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SUPPOSE we take a look at
something different for the
editorial subject this evening.
Here Is a copy of the weekly edi
tion of the famous "London
Times" dated May 6, 1942. It Is
loaned to us by a friend who 'e
ceives It regularly from a relative
in England. It looks very defin
itely like the same paper looked
before the war. The cover Is still
the pinkish tan. The publication
contains 20 pages (cover Includ
ed) and its content Is varied and
Interesting, Including "Crossword
Puzzle No. 645." In other words
there seems to be very little out
ward sign of a most awful war
going on all around it.
The front cover of the "Weekly
London Times" edition Is com'
pletcly filled with advertisements.
The commodities advertised for
sale, apparently without limit or
restriction, except the ad for ra
zor blades, Include the following:
Tangye Pumps and pumping
plants
Kelvin Marine Engines
Besco Machine Tools
Klcen Blades
Newall Hitensile Bolts.
We can buy none of those
things direct from the manufac
turers in this country again,
with the exception of razor
blades.-
On one of the Inside pages Is a
rather largo advertisement by J.
Utead & Co. Ltd., manufacturers
of pins "of every description." In
view of the fact that the one item
our dime stores are having
trouble buying Is the ordinary
common pin, we suggest to those
who may be Interested, a letter
to J. Snead & Co. Ltd., Sheffield
2, England, ordering a few gross
of pins. For all we know such an
order might be filled in course ot
lime.
As a matter of fact the "Times"
deals with the subject of "Ex
ports In two whole columns. Con
siderable space is devoted to a dis
cussion of the world market for
whisky. The demand from Cana
da and the United States Is re
ported brisk and trade Is being
continued with the usual outlets.
One comment upon the market
follows: "The activity in Ameri
can munitions work's and ship
yards, with Its accompaniment of
high wages for the workers, Is
having the effect of maintaining
the demand for spirits, certainly
for the period of the war."
Evidently there has been some
opposition to the world liquor
trade In war times in England, as
is Indicated by the following para
graph: "There arc people In this coun
try (England! who still do not ap
preciate the necessity ot main
taining export trade in whisky.
For instance, quite recently a
question was asked in the House
of Commons which clearly Indi
cated this lack of understanding
of the position. But the question
er served a useful purpose if only
to show the value of the contri
bution which the spirit Industry
is making to the war effort. He
was reminded by the President
of the Board of Trade that a sub
stantial quantity of dollars Is ob
tained by the sale of whisky to
the United States."
Appropo of dollars, is the fol
lowing catch line sentence in an
advertisement placed by "The
world's leading stamp auction
eer": "The 'Lease-Lend Bill' not
withstanding, Britain still needs
every dollar that can be earned."
Of course the regular reading
content of the paper deals at
length with the war, gives casual
ty lists and gives considerable ma
terial on politics and government.
One more sentence from an ad
vertisement and we shall put the
magazine aside. The "Waifs and
Strays" society says In an adver
tisement: "What of the future?. A ,
little help when it is needed Is
worth a deal of pity. Over 6,000
children to feed and clothe every
day." , .
Editorials on Newt
(CoaUauad from p l.)
tanks into disastrous TRAPS.
(That is how Rommel whipped
the British in Libya.)
I ITTLE news comes today from
Rommel is said to be getting
reinforcements from across the
Mediterranean, The dispatches
tell of heavy pounding of Ben
ghazi by British and American
bombers. It Is probably at Ben
ghazl that Rommel's reinforce
ments are being landed and they
are being attacked from the air
by the British and the Americans.
This, of course, is guesswork.
pHURCHILL and Roosevelt
have been talking to the lead
ers of congress, who are reticent
as to what has been said. (Pro
perly so, as these disclosures have
undoubtedly dealt with military
plans.)
Congressman Joe Martin, Re
publican house leader, does how
ever tell the reporters that
Churchill "indicated that Britain
would hold and that there is no
danger of losing Egypt and Suez."
Churchill knows more than
nybody in the world about the
preparations that have been
made for holding Egypt and Suez.
We can only hope that he is
right in his prediction (as re
ported by Martin.)
