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Newspaper Page Texti " U. of 0. Library i cugene , uregon Comp T 1 IHffl PARALVZ II Bill Harlman Takes Top Cowboy Title At Rodeo From Ross Dollarhide Annual Two-Day Show Gives 7,000 Spectators Thrilling Program Of Wild West Tang Rodeo Pictures On Pag 3 A Seattle cowpoke who makes competition his busi ness found it a lucrative one this weekend as he was. named the all-around cowboy of the 10th annual Douglas County Sheriff's Posse Rodeo. Bill Hartman took the title away from Lakeview's Ross Dollarhide and walked away with $700 in top money. He turned the trick by winning the bareback riding event and tak ing second in bulldogging in the overall rating for the two days. Although he showed only in these events, he added plenty of points by taking first Saturday and fourth Sunday in the bareback event and grabbing first in bulldogging Sun day. His 6.9 second showing in flipping a young steer Sunday was the best in the two-day show. Almost 7,000 spectators turned out in the two days of the rodeo to make it a thumping success. Nearly 4,000 trooped into the stands Sunday to watch the events under a bright blue sky which was fluffed here and there with a fleecy cloud. Dollarhide was the hero of the show as he tried valiantly to over take Hartman's lead for the title. He took the crowd's heart Sun day particularly as he worked with an injured leg he had picked up early in the day. Despite his mo mentary handicap, he won second in team roping with Vern Castro of Castro Valley, Calif., took third in bulldogging, fourth in calf rop- 'Doc' Carter Honored W. H. (Doc) Carter missed hit first Douglas County Sheriffs Posse Rodeo this weekend, but ht was there in spirit. He has undergone surgery at Roteburg hospital end was un able to attend. His sheriff's posse mates paid him high honor to make certain he was not forgot ten. They announced the presen tation of a trophy for his out standing help in making the an nual rodeo top caliber. Trie cowboys et the rodee also paid him a signal hener by pre senting him a program auto graphed by all ef them. - Bulldogging, Skill With Rope, Riding All Quality Events Lakeview's Ross Dollarhide went far toward repeating his last year's title of best all-around cow boy of the rodeo when he placed high in three events Saturday. uouarlnae, an old Roseburg fa vorite, tossed his steer in the bull dogging event in eight seconds flat to post the best time Saturday. He barely edged Vern Castro, Li- vermore, cam., wno aid it in s.i. He came in third in calf roping. tying his animal in 20.1 seconds, then teamed with Castro to mark ud the hest time in team ronine. The duo stretched out their steer in hist 14.7 seconds. It was only in saddle bronc rid ing, Dollarhide's specialty, that he failed. Sixteen riders entered the two sections of the event, and Ross wasn't placed among tne four top winners, though he made a good riae on a rougn norse, 'Black Hawk. Winner in the saddle bronc event was Bill Ward. Angels Camp, Calif. He accepted the challenge of the Christensen Bros, bronc namer by sticking to "Try Me' for the allotted time. Jack Hara, Clayton, Calif., on Snake, pulled second-place honors. Bill Kunk'e, Portland, was third, and Tuffy (Continued on Page Two) ing. fourth in saddle bronc riding Sunday and first in calf roping Saturday and first in bulldogging the opening day. Ronina Team Snapov Sundav. the weather was good and the crowd was big and re sponsive, so the cowboys went all out to put on tne dcsi snow. One example was Bub Gatzman and Sherman Sullins. a pair of California men, who captured the team roping title. Wittt experts precision they downed a young steor in the snappy time of 11 sec onds flat. This was good enough to cive them the two-day uue. Another top time of the two- day event was Gazman's rapid snarin? nf a steer in the calf-rop ing event. He posted the show's best time Saturday in a breath taking 14.8 seconds. The five top winners of the day were all under 18 seconds. Hartman. of course, was the ilar in the bulldogging event Sun. day with his 6.8 time, but this was just a tenth of a second under overall