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Newspaper Page TextU. of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon COM3 MS mum P I SAW By Paul Jenkins I t 1 f- Kf -v I 1 MRS. ERNEST C. PATTERSON busily engaged at her home ot 958 Riverside Drive upon a job assigned to her by the 1 Oregon Grand Council of the Order of Jobs Daughters that of housing committee chairman for the grand session of the Order, which will be held in Roseburg April 17, 18 and 19. It's a big project she has. Twenty-six of the 45 Bethels in the state have reported their delegates and by the time the remaining 19 are heard from it is expected to swell the attendance to about 600 girls, with their guardians. Finding housine facilities fori this many girls is no easy task' in a town the size of ours, and , Mrs. Patterson will most earnest ly appreciate and be thankful for the otter of suitaDle accommoda tions on the part of Roseburg resi dents. I believe it is hoped that those taking the girls will provide them with breakfast, too. For those among us who are in position to offer the accommodations men tioned, it likewise is a means of providing a little practical assist ance to one of the most worth-while organizations I know of. I sup pose our girls, here in Roseburg and elsewhere, who have become members of this order during its long service, possible would have done very well had they not done so; but its background of char acter building and its exemplary teaching of the so-called . social graces has provided them with advantages few who have joined ever would care to dispense with. And they have fun, tool Pauper's Oath Frees Canyonville Driver GRANTS PASS Rufus Samuel Smith, 31, of Canyonville, serving out a $200 fine in lieu of payment of a $200 fine for driving while intoxicated, came up with a. means of obtaining his freedom Tuesday. Smith took advantage, of the state pauper oath law which re quired that he be released upon ev idence that he was unable to pay the fine and that he did not own property in excess of $20 exempt lrom prosecution. He had served less than one third of the 100 days normally required in lieu of the $200 fine. CORPORATORS FILE Articles of incorporation have been filed for Oregon Homes, Inc., by B. H. Bauer, Vera Strader, Wm. M. McAllister all of Jackson Coun ty, the county clerk's office here reported. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS In New Hampshire, Eisenhower swamps Taft on the Republican side, and on the Democratic side All the political, experts had al lowed as how it would be other wise. Comment? This is as good as any: Never go ALL-OUT for what the political experts say. They're too apt to be misled by wishful think ing. Back in 1948, the political ex perts didn't even give Truman an off chance. By election day, they had Dewey all but sitting .on the White House porch. Truman won. In New Hampshire, .the political experts, including the country newspapers, were sure Ike was going to get an AWFUL jolt. - ven Ike's strongest political back ers w ""Mring alibis. They said if he got half the delegates "in the delegate race and barely nosed Taft out in the popularity contest (Continued on page Four) The Weather Moitly cloudy with occasional rain this afternoon. Showers to night and Friday. Highest temp, 'or any March .... IS Lowest temp, for any March .... 18 High-it ttmp. last 24 hours 49 Lowest tamp, last 24 hours 37 Precis, last 24 hours .05 Precip. from March 1 .83 Precip. from Sept. I 30.84 Excess . .. . J.58 Sunset today, 4:17 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 1:21 a.m. 4 "!! W sW Get 'Em To Polls Efforts Slated Here Tomorrow An effort will be made by a local citizens' committee to get as many residents of Roseburg School District as possible nut to vote Friday on a proposed $1, 425,000 bond issue for expansion .if the school system. Persons desiring transportation to the polls are advised to dial 2-2696 between the hours of voting, from 2 to 8 p.m., and arrange ments will be ndde to get them to their voting places, according to Arlo Jacklin, member of the committee.