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U. of 0. Library outjene, uregon Comp Hlaflir sirs Says Chafes, iDDDlS o) Pin v'V;: , v "" ' I f -n ' ... He Believes In Hensel 'Bart-Faced Liet, -Stvni' Assistant v Answtn To Chargts WASHINGTON Ul Secretary HONOR POSTS Valedictorian Donna Ellison, left, and Salutatorian Barbara Brand, have been named top students of Roseburg Senior High School's graduating class. Miss Ellison is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Ellison, and Miss Brand is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Brand. (Photos by Paul Jenkins). Larger School Population Building Bonds Add Slightly To Dillard School Budget Except for three items this year, School District 116 has been able to cut its operating school budget, reports Supt. William Bromley. 4 In spite of the cuts, however, growing population has boosted the budget to its estimated figure of $641,514. Of this amount, $249,727 is outside the 6 per cent limitation. Voters will cast ballots on this amount April 30. Open House Set At Douglas High School District 116 will combine a public school budget hearing and an open house at Douglas - High School tonight, according to Supt, William Bromley. The tours and open house w:l! start at 7:30 p.m. and the public hearing is scheduled at 8 p.m. Bromley reported all teachers will be at the new high school building io acquaint pairons wnn Doth themselves and the building. The most serious work of discus. sion of the $641,514 budget is the last step Deiore :ne budget elec tion April 30. The election will involve $249,727 outside the 6 per cent limitation. 1 Bromley relates that the second district budget will raise the mill age rate only about 3.6 above last year s levy. This means . as in crease from 62 mills oresentlv he. ing levied to an estimated 65.6 mius. Drain Teacher Seriously Injured The condition of Miss Ada Sher man, well-known Drain grade school teacher, remained unchang ed at Cottage Grove Hospital to day, according to Drain Corres pondent Maud Deaver. Miss Sherman was critically in jured about 7:30 Monday morning when her car went over a 50-foot embankment on Highway 38 about three miles east of Elkton. She was -rushed to the hospital by Drain Ambulance. Miss Sherman, about 63 years old, had been to Reedsport to spend Easter with her mother. She was returning to her teaching post when the mishap occurred. A third grade teacher, Miss Sherman has taught in Drain schools for many years. Explorer Scouts Rifle Shoot Set For Saturday A rifle shoot for Explorer Scouts in the Oregon Trails Council is set for this Saturday, according to Walt Smith, field executive for the Douglas Fir District. Two posts in the district have signed up for the event Post 24 of Myrtle Creek and Post 126, Tenmile. Smith said other posts may make reservations by asking him. The program starts at 10 a.m. with rifle instructions by ROTC of ficers at the University of Oregon. The shoot will start in the after noon on the ROTC rifle range. The event is under the direction of Smith and Maj. Albert Man ning, ROTC commander. Post 24 last year took third in the shoot. Mrs. Evans Convalesces ' From Severe Burns Mrs. James S. Evans of Glide is convalescing at her home today after receiving severe burni on her right arm and burns on her left arm. face and left leg Tues day evening. Mrs. Evans' clothing caught firs when a pan of grease flamed up, according to Glide Correspon dent. Mrs. Arthur Selby. The burned woman was rushed to Mercy Hospital by l-eo Oleson, s friend of tne lamny can iu f.ie cene. Mrs. tvsns ncai mi the flames. Her husband who owns the Glide mill, is in bed with the mumps. The Weather , Clear tonight and Thursday. Hiohur tsmp. last ? hours Hiohost tomp. last 54 hours 68 Lowest tomp. last 24 hours ...... 3S Hightit ttmp. any April v lowest tmp. any April 41 kauri . fl r Tr-r i. - Arii l 2.1J I Pr.cis from Stot. 1 M " i E...' horn Sept. 1 1. , c... tediv. 