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2 The News-Review, Rotabura, Or Sot., Au. 27, 1949 Forest Protective Crews Kept Busy On Fires Friday Three flre, all reported with in two noun and a half, sent Douglas Forest Protective asso ciation crews rushing In ai many direction! Friday afternoon, re ported Dispatcher U. F. McLaugh lin. Flrat to be reported were three alleged incednlary blazes aet on the Rycnard farm near Drain at about 3 p. m. McLaughlin said two of the fires burned together, covering an ara of about 20 acres. The third aet blaze burned over 30 acres. All fires were confined to an old slash area and no dam age was reported. Less than an hour later, a large fire crew was dispatched to the old Balrd mill near Tyee, where fire spread from an old burn and up the adjoining hill, cover ing a 150 acre area. McLaughlin said the fire is now under control but that the crews had been forced to stay out all night to mop up. The final blaze, reported at 5: 15 p. m., drew a small crew and pumper truck to Gripes mill, two miles south of Dlllard. Fire, which apparently started in the sawdust pile, was quickly checked and no damage was reported, McLaughlin said. Fighting Chargt Draws $30 Fine In JP Court Oscar T. Anderson Jr., 23, of Batey, Ore., was fined $30 on a disorderly conduct charge in jus lice court Friday, Justice of Peace A. J. Geddes reported. Anderson was arrested by sheriff's deputies on a charge of fighting outside the grandstand at the fairgrounds Thursday night, James Lorenzo Cooper, 18, of Blythe, Calif., has been released from the county Jail after serving his sentence on an assault charge, reported Sheriff O. T. "Bud" Carter. The sheriff also reported the release of Paul Neucomer, Roseburg, after serving out his fine assessed on a drunk charge. Drunks And Vagrants Committtd To City Jail Judge Ira B. Riddle listed the disposition of the following cases when they entered guilty pleas In Municipal court Saturday: Leo Hamm, 46, Roseburg, com mitted to the city Jail for ten days in lieu of a payment of $20 fine on a charge of being drunk in a public place. John Ellis Parchman, 63, tran sient, committed for 15 days for being drunk in a public place. Lowell Franklin Wylle, 34, tran sient, committed for ten days on a vagrancy charge. Initiation Is Scheduled At Meeting Of Moose One hundred and fifty candi dates will be Initiated into the Loyal Order of Moose In a cere mony at 1:30 p. m. Sunday at the junior high school. The occasion marks the grand opening of the new Moose hall on S. Stephens street. Ernie Koop, prelate, said dele gations are expected here from Coos Bay, Medford, Eugene, Cot tage Grove and Klamath Falls. A number of high officers In the state organization of the Loyal Order of Moose are also expected here over the weekend. PIANO LESSONS with Wanda W. Altham Classes start September 1st. Students please register NOW. Studio 608 W. Lane days mi RED BRAND FENCE If you have a cow or two that want to cover too much territory, just put a good tight stretch of Red Brand fence between them and freedom. The uni form tension crimps keep RED BRAND tight in hot or cold weather year after year. The firm knots don't slip stock can't spread the wires apart. You save money with Red Brand, too, because it lasts longer, as proved in actual weather tests. For the best buy in fence, see us. BUY WHERE YOU SHARE !N THE SAVINGS DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-Operative Exchange ROSEBURG, OREGON Phone 98 Located W. Washington St. ond S.P.R.R. Tracks Florida Coast Swept By Hugo Hurricant (Continued From Page One) were reported stalled this side of St. Lucie bridge. Two bridges were Impassable around Lake Okeechobee. But the lake itself big killer of the 1928 hurricane behaved like a lamb as the hurrican swept past. U. S. army engineer said water was well below the danger level. That took the pressure off at the start. Eight Casualties Stuart reported six casualties and Fort Pierce two. The only death to date was a swimmer drowned off Miami yesterday. Red Cross and national guard units teamed up to evacuate 60 storm refugees in West Palm Eeach when winds whipped off the roof of a hurricane shelter. Estimated 100 miles per hour winds broke a skylight and blew off a section of the roof of