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U. of or'lBF5fy Eugene, uregon Comp wiu ma VgjSjr 1 16 Paul Jenklr 6 E, G. HIGH, Roseburg insurance man, has as one of .his several hobbies, the . woodworking urge,- which displays itself through his hand-crafting of many different arti cles. The lamp with which he is pictured was turned from tulip wood, one of the hardest, he says, to be found here abouts. This particular piece came from the tree which formerly stood on the Bitzer property on Jackson Street upon which construction now has commenced for the Newberry store. The tree probably was one of the oldest ornamentals in town. Another hobby, of Mr. High's, amounting almost to a passion, has been his work in be half of crippled children. He is one of the most influent tial men in the state int this endeavor, and was largely instrumental in securing the establishment of Camp Easter Seal ot Tenmile Lake, where crippled children were re ceived for convalescence through last July and August.' His aim, and that of his many loyal co-workers, is to make this a yean-around camp. Campaigns now' are under way to insure final payments on the institution's mortgage, -a project It is hoped will be accomplished by next Easter. Ellsworth To 'Punch Away' At More Money For Tiniberi Access Roads In His Area By LAURA OLSON Staff Writer News-Reviaw I Oregon's congressman from the Fourth Congressional District has anyching to say about it, em ployment in the district will be expanded. Cong. Harris Ellsworth, prepar ing to leave Tuesday for Washing Ion, D.C., said Monday: "As m the past, 1 plan to do everything possible to stimulate employment in the lumber and logging indus try." , He proposed to do it by "punch ing away on the business ot ac-" cess roads built into forests. Ells worth pointed out more highways meant more timber to market, more jobs and a better economy rnr tfca arpa where timber ana lumber are the prime source of in- CTh' Federal Highways Act, he said, (passed in 1953) greatly ex panded the ecess road appropri ations and authorizations. It still remains, he added, to get the Bu reau of the Budget to include the full amount (23 million dollars) In the budget. In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS c.niirv Tliilles. sDeaking in Paris to the foreign, defense and finance ministers of the North a.ii, Troatv nownrs. delivered himself of an interesting bit of philosophy. He said to them: "We must not be lulled by the surface smoothness of Soviet pol icy, nor frightened by its surface rougnness, nor provuMsu uj inci dental rough actions." Well spoken, sir. In your advice to the brass ot kaiu, you juin inhio enmnanv of able thinkers Back in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt said in a speech in Minnesota: "There is a homely adage that runs, 'Speak softly and CARRY A BIG STICK and you will go far." That is as true now as it was back in 1901. Dulles, by way of sound advice to the communists, might have added a line from John Dryden s "Absalom and Achitophela": "Beware the fury of a patient man." . , ' If you happened to have a pa- (Conlinued On Page 4 Col. 5) The Weather Mostly cloudy toniohl' and Wed nesday. Slightly cooler Wednes day. Ulnhul lun. last 14 hours 57. Low.it temp, last 24 hours ..... 30 Hightst temp, any De 70 I wxf tarnn. any Dec. Preeip. last 54 hours J Pratip. from oae. I Precip. from Sapr. 1 . -0J Deficiency from Stpt. 1 J.H Sunset tonight, 4:40 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:42 a.m. Tha legislator Intends to talk- to Budget Director Hughes as soon as possible after he arrives in Washington, D.C., Jan. 2. He also plans to follow the bill, through the appropriations com mittee. ilnlpu the government pro vides the means to get the timber to market, it (the Federal Gov ernment) 'will lose money," he (Continued on Page 2 Col. 4) Logging Accidents Hospitalize Two Logging accidents sent two Doug las County men to Community Hospital Monday. Neither was re ported, in serious condition lues day. O. B. McElfresh, 30. 