A T home, 21 critics have asked
the house of commons to con
demn the "central direction of the
war" meaning Churchill. The
challenge has been accepted and
a two-day debate will be held.
A good guess Is that Churchill
will be severely chastised, but
RETAINED.
Who Is there to succeed him?
A SHIP bearing eye-witnesses
" of the Jap attack on Dutch
Harbor arrives In Seattle. The
eye-witnesses are reserved, In
their disclocuros, but they Indi
cate rather clearly that the at
tack was in considerable force.
The scanty official news we
have had on it has indicated that
It was made by only a few Jap
planes.
DERHAPS all this secrecy about
. what has transpired and
IS TRANSPIRINO In the foggy
waters of the North Pacific is
necessary In order to keep vital
Information away from the ene
my.
We outsiders are definitely
NOT competent Judges as to that,
for in these days of swift com
munication the enemy can draw
useful conclusions from scraps of
Information that to those of us on
the outside seem utterly innocent.
But there IS a lot of nervous
ness about what is happening out
at the tip of the Aleutians, and
the public is not inclined to ac
cept the view that it dosn't
amount to much and can be
handled whenever the weather
clears up.
TTHIS whole subject of Inform
ing the public without at the
same time Informing the enemy
is a ai mailt one, but It is also
highly Important.
Morale at home will RISE In
proportion as the public believes
what It is told (whether good or
Dad) and will FALL as the public
ians to Dciicve.
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SATURDAY. JUNE 27, 1942
4:00 Main Street, U. S. A.
4:30 Confidentially Yours.
4:45 Bobby Sherwood's Orch.
5:00 American Eagle Club In
London.
5:30 California Melodies.
8:00 America Loves a Melody.
6:30 Dinner Concert.
6:50 Slate and Local News.
6:55- Interlude.
7:00 John B. Hughes.
7:15 Tropical Serenade.
7:45 Lest We Forget.
8:00 Dick Kuhn's Orchestra.
8:15 Bobby Byrne's Orchestra.
8:30 Leonard Keller's Orch.
9:00 Alka Saltier News.
9:1S John 8. Hughes, Stude-
bakar.
9:30 Jimmy Lunceford's Orch.
10:00 Sign off.
SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 1SH2.
8:00 Reviewing Stand.
8:30 News Bulletins.
8:35 Interlude.
8:45 Voice of Prophecy Choir.
9:00 Morning Melodies.
9:30 Irving Caesar's Safety
Songs.
9:45 To Be Announced.
10:00 Alka Saltier News.
10:15 Romance of Hlways, Grey
hound Sua.
10:30 Sours for Sundav.
11:00 Baptist Church Services.
12:00 A Bov. a Girl, a Bind.
12:30-Carl Hotfs Orchestra.
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1:00 Baseball Roundup Bob
Allen's Orchestra.
1:30 Young Paopla'i Church of
Air.
2:001 Hear America Singing.
2:30 Halls of Montezuma.
3:00 Wythe Williams.
3:15 Owen Cunningham, Leslie
Nichols, Frank Cuhel.
3:30 Nobody's -Children.
4:00 Bobby Sherwood's Orch.
4:30 Th Angalus Hour, Doug
las Funeral Home.
5:00 American Forum of the
Air.
5:45 W. A. Carroll.
5:53 Musical Interlude.
tiOO Old Fashioned Revival
Hour.
7:00 John B. Hughes.
- 7:15 Wings Over the West
Coast.
7:30 This Is Our Enemy.
8:00 Hancock Ensemble.
8:30 Answering You.
9:00 Alka Seltzer News.
:1S Voloe of Prophecy.
9:45 Sign off.
MONDAY, JUNE 29
6:45 Eye Opener. '
7i00 News, L, A. Soap Co.
7:15 Morning Melodies.
7:30 News Bulletins.
7:35 State and Local News,
Boring Optical.
7:40 J. M. . Judd Says "Good
Morning."
7:45 Rhapsody in Wax.
8:00 Breakfast Club.
8:30 Bargain Feat.
8:45 Miss Meade's Children.
9:00 Boake Carter.
9:15 Man AbouJ Town.
9:45 Dick O'Heren, Tenor.''
10:00 Alka Seltxer News.
10:15 I'll Find My Way.
