2 Th Newi-Revlew.-Roteburg, Ore. Wed., Apr. 20, 19S5
Witnesses Tell Experiences
Aboard Crashed Airliner
SEATTLE UK More witnesses
were called .to testify Wednesday
it a Civil Aeronautics Board hear
ing on the March 26 ditching of a
Honolulu - bound Pan Ameri
can World Airways airliner off the
Oregon coast.
Seeking the cause of the acci
dent, which took the lives of
four of the 23 aboard, the CAB in
vestigators said the hearing prob
ably will continue through Thurs
day. Seven of 32 scheduled witnesses
told their stories as the hearing
got under way Tuesday.
Capt. Herman S. Joslyn, pilot of
the ill-fated craft, described for
the panel the anxious minutes pre
ceding the crash-landing at sea
and told of desperate efforts by
the crew to keep the plane air
borne. Joslyn and M. P. Kerwick, the
second officer, agreed 'he first hint
of trouble was a 9udden and "se
vere" vibration shortly after the
four-engined plane left the Ore
gon coast and was out to sea on
the flight to Hawaii.
The shib was on automatic pilot
and Joslyn grabbed the controls
just before is Mo. 3 engine
dropped off the wing. The pilot
said the crew nad no i me to light
en the load by dumping gasoline
and was unable to bring the three
remaining engines to full power
because "a circuit breaker had
popped."
joslyn said the plane fell stead
ily and the ditohing was "smooth
er than I expected."
Although the water rose quickly,
Joslyn said, there was no panic
and passengers and the crew took
to tne we rafts.
Two passengers, Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Hollisler of Portland, Ore.,
also told of the ditching.
Mrs. Hollistcr testified:
"First I heard an explosion and
then a crackling sound, and then
tins tremendous blue explosion.
The engine seemed to fall down
under the wing. The engine was
in flames like a bali of fire, as
it fell."
Hollister, an aviation advisor for
the Indonesia government,
praised the plane crew but was
critical of equipment on his life
raft.
Kerwick said for a time the
three life rafts on which passen
gers and crow were evacuated
House, Senate Disagree
Over Income Taxes
(Contlnutd from Pago One)
ho low and middle Income groups.
In addition, the Senate group
probably will Include a hardship
clause. This would exempt sinqle
persons earning loss than $1,000 a
year, and married couples earning
less than $1,500.
The House Tax Committee
(planned to meet Wednesday after
noon on its 3 per cent sales tax
bill. If the committee approves it
again at that time the bill could
be voted upon by the House
Thursday or Friday.
Since the sales taxwouldbe
referred to the people at a special
election this summer, it would be
an alternative to the income tax
boost and the cigarette levy.
If the people vote for a sales
tax, then the income and cigarette
bills wouldn't go into effect.
As approved by the House, the
income tax increase bill would
produce about $24,500,000 of extra
rovenuo in the next biennium. The
Senate committee thinks $45,000,
000 of additional Income tax re
venue Is needed.
The House passed and sent to
the governor a bill to let attorneys
disqualify judges by filing affi
davits of prejudice and showing
that the judges are prejudiced. It
would replace the law, recently
declared unconstitutional which
allowed disqualification by filing
simple motions.
The House also eomplotcd legis
lative action on a bill to let
counties, cities and other local
governments dnfend their employ
es in court actions arising out of
their official duties.
A short memorial asking the
federal government to pay social
security benefits to disabled
persons was passed by the House.
The House also approved a Senate
resolution to have an iterim com
mittee study highway problems.
$156,831 Damages Sought
For Accident Injuries
A $156,831.18 suit for damages
has been started in circuit court
by a man who claims he lost a
log in a traffic collision near Drain
last Oct. 17.
Elmer Fish, 53, filed complaint
In circuit court for $150,000 general
damagos and $t,K.ll .18 special
damages. He charges I'earl and
Carl Robinson with negligence
loading to the accklcnt.
The mishap occurred on High
way 99 about a mile north of Drain.
California Visitor
Suffers Sttoko Here
Edward Scully, 57, of San An
scUno, Calif., is in Douglas Com
munity Hospital in Rjsoburg to
day suffering from a stroke.
