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U. of 0. Library augene , , Oregon Comp i 1 Eisenhower,; Party Heads Mull Issues 1955 N - " ' " - - - , . . , CHRISTMAS MAKES HIM SICK Ten-year-old Scott Gar rison toys with the only kind of Christmas tree he can get close to, a plastic one He was four years old before doctors finally learned the reason for his deathly' illness every Christmas evergreen. When trees go up indoors, Scott has to take to his bed in his Santa Fe, N.M. home. And that's not all, at, Easter time the same thing hop pens. The Easter eggs' make him sick. t It Unemployment In Douglas Boosted During November Logging Halted,: But Insurance Claims Fall Below 1953 Figure Weather in November began to boost the number of unemployed people in Douglas County, reports Manager George T. Foster of the Roseburg office of the State Un employment Compensation Commission.. He said the number of employed persons began to drop as weather conditions began to hamper several logging and lumber firm operations on dirt roads. He said the majority- of these will remain closed until dry weather comes again in the spring. The bright spot in the picture, however, was Foster'i report that unemployment insurance claims were "substantially below" the to tals for the corresponding Novem ber period last year. The insurr a nee claims were above the Oc tober total but below the figure in November of 1953. Winter is inexorably clamping down on outside work and many wnall sawmills dependent on in rionenrient loggers for log supplies. Foster said hiring for the next few months will be largely on a renlacement basis. Retail employment was getting a boost from the Christmas rush and would probably continue until after the first of the year for in ventory purposes, Foster said. He also credited one new business (Pay Less Drug Store) for bright ening the employment picture. He airi the onening of the store cre- ,t,i nnnnrtunities for approxi mately 20 people. Another bright spot in the KoseDurg area is un construction work on the J. J. Newberry store on Jackson Street. He said it will provide more non seasonal jobs. Weather Mild, Prices Steady Construction work will be ham pered by weather, Foster surmis ed, but with deadlines to be met, he said he believes that "every advantage will be taken of good weather to get the work done. Foster points out that although uathr ii cutting down employ ment, it has been comparatively mild. This and steady lumoer nrippi warn credited for the fact that unemployed totals were 60 Established 1873 14 Pages , KOSEIURC, OREGON MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1954 28954 PRICE 5c i : : rr 1 Lf 1, mi- -A ..iJmm Welfare Act Alterations Will Be Asked Interim Committee Recommendation! Up To Oregon Legislature PORTLAND OB .A number of changes in Oregon public welfare laws were recommended Saturday by a legislative interim committee. State Sen. Rex Ellis of Pendleton headed the committee which will submit its recommendations to the next session of the Legislature. Other members are. Sen. George A. Ulett and Reps. Gust Anderson, Leon Davis and A. C. Goodrich. Among recommendations: That laws be tightened to assure steady payment of support money tor children or divorced or separ ated parents. That additional legal help be provided to strengthen enforcement of non - support laws and that penalties be increased against parents who desert dependent children. That the relative responsibility act be amended to require married daughters to provide some support for their dependent parents. Earnings Permitted That the home of a deceased person be subjected to the state's preferred claim if the person has been a welfare recipient. . That welfare recipients be per mitted to earn small amounts to better their standard of living without losing welfare benefits. That, general assistance pay ments be retained at their present level. That the administrative control be extended over the general assistance program at the county level.