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L'- c G. Library Eugene, Oregon COkP IS' MM IPS SIPEILS CM MC W-pl)W.l. i , - I I or 0 L GRAND CHANCELLOR VISITS grand chancellor of the grand rytniai, made an official visit Wednesday night to the Roseburg. K. P. lodge. With him was Walter G. Cleeion, grand secretary, center, front. Others pictured are William Mishler, deputy grand chancellor, Helmet lodge 33, Eugene, right front; George Himdala, department grand chancellor, Alpha lodge 47. Rose- burg, left rear, and Robert grand chancellor, Alpha lodge, Stepinac Clings To Title Of Archbishop, Denied Him As Condition KRASIC, Yugoslavia Stepinac srrimly asserted hi today and asserted his release irom prison changed his situa tion only "slightly." The Roman Catholic primate of Yugoslavia revealed that conditions ol his release by Premier Marshal -Tito 8 govern ment included a ban on his performing the duties of an arch bishop and confined him to this tiny Croatian village where City Tax On Wage Earners Handed Court Knockout SEATTLE UP) A Belling ham city ordinance taxing a man's right to work was termed "enforce- able only in a police state" in an ' opinion handed down by a superior court judge here. King county Judge Henry Clay Agnew held the ordinance violated the state constitution, primarily because it imposed a tax on in come. But he said he agreed with a lawyer who contended the tax was an infringement on man's basic rights. The Bcllingham ordinance pro vides that all wage earners pay an annual fee of $1 to work in the city. They also are required to pay one-tenth of one percent of their wages as a "license" tax. Em ployers are required to withhold the tax and pay it to the city Judge Agnew held the tax was an income tax, instead of an excise levy, and was unconstitU' tional because it was not equally assessed against all income. It pro vided certain exemptions. Judge Agnew heard the case In Bellingham, 90 miles north of here, for a judge who was ill. He said he was concerned be cause "as a visiting judge I was supposed to buy a license to sit on the case, then the state of Washington would have to remit part of my earnings." In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS . From Paris: "The United States refused in Big Four disarmament talks here to accept ANY decision requiring Washington to accept on good faith alone the prohibition of atomic bombs and SUBSEQUENT estab lishment of atomic controls. This is the noint: We insist that an international control system must be in effect and operating satisfactorily BE FORE bombs are banned. The Russians insist that the bombs be banned FIRST and con trol systems set up afterward. Have YOU confidence enough in Russia's good faith to be willing to destroy our bombs first and HOPE that Russia will destroy hers? I haven't. I doubt if this is any time even to TALK disarmament. Disarma ment (which really means every body agreeing not to bankrupt (Continued on Page 4) The Weather Mostly cloudy with a few answ ers of rain and snow today and Friday. Highest tajnp. for any Dee. 70 Lowest temp, for any Dec. $ Highest temp, yesterday 41 (lowest temp, last 24 hours 3$ fcip. last 24 hours .48 Procip. from Dec. I ... l.M Precip. from Sept. 1 14.43 Excess 412 Sunset todsy, 4:37 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:31 p.m. . -i V - J lalossHafcasI 1171 M.lvill. H. Ceil. left front; domain of Oregon, Knights of F. Harvie, district deputy right rear. I Paul Jenkins picture I Of Being Freed (AP) Archbishop Alojzijc right to the title of archbishop he was born. But in an interview, Msgr. Step iniac firmly declared: "I am the legitimate archbishop ana i am not a lormer archbishop. If the Pope wants it. I am readv to quit my archbishopric, but I will never give it up to govern ment pressure." (In Rome, Vatican circles toon quick exception to the conditions of the prelate's release and de clared "no civil authority ' could oust him from hia place as spir nuai nead of Yugoslav Catholic ism.) The Archbishop said he had not asked uie conditional release from prison granted him Wednesday. He had served five years of a 16-year sentence imposed in No vember, 1946, after his conviction on charges of collaborating with the Nazi occupiers of his country. He denied the charge, leveled against him two years before Yu goslavia broke with the Russians. All Is Net Settled 1 Msgr. Stepinac said major is sues between the church and Tito's Communist government are "not yet settled." "There must be an