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;U':SIX' I ! R'OSEBURS HEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURg, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1945. 3 V", If! 1 1 News! Pipe Protector Designed to Halt Water Line Loss rkfdsport This ciiv's waler system is being made the "guinea-pig" for a product of the Johns-Manvillc Co., which was recently perfected to use with their asbestos-cement water pipe, sold under the trade name of "TransllP." For a mimb"r of yearn the eoastal section of Oregon has liad a Pleat deal of trouble with the deterioration of wood and metal water nines panned hv field grcn of Camas valley visiteu m or 0lpr chemical formation In From Glide M. II. McCord spent Friday In Roseburg from Glide. On Business Walter Hunt of Fair Oaks was In Roseburg on business Friday. , Visits In Roseburq Cus Lov- wounded mid twd women were assaulted. State police headquarters In Baltimore announced the arrests alter troopers who had rushed In to this Maryland eastern shore area yesterday afternoon, and last night had spirited the sus pects to safety across the Ches apeake bay. . t Roseburg Thursday. Transacts tjuslneso Art Cun ningham spent Thursday in Rose burg transacting business. i . Canyonvllle Visitor Mrs. Jen ny DeWald was a Canyonvllle Visitor In Roseburg Thursday. Business Visitor Jens Josper son of Yoncalla was a business visitor In Roseburg Thursday. From Suthcrlln Mrs. Davis and daughter, Eunice Davis, spent Friday In Roseburg from Sutherlin. 8utherlln- Visitor Mrs. Cra croft and daughter Betty, were Sutherlin visitor in Roseburg Friday. Attends to Business F. A. Moan of Myrtle Creek attended to business In Roseburg Thursday. Visiting In Roseburg Mrs. Howard Gallap from Seattle Is visiting relatives and friends in Roseburg for a few days. Accents Employment Miss Do rene Pope of Roseburg has ac cepted employment at the Agri culture Conservation association. Leaves For Grants Pass Ro land Cocheram of Roseburg left Friday for Grants Pass where he will spend a few days visiting friends. Business Visitor I,. S. Comp ton, countv committeeman for the agriculture Conservation as sociation, was a business visitor In Roseburg Thursday 8on Is Born Word has been received by Mrs. Davis Morgan of Roseburg that a son, Bruce Wil lard, was born to her son and tlanghter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wlllard Morgan, January 12, at Portland. the water and soil. In fact the Reedsnorl water svstem would probably be free of debt except for the constant renewals neces sar" from this chemical action on both wood and metal pipe. The Johns-M.invllle Co., recent ly introduced "Transite" on this coast and the Reedsnorl Water department was the first to nse it and found it entiretv satisfac tory and is no"' replacing the whole system with the n"W prod uct just as last as possible. To date After n number of years in use. there has not been a single replacement of this pip" on ac count of deterioration However there was one drawback and that was the necessity to us" an iron or sleel fitting with "Transite." Now the Johns-Manville Co.. has come out with a new tvne of fit ting antl placing a number of hem at different points in the Peedsnnrt water system for a thorough try out. C. A. Parks and H. H. Preses sns of the Johns-Ma nvil'" Co . as sisted bv C. C. Clark. Peedxnort "'iter commissioner, with Mavor Skaaluren and Councilman Knut sen, member of the eitv water hoard, as observers, installed the first of these new fillings ever placed in active use nn the wa ter main pear Winchester ha", where (t w'l reeei"e a thoroneh test. Thn chemical action takes nlace on the outside of th pin" es well as 'he inside end with this new fixture nehher the dampness from the soli nor the contact of the flowing witer comes In con'net with "ither iron or steel on the pine line. Visiting In Roseburg Karl Faulkner of Portland is visiting In Roseburg for a few davs with his aunt, Mrs. W. H. Graham, of Farwell, Texas, and other rela tives and friends. Leave for California Corpor al and Mrs. Stanley Morris have left for San Luis Obispo, Calir., where the former will report for duty, following a visit In Roseburg with the former's bro ther and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Morris. Visiting from Kansas Mrs. Flora Lewis of Bluff City. Kan sas, and her sister, Mrs. Nellie Warren, of Hutchinson, Kansas, are guests this week at the H. R. .Wells home at 908 S. Jackson St. Mrs. Warren and Mrs. Wells, girlhood chums, had not met fur .more than forty years. Leave For Kansas Lt. and Mrs. Robert Snoddy have left for Hutchison, Kansas, where the former will report for duty at the navy air base, following his leave spent in Roseburg visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Snoddy, and other relatives and friends. He returned a month ago from the South Pacific war area. His wife is the former Charlotte ;Dlllard of Roseburg. They were accompanied to Portlnnd bv his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Snod. dy, who returned to Roseburg the folloowlng day. Stakes High in Poker With Black Market Funds PARIS. Jan. 13 (API Testi mony of high stakes at G. I. no ker games was introduced today ds the fourth group of enlisted men accused of looting military supnlv trains In French black market deals went on trial before an armv general court-martial. Lt. Robert O'Reilv of the army criminal investigation division, who worked as a feman In a railway battalion while Investi gating the looting outbreak, tes tified he watched poker panics at which soldiers naid as high as 8. 