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Clnl 0 i Police Lack Clue, Suspect Sex Offender MOT m I SAW By Poul Jenkins few ''' V' y " 1 "V V - V"5; lull i-J fWI r i , f j Jul u u r HAROLD SARGANT, Portland, x-ray technician, as he stood beside a drying reel in the photographic darkroom at the United States Veterans Facility, inspecting a roll of negatives containing hundreds of images phetographed by the six x-ray units now operating in Douglas county in the interests of tuber culosis prevention and control. Harold is with the state board of health and, although he has a portable developing outfit, he was more than pleased to avail himself of the offer, prof fered by Doctor John L. Hoskins. manager of the bia hos pital, to use the fine facilities there. The x-ray units are operated by the United States Bureau of Public Health under the auspices of Oregon State Board of Health and the Douglas j. County Tuberculosis and Health association. VATICAN ISSUE RAISED Envoy Appointment Will Spell His Defeat At Polls, Truman Told By Churchmen WASHINGTON (AP) President Truman has been advised by a Protestant churchman that his insistence on sending an Ambassador to the Vatican will bring him defeat at the polls if he seeks re-election. This advice came Thursday from the Rev. Carl Mctntire of Collingswood, N. J., president of the International Council of Christian Churches. Charge Of Selling Hard Liquor Draws $300 Fine Appeal by Derald Whitson, Dil lard, to Circuit Court from a dis trict court conviction on illegal sale of hard liquor was dismissed Thursday and the defendant paid his original $300 fine. A 30-day jail sentence was sus pended, by District. Judge A. J. Geddes. The appeal had been dis missed by Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly on motion of Whitson's attorney. Francis E. Brown, 32, Roseburg, pleaded guilty Thursday in Judge Geddes' court to an illegal sale of hard liquor charge and was lined $25. In the Diy's News .'. By FRANK JENKINS Listen to this which came ticking off the wires from Wash ington a few minutes ago: The usual wave of economy de mands rolled out of congress to day in the wake of President Tru man's record $85,444,000,000 f eighty-five billion, four hundred forty-four million dollar) peace time spending budget for the fis cal year starting Julv 1.- "Cuts of up to 14 billion dollars enough to prevent a federal defi cit next year were demanded. "BUT "There seemed little likelihood that such a goal or even any-' thing resembling it would be at tained." Why not? Congress, you know, Is the KEEPER OF THE PURSE so designated by the constitution of the United States. The keeper of the purse can do ANYTHING in the way of cutting costs by the (Continued on Page 4) The Weather Mostly cloudy with scattered hewtrs today. Cloudy with oc casional rain today and Saturday Highest temp, for any Jan. 77 Lowest temp, for any Jan. . -i Highest tamp, last 24 hours ...... 41 Lowest tamp, list 24 hours . 25 Pracip. last 24 hours 0 reeip .from Jan.l S.U 'frtcip. from Sept. 1 25.77 Eseeis . 7.M Sunset today, 5:15 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:35 a.m. He told a Bible-carrying rally, estimated to number 4,000, that "all the unions there are can't elect". Mr. Truman now. The President told his news con ference Thursday he would go ahead with his plan to name a full-fledged Ambassador to the Holy See. . . The day-long Protestant rally, sponsored by the American Coun cil of Christian Churches, unani mously adopted a resolution de claring that "so long as we live, we will resist with all our strength the sending of any diplomatic rep resentative to the Vatican." The resolution said the church and state must avoid "trespassing" on one another's domain. "We shall as individual citizens work for the defeat at the polls of any man or any party which is disposed to undermine the constitu tion, " it said. A council spokesman told news men those at the Constitution hall rally came from 33 states plus the District of Columbia. The council claiming; a membership of two million persons has 14 affiliated denominations, all relatively small groups or dissident factions split off from major denominations. Roseburg Jewel Thief Witness In P. O. Robbery PORTLAND I A convicted