U. of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon , COM? w$m to $30 IMMtm o Oregon Board lX . t i"SN Eitobli.hed 1873 ROSEBURG, 0 R EGON F R I D A Y, FEBRUARY 1, 1952 - , . 27-52 nil iSr.(1 Ml j s v. . CLARENCE L. WALTZ, medical X-Hay technician with the United States Bureau of Public Health, positions Suzanne Winters betore the screen as his chest X-Ray unit stops for the day at the plant of the Western Battery company in Riv erside. Have you had your chest X-Rayed yet? If not, better do so. Won't cost you a cent. The units six of them, I believe are right here in Douglas county for the express purpose of giving this service. If you have tuberculosis probably you would like to know it. If you don't have it, probably you'd like to know thot, too. This is a part of a campaign to check the ravages of this much dreaded disease, and the full coopera tion of all of us with the agencies governing this survey is a highly desirable thing. It only takes a few minutes of one's time. January Allied Air Losses In Korea Heaviest Of War; Toll Of Red Planes Smaller SEOUL, Korea (AP) 31 Red jets in January and lost 52 of ttieir own pianes, Par Vast Air Force rerjorted. Friday. The Allied loss was the 'BUS" SLANGY London Justice Insists Counsel Say 'Omnibus' LONDON I The lawyer pre senting a woman's damage claim said she was hurt in a bus. Justice Sir Malcolm HHbery, a man of precise words, put a prompt stop to such slangy talk in his court, "There is no reason why counsel should adopt an expression like bus," he reprimanded. "It is eith er omnibus or motorcoach." The lawyer apologized. Five minutes later the opposing lawyer started to ask something about "when you got into the bus." "Bnlh nf vou seem incurable on that subject," snapped Sir Mal colm. "1 will not nave dus. The second lawyer apologized Sir Malcolm summed up the ar guments. He preferred, and used, omnibus. The first lawyer lost his case. The woman got no damages. FOR POSTAL JOB President Truman has sent fo the Senate the nomination of Rus sell F. Cooper as postmaster for buthernn. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS I hooe vou aren't being fooled by all this shadow boxing in Wash ington whether or not President Truman is going to run for another term. The current talk about will he or won t he, will Bess let mm or won't she let him, is merely the kind of stuff the politicians do with mirrors. This is about the way the land lies: IF it appears, come convention time, that UNDER NO CIRCUM STANCES can he be re-elected, he won't run. An effort will then be made to find a Fair Dealer who can be elected. Or IF it seems certain that if the President doesn't run again some conservative Democrat (say of the Senator Byrd school of thinking) will capture the nomination then, in that event, HE WILL RUN. He will HAVE to run. (Continued on Page 4) The Weather Mostly cloudy with showtrs and occasional strong winds today. Rain tonight and Saturday Hightst Lowttt ttmp. for any Feb. temp, for any Fib. tamo, last 24 hours 7 3 Hightst tl 50 21 . .11 54.54 7.17 Lowest Prtcip. Prtcip. Prtcip. Exctts Suntat temp, last 24 hours last 24 hourt from Fob. 1 from Sept. I k today, 5:25 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, tut a.m. Allied airmen shot down greatest in any month oi tne 20 month Korean war. Increasingly accurate Comunlst anti-aircraft lire destroyed 23 United Nations jets and 21 propel ler planes, rive -86 sanre jeis were shot down in air battles. One Sabre and two B-29 Superforts were lost because of mechanical failures. In addition to the 31 Russian. type MIG-1S jets shot down, Allied pilots were credited with probably destroying two and damaging 30. FEAF said during the entire war the Allies have lost 479 planes com pared to 850 Red aircraft destroyed or damaged, including bii mini Red Rail Lints Gathtd FEAF damage reports do not include the heavy pounding of Red lines by Allied Naval planes. Far East Naval Headquarters said carrier-based planes cut rail way lines in 2,782 places In the past 33 days. The Navy said the north-south line between Wonsan and Kowan was so badly battered the Reds have not been able to move a train over it for two weeks, "despite vast expenditures of manpower and materials." MUNSAN, Korea W) Red ne gotiators