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EIGHT RPSEEWS NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURg, OREgCW, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, I94T. OREGON EVENTS FLASHED FROM WIRE SERVICE Saves Deer, Wrecks Car TILLAMOOK, Nov. 12. (AP) A bit; buck doer galloped In front of the automobile of Mr. find Mis. Wilson Appelgrcn noar hole yesterday. Appelfjren swerv ed, the ear went over a SO-foot embankment and loih occupants had to be ii(piiai.ei fur lacerations. FUNNY BUSINESS A 'i Decapitated by Train TUALATIN'. Nov. 12. (API A body containing cards with the name James holkins, "1), t'ort land, was found decapitated on the Oregon Klectde rii;ht-of way near here yesterday, Coroner F. J. Sewell said. Sewell said the man's hat and some money had been placed carefully in some brush nearby, causing officers to favor a suicide theory. Quits, Changes Mind PORTLAND, Nov. 12. (AP) The Portland school board last night rejected the resignation of Director W. .1. MacKenie anil urged him to return to the board. MacKenzie indicated he would accede. He resigned about a month ago in protest to a lii per cent pay restoration for teachers. MacKenzie favored a five per cent restoration. ,v. U ' J CQtt Hit r Hi HlvtCI INC T U I to U I T Pit Two Theater Racketeers Get Long Prison Terms NEW YORK, Nov. 12. (API Federal Judge John C. Knox to day sentenced William Bloff to iu years jn prison anu a 5U,0KJ fine and Conrpn F. Rma-nn tn eign tyears anu 52U.U0U for viol ation of the federal nntl-recke-teerlng law. Browne, former president of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes. AFL, and Bioff, his personal represen tative, were convicted of extort Ing about $550,000 from the mo tion uicture industry. The government charged they nan usen ineir lanor leanersh n tn ! extort large sums on threat of strike. New Red Chief "I could have married a six-fooler, Imr I took off 20 per cent for cush !" Ring Lest 20 Years Found TOLEDO, Nov. 12. (API Mrs. Charles P. Nelson has re covered an engagement ring lost nearly 20 years ago. A renter of a house belonging to Mr. and Ms. Nelson in Portland found it in the backyard garden. It's Still Mississippi Name of the Mississippi river has been spelbd (our different ways since lis discovery. Its In dian spelling was Mechesebe. Laval changed it to Michispe; Labatte changed it to Mlsisipi; and Marquette gave it ils present j rpelling. Unexpected Harvest SPRINGFIELD, Calif. II. A. Walker harvested five pounds of walnuts and 1 1 pounds of al monds from his palm tree. He pruned the leaves from part of the tree and found squirrels had stored the nuts in nooks just above the leaf stubs. College Prexy 29 Years COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) James Madison Wood, G(i, holds a record for longest tenure among presi dents of women's colleges. He is rounding onl his 2i)lh year as head of Stephens college, during which time he has seen the school grow from 50 to 1,700 students, and Its campus from 4 to 220 acres. Nothing happens if a ruffled grouse eals poisonous mountain laurel, but if a man eats the bird that has fed on the laurel, he may become violently ill. Del Norte Refuses Aid To Curry Secession Plan CRESCENT CITY. Calif.. Nov. 12. (AP) If Curry county wants to secede from Oregon to become part of California, it will have to do so without the aid of Del Norte county. The Del Norte county board of supervisors voted, 4 to 1, yester day against supporting the seces sion. J. J. McNamara observed wilh a grin that if Curry county succeeded in such a move, the en tire state of Oregon might even tually want to follow suit. MARKET REPORTS PRODUCE PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 12. ( AP) EGGS Prices to produc ers: A, large, ,'Mic; B, large, 31c; A, medium, .'11c; B, medium, 2!c doz.; A, small, 25c; B, small, 21c doz.; resale to retailers, 4e high er for cases; cartons, 5c higher. Other produce unchanged. WHEAT PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 12. (AP) Open High Low Close May 95J !!5i 951 951 Dee. 91 91 91 91 Pair Held in Theft of 22 School Typewriters PORTLAND, Nov. 12. (API Fifteen of 22 typewriters stolen from a high school last w eek acres b si; Gen. Boris M. Shaposhnikov, above, succeeds Gen. G. K. Zhukov, onetime defense vice commissar, as Russian army chief of staff in effort to stiffen Soviet resistance. were recovered In Clatskan! yes terday. Detective Paul Mum power said Forrest Linn, alias Bradley, and his wife, Edna, had been arrested and were held un der S10.000 and $5,000 bail, respectively. The King Ranch, In Texas, is said to be the biggest ranch in thu United States. It covers an area one-theird the size of the state of Delaware, or 1,000,000 Lack of Men May Cause Service Station Curfew TACOMA, Nov. 12. (AP) In ability of service station owners to find men to work for them will probably necessitate a ser vice station "curfew" from 7 p. m. to 7 a. m. in the near future, A. A. Wood, president of the Western Petroleum Dealers' as sociation, said last night. There Is an ample supply of gasoline, Wood said. "Gasoline station owners sim ply cannot find men to work for them," he declared. "Union scale for pump attendants Is Just under $30 a week, and where a year ago plenty of men could be found for this wage, almost none can be had today." He said he believed able-bodied young men are being absorbed into higher-pay defense jobs. No one would lose his job under the curfew as those eliminated in some stations would be placed in others immediately, he said. Gave Germans the Runa round Dairyman Wins Verdict Over Ft. Lewis Army Site TACOMA, Wash.. Nov. 12. (AP) A farmer's contention that moving his dairy herd would make his cows more fretful cost the government an additional 2,703 for an addition to Fort Lewis. The government had offered S13.797 for the 27G acres that farmer Edward Castle leased from J. L. Wolf for his dairy op erations. 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