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2 The News-Revlaw, Roseburg, Suits For Money In Court Files Coastal Adjustment Bureau, Inc.. has filed suit In circuit court asking Judgment from Harold KirK lor J44.su, pius interest ano costs, on an assigned account, involvlne alleged non payment for merchandise purchased by the defendant. In another complaint, Douglas Creditors Assn, filed suit asking a total of $276.56, plus interest and costs, from William G. and Anne Nelson, on three assigned accounts, Involving breach of agreement, non-payment for pro fessional services and non-payment on a used car. United Petroleum Corp. was awarded judgment for .$1,522.55, plus interest and costs, from By ron Creek Lumber Co., in a cir cuit court order signed by Judge Carl E. Wimberly Monday. It was further ordered that the property of the defendants being held on a writ of attachment, be sold by the sheriff to satisfy the Judgment. WOMEN ADMIT SPREES - Justice of the Peace A; J. Ged dea today reported pleas of guilty to drunk charges were entered by two Roseburg women, both arrested by city police. Lillian A. Graham, 60. was fin ed $100 and given a 30-day 1ail sentence, suspended on condition he leave town. Gladys M. Shortlldge, 49, pleaded guilty to being drunk on a public street and was fined $40. . HERE'S SOMETHING ON The Level... Building and repairing costi less in the long run, when the proper tools and hardware are used, See our large stock now! , Umpqua Valley Hardware 202 N. Jackson Phone 73 y ' Time Is Money I Don't risk being late for Important oocaslons beoause ,' your watch needs adjusting or repair. Bring It to us now for expert, oonsolentlous workmanship. In watch making, always look for the word "oertlfled." Open Daily, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Hall's Jewelry Certified Watohmiker 345 S. Stephens Aorou from Greyhound IP, "4 o This efflolent-looklng fellow Is "Buck" Lansing, Trowbridge Electrlo electrician. Buck Is from Iowa but prefers Oregon. In the Navy aboard a destroyer tender, Buck saw a lot of the Southwest Paolflo and discovered more at Spokane. Washington, where he met his preient wife. Now they have a 2-year-old boy and Buck l flnlihlng their home at 620 Avenue "A". Buok wee caught by the cameraman as he was about to do some work on our olty lighting. Call on Buck for all general wiring, he's an eager beaver, you bet. WHAT 132 MEANS TO YOU ' 132 meant 132 years ... the sum total of the number of years experience of all electricians at Trowbridge Electric. Just think 132 years of expaiienca . . . experience you cannot buy anywhere else In Douglas County equaled by few firms in Oregon. Have Trowbridge Electric install your wiring, phone 268 for an estimate on your electric needs, 3 At Ore. Tuei., Jan. 17, 1950 Copco Crews Battle Deep Snow To Repair Wires (Continued from page One) night to locate a break which shut off power between Prospect and Rosfburg at 8 p.m. A few circuits were -maintained during the night with a small amount of power transmitted over the Roseburg Coos Bay line. The break at Pros pect was located at 8 a.m. today and crews went In to repair wires broken by a falling tree. Service was restored at 9:30 a.m. Copco's Toketee line has ex perienced eight breaks, Wells re ports. Crews late yesterday clear ed what was believed to be the last trouble In an Ice-damaged switch at Steamboat, tesls having shown the line clear. Then, as new tests were ordered, it was found that sofething had hap pened between Toketee and Steamboat, In the area the crews had rovered during three days of killing work, and they had to start all over again. Trouble Inevitable "We can expect trouble on the Toketee line for some time," Wells said. "When you cut a right of way through forest, clear and burn the undergrowth and make other changes, it Is to be expect ed that trees along the margin will fall, that landslides will oc cur and tiat weaknesses In new materials will be exposed. It takes a little time for i new line to be broken In. "But never In 27 years of ex perience," said Wells, "have I ever encountered anything like tnis. i ve been tnrougn a lot oi power trouble caused by storms, but I have never known so many Interruptions to come In such a short space of time. Trees Peril Workers The combination of snow. Ice and wind is responsible for most of the trouble, wells said. Trees, heavily loaded with sndw, were toppled by the unusually heavy winds oi inursaay ana rnaav. Trees weakened by the gale still are laiiing. several uopco crews have had narrow escapes, and one tree fell with Its branches touching one of their parked trucks. Wires, made brittle by the cold, break from the slightest tap and are severed by blows which under more normal conditions would not affect them, Wells ex plained. Repairs have been