2 Tho Newi-Reriew, Roseburg, Ore. Tuei., Aug. 23, 1949
Scout Program
Planning Dated
By Council Heads
Important plans, affecting ev
' ery Cub Scout. Boy Scout and
Explorer, Including Sea t'xplor-
era and Air Explorer! In the Ore
' Ron Trail Area council, will be
made during unit program plan
ning week, Sept. 1 to 10, it was
announced today by Dr. Charles
H. Michel, council commissioner.
Dr. Michel pointed out that the
adult personnel of each scout unit
was expected to meet sometime
during he week to map their
plans for the coming scout year.
"The commission staff is on its
toes already," said Dr. Michel,
having met a week ago to formu
late plans for aiding the units In
making up their annual pro
grams. The commissioner staff will
use the seven new training fllmn
obtained by the Oregon Trail
Area council as well as program
planning charts, leaders' note
books, and other mateirals. The
new films are titled "The Patrol
Method," "Patrol and Troop
Meetings," "Patrol and Troop
Hikes," "Patrol and Troop
Camps," "The Three Assist
ants,1' and "Cubbing."
Dr. Michel asked that the dis
trict commissioner of each dis
trict check closely to see that ev
ery unit was ready to go ahead
with Its planning sessions. Corn
is .terrv W. Willis.
Street Renaming Plan
Postponed For Year
(Continued from page 1)
Births at Mercy Hospital
MEKK To Mr. and Mrs. Nor
man Coleman Meek, Riddle, Aug.
18, a daughter, Jonl Anne; weight
six pounds 10 ounces.
JAMES To Mr. and Mrs. Bcr
lyn Orvel James, box 52, Win.
ston, Aug. 18, a daughter, Sharon
Rose; weight eight pounds 12
ounces.
JONES To Mr. and Mrs. Ed
gar Benton Jones, star route,
Oakland, Aug. 19, a daughter,
Linda Kay; weight six pounds 15
ounces.
VANSTEENBURG To Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Stewart Van
steenburg, box 68, Sutherlln, Aug.
20, a son, Howard August; weigiit
ix pounds 13 ounces.
KENNERLY To Mr. and Mrs.
Orlle A. Kennerly Jr., 116 Blake
ley street, Roseburg. Aug. 21, a
daughter, Margaret Jane; weight
even pounds two ounces.
DUR AND To Mr. and Mrs.
Maurice Adolphe Durand, 835
Hamilton street, Roseburg, Aug.
20, a son, Douglas Paul; weight
seven pounds nine ounces.
SPARKS To Mr. and Mrs.
John Nathan Sparks, route 2,
box 292 E, Roseburg, Aug. 16, a
son, John Nathan Jr.; weight
eight' pounds one ounce.
A clay tablet unearthed In ruins
200 miles north of the site of Hal
ylon and now preserved at Har
vard University, is believed to be
the oldest map In the world.
drafting work in preparing the
master map.
Walter J. Olmscheld, employee
of the California-Oregon Power
! company, was elected president
iof the commission succeeding
Irving. He will serve for the com
ing year.
Plata Approved
Tentative approvals were given
to the following plats:
Todd's subdivision No. 2-A, part
of block 5, Second Brookside ad-
jdition, subject to inclusion of a
HO foot street right of way, and
the Keeney subdivision.
Final approvals were given to
Suksdorf's Winston Heights, John
J. Thennes (Irofp, Stringer plat,
and N"wton Creek Homcsites.
The commission also approved
the plans of Alva Bellows to dedi
cate a 60 foot street adjacent 'o
the east side of the Douglas Com
munity hospital property, extend
ing north to the Brown protierly
land east to the high school
grounds, and a 40-foot street ad
jacent to the west side of the
hlh school grounds.
Cloverdale Asks Entry
In dlscusslos concerning work
on the master plan. Irving
brought out that he had received
inquiries from residents of Clover
dale Park, north of the citv as to
how they might be annexed to the
city.
He said owners of property ly
ing between Cloverdale Park and
the north city limits are consider
ing subdividing their land. The
proposed subdivision would in
clude a road through the "saddle"
of the hills, north of the citv,
leading to the Cloverdale Park
area.
The proposed road would carry
much traffic Into the city over
W. 2nd street. In the master plan,
the commission should consider
this as a possible arterial Irving
pointed out.
Irving also suggested that the
planning commission meet with
the State Highway commission in
an effort to determine the even
tual route of the Pacific highway
here. "We're stymied until we
know where the highway will
go," Irving remarked.
Ideas Suyfested
Mrs. Gladys Wiley, member of
the Planning commission, pointed
out that new street names should
be ready for Inclusion In the
liCjO telephone directory. She said
an advertising representative of
the Pacific Telephone and Tele-
graph company had recently bees
to her place of business and in
formed her that it would be too
have to change street names for
the 1913 directory, Issued in Octo
ler. Superintendent of Schools Paul
S. Elliott asked the aid of the
commission In locating a site, on
the master plan, for a new school
"near the center of population on
the west side." The school would
he built at an Indefinite time in
the future, and probably would
replace Kullerton as an elemen
tary school. The latter might be
come part ol the Senior high
school.