jewel thief came from the state prison Wednesday and the United States attorney's office here said he was a material witness in a Umatilla post office burglary. The jewel thief is William M. Ritchie, 50, nabbed last summer in a Roseburg roadblock and sen tenced for stealing $57,000 worth of samples from a salesman's motel room. In connection with the Umatilla post office, Walter R Carroll, 57, is held at Reno where he was arrested last month and charged with burglary. There was no indication of how the attorney's office considered Ritchie to be a material witness in the Umatilla case. The federal grand jury Is In ses sion, and may be considering the Carroll case, but any information on grand jury sessions is secret. ACCUSED OF SPREE Morris Evert Ray, Roseburg. was arrested on a drunk charge Thursday and lodged in the Doug las County Jail to await arraign ment, state police report. bfbliUnd 1173 American fliers Bonn Ten Red Jets In four Combats Toll Likely Eleven, With 3 Damaged South Koreans Slay Or Seize 1 5,0000 Rod Behind Allied Lines SEOUL, Korea t Daring American Sabre jet pilots shot down at least 10 Red jets in four laming air battles over Northwest Korea Friday. . ' Two Communist MIG-15 explod ed almost in the faces ot American pilots. The blast blew out the jet power in two Sabres, and the Amer icans had to go into long dives before their jets flamed into ac tion again. Two other Reds spiraled down in fiery streamers. A fifth went down in long loops, its pilot still trying to regain control, and ex ploded as it hit the ground. It was one of the biggest jet vic tories of the war. The Fifth Air Force announced 10 Russian-type jets were definite ly destroyed, one probably de stroyed and three damaged. U. S. Lois Not Told The biggest toll in an all-jet bat tle was Dec 13 when IS Red jets were reported destroyed, two prob ably and three damaged. American losses, if any. In Fri day's four battles were not an nounced. U.S. air casualties are reported weekly. The air war grew In fury as the day wore on while the ground war lay relatively quiet under a blank et of fresh snow. "SEOUL I An Eighth Army staff officer Friday said South Ko rean troops killed 8.000 Commu nists and captured 7,000 in the Chiri Mountains behind Allied lines. The seven weeks drive against guerrillas cracked their corps of (Continued on Page 2) Damages Demanded For Fall In Store Damages of $50,000 are asked by Mary L. Halford in a personal injury suit against the Roseburg F. W. Woolworth store. Bert L. Gilbert, manager of the local store, is also named a de fendant. The complaint was filed Thurs day in Circuit Court. Speeial dam ages of $495 are also demanded. Charging four counts of negli gence against the store, the plain tiff alleges she slipped and fell on an "oily and slippery" substance on the floor. She claims permanent Injuries were a result of the fall. Crash Sends A Roseburg man, seriously injured Thursday morning in o cor-truck crash, pictured above, has been transferred to the Eugene Sacred Heart Hospital for treatment by an ortho pedic specialist, Mercy Hospital attendants reported. He is Joe L. Brant, 38, of 919 Wincheste r St., who suffered fractures to his pelvis, right hip, right femur, right knee and two ribs, when his car was struck by a log truck al legedly attempting to pass, state "police said. . . j Brant was driving toward Myrtle Creek, where he is employed by the Fir Manufactur ing Company, when the Occident occurred. His condition was described as serious, though he wos not believed in immediate danger. Milo Gardner Palmer, Medford, driver of the truck, was cited for passing with insuffi cient cleorence, police said. He wos ordered to appear Jan. 31. Brant's cor was o total wreck, (Picture by Charles B. Kash) . IOSUURC. Canadian-Born Massey Given Governor Post VINCENT MASSEY LONDON UH Vincent Massey, one-time farm implement manu facturer and elder brother of Actor Raymond Massey, was approved Friday by King George as tha first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada. Massey will represent the King in the Dominion's replica of the constitutional monarchy by which Britain is governed. His appoint ment ends 85 years of royal repre sentation by Britons only, . Reeedsport Votes District Change