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Local
News
Meeting Postponed The Past
Matrons Club mooting, planned
lor tonight, has been Indefinitely
postponed.
W.C.T.U. to Meet The Oak
land W.C.T.U. will meet Tues
day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
home of Mrs. Gene Tapp.
T. N. T. Club to Meet The
T.N.T. Club will meet Tuesday
night at an 8 o'clock dessert
supper at the home of Mrs. Earl
Kennerly at 917 Cobb Street.
Twelve and Won Club to Meet
The Twelve and Won Club
will meet Tuesday at a potluck
luncheon at the home of Mrs.
Lucy Jennings.
Study Club to Meet The
Green Study Club will hold a
potluck luncheon Tuesday at the
nome of ,Mrs. Ruth Stevenson
with Mrs. Wilda Stevenson as
co-hostess.
Will Elect Officers New of-
fliers will be elected at the an
nual meeting of the American
Red Cross tonight at the Armory.
The meeting is open to the
public.
Officer to Be Elected The
Glengary Sewing Club will hold
annual election of officers
Wednesday at a meeting in the
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Charles Keeling.
'Junior Woman's Club to Meet
An important business meet
ing of the Junior Woman's Club
has been announced for tonight
at 8 o'clock in the lounge of the
armory.
Joint Installation Joint instal
lation of officers of the Pythian
Sisters and Knights of Pythias
will be held tonight at 8 o'clock
at the K. of P. Hall. A program
will be presented and refresh
ments will be served.
Nurses. to Meet District No.
11 of the Oregon State Gradu
ate Nurses Association will hold
Its first meeting of the new
year Tuesday night at 7:30
o'clock at the Nurses Home at
the Facility. Refreshments will
be served.
Receiving Medical Treatment
Mrs. Walter Thurlow is re
ported to be receiving medical
treatment in Portland for a frac
tured ankle, which she suffered
Id a fall last summer and wnlcn
did not heal properly. She was
accompanied to Portland by her
husband. During their absence,
their place in Garden Valley Is
being cared ior Dy w. v. l.oc.
Son It Born A son was born
New Year's Day In Sacred Heart
hospital In Eugene to Mr. and
Mrs. Victor Berkey, of Marcola,
Ore., where Mr. Berkey is en
gaged as athletic coach in the
high school. Mr. and Mrs. Eric
Johnson of Greens are the ma
ternal grandparents of the baby
and Mr. and Mrs. Judson Wheel
er of Eugene are the paternal
grandparents.
Woman's Society to Meet
The Woman's Society of Chris
tian Service will meet Thursday
at a 1 o'clock potluck luncheon
In the Methodist Church par
lors with Mrs. Foster Butner,
hostess chairman, assisted by
Mrs. William Adair, Mrs. Sam
Slarmer, Mrs. H. D. Scott and
Mrs. Harry Sloan. The business
meeting will be in charge of
Mrs. Floyd Wilson, president.
Mrs. Eddy Returns Home
Mrs. B. L. Eddy has returned
to her home on South Main
Stret, following the holidays in
Lebanon visiting at the home of
her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Connelly, and
their daughter, Nancy, and son,
Brian. Mrs. Eddy also visited
relatives in Portland and was
brought back to her home here
by Mr. and Mrs. Connelly and
Nancy. Brian Connelly, who was
recently given his honorable dis
charge from service In the U. S.
Navy, went on to San Francisco
en route to New York Citv,
where he will study at the Art
Students League. The Connelly
family formerly made their
home In Roseburg. Mrs. Connelly
was Dorothy Eddy before her
marriage.
M on. Tue. Wed.
Stated Meeting
Work In F C Degree
Wed. Jan. 9, 8 P. M.
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Tito Guiur and Constance Moore are welcomed at the Club Popo in this
scene from "Mcxicana," gay Latin-American musical romance!
Back From Los Angeles Mr.
and Mrs. James A. Bewley and
daughter, Deloros, and son,
Jimmy, have returned to their
home lit Roseburg, following a
vacation trip to Los Angeles to
spend Christmas and New
Year's with Mr. Uewley's rela
tives. Mr. Bewley is owner-manager
of the Associated Oil Com
pany station at the corner of
South Stephens and Brockway
Streets. '
Goes to Klamath Tails James
E. Judd, who recently returned
from service In the South Pa
cific with the U. S. Army, left
this weekend for Klamath Falls
to bring home his wife and their
small daughter, Virginia. Mrs.
