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Power Distributing Link
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PORTLAND (API Pacific Northwest and California
power distributing systems will bo linked by Nov. 1, 1952.
Interior Secretary Oscar Chapman said in a telegram
read at a meeting of the Columbia basin interagency com
mittee here that the acting defense power administrator had
certified the interconnection as "required in the interests of
national defense and setting forth the benefits to both the
Pacific northwest and to California areas."
The bureau of reclamation will build a 220-kilovolt
transmission line from Shasta dam north to Klamath Falls,
Chapman said. There it will connect with Bonneville Power
administration facilities being built to serve southern
Oregon.
The average annual saving would equal a minimum of
730.000 barrels of "oil vital to defense," Chapman said,
adding that the connection would firm up 100,000 kilowatts
of -Power for northwest aluminum plants which now are
served on an intorruptable basis.
This, he said, would permit production' of 40,000,000
pounds or more of aluminum "which could not otherwise be
produced in event of adverse water condit'ons in the Pacific
Northwest, by importation of steam generation from Cali
fornia." In turn, off-peak secondary power generated during
high water but unusable in the northwest could be trans
mitted to California and save substantial quantities of oil,
Chapman said.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
From Tokyo:
"General Ridgwav reported to
day a DECISIVE VICTORY over
the Chinese and Korean reds in
central Korea."
How come, in view of the reds'
vast superiority in numbers? Well,
the general puts it this way:
"The Chinese had five armies
when they began their central front
attack last week . T . they had
the potential of a powerful attack
... but they LOST THOUSANDS
OF MEN DAILY."
That is to say, we killed more
Chinamen than the red Chinese
leadership can afford to lose. As
long as we keep that up, every
thing will be hunkydory..
This question arises:
If we continue to stop the red
Chinks cold, what's old Joe Stalin
going to have to do to save his
boy Mao's face?
Until that question is answered,
keep your fingers crossed.
Back on the home front, we get
this from Washington:
"Investigating senators who ac
cused the air force of a greedy
grab for the nation's young man
power set out today on a nation
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Canyonville Fire
Damage $5,000
The Canyonville volunteer fire
department turned out in full
strength early Tuesday and con
fined the fire in the Ronald Loffer
building to the upper story apart
ment which was called a total
loss, which Fire Chief John Ham
lin estimated at $5,000.
Adjacent buildings were undam
aged, but the Canyonville Barber
and Beauty shops on the ground
floor of the two - story building
were damaged somewhat by water
used to combat the blaze. Equip
ment from the two offices was
removed.
Occupants of the burned apart
ment, Mr. and Mrs. William Peck,
were out of the building when the
fire started. They report the loss
of business records from the Can
yonville Hotel Coffee shop, which
they operate, and personal belong
ings. Situated at Main street between
First and Second, the structure
was not insured, according to Can
yonville correspondent Mrs. H. M.
Anderson. An overheated oil stove
probably caused the fire, Hamlin
said. The blaze started about 9 a.m.
and was under control by 10:30
a.m.
Cup-Calces With Oleo
Speaker Of House Didn't
Appreciate Distributor's
Plan To Create Laughter
By ESTHER GEDDES
SALEM One wouldn't think that a few dozen cup
cakes could cause a furor in a state legislature, but that
is just what happened on Monday 8 better known as oleo
flay here.
A Week nr tu-n a en whpn it was
first discovered that the bill to
legalize sale of colored oleo was
going to come over to the House
for consideration Marjorie Wild
man, secretary to Rep. Bill Ireland
from Molalla, came to me with an
idea for a little fun. She made the
remark that the legislators haVe
had everything from Tillamook
cheese to Grants Pass gladiola
bulbs, and Jackson county pears
0,hncir desks, andMcrhaps
it woura be a nice stunt to make
sixty cup cakes using oleo-mar
Mrine - and place them on the
desks with a copy of the recipe.
it tltdn t occur to any one to
consider the cup-cakes as being in !
m . "...j
he i very remote nossihilitv that 1
hthe vote of any legislator would be ;
affected by receiving a cup-cake
If maae with oleo. But various per-
ons, who were asked, agreed that1
Wharton Bros.1
Business Sold
To W. A. Oerding
Announcement was made yes
terday of tha sale of the Wharton
Bros, hardware and seed store, au
245 N. Main St., to William A. and
Naomi E. Oerding, local real estate
and insurance agents. The sale was
effective Monday.
