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ANNE APPLEGATE KRUSE
Descendant Of Oregon Pioneers
Of 1843. Author Of 2 Historical
Works, Entry Of Yoncalla Club
A Yoncalla author, who has had two historical works pub
lished and is now working on another, is the 6th nominee for
Dowager Queen of the Douglas Centennial.
Seventy-seven-year-old Anne Ap-
plegate Kruse is the granddaugh
ter of Charles Applcgate, and
great niece of Lindsay and Jesse
Applegate, who arrived in Oregon
in 1843.
She is sponsored by the Yon
calla Women's Club. She has writ
ten "Ilosesliips, a Tale of Southern
Oregon," and "Yoncalla, Home
of the Eagles." She's now work
ing on a book on the early settle
ment of Western Oregon, particu
larly Douglas County.
A member of the Yoncalla Sad
dle Club, Mrs. Kruse has also
been president of the Yoncalla
Civic Club for the last three
years.
She is credited with developing
the West Park Place of Yoncalla,
where nearly a hundred new
homes have risen. She has also
presented an attractive area as
a public park and playground.
She was master of the Elk
Creek Grange for three years and
is a charter member of the Yon
calla Women's Club.
Mrs. Kruse was born in Yon
calla and was married Nov. 8.
1893. She has four sons, two of
whom are in the lumber business
in Drain and Yoncalla. The old
est, Roy W. Kruse, was killed in
World War I while serving in
France.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
From Korea:
"U. S. marines today beat back
400 Chinese reds charging Bunker
Ridge, which had been won earlier
bv the Leathernecks. . . A U.S.
Eighth army staff officer said the
Chinese suffered heavy casualties
in their attack on the entrenched
marines."
Before today's attack on Bunker
Bidge began, the marines estimat
ed they had killed or wounded 553
reds in the Bunker Ridge sector
since bitter fighting erupted there
last Saturday.
You will note, of course, that in
these bloody ruckuses we enum
erate the scalps of our fallen foes
(back in the early days of the
West, the Mountain Men called it
"counting coos") with meticulous
accuracy, but mention our own
losses only in weekly casualty lists.
Still, it is obvious, even on this
basis of comparison, that in the
Korean fighting enemy losses out
number our own many, many
times over. That leads to these
what are the reds up to?
Why do they go on taking these
hravy losses .ponth in ami month
""iu nl yMin a.ndn yrr, n!!t?,
Whv have they stalled along for
a vea'r on truce negotiations when
they apparently have no inten-
tinn to agree to a tnire?
iA-JJ.1." th.enL."U STRATEGY
Do you remember the old, old
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The Weather
Cloudy in the morning, fair in
the afttrnoon today and Thursday.
Hightit tamp, for any Aug 104
Lowtit temp for any Aug 3
Highest ttmp. tut 24 houri 81
lowest temp. Ust 24 hours 55 I
Proeip. last 24 hours 0
Procip. from August I Tr.
Proeip. from Stpt, I
as 2i
S.S1
Excess
Sunnf today, p.m. DST
Sunrise tomorrow, 4:17 p.m. DST
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Beerle-lnfesteJ
Umpqua Forest
Timber Is Sold
In three' sales Tuesday after
noon, 1,905,000 board feet of Ump
qua National Forest beetle-infest'
ed timber went to high bidders
for $27,809.25.
The Canyon Logging C. of Can
yonville was successful bidder on
1,210,000 feet on Zinc Creek in
the South Umpqua district. They
bid $16,263, with rates of $14.25
per thousand for Douglas fir;
$37.60 for sugar pine; and $1.10
for white fir and other species.
Also bidding on this sale were
the Fuller Bros. Logging Co. of
Days Creek, Powell Logging Co.
of Tiller, and Harbor Plywood of
Riddle.
A bid of $7,796.25 gave the Rose
burg Lumber Co. 495,000 feet on
Little River on the North Ump
qua. Rates were $15.75 for Doug
las fir; $4.75 for cedar and $7.35
for hemlock and other species.
Sun Studs of Roseburg also bid
on this sale.
