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Newspaper Page Text'I ' r U. of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon COM5 ON mi u Ml nilM Installment Boosts Total I SAW By Paul Jenkins 17,2Cts.Hr. KMUaV iKtf.. ,.-T..:,.ift-jaB:-.y WiMmiiwiirirtfnr' est RALPH CHURCH, ossisont personnel director at the United States Veterans hospital here, as he sat at his desk discuss ing the impending visit of a group of American Legion and Legion Auxiliary brass, bent upon an inspection of the hospital. Ralph has been with the big hospital for the last six years. Prior to this period he had been office manager at Lockwood Motors for five years, and for 1 5 years before that he had been an instructor at Junior High School. He is a native of Roseburg and widely known here. U.S. Sabre Pilots Up Score Of Foe's Planes In Longest Battle Of Jets In History SEOUL, Korea (AP) American sabre pilots destroyed or damaged 13 to 18 Red jets in a series of fights Thursday climaxed by history's longest jet battle. Darkening skies prevented exact assessment of results of a 40 mjnute dogfight over North Korea. But pilots of F-86 badre jets said they damaged Bomber Crash Into Bay Kills Ten Men " CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) A four-engine Novy patrol bomber with ten men aboard crashed into Corpus Christi Bay Friday shortly after takeoff from the Naval Air Station. 1 Navy helicopters and air sea rescue launches found no survivors. Identification of the dead was withheld pending notifi cation of the next of kin: . The crew of ten included four officers, two cadets and four enlisted men. TOP FFA FARMER CORVALLIS W The Oregon Future Farmers of America named Stephen Cox, Albany, as their star State Farmer Thursday.- He won the top honor at the an nual FFA convention here for his numerous farm activities. He is head of an Albany 4-H club and FFA chapter. He raises pigs and has a half-interest in 40 acres of corn. , In the Day's News y By FRANK JENKINS General Eisenhower says this morning in a statement issued at SHAPE headquarters in Paris: You i gentlemen (he was speak ing to reporters in Paris who were beseeching him for comment on what happened in Minnesota) prob ably realize Mow astonished I was by the results of the Minnesota pri mary. ,' "THE MOUNTING NUMBERS OF MY FELLOW CITIZENS WHO ARE VOTING TO MAKE ME THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE ARE FORCING ME TO RE-EXAMINE MY PERSONAL POSITION AND PAST DECISION." He is obviously referring to a statement he issued in Paris on January 7, the day after his back ers announced they were going to enter him in the New Hampshire Republican primary. In that state ment '.ie said: "Senator Lodge is correct In terming me a Republican. He is also correct in stating that I will (Continued on page Four) The Weather Partly cloudy and warmtr to day and Saturday. Highatt temp. or any March 85 Lowest temp, for any March .... 18 Highest temp, last 24 hours . 44 Lowest temp, last 24 hours 34 Prtcip. last 24 hours 02 Precip. from March I 2.39 reip. from Sept. 1 Cicess Sunset today, 6:26 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 6:13 a.m at least three MIG-15s and pos sibly eight. In two earlier engagements Thursday the Sabres reported they shot down five MIGs and damaged live, . , "In the 40 minute battle 28 Sabres tangled with -40 MIGs in a fight running over 70 miles from Sinanju to the Yalu River border with Man churia. The longest previous jet battle lasted 35 minutes. The fight brought the Sabres three-day record to at least 31 and possibly 36 Red jets hit, including 11 shot down. The Air Force said the bag of Red warplanes how stands at 232 destroyed, 39 probably destroyed and 26 damaged a total of 697. Supply Uniti Blasted Far East Air Force planes cut rails in 100 places, destroyed 105 trucks, 12 gun positions, four sup ply dumps, two rail bridges, 25 bunkers and destroyed or dam aged 75 supply buildings. Marine pilots also set a record with 726 sorties. The Leatherneck fliers dropped tons of- bombs and napalm on a sprawling Red supply area near Karhwa. Carrier-based planes scored 138 rail cuts along the North Korea's east coast. The Carrier Philippine Sea returned to action during the day, joining the U.S.S. Valley Forge. School Board Upheld In Rejecting Contractor Refusal of the Myrtle Creek School Board to qualify an Ash land contractor as a proposed bid der for the Tri-City grade school job was upheld Thursday by a spe cial Doara oi appeal. The board consisted of Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimbcrlv.- Sheriff O. T. Carter and County Treasurer Oliver Johnson. , After a hearing Thursday after- ponn. the bnard backed up the school board's refusal -to certify the Dodson-Ausland firm of Ash land to become a bidder for con struction of the district's new grade school. Bids for construction of the build ing are to be received Monday A state law made effective in 1931 permits such appeals to be made to a special board consisting of the circuit judge, sheriff and county treasurer. This is the first time since then an appeal of this sort has been made in the county, Judge Wimberly said. Contract For Reservoir Awarded By Sutherlin A contract has been awarded for construction of a 1,150,000-gal-lon water reservoir for the City of Sutherlin. Bids on the project were opened at a meeting of the city council Monday, and the Pittsburgh-Des-Moines Steel Company was low bidder. For erecting and painting the reservoir, the company submitted a bid of $37,705. The bidder asked to be allowed 180 days for tlie job. HEARING HELD A hearing was held on the pro posed school budget for District 19 in Myrtle Creek Grade School 32 4o : last ween out no one appeared. " Budget and school board mem- jbers waited the required hour and then continued with a special ses 1 lion. Established 1873 'Dozers Fight Nevada Snow To Rescue Starving Cattle Needy Sheep (House committee Trail of Bad &S!t- Checks Ends In U cm M I mmmim nUUK I UMI 3 State Of Emergency Declared By Governor To Obtain Federal Aid SAN FRANCISCO W Army bulldozers Friday went to the rescue of 600,000 head of starving livestock in North and Central xt i m , , ncvauB. i weniy uuiers were . uum UKuen, uian. 10 auacK rancn roads clogged by snow Und clear the way for rushing in feed. Other bulldozers from the naval base at Hawthorne, Nev., opened a 35-mile long lane through snow to 2.000 marooned residents in Mono County, East-Central Cali fornia. Residents were low on fuel but had food. In Northern California, highway plows bit into snowdrifts which closed the two major highways over the mountains to Nevada U. S. 40 and 50 Tuesday. Their reopening was expected shortly. In the Rockies two snowstorms disrupted ground and air travel and left Denver streets almost im passable. The storm belt extended some 150 miles from Cheyenne, Wyo., to Colorado Springs. The biggest crisis was in Nevada where Gov. Charles Russell de clared state of emergency to qualify for federal assistance. Promptly 20 Army bulldozers were ordered sent to help save an esti mated $18,000,000 worth of imperil ed cattle and sheep. First Success Noted The first success was scored Thursday by aa. Idaho State De partment plmv.-It-opened -a-road for the feeding of 4.000 head of cattle in the Owyhee Indian Reser vation in Nevada's northern Elko County. Behind the plow came 100 tons of hay in six trucks. Most of the menaced cattle are in Elko County, where ranch roads have been snow-blocked more than two months. Most of the 2,000 persons who had been isolated in California's Mono County were north and south of the town of Leevining. SAN FRANCISCO Wl Snow drifts on California's Northern mountains are su unusually deep 20 feet and more that the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is sued warnings to ski fans to watch out for buried high voltage lines. The company warned that any skier would be killed if he came within seven feet of any snow buried lines. County Exchanges Land With Long Bell Firm Timberland in the Smith 'River area was deeded to the Long Bell Lumber Company by the county Thursday, the Forest Appraisal De partment reported. The land, for which Long Bell has paid $19,479, will be used in a land exchange with the Forest Service, it was reported. Purpose of the exchange is to con solidate Long Bell's timber hold ings, officials said. MISSES GOAL CAMBRIDGE. Eng. Wl Joseph Kester died Friday at the age of 104, 10 years short of the goal he set himself at his recent birthday party.. Annual Spring April 4-5 With All residents of Douglas County are invited to participate in the annual two-day Spring Flower Show, sponsored by the Roseburg Woman's