The News-Review from Roseburg, Oregon • Page 1

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P. Two; Plans Differ in Scope WASHINGTON. Jan. 27 UP) 22-49 ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27. 1949 1 -fsi 1 iTlilMIHlilMMMIIimni 'nl' JIM WILLIAMS, left, and LEE SHARMER, right, are partners now holding the catering concession at the Roseburg Country club.

Jim hails from Seattle and Lee from Santa Barbara. Both profess liking Roseburg very much and both hope Roseburg likes them. It ought to be easy. I was discussing life and a cup of coffee with them in the bar while a banquet was in progress in the adjoining dining hall, the other evening. Suddenly a gentleman thrust his head through the service window and hollered "Shut up!" It seems the meeting had been called to order and the ensuing sacred hush caught us all unprepared.

It shouldn't have. The contrast ought to have warned us for gad knows they'd made enough noise eating. Er' pardon me, I mean while eating. Residents of West Roseburg Decide to Employ Engineers To Prepare Plans for Sewer Preliminary steps for an engineering study In connection with a proposed West Rosenurg sanitary district were taken Wednesday night at a well attended meeting at the Courthouse In Roseburg. Picture by Paul Jenklni ADDRESSES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Dr.

Roy McCall, head of the speech department at thft University of Oregon, is seen here addressing the annual banquet of the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce at the First Methodist Church last night. Flanking him are L. J. Fullerton, retiring president of the Chamber, left, and Mrs. Fullerton.

Dr. McCall's topic was "The Communication Lines are Down." The Weather Mostly cloudy today, tonight and Friday. Intermittent light drizzle or snow. Cooler with low tonight 20 degrees. Sunset today 5:18 p.

m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:33 a. m. Established 1i73 Oregon Farm Post at Issue In Legislature Bill Takes Appointment From Governor, Gives It to Advisory Board By PAUL W. HARVEY Jr.

SALEM. Jan. 27. (JP The House Agriculture Commit- mlttee introduced a but today to take away the governor's power to hire and fire the state director of agriculture. The power would be given to the seven-man State Board of Ag riculture, which now is an ad visory body.

The Committee said the bill would eive farmers more control over the Department. But the bill is expected to De Diueny auacKea. Rep. Howard Morgan, Portland Democrat, a member of the committee, won no support for his idea to have a representative of consumers on the Board. The most controversial subject in the Legislature still is the bill to prohibit a power dam on the lower Deschutes River.

The dam would be built by three power companies, but is opposed by commercial and sports fishermen. Chairman Douglas Yeater, Salem, of the House Utilities Committee, said he would let the bill cool off for a while and then hold public The joint highway committees decided to introduce a bill to increase revenues from fees on commercial trucks. More Police Work Asked Sen. Elmo Smith, Ontario, said he is preparing a bill to let State Police enforce liquor laws. Enforcement now Is done by liquor commission agents.

Another bill to give the State Police more work is being prepared by Sen. Austin Flegel, Portland. It would take all law enforcement away from county sher- (Contlnued on Page Two) Stress of School Needs Topic Of Elliott's Story The demand for additional school facilities in the Roseburg district will exceed ability to provide, even though population should become fixed at present levels. This is the assumption made by Paul Elliott, city school superintendent, in the current issue of the Oregon Education Journal, a publication from the Oregon Education Association. In the article on Roseburg schools, Mr.

Elliott summarizes the community's growth, reviews the history of the school system, tells of temporary and permanent construction to date to care for increased enrollment, together with plans for the future, following approval of the bond issue voted recently, and concludes with an analysis of birth records, showing that despite authorized expansion the district still will be lacking in facilities to meet the anticipated demand. Private Plane Missing In Klamath Falls Area KLAMATH FALLS, Jan. 27 A private plane en route from Redding, to Eugene Is missing, possibly somewhere in this area. John L. Krause.

Antioch, took off from Redding yesterday and the CAA said check of air ports along the route had failed to locate him. Another pilot. William Thomas, whose address was not knowii here, made an emergency landing at Chemult in a snowstorm 00 miles north of here yesterday. He said he was making the came flight and last saw Krause plane before getting into the storm. School Budget Election To be Held at Tenmile Tenmlle School District 7 will hold a budget election and also vote to exceed the 6 percent limitation at a meeting Friday, Jan.