W. L. Cavin and Sons of Little
River were successful bidders on
200,000 feet, also in the Little Riv
er area, with a price of $3,750.
Rates Wert $18.75 for Douglas fir;
and $51.10 for hemlock.
Feur firms also bidding were
Sun Studs Inc., and North Ump
qua Timber Co., Floyd Felt, and
the Roseburg Lumber Co., all of
Roseburg.
Sixty cents per thousand was
collected on the Zinc Creek sale
for replanting purposes. No re
planting fees were asked on the
two Little River sales because the
area is so small.
Green timber in the Bohemia
district will be sold Friday aft
ernoon. STOCKYARDS FIRE
JOPLIN. Mo. 11 Four bulldinss
were destroyed and about 100
mules died in a fire which blaicd
through the stockyards here last
nipht.
No immediate estimate of dam-
na In th varHa was Bvailahle.
but loss of the animals was placed
at about $10,000. -
Heavy Cost Of Forest Fires,
Prevention Need Stressed-'
By 'Oregon Green' Official
! "When timber burns, everybody loses." stated Albert
Wiesendanfrer, executive secretary of the Keep Oregon Green
Association Inc.
Wiesendanirer .addressed the Roseburg Kiwanis Club
V '"c"u,"c' " j ... . . .. r( t
i Tuesday noon and showed slides depicting effects of forest
fires and the need for their prevention, in order to preserve,
no; onv the timber, but our water resources, fish and game
life and mountain forage crops.
were several members of the Keep
Oregon Green Committee. The
committee members, not all of
whom were present, are Leroy Hi
att, Sam Ware. Dick Gilman, Carl
Hill, Harold Woolley, .lames Slat
lery, John Skaluren, Fred South
wick, represented by Brace Fer
guson; Eugene Springer, Homer
Grow, Walter Fisher, Earl Jeff
ries. Earl Plummer, Walt Olms
cheid, John Amacher, and Chair-
I man Vern Harpham who Intro
! dured the members present.
.rf,., , P, n.
I .nce(i k, contributions, with its
sole objective lo reduce man
caused fires. Its functions are lo
constantly keep before the people
the need for keeping the forests
Established 1873
Gov. Stevenson Tightens
County Fair
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Of Three Days
Ready To Bow
Races, Roping Contests
Scheduled Each Night;
Money For Exhibitors
Saddle horse, chariot, stake and
pole bending races are scheduled
for each night of the Douglas Coun
ty Fair, which begins Thursday
and ends Saturday at the Fail
grounds. Racing events start at 8 p.m.
all tiirce nights in tne grandstand
arena.
Calf roping contests are also
planned for the three nights. The
roper with the best average 'n
Thursday and Friday contests will
be the winner.
Separate jackpot calf roping will
be held Saturday night. Winners
in both roping contests will re
ceive $100 plus entry fees.
Kids will race saddle horses
each night, as well as adults.
There'll be two adult races a
night.
Contestants in all the riding con
tests must register by 6 p.m. the
day of the event in the fair office
in the main exhibit building on
the Fairgrounds. For the Thurs
day and Friday calf roping, regis
tration must be received by 6 p.m.
Thursday, Bob Borland, fair man
ager, reports.
Participating 4-H Club and Fu
ture Farmers of America mem
b?rs are busv bringing their live
stock and homemaking exhibits
into the Fairground right now.
Judging will start Thursday and
continue throifgh Saturday.
About $1,500 in cash awards will
be made to youthful exhibitors.
. Fair gates open to spectators
at 9 a.m. each morning, and close
about 10 p.m., after the roping and
riding events. Admission price to
the Fairgrounds is as cents for
both children and adults.
Special importation for fair-goers
will be a handwriting analyst
from San Francisco, Borland says.
She's called "Patricia the Hand
writing Expert" and will set up
her booth on the fairgrounds.
Illinois Demos
Pick New Chief
SPRINGFIELD, 111. Ml - Gov.
Adlai Stevenson backed by
a brand new display of harmony
in the Democratic high command
issued a call Wednesday for . a
special nine-member committee to
meet here Saturday and begin
charting his campaign strategy.
The call came as Stevenson's
Illinois partisans won an intra
party row with the selection of Lt.
