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FREAK GROWTH of a Douglas fir over its own limbs re
sulted in starlike insignia pictured. A 16-inch cut from
tree was shipped by train to McAllen, Tex., Wednesday by
Roseburg realtor A.U. Taylor for display outside a lumber
yard there to "show Texans what Douglas fir looks like."
(Texas is also the lone star state). Log from which slab
was cut was found near Little River Bridge. Employes ot
Gerretsen Bldg. Supply Co. wired and crated unique show
piece to keep bark intact. (Paul Jenkins photo).
Donald J. Frear
Named Veterans'
Service Officer
Donald J. Frear, 31, Roseburg
Tuesday was appointed county vet
erans' service officer by the Doug
las County Court.
The appointment came on nom
ination by several of the major
veterans' organizations in Douglas
County. The ofuce is newly organ
ized. Money for its operation was
first budgeted this year on peti
tion by the Douglas County Vet
erans Council.
The appointment will become ef
fective about Aug. l. Frear now is
working on a portable scales op
erated by tne Douglas County Road
Dept., and the County Court said
a new man must first be hired
for that job.
Frear is a World War n veteran
of the Arnw. He served overseas
in Holland, where he was wound
ed. He entered the service in 1941
new service officer is a member
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
and of the Masonic Lodge.
He and his wife have four chil
dren, three of them his stepchil
dren. They live on Melrose Road.
Frear is the son of Floyd Frear,
county road engineer.
Avalanche Toll
Stands At Seven
BANFF, Alta. W) The broken
bodies of seven American teen-age
boys who died in an avalanche
high in the Canadian Rockies were
brought to this resort town Tues
day night.
Two other boys in the 11-member
group of novice mountain climbers
were injured seriously Monday
when tons of snow thundered down
11,636-foot Mt. Temple, 30 miles
northwest of Banff. The other two
escaped with bruises.
It was the worst climbing trag
edy in the history of the Canadian
Rockies.
Climbing without a guide and
equipped with only an inch-thick
manila rope and ice axes, the
youths were within 2,000 feet of the
peak when the snow slide swept
them 1,000 feet down the moun
tain. In The Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
In Washington the senate agri
cultural committee is 'tackling (re
luctantly, in all probability, as we
all do when we approach ticklish
jobs that we'd rather put off) the
tough problem of what to do with
American crop surpluses.
It has just voted to DROP a
long-time requirement that all for
eign shipments 'of surplus farm
products be made in U.S. SHIPS. I
lis idea, of course, is to get out
huge and growing surpluses into
the hands of foreign consumers as
quickly as possible and as cheaply
as possible.
Foreign shipping charges are as
a rule cheaper than American shin
ing charges.
It has a ruckus on its hands al
ready. American shipping interests
and American maritime unions
are strongly opposed to the idea of
permitting foreign ships to carry
American surplus crop cargoes to
foreign destinations.
The senate's agriculture com
mittee, wrestling further with the
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The Weather
Sunny and continued warm to
day and Thursday.
Highest temp, last 24 hours . If
Lowoit ttmp. last 24 houra 54
Highest temp, any July 10?
Lowoit ttmp. any July 40
Prtcip. last 24 houra t
Prtcip. from July 1 .11
Prtcip. from Sept. I 22.55
Deficiency from Stpt. 1 7.S5
Sunitt tonight, 7:53 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 4:45 s.m.
Glendale Logger
Is Killed Tuesday
While Loading Logs
A 38-year-old Glendale man
became Douglas County's sixth
logging fatality of 19SS Tuesday
when ht died following a woods
accident about 14 milts north
west of Glendale Tuosday.
Benjamin Allan Babb w a
crushed between logs of a cold
deck at Skull Crook, according
to Coroner L. L. (Jim) Powers.
He died on route to the office of
Dr. Robert Roth In Glendale
shortly after 10 a.m.
A first (top) loader for the Rob
ert Dollar - Patterson Lumber Co.,
Babb and second loader Donald
Brown, Glendale, were working on
the cold deck when the accident
occurred about 10:05 a.m., accord
ing to Powers. The coroner said
the two men" were hooking up a
small log when all the logs shift
ed. One caught Babb by the foot,
preventing his escape when a
larger log rolled flown, it nit mm,
crushing his chest and plevis, the
coroner said.
