2 Th. Newt-Review, Ros.burg, Or. Sat, Jan. 12, 1952
Weather In 1951
Characterized
By Extremes
Weather for 1951 was one of ex
tremes, the meteorological sum
mary prepared by the Roscburg
office of the V. S. Weather Bureau
reveals.
Not only was a record drought
of 96 days set, but total precip
itation was 4't inches greater than
normal. Snowfall was " ibov
average, average wind velocity and
number of sun hiny tlnvs wire also
greater than for normal years.
Several records were set. A rec
ord drought period occurred be
tween May 2 and Au. 27. t"':il
of 96 days without a measurable
'amount of precipitation. It was
the driest June on record, not even
a trace of precipitation was re
ceived. The previous dry record
was 78 days.
New records for the fastest mile
of wind were set. On Nov. 10 a
southwest wind set a new record
of 38 miles per hour, only to be
broken again on Dec. 4, when an
other southwest wind of 40 miles
an hour was established, with
gusts up to 65 miles an hour
Total precipitation was 37.54 in
ches, compared vii a ''e v
normal of 32.91. Total snowfall
was 19.4, compared with an aver
age of 6.5 inches. Average wind
was 4.4 m.p.h., compared with an
average of 4.3. Sunshine was prev
alent for 54 percent of the year,
compared with the average of 47
percent.
Annual mean temperature was
55.1, compared with the yearly
normal of 53.4. The highest tern
perature was 101 on July 11, and
the lowest temperature, 16 degrees
on Jan. 30. There were 22 d.iys
with temperature of 00 decrees or
hither, and 43 days with temper
ature 32 degrees or lower.
Russia Attempts
To Woo Japan
By WILLIAM JORDEN
TOKYO I The Soviet Union
is planning to keep a trade mis
sion in Tokyo as part of a plan
to woo Japan away from the West,
informed sources said Saturday.
These sources, Japanese and for
eign, say the Russians already
have laid the groundwork for the
mission.
The Russians want their repre
sentatives in Japan even though
they refuse to accept the Japan
ese Peace Treaty drafted by the
Western powers.
A trade mission would serve
their purposes even without full
diplomatic relations. The Russians
Condemned Blond
Reprived
Official sources yesterday 're
ported that a 20 year old blbnd,
a product of this communily, was
condemned to death one month
ago, but was given a last nf
ule rcprlve today. A local busi
nessman who figured prominently
in the case, declared that the con
demned blond had been conifort
. ably supporting a local family
here for quite a while, hut just
because the blond was disabled,
the family was about to forsake
her.
Mr. C. Wolf, ubiquitous owner
of Expert Furniture Cleaners &
Upholsterers, directly behind
Richie's Root Beer Drive-In on
Highway 99 North, gave the blond
divan a last minute reprieve from
a date with the Junk heap, com
pletely restyling and reholstcring
it into a beautiful modern sre
eclionaL The above upholsterer
suggests that no matter how far
gone your upholstery may be, if
it hasn't gone to him It hasn't
gone far enough. His phone is
3-3191. It's an ad.
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IT IS LATER THAN YOU THINK
an'ii i TiTSay-jraaag
VIII
Time is passing with every
A decision postponcJ may I
delayed may mean the
and despair for those
The function of' life
Time ... its essential job JL
See your Sun Life agent V
be yoijr enemy.
SUN LIFE ASLPASCE
HfAO OFFtct
DON FORBES
District Supervisor
Douglas County
State Bank Bldg.
Phone 3-8184
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are in Japan now only ai mem
ber! of the Allied Council for Ja
pan, a Dowerless advisory group
under the supreme commander f j
the Allied Powers. When the peace
treaty is ratified the Allied Coun
cil will go out of business. I
The Soviets would then lose their
only reason for remaining In Ja
pan. There is where the trade mil
sion comes in.
