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About The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1949)
Elkfon Funeral services lor Johnson Levins of Reeds port who died Tuesday, will be held at the Elk ton cemetery. Sunday at 2 p.m. There w ill be a joint workshop for the high school teachers of Lane and Douglas counties at Eu gene. No. 3 and 4. High school pupils will have vacalion at that time. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Luke of North Bend have been visiting at Lester Riley's this week. Sea Norge Before You Buy 'pi!) FOR RENT WASHING MACHINES FOR RENT Phone SOS BERGH'S 1 APPLIANCE SERVICE 1200 S. Stephen You're Money Ahead with Maytag Army Deserter Gives Himself Up After 41 Years FORT LEWIS, Wash., O c t. 22 .P Forty-one years of hiding from Uncle Sam's military po lice has ended here lor 65-year old Ray H. Wheaton. Wheaton turned himself In to the duty officer at this Army post with the explanation "I've been a deserter since 1908 and I can't stand it anymore." He told Maj. F. D. Lowe, post adjutant general, that he desert ed at Newport News, Va., in Oct ober, 1908, to avoid transfer to Cuba with his Signal corps com pany. He had been recovering from tropical fever contacted during previous Cuban service and did n't want to g6 back "so I took the only way out." "I wrapped my uniform around a rock, dropped it in a canal and started walking. I haven't stopped since. Luckily I didn't have a family to disgrace when I deserted, anyway." Now whitehaired and showing hrs years, Wheaton said he en listed at Sioux City. Iowa, in 1906. "The time I should have turned myself in was during the first world war," he told Maj. Lowe. "I kept moving too fast1o get drafted and then I got afraid." Majo Lowe said if Wheaton's records check with his story he will be granted an administat ive discharge. The statute of lim itations has expired, he said, and the onlv official action is to give him a dishonorable discharge and get him off the roles as a desert er. This probably will be com pleted at Fort Lewis. Substitute Clerk Pest Open At Riddle Office Federal Civil Service announ ces an examination for appoint ment to the position of substi tute clerk, post office service. Persons who desire permanent positions at Riddle will have an opportunity to take a civil ser vice examination leading to pio bational appointment with per manent classified civil service status. This examination will be held at Roseburg on Oct. 29, at 8:30 a. m. No specific experience or edu cation is required, but applicants must take a written examination, which includes a sorting test, general test, . and a following instructions test. Applicants must actually reside within the delivery of the post office for which examined, or he bona fide patrons of such office. Applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 50, except that these age limits may be waived for veterans and under certain conditions for war ser vice indefinite employees. Further information of this examination and the necessary application forms may be obtain ed from the Postmaster, Post Office, Riddle, or from the Di rector, Eleventh U. S. Civil Ser vice Region, Room 302 Federal Office Building, Seattle 4 Washington. why be a x dlal jockey? STAY TUNED TO KRNR-MBS FOR: THE CISCO KID Mutual's "Robinhood of the Old West" in another exciting -adventure 7:30 P. M., Mon., Wed., Fri. LET GEORGE DO IT Tonight's adventure entitled "The Rose Petal Stair Case" 8:00 Tonight YOU NAME IT Guess three mystery tunes . . . and win a free gift certificate 8:30 Tonight NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE FORUM Panel discussion on: "What Kind of a Demo crat Am I?" (Other side of the question to be aired tomorrow night at 11.) 11 -11:30 Tonight MAN ABOUT TOWN Shopping tips from local stores in a new fifteen minute capsule 9:30 A. M., Mon. thru Fri. GABRIEL HEATTER'S MAILBAG Toke a letter! A favorite radio personality returns to KRNR . . . and it's brand new! 9:45 A. M., Mon. thru Fri. KRNR 1490 on your Dial WerUt Omlat Hrfimtl Sthtvrk Elderly Sisters Found Slain With Brother BERKELEY. Calif., Oct. 24. (."Pi Two elderly sisters and their brother were found slain Satuday in the modest home in which they had lived together for more than 20 years. The skulls of the women had been split by blows from a heavy hammer. The man died with a revolver bullet through his brain. They were Mrs. Mamie Mc Kenzie, 73, Miss Irene O'Neil, 65, and Eugene J. O'Neil, 62. All had been dead several days. Police Inspector E. F. Parker said a preliminary investigation indicated O'Neil heat his sistes to death, then took his own life. But he said the possibility of a triple murder had not been ruled out entirely. Erring Minister's Date Of Sentencing