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U. cf 0. Ubrary. cugcne, uregon Comp m 1 ftOTiin Dim Irerfosfi McCarthy, Army Issue Continues ff"l,M. 'tJ J , I. J,..,.. 1 ) , JH II IH I U SCHWABLE READY TO TAKE STAND Col. Frank H. Schwable, right, poses with attorneys just prior to taking the witness stand before a Marine court of inquiry in Washington. The court's proceeding is 'to determine whether formal charges should be brought against him because of his confession, while a prisoner of the Com . munists in Korea, that the U. S. engaged in germ war ' fare. Attorneys are John H. Pratt, left, ond Col. Paul D Sherman. (AP Wirephoto). ; . . Paid Director For United Fund Campaign Proposed By CHUCK CRELL Stiff Writer, Nsws-Rsvitw The Umpqua Basin United Fund, in all likelihood, will have a paid director in its fund-raising cam paign next fall. ' Key members of the organiza tion, in its annual meeting at the Umpqua Hotel Friday night, de livered that consensus because "money can be raised too cheap ly." Harold Barenstone, manager at the Portland-Multnomah chapter of the American Red .Cross, key noted discussion by the group when lie spoke. Barenstone's ideas came from experience, for he was one of the organizers of Portland's $2V4 million-dollar United Fund fet-up. He told the group that the fate of all cooperating agencies Hinges on successful, and early, planning for the campaign. Oakland Child Leukemia Victim Leukemia claimed tht life of 3-ysar-old Mary Ruth Stums Friday night at Oakland. Sh was the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fay Stoarns. The little girl was born April 15, 1950 in Eugane, but last summer It was discovered sht had been stricken with leukem ia, almost always a fatal di sease. She died at her home. Surviving beside her parents are: Her maternal grandfather, Jesse Young; paternal grand pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Steams; and great-grandfather, A. F. Stearns, all of Oakland. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Pres. bvterien Community Church with Dr. Homer Noble officiat ing. Interment will follow in the family plot in the I OOF Ceme tery, Oakland. Steams 4 Little Mortuary, Oakland, is in charge of arrangements. HIGH REFORESTATION SALEM Ufl Oregon topped the nation last year in reforestation of burned-over and logged-off lands the State Forestry Department said Friday. A total of 11,909 acres of Oregon lands were planted. In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS I suppose you've been following in at least a casual way the ruckus over admission of Hawaii and Alaska to the Union. It has been quite a hassle, and it isn't finished J The Republicans want Hawaii in, for Hawaii normally votes Repub lican. The Democrats want Alaska in, for Alaska has the habit of vot ing Democratic. With control of both house and senate teetering on the fence in a balance so deli cate that a mere breath cou.d throw it one way or the other, the political issue over their admission becomes so hot that it sizzles. The present thinking is to PAIR them - that is to say, to let-m BOTH in or to keep em BOTH out. The senate is scheduled to vote this afternoon on the pa'ring proposal, and the scuttlebut i this is written is that the decision will be close. We might add a word here about this business of "pairing. In par. (Continued on page Four I The Weather Occasional high cloudiness to night end Sundsy. Otherwise sun ny and miia. Highest temp, last 24 hours Lowest temp, last 24 hours Highest temp, any March ' Lowest temp, any March .. Precip- last 24 hours Be.;.k frnm March 1 . 4 . 24 . S . 1 ... 0 1.37 Preeip! from Sept. 1 31.47 from Sept. 1 Sunset today, islT p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, t:a a.m. Local United Fund members took notice of his words, and a lively discussion ensued near the close of the meeting. It had . been revealed to the group that little more than half of the $72,000 goal had been reached Harold Barenstone had other ideas on hew to conduct a suc cessful! United Fund campaign. For his thoughts end other news of the Umpqua Basin UF, turn to page 2 of today's News-Review. by the UF here last fall. Mem bers generally agreed that the first year of the organization met with failure. But all eyes were fixed on next year at the gathering, and opin ion is that a paid fund-raiser is needed. Campaign Chairman Curtis T. Beecher (USMC Ret.) told the group that a volunteer leader in money-raising campaign