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U. of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon CQkP mm WHO DOES WHAT y THE GENTLEMAN behind the wheel of the car pic tured above, and his lady companion, pulled off to the side of the road for a nap. The lady's slumbers were practically in sured when her head was thrust through the windshield. The steering wheel made shut-eye a cinch for the gent. Space be tween the seat (which was pushed 'wayvforward) and the dash was cramping; but you know how it is sometimes you can sleep no matter how uncomfortable your position. In the back seat not asleep but nodding absently, a man sat in a litter of smashed and gushing beer bottles. Laurel Lunch Business Bought By Albert Call Dwlght Pope, who has operated the Laurel Lunch, at 230 N. Jack son St., announced the sale of the business, effective Nov. 1, to Al bert Call of Portland. Call, who has been in the cs.'e business in Southwest hills district of Portland, plans to move his wife and three children here soon. He will continue to operate the candy concession as well as the cafe here, said Pope. ' Pope, who opened the business 1 May 3, 1950, has been a resident i of Roseburg since 1936. He said be has no definite future plans. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS More about New Mexico: A few years back the guy who does this Truth or Consequences stuff on the radio came to Hot Springs, down in the southern part of the state, and put on his pro gram. The townsfolk were so steamed up by the publicity they got that they decided to change the name from Hot Springs to Truth or Consequences thus, perhaps, outdoing Albuquerque in the way of making friends and in fluencing people to come and set tle down. It didn't seem to work. As a matter of fact, the town has slipped a little in population since the bright idea was tried out. Truth or Consequences is a fright ful mouthful when somebody asks you where you live, and most citi zens have shortened it down to T or C. A few are beginning to pro mote the idea of changing back to Hot Springs. The place, by the way, has about 7500 people when they-are all at home and accounted for. It has 103 MOTELS! How come? Well, it's a health resort. The ' Astate of New Mexico has a most lexcellent children's hospital here, end many parents of children re ceiving treatment must be housed. There are hot springs here and they are believed to have potent curative powers, especially in the . (Continued on Page 4) . Graphic Lessons Presented In Results Of Bad Driving A woman, her face a bloody pulp, bled to death before help arrived. Such was a traffic accident, occurring in recent months, described as typical. In a day-long session Thursday at the Senior high school, the county's traffic safety campaign ers gave students some startling details on several "typical" acci dents they've encountered. Participating in the program were KRXL announcer Del Mc Kay, District Attorney Robert Davis, Deputy Sheriff Ira B y r d, Deputy Coroner Robert Bellows and State Patrolman Joe Hay stead. The woman described In the ac cident was 38. The car in which she was riding and another ve hicle driven by an 18-year-old youth were both driving the middle of the highway. They smashed . hetdon. The terrific impact flung tthe woman through the windshield, k On display at the school through out the day was the smashed re ' mainder of a car in which a man was fatally injured in Douglas county several weeks ago. The car, along with several oth j in The three were Indiana who had been driving out of Klamath Falls towards Keno, or Dorris, or wher ever, on highway 9? and failed to negotiate the turn from Main street onto Riverside. Perhaps it was just as well lor other motor ists whom they otherwise would have met that they cracked up on an inanimate guardrail, when they did. The driver was hauled off to jail by the police, for drunk driv ing, after he came out of his nap, and his two companions were sent to the hospital. ' These two were discharged the next day and the driver admitted. How badly he may have been hurt J didp'.t hear. Of course I had to take the pic ture. Just like the proverbial post man on a holiday. But then where would one go today to escape from reckless and irresponsible auto mobile drivers? It would be hard to say. Ex-Tacoma Policeman Convicted As Tax Qodejer TACOMA UP) A federal court jury here convicted former Tacoma Policeman Parker Garri son of evading income tax pay ments. The government charged during Garrison's trial the former patrol man accepted money from slot machine operators aid failed to declare - it on his 1944, 1945 and ICS income tax returns. Garrison denied receiving such payments, and claimed heavy bank deposits for the period rep resented gambling winnings. Garrison joined the police force in 1928 and was assistant city li cense inspector from 1942 to 1945. Federal Judge James Alger Fee set Nov. 20 for sentencing. Slayer Says Victim Made Advances To His Wife REDDING, Calif. UP) -Sheriff John Balma announced that Amos