He was stricken Mondav while
he and his wife were visiting
their daughter, Mrs. Crystal Free
man above Idleyld Park. Scully's
condition is described as poor by
correspondent Mrs. Arthur Solby
ELKS
FUN NIGHT
WHY NOT ELKO WITH
MURPHY HIS DONUTS
AND BLACK-OUT COFFEE
Dining Room Will Bt Closed Wednotdoy
ironings To Make Room For
Fun Night Activities
ELKS
were threatened with being punc
tured by metal from the shattered
plane. When the rafts floated free
of the debris, he said, they drif
ted away from several persons in
the water.
Other witnesses Tuesday were
Stuart Bachman, Seattle, second
engineer; Col. Clarence M. Young,
ran American executive vice pres
ident for the Pacific-Alaska divi
sion, and Frank McKlveen, CAB
uiviugaior at aeaiue.
Watkins Claims
No Apology Due
Sen. McCarthy
WASHINGTON in u).
kins (R-Urah) said today a $1,
056.75 tax refund check produced
by Sen. McCarthy in no way
clears the Wisconsin Republican o(
improper conduct charges brought
by the Senate.
MCLanny showed the check at
two news conferences Tuevday.
He said it proves his financial af
fair h9VO flOdn in ,nnln ni. nl..
and that the Watkins Committee
ana an earlier Senate group were
"completely dishonest" in investi-
patimr him
The Wisconsin senator said the
watKins Committee and an elec
tions subcommittee which raised
questions about his financial af
fairs in 1951-52 "owe an apology,
not to me but to the American
people."
Watkins, chairman of a special
committee that recommended cen
sure of McCarthy last year, com
mented in a hand-written state
ment to a reporter:
"The Senate has condemned Mc
Carthy for misconduct toward two
of its committees and the Senate
itself.
"Ho has not been purged of con
tempt. "No apologies are in order from
the Senate committees or the Sen
ate. And as far as I am concerned
nono will be forthcoming."
Einstein's Brain
Center Of Dispute
PRINCETON, N.J. tB-The brain
of mathematical marvel Albert
Einstein left to research
remained the center of a jurisdic
tional aispiue loaay.
Pathologists couldn't decide
where or when they would start
their work. The mild tug-of-war
developed between Princeton Hon-
Rital and Montefiore Hospital' in
ow York Cilv
Princeton Hospital said the brain
wouldn't be taken out of town. But
Montefiore Hospital spokesmen
said it expected that the hrain
would be delivered there for studv
and oventual dissection and anal
ysis,
The entire Incident was a mis-
understanding, said Dr. Thomas S.
Harvey of the Princeton Hospital
staff. He insisted Einstein's brain
would remain her.
Dr. Otto Nathan, executor of the
Einstein estate, disclosed that it
was Einstein's son Hans who made
the fima'l decision that the hrain
and vital organs of the famed sci
entist would bo used for research.
Martha Ellen SnodHy,
Formerly Of Dillard, Dies
According to word received here,
Martha Ellen Snoddy died this
morning at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Edith Barnctt, in Seattle
following a long illness. Mrs. Snod
dy, made her home near Dillard
for many years. Mrs. Jack Boss.
the former Ruth Snoridy of this
city, is a granddaughter.
Funeral services will be held in
Roseburg and arrangements will
be announced later.
Canyonville City Council
Studies Water Problem
The Canyonville City Council has
appointed Fred Elliott to figure a
low-cost method of installing an
additional water line to the upper
portion of the Anderson Addition.
Tho council also this week
instructed Elliott Hi make an at
tempt to find a way of increasing
water pressure in the area.
The appointment was the result
of discussion brought up by a dele
gation from tho addition request
ing that the city supply a bigger
line to that area, according to cor
respondent Virginia Proctor.
Aged Roseburg Citizen
Reported Seriously III
Lorn Learn one of Roseburg's
senior citizens, Is reported critical
ly ill at his home on Cobb Street.
February 28 he celebrated his
99th birthday. One of Ihe persons
congratulating him following the
noteworthy occasion was President
Eisenhower.