Oerding stated that the business
will be operated on the same basis
as in the past, and that he will
also continue his real estate and
insurance business.
Charles W. Wharton, the original
owner, is retiring, but Jack R.
Wharton, his brother and part
ner, is remaining with the firm as
general manager on a temporary
basis,
Oerding said he plans later to
make extensive alterations in the
building and add to the present
implement and feed business the
"Purina Chows feed line. He said
he has purchased the stock and
business and has a long lease on
the building and the parking lot
to the east.
Wharton brothers have long been
in business in Roseburg. Charles
Wharton first began working for
J. F. Barker & Co. in the latter's
grocery and implement business.
on Jackson street where the Silver
Nook Grill restaurant is now lo
cated, in 1892. In 1907 Barker
moved to the present business loca
tion. . Wharton bought in with
Barker in 1912. Joined by his
brother, Jack, in 1923, the Whar
tons bought out Barker's interest.
Since that time they have oper
ated the store under the name of
Wharton Bros. -
Eisenhower Returns
To His Task In Europe
VERSAILLES, France UP)
The general and his lady, Atlantic
Pact Commander Dwight D. and
Mrs. Eisenhower, arrived in Eu
rope today he to command the
West's international army, she to
rule a suite in the Hotel Trianon
palace here.
One of Ejscnhower's first jobs
is to resume the "recruiting" and
training of the force he is to com.
mand in defending western Eu
rope. He started the job during
a swing through Atlantic pact
countries in January, but so far
his army consists mostly of paper
promises from those nations.
Last week' Eisenhower's chief of
staff, Lt. Gen. Alfred M. Gruen
ther, said the Atlantic headquar
ters by mid-March would be able
to take over operational control
of the international army.
That means both command and
training schedules for West Eu
rope's anti-Communist troops by
then will come from Eisenhower's
base here.
it would be a nice thing to do, and
mipht cause a little good-natured
discussion.
So Mrs. Wildman went home 1o
Portland last Sunday and spent the
entire day making sixty.cup-cakcs
anil decorating them, and copying
recipes and then managed to bring
them all from Portland in a suit
case on the train. 1
Unplaasant Ruction
Bright and early Monday morn
ing the cupcakes were distributed
and Mrs. Wildman relaxed and
waited for peor to laugh, and
lZVk. 7 tSi,m ,? , "!
Lhn.k ?" for. her eff"L1?' Buthe
got a rather unexpected reaction.
,h Hous.e ,Jhn Sleel
hammer must have ost his ens
of humor. .for when he arrived he
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Established 1873
Income Tax Fund
House Group
OKs Request
Of Gov. McKay
Committee Also Votes
For Referendum On Plan
To Ban Levy On Property
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
SALEM UP) Hope that the
legislature won't have to pass any
new taxes was expressed today by
Chairman Rudie Wilhelm, Port
land, of the house tax committee,
after his committee voted to use
income tax receipts and surpluses
to pay state expenses.
The committee decided to ac
cept Governor McKay's recom
mendation to use the income tax
money, amounting to $32,000,000,
for the two-year budget period be
ginning next July 1.
This would trim the anticipated
deficit for that biennium to $18,500,
000, and Wilhelm thinks the gov
ernor's $180,000,000 general fund
budget can be trimmed by that
amount.
The governor recommended that
the other $18,500,000 be raised by
removing the federal income tax
deduction on state income tax re
turns. Legal Question Raisad
The House probably will approve
use of the income tax money, but
some senate experts doubt it can
be done. They point out that the
people voted for the income tax
originally as a property tax re
duction measure, and claim that
this 'feature can't be changed with
out a vote of the people.
The committee also voted to sub
mit to the people a proposed con
stitutional amendment to make it
impossible to have a property tax
to pay state expenses, except for
bonded debt.
There hasn't been any state prop
erty tax since 1940 because there
have been enough income tax re
ceipts to make it unnecessary.
Cigaret Tax Plan Daftrrad
The Senate has decided 16 to 14
to delay consideration of the cig
aret fair trade bill until the legis
lature finds out whether a cigaret
tax will be needed.
