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JOSEPH H. Dt ROSS, on the ladder at the left above, and his
companion, Clyde Bluejacket, are shown busily engaged in paint
ing the exterior of the Oregon Supply company at Main and
Washington streets. Carl Cornell, their employer, has the con
tract for the job. The color, a light turquoise, was chosen by Bill
Oerding, owner of the Supply company, over Carl's violent pro
test "color is more fit for a parlor than the outside of a busin
ess building, etc;" but so many compliments have been, received
concerning it that Bill believes even Carl is weakening a bit and
pretty soon may come actually to admire it he hopes.
Overriding Of Truman Veto
Of Vets' Pension Bill Gets
Thanks Of American Legion
WASHINGTON (AP) The American Legion has
sent a thank-vou letter to Congress for overriding President
Truman's veto of a bill increasing pensions of certain dis
abled veteran's. ' .
Signea bv Legion National Commander Erie Cqcke Jr.,
it vent to the 6Si senators and 818 representatives who voted
to override the veto. A spokesman, said a similar letter with
"variations" went to those who voted otherwise.
The thank-you letter criticized
Mr. Truman for what it called his
"ill-founded" comments on the
bill, and al.so the American press
which the Legion said is showing
a "strangely belligerent and r e
sentful reaction" to veterans' ben
efits. The letter said that of all the
legislative proposals presented to
Congress, only those affecting vet
erans are "consistently presented
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In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
We are living in a time when
every day seems to have its cri
sis. Today's crisis is Iran. In Iran,
powderkegs and matches are ly
ing around loose on every hand.
If a match gets into a powder
keg British technicians at the vast
Abadan oil refinery have been
given until next Thursday to get
nut of Iran. If Iran starts throwing
them out, the British might land
troops to protect them. Iran's 150,-000-man
army has been "alerted"
to REPULSE any such attempt. If
..the British and the Iranians start
shooting, Russia might move in
and take over. That could mean
the beginning of World War III.
There's your powderkeg.
The match is Iran's weird, highly
emotional, . probably demagogic
little showofi, Premier Mossa
degh, who stirred up the trouble
with the British in the first place.
What his motives are, I don't know.
It's hard to judge at this distance
whether he is sincere or insincere,
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Truman Kills OPS Memo Aimed
To Withhold Information To Public
WASHINGTON (AP) An office of price stabili
zation memo to its stpff to withhold from the public any in
formation whirh mipht embarrass it was killed promptly
on President Truman's orders.
The chief executive moved promptly after word of the
directive leaked out, but was not soon enough to head off
a storm of protest over the OPS action in the senate.
Joseph Short, White Hou.ie press
secretary, announced that Mr.
Truman had directed that the
memo be withdrawn because it
"might be misconstrued" to be
an outgrowth of Mr. Truman's
order setting up new curbs on re
lease of material affecting the na
tional security.
OPS Director Michael V. DiSalle
was in Chicago when the memo
was disclosed. He termed it
"poorly conceived" and said of its
withdrawal: "If To? been there (in
Washington) we wouldn't have
needed a request from the President."
The bulletin was Issued over the tration from the American peo
name of Richard F. Cook, assist-1 Fe. Senator Bricker (R-Ohio)
ant director for management. termed it "an effort by the Pres-
In the brief period the memo 1 ident to cover up the crookedness
was still in effect. SenVor Fergu-1 and skullduggery that ii goini on
son (R-Mich) called it "a blow I in hii administration." a
Pari-Mutuel Tax
Proposal Beaten
In Senate Vote
WASHINGTON UP) The Sen
ate today, rejected a proposed
two percent tax on pari-mutuel
race track bets and a 20 percent
withholding tax on winnings.
Senator Holland (D-Fla) de
clared the proposal would destroy
pari-mutuel wagering and wipe
out an important source of revenue
for many states, including his own
state of Florida where racing is a
big business.
