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Newspaper Page TextV 1 ii:r?rv Eugene, Oregon . Russia ssues Warning On Foreign Troops' Ise In Mid-East Powder Keg SWEETHEART Miss Sharon Lander, Roseburg High School senior, has been selected as the valentine sweetheart of the retail merchants committee of the Roseburg Cham ber of Commerce. Merchants commended her for work in the fight against infantile paralysis which focused state and national attention on Roseburg, This is the first time the group has named a valentine sweetheart. Sharon was guest of the chamber at Monday noon luncheon at Hotel Umpqua. (Photo Lab). School Budget- Election Dirt May Come Tonight Rostburg's school diitrict budgtt board will meet in special session tonight at 8 o'clock to take what it hopes will be a last perusal of the proposed operat ing budget for the district in 1956 57. If the board is successful, it will set a date for the budget election. School board members will meet in special session following the board meeting. Both meet ings are epn to the public. They will be held at Central Junior High School In the superintend ent's office. Dilljrd School Dist. Bond Vott Set Tuesday Voters in Dillard's School Dis trict lit will ballot Tuesday on a proposed $220,000 bond issue to be used for construction of 16 classrooms. Voting hours have been set from 2 to 8 p.m. in the district's thre elementary schools: Ten mile, Lookingglass and Dillard. The election follows an informa tion program by members of a Citizens' Advisory Committee. Men and women on the commit tee discussed the proposed bond issue for construction purposes with voters in thre special meet ings last week. Meteor Flashes Across Sky Of S. California LOS ANGELES tfi A bluish white meteor with a brilliant or ange tail flashed across the Cali fornia sky and was seen from points more than 600 miles apart early Sunday. Observers 'ax far north a Santa Clara, 400 miles from here, and south to El Centro, 175 miles southeast, and east to Winslow, Ariz., reported sightings shortly after 1 a.m. Witnesses reported seeing it for 10 to 30 seconds. In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS took over the Coronado project from an Eastern railroad macnate j selected bv Ihursdav. rC? f lacke'-." 1 recall the. All districts will" have made their selections bv Thurs Sh complSS. Th'ev pK day "ifht-,Sis Pul"c meeting have been scheduled in the ed no pennies in its construction. ' next '.our ,la.vs make the selectibns. incy built it around an interior i TT!mV - the court on one side and outward on the olher side, with the niot i favored rooms overlooking t h e nroan Frnm th. l,...i ... ctrti-i in h.nl.l . i. i .-Univ.. in iicik'ii. i wuiinni t, ' know how many rooms it contains. I doubt if anyone has ever counted them. As of nnw. it i a weird looking affair, with cupolas here and tow- (Continued on Page 4, Col. 5 The Weather Partly cloudy with a ftw light showtrt of snow or mixd rain and i snow tonight and Tuesday. Cooler 1 today1 and tonight. j Highest ttmp. last U hours .54 Lowtst ttmp. last 24 hours 34 Highest temp, any Feb. 79 Lowest temp, any Feb 3 i Prteip. last 24 hours 02 Prteip. from Feb. 1 .14 Precip. from Sept. I Excess from Sept. 1 Sunset tonight, $: pW ((bjtoiej fimornm! 7: ft siit M-W 15.10 Roseburg Office Of Disaster Loan System To Close The Small Business Administra tion will close its part-time office in Roseburg on Friday evening, according to Leon Barnes, in charge of the Roseburg, Grants Pass and Coouille offices. The office was set up to inter view nooa victims desiring disas ter loans. The office will be open from noon Thursday through Fri day to talk to home owners or busi nessmen who. suffered flood or landslide damage and are in need of disaster loans to rehabilitate their property. Mood victims have until June 29;ne maae mimic, enner iaie lomor- to file for disaster Joans. Requests for such loans have now dropped off to a point where staffing of the local field office can no longer be justified, Barnes said. tor the next three or four weeks there will be one SBA repre sentative working on a "circuit rid- basis between Rosehuri!. Co quille and Grants Pass. People in the Roseburg area can make ar rangements to meet the SBA rep resentative by calling the U.S. ra tional Bank, the Douglas County Slate Bank or Red Cross head quarters, Barnes said. Alter that time, information on disaster loans may be obtained by writing or caning the Mnait Busi ness Administration at S.W. Morrison St., Portland. 