2 Th Ntwi-Ryitw, Roitburg,
Stepfather Confesses
Abust Of Amputtt Vet
' (Continued from pag 1)
give Chase a power of attorney.
Hii J 120 a month 60 per cent
disability checks from the govern,
ment were turned over to Chase,
Chum laid.
Grays Harbor County Prose
cutor Manley J. Krause said
Chase admitted to him last night
that he accepted the stepson's
compensation checks, but added
the money was used to pay Joint
expenses of the household.
The veteran was found Monday
by neighbors who Investigated
when they heard him yell. He
was hungry, his hair long and
matted, his clothes In tatters.
Chase was arrested later near
Rochester In a car containing sev
eral weapons.
Douglas County Fair
Optns For Throt Days
(Continued From Page One)
Wilma Sticgers, Mrs. Grace
Thompson and Mrs. Margaret
Newland. They exhibited their
village last year at tne rxonn
Douglas County fair at Drain,
and at the South Lane County
fair at Cottage Grove.
Among the Grange exhibits
completed yesterday were those
of Myrtle Creek, South Deer
Creek, Melrose, Lookingglass and
Evergreen. These feature the
farm products of their local areas.
They are decorated with shocks
of wheat, samples of tree fruits
and nuts, garden vegetaoies, ana
flowers. The Evergreen booth
features hand work and chochet-Ins-.
In the Myrtle Creek Grange
display, products of the lumber
Industry in that area are shown
bv samples ol piywooa, ceaar pen
ell stock, redwood, oak and Doug
las fir. The booth is attractively
decorated in colored crepe paper,
and the worda "Myrtle Creek
Grange 442" are formed by pur
ple plums against a background
oi grain ol wneat.
Women of the Melrose Friend
ly Hour club have arranged a
booth to show samples of their
textile painting, ceramics and
other craft work. Among those
who arranged the booth are Mrs.
H. P. Conn, Mrs. E. R. Fenn, Mrs.
Clyde Kenyon and Mrs. Joel
Fenn. They are also showing a
hand-made quilt which they will
send to the Children's Farm home
at Corvallls.
Mrs. M.E.Wilson
Claimed By Death
Margaret E. Wilson, 45, resi
dent of N. Kane Stret, died last
evening, August 24, after a short
illness in the Portland General
hospital. She was born July 26,
1904, in Bay City, Mich., and
came to Oregon when a young
girl. She lived In Roseburg most
of her life. She was a member
of the Presbyterian church of
Roseburg.
Surviving are her daughter,
Mrs. Betty Wilson O'NeflL Rose
burg and Corvallls; her mother,
Mrs. Maud Taltt, Portland; three
brothers, Kenneth and Douglas
Taltt, both of Portland: George.
Taitt, Los Angeles? and a sister,
Mrs. James Byrne, ' Portland.
Funeral services will be held
In The Chapel of The Rose-i,
Roseburg Funreal hooie, Satur
day, August 27, at 11 a. m., with
Dr. Morris Roach officiating.
Vault Interment will follow In
the Masonic cemetery.
The Bahama Islands have a
population of about 80,000.
MIVItONlV
ANIMAL
MOLLOW
MORNS THAT
SHIOS
TMVM
ANNUALLY
Ill I k JS M m I 1 I M
-l i -m a i . i
ft I)
fT ZA
Or
Ora. Tnur., Aug. 25, 1949
Mother Replies
To Petition For
Child's Custody
Defendants Betty B. and Gor
don Wright, In answer to a peti
tion for writ of habeas corpus
filed by Harry D. Dollar, claim
they were unaware of any change
in Mrs. Wright's original divorce
decree from Dollar relative to
custody of her daughter.
Mrs. Wright claims she ob.
tained her first knowledge of the
change after she had been ar
rested In Eugene on a complaint
filed by Dollar for failure to give
up their child on his request.
Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimber
ly granted the writ, giving the
father custody of the child until
Aug. 30, after which she will he
returned to her mother for the
school year.
On a criminal charge of "tak
ing away a child with Intent to
detain It from Its parent," Mrs.
Wright was bound over to the
grand Jury at a preliminary hear
ing in Justice court, reported Jus
tice of Peace A. J. Geddes.
Dollar In his original petition
for habeas corpus charged that
the original divorce decree,
granted in Lane county April 18,
1944, had been modified to give
him the child during summer and
Christmas vacations, and Mrs.