Is Fixed KLAMATH FALLS, Oct. 22 (-P) November 4 has been tenta tively set as date for William Henry Nagel to surrender him self in circuit court here to start serving his long-deterred two year prison sentence. The district attorney's office said the tentative date was set by Circuit Judge Oval J. Mil lard of Grants Pass, who presid ed over Nagel's morals charge trial two yeas ago. Nagel, a Portland minister, was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor girl, but appealed to the state Supreme court and finally to the U. S. Supeme court, losing all the wav. The Portlander is free on $5,000 bond, half of it put up by Ken neth Eichenherger of Portland and half by the late Portland at torney, George Mowry, who rep resented Nagel in the trial and died several weeks ago. Talking About a Home? So many people do noth ing but talk about it! But If vol really want to c -n our home, consult me now. Personal attention. Economical terms. RALPH L RUSSELL Loans end Insurance Loan Represenatlve Equitable Savings Lean Astn. 112 W. Cass Phene (13 Dead Convict Attempted Earlier Salem Escape SALEM, Oct. 24.-4P) Edward McEwen, 32-year-old convict shot Saturday in the Phoenix jail break, tried to escape from a jail here once, too. He and three other convicts sawed the bars off the Marion county jail, only to fall into the arms of alerted police waiting for them. McEwen was arrested in Stay ton last August, after stealing a hearse here, wrecking it, and stealing another car. Jailed here, he was found to be wanted on an Arizona murder charge, and was returned there. BASIC CHILDHOOD NEED SPOKANE UY) Eight basic emotional needs of a child were discussed at a meeting of school teachers here by Dr. Louis Raths, of New York university. He listed the eight needs as: love and affection; achievement and recognition; protection against fear; economic security; the need for belonging and of liking and being liked by hrs fel lows; the need to make sense of the world around him; sharing in planning and making decisions, and self respect, and the lack of a sense of guilt. UNENDING STREAM WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. The State department has advis ed senators that the United Stales may have to bolster western Eu rope's miliary defenses" with substantial sums of money" for several years to come. Undersecretary of State Webb gave this view to the Senate For eign Relations committee. ROOF GOING BALD? Then stay one step ahead of the weather by replacing unattractive, weather-damaged shingles this week! Our skilled Roofing Experts will give you the competent advice you require . . . provide you with the necessary materials from our fine stocks of durable JOHNS-MAN-VILLE and CERTAINEER ROOFING! Stop by today! MONTHLY PAYMENTS AND INSTALLATIONS ARRANGED UPON REQUEST! sen Of E)LDE) un d Anything can and does happen on KRNR's new "Linger Awhile" program (1:30-2:00 p. m. MW-F). Last Friday's session is a fair example, as its "co-stars" Carol and Lyle will testify. Following a most interesting and amusing Interview with KRNR's newest announcer, Ray MacPherson, the show proceeded with its soap opera feature, entitled "The Road of Life Is Rough and Rocky," Vol. I, Chapter III. As a result of a few technical difficulties during the heavy dramatization, the show, ended in hysterical but embarrassed laughter. If you take a morbid delight in hearing radio fluffs then "Linger Awhile" is your show. . Tbe whimsical "Bob Poole" has replaced the Mutual-Don Lee favorite, "Against tbe Storm." (2:00-2:30 Mon. thru Fri.) Unforunately, "Storm" fans have concluded that tbe program's discontinuation was a local coneellatlon rather than a network move. We'll pass the buck this time and say "They Did It!" "The Rose Petal Staircase," which represents dreams of love and marriage to two spinsters, background the "Let George Do It" dramatization tonight at eight. "I Love a Mystery" absorbs a full half-hour's air-time tonight from 10:30 to 11 one time only due to last Friday night's football game airing. At 11 tonight, "What Kind of a Democrat Am I?" titles the subject under discussion on a special New York Herald Tribune Forum. (11:00 11:30 p. m.) Today is the birthday of the United Nations. On this day In 194S all the required ratifications of the Charter had been deposited. The United Nations came Into being and the Charter took effect as world law. As Secretary-General Trygve Lie put it: "The United Nations is the chief force that holds the world together against all the .inflicting -strains and stresses that are pulling it apart." KRNR Mutual Broadcasting System 1490 on Your Dial REMAINING HOURS TODAY 4 00 Fullnn Lwi. 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Interlude. 6:40 Local News. 6:4.W Southland Singing. 