Johnson, a cattle rancher, had admitted slaying of Raymond Pedee, whose body was found this week in Eastman lake. The sheriff said Johnson, 50, told him he shot the 34-year-old Pedee with a rifle "because he had been making advances toward my wife." Mrs. Johnson is 51. Johnson was arrested at his ranch north of Bieber. ers, will comprise Roseburg's "Death Row," on Jackson street Saturday. As another step in their program to help reduce the appalling traf- Oregon's Traffic Death Toll For 1951 Now 365 SALEM tm There hive 'been MS persons killed In Ore gen traffic accidents in the firsf 10 months of this year, which was eight mere Mian in the aim ilar period last year. Secretary of Stat Ntwbry said. The October total waa 45. fic accident toll In Douglas county, the committee is prepar ing posters containing pictures of some of the highway tragedies in recent years. Several of the post ers were on display Thursday at the high school. 1173 Three Red Jets Downed, 2 Allied Planes Come Through Without Loss New Truce Conference Proves Futile; American Losses Nearinej 100,000 1 U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD QUARTERS, Korea (JP) Al lied warplanes sent three Commu nist Jets crashing to the ground in flames today, U. S. Fifth air force reported. Two other Russian-made MIG 15s were damaged. The air force said all Allied planes returned safely to base. Two aerial duels were fought over northwest Korea, with 52 American jets pitted against about 50 Communist planes. It was one of the few times the two sides bave met on near-even terms. On the ground, Chinese forces threw . a series of small attacks before daylight at Allied positions near Yonchon and Kumsong. AP Correspondent Milo Farnetti reported a new Chinese division was in the line south of Kumsong. An Allied officer sad a fresh Red army corps about 30,000 men was believed moving into the area. An Allied briefing officer said the Chinese have moved up enough armor and artillery to be "capable of launching a limited offensive" on the western front. Despite continuous pounding by Allied artillery, the Communists Friday still held two peaks wrested from the Allies Sunday near Yonchon. . Truce negotiators canceled their meeting today after an "inconclu sive and unproductive" morning session. A Unilcd Nations command communique, which described the talks as fruitless, said negotiators would meet tomorrow. Losses Estimated ... . . The army at Washington today estimated total enemy casualties in Korea at 1,442,844 through Oct 31. Counted prisoners of war rose to reach a new total of 168,418. The latest estimate of casualties among forces in the United Na tions command is 313,711. Ameri can losses were announced this week as 97,514, including 16,480 battle deaths. Boy Heir To $200,000 Ends His Life With Gun SOMERSET, Md. (IP) A 15-year-old heir to' a $200,000 fortune killed himself Thursday night a few hours after his family moved to a new home in this Washington, D. C, suburb. Robert Benson Low was found in his bedroom with a .22 calibre bullet through his heart. The rifle lay on a bed. Dr. Frank J. Bros chart, Montgomery county med ical examiner, ruled it was suicide. In the boy's pocket was a small card on which he had written: "I can't stand her any longer." There was no explanation of the note. Police said the boy's father, Jo seph Low, died in 1949 and his mother remarried two weeks ago. Ciech "Diplomat" In U. S, Branded As Red Spy WASHINGTON (JP) A Czech diplomat assigned to duty here has been described by senate in ternal security investigators as a top Communist spy. He was named by Senators Mc Carian (D-Nev) and O'Conor (D Md) as Col Oto Biheier, military and air attache to the Czechoslo vakian embassy. The senators said he is now in Czechoslovakia. McCarran, chairman of the senate internal security commit tee, said "it is known to our in telligence agents that Biheier, for two years, has been gathering information on this country's re search into bacteriological war fare and atomic weapons and other advanced methods of defense." Philip Murray Again Elected CIO President NEW YORK (JP) Philip Mur ray, 65-year-old former coal miner, was re-elected today to his 12th year as president of the CIO. Possibility of a CIO AFL mer ger appeared remote. Murray has declared the CIO against immed iate merger while favoring cooper ation between the two big labor groups. The Weather Mostly cloudy today. Showers to night and Saturday. Highest temp, tor any Nov. 7 Low i.mp. for any Nov. . 14 Highest temp, yesterday S7 Lowest temp, last 24 heurt 41 Preclp. last 24 hour .. 