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Enemy Negotiators Yield To U. N. Demands
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MRS. DANIEL R. OIMMICK ii shown seated at the Douglas coun
ty Tuberculosis and Health association's Christmas seal booth
located in the lobby of the U. S. National bank. Funds realized
from sale of the seals are used to combat TB. The association also
aids in the chest X-ray programs inaugurated to detect TB. (Pic
ture by Paul Jenkins)
Guard Accused Of Dynamite,
Gun Smuggling To Convict
SALEM (AP) Francis L. McConnell, 25, a guard
at tht Oregon (tat prison, has been accused of smuggling
dynamite and a gun to a convict.
Warden Virgil J. O'Malley said the equipment was to
b used in an escapo attempt and that the prisoner, who is
serving a life sentence for murder, was to pay the guard
back with money gained from robberies.
' McConnell admitted taking two sticks of dynamite,
some bullets and a .22 caliber revolver Into the prison for
Dupree Poe, O'Malley reported.
Poe, convicted of killing a Silverton, Ore., policeman,
now is in segregation for leading an unsuccessful prison
break In October.
O'Malley said that two other notorious lifers, John
Omar Pinson and William Benson, were to join in the escapo .
attempt with Poe. Benson and Pinson escaped once before
and were recaptured after a nationwide search.
Capt. Ray Howard and Lt. Farley Mogan of the state
police tipped him off on th escape plot, O'Malley reported.
Santa Claus Condemned
By Cardinal In France
TOULOUSE, Franc ll
Santa Claus was condtmnad to
day by Julis - Geraud Cardinal
Saliagt, archbishop of this
southwaittrn Frtnch city. In a
latttr to his diocase ha said:
"Don't spaak of Santa Claus
far th vary good rtason that
h doesn't 'exist and nvr has
xiittd.
"Don't talk of Santa Claus for
Santa Claus is an invention that
clvr paopl us to tak away
th rtligious character of Christ
mas." In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Three significant
ECONOMIC i
developments over the world: j committee Monday and will be
1. Britain eases her iron-handed i submitted for discussion and ap
control over the buying and sell-jproval at Wednesday's meeting,
in? of foreign monies. The Bank I When an agreement is reached,
of England authorizes private in-1 petitions will be drawn up and cir
dividuals to trade British pounds j culated to be presented to the
for foreign money, including the
dollar, subject only to a govern
ment limitation on the prices.
2. Canada suddenly abolishes
her 12-year-old foreign exchange
controls. The action means that
Americans and other foreigners
can invest in Canada without any
bans on retrieving either capital
or profits and Canadians can
spend their money abroad where
and how they please, without gov
ernment permission.
3. IN THE U. S., price con
trols will end next Wednesday on
certain highly strategic mater
ials used in defense production.
The Offcie of Price Controls hopes.
BY EXEMPTING- THEM FROM
CONTROLS, to spur domestic pro
duction of them.
Question:
Does mat mean tnc beginning the job. ot city manager at nan
of a world - wide swing AWAY j Bruno, Cal. His resignation is ef
FROM government controls and i feclive December 31. No succes-
BACK TOWARD A FREE ECON-
OMY?
Here is a possiblv significant
POLITICAL development:
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The Weather
Rain and wind today. Partly
cloudy and coolr with showrs
f rain or snow tonight and Wed
nesday. Hightst tamp, for any Dc. 70
Lowatt ttmp. for any Dec. 5
Highest tamp, yesttrday 46
Lewst tamp, last 24 hours ..... 43
Pracip. last 24 hours .14
Pracip. from Dc. V.. 2.t8
Prcip. from Stpt. 1 ... 14.
Pracip. from Spt. 1 1470
Exct.s 1.24
Sunset today, 4:39 p.m. j
Sunrise tomorrow, 7:41 a.m. 1
Winston-Dillard
Fire District
Being Planned
Tentative plans were laid Mon
day evening for a fire district in
the Winston-Dillard area.
