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U. of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon COi'iP mi REVISED WHO DOES WHAT VIRGINIA REIMER sews busily on a garment at.Valley'Tailors, 129 North Jackson street, where she has been employed for the past two years. I'll refrain from saying that the establishment's busin ess is just sew-sew; it is rushing. Alterations are made on men's clothing as well as women's I guess that since all the employes there are girls I had supposed they specialized on women's wear alone. Miss Reimer has lived in Roseburg for six years, making her home at 334 East Commercial street. She came here from Indi- Allies Advance In One Area, Beaten Back In Two Others; Prospects Of Truce Brighten U.S. 8TH ARMY HEADQARTERS, Korea - (AP) Allied big guns pounded Kumsong today as tank-supported U.N. infantrymen fought to within two miles of the former Red bastion on the central front. ' Reds stubbornly resisted attacking United Nations troops in almost every sector. Allies failed to take two hills on the western front in day-long battles. Prison Sentences , Given Two Men j Two men received penitentiary sentences Thursday from Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly, and a third pleaded innocent to a dis trict attorney's information. Thomas Johnson. 21. Roseburg, arraigned on a charge of contrib uting to the delinquency of a minor, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to serve 18 months in the peniten tiary. The charge involved a 17-year-old girl. Frank R. Davis, 31, Roseburg, pleaded guilty to a non-support charge and received a one-year sentence. Joe Dalio Martinez, 19. 427 S. Pine 'street, Roseburg, pleaded innocent to a charge of contrib uting to the. delinquency of a minor involving two 14-year-old girls. He is being held to await trial. In the Day's News By "FRANK JENKINS From Washington: "The stinging, unexpected re jection by the house of representa tives yesterday of a $5,732,000 (.Mi billions) tax increase set the administration groping today for a solution to a potentially serious national budget porblem." no vou suDDose the administra tion would like to know what we little guys do in crises like that.' WE CUT DOWN DRASTICALLY ON OUR SPENDING. If the government would do like wise, it would find that its "seri ous national budget problems" would solve themselves. Incidentally, the house action on the tax bill is a mystery like most of the things that go on in Washington. This, roughly, is the history of it: 1. The President asked for 10 billions. 2. The House cut his request to 7.2 billions. 3. The Senate cut the house j bill to 5.4 billions 4. The house-senate conference committee upped the senate bill to 5.7 billions. The House then turned in and kicked the apple cart over. Why? I wouldn't know. Maybe the House, after cutting down the amount the (Continued on Page 4) The Weather Ftw showtrt today. Partly cloudy with widely icrtrtd how an tonight and Saturday. Highest temp, for any Lowest temp, for any Oct. 22 ' Highest temp, yesterday 64 Lowest temp, lot 24 hours 53 Precip. lait 24 hours 01 Precip. from Oct. 1 2.84 Procip. from Sept. 1 3.1" Ec.ii I.M Suntet today, 5 : 25 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 4:32 a.m. V I Ji I - I Planes, tanks and infantrymen battled fresh Chinese replace ments deeply entrenched in. the last major YiSge ' line south of Kumsong. The Reds used heavy mortar and artillery fire in an attempt to slow U. N. infantry men pushing northward in the seventh day of their central of fensive. But southwest of Kumsong, Al lied ground forces captured two hills against "surprisingly light resistance." a briefing officer re ported. Fifty-two Chinese were taken prisoner. Entrenched Chinese on the western front held two hills north west of Yonchon against day-long Allied assaults. On one hill troops fought at hand grenade range for more than two hours before U. N. infantrymen pulled back. A ten hour Allied assault 'was beaten off the other, hill. Nearby Red screening forces dug in on hills less than a mile from a battle-scarred ridge line they abruptly abandoned Thurs day to Allied troops after a two week fight. Truce Hopes Revived Meanwhile hopes of renewed truce negotiations revived. Liaison officers agreed on three mile restricted areas surrounding peace camps at Munsan and Kae song, when the Reds accepted a U. N. counterproposal. Only two security' points were reported standing in the way of reopening armistice talks, which the Reds broke off Aug. 23. Observers at the U. N. truce camp at Munsan said negotiations might be resumed in a few days, On the east coast, U. N. war ships carried