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By Paul Jenkins
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A BIG PILE of drift collected on a willow-grown bar below Jhe
center span of the Oak street bridge. The driftwood which
each season's high waters collect and bear with them is a source
of never-ending amazement. Where does it all come from?
In the gigantic flood of the last of October, a year ago, it would
seem the lowlands would have been swept clear of debris; but
here, borne upon the winter's few river rises, none even ap
proaching flood stage, come more mountains of drift. Oh well,
it isn't very important, so might os well skip it.
PHONE RATES UPPED
Company Files Its New
Schedule For Roseburg,
Other County Localities
Pacific Telephone Monday filed with the Oregon Public
Utilities Commissioner its new schedule of rates to be effec
tive with bills dated on and after March 1.
The filing was in accordance with the commissioner's
order of Jan. 11, granting the company an increase in an
nual revenues of $853,441 one-sixth of the amount the
company had requested in its application last August for in
creased rates totaling $5,188,000,
"The telephone business is not
immune to inflation which has
caused most other prices to in
crease two or three times as
much as telephone rates," F. A.
Dresslar, vice president and gen
eral manager for Oregon said.
"It is obvious that with con
stantly increasing operating costs
effecting .evervthinc we do. the
company cannot continue for long i
to operate at these rate levels.
The amount granted has been
based on a rate of return that, in
the opinion of the - company, is
grossly inadequate to do the qual
ity and quantity job Oregon tele
phone users are expecting us to
do."
Part of the $853,441 increase was
placed in effect Jan. 21 when pay
station charges for local calls went
from 5 to 10 cents.
Rat Increase Listed
Increases in monthly rates, not
counting federal excise taxes, will
range from 25 cents to $1.00 for
business telephones and from noth
ing to 50 cents for residential
telephones. The largest increases
are in exchanges which have been
moved to a higher rate group be
cause of growth.
Roseburg, which is one of these
exchanges, now serves more than
7000 telephones.
According to R. .1. Henwood,
manager, the monthly telephone
rate increases in Roseburg will be
as follows:
Residence Service
Four Party 30c
Two Party ,30c
One Party .. .25c
Suburban -.. .30c
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In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Ncaring Bakersfield (on the way
t'i this meeting I've been talking
about for a couple of days.)
All about are vast areas of flat
land. (Much of it is corporation
farmed, for this is a favorite
stamping ground of what we can
the corporation farmer.) A lot of
the land is producing cotton.
It is beautiful land. But that isn't
what I'm concerned witu here.
What I want to emphasize in this
piece is the fact that this land is
now IRRIGATED whereas only a
few years ago it was desert.
AND HERE is what I particu
larly want to beat the drum about:
Whence comes the water that ir
rigates this land in the upper end
of the San Joaquin valley?
Why, a whale of a lot of it
COMES FROM SHASTA LAKE,
the body of blue water that now
lies behind Shasta dam, AND
SHASTA DAM IS 400 MILES
FROM THIS SrOT IN THE lip
PER SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY.
The water is transported down
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The Weather
Showers today. Increasing cloud
iness tonight with rain Wednesday.
Hiaheit timn. for inv Fb. 79
Lawtit temp, for any Feb. Jj
mgnvsr Temp, lasr nours 30
Lowest temp, last 24 hours U
Precip. last 24 houri 07
Precip. from Feb. 1 1.J7
Prscip. from Sept. 1 17.07
. fei ,.2
k'Jnstt today, S:40 p.m.
'Sunrise tomorrow, 7:14 a.m.
Juvenile Fishing
Area Plan Turned
Down By Board
The State - Game Commission
didn't accept a Junior Chamber of
Commerce - sponsored proposal to
set aside Deer Creek as a juvenile
fishing area but there's still hope.
inai ODinion was voiced Man.
day night by Bill Pitney, resident
Dioiogist, at the regular JCC meet
in? at the UmDaiia Hn'el.
Pitney appeared at the meet
ing with James Vaughn, district
game supervisor.
