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KEITH WILLIAMS, native of Roseburg and youthful, is a
recent addition to the sales department of the Huddleston Shoe
Store on Jackson Street. In the photograph above he is trying a
very nice pair of shoes on a young woman, but I didn't wait to
see if he made a sale. I think something like that should be kept
a secret between the customer and the salesman, for there are
too many jokes now about how difficult a woman is to fit with
shoes. At least when she wears some that don't fit she doesn't
holler like a wounded buffalo, as most men are likely to do.
Victoria Sanders, Accused Of
Slaying Common-Law Mate.
Due For Arraignment Today
Victoria Sanders, accused in a Grand Jury indictment May 21
of the murder ol her common-law husband, Ralph Mojonnier,
was to be arraigned before Circuit Court Judge Carl E. Wimberly
today at 1:30 p. m. .
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
A STRAW in the political winds
probably an important one:
In Canada's national election,
held Monday, the Liberal Party
won a smashing victory, getting
193 of the 262 seats in the Cana
dian House of Commons. The
Liberals won every province ex
cept' Alberta, It .was Jhe biggest
party " triumph : in Canadian
historv.
THIS is the point:
The Liberal Party is the Cana
dian counterpart of the present
Democratic Party In the United
States. The Progressive Conserva
tives, corresponding roughly to
our Republican Party, put up a
stiff campaign but managed to
take only 42 seats out of the total
of 262.
IM Alberta, the only province the
Liberals failed to carry, the
Social Credit Party much more
radical than the Liberals won
out decisively. That is to say, the
Conservatives lost EVERY-
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Traffic Signals Slated
At Garden Valley Road
Installation of traffic signals
at the intersection of the Pacific
Highway with the Garden Valley
Road has been authorized by the
Slate Highway Commission. The
Commission also is arranging to
floodlight the intersection, now
the scene of heavy traffic con
gestion. Cost is estimated at
S5.300. The area is to be placed
in a 35-mile-per-hour speed zone.
Celebrations Will Be Staged
On July Fourth Holidays In
Four Douglas County Towns
It will be a "glorious 4th of July" this year in four Douglas Coun
ty communities, where weekend celebrations are plannpd.
Comprising the events will be the Douglas County Timber Days
Celebration at Sutherlin, where four days of parades, logging con
tests, dances, sports events, and other activities are planned; rodeos
will be held at both Yoncalla and Riddle, while Glendale is staging
a 4th of July celebration featuring parades, logging contests and. a
fireworks display,
The second annual Douglas
County Timber Days Celebration
will open Friday night with the
crowning of pretty Bobbie La
mar of Yoncalla as queen in
Sutherlin's new Legion Hall.
Feted also will be the members
of her court. Susan Motschen
bicher, Roseburg; Mary Lou
Dowdy. Drain, Josephine Allen,
Oakland, and Jean Hilchman,
Sutherlin.
Other events Friday night will
he the opening of Hiron's Amuse
ment Co. show, with its rides and
concessions, in Sutherlin City
Talk at 7 o'clock. At 7:30, Sally
Hilt will present her varietv show
in the Sutherlin High School
Gvmnasium. The Queen's Ball, in
the Legion Hall, will start at 9
o'clock.
Coronation of the queen and
her court and presentation of
prizes are scheduled at 10:30 p.m.
Festivities at Sutherlin Satur
day morning will open with a flag
ceremony, when Boy Scouts place
more than 30 American flag..
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Judge Wimberly, upon motion
of District Attorney Robert G,
Davis, issued the order direct
ing the removal of Miss Sanders
from the Oregon State Peniten
tiary, where she has been serving
a three-year sentence on bad
check charges.
She will be given the right to
wait 24 hours before entering a
plea, and will also be given the
right to secure an attorney to
nanuie ner case.
The body of Mojonnier, com
mercial fisherman and painter,
was found in bed at his small
home two miles west of
Drain,. Oct. .28,-4947.-Tbe.re -we
a gun-shot wound in his head
and a .22 calibre rifle by his
side.
Miss Sanders was arrested In
Portland a few days later and
returned to Douglas County to
face charges of issuing ficticious
checks. She was later sentenced
to serve three separate sentences
of one year each to run consecu
tively on charges of obtaining
by false pretenses.
She denied any knowledge of
Mojonnier's death, which at that
time was declared to be a sui
cide. The Grand Jury, however,
following further investigation,
returned the murder indictment
against her.
