The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994, September 06, 1949, Page 2, Image 2

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2 TM Newt-Review; Rowburg, Ore. Tuei., Sept. 6, 1949
More Than 500
Deaths Reported
Over Holidays
Br th AasocUUd PraM)
The nation today grimly
counted a record breaking acci
dental death toll lor the three-day
Labor day holiday.
The full count of fatuities was
not yet tabulated but the more
than 500 persons who lost their
lives In accidents over the ex
tended holiday was the largest
for any Labor day weekend In
history.
The highways took the heaviest
toll. Of the 505 persons killed In
violent accidents, 379 lost their
lives In automobile mishaps. The
traffic total was nearly 100 above
the estimated 280 probable dealh
toll made by the National Sale
ty council. Forty-five persons
drowned and 81 died in accidents
of miscellaneous causes.
The fatalities In an Associated
Press survey covered the period
from 6 p. m. (local time) Friday
to midnight Monday.
This year's Labor day total com
pared with the previous high of
428 over the 1937 Labor day holi
day. The record-breaking toll for
a Labor day holiday weekend fol
lowed the all-time high In acci
dental deaths over the 1949
Fourth of July when 711 persons
died violently. The all-time mark
Is the 761 fatalities over the four
day Christmas period In 1936.
The long Labor day holiday
brought violent death to seven
persons In Oregon.
Six died In traffic mishaps and
one drowned while rescuing his
daughter In Lake Oswego.
From 6 p. m. Friday tomld-
The United Stores
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Maniacal Vttcran Slays
12 On Camden Streets
(Continued From Page One)
nattily dressed In a light suit and
white shirt with bow Ha
Without warning he whipped
out his gun and began firing. Be
fore he was finished, he had
raced In and out of half a dozen
business establishments, cutting
down men, women and children
right and left.
Then he barricaded himself In
the second iloor room where he
lived.
For a time he shot It out with
50 policemen while men and
women milled In the streets.
"They gave us a hell of a time,"
Thompson said: "They wouldn't
get out of the way.
"Men would stop for a traffic
light," Thompson added. "Then
they got out.'1
Oun Battle Falls
Falling to win the gun battle,
police cut loose with a tear gas
barrage.
Coughing and choking, Dnruh
emerged from his room. He was
unhurt.
Police threw up a shouldor-to-shoulder
cordon to convoy Unruh
from the building.
A howling mob of men and
women In the streets lunged (or
the police screaming:
"Lynch him!"
"Hang him now!"
But they didn't crash the line
of police.
Thompson said Unruh served
with the army In an artillery
unit In Austria during World War
two. He then took a pharmacy
course at Temple university,
Philadelphia, under the GI bill of
rights.
Thompson said the shootings
began at 8:20 a. m., eastern stand
ard time.
night Monday, these were the vic
tims: Robert Gawllsta, Oregon City,
traffic, near Oregon City.
Mrs. Lydla Jorgensen, Bucoda,
Wash., traffic, near Oregon City.
Minnie Winters, Elma, Wash ,
traffic, near Mill City.
David Srhaefer, 4, Portland,
traffic, in Portland.
Ranson Meinke, Portland,
drowning at Lake Oswego.
Perry Butler, 6, Roseburg, traf-
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narry neii, t'oriiana, iramc,
east of Portland.
SLABWOOD
In 12-16 and 24 In. lengths
OLD GROWTH FIR
DOUBLE LOADS
WESTERN BATTERY
SEPARATOR
Phon. 6SI
Foresters Return
To College Work
Forestry students from all over
the nalion will soon be leaving
their summer Jobs on the Ump
oua forest to return to their stud
ies. Supervisor M. M. Nelson re
ports that students from nine dif
ferent colleges are employed.
Forestry student employment
has been about equally divided
between eastern and western
schools 14 from the East, 17
from the West. Eastern colleges
represented were West Virginia,
Syracuse, Michigan State, Penn
sylvania State, Minnesota, Loui
siana Polytechnlcal, Oklahoma A
A M. and New York State College
of Forestry. Most of the western
students employed are attending
Oregon Stale college, but Idaho
and Washington state are also
represented.
The regular year-long employ
ed force of the Umpqua Includes
15 graduate foresters. This grouo
of rangers, slaffmen and timber
sale officers includes men from
six different colleges of forestry.
