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4 Tht Newi-keview, Roseburg, Ore. Thurs., June 2, 194 Published Dally Except 8unday by the News-Review Company, Inc. EnUre tecond clii mailer My I, 1620. at tht poit fflca at BoMburf, Orecaa, ander act ( March t, MIS CHARLES V. STANTON -TPW EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor Manager Member of the Anoolated Press, Oregon Newspaper Publisher! Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulations KapraitaCd br WEHT-HOLLIDAT CO., INC., ffleci In Smw Yrk, Cklcafa, Saa Franctica, Loa AaftUt, laallla, Parlland, 8k Leal. SUBSCRIPTION BATES In Orefon By Mall Pr Tar IS.OS, ilc mantha 14.50, Ibraa months $t.iO. By City Carrier Per year 110.00 (In advance), than na year, per month 11.00. Ootalda Oragon-By Mall Per year 19.00. iii monthi 14.76. three tnonthi S3. 1ft. IT PAYS TO BE CAREFUL The tragic death of a young angler at Glide over the holiday weekend draws attention again to the fact that the North Umpqua River is a treacherous stream. It demands extreme caution from all who fish or play in its waters. Its swift currents, eddies, deceptive depths, hidden reefs, and boulder-studded rapids hold a lurking danger. One should never grow careless. The death list is long. Perhaps no more than other rivers of like nature, but longer than need be, for too often the tragedy results from momentarily relaxed caution. No one knows the cause of Sunday s tragedy. Perhaps the angler stepped on a ledge that crumbled under his weight. Or it might be that a slippery rock caused him to lose his balance. He probably struck his head and was stunned so that he was unable to fight his way out of the swift current It could have been any of these" mishaps, for they Have been common in the past. One victim of the river a few years ago slipped on a smooth rock, struck his head as he fell and was carried into a deep pool. He was drowned despite the fact that he was a good swimmer. Another stood on a gravel bar unmindful in his excitement of playing a fish that the gravel was washing away from beneath his feet. When he realized his plight it was too late. An experienced fisherman who frequently had used a crossing at the head of a riffle stepped on a rolling stone, lost his balance and was battered to death as he was swept against boulders in the churning current. These tales of death could go on and on, for the victims are many. The tragic list is such that it points out the con tinuing importance of caution. - Anglers fishing the waters of the North Umpqua should never attempt wading without proper footwear. Some an glers prefer felt soled shoes. Others use boots with chip caulks. But a wader should be shod with shoes that will give him a firm grip on the rocky bed of the stream. In fast water he should use a wading cane as an aid in bracing the current. It should ever be kept in mind that ledges will crumble, that stones will roll and that a fall might result in being stunned. It all adds up to the fact that one can never be too careful while in or near the water. ' Return of the Prodigal's Son Baseball Team Deserving Of Support Roseburg's Umpqua Chiefs, currently leading the South ern Oregon Baseball League, have been giving fans some real entertainment. We've seen a good many big league games riot equal in quality to the two weekend contests on the Roseburg field. Roseburg has much new material this year and it is ru mored that additional strength, both in pitching and hitting, will be forthcoming soon. Fans are assured they will see a lively, scrappy team whenever the Chiefs are on the field. Such a team ii deserving of support from fans, who can best show their cooperation by attending all home games and as many out-of-town games as possible. "temp If' Outstanding Achievements Earn Long List Of Awards For Roseburg High Students A long list of award! for out standing achievements were pre sented studenti of Roseburg High School at an honor assembly