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2 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, .7 LM I ROMANCE IS IN THE AIR Actress Crace Kcliy and Prince Ranier 111 of Monaco, prize matrimonial catches of two continents, announce their engagement at Philadel phia. The 25-year-old beauty, who already has grabbed off some of the best roles and highest honors Hollywood has to offer, caught her studio by surprise by inviting the prince home to Philadelphia for the Christmas holidays. 1'hcy met in Monte Carlo last year when Miss Kelly made a movie there. Future Princess Of Monaco Welcomed By High Society At Fashionable Charity Ball By ANDREW BOROWIEC NEW YOHK Wt The future Princess of Monaco and her Prince were formally welcomed by society, List niuht amid the dazzle of fashionable charity ball. It was the first public appear ance of lovely Crace Kelly and Prince Kainier III since their en gagement on Wednesday. in Her latest mm, J he bwan the hlnmlft star, falls in lnvo unrl ninrrirs lite heir to the throne of i mythical European kingdom. Hut it was no myth for the Phil adelphia beauty last night when tho orchestra struck up the na tional anthem of Monaco, a tiny principality overlooking the blue Mediterranean, as she and hor fianco entered the flower-bedecked grand ballroom ot the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Some 1,000 guests, representing the cream of New York Hocietv. foreign aristocracy and members of the diplomatic corps, rose to greet them. The 2li-year-old movie star was rlad in an off-shoulder brocade dress, dazzling while. A spray of while orchids with a singlo red rose colors of Monaco adorned her bosom. Her shiny blonde hair was swept in a bun. Her jewelry consisted only of a double string of pearls, her engagement ring and liny earrings. The 32-year-old Prince, consid ered ono of Europe's most eligible bachelors, wore midnight -blue furmal attire. A row of foreign medals including the grand cross of the French Legion of Hon or splashed colorfully across his chest. The affair "The Imperial Ball a Night in Monte Carlo" is one of the high spots of New York's social season. The proceeds go to ward music therapy for hospital ized war veterans in Ihe United States and Great Britain. Tickets were $35. Since tho program was built around Monte Carlo capital oi Monaco the Prince was invited as patron more than a year ago. ; Sonic two weeks ago, however, Mo- i Dark-Haired Beauty's Kiss Of Prince Ires Miss Kelly NKW YOHK m Who is tho dark - haired beauty who twice kissed a startled Prince in the1 presence of his blonde fiancee? The woman was described in the New York Post as "a mysterious Latin American s I r a n p. e r" who twice broke through miards to buss Prince Kainier III of Mon aco at a high society ball Friday lmrht. It was the Prince's first public date with actress Grace Kelly, his princess-to-be. "Miss Kelly was not nmtised," said the Post. It rpioted the Prince! as saying he did not know the I brunette. The newspaper said the woman ; first kissed the Prince while he i and Miss Kelly were walking to i their box in the Waldorf-Astoria 1 hoel ballroom. I "Miss Kelly Rave the woman a piercing look and said nothing," tin newspaper reported. j It said that later when they were lcainK the box "the woman, dark-' haired, pretty and swathed in a stiff, black net stole." again slipped throiiijh detectives and "planted a long kiss on the Prince, leaving a lip smear of lipstick on the royal cheek. The Post story continued "Wipe that lipstick off your cheek. Miss Kelly said tartly to lhe Prince Me scrubbed himself with a handkerchief. "Who is that woman?" Miss Kelly snapped. 'lhe Prince mumbled something inaudible to reporters nearby. "Do you know that girl?" one of them aked. "No 1 don't." the Prince said tctdy. The story continued that, as the Prince and Miss Kelly left, three house detectives converged on the woman and told her "The Prince sent us to hud mil who vou are." "Me knows my name," Ihe news paper quoted her as replying. "I Ore. Sot. Jon. 7, 1956 4- NIA Tttophoto inaco's representatives asked for" reported restored in the Myrtle I tickets for Miss Kelly and her p;ir-ireek business district. jcms, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Kelly, i ,.r ihifaih.lnhi ' Tno iant ballroom was banked in red and while colors. From