- ' PTA's and other groups have been doing their part to create in terest, and a number of post cards have been mailed out ask ing people to get out and vote. Five polling places have been announced by the school board. They will be as follows: School Election Precinct No. 1, polling place Junior High School building for legal voters of the district from Benson, Caro, Deer Creek, Hamilton,. Herman, Lane, Mill, Miller, Parrott, Roseburg, Umpqua and Woodward Precincts. No. 2, polling place Library Arts Building of Senior HI5I1, for voters of Brown, Fairhaven, Laur elwood. West Roseburg and Whar ton Precincts. No. 3. polling nlace Riverside School for voters from Edcnbower East Nos. 1 and 2, and Edenbower West Nos. 1 and 2, and the areas comprising what .was formally school district No. 94 (Winchester) and District 123 (Riversdale). No. 4 polling place Wilbur School for voters of the area which was formerly district 2 (Wilbur). No. S polling place Melrose School for voters of the area com prising what was formerly Dis trict 2 (Melrose). The bond issue, if approved, would provide a new shop build ing and physical education plant, both containing classrooms, at Senior High; acquisition of real property in Lots 19, 20 and 21, Fruitvale Addition, for contruction of a new 12-room gi-side school; construction of eight additional classrooms to Fullerton School; acquiring additional real property adjoining the Rose School site for "" six-room primary grade school: constructine a mul. tipurpose building at Riverside School; improving Wilbur School heating and sanitary facilities; constructing an additional class room at Winchester School; and improving buildings and play areas at Melrose and at other existing school buildings within the dis trict Theft of Truck' Motor, Two Wheels Alleged : Harold Spencer. 25, Roseburg, was arrested Wednesday by sher iff's deputies end charged wtih the theft of a truck motor and two wheels. Spencer was granted time to con sult an attorney on arraignment in district court. Judge A. J. Geddes set bail at $500. The complaint charging Spencer with grand lar ceny was signed by Albert Brint. Family Of Eight Dies When Fire Razes Home MIDDLETOWN, N. Y. Iff An eighth member of a family of 11 died late Wednesday of burns suf fered in a fire which destroyed their home at Walker Valley, N.Y. Harry Polhamus, 43-year-old lumberjack, died at Middletown Sanitarium. His wife, Evelyn, 39, and six of their rhilrlrpn ranpino In boo frnm I two to 12, died in the flames early I Wednesday. Established 1873 MM Winners Jubilant; Losers Unperturbed Eisenhower Happy, Proud Over Victory Taft Predicts Change In Picture; Truman Offers No Comment By The Associated Press Losers of Tuesday's New Hamp shire presidential primary Thurs day carried on as if nothing had happened. Winners jubilantly indi cated the outcome was a sign of inings 10 come. Winners: Gen. Eisenhower, who swamped Sen. Taft of Ohio by winning all 14 delegates, was frankly happy and "proud." His campaign man ager said the victory showed the American people felt the general is "best qualified" to win the peace all want. Eisenhower picked up three more potential delegates to the GOP national convention in his home state of Kansas. Sen. Kcfauver of Tennessee, whose surprise victory over Presi dent Truman left the President's aides bitter at parly leaders for persuading him to stay in the pri mary against his better judgment, said the "conscience of the people of New Hampshire is very typical of what we'll find throughout the country." He said the results should carry weight at the Demo cratic national convention. Ike's Victory Belittled Losers: Taft. undaunted by his defeat, headed into New Mexico predict ing things will be different jn the Wisconsin and Illinois primaries next month. He admitted he was a "little disappointed" but both he and his campaign headquarters belittled Eisenhower's victory. Truman, vacationing at Key West, Fla., still had no comment. But his press secretary said the New Hampshire vote would not in fluence him when he makes up his mind whether to seek re-election. Harold E. Stasscn, former Min ncsota governor and a GOP candi date, said in Superior. Wis., he had "never seen a candidate spend (Continued on Page 2) Driver Penalized After Auto Hits Patrolman State patrolman Roy E. Cox was hospitalized Wednesday from in- meet with officials of Doug juries apparently received when , County cities at tonight's he was hit by a car on Highway M , 99 last Thursday. State police said the otticer was struck bv a car driven by Joe Mas- kala, 37, CV route Box 290, Rose- burg, who was cited by the in - jurcd policeman for driving with defective drakes. Herman Kehrli, and bottom, Maskala pleaded guilty in dis-1 A ,. M westijna Leaaue trict court Wednesday afternoon ( noa rA. wesning, League to