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U. of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon COhP s. cmmi I M SCA m inj j WHO DOES WHAT TjT"" ii - - i itiilrr : - Vi V a liB J , o ' e MRS. WAYNE CROOCH, pip wrench In hand, putt ha finishing touches on a unique Christmas tree adorning the show room floor at Kier-Crooch, Stephens street plumbing firm. This tree is com posed entirely of plumbing parts pipe joined in branching for mations; valves, water tap fixtures and the dozens of other sup plies found in plumbing company stock rooms. Probably this is the most expensive Christmas tree in town; Wayne suggested that it was a cinch everyone would agree it was, if regular in stallation charges had been made! BONDING NEED CITED School Merger's Cost . Would Fall On Involved ) Districts; Barneburg Says Roseburg; cannot continue to build for non-resident pupils because its unused bonding capacity is going to have to be used for additional elementary schools to take care of the ever-growing school population due to the increased birthrate and migration. ' This was the statement of County School Superinten dent Kenneth Barneburg, who has spoken over the radio and before groups in respect to the proposed consolidation of 11 adjacent school districts with Roseburg. The election on the proposal takes place Friday in the respective districts. Frank Sinatra, Wife Gem Robbery Victims LONDON (.) A burglar took jewels worth more than J16. 000 from the hotel suite of song star Iran btnatra and his ac tress wife, Ava Gardner, police reported. The haul Included a diamond and emerald necklace Frankie's Christmas gift to Ava last year according to officials of the Washington hotel, where the couple have been staying. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Sign of the times: A Chinese laundry man, worried Viver Communist extortion d e mands, went berserk with a meat cleaver in New York and died in a hail of police bullets. His name was Chin Hong. He was a shirt ironer. He had sent his $700 savings to Red China to free relatives who were held for ransom by the Communists. Then he got a demand for $1000 MORE. It was too much for him, and his brain cracked. Police had to shoot the poor devil to keep him from mowing down everybody within reach. Some good advice: When you run into people who are unusually difficult to get along with, be kindly. Be tolerant. In these strained modern days, no body knows what the other fellow's troubles may be. This poor Chinaman, for ex ample. Interesting possible significant incident: Baltimore police arrested a su spect the other day on a gambling (Continued on Page 4) The Weather Partly cloudy with morning fog today and Wednesday. Highest temp, far any Dec. Lowest temp, for any Dec. iHighest temp, yesterday V ownt temp, last 24 hours J recip. last 24 hours .'recip. from Dec. 1 Precip from Sept. 1 Excess Sunset today, 41:37 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:3 a.m. .. 70 . 5 51 31 .... 0 1.71 )4.47 1 4.00 Citing the enrollment problems that must be faced by the districts concerned, Barneburg states that consolidation of the entire area that is now sending pupils to Roseburg nign scnooi is tne best solution. Non-resident hijh school pupils have a school board that pays tui tion for these pupils' attendance at Roseburg high school, but under the law the Roseburg district in com puting tuition costs cannot include principal payments on bonds but only a small yearly depreciation, he explained. Bonds Now Necessary Therefore, as Roseburg continues to take non-resident pupils, it is necessary for the taxpayers in the Roseburg distrcit to obligate them selves for bonds to care for non resident pupils. It is only recently that a tough financial problem has arisen. In years back, he said, non resident pupils were no problem. In fact, the hieh school nlant wii larger than was needed for resi dent pupils. The student body was not large and non-resident pupils increased the student body, making it possible for Roseburg to offer an enriched program and to make full utilization of its building. Then, non resident pupils were not a large part of the student body. Today they represent 435 of a total 1150 enrollmrnt. Rosebur?, to continue taking out side pupils, would have to bond itself to care for them he stared. Withntit Ihom th uracanl kUh trnnnl nlant wntilrl ha .iiffti-innt tn ' Roseburg's needs for a number of years, he pointed out. If the con solidation is consummated, all areas now using the high school privilege would be paying off the bonds. Barneburg maintains that the dis tricts to the west and north of Rose burg are so broken up by the river and since all roads lead into Rose burg, it is not possible for tliee districts to lorm a high school dis trict of their own, nor -are there enough pupils to maintain a high school sufficient for a well-rounded curriculum. The districts to the south have, or will shortly have, enough pupils for a good high school curriculum, but this area does not have sufficient bonding capacity to build a four year hish school comparable to Roseburg's and at the same time do the additional building necessary to house increasing numbers of elementary pupils, he said. Educators Endorse Plan Professional educators agree that an areas snoum be a part of a high school district. Ramphnn high stated. He said this was the opinion of Dr. Carl Huffaker, professor of education. University of Oregon, (Continued on Ppge 2) 117) War Prisoner Issue Snarls Parley Reds Reject Man-For-'Man Swap Demand Intimation Of Enemy's Yield On Other Points May Spell Truce By Yule MUNSAN, Korea -.