The proposal was sponsored
by Senator Langer (R-ND). It was
defeated on a standing vote with
only eight or nine senators sup
porting it'"
The proposal was the first to be
acted on as the Senate again met
in aa uncertain effort to finish up
work tonight on the $5,500,000,000
tax increase bill.
The Senate Thursday approved
a 10 percent levy on bets placed
with professional gamblers. This
excluded pari - mutuels because
they are taxed by the states.
Langer said his amendment
would have added $100,000,000 i n
new' tax revenues to the bill.
Senator George (D Ga) said it is
"crazy" to think the Senate will
vote a bigger hike on personal in
come taxes after rejecting all other
major boosts in its tax increase
bill.
Senator Humphrey (D Minn),
leading a group of administration
senators trying for a greater tax
boost, agreed with the veteran fi
nance committee chairman.
at liberty." Senator Aiken (R-Vt)
said "I am not able to produce
words to describe my feelings at
this."
There were also protests against
civilian agencies the same sys
tem of curbs on security inform
tion which applied previously to
the State and Defense depart
ments. Rep. Morano (R-Conn), in a
statement, called it "a violent and
utterly un-American form of press
censorship." Rep. Halleck (R-Ind)
told the House Mr. Truman's real
niirnnco 1 "trt nrntArt iim iHminii.
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Airline Operation
Service Begins
After Oct. 15,
Council Told
Completion Of Airport
Preparation This Week
Likely, Gilchrist Says
West Coast airlines will start
commercial flights in and out of
Koseburg airport shortly after Oct.
15, Norman Hunt, station manager,
told the city council at an informal
meeting Thursday night at the city
hall.
The council met with officials
of the Civil Aeronautics authority,
the West Coast manager and a rep
resentative of the Umpqua Flying
club to discuss matters pertain
ing to the future operation of the
airport. The meeting was strictly
informal and no actions were
taken.
The exact time for starting
flights has not been set, and is
dependent on several factors, said
Hunt. First is completion of the
airport, which City Manager W. A.
Gilchrist said would probably be
this week.
Next will be the setting up of a
temporary building to serve a t
headquarters until the administra
tion building has been completed.
The small building used by the
airport construction engineer is to
be moved the first of next week to
the west side of the airport ad
jacent to the site of the proposed
administration building.
Power Line Job Begun
California Oregon Power Co. has
started digging holes for instal
lation of poles and power lines.
This work must be completed be
fore radio installations can b e
made. Also, telephone circuits
must be installed, both for com
munication purposes and also to
operaie ine airline s leieiype serv
ice. After the airport is ready to op
erate, the CAA letter carrier serv
ice must certify the airport for
airline service. West Coast airlines
pilots and crews must familiarize
themselves with the airport and
must make radio checks, accord
ing to Hunt. Daylight flights only
will be made until the field can
be lighted. There will be two
flights in from the north and two
from the south, making four flights
daily. Two more will probably be
added when field lights are in.
The council also discussed with
Walter Bergen, representative of
the Umpqua Flying club, the pos
sibilities of the club continuing
with the management of the air
port on a year's contract. No ac
tion was taken, but the matter will
probably be continued at the regu
lar council meeting next Monday
night.
Present at the meeting were
Richard T. Puckey, chief of the
CAA airports division, Seattle;
Jake Fryberger, district engineer,
Salem, and Ed Dickinson, of the
Salem CAA office.
E. B. Code, operations manager
of West Coast Airlines from the
Seattle office, will be in Roseburg
Monday. He will speak before the
Roseburg chamber of commerce
and will also probably confer with
the city council relative to a con
tract for use of the airport and
administration building. Phases
of a contract were discussed with
Hunt at the meeting.
bmpqua Area Siared
In Film Location Hunt
EUGENE UP) Representa
tives of 20th Century Fox were in
the Eugene area Thursday, look
ing for a river location for a
motion picture.
