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2 Th Newi-Reviw, Rouburg, Ort. Wd.t May 31, 1930 Roseburg Man Hit By Theft Charge Robert Lawrence Macklin, 27, of Roseburg, is one of two men being held in El Paso, Tex., on a charge of armed robbery, in con nection with a theater holdup in that city, an Associated Press dis patch states. The dispatch said four theater employees were tied up and locked in a closet. The other man, identi fied by officers as Hugh Edward Burchfield, 23, of Oklahoma City, was arrested in the theater, Sun day night, two minutes after an alarm was turned in. Officers said he had $1,436.46 in cash on him. Macklin was arrested in a car parked in an alley near the the ater. State police at Roseburg today identified Macklin as being from Roseburg, and formerly of Wed ford. He had been arrested here and fined on petty theft charges, the police said. He had done some wrestling in this vicinity under various names. Diplomas Givtn Eighth Gradt 'GradY At Elkton Sixteen students received their diplomas at commencement exer cises at Elkton school Monday night. Salutatorian waa Lorn Mad ison and valedictorian was Beth Weatherly. Completing the eigntn grade work were Jerry Romesmo, Betty Hendrickson, Beth Weatherly, Hen ry Hamrick, Mary Alice Bunch, Frank Gill, Noreen Compton, Doug las Dement, Shirley Thomas, Dar- lene Madison, Irene Duncan, Mi chael Benedict, Lorna Madison, Jewel Jones, Margaret Otto, and Corinne Andrews. Army Instructors Dated Tonight At Armory The regular Army instructors will conduct an augmentation meeting at 8 p.m. today on the subject, "Historical Illustration of Combat Team in Action." Instructors will be Mai. Max W. Cady and M-Sgt. Cloyd R. Potter, both from Sixth Army headquar ters. The meeting will be held in the Roseburg armory. Lt. Col. Robert E. Kidder, com. manding officer of the 6664 Base General Training depot, and Maj. Robert E. Kleiner, CO of 6416 Field Artillery Training battalion, urge all members of their respective units to attend this meeting.. Members of the National Guard their reserve, naval reserve and other interested resorve officers are invited to attend. Return From Sunnt Baach Mr and Mrs. Lome Swenson and chil dren, Barbara and Teddy, returned to their home at Brockway last evening, following a stay since Sat urday at Sunset Beach. They were joined there for the weekend by Mr. and Mrs. Gene Nabb of Eu gene, who formerly made their nome in Koseourg. KEN BUSHEY Says ft 1 Rose Show Plan Attracts Entries Entries are rapidly being reg istered for the Rose show, to be held June 7 at the Methodist church. Various growers have in dicated they will exhibit specimens and arrangements. Mrs. Earl Plummer, music chair man, reports that there will be spe cial music throughout the show. Other special features are being planned. The technique of flower arrangement will be demonstrated at specified times to be .announced later. A special feature arrange ment will be "Roseburg Around the' Roses." . The committee has requested that exhibitors display full blooms in floating arrangements. These may be named specimens or en tered as arrangements. Also bas kets or arrangements of climbers, etc., are desired. If possible, the committee would like . to know in advance those who plan to display so space can be allotted. Intending exhibitors are urged to call Mrs. J. M. Boyles at 181, or Mrs. Powell, phone 172JX. Li - FA' fe ) VI i Vri R. H. S. "Indian broke hi. stance 4 mm into mit Ms 'fW tribal dance twhet heard) Brother Kills Brother In Long-Standing Feud TALLEDEGA, Ala., May 31 UP) A feud between two brothers broucht death to the older yester day even as an officer hurried to prevent the slaying. "It was kill or be killed," said Neal Singleton, a 35-year-old pa roled convict, who was charged with murder after his brother Clif ford was shot to death. He told his story to lailer J. L. Lackey of Talladega county. "He'd a wavs run over me. trom a little bittie Kid." weal loio me iallcr. Clifford was 54. Clifford only recently nao Deen released from Kilbv prison after serving a sentence for stabbing his sister with an Ice pick. Neal was paroled in 1944 after serving two years of a 14-ycar sen tence for