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2 Th Nowi-Review, Roieburg, Or. Sat., July 23, 1949 Cafe Alterations Follow Sale Of Local Business mifmlra Co ft lrwntpH at N. Stephens and Oak St U under going minor alterations. , A new air conditioning unit be ing Installed will oe completed in "a few days," according to co-owners Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Lambert Sr. and Ann Scruton. Ownership of the popular res taurant, located In the Trailways bus depot here, recently changed hands with its sale by Oliver Wil lis and Ken Hussy, both of Hose .burg, to the present owners. I The Lamberts and Mrs. ' Scru fM .nmM hpr from Beaverton and took over Chuck's cafe July 1. Tney were in resiauram uu.n ness In Beaverton from 1944 until A fr kafAM Tltlw JLI.-l lV 'I'll- vu.j. Mrs. Lambert Indicated many weeks of traveling around the northwest preceeded the pur chase of the cafe. They decided to settle In Roseburg, after com paring It with other cities as a place to live. . Mrs. Lambert said they bought KnmA at ISJ. Jackson and plan to make Roseburg their per manent residence. Truman Intervention Asked By Longshoremen . (Continued from page 1) that includes bills for govern ment seizure and operations of docks and for placing stevedores under civil service. ILWU strike leader Henry Schmidt gave notice any ships woiked in Hawaii by civil service workers would be declared "hot" and would not be worked on the Pacific coast. In his Senate ' speech, . Morse said a "good arbitrator could settle the whole dispute in three days" If Hawaii's seven struck stevedoring firms would submit to arbitration. , ; FINED AS VAGRANTS ' .Two youths, aged 17 and 18 years, of Melrose route, are serv ing time in the county jail, pend ing payment of $50 fines, on charges of vagrancy. The pair was arrested Friday at Templln beach by Roseburg city police. Justice of Peace A. J. Gcddes, be fore whom they were arraigned, gave the name of the older boy as William Dale Perry. J. N. BOOR 924 Gdn. Vally. Rd. Ph. 530J-1 JOHNSON ; Sea Horse Dealer Boats ' Boat Trailers Marina Equlpmsnt l' Mini""- I YOU CAN Git A Kffitiswa DORA Lockwood Motors Roia and Oak St Phone 80 GUTTERS AIR COOLERS Authorized Dealer For LENNOX and KLEER-KLEEN (Utility basement) (Floor Units 29" deep) FURNACES ROSEBURG SHEET METAL Your HEATING Phone 41 TO Next O 16" Green Slabwood O Planer Ends ORDER YOUR WOOD NOW WHILE SUPPLIES ARE PLENTIFUL AND YOU CAN GET PROMPT DELIVERY. WE ALSO HAVE Sawdust -4' Slabwood 16" Mill Ends 1" Dry Slabwood ROSEBURG LUMBER CO. Phone 468 Credit Group Organized At Friday Night Meet (Continued from Page One) cific Northwest Retail Credit as sociation and general credit man- aeer for the Meier & Frank com pany of Portland. He compared a community credit group to a bank by saying that individual members must deposit informa tion Into a general knowledge fund from which all credit grant' ers mav draw. "When a customer demands fast service on credit, the mer chant or professional man must be able to refer quickly to the consumer's credit rating. A re- tall credit association Is the best Dossible answer, he said. Fisher said the day is past when credit executives can mere. ly look at a person and Judge his character, capacity and cap italthe three C'a of credit sell ing. Nominations from the floor and secret balloting chose the board nf riirpctnrs for the newlv-formed association. Representative of the business and professions of the Roseburg area, tnose eicciea to serve a two-year term were Fred Lockwood, Abe Bean, Rob ert Rennie, Gordon Stewart and Jean Whittenburg. Members chosen to serve one year terms Include Eugene Snrlnirpr. Robert Bashford. J-r. Earl Neuru, L. D. Johansen and Gerretsen. Five new directors will be chosen next year and each succeed ins vear. OHiccrs 01 mc new organization will be chosen from among tne present poaru 01 directors. Timber Auction Draws One Bidder North Umnaua Timber conv pany entered the only bid for the purchase of 7,150,000 board feet of timber, largely Douglas fir, in a timber auction here July 18, it was announced today Dy M. M. Nelson, supervisor ol tne ump' nun National forest. The timber is located in the Black creek drainage, tributary of Little river, about 40 miles east of Roseburg. The North Umpqua Timber company bid $6.30 per thousand for fir and pine; $1.15 per thou sand for red cedar, and $1.05 