Sam Wurtzel, a production man
ager for 20th Century, said the
movie will require about two
weeks' shooting, around the end
of October.
The group looked over the Mc
Kenzie river and said they planned
to view the Umpqua and other
Oregon rivers.
The proposed movie and cast
were not identified.
Youth Waives Hearing
On Car Theft Charge
Gordon Burton Hibbard, 18, 844
Ave. A. Thursday waived prelim
inary hearing on a stolen car
charge and is being held on $1,500
bail, according to District Judge
A. J. Geddes.
He was accused of being In
possession of a car registered to
Robert Roy Buie, Wilbur. The ar
rest was made by state police.
A 15-year-old Roseburg youth,
who accompanied Hibbard, was
also apprehended and later re
manded to juvenile authorities.
The Weather
Mostly cloudy with occasional
rain today end Saturday.
Highest temp, for any Stpt 104
Lowest temp, for any Sept W
Hlghes temp, yesterday IS
Lowest temp, last 24 hours 53
Precip. last 24 hours ...04
Precip. from Sept. 1 ... .05
Defic. from Sept. 1 10
Sunset today, 7 p. m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 7:01 a. m.
Olalla Logging
Operator Killed
The owner of an Olalla log
ging operation was killed instan
tly at work Thursday afternoon
when struck by a tree which
had been pushed ever by e cat
erpillar. Dead is Frank Moff.tt, 65, of
Breckway.
Deputy . Coroner Robert Bel
lows said the accident occurred ,
at 1:15 Thursday.
At the time Moffett was
sharpening an exe beside a
road. Bellows said. A caterpillar,
driven by an employee, Archi
bald Montgomery, Roseburg,
slipped sideways down a hill
hitting a sapling which crashed,
hitting Moffett en the head.
The body was taken to Lang
and Orr mortuary, Roseburg.
Moffett is survived by his wife,
Helen Elizabeth; three sons, Frank
Lewis, Inchon, Korea, U. S. army;
Victor Hal and Nathan Russell,
b o t h of Brockway; daughters
Morna Joanne Turner, Roseburg;
Allen Delores, Althia Lorna and
Shirley Anne, all of Brockway.
The body has been removed to
Long and Orr mortuary and fu
neral arrangements will be a n
nounced later.
Allied Air Force
Takes Fresh Toll
Of Red Traffic
U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS, Korea -P Com
munist forces launched a series of
sharp attacks last night at widely
scattered points'across 50 miles of
the Korean battle front.
Thev took advantage of a moon
less night. But Allied, planes con
verged on the main arteries and
the U. S. Fifth air force said its
pilots destroyed 508 Communist t-
hides and damaged 813 a rec
ord. The old mark was 964, set
Wednesday.
The : roving' airmen attacked
more than 1.700 trucks from dusk
Thursday to dawn Friday, the
Fifth air force said.
The tempo of Communist troop
and transport activitiy sharpened
as efforts to revive the stalled
truce talks reached a virtual
standstill.
Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of
the U. S. joint chiefs of staff, has
arrived in Tokyo. The Defense de
partment in Washington said he
would survey "all aspects of the
situation" with Gen. Matthew B
Ridgway, United Nations 'com
mander.
Bradley possibly was coming to
the war theater to map strategy if
attempts to revive the truce talks
fail completely and full scale fight
ing erupts.
The Chinese and North Koreans
have not answered Ridgway's sug
gestion Thursday for getting the
bogged down parley going again.
He wanted the conference site
switched from Kaesong, behind
Red lines, to the Songhyon area in
no-man's-land. The village is i i x
miles southeast of Kaesong.
Observers said this could be
Ridgway's last compromise pro
posal. DEBT SLASH DATED
SALEM (IP) State Treasurer
Walter J. Pearson said today he
would pay off next week $1,356,671
of the state's bonded debt.
The payments are for highway,
veterans and higher education
bonds.