Club, to be held April 4-5 in the new clubhouse on W. Mosher Street. According to a report by one of the leading committee members in charge of the program, the show should be a pleasure partic ularly to non-gardeners, a stimu lation to sluggish gardeners and an inspiration to active gardeners. The exhibitor is being advised to strive to raise his standard of qual ity, to develop his skill in growing flowers and increase his esthetic appreciation of flowers and their use. To accomplish all of these objec tives, definite standards must be met and maintained. A worthwhile show will develop an appreciation of well-grown flowers, an interest in a greater variety of flowers and the ability to arrange and use flowers properly and artistically. The purpose of sponsoring the hows is to have people enjoy the ROSEBURG, WASHINGTON 11 Far tht stcorfd successive year, th. I 1 1 i-i f : . nw Appropriation wvmmii- tee has cut out $700,000 budget Item for the construction of ac cess roads in tht Oregon and California grant lands. Explaining its action, the com mittee reported that "legislation relating to the distribution of re- mAe ,ccessible by ,he proposed i . a. k.. i. a; fliccaa lunua lias uui unu inuut- jfied and it is still the committee' opinion that the federal govern ment should not share in further capital improvements without de riving a larger share of the finan cial proceeds of harvesting the tim ber than is now provided for in the controlling legislation." By law, the Western Oregon counties in which the timber is located receive 50 per cent of the timber sale revenues. The division is soon to go 75 per cent to the counties and but 25 per cent to the government. Campus Chaotic In Rival Raids ANN ARBOR, Mich. Wl Spring came bustin' out all over fne usu ally staid University of Michigan campus Thursday night. It took a near-riotous form. Bands of youths raided women's dormitories and the women raided back. Assessing the damages Friday, university authorities found some broken windows and smashed doors. They blamed a spontaneous outbreak of spring fever: At its peak an estimateU 2,500 students were involved. The fun started with bands of men students invading the women's dorms, scattering underdosing about. The women formed counter raids and city police were called. A force of 10 officers responded but by that time the mob had split up into smaller groups which climbed on dormitory roofs, threw mud at fraternity and sorority houses and rocked the cars of po lice who tried to restore order. The seven hours of revelry sim mered down around 1:30 a.m. w'.ien spirits were dampened by a light drizzle and a fire hose was turned on the last band of marauders by residents of one of the women's dormitories. Oregon State Workers Again Ask Pay Boost SALEM im State workers ask ed again Thursday for a pay boost. A 5 per cent increase was asked by the Oregon State Employes As socation in a letter to the State Civil Service Commission. Association Secretary Forrest V. Stewart said 63 per cent of the state s employes quit last year be cause they were not getting enough pay. Even more will quit now that spring work is opening up more jobs in private industry, he said. He said food costs have gone up 11 per cent since employes got their last increase in November. 1950. The Association, which orinin- ally asked the increase three months ago, proposed that the boost be granted by moving each employe up two steps on the civil service scale. Flower Exhibit Scheduled Woman's Club Sponsorship use of more flowers in their homes, not only during the summer months, but throughout the year. Suggestions to the exhibitor have been offered and those exhibiting are asked to conform with the rules of the show. 1. Be sure the entry meets the requirements of the class It is being entered in. 2. Enter as many classes as pos sible. 3. Choose flowers the day before and protect them from rain. 4. Select specimen flowers first, arrangement of flowers last, and cut extra flowers to cover damage en-route. 5. Condition flowers by soaking in deep pails of water several hours before the show, before stag ing, remove buds in the individual flower classes. Remove old petals, fhiured foliage and faded flowers. 