10:30 News Bulletins, Am. Home
Produots.
10:35 Women Today.
10:45 Edna O'Dell.
11:00 Australian News.
11:15 Wheel of Fortune.
12:00 Interlude.
12:05 Sports Review, Dunham
Transfer Co.
12:15 Interlude.
12:20 Parkinson's Information
Exchange.
12:25 Rhythm at Random.
12:45 State News, Roaeburg Mo
tors.
12:50 News-Review of the Air.
1:00 Baseball Round-Up Con
cert Hall.
1:15 Walter Compton.
l:30Theme & Variation.
2:00-USO Calling USA.
2:30 The Grabbag.
2:45 The Bookworm.
3:00 The Dream House of Mel
ody, Copco.
3:30 News, Douglas National
Bank.
3:45 Joseph Sudy's Orch.
4:00 Fulton Lewis, Jr.
4:15 Johnson Family.
4:30 Horace Heidt's Orch.
4:45 Music Depreciation.
5:00 America Calling Inter
lude. 5:15 For Your Information.
5:30 Bulldog Drummond.
6:00 Dinner Concert.
6:30 Treasury Star Parade.
6:45 Interlude.
6:50 State and Local News.
6:55 Interlude.
7:00 Raymond Gram Swing,
White Owl.
7:15 Hank Keene In Town, Vel
vet Tobacco Co.
7:30 Lone Ranger.
8:00 Boys' Town.
8:30 Double or Nothing, Feena
mint. 9:00 Alka Seltzer News.
9:15 HI Neighbor, McKean and
Carstens.
9:30 Fulton Lewis, Jr.
9:45-Dlck Stabile's Orch.
10:00 News Bulletins.
10:02 Sign Off.
Bees keep warm In the winter
by huddling In clusters. They
constantly work their way from
the outside of the cluster to the
Inside, and back again. The ex
ercise keeps them warm. The
temperture at the center of the
cluster always is about 9s degrees.
PORW THIRTY YEARS TOO SOOKi
No Further Easing
Of Log Haul Rules,
Baldock Advises
PORTLAND, June 26 (AP)
Furhcr relaxation of regulations
on logging trucks in Oregon is
Impossible now, OPA, ODT, and
state highway officials said yes
terday. "We have gone all the way
with the logging Industry, up to
tne DreaKing point of our bridg
es," R. H. Baldock, chief engin
eer oi ine nianway department
said. "We can go no further or
the bridges will break down. We
will not be able to net material
for repairs and all traffic will be
stopped, including the logging
trucKs.
Because there are Insufficient
tires to equip all logging trucks
operating, UFA'S policy of deny
ing new tires to loggers wilfully
overloading or otherwise abusing
tires was repeated by Clark C.
Van Fleet, assistant state direct
or.
Names of operators arrested
for flagrant overloading will be
furnished OPA by the highway
department.
Baldock explained that the
hlRhway department's policy of
suspending P. U. C. plates for vio
lations cannot be abandoned be
cause many operators will pur
posely overload and gladly pay
the light fines imposed by most
Justice courts.
WPB Chairman Donald Nelson
asked recently that Sunday haul
ing of logs be allowed. It was
pointed out that Oregon loggers
for months have been allowed to,
haul on Sundays and even ; at
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wreath.
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language.
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night If they displayed proper
lights.
Baldock said the highway de
partment Is more tolerant of
heavy loads than the ODT's maxi
mum load limits. . Lighter log
ging trucks under ODT orders
are limited to about 50,000 pounds
but the highway department al
lows a load of 61,400 pounds.
Larger trucks with double axles
are allowed up to 71,000 pounds.
Jos. E. McBride, Retired
S. P. Engineer, Passes
Word was received here today
of the death at Portland Thurs
day of Joseph E. McBride, 79, for
mer Roseburg resident. Born in
Saltsburg, Pa., March 5, 1863, he
was employed for more than 40
years by the Southern Pacific
Railroad company, and during
much of that time worked out of
Roseburg. He had made his home
in Portland for the last 15 years,
following his retirement. Funeral
services are to be held in Portland
at 2:30 p. m. Monday. Surviving
are his widow, Lillian McBride
three brothers and a sister. ' '
Oregon Capitol Insured
Against War Damage
SALEM, June 26 (AP) The
state board ot control voted late
yesterday to insure the state capi-
toi group and. the 10 state institu
tions against war damage. The
cost will be $7000 a year.