Boundaries for the proposed dis
trict will be discussed Wednesday
night at an open meeting at the
Dillard school 7:30 p.m.
The Winston chamber of com
merce, under President R, M.
Turner, is working on the plans
for the fire district. Arthur W.
McGuire, Winston, is in charge
of initial arrangements.
The district would also include
Brockway and Coon Hollow, and
extend north to meet the southern
boundary of the Roseburg rural
fire district near Kelley's corner.
The tentative plans were made
bv the chamber of commerce
countv court. McGuire said.
Roseburg Fire Chief W. E.
Mills will be present at the meet
ing to answer questions.
Present plans call for at least
one fire truck of sufficient ca
pacity to meet insurance under
writers' standards to reduce fire
insurance rales in the area, Mc
Guire said. The district would be
under control of a five-man board
of directors, elected at the same
time the district itself is voted on.
Slankard Gets San Bruno
Post As City Manager
TILLAMOOK M. W. Slank
ard, city manager here for the
past seven months and before that
city manager at Roseburg, has
resigned his post here to accept
sor has been named
AUTO THEFT CHARGED
A 16-year-old Portland youth
was remanded to juvenile court
Monday on a charge of larcenv of
an automobile, according to Dis
trict Judge A. J. Geddes. Ar
rested by a deputy sheriff, the
youth was accused of the auto
theft in a complaint sworn out
by James Cederstrom.
The bov is being held under
$2, I'M bail.
.. RECKLESS DRIVER FINED
Roy G. Arneson, 37, Springfield,
was committed to the city jail
in lieu of a $75 fine on a reck
less driving charge, reports Muni
cipal Judge Ira B. Riddle.
He is alleged to have sideswlped
a parked car near 706 S. Ste
phens St. while driving south.-
Established 1173 RQ5EIURS. ORECON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1951 27-51
teel Union Threatens
Ultimatum
Follows Flop
Of Conference
Government Mediators
Attempt To Avert Blow
To U. S. Defense Program
PITTSBURGH IIP) A strike
ultimatum by the CIO United
Steelworkers put up to the gov
ernment today the next move to
stave off an economically crippl
ing nationwide steel strike New
Year's day,
Philip Murray, president of the
million-member union, says a
strike is unavoidable unless the In
dustry grants his men a 15-cent
hourly pay boost and other con
cessions. Hanging in the balance is the
structure.
Government sources say present
wage ceilings would permit an
increase of only eight to nine
cents an nour.
Steel industry spokesmen say
they can't absorb' the increase
Murray demands without increas
ing prices.
That puts it right up to the
government how to head off
a strike and keep the nation's
economy on an even keel.
If the situation drifts steadily
toward a certain steel strike,
Mr. Truman could invoke the
Taft-Hartley act, he could refer
the case to the wage stabiliza
tion board for settlement recom
mendations, or he could make an
11th hour personal appeal to Mur
ray for a strike delay.
Invoking Taft . Hartley would
likely mean an 80-day court in
junction against a strike.
No Contract, No Work
Murray was grimfaced as he
emerged from a meeting of his
policy makers Monday to tell a
news conference:
"We will not work without a
contract."
The government already has
started its race against time to
stave ott a strike which if con
tinued long would be a body
blow to the nation's defense pro
gram. Two federal mediators came
here a few days ago to confer
with Murray and U. S. steel ne
gotiators. Price director Michael V. Di
Salle summoned five steel indus
try representatives to another
conference today. Monday he out
lined proposed steps by which the
industry might apply for price
adjustments under the Capehart
amendment to the' economic con
trols act.
The Capehart amendment al
lows manufacturers to add cost
increases through July 26 tn pre
Korean prices in setting new ceil
ings. What Murray. Demands
Until Monday's meeting of the
steelworkers' executive committee
and its 170-man policy committee,
Murray had not publicly revealed
just how much of a wage boost
he is asking.
