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SIGHT Opinion Splits On Orange R Ouster Of Class Numeral Sentiment among mrmbfru of both Roseburg Junior and Senior High student bodiin was divided yesterday afternoon as the peren nial numeral adorning the side of Ml. Nebo wjs replaced with an orange letter R at the decision ol TRAPSKOOTING Roseburg Rod & Gun Club Winchester 1 P. M., Sunday. March 23 an intergrhiHil cuiincil repiesent iiK tolh schools. Although most of them admit ted that the defacing of school property and physical Injury did not tie in vlth class spirit, some were of the opinion it is loo dras tic to kill the spiril entirely by I doing away with the marking of j their class number. I Thai a better plan would be the construction of a cement R with a spot for both the senior class I and the sophornoi en was the sut igestion ol two members of the hiKh school s letterman club, with I the proviso that II would be the duty of sophomores each year to repaint the R. , A member of the girls' league, hltfh school athletic organization, stated that "we have fought long enough it's time to end the whole business with the present plan." The tradition of the Mr Nebo RUBBER AIR MATTRESSES Full Length Size 22.50 K.W. Air Mattress 14.75 25.25 N.Y. Rubber Corp. Air Mattress 16.50 (4 of Each on Hand) UMPQUA VALLEY HARDWARE 202 N. Jackson Phone 73 numeral is said to have begun In lisll, when It was decided that the senior c-iass's number would reign throughout the year. Later a large K was placed adjoining the sen iors' numerals as part of the year ly sophomore initiation In Senior High. In 1911, 11 is reported, Ihe two schools decided to do away with the numeral altogether be cause of the dangerous Inclines ol the I1 nil upon which the nu merals were oiaced. but Ihe fol lowing year they reappeared and have been a yearly product of class rivalry until today. KITCHEN CABINETS DELUXE! Cabinet work of all kinds Window and Door Frames, any size, any shape 48-hour delivery. HAVE IN STOCK 3-Panel Doors: 2-0x6-8 to 2-8x6-8 FRONT DOORS: 3-0x6-8 Hardwood veneer, Class Top 1x3 to 1x8 S4S, No. 4 Com. 2x3 to 2x12 S4S, No. 4 Com. 1x6 and 1x8 Clear Shiplap, dry City Lumber & Builders Supply North Umpqua Highway, Mile East of County Ban Phone 659 Baseball Assn. Heads to Meet at Changed Date Postponement of the meeting of the board of directors of the Southern Oregon Baseball Asso ciation was announced today by Wallace A. Rapp. It will be held at Medford's Chamber of Com merce office Sunday, March 30. The meeting was originally slated for March 2d. Rapp added that the meeting for ball players interested In Joining the Umpqua Chiefs club will De held as scheduled Monday, March 2i, at 7:30 P. M. at Kagles Hall. The Medford meeting was can ecled until the later date because rjf the inconvenience of several board representatives. fjusimtis of the meeting at Med ford will include threshing out the various rules to govern this years playing season, Introduc tion of umpires from the home of each team, and deciding whether or not Roseburg and Cold Hill will be allowed to enter 1947 compethion. Your Properly Has Two Values There ore two values fo every piece of property. One is the Physical value of the property itself. The other is its ability to produce on income. It has long been customory to insure .the property value through fire insurance. The income value should also be protected. We will insure for you the loss of income which the building would have produced during the period of reconstruction. Ken Bailey Insurance Agency 315 Pacific Building Telephone 398 Mrs. Broadhurst Given Life Term for Murder VALE, Ore., March 21.-iT Mn. Gladys Lincoln Broadhurst, convicted slayer of her sixth hus- Dand, w. u. tiroaonurst ol Cald well, Idaho, was sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday. The sentence, pronounced by Circuit Judge M. A. Biggs, was mandatory under the verdict re turned last Friday. "I have no statement." the 41-year-old red head told the court before sentence was passed. Her eyes were swollen by weeping but she was outwardly calm. She will not start serving the sentence immediately, however, as her attorneys have 23 days in which to present arguments in support of a motion for a new trial. i Karlier Judge Biggs set April 30 as the date for start of the trial of Alvin Lee Williams, 23, charged with first degree murder ' in the same slaying. Or. Poling Will Address Students of 3 Schools Roseburg High, School will play hosts to senior students of (Hide and Camas Vulley schools Tues day, March 12.r, Alva L. Laws, I principal, announced today. I Comparable to a County Senior Day, the visiting students and local high school seniorx will be addressed by Dr. Daniel V. Poling ol the Oregon State High School Association and a representative of the state's higher education hoard. Douglas Teachers To