740 Ivan St., Roseburg, was admitted to the. hosDital In the afternoon. At tendants said he had broken his right arm and suffered a head laceration. McElfresh told them he had put his arm up to protect his head as a sapling toppled towards him. His action, attendants said, saved him from a fractured skull. .Mc Elfresh is employed by Hanson Bros. Logging. Another Roseburg man, Theo Albert Reierson, 45, 938 N. Jack son was brought in Monday eve ning. Reierson told hospital per sonnel he had been kicked with a power saw. He had severe trau ma of the right leg, attendants said. He works for Martin Log ging Co. of Winston. Worm Spring Now Flows From Mountain Following Last Week's Severe Quake DIXIE VALLEY, Nev. B In this desolate, arid valley, where water has been found only in min ute quantities, a warm stream now spurts from the mountain fastness and races along an awe some gash in the valley floor. Deep scars slash the valley floor as if an angry giant had attempted to pull the mountains from their roots. Scientists say that either the mow capped peaks have been shoved upward a few feet or the valley itself has dropped. These are results of the violent earthquake born in this isolated spot last Thursday and felt in five Western states. "The quake was without doubt one of tne most important ever recorded in the United States." Prof. David Slemmons, University of Nevada earthquake expert said, Bv this, he said, he means in 0 : terms of ground displacement. Slemmons is among tne scien tists, who have converged on Dix ie Valley to study the effects of the quake. He flew over the area some 50 miles east of Fallon ) . . J Established 1873 22 Poges . , - - - -ROSEBURG, OREGON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1954 a? 7-54 PRICE 5c Verdict Expected InpSlieppard Case I . .II'. ..i.l... . , .-I .,1 ,. .. - . , I. ! .. ,, .III., Jurors Request Additional Time For Decision By RELMAN MORIN ' CLEVELAND I The Shepnard murder trial jury ended Tuesday morning's session still wordless, but hope persisted in the court room that this will be "V-Day" the day of the verdict. Although jurors gave no slcn again, when they appeared in the courtroom prior to being excused tor lunch, optimism continued for a decision Tuesday in the drawn-out trial, it was based mainly on the fact that in answer to Judge Bly thin's question Monday night, they requested more time to consider the complicated case. They now are in the fifth con secutive day of deliberations. Dr. Samuel H. Sheonard. the ac cused man, stands charged with first degree murder in the bludg eoning death of his wife, Marilyn, 31, last July 4.- He told the jury during the nine-week trial that he was asleep when a mysterious prowler attacked his wife. He said the killer knocked him unconscious when he ran to the bedroom Where the murder took place. bneppara, as usual, was present (Continued On Page 2 Col. 1) Ellsworth Says La f ferry's Suit Holding Up Funds Reo. Harris Ellsworth took a dim view Monday of an Oregon attorney i public plea to J?iaii dent Elsenhower to bring about an early distribution of more than 6 million dollars to 18 western Ore gon counties. The attorney la A. W. Lafferty. the attorney representing Clacka mas County. It is one of the 18 O&C counties. The S million plus is money impounded in the treasury pending settlement of a dispute over administration of the vaeu lands. "If Lafferty really wants to see the money distributed to the coun ties immediately, ne nas omy to withdraw his suit," Ellsworth said. He continued that the suit froze the funds again after the Cordon Ellsworth bill had settled the mat ter, including distribution of funds. If he is really sincere, he will just withdraw (he sun, Ellsworth repeaiea. ne saia sucn a wiin drawal would be "to the advant age of all counties, including Clack amas. Clackamas County, through Laf ferty, has challenged the Cordon Ellsworth Bill as unconstitutional. The U. S. District Court had dismissed the constitution al action earlier this month, but that action is being appealed. Monday, Lafferty urged the President by letter "t use his eood offices for expedition (of set tlement) by the attorney general and the secretaries of interior and agriculture. ' Ellsworth said he considered both the suit and appeal to the President as "headline seeking." Ellsworth was one of the auth ors of the bill which settled thi legal status of the 476,000 acres ; of disputed usrfJ land, under