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Newspaper Page TextU. of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon Comp Senate Votes For 8 f.lonlhs, House 1 Year Ii(IEW0il A til u u 1 JyJS"1 V 'TS'jV Efhlhhtd 1873 KOSHUKG.- OREGON FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1952 . H7.52 - KATE BUICK Back 'U. of 0. Commencement At U. Of 0. Calls Kate Sewell, Oldest Alumnus Of Class Of 1886 By CHARLES LONG ' -An 84-year-old twinkling-eyed lady has a date with his tory Saturday. .,' . She is Kate Buick Sewell, for 63 years a resident of Roseburg, daughter of a pioneer Roseburg newspaperman, one-time typesetter, college student, Western Union opera tor, Wells-Fargo agent, Railway Express worked, and still a faithful churchgoer. The tall, delicate, clear-com-plexioned woman Is going back tu school Saturday to Eugene 66 years after she put down her study-worn books, 66 yeara after she left the young and growing University of Oregon campus, 66 years after she saw her class mates leaving old Villard Hall for the rigors of nineteenth-century living. ' For Saturday, June 14 is Alumni ' t)ay, and Kate Is an old alumnus. In fact, she ls--i member of the oldest class to attend commence- ment activities In 1952. And she's going to ride - a bus to Eugene. . She Is a member of the Universi ty's Half Century Alumni Club. Twenty others will also be on hand, but she's the oldest. She's going to see nine new members inducted Saturday, all in the class ' of '02. "I started In '83," Kate remin isced as she sat reposingly In her cozy chair. The rain was pattering 'outside her hillside home on South Jackson Street as she glanced from the window. "And I finish ed in '86. I was trained to be a teacher, but never did get around to teaching." . ' ' . '"I was born at San Francisco in January, '68. I lived at Myrtle Creek from 1878 until I attended the . university. Then I tame to Roseburg after my schooling' and have lived here ever since, Hard Study. Pastimes Few 1 "There were no fraternities or sororities in those days," she said laughingly, "only a couple of (Continued on Page 2) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Modern progress is funny. Every new step brings problems of its own. These new paper milk bottles, for example, that are sweeping the world. To dispose of them. you burn them in the fireplace or toss 'em into the garbagecan, No more bottle wishing. But how is the housewife to leave a note to the milkman not to bring anv milk next Tujsday as she is going to be away from home? She'll have to leave it in the place where the paper bottles are usually deposited; weight it down with a rock and trust to luck that the driver of the route will find it. I reckon. . . It seems to me I've seen more small bovs (and some larger ones, for that matter) mowing lawns this spring than in many years past. I hope no small boys, or middle-sized boys, read this col umn. for I n going to offer an opinion to the effect that I think it s good for them. Whether it's good for their par ents or not, I do not know. If . (Continued on page Four) The Weather Mettly fair and warmer today tonight and Saturday, except few scattered showers today.. Highest temp, for any June ' 1M Lowed temp, for any une ... 35 ' Highest temp, last 14 hours . 57 tLowest temp, last 14 heurt 43 Precip. last 14 hours .H ' Precip. (rem June 1 57 Precip. frem Sept. 1 3S.5S Excess J. Sunset today, 1:54 p.m. DST Sunrise tomorrow, 5:31 a.m. DST - -in -v- . j (Paul Jtnkliu Picturtf SEWELL After 66 Years School Director, Budget Require Two Elections Voters in Roseburg- School Dis trlct 4 will cast their ballots in two installments in the forthcom ing school elections. The annual school election is set for Monday, June 16, when voters ol the five school precincts deter mine a successor for Chairman V. V. Harpham on the school board of directors. On the ballot for the five-year term are Dale Busenbark of Melrose and Earl Sargent of Roseburg. One of these men will take the junior membership on the board, while Paul Helweg au tomatically moves to the chair manship, since he is tne omen elected member. Busenbark claims the distinction of being the first man from one of the newly-consolidated areas to be nominated for a school board post. Sargent represents the town precinct. Other members of the present board are: Helweg. N. D. Johnson, W. C. Clarenbach and Mrs. Charles E. Roberts. The five orecinct noils will be open from 3 p.m. to 9, DST, Mon day. The second ballot for District 4 voters is scheduled the following Monday, June 23, to determine the special tax levy, totalling $494, 303.79. to cover the amount . by which the District 4 school budget exceeds the six-percept constitu tional limitation. The vote will be made also be tween 3 and 9 D.m.. DST. The polling places for both elec tions are as follows: Precinct 1 Junior High School (Includes Benson, Caro, Deer Creek, Hamilton. Herman, Lane, Mill. MUler. Parrott. Roseburg UmDOua and Woodward). Precinct 2 Library Arts Build ing of Senior High School (Includes West Roseburg and Wharton). . Precinct 3 Riverside scnool (Includes Edenbower, Edenbower East No. 1 and No. 2, fcdenbower West No. 1 and No. 2, Winchester and Riversdale).