the royal box in the ccn- ter hung a white flag with the red-1 and-white coat of arms of the House of Cnmaldi, Monaco's rul-.w ing family. A replica of the Monte carlo! nalarc with a earden of n a I in trees represented the stage set- i ting. Against this background, Mia Slavcnska, who made her debut in ; papers. Monte Carlo, and l.eon Danielian I In addition, the producers them with a corps de ballet danced the i selves have been handicaped by ballet "Hon Quixote." i delays in delivery of equipment The gala program also included i lor llieir largo null expansion pro a fashion show featuring costumes i gram, sources said hero Saturday, by world-famous designers. But the main factor has been Miss Kelly, winner of the covet- j burgeoning demand, said these ed academy award for "Country , sources, adding that the extent of Girl," will bo apparently the lirstjU.S. newspaper needs had been llnllywoud slur to marry into a 'foreseen neither by the producers reigning royal family. Other stars nor by tho publishers, havo married members of various I In New York, the American European aristocratic families. ! Newspaper Publishers Assn. has The engagement announcement I reported that 10 manufacturers are Wednesday saiil the cnuplo will bo! running from one to three weeks married probably shortly a f t e r I behind in deliveries of newsprint Faster lo enable the star lo com- to publishers. It also has said that plelo two film commitments. five major newsprint producers They will reside ill Monlo Carlo, are cutting deliveries by 71 to where Miss Kellv will be known jl3'i per cent for the time being, as "Her Serene Highness. Princess These developments come at a of Monaco." She apparently in- j time when Ihe supply in the hands tends to give up her successlul of U.S. publishers is at the lowest film career. level in 22 years. Canada is the Her marriage will not cancel her World's main source of newsprint, Anierican citizenship. I'ndcr U. S. producing 6.200,000 tons in 1955, laws, her children are also entitled tho great bulk of which went to lo American citizenship. i Ihe U.S. In 1954, Canada's produc- The place ot Ihe wedding has not lion was 5.984.000 tons, yet been set. i Experts had estimated the U.S. The Monacans are eager lo see newsprint consumption in 1955 their Prince wed in Ihe capital of would increase by about three per the principality. The Mnnaenn con- cent, when actually Ihe demand slitution provides the civil cere- jumped more than eight per cent muny should take place there. .during the year, officials reported. Tho Monacans havo more than Industry sources say that from romantic reasons lo rejoice at the now until the end of 1957 new engagement news. and added capacity will boost Can- Under Ihe neeuliar nosition of Ihe principality, unless us ruler nas a male heir, Monaco reverts to French rule and French taxes ! after his death. j am an old acquantaince he should rememher me The detectives let her go without getting her name. The Post said she told a reporter later she had known the Prince since he was 12 and I was and that she she kissed bun be- cause Ibis engagement burns me up in six months, it will be all over. It won't last." Panel Discussion Will Highlight PTA Meeting The regular meeting of the Kid-; leiton PTA will he held Mondav Jan. 9, at 7:30 p.m. at the school. I tie program will be a panel dis- cusslol on community services for school age children. Momhers trf the panel will include Lois llaker. administrator for the Douglas County Public Welfare Com mis sum, and a public health nurse. All members are urged to attend. Kin Of Local Woman Succumbs To Burns t;ienda Joan Nelson. Y daugh- of an assistant football coach Southern Oregon College who died as the result of burns Thurs day is the great-great niece of Mrs. Halph Turner of Winston. The .daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Nelson of Ashland was burn ed when her dress caught fire while she was playing wth matches, firemen said The girl suffered burns over 60 to 70 per cent of her IhKiv. PTA TO MEET Rove School PTA will meet Mon day. Jan. 9, beginning at 7 30 p m. at the Hose School gym. Mrs. Clarissa .Sherwood, fifth grade teacher, will lead a discussion on the aims and methods of arithme tic Audience participation will be in the lorm of questions from the ir JIUIIII 1miUpi) Telephone