7:01 p.m. WUeTSmorrow, i " 1 Two of the three increases are due directly to expanding school population, which is now crowding 1,700. One is the instruction sec tion (teachers, supplies and text books). This figure will come to $301,850. If includes five new teach ers. The other is auxiliary agen cies (health services and supplies, transportation and cafeteria). This item comes to $76,375. Next year will be the first for a school lunch program in the district. The last section to show an in crease is fixed charges (insur ance, rent and retirement). The in crease comes as a result of insur ance to cover, the new high school. Outside the operating budget, one major item has boosted the overall budget. This Is the bond retirement and interest charges. This amount has leaped from $45, 000 this year to $104,700 next year. That increase is due to the addition of Douglas High School bonds. Despite the new Items in the operating budget, Bromley esti mates it will not Increase by more than 10 percent. The budget, if passed, will mean an increased mulage rate from 63 to 6S.6, Bromley said. The election itself. April 30. will be held at Lookingglass, Tenmil: ana Dinara elementary schools. Polls will be open from 2 to 8 p.m. Hems in the proposed operating budget are as follows: GENERAL CONTROL ($12,740) Includes superintendent's office operation, census, elections and legal services. This year's total, $15,475. INSTRUCTION ($30t.850)-This year's total, $269,550. OPERATION OF PLANT ($41, 505) Includes custodial services and supplies, fuel, water, lights and power and telephone. This year's total, $41,600. MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS ($7,342) Includes services, fur niture and eauipment upkeep. building structure and upkeep of grounas. jnis year s total a,ioo. AUXILIARY AGENCIES ($78, 3751 This year's total $55,935. FIXED CHARGES ($31,700) This year's total, $26,700. CAPITAL OUTLAYS ($34,802) Includes library books and new furniture and equipment. Last year's total, $37,630. , 'CARMEN OFFERED The Roseburg Choral Society will present a choral interpretation of the opera "Carmen" for pa tients of the Veterans Hospital Sat urday at 7:30 p.m. Members of the group are asked to meet at the Central Junior High School at 7:15 and transportation from that point will be arranged. The chor al presentation will be accompan ied by a narration of the story. The group is under the direction of Bob Robbins. Mrs. Paul Patterson Advises Strong Local Control For Meeting School Problems The first lady of Oregon, who also is a member of the Stale Board of Education, Tuesday noon advised local control to meet local problems coming up in local com munities. Mrs. Paul Patterson, wife of the governor, said the state board oft en is looked to to solve local sit uations. The board, though, his taken the opposite stand, saying that solutions arrived at on a locil level will better satisfy school pa trons. The way to do it, she ssid, Is through the election of school boards which have an eye toward efficiency is administration and teaching. It might be noted that she was talking of general con ditions throughout the state. The state board. Mrs. Patter son said, is primarily a policy making board which hires a state superintendent to carry out its recommendations. At no time does '.he board enter into the hinne "I teachers, except in the case of Klamath Falls' Oregon Technical Institute. 08 Tech, Jh noted, if Established 187? 14 Windshield Unconfirmed Reports Tell Of Markings The "Case of the Pitted Wind- shields" apparently settled on the ztr.seburg-Winston area today, with reports of shattered and pock ed automobile glass filtering in through various sources. Police could substantiate none of the reports in fact, only state police had a complaint. And it turned out to be a windshield bit by flying gravel. But in Winston, Mrs. Betty John stone said that nearly every car in her neighborhood showed up with marks, inoludine her own. There were others. Mrs. Johnstone said the marred places on windshields ranged from 1-32 to V inch in diameter. It appeared that the glass had been bit hard by a shower of tiny pel lets. The Preston Tucker family, own ing three cars, found ail three windshields pitted. Mrs. John stone said it had been noticed that automobiles which had been sit ting idle longest were the ones with the most Dock marks. A Winchester man, Cecil Man ey, said this morning that side windows on his two-door sedan cracked sometime Tuesday after noon. He discovered cracks in the door windows at about 8 p.m. Mrs. Maney, he said, had driven 'the car at noon and found nothing wrong. Maney said there appeared to be tiny bubbles in the glass. The windows stiU were cracking this monrine. Gordon; - Howard, KRXL an nouncer, found two big blisters in nis windshield Tuesday morning (Continued on Page Two) Gerald Harkin, Store Manager, Passes Monday Gerald Francis Harkin. 