agreement (Continued on Page 2) Historical Data For Centennial Pageant Wanted An appeal for outside help in supplying historical data on Doug las county has been issued by the historical and scenario committee of next fall's Douglas county een tennial celebration. The committee, consisting of Mrs. Marjorie Hunt Pettit, Mrs, George Bacher, Charles A. Brand and Henry Barnek, held its initial meeting Monday evening at t h e Kenneth Ford home. The agenda of the committee is to prepare the narrative for the pageant and must meet a Dec. 14 deadline. On that date all histori cal material to be used is to be turned in to Horace W. Robinson, director and business manager of the pageant. Roninsnn is professor oi urama ac uie university of Ore gon. The committee has made an ap peal ion ouMM3 help from oio neers or their ' descendants for scrapoooks, newspaper clippings or personal stories, especially hu man interest stories depicting cany uays. Any such material may be left at Lowell's store in Roseburg, or personal interviews may be a r langed by telephoning any of the committee members. The next meeting is planned for Sundjy afternoon at the Bacher residence in Winston. The committee announces 't is desirable that all materials be as sembled by that date. Sentence For Assault Carries Probation Wesley Smith OA r, sentenced to six months on nro- hatinn U .I..-..! ' nraiieauay un a cnarge 01 assault and battery, according to District Judge A. J. Geddes. Smith pleaded guilty to the charge following dismissal of an armed assault charge in circuit court for insufficient evidence. The dismissal was on motion of Dis trict Attorney Robert G. Davis. Smith was accused of assaulting M. A. Jones on Aug. 1 with an iron pipe. Revenue Mess Probe Points To Falsehood Justice Dept. To Ponder Perjury Prosecutions; Bureau Counsel Resigns WASHINGTON I Leslie Sale, Miami broker, denied today he had ever told Abraham Teltel baum or anyone else that his fa ther-in-law, Frank Nathan, was "a blackmailer." Teitelbaum. a Chicago lawyer, had quoted Sale as using that term with reference to Hainan. That was in Teitelbaum's testi mony Tuesday to a house ways and means subcommittee that Nathan and Bert K. Naster, Hollywood, Fla., business man tried to shake him down for $500,000, under threat that he would have tax troubles unless be retained their services. Teitelbaum said they represented they had connections with a Wash ington "clique" of high officials. Nathan himself, in the witness chair Wednesday, called Teitel baum's story a "dirty,' filthy lie." With the witnesses, all sworn to tell the truth, flatly contradicting one another. Chairman King (D- Calif) served notice that the rec ord of the hearings would be sent the Justice department for consid eration of whether there should be prosecutions for perjury ly ing under oath. 1 Bureau Counsel Resigns Charles Oliphant, one of the offi cials whose names were brought into the hearing, resigned Wednes day with criticism of the King subcommittee for the way it al lowed the story to be put on the record "without inquiry of me, without a shred of credence to link my name to the alleged plot." Oliphant, quitting a chief coun sel of the bureau of internal reve nue, said in his letter of resigna tion to President Truman: "I find it beyond the limits of my endurance to protect my name and reputation and the prestige of the office I hold in the face of the baseless and' scurrilous charges At Key West, Fla., it was a n- nouncea mat Oliphant s resignation from the $14,800-s-year job was accepted. Close associates of Mr. Truman said the resignation was not requested. Linked With Caudle Oliphimt, as counsel for the in ternal revenue bureau, was in a key position to decide what cases of alleged tax fraud should be re ferred to the Justice department for prosecution. He had been named in previous testimony as a recipient of frje airplane rides to Florida with T. Lamar Oaudle, a friend of Nathan who was fired last month by Mr. Truman. Caudle headed the Jus tice department's tax division. According to Caudle, Oliphant was the guest of Troy Whitehead, wealthy Charlotte, N. C. business man then under tax investigation The committee also brousht out that tax liens on Whitehead's rjrnn. erty were lifted by Oliphant the day following a telephone call from Caudle. Iverson Lumber Firm High Bidder For Timber The Iverson Lumher rnmnanu Inc., submitted a high bid of $65, 906.25 for a tract of timber having an estimated volume of 2,765.000 board feet appraised at $57,275.25 at a special oral nnrtinn tmhnn sale held at the Roseburg district office of the bureau of land man agement Tuesday. Included in the sale was Tin . 