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CANDY "SMOKES" OUTLAWED ' Micheal Miller,' 5,
of Fargo, N. D., "puffs" on one of his last candy cig
' arettes. The North Dakota governor signed a bill passed
by the recent legislature forbidding sale or possession
of candy packaged to resemble cigarettes. The law goes
into effect July 1. Violation is punishable by a fine up to
$1,000. and jail sentence up to 90 days. Bill sponsors
contended the candy fags inspired use of tobacco by young
sters. (AP Wirephoto)
U.S. Seeks Ships Trading
Communist Countries
WASHINGTON UP The U. S. government hat gone
after IS ships it says were trading with Communist coun
tries and has announced it is pointing' its legal weapons
at many more. ' , .
Two separate actions were taken yesterday:
Hospital Open
House Tuesday
ruisRnurir i.nmmunuv nnxmini
willhald ooen house for its new
, addition Tuesday afternoon- and
evening, Manager J. w. McAlvin
: announced today.
Open house In the wing will be
from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6:30
to S p.m.
The 23 -bed addition brings the
hospital's capacity to 67 beds, a
real boon to facilities and to the
community, McAlvin said.
Total cost of the project and
equipment was a little more than
$103,000. Construction began last
October. Roald, Schmeer and Har
rington of Portland was the archi
tectural firm and the Wiley Com
pany of Ashland the general con
tractor. Tuesday The News-Review will
print a special salute to the hos
pital and its progress.
Walter Allen Elected
Head Of Elks Lodge
Walter Allen was elected exalt
ed ruler of the Roseburg Elks
Lodge at the regular meeting
Thursday nig.it, succeeding Dr.
Alton Dalros, who has served dur
ing the past year. .
Other officers named at Thurs
day's election are Ark) Jacklin,
esteemed leading knight; Gordon
Carlson, esteemed loyal knight;
John Trozelle, esteemed lecturing
knight; O. E. Fosback, scretary;
Ivan Pickens, treasurer; : . Arne
Copple, filer; Franklyn Voyt,
trustee; Adrian Fisher, alternate
representative.
In The Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
This is the RIO question that
troubles all of us:
' Is shooting war NEARER be
cause of Stalin's death, or is it
farther off?
Because West Germany is look
ing practically into the muzzles of
Russian guns, lt's see what the
Germans think about it. Chan
cellor Adenauer, addressing the
lower house of (he West German
parliament, 'ays West Germany
must HURRY -AND REARM be
cause the death of Joseph Stalin
has increased the danger of war.
He adds:
"We Germans and the rest of
the world are in great danger. And
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The Weather
Partly cloudy with scattered
showers tonight. Sunday, cloudy
with rain late in the day.
Highest temp, last 14 hours .... 45
Lowest tamp, last 24 hours . .... I
Highest temp, for any March 15
Lowest temp, tor any March II
. Precip. last 14 hours - JO
Precip. from March 1 . 1.44
Praeip. from Sept. 1 M.30
Excess from Sept. I . J.J7
Sunset today, 4:U p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 4:11 a.m.
I. The Maritime Administration
declared the mortgages on 14 Lib
erty ships sold to Greek com
panies in default because the own
ers naa not submitted annual in
spection certificates. This could be
a preliminary to foreclosimt the
mortgages, but the owners have a
cnance u. Maye.oB. that , aetton.
2. At Transbay Richmond, Calif,,
the government seized the Seven
Seas, a 10,195 ton tanker, charging
it naa oeen bought illegally by
aliens using U. S. citizens as
dummies. V
The 14 Liberty ships were said
to be scattered all over the world
and the next step to be taken in
tneir case was not immediately
apparent.
Sen. McCarthy (R-Wia) said
and a Maritime Administration
spokesman confirmed that they
were on a list of 96 that allegedly
have been trading with Commu
nist countries. McCarthy has been
demanding that the government
look into the possibility of repos
sessing the ships.
They are vessels sold, under
mortgages, by the government.
