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1 2 2 Th Nwi-Rviw, Roseburg, Ort. Frl., Sept. 21. 1951 Charles E. Hausotter Serving In Far East Charles E. Hausotter, aviation structural mechanic, third class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Hausotter of box 1.18, Riddle, is serving in the Far East aboard tne seaplane lender usa rine is land. The Pine Island services the large Naval patrol planes which are used in aerial reconnaissance work, and quarters the crews. ' During its present tour of duty, the Pine Island has visited Japan and Okinawa and the Philippine Islands. Its crew is entitled to the Korean Service medal, the Japa nese Occupation medal and the China Service medal (extended.) The Pine Island served in 1946 as the flag ship of the eastern task group of Rear Admiral flyrd's famous operation High Jump on the Antarctic survey cruise. The ship was seen in the motion pic ture "The Secret Land," a por trayal of the Antarctie expedition. Two Glendale Sailors Servo Aboard Carrier Two Glendale men, Ralph R. McDowell, commissaryman, third class, USN, son of Mrs. George C. May, and Glen C, Meads, avia tion boatswain's mate, third class, USN, son of Mrs. Cecil Meads, are serving on the 27,000-ton aircraft carrier USS Essex in Korean wa ters. A veteran of 68 World War II combat operations, her aircraft destroyed 1.531 enemy planes and sent 111 Japanese ships to the bottom. The carrier was removed from mothballs and recommis- sioned last January at Bremerton, Wash. During the last two years of her five-year retirement from active service, the Essex underwent a $40,000,000 structural moderniza tion program, to enable her to handle heavier fighters and fighter bombers. The carrier arrived in the Ko rean theater In late August to re lieve the aircraft carrier USS Princeton. Two Local Men Enlist To Serve In Air Force Milo M. Claughton Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. N. Claughton of Camas Valley, enlisted in the U.S. air force on Sept. 18. On comple tion of his basic training at Lack land AF base, San Antonio, Texas, he will be assigned to one of the many air force technical schools. Also enlised In the air force on the same date was Wayne K. Neptune, son of Mrs. Ruby Nep tune of Roseburg. Neptune was a recent graduate from the Rose burg high school and was em ployed by United Petroleum cor poration, Roseburg, prior to his enlisting. LEGION AUXILIARY SERVES The American Legion Auxilii ary, Unit 16, urges all members to bring sandwiches or salads to be served to the men who will be working at the Kohihagen building on N. Jackson street Sunday. DRESS UP YOUR LIVING ROOM WITH A NEW WOOL RUG. These new rugs have Just arrived and art In the latest fall colors and designs. PRICED FROM 84.50 UP Guest Speaker Slated At First Baptist Church The Rev. Dewey Mullholland will speak at the First Conservative Baptist church tonight at 8. A potluck supper will be served at 7. The Rev. Mullholland Is enrol; te to Brazil, South America, where he will be engaged In missionary work. His father, the Rev. Ralph Mullholland, who is now in Mon terey, Calif., was pastor in Rose burg several years ago. The public ia invited. Torch Used To Cut Trucker From Cab SPOKANE OP) A young truck driver, his body pinned sua nst the steering wheel, his leg broken and his safely twice men aced by fire, was cut free by an acetylene torch Thursday after his truck and a switch engine col lided. David E. Knittle, 24, spent more than 30 harrowing minutes inside the crushed cab of his truck. He was finally lifted out and taken to a hospital with a broken leg and foot, chest ana possiDie in ternal injuries. Twenty police, firemen and pas- sersby gathered to get him out, Knitile, unable to move but con scious all the time, watcned as a garage mechanic cut through steel with the torch to free mm. The train crew nut out one fire that started In the cab shortly after the crash. The torch started another but it was auickly doused, The truck was carrying a load of heavy, damp hog fuel. Oregon Beach Home Purchased PORTLAND m The T. H. Banfield beach home, a 160 acre estate in a picturesque setting at Otter Rock, has been sold to Yachats motel operators. It was understood here that the new owners, H. B. and Lillian Mc Even and Inez Vaughn, planned to convert into a resort hotel some time in the future, possibly next year. The buyer recently sold the Pad dock, a 24-unit motel south of Yachats to Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Garrison, formerly of Texas for a sum reported greater than $200, 000. The price paid Mrs. Banfield for the Otter Rock property was not disclosed. Fir