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2 The Newi-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Mon. Dee. 21, 1953 Free Concert Slated At Myrtle Creek Gym A free concert is scheduled Tuesday night in the Myrtle Creek High School gym, roports Corre spondent Ruth M. Evans. The con cert start at 8. R. L. McClintic, who will di reot part of the concert, reports the High School varsity hand will play. Others taking part in the musical program will be the wom en's chorus and the High School girls' chorus, under the direction of Clarence Dial, and the men's chorus, directed by McClintic. A brass choir wiU also perform. Myrtle Creek High Sets Christmas Dance The Myrtle Creek High School Christmas dance, sponsored by the junior class this year, is sched uled Dec. 23. Correspondent Ruth M. Evans reports the dance will be . held in the gym between the hours of 8 and 12 p.m. Accordin g to Karen Bliven, chairman of the dance, the af fair will be semi-formal,' Music will be furnished by membesr the student body and R. L. Mc Clintic. The gym will be decorated with a city scene in the background. Eunice Leighton is in charge of refreshments. ... Woman Loses 2 Mates In 18 Months; Accidents WACO, Tex. tA young mother of three lay seriously ill in a hos pital here today, widowed by ac cident the second time in 18 months. - Mrs. Pay Li I lie's husband Tru man, 35, was fatally injured yes terday in a traffic accident after visiting his wife at the hospital. ane nan oeconie in xasi ween. Cordon's Plane Nearly Ditched On Pacific Trip Roscburg's Sen. Guy Cordon re turned to Washington last week with his own tale of the South Pacific. The plane on whieh he was riding was nearly ditched dur ing a recent inspection trip, he revealed. The incident occurred on a six- hour flight in an ancient Catalina Hying boat. Between M'ajuro, iri the Marshall islands, and I'onane, in Uie Carolines, a cylinder head in one of the craft's two engines split early in December. It took the big ship 2'i hours to reach Ponape, and during that lime, it dropped in altitude from 6,000 to 800 feet. The pilot, realiz ing the plane was lightly loaded, elected to fly on rather than ditch beside a Japanese freighter when the engine quit. Cordon said he wasn't worried, though "the Japanese freighter was about the only ship I saw in 20,000 miles on the trip." Cordon, a member of the appro priations committee, was making the trip to inspect American ad ministration of islands whioh the United States holds in trust under United Niions. Veterans Hospital Sets New Year's Day Menu Turkey and all the trimmings will be on the Christmas and New Year's Day menus at the Rosc burg Veterans Administration Hos pital, VA officials report. Besides the two big dinners, ac tivities or services are planned each day through Jan. 1. Christmas carolers went through the wards Sunday. Tonight, more Christmas carols will be in order Her first husband was killed In when the Volunteer Services or- a traclor accident. Her three chil-1 ganizatjon holds its Christmas drcn by that marriage are being oarea tor oy ner ramer. ALPHABETICAL ACUMEN AMERICUS, Ga. lifl Mrs. EliiabeHi Worthy was painstaking ly attempting to toaoh her school pupils in an early grade the com plete alphabet. "Now Jimmy," she asked, "can you tell me what letter comes after "T?" . ' "Yes, ma'am." Jimmy Williams replied. "The letter after "T" is "V." DOES YOUR CALENDAR HAVE 13 MONTHS? OURS DOES! WATCH FOR IT AT PEHHEY'S dance. Holiday' activity will be topned off Jan. 1. with a broadcast of the Rose Bowl game. Many service groups have plan ned activities for the patients. Also, each veteran has received a greet ing from President Eisenhower; the national headquarters of Amer ican Legion: Harvey Higlcv. ad ministrator of veterans affairs, and from Dr. George L. Wads- worth, hospital manager. Auto Collisions Draw Citation And Complaint Three auto collisions over the weekend caused little damage to participating .vehicles, according to city police. Sunday night, cars driven by Le roy Guy Payne, Idlcyld Park, and Woslev Lawrence Reber. 17. 1W9 West Second Ave., came together at the intersection of Washington 6nd Main streets. Payne was cit ed for failure to yield right of way. A logging truck driven by Wes ton Willard Crow, 35, 2032 Hollis St., bumped the rear of a car op erated bv Robert D. Wilson, 44, "2 Miller Lane, while both were tra veling on West Oak Saturday af ternoon. The Wilson car was shoved into a third vehicle, driven by Gussy Earl Cave, 43, Rt. 1, Box 1614. Police said the two cars stopped to allow a left turn by a fourth car. No citations were is sued. Lester Baird, 1330 Harvard Ave., told city police he would sign a hit-run complaint against the driv er of a car who hit his parked auto on Harvard Avenue Sunday. The other car failed to stop alter tne accident, police say. Roseburg Man Dies Sunday Herman August Muetzel. 