Brown and two truck drivers,
Frank A. Fisher and Carl Peter
son, both of Glendale, removed
the log as soon as possible and
started to drive to the doctor.
The body has been sent to the
Conger-Morris Funeral Home in
Medford. Funeral arrangements
will be announced later, accord
ing to News-Review Correspondent
Mrs. G. B. Fox.
Babb Is survived by his wife
Marjory and two sons, Kenneth,
17. and Jimmy. 16, all of Glendale;
one brother, Emerson Babb, Glen
dale; and his father, James M.
Babb, who resides near Medford.
His death is the second fatal
accident for the Glendale area
this month. On July 2 Jones Isaac
Estes was killed in a plane crash.
Logging fatalities in Douglas
County are following close to the
1954 number. There had been sev
en in 1954 by July 14.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Logging accidents Tuesday
claimed the life of another Ore
gon man. "
Earl Holmes, 19, of Grand Ronde
suffered fatal injuries when a log
rolled on him in a woods accident
near Valsetz.
Three Members Added
To PAL Club Directors
Three new members of the Rose-
burg PAL Club board of directors
were elected in a meeting Tues
day night, while seven others were
re-elected. . '
New members are: Vernon Mur
doch Sr., Sheriff Ira C. Byrd and
Al Clute. Holdover directors are:
Bob Blackwell, Harold Horn, Po
lice Chief Stan Olson, County
Judge Carl C. Hill. David Geddes.
County Juvenile Officer Agnes
Pitchford and William Evans.
The directors are to meet again
next Tuesday night and a presi
dent to replace Frank Denton, re
signed, will be elected. The meet
ing will be at 7:30 p.m. in the city
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Industrial Electric Co.
Files For Incorporation
Articles of incorporation were
filed in Salem with the state cor
poration commission today for In
dustrial Electric Service Co. of
Roseburg.
It is incorporating with 1,500
shares of no par value. It is the
partnership operated under the
same name now at 118 Stephens
St. It is being incorporated by
Lewis Hallett, Lawrence H. Hobart
and George Luoma for more effi
cient service, according to Luoma,
the attorney for the firm.
General manager and president
of the corporation will be Hallett.
COMMISSION TO MEET
The Douglas County Public Wel
fare Commission will meet tonight
at 7:30 in the county commission
offices, 325 N. Main St., Roseburg.
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usiness Agen
Smith Rebuts
Charge Of Try
To Stall Talks
Herbert Smith. Eugene, busi
ness agent for the local Meat Cut
ters Union, heatedly denied Tues
day that he was trying to stall ne
gotiations between his union and
the retail meat dealer employers
of Roseburg.
In a rebuttal to a charge of stall
ing made earlier Tuesday by Har
old E. Carlson, secretary of the
Oregon Independent Retail Groc
ers Assn. and labor relations con
sultant to the local employers com
mittee, Smith said "we have been
trying to negotiation with Carlson
and a. K. Johnson of Safeway
(Safeway Stores Inc.) for ZVi
months.
Continuing, Smith said he had
notified them by registered let
ter. At no time could I get a meet
ing witn them to negotiate until
approximately a month aeo. and
then they were in no hurry to
meet wiui our committee, nc
said.
In answer to a report that the
Roseburg Meat Cutters Union will
schedule a meeting this week to
consider a "final wage proposal to
be made by the employers," Smith
said he had not been notified of it.
"At our last meeting, I told
the employers it was now time for
me to call in our vice president
(T. J. Lloyd, Salt Lake City). He
said he would be able to be here
approximately July 22." ,
Smith went on to say: "At this
time, I have not heard of another
meeting. They (meat dealers
have not given us another offer,
and the federal conciliator mas not
called me. . .,. '
"If they want to arrange a
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Lillebo's Log Dump Bid
Acceptance Recommended
F. E. Andrews, division engineer
of the Bureau of Public Roads,
has recommended that a low bid
of $77,435 for a log dump on the
Smith River to serve the Bureau
of Land Management's logging
operations in that area be accept
ed. He has sent the recommendation
to the BLM for approval. The bid
was entered by Tom Lillebo of
Reedsport.
