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NEW DIRECTOR William G. "Bill" Clarenbach, above, .was
elected Monday to a five-year term as director on the board of
Roseburg school district No. 4. The ex-University of California
man and former naval destroyer commander won by a 14-vote
majority in his initial try for a school board, defeating incumbent
A. J. "Bud" Ellison. 141-127. Clarenbach, married and the father
of one (on, is now principal owner of the Roseburg Pro-Flame
Cas company and has lived in Roseburg four years. I Matt photo
JUDY WASHED UP?
Throat Slashing Follows
Series Of Woes, Leads To
Speculation As To Future
By JACK QUIGG
HOLLYWOOD, June 21. IAPI Little qirl. what now?
That was the question on Hollywood's lips today as it re
covered from shocking news that Judy Garland, a child star who
lost none of her luster with maturity, slashed her throat in a
fit of despair over her career.-'
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
TODAY'S jitter news:
"The western allies are
ported mining key ' roads
and
bridges throughout west Germany
and other parts of Europe to stall
any possible Soviet attack."
THE story was sprung when a
German magazine printed pic
tures of mine holes being dug
along a road. The pictures touched
off quite a furor. The Russians
promptly charged that these prepa
rations are "part of the American
aggressor's plans to march against
the Soviet Union." One Commu
nist newspaper allowed as how
"the Americans are planning to
follow Hitler's scorched earth
policy."
EX-GIs, I think, will recall that
when we were planning a big
push against the enemy WE
DIDN'T MINE OUR OWN BACK
ROADS. If you're going to attack
the other fellow why run the risk
of killing your own men by stepping
on your own mines? When you
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Los Angeles Bumps
Detroit As Fourth City
DETROIT, June 21 OP) With a
bow to Los Angeles, the city of
Detroit now yields its once proud
place as the nation's "fourth city."
There is to be no argument with
the new U.S. census figures.
Nor will there be any more
long-distance nose-thumbing be
tween here and the west coast.
For years that has been going on.
The census now gives Detroit a
population of 1,837.617. compared
to Los Angeles' 1.954.036. Los An
geles takes fourth place behind New
York, Chicago and Philadelphia.
Detroit drops to fifth.
Mayor Albert E. Cobo conceded
gracefully.
"The point is not whether we are
larger than Los Angeles," he said
"but whether we are growing in a
healthy manner. I think we are "
Motorist Crashes Book
On Traffic Violations
PITTSBURGH, June 21 (PI
Sam Lipera, 23, was arrested yes
terday on the following traffic
charges all occurring within on
hour:
Driving without a license.
Driving under the influence of
liquor.
Driving the wrong way on a one
way street.
Failing to heed a uniformed po
liceman and narrowly missing him
twice.
Hitting a taxicab.
Running through a red light.
Hitting a truck.
Spilling gasoline over the street.
Miss Garland s tudio, MGM sus
pended her Saturday and removed
her from the cast of her latest
picture after she failed to show up
for a rehearsal with Fred Astaire.
Monday night, during a conference
about her problems with her hus
band and advisers, she ran into
ithe bathroom and slashed her throat
with a broken glass. Her doctor
said the wound is superficial.
Some say this means the star,
who has had marital and health
troubles recently, too, is washed
up at 29.
Others contend MGM would never
cut adrift an actress whose recent
films have grossed about $5,000,
000 each.
One thing is certain: The "little
girl with the big voice" has al
most everybody's sympathy.
It's no secret that her health
has suffered in recent years, since
May 1949 she has been receiving
treatment for a nervous condition.
In addition, she has had to diet
to combat a tendency toward
plumpness.
Causes Studio Grief
Judy has frequently said she
wants to continue her career. Her
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Damages To Be Asked For
East Berlin Church Razing
BERLIN, June 21 WPt Leaders
of the Evangelical (Protestant)
church here declared today the
would demand damages from the
Communist- government of East
Berlin for the demolition of the
Georgen Kirche (St. George's
church) Sunday.