000 board feet of Douglas fir for which a high bid of $24 per thou sand was made bv Iverson. Tho Stomar Lumber company was the umer Diaaer. . The special sale resulted tmm bids submitted by the above firms for a tract of timber previously advertised in August, reports Dis trict Forester James W. Watts. Grants Pass-To-Dunsmuir SP Train Service To End SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Th Southern Pacific now is free; to abandon passenger service between Grants Pass and Dunsmuir. Bus service will replact tho single train which has been running daily between the two points. The California public utilities commisson has author hed the SP to drop the service. It had been losing $1,074 a day, the railroad said. The PUC in its order specifies that 10 days notice must be given before dropping the trains,, and bus service must be provided on U. S. 99 for passengers to and from Yreka, Hombrook and Hilt, Calif. The SP in its petition offered such service. The abandonment will mean an end to passenger serv ice on what once was the main line. But that route, the Siskiyou, has many curves and has long been a secondary route with mainline trains moving on the Cascade line through Klamath Falls. The mountains and curves held trains to 22.9 miles an hour between Grants Pass and Dunsmuir. The SP says the but service will be faster. Only California PUC permission was needed to drop the passenger service, the railroad reported. Officials said the date for Hit change was not yet set. Main Highways Now Open; Some Require Chains All main traveled highways In the slate are now open, but chains are advised for all high passes. The local highway office says the Sis kiyous to the south should not be traveled without chains. Travel has been limited to one-way around a slide on highway 101 , between Coos Bay and Coquille. Roads leading into mountainous areas, however, were especially hard hit by falling trees in Tuei day's heavy wind storm, which re corded gusts up to 65 miles an hour in Roseburg and set a new record of 40 miles an hour for regularly recorded wind velocity. Many trees were down on the Smith river road, the old Coos Bay Wagon road, the North Umpqua road and other lesser traveled ways. The county court reports that the foundation of a bridge on Starve out creek was washed out earlier this week. The refuse burner of the C It D Lumber company on the Riddle road did not collapse, as reported in Wednesday's News-Review. A call from the company today re vealed that the report was not cor rect. The only damage at that mill was the blowing over of a pile of lumber and a few shingles blown off the roof over the green chain. Scattered reports of minor wind damage continue to come in, but none are serious. Red Artillery Demolished By Air Attack By JOHN RANDOLPH SEOUL, Korea UP) Allied airmen made 107 attacks on front line Communist field guns today in an all-out campaign to make Korea's twilight war even quieier. The abrupt change in United Na tions air support tactics came as American jets tangled with the Reds .the jLllh-succcssiv day -a new record tor continued air war. One Red jet was reported shot down, one probably destroyed and another damaged. The air force said no Allied planes were hit. Pilots who hit Red artillery said they destroyed 35 guns on the west ern front. This would be the equivalent of more than a whole Red artillery regiments' guns. Many others were damaged. In 11 days of jet battles over North Korea, the air force reports 33 Red planes destroyed, two prob ably downed and 32 damaged, a total Of 67. For the war the total is 453 133 destroyed, - 27 prob ables and 293 damaged. Allied warplanes were out In force Wednesday night, attacking an estimated 2,000 Red vehicles. Pilots reported destruction of at least 220. No Agreement Yet The Allies have agreed to go along with Communist demand that only specified points be sub ject to inspection during a Korean armistice. The concession was part of a new U. N. eight-point plan for solving (he bitter dispute over po licing an armistice. While Allied truce negotiators abandoned their demand for un restricted behind-the-lines inspec tions, they insisted that the checks be made by joint Allied-Red teams. The Reds reacted immediately and unfavorably to the Al lied proposal, said a U. N. spokes man. The Communists want all inspec