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2 The Newi-Revlew, Roseburg, lone City Hall, Other Buildings Razed By Flames IpNE, Ore., June 16 UP) Wind-swept Iires aesiroyea ine City Hall and a seed'mlll here last night and nearly iwiped out the town. .'. ' Firemen from six nearby com munities joined local firefighters and townspeople in the struggle to control the spreading blaze. City Recorder George Ely esti mated 1(V) nersons fought the flames which spread rapidly after breaking out in tne irame seen building. 1 ! ' Ely said that no one was hurt, hut that the contents of .hoth buildings . were destroyed. The buildings were sun smowaenng thl mnrnlne. he said, and the city hall safe was still scorching hot, preventing officials from de termining if all city records were lost. Contents of a branch library in the City Hall building also were lost, jay saia. Ely reported that firemen mured water on adioinlne build ings In order to keep the fire from spreading. Most of the win dows in these buildings were shattered by the intense heat. About a quarter of a block In the main part ol town was wiped out, ne sam. Fifty Cowboys Here For Rodeo Competition (Continued From Page One) N. Jackson St. triangle at 10 o'clock before proceeding tnrougn tne downtown district. Features Of Program Among ieatures of the Rodeo will be the stake races, with local saddle clubs competing. Friday, me Douglas county snerurs Posse will compete against the Trail Dust saddle Club. Hal up day, the Yoncalla Saddle Club will race the Myrtle Creek Sad die Pala. Sunday, winners of Fridays and baturdays races will compete. 1 The same riding clubs will also take part in pony express races, with Friday's and Saturday's winners to compete In Sunday's race. A cowboy race for participants in ine noaeo aiso win De neia all three days. The first three place winners of Friday's and Saturdays races will likewise compete Sunday. Josephine Group Coming Bruce Carter, secretary of the Douglas, County Sheriff's Posse, announced that the Josephine County Sheriff's Posse, together with a large delegation from Grants Pass, had accepted an invitation to be at the. Rodeo Sunday. Four-H Clubs of Douglas Coun ty are sponsoring a lamb scram ble for 'girls Friday afternoon and a calf scramble for boys Sunday afternoon. Girls who catch lambs must raise them for showing at the Douglas Coun ty Fair In August. Boy who catch calves must return with them to next year's Rodeo. The downtown ticket booth on N. Jackson St. will be open both Friday and Saturday for the sale of tickets to the Rodeo, It was announced. prise gift W1 Y IStrvInt Jwm Orovy Mul . Br-$9 Cold Mt r,rt foKnr In tbrnolty Youri, Remembrance, Fitil love, Adoration. The set of Gravy Ladle, Cold Meat Fork, and Serving Spoon is available today in a lovely blue lined gift box with transparent top. Individual pieces available, tool AtllflZA Ore. Thur.j Juna 16, 1949 Social Security Changes Agreed On By Committee (Continued From Page One) 100 per cent. , 2. Permit the social security tax to Jump next January 1 from the present one per cent against employes' pay and employers' payrolls, to 11 per cent, with an increase Jan. 1, 1952 to two per cent against each. Present law provides for these boosts. The social security bill may pass the house this year but there Is little, If any chance, it will be taken up in the senate until 1950. Wider Coverage Planned The tentative action of the committee was reported to call for bringing under the old age insurance program 6,000,000 self employed persons, Including doc tors, lawyers, other professional men and persons operating busi nesses. Also, coverage may be extend ed to around 2,500,000 household workers and several smaller cate- f lories of working people, includ ng employes of state and local governments (at the option of the local governing bodies). If household workers are brought in, the housewife may have to pay a payroll tax, as now paid by a business or industry with covered workers. Committeemen apparently have abandoned efforts to extend coverage to farmers and farm workers. Three reasons are mentioned. 1. Difficulty in arriving at the Income of farmers for social security tax purposes, 2. the great turnover in farm labor, where one hand may work for several farmers within a year, and 3. general reluctance to com pel farmers to pay the taxes for their own Insurance and require them to keep books on the hands they hire and the wages they pay. The present compulsory old age and survivors insurance covers nearly all persons employ ed in Industry and in the distri bution and trade services Jaycee Dance At Kennedy Mill Set For Saturday The! Junior Chamber of Commerce-sponsored dance, featuring Eddie' Kirk, western singing sen sation and his popular band, will be held Saturday at Kennedy's Dutch Mill, instead of Friday, as reported in Wednesday's News Review. Dance time will be from 9 p.m. until 1 p.m. EXAMINER HERE A driver's license examiner Is on duty in Roseburg today and Friday at the City Hall between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Persons wishing licenses or per mits to drive are asked to get in touch with the examiner well ahead of the scheduled closing hour in order to assure comple tion of their applications with a minimum of delay. PRESBYTERIANS TO PICNIC A potiuck picnic will, be held Dy tne i-reanyienan Church men's organization at Kiwanls Park at 6:30 Friday night, June 17. All men of the Presbyterian Church are urged to attend. The local group will receive Its charter from tne national Presbyterian men's organization. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1941 ' America's Finest Silvcrplate again offers the most-nccded serving pieces ... the convenient and socially correct ones for 30 many dishes. Treat yourself ... or sur- some lucky friend . . . with a of this useful set now! JEWELERS IS TRUCK MISHAP FATAL ONTARIO, Ore., June 16. UP) Road crew worker Leo Brown, Ontario, was killed y e s t e r d a y ...Kan atflllf hi, U tlMllt AR he Jumped from a dump truck at a Jon west oi Cairo juncuon. State police said Brown was knocked under the wheels of the heavy dumping vehicle and crush ed as it pulled forward. Two Perish In Plane Crash Near Oorris KLAMATH FALLS, June 16. GW Crash of a small plane near Dorris, Calif., last night-killed Frank Bowers, 35, of Dorris and his brother-in-law,. Leonard S. Mlslak of Spokane, Wash. The accident apparently was not witnessed. A motorist passing a small landing strip in the early evenincr saw the tall light of the plane sticking up in the air. He- investigated, and drove to uorns to report the wreck. Both men were dead when an ambulance arrived from Klamath Falls. It appeared the plane was coming in for a landing on the small strip when It nose-dived. Building Crashes During Construction; 14 Hurt NEW YORK, June 16. UP) Fourteen persons were Injured as fourth and fifth-floor supports of a large building under construc tion collapsed yesterday, sending a shower of debris, wet concrete, lumber and workmen crashing down to the third floor. Several of the 14 were hurt seriously. Some were partly buried beneath the avalanche of freshly-poured concrete. The $1,000,000 building is being erected to house the Parke-Bernet Art Galleries. Weight of newly poured con crete was believed to have caused the wood forms to buckle. Free Enterprise Wins Over Socialism In B. C. VANCOUVER, B. C, June 16. (CP) A major Cooperative Com monwealth Federation Party bid for power In British Columbia was shattered yesterday as the coalition government a fusion of Liberals and Progressive Conser vatives wheeled into power for ine tniro consecuuve term and an Increased majority in a record vote. CLUB TO ELECT The Roseburg Active Club will hold Its monthly social meeting tonight at 7 o'clock at the Coun try Club. The principal item of business will be election of of ficers. All members are urged to be present. , . "PODNER, I'VE GOT LOTS! It It i . i fc V. i.'snr.' i i U U t' re ' i tk Mw&tMifiut Ju.m LOTS OF LOTS, IN FACT! Yes, sir, podner, you'll find the Ideol spot for picnicking, fishing, weekend cottaga or permanent home on this new North Umpqua property. Some 'of the lots are profuse with natural shrubbery and large groves of trees ... a private recreational spot which can be yours forever. Other lots are grassy (ready for garden, In fact) and have shade trees in just the right places. Your choice of river frontage on fast, white-cap rapids or deep boating water. Delight and surprise your friends by inviting them to have fun at YOUR place on the fiver. Some of the frontage is already sold. If you haven't visit ed RIVER BEND ACRES why not take the wife and friends for a convenient 9 mile drive? Open house . . . you're wel come to visit River Bend Acres any day including Sunday. Turn right off Garden Valley Highway on Fisher Road (at the golf course). The route is well posted. Contractors will begin graveling River Bend Road next week. Public utilities available. We invite your inquiries and suggestions. Ask Pete Truman Not Disturbed By Spy Exposures. (Continued From Page One) to clear federal files of what a reporter called "unsubstantiated" reports. The question obviously re ferred to reports of anonymous Informants to the FBI which have been read in the Judith Coplon espionage trial. These re ports, still unevaluated by the FBI, named many prominent persons as Communists. As for the subject of spies, he Invited reporters to read the his tory of the alien and sedition laws of the 1790's, following the Revolutionary War. You'll be surprised at the parallel, he said. That hysteria' finally died out and, the country did not go to hell, said Mr. Truman adding: Sol will this Hysteria, and the country will not go to helK Farm Plan O.K. Forecast The President also had this to say on other matters: Declared the Brannan farm plan will be passed by the pres ent Congress. Reports from the Democratic farm meeting at Des Moines, hinting that it might be good political strategy to de lay action until 1950, definitely are not administration policy, he emphasized. Expressed belief that Congress should extend regulation which authorizes federal controls over installont terms and bank credit. The law expires June 30. Called on Congress to pass promptly the reorganization bill which would give him sweeping powers to merge and streamline government bureaus. A compro mise to resolve House and Sen ate differences on the measure was approved by a conference committee yesterday. Several re organizations are ready now, he reported. President Truman had no com ment on a report that he will not run again for President in 1952. ' He was informed that Quick Magazine had printed such a story, but he would not be drawn out on it. Priest Named To State Conciliation Board ; SALEM, June 16. W) Gov. Douglas McKay has appointed the Very Rev. Francis J. Leipzig, Eugene, to be the public repre sentative on the State Board of Labor Conciliation. The employers' representative is Stewart Weiss, Sweet Home, and the labor member is Ray A, Mclnnis, Eugene. ' The NewS-kevlew classified ads bring best results. Phone 100. r ww: jkLul Serafin Senate Votes Top Pay For Barkley WASHINGTON, June 16. 