53. man ager of the Outdoor Store on N. Jackson Street, died April 18. He was born Oct. 13, 1900, in Des Moines, Iowa, and cams to Ore gon about 20 years ago. He had made his home in Roseburg for the past nine years. He was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church and was a Fourth Degree Knight of Colum bus. ' : Surviving are his wife, Viola, Roseburg; two sons, John L. and James P. Harkin, both of Rose burg: a daughter,. Mrs. Ralph Bartlett Jr., Greenville, Maine, and three grandchildren. Recitation of the Rosary will be held in The Chapel of the Roses, Roseburg Funeral Home, tonight at 7:30 o'clock. Requiem Mas will be held in the St. Joseph Cath olic Church Thursday at 8 t:m. Father Edmund Hyland will offici ate. The body will then be taken to Portland for entombment in the Mount Calvary Mausoleum for services to be held Friday at a.m. HELD FOR YAMHILL A Yo no alia man wanted in Yam. hill County Wednesday was ar rested by the sheriff's office here. He is Eugene C. Davis. 29. wanted on a charge of obtaining personal property under false pretscses. special case. Its curriculum Is below that of college level. A study now is progressing to deter mine whether college level courses may be added there. Policies which are formulated by the board include those of stan Jardization of schools, curricula, issuance of temporary permits, vocational education and selection of textbooks for the public schools. Those policies, the first lady said, are fixed to conform with the wanls of the general publjc. Mrs. Patterson had some side comments. She said that the day of the 'born" teacher is gone, and added that talents have to be de veloped In training. That is why the state now requires four-year certificates for all teachers. It also is why liberal arts courses have been added to the curricula of the state teachers' colleges at Ash land, Monmouth and LaGrande. Mrs. Patterson said she is the only member of the board who had no previous teaching or school board experience. The governor did not accompany her on her trip fcert, .. . Pages ROSMURG, Mrs. Holmgren Arrives For Title Contest BLLINOR VILLAGE, Fla. (Spe cial) Mrs. Ona Holmgren, of Roseburg one of the last "Mrs. America" contestants to reach here, arrived late Tuesday with her husband, Jack. They stepped out of a bus to ap pear before a battery of na tional . newsreel and wire service photographers and a group of re porters, leaving only a few min utes for Holmgren to carry his wife across the threshold of tho "Mrs. Oregon" home located on "Mrs. America Drive," During the next four days, Mrs. Holmgren will set up typical housekeeping which could lead her to the ''Mrs. America" title, $15,000 in prizes and a grand tour of Europe. Appearing in a flaming crimson evening gown at Ellinor Village Country Club Tuesday evening, where the contest committee held a welcoming dinner for Mrs. Holm gren and 49 other finalists, she was escorted by the first "Mrs. America" of 1938, Mrs. Edward Chamberlain of Miami and the enrrent "Mrs. America,1' Mrs. Erna Snyder of Kurtztown, Pa. After briefing of her and her husband, Mrs. Holmgren began her duties around the home, next door to 'Mrs. Louisiana" and hus band. Her husband. Jack, siened up for a round of golf and a sight seeing tour Wednesday. "Mrs. America" will be named Saturday. County Lets. Bid For More Aerial Photographing The Douglas County Court let I contract Tuesday for aerial ohoto- graphing another big section of the county. Kendall B. Wood and tmociatni will photograph 421,120 acres an area comprising about one fifth of the total county acreage in the' Camas Valley-Cow Creek regions. The Job will cost S4.ail.2n and will be completed before Sent. 15. weather permitting. Prints will be delivered to the Douglas County Forest Appraisal Dept. in the courthouse. The contact prints, 9x9 inches, Witt have a scale of 1 to 12.000 or 1 inch eoualine 1,000 feet of the mean ground eJe-J V a null. v The general area to be photo graphed extends from just north of Reston, from the west county line extending east to include Dil lard. with the east edge of the area extending south across Nickel Mountain, then east to include Az alea and on to about the center line of the county, then to the south border of the county, and including a narrow nortion of Jackson and Josephine counties in the area of Wott Creek. The aerial photos will be used primarily for forest appraising, but many other uses are envision ed. For example, some of the photographic work can be put to use !y tne county running com mission in preparing a study of the character of the county. Dickenson Is WASHINGTON 11 An ex-pris oner-of-war said Wednesday Opi. Edward S. Dickenson pushed a sick POW down some stairs after the ailing man had asked Dicken son for food. This incident was described by Staff Sgt. John A. Davis of Ni agara rails, N.Y., who stared at Dickenson with unmasked hate during his appearance in the wit ness chair. It was the third day of Dickenson's court, martial on charges of collaborating with the Chinese Communist while a POW in Korea. Davis said Dickenson. 