Learn became seriously ill about
four weeks ago, his wife said Tues
day. She said he scmrd to im
prove a bit Sunday,
ASSAULT AND BATTERY
Thomas Edward Ponder, 19,
Glcndale, Tuesday was jailed in
lieu of a $25 fine after he pleaded
guilty to aisault and battery in
Justice of the Peace Nina Piet
zold's court, Canyonville. He was
arrested by the Sheriff's Dept.
Monday,
- TONIGHT
Funeral Services
For John Farrell
Held Wednesday
Funeral services for John Far
rell, 61, Drain, were held at 2
p.m. Wednesday at the Church of
Christ, Drain, with Mr. Hubert
Prather officiating.
Interment was scheduled at Lane
Memorial Gardens in Eugene,
with Sunset Lodge 144 AF & AM
of Drain conducting Masonic rit
ualistic committal services at the
graveside. Mills Funeral Home,
Drain, handled arrangements.
Farrell died Sunday at a Van
couver, Wash., hospital after a
long illness. He was born Dec. 26.
1893, in New York State, and was
married at San Diego, Calif., on
Dec. 31, 1924, to Leo Harris, who
survives him.
The couple moved to Drain 10
years ago from San Diego. He was
a member of the Church of Christ,
Sunset Lodge, Cottage Grove
Chapter 41 of Royal Arch Masons,
Cerro Gordo Commandry 24 -of
Knights Templar, Hillah Temple
AAONMS, the Cottage Grove
Shrine Club, American Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars (World
War 1).
Besides his wife, he is survived
by three brothers in Pennsylvania.
Hospital News
Douglas Community Hospital
Admitted
Surgory: Phyllis Myers, Mrs.
James Lambert, Roseburg.
Mtdlcal: Mrs. Robert Weinberg,
Glide; Mrs. Jim Stephens, Win
ston; Mrs. Joseph Buohko, Mrs.
Curtis Sargent, Mrs. Claude Was
som, Roseburg; Mrs. Orval Alex
ander, Sutherun.
Dlichargad
Dale Newport Mrs. Ralph Mey
man, Johnnie Cranford, Mrs. Bus
ter Linkswieler, James Artman,
James Hodges, Mrs. James Stew
art, Anna Carlson, Roseburg.
Mercy Hospital
Admitttd
Surgtry: Tony Myers, Mito.
Modical: Elliott Perkins,
Roseburg; Mrs. George-C r o s s,
Sutiherlin; Mrs. LaMarr Konopat
ski, Winston.
Discharged
Mrs. John Davis, Benna Bent
ley, Winston; Harold Sherman, To
ktftee Falls; Judy Maddox, Suth
erlin; Kathleen Wolfe, Mrs. Helen
Westra, Mrs. Fred Miller, Rose
burg. ,
Forest Glon Hospital
Admitttd
Surgery: Mrs. Nancy Atwood,
Dennis Sobolik, Myrtle Creek;
Mrs. Bettie Jackson, Gleudale.
Medical: Mrs. Delbert Gibson,
Mrs. Myrtle Wilson, Mrs. Addie
Howard, Mrs. Howard Barlow,
Mrs. Grace Loe, Charles Layne,
Doyle Harper, Riddle; Ray Phelps,
Eugene; Thomas D'Amore San
Diego, Oalif.j Bill Wilson, Myrtle
Creek; Mirs. Jewell Reed, Lowell
Royle, Shirley Taylor, Canyon
ville; Botty Brown, Oakland.
Supreme Court
To, Give Ruling
On Secrecy Data
WASHINGTON Wl-The Supreme
Court Wednesday hold the anwscr
to tho question whether the govern
ment can legally fire an opmloye
on loyalty grounds based on secret
information.
And the court in deciding the
question, must aot without knowing
what information a loyalty board
had against Dr. John P. Peters,
professor of medicine at Yale
University.
Dr. Peters was fired in May 1953
from his job as an occasional
consultant to the U.S. Public
Health Service after the loyalty
board found "a reasonable doubt"
as to his loyalty. He contended the
finding was unwarranted.
