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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURS, OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1941.
CHRISTMAS RUSH
BY TOM HORNER
YKSTK"' ' V. I ". Conn elly
pays Sheila' fine, lirlngH the slrls
home. - .Manila jn'omliicn 1 li may
go lc tlib jiurly liito. If tin y will
remain at home to watch the Ncnv
Year In. Tho iloclor Is callcil.
. there'!! "ljeeii an accident on " the
highway, cine man' kHIccl. Otiotlier
scrloiisly llijuiecl. 'Aftei- he lenvi-a,
tlie'"HlBliniy puti-ril '-tit) aKfiln.
reports one of Out earn bears a
iinlVonlty,"llcen8e'.' The ear !)'
jns to Valerie J'njks. (
THREE HOURS OF 1941
CHAI'TKH X
All automobile aeelclenlK look
alike. IIiirIi Connelly thoui!ht. as
he left : his ctii1. pushecl his wy
llironcli 'the "'oroivtt ' ot rtlorbleHy
rurloua" who jammed "(ho' (ci'ene.
Traffic lilotkeil for half ft mile;
flnahKclit-wnvIni; picrtol offlfers.
tryllitr to Iccien cariC moving. Ti'o
pie '.: JiiiiiplnB from their cam. run
nlnx lip lor a eloso view. A white
facet) Woman hurrying back to her
ii'8 " seiliili. tfeuiliiglittl1 'coiicm
trateil on'' a Hliitflk fnwill urea.
Automobiles twistecl Into welnl.
unreal shapes.
'"iie'saw ilie ofrieer who had sum
monecl lllni. "JJelo, Harry. This
looks like a bad one."
The patrolman"' fook his arm.
"It Is bad, Doe. This fellow over
hare," he motioned with his flash
light. "Think he's none. You'd
better take a look, thouuli." T
llKUt foc-'uscd on a still form on the
pavement. Dr. Connelly Kdjtisted
Ills steilioscope, nelt, Reside-the
' still figure;'.
. "I'robably never knew what hit
him," Hugh '"'"I- lllu
OtlltMS?" "
"There's another fellow In a bad i
way' beside tho 'ear fn tho ditch.
He' was' Mill'' iirrntlittiK 'when I
left film'." "' ' "
"TliC flasbllKht beam flicked over
the outlines of a long, expensive
c'oupC 'The citr 'seethed strangely
familiar. Hugh dismissed "t h e
thoiiBht as"lio " slipped down the
bnrik.-'hurrlcd fo th 'Injured man.
Xhe patrolman's llghl shone lull
o'n' ii frltltcblood-smelireel Tale. " '
"Tills Is' rfy hoy."' Mr.' Connelly
wild:l)i' n light. '' strained voice.
"This is my son. Jerry."
.1 1 . i n,
Valerio saw the dnctor at that
same ' Instant, " rushed toward
him. screaming: "tt Was nil his
Mult! lM trrnckocT my ear my I
liclw' earf I'll' he scarred Tor lire!
He made nre drive over here ! ' I,
Jlilli't'tfiint to!' Sow. he's ivreckeil
niv ,r!'-1' '"'." '' , ' , .
""Valerie, please, Hugh sulci
nulctly." "You're "a hit hysterical.
Trv to eallit'dov.n, girl."
''Thai's :J 'right!" 'her voice
rhrlilHd. ' "Look ufli'i" your own
hoy. liet me" die. ' f could bleed
f(V death', tot- all you care." " '
"Viilerle.' stop that screaming.
ItiiL-b ' Connelh's Totce' Bllnpped
' W ronimaiiil. "HaiTy: let's hitv
light." 'His' glance swept over
11)0" Jiit'l. "'You havo n' scalp
' wound, "but U's' slnpued bleeding
u'irlMtdy." '"The wall of n siren
raiuft'from the' highway.' "I'll send
yoll' In tti tllh hospital for a thor
ough check. Hurry.' take her tip
to' the 'ambulance; 'send a stretch
er hero.""' 1 '
lie did not see them go. did
not hear V61erle's screamed accu
sations, lie Wits cm Ills knees In
the snow.' ISestde Jerry, listening
for a heart tiniif.
".len!' Jerry!" be whispered.
.'! "!"
They bronglil the stretcher,
lilted Jerry ' carefully on lo II.
climbed 'buck to tin- roadway.
"Is he hurt bad. Hoc'.'" the pa
trolman asked.
