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U. of 0. library Eugene, Oregon cmp 1CBSB wis Ml mim tim ' f M II I u -9 14 ! I". I .ir I H i ""Wl" ft. f ; Is yit4L SURVEYS NURSING SERVICE Miss Margarita Farrington, representative director of nursing service of the U. S. Veterans Administration, ended a three-day visit: in Rose burg this week. She was here to survey the nursing service of the locol Veterans Hospital and to meet patients and personnel. Pictured above from left: Miss Georgia K. Moss, chief of the Roseburg VA nursing service; Miss Farrington; and Miss Althea Hutchins, clinical supervisor at the hos pital. (Paul J. Goga Picture). , Aerial Exploits On Thames Fails To Smooth Romance LONDON Ifll The aerial ex ploit along the Thames of a dare devil Texan apparently haven't smoothed his troubled path to ward romance. Gene Thompson, the S foot 3 crop-duster from Lubbock who flew under two London bridges Wednesday in a bid for the hand of bometowner Helen Brown, ra dioed a tale of unrequitted love from his homeward-bound ocean liner. Helen "is the Comstock Lode, just like finding bird nest on the ground," the 30-year-old aerial cowboy exulted. But Helen, he told the Express In a telephone talk last might, is also "mad as hell. . . isn't even speaking to me" because he took her dare and flew a light plane between the towers of London's Tower Bridge and then underneath the spaa of the London Bridge. The couple met touring Europe with a party of Texans. A friend said Helen agreed to marry Gene If he would emulate daredevil Britons who acrobat aerially around the bridges of the Thames. The party sailed for home before unrom antic British police caught up with the American bridge buzzer. Now Gene says aerial enter- In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS ! The news as 'this is written is more or less dominated by Presi dent Eisenhower, i He told the reporters at his news conference that he believes the growing strength of the free world is "impervious" to any com munist attack. He added that, in general, many International tensions have eased In the last couple of years and he thinks the free world now has a better chance than before to ob tain a solid peace. At the same time, he took 4 track at General Mark Clark (re tired), who told a senate subcom mittee he favored breaking rela tions with Russia and revamping United Nations to get the Soviets but. - Ike said breaking off diploma tic relations with Russia would N NO WAY serve the interests of the United States. - That make sense. ' As one of the world's ablest generals, Ike knows that keeping an outpost in enemy territory as long as possible is always a use ful device. If we break relations with Rus sia, we'U have to move our diplo mats out of Moscow. It is true that in the event of a break Rus sia would have to move her diplo mats out of Washington, but Rus sia has thousands of dedicated communists in this country to de pend on for information. We have no similar fifth column in Soviet territory. I'll confess I don't have too (Continued on Page A, Col. 3) The Weather Partly cloudy tonight and Sat urday with icitttred afternoon thundershowtrs over the moun tains. Slightly coolar Saturday. Highttt ttmp. last 24 hours .. .. 75 Lewtit ttmp. last 34 hours 54 Highest ttmp. any August 104 Lowtst ttmp. any August 39 Prtcip. last 24 hours T Prtcip. from August 1 T Prtcip. from Stpt. 1 - 36.47 Exctit from Sept. 1 4 21 Sunttt tonight, 7:1 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 5:17 a.m. prise wasn't Helen's only require ment for matrimony, his radio message to the Express last night filled' out the picture: "Promised to marry me if I'd quit cussing, shave every day and fly under bridges. "She's very beautiful and I'm so in love. "If the damn razor didn't hurt so bad I cud fulfill requirements." Two Riddle Men Jailed For Drunken Driving Two Riddle men have been lodg ed in the county jail following pleas of guilty on charges of drunken driving, according to Justice of the Peace Nina Peit zold. Each received five-day sen tences and fines of $250. The men, James N. Jordan, 41, and Pasco Vance Beasley, 45, were arrested by Riddle Officer Walter Reich. Raymond Franklin Davidson, 48, Reedsport, was released under $500 bail after he pleaded innocent to a similar charge in district court Thursday, according to Judge Elmer