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2 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore Tuet., Nov. 15, 19491 Revised Textbook OKd By Houston School Board AUSTIN, Tex., Nov. 14 UP The stale textbook committee recommended today adoption of a revised edition of the civics textbook which Houston's school board recently voted to ban. The committee vote was 8-1 In favor of the book, "American Government," written by Dr. Frank Magruder, retired Oregon State College professor. The Houston board did not like a paragraph describli.g certain trends In the United States as Socialistic and Communistic.1 Whether the state school board would approve the book "Ameri can Government," or any of the 134 others recommended by the textbook committee remained to be seen. The board had not yei announced whether it would let contracts. The Houston school board In Oct. 25 voted to ban the civics textbook "American Govern ment" after board member, Ewlng Werleln, said he feared one paragraph might cause high school youngsters to think Social Ism and Communism good." The paragraph says: "The United States Is called a canitalistic country, but it does not have pure capitalism. It has capitalism subject to increasing governmental control as our manner of living becomes more complex. The country Is capital' lstic with strong Socialistic and even Communistic trends. The postal system, power protects, and progressive taxes are bits of Socialism: and public tree eciuca- tion and old age assistance are examples of Communism ... to each according to his need. Plot To Kill Bridges Told At Federal Trial (Continued from Page One) ned to seek to bring lnter-unlon leucis into tne record, judge Har ris said: "T think vnltt nntlmlsm is lln. warranted, Mr. Hallinan. We are not going to try any labor union or croup here." Harris told the veniremen to count on a trial lasting possibly eight weeks. He asked whether they had read such publications as the People's World, Soviet Russia today, the Dally Worker or tne New Masses. - Three of those examined yes terday were excused. Conviction on the charges car ries up to a possible seven years' Imprisonment and $15,000 fine. In addition, Bridges could he do ported. A civil suit seeking to re voke Bridges' citizenship on ground.! of fraud also Is pending. It is the third time in 11 years the government has brought pro ceedings against Bridites. who ihas been quoted as saying: "I'm the only man In the United States iwno has a supreme court deci sion saving that he's not a Com munist." i "Here we go again," he said as the trial got under way. Students' Parents To Try Class Schedules Parents of Roseburg Senior high school students and others interested will be given an op portunity to go through the same class schedules as their children, at an open house program Wed nesday at 7:30 p.m. In the school. Principal George Erlckson to day extended a special Invitation to the parents. He said the pro gram will Include shortened class schedules for the parents to at tend. This will give them an op portunity to meet the teachers and get an Idea of the subject matter their children are being taught. The parents then will gather In the gymnasium for a short en tertainment and light refresh ments ,sald Erickson. ENLISTEE ON VISIT Private First Class Donald B. Lee, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Men- zle Lee, of Wilbur, recently vis ited with -his parents during a 23-day leave of absence after at tending the weather observation school at Chanute field. Illinois. Lee, who enlisted In the air lorce Jan. liMfl, through the Rose burg Recruiting station, had pre viously attended Roseburg high school where he nnv'Hpated In track and field events. He completed his throe months' basic training at Shoppard Air Force base, Wichita Falls, Tex., and will now report to Hamilton Field, Calif., where he will be given an overseas assignment. Now Highway Forum Topic Of State Engineer (Continued From Page One) be in effect and the amount of money Involved. Instead of the original terms, Oregon bad avail able a total of $21,000,000 for a ....A-uaa.. nal-lnrl mlintlnCr fttfltP funds. Baldock said much of this fund went toward making up the lofir-lt encountered when initial building cost estimates proved too low. Estimates Offered n-kA etato hlahuav enelneer od- ened his talk by saying he is most oltcn asKea now m " will cost and how long It will take hpfmw Orceon's highway sys tem is In top shape. "All I can say ior sure, nc said, "is that It will require an indefinite amount and an indef inite length of time." uniitauar th pnolneer did have estimates on the amounts requir ed for road construction most needed within the state. "In order to linance me mosi urgent construction, the state must have $134,000,000," he said. "Total cost or compicieiy mod ernizing Oregon roads and high ways is estimated at iiu,uuii, 000, and it will take about 30 years to gain that much money at the present rate of income.' commenting on ui-ukuh lu cent population Increase, Bal dock said, "Oregon stands on the threshold of the greatest expan sion this country has ever known, with the chance that the state's population will double within the next generation." However, he added, that our failure to keep pace with this growth and ex pansion will hold back progress. Two big factors have dealt se verely with the state's road pro gram, Baldock said. The first was the great depression, which made funds scarce. The second was the recent war, during which the government forbade road building, except that which had a direct bearing upon the mili tary effort. How Funds Are Split Distribution of road funds with in the state is not made on a hit-and-miss basis, Baldock dcclai eri. Oreeon is divided into five districts, with fund allotment based on area, population ana mileage. District I Includes the Pnrilanrl area, which is allotted 23.95 percent of the total, Dis trict it cnnih in .