' "Concussion.' possible skull frac
ture. '"Can't say for sure. Ills arm
Is broken, may have Internal In
juries. VnNo Is strong. That's a
gnod sign." Ili' walled as a white
clad Interne slid the stretcher into
place. Valerie was nionulhg. more
nuletly nov.." tn ' a seat near the
from.
'' "I'll go on now. Harry, tho
doctor said. ""Nothing 1 can do tor
thai other fellow." lie starred Into
tile ambulance. "Have someone
tlrhe my caV In."
"Hut." Hoc. there s n man una
woman pretty bad cat up In the I
farmhouse across the road.
Hugh turned lo llio IniciiK-.
" Administer1 ' adrenalin If neccs-
mrv. (let Johnson. Tell lilnl to
operate. 'whether I net there or
mil. lies tn charge
He did not look link us Ihe
auiliilbince carried Jerry awny
' from him.
I aler. In ihe fannliou,.
swabbed glas f:'eni cuts, li
ahbc.l glas r-eill cuts, lie Heard .
Slury of Hie incident. Tins
tin
man and woman were mil serious
ly hurt.
"We were coining down Hie read
behind this big. green coupe." ihe
man told him. "The boy wasn't
drlvlmr fast and he was on his
own side ot tile road
Then Ibis oiler fellow the
Olle Unit got killed- came toward
tis. fast, weaving from side to side.
He must have noon doing " or
in). The boy In the eonnc swum;
nff the pavement, but this follow
hit bis left Iront lender.
"That's ab"iit all 1 tcno-mber.
Net thing I know this car was
rolling over anil over toward n"
iimi we crashed lolo II. or it
crushed Into ll. belore we could
stop ' The coupe went olf Into the
ditch.
"My wife ami I ciawled out
we didn't know we were so col UP
then -mid we saw there wasn't
tnnili to be done lor the guy on
Hie highway. V'e helped g t Uic
girl out or the coupe- fhe ki pi
screaming iihout her cur anil
then some otlpT people stopped
and made lis c ome oer here."
"Thut's what nil the tracl.s
shun."' Hoc," Harry put In. "1
checked them myself. It sure
wasn't your boy's fault ''
The Injured man looked at lr.
Connelly In w"'- '"l" lllllt oU1
iliuy. Due V bii! you dolus, bi'ic.
working on lis'.' lh;il !"' ":l
hurl."
' Hugh nodded as he applied a
final strip of tape. "There's n sur
geon at the hospital to look niter
Jerry. ' I 'wanted to be sure you
tiro were all right. I'm suing lii
now. You and your wife better
come along. tMve you a complete
check. "'Just to make 'sure' ''ve
ijaven't missed any broken Ijones."
Marlha Connelly v stared at
the blue-gray walls of ' the hos
pital waiting room, trying to keep
ifoin iccrenining. Oh. Hugh. Y hy
aren't yoii here? Why didn't you
come with him?"
Hesldo her on the wicker divan.
Sheila and Kulhleen. still in party
formula: clung to her hands. Mary
Wai'cief Blilbel beside ' the dftor.
twisting a hanclkercbii'f lulo a
flimsy rag. "
upstairs nurses hurried In and
out of the operating room; the
surgeon. 'Johlison. ' damned all
maniac1 drivers us he scrubbed his
hands.
It seemed like hours before
Marlha heard Hugh's car slop
outside, heard his footsteps in the
hall. Ills arms enfolded' all of
them. ' ' ''
'"It may not be as hud as yoll
think." he said, but Ills words
lacked conviction. "1 was able to
give lilm only a epilck examination
out there. Don't Jump to conclu
sions. ' He's gol a a few' broken
bones, but he'll come out of tills
all right. He's got a stout heart,
and that's half the battle:
I'll he upstairs while Johnson
operates. Let you know how he
Is just as soon as I can. lion t
worry now, Jerry' going lo make
this"
He hurried up I he stairs.
.
, .Martha glunced at I lie clock
;l a.' in. A new year only three
hours old. Anil so much had been
crammed Into that Ibree hours.
It uneiiw.il like three vears since
Kuthleeir had turned from the I
phono, told her that Valerius car
was Wrecked. Somehow she knew,
hy some Intuition every mother
possesses, that Jerry was burl,
even before the superintendent of
the hospital called. Hut how seri
ously was he hurt? liven now she
did not know.
She recalled now tile humps and
rails Jerry had suffered learning
to walk. "Ilnrdhi'.ld," Hugh bud
called bis son then- because n
bump never seemed' lo bother him.