The insurance, which will be
placed through the state insur
ance agents association, covers di
rect physical loss or damage to
property resulting from an ene
my attack, Including any damage
resulting from defensive action
taken by United States forces.
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trees.
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company,
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Concerning the -
NORTHWEST
As Viewed at the
National Capitol
By
John W. Kelly
WASHINGTON, D. C June 27
From San Francisco, stretching
through northern California, tak
ing in all of Oregon, Washington,
Idaho and Montana and including
Utah, is the comprehensive scope
of the Columbia Power Authority
bill which is sponsored by Sena
tor Homer T. Bone and Repre
sentative Martin Smith, of Wash
ington. All that Is necessary Is to
write in the name of the various i
states. The purpose of the draft-'
ers of the bill (these are young 1
lawyers In the department of the 1
Interior) Is to run out of business ,
every private utility company in
the region and create a govern
ment monopoly on power. The I
hearings before a Joint congres-1
sional committee ran up against
so many snags that authors of
the Bone-Smith bill will have to
modify It If they expect to have
the measure enacted.
"The people want this bill," de-'
clared Senator Bone over and ov
er again in the many days of the
hearing. Into the record Chair
man Overton placed telegrams,
letters and resolutions which
challenged Bone's statement. It
is a very controversial subject.
People are not of one mind In
Washington or Oregon; even
public ownership advocates found
fault with the measure. To ex
terminate the private utilities
CPA can sell segments to the
various PUDs. For purchase
money CPA would give revenue
bonds."
Roseburg In Opposition
Supporting the bill are the
Washington and Oregon State
granges; opposing It are the Na
tional Reclamation congress and
the Oregon Reclamation congress,
who say the matter should be
postponed until after the war.
Opposition was telegraphed by
the Salt Lake chamber of com
merce. The common council of
Roseburg, Ore., said such a mea
sure vitally affecting the econo
my of Washington and Oreson
and not essential to the war ef
fort, should be deferred at least
until after a public hearing in the
northwest. Walla Walla cham
ber of commerce, notwithstand
ing Bone's "the people want this."
sent word no one had appeared
ior soutnwestern Washington and
the committee should visit the
northwest. Medford, through its
city attorney, r. Farrell, sent
its objection. Mayor Earl Rllev
of Portland wired that the people
snouia De given a chance to vote
on whether they wish public or
private ownership and suggested
puonc nearings in the area affect
ed. Mayor W. E. Moore of Grants
Pass wired to drop the matter un
til after the war. The city com
missioners of Port Aneeles.
Wash., favor the Bone-Smith bill
if it provides for a three-man
board. (The new CPA bill makes
no provision for a board, as did
the Bone bill of a year ago when
Bone was at war with Secretary
Ickes.)
PUOs All Split "
According to Bono, 32 of the 39
counties have voted PUDs and
they are waiting to take part of
the various private systems when
this bill is enacted, but the PUDs
are not of one mind on that, ei
ther. R. H. Hendricks of the PUD
Commissioners association.
Seattle, testified that the eight
private companies must be taken
over to prevent confusion, to
which a committee member in
quired how 39 PUDs would be
less confusing (and each-in Its
own county) than only eight pri
vate companies. B. R. Lean of
the Northwest Public Power as
sociation, which includes Tacoma
and Seattle, opposes the bill and
wants a local board, not a one-
man dictator. Grays Harbor PUD
wants the bill; Councilman David
Levine of Seattle reported that
city wants the measure. William
Sufert, a PUD commissioner of
Wasco county. Ore.; testified for
the bill, and Bill Tugman, editor
of the Eugene Register-Guard, ex
posed the political activities of the
Bonneville organization in the
Eugene area, opposed the mea
sure and said it was unnecessary
now.