-VP) Truce negotiators discussed exchange of war prisoners today for the first time and immediately tangled on how to do it. - The Communists proposed all prisoners be released by both sides when an Armistice is reached. The United Nations insisted on a "fair and equitable" exchange, which was interpreted as a man-for-man swap. The prisoner question was taken up by a two-man subcommittee (one from each side) a few minu-' tes after the Communists capitu lated to Allied insistence that the subject be tackled now. Simultaneously the Red negotia tors intimated they would agree -to continue rotation of troops and to two other AUied demands if the United Nations command would agree to neutral behind-the-lines inspecting during the Korean armistice. Later the tentative offer was withdrawn without the Allies say ing how they felt about it. The Red concessions rekindled hopes of a possible truce by Christ mas. The Reds complained that a U. N. plane bombed and strafed the security area surrounding their Kaesong headquarters. But it ap peared the incident would be smoothed over. Neither side seemed desirous of making it a major incident. Prisoner Estimates Made There has been no official word on how many prisoners the Reds hold. But Lt. Col. Howard M. Le vis, U. N.' spokesman, said Com munist broadcasts reported 139. 000 U. N. and South Korean troops were held by the Reds. "Roughly I'd say we hold 100,- 000 North Koreans and between 15,000 and 20,000 Chinese," Lcvie said. v He estimated that the Commu nists have 70,000 to 85,000 SouthH (Continued on Page 2) O. H. Pickens Dies At Cottage Grove Oliver H. Pickens, 73, one-time Roseburg grocer and brother of Ivan G. Pickens of Roseburg. died Monday in a Cottage Grove hospital after a long illness. Born Aug. 10, 1878, in Knoxville, Tenn., he came to Oregon at the age of two years. He was married to Maude Howard in 1901 at Dil lard. For 17 years he was associated with his brother, J. E. Pickens, in the grocery business in Rose burg at the present location of Hodson's grocery at the corner of Cass and Rose streets. For the last 16 years he resided in Cot tage Grove. Surviving are the widow: a son, James H. of Seattle; a daughter, Mrs. Doris Byrd, Roseburg; three grandchildren: the following broth ers and sisters, W. C. and K. H. Pickens, both of Salem; Mrs. Jes sie Taylor, Eugene; Mrs. Marie Travis, McMinnville, and Ivan G. Pickens, Roseburg, and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at Mills Funeral home in Cottage Grove Thursday at 11 a.m. Inter ment will follow at a time to be arranged at the IOOF cemetery at Roseburg. Medford Resident, Wife Found Dead Of Gunshots MEDFORD UP) Charles Shull got a letter from a friend Mon day threatening suicide. When Shull and sheriff's deputies arrived at the friend's suburban home, they found the man, For rpst Glenn Joss, 58, and his wife, Mrs. Esther C. Joss, dead of gun shot wounds. A .22 caliber revolver with four bullets missing was found beside Shull's body. Coroner Carols Mor ris reported. Mrs. Joss, who taught at Phoenix grade school, is survived by two sons by a previous marriage. A brother survives Joss. Cottage Grove Holdup Suspect Is Arrested COTTAGE GROVE -41P) State police and Cottage Grove, officers have arrested Sylvester G. Earl, 24, of Culp creek, on a charge or armed robbery. - State Police Sergeant Vern Hill said the arrest was made in con nection with the Sunday night holdup of a Cottage Grove service station, that yielded $51. Earl was recently released from Oregon State prison, where he was sent in 1948 after being convicted of rape. ROSIIURC. 25 PCT.. OR 50 PCT.? Up To Congress On How Much Counties Will Get From Controverted Land Among other things, controverted lands in Douglas county present a barrier between market areas and large expanses of untouched Umpqua forest timber. This was brought out Monday in a Roseburg chamber of commerce meeting with lor tne bureau of land management.. Also present were James Watts, district BLM administrator, and Robert Auf derheide, Umpqua forest supervisor. Quick-Thinking Boy Brjngs About Robber's Capture La Canada. Calif, tm Eiehfc. Sear-old Jimmy Jones didn't flub is first big case. He got his man. Sheriff's officers credit Jimmy for the apprehension of James Monroe Rudolph, 34, of Placerville, Calif., gravely wounded while flee ing from an attempted holdup. Capt. Vic Encland of the Mont rose sheriff's sub-station said that u it hadn t been for Jimmy's quick thinking, Rudolph would have got ten away. England says Rudolph