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C. FENTON FORD, field representative for Lane, Douglas,
Coos and Curry Counties for the Federal Social Security
Administration, is pictured as he iriterviews an applicant
for federal security at his Roseburg stopping place in the
j city council chambers, which he visits twice a month. His
: headquarters office is Eugene, Most young people probably
' will find little in Mr. Ford's work to interest them; but as
; one approaches the retirement age of .65 an interest will
develop, or if one is a survivor of a family head who had
reached that age, he will be more than likely be glad to
ask a few questions. Mr. Ford, a most affable person, cer
tainly will be more than glad to do his best in answering.
Eisenhower Ball Continued
Into Wee Morning Hours
By RELMAN MORIN '
WASHINGTON Happy Republicans wassailed on
into the wee hours of today in a last great and gala jubilee
marking the inauguration of President Eisenhower.
And Eisenhower and his
In The Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Today's big news:
It's PRESIDENT Eisenhower
NOW.
That pretty well tells the story.
The rest of the news that is com
ing over the wires as mis if writ
ten if chiefly fluff.
His first public utterance as
PRESIDENT (made a few min
utes after he took the oath of of
fice) reveals what is uppermost
in his mind.
He devoted his inaugural address
almost entirely to the international
situation and to a call for the
free nations of the world to unite
against the forces of aggression.
He added:
"To produce this unity, to MEET
THE CHALLENGE OF - OUR
TIME, destiny has laid upon our
country the responsibility of the
FREE WORLD'S leadership.'; .
Docs that fire you with joy un
restrained? Does it fill you with
desire to CELEBRATE?
I'm afraid not. It's too grim.
But it's the truth. Until the teeth
of the monster that is communism
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INJURES SHOULDER
Dr. D. B. Bubar of Roseburg suf
fered a badly cut right hand and
injuries to his right shoulder Mon
day, when he 'ell. Dr. C. B. Wade
took several stitches in the hand
wound. Dr. Bubar was able to be
back in his optometric office Tuesday.
Flood Weary Winston ites
Repair Damages Of Water
By MRS. GEORGE BACHER
Flood-weary Winstonites put
their shoulders to the wheel this
week in an effort to repair the
damages of Sunday's deluge,
while some evacuees were reluc
tant to return in the face of
"more rain" predictions, the ma
jority had restored a fair state
of normalcy within a matter of
hours after the waters began to
recede. ;
The crest of the South Umpqua
at the Winston bridge was report
ed at II p.m. Sunday about a foot
below the well-remembered flood
stage of just two years ago.
Bitter experience of the 1950
flood alerted old-timers of the
area. And they in turn warned
others. While most people readily
responded to the warnings, oth
ers did so reluctantly. About
dU famines were evacuated.
Knowing the tricks of the river
. on a rampage, many became un
easy as early as Saturday after
noon. By Saturday night the more
lady celebrated right along
wiin menu
' They didn't lioWffiiniitffl Ui fi
nal curtain at 3 a.m., but departed
at 1:18, comparatively the lhank
of the evening. Long lines of limou
sines and taxis, stalled in traffic,
were still bringing guests when he
left.
The new President was in fine
fettle, right up to the end. He still
looked daisy-fresh, although hts
day had begun 18 hours earlier and
had included the most impressive
event any American can experi
ence-Ming sworn in as president
of the United States.
Aides said he planned to begin
worK at nis aesK around 8 o clock.
He faces a big problem, the im
passe over confirmation of Charles
E Wilson as secretary of defense.
The President, however, gave no
sign of having anything like that
on his mind last night. He looked
like a man out for a good time,
and he appeared to be having it.
This was a double-jointed jubilee.
At opposite ends of Washington
two big. bull-chested halls had
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Peeler Handed Summons
In Pearson Libel Suit
WASHINGTON Wl Columnist
Westbrook Pegler responded
cheerfully yesterday when a man
greeted him as he sat in the press
section at the presidential inaugur
al ceremonies.
