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Walter Watfcins Funeral 2 Th Newt-Review, Rosebura, Of April 21, 1950 Eugene Youth Drowns; Coroner Orders Autoposy Phone Strike Appears Likely After Disputes Local News loby Girl Killed Sy locking Auto VALE. April 22 UP) An 18-month-old girl was accidentally killed by her uncle's car at Willow-creek. The child, Arline Estelle Evins, crawled behind a car aa Calvin Kendall backed out of the Evin'a driveway Thursday. The Child'a parents are Hr. and Mrs.

Ray Evins. Mental Health Week Is Topic Of Meet Monday Inaugurating Mental Health week, a meeting of the Douglas County Mental Health association ia acheduled for Monday at p.m. at the Veterans hospital recreation ball. The association membership, includes about 60 residents of Roseburg, Myrtle Creek, Winston and vicinitiea. However, the general public ia invited to attend the meeting.

Dr. John L. Haskins, Veterans hospital manager and president of the association, Dr. Frampton Price, pnychiatrist on the hospital ataff, and Walter S. Barker, psychiatric social worker, have been appearing before varioua organizations about the county, talking on the aubject of mental health.

Scheduled for the meeting Monday will be the showing of a film "Feeling of Hostility," third in a series of four films depicting the importance of parent-child relationships for handling later problems. Displays are to be placed in the windows of Penney's and Miller's stores. These will show information pertaining to mental health, and literature on the topic will be available. Unrferfeos Sureery Mra. L.

H. Fitzaimmons of 2338 No. Stephens Kt unrinrwent aurflerv at afercv hospital Friday. Return Te Reseburf Mr. and Mrs.

Eugene Pixler have returned to their home in Roseburg after spending aeveral days in Portland on business. Te Meet Tenloht Riversdsle grange will hold ita montnly social night tonight at 9 o'clocx at the grange hail. All grange members and trienda are invited. Roll Call Planned Iflter-Se club members, who will meet Tuesday, will De asked tor roll call topics it waa announced today. The program originally acheduled will not be held.

Baby Bern Mr. and Mra. Robert KenneW Krell, of CorvaUis, are parents ot a son oorn April i. Tne oaby haa been named Kenneth Roy-don. Grandparents are Mr.

and Mrs. G. at. Krell of this city and Mr. and Mra.

Royden O. Fischer ot Portland. Plant Trees Twelve members of the Lookingglaaa 4-H forestry club accompanied by their leader, Ivan Swift apent last Friday night at Wolf Creek training camp. Saturday the boys planted 350 small trees. A successful camping time waa reported.

FRED'S Diesel Got Tractor Service Combines All Form Iquipmaat Rt. 2, Boa HI T.l.aKw. Cerdae Valley Rd. 4SJ-R-I Belgian Prince Has Good Chance To Become Ruler BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 22 UP) Bespectacled Albert Charles Leopold Axel Marie Gustave Bau-douin, 19-year-old Duke of Brabant and Prince to Belgium, atood a good chance today to become the temporary ruler of the Belgians. His father, exiled King Leopold III, decided yesterday to atay out of his homeland after turning over his royal powers to Baudouin under a compromise agreement drawn up by the leadera of the country's three major political parties.

Liberal party leaders were to meet today to discuss the newest proposal to return the king to his throne and then remove hia powers temporarily. Leopold's chief supporters, the Roman Catholic Social Christians of premier- designate Paul Van Zetland, are scheduled to meet tomorrow. Leopold chief opponents, the Socialists, deferred their approval of the compromise. They had refused to accept it if Leopold were allowed to remain in Belgium while hia son exercised the royal powers. CONTROL TRANSFER ID WASHINGTON, April 22 -UP) The communications commission yesterday authorized transfer of control of radio station KRSC, from P.

K. Leberman, Robert E. Priebe and John E. Ryan to Sheldon F. Sackett, for approximately $110,072.

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Two Ciechs Sentenced To Dio For U. S. Spying" (Continued from page One) property of all the defendants was ordered confiscated. Arrested Last Pall The Ciecha were arrested last fall when the Communist-led government announced it had smashed an espionage ring led by officiala of the American embassy. Following this announcement the Czechs ordered the expulsion of Isaac Patch, head of the embassy's political department, and his aide.

John lleyn, on charges of being leaders of the group. The U. S. embassy emphatically denied the charges. The Ciecha also arrested Samuel Meryn, an employe of the American military attache'a office, held him incommunicado for some time, and then released him and expelled him from the country.