G. Baldwin. David son was accused by Glenn H. Wig nail, Medford, following a colli sion on Highway 99 at Clover Lane at the north edge of Roseburg ou Aug. 7. RELEASED ON BAIL James Wesley Lang, 50, Suth erlin, was released under $500 bail Thursday after he was ar rested by a deputy sheriff on an assault and battery charge. Sheriff Cal Baird said the arrest follow ed a complaint from Lang's wife. RHEE RETURNS SEOUL lPi President Syngman Rhee returned today and was mt by cheering thousands after his 20- day visit to the united Slates where he called for renewal of the Korean War. COURTHOUSE ADDITIONS An orchitect's sketch shows the magnitude of odditions to the Douglas County Court house now being laid out. The county will advertise for bids about Oct. 10, with bid opening expected about Nov. I. Total cost of the project is not now known. Five hun dred thousand dollars were allocated in this year's budget. A tax levy will not be necessary, as funds are available from sole of O & C and government timber. Each wing will be 60 by 100 feet, with connecting areas of 20 by 62 feet. Some large trees on the grounds will have to be Established 1873 16 Pogci ROSEBURG, ORECON FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1954 188-54 PRICE 5c Anti-Communist Senate Gives Full Support To Measure WASHINGTON ( Unanimous Senate passage of a bill to outlaw the Communist party confronted GOP House leaders today with the politically trick question of what to do with it in the face of ad ministration opposition. The Senate's action, taken at session yesterday that had manv a bead spinning, gave an ironic twist to the administration' forts to drive jmme anti-Communist measures through Congress in the closing days cf the session. With time running out for many of the proposals urged by Atty. Gen. Brownell, the Senate unex pectedly whipped through some thing he not only hadn't asked for but had consistently opposed. Democratic senators, led by Sen, Humphrey of Minnesota, came up with an anti-Communist measure that proved to have an irresistable appeal to lawmakers in the elec tion year. Sen. Cooper (R-Ky) told his col leagues just before the vote what every other senator knew that there were "political implications in mis aimospnere." The Senate started off its topsy turvy day with a bill by Sen. But ler (R-Md) aimed at wiping out Communist - dominated labor unions and wound up by tacking u. in moaitiea torm, on to Hunv phrey's bill as an amendment, Humphrey had succeeded in sub stituting his bill for Butler s. The result was a combination measure that would outlaw the Communist party and also would strip Communist dominated ta bor unions of the right to be cer tified as bargaining agents by the National Labor Relations Board. It passed 85-0, leaving the next move up to the house, which has been pushing bills of its own aim ed at outlawing the party. - Bitter Clashes Mark German Workers Strike FRANKFURT, Germany Wl Bitter clashes between police and striking Bavarian metal workers continued Friday - the fifth day of the walkout affecting 220,000 employes. Other Bavarian centers reported peaceful picketing, but in Munich brawls broke out when hundreds of police tried to protect nonstrik ers. Many persons were injured. At the big Siemens electrical plant, 300 club - wielding police tangled with 1,000 pickets who vainly tried to prevent 5,000 non strikers from going on the job. FALLS FROM BICYCLE Judith Minor, 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. H. Minor, 1418 Bodie Lane, Roseburg, is out uf Mercy Hospital, following emer gency treatment at 8 p.m. Wed nesday for burises and contusions suffered to her face and head ' when she fell from a bicycle. f- ffrf ' pfn FR1 Piprn feE-1irT!fr? plmi Ymn hr H t t U hi v': l l; Mf !f lm fc Massachusetts Convicts Stage Prison Break NORFOLK. Mass. W Five dangerous convicts who broke out of the state prison colony last night atter overpowering six guards and taking one of them a hostage successfully eluded a manhunt to day. Police departments in key New England cities were warned by Massachusetts state police that at least one escapee has a gun and that all five are dangerous. This was the second break for four of the men in the last three months. The convicts were said to have taken as hostage prison guard Walter F. De Adder, 29. of Lawrence. The men were Identified as: James L. Schwann. 