Voters of the Reedsport elemen tary school district have elected not to remain in the rural school district, according to Kenneth F. Barneburg, county school super intendent. , With the last school census in dicating a 1,000 or more enroll ment, making Reedsport I first class district,, the area became eligible to vote on whether to re main in the rural district The vote Wednesday to withdraw was 33 to 0. . The Reedsport district becomes self-supporting so far. as finances are concerned nirough the change, Barneburg said. ' At school elections next June 16, the district wiil add two more members to its school board, which now has three members. Reedsport High School District, however, remains in the rural school district. This was voted some , two years ago when Hie high school district became a first class district. A - special citizens' committee was appointed to study the advisa bility of the elementary district's withdrawal. This committee's rec ommendation reportedly was largely responsible for the vote outcome. Roseburg Man ORtCON FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1952 Govt. Action In Ply vood Case Kayoed Appellate Court Sets Aside Civil Suit Against 15 Manufacturers SAN FRANCISCO lK-The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday set aside a civil action brought two years ago by the Federal Trade Commission against 15 ply wood manufacturers in the Pacific Northwest. The action ordered the compan ies and fie Douglas Fir Plywood Association to ceasa and desist from various tmde practices tend ing to limit production and estab lish uniform prices. The firms are members of the association. The alleged Federal Trade Act violations. were said to have oc curred between 1935 and 1941. Thursday's order was the out growth of an appeal by tha soianon. O. Harry Schrader Jr. managing director of the association, com mented In Tacoma, "The decision upholds our contention all along that the case is old and stale and there isn't anything to cease and desist from. Apparently the court agrees." Companies Lilted The companies involved were the Associated Plywood Mills of Eu gene, Ore., the Elliott Bay Mill Co. of Seattle, the Harbor Plywood Corporation of Aberdeen, Wash., the M and M Woodworking Co. of Portland, the Northwest Door Co. of Tacoma, the? Oregon-Washington riywooa to. of Portland, the U.S Plywood Corp. of Seattle, the Van couver Veneer Company of Olym pia, the West Coast Plywood Co. of Aberdeen, Wash., the Wheeler Osgood Co. of Tacoma, the Rob inson Plywood and Timber Co. of Everett, the Pacific Mutual Door Co. of Tacoma, the Weverhaeuser Sales Co. of Tacoma, the Buffclin Manufacturing Co. of Tacoma and Anacortes Veneer, Inc. of Ana cortes, Wash. . . Charges against other companies originally named In the order have been previously dropped. K-Folls Man Admits Killing Wife In Row KLAMATH FALLS 11 -' LeRoy Plant, -42, railroad mechanic who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the stabbing of his wife, will be sentenced an Circuit Court here Saturday. Plant, who earlier said he could not account for his wife's death last Saturday, changed his story Thursday, and admitted he had stabbed her with a hunting knife after a quarrel over bills. To Hosptial I I JOHNNY RAY Returning With Laurels Short Rest In Roseburg With His Parents Aim Of Johnny Ray, Pageantry Of Songs1 Mew Star Johnny Ray, the latest sensation to be added to the ranks of the sad song; lingers, returns to Roseburg Saturday for what he hopes will be a rest. The exact time of the singer's arrival fs not known, but he is expected to arrive during the day with his parents, Mr. ana Mrs. winter Kay, 842 Maloy St.. Roseburg., - . I" : . Auction Jonighf' To Boost Dimes March Fund If you want to help yourself ind at the same time provide funds for the current March of Dimes polio fund drive, be at the Rose burg Auction. Garden Valley Junc tion, tonight. Through SDonsorshlo of the Hose- burg Rotarians, hundreds of items have been collected during the month and they will go over the block at. 7:30. To make sure that everything li sold, four auctioneers have volun teered their services. They are Harry Smith, Olie Cooper, Blackie Smith and Tommy Burke Jr. And the barn facilities were also donated for the