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EISRT ROSEBURS HEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURg, OREGON, TUESDAY APRIL 8. 1941. Jubilee Singers At Church Also Dated on KRNR The colored Spiritual Jubilee Singers of Chicago were heard by a large crowd In their first pro gram at the Baptist church in Roseburg last night. The singers will conduct services each eve ning, Including Saturday, at 7:30 o'clock. Saturday evening's pro gram will honor requests. , The singers will he heard at 3 p. m. Easter Sunday as well as at the regular morning and evening church services. A southern plantation music program on Monday evening will conclude their stay in Roseburg. In addition to the services at the church, the group will be heard Wednesday and Friday aft ernoons at 5:30 o'clock over radio station KRNR. They will sing at 7 o'clock tonight at the chamber of commerce banquet program and will conduct Good Friday services at the high school Fri day morning and at the Baptist church Friday afternoon. Jas.W.Bartram, Pioneer, Passes On f-VMIi'MH OP AN.NTAf, STATITSIKNT t f 1 1 Cnritirr-tlt-Ltt Ktrti Iniiurui.fo 0:m I-nny f Ilnrtford, in hr Hints i,t cn f fcllfut, on the riilrly. Tirol tJtiy at Ve iimbrr, 1940, mndu to tti Iinnirnn'-e rnniinimiifitier of iUu Mtate of Oretfon, lm-Kiiunt to law: On pi I ul Amount of epltul toclc t'ol'l up 2,000,000.00 Net prmlutnw received dur- h.il the nr C, 1 &T.S05.4 Liferent, ilividPniln nml rent received tluilnn ttio year 791,721.70 inrnm from other our-tt received during the your 73.03S 41 Wyoming State English Teacher round Dead NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., April 8. (AP) Prof. Francis Weitz man, 35, hcarl of thp English de partmnt of Wyoming Stato col logo, Choypnno, was found (load today in his apartment. . Coroner Harry H. Eamos said death was probably duo to a heart ailment. Weitzman, on a year's leavo of absence because of 111 health, was formerly associate professor of literature at Cornell university. He was a graduate of Niagara uni versity and the University of Vermont. Total Income I.WJ.M'J.li DlHMjntrnienttt Ket lot ten puiil duiltm (ho yenr Inriiirtlng mljuit- input ftxictiit'- $ 5,170, Cfll.ei CntniulMl(inn und uUuIdm patit durlrir the yenr.,,, J,320,4S.J8 Vuxtr. Ik'eimee nnd rt puld durlnn the yeur. 9I9.002.IB DlvldptiitH raid on rnnilat Merit diirlnir lh yi'nr;.. 700,000 00 A Mi (Hint ut All other x pemlllure 52fi.aS2.flt Tritol extionilittirpx f case.ooo.oS A dm I It Ml AniitU I.onn on murtmitfei and collateral, etc f 0,I01.67 Vnlue nt btmdi owned (mnrket or nmortlKoil). . 12,602,916. 00 Vft'tm of etoolie owned (mnrhrl vnlue) , 7.310.3H.0O Ctwh in fnnkN ami on hand i.Cii.CUS.i'i " I'remlttnn In ctiune of cat- Ipctlnn written nlni; Hep- tembp.r SO, 1S40 9DM0I II Inlercet nnd rent due nnd nrcrued t ' SI, 620. 79 Other otseia (net).. E.ctiJt.ai Total ndmllted nH. Muhllllltu Orope clfllme fur lam un- l:4,3t&,07fl.:3 imltt Amount of unearnod prem iums on ail outstanding risk rre fnr comnilaelon nnd. hrolternrt" All oilier ilublllticfl... New Judgeship Goes to E. M. Page. Salem Lawyer : SALEM, April 8. (AP) Gov ernor Sprague announced last night that the new Marion county circuit judgeship created by the last legislature would be filled by E. M. Page, 47, member of the Salem law firm founded by U. S. Senator McNary. His appointment may bo de layed, the governor said, until after the summer recess of court. The law creating the new judge ship is effective Juno 14. Pago was graduated from Willamette university college of law In 1913. C LOCAL NEWS Auxiliary to M e e t George Starmer auxiliary to U. S. W. V. will meet Thursday night at 8 o'clock at the armory. xptt)l .,,...( t.icxuot.i; Tnlnl llublllileii, niulinl C'nplml pnlil lr I 2.000,000.00 P-rplm rvr All ;bllltl. 16.!0S, 270.21 Ciiriiliin nn rptfnriU puller- humeri 3 1 7.20 27(1 2 Tntnl f24.3lC.07H 2S lliiiitnaftN In Orriron for Ills Vmr Kft prvnilu'iia rni'etved durlnK tlio v.nr IIE.!4a.S3 NVt natn pnlil (luring 111. y.nr B,,1 1 1 .10 Nmn. f Cnnipnny, Thn contiet'llciil Phu Initntnc. Cnmimny; Nninu nf Pre lilpiil. ll.nrF. ('. f.tiiiK. Ji'.i N.uiip of Hpcifllnry, John A. Nrtrlh: Hlntlilftry l(lnt nttorntfy fup iieivli-.. Alrroil N. H. E. C. to Meet Evercrcen Home Economics club will hold an all-day meeting with a noon potluck luncheon Thursday at the grange hall. Publlo Invited to Supper The public has been invited to at tend the benefit oyster supper to be sponsored by the Junior Wo man's club Saturday night, April 12, at the Roseburg Woman's clubhouse. The supper will be served from five to