complicated by deep snow blocking many of the roads normally used. Crews are forced to travel long distances on foot, carrying their supplies. Wells reported eight breaks on the Toketee line, nine on the Roseburg-Coos Bay line and five on the Roseburg-Prospect line, allv within a period of 11 days. More than 100 men, he said, have been working with only brief snatches oi rest throughout tne entire period. "We seem to be gaining," Wells said, "but we're keeping our fingers crossed." Q JACXSCNSX TUEFHONE 268 Rising Rivers Sweep Areas Of Three States (Continued from page One) the San Joaquin valley of central California. Intermittent snows continued In the snow-blanketed Pacific Northwest. Colder weather swept into parts of the Southland. Below zero cold still held northern border states In their grip. Towns Are Flooded At Roslclare, 111., water cov ered Front street and 40 business houses closed or their stocks were moved to higher ground. About 250 of the 2,000 residents were homeless. Old Shawneetown, 111., was iso lated. Truck, boat and automobile relays took food and mail into the town. '' In the Carmi, 111., area, the Red Cross used trucks, boats and men to evacuate residents of Maunie, Rising Sun, Concord and New Haven, 111., all on the Wa bash or Little Wabash. About two-thirds of the 1,450 residents of the four towns refused to leave their homes. Residents who have been evacuated are living in pri vate homes or box cars at Carmi. U. S. engineers girded for th J biggest fight on the lower Mis sissippi since 1937. District engi neers warned that about 12,000 persons in the 200 square mile area of the Birds Point-New Madrid may have to evacuate on tshort notice If the river is opened into me iiooaway mere 10 re lieve the river pressure at Cairo and other towns further north Wind Lashes California Winds up to 65 miles an hour whipped rain and snow across northern California last night in the third successive storm in a little more than a week. The downpour was expected to con tinue today and tomorrow. Planes dropped food to livestock marooned in the Bald mountain area of northern California. Frigid temperatures continued to plague northern states. Inter national Falls, Minn., had 30 be low zero early today. At Mlnot, N. D it was -18. The Houghton area of north ern'Michlgan has been smothered under 28 inches of fresh snow fall since Sunday. The temperature had fallen about 20 degrees In some parts of Dixieland. The weather bu reau said temperatures were in the 40's early today In northern Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia Trio Of Entertainers Dated At Junior High The public is invited to attend a special assembly at the Junior high school auditorium Wednes day, Jan. 18, at 11 a.m., accord ing to R. R. Brand, principal. Featured on the program is the Bajan Volga Troubadours, a trio of Russian-born, naturalized Am erican citizens, famous for their singing, dancing Instrumental performances and Informative talks. The trio will be garbed in costume typical of the Russian sections In which they were born. No admission will be charged. DRUNKENNESS DENIED Judge Ira B. Riddle reported disposition of the following cases in municipal court this morning: David Paul Poppino, 32, Oak land, pleaded innocent to drunk charges. His trial Is set for Jan. 23 at 10 a.m. John Marvin Pearshell, 37, Harlan, forfeited $20 ball when he failed to appear in municipal court tnis morning to answer to charges of being drunk In a pub lic place. DO YOU KNOW THIS MAN East Roseburg Vote On Annexation Scheduled (Continued from page One) Ing installation was approved. upon recommendation of City Manager M. w. sianKara. imme diate steps will be taken to in stall twelve 6,000 lumen lights on Harvard street to the west city limits, and Install the remaining lights in the area as soon as time and the availability of material permit. The city manager's re port stated that he had conferred on the matter with California Oregon Power company. A con siderable number of poles will have to be placed and consider able time will probably elapse before completing the Installa tion of all the lights requested, the report stated. The proposed zoning of West Roseburg recommended by the planning commission was re ferred to a special committee con sisting of Councilmen Percy Croft, Carstens and J. A. Hart, for further Btudy. Ormond Feld kamp appeared and stated the zoning as recommended inter fered with his plans for the con struction of apartments on his property and asked for considera tion. , The council passed through its third and final reading an ordi nance formally accepting the re cently annexed areas of West Roseburg, Miller's addition Sleepy Hollow and Beulah's addi tion. The ordinance officially re cords the charter amendment, ap proved by the electors, altering the