Judd and daughter have been
residing at Klamath Falls during
the war. Mr. Judd is the son of
Mrs. J. M. Judd, and a brother
of Mrs. Frederick Chapman, Jr.,
and Mrs. Robert Kelly, all of
Roseburg.
Back From Washington Mr.
and Mrs. Eric Johnson have re
turned to their home at Greens,
following a trip to Washington,
where they spent a week visit
ing in Montesano, Elma, Olym
pia, Seattle, Redmond and Puyal
lup, and in Oregon at McMinn
viile and Portland. They report
that although they were stalled
at Eugene by the flood en route
home, that the sun was shining
when thoy got back to Roseburg.
They stated that the sun didn't
shine once the entire week they
were In Washington.
Prison Term Meted Auto
Thief Captured Here
Edward Tatum, 21, Sherman,
Texas, arrested at Roseburg sev
eral weeks ago charged with
transporting a stolen automobile
from Colorado to Roseburg,
where he was taken into cus-
i"nv nv rne sthtp police. wa
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sentenced In the Federal court
in Portland Fridav to six months'
imprisonment. ,
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Auto Accidents in
Roseburg Doubled
Automobile accidents in Rose
burg during 1945 were more than
double those of li44, Erwin Short,
city chief of police announced to
day. Preparing his annual re
port for submission to the city
council Short's statistics revealed
115 accidents reported in 1944. as
compared with 237 in 1945. More
than liiO accidents occurred be
tween September 1, 1945. and Jan
uary 1, 1946. Two fatalities and
nine serious injuries resulted
from motor vehicle accidents dur
ing the past year.
The number of arrests made bv
the police department in 1945
were 40 per cent more than In
1944; 240 as compared with 339.
Traffic violations jumped from
2,0 (4 to 3,184.
Arrests during December
totaled 40 including 11 for drunk
enness, 4 disorderly conduct, 2
nvjntal cases, 1 drunken driving,
8 speeding, 4 reckless driving, f
failure to observe stop signs, 2 no
operator's license. Traffic tickets
issued totaled 234. Investigations
numbered 28.
Jasper Couple Weds Here
The marriage of Leon N.
Rackley and Ramona Alvlra
Furry took place in the office
of Justice of the Peace Thomas
C. Hartflel Saturday. The cou
ple's home is Jasper, Ore. Vera
Cragln and Walter Smith, also
of Jasper, were witnesses.
Auxiliary to Meet Jan. 14
Th e Ladies Auxiliary to the
Brotherhood of Railway Train
men will meet next . Monday
night, January 14. at 7:30 o'clock
at the Eagles Hall instead of to-
ninf.
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Poll Indicates No
Loan to Britain
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. (.'PV
Rep. Landis (R.-Ind.) said Satur
day that a "confidential poll" of
Congressmen shows "enough
votes to defeat" a proposed loan
to Great Britain.
Landis did not explain who had
taken the poll or how many
members were polled. Congres
sional leaders of both parties
have expressed the belief recently
to reporters that the proposed
loan would meet strong opposi
tion and might be defeated if an
early vote were taken.
The question of a $3,750,000,000
loan will be before the legislators
when they come back from vaca
tion. In his statement, Landis as
serted In part:
"Why should the American tax
payers be forced to underwrite a
loan to Great Britain when
Britain owns billions in gold and
diamond reserves and possesses
many assets In the United
States?"
Rifle Company Dates
Social for January 1 0
The Roseburg Rifle Company
of the Oregon State Guard has
announced a social for the mem
bers of the company and their
families In conjunction with the
regular drill Thursday evening,
January 10. Refreshments will be
served at the close of the drill
period, suits. In 1945 it was Jesse Spitzer,
The following Thursday, Janu- ol Denver. Mr. Spitzer did it the
ary 17, a supper will be given by hard way bv first having himself
the company in honor of Brig. an auto accident. This threw him
Gen. Raymond F. Olson. Adjutant : through the roof of his car and
General of Oregon, at which time i landed him on his back in the mid
General Olson will present serv- die of the track lust as the train
Ice ribbons to members of the came along. Mr. Spitzer lay quiet
Company who have served one or) ly and securely until the engine
more years. All members of the land long string of freight rs
Company are urged to attend j had roared over him, then found
both meetings. I ht had broken a leg in the auto
Four Motorists Fined for
Traffic Law Breaking
Their overloaded vehicles
caused four motorists to he fined
by Justice of the Peace Thomas
C. Hartflel Saturday. Clarence
O. Tinsley was fined $355, Ar
thur G. Sheets and William H.