The terms of the mortgages place
no restrictions on trading by the
ships, the spokesman said, but
they do require that certificates
be filed annually to show the ships
have been inspected and are being
kept in good condition.
Declaring that these certificates
had not been tiled, the govern
ment demanded that the certifi
cates be provided or the mort
gages paid off in full.
Blast Investigation
Turns Up Nothing
Thursday night's flash of light
and blast reported by the ground
observation post in the Glide area
remains a mystery.
Deputy Sheriff Ira Byrd is sched
uled to make an aerial check of
the Red Butte sector where the
explosion occurred if weather
clears this weekend.
The sheriff's office and state
police still have no reports of miss
ing planes anywhere in the area.
Soviet's Conciliatory Moves
Sifted By West Observers
LONDON I Western observers
silting recent Soviet moves today
reported encouraging signs of a
new conciliatory iiussian attitude
toward (he West. The feeling was
heightened by a Kremlin promise
of immediate action toward free
ing British civilian prisoner! in
North Korea.
The promise was made by Soviet
Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Mol
otov and announced last night by
the British Foreign Office. Al
umugn tne Foreign Office warned
against premature optimism, the
Soviet move followed two other
developments that foreign diplo
mats in Moscow said could have
a profound impact on world peace.
These were: .
1. The proposal by Gen. Vassily
Chuikov, Soviet commander in
Germany, for British-Russian talks
to avoid future East-West air inci
dents. The Russian general sur
prised the West by expressing re
gret over th Heath M seven Brit
ish airmen in I Lincoln bomber
shot down by Soviet MIGs over the
Iron Curtain,
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Morse Accuses
Accusation
...
Refers To
Campaign
Party Bolter Also
Criticises Proposed
Power Projects' Sale
WASHINGTON I Sen. Wayne
Morse of Oregon Friday accused
President Eisenhower of using
"the big lie technique" and also
criticized what he said was a
proposal calling for the govern
ment to sell its federal power
projects. -
ih "Dig lie accusation was
matte in reference to a 1952 cam
paign speech in which Eisenhower,
then a candidate for President,
criticized the withdrawal in 1949
of the U. S. troops which were
sent to Korea immediately after
the surrender of Japan.
Horse said that Eisenhower, as
chief of staff, had in. fact joined
in the recommendation for the
troops' withdrawal.
This charge was first aired
during the campaign by Horse who
bolted the Republican party to
support the Democratic nominee,
Adlai Stevenson,
Sen. CaDehart (R-Ind) told the
Senate that he didn't know what
was meant by the big lie, "but it
it means what I think, the senator
from Oregon should apologize to
the President of the United
States."
Horse replied: "I recognize the
big lie technique when I see it
and I recognized it throughout the
campaign." -1
He did not apologize.
Later he criticized a plan pro
nAutri umi time aao bv Charles
E. ,. Wilson former president . of
General ' Electric- -which Morse
said called for sale of federal
power projects to private utilities.
Morse told the Senate Friday
backers of such a plan had induc
ed Wilson the one-time defense
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Riot Is Quelled
At Girls' School
In California
SANTA ROSA. Calif. Wl The
riot-ridden Los Guilocos School for
delinquent girls quieted to an un
easy tenseness during the night,
but California Youth Authority Di
rector Heman Stark called the
situation a potential powder keg.
Police threw an all-night cordon
around the school grounds follow
ing two riots in the past 24 hours.
Stark had received an okay from
Gov. Earl Warren to alert a com
pany of National Guard troops
from Santa Rosa in case of an
emergency. But tiiey have not been
ordered on to tne school grounds
yet.
Police said the 160 teenage girls
are still uncontrolled. Many are
armed with knives and broken
glass, officers added.
School officials were overheard
commenting that the recent break
up of a homosexual ring may have
incited the riot.
The first riot btoke out at dinner
time Thursday when IS girls,
breaking windows, overturning
tables and ripping window screens,
made a break for freedom. They
were all captured within hours. .
HUBCAPS STOLEN
Don Abbott, Box 225, Roseburg
Saturday reported theft of hub
caps from his automobile some
time Friday night.
