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2 Tht Nw-IUvlw, Roseburg, Miller's Store To Celebrate 50th Anniversary : Miller's Clothing Company, which hai been established In , Roseburg or ix years, i cele brating this June the store's SO years of progress in its 15 stores in Oregon and Washington. Mil ler's bought out the Fisher De partment Store here. Rod Nevue is the Roseburg manager, .The store was founded 30 years ago at Franklin, Nebraska. Be cause of several crop failures, the Miller brothers decided to move to Oregon, where weather conditions . were not so severe. They found Oregon a delightful place and de cided to stay. f Arriving in Oregon on June 19, 1902, they opened a store a Mc Minnvllle. Their first stock consist ed of $8000 worth of dry goods, shoes and groceries. The first day's sale totaled $67.50; Because they did not do enough business to keep all of them busy, the young men secured positions selling wholesale dry goods. Fred traveled for a wholesale shoe com pany, Roy was a salesman for a wholesale grocer, and Lyss work ed in the store. Each kept Investing In the com pany. As the years passed addi tional stores were purchased. George Miller was president until his death in 1943. Roy is now presi dent, the only original owner now living. Jean Wallace Choien Rose Festival Queen PORTLAND W) Jeanne Wal lace, winner of the 1951 "Miss Portland" beauty contest, will be crowned queen of the Portland Rose Festival June 11. Miss Wallace, 18, a Washington High School senior, was selected Saturday night from among eight candidates chosen earlier by the student bodies of Portland's eight high schools. PLYWOOD WORKERS To those who ore interested in getting the MAR-LINN plont in operation v . . can get further information by calling 2-2646 or come to the plant office North of Roseburg. I ' '- ' Office Open Daily from 9 A.M. - to 5 P.M.; Evenings, 7 to 9. WINCHESTER PLYWOOD ASS'N. THIS WEEK ONLY! Meet Helena Rubinstein's Beauty Consultant ! Shell tell you everything about your hair! When Helena Rubinstein turns her alien ' tiori to hair care and beauty, everybody aits up and takes notice. And when this world-famous beauty authority sends her personal representative here to consult with you about your hair we know you'll come running! You'll learn exciting new ways with hair color! You'll learn how to enrich your natural shade with sparkling highlights. How to make a glamorous new color change just as easily as you'd put on make-up! How to wash color into your hair! All this without using a permanent dye! Be sure to come in Two Helena Kubinstciu Gifts FREE with Individual Beauty Analysis! Remember, Helena Rubinstein's Beauty Consultant will t your appointment now, Don't mis this rare opportunity to ROSEBURG PHARMACY 241 NORTH JACKSON DIAL 3-3415 Ort. Mon., June 2, 1952, Mn. Rote Agee Kurtz, Native Of Douglit, Diet Mrs. Elijah (Rose Agee) Kurti died In a Salem hospital Friday, May 30, after having suffered a heart attack a few hours earlier. . Mrs. Kurtz was born October 19, 1880, at the original site of Winston, Oregon, the daughter of pioneer parents, Benjamin Coats Agee and Sarah Elizabeth (Lady) Agee. She was married In June, 1903, to Elijah A. Kurtz of Salem, Oregon, and she had resided there continuously since her marriage. Surviving are the following: the widower, two sons, Chester A. Kurtz of Denver; Alvln E. Kurtz of Alexandria, W. Va, two grand daughters, Janet and Judy Kurtz of Alexandria and the following sisters and brothers, Minnie A. Cochran of Portland, and Millie Agee, Fred Agee and Earl Agee of Roseburg, Oregon. Funeral services were held Mon day, June 2, at Salem. K. E. Morgan Receives Jail Term For , Libel Ken E. Morgan, Drain account ant accused of libel, pleaded guilty in Circuit Court late Saturday and was sentenced by Judge Carl E. Wimberly to eight months in the county jail and placed on proba tion. Morgan, charged In the grand jury indictment with libeling Rob ert C. Glle, former county ap praiser, also filed with the court a printed retraction of his slate ments and publicly apologized in court to Glle. In his letter of retraction,' Mor gan said his statements about Gile were "without verification and groundless." Morgan's writings had appeared as paid political advertisements in the Drain Enterprise and in his own tabloid publication during the 1050 political campaign. Gile did not press the charge but appeared as a witness before the grand jury hearings. , and see these fabulously flattering new ways with color! You'll get valuable help with hair problems! come in and let Helena Rubinstein's Beauty Consultant solve your particular hair problem. If your hair is dry, or un manageable,! she'll show you whnt to do. She'll show you a corrective beauty treat ment for lifcloss or drab hair, for ends that have become brittle from too many pertnanents or from over-bleaching. Helena Rubinstein's Beauty Consultant will chart your individual hair care (along with your special make-up and skin care needs, too) in a wonderful Beauty Guide for you to take homerce with your