U. 6f 0. Library Eugene, Oregon MSI fo) 0) in lim Council Refers Petitions u mum wm (L2jf t .' (5.V 1 . ;-' S$sr 1173 0SIIUC. OMCON-TUESPAY. JANUARY 8, 1952 6-52 "55 CONGRESS' SESSION PINS ANNETTE DE DOBBELAERE smiles with a trifle of self consciousness os her picture is snapped. And no wonder, for her fellow workers in the office of the Farm Bureau Coopera tive Exchange ot Washington and Spruce streets were doing a lot of sideline cooching. "Smile, Annette; remember the toothpaste ods," one would remark. "Look soulful, Annette you know how," another would chime. Regardless of the ad vice she took, she did all right. Annette started work ot the Farm Bureau only a week ago. Just recently married to Mel De Dobbelaere, who now is in the army, stationed at Fort Campbell, she is the former Annette Gibbons, a graduate of Roseburg high school, class of fifty-one. Counsel For O-C Land Grant Counties Plans Washington Attendance At Legislation PORTLAND (AP) The attorney for the Associ ation 6f Oregon and California Land Grant Counties will leave for Washington, D. C, Jan. 18 to represent t h e group on any proposed legislation affecting Oregon's re- Sutherlin Physician In Race For Coroner Dr. John J. Grabow, Sutherlin phvsician and surgeon and one of the few Douglas county pathol ogists, has filed for nomination on the Republican ticket for county coroner. Carrying the slogan, "A trained medical examiner for coroner," Dr. Grabow has been in business in Sutherlin for the last five and one- half years. He was a coroner s physician In Illinois, Minnesota ana in me navy mr iuioi i .;., yeaia. Durinff his residence in Suther lin, he has been medical examiner for the coroner's office in Douglas county. Dr. Grabow said he believes some of the "questionable deaths in the county should be competently in vestigated." In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Washington: "That well-stocked counter of surplus farm products Uncle Sam set up two years ago is taking on the appearance of a bargain after a shopper's rampage. In short it is nearly EMPTY re flecting a heavy volume of sales and government withdrawal 0 f some stocks for possible future emergencies." I'd say that if we're going to tinker with the free enterprise system buying , and storing non perishable crops in periods of surplus production against a time of future scarcity, it is about as pnmi A srheme as ran he devised. Joseph had his dream of the i 'f.',1 'he .ffibi!!li ',?:," seven fat cows and the seven lean " . kl1f .u- ' need one and were gome to nave cows a long time ago, but wnat;tn ,itmrtt nill somptu: , aM AnB it meant then was about the same ' as what it means now. That is 10 say human experience over the j L-ciuunrs uiuiimcs ..in f' j lean production are pretty apt t 1 nllM.f nn. nJ, nt tnt npnrinn nn I In the periods of lean production (Continued on Pdge 4) The Weather Considerable cloudiness with showers and p-triods of clearing today and tonight. Wednesday rain with snow In the higher ele vations. Highest temp, for any Jan 77 Lowest temp, for any Jan. -A Highest ttmp. yesterday 43 Lowest temp, last 24 hours 32 Precip. last 24 hours .0 I Preeip. from Jan. 1 1.14 Precip. from Sept. I 21.77 1 Excess i.tl j t insel today, 4:55 p m. unrit tomorrow, 7:45 a.m. 1 vesiea utmerianas. The attorney, Frank Sever of Portland, was given authority to review the proposed national leg islation and to use discretion on coming amendments." At a meeting of the association's executive committee Monday, Lane and Clackamas County represen tatives said they were preparing legal action to obtain their share of S4.25O.00O which they claim is due 18 Oregon counties from the federal government. At present the counties are en. titled to 75 per cent of the reve nues from the 2 '1 million acres of tjmnCrlands. The remaining 25 per cent g0CJ , the federal government. The counties, however, have not received their full share. It is over this shortage that Lane and Clack amas Counties threaten suits. There has been discussion in Congress recently to reduce the counties' share to 50 per cent with part of the government funds being set aside for fire protection access roads and a sustained yield program. The group also voted preliminary approval ot a plan to set aside about 145 acres of O. & C. lands near the Oregon caves for a per manent camp site. City's Finances In 'Fine Shape' Roseburg is "in verv fine shape' financially, in the opinion of City Manager W. I. Gilchrist. Gilchrist and Jack Hart, pres ident of the city council and char man of the council's finance com. mittee, were interviewed