2 The News-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Wed., June 1, 1949
PREPARING TOR TIMBER DAYS
Sulherlin Park Board Improving
Celebration Site; Auxiliary
To Send Cookies To VA Hospital
Newt-Review Correspondent
The city park Is being devel
oped under the able supervision
of Fayette Thompson, chairman
of the City Park Commission.
Nlnty yards of gravel were
spread over the east end of the
park for automobile parking
purposes. Labor and equipment
was donated by the following
men: Lloyd Wilson, George Cor
nish, Don Herrington, Don
Owens and Floyd Porter.
A drinking fountain has also
been added and this was donated
by O. L. Torrey and installed by
Harvey and Rose Plumbing. It
is located at the west end of the
park. This summer, three picnic
tables and benches will be avail
able for public use. These were
made by the woodworking class
of the Sutherlln High School.
Before the Douglas County
Timber Days' Celebration, power
poles will be installed, so as to
give additional power for all con
cessions, rides and other pur
poses. Legion Auxiliary Meets
The American Legion Auxiliary
of the Sutherlln Post No. 121 met
at the home of Mrs. Vol ma Brat
ton, president, Wednesday eve
ning, May 18.
Members present were Mrs.
Veima Bratton, Mrs. Helen Cur
ry, Mrs. Lenora Payne, Mrs.
Catherine Morris, Mrs. Hazel
Athey, Mrs. Laura Anderson,
Mrs. Inez Berlnl, Mrs. Joyce Bot
iccio, Mrs. Margaret Dubois, Mrs.
Louise Dlmmick, Mrs. Francis
Carrlger and Mrs. Effie Dickens.
It was decided at a previous
meeting to make cookies or
candy the last Tuesday of each
month to be donated for a party
at the Veterans' Hospital in Rose
burg. The cookies this week are
lo be made by Mrs. Bratton and
Mrs. Dubas, who also will attend
the card party at the hospital.
Lifer Who Entered Prison At 18
Leaves In Freedom At 35, Well
Educated, With Job Awaiting Him
; JACKSON, Mich., June 1. UP)
Rene DeMecrleer, Michigan's
famed "quick justice" victim,
walked nbout as a free man today
for the first time in 17 years.
The 35-year-old former lifer,
who'Von a fight before the U. S.
Supreme Court yesterday, left
Southern Michigan Prison afler
confinement since he was a youth
of 18.
In the warden's office the aging
parents, Alphonse and Helen Do
Meerleer, met their son to take
him home.
"It was the most pathetic sight
I have ever seen," said Warden
Julian Frisble. "t
When DeMecrleer entered Fris
ble's - o f f 1 ce, his possessions
wrapped in two small, naper-cov-ered
bundles, his mother burst
into tears.
There were few words. The
three hugged and kissed.
Wordlessly, DeMecrleer climbed
into a car for the ride to Detroit
and a promised job in an automo
bile factory.
He was 18 when sentenced to
life for murder In the fatal hold
up shooting of a Lenawee County
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ALL SALES FINAL
Following the business meeting
the ladies were joined by mem
bers of the Legion and dainty re
freshments were served and a
social hour was enjoyed.
Community News Briefs
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Stanley
spent a few days in Portland this
week as part of his two weeks'
vacation. Mr. Stanley is South
ern Pacific agent in Sutherlin.
Mrs. 1. A. Dunlap and her son,
Clarence Cooley, who have been
spending the past two months at
Troutdale, Wash., returned to
Sutherlin Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Felix Bottichio
and Mrs. Inez Berinl shopped and
transacted business in Rosoburg
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Wade, Mrs.
Edgar Slack and sons, Marvin
and Michael, spent Monday In
Rosoburg visiting with Mrs.
Wades' brother and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Phillips.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Chester
were business visitors In Rose
burg Wednesday.
Paul Helwig of Roseburg was
a business visitor in this city
Wednesday.
Eldon Young of Eugene was a
business visitor In Sutherlin
Wednesday.
Mrs. J. w. 1 nomas snoppcu
and transacted business in Rose
burg Wednesday.
Mrs. Mary Jane Beamer of San
Diego, Calif., died at her home
In that city on May 16. She was
the mother of Clarence Beamer
and Forrest Beamer. Mr. and
Mrs. Beamer and the former's
brother, Forrest, left immediate
ly for California to attend the
funeral.
Fred King of Portland was a
business caller in Sutherlin Fri
day morning.