Wright the child during the
school year, under visitation
privileges for both.
Mrs. Wright In her answer
states that after her divorce from
Dollar, she married Stanley Lake,
who was killed, and she was left
without support for the child, ex
cept $25 a month paid her by
Dollar. She states she left the
child then with Dollar until she
could make proper adjustments.
Upon her marriage to Wright,
she requested Dollar to deliver
the child. The plaintiff says he
contacted an attorney ana an
agreement was made. She states
the plaintiff promised he would
retrain from a attempting to in
duce or influence the child with
respect to her attitude or love and
affection for her mother.
She claims it had become ap
parent Dollar had broken his
promise, and on Aug. 6, she took
the child from her father at Glen
dale. She claims.she was unaware
that the decree had been altered,
until after her arrest on a crim.
lnal charge.
Mrs. Wright states that school
opens Sept. 12 In Eugene and that
the child needs to enter school
with a "healthy and rational out
look on life," that the child has a
very "emotional" nature, and It
is for her best welfare and inter
est to be with her mother. She
states further she is Instituting
proceedings to have the divorce
modification again changed in
her favor.
Harry E. Lister Enlists
In U. S. Air Force
Harry E. Lester, 17, son of Mis.
Bessie E. Lester of Myrtle Creek,
was enlisted In the U. S. air force
Wednesday, MSgt. John F. Rose,
In charge of the Roseburg armv
and air force recruiting station.
announced today.
Harry was graduated from the
Roseburg senior high school with
the class of '49 and was an active
member of the school band, w here
he played the saxophone and
clarinet.
Sgt. Rose slated Lester was
very much Interested In continu
ing his music while in the serv
ice and will participate in band
ana orcnestra activities during
his tour of duty with the air
force. Lester is currently station.
ed at Lackland air force base at
We're proud we possess the
abj'lity ond the PRODUCTS
to make friends ond keep
customers. Your first trip to
the PRE-MIX CONCRETE
COMPANY will make you
one of our regular custom
ers. Call us for a free esti
mate on our cement pro
ducts ... we know you'll be
pleased with our prices.
. I k J -Jhf I - 1
- j -si is m
ROSEBURG SANITARY
MARKET
315 West Cass
has a new modern seafood
market
Everything in Seafood !
O CRABS O OYSTERS
O Canning Salmon
O Flake Ice For Sale O All Fancy Foods
FREE DELIVERY
Rain, Lessening Wind
Helping In Firt Battlt
(Continued From Page One)
winds to blow the flames back
over burned out areas. An es
timated 5,000 acres of timber
land and 10,000 acres of grass
land were hit.
Backfires saved Til ford, a
South Dakota village of 100 pop
ulation, lrom destruction yester
day. Showers East Situation
About a dozen forest fires still
were burning in New England
but none was reported as ser
ious. Scattered showere fell over
New England yesterday but there
was not enough rain to elleviate
the dangerous parched condition
of the lnnd.
Maine forest commissioner Al
bert D. Nutting said the worst
of eight fires burning in his
state was in the Flagstaff-Dead
river area.
Heavv rains also fell in the
devastated Yellowstone Park
area. Officials believe all four
fires there may be controlled
within a day or two.
In Canada, the Ontario Depart
ment of Lands and Forests re
ported all that province's 151
llres were under control. No ef
fective relief from the current
dry spell was forecast, however.
A cool damp night brought
some relief in Quebec's most ser
ious out break in Lotbinlere coun
ty. Flames have already taken
a small toll in buildings but the
six towns scattered throughout
a 40-mlle square area are no
longer considered in danger.
Approximately 1,600 men con
tinued working against a huge
brush fire In north San Diego
county In California. It has cov
ered 6,500 acres in the last three
days. Two major outbreaks yes
terday were partially controlled.
Bulb Gardens Operator
Denied License Renewal
SALEM. Aug. 25. (JF The
nursery license renewal applica
tion of L. E. Marcus, operator of
Sherwood Bulb gardens, has been
refused formally by the State De
partment of Agriculture.
The stale held Marcus guilty
on four complaints. They included
charges that he deceived his cus
tomers and misrepresented his
merchandise. .
Actions Taken On Three
Charged With Crimes
Sheriff O. T. "Bud" Carter re
ported that Alvin W. Williams,
24, of Sacramento, Calif., arrest
ed on an auto theft charge Aug.