is not ef fective when $72,000 is at stake. Said he: "It's not fair to ask s volunteer's time. It may cost money and cause reaction, but hiring a paid director is the only way to success." Barenstone told the group that in order for a United Fund to be effective, a person must be avail able to keep up continuity. "You have to maintain contact with the public through 12 months of the year. Don't let it drop at the end of the campaign, then have to pick up the pieces at the start of a new drive." He added that vaiue of a hired person can be proved in following up in collection of pledges. The UF, according to Treasurer Art Lamka, still has $5,213 outstand ing in pledges receivable. A person with knowow also can increase donations to a drive, Barenstone said. Klamath Falls, with the aid of a paid director, collected 106 per cent of its goal last year, he pointed out. Lamka's report showed that of the goal of $72,000, only $35,749 had been collected. Expenses of the campaign cut that figure by $2,000. He said $28,948 has been turned over to the cooperating agencies, and $4,733 lias been re tained to start off a new drive. George Cook Arrested By Redding Officers George H. Cook, about 30, is be ing held in Redding, Calif., on a Roseburg police warrant charring obtaining money by false pretens es. Officers say he is accused of cashing bad checks totaling $23 at Lockwood Motors, Roseburg Meat Co., Ott and Ricketts and Swede's Tavern. Police said Redding police are holding him on the same charge. Local officers said he will be ex tradited. FATAL CRASH PORTLAND Wl Calvin Gross, 53, Hillsboro, was killed outright in an accident at the Western CooDeraee Co. here Friday. His neck was slashed by a saw that broke as he was trying to cut through a knot in a large piece of wood. Survivors Include the widow and three children. Inter-American Conference Votes To Condemn Movement 0( Reds CARACAS, Venezuela l The 10th Inter-American conference Saturday voted overwhelmingly to condemn the activities of the in ternational Communist movement as foreign intervention in Ameri can affairs. The vote on this key section of the U.S. -sponsored anti-Communist resolution was 17-1 with only Guatemala voting against it. Mex ico and Argentina abstained, The first part of a Mexican amendment was defeated! 16 to 3 as the conference's political ju dicial committee continued voting on the various amendments and sections of the proposal. The de feated section "condemns activi Established 1873 14 Page Secret Atomic Information Claimed Missing At Hanford Investigation Being Launched By Committee By RUSSELL BRINES WASHINGTON I -David Shaw. manager of the huge atomic plant at Hantord, wash., has been asked to give the Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee full informa tion Monday on reports that sub stantial Quantities of possibly too secret documents are missing. Rep. W. Sterling Cole. (R-NIO, committee chairman, said Satur day Shaw is scheduled to be here on other business and the commit tee wired him to bring everything relating to the documents. Shaw win meet with committee officials in a closed door session. Cole said the committee will ful ly investigate the report by Sen. Felly (R-Wash) that large num bers of documents, which Pell said he assumed were top secre'. had vanished from the Hartford Elant. They could relate to ta ydrogen bomb. "At trie moment, I am not alarmed by the missing docu ments." Cole added in an inter view, "because it is known that out of millions of documents' in the country's atomic installations some cannot be accounted for. The Hanford documents potenti ally could be of top importance, toie saia -out no more so at nan ford than anywhere else.'' Cole said the committee's next moves would depend considerably on what Shaw savs are the na ture of the documents and the na- (Continued on Page Two) DeCicco Trial Week Of Mar. 22 Mike Murphy DeCicco, Portland tire dealer and politico, is due for another court session here during the week of March 22. A district court verdict against DeCicco July 27, 1953, found him guilty of violating a fishing regu lation. The verdict was appealed by his attorney, Randolph Slocum. and the case will now come up in circuit court. DeCicco has been free on $200 bail since a $100 fine was imposed by District Judge A. J. Geddes last July. During the previous trial, flist. Atty. Robert M. Stults claimed uc Cicco was guilty of chumming attracting fish by throwing salmon eggs from