Site of the log dump is approx
imately 12 miles east of Gardiner.
Work consists of driving piling and
construction of a reinforced con
crete dock for dumping logs haul
ed in by trucks.
Other bidders on the Job were:
Harold H. Grappe. Coos Bay. $93.-
700; Peter Kiewit Sons' Co., Long-
view, Wash., $95,565: and James
& Yost Inc., Portland, $156,879.
W. Fredriclcson Completes
30 Years
Few men in the county or state
probably know the mechanical
workings of a newspaper as well
as Walter Frcdrickson.
He knows because today he cele
brates his 30th anniversary as an
employe of the Roseburg News
Review. He began working for the
paper July 13, 1925, ,aa a "print
er's devil".
He later took a job as press
man, which he held for 18 years.
Other jobs with the paper includ
ed engraver and experience in all
the mechanical jobs Involved in
putting it out. "I wa even jani
tor," he said.
When Fredrickson went to work
for the News Review, the plant
was located on Jackson Street be
tween Cass and Oak. It had a cir
culation of 4,200 and backshop per
sonnel of 10 men. Since then both
circulation and personnel have
more than doubled.
He has devoted practically all
his adult life to the News-Review.
He came to Douglas County in
1911. His first permanent job was
with the Roseburg Dairy, but in
1925, he took the position at the
News-Review and has since serv
ed under four editors.
The top story he remembers
during his 30 year service was the
battle with Eugene for installa
tion of the veterans hospital here.
Fredrickson says the newspaper
was alerted for days ahead of the
actual award to Rosebusg. Then
one afternoon, the word was re
ceived of the award and the News
Review put out an extra.
He remembers some distressing
days the paper encountered, such
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ROSEBURG
LETHA EMMITT
... dies ot 96
Letha Emmitt, 96,
Lifelong Resident
Dies Early Today
Letha EUen (Aunt Ella) Emmitt,
96, pioneer and lifelong resident
of Douslas County, died at the
Riversdale Sanitarium this morn
ing following a prolonged period of
ill health. She was believed to be
the county's oldest woman.
She was born at Coles Valley
April 2, 1859, the daughter of John
E. and Caroline Thompson Em
mitt. The Emmltls crossed the
plains in the early 1850's and set
tled near Umpaua.
She was the last of a family of
11 children. She was never mar
ried. .,V"'.,..
Surviving ar a number of neph
ews and nieces, which include
Floyd and Marion EmmRt, both
of Roseburg; Mrs. Ruth Anderson
of Beaver-ton; Frank Churchill of
Oakland; Mrs. Crystal Wing of
Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Ivy Drew
of Klamath Falls; Mrs. Charm
Johnson of Berkeley, Calif., Mrs.
Georgia Mier of Santa Cruz, Calif.,
Sylvester Coftman of Westfir,
Floyd Coffman of Milton-Freewa-ter
and Victor Coffman of Cres
cent City, Calif.
Funeral services are scheduled
at the Long & Orr Mortuary Satur
day at 11 a.m. with the Rev. New
ell Morgan of the First Christian
Church of Roseburg officiating.
Concluding services and vault in
terment will follow in the Coles
Valley' Cemetery.
WORKERS NEEDED
A call for more production work
ers was made Wednesday by Mrs.
S. E. Willhelmy, Douglas County
American Red Cross production
chairman. The workers meet
Thursdays from 1 to 4 p.m! at the
RC offices in the Roseburg Arm
ory-. Mrs. willhelmy said assist
ance was needed in sewing, mak
ing quilts and repairing clothing.
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OREGON WEDNESDAY, JULY. 13, 1955
Denies
Geddes Asks
Night crawler
Public Hearing
State Sen. Paul Geddes of Rose
burg has joined State Sen. Philip
B. Lowry of Medford in a demand
for a state hearing on the Southern
Pacific Railroad s plan to discon
tinue its Portland-Ashland run
Aug. 7.
Sen. Geddes filed his letter to
State Public Utilities Commission
er Charles Heltzel Tuesday. In it,
he says that the legal definition
of "service" under Oregon law
states it "shall be taken in its
broadest and most inclusive sense
and to include equipment and facil
ities."
