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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG, OREGON. SATURDAY. MARCH 21. 1936. MISTOM Camera Depicts Scenes in Flooded Districts S: .M ) &5:;0 Hoop Superiority of Prep Schools to Be Decided in Game Tonight. SAI.RM, Ore. March 21. AP) Corvallls unil Kranklin high of Portland will clash tonight for tlie prep Rfhool hasketball champion Khlp of Oregon. The two teams swept through the serrdflnul round Inst night, leaving Hellfountuin and Mllton-Freewater In their wuka to battle fur subordinate positions In the mate tournament. Corvallls, which has mode one of the most InipreHBlve records In years, did not extend Itself greatly to win :14 to 25 from Ilellfountaln, state "II" league champion. The Corvallls five led 10 to 0 at the end of the first quarter und IS to 8 at half-time but the last half found Ilellfountaln more than hold ing its own. Franklin high hnd plenty of trouble with Mllton-Freewater. The snore was knnited 9-all at the first quarter and 18-all at half time. Hun sen, Franklin forward, piled up 1C points and aided materially in the last-half drive which netted the vic tory. The score was 36 to 23. Hellfountuln and Mllton-Freewater will meet nt 7:30 p. m. for third place. The loser will rank sixth. The Corvallls Franklin championship till will begin an hour later. Consnltlon winners In the two neml-flnul rounds of that bracket were llenson of Portland. Salem. Tlllumook and Astorin. Myrtle Creek Beaten, Astoria turned In Mm second Inrtcest tournament score on record III defcntlliK Myrtle Creek 00 to 2(1. Kilgene In 10-2 scored points ngnhiHl Joseph. Ted Kiirpnln, flashy Astoria forward, piled up 27 points to tie the individual tourna ment record set by Wardlow How ell of Ashland ill the Ashlnml-The Dulles KUllle or 1031. .Tillamook defeated Oregon City f3 to IS, llenson won from Mill Clly 27 In 2,r mill Salem beat Ilend :is in 30. SNOW INCREASES FLOOD AREA'S WOE Continued Horn page 1) After rnglng for two days, tho river at Hartford apparently hail reached lis crest, wlih a record high level of 37.5 feet at nild-inorn-iug. The wealher hurenu said the river was leveling off. Tho cities of Hartford nnd Mlil illelnwn were wilhoul electric pow er nfter a night of tenor. Ituln fell III sheets lodliy. Ill I lul l Toi'il alone, more Hum 2, WW were home less. The ruins dashed wliulevnr hopes hiiil been held fur quick re cession of the liver. The (lain on the Quinnobuug, near IHiiiielsou, Conn., wus threat ened by the new ruin. To tho thnosniids of refugees, huddled III relief shelters in west ern Pennsylvania, und down the Ohio to Wheeling a panorama of destitution und misery from llireu duys of rampaging wuiers the snow storm brought a new danger pneumonia. Water shortages In ninny com munities nlroady hud threatened pestilence. Health 8ervlce Busy To prevent epidemics, the Unit ed States public heullll service kept its most skillful experts ta iloring In nil the stricken com munities. Kvery snnltnry engineer from the Washington headquurters was sent to Pennsylvania ami West Virginia to set up emer gency clilorinatloii systems. From other units, engineers were lush ed to flood swept communities elsewhero In the east. The snow bumpered clenu-up and reclumatlon work in the Pills-burgli-JnhiiHtowii area. Some 25.0110 WI'A workers wore mobilised III Pittsburgh und 6.000 lu Johnstown to give all aid. There was no bent in Johnstown mill ninny of the G.ooo destitute there were III. Likewise in Wheeling, between K.IIUO and 10.1)00 homeless shivered throughout the day in teiiiporury iiuarters. Pittsburgh Situation Eased In Pittsburgh, lllere was a gra dual return of faculties. Mule electric power wus brought In, gus ' was returned to several buildings In the "tlobleii TriuiiKle," wealthy downtown area which wus cover ed