- . Precinct 4 Wilbur school. Precinct S Melrose School. Three Persons Injured When Autos Collide Three members . of a Canyon ville family were injured Thurs day night in a headon collision on the Canyonville-Riddle road. Robert M. Gilbert, driver of one of the cars, suffered minor bruises and cuts. His wife received a deep gash and possible fracture of one leg. Their four-year-old son sut- fcred a cut on one eye. Thoy were treated at Forest Glen Hospital Henry Warner, driver of the other car. was not injured. Deputy Sheriff E. M. Schwader said Warner had just started to make a left hand turn -off the road about three and a half miles from Canyonville. Gilbert, comin from the other direction, saw War ner about to turn and steered int the other lane. But Warner. the meantime, had shifted back into his own lane, too, the officer reported, and tSe cars crashed headon. LIMB INJURES BOY Harold Church, 11. son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Church of Suther- lln. was treated at Mercy Hos pital yesterday for a gashed scalp suffered wh;n a heavy limb fell and struck him while he was playing. Steel Dispute Now Murray Raps Employers, Charges Lies Mention Of Eisenhower, Taft ; Stirs Lucry Boos At Strategy Meeting PITTSBURGH 1 President Philip Murray of the striking CIO United Steelworkers told his policy making aides Friday that the un ion shop issue is only one of four obstacles holding up settlement of the 12-day-old steel strike. Murray, who also heads the un ion's parent CIO, declared . the steel wage-price dispute has be come a political football. The silvery hatred labor leader told a joint strategy session of the USW executive board and wage policy committee: "I do not protess to know how long the struggle (Strike) will last." He was given a rising ovation when he said it is his purpose to carry out your mandate and the mandate of the last convention." He referred to a resolution adopt. ed at the union's convention last May which urged a settlement based on recommendations of the Wage Stabilization Board. The WSB recommended a 26- cent hourly raise for steelworkers now earning an average of be tween 31.90 and 32 an nour ana also called for a union shop. Other Issues Listed In addition to the union shop, Murray listed these other issues as blocking a final settlement: 1. The Steel industry's insistence on a management clause in any new contract.; Murray said sucn clause, defining management's rights, would allow companies' to launch speedups. 2. The question of seniority. Mur ray said the U. S. Steel Corp. wanted all seniority questions re solved to its satisfaction. 3. Incentive pay. The labor chiel declared U. S. Steel also insist ed on its version of incentive. 4. The union shop. Murray said the industry falsely gave out the impression that the union snop is the only issue. He caiiea mat -a Dlain unadulterated lie." lut he discussed the union shop at great length and ridiculed state- ments of steel executives mat tneir opposition is based on principle, He said thev already had grant a union shop to 50 per cent of y!W members. . . Taft And Ike Booed When Murray mentioned Sen. Robert A. Taft (R.-Ohio) and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, both can didates for the Republican presi. (Continued on Page 2) $70 In Fines Paid On Three Charges John . Smith of Myrtle Creek paid a total of $70 in fines Thurs day on three of four charges against him. Smith pleaded guilty Thursday in Mvrtle Creek City Recorder G. D. Myllenback's court to driv ing with expired license, plates ana was- lined 310 on eacn cnarge.. v He maintained his pica of in nocence on two other charges, re sisting arrest and leaving the sc?no of an accident. A jury found him guilty of re sisting arrest but acquitted him on the other charge. A $50 fine 'was levied on the first ' count. Previously. Smith had pleaded Innocent to all four charges, which were the result of a police chase several weeks ago in Myrtle Creek in which Chief Orville Cor nett arrested the defendant after stopping him with a tear gas pen. Recorder Myllenback also asses sed court costs of nine dollars. Loon Lake Man' Hurt In Plunge Of His Truck Eugene Brooks of Loon Lake is recovering today in a North Bend hospital from serious Injuries re ceived when his empty lumber truck plummeted down a 150-foot embankment off Loon Lake Road Tuesday night. Brooks, who with his brother operates the Brooks Logging Co., apparently was driving the vehicle when it ran off the narrowroad, according to Deputy Sheriff E. M. Schwader. . The sheriff's office had only scanty details on the accident. Brooks was accompanied by his brother-in-law, whose