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BLASTING was necessary to make way (or installations end repairs on the game commission's fish
tedder and counting station ar
partially drained to make possible this work, es well as redeclting
PoMsrCa. (Picture by PaulJenkinsI
ROSEIURG. OREGON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1951
For Roseburg Discussed
Bookie Gross
Given 12-Year
Prison Term
Gambler Faces Further
Contempt Sentences;
Involved Cops Face Probe
NEW YORK UP) Bookie
Harry Gross, sentenced to 12 years
in prison for operating a $20,000,-
000 a year gambling ring, still
faces an additional 10-year jail
term for contempt stemming from
the police graft trial.
The 35-year-old bookie sat glum
and silent Thursday as he heard
himself sentenced in special ses
sions court to serve one year each,
running consecutively, on 12 counts
of a 66-count indictment charging
gambling and conspiracy.
Sentence was suspended on the
other 54 counts, and there was no
fine. Maximum sentence would
have been 68 years in jail and
$34,000 in fines.
The bookie still faces other
prison terms. At the collapse of
the recent police trial. Judge Lei-
bowitz sentenced Gross to five
years and a $15,000 fine for con
tempt. On Wednesday, the grand jury
indicted Gross on charges of crim
inal contempt, which carry a 10-
year maximum jail term and a
$10,000 fine on conviction. The
jury's indictment supersedes Judge
i-eiDowuz' penally.
Gross" attorney. Michael Kern.
said he would appeal Thursday's
senicnce immediately.
Judge Scores Scofflaw
Justice William B. Northrup,
neaaing a mree-man court, pro
nounced sentence. Before doiniz so.
the bench made it clear to Gross
that he was being penalized for
wrecking the police eraft trial of 1R
cops by refusing to testify against
.them.. - -
Gross talked freely about opera
tions of his bookie empire, and how
he paid police protection amount
ing to $1,000,000 a year. But when
it came to naming police names,
Gross balked and shattered the
case against the defendants.
Justice Northrup told Gross:
"You gloried in the fact that you
bribed corrupt members of the po
lice force and you seem proud
to be looked upon as a fountain of
corruption. You are a cesspool of
corruption which, the people are
sick of.
"Had you chosen to aid the peo
ple, this court would have looked
upon you in a different light. But
you made your choice and now
you must answer for it. Let word
go out to the community that he
who trifles with justice will get
nothing but justice."
Co4s Still Face Probe
Prior to sentencing Gross, the
legal stage had been set for a spec
tacular expose of the bookie's tes
timony before the Brooklyn rackets-probing
grand jury.
Kings county District Attorney
Miles F. McDonald, fighting mad
after Gross ruined his two-year
buildup toward the police graft
trial, had said he would read a di
gest of that testimony, listing po
lice names which would implicate
some 100 cops as bribe takers.
High police brass is said to be
among them.
McDonald read from the grand
jury records, but the names of the
policemen were not disclosed.
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Beef Prices To Rise,
Changes Effective Oct. 1,
Announcement Of OPS;
No Halt In Enforcement
WASHINGTON (AP) Housewives will begin
piying an average of 11 to 2 cents a pound for beef next
Monday.
The office of Price Stabilization announced Thursday
new ceilings which boosted the prices of some cuts and low
ered other!., but on the average resulted in a slight over-all
increase.
OPS ordared that the new prices be posted so customers
R. C. Gile To Head
Motor Division
. . ,. ROBERT C. GILE
SALEM UP) Former State
Rep. Robert C. Gile, 44, Roseburg
fruit packer, was appointed today
to head the motor vehicle division
of the Secretary of state's office.
Gile succeeds the late-Carl Ga
brielson. The appointment was
made by Secretary of State New
bry. Newbry said that Gilo's' first job
will be to reorganize the entire mo
tor vehicle department, whose
chief function is Issuing motor ve
hicle license plates.
Gile was a member of the legis
lature from 1941 through 1949. He
served one session as chairman of
the house tax committee.