Then his greeter, special process
server Hugh Duffy, handed the
newspaperman a two-year-old sum
mons and a copy of a complaint
in a $5,100,000 assault-Ubel-conspir-
acy suit.
The suit was filed by columnist
Drew Pearson against Pegler. Sen
McCarthy (R-Wis). the Washington
Times-Herald, radio commentator
Fulton Lewis Jr., and others, al
leging that th:y tried to drive him
out ol uusiniss.
experienced were chorusing "She's
oouna to come."
A close vigil was kept during
the nocturnal hours and by dawn
on Sunday rural telephone lines in
the Winston area were buzzing
with neighborly warnings. Actual
evacuation began from a num
ber of homes Sunday morning. Of
ficial warnings were issued early
in the afternoon.
There's a gigantic job ahead
roads to be repaired, bridges to
be replaced, debris to clean from
driveways and in some cases,
homes to be dried and repaired
before the occupants can return.
No estimate has been msde of
ficially as to just how much dam
age was done in Winston Section,
hardest hit of the area. But it Is
known to be considerably below
that of the 1950 flood.
Much credit for this can be at
tributed to the fact that home own
ers were wide awake to the hazard
and applied the preventative by
moving furnishings and valuables
to higher ground while there was
till time.
Established 1873
Communist Leaders Convicted Of Conspiracy
Jury Returns
Verdict After
Seven Days
Group Was Charged
With Conspiracy To
Overthrow Government
NEW YORK 11 A Federal
Court jury Wednesday found 13
New York Communist leaders
guilty of conspiracy. , , .
The jury of six men and six
women reached a verdict after re
ceiving the case last Thursday.
The trial lasted eight and one-half
months.
All of the Communist leaders
were charged with conspiring to
teach and advocate the overthrow
of the U. S. government.
- The jury foreman, Miss Lucille
Collette. a music teacher, an
nounced the verdict after 48 hours
of deliberations:
"We find the defendants guilty
as charged!" ,
They could receive , maximum
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One Brodie Twin
Dies; Other's
Condition Good
CHICAGO W Tiny Roller Lee
Brodie, Siamese twin who for 34
days amazed the medical world by
surviving a head-to-head surgical
separation, died last night
The 16-month-old boy had been
in a deep coma since the hlstorv.
making operation Dec. 17. His
brain circulation was impaired and
bia condition had been listed, "very
precarious" since the separation
irom ma d rower itooney uee.
Attending physicians had ex
pressed amazement that ha sur
vived the 12 hour and 40 minute
operation.
.The surgery on the. twins, who
were born joined at the top of
their heads, was the first time in
medical history the patients had
survived such an operation.
Rodney, since the separation.
has undergone two plastic proced
ures to put skin over his brain. He
has shown some signs he is on the
road to recovery. However, , he
must undergo further surgery and
his condition still is regarded as
.critical.
Water Rising Slowly;
No Danger Is Expected
Water was reported rising again
this morning at the Winston
Bridge, but Weather Bureau of
ficials said it was probably due to
rain Tuesday in the mountains and
"nothing to worry about."
The 16.6 reading at Winston at
I a.m. was low compared to the
30.4-foot crest there Sunday night.
Forecasts were for minor fluc
tuations in all streams. All but the
South Umpqua at Winston were
reported dropping this morning.
Winchester reported a crest of
12.5 feet at 2 p.m. Tuesday, with
the reading 11.4 at 8 a.m. today.
The Sunday crest was 18.4 feet.
A crest of 24 feet passed Elkton
at 5 a.m. today, Bureau officials
said, but the reading at 8 was
23.1. Sunday it was 44.5.
Freak Flood
A freak flood accident put part
of Al Sanders' house In Riversdale
into a hole six feet deep.
Floodwaters of the swollen Ump
qua River cut under the house
scraping out a hole. The founda
tion of the house finally gave way
causing it to break off into the pit.
And If that weren't enough grief,
the undercurrent also scooped out
a place for Sanders' ear, too.
"They offered to pull out my
car," Sanders said, "but I figured
it would get just as wet going
through as it would staying here."