their scige of Won- san into the 24otn day. The North Korean communique broadcast by Pyongyang radio in the Red capital said "Peoples (Communist) coast guard units" sank a U. N. destroyer at Won san. No date was mentioned. Allied naval communiques have made no such report. They did tell of six Red salvoes straddling the U.S. destroyer Stormes Tues day, but didn't say how the Amer ican warship fared. B-29 Superforts poured 128 tons of high explosives on three Stra ta,,;,. DdH rail nninle RViJaw Thic was a continuation of the Far East air forces' "air strangulation ot enemy supply routes," An FEAF comminque said 1.000 sorties were mounted Thursday for the third successive day, "cratering rail lines in 120 places, knocking out bridge spans, and shooting up roll ing stock." Night bombers reported Red traffic to the front lines was drop ping off. B-26 bombers blew up a west Korea ammunition factory near iJJinmak Thursday night. The navy was carrying out similar job on loth coasts BOY I1LIEVED DROWNED Merlin Halsey, age was be lieved drowned in a pool of water in an open field east of Clover dale park at noon today. Th boy had lived with his parents in trailer adjacent to the park area. He was rushed to Douglas com munity hospital, where effortt at revival were continuing. Established 1873 Britain Tightens Her Hold On 2 Vital Egyptian Areas Naval Guns Command Suez Canal Top Egyptian Officials Ordered To Leave Sudan; Rival Land Units Dig In CAIRO, Egypt UP) Backed by growing sea, land and air forces, Britain tightened her hold on the strife-ridden Suez canal area today and moved against Egyptian officials in the vast Su dan area south of Egypt. As British naval suns trained on the Suez, authoritative sources here said the Sudan's British gov ernor general, Sir Robert G. Howe, had ordered two top Egyptian of- liciats not to return to their posts there for the time being "o n grounds of public order." Local newspapers said the Egyp tian government had ordered the officials back to Khartoum. Britain and EevDt control the Sudan jointly under an 1899 agree ment which the Egyptian parlia ment tore up Monday night at the same time it canceled the treaty permitting limited British garri sons along the Suez. The British said they would recognize neither one-sided action. The British were renorted hold ing a strategic railway bridge three miles west of the canal at Ncfisha. The report said the Brit ish took over the bridge from Egyptians three davs aao and were stopping all trains, checking passengers. The British already he d the El Ferdan bridge, which straddles the canal itself about midway b e- tween Port Said and Ismailia Two Egyptian soldiers were killed in the fight there Wednesday, the nrsc ciasn netween British and Egyptian troops. Both Arhlies Dig In Both British and Eavntian trnoDs dug in along the highway linking Cairo and the canal, setting up gun emplacements in their respec tive sectors. British tommies were posted in fox holes along a ridge near the waterway. In Alexandria Thursday 16 dem onstrators were wounded in the legs when police fired to break up a student demonstration. Britain has barred Egyptian troops from the Suez canal area except when in transit with ad vance notice. (In London, Britain tartly told E?ypt today she will hold the Cairo government responsible for riot damage, to British property in the Suez and elsewhere in Egypt. (The British war office has es timated riot damage in the canal area town of Ismailia alone at $14.00,000. (In a stern note, Britain declared that British forces intervened be cause British lives were in danger. It blamed serious rioting and looting on "inability of Egyptian authorities to maintain order.") MAY CUT WOOL CEILINGS WASHINGTON UP) The government says raw wool ceil ings may be lowered about 56 cents a pound for average basic type wool and 63 cents a round for tops within the next three or four weeks. 1 k "4 7 - V.V J 9 1 E SCOUTING AWARD For his pert in heading the Boy Scout finance campeign last summer, Vic Bakala, on right, Thursday night was presented a trophy by Rollie Quern, scout field executive in behalf of the Oregon Trail coincil. The preientation was made at the Lioni club meeting. (Paul Jenkins picture.) American Legion Names New Head .