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U. of 0. Library COI'J? Eugene, Orego Mlffiv White House BUSS mm WHO DOES WHAT '-': mi. ii. i i nil .Liiiwil. mmtiWl Js. i ELWYN (DOC) POCOCK, wheel aligner at Loekwood Motors, manipulates a John Bean visualiner as he aligns and sets the front wheels of a lumber company truck, a Job which will average about one hour's time. ' Doc and Mrs. Pocock have two children Virginia, 12, a student at Junior high, and Lane, 6, who has enrolled at Rose tor his first term of school Washington State Adopts Point System For Keeping Tab On Faulty Car Drivers OIA'MPTA (AP) A new point system to cut down on highway accidents is being tried out in Washington. It enables officials to keep a close tab on every licensed driver in the sUte and take steps to weed out the bad ones. A file is kept on every driver. Jt contains a record of all his traffic violations, each of which counts so many points against him three points for speeding, two for go ing through a red light, etc. If he accumulates too many points, he may lose his driv- 1 er's license. Twins Burn To Death Following Stove Blast PAW PAW, W. Va. m Nine - month - old identical twins, their tiny bodies charred beyond recognition, were burned to death Wednesday when a stove exploded, sending oil-fed flames roaring through their four-room frame house across the Potomac river in Maryland. The fire started while they were alone in the bungalow. Their mother was visiting a neighbor, three other children were 600 feet away buying milk, and their father, Russell Appold, was in jail. He was serving a 30-day sentence for assault, but freed after the trag edy. DOUBLE TOUGH LUCK ASTORIA UP) A year ago Ed Hanson's house burned down. He and his family lived in a cabin while a new one was built. Mon day night the new one burned down. Sheriff Paul Kearney said it appeared a cigaret was the cause. The Hansons are now back in the cabin. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Tokyo: "United Nations forces are ca pable of fighting the Korean war to a successful military conclusion. General Omar Bradley said Tues- day in Korea.' . That is encouraging. It would be terrible if we had to admit that sw can't win a little war in Korea. Such an admission would cause all our enemies to jumn to the con clusion that if we think we can't win a little war we certainly couldn't win a big war. ' If our enemies get the idea we're afraid of them, look out! . I suppose you are aware of the ruckus that has followed President Truman's recent order authorizing federal civilian agencies to withhold data from the public if they deem such action is necessary for na tional security. The point is that the order makes these federal agencies the judges . ,l"A"'e,.?" , ?. T ,r u-"r put in their hands. Here is art example: I don't know whether the recon struction finance corporation Is one of these agencies that are now em powered to "withhold data from Iha mihlin Km it minhl naeilir Ka I'm pretty sure that if it had been j so empowered in the past it would I (Continued on Page 4) The Weather Partly cloudy today and Friday. (-Highest mp. for any Oct. . f Lowest temp, for any Oct. . .. ,, L. Highest temp, yesterday 41 Lowest temp, last 24 hours 4J Prtcip. last 24 hours 12 Procip. from Oct. I 1.40 Defie. from Oct.($ .. 17 Sunset today, 5:50 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 4:14 a.m. The system, similar fo that !n effect in several other states, was set up on a trial basis by the state fiatrol and the state department of icenses last June. "This is a step in the right direc tion." said James A. Pryde, chief of the state patrol. "This system will enable us to check on the habitual violators." Mrs. Delia Urquhart, director of tire department of licenses, ex plained that the point system is "part of an educational program to make careless drivers more careful." How Points Apply Under the system, points have been assigned to various traffic violations on the following tenta tive basis: Negligent driving when drinking is involved, four to eight points; an accident with an injury if the driver was at fault, five points; speeding, three; failure to keep to right when not passing, three; following too closely, three; fail ure to signal or improper signal, two; improper passing, two to three; failure to stop for stop sign or red light, two. If a driver accumulates eight points, he receives a warning let ter. If he piles up 10 to 12 points, he is directed to appear at an in formal hearing with a state patrol man. If' he continues to violate traf fic regulations, his license is sus pended when he has 15 or more points against him within a 12 month period of time. The individ ual may appeal to the courts if he wishes. The system supplements that portion of the law which makes it mandatory for the courts to lift a person's license if he is convicted of more serious offenses, such as drunken driving, hit and run, reck less driving, or manslaughter re sulting from his operation of a car. Two Drunken Drivers Feel Law's Heavy Hand James C. Nelson. 