Of this group seven hall from Or
egon Stale, four from the Univer
sity of Washington and one ea:h
Irom Pennsylvania State, Yale,
Idaho and Washington Slate Col
lege. The policy of the Forest Serv
ice Is to employ at least 25 per
cent of the summer nroleciive
lorce from forest schools. A part
of this group must come from
eastern schools. This policy gives
students of forestry Held exper
ience which is very desirable in
(heir studies. It further gives the
Forest Service -in opportunity to
pick outstanding men for employ
ment after graduation. Before
permanent employment in the
Forest service it is necessary to
pass a rigid civil service examination.
Crowded Agenda On Tap
for Council Meeting
Cily counciimen will L.PJII u.' Ih
a crowded agenda tonight when
they gather in the council cham
bers in the city hall at 7:30, ac
cording to William Bollman, city
recoruer.
Included on the agenda are
hearings on proposed street 'im
provements of Ford streot on, I
Terrace avenue, a police commit
tee report on a proposal to raise
city bus fares, a report on the pro
nosed public rest rooms, and a re
nort regarding federal housing In
this area.
WATER 8TARTS FIRE
AUBURN. N. Y. (.Ti A hie of
water set fire to .Turk Ryan's
hone In nearhv Aurellns.
Firemen extinguished the blare
after It caused minor damage to
the rear of the house.
A u roll us Fire Chief Ralph Web
ster said the blaze was started by
rays from the sun, magnified by a
Jug of water on Ryan's back
porch.
Myrtle Creek Rodeo
Proves Holiday Hit
(Continued From Page One)
have enough life" to suit her.
Another rider in the parade
was, six-year-old Wesley McCar
ley, who stands four feet tall,
who rode his own horse. He also
competed In the saddle races.
Following the parade and be
fore the start of the rodeo yes
terday, about 20 4-H boys and
Jirls took part in a 4-H livestock
udging contest, receiving an
awaru of ribbons.
Among saddle clubs taking
part were the Umpqua Riders
and Trail Dust Saddle club of
Roseburg, and the Myrtle Creek
Saddle Pals, each group uniform
ed in its distinctive colored
shirts.
Covered Wagon
The F. L. tiirls of the Rebekah
lodge rode In the parade in a
small covered wagon, drawn by
ponies. The Rebekah lodge float
featured the colors of rose and
green, with a mass of green
boughs on which sat a girl with
a large sun bonnet.
The Myrtle Creek grange float
had a display of fruits and vege
tables and industrial products of
the Myrtle Creek area. It was
drawn by a farm tractor.
A smart marching unit was
that of the Co. B, 18blh Infantry,
a National Guard outfit stationed
at Tri City and composed of men
of Myrtle Creek, Riddle, and
Canyonvllle. The troops led the
parade, tgoether with the rodeo
queen and her court.
The Myrtle Creek fire depart
ment and the Tri City volunteers
each had fire trucks in the pro
cession. Several merchants also had
entries In the parade.
Prize horses shown at the
rodeo Included Topper, owned by
Henry Cook of Sutherlin, and a
quarter horse ridden by Mrs.
Lloyd Sconce of Umpqua.
Championships at the rodeo
included
Bareback riding: Roy Dickson,
Sunday; Mel Mile-hell, Monday.
Calf roping: Ross Every, Sun
day; Vernon Fowler, Monday.
Wild cow milking: Ross Every,
Sunday and Monday.
Saddle bronc riding: Lee Hat
cher, Sunday; Tee Hibbert, Mon
day. Bull riding: Benny Peek, Sun
day; Slan Cochran, Monday.
Free saddle: Denaln Beamer.
Girls' pony race: Donna Han
na; boys' pony race: Keith
Thorp; ladies' barrel race: Pat
Ronk; stake race (Monday only):
cowboys; relay race: Myrtle
Creek -Saddle Pals.
First' Fall Meeting Pythian
Sisters, will : hold the first fall
meeting at 8 o'clock Thursday
night, Sept. 8, at the K. of P.
hall, ,
League To Meet Walther
LeRgue' of St. Paul's and St.
John's .Lutheran churches will
meet Wednesday ninht, Sept. 7,
at 8 o'clock at St. Paul's Lutheran
parish house. All young people of
both churchet are Invited.