for hem ock. The timber will be log ged for the Youngs Bay Lumber company, Roseburg. The company will utilize the present White creek logging roads and will have to construct only an additional 3-4-mile of new roads, said Nelson. Palm Waves Preliminary Hearing; Bail Is $1,000 Wayne Elder Palm, 29, Rose burg, waived a preliminary hear ing upon arraignment Friday In Justice court on a charge of In decent exposure, reported jus tice of Peace A. J. Geddes. Palm, arrested by sheriff's deputies, is being held in the county Jail un der $1,000 bond, set by Geddes. Martha Blerman, 44, Roseburg, was arrested Thursday by sher iff's deputies on a charge of lewd cohabitation, reported Sheriff O. T. "Bud" Carter. Upon arraign ment In Justice court P'rlday, she asked to see an attorney. She was released upon posting of $300 ball, said Justice of Peace Ged des. We've Moved! We have changed our business address from 2444 N. Stephens to 746 Short street In Roseburg. Watoh our classified ad for the naw telephone number. We appreciate your patronage Roieburg Sanitation Service J. Edmond Center S50 E. 1st 8t. NOW IS THE TIME ORDER YOUR Winter's Fuel t IV ' nk i ' ' ' GAZLEY STATION Pictured e 1 1. if n - v i est Protective association, inspected by directors, timbermen and foresters Wednesday. Lo cated at Cailey, north of Canyonville, this new station was completed for use early this summer. It has a complement of 20 men under the supervision of Bruce Ferguson. The upper picture shows the headquarters building used as sleeping quarters and dining hall, with the cook's quarters in the rear. The lower picture shows the equipment building. (Pictures by Paul Jenkins) Secret Diary Had Information On Army Generals WASHINGTON, July & Km A secret diary figured prominent ly in the Senate's "five percent er' Drone todav with a nint u gave up data partly responsible lor suspension oi two top army procurement officers. The bulky, loose-leaf book be longed to James V. Hunt, one time army colonel named by a businessman as the one to whom he paid $1,000 for help In seek ing a government contract. Senate investigators talked guardedly of the diary. But Sen ator Hoey (D.-N. C.) Indirectly acknowledged that it contained the names of the suspended ma jor generals and that data from the uiary s pages paruy lea to their suspensions. The two suspended army of ficers are Maj. Gens. Herman Feldman, the quartermaster gen eral, and Alden H. Waltt, chief of the chemical corps. Army Sec retary Gordon Gray relieved them of duty temporarily, say ing they had failed to exhibit judgment "expected of persons In their positions." What touched off the Investi gation by Senator Hoey's Senate expenditures subcommittee was the disclosure by Paul Grlndle, a Massachusetts manuf a c t u r e r, that he had entered Into a 5 per cent contract with Hunt for gov ernment business Hunt might turn up. Grlndle was quoted In a copy righted story by the New York Herald Tribune as saying Hunt told him he had influence with Maj. Gens. Feldman, Waltt and Harry H. Vaughan, military aide of President Truman. Hunt has denied ha ever tried to sell his influence. Funeral Services Set For Barbara Havelind Funeral services were announ ced today for Mrs. Barbara Jo Havelind, who was found dead ol a gunshot wound at Sutherlln Friday. The services will be held in the Methodist church at 2 p. m. Monday with the Rev. C. E. Brit tain officiating. Interment will follow in the Fair Oaks cemetery, with arrangements by Stearns mortuary, Oakland. ! Mi s. Havelind was born at San ta Ana, Calif., April 2, 1927, and had been a resident of Sutherlin ; the past 18 years. She was a I member of the American Legion Auxiliary. surviving are ine parenis, Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Thomas; the widower, Elza R. Havelind, and a daughter, Barbara Jo; and two sisters, Melba Adel Thomas and Mnrta Lou, all of Sutherlln. QUAKE RECOrlDED NEW YORK, Julv 23. (.T) A sharp earthquake shock, center ing an estimated 710 miles from New York City was recorded to day on the Fordham University seismograph. The Rev. Joseph J. Lynch, university seismologist, said the first shock was recorded at 4:12 a. m. (EST) and the sec ond at 4:14.29 a. m. wft j' " Jf Vj fpE above are views of the south Douglas branch of the Douglas For The Weather U. 8. Weather Bureau Offlca Roseburg, Oregon Overcast and cooler today and Sunday. Highest temp, for any July.... 109 Lowest temp, for any July.... 40 Highest temp, yesterday. 