on KRNR "This Town Is Yours" se ries. Hart said the "hardest thing the city ever had to pay for was the city hall." on which payments have only recently been completed. Ask- ... . a - ft- v- Regarding cily tax increases. Hart conlmentej mt he believed an increase would be in line with increased salaries and operating H expenses. Gilchrist said Roseburg has an excellent credit rating, and out standing bonds total only $.165,000 nf an allowable maximum of $900,000. Alleged Robber Also Faces Kidnap Charge SALT LAKE CITY W A teen age boy was found chained to a bed in a filthy house here Tuesday. Officers said the lad told them he was abused sexually by the man who held him captive. An accused bank robber, charied with a $20,000 holdup during a snowstorm Monday, was named by officers as the youth's captor. Inhn I) PillnW M.vn...ntn it4 car salesman, was arrested on Ihe bank robbery charge Monday night. Reds Again Reject POW Swap Plan Wrangle Also Occurs Over Foe's Proposal To Rebuild Air Fields By OLEN CLEMENTS MUNSAN, Korea I The U.N. Command Tuesday rephrased its proposal for exchanging prisoners of war and the Reds , promptly turned it down. Rear Adm. R. E. Libby, Allied truce negotiator, said the U. N.' plan was reworded to "eliminate any ground for technical opposi tion" by the Communists. The Reds still objected. A second truce subcommittee argued nearly two hours over whether the Reds should be al lowed to rebuild air fields during an armistice. Neither side changed its view. In presenting the revised plan for exchanging prisoners of war, near Acim. Libby said "this is in no sense a new proposal" but it had been rephrased to cover ob jections raised by the Reds. Chargts Summarizad Changes included: A specific provision that the U.N. Command would release all prison ers for voluntary repatriation after the Reds returned all prisoners, former South Korean soldiers, and displaced or interned civilians who want to go home. Elimination of a demand that the Reds reclassify as prisoners of war former South Korean troops now in the Red army. Red commanders would 'solemn ly agree" that all prisoners re leased by the U. N. who were not directly exchanged for Red prison-1 u & ! ! .l - ers would not fight again in the Korean war. Under the original plan prison ers in this class, when released by (Continued on Page 2) Drunken Driving Record Draws Court Comment Three-fourths of 1,578 drunk dri vers convicted over 20-year per iod had only "two beers." , That's the observation of Dis trict Judge A. J. Geddes in look ing back over a 20-year progres sive career as Roseburg municipal judge, justice of the peace and district judge. Recently it has cost more if you get caught as a drunk driver about $100 more. Fines in district court have increased from $350 to $375 to $500 in most cases. Sen tences often include 30 days in jail. The increase was made princi pally to see whether it would cut down the number of drunk drivers brought before the courts. "Whether it has or not is hard to say: it's too early to tell yet," Judge Gcddos said. However, the increase follows a general trend throughout the state, he added. A total of 1,368 of the convictions were during his tenure as Rose burg municipal judge. Drunk driving is one of the major problems which the court has to contend with, Oeddcs be lieves. Another is reckless driving. "Drunk driving is a menace all right, there's no question about it," the judge commented. Most of the drunken drivers fined maintain all along that they had only "two beers" and I've had fellows tell me they can drive better after a few beers," Judge Geddes observed. He added that he didn't mind a fellow taking a drink now and then, but if he docs he ought to stay out of a car. Potato Price Rollback Hard Blow To Growers PORTLAND The announced price rollback will cost the potato industry around three million dol lars for the estimated 5,000 cars still to be marketed, an industry spokesman said here Monday. To offset the loss which potato growers said they will suffer under the rollback, a marketing agree ment committee said it will meet at Klamath Falls Jan. 1516 to discuss cutting size regulations to 1 W inches from the present 2 inches. That would permit marketing nf some culls, William Peterson, sec retary, said. Fred Meyer Stores Face Trial On Prices PORTLAND W Fred Mever. Inc., and two of the chain store's meat market managers will be tried tea. 5 on charges of selling meat at above ceiling prices The trial date was set Monday by Federal Judge Gus Solomon after the defendants plead-d inno. cent to charges of price violations