(unction Cltv. 18.83 percent; District III. south west Oregon, Including Douglas county, 20.41 percent; District IV central Oregon, 17.83 percent; nitrift V. southeast Oregon. 18.98 percent. ine speaKers remains wtir ni-nnariaH Iw Int rrtHllPtlon of guests and visiting officials. The six members of the local highway commission office were introduc- nA hi, r-hnrlna V Ktnntnn. NPWR- Review editor. Chamber of Com merce president jonn ioaa in troduced visiting members of the county court and city officials were Introduced by Mayor Al ncgci. Lewis Gets Ultimatum In Coal Mines' Dispute (Continued from Page One) Hartley act as the Immediate step It the coal miners and the In dustry don't reach a settlement very soon. "The use of the. Taft-Hartley act Is the only legal weapon for prolonging the period 01 time lor keeping the workers In the mine. Deadlock Persists Wilh little more than two weeks left of the truce Lewis called In the nation wide roal strike, contract talks remained deadlocked. Directors of the Southern Coal Eroducers association, a thorn in ewls' side since negotiations be gan last May 25, were called to gether again today to go over the demands they will make on Lewis to tighten up expenditures. Irom the welfare lund. They Insist that the operators who contribute a 2-ccnt-a-ton roy alty to finance the lund, should have more to say about how it's spent. Railroads Given Nod The interstate Commerce Com mission meanwhile today auth orized restoration of full service on coal burning railroads at 11:59 p. m. Nov. 12. me action revokes an H.C di rective which went Into effect Oct. 26. At that time coal burn ing passenger service was out 25 per cent on lines naving less than 25 days' coal supply and lack ing "a dependable source of sup ply," as an outgrowth of the sott coal strike. The revocation order follov.s the decision of Lewis to have the United Mine workers resume work temporarily in the coal fields. DlSfNCt SCOUT Council Dates Monthly Session Douglas Boy Scout district will hold its monthly meeting and scouters' roundtahle Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Edenbower school gymnasium. Some very important matters will be up for discussion by the scoutmasters and committeemen at the roundtable, and a film on patrol and troop meetings win be shown, announced scout ex ecutive Rollle Quam. After this the scouters will run through a typical troop meeting. This will be one leg toward tneir arrow award, given to scoutmas ters and their assistants for com pleting the new revised training course, said muam. Cub leaders will run through the December themes, to obtain ideas and suggestions for cub work. In the district meeting there will be many Important things to bring up, such as the council meeting In Eugene Dec. 4, the national Jamboree at Valley Forge next summer, the Rose burg community chest, the coun ty finance campaign, district ad vancements and organization of new units in Douglas district. Douglas district has once more taken the lead In percentage in crease of membership for 1949, with an increase from 729 boys to 1,273 boys. This is the largest per centage in region 11, according to Quam. Ellsworth Takes Another Crack At Federal Spending EUGENE, Nov. 15 B Rep. Harris Ellsworth criticized the government's spending program in a public address in bpiingfleld monclay nlglu and warned "the light or tne world would go our if the United States started to disintegrate financially. Speaking In the Springfield High School Auditorium before more than 100 people, Ellsworth took pot shols at several planus in the Truman program. Besides government spending, he ex pressed opposition to socialized medicine, the proposed Columbia Valley authority, and the govern ments trend towards centrali zation. Ellsworth said there was no indication that the present ad ministration would cut expendi tures. He said the government was running $16 million in the red each day and would spend $5 billion more than It received in 1949. Ellsworth stated he opposed anything compulsory, referring specifically to socialized meet eclne. "I do not believe the United States should ever adopt such a plan, and by no means should we go all out as Britlan has in giving medical attention In America." i -.