Chief Justice Warren and some
of his associates indicated during
two hours of arguments late Tues
day that they would like to have
the informot'on on which the
finding was based.
No. said Asst. Atty. Gen. Warren
E. Burger in effect. The law
prohibits making the information
public, and only a presidential
order could release it to the court,
Burger said.
In some instances. Burger told
tho court, names of FBI informants
are not disclosed even to the
loyalty board hearing a case.
Justice Frankfurter commented
that it was hard for him to see
what public consideration justified
the government in withholding the
names of informants from the
people who sit in judgment.
Ex-Springfield Officer's
Trial Opens In Eugene
EUGENE (fl - Marrill A. Parke.
34, suspended Springfield police
scrgcart, went on trial in circuit
court Tuesday on a charge of
converting public funds to his own
use.
Half Nicholas, Springfield city
councilman, said that a prelimi
nary audit shows a shortage of
315,000 in police funds over the
part several years. Parke Is
accused in a grand jury indictment
of taking $80.
A number of Springfield police
men and city officials have been
subpenaed for the trial.
ACCIDENT SUIT FILED
Suit for $19,000 damage for In
juries in an automobile accident
have been instituted by John 11.
Thrush against Harold Walter
Rupp in circuit court. Thrush
charges Rupp with negligence in
the accident two miles west of
Tenmile on Highway 42 on Feb. 2.
He asks $19,500 general and $500
special damages.
AID CANCER FUND
The cancer fund will be tipped
by the proceeds of cooked food
and bakery foods sale slated for
Glendale residents Friday at 10
a m. in front of the Hominger'
Store in Glendale. Donors of food
may call I. V, Furlong, VE 2-762
for pickup of Items for the sale.
D!
A RALE BRITH O' SCOTLAND The life of Scottish poet Robert Burns will be presented
in opereta form Friday at 8 p.m. at Central Junior High School, Roseburg. A cast of 60
eighth graders directed by Miss Georgene Shanklin appears in the musical which is free
to the public. Favorite songs including "Comin' Through The Rye" and "Loch Lomand"
will be featured. Looking at a kilt and plaidie which the boys will wear are four of the
players. From left; Jerry Hsaly (Jecn Armour); Frank Webster (Robert Burns); Lorna
Cummins (Katie Barke); and Loren Olson (Jamie). Loren holds a real bagpipe. (Paul
Jenkins photo)
Comparison Of 3 European
Cities, Ravaged By War,
Told To Kiwanis Members
A word comparison of recovery
of three European metropolises
from the destruction and disrup
tions of World War II Tuesday
noon was offered to Roseburg Ki
wanians in the Umpqua Hotel.
William Jelski. manager of Lew-
Is Travel Service here and himself
a tourist in the cities last fall, was
the speaker. He told about condi
tions in London, Paris and Berlin.
The tradition-proud - Londoners,
he said he discovered, have quietly
gone about rebuilding their war
damaged city while at the same
time suffering personal privations
in order to get the job done. Now
there Is scarcely a sign of dam
age remaining.
Living conditions, while influenc
ed by the restrained character of
the people, are good.
The opposite is true in Paris.
which escaped major damage in
the war. There, living conditions of
the residents generally are poor.
Paradoxically, though, Parisians
probably eat belter. Jelski said the
city is "more expensive man even
New York City, Yet, residents man
age to live on average wages of $75
a month. The city is jammed with
tourists the year around, and the
speaker termed it the "mecca of
tourists."
In Berlin, war damage still Is
very apparent. But here, behind
the Russian corridor, resourceful
Germans are building livelihoods
out of the very ruins of the city.
It's not unusual to see a shop
keeper who has set up his busi-
Concern Given
Airplane Buildup
By Red Chinese
TAIPEI, Formosa W Red I
China has 800 planes 500 of them
lets along the rukicn and Che
kiang coast across the strait from
Fomorsa, the China News said
Wednesday.
The paper, which has some
sources inside the Nationalist Chin
ese government, said new types of
Russian built planes were involved
in the buildup. It said the Ilyushln
35, reported to be the latest Rus
sian jet f'ghtcr, had been sighted
at the Red air base at Hangchow,
canital of Chckiang Province.