proposed Friday " that the fate of 600,000 displaced Korean civilians be lett to the "good faiur' of the Allies and Communists. The Reds turned down a U.N. plan to have neutrals find out where the displaced Koreans want to live, cut the Allied proposal for inspections at 12 ports of entry to three, and did not reply to the Allied selection of Switzerland Sweden and Norway as neutral ob servers of a Korean truce. The U. N. proposed that neutral teams interview displaced persons after the Reds again rejected a proposal to give the job to the International Committee of the Red Cross. , The Communists said they wanted no part of the Red Cross because it is not neutral. Melrose Dairy Joins In Milk Price Boost Melrose Dairy announced today that it is conforming to the gen eral one-cent per quart price raise for milk to its customers in the Roseburg area. The price will be 23 cents per quart, as Melrose milk usually re tails for one cent above that of other distributors in the area. Umpqua Dairy Products Co. Thursday announced a cent rise in milk to its customers, or 24 cents, to compensate for an in crease granted milk producers. Rising production costs were cited by William H. Durbin, manager of the Rosehurg Producers Associa tion, as the need for the increase. Minimum milk prices are con trolled by the Milk Marketing Ad ministration, and top prices by OPS. X-RAY UNIT SCHEDULE The mobilt chttt X-ray units will obstrve tht following schtd ult Saturday. Douglas Community Hospital and County Hospital (staff and rtsidents only; neon-1:30 p.m.; Mtrcy Hospital (staff only) 1:30 D.m.-3:30 p.m.; Dillard Stttk Houst, 11 a.m.-S p.m.;Rostburg, Htnningtrs Marktt two, 9 a.m. 5 p.m., Rottburg, Saftway Store, 9 a.m.-S p.m. and Ptn. nty's Stort, 10 a.m.-S p.m. March Of Mothers Boosts Polio Fund Trek In Rain Yields More Than $3,500 1 National Drive Pours Millions Into Battle Against Dread Disease Despite a heavy rain, nearly 500 mothers marched nn nolio Thurs day night, and when the trek was over, $3,508.97 had been collected for the March of Dimes. "For one hour from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. the ladies rang doorbells in the first "Mothers' March" staged in the city. Burning porchlights denoted a waiting contribution. Mrs. Laura Fett, chairman of the march, was enthusiastic in her praise of solicitors and donors. "Contributions were , received from the biggest and humblest of houses," she said. And humorous incidents may have added to the amount col lected. One mother, wearing a white coat, fell flat during the drive. At the next house she re ceived $10. High on one of the hills sur rounding Roseburg. mothers spot ted a light. After climbing over a suggestion of a road, they re ceived contributions from children who had eagerly awaited their ar rival, and were glad they had made the long trek. Into the total collected came funds from. Dillard and the Hori zon Girls 'of Melrose Dillard, which had only two days to make preparations for the march col lected $76.57. The Horizon Girls turned in $53.71. Many persons living in motels not solicited phoned that coctri- Dutions were waiting callers. Othtr Aid Reporttd Bob McCarl, Roseburg March of Dimes chairman, considered the march a "fabulous" success. He also announced that local high schools had collected approximat ely $1,100 for the polio fund through donations and scrap metal drives. The "Mothers March" was sponsored by the Roseburg Jay-C-Ettes. Dillard community contributed $77 toward the March, reports Mrs. Richard Phillips, who headed the drive. Assisting her in (he canvass was Mrs. Georgia McFall, Mrs. Lor raine Smith, Mrs. Schiemasler, Miss Betty Brown and Miss Wood son. Headquarters were the Dillard Steak House, which also made a generous donation to the fund, said Mrs. Phillips. NEW YORK Itf-The 1952 March of Dimes campaign ended Thurs day night when more than a mil (Continued on Page 2) A. J. Rice Of Dillard Wins Radio Voice Prize A. J. Rice. Box. 46. Dillard. guessed correctly that the March of Dimes "mystery radio voice" was that of Jack Wharton, long time resident of the county. Rice, in making the correct guess, receives some $400 worth of merchandise prizes offered by Roseburg merchants. Included is $100 cash. The "mystery voice" appeared on both Roseburg