it, the OJcC formula for distribution of 75 per cent of funds received for timber sales from the land would go to the counties, but the Forest Service would continue to administer the land. mapping the gaping s c rr t caused by newly-opened faults. One slash extends for 26 miles. Slemmons found part of a new fault where one side is 20 feet low er than on the other side. He called this possibly one of the greatest vertical shiftings of earth ever re corded in the United States. The area is sparsely settled, and for all its fury the quake brought no casualties. Bv comparison, the San Fran- Cisco quake of 1906 caused only a tnree-ioot verucai aispiaceaieut yet killed some 700 people. The valley is about twice the size of Manhattan Island. Some ranch ers graze cattle here, but there are no settlements for miles. About six families live in the valley dur ing the summer, but at the time of the quake only a few ranchers were in the area. They were not injured. "Had the quake occurred in a populated area," Slemmons said, "I hesitate to think of the death and destruction 't would have caused." I James Hilton, Author, Dies Of Cancer LONG BEACH, Calif Wl James Hilton, British novelist and screen writer' whose books included "Goodbye. Mr. Chips" and "Lost : Horizon," died Monday night after a long illness from cancer of the liver. He was 54. Critically ill for several weeks, he succumbed in Seaside Hospital. His former wife, Alice, who had maintained a vigil lor days, was at the bedside. Hilton had lived here in Long Beach for 10 years while writing for the movies. ' He entered the hospital Nov. 21 suffering from an infection of the nature of which was not disclosed. Today his physician Dr. David Wi god said that he had bad cancer of the liver for a long time. He had been near death for sev eral days. Hilton, born Sept. 9, 1900, in Leigh, Lancashire, England, had aid 'it was Hollywood which brought him to America, although he said he couldn't find America in Hollywood. , "I live in Long Beach because it puts me closer to the feel of America," he once said. "You can t get the feel of it from Holly wood." . It was the mystical lost land of Shangri-la, a valley of beauty serenity and eternal youth, which started Hilton on years of restless wanderings between England and the United states. -.- ' ' Shangri-la was a distant, misty utooia in Hilton's most ' famous novel,' "Lost Horison." The tm beat-seller and the 1935 mavi Ver sion, which Hilton came here to help film, had made the word fa mous the world over. Hilton a search for his o wn peace and quiet brought him from England to Hollywood three times and continued through two unsuc cessful marriages. The same years produced a flow of best sellers which found an easy market in Hollywood. Cigar Store Damaged In Fight; Man Arrested I The interior of the Monarch Ci gar Store, 126 Cass St., was left a "shambles" ana a noseourg man landed in the city jail Monday night, the aftermath of a fist fight, according to Roseburg police. Fred Theodore Long, . a 1 1 a a "Pistol Pete," 48, Grand Hotel, was booked on three charges disorder ly, conduct, resisting arrest and being drunk in a public place Name of the second man wasn't obtained.' Officers said they found a show case smashed and books and mag azines scattered on the floor of the store when they investigated. Witnesses said Long had left, and police arrested him in his hotel room. On the wav to the oolice station. officers said. Long threatened them and at one time attempted to pull a knife. u j.mm.n,.mji'wm wnmm :i'Si 1 1 i AN ELECTRICAL WONDERLAND Andrew (Shorty) Bray costs a proud look ot the elec tric railroad end town displa he put up in the lobby of the Grand Hotel 206 W. Cass, Roseburg Bray worked evenings for two and one-holf months to complete the minia ture village He is maintenance superintendent of the hotel. The village is surrounded bv mountains. The troin runs through a tunnel which bores through one mountain Bray soys is an exact replica of Mr. Hood. The I ighting of the village is complete. Block sig nals have stop-go lights. Towers and semaphores shine brightly, as do the street lights and the houses. (Paul Jenkins photo) r i Must Prune 403,000 From Strength By C. YATES McDANIEL