It stated that a Nationalist air
force patrol plane last week en
countered but escaped from some
Russian tvDc jets believed to be
cither MIGlTs or MIGlOs. These
are later models than the MIG15
which the Reds have in large
numbers and which they used in
the Korean War.
The MIG17 has been depicted as
a two jet fighter, while Ihe MIG19
is reported a reversion to the
single jet design, although pre
sumably more powerful and fast
er than the MIG15.
Attention focused Wednesday on
U.S. Secretary of State Dulles state
ments of concern over grow
ing Communist strength opposit"
Formosa. New dispatches sav :l
freouently is descrbed in Wash-
ington as "a very dangerous situ-
aton
Dr. Salk Will Deposit
Contributions In Trust
PITTSBURGH UH-Dr. Jonas E.
Salk, developer of the anti - polio
vaccine that bears his name, said
today that contributions being rent
i him would be deposited in a trust
fund arxt mat none of the moncv
would "be used by me personally."
The University of Pittsburgh sci
entist said he thought the funds
probably would be used in Uie
field of preventive medicine.
ins statement earlv today came
after the announcement of the fund
last night on the "See It Now"
television program of Edward R.
Murrow.
DOOR FORCED OPEN
Roseburg police officers remov
ed a six-inch board which prevent
ed closing of door at the Indian
Theatre Wednesday . morning. An
investigation of the premises re
vealed no disturbances, they said.
TELEGRAPHERS BANQUET
The 14th annual banquet of the
Morse Telegraph Club of America
to celebrate the 164th birthday of
Samuel F. B. Morse, telegraph in
ventor, is scheduled Saturday,
April 30, in the Pythian Building
rooms in Portland.
nes in the ground floor of a ruin
ed five-story building. Remains of
the buildings often tower above the
shops.
In all sectors of the city, the peo
ple seem in good spirits, despits
ihe constant war scare, Jelski said.
The speaker was introduced by
Art Benson.
An added attraction at the
meeting was the appearance of the
cast of Central Junior High
School's operetta, "Annie Laurie,"
A brief preview of the performance
was given by the cast. The op
eretta will be performed Friday
npght at 8 o'clock in the school
auditorium. It's under the direction
of Miss Georgene Shanklin.
State To Finish
Fohg Case Today
PORTLAND The state may
wind up its first degree murder
case against Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Fong Wednesday.
They arc accused of slaying
Diane Hank, 16, a Portland high
school girl who disappeared after
spending the night of Jan. 6, 1954,
at the Fong home. Her body,
trussed In blankets, was found two
months later in a roadside ditch
near Washotigal, Wash.
A prosecution witness testified
T,,e, Ihat KW bt him t
.o...., -
help move a corpse. The witness,
dead body in the car and asked
me to help him but I refused
because I was seared. Two days
later I saw him and he told me
not to mention what he told me
or he would kill me."
Reigo testified in his native
tongue and two interpreters were
provided one for Dist. Atty.
William Langlcy and the other for
the Fengs' attorney, Irvin Good
man. The Forags told police in earlier
questioning that they last saw the
girl alive when she left for high
school the morning of Jan. 7.
Fertilixer Available
At County Fairgrounds
Barnyard fertilizer free for the
hauling is available at the Doug
las County fairgrounds.
Fair manager Dick Turley said
persons wishing fertilizer for their
spring gardens, etc., could come
to the fairgrounds between the
hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. anv
day of the week. He said ther"
was no need It call him. . . ."just
come and get it."
UStrian Treaty, Big FourjSalem, a lay member of the
Meeting Seen For June
WASHINGTON IP American
officials looked to early June to
day as the soonest the Western
Big Three could meet with Rus
sia at Vienna to restore Austria's
independence
The meeting of foreiin minis
ters for that purpose seemed as
sured after Russia suggested it
and the United States responded
that the idea was under "sympa
thetic consideration."
In London. Prime Minister An
thony Eden told the House of Com
mons Russia had removed "one
of the main obstacles" to an Aus
trian treaty, and the Western pow
ers were ready to examine the
Soviet proposals.