2. President Eisenhower'! state
ment last Thursday that the U. S.
always would go half way toward
any Soviet attempt to settle world
issues.
Allied quarters In Red-encircled
West Berlin also wondered if Sov
iet Prime Minister Georgi Malen
kov haa sent orders to the Soviet
satellite states, including East
Germany, that all air of crisis
should be forgotten for the present.
Despite Eastern zone threats of
dire consequences for Berlin of the
West German Parliament ratified
the Allied-Bonn Peace contract and
European Army Treaty, there was
little strong Communist reaction
to Thursday's lower house vote of
approval.
The Soviet promise of action In
the case of nine British civilians
and one Irish missionary held in
North Korea seemed of special
significance. Previous British ap
peals on behalf of the group were
ignored by the late Prime Minister
Stalin's Kremlin regime.
ROSEBURG, OREGON SATURDAY, MARCH
Sheriff Baird
Welcomes Probe
By Grand Jury
' sheriff riiH.
in which Claire D. Burgoyne was
uieu, aaaea ma nopes 10 an early
session for an investigation by
the Douglas County grand jury.
In his strongest statement to the
News-Review yet, Baird aaid:
'It is my hope that the Bur.
ffflVtlA matte Uitl ka BIlKnlMul
to the grand jury at the earliest
.:ui. .1 rv i , ....
puaaivio uiuo, uunng me Attor
ney General's Investigation this of
fice made available to him all
the information and evidence in
our possession, and when the
grand jury :neets, my deputies
and I will he able tn furnish ill
of the facta u them and assist
them in every way in their inves
tigation. Mv Anlv Mffral I. Ik.l
I. . , 1 ..v. Mia.
the law Ann ivrf narmit ihm
jury's proceedings to be open to
uie puDllc.
"Wa HctlA tn hu th tm . -f
this case brought to the public's
auenuon wiinoui oeiay. mere has
haAn much li-pncnnneikla tall lin
ing on based on hearsay, gossip,
speculation and the intentional
spread of misinformation. This
ran only hit atnnnt uhen th. nan
pie know the truth."
Anti-Communists
Chiefs Meet To
Discuss Problem
anti-Communist government chiefs
of Venezuela and Colombia gath
ered with their advisers today at
an international bridge between
their countries to display political
solidarity and talk aboutiincreas
tag trade and combating . smug-
(lay on, each side of the Andes
border heralded a cordial get
together for the two leaders
acting uuiomoia president Dr.
Robert Urdaneta Arbetaez, 64 and
VnP7lial VroaiAoni Pnl M-An.
Perez Jimenez, 39.
There haa been no official dis
closure of what will be discussed,
hilt nhttWAri mtroMoA enm Ann
sideration would be given to the
rorging ot an anti-Ked front across
the top of South America.
Authoritative sources said one
major point would be how to deal
with large-scale smuggling along
me ruggea ironuer. Arms and food
fftt Ollnrrillna finhtinn IW.-.I.,.
conservative government in Colom-
Dia reponeaiy nas oeen nowing
across the border in exchange for
coffee.
United Fund Directors
Schedule 2nd Meeting
Another meeting for board mem
bers of the Umpqua Basin United
Fund, set for March 24 at t p.m.
in the council chambers of the
City Hall, has been announced by
temporary chairman Harry Bru
baker. Letters have been sent to all
board members reminding them
of the meeting being held because
of lack of attendance at the last
meeting by directors outside of
Roseburg. The forming of corn
mittees, office staff and compiling
of records depends upon the elec
tion of officers, and resolutions
pertaining to legal functions must
be set in order, Brubaker saya.
He urges that all board mem
bers attend this meeting.
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NEW STATE POLICEMEN New officers at the Rose,
burg office of the Oregon State Police ore Edwin Wil
liams, left, and Gerald Mike O'Crady. The two men
were added to the staff here this week. Both men were
recently recruited Into the state police ot Salem. Wil
liams is a native of Eugene and O'Crady comet from
Salem. (Pictures by Paul Jenkins)
i
Ike Of
May 4 Date
By The Drink
Warehouse Would Be
Located At Roseburg
For Distribution Work
PORTLAND W Liquor by the
drink will be available in Oregon
by May 4 if Gov. Paul Patterson
signs the bill which has been ap
proved by the Legislature. He has
said he will sign.
