U. of 0'. Library ' Eugene, Oregon COI'iP . sr 01 Fi Vai? WHO DOES WHAT b7puT JIU ) .11PI P II II j'WMWI M A win ' til 1 1. r i i f ROY BELLOWS stands in the back room of his clothing store on Jackson street as his picture is snapped, in the midst of many possessions which soon he can no longer claim; for he has sold the store and gives possession to its new owners today. Roy first started working in a clothing store for W. H. Fisher and Alva Bellows, old Roseburg firm; from 1912 to 1924 he oper ated his own store on Jackson street where the J-C Sporting Goods establishment now is lo cated; from 1924 to 1931 he was in business in Los Angeles. Return ing to Roseburg in '31, he worked for Lon Wilder in Wilder's Cloth ing store until 1937, when he open ed Roy's Men's store in its present location. . ' t j Widely known in Roseburg and Douglas county because of his business and family connections, Roy is equally well known through out the United States in the enter 's tainment field notably, . circus society. Interested in circuses from boyhood, he early made the acquaintance of Al G. Barnes, famous circus man, traveling with him over much of Barnes' West ern itinerary; and through Barnes he met most of the noted circus people of his time. From one troupe he picked up much of the know ledge of magic, which for long years has enabled him to give pleasure to thousands of people in Douglas county at lodge presenta tions and on countless other occa sions to which he donated his time and energy. ... "I'll miss being in business Roy stated, regretfully, "but 1 U find something to keep my inter ests up even if I have to pull it out of a hat, as I would a rab bit!" Door, Other Articles Stolen From Ford Car Someone stole the left door off his 1934 Ford automobile, Don farm neQr Elkton. Andy has Lewis, Brockway, reported; to been extension agent in Rose State Police. ... burg nearly two yeors. He took took f&V immediately after some tools, a box of .22 cart- being graduated from Oreaon ridges, a couple ot tow cnains ana other miscellaneous items. 0 d&WlS.? Home economic and ogrr the Ford, but are investigating. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS 1 From Washington (mostly pol i Hies):. s "President Truman's assign ment of Attorney General McGrath j f j clean up the government drew angry protest from senate and house KepuDlicans louay ana sil ence from the Democrats." Well, if you were an able, honest Democrat (as, for example, Ful bright of Arkansas, Kefauver of Tennessee, Douglas of Illinois or Bvrd of Virginia) what would you do? You'd KEEP STILL, I expect. On the Republican side. Senator Nixon of California sizes it up pretty well, He says mildly: "The public will have no con fidence whatever in an investigation of the justice department BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT." , Let's put il this way: If I were under suspicion of wrongdoing and the district attor ney put it up to me to decide whether I was innocent or guilty, I'm afraid I'd whitewash myself. Last year, according to the re (Continued on Page 4) The Weather Cloudy with showers of rain and snow today and Wednesday. Oc casional showers of mixed rain and snow. Highest temp, for any Jan. ...... 77 Lowest temp, for any Jan. 4 1 Hightit ttmp. last 14 hours 42 Lowest temp, last 24 hours 34 t Prtcip. last 24 hours 44 ? Precip. from Jan. 1 3.27 Pytip. from Sept. 1 23 88 v Excess 7.45 f Sunset today, 5:03 p.m. 1 sunrise tomorrow, 7:42 a.m. ft' f i v. RESIGNS Wilbert L. An derson, above, more common ly known os "Andy," has" re signed as county extension agent for 4-H work to form a farm partnership with Frank Binder at Elkton. His resigna tion become effective today. He and Binder will raise sheep and registered Aberdeen An- qus cattle on 'the 600-acre state Colleae in March, 19SU. Miss Lou Owens will handle cultural phases of 4-H work until a successor has been named. (Picture by Paul Jenkins) Vets' Tax Payments Give Douglas $30,448 Douglas County received $30, 448 in tax payments from veter ans' state morgaged properties, reports the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs. The doart-t reports paying $489,045 in 1951-52 property taxes on homes and farms mortgaged under the World War II Oregon state veterans loan program. Tax"s are co""t"d s i part of monthly payments and are paid to the counties by ihc sia'c By taking advantage of the dis count for advance payment, the state saved $15,125. The average tax was $77.62, against $70.33 a year