21 at Myrtle Creek, has been re
leased to state police from
Astoria.
Joseph Letelle McCool Jr 31,
charged with non-support and re
turned to Roseburg following his
arrest In Portland, has been re
leased on his own recognizance
by order of Judge William East.
Benjamin Caul, 32, Portland,
arrested In that city July 30 and
returned to Roseburg by sheriff's
deputies, has been released upon
payment of bail on order of Jus
tice of Peace A. J, Geddes. Caul
Is charged with attempting to ob
tain money by false pretenses.
J. B. Hunter Funeral To
Be Held At Falls City
Graveside services will be held
Saturday morning in the Falls
v.n,v i-i-iijru-ry wr james . Hunt
er. 17, who died August 24 after
a brief Illness. He was born July
22, 1932, in Falls City and was a
student of the Falls City high
school at the time of his death.
He had come to Canyonville
on a visit when he was stricken
and was brought to Roseburg
where he died. The body was re
moved to the Roseburg Funeral
home.
Surviving are his parents Mr.
and Mrs. James L. Hunter, Falls
City; two sisters. Janice Hunter,
Lebanon: Mrs. Barbara Morton,
Canyonville: his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Doke and Mrs.
Norton, all of Falls City.
Killer Breaks Prison
Second Time In Year
(Continued From Page One)
nrnnertv anri ratio! a,,o,-rt-
The prisoners were ldonliflc.1
ny imiinr as uiwrencp I curly I
Coltnn, Robert Frailer and Har
old Ruddy.
loiton was sentenced from
Cowlitz county for burglarv but
after playing a loading role In
the February, 1934, riot in which
eight persons were killed he was
convicted of first degree murder
and kidnapping and sentenced to
life Imprisonment. Frazier, from
Spokane county, and Ruddy, from
Pierce county, were serving six
oar terms for second degree
minder.
San Antonio, Texas, where he
will complete three months basic
training before returning home
on leave.
Chase On Farm
Drives Pet Cow
Into Silo Trap
OSCEOLA, Wis.. Aug. 25-J.JP
A young Wisconsin cow with a
long record of misbehavior, lan
guished at the bottom of a partly
filled silo today, waiting for an
early harvest to bring her free
dom. Snoopy. 650 pound pet of 13-
year-old Cherlne Lamnman, had
to squeeze through an opening
20 inches wide and 30 inches high
to get In. She was inspired at the
time, however, since Cherine's
father, Everett Lampman, was
in hot pursuit.
Lampman caught the adven
turesome heifer chomping her
way through his best Held ot
green corn. He chased her to the
barn and locked the door, but
snoopy headed for what looked
like an exit.
Farmer Lampman heard a
crash and popped inside Just in
time to see snoopy disappear Into
the silo. Snoopy, unruffled and
apparently unhurt by her 12-foot
fall, got to her feet and munched
last year's silage leftover.
Unlike Grady, the Oklahoma
cow that holds the silo -sitting
mark so far this year, Snnopy's
silo is below the ground rather
than above it. The entrance ap
erture is Just about ground level.
Neighbors gathered at the
farrr, three and a half miles east
of here, and decided the only
way to get Snoopy out Is to fill
up the silo. Lampman Juggled his
farming timetable and decided
to start cutting his corn crop this
weekend.
Then the silo will be filled and
Snoopy can walk or be pushed
to freedom.
Someone suggested that the
frisky heifer might enjoy her im
orisonment, with tons of corn
pouring in. But Lampman has
hat nmhicm licked he'll muz
zle Snoopy and give her Just feed-
and water till tne jod is uumc.
Navy Official
Writer Of Memo
That Caused Quiz
lir AClITMnlYlM A110 '25 (.'P
The suspended Navy official who
..,..1. th. onnnvmnil. ITIPITIO that
touched off the B-36 investiga
tion acknowieagea toaav ne yui
"confidential data" Into it.
naAt-if Worth . also told the
H use Armed Services commit
tee he had given a cooy of the
document to plane manufacturer
Glenn Martin without knowing
whether Martin was entitled to
secret Information.
The document now has reached
many hands.'
Commitlee counsel josepn b.
Keenan, suggested that parts of
It rnlnttncr npr formance figures
of the giant, fix-engine intercon
tinental oomner, . migm ncip
an enemv or potential enemy.