special polio pro ject by Andy Hempenius, owner and manager. Articles that will be sold Include new and used merchandise, all of which is usable. Some of the items that will be disposed of by the chanting auction eers include dressed pork, bacon, washing machines, dishes, suit cases, chokers, oil stove, buffet, furniture, household appliances, baby goods, laundry tubs, screen and French doors, dressed poultry and rabbits and miscellaneous mer chandise. There will be nlenty of parking space and traffic will be directed by members of the notary Club or Sheriff's Reserve. Dr. John L. Haskins, chairman of the polio auction committee, urges an all-out attendance for the sale. All members of the Rotary Club have been working on the project, and most of them will be assisting during the actual selling tonight. Heat In Australia ' Takes Lives, Homes SYDNEY, Australia I More than a dozen people collapsed in Sydney Friday as the city s tern peraTure soared 23.7 degrees in five hours to a ten-year record high of 105.1 early in the after noon. The furnace like heat prevented 'opie from seeking refuge at har r and ocean beaches because the sand was too hot to stand on. In the rest of New South Wales, where temperatures were even higher, fierce hush fires have de stroyed at least 14 Homes. in tne central western village oi Trida the temperature Thursday reached 124 degrees, only 3.5 de grees below Australia's record at Cloncurry in 1889. Condemnation Suits For Highway Filed Two suits (o condemn property on the North UmDaua for reloca tion ef the highway were filed Thursday in Circuit Court by the county. Byron K. Brown Is named de fendant in one complaint In the other, Joe E. and Mayme Sendel bach and others are named de fendants, V 21-52 j The Isyiky (ins., 'ho ""V ' Roseburg before going East, ar- rived In Portland . Tuesday. ' He was given a rousing welcome by relatives, friends and fans who waited nearly three hours for his arrival aboard a United Air Lines plane. Johnny, who Is now I Colum bia recording star and composer of the best-selling "Little White Cloud That Cried," observed a busy schedule while in Portland. He made numerous radio ap pearances, was guest at a PAL benefit and will attend a record autograph party at 4 this after noon at the Meier & Frank com pany itore. The length of the 25-year-old singer's stay in Roseburg is in definite, but he will probably re main about a week. Before Johnny began receiving national acclaim for his plain tive song renditions, he sang in Portland and later In Roseburg. He appeared on local stations and sang at Roseburg lodges. About his unique singing style that has the current crop of bobby soxcrs swooning, Johnny has this to say: "I never planned to be a singer. T mi.. a niinn nlnvoi Hut T wanted to make a living and itl was easier if I sang. So 1 decided if I was going to sing, then I'd have to do it the way I wanted to. It just sort of developed out of the way I feel." This is Johnny's first reunion with his parents since they visited him in the Midwest several months ago. Truman Hints At Try For Seat In U. S. Senate WASHINGTON 11 Praildant Truman said Thursday ha will make known bafora Iht daadlina for the Senatorial primary In Missouri whather h will run for ra-alaction to tha Presidency. He made this statement leav ing the door open for him possibly to run for the Senate from Mis souriIn a news conference ex change with reporters which left them as much up in the air as ever on what he intends to do. The final filing dale for the Mis souri primary is April 29. It is to oe held Aug. 5. Mr. Truman's remarks were made in a fashion that left re porters uncertain how seriously they were to take the implication that he might run for the Senate. But in response to one question, Mr. Truman said he did not know what the deadline is for filing in Missouri. That made It plain that he had not bothered to check on it. Also on politics, Mr. Truman: . 1. Said he did not offer Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois the Democratic presidential nomina tion in a talk with the governor at Blair House Tuesday night. 2. Said he had no comment on the announcement by Sen. Kefauv er (D.