Service In Douglas County The snow h tor in which envelop ed Duuylas County Friday left most of the county without tele phone service. Contact was established with three News-Review correspondents in the county, who reported condi tions in their areas. The worst snow storm of the win ter hit Yoncalla Friday afternoon, reports Mrs. George Kdes of Yon calla. She said that about five inches or more of snow fell be fore 9 p.m. Electricity is now restored to the area after being cut off for about seven and one-half hours Friday night. Douglas Electric Co operative supplies power in that region. Most of the telephone lines around Yoncalla re down and business in general has been dis rupted, Mrs. Edes reports. Mrs. Kuby Meacham, correspon dent at Curtin, reports at least four inches of snow in that area, which stopped early this morning. All power and some phone lines were out in the area. The lights went out about 7 p.m. Friday night, Mrs. Meacham said. Power is supplied to that area by Doug las Electric Cooperative. Trees fell across Bear Creek Road east of Curtin Friday night. A power line was reported pulled loose from the John Jacob house, and many trees were reported broken by the snow, according to Mrs. Meacham. Meanwhile, the Oakland area ap parently survived the snow storm with very little damage, according to Edith Dunn. From five to eight inches of snow fell in the area, but power and telephone lines reportedly suf fered little damage. Sketchy reports from the Myrtle Creek area said that many trees were broken off and across t h e road south of Myrtle Creek and held up buses for several hours. In the outlying districts, the power is still off following a power fail ure at 6 p.m. Friday night. Power 13113013.1 rSOGf : n , . rfOQUCGrS Gilt I C KlAurnrmft MCWSprinr wt unioresecn demand, coupled with some short- age of hydro power, has caur.j (Canadian newsprint producers to cm supplies to united states news- adian production by 800.000 tons. uut oniy pan oi mis win oecome effective this year, Equipment for mill expansion has been delayed from U.S. and i. anauian ninnuiacturers ny strikes and other causes. This had accen tuated the inevitable slow rate of increasing capacity of the news print mills. Welfare Administrator Recounts 'Snowy' Trip An account of travel along Highway 99 south from Portland during the snow storm was given f""1.1 1iw1,lfl J'01'" 'l'b he Welfare Administrator Jlrs. l.ois Maker. Mrs. llaker and Caseworker Mis. Mildred Hayes drove an old car used for welfare work to Port land Friday mornini; where they exchanged it for a new model. They left Portland at 5 p.m. and arrived in Roseburg at 12.30 a.m. Saturday. The ear was equipped with snow grip tires and the two women experienced no duficul- ties- lNot so lucky were the hun- dreds of motorists they saw strand' ed along the route. Mrs. Baker reported there were many serious wrecks in addition to the cars ma rooned in ditches. "The heavy snow was terrible," she said. FIRE REPORTED A fire at the Klmer Merle resi dence at 1739 Walnut St., was re ported to the Hoseburg Rural Fire Dept. at 6 45 a m. Unlay. The fire started around a gas floor furnace, department personnel report. The damage hasn't been estimated, but the house was covered by insur ance. PLANNING BANQUET A membership meeting of t h e Hoseburg Juninor Chamber of Com merce is scheduled Monday ,at 6:30 p.m. in the Motel I'mpqiia to make final plans for the First Citiren's Hanquet Jan. 14. Tickets for the banquet are now on sale at the Chamber of Commerce of fice. MAN ARRESTED Ambrose Frank Wenker. 55. of Ashland was arrested bv state police Friday night for being arunk on putiitc highway. Most Powerful Hydrogen Bomb Tests Scheduled . wept, during 1955, statistics relcas WASHINGTON I Congressional i ed today by Chief Stan Olson re sources said Saturday that the t veal Atomic Energy Commission plans its most powerful hydrogen bomb blast in a test this year in the Pacific. These sources said the record blast will be part of a series of tests now being organized by Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of the Atomic Energy Commission. Strauss ha made no formal an nouncement on the test even to members of the Joint Congression al Atomic Committee but it was learned that the demonstrations will be in the Eniwetok testing area in the