is suspected of being the "Green scarf bandit" in other holdups in Reno, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Sac ramento and other cities. He says Rudolph wore a green scarf over part of his face Mon day when he went to the home of Jimmy Jones' parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Jones, and forced them to drive him to the super-mart which Jones manages. Jimmy heard the man order his parents out. The holduo man came into Jimmy's room, focused his flashlight on the boy, but Jimmy pretended to be asleep. In a few untunes ne naa caitea me sneriu, and as soon as the robber and Mr. and Mrs. Jones reached the market, officers were there, too. . The holdup man fled but was wounded and captured. Sid Moon Heads Junior Chamber Of Commerce Sid Moon was elected Monday as president of the Roseburg Junior chamber of commerce. Other officers elected include: Bob McCarl, internal vice-president; Ernie Barker, external vice president; Ken Garey, treasurer, Jack Shiley, secretary; Charles Wright, sergeant at arms. Elected to the board of directors were Irv Pugh, Bill Tipton, Art Pollard, Don Caskey, Warren An derson, Harold Chitwood and Clyde Moore. Gordon Carlson automati cally becomes a member of the directors as the JCC outgoing presi ident. Bad Check Charqe Faced By Woman Under Arrest ' Ruth Elliott, ' Burns, has been arrested there on a Douglas county bad check charge, according to the sheriff's office here. . She is accused of passing a $180 check with insufficient funds to Carter Tire company. She will be returned to Roseburg Wednesday by Deputy Sheriff A. A. Eckhardt. it t ' ;.'1 . ( - 3" rt ( fi ,! -l V if f , f rwa m WINNERS Clyde Moore presents $25 war bond to Frank Wait, local winner of the Voice of uemocrecy contest sponsored here by J(C. Bruce Delroi, left, took second place, Beulafi Will hoyt, third. (Staff picture I OtICON TUESDAY. DEC. 11. Roscoe E. Bell, administrator The controverted lands dispute centers on who Owns certain scat tered lands in 18 western Oregon counties. The dispute, between the forest service and the O. and C. ad ministration, ended in a stalemate in 1943. Since then the Forest service has been making sales pff the land sub ject to 0. It C. administration ap proval. In Douglas county, Aufderheide said, the disputed lands are located between the national forest and the county's market areas. They have been hampering proposed access road construction, as neither the forest service nor the bureau of land management has full author ity over the areas. Selutien Up To Congress Bell said the final solution lies with congressional legislation. Auf derheide and Watts contemplate working on whereby a solution may be found on a local level. A meeting was scheduled Jan. 22 to check on progress of such a cooperative project. The controverted lands represent some 450,000 acres in Oregon, about 100,000 acres of it In Douglas county. Counties also have an Interest in the dispute as a portion of some 4W .million dollars is earmarked for them. If the dismite ends with the forest service having control of me lands, tne counties will receive 25 percent of the sum, representing receipts from the sale of timber on the lands. If the O. t C. administration wins the dispute, the counties' share will be 50 percent. Truck Validation Tabs For 1952 Available Truck validation tabs for 1952 are now available at the secretary of state's branch office, 343 N. Main St., Roseburg, it was an nounced Monday. Tabs will be provided for trucks, farm trucks, buses-, wreckers and tow cars. . Validation tabs for new, out-of-state or unlicensed vehicles will go on sale Dec. 15, but under the pres ent slate vehicle law they will not be valid until Jan. 1. UTO HITS COW A car collided with a cow at Wil bur. The cow walked away. The car had to be towed away. State police said Richard Briggs, 17, Myrtle Point, was traveling south on highway 99 when the cow loomed up on the road ahead. He was unable to stop before hitting it. Witnesses said the cow stood sev eral minutes watching Briggs ex amine the grille and' radiator dam age to the car. l V , , .A - '. 'VI s. cm sJ ff 1951 Scolded Youth Kills Mother Burns Corpse "Model Son" Wields Hatchet When "Bawled Out" As School Truant OAKLAND, Calif. UP) A 16-year-old high school boy told police lie hacked his mother to death because "she bawled me out for playing hookey" Mhen set her corpse afire "so she wouldn't ' e found." Homicide Inspector Merle Long- necker said samuei nuicmns orally confessed the hatchet slay ing and was neid witnoui cnarge pending further questioning. Sammle was arrested at Grass Valley, where his wealthy father Has a summer nome, lour noun after firemen discovered the body Monday. Mrs. Evelvn S. Hutchins, 51, had been hacked at least 12 times, examiners said. Longnecker quoted Sammie as saying his mother surprised him in their basemont and 'bawled me out for playing hookey." He said the boy added: Tellt Dataili of Crime "I cot mad and started swinging a hatchet I was holding. I hit her several times. She had a bundle of papers under