his boat into the water while iisning at Diamond Lake on June 21. DeCicco maintained he was in nocent, saying he had only been tossing rusty fishing tackle into the lake. The appealed case is scheduled fourth during the week of March 22. The first case of the week is one in which William Frank Cory is accused of being an habitual criminal. It is impossble to tell bow long that case will take. Umpqua National Forest Timber Sale Announced Another Umpqua National For est timber sale involving 3.970,000 board feet of timber on a 180-acre tract northeast of Drew is sched uled April 16 at the Roseburg Post office. The timber will be sold for no less than $46,929.50. Included on the tract are 3,110,- ooo board feet of Douglas fir, 590,- ooo board feet of sugar pine, 190, 000 board feet of ponderosa pine and 80,000 board feet of white fir and other species. The purchase price will also in clude 25 cents per thousand as a cooperative deposit for slash dis posal and $1.30 per thousand for limner stand improvement. ties directed, aided or instigated by governments, organizations, or foreign individuals tending to ov erthrow by violence the institu tions of the American republi cans." Guatemala insisted, over U.S. objections, upon a roll call vote on each of approximately 40 sec tions and amendments. U.S. Sec- retary of State John Foster Dul les, who had planned to head back to Washington Saturday, protested that it would take 400 minutes for that many roll calls. Dulles, in brief remarks open utg ouiuruay 8 session, naa pealed for rejection of all amend- ing Saturday s session, had ap- menu. 3 FRANK RODY . . .manager applicant Frank Rody Is Interviewed Here For Manager Post The first of three candidates for Roseburg City manager was in terviewed here . Friday. He is Frank Rody, 48, of Car son City. Nev. He arrived in Rose burg Thursday night and spent iriuay looung over tne city ana being interviewed by Ueorge Lu oma, city councilman. Kociy is presently assistant ais trict ainwrt enaineer with the CI vil Aeronautics Authority for the state of Utah, ms headquarters are in Nevada, however. His only background directly connected with the city manager's job is his city managership of Clearfield, Utah. He was that town's first. Just before going to work with trie uaa, ne was city engineer at Pratt, Kan. But his efficiency in authority came when he went to work with the CAA. He was first put in charge of the disposal of airports after World War II with the CAA. (Continued on Page Two) Oakland Man Committed To Jail On Two Charges A Sl-vear-old Oakland man was committed to the county jail Fri day under total bail of $1,000 covering charges of assault and battery and pointing a firearm at another. Sever Alfred Severson was ar rested after he allegedly had been beating up his wife, then Oakland Police Chief C. W. Manning filed a complaint on the firearm charge when Severson allegedly waved a 30-30 rifle around while the police man was investigating. Bail of $500 was set by lusf.ce of the Peace Ward C. Watson, Sutherhn, on the assault charge. Bail of $500 was set by District Judge A. J. Geddes dn the other. State police brought Severson to Roseburg to be arraigned on tne later charge. Severson denied he was guilty on either count. He will be sched uled to come to trial at a later date. NAMED Charles Sparks I nomas, above, or Los Art' aeles, now an Assistant Secre tary of Defense, has been nominated by Pres. Eisenhower to be Secretary of the Navy, He would succeed Robert Anderson, named to be Dep' uty Secretary of Defense in place of Roger Kyes who is leaving May 1 to return to . - . . An a- P"vote business. (AP Wire- pnoro;. I it . j&l.. - .a. t My ROSEBURG, OREGON SATURDAY, Two American Planes Attacked By Communists MUNICH, Germany (ft Two American Navy carrier -based planes were attacked by a Com munist MIG near the Czech-German border Friday. Czechoslovak ia charged immediately that they uad flown over its vital uranium producing center at Jachymov, 35 miles inside the Iron Curtain and fired the first shot. The Navy said one of the two American propeller-driven planes was damaged but both pilots man aged to bring their aircraft safely down at Neubiberg airbase in the American zone of Germany near Munich. A Navy spokesman in London said an investigation into the shoot ings was ordered by. the U. S. Sixth Fleet. He said first reDorti showed empty aviation ammuni tion cartridges were found on Ger man soil after the attack. One