000 francs IS1G0) to see the last card of a seven-card stud poker game. "There was an ineredihle amount of cash mnnov around the barracks." he said, "also whole cases (50 cartons) of eigarets and whole cases of chocolate bars." O'Reilv s"ld he was present on a number of occasions when men planned the next train looting. Two sergeants were convicted and sentenced to 25 years Impris onment at hard labor. They also were dishonorably discharged from the army. Army-Navy Journal Backs National Service Plan WASHINGTON, . , Jan. 13. (AP) The Army and Navy Jour nal, endorsing President Roose velt's recommendation for o na tional service law, today said: "The fact that the president deems establlahme nt of this sys tem necessary may bo accepted as evidence of his determination to adopt a- stern attitude toward strikes and. toward malingering employers, and to deny labor and materials to plants not engaged in the manufacture of war essen tials." "No longer," the service publi cation said editorially, "are the American people to be allowed to escape full responsibility and duty they owe to the country In this critical time. Each and every one of us must fight or work." Carrier Planes Still Blasting Jap Convoys (Continued from Page 1) Bus Firm, Denied Permit, Appeals to U. S. Court PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 13. ( AP) - Safe Wav Motor Coaches, 'hni aonlications to operate in Pacific coast states have been re lected bv the Interstate Com merce commission, appealed to f(fioi-ai court todav. E. S. I.iifkin. San Francisco, owner of the enmpanv, asked fori en order revoking the commls 'on decision and preventing both the commission and the Wash ington state public works de partment from Interfering in op eration of the stage line. Study Fund Allotted to Save Salmon From Dams WASHINGTON Jan. 13--(AP) - One hundred thousand dollars has been earmarked bv the armv engineers, savs Representative Stockman of Oregon, for fisher ies studies In the Columbia river hasin. Stockman told a reporter he had learned this in the course of an inoulrv to prevent Oregon's salmon industry from suffering Philippines last Oct. Jap Batteries Silenced Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger's Sixth army troops were still hunting for the Japanese defense line on Luzon. Spearheads In the center advanced 12 miles from the beachhead to Malasiqui with out seeing a single enemy sol dier. .' Some sharp fighting was re ported on the east flank where Nipponese pumped artillery and mortar shells into American po sitions in the foothills at the rate of CO a minute until warshins si lenced their batteries. Tokyo promised "a major ground bat tle" was developing in that area. There were increasing Indica tions Gen. Yamashita has built his first defense line along the wide and winding Agno river. Tank-pafld American infantry men in the center of the line at San Carlos and Malasiqui were about eight ulr miles from the river. The west flank, pushing aside small enemy croups on the way to Aguilar, were on the olh er side of the Agno. . Japanese broadcasts reported a third American transport convoy of more than 80 ships was un loaded In Llngayen gulf, and claimed a total of 31 U. S. ships were sunk and 25 damaged up to the day after the original Inva sion. Tokyo reported three Super forts reconnoitered the Nagoya and Tokyo-Yokohama areas to day. Associated Press War Corres pondent Frank L. Martin report ed from Burma that the first al lied truck convoy is ready to ieave India with, war supplies for China as soon as Chinese forces knock over the two remaining Japanese strongholds on the Bur ma road. From southwest China, Chinese troops are storming Wanting. In Burma other Chi nese are ready for a final drive on Namkam. A 25-mile gap sep arates the two. Admiral Alfred Sallweichtor, naval commentator for the Ger man news agency Transocean, predicted todav the British navy may attack Singapore or the Netherland East Indies while the Japanese fleet Is being tied down by American operations on Lu zon. A Japanese broadcast from Singapore said a British task force was participating in the Philippines onrations. Labor Fights Federal '' Plans to Get Manpower (Continued from Page 1) agencies affected by the man power problem and of Industry, labor and agriculture leaders. Both the CIO and the Ameri can Federation of Labor, whose spokesmen will testify before May's group Mondav. are oppos ing proposals for a general or limited national service law. AFL and Railway Brotherhood lead ers, after a Joint conference yes terday, said they had evidence "of .flagrant wastage of man power and monev by federal gov ernment agencies and by private In war production." As Murray expressed his views, heads of eight International CIO unions met here ' to man their case for presentation to congress. In another development of the manv-sided effort to provide munitions workers, the WMC prepared to trim the employment rolls of less essential businesses. Based on a procedure already tried in a few areas, th'e plan calls for Imposition of employ ment ceilings on all less essential business firms employing eight or more workers. Huber Decisions Johnson In Slow Ten-Rounder PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 13 ( AP) Sailor Jack Huber, Port land, 199. slugged erratically throuph 10 slow rounds to deci sion Dave Johnson. Portland, 196. in a main event here last night. John L. Sullivan, Portland. 