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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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