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ROSEBURG , NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG. OREGON. FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1943. Local News Obtain Marriage Licenses Oral Jones, 21, 740 Mill street, and Irene Bertrand, both of Rose burg; and Otto Spores, 35, Scotts burg, and Evelyn Ambrose, 21, lieedsport, have obtained mar riage licenses at Vancouver, Wash. Moves to Hlllsboro Mrs, Ida M. Giles, who has resided in Rose burg for a number of years, has left for Hlllsboro to make her home. She recently sold her residence on South Main street to Mrs. J. M. Judd. Program Tonight A Mothers' I day program will be presented by me ini-'ii ui mvui Mjaie jjittiigi; at the regular meeting tonight at o'clock at the hall. The men also act as hosts and serve refreshments at the close of the meeting and program. Arrives at Camp Corporal Milton E. Keller writes that he has arrived at his camp in New Mexico, after enjoying his fur Hough in Los Angeles and in Rose- s burg visiting relatives and S friends. While in Los Angeles, She visited his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mi's. Byron E, illarshaw. -3 Visitina at Lvtle Home Mrs f Adeline Olsen, ' of Corvallis, is .visiting at the home of her son 'inlaw and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. K. D. Lytle, in Laurelwood. Also guests at the Lytle home : are Mr. Ly tie's mother, Mrs. Pa Ktience Lytle, and Mrs. Lytle's jiaunt, Mrs. Carrie Elder, both presidents of Hillsboro, Ore. J Mrs. Brand Improving C. A. Brand returned last night from Portland, where he has been sjiding the week with Mrs. '.Brand, who underwent a major operation the first of the week. liHe reports that Mrs. Brand is ' making satisfactory recovery and that her condition appears to be greatly improved. Brand's stand, located on the highway north of 'town, which has been closed dur ing Mr. Brand's absence, will be 'reopened Saturday. i t " TODAY AND SATURDAY and COMING SUNDAY MOONLIGHT MASQUERADE" and "FOREIGN AGENT" Attention Automobile Owners Oregon's Motor Vehicles RESPONSIBILITY ACT. Effective June I Oth, 1943 REQUIRES YOU IQon occurrence of an accident to file proof of your ability to satisfy Judgment for damage re sulting from maintainance, use or operation of a motor vehicle. An automobile insurance policy is the only prac tical way to protect your right to drive an auto mobile PROTECT YOURSELF TODAY State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company Home Office Bloomington, Illinois ; rV In distant Asia there are evidences o American aid on every liantl. Al an evacuation camp in Iran n smiling l'olisli boy holds an armload of bread baked from Hour supplied by the American lied Cross. At a Russian airfield, a Hus sion pilot approaches his newly arrived U. S.-huilt lifjhlcr plane, ready to lly it to a bait let' rout. To Attend Supper Bishop Ben jamin Dagwell, of Portland, is expected to be in Roseburg next Tuesday to attend the 6:30 pot- luck dinner to be held by the Episcopal guild at the parish hall. 2nd Shooting In 24 Hours Occurs At Army Air Base SELFRIDGE FIELD, Mich., May 1. (AP) A second shoot ingthe wounding of a civilian by a sentry occurred at Self- ridge today, less than 24 hours af ter the disclosure that the form er commanding officer of this ar my air base had been arrested following the wounding of a Ne gro private. In Washington the house mili tary committee ordered an inves tigation of the shooting of the private. It requires the war de partment to give it all available information on the case and au thorized Rep. Shafer (R Mich.) and a committee investigator to make a personal Inquiry. Shafer told reporters "this matter smells to high heaven, and I mean to get to the bottom of it." Capt. Richard Ramey, public relations officer at the base, said today's shooting occurred at 4 a. m., when. Private William Bridges, 23-year-old Negro from Montclair, N. J., fired a shot in to the chest of a civilian who had Ignored three challenges and three warning shots. The wounded civilian was iden tified as William H. Hasse, 54, whose last known address was Grand Rapids, Mich. His condi tion at the army base hospital here was reported as "fair." An official statement here said that Col. William T. Colman had CIVILIAN DEFENSE INFORMATION Air Raid Signals ALARM Variable pitch si ren. Duration: five minutes ALU CLEAR Steady pitch siren. Duration: two minutes. Meetings Medical Auxiliary Unit No. 1, Junior High, 8 p. m. Air Raid Wardens (1st and 3rd Tuesdays) circuit court room, 8:00 p. m. Wednesday: Auxiliary police Court house, 7:30 p. m. Thursday.