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Embassy Denies
Egyptian Slavery
: WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 B
The Egyptian embassy, angrily
denying the existence of slavery
on the Nile, yesterday branded
as a "Malicious He" the story
that a pair of Americans have
inherited four Egyptian dancing
girls.
Slavery ended In Egypt within
ten years after It was abolished
in this country, the embassy said,
so there couldn't be any such
thing as an inheritance of per
sons. , But Christopher Janus, the Chi.
cago importer who said the four
girls were left to the American
branch of the family by his late
uncle. P. Z. Aristophron, differ
ed with the embassy.
- "It's true, legally, that slavery
doesn't exist in Egypt," Janus
Mid. "hut It Is nracticed. as any
one knows who has traveled
there."
Janus and his brother George,
who lives here, had expressed
concern over what can be done
with the girls If they do show
up as part or tne lamny a one
third share of the estimated $10,
000,000 to $15,000,000 estate left
by their archaeologist uncle.
Without disclosing what the
study of ancient ruins had to do
With the 11! dancers rcporiea 10
be -a, part of tne estate, unristo
Dher sueeested he might launch
his. share on a career as baby
sitters or theatrical performers
in America.
Mrs.. Janus, he added, didn't
think much of the idea of bring
ing them here at all.
Skipper Of Flying Arrow
Unafraid Of Mined Seas
(Continued from page One)
12 Passengers aboard.'
B.- Hartman, ' a German-born
American who lived in ban
Francisco before he went to
Shanghai 25 years ago, is re
turning to resume his import
export business. '
, "Recognition of the Commu
nists by the British should mean
a. great Improvement and I ex
pect more British ships will be
getting Into Shanghai now," hn
said. T'Things should be good
there for quite some time."
- The Flying Arrow is steaming
through, the China Sea at 15
knots. She is due at the mouth
of the Yangtze at noon Monday.
Precautions have been taken
aboard the ship. Sections of the
midship house have been barl
caded with 250 bales of cotton.
They could stop shells from
three-inch guns, officers said.
(Isbrandtsen ships have run
the Nationalist blockade frequen
tly, Two have been shelled by
Nationalist warships). .:;
Snow Slows Roseburg's
Travel; Streets Slick .
. (Continued from page One) '
attention of road-clearing crews
focussed on highway 99.
The two highway bus lines
serving Roseburg, Greyhound
and Pacific Trallways, reported
buses were running nearly on
schedule up to 9:30 this morning.
However, reports of heavy snow
falls in the northern part of the
state may result in a disruption
of time schedules..
Slate police and Roseburg city
police reported no traffic acci
dents In the area, expressing the
belief the storm "had made care
ful drivers out of everyone."
Power shortages were noted in
the Roseburg area during the
night, with service Interrupted
for approximately 40 minutes
shortly after 1 a.m. H, C. Wells,
manager of the local branch of
California-Oregon Power com
pany, said the trouble was in
main transmission lines, "some
where between here and Spring
field." Another Interruption came
shortly before 10 a.m. today and
lasted for 30 minutes. Wells said
crews have been working on the
lines since trouble first developed
early this morning.
Service to other areas nearby
has also been Interrupted, Well's
said, caused by a combination of
snow-laden wires and falling
limbs. He said repair and main
tenance crews are doing "every
thing .possible" to restore elec
trical service.
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Phone 98
Located W. Washington St. and S. P. R. R. Tracks
PFC WALLACE OVERTON JR.
of the U. S. Marine Corps was
home on Christmas leave from
Camp J. H. Pendleton, Ocean
side, Calif. He is the ion of
Mr. and Mn. W. Overton,
Roseburg.
U. S. National
Leads State In
Total Deposits
The United States National
bank again leads the state In to
tal deposits as revealed by Its
year-end statement just issued.
With deposits of $527,181,823.
the United States National bank
has marked up a deposit increase
of $21,590,224 during the past six
months. Total deposits for the
Roseburg Branch are $13,615,-
088.3, according to Mr. rl. E.
Schmeer, manager.
The Dec, 31 loans and discounts
figure also indicates increas
ed activity since the mid-year
statement. Loans and discounts
as of Dec. 31 stand at $148,218,
809 compared with $132,834,252 on
June 30.
With 40 branches throughout
Oregon, the United States Nation
al bank shows total resources of
$564,025,455.
During the past year, the Unit
ed States National has continued
Its program ot providing Increas
ed banking facilities throughout
the state. our new branches
were opened In 1949, bringing to
(he communities of Amity, Mon
mouth, Sheridah and West Salem
the resources and experience of
Oregon's largest banking organi
zation. Commenting on the bank's con
tinued growth, H. E. Schmeer,
manager of the Roseburg branch,
said. "We at the United States
National firmly believe In the
continued industrial and agricul
tural growth of Oregon. We arc
proud of the part we have had in
Oregon's economic development.
