eon trol. delayed parachute jumping. dog fighting, intentional aircraft crashes and similar hazardous operations. 225 51 Phony tion as a phony war. It's a real war, he said, and If inflation isn't defeated it will "wipe out the middle class in America." "That's you," he said. "That's me. That's most of us In this land, a land In which nearly every citizen has a stake in our middle class society." Johnston said "many persons have been led to think that the danger of inflation is past, but it just isn i irue. ' lie added: "It isn't true despite propaganda that we can safely relax controls, that we should be decontrolling Instead of tightening up. "Isn't it significant that some of the groups most active in as suring us the danger is over art also the very groups most active in demanding higher price ceil ings? What Kind of duplicity is that?" Johnston said posted ceiling prices "will go far toward Reas suring your customers of the fair ness of the prices they must pay for food" and that "I have asked OPS to drive ahead as rapidly as possible in preparing regulations for dollars-and-cents ceilings, es pecially on food and other cost-of-living Items." Another speaker at Ihe associ ation's opening sessions was Charles T. Broderick, chief econ omist for, Lehman brothers, who said it is "reasonable to expect inai total dollar sales of Amer ica's fond chains will he the high est In their history" next year. King George Restful After Lung Operation LONDON UP) King George VI was reported In good spirits today and confident. of recovery from a major lung operation. A bulletin said: "The king has had a restful night. His condition this morning contin ues to be as satisfactory as can be expected." Special prayers were said in, all British churches A n g 1 i c a n. Catholic and no n-Conformist for the king's recovery. At Liverpool eathedral Ihe na tional anthem "G o d Save the King" was recited as a prayer. Beer Drink Suspected In Death Of Infant DALLAS. Tex. UP) Officers hope to learn today if a year-old baby died because a beer-drinking teen ager fed it half a bottle of brew. The child. Leslie Fletcher, died Saturday night. A 17-year-old boy was placed in jail without charge after he told Detective Capt. Will Frill that he gave the infant boy Ihe beer then tried to revivt it with orange soda pop. Companion Hospitalized Margaret M. Babeock Dies When Car Crashes . Over N. Umpqua Rood Margaret Mae Babeeck, 13, el 424 Mother street, Roseburg, was killed and another Roseburg woman was injured, when their car went out of central on the North Umpqua highway and crashed over an embankment about 4 p.m. Sunday, state police report. Injured was Kathleen Francis Ray, 3S, who is In Douglas Com munity hospital suffering from multiple bruises, contusions and shock. Her condition was re ported today from the hospital as "fairly good." According to the police, the car was driven by the injured wormin, whose address was listed as Hart'i trailer court. Tha H,.:,,. ently attempted to pass another cr, out seeing mat she couldn't, applied her brakes to drop back. But the ear went nut nt The accident occurred about two mnes east of Roseburg. Miss Babeock had lived in Rose burg about six months. She wai born Feb. 11, 1928, but the place was not known. A sister, Mrs. Mary Vogt in Salem, has been notified. It is understood she has a mother in South Dakota and other relatives. The body has been taken to Long and Orr mortuary for funeral ar rangements. Fresh Blaze Scars 350 Douglas Acres A forest fire on Russell creek, just south of Riddle, blackened 350 acres before it was brought under control Saturday night, reports the Douclas Forest Prntpptiva tion. The fire was started In ha Ber- kenfelH nOainO nnaralini Saturday when powder waa used uiuw ure iup uui oi rree, in tended for. use as a spar pole, a ur rt spoKesan aaia. Between 60 and 70 men battled tht blaze and about 30 remain on the firelines. It hnrnorl thrno-fh logging slash and jumped into tii ecu umuer Deiort li waa sur rounded. The rest of tha burn areas in Douglas county were reported fB guuu vuiiuiuun. a tew men remain on patrol duty, but there ia no in dication of further trouble. numiaity dropped to 31 percent en1au h,. U. a 1 Mu.,uuj, uj, mis iiiuiaiuiv CVGUVCry during the night .was favorable. ' i-wK uauix uum uie river aiso reduced the fire hazard. 2-Woy Cross-Conrinenr Television Launched NEW YORK UP) Transcon tinental television was launched on a two-way basis Sunday with a marathon benefit show for a radio system that operated by tha Crusade for Freedom to broad cast behind tht iron Curtain. The program. Tunning a total of four-and-a-half hours coast-to-coast and 13 hours regionally, made video history with a num ber of "firsts." It marked the initial transcon tinental transmission in two direc tions in the same day. However, simultaneous transmission of two programs in opposite directions must await the start of regular commercial cross-country-TV on Friday. Yeggs Crack Two Safes In Umatilla, Get $7,380 UMATILLA UP) Safecrack ers hit Umatilla twica for around $7380 in cash sometime between Sunday night and early this morn ing. Marshall Lamberth, owner and manager of Sav-A-Lot Market, dis covered at 5 a.m. today that hii safe was blown and around $7000 in cash stolen. Manager Ed Hehn of tha Tum-A-Lum Lumber company, opening the doors at 8 a.m. today, also found his safe cracked and about $380 in cash taken. It is not known whether the same safe crackers did both jobs. Iran Sends Ultimatum In Oil Refinery Status TEHRAN, Iran - UP) An Iran Ian government official said to day that the 300 British techni cians in the Iran oil refinery at Abadan wilt be expelled in a week; or 10 days unless they sign indi vidual contracts to work for the nationalized Iranian Oil company. Auto Accident Kills Retired Insurance Man SALEM UP) Frank Widener Jr., 54, retired insurance and real estate broker, died Sunday from Injuries received in an auto ac cident. Wiriener's car plunged 45 feet Fri day from a downtown trestle. L evity F act R ant Bv L. t Reitenslein Tht lawmakers kovlnq shown no Intention of reducing tax burdens, only recourse left to soften theiiCheorts It for torn sympathetic female to stage Lady Godlvc rid acroM th 0 9 o 0