In addition to a 15-cent hourly
hike, Murray wants a half - cent
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BANKING CAREER NEARS END Victor Micelli, left, accepts a watch from Hal Schmeer, man
ager of the Roseburg branch, U. S. National bank, at a dinner given in his honor at Carl's Haven
Monday night. Micelli will soon retire alter 36 years of banking service. He began hit career with
the First State and Savings bank, later serving with the Douglas National. For the last seven yean
he has been affiliated with the U. S. National. Micelli it a former commander of Umpqua pott, 16,
American Legion and district commander of now discontinued district four, American Lagion. In
addition, he wat department vice-commander and a member of the executive committee two
yean. Seated, lower left, it Mrt. Micelli, and Mrs, Charlei Hart slti at right. (Picture by Paul
Jenkins)
SPELLS MORE REVENUE
Benefits To Be Attained
By Timber Access Roads
Pointed Out By Forester
A network of access roads into large timber stands will
increase competitive bidding; for stumpage and guarantee a
larger financial return, R. T. Titus, executive secretary,
Western Forest Industries Assn., said Monday.
He addressed members of the Roseburg chamber of com
merce in the civic room of the Umpqua hotel during a noon
luncheon.
Titus bolstered his contention by predicting that the
higher price paid for stumpage would eventually cover the
original outlay required for road construction.
Proposed Angling
Change Endorsed
At Cottage Grove
Proposed closure of the Ump
qua river between Rock creek and
Soda springs to all except fly
fishing was unanimously endorsed
Monday night by the Cottage
Grove Rod and Gun club.
The Cottage Grove club is af
filiated with the Umpqua Basin
Conservation council.
The proposed angling regulation
was explained to the club b y
James Vaughn, game departmet
regional upervisor, and Wm. Pit
ney, biologist in charge of the
Umpqua river study. Limitation
to fly fishing, it was stated, will
provide needed protection for
adult chinook salmon and down
stream migrant salmon and steel
heads. '
The. Cottage Grove ''club en
joyed its annual meeting with a
pot luck dinner for members and
their families. The program drew
a large attendance.
A financial report staled that
the club entered last year with
debt of approximately $13,000 In-1
curred in construction of its club
house, but that during rhe year
the debt was retired and the or
ganization now has a substantial
cash balance.
A full membership in the Ore
gon Wildlife federation was voted.
Passer Of Bad Check
Draws Prison Stretch
William T. Self Jr., 32, Can
yonville was sentenced to two
years in the state penitentiary
Monday after pleading guilty to a
charge of obtaining money by
false pretenses.
Circuit Judge Carl E. Wim
berly imposed the sentence. Self
pleaded guilty to a district attor
ney's information accusing him of
passing a worthless $74.75 check
to a Canyonville store for the
purchase of a rifle.
SHOPLIFTER FINED
Mrs. William Siedrich was ar
rested by a sheriff's deputy on
a. charge of petty larceny involv
ing shoplifting from a local gro
cery, the sheriff's office reported.
She pleaded guilty to the charge
and was fined $25 in district court.
"It Is now the policy of federal
and state timber administrators
to award large tracts of timber
to justify road building," t h e
speaker explained, ''An adequate
transportation system would re
duce the tendency and at the
same time insure competitive bid
ding." Titus, an expert forester, main
tained that adequate roads would
serve a twofold purpose: In ad
dition to increased prices and
competitive bidding, a complete
sustained yield program could be
inaugurated.
Citing one of, the principles of
the association, ' which is to fight
against monopoly, the speaker
said roads would also give the
small operator an equal chance
in the buying of logs.
"We contend that the present
big timber Industries started
small," he said. "and. with equal
opportunity, the small operators
of today should be allowed to ex
oand." The scarcity of private timber
ah.l tha inn.'pncpd HpmjtnH for ifitii
erally-owned logs were other rea
sons Titus gave lor building ac
cess roads.
Ownership Lacks Balance
In the Douglas fir region 65
percent of the timber is owned by
the(f!der,?1 government; five per-
cent by the state, and 30 percent
by private companies.