An Oregon bank serving Ore
gon, the United States National
will continue to work closely with
the people of this state in the
further development of its com
merce, agriculture and indus
try." Niles Albert Simmilkier,
Former Resident, Passes
Niles Albert Simmilkier. 60.
resident of Ashland for the past
year, died yesterday, Jan. 6, after
a very snort Illness. He was born
March 2, 1889. In Anaka, Minn.,
and came to Oregon 25 years ago.
He was a former resident of Rose
burg and he and his half-brother,
C. W. (Cap) Parker, operated the
Roseburg Garage.
He was a conductor for the
Great Northern railroad at the
time of his death stationed in
Klamath Falls and Ashland. He
was a member of Laurel lodge
No. 13 AF & AM of Roseburg; of
the Hlllah temple of Shriners and
of the Congregational church of
Ashland,
Surviving are the widow.
Mamie, Ashland; a son, Niles F.,
Culver Clly, Calif.; a daughter,
Mrs. Olive Diller, Roseburg; a
half-brother, C. W. Parker, Rose
burg; and four grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
In Ashland today at 1:30 p.m.
after which the body will be
brought to Roseburg by the Rose
burg Funeral home. The body
win nc in state in tne Chapel of
the Roses until noon Monday.
Graveside services will be held
Monday. Jan. '9. at 2 p.m. In the
Masonic cemetery under the aus
pices of the Masonic lodge.
PLEADS GUILTY
A plea of guilty to a drunk
driving charge was entered In
municipal court today by Jack A.
Montgomery, 31, Roseburg, ac
cording to Judge Ira B. Riddle.
Montgomery was fined $100 and
had his operators license revoked
for a period of one year.
Man Hangs Self
After Escaping
Hurts In Wreck
FOREST GROVE, Ore., Jan. 7.
(JP) A pick-up truck, with police
in hot pursuit, roared into a
house at 70 miles an hour early
today ana no one was nun.
But the fleeing driver, William
F. Grummons. 60, Beaverton.
hanged himself in his cell a
snort time later.
Cornelius Police Chief Marlon
Thompson started after Grum
mons to cite him on the minor
violation. He said Grummons was
traveling 70 miles an hour when
he failed to follow a new curved
highway route Into Forest Grove
and continued on the old route
that ended at an intersecting
street.
The pick-up, truck Jumped the
curb and slammed into the resi
dence of Dr. Robert P. Nixon.
Dr. and Mrs. Nixon and thei
daughter Roberta, asleep upstairs,
were unhurt. Police extricated
Grummons from the wreckage
found his only apparent Injuries
a slight nose cut and bruises.
Grummons was Jailed and po
lice called State Patrolman Mar
vin Bazzel to question him. When
Bazzel arrived, Grummons was
dead, hanging by a rope fashioned
from a torn-up blanket.
26 Die In Iowa Mental
Hospital Catastrophe
(Continued from page One)
the scene became one of horror.
The women patients, many of
them infirm of both body and
mind, beat against the barred
windows and screamed their ter
ror. Some fainted away Into the
smoke and flame.
Nun Standi Weeping
A white-robed Sister of Mercy
nun stood outside the blazing
building, weeping bitterly. Her
arms neid Planners wnicn lire
men took to cover bodies as they
were removed.
Catholic chaplains moved
shadow-like about their solemn
d ties as the flames outlined their
figures.
Some of the rescued fought
to return to the burning ward.
In the traglo llloglo of catas
trophe they wanted to go back
for little things s ploture,
their shoes, a coat.
There were heroic rescues.
Firemen hacked away wnidow
bars while flames licked at their
ladder. A policeman called for
hose lines to drench him with
water. Then he disappeared
through a window into the smoke
and flame. He returned with a
woman in his arms.
Men Patients Escape
The three men patients es
caped, two by leaping from an
unbarred window. The survivors
were being treated In the main
Mercy hospital building.
.fire cniei tester Schick said
the fire apparently started in a
second floor room on the east side
of the building.
Sister Mary Annunzlata, the
hospital superior, told a re
porter It was possible someone
had been smoking a olgaret and
dropped It on some Inflam
mable material.
Hours after the fire was ex
tinguished firemen worked at
carrying out melted iron beds,
still flaming mattresses, and
other smouldering debris.
Truman Weighs Appeal
To End Coal Stoppage
(Continued from page One)
suffering because the administra
tion is withholding action against
Lewis. Some called on Congress
to act and one, Senator Jenner
(R-Ind) said:
"Somebody seems to be fid
dling while the people of this na
tion are freezing to death."
Lucas, saying the three-day
week has caused a serious coal
crisis, carried complaints from
Illinois constituents direct to the
White House.