the charge. Judge A. J. Geddes .consultants and Statt mem fined him $75 and sentenced him bers of the Bureau of Muni to 30 days in the county jail. A I cipol Research and Service, two-year suspension of Maskala s 1 . ,r. . l r T, driver's license was also recom- University of Oregon. The irended. meeting is at 6:30 at Carls cox was checking an ananaonea .u:nin t 11.. u:Mu...n 1 vehicle along the. highway when ' he saw the Maskala vehicle bear down on him, he- said. He tried to get out of the way, but the car sideswiped the parked car and hit the officer, knocking him 15 feet, police said. Cox subsequently returned to duty but was sent to the hospital Wednesday after complaining of pains in the back, it was reported, j di-zja s52fl 1 -"j If .s, - SIM swiP ''n'v urn iTMiMSMiiiiiMiiMMBiiwMn-""- u.u i.j ' ' 12 NEW CITIZENS Twelve persons, who have immigra ted to the United States from countries throughout the world, sot in the jury box of Circuit Court Wednesday before taking oath of allegiance to become citizens of this coun try. They are (front row, from left) Consiglia Maria Ed words, Roseburg, originally from Italy; Constance Agnes Smith, Sutherlin, England; Moria Bendele, Reedsport, France; Joyce Kathleen Wallis, Myrtle Creek, England; ROSEBURG, f. J ' ' 1 '. - ft HEAD MEETING here to regionoi session, . sponsored Dy . tne League ot uregon r :f:c r- rv.mm;c;,- R' dhA j William A. Bowes, Portland, League president; center, : Haven with Mayor Albert G. 1 . ' ' Flegel ments. in charge of arronge- NOTED ACTOR DIES NORTH HOLLYWOOD. Cdlif. W Hugh Herbert, G6, actor. pl:iy wricht am) comedian fa-med for i his giddy "Woo-Woo" and fltitterv hands, died Wednesday nigl't at his home of a heart attack- ?l''..:.- YP . V 1 iiiii.mii i t I . . j ;. 1 r OREGON THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1952 Allies Firm On Prisoner Swap Issue Wasting Their Time On Terms Proposed, Communists Told : MUNSAN. Korea Wl Allied truce negotiators told the Reds Thursday they were wasting time trying to get "The unconditional repatriation of all prisoners we hold in exchange for a small por tion of those you hold." That's what the latest Red plan amounts to, said Rear Adm. R.E. Libby, and it is not acceptable. The Communists Insist that pris oner exchange plans be adopted before turning over a "complete and bona fide" prisoner ' roster. Libby said that's "putting the cart before the horse." He told the Communists they must make the next move. The Reds said it's Libbv's move.. Col. Andrew J. Kinney described as "strictly a goose egg" a two- nour stall otticers' meeting on truce supervision in t nearby tent. A Communist proposal which could ban a Naval blockade of the China Coast was tossed back to the staff officers. Red interpreters rciusea to include "Korea" in a clause prohibiting naval blockades. SEOUL. Korea Wl American and Turkish troops stopped a Red assault battalion in its tracks Wednesday nisbt In the heaviest Communist attack in a month. A U.S. 25th Division officer said 200 or the 750 attacking Reds were killed or wounded. The Communists struck behind a heavy artillery barrage against the U.S. 35th Regiment and Turk ish Brigade in the eastern moun tain;near Heartbreak Ridge. A curtain of Allied artillery and mortar fire halted the Reds 100 yards short of U.N. lines. The Com munists pulled back after a sharp two-hour fight. Acquittal Of Woman Greeted With Cheers SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. 1 A tense courtroom crowd, its im patience mounting with the hours, shouted and cheered as Mrs. Mar garet Ryan was acquitted Wednes day night of manslaughter. A jury of nine men and three women deliberated four hours ami 16 minutes before freeing the wealthy former New York social ite. She was charged with man slaughter of Leonard D. Ray, 22. a trespasser on her ranch, last June. The jurors accepted Mrs. Ryan's story of self -defense: of having fired three warning shots; of finl ly having shot Ray when he threat ened her with a rifle. It was her second trial. A jury In the first failed to agree on a verdict last November. CHECK CHARGE FACED Marion Miles Pierce, 39, Suthcr lin, waived preliminary hearing in district cAurt Wednesday after arrest by a deputy sheriff on a bad check charge. In a complaint signed by B. L. Martin, Pierce is accused of pass ing a S16 worthless check at Mart in Brothers Box Co. Florence Fuller, Riddle, England; George William Brink worth, Canyonville, Canada; (second