28. at 7:30 p. m. in the school-house, Mabel Hater, clerk, reports. As a program feature following the business, the radio film.

"Laddie," based upon Gene Stratton Porter's novel and starring Tim Holt, Virginia Gilmore and Joan Carroll, will be shown by Ted Peterson, school principal. The film will be shown to the pupils of the school in the afternoon. All Interested parents are asked to attend the meeting. Meat Cutters' Strike Averted by Pay Raise PORTLAND. Jan.

27. AFL meat cutters in retail and i Speech Defects' Correcting Topic of Dr. R. McCall's Talk At Annual Banquet of C. of C.

With amazing control over his flexible voice, Dr. Roy McCall, head of the speech department at the University of Oregon, demonstrated for the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce last night, the major speech defects which afflict people of all ages. The occasion was the Chamber's annual banquet at the First Methodist Church. Dr. McCall's topic was "The Communication Line Are Down." Employment of engineers to prepare a plan for sewer Instal lation and sewage disposal and to estimate costs was approved.

The sum of $215 was contributed by persons in attendance at the meeting to start the fund required for the survey. The meeting was conducted by Al Rowe, temporary chairman. Sig Fett was elected temporary treasurer. Jack Doyle, a member of the board of trustees of the retentlv organizedRlverslde Sanitary Dis trict, was present to explain the procedure followed by Riverside Addition in setting up Its district. C.

V. Landis, chairman of the Riverside District hoard, was unable to be present because of illness. West Roseburg residents voted to follow the same procedure used successfully in the area north of the city and will employ the same engineering firms. Edward Murphy has been retained as legal counsel. The West Roseburg area will be canvassed for voluntary con- (Continued on Page Two) Former Senator I.

L. Lenroot Dies WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Former Senator Ervine L. Lenroot of Wisconsin, the man who might have been the 29th President of the United States, died last night at the age of 80.

A quirk of politics denied him a spot in history as an American president, Powerrul In Republican Party circles in the 1920s, he was picked by G.O.P. leaders as a vice-presidential running mate for Warren G. Harding. Thai's usually enough to win nomination, but tired delegates to the 1920 national convention bucked their leaders and swung to Calvin Coolidge. Coolidge became President when Harding died three years after the election.

Lenroot is survived by his widow. Eleanore, and a daughter Katherine F. Lenroot, chief of the Children's Bureau of the Social Security Administration. Walter F. Gibton If I fi.

Blizzard Area Hit by Fresh Snow Storm Crews Working to Save Ranchers, Indians, Stock; Illinois Flood Worse WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. tm The House today voted to help 10 western states dig isolated ranchers and their livestock out of a long and heavy snow. The bill now goes to the Senate. By th Auoclated Prexnl Snow moved back Into the in-termountain states today as a new storm spread through the area.

An estimated 25,000 northern Utah school children remained at home because there was no natural gas to heat their schools. Disaster relief crews worked to save thousands of strander livestock and marooned ranchers and Indians. It was six below In Salt Lake City, a climb from a minus 22 minimum two nights earlier. Boise, In Southwestern Idaho, warmed up to three above this morning. New federal and state resources cheered Utah stockmen as they reported recent relief measures had prevented a complete loss of Utah's 1,200.000 head of snowbound sheep and cattle.

The air force worked as ranch hand again for 200,000 livestock stranded In Nevada's worst winter in 40 years. There was no doubt the airlift was easing the feed crisis. But ranchers feared some of the cat (Continued on Page Two) Three Brothers Held in Series Of Sex Crimes ALBANY, Jan. 27. Three brothers from Sllverton are held under $5,000 ball each today in a police investigation of a wave of rapes Involving five girls or women in three counties.

District Attorney Melvln Goode said one young girl had been burned with clgarets and subjected to other, tortures before assaulted. State Police Sgt. E. E. Larios identified the men held as William, Clcdus and Merle Perkins, Route 3, Sllverton.

He said William Perkins has a state prison record; Cledus is 18 and Merle Is a 16-year-old high school sophomore. They have been bound over to the Grand Jury. Larios said the series of rapes occurred In Linn, Polk and Clackamas Counties. He said that In several cases water had been poured Into the gasoline tanks on the women's cars. When the cars stalled on the highway, men offered aid, then attacked the women.