500-LB SAFE TAKEN I PARAMOUNT, Calif. WJ Some- i one ambled into the Amble Inn over the weekend and ambled out with a 500-pound safe. Proprietor John Blocker told nn- Iice the safe contained $1,075 in cash and $1,000 in checks. The rmir amhlnr i i m m l iH I hn frnnt door. Schedule Set For Selecting District Heads Of Water Resources Advisory Group Lountv " a,ei Resources Advisory Committee Hie list of candidates ?r.will be tU''ned ver '" "'" "a"'e u,e . 0ne d,slrcl. "ie North Umpqua.; has '"'dy selected its candidates for chairman. Thnv are- Wendell Trilitt Of f W. nrt 1 .r 1'arrin i , , . . - of Oakland, George Churchill and A meeting of citiions of the Lower South Umpqua District of the Douglas County Water Re sources Advisory area will b Held at the Evergreen Grange Hall south of Roseburg instead of at the Riversdalt Grange Hall as reported Saturday. The meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. Its purpose is to explain tho new water advisory system and to select candidates for a per ment chairman of the district, which includes both Roseburg and Winston. Adrian Standley of Glide and Lyle Bostwick of lower Garden Valley. Here is the schedule of meetinei to select the candidates from life other five district mof the i Rfjif)enl of th 1.0'IW ocr8 Umpqua District, which inclf3tt.il) 9 Eisenhower Awaiting Latest Checkup Report WASHINGTON Uft President Eisenhower's doctors .will give him tomorrow a new medical report wnien ne will study in deciding whether to seek re-election. In advance of reporting to the President, the physicians who ex amined him Saturday will be joined by Dr. Paul Dudley White for an analysis o results of the tests. White. Boston specialist who has been chief consultant on the case since Eisenhower's Sept. 24 heart attack, is scheduled to arrive here late tomorrow morning from the West Coast. After Eisenhower receives the riinrc' mm nit thir find .nit row or Wednesday morning Eisenhower told a news confer ence last week he should have enough information by March, 1 to make a decision on whether to seek a second term. And he strong ly indicated he will announce it around that time. The medical tests he completed during a 70-minute stay at the Army's Walter Reed Hospital Sat- iirrlmt tioro hi first (in an ex haustive basis since mid-Pecem- ber. His pulse and blood pressure are checked daily, however. 'Mad Dog Killer Due For Electric Chair Date SAX FRANCISCO W Leslie flH TViUi Iruin urhn cave ha will waive extradition, will be headed back tomorrow to Indiana and the electric chair. Irvin, convicted of one murder and charged with five others, es caped jail at Princeton, Ind.. and hitchhiked to California. San Fran er-Jcisco police arrested him Thursday ' ilmn kn nOumnUrl In naii'n tlnlnn diamonds. ! biiUKla should be from the six districts of the to.the DouKla., County Court, slx cnairmeii. Dj,,onviie Rosehuri! Winston Dit "osenurg, n msion, Ull .. ' ""OC li .V HV , !OOKinljlaSS, 1 en lard, mile and Olalla, will meet at 7:30 tomqht in the Ever green Orange Hail. Gen. Curtis T. Bcecher is temporary chairman. Residents of the Cow Creek Dis trict will make their selections in two meetings, one at Riddle and,lPcUon the other al (jlendale because the two areas are comparatively iso - laieo iroin eacn oiner. ine one atjUsan six-year posts Riddle will be held in the high school gymnasium at 8 e'clock to night. The other wi4l ee at Glee dale Tuesday at 7 p m. n tio Md Fellows Hall. Georu Vnarei ai Azalea m rtponvy cWmruuin. L'pr Sotai I meow Wtrici residcw frora Cfuovwi, L4ti Crk. T.'nr f-rsJ ttfrtbi Vcv) VmJ D'. ft tOM ( (a)700duM KmUJ) KM t $ o ttoac. Co N. batcJt cH In- ( rtv . ufliivi mirasn nra ct Lower L T" - - - ! - Established 1873 Poges 12 Fresh Storms Harass West Cold Wave Toll Of Lives Reaches 347 U.S. Military Forces Rush Relief Supplies To Victims In Italy - LONDO.V 1.11 Fresh snow storms heaped more misery Mon day on freezing Western Kurope. The toll of recorded weather deaths climbed to 347 for the past two weeks and scores were miss ins. A Greek Air force Dakota with 17 aboard was reported missine i on a mercy flight to drop supplies snowbound village, ilace- Avalanches struck at least six of people- were trapped. At least j 10 worKers were reported killed at Slrezimir, and three at Tor- beski. The known death, roll bv coun tries: France 84. Britain 45. Italv 52. Germany 22, Greece 26, Yugo slavia 34, Denmark 19, Turkey 16, uoiiana 12, Portugal 10. Austria 9, Switzerland 4, Sweden 4, Spain 2, Belgium 4, Cyprus 2, Tripoli 2. Wv Worst of Ctntury western Europe s