Gov. Sherwood Dixon to head the
state Democratic ticket in the Nov.
4 election.
Stevenson supported Dixon as
"the logical choice" to replace him
as Democratic nominee for govern
or of Illinois a spot Stevenson re
linquished when the Democratic
national convention nominated him
for president.
The 25-member state Democrat
Ic Central Committee picked Dixon
by a slim margin over Secretary
of State Edward J. Barrett to op
nose Republican William G. Strata
ton in November. Stratton, state
treasurer, is a former Congress-
man.
green. This is done through news
paper and radio publictiy, and
through distribution of literature,
window cards and automobile
stickers.
Better cooperation of loggers,
tighter restrictions on operators as
well as educational means he at
tributed as reasons for reported
lessening of man-caused fires this
year.
Douglas Toll Small
To date in Douglas county there
have been 19 man-caused firs
this year. Of these four were on
national forest lands and 15 on
state and private lands. Of the
total IS were caused by lng3ing
operations, three by burning of
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'shp Erec,ion Job
jAt Roseburg High
Given Eugene Firm
The Industrial Building Co. of
Eugene was awarded the contract
(or construction of the new shop
building at the Roseburg Senior
High School at a special meeting
of the District 4 school board
Tuesday night.
The Eugene firm was lowest of
seven bidders on the contract,
with a basic price of $173,495, less
$558 on an alternate which pro
vides for deduction for insula
tion. For the second time in two
nights, the board went into closed
session to consider the shop build
ing contract. Their first closed
meeting was Monday night, im
mediately after the bids were
opened. The low bid was about
$10,000 more than the board bad
expected to pay.
Reinforced concrete construc
tion will be used in the new shop.
The building, one and part two
stories in height, will contain sep
arate woodworking, metal craft,
leather craft, automobile mechan
ic and agriculture shops and class
rooms. Location will be adjacent to the
Library Arts Building where the
high school parking lot is now.
John A. Beck and his son, Jack
E., of Industrial Building were
present at the meeting. Also there
were Stewart Tuft of Freeman,
Hayslip and Tuft, architects of
Portland, and Van Svarerud Jr.,
the firm's local representative.
Board members briefly discuss
ed possible locations for a six-to-eight
classroom building at the
Rose School.
Whisker Growers'
Contest Slated
" Whisker growers who qualify
will be eligible to compete for
some 28 prizes, contributed oy
merchants of Roseburg. The con
test, to be held Aug. 23, is part of
the Douglas County Centennial pro
gram. Place fof official judging
will be announced later.
Judges include Marjorie Miles,
Pat Kertesr, Gaye Mowery, Roy
Rose and Bill Thompson. Official
whisker pullers are Queen Bar
bara Peterson, Virginia Schmidt
and Barbara Wilcox of Riddle
and Jean McCormick, Glide.
Stewart Stephenson, chairman of
the beard contest, extended the
appreciation of himself and his
committee to the merchants who
have been generous in their gift
offers to winners in the five div
isions of the beard contest.
These divisions are longest, most
unique, bushiest, most colorful and
scrawniest.
Men intending to compete must
register is Whiskilantes, in the
particular class in which they wish
to be included. Registration may
be made at Fullerton Rexall Drug
S'ore, where prizes are on dis
play. Murder Of Babysitter
Charged To Youth, 18
SANTA ANA, Calif. tiPi William
F. Rupp Jr., 18-year-nld ranchhand
captured after a five-day hunt,
was b o o k k e d on suspicion of
minder today hi the sex killing
of a 15-year-old babysitter.
: Orange County Sheriff's Deputy
Jess Buckle said the youth admit
ted shooting Ruby Ann Payne last
Friday after she resisted him.
He surrendered without a strug
gle shortly before midnight after
being recognized ordering food in
a cafe at Brea, about 15 miles
north of here near the Los Angeles
County line. '
Young Rupp was employed as
a beekeeper at the ranch of Harry
Dyer of Yorba Linda, whose chil
dren Miss Payne was watching
when fatally shot with a .22-caliber
rifle.
