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. .
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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
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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."
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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The Weather
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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
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. che
cating their preferences direct to the Medford
office. Their meeting will be held there as
scheduled on Thursday,
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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.
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