In preparation for the change-!
over, the Russians have drastical
ly overhauled their mission. I
In the past month or so, they '
have cut the total of military per
sonnel in Tokyo. Between 75 and
100 soldiers are believed to have
returned to the Soviet Union on
the Russian ship Smolni. They
now have about 100 persons in their
mission. These probably will make
up the trade mission. j
$3 Million Fire j
Razes Paper Mill
l.ONGVIEW, Wash. 11 A three
million dollar fire which licked at i
the heels of fleeing workmen as
it roared through the building, de
stroyed the main plant of the Pa
cific Paperboard Company Friday
niaht.
The cause of the blaze which
started shortly after 5 p.m. was
not determined. W. G. Brill, as
sistant superintendent, said he be
lieved it might have been started
bv a spark jumping from the pa
per machine to a dry film of
dust on the ceiling.
From there it roared the length
of the 200 yard tons building and
down into the machinery as the
36 swing shift men fled for their
lives.
No one had time to couple fire
hoses before the flames had en
veloped the entire main plant. Four
paper making machines and an
other for processing paperboard
and newsprint were d"stroyed.
Four smaller buildings were
saved by firemen who battled sev
eral hours before bringing the fire
under control.
The company employes 365 per
sons I low many will be affected
by the fire was not known Friday
night.
Seattle Doctor Rapes
Confined Polio Patient
SEATTLE - Dr. Roy B. Pat
ton, 29. former hospital intern,
pleaded innocent by reason of men
tal irrcsoonsibility Friday to
charges of raping a woman polio
patient in a hospital ward.
Dr. Patton, formerly of Colum
bus, Ohio, was committed to a
state hospital last week for 60 j
days observation to determine if;
ne Is a sexual psychopath.
His victim, a 22-year-old house
wife and mother of two children,
charged that he administered a
edative and then attacked her.
Oakland PTA Schedules
Back-To-School Night
The Oakland Parent Teach
ers association has scheduled a
"back-to-school" session for Mon
day, Jan. 21 at the Oakland school.
All parents are urged to attend
the session starting at 8 p.m. A
regular session of classes for
adults, to acquaint them with the
class routine of the students, is
planned.
OBTAINS RELEASE
Mary Jewell Gilpin, 28, 313 W.
Lane St., was released on recog
nisance Friday after her arrest by
a sheriff's deputy on a vagrancy
charge, according to District
Judge A. J. Gcddes. Sh. pleaded
innocent to the charge,
DRUNK DRIVER GETS JOLT
Albert Max Weiss, 49, Roseburg,
was fined $500 and sentenced to 30
days in jail Friday after pleading
guilty to a drunk drlvH" chTSe,
according to District Judge A. J.
Geddcs. Weiss was arrested by
State Police.
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reap disaster. A plan
difference between security
entrusted to your care . . .
assurance is to anticipate
to safeguard tomorrow . . .
now. Time need no longer
COMPACT OF M
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SGT. WILLIAM COLBERT explains to state patrolmen
how to care for injured. Prostrate form is George Sheer,
Drain, game man, who's "injured" for demonstration pur
poses. (Staff Picture)
Commies Asked
For Peace Plan
uiincam ir.,., m iiniioj
Nations command truce negotia- U"1 BaJ?y Hornets Monday at 7:00
tors asked the Communists again P-m- ,There wlll be 'w 8a"e
Saturday for a clear statement of . on; . and ne 8th grade,
their present stand on construction Admission is 15 cents and 25
of North Korean airfields during i cents-
an armistice and again they got . . TT .
no satisfactory reply. i Telephone Rate Hearings
But some observers felt the u.N. Scheduled In Coos Bay
Command might now be willing to
settle for less than a formal ban on ' SALEM Wi The fourth and
military airfield construction. ! final hearings in a series on West
They believed Maj. Gen. Howard Coast Telephone Company's appli
M. Turner in effect is askinif the ?a"0l 'r a $400,000. annual rate
Reds for an oral pledge not to
build or repair airfields while an
armistice is in force. Such a prom
ise would become part of the con
ference record, but not of the ar
mistice agreement itself.
An oral pledge not to build or
repair military bases, if accepted
by the U.N. Allies, would eliminate j ties commissioner, said the com
the final obstacle barring agree- pany's return on its investment
ment on how to supervise a truce.