row) Ethel Goodman, Roseburg, Canada; Wilfred Goodman, Roseburg, Conada; Domingo Sobola, Wilbur., Spain; Marion Alexandera Mag ness, Roseburg, Conada; Harry Bens, Roseburg, Canada; and Johanno Elsa Teubner, Roseburg, Germany. Standing are County Clerk Roy Agee, left, ond Deputy Clerk Charles Doerner. (Picture by Paul Jenkins) Ex-Roscburg High Student Wins Top Debate Spot Over Rivals From Forty Colleges Elliott Motschenbacher, above, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Motschenbacher, 1068 Winchester St., captured first place in a Lincoln-Douglas debate at the 22nd annual intercollegiate forensic tournament of champions at Linf ield college. Participating were students of 40 colleges and universi ties from California, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Washington and Red-Controlled Auto Union Faces Threat Of Ouster DETROIT im - Heads of the CIO United Auto Workers' bin Foi-d Local 600 faced a threat of ouster) ""iLZZlli.XJ-.-1 . Thursday Motschenbacher is a senior at The union's International, acting I W"!"""" University in , Salem, on the heels of the.Hou.se Un- ,m r " 1 political science EBrl American Activities Committee in-1 ' h' speaking on, "What ouiry, accused Local 600 officer, of j 'it. kffiT 1Z V ,.f Z tailing 10 cntorcc union restrictions against Communists The charge constituted a sensa tion in union circles. It is without precedent in tho UAW, Witne SSes. including UAW - CIO men, had testified that Ford Local 600, world's largest union local with 60,000 members, is under control of Communists. The UAW International Execu. live Board, headed by President Walter P. Rcuther, acted against the Local 600 leadership Wednes day night less than four hours after the UnAmerican Activities Com ittee adjourned its hearing. Local 600 officers were accused of causing "irreparable damage" by failing to enforce the UAW's constitutional restrictions against Communists. They also were ac cused of disobeying union policy. All were ordered to a hearing before the Executive Board Friday to show cause why an administra tor should not be appointed for the local. This would mean' removal of the officers, lt is a disciplinary step which has seldom been taken by the 1,250.000-member auto union. 62-52 f j v -" 1 1 v Ms,-,! 1 - , r Oregon. The question for debate was, "Resolved: The federal "tovern- ment should adopt a permanent program of price and wage con trol. ' Motschenbacher debated both sides of the question and was awarded first, place upon recom- mcnaauon irorn tne tournament I "r.e. oas s 01 nemg tne " . ..... sented with the trophy as the out standing speaker from 13 colleges and universities of the Pacific Northwest. Representing Willamette at the . Cnllepe nf Piitrnf SnnnH in MarKh 1 he won first place cups in debate and extemporaneous speaking. It was because of the results of I these three tournaments that Wil. lamctte University was chosen to represent the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Utah at the national debate tour nament at West Point, New York, at the end of April. -Former R.H.S. Orator Motschenbacher received his basic speech training at Roseburg Senior Hi'jh under Miss Amanda Anderson, now head of the speech department at the Senior High School in Salem. While a high school student, Motschenbacher was on two state champion debate teams and won individual first place awards in oratory, extem poraneous, impromptu, serious in terpretation, humorous interpreta tion and radio speaking. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Motschen bacher and Elliott's wife, Joanne, journeyed to Linficld to hear the last four rounds of debate and were piecnt at the banquet where Motschenbacher was presented with his first place trophy. Holdouts In Railroad Strike Yote To Return ELKHART, Ind. Itf The last holdouts against court and union orders to end the New York Cen tral Railroad strike went back to work Thursday. The first switch engine crews started making up trains wiihin an hour after t'ne Elkhart strikers voted to end their walkout late Wednesday night. Fifty men were back on the job, and others were due back throughout the day. Elkhart members of the Engi neers, Conductors and Firemen Brotherhoods were the last to give in to the back-to-work orders. Re sentful but relieved, they voted late Wednesday night to return to their jobs. A spokesman said the vote was 136 to 72. Their fellow rebels in Toledo, O., had ended their