th; Connlston school four miles from downtown West Palm Beach. Rescue units boarded an emerg ency bus and drove through the storm to the school. The refugees formed a hand-to-hand chain to reach the bus. They were taken to the county court house for shelter. Another 200 refugees at th" Military Trail shelter wer moved to ditferent parts of the building when water and wind damaged the structure. At 10 a. m. (EST) the U. S. Weather Bureau pinpointed the hurricane about 50 miles north northwest of Tampa, moving In a northwesterly direction about 16 miles per hour. The palm beaches were hard hit, but so was Belle Glade, on the eastern shore at Lake Okeechobee where damage was estimated at more than $1,000,000 by town officials. Up and down the "gold coast" from Hollywood to Vero Beach a stretch of 120 miles the storm left houses unroofed, trees uprooted, shrubbery torn to rib bons. Gen. Vaughan's Bank Account To Be Checked (Continued From Page One) ground It might tend to incrdim- inate ntm. Hoey said that In addition to the Maragon evidence, testimony regarding any government offf. clals whose names have cropped up at the Inquiry will be turned over to the department's con cerned. A newsman asked whether that meant the testimony deal ing with Vaughan would be laid before Mr. Truman. Hoey said the committee won't take the initiative in that case. "We won't send It unless the President should ask for it," he replied. "Thai's a different mat ter. It is the President's preroga tive to ask for it if he wants it." Police Chief Reports Parking Meters Broken (Continued From Page One) weeks by the lack of adequate street lighting, the chief said. Balrd declared the department would continue to be handicapped until the city's new street light ing program goes Into effect, sometime next month. At pres ent, many of the city's lights have been turned off, forcing the department to rely upon the few windows and display lights left burning by local merchants. FIRE CONTROLLED EUGENE, Aug. 27. (T) A three-acre fire In slashings caus. ed alarm for the Detroit dam site yesterday, but was brought under control within two hours. The blaze began In a clearing area at Hall's camp, a mile above the dam. It ate quickly up the mountainside, but was halted be fore it could spread dangerously. li-h! Myroamin' are over! k U rJil )W ' (ill I fun'',,'' Special eopper bosnnf steal wire AU-atther tension enmpe Tuhl knots that won't sue GtclusiTs "Oalvsnnealed" sine cosunf Nationalists Recapture Three Key Positions CANTON, Aug. 27. (Pi-The Nationalists have counterattacked and recaptured three key towns just outside the Kwangtung prov ince border in an arc 140 miles northeast of Canton, private re ports said tonight. (The Communist radio claimed meanwhile that the Red army had captured Lanchow, canital of K---su province In China's far north west. It said the city fell yester day.) The three towns reported re taken by the Nationalists in south western Kiangsi province are Kiennan, Lungnan and Tingnan. They had been obsignated by one- eyed Red Gen. Liu Po-Chang as springboards for a drive on Ku kong, 125 miles north of Canton, on the Canton-Hankow railway. Its capture by the Reds would cut off the Nationalist central China defense bastion of Hengyang, 265 miles north of Canton in Hunan province. Red forces further north of Hengyang have returned to the of. fensive after being shoved back by the Nationalists and have marie new gains, the defense ministry admitted. Many Attractions Please Visitors At County Fair (Continued from page 1) specialist of Oregon State college, and Mrs. May P. Mathews, lunch room coordinator of the Rose burg school system. Friday they continued Judging of cooking and sewing exhibits and directed the cookery contests. Mrs. Mathews said she thought It Interesting that hoys enter cooking exhibits as well as girls. "As a whole," she said, "the ex hibits are of very fine quality with each exhibitor trying to beat the other. They come at this tning witn competition in mina. Sewing Exhibits Attract Miss Minden said there are some "very nice" exhibits entered in sewing. She was Impressed witn an exhibit or Knitting wnn 32 entries, all representing fourth grade girls at one school. Also outstanding Is a beginners' home making project, she