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If, of. 0, library &ugenev uregon Comp nation mi mi On-The-Spct Investigation ToBeltl 7 sso ' 1 : ; ,' ; . , ; LZZ! x A 4J i , -, , . ; ; .- ti ,i irwjf ' ' . -J 1,1 II I IT V , """WW,, DEDICATION CEREMONIES for the new Apostolic Faith Church will take place Sunday at 3 p.m. when members gather at the newly completed building. Members of Port land congregation and the Rev. Robert Crawford, general overseer, will be present for services. (Photo By Photo Lab). Apostolic Faith Church To Bev Dedicated Sunday Apstolic Faith s members will dedicate their new church Sun day afternoon at 3, with the Rev. Robert Crawford, general over seer of the Portland headquarters in charge of the service. With the Rev. Mr. Crawford will be the Rev. C. W. Frost of Med ford, and a group of gospel work ers from Portland. The new church, located just off Highway 99, near the Clpverdale district, is 30 by 70 feet, with lam inated arches which form a ca thedral ceiling. Gothic style win dows are of amber glass. The building is topped by a stained redwood steeple which ha.s a light ed base. Over the front entrance is a circular window bearing the church emblem, a cross and a Th'ffdfoT.:;'co,n6ainsr''" ;i'''finTl basement, a mam floor auditorium Vote Held Likely On Governor's Taxation Plan By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. j SALEM MP) Possibility that the Oregon, Legislature's tax pro gram would be referred to the peo ple at a special election next spring loomed large Thursday, after pre siding: officers of both bouses took a dim view of Gov. Paul Patter , son's tax recommendations. 1 Senate President Elmo Smith and House Speaker Edward A. Geary -latly oiosed .- lie -"over-nor's plan to raise $30,000,000 in the next biennium by removing the federal tax deduction in figuring state income taxes. They also said they fear the effect of levying a state property tax to raise another $30,000,000. Smith and Geary added that they didn't know if these or different proposals would be passed by the Legislature. But they agreed it is likely that whatever taxes the Legislature votes will be referred to the people at a special election to be held soon after the Legislature ad journs. If the people then reject new taxes, the Legislature would come .' (Continued on Page 2 Co) 8) Noel Field To Forsake U. S. To Stay In Hungary WASHINGTON 1 Noel Field has notified the State Department he and his wife have decided 'o forsake the United Stales and re ' main in Communist Hungary, which imprisoned them for live years. .. . Field's deoision, not unexpected by the State Department, was re layed in an handwritten letter re ceived two days ago at Budapest hv U.S. Minister Christian M. Ravndal. The letter was disclosed! by Department Press Officer Hen ry Suydam. But officials fully expect Noel's brother Hermann to come home azain. Hermann, 44, was freed by Communist Poland late in October. WOMAN JAILED Jean Fifer, 20, was jailed Wed nesday night by Roseburg police when Mary Doland complained of d'sorderly conduct on the part of Mrs. Fifer. The suspect was to be arraigned in Municipal Court today. The Weather Considerable cloudiness and a fw thowirt today and tonight. Friday partly cloudy. Cooler. High, it temp, last 24 hours . SI Lowest temp, last 24 hours 35 Highest temp, any Jan. 71 Lowest tamp, any Jan. .- ... -4 Preeip. last 24 hour! .14 Prtcip. from Jan. 1 ... 1.23 Prtcip. from Sept. 1 10.12 Deficiency from Sept. 1 4:5 Sunset tonight, S p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:43 a.m. i ... which seats 175 persons, a moth ers' room and rest rooms. Indirect lighting is used throughout. In the basement are the Sunday School rooms, a pray er room, minister's study aud music room. Plans include an or gan chamber and space for a bap tistry which may be installed lat er. Melvin Frost, who designed the building, was superintendent of the work; At Hillier was foreman. All work was done by local members of the church, assisted by mem bers of the-Apostolic Faith con gregations of Portland, Medford, Grants Pass and Eureka, all of whom volunteered their time and effort! to the project. ; The Rev. A. M. Rhoads, local pastor, -stales dedication ceremon ies' wfff 'include a Vesper, concert trio (Slyvia Hiatt violin;' Arth ur Hiatt, cello; and Edna Craw ford, piano) and Agnes Ekelund, soprano soloist. Mrs. Hiatt, . enn tralto; Hiatt, tenor, and Mr. Crawford, bass,-, join . with Mrs. Ekelund to form the Lower Light Quartet, singing bid gospel hymni and spirituals. . , , The Rev. Mr. Rhoads says spe cial