ago. an increse of 10 per cent. In Douglas County payments represented prnn-rtv he1'1 bv '07 veterans. A total of 8,300 veter ans have taken advantage of Uie state loan. Pair Expecting Twins Greets Quadruplets NASHVILLE, Ark. I - A sur prised, 38-year old farm wife who was expecting twins gave birth to quadruplets Monday night. The babies, three boys and a girl, were born to Mrs. Hagai Ponder, the mother of eight other children, at her small farm house 2 Vi miles north of Murfrecsboro, Ark., 20 miles from Nashville. Dr. M. D. Duncan, who was with Mrs. Ponder at the time, said the mother was doing nicely. Dr. Duncan said he was just as surprised as the mother. He also was looking for twins. The father. Leonard Ponder. 41 and three women neighbors took the babies to a Nashville hospital where they were placed in an in cubator. An attendant laid they I were doing well. EsfoMhtMd 1173 Convict Pair Kills Other Guards Act To Foil Escape Try Blade Of Scissors, Axe Used In Attack; Three Injured In Struggle SAN QUENTIN. Calif. - Two San Quentin inmates, using a 12- uich scissors blade and a double- edged ax, killed two guards in an attempted prison break Monday night. Two other guards and one of the convicts was injured. Warden Harley 0. Teets, who won over only inree weeks ago, was vismiy aitected. He succeed ed veteran Warden Clinton T Duffy, who was appointed to the California Parole Authority. Guard Charles D. Wiget, 31, was waylaid in the prison library and stabbed to death. Guard Vern A. Mackin, 38, was killed in a prison movie projection room. Richard M. Sims Jr., Marin County District Attorney, named Eugene Burwell, Los Angeles rob ber, and James Alonzo Rogers, serving a term for attempted murder in San Francisco, as the killers. Escape Plot Recounted Sims said this is what happened: I Burwell and Rogers were plot ting to escape. They had the scis sors blade, a double-edged ax and a six-inch knife. They bound li brarian inmate Jose E Wolfe, 22, Los Angeles burglar. Rogers climbed on a library table ana feigned illness. When Wiget came in Rogers grabbed him and Burwell stabbed him. Rurwell was stabbed in the lung during the scuffle. Guards Ralph E. Dascombe and Virgil F. Stewart stepped into the darkened library seeking Wiget. The guards were beaten and slash ed in the face. Captured In Booth Burwell and Rogers ran to the (Continued on Page 2) Route Selection Draws Protest Of Oakland Club Insistence upon the so-called "Short Route" between Sutnerlin and the North Umpqua road, rath er than the "River Route," re cently approved by the county court, is contained in a resolution recently adopted by the Oakland Development Club. The resolution says: "Inasmuch as the Honorable Board of County Commission ers has seen fit to disregard the best financial interest of the tax payers of Douglas County as a whole and are displaying absolute disregard of the expressed recom mendations of the residents of Northern Douglas County, and thereby adversely affecting the welfare economy of the entire com munity, decision having been made to our 'Short Route' com mittee under date of Nov. 7 by County Engineer Wallace Hector that the 'Short Route' is the cheap est road to build and the shortest route between Lone Rock bridge and Sutnerlin as well as having no more adverse grade than the Wilbur route; "Now therefore, be it resolved that this organization respectfully requests the Honorable Board of County Commissioners to recon sider the choice of route for this very important connecting link, giving more consideration to the economical spending of the tax payers' monies, by choosing the shorter and cheaper route and also aiding in preserving the economic welfare of all of Northern Douglas County. "Be it further resolved, that this organization opposes the action of the Board of County Commission ers in this matter and continue to actively oppose said action until we feel we have been granted the recognition which is due this com munity. "Also be it resolved, that this organization feels that the inter ests of several thousand property owners having hundreds of thou sands of dollars invested in North ern Douglas County should be giv en more consideration." Contempt Count Faced In Non-Support Case Albert William Osborne, Prine ville. has been jailed here in lieu of $1,000 bail, charged with con tempt of a Circuit Court divorce decree, involving alleged non-support of one minor child, the sher iff's office reported. Phillip Arthur Thexton, 34. Sweet Home, arrested by