48. Myrtle Creek, was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail and fined $360 on a drunk driving charge by G. D. Myllenbeck. Myrtle Creek city re corder, the sheriff's office re ported. The arrest was made by Myrtle Creek police. James W. Walters, route 1 Rose burg, pleaded guilty Wednesday to arunK ariving cnarge and was fined $500 and given a 30-dav sus Ponded jail sentence. Payment of the fine will be worked out in em ployment for the county, District Judge A. J. Geddes said. John C. Flores, 22, Ccntrail, Calif., was fined $50 and given a 30-day jail sentence on a reck less driving charge. Reedsport Jus tice of Peace Fred Wright re- Por,'d Cop Who Slew 2 Youths aces Murder Indictment CHICAGO lP) Policeman Michael Moretti. 33. has been in dicted on two charges of murder in connection with the slaying of two west side youths. ,iiui trill ?iu lie ds jiii.iuiik narcotics investigation and claimed he shot in self dofense at three youths as they sat in a car parked in a west side vacant Int. The sur vivor told the coroner's jury the policeman fired without provocation. Established 1S73 Allied Offensive Slowed By Fierce Red Resistance Gains. Losses Mark Battles On Long Front Opposing Commanders Still Apart On New Site For Fresh Peace Talks u. s. 8th Army headquar ters, Korea Fierce Red counterattacks slowed a sweeping Allied offensive on the western front today. But infantrymen of nine United Nations attacking along a 40-mile front stretched the advance in their two-day offensive to four miles in some places. The longest gains two miles Wednesday and Iwo more Thurs day were made by Canadians. But American and Greek troops, fighting over ridges west of Yon chon in the center of the offen sive, were forced to make small Wednesday opened the attack mile sector. A hundred U. N. planes roared down on strongly dug in Chinese troops. The Reds fought stubbornly against the big U. N. offensive. Five attacking Allied divisions were supported by 57-ton tanks and tipped by flame-throwing infantry men. A pooled disptach from the eastern front said heavy Red mor tar and artillery fire forced an Al lied tank-infantry patrol to pull back Thursday after it probed up a valley east of Heartbreak ridge. Allies Are Shoulder to Shoulder French and American troops re ported strong Red resistance from North Korean Reds still in control of Heartbreak. The offensive smashed to within earshot of Kaesong. site of dis rupted truce negotiations whichthe Reds Thursday refused to reopen anywhere else. A roaring artillery barrage Wudnesday opened the attack the largest launched on the Ko rean front in three months. The Allies British, Canadian. Australian, New Zealand, Ameri can, Greek, Turkish, Filipino and Korean troops fought shoulder to shoulder. Air and naval forces hammered at continuing heavy Red efforts to (Continued on Page 2) Gl Insurance Bill Passed By House WASHINGTON UP) The House passed by unanimous voice vote and sent to the Senate today a bill appropriating $5,000,000 to pay death benefits to beneficiaries of servicemen who died while ir. uniform. The purpose of the legislation is to provide the funds to pay $10,000 to each beneficiary of service cas ualties. The amount is payable over a period of 120 months. Rep. Thomas (D-Tex) told the House an estimated 12.000 claims, mostly resulting from Korean war deaths, are being held up pending provision of funds. All personnel entering the serv ice since the fighting started in Korea automatically received the free insurance. The law limits the total jayment to any individual to $10,000, includ ing the free insurance and any other government life insurance that may be held. It is payable regardless of whether the insured is killed in action or dies from other causes while in the service. Dog Pays With Its Life For Killing Valuable Ram CAN'BY. Ore. CP) Two dogs, chasing sheep on Marcus Vetter's farm near Monitor Mon day, killed a registered Columbia ram when it turned at bay to protect the flock. Vclter shot and killed one of the dogs, found it had a license tag issued in Wash ington county. Under a policy establisHed re cently by the Clackamas county court, owners of dogs may be held liable for any damages they may do. even . though owners of livestock killed by dogs may be I awarded damages paid from the dog license fund. t k- ,, , , Drunk Driving Charge Giants Lead In 6th Sequel To An Accident In th first half of th4th innir j State police Wednesday night of the opening game of the World j jailed Hobart Jay Antis. Canyon Series ot New York City today, I ville, on a drunk driving charge the icoro stood S to one in favor of after a minor accident south of the Giants. Their first runs fcPere scored inTho first inning on two hits, a walk and a sensational steal homo, the latter by Irvin. The Yankees got their run in the second inning on a brae of hill. Pershing's Aide Dies At His Desk HUGH A. DRUM NEW YORK -UP) Lieut. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, who was chief of staff to Gen. John J. Pershing in World War I, died Wednesday. He was 72. Drum died at his desk in the Empire State building, apparently of a heart ailment. He was president of the Empire State, Inc. Son of an army officer killed in the Spanish-American war, Gen eral Drum, born at an army post, skipped West Point but became one of the nation's top military strategists. He served in the army 45 years and saw action in various trouble spots. When he retired in 1943 he was the nation's senior lieutenant general. Truman Explains Why He Imposed Clamp On News WASHINGTON UP) Presi dent Truman said today that his executive order tightening control over government information grew out of publication of 95 percent of our secrets "by the newspapers and slick magazines." In a news conference the Presi dent sparred with newspapermen over the order and declared he had no desire to suppress freedom of speech. The order, issued Sept. 25, em powers civilian as well as military of the government agencies to withhold information which they think might endanger the na tional security, and establishes uni form methods of "classifying" such information. Although the President's a n nouncement of the new order said censorship was not involved, the order has been widely attacked by editors, publishers and many members of Congress as establish ing censorship at the source of information to which the public is entitled. Mr. Truman suggested that newsmen should withhold even some information made available to them by authorized government agencies. Various reporters at the news conference then expressed puzzle ment over just what the Presi dent expects of them. He did not give the newsmen any specific guidance, however. He suggested that patriotism should govern what they publish regardless of what they receive from government sources. Forest Industries Will Join Access Roads Urge The Douglas county chapter of the Western Forest Industries as sociation has agreed to cooperate with a Roseburg chamber of com merce committee to promote con struction of access roads into re mote timber areas. The action was taken at a meet ing in Rosebrrg. The group also supported a reso lution by officers of the Western Forest Industries association op posing a senate bill that could transfer bureau of land manage ment activities to the forest serv ice. WASHINGTON (JP) The House today approved a bill that would increase to $45,000,001) fed- eral funds available for construc tion of access roads considered es sential to the national defense. I tanyonviue. Police said the other car was i driven by W. C. Herman, Winston. Jailed on a drunk charge was Arthur N. Murray who was with Antis. Murray gave his address as Washington, D. C, police laid. ROSEIURG. OREGON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1951 Freight Car Shortage Hits Lumbermen Transfer Of Equipment Elsewhere For Wheat Harvest Reason Given A shortage of railroad freight cars' was again affecting lumber men in Douglas county, but it re portedly wont last as long as last year's five-month scarcity. Some of Roseburg's largest lum ber operators said they were re ceiving about half as many cars as were necessary. Contributing to the shortage has been the transfer of some 400 Southern Pacific cars to aid north ern lines in the wheat harvest, ac cording to Frank C. Nelson, Port land, SP freight traffic manager. Nelson said more cars were go ing east than west on the nation's railroads, thus reducing the num ber of empties available on the west coast. In the meantime, lumber was piling up in mills throughout Doug las county for lack of transporta tion. May Last Five The shortage was expected to continue possibly five more weeks. a spoKesman for the West Coast Lumberman's association reported, K. C. Batchcldcr, WCLA traffic manager, was quoted in the West ern Forest Industries Review as saying: "Our lumber organization has appealed to the Association of American Railroads to step up westward deliveries of cars. "We pointed out that lumber men would be glad to get rough ooxcars that are less suitable for other merchndise." A spokesman for the Roseburg Lumber company declared one of its mills has received about 40 to 45 percent of its actual needs since Sept. 7. On some days no cars whatever are received, he said. A new Interstate Commerce com mission ruling slating that cars must be 50 percent loaded at the point of origin was preventing "stopover" cars which helped to alleviate the situation last year. Roseburg Couple Injured In Auto-Truck Collision A Roseburg couple was injured Wednesday evening when the trailer of a freight truck hit a guard rail and skidded into the path of their car. State police said the accident oc curred on highway 99, near the Lane-Douglas county line. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred B. Hunter were both taken to Mercy hospi tal. Hunter received head injuries, including a broken jaw, and Mrs. Hunter was treated for a broken arm, hospital attendants said. The Hunters are newcomers, moving here from Goidendale, Wash. The driver of the truck, Ulmer Canaday, Milwaukie, was not injured. Abadan Refinery Loss Hits Britain As Dollar Reserves, Gold Take Fresh Nose Dives LONDON (AP) A tense House of Commons gath ered today to wind up its affairs, angry over the loss of the oil refinery at Abadan and shocked by the nose dive of Britain's eold and dollar assets. Members are scheduled to hear a proclamation from th" king dissolving parliament and clearing the way for tho Oct. 25 elections. Both the loss of Iranian Oil and the country's financial plight arc expected to he hot issues. There were signs of such bitter ness among the members over the government's abandonment of the huge Abadan plant that the im partial speaker of the House was prepared to halt any effort to dis cuss it in order to preserve tra ditional decorum. While Britain was staggering at the loss of Abadan, its single great est foreign Investment, the chancel lor of the exchequer. Hugh Gait skell, came out with more bad news. He told the country that gold and dollar reserves of the British banked sterling area had shrunk by t.'i(,tW0,0O0 in the past three months and were now only $3.29, 000.000. Members of the sterling bloc are Burma, Iraq, Iceland and all members of the common wealth except Canada. This is the worst economic po sition Britain has been in fknee the crisis of 1949 forced devalua tion of the pound from 14 03 to $2 SO. What the gap actually means is that these countries bought t-VM.-000.000 more worth of IKStgs which must be paid for in gold or dollars (.; . r tr: ffr. , - 1 A v 'it X i W. E. (DUTCH) MILLS, Rotoburg rath, president of the Roseburg an achievement trophy which the department will present to the most outstanding high school athlete who will have competed in three major sports during his senior year. The trophy will become the permanent possession of the athlete to whom it is awarded. The fir department plans to offer a similar trophy annually (Paul Jenkins picture) Oregon's Veterans' Bonus Bonds Attract No Bidders SALEM (AP) The Worlil War II veterans bonus bonds could not be sold today because no bidders showed up. . "' The $i00,Q06!s io be used to pay. administrative ex penses of paying off the maximum $600 bonus. W. F. Gaar eristroom, state veterans affairs director, said he would ask the sthfe bond commission in about 10 days to ar range for state trust funds to be used to buy the $500,000 bond issue. The lack of bidders today is a strong indication that no one 'vill bid late this month when the $40 million worth of bonds to pay the bonus are put up for sale. The main reason that no bidders showed up today is that a federal credit restraint committee ruled the bonds are inflationary. Anoher factor is that Oregon bonds are becoming harder to sell because of the state's huge bonded debt. If no bidders want the $40 million bond issue, -then the sULe bond commission probably will ask the state retire m?r.t board and state industrial accident commission to use their trust fund.", to buy the issue. However, since these trust funds already are invested at higher interest rates than the bonus bonds would bring, there is considerable doubt whether the retirement board and accident commission would invest their funds in the bonus bondu' The bonus, authorized by the voters last November, can't be paid unless the bonds are sold. tan they sold for those currencies. Britain owes the U. S. $4,350. 000.000 for lend-lease and for loans arranged in 1948. Gaitskell dis closed that the first installment of capital will be paid Dec. 31, but the government has made no decision on paying the U. S. $87,000,000 interest on loans. Loss of Iranian nil means that a large part of the fuel for the sterling area must now be bought In dollar regions, thus adding to the difficulties. Raymend Blackburn, an inde pendent member of parliament, has served notice that he will ask Prime Minster Clement Attlee "what ar.Unn he is taking to re deem hi, failure to honor his word in that he did not fulfill his prom ise that this House should be re called if his majesty's governmi'it accepted complete evacuation i AJjarian'" O Attlee pledged in July that a re.-tf-juard of Britons would be re tained in Abadan. Many believed his statement im-' plied it would be done by force if necessary. 