The Bone-Smith bill, observed
a committeeman dryly, was draft
ed with Washington and not Ore
gon in view. All representatives in
the Washington delegation back
ed up Bone's assertion "that the
people want this," but not all
agreed on the operation of the
bill. Representative Johnson said
the CPA would have authority to
build new generating plants, but
could not point out such a pro
vision In the measure when re
quested by the committee. He
said the war effort required co
ordination of all the power facili
ties, and a Bonneville staff wit
ness testified this Integration Is
already In effect.
Pierce Would Rip Bill
For days proponents had every
thing their own way and asserted
they would get the bill passed by
July 19, but they began slipping
when Representative Walter M.
Pierce of Oregon, an old-time
public ownership advocate, said
he favored the bill and then be
gan ripping It to pieces; he would
not stand for this or that ana es
pecially not for Secretary Ickes
as the Big Tyee; would not stand
DAILY DEVOTIONS
DR. CHAS. A. EDWARDS
Whatever may be our fate,
be assured, that this declara
tion will stand. Through the
thick gloom of the present, I
see the brightness of the fu
ture, as the sun in heaven. We
shall make this a glorious, an
immortal day. When we are in
our graves our children will
honor it. They will celebrate it
with thanksgiving, "with fes
tivity, with bonfires and Il
luminations. On its annual re
turn they will shed tears, cop
ious, gushing tears, not of sub
jection and slavery, not of
agony and distress, but of ex
ultation, of gratitude and of
Joy. My Judgments approves
and my whole heart is in it.
All that I have and all that I
am, and all that I hope, in this
life, I am now ready here to
stake upon it, and I leave off
as I began, that live or die, sur
vive or perish, I am for the
declaration. It is my living sen
timent, and by the blessing of
God it shall be my dying sen
timent. Independence now, and
independence forever. (Dan
iel Webster).
"Our Father's God to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing;
Long may our land be
bright
With freedom's holy light.
Protect us by Thy might.
Great God our King."
Amen.
for using power jevenue to sub-
smize settlers on tne uranci (ou
lee reclamation project. Kimsey
noblnson, manager of Washing
ton Water Power Co., was the
only power magnate to appear
and his showing was such that
Chairman Overton said it should
go Into the record that W. W. P.
was an outstanding, efficiently
managed company. Robinson
showed that his customers used
more power than the domestic
consumers of Tacoma. Spokane
people like his company and ser
vice, which, he said, was the rea
son why they have twice rejected
attempts to create PUDs or have
municipal ownership.
Fire Prevention Expert
Assigned to Umpqua Area
Arrival in Roseburg from Den
ver, Colo., of Lee P. Baown was
announced here today by V. V.
Harpham, supervisor of the Ump
qua National forest. Mr. Brown
has been assigned to the Umpqua
forest, Mr. Harpham states, for
the summer. season, belng.one of
a group of ten specialists loaned
by other national forest regions
to the Pacific coast states to aid
in prevention and suppression of
lorest Ilres during the fire sea
son of this year.
Mr. Brown is training officer
for Region No. 2, with headquar
ters at Denver, Mr. Harpham re
ports. He is now assisting in the
training of special crews and CCC
workers In the South Umpqua
district.
He previously has been em
ployed on the Rogue River Na
tional lorest, and was also on the
Olympic National forest in Wash
ington prior to his assignment to
the Denver office.
Policies Proposed by
Oregon VFW President
KLAMATH FALLS. June 27.
(AP) A proposal that interven-
Hon against aggression be sup
ported as a national policy was
before the Oregon department en
campment of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars today.
Worthlngton Blackman, Port
land, department Americanization
chairman, urged last night ihat
the convention go on record for
treaties under which the United
States would be obligated to In
tervene. His proposed policy also called
for compulsory military training
and maintenance of a two-ocean
navy and full-strength air force
during peacetime.
Explosion Takes Life of
Ex-U. of O. Track Star
ASTORIA, Ore., June 27 ( AP)
Injuries suffered in a prema
ture dynamite explosion at a
quarry south of Seaside May 28
proved fatal for Homer F. Dick
son, 37, Seaside contractor, at a
hospital here Thursday.
, Death came only a few hours
after he had been told that his
wile had given birth to twins, a ,
boy and a girl. He was a one- :
time University of Oregon track !
star.
Two men were killed outright ,
and Dickson and two others were
injured in the blast which occur
red during construction of a log
ging road.