61, died Sunday at his home on W. i Mosher Street. He was born Oct. 3. 1892, in Reginthm, Germany, and came to the United Stales in 1916. He had lived in Roseburg since 1920. He is survived by the following cousins: Mrs. Alice Muetzel, Grants Pass; Mrs. W. 1. Win ningham, Grants Pass; Mrs. O. R. Parton. Forest Grove; Mrs. Wil liam Goold, Coos Bay; Kermit Muetzel, Canyonville; Arwell Muetzel, Brockway: Courtney Muetzel. Riddle, and Helen Falbe, Roseburg. Graveside funeral services win be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. u the Tenmile Cometery. The Rose burg Funeral Home -is in charge of the arrangements. : jf - A -s. , . HEA Ttlf photo INDICTED St. Louis police pa trolman Elmer Dolan, waits in Kansas City, Mo., to be called be fore Federal 'Grand Jury that in-, dieted him. Charged with perjury in connection 'With disappearance' of over half of the Grcenlease ransom money, Dolan is in cus tody in lieu of 325,000 bond. Reds .'Win' One-Ticket Election In Bulgaria VIENNA. Austria Ifi Radio Sofia said Monday 99.8 per cent of Bulgaria s voters cast ballots for the Communist-run fatherland front candidates in Sunday's parlia mentary elections. They were the only candidates on the ballot. The radio said 4.064.544 persons. or 99.53 per cent of the eligible voters, went to tne pons to elect a new 465-man assombly to re place the one in which there al ready was no opposition to the Red regime. Of these 4.954,765 voted for the Red candidates. Eligible voters who failed to show up at the polls were liable to fines of 500 leva (about $7.50) eaon ana other penalties. 0 BABY THE FINEST SILVERPLATE Gifts of enduring beauty . parents will levt to ihow off f Iho ytsrl I . ...: .L.i J iinincj aimjcTien , inn proua . yet beby can vii them ovary day NO MONEY DOWN ... 25c A WEEK p Joe Deers Wins Trip To Rose Bowl Game Joe Deets of 702 Mill St., a Rose burg resident for 49 years, is the winner of an all-expense trip to the Rose Bowl game at Pasadena, Ca'if., New Year's Day. The trip, with two tickets to the game, was grand prize in a con test held' by Barcus Sales & Ser vice to publicize the company's new Dodge-Plymouth dealership. Mr. and Mrs. Deets plan to fly to California Dec. 31. After the game, they will spend a few days visiting relatives and friends. DceU an equipment inspector tor tne U. S. Forest Service. Eleanor Dameron, 1953 home coming queen at Roseburg High School; County Judge Carl Hill and Mayor Percy Croft assisted in the contest.- There were a total of 21 win ners, with various electrical ap pliances and radios given as prizes. The winners were notified by mail Monday. Renegade Gl Draws 13-Year Prison Term BERLIN W U.S. Army Pvt. Robert D. Blevens was convicted Monday of conspiring to lure Amer ican soldiers behind the Iron Cur tain and consorting with Red se cret police. He was sentenced to 13 years in prison. The 29-year-old soldier from Om aha, Neb., also was convicted by seven - member general court martial of deserting twice to the Russian Zone and breaking out of a U.S. military stockade in West Berlin. Veteran Dies Sunday; Services Set Tuesday George D. Hodge, 65, veteran of World War I, died Sunday at the Roseburg Veterans Hospital. He was born Sept. 17, 1888, in Los Angeles and had been a resident of Roseburg for the past 14 years. He was a member o the Catholic Church. There are no known sur vivors. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. with Father Sharkey of St. Joseph's uacnoiic unurcn oniciaung. T n e Roseburg Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Stalin 'Peace' Prize Awarded To U.S. Novelist MOSCOW Wl The Soviets sa luted American left wing novelist Howard Fast Monday, awarding him a $25,000 Stalin Peace Prize. Fast himself presented the same prize to another American winner. Negro Singer Paul Robeson, in tages ceremonies in New York i Har lem three months ago. ine soviet communist Party Five Fugitive Convicts Hunted In Detroit Continued from Page One) Mrs. Mary Tolly Dies At Hospital Mrs. Mary F. (Aunt Molly) Tolly, 81, well-known resident of Rose burg, died at local hospital Sat urday, following a Jrief illness. She was born at Carthage, Mo, The prizes Communis eauivale k6 ssurin ,hm they would not of rthe PNobel aawere'esut! f harmed if they followed instruc lished in 1949 as part of the eel- , . , oration for the Soviet Premier's i , "f '"y. Mrs. Wa ts. 70th anniversary. A