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2 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Mon., June 27, 1949 Citch Seize Church Houses, Arrest Priests (Continued From Page One) ter from being read In pulpits. Priests have reported they were warned in night police visits against reading pastoral letters, the only means for the hierarchy to tell its side of the church-state light since the Catholic press was shut down by the government. The pastoral letter supported reports of the seizure of the arch bishop's administrative offices at Prague and his virtual captivity in his palace. Churchmen said the govern ment also took over nearly all administrative offices in the archdiocese and the dioceses of the country and Installed, instead, officials of the Communist-sponsored Catholic Action, an organi zation which the archbishop has denounced as a tool of the state. Those who joined willingly have been excommunicated. Cleveland 84, .Detroit 93, Tyn dall, S. D., 104. St. Louis 83, Des Moines 85 and Chicago 88. -Las Vegas, Nev., had a typical 107 degree high for this time of year. On the cooler side in the West were maximums of 62 at San Francisco, 68 at Los Angeles, 65 at Seattle, 67 for Havre, Mont., and 60 at Lewiston, Mont. High temperatures in the South west included Ft. Worth, Tex., with 90, while Presidio on the Rio Grande reported a seasonable 104. New Automobile Major Loss In Garage Fire Destruction of a brand new Pontiac car represented the ma jor loss in a fire which razed the garage at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Byron C. Brown, 1295 umpqua Ave. Sunday morn ing. Fire Chief William E. Mills placed the total loss at $3,000. Origin of the fire was not de termined. The garage was ablaze when the alarm was sounded. Firemen laid hose in Umpqua Ave., but there, was not enough to reach the Brown home, locat ed directly north of the Com munity Hospital site. Firemen used garden hoses as well as water from the tanks of the two rural fire trucks to pre vent the flames from spreading. In addition to the car, the Browns lost garden tools, can ned fruit, and other belongings. The loss was covered by insur ance, said Chief Mills. Dimes March Fund Posts New High; More Needed NEW YORK, June 27. UP) The national foundation for in fantile paralysis reported yester day that a record total of $25, 728,000 was raised In the 1949 "March of Dimes." Last year's total was $21,600, 000. Basil O'Connor, foundation president, said the need for funds "still remains extremely criti cal." Last year's polio epidemic the worst in 32 years depleted emergency reserves of the Foun dation, he said. And costs of care and hospitalization have Increased. Torrid Wave Still Grips Eastern States (Continued from Page One) of the heaviest downpours In the North Central Indian city's his tory flooded streets and base ments, and winds snapped off numerous small trees. The storm ' lasted about four hours. The rest of Indiana and Southern Illinois got scattered thunder showers, and St. Louis had some rain. Maximum temperatures which packed the beaches and swim ming pools In the Midwest and east over the weekend included these: New York 94, Washington and Philadelphia 96, Richmond, Va. 99, Miami and Pittsburgh 90, Hoover Suggests Halving Federal Aid To Schools WASHINGTON, June 27 UP) Former President Hoover esti mates that $150,000.000 half the amount voted by the Senate for annual federal aid to schools can be saved by helping only the "real backward states." He suggested: (1) Don't help states that don't need it: (2) Watch out for gov ernment "dictatorship" over edu cation; (3) Be wary of the "grave dangers" in federal "grants-in-aid" which cover projects like hospitals, roads and social security-He gave his views In a letter made public yesterday by Rep. McConncll (R.-Pa.), senior Re publican on the House Education and Labor committee. r5 "WWWPW PRUDENTIAL LIFI Insurance HORACE C. BERQ . Spaolal Agant 111 Wnt Oak Offle 712-J Rat. 871-J Linda Darnell's Sister Rodeo Accident Victim SONOMA. Calif.. June 27 JF Linda Darnell's young sister was seriously injured In a rodeo stunt yesterday out says she 11 ride again. Monte Maloya Darnell, 20, was dragged 200 feet, burned, lost a tooth and suffered shock. The two black horses she was riding Roman style one foot on each shied Instead of racing through a large burning hoop. They sped around It spreadengllng Monte. Then the blazing hoop collapsed on her. It was Montc's first accident In four years of riding the rodeo circuit. She used the name Monte Maloya to avoid trading on sister Linda's movie stardom fame. CAREER GOES ON-Lo ot his hands is small