meetings will continue, with an evangelistic service :Sunday evening at 8 and week nights, Tuesday through Friday at 8 p.m. The Rev.. Mr. Frost, who hat been in Roseburg often during the construction of the building, says workers, musicians and singers from Medford and Grants Pass churches will also assist in the spe cial meetings. Child Dies In Hospital After Severing ; Finger; PORTLAND Ufl A 4-year-old boy died in a Portland hospital Wednesday night several hours aft er severing a finger while playing with a hatchet. The cause of death was not de termined at once. The boy was John G.' Greer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Greer of nearby Oswego. Woman Released From Child Steajing Charge A Roseburg woman,. Versa Vir ginia Hamilton, has been released from custody and her- 2-year-old child is back in a foster home here, according to Mrs. Lois Bak er, administrator of the Douglas County Public Welfare Commis sion.' V, .' ' " Mrs. Hamilton was apprehend ed at McMinnville a few days ago and charged with i child stealing. It was alleged she took the child, which has been made a ward of the juvenile court, from its foster home and fled. . BLM Schedules Small Salvage Timber Sale The Bureau of Land Manage ment office in Roseburg has schedr uled a small sale of' O k C salvage timber Jan. 19 at 9 a.m. in the BLM office at 132 Jackson St. The timber, on two tracts, in cludes 234,000 board feet, apprais ed at S3.031.05. Douglas fir on one tract containing 19.000 board feet is appraised at $15.35 per thou, sand. On the other tmct, contain ing 173,000 board feet of Douglas fir, the fir is appraised at $14.90. Legion Sponsoring Class For Hospital Volunteers The American Legion Post and Auxiliary will hold their annual orientation and indoctrination school for all volunteer hospital workers Monday al the Veteran! Hospital in Roseburg. The meet ing will be held in the music room of the recreation building at 7:30 p.m. It is for members and any one interested in becoming I vol unteer worker for the American Legion. 0 I Established 1873 Pay Increase Also Sought For Services WASHINGTON Wt President Eisenhower Thursday asked Con gress to extend the draft law -four years, grant pay increases to "ca reer" servicemen and create a powerful military reserve to deal witn any "aggressor so criminally unwise as to attempt an atomic attack." -. i , The President set out the admin istration's military manpower pro gram in two special messages to the lawmakers, saving the meas ures he proposed would give this country the "proper military pos ture" for the first time in peace time. On pay, he proposed increases only for men willing to serve long er than a minimum time, saying it is necessary to maintain "the ex perienced hard core of a modern fighting force." Calling for a "selective" rise, Eisenhower said there should be no increase for officers in the first three years of their service 'and none in the first two years for en listed men. This would mean no pay raise for two-year draftees or for young reserve omcers- putting in only their 'obligated time. The President said the aggre gate increase he proposed would (Continued on Page 2 Col. 5) Riddle Jail Riddled By Imprisoned Pair Two Ridlle men still antra in jail ,today,j. . but -in- Myrtle ereekr aner ..rearing up tne Biame 3au Tuesday night after they had been arrested on charges of drunken ness. It took a shot of tear gas to sub due Earl Chandler and Kenneth W. Wilson after they had (1) Torn out plumbing; (2) shredded three mattressei and (3) started to beat out the concrete from around their jail cell, Riddle officers told Mrs. Erma Best, News-Review corres pondent. The pair was arrested by Leon Wilburn, special officer, Tuesday night. Wilburn had to call in Of ficer Keneth Hunt during the fra cas, and Hunt tossed tear gas into the cell to quiet the prisoners. They were removed to the coun ty jail in Roseburg, then returned Wednesday to Riddle Municipal Court. Judge Ruth Gelling penal ized them on each of three counts disorderly conduct, being drunk on a public street and malicious destruction of property when they pleaded guilty. Chandler and Wilson each were fined $120, given 40-day suspended jail sentences and ordered to pay $200 apiece for damage to the jail. They are in the Myrtle Creek jail in lieu of payment of fines. Philosophy Of Lifelong Adventurer Told To Knife And Fork Clubbers - By LAURA OLSON Staff Writer, Ntw-Rtviw The 'Individual armed wiUi' a smile, humility, imagination and personality is the real adventurer in the world today, according to Sydney R. Montague. Montague