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2 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore Tue., July 19, 1949 Adult Driving instruction To Start July 25 Oregon state department-sponsored adult driving instruction classes, in cooperation with the Roseburg Junior Chamber of Commerce, are scheduled to start here Monday, July 25, according to Chairman Douglas l uaor. At a Jaycee business meeting Monday night, Tudor said applica tions are being accepted now at Bill Tipton's Insurance agency, 214 W. Cass St. Applicants must be 20 years or older, must have learner's permit and must provide the automoDiie. A licensed operator must acconv pany the student to the place of instruction, located at Adair's parking lot on Main St. The class will be limited to 20 students. Classes will be heU three times weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Each class meeting will last one hour. Students must sign a liability release before starting classes. The course will be spread out over a period of several weeks and in clude the following instruction: Explanation of instruments and controls in the driving compart ment, clutch operation, shifting gears, steering control, starts, stops, reverse gear, backing, park ing, hill operation, driving in traffic and other related subjects. Each student must provide an automobile properly equipped and In proper mechanical condition. Franchise For Garbage Disposal To Be Given (Continued from Page One) garbage, it was pointed out. A complete financial state ment for the six months ending March 31 was submitted for the council's perusal. The franchise would not be ex clusive, and the rates would be subject to revision at any time at the discretion of the council. Rent Decontrol Requested Request that the council take action to eventually bring about a decontrol of rents in the city will be studied by a special coun cil committee. A petition, submitted by Eddie Kolhagen, Dr. B. R. Shoemaker and John Todd, asked that de control action be recommended to the governor. They pointed out that housing Is no longer criti cal, that rentals arc now on a competitive basis, and that there now exists an unfair rental scale under control. The special committee, headed by Mayor Albert G. Flegel, In cludes Jack Hart, Chester Mor gan, Percy Croft and Frank Ash ley. Two other petitions were sub mitted for council consideration. Mrs. Thomas Coatcs, represent ing the W.C.T.U., submitted a nc- tition asking the council to pro hibit the sale of Intoxicating bev erages on Sunday. The petition was referred to the police com mittee for study and report. The other petition asks that sound trucks be banned from the city streets. H. O. Pargeter and A. N. Orcutt, representing 16 pe titioners, including the names of several prominent attorneys, claimed the sound truck inter rupts business transactions, par ticularly telephone conversations. They would favor continuing use of a sound truck for civic func tions, such as rodeos. The peti tion was referred to the police committee for study and report. Lockwood Motors' bid for a new police car was accepted. The city would pay a balance of $643.41 on a trade-In of the car now In use. Purchase of a motor cycle from Joe's Harlcy David son agency tor $733.90 was also authorized. The council accepted the police committee's recommend a Hon that courtesy cards be pre sented owners of out-of-state cars violating parking regulations, rather than to hand them tick ets. It Was pointed out few out-of- For tired children ... for long trips . . . there are Twin Beds In the Nash Airflytel With one side made up, children can nap lying down while parents ride sitting up. It makes a nap an adventure for "small fry." This is just one of many luxury features that make the Airflyfe America's most modern motor ear. Stop by and see it and lot us give you an Alrflyte ride, soon. IN TWO CKCAT SERHS, Wt HASH AMBASSADOR AND NASH "o00" COOPER MOTOR CO. Oak & Pin Streets, Rosoburg Florida Mob Burns Down Homes Of Three Negroes (Continued From Page One) had admitted the crimes. He listed the Drisoners as Charlie Greenlee, Samuel Shep herd and Walter Irvin. all about 20. McCall said they admitted they beat and robbed Will Pad gett of Groveland, then kidnaped and raped his wife early last Saturday. National guardsmen, called out by Sheriff McCall for the second night in a row, last night ringed the Negro section here some dis tance from the flaming struc tures. The mob at Stuckey's Still dis persed after the gas was thrown by the sheriff. He followed them to a country road where he talk ed them into disbanding. As the crowd broke up, one unidentified man said: "We know we can't fight the law." For the past three nights, most of Groveland's 400 Negroes have left their homes before nightfall, returning during the day to their Jobs. Ku Klux Klan pamphlets were distributed from automobiles Sunday night. Historian To Speak At C. Of C. Forum Tomorrow A renewal of faith in American traditions will be the subject of an address at Roseburg Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Umpqua hotel Wednesday noon by Dr. Howard R. Driggs, auth ority on the history of the West. The Wednesday meeting will mark the first time Dr. Driggs has spoken In Roseburg