champion to uoiiey s Sev an ArnnH. Frank Finlev. Nampa Idaho, was just off the pace with a 7.2, and Manuel r.nus pusicu fosl m. But what the crowd came to see were the riding events. The spec tators got their money's Worth. The bucking horses were tough and the steers impossible. Bull Attacks Rider The most breathtaking events of the day overtook one cowboy, who didn't even show in the winner's circle Skinny Knoblock boarded (Continued on Page Two) Established 1873 14 Paget ROSEBURG, ORECON MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1954 143-54 PRICE 5c Raging Floods Sweep Iowa, Nebraska Areas Gifts Of Ponies, Money Gladden Kids' Hearts rive kids, among a whole aretia- ful aged 12 years and under, went home happy Saturday at the rodeo at the fairgrounds, jnree naa won Shetland ponies and two had walk ed off with $1 bills presented by rodeo announcer Mel kamoeri. Occasion of the awarding of the oonies was the naming of Saturday as Kids' Day at the rodeo. The sheriff's Dosse sponsored the event. The happy winners were Dornita Cnuev and Shirley Johnson, both af Roseburg, and Gale Bass, Win ston. . . Lambert kept the prize-giving alive by selecting the best dressed cowboy and cowgirl in the arena. Carl Hoffman, Melrose, had to walk the width of the arena to get his buck at the announcer's stand, but lucky Kathy Mae McMullen, 3'4. got a lift from one of the pickup men, " who hoisted her aboard his horse and trundled hef across the enclosure. I.nmhert also cave 1 to the voungest cowboy and cowgirl, but their names were not learned. Pos sibly the pair were reft speech less, but more likely they cannot pronounce their names yet. The biv was six months old; the girl eight months. Thunderstorms Trail Stagnant Period Of Heat Damage To Crops Runs Into Millions; Youth Loses Life In River DES MOINES tfl Floods hit more areas in Iowa today. Raging waters claimed one life and caus ed hundreds of fresh evacuations. A flash flood in this capital city drove scores of families from their homes and closed U.S. Routa 6 through Des Moines. The torrential rains in Iowa and northeastern Nebraska were part of a belt of thunderstorms running eastward through northern Illinois southern Wisconsin and lower Michigan. WalthiU and Winnebago, Neb., small towns south of Sioux City, Iowa, were flooded. Flood water in Nebraska blocked highways 275 near Norfolk and 35 at Winside and was threatening the town of Pender. Two tornadoes were sight ed in Nebraska but no damage was reported. The storms brought only limited relief from the stagnant, sultry heat that in Chicago, on this first day of summer, approached a rec ord 11 straight days of 90 degrees or higher. Similar readings or higher were the rule Sunday from the storm area southward to the Gulf, and were expected again today. Sunday readings of 110 were common in the desert Southwest, and Vuma Ariz., had 115. Damage Reaches Millions Most of northern Iowa was polka dotted with small lakes created by torrential rains. Crop experts said damage would run into millions Highway and rail traffic were in terrupted at many points. - , The north-central luwa city oi Fort Dodge was among the new flood emergency points. Sioux City, In western Iowa, and Mason City, near the northern border, (Continued on Page Two) Body Of Dillard Youth Recovered From Ocean The body of the second boy drowned May 26, at Sunset Bay, south of Coos Bay, was recovered Sunday off Cape Arago. He is Frank Leo Collins, 16, Dil lard, swept by waves from rocks with a friend, Avery Morgan, also 16, Lookingglass. The boys, stu dents at Douglas High School, were on a biology field trip to the coast when the tragedy occurred. The Morgan boy's body was re covered a week ago by fishermen in the same area. The Collins boy was born Aug. 19. 