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Newspaper Page TextU. of o. Library Eugene. Ore eon i - Com V rvn Kl rxn ui Offer Hints MB mots mnm rr I m i f' I .V "1 J' II . WARDEN MEETS THE PRESS BOSTON Warden John 'J. O'Brien clutches at his collar as he answers questions from newsmen in front of Massachusetts State's Prison while four armed convicts held five guards as hostages in side., (The long-iterm desperadoesthwarted in a breakout attempt, threaten to kill guards if action is taken against them. (AP Wirephoto). .. Committee Of 7 :-;':.'.... ...... ; , Visits Prisoners BOSTON un A committee which hat bttn negotiating with four rtbtl convicts ' at Mum chusetts Stat Priion told clut ter of ntwim.n Friday tha r balllon "i over." ; BOSTON iffl A seven man committee including two editors, prison officials and the president of the Boston Bar Assn., conferred early Friday with the four rebel convicts at Massachusetts State Prison, in efforts to end a four-day stalemate. : One committee member said the group had met with the rebellious quartet in efforts to obtain release of five hostage guards and six other inmates held in a cell block at the old prison since early Tues day. - -'I.-.. The committee planned another Judge Hill To Get Tough On Juvenile 'Gangsters' ;.V ' By MERLE F. PUGH Staff Writer, News-Review ' ' Speaking out against creeping- "gangsterism" among juv eniles, County- Judge Carl C. Hill has intoned stricter hand ling of youngsters habitually afoul of the law. ; The county's No. 1 executive officer, who also presides over the juvenile court, warned that 'parents of the county must realize the danger of "gangs." Juvenile Officer Ag- Virginia Man Fined For Drunken Driving John Glen McGrady, 41, Roan oke, Va was fined $100 and given a 10-day jail term after he was found guilty Thursday by District Judge Warren A.' Woodruff. , McGrady was charged with driv ing while under the influence of liquor after his arrest Wednesday by state -police. He pleaded inno cent at arraignment earlier Thurs day. '.; In The Day's News J. By FRANK JENKINS What of the shooling in 'the is lets that dot the East China Sea between Formosa and the red China coast? Will it drag us into war? i On that point (which is terribly important to us) let's quote the top rhilitary authority in the world President Eisenhower. Ike tells his press "onference that he doesn't know of ANY military authority who considers either Yikiangshan (pronounced E-kyong-shan) or Tachen (pro nouncedT Dah-jen) islands as ES SENTIAL TO FORMOSA. (It's FORMOSA around which we have drawn the line and dared the reds to cross it.) That is to say: If these little islands aren't es sential to the defense of Formosa (Continued on Page 4. Col. 3) The Weather 'Mostly cloudy today, becoming partly ctoudy toniqht and Satur day, A little rain today. Highest tamp, last 24 hours ..... 45 Lowest tamp, last 24 hours .. ... II Highest tamp, any Jan. . 71 Lawest tamp, any Jan, 4 Pracip. last 24 hours .25 Pracip. from Jan. 1 2.76 Pracip, from Sept. 1 12.37 Deficiency from Sept. 1 4.21 Sunset tonight, 5:10 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:31 a.m. (I) " meeting at the prison later in the day. ' Earlier four grim prison officials went into the prison from the war den's office for a two-hour stay but declined to give any details of the trip. The officials were Warden John J. O'Brien; E. Lawrence Spurr, state commissioner of correction; Otis M. Whitney, state police head; and State Police Capt. John Mitch ell. Escorted by an armed guard, they emerged from the prison at 5:15 a.m. and entered the ward en's office, refusing comment. At one point O'Brien left the of fice for a few minutes and re turned. He told reporters,- "there is no change in the situation." He also said there is no truth to a report he had heard that one of the five hostage guards held by the convicts had been killed or hurt. nes Pitchford agrees. The officers noted that there, are usually two or more children in volved in acts of vandalism. Some times regular gangs ara formed, with codes of ; conduct ' adopted alon? with a sullen attitude to ward law enforcement officers and others who try to straighten them out. Often the age-old practice of "above all don't squeal on your buddy" is