city's boundaries. Storm Sewers Planned City Manager Slankard pre sented a diagram and cost esti mates for th construction of a storm sewer on Lane street, ex tending from the river 4,863 feet east up the hill. The estimatej cost would be $37,974.68. The line as proposed would be graduated from 30-inch pipe for the first 1140 feet, down to 12-Inch pipe at the head, with additional six-inch feeder line pipe. , The council is generally in agreement that steps must be taken to provide storm sewer re lief for the city, since the sewer system is not now adequate to handle surface water runoff. Storm sewer water would be dumped directly into the river and not go through the sewage disposal plant, as at present. The method of handling the cost whether In the direct budget, by special levy or by a bond is sue, would have to be deter mined, later. The matter was tabled for further study. Loading Zone At Issue Special committee, George West, chairman; Frank Ashley and Chester Morgan, was ap pointed by Mayor Flegel to study the loading zone parking prob lem. The action was taken after Jean Whittenburg of Modern Furniture appeared, asking that some relief be given store own ers who have no other place to park their business vehicles. "This Is an old problem to which the council has had not direct an swer" said Flegel. Ward Changes Approved The council approved recom mended ward changes, as worked out with the county court, to more adequately correspond with voting precincts. The county court recently established new pre cinct boundaries, which did nor conform to city wards. These pre cincts cannot be changed again lor two years. Tne ward cnanges were set up to include the area south of Harvard avenue in West Roseburg In ward 3 and the area north of Harvard In ward 2. The boundaries of Woodward, Caro and Hamilton precincts were extended one block north to place the entire precincts in ward 3. Millers addition-Sleepy Hollow would be placed in ward 4, and Beulah's addition in ward 2. Other boundaries will remain as they are at present. An ordinance on the proposed vacation of Clair street was tabled until the next meeting. Request by Dr. C. D. Parkin son that concessions be made in setback lines for a new medical clinic and apartment house he INSURANCE LIFE AUTO FIRE State Farm Mutual Insurance O. L. ROSE P. O. Box 489 Phone 288 116 W. Cass Over Douglas County Bank FARMERS Local claims service is your assur ance of fast repairs when your car is damaged. LOW RATES . . . on collision and liability cov erage gives you standard protec tion at substantial SAVINGS Liability Coverage $5000-10,000 bodily ln)ury. $5000 property damage. No Extra Charge for Age, Mileage or Business' Use Over 100,000 Western Motorists Insure and Save Through Farmer Standard Form Nonassessable Policies, Formers Insurance Exchange Tax Filing Aides Dated In Douglas Deputy collectors from the Portland office of the collector of internal revenue will visit var ious cities in Douglas county from Feb. 15 to March 15 to help you with your federal Income tax returns, Hugh H. Earle, collec tor, announced today. These assistants will be avail able to taxpayers at the follow ing cities at the time and place given: Reedsport, Feb. 15, city hall; Sutherlin, Feb. 23, Suther lin hotel; Glendale, Feb. 23 and 24, city hall; Drain, Feb. 24, city recorder's office; Oakland, Feb. 24, Oakland bank; Myrtle Creek, Feb. 27 through March 1, city hall; and Roseburg, March ti through 15, at 209 Pacific build ing. Earle also announced that the same assistance is available to taxpayers at the branch office of the collector of internal revenue, 222 S. W. Fifth Ave., Portland 4, in case some persons are un able to avail themselves of the local assistance. The Portland as sistance is available daily, ex cept Saturdays, until March 15. The final day for filing federal Income tax returns as Wednes day, March 15. Truman Still Declines To Act In Coal Strike (Continued from page One) the time has not yet arrived." More than 300 major indus tries, including many steel plants would lose all electrical power if Duquesne Light decides to shut off supplies to industry to con serve power to domestic users. In still another developemnt, the Pittsburgh Retail Coal Mer chants association telegraphed President Truman that "the emergency in coal supply has become a crisis." The association asked Mr. Tru man to use his powers "to pro tect the consumers of coal." Wllkes-Barre, Pa., Jan. 17 UP) For the first time In 15 years a move was underway today to organize a rival union to John L. Lewis' United Mine workers in the hard coal fields. Existence of the group, calling itself the Independent Anthracite mine workers, was disclosed by T. F. (Bucky) Brennan, former Wyoming Valley coal miner. Brennan said the new anion's affairs are being