was guest speaker be fore 225 Umpqua Valley Knife and Fork Club members Wednesday evening. The former member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Po lice force entertained his attentive audience for 75 minutes with his philosophy of lifelong adventure. ' Interspersing his perinent re marks concerning the world to day and its inhabitants with rib tickling asides, the author-lecturer termed adventure "the art of liv ing, . .and living this very mo ment." His definition of the true ad venturer was based on the four major "weapons" used by the mountiet. Weakest of all weapons, he said, was the gun. The adventure of living "isn't killing or being killed," he con tinued. Montague said he was not "anti" anything. "I would much rather plant good seeds than dig out weeds. We have experts doing it today (digging the weeds)," he added. His dofinitlon of the great secret of life and success centered around the maUer at expresiu:i. "If you want to be a success in any field, don't be afraid to make an error," he continued. "If you make an error, you've tried." Security, he believed, was of the heart, not of things. "What a man gives away is his forever," he con- (Continued on Page 1 Col. 4) ROSEBURG Vest Pocket War In Formosa Area Said Quickening By SPENCER MOOSA TAIPEH, Formosa ' W) The vest pocket war quickened Thurs day with new Nationalist bombing raids on Red islands, dog fights north of Formosa and a reported sea battle between guerrillas and Communist junks. There also were rumors from Chinese correspondents that 17. S. destroyers which guard Formosa from invasion had been sucked into the conflict but these were officially jdiscounted. The Air Force said four-engine bombers touched off big fires in raids on Itenao and Toumcn Is lands, 15 and 13 miles, respective ly, north of the invasion-threat ened Tachens, 200 miles north of Formosa. , Later in the : dnvi Nationalist propeller places irt undisclosed number engaged in a brief aerial sKirmnsn with Red fighter-bombers northeast of the Tachens. No dam age was reported on either aide. The defense ministry said sea borne Nationalist guerrillas before dawn engaged a convoy of Com munist supply Junks near the Tae chens and captured 12 enemy craft and 114 crewmen after fierce fighting. . Reports published aboard that 'a U.S. destroyer -fired on Chinese Communist planes Tuesday 80 miles south of the Tachens were discounted hv Cant. Albert Kil- 'martin, U. S. embassy naval at- lacne. - , . Riddle Boy Charged . With Slashing Tires - Siddle- bpy,'xpefled- ff-o-m high school, attempted to walk into a basketball game at Riddle Tuesday night, and when he wai barred from the gymnasium, school officials said he. slashed the tires on the car of Don Brown, vice principal. The boy was caught red-handed by Kenneth Si.ua vt, superintendent of schools, Stuart said. The youth has been turned over to the coun ty juvenile officers for action, ac cording to Mrs. Erma Best, News Review correspondent. STORY IS PUBLISHED Mrs. Marvin (Jo Ellen) Bar ton, Sutherlin, is the author of a story appearing in the March is sue of "Fifteen Love btories. Mrs. Barton is a former Roseburg resident. The name of her story is "Kiss Me, Darling." THEFT REPORTED A thief Wednesday morning re moved a transom in the Roseburg Hotel, crawled into S. H. Salmeia's room and stole a watch, Salmeia complained to Roseburg police. The theft apparently occurred at about 9 a.m., officers said. 24 Paget r , , . ' 4 1 3 INTERNATIONALLY-KNOWN lecturer Sydney R. Montague coma to Roseburg Wed nesdoy. Montague (second from right) charmed members of the Umpqua Valley Knife and Fork Club with his astute observations on adventure ond adventurers. Among those charmed by. the humorist-philospher were from, left: Ralph Church,, Harold Schmeer and Harold Augustus. (Paul Jenkins Photo). i i -5 " OREGON THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1955 Defendants Held School Board Not Liable In Damage Action By MERLE P, PUCH -Staff Writer, News-Review - A 2V4-day trial came to an a'bruot and dramatic end in Douglas Coun ty Circuit Court Wednesday aft ernoon wnen a jury ot eight wom jen and four men returned a ver- uti-i uicr icsa uiau ou minutes oi deliberation. . The verdict. in the big damage aciion was unanimously in favor of the defendants. . The plaintiff. Wallace B. Saure- eon of Drain, sought $50,000 gen eral and $1,957.50 special damages tor injuries received in a fatal accident. The mishap occurred about five miles west of Reeds- port on Highway 38 on Oct. 3, 1952. Named defendants were a truck driver, Ray Roth, and the