But, the forester noted, 32 com
panies own more than one third
of the private stand, leaving the
balance to be shared among
19 operators.
"If federal timber Is available
to all, this quasi-monopolistic bal
ance could be reduced, "he
said.
The association also opposes the
cooperate sustained yield agree
ments entered into by private op
erators who control timber adja
cent to government lands.
Government Losts Money
Titus said the agreements
whereby the government sells to
the owner who governs land in
accordance with federal regula
tions is costing the government
thousands of dollars.
"There is no competition for
the timber, and the privileged
owner buys at appraisal price,
which is far below the amount
paid when bidding is allowed,"
Utilization of waste products,
especially when raw materials are
scarce, is more complete and
thorough tinder a free enterprise
system, Titus added.
Strike
Copco Forced
To Cut Power
For Sawmills
Increase In Demands,
Failure To Receive Aid
Expected Cause Slash
Because of unprecedented in
crease in use ol power ouring
ih nre-rhristmas season. Califor
nia - Oregon rower company nas
been forced to curtail the 'saw
mill load during peak hours for
the present week, and possibly
longer.
A memorandum issued by the
company today states: "During
the month of December, 1951,
load on the system of the Califor
nia Oregon Power comapny has
exceeded that of a year ago by
48,000 KW.
''Due to the unprecedented In
crease it has been necessary to
curtail demand during the peak
hours which extend from 8 to
11:30 a.m. and from 5 to 7 p.m."
The company announcement
stated: "Prior arrangements were
made to carry this load but three
potential sources of energy, any
one of which would have been
sufficient, all failed to material
ize. Expecttd Help Fails
"An Interconnection was com
pleted with the Bonneville Power
administration system at Goshen
not available from this source In
the anticipated amount.
"The Pacific Gas and Electric
pnmnanv has been unable to fur
nish power in the requested
amounts because of rapid
growths on its system. Shortage of
materials ana otner taciors nave
delayed the completion of the
Sn a snr nes and f ish creex ny-
droelectric developments on the
North Umpqua river, Doin ot
which were scheduled . for opera
tlon nrinr to Dec. 1. 1951.
"For these reasons It has been
necessary to curtail sawmill
load during the present week and
It may be necessary to continue
the curtailment auring peax ioaa
hours until one of the three ad
ditional sources of power become
available.
LEGAL TENDER
Raw Gold Pays
For Purchase
At Local Store
An unidentified miner walked
Into Knudtson Jewelers Monday
and asked for a new automatic
toaster. , .
He selected the one he wanted
and plunked down payment
nearly all in gold dust and nug
gets contained in a small glass
vial. It was the second or third
snrh transaction in 25 years.
tnrn pmnlnvop reDOrtcd.
The miner, wno is now living m
Roseburg, said he took the gold
while he was prospecting in Mon
tana. Gold contained in the tube
was valued at $23 considerably
less than an ounce, which sells
far ahnnt S.15.
When the store was founded in
1886, most of the purchases were
made with raw gold, hut it has been
a long lime since this has
again occurred, the employee
sa id
"Most unusual was the fact that
he traded his gold for a modern
appliance, entirely automatic and
employing the latest scientific
principles," he commented.
Hubbard Creek Fire-Hit
Timber Sale Scheduled
PORTLAND VP) The bu
reau of land management an
nounces it has planned to sell
530 million board feet of timber
in the coming year.
Rosnoe E. Bell, regional admin
istrator, said much of the tim
ber would he salvaged material
from windstorms and fire in the
past year.
Bell said the storms that re
cently damaged towns along the
coast caused costly damage in
the woods. The slavage "wiil not
only minlmie the waste of tim
ber, hut will help prevent the
Douglas fir bark beetle and other
tree killing insects," e said.
Bell listed the planned sales by
district: Salem 111 million board
feet; Fugene 100 million; Hose
burg 95 million; Coos Bay 118
million; Medford 108 million.