&) ' - DON R. WILSON Chosen By Legionnaires MIAML Fla. UP) Don R. Wilson, 34-year-old Clarksburg, W. Va., attorney was elected national commander of the American Le gion the third straight time a World War II veteran has headed the world's largest veterans or ganization. Wilson succeeds Erie Cocke Jr., of Dawson, Ga. His election had been forecast from the start ot the Legion's 33rd national con vention and became unanimous when five other candidates dropped out. Oklahoma's Oath Of Loyalty OKd OKLAHOMA CITY -UP) Okla homa's new loyalty oath has the legal sanction of the state su preme court. In a unanimous decision the high court upheld constitutionality of the oath law on an appeal from district court, where it was also held valid. Not only does the legislature have the power to pass such a law, Chief Justice Ben Arnold wrote, but it has the duty also to pro tect the people's welfare by exer cising police power against sub versive influences. The law requires all city, county and state officials and employes to: Swear they aren't Communists. Swear that they haven't for the past five years been a member of an organization labeled subversive by the U. S. Attorney General. Pledge allegiance to the United States. Promise to bear arms in defense of this country in case of emer gency. The ruling thus contradicts a n opinion by State Attorney General Mac (j. Wiyiamson, who contended the oath was unconstitutional on several counts. Chief objectors have been pro fessors at the University of Okla homa and Oklahoma A&M,' sev eral of whom refused to sign all or part of the oath. They have now been fired or have resigned to ac cept other positions. - If- ! ' i rVwej i imw. ,- t 1 ' ROSEBURG. OREGON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1951 Postal Rates Boost Awaits Congress Vote Compromise Measure Also Includes Pay Hikes For 2,000,000 Workers WASHINGTON (P) Legis lation giving most postal em ployees pay raisoi of $400 a year was passed today by the House and sent to the Senate. The raisos, affecting an esti mated 500,000 postal workers, range as high as $800 annually for some postmasters and super visors. Hourly workers would receive a raise of 20 cants per hour. Since the Senate already has passed a similar measure and today's bill was a compromise worked out by senators and house members, quick senate ap approval was expected, WASHINGTON UP) Senate- house conferees have agreed on a bill hiking postal rates by about $117,000,000 a year. They took the house version and thus threw out the senate measure which would have boosted first class letter stamps from three to four cents and increased airmail from -six to eight cents. The compromise bill leaves the three-cent stamp and airmail rate unchanged but dooms the penny postal card. The charge lor it will be doubled. The conferees also agreed on a pay raise for about 1,500,000 fed eral employes which will cost more than $400,000,000 a year. . The workers will get a 10 per cent Boost except that individual increase will not be less than $300 nor more than $800. Previously the conferees had agreed on a $250,000,000 annual pay increase for the 500,000 postal workers. The three bills are tied together; there was an informal agreement not to bring one to final passage without the other two. The com promise measures will be called up for a vote in the House first. Newspapers Muit Pay More The postal rale bill increases charges for second class mail chiefly newspapers and magazines by 30 percent to be applied in (Continued on Page 2) Belligerent Salesman Discovers Sheriff Carter A 24-yoa.r-old magazine sales man slugged the wrong man, he discovered, when ho took a hefty swing at Sheriff O. T. Carter. Booked in on a vagrancy charge, the salesman, William J. Aitken, Dallas Tex., was fined $2$ in district court Thursday. A 30-day jail sentence was sus pended. Carter said the man insisted on remaining on his doorstep at his home in Winston. Th last time Sheriff Carter asked him to leave, Aitken slugged him, the officer said. That was when Aitken found out Carter was sheriff of Doug las county. ' '?'., ROSEBURG FLIER DECORATED Captain Dale E. Borgen, 958 South Jackson St., Roseburg, is congratulated by Colonel Nils O. Ohman, commander of the U. S. air force's 3rd bomb wing, upon receiving the air medal. A veteran 3rd bomb wing pilot in Korea, Borgen was decorated for meritorious service while flying night combat missions over north Korea in Fifth air force B-26 night bombers. (U. S. Air Force Photo I Legion Hears Defense Chief Answer M'Arthur, Calls For Purge In State Department MIAMI, Fla. (AP) The American Legion began evacuating Miami today after being warned by U. S. Civil Defense Chief Millard Caldwell that "the next war will come to Main street." In a speech regarded by some as an answer to General Douglas McArthur, who addressed' the Legion's 33rd conven tion Wednesday, Caldwell declared : "now that the people are being told the hard truth, Mac Challenges Truman To Deny Appeasement Aim NEW YORK UP) Gen. Doug las AlacArthur has challenged President