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ROStBUKS NeWS-REVIEW, HoStBUKS. 0HE6C.N, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, H43. TTOEE Local News United Workers Clais to Meet The annual Christmas party of the United -Workers class of the First Christian church will be held Wednesday at 2 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Mable P. Tay lor on Roberts street. Here on Furlough Pvt. Gor don Gerretsen has arrived in Roseburg to spend his Christ mas furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gerretsen, at 123 Blakely street. Pvt. Gerret sen is stationed at Camp Adair, Oregon. RUSSELL'S Typewriter Service Office Machine Service and Supplies ,4-335 N. Jackson Phone 320 ONLY 4 SHOPPING DAYS LEFT ARE YOU STUCK FOR A GIFT? Well, give a Roseburg Theatre Scrip Ticket. On Sale at the INDIAN THEATRE Everyone Likes UEBNESBAY STARTS IT CHARLES COBURN J I WvifavUee CHAPMAN 7p ( I u z-.u viafi I CARTER ELSOM GARGAN 1 ,rT-MT -'"""T-" . HUNTS jyiuSL until Lie LAST TIMES TONIGHT YOU! AND ENDS TODAY "Next of Kin" narrated by J. Edgar Hoover AND "Harrigan's Kids" with Bobby Riddick Merry Christmas mmm Yoncalla Visitor Miss Mildred Kruse of Yoncalla was shopping in Roseburg Monday. Here From Umpqua A. H. Doerner of Umpqua was in Rdse burg on business Monday. Ill at Home C. E. Mansfield is reported to be ill of the "flu" ift his home 504 S. Stephens. Visitors From Glide Mr. and Mrs. Ray Banning of Glide were in Roseburg Monday shopping. Here From Kellogg Mrs. Hugh Miller of Kellogg was a business visitor in Roseburg Monday. Home on Leave Alan Knudt son has arrived In Roseburg to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A M Knudtson. on Chadwick street. He is attending the Navy V-lj! school at the university 01 Southern Idaho at Pocatello. P. T.-A. to Hold Program The' Benson P.-T. A. annual Christmas program will be held at the schoolhouse Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The stu dents of the school will present the entertainment, which will be preceded by a business session of the P.-T. A. at 7:15 o'clock. The j teachers of the school are in charge of the program. Entertainment ENDS CHRISTMAS DAY hi iM.e ivvsi. : 9 l UCDDV rUDKTUiC Tfl All OB FROM THE MANAGEMENT STAFF OF THIS THEATRE. Pr WED. ONLY "Brooklyn Orchid" Robert Taylor AND "Tails of Manhattan" Ed. G. Robinson Houses Rising at Myrtle Creek for Lumber Industry Workers tJfXw$ ?5hrKi By PAUL JENKINS . " To house the workers (and their families) In essential indus tries, who are flocking to Myrtle Creek lumber and logging opera tions, the Federal Public Hous ing authority is constructing fa cilities for the accommodation of about 260 people in that town. Eight units, consisting bf 40 apartments in all, as shown in the upper photograph appearing above, will be ready for occu ancy about the middle of Janu Elkton Visitors Mrs. Edith Madison of Elkton was In Rose burg Monday on business. . Spend Day In Eugene Mrs. Don Withcer of Hiverside spent Monday in Eugene on business. Here From Oakland Mr. and Mrs. Roy Truant of Oakland were in Roseburg on business Monday. From Melrose Mrs. Charles Doerner and daughter Maureen of Melrose were in Roseburg Monday, shopping. Business Visitors Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Lembke of Winchester were business visitors in Roseburg Monday. Unable to Work Bob Frank was unable' to be at work Mon day at his grocery store In Rose burg because of illness. Here From Oakland Mrs. Isa dore Inda and small son from Oakland were attending to busi ness In Roseburg Monday. . Return From Astoria John D. Todd and family have returned to Roseburg following a business trip to Astoria for the weekend. Here for Holidays Ensign and Mrs. John E. Killip.of Seattle, have arrived in Roseburg to visit the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Parkinson. .Mrs. Kllllp Is the former Mary Joan Parkinson. Arrive From Chicago Miss Frances and Miss Margaret Metz ger have arrived in Roseburg from Chicago where they have been working, to spend their