the most important part of 'the code. And just as often, such an attitude trips up. the youngsters and gets them into deeper trouble. - ; Judge Hill urges parents to take stock of -what their children are doing and the companions they keep. Much of trouble lies with parental attitudes-and lack of guidance at home, the judge be lieves. - . Tlx need of increased attention to the problem was pinpointed Thursday when, a group of five Myrtle Creek youths, 13 .to 17 years old, went before the judge. Most of them had prior records of (Continued On Page 2 Col. 1) Mrs. C. E. Roberts Ends 24 Years Service To City January 1 concluded 24 years of service by one woman to the Rose burg Public Library. ? She is Mrs. C. E. Roberts, whose term expired at the beginning of the year. She retired just short of seeing her dream of a county library fulfilled. Mrs. Roberts, who lives at 435 Fowler, was appointed to the li brary board in 1930. by then-Mayor J. E. McClintock, in what proved to be the beginning of years of balancing budgets, guid ing the library program and coun seling incoming board members. She became secretary-treasurer in 1932, and has 'continued in that capacity since that time. She laughingly recalls the exper iences attached to trying to pur chase books, pay insurance and other fees on the 12500 then allot ted by the city. In contrast, last year's budget was handled on $18,- 000. At that time, the board's dut- (Continued on Page 1 Col. S) Established 1873 16 Yikiangshan Defenders Give Up Struggle By SPENCER MOOSA TAIPEH, Formosa I The Chinese Nationalists, fearful of new Red invasion moves after the fall of Yikiangshan, attacked ship ping along the China coast with waves of planes Friday, claiming at least 21 small craft sunk,' anoth er possibly sunk and more than 12 damaged. Report by Nationalist air force headquarters of the new blows came after the defense ministry conceded that all resistance by 720 Nationalist guerrillas on Yikiang shan had been wiped out. ' This opened the way for the Reds to possibly strike at the near by Tadiens 200 miles north of For mosa. : Air force headquarters said fighters and bombers Friday: Destroyed more than 20 of 80 motorized junks near Wenchow Bay southwest of the Tachens, and set fire to three others. Sank a 250-ton supply ship oft Pinstan Island southeast of Foo chow. Damaged three 250-ton gunboats, one of which possibly sank, near Nanjih Island in Formosa Strait, and heavilv damaged eight mo torized junks. The defense ministry said Na tionalist defenders of Yikiangshan fought until the last man died. Sewer Project . To Be Discussed The proposed Winston sewei project will be discussed at a pub lic meeting to be held Monday at i:w p.m. at toe Winston commun ity Mall. . . The contemplated moieet has been under study by members of the corvains turn oi Cornell, Mow land, Hayes and Merryfield, re ports News-Review Correspondent Mrs. Ted Peterson. Archie Rice, consultant engineer for the firm will be present to speak to resi dents. Winston City Recorder Raymond Harrison said the Corvallis firm members have been studying the financing, construction costs and possible locations for the proposed sewer disposal plant at the request of city council. Voters in Winston have not yet expressed opinion on the proposal at a city election. The city is pres ently on the Winston-Dillard Water District system but lost the right to take part in active management when it incorporated. Additional Rain Forecast For Western Oregon More rain is forecast for western Oregon through the middle of next week. The U.S. Weather Bureau, in Its five-day outlook, said today that recurring rains will fall in the west ern part of the state through next Wednsday, with totals in the in terior ranging between one and VA inches. On the coast, between one and two inches will fall. Temperatures wijl average near forties and nighttime lows in the thirties. Portland State College Measure Passes Senate SALEM . I The Oregon Sen ate voted 24 to 2 Friday to make Portland State College indenend- ent, with authority to grant de grees. The bill goes to the House. MRS. C. I. ROBERTS . retired Itaionaliste ip f U, 4 MK V-rV -I ft, . f t r .j K' ' PAGES March 1 Target Date To Finish Dist. 4 Budget March 1 has been set up as a "target date" for final prepara tion of District 4 1955-56 school budget. .'