Meryn Charged The government had charged that the embassy employes, especially Meryn, had supplied the alleged espionage group with wire-teas seta and other equipment to carry on espionage. The Czecha aaid that Walter Birge, of the American embassy had established the ring even before the Communists came to power in February, 1940. When Birge was transferred to another post, the government aaid the alleged espionage group was taken over by embassy officials Louise Schaffner and Spencer Tag- gart, who are also in different posta now. The government charged In Its Indictment against the six Czechs that Col. Andre Dechaene, present American air attache in Prague, waa also connected with the apy ring.

Officials Arrested LONDON, April 22 -UP) The American military permit officer in Prague and an official of the American embassy were arrested outside the U.S. Information service office yesterday but released immediately after being Identified, dispatches from Prague aaid to day. The men were Martin S. Bowe, military permit officer, and Alex-I ander Manchesky, assistant gen-j eral aervicea officer at the American embaasy. Bowe waa arrested while taking picturea of Czechs crowding inlo tne U.S.

1.3. norary where books and other reading material were being distributed prior to the library's closure on Czech orders. He was released an hour later after being identified by a Czech foreign ministry official, these dispatches said. Manchesky waa releaaed after IS minutes. Special Price Or Limited Quantity Feed for Hogs PAGE LUMBER FUEL 164 I.

2nd S. riiaite 242 Schwinn Bicycles Mil th. bMt and rtpalr tha rait AL'S FIXIT SHOP Between Finn Bureau tnd Jr. High 130 Wuhingtoa Phon 1328-8 Com In and your free copy of tha Official Fish and Garni Synopsis. The Weather Considerable cloudiness and coaler today and Sunday.

Hlfheat temp, for April Lowest temp, far any April 2S Highest temp, yesterday 41 Lowest temp, laat 24 hours 40 Precipitation last 24 hrs. Precipitation from Sept. 1 31.07 Precipitation from April 1 .75 Deficit from April I 1.11 DRESSMAKING ALTERATIONS Zoe Newman 2S Cobb Phone ST-n Thettarsofoir Who bought her Jewelry by proiy? WATCH REPAIRING Bring your witch to lit for depart, eon. cicntlous workman, hip In watch-maklna. lwari look lor tha wor "certified." planting now Nw the) Hint) to your spring pUntifif rhfjrdJoeJriieJraiis, mll.tv rst Mfiiftrt, shrub, hif ftltmH, fruit, ant mni How.

rinf rrtt ni torn. Let mi hlt with your UnJ- roolmt. Visit our aurMry nytimo. CALL 468 For Your Heating Fuel! Thettarsofory Wtu kauaht her I I ROSEBURG'S I CERTIFIED WATCHMAKER FLOOR CONTRACTING Herdwed Sending. I Laylef 1 Finishing Old Fleer Made Like New.

CARLSON'S FLOOR SIRVICI Mmm 102-R-J It Veers Isearianc EUGENE. ADril 22. VP) A 14-year-old Boy Scout died while swimming in the University of Ore-goo men's pool Friday night, and the Lane county coroner haa ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death. The youth, Frank Deration, waa swimming with members of Boy Scout troop 57. Under an agreement with the university, the Boy Scout troop furnishes the lifeguards and aeveral accomplished swimmers were present.

The boy waa not missed until it came time to dress, and when he didn't ahow up a search revealed hia body at the deep end of the pool. The boy had complained earlier in the evening that he did not feel well but did not tell Bis scoutmaster. Ohio Publisher ASNE President WASHINGTON. UP) Dwight Young, editor and publisher of the Dayton (Ohio) Journal Herald, Saturday waa elected preaident of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Alexander T.

Jones, executive editor of the Syracuse (N.Y.) Her ald-Journal, waa chosen first vice president a post which puts him in line for the presidency a year hence in accord 'with ASNE tra dition. Aa second vice-president. ASNE a board of directors elected Wright Bryan, editor of the Atlanta Journal. Bryan thus joins the usual line of aucceasion to the presidency. Young succeeds Ben M.

Mc-Kelway, editor of the Washington as president. Kenneth Macuonald, execujve editor of the Dea Moines (Iowa) Register and Tribune, waa elected secretary. L. R. Blanchard, general executive editor of the Gan nett newspapers, Rochester, N.

became treasurer. The 400 editors, in balloting which haa continued since Thursday, elected five members to the board of directors. These include William R. Mathews, editor and president of the Arizona Daily Star, Tucson. Gen.

