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! EARL CRAWFORD, stand ing at the right above, and his friend
and roommate in New York City, Harold Nielsen, have just re
turned there after a flying visit west, and particularly to
Roseburg. '
J' Earl was born here and was graduated from Senior High
the latter event, must have been about 1936. He is a son of
Mrs. R. E. Crawford of 426 South Main street.
In the Technical Educational Service,. X-ray division, of
Westinghouse Electric Corporation in New York City, Earl flew
to San Francisco to address a convention of graduate ' nurses.
His work entails explanation to doctors and nurses of the techni
cal operation of the equipment his company manufactures for
use of the medical profession and of hospitals.
- CONVICT AIDS MEDICAL PROGRESS
Human 'Guinea Pig' Awaits Verdict
Of Life Or Death In Latest Gamble
OSSINING, N. Y, June 23. ) By gambling with his life, a
Sing Sing prisoner has helped write recent medical history.
Even today, doctors are waiting to see if he will live or die
as a result of the latest experiment for which he volunteered.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
THE foreign ministers quit and
go home. They accomplished
nothing that you can put your
finger on and say: 'This Is it."
BUT NO SHOOTING STARTED.
You might call that an achieve
ijient. ' ,
IT seems to most of us that Rus
sia is stalling.
If so, why?
t Here is a possible answer:
Lieutenant General Walter
Bedell Smith (Eisenhower's chief
of staff during the war and our
ambassador to Russia after the
war-) tells the governors at their
session in Colorado Springs that
he thinks the Russians have
solved the problem of atomic
fission. .
He adds that they may soon be
testing an atomic bomb.
GENERAL SMITH doesn't think
the Russians will be dropping
bombs on us any time soon. He
told the governors that as a "wild
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Boy Bicyclist Hurt In .
Crash Against Auto
Carl Bower of 746V4 E. 1st Ave.
No. was injured Tuesday when
the boy apparently rode his bi
cvcle into a parked car, owned
by W. W. Appleyard, Dillard, re
ported Police Chief Calvin Baird.
The accident occured on E. 1st
Ave. So.
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boy was knocked uncon-
; and sustained a cut on his
i-hich required six stitches
to close, it was reported. He was
taken home by a Mr. Lindly. The
accident occurred about 1 o'clock.
An earlier report that the boy
had ben struck by a hit-and-run
driver proved unfounded, said the
Chief.
Talks, Music, Parade With
'Prairie Schooner' Soosf
Savings Bonds Drive Here
The opportunity offered pioneers who crossed the plains In
covered wagons is today offered purchasers of United States Savings
Bonds.
This was the theme carried .out in the current Opportunity
Savings Bond drive, which was exemplified during a street parade
and program here Wednesday about noon.
A covered wagon, brought here
by truck-trailer, was the feature
attraction. Riding upon the trailer
were Paul Buiyans. iea ny moior
cycle escort, the short parade of
new cars, bearing banners ad
vertising the bond campaign, be
gan at the Courthouse, then pro
ceeding down Douglas, thence on
Jackson to Cass, where a truck
platform was set up.
Here Lou Franco and his Hap
py Vallpy Cowboys and the Shali
niar trio were asrembled to pro
vide musical entertainment which
ltftcd rearlv an hour.
' iDel McKay, as master of cere
monies. Introduced as speakers
Jlorace Berg, assistant county
Kind chairman: Mayor Albert G.
Flegel. and F.odeo Queen Nadene
Sparks, who proved she has a
singing voice as well as the abil
The dramatic role that 49-vpar-
old Louis Boy has played in major
medical tests was detailed yester
day for the first time.
Some of his deeds had been
told previously, but he had re
mained anonymous. And authori
ties had not disclosed that the
same man had figured in several
tests any of which might have
filled him. , , . .
Boy is serving a --life -term-for.
his part in the 1931 murder of a
garage cashier during a New "York
City holdup. He was convicted
with two other men. They were
sentenced to electrocution, but
Boy's sentence was commuted by
then Gov. Franklin D. Roose
velt. In 1942, the government was
testing atabrine as a weapon
against malaria. To determine if
the drug was poisonous, Boy vol
unteered to take It. It didn't hurt
him. Later, millions of American
service men in the war used the
drug to stave off malaria.
In 1934. a "guinea pig" was need
ed on which to test a new in
fluenza vaccine developed by the
Rockefeller Institute. Boy again
volunteered, and escaped possible
death.