He said he got up about 7 a.m.
Sunday and shortly afterward
heard a cracking sound. The next
thing he knew, part of the bouse
had fallen into the hole.
"We finally took a boat out,"
Sanders related. "Everything was
flooded Uien we couldn't see land
anywhere."
His son was with him at the
time.
The flood crested about two
inches above the floor of the
house, which he began building
last April. (
f R ACTURIS HAND, WR I ST
Mrs. Jennie Fisher, Osklsnd,
was treated at Mercv Hosnitai
Tuesday afternoon for fractures of 1
her right hand and wrist suffered
in a fall at her home.
Treated for a sprsined ankle
Tuesday was Mrs. Ethlyn Free
man Sutherlin.
ROSEBURG, OREGON
8 Mysterious
Flying Objects
Reported Seen : :
By WILLIAM C. BARNARD
A II. S. AIR BASE, Northern Ja
pan (A Mysterious flying objects
"rotating clusters of red, white
and green lights" have - been
sighted over Northern Japan by
American airmen, the Air Force
disclosed Wednesday night.
Intelligence reports placed the
sightings close to Russian territory
in the Kurile Islands and Sakhalin.
They added:
"There am too many indications
of the presence of something ... to
be considered an observation of
nothing." And they discounted the
possibility the sighted objects were
mere "reflections of light." -
Col. Curtis R. Low, commander
of the Northern Division of the
Japan Air Defense Force, said the
flying clusters were seen by fighter
pilots and ground personnel and
were tracked on. radar. He re
leased official intelligence reports
on the sighting to the Associated
Press. "
The reports were similar to those
describing "flying saucers" in the
U. S. One said the lights appeared
to hang motionless at times, and
at other times disappeared with
blinding speed.
Director Slated
For Fairgrounds
Promotion Work
The combined boards of direct
ors of the Douglas County Turkev
Show. Sheriff's Posse Rodeo and'
uougias County Fair agreed Tues
day night to hire a full-time mana
ger for the Fairgrounds. Now. all
they need is man to fill the job.
At a joint meeting in the U. S.
National Bank, Fair Board 'Chair
man Jim Myers announced that
members of the three groups had
agreed to share the expense, ol
the X4,500-a-year job.
The Sheriffs Passe will oav
3500: the Turkey Show, $1,500 and
tne f air Board, xj.suu.
Applications for the job as Fair
grounds manager may be filed
with Ivan Pickens at the U. S. Na
tional Rank hv mail Th mm.
bined boards asked that applicants
state qualifications for screening
Surposes by a board made up ol
le three chairmen of the groups
Involved.
As outlined at the meeting, the
general duties of a manager will
be to manage each of the three
big shows. Thus, he will serve
as both a manager and a public
relations man.
Applications must be received
by Pickens before March 1, at
which time they will be examined
by the screening board made up
of Chairman Jim Myers of the
Fair Board, Chairman W. H. Car
ter of the Posse and Chairman Ed
Davis of tho Turkey Board.
Several Injured When
Bus Plunges 15 Feet
WEEHAWKEN, N. J. I A
public service bus plunged over a
cliff Tuesday on a steep downgrade
to the Weehawken ferry, and police
said some of the 28 persons aboard
were injured.
First reports Indicated no one
was killed when the bus rammed
through parapet on Pershing
Road and slammed 15 feet down
to the bottom near the railroad
tracks of the West Shore Division
of the New York Central Railroad,
Accident Puts
r 'v'U V V p
FLOOD DAMAGES HOME - When Al Sanders of Riversdale got up Sunday morning he
heard crocking noises. It wasn't long before his new home, which he began lost April,
looked like this. The rampaging Umpqua River undercut it end the structure toppled
over into a six-foot-deep holt. (Picture by Paul Jenkins)
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1953
Power Cos.
Spar Qver
Legislation
Electricity Charges
Liquor By Glass Gat
Lawmakers Attention
.' By PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
SALEM m The power com
panies took both offensive and de
fensive roles in the Oreeon Legis
lature Wednesday with legislation
aimed at the 20 per cent aurcharge
on electric biHs and to make it
easier to build Pelton Dam.
