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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.,
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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
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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
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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.
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