handicap to the musical career of Israeli army veteran Ray Leizer, 31, who recently won first prize on a New York radio amateur pro gram. He was wounded a year ago in a battle with Arabs. Sent to the U. S., Leizer was outfitted with mechanical hands last October. He married an American girl and took up the piano again. Marco Polo refers, In his great book on his travels in the Far East, to a great southern conti nent, believed to have been Australia. a twa tsn ihj mw OAK FLOORING . Long tha Standard for Fine Houses Now Available at moderate coat. In fact leaa than good fir aee tha COEN SUPPLY COMPANY Everything for the Builder Floed & Mill Sta. Phone 121 K1 KS3 Five-Time Premier Of Spain Dies, Recanting MADRID, Spain, June 27 .B Alejandro Lerroux, 85, five times premier of Republican Spain, died today. The family announced that Lerroux, who had proclaimed his agnosticism throughout his life, returned to the Catholic church and received the sacrement on his deathbed. He will be buried in Madrid's Catholic cemetery. Lerroux was as strongly op posed to Socialism and Commun ism as he was to the monarchy, and for this reason left-wing groups prevented his election as president of the Republic after the throne was overturned In 1931. Five times, however, he was named premier to try to run Spain on a middle-of-the-road basis. The Weather THE WEATHER U. 8. Weather Bureau Office Roaeburg, Oregon Fair today, tonight, end Tuea day. Higheat temp, for any June.. 106 Lowest temp, for any June.... 36 Higheat temp, yeaterday 70 Lowaat temp, laat 24 hra. 43 Precipitation laat 24 hra T Precipitation alnce June 1 03 Precipitation aince Sept. 1....27.84 Defiolency aince June 1 97 Old Guard Of G. O. P. Given Rough Handling (Continued From Page One) AFL, CIO Drawn Closer By Attitude Of Lewis (Continued From Page One) keep "the essentials" of the Taft Hartley act. On the other hand, the AFL, In Its latest "Weekly News Serv ice" says Lewis "joined Senator Talt and other reactionaries" in onnosine a compromise amend' ment which was defeated last week, . . An AFL loader told a reporter Lewis will have a hard time ever "getting back in the AFL's good graces. A high CIO official said there Is a great deal of bitterness among labor leaders against the UMW leader, whom CIO Presi dent Philip Murray recently at tacked as a "rule of ruin" union oflicial. In cattle are prized by Orientals aa crnnrl.l I lrl, anH nnnit.has It Y " .... . ....i. ft""'. IIVHIltl charms, and sell for $125 per pound. Ment packers use 78 per cent of and about 22 per cent Is shrink age and waste. at low at i 22475 I 9 buy any refrigerator until you've seen the amazing new INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER largest combined frozen food froth meat bottle storage lllvitratid up.r deluxe modal IH1 2997S lew down payment Z4 month! te pay - in capacity of any 8-cublc-foot refrigerator More space where it counts that'l what UIG-3 means. Room for 36 pounds of froien food in the freezer locker. Meal keeper holdi 13Vi pounds of meat, fish or poultry.) Space for 12 quart milk bottles... and more. See the BIG-J features be fore you buy any refrigerator. . Jones of Washington, an em ployee of Scott's national com mittee. The delegates voted formally to demand a fixed cut in the GOPs national budget instead of the handouts they have been get ting in the past. Ralph E. Becker of New York, the retiring chairman, said the youngsters nave arawn about $25,000 this year, Including about $4,500 for their Salt Lake City meeting. But their complaint Is that they are always at the mercy of the national party's financial of ficials, who give them only what the mood of the moment dictates. Would Unite Older Guys Becker has grabbed the hall In a move to get the Young Repub licans' "eider statemen" the old guys no longer eligible for membership because ot age Into the 1950 political races. ' He proposed a permanent or ganization of this group, which he now is joining, witn tne iroung Republican Federation backing them vigorously, as well as any of its own members who want to run. Becker, now a Washington lawyer, said he Isn't going to be a candidate. In their resolutions, the young sters displayed a tendency to go somewhat further on social wel fare than their elders, but not so far as to endorse President Tru man's proposal for universal health Insurance. They put themselves on record for the administration's foreign arms program, thus placing themselves in opposition to the position of Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio and some other GOP leaders. They approved a proposal to set up a 16-member committee of GOP Senate and House members