name was not learned. Although pinned in the wrecked truck for about hall an hour, the man suffered only minor injuries. The accident occurred some 12 mllei east of Reedsport. CITY'S NEEDS STRESSED Expansion Plans Under Proposed Budget Listed By Manager Gilchrist Citv Manager W. A, Gilchrist declared Thursday that the proposed budget, to be voted on at a special June 20 elec tion, represents a vital' step in a "planned program of city ex pansion," Speaking to Kotarians at the Hotel Umpqua, Uil- christ outlined a program of civic advancement, including ex tension of sewer facilities, street paving, park improvement j 001 Crew Missing In Superfort's Crash HONOLULU Wl Ten crewmen of a. ditched B.29 Superfortress Friday were reported missing In shark-infested waters 175 miles west of Kwajalein. The pilot of the 11-man crew, an Air Force captain, was rescued by a Navy, patrol craft four hours after the plane went down. He, had a broken leg. His name was with held. The rescued man said the B-29 broke up quickly when It hit the water. He said he believed the others aboard were lost. One sank beneath a wave before he could reach him, the pilot said. Navy patrol boats and a crash boat from Kwajalein picked up pieces ot tne crasnea piene. The Hawaiian Sea Frontier said two of the bomber's four engines apparently failed shortly after take off from Kwajalein for ruam. The pilot had radioed 16 minutes before the crash that he had feath ered two engines and was losing power in a third. His last message said he was ditching landing on the ocean suttace. National Guard Unit ... Gats Rtady For Camp , About 50 men of National Guard Company D, 186th Infantry, will leave early Saturday for the an nual two-week summer camp at Ft. Lewis, Wash. , , The men were slated to have an initial formation and check their gear this - afternoon in preparation for leaving by train about 5:30 a.m. Saturday. Leading the company is Capt. Fred Boyer. Lee Emery is first seargeant. Truckloads of equipment have already been taken to camp. The local unit will engage In maneuvers with other National Guard units from throughout Ore. gen and Washington. The . units comprise the famed 41st Division, which served in the South Pacific during World War II. - ANKLE FRACTURED Thomas Mullins, 23, Glide, was treated Thursday, at Community Hospital for a broken ankle suf fered In an accident at Associated Plywood Mills, Inc. He was re leased to go home' after the ankle was placed in a cast. - Hospital Fund The architect's sketch, above, shows the proposed plan for ex. pension of the Douglas Commun ity Hospital, for which funds are now being sought. ... Tentative plans call for a 40 by 106 foot, extension of the central corridor directly to the rear of the hospital, providing for 21 addition al beds and costing an estimated $100,000. Wings wouli eventually b added to either sile ot the ex- Political and improved traffic control. "I have been besieged with calls from Irate people telling me about having to wait long periods to en ter Stephens St. Some of them must carry J stop-watches, i "Then, just recently, I was- the victim. I had to wait eight min-' utes to get through the traffic. Now I know what it is like." The budget, he says, calls for adding two additional signals to Stephens St., and synchronizing them with existing ones. To be in stalled by the state, the system would cost $9,000. The state would share the expense. Even more basic to the city Is the projected launching of long range programs for atreet paving and sewerage, which he outlined to club members. Sewer Survey Needed The sewerage system was In stalled in 1912,, and was ade quate for. its time, he said. Today, however, the system la in need of replacement and extension, First act of improvement would be an engineering survey. ; ' The city council wants to hire a competent, firm of engineers to make an adequate survey of sewers now needed and those con templated for the future." - Gilchrist estimated the cost of an adequate sewer system at $2,- 000,000. : Another . major goal it the pav ing of every street in Roseburg, State funds available to the city will greatly increase due to basing revenue on 1950 census figures, he declared. "Because Roseburg's populatiori has about doubled since the 1940 census, this year's allot ment. from state funds will soar." (This will be the. first fiscal year that 1950 census figures are used to compute the city's share of state revenue. For example, the (Continued on Page Dr. Haskins On Motor Journey To Recuperate Dr. John Haskins, manager of the Veterans Administration Hos pital, has left the , Portland VA Hospital and is now on a recuper ating motor trip, his secretary re ports. , He was rushed to the Portland hospital on May 28 after becom ing suddenly ill; His secretary declined to dis close ihe nature ot the Illness, but did say that it was "nothing se rious." He is expected to make a tour of Oregon and