CRAB FEED SLATED
A crab feed will be held by
memhers of the Ro-schurg Country
! Miuroay, April 23 at 7 p.m
,1t the clubhouse. Members plan
ning to attend are requested to
make reservations by calling the
club by Friday evening.
Latest Creationt In
CARPETS
DURNAM'S
FLOOR COVERING
"Biggest Little Carpet
Store In Town"
566 W. Oak OR 3-6123
Local News
OES Sets Potluck Roseburg
Chapter of OES will meet at a
men's night potluck Thursday at
6:30 p.m. Men will serve, and the
lodge will furnish a meat dish.
Members are to bring a hot disrti,
salad or dessert. Following a short
meeting, a program will b pre
sented by the men.
Ira Byrd Is Appointed
Douglas County Sheriff
(Continutd from Page One)
sonnet. "I think we can get things
smoothed out in ihe office with
the cooperation of everyone," he
stated.
Assignments of deputies and the
undersheriff will be made in a tew
days, he said. All deputies now in
the office must be recommissioned
for their commissions expired with
the new appointment.
Others who were mentioned
prominently for the position were
State Policeman Joseph A. C. Hay
stead, Undersheriff Fred L. Per
ry and William T. Evans, Rose
burg business man. Byrd termea
all as "good friends."
The County Court split 2-1 on the
appointment, with the other vote
going for Haystead. The commis.
sioners, though, wouldn't divulge
how the votes were cast. Haystead
had received the recommendation
of the Douglas Countv ReDublican
Central Committee, Byrd and the
' ?"'." ..lt
otner two men also were nominees
peiore tne nor choice was an-
nolince(j .. n
PhU,SJ CCted 0n
1 nLTif .. i .
schools. He is active in civic and
fraternal circles: Executive offi
cer of the Civil Air Patrol here,
former president and current di
rector of the YMCA, coordinator
for air search and rescue for
Douglas County under the State
Board of Aeronautics, a 32nd de
gree Mason, member of the
Knights of Pvthias and member
of the Northwest Peace Officers
Assn.
He is married, and he and hts
wife and a daughter, Linda, 9, live
on Lcland Avenue in Roseburg. A
second daughter is Mrs. Melvin De
Dobbelaere, Roseburg.
Father Tyson Elected
As Episcopal Delegate
MEDFORD wi The 67 annual
convention cf the Episcopal Diocese
of Oregon Tuesday adopted a 1955
budget of S128.629.
Of this $39,154 is an assessment
budget and $89,475 a missions
budget.
Delegates elected to the conven
tion's provinc al senate included
tho Rev. A. S. Tvson, Roseburg,
fliocesan council.
New officers of the women's
aux'liary are:
Mrs. T. L. Herbig, Eugene,
presided; Mrs. Henry Garnjobst,
Corvallis, vice president; Mrs.
Oscar Rche'Ie, Ro?eb"rg record
in secretary; and Mrs. J. B.
Cii'dvell. Oregon City, educational
secretary.
I
MEMBERSHIP CLOSED
The charter membership drive
for Douglas Barracks 176 of World
War I veterans was closed this
morning, according to R. J. Bald
win. Oregon Dept. adjutant.
James Waldt, past commander
of the Eugene Barracks, will in
stall officers tonight at 8 p.m. In
the armory at Roseburg. Frank
Young, Salem past commander,
will act as sergeant at arms.
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Former Roseburg
Woman, 90, Dies
' Mrs. Martha Ellen Snoddy died
at the age of 90 at the home of
a daughter in Seattle, Wash.
She was born in Davis County,
Iowa, Sept. 3, 1864. She was a for
mer resident of Rosenurg. She is
widow of the late Samuel M.
Snoddy and the mother of Charles
P. Snoddy, former Roseburg City
Councilman.
The body is being brought to
the Roseburg Funeral Home for
services to be announced later on
the arrival of relatives.
Billion-Dollar
Shipbuilding Plan
Approval Seen
WASHINGTON UP) - A new billion-dollar
Navy shipbuilding pro
gram headed for almost certain
House approval late Wednesday
or Thursday.