tions made by representatives of neutral nations. The U. N. com mand has not formally rejected this idea. FIRE RAZES SAWMILL SPRAY. Ore. 11 Fire broke out at the height of the windstorm nere luesday night and destroved the Mid - State Lumber company sawmill. The loss was estimated at $100,000. IOSUURG. OftKON THURSDAY, DEC. t. 151 ' -vsfv, w'jspi-a-Jgg .WW I Hsff m :r t ,115;' 9 t Ck a a -w y. I LM0tfl ivfk irlii lt mMmmiummmmmunwBmmmMmmmmmmmmmwmmmmmmmMmmmmmmW PRIME MEAT The turkey hanging at left was judged" the grand champion dressed hen enter ed in the Northwestern Turkey show. The carcass weighed 23 oounds, end is owned bv Dave Coop er, Parlcdale, standing at left. Pictured at right is the reserve champion of the dressed division in the vouna torn class. It weighed 35 pounds. Sath Brothers, Turner, ere owners of the bird. Judge C. L. Pettit stands Ex-Roseburg Woman's Son Killed In Accident Richard Huthor, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Huthor of Clover dale. Ore., was killed Wednes day when a tree fell on the car ho and his folks wore riding in. The family had just left Clover dale for a trip to Mexico and wore stopped by the accident in Florence. Also in tho car was an other ton who was Injured. Mrs. Huthor It tho former Florence Fuller of Roseburg. Funeral ser vices will be hold tomorrow at Bandon, Ore. Roseburg Lmbr." Co. Cites Losses In Car Shortage PORTLAND UP) Witnesses told an Interstate Commerce com mission hearing here that Oregon lumbermen lose thousands of dol lars annually as a result of a pe riodic railroad car shortage. The Roseburg Lumber com pany's mills at Roseburg and Dil lard are forced to pile up lumber in the summer because of a car shortage, then ship it in the win ter when prices are $12 to $13 lower, Earl M. Bleile, sales man ager, testified. C. C. Crow, editor of Crow's Pacific Coast Lumber Digest, said the car shortage has gone on with out correction for years. He cited a quotation from a 1915 issue of his publication as proving there was a car shortage then. An organization of lumbermen called the shippers car supply com mittee has asked the ICC to order the Southern Pacific railroad to supply more cars. Ex-Boss Hague Pays Up For Libel FREEHOLD, N. J. (!P) -A $2,000,000 libel suit against Frank Hague came to an abrupt end here as the former boss of the New Jersey Democratic party settled the case out of court. Hague settled the suit, filed in 1942 by Jersey City lawyer John Warren, on condition tbat the mon etary settlement would not b e made public. A major issue in the nine-year-old suit was the amount of Hague's wealth, long a subject of consid erable speculation. In pre-trial statements, Hague, who served for almost 30 years as mayor of Jersey City, listed his net worth as $2,049,937.62. According to a reliable source, the amount of settlement of War ren's suit was "substantial." Warren's suit against Hague, de layed by an almost continuous stream of legal maneuvers, stem med from a political dispute. In his suit, Warren claimed the former mayor "falsely and ma liciously wrote and published or caused to be wrtten and pub lished" words which referred to the plaintiff as a "tax racketeer." Riot Of Tehran Reds Put Down In 5-Hour Battle TEHRAN, Iran (IP) At least three persons were killed and more than 200 injured today in a five- hour battle between 5,000 yelling communists and 2,000 police and troops backed by angry mobs of Nationalists. It was the bloodiest violence in Tehran since June, when riots re sulted in more than 20 dead. Police and troops got control of the situation after using tear gas, fire hoses, rifle butts and cluhs. At least two rioters were wounded by police gunfire, although most of the police fired into the air. Many of the injured were re ported in serious condition and the toll of dead may rise. ex f. f ! v 4 i at right. (Picture by Paul Jenkins) 'Ham' Radio Operators Deal Information When Regular Local "ham" radio operators not only broke through to storm-silenced Coos Bay Tuesday, but also got a chance to test their skills for a possible emergency. The "hams," variously described as "crackpots" and "tube tinkerers," proved beyond a doubt that their tinkering may avert chaos and disaster in the event of a widespread Utility May Lose California Cities If Rates Boosted SAN FRANCISCO Wl Nine northern California municipalities have threatened to desert the Pa cific Gas and Electric company for Central Valley power if PG&E wins its $37,486,000 electricity rate boost. The