1937, at Klamath Falls. Sur viving are his mother, Mrs. Fran ces Collins, Dillard; a brother, An drew J. comns; a sister, reney J. Collins; grandparent; Mrs. Mattie J. Collins, Klamath Falls and Frank Hugo, Dillard. The body was brought to Hose burg, and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Long and Orr Mortuary. Methodist Pastor Here, Rev. E. Tilton, Retained Rev. Meredith A. Groves, for mer pastor of the Roseburg First Methodist Church, has been named superintendent of the Eugene dis ...... .,r Ou larj-i vear. The appointment came Sunday at the 101st annual aessicn of the Oregon Conference of the Meth odist Church at Portland. Eugene was chosen for next year's meet- l,wr Other appointments for the year read by Bishop A. Raymond Grant Included, Roseburg Rev. Ells worth Tilton and Suthcrlm-Wiluur -Rev. Luis Bove. Rev. Milton A. Marcy will head the Forest Grove district; Rev. Edward Terry is the new super intetxlent of the Portland district, and Rev. George G. Roseberry heads the Salem district. Thefts From Theaters Charged 'To 3 Youths Three Myrtle Creek youths, one only 15 years old, are in the county jail awaiting arraignment on charges of burglary not in a dwell ing after their arrest in Rose burg by state police Sunday. The trio is charged with bur glaries at drive-in theaters at Myr tle Creek. Roseburg and Sutherlin last week. State oUiccrs identified the two older ones as Larry Pat ton, 18, and Robert Gainer, 19. Police said that both the Pine Motor Theater. Roseburg. and CloverleaJ Drive - in Theater, Sutherlin, were broken into early Saturday morning. A record player, microphone and about SI DO worth of tools, including I an electric drill, were taken from District School Budget Facing Second Verdict Original Sum Lowered By Substituting Options For Outright Land Buys Voting will be held until 8 p.m. today in the Roseburg School Dis trict on two vital issues. Three school board members also will re elected. Most important of the two Is sues is the proposed $935,115.23 tix levy outside the 6 percent limitation which school heads ask to balance the budget for the 1954 55 school year. The amount is a revision of an original proposal of $1,072,000 defeated at the polls last month. The second is a $24,000 one-year serial levy for purchase of school property on Broccoli Lane in West Roseburg. That amount, in 'he original budget, was included with money for three school sites. Options on two of the three sites nave been extended. The total levy for the budget, if it passes, will be 56.2 mills, ex actly one mill higher than the amount raised for school purposes during the current vear. Total money to be raised through tax ation is $1,298,092 04. Total expen ditures itemized on the bud sot come to $2,102.720 96. but $911,628. 92 will be offset from revenues other than from taxation. The serial levy, if passed, wouid count an additional mill on prop erty taxes. The three school board terms are for one, three and five years. Candidates for the one-year term .. V-.. D U..LH All a i c rime iv. mutual uijr,. iiaroui;c N. Currier, Arthur W. tamk Jr. Guatemala Ordered Under Martial Law In Readiness For Combat With Rebels TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras ( President Guzman of Guatemala proclaimed martial law throughout his invaded country today as his Communist-backed government mo bilized for a showdown battle with anti-Red rebels. Insurgent leaders claimed their forces were pushing ahead in a three-pronged drive aimed at key rail and road communications in the southern part of the country. mo inaraai law uecree waa an nounced after a government ap peal for all private cars to be turned in for use in moving troops. Reports from Guatemala said the decisive phase of the bat tle for that neighboring Central American nation may com within 48 hours. The U. S. Embassy in Guate mala CitT announced it la makine plans to evacuate wives and chil dren of U. S. citizens. With a wave of anti-U. S. feeling sweep ing the city, the embassy report edly feared violence might break out against North Americans. There are about 1,200 U. S. citi zens in Guatemala, . Roseburg Jaycees Win High National Honor The Roseburg Junior Chamber of Commerce Friday night was named one of the most outstand ing chapters in the United States. The announcement was made at an awards banquet during the 34th week-long U.S. Junior Chamber convention in Colorado Springs. The convention ended Sunday. For its year's activities, the Roseburg chapter was given