burglary, state prison rec nrrtx xhnwpd. Witnesses said both men were intoxicated. COLOR CUARD A veterans color guard headed the parade at Memorial day services held at tha Veterans hospital Tuesday. With opening exercises at the Vets grove, the contingents marched to the bridge,, for a ceremony of casting flowers upon the water, and then to the cemetery, to place a wreath upon a grave. (Picture by Paul Jenkins! Kiwanians Hear Music-Program, Report On Visit A musical program and reports of Kiwanis visits were features of the regular meeting Tuesday of the club which was attended by a small group. Miss Joan Phillips, pupil of Mrs. Homer Grow, played "Military Pol onaise" by Chopin, "Hustle of Spring" by Sinding, and "Jaulousi" by Gade-Levine. - A. A. Wilder, retired clothier, re ported on his visit to Kiwanis clubs in Arizona, and in Alameda, Calif., where be visited with his son, Carlton. A report was given on behalf of L. L. Chit wood, chairman of the agricultural committee, by M. J. Newland, president, regarding the recent visit to the Lookingglass grange, hosts to the club. The Bar bershop Quartet, composed of Jack Grothy, Lawrence Rand, Emil Lentz and Jim Wilford, presented several humorous numbers. The high school quartet, com posed of Dick Hoskins, Ernestine Wallen, Jackie Daniel and Carl Ellenwood, under the direction of Wendell Johnson, instructor, sang several numbers, which were well received by a large gathering at the hall. A picture was shown of underwriters Laboratories by Tom fargeter, local insurance agent. Community singing was led by Gene Springer to accompaniment by Mrs. Ken Bushey. The Lookingglass grange was re ported to be the fastest growing grange in the district. The Weather Fair today and Thursday. Slight- Iowa Grandmother, 72, Strangled To Death CLINTON, la., May 30 (-P ly warmer. A 72-year-oia grinamuiner w i fa Mtv found strangled near her home : Hi9hast temp, fcr any jay Tuesday and county Coroner L. 0. Riggert said she had been raped. The victim was Mrs. Lillian A. Chapman. Her body was found by a neighbor in a lot near the house where Mrs. Chapman lived with a sister. Relatives told police Mrs. Chap man left home about 9:30 last night but did not report where she was going. She was a frequent baby sitter but wasn't working last night, they said. Coroner Riggert said the body bore numerous bruises about the head. WADSWORTH TO RETIRE OGENESEO, N. Y., May 3Wffl Rep. James W. Wadsworth, author of the World War I draft law and co-author of the second world war selective service act, said today he wtuld not seek another term in Congress. The 72-year-old New York Re publican said he had decided to retire at the end of his current term next Jan. 3. He served 12 years in tne Senate, from 1915 to 1927. and is completing his 18th year in the House. Lowest temp, for any May Highost temp, yesterday Lowest temp, last 24 hours Precipitation last i nrs. Drjinitarion from May 1 Precipitation from Sept. 1 32-2 Deficit from May 1 84 101 30 78 4a 0 l.M Hoover Campaign Cost Twice That Of Morse's SALEM, May 31. tPi The pri mary election campaign of David I. Hoover, Deadwood Republican defeated for the U. S. Senate, cost almost twice as much as the cam paign of his victorious oponent, Sen. Wayne Morse. The Hoover for Senator commit tee reported to the State depart ment today it spent $54,005, while the Morse for Senator committee said it spent $28,448. SLABW00D In 12-16ond 24 Ini lengths OLD GROWTH FIR DOUBLE LOADS WESTERN BATTERY ' SEPARATOR Phone 5S Convention Of Elks To Be Told Of Aid To Youth CORVALLIS (Special) At the state-wide convention here Jjine 9, 10 and 11 Oregon Eiks will make a complete report on donations made to youth acitivitcs for year 1949-50. Approximately $100,000 has been given by Albany, Ashland, Baker, Burns, Coos Bay, Grants Pass, Heppncr, Klamath Falls, La Grande, Lakeview, Lebanon, Med ford, Ontario, Seaside, The Dalles, Tillamook, Corvallis, McMinnville, Hood River, Astoria, Bend, Eu gene, Gresham, Oregon City, Pen dleton, Roseburg, Salem, Toledo, Portland, - and Prineville Elks lodges to the following projects: 4H scholarships, Boy and Girl Scouts; basketball, baseball, milk funds, kiddies' picnics, Christmas