Gile will take over the new job
next Monday.
Missing Boy Found Slain;
Sex Fiend Suspected
OROFINO, Idaho A 12-year-old
boy, missing since Sun
day, was found dead in the woods
near here Thursday, his throat cut
from ear to ear.
A lumber worker stumbled
across the body of young Lonnie
Jones Thursday morning to end an
extensive search in which airplanes
took part.
Sheriff V. L. Holloway said the
seventh grader from Wieppe,
Idaho, was last seen alive at a
county fair Saturday night. He in
dicated he has few clues to go on.
But he said he was convinced a
sex field was responsible.
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can see them easily.
This is what will happen to the
better-known beef products:
HAMBURGER The cheaper
?rade containing up to 25 percent
at will go up about a penny a
pound. The better grade, lean
ground containing up to 12 percent
tat, wiu increase 2 to a cents a
pound.
ROUND STEAK AND CHUCK
ROASTS These most popular
selling cuts will go up 2 to 8 cents
a pound, depending on grade.
PORTERHOUSE STEAK
PRIME SIRLOIN These and
other higher-priced cuts which
have not been selling as well will
drop from 4 to 8 cents a pound.
RIB CUTS Up 15 cents a
pound.
BRISKET OR STEWING BEEF
Down as much as 20 cents a
pound on choice cuts.
Utility Grades Upped Most
OPS said the choice grades
which account for 35 percent of
all beef sold to consumers prob
ably will not average more than
a penny a pound increase. Sharp
est increases apply to utility grade
cuts, used in processing sausage.
smoked and cured meat, which
account for 10 percent of sales,
Ura said.
Actual prices over the country
will vary in the 25 zones into
which the country has been split
for pricing purposes as they do
now because of differences i n
transportation and other costs.
However, the changes are the
same in all zones and will range
from an increase of 29 cents a
pound on some cuts to a drop of
20 cents on others.
For the first time, dollar and
cents ceilings are set on prime
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Elks Will Observe
Newspaper Week
The Roseburg ' Elks Lodge
will observe National Newspaper
week with an appropriate pro
gram scheduled for next Tuesday
night.
A banquet honoring publishers,
editors, business managers or rep
resentatives from Douglas county
daily and weekly newspapaers is
scheduled for 6:30 in the Elks
temple. '
A program, with Mayor Albert
G. Flegel as master of ceremon
ies, will follow the banquet.
Speaker for the occasion will be
Charles T. Duncan, associate pro
fessor of the University of Ore
gon school of journalism. His sub
ject will be "The Odds Against
Freedom, 7 to 1."
The Elks annually observe Na
tional Newspaper week, Oct 1 to
8, as part of their public service
work, in which they emphasize
the Importance of freedom o f
speech and freedom of the press,
Centennial Directorate
Organization Planned
Final arrangements for the or
ganization of a 1952 Douglas
county centennial board of direc
tors is scheduled for tonight at
7:30 o clock in the city council
chambers.
All aspects of the coming cele
bration will be explained to rep
resentatives of various civic and
service organizations of Douglas
county and a complete nrospectus
given to each for presentation to
nis or her ciud.
The event is considered for
Labor day weekend of 1952. The
sponsoring Junior chamber of
commerce has requested the com
plete cooperation of other organ
izations in order to assure suc
cess of the large undertaking.
This meeting, it is pointed out.
is not for the purpose of obtaining
funds to back the centennial, and
no request for funds or under
writing will be made.
Two U. S. Planes Crash
In Japan; Deaths Result
MATSUDA, Japan UP) Ja
panese police reported that 14
bodies were found in and near
the wreckage of a U. S. air'Serce
C-J19 flying boxcar which crashed
near here Thursday nighU
The plane was assigned to the
314th troop carrier group.
