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2 The Nwi-Rv!w, Roseburg, Or. Wed., Jum 7, 1950 Crash Kills Ex-Athlet Of Washington Stat SPOKANE, June 7 P A form er Washington State college ath lete, Dean Rumburg, died in tV wreckage of his car near Lind, Wash., yesterday after colliding with a bakery truck. Coroner Ed Cross said Rumburg, 26, was trapped in the badly smashed car. Workmen cut through the car's frame with a torch to remove the body. The accident occurred on a sharp curve Hi miles south of Lind, Ray J. Soularie of Ritzville. driver of the truck, suffered head injuries, Rumburg, a varsity football cen ter and member of the WSC ath letic council, was graduated in 1949. , MONEY CHARGE FACED Sheriff 0. T. Carter reported that Raymond Douglas Hopkins, 18, is being held in the county jail under $1,000 bail on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. Building Lots V North Umpqua At Lon Rock Only fiva lots left, two told lotefy. Approximately 1 Vi acres, fine soil, clear and level. Be tween new highway and river. Good fishing and hunting areas. Only a matter of minutes to Lone Rock Super Market, other modern business establishments in the making. Set These Now Paul E. Amann Gild The Weather Partly cloudy today and Thurs day with scattered showtrs today. Slightly warmer Thursday. Highest tamp, for any June ... 104 Lowest ttmp. for any Juno ... Jo Highest temp, yostorday 55 Lowest tomp. last 24 noun Precipitation last 14 hrs 40 Precipitation from June 1 .41 Precipitation from Sept. 1 31.44 Excess from June 1 15 Displaced Persons Act Extended By House Vote WASHINGTON, June 7 HP) The House Tuesday passed without de bate a compromise bill extending the displaced persons act for an other year and permitting more refugees to enter this country. The bill has not yet been acted on by the Senate. Its conferees have agreed to the compromise, reached after both branches of Con gress had passed separate bills. The legislation would extend for a year beyond June 30 a 1948 law which provided for the entry of 205,000 displaced persons. It raises the limit to 341.000. More than 150,000 already have been admitted. Must Toil 8 Years To Pay Debt To Former Wife CHICAGO, June 7 UP) Joseph Kulbarsh, 47, is out of jail today. And if he works hard and meets all the payments, he'll be out of debt to his former wife in eight years. Kulbarsh was released yesterday after 57 days in jail for being be hind $4,405 in child support pay ments to his former wife, Lillian, at the rate of $5 weekly. Kulbarsh was released when he paid his ex-wife $300. He promised to pay the rest at the rate of $10 weekly for the next eight years. The $5 weekly payments were ordered by a court 25 years ago. Kulbarsh's son, Harold, now 27, is a lawyer. ANYPLACE IN THE U. S. ) I rlegel t ore agents tor 4) Bekins Van Lines f) West Cooit Fait Freight Industrial Air Product! We cen transfer your good from East, West, North, r South. Call 935 for Information. F L E G E L Transfer and Storage Co. 900 I. Third St. "Don't Make a Move Till You See Flegel" Slayer Of Father Says He Did Right CHARLESTON, W. Va., June 7 !') A 15-year-old boy charged with the murder of his father calm ly told a jury he thought he had done the "right thing." Jimmy Basham, East Bank high school sophomore, said yesterday he hated his father. Why? "Because "he threatened to kill me and because he had beaten me and mother many times." Tne slight youth is charged with slaying his father, Charles Ted Basham, 45, a coal miner, with a .22 calibre rifle as the parent slept in a chair in the living room of the family house at Hansford last April 2. The boy pleaded innocent. Prosecutor Frank L. Taylor said the death penalty would not- be sked because ol nis age. Asked bv defense counsel wheth er he thought he would be punished ior killing his father, the youth re plied, "It didn't make much dif ference." He added: "Even if I have to go to an in stitution or something it would be better than staying at home the way things were." Senate Ups Sum For Price Props WASHINGTON. June 7 UP) The Senate passed a bill today authorizinn an additional iz.ouu,- 000,000 for government support of farm prices. The measure, similar to one ap proved by the House, increases by that amount the price supporting capacity of the Commodity Credit corporation wnicn maintains me support program. If finally approved by Congress and the president it would aumor iie CCC to use up to $6,750,000,- 000 in bolstering price props on basic crops. It now goes back to the House for action on a Senate amendment relating to imports of foreign farm products. The final senate vote 46 to S came early this morning alter a long night session in which the bill's suDoortcrs beat down a Re publican attempt to cut back price Dron levels immediately. This move, was defeated on a 50-to-18 roll call vote. Probe Of Perverts In Federal Employ Voted WASHINGTON, June 7. UF The senate rules committee today voted for an investigation oi re ports that hundreds of homosexuals and moral perverts nave govern ment jobs. The committee approved $10,000 for the inquiry. Its action sends on to the Senate a resolution for an inquiry. The resolution was introduced by Senator Hill (D-Ala) and nine other senators after Washington police estimated there are as many as 3,500 homosexuals employed in various government departments. The State department has form ally reported that 01 perverts have been forced to resign from that department. Senator Wherry (R-Ncb) has charged that 14 of them have found jobs in other government agencies. irr t I '! - A ixL ' I I - V h?'' Ji - V"1 s " i tV' "' i i CHORAL DIRECTOR Charles A. Ricketts, director of the 60 voico Roseburg Choral society, ead his group in a 14- number presentation at the jun ior high school, Wednesday, 8:15 p. m. The civic chorus will sing a varied program, ranging from religious anthems to hu morous numbers and folk songt. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Farm Bureau Unit Is Organized In South Douglas The Cow Creek Farm Bureau center, a unit of the Oregon Farm Bureau federation for the Glen- dale-Azalea district, was formed at a meeting Tuesday night at the D. M. Martin farm. The action was announced by Robert S. King, Oregon Farm Bu- r e a u federation representative from e,ugene, wno said that the Cow Creek center is one of sev eral Douglas county units to be formed in the near future. Officers elected at the meeting of farmers and their wives last night were: Blaine Johnson, dir ector C. E. Young, chairman, J. B. Moore, vice-chairman; Joe Payne, secretary-treasurer: Mrs. Blaine Johnson, associated women's chairman: Mrs. Norman Ashcraft, associated women's vice-chairman; D. M. Martin, livestock committee chairman; Paul Newman, dairy committee chairman, and Norman Ashcraft, seed crops committee chairman. Vital issues of 1950 agriculture were discussed at the organiza tional meeting, King said. Com munity singing and refreshments filled out the activities. There will be a county farm bureau meeting in Roseburg when organization is complete, the re presentative stated. The Farm Bureau federation is the largest general farm organi zation in the United States. U. S. State Dept. Halves Its Embassy At Warsaw WARSAW, Poland, June 7 UP) The U.S. State department has or dered a 50 percent reduction in the American embassy staff here. An attache refused to say whether the cut had been demanded by the Polish Government. (In Washington the state de partment made no comment but a spokesman said the Polish gov ernment has been pressuring for a reduction in personnel at the War saw embassy. Similar action has been taken by other !oviet satel lite governments in eastern Europe.) Eleven members of the U. S. military, air and naval attaches' staffs were ordered out of War saw in April following discovery of microphones in the apartment of Lt. Col. Anthony Frank Levno, assistant military attache. WOMAN'S DEATH PROBED "PORTLAND, June 7 -P The unexplained death of Mrs. Mary Austin, 36, found in a clump of bushes east of the city yesterday, was being investigated by police today. She had left the apartment of a woman friend Sunday for a walk. Her body was found near a boxcar on an interurban railway siding. The face was bloody, and a bottle of water was nearby. Gross Business Taxes In Portland Increased PORTLAND. June 7. UP) The city council hiked gross business taxes by 40 percent yesterday to get income high enough to balance the 1950-51 budget. The budget, totaling $11,775,421, was knocked out of line by tax payers' refusal to approve either of two tax proposals. r inance Commissioner ormond R. Bean had originally believed the gross Business taxes would have to be doubled. They now exact $1 per $1,000 retail sales and 75 cents on the same amount of manufac turing and wholesale sales. The boost is expected to raise an addi tional $664,000 annually. BOY ANGLER DROWNS PORTLAND, June 7 P One boy was rescued but 10-year-old Arthur Sellirk drowned in the Wil lamette river yesterday after they tumbled from a pontoon dock while fishing. Harbor patrolmen recovered Sel lick a body. He had been unable to grasp a rope thrown by other youngsters. The rescued lad had clung to piling until pulled from the water. Mrs. Andrew Gunsolus Of Dillard Passes Away Mrs. Andrew (Barbara Jean) Gunsolus, 22, resident of Dillard fo. the past four year, died at her home Monday following a pro longed period of illness. She was born at Aspen, Colo., Aug. 12, 1927 ani was married to Andrew Gun solus at Reno, Nev., on Sept. 19, 1945. She came to Dillard from California about 1946. I Surviving are the widower, An drew Gunsolos, a son, Kenneth, and a daughter, Sharon; her moth er, Mrs. Edith E. Morris; a sis ter, Mrs. Eunice Berniece Frost and a brother, James McCarthy Jr., all of Dillard. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of the Long & Orr mortuary Friday. June 9, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. W. W. Appleyard of Dillard Methodist church offi ciating. Concluding services and interment will follow in Civil Bend cemetery. WELL DRILLING 6" and 8" hales. All Work Guorantnd Earl Pretchern, Melrose Cleveland Hill Rd. Rt. 3, Box 810 'Gentie' Grandmother Aceused Of 12 Murders PARIS, June 1 IIP) Mme. Marie Barnard looks like a kindly grandmother and claims a "gen tle character,"but French police say she is responsible for the ar senic deaths of 12 of her close relatives. After nearly three months of mental tests, doctors yesterday rul ed the 54-year-old French peasant woman was sane 'and must face trial for murder. Km R.inirH ic armspH nf nni- oning her parents, two husbands, the parents ot ner secono nusoanu and six other persons all since 1927. Conviction could mean death on the guillotine. Duruig the sanity tests Mme. Bespard told the doctors: "I have a gentle cnaracter. 1 go to mass every Sunday and I take communion at Easter and on All Saints' day." jsv AFirmly Founded Jf as the Hills REUNION EXHIBIT MEDIA, Pa., June 7 UP) The Glen-nor high school class of '34 is holding a reunion Friday. Invitations of the event bid the class members to "come and see the graying hair, the bald spots and the bulging hips." ft " y '1-4 3, mm Let our factory-trained mechanic do your Adding Machine and Typewriter REPAIRS Free Pickup and Delivery, and a Machine Loaned to You While Yours is in the Shop. Typewriters for Rent at Low Rates. 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