Educator Quits Over Ouster of Three Commies SEATTLE, Jan. 27. t.V) The University of Washington Daily said today the resignation of Prof. Thomas Cook was "the first serious aftermath of the tenure code firings" of three professors. Cook, at present a visiting professor at the University of Chicago, said there he had resigned as Professor of Political Science at Washington.

He has been at Washington nine years. "I resigned," Professor Cook told a news conference, "because of the conspicuous violation of the proper processes for deciding issues of freedom and tenure at the University." The three professors were dis missed by the Board of Regents on charges of present or former Communist activity. Police Chief Warns On Tampering With Meters Chief of Police Calvin Balrd calls attention to city ordinance 1.090, which makes it punishable by law for anyone to tamper with parking meters. Erwin Short, in charge of the meters, has reported a number have been damaged, presumably by foul play. The glasses in several have been broken, and in most cases the works have also been damaged.

One meter was stolen last month. In the past, others have been Taken. The parking meters, said Chief Baird. are public property and should be protected. Offenders may be penalized either Municipal or Justice Court, depending upon nature of the offense.

Grueninq Renominated As Governor of Alaska WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.UP) President Truman today nominated Krnrst Gruenlng tor reappointment as Governor of Alaska. The President also sent to the Senate his nomination of Llewellyn M. Williams for reappointment as Secretary of the Territory ol Alaska. Congress today has a choice of three multi-billion dollar programs designed to provide homes mainly for low income families.

Two are Republican-backed, the other is an administration meas ure. The two GOP bills, designed as substitutes for President Truman's housing program, are being introduced today. The Democratic measure was submitted early this month. Fourteen Republican senator are sponsoring the new bill being presented to the Senate. Eleven GOP House members are backing the other new measure.

Those two bills and the administration's are alike in that they all call for public housing, slum clearance, farm homes and research to cut building costs. Differ in Scope The scope of Ihe public housing program is different in each. It ranges from 1,000,000 units in the next seven years in the administration measure, to 810,000 In six years In the House GOP bill, to 600,000 In six years In the Senate Republican program. And the House bill, but not the other two, provides for $3,000,. 000,000 in government loans to spur private construction of homes in the next six years for families with incomes of from J2.000 to $3,000 a year.

Those dwellings would rent for about $50 a month. That section of the House GOP (Continued on Page Two) Locker Plant Damaged By Oakland Fire Fire, causing an estimated 000 loss, damaged the locker plant of William Wagoner on Locust Street in downtown Oakland early today. According to a report from Sid Wagoner, a brother who oc cupied one of two apartments up stairs, me lire oroKe out around he motors of the locker plant about 6:15, and spread from there up through the apartments. Quick action on the part ol Oakland Fire Department, however, limited the damage to the rear of the building. Most of the damage to the locker plant was to the motors and refrigeration equipment.

None of the lockers were harmed. Wagoner reported. The flames spread up through the ceiling damaging both apart ments. The building was Insured. A survey of the loss was being made today, ana a rougn estimate put the damaee to the nlant enuio- ment of around $6,000 to $8,000, and damage ranging from $1,000 to to both upstairs apartments.

The second apartment was occupied by Miss Virginia Leonard. I Dance Will Close Polio Campaign March of Dimes campaigns in Douglas County will draw to a close this week end, with the big dance, under sponsorsntp or the Roseburg Active Club the highlight of activities. The dance will he Friday night from 9 to midnight In the Armory. Lou Franco and his Happy Valley Cowboys will provide the entertainment. Roseburg polio chairman Del McKay reported a "march of dollars" and a "mile of dimes," fund raising stunts, will be conducted on the streets of the city Saturday.

The campaign has been considerably slowed this year since so many of the lumber operations are closed down, according to McKay. This means that more people should make direct contributions. Six new polio cases were reported in Oregon in January. This Is very unusual for the winter months, said McKay. Britain's Labor Regime Wins Confidence Vote LONDON, Jan.

27. fP) Britain's labor government won a vote of confidence on the Palestine question bv the margin of 90 votes In its first major foreign policy test in parliament. Criticized on all sides, Foreign Secretary Bevin's policy was approved hy the House of Commons by 283 to 19.1 last night after a sharp debate of seven hours. Fine Paid for Keeping Children From School Stanley Brint, Lookingglass Route, was fined $20 on a charge of failure to send his children to school, Justice of Peace A. J.