Several weeks ago, In a last
ditch attempt by doctors to save
the life of a small girl dying of
leukemia, Boy submitted to a
blood exchange during which he
took a quantity of the 'child's in
fected blood into his own body.
The girl later died. Doctors
say Boy seems all right, but it
mav be months before they know
if lie will survive.
Proposed California
Ban On 'Comics' Loses
SACRAMENTO, Calif., June ?3.
MP) A proposed statewide ban
on crime comic books was de
feated today by the State Judi
ciary Committee.
The committee voted 6 to 1
against sending an assembly-approved
measure to the Senate
floor.
The bill would have outlawed
the sale to minors of comic books
which emphasize murder, arson,
mayhem, rape and other sordid
crimes.
ity to ride a horse.
Berg touched briefly upon the
meaning of the current campaign
and the need for purchasing of
bonds. Mayor Flegel urged that
local folks adopt the payroll sav
ings or the bond a month plan of
purchasing. He concluded slating,
"Tell your money where to go,
and vou will never wonder where
it went."
Franco and his cowboys alter
nated with the Shallmar trio In
presenting musical selections. Be
tween numbers McKay gave brief
statements on the importance of
continuing the purchase of sav
ings bonds.
Don Radahaugh was general
chairman in charge of arrange
ments, i
The Weather
Cloudy this morning, clewing
this afternoon. Increasing
cloudiness tonight and Friday.
Scattered showers Friday after
noon.
Sunset today 7:57 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:33 a.m.
Established 1873
Bond Issue For
N. Roseburg
Project Calls
For $250,000
Vote Tentatively Set For
August 1; Easy Levy Plan
Suggested By Architect
Election to pass on a Dronosed
$250,000 bond issue in the North.
Roseburg Sanitary District hys
been tentatively set for Aug. 1.
announced Clarence Landis,
chairman of the district. If the
bond issue passes, a call for bids
for construction of sewer lines
and a treatment plant will nroo-
ably be made in the fall or win
ter, with work to get underway
in the early spring.
A site favored by the district
for location of the treatment
plant would be on the Roseburg
Veterans Hospital grounds, about
1,000 feet west of the bridge
spanning the South Umpqua
River. This site would be capable
of serving both the North Rose
burg and West Roseburg areas,
as well as the Roseburg Veterans
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Loeai veterans .-luministration
officials are communicating with
the regional office at Seattle and
the central office in Washington,
D. C, for approval of these plans.
Landis said the. VA has indicated
it would rather pay a service
charge for use of a sewage treat
ment plant than pay the the cost
of erecting its own plant.
Levy Plans Suggested.
James Howland, of the Cor
vallis engineering firm of Cor
nell, Hayes, Howland and Merry
field, met with residents of the
North Roseburg Sanitary Dis
trict this week to show maps of
proposed locations of sewage
treatment facilities, and to pre
sent a financial schedule for
meeting the cost of the work.
To pay off the proposed $250,
000 bond issue on the North
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Morse's Labor Law Plan
Rejected By Senate
WASHINGTON, June 23.
W The Senate today rejected
77 to 9 the plan of Senator
Morse (R.-Ore.) to have Con.
gress deal with national emer
gency strikes on a case-by-case
basis.
The action amounted to an
other tactical victory for the
supporters of the Taft-Hartley
Law provision which lets the
government get Injunctions
against critical strikes thouqh
not all who voted against the
Morse plan favor injunctions.
CHERRY QUEST FATAL
PORTLAND, June 23. lP)
A fall from a cherry tree late
yesterday brought death to a
Portland lawyer and civic leader.
L. Monte Lepper. The accident
happened at his home late in the
afternoon.
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he covered wagon, uisd at a symbol of the current Opportunity Savings Bonds campaign. They took part in the program
on Cass Street Wednday noon, calling attention to the drive. Left to right they are Sammy Colston, Shirley Stienbeger,
Rusty Stienbeger, Queen Nadine, Franco and Curt Winder. The iniet, upper left, shows Mayor Albert S. Flegel, who gave
the principal bond savings talk, while on the right, inset, is Horace Berg, county bend tales vice-chairman. (Picture by Paul
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ROSEBURG,
TOGS EXCHANGED
Satisfaction,
However, Rests
Only With Thief
She mav not have been a lady,
but at least she preferred ladies'
clothing.
What woman wouldn't gladly
exchange a pair of jeans, a T-
shirt and pair of panties for a
nice new dress, a slip and pair of
shoes?