That was the report Friday of
the State Liquor Commission which
met here to discuss enforcement
and administration policies.
The proposals included;
' Establishment of three additional
liquor commission warehouses at
Roseburg, Grants Pass and Med
ford. Licensing as many as possible
of the state's planned 800 liquor-by-the-drink
outlets to open for
business at the same time.
Establishing the policy that den
sity of licensed premises which
cannot exceed one per 2,000 popu
lationwill be determined on
state-wide basis. Some areas will
have more outlets than their popu
lations would allow and others
fewer.
Decided that use of liquor bought
outside the state or use ol illegally
distilled liquor,- will be punished
by confiscation of equipment and
revocation of licenses,
Announced that applications for
licenses may be obtained Monday
from the commisrion or from Its
inspectors. . ,
scneouiea further meetings for
April 1-10 and April 23-24 for fur
ther discussion ot liquor regula-
President Tito
Leaves For Home
LONDON Ifl President Tito
of Yugoslavia wound up a historic
visit to Britain Saturday with the
declaration: "All that we hav e
hoped for has been attained. We
have reached tuu agreement."
What he was taking back to Yu
goslavia with him was a British
pledge to stand by his Commun
ist Balkan State in the event of ag
gression. The Red dictator who broke with
Stalin's Russia in 1948 stood stiff
ly at attention as the London port's
launch "Nore" drew away from
Westminster Pier. He wore, full
uniform with a light grey coat
witn scanet lapeis.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Ed
en was present to bid him adieu.
A naval guard of honor present
ed arms as Tito stepped from his
bullet-proof limousine and moved
toward the 'ajneh.
Down the Thames, at Green
wich, Tito transferred from the
launch to the Yugosliv naval train
ing ship Galeb (Seagull), which
brought him here for his week-
long vjsit,
1
RC CHAIRMSN NAMED
Mrs. Lorraine Cattanach has
been appointed Red Cross Com
mittee chairman at Glendale for
the current fund drive, and Mrs.
Mary Allen has been named at
Azalea, according to Kenneth
Barneburg, county chairman for
the outlying districts.
For Liquor
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21, 1953
Using lie Technique
TO CANADA R. Douglas
Stuart, 57, of Lake Forest,
I., is the new U. 5. Ambas
sador to Canada. He is a for
mer president of the Quaker
Oats Co.
Mafenkov Gives
Secretariat To
Khrushchev
MOSCOW HI Prime Minister
Georgi M. Malenkov, new chief of
the Soviet government, haa re
signed his post as secretary of the
Russian Communist party's power
ful Central Committee. A five-man
Secretariat, headed by former
Ukrainian party doss Nimta s,
Khrushchev, takes over.
The change waa announced to
day by Pravda. the party's news-
naoer. it aalfl l nienarv. session ol
the Central Committee accepted
Malenkov't resignation March 14.
The announcement made it -clear
that the 58-year-old Khrushchev,
who gained a reputation for firm
policies in the Ukraine, will de
vote his full time to the task of
administering the party. He will
operate under the leadership ot
the committee's 10-member Pres
idium, which is still headed by
Malenkov.
The new set-up will allow Mal
enkov to concentrate full attention
on his post as prima minister.
Mother Is Held
For Murder Of
Two Children
JUNEAU. Alaska m A mother
who said she drowned two of her
children to save (hem from priva
tion was arrainged on a first de
gree murder chaige here Friday.
Police Chief Bernie Hulk said
the woman, Mrs. Betty Ritter, SI,
signed a confession she wheeled
the children to the waterfront in a
baby carriage and tossed them off
a dock.
The victims were Beverly Ann.
IS months, and Earl, one month
old. Two older children were not
harmd.