during his annual tours of the western states. Prior to embarking on speak ing tours, Dr. Driggs was a pro fessor of English education at New York university for 25 years. He Is the author of 37 books, many of them dealing with his torical events of the west. George W. Dlmlck, regional vice-president of the American Pioneer Trails association, said yesterday that all early pioneers of Oregon are especially invited to attend the luncheon. CITY COURT CASES, The following disposition of cases was reported today by Mu nicipal court judge ira u. Kiddie: Roman A. Kudometkln, 42, Roseburg. forfeited ball of $30 on charges of being drunk and dis orderly. Charles Andrew Lyle, 40, KoseDurg, forfeited $20 bail on a charge of being drunk on a public street. James Frank Brown, 46, Koseburg. pleaded guilty to being drunk on a public street and was committed to the city jail for 15 days, in lieu of a $30 fine. staters bother to pay their fines anyway, and friendly advertising for Roseburg may pay dividends. The proposal will be experiment al. Recommendation of the city manager was accepted approv ing appointment of the following additional employes, as provided In the now city budget: Frank Slroy, Albert Backer, Lloyd King and John Baron, all In the street department, and Virgil W. Mc Danlol, in the park department. Request for paving of Ford Street was deferred until the property owners could be con sulted. The cost of paving with either asphalt or cement would be above the assessed valuation, and the work could not be order ed except on n cash basis. boutn Hamilton street s request for curbs and cutters was droo ped at the petitioners' request. The city did not care to make Just this installation, unless the owners would approve prcparn- lion ot tne street lor at least one coating of oil. The property own ers objected to the additional cost. Letters were read commending tne me department on quick ac Hon in extinguishing grass fires at Kelley Corner and Lander road July 7. Frank Murphy, Supreme Court Justice, Passes (Continued From Page One) him, for he felt he had done a good Job In pioneering state re- fnrmi Amnnff nthpr thlncrR. he had put into effect the state's first civil . service law ana naa overhauled the penal and correc tions system. As mayor of Detroit at the depth of the economic depression of the early '30s Murphy asserted that a great business depression should be as much a federal gov ernment responsibility as an earthquake. In one year he spent $14,000, 000 to feed and house the city's jobless. Murphy resigned In the spring of 1933 to accept appointment as governor-general of the Philip pines and remained In that of fice and as U.S. High Commis sioner until 1936. In that year President Roosevelt had him re turn to the United States so he could run for governor of Michi gan. Soon after his defeat for re election as governor, Murphy was appointed U.S. Attorney Gen eral by President Roosevelt. That was in 1939. Roosevelt and Mur phy had become close friends while wrestling with relief prob lems during the depression. Scandals Exposed During the year he served as attorney general, political scan dals were exposed in Louisiana, anH Trtm PunHprpastt. Democrat ic political boss of Kansas City, was sent to prison ior income tax evasion. Murphy's last act as attorney general was to deny that he had "for political pur poses suppressed possible pro ceedings" against others. When President Roosevelt nnmlmiwl him for the Sunreme Court bench at the beginning of 1940, Murpny, wun cnaracuH isuc modesty, said he thought others hetter Qualified. He became a member of the tribu nal without ever arguing a case before It. On the high court bench, Jus tice Murphy has a mystical, al most priestly mien. Extremely mild-mannered, his benign atti tude toward attorneys was em nhasized by his softly-spoken questions. But his opinions were vigorous. His private motto was: "Speak softly and hit hard." The first thing friends usually mentioned in describing the red haired, bachelor Murphy was his piety. He attended mass regular ly and read daily the old Bible that Mc mnthpr pave him when he was graduated from high scnooi in iyuo. justice jviuiyny neither smoked nor aranK. Rnm nt Ronton Harbor. Mich., April 13, 1890, Murphy was the son of a country lawyer, i-m mother wanted him to become a Roman Catholic priest, but Mur Dhv said he felt he was not worthy. Pat Woodworth Subject Of Feature Article ' Mrs. T. F. Patterson, Roseburg, has received clippings from a Washington, D. C, newspaper which made her grandson, Pat Woodworth, 17, the subject of a feature article. Pat, the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Woodworth, won two first places In model plane competition at Washington, and is competing this year In speed and stunting divisions. He predicts his speed plane will top 100 mph. He has been constructing model planes since he was seven years of age. The boy's mother Is the for mer Margaret Sorley, a former resident of Roseburg. Tom Sorley of Roseburg is a brother of Mrs. Woodworth. Mr. and Mrs. Woodworth now reside in Norfolk, Va., where the former is serving with the u. fa. navy. Ashland Rent Decontrol Approved By Governor (Continued From Page One) lifting of rent controls. "When the