Rep. Monroe Sweetland. MilwaU'
kie, who is Democratic national
committeeman, introduced his bill
to require public hearings before
the power companies are allowed
to add extra charges to repay
them for added cost of generating
power in steam plants.
Three Oregon companies Port
land General Electric. Pacific Pow
er and Light and Mountain States
Power are charring 20 per cent
extra on their light bills necause
the recent water shortage made it
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First Citizen
To Be Revealed
Saturday Night
A secret committee of local
businessmen is completing - the
selection of a young man who
will receive the junior first citizen
award Saturday evening at the
Country Club.
The award is presented annually
by the Junior Chamber of Com
merce to the man between 21 and
35, "who has contributed most to
his community's welfare," accord
ing to President Ernie Barker,
Barker said the secret commit
tee determines the choice on in
dividual merit alone. Wayne
Crooch will present the major
award, while Sid Moon will pre'
sent three member awards key
man, outstanding first year man,
and outstanding chairman. .
Barker said the banquet and ball
Saturday night, starting at 7:30
is open to the public and tickets
may be obtained from members of
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce. A smorgasbord atyle meal la
Slanned with roast turkey, baked
am, smoked salmon and various
other dishes.
Outstsndlng men selected for the
award the past two years includes
Bob McCarl, and the Rev. Walter
MacArthur. '
Barker emphasized that the
winner need not be a member of
the Jaycees.
At the same time as Roseburg's
outstanding young man is honored
here by the local Jaycees, 2,000
other young men will be recoa-
nized in similar banquet ceremon
ies by Junior Chambers all over
America. Meantime, in Cedar
Rapids. Ia.. the United States
will be saluting the group of great
Americans selected as the most
outstanding young men of the na
tion. The awards in Cedar Rapids
will oe made by Horace E. Hen
derson, President of the United
States Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
Newly-Built
Highway
Bids are to be received by the
Oregon Highway Commission in
Portland Thursday on five major
projects connected with reconstruc
tion of the Pacific Highway in
Douglas County. They include- a
start on the relocation through
West Roseburg.
Two separate contract v are
scheduled on the Elkhead-Rice Hill
unit, which will complete relocation
of the highway between Divide and
Rice HiU.
The contracts will provide road
beds of sufficient width for two
lanes of traffic with complete sep
arations of local and through traf
fic at four county road intersec
tions. Frontage roads will be pro
vided at critical points to carry
local traffic alongside the main
highway without interference with
the flow of through traffic. A
bridge contract on this aame unit
of the highway calls for construc
tion of twin structures, 100 feet
in length, to carry through traffic
over local traffic on Elkhead road
and a 166-foot structure to carry
local traffic on the Pleasant Val
ley school road over the main
highway.
First Two Unit
The first two units of the ultl
mate improvement of the highway
between Deadv. about one mile
south of Sutherlin, and Shady Point,
Bidding Thursday
Ex-President Harry Truman Takes
Long Trip To His Missouri Home
EN ROUTE TO INDEPENDENCE, Mo WITH. TRU
MAN W Harry S. Truman,
States, took the long trip home today. '
After nearly eight years aa the head of a (treat govern.
raent, , he headed for Missouri
Half Of Rioters
spurn surrender
BELLEFONTE. Pa. UH -Shouting
defiance, some 325 rebellious
convicts again spurned surrender
ultimatums Wednesday in their
barricaded cellMock at the Rock
view State Penitentiary and re
fused to release six guards held as
hostages until their "gripes" are
honored.
It waa the third day of their sur
prise insurrection. Tuesday night
400 of Rockview' prisoners capit
ulated to a demand for Gov. John
S. Fine who warned that additional
jail sentences would be given to
every man who coatlnues to defy
authority.
The newest rejection of the
state's efforts to bring peace to
the prison came in a yelling ex
change between Deputy Attorney
General Edward Friedman, stand
ing on the ground outside cellblock
"A" and the convict leader who
peered out barred windows 30 feet
above.