thirii piace honors in the Clarence A. Howard Memorial Award in the population bracket for cities of less than 10.000 population. The award is given annually to local Javcee organizations whose vear-aroiind programs of civic en deavor have been the best-balanced and most impressive of all entries in each of four population divisions. The Dent, Wash., chapter placed first in the division. Second was Lansdale, Pa., and Brigham City, Utah, placed fourth. .he Butherlitt Uie-atotY-The Wose. jf "V" ik JLT' irnitt wwimg i i uic uw:c-jrii lit, in nic umi Ki-'Iey, Robert Bashford, warren Kngdahl and Ralph Turner. Wayne ( roocn is sole candidate for th burg theater lost a $20 cigarette vending machine, wmcn was de stroyed after cash and cigarettes were removed. The burglary of the Tri-City Theater occurred earlier in the week. About $3 worth of candy was taken there. The three were to be arraigned in district court Monday. Australian Sets New World Record In Mile TURKU, Finland 11 Aus tralian miler John Landy be came the second in track and fitld history to shatter th four minute mile barrier Monday whan h sat a ntw world record with a clocking of three minutes 58.0 seconds. Roger Bannister of England was th first to brak th four minute barrier. Ht ran th mil in 3:59. en May at Oxford, England. Landy's bast previous mil was 4:01.6., which h did twice th firtt at Turku May 31 and th second tim a wk 'star. five-year term, Voting will be held in the Green, Melrose, Rose, Winchester, Riv ersdale. Riverside, senior high and junior high schools. Voting will be held at the Junior high school in precinct No. 1. It was reported erroneously in The News-Review that the milling place would be at Benson School. Other Americans Menaced The Guatemalan f 1 1 h 1 1 n i sparked some antl-TJ. S. demon strations in other Latin-Amer ican nations. In Havana, police reported a group of Cuban Communists ' at tacked the office of the United Press, throwing atones and otner objects at the news agency quar ters, window! were broken nut no one was injured. Police laid thoy made some arrets. Chilean students shouting pro- Guatemalan slogans burned the U. S. flag in downtown Santiago Saturday night. Soviet Warned To Keep .Out. pt yf.. nermsprtere UNITED NATIONS, f . Y. The U. N. Security Council called unanimously Sunday for a cease fire in Guatemala and for ail U.N. members to withhold aid from the fighting forces there. The action came after the Sov iet Union cast its 6OIJ1 veto in ill i. 1 w a tt.'j - K5 CARLOS ARMAS . . .ludi Rebel . (Continued on Page Two) Community News Gathering The Weather Fair and warm Tuesday brief morning cloudiness. uuh.it hmi. last 14 heurs Lowest tmp. last 24 hours - Hightst tmp. any June . . Lowttt tmp. any Jun Precip. last 14 hours Prcm. from Jun 1 .. Precip. from Sept. 1 Ecss from Spt. 1 Sunset tonight I V P-m-Sunris tomorrow 4:3J a.m with . 11 .. 53 , 10 . 34 t V M.Jf ... 4.42 County Correspondents Of News-Review To Give Personal Career Stories The most unsung members of a newspaper staff are its correspondents. Yet their are the sturdv cozs which make it possible to assemble news from every corner of assigned areas. Like many job performances, they spend most of their time picking up the regular happenings in their respective communities, but their tips often set off some of the "hot test stories. One alert and doughty corres pondent shocked the newsroom one evening with the report "There's been a killing." Still another toll of a train wreck. So the job is not without its tragic phases and thrills. News coverage of Douglas Coun ty reached its highest point this car. with the News-Review fam ily of correspondents totaling 27. These often-nvetlooked news gatherers during the next few weeks will draw special recogni tion by the organization they serve. Tne News-Keview win run a series of articles In which eaih correspondent report the story of his career. Mont of these correspondents are women who have such a deep feeling about their communities that they want everyone to know about the occurrences, progress and achievements of their areas They were selected because of their deep interest in