Pacific. There was speculation that the explosion might be from two to three times the size of the one produced by the United States in 1954, the greatest ever produced. On that basis the 1956 explosion might be around 50 megatons in size, or fhc equal of 50 million tons of TNT. In theory, a hydrogen or fusion bomb, unlike a conventional atom ic fission, could be developed to almost any power desired. Prac tically, such size would be limited by the need for fitting it into a transportable weapon, such as a bomb casing for air delivery. Under present plans more than one island site will be used, it was said, in order to conduct a series of tests at a rapid rate. The greatest man-made explo sion so far presumably was the hydrogen bomb detonated by the United States at Bikini Atoll March 1, 1954. That explosion was esti matrrf unnffieiallv at hetwppn is 1 nH 17 mm ntrtnEth Antiitraiant nt i SLSrt fflSL TNT. A Soviet test In November. 1955. ; on the basis of published reports j from overseas, appears to have ! been between one to five mega- j tons. ! There were reports that the United States planned to detonate tt hi (tour hnmh norh t r in tUn r .. .l .,",..'..""". ": y aiier me aiarcn, ism. snot as a continuation of that experimental ,i ' .i.- i t , . known areas of Wilkes Land, but However, this plan was shelved , the p,iot, Co. Hal K. Kolp, temporarily some sources said, i u s .Marjne corps, of Akron,! because of the widespread radio-1 ohi0i ran lnlo a ,cvere whiteout. I active fall out from the March 1 1 After repeated attempts to pass I explosion, which produced protests lhe phenomenon bv which the hor from abroad. Japanese fishermen i i, i. ii , ,..hii;.ne he headed n boats operating outside the offi cially proclaimed danger area were exposed to some radiation. Services Scheduled For Mrs. Fullerton Funeral services for Katherine O. bullerton, 62. former resident j hy Jordan and his nine crewmen. I of Roseburg, will be held in thet was latitude 80 degrees south I chapel ot Long and Orr Mortuary anr longitude 90 east. I nionnay, jan. , ai i p.m. i no 'rm, area, the fliers found, had husband. Marion B. Zane, Rose Hov. Henry L Fox of the First an ,ce ,.ap 0 y.noo feet making! burg: three children, Eldon Zane, Baptist Church will officiate. it o( lhe warloYa highest pla-j Carol Zane and Mrs. R. F. Mc Concluding services and intern- teaus. They were forced to flv only dure all of Roseburg: her moth ment will follow in the family plot 5oo feet above the ice, because the! er, Mrs. Maude E. Baker, Rose Redwood City, Calif.. Thursday, orour hH no nxvuen a result ! hurl!' two hrnlherc FlUwnrlh Ha. .Tile was born Sept. 10, 1893 at!0f a leak. Wilbur, and was employed for 19 years as nooKKeeper lor a Rose burg laundry. She later made her home in Seattle and moved to Red wood City in October of 1955. Surviving are a son, William C. Dinhof, Redwood City; a sister, Mrs. Ida Brooks. Vancouver, Wash.; two brothers, Ruel Gray, Roseburg, and Thomas Gray, Oak land, and one granddaughter. Circuit Court Complaint! Filed Albert and Euvelie Zahorik vs nilil Hn.un u.iit in ..; ;n Mildred Kangas doing business arcuc "vimu munmin lonraitic wnne the damaged cars as The drove Credit and Codec- home bas?;. . , J. , . . I were boin8 cleared away. Then, tion Service.-vs. Paul M. and Jo-' iNavy '"cials disclosed that a a car driven by George Slonecker, hanna A Shearer Plaintiff asks tractor used on an exploratory j rounded the curve at an estimat judgments totaling $761 06 in three misslon I'hinged through an ice : ed 25 miles per hour. He tried to causes of action. i crack carrying the driver to his dodge officer Charles Wright, 1 presumed death. He was identified struck him slightly on the knee Heavy Snowfall Strikes County Following Rain (Continued from Page One) portion of the county dropped from a high of 56 degrees around 6 a.m. Friday to a sudden 38 degrees by 2 p.m. It was still falling until early Saturday, when a low of 31 degrees came about 4 a.m. Fore casted high today is around 40 iu " J aiuumi w with a low of 32 again during the : As the snow fell it blanketed trees and shrubbery, causing heavv j damage in many areas. 