Wed nesday afternoon in the school auditorium. To Miss Dona Mears, who has already been selected as senior class valedictorian as the out standing senior srholastlcally, went the girls' achievement cup. Miss Mears also won the Elks prize of $25 as the most valuable student, with an additional South ern Oregon District award of $10. She also won second prize, a $50 bond, in the Elks essay contest. The boys' achievement awnrd went to Gene Henry. Ann Mollis, a Junior, won the scholastic honor for having the highest grade point average of any student In the school. The girls' sportsmanship award was received by Joyce Morgan, who also won the girls' physical education and the Girls League awards. Winner of boys' sports manship was Don Hubbard, who also received the Klwanls-spon-sored inspirational trophy. The highest science honor, the Bausch and Lomb award, was re ceived by Lonnle Denn. . Other departmental acknowl edgements were presented to tile following students, each of whom was exceptional In his or her de partment: Bovs' physical educa tion, John Parsons; art, Sue Brown; band, Jim Polrot; com mercial, Leila Adams; agricul ture, Irvin Strltzke; trades and Industry, Carolyn Kobernlck; mathematics, Dennis Hnyden; foreign language, George VVese manj radio, . Bill. Van Horn; science, Shirley Holweg; biology, Key Brlggs; home economies, Evalyn Hunter; social science, Gerry Anderson; English, Jane Wlggen, who also represents the senior class ' as siiltitatorlan; music (vocal) Janice Hummer; Industrial art, Don Olllvant; an nual editor, Barbara Hand; journalism, Marilyn Horton. second to miss Mears in the Elks most valuable student award was Rlchprlee McCormlrk, $15, prize, and $5 for honorable men tion In the Southern Oregon Dis trict, and third, Nancy Nichols, $10, with $5 for honorable men tion. Hope Stubbs won first prize, a $75 war bond, in the essay con test sponsored by the Elks. Miss Mears placed second, and Betty Jean Bellinger, third, with a $25 war bond. The Elks' presentations were made by Harry Pinnlger, past exalted ruler, and Bruce Tuck. The senior class won the Inter class rivalry cup, edging out the Juniors, who were one-half point behind. The seniors had a total of 34 points to 39 for the iunlors. The sophomores scored 324 points. A list or athletic awards and letters presented at the assembly appears In the sports section of today's News-Review. 'Dead' Soldier, With Two Wives, Again In Army NEW YORK, June 2. (.) Anthony Martlno, listed officially as dead or missing for five years and center of a two-family mar ital mlxup, was back in the Army today. Tlie Army, after he had re ported for a checkup of his nebu lous status, announced he re turned to its ranks "technically" May 6 when he first Informed military authorities he was alive. Martlno, 40, who had been given up for dead in action in France in 1!M4. said he hnd no desire to see his legal wife, Mrs. Mary Martlno, 37, of Waterbury, Conn. In Waterbury. Mrs. Martlno. who learned that her husband had a wartime mate and one child on S t a t e n Island, an nounced she would seek a legal separation. Col. John S. Roosma, First Army provost marshal, snld "as of now we're bringing him hack Into the Army like any other soldier who surrenders himself after being absent from his un'jt, "He will be attached to the 1201st Army Service Unit for 1 Y a i m I III IIHIIIIMMkiJMir.. 