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V 2 The News-Review, Roieburg, Curtain Falls On Aged Native Of Douglas Co. "Aunt EUa" Emmitt died quiet ly in her sleep at Rivers,dale San itarium Wednesday morning. The eyes of the tiny woman clos ed for the last lime on a lormauvc Oregon history that stretches back to the time the territory reached statehood. She was born In 1859 (the year Oregon became a atate) and lived to be probably the oldest woman In the county. Practically no one in the county has seen the state and the county growth over the man of yefers she had. Her family came across t h e plains in 1852 to settle at Coles valley. It was there Letha Ellen Emmitt was born April 2, seven years later. . She came to Roseburg' in 1909 having already seen practically all the early growtn of trie stale and county. By 1949, she was get ting recognition for her longevity. It was then the Portland Oregon ian presented her with a medal for being the oldest reader of the pa per in tne Fourth congressional District. At the time of her 95th birthday, she credited her longevity to "clean living." The final chapter nil! be cb-ed on the grand old lady Saturday when funeral services are held at Long & Orr Mortuary at Rose hurg. She will be buried at her birthplace. Coles Valley. Committee Will Study Shortage Of Boxcars WASHINGTON IJH The Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday named i subcommittee lo see what can he done about the boxcar shortage in advance of the heavy seasonal shipments of grain. Chairman Magnuson (DWash) said it Isn't a question of legisla tion, but merely what can be done to bring about more efficient use of the available supply of boxcars. Magnuson mentioned getting cars dbck trom Canada and Mex ico and faster unloading and load ing of cara as possibilities. Manguaon will serve on the sub committee with Sens. Monroney .(O-Okla) and Schoeppel (It-Kan). Towne and W MIAMA vScAPEI ill r J 1 1 i I rib I Ingenious mating perfects T& K's famous lambs' woots . . . 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He added he asked a city police officer what the young peu nl war rininff there after hours The answer was that "they have no place eise k go. 1 itor muiuv frnm the courtroom Judge 'Wimberly suggested that thev ought to have been Borne. Haystcad's remarks to the judge brought in tne name oi a k man, now a fugitive. He is Rich ard Connolly, wanted lor furnish trf lin.mp tn a minor and escane from custody of city pol' Kse burg. Connolly, 23, and Sorenson were arrested with anollier leen-aneu girl July 4. Connolly escaped. Sor enson pleaded innocent to a fur- Hi.lilnn linitn, AhnrO, Connolly was involved in one of Sorenson's nights with the girl- July z Haysieaa jam, ami auisu The girl whom Sorenson alleges is his fiance has been charged with being a juvenile delinquent nri is n custody M ine coumy juvenile officer. Juage wimoeny, in me wm' room, didn't indicate when Sor enson will be sentenced LOCAL NEWS Ledge Sets InitsMMoin Rose- burg 100F, No. 8, will Install of ficers tonight at 8 p.m. at (he lodge hall. All members are urged to attend. Oil Well To Be Spudded In At Camas Valley (Continued from Page One) The operation also has outside backers, Carr said. The well site is just off Highway 42 on the William Zeidrich prop erty. The rig is now in place and circulating ditches have already been dug. "It looks prelly good." agreed both Carr and his fellow incor porator, Bill Adair of Roseburg. King, ltd. 000 Phone OR 3-3337 Ittett&TVeak Rape Of Daughter A spindly, grey-haired former employe of the State Highway Dept. was sentenced to 21 years in the state penitentiary Wednesday afternoon when he pleaded guilty to rape of his own daughter. Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly termed the crime of Woodford Or es! Weathers, 49, Reedsport, m "one of the worst." Weathers was arrested only 10 days ago, and Wednesday he waiv ed services of an attorney and grand jury action to receive his sentence. The girl, one of his five children, is only 15 years old, and the deputy sheriff who arrested Weathers said she is pregnant. Complaint against the man was signed by bis wife, Thelma, whom the dep uty also said is pregnant. Judge Wimberly said he was giving such a stiff sentence to make certain the State Board of Hillcrest Girls' Rioting Quelled SALEM Authorities cleaned up the Hillcrest School for Girls Thursday and scheduled an after noon