..'. -. Budget board members meeting Thursday evening for the first time said they hoped' to have the proposed budget completed " by then. They also took time to elect a chairman and secretary of the board. . . Ray Doerner, Melrose, will chairman board meetings. War ren Engdahl, Roseburg, was nam ed secretary. The first meeting was primarily of organizational nature, Engdahl said. Members took a look at mat ters to be included in the forth coming budget. District 4 Supt. M. C. Deller, on hand to answer any Questions the board miht have, said Assessor Morris Bow ker noted the assessed valuation of District 4 ($23,297,793) would re main about the same. There were no visitors present at the budget meeting. Sec. Eng dahl said Friday he hoped, peo ple would attend the meetings. When the budget board meets next Wednesday, it will go into specifics. Slated for discussion are three parts of the budget: general control (administration), instruc tion and operation of the plant. - The board also set up the fol lowing meeting dates: Feb. 2, 8 ana 15. Schools Fund Raising Methods Kept Secret : A blanket of secrecy hangi.over both Douglas High ; School- .at Brockway and Roseburg High School as both schools ready for the big March of Dimes Drive next week. Both schools, which gained widespread attention last year for the March of Dimes receipts, will be vieing for the "Del McKay tro phy to be awarded the school with the biggest per capita returns dur ing the week. Both schools will start their nost fund-raising activities this week end, McKay said. Meanwhile, the plans for. activ ities to be used for raising money have been shrouded in secrecy. McKay said even Roseburg Prin cipal Harry Jacoby has been sworn to secrecy on plans among classes at the high school. Classes are competing against each other for honors within schools. Myrtle Creek Committee Asks Teacher Pay Raise The welfare committee of the Classroom Teachers at Myrtle Creek have entered a request for pay raises for teachers, according to tne niyrue treeK Man. The school board has taken no action yet on the requests. The committee asked for raises of $300 per year. Where the base for a teacher witn a degree ana no experience is now $3,600, the committee asked for $3,900. The committee said it has based re auests on - what it considers "in line" with comparable schools. Tfte committee also asKea mat teachers be allowed to receive regular pay raises for up to 15 years of teaching service. They are presently limited to 12 years. It also asked for consideration of continuing contracts. The Mail said Sunt. Al Neet and Clerk Paul Froehlich are now tab ulating data to determine costs of granting the requests. . Melnik Purchases Lentz Typewriter Co. John Melnik. associate of the Un- Jerwood Co. for 11 years, has pur chased the Lents Typewriter Co., and will make Roseburg his home. Melnik. who is married and has three children, has been in Ro?e burg since Jan. 1, and on wek- ;nds prior to that tune, settm? no Ms business offices at 129 S. Steph ens. . Ernie Lentz. former owner, lias retired and moved to Portland where he will make his home. Melnik has cnanged the name of the firm to Roseburg Office Ma chines, and will handle sales, serv ice and supplies pertaining to busi ness machines and offices. Yoncalla Residents Will Pay Hieher Water Rate Yoncallans will begin paying new water rales after the city council this week set new rates. The new rate is $3.75 for the 1,-500-gallon minimum; 50 cents for each additional thousand gallons up to 4,500; and 25 cents per thou sand on more than 4,500. A surcharge of 25 per cent ad ditional will be charged to users living outside the city limits. ROSEBURG OREGON FRIDAY, JANUARY Pound Atty. General Status Argued In Legislature SALEM LT) The Oregon Legis lature was headed Friday toward a dispute as to whether the gover nor should appoint the attorney general, who now is elected by the people. . ' ben. Warren Gill, Lebanon Re publican who heads the Senate Ju diciary Committee, announced he would introduce such a bill. The office now is held by Demo crat Robert Y. Thornton, who has had many disagreements with the Republican slate officials. u couldn't become etiective for