0 Precip, from Ne. I .0J Precip. from Sept. 1 .44 Exctet 1.34 Sunset today, 4:5 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:00 i, m. tOSUURt). Glutted Lumber Market Not Felt Seriously Here The reduced demand for lumber products, especially plywood, has not seriously curtailed production in the Roseburg area, a spokes man for Umpqua Plywood Corp. reported today. A glutted market has necessi tated closure of a number of mills in the Northwest, but corporation officials don't predict a suspension of operation in this vicinity. A huge backlog of government orders, which have not been moved because appropriations are lacking, was cited as the main reason for the reduction in pro duction. The Umpqua Plywood Corp. switched to a five-day work week about a month ago, but the spokesman said the trend was general in the plywood industry. Three mills were named USP at Mapleton, Cascades at Lebanon and The Springfield Plywood Corp. which have been forced to close for a few days or an indefinite period. An Associated Press release re ports the complete closure of sev eral mills in northern California. In the Shasta area, yards and warehouses are stocked with lum ber and lumber products. In some plants, the number of employes have been reduced, or shifted to other jobs. Pronounced Dead, Would-Be Suicide Restored To Life . SAN FRANCISCO UP) A 60-year-old widow clung precari ously to life today after having been pronounced dead, then re viving at the city morgue. The apparently lifeless body of mm; ineresa--Buiier was touna in the bathtub of her fashionable apartment Thursday noon. A doc tor pronounced her dead. Two hours later, an assistant coroner heard a faint gasp as he unloaded her "body" at the city morgue. startled, James Leonard turned to see Mrs. Butler's jaw drop open, then quiver slightly. She was rushed to a hospital. Again sho seemed dead. . . no pulse, no apparent respiration and no measurable blood pressure. But, with the administration of oxygen, blood transfusions, drugs and artificial respiration, she be gan a slow climb back from the edge of the grave. Police had listed her as an ap parent suicide after finding two empty sleeping pill bottles and notes to her daughter directing cremation and giving instructions for the disposal of her estate. The daughter, Betty Butler, of nearoy ban Jose, reported her mother had been desoondent over a 30-year illness and the recent aeain ot her husband. Today, doctors held scant hope for Mrs. Butler's complete recov ery. They said it will be another day before they liow if she will survive, and then she may be paralized, sightless or deaf, due to prolonged lack of biood nres- sure to supply oxygen to her brain. I f I 4-H WEEK Pictured" above in th window of fh J. C. Penney star are exhibits illustrating vari ous aspects of 4-H activity. The articles have been on display all week. Saturday is 4-H Demon stration day. Starting at II a, window 0t the store. At I p. m the girls will pretent a tewing exhibition, which will include bast ing and sewing. Beginning at 3:30, the girls will serve cookies and coffee, prepared by them selves at the Western Auto store, to visitors. The special ectivifies are being prepared in connee' tion with 4-H week, Nov, 5-10. Piefur by Paul Jenkins) OMICON FRIDAY, NOVEMIIR , If SI Annual Turkey Exhibit Dated In December Trophies To Be Awarded In Nine Classes; Special Events To Augment Show The 20th annual turkey show will be staged at the Douglas county fairgrounds Dec: 3, 4, S, ( and 1, announces bdward Davis, presi dent of the Northwestern Turkey Show, Inc. Birds from the outstanding flocks in the Northwest will be exhibited at the show, which is one of the largest in this area. In addition to the regular show, several special events are planned. There will also be a banquet and dance at the K. of P. hall, with proceeds to benefit the girls' drum corps. j Programs have been mailed to prospective entrants containing en try blanks, which are to be filled in and returned promptly. J. Roland Parker, county agent, says entries for live shows will not be accepted after Dec. 3. Ail exhibits should be mailed to reach Roseburg by Dec. 4. Classes Listed Per Trophies Trophies will be awarded own ers of the following specimens: champion young bronze ben; three most uniform' young bronze toms, three most uniform young bronze hens; champion young bronze torn, and grand champion bird of the show. Daily during the show at t p.m., a surprise prize will be presented in the show room. . On Monday. Dec. S. exhibits will be received for both live and dressed divisions. The show opens to the public on Tuesday, and judging will then begin. Judging will continue - Wednesday- n a Thursday, and the show will con clude Friday with release of the birds. Melvin Lovelace will act as judge in the live division in place of the lifetime honorary judge, H. P. Griffin, Sonoma, Calif., who will be unable to attend. Ladies of the Sheriffs Posse will serve home cooked meals ev ery day of the show. Douglas Work Included In Highway Contracts PORTLAND 1JP) The state highway commission Thursday al located another S4,0oo,ooo from the $40,000,000 highway bond program approved by the last legislature. Contracts will be let during the first three months of next year, the commission said at a meet, ing here. Largest amount earmarked was $1,500,000 for three U S. highway 101 projects. Included was $700,000 lor grading and paving 2.2 mues starting some three miles south of Reedsporu A similar