seven o'clock. Mrs. Norman Hess, Miss Eleanor Pies and Miss Vcrla McLaughlin are in charge of the supper, with Mrsv Harold Hoyt In charge of the ticket sale and Mrs. .lack Chapman and Miss Dorothy Ger mond as publicity chairmen. James William Bartram, 75, pioneer resident of Douglas coun ty, died at his homo on soutn Pine street this morning follow ing a short period of illness. He was born at Green valley, west of Oakland, Oregon, May 18, 18(i5, and spent his entire life in Doug las county. He was married to Miss Permella Evelyn Thielkeld at Type June 10, 1888. He also re sided in Dodge canyon district and made his home on Oak creek, northeast of Dlxonvllle, where he lived for seven years before com ing to Roseburg in September, 1935. He was a member of the Christian church. Surviving are his widow, and two children, Orvillc Bartram, of Hubbard, Oregon, and Elmer Bartram of Wilbur. He is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Sarah Gasklll, of Spokane, Washington, and a half-sister, Mrs. Estella Payne of Hillsboro, Oregon. Also surviving are five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held In the chapel of the Douglas Fune ral home Thursday afternoon at two o'clock, Rev. John A. Bar ney of the First Christian church, officiating. Interment will follow In Wilbur cemetery. S10.90; load 1042 lb., $11.00; com mon downward to $8.00; few feeders $9.0010.15; fed heifers .$9.00 10.00; common medium grades 7.O0-8.50; cutters down to $(100; eannereutter cows $4.50 G.25; fat dairy cows $(1.50-7.25; good beef cows $8.00-50; few to $8.75; medium-good bulls $7.50- 8.75; good-choice vealers steady at .$12.00-13.00, lower grades slow. SHEEP Steady; good-choice spring lambs $11.50-12.00; me dium grades down to $10.50; medium-good wooled old crop lambs $1025-75; early shorn lambs $9.25-50; closely shorn . kinds 3h.y: downward; shorn ewes $4.50 85; good fed ewes quoted to $li,50. MARKET REPORTS LIVESTOCK PORTLAND, Ore., April 7. (AP) (U. S. Dept. Agr.) HOGS Rather slow, around .90- $1.00 higher than late last week; good-choice 175-215 lb. driveins $9.75-10.00; sorted carloads $10.; 230-260 lb. mostly $9.00-50; light lights $9.00-25; packing sows around 50 higher at $7.50-8.25; feeder pigs sharply higher most ly $9.50-10.00, one lot $10.35. CATTLE Calves fairly active, mostly steady to strong, In stances 25 above last week's low time; medium-good fed steers $9.50-10.75; load good 1172 lb.. PRODUCE PORTLAND, Ore., April 8. (AP)-BUTTER Prints A grade .'ific, In parchment wrappers; 37c in cartons; 13 grade d:c in parch ment wrappers, 37c in cartons. BUTTER FAT First quality maximum .0 of 1 per cent acidity, delivered in Portland 35-35Jc lb. acidity 3u'-3GSc; valey routes and country points 2c less or 35ic. second qualty 2c under first or 33!c. LIVE POULTRY Buying prices No. 1 grade Leghorn broil ers 11 to 2 lbs., 17c;' fryers under 3 lbs., 18c; springers 3 to 4 lbs., 19c; roasters over 4 lbs., 20c; col ored hens over 5 lbs., flic; hens 4 to 5 lbs., 17Jc; Leghorns under 35 lbs., 12c; over 31 lbs., 14ic; old roosters fic. POTATOES - New II a w a Han $1.00-1.35 311b. box; Florida $2.25 per 501b. crate; npw Cali fornia long white No. 1 $1.50 b's, $1.35 per 50-lb. bag. Other produce prices steady, unchanged. WHEAT PORTLAND, Ore., April 8. (AP) Open High Low Close May .. 77 77 , 77 77 Sept 77 77 77 77 Visiting Here Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kardell and daughter, Joan, and Roy Wampole, all of Glen dale, were guests here Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Wampole. They spent a part of the day fish- r" at Winchester. Ace Sub Commander of Nazis Nabbed by Britons LONDON, April 8. (AP)- The British admiralty declared tonight that Commander Otto Kretsehmnr, noted nazi submar ine commander, was one of 450 prisoners they have taken from U-boats which have been sunk. A communique also said that the British counter measures against the U-boat menace had recently met with '"g'reater success." "In August, 1940," the admir alty said of Kretschmer, "he was decorated with the knights cross of the iron cross. Last Decem ber Hitler bestowed on him the oak leaves denoting a higher class of this decoration. He re cently received promotion." (Reports from Berlin showed that as early as last November 4 the claim was made that Kret schmer had topped the 200,000 ton mark In sinkings. On Dec. 16 Germany officially placed his score at 250,000. He was promot ed from lieutenant commander to commander March 21.) November, 1942, general election ballot. The bill, taxing cigarets two cents per package to raise $1, 500,000 