Production Heading For Top PORTI A Mil irm n.,i.. fir production, up last month after a jury lau-ou, may ne neacung for a record high, the West Coast Lumbermen's association reported inursaay. Harris E. Smith, association sec retary, said that in the first 35 wenkfl nf fhls vpnr nrnHuptinn uoa 7.SAS R4fl OOO fppt mmnniwil with 6,863,301,000 at the same time last year. And last year's production set a 12-month record. Orders and shipments also are up, Smith said. The August weekly averages were: production, 221,781,000 board feet; orders, 195,365,000; and ship ments zusiz.ouu. Unfilled nrripre nt thn anA nf August were 533,236.000 feet and gross stocks 886,889,000' board feet. Blocked Alleys Warning Needed The city fire or police depart ments should be notified if alleys are to be blocked overnight or for longer periods, according to Tony Shukle, assistant fire chief. The principal offenders in block ing alleys are persons who must have their wood dumped there, and in some cases cannot get the wood moved Into their woodsheds Immediately. mn wnnH in aIIpvu. if thev have no other place, but in cases where thA umnH pannnf hp removed until the next day or longer, the city should be notified, tms is to Keep fire department trucks from turn ing down blocked alleys in case of fire, said Shukle. The delay of the fire truck may prove costly, be pointed out. 25-Ft. Boat Sea Trip To Continue Despite Mishap EUREKA, Calif. P) Despite another mishap, a Salem, Ore., couple plans to continue a round-the-world trip in a 25-foot boat. Towed to port here by a coast guard cutter, Mr. and Mrs. Luis A. Martine-Lally said they would repair the engine of their boat "The Magic Carpet," then would set out again on their voyage. They admitted they were a "lit tle scared" when their boat sprung a leak off-shore, their engine wouldn't work, and a dense fog surrounded them. They feared they could not be found in the fog, after calling for help by radio. The cutter found them, though, and by that time Martine-Lally had plugged the leak. From here they plan to sail to San Francisco, then to Los Ange les and on to Honolulu. A series of mishaps has delayed the couple, who left Astoria four weeks ago. Alaska Company Given Contract WASHINGTON UP) The Bu reau of Reclamation announced Thursday the awarding of its first major construction contract out side the United States for a part of the Eklutna project in Alaska. The contract went to Palmer Constructors, Omaha, Neb., on a low bid of $17,348,865. The firm is a combine of three companies, Peter Kiewit Sons, Coker Construc tion Co. and Morrison-Knudsen Co. The price is almost $4,000,000 less than a low bid received last June, when the bureau rejected 8? $21, 321,695 offer as excessive. The Eklutna project is expected to cost $33,800,000 and to provide more than 164,000,000 kilowatt- hours of energy for the achorage area. A 30,000-kilowatt power plant will be built at Tidewater on the Anchorage-Palmer highway. GIBSON TO RETURN Cpl George G. Gibson. Riddle Is listed among 1,077 combat vet erans from Korea who will arrive Saturday, aboard an MSTS trans port, the name of which will be disclosed later. The passengers include rotation combat personnel coming home for reassignment and enlisted reserve corpsmen re turning to civilian life. HARTFORD DIES NEW YORK -UP) John A. Hartford 79, chairman of the board of the A. c P. chain food stores, died yesterday after a heart attack in a Manhattan skyscraper elevator. 5 PIECE DINETTE SET Heavy chrome legs with life-time formica top. Four chairs and extension table. SPECIAL PRICE 59.50 SOLID SLEEPING COMFORT Box springs and Inner spring mattress, well con structed, heavy ticking. BOTH FOR ONLY 59.50 Ridqway Withholds Reply To Red Resumption Offer TOKYO UP) Gen. Mathew B. Rldgway withheld his answer today to communist proposal to resume the Korean truce talks at Kaesong. The battle of words over how to get the wheel of peace re volving again was as muted as the United Nations' limited offen sive action was loud. Even Red China's Peiplng ra dio the Communist sounding board that pours out tens of thou sands of words each day in anti United Nations command propa ganda was notably silent. There was only a dribble of hashed-over complaints of Kae song neutrality violations where torrents used to flow. Battle For U. S Institutions Urged By Truman SAN FRANCISCO OP) Pres. Ident Truman has called for an all out fight to safeguard the United States and its institutions, which he said "are threatened as they have never been before." In a message to the AFL con vention, the President said the nation and its institutions are threatened by communism, infla