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Newspaper Page Text1 Comp I SAW By Paul Jenkins Hundreds See Big Western Parade Here Sewer Fund Plan Also Turned Down Established 1873 ROSEBURG, OREGON SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1952 H3-52 U. of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon rate Budges Propyl ROY COX, monager of the recently established camera shop in the J-C Sporting Goods store on Jackson street, as he examined a fine lens, one of many he carries in stock. He deals exclusively in cameras, camero accessories ond Photographic equipment and supplies. Prior to coming to Roseburg, he operated for six years a photo supply house with headquorters in Portland and McMinnville, which served the entire" Pacific Northwest, including Alaska. He spent another six years in the U.S. Marines, five of which were served overseas and which included duty in the Pacific theater during the Second World War. He and Mrs. Cox, with their two children a girl of three years and a boy aged eight live on Military street. 400 Prisoners Escape Island SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) Police in the coastal town of IJbatuba Saturday caught 16 of 400 convicts who escaped Friday from Anchieta Island prison after setting fires and killing 15 guards and civilian employes. Sutherlin Plans 4 New City Hall The City of Sutherlin is making plans for construction of a new city hall on a pay-as-you-go basis. According io tentative plans, the structure will be built a unit at a time win construction on the first unit slated sometime this summer, according to City Supt. William D. Boliman. At present, some $22,000 in city funds is earmarked for the first unit of the structure. Plans rail for the first part to include a fire station and water office and pos sibly a council room. Additions will be made as the money be comes available. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Kcat flashes in the news: Angry Swedes call the Russians LIARS. The Russkies claim the Swedish plane shot first and besides, they assert, it was over Russian territory when the shoot ing started. Swedish authorities say it was a Calalina flying boat and totally unarmed so it COULDN'T have started the shooting because it didn't have anything to shoot with. The Catalina's position, they add, has been definitely established by thorough investigation that leaves not a shade of doubt that it was over international waters when it was shot down. The Danes come into the picture. In Copenhagen (Denmark's cap ital) Admiral Quistcaard alerts Danish airmen to SHOOT BACK UNHESITATINGLY if fired on by Soviet planes either inside or out side Danish territory. He adds that Danish military units have had standing orders since March to shoot back to kill, without awaiting further orders, if Soviet shins or planes fire on any Danish unit. It may be only coincidence, but at least it is worth noting that since March the Russians haven't done any shooting at any Danish units. I can't help paying considerable (Continued on page Four) . The Weather Partly cloudy today with scat tared showtrs ovar tht mountains this afttrnoon. Sunday, increasing cloudintis, with rain Sunday night. Highest ttmp. for any June Lowest rmp. tor a ly 'une n.gntii romp, last naurs ... as Lowo.t ttmp. last 24 hours .51 Prtcip. last 24 hours .11 ; Pr.cP. from Juno 1 AM , Prtcip. from S.pt. I 3J M - Sumot today. 1:57 p.m OST . Sunriso tomorrow, $:J3 a.m. DST The heavily armed convicts hart landed- near Ubatuba and struck terror in two other nearby coastal towns. Ubatuba's Police Chief Dan gler Guimaraes said his men ran into a group of tfie convicti and killed one and injured another in a running gun battle before they ar rested the IS. Guimaraes said police and troops rushed to Anchieta to restore order and found the bodies of the guards and employes in the prison com pound and some buildings partly burned. Troops, air force planes and boats rushed to this area liter the bloody break-away by some of Brazil's most desperate criminals. Accordins to reports of the es cape, the prisoners overpowered their guards, seized their weapons, including machineguns, and pushed off for the mainland in stolen boat? They landed near Uba'.uba, Sao Vicente and Caraguatuba, about 160 miles from this southern Bra zilian state capital. U W. JOSSE . Sells Store Here Roseburg Furniture Store Sold To Colorado Dealer Announcement was made today of the sale of the Josse Furniture Co. here to Robert B. Curtis of Alamosa, Colo. Name of the busi ness will be changed to Curtis Brothers. Curtis comes to Roseburg well versed in the furniture business. 