personal interview! You 11 rweive a valuable book on hair rare and ityl Ing by Helena RuMnstrin. Thia new boollet U full of ' (he neweat wari and mrani lo give your hair new glam our. It ahowy the latest hair alylea with complete In ttructione on how to do them yourself! It has all the nawert concern in g your hair and it's fours (reel I Dr. John L. Haskim , Not Seriously III PORTLAND (Special) Dr. John L. Haskins, director of the Roseburg Veterans Administra tion Hospital, is reported "not seriously ill" by a spokesman at the Portland VA Hospital.. Arriving here late Wednesday after a 200-mile ambulance trip from Roseburg, Dr. Haskins was resting over the weekend after becoming suddenly ill Tuesday evening. Mrs. Haskins, who was in Spokane to visit her daughter, came to Portland to be with her husband. Dr. Haskins said he Is not cer tain how long he will have to be confined, He indicated it "might be a couple of weeks." Because doctors have not diag nosed his condition, he is not cer tain what caused his illness. F. P. Powell, Haskins assis tant, is in charge of the Rose burg VA Hospital while Dr. Has kins is recovering. Big Area Jolted By Atomic Blast ( LAS VEGAS, Nev. A strong atomic blast, Sunday jolt ed and excited residents over wide areas of Northern and Southern California from the Yucca Flat test site. , Two thuds loud enough to awak en residents and rattle windows were heard in Modesto, Calif., 350 miles from the blast, according to city editor Otto Schroder of the Modesto Bee. Police switchboards throughout the Los Angeles metropolitan area lit up like Christmas trees when excited citizens called to find out what had happened, A thousand troops watched from f ' holes about 7,000 yards from the explosion. They jumped from their positions 20 seconds after the detonation and moved "very close" to the firing area behind tan' s and army ra diological safety monitors. $500,000 Coquille Fire Raxes Community Hail COQUILLE Damage was estimated at more than $500,000 today from a fire early Sunday which destroyed the large wood frame Community Building here. The building housed two audi toriums, the Coquille library, a cafeteria and several public meet ing rooms. First reports of the fire came from neighbors who said they heard a small explosion in the area. Cause of the fire is un known. A public dance had been held in the building Saturday night and it was believed a smol dering clgaret may have touched off the blaze. Coos Bay and Myrtle Point fire departments joined the Coquille firemen in saving nearby struc tures. You'll alao he given Htlena Rubinstein COLOR-TO.St SHAM POO in your ipecial ahade (enough fur 2 iharopooaKThii la the shampoo that not only intensities your hair color, but washes it cleaner, ailWer than ?er before, leaves hair more managfablt. her thia week only So mala gain now beauty and glamour. Martha Couey, Roseburg Resident 79 Years, Dies Martha Francis Couey, 82, resi dent of Roseburg for 79 years, died May 31 after a long illness. She was born July 24, 1869, in Odessa, Missouri, and came to Roseburg with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Whitsett, at the age of three. She was married in 1887 in Ashland to Alfred Marion Couey, who preceded her in death on May 6. Surviving are four sons: Frank, Floyd, William and Charles Couey, all of Roseburg; a daughter, Mrs. Sadie Smith, Colusa, Calif.; 24 grandchildren and 17 great grand children; Funeral services will be held In The Chapel of The Roses, Rose burg Funeral Home, Thursday, June 5, at 2 p.m. DST with Ihe Rev. W. A. MacArthur officiating. Interment will follow in the Ma sonic Cemetery. Funeral Rites Held For Loyd Hooper Graveside services for Loyd E. Hooper, 63, of upper Hayhurst Val ly, near Yoncalla, were held to day at Yoncalla Cemetery. Stearns Mortuary is in charge. Hooper's body was found about 5 p.m. Friday by bis half-brother, James Hooper. Hooper was born in Epsworth, Iowa on June 7, 1888. He lived in the Yoncalla area for 30 years and in Oregon for 48 years. He served in the armed forces during World War I. He is survived by a half-brother, J. C. Hooper, Yoncaila; two sis ters, Mrs. Ethel Newman. Corval lis, and Mrs. Muriel Vosberg, Phil omath and several nieces and nephews. Services Wednesday For Lena M. Cole Services for Lena M. Cole, who died Friday after a long illness will be held at 2 p.m. (standard time) Wednesday, June 4, at the Church of Christ, Oakland. Rev. E. W, Marshall is to officiate. Interment will be held at the IOOF Cemetery at Oakland. Stearns Mortuary Is in charge. Mrs. Cole was born February 20, 1875, in Missouri. She lived at Oakland for several years. She Is survived by a son, G.iy, of Oakland; a daughter, Mrs. Merle Baird, of Oakland; three brothers, Elmer, of Summit; Bill of Sutherlin, and Everett of Port land; eight grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Robert G. Albright Services Tuesday Graveside services for Robert G. Albright will be held Tuesday, June 3, at 2 p.m. standard time at the Masonic Cemetery. Stearns Mortuary is in charge. He was fatally injured recently in an automobile accident. Albright was born in Yoncalla on January. 