0P Vice President Barkley stands to draw a total of $93,300 in the next 12 montns in salary, expens es and other allowances. It's the best pay a vice presi dent ever got. The Senate approved the sum for its popular presiding officer yesterday without a word of de bate or discussion. At he same time, its current economy trend blotted out plans for a new $20, 600,000 Senate office building aft er some lively debate. Barkley's take is made up this wayr salary $30,000; expense al lowance Si0,00O; clerical assist ance $47,970; automobile expense including a chauffeur $5,330. Just before Barkley took office, the Senate raised the vice presi dent's pay from $20,000 to $30,000. It also created the $10,000 expense fund. The clerical assistance item voted yesterday is $15,585 more than It was In the current fiscal year,, ending June 30. Electronics Company Slated For Inspection A two-officer inspection board from 13th Naval Reserve District Headquarters, Seattle, will in spect Electronic Warfare Com pany 1316, Roseburg, next Mon- day evening, according' to First Class Petty Officer Raymond F. Parslow, USNR, company com mander. On the Inspection board are Lt. Comdr. Richard M. Price, U. S. Navy, assistant district com munication officer, and Lt. Dallas E. Smith, U. S. Naval Reserve. Units throughout the : 13th Naval District, including those In Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, are being inspected. $2.40 Reserved Seats $1.50 General Admission 60c Children under 12 S Tickets now on tale at the sidewalk booth in front of Roy's Men's Store Stock Will Be Furnished by the Christensen Brothers Thi the the s same stock will perform at all large rodeos this year including Pendleton Round-Up. 50 New Head of Bucking Horses from Canada 85 New Head of Louisiana Swamp Cattle 15 New Head of Wild Brahma Bulls , Plus the Wildest Stock from Last Season's Shows School Districts Will " Name Directors Monday (Continued From Page One) if elected, but that he was unable to file his acceptance of the peti tion in time to meet the law re quirement. A candidate to be eligible must be a registered voter 30 days prior to election time, and must nave been a resi dent of the zone six months. Reedsport Union High, Myrtle Creek and Sutherlln will all have first class district status by June 20, as the census of each ex ceeded 1000 children of school age last October. These districts are now members of the Rural School District, but the law pro vides that when a district reaches first class status it automatically goes out of the rural district, un less the residents specifically vote to stay in. Each district is ex pected to vote on the issue. Several districts will have to vote on special levies to supple ment the amounts allowed by the Rural School Board. This will include capital outlays, or any other expenditure not provided in the rural budget. . Meat Cutters Facing Action For Damages (Continued From Page One) ally commit a breach of the terms of any contract into which he has freely entered." A meeting of the Roseburg In dependent Meat Dealers Associa tion was held last night, and the members reaffirmed their orig inal position In not granting the Union's request for $75 for a 40 hour week, H. E. Carlson, secre tary of the Oregon Independent Retail Grocers Association re ported. Boycott Claim Made Carlson stated the Association Special Prices For Children FRIDAY . V Any child of school age . SEE the World's Greatest Cowboys in Action SEE The Weather U. 8. Weather Bureau Office Roseburg, Oregon Partly cloudy and cooler today and Friday. Highest temp, for any June, 108 Lowest temp, for any June.... 36 Hlgheit temp. yeeterday.. 81 Lowest temp, last 24 hrs.. 50 Precipitation last 24 hrs 0 Precipitation since June 1. .03 Preolpitation since 8ept 1....27.B4 Deficiency since June 1 .59 claims the Meat Cutters Union has been guilty of a secondary boycott In attempting to stoD shipments of merchandise to the markets and stores. He mention ed specifically the picketing of Pattersons Bakery, and stated that Union representatives have called on meat packers, threaten ing action if they supplied the markets. While the accusation has been made, said Carlson, no legal ac tion has been filed by the Asso ciation, because the members have been hopeful the Union would discontinue such actions. The suit brought by Safeway, he said, is In no way sponsored by tne Association, although the Association is in accord with the action. The Sheriff's office was called by the Roseburg Meat Co. Wed nesday, wnen the management believed there were more than the legal number of pickets sta tioned. However, the additional union men had left by the time the sheriff's deputies arrived, and there was no evidence of any difficulties arising from the situation. Cake Sale Saturday The De gree of Honor Protective Asso ciation will sponsor a cake sale t rlday, June 17. at 10 a. m. at the Umpqua Hardware Store. Tomorro THREE ACTION-PACKED DAYS Fri. 1;30 P. M. EACH DAY Douglas Count Sheriff's Posss 5th Annuel WORLD'S CHAMPIONS! 01 A Xl&JJ . Distributed in Roseburg By Bates Candy Co. W the West's wildest Rodeo stock Don't Miss It! C. S. BRIGGS & CO. 112 W. Cast St. Phone 914 24 N, Jeckion Phone 1321 J