Attend 0. E. A. Meet in Portland Thirty-odd Roseburg teachers and many Douglas County teach eis will attend the 41th annual convention of Ihe Oregon Educa tion Association in Portland on April 7 and 8, according to C harles N. Hill, president of the Douglas County Division of the stale association. The event is the largest annual gathering of Oregon teachers and is Portland's biggest annual con vention. General session attend ance is expected to exceed 2,500. Sessions w ill be held in the city auditorium. Mrs. Pearl A. Wanamaker, president of the National Educa tion Association, will be one of the principal convention speakers. She is widely known for her re cent activities with the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization and is Washington state superintendent of public Instruction. Other speakers will Include Dr. Walter li. Judd, congressman ! from Minnesota and an authority on untied Mates foreign policy; Dr. Kenneth McKarlanil, superin tendent of the Toxka, Kansas, public schools, and Dr. Wilson Comuton, president of Washing ton State College. lional Instructor, said yesterday. All students of the local trades and industrial classes, as well as their employers, are invited to attend. Palestine Bomb Kills One Briton, Injures Five JERUSALEM, March 20. P A British policeman was kill ed and live other biltotis were injured last night by a bomb ex plosion on the highway between Haifa and Tel Aviv. An ollicial announcement said the men were returning to their quarters near Hudera after visit ing a motion picture theater when the blast occurred. Wounded Bandit Flees . Through Glass Door PORTLAND. March 20. W) A gunman who entered Donald S. Scott's service station early to day went out through a plate glass door and was believed wounded bv his own pistol. Scott told police he followed the man's Instructions to put money from the till Into his hat, but as the gunman reached for it, he let loose a kick. In the follow ing melee, ihe gunmen fell through the glass door. Scott said he picked up the pis tol, which had been dropped, and STRIKE MAY BE AVERTED AKRON, O., March 21. Opt Union and company officials of the "Big Kour" producers of the 1 nations mooer hinted strongly today that there was still a fair chance of averting a strike set for Sunday midnight. Leaders of the ClO-United Rub ber Workers disclosed that they hadn't given up on the idea of a peaceful settlement of the, wage controversy by scheduling a meet ing In Cleveland tomorrow. 'Sand, Grave! River Loam IMMEDIATE DELIVERY ABEENE AND HACKETT SUTHERLIN fired, wounding the man, who made good his escaie. Ashland Man Apparent Victim of Amnesia . FRESNO, Calif., March 20 UP) Detective Sgt. S. G. Vind said today that an apparent am- rata ilHlin nt.'keit Ink Tnna.l-.,. night had been Identified by po. i lice, as Carl Pierce Wysong, si whose wife, Bessie, lives at Ash. land. Ore. Vind said Mrs. Wysong In. formed him her husband van. ished recently after starting lor Monmouth, Ore., where a sister k-5f comics! Co-Ed, Boy Friend Held in Death of Former's Parents SANTA ANA. Calif.. March 21. (JP A 17-year-old co-ed and her 21 year old boy friend were held today on bookings of murder in the explosion deaths of her par ents aboard a yacht, but District Attorney James I,. Davis said "thflia ic a rla.finit. niiiwlinn whether any complaint w ill be I issued in tne case. Concluding an Interiew with the girl, the district attorney who would be railed upon to pro secute any cnarge issued against the pair said: "She made certain statements which officers are now check ing. If they check out as she said, I think the results would be very itvoraDie to ner. The gril, Beulah Louise Overall, a freshman at Ihe University of Southern California, and George Rector Gollum, 21, were booked yesterday after Sheriff James Musick and Police Chief K. K. Hodgkinson of Newonrt Beach said they found 38 sticks of dyna mite and a time clock aboard the shattered 47-foot yacht of her I arents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ov erall of Klintridge, exclusive Pasa dena suburb. - r ' She and Oollurn, hiiskv, be ?!ectacled student, denied any conection with Ihe death In pre vious questioning. Asked if his statement regard ing Miss Overall, popular mem ber of the Junior set, applied also to Gollum, Davis declared: "I believe they are either in or out of this Jointly." DAILY I SCHEDULE R KM Mi - BJ Ml J mm " j Ml " I Ml " I Ml " I Ml " I " " I M - Employees, Employers Date Annual Banquet Roseburg's 20th annual Employee-Employer banquet will be held at Roseburg High School auditorium April 17, Frank L. France, coordinator and voca- DANCE Every Saturday Night Ltglon Hall OAKLAND Sponsored by American Legion Balrd-Heaton Post $1.25 per Couple Including Tax Eittbound IDo.l t.onpl klMWltl I 10 IM IM ( 10 TV. 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