Donovan Calls For Grabbing Russians PHILADELPHIA, April 22 UP) The United States ahould seize and hold 10 Russian soldier and sailors now in this country as "hostages for the 10 Americana in a Navy Diane ahot down by the Soviets in the Baltic sea, says Mai. Gen. William J. (Wild BUI) Donovan. Donovan, wartime head of the Office of Strategic Service (OSS), aaid the Americans may be alive and prisoners of the Russiana.

'The 10 Russiana should be held until indemnity which the United States has asked is paid," Donovan said. "Or until the Americans are returned safe and sound and the possibility that they are pris oners of the Russians should not be excluded." Donovan made his at a press conference preceding a cancer crusade luncneon. He ia na tional chairman of the campaign. Oldest Catholic Sister In Orders Dies At 92 BELMONT, April 22 UP) The oldest sister in the Catholic church religious orders, Sister May Agatha of St. Joseph, died here today at the age of 92.

A member of the Institute of Sis ters of Notre Dame de Namur, Sister Mary Agatha had been a teacher at Notre Dame college here aince 1923. Born Mary Jane Godsu in Liver-! pool, England, in August of 1858, the aged nun entered the order in i 1878, 72 years ago. Spokesmen at Notre Dame said at the time of her death ahe was "the oldest professed sister in the world." Funeral services will be held Monday morning at the college Landslide At Astoria Slows To 'Snail's Pace' ASTORIA. April 22 Cox comb hill, slowed down by four rainless days, was merely crawl ing along today. Engineers reported the moving hillside had traveled only eight feet all week a snail' pace compared to its previous eight to ten feet a day.

city omciais hoped to start mov-ina houses, already shifted out of the danger area, to their new aites today. They were awaiting arrival of an insurance policy on the cringe across wmcn uie nouses must move. Meanwhile holes were beine bored, apparently successfully, in another hill to drain off water, and save it from Coxcomb hill' fate. ACTRESS TO WEO HOLLYWOOD. UP) Actress Joan Caulfield and producer Frank Ross.

Jean Arthur former hus band, plan an April 29 marriage. The actress announced it Friday and said it will be a small private affair with only a few friend in attendance. Matron of honor will be ainger Benay Venuta, who introduced the couple two year go. NEW YORK. April 22 VP) Ernest Weaver, president of division 6, Communicationa Workers of America, aaid today strike call would be Issued within 24 hours to 10,000 telephone installation workers if the Western Electric company did not change its position in a South Bend, dispute.

"A strike call will be issued within 24 hours if the company doea not change ita position on the South Bend situation," he "If the position ia changed later than 24 hours it would be difficult to rescind the atrike call because the union's activitiea are spread through several states." Mud Disliked At South Bend 104 union members struck on March 27 when aix of them complained the company wanted them to walk half a mile acroaa a muddy field to work on i new television center. Western Electric Is the installing and manufacturing subsidiary of the American Telephone and Telegraph better known aa the Bell System. The telephone system la faced with a strike Wednesday over wages unless federal mediators are able to resolve the conflict. The strike date had been postponed 60 daya under a truce obtained by President Truman, Ultimatum Issued At South Bend the Western Electric has notified the 104 workers to report for work Monday or be discharged. Weaver served his 24 hours notice on Western Electric as he pre- Eared to continue negotiations ere.

Yesterday sympathy walkouts started in Seattle, Portland, Fargo, N. and other citiea. More were expected over the weekend by Weaver. "By all Indications the whole 10,000 will be out by Monday," Weaver aaid. "This could be the beginning of the nation wide strike, and it will be unless some suitable arrangement ia made by the company concerning the South Bend workera." Jailed Douks Pose Problem KRESTOVA, B.

C. April 22 UP) Clothes peeling, hymn-chanting Doukhobors Dosed an unorthodox housing problem today. Eighty of them of whom five are women are crowded into the Nelson jail aome 23 miles from here because, police charge, they participated in putting to the torch 11 of their own ahack-like dwellings this week. 1 The Doukhobors, members of the radical Sons of Freedom sect, said the fires were started id protest against a "new war." Three homea and a communal kitchen were burned yesterday by nude sect members, British Col umbia Provincial Police Inspector Robert Stewart predicted more trouble. "Didn't you notice that windows have been removed from some of the houses? They are next, I think." Earlier, 41 of the demonstrators were taken into custody, but many later were released.