Fire Fighters Called
To Diamond Lake Area
Three fire fighters were hiking
in today to the scene of a small
forest blaze northeast of Big Cam
as, in the Diamond Lake area.
U. S. Forest Service spotters
reported the blaze had burned over
about a hdlf acre of timber land.
It was believed to be a blaze that
had smouldered in the wake of
last week's lightning storms.
Free Kindergartens
Await Vote At Eugene
EUGENE if Eugene schoo'
district 4 voters will decide Sept
23 whether or not they want puhlic
suppnrted kindergartens. The
school board has estimated it will
cost $2."0.000 to establish the free
kindergarten system and another
$84,000 lo operate it the first year.
Currently Eugene schools offer
kindergarten classes but charge a
special monthly registration fee.
. ROSEBURG, OREGON WEDNESDAY,
Boy Scouts'
Wreck Plan
Of Commies
Investigation Reveals
Party's Plot To Gain
Ends By Infiltraion
WASHINGTON I - A Commu
nist scheme to infiltrate the Boy
Scout movement and feed its
youngster-members "Communism
with sugar coating" was described
in sworn testimony made public
Wednesday by Senate investigators.
The Internal Security subcommit
tee in a report to the Senate termed
it part of a Moscow-inspired plan
to warp generations of teen-agers
to the Kremlin's views, in the
schools, colleges, churches and
youth organizations.
"I can conceive of few greater
crimes," said Senator McCarran
(D-Nev), the subcommittee chair
man, in a statement released with
the report. McCarran now is in
Reno, Nev.
The report includes a transcript
ot sworn testimony given last
March 5 by Harvey M. Matusow
of Dayton, Ohio, a self-styled form
er Communist now an agent of the
Ohio Commission on Un-American
Activities. The hearing was behind
closed doors.
Matusow said -the Communists,
after a futile effort in the 1930's to
undermine the Scout movement,
switched to the infiltration plan,
under which they hoped to mix
secret Red agents among the
scouts.
The subcommittee published
photographic copies of Communist
literature Matusow said was used
in 1930 and later In an effort to set
up a Communist-led organization
known as 'Young Pioneers" as a
rival to the Boy Scouts.
"The Boy Scouts is an organiza
tion for capitalist wars!" read cap
tions emblazoned on the covers of
this literature.
"Smash the Boy Scouts! Join the
Young Pioneers!"
The document was larded with
slogans that "Boy Scouts are for
bosses' wars" and "Boy Scouts
take part in murder of striking
workers."
Mrs. Helen Glenn Hurt
In Collision Of Autos
Mrs. Helen Curtis Glenn of Idle
yld Route, Roseburg, was treated
today at Community Hospital for
shock, cuts and bruises suffered
this morning when the auto she
was driving hit another near Phyl
lis' Cafe on Garden Valley road.
She was taken to the hospital
by Mohr Ambulance Service. Mrs.
Glenn is an employee at Veterans
Hospital.
SAYS ARNALL TO QUIT
BOSTON I Economic Stabiliz
er Roger L. Putnam says OPS
Director Ellis Arnall probably will
resign Sept. 1 against the wishes
of President Truman.
Putnam told newsmen last night
that both he and Truman want
Arnall lo stay on the job.
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MAILMAN WHO RARELY RANG Groy-haired, 50-year-old mailman Roman Kortes of De
troit, Mich., threads his way through the basement of his home as post office inspectors be
gan examination of a huge collection of miscellaneous mail Kortes admitted he hadn't deliv
ered in the last four yeors. He has carried mail for almost 28 years but he said he got tired of
his heovy pock four years ago
things 1 5,000 circulars and
AUGUST 13, 1952
Campaign
Truman Will Have Role
Of Subordinate, Result
Of White House Huddle
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON UP) Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois
tightened his command over his presidential drive Wednes
day, with President Truman ready to take campaign orders.
As a result of an historic if somewhat indecisive
White House conference Tuesday, Stevenson had assurances
he could count on Truman as a subordinate member of his
Ike Flays Demo
Aim To Continue
Truman Policies
DENVER I Dwight D. Eisen
hower says Adlai Stevenson's
White House visit shows the Tru
man administration is determined
to continue its policies through its
hand-picked successor.