Geddes reported. Brint paid the fine and was released, said the Judge. evity pact ffcnt By L. r. lUluiutela Senator Henry Cabot Lodge says the C.

O. P. needs more 'soul It might start looking in political cemeteries, where mot of its chances for future luccess appear to be buried. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS AT Fresno, this is written, the California Newspaper Publishers Association Is holding jts annual convention. The Association has about 430 members, and most of them are present.

lany of them are, accompanied By their wives and olher members of their families. Many newspapers have several representatives here. In addition, the suppliers of the newspaper Industry paper and ink merchants, machinery dealers, etc. are in attendance as a matter of business. The upper brackets of the state government are quite well represented.

Without counting noses. It can be stated with reasonable accuracy that upwards of a thousand people are here in connection with the convention. AT the principal evening session, Governor Warren is the speaker. In the late afternoon, he arrives by plane from Sacramento. He and charming Mrs.

Warren come from the airport to the convention hotel and enter the lobby as casually as a (Continued on Page Four I Fine of $500 Paid For illegal Sale of Liquor Ed McConnel, Reedsport, ar-Tested by state liquor law enforcement officers, on a charge of illegal sale of liquor, was fined $500 and given a 30-day suspended Jail sentence when arraigned in the court of Justice of Peace Fred M. Wright at Reedsport, the judge reported. McConnel paid the fine and was released. This arrest was the fourth in a series by state liquor law enforcement officers this week in Douglas County. Mayor, Ex-Mayor Agree, But Not Law; $50 Fine When a mavor cots toeothcr with an ex-mayor an explosion may follow.

One did at Reedsport and re sulted in a $50 line. It all occurred when Reedsport ex-mayor, John Skaaluren, owner ol a piece of waterfront properly on Scofield creek, in Reedsport, and Tom LMlebo, present mayor of Reedsport, happened to meet on the street. Skaaluren asked Mayor Lillebo, who is also a contractor, to remove some old and unsightly piling from the waterfront property. Anxious to please his friend and predecessor in office, Lillebo immediately assigned one of his men to the task. While the piling was being removed through use of powder, Sgt.

Richard Miles of the Slate Po lice was attracted to the scene and inquired if a permit had been secured to set off a blast in a fishing stream. Justice of the Peace Fred Wright reports the matter was settled by a fine in the sum of $50, of which the justice of the peace, considering the circumstances, remitted $25. Court Action Depot Rising For Trailways Line Construction of a $4,500 depot for the Continental Trailways ha3 been started at 121 N. Stephens St. and is expected to be completed March 1.

Herman Steeck, local agent for the bus line, sold Leonard DeWaard of Sutherlin has been awarded the construction contract. The new depot, which will have 2,000 square feet of floor space, will include a restaurant, waiting room, rest rooms and ticket office. The restaurant will be leased. The depot will have a canopy under which buses may park for unloading during adverse weather. When more than one scheduled bus is here, additional buses may park on the 20 80 concrete apron in front of the depot.

Steeck said he will eventually erect a marquee In front of the depot. In the spring, two additional schedules, both north and south, will be added to the four schedules presently operated by Trail-ways between Seattle and San Francisco and Los Angeles. Riot Scenes Staged As Tyrone and Linda Wed ROME, Jan. 27. P) Linda Christian and Tyrone Power were married today in a wedding that would stack up against the best of Hollywood's camera extravaganzas.

Screaming thousands of "Ti-fosi," the Italian equivalent of bobby-soxers, staged riot scenes around the little church of Santa Krancesca Romana where the film notables said "I do." Mounted police were called out to ring the church, located in the old part of Rome. The crowd nearly pulled the overcoat off United States Ambassador James C. Dunn when he and his wife arrived at the church. Scores of other notables were there, too. Pope Pius XII gave the new Mrs.

Tyrone Power a booklet of "instructions about the good Christian family." Oregon National Guard Training Periods Dated PORTLAND, Jan. Oregon National Guard troops of the 41st Infantry Division will hold summer training June 12 to 26 at Fort Lewis, Wash. Mai. Gen. Thomas E.

Rilea. ad jutant general, said about 5,000 Oregon men are members of the 41st and will Join Washington units in the encampment. Oregon air units are expected to train at the Moses Ijike Air Force Base In central Washington. He said an Oregon anti-aircraft outfit will be organized prior to June training and will train with the air units. Woman's Frozen Body east district.