He also said 63 million feet
would be sold from the 12.000
acres of Bl.M land in the vin
cent creek burn of southern Ore'
gon. All of the merchantable tim
ber on Bl.M lands in the Hubbard
creek fire will be placed on the
market.
Communist Information
Includes Maj. Gen Dean,
Captured 17 Months Ago
American Total Of 3,198 In Full
Allied POW Number Of 11,559;
Notice To Kin Awaits Check-Up
MUNSAN, Korea (AP) The Communists turned
over to the United Nations today a list of 11,559 prisoners,
including 3,198 Americans.
They said the Hat includes all prisoners of the Korean
war in their hands. The U.N. gave the Reds a list of 132,
474 Chinese and North Korean prisoners.
General Matthew B. Ridgway's headquarters in Tokyo
said it understood the Communist list includes Maj. Gen. Wil
liam F. Dean, lost commander of the U.S. 24th division. Dean
has been missing since the fall of Taejon in July 1950.
Communist newsmen at Panmunjom said Associated
Press photographer Frank Noel was also listed. .
Lists were exchanged Tuesday i
when Communist truce negotiators
suuoniy capiuiated lo U. N. de
mands. The prisoner subcommit
tee recessed until Thursday. Rear
Adm. R. E. Lihby, V. N. member
ot the committee, said the pur
pose was to study the lists.
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols,
U. N. spokesman, elaborated;
"The communist lists have not
yet been verified. They probably
include errors, omissions and pos
sibly fictitious additions.
"Every effort humanly nossible
will be made immediately by the
II. N. command to check the list.
The respective arms of services
in the United States will notify
the next of kin immediately on
veruication.
I cannot emphasize too strongly
that this is a Communist list.
"Any information on nrisnners
received from the Communists is
questionable due to their contin
ued refusal to allow international
committees of the Rd Cross to
inspect their prisoner of war fa
cilities and operations."
Uf the 11.558 names on the Com
munist lists a U. N. command
communique reported: 7,142 are
South Korean. 3.108 American. 919
Briusn.-ZM mrKisn. 40 Filipino.
ten French, six Australian, four
South African, three Japanese, and
and one each from Canada,
Greece and the Netherlands.
Discrepancy In Totals
The Communist listj fell far'
short of previous public allied es
timates of perhaps 100,000 or more.
The - 3,198 Americans listed as
prisoners compare with approxi
mately 12,000 Americans officially
listed as missing In action.
But a reliable source In Tokvo
said there probably was 'no great
disparity between the oilicial
V. S. army estimates of the num
ber of prisoners the Reds hold
and the number announced by the
Reds. He said that probably many
of those listed as missing actu-
lly died in battle.
Col. James M. Hanler of the
U. S. Eighth army recently ra-
ponea mat 5.suo Americans were
slaughtered by the Reds after be
ing taken prisoner.
Sudden Communist capitulation
In turning over the names of pris
oners they hold is the most hope
ful break In talks since a pro
visional cease-fire line was cre
ated last month. The buffer line
will become effective if other
truce terms are agreed to by
Doc. 27. Otherwise It will b e
changed to conform to changes In
the battle line.
Dean's Ordaal Datallad
The reported listing of General
Dean among the prisoners cli
maxes a long series of reports
that the front line general was
wounded was killed was
taken prisoner.
One Red prisoner told Allied
interrogators that Dean had trav
eled south 33 days after the fall
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Cold Wave Death
Toll Rises To 151
By The AMoHtted PreM
More snow fell over the al
ready white-covered Midwest to
day and a fresh blast of sub
zero cold was on the way. Mean
while, the nation's death toll from
last weekend's severe wintry
weather mounted.
Tho snowstorm, borne on winds
ot 20 to 25 miles an hour, moved
eastward. The cold weather also
was expected to follow the slorm
to the eastern seaboard
The double dose of snow and se
vere cold appeared following the
pattern of the storm and Icy
weather which wallnncd the east
ern half of the nation the last
four days,
The snow and frigid cold struck
at the height of the Christmas
shopping season. The snow and
ice-covered streets and highways
matlo the shopping tour an extra
hard task,
Deaths attributed to the storm
and cold ruse to 151 today. In
diana, battered by sleet, snow
and rain, reported 20 persons dead
from causes attributed to the
weather.