Geddes said the law apparently
requires every railroad to furnish
reasonably adequate service,
equipment and facilities. "It would
appear that such reasonably ade
quate service would include pas
senger service." He said this should
apply to all points in which the
railroad operates. -
He continues that although SP
claims "large operating loss" as
their reason for discontinuance, the
fact remains that the area now
served constitutes one of the ma-
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Czechs Release
U. S. Sergeant
After 36 Days
WAIDHAUS. Germany tm Com
released a U. S. Army sergeant
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mpv spiz4n At iinvx huh wn r n
was on a sightseeing trip along
the west German-Mech Border.
The soldier ij Sgt. Walter T.
Winter of PhdadelDiia. Pa
Wearing the same civilian suit
in which he was arrested June a,
the clean-shaven soldier grinned
as he crossed the frontier. In his
hands was the movie camera he
was using when he was nabbed.
"How was it in Czechoslovak
ia?" German border guard asked
him.
"No comment," Winter replied
as he climbed into an automobile
and drove off with the intelligence
men.
Winter was on a three-day pass
from his outfit stationed at Thon
ville, France, when he was seized.
He was traveling with a German
girl employed by the Army, Ma
rie Eychennnicllcr, and Sgt. Ger
ald M. Byrnes of Eugene, Ore.,
also attached to the 175th Signal
Battalion at Thonville.
Winter crossed a bridge over the
river border to get a better pic
ture of a Czech customs house.
Ijzecin guaras suddenly appemeu
and grabbed him. His two compan
ions remained behind, on the Ger
man side.
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OYETA CULP HOBBY
. . . resigns position
Oveta Culp Hobby
Quits As Secretary
Of Welfare Dept.
WASHINGTON tfl Mrs. Oveta
Culp Hobby resigned Wednesday
as secretary of welfare effective
Aug. 1.
President Eisenhower picked Ma
rion B. Folsom, now undersecre
tary of the treasury, to succeed
her in the Cabinet post
The president called a special
news conference to make the an
nouncement, and, paid warm trib
ute to Mrs. noity as sue sat By
his side in the conference room.
On her part, the rotiring Cab
inet officer told Eisenhower that
as he prepares to go the Big Four
conference at Geneva "everyone of
u ,w'u be praying" the sessions
I will lonH a "tnilv iimvAt-airl
lead to a "truly universal
peace." ' '
Mrs. Hobby's resignation had
long been expected, and the Presi
dent apparently took it for granted
that everyone knew that was the
purpose of the conference. Without
ever formally announcing her res
ignation, Eisenhower turned to Mrs.
Hobby and remarked solemnly:
"Oveta, this is a very sad day."
The President said his mind at
the moment went back to a day in
1942 when Mrs. Hobby arrived In
London to take command of the
Women's Army Corps.
Eisenhower, at that time, was
preparing to lead the Allied forc
es against Hitler's armies,
Mrs. Hobby led the WAC splend
idly and it turned out to be one
of the finest organizations "the
Army ever had," Eisenhower said.
After the conference room cere
mony, the White House made pub
lic an exchange of correspondence
between Eisenhower and Mrs. Hob
by- . ....
Tersonai reasons of a mgn ord
er compel me to take leave of my
post as secretary of health, edu
cation and welfare," Mrs. Hobby
wrote.
While she did not specify those
reasons, friends said Mrs. Hobby
is leaving because of the illness of
her husband, former Gov. William
P. Hobby of Texas.
Winston Store Opening
Under New Management
The Myrtlewood Treasure House
& Malt Shop of Winston will open
Friday under new management.
It was reported Tuesday that the
operation had been sold by owner
Dean Guyer to Thomas and Lime
Curran from Walnut, Calif. The
shop is being redecorated this
week, and the grand opening is
scheduled Friday.
Al Dotson of Modesto, Calif., will
lid the new owners in starting
the business again. He built the
shop in 1947 and sold out in 1951.
The Currans arrived at Winston
last weekend, reports correspond
ent Mrs. Robert Nichols.
YMCA Swimming Lessons
Scheduled For July 18
The Roseburg YMCA has sched
uled its annual swimming-lesson
program for youth and adults at
Cleveland napias to start juiy
18- It is s two-week program,
starting each weekday at 2 p.m.