The upper house adopted a mo
tion by Sen. Dean H. Walker, In
dependence, chairman of the sen
ate tax committee, to table the
bill until the legislature's taxation
program is considred, probably
in four or five weeks.
The bill, by Rep. Douglas R.
Yeater, Salem, would pronibit re
tailers from selling below cost plus
10 percent. Distributors would be
forbidden from selling below cost
plus 4 3-4 percent.
The Tax .commission would li
cense all retailers for $5 a year,
and distributors for $250 a year.
"Cigarets are the only item that
consistently is sold below cost.
Fourteen states prevent it by fair
trade laws like this bill," Yeater
said.
Sued Husband Balks
At Support For Dog
' CHICAGO UP) Hyman Zuss
man protested in court when his
wife, who is suing for separate
maintenance, asked that the fam
ily dog be included in his support
payments.
Zussman, 40, made no objection
to his wife's plea for support for
herself and their three children.
But when his wife, Sally, also 40,
asked to include the dog, Zuss
man suggested she sell it for his
estimated $1,000 value.
The dog, a 150-pound prize-winning
Great Dane, eats like a horse,
Zussman said.
Judge Daniel A. Roberts, order
ing Zussman to pay $45 a week
and rent for Mrs. Zussman and
children, told the couple to settle
"this trivial matter" the dog's
upkeep among themselves. A
hearing was set for April 13.'
"Egg And I" Tale Not
Libelous, Jury Decides
SEATTLE (IP) Ten persons
who contended they were libeled in
the humorous novel "The Egg and
I" lost their suit Tuesday to re
cover $500,000 in damages.
A superior court jury, which was
out more than 24 hours, decided
unanimously in favor of the de
fendants, Betty. MacDonald, who
wrote the best seller; her husband,
Donald, anil her publisher, J. P.
Lippincott.
The Weather
Showers today, fair tonighi, and
Thursday.
Highest temp, for any Feb. 7?
Lowest temp, for any Feb. 3
Highest temp, yesterday 47
Lowest temp, last 24 hours 39
Precip. last 24 hours .33
Precip. from Feb. I 4.35
Precip. from Sept. 1 35.75
Excess from Jen. 1 .17
Sunset today, 5:51 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 7:01 a.m.
New County Home
Will Open Sunday
Tha doors of the now Douglas
county homo will awing open '
for public inspection this Sun
day from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Com
mill iontr Dick Baker an.
nouncti.
The building was not com
puted at the time of the dedi
cation of the Community hos
pital so the inspection waa post
poned. Now, the public will get
chance to see the most mod
ern county home in Oregon, ac
cording to Baker. One of its
outstanding features is its al
most entirely fireproof construc
tion to avoid a misi.jp similar
to the burning of the former
county home. Baker seid "the
only things that can burn are
the mattresses and doors."
New Facilities
For Riverside
School Planned
City School Superintendent Paul
S. Elliott and Claude Freeman of
the architectural firm of Freeman,
Hayslip and Tuft, are conducting
study of the possiblities of build
ing an assembly hall and enlarg
ing the lunch room facilities at the
Riverside grade school.
The Roseburg school board in
structed Elliott and Freeman Mon
day evening to make the study and
draw up preliminary plans for the
project.
A delegation, headed by River
side PTA President Mrs. Leslie
Ptaff, appeared at the school board
meeting to urge the construction
of the proposed facilities.,
Elliott said he had also been in
structed by the board to investi
gate the use of the old Edenbower
schoolhouse for classroom use next
year.
A report by a state school in
spector was read at the board meet
ing which said the Roseburg Jun
ior high school was a fully stan
dard school with the exception of
the building's location and its play
ground. The state inspector sug
gested the school be moved awav
from the downtown area at some
future date.
A brief discussion on the school
teacher shortage brought out the
fact there are openings in the state
for 800 teachers next fall aa against
only about 600 qualified teachers
graduating from the state's collegs.
Elliott said a teachers' training as
sociation has been organized at
Senior high school to encourage
students to enter the field. '
Second Contempt Case
Against BRT Dropped
CHICAGO UP) The second
contempt action against the Broth
erhood of Railroad Trainmen,
stemming from the recent "sick
call" strike of switchmen, was
dismissed in federal court here.