A C-46 Commando which also
was enroute to Tokyo crashed and
nuriw early today in footnilis
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Closure There Will End
If Adequate Rain Falls,
Word From Foresters
PORTLAND OP) Oregon'
buck deer season opens west of
the Cascade mountain summit to
morrow. It likely will not open in
eastern Oregon forests but prom'
ised rains make that a question.
The State Game commission set
a telephone conference for 12:30
p.m. today to decide whether to
close the season in eastern Ore
gon's dry forests. If the commis
sion does not do so, then acting;
Gov. Paul Patterson will have
the state forester's recommenda
tion that he close the over-dry
forests by proclamation.
Federal forests east of the Cas
cade summit are closed, as of
noon today, to recreational use.
But Kermit Linstedt, regional
fire control chief, said he and
the state forester's office would
be in close touch throughout this
afternoon in study of rain reports.
He said the closure would not
last any longer than fire safety
required.
The confused situation, with the
possibility of rain and unexpected
legal problems joining to delay
definite decisions, gave the state'!
175,000 licensed hunter) only this
definite information:
They can hunt west of the Cas
cade summit:
They can hunt in non-forested
lands east of the Cascade summit.
Good Hunting East Offered
'iood hunting areas of eastern
Oregon are thus opened up. The
non-forested Stcens mountain re
gions have been popular as have
a number of other areas. The
Game commission office here re
ported that a number of non-for- "
ested areas of Wasco and Jef
ferson counties always attract
some hunters although the hunt
ing there is reportedly not good.
Linstedt said it was not likely
that the federal closure would be
lifted forest - by - forest if raini
should come. He said that to les
sen confusion, if the general situa
tion should allow, the entire clos
ure order would be withdrawn.
"There would be varying de
grees of chance-taking," he said,
"and, we would have to rely on
the 'hunters to be careful."
The present federal forest clos
ure applies to these: that part
of the Umatilla forest lying in
Oregon: the Wallowa. Whitman.
Malheur, Ochoco, Deschutes and
Fremont forests; those portions
of the Rogue river and Mount "'
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Drain Protests
Proposed Change
In Highway 99
Residents of Drain are strongly
opposed to any change in High
way 99, which would isolate their
community.
This information was definitely
brought out at meetings this week
in the north Douglas town. Rep
resentatives were dispatched to
Salem Thursday in order to tell
the state highway commission
their stand, in advance of a public
hearing scheduled Oct. 10 in Drain.
The Drain hearing is one of scv-
eral which will be held Oct. 9 in
Gold Hill, Sutherlin and Oakland,
and Oct. 10 in Yoncalla, Drain,
Cottage Grove and Creswell. Fro
posed new highway location will
bypass each of these towns.
But Drain will be the most af
fected, because site of the new
highway from Anlauf to Rice Hill
would leave a mountain range be
tween Drain and the new route.
And that is what the residents
don't like.
Henry L. Goodmanson, chair
man of Highway 38 (Drain to
Recdsport) association, said h i s
association as well as the Drain
chamber of commerce and other
organizations were opposed to the
new highway plan.
In addition to isolating Drain, as
well as Yoncalla, the highway de
partment would have to maintain
two highways, the present route,
which could not be abandoned, and
the new highway to be constructed,
the opponents of the change have
stressed.
Churchill Urges Britain
To Cast Off Socialism
LONDON UP) Winston
Churchill called upon Britain to
day to free itself of socialism in
order to rebuild its life at borne
and its prestige abroad.
In a 2, 500-word conservative
party manifesto, the 76-year-old
wartime prime minister asserted
the Oct. 25 general election "may
well be the turning point in the
fortunes and even life of Britain."
"There must be no Illusions!
about our difficulties and dan
gers," he said.
Churchill demanded an end of
class warfare and a growth In
national unity. He blamed the
"frantic extravagances" of the
labor government for devaluation
of the pound from $4.02 to 12.80
on Sept .18,' 1949.
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By L. T. Relzenstein
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