83 Lowest temp, last 24 hrs. 61 Precipitation last 24 hr 0 Precipitation since Sept 1....28.84 Precipitation since July 1.. T Deficiency since July 1 .32 National Grange Master Dislikes Farm Programs PORTLAND. July 23 Na- tional Grange Master Albert S. Goss, In Oregon to visit a brother, said today the farm organization doesn't like either the Brannan or the Aiken farm programs. Goss said a flexible two-price system, adaptable to different commodities on loan, allocation and subsidy basis, was favored. He said a bi-partisan board could administer the plan to assure fair prices for agricultural products and apportion among them the losses from surpluses. The Washington, D. C, spokes man for the big rural organiza tion said milk controls in some states Illustrated what the Grange had In mind. He said dairymen are guaran teed a minimum price on drink ing milk, but share losses on sur- filus supplies used in manufactur ng of other consumer commodi ties. He spoke against subsidies gen erally and said it was a "part of the program for a welfare state. Story Hour To Enter Second Week Monday The Y.M.C.A. children's story hour will enter its second week Monday, when Mrs. Marie Hall recounts now me fciepnant tiot Ills Trunk" over station KRNR at 4:45 p.m. Y.M.C.A. officials said the first week's story hour was favorably received by youthful listeners, with Mrs. Alary Eastman as story-teller. "The Little Engine That Could" will be told by Mrs. Hall Wednesday. Claude McDonald, 62 Dies Suddenly Friday Claude William McDonald. 62, of Elkton, died suddenly Friday while shopping in Drain. He was horn In Tulare, Calif., Aug. 29. 1886, and had been a resident of Elkton the last 48 years. For several years he has been school bus driver for the Elkton schools. His widow, P.uth F. McDonald. Elkton. and a son and daughter survive. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. H. C. Woods, Oak land, Calif., and Mrs. Lula Nich ols, San Francisco. Services will be held In the Methodist church at Elkton Tues day at 2 p. m., with the Rev. William N. Bvars uffleiatine. Vault interment will follow In the t-lkton cemetery. Arrangements are being made by Stearns mortuary, Oakland. DONUT BAR CLOSES Saturday Night, July 23 Yes wt will be closed for a equipment. Watch this space our opening July 26. A. : 4 m mim mmnm4 Douglas County Makes Bond Quota Douglas county barely squeez ed by its quota in the Oppor tunity Saving Bond campaign. E. C. Sammons, state advisory chairman, announcing that Ore gon had over subscribed its quota, reported Douglas county sales amounting $228,009 for the period of the campaign, the amount representing 100.1 per cent of the assigned quota. Oregon, as a whole, had total E bond sales amounting to $10, 955,066, over-subscribing its as signed quota by $1,165,056 or 11 percent. Holdings of savings bonds In Oregon now total in excess of $500,000,000 Sammons reports. He terms the savings, "stored-up purchasing power representing an Insurance policy covering busi ness against any future poor times." Churchill Says Leber Party Bids Bankruptcy (Continued From Page One) west of the Iron curtain has made a better postwar comeback than Britain even beaten Germany and Italy. Churchill told his listeners the cure for this cpuntry's condition is to "return to a system which provides incentives for effort, self-denial, initiative and good housekeeping." 1 And he promised that the con servatives will apply the cure if they are restored to power in the next general election, which must be held between now and mid- 1950. All 40.000 tickets for the soccer arena of this midland's Industrial city were sold out for Churchill's address, which was billed as the malor opening gun of the elec tion campaign. Wolverhampton, a sprawling communuity of 133,000, is 15 miles from the steel center oi Birming ham. The statement pledges to halt socialism at home and commun ism the world over. DURHAM, Eng., July 23. UP) Prime Minister Attlee today called the new Conservative party platform one of the most dishon est documents I have ever read." Speaking at an annual gather ing of English iiners, Attlee said the conservative program an nounced this morning and being amplified at Wolverhampton to dav bv Party Leader Winston Churchill was "only a great piece of