This single issue has deadlocked
the armistice talks for the past
two weeks.
The subcommittee discussing
prisoner exchange spent most of
the day wrangling over whether
war prisoners and civilians should
be allowed to refuse repatriation.
The Allies insist on freedom of
choice, the Reds want all prisoners
exchanged.
Both subcommittees scheduled
scheduled sessions for 11 a.m. Sun
day (8 p.m. PST Saturday) in Pan
munjom. Alaskan Temperature
Drops To Minus 74
FAIRBANKS, Alaska LB Fair
banks was basking in a compara
tive "heat wave" Saturday after
warm breezes from the Pacific
snapped a cold spell that had sent
the mercury tumbling to as low
as 56 degrees bzlow zero.
The thermometer edged up to
zero yesterday just as a severe
shortage of fresh food was develop
ing in the city.
Some stores ran out of eggs,
milk and fresh produce during the
cold snap, which saw the tempera
ture in nearby Dunbar dip to 74
degrees below zero.
Although airlines planes man
aged to reach here each day dur
ing the cold spell, the flights car
ried little more than passengers
and mail. Little air cargo which
required unloading was carried.
The planes had to take off al
most immediately to prevent the
engines from getting cold. When
airplane engines cool off in 50 de
grees below zero temperature, get
ting them started again is a major
task.
ATTENTION:
ROSEBURG CHAMBER of COMMERCE
MEMBERS
FORUM
LUNCHEON
Monday Noon January 14
HOTEL UMPQUA
SPEAKER:
Dr. A.L. Strand
PRESIDENT, OREGON STATE COLLEGE
SUBJECT:
"Problems of Higher Education In Oregon"
This Announcement financed by M. J. Newlond
tnw II
Powers Junior High
To Ploy Baby Hornets
The Powers Junior Hish will
invade Lamas Vallev Gvm to Dlav
increase will be held Monday in
Coos Bay.
The first hearing, involving the
company's operations in the For
est Grove area, was held Monday
in Portland. Other meetings were
held Wednesday at La Grande and
Friday at Lakeview.
Charles H. Heltzel, public utili-
was 5 per cent. The $400,000 in
crease would raise that to 7.5 per
cent.
Boat Thief Late To Trial,
Says He Missed His Boat
ELIZABETH, N. J. (fl A Stat-
" Island man accused of steal-
ing a ferry boat was late to court
rriaay to plead to the saarge he
missea nis ooai.
Woodrow Facchinetti. 37. cross.
ing from Staten Island to New Jer
sey arrived in court here four
nours late and pleaded innocent.
Facchinetti last Sept. 6 was over
1 aulcd by police launches and
Coast Guard boats while he was
the lone person aboard a small
ferry.
Police said Facchinetti had spied
the 45-foot boat tied up at nearby
Carteret, climbed aboard and
started it tin.
He "wanted to have a little fun,"
police said Facchinetti told them.
Middlesex County Judge Klcm
mer Kalteissen continued Facchi
netti in $1,000 bail and set no date
lor trial
CHARGE DISMISSED
A drunk drviinj charge against
t-naries Wesley bpperson, 59, rtose
burg, was dismissed Friday by
District Judge A. J. Geddes.
Epperson had been arrested last
Tuesday by State Police and had
pleaded innocent.
SUIT FILED
Ernest C. and Annie N. Wool
ley filed suit in Circuit Court Fri
day against William Ira Bald
ridge and Kuth C. Baker for tore
closure of contract in a timber
sale.
Ex-Convict Arretted
On Bod Check Charge
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eventually traced to a Camas Val
ley home where Huff reportedly
stayed for three weeks. He left a
suitcase at the home containing a
small photo and a fingerprint card,
A check, with Douglas County reorganisation of ichool dis
A cneck wtui uougias 01""' ; trick, at I'.t regular m- h v rt-
J,U k" ' kIh . Eh i
son had been booked on a baa
check charge about a year ago. (,
Huff wa arrested here py state eau jf au.ea(jy on reCord in oppo
Police shortly after receiving a sjtion to the reorganization plan,
tip that he had attempted to cash The action met with unanimous
a check bearing the signature "Ed
Huff."
