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U. of 0. Library COMP Eugene, Ore, J w. mm: mm WHO DOES WHAT DALE OWEN, manager of tha meat department at Fairhaven Market, stands beside a machine "where I spend a lot of my time," he explained, "making little pieces out of big ones." ' Dale and his father owned a market for seven years at Cass and Rose streets, where Deb's is now. Selling out to Kampfers, Dale became manager of the. latter firm's retail sales at their headquarters in Albany, where he remained for nine years. Dale, Mrs. Owen and their three children live on South Deer Creek. YULE ROUNDUP Local Merchants Up Season With Go ', Roseburg merchants today wind ot the best Christmas merchandise selling seasons in 1 tory, as last-minute shoppers crowd gifts for Christmas, 1949. A cross-section survey of Roseburg's downtown busil trict Friday revealed that gifts practical nature, with few of the In the Day's News i By FRANK JENKINS UNCLE Joe Stalin has just turned 70; and from all ac counts they're giving him a whale of a birthday celebration. Pres ents are pouring in from all sides, and it takes WHOLE FREIGHT TRAINS to handle them. s Seventy carloads of gifts rolled In from East Germany alone. ,, r DO you reckon ; Uncle Joe is genuinely pleased and touched? Or is he Just cagey enough to know what it's all about, and why? YOU never can tell. He's a smart old rooster, but what flattery (Continued on Page Four) Assistant DA Orders Release Of Al Lamp Al Lamp, 52, Clackamas, was ordered released Thursday by Assistant District Attorney James Richmond, in the absence of District Attorney Robert G. Davis, who is on vacation. Lamp was the object of a long search at the time Joseph Louis Kiel was arrested for the murder of Francis Stanley Tucker. Lamp was charged with compounding a felony, when apprehended, said Richmond. Kiel has since then been sen tenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary in connec tion with the alleged strangula tion death of Tucker. WILL GO TO PEN Joseph McKee, 54, Myrtle Creek, will be taken to the Ore gon State penitentiary Monday by Deputy Dallas Bennett, Sher iff O. T. Carter said. McKee pleaded guilty to charges of lar ceny and burglary and was sen tenced to serve a total of 15 years, when he appeared before Judge Carl Wimberly Friday. Miss America To Marry Boy Friend Who Advised Her Not To Enter Contest PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 24-iP) Miss America has announced her engagement to her high school and college boy friend who hated beauty contests. Jacque Mercer, vivacious bru nette from Litchfield Park, Ariz., breezed in 45 minutes late last night for the engagement party at which It was revealed she will marry Douglas Cook, 20-year-old art student, on July 4. Sign Announces Event . A big. sign "We ll lose our in dependence on Independ ence Day" announced to the 400 guests that 18 -year -old Jacque and her "steady" of five years standing planned to visit the preacher. They don't think she'll I,"ve tfve up her Miss America title when she becomes a Mrs. jacque and Doug worked until the last minute putting the finish ing touches on posters that form- "" - v II ' - 1 WIV Wit It up what may pV stores to aid Santa in this year will be .main customary "gift items" for local stockings. One local merchant summed up merchants' observations by de claring, "People are buying val ue, rather than price. As a rule, we're selling higher priced, bet ter quality merchandise, with the practical, sensible items most in demand.' . -i: -" Even -variety - stores' 'and- spe cialty shops, noted for their stocks of luxury merchandise and typical gut items, report consum ers are emphasizing the practical in purchasing gilts. ' ' But iudeine from all indi tions. children of the Rosebur; area will find more than their usual share of toys, under this year's Christmas tree. Every lo cal merchant contacted said toys were selling faster than in pre vious holiday buying seasons, and in greater quantities. Closing hours for most Rose burg retail stores is 5:30 this eve ning, although a few merchants have indicated they may close earlier "if there appears to be no need to remain open longer." Too all-city social event for Sat urday is the 67th annual Fire men s ball, to Be held, tonignt at