Would he still be "Hardhead" to
night? 1
Iler thoughts racei; on, far out
distancing the crawling nilnuie
II II 1 1 1 1 of the 'office clock.
Finally, lis If from a gnat dis
tance, she heard u nurse saying:
"Will you come upstairs now.
Mrs. Connolly. Hector wants you
unci I lie girls to come up."
(To die continued l
Bajsketeers of U. of O.
Pummel. Utah, 51 to 15
lil'llliMi, Ore., Jan. :i.--Af)
'I'he liarnslornllng I'nlversily of
1 -tali Imsketbnll team retreated
froiil liiigene roduy. Us enirance
Into Oregon spoiled by a fil lo If,
whacking ul the bands of I niver
slty or Oregon last night.
' Hut the I'les wondered whelher
thev mlglil not be Jumping from
the' frying pan Info Ihe fire. They
moved to Corvallls tor games to
night and Saturday against Ore
gon Sinie' college, champions of
Ih'e raciric t'oast confen nee north
ern division lies!" year.
A olie defense by the tall Ore
gon team Imllled tile I'les. They
never were a threat, and by ball
linn trailed Oregon. 11 lo II.
Hank Anderson took advaut'ige
of Ills I! feet 7 Inches to score If
points.
'Oregon's, third string blanked
I'tab through the final ten nilnulos.
Teomile
TKN.Mil.li. Jan. a. Mrs. Marie
rtv and daughter. Marybetb. of
I'm Hand, are spending the holidays
ilMtlug her mnllier. Mrs. Minnie
I nt1ikty.
,r. anil Mrs. James lliviu el
Idaugliler, Miille. of Olallii. and Mr.
,! ,rs p . Mifatiny 'wen-
Sunday ilinmo- guests of .Mr. unit
Mrs. .itni Henry.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. t'ahot snout
New Years eve wilh Mr. and Mrs.
flair Vaiiuh. in Kiigono.
I ' lit. I ,.lli..,. :il llio
I1U, llt Ml. nl)( ,)s (., ,t Hiiw-
..,, tii,,,1y, , ,i,her hogs
were Mr. and Mis Itnlph lloaiber.
of O'.alla. Mr. ami Mis. I'mly Halm,
and flair fonts. At Hie mioii hoiir
tllt ladies seiod a dolicious pol
lllok dinner.
I'llll lliiliu lillli'hoi'eil two pir
lor Mis. Nellie Cabot, last Tues
day. I.. M. Mrf ali'rey was transacting
business 111 Koschni'g Thnr-alay.
Mr. tlnd Mis. l-'lanK Albro and
family nrc-recovei lug lioln n severe
cae of Ihe flu
I u Simpson Is bli-iv eiittiuv. bis
winter's wood on Hie llov t;ngo
Mr. and Mrs, Jim Hom-v were,
shopping and Hansalllltg Inlsiuess (
in llosebuig Tnesdav. 1
J. M. fitbot and son. Jack, hauled
wooil from Mr. Tavlor's pbn e near
fainas lnoiintnlu Tuesday morning
for j. I., t'abot.
H. C. STEARNS
Funeral Director
Llcemed Lady Attlitant
Phone 472
OAKLAND, 0HC.
Any Dlttknce, Any Tlm
Our iervlce It for ALL, and
meeli LVtnv NUC0
OUR 90ABDING HOUSE
1
UVJtrAI '3lfc:icr
10 SECONDS LATER
No Foreign War Committee's Chairman With His Family
Vcrnc Maislmll, cliairnmn of tfie No Foreign War Conitnitl'.'c, pictured in a holiday gathering with Ins
family ul Ins Cedar Kapids, la., home. Left lo right, front: Jeanne. 21: John Randolph. 4; Marie Louise, 7:
Barbara. 21); Mrs. Marshall. Hoar row; Patricia, IS; Fiances. 14; and Mr. Marshall.
Social Security
Benefit Boost Is
Being Discussed
WASHINCTttN. Jan. 2.- (AP)
(Jreater social sninilv benefits f
,,. ,. m i t '' !
" irmi MM.-'iitnti HINDI nil I I'llMlUK
coiiki essional siiKKest inns I o f
changes In the act.
I ist-nssjou ccnteii'd about two
possible revisions:
A rial tedi ral monthly iraul oT
$jn to lo peis(ns over i;n or ti.ri,
A clianiie In the present fortutilu
or etiual federal anil state contribu
tions so that the government tn the
future would provide $2 to the
stale's fl up to a de.immtcd maxi
mum. Sinalor Downey i D., Calif.) said
he wanted the flat federal pay
ment -a proposal which some leu is
hiiiiis contended would meet with
While Mouse approval.