WASHINGTON W) The military services have been told to start pruning 403,000 from their present over-au sirengtn. to reacn tne z,-815,000-man level the administra tion thinks is about right for the current cold war. , In disclosing a manpower: cut back program Monday, Secretary of Defense Wilson said it will be accompanied by a 50 ' per cent slash in draft calls starting in February, when . the - announced quota of 20,000 is to be dropped to 10,000 or 11,000. Quotas have been running about 20,000 for many months. " Wilson said an improved situa tion in the Far East and "better opportunities for peace" every where entered into President Ei senhower's decision to trim the services. Only the Air Force, which will continue its gradual buildup to 975,000 men in the next 18 months, escapes the trimming. , In the same periodthat is, by June 30, 1856 the Army will drop 25 per cent of its current strength to level off at an even one million. The Navy is down for a 6 per cent cut from present strength to reach 650,000 and the Marine Corps will drop 14 per cent to 190,000. Over all strength- for all services last month was 3,218,000. mere was no immediate reac tion from members of Congress. but the decision seemed likely to stir some controversy, A number nt LMmoerais nave ' comotainea that . the nation's military might is -Already, dangerously . weaic Non-Supporting Father Penalized A 29-year-old father, appearing in circuit court Monday afternoon shortly after the grand jury re turned 34 nen-support indictments. was quickly fined $100 and sent to jail. William Turner Mays was found guilty by Judge Carl E. Wimberly of contempt of a court order for payment of support money. Having just expounded on the problem of non-supporting fathers, Judge Wimberly wasted little time in sending Mays to jail until ne de cides to support his children. The action supported a statement the judge made during the hearing: "r atnera wui nave to support, weir children or go to jail." Mays returned here from the Co quille area after a bench warrant was issued on the contempt charge. POLICE QUESTION BOY Police this morning questioned a 13-year-old boy after Mrs. Gladys Peterson, 630 S. Main St., com plained she saw him slam the fam ily car's door and walk away. No charge was filed against the youth, who denied Mrs. Peter son's allegation. t Dooms Day Called Off, Says Prophet CHICAGO Wl A prophet of doom who had predicted cata clysms would engulf the continent before midnight said Tuesday morning there will be no disaster for the day. Mrs. Dorothy Martin, who had predicted tidal waves would sweep over mnch of the land between the Arctic Circle and the Gulf of Mex ico, said that by "intervention on the part of the God of earth, disas ter has been stayed." Mrs. Martin said she and 13 of her disciples, in her home in sub urban Oak Park, "had sat for the Father's message the night through and God has spoken. . ." "Not since the beginning of time upon this earth has there been such a force of good and light as now floods this room and that which has been loosed within this room now floods the entire earth," Mrs. Martin said in a statement. Dr. Charles A.- Laughead, who lost his job on the student health staff of Michigan State College by acceptance of Mrs. Martin's proph ecy, was among the 14 at her home throuehout the night, ' Mrs. Martin said the "Father's message" had been received by "two forces." In her statement she said: "For this day it is established that there is but one God of earth and He is in thy midst and from Hii hnnA thou has written these words and mllhtv is the word of Rod. And bv His word have ye been saved, or from the mouth of itanth have ve Been delivered." , Mrs. Martin's pronhecy had realted for ' the 'destruction ot Chi- eazo. She also said the west vobsi would be submerged from Seattle to Chile. Dr. Laughead Bad saia me East Coast would be enguiteo, too. Assembly Of Cod Sets Play For Wednesday "A Gift for the Christ Child," a dramatic mesentation. will be giv en by the young people of the As sembly of God Church Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. Music will be featured, witn.ine uuis juducb Chorus sineing the anthems that are heard throughout the play. The story, which tells of the spir it of Christmas and a selfish man, is under the direction ol Mrs. ver- non L. Klemin, with members of the church taking the characters parts. A male quartet will also be featured during the evening. New Plywood Mill Will Rise In Albany Area - ALBANY, Ore. Ufl Construction of a new plywood mill, which will employ about 50 men, will get under way this week. The mill, to be located near the Southern Pacific rail line south of Albany, is to be built by the Hub Citv Plywood Corp. Elmer Dicher, president, said the mill will buy veneer and use a cold press to make plywood.' 