The 10 held, however, brought the Nelson jail population to 80, aome of whom were arrested months ago. The main jail ia filled to its capacity of 54. The remainder of the Douks are jammed into a wooden annex. Sandall Co. Plaintiff In Money Action Suit W.

M. Sandall and Edna M. Sandall, doing business as W. M. Sandall are the plaintiffs in a suit brought against Earl Corbett Valade and Thelma M.

Valade, seeking judgments to collect the sums of $92.23 and $420.09, plus interest, costs and attorney fees. The amounts are alleged due on promissory notes executed by the defendants. An earlier story in the News-Review listed the Sandalls as the defendanta in the case. Firt Damages Horn Approximately $100 damage was inflicted to the Floyd Rawdon home, Rt. 4.

box 120, at 9 50 p.m. Friday, according to Fire Chief William Mills. Mills ia i(T the blaze waa evidently caused by defective radio wiring which burned, setting a nearby davenport afire. Exactly two hours after the Rawdon fire, trucks were dispatched to the Douglas hotel, corner of Douglaa and Jackson, where a faulty flue threatened the three-story building. No damage resulted, Chief Mills said.

Priaulx Sets Address Arthur W. Priaulx, manager of advertising and publicity for the West Coast Lumberman's association, will be the featured speaker at the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce noon forum luncheon Monday at Hotel Umpqtia. Forum Chairman George Lupma termed Priaulx an excellent speaker who personalty does more to stimulate a demand for our lumber products than any other person. Services Held Today Funeral services for Walter R. Watkina, 5S, who died at hia home in Myrtle Creek April 19, were held today, April 22, at 2 p.m.

in tne Methodist cnurcn in Myrtle Creek with Rev. H. Burleson offi ciating. The arrangements were in charge of the Roseburg Funeral home. Surviving him are three brothers: Thomas Gardena, John Trono, Harry L.

Beaumont, aeven sisters, Mrs. Elisabeth White, Lenox, Mra. Ruby McCoid, Whit-tier, Mrs. Anna Beck, Mec-sa, Mra. Mattie Thompson, Palm Dale, Mra.

Nettie Baxter, Newton, Kansas; Mrs May Ober, Ohio; and Mra. Marguerite Hill, Los Angeles. Interment followed in the Myrtle Creek cemetery. Canyonville Resident Dies After Illness Ellis Raymond Howerton, 59, resident of Canyonville for the laat 12 years, died April 20 after a short illness. He waa born Feb.

27, 1891, in Kansas and came to Oregon 20 years ago. Surviving are his widow, Emily Josephine, Canyonville; a step. son, Aloysius Sylva, Mill Valley, a aister, Mrs. Mable Cooper, Lom-poc, five brothra: Marian, Austin, Charles, Eldon, and George Howerton, all of Lompoc, and Everett Howerton, King City, and two grandchildren. Funeral services uv charge of the Roseburg Funeral home, will be held in the Methodist church in Canyonville Monday, April 24, at 10 a.m., with Rev.

Taylor officiating. Interment will follow in the Canyonville cemetery. Shooting Of Dean Brings Sentence ATHENS, April 22 UP) A jury returned a grim answer last night to the story of Mrs. Kathleen Merry Drewry: Two to four yeara in prison. The attractive 45-year-old divorcee waa convicted of assault with intent to kill for firing two pistol bullets into her ex-husband's girl friend.

She promised today to fight the all-male jury'a sentence "all the way through." She ia free in $5,000 bond pending a hearing July 8 on her attorney's motion for a new trial. She still facea a separate account of assault with intent to kill her scholarly former husband John E. Drewry, dean of the school of journalism at the University of Georgia. Packing an old family pistol and wearing pajamas, Mrs. Drewry fired five ahots at the dean and Miss Miriam Thurmond, 26, when she found them together in Miss Thurmond's home Dec.

23. The 47 year old dean married Misa Thurmond last month. Mrs. Drewry'a defense rested on a plea that what she saw that pre Christmas night "horrified her" and drove her Insane with "an uncontrolled paasicn an irresistible impulse." Maragon's Attorney Seeks Motion For Dismissal WASHINGTON. April 22 -(Pi- John Maragon's attorney worked today on a motion asking dismissal of the perjury charges against the man who once was a frequent White House visitor.