proposed rate hike would boost the average household bill 90 cents a month. H. G. Weller, Lodi city manager, told a public utilities commission hearing that the nine cities have contracts with PG&E which they think should be binding as to rates. Weller said he spoke for Ala meda, Palo Alto, Roseville, Santa Clara, Healdsburg, Ukiah, Biggs, Gridley and the Lumas-Sierra co operative as well as Lodi. He said all the cities except Healdsburg and Uklah have re ceived offers from the U. S. bu reau of reclamation for cheaper Central valley power. He said the proposed savings would range from nine percent for Lodi to 40 percent for Biggs. Weller asked the PUC to ru'.e whether the conlracts between the municipalities and the PG&E can be terminated if the boost is au thorized. The Sacramento municipal util ity district, biggest of all the com pany's . customers, joined in the threat of doing business with the government if the electric rates go up. Albert J. Hamilton, the district's rate control director, said the rec lamation bureau has offered to sell electric power at a $575,000 yearly saving over PG&E rates. He said the district wuuld save a $662,000 yearly increase if the hike is granted. Episcopal Church Takes Over Hospital At Medford MEDFORD (IP) There will be no change in administrative pol icies of the Medford Community hospital, transferred Wednesday to the Episcopal diocese of Oregon, Bishop Benjamin Bagwell, Port land, said. Bishop Dagwell came here for the transfer, made in accordance with wishes ot the Isle Phyllis Swearingen, part owner and su perintendent for many years. Out standing stock of Ihe institution had been sought by Ihe church for a nominal sum. Truman To Ask Millions To Meet NW Power Needs ABERDEEN (IP) Presi dent Truman will ask Congress next mnnlh to set aside $21 ,700.000 for development of the Columbia river and its tributaries, Rep. Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.) said here. Jackson said Ihe appropriation. if granted, would do much to help the Pacific Northwest solve recur. ring power shortage problems. 257-51 During Storm Contacts Fail naturai-oc war-caused razing, When the high velocity wind and rain slorm struck Coos Bay Tues day and Wednesday, every normal means of communication was wiped out, blanketing tiie area in a silent shroud. This brought calls of distressed uneasiness from all over the state from friends, rela tives and business men with in terests in the area. Ham operator Robert Collini of Dixonville es timates he received 14 telephone calls from businessmen question ing about the situation at Coos Bay. The town was still cut off Wednesday, but long distance tele phone circuits were expected to be working by this morning. Until then all communication traffic was coming from an anonymous long shoreman at Coos Bay called W7EGF, his short wava radio sig nal. Defense Director Aided Currently forming an organiza tion in the Douglas County Civil Defense setup, local "hams" got their chance to prova their worth at about 2 p.m. Tuesday. Station A.KAL,, - intent on getting news front the storm battered Coos Bay region, canea - nam ' rtooert t.oi- lins to see if he could establish contact. He tried, but power in the Dixonville area had failed so ne nad to wait. At about 6 p.m., he and fellow ham Bud Hanson, who operates his set as W7IRJ, tried it again and succeeded. In the meantime, iivu jjeiense uirector Brig. Gen J. I. Pierce phoned Collins. He asked him to check on needs Doug las county's Red Cross or civil defense facilities could fulfill. Coos Bay didn't need anything, but the quicic oner oi aid nad proved point. The local "hams" received In formation on damages and helped Keep one small threat of commu nication open between the embat tled storm area and the outside world. Since (hat Tuesday breakthrough the local operators have kept a constant vigil and served as a relay station between Coos Bay and Portland As Collins put It, "Thin is just a minor thing, but think of its im portance in case of a greater dis aster which would destroy all di rect communication." He went on to say that one of the primary pur poses of hams is to train for just such an emergency. "It's one of the pleasures," he said. In this respect, these, men fit right inlo the Civil Defense organization and General Pierce was quick to give them well deserved oral plaudits. Drunken Driver Draws Jail Stretch, S250 Fine Thornton J. Baker, 31, Talent, Ore., wss fined $250 and sentenced to 30 days in the county jail on a