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R'OSEBURS HEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURg, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1945.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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 :
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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.
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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. Kl-iAPt
Stale police today tool; into cus
tody two Negroes, IS and l., as
suspects In an outbreak of vio
lence in which one white man I
ues shol tn deaih. nnolher was-
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