WEEK PROCLAIMED
Mayor Percy Croft officially pro
claimed Jsn. 25 to Feb. 1 as
YMCA Week in Roseburg.
The week will be recognized na
tionally. Home In Hole
15-53
Work
three miles south of Roseburg, will
start with the award of two separ
ate grading contracts. The first
will Be between Deady and Win
chester. This' contract will tie in
with the work now being dona be
tween Chenoweth Park and Deady
on the north. It will relocate the
highway on improved line and
grade, located west of the existing
highway. It will extend a distance
of 4.06 miles.
A two-lane roadbed will be grad
ed with complete separation of traf
fic by means of grade separation
structures, which will be let under
separate contracts at a future date,
and by frontage roads to provide
controlled access, Tne second con
tract will start the heavy work on
the Mt. Nebo section of the new
right-of-way through West Rose
burg and south. The contract will
provide for 1.58 miles of grading
and rock base constriction and
for .94 mile of oil mat surfacing,
22 feet in width, on the main road
bed aa temporary surfacing to
carry county and city road traffic
until a future paving project is
awarded. .
The commission also will 1 re
ceive bids for installation of traf
fic signals at Lane and Washing
ton Street intersections with Steph
ens street to coordinate highway
traffic with Roseburg' new one
way grid system.
ex-President of the United
in the role of "Mr. Truman,
1 tne role 01 Mr. I ruman, l
trte)iBltitatu,'r'--nr',n
And alone with Mrs. Truman in
the splendor of the private railroad
car in which he had stormed the
country in many fiery campaign
trip, he had opportunity to reflect
agnn upon an eventful career and
take thought of the future. -
Fir Harry Truman, despite his
68 fears, has made clear that he
will be a man to reckon with in
the years ahead.
111. . .
they have aeldom been stirred be
fore, oy the senaoff he got at
Washington last night at the end of
a trying day In which he surrend
ered the presidency to Dwight D.
Eisenhower. -
Hundreds of cheering Democrat
ic followers thronged around the
rear platform of the presidential
car which Eisenhower had placed
at hi predecessor's disposal. Dis
trict of Columbia Commissioner
F. Joseph Donahue described Tru
man as "the greatest friend" of
"little peeple all over the world."
An obvious lump in his throat,
the gray-haired Truman, his wife
and daughter by his side, respond
ed that "in all my career, and it
has been a long one, I've never
had an experience like this."
"This is the first time I've had
the experience if being aent home
in a blaze of glory," he went on.
''I'll never forget this if I live to
be hundred and that' what I
expect to do."
Youth Being Held Hera
On Charge Of Car Theft
A 17-year-old Dorena youth driv
ing a car stolen in Tri-Citv gave ui
after chase by state police Tues
day afternoon, just one-hilf hour
after the police got the call.
David Norman Crawford, 17, was
charged with larceny of an auto
and is being held in the county jail
for the grand jury. H wa ar
raigned in Canynnville justice court
Tuesday afternoon.
The auto belonged to Bob Alered
of Trl-Clty. :
State police aald patrol saw
him headed south just south of
Canyonville on highway 89. Craw
ford saw them, turned around, and
the chase was on. They followed
him for several mile before stop
ping him.
PARADE CASUALTIES
WASHINGTON 1 Two death
and approximately 200 other cas
ualties were listed Wednesday in
the wake of the five-hour inaugural
parade.
The Weother
Mostly cloudy today, tonight and
Thursday. Some rain tonight.
Showery Thursday,
Hlnhest tomp. last 14 hours
Lowest tomp. last 24 hours
Hiohoit tomp, for any Jan.
Lowest tomp. for any Jan, .
Proclp, lost 24 hours . ...
Proclp. from Jan. 1
Preci). from Sept. 1 ,
Excota from Sept. 1
SJ
... 3
... 71
.. 4
.. .01
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Sunset todoy, Jill p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 7:1 e.m.
Matter Discussad At .
Early Morning Meat; .