conference to try to find out why 11 of the girls rioted Wednes day night. The girls, all of whom had been in the maximum security ward, were in Ihe Manon County jail Thursday and Supl. Marjorie Mc Bride had a morning conference with the county sheriff and the juvenile officer. The trouble started when Ihe 11th girl was assigned to the maximum security ward which was designed for only 10. The girls battered their wav out of their cells, broke furniture, caused extensive damage in ihe central corridor, scattered supplies and poured water on the floors. But just as they were trying lo break down Ihe outer door, state police, sheriff's deputies and school emnlovcs overnowcred them, and took them to the county jail, Meanwhile, two girls who walked away Wdnesdav from Ihe recrea tion hall were being sought. Helicopter Crashes Atop High Building NEW YORK I A helicopter crashed and burst into flames yes terday while taking off from the 17th floor heliport of the Port of New York Authority Building in downtown Manhattan. The pilot and the only passenger were injured as they uimmed out of the burning craft seconds after it crashed on the 16th floor, it then dropped to a narrow setback of the 15th floor. Port Authority officials said the pilot apparently forgot to unplug a 30-foot "booster" cable, often used to energize the' starter. As the craft rose from the heliport, the cable became taunt and jerked the machine down over the side of the building. Debris and burning gasoline showered the traffic-jammed street below, but there were no injuries there. Transient Confesses Fatally Beating Easley HOOD RIVER iB A Kingston. Okla., transient has signed a state ment confessing Ihe fatal heating of Robert Easley. 48. Sheriff R. L. Gillmouthe said Wednesday. The sheriff said he will submit the statement by Dosa Matchem. and other facts gathered in a po- i lice investigation, to the grand jury next Monday. Easley. an Arkansas native who recently worked in Klamath Falls area harvests, was found bv a railroad siding Sunday. He died later In a hospital at The Dalles. Police said he was beaten to death In a fight in a boxcar and arrested five men. Including Matchem. Reds Agree To Reduce Inspection Teams Number PANMUNJOM, Korea I The Communists today agreed to a reduction of number and person nel of neutral nations inspection teams stationed at ports of entry in Korea. The reduction was proposed by the Swiss and Swedish delegations of the four-power neutral commis sion. Other members are Commu nist satellites Czechoslovakia and Poland. The new plan cuts the number of teams from 10 to R and halves the personnel on each team. At present the Neutral Nations Super visory Commission has five teams in North and five in South Korea. Each team now has 10 to 12 mem bers. Auctioneer Convicted In Fake Picture Sales BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. '--Hollywood art lovers, up to their eyehrows in French impressionists were given some trembling mo ments by a jury which convicted a prominent auctioneer of falsely advertising five paintings as the work of celebrated French er'.i.s's. Roy J. lioldenherg was found guilty of representing as authen tic five paintings attributed to Ed ouard Manet, Edcar Degas, Haout Dufy and Rosa Uonheur. I'h j jury weighing four days of expert es timony, concluded they were fakes. The traffic in French art has been booming in and around Ihe movie colony since World War ll.ll with paintings bringing up to $100. Under New Management SPECIALIZED SERVICE GARAGE HIWAY 99 S Opposite Nielsen's Market OR 3-7312 BRING YOUR CAR TO US FOR COMPUTE AUTO REPAIRS EXPERT BODY AND FENDER WORK Brings 21-Year Sentence For Man Parole and Probation understands he wants Weathers to slay in the pen. Recently, Dep. Dist. Atty. Don H. Sanders told the judge, the state board adopted new policy on parole of convicts, formerly, a convict could be paroled after he had served approximately one third of his sentence. New, ap parently, parole may be granted at the discretion of the board." Judge Wimberly said he was passing the stiff sentence "for fear that the parole board, in its wis Woman Convicted Of Advising Men To Avoid Draft BRATTLEBORO, Vt. 11 Mrs. Lucille S. Miller, 45, stood convict ed today on 18 counts of advising young men to evade military serv ice. Federal Judge Ernest W. Gib son said he will sentence her Aug. 8. However, Mrs. Miller's lawyers have announced they will appeal. Mrs. Miller, the