worst cold wave of the 20th century went into a third week with only temporary teiiei in sigm. American military forces on the continent were mobilized for mer-! cy detail. The U.S. Air Force in Germany sent 22 Flying Boxcars loaded with relief supplies for Italy, where more than 100 com munities are snowbound. Italian military ve.Hlcs were standing- by to rush the blankets, food and warm clothing to stricken areas in central Italy. At Leghorn, U.S. officers planned a -separate trainload of food and clothing. This was to include 15,000 Ijliinkets, 21,000 sleeping bags. xi.vrrv MOino.i, ""Ult-ll uiiiinwwi and thousands of cases of food. dried fruit and dry whole milk. Corvallis Business Area Fire Damage $300,000 CORVALLIS i.fl A two-story brick building in the heart of the business district was partly des ,r.yo( bv fire Sunday and Fire Chief Percy Tallman said loss estimates ran as high as $1100,000. The building was headquarters for the Masonic Lodge. Other tenants included Wagner's restau rant and several other businesses and offices. Tallman said the fire apparently started in grease in a restaurant flue. It was fought hy 50 volunteer firemen for 2' 2 hours before being controlled. Most of the damage was to the second floor. The Masonic Lodge lost records and mementoes, some reported irreplaceable. Four attor neys offices, an insurance agency and a realtors' listing agency also were burned out. Damage to the street floor was mainly from smoke and water. Affected there were Wagner's, a popular eating place for followers of Oregon Stale College sporting events; The Pacific Telephone Telegraph Co. business of I ice; a pharmacy and a clothing .store. The drug store was planning to move lo the vacant old city hall building next door and the clothing store was reported to be switching lo lemporary quarters across the street. Circuit Judge Goodwin , Candidate For Election ,. . , , . , . , . nft&,ffi,rT his Second Judicial District court position. He announced in Roseburg recently that he would do so. He is seeking election to hit first full term on the bench. He was appointed by the late Gov. Paul Patterson in June last year, at the same time Charles S. Wood rich of Roseburg was appointed to a similar post. Wood rich alo has fild for Bolh benches are to be filled Goodwin and Woodrich lare not opponents for the non-par- The judicial district includes Douglas, Lane, ceuaties. Cooi ane! Curry ? ovteiiOHT Ci -lie m oili'6 i) ft ') CiCOil loi0! witlto't IcQOtPC fi AMt'tl a rlune. When police flivc(ji the break, king in plain sight on a dek thrn feet from tne safe a . ..... .I..M-... K.M . , V 'J V... . k.ii .... through an ovcrht ROSEBURG, OREGON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1956 Lenten Season Series Slated In News-Review Starling Ash Wednesday, Feb. 15, The News-Review will start a 40 part series to recognize the Len ten season. The series called "Len ten Guideposts,' will run daily on the editorial page until Faster. "Lenten Guideposts" tells 40 per sonal stories of inspiration and the power of faith. These stories were written by 40 different persons, and each tells his own experience with religion in action. Some of the writers are famous persons actors, TV stars, scientists, sports figures. Others less-known persons who have r . ; " '," "r c u uua " f who X.'JgZX. mn ;2S""-?i,J C, Hh ?PP!r . Lie Detector Test Faced In Attempt To Bribe Justices OI.YMPIA, Wash. Wi Five persons involved in lawsuit be fore the State Supreme Court appeal agreed to be cletector s s a.muay i ouicims iwu aim me r di uiYCTunaicu wuav a judge described as an attempt to bribe the hiuh. court King Uounty Prosecutor Charles O. Carci)i., who with Thurston County Prosecutor Hewitt A. Henry spcii rlicaded ihe. probe, said the I; volunteered to l,ke Uie ?st Carroll identified them as Seat- tlo attorney G. Robert Brain; two associates, Thomas J. Isaac and f William Zundel; Kenneth Shyvers, Shyver's auditor, Fernando Pe rig. The suit involves a $20,000 judg ment obtained in 1955 by Brain auainst Shyvers for income tax services. Shvvers appealed the ; $11)0 Sent To Judge Chief Justice Frederick (T. Tam - Icy disclosed Saturday what he said was an apparent bribe attempt in an effort to influence a decision on the appeal. Himley said a letter containing $500 was delivered to him Fridav while he was conferr g with four other Supreme Court ,jj K no uin. nm,ii on fwMiiinnai ing IUI Ihe letter promised an additional $4,500 in "campaign contributions" if the court upheld a King County Superior Court