Hulk said Mrs. Ritter told him
all right, it's done: now you can
kill me," when rtie was arrested.
The police ch'ef said ahe told
of planning to kill the children be
cause "there never was enough
money, never enough food," and
added:
I ve known for some time I
would do something like this, but
dtdn t make up my mina until
this morning."
LOSES FINGER
Jack B. Strooo of 1450 Walnut
St. was taken to Community Hos
pital early today after an accident
at tne noseourg juimner u. uu
lard mill.
Stroop caught his left ring fin
ger In an edger saw and it was
artlauy amputated. The linger
lad to be removed at the hospital.
Administration Turns Down
Military Spending Increase
WASHINGTON 1 - The Eisen
hower administration apparently
haa turned thumbs down on pro
posals for a sizeable increase in
former President Truman's S46.-
296,000,000 military spending pro
gram.
Informed members of Congress
Interpreted Secretary of' Defense
wuson a statement yesterday that
there will be no boost in the
Truman defense budget as rul
ing out recommendations left on
President Eisenhower's desk when
Truman quit the White House.
As described by the legislators,
these recommendations Involved a
several billion dollar boost In de
fense spending i the two years
beginning July 1. Their disclosure
recently to a group ot congression
al White House visitors caused
some leaders to comment publicly
at the time that the military pic
ture waa "grim."
64-53
35 Air Force
Personnel
Die In Crash
Tragedy Occur Nir
Oakland For Far-East
Bound Air Transport
OAKLAND, Calif. HI - An in
vestigation was launched todav in.
to the flaming crash last night of
a four-engine plane which carried
35 passengers and crewmen to
their deaths. The 30 passengers
were Air Force oersonnel from a
Roswell, N. M., base bound for
me r ar can.
The crew included the com.
pany'a chief pilot, Harvey Rodg-
ers, 41, of Lafayette. Calif. He Is
survived by his wife and three
children. , ,
The plane, a Transoceaa - Air
unes uui, struct: a mil near De
coto just a few minutes after it
cleared for a landing with the
Oakland Airport Decoto Is the
area of California's worst air dis
aster 50 killed in the crash of t
United Air Lines plane under sim
ilar circumstances Aug. 24, 1951.
That plane, too, was about to
land. ...:.,
Alameda County Sheriffs Capt.
Richard E. Condon at the scene of
the Tranrocean crash said there
were no survivors.
Eyewitnesses said the aircraft,
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Water Is Topic
Of Forum Meet
"Water, Douglas- County's .Most
Valuable Resource," wilt be the
topic of a Chamber of Commerce
forum luncheon speech Monday
noon ny a rortiana engineer.
The sneaker is Kenneth N. Phil.
lips, district engineer, surface wa
ter branch, geological survey, U.S,
Department of the Interior. The
luncheon will be held in the Ump
qua iiotei.
In his disctuslon. PhllllDj will
reveal what his office has done
to help solve the problem of water
conservation and flood control in
this area and what it can do in the
future, according to Gordon Stew
art, chairman of the forum com,
mittee. .
Stewart said the Droeram was
arranged at the request of Gen,
Curtis T. Beecher, etiairman of
the water conservation and flood
control committee of the Chamber
of Commerce. Socakera from oth
er federal agencies and from state
offices will be aecured at later
dates to discuss the water and con
servation proolems, he added.
Monday's discussion is open to
Chamber of Commerce members.
County Library
Created By Court
The Douglas County Court Fri
day created the Douglas County
public Library ana appointed five
persons to serve aa a board of di
rectors. The library will be located and
equipped under a long-range plan.
It probably will be located in a
proposed new wing to the County
couruiouse. .
Gordon Carlson, Roseburg, and
Mrs. Hal Schiltz, Myrtle Creek,
were named to four-year terms on
the board of directors. Miss Bess
Ciough, Canyonville, was appoint
ed to a three-year term, while
Mrs. Jack Randall, Drain, and
James Bovingdo.i, Oakland, were
named to two and one-year of
fices, respectively.