amount was set aside for grading and paving 5 miles of road and rebuilding two bridges about 5 miles north of Coos Bay, Another $100,000 is to be used for grading and paving a half mile ot Dignway soum ol Coos Bay. m. Saturday, 4-H,girls will model dresses they have made In the Others Damaged Prominent Oregon H'storian Passes II H " LEWIS A. McARTHUR PORTLAND UP) Lewis A. McArlhur, 68, businessman his torian, died here Thursday after a long illness. A former president of the Orefon Historical society, he was author of the reference work. "Oregon Geographical Names." it became a standard retcren.ee boon as soon as it waa off the press. H. L. Mencken called it "the best thing of its kind I have ever seen." Born In The Dalles, he was ed ucated at Portland academy, took B. S. at the university of Cal ifornia and later was awarded hon. orary M. "A. and LL.D, degrees by the university ot uregon, He worked as a reporter on the Morning Oregonian 902)S and 1905, ana was ticket clerk ana telegraph operator lor the Oregon Electric Railway Co., 1908-10, then went with the Pacific Power and Lieht Co. He was named general manager in 1917 and elected vice president in 1923. He retireo. in 1948. v... '' -- He is survived by the widow. Nellie B.,McArthur and four chil- aren. Gas Panhandling Traps Alleged Auto Thief i DECATUR. III. VP) A stranded motorist with no money applied to the Decatur relief ofr fice for aid and ended up in jail. Fioyd A. Huston, 40, of Rock ford, III., asked the relief office for five gallons of gasoline to make the 150-mile trip to his home. The Decatur office checked with the Rockford relief office, which learned Huston waa driving a stolen car. A warrant was Issued against him charging car theft and parole violation. Lumber Retailers Get . Wage Increase Permit LOS ANGELES (IP) More than 250 small retail lumber deal era have been given permission to increase wages of their employes by as much as nine cents an hour, retroactive to July 1. Major lumber dealers were given similar approval by the wage stabilization board Oct. 15. 235-51 Small Nations Urge Security At U.N. Meet Tough Talks ly Russia, United States Arouse Fears Of Another Korea By FRANCIS W. CARPENTER PARIS UP) Small nations pleaded for sreater collective se curity against the possibility of another Korea today in speecnes before the United Nations assem bly. Their pleas followed discour aging new touan taut ov me United States and Russia. As they spoke, U. S. Ambassador Philip C. Jessup. in a news con ference, challenged the Soviet Union to start disarmament talks in the U. N. now not to wait until some time before June 1. 1852. aa the Russians have proposed. Jes sup also accused the Russians of trying to by-pass the u. N. in ask. ing a world-wide arma conference, Russia's proposal waa in answer to a U. S. plan also put before the U. N. general assembly Thurs day lor a census of armaments and progressive reduction of both conventional and atomic weapons, Jessup said the U. S. and her Br)' tisn and French allies would push for quick V, H, action on then- proposal. Security, Freedom Sought In the general assembly meet ing today F. W. Doidge ot New Zealand urged increased measures of collective security to give the free world strength to repel any future aggression such as oc curred is Korea. In his policy speech he called oa all U. N. members to "cull their weight hi deeds as well as words" for tn effective system of world-wide collective security. The United Nttions already has drawn up a blueprint lor. such . a security plan, embracing not only military but political, financial and economic passes as wen. Any hope that the small nations had entertained that lessening in East-West tensions might come about in this session was shat tered by the hard-hitting policy speeches of Russia's Viahinsky and U. S, Secretary of State Acheson. Both said they wanted peace. But they were worlds apart in propo sals. Both the British and American delegations appeared disappointed by the swift Russian rejection of the three-power plan. But a French spokesman said the West refused to be ' discouraged. He said he hoped Russia would, as she some times baa done in past sessions,. reverse herseit ana accept ine Western proposals. - .; Handles Gunman Nabbed After Job LOS ANGELES (P) Police reported the arrest of a hsndless holdup msn. Two officers said they arrested James T. Dupriest, 31, after he robbed a riiaTket of $243 by threats eniag a clerk with a plastic toy Tevoiver pointed through the hole in his right coat pocket. Dupriest ap parently held the gun with his double-pronged mechanical hand. Patrolmen said Dupriest or dered the clerk, Virgil Hickcox, to put 1he money in a bag and place ft under his left arm. Hickock com plied. uupriesc lies wnn me money oui was chased and hauled down by Robert Sherry, the market owner, who said he suspected the gun was toy- The officers said Dtirptest tola them he lost both hands at the wrist a year ago when they were csught in punch press he was operating at Foisom prison, where