only defense witness, took the stand following five unsuccessful attempts by her counsel for a dismissal of the in dictments. One of the arguments for dismissal was an assertion that the draft law is a violation of the 13th Amendment against involun tary servitude. A high point in Mrs. Miller's testimony came when she replied to a question asked her hy U.S. Ally. Louis G. Whitcomb. He asked her if she "deliberately intended" to violate the law when she wrote to the nine young men, advising them to evade the draft. Her an swer was. "I certainly did." Mrs. Miller and her husband Manuel, 47, a justice of ihe peace at Bethel, gained national attention when they withstood efforts cf a U.S. marshal and police lo serve Mrs. Miller with, a court order committing her to a mental hos pital. A tear gas attack finally forced the husband to lay down hi. rille after a 12-hour siege. Mrs. Miller was sent to St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washing D.C., but later was declared sane. Her husband is scheduled to go on trial next Monday on charges of resisting a U.S. marshal. Miss Universe Contest To Open At Long Beach LONG BEACH, Calif, im This is Ihe day that 1ing Beach be comes the world's prettiest citv. Shaoely beauties by the elnne load descend on the citv all Hav long to register for the Miss Uni verse contest. One nlane will have Ihe entranls from England, Norway, BeWium, Sweden, Germanv. France. Italy. Greece. Israel, Finland. Holbnd Lebanon. New York City. New Jersey. Connecticut, Rhode Island. Vermont, New Ikimnshire. Massa chusetts. Philadelphia. Maryland, Wisconsin. Illinois, Michigan, Cuba and Puerto Rico. Other planes throu'hout the dav will brinr beauties from the Far East. South America and many of Ihe 48 states. Miss Uruguay is Inge Hoffman, a ll)-year-nld hlue-eved blonde. She gave renorters nui'e a start when she said she measured 91 In the bust. However, a mathematician among the newsmen figured nut she was talking in centimeters. That would make her a perfect 36 hy the local measurements. High Of 94 Degrees Recorded Wednesday In Roseburg Area Wednesday was hot. In Rose bury a high of 94 degrees was recorded at the U. S. Weather Bureau. It wasn't the warmest dav of 1955. On June 8 the temperature soared to 98 degrees. This was ten degrees below the warmest July 13 ever recorded on July 1.1, 1935, when the reading reached 104 de grees. Reason for the temperature switch from cool to hot originated from high pressure areas over the eastern Pacific Ocean, according to the weatherman. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Inland areas of Ihe Pacific Northwest sweltered Wednesday in temperatures up to 107 degrees and no immediate rlif was in sight. The hot spot was Pasco. Wash., which had a four degree edge on the 103 reported at Walla Walla and Pendleton. Next in the heat parade was F.phrata. Wash., with 100, while Yakima and The Dalles, Ore., toasted at 99. Some other hot spots in Oregon were Redmond's 97, Roseburg 94. Baker 9.1, urns 92. and Klamath Falls. I.akeview and Salem 90. Spo kane reported 92. western .spots fell hot but Hie temperature readings at Seattle and Bcllingham were 82 and Port land's airport had an 88. It was cool at North Bend. Ore., with 82, Port Angeles, Wash., 61 and Tat toosh, Wash., 59. HOLES SHOT IN BOAT B. J. Howser. 11.10 Finlav St.. told police Wednesday afternoon that a couple of buys shot holes boat beached along the South mpqiia River. A .22 caliber gun was used, investigating officers I said. dom, will turn him loose. I'm go ing to make sure he stays there." The sentence rocked Weathers, but he walked calmly from the courtroom a few minutes later in the custody of a deputy sheriff. Senators Express Hope Satellites To Regain Rights WASHINGTON m The Sen ate Thursday gave a smashing 89- i 0 approval to a resolution expres sing the hone that captive satellite peoDles will regain the "sovereign rights of self-government." The resolution, which had the backing of Senate leaders of both narties, does not name the Soviet Union or communism and does not mention Ihe Big Four summit talks opening Monday in Geneva. However, Sen. Knowland (R Cal'D, a sponsor of the resolution, said in a brief speech there is "on'v one tyrannical oower loose in the world today and that is the Soviet Un'nn." Basic U.S. foreign policy, he said, should rest on "human free dom" as described and set forth in the U.S. Declaration of Inde