The biologist said the chamber's
proposal didn't qualify under a recently-formed
lO point policy set up
to govern the setting aside of water
areas for juvenile use only. It qual
ified in about half the points, how
ever, he said.
He explained that the commis
sion considered several such pro
posals irom otner areas but didn't
approve any of them.
You could sec how this sort
of thing could snowball until every
community would want an area set
aside for juveniles," Pitney said.
All revenue coming into the
Game Commission comes from the
sale of hunting and fishing licenses,
Pitney said.
Year's Trial Suggested
The biologist suggested that the
Jaycees continue its program
through the cooperation of land
owners in the area. The local game
commission office could probably
stock the stream with several hun
dred fish, he said.
Then, after a year's operation,
the proposal could be resubmitted
to the Game Commission and a
stronger case might be presented,
Pitney suggested.
The Junior Chamber is sponsor
ing a movie on wildlife to be pre
sented Wednesday and Thursday
nights at the Junior High School,
at 8 p.m. Proceeds will go toward
financing the Deer Creek project.
Judge Skipworth Gets
Douglas County Bar Nod
The Douglas County Bar Associ
ation Feb. 5 unanimously adopted
a resolution supporting Judge
G. F. Skipworth, Eugene, for cir
cuit judge position No. 1 in the
second judicial district.
Announcement of the associa
tion's decision was made follow
ing a special meeting in Rose
burg. Judge Skipworth has served as
circuit judge with residence in Eu
gene since 1915 and has held
court in Roseburg s number of
times.
The second judicial district Is
comprised of Coos, Curry, Doug
las and Lane Counties.
Ex-County Weighmaster
Named Deputy Sheriff
Bob Lockyear, Roseburg, for
merly a county weighmaster. start
ed WOrk Mnnrlav A a Honutv mhor.
iff. Sheriff O. T. Carter reports.
Lockyear replaces Cecil Bever,
who resigned last Friday and later
nipu nis canainacy lor sneritf. .
Lockyear was a weighmaster for
the past six months and before
that worked as an engineer for
the Bureau of Public Roads. He
moved to Roseburg from Eugene
about two and one-half years ago.
Established 1873
i?is.w Grab Of Japanese1
Fishing Vessels Denounced Astir
Gen. Ridgvay
Scores Deed
On High Seas
Protest To Soviet Says
Crews Held To Extort
Military Information
TOKYO ifl Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway Tuesday sent a sharply
worded note to Soviet authorities.
denouncing Russian seizure of Jap
anese nsning vessels.
The Allied Supreme Commander
accused the Reds of grabbing some
178 fishing craft in violation of
the occupation agreement, and
"contrary to all principles of Inter
national law and custom,"
He also accused the Russians
of holding many of the fishermen
captive, subjecting them to "pro
longed interrogations most of
which have had nothing to do with
the alleged violations of the fishing
area but on the contrary have been
solely for the purpose of-securing
puuui-ai, ecunomic ana military
information concerning conditions
in Japan."
Try To Wangle Fines
He also said the rtussians tried
to levy fines in U.S. dollars against
some captains "on the totally un
Sunnorterl crnitnHc nf thoii hnvino
'plundered' fish in Soviet 'terri-
torial' waters."
The seizures were on the high
seas, the Allied statement said, in
the northern waters oft Hokkaido
the northernmost Japanese is
land near Russian-held Sakhalin.
The protest was one of a series
uu a continuing proniem. Japa
nese fishing vessels have been sejir
ed by the Reds over the Dast sev.
eral years. Others have been cap-i
lurea Dy nom communist and Na
tionalist Chinese, North Koreans
and even South Koreans,
SEOUL. Korea Wl United Na
tions soldiers Tuesday killed 96
Reds and wounded 130 in a fight
near the Mundung Vallev on the
East Korean War front the heav
iest single action in weeks.
The casualties were announced
In a U.S. Eighth Army communi
que. The communique did not say
whether the Allies suffered any
losses.