10 j His father operates one of the larg 35 est wholesale furnilure huinic in the West, located at Denver Curtis stated that he has operat- ed a furniture store the !at f.ve years at Alamosa, Colo., which he has turned over to his brother. W. - li his wife and 22-month old daughter thev are now residing at 920 Lilburn St. He ii an army air Record Number Of 4ft Floats Entered In V Colorful Rodeo Fete With a record 35 entries, the an nual Sheriff's Posse Rodeo Parade wound through the streets of Rose burg this morning. Led off, as usual, by the Knight of Pythias Drum and Bugle Corps, a colorful collection of cowboys, cowgirls, horses and floats follow ed, while thousands of colorfully dressed spectators watched from the sidewalks. Sid Moon, president of the Jun ior Chamber of Commerce, or ganizers of the parade, said "it looks bigger and better than ever this year." Moon said there were 35 com mercial and non-commercial en trants, including 15 trucks repre senting the gas and oil business. "It's the best parade ever," the JCC president said. Queen Bobbett Huff I was equal ly enthusiastic. "This is the most exciting mo ment of all," she enthused. Riding her own horse named "Brownie," her majesty expressed gratitude that muggy weather didn't damp en anyone's enthusiasm. Tau Eta Eta's "Th Htlpful Hand" float took swecpttaka honors, and first in tha non-com-merciil float award for a total priie of J 100, and Hie Junior Chamber of Commerce trophy in. this morning's parade. Second placa for commercial floats went to Edalweis Ski Club's Tift Mountain float, and third to Epsilon Sigma Alpha's S. S. Lollypop float. Barcus Salot Sarvlc was first in commercial floats; Hub Lumbar Co., 2nd, and Nialsen's Market, third. Taking part in the parade also were Merle Hoppr and Emery Al len who plan to be married on horseback at the rodeo this after noon. Accompanying them were her mother, Alice Hopper and the preacher. Freckle-faced Tommv Clapp, 7, was perched atop the hood of a (Continued on Page 2) Physician Opens Winston Office Dr. Frederick A. Bracker, osteo pathic phytirian and surgeon, is opening offices Monday at Win ston. ... He announced that he will be operating an emergency hospital and clinic, in addition to his regu lar practice. He will offer 24-hour service, and said he has complete X-ray, and other equipment, fa cilities for minor surgery and a recovery room. Dr. Bracker received his train ing in Los Angeles, attending the Colleee of Osteopathic Phvsicians and Surgeons. He interned in the Los Angeles County Hospital, took his residency in craumafic sur gery in Los Angeles, and practiced at Sacramento, before coming to Winston. , His wife, a graduate nurse from White Memorial School of Nursing in Los Angeles, will assist him. They have two children, ages 1 and 2 years. , The office building Is located be tween the Benetta Theater and As sociated Service Station. ROBERT B. CURTIS i . . Furniture Dealer force veteran serving from 1942 48 and being discharged as a cap lain. L. W. Josse his been in business here 15 years, corning to Rose, burg from Seattle. He first pur chased the Roseburg Furniture Co. on K. Jackson St. and later moved to the present location. He said he plans to remain in Roseburg. Curtis said he plans to carry on with the same line of mer chandise, featuring high quality, nationally famous home furnish ings. He said he also plans to con tinue the drapery and decorative work carried on by Josse's. Jr " k W I ' T ,1 M 114 ! ir "a --i - ri . imii in i ii i ii PARADE WINNERS Montgomery Ward sponsored bicycle parade Friday. At riqht is first place winner Sonya Van Allen, featuring "Singing in the Rain"; second from right, second place Recall Petition On Drain Judqe Called Invalid Petitions to recall Drain Justice Clarence Leonard are invalid, in the opinion of District Attorney Robert M.' Stults. Stults said today that he believed the petitions, containing some 300 names were not lceal herauta ,j 'failure 'tcT notarize them properly .'i The petitions had been filed by five