21. and from Cracker's Neck, Va., worked at the sick compound as a cook at the Red POW camp at Pyok tong along the Yalu River and "I taw mm trade oft enow tor tobac co and candy." At one point. Davis said he saw a sick POW go up to Dickenson "and ask for chow. Dickenson said there wae no more. I, per sonally, saw some chow in the chow pot" The witness said there was "a little argument" and he saw Dick enson push the man down three stairs. "Tli man's legs were pa- rained for a day," Davis said. Guy Emery, counsel for the de fense, drew from Davis a conces sion thai he could not remember clearly the inctdenU of chow trading. ORECON WEDNESDAY, Dulles Arrives In Paris For NATO Meeting . By MAX HARRELSON PARIS tn U.S. Secretary of State Dulles arrived here Wednes day to attend the meeting of Lie North Atlantic Treaty Organiza tion and to consult with western Allies on strategy for the Geneva conference. He was greeted at the airport by French Foreign Minister Geor ges Btoauit wno will ne ms guest at a private dinner Wednesday evening when they will review the Indochinese question and other problems coming up at Geneva. Dulles told newsmen Friday's NATO meeting is of "special sig nificance tor one of its purposes is to take notice of the fact that five years ago this month the North Atlantic Treaty was signed. That was an historic event. "Id the past five years," Dulles said, "we have made impressive rogress in translating the sym olic act of banding together In the midst of a common danger into the reality of an effective com mon defuse. Of equal importance is the habit of contnuance I could truthfully say daily consultation in the council of the North At lantic Treaty Organization." Dulles said Friday's meeting would be a continuation of that process of consultation. In such fashion, he added, the 14 member countries would be able to perfect their understanding of each other's problems,- . , "On this understanding," h e said, "on a common purpose, , the inure oi an ot us aepenas." Dulles made no mention of the talks he planned to have in Paris on tne ueneva conference. An . informed American source here said earlier the United States would stand by its decision to op pose an expected Russian move to turn tne Geneva meeting into a "Big Five" conference with Red China even if such opposition Drone up tne conference. Before leaving Washington last night, Dulles implied this would be his stand He reiterated Amer ican participation at the Geneva parley "does not imiply our dip lomatle recognition of Red China. The United States insists the Peip ine regime is an invited partici pant, not a big-power instigator of the meeting starting April 28. The American secretary said he was going to the Geneva confer ence to seek an "honorable peace in Indochina and a free, united Korea." A meeting of the Big Three Western foreign ministers has been arranged for Thursday even ing, shortly after the arrival of British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. DOPE RING BROKEN SAN OUENTLN. Calif, m A narcotics ring operating within the walls of San Quentin Prison has been uncovered and broken up. Acting Warden Douglas R i g g said a cache of 400 morphine tablets was found hidden in (he hospital surgery ward, three con victs nave admitted complicity and have been locked in solitary, and others are being questioned. Accused Of ' -V- ..s , .j::.-" jSMi DICKENSON CONFERS WITH LAWYER Cpl. Edward Dickenson confers with hit attorney. Col. Guy Emery, a retired army officer, just before the start of Dickenson's triol before on army court martial on charges of colla borating with the Communists while a prisoner of war In Korea. The 25-year-old Crocker's Neck, Va., soldier faces a maximum sentence of life Imprisonment. Court martial is being held In Washington, D. C. (AP Wirephoto), APRIL 21, 1954 'I'.-'"" ' . 