In a statement later, he said
he had asked John R. Steelman,
Mr. Truman's assistant, to "lose
no time in laying all the facts at
his command before the Presi
dent of the United States." Lucas
said Steelman promised to re
view the whole situation with Mr.
Truman today.
Charges Of Scandal Made
In Belgium Government
RRIISSET .5! Rnlmilin In 7
(JP) Arrest of two prominent
Catholics on charges of compli
city in Illegal security trading
has brought opposition accusa
tions inai jaeiguimss uatnolic
Government itself Is invnlvpH In
a major financial scandal.
Those arrested were Jules Car
dyn, professor at the Catholic
university of Louvaln, and Emlle
Mailllen, manager of the Belgian
bank.
Socialist and Communist op
ponents of the government have
nnintprt nut that Prima flMl.a
Gaston TOvskenc. a mamluv r,f
the Social Christian (Catholic)
Earty, was also a professor at
ouvaln.
Fvsknns retnrteH that If Social
Christians were "found respon
sible for Illegal deeds, I can
only hope they will be severly
punished."
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LORD'S PRAYER IN S T O N E Frances Murphy, S, reads The Lord's Prayer, carved
in slons fourteen feet wide and M feet hifh in s massive Bible set on a 3-foot base in Chlcsros
Memorial Estates cemetery. The hufe stone book welshs 37 tons.
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SCHOOL'S OUT, BUT PUPILS AREN'T Some of the 61 convicts Just graduated from the
grammar school at Statevllla Prison, near Johet, 111., proudly show oft their diplomas. There to
congratulate the students, and take them in tow, was Assistant Warden C D. Atherton, left
Britain's Recognition
Of China Raises Issue
(Continued from page One)
aid spending can be cut at least
$2,000,000,000 this year. He said
he will wait until President Tru
man sends his budget to Congress
Monday before offering some oth
er money-saving suggestions.
Chairman Cannon (D.-Mon) of
the House Appropriations com
mittee, wouldn't comment on the
effect the British recognition of
the Chinese Communists would
have on aid to non-Communist
nations.
But he called Britain's action
"a compromise with evil."
Rep. Eaton (R-NJ) of the
House Foreign Affairs commit
tee told reporters he thinks the
British acted only to preserve
their financial Interests.
Air Force Trys
To Raise Plane
ELGIN AIR FORCE BASE,
Fla., Jan. 7. (P) The air force
today prepared to raise one of
its huge B-50 bombers from Choc
tawatchee bay, where it plunged
yesterday with 11 crewmen
aboard.
Nine of the men reached life
rafts and were saved. The other
two, whose names were tempo
rarily withheld, were believed to
bp ninnpd Inslrip the nlnnp. Thpv
had not been accounted for al
most three hours after the crash.
The plane had been on a test
flight from this air proving
ground and was scheduled to re
turn to the field after service
testing some new equipment. It
carried a full crew.
All latest-type air force planes
and equipment are given final
tests here before being placed
Into actual service. The B-50 is an
Improved version o fthe giant
Elgin crash boats searched
the choppy bay waters for the
two missing men late yesterday.
The plane came down onlv a
short distance from the field, and
sanx.
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PROPOSED AVIATION ENSIGN Mayor L. W. Lohrey of
Dayton, O., left above, and Harry Hall of the local Chamber of
Commerce study a newly-designed aviation ensign, proposed by
Capt. C. B. Smith of San Diego, Calif., for adoption by Congress
as the official U. S. aircraft flog. The ensign was flown to Dayton
for display at ceremonies honoring the Wright brothers.
ARREST REPORTED
Police Chief Calvin H. Baird
today reported the arrest of Mere
dith Roberts, 29, Roseburg, Fri
day by city and state police offi
cers. Roberts was lodged In the
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Geddes.
"TickY' Tips On
Veterans Hospital
By L. J. "TICK" MALARKEY
The plaintive note of taps were
blown Friday morning and a fir
ing squad saluted for the final
time when Fred Nelson wa3 low
ered to rest in the VA cemetery
among comrades -of other days.
The bugler was a Roseburg High
school senior, Dick Nickens.
Chaplain A. S. Feller officiated.
Pallbearers and the firing squad
were from the personnel and pa
tients of the hospital.
. Some of us remember Fred
when he sold papers in Portland
on the Meier and Frank corner
his eyesight had never been
good since the Argonne Woods,
1918.
Private Nelson enlisted at Port
land and was honorably discharg
ed June 2, 1919, at Curtis Bay,
Maryland. He served overseas
with the 63rd infantry Roseburg
hospital has been his home since
Dec. 2, 1944.