last fall. Defense Spending, Foreign Aid, Universal Military Training Top Problems Facing Lawmakers By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST WASHINGTON (AP) Congress reconvened Tues day for nn election-year session certain to be studded with controversy over issues on which political fortunes will ride in next November's voting. The banging of gavels in Senate and House signaled the second meeting for the legislators who make up the 82nd Congress-elected in 1950. They recessed their first Symington Quits As Head Of RFC Republican In W. STUART SYMINGTON Rtsignt Amid Storm WASHINGTON An active Republican prepared Tuesday to become boss of the multi-million dollar Reconstruction Finance Cor- poration under an announced policy nf inane "ftn haeit nf hiicinccv of loans "on a basis of business and merit no politics." Even as Harry A. McDonald, enunciated this policy, however a move sprang up to launch a new Senate investigation of the huge scandal-scarred government lend ing agency. Sen. Maybank (D.-S.C), Senate Banking Committee chairman, an nounced he had ordered an inquiry into the resignation of W. Stuart Symington as RFC administrator. He said Senate action on Presi dent Truman's nomination of Mc Donald to succeed Symington prob ably would be held up until after the inquiry. McDonald, now chair man of - the Securities and Ex change Commission, is a close per sonal friend of Symington. Symington, a top Truman admin istration official for six years, is quitting Jan. 15. The President, in a letter Monday addressed to "Dear Slu ', said he accepted the rcsigna tion with "utmost reluctance." Sutherlin Area Plans Fire D.st. Petitions are being circulated this week for establishment of a rural fire district in the Sutherlin area. Sponsored by the Sutherlin and Fair Oaks Granges, the proposed district would extend norlh to the soulh city limits of Oakland, east to Nonpareil, south to the Win chester bridge and would also in elude a wide area west of Highway 99 between Winchester and Suth erlin. A total of 200 signatures are re quired before the petitions can be submitted to the county court and a public hearing set. If accepted in an election of prop perty holders in the area, a dis trict board of directors would de termine policies. It was estimated that s max imum four mill levy would be re quired to pay for the equipment. After that, the district could prob ably be maintained at a two-mill levy, a spokesman said. Fire insurance rates would be up to ten percent lower in the proposed district, depending on Ihe distance from the center of the district. Year's District Court Fines Total $111,547 A ftital of $111,547.76 has been collected in fines from one year of operation of district court, the countv clerk's office disclosed. Civil fees for the year of oper ation, which ended last Dec. 31, totaled $2,497. Part of the monev. probably about 25 percent, will go 10 the state. The remainder will be dis tributed to the general county fund, county road fund, and the county school fund, with the larg est portion going to the road fund. The court was enhried from justice court in December. 1950, ! due to population increases. Jur-j I isdiction thereby was increased tn inciuoc actions up in si.uuu. in justice court the maximum was $250. Judce A. .T. Geddes. former. justice of the peace, became the district judge with the change, session last Oct. 20. Vice President Barkley, presiding in the Senate, and speaker Ray burn (D.-Tex.) in the House called the chambers into session prompt-1 ly at tne stroke 01 noon. Only about half of the House members were on hand, but the Senate roll call showed 70-odd of the 96 Senators present. Many of the issues they wrestled with last year confronted them again. Dominant ones are detense spending, universal military train ing, economic controls, and foreign aid. Out of how they deal with them will come records to go before the voters in next fall's election of a President, vice-president, 435 House members and 33 Senators. Truman's Mtitagt Awaited The real kick-off for the new ses sion will come Wednesday when President Truman will deliver his State of the Union message to a joint Senate Houst meeting. This will lay down in at last broad terms what legislation Mr. Truman wants from the session and lay the basis for scrapping be. tween supporters of his program and its critics. Aside from legislation, some oth er politically potent issues are shap ing up. One is Mr. Truman's pro posal to send an ambassador to the Vatican. Just before Congress recessed last October, the President pro posed