radio stations since last Friday. Sponsored by the Lions Club, the contest closed Thursday noon. Some $300 was collected for the March of Dimes through the con test, Chairman Bob McCarl said. Soviet Prison Country Moving Toward War With U.S., Russian Group Reports After Flight To West Germany By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER : WASHINGTON Wl A group of runaway Russians say the Soviet is a virtual prison nation, moving almost inevitably toward war with the United States, seething with discontent under the surface and burning in part at least with hatred of Stalin. The State Department, without guaranteeing this is a true picture of life behind the Iron Curtain, said Friday these are the high lights of stories told by 10 men who fled into the American zone of Germany during the past few months. The story was told In publication of heretofore secret intelligence re ports summing up and analyzing the information from the 10 ref ugees. The anonymous officials who an alyzed the information from the f l I) 1 7 S. V. (PAT) O'REILLY, obove, credit manager of the Farm Bureau Cooperative Exchange, was elected presi dent of the Roseburg Retail Credit Association Wednes day night at the association's annual dinner meeting in Turn Around Inn. Other offi cers elected for 1952 were Marian Snyder, Lockwood Motors, vice president; Gor don Stewart, Douglas Credit ors Association, secre t a r y, and Daynise Beach, office manaqer ot Miller's- treasur er. (Picture by Paul Jenkins) Evangelist Raps Nation's Capital Sex-Sin 'Stench' WASHINGTON 11 Evangelist Billy Graham says sex and sin have reached such heights in the nation's capital "we denounce these sins as a stench in the nostrils of God." He told an audience Thursday night his source of information is the best selling book "Washington Confidential" and letters from bro ken homes. "Washingtonians should blush for their city," he declared. Graham said no generation in history has been so sex-conscious as the present. "No age," he went on, "ever emphasized it more or enjoyed it less, according to the psychologists." The evangelist derided modern authorities on sex. He said the Bible has the final answer to the problem. That answer, he said, "is hell for those who transgress the moral law." Graham's followers said that in the past three weeks here he has preached to more than 126,000 per sons and won 2,371 converts. Jap 'Provides' For His Family During Jail Rap TOKYO I Saburo NoguchI, 31, serving an 18-month prison term for swindling, asked his jailers for a month's leave to "attend to per sonal affairs." His record was good. So he got the leave. He returned Jan. 16 on schedule and was locked up. Friday police appeared at the prison and filed a new charge against Noguchi. While on leave, they said, he engineered a 2 million yen, $5,500 swindle to provide for his family until he gets out of jail. ten refugees sprinkled their writ ings with words of caution, that much of it could not be checked and that people in such circum stances might be inclined to slant Iheir views to what they thought their American interrogators want ed to hear. Discontent Widtsprtad Nevertheless the conclusion was reached that there appeared to be ample evidence lor believing in specific testimony of widespread unrest, political discontent and the thesis that Stalin is not as uni versally beloved in the Soviet Un ion as the Kremlin propagandists would have the world believe. Here in question and answer form are the main points of the report: Q. What sort of living standard prevails In Russia? A. In general, except for the special privileges enjoyed by the Noted GOP Lawyer Gets Cleanup Job Newbold Morris Nods To Offer Of Truman To Purge Corruption WASHINGTON 11 Newbold Morris. prominent Remiblioan lawyer, accepted the job Friday of supervising the federal government cleanup program. Morris, former president of the New York City Council, will work under the supervision of Attorney uenerat Mcuratn, himself under In. vestigation by House judiciary subcommittee. McGrath, announcing the ap pointment, said it had the approval of President Truman. The President early this month assigned McGrath the job of clean ing up any remaining corruption in the government, after giving up the idea of appointing