pendence. Senate adoption of the resolu tion came on the heels of unani mous Foreign Relat;ons Comm'Mce rejection of a resolution hv Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis). cal''n on Pres ident F'senbowr to withdraw IT. SI. recognition from the Soviet satel lite states of East Europe. Oil Drillers Reach 1,070 Feet At Riddle Oil drillers on the Harry Dayton ranch southwest of Riddle have passed the 1,070 foot depth, re ports News-Review Correspondent Mrs. Erma Best. Drilling supervisor is W. M. Par nell, Riddle, who is also president of The Riddle Gas and Oil Produc ers, Oreg. Ltd. According to information M r s. Best obtained the drilling will continue to Ihe depth of 1,200 feet. At that time an acid test will be made on a sample core. Both Parnell and company vice president Sam Humphreys have emphasized the "good showings" at different drilling depths, Airs. Best said. Douglas Residents Buy 55.7 Per Cent Bond Quota Residents of Douglas County, through June, had purchased 55.7 per cent of the county's quota of United States savings bonds, -according to George Luoma, Rose burg, county sales chairman.' In June, residents ourchascd $137,087 worth of bonds, fourth highest total for the month in the state. For the first six months, sales here were S628 505, sixth highest figure in the stale. in the first five months of the year, Oregon led the nation in the increase of sales of bonds, with residents buying 42 per cent more. HOWARD'S Men's Wear "MOUNTAINEER" Featuring . , , Lug sole awl heel ... 1" wide spring steel thank , , . "Sweat-Proof" leether Insole , . . leath er counter . . . rugged, ott treated, leather uppers ... sully leather lined. GRAND OPENING FRIDAY, JULY 15 Register for Valuable Free Prizes Set Back ' Pag of This Sacrion 249 Jackior. N. Thrill Rider Succumbs To Brain Hemmorhage (Continued from Page One) into the air some 12 or IS feet before landing on its wheels. Ivie was known to have suffer ed a head injury three yean ago, and a girl stunt driver was substi tuting for bim for some time be fore the show arrived here. Bill ed as Annette LaCosta, she bad been advertised during the past few -days as the one who would ride the ramp here.. Powers said he had phoned a brother-in-law, H. R. Hurt, in Ok lahoma City, and had learned this record of Ivie s accident injuries: A severe head injury, in which 12 stitches were required to close a wound, in a service station ex plosion in Oklahoma City; other in juries in a stock-car racing wreck in Oklahoma City 10 months ago; and an accident while with another 'ut show in Ft. Worth, Texas, subsequent to the second Oklaho ma City accident. Hurt told Powers that Ivie had complained of headaches since Ihe explosion. The Ft. Worth acci dent hospitalized the man for tnree months, the coroner was told. An announcer, prior to the stunt Wednesday night, told' spectators that nine persons had been killed previously in a similar stunt using a wooden tower and ramp. The stunt finally was barred by circus es and other stunt shows. But Swcnson engineers, tbe announcer said, devised the present steel ramp at a cost of $50,000 and the demonstration was made part of the show which appeared here. Swenson said today that 'ie's ex pecting to continue the stunt with another driver. The show was on a one-night stand here and pre sumably will continue a tour through western Oregon. Ivie was born Sept. 11. 1925. He was a veteran of World War II. His mother is Mrs. Pansie Ivie, Ok lahoma City. The only othr known survivor is Mrs. Hurl, his sister. It was the second death in a slunt show to be reported in Ore gon this month. A cyclist who was supposed to hurdle a series of bar riers at Hillsboro on the Fourth of Julv missed his target and was killed. Douglas County Musicians Play In Trombone Choir Two Douglas County musicians participated in the University of Oregon's summer session band concert Wednesday evening. Caleb Standafer. Sulherlin, and Wesley Hedeen, Glide, were mem bers of a"14-man trombone choir which played "Motet for Two Four - Part Choirs" by Giovanni Gahrieli. and "Rakoczy March" by Berlioz. TWO-CAR COLLISION Roseburg police investigated a minor accident early today at Stephens and Cass streets. Cars driven by Frank Wells Farring lon, Coos Bay, and Joseph Peter Makinson, 327 Sweetbrier Lane, collided shortly atter midnight. Makinson was cited for having de fective brakes on his car. $24.95 lUd Wing crafted this ragged