Co-Op Granted
$170,000 Loan
Rural Electrification Adminis
tration announced in Washing
ton, D. C, today a $170,000
loan to the Douglas Electric Co
operative at Roseburg. Harold
Baclcen, manager of the Doug
las Electric Cooperative, said
the loan would be used for line
extensions and system improve
ments. He said the money would
not be used in any one place,
but would be distributed gen
erally throughout the system.
along curbs of principal down
town streets. The pet parade Is
scheduled at 10 a.m., starting at
the Southern Pacific depot and
ending at the City Park. Junior
sports contests are scheduled at
11 a.m.
Other events Saturday at Suth
erlin will be the Legion Junior
baseball game at 2 p.m.; Sally
Hilt's variety show. High Sch-vl
gymnasium, at 2:30 p.m., and
boxing in the Gymnasium at V:..n
p.m. Two dances are scheduled
at 9:30 p.m. A modern dance in
the Legion Hall and an old-time
dance in the High School Gym
nasium. Riddle Readies Program
Taking advantage of a two-day
holiday. Riddle will stage its sec
ond annual Rodeo Sundav and
Monday, July 3 and 4. The Rodeo
queen and her court will be
chosen at 10 a.m. Sunday. Na-
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Lewis
The Weather
Fair today, tonight and Fri
day. Warmer Friday.
Sunstt today 7:57 p. m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:36 a. m.
Established 1873
Housing Bill
Error Found
After Passage
Units Voted 240,000 In
Excess Of Intent; Trim
In Conference Planned
By FRANCIS M. LEMAY
WASHINGTON. June 30 tm
The House discovered today
that by mistake it had passed a
nousine oiu caning lor construc
tion of 1,050,000 public housing
units.
This is just what President Tru
man asked, but the House was
under the impression it had cut
the figure to 810,000 units.
House Sneaker Ravburn said a
House-Senate conference com
mittee will trim it to 810,000.
The mistake occurred during
the parliamentary procedure that
preceded House passage of the
big bill yesterday, 228 to 185.
When clerks untangled all the
parliamentary red tape they
found one series of steps had the
effect of wiping out an earlier
action cutting down the number
of public housing units.
the senate passed an 810,000-
unit bill on April 15. There are
minor differences between the
Senate and House measures that
must be worked out.
Supporting the vast program on
the final House showdown were
193 Democrats, 34 . Republicans
nd one American Labor party
member. Opposing were 131 Re
publicans and 54 Democrats.
The bill authorizes grants and
loans up to more than $14,000,
000,000 over the next 40 years for:
slum clearance, 810,000 publicly
owned city dwelling units and
farm housing aids.
Passage of the bill was greet
ed by a great roar from the
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Sheriff Jails Self
On Murder Charge
PEMBROKE, Ga., June 30 OP)
The case of the sheriff who
arrested and Jailed himself for
murder- -was '-set ft or a hearing
Friday.
. In Jail charged with the mur
der of James K. Strickland, 43,
was Sheriff E. W. Miles of Bryan
county.
Miles arrested himself yester
day on a murder warrant sworn
to by Strickland's son, James Lee.
Prior to arresting himself,
Sheriff Miles said he sought to
Jail Strickland on a drunken driv
ing charge and became embroiled
in a fight.
During the fight, said the
sheriff, Strickland gritted in his
ear, "one of us is going to die
now." A few minutes laler, while
Strickland had one of his arms
pinioned. Sheriff Miles said, he
managed to free his gun and
emptied it into his opponent.
Miles said Strickland had
threatened his life repeatedly
after the law enforcement officer
had sought to arrest him on boot
legging charges.
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STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM Roseburg's new street lighting system will toon become a reality. The above pictures show the
preliminary work underway. Much of the work of installing such e syttem is underground. The general public tees only that
which is overhead, but little realize the actual work of total installation. The picture on the left shows Edward Stinson with an
ir drill cutting the sidewalk pavement on West Oak Street for the laying of electrical conduits. The picture on the right ihowi
connections, pipelines end conduits to the street lamps on West Celt Street. Trowbridge Electric, under the direction of Ry
Simmt, has contracted te de the work. Total of I IS lights will be installed, (Picture by Paul Jenkins.)
Orders Three-Day
ROSEBURG,
Judith Coplon Spy,
Verdict Of Jury
JUDITH COPLON
Labeled Russian Spy
WASHINGTON, June 30
Judith Coplon was convicted
today of being a spy lor Kussia.
The jury convicted her on both
counts of the indictment against
her. She faces a maximum
sentence of 13 vears In prison and
a fine of $12,000.
The jury announced its verdict
shortly after 1:30 p.m. after hav
ing her fate in its hands for al
most 27 hours.