Over the protests of churchmen,
Communist authorities blew up the
church steeple. They contended it
was a safety hazard and that the
war-damaged church must be re
moved to make way for new build
ing plans at the Alexanderplatz in
the center of the city.
Church authorities maintained
the tower was firm and that they
had plans to rebuild the church.
The churchmen said that if the
East Berlin government refused to
pay they would take the case to
court.
U. S. Quarantine Decreed
For Imported Poultry
WASHINGTON. June 21 --P
Poultry,- except that shipped from
Mexico and Canada, has been add
ed to the list of imported animals
wnicn must De quarantined lor on
servation before entry to the U.S.
is permitted.
The Agriculture department an'
nounced today that the new order,
which became effective June IS. is
aimed at preventing the entry
of such devastating diseases
Asiatic or European Newcastle dis
ease and (owl plague.
AIR MEETING TONIGHT
Roseburg s 9415th volunteer air
reserve training squadron of the
U.S. air force will meet tonight at
tne armory at 8 o clock, l.l.-i ol
Theodore H. Wirak, commanding
otlicer, urged all enlisted or oftl
cer reservists in this area to
attend this meeting. Tentative re.
organization plans will be dis
cussed.
The) rVotstF
Mostly cloudy with scattered
showers today and Thursday.
Sunset today 1:57 p. m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:33 a. m.
Eirabht hod 1173
Growth Percentage Puts
Douglas County In Lead
Parade Will
Herald Rodeo
Opening Here
Western Motif Street
Pageant Plans Assure
Colorful Introduction
Saturday at 3 p.m. Roseburg
city streets, will be filled with
bands and drum corps, marching
units, colorful floats, mounted
horsemen and industrial displays
as this year's grand parade her
alds the opening of the sixth an
nual Douglas County Sheriff's
Posse rodeo.
Gaily decorated floats from
Douglas county service clubs,
business houses, social sororities
and industrial concerns will com
pete for honors in the annual
event. Judges will be John Hardi-
man, Ken Bushey and one other
person as yet unnamed by the
merchants committee in charge.
Outside Units Included
Led by the host organization, the
Douglas County Sheriff's posse,
other Douglas county riding groups
participating in the parade will be
the Riddle Roping club, the Myrtle
Creek Saddle Pals, and the Yon-
cala Saddle club. A featured or
ganization is the Lane County
Sheriff's posse which will ride in
the parade and participate both
days in tne rodeo.
Oregon's own replica of the
famed Liberty Bell will also be
displayed in the parade, under the
joint sponsorship of the Roseburg
Veterans of Foreign Wars and the
U. S. Savings Bond division of the
Treasury 'department. The" - VFW
will provide a color guard for this
second visit of the bell to Roseburg
and will take charge of the bell
during the parade.
W. H. "Doc" Carter, rodeo pa
rade chairman, said he "expected"
several of the floats would feature
queen candidates for the Sutherlin
Timber Days carnival.
Details of Parade
The parade starts promptly at
3"p.m. Saturday from the triangle
corner or 'Y' on N. Jackson street.
Participants proceed south on
Jackson to Cass, west to Rose and
south to Mosher street. Parade
entrants then turn east on Mosher
to Main, north on Main to Douglas,
east on Douglas to Fowler and
north on Fowler to break up near
the Deer creek bridge.
The Douglas county rodeo will
follow the lead set by other shows
in the south and east by present
ing the first half of their two-day
events Saturday at 8 p.m. under
lights, erected ' during the last
year for that purpose. Although
night rodeos have proven highly
successful in other parts of the
country, and have been staged
frequently, this is the first year a
rodeo nas been staged in Kose
burg after dark.
The show will be concluded Sun
day afternoon and will begin at
1:30, immediately following the
Douglas county registered horse
show, which will be held at 1 p.m.
on the race track: in front of the
grandstand.