Elements of a group of 420 Com
munists struck Allied positions
near the valley in two places three
minutes apart. In less than an
hour the Allies had driven back
both attacks.
A briefing officer said Eighth
Army soldiers inflicted 2.272 cas
ualties on the Reds in the week
ended last Thursday. The figure
included 981 killed, 1,260 wounded
and 31 captured.
MUNSAN, Korea Ifi Commu
nists promised Tuesday to come
up with a new plan for patching
up the latest truce trouble spot
recommendations to governments
for a final Korean peace.
The Reds did not indicate when
it would be ready or what it would
be like. .
Communists made two conces
sions Tuesday in another truce
tent where staff officers are try
ing to work out machinery for
supervising a truce.
Reds offered to boost limits on
monthly rotation of troops to 30.
000 and establish four ports of
entry for incoming troops and war
materials to be. inspected by neut
ral teams.
The Allies said the figures are
not high enough. They are asking
a 40-000 rotation limit and eight
entry ports.
The previous Red proposals were
25,000 troops and three ports.
New City Hall, Traffic Easing, Storm Sewers Major
Needs Of Roseburg, Mayor Flegel Says At C.C. Forum
What are Roscburg's most press
ing civic problems.
That question is difficult to an
swer in view of the many demands,
according to Mayor Albert G. Fle
gel, who led an open forum dis
cussion at Monday's Chamber cf
Commerce noon luncheon at the
Hotel Umpqua.
Flegel listed a number of fore
most civic projects, but admitted
it is very difncult to pldce one
above the other. He said also that
if all of them were completed new
ones would rise to take their place
o that thee would be continuous
problems to cope with in a grow
:ug community such as this.
As important items tit lined a
new city hall, tne bottleneck at the
Oak Street B.-idge. additional
street iiphting in outlying seclicns,
improved recreation facilities, pav
ROSEBURG,
Death Of Major G. A. Davis Jr., Ace
Of Air Force, Creates Controversy;
Widow Says 'War
U.S. FIFTH AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS, Korea
(AP) An Air Force spokesman Tuesday defended the
policy of keeping all jet pilots including aces in Korea
until they have finished their normal tour of 100 combat mis
That was the Mr Force
has raged since Mai, George
Sunday. Davis had destroyed
POLITICKING All set to en-
ter the New Hampshire pri-:
mnrw c n rnnrtMnto fnr Prpci.
i . n ,,., u Alhori- c.
dent is 60-year-old Albert b. I
Folk, ot wneaton, minn. ne
plugs "A m e r i c a ' s Greatest
Plan for World Peace" which,
nan iui -
he says, means $60 to J1UU o
month for everyone 6ver 21 in
addition to their re g u I a rj Texas, asked the Air Force
waaes He would finance the to Investigate thoroughly and re
u ' l, -3 r,r rant foHprnl . Por' to him on circumstances sur-
scheme by a 2 per cent federal
tax on all business transac
tions. ' '
Exalted Ruler Of Elks
Asks For Blood Donors
If Exalted Ruler Edwin C. Nolle
of Roseburg Lodge ot Elks had his
way. there will be blood in bottle
all over the Ellcs Temple Thurs
day. That is the day the bloodmobile
will be stationed at the Elks
Ti'mnlp from 2 until 7 P.m.
The lodge has made a national
appeal lor one minion ph
hiuod. and Nolle as-s all mem-
hers of the organization to donate.
And to assure fulfillment nf the
quota, he advises members to re
cruit other blood donors.
Women, who can assist as host
esses, canteen helpers or traffic
guards for the Bloodmobile slay
at the Elks Club Thursday after
noon are requested to Be at ne
ciud to neip. ine nuuia ui mc
bloodmobile stay at the club is
from 2 to 7 p.m. Women assisting
need not stay the entire time, but
are asked to help the hours, which
are the most convenient to them.