6 S3 Bill Henry. MHS. 70U Frank Purdy 7:15 Music You Remember. 7 :to Mu.lc of Manhattan. 7.45 Mil.lc. BOO Box Thirteen. 8:10 Jovln Jamboree. 9 110 Kfui - MIIK. 9 IS Ruth Si Judy. 9::in Cue.t Star. 9.45 Fulton twli. Jr. MRS. 10 no Mu.lc You Want. I0:io 1 Love a Myntrrv. MRS. 10.45 Dance Orch MHS. 11 oo-Ruum Morgan Orch. MBS. 11:30 Sign Off. laktvttw Woman's Poison Death Is Probed LAKEVIEW, Ore., Oct. 22-t.Pl An autopsy ws ordered Fri day in the death of Mrs. Ceellle Hutson. 48. She died of what sher iff Thomas Elliott said appeared to be self-adniinisteed poison. Elliott reported Mm. Hutson, wife of Carol Burdet Hutson, for merly of Portland, called at a hospital Thursday for a physician after finding his wife on a cot frothing at the mouth. Substance of a glass found nearby was to be examined, the sheriff said. The autopsy was ordered by Distict Attorney Robert Welch and the sheriff. They reported the woman had attempted suicide a month ago by slashing her w rists. Elliott said Hutson reported finding his wife when he retun ed from work last ninht at 8:15 p.m. He is a cook at the Lake view hotel cafe. The Hutsons moved here ten months ago. Cattle Rustlers Draw Canadian Prison Terms I.ETHBRIDGE, Alberta (CP) They still have cattle rustles In the West. Five, young men drew prison terms ranging from 12 months to four years after they pleaded guilty In district court here. They were Involved in 22 charges in volving theft of 49 head of cattle fom southern Alberta ranchers. John Sawchuk of Ithbridge got the heaviest sentence fou years In penitentiary. Police said the rustlers were modern workers they used a truck to transport the cattle from the ranges. Mon., Oct. 24, 1949-The News-Review, Roseburg, Ort. S Baby Sitter Quits Job For Appointment With Stork PORT ANGELES, Wash., Oct. 22 (.1) Robert Covault is look ing for a new babv sitter. At midnight Thursday night he asked his daughter, Mis. Ven lredale, to stay with his four-year-old daughter Joan, while he took his wife to Port Angeles gen eral hospital for an appointment with the stork. At 1:40 a.m., while he waited outside the hospital delivery room for his wife and newborn daughter, he was startled to see attendants wheeling Mrs. lredale Into the same room. A few hours later a little niece was born to greet her five-hour old Infant aunt. As yet neither the six-pound two-ounce aunt or her six pound eight-ounce niece have conferred on matters of names. As for the dads, they are seek ing a new baby sitter for the eld er aunt, four-yeatold Joan. TURN-AROUND INN :' --a . y - . Specializing In Chicken and Delicious Steak Dinners LOCATED ON TOP OP HILL ON UIWAY M N. Open weekeava S te IS p. Si. Bandar 4 te S B. m. (! trldar came to light today in the print- ed report of hearings held by the Senate Appropriations committee on the Foreign Arms program. GATHERING LAUNDRY? WASHINGTON. Oct. 22 t.fV Senators have clamped a secre cy lid on a State department memorandum discussing reports that seven representatives of the Chinese communist government arrived in the United States last August. The existence of the document Betty Davis' Divorce Action Stirs Hollywood HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 24.-t.B The film capital was surprised today over Actress Bette Davis' sudden divorce action against her third husband, Artist William Giant Sherry. Charging cruelty, the 41-year-old Academy award winner filci her suit late Friday at nearby Santa Ana, Calif. Superior Judge Robert Gardner granted her re quest for an order restaining Sherry from molesting her until the suit is settled. Miss Davis evidently kept her plans secret until the last mo ment. Her mother, Mrs. Ruth Favour Davis, said she heard of, the divorce suit on a radio broadcast. Friends of the couple expressed complete surprise. Miss Davis accused Sherry of threatening her with bodily harm, adding she was fearful of injury unless he is restrained. She asked for all comrnunlty pro perty and custody of two-year-old Barbara Davis Sherry, her only child. Sherry, onetime prize fighter, is six years younger than Miss Davis. Thev married Nov. .SO, 1915. in Riverside, Calif. Her complaint said they separated yesterday. Myrtle Grove Motet for the finest collection of Myrtlewood Novelties and Gifts. See the trees on the river! 14 ml. south on Hiway 99. 1 (ggtegz? j FORD ENGINE Wm parts rspljcei wit new, Gm Dioi Font Parti when lectsury. 119 Initallation Extra wd your oid mgin0 L0CKW00D MOTORS Rose and Oak Phone 80 Coming Wednesday V The LAUGH BATTLE of the Century,' 7Sj 9$ l CO-FEATURE ' CO-FEATURE "Unknown Island" Virginia Grey Barton MacLane NOW PLAYING . inosio entoMiM chasms sorie V f CHAIIIS UUOHTON X TLtteel s,....". 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