drunk driving rharge. Drain Jus tice of Peace Clarence Leonard re ported. Baker was arrested early Wednesday morning by Coquille and Myrtle Point officers who were en route to Portland to attend an FBI training course. He was turned over to Deputy Sheriff Walter Reich at Drain. Makers To Get Nod To Figure Hew Ceilings Extensive List Of Other Goods Included In Order To Be Announced Tonight WASHINGTON UP) Higher prices for automobiles can be ex pected to result from a govern ment order, ready for issuance to night, authorizing car makers to compute new price ceilings. The authorization will be a n other in a series by the Office ot Price Stabilization allowing busi ness concerns to recalculate their prices under the Capehart provi sion of the economic controls law. OPS cleared the way lor pos sible price increases on a wide range of consumer items. These in clude clothing, meat, foods, milk and butter, gasoline, coal, tobacco, drugs, beer and cosmetics. The agency estimated about 100,000 manufacturers, processors, refin ers and mining concerns were af fected. The Capehart provision requires that OPS celling permit manufac turers to take their pre-Korea prices and add or subtract all cost changes through last July 26 in computing new ceilings. The pro vision permits increasea to a much later - date than previously authorized by the price agency. The auto price adjustment will be the third since the Korean out break. Car prices were first frozen as of Dec. 1, 1050. Last spring man ufacturers were granted a 3',-i percent Increase. In September they were permitted another ad justment which OPS expected would average from S to 6 percent. Most of the industry has beta granted new ceilings. Adustmenr Date Advances As long ago as August most of the car makers told OPS they wanted to seek adjustments under the provision, named for Senator Capehart (R-Ind.) The September order allowed auto makers adjust ments based on cost increases through last March 15. The order to come out tonight will bring the adjustments up to July 26. OPS noted that in all cases ap plication of the Capehart provision is optional. Manulacturers can ap ply for new ceilings II they wish. If they apply for higher prices for any given une, iney also must put Into effect any reduction on other lines which results from application of the formula. - OPS reserves the right to review applicaUons and to reject them it they are considered unreasonable. OPS approval ia needed before the new ceilings can be put into ef fect. , OPS said it could not estimate adequately the effects of Its order concerning a wide range of con sumer commodlUes. But, it added "the particular effect will be to raise prices wherever an applica tion for adjustment is granted." Other commodities affected by that order included: Wool and cot ton yarns and fabrics: soft drinks. liquor and wine; lumber and mill- work; petroleum, crude oil; canned and frozen fruits and vege tables and other processed foods; and many Important chemicals, plastics and Insecticides. Crippled Children Get Examination At Clinic Here Fifty-one children In Douglas county were examined Tuesday and Wednesday during the two-day crippled children's clinic, accord ing to the county health de partment. Dr. John Marxer, Portland or thopedic specialist, made the ex aminations and diagnosis. He was assisted by a staff of three, includ ing a secretary, physical therapist and medical social worker. The clinic is held in Douglas county twice each year at the health department in December and June. It's sponsored by t h crippled children's division of the University of Oregon medical school. After examination of each child, treatment is recommended, either privately or through the crippled children's division It the family lacks sufficient funds. Youngsters are examined by the clinics up to the age of 21. A reg ister of crippled children in Doug las county is maintained by the health department until the chil dren reach 21 years. Brookings Girl Killed, 2 Hurt In 4-Car Crash' CRESCENT CITY, Calif. (IP) Pauline Hendricks was killed and two other 16-year-old Brook ings, Ore., girls were seriously in jured in a four-car collision IS miles north of here last night. The two injured girls were iden tified as Fay Rasch and Margaret Freeman. None of the occupants of th other cars was injured. L evity F act R ant By L. r. Reizensteln The rampant wind, en this week's binqe, Dealt damage ever the lands It smashed past rates In It M.P.H., lut yt aide town halt itlK stands.