said. In this project, girls take com. plcte charge of their own rooms for a month in order to plan minor improvements. The girls mane small pillows, paint pic tures for their walls, and sew chair seat covers. Cooking contests Friday Includ ed bread baking, dollar dinner, and cake baking. Judging of the results was put off until today. While bread was still baking in the oven, girls began to prepare their "dollar dinners." In the eve ning, girls were still mixing cake batter when the pavilion closed at 10 o'clock. One of the Judges remained to turn off the oven when the cakes wew done, and to set them out for Judging In the morning. (Sea story on Page t, pictures on Page 7 and 1.) Appeals Court Assails Armys Treatment Of Japs SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 27. (JP) Assailing the army's wartime western aetense command: tor a "nazillke doctrine." the Ninth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed restoration of citizenship to three Japanese-Americans. The opinion yesterday sharply condemned the 'wartime exclusion from the West Coast of persons of Japanese blood. It said Lt. (Jen. John L. De Witt, wartime chief of the Western Defense command, held to a "na.l-llke doctrine of in herited racial enmity. The three who regained thelrlmo,npr ln England. citizenship were Mrs. Mlye Mae Murakami, now nf Torrance; Mrs. Tsutake Sum!, West Los Angeles'. and Mrs. Mutsu Shlmlzu, now of Roscoe. Baby Born To Woman Who Canceled Globe Trip VENTURA, Calif., Aug. 27.- (JP) Several months ago Dlanne Cyrus Bixby had to give up her plan to nv solo around the world. The reason is now apparent. Petite Mrs. Bixby, 2ti, gave birth to a five pound, 1 ounce girl at Ventura county hospital yesterday. It was the first child (or her and husband Bob Bixby, 32, cargo line pilot. Her manager, Ed Ettlnger, says Mrs. Bixby still has a hank, ering to try the (light maybe In about three months or so. Attention -Commercial Pilots Commercial Pilots Get Your INSTRUMENT RATING FREE! Under the G. I. Bill ALSO if Flight Instructor if Multi Engina if Seaplane) GREEN FLYING SERVICE Ctssna Dealers Roseburg Airport Phone 1223-J Try Our U-Fly Service m k i iU i it jpi i : Li r t , , REPRESENTING ROSEBURG at th annual Oregon Open AAU Swimming Championship meet at The Dalles this weekend will be this group of local youngsters, headed by Coach Bill Event, far right. The group, the first swimming team ever to represent Roseburg in state-wide com petition, it sponsored on the trip by the Roseburg Junior Chamber of Commerce. The teem includes, left to right, Norine Kruysman, Gordon Rost, Don Jacklin, Dale Roberton, Bob Ram skill, Jim Johnson, Devon Amon, Geneice Anderson, end Event. (Picture by Paul Jenkins.) o 3 BUCK WEAVER, current holder of the Pacific coast light heavy weight wrestling championship, facet th acid test of hit ability at th armory tonight when he takes on Georges Dutett, the muscle marvel. Skeletons From Plane Wreckage Identified LONGVIEW, Wash., Aug. 26 UP) Two skeletons taken from a long-crashed airplane near here yesterday have been Identified as those ol a Detroit manuiacturer and a west coast assistant, Cor oner Gordon M. Quarnstrom said today. The coroner said that word from a Glendale, Calif., associ ate of the two men disclosed the nlane owner definitely was FranK L. McKenna of Detroit and Los Angeles. He was the owner of the Knu-Vise company, manufactur er of toggle clamps. A British sublect. he is survived by his The other man In the plane was Elmer West Jeffries of Bakers field, Calif., who was traveling north with McKenna to attend a football game In Seattle late In 1941 when their plane disappear ed. Indecency Charge Made Against Arrested Man Robert Kelse Johnston, Frank lin, Pa., was arresied in Roseburg yesterday on a warrant issued by Eugene police authorities on a charge of outraging the public decency, Stale Police Sgt. Lyle Harrcll reported today. llarrell said the arrest was made for local state police by a member of the city police depart- Creek Being Dammed In Hunt For Missing Boy MC GREGOR, Minn., Aug. 26 (JP) A bulldozer roared into ac tion today, damming a creek in the search for three-year-old Lar ry Coleman. Minnesota National Guard ofii cers said the barrier was being thrown up "as a last