va cations with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Metzger. Leaves for Portland Lt. Alda Henricks, of the. Portland Wac air corps recruiting office, left last evening for the north, follow ing several days at coast points and a short stop .over in Rose burg. She, reports, she will re turn to Roseburg "in January to attend to recruiting business. Leave for Oakland First Class Petty Officer, and Mrs. Bert Matthews have left for Oakland, Calif., to make their home while Mr. Matthews is stationed In Oak land with the United States navy construction battalion. Mr. Mat thews recently returr.ed from the Aleutian Islands, where he was stationed for several months,' and has been spending his furlough in Rospburg. COMING THURS. 3 DAYS "SANTA FE SCOUT" The 3 Mesquireers AND "Darling Clementine" A Western Musical Buy More Bonds cUw -a ary, according to H. L. Germain, superintendent. for; Bridges and Welcer, contractors for the build ing program. '. The trailer camp, consisting' of 25 trailer and aux iliary units, such as community house, bath and laundry house, etc., Is nearing completion under the direction of the Halvorsen Construction company of Salem. Both projects are located near ;the high school in Myrtle Creek, on ground leasea Dy me govern ment for the purpose. i Returns to Work Miss Flor ence Cole has returned to her work, following a two weeks Ill ness at her home. To Attend Funeral All Rebek ahs and Odd Fellows are request ed to meet at the I. O. O. F. hall Wednesday at 1:30 o'clock to at tend the funeral of Thomas Scott. Portland Visitors Arrive Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Lamont of Port land have arrived in Roseburg to spend the holidays visiting their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.' Maurice J. Newland, and family. Arrives For Christmas Miss Ruth Fredrickson, who has been employed in San Leandro, Calif., has arrived in Roseburg to spend the Christmas holidays visiting relatives and friends. She for merly made her home here.- Back From Eugene Mrs. Merle Mulholland and4VIrs. Irene Ferber have returned to their home In Roseburg, following a short stay In Eugene visiting. Mrs. Mulholland is employed by the J. C. Penney company and Mrs. Ferber works in the selec tive, service office. Visits At Peterson Home Miss Cloydene Darby, student at Uni versity of Oregon, Eugene, is spending a few days in Rose burg as the guest of Miss Mary Peterson. The Darby family re cently moved to Springfield, Ore., to make their home. Her father, LIston A. Darby, is errployed by the Mountain States Power com pany. He was formerly with Cop co in Roseburg for many years. Undergoes Major Operation Mrs. U. D. Powell Is reported to have undergone a serious major operation at St. Vincent's hospi tal in Portland. The Powell fami ly formerly made their home on Winchester street in Roseburg. Mr. Powell was in charge of the National Farm Loan association In Roseburg before enlisting in the U. S. army. He is now a cap tain In the transportation de partment' with headquarters in Portland. The Powells have two sons, Dick and David, both stu dents in the Portland schools. Byron Woodruff Funeral Services Are Arranged Funeral services for Luther Byron (By) Woodruff, 67, local butcher and life long resident of Douglas county ,will be held In the chapel of the Douglas Funer al home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. H. P. Sconce of the First Baptist church, of which Mr. Woodruff was a member, of ficiating. Concluding services and interment will follow In Masonic cemetery. Ex-OSC Teacher, Kin Of Roseburg Man, Dies PORTLAND, Dec. 21 (API Firl P. W. Harding, 63, onetime chpmlstry Instructor and football coach at Oregon State college fell dead yesterday while inquiring as to the health of a neighbor at Oak Grove. Born in Amltv, Harding Is sur vived by his widow; two sisters, Mrs. Grace Bates, Gaston, and Mrs. Blanche Brown, Portland, and a brother, Ralph Harding, Roseburg. The- apartments vary In size, the larger ones having four beds. All are served by- city