4i jktJk- S 'irWhumi'-ilt MTil- 'DEAD' SOLDIER HUSBAND LIVES Mrs. Mary Martlno of Waterbury, Conn., smiles and hugs her two children, Lorraine, 7 and Edward 1 1, after hearing that her husband, Anthony V. Martino, listed as missing tn action In France In 1944, had walked into an army recruiting station In New York City and asked about hit'status. He told officers his memory had a blank spot. A finger print test confirmed hit Identification. (AP Wirephoto.) Bi Viahnett S. Martin jff "All resemblance to authentic places of historical St. Louis Is fully intended. It Is no coinci dence . . ." So begins the fore word In Ann Tedlock Brooks' Smoke on the River" (Arcadia House, 19-49). . Mrs. Brooks, her husband, Mark Brooks, industrial engineer, and their son, Bill, came to Ore gon last year. They bought "a hill and a half" In Newport, where Mrs. Brooks continues her writing: at present another his torical novel about St. Louis in the 90s. "Smoke on the River" vividly portrays the lusty steamboat days, the 1840s, and the extremes In human living there. The chol era epidemic is used by the au thor to bring swift and logical conclusion to the Interwoven, but clearly defined plot-threads of several sets of characters. Mrs. Brooks has not confined herself to Missouri; a book prior to the one mentioned above was "Fair Sailing," the scene laid In Oregon. They have built a boat, and, the author says, "love Ore gon especially when the salmon are running." Coming from a family of teach ers, Mrs. Brooks followed the tra dition but within four years after her graduation from Kansas State Teachers' College she had married and given up teaching. She turned to writing for chil dren: "Children of Plymouth" was published in 1912. They lived 15 years in Jefferson City, Mo., where the author was president of the American Pen Women for Missouri, and active In other organizations. "Smoke on the River" Is the story of wealthy Llewellyn Sau cier, owner of a line of Mississip pi steamboats, a widower devoted to his lovely little daughter, Char mlan. When the child was nine she first mot Pierre Gregolre: The book is the story of their sub sequent meetings during the time when Pierre was working his way through cahin boy up to pilot on the river. tlf the local library does not have It. the State Library has; It is a lively story which may be quickly read, and interesting, too.) In the Day's News (Continued from Page One) upset, It worries you. You wonder what the old rascal has up his sleeve. WHAT the Russians do is always news, so here's more of It: The Soviet police have Just an nounced a new decree: Travelers crossing the boundary from West Germany (our zone) to East Ger many (the Russian zone) can wear In the way of jewelry no more than one wrist watch, one wedding ring, and, if the traveler is a woman, one pair of ear bobs." WHAT'S up? Well, It's Just possible that if people crossing over from our side to their side are all dolled up like Mrs. Astor's plush horse it might suggest to the residents of the Russian zone that the pros perity on our side Is lush in com parison with the prosperity on their side. One of the odd things about life is that human nature is apt to be much the same, no matter where you find it So maybe the Communist mo guls are taking no chances. IF you look at it right, this Is really a sad little tale: Hal Gravson. the band leader who once earned $5,000 a week, Is back in the Hollywood iail after serving a seven months sentence in a work camp on charges of uruiiKenness. As soon as he was released he got lit ud like a Christ. mas tree and started smashing windows In his aunt's house with his fists. (His wrists were badly gashed in the Drocess and fhev sent him to the hospital suffering irom loss oi wood.) The sad part of It is that he probably should have been in the hospital Instead of in Jail. En lightened modern thinking inrii. cates that confirmed and per- sisieni alcoholism is a disease rather than a criminal offense. MEMORIAL Day news note: Michael Abbin. 