her arm and I toon mem ana covered ner wun them. I poured kerosene over them and set fire to them. I figured that way she wouldn t be found." Smoke from the burning home led to the discovery. Sam said he took 5100 from his mother's purse, withdrew 180 from his own savings account at the bank, and drove the family Cad illac to Grass Valley, 150 miles northeast. ' There, Undersheritf Mat Solaro, alerted bv a state-wide police broadcast, found the youth sitting in tne car. He nao a pisioi in tne car, but offered no resistance, So laro said. Neighbors and relatives de scribed Sam as a "model son" and "a very vood boy." Ralph Hutchins. the father, a painting contractor, told police: "I blame television. Too much boom boom. They get ideas from these crime and detective pro grams." Gallows Claims Youth Who Gave Murder Tip NOTTINGHAM, England IIP) Herbert L. Mills, whose tip to a newspaper led to1 his own con viction for strangling a middle aged woman, was hanged here. Mills, a 19-year-old amateur poet, sold a London newspaper a story about finding the body of 49-year-old Mrs. Mabel Tattershaw in an abandoned orchard. The police, investigation resulted In the arrest of Mills as the killer. Roseburg Policemair F. A. Davis Resigns F. A. Davis has announced his resignation from the Roseburg po lice department to accept a higher paying position in Califor nia. Prior to entering the armed forces in World War II, Davis served five years on the New York police force. He said he has en joyed living in Roseburg and has made many friends here. 1 m 1 1 - i 21 81 GRENADE WIZARD Lone Gl Slays 15 Reds After Platoons Fail SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. UP) Fireball Bob Feller at his best never did a better job of pitching than Sgt. 1-C Joseph C. Rodriguez contributed against the Reds in Ko rea last March 21. Rodriguei, who killed IS Reds near the little village of Munye-Ri, has been awarded the congressional medal of honor for "an incredible display of valor." Rodriguez, 23, made three trips up a steep hill without cover, and, without regard for the murderous fire of concussion grenadea and snipers' bullets, fired grenade after grenade into the well-entrenched Reds, who had defied all attempts of three American army platoons to dislodge them. "I just got steamed up and de cided to do something about the situation," the modest young hero said in explaining why he aban doned caution, collected grenades from his comrades and started a one-man campaign of his own. He dropped several grenades in the first hole he spotted, then ran around the left flank, where he si lenced an automatic weapon with two throws. He than dashed across the ton of the hill and assaulted two holes, then crossed to the right flank, where he attacked the re maining enemy automatic weapon and killed all ot its crew. School Bond Issue Faces Dec. 14 Vote At Myrtle Creek Myrtle Creek school district 19 C will hold a bond election Friday, Dec. 14, for a vote upon a $190,000 bond issue, me issue is to duuo an elementary unit for grades 1 to 6, inclusive, on the Tri-City school site, which was purchased by the school board last July. . Provision for ourchase of this site was specifically designated In the school budget approved by bs voters of the district at the annual school election last June, said Supt. M. C. Deller. The bond issue also provides for completing and equipping the cafe teria unit on the Myrtle Creek school site. The cafeteria building was constructed in September of this year and is now temporarily housing three elementary classes, said Deller. Selection Explained In explaining the Myrtle Creek school board's choice of the Tri nity sit over the oresent school property site in Myrtle Creek, Supt. Deller stated that a long range program provides for an additional nine classrooms, gymnasium and a complement of athletic and phys ical education facilities on the prop erty occupied by the present high school building. Studies made in the office of the superintendent indicate conserva tively mat by mv-sa mere win ne a high school enrollment of 500 pu pils, said Deller. Therefore this ground must be kept for imminent expansion to accommodate this an ticipated increase. The present en rollment in the elementary schools in Myrtle Creek is 949 pupils. Class rooms are now overloaded and the grounds are too small to accommo date such a number. Modern school practices and good building planning limit the enrollment to 500, he stated. Deller pointed out that the edu cational policies commission and the study of elementary and see- on d a r y education, commonly known as me Holy report, agree that a school should not go over 500 enrollment, and that it is good practice, tnereaiter, to duuo schools in concentrated communi ties that will support them. This (Continued on Page 2) Barn, Farm Equipment Burned At Lookingglass Fire of undetermined origin de stroyed barn on the George Swan property near the Lookingglass store at 3 o'clock this morning, reports Mrs. A. H. Marsh. News- Review correspondent. The Swans, aroused by the fire which