American spokesman in Munich advertently" crossed into Czech advertently" erased Into Crecti territory. Clouds covered much of the frontier area over which they were flying. Bavarian ponce were the first to report the incident and it was iuuw uciuie nnuj, mvy or iui FnFM Cnm mil with mn nfflninl Before they did, the Red govern ment of Czechoslovakia already had announced over the Prague Radio that it had lodged a formal note of protest with the U. S. em- Dassy ensrging the planes had entered Us territory at Domazlice in the early afternoon and flew as lar east as jachvmov one of the Soviet world's most important pro ducers of atomic energy raw ma terials. Hospital Manager Forum Speaker A report on one of Doufflai County's biesest community rrn- jects is scheduled for the Chamber of Commerce forum luncheon in Roseburg Monday noon. The project is the Douglas Com munity Hospital. Kenneth Ford, president of the hospital's board of trustees, has designed a pro gram centered around Manager Harry V. Sanislo. Sanislo is ex pected to review the hospital s achievements and report on the hospital's up-to-date methods of operations, according to N. D. Johnson, forum committee chair man, sanislo s subject will be ti tled "Your Community Hospital." Ford will preside as program chairman. Johnson recalls that the promo tion of the hospital was a community-wide program mished bv labor organizations, granpes, fra ternal orders and most other civic and service groups. Members of all these are given a special in vitation to attend the Chamber meeting, Johnson said. Yoncalla Man Pays Fine On Charge Of Vagrancy A 40-year-old Yoncalla man. Joe Jackson, paid a $75 fine in district court Friday after a jury .found him guilty of vagrancy in connec tion with disturbing the peace last Dec. at. The fine was paid after Jack son's attorney decided not to file an appeal. Jackson maintained his Inno cence when arrested by a deputy sheriff, on a complaint by Yon calla telephone operator, Kittle Jobe. Dept. Dist. Atty. Warren A. Wood. ruff, who prosecuted the case, claimed that Jackson used abusive and obscene language in the Yon calla telephone office on Dec. 31. Three-Year-Old Boy Drowns At Coquille COQUILLE Wl Johnny Bar nett, 3, tumbled into a small pond and drowned Friday nieht. His small springer spaniel duf plunged in after him but was un able to pull him out. Playmates ran to the Barnett home nearby and got the father. They searched futiley for the boy. then called volunteer firemen who recovered the body within a few minutci. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Barnett. Coauille. The trag edy occurred at the outskirts of Coquille, off the Coquille-Myrtle Point Highway. REVOLVER STOLEN A .38-caliber revolver, part of a collection, was stolen from his home sometime before March 6, Thomas Leffler, 114 N. Flint St., complsined to eity police Friday. ne saia tne gun is vaiuea at aov. MARCH 13, 1954 To Be Most Hotly Contested In May Primary Elections Douglas County's political pot began to boil in earnest today, with the end of filing by prospective candidates Fri day at midnight The picture for the May 21 this : Four candidates for two legislative posts to be filled from Douglas county, seven candidates for one position on the county court, three candidates for the non-partisan p6sU tion of district judge, one candidate for assessor and one candidate for Reedsport District justice of the peace. However, county Clerk Charles Doerner pointed out that filings received by mail which show a Friday postmark will still be ac cepted. None had arrived at the clerk's office Saturday morning. Seeking re-election to the State House of Representatives are a Republican, John P. Amacher of Winchester, and a Democrat, V. T. Jackson, who also lives near the little community just north of Roseburg. Other filings have come from Ken. E. Morgan, Drain Re publican, and Charles P. Garrett, Oakland Democrat. Most Interest centers around the county commissioner's office no held by Lynn V. Beckley of Glide Beckley is one of five Republicans firing for the office. Others an William T. Evans of Roseburt, Homer H. Gallap of Roseburg, Henry L. Gooctmanson of Drill and Leo Sparks of Oakland. Dem ocrats in the race are Frank Ash ley and Paul H. Krueger, both of Roseburg. Three Roseburg attorneys are la the race for the position ot dis trict judge: Warren A. Woodnaff. Thomas U. Harttiet and Lionaid s. 1 vi.i .. Two office seekers apoarentlv will be