6. Choose containers carefully, consider their size, color and shape in relation to the flowers. Simple shaped, neutral colored and undec orated containers are the easiest to use. OREGON FRIDAY, MARCH In Jail Here 2 Women Prisoners Also Admit Car Theft, Violation Of Paroles Two women on parole from the California Women's prison at Te hachapi one of them convicted of killing her husband are held in the Douglas county jail in $2,500 bail each. State police identified them as Jean Benham, 30, Paradise, Calif., and Shirley Marie Clark, 32, Rock away Beach, Calif. Both waived preliminary hear ing in district court Thursday on charges of obtaining money by false pretenses. Their arrest here Wednesday by a state patrolman ended a trip from Paradise, officers disclosed today. During a trip from the California town, they admittedly passed worthless checks at Yreka, Calif., Medford and Roseburg, state pa trolman Joe Haystead reported. Wanted In California Both are wanted by California authorities on charges of parole violation, auto theft, theft of per sonal property and obtaining mo ney by false pretenses, Haystead advised. They are also wanted, he said, by the FBI on a charge of interstate transportation of a stol en motor vehicle and by Jackson County on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. Tean Benham :d been paroled from tht California women's pris on last Feb. 19. She had been com mitted Dec. 15, 1949 on a 15-year manslaughter sentence for killing her husband with a butcher knife, Haystead explained. He added that Shirley Clark had been con victed on a grand theft charge in 1942 and was committed to prison later for violation of probation. Car Theft Admitted . Both women were apprehended at Wilbur after one had passed a $10 bad check to pay for a night's lodging at Rose-Etta Lodge. After prolonged questioning, by officers, the women admitted the theft of a Paradise man's car and assumption of his deceased wife's identity. One of them used the dead woman's name as an alias in passing the checks, police said. They told officers they were headed for Seattle. City police in Yreka arrested them after one of the checks had been passed, but allowed them to continue after res titution for the amount of the check. Damaging Club House Charged To Four Boys Four juvenile boys, ages 10 to 13, were cited to juvenile court on charges that they did $150 dam age to a club house belonging to the South Umpqua Rod and Gun Club, the sheriff's office reported Thursday. Armed with three air rifles, the boys reportedly shot holes through windows, shot out a window in a door, broke inside and tried to rip open a door to the ammunition room and tried to break off the hings of another door, officers sain. The club house is off the Riddle Canyonville Road some two miles west of Canyonville.. 7. Do not crowd flowers, use no more than necessary and shorten stems if desirable. . 8. Do not use too many kinds of flowers, do not use too many colors and do not use colors in equal quantity. 9. Keep the arrangements as sim ple as possible. Agtd Cimtllii Still Blooms There is a very old camellia, brought to this county by Fendel Sutherlin about 50 years ago from Japan and planted in Sutherlin Val ley. This tree was moved to the garden of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Haines in Kellogg. The bush, an unnamed seedling, is believed t be one of the oldest in Oregon. The 12-foot tree still blooms pro fusely over a long period and pro duces tiny buds, which open into delicately shaded flowers rather similar in form and color to the camellia, "Princess 'Nngaskic." Blooms from the bush will be fea tured at the Woman's Club Flow er Show. This camellia bush is something of a floral attraction in I its home area. 21, 1952 - If "V PVT. MELVIN B. DeOOBBELAERE, above, member of the 511th Airborne Signal Co., Fort Compbell, Ky.