- Oregon State Guard Arm ory, Hq. Co., 7:30 p. m.; Co. A, 8 p. m. See Local Agent R. H. PARKER Phone 835 431 So. Stephens Street Rosebure,, Oregon BREAD AND PCANE FROM AMERICA w4 OUT OUR WAY BONUS DEEUS. AMIG06.' MUCHO OGWA. MAKE CMPO MUCHO VEBufc ... HAH r CI T 2tAA - HEROES ARE been relieved of the base com mand and taken, "under arrest," to the army's hospital at Battle Creek, Mich., for "observation." The statement, issued by Capt. Richard Ramey, public relations officer at the base, said that Private William McRae, 24, mo tor vehicle driver for the base garage, was wounded at approxi mately 1 a. m. Wednesday by a revolver shot "allegedly fired by" Col. Colman. His condition was reported "fair." Transportation to Summer School Of 4-H'ers Assured CORVAALIS, May 7 (API- Elimination of transportation dif ficulty has cleared the way for the annual 4-H club summer school at Oregon State college June 1 to 11, H. C. Seymour, state club agent for the extension serv ice, announced today. Authorization has been received from the Office of Defense Trans portation to use school buses where necessary to supplement trains and regular buses. County club leaders are being instructed not to bring boys and girls who are urgently needed for work on the farm at that time. Arrangements are also being made so that if emergency labor conditions arise while a boy or girl Is here, any club member may bo returned home at once. The youngsters will be housed this year in Snell hall and In frat ernities and sororities, as the men's dorm., usually used, is now occupied by soldier students, while Waldo hall is being reserv ed for possible future army use. Labor Ruling Affects Eugene Fruit Growers PORTLAND, May 6 (AP) The National Labor Relations board today ordered the Eugene Fruit Growers to permit its em ployes to join a union without molestation, to reemploy 17 work ers during the 1943 canning sea son and to pay back wages to talling $860 to 10 workers. The union involved is an AFL cannery workers local. Plants involved are located at Eugene and Junction City. Frost Damages Crops in Rogue, Umpqua Valleys PORTLAND, May 6 (API Recent frosts seriously damaged fruit in the Rogue and Umpqua POGE WE6.' HE'5 LEARNING CASTlLIAN SPANISH FEOM A BOOK AND TBVN' IT OUT ON r LOW SPANISH WHO THINKS ITS HIGH ENGLISH.' 11 1 W Mill I MM5E JNOT feOBN Mountainside U. S. Marin Coipi Phoio This mountain Is one of (he obstacles along the line of march for II. S. Marine Raiders training at Camp Pendleton, Calif. A tactic f this nature is used to flush the enemy from otherwise Inairewi- ible positions. - " ' valleys and did considerable dam age to tomatoes, beans, sweet corn and gardens, especially in southern Oregon, the weather i bureau's weekly weather-crop bul letin showed today. Some mildew is appearing In hops, it was reported. Recent rains delayed field work but crops generally were benefited. roas are doing well. Fall sown SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE-Oriental Gardens Benefit For Uniforms for Girl's Drum Corps Casey Jones ADMISSION Gents 68c, Fed Tax 7c, Total 75c Ladies Free t By J. R. Williams THATS WHY -THEM POOB ..- FELLEES 1 THINK THEY EE THE IGNOBANT CLASS... AMERICANS TALKIN . cosmic u? r. M. HEO. U. S. fAT. OFr CflPR. 1W BY HE 8EHVI No Barrier grain is showing good growth and spring grain is germinating well. RUSSELL'S Typewriter Service Offlcs Machine Service and 8uppllei 335 N. Jackson Phone 320 Orchestra A i Young, Crittenden Of R. H. S. Vying At Track Tourney Tier! Younf:, hroadjumpor, and Dick Crittenden, milor, repre senting Roseburg high, are par ticipating today at the slate high school track meet at Eugene. Young and Crittenden qualified for the slate meet by winning first place in their respective events nt the district meet held in Eueene last week. Young made n leap of 20 feet and 2 58 inches, while Crittenden covered the mile in 4:52.2 minutes on a heavy track. Medford with seven contes tants will have the largest num ber of athletes on the field rep resenting any one high school and is expected to make a suc cessful defense of its state cham pionship. A meeting of coaches will he held this afternoon to discuss new rules and to plan high school sports for next year. TEAM STANDINGS LATEST SCORES (By the Associated Press) PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W L Pet. Los Angeles 12 3 .800 San Diego 11 7 .611 San Francisco fl 7 .563 Portland .