- ., " -i That a 60-bed. $600,000 conval escent hospital be built with the aim of rehabilitating crippled children so they will not become life-long burdens to the 'ate. Skunk Calls On Teachers; School Halts OCCOQUAN, Va. I Any shortage of teachers in Prince William County high school Mon day can be blamed on a skunk, or skunks. One or more of them made a weekend visit at a rooming house where five teachers live. As a re sult, at least four of them expect ed to remain home Monday. "We've sent our clothes to the cleaners," Richard McMaster, one of the four explained. He said the fifth, Joseph Patterson, may ven ture out if high school pupils are agreeable. McMaster "s'aid the skunk or skunks got under the house and left bis olfactory calling cards. In some quarters one could get a whiff of suspicion , that high school pupils might have had something, to do with the odori ferous affair. (Continued on Page 2 Col. 7) In The Day's News MEA Tatephato EVERY INCH A QUEEN Here she is. Marilyn Smuin, 19-year-old Pasadena City College sophomore, who was named Queen ot the 66th An. nual Tournament of Roses. Important statistics: five feet five, UO pounds and 35. By FRANK JENKINS Th develoDer of the Salk polio vaccine (Dr. Jonas Salk of Penn sylvania) says there U new evid ence that the vaccine can give effective and long lasting protec tion against the disease. U. arlrird: Th wnric that has been dona wilh the nolio vaccine once it is confirmed as effective may he of great importance in show ing the way for vaccines to pro tect against the common cold anii influenza." His statement is reassuring In a BIG way. Our minds, I think, have been too much occupied since Hiro shima Day with atom bombs and hydrogen bombs and wilh devices such as guided missiles to carry these terrible engines oi aesuuo tion 1o an enemy halfway around the world. As a result, we are coming per haps to FEAR scientific progress and the basic research upon which it is founded. What Dr. Salk is tell- (Continued On Page 4 Col. 6) Douglas Fir District Scouters Retain Trophy JC's Need More Funds For Juvenile Yule Plan Funds for the Roseburg Junior Chamber of Commerce "Juvenile Shopping Tour" have not been re ceived to the extent expected, so the Jaycces have turned to a more direct approach. Chairman oi tne event, Bin Cochran, reports the Jaycess will appeal to possible donors by radio Tuesday night. From 10 to 11 p.m. Station KKNK. disk jockey Ambrose Roy will make an appeal for funds between recordings on his "Platter Parade." Jaycees will be ready at the station to take up the effort from there. Announcer Roy will ask do nors lo call the station (3-55S1). When calls offering donations come in, Jaycee members will drive to the homes of the donors and Dick ud the contributions. The purpose of the shopping tour for children is to give tne young' sters a chance to buy Christmas presents for friends or relatives. Paul R. Zigler, Former Roseburg Resident, Dies Funeral services will be held at U a.m. Tuesday for Paul R. Zigler, 80, well-known former Rose burg resident. Zigler died at his Portland home Friday. He was born in Eugene but moved to Roseburg with his parents while still a young boy. He lived at Roseburg until about 1(VU) Ui nnrpnlji. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Zigler. operated a hotel uffl Rosebure during the late 1800's, The father perished in the fire that destroyed the noiei. The deceased was employed many years as office manager of Holman Transfer Co., Portland. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge. He never married. - Survivors include a brother, c. A. Zigler, Portland, and two nieces, Mr. Zcla McGlrov of Philadel phia, Pa., and Mra. Helen.Brown of San Carlos, Calif.. . Funeral servicer will be held in the chapel of Long & orr Mor tuary with the Rev. Alfred S. Ty son, rector of St. George's Epis copal Church, officiating. Ritualistic services will be con ducted by Laurel Lodge 13, AF & AM. Concluding service ana in terment will be in the family plot in the Roseburg IOOF Cemetery. r I; 1 t'Vi,. . . ' m : a A HEAD ON COLLISION between a pickup operated by Bertil Lindberg, Tenmile, and 'a car operated by Salvatore Anthony Cardinale, Pittsburg, Calif., sent both drivers to Douglas Community Hospital Saturday evening. State police cited Lindberg. (Photo by James Burns.) ' Twelve Men In Field For CC Directorship Twelve men' have been named to the ballot for directorships in the Roseburg Chamber of Com