two days ugo with IS feet of waler. Above Pittsburgh, I lie Allegheny, while ueur normal, was cutting u new channel around u giant water wuy lock. Kiiglneers strove with stone and bugs of cement to keep the river in lis course. Aside from tile Connecticut and the southern Ohio, livers generally throughout the east were either re telling sieaillly or were limit In their banks. Distress Widespread Hut the r 'sslou only brought the rest of Ihe world the plight of tiiiiuy rnininuiillles during the worst hours of the flood devasta tion. Wllllninsnorl, on Hie Susque hanna lu Pennsylvania, wus typi cal of the must severely stricken towns. Utile hud been hcill'd from It for many hours, I'nniinunl ciitlon wus cut off and meager ra dio reports hod told of fires. Some revised eslluinles ol I lie linuingo in this Industrial town run us high is $;l,oon.ooo. Four thousand wore homeless. The n I for clolhlng wns ncllte. While snow nnd rain fell over widespread npstnle r.ow oik nreiis, rehabilitation work continu ed nt n sleody pace. Thousands of persons in Ihe lllnghnmpton area, most severely Isolated and strick en city In the state, were return ed to their homes, but new dung ra tbreuleiied tho city. The es- tupo of gas begun from a fuel gas Only few miles above the nation's capital these summer cottages along the ''v" " fylfot weed as crest ot flood moved down the valley to Washington, where frantic efforts are being made to . protect IlQO.OW.0gO in gwrnment """ft lUMlrattd Ktwt) ; A nltiful example of the rising flood which threatens Washington. D. C, Is this family huddled near their Are after rising Potomac River drove them from their home. (International lUuttrated News.) The Oakland grade school girls defeated Myrtle Creek 8.1 to In a volleyball game at Oakland Tuesday night, while the Myrtle Creek boys won at basketball to 1. Thd untiovhnll eame ,.in.-a.i n,i uiitt ouite close until the lust few minutes of play. Myr tle Creek led ihe scoring in the early part of the contest. In the basketball game the Oak land team was completely outclass ed by ihe large and fast -Myrtle Creek five. Vocum. Myrtle t reek forward, scored 14 of his team's 19 points. Minter succeeded in Hiss ing one foul shot, wmen Oakland from a complete wash. The lineups: Oakland (33) Worthen (61 Copeland (2) Bainbrldge (1) Baird (4) McCurdy (4) Allls English (0) Todd (3) Mcllugill (O Campbell Basketball lineup Oakland (1) Stearns Todd Thornton Manning Minter (!) B. Goff Referees, tlons throughout the nation. Each farmer Is eligible to become a mem ber. Each association will (have county and community committees, which will appraise the farms, fix the soli conserving ami son uei.iei- ing bases, and operaie ""J - gram wllllin ine neiu. Subsidy checks may not be ex pected to reach the field before fall. timekeeper, Carlson; Morris. 10 as well saved white- (26) Jlvrtle Creek (0) Mcl.aln (2) Starbuck 4 Ady Valentine (3) Dyer Abbot (3) Allen (2) Short Crawford (101 Myrtle treek F (14) Yocuin V Manuin C (3) Dyer : (2) MiOougal Mcliiu Shirniiff Harrison and Young; (3) Stock and Bond , Averages STOCKS Compiled by The Associated Press. 30 15 15 CO Ind'ls Iiit'B I-'t'B Sfks March 21. Today 82.4 35.(1 47.3 61.9 Prev. day .... K2.7 35.9 47.5 62.2 Month ago .... S 4 3S.5 49.6 . 62.5 Veur ago .... 50.9 19.8 23.8 36 3 1935 high S2.9 39.7 50.8 63.5 1936 low 73.4 30.2 45.0 50.7 1935 high .... 76.3 31.2 44.7 56.1 1935 low 49.5 18.5 21.6 34.8 BONDS 20 10 10 10 nn's Ind'ls TVs Fen Todav 92.S 102.6102.5 70.4 New 1935 high. Prev. dav .... 92.3 102.6 102.4 70.3 Month ago .... 94.3 104.0 lnl.3 71.4 Year ago .... 79.2 92.7 87.7 66.4 1936 high .... 94.3 104.1 102.4 72.0 1936 low 86 9 102.1 99.3 69.5 1935 high .... 