sheriff's den ude nil Ivin.liinnn.l .k.... ! Siven timp MnnHnv !,, A J. Geddcs to consult with the dis trict attorney. Thexlon is being held In lieu n( $1,500 bail. Hc'i accused of non support of five minor chldren. K0SEIUR6. ORfCON TUESDAY, JANUARY Forest Service . Policies Topic For Dated Talk The Roseburg Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a gen eral membership dinner meeting in the Hotel umpqua Wednesday af 6:30 p.m. J. Herbert Stone, above, regional forester. North Pacific Region of the U. S. Na tional Forest, will discuss: "Na tional Forest Policy with Refer ence to Access Roads and Sus tained Yield Um'V Stone was recently nopointe'l to his present position. This will be his first public appearance in Roseburg. He is coming upon invitation of the access roads committee ot the Chamber .of Commerce as a part of its pro gram for the promotion of North Umpqua Highway construction and a continuing plaii for the sta bilization of our forest products industry in this country. The meeting will be open to the public and the committee in charge hopes that all engaged in the production of forest pro ducts will take advantage of this opportunity to become acquainted with Stone and the National For est Service's program for indus try stabilization. Overseas Forces Trained To Meet A-Bomb Threat HEIDELBERG, Germany lift The U.S. Army Command in Eu rope said Tuesday that Russia's atomic bomb could be used both against strategic targets on home fronts and in tactical operations on a battlefield. It said American armed forces on this continent, as well as in the United States, are engaged in atomic warfare training. The training includes "disaster plans and aid to the civil power," the command declared. In its first statement on atomic warfare, the headquarters here of Gen. Thomas T. Handy, EUCOM Commander, replied tersely to a scries of questions submitted by American correspondents. It said all American troops in Europe, including those in supply and maintenance units,' were be ing "trained to protect themselves against atomic attack." The United States now has 200, 000 combat troops stationed in Ger many. More than 50,000 service troops are stationed along supply lines running from military posts here to French ports. Drunken Driver Fined; 3 Other Cases Pend Three cases of drunk driving were handled Monday in district court here and another In Drain justice court. District Judge A. J. Geddcs re ported the following dispositions on drunk driving charges: Orville William Getty, 37-year-old logger, fined $500 and sentenc ed to 30 days in county jail. Gerald Earl Dodge, 32, 2203 Sun set St., case continued to Friday and defendant released in $500 bail. Gerald E. Richcy, 19, Myrtle Creek, case continued to Wednes day. In Drain Justice of Peace Clar ence Leonard's court, Carl George Fox, 40, Springfield, was released in $500 bail on a drunk driving charge. McKAY UNDECIDED PORTLAND i Coventor Mc Kay said he hasn't decided yet whether or not he will seek another I term I "A lot of things can happen in ; three years," he said Monday I when asked about his political in I tentions. W il I Tvo Guards In San Allies' Bombs fill fliun Man till Wtf IIIHWIlf Reds' Report Victims Were In Red ! Prison, Claim; Allies Skeptical But Probe MUNSAN, Korea ti Commu nists reported Tuesday U.N. bombs killed ten Allied soldiers and wounded sixty in a Red prison camp. A U.S. Fifth Air Force spokes man said it wasn't so. But the U.N. Command continued to in vestigate. The Red report was made at Korean truce negotiations. One subcommittee argued over who was in what army. A second sub committee got sidetracked from airfields to the North Korean birth rate. Neither subcommittee reported any progress toward an armistice. North Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Sang Cho said the Kangdong Pris on Camp, holding 1,591 Republic of Korea soldiers and one Ameri can, was bombed Monday night. He said names of casualties would be supplied later. The U.N. Command in Tokyo or dered a full study of air opera tions "to determine whether there is any truth to the Communist al legations." This included flights by carrier borne aircraft and B-29 Supcrforts in addition o Fifth Air Force planes. The Reds did not invite the Al lies to come to Kangdong and see for themselves, as they have when charging bomb attacks in truce zone areas. SEOUL, Korea W American Sabre jet pilots damaged two Red jets Tuesday in the first air bat tles in four days over Nothwest Korea. On