Those policies. Gen. Eisenhow
er charges, have carried the na
tion to a situation "of bewilder
ment, indecision and fear for the
future."
In his sharpest attack on the
Democrats since his own nomina
tion for the presidency, Eisen
hower declared Tuesday night in
a written statement the Washing
ton conferences between Gov. Ste
venson of Illinois and administra
tion leaders presented these "far-
reaching
mplications:
1. The question as to whether
the President and his cabinet "can
possibly contemplate using re -
' isuerai Koverninew
lo influence
the judgments of
voters."
2. An implied decision tu involve
non-political officers, through the
inclusion of military and national
security personnel In the meetings,
in a political campaign "in which
they have no pari."
3. "The obvious fact that the
Democratic party, if given another
four years to control our destinies,
would not change its policies."
"The American people want a
change," Eisenhower said flatly.
Then he gave a hint of issues he
will pound at during his campaign
by declaring:
"They want a change in order
to replace corruption with honesty;
reckless spending with economy;
inflation with economic stability;
mismanagement in foreign affairs
with clear-cut policies and pro
grams for positive peace; brazen
assertions of 'inherent power' with
constitutional government, both in
spirit and deed."
County Employes Will
Tour Springfield Mill
V
A large group of Douglas County
employes are traveling to Spring
field this evening to make a tour
of the Weyerhaueser Timber Co.
plant.
About 70 employes, traveling in
private cars, will leave here
around S p.m., daylight time (5
p.m. standard time), and drive to
Springfield. They will be guests of
the company at dinner around 8
p.m. DST, and then make the
tour of the company's huge saw
mill, plywood plant and pulp mill
operations.
and brought many pieces home.
letters, boxes of merchandise and
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Control
team,
And it was strictly up to the
Democratic presidential nominee
as to wnen and where he would
insert Truman in the lineup.
That was to be determined later
in line with Truman's statement
that "details will be worked out it
a later date.
White House aides said Truman
probably will make about a half
dozen speeches in key areas where
his give- em-hell style is calculat
ed to do the most good for candi
dates for the Senate and House
whom Truman wants Csic.cd.
The President was quoted by an
authoritative source as offering to
undertake a whistle stop tour for
the Democratic ticket, but as tell
ing Stevenson:
"You are the one who has got lo
run the campaign it is up to you."
Stevenson apparently made no
direct reply.
But some of his friends believe
about the last thine he now wanta
I the nresirlpnt In rin i In take 1a
1 1 he uhi slip stone sinre nnv xtirh
move might distract attention from
, the nominee's own efforts to carry
nis cause to the country.
lkt Delivers Thrust
However, Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower, Stevenson's Republican op
ponents for the presidency, blasted
the white House meeting with a
statement that Truman and his
cabinet obviously want the people
to know that the Democratic nom-
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Idaho Foe Of UN
Wins At Election
BOISE, Idaho iP Rep. John
T. Wood, one of the most out
spoken foes of the United Nations
in Congress, won the Republican
re-nomination from Idaho's First
Congressional District in Tuesday's
primary, I
The big, bald-headed physician,
who served a term as Socialist
mayor of Coeur D'Alene in 1912,
charged in his campaign that the
U.N. charter was written primarilv
UNESCO as "the greatest subver
sive plot in history."
Returns from 320 of 300 precints
-,ave Wood 14,379 to 12,266 for
.lis oDDonent. State Sen. Erwin
! Schwiebert. Schwiebert conceded
Wood's nomination.
Wood will be opposed in the
November general election by
Mrs. Grarie Pfost of Nampa, a red
haired real estate dealer whom he
defated in the 1950 general elec
tion by but 783 votes.
Rep. Hamer Budge (R-Idaho)
was unopposed In the Second Con
gressional District GOP nominat
ing race.
Democrat W. H. (Pete) Jensen,
a farmer from Downey, will oppose
him in the general election. Jen
sen also had no opposition.