tion, and reaction. "They are threatened by the danger of Communist aggression," the President said. "They are threatened by the danger of inflation with its terrible burdens on the great body of our citizens. "They are threatened by re action here at home; threatened by people who want to turn the clock back, who wanted to strike down all the social and economic progress we have made, and by people who are using the threat of communism as a screen for their attacks on the very foundations of our civil liberties. "These are real threats, threats that must be met." The President paid particular tribute to the AFL and cllled the working men and women of the nation "our greatest single re source." Earlier, leaders of the AFL had assembled evidence charging that Russia is engaging in kidnapings jn western Germany, Austria and other free areas of occupied coun tires. The AFL said it would place this evidence before the United Nations. WALLACE, Idaho UP) The mayors of the mining towns of Wallace, Kellogg and Mullan have joined in proclaiming the week of Sept. 23 as "anti-communism week." The mayors, C. A. Magnuson of Wallace; H. C. Seeber of Kel logg and Dan Colohan of Mullan, in a joint proclamation declared they believe "that all subversive activities against the govern ment of the United States of America should be brought to light and destroyed," and that "all Americans and all, other peoples . . . . should be cognizant of the Inroads of communism creating a dangerous condition existing in our localities in the United States and abroad." The proclamation says the week is proclaimed "in order to call attention to such subversive ac tivities and this dangerous condi tion," and it Invites "all the people in our communities to as sist in stopping subversive activi ties.". SHARE RECEIVED Douglas county recently re ceived $3,478 as its share of the soil conservation service dividends for the year ending June 30, 1951, according to an Associated Press dispatch. Payments made to Ore gon counties amounted to $813,-522. '..X - I "TYLE-BORD" the Magic Word in HOUSEKEEPING! "TYLEBORD" is a magic word to good housekeepers who look ahead. They realize they can have walls in their kitchens and bathrooms that need not undergo annual patch ing, painting or resurfacing . , . Walls as. easy to keep clean as a modern refrigerator. Because the plastic-coated surface of TYLE.BORD ia baked on, it does not fade or lose its original beauty and luster. TYLEBORD is always fresh and colorful . . . always easy to keep dean. Idleyld Park By MRS ARTHUR SEBLY .... Mrs. Arthur M. Selby wrote th article appearing in Thursday'! News-Review concerning the Lone Rock bridge. Mrs. Selby's by-line on the article was unintentionally omitted. Guests of the Forrest Losee'i the past week were Mr. and Mrs. Royal Wilkinson of Eugene, sis ter' and brother-in-law of Forrest, and his brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde J. Losee, of North Hol lywood, who are fishing on the North Umpqua. Clyde Losee is the general maintenance superintend ent of the Chrysler assembly plant at North Hollywood. Idleyld Park has three new families: Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Greenup and children, Jerry and Sharon, moved from Cloverdale Park to the Brown property. GreenuD is eniDloved by the Kuc- kenburg Construction Co. Also, Mr. and Mrs. tins uamp bell and children, Linda, La Juana, Wayne and Rosella, who moved from a house on the Wellborn ranch on Lone Rock road to the Sncllstrom property. Mrs. Camp bells parents, Mr. and Mrs. Liaie Wilson, and granddaughter, Vicki, brought their trailer house onto the same property. Campbell and Wilson are employed by the Holm Lumber Co. The Wellborn house had been sold to an Elgarose couple who were burned out by the lire. Mr. and Mrs. Si Enlow and daughter, Harriet, have returned from a week's visit to Enlow's parents in Tacoma, Wash. They returned via Astoria to visit friends there. T. B. Daily of Oakland, Calif., a guest at idleyld Park lodge, spent a week fishing. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lobe of Gait, Calif., accompanied by their son and daughter-in-law, spent a week at the Idleyld apartments owned by Clyde Watkins. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Hicks of Man hattan Beach, Calif., have been spending the last two weeks as guests of Clayton Milner. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Allen of Portland were also weekend guests. Rov Sills has sold his property to Jack Lambright who is from Oklahoma. Lambright's son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Watts, have moved into the cabin. The Watts have a new son, born Wednesday, Sept. 19. Mrs. W. Davis is the new clerk at the Idleyld store. Mrs. Lonnie Brooks has just re turned from a 3-day visit with relatives in Mapleton. Checker Game Draws Son Into Death With Mother LONDON UP) The story of how a young mother played her seven-year-old son a deadly game of checkers in a gas-filled room was unfolded at an inquest here. Coroner P. B. Skeels found that Mrs. Dorothy White, 34, kept her son's attention by playing the game until both died in the kitchen of their home. Friends said she had been despondent because of a nervous breakdown. The jury returned a verdict of suicide and murder. Fatal Heart Attack Ends Anniversary Trip KLAMATH FALLS -IIP) The 25th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whiting, Glen dale, Calif., ended in tragedy Wednesday. Vacationing In this area, they left their motel to spend the wed ding anniversary at Crater lake. As they were leaving the lake to return here, Whiting, 57, died of a heart attack. EAGLES SPONSOR PROGRAM The broken toy program that provides gifts at Christmas for needy children is being sponsored by the Eagles Lodge Instead of the Elks lodge as reported earlier. Last Of 10 Escapees From Idaho Captured SAN DIEGO, Calif. UP) James Henry Cesena, 21, surren dered to FBI agents last night, ending a manhunt that started Sat urday when he and 10 other federal prisoners escaped from the county jail at caldweu, idano. Cesena was the last of the . 10 still at large. The FBI said his. surrender was arranged by relatives. Agents quoted him as saying he gave him self up because San Diego police had put on "too much heat." , Another of the 10, Richard T. Fisher, 21, of Phoenix, Ariz., was captured here Tuesday by a po liceman who questioned him as a loiterer. Jap Wife Draws Forgery Charge TOKYO UP) The Japanese wife of an American army cap tain was charged with forgery to day in occupation provost court. She is accused of forging 14 bills of exchange in a Japanese bank. The aggregate sum was 450 mil lion yen, which is $1,250,000 at the legal rate of exchange. The woman, who is the wife of Capt. Thomas E. Wood, surrend ered voluntarily and was released immediately on her own recog nizance. Capt. Wood, from 5625 Grand Ave., Dea Moines, is stationed at Yokohama. They were married Feb. 17, 1951. The alleged forgeries took place in August, 1950. Orginally indicted by Japanese courts, Mrs. Wood' held that the Japanese courts had no jurisdic tion because she was the wife of an occupation officer. The Tokyo district court upheld her motion. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, su preme commander of the occupa tion, then authorized the occupation court to assume jurisdiction. No trial date has been . set. Aluminum Slated For North Dakota WASHINGTON UP) Senator Young (R-ND) said a $100,000,000 aluminum reduction industry Is "assured" for North Dakota if railroads serving the area will re duce shipping rates. Negotiations are now going on with the railroads, Young told a reporter. They are the Northern Pacific, Great Northern, and the Soo Line railroads. "Among those interested in put ting in an alumunum plant in North Dakota are Olin Industries and the Aluminum company of America (Alcoa)," Young said. British Bookies Give Odds On Conservatives LONDON UP) British book ies Thursday offered six to four on the Conservatives to win the British national election Oct, 25. Professional politicians among the Conservatives warned against ovcroptimism, pointing to the United States presidential elec tions in 1948. "Remember the Republicans,' one Conservative leader said. SPECIALS FRESHFRUITSlI QUALITY MEATS VEGETABLES ; LETTUCE Veal Shoulder Steak lb 79c 2 HEADS 25C x . LOIN END ONIONS Pork Roasts lb 49c 10 LB. BAGS 49C ARMOUR'S BANNER CAULIFLOWER Bacon lb 49c LARGE HEAD JLOQ : 77- Frankfurters lb. 49c Sunkist ORANGES H"""- . lb. bag 59c ASPARAGUS mps 12c ' HUNT'S All Pure SPINACH N0 -2,CANS 17C MILK A"ER.S 1L FASHI0NED " , OATS LbbAG73c A Tall Com Z3C : C 0 F F E dr,p or regularlb 89 Bonfire AIACI A MELO-MAID OR UMPQUA salmon BUTTERo 75 TALL CANS 49C dQ U Z URGE PACKAGE Highway Project To Be Discussed At Sutherlin Citizens of Sutherlin will discuss the relocation of highway 99 at a public meeting in the old gymna sium of the high school Sept. 24 at 8 p.m. The decision to hold the meeting was made Tuesday night when the five-man committee appointed by the city council to study the re location convened. The hearing is being held to ac quire information from the public on the relocation problem prior to presenting the case before rep resentatives of the State Highway department Oct. 9. Sutherlin