buck owner, Daniel D. , Santry, both of Olympia, Wash. . Spurgeon was a passenger in a car which collided with a truck and trailer driven by Roth. The car turned upside down and burn ed, and another passenger, -Stan ley W. Wallace, was killed. The case hinged on the Question of whether Roth was responsible for the accident. Defense attorney Robert G. ' Davis contended tht driver of the car, Chester E. Mill er, was negligent, that the truck trailer did not cross the center (Continued On Page 2 Col. 1) 'Diaper Derjby' Ends Successfully; Pilot - Arrives With Baby , By BOB MCHUCH PATOXENT, Md. I - The Na vy welcomed home Thursday its "diaper derby" fighter pilot and succumbed to the charms of his newly adopted Greek daughter. , . Lt. Norman K. (Moose) Donahoe and 17-month-old Roni Marie, ar rived at this Southern Maryland naval air station about 9 a. in. after a five-day hitchhiking flight from Athens. Moose had the little girl all dolled up in yellow dress, yellow hat and yellow coat as a Navy transport landed him back on home soil. The baby's big brown eyes sparkled. She's a cutie, 1 "She was a perfect little doll all the way," said the lix-foot Tex an, a decorated veteran of the fighting in Korea. "She slep through landings and takeoffs." he said. . ; Donahoe and Roni Marie arrived here well fixed for diapers, which had been his main concern as he sweated out'' weather delays and missed connections on the flight home from Athena. , , a. LA . f- Accepts Resignations Of Both Cummings By' GEORGE CASTILLO ' City E.ditor, Ntwi-Rtvitw Nobody envied the three-man Oakland school board Wednesday night as it listened to a cross-section of public opinion for U4 hours before announcing a decision. Finally, at about 9:30, Board Chairman Leo Sparks got to his feet to report: "The board has de cided to accept both resignations." The resignations were those of Oakland School Sunt. James Cum mings and Principal J. Clvde Akey, principal of the Lincoln and Washington elementary schools m Oakland. , i By accepting both resignations. the board created a problem of finding two new men but cleared up wh;t it apparently viewed as dissension in the administrative ranks. .. .-. The decision was one of two the board had. It could also have kept one man and accepted the resignation of the other. A third, possibility was blocked when Supt. Cummings said both men could not stay. The board had. asked oom io remain. The meeting drew out probably one of the biggest crowds in the school board's history. An estimat ed 200 people seated themselves in tne Oakland High school 'to near what facts were made available and to make a host of comments. Both Akey and Cummings . were present.- t f i ' . The knotty, -dillenvma . apparent ly arose when . Sunt. Cummings recently asked for the resignation of Principal Akey. - : , No reasons were aired at the meetinf for the reauest for the resignation. Cummings said mere ly. "I refuse to discus! it nub- lioly." He said-it was up to board members U they wanted to. say anything about it. They didn't. , Desmite many inauirie! from the audiencej the nearest to definite uwer - wai i made by poara (Continued On Pag 2 Col. 7) Adequate Sites For Schools Still Plague Disr. 4 Board The continuing problem of adequate sites for schools sparked, a discussion ' during a meeting of the District 4 board before members of the Rose Parent-Teacher Assn. at Rose School Wednesday night. k , The 'discussion came in connec tion with consideration of a pro posed site near the Newton Creek Homes development north of. Rose burg. . The board deferred action on v i y 4 3 ft. , il , PRICE 5c At Oakland And Akey ., JAMES CUMMINGS . . .resignation accepted whether to 'take an option on 'a 9',j-acre lite about V mile south of Newton. Creek Homes between Kerr Street and where Vine Street would be if it were extended. Supt. M. C. Deller said owner 3. E. Cooper wants $12,600 for the property. If the district is interest ed in it, Cooper will give an op tion to July 15 for $175. No action was taken until board members have a chance to -study the site. Members Harold Hoyfc and Arthur Lamka said overall plans should be reviewed with consideration of the new Hucrest school approved Tuesday, Curing discussion, members ot the audience participated in a gen eral discussion of school sites jin other areas of the district. Board Member Wayne Crooch pointed out that sites are rapidly being used (Continued on Page 2 Col. 2) . Training Course Planned For School Custodians A training school for all school custodians and maintenance peo ple in Douglas Coumy is -ii lor Roseburg Saturday, according to Guy Davis, superintendent of Hie plant in the Roseburg School Dis trict. The school is to start at 10 a.m. and, last through noon at Central Junior High School. C. J. Danmy er, Lebanon, will assist in tiie classes. .Uiout 60 will attend, Dav is estimated. Danmyer also will be speaker al a noon potluck luncneon. Wives anil 'iHuiriK i' i ' :i' maintenance people and all school principals and administrator! have been invited to the luncheon. DEPUTY ON TRIP Douglas County Dep. Sheriff, Louis Suiter left Roseburg Wad nesday for California to pick.