87.8 102.2 99.8 70.4 1 1935 low 76.4 92.2 81.5 65.5 scorekeepi-r, SOIL CONSERVATION PROGRAM LAUNCHED Oregon Granite Co. MONUMENTS Flint and Oak Sts. Dealers and Mfgs. order direct from local representative. H. H. WALTERMIRE Continued from pago 1) Faced with the danger of epidemics from contaminated water supplies, thousands of homeless and desti . tut, flood victims are being aided by Red Cross and Federal funds These mercy "" e iiooueu niiwa-uttiivi , in 7 Mills Are Silenced ilown the rich valleys of the Con necticut, Merrlnmc and other rivers. The great textile mills of Lowell, Mass., were shut ligtit with 20.000 persons matte Wile. Ihousands were idle In other mill towns and industrial centers. I'p hi Maine, martial law regu lated the town of Itumford, iso lated for two days by the And loKcoKKin river. Communication was established with the town of 8,0)10 today. The townsfolk were suffering severely. Five hundred families were being eared for by state military and local authori Farmers, Icirvintr their lowlands for (he town, look with them food and milk, thus averting a short-"gf. Hartford's Plight Told The desolation in Hartford wiib described by Kobert Muetiregor. Hartford newspaperman who flew over the city: "Roofs of houses penetrated the rushing blanket of water like tiny inlands. "Hrainard field hangars appear ed like lilted rafts; Colt's factory was surrounded by water and re sembled the government huililiuts on Kills Island in New York har bor. "The flocks of people who lined the water front a appeared like black moving chains. The Willi mm. lie railroad brldire wn sith- Mltitinmeii at WHltes-Hurre, Pa., are shown carrying a woman, seri ously ailing, through the flooded streets of the city to a Red Cross emer gency station for treatment. All government agencies have been or ganized to relieve suffering of the thousands made homeless and to combat thratoned pestilence In flooded areas where drinking water has been contaminated. tu re. The rate of this payment will he based on t be recotnmendat ion of state committees, but will not be more than $1 an acre. (An exeep- Ition Is made for small producers who mav qualify for payments up to $10.) The soil conserving pavments is to be made at a specified rale for shifting from soil depleting to soil conserving or soil building crops for 1U36. Subsidy Bases Fixed If a farmer is to receive a sub sidy, his acreage of soil conserving or building crops must be equal to 80 per cent of the farm's soil depleting base, or equal to the max imum limit set for diversion. For all crops except cotton, to bacco, peanuts, sugar beets, BUgar cane, flax and rice, the diversion payment will average M0 an acre, based on productiviiy of individual farmers. The maximum diversion for which payments will be made is Ifi per cent of the base acreage. Sugar cane and beet producers, flax and rice farmers will be paid on the ac.Mtal production of those crops, but they must meet mini mum requirements for . planting soil conserving crops. Under way today is the organl znttnn of county producer nssocia- OPENING DANCE at Plantation Inn Near Coos Junction Saturday, March 21 Music by Wink and His Midnight Ramblers 6 Piece Band Admission: 50c; Ladies Free New Management DANCE SAT. NITE Right in Canyonville Music by Rhythmen An 8-Piece Band Gents 40c Ladies Free Sponsored by 80. Umpqua Rod & Gun Club merged on one end and seemed to tip into the water like a roller coaster." The threatened milk shortnge in Ftoston was averted when 30 trucks arrived from the. New York dairy area. Massachusetts state senate pass ed a bill providing for appropria tion of $750,000 for flood relief. The money will be spent for food, clothing and shelter. BURNS AND McLEOD BATTLE TO DRAW SPOKANE. Wash., March 21. (AP) Charlie Mums, erstwhile Philadelphia lightweight, ranked as a new Spokane fight favorite today after an impressive 10-round draw with Jimmy Mel-eod. Tacoma. Hums, now of Spokane, won the rlngsiders' nod