resort" in the hunt for the tot, missing since he started to pick up pine cones on his grandparents' farm, 30 miles north of here last Saturday. Lt. Col. William Johnson, com mander of the remaining 100 troopers, said the dam would clear of water an area of one and one-half square miles. "If we don't find any trace of Larry in this operation, it seems futile to continue the search," said Johnson. The quest has been carried out over a wide area around the farm of Clay Coleman, whom Larry was visiting with his parents when he disappeared. Air Force Expansion Seen In Budget Approval WASHINGTON. Aug. 27. UP) Authority for a big expansion of the air force won senate approv al by unanimous consent today after brief discussion. It passed the 70-group air force bill previously approved by the house after striking out a sec tion that spelled out the 70 com bat groups and other units. Retained ln the bill, however, was the house-approved authority for 524,000 serviceable aircraft or 224.000 airframe tons aggregate." This would aulhorie th air force to buy if congress provides funds later all the airplanes re garded as necessary for an ex pansion to 70 groups. Loretta Young Loses Her Expected Baby LOS ANGELES. Aug. 26 I.V) Loretta Young has lost the baby she and her husband, radio ad vertising executive Thomas A. Lewis, were expecting in Febru ary. The actress underwent minor surgery yesterday after the mis fortune. Doctors at Queen of Angels hospital said she will be confined for several days. The Lewises have three chil dren. Miss Young has been In the hospital since fainting on a movie set two weeks ago. Clark Gable, her co-star in the picture, carried her to her dressing room. NEW JUDGE NAMED OLYMPIA. Aug. 27 (.) Gov ernor Langlie Fridav named Frederick G. Hamley, Seattle, to the State Supreme court succeed ing retiring Justice Clvde G. Jef fers. He will take office Sept. 6. Hamlev, 45, is a former direc tor of the old State Public Service department. He is now general solicitor of the National Associa tion of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners, Washington, D. C. WORKMAN KILLED SALEM. Aug. 27. i.l A bull dozer caught on a tree root, over turned and rolled down a 75-foot bank into a power shovel yester day at the Detroit dam site, kill ing Carlton Adolph Ginhold, 40, Salem. He had been operating the bulldozer. 40 ET S OFFICER PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 2T.-A.V) Mrs. Herman Edwards. Port land. Ore., will become the vice president of the 8 and 40 for 12 western states, Alaska and Ha waii here today. Mrs. Edwards, wife of a Portland newspaperman, was unopposed In nominations last night. The election is scheduled today. FAINT KILLS BABY WATERLOO, Ind.. Aug. 27. ( V) A month-old baby, Thomas Ed ward Thomson, Is dead because his mother fainted. Mrs. Roger Thomson fainted while holding the baby yesterday and fell on the child, 'suffocating him, said Coroner C. B. Hathaway. VIEW WINDOWS Enjoy the thrill of o fine plate glass view window in your home. Secure an estimate from the Coen Supply Company Everything HkaMCaHL-BsHI Graveside Services Set. For Infant Of Stiners Graveside services for the In fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Stiner, Winston, were held this afternoon at 2 p. m. in the Catho lic cemetery wilh Father Edmond Hyland officiating. He was born Aug. 3, 1949, in Mercy hospital. Surviving, be sides his parents, are the grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Bis sonette, Winston, and Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Stiner, Roseburg; and the great grandparents, Mr. and Mr.. A. Parr, Mauston, Wis., and Mr. and Mrs. G. Bissonette, Win ston. Arrangements were ln charge of the Roseburg Funeral home. . Four Buildings Razed By Fire At Winston Fire, breaking out about 12:30 today, destroyed two apartments, and two adjoining buildings for merly used as chicken houses at the A. F. Suksdorf place at Win ston. The rur..l fire department truck arrived from Roseburg in time to keep the flames from spread ing to the home, and the fire v.ui believed under control at latest report. Bill Tabor was a tnant in one of the apartments, but the name of the other tenant was ot learned. The loss was believed to be considerable, but furnishings were