committeemen will be given 30 minutes to lay their pro posals before the representatives. During the public hearing the type of access roads to the city will be discussed, the arguments for and against the relocation will be considered. The state Highway department will hold similar meetings in towns affected by the highway construction project. Power Executive Blames Fishing PORTLAND UP) James H. Polhemus, president of Portland General Electric Co., said Thurs day that fishing interests were partly 'responsible for the current power shortage in the Northwest. He said they had blocked for two years construction of Pelton dam on the Deschutes. With that dam turning our power, the pres ent shortage would be less severe, he said. John Beaten, chairman of the Oregon Fish commission, said Pelton dam wouldn't be big enough to be much of a factor in the northwest power picture. Plans announced by PGE last spring said Pelton would have a peak capacity of 120,000 kilowatts. That is about half of the inter ruplible power cut off by Bonne ville last Monday. Jury Convicts McCracken Of Murdering Child SANTA ANA, Calif. UP) A jury Wednesday convicted Henry Ford McCracken in- his second trial on charges of murdering 10-year-old Patricia Jean Hull last May 19. The hulking hillbilly musician was found guilty of first degree murder. The jury did not make any recommendation. Under Cali fornia law the death penalty would be mandatory. In his first trial, which ended Aug. 2, a jury was unable to agree on a verdict on the murder charge, but convicted the 34-year-old gui tar player of child stealing. It acquitted him, however, of kidnap- . ing. ' IRWIN HELD Herbert Leonard Irwin, 59, Drain, is being held in the county jail pending arraignment in dis tirct court on a charge of driving while under the influence of intox icating liquor, reports the state po lice. FOR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER More Women Are Needed In Service, Says Group WASHINGTON -UP) An ad- T visory committee on women in the services recommended to the De fense department yesterday that present figure of 30,000 women in the armed forces be increased to 112,000 within the next few months. In an initial report made to the department after hearing ad dresses by top officials, the com mittee said the need was urgent and that: "There are sufficient numbers of American women to meet all the needs of maintenance of home, industry, educational and medical institutions as well as military re quirements." GOP Disputes Truman Outlook WASHINGTON UP) Repub licans blasted at President Tru. man's 1952 victory predictions to- . day while southern Democrats took grim note of his intent to help draft his own party's platform. Almost to a man Republicani disputed hotly the President's as sertion at a news conference yes- , terday that his opposition has no issues and is resorting to misrep resentation and smears. Senator Knowland (R-Cahf) put the sentimeat of many of his col leagues into words with the dec laration that "the people will have a chance to decide whether there are any issues in 1952 and they will express themselves on efficiency and integrity in govern ment by electing a Republican president." I . ' Baby Sitter Penalized In Death Of Two Tots OWENSBORO, Ky. UP) A 19-year-old baby sitter whose two charges suffocated in her absence faces a 90-day jail term. Anna Louise Dillingham wa convicted of involuntary man slaughter by a circuit court jury. Miss Dillingham, crippled by polio. since she was two, was charged with two counts of in voluntary manslaughter as a re sult of the deaths of Ronald Wayne, 3, and Sheila Ann Holt, 1. She was tried for the boy's death. The children suffocated In a smoke-filled bedroom in the apart ment of their parents, Lt. and Mrs. Harold Holt, last Feb. 21. Lt. Holt, now stationed at Fort Sill, Okla., was in Korea at the time. Mrs. Holt had hired Miss Dillingham to watch the children while she was at work. Miss Dillingham admitted leav ing the children for an early morn ing trip with a Fort Knox soldier whose name she had forgotten. Fire broke out in the Holt apart ment after the baby-sitter had departed. ARRIAGNMENT SET Two men will be arraigned in district court today, reports the state police. They are Fred Jack son Marshall, 633 E. 2nd Ave. S., who was arrested Thursday on a charge of being drunk in a public place, and Newman Edward V O'Brien, 57, California, who was arrested in the Happy Valley area and charged' with vagrancy. 22nd SELECT FURNITURE For Every Room In Your House LIBERAL TRADE-IN EASY TERMS GOODMAN'S FURNITURE 444 N. 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