"I don't doubt that they had
It," Worth said.
The whole situation was em
barrassing to the Defense depait
ment in its efforts to smooth out
T.rltlr,n Htu..een thp sunnnsedlv
unified army, navy and air force.
tv now anH air force in parti
cular have had disagreements,
mainly over strategic uumums
assignments.
Tt,a JQ.,-lar.nU Wnl'lh S One
time news reporter, scenario
writer ana nepunucan pari.v
speech writer, was uncloaked
yesterday as the author of a
memorandum which Chairman
Vinson ( D-ua I said retleetea on
the Integrity o' high government
officials. The memorandum im
plied that the air force's billion
dollar B-36 bomber program was
a mistake, deliberately fostered
by politics.
'Following the disclosure. Worth
was suspended from his post by
Secretary of the Navy Matthew,
pending a departmental investi
gation. Demo Bolters Get Bid
To Return To Party Fold
(Continued from Page One)
loin the party of the people, and
help the country go forward.
That is exactly what we want,
and that is exactly what we are
going to accomplish in the next
two yeai-s."
Leader Perez of New Orleans,
In charge of the new Washing
ton state's rlghters office, said
they expect to set up commit
tees In all states and try to elect
governors, senators and congress
men who see eye to eye with
them.
He said they will defend them
selves if the democratic conven
tion in 1TO2 puts undemocratic,
un-American and unconstitution
al planks Into the platform.
As for a presidential candi
date? "I think the best Indication of
what we will do is what we did
before," Perez said.
That was to put the Thurmond
Wright ticket In the 1M8 field
and capture. Alabama. Louisiana.
Mississippi and South Carolina.
V
m flavor, art made from finer
in tne newest most sanitary,
niwMrini pianr wi me
The Weather
U. 6. W tether Bureau Office
Roseburg, Oregon
Fair to partly cloudy today, to
night and Friday. Continued
Warm.
Highest temp, for any Aug.. 106
Lowest temp, for any Aug.... 39
Highest temp, yesterday..... 76
Lowest temp, last 24 hrs - 53 1
Precipitation last 24 hrs 0
Precipitation since Aug. 1 -03'
Precipitation since Sept. 27.B7
Deficiency since Aug. 19
Aliens In Oregon
20 To 40 Years
Face Deportation
PORTLAND, Aug. 25 LT
Four aliens who have lived in
Oregon 20 to 40 years are faced
by deportation actions.
R. J. Noiene, U. S. immigra
tion service chief here, said the
four were accused of member
ship in organizations which "ad
vocate, or teach the overthrow
by force or violence of the gov
ernment of the United States.
Named In the suits are John L.
Stenson, 65, West Linn, a Nor
wegian; Karolina Halverson, 61,
Portland, a native of Sweden;
llamish Scott MacKay, 43. Port
land, a Canadian; and Casimiro
Bueno Absolar, 44, a Filipino.
Norene said the charges rep
resented the first such cases n
Oregon since 1930 and 1931.
He added that the four would
have "every opportunity to de
fend themselves."
Three are out on $1,000 bail
each. Absolar is in jail.
In an interview. Mrs. Halver
son resident of Oregon for -10
years said that while the im
migration service says she had
membership in a labor group la
beled communistic, "I just can't
remember," it was so long ago.
Her application for citizenship
was denied in 1915.
MacKay said he never haJ
been a communist. He said the
specific charge against him was
that he was a member of two de
funct labor organizations: the
Workers Alliance and the Inter
national labor Defense. He said
he had been a member prior to
1935 and "the Workers Alliance
was a bargaining group recog
nized by the government."
He was born near Milnerton.
Alberta, and has been in the Unit
ed States since 1928.
REEDSPORT BOOMS
REEDSPORT, Aug. 23. CP)
This town Is reveling in the
best tourist boom In years.
The Umpqua river salmon run
has drawn so many fishermen
that every rentable room was
filled and the roads lined with
campers last weekend.
AMERICAN
. now for strong on Vies ond
muscles later. Start training
your little All American in
shoes recommended by doc
tors from coast to coast. One
piece sole stitched on the
outside nothing inside to
hurt little feet. For all children
from six months to four years.
A
RBUCKLE'S
Right on Jackson
4 tar??i
FIRST If!
we sr.