saved, it was reported. , NO SPINACH WASHINGTON, Aug. 27-t.P) The armed forces are in the mar ket for 16.923.000 pounds ot can ned pineapple. Also 14,798.000 pounds of toma to catsup, 120,000 pounds of tuna fish, and varying amounts of oth er canned goods. But, no spinach. The quartermaster corps said the three armed forces have all of that they need. Langlie Scores CVA, Union Head Advocates It SPOKANE, Aug. 29- Gov. Arthur B. Langlie branded a pro posed Columbia Valley adminis tration as "Fascism" and the Washington State Federation of Labor announced a drive to cre ate a CVA. Langlie and President Ed Wes ton of the state AFL both spoke at a public power conference. Weston said his group will start a fund raising campaign imme diately for the CVA cause. The executive board authorized him to write a check for $1500 to start the campaign, he said. He said his group will work with any group "sincerely Inter ested" in developing "our price less resources." Langlie was just as emphatic in opposing CVA as Weston was in supporting it. "The Socialists of the state of Washington have rejected the CVA bills," Langlie said. "They said CVA was not socialism. The Socialists want to assure to the people the right of self govern ment. CVA would take this right away from the people." Langlie said the CVA bill would place "vast power in the hands of three men." "This isn't Socialism," he de clared. "It's Fascism." The governor contended that the Columbia River basin could be developed better and more quickly by existing agencies than by a CVA. For a springime dessert serve Rhubarb Betty with lemon hard sauce. To make the hard sauce, cream butter or margarine with confectioners' sugar and a dash of salt; beat in a tablespoon of cream and a little lemon flavor ing. If desired the grated rind of a fresh lemon may be added in stead of the flavoring. It is not unusual for a sail fish to leap across 40 feet of water. for the Builder Phene 121 Polio Epidemic Threatens To Be Nation's Worst NEW YORK. Aug. 27 UP) The polio epidemic may not have reached even the half-way point yet, and 1949 Is certain to be the worst polio year in U. S. history, says the national foundation for infantile paralysis. The score on the basis of the foundation's latest reports: 17,306 cases so far in 1949. 3.422 new cases reported in the nation last week the highest number ever recorded for one week. The total of reported cases through last week compared with 9.743 lor the same period of 1948, the second worst polio year up to that time. ln 1916, which had ranked as the worst epidemic year, there was a total of about 30,000 re ported cases. The figures and prediction were issued by Dr. Hart E. Van Riper, the foundation's medical director, who said: "Study of previous patterns of polio incidence shows that the peak may come anywhere be tween mid-August and mid-September. But the mid point of the epidemic never has occurred be fore the second week in Septem ber. "If the peak is reached early, the reduction in cases is slower than if it comes later. When the peak is reached late, the num ber of new cases reported drops rapidly." No Temporary Drops Dr. Van Riper said this year's record of cases show a sharp rise week by week since early spring, without even temporary drops. This year has been marked by an increased polio total to date, as compared with 1948, in 38 states. Calling the national epidemic "both intensive and extensive," Dr. Van Riper said the National foundation "has answered more calls for assistance in more states even than during last year." He said "Medical care facili ties, on the whole, are far better today than at any time ln his tory." Statisticians of the Metropoli tan Life insurance company an nounced that a new study shows the children's polio death rate is dropping slowly. The report, based on deaths among insured children under 15 years old each year since 1911, said the biggest drop in deaths has been among children under 10, and especially among girls. The statisticians said last year's death rate of 2.4 per 100,- 000 children was only one- fifteenth that of 1916. Insurance Refund Aid Offered By Post To Veterans The home of Umpqua Post, American Legion, at 118 So. Kane street, will be open from 7 to 10 p. m. Aug. 29 to Sept. 3 to assist veterans