the ground chief action was in the center of the snow covered 145 mile front. U. N. troops threw back an attacking Red company east of the Pukhan River. The fight lasted four hours. Two Russian-type MIGS were damaged in a fight between 36 U.S. F-86 Sabres and about 40 MIGS. F-84 Thunderjcts set a grenade factory afire with incendiary bombs. A tower of billowing smoke and flames rose above the plant near Pyongyang, the North Korean capital. Pilots said the factory was three-fourths destroyed. Thunderjets and F-80 shootine star jets cut Red rail lines in 95 places, the Fifth Air Force re ported. Second Damage Suit Follows Child's Death Damages of $15,000 are asked in the accident in which 3-year- old Patricia Mathes wes fatally burned Nov. 8. when her clothing caught fire from a kerosene flare pot. Rose Mathes, mother of the child, filed suit Monday in Cir cuit Court against the Pre-Mix Concrete Company, charging five counts of negligence. Mrs. Mathes, whose husband was killed in a logging accident about two weeks after the girl's death, was also appointed Monday as administratrix ot Patricia s es tate. The girl died at Mercy Hospital several hours after suffering burns while playing with a group of children In the vicinity of the North Roseburg sewer install ations. Glenn Ryder, accountant, bad previously filed suit against the concrete company asking some $15,000 damages for alleged per manent injury to his hands when he attempted to beat out the flames In the girl's clothing. Passing Of Bad Checks Charged To Prisoner Ethan Earl Billings, Lebanon, waived preliminary hearing Mon day in district court and was held to the grand jury on a charge nf obtaining money by false pretenses by Judge A. J. beddes. Billings, accused of passing four worthless checks to Roseburg stores, is held in lieu of $1,000 bail. The checks were signed un der the alias of W. H. Leeds, State Police said. Coal Mine Explosion Kills Nineteen Men STELLA RTON, N. S. I Can ada's worst mining disaster In 11 years killed 19 coal diggers Mon day in a gas explosion they feared and were working to prevent. Every man in the blast area in the McGregor mine here was killed. Three others, working farther from the blast, were brought out alive. IS, 1952 g?fTissough; By Frank Ashley Frank Ashley, Roseburg Lum ber Company fuel manager and a member of the City Council from Ward 1, Monday became the first person this year to file his can didacy for county commissioner. He filed for the Democratic nom ination in the May 16 primary elections, Ashley, who resides at 1003 No. Jackson St.. has been a member of the City Council for the past six years, and is also a member of the Douglas Community Hos pital board of directors. He is chairman ot tno City Council police committee and is serving on the Chamber of Com merce roads ana highways com mittee. Commissioner Elmer Metzger, whose nosition Ashlev tiled for. has not . yet indicated whether he will be a candidate in the prim aries. Metzger was appointed last June to fill the vacancy created by the death of Commissioner R. G. Baker. As a campaign platform, Ashley listed, "Pledged to establish better conditions to insure the economy of Douglas County." Socialist Leader Gives Opinions Of Top Politicos PORTLAND W Norman Thomas, six times the Socialist Party's candidate for President, had a few remarks on candidates in the 1952 Presidential elections. He told a Reed College student audience Monday that General Eisenhower's greatest, attraction is based on the fact that he is neither Taft nor Truman. All General Eisenhower has said in his speeches, Thomas said, "was that he favors free enterprise. Universal Military Training, sound taxation and no inflation. I suppose he also favors the Ten Command ments." He added: "Whoever is elected, he will in six months time be doing the same thing as any other candidate would have done." Thomas applauded the refusal of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Wil liam Douglas to become a candi date. It would be bad for the country if Justices "sat around waiting tor political ugmning 10 strike, ' he said. Umpqua Forest Revenue Third In Northwest Receipts from the Umpqua Na tional Forest ranked third in the list of 19 national forests in Ore gon and Washington. The regional office of the U, S. Forest service reports that the Willamette Forest led in revenues with collections amounting t o $3,340,015.57 during the period July 1 lo December 31. The Olympic Forest was second with $2,126, 972.07, and