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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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,
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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,
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regionoi session, . sponsored
Dy . tne League ot uregon
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j William A. Bowes, Portland,
League president; center,
: Haven with Mayor Albert G.
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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-
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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.
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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
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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.