There were 26 slorm deaths In
Ohio and 19 in Illinois. The toll
in other states: New Jersey 10;
UaaiBuViiiinll, D Alnhflm B W
York 8; Wisconsin 6; Iowa 5; A. P. Severtky, oirplqne ex
Maryland 5; Michigan 5; Kansas pert, predicts that man will fly
4; Nebraska 4; Tennessee 4; Mia- to the moon within 50 year in
snuri 3; Pennsylvania 3; Colorado
2; Connecticut 2; Delaware 2;
Georgia 2; Maine 2; Nevada 2;
North Carolina 1; Virginia 1; Wy
oming; 1.
Prisoners' Kin
Notification Big
Job For Pentagon
WASHINGTON (.V) The mil
itary in Korea, Tokyo and Wash
ington today began the gigantic,
intricate task of advising kinfolk
of the names of 3,198 Americans
reported held prisoner by the
Communists. The first official no.
tifications may go out by early
afternoon.
Many families will be cheered
bv word that their soldier-sons are
alive, although in enemy hands.
But a still great numoer are in
for grief and disappointment.
The list supplied by the Com
munists is little more than one
fourth of 11,042 Americans re
ported missing in Korea.
rne army in norea arraustru id
fly the prisoner list to Tokyo
where it will be distributed to
newsmen and rciayea on ro uie
Pentagon in Washington.
That list will contain only the
names, rank, serial numbers and
unit designations. It will have to
he matched In Washington against
the roster of the missing Vo ob
tain home town addresses.
Procedure Takaa Time
That procedure will take hour",,
possibly days. But as quickly as
possible after notifying, next of
kin. the Pentagon hones to mak
public lis list. Normally, the Pen
tagon waits about 72 hours after
notifying kinfolk before releasing
casualty reports.
Tha Pentagon said It would re
lease names in installments, as
soon as they are checked and no
tifications have cone out. The first
lists for publication, it added, are
not expected to be avauaoie De
fore Friday.
Notifications to kinfolk will
carry the statement that the De
fense department cannot guaran
tee the accuracy oi tne report, a
Pentagon announcement stressed
the same point in connection with
the Communist list being distrib
uted to newsmen in Tokyo. It
said:
"It must be emphasized that
the Defense department . cannot
vouch for accuracy of names as
listed. Tha Incidence of errors.
omissions or fictitious additions is
not known."'
Child Fires Nightgown,
Burns Claim Her Life
VANCOUVER, Wash. UP)
Burns, suffered when she set fire
to her nightgown with matches,
claimed the life here of 23-month-
old Patricia Barkley.
She was me aaugnier oi mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Barkley of Mc
Loughlin Heights.
The coroner's report Indicated
the little girl got up before her
parents Monday and climbed up
on a chair where she Was able
to reach a book of paper matches.
She apparently struck one and
ignited her night clothes.
Her screams awakened her
parents, and the father suffered
burns trying to smother the
flames. The Tittle girl died a iew
hours later in a hospital.
Drunken Driver Given
Jail Term, Fine Of $500
Ray William Gatz, 51, Winston,
was fined $500 and given a 30-day
jail sentence alter pleading guilty
tn a drunk driving charge Mon
day, reports District Judge A. J.
Geddes. Gut I was arrested Sun
day by atate police.
NON-SUPPORT CHARGED
John J. McDonald, 28, Yoncalla,
arrested by a sheriff's deputy on
non sunnort charge, has been
bound over to the grand jury by
Drain Justice of the Peace Clar
ence Leonard. Ball was aet at
$250.
Levity Fact Rant
By L. F. Relzensteln
3Vi hours. Such an attempt
would perhaps benefit menkind
about as much at a trip ever
Niagara Falls barrel.