an investi gatory body outside any regular federal agency. Morris will have the title of spe cial assistant to the attorney gen eral. The appointment will not require Senate confirmation McGrath said he has promised Morris "complete, enthusiastic and unlimited co-operation." Nottd "Raform" Lawytr Morris is a member of a family important in the political life of New York City for three hundred years. An ancestor, Lewis Morris, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Morris himself has achieved wide popularity as a "reform" lawyer. He was a charter member of the group which swept Fiorello H. La Guardia into power in New York in 1933. . He was regarded as an opponent of Gov. Dewey, twice beaten Re- pumican candidate for President. McGrath told newsmen: ' "No one is more, anxious than I. as' attorney general, to have the charge of misconduct in public of fice thoroughly and impartially sitted, tor i realize that the strength of our system of govern ment depends upon the faith that all men must have in it." "Mr. Morris owes no allegiance whatsoever by reason of prior as sociation or otherwise to myself or to the present administration. I have asked him to undertake this task solely as a service to his country." Republicans Top Registrations Voter registration in Douglas County thus far reveals a slight Republican edge, the county clerk's office reported Thursday. A total of 19,005 persons have registered so far. The Republicans stand in the lead with 9,319 registered voters The Democrats follow with 8,186 Figures for other parties: Progressive, 9; Prohibitionist, 5; Socialist 8; miscellaneous (no par ty preference), 382; and independ ent (various minor parties), 106. An additional 3,000 persons, el igible to vote, are expected to reg ister before the April 16 deadline, the clerk's office said. This being a presidential election year, reg istration is expected to be heavier than for the 1950 elections. After the 1950 elections, some 3,000 voters were taken off the registration list for failure to vote. They have been notified and many are expected to re-register. "TOO CAPITALISTIC" BERLIN W Germany's East Zone Communists have banned cowboy and Indian costumes for this year's pre-Lcntcn carnivals. The Communists said the West ern costumes are "too capitalist- party and government there is a low material standard of living in the U.S.S.R. and this bureaucracy is a source of discontent, of bitter ness among various levels of so ciety and of much crime and other social problems. O. What is the altitude of the Soviet people toward their present government? A. With one exception the group Insisted that the majority of the Soviet people are strongly opposed to the regime. Stalin, Aldts Denounced Most of them denounced Stalin and other Soviet leaders "in terms of unmeasured abuse." Q. How effective is the Krem lin's domination of the country? A. There was "complete agree" ment" among the ten that the Kremlin exercises an "absolute, all penetrating and all embracing dictatorship." S i7 DICK POWELL, right, News-Review carrier boy, is being in terviewed by Bob McCarl during his man on the street broad cost after he (Dick) had donated $40 to the March of Dimes fund on behalf of the carrier boys. The fund represents the annual contribution to the polio fund by the boys. (Picture by Paul Jenkins) City, County Hands Of Boy Scouts During National Observance Week If you get arrested by a Boy Scout or have some weighty decision handed down by the youths in khaki next week, don't be alarmed. The Scouts are ministration but also pertinent Canada Barrier Faces Robeson, Vince Hallinan SEATTLE Ufl Singer Paul Rob eson and one of labor leader Harry Bridges' lawyers won't be able to keep a spenkiig engagement in Vancouver, B. C, Friday they can't get across the border. Robeson and Vincent William Hallinan, traveling separately, were told Thursday by U. S. im migration officials they could not cross the border into Canada. Both were enroute to a meet ing of the Independent Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union and were scheduled to address that group Friday. District immigration Director John P. Boyd confined his com ment on the case to: "It is in the best interests of the United States." He said, how ever, that