KmbrlTS Or COLUMBUS
Knights of Columbus were initiated in ceremonies held at the
Odd Fellows hall Sunday. The
Eugene ritual teem end visitors
ROSEBURG, OREGON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1950
Temporary National Position
Doesn't Stem Disappointment,
However, Over Cities' Census
By LEROY INMAN
Douglas county is rated so far the fastest growing area in
the United States from a percentage growth standpoint. There
may be exceptions when California census figures are released,
however. The county's 1950 population, according to the census
report, is 54,064, compared with 25,748 in 1940.
Southern Douglas
Invited To Enter
Riddle Rodeo Fete
Preparations are going full force
at Riddle for the third annual ro
deo and fourth of July-celebration
to be staged July 3-4 by the Riddle
Roping club. The celebration will
include a queen contest and big
parade to be staged at 11 a. m. on
the fourth, with every community
in southern Oregon invited to en
ter a float and queen candidate,
according to Ike Orr, club Presi
dent. There will be a fireworks
display on the night of the fourth
and a street dance both nights. Too,
a carnival will be on hand July
3 through the 5th.
Prizes totaling $550, plus added
entry fees are being offered in the
rodeo events, which will include
bare back, saddle bronc and bull
riding, cow milking, calf roping
and baton race, pony express race
and kiddies calf scramble, with
Bulbul the clown as an added fca
ture. Stock will be furnished by
uiacKie smith and Walt Mask.
In the queen contest, aspirants
must furnish their own riding equip
ment, mounts and habits. They
will be judged on riding ability,
equipment and beauty with age
limited from 14 to 21.
i Jack, Fuller is chairman of the
queen contest and heads the float
committee for the roping club. Don
Clark and Don Turner are co-chairmen
of the float committee for
the Riddle Chamber of Commerce,
which is assisting the roping club
in staging the celebration.
Back Pay Won By
Swearing Women
CHICAGO, June 2I-CP) Wheth
er or not they were fired for "the
lost art" of swearing, three Marion,
Ind., women are $300 richer today.
The case of cusswords ended yes
terday when the women collected
$300 apiece from their former em
ployer, the Indianapolis Glove com
pany of Marion.
The women, discharged in 1948.
filed unfair labor practices charges
with the National Labor Relations
board.
Mrs. Edna Ruggles claimed she
was fired because of union activ
ity, but the company said it was
ner "excess and loud protanny."
Her case drew nationwide atten
tion when the NLRB trial examiner
lamented in his findings that
"swearing is a lost art."
The other two women, Mrs.
Louise Smith and Mrs. Delaphine
Moriarity, claimed they also were
fired for swearing. The company
said a lack of work was responsi
ble. The women were not reinstated
to their jobs.
Mew members of the Roseburg
wmmm
ritual was exemplified by the. (Paul Jenkins photo I
were present from many Oregon!
But even with this growth, there
has been some disappointment in
the report of population from the
cities. There are not as many peo
ple living within the incorporated
towns as commonly believed.
Roseburg, the largest city, has
a population only of 8,206 within
the city limits, followed by Reeds-
liuri wiin ,o, auinerun 4,-w,
Myrtle Creek 1.769. Drain. 1.W0.
and Yoncalla, 626. Figures are not
yet available from Riddle, Canyon-
vme, Olendale and r-lkton, the
other incorporated Douglas county
towns.
The combined population of the
cities is expected to be less than
18,000 population, which means that
more than 36,000 persons reside in
the rural or suburban areas. It is
probable that half of the 36,000
persons in rural areas live within
a few miles radius of the incor
porated cities. But this population
cannot be considered a part of the
cities proper from an official stand
point.
It has been estimated that an
additional 6,000 to 8,000 persons
reside within a five-mile radius
of Roseburg. The Winston-Dillard
area is estimated at close to 1
000. All the other communities
have well developed residential
areas near by.