1 PfVi jfSF?!jpjg 1 W I JOSEPH K. CARSON JR. ... candidate; to speak Joseph K. Carson, Demo Candidate, Will Speak Here Joseph K. Carson Jr., the Demo cratic party's sole candidate for governor, will be in . Roseburg April 30 at 7 p.m. at a dinner meeting sponsored bv the DoiikIh. County Democratic Central Com mittee. - i Carson has been In Oregon pub lic life for a number of vHn having served as mayor of Port land prior to world war II. Dur ing the war and tor a time after. wards, he was a member of the U. S. Shnwinn Board. The dinner will he held at U Roseburi Woman'a Cluh at 19 a plate,. WhUa here, Carson is to vis it tne veterans Hospital. He is a veteran ot ootn world wars. Tickets may be obtained from Mrs. Christina Micelli, chairman or tne central committee, or Al Flegel. Luark Pleads Guilty To Contributing Charge A 61-year-old Reedsoort man. John Luark, pleaded guilty in cir cuit court Tuesday when he was arraigned on a district attorney's Information charging him with contributing to the delinquency of minor. Luark waived a ffranrl inrv hnar. Ins and made his plea hAfor Judge James R, Bain. The judge postponed sentence until the de fendant is given a psychiatric ex- amiikation. Luark was arrested Jan 21 hv a deputy sheriff. Luark allegedly molested an 8-year-old girl. New Sutherlin Jayccet Slate Charter Night The charter banauet for a Jun ior Chamber of Commerce club at Sutherlin will be held in the Sutherlin American Lesion Hall at 7: p.m. Saturday, April 24. nosenurg jaycees sain a s:so reception at the Lighthouse Cafe will precede the dinner. The ban quet will be prepared and served by ladies of the Grange. A program ia scheduled to start at 8:30 p.m. Local Jaycees are asked to malr nmm.nl rAniot (nr han- Iquct reservations. Injuring POW PRICE 5c Builders' Head Denies Profits Were Excessive WASHINGTON (1 The National Assn. of Home Builders today dis puted charges that the govern ment Is millions of dollars out of pocket or that too high rents have resulted from alleged widespread abuses under the aovarnment'i loan-insurance program. , The association s views were ex pressed by Hi president. R. o. Hughes, as the Senate Banking iivuuniuee lurneu 10 near wnai industry spokesmen have to sav about allegations that some apart ment ouuaers rates, in nuge and "uncooacionable" profits by ob taining oversized Government- backed loans either through the dishonesty or inefficiency of federal Housing Administration (RHA) officials. The Impression that the gov ernment has lost millions of dol lars and that tenants have been charged excessive rents is, in my opinion, erroneous," Hughes said in prepared testimony. Yesterday, Commissioner T. Coleman Andrews of the Internal Revenue Service told the Senate 'House Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expendi tures that builders if 1,149 apart ment projects under a now-de funct "middle Income" , housing 92-54 program piled up 65 mtlUoa dof- wanis Olub, and they are ached lars in excessive profits by the In-1 tiled to perform . at Thursday'! uatca loan guarantee device. An- draws said hi agents so far naval found no avidenca-ol tax fraud. Weyerhaeuser, CIO To Confer PORTLAND (1 CIO Wood workers, poised to strike for a better contract, will meet with Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. negoti ators next Tuesday. The rest of the industry will be watching the outcome closely for in tne past, settlements made by Weyerhaeuser and the union some times have set a pattern for agree ments. Federal mediators roportod no progress made Tuesday in negoti ations between the union xnd these operators: Lumbermen's Industrial Relations committee, ' WK'ame tte Valley Assn., Columbia Basin Saw mills. Columbia Basin Loggers, Timber Operators A3sn., Tn-Coun-ty Loggers Assn., and the Plywood Operators Assn. The union, which has a May i strike deadline, Is asking a 12 V4- nemf Knnlu nuie lrWirAtituS thine! week of paid vacation, and changes in Job classifications. At Tuesday's session, manage ment negotiators again rejected these demand and again offered to extend the present contract. FIND PARKINS METER Two boys Tuesday afternoon turned over to police a parking meter they said they found while playing under the Deer Creek bridge on Jackson Street. Officers said the meter appeared to have been under water for some time. The boys are Ray Sattorfield, 14, 922 N. Jackson St., and Max Johnson. 13. 