handled by a 10-man executive board, which he heads. He would not name the members of the board, but said it will be expanded soon to 100 members. The move for an Independent union, Brennan said, started in the Plttston area In Eastern Pennsylvania's hard coal fields shortly after the Lewis-ordered tnree-day work week went Into effect. The union came into existence, he said, because of "unrest and lack of confidence in the present UMW leadership," ,. t Funeral Service Set Funeral services for George Elmer Longbrake, 67, who died at his home at Sutherlin Sunday, will be held at the Christian church at Sutherlin Thursday, Jan. 19, at 2 p. m with the Rev. Lloyd Whltford officiating. In terment will be In Valley View cemetery. Arrangements are in charge of Stearns mortuary, Roseburg. plans to build on South Main at Mosher was tabled until the next meeting. Dr. Parkinson submit ted petitions bearing the names of most property owners in the immediate area. One owner of abutting property had not been contacted, and the council felt no action could be taken unless all owners of nearby property had granted their permission. Harold Horn was present ask ing for street light relief of the residential areas. The council ad mitted the situation was bad, and that the existing lights are in adequate, but cited the cost of further Improvement at this time. James C. Bewley was granted a license to clean and Install saw dust burners and oil stoves in Roseburg. afcj Paul H. Krueger 836 S. Stephens Phone 21 $10-10 Eaoh six months Current Rates Plus $5.00 Nonrecurring Fee at Beginning of Policy The West's Leading Auto Insurance Carrier Wider Social Security Urged On Senate Group (Continued from page One) been under the program. As for payments, the minimum a retired worker can get under present law is $10 a month and the maximum around $45. Un der the House bill, these figures would Vise to $25 and $64 re spectively for those already draw ing benefits. For those who be gan drawing benefits later, the maximum would be $69 to start, but this woold rise slowly, year-by-year to $84. (These figures are for unmar ried persons. The wife of an in sured person gets a pension one half as large as her husband's.) Altmeyer proposed that higner benefits In the House bill be, put into effect immediately. Senator George (D-Ga), the fi nance committee chairman, and Senator Milllkin (R-Col.), the senior Republican member, have predicted' that the Senate will go along with the House and vote for broader coverage and larger benefits. They have declined to forecast whether the Senate will take the House version or modify it in one direction or another. In his state of the union mes sage on Jan. 4, Mr. Truman-said need for broader coverage and bigger benefits had been drama tized by "the widespread move ment to provide pensions In pri vate industry." Examples of that trend are the $100 monthly pensions, including social security, recently won by workers in the steel industry and by Ford Motor company em ployes. John Franklin Hayden Funeral Services Set Funeral services for John Franklin Hayden, 79, who died Sunday at his home in Roseburg, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock in the chapel of the Long and Orr mortuary. Reverend Kenneth Knox of the First Christian church will offi ciate at the service. Vault inter ment will follow in the Masonic cemetery. Mr. Hayden Is survived by one son, Roy D. Hayden, Rose burg; three grandchildren, Den nis Hayden, Roseburg, Mrs. Rob bert Hink, Eugene and Arline Hayden, Roseburg. Two Drunk Charges Faced By One Individual Walter Leejind Shortlldge, 43, of Roseburg, yesterday was ar rested by city police on two drunk charges and had bail set at $200 in municipal court Tuesday, ac cording to Judge Ira B. Riddle. . Called to the scene of an auto accident, allegedly involving cars driven by Shortlldge and one driven by Mary Westlake, also of Roseburg, city police charged Shortlidge with being drunk on a public street. The additional drunk driving charge was filed this morning, upon submission of a private complaint. Girl Abandons Movies For Religious Career' HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 17. VP) 'The glamor and money of Holly wood are unimportant," says 21-year-old Colleen Townsend, who Is giving up the films "to devote my life In serving Christ the best wav I can." Miss Townsend, starring with Dan Dailey in a forthcoming pic ture declared: "Giving up a Hollywood career may seem like nonsense to some Deople. I had thought that per haps I could serve Christ through motion pictures. But I have de cided that I can serve him If I give all my time to him." A member of the Hollywood Presbyterian church, Miss Town send said she felt It unfair to sign her studio contract for another year because she plans to go to theological school. Her contract expires next month. .3'"Ofe Powerful IVi-lon and 2-ton Studeboker trucks are now available in four wheelbaiti. Streamlined Studebaker pick up end itke body trucks, too, in and 1-ton capacities. Get the extra earning power or Studebaker's low-cost power! Get a winning combination of high torque and money-saving gasoline economy for your new-truck moneyl Get a husky, handsome, unmistakably modern Studeboker truck I Gel America's thriftiest pulling power KEEL 443 N. Jackson The Weather U. S. Weather Bureau Office Roseburg, Oregon Cloudy with rain and snow to day, tonight and Tuesday. Little change In temperature. Highest temp, any Jan. .... 