to coordinate Republican policy a goal few In Washington believe ever will be met fully. W. Roseburg Sanitary Dist. Plan Is Approved Tentative plans for the pro posed West Roseburg Sanitary District have received approval of the Oregon State Sanitary Authority, with the hope expres sed that residents of the area will approve organization of the district and proceed to carry out recommendations ! of" the engi neer. This was contained in a letter from Curtis M. Evert, Jr., sec retary and chief engineer of the Oregon State Sanitary Authority, to James C. Howland, consult ing engineer to the unofficial West Roseburg Sanitary Com mittee, said Al Rowe, Committee chairman. Findings of the engineer will be discussed at a meeting sched uled at 7:30 Tuesday night at the Free Methodist Church, cor ner of Umpqua and Harvard Aves., Rowe announced. All resi dents of the West Roseburg area arc invited. . Safety Record Broken; Victim Is Drain Man's Kin PORTLAND, Ore., June 27. The death of an elderly woman pedestrian ended Portland's traf fic safety record after 98 death less days yesterday. The woman, Mrs. Laura Enstina Jordan, 67, was struck down by a taxicab at an intersection in early morning darkness. The driver was not held. It was the first fatality since March 9 in the city the long est stretch in modern Portland history. It brought the traffic toll to eight, compared with 18 at this time last year. The woman is survived by four children, Harvey L. Brooks, Seaside, Ore., Chester Brooks, Seattle, Mrs. Lois Sexty, Boise, and Mrs. Ellen Brucknuk, San Diego; two brothers, Harrv Wit zel, Portland, and Ed Witzel, Drain, Ore.; and two sisters, Blanche Oatman, Seaside, and Ruth Hetrick, Tacoma. Wounded Groom Weds On Operating Table ASHLAND, Pa., June 27 UP) A 25-year-old Girardville, Pa., man was married yesterday as he lay on the operating table at Ashland State Hospital. That was the day originally set for Arthur Engle's wedding an.d he insisted on going through with it despite serious knife wounds in his chest, leg and arms. The bride was Mary Harkaway, 23, of Mahanoy Plane, Pa. fonee said tngle was woundeu Saturday in a fight with a friend. Hospital officials turned over the operating room for the wed ding "because It's the quietest place in tne ounaing. Housing Sought For Entrants In Swim Meet Housing for up to 75 partici pants in the twimming meet to be held here July 9 and 10 is being sought by the Roseburg Junior Chamber of Commerce. Persons who have rooms to of fer are asked to call the Cham ber of Commerce (phone 78). They will be contacted later by the Jaycees housing committee. It is expected that most of the swimmers will stay here only one night Saturday but some may stay over two nights. The swimmers will represent the Multnomah Athletic Club, North east YMCA, The Dalles Swim ming Club, and the Portland Aquatic Club. 7,000 Miles An Hour Aim Of Navy's New Missile WASHINGTON, June 27 (!& The Navy is busy preparing a range for its fastest, thumb-size missiles expected to reach 7, 000 miles an hour. This is ten times the speed of sound and twice as fast as the German V-2 rocket. The missiles are for test pur pose only, to teach scientists how to build full-sized weapons armed with warheads. Office Of Physicians Will Close Two Weeks The office of Drs. Dalros and Mix will be closed for two weeks beginning July 1. Dr. Dalros will attend the Na tional Elks Convention in Cleve land, O., as a member of the state champion ritualistic team, and visit relatives and friends in Minnesota, returning here by August 1. Dr. Mix will be in the office after July 18. Lawrence J. Sharp Will Go On Trial July 11 TACOMA, June 27. (JP The trial of Lawrence J. Sharp, 20, charged with dynamiting the Van couver home of his parents, will begin July 11. The trial date was set by Fed eral Judge Charles H. Leavy here today after conferring with Sharp's attorneys, Marshall Mc Cormlck and Hugo Metzler Jr., of Tacoma. Two psychiatrists and a psy chologist have been summoned for consultations in the case. I YOU CAN COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL Now At Home Lew Pumtnle All Book, ForoliHed Ma Cllnll DIPLOMA AWARDED If Too Art 16 or Over Wrltt tor Fret Booklet AMERICAN SCHOOL Dept. RO-6-27, 1440 Broadway, Oakland 12, Calif. Name Aga . Street Addreu City Stat 7 Killed, 2 Injured In Truck-Sedan Collision MADERA, Calif., June 27 UP) Two Stockton, Calif., families crowded Into a 1941 sedan, were all but wiped out in a collision with a heavily laden vegetable truck yesterday. Seven of the nine were killed. Two others are In serious con dition in a hospital. 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