The program i open to all
adults and any child ( years
of-age or older. YMCA aquatic
tests will be given for both begin
ners and advanced swimmers.
YMCA Sec. Don Naden will sup
ervise the program. He has asked
all adults who assisted in the pro
gram last year to attend again
this year.
GIRL ESCAPEES HELD
SAN FRANCISCO OB The
Youth Guidance Center Tuesday
held two girls reported to nave
escaped June 12 from the Oregon
Hillcre Girls' home at Salem-
The two, Virginia Flynn, 16, and
Sharon Ross, 16, were held tor Ore
gon authorities.
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PRICE 5c
Sherman Adams
Ordered D-Y
Hearing Halted
WASHINGTON Wl Chairman
J. Sinlcair Armstrong of the Se
curities and Exchange Commission
testified Wednesday that suspen
sion of a hearing on Dixon-Yates
financing was requested bv Sher
man Adams, assistant to the Pres
ident. '
Armstrong added that Adams
said the suspension was desired to
permit government attorneys to do-
ciao wneuier to intervene in tne
financing case.
Armstrong said the administra
tion lawyers were considering
whether to raise objections to furth
er testimony by Duncan R. Lins
ley, vice chairman ot the First
Boston Corp., financial agent for
uixon-Yates, and Adolphe Wenzell,
a First Boston vice president.
Chairman Kefauver (D-T;enn) of
a senate antimonopoiy subcommit
tee investigating the Dixon-Yates
contract negotiations has implied
the suspension was to prevent
testimony by First Boston officials
from developing before the House
of Representatives acted on a R A
minion dollar appropriation to build
transmission line.
The line would have tied the
Dixon-Yates plant at West Mem
phis, Ark., into the Tennessee Val
ley Authority lines to carry out
tne contract tor replacement of
TVA power used elsewhere by
atomic plants.
Fire Destroys
Stuart Residence
In Riverside
Robert Stuart, 602 West St., In
niversiue. awakened about 4 a.m.
this morning to find the bedroom
filled with smoke.
Ho opened the door io clear the
air and was confronted bv flames.
Stuart hastily climbed into a pair
ot trousers and jumped out the
Dedroom window. The trousers
were all he saved-
The early morning fird burned
the old, one-story frame house to
the ground in less than one hour.
Roseburg Rural Fire Dept. mem
bers judged the loss at around
$4,000. They said the fire probably
started in the kitchen and was of
undetermined origin. It was not
known if the house or contents
were covered by insurance.
Stuart was alone at the time. His
wife and two daughters left Mon
day night to visit relatives in Spo
kane, wash.
Riverside neighbors said the
home was probably the second old
est in the district and was at least
70 years old. It is known as the
Hodson house. Present owner is
Ernest Hodson, Willows, Calif.
It is the second landmark to burn
In central Douglas County this
month, on July 2 the old Jones
home at 258 Beulah Drive, owned
by the Doyle Ratlifl's, was gutted.
Roseburg Rural Fireman were
called out earlier at 11:50 a.m.
Tuesday to extinsuish a fire in
the trailer home of Mr. and Mrs.
Verdcll Cox, 1405 Frear Ave. in
Umpqua Park. They estimated
anout $530 damage to the trailer.
The blaze started in a gasoline
stove, firemen said. Mrs. Cox had
tried to throw the blazing appar
atus irom tne trailer but was un
able to, they said. The Cox's had
insurance on the contents, ac
cording to firemen.
YMCA Committee Slates
Education Study Meeting
The YMCA youth work commit
tee will meet Friday at 6:30 p.m.
to discuss and study Christian edu
cation in the YMCA youth pro
gram. The study will be conducted by
Dr. James Millar, a member of
the YMCA board and a director of
the National Good Citizenship
Foundation.
The meeting will be held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Laws,
427 E. Douglas St., Roseburg. It
will be a politick dinner, and each
person is requested to bring two
dishes. All persons interested are
invited to attend. .
For further information call the
YMCA office OR 3-3556.
Blackley Will Appeal
Jury's Guilty Verdict
A district court jury Tuesday
found Cecil Roy Blackley, Spring
field, guilty of drunken driving,
but a notice of appeal has been
filed.