the Umpqua third with $1,485,092.85. Receipts from all forests totalled $19,504,938.15, 50 percent higher than for the same period in Cic previous fiscal year. Presidency Unwanted By Ike, Dispatch Says NEW YORK W The Wall Street Journal said Monday in a dispatch (rom Paris that Gen. Eisenhower doesn't want to be President of the United States. The copyrighted dispatch, writ ten by Edward Hughes, a stuff correspondent, gives this account Eisenhower "genuinely prefers to stay out of politics, finish his job of building western r.urope s De fense and then move lo a farm in America where he can live quietly and do a little golfing and hunting now and then." Eisenhower intends to make no trips lo the United Slates within the next few months, or make any statements or moves which would be political ammunition for either Republicans or Democrats. 7 Z.' 'V I r A , '-" " JUL V T ' '"llllll,H f V , V s 12-52 Quentin Freedom's Price Topic Of Dr. Strand Preservation Needs Stern Self-Discipline, OSC President Says Freedom Is not a license. It in a discipline, Dr. A. L. Strand, presi-1 dent of Oregon State College, told noseDurg mamaer oi commerce 'in tne mountains, members Monday. It was the worst storm in 50 Dr. Strand, who spoke at the I years, the Weather Bureau said. Chamber's forum luncheon in the More than an inch of rain fell tn Hotel Umpqua Civic Room, was Santa Barbara early Tuesday, and accompanied here by Bob Knoll, I Oakland had 1.23 inches in the 24 OSC Alumni director; Leonard1 hou ended at 8 a.m. Tuesday. Vounce. football line coach, and : The two rescue trains puffing Warren Reed, who heads the fund raising campaign for the proposed new football stadium at OSC. They were guests at the Maurice Newland home at a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. and then each spoke brSfly a"ihr Alumni Action dinner mcetine in the Hotel Umo qua in the evening. They also toured Roseburg industries in the afternoon. - "America is unique in one great respect it was born with a pur pose," Dr. Strand told the Cham- I ber gathering. He pointed to the Revolutionary War as a fight lo maintain freedom for the human being. "The preservation of that demands self-discipling today," he saia. If Freedom Is To Survive Education has as its mimosa the disciplining of people so they will appreciate and enjoy the principles under which the country wss born, ne noted. But there are three other pre mises .of almost equal importance if freedom is to survive, Dr. Strand emphasized. Freedom is not exclusive. If it is good for one, it is good for all, he emphatically stated. It should not be restricted to any race or class, but should be a possession of all. Political freedom is not enough there also has to be a level of eco nomic freedom if an industrial na tion such as the United States is to remain in existence, Strand said. If freedom is to be Dreserved. there must be a reward for risk, the college president explained. -mere sun rages tne controver sy over the merits of 100 ner cent security and 100 per cent free en terprise," he said. "But freedom will not be retained if either be comes an absolute." The two complement each other, and growth will depend upon the possibility of reward, Strand said. "If there ceases to be a reward for risk,, individual initiative will die," the speaker predicted. Foomall Tone-Down Needed At the alumni meeting in the evening, Dr. Straw discussed the college in general He mentioned specifically enrollment trends and improvements to the plant facili ties, and he elaborated upon the present tendency to de-emphasize football. He said he can see a definite need for "toning down" the em phasis on football in the schools nf the nation, and he agrees that "some houscclcaning is neces sary." But, in respect to discon (Continued on Page 2) Oregon Group Seeks Prohibition's Return SALEM W An effort lo bring prohibition back to Oregon was launched here Tuesday with the filing of a preliminary initiative petition to prohibit the manufac ture or sale of liquor containing more than one-half ot 1 per cent alcohol Dy volume. If the sponsors get signatures of 26,286 registered voters by next July 3, the initiative would appear on the November general election ballot. Purple Heart Spurned By Slain Vet's Dad GREEN BAY, Wis. A fa ther who claimed his son was "kid naped" by the Marine Corps "through trickery and sugar coat ed promises" and later died in Korea, says he is sending to Pres ident Truman the youth's Purple Heart and Presidential Scroll. The awards ire being returned, Glenn Fiedler said Monday night because "fraudulent statements were entered on his son's physical records to make it appear he passed his physical examination." I he son, , James, 18. was killed to "spare the rod (Mid spoil in Korea, June 1, Wl.h- enjd.. B-w in action DAMAGE NEGLIGIBLE Firemen were called to 1352 Umpqua Ave. at 7:02 this morning to investigate an overheated wood rs-n.ra.iFM'.. 