It includes a fifth supercarner,
three atomic-powered submarines
and three pioneering craft for the
new age of guided missiles. The
program would boost the actual
and potential fleet to 10 million
tons. The Senate has not acted.
A bill to authorize construction
of 34 vessels and modernization of
28 others sets a ceiling of $1,317,
000,000 for this work, with the ac
tual funds to be voted later.
Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) of the
House Armed Services Committee
said in an interview he knows of
no concerted opposition and be
lieves ' the bill should pass.
Some speeches are expected,
however, opposing a provision ear
marking 200 million dollars for an
other 60,000-ton supercarrier Tkc
Uie recently launched rorrestai.
The Armed Services Committee
unanimously approving the whole
bill, reported such grant flattops
are neede to handle the huge
planes the Navy is putting into
service.
The three proposed new atomic
submarines would bring author
ized nuclear craft to seven.
In addition, the Navy proposes
to build five conventional subma
rines. The conversion program in
cludes plans to transform one light
cru scr and a destroyer into pi
oneer vessels for gu'ded missiles.
Six aircraft carriers now in serv
ice would be fitted out with new
angled decks.
United States
Pledges Support
Of Premier Diem
WASHINGTON w The United
States was reported Wednesday to
have decided to continue its sub
port of Premier Nio Dinh Diem's
government in Southern Viet Nam
despite increasing French opposi
tion to his policies.
Informed officials here reported
that dec'sion in the face of dis
patches from Paris quoting diolo
mats in the French capital as say
ing this country has finally agreed
D'nm must go.
WashTTton informants said Gen.
J. Lawton Collins. President Eis
enhower's special ambassador to
mcoehina. was instructed to make
the Uni'ed States star-d known be
fore returning here for consulta
tions on the future of the divided
country. Collins left Sa'gon Tu:?s
dav ni?ht.
The Washington officials sa'd
Secretary of S'ate Dulles has de
cided against French suggestions
that Diem be.re-'iced bv another
anti-Cnm"iunit fi'ure more ar
restable to religious sects now op
po:ng his government.
They said Dulles has deeded
to back D'em to the hilt and to
make this known to squelch grow
ing r-"X)rts Diem is to be
dumped.
Vital Statistics
Grants Pass License
CUSTER-WOODLEY Russell
William Custer Jr. and Priscilla
Aran Woodley, both of Glcndale.
Divorce Suit Filed
WATERS Madalyn Lila vs.
Frank Dal'.on Waters. Married Oct.
20. 1951, at Peoria, III. Cruelty
charged. Plaintiff asks custody of
one minor child, possession of
household furniture.
Car Destroyed By Fire
At Winston Tuesday
A 1916 sedan belonging to Wal
ter Kenfield, Jorgens Street, Win
ston, was desroyed by fire Tues
day. The loss was covered by insur
ance accord ng to News-Review
correspondent Mrs. Ted Peterson.
It was put out by members of the
Winiton-Dillard Rural Fire Dept.
Chief Robert Nichils told the cor
respondent he believed it started
from a loose battorv cable.
The blaze was discovered about
2 a.m. by the Rev. L. E. McClaf
lin, next-door nei?hbor of KenfioM
Mrs. Peterson sa'id. Kcrfield lives
in a trailer house and the car
was parked out in front.
FLUE FIRE
Roseburg rural firemen stood bv
Wednesay as a flue fire burned
itself out at the home of Harrv 1
Coxey on Oerding Avenue. The'v '
reported no damage. The fire
came at 8:07 a.m.
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United States Of Europe
In Making, Says Seger
(Continued from Page One)
their home base since. But the
doctor remains a specialist on Ger
many. Since World War H, he has re
turned there three limes; 1945 as
special witness against Hess and
Goering at Nuremberg; 1948 as an
education lecturer; December 1954
es guest soeaker before the Bonn
Parliament.
Speaking fluently with little ac
cent, Dr. Segar pretty well wrap
ped up his topic of "What Is Ahed
In Germany" in one hour. He
termed the country in good eco
nomic condition. Today, with US
aid and the thriftiness of the peo
ple, "Germany has made the sec
ond fastest economic recovery in
all of Europe."