last night by shad ing McLeod In the second and third round and nearly dropping him in the fourth, but officials called it a draw after the Tacoman rallied strongly to take the fifth and sixth. The final four rounds were even. Hums weighed 135; McLeod 1.17. Vfrden, Shirley Mae Brunn and ' Jean Geddes. The junior class con-' sisted of Bra und a Conn, Mary Joan l Parkinson, Doris Brown, Evelyn Gill more. Edna Clark, Mary Frltts. , Myrtle Shook and Alice McKibben. t with June Falbe, Virginia Winston, , Elizabeth Campbell and Winnifred Coffel substitutes. The sophomore team was made up of Vivian Hart ley. Bern tee Clark. Helen Cooney, Betty Belle Knott, Joan Perkins, Janet Collier, Lois Schaerer and Virginia Hughes, with Maxine Bart ley, Velda Hoffmeister and Doris Shoemaker as substitutes. Roseburg Undertaking Co Established 1901 M. E. RITTER, Manager Founded and Maintained on Efficient Service and Courtesy Ambulance Service Phone 600 Oak and Kane Sts. Licensed Lady Embafmer WINKELMAN TO BE COACH AT STANFORD PALO ALTO. Calif., March. 21. (AP) "Big Ben" Winkelman, for mer high school athletic director : of Fort Worth, Texas, will assume duties April 3 as backfield coach of Stanford University football ! teams. He will be chief assistant ( to Head Coach Claude E. "Tiny" Thornhill. WANTED MOHAIR AND WOOL Highest Cash Price Paid Throughout the Season Come to see me before selling. GEO. KOHLHAGEN VOLLEYBALL RACE . WON BY SENIORS The Interclasa voUevbalt Rallies ended last night at Ihe senior hiKh with Hie seniors lukiliK first place, juniors second, and sophomores I hint. The first game wns playeil Mnri'h 6 with the seniors whining from the juniors, March 13 Ihe sen iors liefenled the sophomores, ami March -'0 the juniors ileteateil the sophomores. Kach team is com poseil of members of the respec tive class, ami members of the teams were chosen by the vole of those (,'lrls participating. The senior class team was niaile up of Mary Julia Miller, Lois I'p dike. Knt In yn Heljipp. Fiances Kloreiire, Thelma Lovelace, flora llagar anil Norma Walker. Subsll-titH'-i were Vera (loety. Knycnia Itli-t illkntt iiml hiiiiiI tun. Iiiirili'iiiles were rtlHhcil 1111 nrillltlll all BOV eminent hiillillnga ami properly In Washington, 1. t, In effort to fore stall flooil damage fnnu rising waters of the Potomac river. These work men urn shown In I'olomur Park with the Washington monument In Hie hacltnrotinil. tank. WPA ami err workers hur riedly went to work lo repair the leak. Many upstate communities, how over, were still without light or power. Temperatures were only slight ly ubovv freeilng. adding to thu misery o? tho homeless nnd ham pering the work of "mopping up." , In Now Kngland. as elsewhere over the east, the Insk of feeding i the thousands of Homeless and re-; fugees created a serious Bltua-1 Hon. ' Industry was nt n alnndstlll REVIVAL CAMPAIGN REV. H. D. MITZNER of Los Angeles Church of the Foursquare Gospel Beginning Tuesday March 24 Many will remember his inspiring messages last year and will welcome his return. DOUGLAS ICE & STORAGE CO. Roseburg, Oregon DISTRIBUTORS OF BLINTZ WEINHARD, ACME, SALEM BEERS Wishes to Announce THE FOLLOWING DISPENSERS WILL SERVE BOCK BEER Saturday, March 21st The Spot Beth's -Cy's Place Munchausen Monogram Carl's Tavern Pullman Cigar Store Hogan's The Grand Coffee Shop Roseburg Hotel Soldiers Home Cigar Store Brid Estow, Tiller Wally's Pastime Rose Hotel The Club Woodley's Sandwich Shop Story lies The Chocolate Shop Valley Hotel The Elks Club Camp View Cafe Brand's Stand Del Rey Rowell Store, Tenmile West Side Windmill Chap's Place, Sutherlin Ted Anderson's, Sutherlin Sid Adams, Oakland Dutch Mill Broclcway Store Plantation Inn Al's Place, Myrtle Creek Greenwitch Tavern, Canyonville Canyonville Pool Hall Mother's Inn Bridge Cafe Tiller Tavem, Tiller