-Tenn.) for the Democratic presidential nomination other than to say he thought Kefauver is a nice fellow and he thinks he is a good senator. Tot't Sister, Who Saw Kidnapper, Sayt He's Not Misting Father PORTLAND tm Police tried to find the father of a kidnapped S-year-old girl Friday, meanwhile pursuing all omer clues that might lead to ine missing tot. Detective Capt. William Browne aid they still feared little Sherrie Ellen Kader had been abducted Wednesday by a sex offender, but also were trying to trace the father. Browne said the father was George V. Dollarhide, who sepa rated from the mother two years ago and went to Los Angeles. Dol larhide now is missing from Los Angoles, Browne said. Police were getting icorei of calls from PorUanders who be lieved they hid seen a man re sembling the kidnaper. Some SO detectives ran down these cluei without success. The girl was grabbed from her yard in a section where four ottier attempts to abduct children had been made in two months. In one a boy was carried off by t nex offender, and later released. Sex offenders were blamed for the other attempts. The only description of the kid naper came from Sherrie'i i-yect old sister, Vickie, who said the man had gray hair, "needed a bath," and wore a "blue suit that zipped all the wty." The mother, Mrs. Jada Z. Kader, 21, said Vickie knew Dollarhide by sight, and told her he was not tha man who made off with Sherrie. Vickie said the man drove her lister awcy in a dark sedan. Browne said the missing girl had brown eyes and black hair cut ia bangs. S'.ie was wearing a cord uroy suit, a blue plastic raincott and a stocking cap and cowboy boots. , Good Collection Of Taxes Noted Tax payments for the 1951 - 52 year have reached 84 per cent of the amount' to be collected, Mrs. ftrlpna Slaltprv. hparl nf th pnnntv j - tax department, said Thursday. Payments have totaled 12.898, 011.42 of the S3.434.970.95 listed ai the year's taxes due. Actual money paid Into the counter amounts H $2,815.1Sft.T0..K. me souierencr, 90u,oo:i, .con sists of three-percent rebates awar ded taxpayers whs met the Nov. 15 payment requirement, Mrs. Slat tery said. , She commented that the pay ments were coming in as fast as on previous years. A total of 28,000 receipts for tax payments have been issued by the department since last Nov. 1.. By comparison the total amount of taxes ten years ago amounted to $662,254.03, Mrs. Slattery com mented. The .tremendous growth In pop- . ulation and increase in private ownership of former county and city lands are factors accounting for the increased taxes, she said. Penitentiary Terms Handed To Three Men Three men received penitentiary sentences Thursday by Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly. All had pleaded guilty to various charges during previous arraign ments. Paul M. Newcomer, 48, Rose burg, received a year and one half in the State Penitentiary on a plea of guilty to obtaining money by false pretenses. He was ac cused of passing a S64.70 worthless check for the purchase of a rifle and cartridges. James Leon Dezern, 35, Reeds port, got a three-year sentence on a charge of assault with a dan gerous weapon. He had pleaded guilty to a district attorney's In formation charging him with as saulting Floyd D. Bradley, Reeds port, and sticking him with a poc ket knife. Ethan Earl Billings received a one-year penitentiary sentence on a charge of obtaining money b-' false pretenses, involving the pass ing of a $10 worthless check. Hobo Admits Killing 9 Men; Booty Under $65 SACRAMENTO, Calif. I A 28-ycar-old bearded hobo, loung ing in his county jail cell on a vagrancy charge, calmly wrote a confession that he killed nine men in two and a half years. Then Lloyd Gomez told surprised officers Thursday, "I'm getting tired of living this way. I'm getting weak, I guess." Gomez gave robbery as the motive but said his total loot was less than $65. Undersherift Harry Knoll said the accuracy of Gomez' descrip tions left little doubt that he was telling the truth. Authorities last fall undertook a statewide search for a man they suspected of from seven to 12 transient slayings in hobo jungles. Levity Fact Rant By L. F. Reizensteln ' Any earth-shaking reaction to Gen. Eisenhower's proposal for European unification could be otcribed to another derisive , guffaw from Andrei Viihiniky. V