legal authority for turn ing the pair back is found in a 1918 wartime act and a 1941 Presidential proclamation prohibiting either cit izens or aliens from leaving the country when such a ban is in the government's interest, Passnorts normally are not re quired for entry into Canada and there usually is but a moment's delay at Uie border station at Blaine, 100 miles north of hero. Both men turned back, Robeson by automobile and Hallinan on a train, when advised violation of the order would make them sub ject to five years imprisonment and $10,000 fines. LOW APPRAISAL , LOS ANGELES Ifl The lone gunman who held up a bank here doesn't think much of his occupa tion, as Teller Edward Parsons, his victim, reports the incident. "This is one hell of a way to make a living," Parsons quotes the holdup, who obtained $2,000. Q. What are the prospects of war estimated from the perspec tive of tne escapees ; A. They appeared to believe "that war between the U.S.S.R. and the United States is almost in evitable. It can be prevented only If the Soviet leaders feel that their opponent Is so strong that war will be suicidial for them and their re gime." Q. What specific reasons did the men give for escaping from Soviet Communist rule? A. Four of the 10 "defected large ly because of attachments to for eign women." Some of the ten may have decided to cross the line be cause of having aroused the dis pleasure of the Soviet authorities. Expos ire of a foreign way of life such as that seen hy Soviet occupation forces and officials in Germany appeared to have a deep I influence on them. Rule Goes Into not only taking over the city ad county positions. Ttus is an annual program ot the Scouts to introduce the lead ers of tomorrow to some of the problems they may be facing and to Detter prepare mem lor tne task. It is part of the National Boy Scout Week observance Feb. 6 to 12. Mayor Albert G. Flegel has pro claimed Boy Scout Week in Rose burg, and the County Court has is sued an imposing looking order also proclaiming the week in the countv. The order appoints Paul Chitwood as honorary county judge of Dougltti County commencing at 1 p.m. Feb. 8. The proclamation points out that the "Boy Scouts of America is a highly patriotic ana educational organization of the youth of our nation and merits the acclaim of the citizens of Douglas County." Jim nicKs,. iroup ioj, wiu ue mavor. Others taking city and county positions are: Lawrance Puckett, Troop 136, city manager; Larry Gill, 237, city recorder; Rod ger Recce, 35, police chief; Fred Snow, 109. fire chief; John Joel son. 7, police judge. City councilmen will include Rex Admire, Troop 92; Ronald Rice, 92; Pat Hatfield, 45; Robert Rai zer, 109; Ken Overton, 7; Harvey Simmons, 131; Kenneth Redder, 93, and George Butler, 136. uuiora livens, uuae, wno at tended the international jamboree in Austria last year, will be sher iff, and Matt Christenson, Troop 7, will be state patrol. Boys take office Feb. 8 at 1 pm., except that those serving as mayor and councilmen will sit in on next Monday's city council meeting. Deputy Sheriff Job Given Clarence' Shrout Deputy Sheriff Ira Byrd was moved up to the position of under sheriff today and a new deputy has been hired to replace- A. A. Eckhardt, who resigned last Mon day. Sheriff O T. Carter said today the new man is Clarence W Shrout, a former steam fitter who was a military policeman during the war. Shrout. whose address Is 308 W, Second Ave. N., began his duties this morning. He has been as signed to the Roseburg office, Car ter said. Deputy Sheriff Byrd, In advanc ing to unocrsneriti, occupies tne position lormerly neict ny ,ck nardt, who resigned to seek nom ination for sheriff. Shrout, 34 and married, has lived in Roseburg for the past five years, Carter said. Non-Support Charge Faces Arrested Man Donald J. Cummings, address unknown, has been arrested in Polk County on a Douglas County uonwarrant for contempt of Circuit Court, the sheriff's office reported. The charge involves three mi nor children through alleged non payment of support money after the court had issued a divorce de cree. Deputy Sheriff Cecil Bever is returning Cummings to Roseburg today to face the charge. Bail has been set at $1,000 by Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly. Lets