the Roseburg armory. Off-duty firemen will spend most of the day putting on last minute touches to their Christmas dance decorations. Johnnie Lusk's nine- (Continued on Page Two) Holiday Travelers Are Cautioned To Drive Slow Holiday travelers were belne cautioned today by local officers to take things easy on the high ways. Several minor wrecks were re ported along the Pacific highway by state police. However, no in juries were reported and damage to vehicles was said to be slight. HONOR DUE AEC CHIEF WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 UP) David E. Lilienthal, retiring chairman of the Atomic Energy commission, is to receive the Phi Delta Epsilon merit award for contributions to medicine and hu manity. Dr. Meyer Stolar of Washing ton said today the award will be made next Wednesday at the medical society's banquet here. ed the party decorations. Then they hurried out to change clothes, and didn't get back in time for the start of the parry. No Engagement Ring There wasn't any engagement ring. "We plan just to have a double ring wedding ceremony," Jacque explained. When Doug left for classes at the University of Chicago, he ad vised Jacque against entering a Miss Phoenix contest. Evidently not a woman to be swayed, the native Arizona ranch girl no tonly became Miss Phoenix, she be came Miss Arizona and Miss Am erica as well. Her face, curves and acting won the acclaim of the Atlantic City judges in the big contest Her measurements: Five .feet four-inches tall, 106 pounds, 34 inch bust, 22-inch waist, and 34 inch hips. Ael feel I I ff1 1 1 I i w h dis- W of a slated Tin Weather Partly cloudy with scattered showers today. laereat'ag cloudiness Sunday. Sunset today 4:42 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:43 a. m Established 1873 Railroads Get Coal Priority Through Order ICC Acts To Prevent Breakdown Of Nation's Rail Transportation WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 UP) An emergency government order gave the nation's' fuel-hungry railroads first crack today at coal produoed in mines from which they normally get their supplies. - ' ' The Interstate Commerce com mission announced the action yesterday' to keep the nation's rail transportation from break ing down in the busy holiday travel season and in the wintry weeks which follow. The order became effective at the mines at a minute after mid night and will continue in effect until midnight February 25. Dwindling coal stocksFheje- suit of a production cul Jo. ea down Dy ader Lewis, had cul lailrj plies so the ChVak Iread: ie it lfre rhel with Hpply on additional coal by commissions ail. ss Reported umber of roads ported shortage!, i mv Behnsyl vania said it hadk two-week stocl on hand, the Nw Yet k Centre (Contin SAN 10, 24. UP) ersons eir blazir here i ' today Sat itonii Jhnstmas season ire n hist A lerland ill pf her chil- drer e tie vtetln AThe -father twa otha ed, but nd, iter were illy lai vast planning a C 'o add yule the lor of theyhouse paintec teterdsy. Firemen led trie tAgedy rcaugat ifcefrom 'Aleve tnis ihe fresh stove lei ning fell ftg The her' tneitragaajfwas info, A), Iwho to life door tft the en uldltft. enl she r other and d sisratt' theVoutsii mother, ba burnad, su after.l edfiortlv there-j aria MbteAhMth; Dead wen long 37, t; r; two so Alejandro, H old; andVhn yea: drea, 7: Yolam Criticall death were Monteloneo. Francisca, 13. Josefina escaped Injury; TURKEYS MAY DROP PORTLAND, Dec. 24 UP) Trade sources today reported that turkey prices might drop 5 to 6 cents after the holidays. Be sides slackened consumer buy ing, government price support buying will end Jan. 1. m SI i erru to all! on Monday No News-Review ROSEBURG, Hospital Conveys To County Home Deed To Property Deed to the property on which is to be located the new County Home building was conveyed by the Douglas Community Hospital Friday, and was placed on file in the office of the county clerk. The county recently purchased the property, which is directly north of the Community hospital site, at a cost of $17,056 .This figure was paid for the home site and rights-oVvay to the property. The county is raising funds through a two-year four-mill tax; levy, which is expected to net in' excess ol 5400,000 over the two. year period. Final clans for the ing