- ' ,, The proposed CVA next came' under attack. Ellsworth asserted that the proposed aulhorlty was the second of nine planned au thorities which might some day blanket the United States. In time, he said, it is possible that 18 men may control the resour ces and wealth of America. Turning to the problem of centralization, Ellsworth warned such a trend was widening the gap between the citizen and his congressman. Marshall Plan Nations Told To Slash Prices (Continued from Page One) American market. This will be done, as ECA Administrator Paul G. Hoffman has suggested, by letting the exporting companies keep a share of the dollars earn ed in export trade. The report covered ECA oper ations up to July 1 of this year. It also emphasized the warnings voiced by Hoffman two weeks ago before the council of Mar shall plan countries In Paris: That recovery is Imperiled by Im port controls and exchange re strictions which act as barriers to trade. TO INSPECT SCHOOL Myrtle Creek school board members will go to Green and Dlllard Wednesday evening, Nov. 17, to Inspect new school build ings mere. DRESSMAKING ALTERATIONS Zot Newman 925 Cobb St. Phons 387-R More than 120,000 Oregonians have prepaid medical and hospital protection through a modest cost O.P.S. plan. Employed and self-employed individuals, families, and group employes residing in Oregon have a wide choice of physicians, surgeons and haspitals. Please send the coupon for complete information. Oregon Physicians' Service SPONSORED AND APPH0V10 SY 0IC60N The Weather U. 3. Weather Bureau Office Roseburg, Oregon Partly cloudy this afternoon, tonight and Wednesday, with early morning fog. Highest temp, for any Nov. .. 76 Lowest temp, for any Nov. .. 14 Highest temp, yesterday .... 59 Lowest temp, last 24 hrs 40 Precipitation last 24 hrs 0 Precipitation since Nov. 1.... 1.04 Precipitation since 8ept. 1 .... S.41 Deficiency since Nov .89 Clinton Wheelock Dies At Brockway Clinton Gordon Wheelock, 48, well-known resident of Brock way, died Saturday following a prolonged illness. He was born at Hallway, Ore, Dec. 11 1900, and came to Douglas county In 1942. He was married Feb. 19, 1943, to Rhoda Arnold at Brock way, and had made his home in that community since that time. Snrviving are his widow, Mrs. Rhoda -Wheelock,. and three children, Dale, Terrell and Joseph Wheelock, all of Brock way; two brothers, James Wheel ock, Baker; Leonard Wheelock, Springfield, and four sisters, Mrs. Ida Maycoek, Portland; Mrs. Belle Cole, Homestead, Ore; Mrs. Frances Gordon, Eugene, and Mrs. Vena Ludaker, Madars. Funeral services in charge of the Long & Orr Mortuary will he held at the Tenmlle Metho dist church Wednesday, Nov. 16 at i p. m witn Dr. Morris Roach of the Eirst Presbyterian church officiating. Concluding services and Internment will follow in the Tenmlle cemetery. Douglas Officials Attend Oregon Counties' Meet The Douglas county court will be closed for the remainder of the week. Tuesday through Sat urday, while members are in Portland attending a convention of the Association of Oregon Cout ties. Attending the meeting are Judge D. N. Busenbark, mem ber of the association's public lands committee; L. V. Beckley, county commissioner, chairman of the roads and highways m mittce; Roy Agee, county clerk Oliver Johnson, county treasur er F. C. ' Frcar, county engi neer Alton Andrews, assistant engineer, and Durward Owens, road foreman. All meeting sessions will be held at Portland's Multnomah ho tel. SPREE DRAWS $100 FINE Thomas Edward Mitchell. 30. Elkton, was fined $100 and re leased by Justice of the Peace Clarence Leonard of Drain, when he pleaded guilty to charges of Being drunk and disorderly. A fine of $40 was paid In Rose burg Justice court by Roman An drew Rudomctkin, 43, Roseburg, who pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk on a public high way, reported Justice A. J. Ged des. PURCHASE BUSINESS Mr. and Mrs. L. Hill have pur chased the Fullerton street store at 418 South Fullerton, from V. Hasbargen. Wii ID rllio I mu-f(ffVmKf fa, - 1 1 1314 S.W. 6th, Portlond 4 A S 5 Frry St., Solent Medford Bldg., Mtdford STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY Girl Friend Of Student Slayer Denies Quarrel . COLUMBUS O. Nov. 15 OF) A young woman who danced with James E. Heer shortly be fore he shot and killed a fellow student at Ohio State university has denied they quarreled on say ing goodnight. Joyce Crafton says Heer was only "slightly am orous." That was her reply yesterday to the statement of a Columbus detective that the shooting of Jack T. McKeown was an after- wnath of a rebuff she had given the admitted slayers improper advances; Miss Crafton had come from her Cleveland home last. Friday to accompany Heer to a home coming party preceding the Ohio State-Illinois football game The shooting occurred early .Sat urday morning alter tne party near the fraternity house where Dot n Heer and McKeown lived. A grand jury, probably next week, will consider a first-degree murder charge against Heer. Heer, a handsome, curly hair ed exmarlne from Euclid, O., is charged with fatally shooting McKeown, a Journalism senior, after a homecoming dance early Saturday, McKeown's home was in Norwood, O., A Cincinnati suburb. Heer is 20; McKeown was 21. Three officers of Delta Tau Delta, the fraternity in which McKeown was an active and Heer a pledge, were removed Irom their posts yesterday by the university's council on stu dent affairs. They were Prof. Frank M. Mallett. faculty ad viser; James E. Rhodes, . the chapter's president, and George v. risner, tne social cnairman. University officials said they admitted a violation had been committed frlday against the university rule prohibiting the serving of liquor in student housing