Government -prosecutors asked
the dismissal in view of develop
ments Monday in the federal court
in Washington, D. C. There the
BRT pleaded guilty to contempt
in Ihe recent walkout and in a
similar strike last December and
was fined $75,000.
Jud?e Michael L. Igoe, who dis
missed the second contempt action
here, fined the rail union $25,000
last week after finding it in con
tempt because of the first walk
out. The union has until Saturday
te pay the fine.
The union is restrained until
March 2, by a temporary order,
from engaging in a strike and the
government could seek to extend
it.
Youth Faces Life Term
For Slaying Lawyer
GREENFIELD, Ind. (IP) -A
16-year-old youth faces a life term
in prison for the fatal beating of a
prominent Indianapolis lawyer on
a lover's lane northeast of Indian
apolis last June.
The bov. Earl M. Kcllv of In
dianapolis, was convicted here of
tirst Ucgree murder while robbing
Albert M. Thayer, 47. The circuit
court jury of 12 men recommended
life imprisonment.
Minors were barred from the
courtroom yesterday as prosecu
tors told the jury that unnatural
sex acts led to the beating and
robbery. A statement by Kelly ad
mitted as evidence said Thayer
i-umiimii-u uie acis. xnayer wtra
not married.
Life-Long Missionary
To Koreans Passes Away
PUSAN, Korea UP) Dr. Hor
ace H. Underwood. 61. who de
voted his life to teaching Chris
tianity to Koreans, Uied of a heart
attack Tuesday, a government
spoKesman announced.
Underwood was born in Seoul.
Most of his work was at Korean
Christian college there.
Four sons and a daughter sur
vive. Mrs. Underwood was shot dead
Jan. 3, 1949 b y several men
who South Korean police said were
Communists.
ROSEBURG. OREGON WEDNESDAY,
To Operate State
Allies Flatten
Wonju Bulge
Of Red Force
Two Attempts To Cross
Han River Fail, However;
Rain Bogs Down Tanks
By OLEN CLEMENTS
TOKYO .UP) Allied forces
flattened out the Reds' Wonju
bulge in Central Korea today but
in the West the Communists
blocked two new allied attempts
to cross the Han river.
A driving, relentless rain turned
the whole Korean battlefront into
a mud puddle.
Field dispatches said the rain
soaked GIs, bogged down tanks,
filled foxholes and deepened the
miseries of the front.
A few troops took advantage of
the rain for their first showers in
a month; those who could took
turns ducking into Korean shelters.
But for most, the rain meant a
constant soaking.
Red mortar fire "The heaviest
and most accurate I've ever scon,"
said one commander d r o v e
back an armored patrol to the
south bank of the Han seven miles
east of Seoul.
Five miles downstream from
Seoul, heavy resistance checked a
South Korean patrol trying t o
cross the Han.
U. S. Fifth air force planes
roared out again Wednesday in
support of ground troops.
Big naval guns rocked both
coasts of Korea.
The battleship Missouri bom
barded the Tanchon area in far
northeastern Korea all day Tues
day. Other allied naval forces
bucked strong shore batteries
around Wonsan on the Sea of Japan
coast for the -seventh straight day.
Field dispatches said the Reds
were pulling back so fast that they
were leaving equipment and their
dead in the snow.
The last heavy Communist re
sistance ended late Tuesday north
east of Chechon, a road hub 20
miles southeast of Wonju.
Red forces, however, hold
Hoengsong, another key town 10
miles north of Wonju.
Mrs. McTaggart Resigns
Home Extension Position
Mrs. Corinne McTaggart. Doug
las county's home extension agent
for three years, has resigned from
her position, effective last Satur
day. Mrs. McTaggart, who receiveu
her training at OSC, aided greatly
in me growing nurce extension pro
gram. Traveling throughout the
county, organizing and meeting
with home extension groups, she
has supervised instruction in sew
ing, textile painting, cooking, fur
niture arrangement and other
phases of homcmaking. Under her
leadership, the total membership
in home extension units has grown
from 400 to 6O0.
Betty Jane Patterson, who comes
here after two years in Clackamas
county, is now county homemaking
agent.