in applying for Nation al Service Life insurance divi dends. Commander William E. Mills announced thai the place will be open additional hours from 2 to 10 p. m. on Saturday, Sept. 3. The post, said Mills, will have the necessary application forms which veterans will have to tak-; to the Veterans administration to get their NSLI dividends, Ev ery veteran who held this NSLI policy 90 days or more will have a refund coming. Applications should be filed as quickly as pos sible because it will take weeks and perhaps months for a vet eran to get his refund check, he said. SALMON BONANZA ON ASTORIA. Aug. 27. (JP) Sports fishermen swarmed into the lower Columbia river area to day for the annual salmon bon anza. It's the start of derby season, in which the angler who pulls in the biggest fish wins cash, merchan dise, trophies, fishing tackle and other articles. s" ASK THE MAN WHO KNOWS Ann'- Lflfh 24 HOUR WATCH REPAIR SERVICE ON ALL MINOR REPAIRS Donl MflKt row wotdil Don't bans II orow4 . . . Don't wiof ft itn woihini . . . Don't ooon ... WM r.oulorr . . . tDolr Si brokM enntol et onct . . . Horo cUonoe l,4 niinortrl Irin, raur oto h (or dnxkao without ooo tion today! H Complete Overhaul ! 1 ! 1 WEEK SERVICE IK N. lE The Weather U. S. Weather Bureau Office Roseburg, Oregon Fair and continued warm to day and Sunday. Highest temp, for any Aug- 10 Lowest tern p. for any Aug..-. 3 Highest temp, yeeterday M Lowest temp, last 24 hre . S4 Precipitation last 24 hrs. .. 0 Precipitation since Aug. 1... .03 Precipitation eince Sept. 1-.27.87 Deficiency elnce Aug. 1 -21 Max Schwartz, 84, Dies Early Today Ma:. Schwartz, 84, former tailor of Roseburg, died early this morning after a short Illness. He was born Aug. 25, 1865, in .insk, Russia. He came to Rose bur ln 1936. after having lived in other parts of ths United States lor many years. he was the owner and oper ator of a tailoring shop at Suther. lln, where he moved from his lo. cation or W. Cass street in June of this year. He was a member of the Christian Science church. Surviving are two sons, Emit Z. Schwartz and Charles F. Schwartz, both of 'xs Angeles: two daughters, Miss Margaret Schwaitz, Los Angeles, and Mist della Love, Corpus Christl, Tex- and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be .leld ln The Chapel of The Roses, Rose burg Funeral home, Monday, Aug. 29, at 2 p. .m. Interment will fol low ln the Masonic cemetery. Prospects Are Brighter To Settle Hawaii Strike HONOLULU, Aug. 27. (JP) Prospects perked up today for a resumption of peace talks ln Ha waii's paralyzing dock strike, now in its 119th day. Federal Mediator George Hillen brand announced he would ask the striking CIO International Long shoremen's and Warehousemen union to resume negotiations with the seven struck stevedoring firms. - Harry Bridges, union president, arrived back in Hawaii by plane last night from San Francisco. That apparently is the signal for a resumption of activity around the peace table. The 2,000 longshoremen ln the islands first demanded a 32-cent increase, but later indicated they would settle for 26 cents or less. They now draw $1.40 an hour. Em- ployers have made no recent of fer. Man Held In Seattle Questioned For Slaying SEATTLE, Aug. 27. UP) Rich ard Tamborski, 28, waited In the King county jail today for Chi cago authorities who will return him there. Wanted for question ing in a June 25 Chicago holdup slaying, he surrendered to the FBI a week ago ln Anchorage, Alaska. Tamborski was brought here from Anchorage yesterday. He has denied any connection with the South Chicago Savings bank robbery In which two armored express guards, Joseph Den and Bruno Koziel, were machine gunned to death. Ambitious Fisherman Rescued From Sea Trip SEASIDE, Aug. ZI.-UP) An ambitious fisherman he put to sea in a canoe was rescued yes terday a half-mile out in the ocean. Howard Trunncll, 44, Portland, told his rescuers he had been going out like that for. a week without trouble. He got too close to shore yesterday, and waves capsized his craft, which had an outboard motor. Crew members of an amphibi ous craft pulled him to safety. His fishing gear and canoe, too. He lost only his shoes. SOUTH END FUEL CO. Phone 1195-R 207 Rice St . . . YOUR WATCHMAKER) S 1 i I i f t il , JEWEL K.Y Phene 448