Judge Carl E. Wimberly
Files For Re-Election
Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly
has announced that he will seek
re-election to position No. 3 in the
second judicial district comprised
of Coos, Curry, Douglas and Lane
Counties. The position is non-partisan.
A circuit judge's term of office
is six years. Judge Wimberly has
served in his present capacity
since Jan. 7, 193S, with residence
at Roseburg.
ing and storm sewers In east Rose-
burg and traffic lights.
He said that with the city's as-
scssed valuation of $9,000,000,
bonds can be floated un to $800,000.
if voted by the people. The present
indebtedness is $350,000 . 1 saW
ih. nnii i. J-.:.- .
""S'iil ?;n!id.!"nfh r'nA
traffic expert to make an impar-
uai siuay ot Koscburg s problem.
Traffic Problem Teugh
Several Questions were a slced
from the floor. Bruce Elliott I
brought up the problem of traffic
on Jackson street, and urged adop
tion of a one-way grid. Flegel said
such a plan has been studied but
has had many objectional features.
Shortage of men on the police force
limits direction of traffic.
The question was asked whether
the city engineer to be hired could
work out such a traffic problem.
OREGON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1952
Without Reason'
stand on the controversy that
A. Davis, Jr., was shot down
11 MIGs and three Red
bombers in 59 missions.
tk. .i..m., n.i. ,m..
a hero, but that statements that
he should have been sent home
were likely to make him a figure
of controversy Instead.
The first three American jet pi
lots to become aces in the Korean
war were returned to the U.S. after
their fifth kill. Five kills make a
pilot an ace.
The three are Capt. James Ja
bara of McKiisney, Tex.; Capt.
Ralph D. Gibson of Mt. Carmel,
111., and Capt. Richard D. Becker
of Fleetwood, Pa., and Ft, Monroe,
va.
.
In Lubbock. Tex.. Mrs. Davis
said her husband should have been
sent home the same as the first
three.
"War Without Reason"
She said Davis recently wrote
her, "things can't go on like tucy
are. We lose so many planes and
EA m,nu mi,M Thn MfP.
much better than the Sabres that
something must be done.'
Ml'S. Davis. WUO is CXUCCtin?
ner h'rd child in May, said, "if
j could feel (hal he fas ,0Jt his
iife for some good reason I could
feel better about it But this is a
without reason. I would ljke
to ask a full scale investigation
of wby he w ,eft jn jtclli..
.- In Washinlon Kep, Mahon. D-
rounding Davis' death. He said Air
force officers at the Pentagon had
promised to look into the matter.
SEOUL, Korea UP) Maj. Rich
ard D. Creigliton, Baton Rouge,
La., and Horseshoe Bend, Idaho.
Is the last American jet ace still
in the Korean war theater.
He still is flying regular combat
missions unless orders have been
changed in the past few hours.
"P.iat could not be determined im
mediately. ,
Two Held On Charges
Involvina Minnr G r c
,nvomn9 Vinor UIHS
Claude Crabtree. 20. R444 Ham
ilton St. was granted time in dis
trict court Monday to consult an at
torney after his arrest on a charge
of contributing to the delinquency
of a minor.
The charge involves a 15-year-
old girl. Crabtree is being held
in lie of $1 750 baj,
Richard Arlcn Beach, 21, Rose
burg, is being held on a similar
charge, Involving a 14-ycar-old
girl. Beach has waived prelimin
ary hearing and is being held in
$1,500 bail.
Both were arrested by State Po
lice. X-RAY UNIT SCHEDULE
The mobile X-ray units will ob
serve the following schedule
Wednesday.
Canyonville, beside honor roll,
11 a.m. -7 p.m.; Myrtle Creek,
Terminal Fountain, 11 a.m.-S
p.m.; Glendale, Day & Nehl
Store, 11 a.m.-S p.m.; Roseburg
(Clovirdali), Pacific Motors, 1
p.m. -7 p.m.; Roseburg, J. C.
Penney Store, 10 a.m. 4 p.m.