resolution of a city council is on my desk for ac tion," the governor said, "It ap pears that approval should nec essarily be given It from the stale level, for the reason that the lo cal governmental agency has a first hand opportunity to deter mine the wishes of the residents of the city Involved." He said it would be "difficult, and certainly out of order, for me to override the decision of a citv council." Portland Is the only city which has tisked for state funds for a housing survey. Wfestinghouse Mobtlaire-an The sensational, new Westinghoute Mobil rr Fan is scientifically designed to provide greater . air circulation, giving cooler air, day or night. Plugs in anywhere. Portable . . . easily moved up stairs or down. No costly window installation is required. Adjustable and compact, front of. any window. When not in stored CHECK IMtSE Qult for rwtfu) iletp Portable . i any to mow ConMrocttd for , TROWBRIDGE ELECTRIC 136 N. Jackson Metal Workers On Job Despite Strike At Eugene Although union sheet metal workers in Douglas, Coos and Lane counties were reported from Eugene to have walked off their Jobs Monday, they were still at work here today. There was a breakdown of con tract negotiations at Eugene, ac cording to the Oregon Journal. The dispute centers around the basic work and payment for over time work. About 40 workers in the three counties are said to be asking, a 25-cent-an-hour raise. They were paid $2.12 1-2 an hour and double time for overtime. In the spring they sought a new contract which would provide a 25-cent increase and retention of the double-time provision for overtime. Employers countered with a 2 1-2-cent offer and time-and-a-half for overtime. Ralph Clarke, financial secre tary of the Sheet Metal Workers union, Local 332, was quoted as saying this would mean a cut in the average take-home pay. He said the union had served notice of a new contract 90 days before the old contract expired May 31. He said the union and the Master Sheet Metal Workers association had been negotiating since June 1, with "no success whatever." George Miller, spokesman for the Master Sheet Metal Workers association, was quoted as saying his group had met with the union and found common ground. How ever, when his group took the agreement back to the Affiliated Contractors' association, It was told to "sit tight." Check of sheet metal shops In Roseburg this morning revealed that union sheet metal workers here have received no official word of the reported strike and are continuing on their jobs. Fire At Heppner Deals Damage Of $800,000 (Continued From Page One) timated at $100,000. Green was credited with sav ing two boxcars by setting them rolling down a spur grade out of the fire zone. He used a crow-bar under the wheels. One was load ed with lumber and the second was empty. All were Union Pa cific railroad rolling stock. Firemen were joined by scores of citizens on the hose lines and grass fires. They first abandoned hope of saving the co-op struc tures and attempted to save the Interior warehouse. Then they played the hose lines on the ad joining business buildings and the oil and gasoline tanks. Telephone and power service was interrupted briefly. The main phone circuit between Ar lington and here was burned out. Emergency service was restored during tho night on a rural line. Fire equipment from Lexing ton, McNary and Ordnance later joined the volunteers here. Mo bile water tankers of the U.S. Forest Service and a few ranches were used to augment the city's water supply. Under . . . blown rock wool Insula tion where it does the most good. Absolutely fireproof too! Our installations pay for themselves and add value to your home. You can't afford to be without GOOD insula tion. Buy from professional insulation men, a Roseburg business; permanent not a dissatisfied customer. Ask for a free estimate a written warranty with every installa tion. Builder's Infulating Co. "Chuck" Edmonds 230 N. Stephens St. Phone 1018-R Metal interlock T weatherstrip ping for added protection too! can be used in me it easily ftAWKS Sfe , . . complrttty tndoted Attractive lifrtitn M . m. . Phona 268 mm "mm? r Bill Evans Named Head Of County Red Cross Unit (Continued From Page One) Harpham, J. Roland Parker, Qon Reed, Mrs. Edward Titcomb, Miss Ruth Swin.iey, and Evans, two-year term; Miss Helen Ca sey, Mrs. Harold Horn, County Judge D. N. Busenbark, Mrs. Harold Twohy, and Mrs. Jones, three-year term. Representing other communi ties in the county on the chapter's board will be Mrs. Grace Thiele, vnnalli. P r n ii If T. Tavlnr. Reedspor't; Mrs. John Jantzer, Azalea; K. r. nanaan, urain, and Mrs. Madge Gazley, Myrtle Creek. Tr waa nnnnimcprt that Alvin Knauss, new manager of the Douglas community nospuai, nan been invited to attend chapter hnarri mpptinp; In order to ad vise on a Red Cross nurses' aid program at the hospital. Those giving reports on serv ice activities included Ray DmujTi watpr safptv: Mrs. Ed ward Titcomb, volunteer serv ices; Mrs. Jones, puDiic miorma tion; Mrs. Kent, home service; Mre riniiHp Raker. Dersonnel. and Yoncalla branch, Mrs. Thiele. Mrs. Kent presided in tne absence of the retiring chair man. No-Arms Commitment Sought By Pact's Foes WASHINGTON. July 19. UP) Leading foes of the North At lantic pact joined lorces today in a new malor move to write a no- arms commitment into the 12-na- tion treaty. This last-minute maneuver is exDected to close the ranks of the loosely-held opposition and offer the greatest threat to the admin istration's fight to keep all reser vations out of the pact. Senator Taft (R-Ohio) and Sen ator Watkins (R-Utah) agreed on a revised reservation which will be put to a vote Thursday. It says: "Nothing contained In article three (of the treaty) cre ates .'