11 u k e I limbs dropped from trees, in manv instances shopping throuch power lines. where residents were threatened 11 was owned and operated by C. As power lines tell, flashes of by the possibility of running out E' Prill- He was coming toward light illuminated Roseburg areas i of water. In the Roberts Creek Roseburg on the high side of the and similar occurences were re-1 Water District, pumps could not ' """I- A car came from the other ported in other areas. In Roseburg i operate. Tower was cut about 6 30 direction and the truck had to many residents shut off electrical ' p m. Friday. move over. Sheriff Byrd reports appliances. Littlt River "Bad" trailer slipped off the road The snow playfcl havoc with mo-! Distribution troubles were being 1 backwards and carried the rest of tor travel. One resident Saturday experienced on Copco lines in the lne 'ruck with it. Pratt jumped recounted a tale of tortuouslv slow l ittle Kiver. I'mpqua. Garden Val-1 j,lst " llme- 1,is ,n,clt '"d"' "P travel coming north along High-1 lev, Hucrcst, Winchester and Myr-1 alout 150 tect from the river, corn way 99 from .Medford. He said it' He Creek areas also. Wells said Plfte'y demolished. rennireH frm a io nm tvirh,. the situation in ihe T ittle Ri.-o In a word, roads were lmpossi- until 3 a.m. Saturday to reach was held Roseburg. He said he up for three hours in Canvonville Residents in hilly areas found it difficult to reach their homes via car. Many "mushed" home through the wet snow. In west Roseburg. several hearty soulf walked into down town Roseburg to purchase can dles as power failures kept homes in darkness several times during the night. The heavy snow fall did not set a record, at least in Roseburg. At the U.S. Weather Station, it was learned that 10 inches of snow fell on Dec. 29-30 in 1SS8. As recently as Jan. 25-2 of 19M, 9.1 inches was recorded. Broken down to its water equiva- lent, the snow combined with heavy rainfall in central Douglas to reach total of 3.10 inches of precipitation. That sum w as re - corded between 10 30 a m. Friday and 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Crime Solutions Show High Record In City For '55 Crime solution was a feather In the cap o( the Hoseburg Police About 75 per cent of all crime investigated by city police during the year ended up with a 'solved" tag. The percentage is consider ably above the national average. Olson said there were 116 cases of major crime (against the per son, robbery, burglary, etc.), and 81 were solved. Forty-two were cleared by arrests and 39 by other factors. In lesser crime (from dunken ness to bad checks), 977 cases were reported, and 781 were clear ed, 648 by, arrests. The 1954 fig ures were 110 for major crimes and 647 for the other class. The number of lesser crimes jumped up only on paper. .More complete records are now being kept, and such items as curfew violation and probation violation were not in cluded in 1954. In 1954, only about 40 per cent of the major crimes were cleared by year's end. Drunkenness cases were down last year to 451. In 1954 there were 513. Overall, there was no apprecia ble increase in crime in Hoseburg during the year, despite the city's growth in population. Planes Puncture Deep Into Antarctic Region (Continued from Page One) Antarctic and discovered two piateau u.uuu ieei auove -.?!!:2LLeKE. vMV w,,h perhap, " " .:,. ,,.i.V ,11 i7. the tional Gcophvsical Year program But the crews saw no sign of the (Moscow Radio reported Satur day that the Soviet Union team had landed cap and senl otf ski team8 l0 ex. . r . . . . li VP.. II The P' , ,,. . , u.t. !LlPulafl'."!!;!..!b0"y accjd(,,lt The skymaster's origin a, mj5sbn was ,0 penetrate un- south to the geographic pole. The fliers recorded that the pole area has an altitude of 9,700 feet ! and described it as flat and full ' of snow drifts. They said it had the appearance of a "white, sta tionary sea." The second flight with I.t. Cmdr. Henry P. Jordan of San Francisco at the controls, covered 2,100 miles round trip. The deepest point in the Antarctic interior was reached by Jordan and his nine crewmen. It was latitude 80 degrees south ,k. ii,,.i;. i,,i,.mr moherl Bv the time they returned to Mc.Murdo Sound all had head aches from the lack of oxygen. The Neptune piloted by Lt. Cmdr. John II. Tobcrt of Carmel Valley, Calif., flew to Vincennes Bay on the Knox Coast and then traveled westward 120 miles before return ing to McMurdo. The flight took lt'i hours. Tobcrt and the crew of six found it "completely bar ren." Visibility was good, but the scenery had a dull sameness. The men aboard this plane also had the distinction of seeing the first twilight since the expedition ! arrived Dec. 17 in the season ot perpetual daylight. They did this i hy flying slightly north of the Ant- j by the Navy as Richard 1 nomas B. Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. I John R. Williams, Mohawk, N.Y. Public Utilities Damaged Utilities Damaged By Severe Storm Friday (Continued from Page One) other areas to assist local workers in making repairs. Three other main lines were op erat;n(! af,or disruptions Djxnn. Vlenf0 Creek by way of Mvrtle Creek Hut distribution troubles were' B-T(1-still plaguing manv areas. Wells! Sheriff's deputies also investigate said crews were working h.irvt in ed an accident in which a loaded restore service in the W nston-I)i - iiar.i nH iinhn.-t r, i, area ana east oi itiitie was bad ulc- h"I"c Bevond Rockv Point, distribution wcre unable to reach their subur to Melrose was being disrupted ib,n homes. Many deliveries had Douglas Electric reported two ,0 be h(,ld UP- Circulation Manager m.i.n lines to ijinitinixtiscTon. Fuller Johnson of The News-Rc- nnle and Oakland, out this morn - inc. The lines feed the areas and surrounding residents. Several breaks were beinc fixed in the line north nf Drain Curtin An. lauf. etc. Supt. Norval Cockcram said the whole situation was "pret- iv bad." but he said he hoped sercice would be resumed bv noon. Ho irarnod noonle In itiv nir .( downed lines, and report instances m ih Rn.ohnro nffmn ott i.Mis Cal-Pac'gas service in the Rose burg area was not damaged, but deliveries were being cutailed in outlying areas where roads were closed, DIRECTORS TO MEET - The lireen Sanitary District : board of directors will have a rcg - 1 ular meeting Monday night. Jan. 9, at 8 p.m. at Green school. Eisenhower Sets Informal News Session Sunday KEY WEST, Fla. OH President Eisenhower will hold an informal news conference here Sunday his first since his September heart attack. But it was uncertain wheth er he would talk about his po litical future. James C. Hagerty, White House press secretary, told newsmen the convalescing President had volun teered to report to them on the state of his health, on how he has enjoyed his Florida stay and about his work plans for the immediate future. Eisenhower returns to Washington Sunday. In response to questions, Hager ty said in effect that no questions would be barred including the big one of whether he will seek reelection. But Hagerty added that he doubted Eisenhower would an swer all types of questions. Eisenhower will meet with news men at his naval base living quar ters here a, about 9 a.m. EST. He plans to take off for Washington at 11 a.m. EST. Even on the informal basis planned, it will be Eisenhower's first question-and-answer confer ence with newsmen since Aug. 4 in Washington. Shortly after that he went to Colorado to vacation and was stricken there with a heart attack on Sept. 24. Monday Services Set For Mrs. Milt enberger Private funeral services for Vi ola B. Miltenberger, 87, who died Thursday in Roseburg after i lin gering illness, will be held Monday at 11 o m at Iho fhanol if that 1 Koses. Hoseburg funeral Home. Miltenberner was the wife i Sne wa D(,rn at Muskegon, Mich., July 31, 1877. . She is survived by her husband, four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The Hev. W. A. Sylwester of the burS w'U officiate at the funeral services. r oUowing the services, uuuy win uc imvcu lu E.UKeue for cremation, with internment at' the Portland Mausoleum. Stearns & Little Mortuary. Oakland, ia in charge of arrangements. Funeral Services Set For Mrs. Marion Zane Funeral services for Mrs. Marl on (Gertie Mabel) Zane, 45, 413 N.E. Nash St., Roseburg, died at a local hospital Thursday. Services will be held at the chapel of Long and Orr Mortuary Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 2 p. m. with the Rev. Ellsworth Tilton of the First Methodist Church, offi ciating CnneluHinir inent will follow at the Roseburg Memorial Oardens. Mrs. Zane is survived by her ker, EI Dorado, Kan., and Jerry L. Baker, Willows, Calif.; four .sisters. Mrs. Olive B. Adams, Wil lows, Calif., Mrs. George Buss, Hugcton. Kan.. Mrs. - J. S. Ed wards, El Dorado, Kan., and Mrs. Lee V. Sade. Roseburg. and