their com munities and their related activ ities. Few of them have had for mal journalism backgrounds, but worthy story through ttieir work with the News-Review. Most of them have beats that would make any reporter pale. They cover these beats by car or telephone and some of their news areas embrace 25 or w square miles. Time with the News-Review for the correspondents ranges from three months to 35 yean. The dean of the newspaper's cor respondent newsgatherers is Haz el Marsh, who has reported for the Newi-Review for 35 years fiom lookingglass. Tne newest correspondent is Mrs. Paiii Stra- han. who has been with the organization for three months. Other oHtimers witti the paper George Edcs, Yoncalla Clundale Union, AFL, Elects Official Staff Glendale Local 2716 of the Lum ber and SawmiU Workers Union. AFL. held its annual election of officers Sunday at the Masonic Hall in Canyonvillfe. Robert Fisher of Glendale was elected president awl Oscar Dav is of Grants Pass vice president. Others elected or re elected were Dale McCollum of Glendale; re cording secretary; Warren Dun- lap ot manic, treasurer; unver L. Dotson of Canyonville, finan cial secretary; Ivan Brown of Can yonville, warden; Tony Coelyn of Riddle, conductor, and Melvin Itosenbcrry of Glendale, trustee for mree years. The office of the union Is at Canyonville. Eugene Cox Re-elected Local 2949 President Eugene Cox was re elected pres ident of Lumber and SawmiU Workers, AFL, Local 2949, at an nual balloting held Saturday night at tha Labor Temple, Roseburg. Ted Prusia was re-elected fi nancial secretary and treasurer. Others elected were Richard Cas tleman, vice president; Ess.e Frost, recording secretary; Rich ard Hagen, conductor; Fred Gach nng, warden, Carl Holbrook, trus tee for one year to fill the unex pired term of Al Husbands, and John Green, trustee for three years. Driver Accused After Auto Smashes Window William B. Couch, 22, 4626 N. Stephens St., is under two charges placed by Roseburg police Sun day morning after his car rolled unattended across Stoptiem and smashed out a plate glass window in the Hansen Motor Co., Oak and Stephens street. He was cited for failure to leave his name at the scene of an ac cident and for having a defective hand brake on his automobile. Of ficers said description of his car was taken by a bystander and po lice later arrested him in ttie vi cinity. Couch said he had parked hit car at the Trailways Bus Depot arross the street. He said he didn't know the window was damaged. Suicide Of Roseburg Woman Is Indicated The body of Mrs. Lilla Mallory Phillips, 42, Rosoburg, was found in I downtown Portland hotel room Saturday, an apparent sui cide. A suicide note indicated the woman could have died from an overdose of sleeping pills or by drowning. The body was found submerged in a tub of water when a cleaning woman entered th room. Det. Joseph Blewctt said empty drug containers in the room indi cated the woman may nave taken as many as lg sleeping pills. There was no apparent motive for suicide. Deputy coroner Irving Paasch said Mrs. Phillips was di vorced. Her ex-husband and a son live at Cottonwood. Calif. Other known survivors include her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Mallorf of Philadelphia, Pa. No funeral arrangements have ocen announced. ELECTED TRUSTEE are: Mrs 25 years: Mrs. Nettie Woodruff. A former Roseburg man. Cot Melrose, 15 to 20 years; and Mrs. Robert L. Irving, Portland, has Brittain Slack, Sutherlin 13 1 Wn elected to the board of trust- years. ees of the Oregon National Guard The avoraff apes of the eorres-1 Assn. in a meelina at Camp (.la pondents are between 4.5 and 50 j lop, according to the Associated Roseburg Road-e-o Entry Wins Second At Klamath Rosehurg's entry In the Oregon Teen-age Road-e-o, hold over the weekend 'n Klamath Falls, came back home Sunday evening with fourth-place honors. He Is Charles Crose, 17, sponsored ty tne Kose- burg Junior cnamner oi commerce. Allen Sweely, In charge of the local Road-e-o, said that Crose showed up well in the competition. He scored 511 of a possible 600 points. There were 26 entries from throughout the state. Winner