Findley each were fined $30, and
William L. Hunlcv was fined
$25. John D. Musgrove was fined
$10 for defective muffler.
Motor Machinists Released
The Naval separtlon center at
Bremerton, Wash., todHy an
nounced honorable discharges is
sued to Boyd S. Sinclair, motor
machinist's mate 2-c, Brockway,
and Perry E. Thlele, motor ma
chinist's mate lc, 1010 W. First
SI., Rosebrg.
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Rounded Up by Information
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By PAUL JONES
Director of Public. Information
National Safety Council
Big things hupuened In 1945.
The war ended. The atom bomb
busied. Taxes began to come
down. And Mr. Bonner was shot
by a duck.
Mr. Bonner Is, of course, Mr.
Stanley J. Bonner of Houston,
Texas, as every duck now knows.
On a fine October day he grabbed
his trusty automatic pistol and
ventured out into the back yard
to shoot a couple of domestic
ducks. Duck No. 1 fell at the
first shot. But Duck No. 2, a
more aggressive type, leaped at
Mr. Bonner, Jarred his arm and
caused the gun to go off. The
bullet hit Mr. Bonner in the knee.
The duck? Still alive and sassy.
Freak Happenings Listed
Wacky? Sure. But no wackier
than a lot of other freak acci
dents that happened In 1945. For
a roundup of. the National Safety
Council reveals that come war,
come peace, people go right on
having the darndest things hap
pen to them. To wit:
Mrs. Edward Comfort of
Brooklyn was driving through
Virginia, her 15-month-old baby
riding happily beside her In a
basket strapped to the seat of the
car. So far as Mrs. Comfort
knew, there were no hard feel
ings between her and the baby.
But the child sudddenly stopped
contentedly drinking milk out of
a nursing bottle, swung tne Dot
tle lustily and conked Mrs. Com
fort neatly on the head. Dazed,
she let eo the wheel and the car
overturned in a ditch. Neither
mother nor baby was hurt.
Not so allergic to a thump on
the head was Charles Anderson,
a hardy resident of Las Angeles.
Mr. Anderson, In fact, has reason
lo regard himself as practically
indestructible. He was repairing
a wall one day when a concrete
block fell from a fourth-story
scaffold and hit him smack on the
head. He reeled Into the street,
Just in time to be struck down
by Policeman Jest Haenel's mo
torcycle. He recovered satisfac
torily from both accidents.
And Mrs. Dorothy Jensenlus
was walking In Chicago's loop one
dav when, lo and behold, a bucket
came hurtling down and hit her
kerplunk. It had been dropped by
a dismayed window washer seven
stories up. A shoulder inulry to
Mrs. jensenlus ana a rjem in tne
bucket comprised the damage.
Interior Depreciation
One of life's little mysteries to
doctors and economists came
when 17-monthold Larry Lingle
of Harrisburg, Pa., swallowed a
nickel and coughed up a penny.
In Toledo, Mrs. Margaret Cook's
car-blew a tire at a railroad cross,
ing anil caivened down the tracks
toward an approaching freight
train. The uuto struck a signal
switch and threw a red block
against the train, automatically
stooping it.
Every year someone lets a train
pass over him without serious re-
accident.
Whether It was a suicide pact
or Just an accident, no one will
ever know. But when Miss Bette
Boren of Marinette. Wis., return
ed home one day last March, she
found the family's two dogs on
the floor, overcome by gas. They
had, in some manner, turned on
the stove. They were revived, and
haven't tried It again.
Taxi Driver Ethel Sheffield's
cab skidded Into a lamp post in
Hop-Inn. Saskntrhewan. one 16-
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helow-zero night last January.