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U. S. Weather Bureau Office.
Roseburg, Oregon
Fair and continued warm today
and Sunday.
Cloudy to partly cloudy today,
tonight and Wednesday. Little
change in temperature.
Highest temp, for any Sept... 104
Lowest temp, for any Sept..... 29
Highest temp, yesterday 67
Lowest temp, last 24 hrs . 5S
Precipitation since Sept. 1 T
Deficiency since Sept. 1 .16
Small Boy Killed When
Car Leaves Highway
(Continued From Page One)
Winnie Lee and Katherine, Loth
of Winston; grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Butler, Rose
burg; Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Wells,
Jerome, Ariz.
Kuneral services will be held
in The Chapel of the Roses, Rose
burg Funeral home, Wednesday
at 2 p m., with Elder George O.
UpdeRraff officiating. Interment
will follow in the Civil Bend cem
etery. In the other accident, Sgt. Har
rell reported, Judith Marie Web
er, 10, ran a long splinter into
her groin while sifting down a
bannister In her home at Suther
lin, Saturday afternoon. She was
brought to Mercy hospital, where
she died Sunday morning.
She was born Nov. 22, 1939,
at Oakland. Surviving are her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rowe Web
ber, and a sister, Myra Rose.
The funeral was at 2 p. m. to
day in the Sulherlin Methodist
church. The Rev. C. E. Brittain
oflicialed. Interment took place
in Masonic cemetery, Roseburg.
Arrangements were by Stearns
mortuary, Oakland.
Veterans Should Check
G. I. Insurance Policies
Veterans should check their GI
insurance from time to time to
make certain their policies do
what they intend Ihem to do, the
Veterans administration advises.
Changing circumstances in a
veteran's life may dictate certain
changes in his insurance pro
gram, ine va said, pointing out
three main items to be watched.
First, a veteran should check
the amount of insurance he Is
carrying. He mav not need to
carry the full $10,000 the law al
lows. On the other hand, if he is
carrying less than the full
amount and can afford more, he
may want to increase his Insur
ance coverage.
Second, he should check the
type of Insurance he is carrying.
Besides term insurance, a veter
an may choose any one of six
permanent plans, or any combi
nation of them.
Third, he should decide who is
to get his insurance money and
how It is to be paid. A veteran
may designate anyone as a ben
eficiary, or name more than one
if he chooses. He may also
change beneficiaries at any time.
Insurance benefits mav he paid
under any one or a combination
of four difforent plans.
War Maneuvers
To Test Strength
Is Begun Today
NUERNBERG, Germany, Sept.
6. t) America's fighting
strength was unleased at dawn
today in the greatest postwar dis
play of military power against a
mythical foe from the East.
It was the first maneuver un
der the unified command of the
three services, with more than
110,000 U. S. soldiers, sailors and
airmen taking part.
The "aggressor army" launch
ed an attack at daybreak from
the oast with a striking force of
18,000 men bent on plowing
through the first division to the
Rhine river. The offensive forces
are made up of U. S. constabu
lary. The maneuvers, known as "Ex
ercise Harvest," were planned to
simulate actual wartime condi
tions, with plane strafing the
ground forces and artillery and
infantry following through.
Maj. Gen. I. D. White, U. S.
constabulary chief commanding
the "aggressor army," boasted he
would have dinner behind the
First division's lines.
The attackers in the mock bat
tle theoretically had regrouped
their forces and fought their way
out of Czechoslovakia since last
spring's maneuvers.
The "aggressors" have the air
strength lor the first phase of
the maneuvers. It will be switch
ed to the defensive forces later.
Bill Odom's Airplane
Crashes Into Dwelling
(Continued from page 1)
Eisenhower Says Nation
Needs Understanding
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 6. .P)
Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower says
the nalion needs better economic
understanding and working ar
rangements between laoor ana
management.
He told the American Bar asso
ciation yesterday:
A primary need Is more econ
omic understanding and working
arrangements that will bind labor
and management. In every pro
ductive way into a far tighter
voluntary cooperative unit than
we now have.
"The purpose of this unity will
be without subordination of one
group to the other the increased
productivity that alone can better
the position of labor, of manage
ment, of all America."
