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2 The Nwi-RYltw, Roteburg, Ort. Wait., July 30, 1952 Vital Statistics ; Marriage License WEAVER-SWIFT Raymond James Weaver and Lenora Mae Swift,' both of Roseburg. . Divorce Suit Filed ROWAN James vs. Doris M. Rowan. Desertion charged. Plain tiff asks custody of one minor child, that custody of another child and $35 monthly support ba awarded to defendant, and th:.t custody of a third child be award ed to the child'! maternal grand parents. William . C. McDaniels Of Yoncalla Dies Word has been receive! from Eugene of the death of William C. McDaniels. father of Earl Mc Daniela of Yoncalla. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis McDaniels of Bridgevillc, Cali'.. were called to Yoncalla due to t' !eath. Mr. McDanicl'i body will be shipped to Petersburg, Ind., for burial. He came to Yoncalla two months ago to make his home. He passed away after a short illness. ASSAULT DENIED Dorothy M. Greg. Bo x422. Rose burg, pleaded innocent in district court to assault and battery and has posted SSO bail while awaiting trial. She is accused of hitting Edith Wheeler. Septic Tank Owners Take Notice Horn owners have discovered that septio tank atop-up ajid overflow. Two reasons are first, because the tanks are not cleaned t proper intervals; secondly, toilet tissue that does not readily disintegrate may clog the drains nd force them to bsck upl This situation can be partially averted by buying the proper toilet tissue. Recognizing the importance of this, MD Toilet Tissue is pro cessed so that it absorbs water completely and quicklyl People who know about and use MD Toilet Tissue have leas trouble with clogged discharge drains in their aeptio tank system. Follow this plan for best insur ance: Consultyour County Healt h Department, your plumber, or a aeptio tank service company, for advice on cleaning your tank. Use MO Toilet Tiseuel Tcrriiique! Ginghams have a French Accent! (Ai odverfiied in PARENTS', August; A bit ol Paris for your chic cherie in these captivating Kale Greenaway (amnions for Back to School. The petite, right, has a wee Wandering Waistline. Demoiselle, left, wears her fashion on her sleeve, the new Hour Class cuff. Both in plaid-perfect ging hams, guaranteed to wash, wear and fit well. Both with the coveted Kate Green- EVERYTHING FOR 130 N, JACKSON Two Grade Schools Given New Status (Continued from Page One) is ready, board membera felt only students in special situations should be admitted. For instance, they'd consider btting a senior who had attended his first three years in Roscburg finish here. Credo Mankins, building sup erintendent, reported his main tenance and repair work "ahead of sch?dule" and going "very smoothly." Bus Bill Cut Refused A request from the Glide school district that its bill for transpor tation of pupils into Roseburg be reduced from the agreed amount was turned down. Glide did not send as many pupils as they orig inally thought would ride, so felt the $3,600 bill should be reduced. Roseburg board members said the bus had to make the trip any way, so didn't think a reducti .n justified. Herman Steck's contract 8.r District electrical work was re newed for another year. A request for leave of absence from Betty Lee Prickett, Fuller ton grade three teacher, was granted. Salary increases, in accordance with board policy, were given to the teachers connected with the Federal-sponsored vocation home making program and to Claiic Eddy, Winchester-Wilbur principal. The board spent considerable time going over various adminis trative and organizational policies. Funeral Services Set For Alice May Craven Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Mav Craven. 50 resident of Reston community who died last Sunday morning, will be held in the chapel of the Long & Orr Mortuary Thursday, July 31, at 2:00 p.m., with Dr. Morris Roach of the First Presbyterian Church olficiat- ing. Concluding services and in terment will follow in Civil Bend Cemetery at Winston. Mrs. Craven was born May 3, 1902, at Garden City, Kansas, and came to Oregon about 40 years ago. For the past 25 years she has been a resident of Douglas County. She was married at Cen tralia, Wash., on May, 19.0, to Charles B. Craven, who survives. as do two daughters, Mn, Joe (Wilberta) Couey, Reston, and Mrs. W. W. (Helen) Woodar, Port land. She is also survived by three brothers and three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Packer, Eugene; Elmer