he was serving a five-year term for bank robbery and was re leased last June, Taxlcab Driver Faints When Stork Wins Race MAYWOOD, C H t. ! Taxlcab driver William 3, Bar bear, 21, ran it step sign! and defied polico red light but the sterk (tilt wen. When h arrivad at Mayweed heipital with Mrs. Opal Maddux in the back seat and was told her baby had been earn few min utes and a few milts away, Bar bour fainted. Tho baby was girt, i pounds, 12 ounces, and Is deing fin. Barbour' recovering nicoly, LESS COAL FOR B ft i TONS LONDON" (IP) Britain has limited the amount of coal any householder can buy during the next Ihree months. Geoffrey Lloyd, minister of fuel and power, told the House of Com mons that the country's stocks of household coal now total 1, ISO. 0(10 tons "only half last year's storks and lower than they have been sine the war." N. Roseburg Sewer Work Tragedy Scene Patricia Mathls, Aged 3, Victim; Clothes lanited ly Hart Pot, Indication . Pstrlela. Ittree-vuMM W....k. ef Mr. and Mrs. toward J, roe Harm xetefeurf strit, died at J p.m. Thwe. fay ? Mercy hctoitt! (rtm earn tuff that aftsmMn when her clothing eeuofet fir. The child had been pfivina with children near Nerlti Rci. hur ewr Installations, where flare pets had am burning. Per. an arriving en the scene be jieved the child' clothing wet ignited by on. f the fiarea which was only few fa) (rtm where th, r W(t found lying m flames. . Glenn Rvder. mihll tNvMmtBn whose office at 1808 N, Stephens St. adjoins the area where ih little firL who had been playing with other children, waa burned, suffered serious burns oa the -hands in attempting to beat out the flames. He is now In Douglas Community hospital. Anoiner man. Jack Darling, suf. fered lesser burns in assisting Ryder. Tragedy Recewried Shirley Hobday (Mrs. Keissy Hobday), , Mr. Ryder's office as. sistant, gave the foiiowing account of the tragedy. - sir. Kyder and I were working in the office, when we heard sick. enmg cries outside" she said. little girl with her clothing all in names, air, nyaer naa nothing but his hands with which to ha out the flames. There seemed to be oil on her clothing as flames beaten, out one place flared up again as soon at he tried to put out fire in another place. -Mr, ttyaer aid everything he could. Then Mr. Darline um along and helped smother the re maining names with his coat." Mrs. Hobday said she called the ambulance, which took the little girl to Mercy hospital. Mr. Ryder was taken by car to Douglas Com munlty hospital. He reportedly was suffering from second de gree burns on both hands, accord, ing to his wife. She described hit burns as very painful. According to Mrs. H oh flay Patricia was wearing "snow, suit" over a dress and other cloth ing. Because of the elastic ot the tnowsuit around the ankle and wrist It was extremely dil ficult to tear the girl' clothing from her body. Children, Warned,, fteeerr '.i. The accident scene was on the west side of highway 99, directly across from the Rose-Etta lodge. Sewer installations extend along (Continued en Pag 2) Professor Denies Burglary Charges SANTA BARBARA. Calif. A handsome sociology profes sor awaited hi preliminary hear, ing here on burglary charge and declared indignantly: -wny, l never stole a single thing in my whole life." Dr. Gwynn Ncttier. labeled by his students as the best dressed Prof" on the Santa Barbara col lege campus, was arraigned oe three counts of burglary ana on of carrying concealed weapon, to wit; one pittol in hit automo bile. At the same time. Dr. J. Her- old Williams, provost fi the oo'l lege, announced that Nettler htd. resigned. The professor, In sil for lack of $3000 bait, comes up for pre liminary hearing Nov. IS, He in sists he is innocent and blame woman for his plight, ' The authorities contend that by day, Nettler was respectable teacher of sociological subjects, including crime detection, but that by night he looted rich home im Santa Barbara' Montecito dis trict. Sheriff deputies who arrested him Wednesday on a tip from a disgruntled girl friend said they found stolen furnishings such as rugs, lamps, and chair in the prof's fl50-a-month rented house, " Honor" Kilier Convieffd Of 2nd Degree Murder TiTUSVILLE, Fit. VP) K 44-year-old former county health official was convicted of second' degree murder here for slaying his wife when he found her nude in bed with a married man. A Circuit court jury returned a verdict against Dr. Hans A. Strasscr, onetime Brevard county health director. Strasscr testified he -wa not certain what took place when he discovered his 31 -year-old wife Wilm in bed with a mutual friend, James B. Howie, former tech nician at the ?uided missile base at nearby Cocoa. Judge Millard B. Smith delayed sentence, but under Florida lav the conviction curries a manda tory term of from 20 year to life imprisonment. Lvity fact Rent By L. F. Selsensteln With American cosuoftlej In the Korean war ncarina 100,- : 000, a U. S. senator says atomic weapons, new available, should be used by this ceuurry " if necessary." Hew muck It 7 "