The population report for the
cities, therefore, does not reflect
the true growth of the commit
nities. Many persons, either unable
to buy property within the city, or
lor other reasons, have been forced
to build outside the city limits.
Annexations Limited
Annexation has been successful
only to a limited degree. Rose
burg has annexed only one major
area, that of West Roseburg, and
half a dozen other small areas,
which have not added much to the
population. Annexation elections
have failed in North Roseburg and
East Roseburg.
One of the principal problems of
the suburban areas has been sani
tation. The areas annexed to Rose
burg have done so primarily to
obtain sewer service. North Rose
burg, which has organized a sani
tary district, is well along with
its plans to install sewers.
Many other problems have arisen
with the population increase. The
major one has been the school
situation. Almost every district in
the county has had to enlarge its
schools or build new ones. Also,
many of the rural schools have
been forced to erect new buildings
or provide additions. The school
problem does not .end with the
city limits, but covers the entire
rural area. Koseburg s school dis
trict 4, for example, embraces not
only the city, but east and North
Roseburg areas and extends far
beyond the west city limits.
SCHOOL BONDS BEATEN
BEND, June 21 (1 Plans
for Bend's proposed new high school
were in confusion today. Voters
rejected a $780,000 bond issue by
a 9.12-to-718 vote Monday.
communities. Ihe all-day event began Sunday morning
mass at St. Joseph's church
145-50
Flood Battle
Intensified
In Northwest
British Columbia, North
Idaho Face Top Threats;
h Lower Columbia Rising
(By The Associated Press)
Dike-bursting flood waters
brought increasing threats today
to rich farm lands of north Idaho
and British Columbia.
Hundreds of civilians and army
workmen labored desperately to
try to check the rising waters of
the Harrison and Fraser rivers
north of the border and the Koot
enai near Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
. Canadian flood fight directors
said the battle looked hopeless
there.
The army engineers reported
about 1,200 acres were under water
this morning from the Kootenai.
Half the total was flooded by a
new dike break during the night
norm and east of Bonners Ferry.
The army engineers' Seattle of
fice received an unofficial report
the Kootenai reached 33.2 feet this
morning, It is roughly to the top
of dikes along the farm land but
tour feet short of protective levees
at tne town of Bonners Ferry.
Dikes were becoming soggy and
the high water was washing at
them menacingly.
On the British Columbia front,
flood director Actor Kilby said
"we haven't got a 10 percent
chance" of stemming the onrush-
mg flow.
Families Evacuated
Already some 4a families have
been evacuated where the two
rivers meet at Harrison Mills, 40
miles east of Vancouver, B. C.
Damage so far has been slight
with the flooding lirr!,ed to some
30 acres of land. Bu the rickety
diking protects 1.500 acres of low-
lying farm land, the Canadian Pa
cific railway main line along the
shores of the Fraser, and the vital
Lougheed highway.
Water level is 23 feet three feet
above flood stage.
, tne lower Columbia, slowly inch
ing out over unprotected lowlands,
forced two Vancouver sawmills and
one chemical plant to close. The
dike protecting the Vancouver
Jantzen knitting mills plant was be
ing raised.
In Portland, the Willamette
forced two families living on the
bottomlands near the St. Johns
bridge to evacuate their homes.
A few east side warehouses along
the downtown Portland harbor had
seepage water in their basements.
U. S. Vice Consul In
Germany Is Suicide
FRANKFURT, June 21-OP) The
U.S. high commission announced
today that Clay H. Henderson, 33,
a U.S. vice consul in Frankfurt,
committed suicide yesterday.
Henderson, an official announce
ment said, was found dead of a
self-inflicted gun shot wound in his
apartment.
Henderson, who was born in Po
cahontas, Ark., has a mother and
brother living in Ventura, Calif.
He left three notes, the high coin
mission said. One was addressed
to his mother, Mrs. Virginia R.
Henderson, one to a woman ac
quaintance and one was an open
letter.