- 8 8 .500 Oakland 8 10 .444 Hollywood 7 10 .412 Sacramento 6 11 -353 Seattle 5 10 .333 Results yesterday: Los Angeles 2, Portland 0 (10 Innings). San Francisco 9, Seattle 1. Sacramento 5, Oakland 4. Hollywood 8, San Diego 0. AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet. New York 11 3 .786 Cleveland 9 4 .692 Detroit 7 5 .583 Washington 8 7 .535 St. Louis 5 6 .455 Philadelphia 6 9 .400 Boston 4 10 .286 Chicago 3 9 -250 Results yesterday: New York 2-5, Boston 1-4. Philadelphia 7, Washington 0. St. Louis 1, Detroit 0. Cleveland 6, Chicago 3. NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pet. Brooklyn 10 4 .714 Cincinnati 7 6 .538 Pittsburgh 7 6 .538 St. Louis 7 6 -538 Boston 5.5 .500 Chicago 5 8 .385 New York 5 8 .385 Philadelphia 4 7 .364 Results yesterday: Philadelphia 3, Brooklyn 2 (11 innings). Chicago 5, St. Louis 1. New York at Boston postponed. (Only games scheduled.) Bigeiow Huris Yoncalla High Nine to Victory YONCALLA, May 7. Playing errorless ball behind the pitching ol Don Bigclow, the Yoncalla baseball team defeated Drain high school 12 to 1 in a game Thursday afternoon on the Drain diamond. Bigelow allowed only three hits, while his teammates pounded out 12 hits off the offer- THE OLD JUDGE SAYS... "Quite a stack of newspapers I left you yesterday. Judge. Aren't goin' in the news paper business, are you?" "No, I just enjoy reading different papers so my nephew George sends them to me whenever he takes a business trip. I got a big kick out of some he sent me from several counties where they still have prohibition. Particularly from some head lines that read ' Drunk Driving Arrests Rise', ings of Simpson.. It was the sec ond win for the Yoncalla team, which defeated Elkton earlier In the season. In a preliminary soflball game, the Drain girls de leatcd the Yoncalla girls 0 to 2. Juvenile Delinquency Increasing, Judge Says Juvenile delinquency is on the Increase in Douglas county, par ticularly in the city of Roseburg, County Judge D. N. Busenbark told members of the Roseburg Rotary club at the regular Thurs day luncheon meeting of that or ganization. Broken homes, he stated, provide the principal cause for delinquency among children. lie urged more rigid en forcement of curfew regulations. Eurl Wiley, Ray Hampton and M. O- Roam were elected as di rectors of the club for the ensu ing year. Holdover members of the board Include Clyde Beard, Bill Adair and John Runyan. Year Book of Yoncalla High Nears Completion YONCALLA, May 7. Work on the "Eagle," 1943 year book of the Yoncalla high school, is ncaring completion under the direction of Wayne Phillips, editor. This year the book Is being mlmeo- : This year, MOTHER'S DAY must share the lines with vital war calls War calls come first Delays will occur. We will gladly do fhe best we con. . Many people in other years have used Long Distance on Mother's Day. We fully under- : stand their desire to do it again this year. But -we want to explain the situation. War is on the Nation's Long Distance lines ... and war does not step aside. The lines are ' carrying the heaviest volume of calls in history 1 vital war calls. They must come irif. The ' lines must carry those calls on Mother's Day ' Sunday, May 9 just as they carry them every day. . .. ' ' ; V ; ; , More lines cannot be built the materials are needed for war;-Thar situation will con tinue, until Victory is won. So we must ask your assistance in using Long Dislance only when it is absolutely necessary. We believe that many people would not make calls on Mother's Day this year if they realized thut such calls migltt delay calls thai help speed the building of guns and bombers and the launching of ships. . Thank you for your help. . Buy War Bonds for Victory THE PACiriC TELEPHONE AND TELEOIAPH COMPANY 'Bootleggers must post Ceiling Prices'? ' Federal Agents seize'Trick' Liquor Truck. Doesn't that go to prove, Joe, that prohibU. lion does not prohibit? " I watched conditions pretty carefully" during our 13 years of prohibition in this country. The only thing I could sea we got out of it was tootltt liquor instead of legal liquor... plus the worst crime and corrupj . tion this country has ever known."' graphed by tho staff in order to cut down expenses and bring the annual in the : price range of every student, i Mr- Menegat, principal, is ad visor. Today Saturday uo ABBOTT LOU Plus Preview Saturday Night SUNDAY 'THE FIGHTING CHETNIKS" ' -A- w : id