She was knocked unconscious and
might have frozen to death if a
fire alarm box on the lamp post
hadn't been set off bv the crash.
bringing firemen to the rescue.
Fires Exiingulth Selves
It's odd enough, perhaps, when
a fire starts itself and then puts
itself out. When It happens twice
the same way, you bog In to won
der. But once In Utlca, N. Y., and
again in Dark Harbor, Me., the
sun's rays, passing through a bot
tle of water in a truick, set fire
to the floor on each truck, only to
have the heat of the fire break
the bottle and the water put out
the flames.
Probably the most embarrassed
firemen In the country were the
members of the volunteer de
partment of Columbus Manor,
111., the night an exploding gaso
line tank In a pumper wagon set
fire to the fire station. Unable to
get their own equipment out of
the station to fight the flames,
the Columbus Manor laddies had
to look on glumly while firemen
fi'om nearby towns did the job.
When a pin in her washing ma
chine broke off, Mrs. Axel Soder,
of Makinen, Minn., looked around
the house for a substitute pin and
finally found something she
thought was Just the thing. She
suwed off the end of It and started
to hammer it into the machine
She might have done It, too, If
the substitute pin haun t exploded
and blown her clear across the
room. She had selected a stick of
dynamite.
Big Falls, Small Hurts
No year would be complete, of
course, without someone falling
salelv out of a tnira-storv win
dow onto a cement sidewalk. The
1945 fall-out girl was Beverly Kay
Schwartz, 20 months old. of May
wood, 111., who escaped with a
slight head lniurv.
Just to be different, a Chicago
baby took his mother along with
him when he went for a two
story plunge to the street. The
year-old child slipped from
porch railing. His mother, Mrs.
Audrey Hudson, grabbed for him
got him, lost her balance, and
mother and son fell together.
Neither was seriously hurt.
Most farsighted plunger of the
vear was James Henrn or he-
attle. who fell three floors down
an air shaft to land cozily in an
easy chair.
A lot of people stick their
necKs out in various wavs, nut
not so spectacularly as did Vir
ginia. Triplet!, an elevator opera
tor In St. Paul. Miss Triplett was
leaning her head outside the ele.
vntor on the first flood when the
Mfcs. Leo Allen.
-automatic doors closed. Passers-
by tugged at the doors bv hand
until they could be opened by me
chanics.
Every returning G. t"rnlf(ity
clad to see the family apiiui, but
few are so vocifcroiis ; In .their
greetings as was Siililiui Frank
Chlan of Baltimore. He gave";h
mom a hug so big tt snapped sev
eral of her ribs.
Out In Hollywood, where any-,
thing can happen,' 'Sunset"
Carson, six-food-five cowboy mo-'
vie actor, went tg the WudJri hos-'
rjital for an aspirin to help 'his
headache. Coming Out. he-struck,
his head against the door-frame,'
keeled over unconscious and had
to have four stltchel taken, in hit
sculp.
As Mrs. Clara Wagner, accord
Dunted a sick friend to a Chicago
hospital, the ambulance in which
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they were riding turned a corner .
so sharply that the rear door flew
open and Mrs. Wagner was cata-
pulted Into the street. She was re
turned to the ambulance, and core I
tinued the tournev as a patient.
"If An III Wind"
Just to prove that America
hasn't a corner on freak acci
dents, a wind storm in North
Adelaide, Australia, scared a de
llveryman's horse Into running
away, but also blew the delivery-
man aneaa oi tne norse in lime
to stop It!
Back in Amerlee, a mouse ran
up the steering wheel of an auto
mobile driven by Hollis Lee Ran
dolph, of Tojanga, Calif. Mr.
Randolph, wno couicin t nave
been more startled had it been an
elephant, lost control of hi car,
ran it into a alien ana turnea it
over. Neither he nor the mouse
was hurt.
Capt. J. L. Saunders to Be
Custodian of Armory
Victor J. Mlcelll, who a major
In the Oregon State Gaurd com
manded tne 17th Battalion, this
week gave up custody of the Rose
burg Armory. He Is succeeded
by John L. Sanders, captain of
A Company, the only remaining
company in the 17th Battalion.