74-vear-nlH Spanish-American war veteran, suffered a fatal heart attack while carrying the colors In the Memorial Day parade in Albu querque (New Mexico) parade Monday. He collapsed in the street and was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital. I can't help thinking It's better to have gone that way than to have been smashed up in a high way crash ove the holiday. Promotional Exercises Set At Junior High Promotional exercises for ninth grade students of Roseburg Junior High School will be held at 8 o'clock tonight in the Junior Hign Auditorium lor the lollow ing students: Virginia Adams, Albert Al dridge, Tommy Alspaugh, James Anderson, Geniece An derson, Laura Mae Ander son, Lewis Anderson, Shir ley Anderson, Pat Andrus, Cher ry Arney. Calvin Baird, Dorla Barklow, Sharon Barnes, Keith Barrows, Virgil Beamer, Gene Beaudry, Jean Beckwith, Dale Bergerson, Irene Bissonnette. Jerome Bisso- nette, George Bleile. Alice Blood. ' Clara Bolton, Molly Booth, Frank Brundige, Velma Buckingham, Roberta Buttler, Curtis Byrd. Blanche Carew, Loyce Carmen, Walter Carter, Carieta Cassidy, George Chamberlain, Helen Crias teen, Ruth Chism, Carol Christie, Meredith Clark, Ariene Coff man, Darlene Collins, Ronald Compton, Louise Conn, Raymond Cook, Larry Cox, Duane Coy, Pauline Creshaw, Mary Crow, Eugene Cummings, Ronald Cur rier. Bruce Dalros, Darrell Davis, Clauaetle Dodge; Mary ie Don neian, Lee Ann Donnelly. Bev erly Dougnerty, Dolores Doyle, wuiiam uraKe. Kutn Eayrs, Leroy Elting, Jac- quene Evans, Patricia ivans. Loretta i?ery, soma ett, iom Findlay, Larry .Fisher, Larry Fitzgerald, Gene fcoiey, Alariin Foroes, Barbara Fowler, Claire Freeman, Jerry Fueslon, Larry Fuller, William Fummerton. Charles Gallop, Dick Gilman, Mary Goodenougn, Darryl Gray, Meivin ureen, velma Green, Ray mond Guthrie. Frances Hall, Merle Hamp ton, Larry Hamstreet, Na dlne Manna, Benny Harem, Duane H a r m e r, Janel Har pham, Joyce Harpham, Olilton riarty, Nancy Hariy, Grace Has- Dargen, James nelllwell, fauia Heiweg, Bill Hercher, Ferel Hes ter, Iver Hllde, Arlin Hill, Syivia hill, Mary Holbrook, Paity Hon eyman, tiettye Hooper, rtobert housley, Pat Humphreys. Diane JacKlin, dick Jacoosen, Earl Jacoby, Bettie Jennie, Le roy Jensen, Beulah Johnson, Es ther Johnson. Jeanne Johnson, Loretta Johnson, Dennis John ston, Beverly Jones, Jerry Jones, Margaret Jones, Virginia Jones ike Keeney, Mike jveeney, Jill ; Kern, Kathleen Kilkenny, James i King, Karen Kronke. Ina Lamo.i, Janet Lander, ! Charles Lane, John Lantz, Don nalee Lashua, Fayrene Laws, Shirley Lee, Ida LcFevers, Mary Leonard, Claire Lewis, John Lew is, Frances Liening, Laverne Lindley, Dale Lung. Nancy Mack, Ann Mariott, Earl Marklllie, Roy Marshall, Fern Mc Gregor, Loretta Mc Kern, James Mc Kinney, Lois Mc Kin ney, Richard Mc Kinney, Ken neth Mead, Sandra Melba, June Meyer, Shirley Meyer, Charles Miller, Cleone Miller, Darlene Miller, Elizabeth Miller, Dick Mitchell, Dean Moore, Vada Moore, Aaron Mosley. Dixie Nay, Edward Neal, Mar cia Newland, Don Newport, Bar bara Newton, Anna Faye Ney man, Donald Nicklason, Eddie Nolte. . I Elouise Olllvant, Ronald Owen. Tom Paulson, JoAnn Peery, Barbara Peterson, Gary Phillips, ; Lester Pierce, James Pinard, Jo-, seph Pinard, Erdeen Piper, Phil Plumb, John Powell. ! Catherine Raade, Jean Rapp, Carlos Read, Patricia R e 1 d y, . Dolores Rhoads, Patricia Rich-: mond, Bill Riley, Ricky Riley, j Lewis Ripperger, Jimmie Rob erts, Betty Robertson, Jerry Rob-1 ertson, John Robertson, Shirley ! Rowell, Carolee Rutherford. ! Carolyn Sanders, Donna Schaef-! fer, Harvey Shelley, James Shir-! ley, Dorothy Siems, Shirley Sims, i Philip Singleton, William ! Skaggs, Valeria Sparks, Ce leste Sory, Jack Steinhauer, j Richard Stone, Edward Stritzke, i Bill Sullivan, Don Sundberg, Alice ' Sutton, Duane Sutton, Elton 1 Swift. Ida Talley, Sylvia Tanner, Pat i Tedrick, James Terwilliger, Nor-: ma Todd, Millicent Tower, Ar iene Trente, Dorothy Troub, Pat I Tucker. : George Updegraff, I Glenda Van Horn, Bruce Vocl-1 ler. Roland Wagner, Lois Wallace, Larry Ware, David Weaver, Mary Wells. Loretta Weseman, ' Annabelle VVest, Frank West, Jo-, Ann Wharton, Roger White, Gene Wilkerson, Phyllis Williams, Bet- ty Wilson, Darlene Wilson, Al lan Winter, Wayne Witcher, Jim Wolford, Valda Woodward, Doris Wylie. Donald Young, Herbert Young. JoAnn Zemllcka. Oregon Loans Barred To Vers Who Left The State SALEM, June 2. UP) The State Veterans Affairs Depart ment pointed out