Roberts, Couer de Alcne, Idaho; Mrs. Gladys Cole, Detroit, Mich ; Waller Roberts, Eugene; Mrs. Ed ith Sturgel, Tacoma, and Delbert Roberts, Washington, and six grandchildren. The wildflower Dutchman's Breeches is a wild form of bleed ing heart. Our new away hidden pocket 3.95-4.95 -5.95 Is Siisi J is os, 7-14 P.S. The Kale Greenaway size label now intludes height and weight meas urements insuring perfect fit. THE CHILDREN PHONE 3-5056 3 IlM,S if J IN RARE FORM Mae West busted right Into a demonstration of a new-type "Mae West" life jacket at the Navy submarine bate it Groton, Conn., and declared herself very much pleased with the improved version. The inflatable jacket has a new color, which gives visibility of 16 miles at sea. "That's one thing we both have in common," quipped Mae. "We both can be seen from great distance." She described the new color as "Desirable Scarlet" but the prosaic Navy says it's "orange, just oft red." Above, Moldei First Class Cater B. East, helps Mae adjust the new jacket. Mel Venter Gang Will ! Spark Centennial Plans j (Continued from Page One) Gene Smith accordion group, and vocals by the Sons of the Prairie. Saturday night the Mcl Venter Breakfast Club orchestra will play for The Queen's coronation and ball, starting at 9 p.m., at Ken nedy's Dutch Mill. Highlight of the Saturday night event is the announcement of which of the seven princesses is to be queen of the Centennial. The announcement will be made during intermission at 10 p.m. Tickets are being sold by the seven princesses and their sales up to 5 p.m. Friday count as votes for the seller in the princess populirity contest, which tallies one-fourth in the selection of" the queen. Tickets are also available at Centennial Headquarters in the Junior High Building and at the door of each even!. Labor Dispute Shuts Mill At Myrtle Creek (Continued on Page 2) pairing its ability to compete suc cessfully.'' "Small factions within the plant are jeopardizing the security o( 350 employes." the management statement said. Plant officials indicated that there have been suggestions front directors of the firm that the Myr lle Creek plywood division be abandoned "in view of labor con, ditinns which have existed over a period of years." No Disruption Wanted They said it has been suggested (hat their timber resources might be used lo, "support other opera tions of the company which are more successful." "We are facing a very compet itive situation in the nlvwood in dustry brought about by the over production of plywood, a plant spokesman said. '"Many plants arc in financial difficulties. We do not propose that this company be placed in that position." Union spokesmen adopted a con ciliatory attitude and said they "had always got along well with the Myrtle Creek plant officials and believe the grievances can be settled amicably." GASOLINE SALES UP SALEM ifi Some 261,206.160 gallons of gasoline were purchased in Oregon during the first six months of this year. That is 2.7per cent more than in the same period last year. When Only the Tinest Will To! from A Keepsake engagement ring is one ol the world s finest quality diamond rinqs . . . 'GUARAN TIED rnRrECT by the famous Keepsake Certifi cate. YOUR APHORIZED t WE GIVE S&H 106 S. Jackson Margaret Clapp n. , . ivies in rviurmng Margaret I. Clapp, 82, of 302 E. Washington St., died this morning after a very short ill ness. She was born Nov. 24, 1869, in Scipio, Ind. Miss Clapp came to Roseburg in 1912 with the family of A. J. Geddes and had lived here ever since. She was a life-long member of the First Presbyterian Church of Roseburg.' Surviving are a nephew, Gar rett Clapp, Columbus, O., and a number of cousins, including Mrs. A. J. Geddes, Roscburg. Funeral services will be held in The Chapel of The Roses, Rose burg Funeral Home, at 10 a.m. Friday with Dr. Morris Roach of the F'irst Presbyterian Church of ficia'ing. Vault inlerment will fol low in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. Delbert Abner Owen, 83, Retired Farmer,. Passes Delbert Abner Owen, 83, resi dent of this community for the past 46 years, died early today, July 30, after a short illness. He was horn Sept. 6, l'Jli, in Royalton, Wise, and came to Sutherlin in 1906 to make his home. He was a retired farmer. Surviving are his widow, Ella Mae Owen, Sutherlin; two sisters: Mrs. Oscar Small and Mrs. Kath- ryn Doss, both of Eugene, and several nieocs and nephews