( lost Sat urday received his master jump wings, aworded for his having completed 50 parachute jumps. He is the first soldier to make that manv jumos during a six-monlh training schedule, and was the only one in his company to receive the special award. He has been in the service since May of last year, but in airborne training only the last six months. His wife resides in Roseburg at 1044 E. 3rd St. 6V2 YEARS AFTER WAR U.S. Senate Votes Okay Of Peace Pact With Japan; Reparations Phase Eased WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate has overwhelmingly niiDroved a eeneroug peace treaty with Japan six and one-half years after the surrender in Toyko Bay ended World War II. President Truman is expected to sign it promptly.. N.W. Truckers Win Rates Hike WASHINGTON 11 The Inter state Commerce Commission Thursday approved the full six per cent rate increase sought by Pa cific Northwest motor freight car riers. Tho Increase, matching a rate hike approved for Western rail roads last year, was authorized for some 250 trucking companies belonging to the Pacific Inland Tar iff Bureau and operationg in Wash ington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, California and Utah. It is effective on one day's notice to customers. In .granting the full six per cent rate boost, the ICC overruled an examiner who had recommended four per cent and the Office of Price Stabilization which had asked the commission to hold any in crease to not more than two per cent. The ICC said the carriers had proved their case for a six per cent advance on the basis of in creased costs for labor and ma terials in the past year. Dr. Alton Dalros Heads New Officers Of Elks Dr. Alton Dalros was - elected exalted ruler of the Roseburg Elks lodge at the annual election meet ing Thursday night. He will suc ceed E. C. Nolle. Walter Allen was chosen esteemed . leading knight and Arlo Jacklin esteemed loyal knight. Gordon Larlson was elected esteemed lecturing knight; Robert Helliwell. secretary: Ivan Pickens, treasurer, and Archie El liott, tiler. A. J. Ellison and Marshall Haughn were named trustees, the former for a five-year term and the latter for a two-year term. The lodge session followed a pot luck dinner served by the Lady Elks. Bogart, Leigh Awarded Film Academy Oscars HOLLYWOOD W Humphrey Bogart, Vivien Leigh and "An American In Paris" won the prin cinal Oscars Thursday night in Hollywood's annual Academy Awards Festival. Rneart was an obvious scntimen lal selection for best actor award as the in-loving skipper in "The African Queen." Miss Leigh was a pre-award favorite for the best actress Oscar for her portrayal of a faded beauty in "Streetcar Named Desire." But the UDset mood of the night in the Pantages Theater prevailed in the best picture award "An American in Paris" was a dark horse. Most of the pre-award polls figured "Streetcar" as a run away choice. 69-52 Thirty-eight Democrats and 28 Republicans supported the treaty late Thursday as it rolled up, a 66 to 10 favorable vote, fur more than the required two-thirds. The document provides that It must be approved by at least seven of 12 nations, nil with vital inter ests in the Pacific. So far it has been approved by five of these, in addition to the United States, rncy arc: urcar Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Cevlon and .lanan Itself. Yet to act are Canada, France, Indonesia, The Netherlands, Pakistan and the Philippines. The Senate also approved three Pacific Security pacts which the administration has said were of equal importance. Islands Surrendered The Jannncse peace treaty re stores the full sovereignty of Japan over ita home islands. But she renounces title to Korea, Formo sa, and a number of other Islands. Japan agrees to apply for U.N. membership and live peaceably in accordance with U.N. charter prin ciples. ' ' Her obligation to pay repara tions is recognized; but the treaty says that because of limited re sources these payments should be confined to assets she has in sur plus excess labor and unused plant capacity. Under the security treaty, the United States is given the right to keep military forces in and around Japan. An administrative agree ment already has been signed cov ering the facilities to be used by these forces. Japan also agrees not to grant any military ba.ses to a third pow er without U. S. consent. All's Ready For Spring Opening; Auto Displays Will Occur In Garages New model automobiles will b. displayed by dtal.rt In th. show rooms of local garages dur ing tonight's spring opening, r.thar than on Jackson Strt. This anneunc.met was mad. following a msating of dealers Thursday, Show rooms of th. ag.nci.s, how.v.r, will b. spe cifically arranged for add.d at traction. Th. w.ath.r bur.au pr.diction Is for warming w.ath.r tonight, as winds ar. shifting from a southerly dtr.ction off th. coast. Th. formal spring op.ning It scheduled b.tw.en th. hours of 7 and 9 p.m., when local