Other Topics Listed ...
By STIRLING f. ORIIM
WASHINGTON Ml Problem! .
of the presidency began crowding
in upon uwigni u. aisennower
Wednesday before he scarcely bad
a chance to draw a long breath :
after the inauguration whirl. -.
First and foremost wa whether
tie could get Scneto approval lor
Charles E. Wilson to ba his seer. -tary
of defense. The Whit House -said
Eisenhower (till intend t
nominate Wilson. i
The situation presumably wa
the subject of an 8 a.m. conference ....
the new President had with his ;
attorney general-designate, Her- .
bert Brownell, Jr. -
But other matters were pressing
in and got discussion from Jam
Hagerty, White House press sec- .
retary, in a meeting with news
men. ; . .
Hagerty told them:
1. Eisenhower intend to boll
regular news conferences in the t
question-and-answer style followed .
in the Truman administration. No
date ha been set for the first one
but it probably wilt be held next
week.
2. The new President Is thinking
too of making tegular reports to
the country by television and radio.
This is something still in the idea
stage but the thought l that they .
mig:it he made about once a month.
3. The time for Elsenhower's-
state ol the union message will b
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Jets Down Migs;
Reds Boast Of '
Tunnel ; Network
SEOUL Mi-Allied Sabre let el-
lots shot down seven Communist
MIG let fighter and damaged
three other in battle high over
Northwest Korea today, the U.S.
Fifth Air Force aaid.: .
Two U.S. jet aces, Col. Royal
N. Baker, McKinney, Tex., and
Maj, Robinson Rlsner, ' Oklahoma
City, each were credited with hi
eighth MIG destroyed.
Today's bag waa one of the big-
5 est in (Several months. U.S. pilot
estroved eight MIGs last Wednes-
day the most ia onot. day ainca
SeSieatber; "" ;- ' "
on . the ground Allied troop
hurled back sharp Communist at
tacks on the frozen Eastern Front
while the Peiping radio boasted of
an unconquerable defense line of
tunnel across the Korean Penin
i . ....
! The broadcast asserted thou
sands of Red soldiers, working
underground by lamplight day ana
night, carved out the tunnel net
work, which "already proved Itself
an impregnable defease line sev
er before seen in the history of
war." . - . -..' -.. v-'
Farmer Loses
Foot; Drives
To Neighbor's
A 58-year-old local farmer, Us
foot mashed off iu a tractor acci
dent, crawled one-quarter mile te
his car, then drove 34 miles to a
neighbor's for help Monday morn
ing. Clifford D. Jones, Rt. 1, Box
(131. was hauling cordwood up a
steep grade with tractor when he
lost control, sending the tractor
rolling back down the hill.
when the tractor finally ended it
plunge his leg waa caught between
the drawbar and a stump His
foot was ground completely off at
the ankle.
Right away, hospital attendant
said, he began his slow, torturous
crawl to his car. Then came the
3'.Vmile drive. The neighbors rush
ed him into Community Hospital.
And when he got to the hospital
hi endurance was still holding out.
He waa perfectly able to give hos- .
pital attendant all the necessary
; information, they said.
Tuesday he wa reported in fairly
good condition. A email portion
more of his leg was amputated at
the hospital.' .....
Hospital employe ventured a
guess that i tight rubber boot he
wa wearing may have helped stop
the flow or blood and make hi
amazing trip possible. .
Mill Returns For Polio
Lower Than Last Year's
Mil returns for the March of
Dimes ar below ISM donations,
Frank Voyt, drive financial sec
retary, reported today. He said
not all donations are In yet and
believes the drop from last yesr
due mainly to curtailed crews,
Voyt pointed out the tiny re
serve fund on hind in Dougla
County this year $4,000 aa
compared with last year's reserve
of S12.0O0. "If any case develops
such as that of Judy Bellows, we
will be in bad straits," he warned.
Levity Fact Rant
By L. P. Relzenstein
j Seeeltlng of flood control,
! there' one big answer to
uaiwaub. rpbck our in letr
I three letter ef that word.