An autopsy has been ordered to determine cause of death. Acquaintances said she was subject to frequent fainting spel's. There are 13,000,000 people In Ihe United States whose speech is so inadequate that they do not lead normal Jives, he pointed out. At least one out of every 10 has a speech defect of some kind, and 90 per cent of the cases can be corrected. Clinics have been established, but it is a "real obligation" of the Chamber of Commerce, also, to help these citizens "learn to live." Dr.

McCall was Introduced to his audience by George Luoma, who had Introduced Ihe same speaker when he appeared before the Roseburg Kiwanis Club on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Kiwanis last autumn. At' that time, Dr. McCall recalled, he had "pretended" to have a speech defect. Having secured the Interest of his audience, he continued in his "normal" voice. Last night, he said, he had caught a cold and really could not speak well.

He pointed out, however, that having a cold is not a "speech defect." Major speech defects are those of symbolism, In which persons of normal intelligence do not learn to speak because of environment or other reasons; articulation, which includes people with cleft palates or olher organic or physical defects; stutterers, whose condition usually originates In childhood, and voice (Continued on Page Two) Warning Given the movement was picking up some support from renting owners In ether cities. Murphy said last night that he still did not have an accurate figure of the number of eviction notices served here, hut that more than 1,000 prepared forms had been delivered to member landlords. Tenants Little Disturbed Surprisingly enough, few tenants served notices here evidenced any degree of Indignation. One of them, Fred Winters, said, "I don't blame them, and probably would do the same thing if I were a property owner." Others merely shrugged the action off as "another political move." Murphy, honorary president of the Property Owners Association (Continued on Page Two) Initiation Will Mark Visit Of Supreme Go vernor of Moose Walter F. Gibson, Oakland, new supreme governor of the Loyal Order of Moose, has selected Roseburg as one of his four stops in Oregon during hir current tour.

He is scheduled here today for a dinner meeting with officers at the Shalimar, and an evening meeting at the Armory following the dinner. Landlords in Revolt Against Extension of Rent Control TULSA, Jan. 27 (II The Tulsa-born rebellion of landlords against feoeral rent control legislation "will be stopped by the courts," Texas Congressman Wright Pat man told Tulsa and Dallas property owners by telephone early today. A large class of candidates yill be initiated by the newly organized Roseburg Lodge 1037 in honor of the supreme governor. Members of the Eugene Moose Lodge degree team will be guests at the dinner and perform during the evening meeting.

Born in London. England, in 1SS6. Mr. Gibson received his academic and engineering training in the United States. He is su-erintendent of the street department at Oakland.

where he joined the Moose Lodge. No. 324. in 1910. and In which he holds a life membership, and of which he has been trustee for 20 years.

He is a past president of the California Moose Association, past North Moose. Legion 70; holder of Fellowship and Pilgrim degrees, and a member of the "50" club. Mr. Gibson is also affiliated with the Masons. Shrine.

Wood-i of the World and United Commercial Travelers. He is vice president of the Oakland Civil Serv ice Employes Association. I He was called In a longdl lance conference with two un Identified Dallas renters and the Rev. Wallace J. Murphy, a leader of the Tulsa revolt.

Murphy, a Baptist minister, said Patman was asked on what grounds would the court base an injunction against mass evictions when Ihe present rent control law provides that landlords may withdraw their properties from the rental market on 60-day notice. Patman's reply, according to Murphy, was that "the eviction notices weren't served In good faith." The revolt was launched two days ago by the Tulsa Property Owners Association of which Murphy Is executive secretaiy. The Association controls an estimated 3.000 rental units In the city, many of them In the lower rental brackeis. A they did so, there were signs wholesale shops throughout the Found in Portland Area city voted last night to accept a So a week raise. The acceptance I PORTLAND, Jan.

27. travelled a threatened strike. iThe frozen body of 65-year-old J. D. McDonald, secretary of i Janet Greaves, missing since Sun-Local 143.

said the raise, retro- day, was found in the snow back active to Jan. 1, will raise whole-lot a northeast district home yes-sale workers to a minimum $75 i terday. She lived in the south- a week for journeymen and re tail workers to 5M a week. The union parlier had rejected a $3 offer and demanded a $10 a week boost..