Williard McCullum of Elkton
was a business visitor in Suther
lin Friday.
gasoline stulion attendant. He was
charged, convicted and sentenced
in one day.
A few years ago, DeMeerleer,
wilh the help of prison self-school-ing
began a legal bailie to have
his case reopened. The Supreme
Court ruled that his consliliitlorml
rights had been vlolaled in the
swift proceedings that followed his
arrest.
Ordering a new trial, the high
court held that the Michigan trial
court had discriminated against
the young DeMeerleer.
The lower court was found to
have failed to provide DeMeerleer
wilh counsel or to advise him of
his right to counsel,
In a- recent new trial DeMeer
leer was found guilty of man
slaughter and was sentenced to a
much lesser term, which he
served.
While DeMecrleer had only a
common school education when he
entered prison, he left as an edu
cated man.
Ho was head librarian when he
left Marquette branch prison
seven years ago. lie was sports
editor for ihe Southern Michigan
prison paper, the Spectator, He
studied law, mathematics, his
tory and a number of trades.
CLERKS WIN WAGE BOOST
PORTLAND, June 1. (.11 - -AFL
grocery clerks here report
winning a 5-cent-an-hnur wage In
crease, boosting the top scale to
$1.4.')' cents.
Sunday premium pny was In
creased from IS to cents an
hour. The agreement is retroac
tive to May 1.
North Dakota leads the other
47 states In the production of
spring and durum wheat.
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NEW MINISTER Nathaniel P.
Davis (above) of Princeton, N.J,
has been nominated by Presi
dent Truman to succeed Selden
Chapin as the new U. B. Minister
to Communist-dominated Hun
gary. Chapin resigned after his
recall had been demanded by
Hungary on the grounds that he
conspired with Josef Cardinal
Mlndszcnty.
Jacob R. Konantz
Taken By Death
Jacob Robert Konantz, 62, died
at his home at 305 W. 2nd Ave. N.,
May 31, following a prolonged pe
riod oi illness.
He was born at Ollnbenauf, Rus
sia, Aug. 22, 1HHK, and came to the
United Slates when he was seven
years old. He was married to
Mary Clara Boik at Aberdeen, S.
D., Nov. 11, 1907.
A retired railroad engineer Mr.
Komantz was for many years em
ployed by the Chicago-Milwaukie
Railroad Co. He was a member of
the Catholic Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Mary C. Komantz, Roseburg; six
daughters, and three sons, Mrs.
Joe Scherado, Aberdeen, S. D.;
Mrs. Clara Sommer, Salem, Ore.;
Mrs. Karl Mclnroy, Abedreen, S.
I).; Mrs. Marvin Lee, Albany,
Ore.; Mrs. Duane Paulson, Rose
burg; Mrs. Angela Rudhe, Rose
burg; Robert Komantz, Aberdeen,
S. D.; Frank Komantz. North Hol
lywood, Calif., and Edward Ko
mantz, Salem, Ore. He is also sur
vived by two sisters, Mrs. Tracy
Uselmann, Mt. Angel, Ore., and
Mrs. John O'Brien, Aberdeen, S.
D.
The body will be forwarded to
night by the Long & Orr Mortuary
to Aberdeen for services and in
terment in that city.
Subdivisions Given
OK On Tentative Basis
(Continued from Paget One!
and 10 feet along west line to Lot
1 being deeded for street pur-
f loses; Gantenbein Gardner Santa
tosa tracts, subject to 10 feet
along county road being dedi
catee! for street purposes; John
Ulrich Homesites, subject to 60
foot street from county road to
back of lols; Philip F. Brown,
subject to 10 feet along Highway
for street purposes; Charles
Krvin Plat; Newton Creek Home
sites, subjec lo Lot 1, Block 1,
being restricted against further
subdivision.
Greece Wants Money To
Aid Civil War Refugees
ATHENS, June 1. (IP) The
Greek government will ask the
United Nations for more than
$SO.O(X1,000 to rehabilitate some
700,000 refugees of tin Greek
civil war.
The government said a prece
dent for U. N. care for refugees
was established in the case of
Palestinian Arabs.
ASSAULT CHARGED
Irvln Ray Chancelor, 23, ldleyld
Route, was arrested Tuesday aft
ernoon at Glide by sheriffs depu
ties and booked at the county
jail on a charge of assault with
a dangerous weapon, reported
Sheriff O. T. "Bud" Carter. Dis
trict Attorney Robert G. Davis
said that Chancelor would prob
ably be arraigned in Justice
Court today.