decision, the justice said. Carroll said the letter, envelope and the $500 in currency were sent to the FBI for a fingerprint check. Robber Uses Powder To Blind Hotel Owner EUGENE W The sheriff's of fice said Monday it is investigat ing a .Saturday night hotel robbery at Junction City. Hotel operator George Graham, 50, told police the till was robbed of about $14 after a man threw some sort of powder into his eyes while another grabbed his arms. mi mimmmm fly? . BOY SCOUTS wrapped up Boy Scout Week witri various demonstrations of skills Sat urday ond observances Sunday. Here, boys of Roseburg Troop 4 show off a tower they nconstru cted on Jatkwn street near uok in tne nearr or . .t Ronn,. Rodley. (Paul Norblcd Firm On Governor Effort Plan Suggestion To Again Try For Congress Job Meets With Refusal By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Waller Norblad intonds to run for governor, despite a suggestion it would be safer for the Republi can Party if he again sought his First District congressional seat. The suggestion came from Mrs. Marshall Cornctt of Klamath Falls. Republican national committee woman, who said she feared a Democrat might capture the seat he -is vacating. Norblad said Saturday at Klam ath Falls he thought a Democratic victory in the First District impossible. my district has been Republican since 1907," he said. Among possible Republican chal lengers for the nomination as governor one new name was men tioned, that of Tom Lawson 11c call, Portland radio commentator who was defeated when he ran for Congress in the Third District in l'.ir,4. McCall said he had been advised an editorial broadcast on radio ulnCnn L'r-Ur ....... 1.1 I.:- i: da(y, blll ta eS.'S -i,,,,,,, M ,h ' , . He said the broadcast would , llr0, nj;,ia- u..t wm momi M,r,n . i. number of others in the polite al scene. Gov. Elmo Smith still has not revealed his plans for the election tnii 1 gcnec'tiiy . woiight to be a likely candidate. Holmts May Hav RIvjI Possibilily of a contest for the Democratic nomination for gover nor arose Sunday. Ally. Gen Robert Y. Thornton and Orvnl Ihompson, Albany attorney and (Continued on Page 2 Col. 4) Tooxe For Senator' 1 f d c J irouP oetng formed Robert G. Davis, RosehurjJ at torney and former district attor ney of Douijlas County, ha pledg ed his active support of Lamar Tooze for nomination on the Re- j ft'1'1'03" lickt,t Ur ,V- S. wnator. j Davis in a congratulatory telegram i to Tooe in Portland Saturday, said that a "Tooze for Senator" club for Douglas County was be ing formed with headquarters in Roseburg. This club will be similar lo the "Tooze for Senator" organizations now being established throughout the state and clubs already in op eration in Medford. Madras, Lake view, Redmond, llillsboro and Pen dleton. i SURGERY NO TROUBLE BLAND, Va. LP John Richard son walked into his house here from work, fell on Ins wife's fresh ly waxed floor and broke his leg. He'll he back at work tomorrow, through, at State Road Camp :il j where he is a guard. The leg he ' broke was his wooden one. nkim photo). Wm 36-56 PRICE 5e Europe Winston Fire Razes Melody Inn; Loss Estimated $32,000 A fire which burned for 3'i hours destroyed the Me lody Inn at Winston early to day, The owner of the building. Tony Cocciolo, estimated loss at about $32,000, only $7, 000 of it insured. The busi ness had been closed for over month, Cocciolo told Mrs. Ted Peterson, News-Review correspondent, and he was try to sell. The building had been leased by Wilma Holmes. A volunteer of the Winston- Dillard Rural Fire Dept., Keith Lamport, discovered the fire about 3:45 a.m. He said flames appeared to have start ed near a heating unit, but the cause hasn't yet been of ficially determined. Cocciolo said the electri city was shut off and a gas tank tor heating was empty. The fir had a good Itart when he first saw it. Lam- pert said. The fire deoart- menr wot on the scone un til otter a.m. No one wat in the place when the fire started. Boy Suffocates Infant Sister To Halt Crying Ol. I-UUI5 Mf i'olire snv a ro. mor.sciui 14-year-old boy lias re lated now lie accidentally suffo cated his 2' a-year-old sister, his favorite in a family of four chil dren. Patrolman Roeer Snreek of the suburban Wellston police said Michael Dwyer told him the fatal mishap took place Fridav. The parents, Mi, and Airs. Ray mond Dwyer, had left the house Friday with Michael in charge. They returned several hours later to find Michael gone and the child dead in her play pen. Police found the boy wandering the streets in