merce, reports Secretary-Manager Harold Hickerson. Four directors are to be elected for 1955. The 12 running for the positions are: Elton Jackson, Ken neth Kirk, Dr. Vcrner Anderson, Jack McGuire, Perry Ashcraft, A large representation from nusseii tsry ., r.rau mhiuh Douglas Fir District of Boy Scouts Walter Bnttell, Don iorbes. Koa gave the district its third straight Nevue, Roy Cummins and Arthur attpnrianpp nwnrri bl me annual City Building Permits Dip Again In rsovemoer Roseburg's construction permit totals took another slight dip in November as weather started clos ing in. The total, according to the Equitable Savings & Loan statis tical department, fell to $48,642. This was 12 per cent below Oc tober's $55,305 and 10 per cent be low 1953's November total of $54, 205. Meanwhile, it was reported that the Pacific Northwest building at the end of 11 months has topped the area's second highest dollar volume in history by well over linvi million. But the total was still far short of the record 1950 year. It will be necessary to run up S2l,rcu,34f 10 equa1 It limp mark of $333,951,669. Oregon's total construction for incorporated cities is $4,942,082 for the momn. Strangler Leads Police To Oregon Grave Of Victim THE DALLES 1 A decom Dosed body was removed from a shallow grave Sunday after police had been led to the spot by Robert C. Knowles, who last month told California authorities - he had strangled a man to death. . The corose. believed to be that of.tAlbert Stuart, 58, a Wickenburg, Ariz., harvest-worker, was buried near Shaniko, 60 miles southeast of this north Central Oregon town, Knowles, 47, Bangor, Maine, watched unemotionally as Dr. Homer Harris of the state police crime laboratory directed removal of bones from the frozen, earth. Knowles, who had said he killed Stuart in October, 1953, took police to the grave Saturday night. Bones of the dead man's toes protruded from the ground. Knowles told ot tne . slaying while being held in Sacramento, Calif., last month on a federal charge of auto theft. He related i several conflicting stories and was brought here by Oregon police after he said he could show them where he had buried the body. He was not permitted to talk to reporters Sunday but Sgt. Vayne Gurdane of the Oregon State Police, said Knowles when asked about a motive, gave no other reason than that he "was angry." Nabbtd In Florida Finding the body cleared up a 14-month-old mystery of Stuart's (Continued on Page 2 Col. 6) Alabama Atty. General Traffic Accidents Facing Murder Charge Oregon Trail Council meeting inj Eugene Sunday. i Although challenged by Benton District (Corvallis area), the Douglas turnout was the best, and local scouters retained a trophy awarded each year to the district scouters who travel the farthest with the most representatives. Hiffhlieht of the award dinner in the Erb Memorial' Building on the University of Oregon campus was the presentation to Earl Ladd of Roseburg of wood badge beads, denoting the highest training award a scouter can receive, uniy about 150 persons in the United States have been so honored. Among those taking part in the program was John Todd of Rose burg, vice president of the council. The Weather Shewtrs and clearing periods ta day. Increasing cloudiness TueS' day followed by rain in the after' noon. Highest tamp, last 24 hours 41 Lowest temp, last 24 hours Highest temp, any Dec. Lowttt temp, any Dec. Prtcip. last 24 hours Prtcip. from Dec. I Prtcip. from Sept. 1 Deficienty from Sept. 1 Sunset tonight, 4:31 p.m. Sunrite tomorrow, 7:31 a.m. Hickerson reDOrts' the ballots will be mailed to members of the Chamber by Monday at 5 p.m. Both Pilots Die When Jet Planes Collide r.in harbor. Wash, vn Two Air Force pilots were killed Sun day in a collision of . their Sabre jet planes across Puget Sound from McChord Air Force Base. The dead were 1st Lt. James L. Teeslink, 25, of Oakland, Calif., and 2nd Lt. Donald L. Mootry, 24, son of Mrs. Hazel Fern Lynch, of Los Angeles, and William Moot ry, of Salem, Ore. Barber Shop. Bombed Twice In Seven Months SHERMAN OAKS, Calif. Ifl Detectives Mondav souKht the per son or persons who touched off a bomb in front of a barber shop and beauty parlor, wrecking the front of the building. The