gold medal I "AU f ,lnm ""P' "ne one called goes with the cash award. i Usiondek were almost kind. One pravda hailed the author as a my ":u uj- police that the five were lying low. Police tracked down numerous anonymous tips without success. ine mannuni conceiuraicu in we ' r'V 7,. ' .:,ir.A in northwest area where the fugitives' Sept. 8 1872. She wss mamed in abandoned a stolen CadiUac car Union County. Ore., on July 3 1893, and released their two women hos-1 to George Riley Tolly who preced- seized shortly after the HV uer m u " , break i sne movea to noseourg wum and made her home Tiere for. 20 One Fugitive Vieltnr vears before moving to Coos Coun- Mrs. Watts and Miss Gilbert,! ty, residing at Coos Bay, Empire, 1UI HUVUl iw jcnia. Roseburg in 1945 to IZX ! th hostage" ?d thT fu UvVs 'nd S'o'rford make her home until the time of her death. Mrs, Tolly was a life long member of the Christian Church. Surviving l a brother, Frank Simmons. Sixes, Ore., and a num ber of nephews and nieces. "courageous fighter for ideals! '"8 t0 stav awake and one of the; Funeral services will be held in of defending the rights of man convicts asked if I was sick." j the chapel of the Long & Orr who represents the true progres-i At one point, she said, Useiondek1 Mortuary Tuesday, Dec. 22, at Z. ....... ..uu, .wcaiuuis ... ;. .i.,i Spanish-American War Vet Passes Saturday Robert McClanathan, 87, veteran of the Spanish-American War, died Saturday at the Roseburg Vet erans Hospital. He was born An gust 25, 1866, in Forrest Ville. N.Y. He was a former resident of Port- He is survived by a son, Robert A. McClanathan, Portland. The body will be shipped by the Roseburg Funeral Home to Port land for funeral services and ere. nation. DRIVER EXAMS SCHEDULED A drivers license examiner wis be on duty in Roseburg Thursday only this week at 120 N. Kane St. between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., according to an announce ment from the Secretary of State'! office. ling's driving and waving a gun. It seemed as if they aU were omciating. conciuoine services afraid of Him." ! sn1 interment will follow in the rv'iiwur utsnieiery. sive Amrica which has enothing in common with th America of the reactionaries." (In New York, Fast termed the prize "the highest hoi.or that can. The five left Watts a dollar after i be conferred to any person in these, taking about $40 and gave the .; """ ": women k ior gasoline ana looa "contribute to the struggle for i wnen they bid them goodby. peace and that it may help to prove that between our country and all other countries there can be understanding, peaceful inter course and mutual respect). feldt of the First Christian Church Portland Veteran Dies In Hospital On Sunday Charles Engsbrum, 80, former resident of Portland, died Sun day at the Roseburg Veterans Hos pital. He was born Oct. 24. 1873. in Sweden and was a veteran of the Spanish-American War. He is sur vived by three sisters livine in Sweden. Graveside funeral services will be hold Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the Roseburg Veterans Cemeterv. Chaplian A. S. Feller will officiate. The Roseburg Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Berndes Services Set On Tuesday Morning Walter O. Berndes, 62. veteran of World War I, died Friday at the Roseburg Veterans Hospital. He was born May 22. 1891, in La crosse, Wis. He wa a member of the Congregational Church. there are no known survivors. Graveside funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Koseourg veterans Cemetery. l napiain a. 5. f eller will officiate The Roseburg Funeral Home is in cnarge oi the arrangements. WINTER ARRIVES The first day of winter held a promise for sunshine in the after noon today, but more rain is scheduled to end the novelty. ; The U. S. Weather Bureau said there would be some sunshine this ' afternoon, but the skies will turn ' cloudy tonight. Rain is to come Tuesday. OUT ON BAIL Alvin Eugene Stowell, 67. Myr tle Creek, has been released from the county jail under $250 bail, ac cording to Sheriff Cal Baird. Stowell was arraigned in Canyon ville justice court Thursday on a charge of committing an indecent act. Stowell pleaded innocent to the charge. Fast, 39, is the author of 'The Last Frontier," "Citizen Tom Paine," "Freedom Road" and oth er best sellers. A frequent advocate of left wing causes, the writer was convicted in 1947 of contempt of Congress along with 10 other members of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Com mittee. The group, described by the FBI as a Communist front, re fused to submit its records to the House Un - American Activities Committee. Fast was sentenced