two years. The Constitution won't permit an office to be abolished during the term. Gill said he has no political mo tives in sponsoring the bill. He said "it is just good business to let the governor pick his own chief law officer." Under Gill's proposal, the. attor ney general would continue to ap point attorneys for state depart ments. The House has a bill, by Rep Loran L. Stewart, Cottage Grove Republican, to deprive Thornton of his power, to appoint the depart ment attorneys. Speaker Edward A. Geary told his House committee chairmen Thursday that things have to be speeded up. He said he was worried over the slowness with which bills were be- (Continued oh Page 2 Col. 4) Costa Ricans Closing Trap SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (if) The Costa Rican general staff an nounced Friday the capture of the rebel stronghold of La Cruz and the nearby town of Puerto Soley on the Pacific Coast. It added that the rebels were now caught in a trap, with loyalist troops closing a - pincers from the north and south. The announcement came on the heels of unofficial reports that the rebels were withdrawing toward ine mcaraguan ironuer. The action was at the edge of the newly proclaimed buffer zone between Costa Rica and Nicara gua. Neutral ground and air ob servers of tye I n t e r-American Peace Commission were patrolling a oeit io mues long in tne area to keep the rebellion from touching off a war between the two neigh boring countries. Presumably the rebels were hit by a flanking group commanded by Costa Rican Col. Frank Marsh all. A highly authoritative source confirmed that Marshall's column struck late Thursday at La Cruz. a rebel strong point on tne Inter- American Highway little more than three miles by air from the Nica raguan frontier and only about 10 miles by the winding highway. ' Puerto Soley, one of the first in vasion points, is a Pacific coastal hamlet about six miles southwest of La Cruz. . Three Children Remanded To Juvenile Authority Three children, one barely waist high, were remanded to juvenile court Thursday by District Judge Warren A. Woodruff after the youngsters were arrested by a dep uty sheriff. The boys, two 12 and one 13 years old, were picked up in con. ncction with the burglary of a house on the Dawson Ranch a few miles east of Roseburg! Investi gation showed windows were brok en and two guns stolen. The guns have been recovered. Horace Hamm Requests Preliminary Hearing Horace M. Hamm, 37, Blachly, Ore., has requested a preliminary hearing in district court on a cn:uge of non-support. Hamm was taken before Judge Warren A. Woodruff Thursday and told of his riehls under the law. The father of five was lodged in jail Dec. 22 after a complaint' was tiled by his tormnr wife, Irene. Time of the hearing will be ar raigned after Hamm's attorney comers with the judge. ADMITTED TO PRACTICE A Roseburg attorney, Harold Wayman, has been admitted to practice before the U. S. District Court in the Oregon District. Judge ftus Solomon swore mm in on Monday of thia week. 21, 1955 Commun BERNARD MAINWARINO . . .Informed about power ' Salem Publisher Will Be Speaker At- Chamber Meet Sneaker on Monday at the regu lar Roseburg Chamber of Com merce luncheon forum will be Bernard Mainwaring. said to ba one of the best-informed men in Oregon on hydroelectric power, according to Harold Hickerson, secretary-manager. , i Mainwaring is editor-publisher of the Capitol Journal, Salem. He formerly published in Nampa, Ida ho, and Baker. His subject will be puDiic power. . . Dr. James - Millar, member of the chamber forum committee, has made arrangements for the talk. Leroy .Hiatt, chamber presi dent, said the forum is open to the public. It win be held at noon in the Civic Room of the Umpqua Hotel.