Cndef that piocrum. acd per
sons would receive' a monthly
cher K 1 1 em the fiileivil Kte.erumenl
plus any adduioual sum provided
li' their stales.
Tile pluposal to change, existing
imitfhiut; reo,ulreiuetiis came t'roiu
Senator Conally 1 1 V. Te ). a inetn
her of Ihe finance ctmmHlee. Con
nally snKesied 1 ha I the govern
ment match the stale's old-age
henelils on a two to-one basis up
to a maximum total of $!.' a month.
At niesenl. Ihe governmenl J
man nes sune nimis on n fi tor i:in,in
ba-ts up to a inavlmum monttilv
COLD WEATHER
SPECIALS
Hot Chocolate, Fudge, Fudge
Caramel and Holiday Fruit
SUNDAES
15
DOUGLAS COUNTY CREAMERY
with
cf ",." tcrvicr. inc. t. m. bco. u, . pat, on.-
bnicl'JI ot' $1i.
Ah un example of Cinituilly's
l;iii. ii Htiilo could put up !" mid
ihe KovtMiiini'iit would pi()vlil
inaliiiit a Intal payniiit of .SI 5
mnnt lily. II I In state wished to ap
pmpriaie addil itinal nmuey the
HovernitH'iit wtnild match it m a
;ii)-."iti hasi up to a lota! of Individ
ual benefit of $lu to $.'0. .
('resident Knosevelt was rx
h , ted to touch on the Kut)ject lit
his annual "state ol Ihe nation'
ud-
dress to I'oiiKi'ess .Monday. '
WASHINGTON.
Ian. 2. (Al
Tho social
lioaid had tin
clir ronsi.lrralion tmlny u plan nf 1
Un- ovi-uun employ.' umpcnsa-'
tion rnnmiisston lor rxiu'rioner nit
inn in ilrtenninliitf social security
lax mif- In the sta.tr.
The lioiiiil (lctiiu'i tn '(Harass
Ihe plan other than to say ft was
beiiiH stiulictl and mialyei. , Ore
gon asked it he permittcl lo nuke
Ihe plan effective -Inly I.
Slight Mistake
NKW OKLKANS Two men shov
ed tickets ut Police Clerk K. J. Ava
uon. un duty a I the Snyar I tow 1
Inothall Kame here, and deniamled
to he seated.
Anifitin said he looked at the
1 iefcets in amazenietit lliey v ere
for the liose Hwl in Pasadena,
fa III".
lie pointed this out, and as the
pair walked tipsilv auav one mut
tered: I told vim we cau;:ht the w runs
Major Hoople
Shrine's Potentate Sent
To Hospital by Illness
SAN I'KANCISCf), .Ian. ;! (Al)
tleorge K. Olendorf.' 65, the
Shrine's imperial potentate. -e.sted
In a hospital here today after un
attack of illness yesterday forced
.cancellation of a speaUlug engage
ment. Doctors said OleudniT was not in
a serious condition, but they advis
ed a heart examination and ut least
two days of rest lor observation.
Ohmdui-f has maintained u Mren-
" " t-liplnli' 01' i-oiifi-rrnct'S since
1,114 ",s ' cprnmiumi.
Mo.
wt'tt wry, but
how trt wa lo
know J Y, w titit thim
likt kinft t tht Imperil) n4
Roottvelr. W ftut thtm llltt
r6yjlty. Wf icrvt tKtm wilh dtp
ftiptcl. W tvffi lr them brtsk
(jtt in bd tt n tatrj coif, tut,
how wirt wt to know thit thy
copy-citt. That thy would
dtmind rh ami tf rvict Jt homt.
Wjnt nviriK? . . . Setter ttop t
th Imperial or Rooeevelt when in
Portland. Convenient too, just f
block or two from tht center ot
Ihinft . . . ihopi, ttijfii, binki jntf
tSeafrei.
mm
Whtro You livo likt a King
. hvt h it lrf
Mexico's Exiled
Former President
Plans to Return
san riiKnn rniir in -i .im
Mexico's one-time hero and war-riof-pfeslilent,'
Gen.' Plutareo Ellas
Cailes. is going back to his native
land, from which he was forced into
dramatic exile In April. 19:10.
i ne ii.i-year-old runner chiertuin.
whose 11-year" rule or turbulent
.Mexican politics won him the title
of "Iron Man." said his 'plans to re
turn tn Muvifn Pllt- n-uxa nC .l-fl
nite, bat Were "In the making." I
Cailes hopes to live in peace as
"retired fifteen" ami aaii tl.a ci.
eluded mill tcuiirmll' Ufa u-hi..!.
marked his more than four years
resilience in Hun Diego.