"Nothing in these Indicated any
reason for his act except mention
of his deafness which necessitated
his wearing a hearing aid. Asso
ciates said he was extremely sen
sitive about this affliction . . . but
that nothing in his actions recently
indicated contemplation of such an
act," the announcement added.
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and a breakfast at Carl's Haven
Increased Old-Age Pensions
For Millions Nearer Reality;
Accord With House Bill Next
WASHINGTON, June 21-
to 2 carried the promise of higher
ot persons a long step closer to reality today.
By this thumping vote, the Senate last night passed e bill
that would roughly double benefit payments under the old age
and survivors insurance system in the federal social security
system.
The measure is e major part of the administration program.
It would add about 10,000 persons to the 35,000,000 now covered
and would liberalize requirements for qualifying for benefits.
Before final action is taken by Congress, differences between
the Senate bill and a similar bill passed by the House last year
will have to be ironed out by a conference committee.
, Many thorny Questions remain
if..
Jt'Z.
PLEADS CUILTY Bookmaker
Frank Erickson (above) pleaded
guilty to a 60-count bookmaking
and conspiracy indictment in
New York. Freed on $10,000
bail, the gambler, whose opera
tions in 4a states bring him
$12,500,000 a year, could re
ceive a maximum sentence of 60
years in jail and $30,000 fine.
INEA Telephoto)
Transit Strike In !
Los Angeles Ends
IBy Ths Associated Press)
Street cars clanged and bus horns
honked again today in Los Angeles
as striking workers returned to the
throttle alter a five-day strike.
The big west coast' city's' mil
lion commuters Rnd 200,000 visit
ing Shriners had fallen back on
car pools and hired buses during
the lack of public transportatiin.
But a baker's strike in five west
coast cities continued, and no set
tlement had been announced in a
Pittsburgh milk drivers strike.
New talks were foreseen as pos
sible in the CIO American news
paper guild strike against the big
New York evening daily, the
World Telegram ana Sun.
The AFL transit workers in Los
Angeles got a five-cent an hour
pay raise immediately in their
strike settlement. An additional
three cents an hour will be grant
ed after a year.
The bakery strike nit Los Ange
les, Portland, Seattle, Bremerton,
and Everett. The bakeries affect
ed in the five cities produce about
90 percent of the bread In the
areas they serve.
The Pittsburgh milk drivers
were still working on a proposal
to present the operators which
might end their wage-and-hours
dispute.
Ex-Police Head To Appeal
Ouster For 'Flirting'
CLEVELAND. June 21 P
Highland heights', ousted Police
Chief, Fay Dalrymplc, 58, intends
to appeal to common pleas court
to keep his J.IOO-a-month job in
that suburban village of about 500
I'm not going to let them let
away with this frame-up," Dalr
ymple declared.
Dalrymple was fired by the vil
lage council yesterday after the
solons heard Charges the police
chief flirted with the wife of vil
lage Mayor Clem Ley.
The fraternal order of police,
through trustee William Horrigan,
has promised to support Dalr
ymple's fight for reinstatement.
Georgia Plywood Firm
Buys Hoquiam Plant
rOOUIAM. June 21. (D Sale
of the Acme Door company to the
Georgia Pacific .Plywood and Lum
ber Sales company of Augusla,
Ga., was announced yesterday by
Dr. M. w. oracnvogei, cme
president.
The purchase price was not dis
closed. The Georgia company operated
two mills in Olympia and one in
Bcllingham, one in hpnngtield,
Ore., and two in the eastern United
States.
Brachvngel said Herman Snyder
will be retained here as general
manager.
Driver's Death Thought
Due To Nap At Wheel
CRESCENT CITY, Calif., June
21 UP) Police said today that the
fatal crash of William P. Mobley.
24.-Salem, Ore., apparently came
after he fell asleep at the wheel
near here Monday.