But Mrs. E. Connick, route 2,
box 3, was anything but apprecia
tive of the exenange. sne was
the one minus the dress, slip and
shoes, and she has no use for
the jeans and T-shirt.
Anyhow, State Police are on
the lookout for a girl described
as about 20 years of age, who
broke Into Mrs. Connicks home
sometime around noon Wednes
day, reported Sergeant L,yle Hart-ell.
The girl was seen by carpen
ters working on a house near
bv to enter the- Connick home,
but it didn't occur to them at the
time she didn't belong there.
Mrs. Connick, away from home
at the time, returned to find the
unfamiliar clothing. Upon fur
ther investigation she discovered
her own clothes missing. She re
ported the exchange to the police
at 2:15.
'HorseburgerV
Sales Charged As
Sequel To Raid
PORTLAND, June 23. (T)
Operators of seven restaurants
and one retail market were ac
cused here today of selling horse
meat as hamburger.
The charges resulted from yes
terday's raid on the Salem Meat
Company here in which police
seized a thousand pounds of
horse meat in crates labeled
"turkeys." They arrested three
men who , were unloading the
"cratds from trucks..'. ' .ft
Dr. Thomas L. Meador, city
health officer, who led the raid
along with City Commissioner
Fred L. Peterson, said the raid
was a climax to months of in
vestigation of reports that horse
meat was being sold as hamburg
er. The three arrested then were
Ernest Marsh Crystal, 42, nart
owner of the meat company;
Stanley Manuel Rickard, 35,
Hillsboro butcher; and Matt M.
Slaughter, 57, butcher employed
by Crystal Crystal and Rickard
were charged with sale of un
labeled horse meat. Slaughter
was booked as a material witness.
Later the restaurant operators,
accused of buying the horse
meat from the Salem meat com
pany, were picked up. All were
small, little-known restaurants.
L. L. Lea and H. Fong, Base
line Super Market, also were
charged with selling unlabeled
horse meat. They were released
on $250 bond.
OREGON THURSDAY, JUNE
Sanitary
AFL Would
Reapportion
Legislature
Convention Decides To
Place Own Proposal On
Oregon Ballot In 1950
EUGENE, Ore., June 23. (m
The AFL intends to put on the
1950 ballot a proposal to reappor
tion tne state legislature.
A resolution passed at the an
nual State Federation of Labor
convention yesterday directed the
executive board to prepare an ini
tiative measure on reapportion
ment in time for the 1950 elec
tion.
The resolution protested that
the Legislature had ignored a pro
vision in the State Constitution
requiring reapportionment ac
cording to population growth
after each census.
In other resolutions delegates
urged a shorter work day and
asked lor measures to cut flown
noise in offices and work plants.
A proposal for a statewide AFL
newspaper ran into trouble. Op
ponents asked where the money
would come Irom to start the pa
per. The matter was referred to
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Simplifying Of Street
Names Committee Aim
A uniform system of street
naming for the City of Roseburg
is the aim of a committee set up
for this purpose. The committee
held Its first meeting Tuesday
night in the City Council Cham
bers. Members of the Committee
present were Walter Mallory,
chairman, and Gladys Wiley, both
representatives of the City Plan
ning Commission; City Council
representative Percy Croft; Fire
Department representative Will
iam Chalmers,, and, C V Calkins,
foal Ulllue representative.
The committee will endeavor to
simplify he naming of streets, to
eliminate names bearing simil
arities, and to make it easier for
strangers to find their way about
the city.
several name changes were
suggested, and others will be
brought up for consideration at
future meetings.,
Roberts Creek District
Given Pipe Line Rights
The Douglas County Court has
granted a franchise to the Rob
erts Creek Water District for con
struction and maintenance of mu
nicipal water lines on, along and
across the following county
roads: Dlxonville-Carnes Road 1(,
Landers Road 153, Green Station
Road, Happy Valley Road and
Austin Public Road.
The water district will lav four
and six-inch steel pipe through
out the area to serve the resi
dents. ( n diimh rm n i
23, 1949
District
NOMINATED Mrs. Perls
Mesta (above), .Washington's
No. I hostess, has been nomi
nated by President Truman to
be U. S. Minister to Luxem
bourg. Mrs, Mesta has been a
close friend of the Truman
family for several years. NEA
Telephoto.
School Janitors'
Meeting Slated
To be a janitor Is more than
just wielding a broom. What the
modern janitor is required to do
to properly maintain buildings
and grounds and operate heating
plants will be told an all-day
meeting Saturday at the Junior
High School, to which all Doug
las County janitors are invited.