Tlenel said the engineer's duties
would be largely confined to plans
aml fP;ification and supervision
on ,reet "d ,5wer PrJecU 'or
D18.n?r mon n" to come'
I . C'Kea "f'nA .J y
, d, considered buying the junior
Hig1, for a c ty hall and civic bui d-
ing Flegel said the building had
never been offered by the school
board, and that figures running
from $150,000 to $450,000 have been
reported as a likely price. He said
the city could not consider taking
over the building unless it were
offecd for sale and a study of it
could be made.
The mayor expressed doubt that
the city could do much tor North
Roseburg, if that area were to be
annexed. He said there wasn't
enough assessed valuation in some
areas to pay for the cost of streets.
But, he said, nothing much could
be determined until the North
Toft, Ike Backers See
Gains, While Stassen
Hopes For Compromise
Rv The Auactftted Preu
Cries of "a great victory" and
"start fighting" spurred the back
ers of two entrants Tuesday in
the Republicans' race for the presi- j
dency.
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11 was m uuy -Ule amilYVisni y
of Abraham Lincoln's birth when
Republicans everywhere take stock
and, in an election year like this,
get primed for the back stretch
drive.
In Oklahoma City, a field mana
ger for Senator Taft hailed the:
nittfnma nf Mltiannmn R Rpntlhll-I
:"v v" : w.-T' " Jciinner meetina. ne meettna
"a great victory for Taft." The
session wound up with seven nom-
inalinc deleeates leaning to Taft. ,
seven to Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
msa 10 Gcn- Dougl,s;
Victor A. Johnson predicted that
12 of the 16 Oklahoma delegates
would vote for Taft on the first
ballot at the national convention
in July.
"Morel Victory For Ike"
But Senator Carlson R-Kan.,
manager of Eisenhower-for-Presi-dent
headquarters in Washington,
said the 97 score in Oklahoma
represents a moral victory for El
senhower "because a month ago
it was generally assumed Eisen
hower wouldn't get any of the
Oklahoma delegates."
In Washington, Senator Aiken,
R-Vt., said of General Eisenhower:
"Unless he starts fighting, he's
a dead duck. He is going to have
to come home and campaign if he
wants the nomination. If he doesn't
he will be leaving a lot of his pro
motors out on a very long limn.
Eisenhower, who heads Mutual
Defense Forces in Europe, has
said he will accept the GOP nomi
nation but will not seek it.
Candidate! Sound OK
- Lincoln Day speeches were
schedulea1 Tuesday by Taft at Seat
tle, on his Northwest tour, and by
two other GOP asoirants, Harold
Stassen and Gov. Earl Warren of
California.
The Democratic race also was
moving along. The only announced
entrant, Senator Kcfauver of Ten
nessee, made two appearances
Modny in New York and repeats
Tuesday in Chicago.
In the Chicago address, for de
livery at a meeting of the Inland
Daily Press Association, Kefauver
said:
"The corrupt politician threatens
our democratic system on one
front just as Communism threatens
it on another front."
Taft addressed a GOP luncheon
crowd Monday in Spokane, Wash.,
saying Republicans must have a
presidential candidate who would
enthuse party workers by "present
ing the issues clearly." He left no
doubt he considers himself such a
candidate.
Stassen told newsmen in Okla
homa City he hopes to become a
compromise candidate at the GOP
national convention. "My chances
are steadily improving, he said.
"No one has a cinch."
Drunken Driver Fined,
Given Jail Sentence
Clarence Edgar Kennedy, 63,
Williams. Ore., was fined SSOO and
sentenced to 30 days in jaul after
pleading guilty to drunken driving.
The penalty was meted by Dis
trict Judge A. J. ueaoes. Kennedy
was arrested by State Police after
he had been involved in a minor
accident on Highway 42.
$25,000 GOLD ROBBERTY
TIMMINS, Ont. tfl Two or
three hooded men made off with
$2fi,n(0 worth of unrefined gold at
the Aunor gold mines Tuesday
after tying up three workmen. The
robbers carried the gold precipi
tate on a tohboggan a quarter
mile to a getaway car.