Mlcelll received his appoint
ment from the state in 1940 after
tne National Guard had been
mobilized for federal service. As
custodian, it ha been his duty
to arrange for maintenance of
the building and to allow its use
for recreational proerams. He
had been in charge of the build
ing previously at intervals from
1927 through 1939, he said.
Driver Examiner Dated
An examiner from the state
motor vehicle denartment will
be In Roseburg Thursday. Jan.
10, to conduct examinations for
persons desiring permits or li
censes to operate automobiles.
Under the newlv established pro
gram, tests win oe conducted
rach Thursday instead of each
Wednesday. The examiner will
be at the city hall from 9 A. M.
IO D f. M.
Wool Grower to Meet
PENDLETON, Ore., Jan. 7.
iP) Oregon Wool Growers' As
sociation will hold Its Soth an
nual meeting here Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday.
Topics for the golden anniver
sary session Include freight rates.
new grazing regulations, sheen
ranch labor-saving machinery and
ine current wool situation.
Sailor Falls to Death
Through Elevator Shaft
PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 7. UP)
A sailor fell to his death
through two floors of an eleva
tor shaft here Saturday nieht
after breaking through tha eleva
tor door, police reported today.
Police said John L. Charlson,
elevator operator, reported he
was at the sixth floor level when
no neara pounding on the eleva
tor door below him and then
newrd a thud as Beverly Iowell
; REPORT OF CONDITION OF M- '
Douglas County State Ddnki,
.of Roseburg In the State of Oregon it the close of ' .'
business an Deo. 31, 1845. '
,..' ASSETS
1. Loans and discount (Including $ None over-
draft) $ 285,712.40
2. UnltPd State Government obligations, direct and
guaranteed .... 1,045,562.25
6. Cash balance with other banks, Including re
serve balances, and cash items In process of
collection ' 1,019,747.29
7. Bank premises owned $ None, furniture and fix
tures 9 11,362.41 11,362.41
TOTAL ASSETS :. $2,362,384.35
LIABILITIES
13. Demand deposit of Individuals, partnerships, and
corporations $1,338,557.51
14. Tlrne deposits of Individuals, partnerships, and
corporations 167,841.67
15. Deposits of United State Government (Including
postal savings) 18,731.25
16. Deposits of Stales and political subdivisions 357,285.64
17. Deposits of bank 310,986.41
18. Other deposit (certified and officer' check,
etc.) 18,188.67
19 TOTAL DEPOSITS $2,211,691.15
24. TOTAL LIABILITIES (not Including ubord-
inated obligation ihown below) $2,211,691.15
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
25. Capital $ 100.000.00
26. Surplus 25,000.00
27. Undivided profits 5,693.20
28. Reserves (and retirement account for preferred
capital) 20,000.00
29. TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS .$ 150,693.20
30. TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL
ACCOUNTS $2,362,384.35
'This bank's capital consists of:
par value of $100,000.00
MEMORANDA
31. Pledged asset (and securities loaned) (book
valup):
(a) U. S. Government obligations, direct and
guaranteed, pledged to secure deposits and
other liabilities $ 670,112.51
(e) TOTAL $ 670.112.51
32. Secured and preferred liabilities:
(a) Deposits secured by pledged assetf pur-
uant1o requirements' of law ,.$ 857,285.64
() TOTAL (...."...' $ 357.285.64
34. (a) On date of report the required legal re
serve against deposits of this bank was $ 323,356.60
(b) Asset reported above which were eligible .
as legal reserve amounted to $ 728,072.28
I, C. M. Howard, Cashier, of the above-named bank, do
solemnly (wear that the above statement is true, and that It
fully and correctly represents the true state of the several mat
ters herein contained and set forth, to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
C. M. Howard.
Correct Attest:
T. B. GARRISON.
L. K. HKNNINGER,
E. R. METZGEK.
Directors.
State of Orrgon. County of Douglas, s:
Sworn lo and subscribed before me this 4th day of January,
1946.
My commission expire February 16, 1947.
R. O. Young, Notary Public.
(SEAL)
Lutz, 22 boatswain' mate 2-C .
struck the floor of the shaft,
NOTICE
Patron of the Roseburg
Laundry will please call for
their laundry early, tha week
of Jan. 12, as we are closing
our business. The call office
will bo open from 9 to 6.
SEETHE
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