The meeting is being arranged
by W. J. Mess, maintenance
supervisor for Roseburg School
District No. 4. Guy Davis, build
ing superintendent at the Oregon
Technical Institute, Klamath
Falls, will be the principal apeak
er. The meeting will start at
10 o'clock.
In the morning, discussions
will concern general housekeep
ing cleaning of floors, walls,
and fixtures, and maintenance of
equipment. Afternoon discussion
will concern the operation ot
heating and boiler plants. Demon
strations will be given by Davis
and other speakers.
The Janitors meeting here
will be modeled after the con
ference of the Oregon State
Janitors Association at Klamath
Falls last week, which Mess at
tended in company with three
building custodians of the Rose
burg schools William Teeples,
Dale Sail and C. Brown.
One hundred and twenty jani
tors from throughout the state
were in attendance at the Klam
ath Falls conference, which last
ed three days. All phases of the
care of buildings and grounds
were discussed by men who are
experienced in every line, said
Mess.
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Planned
Public Housing
Bill Triumph
Is Predicted
Claim Clashes, However,
With Counter Plans Of
GOP-Dixiecrat Group :
WASHINGTON. June 23. UPl
Administration Democrats confi
dently predicted victory as the
slam oane House debate on oub-
lic housing which started off
witn a list iignt went into Its
second day.
House leaders -claimed a mar
gin of 30 votes for President Tru
man's hotly contested housing bill,
one of the major domestic points
of his "fair deal" legislative pro
gram. Speaker Rayburn told reporters
the administration is sure to win.
However, lawmakers spearhead
ing an opposition team of Repub
licans and Southern Democrats in
sisted the issue is still in doubt.
Rep. Halleck (R-Ind) said Repub
licans may have a substitute ready
when voting begins, probably to
morrow. -
The opposition appeared split
over whether to make an all-out
fight to kill housing legislation
for this year, or offer a substi
tute. One suggested compromise
would take out of the bill all au
thority for the government to
finance publicly-owned homes that
low-income famines couia rent.
Halleck said some Republicans
are discussing compromise, but
he added that if a substitute is
offered "there will be no sur
render on . fundamental princi
ples." Socialism Cry Raised
Opponents shouted "Socialism"
at the bill vesterdav as floor de
bate opened, and cried that the
administration proposal imperils
the financial sounaness oi me
government. . .
They quoted ' time and again
from. , the Saturday speech . of
:im. f; Bvrnes. In which the for
mer Truman cabinet member
warned , against sialism and
"economic slavery," and declared
"our first line ot deiense is a
sound, solvent American econ
nmv "
The bill's backers Including
some Republicans kept up a run
ning argument that billions put
into publicly-owned housing would
be a eood Investment In better
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New Gym To Rise
At Benson School
Excavation work has started
this week preliminary to construc
tion of the new gymnasium at
Benson School, reported Superin
tendent Paul Elliott.
The excavation, handled by the
district itself, Is being done by
Roseburg Sand and Gravel Com
pany under the direction of Lou
I.Ietzger.
Advertisement for lids for con
struction of the building will be
made very shortly, said Elliott.
.The building will provide a 70
by 90-foot playing floor, with an
additional 20 by 90- foot stage,
dressing rooms, showers and stor
age space.
The structure will be located on
the west corner of the present
school, so that access may be
made by the children without ex
posure to the weather. The gym
will be large enough for a stand
ard size playing court, with two
cross courts provided. ,
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Swimming Pool Closed '
By White-Block Conflict
YOUNGSTOWN, O., June 23.
(IP) Racial conflict forced the
closing of one of Youngstown's
six city-operated swimming pools
late yesterday. But Park Com
mission members said all of the
pools will be placed in operation
again today.
Nathaniel C. Lee, Negro, mem
ber of the Community Relations
Committee of the National Asso
ciation for Advancement of Col
ored People, and his three chil
dren entered the East Side pool.
A few moments later most of a
group of 1,000 other swimmers
milled around and threatened the
father and his children.
Lee was warned, police report
ed, to leave or "see your children
drowned."
Bruce Hamm, manager of the
pool, called police and, acting on
orders of the Park Commission,
closed the pool for the day.
"Pen Pols,' Each 77, Wed
At Grange Meet Climax
MEADVILLE, Pa., June 23.
(JP) Two "pen pals," each 77,
were married at a public cere
mony last night after an 18
month correspondence romance.