nearby Venice, 111. "Mother and Daddy left, and Mary cried and cried because she thought they were leaving her," Spreck quoted Michael as saying. "So I put my hand over her mouth to quiet her, and I held my hand over her mouth for two or three minufes. When I took it away she was limp." t An inquest will he held at Clay Ion today, al which lime it will be decided what to do with the boy. DRUNK DRIVING CHARGED Lester John LalJonte, 22, Glide, Sunday morning was charged with drunken driving after his arrest by Roseburg police. He will be ar raigned in municipal court Tues day morning. ine uiy. un tup nnti noy Soviet Orbit Of Interest Emphasized Hint Of Allied Fore To Cuard Border Area Prompts Statement MOSCOW Hi The Soviet Union issued a warning Monday night against use of any foreign troops in the Middle East without a prior agreement and U.N. approval. Russia said any expansion of "aggression activities" in the area will fall within the Soviet orbit of interest. A statement handed to foreign correspondents at the Foreign Min istry said: "Any act such as the entry of foreign troops on the territory of nations of the Middle and Near Fast, without the prior agreement of interested governments and without the sanction of the Secur ity Council of the United Nations, woum do a rune disruption of the principles of the United Nations and the sovereignty of a number of nations." The Foreign Ministry said the statement was issued as a result of the Eisenhower-Eden declaration of Washington. This expressed will ingness to support any U.N. action (Continued on Page 2 Col. 5) Winchester Man Injured When Car Goes Off Highway Glenn O. Lock m on, 50, Winches ter, was reported in good condition iuonoay at Uouglas Community nospuai, wnere ne was taken Sat urday following an accident uignway 235 near sutherun. He has chest injuries, a broken nosci lacerations oyer his right eye suthori.ti nri int niir.- fnuadi. galea the accident, in winch Lock mon's car went off the highway on the west side of the highway as lie neaaea souin. In another mitshap, a driver wat being traced today after his car re portedly hit the rear of. another car at Winchester Street and High, way 99 business route at the north city limits, drove over a traffic divider and continued on his wav. Slate police said a car driven by fcveiyn k. fauison of JJ56 NE Post was sloimed at a s(od sien when .struck in the rear bv the other. Other Accident Listed Saturday afternoon, on Iliehwav 99 near Cnnyonville, a car driven by Herman Klemm, 1139 SE FuN lerton St., Roseburg, and a car driven by Rarbara May Charles collided as Klemm pulled froin the i-og cabin iwotoi, stale police said. No one was injured. With airs. Charles was her 7-month-old son, Glenn Carl Charles. Roseburg police recorded a mi nor traffic accident Saturday aft ernoon. George William Laymon, 30, Hartr. Court, was cited for cut ting into another lane of traffic without proper signal. Police said he forced a car driven by Alcrylo gene Collins. 22t Klamath Falls. over a curb on NE Stephens Street near Douglas Avenue. Damage to Ihe Collins car was estimated at $150 by police. Laymon's car was undamaged. AleanwlKle, Glendale correspond ent Mrs. G. B. Fox reports a lale model enr owned by LeRoy Ball of (ilendale went over a sleep em bankment about two miles east of Glendale on the Glendale Road Saturday night. Neither of the occupants. Ball nor Leon Griggsby, was hurt but the car was badly damaged. The accident occurred near the Carl Scther residence. No police investigation was made at the time, and the driver of the car was not immediately known. Night Band Mill Shift In Dillard Discontinued The night band mill shift at lhn Roseburg Lumber Co. plant in Dil lard has been discontinued in an other move by the company toward more plywood production and less lumber manufacturing. About SO men on Ihe shift will have to be relocated at other spots in the company's operations, ac cording to Earl Plummer, business manager. The company Is now forming more crewi for its new plywood plant, and many of the mill workers will be absorbed there, Plummer said. Workers are being added daily to plywood shifts. The nw plant is not yet in full operation, but may be by March 13, Plummer es timated. Levity Fact Rant By L F. Reizenstein Timber days ond the annual Spring opening are scheduled here in March, the month that traditionally cornel irt like a lion and follows up with lots sf wind. However, if rtoi is on good be- tflxier fr the two big events, ft (i iify organization of j afntnm club. r o