23, 1934. He attended Yoncalla High School until mid year. He Is survived by a father, Ru dolph; mother, Mrs. Irene Morin: a sister, Bonnie Ann; a brother Lawrence. THE CHRYSLER IMPERIAL 6-PASSENGER SEDAN It's been many years since a new car has caused as much talk as today's Chrysler Imperial has done. What you may not realize is how long it's been since a car gave to many reasons for excited talk as this one doee. Here is literally a new leader of the world's fine cars! May we invite you to drive and test for yourself the best and most worth-otvning engine on the road today? (Chrysler's magnificent new 180 H.P. FirePower V-8.) May we invite you to handle the easiest and safest steering wheel in existence at Oregon Holiday By The Associated Press Oregon Monday counted eight deaths In the long Memorial Day week end. Three died in traffic accidents, four drowned and one was the vic tim of a heart attack while fishing. Traffic victims were: James Marshall Hill, 36, Port land, killed Friday when his car hit an overpass abutment , near Portland. Clifford C. Aldrlch, 24, stationed at the Portland Air Base, killed Saturday when a car in which he was a passenger went out of con trol and crashed near Portland. George S. Perrault, about 35, of Oakland, Ore., killed Sunday 12 miles north of Roseburg when his car ran off Highway 99. His wife, Naomi, suffered critical injuries. Drowning victims were: James McCullough, 24, Portland, drowned Friday while swimming in an irrigation ditch near Harper in Eastern Oregon. Roland Campbell, 17,1 Sweet Home, drowned in the South San tiam River 35 miles east of Leba non Sunday, while fishing. Steel Seizure Knocked Out By Supreme Court (Continued irom Page One) chief of the armed forces. Thre was no immediate com ment from the White House al though Truman has said he will abide by the Supreme Court's de cision while saying at the same time neither the Supreme Court nor Congress can take away his powers to act in an emergency. In his dissent, Chief Justice Vin son contested the view that the President's only recourse in an emergency is to await "the final passage of legislature ... to cope with threatened disaster." "Under this view," Vinson said, "the President is left powerless at ths very moment when the need for action may be most pressing and when no one, other than he, is Immediately capable of action." Repercussions of the high court's decision were swift. Murray's strike call came less than 45 minutes after the black robed judges read their opinions. Strike Quickly Begun And even before the CIO head acted, the steel workers were streaming out of ths mills. They began walking out of three Youngstown, Ohio, plants by 11:30 a. m. half an hour after the court began Monday's momentous session. Picket lines formed at the Gary, Ind., and Soulh Chicago works of the U. S. Steel Company at the same time. A National Production Authority spokesman said NPA probably will reimpose at once its embargo on steel shipments to consumer goods manufacturers. CRASH KILLS NINE SYDNEY, Australia W Two more persons died Monday, bring ing to nine the death toll in the crash near Melbourne of a train and a bus loaded with teen-agers returning from a church camp. YOU'LL FIND IT EVP BETTER THAN YOU'VE HEARD!.. ROSE MOTOR Death Toll Eight Melvln A. Green, 23, Portland, dr wned Sunday when a homemade boat overturned in the Columbia Slough. Gary Larson, sod of Mr. and Mrs. Elncr F. Larson, Medford, missing and presumed drowned Sundry In the Rogue River. The heart attack victim was Rus sell Coder, 55, stricken while fish ing near The Dalles Saturday. . Exams For West Point, Annapolis Set In, Roseburg , Congressman Harris Ellsworth announced today that competitive examinations for appointments to vacancies at the U.S. Naval Acad emy at Annapolis, Maryland, and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, will be conducted by the U. S. Civil Serv ice Commission, Monday, July 14; 1952, at the Post Office buildings in Albany . Coos Bay, Eugene, Grants Pass Medford, Reedsport and Roseburg Candidates for the Academies must never have been marrie, and must be bonafide residents of the Fourth Congressional Dis trict. As of the date of entrance into the Academies, July 1, 1953, appointees must be 17 years of age. The maximum entrance ages for Annapolis and West Point are 21 and 22 respectively. Candi dates now In the armed services are eligible to compete The examination will be confin ed to vocabulary and reading, spa tial relations and algebra. Nom inations to the Academies will be on the basis of grades earned in the competitive examination. Candidates desiring to compete should notify Congressman Harris Ellsworth, House Office Building, Washington, D. C. not later than June 20, indicating their choice of place lor examination, legal rest dence, and date of birth. 