234-51 fire chief, left, and Wm. C. Un volunteer firs department, display first $500,000 worth of Oregon WHO PAYS BILL ? Bank Employee Breaks Wrist Going To Coffee CLEARWATER, Fla. UP)- If you break your wrist while you're taking a mid-morning break for coffee, who fools the bill, you or your employer? That is the question thrown into the lap of the Florida Industrial commission. J. Franklin Garner of Lakeland, a deputy commissioner, held a hearing on it here but reserved de cision. Sara S. Payne, 49. an employee of the First National bank of Clearwater, said the bank's insur ance company should pay her am bulance, doctor and hospital bills. She slipped and fell, breaking her wrist and hurting her shoulder, on her way to a coffee shop near the bank May 2. Miss Payne's attorney argued the bank should he liable because the break for toffee or a soft drink is a recognized part of the work day. The bank knew about it and did not object, he said. Lawyers for the inwance com pany said the bank was not respon sible because no one directed Miss Payne to go out for coffee. She wa.Oakins.a special privilege and should(Titifld the consequences, they co'ntended. ASK SEVERANCE TAX DENVER tiPl Members of the International Woodworkers of America (CIO) want a timber sev erance tax in Oregon. Five hundred of 'ftm approved a resolution calling for the tax in a session of the 15th annual conven tion of the union. Relays News To America Soviet Also Goes Ahead With Nuclear Weapons' Production, Report Adds WASHINGTON UP) Russia has exploded a second atomic bomb and is pushing ahead with production of nuclear weapons, the White House announced Wednes day. The announcement, coming just two years and two weeks after President Truman disclosed the first atomic explosion in the So viet, gave no further details. But the announcement, coupled with other developments at horn and abroad, raised anew the ques tion whether atomic warfare might flare in Korea. There Russia's satellite troops and United Nations forces are in stalemated battle; bitter fighting and mounting casualties bring vic tory no nearer for either side. Is resort to atomic arms contem plated? There are these facts: 1. A White House announcement that "another atomic bomb has recently been exploded within tha . Soviet Union" and that Russia, de spite pretenstions that her atomic energy program is only for peace ful purposes, "is continuing to make atomic weapons." . 2. An assertion by Senator Hick enlooper (R-Iowa), member and former chairman of the senate house atomic committee, that pow erful new atomic weapons ara available for use in Korea; that he favors using them; but that it is a military decision. Control Need Emphasised Except for the single opening senience saying another bomb has been exploded within the Soviet Union, the White House statement issued at direction of President Truman contained no details. The balance of the brief state ment was devoted to stressing "again the necessity for that ef fective, enforceable international control of atomic energy which the United States and a large majority of the members of the United Na tions support." However, White House use of tha phrase "atomic bomb" was sig nificant. The President announced two years ago on Sept. 23, 1949 that evidence bad been obtained of an "atomic explosion." H e cautiously refrained from use of tne word "bomb." This time, tha American scientists whose duty it is to maintain constant vigil for such things, apparently were sure it was an actual bomb. Seismograph Confirms Apparently evidence of the re (Continued on Page 2) Tax Measure Conferees Make Some Revisions WASHINGTON CP) The senate-house conference commit tee adjusting differences in a multi billion dollar tax increase bill chalked up considerable progress Wednesday in their first full day of negotiations. They agreed to: 1. Increase the normal tax rate on corporations from 25 to 30 per cent, and leave the surtax rale unchanged at 22 percent, as fav ored by the House. The senate bill called for boosting the normal rate, which applies to the first $25,000 of a corporation's earnings, to 27 percent, and tilting the sur tax rate to 25. In either case, the combined normal and surtax rate which applies to earnings over $25,000 would be 52 percent. The decision made it certain that cor porations will be tapped for some what over $2,000,000,000 in addi tional taxes. 2. Make the corporate rate in crease effective April 1, 1951, as voted by the Senate, rather than Jan. 1, 1951, the date approved by the House. 3. Start collection of higher in dividual income taxes Nov. 1, this year. (The committee has not so far decided whether to accept the house rate, which would increase most persons' taxes by 12Vi per cent, or the 11 percent general in crease favored by the Senate.) 4. Grant unmarried persons who are the heads of households ap proximately one-half the tax art vantage available to married cou ples under the income splitting provision of the present law. 5. Extend for two years, until Jan. 1, 1954, the income tax ex emption granted members of the armed forces serving in combat zones, and those hospitalized as a result of such service. The exemp tion applies to all the pay of en listed men and non-commissioned officers, and to the first $200 a month received by commissioned officers. SCHOOL PLANTS OKAYED SALEM OPl A"ll school heat ing plants in Oregon now are safe, K. W. Smith, chief state boiler in spector, 5ays. Smith rfiis staff has in spected boilers and hot water tanks in the schools, and ordered a few of them out of service. L evity F act R ant By L. F. Reizenstein COreqon's $otto, "She Hies With Her Own Wings," will be tested when the state is forced to finance the veterans' bonus with its own trust funds.