three granaenuaren. i Snow Stalls Traffic; Accidents Are Minor (Continued from Page Ont) into the side of the LaVasseur car. It was driven by Lester Herman Barnhart of Milwaukie. By this time, the policeman was flagging and plowed into the Rudolph car. Slonecker was cited for violation of the basic rule. In the other accident, about half mile south of Dillard, a car half mile south of DilUrd, a car"eau rf , and Management or- llt "i. v"T::;:i. im-iL.tr oi h. wo udiuKe ported and no citations were - sued A bus carrying Glide School youngsters to a Glendale basket ball game was stopped by the snow near Dixonville. The driver I saw he couldn t make it I turned around and after s he couldn't make it, so he some dii- back to !. according to bhenlt ira : -CK supped over the bank I west of the l.ittlo River Bndee , view si'A n0 more than hal1 ,ne routes could be reached. M my carriers could reach only half 1 their routes. Deliveries into Cam- alley were completely halted 1 Au ma)or highways were open todaV Pt Highways 38 and 42. the State. Highway Dept. reported, Highway 42 has been closed west Ot Powers junction by hlgtlWaV damage. It was expected to open I again soon. Highway 38 was still J,10'?1 by the giant slide east of "i""' V ' muu tory on all highways. FIREMEN CALLED Roseburg firemen were called to the 1500 block en Hamilton Street : at 10:15 p.m. Friday when some j California Oregon Power Co. poles I caught fire. Copy Reader Says He Was Member Of Communist Cell, But Quit Red Party In 1948 By JOHN CHADWICK WASHINGTON Ml A copy reader now employed by the New York Times told investigating sen ators Friday he had belonged to a Communist cell at The New York Herald-Tribune before he quit the party in 1948. The testimony was given to the Senate Internal Security subcom mittee by Alden Whitman who said he had been a copyreader for The Times for "a few days more than 4V4 years," had worked for The Herald-Tribune from 1943 to 1951, and for The Buffalo Evening News in a period covering "somewhat more than a year" starting in. 1941. Robert Sheiton, a copy editor for The New York Times, preceded Whitman to the witness chair and declined to say whether he is a Communist. Sheiton refused also to plead the Fifth Amendment. He contended the question violated his rights under the First Amendment of the Constitution, and also threatened freedom of the press. By calling him before it. Sheiton contended, the subcommittee "is nudging the end of my copy pen cil, it is peeking over my shoulder as I work. . . is engendering the fear that soon it will be looking into news rooms all over the coun try." Whitman said he was a mem ber of the Communist Party from 1935 until 1948. but he steadfastly refused to name party associates. He said he was unwilling to be an informer." Whitman testified he had be longed to a Communist cell on The Herald-Tribune only after the sub committee brought out that he had acknowledged this in prior closed dnor testimony Ha said it was a Chairman Eastland (D - Miss) asked him if the cell "is still existence, to your knowledge?" i "1 have no knowledce. I don't know," Whitman replied. j Whitman testified that he had nist cells in New York City, be- : sides the one he said was on The . . , lOMTOVersial AI Serena Mine earing SCneauiecJ (Conlinued From Page One) posits, and that about worth of timber remains. $400,000 Scott listed these witnesses for the hearing beginning Tuesday: R. H. Appling Jr., Spokane, Wash., employee of the U.S. Bur eau of Mines; J. R. Thoenen, Nor- ris, Tenn., bureau employee for merly stationed in Washington: : New Thomas Miller, acting director of - enM -thn h,,-.,,,,. p p f,.A,,ii i,if , aournern of the U.S. Forest Service; M.E. Volin, Ann Arbor, Mich., chief of re search of the University of Michi gan School of Mines and former northwest director of the Bureau of Mines; and Philip Gabriel, Mo bile, Ala., an official of the Al Serena Mining Corp. Also Invited to appear, Scott said, are Rep. Harris Ellsworth (R-Orc.) and his secretary H. S. Garber; and D. Ford McCormick a privnte mining engineer, Charles P. McDonald and Herbert McDon ald, both owners of the Al Serena Crop., all of Trail, Ore. After the Portland hearings Scott Issued a statement in which he i ' ?"m ,nal ?'.. 