that veterans who moved to Oregon during or after World War II still Can't get farm and home loans. "CtlUI .......... - stroom said many veterans think the Legislature extended the loan privilege to those veterans. ine Legislature passeu measure, but it submitted It to th rionle at the November, 1950L general election. So the only farm and home loans that can be given to vet erans go only to those who en listed In Oregon. The loans are limited to 75 nf thp anDraised value of the property, with a $6,000 maximum. w York state has a popula tion of 14,000,000. VIEW WINDOWS Enjoy the thrill of o fine plote glass view window in your home. Secure an estimate from the Coen Supply Company Floed A Mil Everything for the Builder Sts. Phone 121 pwBHWHHlfl Always Tastes Better to stay here we'll give him a uniform like any other soldier. However, If he decides to go home, we will give him a verbal leave subject to our call." Martlno appeared at the Armv recruiting station where he called a few weeks ago to get his Army records slralghl. He said he did not know how h got home from Europe. He was identified through fingerprints as the man carried on Army lists of dead. Many students believe that primitive men, sometimes called savages, are predominantly re- rations and quarters. If he elects llglous in their outlook. EMPLOYES TO MEET The regular meeting of the Oregon Slate Employes Associa tion will be held at the Knights of Pythias Hall, Thursday, June '2, al 8 p. m. All state employes are Invited to attend. A report of the recent meeting of directors will be presented. The Ross barrier In the Ant arctic Is a sheet of Ice 500 to 1300 feet thick and about the size of France. The News-Review classified ads bring best results. Thonc 100. Hospital Sister Priie Winner For X-ray Paper A paper by Sister Marv Eileen, R. V, R. T.. supervisor of the : -VRay department at Mercv Hos- Pf' s'ioo"5 bn awrrted Prize j The prize represented second place In the contest sponsored by the National Electrical Manufac turers Association. Announce ment of prize awards was made by The American Society of X-Ray Technicians. Title of the paper submitted hv Sister Marv Eileen Is "A Simple Method of Roentgen Pelvimetry." Slsler Mary Eileen will attend the 21st annual convention of the American Society of X-Rav Tech nicians in San Francisco, 'June 5 to 10, and her paper is scheduled for presentation at the June 9 session. Dr. E. W. Carter Chiropodist Foot Specialist 129 N. Jackson Phone 1170 Over RexaU Drug Store WINDOWS DOORS FRAMES Priced Right PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 164 E. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 242 Phone 100 If yu de not receive your Nsws Rsvlew by S:15 P.M. call Harold Moblty before 7 P.M. Phone 100 WEYERHAEUSER TOPPER TOPPER is a specially prepared soil mulch, a forest product development of tht Weyer haeuser Timber Company. If is composed of small cork flakes scientifically removed from Douglas Fir bark. TOPPER is clean, free of weed seeds and decomposes slowly. The flakes, when mixed with soil, are ideal for condition ing it to maintain the correct moisture content for best plant growth. -A SUPERIOR MULCH FOR POTTING, GARDENING ROSEBURG GRANGE SUPPLY 222 Spruce St. Phone 17 Chick Sale Week of Healthy, Hardy Chicks 500 AUSTRA WHITES, straight , -' run, siarrea i u uuys uiu. CArt AI1CTDA A1IITCC .-:nUl nujiiA vyiiiiij, anuiui run, day old. 1500 NEW HAMPSH I RES, straight run. 100 ANCONA Pullets, 2 weeks old 200 ANCONA, straight run, day old. 1 cent off on all chicks OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK PONTON HATCHERY 1440 Harvard Ave. Phone 168 ALIGN YOUR CAR FOR DRIVING SAFETY Have your cor aligned now with the new Bean Super-Accurate Visuoliner for greater driving safety When we align your cor, you know it's safe. The Bean Visualiner is the only aligner that lets you see the adjustments as they are made. ' Umpqua Auto & Implement Co. 444 N. Stephen, phenf