From the office of F. B. Pow
ell, V. A. hospital assistant man
ager, comes the announcement
that radio station KRNR has al
lotted courtesy time to veteran's
affairs and problems. Powell had
the following to say:
"Beginning Tuesday, Jan. 17,
at 7:45 p.m. the staff of the hos
pital will conduct a veteran's in
formation radio program for 15
minutes. This program will be
heard on the first and third Tues
days of each month. Information
to be aired will be general in
formation as released by the Vet
eran's administration in it's all
over program, which will Include
hospitalization, pension, compen
sation, insurance and rehabilita
tion. "We will also cover local news
pertaining to our hospital activi
ties which will - Include special
services and it's voluntary aux
iliary programs, personnel mat
ters and medical problems.
"All veterans will be request
ed to forward to the manager of
the hospital any question that he
would like answered on the radio
and some member of the staff
will answer the veteran at the
earliest practical date."
As this is written, snow in all
its glory is falling. The amateur
photographers are storming the
O.T. shop for cameras to snap
the scenes; at the same time
praying for a break in the clouds
to let the sun come through so
that their efforts will not be in
vain.
"30 Now - "Tick."
Dr. Sander Not
'Religious Martyr'
MANCHESTER, N.H., Jan. 7.
(fP) Dr. Hermann N. Sander,
charged with murder in the mer
cy death of a cancer plagued
patient, does not want to be tri
ed as "a religious martyr."
Ralph E. Langdell, a member
of the young physician's legal
staff, said last night it is "most
wrong" to stir up religioin ani
mosities over the case.
He said that the young physi
cian, a former Dartmouth ski
captain, has no desire to "go on
trial as a religious martyr."
The statement came after a
series of public comments by re
ligious . leaders some condem
ning and others commending Dr.
Sander.
A member of the defense staff
also said the 40-year-old physi
cian has "nothing to fear" In the
state's investigation of hospital
and other records relating to
patients he has treated.
Legal experts believe the. de
fense will hammer hard at a sec
tion of the indictment saying Dr.
Sander Injected air "wilfully, fel
oniously and maliciously" into
the veins of Mrs Abbie Borroto.
The state charges the 59-year-old
wife of a Manchester oil sal
esman died of these injections
and not from cancer which
wracked her system for three
months.
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The Weather
U. . Weather lureau Offloe
Roseburg, Oregon
Cloudy with rain and snow
mixed today. Tomorrow mostly
oloudy with showers of rain or
snow.
Highest temp, for any Jan. 71
Lowest temp, for any Jan. ,.
Highest temp, yesterday; .. 52
Lowest temp, last 24 hrs.' . 32
Precipitation last 24 hrs. ... 0
Precipitation from Jan. 1 i... 57
Precipitation from Sept. 1 12,0
Deficiency from Jan. 1 43
Abduction Story
Declared Faked
In Union Troubles
DETROIT, Jan. 7. (JP) A
faked story of abduction and
tkreat spiced the fantastic record
of the CIO Auto union's troubles
today.
Police, and the FBI, were. con.
tlnulng an Investigation.
The bizarre tale was attributed
to white-haired William Thomas,
58-year-old night watchman at the
auto union headquarters.
Nervous ana snaKey, Thomas
admitted last night after 13 hours
of grilling that his story was a
hoax, according to Detective In
spector Joseph Krug.
Thomas, a co-f Inder of the dyna
mite plant at the CIO United Auto
Workers headquarters the nieht
ot Dec. 20, earlier had given po-k
napped and trused up by two
men.
With rope marks on his neck
and wrists, he was found soaked
from a wet snow at the gate of
the Henry Ford estate in subur- "
ban Dearborn early yesterday.
According to Krug, the middle
aged union employe pictured him
self as having brooded ever since
the bomb plot disclosure.
"I wanted to commit suicide but
I couldn't go through with it,"
Krug said the man declared.
Thomas was sam to nave tiea
the ropes himself around his neck,
legs and wrists.
Aged Oregon Pioneer
Dies In Roseburg
Charles Hiram Aytch, 85, pio
neer resident of Oregon, died in
Roseburg, Jan. 6, following a pro.
longed illness. He was born in
California on Nov. 5, 1864, and
came with his parents to Oregon
when a small boy. He lived at
Cayonville, near Glendale and at
Reedsport.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
Minnie Allen, Roseburg, Mrs. Ada
Rudolph, Forest, Ida., and a
brother, Alonzo Aytch, Glendale.
Funeral services will be held in
the chapel of the Long & Orr
mortuary, Wednesday, Jan. 11, at
10:00 a.m. Concluding services and
interment will follow at 2:00 p.m.,
Jan. 11, at the Masonic cemetery
in Glendale.
Graveside Military Rites
UolH Enr War I Veteran
Graveside military rites were
held at the Veterans cemetery for
Fred Frank Nelson, 60, veteran
of World War I who died at the
Veterans hospital Thursday. Ar
rangements were in charge of the
Long & Orr mortuary.
He was born at St. Paul, Minn.,
Aug. 20, 1889, and served in the
63rd infantry during WWI. He
was unmarried and no known
relatives survive.
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