resistance several hours earlier by the much closer vote of 220 to 214. MINIMUM WAGE UPPED SALEM 1 The minimum wage for women and experienced minors in Oregon's retail tradu.g establishments was raised Thurs day from 65 lo 70 cents an hour by the State Wage and Hour Com mission. It is the first boost in the industry in four years. Tragedy Ends Training Trip Over Texas Cause Of Collision Mystery, As Ceiling, Visibility Unlimited SAN ANTONIO, Tex. I Two four-engine B-29 superfortresses collided in the air about 35 miles north of here Wednesday. Both crashed, killing all 15 airmen aboard. Both bombers were on instru ment training fltehts out of Ran- dolph Field here, their home base. I The ceiling and visibility were practically unlimited. Lt. Bill Adams, information of ficer at Randolph, said there was no way of knowing whether the pilots were flying on instruments when the planes collided. When the pilot does practice in strument flying, the co-pilot and a third pilot in the nose act as look outs. Witness Describes Crash A witness to the collision, D. C. McDonald, superintendent of the L. A. Nordcn ranch, said: "One B-29 was coming in from the left and rear of the other, as if it was about to cross its course. "When the two collided the tail of one was clipped off and this plane fell straight to the ground. The plane that struck the other one continvied on its course and main tained its altitude for a brief time. No one parachuted. Then the plane nosed down and crashed." One plane carried seven men and the other eight, Air Force of ficers said. Normally a B-29 com bat crew consists of 11 men. The damaged bomber crashed on a hilltop near the Gus Krause ranch. The second plane plummeted to the ground near a small landing strip on the ranch of J. W. Heard, San Antonio oil man. Jack Nolcn, who lives near by, ; reported finding a paper back book with most of its pages burned ' away but the title intact. "It read: "i Want A Big Funer al." Sales Of Timber On O. & C. Lands In Douglas Made Salvage of flre-c'.maged and wind-thrown timber on O & C lands started in Douglas County 'uAtHnntrlnv with the' jlle''nf. tWd such tracts by the Bureau of Land Management. 1 Fire-damaged timber, amount ing to 3,430,000 feet on 126.3 acres east of Yoncalla, was sold to tho Yoncalla Lumber Company at the appraised price of $77,256.50. Sale -of wind-thrown timber on 200 acres at Slide Creek, tributary to North Myr';-s Creek, to the Nor din Lumber Company of Myrtle Creek was reported. The company naid the anoraised price of $12,- 643.75 for 985,000 board feet. , The Yoncalla Lumber Company also purchased 2,430,000 board feet of green timber on a 90.4-acre tract near Yoncalla, in a spirited auction with the South Fork Lum ber Company of Drain. The ap praised price of $55,844.30 was boosted to $67,842.80. A fire-damaged tract ot 141 acres, containing l.&ua.uuu Doara feet, with an appraised price oc $36,300.23, located 0 n Letitia Creek, went unsold. The sale will be held open for 90 days, it was announced. The Bureau of Land Manage ment reports It is preparing five sales of salvage timber on the fringe of the Hubbard Creek Burn and expects to put aoout a.uuu.uuu board feet on the market in May. Masons Will Consider New Consistory Plan Leslie M. Scott, 33rd degree Ma son and Sovereign Grand Inspect or General of Scottish Rite Ma sons in Oregon, accompanied by C. C. VanGorder, 33rd degree dep. ...Ill ..Uil lnenk,,, ,sh' njtc Hodics Monday evening, March 17. when t'.ie 18th degree will be conferred. Scott and VanGorder will con sult local Scottish Rite Masons re garding formation of a Consistory of the 32nd degree. Heretofore the Masonic degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Scot tish Rite have been conferred to and including the 18th degree in Roseburg, and those desiring to take higher degrees were requir ed to go to either Eugene or Port land. The present conference is to consider the formation of a Con sistory in order that the degrees to and including the 32nd may be conferred locally, and Scott is anxious to meet all Scottish Rite Masons who are interested in this' project. Tnerc will be a dinner at the Masonic Temple at 6:30, followed by the degree work. Levity Tact Rant By L. F. Reizenstein It's beginning to look as if Northern and Southern Dem ocrats were of one political mind on the subject of HST, and that Columbia University will be looking for another president- after the national November election.