of the event was Eddie R. Warnock, Baker, with 544 points. Bob Green and Bob Black well accompanied Crose and Sweely to the contest. Myrtle Creek Rotary To Install Officers The Mvrlle Creek Rotary Club will Install officers at a dinner tnxntini? Wednesday night. Newly elected officers are Bar ney Root, president; E. A. Shirt r'iff, vice president, and George O'Mcally, secretary and trcasur- Members and wivps will attend the dinner at the Myrtle Dining room. About 20 Kotsnsns ana wives from Roseburg are expect ed to attend. CRASS FIRi A grass fire waa extinguished by Roseburg Rural firemen Sun day morning al Cecil street and Fairmont Avenue in a vacant iot. There was no damage. Scalding Water Taku Boy's lift Doath came to a boy who would have been two years old in less than three weeks Sunday morning after he pulled a pan of scalding water over on him. Loren Kim Williamson, 23 months, had a cold, and his moth er had set up a home-made vapor izer of boiline water. Tne boy pulled the pan of scalding water over on himself, reoorts Coroner L. L. rowers. He was rushed to Mercv Hospi tal shortly after the accident at 9:30 Saturday night. He was burn ed critically on most of the lower part oi his body. He died at 3 a.m. Sunday. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs, Dewey Williamson Jr. of 223 Cor nell St., Roseburg. His second birthday would have been July 8. The body has been removed to Long & Orr Mortuary, Roseburg. The boy was born July 8, 1952, in Rosoburg. Surviving, besides the parents, are a brother, Terry Wayne: grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey E. Williamson Sr., Gladstone, and Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Ziegcnbein, Newbcrg; great grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Williamson, Columbus, Miss.; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Zieg enbein, Royal, Neb.; and Mrs, B. D. Carver, Hood River. Funeral services will be held In the Conservative Baptist Church, Rosoburg, Tuesday at 11 a.m., with the Rev. W. Henry Peck, Greenleaf, Ore., officiating. Fol lowing services here, the body will be taken to Olark Cemetery, near Oregon City, for concluding serv ices at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Fu neral arrangements are in charge of Long and Orr Mortuary. 80,000 Quit Work In Two N. W. States Operators' Bids Around 7z Cents An Hour Give Hopes Of Settlement PORTLAND m The lit lumber industry was virtually shut down in Oregon and Washington Monday is more than 80,000 work era went on strike. The redwood lumber Industry of Northern California waa shut down, too, but many operations in the pine belts ot California, Oregon, Wasihington, Montana and Nevada continued to operate, Kenneth Dana, executive secre tary of the AFL Lumber and SawmiU Workers Union, said that while Ms union had struck most of the fir belt operations, he was encouraged by last-minute offers, which ranged around 7 Vt cents an hour. The AFT, union and the CIO International Woodworkers, joining in a co-operative strike for the first time since 1937 when they split, have demanded an increase of 12 Vi cents an hour. But Davis said that negotiations are continuing with those who have made "substantial offers" and if any pattern develops that looks like a "fair settlement," it will be considered by the AFL. J. e. Dicey, vice president of the Woodworkers, would not go so far as to express encouragement He said no 74-cent offers had been made to the CIO, except in nortnern uaiuornia. The CIO might have been willing to settle for 7 W cents before the strike was called, but he doubted that the members would be willing 10 oo so now. uicey aooea. . He said, however, that his union would consult with the AFL on any offers. Davis said that about 70 operator (Continued on Page Two) Strike Situation In Douglas County Appears Brighter In Douglas County, the strike picture In the fir belt look mora encouracirtf tiian in some areas. , iMostplanui were still operating i uomay morning., t . v I Four out ot about operataztv -4,.tn tt Hoseburg im hv ea stnacK,' wi most of me oiners have made "substantial offers," according to