Bi-Partfsan Assurance
Claimed By S Percenter
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Both were written by Feldman.
One letter was to Hunt. Dated
July 23, 1947, it accompanied th
Inlormation on army buying
plans. Witnesses earlier In the
I hearing nad told ot this letter.
The second letter was to Brig.
Gen. Wayne R. Allen. This letter
was dated November 19, 1947,
'when Allen was chief administra
tive officer and purchasing agent
I for the quartermaster corps at
I Los Angeles. Feldman at that
! time was a brigadier general in
he corps In Washington.
Feldman suggested that Allen
i "drop a note to colonel Hunt, let
I ting him know what the problems
of the county of Los Angeles may
he, for I am sure that he could be
I of considerable help to you if
,you can interest him."
j It was also disclosed that Hunt
and David Bennett, whose name
also has figured prominently In
,the hearings, have given the
: committee certificates from phy
Isicians saying their health would
he endangered If they should
testify.
Bennett is the president of the
Albert Verley Perfume Co. he
paid for seven mechanical freez
ers which, it has been developed,
were sent to MaJ. Gen. Harry H.
Vaughan, President Truman's
military aide, and friends of
Vaughan.
Other Developments
There were these other de
velopnents: 1. Senator Mundt (R-SD) said
he has turned over to committee
investigators a letter from a
former serviceman saying he was
aboard an air transport command
plane which carried about $8,000
morth of perfume oils back to
this country from Europe in 1943.
Mundt s:;id the letter ties into
the committee's Investigation of
a perfume oils Incident In which
John Maragon figured. The com
mittee has received testimony
that Maragon, then an employee
of the Verley company, tried to
bring the oils through customs
disguised as four bottles of cham
pagne four years ago.
2. A committee members said
privately that the group has ob
tained fiill Information about how
an air force brig, general was re
duccd in rank after he puhed
Maragon in the face in Rome In
1916. The officer, William L. Lee
was demoted to colonel and sent
home from Italy, the committee
member s.iid.
Larger Camps Of
Scouts Expected
It was a big summer In camp
for many troops in the Oregon
Trail Area council. The program
was decentralized somewhat in
order to make more camps avail
able to troops all over the six
county territory of Coos. Curry.
Douglas. Benton. Lincoln and
Lane, according to C. A. Ricka
baugh, Oregon Trail Area coun
cil camping and activities chair
man. Rickahaugh said there would
undoubtedly be many more
troops in camp next summer as
camn promotion will start in Sep
tember working towards next
summer. He also said that some
camp development will be made
at the council camps at Fair
view. Tenmile Lake, Mary's
Peak. Melakwa, and Little river,
as rapidly as council leaders can
settle matters pertaining to mats
rials, leases and dates.
Rickahaugh pointed out that
troops who have not been In a
long term camp yet this summer
should either do so between now
and the time school begins or
during Christmas vacation if thev
expect to qualify delegates to go
to the big national Jamboree at
Valley Forge. Pa., next July 30.
All's Ready For Fair
Opening On Thursday
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Fires Spread In U. S.,
And Canadian Forests
(Continued From Page One)
entomology, flowers, knittinv.
bird study, canning, gardening.
; hobby poultry, rabbitr and live
j stock.
i Frank fon Borstel announced
today that the I'mpqha Rabbit
breeders association will award
a pedigreed New Zealand rabbit
for the best 411 rabbit exhibited
at the fair.
Judging for this special award
will be on the basis of 50 per
cent on the project exhibit and
50 per cent on the 4-H member's
record book.
In forestry clnthiny, cookery,
romemaking, canning, gardening,
entomology, knitting, woodwork
Inrr and flowers, purple ribbons
will be awarded. The purple rib
bons mean that such exhibits will
be eligible for the state fair.
Tito Offers To Talk
Peace With Russians
(Continued From Page One)
those persons arrested as "trait
orous white guardists." The note
said the prisoners had "seriously
violated the laws of Yugoslavia
by espionage and hostile ac
tivity,"
The Yugoslav note contained
two other conciliatory gestures.
Tito's government ottered to ex
tradite the arrested ersons to
the Soviet union "In the short
est possible time" if that is th:
way Moscow wants it. The note
said this offer also applied to
the departure of all other Rus
sian citizens who are anxious to
leave Yugoslavia.
Balks As Baby Sitter
For Hubby's Affinity
CHICAGO, Aug. 23.--(.PI Mrs.
Ruth Youn? said in a divorce suit
yesterday that her husband had
been going out on dates while she
had to act as baby sitter for the
other woman's children.