accommodations. The council's action bans them from holding any fraternity office in the future. Sewage Disposal Plant Considered At Sutherlin Preliminary plans for con struction of a sewage disposal plant at Sutherlin were discuss ed by the city council there re cently. The project may be fi nanced through a bond issue. The council directed the signing of a purchase agreement and a token payment of $210 for pro perty from Jack Culver. Jr., as the proposed treatment plant site. BOUNTIES PAID County Clerk Roy Agee report ed bounties paid on two cougars and four bobcats, shot by Don Pankey, Melrose route. Larger of the two cougars measured nine feet one Inch, with the other stretching an even six feet. - All of the animals were shot Wit month in the Twin Lakes region. iii nil ia pi Ft n t mini MAarj?s6ifzm 7 Nash engineers have done it again ! Now for the first time you can have all the thrill of super-compression power on rrgular gasoline I You'd expect the company that's been ahead in the power parade for a third of a century to stay ahead but wait 'til you drive a 1950 Nash Airflyte. Take out a new Nash Ambassador, lis Turbo-hcad engine has a 7.3 to I ratio.. Fill it up with "regular" then tackle the worst hill you know take the challenge of any other car at the traffic light. And let the throttle tell the story! Check your gas mileage for another sur prise. No other car of Nash Ambassador sie can come anywhere close to it in miles to the gallon. And the Nash Statesman, with its high compression engine, is equally outstand ing in its class with over 25 miles to the gallon at average highway speed. THIRCS Vital Statistics Marriage License Applicants PRUITTTHORNTON Clar ence Chesteen Pruitt and Veta Doloris Thornton, both of Suth erlln. Divorce Complaints Filed ERICKSON Floyd H. Erick son vs. Leila Elaine Erickson. Married March 28, 1938, at Van couver, Wash. Cruel and inhu man treatment charged. H. DeBernardi Again First Buyer Of Yule Seal Bond Horace DeBernardi of Deb's market is the first person to pur chase a Christmas Seal bond again this year, announced Mrs. W. F. Amlot. executive secretary of the Douglas County Tubercu losis and Health association. DeBernardi has been first on the list for the last few years, and voluntairly comes In to make his purchase of a $10 bond. George Kirby, also a first, has come in to secure his quota of Christmas seals, a practice of the last three or four years. Bonds have been mailed out to many of the business houses, and the response has been very satis factory, said Mrs. Amoit. Ralph Church, county seal chairman, plans to have all Christmas seals in the mall by Nov. 21. They will be mailed to all persons on the seal sale list, covering the Roseburg area. Per sons not receiving letters may contact her office in the Pacific building. BURGLARS NAMED PORTLAND, Nov. 15. (IP) Going no where in particular too fast landed two men in jail here last night. Detective Harry Goltsz said the car in which Donald Yost and Robert Lenaiian were riding con tained guns, rolls of coins and a seldpe hammer and other tools. He said the two Portlanders lat er admitted a string of burglaries. They were held under $3,000 bail. New Fire Station At Tri-City To Be Built Foundation has been pourpd for a new fire station at Tri-City. Donations 01 laoor and materials, as well as financial contribution from residents of the Tri-City City Fire Protective association. area, are being asked by the Tri j We Have Permanent Lockwood Motors Rosa and Oak Phone 80 What has Nash got the others haven't? Exclusive scalcd-in manifolds, for one thing. They utilize the leanest of mix tures. Uniflo-Jct Carbuietion, for an other. It means smoother performance. 207 Ujj kit Drat Then, these great engines get another boost from America's best aerodynamic design for Airflyte design has 20.7 less air drag than the average of nine other current cars tested. And Nash alone has tion that is stronger, safer, without use less weight. Now-HfJra-Matk Drive For the best test of all, see your Nash dealer and get the thrill yourself of Air flyte high-compression power. Try it in the Nash Ambassador w ith Hydra-Matic Drive (optional extra) and exclusive Sclccto-Lift Starting. And let the throttle tell the story! MUCH OF TOMORROW COOPER MOTOR COMPANY Oak ond Pin Streets, Roseburg Hobby-Art Show Entries Pour In Many varied and unusual en tries are being received for the Roseburg Women's Club Hobby and Art show to be opened to the public Nov. 29 and 30. Exhibits will be separated Into four main divisions: art. includ ing ceramics, oils, water colors, and paslels; needlework, Includ ing embroidery, needlepoint, cro cheting, knitting and quilt tops; school art from all of the Rose burg schools; and other hobbies and collections. For the benefit of prospective exhibitors, official entry blanks are at the Umpqua Valley hard ware and West Bros. Jewelry stores. The final (fate for mailing exhibit entry cards is Ngv. 23. Exhibits are to be brought in to the Methodist church base ment the afternoon of Nov. 28, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. DRUNK DRIVING CHARGED Frank E. Reed, Cottage Grove, was lodged in the county jail on a drunk driving charge, follow ing his arrest by state police last night, Sgt. 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