71 Lowest temp, for any Jan -6 Hlgheet temp, yesterday 40 Lowest temp, last 24 hre. .... 31 Precipitation last 24 hrs 04 Precipitation from Jan. 1 .. 5.37 Precipitation from Sept. 1 .. 16.83 Excess from Jan. 1 2.63 Gustav Krupp, Ex-Arms Maker Of Germany, Dies (Continued from page One) into and became the successful head of a network of holdings which at their peak were estimat ed to be worth from $200,000, 000 to $1,000,000,000. Both his father and mother were born in Philadelphia, Pa. His mother's father, Henry Boh len, was a northern general In the civil war and was killed In the battle of the Rappahannock. Not Tried; Son Punished The arms king was indicted as a war criminal in 1945, after the war machine he helped build was smashed and most of his huge plants at Essen had been bomb ed to rubble. Although Gustav never ap peared for trial, his son Alfred was sentenced by an' Allied Tri bunal to 12 years in prison on charges of using slave labor and plundering property in countries snatched up by the Nazis. Krupp had run into trouble af ter World War I, also. The treaty of Versailles ordered the de struction of $25,000,000 worth of his company's war materi. Then when the French occupied the Ruhr in 1923, Gustav and several of his directors were Im prisoned for six months for "pas sive resistance" to the occupa tion. Since the end of World War II most of his war-making plants that had not been destroyed have been dismantled. The sombre 150-room Krupp mansion in Essen, Villa Heugel, was turned into headquarters for the Allied control group running the Ruhr coal Industry. The castle-like structure, luxuriously furnished, once had the reputa tion of being the place where more European history was made than any other single build ing. H. P. Marks Of Reedsport Passes At North Bend Word was received here Mon day by survivors that H. P. Marks of Reedsport died yester day In the Kaiser hospital at North Bend. He is survived by his widow, Mary; two sons, George and Ed ward Marks, both of Reedsport, and four grandchildren. He Is also survived by three brothers, Charles Marks, Win chester Bay, and John and C. E. Marks, both bf Roseburg. ' Funeral arrangements were not announced. " Production Credit Association I MEETING CANCELLED Due to weather conditions the annual meet ing of the Production Credit Association sched uled for Wednesday, Jan. 18, at Riversdale Grange has been cancelled. Members are urged to mail their ballots indi Men eatii ' offic . che cating their preferences direct to the Medford office. Their meeting will be held there as scheduled on Thursday, n with Studebaker's amazing Power-Plus and Econ-o-mlter truck enginesl Get th new spaciousness, new safety; of the big-visibility new Studeboker cabl Get th rugged durability that's built Into every Studeboker truck's structural MOTOR CO. Substitute For Oleo Tax Repeal Defeated (Continued from page One) items as Jewelrv, furs, cosmetics, luggage, light bulbs, transporta tion tickets, photographic equip ment, admissions, telephone calls and telegrams was offered by Senator Butler (R-Neb.) It was accepted as part of the substitute by Senator WV.ey (R-Wis.), one of the chief spon sors. Not all the dairy state Sena tors agreed with him that It would bolster their chances. Democratic Leader Lucas, of Illinois, has pledged that the Sen ate will have an opporunlty to vote on excise tax cuts at this session but wants the issue han dled separately from oleomargar ine. Langer, one of the sponsors of the substitute, had said that if It was defeated, he planned to bring up the anti-poll tax, anti lynching and Fair Employment practices amendments he has of fered to the House oleomargar ine bill. . His strategy is to turn South ern Senators against the bill. They are among its strongest sup porters, partly because oleo mar garine provides a major market for cottonseed oil. Most of them, however, are bitterly opposed to the civil rights amendments. PIANO MOVING We're ipecialisls al this. . Modern equipment, quick service ROSEBURG TRANSFER & STORAGE Phone 927 AGENTS FOR 10NO DISTANCI MOVINS . fO ECONOMY-UT US HANOll All DETAILS :. re ' v Jan. 19. Phone 129