Mrs. Geo. Rankin, Former
Roseburg Resident, Dies
Mrs. George Rankin, former i
Roseburg resident, died Wednps-1
day at Portland, following a short ;
illness. Mrs. Rankin was a grand
daughter of Mrs. M. C. Rada
baugh of Roseburg. Surviving .
are her husband: her mother, i
Mrs. May Sackctt. and a brother.
all of Portland. Funeral services !
were held in Portland today.
Offers to Produce
All Rubber Nation
Needs in One Year
WASHINGTON, June 27
(AP) Dr. William J. Hale, head
of a chemurgy firm, testified be
fore a house mining subcommit
tee yesterday he could produce all
the rubber the nation needs in a
year If given $100,000,000, men
and priorities.
The former organic professor
at the University of Michigan,
now consultant to the Dow
Chemical company and president
of the National Agrol company,
Washington, said he .would set up
about 100 plants with two in
each state each turning out 45,
000 pounds of butadiene daily
from certain types of corn.
Another $150,000,000 would be
required by the rubber industry
to make the rubber from buta
diene, he said, adding that his
synthetic product would make
tires superior to those now in use.
"We can produce rubber
probably 15 cents a pound," JW
asserted, "from Waxey maize and
grain sorghums, and you can al
ways make it cheape as you pro
gress. It can be made in enor
mous quantities at a very smalle
cost and not even disturb the sur
plus corn crop.
"One hundred and 50 million
bushels of corn will produce all
the rubber we can possibly use,
and that's not 5 per cent of our
crop."
Dr. Hale said, the war produc
tion board and department of ag
riculture were aware of feats that
could be performed by chemurgy.
Excluding President Roosevelt
and Donald Nelson, war produc
tion board chairman, Dr. Hale ac
cused the WPB organization of
"not wanting to win the war." He
said WPB officials were "ham
strung by steel and oil industries"
which he said were in effect "Hit
ler cohorts."
Dr. Hale said that the petro
leum industry received 500 mil
lion dollars with which to maiA
synthetic rubber, but that it cou"
not hope to make more than 25,
000 tons in a year, and that no
rubber as yet had been produced.
Man Convicted of Killing
Friend of Girl Bride
AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho,
June 27. (AP) Gust Becker,
41-year-old farmer charged with
murder in the shooting of his 17-
year-old bride's boy friend, was
j convicted of manslaughter by a
I district court Jury yesterday,
Sentencing was postponed,
' Lorcn McNurlen, 20, of nearby
' Rockland, was killed and Mrs.
Becker wounded at a bar April
18. Mrs. Becker, shot in the neck,
recovered.
Testimony show'ed that McNiJi)
len and Mrs. Becker had plannccf
to leave American Fails t.'iay
of the shooting. Defense counsel
h:icH Ito Cn nn a nl.n 4..ti -
fiablc homicide.
Price Levels Fixed for
Anti-Freeze Retailing
WASHINGTON, Juno 27.
(AP) The office of price admin
istration has fixed prices of auto
mobile anti-frceze at levels which
officials said were well below the
speculative price prevailing at
the end of last winter.
Maximums set under the new
regulation npply at retail, whole
sale and distributing levels. In
general, the retail ceiling hit
nounced yesterday pegs pi'i(( Jfe
for the more expensive perm
nent anti freeze at the levels in
effect during the last three years
with $2.65 the top price. How
ever, the less costly non-permanent
types will be higher than in
recent years.
VFW of Oregon Favors
Universal Draft Law
KLAMATH FALLS, June 27.
(AP) A universal draft-law pro
viding for the conscription of
property, capital, labor and in
dustry as needed for war use was
advocated yesterday by Oregon
Veterans of Foreign Wars in
their annual encampment. A visit
by Max Singer, national com
mander, was cancelled at the last
minute. He was represented here
by John Schum, national coun'fc
members. '
DR. R. L. CLINTON "
OPTOMETRIST
Successor to
DR. H. C. CHURCH
122 N. Jackson
Phone 86
WATSON PLAYERS
present
New Sacred Drama
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Sunday night, 8 o'clock
at the
(dethodist Church
Roseburg
Admission Free