light and water, while the project has its own sewer system. Landscaping work now is in progress, and upon completion lawns will be seeded and similar housing projects, Mr. The government leases on this and similar housing projects Mr. Germain stated, run from two to seven years. When the housing emergency no longer exists, the houses ' will be razed and re moved. NEWSOVOtm fMENwWOMIN IN UNIFORM Captain Clifford D. Collins, son of Mr, and Mrs, O. G. Collins, of tile Northside apartments, writes that he Is to be retained as fly ing instructor on B-25's at Ma ther field, Sacramento, Calif. He was married last March to Miss Gcrtha Crawford, of Taft, Calif. Private Handle P. Hockctt, son of Har.old K, Hockett, Kohlhngen Apt., Roseburg, has arrived at St.- John's university, College' ville, Minn;, for a coursq 61 ar my 'air force Instruction, accord ing to word received here. He will receive five months of train ing preliminary to appointment as an aviation cadet. Voting Chance for All Soldiers, Wish of F. R. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (AP) President Roosevelt declared today, he had simple policy on the question of votes for sol diersthat every soldier should be given an opportunity to vote unless combat circumstances pre vented it. - He enunciated the policy at a press-radio conference in re sponse to a request for comment on the soldier vote bill pending in congress. He said he had not rf.-ad the legislation and hadn't the faintest idea whether the measure as passed by the senate would give soldiers the opportun ity of which he spoke. The senate-approved version In effect handed the problem back to the Individual states. Asked whether he thought "fed eral machinery Is needed to Im plement" the policy stated by him, Mr. Roosevelt said he was sure lt is needed. Graveside Services for Rohde Infant Are Set Graveside services for the late Bonnie Lee, Infant dauphter of Corporal and Mrs. Karl Rohde, of Roseburg, will be held at the Masonic cemetery at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning. Rev. H. P, Sconce will officiate. Arrange ments are In charge of the Doug las Funeral home. ' Surviving besides her parents are her maternal grandoarenls. Seaman 2nd Class and Mrs. Her-1 schel P. Bennett of Oakland, ' Calif., and her paternal grand father, H. D. Rohde of Vale, Oregon H. G. WILSON SECOND HAND STORE Moving to 628 Winchester Hearty welcome to old friends and new Season's Greetings. '9 Formerly 615 N. Jackson Bargain Agency Vote Refused in Plywood Strike SEATTI.E, Dec. 2t (API The National Labor Relations board has rejected a second petition of the CIO Pulp and Plywood Workers union for a bargaining agency election at the Hoquiam plant of Rayonler, Inc., closed now for two weeks by a strike. Dr. George Bernard Noble, re gional board chairman, disclosed the action recently and said the NLRB felt that such a stop would break the master contract Ray onler now has' with two unions ot AFL workers, which includes some 34 other plants. The board acted ibout six weeks ago on a petition filed last fall. At present, he added, the War Labor board nan no case before It involving the CIO union and Rayonier. I The plant was closed Decern i ber 6 when workers refused to puss picket lines set up after the management filed a $104,000 suit against certain employees blam ed for a "slowdown." The suit blamed the CIO element. Union head demanded withdrawal of the suit as one cindltlon for end ing the strike and a citizens committee has been attempting to bring about a settlement. Von Reuther, Who Scuttled Nazi Navy In 1919, Passes On LONDON, Dec. 21. (AP) The German DNB agency said today that Vice Admiral Ludwlg von Reuter, 75, who ordered the scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow In 1919, died today of heart disease. Basing his, action upon an or der of Kaiser Wllhelm, issued In 1914 at the start of the world war, that no German ship must be allowed to fall Into the hands of the enemy, von Reuter, then a rear admiral, ordered the bat tle flags run up and the