persons last Monday after noon. Petition chairmen were Gladys N. Wickwire, Dorothy fi. Blomberg, George O. Meyer and Vernon N. Pouncey, all of Drain, and Edward F. Jones of Elkton. Ken E. Morgan, who formerly had been head of the recall Leon ard effort, has resigned. The chairmen asserted in a state ment filed with petitions that the "intolerable police and justice sit uation of North Douglas County must be removed." Wilsons Slated To Die Monday WALLA WALLA W Utah and Turman Wilson, scheduled to die on the Washington State Prison gal lows at 12:05 a.m. Monday for the 1950 slaying of a 17-year-old Van couver, Wash., girl were dealt a triple blow in federal court here Friday. Federal Judge Sam Driver re jected a note of appeal submitted hy the brothers' attorneys, turned down a motion for a stay of exe cution and denied a writ of habeas corpus. Judge . Driver did, however, grant the Wilsons, under dqoth sentence for the murder of Jo Ann Dewey, a certificate of probable cause, opening the way for the Wilsons' attorneys to carrv their case again to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francis co. House Votes To Lift Controls WASHINGTON 11 The House has tentatively voted to lift price controls from virtually all consum er goods and drastically reorgan ize the Wage Stabilization Board. tne ripped and tattered exten sion of the administration's de fense production act faces olhcr sharp changes when it comes up gam next Wednesday. First big vote then will be on a provision requesting President Tru- innn to invoke the Taft-Hartley law injunction proceedings In the steel strike. With a coalition of Republicans and southern Democrats in control of the legislation, administration leaders concede they have little chance to block adoption of thrt proposal. Absences have japped the administration's voting strength. Sufherlin Police Get 2-Woy Radio System Sutherlin police will soon join the ranks of police departments throughout the state to install two way communications. The police department reported today that its two-way radio-tele- phone between the station and the : car will be In operation by about I Friday for a slashed finger re Ju'y ! ?ived in an accident at home. y "X v:- 'ft f ,' Pictured above are winners in the U.S. Exits Barred To Accused Red WASHINGTON I The State Department has ordered this coun try's customs exits barred to Owen Lattimore while it investigates an "official" tip he was arranging a visit behind the Iron Curtain. Lattimore is the Johns Hopkins University professor who has been a frequent target of accusations by, Sen. McCarthy. R,-Wis.); On the senate floor, McCarthy has denounced him as an ailleged Red spy and "chief architect" of ,loe 10-Year Prison Sentence Given Accused Slayer Daniel Webster Smith, 70, was sentenced to 10 years in the Ore gon State Penitentiary Fridnv f. ternoon and also given a $rO0 fine. Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly imposed the penalty. Smith earlier (his week was con victed by a Circuit Court jury of six men and six- women of manslaughter in the shotgun slav ing of John Henry Jenkins, 37, Camas Valley logger. Sheriff's deputies said Smith, a Camas Valley farmer and bach elor, will probably be taken to Salem late next week to begin serving his sentence., He'll be eli gible for parole in slightly more than three years. Under law, the maximum penal ty for manslaughter is 15 years. Smith was convicted after a three-day trial during which testi mony indicated he and Jenkins had been drinking beer all day May 12 the day of the shooting and had become involved in an argument that afternoon by Smith's home. . Smith ordered the man to leave, he testified on the witness stand, and when Jenkins refused he went into his house and returned with his double-barreled shotgun. He couldn't remember what happened next, he testified. Jenkins' body was found that evening by several Camas Valley youngsters. Steel Workers Get Food Orders PITTSBURGH IP- The striking CIO Steelworkers Union is start ing to issue food orders for its hungry members and their fam ilies. The latest development in the three.week old strike of 650,0(10 members of the union headed oy Philip Murray came from Buffalo, N. Y. Joseph P. Molony, a USW direc tor, said hundreds of Idle workers have appealed to the union for re lief. He said they were referred New York State welfare agencies but that to tide them over Ihe union Issued food orders to members it classed as hardship cases. GIRL CUTS FINGER Mary Derryberry, 14. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. D. Derryberry Of Camas Vallnv RnntA R was treated at flrfv TTft.nifal An L2 f- -P . ; i winner. Jimmv Dovle. as the right, ninth place winner, Teddy Sohn, featuring "Rose burg or Bust," and far. left, Ray Peters as a clown, fourth place winner. (Picture by Paul Jenkins). Truman administration's Far East policy. . Lattimore's denials of such charges have been vigorous. The latest development Involving Lattimore was first reported by the Baltimore Sun Friday morn, ing." :. , , All day long until jurt before b.'fice quitting time the State De partment maintained a no-comment attitude. Then it acknowl edged that such an order had gone out.- The department's statement sain in pari: "An allegation was made recent ly to the department that Mr. Owen Lattimore was making ar rangements for a possible visit to the USSR and or its satellites. The department immediately began an investigation of this allegation. "Pending Ihe results of this in vestigation, the Customs Bureau was notified that Air. Lattimore (who was not in possession of a passport duly validated for such ravel) should not be permitted to leave the U.S." Sutherlin Gives Okay To City Manatier Plans The City of Sutherlin Is expected to be operating on a new charter next week following the doeu JJiy pprovaI at Polls Frl- The charter was approved by Sutherlin voters 170 In m on. j cording to an unofficial count. " Th rit.. f Jl ...:,i ... . ...c v-iij i.uuui-11 win meet Mon day to canvass the votes. Among new provisions In the charter pat terned after a model charter pre pared by the League of Oregon Lilies Is formation of a council manager government. The new charter also calls for appointment of all officers except city attorney and municipal judge by the manager. The charter will replace one ad opted by the City of Sutherlin in 1911 which has since been consider ed obsolete, according to City Sunt W. D. Boliman. V Jury Says Monk Guilty Of Fraud A Circuit Court jury Friday evening found Frank Monk, form er lounge manager of the Patrick Kelly VFW Post, guilty of embez zlement. The jury deliberated some two hours and 30 minutes. Judge Carl E. Wimhcrly set Monday morn ning at 9:15 as the time for sen tencing. It was the s?cond trial for Monk on the embezzlement charge. The case was tried over because o( a Supreme Court ruling. Defense Attorney Harrison Win ston said after the verdict was re- turned that he was uncertain : was appointed by Judge Wimberly whether the case would be appeal-; because of disqualification of Dis J again. ! trict Attorney Robert M. Stults who In the first trial in February, ' formerlv represented Monk. Dep 19M, Monk had been found guilty uty District Attorney Donald S. and sentenced to two years in the Kelley assisted In the prosecution. IB ,t "Man From Mnrs"' thi, fmm Girl In Bathing Suit First In Bicycle Parade A pretty, 10-year-old lass, wear ing a bathing suit and rain cane and riding a gaily decorated bi cycle, captured the approval of the judges and a bicycle as grand prize in Friday's bicycle Daradn sponsored by Montgomery Ward & Co. -' -'. She was Sonya Van Allen, daugh- ier oi nr. ana Mrs. Lcland S Van Allen, 1425 Boden Ave., and she featured the idea "Singing in me nam. Eight other parade participants gainea prizes, tnd the entire group who braved raindrops for Ward's nth annual parade were treated to a free movie, courtesy oi uonn naaaoaugh, at the Indian ineaire. Second place winner was Jim my Doyle, age 10, of 1018 Ballff street, as the "Man From Mars." Next in order were: third, Sa bra Unrath, Oak Street, covered wagon, with oxen head; fourth Ray Peters, Box 1370, route 4, Lookingglass, dressed as a clown: fifth, Sharlene West of 1426 Casey Ave., as Mary Quite Contrary; sixth, Ruth West, her sister, same address, featuring "Three Little Kittens;"' seventh. Sue Hamm, a bahy basket; eighth Patricia Hites. Rifle Range Road, "Queen of Hearts," and ninth, Teddy Sohn, 3so Terrace Ave., featuring "Roseburg or Bust." Prizes included fishing equip ment and other sporting goods. The judges were Iris Hclliweil and Al Parr. The program which included awarding of the prizes, look place in