Blackley, arrested by slate po
lice in December, was fined $213
and sentenced to 10 days in-jail
but was released on $500 bail when
he gave notice of appeal to Dlst.
Judge Warren A, Woodruff.
MERCED, Calif. Wl Tea
men died Wednesday as a four
engine "tanker" plane crashed
after leaving Castle Air Force
Base near here. There were no
survivors.
Fire broke out on the plane as
it reached an altitude of about
1,500 feet. It crashed within a mo
ment or two, exploded as it hit
Uie ground and was demolished.
The flames fired the grain field
Into which the plane fell.
The tanker, a military version
of the Boeing Stratocruiser, was
on a routine refueling mission
from Castle AFB near Merced.
The crash occurred about 15
miles northwest of Merced, near
the community of Cressey.
The refuelcr was to have inter
cepted a flight of bombers on. a
fueling test.
The first report on the crash "
was a telephone call to the sher
iff's office from the rancher on
whose property the plane fell.
"Bodies were strewn all over
the field," he aaid.
The tankers are used to refuel
jet bombers and interceptors, and
can carry more than 6,000 gallons
of jet fuel.
One of the four engines fell in a
field about a mile from thii plane
wreckage.
Another Petition
Filed By Convict
On Habitual Count
The recent declaration by the
State Supreme Court that the hab
itual criminal sentence of William
Frank Cory was unconstitutional
has moved another man sentenced
here on the same count to ask for
a review of his case.
Lyle E. Campbell, sentenced to
it years in the state pemticntiary
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ly Dec. 11, 1952, is the petitioner.
rus attorney, Merlin Estep, Sal
em, filed a motion for vacation
of judgment Tuesday in circuit
court here. Should the motion be
granted, a five-year term for a
bad check charge would be re
instated. Camnbefl was Tanned bv Jurton
Winbcrly when he admitted four
convictions, enough to qualify the
convict ior a, long stretcn in me
state prison.
In the motion, Estep cited the
case of the State ot Oregon vs.
uory. (jory had been sentenced
here In January 1954, on an habi
tual erlmincl charge after convic
tion by I circuit court jury.
But the conviction and sentence
was thrown out bv the Suorema
Court which ruled that bringing
the habitual criminal count wu
done in an improper manner.
Campbell, now about 42, was
sentenced to five years on Nov. 1,
1952, by ex-Circuit JudBe William
G. East for obtaining monev hv
false pretenses before the habitual
criminal charge was brought.
Pierce Freight Manager
Transferred To Medford
Clyde E. Knight, manager of the
Roseburg office of Pierce Freicht
Lines for the past 12 years, has
been transferred to Medford where
he will head the company's office.
He will be replaced by C. A. Tol-
lefson of Portland.
Knight will assume management
of tine Medford office Monday, Mrs.
Knight will join him later.
ihe personnel change means a
return to Douglas County for Tol
lefson, who worked here as office
manager in 1951. At that time he
was transferred to Crescent City
and later to Portland. He is mar
ried and has three children.
Knight has been active in Ro
tary and the Roseburg Country
Club, serving as a director of both.
Mining Council To Get
Chromite Program Plea
A request for continuance of the
federal government's subsidy pro
gram in the stockpiling of chrom
ite ore will be presented in No
vember to the Western Governors'
Mining Advisory Council.
That information was received
Tuesday by the Douglas County
Court from Hollis M. Dole, acting
director of the State Dept. of Ge
ology and Mineral Industries. The
court had requested the depart
ment's aid in asking extension of
the program, which will termin
ate June 30, 1957.
The court, in a lotter to Dole
earlier, had pointed out that the
program has brought considerable
activity among prospectors, and
the court took the stand that this
was developing the county's min
eral resources.
PASSENGER RECORD
FORT WORTH, Tex. WU-The Air
Force claimed a new passenger
carrying record today for land
based planes. The XC99 transport
landed at Convair's plant here
Tuesday with 212 person on a
fliEht from San Antonio.
Levity Foct Rant
By U P. Relzenstein
Bedtime stories of present
day Douglas County parents
to their grandchildren will
probably tell of people of past
generations who rode on pas
senger trains