Ted Prusia, business agent of Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local 2949, AFL, About 1,200 of the 1,400 men la the Local are still on their jobs, rruBio eaiu. nuwever, me K Wood Lumber Co. plant may be struck before the day is over, Prusia said, if no substantial offer is received. Negotiations were con tinuing this morning. The plants down in the Rose burg area this morning were West ern Battery Separator and its -later plant, Western Handle, and St. Helens Woods Products and Commercial Lumber Sales. Workers at Youngs Bay Lum ber Co., who have their own un ion (Local 2671), also left their jobs, but good progress in nego tiations was reported. In the Oakland - Sutherlin area. all workers were still on their Jobs Monday morning, but Merle Taylor, Business agent lor Prison Escape Foiled all have come to recognize a news-1 children. years. Almost au are family peo ple including an average of three Press. Irving was identified with the local National Guard unit while acre. SOLDIER HELD An awiii. soldier. Percy A PendergraM, 20, waa taken Into custody by Roseburg pol'' Su": day afternoon. He is being held for Army authorities. Six Kansas Convicts Hold Visitors Hostages, Slay Guard In Abortive Effort LANSING, Kan. Of) Shielding themselves with six ter rified prison visitorj, six desperate convicts tried to force their way out of the Kansas State Prison Sunday. A veteran guard was killed, and one of the hostages and two of the convicts were wounded in bursts of gunfire be fore the group surrendered in the administration building. The convicts were armed withl three crude 72 pistols and 'lhpy fired at him. it'iiwa, 1, 1IIVUO ITIMllll 1 . prison. The six visitors' room, where about 25 vis itors were talking with prisoners. They seised the hostsges, includ ing two children, and rushed .0 the administration building. Fred Kenaga. 58. an unarmed guard supervisor with 25 years of service, encoutered the group at the administration building door and was shot to death, Balked By Gattkeaper Inside a vestibule the convicts were stopped by two gates. Threat ening the hostages, they yelled for eatoKccner And Hollinshead to open the gates. He refuted and E. Local 2S14, said operation throughout the area "could ao down any moment." Southern Area Situation Neither Myrtle Creek nor Rid" die area officials could be reach ed for comment, but it was known the big Umrxnia Plywood Corp. plant at Myrtle Creek was still op erating. The plywood plant and upco Logging uo. employ about 100 men. In the jurisdiction of Glendale Local 2716, all but on of nine companies had signed agreement this morning and were still opera ting. Harbor Plywood Corp., Rid dle, was struck. On the CIO scene, a general membership meeting is scheduled tonight at 7:30 for members ot IWA Local 307, Roseburg. Worker will meet in th Eagles Hall to see what action they will take. Working Independently of tin regional policy committee, th Roseburg unit has not yet aet a strike deadline. The strike of about 400 IWA ply woodmen at Umpqui Plywood' Roseburg plant and Evans Pro duct Co., Winchester, was un changed Monday morning, accord ing to Jack Ledbetter, business agent of Local 9-436. Warden Charles Edmondson ruhed into the rnrridnr and drew men rushed Into the ,ir. h. ,nnvi.,. ,h. r. lages scresmcd hysterically The warden got i rifle and1 stepped into the corridor again af armed guards approached the con victs from the yard in the rear. The convict started shooting but surrendered when the guards opened fire. Mrs. Frankle scroggins, 26, Kan sas City, was wounded in th shoulder. Warden Edmondson said the six convicts . would he charged with first-degree murder for Kenaga's slaying. Boy Sets Lumber Yard Fire; Lost $100,000 NEW YORK 0JI A 6-year-old boy set fire to a West Side lum ber yard Sunday. Five firemen were injured and the blaie de stroyed an estimated $100,000 worth of lumber. Th boy, caught runnin away from the scene, was questioned by police and released in custody of bis parents. Levity Fact Rant Br L. P. Reitensteln to Armas, Guatemalan Mar power leader et th rebel, vn if h dot adorn hit uppr lip with HiHr moustache.