Her attorney, Archibald Pal
mer announced that the verdict
will be appealed to the U. S. cir
cuit court of appeals, and if
necessary, to the supreme court.
Senate Passes
Tali Labor Bill
WASHINGTON, June 30.
(P) The Senate today passed
the labor bill constructed by
Senator Taft (R-Ohlo).
The vote on passage was 51
to 44.
It contains the baslo provi
sions of the Taft-Hartley act
and , marked a sweeping vic
tory for the Ohio Senator Jn.
his duel with the Truman ab
ministration over repealing the'
T.-H. law.
It was a crushing defeat for
President Truman, who during
the 1946 campaign pledged re
peal of the measure.
Senator Lucas of Illinois, the
Democratic leader predicted be
fore the vote that Mr. Truman
will veto the Taft bill if it
reaches him.
Senate passage sent the
measure to the House.
House action on any labor
bill is doubtful at this session.
In any event there is a strong
likelihood that the two-year-old
Taft-Hartley act will remain
unchanged until after the 1950
elections at the earliest. '
Preliminary to passing the
bill the Senate beat down an
attempt to nullify all state laws
which outlaw the union shop.
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OREGON THURSDAY", JUNE
Federal Suit
Hits Empire
Of duPonts
Break-Up Of Largest
Industrial Power In
United States Sought
WASHINGTON, June 30. (tP)
Attorney General Tom Clark
today filed suit to break up the
duPont industrial empire.
The attorney general announc
ed that the action, under the
Sherman and Clayton anti-trust
laws, was filed in the U. S. Dis
trict Court at Chicago.
Among the major demands of
the civil suit are a divorcement
of the E. I. duPont de Nemours
Co., of Wilmington, Del., from
General Motors Corp. of Detroit.
It also asks that the duPont
family be required to release its
holdings, described as controlling,
in the United States Rubber Com
pany of New York,
The suit names as defendants:
E. I. duPont de Nemours, Gen
eral Motors, U. S. Rubber, Chris
tiana Securities Co., Delaware
Realty and Investment Corp., all
members of the duPont family re
lated by blood or marriaee to
Pierre, Lamott, or Irenee du
Pont who hold voting stock in
either U. S. Rubber, Christiana
Securities or Delaware Realty
and Investment Corp.
Clark's statement announcing
the suit said that Christiana v d
Delaware Realty "are personal
holding companies of the mem
bers of the duPont family."
Justice Department attorneys
said they 'understood that no one
outside of the family holds stock
In these companies, which in turn
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Mill Fire Deals
Slight Damage
Apparently ignited by an out
side spark, sawdust on the frame
of the cyclone, on the boiler plant
roof at tluTTbungs Bay Lumber
Co., caugnt lire about o clock
this morning. Damage- was
slight. .
Roy Cummings, assistant man
ager, explained that the cyclone
Is a spinning device which puts
sawdust from the planer mill into
the boiler plant. It was the frame
around the cyclone which caught
fire.
Volunteers of the Roseburg
Fire Depart ment answered the
alarm and extinguished the fire.
Two grass fires were exting
uished by firemen yesterday. The
first occurred about 1 o'clock, at
the junction of Calkins and Kea
sey Roads. It was caused by a
firecracker, said Fire Chief Will
iam E. Mills. The other occurred
about 6:15 p.m., at the northeast
corner of the Roseburg Veterans
Hospital grounds. It. apparently
was caused by a clgaret tossed
from a passing automobile on the
Garden Valley Road.
30, 1949
RURAL SCHQOL VOTE COUNTED
Three Chosen For County
Board, Special Tax Levies
Given District Approval
Unofficial tabulation of ballots cast by Rural School Districts
of Douglas County, in their respective zones resulted in the elec
tion of Guy MeCee, Canyonville, to the County Rural School
District Board from Zone A; Arthur Marsh, Lookingglasi, present
chairman, re-elected for Zone C, and Mrs. Madeline B. Cool.
Drain, Zone D.
Lawrence Sharp
Fails In Effort
To End His Life
TACOMA, June'oO WP Law
rence J. Sharp, 20-year-old Van
couver youth who is charged with
dynamiting his home, attempted
to commit suicide in his cell here
last night, Det. Lieut. Don Hager
said this, morning.
Sharp used a discarded razor
blade to slash his wrist, Hager
said. His plight was noticed by
several other prisoners who call
ed for help. Five surgical
stitches were taken at the Pierce
County Hospital to close the
wound.
Hospital attendants said the
wound was not serious and that
Sharp had been returned to the
City Jail cell, where he Is held
lor federal autnorities.