1W
MMAKOMIi T'-
Fight To Finish
On Reds Urged By
Chiang Kai-shek
CANTON.' Aug. 25 (.Pi
Chiang Kai-shek appealed to Na
tionalist China today for a finish
fight against the "af j rcssion" i.f
the "Communist International.'
The reds answered with a new
push on uneasy Canton.
The Chinese reds have "un
masked themselves as interna
tional agents." the nationalist
generalissimo declared. He saw
their power waning as a "strong
arrow reaching the end of its
flight."
But he also seemed to see the
end of Canton as his govern
ment's refugee capital. For he
said "Today Chungking will
again become the center for the
fight against aggression."
The new communist drive was
unleashed by famed one-eyed
(jen. Liu Po-Cheng in the soulh
west corner of Kiangsi province.
It threatened three towns near
the Kwangtung province border
all within an arc 10 miles
northeast of Canton.
It was believed the reds were
trying to take Chiennan, Lung
nan and Tingnan as springboards
for an enveloping movement ai-n-ed
at cutting the Canton-Hankow
railway at Kukong, 125 mill's
north of Canton.
If the maneuver succeeded,
large nationalist forces would be
forced to retreat or risk encircle
ment. Canton would be seriously
Sfyled right!
Priced lighf!
"P $F- wif?Mih ssi
clothes
by Ji
Suits $45 and $50
Jackets $26.50
Slacks $8.95 up
Even if you covered the field, you
wouldn't find better values than Clipper Craft
back-fo-school clothes. They look right . . .
and they're priced right. How to explain the
low prices? 1203 fine retailers feature
Clipper Craft clothes. And their pooled
resources put extra spending money in your
pocket. Come take a look today and see
what's happened to today's dollar it's
acting like the dollar that bought a lot, lot
more several years ago.
Flier Good As Word That
He'll Be Late For Chow
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 25.-f.P
Don Clark, Marine reserve flier.
Denver, Colo., was flying over
the ocean near Catalina island
when he radioed hib ase:
"Call mv wife. Toll her I'll
be later lor chow."
Minutes later the engine of his
Corsair plane conked out and lv
crashed into the ocean as he
had anticipated. A fishing boat
picked him up wet but unhurt.
Animals Take Spotlight
In Community Events
BATTLE CREEK, Mich.. Aug.
25. i.Pi All's quiet in Salhoun
county, except for the animals.
They're making the news.
A bear hunt got under way aft
er two housewivs reported hear
ing bearish snails in the brush.
A Cocker Spaniel ran amok and
killed 71 chickens.
A team of horses won a w eight
pulling contest at a countv fair
in Marshall hy pulling 2,900 lbs.
15 feet.
A frisky cow kicked tip her
heels and uncovered a wallet con
taining $95 her owner, Warren
Wilbur, had given up for lost
16 months ago.
threatened.
Clvang's statement was issued
at Chungking. He flew from Can
ton to China's world war 11 pro
visional capital yesterday re
portedly to keep western China
warlords from dealing with the
reds.
Wreck Of Plant Lost In
1941 Is Discovered
LONGVIEW, Aug. 25.-0F) A
small party of men made their
way early today into the rugged
Italian creek district 12 miles
southeast of here toward the
moss-covered wreckage of a small
Plane helievpft to ennlain the
bodies of two men.
Timber cruisers reported the
plane yesterday and recovered
from it a pilot's license Issued to
Elmer West Jr., of Bakersfield.
Calif.
(The Civil Aeronautics admin
istration in Seattle said a plane
CAI'rvinp WhI anri EVanU Mn
Kenna (hometown unknown) re
portedly disappeared after taking
off from Eugene, Ore.. Oct 23,
1941.)
THREE "DRUNKS" FINED
The- following cases were re
ported this morning by municipal
Court Judge Ira B. Riddle;
Floyd Oliver Yocum, 34, Rose
burg, committed to ten days in
the city Jail following a plea of
guilty to being drunk on a public
st reet.
Mac Christian Wedge, 38, Long
Beach, Calif., fined $20 upon a
plea of guilty to being drunk on a
public street.
John Henry Smith, 62, Rose
burg, pleaded guilty to a charge
of being drunk in a public place.
He was fined $40 or given 20
days, including unpaid balance on
previous fine.
Men's Wear Main Floor