37. of Mai den, serving 8 to g years for robbery. William J. Couture, 40, of Taun ton, serving 14 to 17 years for the 1942 holdup shooting of a Boston storekeeper. Martin F. Feeney. 38. of Boston, serving 12 to IS years for a 1949 Belmont bank robbery that netted $5,710. Richard Lavoie. 40, of Woonsock- et, R. I., serving 6 to 10 years for breaking and entering and larceny, Russell- T. HaHiday. 26. of Cam bridge, serving 12 to 15 years for shooting a policeman during a drug store holdup in Watertown. 3 Bandits Seize Huge Bank Loot CAMP SPRINGS, Md. to Three bandits robbed the Andrews Air Force Base branch bank of $160,000 Friday, and police said a man tney had arrested on a speed. ing charge was not considered a susnect. The gunmen who "cleaned out" the vault of the bank were Ne "roes. Detective Sgt. Charles L, Perrygo arrested three Negro me. alter an BO-nuie-per-nour cnase shortly after the bank was rob bed. Perrygo didn't know when he made his Friday the 13th arrest that the bank had been robbed. Perrygo took all three to the Princ j Georges County police sta tion, but the other two men fled when the driver was taken inside for booking on the speeding charge. ' SUFFERS KNEE INJURY Charles Shaw, 20, Glide, .em ploye of the Bureau of Public Roads, suffered a knee injury Thursday and was taken to Doug las Community Hospital at 4:20 Thursday afternoon for treatment. Further x-rays were taken rrmay morning. REMOVED TO EUGENE William Doyle, Roseburg, who suffered a fractured hip in a fall Thursday and was taken to Mercy Hospital for emergency treatment, was later moved by ambulance to Sacred Heart Hospital in Eugene for further treatment. token out, but not all of them. Architect Lyle F. Glenn's sketch "removed" them only to avoid cutting off the view of the building. The west wing will hove four floors, with the county library, voted by the people two years ago, tak ing up the first two floors. Assessor and tax collector offices will be on the third floor, and two' circuit courts on the top floor. The east wing will have additional county clerk's focilifies on the ground fjoor, along with county engineer, road department and planning commission offices. Offices of the county court and room .for more Bill Confronts irons Sen. McCarthy Allowed Funds For Counsel WASHINGTON Wl Sen. Me Carthy (R-Wis) won today in his appeal tor tne senate to pay the salary of an attorney to repre sent him in an investigation of bis official conduct. Sen. Watkins iR-Utah). chair- man of the special committee which will conduct hearings on a censure move aimed at McCar thy, announced the decision. He said McCarthy will be allowed to select the lawyer. Watkins said the arrangement has the approval of Sen. Know- land of California, the Senate Re publican leader; Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, the Senate Dem ocratic leader, and Sen. Jenner (R-Ind), chairman of the Senate Rules Committee. The development came as mem bers of the subcommittee which investigated McCarthy's bitter row with high Army officaila said they hoped to release their report next Wednesday or Thursday. Sen. Mundt (R-SD). who pre sided over those 36-day hearings, and senators Jackson (u-Wash) and .Dirksen (R-IU), who are serving as a committee to draft a tentative report of findings, de clined to give any hint of the "ver dict." But Mundt told reporters the subcommittee's seven members met behind closed doors yester day, and "there were no import ant cleavages of opinion." Meanwhile it was learned Mc Carthy has been gathering ammu nition for a resumption of his in vestigations of the Army, as soon as he can get them started. In formants said this wiU be after the Mundt subcommittee reports and Watkins' six-man committee gets through with its hearings, due to start Aug. 30. Parking Citations Aimed At Feeders Of Meters City Police Chief Stan Olson and City Manager George Farrell have assured parents that they are welcome to visit Roseburg during the Back-To-School parade on Aug. 19 without fear of re ceiving a parking meter citation. The current program of meter use enforcement is designed to stop meter feeders and not to dis courage Roseburg shoppers who are in town for a few hours on a definite mission. City police hav offered their cooperation and help during the parade and for the teen-age driving contest. Superstitious Persons