The National Security Council Is
reported to have approved the pro
posed additions, but Truman was
said to have taken no action on
them in his final daya in office,
leaving the decision to Eisenhow
er. Lawmakers said It was their
understanding tho added money
would be used to rescind stretch
out orders In particularly critical
items, ue!i as the new B52 jet
bombers.
Wilson did not discuss these
recommendations at his news con
ference yesterday nor did he view
the military picture as particularly
grim.
He said he wishes the country
were better prepared than it is,
but he commented: "I don't think
any of ua should lay awake nights
for fear we are going to be blasted
into eternity tomorrow morning."
Camp Trusty
Rubber Stamp' Voting
Gives OK To Choico
To Succtod Gottwald .
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ANTONIN ZAPOTOCKY
By RICHARD O'REOAN
VIENNA, Austria UU Antonla
Zapotocky, 68-year-old former Na
il concentration camp trusty want
ed by the Dutch on war Crimea
charges, was elected Communist
President of Ciechoslovataa Sat.
urday. . , ......
Prague radio announced the rubber-stamp
Ctech Parliament vot
ed unanimously, 271 to 0, to put
the one-time trade union leader
in the seat vacated Just a week o
by the death of President Hem.
ent Gottwald.
Gottwald, 56, caught a fatal cold
at the funeral of Joseph Stalin in
Moscow, according to Communist
announcements.
The deputies, summoned Friday
to a session to elect a President,
learned only after they got into,
uie nan wno was to be tna nnmu . -.
Then It was anounced the Cen
tral Committee of the Communist
x-anv ana uie ixmmnmaijmmi.
noted national front proposed Za ,
poiociy, a me ' long revolutionary
and union boss who, got only
elementary education in hit you.
Prime' Minister Vilenr Sroky waa
greeted by loud cheers, and Zap.
otocky was aworn In .within 15 '.;
minutes. .... ',, . , ,
The Czech ' Central Committee
also proposed to Zapotocky. that ,
Vilem Siroky oe the new premier. "'
Prague radio also anounced the
Central Committee had appointed
Antonin Novotny to head the par.
ty secretariat, another inh former.
ly held by Gottwald. Novotny was
usue a inemoer oi me eignt - man
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Allied Sabre Jets
Down Five MIGs,
e 7 More
wm ' nuiv u ubuio JclB
today shot down five Communist
MIft ami i tn a r.nrl caua .V.
in the skies over North Korea..
Two American pilots - downed
their 10th Miga and became dou
ble aces during the furious air
battles.
Cant. Manual T -I
Miami, Fla., and CapL Harold E.
Fischer Jr. of Swea City, Iowa,
each raised his MIG destruction
score to 10, the Fifth Air Force
said.
Fernandez shot down two MIGs
this aftfrnnnn whtt VlanhAt. k
down one.
On the ground, there were only
sporadic clashes between mud-
a If !H otlriiara mm .U.4. - -.'
- " mm BW.UJ .Bill
soaked the 155m3e battlefront
unm near dawn. . . ... .
Allied fighter bombers .sliced
" O" .... lag on.B MJ BU.IB
and bomb the Communist front
ana jus. oenma tne itea lines.
Twenty American Superforti
blasted Red troop and supply
centers . in North Vnrea riiirino
darkness. ,
Vehiclo Leaves Road;
Driver Hospitalized
Errol Allen Bryan. McMlnnvllle.
was admitted to Douglas Commu
nity Hospital at midnight Friday
for treatment of shock and bruis
es after his car left the highway
aoout ii miles soutn ot Kosetmrg.
Bryan told state -police that
headlights of an oncoming truck
blinded him.
POWER OUTAGE REPORTED
Douglas Electric Cooperative
workmen were plagued with only
one small outage in lines as a re
sult of Thursday night's bad weath
er, according to Manager Harold
Barken Jr. The outage occurred
east of Sutherlin.
Levity Fact Rant
By L. F. Relzonsteia
Extension of federal price
support for the dairy indut
try spoilt contented dairymen
at well ot cows.
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