5Tl Ill ,1 ;3 . : i Planning Group Studies Steps To Adopt Code Discussion of steps to take in obtaining a suitable building code and inspector for the county look up much of the time at a meeting Monday night of the Douglas Coun ty Planning Commission. Reporting - to other members of the commission on a recent trip to Wasco, Multnomah and Lane coun ties were T. Claude Baker, senior county sanitarian, and Robert Franks, commission secretary. The two men made their trip to study what other counties , have done in setting up a building in spector's office and hiring an in spector. , Commission Chairman John Fett said the commission also discussed the possibility of purchasing a small camera. It would be used in obtaining slides to use in pre senting talks,- in showing existing good and bad conditions, and in obtaining a historical record. Ob taining loreign films on planning, to be shown to interested persons, is being investigated by J. Has ten Bell of Portland, planning con sultant hired by the county. After the meeting in the county court rooms, the group went to the planning office in the courl- ( Continued on Page 2 Col 8) Woman Struck By Car; Other Accidents rrold ; i Rosebiiii poiico' ifonday -invest!- band said Ihf car ailed to stop r. ti.lrl n frtl't-H J n Hhirh woman pedestrian was i struck down bv a car whose driver left the scene after helping the woman to her feet. The woman is Mrs. Irvm Bridg- es, 1070 W. Third St. The accident occurred at Douglas and Kane streets Monday evening. Her hus band said the car failed to atop for Mis.' Bridges, who was in the pedestrian lane. Officers said they didn't learn extent of her injuries. Glenn John Byers, 59, of 1113 Corey Ave., was cited for violation of basic rule after his car collided with a parked sedan on Military Street just west of Madrone Street Monday atternoon. Byers, driving east on Military, related that another car passed him, forcing him to the curb. He said he didn't see the parked car. belonmng to Larry llzgcrald, 74J S. Stephens St. The Fitzgerald car was bumped neany u leei uy me impact. Damage to ine cars ag gregated $550, police estimated. An unidentified car swung into dead-end Chadwick Street Monday night. When the driver attempted lo turn arounu, nis car mnasiieu the rear of a parked car owned by Gordon Leon Singleton,- "S, of 204 s. cnaowicK. Neighbors said they glimpsed the offending car, which drove off without the driver leaving . his name. Damage to the Singleton car was about $100, olficera said. Myrtle Creek Logger Hurt In Woods Monday Royal Buell, 24, Myrtle Creek, was injured Monday while working for Ul'CO logging CO. Sho, i officials aid the accident, ,...;j ht th- son road at the West Fork loggin op-! "lh. of KcUey's Korner Monday sralinns morning. Buell a choker seller was! Mrs. Herman Amorde, 47, was inirk on the back of the head I suffering mostly from shock, ac bv a fa'lhng sanling He was rush I cording to hospital personnel. i .X the Mvrtl Creek HoiDital ' A relative said Mr- An,oruc wa by the hSemia? ambulance; giving to work in Roseburg about where he was and bruises. Hospital spokesmen ..,H tnHov that he was not hadlv hurt butaw.shahelde aT t'J ?ho?pftS overnight for observation, report. Ruth M. Evans, correspondent. Fine Imposed On Youth For Possessing Liquor One of three Powers youlhs, ar - rested by state police Sunday night on charges of being minors in possession of intoxicating liquor, was fined S25 and court costs Mon - day by District Judge Warren A. Woodruff. He is Waller Calvin Jones, 19- Two other boys, 17 and 14 years old, were remanded to juvenile court. The trio was arresled at Winslon near the Coos Bay