. legal or moral obligation on the part ot the united states to furnish arms, armaments, mili tary, naval or air equipment or supplies to any other party or par ties to said treaty. Petitions To Recall Elliott Progressing PORTLAND, July 19 (ZP) The committee working to recall Multnomah county Sheriff M. L. Elliott from office reported today the drive for signatures on recall election petitions was progress ing. Chairman Thomas L. Gatch said 715 petitions have been is sued to volunteer workers. These have space for 71,500 signatures. Old-timer m mm irmkwmmm company, of course, but it also illustrates a principle we believe in for all employees good people in good jobs serve you best, and we do everything we can to make jobs at Standard good. Security, good pay and working conditions, advancement from within, free insurance, annuities at retirement are all part of making that principle reality. The average length of service of all our 17,890 parent company employees is slightly more than 11 yean. And the 20-year "old-timers"? Fully 4,856 are working with us today. Unemployment Helping Cause Of Communism A labor leader said today that many juoiess wurjters aireaoy are oaying attention to communist preachings. Emll Rieve, president of the CIO Textile Workers, told a "full employment conference" of Americans for Democratic Action that cities and towns hard-hit by unemployment make "a wonder ful breeding place of commun ism." The ADA Is fl noHtlcat nrirantoa. Hon including many who were unw: piuiniucm 111 tne nooseveit New Deal; Its rules bar Commu nists from membership. "All the agitation in the world by the Communist party in the United States during the years of full emDlovment horn almost nn results,'' Rieve said in remarks prepared for the meeting. "During the past few months, however, it is clear that in peration many of the unemployed ncia aic ai ledHi giving an ear to demagogic appeals of the com munists. "You don't have to like com munism or be sympathetic to it to realize that so long as unemploy- : r h"u grows in tne United Status tho f.,i will have a field day." joining Kieve in voicing appeals for a Joint action by businessmen, workers, farmers anrf ..... 1 in planning for an expanded econ- u.njr iu piuviue joos ana purchas ing power were Leon Keyserling, vice chairman of President Tru man's COIinpil nt l.'nnnnM t a A J visers; Senators Murray (D-Mont) omu jiuiupiirey lu-Minn), Secre tary of Labor Maurice Tobin, and Charles M. T.aFniiottQ m tional director and former Repub- .... .uiisicaaniau irom Indiana. ".'''TO? CONVENIENCE I ECONOMY OLYMPIC HOTEL has a special i 111 SB bum WIN They say you're not really an "old-timer" at Standard until you've been on the job at least 20 years ... and at 30 years, there's a special company award: a gold watch and six weeks' vacation with pay. That's appreciation of a man's service to his The Weather U. 3. Weather Bureau Office Roseburg, Oregon Partly cloudy today and Wed nesday. Little change in tempera ture. Highest temp, for any July..- 109 Lowest temp, for any July 40 Highest temp, yesterday. 71 Lowest temp, last 24 hri... ' 51 Precipitation last 24 hrs 0 Itatlon since Seot. 1... .28.84 Precipitation since July 1 ..- 0 Deficiency since July 1 - Overturning Tractor Takes Life Of Farmer rnfCHAM .Tnlv. 19 pi Evin Fetters, 62, was killed yes terday when a tractor overturned and crushed him at his farm near here. Fetters - was discovered wnen tha. famllw i-pftlrnpH hnmp. He had been clearing a hillside tract. meaning at Ben Davidson Heads Oregon Spud Commission SALEM, July 19. W Ore. gon's new potato commission elected Ben Davidson, Redmond, as its S6,000-a-year administrator. The commission, which held its first meeting here yesterday, will advertise and promote research on Oregon potatoes. Davidson, a native of Oregon, has been shipping point inspector for the state Department of Agri culture for the past 13 years. For two years before that, he was a brokjr for the Pacific Supply co operative. He will have his headquarters in Redmond. JEWELS STOLEN PORTLAND, July 19. UP) Mrs Henrv F. Cabell DUt a dia mond and platinum brooch, valued at !2,U0U, in a jewel dox lasi may. Yesterday she told police that when she next had occasion to look for It, last week-end, it was gone. She listed it as theft; Truck and Auto Repairing Welding Radiator Service Truck Parts Bought and Sold All Work Guaranteed Ray's Truck Shop 2055 N. Stephens Phone 499-J-4 SOUND VALUE DOORS! Here are the doors you'll want in your building. Doors that will serve you well, and long. Doors that are built well, will not warp or creak or stick, once they are prop erly hung. Doors for every opening, indoors or out. And garage doors that even a woman can open and shut with ease! Standard 1