the name of Gen. Mark W. Clark as ambassador and asked! legisiauon 10 permit uiarK 10 serve without giving up his military rank tins touched oil a country-wide controversy. Congress quit without taking any action on Ihe Presi dent's request. Mr. Truman has said he will renew it. Bridge! Succeeds Whtrry During the recess, six new House members were named. Republicans L (Continued on Page 2) Stumpage From Umpqua Forest Boosted In 1951 The Umpqua National Forest contributed 11.330,000 more board feet of stumpage to the timber in dustry of the Umpqua Inland Ba sin in 1951 than in 1950. The aver age stumpage price advanced from $10.60 per thousand board feet to $14.60. Robert Aufderheide, forest sup ervisor, reports sales of Umpqua forest timber in 1951 to have to taled 182.030,000 board feet as com pared with 170,700,000 board feet in 1950. Forest service sales in 1951 re turned $2,667,429, as compared with $1,810,912 the previous year. Douglas county will receive one fourth of the income from all for est revenue. Some of the sales money included in the receipts for the year, however, will be divided with neighboring counties in pro portion to the amount of forest within those counties. The volume of timber being tak en annually from the Umpqua for est still is below the allowable harvest, Aufderheide says. The full allowable cut cannot be sustained until access roads are built up the north Umpqua river at least as far as Big Camas, he reports. Not Guilty, Insanity, Walter Wanger's Plea SANTA MONICA, Calif. I Walter Wanger entered a firm "Not guilty, your honor" to a shoot ing charge Monday, and his lawy er added: "Not guilty by reason ot temporary insanity." February 26 was set for the trial of the gray-haired producer ac cused of shooling Jennings Lang, agent for Wanger's wife, Actress Joan Bennett, last Dec. 13. Wanger, charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit murder, told police alt er the affray, "he broke up my home." Lang was wounded in the groin. "Flash System" Nabs Pair On Check Charges Kosenurgs Daa cnecx '" system" resulted in the arrest of two men Mondav afternoon, re- porls Chief of Police Ted Mazac. Awaiting arraignment In Doug las countv jail are John D. Brown ing, 32, Myrtle Creek, and Gerald Hefner, 34, Roseburg, both charged with passing had checks. District Attorney Robert Davis said they were apprehended asdealh Monday night after they Browning waited in a cab while ! pleaded guilty to charges of being Hefner was attempting to pass i "spies sent Into Poland by the 'worthless check, Taft Claims Pledges Held Insure Win That Is If Translated Into Votes; Expects Ike To Make Campaign By JACK BELL WASHINGTON Ufi Sen. Taft (R.-Ohio) claimed Tuesdav that if all the pledges he now holda are iiransiaieu 11110 voting sirengin ne will win the .Republican Presiden Hal nomination That was the Ohioan's answer to the statement of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower that he is a Repub lican and would respond to a "clear cut call to political duty" but would not personally campaign lor the uOl nomination. Eisenhower supporters jubilantly heralded the statement as assuring tne general s nomination and dec. tion. Taft told a reporter he believes this makes Eisenhower only "draft" possibility, adding: it an ot tne pledges we have ob tained from all over the country can be translated into delegates when they are chosen, I believe wi have more than half of the con vention votes." Expects Ik To Campaign Taft said he always assumed that other candidates would be seeking 1 me nomination ana mai oenerai Eisenhower would be one of them." He intii..ated he had expected Ei senhower to doff his uniform as commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiiation (NATO) Forc es and return as 1 civilian to cam paign. But Eisenhower said at his Paris headquarters Monday that "under no circumstances will I ask for re- lief from this assignment in order to seek nomination to political ol- fice and I shall not participate in the pre-convcnlion activities of oth ers who may have such an inten tion with respect to me." i alt said he interprets this as meaning Eisenhower will have to be drafted to obtain the nomina tion, and commented: 1 think this wiil make mailers easier for us." SACRAMENTO. Calif. Gov. Warren's backers are giving close study to (he political implications of General Eisenhower's statement that he would accept the Republi can nomination for President. Eisenhower's go-ahead to his sup porters won't change any of War ren's announced campaign plans. California's favorite son candidate has