Mohley's automobile left high
way 199, which runs from Grunts
Pais, and overturned in the Smilh
river, landing In about 30 inches of
water. The accident was about 14
miles north of Gasquey.
Mobley, who was employed by
the West Coast Telephone Co., was
driving south.
-(API Senate approval by 81
old-age pensions for mil
nillions
to be settled. One of the sharpest
issues in dispute is whether to pro-
vide for disabled persons in the
j Social Security program. The
House bill would do this but not
uic acinic filename.
Other key differences that will
have to be threshed out bw the
conference committee include bene
fit formulas, tax rates, eligibility
requirements and federal contri
butions for public assistance (dir
ect relief).
Even as the Senate passed the
bill, with only senators Butler (R
Neb) and Cain (R-Wash) voting
against it, steps were taken to
ward further and possible mure
fundamental changes in the social
security system,.
Program To Be Studied
Without dissent, the Senate "lir-
rected its finance committee to
make a thorough study of t h e
whole program. It will especially
study the possibilities of' shift
ing to a system of universal cov
erage financed on a pay-as-you-go
basis.
Also to be embraced In the study
is the relationship of the Social
Security system to private pen
sions plans.
What Bill Providos
As the bill was passed by the
Seriate, it would increase monthly
oenetits an average of 85 to 90
percent for current beneficiaries
under the old-age and survivors
insurance system.
For those retiring in the future,
a new benefit formula would ap
proximately double the benefits
provided by present law.
The present payroll tax of lVt
percent each on employer and em
ploye would oe continued until
1956. Then it would rise gradually
to 3 percent on employer end em
ploye alike in 1970 and thereafter.
Taxes would be collected on in
dividual earnings up to $3,600 a
year, instead of $3,000 as at pres
ent, The higher figure was writ
tea into the bill yesterday and con
forms to the provision in the House
bill. This means that a man making
as much as 13,600 a year will be
taxed $54 a year instead of the $45
he has been paying on bis first
$3,000 of pay.
Maximum Boosted
This was the principal amend
ment adopted by the Senate. The
effect would be not only to in
crease tax collections but also to
boose the maximum pension un
der the bill to $80 a month.
-Under present law the maxi
mum is $58 and the average bene
fit now being paid is $26. Both
House and Senate bills would raise
the maximum family benefit from
$85 tp $1S0.
A retired worker with a wife
over 65 would have his benefit
increased by 50 percent. Thus if a
man were entitled to a benefit
of $50 a month, the couple would
receive a monthly pension of $75.
However, if a wife also has
worked and is entitled to a pen-'
sion on reaching 65, she may take
her own benefit or one-half of her
husband's which ever is higher.
Logger Killed In
Truck Accident
Russell C. Autry, 44, of Brock,
way, was killed early Tuesday in
a logging accident ten miles up
the Upper Olalla read off high
way 42, occording te Deputy
Coroner M. B. Emmett.
Emmett said a state police
and sheriff's office investigation
Indicated Autry was pinned in
the cab of his truck when the
vehicle struck the bank. He seid
the load of legs slipped forward
crushing the cab.
The body was removed te the
Roseburg Funeral home and fo"
naral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
Eagles Club Ousts Cop
Because He Led Raid
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. June
21 P) Police officer Otto Hilde
brand was notified yesterday that
he is no longer a member of the
Eagles club because he "violated
his obligation to the organization."
Hildehrand led a police raid on
the Eagles club June 9. The fol
lowing day four trustees of the
club were fined a total of $100 tor
permitting the operation of a bingo
game in the club's main room.
Mayor Lawrence Luetkewitte
said he would complain to the
grand aerie of the Eagles in Kan
sas City.
Levity Fact R
ant
By L t Reiienstem
Russia's official newspaper
hat begun a series of articles
on the . science of language.
Presumably this it a plan to
groom Vithinsky, Gromyko, et
ol, for now Invectives and In
sult to hurl at the United