in this community. The body has been removed fo the Roseburg Funeral Home and funeral arrangements will be an nounced later. BLAST BURNS JANITOR GRANTS PASS 11 An explo sion in a paint shop here Tuesday critically burned Carl Penry, 66, a janitor. He was scraping paint from the the blast which blew out most of the building's wndows and set fire to the roof. II e was scraping paint frflm the floor of the shop when the mishap occurred. Frequent Free BELT0NE CLINICS Are Held at the Umpoue Hotel. Writs for Nest Dots. HEARING AID BATTERIES Mt!l-d AnvwrWe For Any Makf Writ B ELTON E HEARING CENTER S C Mitchell 78 Writ Broadway. Eugene. Oregon the Terltti Fintsl Quality Diamond Ring JONOUIt Ulnfl 135 00 Wsdding ling ! 50 Alia SIO0 IS 475 W.dd.ng King 12.iC KEEPSAKE JEWELERS GREEN STAMPS Phon 3-4178 Sgt. Donald Lee And Wife Return Staff Sgt. Donald B. I.ee and bride arrived in San Francisco June 30 aboard the transport Gen. W. A. Mann, which brought 1780 service men, civilian workers and dependents. Mrs. I.ee was among the 17 Japanese brides aboard the ship. Staff Sgt. and Mrs. I.ee were married at Nagova, Japan, Au. 9, 1951. Prior to her marriage, Mrs. Lee was Mist Tsukiko Siatn, who was born in Nagoya, where she received her education. On the dock to meet them when they arrived were Donald', par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Menzie I.ee, and brother, Marvin, of Wilbur Donald served 31 months In Japan and Korea as an Air Force weather observer. After a month's leave, he will return to duty at his new assignment at Oxnard, Calif. Mrs. Lee will remain with Donald's parents nntil he can find housigg there. Donald formerly attended Rose burg High School, Armistice Prospect Poorest Yet Von Fleet (Continued from Page One) prisoner exchange has blocked a truce for months. The Reds propose changing the term 'captured personnel" to pnsonsr ol war" in Paragraph 52, which would then read: Each side agrees to insure that it shall not employ in acts of war in the Korean conflict any prison ers of war released from .custody incident to the armistice." Col. Duncan S. Somerviile, U.N command staff officer, said he had ask:d the Reds for clarification. During recent secret truce talks, Mai. Gen. William K. Harrison. senior U. N. armistice delegate, told the Reds the term captured personnel meant all peopls, even those opposing repatriation. War prisoners, he added, were all those persons who were to be repatri ated. WASHINGTON UTi Announced U.S. battle casualties in Korea reached 113.688 Wednesday, an in crease of 305 since last week. Saturday Social Notices Lost When Auto Stolen All clubs and organisations having notices of meetings to be announced in the social cal ender of Saturday's Issue of the News-Review sre asked to re submit them to Nina Davis of the Society Department before 10 a.m. Friday morning. The so cisl calendar was lost when Mrs. Davis' car was stolen Monday evening. As yet the car has not been found. SAVE money nowl Your old worn-out washer isj worth big dollars on this Deluxe-featured Easy i 1 Spindrier with Power Flush-rinse. Famous Easy does V, J mssssms. a week's wash in only one hour. One tub washes clothes cleaner, faster, better, while the other thor- LkM 1 oughly rinses then spins clothes damp-dry. Don't sss; sV fii. I miss this opportunity to own a work-saving Easy I SV VtObW I at a reol money-laving pricel Trade in your old J V "Ls I washer today I Vj ROSEBURG-UO W. Oak, Did 3-S574 JUTH!RLINW.,t Central, Phon. 298S Flics Given Atomic Brew In Research Test ISLINGTON, F,ngland til Some radioactive flies are buzzing around here. They got that way because they were given a drink of brew distilled at the Harwell Atomic Research Laboratories.' Scientists at the pest infestation laboratory at Slough are responsi ble for the condition of the flies, and the idea is to determine how far a fly flies. The insects are released here after the atomic brew snifter. Then flics are captured at vary ind distancs, and a Geiger count er spots those with the tell-tale atomic aroma on their breaths. Greatest distance covered so far is three miles. But scientists are still hoping for a real cross-country champion. Firemen Battle Bad Luck Saving Flaming Barn NASHVILLE, Tenn. wi - Su burban Woodbine firemen put jut a barn fire Tuesday night, but it was a struggle. The first truck set out overturned aunng a tnunaerstorm. Firemen Claiborn Ross and Curtis Hall, uuui ci, were unnurt. Ross