-(i three men charged with nnvsi: port, according to bnerrlf naird. lie will return nor Jerry Ross Clark and Allen bom now in loi v Troy Queen, now Smith and Queen wcr the grand jury and bench warrants were their arrest. There hi court warrant out on CI 10-55 f r.:-. 'ill !t( V, rV. , r I it J., CLYDE AKEY ' 4, . . needs new job 4. . Costa Ricans Report One Of Rebel Leaders Has Been Captured SAN JOSE, Costa Rica 11 A five-nation commsion arrived in a U.S. Air Force plane from Pan ama Thursday to conduct an on-the-spot investigation of spreading warfare in Costa Rica, A short time later the army command announced the capture of . Carlos Lara Hlne and said he was one of the "rebel leaders" who started the uprising at Villa Quesada that set off the warfare on Tuesday. .. . , The announcement said he wai captured uninjured in fierce fight ing Wednesday at Rio Peje, a town near Villa Quesada, The announce- . ment gave no details on Lara's background. It added that. large supplies of ammunition, including seven Browning machineguns and many Mauser rifles, were seized from retreating rebel forces. . . , The announcement said the reb els abandoned one of their dead at Rio Peje. In addition to Lara, "many"i other rebels were cap tured, ; Including two seriously wounded. - , -A nervous airport guard gave a trigger happy welcome to a U.S. Air Force transport plane that ar rived in advance of the commis sion , from the - Organization ot American States. Arrival of the - commission in another U.S. Air Force plane from ' Panama a short time later was without incident. Bui a single shot ' (Continued on Page 2 Col. 2) Cobs And Douglas Welfare Depts. Hold Joint Meet Members of the Coos and Doug las County Public Welfare Depl. held, a joint session in Roseburg . Ibis-week to discuss staff develop ment.- . Meeting with the group Tues day were three mem oers of the Uregon stale Dept. of Public Wel fare from Portland. Representing me state Division were: miss felu abeth . Goddard, of the ; staff de velopment division; Miss Barbara Settenii child -v.-euuiB consultant;, . and iMiss Marguerite, , Thomasoa,.. fiekrrepreaentative. ' Miss' dettein remained in. Rose-' burg through Thursday for furth er consultation, according to Mrs. Lois Baker, administrator of the Douglas County Welfare Dept. ; Representatives from Coo a. County were: .A. M. Hillstrom. administrator; Mrs. Helen Brown, superintendent.; and Miss June Whitke of the clerical department. Douglas County representatives were Mrs. Baker, Miss Helen Falbe, supervisor of case work; and Airs. La Vei n Gunderson and Mrs. Pat Anderson, of the clerical department Latest Fighter Equipment Report, Due For Lions Lion Club member! will hear ' first hand reports on flying con ditions and latent fighter equip mem in uie Korean and Alaskan skies tonight when jet pilots Capt. oen r iriuan anu bt. Bin weicn ap pear at the 6:30 dinner meeting at the Umpqua Hotel. capt, r itman distinguished Him self in the Korean theater of oper ations, where he piloted an FM. He made the first kill in an F94 in January, 1953. Lt. Welch was stationed in Alaska, flying as a radar observer. Both men are now attached to the 4770th Ground Ob server Corps Squadron, and are appearing here in conjunction withithe Ground Observer Corps program. Increased State Taxes On Pari-Mutuels Asked SALEM UPl Increased stale taxes on pari-n.utuel betting will be proposed by Hep. mcnara b. Groener, Milwaukie, he announced Thursday. The average tax in Oregon is 4.9 per cent, he said, and he would raise this to' 6 per cent. Oregon'! tax li 3 per cent oi tne first S66.0U0 of the daily pari- mutuel handle, 4 per cent up toy $133,000, 5 per cent up to $200,001 and 6 per cent over S200,ooo. Groener said the average 5.1 per cent in WashingtonJ California, and S.5 in Ho tig Hammarskjold In Reno; Keei RENO un -f Dag Hammartfi day from American ; and stay plane re The; tion for la vt f I t W 'a jut. ft J fit iW " -3f . 7 - -:W '' ' . Al' ' W ... Pi :. nier v : -v. . ..' . irsV. -1 " I': f
