The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994, June 16, 1949, Page 2, Image 2

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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
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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
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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.
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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
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V Any child of
school age .
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the World's Greatest
Cowboys in Action
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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
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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