Inspectors found among other
a huge pile of magazines. (AP)
Oy Marines
Navy's Carrier Planet
Deal Smashing Blows
To Enemy's Supplies
SEOUL, Korea I U.S. Ma
rines and artillery Wednesday cut
to ribbons 750 Chinese Communists
assaulting the Leathernecks en
trenched in prefabricated bunkers
atop Bunker Hill on the Korea
Western front.
The battalion-size attack seconil
major bid of the Chinese to re
capture the height was broken at
dawn. Chinese losses were de
scribed as very heavy.
The Marine commander, Maj.
Gen. John T. Selden, said the stra
tegic ridge overlooking the Pan-
munjom truce site "is Marine ter
ritory now. We certainly are going
to hang on to it."
Marine foot soldiers, supported i
k Inn.- IkiMHii.- I . 1 '.
uj uaiiic-imuwiiiK capiurea
the strongly fortified height and
iicnmy omnia nui eany luesaay.
ine Kens counter-attacked at
dusk but were thrown back with
heavy losses.
RH Supplies Bartered
The Navy said its carrier nlanex
struck a heavy blow against major
nea supply and troop concentra
tions south of Wonsan, heavily bat
tered east coast port city.
The Navy said 40 buildings. In
cluding barracks were flattened
with heavy casualties to Red
troops.
All carrier planes returned safe
ly, the Navy said, but reluming
pilots reported heavy flak over
the target area.
Communist shore guns near Won
san shelled Yodo Island, about IS
miles northeast of Wonsan. hitting
the small repair ship USS Grapple.
The Navy said damage was slight
and that there were no casualties.
The Navy added that the de
stroyer Jarvis destroyed a train
a locomotive and 14 tank and box
cars. The ship's 5-inch guns scored
a direct hit on the locomotive and
then nicked off the stalled cars
at will.
Girl's Attacker
Handed 20-Year
Pricnn enfanre
"My only regret Is that I ean't
send you to the gas chamber,"
slated Circuit Judge Carl E. Wim
berly late Tuesday in sentencing
James David Church, 22, Myrtle
Creek, to the state penitentiary
for 20 years on a charge of rape.
Church, accused of raping a 9-year-old
Sutherlin girl Sunday
night, after he had lured her from
a parked car, pleaded guilty to the
charge.
Action in the case was sneedr.
Upon arraignment in justice court
Monday, Church waived prelimin
ary hearing. He also waived grand
jury action and went before Judge
Wimberly on the district ettor
ney'i information the same after
noon. He asked for one day in
which to enter a plea.
Church had nothing to say In
his defense, admitting the charge
instead.
Meanwhile the small girl is still
confined at Mercy Hospital, but
is recovering from her injuries.
She and three other small chil
dren had been left briefly in
a parked car near the carnival
that was part of Sutherlin's Tim
ber Days Festival, according to
report of witnesses to Sutherlin
police.
Authorities said the girl was
apparently lured from the car
about 8 p.m. Sunday on the pre
tense that she would be taken to
the carnival. Later, when the par
ents returned and were unable to
find the child, they notified Suth
erlin police.
The child, injured from the as
sault, with her clothing torn, wa
found that night along a road near
the carnival grounds.
Church was arrested early Mon
day morning.
Census Of Glide School
District Scheduled
The problem of taking Glide
District's school census will start
Aug.. 25, the board announced fol
lowing its meeting Monday night.
The district includes. the area
from Deer Creek on the
west, through to Toketee Falls
and the Diamond Lake area. It ex
tends from Sutherlin district on
the north to Myrtle Creek on the
south. It is one of the largest in
the slate and has an assessed val
uation in excess of $3,000,000.
The Glide district is nearing
first class status. If it reaches
1,000 children of school age, listed
as ages 4 to 20. it will be eligible
to become a first class district,
tnt it tn&w thn withdraw frnm
the Rural School District, at the
discretion of the voters.
Members of the Parent-Teacheri
association will take the census.
Areas to cover will be decided
later, said Snpt. Byron Evans.
Levity Fact Rant
evity
By L. r.
Reizenstein
The current hog disease,
vesicular exanthema, it not
transmitted to humans, we are
assured, but thera Is no guar
antee of immunity from lock
I jaw trying ta pronounee It.