hastened to a nearby house to call the department. The wom an who lived there refused to let him in to telephone because he was too wet. On his departure, the woman's dog bit him. Another fireman, following the fire truck in a car. elephoned for the second truck from another house. Old Phone Directory Yields Missing Money LOS ANGELES OB Julius Mad kin is tired of telephone direc tories. He leafed through a pile of 10,000 of them Tuesday and finally found what he was looking for. Last Saturday he turned in his old directory and received a new ons from a dellverym.m for the Pacific Telephone anrj Telgrap!) Company. Later he remembered that he had stuffed two $50 bills in the old director for safekeeping. At the telephone company office it took him several hours of leafing but he finally found his money. CIVIL SERVICE HEAD SALEM ' The Oregon Civil Service Commission Tuesday named Philip A. Joss, Portland at torney, as its chairman. Joss, who has bean a member of the commission for a year, suc ceeds A. C. Cammack, Portland, retired. R. D. BRIDGES Savings Rtprettntativ EQUITABLE SAVINGS and LOAN ASS'N. 1 1 Phone 2526 Oakland, Ore. I William Harvey Allen, Roseburg Native, Dies William Harvey Allen, 79, life long resident of Roseburg, died Tuesday afternoon, July 29, after a prolonged illness. He was born in Roseburg Dec. 11, 1872, the son of William and Margaret Allen, early residents of this community. For many years he followed 'the blacksmithing trade here. He was married to Minnie E. Tyrer at Albany in 1926. Surviving are the widow of Hose 'jurg; four step-children, Charles, David and Frank Tyrer and Mrs. David (Gladys) Partee, all of '.oseburg vicinity; three brut lets, Anderson Allen of Lodi, Calif., Cecil of Spokane, Wash., and By ron of Roscburg. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Long and Orr Mortuary Friday at 10:30 a.m., with Rev. E. Clarke Robb of the North Roseburg Church officiating Concluding services and interment will be in the Oak Creek Cemetery. No Menace To U.S. Seen From 'Flying Saucers' (Continued from Page One) weather balloons, and reflection of lights even automobile lijhts. But every effort is being mad; to identify the mysterious one-fifth. One new step being planned is u of a newly developed telescopic camera which can photograph a 150-dcgree area of sky on one plate. Other specialized, highly sensi tive cameras also will be used. PORTLAND lift Navy Secre tary Dan Kimball got a plug in for a larger navy here Tuesday whjn he scoffed at reports of fly ing saucers over Washington, D.C.. Here to address a Navy League luncheon, Kimball said "If we have a strong and adequate Navy, we won't have to worry about things like flying saucers." lie said the mystery objects which have reported flying over the nation's capital are "probably electrical phenomena." Kimball is on a nationwide tour inspecting naval installations. UI AUtllUn DinilUNS (D.IK, ", 'It. WHISIH Top Westinghouso Job Goes To OSC Graduate BALTIMORE ,Md. W H. D. Moreland, Oregon State College graduate, as named manager nf the Westinghouse Electric Corpora tion's X-ray division, Wednesday. Sales, engineering, manufacture and other functions will be under his direction, F, W. Godsey, man ager of the firm's Baltimore divi sions, said. Moreland, born at Philomath, Ore., received his engineering de gree from OSC in 1930 and his science master in 1932. The follow ing year he joined the Westing house staff at Portland and haa been with the firm since. Farm Revenue Scores One Percent Advance WASHINGTON M Prices re ceived by farmers between Juna 15 and July 15 rose one per cent, mainly because of increases they got for hogs, milk, eggs and com mercial crops. The Agriculture Department, an nouncing this Tuesday, said during the same period prices dropped for beef cattle, potatoes, wheat, cotton, calves and several other products.' How I lost 160 pounds Here's Helen Fraley's own story of a diet tkat took her from 295 : pounds to a trim 135, and yet -she never missed having 3 good meals a day. It's a heartwarm ing report by a woman who found new joy in Jirinp a normal ' life. She gives her aay-byday diet and the secrets she learned from experience published in' the Journal for the first time. ' Whether you should diet your- ' self, or know someone who should, resd Helen Fraley's amazing Am Jut Bminnng to Lire. It's in the August issue ef the Ladies' Home Journal. HIND li HOW U UAIn MIIWl Willi I '