a year for old age pen sions and $300,000 for vocational education, was passed by the leg islature In the closing hours or the session, and was signed by the governor last week. VITAL STATISTICS MARRIAGE LICENSES BECKER - RODGERS Edwin- Francis Becker and Margaret L. Rodgers, both residents of Drain. RITCHEY REMINGTON Earl H. hitchey, Sutherlln, and Prudence Alwilda Remington, An- lauf. Reedsporr Man Facing Drunken Driving Charge John L. Helmeck, 47, of Reeds port was brought to Roseburg last night by Deputy Sheriff Harry McCabe of Reedsport, and was held in custody in lieu of $500 ball on a charge of operat ing a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating li quor. . Referendum on Cigarer Tax Bill Will Be Tried SALEM, Ore., April 8. (AP) State election officials said today they expect preliminary petitions to refer the clgaret tax bill to the voters to be filed in the state de partment by tomorrow, but they did not disclose who would cir culate the petitions. If signatures of 15,866 register ed voters are obtained by June 13, the bill, instead of becoming law June 14, would be on the Salvation Army Officer Arrives to Help Drive Captain Charles Cox of Med- fofd, Oregon, arrived in Rose burg Monday evening in the in terest 01 the Salvation Army fi nancial campaign, which is to take place next week. Captain Cox will be conducting the eve- hlng service at the Salvation Army hall this evening and his subject will be "'The. Love of Christ." A cordial Invitation Is extended by the local corps to all to attend this meeting. Mines Close Ferry Route Between Britain, Ireland LONDON, April 8. (AP) The Great Western and the Lon don, Midland and Scottish rail ways disclosed today they had closed one passenger ferry route between England and Ireland (Eire) "for reasons of safety." An alternate route Is In effect, railway offices said, after stating that the main route was closed yesterday. There also is a com mercial air line connection be tween England and Ireland. Authoritative quarters declin ed comment. Informed sources, however, pointed out that thex Irish sea had been heavily mined for months. Navicerts will be required for all goods shipped to Ireland from neutral countries outside the Eu ropean zone effective May 1. the ministry of economic warfare an nounced today. Return Here Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Arthur returned to their home here the first of the week, following several days in Port land with their son, Marvin Louis, who Is reported to be re covering from a major operation at Doernbecher hospital, where he has been a patient for several weeks. While In Portland the Ar thurs were guests of their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cayo. En route to Portland, Mrs. Arthur spent several days with another uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Mahoney, at Gervals, Orp., and was joined in Portland last Friday by Mr. Arthur. They left there Saturday for Reedsport and spent the week end with Mr. Arthur's parents, Mr. and Mis. L C. Arthur. Fishermen Attention! We carry a complete line of Fishing Tackle . . . Open eve nings and Sundays. THE CLUB 127 W. Cass St. 2C 1-!MBS!1!!;, r - v 1 rxfT 7 1 1 r , I But You Can't Lose When It comes to De ciding on a 1941 Electric Refrigerator. THEY'RE ALL GOOD; they're oil priced in proportion to manufacturing costs; and the only problem is to select one big enough for family needs. It's a fact that on 8 cubic-foot refrig erator costs about the same as the 6 cu- bic-foot of lost year and what a lot of . satisfaction In knowing there'll be plenty o' room for thot watermelon and that crate of berries you "picked up at such a bar gain." (See your local electric deoler.) NOW is the TIME To Buy Your Eleclric REFRIGERATOR ReMy Sufi. , , . "In 1941 Electric Refrig erators you'll find twice the value for half the cost." Automatic Electric . Ft0nv t HOT WATER HEATER iRO - Pay $2.53 Down & $1.82 Monthly PY ' $ j tnis LZ! -r Hi' THERE'S a modern worthwhile reason why so many homes of today are changing to electric water heating. They've come to know that not only does an electric water heater supply an abundance of piping hot water, but that there's a world of EXTRA service too! For an electric water heater is CLEAN ... it works without leaving a trace! An electric water heat er is SAFE . . . Completely sealed in every way. An elec tric water heater is CAREFREE , . . there's no worry about turning on or turning off the tank! There's NOTHING to do once the heater is installed but turn on the faucet. NOW on DISPLAY at Your Dealer or COPCO Store