Hager said the clashing occur
red shortly after 6 p.m.
rne youtn is awaiting trial on
charge of having dynamited
the home of his parents in Mc
Laughlin Heights, Vancouver. He
was a University of Washington
student when the dynamiting
look place in May.
Paint Prices Reduced
By Pittsburgh Concern
PITTSBURGH, June 30 WP)
A price cut averaging nine per
cent on paints, varnishes, enam
els and paint brushes has been
announced by - the Pittsburgh
Plate Glass Co. the first major
producer to take such action.
The largest reduction of those
disclosed veRterdnv will affect
the firm's ' top ' tiuallfyexlerlor
house paint witn a price cm
amounting to 87 cents or 15 per
cent per gallon at retail. Such
paints now will sell retail In base
areas for slightly under $5 a gal
lon. - ,
Reappointments Made ,
By Governor McKay '
SALEM. June 30 ( Gov
ernor Dpuglas McKay made the
following appointments today:
A. C. Cammack, Portland, re
appointed to a three-year term
on the State Civil Service Com
mission. Ralph Coan, Portland, reap
pointed to a five-year term on
the Public Employes Retirement
Board,
Dr. Louis P. Gambee. Portland,
and Mrs. Thomas Honeyman,
Oregon City, reappointed to four
year terms on the Slate Public
Welfare Commission.
Work
153-49
McGee received 304 votes, with
his nearest competitor via the
write-in method receiving five
votes. Marsh polled 247 votes,
wilh the highest write-in two,
and Mrs. Cool, 157 votes, with
the next highest two.
Norman Weatherly, Elkton,
for Zone E, and Gilbert Weaver,
Myrtle Creek, Zone B, are hold
over members. Two small dis
tricts are yet to be heard from
for Zone A, and one small dis
trict from Zone D, but their re
ports will not alter the outcome.
James E. Conn, Melrose, is
the new director, representing
Zone 3, to Non-High School
Board. No names appeared on
the ballot, and Conn, who had
previously Indicated he would
accept the office if elected, re
ceived 149 votes. A petition
nominating him had been filed,
but his acceptance was not re
ceived in time to get his name
on the ballot. His nearest com
petitor received three votes.
Three Stay In District.
Sutherlin, by a vote of 85 to
12, elected to remain in the
Rural School District. A tele
phone call from Rcedsport
Union High District indicated
that district will remain in also,
and an unofficial report from
Myrtle Creek Indicates that dis
trict also will remain with the
Rural district, said County
School Superintendent Kenneth
Barneburg.
These districts, whose school
censuses made them eligible to
automatically become first class
school districts, each had to vote
on the issue, In order to remain
with the Rural School District.
Special Leviea Voed.
Many districts had' to vole
special levies In smaller am-
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Demo Nod For
U. S. Judge Goes
To G. J. Solomon
PORTLAND. June 30. P)
Gus J. Solomon, 42, Portland at
torney, Is the official nominee of
Oregon Democrats for the pro
posed third federal Judgeship in
Oregon.
He won the Indorsement yester
day of Monroe Sweetland, Demo
cratic national committeeman,
nd Nancy Honeyman Koblnson,
national commltteewoman.
Under recently established state
narty rules, the choice Is up to
these two. Thev sent their In
dorsements to President Truman
and Sen. J. Howard McGrath,
chairman of the Democratic Na
tional Committee.
Solomon was a Truman sup
porter last year. He has been an
active Democrat.
Sweetland said Hall S. I.usk,
chief justice of the State Supreme
Court, and Circuit Judge Earl C.
Latourette, Oregon City, were
considered, but - then eliminated
because of "an unwritten policy
which prefers the appointment of
men under bu years oi age.
Sweetland added that Henry L.
Hess, La Grande, U. S. attorney
for Oregon, also was eliminated
because he Is from Eastern Ore
gon, the same district that pro
duced Oregon's present two fed
eral Judges. Western Oregon now
needs represeniauon, oweeuanu
said.
He added that W. L. Josslln,
state Democratic chairman, made
known his candidacy too late tor
consideration.
The third federal Judgeship Is
belne considered In a bill now
before Congress. .
Auto Body-Fender Shop
Opened By Newcomer
Lloyd Kelch has opened a new
business, known as Lloyd's Auto
Body and Fender Shop, at 501
Fullerton Street.
Kelch has a building 40 by 50
feet, and will specialize In all
kinds of car body and fender
work, painting, welding and clean
ing of upholstery, for which he
has special equipment.
He came to Roseburg six
months ago. Previously he was
employed lor 28 years In Pontlac,
Mich., at Fisher Body plant and
with General Motors. He served
for a time in the armed services
during the recent war.