The bar association opened Its
convention yesterday.
Among proposals was one sub
mitted by Richard P. Tlnkham of
Hammond, Ind., to hire publicity
men.
Tlnkham suggested the bar as
sociation buy magazine and news
paper advertising and pay for
radio and television time. His
resolution said: "The lay public
has lost sight of the place of the
lawyer in our society and our
economy."
PACKING
noise and danger came from
Berea residents even before the
resumption of the race in 1946
after seven years' interruption
for war. Eventually the course
was revised to make a rough
circle around the community of
6,000 which lies south of the air
port and southwest of Cleveland.
The Labor day tragedy, killing
one of the nation's best known
fliers and two persons unconnect
ed with the sport, brought an
rmergency meeting OI tne Berea
Progressive Citizens league to
draft a nrntef tn ilaia Mimiu
and nearby city officials.
Lii-iana was trailed across the
finish HnP hv Rnn Pllr-lsAtf nl
Lansdowne. Pa., with an a
of 393.5 MPH, and Ben McKillen
or wiuougnDy. o., with 387.5
MPH. All three pilots flew
Corsairs. With Pnpine mnahla
of more than 4,000 horsepower.
Repeal Of Taft-Hartley
Act Sought By Tobin
BOSTON, Sept. 6. &
Secretary nf Ijihnr Mauri, t
Tobin says his department is go
ing 10 reaouDte tne ellorts we
have been makinor tn rona) tha
Taft-Hartlev act."
Tobin said the law must be re
pealed "because It is a repudiation
of the vital need of our economic
life."
Speaking at Labor Day exer
cises on historic Boston Common,
the former Massachusetts gover
nor said:
"It will go because the people
of the United States will realize
that it is a device to punish and
hamstring unions, not to Improve
the relations between unions and
management."
Tobin said there are Indications
that the threat of a depression Is
disappearing.
Giant Hurricane
Forms In Atlantic
MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 6. (JP A
g'lant tropical hurricane with
winds up to 120 miles an hour
churned the Atlantic some 400
miles south southeast of Bermuda
today with virtually no forward
movement.
Grady Norton, chief storm
forecaster here, said the gargan
tuan storm "apparently is just
wallowing around hundreds of
miles from anywhere."
"From information we now
have it appears that the storm
hasn't moved more than one de
gree of latitude In the past 24
hours, said Norton.
An air force radar plane took
off at dawn to track the big
twister.
Norton said the storm was ap
proximately 1.000 miles south
southeast of New York, about
800 miles slightly south of east
of Charleston, S. C, and between
850 and 900 miles east north-east
of Miami.
Hurricane precautions were ad
vised in the Bermuda area.
Planes were evacuated from bases
at Hamilton and all military per
sonnel recalled to bases In the
British-owned resort colony.
20 Billion Is Needed
For Highway Rebuilding
WASHINGTON. Sept. 6. iT
The United States needs at least
$20,000,000,000 worth of highway
construction.
That was reported yesterday by
Senator O'Mahoney (D-WYO),
who has Just finished a survey lo
determine the nation's current
road building and repair needs.
Of 40 states responding to in
quiries, he said, "the reports re
ceived from 34 indicate an ac
cumulation of highway deficien
cies which would require an ex
penditure of more than $20,000,
000,000 to correct."
O'Mahoney. chairman of the
Joint congressional committee on i
the economic report, said the
backlog "will afford an un
measured market for business
andustry." He added that the in-1
formation is being turned over to
the Bureau of Public Roads.
Plane Reported Swiped
From Bottom Of Lake
DALLAS, Sept. 6 Some
one apparently swiped a plane
from the bottom of a lake.
B. B. Silvey said he bought the
plane from air racer Jimmy De
Santo after i plunged Into Moun
tain Creek lake here Monday, kil
ling it.- pilot.
Silvey went to the lake to drag
out the wreckage yesterday. It
wasn't there. Several people told
him they had seen It pulled out
by a winch truck and hauled
away.
Newfoundland imports almost
all the consumer goods consumed
by her people.
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on the fourteenth page
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transformed a living room
with a new rug and a
decorating plan I
(thanks to Alexander Smith).'.
Let Clara Dudley help you,
too. Her services are
available through our
rug department, 2nd Floor,
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