stores will b. open for butln.it and for Inspection of merchendiie by th. g.n.ral public. CONSCIENTIOUS YECO LONDON W) A cracksman with a conscience blew open the safe at a trucking depot here early Friday. He took 1.000 pounds f$2.800), but nascpri tin a collection box full 'of coins for the blind. Companies' Approval Still Required To Put Down Threat Of Strike WASHINGTON Elated CIO Steelworkers early Friday accept ed a government pay boost propos al ana canceled a weekend strike threat, but a new walkout dan- gcr loomed on April 8 if the steel industry turns down the recom mendations. Philip Murray's union jubilant ly approved a Wage Stabilization Board plan for settling the steel labor dispute which has been go ing on since last November. Voted by public and labor mem ber over stiff industry objections, it calls for a three-installment pay boost that will eventually total 17 Vt cents an hour, plus other con cessions including the union shop. These concessions, in dollars and cents, were estimated variously might eventually mean 2Vj cents an hour. The board said they would amount to 5 cents; industry spokes man guessed 12 Vi and said they might eventually mean 2 Vi cents an hour extra. Complicated S.ttl.m.nt The complicated settlement in cludes union benefits in geographi cal and shift differentials and in holiday and vacation pay. The Steelworkers would gain roughly 10 per cent In their basic hourly earnings under the WSB formula. The union had asked for 18 W cent hourly pay boosts with other concessions estimated to bring the overall increased costs to around 35 cents an hour. Steel companies gave no Imme diate reaction to the WSB plan, promising to do so later Friday. But WSB's industry members earli er denounced the proposal in 1 blistering statement as unfair and inflationary. Fr.sh Parley Aik.d Murray, announcing his rourtn delay in strike plans, called for renewed negotiations starting Mon day with steel companies here and at Pittsburgh. The chief or both the cio ana the million-member Steelworkers Union said if no settlement with steel firms is reached by April , the unions will give 9 hours no tice and strike April 8. Thus if the industry refuses to go along with the WSB recommen dations an eventual strike appears inevitable. The steel firms have claimed all along they could grant no Wage boosts unless they were accompanied by compensating price increases. Russia Stresses Germ War Myth MOSCOW t The campaign anainst alleged U. S. germ war fare in Korea is being whipped to a high pitci here. Izveslia, The Soviet government newspaper, Friday published a de claration by Patriarch Alexei of tho Russian Orthodox Church and three leading metropolitans con demning alleged bacteriologi cal war tare in Korea. Soviet press reports repeated previous charges in Peiping that the United states is now using poi son gas on the Korean front. Mos cow papers reported a continuing wave of protest meetings through out the Soviet Union. Wrath and Indignation" was the headline over a story of a meeting at Alma Alta. "Monstrous Atrocities American Imperialists," said the headline over the story from Khabarovsk. Russia refused in the United Na tions Commission Thursday to sup port a United States proposal tor an impartial investigation by the International Red Cross of the Communist germ warfare charges. The United States has repeatedly denied the charges. Damage Suit Alleges Sheep Killed By Dogs Suit charging two dogs ran ram pant on a ranch, killing 26 ewes and 39 lambs, has been filed in Circuit Court by Merle H. Doering, who owns a ranch on . Roberts Mountain. Defendants In the suit are Al fred and Jane Doe Roberts, Dil lard. The complaint charges the two dogs killed the animals between Jan. 26 and Jan. 28. Damages of $1,235 are asked. TRUCK RATI UPPED SALEM W Charles H. Heltzel, Oregon public utilities commiss ioner, granted rate increases Thursday to truckers who haul household goods. Heltzcl said the boost was grant ed to meet increased costs. He said the amount of the increases was short of what the truckers asked. Levity Fact Rant By L. F. Reizenstein Discussion of Korean ar mistice terms, begun last August, have been switched by the Chinese Reds to in numerable extraneous sub jects, until one wonders how long it will be before they join tht current marathon on juvenile delinquency.