Washington and return in about 10 days. Drive Nearly tended corridor as demanded. A total of $31,700 was reported at the first report meeting for the hospital expansion fund at a meeting laxt night. . This repre sents a 31.7 percentage of the goal of $100,000. J. F. "Si" Dillard, general chairman of the campaign, stated that this is a good start but that much work is still to be done by every worker In the next seven days. football, Rodeo Parade rations Entries Already Begun; Prizes Listed For Two Divisions, Sweepstake Plans for a colorful parade to open the two-day rodeo next week were announced today by the Koseburg junior Chamber of Commerce. All musical groups and march ing organisations are welcome to enter the parade, said Dr. V. J. Anderson, chairman of the Junior Chamber's rodeo parade commit tee. Commercial establishments, civ ic groups, lodges, granges and other organizations have been in vited to enter floats in the parade to compete for cash awards to be presented to winning entries. The parade will start at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 21. Entries in the parade so far in clude the .Knights of Pythias Girls Drum Corps, the U. S. Naval Re serve marching unit, several Douglas County riding clubs, and the Lane . and Douglas County Sheriffs' posses. . Letters have been sent out to 210 groups inviting entries in the pagcanu Winners In ' the float contests for commercial and non-commer cial entries will each be award ed $75 for first prize, $30 for sec ond prize and $10 for third prize. Besides nrizes in those two di Prepa Completed visions, there will . be a grandj En. Cnrpcf lnk sweepstake award of $25 for thejrur rurHI JUU most outstanding entry in the pa rade. - ; Prize Awards Saturday '' ' ..There will be an entry, fee of $15 for all commercial entries, that Is those from wholesale or retail establishment.- ' - t,'t Non-commercial entries wilt pa'y no entry fee. his category will consist of civic clubs, churches, fraternities, sororities and all non profit organizations. Separate entry blanks must be turned in - for each float or ve hicle entered. - Prizes for the first' place win ners will be presented during Lie Saturday -afternoon performance at the rodeo grounds. . Entries should be mailed to the Junior Chamber of Commerce pa rads "committee. Additional information may be obtained from the junior cham ber, Len Mitchell's Men's Store, Knudtson's Jewelry or the chair man. Dr. Anderson, at phone 3-4509. "We intend to make this rodeo parade an outstanding success," Dr. Anderson said. "All entries will be welcomed." TRUCKERS ADVISED Truckers can start Monday re newing . their truck licenses for the last two quarters of the year, according to the secretary of state's Roseburg branch office. Third Done The campaign Is being conduct ed on a short and Intensive basis, with the next report meeting scheduled for Monday, June 16, and a final report on Thursday, June 19. - Dillard went on to say that the Job can be completed within the specified time, 'and with Uie coop eration of all workers the goal can be over-subscribed by the fi nal report date. CIO Told jRrS. Hi v 1 1 4uj u SOUNDED OFF Sgt. C. D. Chase (obove) , Ft. Ord, Calif., wrote a letter to Gen. Mark Zldrk criticizing his handling of . the Koje Island incident. The army ordered Chase courtmartialed because "he went beyond personalities and criticized naticnal policies and ongress. The sergeant for got the 89th Article of War which forbids showing dis respect to a superior officer. (NEA Telephoto) 3 Days" School Set Next Week ' Fire wardens, lookouts and up pressio crews, will attend a three day fire school June 19, 20 and 21. - Douglas District Fire Warden Fred Southwick said following the school the lookouts would - man their posts and suppression crews will be stationed at five camps throughout the county, Crews for the ensuing fire sea son, Southwick said, will consist of 13 lookouts, 18 fire wardens and 60 men on the suppression crews, most of them .youths from 16 to 22 years old. r . Fire crew camps will be near Elkton. 10 men; Hinkle Creek Camp east of Sutherlin, 10 men; South, Douglas area five 'miles north of Canyonville, 20 men; Quincs Creek Camp near Glen- dale, 10 men, and district head quarters at Roseburg, 8 men. The three-day school will con sist of training in fire fighting, discovering and reporting fires, forest policies and other matters. The June 19 session will be held at Douglas Forest Protective Assn. headquarters at Rosebtirg. On June 20, the trainees will take a field trip to Baughman Lookout west of Melrose, and June 21 will see continued special field train ing. The school will wind up with a politick dinner. The 13 lookouts, many of them girls from 18 lo 25 years, will be stationed at the following ' look outs: Yellow Butte west of Yoncalla, Bell .near Elkton, Ward's Butte near the Lane-Douglas County line, Bateman west of Tyee, Mt, Scott between the