I" "Mountaineer" for reel eut-of-doora-men. Phona OR 3-3337 Judy Garland Makes Huge Hit In Stage Performance; Stars Come By Bus Load By JAMES BACON LONG BEACH, Calif. I - Stars, by the busload, fell on Long Beach Monday night to give Judy Gar land a night she'll long remember. Judy, only months out of a ma ternity ward, is on the road again with a two-hour stage show. It has already played San Diego and next atop is Eugene, Ore. Hollywood, however,' treated fhe Long Beach engagement as the premiere and turned out in such numbers that it makes one wonder how Judy ever lost the Oscar race. Frank Sinatra hired a bus and appointed Humphrey Bogart ad miral and chief bartender on the 35-mile trip. Potentially Rich Uranium Found LAKEVIBW, Ore. W A po tentially rich uranium find was re ported Wednesday by John Roush, a I.akeview area rancher. He said he and a group of pros pecting associates had dug ore ap praised at 1.37 per cent content by a California assaying concern. They found it, he said, in tree covered mountain country about nine miles northwest of here. The Atomic Energy Commission has a minimum standard of only 0.1 per. cent for uranium ore con tent. That was the content of sam ples taken recently by two nros pectors on Pike Creek, some SO miles north of the Nevada border in southeastern Oregon. Tom Mat thews of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries called theirs "the best uranium "rosnect discovered in Oregon 'so far." Roush is awaiting a report on his find from the federal Bureau of Mines laboratory, A'bnnv Ore. Associated with him in Ihe venture are his son, Wayland: Air. and Mrs. Walter Leehman and Air. and Mrs. Don Tracv. Roush said they have staked IS claims and have stored nine tons of ore. CHARGE DISMISSED A charge of raoe of his daugh ter was dismissed Wednesde .' hv Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly against Everett Nuth Nolen, 51, Oakland, on motion of Dist. Ally. Robert M. Slults. Nolen ple.idd guilty to a reduced charge of in cest Monday and was sentenced to 22 months in Ihe state prison. CASUAL ELEGANCE BY LOUART LUXURIOUS FLEECE Soft os a kitten's ear . . . casual as a Cali fornia brz . , . feels and looks like 'a million'! The perfect sport coat for every occasion! GRAND OPENING FRIDAY, JULY 15 Register for Valuable Free Prixes Sea Back Page of This Section 249 N. Jackson Passengers included Dean Mar tin. Lauren Bacall, Van Johnson, Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Betty Hutton, Leslie Caron, Sammy Davis Jr., Dick Powell, June Ally, son, David Wayne, Edgar Bergen, Prince like Romanoff, composer Johnny Green and, from Las Ve gas, Nev., Jack Entratter, im presario of the Sands Hotel. The bus arrival caused major traffic jam at the municipal audi torium. More than 5,000 had paid $10 a head for the show but. ril apparently waited for the movie stars' arrival. Then all tried to go into the auditorium M one time. But once Ihe stars were seated and the houselights dimmed, it was Judy's show, The little girl with the big voice danced and clowned with the Wiere Brothers, Frank Fontaine, the Hi Lo's, a male dancing chorus and Jerry Gray's orchestra. But mostly Judy just took off her shoes and sang. The crowd would have kept her there all night had she not invited all her Hollywood pals on stage. There Dean Martin sang and clowned with Sammy Davis, who mimicked the absent Jerry Lewis. Then the million dollar's worth of tallent started fidgeting on stage, wondering how to get off. Bogart took the microphone and said simply: "Let's get the hell off." Thev all did. Most of the $10 t-b was for this benefit of the Exceptional Chil v dren's Foundation, a pet charity of Miss Garland. Springer Estate Filed In Circuit Court Here The estate of Eugene A. Spring er, who died in Roseburg April 24, ' was filed for probate in circuit court Wednesday. His widow, Iva A. Springer, was appointed evecfitrix of her hus band's will. She named herself and a dauehter, Marilyn Jeanne, as sole heirs - at - law. Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberlv named Earl Wiley. Leon E. McClintock and Le land K. Wimberly as appraisers of the estate. Value of the estate was estimat ed in the pel'tion as $5,000 in per sonal nroperty and $20,000 in real property. Springer was former owner of the Douglas County Creamery in Rosebur" and was former chair man of the Douglas County Repub lican Central Committee. $35.00 Phone OR 3-3337 tV'a C A cation
