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2 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Or. Mon.f Oct. 10, 1949 Explorer Clark Denied Release CANTON, Oct. 10 .f) Ameri can Explorer Leonard Clark has lost Sn appeal for release on ball. He la charged wllh manslaughter in the shooting of two companions at a drinking party which began aa a wedding anniversary cele bration. Clark wa brought dramatic ally into Canton district court aft er the public prosecutor1 had sub jected attractive Maya Freeman to more than three hours of ques tioning. She is the widow of Willard Freeman. 41, Bridgewator, Mass., who was wounded fatally at the party at his home Sept. 8. Har6d Harris. 45. a British sub ject - and business' associate of Freeman, was shot dead. The prosecutor tried for a long time to wring an admission from her that she had been Intimate with the San Francisco, explorer. She consistently declared she had not. In her presence, the prosecutor asked Clark if he had been her lover. "No," replied the 42-year-old American who claimed recently he had discovered the world's highest mountain In the Amne Machln range of Western China. He added: "She was like a lister to me. We were friends and had many things In common but we were not in love with each other." Clark denied that he shot either Freeman or Harris. Eight Killed, 54 Hurt By Rampaging Weather (Continued from Page One) ern, southern and central U. S. He said: "Unseasonably warm termpera tures continue. In the western states, the ther mometer readers were cool, as See NORGE Before You Buy life SS per Month ; ' Rlbulld Repair Repaint Add years of service to .your Washing Maohlna, " Material and Workmanship Guaranteed. Easy paymants as low as SS per month. Phone 805 BERGH'S y-t Appliance Service ' 1200 S. Stephens .-' Set NORGE Before You Buy SAVE OVER '49.00 with a FRED MEYER COUPON BOOK 100 t win & , ji Cii- JrvVJ . FREE xs-'yi t-ew.T . 25c Save 5.00 Reg. .28,95 Electric Blanket with coupon. 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Robertson, president of the union said "an agreement may be reached then to avert a nationwide strike." Union officials say that before a strike Is called there would be a new poll of the union's 110,000 membership. The union once be fore authorized a strike, neces sitating review of their demands by a presidential fact-finding committee. The committee de clared the third diesel crew mem ber wasn't needed. This finding has been rejected by the union. Auto Future Uncertain In the auto capital at Detroit most firms are operating on a normal basis but uncertainty pie vails regarding future operations. Packard Motor Car company resumed operations with a two thirds working force today alter a two-day shutdown to look over its steel inventory. So did Briggs Manufacturing company which makes Packard's bodies. Most of the unemployment re sulting from the twin coal and steel strikes to date has been on the railroads where approx imately 50,000 men have been Idled or are working on reduced schedules. Ordinary business In the steel and coal centers has been lilt heavllv. At Gary, Ind., 30,000 of the city's. 36,100 payrollers are idle and general business Is es timated to be 15 to 25 percent off. In Pittsburgh retail merchants are appealing to strikers to hold off on credit purchases. "Steel" magazine said full ef fects of the steel strike won't be felt for two or three weeks.' It predicted at the start of the strike that consumer Inventories were large enough for 30 days. were the readings. In a suburb of Lincoln, Nebr., a Sunday punch tornado dipped to earth and leveled a house. Mrs. Stella Morris, 78, was kill ed. Two others In the house were treated for injuries. The whirling funnel of wind had scythed a path 12 miles long across the Nebraska countryside before it made its deadly strike. The damaging winds hop-skip-and-Jumpcd over Oklahoma. One woman was injured at Slapnut, Okla., a small farm community 50 miles northwest of Woodward. In Russell, Kans., a small tor nado Ignored the outskirts It lashed down Main street. One woman was critically Injured, hut on the edge of town 500 farmer! danced on at a V.F.W. hall as the winds by-passed them. Items Wlldroot Cream Oil 10c Pepsodent Tooth Paste 5c Adams Chiclets Pack of four Pal Blades 23.95 with o 01 coupon A7hJ 89c All Wool v4 iv,N3 ALL OF A SUDDEN IT COLLAPSED The wonderful one-hoss shay had nothing on this 50-year-old bridge near Stockton, Calif., except an extra fifty years. The 70-foot steel bridge Just collapsed, for no apparent reason, and with no one on it at the time. Evidently it had Just used up its allotted span. When the photographer found it, it was being used as a romping ground by a small boy and his dog. Choral Society Joining Will Close Tonight Tonight will be the last night for prospective Kosehurg Choral society members to Join the sing ing group, according to Charles A. Ricketts, director. Persons who like to sing are asked to be at the Junior high school music room tonight for the regular practice, beginning at 7:30. Although former singing Bnd choral experience is desired, these are not required for mem bership In the organization. CHANGES AT CANYONVILLE Two last minute changes In the social calendar for Canyon vllle were reported today by Mrs. H. M. Anderson, News-Review correspondent. The Lions club dinner, origin ally slated for Wednesday, will be held tonight at 8 at Ford's Cafe, Canvonvllle Lions will hon or forrest Losee, Rosehurg, dis trict governor, and his staff. The Canyonvllle Women's club tea will be held Fridav at 8 p. m.. at the IOOF hall. The event was originally scheduled for to night. 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Fly to Eugene Mr. and Mrs. Jim Johnson of Roseburg flew to Eugene over the weekend where they visited Mr. Johnson's parents. Meeting Postponed The October meeting of Riversdale Happy Hour club, scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed until further notice, club mem bers announced today. Reservations Close Reserva tions for the annual fall guest-day bridge luncheon at the Rosehurg Country club will he closed Tues day evening according to Mrs. E. A. Pearson, president of the ladies of the club. wen FAMOUS HOME ECONOMIST AND APPLIANCE DIRECTOR invites OF the THOR AUTOMAGIC GLADIRON you at Carstens Furniture 1 17 W. Cass St., Rojeburj TOMORROW-TUESDAY, OCT. raj 117 W. I lis! Spends Weekend Hero Gordon Gerretsen spent the weekend in Rosehurg visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will H. Gerretsen. He is attending business school in Portland and drove his mother and grandmother, Mrs. Mary Hollow-ay, back to Rosehurg. They had been visiting In Portland and Sandy the past week. Prowler Discovered In Buckingham Palace LONDON. Oct. 10 (JP) A prowler was discovered 'n a Rucklngham Palace bedroom a few hours before King George VI returned there today from a va cation in Scotland. Newspapers gave this account of the incident: a maid, aroused early Sunday by noise, got out of ned and tripped over a man. Po- lice and Palace guards searched the Palace and Tta grounds for an hour and a half. They finally found the man hiding under bed clothes in a spare room. Scotland Yard officials said the 26-year-old prowler has been placed under medical observa tion. "We have a request to drop thr whole matter," the officials said n . Qiuaieu 7 a - :a NKPRNV Cost St. 0en2 See the famow I5J Thor GladironS-ili No "Second Clan" Navy, Johnson , Says (Continued from Page One) unions abroad and democratic movements since then. No-Strike Pledge Meantime, better labor peace in the construction industry was assured with settlement of a long-standing Jurisdictional dis pute between two key American Federation of Labor unions. An agreement climaxing sev eral years of negotiations has been reached during sessions of the annual AFL convention here, it was learned. The agreement contains a no strike pledge between the AFL carpenters and the AFL laborers union on handling of concrete forms. This argument may be unknown to a great many people but has tied up millions of dollars of im portant construction work for months at a time, with strikes occurring frequently over the years. Election of officers late today was to climax the session of considering resolutions. William Green. AFL president, and other officers of the big labor organization were expected to be re-elected without opposi tion. 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