unopposed on the ballot. They are Morris C. Bowker of Roseburg, who has his eye on the eountv assessor's oost and Rob- art II flnnHurin nf Ranrlcnni.t ivhA I haj fi'led to continue in his office as Justice of the peace in the coast- ai district. Write-in spaces will be provided on the ballots, however, for the benefit of any voter who wishes to write in the name of an other candidate. Voter registration for the pri mary election will close on April 20. The county clerk has urged all county residents to check their voting status. Two Republicans File For Port Commissioners Two Rooublicans filed Friday for positions as Port of Umpqua Dis trict commissioners, county clerk' records snow. Norman Weatherly of Elkton and Harold T. Lewis of Reedsport filed for spots on the five-man commis sion. The port district commission is tax-levying body, similar in structure to sanitary and other such districts. The district handles harbor and river development (docks, dredging, etc.). Its terri tory extends from the ocean in land to the Elkton tunnel area of the Umpqua River. Eugene TV Station Will Be On Air By April 16 EUGENE 11 Eugene's televi sion station, KVAL-TV, has set April 16 as its target date for being on the air at full power, S. W. Mc- Cready, general manager, said Friday. The station win be on the air with a tost pattern late next week. he said. Plans now are being made for a special show on the opening night of service at the station's full 56.000 kilowatts of power. The station and transmitter are located on Blanton Heights, south west of the city. Cordon, Three SALEM im U. S. Sen. Guy Cordon and three of Oregon's-four congressmen were assured rrl day of Republican renomination as the filing period for Oregon's May 21 Primary Election closed without any opponents challenging them. Congressman Homer D. Angell, Portland Republican, is the only Oregon member of Congress to draw opposition in1 the primary. His opponents are Tom Lawson McCall, Portland radio commen tator and former administrative assistant to ex-Gov. Douglas Mc Kay; and A. W. Lafferty, who served in Congress from 1911 to 1913. Angell is the dean of Oregon's congressional delegation, having served since 1939. The unopposed congressmen are Walter Norblad, Stayton; Sam Coon, Baker; and Harris Ells worth, Roseburg. However, Democratic opponents I have filed against iall of them, 59-54 primary election adds up like A j PAUL H. KRUEOIR . . .Damocrat tiles Paul H. Krueger, Democrat, Files For Commissioner A second democrat has entered race for the office of count commissioner, Paul H. Krueger, Roseburg real estate and insurance broker, filed his petition with the county clerk Friday. His filing brought to seven the number of men seeking the Post now neio dv wnn v. uecxiey, in- eluding Beckley himself. There was one previous Democrat to file. Frank Ashley. Krueger, an active party work er, has never sought office in Ore gon before. He was elected deputy county assessor and constanie at Napa, Canyon County, Idaho, be fore moving to Oregon. He came here from Ontario on Jan. 1, 1947. He is presently Dem ocratic precinct committeeman for the Caro precinct in the area of his residence, 719 S. Pine St. Krueger has been active in Ore gon Grange affairs. He served as county deputy for five years alter moving to Roseburg. He served as master for two years. At pres ent, he and his wife are stewards in the Melrose Grange. He is a member of the Moose Lodge, being the guiding light in founding a lodge nere anout tive years ago. He is also a life mem ber of IOOF. He is a World War I Veteran, and member of the American Legion, Promising an "absolutely clean campaign,'' Krueger said he will go out and sell himself to the peo ple. He said he feels he is well qualified to serve in the capacity of commissioner. His ballot slogan reads, "Work for efficient, economicat and co operative administration for the best interests of Douglas County." Regarding his present business, Krueger said, if he is elected, the office will continue under the guidance of his associates. The associates are his son, W. George Krueger, and his son-in-law Jean (Johnny) Petrequln. Congressmen so they will face contests la the General Election campaign. In the Republican race for gov ernor, Gov. Paul L. Patterson will oppose Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry. Former Mayor Joseph K. Car son Jr. of Portland is the lone entrant in the Democratic contest for governor. State