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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.
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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
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temp, last 24 hours
last 24 hourt
from Fob. 1
from Sept. I
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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
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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. ,