Batch Of New Jobs Four Douglas County Projects Included; Club Signs Prohibited PORTLAND 11 Th fit.. Highway Commission considered still more projects here Friday, biict cummuung miuions ot dol lars to road-building Thursday. Now off on the second year of its accelerated program to improve Oregon highways, the commission voted to issue another IS million oonars in bonds. That Will bring to 30 millions th amount authorized. Another 10 mil lion remains to be issued next year oeiore me commission uses up the 40 million in bonds authorized by the last legislature. The commission awarded more than two million dollars in con tracts Thursday and allotted mil lions more for future projects. Those for the future will include a $1,100,000 project on the Pacific Highway in Douglas County. The Anlauf-Elkhead road section there will get 7.8 miles of grading.. The Commission ordered remov al of roadside signs advertising such service groups as Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs. The decision came after the commission refused per mission to the North Bend, Ore., Ministerial Association to erect a similar sign. Douglas County Jobs Listtd Douglas County Grading and paving 11.45 miles of the Coos Bay Roseburg highway west and east of Tenmile postoffice; Acme Con struction Co., Eugene, $346,087.50. Douglas County 4 miles of grading and mat oil surfacing of the North Umpqua County road two miles northeast of Glide; Fun derburk Construction Co., Suther lin, $267,180 Douglas County Constructing a 135-foot viaduct over the south bound lane of the Pacific Highway near Anlauf, and a 250-foot viaduct over the Siskiyou Line Tracks and Paspo Creek; Tom Liliebo, Reeds port, $90,465. Douglas County 200-foot con-' Crete bridge over Bear Creek and Bear Creek road at Curtln on the Pacific Highway; Todd Building Co., Roseburg, $49,056. School Units In Union 'No' Vote Yalk Problems Representatives of five school ujsixicis wnicn lasc uec. it voiea down the proposed consolidation with Roseburg, Thursday met to discuss their problems brought by expanding enrollment. The five districts are Look in a- glass, Green, Roberts Creek, Ten- mile ana tiiuara. School board officials of the dis tricts generally agreed to meet with Roseburg district officials to determine what arrangements could be made to continue sending their high school youngsters to Roseburg schools temporarily. Last Dec. 14, when 11 outlying districts voted on the consolidation proposal, all five southern districts voted against it, most by sizable majorities. Tenmile voted 64 to 1 against it, and Roberts Creek also opposed it by 25 to 0, The closest vote was at Green, where the measure was voted down, 56 to 62. To the north. Umpqua and Gar den Valley rejected the measure. Numerous individuals from the southern districts had previously expressed concern over loss of identity and loss of individual in struction for the students in a con solidated district. Some had brought out a counter proposal of consolidation of the five districts to build their own high school. Oregon Will Again Try For Bonus Bonds O.K. SALEM Wl Oregon will try again within the next 10 days to get federal approval of a 40 mil Don dollar veterans' bonus. That decision came out of a meet ing between veterans' organization leaders and Governor McKay and Slate Treasurer Walter Pearson Thursday. The state officials decided to ro am)! v to the regional Federal Cre dit Restraint Committee for author ity to sell financing bonds. The credit committee several months ago rejected Oregon's ap plication as being inflationary. Bond brokers customarily do not buy state bonds without approval of the committee. Hearing Requested On Burglary Charge Hcrshel James Black, 39, Ydh calla, Thursday asked for a pre liminary hearing when arraigned before District Judge A. J. Geddes on a burglary charge. Black is charged with burglary not in a dwelling in connection with the theft of 54 blank checks and other items from the. Douglas Manufacturing Company. Ho is held in the county jail in lieu of $1,500 bail. Levity Fact Rant By L. F. Reizensteln In the school census, the 18 and 19-year-old moles ore classed as children. When they enlist in the military services, they're referred to as men. Out of the census, into the trenches. ,