high way junction. ON PAROLE BOARD SAtEM Ifl Charles W. lluggins, Salem, was reappointed by Gov. Paul Patterson Tuesday to the State Parole Board. B. A. McPhillips, MrMinnvitle, was reappointed to tha State. Sani tary Authority. Children Aid Abuse is Kit By Probers Besides 34 secret non-support in dictments, the Douglas County Grand Jury Monday presented a written statement in circuit court criticizing the current problem caused by parents who fajl to provide for their children. Noting that support money ia the county in 1954 under the wel fare commission's aid-to-depend-ent-childrcn program will be about $200,000, Ihe jurors said the entire program is being endangered and that something should . be dona . about it. It was determined through in vestigation of some cases that funds expressly granted for cer tain children are not being used -for their benefit exclusively, but instead are being appropriated bv people wjto are capable and should be caring for themselves. "To permit this situation to con timie is to allow a fraud to be perpetrated upon the taxpayers of Oregon," the grand jury reported. Although expressing satisfaction with the work being done by the welfare commission, the jury said it is necessary that steps be taken to cut some of the cost of support ing children. The jurors recommended that recipients of aid money be impres sed with the fact assistance "n an emergency matter and is not to be considered as a continuing prop osition or as a matter of 'right'." The jury also stated: "In inves tigating a case to determine wheth er or- not a need exists for aid (Continued On Page 2 Col. 5) Continued Oil Drilling Up To Stockholders; Meet Wednesday Night The future of immediate con- , tinued drilling for oil in Douglas . County 'seems to rest with Com munity Gas and Oil Co. and Oil Developers Inc., shareholders meeting Wednesday evening in ' Roseburg. iney wilt gainer at American Legion Hall, 136 N. Jackson, to tormuiate plans tor ruiure actions, according to David Busenbark. Busenbark it president of Com munity Gas and Oil Inc. The uregon Corporation Com mission recently approved sale ot more oil well stock to the sum ot another $100,000. , .. . Drilling operations' In fIros halted abruptly Dec. 15 when Ml ten nn inlo Java its depth of nearly 3,700 feel., I Busenbark says the drilling riif lot Santa Maria drillers is still in I Melrose. This dispels a current rumor me rig naa Deen taken uac-K to uaaiornia. ine rig win remain here until Jan. 6, Busen bark added. If shareholders decide- lo make another try for oil, it will slay. Should shareholders decide to make another stab for oil, another hole will be drilled, Busenbark said.-Its location has not been selected, he added, but it would be placed within a few miles of the current hole. - - - Information On Theft Here Flashed Over State A Roseburg police warning to other law enforcement agencies throughout the state was flashed over the state's teletype system after a burglary netted a checks protector and nearly 150 blank checks here. ' The burglary occurred Monday morning at Wolbcrt Welding & Ma chine Works, '129 Second Ave. S. Cliff Wolbert. owner of the es tablishment, told officers that his son discovered the crime ac :au a.m. when he came to work. The property was still in the building Sunday afternoon, Wolbert said. Entry to the building was made through a rear window it a corner of the building on Fowler Street. Mrs. Herman Amorde Injured In Car Accident A Winston woman was report ed in Hood condition ai Mercy Hospital TuesdJy after her car. rolled over on its side in a ditch curred. Mrs. Amorde said she took i 10 ,ne rl"1 "anu ,u,u ' colliding will, a car which , had "'y Pllca lnl thl! llne ot tratflc- Quick Results Reported I From TV Set Sales Ad One woman can attest to the ef fects of a News-Review want ad. j she advertised for sale a 21-inch television set for $125. The ad ran , tor two days. During that time, i she received 49 telephone calls, : three of which were long distance i cai,. I Needless to say, the set was sold in,m.rti.t.i. immediately. Levity Foe! Rent By L. t. Rclzenstein Ergo, socialized medicine It coming, and consumption of applet to "keep the doctor away" will probably concur rently decline. 1