It came, he says, because of an
American-instigated currency re
form started June 20, 1948.
"Americ?n experts hit on Hie
fantast;c idea that the Germans
be made to arrive at a conserva
tive estimate of their nation's ec
onomic potential: natural resourc
es and industrial capacity." From
the estimate the Americans ar
rived at a basis for new German
monev. Within six week produc
tion was uo 27 per cent. The climb
continues, he said, and today Ger
many has become one of the be'it
c,ih customers of the USA.
The country's political recovery
was due to American help, he said.
"I .nay the military and civilian
occupation by American forces
was excellent. We have contribut
ed more to democratic growth
there than anyone else, but time,"
he added, "is the -post imirjortant
element n development of a de
mocracy." "A "gregarious" problem re
mains, he admits. It concern's Ger
many's military participation in
Western European defense. Amer
ica hasn't alwavs heloed, Dr. Se
?er added. In 1945 she told Ger
many to forget an armv, then re
versed thinking in 148 and told
the nation to forget to forget. It
remains to be seen whether Ger
many for the first time in all his
tory he noted, "will be able to
subject its armed forces to a strict
civ!lan control."
The E"t G?rman problem re
mains. Dr. Seger reminded his
.nidne: "Aside from our (Amer
ican) impatience, we hope an al
most fantastic rTsacity to forg,t
what we don't want to remember."
1'e referred soecifical'v to war
t'me concessions made Soviet Rus
sia. . . "when many clambakes
were being held here for the Rus
sians." The co'",e?'ons, he added,
were made w;th the approval of
most of the USA.
"We were wrong .then," Dr. Se
ger said, "not only Roosevelt."
As a consolation, he cited East
Germany loday where Soviet Rus
sia finds it necessary to guard 18
milon oersons with a force of
90,000. He declined to predict when
Germany would reunite. "I don't
know," he added. "The name is Se
ger, not Drew Pearson!"
In a question and answer period,
Ihe lecturer said "Hitler is dead."
He sa!d 'he collapse of Hitler's
Third Re'ch left "most fanatics
w'lh the most painful thorough dis
il!uslonr""it any generation ever
rceivci."
Dr. S-?er was introduced by
"are'd Ai"ustus, vice president of
the "bib. "'as the final speaker
in the 1951-55 seres.
Conservation Week
Comnv'ftees Named
(Continued from Page One)
Riddle, Riddle; Robert Kellev,
Myrtle Creek; County Engineer
B. B. Irving, Roseburg.
Schools: Kenneth Barneburg,
county school superintendent,
Roseburg. general , chairman;
Mike Deller, city suoerintendent
of schools. Roseburg, Roseburg
city chairman. Community chair
menPrincipal Kenneth Williams,
Oakland: Principal Omer Monger,
Canvonville: Principal David O.
White. Glide: Princwal Marlen Yo
der, Days Creek; Principal Ray
mond J. Karp, Myrtle Creek; Prin
cipal Guy Lutz, Camas Valley;
Principal Cloyce Avey, Yoncalla;
Principal Lew Crisman. Elkton;
Principal Kenneth Stuart, Riddle;
Principal James Pate, Glendalc;
Principal David Potter, Dillard:
Principal Troy Thompson, Suther
lin: Principal Dale Skewis, Drain.
Sportsmen's cooperation: Bruce
Yeager. Roseburg, general chair
man; Erne-t Seaton, Drain, North
Douglas chairman: Norman E.
Graham. Canyonville, South Doug
las chairman.
Publicity: Dick Gilman, Tho
Douglas Fir, Roseburg, chairman,
Goorze Castillo. The News-Review;
Hal Schiltz. The MyTtle
Creek Mail: Emerv Huntoon, The
Sutherln Sun: Roy T. Ander
son. The Drain Entemrise: Irs
HelliweM. Station KRXL: Lcroy
Hiatt, Station KRNR.
Stanton reports that the Rose
burg Ministerial Union has been
rked to cooncrate in obscrvanro
of Conservation Sunday, May t,
by using the theme of conserva
tion in sermons.
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