-, .v. .;--.,-.:. ,.; Monday evening, Mainwaring 1s to speak to a men's group at tha Presbyterian Church. -p Cuatamala Quells Uprising Against President Arbenz GUATEMALA W The govern ment pushed a roundup of Com munists and supporters of ex-President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman to day after beating down an upris ing aimed at unseating anti-Red President Carlos Castillo Armas, At least 100 persons already were under arrest. , - Government.. troops hold Guate mala City and (heir strategic cen ters in an armed grip. Castillo Ar mas announced that 10 persons were killed and an undetermined number, wounded in a brief clash Thursday between; Loyal Forces and rebels seeking to capture Aur ora Air Force Base,- outside the capital. He blamed the Commu nists and Arbcnz's supporters The anti-Red government in of fice less than seven months promptly declared a state of seige modified martial law. But au thorities announced they were in control throughout thetountry. Machine gun-carrying soldiers mounted tight guard on military posts and strategic points. A 10 p.m. curfew went into effect in the capital. SUPERINTENDENT DIES ' TILLAMOOK I ' Theodore James Langton, 57, superintendent of Tillamook County schools since 1951, died in a hospital at Wheeler Wednesday night after a short ill ness. Funeral services will be held here Saturday. Roseburg s First Citizen Will Be Named Saturday Roseburg's Junior First Citizen will be named Saturday night at the annual First Citizen Banquet. It will be the ninth time a young Roseburg man has been honored thus for outstanding service to tha community. Selection of the Junior First Cit izen is made by the Junior Cham ber of Commerce. He need not be a Jayccc. He must be between the ages of 21 and 35 The first first citizen was named in Feburary 1947 for his work done the preceding year, He was David J. McCarroll. McCarroll's first statement, when he'd been given the award was 51 per cent of the credit belongs to my wife, Mary." His comment apparently started another tradi tion. For, down through the fol lowing years, each new first citi zen who was married has placed the lion's share of (he credit with his wife "for allowing me the time to carry out such activities." The names of following first cit izens after McCarroll reads like (Continued on Page 2 Col. t) 17-55 PRICE St isi Ships Earl R. Shelf on Is Found Guilty In A man accused of beating end robbing another man along High way 3R last August was found guilty by a Douglas County Cir cuit Court jury Thursday after noon. .- - The jury of nine women and three men returned a unanimous verdict a half hour after start of deliberations. . Judge Carl E. Wimberly set time for sentencing' ot Earl Rhea 3heIlon at 2 D.ni. todav. Under the law, the sentence could be up to 15 years imprisonment, Shelton, a 35-year-old Eugene man, has denied the state's charg es that he beat up Leslie Lee Dra goo of Yoncalla on the night of Aug. 8 and robbed him of $70. The jury had five verdict pos sibilities, one for innocent and four for degrees of guilt. They found the defendant guilty of the full charge prosecuted by Dist. Atty. uouei-t ai. Mum and his deputy. Don H. Sanders. The in dictment by the grand jury read -roDocry ny lorce and violence, not being armed with a danger ous weapon." ' The victim, Dragoo, and (he de fendant were the key witnesses In the case; with both sides savlna the other's witness had lied on the stand. . ' - - trial was in progreVs, the prosecu tion wrappea a ugnt wen ot cir- Conlimied On. Page 2 Col.. 2 School Census Shows ; Increase Of Six Per Cent The final count ' of school-asre ciiuaren ior mis year snows a i. 202 increase, about 6 per-cent, in the county, according to Sunt, Ken neth F. Barneburg. ; . ,, .Complete figures of a census of children 4 through 19 taken in Oc tober show a total of 21,51') in the county. ' . ' Four- districts . showed minor drops, but 19 recorded increases. Biggest gainers were Oakland, Roseburg, Days Creek, Myrtle Creek, Riddle, Dillard and Suther liri. ,. . Besides tha complete districts there are five districts joint with other counties. They are, with new census ot children living in Doug las County, Latham 10; Lakeside 4; Fiddle Creek 20, and two oth ers with none. , ..- ,..-.; Complete census figures are: District 151 1?S4 Oakland ' 784 84s Roseburg ' 6487 0752 Canvonville 54T ' 607 Gardiner 26 - 282 Glida . 1108 1154 Days Creek 241 , 328 Alyrtle Creek ' 1974 2134 Camas Valley 271 , 254 Drain 1 . ' ' , 773 . 782 Scotls Valley 12, 135 Yoncalla 4M 486 Elkton 427- 396 Roberts Creek . 24 ' ' 21 Umpqua ' 122 128 Curtin 85 105 Riddle 710' '814 Glendale . 