have been authorize Douglas county court,. approval ol preliml prepared Dy Archil Lalng of Medford. The county plana; structlon started early next spring fleet building on one will house i M a. I all exits. rial be of con vail of fire. tirl i st Wir priginality Origil Ilti u cites aid and Mrs. E. Nebu, Wtie declarei v.e winners in the ne me decora si Stri arj r0f Ko tinted tinsel' th hou: highlij JKe thome, AHere a:laus!' Thef words UOl we: ned By larg&JJLighted cuf outs. The d spieaPTas acconr iled oy Insot.rtomratoH Christmas treeifn the front yard, iigmea Dy iiooa lights. Second place went to the P. W. Davis home, 2040 Catherine street. Inexpensive packing tubes were converted into huge Christ mas candles, topped by a u light candles trimmed in fwer- greens were placed on bothtides of- the doorwr.y to complee wie omaoor oecorauons. . Largest of the prize vinnln displays was the cam evergreen and light coi used Dy third place wi: and Mrs. Harold Back Nebo street. Mr. and Irmab, 1014 Nebo stro fourth with a large st by the blue lights a house, with harmoniz: on the doorway. . The contest, open I del in the .area boundei !Nel Wharton, Harvard -aad llira streets, .was . sponsor! t Fairhaven Market and avert Variety stores and iorlfyj .com) ' Jl nlaht st Gas and Ap Bart y. Judging was done oyTlurescntauves SMews- eview and radio st; Eofct Lacks InaWry Td iTLAND. re's one thing hat the East this may bring i ndustries to til est, Ivan Bloa Prtland commission slid here yesterday.l Blocti, who u .an stern toiuaaejcnhd sci tntaajaaaHiRtm much 'st In int of bably theTfthwest. Esti neblants in this , wjr have to waitjf thouRll i until re hydroelectric pow is anaoie, ne aoua 0 I CHILDREN'S PARTY Santa Claui was generous at this Lioni club's Christmas party hold Thursday night In tha Hotel Umpqua. Nearly 40 children wart prciant or a lull evening'i tntartain- OREGON SATURDAY, DEC. WORLD NEWS Pope Pius Ushers In 25th Catholic Holy Year Amid Communist-Led Disorders By The Associated Press Pope Plus XII opened the holy door of the basilica of St Peter in Rome today and thus ushered in the 25th holy year of the Ro man Catholic church. The solemn ceremony was accompanied by Communist-led disorders which failed to interrupt the program. SANTA REIGNS Kident Goes lnrfPnpnHAnrAlPUce measures .......... '""-LL r Christmas SEPH 0 GOODWI1 4GTOI tc. 24. kin tal. JJTadvai hristi vacation elsewhere. PresUent Truman and his fam ily wjrFtmamtiefcijdence, Mo., to obsoaVe the holiday" ul llie old faMlUi li iUce Plcsident rkley and his brie still" peymoonir in war run wen many lesscj employes, ToJtWit Big r. Trlman r to i haln In Missouri uut ne arrani t( . White HOUSe istmi rcmuie control from ence, and to follow that Droadcast message to tl (about 5:17 p. m., EST). The rest of the world also will hear a Christmas greetlnj the President, broadcast "Voice of America." Former Secretary of Stai George. Marshall Issued "Christ mas statement In which he said (Continued on Page Two) Windstorm At Pendleton' Blocks U. S. Highway 30 PENDLETON, Dec. 24 UP) A howling windstorm, with a peakf usi oi mnes an hour at 1 ,m. today, raked Pendleton and ne norrneasiem ureeon ' area ast night, and did not subside" elow a 20-mile an hour average , J ?. ntil 8 a.m. today. :Hf-4 idlltles in .many parts of Pefr leton, blocked U.S. Highway st oi renaieton lor nearj al ur, and caused consioeKabli imaue to the PP & L comifen' System throughout the wina oiew down a o in Highway 30 easl ilocking the highway rtween land 2a, BAY OS BAY,, -UP) lames destroy Bay Logging comn nanine in worth Ba loss was est in J.OOO. electric A short-clro motor was bella fed to have start- ed the fire. ICC MEMB DEAD :ngton, ec. 24 UP) Cam a member of the 1 rstate Commerce com- mission ince 1933, died today. He had raen 111 for two months. 