starled inside the barn, were able to rescue a cow and two horses, but the farming equipment and the winter a supply of hay and grain were burned. A large, modern trailer house, which belonged to their son, Lexel, was also stored In the barn and destroyed. Neighbors responded to the alarm and prevented the fire from spreading to adjacent build ings. Two Employes Perish In Dept. Store Fire DAWSON. Y. T. (CP) - Two persons were burned to death here Monday when fire destroyed Daw son's largest departmental store. The blaze, which broke out about 3 a.m. In the Northern Commer cial Co., building, took the lives of Mrs. Lileaa Sellers and Robert Armstrong, two of the 10 occu pants of the staff apartments on the second floor. Origin of the tire has not yet Men established. Commission Given Ousted Aide Approved More Top Officials Due For Dismissal, Rumor Afloat In Washingtofi WASHINGTON Wl Attorney General J. Howard McGrath today defended the propriety of a 15,000 ' commission received by T. Lamar caudle on an airplane sale but conceded it was a unique case." As for some ot the other activ ities of his ousted former assis tant attorney general, McGrath said: "I hold no brief for any Indis- . cretions of which Mr. Caudle may have been guilty, nor do I pre sume to pass judgment on him." The cabinet official was called before a house ways and means subcommittee investigating tax scandals and the administration of the Justice department tax divl sion, formerly headed by Caudle. . Mcurath said ne had not the slightest doubt" of the propriety of Caudle's having accepted the $5,000 paid him as commission on the sale of a $30,000 airplane to Larry Knohl, associate of the t,wo New Yorkers then under indict ment on charges of tax fraud. The $5,000 payment was ap- ' proved by McGrath when Caudle asked him last September if it was all right to accept it. Caudle testified that McGrath , said it would be O. K. to take the money since Caudle had a large family. Trial Delay Attempted It was handed to Caudle by a . W. A. Stonnell, owner of a plane sold to Knohl. At that time, Knohl waa helping prepare the defense of Samuel Aaron and Jacob Frei dus, New York business men who were convicted in October of evad ing income taxes. According to ' testimony before the committee, numerous effort were made to delay the trial. De- &artment memoranda were read efore the committee quoting aa "agreement" reached between Caudle and Charles Oliphant, chief counsel of the internal revenue bu reau, at one time not to prose cute the case. Oliphant has re signed. President Truman fired Caudle, last month for what the White House termed "outside activities" incompatible with his official du ties. The account of the commission on the airplane sale was only one ot me stories me house group de veloped about Caudle. It has also heard stories of mink coats bought at a discount through a tax attorney and of t Caudle trin. WEurope last summer as the guest of a wine merchant. Mere Heads May Fall Capping all that was the ten (Continued on Page 2) Nine Of Family Perish In Fire SUMMERVILLE, S. C. Ml Two mothers end seven children burned to death before dawn today in fire that destroyed their five room frame home one mile south of here. . "An old couple grandparent of all the kids were the only ones who got out," Fireman Ted Limehouse said. Husbands of the two women had left shortly before for work at a sawmill. The dead: Mrs. Lewis Cook, 25, her three daughters Ruby Ann, 10,. Linda, 3 and Mary, 1, and son, John, 7; Mrs. Evelyn Still, 34 ,snd her two daughters Susan, 7, and Ogretta, S; and Barbara Ann Still, S, a cousin of the children, who was visiting at the home for the night. The grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Still, were brought to Dorchester hospital here but their burns were thought to be not serious. "There was no way to tell how lt started," Limehouse asserted. "Everything burned up. There probably was fire in the house, all right, because the two men had had breakfast." Boy Saves His Father's Store From Robbery GRANTS PASS UP) The daring of a 10-year-old boy foiled an armed robber who attempted to hold up his father's store near hert Monday night. Walter Murrell, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Murrell, and his 8-year-old brother, David, were in the store at Leonard road and Red wood highway when a man flourishing a pistol and with a stocking wrapped around his fare to conceal his features tried to herd them all Into a back room, Walter dashed out a side door, ran to a neighbor's home and called state police. The bsndit then f:ave up the holdup attempt, fore ng the store owner to accompany him outside. The armed man jumped in a parked automobile and fled without using; hia head' lights. Levity Fact Rant By L. P. Relztnstein Despite all the exposed cor ruption In government bureaus. President Truman offers a nauseated nation a dote of soothing syrup in the form ot an announcement that "nothing Is wrong." Is this a ease of not teeing the forest became of the trees or "none are so blind as those who will net toe?"