1014 ' 1030 Gunter - , 51 43 Reedsport - ' 1217 1214 1 Tiller 181 210 Dillard . ' 1689 1841 Ash 40 47 Sutheiiin 1652 1776 ' i- - -"4.. n 5 biJLf 1 nlh . RANDOLPH SLOCUM . , .first (Itlsen emaae Strongly Of Propaganda Relatives Undecided ' On Move; Safety Slid : At Stake In Overture ' UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. ( Red China, io a surprise move with overtones of propaganda, an nounced Friday the relatives of IT Americans jailed there are wel come te visit the prisoners. The Americans were associated with U. S. armed forces in the United Nations command that spearheaded the Korean fighting against Red China. , , The U. N. alio announced the offer, saying it grew out of (he recent Dag Hammarskjold mis sion to Peiping. The U. N. seer- ' tary general sought to free Amer ican prisoners held in China. ' Most of the relatives interviewed Immediately after the announce meat said they were undecided or did not intend to accept the invi tation. However the Iowa parents of a jet ace said they will leave as soon as arrangements can be made. . . The announcement maa Kv 1L Sing and at the United Nations ere said: . .. "Premier : Chou . En-Lai, 1 during hit tflllrft UMth SoArtiiu ra...! Dag Hammarskjold, indicated that tne government oi tne people' fapiliftnR fnr rilalivt In. .riaft United States personnel who have been convicted and those whose cases were under investigation, if , they should wish to do so, and that the Red Cross Sneiatv nf ' China would make all the arrangements necessary." ... ...-. ... Later, a U. N. spokesman said Hammni'xktnlrf "has . hn . rinlihl n the safety of those members of r (Continued on Page 2 Col, i) 3 Persons Hurt In 2-Car Crash; Driver Cited Three persons received . emer gency treatment at Winston Emer gency Hospital Thursday; after-. noon, roiiowjng a two-car acciflent on Highway , 42.. , ... The parties. Robert Koy . Jennie, Roseburg,' and Glen .Andrew Bowles,- and . Rose Elaine Bowles, both of Brockway, wene released following treatment lor minor in juries, - rWj-',.it ;?-!-;r; ' ; Hospital personnel said ail were in good condition.- .. ' State police cited one of the driven, Jennie', for operating his car in the left lane of traffic, ; Police" said Jennie annai-antr started to pass a lumber truck and trailer two miles -west, nt Brockway, when Bowles' car came around a curve. -Jennie lost con trol of-his vehicle as he applied tlie brakes and tried to return be hind, the truck, police-said.- His car skidded crossways on the wet pavement and was hit in the right side by the Bowles' car. Jennie was alone in his -car. Bowles had twt) passengers: Rose Elaine Bowles, 33; and Kim Jesse Bowles, 8. The boy. was. apparent ly uninjured, police said, Roseburg police said Ida Kath ryn Gibbens, 637 S. Pine St., was cited for operating her automobile in the wrong lane of traffic after a collision on Harvard Avenue near the entrance of the Veter ans Hospital. . , .. Officers - said Mrs. Gibbena swung wide onto Harvard when turning west from the hospital road, and her car struck another driven by Wayne Walter Reitmann, 24, of 412 S. Jackson St. The acci dent occurred at about S p.m.. . inursaay. Damage to tne two ear totalled $400, police estimated. Carter, Lincoln'. Named Heart Assn. Chairmen . Appointment of Keith E. Carter and E. V. Lincoln aa Rosehurg co-chairman for the Oregon Heart Assn. was announced Thursday. The two men were named to tha position by A. E. Gravengaard, Portland. Gravengaard is Portland chairman of the association. ; i Dales for the Oregon Heart Assn'S annual campaign for funds will be announced later, Lincoln said. Money collected during the campaign goes for research into causes and cures of heart disease he added, ,- Youth Facts Receiving Stolen Property Charge One of four Winston jouths charged with petty larceny n 0 w faces a felony charge ot receiving sioien property. The youngster, 17 years old, went before District Judge War ren A. Woodruff Thursday. He rai quested a preliminary hearing on the charge. The judge set bail of $500 until a hearing date can be arranged. It is alleged the youlh received a bog of tools from another with full knowledge the items were sioi en. The boy was arrested Wednes day by sheriff's deputies. Levity Fact Rant By L. F. Reizensteln Addicts of the tross-woral puxile should find their ex perience helpful In tacklinf the new feewel Income tex return farm.