NET THEFT CHARGED
Robert domain Cooke, 27, a
Recdsport cook, is being held in
the Douglas county jail under $2.-
500 bail for larceny of a fishing
net, reports District Judge A. J.
Geddcs.
Cooke was arrested in Everett,
Wash., and returned on a Douglas
county warrant.
Freight Car Shortage
Shippers, Roads Given
Time To File Solution
Following Conference
PORTLAND (AP) Shippers and railroads have
until March 5 to file written proposals for solving the freight
car shortage. '
James K. Knudson, defense transportation administra
tor and Interstate Commerce commissioner, set the date
at the close of a conference
tie neara charges repeated that
the Southern Pacific had discrim
inated against western Oregon
shippers in the matter of freight
cars. The charges came from Ken
aeth C. Batchelder, traffic man
ager, and H. V. Simpson, execu
tive vice - president of the West
Coast Lumbermen's association.
Batchelder supplied charts to
siipport his claims. The two said
the railroad apparently doesn't
have enough cars to move all the
freight originating along its lines.
But J. B. Corbctt, Vice president
in charge of operations for South
ern Pacifier denied there had been
any discrimination. Questioned bv
I Knudson about equipment, he said
three new diesel locomotives had
been bought for the Siskiyou route.
I He agreed to a proposal that
i the ICC order northern railroad
. ,
FEBRUARY 21, 1951
Veteran Killed
In Korean Action
Melvin (Laddie) Brant, master
sergeant, was killed in action in
Korea, his mother, Mrs. A. K. Hill,
of Koseburg has
been officially
notified. He had
previously been
r. reporiea miss-
m ing m ctin-
IL . ft Brant was
If - ' yl only son of J
II-. I Hill. He is i
V 1 survived by
'-' 1 I sister, Mrs.
' Fox, of Sut
Dram was me
Mrs.
also
a
Bob
Slither.
' lin. He was born
in Brookings, S.
Dak., in 1922.
Brant entered
. , the service i n
Melvin Brant 1938, and served
with honor i n
World War II. He was wounded
twice and received the Purple
Heart. He served with the famed
7th infantry division through the
battles of Attu, Kiska, Kwajalcin,
Luzon, Leyte and Okinawa,
After serving a two-year enlist
ment in Hawaii on first entering
the army, he had to wait six
months before re-enlisting, until he
was old enough to do so. At the
age of 26, he had over 10 years
sqrvice.
"Brant had many friends in and
around Roseburg.
"Peace Council"
(Commie Version)
Opens In Berlin
BERLIN UP) The "World
Peace Council," opening a three
day session in East Berlin, has
called on world communism to op
pose rearming of West Germany
and Japan.
The pro-Kremlin council, sum
moned from far and wide, set up
committees to draft resolutions
pointing the Soviet-inspired aims of
keeping the former axis partners
defenseless.
The politics to be adopted by the
council before Saturday night will
amount to gospel for Communist
followers throughout the world.
In the huge Soviet-sector hall
decked with red flags, the council
opened its public sessions with
Pietro Ncnni of Italy in the chair.
On the rostrum were such inter
national figures as Dr. Hewlett
Johnson, "Red dean" ot canter
bury: Ilva Ehrcnburg. top Soviet
journalist; Jean Lafitte of France
and Professor Kuo no jo, presi
dent of Communist China's "peace
committee."
The council, In a preliminary
statement, declared this session
would be devoted to "the great
historical decision facing the world
today war or peace?"
The Red army's official news
paper in Germany, raegnene Kuna
schau, greeted the delegates with
the editorial comment that Gen
eralissimo Stalin's "war is not in
evitable" statement this week
"gives hope to the people that
world peace Is obtainable."
Incest Charge Results
In Verdict Of Guilty
After deliberating only half
hour, a circuit court jury returned
a verdict of guilty against William
Homer Berry, 42, of Smith River,
late Tuesday afternoon. Berry was
charged with incest. -Sentence was
deferred.
Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly
was unable to appear in court be
cause of illness. In his place, Judge
William G. East served on the
case.
here with the two groups.
lines to supply Southern Pacific
with empty cars in return for an
allocation by SP of an caual num
ber of loaded cars for movement
east.
