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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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Community News Gathering
The Weather
Fair and warm Tuesday
brief morning cloudiness.
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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
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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.