announced only that he will not enter the Ohio primary against Sen. Taft. However, as Warren himsclf'put it in Honolulu Monday, Eisenhow er would be a "very powerful can didate." Income Tax Chiseler Gets Prison Term, Fine MILWAUKEE I Michael Shapiro, a prominent Milwaukee businessman, was sentenced to prison Monday by a federal judge and declared ' There is no longer any back door Into the tax depart ment at Washington or into the federal court." Shapiro, 54, was accused of help ing his wife prepare fraudulent J944 income tax returns to avoid about $61,000 in taxes. He drew a three year term and a $10,000 fine after pleading no contest. Senate Finance Group Head Opposes Tax Hike WASHINGTON 11 Sen. George (D.-Ga.) said Tuesday he is not going to support a new general tax boost under any circumstances he can loresee in 1952. ' George told reporters Congress should begin considering tax reduc tions by next year. The veteran senator is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and would have the job of sleering a tax increase bill through the Sen ate if President Truman submitted one and the House passed it. L. & H. Mill, Sutherlin, Suffers Fire Damage Fire did considerable damage at the I.. & H. mill in Sutherlin Mon day morning. The edger was badly damaged, and it will delay the opening of the mill for about one week. The quick thinking of the night cop who discovered the fire snd the volunteer fire department k t the dm down. 1 . Five Poles Sentenced To Die As 'U. S. Spies' WARSAW. Poland W A mili- tarv court sentenced five Poles to I American Intelligence Service." To City Manager For Check; Airport Building Plan OKd West Roseburg residents Last night, at the city council meeting, petitions were submitted asking for plans and specifications for the pav ing of most of the streets in and around Fairhaven Mar ket, including Coaies Addition. The streets involved include Brown between Military and Nebo; Nebo between Brown and the south end of the street; Catherine and Ann streets between Nebo and Fairhaven; Myrtle between Military and Nebo; Ridge view between Myrtle and the end of the street; Fairhaven between Myrtle and Harvard; Spring between Myrtle and the end of the street; Union between Myrtle and Harvard; Wharton between Myrtle and Harvard; Balff between Military and Harvard and Harrison between Harvard and Victor Micelli Files Candidacy For County Clerk Victor J. Micelli, above, who re cently retired from the staff of Ihe Roseburg branch of the U. S. National Bank, today annqunced his candidacv for the office of county clerk. He will seek the Republican nomination at the forth' coming primary election. A native of Roseburg, Micelli was educated in the Roseburg schools. He served 36 years with Roseburg financial institutions, starling with the First State and Savings Bank, later joining the Douglas National Bank, and becom ing a staff member of the U. S. National when that institution bought the Douglas National Bank. He had a long military career, first as a member of the Rose burg company of the Oregon Nat ional Guard, with which he was called into service in the First World War. He aided in reorgan izing the Roseburg National Guard company after the war, and ser ved as company commander and in other posts for seven years. He remained in the commissioned re serve, rising to rank of major. During the Second World War, he served as battalion command er with the Oregon Slate Guard. Active in the work of Ihe Amer ican Legion, he has held offices Of post commander, district com mander, and vice-commander ot the state department. He is a life member of the D. A. V. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, Knights Templar, is past president of the Roseburg Rotary Club and a past director of the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce. Building Permits In '51 Show Drop The city Building department's 1951 report reveals an issuance of building, repair, electrical and plumbing permits totaling $1,001, 747. Permits issued during the year for all classes numbered 572. The total value nf permits issued during 1951 was the lowest in five years. In 1950 they totaled $1,698,- 547: 1949, $1,223,553; 1949, $1,056.