the Indian Theatre, and was taped for later broadcast over KRXL. Del McKay emcccd me prugrnm. ine prizes were pre sented by Ed Nolte, manager of Wards. Oakland And Sufherlin Sewer Merger Studied An engineering survey will he made to determine the feasihiliiv of joining Sutherlin and Oakland sanitary sewer facilities to one treatment plant. Sutherlin City Supt. W. D. Boll man said an engineer wnulH ha hired soon by both cities to study costs of the combined plant and also costs of separate plants. state penitentiary. The case was appealed and the conviction re versed on the contention that Judge Carl E. Wimberly's instruc tions to the jury were incomplete. Monk was accused of embezzling $257.25 of VFW Post funds slated for purchase of stationery supplies for wounded Korea veterans. The defense contended the money had been used to purchase supplies for Ihe lounge. Robert G. Davis, former district attorney who resigned June 1, was special prosecutor (j) the case. He Roseburg Votes 219-121 Against Speciol Levy Over 6 Per Cent Limit TWO citv measures a hnrltrpt exceeding the six per cent limita- uon ana a special sewer assess ment were turned down at the polls Friday by nearly a two-to-one vote. The votine was extremely liolit. but heavily against the two pro- p"sais. The levy exceeding the six per cent limitation was voted down by a 121 to 218 vote. A cnnpial ln of S133.017.92 over the limitation was proposed. lhe count is unofficial on both measures. The city council will hold a SDecial meetine Mnniiiv at 7:30 to canvass the vote. At 8 p.m. the budget committee will again be called into session to draft a new budget to be presented to the people, said City Manager W. A. Gilchrist. The second proposal, a charter amendment for the levy of a sewer user's assessment, was turned down, 114 to 227. The sewer charge amendment had been nrnonseri In estahlich sinking fund for construction and iiiaiiuenance oi sewer lines and treatment plants. The budget was to provide sal ary increase far iiv .mnU.. u hire additional employes as well as io provide lor routine depart ment expenses. What the Citv rminnll ullt t. slash the budget or increase its revenue was unknown, but City Manager W. A. Gilchrist said quick action will be necessary. Amount of the total budget adopt, ed by the city budget committee was $457,410. The budget exceeded by more than $100,000 last year's amount of $355,347,' although officials doubted that the millage rate for the 52-53 year would be much over last year's 20.1 mills. . Salary increases in every de partment had been anticipated to keep pace with the rising cost of living, while the addition of one more policeman, another fireman and two temporary street laborers had been planned. . Cancer Society Appoints Leader I MRS. ERIKA GRAHAM Mrs. TTrilra nrahum'i innninl. .. - " ('!""" - mnnt a pnmmaniliip fat- rtmmlaa County was announced today by lhA Orettnn rtivicfnn tinailniig-4nia of the American Cancer Society. one win succeed Mrs. Celia Day, who has headed. the county ac tivities of the society for the past year. Mrs. Graham Is hospital aide instructor at the Veterans Hospit al in Roseburg, where she has been on the nursing staff since her graduation from the University of Portland College of Nursing in 1949 She has made her home in Rose burg since 1934. Her first volunteer work With tha lm,;. Society was as a Toastmistress on n assignment irom tne Roseburg Toastmistress Club. As viea pnmmanrlitp fnt Tlniia- las County this past year Mrs. Gra- nam nas oeen especially active in the service and educational pro grams of the society, and Is re sponsible for organizing ;ne Loan Closet that Ic nntv avallohl tn loans to cancer patients in the cou ty who have need of the special equipment it contains. Mrs. Day wilf continue to serve as a member of the board of di rectors, inner appointments will be announced later. Cop Holts Traffic As Girl's Slip Strap Snaps WORTHING. England 11 What's a gal gonna do when her slip strap snaps while she's riding a bicycle and a policeman halts traffic? Elsa Ivor. 18. blushed and oed- alled furiously on, silk trailing around her ankles. 'It would have been rather awk ward if I had dismounted," she told a magistrate Friday. He agreed, but fined her 15 shillings i.iuj mr ignoring the signal. Levity Fact Rant Ry L. F. Relienstein Wasn't summer grand!