2 Cases Of Drunkeness On Court Calendar One man forfeited bail and an other was sentenced to jail in two cases involving drunkenness in Municipal Court today. Judge Ira B. Riddle sentenced Ulmer Leon Mills, 1203 N. Jack son St., to 15 days in jail in lieu of a $30 fine. Clarence J. Redmond of Los Angeles forfeited $20 ball on a charge of being drunk. $60,000 Fire Destroys Eugene Furniture Store EUGENE (fl The only casualty in a fire which destroyed the Star Furniture Co. here Sunday was a bystander who fell off a fire ladder. The man, Emmilt P. Bailey, 45, was reported in a fair condition at a Eugene hospital. Firemen estimated that damage in the used furniture store might run as high as $60,000. They pre vented the flames from spreading to the three-story St. Francis Hotel above the store. the moment? (Chrysler's full-time Power Steering.) . May we invite you to try out brakes which require as little as one-third the usual foot-pressure, and still stop you in many feet less than other cars do? (Chrysler .Power Brakes.) May we invite you to sit on the most comfortable seat cushions, and enjoy the fullest window vision you can find? May we invite you to ride on the rough road miracle of the Onflow shock absorber- v which only Chrysler-built cars have? CO. Rose Rift In' AFL Leads To New Local Of CIO (Continued from Page One) charges and prosecute through trial proceedings." , Growth of the CIO movement among .the Firmco employes stems from alleged dissatisfaction with terms of the working con tract negotiated for them by AF of L representatives with the com pany. It was claimed by members present at the meeting that the local had never acted upon the final contract which expires in 1953, that certain clauses voted by the local had been left out and other clauses were added without approval of the local. No members of the AF of L Council were present at the meet ing, and no one spoke for that body. Dick Gilman of Roseburg was invited as a disinterested party to moderate the fore part of the open meeting, which was given over to a general discussion of the situation and to the charges brought by the AF of L council against the various members of the local. Gilman repeatedly asked for an expression from the AF of L, but no one spoke In its behalf. It was brought out that the AF of L coun cil had been asked to sit in, but that the members had declined to be present at an open meeting, Emphasizing his part as a dis interested party, Gilman, after re ceiving no negative response, de clared his part as moderator was through. He said it was up to the men to continue with any actions they wished to take and turned the meeting -bkek to Garus, who served as chairman. Upon motion from the floor, the charter was adopted. It was read and presented to the new local by Burk Christe, chairman of the Plywood District Council, CIO. Christe also installed the offi cers, who had been previously elected, all except the vice-president, who was elected and install ed at the meeting. SPECIAL This Week Only, May 28 - June 6 Oak Flooring Our beautiful oak flooring ordered at a low price price last winter is now available at only 132.50 per thousand. $132.50 perM CONTRACTORS SAY. "The best and cheapest floor covering available." - City Lumber & Builders Supply Co. North Umpqua Highway"1 T ;f ' Phone 3-5248 May we invite you to drive a Chrysler Imperial ... and learn' for yourself how much you'd miss, and deeply regret, if you bought another car today without knowing thia one first? We ... and Imperial by Chrysler ... are at your service, any time. CHRYSLER THE FINEST CAR AMERICA HAS YET PRODUCED and Lane Street Creed Cranfill Services Tuesday Ci-oral eruliAi fnr f!red Cran- ftli, 62, well-known resident of Lookingglass who passed away at Mercy Hospital on May 31, will ho hAirl in thn rhanel of the Long It Orr Mortuary, Tuesday, June 3, at 2 p.m., wnn ur. Morris Roach of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Concluding ser. vices and vault interment will fol low in the Lookingglass cemetery. Mr. Cranfill was born on July 9 mad noBi- Rwimpr Hill. Doue- las County, the son of James and Louisa Alexander Clare, tie was adopted by Rufus and Mary Cran in mhan h wa four vflam old. His boyhood was spent at Umpqua and He moved 10 roruana in isu, and returned to Douglas County to make his home at Looking glass in 1924. He was married to Lina McCoy at Lookingglass on Nov. 11, 1923. He was a Vet eran of World War I. Mr. Cran fill was a member of the Pres byterian Church and of Umpqua Post No. 16, American Legion. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Lina Cranfill, Lookingglass and a sister, Mrs. Fannie Neves, Red ding, Calif. Low Bids For Roseburg Dist. School Jobs Told Low bidders for the additions t0 Riverside School and Fullerton School were announced today by School Superintendent M. C. Del ler. S. Ferche. St. Helens, with a bid of $133,502, was low for the I multipurpose addition to Rivers dale. Industrial Building Co., Eu gene, was low bidder at 184,099 for the Fullerton addition. The school board will meet with in a few days to formally award contracts, Deller announced. It is estimated that rats eat about 200 million bushels of grain a year in the United States.