William P. Ellis called the South
ern Pacific's single track with an
extensive grade for 40 miles be
tween Eugene and Klamath Falls
a "bottleneck." The single track
makes it difficult to move in empty
cars or take our loaded ones.
Ellis, representing 93 members of
me snippers car supply commit
tee, sain.
"Even if Southern Pacifc had
twice as many cars, It could not
move more than 5 or 10 percent
more traffic," ho told Knudson.
Shippers he represented will need
four times t$ many cars this year
as they did last, he declared.
44-51
Favored
World War 3
Preventable,
Truman Says
That's Aim Of Nation's
Current Arms Program,
Masonic Leaders Told
WASHINGTON (IP) Presi
dent Truman said today "we are
gradually approching a position"
in which a third World war can
be prevented.
All the current attempts to build
up men and material is merely
an effort to prevent such a war,
he told a group of Masonic lead
ers. He added:
"We are gradually approaching
a position in the world where that
can be prevented, if we have the
support and cooperation of all seg
ments ot tne population.
"And that means industry. la
bor, and farmer and you gentle
men and all the white collar peo
ple who do the inside work to
make these other things operate.
Mr. Truman spoke at a break
fast for Masonic leaders from all
over the country. The breakfast
was given at the Statlcr hotel by
an old Kansas city tricnd, Frank
Land, who heads the DeMolays,
an organization for young men.
Mr. Truman said he realized that
it's .difficult for most people to un
derstand what a serious situation
the government is in: He sized it
up this way: "the most tremendous
emergency that any government
has ever been faced with in the
history of the country."
He added he knew what he was
talking about because he has
studied history. "I ktjow we are
going through some of the things
that were gone through In 1860,
1916, and 1941," ha laid.
Unscrupulous Foe Faced
"We have to understand," Mr.
Truman said, "that we are faced
with an unmoral force which does
not keep its agreements wnich does
not keep its agreements, which
docs not believe in the things for
which this government stands and
for which the other free govern
ments of the world do stand."
With Mr. Truman at the break
fast were almost all his cabinet
officers, justices of the supreme
court and congressional leaders.
Speakers proceeding the Presi
dent gave him such a buildup, that
at times it sounded more like a
political convention than a gather
ing of the Masonic order.
Mr. Truman seemed to think so,
too, for he began by saying:
"This looks like a fixed-up prop
osition." But, he said, he'd merely
wanted the cabinet officers to ex
plain what this country is up
against.
Secretary of Defense Marshall
called for support of the man-power
bill before Congress which provides
for the drafting of 18-year-olds.
Canada's Prime Minister
Asks Sweeping Powers
OTTAWA UP) Prime Min
ister Louis St. Laurent's liberal
government has asked parliament
for sweeping powers to control
prices, wages, rents and man
powerto be used if and when they
are needed.
With the liberal nartv holdine
190 of Commons' 262 scats, pass
age of the measure appeared cer
tain. The nrime minister submitted .i
five-clause emergency powers bill
saying that the international sit
uation threatens the dominion's
security.
Introducing the measure. St.
Laurent said his government did
not plan comprehensive controls
now in any field. The powers asked.
he explained, would be on a
'standby" basis, for use only
should worsening conditions neces
sitate them. "
Logging Truck Plunge
Kills Bend Rider
BEND (IP) Lewis L. Low-
lin, about 30, Bend, was killed
Tuesday when the empty logging
truck and trailer in which he was
riding went off a highway five
miles northwest of here and
plunged 70 feet into an abandoned
pumice pit.
The truck driver. Dale C. Mont
gomery, 32, Bend, was thrown
clear of the wreckage, but was
seriously injured.
Sheriff C. L. Mc Caulcy said
Montgomery lost control of the
truck after a chain caught in the
airbrake on a sharp curve at the
top of the steep Tumalo grade on
the Bend Sisters highway.
NEEDLESS GIFT
NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo.
UP) R. H. Wooldridge, vice-president
of the National bank here,
won a chamber of commerce
luncheon door prize that he doesn't
need. It was a savings account
with a $5 starting deposit from
the State bank, National's only ri
val in North Kansas City.