0 M I i AMI --.t 24, 1949 A crowd Of 300,000 people jam med St. Peter's square for the ceremony. The ringing of bells signaled to the people that the pontiff had, with three strokes of a silver hammer, opened the door and Inaugurated the jubilee which is expected to attract 6, 000,000 pilgrims to Rome before it ends a, year hence. . Strike Called Off A Communist-led general strike was called and later called off by the chamber of. labor to protest ainst a peas- ants' meetlm ing would have held su neously with Vatican onles. A Com- fit-led ci also stoned the Pish Rome, pro- fng thi ic noiy ' open f SpanT!iiLn inistery tin Artajo, :uttves cancelled the .minute because ad assurance minister by Do LCI liCI snu. quartersCVIocx Ti(r are Is also tlie 'lli jor, where paienr th ceremonies were bi Pilgrims To Bethl went by. twl and mud a: lers of the Pal town of Bi las eve ceremo' few made ontlnue l Page Two) re Dec. 24 unged six and band, fiver ol ind 1 Harold Kfcv 19,1 bint. r rere to Napa, visii (Island's r. -IE. Jonnell. 7 !re atlemp .1 H to pass a len they lo rthe highway. New Hunter LA-WALLA, Wash., Dec. 4 ip1MP)iyhich way shall searcfietrturn next in their hunt for 18-vear-old Donald McDonald laitsunmln the Blue mountains B.'SffRtt was the niipctinn Sheriff A. Shick was to discuss today with vnlllntpora uhn hnvp rptlirn. md from the area 20 miles south east of here where the young Elk nunter disappeared. Jr our memners oi the Blue mountain ski patrol and Les I dimmers with his team of Alas dan huskies came back yesterday after four days of traversing the snow covered Black Snake ridge region. They agreed that fur ther search for the Walla Walla boy would be hazardous and pro bably Ineffectual. A in 11, ment, which started with ot Christmas songs. Tha party tion ot two gifts to aach of 202-49 Traffic Accidents Claim Three Lives In Portland Area PORTLAND, Dec. 24 UP) The worst wave of pre-holiday traffic accidents on record ush ered In the Christmas weekend here today. Three lives were lost in the Portland area. John Roger Smith, 65, Portland, was fatally injured wnen ne drove into the rear of a bus that was discharg ing passengers at Gresham. Daniel Aaron Lake, 67, Port land, drove into a railroad box car on a siding in the city and was killed. An early morning col lision took the life of Mrs. Nancy J. Werner, 26, Oswego, and criti cally Injured her husband, John, 30. Within Portland, there were 96 accidents bad enough to summon police by 7 a.m. tooay. And there were other scores of minor unre ported collisions. The accident wave started with drivers leaving office parties to head home through heavy rain. It was the wettest pre-hollday driving in recent years and re us were spectacular. e driver sideswlped six cars on one street, cracked head-on into another on a second street, then bounced over a vacant lot to a third street and rammed two more vehicles. Two persons were Injured. . Another car sheared off a fire plug, two utility poles and knock- ranic sign bu ieet me s unhurt. another, three persons hped from their car, ,174 feet farth- parked auto. scaped serious in- larl W. Shreve. 27. ife and daughter., Ball Features nrtnie Lusk Orchestra A repeat performance by John nie Lusk's nine-piece orchestra will be featured tonight at the Roseburg armory, as members of the Roseburg fire department and volunteers present their 67th annual Firemen's ball. . Fire Chief William "Dutch" Mills said Lusk's organization had . again been contracted for this year's Christmas eve dance, following "the fine reception" the nrcnesira receivea nere jasi year. Fire department volunteers and regular personnel not on duty today will apply tne iinisning touches to the holiday decora tions in which the armory dance floor has been garbed. Dancing will be from 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Mills said. Tickets may be purchased at the door.' Wounded Policeman, Prisoner Recovering LONGVIEW. Wash.. Dec. 24 UP) It will be a long time until recovery of either man Is com plete, but both city Policeman James Goodman and prisoner Ralph Burke was in "good con dition" in a local hospital today after undergoing surgery neces sitated by their wounds. Burke shot Goodman in the city police station and then turn ed the gun on himself. Each man is wounded in the abdomen. Police still are unable to ex plain why Burke suddenly grabb ed the gun of another policeman and began shooting. GREAT GRANDFATHER WEDS SANDUSKY. O.. Dec, 24. UP) The Rev. Silas L. Sears, 94, was on his honeymobn today. He mar ried Mrs. Addle jetter. Da, oi Barberton, O., yesterday. A ereat eranddauehter of the bride-groom by a previous mar. riage was amone euests at the wedding reception. 