superintendent of public instruction Rex Putnam, and su Dreme court justices James T. Brand and William C. Perry all win reelection without opposition. Their offices are non-partisan. Slate Sen. Richard L. Ncuberg- er, Portland, is the only Demo cratic candidate for united states senator. He will oppose Sen. cor rinn in Novemher. A total of 272 candidates filed for offices, which is about 100 few er than were expected. This total includes 160 Republi cans, 89 Democrats, and 23 for non-partisan offices. A few more might be sdded to the list, however, as stale elec . if . f - m i it i ii .ii Full Investigation Into Charges, Countercharges Now ' Being Demanded WASHINGTON ,WI Vice Presi dent Nixon states the case for the Republican administration tonight in a radio-television address while a family fight rages within the GOP over Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) and some of his investigative aides. ' Yesterday McCarthy : bitterly protested Army Department offi cials had attempted to "black mail" his Investigations subcom mittee into dropping a probe of the Army. He made public a docu ment that represented Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens as trying to divert the group's at tention to i search for wrongdo ing in the Navy, Air Force and Defense Department. Stevens and John G. Adams, the Army's general counsel retorted that such accusations were untrue. McCarthy had said Adams told him several months ago a report embarrassing to the subcommittee would be made public unless an investigation of the Army were called off. Before the day was over some Renublicans as well as Democrats in the Senate were demanding in- (Continued on Page Two) Bank Robbers Escape After Killing Officer SEATTLE W Three bank rob bers who shot their way through a police trio. kiHtntt one and wounding two others, were the oB- ects ot a virtually crueiess search throughout the Pacific Northwest Tne policemen never fired a snot yesterday morning as th-y were cut aown ny w tnree men wno had just finished robbing - the Greenwood Bank of $97,700 $80,. ton ot which they dropped in their getaway..: -. ' -- Tne ' bandits. - wearmir nora rimmed aDectacIes and false nos- j which some bystanders first uiuuKm wciv pan m ju&r, tered Hie bank at 10:40 a.m. An employe pressed a concealed alarm bar with his foot and thrr policemen in one-man patrol cars responded their sirens screaming as they neared the bank. I "George, somebody's sounded the alarm," one bandit shouted as he ran toward the front lohbr. Police Sgt. Howard Slessmai, shotgun at his side, was running through the outer door. The bandit fired and Slessman fell, a bullet wound In his neck. As Sleseman fell, Patrolman Frank W. Hardy. 30. arrived and jumped from his car, running to ward the parking lot on the east side of the bank. A second bandit fired through a window, hitting Hardy in the head. He dropped to the sidewalk, mortally wounderi. The ttiird officer. Vernon R. Chase, arrived hist aa two of the gunmen broke through a side door. One fired quickly and Chase was down a few feet from Hardy, a bullet wound in the chest The third kicked out a Plate glass window and jumped through. . He dropped a sack containing yti, 800 ss he fled. Tne robbers' getaway lUtomo. : bile was found later, a few miles away, Its motor suu warm and a .45 caliber bullet on the front seat. No further clues of real Im port have been uncovered, police oraiciais reponea iaie un uiguu Talent Show To Promote Red Cross Campaign A talent show for promotion ot the membership campaign of th American Red Cross will be csr ried over both Roseburg radio sta tions Tuesday night. . Featuring local talent, KRNR and KRXL will air the show be tween 9:30 and 10:30. . It will originate in Ott and Rick- etts Music hop. Person interest. In armparinff an the show may get in touch wi the store or eltb 'er of the stations. Unopposed tions supervisor Dave O'Hara said he would accept filings postmark ed before 5 p.m. Friday. There will be a primary elec tion contest for state labor com missioner. The Republican con testants are state Sen. S. Eugene Allen, Portland school board mem ber, and H. E, Barker, Salem AFL labor leader. The lone Dem ocratic candidate is Norman O. Nihen, Portland. It it noticeable during the current era of Increased mur ders ond kidnapings that there it no renewed agitation for the. abolishment of capital pun ishment. ' J af- ' I .. P.O. I uevny i OCT itonii . I j By U r . KBizenstein j