North Umpqua and Calapooia, Baughman west of Melrose, Live Oak near Camas Valley, Dutchman near Camas Valley, Silver Butte near Riddle, While Rock near Myrtle Creek, Blind Mountain near Days Creek, Huckleberry at the head of Rock Creek and Old Blue near Kellogg. Lander's Lookout, destroyed by the Hubbard Creek forest fire last year, will not be reconstructed, Southwick laid. Drunken Driver Fined $200 In Reedsport Court A North Bend man was arrested at a Reedsport road block Tues.' day- after an" accident at Win chester Bay In which a small girl, about t received minor in juries. Arrested was Raymond Peter- : son, who later pleaded guilty to drunk driving in Reedsport City Recorder Irving Johnson's court. Peterson was fined $200 and given a 30-day suspended jail sentence, the sheriff's office says. Deputies said a car driven hy Harold Conrad of Reedsport was struck from behind by the Peter son vehicle. Conrad's small daugh ter received head cuts and was treated hy a local doctor and re leased. Her name was not learned. Peterson stopped at the acci dent long enough to leave his name and then continued, depu. ties said. He was arreted later at the roadblock by Reedsport officers. Accord Still Needed .; On Proposed Consumer, Real Estate Credits WASHINGTON Wl The Hnn Friday had two bills to continue expiring wage-price-rent controls. one passed by the Senate and the -other approved by its own House Banning committee. The government's present au thority for all anti-inflation curbs expires midnight June 30, two weeks from Monday. The Senate bill, passed 58 to IS and sent to the House Thursday, -would extend this power eight months to next Feb. 28. It would also add a full year 'intil June 30, 1953 to authority for credit checks and gllocation of scarce materials to industry. The House legislation, a one- year extension to June 30, 1953, was reported favorably by a 15 to 3 Banking Committee vote. But It would end all curbs on consumer and real estate credit, a point at odds with the one-year extension of credit restrictions voted by the senate. In final action on the measure Thursday night, the committee ad ded no major provisions which had not previously been approved. Its" most important action reportedly was a new provision, adopted XX, to 5, to drop a price regulation requiring certain reports front dealers who sell at below-ceiling prices. , . . .;. The senate action was swift at (Continued on Page 2) Weather Change Due In Roseburg Change in the weather is ahead for the Roseburg area during the coming few days, the U. S. Weath er Bureau predicts today. But it will warm up!. Recurring showers are due for today and Monday, but fair weath er, with a few scattered clouds, is on tap for Saturday and Suiday. High temperatures are expected to be In the 70s, and lows in the 50s over the weekend. ' The temperature reached 57 de grees here Thursday, considerably below normal. The low this morn ing was 43. Temperatures are now on an. upward trend, the bureau says. ;, ... , - . i Although. Medford reported a record low of 33 yesterday, a later reading showed a freezing 31, an other all-time record. Recent rains have halted numer ous logging operations in the coun ty, especially in areas served by dirt roads, the Douglas Forest Pro tective Association reports. T h two inches of snow that fell at Mt. Scott has melted. Entries Still Coming -" For Fat Lamb Exhibit Entries are still coming in for the annual fat lamb show sched uled for the Fairgrounds Satur day at 10 a.m.. County Extension Agent J. Roland Parker reports. The show is sponsored by the Douglas County Livestock Assn. Forty-two cash ' premiums, most of it offered by the Douglas County Fair Board, will be award ed. The ahow Is divided Into tw' classes, one for youngsters 9 to 19, the other open. The junior class Includes single fat lambs only. The open class also Includes pens ot live. v Bod Weather Forces Swim Pool Closing Stormy weather forced the clov ing of Roseburg's municipal swim ming pool Wednesday and Thurs day, Lyle Eddy, Red Cross water safety chairman, announced. - He stated Thursday, - however, that the Red Cross definitely plan ned to conduct adult swimming classes and that all interested should contact the Red Cross. Classes are expected to start late in Juno. -' The pool will remain open un til 10 p.m., beginning Monday, June 16, weather permitting. Oakland Residents Okay Budget With 42-37 Vote The 1952-53 city budget for Oak land was approved 42 to 37 at the election held Wednesday, city of ficials announced today. An elec tion was necessary because the budget exceeded the six per cent limitation by $4,749.06. Levity Fact Rant By L. F. Relzenstein 'What's so rore as a day in June?' In the Roseburg area, that (s. When it's 35 degrees below. And the populace nearly frii; The gremlins in our weather - blight Twist the calendar all askew, They fill us humans up with gripe, Moke ui shiver end yell , 'kerchoo!