'rS, - sident. Damage wss negligible. Train Stalled, Avalanches Plug Canyons Higher Floods Sweep Lowlands; Damage Mounts To Millions SAN FRANCISCO Rescue trains, bucking the worst snow banks the mountains have had in half a century, inches Tuesday to ward i passenger train stranded in the Sierra with 226 persons aboard R. D. Spence, Southern Pacific ' trainsmastei' at Crystal Lake, in the high mountains, reported to San Francisco headquarters that he reached the stranded train at 7:50 a.m. (PST), walked through all the coaches, and found no one in desperate Plight. All had blank ets and there was enough food for the day, Spence said. The rescue trains were working toward the stranded streamliner, SP's City of San Francisco, from both sides of the Sierra. At 8:30 a.m. (PST) the eastbound train was reported at Dutch Flat, about 22 miles from the streamliner. Worst Storm In 50 Years A now ilnrm fnntnr-ttA naaf thm mn,iih nf ti rni..mkin d:..... brought more rain to California's lowlands, and piled up more snow through, the drifts toward the stranded streamliner were equip ped with powerful snowplows. Both carried doctors. Floods Maroon Hundreds the swank westbound train was M"? 'ElS Si lashed the West Coast from Cana da to Mexico. The nowling gaius piieo deep snow drifts in the mountains, dumped flooding rains on already sodden lowlands and sent towering waves smashing against sea walls. Hundreds of persons travelers and residents were marooned. Exactly how manv was snv- body's guess, Communications were disrupted in many places Some communi ties were cut olf. Avalanches ' roared into canyons, killing at least three persons. a nc mui iii a tun in me anu ortiD erty damage could not be reck oned because of poor communica tions. Damage was expected to run into the millions, but casualties ap peared af a minimum. " Motorists Stranded - The Red Cross reported about 120 motorists were stranded by a blizzard on Highway 395 northwest of Reno. They found shelter at Stead Air Force Base, now beine reactivated. Only a few airmen wcie were anu iooo was reported low. A Greyhound bus took 42 of the motorists to Reno. Thirty nssseneers nf a f.rev. hound bus. stranded since Friday at Lake Audrain near Echo Sum mit on U. S. Highway 50, were re ported evacuating caDins in which they had taken shelter. Continuinff drifts threatened to bury the ca Dins. Only one eastbound Southern Pa. cific train was scheduled Tuesday. me wiy oi oan r rancisco was to leave by a southern route and then proceed northeastward after crossing the mountains. The east- Dound uvenand and Goid CoaJt runs were cancelled. The California Division of High ways reported it temmirarilv nnri given up trying to clear transcon tinental Highways U.S. 40 and 50 over the Sierra except for rescue operations. Strong winds piled deep drifts behind the snowplows. Chains Required, Motorists Told New snow falls continue to plague motorists traveling High way 99 south. Snow is reported falling In the Siskiyou Mountains, but the road has been re-opened. There is eight inches of new snow and 66 inches of roadside snow. Plows are operating and chains sre required. Packed snow covers Sexton Mountain, plows are operating and chains are required. Twenty inches of roadside snow is reported and 12 inches of new snow. Camas Mountain is navigable, but chains are advised. Highway 101 in Douglas County is open. Highway 97 is open to traffic, but chains are required. Six inches of new snow has fallen and plows are operating. SALEM Oregon highway conditions were improved Tuesday with all routes open within the state, but chains are needed in mountainous areas, the State High way Commission reported. 11 DIE IN PLANE CRASH YOKOHAMA I The U.S. Na vy said Tuesday 12 crewmen were killed in the crash of a four-engine Navy patrol bomber near Atsugi Air Base Monday night. Levity Fact Rant Br L. F. Reizenstein King Solomon's admonition ap plication since the orti-FISH-ial fly ruling for future North Umpqua river anglers. Make (he child acquainted with the i;od7h.r k,nd for eot,in9' Bot lombasting.