Leukemia-Stricken Boy
Granted Movie Wish
CMEHALIS, June 30. (PI
Albert Ball Jr., 5, wanted to see
a Roy Rogers movie.
So Sid Taylor, Chehalls thea
ter manager, wired Hollywood
and a film of "My Pal Trigger"
was flown north. The Chamber
of Commerce even sent its new
sound projector out to the Ball
j nom.f ShIjwt Valley,
Ld a special showl? "their own!
! has acute leukemia.
Week
Agreement On
New Contract
Not Reached
Coal Operators Fear
Lewis' Job Spread Plan
Would Clash With Law
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
W. Va June 30. UP) John
L. Lewis today ordered soft coal
miners east of the Mississippi
River to work a three-day week:
starting next Tuesday, abandon
ing his traditional "no contract,
no work" policy.
The contract with the soft coal
industry expires at midnight to
night, but Lewis directed his min
ers to stay on the Job for a short
work week "to remove the stress
es and strains which could cause
industry and public irritation."
He told the miners east of ths
Mississippi to work Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday next
week, when they return from
their present 10-day vacation.
After that, Lewis advised the dig
gers to work on Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday of each week.
There was no time limit to the
arrangement, although North
and West coal operators believe
they have a contract until Aug.
14 under terms of the Taft-Hart
ley Act.
Mines west of the Mississippi
are not affected by the three-day
limitation, but Lewis advised his
members there to begin work on
Monday "and continue consecu
tively during the week for th
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Municipal Band
To Open Concert
Season Tonight
The Roseburg Municipal Band
will hold Its first concert of the
summer season In the Library
Park tonight at 8 o'clock.
Director Lem Bltner announced
today that about 25 musicians .
were out for rehearsal last night,
and he expects to have at least
mat many players tnrougnout tne
season. Concerts are to be held ,
each Thursday, weather permit
ting, through July, August and
cany September.
me oand numbers aoour tne -same
as that, . which received
popular acclaim for the weekly
performance last year.
There will be some new faces
on the platform. Seven boys and
one girl, up from the High School
Band, have joined the group. Bit- ,
ner said he hopes 16 increase the
total number to 50.
For Inst night's rehearsal, held ,
at the Elks Club, there were six
clarinets, four trombones, three
saxophones, two horns, four
basses, two baritones . and two
drums. More clarinets, horns,
flutes and piccolos are needed, he
said.
Band members receive a small '
remuneration from the city to
cover expenses, said Bltner, who
nas directed tne band two years
previously. The band will play at
Sutherlin Jhly 4, and receive ex
tra remdneration from that city
for its performance.
Tonight's program Is announced
as follows: March, 'The Olym
piad," Charles Arthur; excerpt,
"The Desert Song," Romberg:
novelty, "Trombone Toboggan,
E. Weber; selection, "Traviata,"
Verdi: popular, "Chinatown My
Chinatown," Schwartz; overture,
"Lustsplel, Keler Bela; march,
"Down Main Street," Weldt, and
"Star Spangled Banner."
Horse Meat Sellers
Draw Fines, Jail Terms
PORTLAND. June 30. UP)
Two brothers were convicted here
yesterday of mixing horse meat
and beef and selling it to restau-,
rants as hamburger.
They were sentenced to six
months In Jail and fined $1000'
each. The two,' Ernest M. and
Ivan R. Crystal, were proprietors
of the Salem Meat Company of
Portland, raided by city officials
last week. About 1,500 pounds of
horse meat was seized.
The two were convicted on two
counts: Possessing unlabeled
meat and selling ground meat
containing horse meat.
The cases against four small
restaurants, charged with sale of
unlabeled horse meat, were given
Indefinite continuances. That
means the city reserves the right
to prosecute them later if it
wishes. Cases against several
other restaurants, also small,
were postponed.
Bus Line From Portland
Faces Scheduled Strike
PORTLAND, June 30. UP) .
Bus drivers on the Portland-Salt
Lake City run of the Pacific Trail
ways line are scheduled to go on
strike tonight at midnight.
Negotiators were to meet, how.
ever, with Guy V, Llntner, fed
eral conciliation commissioner, In
a final attempt today to head oft
the walkout.
Llntner said wares and work
ing conditions are in dispute, but
neither side would disclose de
tails. About 90 men are Involved.
Ltvlty Fact Romt
By L. r. ReteMetwtn
With four different Douqlei
County towns staging celebra
tions July 4th, one wonders hew
Roseburg's own Al 'Forensic'
Hegel can be III aH of them at
once te erate.