blast also smashed 12 win dows at Notre Dame High School, across Riverside Drive trom tne barbershop. Police said the shop, operated by William Damato, 32, was dam aged seven months ago in another bombing. Damato told officers then that he believed the bombing re sulted from his refusal to raise the price of haircuts in his shop lo the same rate a that charged elsewhere in the area. GALVESTON, Tex. I-Alabama officers today awaited a certified copy of a grand jury indictment they need to serve a fugitive war rant on their state a attorney gen eral. The official. Silas Garrett III, is a central figure in the Phenix City. Ala., cleanup. He is in Galveston hospital, where doctors! say he is "too ill vo tie moved, - The Galveston News quoted an attorney, who declined to permit use of his name, as saying the warrant charged first-degree mur der. ( Two persons are under arrest in tne murder last June is oi ine nominee for Alabama attorney gen eral, Albert L. Patterson, who crusaded against vice. They are a former cniet deputy snerin, Al bert Fuller, and a suspended pros ecuting attorney. Arch Ferrell. A third indictment was reiurneo in the case, but the name of the accused person won't be disclosed until .he is arrested. Garrett also has been indicted for vote fraud in connection wi!h the Democratic runoff in which Patterson was elected. The slain altornev's son was elected to the post without opposition. Ex-Employe Accused Of Juggling Payroll A man charged with juggling payroll statements . and forging checks while an employee of Mor- rison-Knudsen Construction Co. has been arrested at Clarksville, Tenn. ' . Sheriff Calvin Baird said T. K. Rnmaine will ' be extradited to face charges of embezzelment and forgery. Bail is $4,000 on each charge. Dist. Atty. Robert M. StulW said Romaine is one of six persons se cretely indicted by the grand jury about a week ago. The charges facing Romaine allegedly grew out employment with the M - K company at a construction camp up the North Umpqua River east of Glide. Over Weekend Send Five To Hospital Democratic Leaders , Get Inning Tuesday Anent Foreign Policy WASHINGTON ( President Eisenhower and Republican Con- , gressional leaders discussed the Administration's 1955 Legislative program Monday and Sen. liilli kin (R-Colo) smilingly reported 'cooing dove" harmony. The White House session dealt with foreign as well as domestic issues, with Secretary of . Stale Dulles briefing the GOP leaders for 45 minutes on international ' affairs. The question about harmony . stemmed from foreign policy dif ferences sucn as those between -Eisenhower and Dulles, on the one hand, and Senate Majority Leader Knowland of California on the other. Knowland attended . Mon day's meeting. , Taxes Get Attention In response to Questions. Milli. kin indicated the first session at the White House dealt with taxes among other things, but he de- dined to go into detail. , ' in announcing nlans for the meeting at his news conference last Wednesday, the President also disclosed Democratic leaders who will be in charge of the new Con gress will join Republicans at a conference Tuesday to discuss for-, eign policy. The chief executive pledged after the November elections, which gave the Democrats control, three would be bipartisan consultation on international affairs. Rep. Boiling (D-Mo.) said he ex- pects the Democratic controlled Congress to move toward revising we administration s 1954 tax re vision program so as "to spread ine neneius oi tax relief to a much Broader mass ot people." But Rep. Keating (R-NY) said he thinks the Democrats will wait lo move on taxes until 1956, "which is an elec tion year." , The two House members agreed that there is likely to be little general disagreement on foreign Weekend accident . ta ' Douglas i P0";' County sent at least live persons Some Unity Predicted ' to the hospital. Four were in Doug-1 . las Community Hospital and a .. sen. aparxman iu-Aia) said he fifth was taken to Forest Glen Winks Eisenhower will get nearly Hospital Canyonville. . :- HosDltalized were: Bertil Ltnd- herff. Tenmile; ' Salvatore Cardin ale, Pittsburg, Calif.; Mra.joseph R. Van Keuren, Myrtle Creek; John Amo, Roseburg: . and Tom McCaslin. Glendale, , Worst