The suit, against C. O. Young.
60, superintendent of equinment
for the Illinois Central railroad,
charged cruelty but did not name
the alleged rival.
Mrs. Young. 38, was awarded
temporary Judgment of $250 a
month for support and a half In
terest In oil well property her
husband owns.
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of control over 14,000 acres in the
Payette National lorest.
Crews also reported progress
against a series of fires In Yellow
stone National park, but thr-e
other fires still burned out of con
trol over 1,700 acres.
Near Shasta, Calif., foresters
. . the torch to 3,000 acres of
grassland, hoping to back-fire and
slow a 7,000-acre forest and grass
fire. The main fire one there
was in timber and grazing land
of the Shasta and Modec National
forests and the Lava Beds Na
tional monument near the Oregon
California border. This fire, which
injured one man Saturday, was
being fought by 700 men.
In Idaho, gains were reported
against a 7,300-acre fire in the
precipitous Hell's canyon gorge
of the Snake river along the
Idaho-Oregon border.
Winds Spread Flames
But winds up to 40 miles an
hour spread two other fires
which crowned. A fire at Warm
Spring on the Salmon river east
of Kiggins, Idaho, spread yester
day from 800 to 2.800 acres. And
a fire on Circle End creek near
the south fork of the Salmon
covered another 800 acres.
In Yellowstone park Chief
Ranger Curtis Skinner said 176
men held the largest fire in check
after it burned 1,000 acres of
grass and mixed timber five miles
southeast of Mammoth.
Others of a total 500-man crew
mopped up five other fires and
continued the fight against three
more raging out of control over
1,700 acres.
One member of the 1,500-man
crew fighting the Hell's canyon
fire in Idaho died yesterday from
burns. He was Curtis Knudsen of
Gem, Kansas. Three others were
hospitalized.
W. B. Rice, regional forester
from Ogden, Utah, conferred to
day with Idaho's Governor C. A.
Robins. They were to discuss clo
sure of national forests in Idaho
to travelers.
Health Exams For
Parochial School
Children Set
I Youngsters who plan to enter
the first grade in either St.
Joseph's (Catholic) school or the
Seventh Day Adventist school
I were advised today that they may
receive their compulsory health
i examinations at the Roseburg
grade schools.
I City School Supt. Paul S. Elli
!ott said today that no special
clinic will be held for children
entering parochial schools but
that parents may take them to
lone of the three city grade
schools where examinations are
; to be held.
i Examinations will be held at
Benson Aug. 24, Fullerton Auf.
26 and Riverside Aug. 30.31.
I Elliott reminded all parents
that these physical examinations
are required of all six-year-olds
entering school this year, accord
ing io state law. ur. A. B. Mun
j roe is conducting the check ups,
following arrangements with the
city school system and the county
health office.
Wife Develops Rash
In Husband's Presence
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23.-.IP)
After his wife failed to win a
divorce on grounds she was al
lergic to him, Nolan H. Hold
ridge, 26. yesterday asked the
marriage be annulled because she
could not be his wife in fact.
Joyce Holdridge, 27, had told
the court she broke out in a rash
when she was near him.
They were married in 1947. He
lives in San Francisco, she lives
here.
The Weather
FIRE DAMAGES "CAT"
A fire which caused "consider
able damage" to a "cat" at the
Oak Creek Lumber company
Monday afternoon was reported
here by U. V. McLaughlin, dis
patcher for the Douglas Forest
Protective association.
McLaughlin said the "cat" op.
erated was moving the equip
ment down a steep incline when
it slipped, overturned and caught
fire.
U. S. Weather luroau Office
Roseburg, Oregon
Fair today with increasing
cloudiness tonight and Wednes
day. Highest temp, for any Aug... 106
Lowest temp, for any Aug. It
Highest temp. yesterday.. 71
Lowest temp, last 24 hrs.. 54
Precipitation last 24 hrs. 0
Precipitation sinco Aug. .03
Precipitation sine Sept 27.87
Deficiency since Aug. 1 .1
No one was Injured In the mishap.
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Court Raps Glide Man
For Drunken Driving
Charles Alfred Hill. 33, Glide,
received a fine of $100, a30-day
suspended sentence and had his
operator's license suspended for
one year when he pleaded guilty
in municipal court this morning
to a charge of drunk driving, re
ported Judge Ira B. Riddle.
James C. Turk, Infant,
Passes Away At Birth
James Casey Turk, the Infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. James H.
Turk of Lookingglass route, Rose
burg, passed away at birth at
Mercy hospital Tuesday. Aug. 23.
Besides his parents he is sur
vived by a sister, Cathy C:
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
H. Turk of White Salmon, Wash.,
and Mr. and Mrs. Charles C.
Barrows of Bandon.
Long and Orr mortuary has
charge of arrangements.
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