- 285 and 1947, $1,018,375. The number of permits issued for various classifications were: plumbing, 94; electrical, 220; re pair on commercial buildings, 36; repair nn dwellings, 99; new dwel lings, 56; new commercial build ings, 13; new garages, 27, and mis cellaneous permits, 28. Monlhly issuance of permits was valued at: January, $159,280; Feb ruary, 46,825; March, 124,445; April, 58,529; May, 84,610; June, 161.650; July, 46,670; August, 140,- J64; September, 152,584; October, 66.710; November, 50,630, and December, 19,650. Road-Protection Bonds From Truckers Okayed SALEM n Truckers who get permits to haul overweight loads on county roads can be re quired to put up bond against damage to the roads or bridges. Attorney General George Neu ner ruled Tuesday for District Attorney Robert G. Davis of Douglas County. A bond Isn't required, Neuner said, because the county can make a contract In which the hauler agrees t pay far the damage. Drunk Driving Charge Scheduled For Trial Fred Theodore Long. 46. 31J W. Lane street, pleaded innocent to . P:;nM k.rrt- Llnnlalf in . ........ IMO.-O district court and is being held in n nai tn. preiiaennai numi lieu of $600 bail, according to nation "in the bag," but it Judge . J. Geddes. Long was now 00t 0, jf he wi utj. arrested Sunday by slate police., , . . . ,t l-ij:-. ,l. A trial in district court is sched- be left holding the uled for next week. I teck. want their streets paved. Brown. The petitions ask for the estab lishing of grades, and installation of curbs, gutters, catch basins, drains, sidewalks, and paving the streets with asphalt to 1 width of 36 feet. John Fett appeared at the meet ing and spoke briefly in behalf of the petitioners. The council refer red the petitions to the city man-' ager for checking of names con tained and for making other in vestigation. Plans and specifications were also presented for another street paving job. Engineering estimatca placed the cost of improving Chap man street between Madrone and Riverside at $4689.12. The work would include installing curbs and gutters and asphalt paving of the street 25 feet wide between curbs. New Stwtr Aiktd Other improvement work which came before the council pertained to installation of a 10-inch sanitary sewer in the alley between Hoover and Mosher streets, extending from Fullerton street sanitary sew er connection to the intercepting sewer near the river. The city manager was instructed tn DrenarA nlnn anrt ttnAdifialinn , outlined in a map presented to lne counci pointinif out the work. and prepare for calling for bids. The engineer's estimate on the work was listed at $2316.90. A delegation was present from the affected area and complained of water backing up in their sew ers whenever there is excess rain. It was pointed out that the present Fullerton street sewer is too flat to carry off the drainage readily. Airport Job Approved C. N. Freeman, architect rep resenting Freeman, Haysfip and Tuft firm of Portland, Ks present with final blue prints of the plana and specifications for the admin istration building at the municipal airport The plant were approved (Continued on Page 2) X-Ray Surveys In Douglas Will Begin January 15 A few kinks were ironed out and final preparations for initiation i)f the chest X-ray survey were made during a meeting in the Umpqua hotel, Monday reports General Drive Chairman Ira Byrd. On Jan. 15, six mobile X-ray units will begin photographing Douglas county's 40,500 adults in a drive to detect and stamp out tu. berculosis. For five weeks the units will be operative, and after the third week a retake X-ray ma chine for persons with tubercu lar symptoms will begin opera ting. Beginning Jan. 15, there will be two units in Reedsport, two tn Drain and one in Sutherlin and Oakland. Actual X-raying of Roseburg residents won't begin until Jan. 26, Byrd said. Units will be lo cated at the schools and mills be fore being brought into the down town areas. Byrd emphasized the rapidity with which the X-rays will be tak en. It will take less than 30 sec onds for the actual photographing, and the individual will be regis tered just prior to the X-ray. With in two or three weeks reports will be mailed to those taking advant age of the service, which is free. Where the results are positive, a large X-ray is requested, which is the purpose of the retake ma chines. One will he located in Roseburg and another in Reeds port. Persons desiring X-rays need not, make appointments. Myrtle Creek Tavern Suffers $500 Robbery The Myrtle Creek Tavern was forcibly entered Sunday between 2 30 a.m. and' 8 am., reports Myrtle Creek Chief of Police Or ville Cornett. Approximately $500 in coins and currency was stolen In addition to beer and cigarettes, Cornett said. The money was contained in a small metal box. Entry wa gained by forcing open the rear dnnr of the tavern. Investigation of the robbery is continuing, Cornett said. Levity Fact R ant Ry L. F. Reizensteln Senator Tatt'i backers claim , , , , ., ,