Truman to declare that Rod China will never be allowed to take over Formosa or a United Nations seat. The sencrars statement was in rebuttal to the President's answer to a speech made by MacArlhur Wednesday, charging that some American leaders had had a "se cret plan" to admit Red China to the U. N. and give her Formosa. The President said Thursday that MacArlhur's remarks were not based on fact, and that the general knew they were not. In reply, MacArlhur said here that "President Truman habitu ally tisos the technique of personal invective, in rebutting criticism." He added that the President "would relieve many millions of patriotic minds deeply concerned with our national security if, in stead of indulging in innuendo and trying to alibi the past, he would announce the firm deter mination that under no conditions, even though-fostered by the United Nations, would the United States permit Formosa to fall into Red hands or Communist China to be seated in the United Nations. That simple and understandable assur ance he has never given. I pre dict that he never will." The speech which the President said was knowingly not based on fact was delivered by MacArthur at the American Legion conven tion in Miami. The general said the alleged "secret plan" had been "wrecked" by himself. Five Killed, Four Saved In Air Force Plane Crash NASSAU, Bahamas UP) Five of the nine persons aboard a U. S air force plane from the Cocoa Fla., guided missile base were killed Thursday night In a crash off Nassau. Four others were saved by air sea rescue units and were brought to Nassau. All those aboard were military personnel. Their names were not announced, pending notification of next of kin. Youth Admits Slaying Of His Foster Mother DUNEDIN, Fla. UP) A youth taken into custody here con fessed he shot, beat and knifed his foster mother to death in Minne- snla, police Chief Eugene Sheets said. The chief said Robert S. Pelt, 16. signed a written confession he killed Mrs. Maty R. Pelt, 52 he cause she nagged him and wanted him to go to church. SPREE COSTS ACTOR (150 LOS ANGELES UP) Actor Rod Cameron was fined $150 yes terday on a (Ujnk driving charge I a few hours iwr he was involved iln a three-car collision. He gave l true name of Roderick N. Cox. 24V51 we are charged with crying wolf." MacArthur had disagreed with those "who hysterically talk of in another war. Caldwell asserted that some arc too old to realize that the concept of war has changed. When a re porter askod if he was referring to the 71-year-old deposed general Caldwell replied: "If MacArthur is in that group, he'll just have to stay in it." Earlier the convention adopted overwhelmingly, after a stiff floor fight, a resolution calling for a complete sweep-out of the top men m the slate department. "To obtain the leadership re quired." said the resolution, "we demand the immediate removal of the present corps of leaders whose very action has reflected incom petency, indecision and defeat ism." Such action, It said, is a "must" to restore the confidence of Ameri cans "in the conduct of our for eign affairs." The Legionnaires, who heard General MacArlhur blast the ad ministration's foreign policy Wednesday, fell in line with his views in another resolution that called for "every possible means to brint the Korean war to a speedy and successful conclusion." New Loador Lashts Out Donald R. Wilson of Clarksburg, W. Va., was elected the new Le gion commander. In his inaugural address, he called for "aggressive Americanism, international real ism and no compromise with com munism." By "international realism" h e said he meant "a practical, hard headed, down-to-earth policy which avoids the ivory-towered, philo sophical double talk ot diplomacy, calls a spade a spade, and ceases to consider American lives an ex pendable commodity." "By no compromise with com munism," he said, "we mean that fields of trade, economics or war, that this defeat must be decisive." The Legion demanded the im mediate release of Associated Press reporter William Oatis from a Chechoslovakian prison or t h e severance of all diplomatic rela tions and Immediate cessation of all trade with that Red-dominated country. Veto Hits Bill To Buy Cars For Crippled Vets WASHINGTON UP) Presi dent Truman has vetoed i bill which would have the government pay up to $l,fiKI on the price of an automobile for any veteran of World War II or the Korean war, who has lost a leg, or lost an arm, or is blind or nearly so. In a message to the Senate, Mr. Truman said he would gladly have approved legislation limiting the aid to those veterans who have lost, or lost use of, one or both legs at or above the ankle. Mr. Truman