Roseburg sewer job was complet
ed. Other Subi.cti Talked
un the status of the airport, he
said the work is complete, except
lor an administration building,
which the city hopes to build this
summer.
He said he felt off-street parking
was primarily a matter of the busi
ness men, and not of the city, in
order to protect their own busi
nesses and not drive people out
of town.
Traffic lights at Lane and Wash
ington streets, with a synchroniz
ing system, would cost $9,500, he
said. Half nf this would have be
borne by the city. Whether the
lights are needed that bad Is a
question, but the council is con
sidering putting such an item in
the next budget, he added.
Dan Dimick was program chairman.
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ROBERT R. GROS, San Fran
cisco, on official of Pacific
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7' t7 twJ: ,.'
JU(,urtv I u mui JWMI w u d ,
Chamber of Commerce annual
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win pe or o.ou p.m. in me
Methodist Church dining room,
Girls Add Metal
To Boost Weight
For Giving Blood
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)
-- Two pretty brown-haired
co-eds at Memphis State
College who didn t weigh
enough to' become donors
in a Red Cross blood drive,
used 17 pounds of pennies
and metal between them to
make the grade.
' Myrlie Fenner of Green
brier, Ark., and Yvonne .
Ergle of nearby Whitehav
en were turned down the
first time they went to the
Bloodmqbile. Myrlie need
ed 1 3 pounds, her room
mote four. You have to
; weioh- 110 to give blood
When they went back
the next day, they had the
pennies orid metal in their
clothes -- and tipped the
scales in nooH shooe. Foch
wot orc"'te'f for a oint.
They explained Tuesday
why they were in dead
. earnest about the blood
drive. Myrlie's father is a
master sergeant with a
medical unit. Yvonne's
foster brother was wound
H twice In the fighting in
Korea.
Umpqua Basin Study
Copy Goes To Oxford
A cony of Douclos County's eco
nomic study, the first of its kind
tn be made in this country, Is on
its way to Oxtord, fcngland. Har
old Hickerson, secretary of the
Roseburg Chamber of Commerce,
reports he is mailing a copy of
the report to Oxford University
upon request from the Imperial
Forestry Institute.
The report, prepared jointly by
a number of federal rnd state
agencies, working in cooperation
with local interests, provides an
intensive study of the Inland Ump
qua Basin's basic resources and
outlines possibilities for future de
velopment. The report has been widely cir
culated throughout the United
States and copies also have been
mailed upon request to Canadian
industries.
Draft Dodger Still .
Resists Deportation. ,
WASHINGTON Ifl Draft Dodg
er Serge M. Rubinstein, wealthy
Kussian-born financier, luesaay
faced the government's third at
tempt in eight years to deport him.
The two previous attempts failed.
The Immigration Service ordered
him deported Monday on grounds
that Rubinstein's draft dodging in
World War 11 constituted "moral
turpitude." He was in the Lewis
burg, Pa., Federal Penitentiary
from May 5, 1947, to April 25, 1949,
for eysding Selective Service.
Rubinstein has 15 days in which
tn appeal Immigration Commis
sioner Argylc R. Mackcy, who
signed the order, said.
Clothesline Accident
Chokes Boy To Death
FOREST GROVE OH - Johnny
Mitchell Danner, 12, strangled to
death .in a freak accident here,
Graham Young, coroner said Mon
day. The boy's sister found him hang
ing by a clothesline Saturday. He
apparently ran into the line which
looped around his neck and
strangled him, Young Slid.
He was pronounced dead at a
hospital where his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Van W. Danner, had taken
him.