window dressing." Copco Storage Tanks Now In Operation An additional storage capacity of 1.6000.000 gallons is provided by two new water reservoirs now serving the Roseburg area, said H. C. Wells, manager of the California-Oregon Power com pany. The reservoirs arc of steel con struction and are located on the reservuu mil, huuuimk int? nurin j city limns, uniu now, waier stor age capacity has been in excess of 3,000,000 gallons. few days to Install new for announcement of American Legion Officers Install At Oakland Hall Oakland's Legion hall will be the mecca for American Legion post members from Drain, Yon calla, Sutherlin, Oakland and Roseburg Monday, when new of ficers for the five posts are in stalled at 8 p.m. Officers of Voiture 1221, 40 et 8, Douglas county voiture, will assist Eugene Springer, com mander of district 10, in the in stallation of officers. Officers of several Legion auxiliaries will also be installed. New officers of Roseburg's umpqua post lb are William E. Theodore Dauber, first vice-corn' mander; Robert Marshall, sec ond vice-commander; jsrwin K. Short, adjutant; Victor J. Micel li, treasurer; Roy O. Young, past commander. Executive commit tee members include Frank Hammerschmith, George Jack son and Leonard Riley. Myrtle Creek Sewerage Plan Presented State Plans for a sewage disposal system at Myrtle Creek were taken to a meeting of the State Sanitary authority In Portland Friday by James McGinty, the city attorney. McGinty represented Myrtle Creek's mayor and city council, who had been ordered to appear en masse to show cause why they should not be charged with stream pollution. When Mayor Leo Sanders pro tested that the expense would be too great for the entire coun cil to go, he was informed that it would not be necessary for all to appear as long as the city was adequately represented. McGinty took with him a copy of a preliminary plan for a sew er system and plant layout de signed by James R. Daugherty, rioseDurg, retained Dy Myrtle Creek as city engineer. The plan Is based on a com plete topographic survey of the city. The proposed sewerage sys tem covers the platted and pop ulated areas inside the present corporate boundaries and pro vides for extensions Into sections which may be annexed in the future. A sewage disposal Dlant would be located at the junction of mynie creeK and the south Umpqua river. The location, aavs Daugherty, Is most advantageous topographically and strategically being both isolated and avail able for the purpose. Effluent from the plant would be discharg ed into the river, safely down stream ir"m the city s water pumping station. Samuel W. Bayless, 79 Passes In Portland Graveside sprvtrea will lv hnlrt at the I. O. O. F. cemetery at rayrtie ureeK Sunday, July 24, at 2 p. m., for Samuel Whi'tecot- ton "Ravleus. 70. fnrmjan roctHmt of Douglas county, who died at Emanuel hospital In Portland July 21 from Injuries suffered when he was struck by a light trucK wnne ne was crossing a Portland street Jnlv 17. A rraniTD. ments are in charge of the Long & Orr Mortuary. Vault Interment will follow the services. Mr. Bayless came to Roseburg from Tennessee In 1890 and mov ed to Myrtle Creek In 1896, en gaging in wholesale and retail en terprises until 1917, at which time he moved to Vancouver, Wash. Later he resided at Klam ath Falls and Astoria before mov ing to Portland, where he had made his home for the past two years. Mrs. Bayles died in 1927. He is survived by three sons and a daughter, Drew W. Bay less, Portland; Kenneth Bayless, Medford; Wayne Bayless, Wa shougal, Wash., and Mrs. Albert W. Phillips, Vancouver, Wash. He Is also survived by six grand children. Funeral services were held In Portland today and the body will be brought to Roseburg following rites there. PAINTS All Kindt PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 164 E. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 242 New price 3 gal New price 4 gal New price 5 gal Senator Taft Opposes Earmarking ECA Funds (Continued from page 1) ments opposed by Hoffman. The senate win resume aiBcua&iuw the bill Monday. Senator Lucas ol Illinois, tne uemocrauc icou er, said he hopes for a vote Tues dav. Taft said he may back an enreH hv Sena tor McCarran (D-Nev) which would tie up $50,000,000 In i.CA funds for loans to apain. Uo will ennnnrf. Taft Said. cutting $74,000,000 off ECA's spending program lor last npiu May ana June. Deadline Is Set For Pulp Mills To End Polution PORTLAND. July 23. UP) The state sanitary authority has set Dec. 31, 1951, as the deadline for five Willamette valley puip and paper mills to stop polluting the river. The alternative is to shut down their plants. The deadline voted last night was set to coincide with the ex pected completion of a new $15, 000,000 sewage disposal system for the City of Portland. Members of the authority also reloaded their legal guns to hur ry valley towns along on the job of installing other municipal sewage purification plants. Mills affected by the decision are the West Linn and Lebanon plants of the Crown Zellerbach Corp.; Publishers' Pulp and Pa per company at Oregon City; Spaulding Pulp and Paper com pany at Newberg and the Oregon Pulp and Paper company at Salem. Attorney General George Neu- ner attended the session and was asked to review the written pol lution abatement orders before they are issued to the five indus trial mills. Sanitary Engineer Curtis M. Everts Jr. said there no longer exists a valid reason for delay ing installation of equipment that will purify liquid wastes now being dumped into the riv ers. Blaine Hallock reminded the authority members they might as well expect a court test of the anti-pollution regulatory law. PAYS FINE. RELEASED Ellen Blackledge, 39, Roseburg, paid a fine of $40 and was releas ed, upon a plea of guilty, when she appeared In justice court Friday, reported Justice of Peace A. J. Geddes. She was arrested by city police on charges of drunkenness and disorderly con duct. nn If the a home with Chrystolite Tile! Chrystalite Tile is self-insulated to keep out the heat and make your home cool and comfortable. Remember to make the temperatures go down in youf home build with Chrystalite Tile. CHRYSTALITE TILE CO. ' Paolfle Hwy. North FIRST CONSERVATIVE BAPTIST CHURCH Now Meeting at the Roseburg Armory You Are Cordially Invited to All Services Dr. Edgar B. Luther, Pastor Bible School Morning Worship Sermon topic: "If God Youth League Evening Service Sermon topic: "Bringing Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:00 P.M.. (No steps to climb just take the ramp on Ook Street) (UMMINGS PURE MIX OUTSIDE WHITE $12.00 16.00 20.00 Old price Old price Old price It's Time Now to Do That Painting DENN-GERRETSEN CO. Crowd Watches Ape And Panther Battle To Death SPOKANE, Wash., July 23. (JP) The cousin of Gargantua, a big, 300-pound gorilla, was whip ped last night in a raging two hour battle with a black panther and finally killed by bullets from his trainer's gun. The panther, ape and a 600 pound lion were being exhibited In separate compartments of a large cage at a traveling wild animal show when the cat slip ped under a gate lntojhe goril la's 6x8 foot , section. Before a crowd of nearly 400; the beasts locked In a fight to the death while the Hon roared continuously in the adjoining compartment. The panther slashed, ripped and chewed as the ape struck sledge hammer blows with his massive arms. Attendants tried vainly to separate the crazed beasts. Final ly Trainer Rudy Smith shot and killed the gorilla, one of whose arms was nearly severed at the shoulder. Not until meat was tossed to) the cat could the ape's carcass be pulled from the cage. Chloroform-soaked raps helDed oulet th frenzied survivor, which escaped with severe slashes about the head and shoulders. The show, operating out of San Diego, Calif., and playing at a nearby lake resort, was closed last night after the battle. Al Meyers, manager, said the gorilla had been purchased about 18 . months ago from the Fieischman 1 zoo at Pasadena, Calif., and was valued at $2,200. He said it was Gargantua's cousin. The gate under which the pan ther crawled apparently was left unlocked, Meyers said, after the cage was cleaned yesterday. RECKLESS DRIVER CHARGED William Curtis Bowman has been sentenced to 30 days in the county jail and fined $100 upon . a plea of guilty, entered when arraigned In justice court Thurs day, reported Justice of Peace A. J. Geddes. FLOOR SANDING and FINISHING , Estimates Leslie Pfaff 320 Ward St. Phone 134J niMBdiiiicon vnn uhktt h Oft. M BOB EI i 1 COOL HOME?, , , heat gets you just build Phont 69S-R-2 9:45 A.M. .11:00 A.M. Be For Us" 6:30 P.M." 7:30 P.M. Back the King." $15.75 21.00 26.25 SALE DONUT BAR 311 W. Cast Phona 979-R 402 W. Oak Phona 121