They are Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Colgren, whose marriage climax
ed a Grange meeting. The bride
is the former Linda A. Keponer.
ot nearby Guys Hills, the groom
Is a Harrlshurg, Pa, great-grandfather.
The couple will spend
their honevmoon at the National
Townsend Club convention, la I
Columbus, O, next weefc rJi,
Fiery Tragedy
Occurs In Sea
Close To Italy
Pilot's Split-Second
Judgment Saves Lives
Of 43 In U. S. Crash
BARI, Italy; June 23. im
A four-engined KLM (Royal
Dutch Airlines) plane crashed in
me sea on tnis southeastern
Italian port today, killing be.
tween 30 and 40 persons. . , :
Americans, Dutch and Turks
were said to have been abroad.
Apparently there wera no sur
vivors.
A Barl port official said 24
bodies had been recovered, many
badly burned. These Included IS
men, five women and three chil
dren, he said.
Recovery of other, bodies be
lieved trapped in tha wreckage
was hindered by choppy seas.
Italian navy divers and patrol
craft were aiding In the recovery
operations.
The plane crashed In bright,
clear weather. A light northeast
wind was blowing. Some ac
counts said the transport went
down in flames from a height ol
about 15,000 feet. ,
KLM officials In Rome Indicat
ed the plane may have been ofl
its course and possibly was trying
for an emergency landing at an
airport near Barl. The plane
was en route from Batavia, Java,
to Amsterdam. Baggage and
other effects recovered Indicated
at least some of the passengers
boarded the aircraft in Batavia.
Pilot's Skill Saves Lives Of
43 In Biasing Crash Landing
MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 23.
UP) A pilot's skill and - split
second Judgment were credited
today by the American Airlines
with bringing 43 persons alive
through a jolting crash landing
followed by fire.
Thirty-eight of those aboard
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Umpqua S. & L
Assets Increase; :
Dividend Voted
Assets of the Umpqua Savings
and Loan Association Increased '
$323,816 during 1948.
The financial report presented
Vednesday evening at the Asso
ciation's annual meeting,, showed.
tdfal assets of $1,674,045, as com
pared with $i,350,229 as of Juna
10, 1948, according to H. O. Par-
geter, secretry-manager.
Loans increased $373,409. Mort
gage loans during the year, num
bering 30L amounted to $903,421.
A dividend of . four percent,
totaling $68,000, will be. distrib
uted to stockholders and reserves
on June 30, Pargeter said. Ha
pointed out that the Association
has not missed an annual dividend
during the 32 years of existence.
Arrangements are being made,
Pargeter said, to nubllsh the an.
nual report shortly after July i.
All officers were reelected.
They are: S. J. Shoemaker, presi-
aent; m. c. Kilter, vice-president;
H. O. Pargeter, secretary-manager;
V. J. Micelll, treasurer; A.
N, Orcutt, attorney; W. F. Harris,
G. V. Wlmberiy, M. E. Ritter, ap.
pralsers. H. C. Berg. Rov Aeea
and John D. Wynne are auditors.
Directors jor three years are M.
E. Ritter. U. S. Senator Guv Cor
don, Dr. G. C. Finlay. Holdover
Directors are u. v. Wlmberiy, W.
F. Harris, H. O. Pargeter, Nathan
Fullerton, S. J. Shoemaker, and
Dr. B. R. Shoemaker.
Honolulu Property Of :
Army Consumed By Firt
hunolulu, June 23. (JP)
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ui & giuup oi now usea com
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Texas Governor Signs
Rent Control Abolishment
AUSTIN'. Tpm. .Tnno n jm
A bill abolishing rent controls
In Texas was signed into law to- .
day by Gov. Beuford H. Jester.
It will become effective' 90
davit flftpi Artinurnmant nt tka
Texas Legislature plus 13 days
lor ieaerai processing. When the
legislature will adjourn it not
certain.
Bakery Drivers' Strike "
In Portland Averted
PflRTT.ANn .Tuna 01 fm A
late-hour settlement kept bread
rolling today from this city's ma
jor bakeries to stores here and
upstate.
with a strike of AFL truck
drivers scheduled to start at mid.
night, agreement was reached
with bakery operators last night.
Its principal provision was a $5
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Levity Fact Rant
By L. f. lUbtKrtetn
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Disclosure that Parti andert
have been dinlna en horse
meat, disguised as hamburgers,
for some time post, probably
accounts far the speed with
which the Beaver baseball team
developed a winning streak
that enabled It to quit the el