sea valves opened. As the ships settled, the crews took to the boats, and some of the British vessels, their com manders Infuriated by the coup, fired on them, 24 Germans being killed or wounded. ; The English tried to get lines aboard the German ships and tow them to safety, but they rescued only the battleship Baden, three light cruisers and 18 torpedo boats. All the others went down with flags flying, 11 ships of the line, five battle cruisers, eight small cruisers, 50 torpedo boats and a number of auxiliary craft. Years later some of them were raised, rusted hulks, of little value even as scrap. Von Reuter was arrested, charg ed with violating the terms im posed by the armistice, and sent to a prison camp to await trial. But resentment against him died down, the charges were not press ed and he was released. Adm. Fletcher Named as North Pacific Naval Head WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (AP) Appointment of Admiral Frank J. Fletcher as commander of the North Pacific area was announc ed today by Secretary of the Navy Knox. Fletcher succeeds Vlce-Admlral Thomas C. Klnkald, who recently was sent to the southwest Pacific. Rear Admiral Sherwoode A. Tafflnder succeeds Fletcher as commandant of the 13th naval district. i Child Cruelty Charge Faced by Prospect Man ME5DFORD, Ore., Deo. 21 (AP) Child cruelty charges fac ed a 30-year-old Prospect mill hand today. The man, Earl Flnton, was tak- If your grocer cannot sup ply you with some of the UMPQUA DAIRY PRODUCTS It It duo to tuppl" shortage, a circumstance beyond our control. We appreoiate your spirit of co-operation. Bock the attack ' Buy War Bonds en Into custody Sunday and ar raigned before Justice W. H. Coleman yesterday. His request for more time to plead was grant ed. He was accused by Robert El drr, county juvenile officer, of beating five-year-old Terry Pra ther, his wife's nephew. The boy had been left In her care by his mother, Mrs. James Prathcr of Portland, Elder said. Teachers at Prospect school had suspected: for some time the boy was being mistreated, Elder said, but he had relused to ex plain his bruises. The boy had been under the juvenile officer's The Roseburg Saw and Supply Co. 731 S. STEPHENS ST. Now Operating the Most Complete Machine Shop in Douglas County We're Equipped For Your Heaviest Job Sawmill equipment, logging and farm "Cats" and tractors, farm equipment re pair work, welding and lathe work of all kinds can be handled in our fully-equipped machine shop. An expert Diesel and "Cat" machinist heads the repair department. We can do' mechanical work on any type of tractor. WE STILL SELL SAWS And we can repair your old ones. ARBORS MADE AND TURNED We Solicit Your Machine and Saw Business Right Prices and Prompt Service i';- L- SMITH Mgr. 1 -A THIS CHRISTMAS HEIP TO RESTORE PEACE ON EARTH THIS year our memories of other happier Christ maiei Are more vivid than ever. The stockings, the trees, the carols, the family reunions memories of all of these make us yearn more strongly than ever for the safe return of our husbands, brothers, sons and daughter who are far from home. So the foremost hope of all of us is that peace shall once more return to this earth and soon. You can help to speed the day of victory and peace by giving War Bonds and Stamps this Christmas. Every War Bond, every Stamp; you buy and give helps mould more bullets load more shells launch more ships lift more planes into the skies I Every War Bond, every Stamp, you buy and give will help to dictate the terms of the Armistice and write a peace that will endure. : So give U. S. War Bonds and Stamps to everyone on your Christmas list. Give and give generously! Remember every War Bond and Stamp is more than r. present for the one who receives it. It's a gift of peace and happiness and safety for some soldier or sailor besides care some time before telling of the beatings, Elder said. A resident of ancient Athens could be exiled for five to 10 years if 6,000 citizens voted for his removal.- V I"" Sold by COEN LUMBER CO.' Phone 121 A ! V W H ST