Take It Easy Today CHICAGO 11 Those who are superstitious took it easy to day Friday, the 13th. It was th first Friday the 13th since last November and it the only Friday the 13th in 1954. The nxt so-calltd bad-luck day Friday, May 13, 19SS. i A QUEEN OF THE FAIR Mary Ann Regan, Drain, was chosen from a court of lovelies to reign over the North Douglas County Community Fair at Drain Aug. 19-21. Queen Mary Ann will be a senior at Drain Union High School this fall, and will be crowned at the coronation ball at Drain Community Hall Aug. 14. She is the daughter or Mr. and Mrs. Leo Regan, Drain. Back-To-School Parade Schedule Is Announced Scheduled events for- the Back-To-School parade, Aug. 19, have been released by Ralph Snyder. secretary of the event, to advise young entrants of rules and regu lations. Prizes will be awarded to winners of three different -con tests, Snyder announced today. The children's pet parade will lead on the morning's events, and will ieature pets ol many descrip tions, from the most handsome to the least beautiful. The mutt di vision will rate prizes as well a the more glamorous pets. The second part of .the parade will consist of the vehicle division. "If it can be pushed, driven or ridden, it is eligible," Snyder said. "Put some crepe paper on it, reg ister for the parade at the Rose burg Chamber of Commerce of fice, and bring it In to Roseburg Thursday morning." Exact times for the events will be announced later, he added. Teen-agers, too, will have an op portunity to enter a contest, one based on driving skill. Prizes will be awarded winners of this con test, too. The driving contest will be held Thursday morning at 9 a.m., and full contest rules will be published in a future issue along with the course route. Snyder states that registrations may be made or information re garding the parade may be ob tained by calling 2-2648 from 9 to 5 daily except Saturday and from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. clerk's offices vill be on the second floor. On the top floor will be a larger district court and county agent offices. The district attorney's offices will go into trie main build ing, and the welfare department will take over the annex building. Presently, the county agent and welfare offices are in non-county facilities. The engineering firm of Myers & White of Eugene and Portland is working out mechanical and electrical details of the undertaking. (News-Review engraving by Harry Huckler). Rubber Industry Hit By Strike At Firestone OLEVBLANn tl The ruhher industry's second major strike erupted across the nation today as 25.500 CIO United Rubber Work ers walked off their jobs at Fire stone Tire tc Rubber Co. plaints in eigne ciues. . union officials, who called a strike of 23,000 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. workers last July 7. triggered the action against Fire stone to coincide with their con tract's midnight deadline. Together the two actions put more than 48,000 rubber workers a third of the incVustry'a union memoers on strike.. Talks between comoanv and un. ion negotiators continued until al most the last minute. - A union' spokesman said Fire stone failed to agree with the rub ber workers "on anything even an- preaching favorable provisions for a new contract." Company officials Issued a state ment wmch declared: "There is nothing to be gained by this action and everyone con cerned will suffer a serious loss." The union posted, pickets around most entrances to Firestone nlants In Akron, Los Angeles, Noblesville ano New castle, lnd.. Fall River, Mass., Memphis, Des Moines and Pottstown, Pa. About 250 Pickets turned back the midnight shift at the Akron factories, wmch employ 9,000 workers. Goodyear has 13,000 striKmg employes there. Boat Operator Leach Enters Innocent Plea Salmon Harbor boat operator bui teacn, appearing tnrougn a Roseburg attorney, entered an in nocent plea in district court Thurs day to a charge of using harbor facilities without a license, ac cording to Judge Elmer G. Bald win. Bail of $200 was posted. The attornev indicated he mav file a demurrer in an attempt to have the complaint tossed out. Leach, captain of "The Petty Girl," was served with a warrant after it was alleged he had no li cense for embarkation and de barkation of passengers at Sal mon Harbor. One-year licenses are Issued through an agreement