noled there had been . previous legislation to help provide automobiles for World War II ! veterans who have lost a leg. lie i said the theory was that this was compensation for loss of mobility. What he objected to mainly about the new bill was bringing in veterans who have lost an arm or are blind. I Fate In House. Uncertain: Fight Looms New Compromise Cuts Tax On Incomes, Leavat Original Excise Rates WASHIilflTnM IJm U..... administration leaders today tern- poraruy sidetracked the S5.691, 000.000 tax bill in a tactical move designed to give time for picking up badly-needed votes. A vote on the tax bill still Is in prospect some time during the aft ernoon. After calling the House Into ses sion an hour earlier than usual to aCt On the tV hill tha m.tA- denly decided to bring up ahead ui 11 iwu government pay raise onis aim a postal rate increase measure. This meant a rial., t ... . .......... uui; ui iwu or three hours in reaching the tax Ulll. , There Was KnniA fnnlinrt tnn tl.nA .. ,w, maw passage of the pay raise bills would bring additional votes for the tax legislation. Sneaker Pnvhltrn icnlnAJ the sudden shift in plans, said he was confident the tax bill would pass today. He expected to pick up recruits from both the Demo crats and Republicans. aome oiner supporters of the bill were less optimistic. ThPV arlcnnwlnrianrl fAl.. fl. were in for a hard fight. The bill coming up tor a rollcall today wot changed m only a few minor par ticulars from the first compromise tax bill which the House rejected 204 to 157 three days ago. The revamped bill came out o( a recnnveneH Ninforanrui Anmn-i. tee Thursday, reduced in size some i,uuu,uw irom the first compromise. A few hours later the Senate nnsseri it hv a ..nu. ...t. The Senate didn't get a chance to pass on the first compromise which me nouse rejected. Income Tax Rate Shaved In rnunri fionrAe th kill ..-ll. t- a $2,400,000,000 a year increase in individual inpnmn tnvo n Co tvi . 000,000 boost in corporation taxes, ana a i,zuu,uuu,oou jump in excise taxes on such things as liquor, cigarets, gasoline, automobiles and household electrical gadgets. none of the half dozen changes made Thursday was very conse- nnentinl fi-Am tVta Btnnn:. -a n. .. u, oinuuJUiiii WL revenue. The income tax boost was snaaea down a trifle by pro viding an increase of only 11 per cent instead of 11 percent on the first $2,000 of taxable income. Boosts in the other brackets aver age around 11V4 percent, except for persons in the higher brack ets, who have an option of pay ing Increase amounting to 9 per cent of what income they have left over after paying tax at the cur rent rale. Thursday's cut-back ranged up (Continued on Page 2) Wilson Brothers Lose On Appeal WASHINGTON M The ap peal of Turman and Utah Wilson to the U. S. supreme court has failed. A court spokesman said the court had decided against review ing the case. The brothers are un der death sentence in the state of Washington. They were convicted of kidnapping and killing Jo Ann Dewey, 18, at Vancouver, Wash., last year. PORTLAND im The U.S. supreme court decision against Turman and Utah Wilson left the brothers only one hope for their lives. That will come If Gov. Arthur B. Langlie of Washington com mutes their sentence. The broth ers' attorneys expressed hope the tovcrnor would commute the sen tence to life imprisonment. The attorneys said new facts on the case are coming to light, and cited "the former sheriff's recent letter to Utah telling him in ef fect that he is innocent and should not be in the penitentiary . , ." The letter referred to was from ex-sheriff Earl N. Anderson, who said he believed Utah Wilson guilty in some degree in the murder, but also believed a third man, and possibly more, was involved in the crime. Anderson was sheriff at the time of the slaying. Douglas County Lags In Savings Bond Drive Douglas county residents will have to get "on the ball" if they hope to meet the ruiota In bond sales during the current savings bond campaign, said Charles Hart, drive chairman. The report for the week ending Oct. 6. as compiled by George W. Mimnaugh, state director, shows Douglas county dropping slowly down the line in the per centage column with a quota per centage of 43.4. Douglas is behind Morrow, Gilliam, Baker, Sherman, Crook, Umatiiia and Polk coun ties. The total of cumulative county sales is listed at $130,230. The cam paign officially closes Oct. 27. L evity F act R ant By L. F. Reiensteln If ht wint the GOP presiden tial nomination, Bob Taft will have two strikes on him in th form of 13,500,000 labor union ists. Th bald - pattd senator perhaps thinks he could still win by hair.