parties, hospital equipment for children, community chest drives, Campfire Girls, school hot lunch programs, Salvation Army Youth centers, children's concert tickets, school bands, athletic funds, Sea Scouts, crippled children, play grounds, summer camp trips, stu dents' dances, Oregon Elks Visual Aid program, essay contests, i.ast- em Oregon Stock show awards, county fairs, kids' clubs, boxing team equipment, youth centers, school plays, band transportation funds, donations to Boy's Town, knot hole gangs, amateur contests children's Christmas trees, March of Dimes, teen-age clubs, relief for orphans, Pals, Inc., and text book funds. These donations were to chil dren's affairs. There is not enough space to devote to contributions for needv adults and worthwhile com munitv welfare. However, Corvallis Elks have set up a budget of $10,000 for their complete social and com munity welfare program in coming year, iranK Hise nounces. Fire Eating Into Timber In Coos County Region GRANTS PASS. May 31.-AJF) Fire starting Tuesday noon, pre sumably from logging operations by the Evans Lumber company of Coos Bay, was eating into virgin timber on the slope of Johnson mountain, 12 miles south of Powers, Coos county today. Rex Wilson, Siskiyou forester, said the blaze covered approxi mately 100 acres and was being fought by 45 men from vthe forest service and the logging crew, aug mented by five pumpers and three tractors. Wilson said he expected the blaze to be controlled today although it is still out of hand. Little equip ment was lost by the company, ne said, as the fire .started in a slash area before spreading into new timber. Episcopal Bishop, 63, Weds His Secretary, 30 LAWRENCE, Mass., May 31 (7P The Rt. Rev. Raymond Adams Heron, suffragan bishop of the Pro testant hpiscopal diocese of Mas sachusetts, and his former secre tary were honeymooning today af ter a surprise marriage. The 63-ycar old bishop and Miss Grace N. Hale, 30, of BrooKline were wed Monday after an engage mont of less than a month. It was the first marriage for both. The Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Shcrlll, presiding bishop of the Episcopal church, and the Rt. Rev. Norman B. Nash, bishop of Massachusetts, officiated. Bishop Heron was consecrated in 1938. Mrs. Heron, the daughter of Mrs. Charles S. Hale of Hewlett (L.I.), N. Y., had served as his secretary for two years. 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Still possessed of the agility he display ed as a junior varsity halfback at uau, ne sped tnrougn it to tne outside. Several white-coated at tendants were easily outrun. Whitfield previously had escaped three times from a state hospi tal in houtnern California. Alter the third escape, his capture was preceded by a two-hour chase across mud flats of an arm of San Francisco bay. His wife and eight months old son live in Los Angeles. 1 ' CRASH KILLS ATHLETE INDIANAPOLIS, May 31 UP) Jerry Stuteville, 22, Indiana uni versity basketball star, was killed early Tuesday in a truck-auto crash seven miles southwest of In dianapolis. Two other I. U. students in the car with him were injured critically. Driver Unhurt In Truck Wreck Near Oakland In a minor weekend accident Harvey Richard Gladen, Portland, crawled out of the smashed cab of his truck Saturday afternoon when a load of dry kiln tubing shifted on a curve about two miles north of Oakland. Traffic was delayed nearly an hour as wreckers attempted to right the truck and semi-trailer. A "pup" trailer came unhitched when the truck and trailer over turned. The driver was uninjured. Quaker To Resume Aid To A-Bombed Hiroshima LOS ANGELES, May 31 Pl Quaker schoolteacher Floyd Sch moe is en route to help Hiro shima again. For the third straight year the 54-year-old Seattle man a former instructor at the University of of Washington plans to build house was damaged Monday in a hospital, too. He led a party of eight students from various coun tries aboard the U. S. President Wilson, which sailed Monday. "Se need this sort of thing if we are to have a peaceful world," said Schmoe, who has collected $5,000 to start his present hous ing project for the A-bombed city. MR. 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