between the Port of Umpqua Com mission and Douglas County. Teen-Age Club Meetings Canceled Until Sept. 3 Tonight's meeting of the Rose burg Teen-age Club has been canceled, according to Belle Rus sell, director, and another meet ing in the Eagles Lodge isn't scheduled until Sept. 3. Miss Russell explained that the treasury of the club has emptied to the point where entertainment can't be held until next month. New Schedule Is Presented; Hearing Due Additional Funds Said Needed In Line With Higher Company Expense By CHUCK GRELL Staff Writer, Newi-Rtvlew ' A proposal by the Oregon Water Corp, for a general increase iu rates has been presented ' to Charles H. Heltzel, Salem, public utilities commissioner, and a heat ing will be held in Roseburg on an unannounced turture date. Alton R. Andrews, Roseburg manager of the water company, Friday said the increase would amount to an estimated $82,144 a year. Basic minimum rate to be charged would be $1.95 for 30o cubic feet of water per month to most residences in the Roseburf area, mat is au cent more than the $1.45 now asked. Charges for consumption of water above the minimum would be increased ac cordingly. Reason for the water company's request, he said, is that revenues have remained nearly static since the firm took over the water sys tem irom uaiuornia Oregon pow er Co. in August 1950. At the? same time, he enlarged, operating and maintenance costs have risen sharply. He explained that revenues have varied only about $3,000 above and below $200,000 each year. Meanwhile, expenses have gone UP about $20,000 to about $175,000. increased costs ot labor and ma terials in new construction and maintenance have contributed heavily to expenses to the com pany, Andrews said. . The company, he added, also has been trying to keep pace with (Continued on page 2 Col. 3) Douglas County Feels Showers Central Douglas County Frida morning received its first precipT. tation since mid-July this morn ing, but showers in the area stop ped before they added up to meas urable amounts..' The U. S. Weather Bureau at the airport said, though, that more snowers may be expected in the mountains tonight and Saturday. Amounts will be below normal. The showers will accompany thun derstorms. . . ;' ine weamerman saw the only showers exoected. in th vjllov are slop-overs from the moun tains. ' . Temperatures over the weekend will remain below normal, with a rising trend by Monday to locally normal or slightly above normal. readings by Tuesday. Maximum temperatures will ,e in the eighties, rising 10 to 15 degrees by Tuesday. Minimums will range between 45 and 55 de grees through the first of next week. Salesman Reports Loss Ot Wallet And Checks A Klamath Falls salesman told Roseburg police Thursday morn ing that $507.09 in checks and cash were stolen with his wallet some time during the previous night in the Rose Hotel. James Perkins said he had ar rived late in his hotel room after a social evening. When the desk clerk called him next morning, he found the money and checks missing. Amounts of the checks, said Perkins, were $187.60; $163.79 and two each for $74.35. In addition, he said, be was missing $17 in cash. Officers said only entry to the room, on the third floor, is through the door. Perkins said he thought he locked the door as he came into the room, : I Senators Vote Against Atomic Energy Measure WASHINGTON OB The Sen ate turned down the compromise atomic energy bill 48-41 Friday, overriding a plea from President Eisenhower relayed in the closing minutes of debate. Then by voice vote the Senate sent the measure back to confer ence with the House, with instruc tions to the Senate conferees to insist on the Senate's version which had been heavily watered down in the rejected compromise, Log Hauling Permitted On Saturday Afternoons Truckers will be allowed to haul logs on Saturday afternoons, beginning Aug. 14, it was pointed out by state police office person nel Friday. Officers said hauling on Satur day afternoons will be permis sable, except for Sept. 4. Labor Day weekend. No hauling will bo allowed that Saturday afternoon. Regulations for state highways in this respect also applies to coun ty roads, according to Commis sioner Elmer Mctzger. Levity Fact Rant By L. T. Reizenstein - The 46 charges against Sen ator Joe McCarthy look like a good bet to prove ta be blank I cartridges. 3