The first centralized industry
was In New Amsterdam, on Man
hattan, where handmade glass
ware was manufactured contin
uously from 1615 to 1767.
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Lilienthal Investigation May Lead
To Revision Of Atomic Energy Law
By PETER EDSON
NEA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Atomic Energy Commission Chairman David
E. Lilienthal will be Investigated on two principal counts. One Is
his personnel policy and the other is his security policy.
The first covers the granting of a fellowship to young Hans
Friestadt of University of North Carolina, an avowed Communist.
The second covers inability to account, for one-eighth ounce of
uranium oxide and the bottle which contained it.
These charges are a good bit
like demanding the removal of
Henry Ford II as head of his
company because eight automo
biles are missing and because
his grandfather once hired R.
J. Thomas, the left wing United
Auto Workers official.
If Iowa Republican Sen. Bourke
B. Hickenlooper had re-read the
I atomic energy law of 1946 and
II he had more closely examined
Lilienthal's personnel and se
curity policies, he might not be
so far out on the end of what
now looks like a rotten limb
case.
Section 10 of the atomic energy
law requires that no individual
"shall have access to restricted
data until the Federal Bureau of
Investigation shall have made an
investigation and report to the
commission on the character, as
sociations and loyalty of such
individual and the commission
shall have determined that per
mitting such persons to have
access to such restricted data will
not endanger the common de
fense or security."
Note that the restriction Is
placed only on those Individuals
who "shall have access to re
stricted data." Hans Friestadt
was not to have access to re
stricted dala. So the law did not
cover his case.
Lawmakers At Fault
This may show that the law
needs amending to correct this
weakness and to require FBI loy
alty investigations of everyone
even remotely connected with
AL'C work. If this Is so, how
ever, the fault does not lie with
Chairman Lilienthal. It lies with
Ihe lawmakers. Where was Sen
ator Hickenlooper in tlw two
years that he was chairman of
the Join Congressional Commit
tee on Atomic Energy? Why did
n't he discover this weakness and
correct It? Off with his head.
The U. S. atomic energy "In
dustry" now has about 68,500
employes. The largest numbers
work in five major areas Oak
Ridge, Hanford, Los Alamos, the
Argonne Laboratory at Univer
sity of Chicago, and Washing
ton. In all, there are now 1270
separate plants, laboratories and
oilier installations In n states,
Canada and Einewetok.
Of the 6S.500 employes, 64,000
are employed by private busi
ness concerns under contract to
do certain work for AEC. Only
4500 are directly employed by
the government. Of these, 1800
are the security employes the
guards who watch the other 66,
700. The 4500 government employes
have all been screened and re-
screened. AEC has no investi
gative staff of its own. FBI does
all this work, clearing for pri
vate employers as well as govern
ment. For the past two years
FBI has been required to make
about 5000 personnel investiga
tions a month.
Types of Bad Cases
Handling these clearances
amounting to nearlv 200 a day
is obviously a full-time Job in
ltseir. About a fourtb of tnem
or 50 a dav will turn up some
derogatory information. Of these,
an average of 48 will be bad
character cases. They will be the
drunks, wife-healers or screw
balls. They would make had em
ployes In a hardware store or
ribbon counter, even if no se-
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EDGE OF NATURAL HISTORY AT A GLANCE THAT EVERY CHILD IN THE
WORLD SHOULD SEE, AND PARENTS SHOULD REGARD TAKING THEIR
CHILDREN TO IT AS AN IMPERATIVE, DELIGHTFUL DUTY.
Reduced (wcsm for thil
curity were Involved. So they
are not hired.
The other two percent, or
about four cases a day on the
average, will involve some ques
tion of loyalty. They may have
belonged to something sometime
or may have known someone
who did. Three out of the four
cases will eventually be cleared.
The fourth will involve a se
curity risk. So he will not be
hired and given access to re
stricted data. This is the ex
perience over the past two years.
New Vets' Pension
BiH Passes House
(Continued from Page One)
sors say most beneficiaries now
are receiving that amount under
VA regulations.
These regulations pay $72 a
month to veterans who, at age
65, have a 10 per cent disability
rating. They pay $60 a month to
veterans under 60 who are con
sidered totally disabled.
The original Rankin bill would
have paid $90 a month to all vet
erans at age 65, regardless of
need.
Need Must Be Shown
Unlike the original measure,
the bill incorporates a needs re
quirement. Single veterans whose
income is more tnan $i,zuu a
year, and married vets with in
come over $2,500 would not be
eligible.