car, accident occurred just south or YoncaUa Saturday ' eve ning. A. head-on collision between two vehicles . sent both drivers to the hospital where both were re ported in good condition. State pol ice cited Bertil unduerg, 43, Ten mile, for operating in the left lane of traffic. Lindbcrg's pickup hit a car driven by Salvatore Anthony Cardinale, 35, Pittsburgh, Calif. Officers said Lindberg, who was travelling south, pulled his car across the yellow line for no ap parent reason and hit head on with the California car. Hospital personnel said Monday Lindberg had multiple lacerations but no broken bones. Cardinale re ceived a chip fracture on one hip, multiple bruises and a head lacer ation, they said. Other Accident Victims Complete dctailes were missing on a car accident in which Mrs. Joseph R. Van Keuren, 30, Myrtle Creek, was injured. Mrs. Van Keu ren was in Community Hospital today where she was reported to have an injured right hip. A rela tive said she was injured Sunday afternoon in Suthcrlin when a car hit the vehicle in which, she wis riding. A woods accident sent John Ger- ado Amo.. 32. Roseburg, to the Community Hospital Saturday aft ernoon. Amo was reported injured (Continued on Page 2 Col. 1) i'lContinued on Page 2 Col. 5) PRE-YULI TRAGEDY MIRANDA DE EBRO, Spain Ml Ten girls were suffocated Sunday when a crowd or children rusned down cellar steps Into theater to attend Christmas performance Tragedy Parades, Civic Challenges, Prayers To Mark Safe-Driving Day 5 Sisters Die In Fire, Brother Badly Burned BALTIMORE I Five sislers, left alone in their second - floor apartment for about 20 minutes, were burned to death Sunday night when a flash fire trapped them in their Dedroom. Four Thefts, Bad Check Weekend's Record Of Crimes A boy, about 13 or 14 years old, admired a pair of western-type boots in the Outdoor Store, 248 N. Jackson St., on Saturday. He asked permission from (he storekeeper, Vernon Murdoch Sr. to take them out to show to hi father. Murdoch told Roseburg po lice he's still looking for the boy to return. He valued the boots at $15. Tlir It other larcenies were re. ported 10 city police over the week end. One was outside the citv. Llovd Logan, 919 Eddy St., aid his car was entered wnue parked at the Speedway Cafe Sunday morning i and the following articles stolen: Raincoat, two sweaters, spare blanket and two jacks. William If. Zimmerman, Rose burg Auto Park, complained that a .o8-caiiber revolver and shoul der holster, along with an electric steam iron, were taken from his rooms sometime during the latter part of last week. , Mrs. Benjamin 0. DuFresne, 1141 Rainbow Lane, complained o( the loss of a bicycle Saturday af' ernoon from the Fullerton Sthi t One "bum" check was passed on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Bessie Siemers, Myrtle Wood Gift Shop, 842 S. Stephens St., described the man as "nice appearing" and about 35 years old. He described himself as a surveyor for the State uignway Dept. Boy's Fire Kills His Parents, Two Others HAVERHILL, Mass. Wl-A sul- n'..,i. t. a ! 1". teen-age trade school student .?,h.gen iV,iJfc. yJ.tE? Vt"& District Court today charged Winston-Dillard Firemen Renew Request For Toys Winston-Dillard firemen put out another call today for more toys for needy children. Anvone having toys suitable for 38 repair is ured to drop them off at 70 ' the fire hall in Winston. They will be fixed up by nremen ana dis tributed at Christmas. All youngsters in the Winston-Dillard area are invited to a Christ mas party Saturday, Dec. 18, at the station.. Free treats will be available to all kiddies attending. i s ,80 3.07 7.89 2.78 CHICAGO W The nation's mo bile millions today headed for an extraordinary test of their ability to drive and walk safely for 24 hours. The test comes Wednesday. It has been designated Safe Driving Dav. Motorist and pedestrians in communities across the country are being alerted by newspaper stories, radio broadcasts, modern Paul Reveres in sound trucks, par ades, posters and handbills. president tisennower proclaim ed S-D Day. It is sponsored by the President's Action Committee for Highway Safety. The purpose is to reduce traffic accidents greatly to show that it can be done. The reduction has