Ike Should Give
Political Views,
Sen. Aiken Says
By EDWIN 8. HAAKINSON
WASHINGTON (fl Sen. Aiken
fR.-Vt.) said Friday that "if Gen
eral Eisenhower Wants to be presi
dent he should ask to be relieved
of his present job and make his
views on domestic issues known."
"He should come out swinging
and not be so coy," Aiken said,
adding "and I'm from an Eisen
hower area."
Aiken's comments attracted at
tention here Heca" he
battle what he calls "the Old
Gurd" in the Republican
republican "r ' '
Aikn's proioMl co"rerf -ifi .
President Truman's news confer-
rreaiuem iruniBiis news comer
ence statement Thursday that he
will keep Eisenhnw-r as Supreme
Commander of Al'ied Forces in
Europe as long as the general will
stay.
Mr. Truman, after reoeating his
previous praise of E'senhower, said
the general would have to resign
if he wins the Republican nomina
tion.
'I think he better resign If he
wants to win the nomination." Aik
en told a reporter. "He would great.
iv stren?tnen himself as a candi
date if he lets voters know where
ne stands."
Truman- Namas Informant
Mr. Truman's news conference
comment that he had been told
last August the general was a Dnm"
ocrat received quick cerificatlon
trom Kansas.
The resident, indicating the an
nouncement E'senhower is a Re
publican came as news to him.
said a brother of a former Kansas
governor told him the general was
a Democratic precinct worker at
th a nf 18
In Olathe, Kas., Frank Hodges,
brother of the Jate Gov. Georte H
Hodges, said Eenhow" a
youn? man made a sppch at a
Young Men's Democratic Club bd -nuet
in Abilene, Kas. Hodges said
letter.
he told Mr. Truman about It In a
said that Elsenhower should take
Manv sunon'tors nf Sn. """ift (R.
Ohio) for the GOP nomination have
said that Eisenhower should take
off his uniform and get into the
primary contests.
Draft Quota Reduced
By Army And Marines
WASHINGTON UP) i Th. Armv
and the Marines are calling 52.500
araitees in February and 28,600 in
March a 2,500 quota cut for Feb
ruary and a below-average figurs
for March.
The March call, bringing the to
tal of draftees since September,
1950, to 875.430, includes 20.000 for
the Army and 8,600 for the Ma
rines. February's includes 41,000
for the Army and 11,500 for the
Marines.
' The Defense Department said
February reduction was possible
because of increased volunteering
and a change in Marine Corps re
cruiting. The Navy relies solely on
recruiting.
Reserve Corps Will Be
Trained As Infantry
WASHINGTON LB The Army
has decided to train all its 25 re
serve corps divisions as infantry
because of a lack of training fa
cilities and equipment for airborne
and armored troops.
This will mean converting four
divisions that now are airborne
ana inree tnat are armored.
The decision was announced Prl.
day following a conference here of
all top reserve commanders.
The switchover is expected to be
completed In time to permit the
reserve units to prepare for their
annual 15-day field summer train
ing.
The armored divisions to be
made infantry include the 13th in
vauiornia, uregon and Arizona.
ORESON MAN FOUND DEAD
REDDING. Calif. OB - An Ash.
land, Ore., man was found dead
in his automobile Friday on High
way 99 about 20 miles north of
here.
He was Otis Lear Jacoby, 56. D.
Duge Stanford, Shasta County co
roner, said Jacoby apparently had
been stricken with a heart attack
but had been able to drive to the
edge of the highway.
.sJhk CM TO mr iN)
am wxiri
School District
Reorganization !
Bill Opposed
Mora aggressive action was
asked at the East Douglas Farm
Bureau center in opposition to
House Bill 315. which provma "ir
IR he'd Thursday night at Deer
, j. u
Th j. Colmty Flrm Bu.
approval by the more than 40 who
attended the potluck dinner meet
ing. One speaker asserted that the
large school districts have no right
to force a smaller school district
to reorganize.