Admitted Communists, or vet
erans refusing to sign a non
Communist affidavit, could not
receive the pensions.
Catholic Rites Set For
George Sommerhalder
Recitation of the Rosary for
George Sommerhalder, 68, retired
Southern Pacific carman, who
died May 31, will be Wednesday,
June 1, at 7 p.m. in the Chapel of
the Roses, Roseburg i uneral
Home. Mass will be Thursday,
June 2, at 9 a.m. in the St. Joseph
Catholic Church. The body will
then be taken by the Roseburg
r uneral Home to Portland lor
vault interment Friday, June 3,
at 2 p.m. (not at 11 a.m., as pre
viously announced) in Mt. Lai-
vary Cemetery.
It is the request of the family
that all flowers be ommlted.
Mock Sky Duel Plan
Killed By Staff Chiefs
(Continued from Page One)
the investigation, and said Van
Zandl's accusations were false.
There has been no comment yet
irom tne otners.
Vinson said the probe, approved
unanimously, would be "no white
wash investigation."
the committee-recommended
probe still must he approved by
the House Itself, but Democratic
leaders are supporting the investi
gation and a quick O. K. Is ex
pected. For the next two weeks
or so, the matter may simmer
behind the scenes, however.
When it breaks into the onen.
it may set a stage for more studv
of the Navy-Air Force arguments
over defense policies.
America's first colored glass
was made by Evert Duycking of
New Amsterdam, on Manhattan.
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quick. He just puckers up
and whistles, like he's doing here.
Little Mike also whistles to ex
press satisfaction. So far he
hasn't sounded any wolf notes.
Wm. E. Mills Sworn In
As Roseburg Fire Chief
(Continued from Page One)
department will be announced
later.
City Manager M. W. Slankard
commented that Mills' appoint
ment as fire chief is permanent,
not temporary. He has been as
sured of the "fullest cooperation"
from both the City Council and
the city manager's office.
"Although it is hard to find a
fully-trained man in a local fire
department to serve as chief,"
Slankard said "we feel that we
have, in selecting Mr. Mills, ob
tained the best man for the posi
tion. We feel that we have done
much better than if we had
brought in a new fire chief from
out of the city." '
Youth Drowns As Auto
Dives Into Umpqua
John Edward Eldridge, 19, 768
E. 13th St., Reedsport, drowned
Saturday night about 9:30 when
the car In which he was riding
left the Umpqua Highway on a
curve between the Mill Creek
bridge and Bill's Trout Farm. The i
accidenl occurred when the car I
lights went out suddenly. Two j
companions escaped injury. j
The Grand Canyon 217 miles
long is one of the scenic won
ders of the world.
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Exercises Held
For Graduates
At Reedsport
Graduation exercises for the
class of 1949 were held at the
Reedsport Union High School
Thursday night.
The processional, "Pomp and
Circumstance," was played by
Miss Milan Lockett. The invoca
tion was given by the Rev. George
E. Mortensen. The Senior Girls'
Chorus sang "When Day Is
Done, with Milan Lockett as ac
companist. Marilyn Merz was salutatorian
and Shirley Bernhardt valedic
torian. The address of the evening
was given by viron A. Moore, pro
fessor of education at the Univer
sity of Oregon, whose subject was
tne lne Art oi Living.
Presentation of the class was
made by Jack C. Flug. principal
with diplomas presented bv Bv
ron A. Serfling, chairman of the
Doara oi education.
The benediction was given by
tl Rev. Mr. Mortensen, followed
by the recessional.
The class motto was "It's not
the gale, but the set of the sail,
that determines the way we shall
go." Class colors were blue and
silver, and the class flower the
red rose.
" 'embers of the graduating class
were Donna Teresa Abbott, Don
ald D. Banta, Merle R. Bates, Jo
seph G. Bautista. Shirley Ann
Hernnardt, Jo Ann Burton,
Charles B. Collins, Arthur L. Dick
son, William A. Dickson, Robert
L. Eklund. Betty Ann Erlckson,
Vienne Marie Flug. Robert L. Full-
hart, II; Carl W. Henderson,
Phyllis Helen Johnson, Keith R.
Johnson, Kenneth Warren Koog-
ler, Vernon G. Leach, Marilyn
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Highest temp, for any May.... 102
Lowest temp, for any May ... 30
Highest temp, yesterday 63
Lowest temp, last 24 hrs 47
Precipitation last 24 hrs 22
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