01 the testimony . inapa mvoa Ad "iinn there revealed "conditions and ac tivities in the' department of in terior that are unbelievable." The Al Serena Corn, in 1948 ap plied for ownership of 23 mining j claims in Southern Oregon. It told j the government, Scott said, that it wanted to develop possible gold and silver deposits in the Rogue River National Forest. Under Federal law claimants land through a mining claim must Eari E Wesemen. well - known show that any mineral deposits tnf Days Creek resident died eariy such land are commercially mui-jlhis ,n0rning.,The body was been Je'n j a i f 4. i removed to Ganz Mortuary in Scott said this provision of the i jiyrtle Creek law ij designed to prevent claim-! " Funera, arrangement8 wiU ba ants .from using mining as a pre-1 announcpH iflIpr tense to gain ownership to land j announced iater- for the purpose of stripping suchj ELKS SPEAKER He also .Wed the Department! CORVALLIS -John L Walker of Agriculture's Forest Service f RJa"ok Va'' natl0"aI head ( and the interior uepanmeni s ieinal r turned down 15 oi Al ser- Viaim hut that in 1953 the : ripnartment reooened the MONDAY NOON UMPQU A ROSEBURC Chamber of Commerce Membership Forum "WHAT'S THE FIX FOR '56" Harold E. Schmeer, Mgr., U. S. National Bonk Mr. Schmeer's appearance at the kick-off luncheon at the first of the year has become an annual event. This announcement is sponsored by Weber's Bakery ROSEBURG os a servict of good wiH to the community Herald-Tribune. He also said he had been a member of Communist cells in Bridgeport, Conn., and Buffalo. Neither of the cells in Buffalo and Bridgeport was composed of newspaper employes, he said. Eastland asked Whitman if any members of the cell to which he said he had belonged at The Herald Tribune are still employed by the newspaper. Whitman declined to answer. Whitman did not invoke the pro tection of the Fifth Amendment against possible self-incrimination. Rather, he maintained that as a private citizen and as a newspa perman, "there are limitations on the power of this subcommittee to require testimony." And, Whitman told the senators: "I have never been a member of a conspiracy to overthrow the gov ernment." Friday was the third and final day of the current series of public hearings in the subcommittee's hunt for Red influences in the press and other media. Eastland said there will be other hearings later. Former Douglas Woman, 67, Dies Funeral services were held at Bishop, Calif., Dec. 29 for Mrs. Maude E. Ncilsen, 67, who former ly resided at Roseburg and Riddle for many years. Mrs. Neilsen was killed Dec. 23 in a traffic accident. She was riding with another woman on her way to a Odd Feilow-Rebekah an nual Christmas party. She was a past noble grand of the Columbian Rebekah Lodge of Bishop and the Woodmen of the World of Bishop. The driver of the car which struck the car carrying Mrs. Neil sen was cited for drunken driving, a felony in California where injury is involved. Mrs. Neilsen was born at Gard iner on July 17, 1888, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Ash- i worth. She attended Drain Normal School and taught school in the county for several years. Survivors include four brothers, W. J. Ashworth, Roseburg: R. R. Ashworth, Bishop. R. B. Ashworth. Klamath Falls, and J. E. Ash- f-wonn, BprinKiiem; a daughter, i .Mrs. j. Jennings, uisnop; two sons, Ward Dean of Bishop and Stanley Dean of Riddle; and four grandchildren. Flood Threats Hit Oregon Sector (Continued from Page One) on there, the run-off will be slowed and floods averted. But a heavy runo'ff could mean new disaster. The rains, extending up to Brit ish Columbia, touched off new landslides of soggy earth from Southern Oreogn up to the Puget Sound area of Washington. The Coast Highway was blocked again by a landslide Friday night six miles south of Coquille. Another slide blocked the Great Northern Railway north of Seattle tempo rarily. Repairs were made Friday night. Wet snow fell on the Coast Range and seven miles of telephone lino collapsed between Portland and Tillamook, Ore. Seven inches of snow tied up traffic at Roseburg, where the temperature remained above freezing and a quick runoff was expected. Earl E. Wesemen, Days Creek .Resident, Passes 1 ,7 speaker at the Oregon Elks con chuuu m-ie jih. x. 1 . ome 400 Oregon Elks, repre- senting all of the state's 44 lodges. iiie c.i)ei;ieu ai me cuiivenuuii. CIVIC ROOM HOTEL