A resolution from the Umpo.ua
Farm Bureau Center asked that
New Zealand and Australian wool
prices be equalized with the do.
mestic wool price of the same Dassa(ior Stanton Griffis was safe
grade and quality when the United ljr back in Madrid Saturday from
Mates government purchased the
foreign wool. The resolution was
approved and sent to the Douglas and , big Army pistol in his pock
County Farm Bureau board for et guarded him against a report
further action. Ijrf Communist assassination plot
To Obsarva Farm Wuk :J i.
Plana for the coming "Farm I
Bureau Week" were made with i
co-membership chairmen George
Thomas Roseburg and Vern
SGrrgeG1Deey.CSalegm. director
informi!!.... f..l, c.l. p.
n " , .Ti. '1. S..Ar.
f 7 ' V v f' 1
il)ou0 ax fnitntv mpmhni-ah n rha r.
; -', -
man, presented the program for
thai "Cam Dnraan UIiaIi1! 1aaJ
the "Farm Bureau Week"
slated
for Jan. 21-27.
Six membership teams will re -
present the East Douglas Farm
nureau center, in attention to
membership, each team will plan
special emphasis on a "get out the
......
,,, iuuiy preaiuem, in ms-
cussing the campaign said, "In
1948 oreson ranked 34th among the
of voting age who actually yoted
in tne presidential election."
Entertamment was furnished by
the Roseburg City Four and a
Ernie Lentz and Chuck Ricketts.
Ham and Sue Hamilton, Rose
burg, entertained the group with
a piano and accordian duet, and
a one-act play entitled "The Tru
ant Husband" was put on by Mrs.
John Robinson and Mrs. Vern
Shrum, both of Glide.
School Teacher Ousted
Because Of Language
FORKS OF SALMON. Calif. Of!
The feud between parents and
Schoolmarm Martha Freeman over
her "robust western language" is
over, but a month's vacation en
joyed by the kids may be con
tinued.
Some 20 pupils are banking on
heavy snows in this Northern Cali
fornia area to prevent the replace
ment teacn tioy Headley ol Oak
land, Calif. from arriving by
Monday.
The schoolmarm was accused by
the parents of beating pupils and
using cusswords. She denied this.
For the first 14 days of the feud.
Miss Freeman raised the flag each
morning and sat alone in her empty
school because the parents kept the
children away.
But Friday she agreed to let the
school board buy up the rest of her
contract for $800.
Democrats Get Most i
Financing In 1951
WASHINGTON UTi Financially
speaking, Democrats fared better
in 1951 than did the Republicans.
The Democratic National Com
mittee has reported to Congress, I
in compliance with the Corrupt I
Practices Act, that it took in al-
most twice as much in contribu-
tions in 1951 as did the Republi
cans. But it spent more than twice
as much. ,
Contributions to the Democratic
National Committee in 1951 were
listed at $1,318,574 and disburse
ments at $1,311,652. Miscellaneous
receipts for the Democrats approx
imated $25,000 and total disburse
ments were $1,311,652.
The Republican National Com
mittee reported $679,157 in receipts
and $584,473 in expenditures dur
ing 1951, leaving a net gain of
$94,684 for the year.
TRAFFIC WILL BE DELAYED
Traffic on Loon Lake will be
delayed Monday due to blasting
operations, the county court said.
Blasting is being done to get roA
for the Mill Creek bridge fill.
DRESSMAKING
ALTERATIONS
ZOE NEWMAN
925 Cobb St. Dial J-7125
Suit Brought Against
Liquor Commission Men
PORTLAND I Officials of the
Oregon Liquor Commission are de
fendants in a $50,000 damage suit
filed here Friday by a former em
ployee. He ia Charles P, Fontana, one
of five employes who lost their
jobs after Portland newspapers
criticized the liquor commission's
enforcement program.
Fontana contends in the suit that
he was fired from his job in the
enforcement division in May, 1951,
after commission officials "con
spired" to report he l"id failed a
civil service examination.
His failure to pass the examina
tion was the reason for his dis
missal, the commission said.