169, look a decision over Jerrv Brown, Denver, 160, after send ing him to the canvas twice, dur ing a ten-round seml-windup. In the preliminary, Johnny Suarez, Portland, 145, defeated Kelly Jackson, Portlund, 143, by a technical knockout in the third round: and Joev Parsons. Port land, 146, knocked out Joel Boone, Seattle, 147, In the first. German Defense in Salient End Crushed (Continued from Page 1) ' short of the Siegfried line, per haps anchoring his positions at St. Vith. four miles inside Bel gium. Headquarters acknowl edged he had pulled the bulk of his armor back to the Ourthe river vallev. On the Alsatian front the U. S. Seventh army was driven out of Oetlng, five miles southwest of blackened Saarbrucken. But in the Bitche salient in the Maginot line to the east, the Seventh re occupied Althern, six miles south of Bitche. The Alsace plain, with Stras bourgh as Its chief prize, was a potential toehold for such an of fensivebut stiffened French American defense there was hold ing the latest nazi assaults to a virtual standstill. Lines were unchanged around the German brideghead north of Strasbough. The fronts In Italy remained generally quiet. Two Traffic Law ' Violators Pay Fines Two traffic fines were collect ed in the Roseburg justice court, Judge Thomas C. Hartflel report ed todav. Leo White McFarland paid S40 on a charge of overload ed truek. and Robert O. Johnson paid S10 for onerating a motor "ohlolp with defective muffler. Spanish War Veterans, Auxiliary Seat Officers At a well attended meeting of George Starmer camp, United Spanish War Veterans, last eve ning George C. Bailey was In stalled 'as commander, Sam Starmer as senior vice-commander, and Minnie L. Bailey as presi dent and Pearl Shugart as vice president of the auxiliary. The highlights of the meeting were remarks by Department Com mander Wlppcrman of Grants Pass and the work of Department Chaplain McConnell also o f Grants Pass, who, at 80 years of age, acted as Installing officer. Gala Opening of New Star Theater Planned : (Continued from Page 1) ment and Western Electric sound system has been installed. The construction contract was held by the Todd Building company. The opening show will be "And the Angels Sing." one of the late film hits. -The policv at the New Star, Mrs. Radabaugh reports, will provide for presentation of a first-run A picture Sunday through Tuesdav of each week and a double bill Wednesday through Saturday. All theater goers attending the premiere will receive a souvenir of the event. Watch for the announcement of the Grand Opening of the NEW STAR THEATRE Ex-Rail Chief Dies. , ST. LOUIS, Jan. 13. ( AP) James M. Kurn. 74, former presi dent of the Frisco railroad, died here todav. 9 (R MONUMENTS tmi ' - 1" ' !. """"Z ''"t"t,...V tV fc'ffl ndues w. hsv. v been prhnV , 1 1 ' they Uno . nemy v"th SP , for tepaJts' tcp f tesert'-r ,m- fewl2-5S leed off you. W.J ' ' 'I tt :s to ovc,in C , They dtf f ' dr on ' r" etlty iUll L F LOZIER ' A victory- " fel L. P. LOZItR l "n victory i'won' . 10Cot$3 I Our stock located on Hlghwa) MTjmsgg'g u tot! wmwmm m 1 1 m by January 15th M-SUES fTO ..3fP7 ,r:, , .-- ; I I , va-aiavi hbviviii vUDBVib Property Buys af Reedsport Noted PEEDSPORT State Police Officer Richard Miles, who for a number of year-- has been in charge of the old Pilchard plant pronerties in this city and has through the construction ol new resided in a residence across the! dams alon? the .Willamette river street from the plant building. has recently Purchased a tract of lanrl in the Wade's Flat district, facln gon Winchester street and highway 101. from H. J. Hubbard and Intends to build a home there wllhln tile near future. O. H. Hinscblc, local sawmill owner is reported to have pur chased the old Pilchard plant properties and will remodel and rebuild a portion of It to be used in connection with his Gardner Lumber Co., and timber activi ties. This property was built a number of years ago as a pil chard processing plant but has been out of operation and unoc cupied for a number of years. With adlolning nropcrty already owned bv Mr. Hinsdale, this pur chase will give him more than 300 feet of UmiKpia river water frontage in this city. Mr. Hins dale is also owner of the limp- qua River Navigation Co., which occupies several hundred feel of water frontage further cast on the river, where they operate a river towing business as well as a large gravel and crushed rock business and storage grounds. The price paid for the Pilchard pro'iiv has not been made public. Negroes Held in Orgy Of Shooting, Assaults CHANCE, Md, Jan. 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