not been specified. The goal, at least, is a big slash and, at best, no accidents at all. The committee has let each com. munily muke its own how-to-do-it arrangements. Some seem to be doing very little. Others are mak ing a major event of it. There never has been anything quite like Many cities have challenged other cities t S-D Day contests. Thousands of bumoer strips and stickers have been distributed. Plans have been made to ring church bells, voice "Be careful' pleas through loud-speakers even to pause and pray. Tragedies On Parade An Associated Press survey shows what many communities have done and olan to do. Washington, D.C., put on a pa rade of wrecked cars and 46 cas kets, each representing a 1954 traf fic fatality in the District of Co- lnmhia. ;Cars equipped with amplifiers are touring the Seattle area, snreadtni the safety gospel. Traffic officials in San Diego, Calif., circulated 100,000 safe driv ing pledges and arranged a parade of crash-crumpled autos for today. School kids brought home safety letters in Providence. R. I. Liter ature is being distributed through schools in Kansas. Truck and bus stickers and 10,000 arm bands have been issued in Miami, na. Reminders in poster, bumper strip or leaflet form have been passed out in Madison, Wis., Ko Chester, N. Y., and Norfolk, Rich' mnnd and Roanoke. Va. New Mexico and Arizona will have a special low-slate-wins show down. Citv Rivalries Soreut Rivalry of the sort associated with football has sprung up amon j cities. Knoxville, Tenn.. chal lenged Chattanooga, Tenn., to an S-D Day contest. Seattle challenged Portland, Ore. Tampa, Fla., challenged Miami, Jacksonville and St. Petersburg. Mayor Fred Hervey of El Paso, Tex., called upon Phoenix, Ariz., to match accident records Wednesday in what has been dubbed the "first annual Safety Bowl." Frank Murphy the Phoenix mayor, accepted. Austin, Tex., Al bany, N. Y., and Sacramento, Calif., were invited to join in the competition. St. Joseph, Mo., this week is en gaged in a fewest-accidents derby with Topeka, Kan., Springfield, Mo., and Lincoln, Neb. A 24-hour highway law enforce ment program, to be handled by 8,000 stale and local policemen will be in force In Massachusetts, Church bells will toll a reminder at 9 a.m. in Tampa, Fla. Civil Air Patrol planes equipped with loud speakers will fly over Tampa to sound warnings. Traffic will halt at 11 a.m. for a minute of prayer in Norfolk, Va. brother of the victims, suffered third-degree burns and suffocation. He was in serious condition at a hospital. Firemen said the father, a Ne gro longshoreman, had left I h house to go to a nearby restaurant. His wife Ruth, 26, was at a mov ie. 1 Found dead were Mildred 10, Rosetta, 4, Wilhelmina, 2, I'als tina, 15 months, and LuU, 8 months. Firemen said the lire started around a stove pipe in the grocery below the apartmepl. MEETINO CALLED OFF j An Umpqua Basin Development! Assn. meeting originally scheduled in Roseburg tonight has been can- celed, according to Harold Hick-, erson, secretary of the association. The next meeting of the sroup. made up of Chamber of Commerce men from various Douglas County towns, will be held in January. with arson and manslaughter in the death of his parents and two other persons in a flaming down town apartment house. Police Inspector Charles V. Tur. ner said Richard E. La Plante, 16, admitted setting the early morn ing fire Sunday because "I didn't like the place and I told my folks so many time." Burned to death as fire swept the four-story brick and wooden house were A'fred La Planle, 45; his wife Eva. 43; Fred Bacigalupo, 63; and Mahlon Cutler, 44. Some 20 others, mos'ly old age pension, iers, fled to safety. DEFENDANT RETURNED Officers returned to Roseburg Sunday afternoon with LloyJ V. Arant, 37, after a flight to Nogales, Aril., Sheriff Cal Baird records. Arant was brought here t.i face a charge that he kidnarcl his 7-yeai-old son to prevent the mother from having custody, Levity Foct Rent By L. F. Reizensteln U.N, condemnation of Red China for imprisoning 1 1 American airmen on the trumped-up charge of spying will probably have the tame devastating effect en the Kremlin's bosom pals as the blow of a feather pillow on the Great Wall of Chine. 1