President
Gives Word
To Visitor
Race For "Killing Job"
To Speed Peace Might
Be Made, He Intimates
WASHINGTON I Rep. Sabalh
D ill, quoted President Truman
Tuesday as saying he may be will
ing to make the "sacrifice" and
seek reelection if he feels it will
be necessary to speed the peace,
Sabath talked with reporters aft
er a call on the President,
He said Truman told him the
President's work "is a killing job"
but that if he "actually felt ha
would be of aid' and help to Ameri
ca and the world in bringing about
a peace," in that case he would be
willing to "sacrifice" himself and
possibly shorten his life expectan
cy. Sabath, 85 years old, is the chair
man of the House Rules Commit
tee. '
Another White House caller, W.
Stuart Symington, told reporters
that he, Symington, is more in
terested in running for the Senate
than he was before talking with
Truman Tuesday.
Senator Race
n Doubt
Symington had said earlier in
c I nine hot h uimi d ha intoMll.
ed in making the race for Senator
: : ,u n :j .
irom nus&uun u me rrniu
wanted him to.
Symington, a veteran official of
the Truman administration., has
just resigned as administrator of
the Reconstruction f inance cor
poration. There has been some talk that
Truman himself would like to be
senator from Missouri again.
Symington said the President had
not asked him to run, but he re
fused to say whether Truman had
encouraged him to run. Asked
pointblank if he would run, Sy
mington countered by saying:
"I am going on a long vacation."
Taft Too Busy
To Campaign
In This State
SPOKANE I Sen. Taft, Re
publican candidate for President,
said Monday he was too busy to
campaign in Oregon,
The Ohio Senator, here for a
Lincoln Day banquet, said he would
disown an Oregon delegation u nis
name were entered in the state
primaries by his enemies.
"If the filing were made by
friends, ihen we'd have' to decide
how far to go along with them,"
he said.
Taft's Oregon campaign chair-'
man said earlier that Taft's name
would not be entered in the Oregon
primary.
Taft will speak in Portland
Wednesday. ' '(
FOREST GROVE lift Sen. Ke-'
fauver, D-Tcnn., probably will ac
tively campaign in Oregon for the
Democratic presidential nomina
tion. That became apparent Monday
when Dr. D. D. Darland, Pacific:
University dean of students, re
ported that he had been named
national representative in Oregon
of the "Kefauver for President"
organization. Darlan said he ac
cepted the post at Kefauver's re-'
quest.
Kefauver's Oregon supporters
already are circulating petitions
to put his name on the primary bal
lot. ', .......
Threats To Senators'
Wives Results In Fine
PHILADELPHIA Wl A Phil
adelnhia man convicted of sending ,
thieatening letters to the wives of
four U.S. senators, was fined $100 ;
and placed on a year s pronation i
Monday by Federal Judge Guy K. 1
Bard.
The defendant, John J. Flee!:, 63, ,
a news-stand employee, was ar
rested in August by Federal Bu
retu of Investigation agents.
He was charged with writing let-,
ters to the wives of Sens. Wa-yno i
Morse, (R.-Ore.,) and Spcssard i
Holland (D-Fla.,) and to the wives -if
former Sens. Claude Pepper of
Florida and Chan Gurney, South
Dakota.
Fleck wrote in the letters that if
a senator votes to vest powers in
the President he violates his oath,
and, "Is it not then the duty and
t'ne right of the people to get I gun
and shoot him on sight?"
He Prefers Her Mother,
Man's. Wife Testifies
CLEVELAND Wl The pretty
22-year old wife of an Air Force
private demanded to know whom
he loved.
"Your mother", was his reply,
Mrs. Rosemary Mc Donald testi
fied in an uncontested divorce ac
tion Monday.
The blonde bride of 13 months
said Pfc. Kevin Mc Donald, 30,
also tolrt her he wanted to marry
her mother, Mrs. Mary Jane Nye,
a 42-year old widow.
VICE IN EARNEST
PORTLAND 011 A man, ar
rested here Monday and accused ot
drunkenness and burglary, told po
lice his name was Earnest Vice.
Levity Fact Rant
By L. F. Relzensteln
The Defense Department's
draft call for dentists it on
way to increase the number of
Yanks.