With Maragon's trial recessed over the weekend, his lawyer prob- atiiy can make his move Monday. The prosecution is about through, except for cleaning up tag ends. The defense attorney, Irvin Goldstein, said his motion will be based on grounds the government has failed to produce enough evidence to convict Maragon. Census Taker Mixed Up FOREST GROVE, April 22 UP) A census taker borrowed a car from a friend. After completing the census rounds, he put it in a parking area where the friend had asked that it be left.

But the friend, Walter Jones, couldn't find it, and reported to police that it was stolen. Then Wilford Martin told police his car also had been stolen from in front of his apartment house. Police found both were the same model. Thev also found the census taker had been working at the apartment house. The rest was simple.

They went to the apartment house and found Jones' car. Martin's was in the parking area. The census taker had driven the wrong one away, MORSE ASKS PLAQUE WASHINGTON. April 22 -UP) A plaque, listing the achievements of Edward Dickinson Baker, should be placed on Baker's statue in the capitol rotunda. Senator Morse (R-Ore) said yesterday.

He introduced a bill to provide for the plaque. Congress erected the statue after Baker's death as a colonel commanding Union troops in the Civil war. He had served in Congress as a member of the House from Illinois and a senator from Oregon In addition to his war record, he was a noted speaker. FAIR GROUP SUED PORTLAND. April 22 The Socialist-Labor party sued the lounty Fair association for $5,921 yesterday.

The party accused the fair association of throwing ita exhibit off the fairgrounds. Do your spring Douglas Democrats Hear Candidates i Continued from page One) can do the better job? The history of the TVA haa ahown the clea ranswer to this question." He discussed the farm program, saying "The function of a government ia not to keep food away from the people. An intelligent farm policy requires a fair price to the farmer for his crops and the opportunity for the consumer to buy these crops at pricea he can afford to pay. Surplusses can then be distributed to American consumers at the lowest possible cost. T-H Act Scored The Taft-Hartley act, he declared was a "repudiation of the labor policy, not only of Franklin D.

Roosevelt, but also of ex-President Herbert Hoover." He maintains labor relationa should be returned to management and labor, with government interference placed at a minimum. Flegel, introduced by hia Douglaa county campaign manager, Avery Thompson, declared that Oregon needs better roads, better schools and other improvements. But, he declared, these improvements will cost money. "We can't spend money without knowing where to get it," he aaid. Development Urged The problem, he maintains, can be solved by the development of the Columbia river basin, with wide distribution of cheap power, which will induce new industries to come to Oregon.

He spoke of the need for jobs for the rapid influx of people to this state. These new industries, he declared, will provide those jobs, as well as place new values on our tax rolls. This in turn will pay for our needed roads and education. He blamed jealousy for delayed developments of the power projects. He stated he was not opposed to private power, but he believes that where private power fails to provide the need, then is the time to put in public power.

Woods Backs CVA Speaking more briefly. Dr. Woods, retired University of Oregon instructor, also declared his stand for CVA, the Brannan plan and repeal of the Taft-Hartley law, with a return to the Wagner act. Jackson, former Douglaa county sheriff, stated he has "no axe to grind" and is "making no promises." If elected "I will vote as I see fit." Leiken stated that if elected he would urge the repeal of the amendment, enacted by the last legislature, to the unemployment compensation act. This amendment gives the commission power to declare certain industries to be seasonal.

According to Leiken, this is unfair to both employer and employe. Cracroft. Pomona Grange master, discussed his stand on timber aales, stating he would show no favorites, would work for better roads, rbundance of electric power, support of the county home and care of the aged, and would study the juvenile delinquency problem. Morgan and Williama were introduced but discussed no issues. Musical entcrtainmenr was provided by Eliinbeth Warg at the piano and R.

Cloyd Riffe, vocalist. Italians Demonstrate Over Trieste. Status ROME, April 22 student demonstratons and heated parliamentary debate fanned Italian feelings over the disputed free territory of Trieste yesterday. Thousands of students paraded with songs and shouts in seven Italian cities, demanding the territory's return to Italy. In at least three cities they clashed with police.

In Bologna they were attacked by Communists before police broke up the demonstration. Several students were reported injured at various points and a number were arrested. Meanwhile the prestige of Premier Alride de Gasperi'a Christian Democrat government was threatened in parliamentary debate on Trieste by both pro-Communists and pro-Fascists. Both groups claimed that Italy had been betrayed by the big three western powers. WI AM ALWAYS 0PIN PLAT I NURSERY I Miles lest, 1 Mile South 'gtharlia Plat I Reed.

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