The aillinilllceiiienf Ihnt rulloc
was plaiining to retuni to Mexico. I
came a lew nays after he broke his
ioiik silence on mot nation's politi
cal affairs hy urging his country
men to Stlnnort the Hrlmlnlut.illnn
of ' the newly-elected president.
Avlla Caniacbo, "in order fo save
the nation In these hours ot world '
unrest." I
Culles attributed his expulsion to'
hl.s opposition to w hat be termed ,
tho ConilllUlllHtiC tendenelen nP Mm
administration of l.azardo Carde
nas. W'ho vim KMr-ceeleil u nDl.
dent last month by Camacho. Car-
cienas contended Cailes was exiled
because he curried oh "criminal la
bor against the Mexican revolu
tion." Spanisl) yVar Veterans,
Auxiliary YMf Install
(leorge Starmer camp, No. in,
I.'nlted Siianlsli War Veterans, is
boliling a banquet at the Itoseburg
iirmorr January 9 at 6 o'clock, to
be followed by joint Installation of
officers with the auxiliary. Tho In
stallation, which will be open fo
the public at 8 o'clock, will be pre
sided over by department officers.
lietiriug officers of the camp are
Charles Craig, post commander;
Win. Long, senior vice commander,
aiid William l.amoreaux, junior vice
commander.
Stray Bullet Hits Woman;
Two Youths Arrested
ST. HKI.K.NS. .Tun. 3. (A!')
Sinte Patrolman Warren Forsyth
said he nrrested jack Fessiint, If,.
and William Cnde, IS, last night af
ter Mrs. JIarjorie Crawford, 33, was
injured seriously by a stray bullet.
Forsyth said the ydiiihs admitted
firing a shot Into a clump of brush.
They told the oN'icer they did not
think anyone was near.
NEW STAMPED GOODS
Now 1!M1 iiatterns in slniiinf.il
Pillow cases and scurfs h:,vn lu-.
arrived. Sue lllein at Can's store
lAdvl
Shopping Without
Hopping!
In the hospital amphitheater a man in white is
about to operate. His eyes are intent upon the
X-ray negative brightly illumined on the screen.
TheX -ray is an indispensable guide without it
he would have to make uncertain, dangerous
probings.
The advertisements are your guides to intel
ligent buying. Like the surgeon, YOU CAN
AVOID WASTED EFFORT AND SAVE TIME BY
CHARTING YOUR COURSE BEFORE YOU
ACT.
Relax in your favorite easy chair and look
through the interesting pages of this paper. The
advertisements are store windows brought to
your home for comfortable inspection. AVOID
AIMLESS HOPPING FROM STORE TO STORE,
TRYING TO FIND WHAT YOU WANT!
Read the advertisementsthen go DIRECT
to the stores that have what you need, at the
prices you want to pay!
Reassures U. S.
On Aluminum
M k
Faced with possible shortages ot
aluminum, defense commissioner
Edward R. Stottinius. Jr.. prom
ised that there would be ample
produced for defense needs. He's
pictured above in Washington,
pointing to chart showing now
potential capacity of aluminum
industry excec Js defense demands.
JOHN DEERE DAY!
Mark Jan. 8 on your calendar and
come in for our free movies and
open house. Lunch will be served at
noon. Bring your friends.
DOUGLAS COUNTY
Farm Bureau Co-op. Exch.
ROSEBURG, OREGON
1 " MISSES' HATS 10c
Special closeout price on misses'
and ladles! knit hats, berets, roll
ers, etc. Values to T9c, choice 10c.
See them at Carr'B where you save."
-(Adv.) " ' '
Rice & Meyers
Sheet-Metal Works
Sheet Metal Work
Tailored to the Job
627 N. Jackson St. ' Phont 320
Floor Sanding
and Refinishing "
Old Floors Made Like Mew
CHAS. KEEVER
Phone 651-J Phone 128
SKATING
Wed., Sat. and Sunday
at the
RAINBOW RINK
WINCHESTER
Umpcjua Packing Co.
REEDSPORT
Pays 50 cents under Portland
price for top hogs, 160 to 220
lbs. Need 100 a week. Farmers
get together, I can haul 40 to 45
in load. If you haul yourself,
will pay 25 cents under Portland
price, weighed at plant. Write
or phone.
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