'ft it Picture kr Phow Ijo. a turkey dinner and Included singing was eoncludad with th preiente tha children in attendance. Trustees Tell. Pl?n Ta llrhi Added Messy $60,000 Said Needed To Meet Esrimatet; Time For Action Short , An Immediate campaign will be launched to raise additional flinHa nM.Mn, tnw thm - tion of the Douglas Community uuspiuu, uie nospiuu rjoara ot trustees, through its Dresident. Kenneth Ford, announced todav. Bids for the construction of tha hospital were opened Thursday evening. The lowest base bid in the amount of $379,700 was sub mitted by Todd Buildini com. inis represents a figure of ap proximately $60,000 in excess of the Urchltiwt'a Mtlmafa . inMnL ing to Ford. Total cost f 310,000 ' . The ffrnnH tntnl rt ! nttnl Urlll Ka C1A r-- ff- ----J ITU4U,- INXI. 'J'niK tm on Ml mita haurf mm bids submitted for the hospital building and kitchen facilities, plus the purchase of ground, and completely equipping the hospital ready for use. To meet this goal, without sac rificing plans for the hospital as now planned, the community, Whlrh will Ilea tha fnMIIHa. n-i,,et nmulri. CCA fWl . .' ' the funds presently available, said Ford. . . The decision to request addl- tlArlol in a m maila a HueV- ing of the Board of Trustees fol lowing me opening oi oias. All trustees were present. Ford choH 1 1 1 nH tvtaAtlnfl, n tha I.m- pltal finance committee for Fri- (Continued on Page Two) ' Death Testes 115 dv iviia-Mornisia 'By Th Awoclattd Praia) Traffic acciripntH and ffraa ruined Christmas Joy for ' the families of nearly 100 death vic tims even before the holiday arrived.' One hundred fifteen persona were killed across the nation be tween 6 D. m. (local time) Fridiiv and mid-morning Saturday, 84 from motor mishaps, Twenty-six others perished in fires and five died from miscellaneous causes. Toll Rlsae Fast - The death toll nearly doubled In five hours today. . - - The National Safety ' council BHD Dreainiea 43 mm" rana-maM. for the three-day weekend from p. m. Friday by midnight Mon day. A Bramford, Conn., couple and their two infant children burned to death on the couple's fourth wedding anniversary. A Texas farm family of five burned to death - and a truck driver was killed after an auto-moSile-easollne truck collision. The five were trapped In the burn ing car after the gasoline ignited. boy eieotroouteo A six-year-old Newton, Mass., boy, Albert Nevorklan. Jr.. was electrocuted as he played in front of his gaily decorated Christmas tree. He was killed when he put his finger in an open socket of a Christmas tree light while ly ing on an Iron hot-air register. ine deaths Dy states, with, traf fic listed first, fire secondhand miscellaneous -third: Alabama 3-1-0; California 7-00: Connecticut 04-0; Florida 1-0-1; Illinois 4-0-2; Iowa 20; Ken tucky 2-04; Louisiana 1-04; Mary land 1-00; Massachusetts 1-1-1; Michigan 4-0-0; Mississippi 3-1-0; Missouri 2-1-0; New Jersey 1-4-0; New . Mexico 1-04; New York 10-1-0'; North Carolina 3-2-0; Ohio 10-0-1; Oklahoma 1-0-0; Oregon 3-0-0; Pennsylvania 6-2-0; South Carolina 1-0-0: Tennessee 1-1-0: Texas 6-7-0; Virginia 30; West Virginia i-i-u; District ol Colum bia 104. Citizens Plan Recall Of Springfield Mayor EUGENE. Dec. 24. UP) Recall charges against Mayor B. P. Larson, of Springfield, will be filed in the Springfield city hall in eariy January, as spoxesman oi the Good Government league said Friday. U. S. Burt, league chairman, in dicated that formal recall charges would not be filed with the city recorder until after Jan. 1; He declared that members of the f;ood government league felt that t was no longer possible for co operation between the council and the people as long as Larson wai In office. DRUNK DRIVING CHARGE Dennis J. Gasso, Roseburg, ar rested by city police on a drunk driving charge, pleaded guilty in municipal court tooay ana was fined $150. reported Judge Ira B. Riddle. A 30-day Jail sentence was suspended upon payment of the tine, uasso s license was revoked for one year, said the judge. COURTHOUSE CLOSED County Judee D. N. Busenbark today reminded Douglas county residents that the court house will M.i- irj... n oat and Monday, Jan. 2, in observance ot tne ennstmas ana iNew xear legal holidays. Levity fact J ant By L. F. Relzenstel - Wishing H of yeej e beefy Christmas and reminder re start preetlel-g new wrltlna; If 1T50.