to three months in jail and fined S300. He went to prison in June 1950. The author has refused to answer congressional committee questions about his alleged Communist con nections. Five of his books were removed from U.S. overseas li braries last year. Former Resident Dies Saturday At Rockaway Harry CruII Lauman, 69, well known former resident of Rose burg, died at his home at Rock away, Ore., Dec. 19. He was born at Yankton, S. D., July 24, 1884. He is survived by his wife, Ruth N. Lauman of Rockaway, an un cle. Lenor Cooper of Roseburg, and three nephews residing in this community. Funeral services wiU be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the River view Abbey Mausoleum Chapel in Portland. Arrangements are being handled by Waud's Funeral Home, Tillamook. Russia Offers Talk On Atomic Control (Continued from Page One) the agreement banning the use of atomic energy for war purposes." Peace Intent Reiterated The Moscow statement asserted the Soviet Union "has conducted a consistent struggle for the oro- hibition of atomic weapons and in addition has worked for reduction of all other forms of weapons." It added that President Eis enhower in his speech also had pleaded for reducing international tension and stated: This also corresponds to the feelings of the Soviet government which is continually trying to re- auce worm tension ana improve in ternational relations." The Soviet statement asserted Russia is and has been trying to divert atomic energy to peaceful purposes and improve living con ditions. It complained that Elsen hower was not willing to harness atomic power solely for peaceful purposes. The Moscow declaration said Eisenhower's proposals meant that only a small portion of U.S. atom resources should be put aside lor peaceful purposes. GIFT WRAPPING Beautiful work at a nominal fee. Also wrap for mailing. KITTY LEE Lobby of Umpqua Hotel, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. COMMUNITY 3-PIECE SET WITH CHICK BANK Diet It Included with f QQ ) . . . fftdiftg i pew, baby ipso nd fork. NO HOMY DOWN 2Sc k WEEK COMMUNITY 3-PIECE SET COMPLETE with BOWL i unify silver. 3jm jt. Community silver. t fin pine I or V beby M I WW I poon and fetdinq ttnon with non-ll O fj 6rio-fiff' ai. mint ra be I that itavi Ift data . can't ba tisoad. NO MONEY DOWN Jic A WEEK lit COMMUNITY f-PIECE SET with "QUACKY" DUCK ' fha Dlai- 4 AH uu 'Ouaccv ." tic duck aionq with th at. traclf ipoon and fort In fl Com. munity tliTirfitt. NO MONEY DOWN 25c A WEEK. 2' COMMUNITY 2-PIECE Sit with "QRIP-TITE" Bowl Suction bill pra- AC y.nti bowl (rem WJ llltpia. SHvarplata B looon and fork In kjF pratly pJtttm. NO HONEY DOWN JSt A WEEK GOES TO GET PRISONER A deputy left Sunday for I.as Vegas, Nev., to return a prisoner to Douglas County. Sheriff Cal Baird reports. Saturday evening, a deputy returned from Idaho Falls, Idaho, with Warren D. Miles, who was picked up on a warrant charging non-support. Durnam's Floor Covering "Biggest Little Carpet Store in Town" 566 W. Oak. , Dial 3-6123 WILL BE CLOSED December 23 to January 4 for Inventory and Vacation Graveside Rites Held For Infant Dancer Girl Graveside funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 p.m. in the Civil Bend Cemetery for Glenda Kay Dancer, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Ray Dancer. She was born Sept. 7 in Roseburg and died Friday. Surviving are her parents of Roseburg; a brother, Larry, Rose burg; her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dancer, Camas Valley: Phillip Packard, Roseburg; and Mrs. Carl Dahl, Camas Valley. The Roseburg Funeral Home' had charge of the arrangements. MUSIC FOR SHUT-INS The Myrtle Creek Hiirh School brass choir was scheduled this af ternoon to play on various street corners in Myrtle Creek and Can yonville for shut-ins, reports Cor respondent Mrs. Ruth M. Evans. The choir is under the direction of R. L. McClintic, school music director. Transportation will be furnished by Mrs. Al Lochman and Mrs. Hay Norton Jr. NO FIRE DAMAGE Roseburg firemen were called out once over the weekenoP-to douse a smoking piece of celluloid atop a gas heater Sunday morning, at 416 Mill St. There was no dam age. I SHALE ROCK Top Soil Air Compressor Dump Trucks Scoop and Dragline By Hour . or Contract LLOYD YOU NT Phone 3-7727 POT 'BOILING t4 umdum) AAaytag STOREHOURS: TODAY, TUES., WED., 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. nose 5:30 p.m Christmas tve iajj 41 rim 5T. WEARSth ttmkt Blrfg.) ji , 116 North Jackson HP TURKEY SPECIALS Tom Turkeys Hen Turkeys f Fresh Killed LB. jtlaCf ncy Birds CO Fresh Killed LB. 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