Car Upsets
In Creek After
Skid Off Road
Shirley Roweil, Aged 16,
Death Victim: Three
Others Slightly Injured
A 16-year-old Tenmlle elrl waa
killed instantly and four other per
sons were hospitalized with minor
injuries, when the car in which
they were riding left the road at
Suicide creek on highway 42, two
miles west of Tenmile last night,
state police report.
Shirley Roweil, 16, was killed in
stantly, the police said. Dennis
Johnston of Tenmile, operator of
the vehicle, was hospitalized at
Mercy hospital but is to be re
leased today, it was reported.
Three other girls in the car, Ca
reen Roweil, sister of Shirley; Ada
Hubbard, both 14, and Carol Jean
Maisenbach, all of Tenmile, were
taken to Douglas Community hos
pital. Their condition was reported
to be not serious.
Failure to negotiate a curve on
the wet, slippery highway was
blamed for the accident, according
to the state police.
Automobile Skids
Johnston told the investigating
officers that he was headed west
on highway 42, and that he had
slowed his speed on rounding a
curve, just before coming to the
bridge on Suicide creek. He said
that the car went into a skid on
the wet pavement. It left the road
and rolled to the opposite bank ot
the creek. The car . then rolled
back and came to rest upside down
in the shallow water.
Johnston, the police reported,
said he crawled out through the
side window and managed to help
the three girls to safety. He could
not immediately find Shirley who
was later located submerged in
the water. It is believed, however,
the officers said, that she died in
stantly from a broken neck and
head injuries.
Deputy Coroner M. B. Emmett
investigated.
Junior At Roseburg High
Shirley Jean Roweil was born
at Portland Nov. 6, 1934. Except
for a brief period during the war.
when she lived at San Leandro.
Calif , she has lived at Tenmile.
She was a junior at Roseburg high
school, and a member of the Girls
Athletic association of the school.
She was a member of the Catholic
church.
Surviving are her step-father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. Max Lock
wood of Tenmile: her father.
Henry Roweil of Myrtle Point; twin
sisters, uariene ana careen non
ell, both of Tenmile; her maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Nunn of Long Beach, Calif., and
paternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. C. Roweil of Springfield.
Funeral services will be held at
St. Joseph's Catholic church, where
requiem mass will be oiterea ai
9 a.m. Friday with Father Edmund
Hyland officiating. Concluding
services and interment will follow
in the Tenmile cemetery. Recita
tion of the Rosary will be at the
chapel of the Long and Orr mor
tuary Thursday at cau p.m.
"NO BEER," ETC.
Pay Too Low,
Lament From
Postal Toilers
WASHINGTON UP) What
with no beer, no furniture and not
enough pay to raise a family,
things seem to be tough for postal
employes. .
An account of their plight was
E laced in the congressional record
y Rep. Kersten (R-Wisc), who
asserted on his own "there is no
doubt that the postal employes def
initely need a raise in pay."
To back up that claim, iversien
included in the record excerpts
from what he said were hundreds
of letters from postal workers in
the Milwaukee area. He said their
plight is typical.
Some of the excerpts:
"I am resigned to the absence
of beer in the icebox."
"We have an empty house. How
can we ever buy furniture for it?"
"We have no children. Why? And
leave them to run around like little
unfed and underclothed bums?"
"I'm getting tired of working 12
to 14 hours a day to earn a living
for my wife and three boys. To
tup this we live in a two-car ga
rage." "My wife is working, but now
that she is, we don't get to see
each other very often. I see her
about 15 minutes every morning."
"Only one thing has remained
stationary, and that is my wages."
"The raise you senators voted
yourselves, $2,500 per year, prac
iiniiv renresents mv yearly sal
ary. Uiouse memDers gui u
same.) , ,
'Cigarets is our oniy luxury.
There is no entertainment, we
have been to the show once ra
past two years."
"I have to live with my inlaws
to make ends meet."
MAYOR WORKS AT W
PARIS UP) Edmond Mathis,
for 69 years mayor of the tiny
eastern French village of Dehuna
and the oldest mayor in France,
celebrated his 99th birthday Tues
day at work in the village hall.
Levity Fact Rant
By L. F. Reizenstcin
Lest you forget: The new dry
flrt truck was te be delivered
thii month. Only seven days
jjeft.