414 E. Second Ave, S. Douglas Scouters Purchase Real Estate For Scout Use At New Camp At Siltcoos Scouters from the Douglas Fir District went to Eugene Monday night not knowing they might come back with more real estate than when they loft. But several now own property over on Uie coast with stipulations. The conditions of their purchas es are that use of the property will be exclusively by Boy Scouts. 1 It all came out in tne drive tor financing the building of Camp Tsiltcoos (pronounced Chiltcoos) on Siltcoos Lake near Gardiner. Installations at the camp were auctioned off to get funds for com pletion of the camp. So now. these people have this property: Btuce Elliott owns a rifle range, which he purchased as a memorial to Bruce Elliott Jr. Cal Baird own the watch tower on the waterfront. The Linns Cub possesses four Adirondack-type shelters. Horace Berg has two more shel ters. The Oregon Trails Council rais ed more than 140,000 in the auc tion, with members from the local district contributing $2,354 toward the $200,000 csmp site. On Tues of Defense Wilson said Wednesday he believes H Struve Hensel is a "competent,' honest man" and doesn't believe Hensel master minded Army charges-against Sen McCarthy (R-Wis) as the senator contends. . i , If he didn t believe in Hensel, Wilson told a news conference, Hensel would not have his present post of assistant secretary of de fense. Speaking generally, Wilson said the Army-McCarthy row has "done ' no good" to military morale or helped to meet the problems con fronting the nation. Personally, he said, be (eels "in these critical times men of good will ought to get together to solve these problems." . McCarthy brought Hensel's name into the row Tuesday when he filed a "bill of particulars" with the Senate investigations subcommit tee outlining the things he will seek to prove in the televised pub lic hearing set to open at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. . McCarthy contended that con cern that he was about to expose "misconduct'' and "possibly law violations" by Hensel led Army of ficials to attempt to discredit him. The Army officials chiefly in volved in the long row with the (Continued on Paga Two) Spring Operetta Plans , Progress At Junior High The cast of the Junior hlsh school spring operetta, "Saucy Hoilaodaise," has been busily ma King uie rounds oi Hoscbung prior to its public showing Friday night in the junior high auditorium. The operetta was given on Mon day evening for patients in the Vet erans Hospital. Tuesday noon, nart of the student sanff f,ir Ku meeting ot notary uub. Members of me eighth grade rhonil dsjuea male im tU xiil r of a leading parts ind ISO other students are dancers and singers in the lively and colorful musical presentation. . Mrs. Hallie Woodward, vocal music instructor, is directing the operetta. Mrs. Margaret Carr, art instructor, has directed construc tion of the stage scenery. Kesoon- sible for costumes and makeup ' Catherin Matthews, Mrs. Maurita McGarity and Mrs. Margaret Adair. Mrs. Johnson also made the programs and. advertising posters. Woman Diet Following; Rescue Of Grandson A Reedsport grandmother died Monday after she had rescued her 4-year-old grandson from fti-numino in Praalr I'oJico reported Mrs. Howard Lltchty, 43, apparently died of a stroke at McAuley Hospital - in Coos Bay after she jumped Into the stream to pull the boy, Richard Alltree Jr., to safety. The woman and boy had been sunning themselves on a float house when the boy tumbled into the water. .. , . , i , Jury Favors Plaintiff In Claim For Disability A circuit court jury Tuesday re turned a verdict in favor ot Vir ginia E, Lent, who sued the State Industrial Accident Commission for consideration of her claim for disability. The jury agreed that the claim should be remanded back to the commission. The plaintiff allegedly received personal injur ies . on March 5, 1953, in the course of her employment at Gardiner Lumber Co. day, according to Field Executive Walt Smith, $200 more had been promised. - Bill Gerretson, in charge of the finance campaign in the district, says that he expects at least 110. 000 extra to come from varioua sources here before the drive ends in the nesr future. Speaking to the sroup was Gov. Paul Patterson, who has been high In scoutirj c.rcles for more than 20 years. The governor hold the Silver Beaver and Silver Ante lope awards, highest which ctn (Continued on Psgt Two) Levity Fact Rant By L. F. Reliensteln It it estimated that tourists will this year pour $400 mil lien Into the Peelfie North west states. Doesn't sound e bit es If depression was In the effing.