U. S. Delegate
Aim Of Red Plot
UinRtn Cnain A ' TT R 4m.
trin to Valencia a trio on which 1
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j. i!j 2."
?fab&i to Com'munilts two
weei,, aso The American Embas-
y " otififd Spanish ItoritieTbe-'said
LSL US,50taf He
iramw riv uisuu
Ane !P"s government postea
e vil guards and police armed with
. . . .
suo-macnine guns every nan mue
aonif tne 2oo mile road to Val-
.
encja- in 50me spots, regarded as
inrini.rta iivoii .n ,n,i,i,h
fh 0,rri were nnlv inn vrrl
'aparp ,
DetectiVes i a motor convoy ac-'
1 m.;i .n,k...,jnr.
t0 Valencia Thursday. Five motor-
cycle ponce met tne cavaicaue
outside city nd wlth sirens
clearing a way, escorted Griffis
t0 hi, gotel. Police ringcd him the
xh ambaSsador has been neeo-
tiating with the Spanish for U. S.
I navalsand iir bas;, tnat may De
'imked with general Western Eu-
Lt. Gen. Stratemeyer
Announces Retirement
i
WASHINGTON tft Lt Gen.
George t. Stratemeyer, 61, win re- j
tire Jan. 31 after 36 years scrv-
ice, the Air Force announced Fri- j
day.
He was stricken with a heart at
tack last May in Tokyo, where he j
commanded the Far East Air
Force. He now Is attached to the
Orlando, Fla., Air Base Hospital
for treatment. Stratemeyer plans
to live in Florida.
He was U. S. air commander in ;
the India-Burma theater in Wnrld
War II and was the first chief of
the U. S. Continental Air Command.
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See Bill Lawson on Premises
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Sandy's Cafe TEAKS
FOR THE BEST IN HOME-COOKED MEALS
Highway 99 North Open Weekdays, 8 til 2, 5 til 9, Cloied Sunday
2),
TO THE MUSIC OF
RHYTHM RAMBLERS
The
SATURDAY NIGHT AT
AMERICAN LEGION HALL
KOHLHAGEN BUILDING
(Use KRNR Stoirsl
Sponsored by American Legion
Admission: $1.50 per couple, incl. tax
AT THE
MELODY MOUNTAIN
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(AT TRI-CITY, SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 99)
DANCE TO THE MUSIC
OF A R00TIN', T00TIN' LIVE-WIRE
COWBOY ORCHESTRA
DANCE BEGINS AT 9 P.M.
Capt. Carlsen
Refuses Deals
Of Film Firms
FALMOUTH. Eng. t Kurt
Carlsen, the shy little sea captain,
turned down Saturday the glamor
of Hollywood and its money of
fered for righta to nis sage 01 su
preme courage and endurance
aboard hia ship, Flying Enterprise.
Firmly, the 37-year old skipper
said nobody was 'jouig to buy him
away from the sea.
Carlsen said he just Isn't inter
ested in offers totalling between
30,000 and 40,000 pounds ($84,000
to $112,000) which already have
been made for the film and story
rights to his 13-day duel with the
sea aboard his ill-fated freighter,
which sank 37 miles out in the At
lantic Thursday.
He came back to Falmouth Sat
ursday from an undisclosed hide
out where he rested to make an
official report to shipping agents
on the loss of the Flying Enter-
'prise in the worst North Atlantic
Prlse " "le wu".1 """"
hurricane in half a century.
Now. he said, he wants only two
things to get back to his wife and
two daughters in Woodbridge, N.J.
and then get another snip."
Hans Isbrandtsen. head of th.
IsbrandUen Lmes which owned th.
FlJ" Enterprise, already has
Carlsen will get a new com-
Tb'randtsen collected insurance
lt.llii, tnnnv FriHo frnm
r"V's. :T. iV.i.
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rest nl th 1 700 000 insurance (in
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!mP wa reported held by Brit-
lii-mi
'slj ''rm;
I Isbrandtsen said it would cost
niore than five million dollars to
, build another Flying Enterprise.
OONt let cold wewher
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